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Sorry to see you go. I too am having the same difficulty with real life that is delaying my posting. I think I too will be putting the game on pause for the moment. We can finish off the battle so when it picks back up it will be easier to do so. When I get home from class I will post. Sorry for having to abandon the game after a year of commitment but it is unfair to make everyone wait so long for me to post. -Posted with Wayfinder
Jer? -Posted with Wayfinder
Prof and jer you are up. -Posted with Wayfinder
Is anyone else doing an action? -Posted with Wayfinder
Hey! Just wondering what we have for a line up. I got a Sorcerer or a Fighter. The Sorcerer is odd and Lovecraftian. The Fighter is a sociopath. Fine to play either one.
Will try and update tomorrow (double then a turn around). However those with knowledge nature may roll. -Posted with Wayfinder
The thorn mat can be moved aside carefully as a full round action that requires no check or threat of damage. It looks like it goes to a tunnel through the thorn wall. -Posted with Wayfinder
How would you like to approach? The directions you were given were very vanilla. "Go up the road a bit. There will be some woods on your left. There will be a mile marker, #6. Go into the woods until you see the coast. Look for a huge rock in the water opposite a coastal cliff wall. That huge rock is Thistle Top." Would you like to follow the basic directions or do something else? -Posted with Wayfinder
Please let me know when you are set to go to Thistle Top. It is a 2 hour walk, 6 miles. -Posted with Wayfinder
sense motive dc 10:
The sheriff has been up all night grieving Hallard, and seems tired from acquiring the info from the captive. He has a good reputation about how he keeps prisoners and is quick to call a judge for severe cases. You do suspect he may of slapped Tsuto around a little; but more suspect he would use a switch to force the info from him without endangering Tsuto. (Switch, the thing that your daddy hits you around with when you've been a prick. Sometimes a belt, or a thin stick with bend like a Cane in Singapore.) While that may be an uncomfortable thought of the sheriff smacking the prisoner about with his belt, the alternative could of been much worse. If someone else tried to get the info out they may of used harsh torture with lethal damage. In a weird way the sheriff may of protected Tsuto from other interigations by beating him. -Posted with Wayfinder
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Let me know what you plan to do with the loot or anything else. -Posted with Wayfinder
The Feats are fine. I have been playing 5e for a little bit now and very much enjoy it. Think it would be unfair to compare it to pathfinder as they are two separate beasts. Hope to have plans for the new game up in a week or two. Will mention it again before trying to recruit. -Posted with Wayfinder
Woo finished with the semester! Should be able to post on a more regular schedule, thanks again everyone for being understanding. So two things. 1. After you guys finish with this dungeon you will be level 3. I am leaving up to you to say when you are finished with exploring (looting). 2. I rediscovered an old campaign I wrote and ran part of it as a one shot the other day for my real life group. Think I am going to try and run it here in addition to RotRL, if anyone is interested let me know before it is opened for public recruitment. I want to try it in 5e format. The game is not combat heavy, it is part mystery, crime noir, horror, standard fantasy, and whatever else fits it. It takes place in a homebrew setting. I will not be putting any restrictions on classes. For races there are no 1/2 dragons (do not exist), no 1/2 orcs (just not playable for this campaign), and no tieflings (also not playable for this campaign). For classes anything that has evil ties to an evil god or patron needs a good explanation to support story. Everyone basically gets scouted for a task and it is difficult to scout the paladin of murder death kill. -Posted with Wayfinder
What Prof points to is a severed hairless human head with the look of absolute horror on its face. It is laying in the hallway the group came up. The head is in a pool of foul liquid and fleshy lumpy bits. (Lumpy bits, think when you pull the skin off a chicken before cooking it.) -Posted with Wayfinder
The goblin is removed easily, after you get what you assume is the pelvis off the spear head. Little bits of goblin litter the area around you and this goblin smells worst than the past goblins you have slain. He smells more acrid, like rotted oranges. Since the fiend is so close to you more subtle differences, extra fingers on his hands, new nostrils forming, the beginning of an eye growing on its cheek. It is a true monstrosity. -Posted with Wayfinder
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Cool I like it Thanks
Had more skill points than I thought. Going the Jack of many trades master of none approach. Adjusted skills:
32 skill points Skill points before modifiers:
Can anyone recommend a better feat than Run? Any recommendations that fit the system and make sense for an average Joe to have?
Thanks Johnny!
Lucas Nettle Stats:
Wrote the stats up two ways with the hope that the rerolled stat for the 4 can be used. Str 13 Dex 11 Con 18 Int 11 Wis 17 Cha 4 Str 13 Dex 17 Con 18 Int 11 Wis 17 Cha 11
Basic Skills/Feats:
Skills: Drive, knowledge current events, Read/write, Spot, Repair, Balance, Knowledge Medical (1 point max in skill, he spent time on Web MD and reading medical journals when dealing with daughter's cancer, has no formal medical training) Feats: Run (he works at the gym and hits the treadmill often) bit more background: After High School Lucas held many odd jobs. He was a pizza delivery guy, deliver guy for a big name shipping company that uses big brown trucks, at his current full time job is janitor/maintenance. He has worked as a laborer for an HVAC company, roofer company, and electrician. He has had so many random jobs he cannot remember them all. Friends always wondered why he never went to school for a career, they think he is very bright and talented. He is generally very easy going, but can be rough around the edges. Lucas is struggling to quit smoking and has gone without for 2 weeks now, he is still on edge.
Hey! I have been interested for a while in playing a CoC game. Unfortunately I have never read any CoC systems, nor played d20 mordern. However I am very familiar with 3.5/pathfinder! Huge Lovecraft Fan, and also a huge ravenloft fan. 17
17 Lucas Nettle is a recently divorced he moved to a new city for a new start. After his daughter died, losing a long battle with cancer, his marriage slowly fell apart and died as well. He just needed something new, something that would let him move forward. Lucas works several jobs, to pull himself out of the debt life has left him with, and to simply occupy his time. He works part time at a local big name gym behind the counter, and full time as a janitor in an office building full of lawyers and accountants. He also started to take a night class at the local community college to get the ball rolling, Literature of the 20th century. Not sure if that works as an idea. Also I do not want to play him as a sob story, but as a guy that has already dealt with enough mental nonsense he may hold it together when eldritch horrors come knocking.
I will definitely keep an eye out for it, thank you.
Will check it out thanks!
Thanks I did see them. The dragonlance game looks awesome but unfortunately I do not know the story as well as the others submitting, which would make me a squeaky 3rd wheel. And the other game on sounds neat but has not sparked my interest too much. Have been keeping my eyes open, just seeing if there was an existing game looking for one more.
Looking for a 5e PBP group. Veteran player of over 15 years. Will not bring a headache to the table. Not a rules lawyer. Can post several times a week.
revamping the thread for one question. What is a fair reward for success? How many coins in the coin purse hanging on the nail?
WOW, reread your background, love it!
Hey! So here is the new game link. I made a new avatar to host the game, DM Sockmonkey. So after everyone checks in on the discussion I will close Among the Living down, again thanks for everyone's patience. Take a second and read the recruitment post I put up. If someone's posted character jumps out and the group wants it PM me, keep our shady behind the scenes business to ourselves. I did not mention it but we will be using the fast track for leveling, and I am not going to be giving xp just telling you when to level. There is a whole thing that describes correct levels for encounters.
Looked over all the characters and they all look well put together. Just a few questions on how you guys plan to play your characters so I know what to recruit in the messageboards. @Vic: Looked over the Shaman, what is Shoanti? Did not see that in the playtest download. Are you going to play caster mix buffs and blaster? How do you know to speak Thassilonian? (Just picking your brain) @Hothan: Very creative way to get a huge init bonus. We are doing a 25 point buy so up your stats a little. In the long run are you going to be a tank-ish front-liner? @Zolarus: Nice feat/trait combo for Hideous Laughter. Are you more caster or traditional bard buffer? I think from the looks of it you guys need a skill monkey (Rogue or variant there of), or a dedicated caster (straight wizard). Leaving it up to the party, what do you prefer?
Hey gang! Sorry for the massive delay, but I had a complication that landed me back in the ER attached to a crash cart... But everything is better now and I am healing fine! I have just picked up the Anniversary Edition ROTRL and will be starting to read it ASAP, looking forward to run this beast! Since it has been a few weeks lets do a quick role-call on who is still interested and what they are bringing to the table. I will be checking the links to characters posted momentarily. After that I plan on posting a new link and taking applications to flesh out the holes for the party. Question: The PDF came with interactive maps; does anyone have any experience with these? If there is a special way to use them I would like to know. If not I am going to try an import them onto Roll20 like we did before. It is great to be back!
But his words assure you that it was done on purpose, clearly an attempt to unsettle the remaining Hellknights. :-)
After I am healed up from the surgery I will be posting a link to the ROTRL game in the among the living thread (not going to shut it down yet). Is that an issue for anyone, should be one-two weeks I hope. Figure it would be easier.
Session has been reported, chronicle sheets have been sent out. Still waiting on two email addresses, please get them to me TONIGHT, I am going out for cardiac surgery Wednesday and it may be a while before I have another chance to get them to you. If anyone encounters any problems with receiving the sheet or credit showing up online, please let me know. Thanks everyone for playing! Hope to play with you all again in the future. -keith Boram- day job 16 is +10 gp
Wyran drives his pick axe into the prone cleric's abdomen and with the vicious swing removes a knotted rope of intestine, he falls to the floor dead holding the wound. His dead eyes stare back at everyone with malice and everyone gathers over him in case he was to raise, but after a minute he does not stir. Things become quiet; the screams upstairs in the opera house slowly die down. With inspection it is discovered that the animated zombies have falling to the ground no longer imbued with necromantic unlife, and the magic that was holding the doors shut has been released. All the remaining living have fled into the street and a few guards have begun to file in. The outbreak is over. As for The Zyphus Stone the group is left with two options, destroy it or returning it to the Pathfinder Grand Lodge. Spoiler:
Here is the conclusion from the scenario. The Zyphus Stone is a terrible artifact and the PCs, as Pathfinders, should immediately know that its acquisition could be both a boon and a terrible burden for the Society. There are two likely paths the PCs might choose: taking the time and effort necessary to destroy the stone, thus ridding the world of its potent necromantic magic, or returning the stone either to the Grand Lodge in Absalom or to the Pathfinder Lodge in Oppara for safe-keeping. If the PCs extensively search the House of the Immortal Son for Wuthers, they’ll find his zombie corpse among the dead in Area 1a. In his belt pouch is a draft of the final letter he wrote to Venture-Captain Eliza Petulengro, wherein he details the final stages of the dig and the strange character of his companion—noted as “cleric of Irori” but clearly Bustani. His pouch also contains a personal journal, a shorthand record of his many adventures as a Pathfinder. Surprisingly, more than half of the theatergoers survived the zombie onslaught by gathering together and fighting off the undead menace. Because the PCs dealt with Quint’s roving band bent on stamping out resistance as well as defeating Bustrani himself, the wealthy socialites and nobility of Oppara now have several dinner parties’ worth of sordid zombie stories with which to frighten and awe their friends. Congrats scenario complete!
Baird you double move in for flanking position on DM auto pilot. The evil cleric casts from the ground, he targets Boram. Scrumpy Enlarged now charges back down the hall in horror.
It is Baird and everyone's turn again.
Barham
Cool. I will suggest this, and I am stealing this from a game I applied to, write the story about the character then put the stats to him. This is the only way I make characters now. Check out Delgata, he applied for ROTRL and did not make the cut, but was places in a Crimson Throne game. I would not of chosen the stats and feats the way they came out if I did stat block first. I find he is a more well rounded and what I want to play vs a min maxed waffle stomper. Check him out his story is in a spoiler on the link.
Scrumpy charges down the hall and destroys the undead noble without any problem. Barham starts to cast a spell in the entrance way. The chanting man stops to see the sight and casts his own spell, his wiggles his fingers pointing at scrumpy and says I'll swallow your soul!. Scrumpy's (tail?) quickly retreats between his legs in a state of fright. Barham feels through his sensory link that his creature will be running away in terror and cannot focus on anything else. The pick axe fighter runs up to scrumpy and takes a swing, but in Scrumpy's panic he jolts back at the man charging him causing him to miss. Scrumpys will save vs DC 14
Init-
Everyone is up, Barham your action will go off last at the end/start of the round. Scrumpy will be fleeing in terror for rounds.
cause fear:
Cause Fear School necromancy [emotion, fear, mind-affecting]; Level antipaladin 1, bard 1, cleric/oracle 1, inquisitor 1, sorcerer/wizard 1, witch 1; Domain daemon 1, death 1; Bloodline abyssal 1 CASTING
EFFECT
DESCRIPTION
Frightened: Frightened A frightened creature flees from the source of its fear as best it can. If unable to flee, it may fight. A frightened creature takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks. A frightened creature can use special abilities, including spells, to flee; indeed, the creature must use such means if they are the only way to escape. Frightened is like shaken, except that the creature must flee if possible. Panicked is a more extreme state of fear.
No one finds any traps in the basement or newly dug tunnels. Barham summons his special friend. The group starts to proceed down the tunnel. Glistening with water, the slick walls and floor of these tunnels were recently carved from the thick bedrock beneath Oppara. Well lit by standing lamps, the tunnels stretch into an adjacent chamber, seemingly carved from the bedrock as well. However, the adjacent chamber is made of smooth walls, covered in strange glyphs, and also lit by the same standing lamps. At the center of that chamber stands a tall stone dais. In the middle of the dais is a huge boulder which, by all appearances, fell a great distance before crashing here. The boulder glows with an eerie green light. On the Dias is a zombie, a pick axe fighter and a burly looking man chanting to the large boulder. The pick axe fighter notices you as you come around the corner. Boss we have company.
Init:
Baird Wyran Boram Barham Kivaras Bad Guys Init-
Barham you are up
Wyran quickly opens up the two doors and notices they are vacant storage rooms with little advantage to hold up into. The stairs are a wide and tall set of spiral steps that lead into the opera house's basement. The room is quite tall for a basement room and packed tightly with props from previous plays and operas. The room is lit with magic placed lamps through out. In the far end of the wall a tunnel has been excavated and more magic lamps light the way.
Ok then! I prefer a real game over PFS, lets do it. I am going in for surgery on the 15th, after I feel well enough to get things moving we can start, it may be a week or two. We can work on character creation until then. Lets do the 25 point buy since it will be a long term game. Flesh out some backgrounds that fit, I believe it starts in Sandpoint. Could each of you write a little story about your background also, I like to pull from it when I can. The campaign traits and feats will be allowed. We are all adults and I am not putting any restrictions on character creation, I just ask that your CE ninja axe murder assassin has a reason and is willing to work with someone's LG law abiding paladin. I will ask that your role play fits what you make, when someone shows up with an elf named Steve I want to know why he has a human name, please make characters not stat blocks. I am not super familiar with the story and setting so the time will let me review some materials. Questions/ concerns/ comments? Who defiantly wants in? I have a few other players I could extend an invite to for a party of 6.
Behind the stage there are two sets of spiral stairs that lead into the basement. It is easy to see the blood stains from the previous victims as they shambled up the stairs and out into the crowd to feast. Sebastian- Keep up! You sir will protect me at my pace!
Is reign of winter the campaign setting (adventure path?). If you guys want to play a non-PFS campaign I am down to run one. Be it one of the pre-made adventures (rise of the runelords) or my own. Is anyone interested in a looong term game?
Will look into it. So as stated I am new to running online. I am still trying to figure out the best way to deliver chronicle sheets for someone that knows very little about image hosting and whatever. I plan to read up on this while I recover, in the mean time I will be emailing your chronicle sheets to each of you. Please PM me the address you want it sent to. Since there is no standard way to deliver the chronicle sheets is there any method of delivery that anyone would like to recommend? It is all Greek to me.
Sajna- that is 20 gp I just reported the scenario, but this is my 2nd online game I have hosted. Could someone confirm that it has been reported correctly on your side and you have credit. Chronicles will come when I get the confirmation. Thanks!
Thanks! Yes, going in for surgery next week and will have plenty of downtime when I get discharged. I will leave this message board open and put a post for the next scenario that will be run. (If anyone is interested)
I will try and get the chronicle sheets out today. Please post your day jobs and PFS # here Pleasure running this for everyone!
Sajna drives her kukri into the pick axe fighter's abdomen and with the vicious swing removes a knotted rope of intestine, he falls to the floor dead holding the wound. Hothan and Nokazi team up on the evil cleric; and with a well place dagger stab and slashing claw the cleric drops dead to the floor. His dead eyes stare back at everyone with malice and everyone gathers over him in case he was to raise, but after a minute he does not stir. Things become quiet; the screams upstairs in the opera house slowly die down. With inspection it is discovered that the animated zombies have falling to the ground no longer imbued with necromantic unlife, and the magic that was holding the doors shut has been released. All the remaining living have fled into the street and a few guards have begun to file in. The outbreak is over. As for The Zyphus Stone the group is left with two options, destroy it or returning it to the Pathfinder Grand Lodge. Spoiler:
The Zyphus Stone is a terrible artifact and the PCs, as Pathfinders, should immediately know that its acquisition could be both a boon and a terrible burden for the Society. There are two likely paths the PCs might choose: taking the time and effort necessary to destroy the stone, thus ridding the world of its potent necromantic magic, or returning the stone either to the Grand Lodge in Absalom or to the Pathfinder Lodge in Oppara for safe-keeping. If the PCs extensively search the House of the Immortal Son for Wuthers, they’ll find his zombie corpse among the dead in Area 1a. In his belt pouch is a draft of the final letter he wrote to Venture-Captain Eliza Petulengro, wherein he details the final stages of the dig and the strange character of his companion—noted as “cleric of Irori” but clearly Bustani. His pouch also contains a personal journal, a shorthand record of his many adventures as a Pathfinder. Surprisingly, more than half of the theatergoers survived the zombie onslaught by gathering together and fighting off the undead menace. Because the PCs dealt with Quint’s roving band bent on stamping out resistance as well as defeating Bustrani himself, the wealthy socialites and nobility of Oppara now have several dinner parties’ worth of sordid zombie stories with which to frighten and awe their friends. Congrats scenario complete! |
