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Hi everyone! Watery Soup - thank you for going to such lengths to track me down! I did not know that you had to enable PMs. I think I have that fixed now!I believe you have to go into your E-mail and click some kind of confirmation. I still can't PM you. Found it - it went to spam. Hopefully it is really and truly fixed now!
Thank you! That's so nice of you - I will take you up on that!
Hi everyone! Watery Soup - thank you for going to such lengths to track me down! I did not know that you had to enable PMs. I think I have that fixed now! I would love to join this game, but unfortunately my daughter is having some serious health issues that will be ongoing for at least the next several weeks and I just can't commit to anything right now. I would be interested in future games down the road when things finally settle down. Have fun!
I am interested! I am in no rush, though, so if you need a few weeks to wrap up your game, that's fine by me. I completely understand about wanting to play in a scenario before you run it, I feel the same way. Elariel needs some reworking as well, but just in terms of personality. I think she's coming off a little more whiney and negative than I intended. My point is that I don't mind doing some suspension of disbelief if you'd like to run Maldlethu again. For me, level 1 is kind of all over the place as we figure out who are characters really are. Ironically, Elariel was also initially a cleric of Nethys and I changed her to wizard instead.
I mentioned this in Gameplay, but if you're interested in chasing down Kerinha, the story continues in #1-11. Are you offering to run it for us once things settle down for you? ;) In all seriousness, this was a great game. Thank you for running it and thanks to everyone else for a fun time! My chronicle sheet looks good as far as I know. I am unclear about how treasure bundles work. It sounds like we got a whole lot of them, but I have not sure how that translates in game terms. There are only a few items on my character sheet. How do those treasure bundles come into play? I tried searching for it but with the PFS2 guide being recently moved and Google search links were dead ends.
Elariel looks at the journal hungrily. "Oh, my lady, it is so wonderful that you've kept this for so long! If you allow us to take it, we can take the time we need to read through it in detail. This journal could be invaluable to the Pathfinder Society, but more importantly to the history of the region!"
Elariel remains quiet since the King seems not to trust her. She attempts to look grateful, at least, and gives him am awkward, forced smile. The wizard briefly considers pushing to look for more information about Napsunar. Maybe there are artifacts hidden away that we are missing! Though... probably not. You saw the place. It's not in good shape. Anything there must have been looted years ago...I should know better. Well. At least we know the story now. That's worth something. "Yes. Let's report back to the lodge. I dare say the VC will be happy we stopped an assassination attempt on the king!
"We didn't take up arms against you. Nalla was going to, but then we talked her out of it and now she sees the error of her ways. Some of her followers weren't convinced, so we defeated them. So, really, we are taking your side. In fact, one of them escaped. I thought he ran in here. Where did he go? You should find him - he's a threat!
Elariel balances her staff on her shoulder and holds her hands out to her sides, palms up. She remains silent, watching the guards warily. This has gone all wrong! We were supposed to be on an information finding mission. We should have never gotten involved in Nalla's concerns. When Reev speaks, she looks over to him and her staff rolls of her shoulder. She grabs for it, but not quickly enough and it clatters loudly to the ground. The crossbow slung across her back becomes dislodged by her sudden movement and swings across the front of her body. It too evades her grab and falls to the floor. "CRAP! I HATE this thing!"
"Do we need to speak to the King? I think we should see what more we can find out about Kerinha. That's all politics." Elariel waves her hand dismissively in the direction of the tunnel. She cannot understand why people are bothering with simple politics when there is more discovery to do. Oh, well. All the more for us then, I suppose.
"I am moving up with the others, Xun. We could be vulnerable here, all alone." Elariel cautiously makes her way to the upper platform. The priest is getting away...do we care? I suppose he could bring back more, but it seemed Nalla was in charge...I guess I will help Barshk and Reev with this guy... She utters a magical encantation and a tiny, tiny lightning bolt shoots from her hand toward the single remaining rebel.
"You are not that only one who has magic in their veins, Harsus!" Elariel raises her arms above her head, looks up at the ceiling and takes a deep breath, savoring the feeling of the magic as it courses through her. She then flings her hands out toward the rebel closest to her and several bolts zip through the air straight for him.
Elariel sighs in frustration. She was just beginning to think that Nalla and the others might talk long enough that she could pull out her spell book and work on memorizing some new magic. No chance of that happening now! She refocuses her attention on the people around her, trying to decide her best move.
I typed up Elariel's response and then remembered that Reev had posted in discussion. Her society modifier is +7. That would make more sense for her than Intimidation. She wasn't trying to intimidate before, it's more that she just doesn't really care that much and is frustrated that they aren't able to do their job - which involves seeking knowledge...and possibly finding magic. Here is what I had typed up to post in gameplay and what she would say if we decide to go that route. She would not so much be trying to convince Nalla to give them what they want - she is simply speaking the truth as she sees it. "Unfortunately," says Nalla, "We can't just let you go and trust you won't say anything. Foreigners don't understand the punishment for oathbreaking." "You speak of the River Freedoms. You have reason to want to defend them. You have reason not to trust us too, I suppose, though we don't even know what this "mission" of yours is, so I don't see how we could blab about it. Regardless, I do understand the commitment of issuing an oath. It must be kept - at whatever cost. If it kills us, so be it. It would be better to give your life for the preservation of your word than to break that oath. That is the cost of freedom after all, is it not?" "However, the permission to travel is another valued freedom and it seems you are not following that one quite so closely by detaining us." As a player, I am also okay with having Maldlethu and Xun take the lead. In that's case, I would just imagine it as them speaking up before Elariel gathers her thoughts.
Once Elariel frees herself, she casts prestidigitation on herself about 18 times. Slowly she regains her composure. "I...guess we can stay in this horrible place. Is there really no other place we can go? If only I was more skilled, I could conjure us a shelter. Are you familiar with such spells, Maldlethu? They are truly incredible! I was lucky enough to sleep in one once! As long as we are stuck here, I would like to look over that journal more carefully. What do we make of this "Golden Daughter"?
Listen! Get ahold of yourself. It's just harmless spider silk! Elariel steadies herself and tries to think clearly. Seeing that the rest of the group seems to have the situation under control, she chooses not to use one of her stronger spells, despite an urge to destroy the spiders as powerfully and quickly as possible. She conjures another ball of acid and flings it at the remaining spider.
She refreshes shield as well.
When the web hits her, Elariel makes a high-pitched squealing noises and starts thrashing about. "EW. BLECH!"
She squeals again and thrashes about some more. Elariel gags a little, then shudders and manages to cast Shield on herself, too distracted to think through anything more tactical than that.
You want to make the emblem of Torag glow and think Crunch will object?!? Quite the opposite, I'm afraid - they might start asking for that enhancement when it's completely unnecessary.
"Beautiful work, Maldlethu!" Elariel takes a deep breath and goes very still, concentrating. A globe of green liquid coalesces between her hands and and then she pushes her palms forward, fingers spread, aiming at the spider directly in front of her. Please don't embarrass yourself, please don't embarrass yourself, please don't embarrass yourself.
The spell seems to go off without hitch and she relaxes visibly.
Elariel looks doubtful. "Navigation is not my strong point. Hopefully one of you knows something about it? She murmers under her breath and smiles as steam again rises from the mug of coffee she has been slowly savoring. She takes a swallow and closes her eyes, savoring the warmth and the flavor. This reminds me of home!
I am still learning PbP. GM Watery Soup, can you clarify for me how the society checks work? Do we roll for ourselves and determine on our own if we succeed so that we can read the spoilers or did you make secret rolls already and we all succeeded? I am not sure if I should be reading those spoilers or not.
This makes sense to me. I had interpreted the section about coloring something under "tidy" as a permanent change, but it makes sense that it is something that had to be sustained. In that case, the color is probably changing frequently because she will forget to sustain as she gets distracted and then start it up again once she remembers. But mostly it will probably be her natural color as it's not important enough to her to sustain it more extended periods of time. I am thinking I may use it to puntuate her mood/emotional state. Sorry I forgot about the slides. Her perception and initiative are on there now. I can't figure out how to add an icon - I will try tomorrow from my computer.
Elariel's face lights up at the mention of Osirion. "Oh! You have Osirion coffee? I will take some.' She turns to the other elf agian. "I think it depends on the object. Some objects carry magic, of course, but I do think there are some things that are truly mundane. And thus boring." He has Osirion coffee! I wonder if he's from Osirion? Or maybe he has been there recently? I wonder how things are there?
Elariel steps forward. "I seek magic. But, I have to disagree with you about your earlier point. I don't believe all things are magic. Some things are truly mundane and have to be infused with magic. If you fill a vessel with water, one would not say that the vessel itself is water." Her eyes flick briefly to Barashk and Xun, but she does not otherwise acknowledge them.
Another elf watches the small gathering from afar. She has warm, caramel colored skin and black hair with a bright blue streak on one side. She wears knee high brown leather traveling boots and wears a set of light grey robes. She also has a cloak - black on one side, white on the other. Runic symbols are etched along the hem of the cloak with black thread on the white side and white thread on the black side. He attire is spotlessly clean. She remains quiet at first, but perks up at the mention of magic. Another magic user? How did I miss that before? She approaches the group and opens her mouth to speak just as Xun turns to vomit over the rail. Grimacing she stops dead and hovers a few steps away from the group, waiting to see if he's quite finished. By habit, she murmers softly and casts a spell and faint shimmer runs the length of her body, but nothing appears to have changed.
Player Name: Esha
Ooo, nice roll. I am on my phone - I will get my info entered tomorrow when I'm on the laptop. Things get weird on the phone. I rebuilt Elariel. She was originally a cleric of Nethys and I changed her to a wizard instead. Is there anything official I need to do to make that change? I will get something posted in gameplay tomorrow as well. I am sorry I didn't get anything up there earlier. For some reason this didn't show up as having new replies.
I would like to apply with Elariel. She is an elven wizard. I just typed up her backstory tonight and haven't had a chance to proofread it yet - I'll go over it again tomorrow. I am relatively new to PFS, Pathfinder 2E and PbP. I believe my first game started in May of this year. She has no connection the River Kingdoms - I haven't ventured into the APG yet as I am still learning the basics. I understand that may preclude me from joining the game, but as it's not a requirement, I figured I'd give it a shot! I don't anticipate any issues with following the posting schedule.
I have one more quick question about Society play. I see we can rebuild our character prior to Level 2. It sounds like we can change anything except reputation and character number. So that means we can change something as major as class? I am considering making Elariel a wizard instead of a cleric.
"That's right! Jail for you! You tell her, Nal!" Looking around at the rest of the group, Elariel is jolted back to the harsh reality of their current situation and prays for healing energy once more. Now that the monk is fully secured, she doesn't worry about including her in the net of healing as well.
Wow. That was much more brutal than I expected, but it turned out pretty well in the end. I can't wait to get back to the city and do some shopping!
Elariel will look into doing some purchasing of items she can resell at a profit.
I also wanted to say thank you for GMing! I really enjoyed it and am sad that it's over. I learned a lot. I enjoyed playing with everyone else as well. I always prefer a little more RP and I definitely got it with this group. Thanks for a fun game!
Thank the gods Nal has the 'tying up' business covered. I wouldn't even know how to begin doing that! She looks at Nal and makes an awkward gesture. If she knew what guns were, it would be a finger gun, but since she doesn't, it's more like drawing and releasing a bow string with a goofy look on her face. Great - now we're really connecting and becoming a team!
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