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Likewise - we have been slowly keeping this thread pseudo-active because it was a very creative and interesting campaign. I am sure that several of us, and perhaps all of us will be willing to restart when you get things worked out. Until then, good luck.
** spoiler omitted ** Xideus:
Yup - I joined a bit later when the original sorcerer had to stop playing. There was a tournament in Brindol and all the original five players were tournament champs. There was then a couple of other adventures - a halfling slaving ring, thieves guild, stuff like that to get us up to level 5 where the module/campaign actually starts. I would tell you to read it, but the campaign is up to almost 4000 posts which would take a while even if you are a fast reader.
If you were a witch, you could be living in the Witchwood (kinda funny how that works) and be fleeing from the hobgoblins or something. You could join the party to defeat the hobbys to get your home and land back or something like that. Let me talk to DM Harpwizard and see what he wants to do.
** spoiler omitted ** Xideus: Na - the cleric is going to go, I know him and he does not have the energy for it at present. What were you thinking of? Cleric would be good, druid is probably acceptable, even a witch.
Just think about what you want, we are just starting out on this current part of the game and I think that a druid or a cleric would be fine. I will talk with DM Harpwizard and find out what he wants to do.
Well it was really fun playing with you all as it seems this is another dead campaign ^^ it was very fun and hope I get to play with some of you guys in other campaigns. Yeh - strange that the DM just disappears like that, but not unheard of. I will keep dotting this every so often so that it stays live in case Nimon returns. The problem with this is that it was so unique that I doubt another DM could realistically pick it up.
Xideus:
Understood, will just have to wait and see. I have several campaigns that are idle or dead at present, one thankfully as the DM was terrible. If you are interested in playing a cleric, I have one very active campaign which the cleric is likely going to leave. Let me know if you want to join and play a cleric/healer of some sort and I will talk to the DM.
Keeping thread active post - Nimon hope you are ok.
Dot - hoping Nimon makes it back.
Ok - remember, when the cat's away, the mice will play. You have all leveled to level 73, so choose 3 classes and take them to level 20 and pick a 4th for level 13 unless you are throwing in some interesting prestige classes just for the heck of it. Also, don't forget to increase you stats for levels 8, 12, 16, . . . 64, 68, and 72.
Anyone heard from Nimon? Something must have happened to him as he seemed pretty into this campaign. I will keep posting every day or two so that it stays live on everyones campaigns' tab.
Round 2 While concealed, I cast Gravity Bow on my crossbow.
Round 1 I will move to someplace where I have concealment. With the haste, I have 70' movement. Cast Shield - +4 to AC --> My ac should be 19 now with the haste.
Initiative:
Sh*t - get cover all. Move action - move to where there is some cover from where the javelins are being thrown. Standard Action - Cast Mage Armor.
I shall return to the house to continue working on my headband. If anyone else wants to return with me, I would not turn the company or extra protection if someone decides to invade our new home. I return to the home with whoever wants to join me. I work 8 hours and then will go out in the evening to listen for rumors and anything else important.
First we saw a land of sand;
After watching Xi look around a bit paranoid. You do realize that most people from Geb are undead, or soon to be undead?
I cast a Jolt cantrip and play with the electricity for a minute, eventually discharging it into the ground. Amazing, I didn't think he would be able to talk.
Since I had no direct requests for +1 items, I will make 2 +1 Cloak of Resistances as well as my +2 Headband of Intellect. One goes to Belor and one to whoever kicks in the other 500 gold I need. ___________ I go with the others to sign up before starting to work on my headband when the temperature starts to rise. I will sign up for the cross disciplinary magic competition. I look at the Half-Orc: Wow, I didn't know that Belkzen allowed half breeds out, I thought that all the warriors were kept to lead the armies and only the weak were chased out. Perform(comedy):
Ok, either I am blind or a long post from earlier did not post. I think Belor and I discussed earlier that I could borrow some funds to create my Headband. I need a total of 1500, actually 1300. Belor if you have this much, I will take it all from you, if not, anyone else who as a little free cash let me know and I will pay it back in items within a day or three.
It is a competition. It is unlikely we will win, but we need to try out best, we are the Harbringers, we do not let others beat us. We are going to be competing against skilled professionals who have many more years experience than us. Lets enter what competitions we want, it will only take a few days. During that time, we attempt to gain an audience with the master so that we can discuss the trade pact. Considering that the tournament is such a big deal here, I would be amazed if a bunch of nobodies could get an audience with him until after the competition anyway. Lets use all the resources we have. Compete in the competition while simultaneously seeking to get an audience with the master. If we succeed in meeting with him earlier, we can call it a day, pack up and head out. There is no reason to only entertain one method of contacting the master.
After hearing Akor: Agreed - however, we need to talk to the master. What better way to gain his attention than by doing well, or even winning, some of the competitions. This would assuredly give us access to him which we would not otherwise have.
On the first day in the city, once I have gotten a room I will use my ability to make a +2 Headband of Intellect and will then start to upgrade it to a +2 Headband of Mental Prowess (Int/Wis). I am doing this without using the Owl's Wisdom spell, so the spellcraft will be at -5. DM Nimon: Value of +2 Headband --> 4k --> value of components not needed -->2k Cost of +2/+2 --> 10k --> component cost --> 5k Cost to create = 5k-2k = 3k-5% = 2,850
I will use my money and borrow 1500 from Belor or someone else, Xi or Jaz probably. Time to create - I think it should be 6 days. 10k = 10 days, minus 4k = 4 days --> time required should be 6 days at normal speed.
Yes, I am bias since I am the one who spent my feat on a Creation feat, but I do not know if this is really good. Part of the fun of this game is seeing what you get. If it is worthless to you then it either goes to someone else, or else the party sells it and buys something else. Technically we all know each other, but we are not family, we are not lifelong friends. In the real world, if you were in a business partnership and one partner got something big, a huge bonus or a payment in the form of a material - say a home. You would not just say, well, you have a bigger family, I will wait until we get another house. No, you would demand that the person receiving the home made monetary restitution. This is what should be done. So far, this campaign has been very magic heavy. Based on the WBL table, we are all above, and likely to get even farther above with my ability. My vote is to give out fairly random treasure. Yes, I would like a +6 Headband of Mental Superiority, but do not expect one. I may start creating a +4/+4 Wis/Int headband, but that is the game. If your design as a DM is to buff us up and stick us against mega-encounters, that is fine. But the game is designed for a balance and we should keep it that way so that it stays mysterious and interesting. So far I am having fun, and hope that this group can get it all together. I don't agree with the methods and techniques demanded by certain individuals, but for the sake of the game, I stopped fighting. If I find that the play has become unfun, then I will post my concerns and if things do not change, resign. I hope that this does not happen, but it has before in campaigns I am in and expect it to happen in the future. I only ask you Nimon, as the DM, to keep the game fun and challenging for you and for us. Do not make changes to appease 1 or 2 players which you will regret later when you have to start sticking mega-monsters to make any combat challenging. It is just as much fun to fight a tribe of tough goblins as a fleet of red dragons if the balance is right. In both the death of your character is possible. Lets keep it fun and make the game a challenge, both for our PCs and for our creative minds on how to handle difficult situations without just having a Wand of Kill Everything or a Potion of Immortality.
I have 10,900 worth of magic equip. 8k of that is the ring +2. I also have about 1500 worth of spells and probably a couple of hundred of other equip. I also spent 5600 on my crossbow, but do not have that yet.
The competition sounds interesting, I will have to consider the cross-discipline arcane competition. My plan for today is to create Cloaks of Resistance +1 or Rings of Protection +1. Anyone who wants one of these, please let me know. I will also make a +2 Headband of Intellect for myself with the skill bonus in Acrobatics.
The simple fact is that PF has established a system which balances items by gp value. A +1 weapon is 2k, a +1 shield is 1k, a +2 Headband is 4k, etc. If loot split is not balanced, then someone is always going to feel like they were cheated. In this game I really do not care. I am the creator and I if I wanted to, I could make myself anything I want and just say screw the rest of you. I do not plan on doing that, however, since I am a strong believer in equality, I will try to balance things out. Thus, if someone gets a +4 weapon, I will probably give the next few +1 and +2 items to someone else. The way the DM is working magic, I do not think that we are going to have to worry about being under powered, on the contrary, we should be thinking more about our characters and the game so that it is fun for all. With all the power we have been given, we all know that the monsters and scenarios we are going to see will be tough and require creative roll playing.
Listening to Xidieus - You are welcome to find a styling room in one of the better hotels. I am sure that we can keep this fine home neat and clean and this way we do not have to worry about the hotel admitting guests below your standards. My guess is that we may be on the road for a while so either you need to acquire a means of transporting goods to make you living conditions of a higher standard, or learn to work with what we have been given. Now then, I am going to get a room and start working on seeing what I can improve of our equipment so that the next time we meed mutated giants, the balance of power is even more in our favor. Please let me know if there is anything that I can assist you all with, either magic or knowledge wise.
I turn and give Akor a hard glare: Yes, I have come for the tournament. I have enjoyed watching martial competitions since I was a young girl and this one has the reputation of attracting some of the best. As my dark friend mentioned, he is considering entering if the reward is suitable. I believe most of the rest of us are also here to watch the tournament, although the archer there is more interested in hunting rare scorpions that are supposed to live near here. Bluff:
Is it possible to rent a home for a week or month? Might cost a little more, but we could secure it and have a central location rather than being spread out around town - something I consider to be a poor idea.
For anyone wanting a +1 or +2 weapon/armor. Buy something made of mithral or adamantine, let me give it a +1, then hire someone to add any special abilities - shadow, keen, etc. Once you have it upgraded, I can increase it to +2, or +3 in a few levels. This will save a ton of cash. It will usually cost 6k (8k-2k) to get the equipment upgraded. If I then increase it to +2, you end up with a 16k weapon for about 7k. A pretty good deal in my opinion. The only constraint is that we will have to wait a few days to have armor/weapons crafted.
Tracking them down would give us some goodwill among the guard, but will it help us with our mission? I am just wondering before we start heading of on a whole series of wild goose chases and completely forget our mission.
DM Nimon: Ok - on day 1, this was the day we arrived at the first town. I would have used the first level spells to create a +1 crossbow for myself. If I can find someone to upgrade my crossbow to Keen, then I will use my other level 1 spells and my level 2 spells to create two magic scimitars (or whatever other weapon appears popular in the area.) and will sell these to generate enough cash to pay to have the crossbow Keened. If no such person appears available or we are unlikely to return to the town, then I will hold off on the selling weapons, and instead create a +2 Headband of Intellect for myself and a suit of +1 Studded Leather for Jaz. Once I identify a viable mage who can upgrade my Crossbow in a town we are likely to be in for 3-6 days, I will create the selling weapons. Sorry for the confusion, it would be much easier if we were staying in one place, but I will get this figured out. I think what I will do in the future is to create the items right before bedtime since this is when I will know what spells, if any, I have used. Also, can I craft an item using my Craft Wondrous Items and also create an item with my skills the same day? My Headband of Mental Prowess +2 will require that I use Owl's Wisdom each day that I am crafting, essentially using up one spell. Does this mean that I cannot create a +2 item that day?
@DM Nimon - please let me know how many days traveling is taking and how long we are out of the Mana Wastes so that I can keep track of what I have made. I assume that I have a normal crossbow while my original crossbow is with some mage in the last town being Keened. I carefully watch Mor to see if there is anything out of place. Sense Motive:
If we are planning on returning through here, I could easily employ a wizard to keen my crossbow and then pick it up on the way back. The town we are supposed to be going to is 1 day from the border, so it should not be that much extra to go, talk to the Nex contact, and then return. I will just have to get another crossbow for the duration, which I will give a basic bonus to until I get back, then someone else can have it.
Ok all, so that I am not useless to the party if I am trying to avoid casting spells, here is what I plan on doing. First, I will magic my crossbow, I will also create two other magic weapons, one moderate strength and one basic. These I will sell to a local merchant. With those funds, I should be able to afford to have a local mage make my crossbow Keen so that it hits much harder. Then, starting tomorrow I will begin to create as many useful items for the rest of as I can on a daily basis. The key question is how long we plan on staying in the town. My guess is that it will take a mage between 3 and 6 days to improve my crossbow. In this time, I should be able to get everyone simple protective cloaks and rings. And also start on headbands and belts to improve our physical and mental faculties. I figure that this would be best for the group. If someone thinks we should move on faster that is fine, but personally a little down time after being kidnapped, enslaved, and dragged across a desolate magic void wasteland would be nice. After hearing Xidieus: Nice sword, I do not think that I have the skills to create such a fine weapon yet, perhaps someday.
DM Nimon: Would this work? Since you indicated that magic items are 5% cheaper here, a +2 weapons (+1 Keen Crossbow) should cost 7600. If I make a +2 weapon to sell and make my crossbow +1, then it should cost 5500 to Keen the crossbow. If I can sell a magic weapon for 50% of base, then I should get 3800 for the weapon I sell leaving me 1700 short. If I also made another +1 weapon, could I also sell that for 1900? Or at least 1700? . The end result would be all my ability for 1 day, with me having a +1 Keen Crossbow. I would then upgrade it to +2 at some point in the future after getting people other stuff.
** spoiler omitted ** DM Nimon:
That is what I figured, except that I do not have Craft Weapons and Armor, I have Craft Wondrous Items --> not that that is bad, if we have to pay for some upgrades, that is what we do. Or someone else could take a crafting feat. I would take it with my 5th level Wizard feat, but I do not expect to actually make level 5 wizard until level 18 at the earliest Cleric-3/Wizard-3/Mystic Theurge-10/probably Wizard for my last 4 levels so that I can cast 9th level spells if we were to keep the campaign going that long.
I know that I can do +3 equip, except that I cannot cast third level spells for another 3 levels - Level 8.
Once we have gotten our errands run and are gathered together for dinner: Ok all, I do not know how exiting the Mana Wastes affected you all, but I seem to have gained the ability to transfer my magical abilities directly into an item. For instance I can transfer all my weak spells into a sword and then it is an ordinary basic magical sword. Likewise, I can transfer all my stronger spells into a ring and it will be a moderately strong protective ring. I ran by a store this afternoon and got some decent equipment, headbands, belts, cloaks and rings which I plan on magicking. Should anyone wish for something nicer - say a gold and diamond ring instead of the simple silver bands I bought, you will have to purchase the basic item them yourself and then I will magic what you purchased. As I say this I am looking at Xidieus and rolling my eyes. I could easily sell this stuff in almost any village or town and make some good money, but I think for the benefit of our cause, these magic items will be best in the party. Thus, my plan is to make anything requested. Remember, I am limited to 1 moderate strength item and 2 weak items per day at present - I will be able to make stronger items soon hopefully. Also, I can only make an item like this if I do not use any of my spells for a day, so we shall have to decide whether we as a group want my arcane and divine skills during a combat, or if I should stay as a crossbowwoman until it appears that more power is needed. I plan on making a magical crossbow for myself, so I should be fairly good. Also, before we entered the Mana Wastes, I had trained in crafting magical items the old fashioned way - through hard labor. I can craft items this way as well, these items can be quite powerful, but will usually take about 1 day per 1000 gp value of the item. All that I ask for this is that you pay 10% of the value for items that I can craft quickly and the cost of the components plus 10% for the items which I have to slowly craft over a period of days. This will allow me to purchase items which I cannot craft.
Ok - Here is my plan:
My plan is as follows.
Next round of items -
Note - as others request, I can make more stuff so as to share the wealth.
Also, if you do not want one of these, let me know. To make an item, I cannot use any spells of that level per day. I can also make lots of +1 items - rings, weapons, etc. So let me know what you want, Rings of Protection, Bracers +1, Weapons, etc. This is several weeks worth of work, so things may well change as we go. Once I am done with this, I will take requests for Crafting items - same deal, you pay for the cost of the item +10% ie - Belt of Str/Dex+2 = 10k value = 5k cost, you pay 5,500 (actually it would probably be 3300 for these since you should already have a Belt of Dex+2 that can be upgraded).
Akor - efficient quivers and handy haversacks are first priority as soon as I finish the stat and defensive equipment. May be a few weeks, but should be able to get it. I think that the quiver should only take a day or two as I recall.
Once the caravan is to its destination and everyone is paid. Well all, I have some shopping to do this afternoon, would anyone like to join me. Then we can meet up later for dinner. Whether or not anyone joins me, I head out and find a place to purchase: 6 Good Quality Belts ~30gp
DM Nimon - please let me know how much this is. The only thing I really see is a Signet Ring for 5gp which seems like a decent price for stuff that is going to be magicked since I do not need masterwork items. Once I am done, I will head to the Inn and get a room - I will share with Xara if she wants - and then take a bath to get rid of the days of dust and grime.
Got some real work to get done today, will figure out my new feat, finish up my leveling and work with my new magic power later on. There is going to be a +1 Cloak of Resistance to whoever has the worse saves. Let me know, I will make more as the time goes forward.
We are not destroying them, this is our new torture technique, we call it Shock and Dissolve.
It is not instantaneous, I have to use all my second level spells to make something +2, so I will not have any spells that day - thus, this is best during down time. I can do the same thing for +1 with first level spells or +3 for third level spells, of which I have none right now. Keep the list, and I will try to work through it so that everyone gets something.
As long as people are willing to compensate me to some extent, I will have you all equipped with +2 rings, cloaks and armor before long as well as basic belts of strength/headbands of intellect/wisdon/charisma. Since I can only cast 2nd level spells, this is the best I can do at present. If we have time, I can use Craft Wondrous Items to make better/stronger items, but it is a nice start. Really, I am asking the compensation - say 10% of the value of items - so that I can afford the cost of fancy stuff that I will have to create (I really want that Headband of Mental Superiority +6) --> If you immediately sell the stuff I make for you, I will be annoyed though.
While Xara did an excellent job with my stones, I think I will let the physicians or clerics help with other issues.
Yes, it feels good to be back in the land of magic. I create little bolts of electricity and fire them at a stone on the ground. DM Nimon: Since I have not used any spells, I would like to buy three dozen or so inexpensive rings and several cloaks and begin to make magic items. I will create a Cloak of Protection +2 and 2 Rings +1 the first day. Also, several belts and headbands. I plan on creating a Headband of Intellect +2 and then upgrade it to a Headband +2 Int/+2 Wis/+2 Cha before long, I assume it will take a little while to get enough to get it to +4 or +6. I will also create Belts of Strength for the warriors before long. Please let me know how much it will cost to buy all this stuff.
DM Nimon: But is this permanent? So, could I use all my level 2 cleric spells and create a +2 longsword and then go and sell that for 4k? Or could I use all my level 2 spells and create a headband of intellect +2? In other words, is this a shortcut for saving time on creating magic items? I was planning on buying stuff for 2k (or 4k if I have the money), and then start to work on a headband to increase my int/wis. Am I understanding that I can just make it now? Sorry for the confusion, just want to make sure that I get it right.
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