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As far as the choices here, I am game for just about anything. . . . Think it over a bit, and if you guys want to do another scenario, I am current on my PFS library, so I am up for anything I suppose.
I'm still game for either option, but I'd like to try Voice of the Void if we go the PFS route. The main advantage of non-PFS is the chance to focus on a PC's personal plot, but I also like the continuity of helping with the Blakros Museum's next problem.
Also, I have no clue re. the easter egg.
Think it over a bit, and if you guys want to do another scenario, I am current on my PFS library, so I am up for anything I suppose.It might make more sense to play PFS Scenario #35: Voice in the Void next. It's already a follow-up scenario to the Mists of Mwangi, takes place in the same Blakros Museum, and it works for character levels 1-7. So, I assume it can be adapted for us. It's also presumably short enough to sustain us until the Serpent's Skull AP comes out.
Just my two-cents,
--Neil
+2 - this will take us into the fall and give our DM time to get the AP ready to launch.
Also, I have no clue re. the easter egg.
I believe he's referring to the link to the monkey-esque Tik Taan he included in the spoiler revealing our initiative order.
On second thought, I do have an gmail account with my law school.** spoiler omitted **
Just added you so you can edit the maps.- Just added Hedgeknight
Great job! First scenario completed! I will post tomorrow night regarding resolution and what not. Feel free to interact as you want to. I will either run the sequel to this scenario, or a down and dirty investigation into some PC plot hoo....I mean character backgrounds.
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Thanks, DM Berwick! It's been fun so far, and I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next.
I don't know how we want to do loot; Origen is still carrying the dispel magic scroll, which we may or may not get to keep.
I suspect that we will need to give the reusable break enchantment bardic scroll back to Nigel. For the scenario, it was a good item, but it's useful to the point of brokenness in a campaign game.
When we are able to get out of the museum, maybe we can all got to a tavern/bar, get a private booth, and then share the goods - see what everyone picked up and if we want to trade or give away anything. What do you think?
Doing a fantastic job, Berwick! My apologies for the slowdown in posting towards the end. Life got the better of me between all I had going on, but fortunately you all won the day with little to no involvement from The Lucky Drunk! Huzzah and all that!
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When we are able to get out of the museum, maybe we can all got to a tavern/bar, get a private booth, and then share the goods - see what everyone picked up and if we want to trade or give away anything. What do you think?
Fine with me! We should probably confirm with Nigel that we can keep the stuff from the museum, though.
Sully, your post was a little in the past tense...you plannin on jumping ship now? We just got started. I will understand if that is the case, cause you do have a lot going on. Let me know either way. I was just doing my usual when players at my table are absent...aid another, and defensive fighting. If you still are interested, I would certainly love for you to hop back in.
Berwick
I'm still around! I only meant that my posts slowed down right during the climax and you guys kicked some tail even without little old me posting. I'm certainly still around!
Hey, guys. I'm posting from my hotel room at PaizoCon (which doesn't officially start until Friday). The internet is kind of slow here. So I'm not sure how well I'll be able to keep up over this week. Seems like we hit a pretty decent lull at the moment anyway with the ending of the first adventure. If you continue on, just assume Jonagher has gone about the city on a side-errand of some kind, and I'll pick up where I left off when I return.
Hey, guys. I'm posting from my hotel room at PaizoCon (which doesn't officially start until Friday). The internet is kind of slow here. So I'm not sure how well I'll be able to keep up over this week. Seems like we hit a pretty decent lull at the moment anyway with the ending of the first adventure. If you continue on, just assume Jonagher has gone about the city on a side-errand of some kind, and I'll pick up where I left off when I return.
Can you feel the envy coming through the monitor? :)
Have a great time, Neil...and tell us all about it afterwards!
Actually, that is a great excuse.
Let's pause for NSpicer to get back, but also for me to have time to cook up something good for you guys.
Post if you want to, pause if you don't.
And yes, +1 to the jealousy comment above!
And good to hear Sully! Don't give up on me just yet.
A week-long break should help ease the chaos in life for a little bit, so enjoy and I will be back with something (hopefully) awesome!
Do anyone (lurkers included if they are out there) have the link to the original recruitment thread?
Do anyone (lurkers included if they are out there) have the link to the original recruitment thread?
Did somebody drop out?
Not that I am aware of. I just wanted to get links to all the threads associated with this game.
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Just FYI, besides the money from Nigel and the Society, we currently have recoved:
500 gp from Saldak
scroll of cure moderate wounds (with Torden)
scroll of false life (with Jonagher)
scroll of dispel magic (with Origen)
I suggest that we keep at least the CMW and dispel scrolls as group items; I don't care which caster (including Jonagher) carries them.
NSpicer,
please post again to let us know when you have made it home and are settled in enough to post again. thanks,
Me.
I will be out to town Thursday (June 24) through Monday (June 28) - I'll have my laptop but internet connection may be spotty. If you need to NPC my character to move things along, please do so.
Yeah. I'm back. PaizoCon ended on Sunday, but I didn't make it home until late Monday night. Yesterday I was digging out from everything that piled up in my absence. But I'm ready to continue. Game on...
--Neil
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Welcome back, Neil. How was it?
Hey, still waiting to hear from people about what we should do with the loot. The extra 500 gp is easy to split, but we should decide if we want to sell or keep the scrolls. Selling all would net another 75 + 75 + 187 = 337 gp for the party, but I'll vote for keeping them as party items.
Welcome back, Neil. How was it?
Hey, still waiting to hear from people about what we should do with the loot. The extra 500 gp is easy to split, but we should decide if we want to sell or keep the scrolls. Selling all would net another 75 + 75 + 187 = 337 gp for the party, but I'll vote for keeping them as party items.
I just assumed we were gonna keep the scrolls and divvy the coin. Is that cool with everyone else?
Welcome back, Neil. How was it?
Awesome. As always. :-)
Ok, we can start again if everyone is okay with that. I understand hedgeknight will be in and out for the next four days, but overall i think we will be okay.
As a minor note, you can keep the scrolls or sell them as you prefer. My theory is that whatever bizarro combinations y'all throw at me is my opportunity to rise to the occasion and exceed your expectations of me as a DM. I am not intimidated or hesitant about anything that you are discussing keeping.
On a different note, I have received both Heart of the Jungle and Sargava the Lost Colony via pdf, and my books are on their way to my house.
Speaking of which...how do you guys feel about the faction rules? Specifically concerning the Pathfinder Society? I understand that the general push was to all be members, but is that still the case? Think about it, as an opportunity is coming up in game.
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Speaking of which...how do you guys feel about the faction rules? Specifically concerning the Pathfinder Society? I understand that the general push was to all be members, but is that still the case? Think about it, as an opportunity is coming up in game.
I just got the Faction Guide, and I would like to try them out if no one objects.
I'm cool with factions - whatever the group decides.
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Hey DM Berwick,
How do you want to handle buying magic items, especially consumables? Origen will probably want to pick up a healing potion and a burned-out ioun stone with a continual flame cast on it. Can I assume that we can pick up minor, non-custom items without much trouble as long as we are in Absalom?
Sure. with the pathfinder society based here, I am sure that they have plenty of merchants and what not around that make quite a lucrative career in absalom. non-unique consumables are okay, but things beyond basic stuff, and/or minor magic items are another matter.
To be more clear, magicmart (tm) does not exist, but there are a few merchants who have a selection of things.
sorry for the wall o text, but I have 12 hours on saturdays to come up with this stuff
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I propose buying a wand of cure light wounds for the party, either arcane or divine. I'd prefer to just pay 150 gp/PC, but Origen would be willing to pony up a little more if another PC needs to spend his wad on some other large piece of equipment.
We might want to do the same for a wand of endure elements so that Bran and Frik don't die of heat prostration. What does everyone think?
Here's the SQ write-up, DM Berwick:
Sole Survivor: The character is a survivor of a major Pathfinder expedition that failed catastrophically. Surviving the catastrophe has given the character a reputation for tenacity, but some people regard the character with mistrust.
The character's reputation has a 50% chance of providing a +1 circumstance bonus to Bluff, Intimidate, and Diplomacy. Otherwise, the character has a -1 circumstance penalty to these skills. The bonus or penalty only applies to NPCs who recognize the character's connection to the expedition. Most Pathfinders, however, will recognize the connection when they hear the character's name.
If applicable, this bonus or penalty stacks with the bonus for being a famous Pathfinder.
Have some questions for you guys regarding your backgrounds. I basically went through your backgrounds as posted and wrote down some key points. Check these out and let me know if I missed anything.
- Family background is basically Merchant/diplomatic
- Torden seeks knowledge & adventure
- Torden seeks to join the Pathfinder Society
- Torden has basically been throughout the Inner Sea Region
- Started as a wizard who went on the Venn expedition to Mwangi with your farther, looking for the lost city of Saventh-Yhi
- Mystery happened, expedition lost
- Washed up on Absalom, with body transformations that are ongoing, and now a sorcerer, having lost all wizardly arts
- Wants to get back to Sargava to figure out what happened to the expedition, Dad & Sister
- Originally from Absalom
- Came from Oregent in Andoran, near Falcon's Hollow
- Mother and Sister are with family in Augustana
- The sword that Bran has was owned by his father, the ex-pathfinder
- Bran is seeking to "do his best" in the world.
- Question: Is Bran looking for some sort of redemption of his father, having him turn into the man he should be to take care of mom & sisters, or is he a lost cause.
- From Absalom originally
- Found abandonded in the Coins district with "brother"
- Fostered with Cadwyn Forthwind, cleric of Cayden Cailean
- Brother was named "Leopold"
- There was a riot in the marketplace, and after it all settled, brother was gone
- Frik dedicated himself to evangelizing for Cayden
- Frik has decided to go out and find his brother, whom he has heard could possibly have been taken by slavers.
- Originally from Greengold, Kyonin
- Scion of a noble elven house, Cylandia
- Stole a book from mom's magic shop
- Got caught at the local jewelers shop
- Traveling wizard had unusual star shaped tattoo on his face (sihedron rune?)
- Traveled with Dad after he showed up in town one day
- The book was written in Ancient Azlanti
- Jonagher is waiting for his book back to decipher its writings and figure out what his mother died to protect.
Okay, let me know if there is anything I am missing, and specifically the question I had for Bran (re: Dad) and for Jonagher (re: tattoo)
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For DM Berwick:
Yes, that seems right. One other point is that Melancthus Venn was also Origen's teacher as a mage.
The background has a couple of aboleth-related possible hooks (father's expedition + low Azlanti-blooded mother), but whether it's relevant to his transformation or not is up to you. I have no preference; I'm interested in seeing what you make of Origen's backstory.
Origen also has some tension with the rest of his non-adverturing family members, but I don't think they'll come into play after we leave Absalom.
Have some questions for you guys regarding your backgrounds. I basically went through your backgrounds as posted and wrote down some key points. Check these out and let me know if I missed anything.
Came from Oregent in Andoran, near Falcon's Hollow
Mother and Sister are with family in Augustana
The sword that Bran has was owned by his father, the ex-pathfinder
Bran is seeking to "do his best" in the world.Question: Is Bran looking for some sort of redemption of his father, having him turn into the man he should be to take care of mom & sisters, or is he a lost cause.
For DM Berwick:
For DM Berwick:
- Originally from Greengold, Kyonin
Correct. But has traveled somewhat extensively between Kyonin and Andoran while accompanying his father.
- Scion of a noble elven house, Cylandia
Yes...though few would know it. His father offered to take him back to Kyonin's capital, Iadara, to live among the elves, but Jonagher declined, knowing he would feel out-of-place and generally more interested in traveling. Thus, he accompanied his father on his diplomatic missions into Andoran more than spending time among the nobles of Kyonin. Jonagher also wanted to keep a low profile with respect to his father's social circles, thereby avoiding any embarrassment his half-elven nature might cause.
- Stole a book from mom's magic shop
Yep. That's the biggest element in Jonagher's background. I purposefully chose it to provide a big hook into Serpent's Skull.
- Got caught at the local jewelers shop
Yes. His first brush with the law as a thief. Coupled with the untimely loss of his mother in the tragic fire at her magic shop, this event is what's caused Jonagher to adjust his life as a rogue. He's not the "case the joint and rob them blind" kind of guy. He learned a valuable lesson in that regard. Crime has repercussions. And he doesn't want to be responsible for someone else's misery or death through another selfish act. That said, he's not above using his skills as a rogue to survive or to teach someone else a lesson in humility if he's observed them being less-than-generous towards others.
- Traveling wizard had unusual star shaped tattoo on his face (sihedron rune?)
Not a Sihedron rune. If you own a copy of the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting Guide, turn to the back where it talks about the various powerful organizations of Golarion. Look closely at the "Coils of Ydersius" and I think you'll understand the wizard's origin and why he'd have interest in a book containing a hidden Ancient Azlanti script. The star-shaped tattoo doesn't signify anything important. It's not a symbol the Coils of Ydersius use to identify one another or anything. It's just a unique mark Jonagher can use to identify him again. In that regard, it's really just a story crutch, basically.
- Traveled with Dad after he showed up in town one day
Yes. And he's been much better educated for it on the elven perspective of life. Also, his father is the only family he has left, but he feels estranged in a way. Jonagher is only half-elven, after all. And he's barely had time to know his father...whose life creeps along at a much slower pace than even Jonagher's will. Hence, traveling with his father for that period of time helped them develop a relationship of sorts with one another. Even so, his dad knows Jonagher needs to see the world for himself and accept the loss of his mother. He's still waiting for Jonagher to "find himself" before expecting his son to seek him out again and settle down.
- The book was written in Ancient Azlanti
Yes. I can't share too much about the Serpent's Skull AP with you yet (as I'm under a non-disclosure agreement because I'm writing something on it for Paizo). But, in the Into the Darklands supplement they put out awhile back, there's a somewhat detailed explanation about how the serpentfolk and Azlanti clashed with one another prior to the Starstone falling from the sky. So the book should make for a pretty major hook going into the campaign.
- Jonagher is waiting for his book back to decipher its writings and figure out what his mother died to protect.
Yes and no. He turned over the original to the Pathfinders, hoping they'd aid him in deciphering the text. It isn't just written in Ancient Azlanti. It's also a cipher. So, to fully understand it you'd need to know the language and break the code. However, Jonagher isn't solely dependent on the Pathfinder Society to unravel the mystery. He also made a copy of the cryptic message hidden within the book for himself...just in case. That way, if something happens to the original, the information isn't lost. And, he can also look for others who may be able to translate it for him.
Hope that helps,
--Neil
As a side note, how easy is it for a person in Golarion to learn Azlanti? Are we talking the equivalent of Latin, or something more rare like Sanskrit?
It is not listed in the Core as a possible language, so I am going to be needing some guidance here.
Tell me what you think,
DM Berwick
although I still didn't understand your comment about couriers in Absalom.
Have no fear my good man! You will!