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Don't worry too much about this. Its a game. Take whatever time you need for yourself and your family.

I'm off to two different conventions this weekend (I really wish they'd not been scheduled on the same day). This will very likely be my last post until Monday (I expect I'll be going to bed as soon as I make it home Sunday)

"I'm going to let you lot set up camp, keep watch, and take camp down in the morning. I'll look at all of your wounds in the meantime"

Ganterra will treat deadly wounds on himself, Robert, Harthfield, and Riley. He will use 2 uses of the healers kit on each (vetinarian kit on Harthfield). He will take 10 for a 25 so everybody gets 6 hit points back and anotherv2 for a nights rest.

That took 4 hours. At that point, he'll get whatever sleep he can. Hopefully enough to not be Fatigued in the morning.

I think Ashe and Trent are unharmed.

"Lets head SW. We stay in the forest but get closer to Narv. They're not looking there since they think they're in control of the area. Then lets see whats happening in Risiel. We're going to need more information before making any further decisions.

But right now, lets just hustle SW and stay in the forests"

"Somebody grab Beck and carry him"

With that, Ganterra and Harthfield start backing away, watching to make sure that Trent doesn't try anything.

Thanks. Missed that. Not sure how binding one characters opinion is :-).

At the player level I admit to being very uncomfortable with the idea of playing with a small group under military command with the person in command being a NPC. That kind of automatically eliminates a whole set of interesting interactions (such as the current one). And runs the very real risk of us becoming largely GM sock puppets, getting input only on tactical decisions. Heck, if carried to its logical conclusion Beck will be making even those decisions.

Note : That is NOT meant as a criticism of the current GM. I've had unfortunate experiences in small military groups in the past and am likely overreacting.

I am not sure if this is player confusion or not so I thought I'd do it OOC. Why do you think he outranks us? I looked again and saw absolutely no description of his rank, just that he was a bit older than us. It looks like at least one of us is assuming something incorrect

I think that I might have derailed things by trying to stop the prisoners being killed :-(. I meant it when I'd accept some kind of consensus, mind

"huh? Who put either him or you in charge? We don't have time now anyway. Let's just go"

As he says this, Ganterra puts himself between Trent and the prisoners, drawing his weapon. Hatfield comes to join him.

"I'll accept a majority vote, but I'm NOT letting you just decide to kill them. I vote they live."

In a slightly exasperated tone, Ganterra adds
"Or we just leave them here tied up in a tree. They'll probably be ok there until they're found by another patrol"

"Their corpses will tell most of that and I hardly think we're going to be a massive priority. If anything, knowing we're so few will LOWER our priority"

"We could lift them into the trees. That should protect them against most wildlife. So, if we're agreed, lets head off and find some shelter"

Away from the prisoners

"we should let them see us heading one way then, when we're out of sight, circle around 135 degrees. Let's try and find a camp soon, we all need rest right now."

"of course we can just leave them. Tie them up. Eventually another patrol will find them and free them. They can't tell anything more than their corpses would tell. They encountered stragglers. What more do they know? And maybe, just maybe, the knowledge that we let prisoners live will work in our favour later"

Ganterra recognizes that Ashling was lying about the poison but says nothing, just storing the knowledge away for the future.

Actually, the soldiers never said that they had orders to kill us. They were looking for bands like that but they did NOT say what they were going to do with us

"Going to a cleared area sounds like an excellent idea to me too."

google translate can auto detect languages. Just cut and paste some phrase. Pretty darn useful :-)

"ce s-au trebuia să faci cu oricine pe care le -au găsit?"

sense motive: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10 for general sense on the people we're talking to

@AShling: Well, I do have a pretty decent sense motive :-). And, given that Ganterra is very much still trying to figure out his companions, I'd like to use it on your character if you're ok with that (PC skill vs skill rolls verges on PVP territory so I only do it if the players are ok with it)

Ganterra looks around for Beck. If he sees him
"I kind of noticed that you weren't participating in that. Why not?"

if he doesn't

"Whatever happened to Beck?"

those are regular longbows? Damn. With the damage they were putting out I was hoping for composite bows

If any of the downed ones are still alive, Ganterra will stabilize them. Will NOT use healers kit which means he needs a 3 or better

heal: 3d20 ⇒ (3, 13, 2) = 18

If I managed to save anybody

"We're civilized enough to not just kill out of hand, and to even save the dying. If the circumstances are ever reversed, I hope you'll remember that I saved your comrades lives"

Following assumes the 10 doesn't put the fleeing guy down.

Ganterra stands up, pointing at the fleeing one to Harthfield.

"Go get him"

Harthfield does a double move which should pretty much put him beside the fleeing guy (his base move is 50 so even assuming the trees are difficult terrain he has more than enough to make it)

"Can't leave Harthfield alone. If somebody wanted to come, that would be good"

Ganterra then runs after Harthfield, which would put him 15 feet off the grid. Tries to get some place where he has cover from the fleeing guy if at all possible

I didn't think you were picking on me or anything. I just know that GMs differ greatly in how intelligently animal companions should be run. I've been having the cat act pretty combat savvy and wanted to make sure that I wasn't pushing your limits

Following gets a bit conditional. Sorry.

I don't think that I'm overplaying Harthfield. I'm assuming Ganterra is ordering him around via whistles and pointing. It is on the order of what a well trained sheepdog can do in real life. But if you think I'm pushing things too hard let me know

If the one that Trent hit is still alive Harthfield will hopefully end it.

Bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24 for damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

If that ends the guy, Ganterra will order Harthfield to retreat to F3.

If that bite does not put him down, its time for a couple of claws.
claw: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12 for damage: 1d2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
claw: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14 for damage: 1d2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

If THOSE end it, Harthfield will take a 5 ft step into J10

If the guy was already dead from Trents blow then Ganterra will tell Harthfield to go to M12 and attack the one at N13

Presumably use the bite from above, together with trip: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

At the end of all that, Ganterra will move to D3 and drop prone. He will try to hide in the process
stealth: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

Ganterra will shoot at the one at N13. I am hoping that I can move so that the tree that I'm behind does NOT provide cover. If that isn't true let me know and I'll move next round. Move action: reload

xbow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

I then send in Harthfield to J9 to attack the one at J10. Autosucceed on handle animal check

bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21 for damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 and a trip attempt of trip: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

"Well done harthfield"

Do you want us to pre-roll likely AoOs? In case the poor bastard tries to stand up
bite: 1d20 + 8 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 8 + 4 = 25 for damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Ganterra moves up, and takes out and fires his crossbow at N14 (The bad guy shouldn't have cover, hopefully the tree provides me cover from many/all of then).

Harthfield accompanies me and has orders to defend me.

crossbow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
crit confirm: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

damage: 2d8 ⇒ (7, 7) = 14 or only 7 if the 15 did not confirm

"You're assuming they're enemies. They could be more stragglers like us, or just villagers or the like. Why don't we stay hidden and see exactly who they are"

Are we using Pathfinder rules here (ie: stabilized character can be moved without danger) or Realistic rules where moving him will likely kill him? No problem either way but need to know. Following assumes that in Ganterras professional opinion moving him would kill him

"Moving him now would likely kill him. And we can't just abandon him. You keep watch while I operate. It will take about an hour, but I should be able to get him on his feet."

When he gets the chance to operate Ganterra will heal deadly wounds on him using both his surgical tools and 2 uses from his healers kit.

Taking 10 for a 25 means he gets back 4+his level hitpoints

"Not at all. Let me take a look at it"

Ganterra carefully takes the man's tunic off and examines the back.

Take 10 on heal for a 22.

I'm inventing various details about the Torrio people and the circus. If you have any issues with what I'm inventing, please let me know

You see a young man who, at first glance, would appear to be a normal soldier. In his mid twenties he is wearing a well crafted breastplate and a buckler, has a guisarme in one hand and a crossbow attached to his harness.

Your second glance would take in his black hair, his dark complexion, and the tattoos he bears on his body and you would realize that he is clearly a Torrio, one of the aboriginal people living in the forest north of the River.

Then you would notice that there is clearly more to the man. He is wearing a couple of colourful scarves that seem out of place on his otherwise utilitarian clothing. He is carrying a large backpack that has several items strapped to it for easy access, including a healers kit.

At his feet, almost lost in the grass, is a small leopard wearing a leather harness to which are attached some bags that are obviously partially filled.

"Well, that was quite a disaster. Are any of you injured at all?

This is Harthfield, a leopard I raised from a cub. He likes to think of himself as my personal bodyguard and who am I to argue with him? Don't underestimate him because of his small size, he is quite decent in a fight."

Also easy with either starting or waiting

My vote is to basically lie low at first until we can gain some information as to what the invaders plan to do with their conquests. Then decide what to do

Ganterra, you people are the Torrio. They live in the forest just north of Odalisk, north of the river that bears their name.

They are thought to be the natives of modern Pollexia and most have mated into the country long, long ago. Your people are those that still (2-300 years later) do not recognize the outsiders and would drive them forth if they could. Torrio tribes people refer to Pollexians as such to their faces mostly, but outsider, usurper, invader, etc. all fit. Thos with less Torrio blood (the ruling familes and such) are generally referred to as Milks due to their pale skin and their affinity for the drink. Those with obviously more Torrio blood are often ostracized and even assaulted. They are called blood traitors by some.

The current chieftain of the Torrio people is called Raolo. He is a progressive thinker and allows trade and travel with and among Pollexians stating that they need to know the enemy better to push them off the land, but those closest to him realize that Raolo sees the inevitability of fighting the Pollexians and the futility in holding to the old ways for it's own sake. He may be planning something big...

That all works for me. Ganterra would be a full blooded or nearly full blooded Torrio from a more traditional group of his people. Still very happy to take advantage of Raolo's attitude, mind.

Note : Recycling old Avatar so if you look at my posting history you'll see some old now irrelevant posts.

By the way, gorgeous map. Your work or did you "borrow" it?

Oh, one key question. What are my people called? And what would I call the normal Pollaxians?

Ganterra is largely in agreement with Robert. Our first priority should be survival. We then need to find somewhere where we can hole up, figure out what is happening in the kingdom, and if necessary do small things to protect a small area.

Should we basically all assume that we know each other and look at each other stat blocks/personalities? Or do it live?

Heck, doing it live is more fun :-)

"Well, that was quite a disaster. Are any of you injured at all?

"This is Harthfield, a leopard I raised from a cub. He likes to think of himself as my personal bodyguard and who am I to argue with him? Don't underestimate him because of his small size, he is quite decent in a fight."

Yup, I'd also read that particular thread.

I'm new to this whole PbP thing. Definitely some cool things but also definitely lots of issues.

Are there different sites (other than paizo) for this? Do they have any better records for games that actually run properly?

Missed the updates here. Sorry for the delay.

Devan has improvisation so ALL skills technically count as trained for him (and he gets a +2 bonus to boot) so I've got all Craft, Perform, etc skills at least a little covered. The ones I listed are ones that I thought would be useful and that fit more into his back story.

He also has inspiration so he can add a d6 to just about anything when it is important enough.

If I take a second level of investigator at level 3 (my current plan) at that point I'll go up a fair bit in skills like perception, disable device.

Not again! What have we done to anger the Gods so much?

Devan's first priority is Leo. He quickly makes sure that the plugs making his familiar satchel waterproof are in place and asks Leo to step inside. The satchel is one that he made especially for this voyage, it should float and Leo can get in and out himself. He wraps the rope tied to the satchel around his arm so that they will stay together no matter what unless he deliberately releases the satchel.

He then grabs up and puts on his backpack.

That should help a little. Its not as good as a proper flotation device but at least it has some positive buoyancy. And it will keep water out for a bit

He ties a rope around his waist so that he can rapidly lash himself to something should the need arise. Makes sure that his dagger is both secure and ready to hand.

Having prepared himself and Leo to the extent possible, he then turns to the ship.

I don't think that there is time to throw the siege engines overboard!! If the storm catches one not lashed down we're all dead men. Tie them down!

"Does anybody have any idea where we are? And where is the General?"

I made a slight agjustment to him. Swapped Charisma and Intelligence scores, made disable device trained. Hope that is ok

Looking forward to the game.

Uh, you left off Devan Cye

Right then. One of his points in linguistics is for where we were expected to go :-)

Devan would have explicitly gone out and tried to learn the language that natives near where the expedition was going to spoke. Before the expedition sailed. Would that have been impossible?

Edit: No problem at all if this couldn't happen. But it seemed a special enough case that I'd at least ask. Character background is that he picks up EVERYTHING insanely quickly (Fast Learner combined with IQ 16).

Since you said that we could, I thought that I'd apply with a second character (other character is definitely still applying)

Devan Cye is a young devotee of Shelyn who is currently working as a Subaltern in the Royal Corps of engineers. Investigator/Bard

Almost all of the full details are in my profile. If this character is picked I need to come up with languages and gear. To do so, I need a few questions answered. Since its no big deal thought I'd wait to see if he is chosen.