On 4/20/2024 at 5:27 AM, Blaeringr said:

Some more questions to further flesh out Chalia's backstory:

Chalia

Are Chalia's parents cavern elves? If not, are they from Talanriel or another elf culture?

I've implied in the encounter with the traveling elves that she speaks a different dialect of elvish than the wandering elves from Talanriel the party met.

Do you want to run with that and the idea that Chalia and her kin share distant ancestors with those of Talanriel but separated over time via the fey folds? Or are her kin mostly from Talanriel, only separated since her parents' travels as scholars and archeologists.

If the former, what is her culture like?

If the latter, as a pale "cavern elf", I picture this as a sub group within Talanriel.

1) They are cavern elves, but they are not from Talanriel, but from the old world. I'm not sure if in this world everybody was teleported in from the same original world or not, and if all elves come from the same world.

2) works for me. Can be a bit like Spanish and Portuegese (or Italian). It sounds the same and if both groups make an effort, they can understand each other.

3) Chalia grew up on the old world and was teleported here. If the Talanriel elves come from the same world, then the first, if not, then the first, but a lot more distant.

4) I mostly went with the culture of the Elves on Golarion when I wrote the backstory, so something very similar to that.

5) It most likely will be, as that will be a very small group of people.

I'll get the cloaks (Ilyrana I think has volunteered to join me) and a warhammer for myself. I guess that's not a problem to find one.

@Starhawk: do you want a secondary weapon (light or one-handed melee) that I can hide in my arms when we go to that meet? If so and you don't have one yet, let me know which one and I'll get one?

so everybody has all those, or is that 7 vials in total? Just to be absolutely clear.

Silver might be useful against undead, especially on the secondary weapons as they won't be magical.

Nera of the Screaming Arrow Female CG Catfolk Ranger (Guide), Level 1, Init 3, HP 12/12, Speed 30 (20 climb) AC 16, Touch 13, Flat-footed 13, CMD 15, Fort 3, Ref 5, Will 1, CMB +2, Base Attack Bonus 1    longbow (40 arrows) +5 (1d8, x3) handaxe +2 (1d6+1, x3) silvered, cold iron dagger +2 (+4) (1d4+1, 19-20/x2) studded leather, light wooden shield (+3 Armor, +0 Shield, +3 Dex) Abilities: Str 13, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 14, Wis 12, Cha 10 Condition: None

"Smelly stuff, just great," she grumbled to herself as she followed Gareth, bow ready to attack. She wanted to clarify that she meant attackers, not children, but someone else had already opened the door and now she had to follow. Well, if all else failed, she was one of the fastest runners and certainly the better climber.

Chelia Gremaris Elven Fighter 3 HP: 42/42 | AC: 20 (21 with shield) | speed: 30 | hero: 3/3 Perception: +8 | Fort: +8 | Ref: +8 | Will: +8 conditions: none

"Weyling decided after the operation to pursue other opportunities," she said, "he was alive and well the last time we saw him, but he just decided that adventuring in the wild wasn't really his thing. Can happen. Not everybody is cut out for that kind of life."

Outside she would suggest going to an inn or something to discuss the next steps. As they worked quite well together as a group, maybe they could stay together and put some of the money in a communal pot to pay for communal things, like some healing potions or one of those 'bigger on the inside than on the outside' bags.

2 hours ago, omegoku said:

I wonder should we try and source a 'bag of holding/spacious pouch' for the party?

Cheapest one is 75gold, but it will be useful for any future looting!

might be a good investment.

As we use automatic bonus progression, we don't really need magical weapons and armour, as those come on their own, except for the special bonuses (make a weapon ghost touch, or flaming, etc.). So a few more consumables and wands are probably higher on the list of things to get.

@Blaeringr: how do you plan on handling that, as normally a weapon needs a fundamental rune before you can put on a special rune. But now we don't need fundamental runes as they come on their own with the bonus progression (and if I understood correctly, it doesn't stack, otherwise I can get a weapon with 6 damage dice, and that's quite too much).

On 10/20/2023 at 5:55 AM, Blaeringr said:

He places a document on the table: a promisory note for a Vedan bank here in Carisport for a sum held on behalf of Shoruuz of the Bronze Horn Hold for completion of contract as deemed to be complete by an arbiter at the bank. The sum is for 300 crowns (gold pieces) - probably better than any of the other contracts you were looking at. In addition, any valuable sites discovered would be your right to sell to the explorers guild.

I thought the reward would be 300gp. Just to stay consistent as I know with PbP it can be difficult as we're playing a year on something that could be done in one session at a table.

"Just a moment," Rasan said as she took the box down, "I don't have the key, so I'll have to study the lock to open it. In the meantime, why are you caught here? And would you help us against the guy with the zombies downstairs?"

She took out some thieves' tools and studied the lock, only starting to open it if the answers she got where satisfactory.

4 hours ago, Kistler said:

I'll br burning all my slots tonight to heal as much as i can't. I'll add that to my last post. Seeing no love/coin contributions for a wand I'll remove that portion.

 

Edit: that's all my spell slots, and everyone should be back to full.

I'm okay with chipping in 150 for a wand. I can't do much more as we didn't get coins since I joined, so I only have what I had left over from my starting gear.

Bella was a lot of things, but stealthy wasn't the first that came to mind, unless it was accompanied by 'not at all'. But she did try to move forward as silently as possible. It went quite well until she dislodged a broomstick that was standing against a wall and it clattered against some metal rods also standing there.

Nera of the Screaming Arrow Female CG Catfolk Ranger (Guide), Level 1, Init 3, HP 12/12, Speed 30 (20 climb) AC 16, Touch 13, Flat-footed 13, CMD 15, Fort 3, Ref 5, Will 1, CMB +2, Base Attack Bonus 1    longbow (40 arrows) +5 (1d8, x3) handaxe +2 (1d6+1, x3) silvered, cold iron dagger +2 (+4) (1d4+1, 19-20/x2) studded leather, light wooden shield (+3 Armor, +0 Shield, +3 Dex) Abilities: Str 13, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 14, Wis 12, Cha 10 Condition: None

Nera is still on high alert, more so when they reach the location.

"How many are there, and what does it look like inside," she asked the child.

Chelia Gremaris Elven Fighter 3 HP: 42/42 | AC: 20 (21 with shield) | speed: 30 | hero: 3/3 Perception: +8 | Fort: +8 | Ref: +8 | Will: +8 conditions: none

Chelia took the crown and handed it over.

"He also doesn't know your hold, as we only used the name 'Neill'," she added, "he might be able to figure it out eventually, but that should give you some time. Oh, and we liberated some books. They're mostly written in the goblin language, so if you're interested, maybe we can make a separate deal on those."

5 hours ago, Rakle said:

Ability damage recovers one point per night, and or it can be healed with lesser restoration (or better spells). Drain is permanent and must be healed with a restoration (or better spells). All of CHA were drain attacks while the CON hits were ability damage.

Halgana only had 2 CON damage, so one lesser restoration (or two nights of rest) will restore that (even if the lesser restoration only restores 1, the night will restore the other, so 1 casting is enough). I can help out with the wand if we want to get one. I have about 200gp (I need some to get the warhammer as I said before) I can contribute.

James McDermott

"Let's have a quick look around," he said to Bernadette, "if you read the map, I'll drive."

He was glad the Land Rover didn't look all that nice, so it wouldn't attract too much attention. And luckily his living in the UK for some time has made him used to driving on the left side of the road, so that shouldn't pose a big issue either. He would keep to the speed limits (or lower if the road conditions don't allow faster driving), not wanting to damage the car on the first day they had it. He would scout out two routes to their rendez-vous and at least as many different bug out routes.

"Good idea," Bella nodded to Flint before carefully moving forward to do as discussed, weapon ready. She found it strange that nobody was trying to put out the fire, but there was little she could do about that anyway, so best look around for something she could do something about.

I don't have that. Will lesser restoration work as well?

I want to buy a regular warhammer and if Ulrica wants, something for her as well (longsword probably). I'll get two spells to hide those weapons in my arms so if we're taken or if we have to leave our regular weapons, I have something with me.

46 minutes ago, hoverfrog said:

Should we assume we're all back to full HP?

 

we had a night, so between Bella and Flint we should be able to bring everybody back to max.

"Weird," Darhana said, putting the shield to the side as it was quite heavy. Then she started to look around in the room, for anything interesting and also for some arrows that might still be whole and which she could use to refill her quiver.

"I'm quite nimble," Vri said, "so maybe, depending on how things look inside. But I'm not sure if everybody will manage. Maybe best look for another way through first and keep dodging lightning as plan B."

She will search the vicinity for another way forward.

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Nera of the Screaming Arrow Female CG Catfolk Ranger (Guide), Level 1, Init 3, HP 12/12, Speed 30 (20 climb) AC 16, Touch 13, Flat-footed 13, CMD 15, Fort 3, Ref 5, Will 1, CMB +2, Base Attack Bonus 1    longbow (40 arrows) +5 (1d8, x3) handaxe +2 (1d6+1, x3) silvered, cold iron dagger +2 (+4) (1d4+1, 19-20/x2) studded leather, light wooden shield (+3 Armor, +0 Shield, +3 Dex) Abilities: Str 13, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 14, Wis 12, Cha 10 Condition: None

Nera follows the child, her bow in her hand, ready just in case it did turn out to be a trap. She wasn't sure, but the amount of paladins and crusaders and other such people in this city made it strange that someone would get away with this. So she decided to keep her eyes, ears and nose open and be ready for anything. She was also still not sure if the child was really a child, so she kept an eye out for any clues, one way or the other.

At night, she would use her spells to make sure everybody was healed, or as much as she could and count on Flint for the rest. The following day she moves along, senses stretching to make sure that they wouldn't be ambushed. When they reached the small hamlet and saw the burning hut, she looked around to see where the thudding is coming from and if someone is already dousing the fire.

Saria didn't want to throw a lot of magic for just a few mutts. And seeing that everybody was in melee, she moved up and attacked the other dog with her longsword.

Halgana Kragminer HP: 97/104; AC: 20; Fort: +9, Ref: +9, Wil: +7 (+9); Greataxe +2: +15/+10, 1d12+8 Composite Shortbow (+3Str, MC): +10/+5, 1d6+3 Dagger (silver, cold iron): +14/+9, 1d4+4 Breastplate +2 (Mithral)

"Do you have a place to sleep," Halgana asked, before looking at her companions, "we should be able to get those robes and I'll get a weapon that I can hide more easily. Should I get one for you as well, Ulrica? Just in case?"