Welcome Everyone to the Curse of the Crimson Throne: On a Knife's Edge discussion thread, the place for discussions and general frivolity.
To receive your gift I want everyone to roll 1d4 and add that to your starting point buy and adjust your characters accordingly, keeping in mind the original restriction about going above an 18 (before racial adjustment).
Hei-Wa signing in, and delighted to be playing with you guys.
Just an FYI, we will be using Roll20 for the battlemaps (a link can be found underneath my alias). Please check in and let me know who's who so I can set your tokens accordingly.
Woo-Hoo! Jackpot!
Super excited to be here playing with you all!
Hmmm, what to do with an extra point. Should I toss it in strength for carrying capacity or constitution for a little extra safety? Decisions, decisions…
*bows dramatically*
"Greetings stranger, from a stranger!"
EDIT: Not bad, not bad at all! Tawni, I noticed you've got Unhappy Childhood too. Would it be too much of a stretch to say we knew each other growing up? Quite a few Varisians in this party!
Gerinel, since we both got in I wanted to throw a possible backstory connection at you. Since we both spent time with Varisian caravans that swung by Korvosa, any interest in having it be the same one? Yelena left the caravan a few years back so we probably wouldn’t be super close, but at least acquainted. Gerinel could have even been the one to tell Yelena about “Lamm’s Lambs” and this give her a lead in the search for Victor. Thoughts?
Edited to add: Same could apply to Tawni. (I remembered the pirate ship part of the backstory more than the caravan.) Yelena was born in the caravan twenty-three years ago and stayed until about four years ago, when she left to go live with her father in Korvosa.
Certainly appears to be a great many Varisians in the group, yes!
Ages will matter for knowing each other. Tawni, for instance, fled Lamm's tender mercies at least 15 years ago, maybe as many as 18.
More recently, he was part of a typical Varisian caravan, and "jumped ship" because he recognized the behavior of Lamm's Lambs, and couldn't stomach letting it continue.
And I have the Betrayed: Reformed Criminal trait, though the story could easily have been used for either.
Our Bard is also a Reformed Criminal with a Varisian sounding name.
Heh. And 3 of us have been hiding in caravans for some period . . .. Interesting, that.
Thank you for the invite.
Certainly appears to be a great many Varisians in the group, yes!
Ages will matter for knowing each other. Tawni, for instance, fled Lamm's tender mercies at least 15 years ago, maybe as many as 18.
More recently, he was part of a typical Varisian caravan, and "jumped ship" because he recognized the behavior of Lamm's Lambs, and couldn't stomach letting it continue.
And I have the Betrayed: Reformed Criminal trait, though the story could easily have been used for either.
Our Bard is also a Reformed Criminal with a Varisian sounding name.
Heh. And 3 of us have been hiding in caravans for some period . . .. Interesting, that.
Ah. Yeah, I don't think we would have met. Gerinel's only just become a man, you would have been gone while he was still a toddler at the very least. I admit I assumed the trait was "Unhappy Childhood" because your backstory said you did time as one of the "Little Lamms." Sorry for the confusion! How long were you with the caravan overall? If it was the same caravan Gerinel ran away with, it may make for an interesting connection, like Tawni joined Gerinel's caravan, they got to talking and Tawni mentions his past, causing Gerinel to go "Oh s#@%, you were a "Little Lamm" too?!"
Gerinel, since we both got in I wanted to throw a possible backstory connection at you. Since we both spent time with Varisian caravans that swung by Korvosa, any interest in having it be the same one? Yelena left the caravan a few years back so we probably wouldn’t be super close, but at least acquainted. Gerinel could have even been the one to tell Yelena about “Lamm’s Lambs” and this give her a lead in the search for Victor. Thoughts?
I think it's a great idea! Gerinel would have spent the better part of his teenage years with the caravan, so he'd probably have at least known you for a while. When do you think he might have mentioned the Little Lamms? Would it have been while you and your family were still part of the caravan, meaning it was less a revelation for you that that's where Victor may have ended up and more a connection you made after remembering Gerinel talking about his past, or more recently, like Gerinel visited you while the caravan stopped in Korvosa after you'd settled and you were talking about Victor's disappearance and Gerinel then said, "that sounds like some of the stories other Little Lamms told of how they wound up in the gang?"
Can one of you who's checked in on the Roll20 site please check and see if you can move your token and let me know? There's a way to set permissions for tokens so that I don't have to do it every time we change maps and I just want to make sure I did it right.
I was able to select it and drag it along, but then it vanished? Layers?
Edit: Hah! It was layers! I dropped him under Trinity! Snap to grid mucked with me, because I had him "in the vicinity", not in the square, so when he snapped to grid, and behind her, I lost sight of him unexepctedly.
Certainly appears to be a great many Varisians in the group, yes!
Ages will matter for knowing each other. Tawni, for instance, fled Lamm's tender mercies at least 15 years ago, maybe as many as 18.More recently, he was part of a typical Varisian caravan, and "jumped ship" because he recognized the behavior of Lamm's Lambs, and couldn't stomach letting it continue.
And I have the Betrayed: Reformed Criminal trait, though the story could easily have been used for either.
Our Bard is also a Reformed Criminal with a Varisian sounding name.
Heh. And 3 of us have been hiding in caravans for some period . . .. Interesting, that.
There is a strong possibility that anyone traveling with a Varisian caravan may have heard about Trinity’s history. Her father’s dark deeds are commonly a subject of discussion. I would even go as far as to say that it has likely become a scary story used to scare children into compliance. That history is something that she is ashamed of. So, to date, it is a subject of emotional regret. There is also a chance that any involvement with Lamm’s Lambs might have created a situation where paths crossed. That would have been before Trinity was assaulted and discarded. Her previous connection with Lamm would make her a strong candidate for information about his operation.
Can one of you who's checked in on the Roll20 site please check and see if you can move your token and let me know? There's a way to set permissions for tokens so that I don't have to do it every time we change maps and I just want to make sure I did it right.
I was able to move the icon. Everything looks good on my end.
Gerinel would have spent the better part of his teenage years with the caravan, so he'd probably have at least known you for a while. When do you think he might have mentioned the Little Lamms? Would it have been while you and your family were still part of the caravan, meaning it was less a revelation for you that that's where Victor may have ended up and more a connection you made after remembering Gerinel talking about his past, or more recently, like Gerinel visited you while the caravan stopped in Korvosa after you'd settled and you were talking about Victor's disappearance and Gerinel then said, "that sounds like some of the stories other Little Lamms told of how they wound up in the gang?"
I was thinking the latter. Gerinel may or may not have talked about his childhood (depending on how painful the subject was for him), but regardless his circumstances were different enough that I doubt Yelena would have made the connection. I also think having Yelena as an ally in the search for Lamm might be part of what makes Gerinel decide now’s the time for Lamm’s luck to run out. They both serve Desna after all, so luck is definitely not on Lamm’s side :)
Can one of you who's checked in on the Roll20 site please check and see if you can move your token and let me know? There's a way to set permissions for tokens so that I don't have to do it every time we change maps and I just want to make sure I did it right.
I can move my token just fine.
Okay everyone, the Gameplay thread is up and running.
I went to check my token like asked, and I can't seem to click on it at all?
Also, how do I add the benevolent GM bonus to my point buy? I don't think HeroLab has a "17 point buy" option...
Also also, Tawni, did you have any thoughts about this?
How long were you with the caravan overall? If it was the same caravan Gerinel ran away with, it may make for an interesting connection, like Tawni joined Gerinel's caravan, they got to talking and Tawni mentions his past, causing Gerinel to go "Oh s#@%, you were a "Little Lamm" too?!"
I figured if it's the caravan Gerinel's part of, we might have been looking for Gaedren together before getting our Harrow cards, and that may factor into my opening post. Otherwise, we can just say we're in different caravans that both came to Korvosa for a meet-up or something.
Also also, Tawni, did you have any thoughts about this?
How long were you with the caravan overall? If it was the same caravan Gerinel ran away with, it may make for an interesting connection, like Tawni joined Gerinel's caravan, they got to talking and Tawni mentions his past, causing Gerinel to go "Oh s#@%, you were a "Little Lamm" too?!"I figured if it's the caravan Gerinel's part of, we might have been looking for Gaedren together before getting our Harrow cards, and that may factor into my opening post. Otherwise, we can just say we're in different caravans that both came to Korvosa for a meet-up or something.
I read the "I don't think we would have met" and half-dropped it. I was kinda waiting to see how the connection with Yelena panned out. It looked like the two of you established a connection, but she didn't seem interested in extending the offer, so I fully dropped it.
Not because I dislike the idea, but because I find it unlikely Tawni would have ignored a single woman only a few years his junior . . .. And without her choice of active involvement, it would have required at least some of that. <shrug> I'm not necessarily talking about romantic entanglements, mind you, but he wouldn't have ignored her.
Edited to add: Same could apply to Tawni. (I remembered the pirate ship part of the backstory more than the caravan.) Yelena was born in the caravan twenty-three years ago and stayed until about four years ago, when she left to go live with her father in Korvosa.
I thought I caught that edit button early enough, but apparently not. I’m fine with all three of us being in the same caravan in which case Yelena could be looking for both of you.
Also, how do I add the benevolent GM bonus to my point buy? I don't think HeroLab has a "17 point buy" option...
Go with the 15 point option and then start playing with your ability points. Your new total (17, etc.) will show in red indicating you are over-budget, but you will be able to see your total - at least that is how it works in my copy of the non-web-based HeroLab.
^This. You can add the points, but herolab will throw you a red error warning indicating that you are over the 15 point buy. It will still calculate your stats at 17 points. If you want to clear the error message just reconfigure your hero to roll/custom on the drop down list.
Just waiting on Gerinel and Yelena to finish their byplay before continuing on.
As far as I’m concerned you can move us forward now and we’ll either handwave or spoiler any conversations that happened earlier in the day. Sorry for my part in the confusion.
Edited to add: Same could apply to Tawni. (I remembered the pirate ship part of the backstory more than the caravan.) Yelena was born in the caravan twenty-three years ago and stayed until about four years ago, when she left to go live with her father in Korvosa.I thought I caught that edit button early enough, but apparently not. I’m fine with all three of us being in the same caravan in which case Yelena could be looking for both of you.
I'm fine with that if Tawni is.
Got a similar question for Trinity: what part of your life was with the Little Lamms? Would it have been before, during or after Gerinel's time? He's 18 now, and be would have been maybe 8 or so when he finally got away from Lamm and had been with the caravan for ten years after that.
I'm good with it, as a rule.
One thing to note, since Yelena has been here longer at this point, she might not know we are in Korvosa until she sees us in the shop. Having run together before doesn't mean we instinctively found each other in the last couple of days.
And it helps keep us to the story's assumption that we are each alone to find the shop . . ..
The downside of us three knowing each other and Hei-Wa explicitly being the last to arrive is that poor Trinity’s going to keep getting mistaken for the host :)
It appears I can't move my character in Roll20... just a FYI.
Did it work before? I only changed one setting, I'll change it back and see if that fixes the problem.
I don’t think it worked before.
Everyone gets three Harrow points, with the exception of Hei-wa who gets four. For the uses for Harrow points in this chapter of the adventure check out the spoiler on the the Campaign Info tab.
Right now I'm going to say it's about an hour after sundown, call it around 8 o'clock.
Everyone, if you say in your post that you move somewhere please, please, , move your token on the map to indicate where you want to end up.
This is a pet peeve of mine and I don't want to be responsible for any miscommunication between us.
Sorry, that’s on me. Given your thorough description, I assumed we didn’t have a map. I should have checked.
There's a map for everything!
You are a man after my own heart. I love me some maps!
Sorry for the delay folks! Gateway issues kept me from posting. Plus, Mother Nature decided to play an April Fool's joke on us by dumping about 8 or so inches of dense, wet snow on us, causing power outages that threw off my sleep cycle due to my CPAP going offline, we weren't able to get out of our garage because of said outage, so we couldn't shovel the driveway immediately, and when we did try to shovel it it was a real struggle due to how heavy and wet the snow was. I finally limped into work about 3 hours late, and stayed late too. Leaving me tired, cranky and sore when I finally got home. Very funny, Mother Nature. Ha ha. You got me. Happy April Fools. -_-
Gerinel, where are you getting the third action from? You can get two actions (move & move or move & standard). I'm not seeing where that last attack action is coming from.
Yes, when you use a move action you only get one attack action, so no offhand attacks when you move.
Oh, right. It's been a while since I used a TWF character. Sorry! >_<
Oh my gosh, this helmet will be PERFECT for Gerinel later on!
Sorry, everyone. Long holiday weekend. I hope everyone who celebrates had a good Easter holiday.
Are we still in initiative order?
It depends on what you do next. If you pause to search the room or Yargin then we can drop out of combat until you're ready, if you proceed to the next room to see what/who is out there then we'll stay in initiative order.
I believe that's the first nat 20 of the game! I'm sure I won't regret using it to stabilize an unconscious thug. XD
So...did Yelena's work save Yargin's life? Or is he dead?
He's alive, stable and unconscious.
Impressive!
Yelena's ready to move on.
I don't see Hei-wa near any door so which door are you planning on opening? The one by Yelena or the one behind Tawni, where you heard the voice come from?
Speaking of Tawni, it's been a week since he posted so I sent him a PM to see if everything's all right. If we don't hear back from him I can bot him until you clear the fishery and then we might have to see about picking a replacement.
I was listening at Tawni's door so that is the one I was planning on opening. I didn't want to place my icon on top of his or move his icon so I left my icon in place. Sorry for the confusion.
That's what I thought but just wanted to make sure.