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Hello all, I have been away for the Memorial Day holiday weekend in the US and will update the thread tomorrow night. Thanks for the patience.
15th day of Rova
A sense of déjà vu comes over each of you, as you close your eyes and soak in the warming rays of the sun, despite the cooling autumn breeze coming off of Lake Encarthan, some miles to the SW. You open your eyes and find yourself in Beacon Park, its hedges neatly groomed and maintained. The park is exactly five miles north of Caliphas, according the sign marker when you first entered the park. Each of you has taken your own lengthy journey to reach this place for your own reasons. Several benches are scattered throughout the park, occupied by noble citizens and families with children enjoying the beautiful sunshine and scenes of nature around them. You count about 20 or so persons in this small park. Strangely, there are no guards around either. In the center of the park is the monument of a soldier on horseback. Kids play in the grass, their giggles and laughter filling the air. The scene is identical to the one you experienced before.
DC 25 check:
Gameplay Thread is linked above so you can dot.
Caliphas - the capital city of Ustalav and many would say the region's beating heart.
I sent you all PMs to fill in your background a little and your reason for being near Caliphas.
No ranks in knowledge local As a ranger, I hope you would have K (geography); if not, you're not much of a ranger. :)
I will post the intro post tonight - will start you out as strangers though if you have ranks in Knowledge (local), you could have heard of each other.
Either way works for me. I kind of like the fates/gods brought us as strangers to this exact meeting point at this exact time kind of start, but I will defer to you all. Either way, you will start at a park five miles outside of Caliphas. As for the start of the game, I have an opening scene in my head (movie-like) and it kind of only works if you don't know the 4th character, so I have asked him to not post his character profile in the thread yet. Hope that is ok and that the scene works in the game as well as it does in my head. LOL...
Thank you for everyone who took time to plan out Level 11 characters and applied. I appreciate it. I am taking 3 characters as the AP is ideally made for 4 characters. Without further ado, the players selected are: Sven the Shieldbearer – Dwarf Ranger 7/Sun Seeker 4
Players selected, please visit: Link
Welcome to all selected! Let's have fun! Finish your characters and let me know if you want to start out as knowing each other or if you wish to start out as strangers.
Ruin Explorer, is the character sheet link working for you? It's not for me. Let me know.
Recruitment is closed. I will post the results later today.
Thank you Azrael and Edelsmirge. 24 hours left!
Friday update! Complete:
Incomplete:
Expressed interest:
If I missed anyone, let me know. 2 days left!
Initially yes, but he changed his mind to a cleric. I posted it above - see Post #14.
You are correct. Thanks for the clarification. It's the last line: A cleric can choose whether or not to include herself in this effect.
Ok, some responses are needed: Azrael: Witch fits the setting.
Okay, just to give everyone a summary of the the applicants so far: Complete:
Incomplete:
Expressed interest:
If I missed anyone, let me know. Deadline is: 5/15 at Noon EST.
RHMG: With a game this high level, gonna have to say no to templates on core races.
Kazmanaught: Don't need anything from you.
Responses to comments: 1. Infomatic: No, the party will not have gone through the prior chapters of the AP. The party will be hired for an escort mission at the beginning and then become aware of the larger plotline. 2. Ash: Eldritch Knight- interest piqued! 3. Lapyd: RP is welcomed so please submit. I have looked at the reserve player's cleric and it is not optimized - solid with good survivability but not OP. 4. Kazmanaught: Very cool. I was unaware of this druid concept, so thanks for the rundown. 4. Bhornkild: Very nice use of the PrC! Yes, you can use the Unchained version of the barbarian to qualify for the PrC. Anything in favor of easier math! :) Great concepts everyone!
See PM for questions regarding a multi-class Bard that will be able to handle the Trap/Lock picker role that the Alchemist will no longer be filling Responded.
Ouachionian: Pharasmin followrs make perfect sense with this AP! On another note, the reserved player could not make an alchemist to his liking, so now he will now try his hand at a cleric, in case this influences any player decisions.
Thank you all for the interest. Here are my comments to your posts: 1. Sven: He makes a great tank and damage dealer. Like how the backstory ties into the WW.
Great, I do love dwarves!
What would you say to a draconic monk sorcerer who believes he's destined to be a god? Heck yeah!
Quite interested, but I'm finishing up both my own recruitment and finals; I'll see if I can get something in by the deadline! Good luck on both and look forward to your submission.
Hey all, after being absent for awhile from the boards due to the pandemic, I am back on the boards for good. I have 20+ years of RPing, all different games and editions. I am a fan of horror and high level play, so no more perfect campaign than Carrion Crown. I want to try out the "Ashes at Dawn" module here in PbP, skipping over the lower level parts of CC, starting at 11th level. If there is interest, we can finish the AP too. Anyway, I have one slot reserved for a player who is interested in playing an alchemist, serving the trap disabler role. So I am looking for 3-4 other brave characters to round out the group! Character creation guidelines:
Application:
You don't have to create an alias, but I would like to see your crunch. I will leave recruitment open for 10 days, but reserve the right to cut the recruitment short if enough applicants apply. Any questions, let me know. Hope there's still interest. Cheers!
The 3' wave appears sentient as it approaches and rises to attack Badabar! The watery spray wets the gnome's armor and shield, but not much else!
DC 11 Knowledge Planes:
It is a small water elemental. Round 1: Wave
You go back up the stairs and break off the beetle's carapace or leg and return down the stairs. You throw the pieces in, while the party stands a healthy 10' from the surface of the water, just in case. The beetle leg strikes the water, setting off vibrations in the water. Suddenly, you see an unnatural small wave of water breach the surface, about 20' away, coming toward the party in a zig-zag fashion!
You head south and see some stairs leading down. However, halfway down the ramp, some 20 steps down, you realize the room ahead of you is completely submerged underwater. The water is dark and filled with debris making visibility difficult. What now?
Cedric, your spell detected necromantic magic..i.e. the fatigue effect. You do not recognize the statue from your knowledge of history. Other than the fatigue and sleep effect and the corpse, there is nothing more of interest. Between Rik and Andros, you drag out the corpse, who you learn is wearing masterwork leather armor emblazoned with the eight-pointed symbol of the Seekers and a silver ring, which does not detect as magical. Unless someone wants to sleep in the room to see if that causes anything, do you wish to go south?
Cedric and Andros enter the room and do not feel any fatigue for now. Badabar does not detect any evil in the room. When Cedric accompanies Rik back out of the room, his fatigue wears off immediately. You surmise there must me some magical effect that causes fatigue in the room.
Cedric identifies the star symbol as belonging to the Seekers, a group of unscrupulous archeologists and pseudo-historians. You investigate the western room. Eight man-sized stone slabs, about four feet off the ground, are arranged in two rows in this large room. A long-dead corpse, possibly a human, lays sprawled out upon one of these slabs, his red leather armor the only hint of color in the otherwise drab room. The north and south walls taper in somewhat, and the short west wall abuts a small stone stage. The red clay statue of a powerfully built warrior wielding a cylinder-headed greatclub stands tall upon the stage, its eyes surveying the room. As Rik enters the room, he suddenly feels woozy, his arms and legs feel heavy, as he feels the burn in his muscles as he moves around. He starts blinking, as he feels an urge to rest. . Badabar enters the room after the alchemist and does not feel any fatigue.
The four potions are Cure Light Wounds.
In the eastern chamber, Rik and Andros notice the presence of three oblong lumps completely covered with orange sludge in the room’s southeast corner. These are the skeletonized remains of three long-dead human figures in soiled red leather armor. An eight-pointed star symbol marks the left breast of each moldy suit of armor. If you search the corpses, which I assume you do, you discover that one them has three intact potions and another has pretty looking pearl. You also notice a mummified hand wearing a ring. Cedric tells you all items radiate magic.
Cedric's spear pierces the beetle's eye and kills it.
Cedric misses followed by a miss by Rik, but Badabar and Andros land telling blows that kill the beetle in a disgusting crunch. However, the noise from combat draws the skittering of another bombardier beetle from the eastern room, which attacks Rik, but the alchemist dodges the blow! Round 2: 2nd Beetle!
Badabar and Rik combine to destroy the swarm with the bombs. The six-foot long bombardier beetle comes out of the corner and Andros misses with his flask of fire, as it smashes harmlessly against the wall. Round 1: Beetle
You head east toward the beetles. As you about to enter the room, the vermin skittering about the sludge coalesces into the form of an acid beetle swarm, and a Medium giant bombardier beetle, the cow of the colony, moves to attack!
To the west: The north and south walls of this large chamber taper in somewhat, and in the nook of the far eastern wall rests a wide stone basin backed by a five-foot-tall shelf. A hardened orange paste spills out over the two-foot basin lip and covers much of the shelf. Thousands of tiny beetles with bright blue carapaces skitter and tunnel through the chalky substance. A keening insect chorus fills the room. A huge organic mass completely fills the room’s southwest corner. Judging by the beetles spilling from within, it appears to be an enormous nest. To the east: Eight man-sized stone slabs, about four feet off the ground, are arranged in two rows in this large room. A long-dead corpse, possibly a human, lays sprawled out upon one of these slabs, his red leather armor the only hint of color in the otherwise drab room. The north and south walls taper in somewhat, and the short west wall abuts a small stone stage. The red clay statue of a powerfully built warrior wielding a cylinder-headed greatclub stands tall upon the stage, its eyes surveying the room. To the north: A hallway leading to stairs heading down.
Andros rushes down the shaft with ease, while everyone else takes their time and proceeds methodically. You descend to an alcove, from which you step into the following: Dozens of bas-relief figures similar to the one on the sarcophagus lid in the room above stare disapprovingly from the walls here. Many sport crossed arms and stern expressions. A few of the statues’ heads are missing, and some have huge chunks torn out of them. Others have a weird melted appearance, as if they’d been sprayed by something terrible. A large glyph that looks like a stylized arrow points down a short corridor to the north that leads to a four-way intersection.
You look down the shaft and you realize it falls 60'. As the walls are pitted and scarred, the climb down, if you wish, should be relatively easy (DC 5).
Rik's alkahest bomb destroys the swarm, as the beetles die a fiery death!
Good to know, thought the swarm might be in trouble.
Cedric's fire connects, as several hundred beetles burn to a crisp (. Round 3: Initiative 13 - Swarm: The mindless swarms does not see allies - it just sees food! Thousands of insects rush forward overwhelming the severely wounded aberration, Andros and Badabar! The aberration squirms as the swarm bites and burns it with its acid; it falls on its back and is consumed by the swarm!
Badabar's attack strikes wide of the mark. Round 3: Initiative 16 - Aberration The wounded aberration spins, extending its sharp claws at Andros and Babadar, but both miss, with Andros dodging out of the way, and Badabar allowing the claws to scrape harmlessly off his armor!
The oread monk stomps on the aberration twice, but it still lives, although it is very bloody! Round 2: Initiative 13 - Swarm The beetle swarm's clicking intensifies as it moves west over Rik, biting him and spraying acid on him!
Organized Play Characters
Aliases
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Menef Sabti I
Netut Bakhed
Corwin Krahe
Houd Elvilias
Remo Jinxin
Sir Tarth Breattfal
Brother Pyre Infernus
Ranger Deck - Wrathack
