The Rusty Flagon Inn

Game Master Nightfiend

[dice=Attack, flank]1d20+4+2

[dice=Studied foe, sneak attack]1d4+1+2d6

Good grief...

Dammit, Gravi! Do whatever you have to get back in the Good Graces of the Dice Gods, please?!

I forget, is it Code Red or Live Wire used for libations for the RNG?

Seriously!!!

Im feeling for you here! None of my other PbP PCs have managed more than half-decent combat rolls in the last 3 months!

Same, to be honest. I know how frustrating it can be when the dice decide not to cooperate and make our characters look less like Lord of the Rings and more like The Three Stooges.

Tonight is going to be 99% likely that I have to do mandatory overtime. I won't be able to post tomorrow because of it. Next post will likely be Monday, late evening some time.

Thanks for the heads-up.

Well...here it goes:

I have been diagnosed with a bad ticker. And they are in a hurry to get it fixed: Next Tuesday I will be getting open heart surgery and a Heart Bypass at my local VA. That means I will be in the hospital for at least a week of recovery and home resting after that for weeks. I will attempt to keep up with my games, at least by phone for now, but I cannot guarantee anything after next Monday yet. That's assuming I survive. They gave me a pretty low percentage of something going wrong, but with any surgery you never know...

I am still available between now and next Monday however. If you need anything from me for this game until then, just let me know.

Either way, please feel free to bot my character as needed after next Monday, and I hope to get back to all my PbP games (by phone at least) as soon as I can. Hopefully by...Christmas? We'll see I guess.
=)

I'll be praying for ya. Here's hoping all goes well.

Hope everything goes well and you are feeling better soon!!!

Wayilant uses all his cure spells and Channel Energy uses for Govrina's (Player's) safe recovery.

Wayilant uses all his cure spells and Channel Energy uses for Govrina's (Player's) safe recovery.

That one had me laughing out loud! Thanks to you all for the well-wishes. It certainly can’t hurt.

Wow. Sounds like you have a bumpy road ahead. My best wishes on the process. Rest assured that this game isn’t going anywhere any time soon. I designed it with longevity in mind. More or less, a marathon, not a sprint. That said, I would suspect that a low impact distraction will likely be welcome down the road. Reduced activity during the healing process equals boredom. For that reason, I intend to shadow Govrina during your down time. That way you can post when you feel up to it and take a step back when you don’t. Kind of how Muziel has been doing. I can keep that up for as long as it takes. So, going forward, feel free to post at will. I will work with your timing. During initiative events, I will slot your post in accordingly, regardless of when you post it. With all that, I truly hope everything goes smoothly for you.

Thank you all. Technically I feel fine right now. No chest pains or anything. I had some shortness of breath about a year ago, but that went away when I changed my diet (Less nitrates...or is it nitrites? Whatever is in cheap processed meat a lot).

Had some weird pressure on my left side (like someone was sticking his hand under my ribs). No pain really.

But my doctor wanted to do some tests, then some tests were off, and they lead to more tests...until bam! I evidently have 5 arteries clogged on the left side of my heart (2 of which are at 90%!).

So now we rush to do bypass surgery. I'm not looking forward to it...but I have to do it for my 9 year old son. He lives with me (his mother moved to Boston) and I need to make sure I can stick around for the long haul as much as possible.

I've said it elsewhere, but as Lia also said elsewhere, everywhere for luck. We're rooting for you and expect to see you back in sound shape soon enough!

Hope the surgery goes well and you come out the other side healthy and strong!

It's my Monday with a 50/50 chance of OT tonight. If that occurs, it could cause a slight delay on my next post.

FINALLY: That's it! I'm off to bed and a 6am call at the VA. Wish me luck and I will see you all on the other side hopefully. Please bot my character as needed until I can post again later this week at some point. Everybody have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Good Luck!

Made it. Lots of pain, but good people to help me through it.

Woo! Hope ya feel better soon!

Glad to hear the procedure was a success. Here's to a speedy recovery....(Cheers)...!

For those who celebrate it, happy holidays everyone.

Merry Christmas everybody. :)

OK, I'm back home and can try and post when I can. No guarantees. but I will try and keep up.

From the GM reminder: "Talienda takes a look at the lighter potion but concludes the same thing. (I will require 2 more spell craft checks if you wish to attempt to ID the quilted armor and the studded leather)."

Should I learn Knowledge (Arcana) for the future? As a backup at least?
I can't cast detect magic, but that's something I don't mind putting point into the future.

Also, I would like to look into getting a pair of cold-iron gauntlets made so I can use Kinetic Fist with them...eventually. No hurry.

Glad to hear your home and recovering. I have been delaying slightly to allow a little time for your return and the holiday a pass. That and to hopefully hear from Bryndis. With Muziel stepping out, any help with Knowledge arcane should be helpful. Right now, Talienda is your group's primary connection to the arcane. Of course, if something becomes too difficult to ID, other options could be sought out that would simply cost a little coin.

By the sound of it, the group's majority seems set on escorting the girls back to Sandpoint. I will work on a game post and should have something up by tomorrow night.

Happy New Year 2024 everyone.

Happy New year to you too!

Happy New year, though I've still got another 9 hours or so left in this one.

Happy New Year to you all!
=)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Everyone!

Great to see you back Govrina!

With the holidays behind me now, I'm back. Things should be settled down and I will have free time again.

Yay! Glad to see you back. :)

Welcome back Bryndis. I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. A quick heads up, there is a 50/50 chance I get hit with OT tonight. If so, there will be a slight delay on the GM post. If not, I should have a post up by tonight.

Ustalav is landlocked and you'd pretty much be sailing around most of Avistan to get up the Sellen River and into Lake Encarthan.

Link to a PF1e Era Map

I'm with Bryndis. I think they'll chance the Hold of Belkzen and the Cinderlands rather than sail all that way and still have to go past Razmiran and Galt.

It’s possible our prisoners think the girls are going to Ustalav, but are just guessing too. Im just saying trekking across Belkzen and the Cinderlands (loosely ruled by orcs and giants respectively) while dragging prisoners across both would be extremely hard.

Those are good points. From the sounds of it, though, this is the only lead we have and it sounds like we're not going to have a chance to catch them before they weigh anchor.

I agree crossing Belkzen is a hassle, but so is kidnapping slaves in the Sandpoint area for Ustalav. If you're looking for a place where you can readily nab people without much notice, why not choose the River Kingdoms directly to the east, or Ustalav itself for that matter? So I have to think there's more to the story than we know so far.

From the posts I read, it sounds like the ship was preparing to sail. Once it's on the move we can't catch it in anything except a fast sailing vessel, and none of us know how to sail. That means we don't just need a fast ship, we need a crewed fast ship that's ready and willing to take us on a chase right now.

The real point of the post was if we hurry and move fast, we can get to Magnimar by land as fast or faster than the ship can if we leave right now.

If they're going to Korvosa instead they have the advantage going by sea. But if from Korvosa they're taking the road north to Kaer Maga before turning east (meaning they're using the established caravan routes), we might be able to beat them to Kaer Maga because of the considerably greater distance their route involves compared to overland.

If they're heading to a different port, or not going to Ustalav at all, etc. we're screwed.

EDIT: I checked Varisia Birthplace of Legends, which actually gives mileage between locations. It's 54 miles overland from Sandpoint to Magnimar.

Unfortunately, the overtime happened leaving me heading in today with only four hours of sleep. This is going to creat a delay on my post. On the good side of things, today is my Friday, so I will have a little extra time to work on the post, which will likely be up sometime tomorrow. Sorry for the delay. I also wanted to clarify that virtually all the bad guys stabilized. So the two bosses and most the guards are considered part of your captives and can be questioned.

First, get some sleep! We'll still be here when you're rested.

Second, thanks for the heads up. Let's interrogate the bosses.

A sound plan!

I feel like Wayilant's tantrum freaked out the other Flagon Slayers into not posted, so I'll fix that.

More like not sure what to post. I'm a little out of it in this game, so I wasn't posting.

If we want to interrogate all the prisoners more, we will need the sheriff’s help. I have intimidate as a class skill, but Diplomacy might work better in this instance.

I have a pretty good diplomacy score, but I think Gravi's got the highest out of the party.

Wayilant coughs loudly. Diplomacy +11, (Charming +13)

A-whoops, sorry. I knew someone had a higher score than I did. (Diplomacy +9)

Gravi's got intimidate. I must have gotten things confused is all.

Bryndís isn't the best choice for either route. That said, she wouldn't be able to help with diplomacy. They've passed their 'sweet-talk by' date with her. She could really put her heart into helping to terrify them though.

Honestly, if I wasn't playing a sheltered bleeding heart like Talienda, I'd probably be putting the fear of God into them myself.

By the way, Are you still playing Lysil in the Faerun game we're in? I've been missing you there.

I wanted to let everyone know, seeing Muziel stepped down, I extended an offer to someone to join this game if they have the bandwidth and are looking for another game. One of the games I have been playing in is closing down and this player has been a solid role player and has been fairly consistent. I thought they might be a good addition to our band of adventurers.