Chaos in Korvosa-GMKoolKobold's Curse of the Crimson Throne

Game Master KoolKobold

Congratulations on surviving the last few months of 2025 and welcome back!

May 2026 be easy on all of us...

Hello and happy new year to everyone. I've somehow managed to survive the crazy season. I'll try to catch and level up.

hp: 1d6 ⇒ 2

For level up, I grabbed the read magic cantrip, chose skill rank for favoured class and put 1 rank in craft alchemy, escape artist, intimidate, knowledge religion, perception, sleight of hand, stealth and use magic device.

When all you have is a (war)hammer.

Reminder for the clarification-I am not going to have this crowd kill off any of the kids. If combat is inevitable it's easy to scatter them before they have a chance to attack. It's purely for atmospheric flavor to make sure the characters know that they are all in very real danger.

I take it no one in here is interested in the Harrow Point system? I personally am confused reading about it, so the card drawings can be purely thematic.

I don't know anything about it... can you provide a link?

I don't really know much about the system or what it's supposed to do. I was in a game a few years back that used Harrow readings but I'm not sure if it was what is laid out in the books or something the GM substituted.

That one involved the character choosing a card, I think by a dice roll but I don't really remember, and receiving a boon based on the suit of the card that could be used once during the book. A new reading was done for each new book.

I did find this conversation thread about the Harrow stuff over in the CotCC forum. It might be helpful. I can't say because I didn't read through it.

Harrowing Difficulties

To be honest I might not do the bonuses for the harrow point and instead just do readings, and depending on the reading's results each character will get bonuses on attacks and saving throws on certain battles.

Does that sound good?

Yeah, harrow is one of those mechanics I always kind of bounced.

I apologize for the delay, I've had a lot of seizure activity over the past week. Don't worry, this is normal (albeit annoying) for me. Hopefully my brain will cooperate in the coming week!

2nd level:

4 HP +1 Con +1 FCB = 6

BAB +1

Fort +3, Ref +0, Will +7

Orisons 4x/day

1st level 2 +1 Wis

Hex: Evil Eye

Skills: 4 base +3 Int +2 background

+1 Heal, Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (planes), Knowledge (religion), Perception, Sense Motive, Spellcraft

+1 Handle Animal, Knowledge (history)

To be honest I might not do the bonuses for the harrow point and instead just do readings, and depending on the reading's results each character will get bonuses on attacks and saving throws on certain battles.

Does that sound good?

So it's a kind of random positive thing? In that case, I'm on board! ^_^

I apologize for the delay, I've had a lot of seizure activity over the past week. Don't worry, this is normal (albeit annoying) for me. Hopefully my brain will cooperate in the coming week!

Jeez, I’m really sorry you go through that…

Amadine wins the argument, but Divo has a handy out.

Sorry for the silence. Caught a bad stomach bug and it made my mood tank. Will post later today or tomorrow.

No rush, this is just a game - although I'm happy to be in it!

Get well first, then post.

Yeah, get better soon GMKK. See you after that.

Feel better indeed. There is a lot of that going around.

So can I assume someone is going to give Divo his ring?

I'm still waiting for an answer from Zellara, or does she just disappear?

But mooooooom, I wanna buy the kids matching outfits!

I'm still waiting for an answer from Zellara, or does she just disappear?

Just answered, sorry for the delay

As for loot I'll take that wand unless somebody else particularly wants it.

And just to double check has all the loot been entered into the loot sheet?

Outside of Yagrin's loot, which I don't recall anyone taking, all the loot is accounted for.

I also added a map of Korvosa as a whole in the tab for future references.

I'm alive! I've had a ton of seizures over the past few weeks. (Don't worry, this is just how my brain is. Not a medical emergency.) It's been rough. This is the worst it's been in years.

But I'm too stubborn to quit. I'm slowly peeling myself up off the metaphorical asphalt and putting the pieces back together. Thank you for bearing with me.

All I can do from my side of the world is pray for you. Glad your spirit isn't dampened

I'm glad you're alright Amadine! Take care of yourself!

I am having issues with my heating and pipes in the winter cold. My ability to post over the next few days will be affected. Will update everyone.

I hope everyone of you is alive and well - and has electricity, heating, water and food.
Seems like there is a historic winter storm in the U.S... :-O

Regarding the current loot list, I would NOT sell:

* 3x Potion of Cure Light Wounds
* +1 dagger ---> for Prax or Amandine?
* 1 adamantine arrowhead
* oil of keen edge ---> for Prax?
* wand of magic missile (23 charges) ---> for Kyki or Trebelle
* 1 dose of silversheen

For these items I put No in the column Sold-Yes/No?. The rest can (and - in my opinion - should) be sold, unless another character needs anything from the list.
However, this item puzzles me:
a masterwork dagger with a strange blade shaped like a key bearing the inscription: "For an inspiration of a father"
Does anyone know anything about it?

@GM KoolKobold: Actually, we have nearly all of Yagrin's loot: Romli retrieved the wand that Yagrin could not activate and afterwards lost in the water. And Prax searched Yagrin and took all his items (except the leather armor).
So please add Yagrin's loot (without the leather armor) to the list. Thanks!

Is the wand just at caster level 1 or?

If the price in the loot list (345 gold) is correct, then yes, it's CL 1.

A wand is a thin baton that contains a single spell of 4th level or lower. A wand has 50 charges when created — each charge allows the use of the wand's spell one time. A wand that runs out of charges is just a stick. The price of a wand is equal to the level of the spell × the creator's caster level × 750 gp. If the wand has a material component cost, it is added to the base price and cost to create once for each charge (50 × material component cost). (...)(Source)

Emphasis mine.

Price for a wand with a level 1 spell at CL1 with 50 charges: SL x CL x 750 gold = 1 x 1 x 750 = 750 gold
Price for that wand with 1 charge: 750 gold / 50 = 15 gold
Price for that wand with 23 charges: 15 gold x 23 = 345 gold

Divo really has no opinion on the loot other than we definately don't want anything tying us to the queen's jewelry. Actually, not sure I had him elaborate on that yet.

The wand is kinda okay. But having to shoot 23x 1d4 bolts or getting 345gp, I'd say we're better off with the GP

Prax could take the +1 dagger, but she will get dex to damage with only one weapon group. That will be heavy blades since she'll be using it with her elven curve blade. A dagger would only be a backup weapon for her.

So, it's nice to have but if Amandine or someone else would get more use from it, they should take it. If not, Prax will take it over selling it. It's a magical weapon available at 2nd level and that's not something to pass up.

She will absolutely take the oil of keen edge. Very handy for her!

Added Yagrin's gear. Not sure if the wand of acid splash is listed as the correct price.

Well, it's 1d4+1 force damage that always hit (except for the shield spell) which might be very helpful, depending what we encounter.

I think I'll keep the wand of magic missile at least until we level up again, then I'll probably sell it.

I'll also take one of those vials of acid.

I've removed these items from the sheet and put them in my profile.

Added Yagrin's gear. Not sure if the wand of acid splash is listed as the correct price.

Thanks! The price is too high for a wand with a cantrip (zero level spell) - it's half of that (210 gold).

By the way, Google found me a very helpful Pathfinder Wand Cost Calculator.

You know, I think Prax will hold on to that hand crossbow in the loot. It only occurred to me today she might be proficient with it, so a double checked and yeah, UnRogue gets it as a proficiency.

It's not a great weapon generally, but it is easy to carry and can be used one-handed, which could turn out to be useful in some situations. Besides, it's masterwork so why let it go when it's sitting there for the taking?

I put Prax's name on the loot sheet for the things she's taking. I think it's better to keep things on the sheet rather than removing them. It can be handy to have a record of who has what as time goes on.

Everyone still alive?

I am. Not sure where everyone else went. Was worried my post confused everyone.

Bobbing about. Weekends I tend to quiet down

Huh, somehow I missed that last post. I didn't get a notification. Oh well, posted now.

Added a tab in the loot sheet to allow anyone to designate a non sold item to whoever wants it.