☠ Season of Ghosts w/ DM rainzax ☠

Game Master rainzax

Going to give you guys a day or two, then I will be moving us on to our Downtime declarations!

Grand Totals exiting Summer

➤Hope (4) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
➤Food (18) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, ⭐⭐⭐
➤Security (9) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
➤The Willowshore Curse (6) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, ⭐
➤Pick's Memory Ritual @ ☑☑□

Per this post, modified by the agreement to conscript equally from North & South, here's how far we have left to go before winter:

Hope: 4 (keep this above 0)
Food: 18/26 + 10% (rounded up to 3) = 18/29
Security: 9/10-18 (Total needed depends on the weather.)

Willowshore Curse: 6/?
➤Pick's Memory Ritual @ ☑☑□

Now, what should our reasonable accommodation be? Sigurd said something about the Cerulean Teahouse being dedicated to both sides of town. Another option could be that there be no preference or prejudice for North/South in the standing army. (Of course we'd have to word that very carefully or Granny Hu would find a way to comply in word but not in spirit.) Thoughts?

Using the Teahouse would be a great idea for serving as a more central location for Northerners and Southerners to heal. It would also fulfill one of Granny Hu's "requests" so she wouldn't bother us about it or interrupt our routine to cash in a favor.

Hah! As if she'd allow a two-for-one deal. We'd need a whole new round of negotiations for that. ;D

Sigurd is about efficiency, if anything.

I agree with the Tea House. It is a good centralized location.

With talks nearing a die-down, Granny Hu smiles to herself smugly as nobody either 1) challenges her decree and 2) the party stands ready to squander their leverage in abandoning the talks before pressing for a hard-earned "reasonable accommodation"...

Lan, do you want to make the suggestion? Sigurd's teahouse idea works for me.

The teahouse sounds like as good an option as any.

No new rolls needed - this is built upon the success of the rolls you already made. She must capitulate. Just going to find time to proceed us along...

Uber-crushed this week - need a couple more days...

...Wednesday is looking good...

=)

Fair enough. Take care!

Off-topic:

I have encountered a bully at work who uses nice language to essentially coerce my compliance. I have spent last couple of days trying to get together a game plan that involves weekly interactions with this person, which has caused me a great deal of anxiety.

That said, I think I am over the "hump" and ready to get back into this delicious heroic horror escapist fantasy. You guys are a great group - a refuge, really.

Soon!

I have encountered a bully at work who uses nice language to essentially coerce my compliance. I have spent last couple of days trying to get together a game plan that involves weekly interactions with this person, which has caused me a great deal of anxiety.

That sounds very familiar (software dev is loaded with them...). For what it's worth, PM me if you feel like talking about it.

Software development can get very tribal and toxic. Sometimes my consultation lands me at a good spot, and other times I can't wait for the contract to end. I hope you find a good way to resolve this.

Sounds awful. I hope your situation at work improves soon. Good luck!

Awaiting Lan's and Kazuki's Week Two Downtime.

I'd also like to streamline this a bit, and I'm going to ask:

1) That you allow me to roll for you
2) That you plan the next 2-3 weeks ahead

If there is a major event that might necessitate a change in your Downtime, then I will slow us down.

Does this sound okay?

=)

Sounds good to me.

GM, I have a couple more retrain steps that I want to take. It doesn't necessarily need to be now (Vekka should probably help with building tasks now), but I wanted to run them by you to see that they make sense.

If she fails any of these rolls, she will use Halfling Luck to re-roll the check. This also applies to her Week 1 roll.

I'm going to rule that this ability is "out of phase" as a 1/day ability in rolling a check that takes a week to resolve. Let's save it for adventuring!

Tea Lore:
We're good with what we have rolled so far, but moving forward, I'm going to ask for "hard" food gathering skills (like Nature and Survival) to represent building up Willowshore's stores. Can't eat tea.

=)

Anyhow, two Skill Challenges, and, I'm going to start getting us organized for Week Three and beyond!

GM, can Sigurd purchase a Composite Shortbow? It should be easy to acquire now that we're level 4.

I'm also thinking about a Glaive.

If possible, I'd like to get +1 potency runes on both (or at least the Shortbow.)

According to the Treasure by Level chart, we should have items of these levels:

3rd: 1, 2nd: 2, 1st: 1

We got runes from the mysterious shopkeep, roughly level 4 in power/worth.

Any money you have earned from Downtime over Summer (or that you saved from your last level up - be that Itemized or Lump Sum) can easily be used to purchase Common items and services (such as Rune transfer).

I'll leave the exact accounting to you.

=)

** spoiler omitted **

Auntie Wu wrote:

If she fails any of these rolls, she will use Halfling Luck to re-roll the check. This also applies to her Week 1 roll.

I'm going to rule that this ability is "out of phase" as a 1/day ability in rolling a check that takes a week to resolve. Let's save it for adventuring!

Fair. Can't blame me for wishing, though! ;)

We're good with what we have rolled so far, but moving forward, I'm going to ask for "hard" food gathering skills (like Nature and Survival) to represent building up Willowshore's stores. Can't eat tea.

Fair enough.

Sorry. Been quite busy recently. A lot to soak in in gameplay. I'll get to it after work tonight.

If you need to bot me, Kazuki can definitely take care of a few snakes in an outhouse.

After that, I can get to chronicles. If anyone absolutely needs their's soon, lmk?

I just realized I missed whatever post these were linked in, and for some reason my search-fu is not finding it. I was checking on my book-keeping for the character I was applying it to and noticed I was missing the copy.

Yeah I’ve consistently lagged on this. Will get on top of it soon.

Yeah I’ve consistently lagged on this. Will get on top of it soon.

While we await Gameplay...

...Please put your Contact Info in the link above. I will try to get my new computer (aaah!) to get your Summer Chronicles!

Which link? --Oh, the one in your header. On it!

The character numbers and factions do not at all align to the email addresses, right? This was my character info (who was also correctly reported to back in September).

The character numbers and factions do not at all align to the email addresses, right? This was my character info (who was also correctly reported to back in September).

If I think I understand your question correctly, I will email everyone together in a group email, that way the "who's who" will take care of itself.

Sigurd Kolphan, Season of Ghost wrote:

Cirri Merryweather

PFS / Character #: 133608-2008
Level and Faction: Level 2/2/2, Verdant Wheel
Normal or Slow?: Normal
XP: 13

Auntie Wu wrote:

PFS Number: 289224-2006 (Nhorri Ephema)

Level: 1/1/2
Faction: Horizon Hunters
Normal or Slow?: Normal
Current XP: 7

Ho Lan wrote:

Name: Tsuan Lai Blakros

PFS / Character #: 2358909-2012
Level: 4/4/4
Faction: Vigilant Seal
Normal or Slow?: Normal
XP: 36

Vekka Tchakon wrote:

PFS / Character #272301-2007 (Ebren Windbrook)

Level 1/2/2
Faction Horizon Hunters
Normal or Slow? Normal
XP: 9

Kazuki Sato wrote:

Moko

PFS / Character #: 17148-2001
Level and Faction: 3/3/4 (horizon hunters)
Normal or Slow?: normal.
XP: 29

Leaving this here for my own convenience.

This week is long, but coming up on a holiday weekend, I should be able to get back on top of my to-do list.

=)

Yup, perfect. Ty. Just wanted to confirm since I didn't recognize the numbers that I saw in the spreadsheet.

Kazuki,
Check out the "Special Limit" here: LINK

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[dice=Flourishing Flora (fruits): bludgeoning damage]2d4

DC 20 reflex

Vekka - go ahead and roll another "Spell DC" check by inverting who rolls, and subtract 10 from your DC to add that to the die roll!

Auntie Wu, same to you, please.

You have already won a Synergy point (extra success) for the type of spell, but you also (mandatorily) get to roll for a possible second success!

Players,
I am looking for two volunteers: a Treasurer and a Secretary.

Treasurer
Maintain the "Loot Sheet" in the campaign header. In many games, someone is tasked with creating a spreadsheet to add up all the loot, conduct sellback math, and provide dispensations for the party. This task is not even half that work, and involves no math whatsoever.

If the party comes across special items during the adventure, I'd like the names of those items (and, optionally, a link) to be compiled onto a spreadsheet. That's it.

Why? Because, these items will be discounted when players re-calculate their Wealth upon gaining a new level. So, when a player is doing (re)-purchases when they level up, and want to use the special item they found while adventuring (Gurglegut's tiara, Ugly-Cute's gift, etc), they can see if the item is on the list, and receive a discount for it out of their budget.

Secretary
Maintain an NPC Relationships sheet. I will use this to update my corresponding Alias periodically. There will be two categories: Individual NPCs and Merchant NPCs. As the party build relationships across town, certain favors will unlock, such as with Merchant NPCs, gaining access to broad discounts to categories of goods as a result of those NPCs becoming Friendly or Helpful towards the party.

For Merchant NPCs, the Secretary and Treasurer will have to communicate, so that if and when a discount is earned, it is also recorded on the Loot sheet.

For example, if you click on the link here:

Kazuki's guidance, too, proves spot on. Not exactly following directions, Minhwan never-the-less gets his hands on some inarizushi, and makes his offering, which he leaves at the Nine Ear Shrine (W9).

Ba-Ming Ouh, hearing of the party's deeds, now offers her wares at a 10% discount!

You will see that the party has now unlocked a broad discount to fulus, scrolls, talismans - which can be a major money saver!

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Do I got any takers?

=)

I'm happy to do the Treasurer. As a matter of fact, if people want, I can make a more comprehensive purchases sheet. I have the templates from GMing APs/Adventures in home games making sure my kids don't "accidentally" forget they have a finite amount of money.

Nice.

As to your sheet, I am happy to have it as a tool, but it is just that: an option for you all to do your own accounting. Where would you like me to link it?

Feel free to check out the “Loot Sheet” in campaign headers, and either adopt or replace it.

I can be the Secretary. Do you have a file for me to start using, or shall I whip up a spreadsheet and input the info you give me?

I can be the Secretary. Do you have a file for me to start using, or shall I whip up a spreadsheet and input the info you give me?

I’m open to your preferences.

This Alias contains the info that the document will be transcribed into.

As you can see it is missing some entries.

Sigurd S/F/F

Auntie Wu @ S/?/S + Synergy (slotted area damage w/ decent range)
Lan @ F/S/S + No Synergy (three target spell)
Vekka F/S/?
Kazuki @ S/S/?
= 9 Successes earned, still awaiting Auntie Wu and Vekka and Kazuki last checks!

While I'd love to re-roll the failure

This post had the first roll

This post had the next two actions, and

This post had the requested roll for frostbite (which was original posted with the spell's prescribed DC).

I believe that accounts for all of the actions/rolls for that challenge.

Will fix my next pass.

That said, I did specify that the skill challenge had "3 rounds" - it is easiest on me for "quick" skill challenges if you nest all rolls in a single post.

I like the idea of these rolls, particularly secretary as it can be a way for you to verify if we're correctly perceiving the various interactions. I also would expect the rest of us to be able to help with it by reviewing it regularly and contributing relationship notes. Linking key posts that inluenced relationships could be nice too.

I can help with that role Auntie Wu.

Thanks!

Here is a link to the NPC Relationships spreadsheet. Feel free to add and edit, or tell me if you notice anything that was missed or could be improved. I've also added this link to the "Useful Info for Character Building" doc that is linked in this campaign's header. It's currently the last entry.

Major technical difficulties here - new computer plus internet is wonky.

In the meantime, could you guys add your macros to the “Downtime Planner” link in this alias?

Major technical difficulties here - new computer plus internet is wonky.

In the meantime, could you guys add your macros to the “Downtime Planner” link in this alias?

I "yellowed" the boxes I still need in this tracker.

Also, installing the rpg chronicles link in this header as well!

(Please tend to both when you have a spare moment)

Done.