Curse of the Crimson Throne - Foxy Quickpaw

Game Master Foxy Quickpaw

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Well, let's put this in a useful spot:

Ok, character creation rules:

- 25 point buy. No 20 in a stat at start. No dump stats (<10).
- BG Skills.
- Only Paizo Stuff.
- CRB, APG, UC, UM as a given, everything else needs approval.
- 200gp starting wealth for everyone.
- Two traits, doesn't have to be from this AP, but please none from other APs

Also a hint: I'm really bad at trackin debuffs on the monsters. So if you go that route the main spell you'll be casting will be the cantrip Remind GM.

Did I forget something?

Also, no drawbacks...

Thinking of swapping Toughness for another Trait -possibly Persuasive. Anyone wants to be party face?

I have a feeling we can split the talking role if you don't want to do it.
If you want to be the face then by all means have at it.

Base stuff set up. Private Briggi Plannten reporting for duty!

Briggi, I thought we couldn't have dump stats below 10.

@Briggi, Smithenwesson isn't a valid choice for Diety unless you have firearms proficiency...

Charisma hit due to being a dwarf

I have a feeling we can split the talking role if you don't want to do it.

If you want to be the face then by all means have at it.

If that's what we're going for, I can replace Toughness with Cosmopolitan and add Bluff and Intimidate to Ernhild's class skills to make her a more Face-oriented build. Everyone approves?

Sure

Do you have the skills points to cover all of those skills?
If not I can cover bluff and intimidate for you.

Good cop - bad cop sort of thing.

Not with 3 skill points at lvl 1, no! :')

Ok then I’ll cover bluff and intimidate

Personality is starting to come in focus. Tisha is going to be somewhat darker than most of my characters.
She is becoming more Merisiel and less Desna’s dreaming Flower Child the more I think of her.

Red Mantis for profile pic doesn't give off Desna vibes, yes.

Tisha Nerifaren wrote:

I have a feeling we can split the talking role if you don't want to do it.

If you want to be the face then by all means have at it.

If that's what we're going for, I can replace Toughness with Cosmopolitan and add Bluff and Intimidate to Ernhild's class skills to make her a more Face-oriented build. Everyone approves?

I find these kind of answers not helpful. To me it sounds like you're trying to give an answer to not step on someone's feet. And when I read it, I don't actually know what YOU want.

- You wanted to be the party face and now compromise for sharing?
- You didn't want to be the party face and now compromise for sharing?
- You didn't think of sharing and actually find it a great idea to be half of the party face?

I really don't know which one it is for you with your answer, and as it is about us all having fun, and I got the feeling that everyone here would try to accommodate the others to maximise their fun, I think it would be in your best interest to be clear about it.

Just my 2c worth.

Red Mantis for profile pic doesn't give off Desna vibes, yes.

There is a distinct lack of good elven profile pictures. That’s a surprise given the number out there.

Ernhild Jaggvir wrote:

Tisha Nerifaren wrote:

I have a feeling we can split the talking role if you don't want to do it.

If you want to be the face then by all means have at it.

If that's what we're going for, I can replace Toughness with Cosmopolitan and add Bluff and Intimidate to Ernhild's class skills to make her a more Face-oriented build. Everyone approves?

I find these kind of answers not helpful. To me it sounds like you're trying to give an answer to not step on someone's feet. And when I read it, I don't actually know what YOU want.

- You wanted to be the party face and now compromise for sharing?
- You didn't want to be the party face and now compromise for sharing?
- You didn't think of sharing and actually find it a great idea to be half of the party face?

I really don't know which one it is for you with your answer, and as it is about us all having fun, and I got the feeling that everyone here would try to accommodate the others to maximise their fun, I think it would be in your best interest to be clear about it.

Just my 2c worth.

This is mostly an answer from someone trying to find a middle-ground between how they picture their character in their head (i.e somewhat used to dealing with difficult people)_and the constraints of the game mechanisms (cleric isn't the best class for a social-oriented build with so few skill points and no training in Bluff or Intimidate).

What I think I will do is share the Face role with Tisha -better two players who are decent at it than one!

I think I'll settle for the Stone-Faced feat, which fits well with what I have in mind for who Ernhild is- and gives her a +4 bonus to Bluff even if she isn't formally trained in it.

This is mostly an answer from someone trying to find a middle-ground between how they picture their character in their head (i.e somewhat used to dealing with difficult people)_and the constraints of the game mechanisms (cleric isn't the best class for a social-oriented build with so few skill points and no training in Bluff or Intimidate).

What I think I will do is share the Face role with Tisha -better two players who are decent at it than one!

I think I'll settle for the Stone-Faced feat, which fits well with what I have in mind for who Ernhild is- and gives her a +4 bonus to Bluff even if she isn't formally trained in it.

Thanks for explaining it to me.

By the way, gameplay is started, and it is for all of you to react to the invitation.

I hopefully wrote it generic enough that you can adapt 'your room' to whatever place you are at the start of the game. Be it a rented room in a tavern, some abandoned shack on the outskirts of town, or whatever you come up with.

Why yes I noticed.....
I'll let others respond before continuing.

Background updated in Ernhild's profile.

Background added...

Are you all planning to scout out the location or something? It specifies to meet at sunset, and you all have pushed it to early morning.
Or are you all just filling time while we wait for our fourth character?

I assumed Tisha got the message the same day and she had to be there at sunset a few hours later. But I guess we could have gotten messages at different points in the last 24 hours.

Filling time -I assumed Ernhild got the message early in the morning to meet up the same day at sunset :)

Apparently we are getting started immediately, so here is a partial sorcerer. Lots of stuff still needs filling out, but I can start posting.

Things to ask Foxy about before creating an alias
1)Tattoed Sorcerer Archetype (Inner Sea World Guide)
2) Fey thoughts racial substitution (Heroes of the Wild)

Narciso

Things to ask Foxy about before creating an alias

1)Tattoed Sorcerer Archetype (Inner Sea World Guide)
2) Fey thoughts racial substitution (Heroes of the Wild)

1) Yes.

Well. the host of the party is waiting for everyone to be in the house before making her big entrance, so Briggi and Tisha are missing.

I am on the road again until Jan 30th. Posting should continue but may be spotty... (so bot if needed)

"Sure. Can you pick the lock?" Ernhild inquires, looking at Tisha.

What Ernhild is actually saying between the lines: "You look like a criminal, am I right?" ;)

Her Abadaran sense is tingling

Tisha: I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.
Croupier : Your winnings, Miss.

Lets see how good your Abadaran sense is, as that's only a small lie of omission.

Edited the map to reveal room.

How dark is it in this room?

No light source and all windows boarded shut. So it is dark.

Good thing us dorfs are there.

Interesting. I would have thought that a threating whisper coming from the dark so nobody knows where it is near, would be far more scary then some drill sergeant yelling threats.
But however you choose.

Well I'm all out of options until someone does something to change the light level. I can't see except near the open doorway, so all I can do is head back outside.

@foxy, I have added a couple of icons to your library (the 3ed row of them) - one for the urchins and another for the gnome. Please put the assorted enemies on the map; without that it is extremely difficult to assess where to put area effects, and also who's in danger of being flanked (which is presumably the point of the urchins in this encounter: to set up the gnome for flanks, and I suspect sneak attack).

Basically the whole room will be filled with kids that are in the way. But they are short and non dwarves can shoot over them. Also the gnome is on the stars, which elevates him some.

Well this turned into an Interesting first combat for the characters to figure out how to fight together.

Probably hard if the characters are willing to sacrifice Kids. But fighting with on hand tied behind your back at this level raises the danger of bad things happening quickly.

I may have just messed up all our tactical positions… but a cornered enemy will fight to the last man. But give them a way out…. You have to hope they take it after 1/4 of them already fell.

Foxy did tell us they were reluctant to fight, so hopefully they aren’t fanatics.

Foxy, am I correct in reading that the door next to Narciso just opened by itself?

Or were you saying that the door was open before and Narciso can now see into the room?

It opened. But you can't see who opened it.

@Foxy, as a Q, do I (recognize/know about/have interacted with) any of the gnome, vial chucking human or half orc? After all, I used to be part of Gaedren's organization...

How long ago were you part of the crew?

Several years ago; I grew up and got me an education between then and now...

You know the blonde guy to be Yagrin, the face of Gaedren's operations and his right hand. He is also kind of an alchemist who has produced various kinds of chemicals for the business of Gaedren.

The other two you don't know.

Foxy before we proceed, can you explain to Ernhild exactly what in your ruling the channel is about to do?

Maybe I'd be playing channel heal wrong, but as far as I understand RAW, what he did would vastly raise the chances that a TPK happens in this fight.

I suspect there is a misunderstanding here on how channels work, and while I'm not huge on retconning in PbP but I think in this case it may just be a case of someone learning their new powers for the first time. I'm guessing what is about to happen is not the intention and a Retcon is in order.

Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong and your results are what is expected and I'll be quiet and let you all play your characters.

And no Spiritual Support does not impact Channel Energy because this is not a spell that is being cast.

I honestly can't recall being in a game where Channel Energy healed enemies as well as allies -either my memory is being fuzzy again, or I just never was a witness to that particular situation. I incorrectly assumed it would only heal my allies.

Since healing the enemies was indeed not my intention, I can retcon my action if needed.

Here the rule, there is no question about it (emphasis mine):
Channeling energy causes a burst that affects all creatures of one type (either undead or living) in a 30-foot radius centered on the cleric.

And yes, this stage in this fight is a really bad situation to do that. Feel free to post a different action.

Thank you for the heads-up, that was totally my bad.

And Ernhild don’t worry about not keeping me up.
I have a feeling we missed something with the kids, so we made this way harder than it should have been.. plus I’m a first level rogue who was playing tank and not sneak attacking. I understood exactly what was likely to happen. So I don’t blame you at all for my character being down for the rest of this fight if that is what this turns out to be.

Now I would appreciate if you don’t let me die, but we have 6 more rounds until then.

Believe me, letting you die is not my intention! The problem is that as long as the gnome is standing, I can't heal you