I'll be ready to begin again next week. Look for an update this weekend.

Happy New Year!

Looking forward to some piratey goodness.

I think the Pirates of the Caribbean movies are just at that age now where they're starting to be kind of retro cool again.

I remember really liking the first one, but don't recall ever seeing the others. They came out around the time I had kids and got married and shit. I'm going to have to brush up.

I would say the first one is the best, and I think "objectively" that's true. But I always really liked the second one. There is a shot where a clock is being hoisted up while British redcoats storm a beach... it just encapsulated the whole conflict between freedom and order. The pirates are chaotic good but you have all these be-wigged British guys being lawful evil.

I just want to say that I absolutely love days where we both post multiple times.

Me, too!

Forming a subcommittee to discuss this plan, which will be forwarded to the main committee, which will be voted on by delegates from each ship, after planning to plan for the vote of course.

I can't actually make items except scrolls, right? It would require a feat.

Sounds like a great random encounter to me.

This is one of those situations where Stan's behavior feels a little out of character, maybe even the tiniest bit railroaded, but I don't care because out of character I know this scene is going to be awesome.

I'm excited you found a way to highlight planar binding and the nitty-gritty of spellcasting rules. Those are two D20/Pathfinder things that excite me, and it's obvious you've picked up on that. The fact that you went out of your way during your pirate mission to incorporate some kind of planar magic scene makes me very happy with you as a GM.

That, or this was part of a published adventure all along and I'm just reading too much into it.

Either way, great work!

Thanks, I really appreciate that!

If I may part the veil a little bit, no, this is not part of the published adventure. I have been using the module as a guideline, or setting backdrop. Most of the events playing out are either my own work, or my reactions to your decisions. For example, the last thing I took from the module was the name of Fort Blackwell. In print, the location and peoples were described vastly different than how I portrayed them herein.

I have been trying to take these adventures (both here on RPoL, and at my tabletop) and run them more abstractly. I have grown tired of hearing players and GMs blame issues on modules. I don't care what the publication says. Gameplay becomes much more interesting and involved when the players' characters have skin in the game. And that means, the story has to be tailored to them, individually.

If I ran this as written, the whole campaign would be about Lavinia, a series of obscure and contrived subplots against Lavinia. That's great and all, but what about you? Why are you here, and how's the universe working against you?

Make no mistake, Lavinia is and will continue to be in danger; but so are/will you. Sometimes those dangers will be the same, and sometimes they won't be.

She won't be in danger much longer!!!! For I have returned!!!

Welcome back!

Narrator, I have two questions about some boons from the points of interest thread.

What's the current status of Clementine's profane gift? Is it usable in her current state? And if so, what would Stan have to do to get it, just ask?

Also, for Brogan's blessing, would that apply to a check for something like deciphering a spell, or is that too long-term for the blessing to apply?

I'm trying to get every advantage I can before tearing a hole in reality.

RE: Boons—
Clementine can use profane gift but, for some reason unbeknownst to her or Stan, she cannot communicate telepathically anymore. Her current relationship status is Association, which will require Stan (or someone else) to ask her to bestow it to them daily (or until she removes it, or gives it to someone else).
As written, Brogan's blessing of the faithful lasts 1 round for combat purposes; but I'd like to use your allies' abilities a bit more abstractly outside combat. I'm not sure if you noticed it, but the Tracker thread included other allies, and their abilities/boons too. For example, Liamae has an ability, touch of destiny, that can help as well.
I will be stricter in combat, but out of combat, I always intended for boons and abilities to be used for things like this.

When will Captain Brutus Frostfire come save us!!!!

Not here, not now.
#bonuspoints

I laugh everyday thinking about this post!! #deliciousmustard

Lord Fetchin craves only the hottest, most satisfying of condiments.

Sure, but it's nothing like the spice of... adventure.

If we have I don't remember. It's been awhile

Two copper and a round of ale say that now that Liamae knows this romance isn't forbidden, she loses all interest.

Mr 3000 & now Mr 6000!!!!!!

Like Usher said, Let it burn!!

Man did we make a mess or what!?  Time for spicy mustard

I thought that was the princess from Frozen?