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This Cathedral is looking really interesting. Where should we start?

My posting on Friday an Saturday may be spotty. I am visiting realatives in Niagara. I turn off net-accessible devices whenever I am down there...my cell phone service providers tends to ding me with expensive international calls and roaming charges when I get close to the border.

I just realized that if Cole and Brankh's orison-blessings only last for a minute, we should be using them more often. For example, when checking for traps - or entering and searching a room.

I just learned that when spontaneous casting a cleric substitutes a spell for a cure spell of the same level....not a spell slot. I think Brankh was supposed to choose a spell to sacrifice in exchange for the CLW he cast earlier. I have adjusted his profile to remove Protection from Evil .

You're rubbing it in! It's not fair. I'm back in the city and everything is still brown. Nary a flower peaking through the cold mud. But at least the sun's up over the lake. I have some jars of low wines from last summer's mash in the garage...time to dust off the pot still and cook this year's first batch!

That purse that Aldern handed over, I know Mattie sorted it but did it get distributed? And to what amount? By my count there are seven of us(counting Harsk who is MIA) which would make it approximately 7 gold 1 silver 4 copper. Does that sound about right?

Just trying to make sure my sheet is up-to-date.

Or maybe everyone gets 7 but the remaining 1 goes "missing". Lol.

I wish I could stream audio down to Tickwood and warn that carefree Halfling that a "storm's coming to town."

Thirded!

Sorry my posts are meagre today. I'm real busy. Will catch up in the morning.

Sorry guys. Real busy day. I'll catch up on the chamber in the morning.

XP for the Darkmantles is:

135 each character

This is a group experience award. I know not everyone was involved in the combat, but individual xp can get a little...subjective and I'd rather not go there. Thoughts?

agreed

It's level 1. When Thorin PC failed to deliver on a promise earlier he wasn't in any "order". His road to redemption should begin now, as a full fledged 1st level cavalier, booze or no booze. That's how I see it.

Hang in there, Thorin!

There's dark humour in getting your face bashed with a lamp at the dentist! Yikes. I just hope it won't complicate things or cause too much pain.

At least HK gets the solace of bourbon whiskey. I can't imagine drinking bourbon with dry sockets after oral surgery "Yeeaaow!" Take it easy, Thorin and I wish you a speedy recovery.

Which brings me Thorin the Cavalier's alcoholism. I'm not sure where the thread was going with this - but I am pretty sure there is no Edict for the Cavalier class which causes the alcoholism itself to affect his honour or have an an impact on his effectiveness as a PC. (If he's really enebriated the DM might have to rule something under circumstances I guess) But the Drunken Fighter thing is cool...and I think it should not penalize the character, no?

He may have failed to live up to the edicts of an order and so was disgraced (does his previous "discrace" precude him for joining an order at level 1? - up to DM). What is his order going to be? (Order of the Dragon? ...or is he undecided?)

And...damn did Brankh..just get whacked for 7 HP?...he did....uuugh!

Can't access the Stairwell Encounter

Itchin to roll!

I have updated Brankh's profile. Gear etc..

I'm ready. I'll start posting later today.

I sent you an email, Thorin

Brankh added a simple club to his own inventory.

At doors I propose:

Alanthanian opens the door and pulls aside.
Thorin stands ready to go in.
Brankh stands behind him reaching forth with the spear (he can see better through darkness)
Saorise follows into the room
Followed by Catila
Then Cole
Alanthanian stays back asseses the situation. Slips in behind stealthily.

Lets Rock!

Thorin: When you click to edit Thorin's profile there will be a text box brlow which you can edit. Just paste your character sheet in it. Later you can tool around to make it look the way you want. Everyone has their own style. Look at some of our profiles for examples. The profile for NitNat Clo-oose has a template character sheet. If you want the template with spoilers built in I would have to email it.

It looks like Thorin is surrounded by righteous teetotallers. That'll be interesting. What happens if he runs out of drink? Are we in trouble then? And I like the club. Someone has to wield a bludgeoning weapon.

Catila: As long as one of us prepares the orison, we can light up a trinket for you. Do we need just one? I thinbk she should hold the chime.

Brankh's Selections:

Brankh has picked up some extra oil and torches...just incase we need some fire and light. Fire is good!

Longspear and Falchion

Fire Bolt (Sp):
As a standard action (ranged touch), he can unleash a d6 scorching bolt of divine fire from his outstretched hand.
Not a bad option from range: it bypasses armour and can be used to ignite things

Touch of Glory (Sp):
Bestow Bonus to Charisma based Checks: +1. 6x/day. Duration 1 hour. (Not sure how useful this will be down there).

Channel: 1d6 / DC 17. DC17 is quite high for level 1 channeling (Improved Channel/Glory Domain) . 5x/day

Orisons - I like Cole's picks - but I'll take something slightly different just to cover more bases
Stabilize, Resistance, Spark

Level 1: Party does not have much blasting - so picked Burning Hands
Lvel 1:
Protection from Evil, Bless
Burning Hands (Domain)

Well. The characters will have a little time to prepare before going into the crypt to their doom! I suppose we could role play every aspect of their preparation....but that might get tedious. A little meta gaming is allowed, no?

Are we all prepared? With two clerics,a Paladin and some healing potions we have all kinds of healing. But perhaps its not physical wounds we need to worry about down there. Are our psychological defenses up to the task?

Here is how Brankh can help.
1. His born leader trait gives allies +1 on Will saving throws!
2. He gets 5 channels/day at DC17, but that might be wasted against
powerful undead.
3. I think we have time to pray for some spells. Any suggestions, Cole?
Brankh is thinking of Swallow your Fear and Protection from Evil.

I think some of you will need torches or lamps. (well, Brankh won't).
Do we have ropes and other adventuring gear?

I just realized that I put an entry in for Mattie in the evening, when play has already progressed into the next morning. Too late to change it. Oops.

Lord Thorin wrote:

I do have that oral surgery tomorrow so I'm not sure if I'll make a post tomorrow night.

Ouchy! Hope that works out alright for you, Phil.

I'm having minor surgery on Wednesday and will likely be laid up at home for 2-3 days. Should be able to post as long as the drugs will let me. :)

You guys take it easy in surgery...and good luck.

I'm at home for the next couple of days..so my posts will slow down for a little bit. Family demands take up time.

Next week its back to Toronto. I'll be checking from my wireless..maybe my posts will be somewhat truncated (I hate typing on those smart phones). But I'll be here to contribute.

I see you have that page up now HKn. You can see it has potential, eh? I found it on the Enworld site. I messed around with one of these when preparing another campaign on the Obsidian Portal. I found that it ended up taking so much time I never ended up running the game. That's the problem with all the gadgets and accessories. They add more tools but create more work. At the end of the day its the forum that matters and the community that plays on it....and I like these Paizo forums...despite the restricted options of the site.

At least now we have our own repository for the images, soundtracks and battlemaps of our campaign And its nice to get that background material you put there too ;-). Perhaps as we keep adding stuff it will take a life of its own one day. Thanks for getting it started.

Second post is up - I embedded two urls in the post - one in the title and one in Valanthe's name (which is linked to Lord Thorin's webpage). Let me know if you have any trouble accessing them.

Oh, and the video links are just something I do from time to time; it won't be for every post. But...you might learn a little bit more about my tastes of music. :)

The links worked well for me. The soundtrack adds an interesting dimension to the experience.

I'm not sure what you and Thorin have going on that site....it looks neat. We could create our own site on google sites along the same lines eventually. But for now I would focus on playing.

For example:

Template for Pathfinder Site.

Marching order.

May I suggest the following for single file?

1. Alanthanian (scouting)
2. Thorin (frontline melee)
3. Cole (with longspear. Touch-healing support)
4. Catila
5.Brankh (can launch firebolts overhead and channel energy)
6.Saoirse (archer and rearguard - backup melee)

And for 2 abreast

1. Alanthanian (scouting)
2. Thorin and Saoirse (frontline melee)
3. Brankh with longspear along with Catila
4. Cole as armoured rearguard

1. Agree with Saoirse
2. Agree with Saoirse. GM rolls INIT at start of the encounter. It wouldn't be fair to penalize good DEX scores.

3. Brankh prefers to stay right behind a leading melee character in a position where he can reach past with the longspear.

Tactical preference: right behind frontliners he can offer encouragement, shoot fire bolts, deliver touch healing and use the longspear to reach past. Brankh is a strong channeler, and is also useful in the midst of a group. On a side note: Cole might wish to try using the longspear one day and have Brankh go ahead with his falchion, which is nastier than the longsword at this stage.

4. Agree with Saoirse. Can the photos not be posted in Googledocs as well?

Sorry for messing up Catila's name! Well, I guess Cole messed it up first. haha

Cole, I noticed that one of your listed trained skills is
"Concentration +8"

I think this skill is a vestige from 3.5 rules. Do you mean Spellcraft?
If that is the case it would be Spellcraft +5 (+1INT +1rank +3class).

I know +5 is not quite as good as +8 when spellcasting, but Spellcraft has more uses than the old skill Concentration (such as identifying magic etc.. ).

I know spellcraft and learning are not Brankh's strong suits as a cleric. His passion, voice and zealotry should make a good complement to Cole's cooler head, skill and indomitable faith.

Let me know what you think.

I like how in HN's Play by Post we are weaving different strands of the plot together in an interesting way that wouldn't work at a tabletop.

Thank's Hedgenight.

I love playing clerics. Everything Brankh does has moral consequences. Each action puts him out on a limb and forces him to make tough decisions and take responsibility. Its also tough for him because he does not have a sharp intellect and can be overzealous at times.

Honestly, I felt ashamed for him when he didn't stand up and fight those slavers. I think he felt ashamed too....but I think he made the wise choice in the end..we`ll see

I also am jealous of the other players who already got to hack the limbs off bad guys! lol

We killed Kenny! And we haven't even reached the dungeon yet.
I am starting to get the feeling that this is going to be a bloody campaign.

......(can't wait to jump into Georgian Bay!) I'm sure I'll get my outdoor fix there too.....

Well....I can wait until summer. I'm not THAT crazy!

It is sad to leave B.C. I was here helping an ailing relative. But its time to go back. There's good work to be done in T.O. and $$ to be made. And I do love Toronto...especially downtown.

Ontario has it own charms with the Canadian Shield at our doorstep (can't wait to jump into Georgian Bay!) I'm sure I'll get my outdoor fix there too.

As for Guidance, the rules and the forums I checked are pretty clear. It is supposed to be unlimited. I'm going to be using Guidance a lot! As long as Brankh selects Guidance as a daily orison...I shall make sure that he casts it at the start of each day on himself and his allies....and resetting the charge each time its used.

Perhaps the DM has something else in mind....let's see how it works in play.

I wonder if I am using the Guidance Orison properly. If it lasts "until discharged" - what's to stop a power gamer from using the orison over and over to create a permanent state of +1 competence on himself and allies?

I get it now. "Quotations in bold text"

Toronto. Although I have been stationed here on Vancouver Island for a while. I'll be returning to the Big Smoke (ie. Toronto) in a couple of weeks.

I read the players guide some time ago and am a little gray on the details. I am not familiar with the adventure...but the extra details from the other characters are making it colourful. Most of the information I have is from the Campaign Setting book.

Regarding skill checks. I haven't been bothering with making dice rolls for these kinds of things. I just role play what I'm doing and assume AJD will make the rolls. Or he will ask me to roll if necessary. I hope that`s OK.

I'm on Not-so-Sunny Vancouver Island. In the rainforest on the far coast! At least for now. I'll be heading back to Toronto in a few days. I'll miss the salty tang and the fragrant redwoods.

I'm not too familiar with Hero Points...and not sure if they are necessary. But I am happy to go with the flow if most of you and or HK wish to use them. If I have to vote I'll say go without...just to keep things simple.

Hello there Kysteric!

And here she is! Ready and raring to go!

And Wow! Finally having read the IC Hedgeknight I must say I am Very impressed! I've been around PbP's for quite some time now and I can honestly say that already yours is looking to be one of the best I've ever been in. Can't wait to see what you have in store for Catila! : )

I totally agree Khaladon.

Great detail, Hedgenight! And I'm sippin on some Sour Mash myself. A toast in your honour.

Khaladon, I think Dr.Eyesquint will make a great sleuth. Great character concept! I can't wait to see her in action.

I hope I'm not out of place to suggest something. I think you should put at least one rank into Knowledge - Local.

The Detective option gives the Doctor Eye for Detail (terrific!) with its bonuses - in exchange for Bardic Knowledge, which would have trained her in all of the Knowledge skills.

But as a Detective, Dr. Eyesquint now needs to invest ranks in Knowledge:Local , otherwise the Eye for Detail bonus is wasted on an untrained knowledge skill which is only useful for checks at DC10 or less....unless you wish to invest in local knowledge at a later level. But what kind of sleuth does not have training in local knowledge (and maybe some other kinds of Knowledge as well)?

Yes! Brankh's first entry. I hope I'm not starting prematurely.

Here's my email, should you need to send a message directly.

I decided to make Rogue Mattie's favoured class after all. Extra point allocated to HP.

If it's a part of the story why don't we put it in the in IC thread? I'm for that.

Brankh would just have arrived in town I think. His first stop will be the Temple of Pharasma. That was his destination in the first place. Now that he's carting around the body of his dead mentor...he as nowhere else to go.

I didn't find hedgenight's email in the posts.

All changed up.

Should be able to hold his own in combat....

That's a wicked blade he'll be using.

Lots of divine power in this group, eh? Yikes.
Anyway. I am ready to settle into a posting routine. Here is how it goes for me...

My situation is a little different to yours, Hedgenight. I do most of my posting while at work and my hands are often full while at home. I work a 4/3 or 3/4 schedule. My entries are more frequent on my weekdays and tend to dry up on my weekends (which change from week to week). If I miss a day it is probably because I am busy at home. I post at varied hours of the day. I am in the Eastern Time Zone as well.

Brankh is ready to take up the challenge!

Miss Mattie's ready. Hello everyone.

Some righteous hotheads, a drunkard, a squinty-eyed brainiac, a trained killer.

Wicked.

NitNat Clo-oose wrote:

Still here.

Brankh is a kick@$$ character!

Thanks, Hedgenight. I quite agree. I was preparing a character for another campaign and dropped out of the conversation for a little while. We are still looking for a DM, is that right? Are you going to give it a shot? I'm sure I can handle a second player if I post once a day....give or take a bit.

Still here.

Thanks for offering Tempestorm. I do think I will be more fun if Mattie is a rogue or bard. As an abjuror she would have been a dour companion...maybe fun for a few laughs...but I like playing more charismatic players. Bard or Rogue- Either way she'll make a great companion to the wizard.

If its still OK with you can you play Ezren?

As for the backstory. I am still working on it. She came all the way to Sandpoint from her far away home in ....(Andoran maybe?). She's hunting down the cold-blooded coward who killed her old Pa.

I wish to avoid playing more than one game at a time. And I am slowly putting together a homebrew to run some day down the road. I just committed myself to playing a character in AJ's Dad's Runelord campaign.

However.

I would make an exception for my cleric. I am pretty excited about him. I feel most comfortable playing clerics...and I really think I put some soul into that half-orc.

Let us know if you're starting something here.
I am looking over the profiles and thinking of a way we can entice a DM to take us on if you don't....but I took a quick look at your campaign....I`m game if you are!

Hello AJ's Dad,

I have an idea for an abjuror, if you are still looking for an arcanist. She is inspired by Mattie Ross in True Grit.
I just need a little time to create her profile, using a point buy system to match the pregenerated charaters (15 points I think). Are you still looking? I can have her ready by the end of the day.

No need to hurry at this point, PS. You don't want to burn out before you even start, eh? Perhaps we can relax the posting expectations a bit so you can balance things out with with real life. We can do it.
I'll bide my time, make some characters and keep checking this thread. Good luck!

Hungry for adventure!

I made a few adjustments to Brankh's character background and build. Some corrections, etc.. nothing that changes the kind of character he would be.

I am new to Pathfinder - but not PbP roleplay. I must say I like what I see. I would love to play in a campaign. I recently tried to make a character for desert campaign....I really want to play him...so I contrived a story for him to come to Kaer Maga. I hope you like it.