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Pip agreed to the plan, deciding to keep an eye on Audria. As an avid fan of meats, he also moves to the butcher shop to keep a sharp eye on those that hang out there as he replenishes his diminished stock of chicken.
He knew how to roast the chicken himself, but he was going to engage the butcher shop in conversation on how to prepare his chicken.

Pip decides to be his friendliest as he asks those around the shop about the occupants, trying to get a picture of their routine.

Before the twins can part, the halfling takes an emergency piece of smoked fowl from his pouch and presses into Pug's hand.

"A snack for the road!! I say the legs are the best!!"

Bimbur yells in common "Pancakes!!" then falls silent. Who knows what dreams have infected the stoic monk.

A slight bit of drool runs down his left cheek

He jumps up and draws his bow!!

I think one first level heal is good if you don't have a healing wand or healer's gloves. I think healer's gloves is the first item you prioritize at 80gp -- one heal at level 1 now that you have level 2 spells is a good idea.
Diurn does have soothe, so it is not as important is it would be if you were the only one with healing spells.

Pip observes quietly and then puts his hands on Audria's arms inconspicuously from behind. He nods encouragingly as he meets her gaze, trying to give her a large smile.

Pip whispers in a low voice.

Sorry I am here.

I was running the Gauntlet to start, but interest has faded. I think I may have driven some applicants away.

Dejoker is running Gorgan Colony. I think he is starting soon. Seems to have enough characters to go.

I was going to run a classic module like Keep on the Borderlands, but Shadowdark seemed to be suited to homebrew or the modules released for it.

Anyway, this is the place to be now!!

I have been roleplaying for many years.

This thread has been the best narrative, roleplaying, character development, and immersive storytelling I have seen in on these boards by a large margin. I aspire to write as well as some of you, but I am an appreciative consumer of the sweat that has produced the content I get to read. Being a player, and Pip is trying to be a background player, has just been a bonus.

I have seen "creative friction" from the top of the dramatic craft, and it is a common product of top creative minds together. Vin Diesel and The Rock may never work together again, but pulpy car action fans want more of their collaborations.

I have been told I should take everyone that wants to play. I would like this to be an RPG elite experience. Doomed Hero in his guide suggests not taking everyone in a recruitment or you will have a bad game. I have found this to be true in practice.

The video below says RPG Elites do not play with anyone and everyone.

I do not plan on playing with anyone and everyone, but I will play with beginners.

What is an rpg elite

Players are level 0 and start with an ancestry. They are promising commoners that get to run the guantlet. Think of the games in the latest D&D movie.

DWARF
Brave, stalwart folk as sturdy as
the stone kingdoms they carve
inside mountains.
You know the Common and
Dwarvish languages.
Stout. Start with +2 HP. Roll hit
points per level with advantage.
ELF
Ethereal, graceful people who
revere knowledge and beauty.
Elves see far and live long.
You know the Common, Elvish,
and Sylvan languages.
Farsight. You get a +1 bonus
to attack rolls with ranged
weapons or a +1 bonus to
spellcasting checks.

GOBLIN
Green, clever beings who thrive
in dark, cramped places. As
fierce as they are tiny.
You know the Common and
Goblin languages.
Keen Senses. You can't be
surprised.
HALF-ORC
Towering, tusked warriors who
are as daring as humans and as
relentless as orcs.
You know the Common and
Orcish languages.
Mighty. You have a +1 bonus to
attack and damage rolls with
melee weapons.

HALFLING
Small, cheerful country folk with
mischievous streaks. They enjoy
life’s simple pleasures.
You know the Common
language.
Stealthy. Once per day, you can
become invisible for 3 rounds.

HUMAN
Bold, adaptable, and diverse
people who learn quickly and
accomplish mighty deeds.
You know the Common
language and one additional
common language (pg. 32).
Ambitious. You gain one
additional talent roll at 1st level.

Thanks Kheyji!! Good RP moment there.

Diurn remembers he is the new guy. He still trusts the vets he joined. The voice of Sister Cinder is special.

Actually, Black Dow led me to Shadowdark and it is AMAZING.

So, I would love to roll 6 3d6s knowing if I didn't get at least one 14 I could roll them again!!

To determine your character’s
stats, roll 3d6 in order for
each one. Note each total and
modifier on your character
sheet.
Optionally, if none of your stats
are 14 or higher, you may roll a
new set of six numbers.

Note you do not get to rearrange them!!

You can also do a level 0 start if you want an even more Grimdark feel.

To get the OSR vibe I would have a backup character linked in my profile too!!

Optionally!!! Who wouldn't reroll in this case

Max drops Celebryn and as many others as fit up front and leaves the hover bike.

Like many pilots, he is expected to have the ride ready to go.

”No selfies or thumbprints!! No paparazzi!!”

Max immediately starts chatting up the security guards. He explains he may pop on for a drink, but his primary responsibility is making sure a quick exit can happen if needed.

Max smiles and nods at Ruhk.

"Three things pilots like--scarves, goggles, AND Velcro. I will help whip up some nice designs with my printer."

All Max's flight suits have plenty of Velcro attachments for patches. He produces some more attachments that can be sewn on and continues to make two common patches: his caricature of Celebyn all dressed up and a Kyonin flower.

Max was going to explain how pilots don't wear goggles indoors when he finds online goggles with multiple visors that pop up to cover the eyes including a no visor option. Excited, he orders a pair and has them delivered to his location. He particularly likes the option to project eyes that are open and alert on the visor, and realizes that this has been used by many to fall asleep at meetings unnoticed. Probably also useful to cover his hangover eyes.

From the discussion thread:
Drektan loses all catfolk traits and racial adjustments and replaces them with halfling traits and racial adjustments plus the fully reincarnated feat OR he can keep all his catfolk traits and just change the stat adjustments.

The feat only applies to those fully reincarnated.

The stats for halfling are -2 Str +2 Dex +2 Cha

Drektan then chose to keep all his catfolk traits. But, as the point is moot, we can move on to Oleg's. Reincarnation does not come with many guarantees.

I will move the story along.

this Aldori sword is made of cold iron, and two entwined pikes (carnivorous fish) adorn the length of the blade on both sides and heatless flame begins to burn along the blade and shed light brighter than any torch you have seen. Masterwork, cold iron, Continual Flame permanent

Other properties have yet to be revealed.

Max laughs
”I’m your rakish private pilot. I will add the appropriate colored scarf as pilots still carry scarves from bygone day traditions.”

Max prints out a Velcro patch for his flight suit with a picture of Celebryn in all his glory and attaches it to his flight suit. He picks an elaborate scarf that almost touches the ground in the traditional colors.

It is all about accessorizing they say!!

I will update tonight without moving — Wi-Fi in Monterey now is spotty.

NE x1, SE x2, NEx3, SEx1 seems to stay in the clear all but once.

I will update tomorrow without Taddy.

So if Lyra wants to track loot I would appreciate that. I will link it in the campaign tab. I was going to do it just as I bet Lyra was, except I would be doing my first 2E loot spreadsheet.

15 minutes to lay on hands, refocus, and put on armor. Then lets assume 5 minutes to search the 5 rooms before going through the door.

Wounded goes away if you rest 10 minutes or have a successful treat wounds. I count refocus as resting too for this purpose, so you are good to go after 15 minutes in better armor!!

Pip stays with the hobbits and begins to find the ingredients to cook up a massive stew. Using different ingredients and some exotic spices, a concoction in the largest pot begins to brew.

Hoping to instill comradeship and belonging in his new friends, he has some of the children running to fetch some ingredients with a few coins to complete his "Estate Stew". He informs the group that this is what keeps some manor houses running for days--a well cooked stew that is brought to a boil and lightly heated for a day while everyone partakes.

We had Brightberry exercise an option to do a hero reroll, which delayed our actions by a single round.

Influence has no limit in one day. Friendly can go to helpful which can go to helpful with granted favors.

Daily Update - Diplomacy Round 1 was recapping the results of the first round of 4 discover and 1 influence actions.

You are moving to your next round of diplomacy actions (discover or influence)

Brightberry is using society to influence round 2 on Linzi, Lyra is trying another discover attempt on Amiri using perception, I am assuming Iradyiel is continuing with diplomacy unless otherwise stated on the pale female scythe wielder. Edoom is influencing with Elvish lore (sometimes lore skills will say specific lore skill and sometimes they will say related lore skill). For example, Desna Lore is more specific and usually has lower DCs than religion checks just as Elven lore is more specific than a society check DC.

I think Tibold will continue to discover on Tertuccio to find other things that influence him OR show him an arcane tatoo and use arcana skill to impress him.

Lady Jaethal responds:
"I have faced persecution and prejudice my entire life. I am surprised you would approach me when there are fairer faces in this room. But I am driven by personal demons at times that I cannot escape. My patron is Urgathoa."

She looks at the blonde, blue-eyed fighter as she mentions fairer faces.

Iradyiel is aware Urgathoa is an evil diety associated with Pharasma, but nothing beyond that.

Any skill can conceivably influence including lore — so the value of the discover action.

You are competent adventurers summoned to the Great Hall. We will assume from the gameplay post, the charters for adventurers to settle the Riverlands is the big reveal. Other than that, imagine being called to the governor's home for dinner in your home state with not many details.

Pip already traded an item for a CLW wand earlier. Now that the money is really rolling in he would love to be added. He would understand if he wasn't.

From the gameplay

The next morning he burst in excitedly: ”We can part with some loot to get a healing wand.”

Pip takes the masterwork dagger with amazing ornamentation and comes back with a healing wand. ”With the magic dagger that bauble wasn’t to be near as useful as this!!”

Pip proceeds to make 50 paper pictures of a bandage on small pieces of paper and runs a leather thong through all of them and knots it into a loop. He then puts one end of the loop around the wand and through the loop leaving it attached to the wand without effecting the integrity of the wand.

”Each time this is used rip off a tab. That way we don’t need magic to see how much juice is left.”

When no one responded I added it to my inventory. If someone else that also can use it wants to carry it, they can. Pip just doesn't have any healing spells he will memorize, so the wand is it for him.

Five way split is correct. Antonio should have equivalent wealth to the rest of you after you add the 1K.

Diurn says to Harbinna: "Well I am glad they stopped. If they hadn't, you would still be on that boat!"

Seeing her show them her map and notes, Diurn believes her story and seems to loosen up. He even plays a jaunty flute song for the group.

Hurik wanted to possible strip the barge of useful things, possibly even lumber. Another tent probably would be useful.

Pip would bet the country gentry he was a part of are like suburban elites, oblivious to the struggles of the common man. On the other hand Pip is familiar with oppression of halflings by Cheliax and the powerful.

He would be sure the decay of the city and the movement of some of the rich to nearby local estates would be a contributing factor to the riots and civil unrest.

I would liken this to the post revolution France when the popular uprising turned brutal, especially to former nobility. I can see the current queen uttering "Let them eat cake if they have no bread to eat"

Curiously, the Scarlet Pimpernel (Worlds first superhero) became a fictional vigilante rescuing nobles from unfair executions in that time.

The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of the same title (co-authored with Montague Barstow) enjoyed a long run in London, having opened in Nottingham in 1903.

The novel is set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. The title is the nom de guerre of its hero and protagonist, a chivalrous Englishman who rescues aristocrats before they are sent to the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life: apparently nothing more than a wealthy fop, but in reality a formidable swordsman and a quick-thinking master of disguise and escape artist. The band of gentlemen who assist him are the only ones who know of his secret identity. He is known by his symbol, a simple flower, the scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis).

Opening at the New Theatre in London's West End on 5 January 1905, the play became a favourite of British audiences, eventually playing more than 2,000 performances and becoming one of the most popular shows staged in London. Published after the success of the play, the novel was an immediate success, gaining Orczy a following of readers in Britain and the rest of the world. The stage play and subsequent novel, with their hero and villain, were so popular that they inspired a revival of classic villainy at the time.[2]

Orczy's premise of a daring hero who cultivates a secret identity disguised by a meek or ineffectual manner proved enduring. Zorro, Doctor Syn, the Shadow, the Spider, the Phantom, Superman and Batman followed within a few decades, and the trope remains a popular one in serial fiction today. Read by Stan Lee as a boy, the Marvel co-creator called The Scarlet Pimpernel "the first character who could be called a superhero."

Jory buys more sandwiches.

Billi waits for all his companions to attack Lamm as he was tired from swinging his axe, but the head of the Shiver ring and abuser of children was before him. Lamm was impressive as he dodged an axe blow that would have hit many dwarves.

He had left his shield in the doorway, as Talindra had proven so capable of protecting them again and again. Once more he watched a connection between the holy warrior and their enemy that revealed the very soul of their corruption and stayed another dangerous blow.

Billi had hoped by leaving his shield he would have earned the wrath of the evil man, but Lamm was going after the wiry and quick man that had opened the door to let them in this lair.

Billi changes it up with diagonal swings trying to get past Lamm's guard.
Stike x3 Billi should be at 11/23 hp in hands 2h grip axe (still more hp than Ioca)
2H axe 1: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 111d12 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
2H axe 2: 1d20 + 10 - 5 ⇒ (9) + 10 - 5 = 141d12 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
2H axe 3: 1d20 + 10 - 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 - 10 = 161d12 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
His last blow was starting to look true, but the ungainly axe had deviated wide from his mark after two hefty swings beforehand.

”I don’t think this is a pastry shop .”

Pip returns after exchanging the dagger confused and the not his usual happy self. ”That did fetch the money the note by it said. I assumed it was due to inherit value, but not any notoriety by being a favorite tool of a murderer!! I do know the rich collect crazy things like curios of the Whispering Tyrant and such. I will bet having us turn a bad thing into an implement to help living things and reverse death is a good thing—one that Lamm’s spirit must be cursing now.”

Pip has a thought that disturbs him. He imagines for a second the criminal lady looking for a dress somehow getting 750 gold to buy the dagger and stalk him with it. He shudders a second as his stomach rumbles.

”Lets get breakfast!!”

Pip is smiling again.

Pip begins to dream about happy times.

Once again, the swordsman stabs an orc, the staggered orc tries a wild swing back, which is followed up with a fatal swing leaving him dead on the floor.
Antonio stagger an orc as Erme opens the door for him to tumble out.
Amelia heals the inquisitor.
Maff and Erme do not hit the orc just inside the door, but Taddy connects with a difficult shot.

Party up

Billi had slashed through the door and left it in tatters. He turned to face Lamm with his axe raised and said
"HEEEERE'S BILLEEEE"

Taddy is in dining hall

Pip looks at the gold brooch and exclaims:
"HOLY JUMPING JASPERS!!! This is priceless. The pseudodragon’s eye is an amethyst, while the imp’s eye is an emerald. But more importantly, something with this motif and value is likely noble jewelry of one of the ruling Houses. We could sell this for 2000 gold, but no one but one of the noble houses it belongs to could reward us properly for its possession."

Pip then explains sheepishly: "Most bards would have lots of knowledge of noble houses and heraldry, but I didn't learn as much about....well pretty much any area of knowledge I should have."

He shakes his head after only identifying the wand of magic missiles.

"I can try tomorrow on the other wand and the two oily sheeny things."

Max checks out his new laser pistol.
"Do these charge up with wall power?? Guess I need spare batteries."

May not even need to make a different thread!! Love this group

Pip makes the arrangements to see Chip safely returned to his estate and stays with the new band of heroes. He practices to learn more bardic skills given his hard won knowledge.

He smiles encouragingly when Abella mentions cashing out a trinket. "Maybe we can add to the healing abilities of the group. I have some of my own wealth I can contribute to a wand, or we can see about scrolls instead. Being around the wealthy, I am somewhat knowledgeable about the worth of things."

appraise: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

Pip tries to impress his new friends by telling them the market value of their trinket.

Pip was intimidated by the polearm wielding crusader, but for the first time sees this may be the time to approach her. As she talk with the children, Pip follows her cue.

"We all need to get to the temple immediately and get out of danger."
Pip gives up his seat on Donnal and helps load as many kids on him as would be safe. "Hold onto each other, you get to ride a dog!!"

Pip purposefully walks next to Shrike on the way back and speaks to her.
"I am glad to meet you. If I come off as frivolous at times, it doesn't mean at my core I am dedicated too. This one of the good days and we should enjoy it." Pip smiles and begins starting a poem and getting the kids to repeat it as they head back.

"This is where the life without Lamm starts, all that is left of him is some nasty farts."

"I feel the powers of the divine in my body for the first time. And I feel the urge to do up my hair a bit, this straight cut just won't do!!"

CLW or CLM if different tier

Seeing Chip appear, after Chip cries Pip begins to cry too. He wipes his tears and puts Chip up on his dog.

"Everything is all right. There, there, ... All is well that ends well and your strong character is revealed. Keep this a secret, but I am already sure you can lead your house capably. The rest of your education will pale in comparison to the lessons learned here."

He looks around:
"But I think we both agree it is time for this street education to end and get you home."
Pip tousles his hair and hands him the reins. "You can drive."

Pip knew fool well the dog knew where to go, but it was important to show the kid some respect and responsibility after what he went through. After Pip got Chip back to the temple, he was sure word could be sent for the parents. Leaving himself to go back to a rich manor house was out of the question when the city was in chaos.

spellcraft;history: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 161d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

"Hey, The tablets contain an ancient ballad that tells the story of a dwarf named Jorgar Ironbellows, an ambitious noble who murdered his father to secure his inheritance, only to be assassinated by his own son in turn. The fable serves as a cautionary tale, warning others about the folly of favoring one’s own ambition above the lives of their fellow dwarves. This wand is a bless wand."

Looking around, "With this group, maybe a bless wand and a stick are pretty much the same thing."

Hoot flies perfectly into the castle, taking the highest possible approach. These impudent and obstreperous fairy creatures were getting to be frustrating, but maybe it was some time to have some fun.