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Force delayed Vulcan nerve pinch. It has a condition set when he'll drop down for no apparent reason in the field of play when he finally gets a chance to play against me when we're on opposing teams. Dawkins is going to be Tebowned. He just doesn't know it yet. In the meantime, there's disensanchizing to be done. -ett
Don't get too comfortable in your current position, Sanchize. Before too long, you can take the bench and bang 17 year old strumpets with your buddy Leinart. I'm going to be the king of the Big Apple. Move over, Eli Manning. Your two Super Bowl rings pale in comparison to the force that is Tebowmania! You will pay for your brother's transgressions. -ett
Freehold DM wrote: I believe that faith has been replaced by tebow. 2012 will be the year of my jubilee. Transgressions shall be repaid down to the fourth generation. Vengeance will flow like honey. Prepare New Orleans for my arrival. -ett
Those witches from Salem put a hex on me. I'm going to have to go all Matthew Hopkins on them for inflicting me with their hoodoo. Brady? He was hopped up on Cialis. You haven't heard the last of Tebow. The Lord's work is not done. Y'all need to continue to focus on the family while I focus on winning. I am the comeback kid. I will unleash a fury of righteous tebowing come August. You'll see. -ett
The Steelers were alleged to have the number one rated defense in the league. Those geriatrics got TebOWNED. They obviously did not adhere to the mantra of St. Al Davis like I do. Just win, baby. Bring it, Billy. Make sure you have your spy cameras focused right on me at the 50 yard line in the 4th quarter. Tebowing. Like a boss. -ett
After Saturday night, your eyes will be opened and your countenance will be of shock. With my game ending finishing maneuver, the Tebowing, there will be a reckoning unlike no other that will have occurred in the state of Massachusetts. Prepare to be TebOWNED, Belichick. Behold my glory. -ett
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As it is the first Oathday of the month, a crowd has gathered at Pharasma's Pulpit. Crowds from outside of Cassomir have flocked to the city to see the condemned beheaded, hanged, drawn and quartered. It is a baking hot day and you each stand facing a curious structure that stands tall in the central square of Old Cassomir. Like so many of the crowd you are disgusted, shocked and plain curious about the events about to unfold. The structure is built from wood, rope and mortar with a central platform thirty feet above the ground. It is a gallows, plain and simple. Once a month, those condemned to death for their crimes are marched from Swift Prison to meet their fate. As you wait, unsure where to look, you become aware of a note tucked in one of your pockets that certainly wasn't there a minute ago. You glance around - seeing nobody that looks suspicious - and then take the note out of your pocket and read it. Aseve:
Aseve
I have information that could lead to the whereabouts of Benhov. All I ask in return is a small favor. Please follow the black rat at your feet if you wish to continue. Jacques
Thelonius:
Thelonius
I have information that could lead you in your quest to seek out new alchemical substances. All I ask in return is a small favor. Please follow the black rat at your feet if you wish to continue. Jacques
David:
David
I have information about one of your previous incarnations. All I ask in return is a small favor. Please follow the black rat at your feet if you wish to continue. Jacques
Ellaria:
Ellaria
I have information that proves that some fairy-tales are more than something for children. All I ask in return is a small favor. Please follow the black rat at your feet if you wish to continue. Jacques
Emrys:
Emrys
I have information about how you can help Abadar advance civilization in the world. All I ask in return is a small favor. Please follow the black rat at your feet if you wish to continue. Jacques Valendrion:
Valendrion
I have an opportunity where the cause is just and the coin is plentiful. Please follow the black rat at your feet if you wish to continue. Jacques
Earnest:
Earnest
I have a commission for you. Please follow the black rat at your feet if you wish to continue. Jacques
As you look down, you see a black rat at your feet, its whiskers twitching and it appears to be looking right at you. ???
One player dropped out as soon as we started (some time ago), and one has just had to take an unfortunate indefinite leave of absence. The players have thus voted to recruit two new PCs. The link to the game is here. Please review the posts and let me know, succinctly, what sort of character you think you would be creating in order to complement the group? I'll keep applications open until Wednesday 3rd March.
Welcome to Cassomir Before I give out the character creation information, I want you to all agree here on a party composition – namely race and class. It doesn’t matter what your suggested concept was. You can still go with that or switch to something else – if it suits the party. How you decide is up to you – but I would frown on first come-first served. With seven PCs, you may choose to duplicate classes. It’s entirely up to you. Once you’ve agreed… Character creation - Pathfinder rules (obviously)
House rules
Magical items are hen’s teeth. When you find one, you’ll be so pleased; you’ll look to use it, not to sell it the first chance you get. That better reflects ‘real-life.’ If a level one swordsman fighter found a magic axe, he’d likely switch his weapon of choice. If a party member makes a group decision and nobody contradicts within 24 hours, that’s what you all do. This rule can be amended if, for example, you appoint a party leader who could make the decision without a day’s wait. No posting for 48 hours gets a frown. Real-life happens, but please post here if you know you’ll be away for any length of time. No posting for over 24 hours when we’re waiting on you gets a frown and you’ll likely be NPC’d. Too many frowns equals a strike-out. How many? I don’t want to put a number on it. 1 is too few, 100 is too many – so somewhere in-between. I believe in real-world economics. Little villages don't have shops with +3 daggers, nor do they buy them. Their trade is too limited for one thing and they couldn't afford the security for another. This means that, from time to time, I won’t go off the book price. Cassomir is big enough to stock most things at 100% of the book price – but don’t rely on it. XP. I don't dish it out every encounter. Instead, I have split the adventures up into sections and when you hit a milestone, I'll ask you to level up. Pace. I’ll start by giving plenty of time to role-playing. If it’s too slow, let me know and I can minimise the NPC encounters and give you a précis of what happened. Local knowledge aka meta-gaming. Try to advance characters in keeping with how you’ve role-played them. If you’ve become an expert on Cassomir, I would expect you to take a rank of Knowledge (Local) when you next levelled up. Useful information about Cassomir None of you are local, so detailed knowledge is pointless. I’ll send out a basic map soon and you can keep track of what is where if you want. At some point I’ll decide you have enough local knowledge and give you a master map with locations on it. Cassomir is the second largest city in Taldor. It’s home to the Taldor Imperial Navy and the Imperial Shipyards. Strategically located at the mouth of the Sellen River, it serves as a trade city – connected to all of the kingdoms that touch the Sellen. Trade ships come in from all regions that are on the Inner Sea, and others that can access a port on the sea. The Navy boards and checks every vessel that comes through the mouth of the Sellen and blows out of the water anything that chooses not to be boarded. Finally, Cassomir acts as gateway to the Verduran Forest, a region of Taldor controlled by the empire but that it largely ignores. Rumours and facts about Cassomir
City life revolves around water. Cassomirites are religious people. Gozreh is revered above all others. Many Cassomirites believe Aroden isn’t really dead. The Wildwood Lodge maintains the trade agreement between Cassomir and the Verduran Forest. Cassomirites believe they are better than most Taldorans. Cassomir is home to five separate adventuring companies. Dog’s of Dog’s Teeth is the largest. The shipyards are always plagued with rats. Cassomir’s Locker is the name for the sewer system. The Pathfinder Lodge keep it locked from prying eyes due to the vast treasure within. There is an underground city below Cassomir called Corgunbier. Its inhabitants steal unsuspecting Cassomirites for slaves. The Imperial Navy regularly press-gangs law-abiding citizens if they happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Of late, the games I have joined have had a shorter shelf-life than a glass of milk on a hot day. So I decided to take control of matters and GM a second campaign. I have been working for a month now on a home-brew affair – to compliment the AP I’m currently running. It’s set in Cassomir for a number of reasons: 1. The Cities of Golarion sourcebook
Ideally I wanted an area that both excited me and that hadn’t been covered in pre-published adventures. This in theory excluded all areas with sourcebooks – but I pressed on regardless. Taldor – and specifically Cassomir – offered enough scope to allow me to run something home-brewed without cutting across established adventures. But I digress… This is not a first come, first served posting. I have done all of the background to start the game straight away, but I want to take a few days to allow players to see the post and come up with a reason why they should be included. I’ll accept emails until the end of this week-end (the 21st). Those interested should email me at: cassomir at betternovelwriting dot com and not on this thread. This thread is for you to ask questions that I haven’t answered. So what do I want from your email? I really need the following: Why you as a player?
What would be your character concept?
What can I tell you that will help? Posting
Players
Style and substance
Background
Game length
Miscellaneous
As stated before, use this thread for questions I haven't anticipated. If you've read this far, thanks...I look forward to your email.
The Swallowtail Festival The Swallowtail Festival begins promptly, as scheduled, on the first day of autumn. The square before the church quickly becomes crowded as locals and travelers arrive, and several merchant tents featuring food, clothes, local crafts, and souvenirs are there to meet them. Welcoming Speeches The turnout for the opening speeches is quite respectable, and the four keynote speakers each deliver short but well-received welcomes to the festival. Mayor Deverin’s friendly attitude and excitement prove contagious as she welcomes visitors to town and jokes about how even Larz Rovanky, the local tanner (and notorious workaholic) managed to tear himself away from the tannery to attend, much to everyone’s but Larz’s amusement. Sheriff Hemlock brings the crowd down a bit with his dour mood, his reminder to be safe around the evening’s bonfire, and his request for a moment of silence to remember those who lost their lives in the fire that claimed the town’s previous church five years ago. Fortunately, Cyrdak Drokkus is more than up to the challenge of bringing the crowd’s mood back up with his rousing anecdotes as he delivers a not-completely-irreverent recap of the long process the town went through to finance and construct the new cathedral. He throws in a bit of self-promotion at the end, as is his wont, inviting everyone to stop by the Sandpoint Theater the following evening to check out his new production of “The Harpy’s Curse,” revealing that the lead role of Avisera the harpy queen will be played by none other than the famous Magnimarian diva Allishanda! Finally, Father Zantus steps up give a short speech thanking everyone for coming before declaring the Swallowtail Festival underway. Swallowtail Release At noon, Father Zantus and his acolytes wheel a large covered wagon into the square, and after recounting the short parable of how Desna first fell to earth and was nursed back to health by a blind child who she transformed into an immortal butterfly as a reward for her aid, they pull aside the wagon’s cover, releasing the thousand children of Desna—a furious storm of a thousand swallowtail butterflies that swarm into the air in a spiraling riot of color to a great cheer from the crowd. Throughout the rest of the day, children futilely chase butterflies, never quite quick enough to catch them. Lunch Lunch is provided free, at the expense of Sandpoint’s taverns. Each brings its best dishes—this event is a marketing push by the taverns as much to win new customers as it is to feed a hungry crowd. It soon becomes apparent that the darling of the lunch is, once again, Ameiko Kaijitsu, whose remarkable curry-spiced salmon and early winterdrop mead easily overshadow the other offerings, such as the Hagfish’s lobster chowder or the White Deer’s peppercorn venison. Consecration Finally, as the sun begins to set, Father Zantus takes the central podium, uses a thunderstone to attract everyone’s attention, and clears his throat as he prepares to recite the Prayer of First Dreaming. Please follow the link below to the map of the square in front of the church (Father Zantus is on the podium) and indicate approximately where you are standing. Map of the square: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43139281@N06/3979777699/
This is the second post, as my first one disappeared. I've never GMed a PbP before but I have plenty of GMing experience. I'm looking to start a Rise of the Runelords campaign. I'll be using the Pathfinder core rulebook, the Player's Guide and the Pathfinder Character Traits Web Enhancement to create characters. If you're interested, let me know what sort of character you'd like to play.
I'm looking to GM the Rise of the Runelords campaign via play by post. I've never run a PbP before (but I'm old enough to have GMed PBM as well as PBeM). I'll be heavy on the role-playing and keep the dice rolling to a minimum to keep the game flowing. I'll only be using the Pathfinder Core Rulebook (plus the Player's Handbook and the Pathfinder Character Traits Web Enhancement pdf). If you're interested, give me a flavour of the character you'd like to play. |