Kiradia's CotCT PBP - Party One

[Kiradia]

Hello Party One!

Here is the OOC thread for party one's CotCT PBP game. What I need from all of you is finished character sheets, either in your profiles or here in the thread. I will be loading all of your characters into Hero Lab for ease of reference.

All of you can use this thread at any time to get into contact with me and ask me questions about the campaign or anything else in general. Also, even if your character isn't fully ready yet, please post here as quickly as possible to tell me your here and (mostly) ready to go.

[Alynbrand]

dotting and...

Alynbrand is ready to rock!
... and drink heavily???

Kiradia, I use Hero Lab myself. If you give me your email addy, I will send you his file. :)

[Kur-Awk]

Drink? Drink!

Kur-Awk is ready and able to get his terrible vengeance on Gaedramm Lamm..

[Kiradia]

Kur-Awk wrote:

Drink? Drink!

Kur-Awk is ready and able to get his terrible vengeance on Gaedramm Lamm..

Oh goodness! I can already see it, the larger brother of Sandal.

"Enchantment? Drink? Enchantment! Drink!"

Also, sure, my email addy is alao45 @ hotmail . com

I look forward to your file.

[Byron Radanavich]

Present :-)

From my perspective, Byron is finished, and ready to go. Let me know if you need anything clarified :-)

[Taisha Arkona]

Great, delighted to be aboard! I'll finish off Taisha and post up he eidolon shortly.

For evolutions I am planning to take skilled Disguise and for flavor pass it off as the eidolon having a limited ability to shift its form. Since he would have a +12 Disguise modifier and disguise self for example is +10 I am hoping that is reasonable - a change would still take the normal disguise time, etc. This would be primarily so I could move him around the city without causing alarm, looking like a dog or a pony, etc. Is that okay?

[Rolan Anguson]

Hail and well met. Looks like this will be a very magic heavy party. Sounds like fun to me and I look forward to figuring out battlefield strategy with everyone. Aside from posting the details of his spells I believe that Rolan is ready to go. If I'm missing something please let me know.

Also, if anyone is interested in linking backgrounds in some way I would be open to it. It's a big city but there is a chance that we could have run into each other in such a way that we would remember. Also, GM, do you want me to provide more detail on Rolan's family and their shop or do you want to do that yourself? I'm cool either way. I figure the more plot hooks, and sub-plot hooks, the better. I hope everyone has a great day. This is going to be awesome.

[Richter Denezio]

Alright, here is Richter. I look forward to be able to play with all of you, it definitely looks like its going to be both and enjoyable and formidable group.

I have him in my profile now, but I'll send you over a herolab file for Richter as well, Kiradia.

I made a couple small changes to him if you don't mind. I swapped his strength and con(12 and 11 respectively, no big change) and changed up his gear a bit to lighten his load some.

Edit: Testing the avatar which looks like Richter after a long night worshiping Cayden.

[Taisha Arkona]

Taisha and her eidolon Dasah should be complete.

[Alynbrand]

Richter Denezio wrote:

Edit: Testing the avatar which looks like Richter after a long night worshiping Cayden.

LOL! Nice!

[Taisha Arkona]

Just noticed I misspelled Dasha in that last post.

[Kiradia]

Alright! We have a full crew complement. So, I have noticed a few errors in everyone's character sheets so lets get down to it. Going to spoiler things because this might go long.

Alynbrand:

First, you have an additional language to select, being a Varisian human gives you both Common and Varisian naturally, so let me know what you pick for your third language. Also, by my calculations, you should have 12 GP, 8 SP, and 8 CP and your Intimidate skill should only be a +5 (1 Rank + 3 Trained +2 Trait -1 Cha). So, all in all, not too bad. :)

Kur-Awk:

Heya! Ok, as a Shoanti born human, you gain Common and Shoanti as starting languages. Also, your Swim check should only be a +7 (1 rank + 3 trained + 4 Str - 1 ACP). Other than those two little things your sheet looks good to me. Also, you are technically heavier than your race would allow, but I'm not gonna hold you to arbitrary weight ranges. :)

Richter Denezio:

I do not see any outstanding issues with your character sheet. Good job. :)

Byron Radanavich:

The only outstanding issue I see with your character sheet is the Blade of Mercy trait. As far as I can see, it was only ever printed in the Legacy of Fire Player's Guide. Making it technically not something allowed by the rules I set out for character creation. If you wish to change it to fit into the same rules as everyone else, I would certainly appreciate it. However, I do see how it can be beneficial and integral to the portrayal of your character's story so I am not inclined to sweat you on it. Your choice :)

Taisha Arkona:

Hello Taisha! Big problem, I cannot open the spoiler for your Eidolon. So I haven't been able to finish your character sheet yet for the Eidolon. Other than that, I am afraid you are not allowed to take the World Traveler trait as it is Human Only. Do you have another trait that you think would fit?

Rolan Anguson:

Hey Rolan. Couple things. First, you have an additional language to select. Second, you are 39 GP and 13 SP over your average starting gold of 70. I'm afraid your gonna have to cut some stuff. Get back to me with what you want to remove. Other than that, no outstanding issues with your character.

Whew! Ok, get back to me as quickly as you can. :) Now it's time for Party Two's inspection... more coffee (PYLONS!) required >.>

[Taisha Arkona]

Right, changed World Traveler to Ease of Faith - which does exactly the same thing :) - and removed Dasha from spoiler.

[Alynbrand]

Fixed. Chelaxian added, 1 CP removed, and Intimidate roll typo fixed.

[smashthedean]

Hey Party One. I'm watching you...

[Alynbrand]

Well, you certainly have enough eyes to do it. :p

[Kur-Awk]

Sweet, fixed the issues. He should be ready when you are! In the meantime, he's probably drunk.

[Richter Denezio]

Ready to go, rapier at the ready.

[Rolan Anguson]

Interesting, by my count the total is 65 gold and 7 copper. Did you count the 20g for the acid flasks twice and the 1g for the parchment multiple times? Those costs represent the total cost, not the individual cost. Acid flasks cost 10g and parchment costs 2s each.

Last language selected.

I’m going to be detailing the spell book as I have time over the next few days, but Rolan should be ready to go now.

[Richter Denezio]

Oh, I did have a quick question, Kiradia.

What are your thoughts on spells from paizo products other than the core/apg?

I don't have any now, but I could see Enhanced Diplomacy(0th level, from Taldor, +2 to diplo or intimidate for 1 minute or until discharged) and Liberating Command(1st level, from Andoran, Immediate action to allow a target to make a check to try and break free of a grapple) being things the character would prep at certain points.

I figured in any case you would want to approve any outside spells, but I wasn't sure if I should restrict where I look to the main books or not.

[Byron Radanavich]

Kiradia:

Ah, Apologies. During character creation, I registered the bit that said 'no 3.5 or 3PP', but missed the section saying that 'Paizo products' (beyond the short list provided) needed approval. That being said, I would appreciate it if I could keep the trait :-)

[Alynbrand]

Testing my cheat-sheet:

Perception 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
Sense Motive 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (18) + 0 = 18
Acrobatics 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 ACP -2
Appraise 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12
Bluff 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (12) - 1 = 11
Climb 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23 ACP -2
Diplomacy 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0
Disguise 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1
Escape Artist 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 ACP -2
Fly 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21 ACP -2
Heal 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (14) + 0 = 14
Intimidate 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Knowledge: Untrained 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Ride 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23 ACP -2
Stealth 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 ACP -2
Survival 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Swim 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

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Fort Save 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Reflex Save 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17
Will Save 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (12) + 0 = 12

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Initiative 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

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Standard: Greatsword (crit: 19+/2x)
To Hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 3) + 6 = 11

Standard: Greatsword + Power Attack (crit: 19+/2x)
To Hit: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (20) + 7 - 1 = 26 Power Att
Damage: 2d6 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (5, 2) + 6 + 3 = 16 Power Att 2H

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Standard: Composite Longbow (crit: 20/3x | 110')
To Hit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

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Standard: Heavy Flail (crit: 19+/2x)
To Hit: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Damage: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Standard: Heavy Flail + Power Attack (crit: 19+/2x)
To Hit: 1d20 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 5 - 1 = 20 Power Att
Damage: 1d10 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 3 = 17 Power Att 2H

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Standard: Dagger (crit: 19+/2x)
To Hit: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Standard: Dagger + Power Attack (crit: 19+/2x)
To Hit: 1d20 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 5 - 1 = 5 Power Att
Damage: 1d10 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 = 9 Power Att

Everything seems to be running a'right.

[Byron Radanavich]

smashthedean wrote:

Hey Party One. I'm watching you...

Heh. I will have to buy a mirror, so that I can constantly check over my shoulder :-P

Having said that, you should stand out in a crowd ;-)

[Kiradia]

Ok, it looks like everyone's characters are ready to go. I have cleared up the confusion over Rolan's gold expenditures. Party two is almost finished with their character sheets as well and as soon as that is done I will put up both of the campaign posts and include links to them.

As for spells outside of the listed sources. I will take a look at any spell you wish to include and approve/disapprove on a case by case basis. I do not wish to sound like a hard *** over this. I just want to ensure campaign balance.

[Richter Denezio]

Sounds good, Kiradia. I know all DMs have their own opinions on splatbook stuff so I just wanted to check your opinions.

Also, Sunday is the day I run my in person game, so I'll check the board in the morning and the evening, but during the day I'll be incommunicado.

[Wiglaf]

Sorry about the confusion. I did some formating on my sheet. Hopefully things look a bit clearer now.

The word of the day is; pickle.

[Kiradia]

Hey everyone! The thread is up. Lets get this ball rolling.

Kiradia - Crimson Throne: Party One

[Verik Jarrow]

Rolan I'll point out that you cannot ready sleep, you can only ready to begin casting it, since it is a fullround action and you can only ready a standard.

[Rolan Anguson]

Yeah, caught that one too late to edit. I think I'll sleep with the rulebook under my pillow tonight. :)

Also, sorry everyone if Rolan' seems a bit gruff The basic concept for him is a rather arrogant, direct, and abrasive person with a dose of suspicion and paranoia thanks to Lamm’s influence. He should mellow out as the game goes on. He is really depressed about what has happened and is transferring his self loathing onto nearly everyone else. Therefore he hates others because he hates himself more. Make sense?

Anyway, I'm liking what I'm seeing so far with this game. Good fun and an interesting dynamic so far.

[Kur-Awk]

Rolan Anguson wrote:

Yeah, caught that one too late to edit. I think I'll sleep with the rulebook under my pillow tonight. :)

Also, sorry everyone if Rolan' seems a bit gruff The basic concept for him is a rather arrogant, direct, and abrasive person with a dose of suspicion and paranoia thanks to Lamm’s influence. He should mellow out as the game goes on. He is really depressed about what has happened and is transferring his self loathing onto nearly everyone else. Therefore he hates others because he hates himself more. Make sense?

Anyway, I'm liking what I'm seeing so far with this game. Good fun and an interesting dynamic so far.

It's okay, Rolan. Kur-Awk has already decided you need a large dumb friend who can teach you to love... Sitcom anyone?

[Rolan Anguson]

Too many sitcoms to name. Interesting idea. I'm cool with it. Does that make you John Candy and me Steve Martin?

[Taisha Arkona]

Only problem is that in those films - John Candy makes me think Uncle Buck - if the fellow in the Rolan role had access to fireball they might have turne dout a lot darker, lol.

[Kiradia]

Just wanted to let everybody know I will not be able to post today due to prior commitments. However, I will make a post either very late tonight or tomorrow. So, go ahead and use this time to flesh out character interactions a bit more.

[Rolan Anguson]

"To blast or not to blast. That is the question
Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer
the stench and belches of outrageous drunkenness.
Or, to take up spells against a sea of alcoholism
and by Fireball cleanse it."

Opening lines of the Wizards Guide to Clean Living

Anyway, I hope everyone had a good weekend. Happy Singles Awareness Day to all.

[Richter Denezio]

I just wanted to give a quick apology for being quiet the last days. Sniffles at the beginning of the week turned into a pretty harsh flu and I've spent the last few days hiding in bed pretty much the whole time. Catching up on posts and putting up my own now.

[Alynbrand]

Kiradia,

I've done a bit of online reading to bone up on Harrow points but it seems that the possible uses vary based on the cards drawn and module being used. Could you just give us some quick bullets on how we can use them here? I get how we acquire and 'spend' them but the exact effects are what I'm wondering about. So far, I've seen:

• Re-roll a Reflex save (or can this be used for any save)?
  
• Re-roll initiative
  
• Re-roll an Attack roll that uses DEX
  
• Re-roll a DEX-based skill roll
  
• +1 Dodge AC bonus for 1 battle (you can spend more than one point - so spending 3 Harrow Points gets a +3 AC)
  
• +10' of movement for 1 round

[Kiradia]

Harrow Readings:

During this adventure, a character can spend his Harrow Points in the following ways.
Dexterity Rerolls: Spend a Harrow Point to reroll any one Initiative check, Reflex save, attack roll modified by Dexterity, or Dexterity-based skill check. You must abide by the new result (although if you have additional Harrow Points remaining, you can use them to attempt additional rerolls).
Dodge Bonus: Spend a Harrow Point to gain a +1 Dodge bonus to your Armor Class for one encounter. You can spend up to 3 Harrow Points per encounter to increase your Armor Class in this manner.
Speed Increase: Spend a Harrow Point to increase your base speed by 10 feet for one encounter—you cannot spend multiple Harrow Points to increase your speed multiple times in one encounter.

Any Harrow Points unspent at the end of the adventure are lost. Think of these points as non-actions if that helps. You can do them any time you wish to, but only in the moment when they would be useful, they aren't magical retcon buttons. :)

[Alynbrand]

If you'd be so kind as to tell us where the 'magical retcon buttons' are... I'm sure your players would be very happy to quest for a few of those! :)

[Richter Denezio]

Oh man, for 1 encounter I could have a base speed of 50ft and ignore up to 7 rounds worth of difficult terrain. Horses, you aren't getting away so easy now.

[Kiradia]

Hey everyone.

I had a small emergency to take care of Friday, so sorry I haven't posted recently. I will make a post later today after I have finally gotten some sleep (didn't get home until 4 in the morning). Thank you for your patience.

[Taisha Arkona]

Waiting to see what the dog does before posting actions FYI.

[Taisha Arkona]

Kiradia: Should have asked this earlier, but how should I generate Dasha's HP? Technically animal companions and eidolons do not get max HP at first, Dasha has 1 d10 hit dice and a con mod of +1. I'll roll here in case that is your answer to save time - if it is not please discount the roll.

Dasha's potential first HD 1d10 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

[Kiradia]

The roll will stand, I prefer to follow the rules unless there is some major discrepancy towards balance or party dynamics involved. So, Dasha will have 9 HP.

[Verik Jarrow]

Groovy works for me. :) Would have asked before, but it slipped my mind until I was putting up his HP and could not find any.

[Taisha Arkona]

FYI I am waiting to see what happens with the bad guys presumably readied action to slit the child's throat before posting Taisha and Dasha's actions...

[Kiradia]

Ah, ok, the thug is going to be dropping the child at the beginning of his action because of the command spell, so if you want to put up your action we can move forward.

[Richter Denezio]

I wanted to put up a quick apology. I was going to be traveling from sunday night to monday night, I thought it was going to be short enough that it wouldn't even be noticed since I'd be posting again within 24 hours. However, my flight home got canceled and I was stuck across country without my laptop(due to the perceived shortness of the trip).

I just got back in now and am going to be catching up on posts and putting up my own.

Thanks for your patience.

[Rolan Anguson]

It's cool man. Sorry you got stuck out for so long. I hope that your weekend is better.

[Rolan Anguson]

Hmmm, quick question. Any chance that Rolan would know if the gnome had any connection to the murdur which Rolan was accused of? Would that be a knowledge Local check or something else? Just wondering, won't really affect my next post too much, but I'd rather know first.

[Rolan Anguson]

Sorry for the lack of posting. Work has been more busy than usual as of late.