Chosen the Foresight domain from the APG. Okay? It just replaces the basic ability of a diviner.
Hits/Skills/Saves done.
Need to choose an arcane bond (owl or hawk) and first level spells.
Edit I think a viper would be more appropriate somehow. +3 Bluff
Jerrid - am wondering why go with Divination sub-school - would illusion or a related sub not suit our deep-gnomiz (and a viper familiar) :)
as long as it is NOT a Raven!
Astor should be all updated. Onwards and upwards!
Jerrid - am wondering why go with Divination sub-school - would illusion or a related sub not suit our deep-gnomiz (and a viper familiar) :)
Because my int is 13 and that means fairly low DC illusions. Rather than concentrate on save or "die" spells for Jerrid I intend to take rays and other attack roll based spells. He can still take a few illusions such as invisibility however until I have a better idea of the way we work together my gnome is simply an early warning device. For which divination spells will help more to act as a scout.
The plan is mostly to keep my options open.
cheers
So yesterday got a little busier than I had been expecting. Back for a bit now, I'll see about pulling together some responses!
Huh, so aside from the setup information, what else was actually in the module? I thought you had added nearly all of it yourself?
Cool, I was just curious really. Onward to Eralion's keep! :)
Maybe Jerrid should take a cat familiar? Since we are taking the dog already. Are vipers hard to come by?
Don't you hate when the coolest things you do end in bad die rolls :-(
Edit: Moved my reply to the group discussion thread.
And yes the real world is frequently stupid. It's generally considered good form for pbp to give a heads up to your games if you will be unavailable for more than 24 hours. Of course this isn't always possible but it's something to strive for. Glad you're back at any rate :)
And here I am guilty of the same thing :P Yesterday was absolutely nuts, but I'm back and ready to go, just catching up on everything I missed!
No, sorry. Just got most of my information from Tolkien. Can't see spending a feat to do that for pure RP benefit. I put a rank in disguise.
Could be humorous to be outed. It leaves me at net +2 disguise rolled against every one I meet. Won't last long :-)
I think of Sam as a well meaning baby finster from the bugs bunny cartoon.
It is ironic that an aasimar can more easily pass for human than a hobbit.
actually I have a gnome that disguises as a human child to live in the foster system of the major city that the game usually starts in.
Free cheese as a foster child!
I actually love the character.
I flavored everything but stayed within the mechanics.
she is a summoner.
Her stuffed animal is actually a wand of summon ediolon
when she gets angry she throws her stuffed animal at the bad guy and it turns into her ediolon and proceeds to rip them to shreds (or dies, whichever)
and as a follower of Asmodeous I use the alternate summoning tables for her.
I get a hell hound for Summon monster 2 and that is her puppy dog named woofy
Am dropping some hints in-game that Vhillish is rather taken aback by this child who talks like an elder :)
Purely basing this on Sam's dialogue being rather sage and knowing for a child. But hell in a group that includes a deep gnome, drow paladin and self styled Storm Maid, then a wee lad whose worldwise is easy missed lol.
The serjeant's more likely thinking he's some childe prodigy lol.
Alright, here's the best place to do it I think but we should set to properly distributing out loot before who has what matters.
First things first, now that he has an eye for this sort of thing, Damien will take a moment to look over the items they have collected with detect magic. This can either be before they left the farmhouse or once we have a few minutes after our meal if it's important.
On another topic, would you be able to link the Loot Tracker in the Campaign DMG?
As to the loot tracker. What do we do for the claimed box if we have multiple of the same item split among several people? Should we just leave it at nobody and then add one of the items into our own tab?
Also, have we established an official treasurer for this group?
I had said I would act as treasurer provided no one else wanted the job. Didn't get a tonn of feedback so just wanted to make sure.
I guess this is more a party issue in that case. How worried is everyone about ensuring loot division is strickly equal between all parties? I suggest we simply worry more about who can make the best use of whatever we find. But it's up to the party ultimately.
How much transparency you allow is entirely up to you. I'm not really worried about it but I see you issue, especially with harder to pick up abilities.
As for the loot we already have, what all picks up as magic? and what are we still unsure on the properties of? As I said, Damien is looking it over now that he actually has a spellcraft check to speak of.
Let me know what's still undefined and I'll take a crack at it. As it's a new day, Janna could also give me a hand with things as well?
I am good with allowing the magic items go to where they will be best used.
also coin should be pretty much equally divided. I don't think we will be running into to many magic item shops and such anyway. but consumable stuff would probably be the bulk of our magic purchases
For the most part I'd assume so, though I imagine we might be able to pick up a few things in Bard's Gate once we eventually make our way there.
looking over the loot tracker, I noticed that the short sword may be special. has anyone tried to identify it?
would anyone ask Janna to give it a try?
I don't recall if Janna was even fully conscious at the time of course.
I, for one, am very easy going when it comes to loot. I like to be able to grab it when I need it, such as the bow I grabbed, and I agree with Janna on the coin. When it comes to items nobody claims, I go for just selling them off when we get to town.
You were Janna, and if you look a couple post up I'm trying to figure that stuff out right now :)
I'm only asking because I remember being out cold for a while, and also, If the sword was not identified as magical in game then we would not have worried about the identify.
I'm trying to not meta-game
Jerrid found the sword in the house the next morning, you were up and about by then I'm pretty sure. I don't think it's so much metagame as something that got kind of passed over when we moved on. Damien at the very least will make a habit of going over whatever we find, if he's unsure on something he'd bring our proper mage in no question. Oh and make sure to remember if we fail to identify something we can try again the next day.
I'm heading out to a going away party right away so I'll do my part now.
Based on the loot sheet I'm pretty sure it's just the short sword and the pearl of power which we determined did something more but we weren't able to discern what. I'll roll spellcraft for both now.
Guys I think we do need someone to keep an eye on treasure. Damien gets my vote. As for keeping everyone on a par then that doesn't matter to me. Getting people whatever they can use is more important than that.
Jerrid is more interested in loot than pretty much any other character I have played.
I trust you guys to do your best at this, meanwhile I'll keep plugging away at the journal.
Cheers
No problem with Damien acting as treasurer.
My preferences echo that of the others, use what can be used in the best character, the rest gets shared .
Meh, we're playing a game to have fun, not writing a CPA exam. ;D
I haven't run into that yet on these boards yet, hope I don't.
It is becoming hard for me to post regularly. I mean, A post every two days is fine in a lot of pbp but this group just have a really fast posting rate.
I have a letter of commendation should anyone wish to check Damien's credentials regards impeachable conduct and anything but a cad and a scoundrel :)
(am actually in the process of writing up said Letter... should prove a fun read when I get it done :)
@Leoven - I feel ya regards the posting speed... but just chip away where you can. I'm definitely going to include a "default actions" spoiler on Vhillish's sheet of DMG to draw upon if necessary.
I have seen two methods work.
1) Everyone shares equally, but items are taken at a 'cost' equal to the price they would get if the party sold them. Healing and resurrection come out of a set aside common fund.
2) The party attempts to put items in the hands of those that use them the best and uses money to balance obvious inequities. In this 'commune style' everything is communal in a way.
All loot tracking seems to assume that rogues cannot skim or palm items and always offer up any treasure they find. Old school thieves were encouraged to do so, and being part of lawful party splits often brought RP penalties and problems with dieties of a thieving nature. Training was cheaper the better you 'played your class' and thieves that didn't take things normally paid much more to train. But those were the 'old days'.
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It seems the burden of treasurer is mine to bear. So be it!
Should I start plugging in everyone's equipment in their respective tabs or was that something you were going to do DMG?
As to the loot distribution, I'd prefer Samduc's option 2 as it's easier and likely a little more practical with DMG's plans for treasure.
While there aren't any real benefits to being a thieving bastard now days, I think how old school you want to get us up to you Samduc. If you want to try skimming loot that's fine, we'll just add a note next to something if the party isn't aware you have it. As always, just hope the rest of us don't catch you :P
On the subject of the short sword, what size is it DMG? If it is sadly unwieldable by the rogues, I would suggest Astor take it. Mechanically it's essentially a masterwork longsword so it's still an improvement for you.
And as for you Sergeant...I don't even know where to start...:P
Just remember, Samduc, Freya's always watching !!! :)