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I'm sorry, but I'm finding the pace of this game is sufficiently slow that I'm just finding it hard to maintain interest. I actually quite like social roleplaying but I guess I like it to be a little more directed. Conversations about baking bread just don't interest me. I think that I'm going to bow out of this game. Good luck everybody
[Knpw Religion]1d20+6[/dice] Not feeling very optimistic, Tobar will still very thoroughly search the place in case he finds something of interest. If allowed, would take 20 on perception for a 33. If not allowed
As part of that search, he'd scan the entire place with detect magic
Tobar wanders into The First Light
Valessa seems to of gotten it down, using sense motive to see if it is wise to stay, like at Graden's, if she tried haggling their prices down and failed the diplomacy check they would of auto-refused and reported her to the baron as suspicious, because they are xenophobic racists and unfriendly toward everyone. I think that this is pretty much EXACTLY the problem I'm having. She goes into a place which really doesn't seem like it would advance the mission, if she fails a check she gets seriously dinged, if she makes it she gets to haggle. It feels like you're running a free form roleplaying session where PCs just have fun and we're trying to accomplish a military commando mission. I'm just not seeing why, in character, I'd remotely think going into a random building and chatting with the proprietor has anything to do with what we're trying to accomplish. From my point of view it seems all risk and no gain. It's probably just clashing expectations. Perhaps you could explain why, in character, you expect us to think that talking to shopkeepers is actually going to help.
I don't mind leg work and I'm sure that I'm just missing something but I'm just not seeing any threads to really pull on. I think that all the characters have to come together, compare notes, and come up with something approximating a plan. Because right now I'm seeing an impregnable fortress with no real way in.
To Lefy
I'm here. In character, I've been waiting for anything to happen that is affecting me. We kind of split the party :-(
"Sounds good to me. We need the password if I'm going to be able to even have a chance of infiltrating in"
Sorry, but I'm still unclear. Do we think that the guards are just letting people they know pass or do we think that there is a password AS WELL as them knowing each other?
"Well, I guess a full frontal assault is out :-(" Seeing that the keep itself seems nearly impregnable (at least to a small force like theirs) Tobar decides to at least try and get a feel for how well the guards know each other and how easy it would be to impersonate a guard She watches as some people who obviously ARE allowed in the castle enter the castle. She is trying to see if there is a password (she isn't close enough to hear the password, but hopefully close enough to see if there IS one), see how closely the people are examined, etc.
Uh, I admit that I was hoping for a BIT more detail on numbers, do they have bows, what kind of armor, etc.
Tobar goes to look at the keep. She'll wander around in the village near to the walls but not suspiciously near (visting any nearby stores, for example. Or casually talking to people at Tarrens yard). She is trying to get a feel for how many defenders there are on the walls and on the gatehouse, how well armed they are, how much on alert they are.
Tobar is going to wander towards the Baron's keep (inside the city) and wander the streets nearby. She is just trying to get a feel for how well it is defended (number of guards, how they're armed and armored, etc) and see who is coming in and out of the keep.
Feeling bored with the whole thing, Tobar goes off to the old inn, goes to her room and goes to sleep. Alone. Sigh.
Tobar would definitely buy a round of drinks
Note that post Ultimate Intrigue not even stilled and silence stop spells from having visible manifestations. At least not RAW.
Tobar heads over to a group of soldiers playing a game she recognizes (preferably the kind of fun game you play while drinkning, NOT a serious game like poker or the like) "That looks like fun. Mind if I join you?"
Tobar joins the group looking for a livelier place to party and drink
Tobar waits outside for a couple of minutes and then, disgruntled, heads back inside
Tobar wanders by the two watchers, casts a flirtatious come hither look at whichever is the more handsome, and then walks just outside of the inn, standing around at the entrance getting some air.
"If anybody plays the mistress, I think it should be me :-). Uh oh. Don't look now but there seem to be 2 people in the inn who are looking at everybody. Looks like some kind of agents or spies to me!"
Tobar also casts Detect Magic to make sure there are no unexpected auras in the room
Tobar has another drink (a slow one) before going to join the others. Lefty certainly isn't her boss and she has no problem letting him know that. As she comes in
Tobar goes up to the old man, and addresses him in a sultry voice "Hello there. My name is Glarthana. We need dinners and beers all round, please. "
"Going to the inn definitely sounds good to me." With that, Tobar transforms into a gorgeous red haired woman with "assets" that are barely contained by her armor
"I'm not going to harm ANYBODY I don't absolutely have to. That would be wrong!"
"Valessa really needs to get that stick taken out of her ass. Do the "impossible" indeed. Doesn't she know what the word "impossible" means?" Tobar puts on her best poker face as Valessa talks utter and complete nonsense.
"So, we kill him and hopefully that ends things. But, just in case, we sabotage the place as much as possible." "If they were smart, they'd order us to kill as many of the leadership as possible. Hopefully, they're not smart"
"Do you have a proposal for how we get into town, what we pretend to be? Or do you want us to make that up? And what is the extraction plan? Again, we can make up our own if you have no preference"
"I was thinking of perhaps bringing back a different body part." Tobar says with a smirk and a knowing grin "But perhaps you're right. A head is more practical"
If I'm following you correctly I think that mithral Mountain Pattern Armor is flexible enough to not be an issue (ie, I can wear it and change genders and shape as desired) as long as I don't change my size. However, I'm assuming that changing my size (ie, to small or large) is utterly impossible while wearing any armor. Do weapons and buckler resize when I use my change shape? Sorry to ask so many questions but I need to understand the rules in order to create the character :-(.
Ok. I'll change my gear purchases tomorrow sometime (no time right now). I was thinking about this a little and I need more information. Does this also limit the races that I can turn into while wearing armor? Presumably, a dwarf is AT LEAST as different from a human as a male is from a female. And presumably I can only change height a little bit. Not to mention that in my natural form I have wings (and presumably holes for them). I'm beginning to think that this ruling makes armor and change shape very, very incompatible. Even properties like glamored don't help as that is an illusion. Does this ruling apply to a mithral chain shirt? Right now, that is looking like my only practical alternative (perhaps combined with a breastplate for when I go into the dungeon).
Tobar just smiles as her form shifts from human male to elven woman to kitsune to Succubus and back to human, albeit this time a gorgeous female. "Ah, its nice to see children play with their new toy"
"Ah, puppy dogs! I think we can handle fiery puppy dogs. Its amazing what an arrow to the head does to even infernal hounds!"
I'm not trying to change the GMs mind (its his call) but the pedant in me forces me to disagree. The time honoured tradition for women (there are actually quite a few women in history who served in "all male" armies) was to tightly bind the breasts and then just wear mens clothing. Admittedly at least partialluy because concealing their gender was rather important. It was presumably a little constraining and uncomfortable but they managed just fine. Breastplates have straps so they can be let in and out fairly easily.
Ok. I'll change my gear purchases tomorrow sometime (no time right now).
Uh, does that apply to a breastplate as well? You do realize that boobplate looks good in art but is hideously silly and unrealistic, right? It is basically designed to channel blows right into the heart :-( I may have to change my magic item selection a little
"I don't need a hat so we can use mine on him if required. Good idea"
"How certain are we that the Baron has turned to evil? Perhaps its all a rumour planted by his enemies? What does the contract say to do if he isn't evil?"
Tobar enters the tent at the proper time and listens carefully "Well, I can be quite subtle when required. But I'm confident that the two of you would choose the best team for the job. Perhaps we should listen to the details of the job before discussing the approach that best makes use of our skills and avoids our flaws?"
Dotting in. Looking forward to the game
Slightly updated my submission (added one significant person to history, noted ranks in all my skills)
Equipment updated. As far as I know I'm now totally good to go. Although I have to admit the chance that I've made an error somewhere is non zero :-( Note - The blanch has already been applied to the arrows. Listed blanch is just to help track the costs. I do NOT have extra.
Here is the submission for pauljathome. Note - Race changed from Erinyes to Succubus (she is a Succubus 3/Hinterlander 3). I really like the tension between the very straight laced views of a follower of Erastil and a Succubus (although she is a Reedemed Succubus I've decided that the traditional views and powers of a Succubus are very much manifesting in her). I do have a few purchase questions. Most items are from Ultimate Equipment
"Let the gobby's come! I have a dagger, a sling. AND Brina!" He speaks bravely, too young to realize what he is wishing for "yes, if mom would let us Brina could track him back to his lair. She is MUCH better than any silly dog. Or weasel! Cats rool"
Probable solution: Take away the free weapon finesse it got for being tiny (I guess it's from that, as you got two feats listed and animal companion only gets one at 1st level). That would reduce the attack to +2. With three attacks that would be about the range, the kids end up too for to hit and damage. I'm fine with any solution you come up with. Not trying to mini max with this character :-)
I just had an idea. Not legal by the rules but it seems to me to WEAKEN the character so I thought I'd ask Replace the animal companion with a familiar instead. Cat, of course.
Ah, I hadn't noticed the other posts. Busy with family stuff today, I'll get everything corrected tomorrow Do you want me to change the animal companion to something else? Wasn't trying to overpower things, I just like pussy cats as pets :-) :-) |
