caps here. I would love to play Shattered Star with this character.
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I'm going to stop tracking this campaign. PM me if the GM ever comes back.
I wish the GM would come back. :-(
I would love to play with this character. His shattered star game came to a much too early end. I would happily level him up to 2. He is a gnome illusion/enchantment sorcerer.
Right. Either a GM sees these messages and decides to do it or we disband (or Poblano Pepper comes back). We won't press it further than that, but we will wait patiently. If no GM shows up, our patience fizzles out and the problem is solved.
I think you've summed up our options. :-p Either a) Poblano Pepper comes back b) a GM volunteers to pick it up or c) we disband. We will discuss replacement players if a or b happens, otherwise there's no point.
I'm poking the lodge again to see about a) someone reaching out to the current GM again and b) getting a new GM if he's not coming back
We are early in the AP, yes. We are also fairly early in the book. I have never read, run, or played the AP, but it opens with us trying to find someone, and we haven't found them yet. There have been little to no combats but we've talked to a handful of people. All that to say I think we are pretty early in book one.
Still have not heard from GM Poblano Pepper. If he is coming back soon we are willing to wait but we have had two players bail already. If he will not be back could we get a replacement GM before we lose any more? He was running Shattered Stars in PFS Campaign Mode. We are in book one and it would be nice to at least finish that much of it.
I could post requesting a new GM.
I checked with a friend of the GM (via the flaxseed lodge) and I believe we will hear *something* from the GM. Not sure when, but it shouldn't take weeks for him to give us an update on whether the game will continue or not.
I believe he is - I just pinged him on FB to let him know someone is asking. Let me know if you hear anything back.
Is GM Poblano Pepper okay? We haven't heard anything from him in a couple weeks, which seems uncharacteristic (unless it's not? I don't actually know).
I am waiting longer. If he were a less reputable GM I might agree. I think something came up in his personal life.
Yeah what happened here?
Bumble waggles his eyebrows at the team and murmurs a spell, working his fingers. Then with a snap and a clap a crude and colorless toy boat appears in the palm of his hand. He sets it in the basket and then knocks on the wood of the skiffs.
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"Who did you hear of us from? What made you think we would be interested in the Nidalese slavers?" Bumble is deeply suspicious, and his paranoid brain is jumping in every direction. Did the lady sell us out? Or is there a spy in her house? Is this an elaborate ruse to get us captured or killed? Who else knows about us and our mission?! I thought this was secret!
Bumble nods along.
Bumble nods. "You don't want to go up against us *and* our friends at once. Best to surrender now and tell us who you are and what you're doing here."
Bumble jumps up and frantically runs out the door and towards the warehouse. He murmurs a spell, and the sound of someone banging on the farthest door can be heard.
Bumble drums his fingers absently on the bar counter while he waits.
Bumble smiles a little. They are sharper than I thought. Not bad. "Where could we find the Sczarni leaders?"
Although not a particular skilled negotiator himself, Bumble is somewhat horrified at his partners's willingness to state their intentions directly and pay face value. But not wanting to embarrass himself or the team further, he keeps his mouth shut
Bumble manages to keep his smile, but inside he is crestfallen. Work! She's going to make me work. But, having never seen that much gold so close to his reach at one time, he can't resist. What a scheme. Work! -- When he sees the missing persons board, his mouth goes dry. 500 gold! Better start finding these folks before the mayor gets some sense in his head... Maybe I can work my share up to a thousand! Looking eagerly to the party, his head full of gold lust and his mistrust, at least at the moment, set aside, Bumble exclaims "Let's get started!"
Bumble listens to his companions chat as he waits for an answer to his question. Does he really now know the Sczarni or is it just an act? Have to keep a close eye on the Caydenite... if he's in bed with the Sczarni this could get complicated.
Bumble gives Sheila a charming smile. "Your note mentioned compensation for meeting you here today?"
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After trying Lucre, Bumble sets his inquisitive, gnomish, puzzle mind to work.
Bumble, his mind always on wealth, decides to try "LUCRE"
All thought of schemes, angles, and the like fall out of Fidget's had at the sight of the box. A puzzle!!! he runs up to it and starts running his fingers over all of the grooves, tracing them out for a pattern.
Blaze's excitement brings a twinkle to Fidget's eyes as he smiles at the other gnome, and laughs. Gnomish: "That does have a nice ring to it." He pauses. "Especially if it also makes me fabulously rich."
Bumble gives Blaze an assessing glance. Have to keep an eye on that one. He declines a drink from Dragox. Got to watch that one too; maybe a simpleton but it could be an act.
Bumble reads the letter closely, his eyebrows dancing up and down at his thoughts. Flattery, yes, yes. And vague promises, too, yes. But the angle will reveal all. It's clear she's playing us. Bumble gives the rest of the party a sidelong glance. But can I beat her at this game? "Compensation" for the visit is nice and all, but what's this proposition all about... His thoughts wander and he begins to take a closer look at each of his companions. Introductions? Introductions for trust. Got to have trust for these games, yes. He offers the party an adorable, truly winning smile, followed by a very fine bow. "Bumble Rumbleberry, magician extraordinare, at your service."
Bumble is ready. If I have the downtime to think about it before we are well and truly started, I might switch some of his traits around, but I'm also fine with the ones he currently has.
Strictly speaking you cannot, but in my home games I allow Desna and Cayden. Perhaps the GM will allow it since this is campaign mode. Right now we have
That looks like a great SOP. I also like to include something about which way to go when there are multiple options so we're not continuously stopping for the GM to ask which door to take. I like the Rule of Left. Bumble has dancing lights and torches. I'll pick up some splash weapons as well; thanks for the reminder. It makes sense to carry cold iron arrows (for archers) and a cold iron backup weapon. They're so cheap it's usually easy to do, even with starting gold.
Good topic! Obviously there will be non-dungeon-crawl content in this AP. But for the dungeon crawls I've had really good experience (10+ levels of Emerald Spire) with Standard Operating Procedures defined by the party (in conjunction with the GM) to move the party through the dungeon at a healthy clip. Otherwise play really bogs down with all the little decisions to make and actions to take. An SOP can keep things humming along until the bigger decisions come up.
Good point on the dagger. I'll do that.
This is Bumble. Or Fidget. Or any nickname you want to come up with for him. He is a fey-touched sorcerer. Although he's spent plenty of his life in the "wild" lately he's been spending a lot of time in Varisia, where the residents are so much easier to trick, deceive, and play tricks on--except when they're not. Luckily, he's very good at putting them out of commission long enough to get away. His specialty is high-DC enchantment, compulsion, and illusion spells. Right now his spell selection is:
He is also my first time making a character with *NO*. *WEAPONS*. Wish me luck!
Sorcerer doesn't come with Diplomacy as a class skill and I'm not currently planning on using a trait to gain it. I probably should though... but I'm all there for Bluff.
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