Kingmaker - GM ST

Game Master SodiumTelluride

I'm in. Just waiting for control of my icon.

Made my character with profile picture

That's the one I had commissioned btw

@Rhiann, if there is a next time, you might do better with your CMB rather than your escape artist skill...

Yeah. Definitely didn't think that through.

@Rhiann, I don't think you get to attack; escape artist uses your standard action...

Ugh yeah. Standard action. Oh well.

Go get em team! :P

"Moving on sounds good" Alyssa says as she nods in reply "but maybe we should check out that table first?"

Alyssa gestures towards the table and moves closer, looking at it. "They seem to have built some kind of map on top of it, possibly for these tunnels? That'd give us a better idea of where we're going. And the burlap sack might hold the rest of the things they pilfered, like Svetlana's ring."

She'll take a good look at the map to see if she can make any sense of it, before reaching for the sack and searching its contents.

I did actually search the room (perception check 21), and apparently didn't find anything...

I figured that just meant you didn't find anything else besides what we'd already seen :)

Fun fact: this encounter's morale section was written under the assumption that the party hadn't already killed the mite leader, as it specifically describes them as fleeing to his room. As that's where the party just came from, I sent them in the opposite direction instead.

Makes sense. They'll run to the most dangerous surviving person in the collective to regroup.

Has the curse of this campaign claimed yet another GM?!?!?

Sadly it's starting to look that way.

I'm getting more and more stubborn about this. Lets finish this adventure path no matter how many GM's it takes! :)

Agreed!

Coming up on two weeks since Assemblers last post.

Looks like it's time to post another GM recruitment thread, unless anyone knows a GM who is looking for a Kingmaker campaign?

I'd say we're all very willing to be flexible and reset if needed. :)

Yuki-Tsune, are you still with us?

Present

Yeah I guess I'll post something on the recruitment page.

Present

Cool, don't worry, we've been through this before and found a new GM. Several times now. :)

@ our new GM

I joined but have not been introduced IC yet. As the group is still in a situation where it isn't possible

So don't worry about not seeing her there

Ok it looks like you've already had to rebuild once, is that correct? I'll do my best not to make you all do that a second time. At first glance it looks fine, nothing crazy.

Yeah, the first GM had a unique set of character creation guidelines to the first reset required a bit of rebuilding.

Gotcha.

Of course, if anyone wants to rebuild now is the perfect time. And if there's anything you wanted to do with your character but weren't allowed to before, I'm all ears. It'll take me a bit to get caught up with yall.

Yuki, do you have book 1 posted somewhere I can access it?

Sent a PM :)

Wow. I can see now you've outlasted multiple GM's with this game, and in not very much game time. I applaud your persistence! (The ones who were there at the beginning, anyway).

Posted in the Gameplay thread just to get things moving again, I figure you've been waiting long enough.

Thank you for taking the role of GM. Much appreciated.

@GM ST,
First off, I second Anastasia's thanks,

Second, can you see the maps on Roll20?

There pretty much has to be another exit to this room. We came in to this chamber through the tunnel with the pink elipse (from the encounter with the mite chief, his riding tick, and some other mites). The mites and centipedes we just fought came in through the tunnel marked with the blue elipse, opposite the side we came in from...

Whoops, you're right I see my mistake now; you skipped a part at the beginning. I apparently don't have access to your Roll20 game so I was following along in the gameplay, but forgot that you had opted to go down instead of onward after the entryway.

Working on some updated maps now. I use Google Docs and will keep links in my post headers.

I will also work on taking over the thread properly, but my first priority was just getting the group playing again.

Now that we're rolling again, here's a bit of introduction:

Hi! I know you checked the post history of at least one of your previous takeover GM's, so you've probably checked mine. I'm not, like, the most experienced GM but I've run two full AP's and a smattering of scenarios, mostly IRL. Looking through the gameplay I can tell you've had at least one very good GM, which makes me wonder just what I've gotten myself into. Hopefully we can build a fun experience together.

What I do have is a full decade of PbP experience and a job that lets me check the boards regularly during the week. (I have three kids so I can't promise a post on weekends.)

Since this is an AP, I'm not gonna adhere strictly to any particular posting guideline, but here's the general idea. Out of combat I'd like to follow the rule of two-yeas-no-nays: if at least two of you agree on a course with nobody dissenting, that's where we'll go. In combat we'll use block initiative: players are one block, monsters are another. Whoever rolls highest determines which block goes first (probably the players most of the time, but not always). When it's your turn, you'll have a day or two to post before I bot anyone. (I don't like to bot more than one person at a time, so I'll probably wait until most of you have posted.)

Does anyone have any special character abilities you want me to know about? In particular, things like automatic secret rolls (like a dwarf's stonecunning) or special interrupt actions (beyond attacks of opportunity) and so on?

None from Yuki yet. Still baby character.

Sorry. Sunday/Monday are my days off and I've had a lot to take care of. Will get back to regular posting today.

I sent Alyssa a PM a couple of days ago letting her know we're running again. No response yet.

Her last post was a month ago, her player's last post was in Nov 2024. Might pay to have a quick recruitment for an Arcane caster?

I'll go with whatever the group decides, however I only got here three days ago. Seems fair to at least wait until Saturday, to give her a full week.

But if you all decide you've waited long enough for this game, that's your prerogative :)

Oh definitely wait a few days.

If still no response then we could ask the players in the other games we're involved with. Get a player we know quickly rather than more recruiting.

That makes sense.

I will be travelling until the 23ed of April. I hope to continue posting, but bot me if needed.

Loot sheet has been updated

If I understand correctly, you've collected the Moon Radishes but have not (until now) returned them to Oleg's. Is that right?

I'll try to do a description as soon as I'm back home

I want to use lithe. But using lithe for describing an elf, is like saying the sky is blue :P

lol

Welcome aboard, GM ST, and thank you so much for taking on our game.

And I want to apologise to all of you for being away for so long without saying anything. I have been dealing with a serious burnout, and I just haven't been able to have the mental capacity to post at the end of most days. Things are getting better, though, and I'm hoping to get back to posting regularly soon.

Yay! Welcome back Alyssa. I hope things get better for you.

Welcome back!

May I ask if there will be an issue if she's an unapologetic flirt?

Adela won't really understand she's being flirted with. :)

No objections from Rhiann. Heh

So first impressions last the longest. Hence her over the top courtesy

But being a follower of Picoperi, she can be a real feral goblin :P

Ok I've gone through everything you've fought so far. Including the quest reward you just earned, please put yourselves at 2,211 XP (including Yuki-- I believe in Communist Baldur's Gate XP). It looks like you were on milestone leveling before now, but since 1) I don't know what the intended milestones were, 2) it's more fun as a player if you know how close you are to your next level, and 3) it's easier for me to track, let's just use regular XP from now on.

Will do

Are we on fast or medium XP track?

I'm thinking the medium track. Only because this AP was published so long ago that there were very few character options, and you're likely to be stronger than many of the monsters.

I'm open to revisiting it later though.

I'm thinking the medium track. Only because this AP was published so long ago that there were very few character options, and you're likely to be stronger than many of the monsters.

I'm open to revisiting it later though.

Reason I would like to have fast track, is to get to max level

But that's just me

But I'll update my XP for the medium track