Megan's Curse of the Crimson Throne (Inactive)

Game Master Megan Robertson

Hey perhaps Zadarra - 'The amazing', the halfling Bard pointed Diggle to us as possible heroes looking to help Korvosa get rid of the scum o the city? He could be waiting for us at "Hytogg's" home...

We may be waiting a bit. Megs is no doubt flat out with the newjob. Lecturing takes a fair amount of prep.work.

Yeah, I hope she's going okay. I keep checking the thread every hour (as I am on holiday) but I completely understand where she is at.

She's just about to have a week off... :)

Job's great. They messed up on my wages but looks like that is just about sorted and I will get to eat! (The UK welfare system appears to assume that everyone is paid daily cash-in-hand, everything cuts out the moment you start a job no matter what the payment schedule happens to be.)

Ashe, it's fine if you read up on Varisian culture in the AP if you want to. Try and avoid the actual adventure, there is a bit of foreshadowing.

Ok Megan.. I'll have my friend only photo-copy the relevant data! I don't want any spoilers! :)

She's back. Yay!

Shucks Megan. Only PC's should be in danger of starving. Not RL people. Hope you get a full tummy soon.

OMG the suspense is killing me softly with it's poison.

We'd calculated on what ought to have been the payroll run Thursday, but it turned out they'd put me on the wrong contract. Just about sorted now, and we have sufficient to tide us over. Just as well for the break, at least I don't have to put fuel in my car to go there...

Diggle, after Shakhan has the brawl he's spoiling for with the carrion golem, we will just about have finished the first book of the 6 in the AP.

I take it everyone else wishes to continue with Book 2?

HELLS YEAH!

Oh Yeahs! Definitely!

Naturally.

Oh goodie, I have enjoyed DMing you. As I said, I have a week off, so as well as giving Shakhan his chance to star in a good brawl I shall read Book 2 and get ready for that!

Let's get it on then. I'm salivating for 5th level.

Does anyone mind if i take the scroll of blur?
Hytogg can have the wand once we ID it.

Sounds cool by me. Once everyone has claimed items from the list... I'll remove the items each has claimed.

Also we should detect magic on everything we take out of the lair to make sure nothing magical was missed. Some items can seem innocuously mundane and still be magical.

Detect cast and scroll added to my list.

Are we picking up diggle?

Diggle's waiting in the winds of change my friend.

Sweet. Wasn't sure if you were up.

Diggle, you are at the Cathedral when the rest of the party arrive.

May Diggle assist the party effectively!

I'm glad that Diplomacy roll went high. Diggle would have hated to start off on the wrong foot.

I have no doubts he will do just fine! :)

have we leveled? Ashe and diggles page are 5th level?

Just found the post about levelling when we kill the golem. Ding. [Flight hex! FTW!]

By the way Diggle. Looked over your spellist. NICE! You can varrel are gonna get along swell.

Rolling for HP

1d8 ⇒ 7

YES!

Promoted to 5th level.

1d8 ⇒ 4 hitpoints.
8 skillpoints

+1 Intimidate
+1 Disable Device
+1 Perception
+1 Acrobatics
+1 Craft
+1 Climb
+1 Survival
+1 Stealth (New Skill)

Class Abilities
Evasion
Rogue Talent (Ki Pool)

Base Atk +1
Ref Save +1

Feat
Extra Ki

New powers.

Flight- 5mins a day in 1min increments.
Levitate 1/day
Featherfall at will
6 skill points
Power Attack
Another 1st and 2nd level slot.

1d8 ⇒ 3 Hitpoints (Cleric)

3 HP
7 Skill Points
2nd Level Cleric Spells
Spell Penetration - Feat

Does anyone mind if i take the scroll of blur?

Hytogg can have the wand once we ID it.

Hytogg had the scroll, but will willingly give it up, as he never would soil his hands by entering melee where the scroll is most useful.

Something to not about a scroll of blur... it makes one immune to sneak Attack dice... you cant use precision based damage on a target with any amount of concealment. Blur grants a 2o% miss chance... so it is useful out of combat ...so to speak.

Just Saiyan...

I wanna add it to my spellbook - probably gonna go for Blindfight, Combat Exp, MOONLIGHT STALKER.
Rather than wpn fcs, wpn spl, gtr weapon fcs.

Same numerical bonuses and more versatility.

Excellent.... :)

By the way, my working pattern seems to have settled on very long days Monday & Tuesday and lighter the rest of the week, hence it's unlikely I shall bob in on those days... just so you know & don't think I've disappeared or anything.

Okay, a peeve, Ashe. And perhaps you might have sensed my character's irritation at this before. But now it's irritating me a little bit.

Please don't type the deities' names in all caps. I don't mind if you bold and italicize or even enlargen with the bigger tag. But all caps is yelling. And people don't normally go around talking in normal tones of voices and yelling the names of deities in the middle of conversation. Well, perhaps Jehovah's Witnesses do, but that's one of the reasons that not a lot of people like them. No offense to anyone here who is a Jehovah's Witness.

Okay, so peeve expressed, moving on. :)

Oh, and Hytogg, thanks for playing along with Una's irritation. I know you're busy with work. Didn't mean anything by it, just slipping some roleplay in. =P

I'm a Mormon, for the record. Don't know what (or if) anyone else believes, but I talk to my God quietly. Things may be different on Golarion, of course.

Hmmm... Ok... I do see your point in a text based forum. Caps is generally reserved for yelling... didn't think of that. My capping them was only a styling of my own... it was never to mean Ashe was yelling deities names all the time. I'll keep that in mind and refrain from capping unless I'm yelling since it is an established text-based decorum understanding.

@ Megan: Are you going to reply to my last last to the Bishop and Nexus or are you ok with us moving on to purchases and preparing for the execution?

Una, are you a little pissed off? You keep referring to your original companions? You seem a little disgruntled.

Nah... well, the character is. The player isn't... =) :P Una gets disgruntled at a lot of things though, that's just her way.

You should have seen her try to warm up to the other characters at the beginning of the game. She doesn't trust very well (widow trait), and is used to the hard life of a mercenary female fighter in a business controlled by men. So she'll eventually warm up to you. Just might take a while.

That being said, the player does get passionate about the character sometimes, and doesn't feel at all ashamed to show it. Feel free to ask Ashe about the trust issues. =P And some of the marvelous arguments we've had. :)

She has a few things that just drive her absolutely batty, and Ashe so far seems to be checking off the list. So, when she refers to her "original companions", those are the ones she's been the longest with, are more used to her temperament and know how to get along with her. As far as other trust issues, she still doesn't quite trust Ashe, usually disagrees with him on the proper way to do things. She trusts Varrel since he seems to understand the mercenary code of ethics a little better, even though she does not know him very well. As for the little one, well, she doesn't know him at all, and isn't inclined to getting to know him. (You're very welcome to see that as a character flaw, if you like.) But she'll warm up if you're not superlawful or obnoxiously good. =)

As an aside, if you want to get on Una's good side, (and this goes for just about anyone), here's a few pointers.

1) Keep a low profile. As part of her career, Una hates drawing attention to herself, unless necessary to intimidate people to get out of her way.
2) Tactics before ethics. She's not completely averse to the idea of doing good, but her life as a mercenary has trained her mind more specifically for combat, and for any number of bad things that seem to happen frequently in Korvosa. For Una, the city uprising isn't any worse than her normal days in Korvosa, just another bad angle that has to be operated around.
3) Realism before optimism. Optimism and Pessimism are completely unnecessary, tactically speaking. They just get in the way of seeing the truth of the matter.
4) Religion should be limited to doing those things it does best, and not to sticking its nose in places where it doesn't belong. The same goes for governments and law enforcement, however, Una is used to their presence in places where they don't belong and she regards that with less hostility than religions doing so.
5) Diamonds are a girl's best friend. Material wealth isn't a goal in and of itself, but it does make living in a harsh city much easier.

That is quite funny, cause coming from the outside I wasn't sure if it was personal or IC. I can understand your point of view.

Ash - LG Crusader
Hyt - NG Benefactor
Var - NG Benefactor
Una - CG Rebel
Dig - CN Free Spirit
Sha - N

So, Shakhan & I can pretty much go with whatever we feel. But Diggle likes a bit of Chaos cause it's far more interesting than order.

Hytogg and Varrel will preserve life but doesn't care to follow law. So baddies may die to save goodies. (by preserve life, it comes down to protecting life essence by preventing imposed suffering)

Una and Ash both wish to preserve life and do whats right but they butt heads when it comes to the method of doing so.

Before Diggle came along. There surely would have and should have been disagreements between Una and Ash. Now Diggle joins and swings the parties alignment more toward Chaos. It will be hard for Ashe to sway the party from here on in because Diggle will prefer the non lawful method as will Una. And the others wont care as long as those who deserve to be saved, are.

I would say that Ash would, in time become either more staunch on his views and be ejected from the party as it would streamline the party motivations. Or he would simply leave the party himself and look for a better group that follow his views.

This is the reason I am always cautious with Paladins and way up the party alignment before accepting one.

If playing a Paladin I tend to follow LAW within the deities areas of concern. (in this case Iomedae; honor, justice, rulership, valor) Honor, keep your word. Justice, see that the unlawful are punished. Rulership, strive to uphold rulership only if it is LG. Valor, courage in the defense of your cause.

So be staunch about protecting good aligned. Be suspicious of neutral aligned. Judge evil aligned. Remember, nothing is born innately evil. They earn that alignment just as you earn your alignment badge. Detect Evil is your friend. Say a prayer to Iomedae as you judge the evil.

Just wanted to add, that you begin turning evil when you intentionally cause suffering. If you judge someone after detecting them evil, you will do your part by giving them a swift death without sufferance.

Fascinating to see what is going through your minds... you folks bring exceptional depth to your role-playing and make it a pleasure and a challenge to DM you - thank you all :)

Not sure why the stop. Varrel would have actually gone straight to the Marshall. Just going with the DM here...

I'm with you on that Varrel.. but i'm cool with it none the less. Plus it gives my shopping list time to be fulfilled. LOL!

That is quite funny, cause coming from the outside I wasn't sure if it was personal or IC. I can understand your point of view.

Ash - LG Crusader
Hyt - NG Benefactor
Var - NG Benefactor
Una - CG Rebel
Dig - CN Free Spirit
Sha - N

and stuff.

Yep, you missed a few good arguments. Me and Ashe, Varrel and Ashe. In fact, we forgot to loot Cabbagehead's body this last adventure because Varrel and Ashe were too busy arguing over killing him, and Una and Shakhan were trying to get out of earshot of the argument. So, yeah. It makes for great roleplay, but we might have passed over some good stuff.

I don't have any qualms over playing a paladin. I don't particularly happen to like Iomedae because I think she's a little stuffy. But my Pathfinder Society character is a Paladin of Arazni, a member of the Order of the Phoenix, dedicated to Arazni's restoration to divinity. And yes, he occasionally monologues, probably not as much as Ashe does, but its a fashion choice. He can also be overprotective of female characters, overconfident in his paladin abilities, and otherwise probably generally irritating. But humility is part of the Paladin code, in some places, and is a personal goal of Marcellius to develop that humility.

It will be interesting what discussion will ensue should Ashe ever have to fight female opponents! lol! I expect it will annoy some of the party. Its just never come up yet.

Don't give me ideas...

Fingers crossed megs gets back today. We need cash to pull off an escape.

Too true. Well, what I'm planning I don't but it will effectively spend all my cash. This AP is REALLY stingy with the needed cash for characters of our level.

@ Megs: Oh and here is the treasure list Megan.. we need some appraisal of what items are and their value so we know how much we each have in spendable cash to upgrade or purchase new gear...

[Devargo's Possessions (on person)]
7x Vials – {5x Black, 2x Clear ‘Blue Cork & Red Cork’}
- potion of cure moderate wounds (2d8+3hp heal), 5x spider venom (DC 12, 1d4 Str/1d4 Str)
2x Keys - one opened his chest, the other the brig in which Varrel was held.

[Lab – C8]
1x Vial - dose of dream spider venom.

[Devargo’s Chest – C14]
[150gp] Scroll – Blur {Varrel's possession}
[150gp] Elixer of Love
[1,800gp] Pouch - Dust of Appearance

[The Dead Warrens]
'Derro's Loot' - D5 & D3
[30gp 'maybe'] 3x scruffy Leather Armor
[30gp] 3x Shortsword
[750gp or 1,650gp 'Mw'] 3x 'Nice' as in Masterwork{?} Repeating Light Crossbow w/12 Bolts 'Blue/Green' Substance on tips
3x Hooked Throwing Club w/20'ft line
Handfuls of stone dice
Hammer & Pliers {both need cleaning}

'Otyugh's Loot' - D4
Amber Necklace
[22gp] Silver Dagger
Metal Flask {Magical} w/liquid '?' - wax sealed

'Alchemy Lab' - D7
[200gp] Alchemist's Lab 'Some needs a little repair' {Ashe's possession}

'Library' - D10
Tomes on Necromancy, Golem Creation {Diseases - {Ashe's possession}}
Scroll - identify, command undead {Hytogg's possession?}

'Stitchery' - D11
Glinting saws, pliers, long stitching needles, and other surgical equipment
'Side alcove' mundane materials - thread, needles, knives, shears, etc.
set of masterwork manacles {Una's possession}

'Bedroom' - D12
large fourposter bed
simple writing desk
full-length mirror

'Vreeg's Room' - D13?
Vreeg's corpse {Turned over to the church of Pharasma}
wand (which bears a carving of a skeletal hand) {Magical}
5x vials of a clear blue liquid
Dagger-Masterwork {Magical '?'}
Gold Ring {Magical '?'}
robe decorated with bones (hanging on a peg).
fat spellbook written in extremely poor handwriting
a couple of books on necromancy
a laboratory notebook (same bad handwriting)

I ...assume we are going to sell all the mundane equipment not claimed. Ashe would like to use the alchemical laboratory. Also do those books in the library give any added bonus to research in those fields? Just curios... there are Organized Play modules that do stuff like that...especially when they mention a specific subject in a tome of lore.

Edit: I put in the values of the objects I could determine mostly.

I did detect magic on all the gear but no reply yet.

Yeah, I need to get Ashe 'suited up' for the execution. Should I just post my preparations or wait hoping on a response to our questions to the Marshall? What do you think?