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I thank you for deciding to run Kingmaker (er, Tyrantmaker). I would like to submit Narvolo for consideration. Narvolo's ambition to be the clan leader so he could marry a noblewoman was cut short, and he would like his revenge. Selling his soul to Belial (a rather unusual deal with a devil), he's out to build his kingdom, destroy his former clan (or anything that stands in his way), and marry a beautiful noblewoman. Of course, finding like minded individuals surely makes his goals easier to achieve.

All the details on Narvolo can be found in his profile, including detailed background. The crunch is there as well or you can look here for an easier to view version. The one thing that will seem odd is that he uses the flexible human racial trait, so the 23 point-buy won't appear to add up unless you take this into account.

As for posting, I am retired and I run an online game here on the forums as well where we post multiple times a day and have been running that game for about 5 months.

Thanks in advance for your consideration.

I'd like to apply with my barbarian Narvolo (all details in his profile, along with a link to a google document PDF printout). I've been in 3 Rise of the Runelords campaigns, all 3 have died by GM decision after the first fight because they suddenly realize it's too much work or the GM drops off the planet. So, I'm really really familiar with the start of the campaign, but I'd like to join an online campaign that can last more than 2 weeks. With that, do you know how you are going to handle maps? I ask because one GM didn't think of this until later and then complained he didn't want to violate copyright laws so he dropped the campaign. Do you have all the books? I just want to join a campaign that will last, and so far my history has been spotty at best as the GMs keep ditching their games.

As for my posting frequency: I'm currently GMing an online campaign that has been going on for a long time and we post 3-4 times a day, so posting requirements aren't an issue. I've lost 2 players because they couldn't keep up.

Lastly, I didn't min/max my barb, but he does have the alternate racial trait at the expense of a feat, so if you do the point-buy math it may not add up unless you take that into account.

The map doesn't appear to have our icons. Not sure what to do with the map.

"I neva did like desds, bud if I mus, I mus. I'm ready da go."

"You can rearrage rooms? Wow, you are powaful." Narvalo decides to watch this spectacle as he might be dreaming and not see it again.

"Narvolo know good name: Da Cidadel of Wonderland. Cidadel cause id a fordress of powah, and Wonderland cause you can do magic."

"Narvolo likes moundains. Feet on da ground and see far and wide. Can we do id on top of a big, tall moundain?" Narvolo stomps the DOOM BRINGER on the ground.

I'm thinking of something like Mount Olympus like setting.

"You speak wid big words; Narvolo will use Da Doom Bringa and escape dis prison wid all of ya. If id need smashin, Narvolo smash id." Narvolo picks up his giant hammer and stomps it on the ground, a sign of approval back in his tribal meetings.

Narvolo's ears perk up when he hears that word and stops eating. "Fordune and fame? Narvolo like gold, wild women, and, uh, gold! Dunno aboud soul people, bud okay."

"Narvolo is sleeping? Hmmm." Narvolo pinches himself, rather hard. "I like being Narvolo. Kwazi deidy sounds weird."

Narvolo's head spins at all this fancy talk. "Narvolo no use for fancy magic. Wands, whispers, mumbo-jumbo. Da Doom Bringa magically solves Narvolo's problems." Narvolo goes back to drinking, as he's not the greatest conversationalist.

Narvolo pulls up the chair, spins it backwards and sits with the back of his chair against his chest. He sits DOOM BRINGER next to him but within easy reach.

Narvolo looks at the people joining him at his table. "Whad is dis place? Dis a dream? Funny dream. Narvolo dream of smashing wid da Doom Bringa, but neva in a strange place like dis." The barbarian extends his hand to anyone at the table. "Narvolo's name is Narvolo. You may call me Narvolo. Narvolo is pleased da mead ya."

I use a web reader add in for all my games.

I hope we can pick up the pace.

Stomping DOOM BRINGER on the ground as he enters to make a scene and to show his amazement at the sight, Narvolo replies "Narvolo will have mead. Sinz firs drink free, make id a big one." Narvolo wanders over to the table.

What the heck is this place? This isn't anything like what I've seen before. Maybe I'm still under the poison that sent me here and it's a dream. Better enjoy it while I can.

"Narvolo ready."

Gordo, the Invulnerable Barbarian, changed his name to Narvolo per the discussion tab on Table 2.

Narvolo says, "Narvolo no wan hamma, da Doom Bringa, da gid destroyed. Narvolo love da Doom Bringa, as id bring doom for da enemy."

Okay, Narvolo would like his Earth Breaker weapon, which he has named the DOOM BRINGER, not to be destroyed. Also note that Narvolo speaks in third person, so the words "I" and "me" aren't in his vocabulary, and he has trouble pronouncing the letter "t". Further explanation of Narvolo's personality is in his profile video.

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Thanks! Reporting for duty.

Well, ya. No way he'd accept those terms.

Solved with a sleep spell. :P And no, I wouldn't hit someone with a huge hammer in real life, but I have punched someone for that in a real life situation back in my younger days. But, I'm not a barbarian. The barbarian grabs his hammer and smashes someone. It's just a matter of civilization he grew up in. Insults were something that you fight over.

Narvolo snores in a deep slumber, mumbling in his sleep about "a hamma" and "smash". Nice move Nic. Narvolo won't even understand what you did, so he won't be mad.

I understand that, that's why I said that yur character may not care about any of it because he's a barbarian. Just a warning though, fighting Hemlock will result in death

Well, then he dies. If you start a fight with a high level character against a level 1 character, that's what happens. And why would I give a rat's butt if he's a noble, a congressman, or whatever. If anyone insulted my like that in real life, and I'm not a barbarian, and I warned him, and he kept doing it, that's what happens. Laugh, and now you've come to arrest me. Okay.

"Narvolo neva lid go of da Doom Bringa. Whad is problem? Silly man come for more beading?"

Narvolo wrote:

jimibones83 wrote:

Alright there wasnt suppose to be an encounter here so I didnt roll initiative, so lets backtrack a little.

Odd, the way he was speaking to everyone, he wanted an encounter. If anything, the NPC provoked it. If someone said that to me in real life, I'd hit them too.

He's suppose to be played as an insulting jerk, which I did, but that doesn't automatically warrant violence, not lawfully anyway. I realize your not lawful, but there are laws in Sandpoint which you will likely face now.

As for him starting it, he actually just called you trouble makers and said you should leave things to professionals, then you threatened him which he returned. To make things worse, he's a noble, which is kinda like a congressman today. So yes, he started it, but that wont hold up in a court of law lol. You'r character could very easily not care about any of that anyway though. I mean, he is a barbarian after all. I'm not quite sure how to handle it yet, but the consequences will suck I'm sure. But that doesn't mean it isn't amusing nor does it mean the game will come to a halt.

Look, I'm just roleplaying Narvolo. He gave the guy ample warning to back down and also put his hand on the weapon, and the NPC didn't back down, he got worse, so Narvolo swung at him. It's what he would do. If there are consequences, that's fine. I'm playing Narvolo as he would act. If the sheriff comes to arrest me, Narvolo will of course fight the sheriff.

Narvolo smiles. "Narvolo warned man was gonna gid hurd. Man no listen. Narvolo smash man. Whud problem?" A bit tired from his rage induced swing, Narvolo sits down, and goes back to eating as if nothing had happened.

These kind of brawls are nothing new for Narvolo, where in his rugged lands fighting over basic insults was commonplace. Narvolo did warn him that he was going to hit him, and the NPC continued to provoke. What did you expect? Narvolo to warn him and then not hit him? I don't find it strange at all, I'd punch anyone who said that to me in real life.

Alright there wasnt suppose to be an encounter here so I didnt roll initiative, so lets backtrack a little.

Odd, the way he was speaking to everyone, he wanted an encounter. If anything, the NPC provoked it. If someone said that to me in real life, I'd hit them too.

Narvolo draws DOOM BRINGER and moves to Lonjiku (free action to draw it with combination of move action since my BAB is +1), enters rage (free action) and smashes Lonjiku.

Earth Breaker Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Damage if hit: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (4, 2) + 9 = 15

Updated Map

Looking up from his food stained mouth, Narvolo says, "Narvolo kin dink of someone who aboud do gid hurd." Narvolo slowly puts one hand on DOOM BRINGER's handle.

"Narvolo hungray. Hey yu, green man, Narvolo no act hero. Narvolo hero." Narvolo points to himself, smiling when he says hero.

"How do you stay in shape?" "Narvolo shape never change."

"What was your childhood like?" "Smaller."

"Where do you get your weapons?" "Da gods gave em da Narvolo."

"Where do you get your armor?" "De enemy Narvolo kill wid da weapon from da gods."

"Where do you hail?" "Hail fall from sky, duh."

"How many men have you killed?" "Uh, let Narvolo dink. Uh, lots."

"How many beasts have you killed?" "Narvolo didn't ask if da name was beast before killing dem."

"Have you ever faced anything you were sure would kill you?" "Lots of questions might do it."

"If so, were you scared? Are you ever scared?" "Narvolo never scared."

"Whats your favorite color? whys that your favorite color?" "Blood red from Narvolo's enemies on da Doom Bringa."

"Do you like another color?" "Narvolo never saw blood not red."

"What would you do if you went color blind? Dogs are color blind, what do you think of that?" "Dog dumb. Narvolo smart."

Narvolo looks confused. "Why hunt boring? Most hunts fun. Narvolo show yu fun hunt."

"Narvolo no have worries. Dey dead. Why worry?"

Narvolo looks at the skeletons and takes anything useful, including weapons/armor.

"Narvolo no like bone men!" Narvolo steps forward and swings DOOM BRINGER on Skeleton 1.

Earth Breaker Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Damage if hit: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (3, 2) + 6 = 11

MAP

Nic will hold in his current position and cast a 10' square of four lights before the statue against the far wall of the crypt Range 120' Dancing Lights SA

Guys I am casting now the lights to give you sight in the darkness, ja.

Nic otherwise draws his staff and waits

This is where having those little colored symbols for each encounter comes in handy.

Narvolo moves inside slowly. "Narvolo first person. Told ya green man!"

UPDATED MAP

Are those squares supposed to be 5'? If so, then our icons are huge in relation to it on the map. Unsure how to move until I know.

"In dis land, yu gotta make da money first. Den when yu get da money, yu get da power. Den when yu get da power, den yu get da women. So, if dis lead to money, den power, den women, Narvolo will do it."

See the Narvolo training video for further details.

Okay, so I'm going to set the armor currently valued at 0. We keep the potion and sell the weapons, including the whip, for 81.9gp, split 5 ways is 16gp and 4sp per person.

Assuming that's okay with the GM (since he did say 70%), everyone should update their character sheets.

In Vegas you have to subtract 10-15 degrees to get a comparison to other places since there is no humidity.

Oh, just thought of something: if this vault could hold our stuff as part of our compensation for helping them. Narvolo is greedy but isn't too good at articulating his desires or negotiations.

So, do you guys just want to go ahead and sell the weapons (not the whip) at 70%? We can leave the armor in the room in case we find someone who might want it later, or burn it. Who knows. If it's worthless, then I'm not worried about anyone stealing it.

Also, who will carry the potion?

Pool day for a bit. 100 degrees here in Vegas.

I'll check back in later.

"Dey decorated da door and it is open? What is problem? Let Narvolo see if Narvolo can decorate it too." Narvolo gets up and prepares to follow Belor Hemlock. This town sure is strange. They decorate doors and want us to help. And I thought the festival was over!

"Narvolo says hello. My name is Narvolo, and you can call me Narvolo. It is my name. Sit and eat." Narvolo goes back to eating (something he's quite good at).

Well, we can store in in our free rooms for the week until we find someone or somewhere that will. Otherwise, it's worthless, which means I don't have to worry about anyone stealing it.

I can carry ~25 lbs without issue. Beyond that it will slow my movement speed.

I put the whip to Nic on the file.

If we all sell the stuff except the whip, we would get 44.2gp each, while Nic would get 43.7gp, since the whip is 1gp in value or 0.5gp if sold.

Since none of the stuff other than the potion is worth anything to us, we could go ahead and sell it if you all want, then we don't have to lug it around for now.

Narvolo is halfway paying attention, eating with his bare hands, stuffing food down his throat and drinking. He hears Kerak talking and replies, "See creatures hide? Dey always hide from Narvolo. Specaly da puny uns." Narvolo belches one of those loud, ringing burps.

Turning to Ameiko, Narvolo complains, "What we do fur week? Dat da reward? Stay here? Narvolo need more drink. Dat reward suck."

RISE OF RUNELORD LOOT TRACKER

I've made it so anyone can edit it. It's probably 95% correct, as I have a fully working excel version, but then moving it and recopying the formulas might have a quirk here and there, but it should be obvious when it happens.

Essentially, in this system you are encouraged to claim stuff you can or might use, as you are never worse off than not claiming. We can also have things claimed by the "party", like potions and wands that you don't want to sell but really benefit everyone. I'd explain it more, but the moment people start claiming things and then you see how the loot is split, it's pretty fair and self explanatory.

I went ahead and set the potion of CMW to Party for now. As you see, it deducts that from the potential things to sell.

You might want to put this link up in the campaign tab.

"Narvolo is first person. First person to fight."

I'll get to work creating the excel file.