Hello everyone, and please check in so I know you got your PM! Gameplay thread is already up next door if you'd like to start wandering around the lovely village of Phaendar!
Hello friends! Let's get this party started. ;)
Hello all
I am currently swapping this gall around to a Defender of the True World. Last thing that remains is swapping out a trait as Trustworthy lost it's value with Diplomacy as a class skill from the archetype.
Hmm? Oh. Uh, yes of course. Quinn checking in.
Warren reporting in.
Warren reporting in.Warren or William?
This confused me as well.
Hey Shisumo I was just going over my character and I realized that I don't need to take Mostly Human in order to be a valid target for Efreeti Magic as it makes an exception right there in the text. So I'll be dropping Mostly Human. Shouldn't change much, just trying to be transparent.
Bonesaw is ready!
Seriously though, I'll get an alt built shortly and posted here.
EDIT: and here it is!
Bonesaw is ready!
Seriously though, I'll get an alt built shortly and posted here.
EDIT: and here it is!
I gotcha for three minutes!
William not Warren. Warren is one of my other multiple personalities. There's just too many voices in my head. Sorry
So we have an UnRogue, a fighter, a Warlord (which I think I'd like to look into,) a druid and a wizard. Did I miss anyone?
So now that everyone has had a chance to post into the thread and make themselves known in Phaendar, be aware that the next major scene kicks off in the evening, when all five of you assemble at one of the following four places: Oreld's Fine Shop, the Phaendar Trading Company, the Riverwood Shrine, or the Taproot Inn. Which one is up to you guys, and you can of course feel free to keep roleplaying as long as you like before then.
My vote is the Fine Shop. But I really have no preference.
DM, is there anything particular that you've seen so far that you would like us to change about our posts?
The Fine Shop would make most sense for Calliae
The Inn. Adventures always start in the inn! It's like a law or something.
If not the Inn the shop is fine.
No no no. It's the Fine Shop.
Also, shadowy tables in the back of taverns are where true stories begin.
I'm fine with the Fine (ahem) shop being where we start.
I don't see why Raska couldn't make his way over there at some point. I'm sure he needs... Things.
So, is Wee Patterson Golarion's Lil Sebastian?
Now I wish I had made a bard.
To leave it out would high treason.
Sooo, how is everyone doing?
sorry for the Angsty start. Edvard just has alot on his plate emotionally right now. He'll perk up some once our group coalesces.
Figures I try to intimidate them and get intimidated myself instead. Lovely.
Omg. If Wee Patterson dies....
So, while we're waiting, anyone got any funny stories from previous games?
200 XP for each of you for this encounter.
Looting the hobgoblins turns up:
set of Medium studded leather armor (x2)
longsword (x2)
longbow (x2)
quiver with 20 arrows (x2)
light steel shield (x2)
masterwork backpack
heavy crossbow (with 20 bolts and 10 masterwork bolts)
clearly labeled potion of guidance (x8)
a wand
a scroll containing three different spells
dried goat meat, sheep’s cheese, and a jug of sheep’s milk worth a total of 5 Provision Points
(A Provision Point is enough food for one person to eat for one day - this will become much more relevant soon.)
Raska would certainly take a suit of studded leather if no one else needs it. ;)
You'll get no complaint from me.
Calliae would like the masterwork backpack but that's about it, at least until we know what the scroll holds.
**Potential various AP spoilers below**
I find it quite interesting that the four APs I am currently involved with (RotRL and II in pbp format, Second Darkness on roll20 (not an attack on the city, but the casino itself) and listening to the Glass Cannon podcast play Giantslayer) all start with a harrowing assault on the starting location. I never realized how common of a campaign hook that was. It is certainly interesting how different they all play out and the interactions between the party members and the steps they take to fight/flee/help/die horribly. I can't wait to see where this next leg takes us. I've always wanted to do the wilderness survival thing in Pathfinder, but this'll be my first opportunity to actually do it.
Very exciting stuff and you're doing a bang-up job so far Shisumo. I can't imagine how complicated it must be running three simultaneous tables of the same AP. You must be an excellent note-taker, hah.
Edvard will strap on a bow and quiver.
The only thing Quinn would like atm would be the wand.
40 XP for disabling the trap.
120 XP for recovering the stump remover and the notes. You also find foodstuffs and waterskins equivalent to 7 Provision Points in the cellar.
Also, you now have followers! While they are accompanying you, on the second or later round of any combat, you can make a Diplomacy or Intimidate check, DC 12, as a free action to get an Aid Another bonus to your AC or your next attack, to have someone hand you something, to have someone make a First Aid attempt, or to have someone drag a fallen ally away from a battle. With a DC 17 check they will make an attack for you, but even the warrior is likely to go down fast if someone actually attacks them.
Currently you have five followers: Vane Oreld (expert 2), one adept 1, and three commoners 1.
Are we supposed to be keeping track of XP? Most games I've played in on here don't but I just want to make sure since you are telling us.
I do run games using XP, yes.
Also, let me know when you're ready to move on and what your next destination is. If you follow Calliae's suggestion to just proceed clockwise around the town, your next stop would be the Phaendar Trading Company, but more complicated decisions on timing are also available.
I'm ready to post, but I think I'll wait for a flanking buddy since Raska can't see to hit the broad side of a barn.
Are we not going with the ranged attack first?
If you hold actions to do so, sure. But there is a round clock already going - remember how I mentioned the roof is on fire? - so there's no surprise round here, especially since you don't really have cover for all of you and no one has made any Stealth checks or the like.
(Not sure if you were asking Raska or me, but I wanted to explain nonetheless.)
Yep, I'm honoring the rolled initiative order and the ranged then melee plan. I'll post when the ball has started rolling. No held actions for me.
The plan was for you and Calliae to attack from range while Raska, Evard and I closed for melee.
Wow. Yeah, somehow my brain completely missed that line.
81 XP each for the fight.
Looting the bodies recovers three more sets of the Legion's standard kit: longsword, longbow and 20 arrows, light steel shield, studded leather armor. One of the victims' bodies in the trading yard also bears some worthwile, if unusual and potentially significant, loot: a wrist sheath loaded with a masterwork dagger, a potion, and what looks like a vial of some kind of poison. (A Craft: alchemy roll can potentially ID the poison.)
Also, though it might seem distasteful, the slaughtered animals in the animal pen can potentially be butchered for some additional Provision Points - it would take about 5 minutes per animal, although you have enough followers that you can have them work on each of the three kills simultaneously if you choose.