Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
I've been stuck in the bed the past several days super ill. Just now starting to get better, but I'm still really wiped out. I'll try to post sometime later today (the twentieth).
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
For some reason every time I post it takes me two tries or more for the post to go through.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Going to take a five foot step forward to that Goblin there at U17.
Rhia takes a lunge-like step forward and lays into the Goblin directly ahead of her. She slashes the small hypnotized creature with her rapier.
1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Was just wondering what the pink triangles meant before I posted.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Sorry for the absence. I was able to post in the game I was running, but between work and life issues and the internet being down here it's been hard. Things should be okay now.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Sorry to hear about your loss. It's understandable that things might be slow. I've been having issues arising from my recent move right now and all, but this is something far more serious you're dealing with.
Even then, thanks for keeping us up to date.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Rhia tries to make it over to the Goblin at T17. She will, if she can attempt to flank the Goblin with Travok.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Rhia attempts to make her way through the crowd towards the Goblin. When she gets there she attacks, hopefully flanking.
Attack: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 + 1 = 11
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Sneak Dice: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
"There's more of them this time. They're going to need my help," Rhia draws her sword and goes chasing off after Baldric and the others towards the Goblins. "In the meantime, try to stave off the fires!" she yells back at Father Zantus.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
"Come on," Rhiannon drags Father Zantus roughly by the arm down the stairs towards the well. "We need to get these fires put out!" she says on the way.
I'm guessing that she will be slower with him in tow.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
I am so bad with these grid maps...Rhia will go for the stage in an attempt to protect Father Zantus.
Rhiannon, realizing what is going on and what they're face runs for the small stage to aid Father Zantus's escape. She draws her rapier while on the move.
If there is still a Goblin there she attacks
Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
If there isn't a Goblin she will lead Father Zantus away from the stage
"Stay close to me, Father Zantus," she says.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
It would probably make the most sense to say that it's from her father. I will have to add something about it when I get home or am able to get on my actual laptop because of the way the work laptop works with Myth Weavers. I could see him being kind of a strict by protocol guy with him being elf and all.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
I'll trade Scholar of the Great Beyond out for the Seeking Adventure one.
it seems that a lot of messages have been vanishing lately. I've seen two other posters saying the same thing as of late.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
That map is also working fine.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
It's working for me now too.
Did you see my question about the Wayfinder?
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Yeah, I'm getting the same Photobucket error on this end. No idea what's up with that site. Might I suggest imgur for future posts? It doesn't typically have issues, though sometimes it can be filtered out by parental controls on browsers.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Is it okay if Rhia has a Wayfinder? I promise not to use it for actual way-finding and it could have belonged to her father. We could just say it's broken.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
You're just left of the middle of the map, just a little ways up from the bottom. The explosion and figures are in the upper right hand corner.
Rhia pauses with her canteen at her lips. "Oh..." she says in confusion as the realization that this isn't part of the festivities washes over her.
She's basically last in the initiative order, so these things won't happen until she's able to go.
Round One
She spends her first round trying to jockey for position and get to the front of the crowd. "Please...step aside," she says pushing into them. "Official...this is Pathfinder business," she fumbles with the Wayfinder dangling around her neck, flashing it like a badge at the the people near her.
Acrobatics check to move through crowd: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Diplomacy check on people in crowd: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
Perception once she gets to the front: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
so this is going to sound stupid, but I just discovered the way member campaign threads work for us to keep track of things. I've been going back to posts or bookmarking every thread I'm in.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
The positioning looks fine with me, sorry for the slow response time. Been a bit of a rough week.
Rhia sits down in her chair with her hands folded across her lap to watch the proceedings. "I would think the name "swallow tail" refers to the butterflies having tails reminiscent of the passerine bird group, the swallow. I can sketch what the tail of one looks like later for everyone to see the comparison..."
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
1) How familiar with RotRL are you? Played it or DM'd it before, read it?
I have played in several unsuccessful incarnations of it. None of them made it to second combat. I have read parts of the adventure here and there, but it's not a problem for me to not metagame.
2) How familiar with Sandpoint are you? I see some of you at least know the NPC's in part and I am curious how much I need to give and what you already have access to. I come from the more the players know the better the story telling camp, so I am fine with you knowing all about Sandpoint and its locations/residents so you can add in character knowledge. I can always add twists and surprises.
I know a little bit, most of what I know is stuff about the history from the first part of the book. A lot of that would fit in with Rhia's need to read anything she can find about history.
3) What do I need to know about your character that I might not have picked up form your initial posts/ character sheet? I did read over your original game thread, and skimmed the OCC one, but I did not delve into any creation conversations you may have had with the first DM.
Rhia's not stupid, she just doesn't care as much about being sociable and therefore never really learned to interact properly with others. Her formative years were all about books.
4) What were you original creation guide lines, I am not going to ask you to change them...just want to know for power balance.
Someone posted this one.
5) How much experience as a gamer do you have with Pathfinder? How much have you had with PBP? Just so I know and don't assume.
Started roleplaying in late 2007 in a free form Final Fantasy game. Picked up D&D 3.5 probably early 2008. DM'd my first game in 2009, which lasted until 2011. Started playing Pathfinder in 2009, too. All of this is mostly on forums and very little of it is at a table. So this is how I feel most comfortable.
6) What do you want most as a player out of this campaign? What do you want most as a character?
When I first heard about the Adventure Paths that was the thing that drew me in. I want to play through what started it all. As a character I like the idea of just seeing where the story takes us. Rhia isn't really plotted out, there are ideas I would like to build on her, but I'm good at working on the fly.
I'm kind of a writer, amatuer aspiring novelist. So I'm really all about story.
7) Is there anything you want to know about me?
It tends to help to know your DMs better and for players to know each other
Ditto that at Corsario. It's nice to know we were a desirable looking set up over here.
This is CTK checking in on this thread. I just wanted to make it known that I am part of the group that the person who takes over this thing will be running the game for. Sorry for the late arrival. Time Warner has been s!%! today.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
The guy seems pretty good to me. I guess I should be wary of anyone who comes onto the boards and immediately tries to run a game like that in the future with no posting history. It must happen here all of the time though,.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
I remade this character with the AP in mind and she's really tied to it or Shattered Star.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
I plan to stick around, but it just seems like this is some kind of joke. We really didn't get to our first combat which is relatively early in the game.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Well I messaged him before I asked if anyone else had an no reply. I doubt he's coming back. I was a little hesitant about this game because he wasn't one of the long time members of this site (I'm not either, but still).
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Has anyone tried to PM the GM? If he's not answering I'd just say we go on without him and keep this thing going. Games don't survive and if he's done this already this early without telling us it doesn't bode well for the future.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
"Sort of. They sent me out to mark this historic event. I have to admit this is all very exciting, so I had no complaints about coming, but I haven't actually done anything that was official Pathfinder quality work. I'm mostly just a posh librarian. Don't really get out of the office as much as I'd like. I just read things."
Rhiannon tries for another swig of ale from her canteen, but finds it barren. She flips it upside down with the cap off and not even the smallest drop calls free. "S#~+," she mutters.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
"Introductions. Right. I'm Rhia Unwin of the Heidmarch Manor lodge in Magnimar," she gives a little nod of her head in the direction of the newcomer. She uses the time after speaking to slip behind Baldric and Zawain in an attempt to look at a spot that she just noticed in the stone work.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
"Earth quakes and a dozen fires?" She glances back up at the building. "Let's hope that it doesn't ever come to that. I think this town has been through enough."
Rhia takes a drink from her canteen. "There's been murmurs all over the place about the fire. People seem to talk about it like it happened recently. It's still present in their minds."
"I really don't need the details, my reports usually come back as overly detailed and descriptive. I've got five pages back and front about just the festival preparations!"
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
I wasn't going to take his game right away.
And I just suggested it because I ran a game with about ten characters where I ran two and DMed. It was a lot of hard work, especially considering I had to make up a lot of it as I went along.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
I'm still here, but if we need a GM I could take over for him I guess. I really don't want to lose this game and I don't see any sign of the game moving forward unless we're just all going to run ourselves.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Where is this cleric guy?
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Confusion sets into Rhia's mind and she's content to just stare at the others and take a long drink from her canteen. "Do you mean to say that you visited and never left?" She asks Zwain.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Rhiannon has now emptied her canteen of water and replaced that water with delicious Ale.
"Oh, hi. I didn't know if I wasn't supposed to be doing this or not. I'm here on Society business. Rhiannon Unwin. I've actually been here before when I was a little girl. I visited the old cathedral with my Gran," Rhiannon says as she takes a drink from her canteen.
Rhia pushes her glasses up onto the bridge of her nose. "We're just trying to beat the crowds to seeing the handiwork on the building."
She glances down at her feet and mutters. "Wouldn't want to miss the butterflies."
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Yeah, it's fine. No worries.
At this point I'm shocked that there's so much player interacting with NPCs without the DM delegating what happens. I suppose that as long as nothing long term comes of it it's fine. It would slow the game down tremendously if we had to wait for all these little interactions to play out.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
When they reach the cathedral top priority for Rhiannon is getting that rubbing from the dedication plaque. She lays a sheet of coarse paper across the glossy text, aligning it perfectly before using a stubby piece of charcoal to capture the words. Rhia tucks this paper into the front of her journal with a silky cloth over it to protect it.
Rhiannon stands back in the center of the entrance archway looking up at the vaulted space between the stone steps and the front door. "Completely made of stone," she notes out loud. "I suppose that this is to ensure that the past doesn't repeat itself?"
"Notice the rustication with the grooves in the walls and the rough stone," She says tracing a path with her eyes over the curves of the ceiling down to the walls and to where they meet the floor.
She runs a hand between the stones. "It's like they don't want the people to remember this is new--they don't want them thinking about the people that died inside or the tragedy that took place."
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Basically what Zwain said; she probably would have run off like that and in this early part of the game it's kind of crucial that we don't get bogged down with the little back and forth, but the more important the choice being made for her, the less likely that it's going to be okay for someone to do that.
At this point I am playing a lot of her character by ear. I have the guideline for what she should be, but a lot of my reactions are just me playing off what happens and deciding that "she should be like this".
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
"Oh! I hear there's a dedication plaque! I'm going to take a rubbing!" Rhiannon's eyes go wide in a flash and she clenches her fists in front of herself, shaking the mug with the ale until a splash of white foam sloshes over the top. "We have to see the cathedral before there's crowds and before they release the swallowtails!"
As if she suddenly remembers other people and what people are like when she starts to get overly excited she shrinks back. "Sorry."
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Rhiannon takes the small cup and sniffs it, her face crinkles around the nose as the the sour, hoppy smell wafts up her nostrils. She looks at Baldric and then at the others man and then takes a quick sip. "Ugh! Oh that's. That's interesting." She takes another bite of her muffin and chews it part of the way and takes a bigger swig out of the small mug.
Baldric Moore wrote: "Now, as I was saying, where would you like to go next, Rhia?" "Go next. Oh there's no need to cater to m. I'm here strictly in an observatory capacity."
When she's finished the first ale she'll go back for another. When she comes back she's drinking from the new mug. "From the awful odor I would have thought it tasted worse. Never really went near pubs because they were rowdy and smelled bad..." she takes a bigger drink now.
"I'm going to have to try more of these."
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
In character muffins has made me hungry.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Baldric Moore wrote: "Well, little lady, you've nothing to be nervous about now- you've got me looking out for you," Baldric says with a smile.
I can't believe that worked... a free room just for walking around with her, what are they chances that I'll have to protect her from anything here? Well done, Baldric, well done... I think maybe we should find some free ale to celebrate.
"I believe we have a little bit of time still before they release the swallowtails... would you like to head back into the crowd for more food and drumming, or make our way to the cathedral for a tour? Either way, I need to grab a drink on the way."
"Do you mean like a drink-drink?" Rhia asks. You'd probably have to count me out of that, I don't think I can have a drink. I'm on duty. Plus, I've never actually had a drink. Didn't see the point. But I will walk with you since I'm paying you and all--I've got to be there."
Rhiannon walks with him through the booths, plucking up an ornately topped muffin with a garnish around the small plate that it sits on. She slides her journal back into her satchel and lifts the muffin into the air. "Mmm," she takes a bite not even caring to move the paper and instead trying to eat around it. A bit of the cream ends up at the tip of her nose, but she leaves it and continues to follow Baldric.
Zwain the Insane wrote: Zwain finishes his piece and wanders over to the large man who laughed at his performance and the young woman writing in her journal.
"That's Zwain, just like it sounds, except no 'Q'," he states walking up to her, peering at her journal.
"You sir, a fine connoiseur of the arts, I see. Perchance you'll vote for me in the upcoming competition," the scholar peers around the area, "I don't see the voting booths up yet, but I'm certain they'll get started soon now that I've thrown down the gauntlet to that harlot up there," he looks back with a decidedly venomous stare and shakes his fist at the stage where the diva once stood.
"In the mean time, I believe I'll join you on your stroll. No, no ... worry not, it's no bother for me. One of my standing must be seen to mingle with the smallpeople on occasion."
"O-okay," Rhia's shoulders slump and she takes another invasive bite into the muffin. She was just trying to get used to this socializing thing and now they've gone and added a second person to keep up with.
"I'm Rhia Unwin, Zwain. It's nice to--well to meet you," she starts to shake his hand, but thinks the better of it while she's trying to do away with the muffin.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Using all that would require us to be on at the same time, huh?
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Baldric Moore wrote: Leading her to a slightly quieter area as rhythmic drumming begins to beat out through the air, he adds, "I'm Baldric. I just came down from Magnimar and would be glad escort you back up. I assume you mean after the festival ends, right? I'd be glad to keep an eye on you during the festival in exchange for room and board if you like, or we can meet in the square when the festival ends... whichever suits you better?" As he speaks his gaze occasionally drifts down to her sketchbook and as he finishes his introduction curiosity gets the better of him; he concludes by asking, "what exactly does a lodge record keeper do?" "I can pick up your food and room for the festival. I think most of the eating here is free for the festival, at least. I don't have to rush back after the festival, but I'd rather get my notes back to the Society," she says.
Rhia glances around as if searching for someone. Then says. "The Pathfinders go out to the lesser known regions of the world and explore and they send things back to their Venture Captains, who in turn send anything of noteworthy importance on to the higher ups and they omit the things that aren't relevant or that are repeated and if they're good enough they make it into the Pathfinder's Chronicles. I kind of get hold of the writing early on before the Venture Captain and others have taken anything out and file the unedited volumes. I read what I can of them. It's kind of the perfect position for me because books."
"Sorry, sometimes I ramble when I'm nervous," she adds.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
At the musical tone of Varisian Rhia lifts her head from her charcoal sketching and peers at Baldric. She lifts her glasses up so that they're closer to her eyes, it's more a force of habit than anything since she doesn't actually need the glasses.
She pushes up onto her toes to try and look Baldric in the face. "If you're willing to make the trip back to Magnimar--I might be. I'm not much for company, but it's best not to travel alone." Rhia lets out a short laugh, thinks the better of it and pretends to clear her throat.
"I'm not a merchant, but I'm with the Pathfinder Society. Rhiannon Unwin, Lodge Record keeper," she holds her sketchbook to her chest with one arm as she offers her hand for a shake.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Those are really good rules. The next time I run something I will have to take them into consideration too. So often players bog me down or I get one who just rolls a perception check once a day and acts like it's a post.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
I wanted to make sure I got in on the ground floor with this one. I seem to always been the last person to see these games have opened up. the little posts about how to play are something I need to share with another group on another forum. People are inconsiderate and frequently out of character/alignment and they bounce frequently between doing something random and acting super high and mighty and pushing their views on others.
I'm really just in the game because I love the character I made for it.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
Rhia finishes transcribing the speeches into her journal. Of course, she had to take some liberties and use a little short hand and if the word was shorter in another language that she knew, she uses that one instead.
At the conclusion of the final speech she blows lightly on the page to help it dry, marks her spot with a pink ribbon and slams the thick, leather bound journal shut. A grin appears on her face and her cheeks redden with tension. "The Society is going to give me a commendation...Hell, do they give commendations?" Rhia pushes the glasses up onto her face as she talks to herself.
She tucks her journal under her arm and puts her pen away to head off in the direction of the food. She'd like to make some sketches of the more exotic dishes.
Female Half-Elf Rogue - 1 | HP 12 | AC 17| FF 13 | T 14 | FORT +1 | REF +6 | WILL +1 |
I'm okay with the rules set up and the things said. I'm not really a PvP person while stealing can be funny sometimes when done with the right moment, if it bothers people it shouldn't be done. I'm not that kind of rogue.
But yes, I've wanted to play this AP for a long time. I'm excited.
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