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Players, please check in here, and make sure your character profiles are updated and complete. If you need any input from me or other players, ask for it here.


COFFEE CRISP Bar:
AC: 15 (T15, FF14); CMD: 9; F/R/W: +2/+1/+3; Max HP: 9, Current HP: 9
Active spells: Mage armour (just under 1 hour)

Demona is ready and able to serve.


Demona Flint wrote:
Demona is ready and able to serve.

"Charming: +1 to Bluff and Diplomacy and +1 to DC of language-dependent spells against creatures that could be sexually attracted to her."

Oh great, one of those "how long is a piece of string" abilities :-P. Now I have to decide the sexual orientation of every NPC in the city LOL.


COFFEE CRISP Bar:
AC: 15 (T15, FF14); CMD: 9; F/R/W: +2/+1/+3; Max HP: 9, Current HP: 9
Active spells: Mage armour (just under 1 hour)
waynemarkstubbs wrote:
Demona Flint wrote:
Demona is ready and able to serve.

"Charming: +1 to Bluff and Diplomacy and +1 to DC of language-dependent spells against creatures that could be sexually attracted to her."

Oh great, one of those "how long is a piece of string" abilities :-P. Now I have to decide the sexual orientation of every NPC in the city LOL.

She's just so sexy that even the local zombies and animated furniture is sexually attracted to her, so no worries!

Liberty's Edge

Female Depemds on the game system (human in the real world)

Morning. Thank you for having me. Where would you like me to put Calatin's character sheet?

(And does he even, er, know how to Do It once he gets to meet Demona?)


Megan Robertson wrote:
Morning. Thank you for having me. Where would you like me to put Calatin's character sheet?

Go to 'My Account' and look at the section on Messageboard Aliases. Create a new alias for your character. Then, you can click on his name to edit his profile - put your character sheet there. Then you can use that alias for posting in the game thread.

Click on Demona's name above to see what I mean.

Megan Robertson wrote:
(And does he even, er, know how to Do It once he gets to meet Demona?)

He has probably seen diagrams.

Liberty's Edge

Female Depemds on the game system (human in the real world)

Thank you, I'll try to get it done today. Still getting to grips with the full capabilities of the message board system... been here ages but only posted reviews!


Checking in. Does anyone have use for a halfling aide (sidekick, junior partner, etc.)?


Male Human Inquisitor 2

Checking in. I'll look over the profile and see if there is anything i missed.


Did I miss rules for HP and cash? If so, could you repeat them for us?

I'll flesh out Foggy's background more as we go.

waynemarkstubbs:

Spoiler:
What about "the Departed" angle? It's completely up to you. If you're worried about party conflict we'll just forget it. If you want me to go for it, I will add an "aunt" to Foggy's background to take the Jack Nickleson role.


Foggy wrote:

Did I miss rules for HP and cash? If so, could you repeat them for us?

I'll flesh out Foggy's background more as we go.

waynemarkstubbs: ** spoiler omitted **

Standard wealth for a 2nd level character is 1000gp, so you have that much to play with.

Hitpoints are max for first level as normal, plus you can roll or choose the average for 2nd level.

As regards the other question, I don't know the film you refer to, so you'd better describe exactly what you have in mind.

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Hello everybody!

I'll finish up my stats today.


Cookie Jar Pilferer 9 ; Dimensional Explorer 4

waynemarkstubbs:

Spoiler:
In The Departed one of the principal characters is a cop who is an agent for the mafia. Local crime boss recruited him young, played "the nice uncle", got him through school, etc. Now the cop feeds him info.

On the plus side, it would provide a good hook for you. On the minus side it might all too easily lead to player conflict. Of course that depends mostly on how you use the hook. If you're not comfortable with it we can drop it entirely. Or I can write the "aunt" into Foggy's background and you can pick her up at a later date if she decides to call in an old favor.


M Human Wizard (Divination School Specialist)/2

Sorry - things got a bit busy. Character will have to be first on the stack of 'stuff to do' tomorrow. (Note: I'm in the UK, it's almost 7pm here and I'm about to go offline for the night.)


Ok, stats are done, all I have left is equipment.

Let me know if there's anything to be tweaked or changed.


Since we spoke of crafting a weapon before I figured I would put all the rolls here so we can see how long it took my character to make his weapon!

Crafting of Chanticleer:
Item;Repeating Crossbow
Base Price; 2,500 sp
Material cost; 84 gp
DC; 20

Week 1; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26
Progress: 26x20 = 520 sp

Week 2; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
Progress: 24x20 = 480 sp (1,000 sp)

Week 3; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
Progress: 23x20 = 460 sp (1,460 sp)

Week 4; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
Progress: 30x20 = 600 sp (2,060 sp)

Week 5; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Progress: Failed by 5 or more, half the raw materials ruined! (pay 42 gp)

Week 6; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17
Progress: Failed by less than 4, no progress

Week 7; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
Progress: 24x20 = 480 sp (2,540 sp) Crossbow component complete!

Item;Masterwork Component
Base Price; 3,000 sp
Material cost; 100 gp
DC; 20

Week 8; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29
Progress: 29x20 = 580 sp (580 sp)

Week 9; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Progress: Failed by 5 or more, half the raw materials ruined! (pay 50 gp)

Week 10; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25
Progress: 25x20 = 500 sp (1,080 sp)

Week 11; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
Progress: 23x20 = 460 sp (1,540 sp)

Week 12; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Progress: Failed by 5 or more, half the raw materials ruined! (pay 50 gp)

Week 13; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
Progress: Failed by 5 or more, half the raw materials ruined! (pay 50 gp)

Week 14; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
Progress: 22x20 = 440 sp (1,980 sp)

Week 15; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
Progress: 22x20 = 440 sp (2,420 sp)

Week 16; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
Progress: 22x20 = 440 sp (2,860 sp)

Week 17; Craft [Bowmaking] check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
Progress: 25x20 = 480 sp (3,340 sp) Masterwork component complete!

"Chanticleer" masterwork repeating crossbow is complete!


Seventeen weeks and 376 gold later Rufus was able to finish his masterpiece of tinkering.


Rufus Infernobasket wrote:

Since we spoke of crafting a weapon before I figured I would put all the rolls here so we can see how long it took my character to make his weapon!

** spoiler omitted **...

Ultranitpick - the relevant craft skill for crossbows is weaponsmithing, not bowyer! Maybe that's why it took him so long.

Just switch it out on your char sheet.


M Human Wizard (Divination School Specialist)/2

Now got some character details for you (hope it's OK, the system dropped me out mid-edit!).


COFFEE CRISP Bar:
AC: 15 (T15, FF14); CMD: 9; F/R/W: +2/+1/+3; Max HP: 9, Current HP: 9
Active spells: Mage armour (just under 1 hour)
Calatin ab'Halla wrote:
Now got some character details for you (hope it's OK, the system dropped me out mid-edit!).

Spellcraft needs a class skill bonus.

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waynemarkstubbs wrote:
Just switch it out on your char sheet.

I would have guessed Craft [Bowmaking] but all the same to me, Craft [Weaponsmithing] is may more useful.


M Human Wizard (Divination School Specialist)/2
Demona Flint wrote:
Spellcraft needs a class skill bonus.

Well spotted! Thanks...

... it was in the middle of the skills that the system dropped me & I had to redo that bit...

... so now added.

Edit: Blast, keep forgetting to change who I'm posting as!


Calatin ab'Halla wrote:


Edit: Blast, keep forgetting to change who I'm posting as!

You can set Calatin as your default avatar if you wish.

As long as I'm here. 2nd level hit points 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3


Calatin has an extra Divination spell each day of each level.

He also has the following Diviner abilities:

Forewarned (Su): You can always act in the surprise round even if you fail to make a Perception roll to notice a foe, but you are still considered flat-footed until you take an action. In addition, you receive a bonus on initiative checks equal to 1/2 your wizard level (minimum +1). At 20th level, anytime you roll initiative, assume the roll resulted in a natural 20.

Diviner's Fortune (Sp): When you activate this school power, you can touch any creature as a standard action to give it an insight bonus on all of its attack rolls, skill checks, ability checks, and saving throws equal to 1/2 your wizard level (minimum +1) for 1 round. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Intelligence

Also, please explicitly call out his opposition schools.


Halfling Wizard

Hey Megan, here's my super awesome Wizard profile if you need any inspiration for yours. :) I can e-mail you the BBC code stuff for it if you want.
-Skipy


Aaaannnnd we're off.


Male Human Inquisitor 2

Should we assume we know each other or have we all been brought in separately except for anyone with a tied together background?


You've all been hired individually to make a super kick-ass team. You are all known to Captain Able, of course.


Re: Foggy's aunt - please write her into your background as a hook I can use later once I see how the group dynamics work.


Umm, just noticed that no-one has ranks in Heal. This would be very useful for identifying injuries, diseases, poisons etc. Does someone want to retcon their character to have it?

Alternatively, you can choose to have an NPC medic who can examine the bodies you bring back to HQ.

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waynemarkstubbs wrote:

Umm, just noticed that no-one has ranks in Heal. This would be very useful for identifying injuries, diseases, poisons etc. Does someone want to retcon their character to have it?

Alternatively, you can choose to have an NPC medic who can examine the bodies you bring back to HQ.

Wow, how'd we miss that one. Well I'm not the best for it with my Wisdom penalty but I think it makes a lot of sense for Rufus. I'll drop his UMD.

By the way, on these boards you can type [ ooc] [ /ooc] to make your text blue. It's pretty universally understood to be OOC thoughts.


COFFEE CRISP Bar:
AC: 15 (T15, FF14); CMD: 9; F/R/W: +2/+1/+3; Max HP: 9, Current HP: 9
Active spells: Mage armour (just under 1 hour)

I could swap a skill point out for heal for Demona, but it doesn't really fit with her background as a bounty hunter and snitch. She's more focused on the people skills information gathering than examining bodies.


Wow. We should have caught the heal bit. Scipion, thanks for volunteering. It wouldn't be Foggy's cup of tea.


M Human Wizard (Divination School Specialist)/2

Aaargh, I lost more than I thought... I'd put those down. Now re-edited, thanks. (Problem with a eidetic memory, don't always notice that I haven't written things down!).

I know about setting defaults, but I'm playing in another game and DMing one on here as well; and my main occupation on here is posting reviews, and so stick to 'Megan' as the default, thanks.

I'll switch Knowledge (Engineering) for Heal and do the ME role, if you like.

And I found the IC thread, nice start :)


Recounted skills and added one rank. Switched dwarven for gnomish language. Bought a bunch of mundane stuff, but have listed only what he's carrying so far. Lots of cash left. Need to teak background and add a few more details. One of which is that he still lives with his mother.


COFFEE CRISP Bar:
AC: 15 (T15, FF14); CMD: 9; F/R/W: +2/+1/+3; Max HP: 9, Current HP: 9
Active spells: Mage armour (just under 1 hour)

Have they been given any sort of identification or credentials to use with witnesses to prove that they work for the City Watch? Also, are they required to wear any sort of uniform?

Thirdly, for a few of the pbp's I run and play in, iKve made up google campaign sites, where all players and GM can upload files and edit databases of notes and NPCs, etc. With this sort of campaign, it seems like an even better idea, so that we can keep track of clues, information on witnesses, suspects, etc. With GM approval, I'll make up a site like that for this game, though probably won't have much time until Monday or Tuesday.


Cookie Jar Pilferer 9 ; Dimensional Explorer 4

That's brilliant, Nazard. You're right. It will be especially handy for a campaign like this.


Cookie Jar Pilferer 9 ; Dimensional Explorer 4

waynemarkstubbs:

Spoiler:
I rewrote Foggy's background to nuance it a little more and drop in Aunt Greselda. Gave his siblings names. Foggy's living with his mother and takes care of her.

I'm wondering about Calistria's temple and Foggy's relationship to it. It could be a rich mine of information and RP possibilities. Do you want me to write it up myself, or give me some guidelines to write to, or write it yourself, or push it into the background all together.


Credentials - they each have a warrant signed and sealed by the Primarch. Other Watch members will recognise this, but the general population may not.

Uniform - they can work plainclothes.

Campaign site - excellent idea, and extra credit XP will duely be rewarded for doing such things.


Re Foggy's background - the temple in question will feature in Episode 2, so feel free to write up any connections.


COFFEE CRISP Bar:
AC: 15 (T15, FF14); CMD: 9; F/R/W: +2/+1/+3; Max HP: 9, Current HP: 9
Active spells: Mage armour (just under 1 hour)

Putting the site together. I need e-mail addresses from everybody to grant access when I finish, preferably gmail accounts if you have them, but otherwise any email address you can sign into will suffice.

Either post them here or email them to me privately at gmnazard@gmail.com


kronvet:
at gmail dot com


Being relatively consistent and predictable, mine is

waynemarkstubbs at gmail dot com

Liberty's Edge

Female Depemds on the game system (human in the real world)

Mine relates to my non-role-playing hobby:

Spoiler:
megan@medals.org.uk

I have a Google a/c set up using that already. Legacy of last year, we did our ENnies judging on there!


Ooo. I like Scipion's web-mining avoidance strategy.

kenner.tim122

Spoiler:
at gmail dotcom


Some invitations sent out, still need an e-mail addy for Jack, the Tracker.


Cookie Jar Pilferer 9 ; Dimensional Explorer 4

Nazard, very nice! It looks like you've done this before. So when we log in we can just scribble anywhere we like?


therealthom wrote:
Nazard, very nice! It looks like you've done this before. So when we log in we can just scribble anywhere we like?

You're able to edit and add pages as you see fit, but I don't think you're able to edit the sidebar to make links show up. If you do create pages, pay attention to the location stuff, put it where you want it, and let me know here that it needs to be linkified in the sidebar. Of course, feel free to upload files to the library that you think might be useful.

If Mr. GM could tell me what year this is, I can put up an editable Golarion calendar where we can note important events.

Feel free to add anything pertinent to the Clues page for Episode 1.

This site is a template provided by someone on the Paizo messageboards. Credit where credit is due...


Male Human Inquisitor 2

akislord@yahoo.com

Liberty's Edge

Female Depemds on the game system (human in the real world)

@Demona - ah, so you teach too! What subject?

Me it's computing, but I got laid off in December 2009 and am still looking... interview on Monday :)

I was reminded of one day in my old college, wandering through the library and spotted a student who was in my tutor group, only at that time he ought to have been in a business studies class.

"Oi, Bob... why aren't you in class?" Flurry of excuses. "Well, get yourself to business right now or I'll tell your personal tutor," and I walked off.

I got halfway across the library before the penny dropped.

"But you ARE my personal tutor...!"

(He was a blond, too.)


Elementary music, so 5 to 12 year olds. I don't have to worry about students skipping class, but I did have a little boy today pull his hand out of mine during a circle song to pick his nose and then shove his hand back in mine.

Good times.

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