Sorry to hear that, but I understand. Hope things are manageable for you.
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Now is the time of bold action!
Plan B: Dom will get over his mad-on at the gods, and start taking levels in cleric!
(reviews plan, looks at Wisdom 10)
Who put that there?
Okay, on to Plan C...!
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Plan C: The sexy sorceress takes cleric levels...wait, wisdom 10 here too, and int 8 so I'm probably too dumb to realize it won't work...This plan is great!
LOL, are we about to become worshipers of Banjo from OOTS?
EDIT: wait, I got it! You can be an Oracle of Banjo! /smart
Sorry to see you go, Viro. It was fun while it lasted, though.
Well, the party still has a few options for healing, plus a couple of cure wands. Not optimal for in-fight healing, but hopefully workable.
I'm still hopeful of pushing the game's pace a bit more in a week or two when, hopefully, Davina's schedule will become less stressful. I need to catch up on some real-life things myself that I let slide during my covid illness.
I'm sorry that I haven't been able to post. Work has been crazy for the last month, and I won't have brain power to post until after this week. I've got a major report due, and I'm the only one who has access to entering the data.
I'll be back just not this week.
OK, be well please!
Good to hear from you, Davina. Hopefully things will get sane again for you soon. I'm still lurking, waiting to see if anyone will follow the trail of breadcrumbs blood drops I left in my last post.
Sorry, I've been meaning to, but I've been very distracted by the new floof (we picked her up from the breeder two weeks ago, she's super sweet but a big handful). I'll get something together presently.
With the covid-19 vaccine roll-out underway (at least in the U.S.) and things creeping back toward normal, I'm going to try to pick up the pace of this game a bit. Not the post-a-day stuff from the Before Times (yet), but hopefully every other day or so.
If anyone wants me to hold off on this (Davina comes to mind, as she's said things have been crazy busy for her), please let me know now. I feel like we've been lucky and blessed to have survived the pandemic and the slowdown it's brought to the game, but at the same time I know from experience that slowdowns tend to lead to breakdowns which often result in games ending. I don't want that to be the case here.
So let me know your thoughts and/or concerns about picking up the pace a bit, either now or in the near future.
With no responses to the above post over the course of a week and minimal posting in the Gameplay Thread, I'm going to assume that folks are NOT yet ready to pick up the pace in the game. I'll keep things crawling along for now.
Sorry, it's been a rough week. My best friend's mom (who I've known for almost 30 yrs) died and I had to put my dog down 2 days later.
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Ugh. My condolences.
I'm mostly taking a follow position rather than a lead one here, so I'm kinda waiting for Davina and/or Domitius to decide our next move.
I figure as the city stalker, hunting a predator in an urban environment is my wheelhouse so just getting to it.
So do i know what is going on in there?
So do i know what is going on in there?
Nope, but let's assume you heard Arani's arrow. Also, you'd obviously know that Davina never answered Falina's question.
+1 shadow studded leather, +1 buckler, dagger, slippers of spider climbing, potions of shield of faith +2 (2), masterwork thieves’ tools, and 112 gp
Organization Actions/Events: Gozran 26 - Desnus 2
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Alrighty! Using GM's Prerogative, I chose and made rolls for last week's organizational actions and events. Long story short--the Silver Ravens are now Rank 6 out of 10! I also added the 112 gp taken from Varl Wex to the rebellion treasury (which was getting a bit low).
I also put Jessibel back into the Demagogue officer role with Viroleth's departure.
What This Means....
*Minimum Treasury is now 60 gp;
*All Organization Checks (Loyalty, SECRECY, Security) gain a +1 bonus to their base;
* You all gain a Boon--in this case, a gift of up to 750 gp value. If you let me know what your characters choose, I'll look for a way to actually have the gifts delivered in-game;
*With some luck and/or good rolls with the Recruit Supporters organization action, you're within striking distance of Level 7, which would bring with it a new Minimum Treasury of 70 gp, an additional weekly action (3+1 bonus action), and another Boon (a bonus skill rank to spend).
Next Order of Business.... (Two Things, Actually....)
It's time to decide the three (3) organization actions for the upcoming game week of Desnus 3-9. Davina usually runs the choices by everyone and then makes the rolls, but she's been busy lately and is probably currently roasting alive under record temperatures, so...maybe everyone can take a peek at the Hell's Rebels Player's Guide and at least discuss some possible actions. I'll warn everyone that the team info and macros on the Campaign Tab have not yet been updated (though I hope to get that done by tomorrow), so no rolls yet--just ideas/plans.
Next, our (as Dom termed it in a PM to me) Spinal-Tap-drummer situation at cleric. Do we want to invite another player for that role, or try going with just the current five? The party has some wands (CLW and CSW, if I'm remembering correctly) and people who can use one or more of them (Arani, Davina, and T'chazzar).
Personally, it's easy for me to occasionally bump up an encounter's challenge for 5 PCs; keeping things challenging for a party of 6 would take lots more work.
Let me know your thoughts. And tell me what Gift Item you choose for your organization boon.
I'd be happy to get a replacement cleric. T'chazzar can't use healing wands, because as a tempered champion he loses his paladin spellcasting ability.
750 gp value is not enough for anything useful for T'chazzar, so no boon for me.
If it would make things tougher for you adding another player then we can probably get by with wands, and maybe regular access to an npc channels.
Looking into action and possible boon items now
I think having a healer is a very good idea, especially given some of what is in upcoming books, so my vote would be to find one. That being said we can try without if that is the final consensus.
Hell, if it didn't mean rebuilding Dom from the damn ground up (literally from ability scores forward), I could even envision rebuilding him into a Warpriest, doing some story to work through his mad-on at the gods.
I'm so sorry. I just don't have the bandwidth to keep up with all my PbP games. I took a promotion at work, and by the end of the day my brain just doesn't any power left for posting.
I've enjoyed playing in this game so much, and I wish you all the best. Have great future adventures. This was my first PhP game so long ago, and I'll miss it terribly.
You will be missed Davina. I'm glad we got to play together.
@Davina: Sorry to see you go, but congrats on the promotion!
@Everyone Else: Shall we recruit 1-2 new players and soldier on? I'll try to pick up the pace again closer to pre-pandemic levels.
@Davina: Sorry to see you go, but congrats on the promotion!
@Everyone Else: Shall we recruit 1-2 new players and soldier on? I'll try to pick up the pace again closer to pre-pandemic levels.
Sounds good to me.
Well, at some point I'll likely ask for a volunteer to replace Davina as the player in charge of choosing and rolling the Silver Ravens organization checks, but for now maybe the remaining players can build some sort of consensus for what three actions you'd like to take for the current week. A list of possible actions is provided under the SILVER RAVENS REBELLION ACTIVITY PHASE AVAILABLE ACTIONS spoiler on the Campaign Info tab, though the modifiers for the macros are likely wrong (and will be changing further with Davina's departure and new players taking new officer roles).
If you folks can agree on three actions, I'll make the rolls (hopefully with the correct modifiers). I suggest Recruit Supporters for one action, as you're close to gaining Rank 7 and some bonuses.
Works for me. Good luck with progress on the new job Davina.
My suggestions:
Spread Disinformation (undermine the public’s confidence in the dottari)
Recruit Supporters
Reduce danger
I'm so sorry. I just don't have the bandwidth to keep up with all my PbP games. I took a promotion at work, and by the end of the day my brain just doesn't any power left for posting.
I've enjoyed playing in this game so much, and I wish you all the best. Have great future adventures. This was my first PhP game so long ago, and I'll miss it terribly.
Be well. /wave
I'll probably go with Arani's suggested actions at some point tomorrow, even though no one's seconded them yet. No one's said No to them either. :)
Yeah,those look good. I can't think of anything more pressing.
I concur with those actions.
Hello everyone! Received an invite to replace a lost player. Was lying awake last night and a build came to mind that I think would be fun for this kind of campaign.
* Name: Caldariel
* Race: Elven Onispawn Tiefling
* Class: Oni Enforcer Vigilante
- Social Identity: Local physician
- Vigilante Identity: Oni-masked vigilante
Caldariel never knew his biological parents. His earliest memories were all that of his 'real' parents. His human ones. For the first few decades of his life, everything was normal. His adoptive parents were loving, he had a circle of friends, he even got married. In time, he learned his father's trade of being a physician. All was well. And it would have remained that way, had not the cruel weight of years marched on...for everyone except for him. First it took his parents. Then it took his friends and his wife. He had always called his wife his Rose. An endearment which proved all too accurate as time took it's toll. For all of his skill as a physician he was helpless, being only able to watch, and then to mourn.
Left alone in the home that they had built, Caldariel became a recluse. By day he worked, and retained a polite attitude towards all he met. But he no longer even attempted to make friends, let alone real connections. Instead he worked by day, and sat alone at night, surrounded by memories. And that was when the problems began. It started with the Devil’s Bells of the Temple of Asmodeus. He could hear them clearly from his home. The thought began to nag at him. They seemed to ring at random times. Was there a pattern to them? He latched onto the idea, scribbling furious notes but never seeming to get anywhere. His home became filled with equations and theories that never seemed to go anywhere. And then...his bloodline began to manifest.
For Caldariel, there was a reason why he was abandoned as a child. There was a reason why he was raised by humans, who never knew what was wrong with him. He was a tiefling. And while it was not apparent on the outside, it was clear within him. As the sound of the bells filled his head and the loss of all he cared about filled his heart, the oni taint within him began to manifest. It started with his eyes, with them becoming clearer and sharper in the dark. And with a shock, he found that he could see the state of the soul of his patients, and could tell just by looking at them whether someone was alive or dead. Even worse, he found that he cared less and less for the pain and suffering of others. Rather, their complaints just felt academic. He was disgusted with himself when a mother came carrying a dying infant, and all he could think about was how he was going to miss lunch for someone who couldn't even pay. And then came the dreams. Always it was the same. It was a face. A red skinned, horned and tusked filled face. In the dreams the face just stared at him, staring into his soul the same way that he did to others.
In desperation, Caldariel went and bought woodworking tools. Every night, his head filled with the tolling of bells, he worked on making the face. He came to realize that all of the darkness within him. The part of him that didn't care for others. That was cruel, and vile and wallowed in despair...he realized that it had a face. The face in his dreams. In a fever pitch he worked and he worked until one night he came to the conclusion that he was done. He stared at the face, and for the first time in many a year, he felt at peace. He knew that the face was still part of him. He couldn't throw it away, for then it would no longer contain the part of him that he had exorcised. There was acceptance in that moment. Acceptance in that he was alive when those he loved were dead. That he was not a perfect person, but it didn't make him evil. That he would never be able to go back to the life that he once had...but that it was alright. Because he wasn't living a life of any kind at all. He would continue to mourn, but he would no longer be so self destructive about it. He held the mask close to him, and knew that he would never be able to let it go.
With this realization came the blinding knowledge that he had ignored the plight of the city he was in. Like a man who had come out of a coma he began to listen and learn about the comings and goings to the city. Of the great cruelties that had been leveled on the only city he had ever known, and of the heroism of the Silver Ravens. Ashamed at how he, a man who was supposed to ease the suffering of the world, had been so absorbed in his own that he had not seen what was going on around him, he resolved to find the Silver Ravens and to offer his services.
Caldariel is a powerfully built elf with piercing gray eyes that seem to look directly into one's soul. Much larger and broader of shoulder than what is normal for his people, he explains it by saying that a physician must look after his own body if he is going to tell others how to look after theirs. He usually travels with a thick gray cloak and plain clothing. From within he hides away his second face. Without his second face, Caldariel is polite, if reserved. Careful in word and action, he is far from charming and is certainly not friendly. For those who meet him, he is the kind of person who does not give offense, but who also does not attract others to them. But with the mask? With the mask on it is a different story. When his second face is worn, the quiet and reserved elf is replaced with a vigilante, who revels in the harm that he can cause to others. His medical knowledge becomes used, not for healing and soothing, but instead for striking at pressure points, causing the maximum amount of pain and suffering which in his dark heart he revels in. Caldariel knows that his second face is still a part of him, for everyone has a dark side within them. And rather than hide it or lock it away, he would rather put it to good use for the city that has sheltered and raised him his entire life.
Combat
* Powerful punches. Everything about his combat build is adding flat damage. At the moment it's very lackluster. 1d3+12 damage. A halfway decent fighter would be 2d6+15. So it's not horrible, but it's not great.
* It spikes at lvl 10. With a +1 weapon and a +2 str belt, his punches will be: 1d3+6 (Str) +15 (class) +2 (weapon spec) +1 (trait) +1 (Enchantment) =1d3+25 damage. Not going for power attack, as the damage is high enough without the hit penalties and he doesn't get the 1.5 damage bonus.
Out of Combat
* Out of combat, he is a physician. Healer's Hands Conduit and skill unlock makes his healing skill quite good. As an example...let's say that Domitius is at 1 HP. As a full round action and taking 20 (so out of combat): The unlocked heal skill heals him for 2xHD, so 10HP. Devoted Healer adds 1d4, so about 12. Healer's Hand Conduit adds +5, making it 17. Healer's Satchel adds +4, making it a total of 21.
* This again spikes at lvl 10. Because then it isn't 2xHD, it becomes 4xHD. So to use another example. His healing at lvl 10 will be 40+1d4+10+4, for an average of 56hp healed. Basically, the idea is that having this guy around removes the need to rely on wands of cure light wounds out of combat.
* Skills: He's decent with social skills, perception and a few knowledge skills. Vigilantes are jacks of all trades, and I spread the points around to hit as many areas as I could.
Anyways, still tinkering with the mechanics and profile. But I think that he's pretty much ready to go.
Wow--that was fast! Welcome aboard!
I'll take a closer look at your character over the next day or two and maybe get in touch with you in a PM as to how we might introduce him into the Silver Ravens.
Thank you, glad to be here. Any questions about what’s in the profile, then please ask.
Welcome aboard!
Sorry, I've been a little slower on the draw the last few days than I'd have liked. Our AC went out over the weekend (it's back now), my car's axle broke last night (fixed, but OMG, how does that even happen!?!?), and the pup got spayed yesterday morning (she's home and fine, wearing the cone of shame). So I'm just getting caught up now. I see a couple of beers in my future after this dentist appointment. :D
Wow. Sorry about the axle. Had that happen hitting the speed bump in my workplace parking lot once after a shift.
@Caladriel. Welcome. Nice build. You can occasionally boost both base damage and slight boost to strength with Enlarge spells/potions/effects.
Doesn't look like it was a sudden break. From what the mechanic showed me, it looks like it'd been wearing away for a while, and last night was when it finally gave out. But I'm glad it happened the way it did, a half mile from my house. I mean, it could've given way out on I-80, and I can't even think about how badly that would've sucked. /shudder
For the 1 rank I'll put it in Acrobatics. The 750g gift, I'll go with a Snapleaf perfect for a getaway.
I'm probably going to put that skill point into Intimidate, unless a better idea suddenly hits me. I'll finalize ASAP.
And back in Gameplay, it occurs to me I'm not sure if it's common knowledge, but the "Madame Estrella" Dom refers to is Davina's mother. :)
Meh. Here's your result: 21-24: You can be from somewhere else in the Inner Sea region than the countries normally allowed.
Not even sure what that means. The original GM ran a mostly Core game (or maybe a PFS-compliant campaign would be more accurate, on second glance. Some of the boons allowed race choices outside the Core + tiefling + tengu that GM set up. Since tiefling's a legit choice, I'll give you one more d30 roll to get something decent.
Thank you...as someone from Kintargo that wouldn't make much sense.
He's gonna get something like, "Has a lightsaber", I can feel it already. :)
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... but never uses it because his unarmed damage is better.
Woo-hoo! Jackpot!! (I hope your Sarcasm Detector's on.)
25-29: You can be from anywhere on Golarion.
Back when I was a PC in this campaign, I rolled "You can be from Alkenstar" (after my bard had already decided to take the Noble Scion feat to be part of Kintargo's nobility) and a free teamwork feat, which got used once before the other player with the feat dropped out.
You win some, you lose some.
P.S. - I think I decided to stop using the Boons List because it never seems to grant anything worthwhile.
P.S. - I think I decided to stop using the Boons List because it never seems to grant anything worthwhile.
My "free VMC" says hello. :P
EDIT: and I'm sure I'm using it in the most pearls-before-swine way possible.