I have been thinking of adding a third party for some time now.  So far we have been lucky, after the original few drop-outs no one has left the game yet.  It happens.  Lives change, situations change – sometimes people can let us know it is happening -  other times something massive happens and they can’t let us know.  Players leaving isn’t a ‘maybe’ it is a fact of life.  Rook has been in that position for a while (and let us know), the same sort of thing might happen to more of us.  As you know, I like reasonable sized groups that can absorb minor absences without it being a show stopper, therefore I would like to have a few players and Characters who I can ‘promote’ when the need arises.

I don’t want loads of new players, because I intend for most of the third group to stay a few levels below the main party and fill in the gaps you guys leave.  Kingmaker is a massive AP, even before I started adding in bits from other modules, and my TT players never manager to explore everything available at each level.  On RPoL we go that much slower, there will be loads of little bits and bobs left over for people to dig around in. So, I will take in two or three new players at most and fill the rest of the party with secondary characters for you guys.  But read it all before you get too excited :]

New Players – I don’t intend to advertise on the Public Players Wanted boards if I can help it.  However, I would like you to ask around among the other people you play with -  to see if they are interested in / need another game.  I know there are at least two of you   who have said they might know someone.  If you don’t know anyone suitable -  no problem :}  I am more than happy to spend time with a new player, helping them build a character that will fit into the game and prosper.

New Players Characters will start at L1 and will be built according to same rules as yours were, according to the  defintion in the first post in the Character Creation thread.

Secondary Characters – If you want to run a second character  it will be either a L2 NPC Class Character or a L1 PC Class character, on a ten point build.  New players get priority (but as I said I am not looking for many)  and then priority will go to characters who have been requested or foreshadowed (there are two of those) then it is probably first come first served – unless someone comes up with a suggestion I can’t refuse ….

Welcome Mariam - who will be joining us OOC until we work out character details.

*grin*  now you can see exactly what they have got themselves in to.   :)

Please feel free to join in any OOC conversations that are around.  I'll get you some sort of RP thread as we know what to add.

Welcome Mariam! I'm happy to help you get up to speed too! Just let me know if you have any questions and I'll be sure to lead you astray.

In reply to DM (msg # 2):

Hello all I'm excited to be playing with you. from what I've heard so far this is going to be a very fun game. :3

Welcome Mariam! Looking forward to seeing what you do

DM, you are welcome to search the game you play in that I run for players.  If you don't have access to all the threads let me know and I can add you.  Or if you prefer I can give you some names and you can decide from there.

Thank you Zorah.  You graciously allowed me to advertise back when I started this game.  However, I think I will leave any further advertising for a while, certainly until the holidays are over and everyone is back at work/school/slavery/etc.

Hello, Tansy here, excited for what adventures may come!
This message was undeleted by the player at 14:43, Fri 13 Jan 2017.

Welcome Tansy, I'll be traveling with you as well!

Hey everybody, new guy here. Still working out specifics with the DM, but I wanted to jump in and say hi!

Welcome Marik! You couldnt be working out details with anyone better!

Hello Marik, and thank you Lex :)

And now Kethara has joined us. :)

Welcome to you as well Kethara.

And now Jicca has joined us.   Hi Jicca.

It is like a main line railway station around here at the moment  :)  So I am going to close the recruiting, we should have enough people to make a go of it :)

And welcome Cass as well -  who just snuck under the wire with a concept that I liked :)

Hi, everyone. Thank you for having me along. I look forward to role playing with you all.

In reply to DM (msg # 15):

Thank you for adding me. This will be fun.

And I have finally found a portrait I like and now have my description up.

Welcome to the other new folks!

Quick question, do we roll for starting cash?

You may either roll (on the dice roller) or take the average.  If you roll I expect you top work with what you have, even if it is very low  :)

Ok, I am done. Please check over the character sheet and let me know.

The DM is in the UK and said in another thread he was going to bed but I am sure he will review your sheet in the morning! So glad you are all hear and looking forward to meeting you each in character!

That looks Good Jicca  :)

We need to have a quick chat about background so we can sketch out the broad detail - but I will PM you about that  :)

Actually, I think I am happy with the broad background of all of the new characters -  so I will introduce you all at Oleg's trading post.  So  Cass, Jicca, Kethara, Miriam, Marik & Tansy will be with the wagon, Lex is already there, and you are free to post IC in the Oleg Threads once i have set the intro uo

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Henry de le Maistre has a Charter to clean up the lands to the south.  Word on the street is that he will be given a new Charter to colonise the area.  If ever there was an opportunity,  this is it - and your character has realised it.

You were in the city of Restov when a trade wagon came in under the Command of a Paladin Borric d'Cordain and his assistant Adoven.  They set about buying supplies and then set off for their base at a place called Oleg's.  You (for your own reasons) tagged along ....

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There we go -  all the new characters are now at Oleg's trading post (which IS a bit different from all meeting up at an inn :P )

I'll start bringing the rest of the NPCs out later  :P

In reply to DM (msg # 26):

Are you waiting on one of us?

I will get to that thread tomorrow  :)

I am very excited to be playing with all of you. I'm trying to play a character type that I don't normally play, so here is to new adventures all around!

I hope I didn't scare all the new people off... Do I smell? I mean, I guess I smell, I have been living out here for a while now. Although, there is a really nice bathing pool that Pipre found! So maybe I don't smell.

Don't worry we're all here for you

Although I suspect that Tansy doesn't want to go to the Bathing Pool with you  :P  Or me, come to that.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 14:26, Thu 19 Jan 2017.

So, where to now?

Any of those locations you fancy.  There are few NPCs around - and I should be able to make short posts for them while I am away :)   head to the fire and  get some dinner if you like.  I am happy for you to assume Svetlana will dish food out.

I will get you off on a mission as soon as I get back :)

Tansy, any chance we could get a description? I have no idea what you look like or what kind of weapons/armor you're carrying.

In reply to Marik (msg # 35):

Not really on my priorities list right now.

Bullet points to be added to tide you all over until I make something substantive.

Edit: that's the best I could do at moment, let me know what needs adding
This message was last edited by the player at 02:37, Mon 23 Jan 2017.

Having read your description, your IC posts make much more sense. That said, Lex has no way to know that IC.

Right now he just thinks he's a second class citizen, which is what he thought before anyway so no real change...

In reply to Lex (msg # 37):

That's the intention, you just happened to be on hand for a demonstration of her issues

I'm sure we will get along great

Sorry for lack of posting. I am still here. Really busy at work, but should free up after this weekend.

If any of you guys want to play cards with David, or order work from him,  thats cool

I am happy for you guys to 'double time' the Camp Fire and Exploring threads.  It just means you won't win or lose too much at cards :)

For a marching order, how about Tansy, Lex, Mariam, Marik, Kethara, Jicca, Cass? Cass is missile capable and would rather get back jumped than see it happen to someone else.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:01, Fri 03 Feb 2017.

That works for me. I can fling a few spells to hamper a rear ambush too.

In reply to Cass Mordane (msg # 41):

I'm not that squishy it would probably benefit the group if Mariam was in the back or at the front.

At this point in our career's we're all a little too squishy for comfort...

Yeah :)  Fun isn't it :P

In terms of marching order, I have a +4 bonus to perception which was why I was leading but if there is someone with a better perception check by all means take the lead. I am an archer so it makes more sense for me to be towards the rear...

In 3.5 (Complete Adventurer) there's an option to take a -4 to a check to grant an ally a +2 to that check. Might Tansy try to boost Lex's Stealth with her own?

Thanks Tansy. Let's just say Lex wasn't built to be an adventurer. At least not initially so he's not super-stealthy...

Just noticed what a rough and tumble bunch we might seem, each with our own personal edge.

Just enough that you have you put a bit of work into being a group.  Not enough that you are at each other's throats.  :)

We don't seem too opposed, I'd say.

Edit: also can I get a ruling on my question above about helping Lex out?
This message was last edited by the player at 14:51, Mon 13 Feb 2017.

In reply to Tansy (msg # 51):


Not for move silently :)  Most skills will allow Aid Another -  but not something like that :)

In reply to DM (msg # 52):

I wasn't asking about aid another

In that case, it is something I am not aware of.  Do you have a link for the 3.5 ability?

In reply to DM (msg # 54):


-Complete Adventurer, pg 96

Ranks would need to be adjusted as Pathfinder doesn't do the quadruple points at 1st thing. Or maybe you only want it being the province of higher level characters

Edit: good thing I quoted the whole thing. Either way it wouldn't apply right now!
This message was last edited by the player at 16:49, Mon 13 Feb 2017.

Do the elks have cover? Obviously I'd like to get a little bit closer before firing, but I want to know if I even have a shot here :)

There are trees between you and the Elk, if they had been in the clearing with you they would have run away by now.   You can see them and you have a shot, not the easiest of shots, but you have a shot :)

.... said the helpful DM :)

http://www.alamy.com/stock-pho...sweden-21402364.html

but further away :)

So they aren't benefiting from Cover or Concealment?

Well -  you can't see all of any of the elk, so they may have some element of cover or concealment.  I am not going to be more specific than that.

In reply to DM (msg # 60):

That'd be cover, unless you're being deliberately vague because magic is involved. Partial cover, by the sound of it.

I guess Lex and I will work under that assumption.

The problem is one is a percentile chance to miss and another is an armour class increase for the elk

Edit: I mean, our characters are physically there, can they not (assuming it's not illusions) see whether the elk are obscured because of shadow/fog (concealment) or by foliage (cover)? If it's just distance that's a function of Perception checks and range increments.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:42, Mon 13 Feb 2017.

I will always be vague about questions couched in game-specific terms.  It is for you guys to work out whether you think a specific game rule applies in a particular situation :)

I will give description for as long as you keep asking - although I prefer to do that IC rather than OOC :)

I suggest throwing bombs at it.

In reply to DM (msg # 62):

Is it partial cover or partial concealment?

I was asking to make sure I rolled correctly, but I guess giving it as AC increase is significantly easier and less disruptive :)

Bombs are good for people, but they ruin meat...

*mumbles* your opinion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyPFQKpRnd0

I always enjoyed that episode  :)

I don't really have anything to add or help with the hunt. Sorry :(

Thank you all for indulging my hunting trip.

In reply to Lex (msg # 70):

Ohh,   All the parties get little distractions and random encounters every so often.  Some lead to fights with gargoyles, some lead to herds of Elk, others might lead to trolls or dragons.  Some might just lead no where ....

Very sorry I've been away, wi-fi issues in my building I'm going to post as soon as I can.

I have an opportunity coming up shortly, for some one to play an NPC.  The character will go quite long periods with little or no activity, but will have have an opportunity to Role Play every so often and may even get a bit of action occasionally.

If you are interested - let me know and we can discuss it :)

Secret Squirrel decoder ring:

[Language unknown:  Yinmo i tawh evadar onan hatihe adhaet wh nion ilssnd t les ortverday il ni. Forse washoutic ol te sonrestra ere foprai tian conevepre. Ousesseretra io les ndca p ndeiounti ove telisepo.]

Cass will be translating as needed. Just didn't want to pile up the IC thread.

Ah -  you left the language tags around it  :)

Dere is some bandits dat lives about a day walking to the south of here. Dey lives in some tents and under der trees. Sometimes dey come here to steal our radishes.

Doh! Thanks.

Took me a while to realise, but that's the way things go sometimes :)

Hmm, I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel the DM is hinting that we can totally take whatever this creature is.

How is everyone? What's holding us up?

In reply to Jicca Mak (msg # 79):

I am the problem ATM.  I haven't been feeling particularly well for the last few days - which means that when I get back from  work, I am too tired to give you a half-decent post.

Sorry.

In reply to DM (msg # 80):

Its ok.

On a few days leave from work now, so you guys get the good part of my day - so all posted up now :)

Jicca worships Shelyn not Sarenrae :)

Bugger!  I was close ... I'll edit it ...

The cleric of Shelyn steps forward and places one of her hands on the mans head as she breathes a prayer under her breath, causing Sarenrae's grace to flow through the man and heal his wounds.

Almost :)

That is IT!  Some roundhead is going to suffer this weekend .....   :)

But fixed (eventually)

BTW -  this particular OOC thread was set up just to help you get started together as a group  :)  You are all welcome over in the other OOC thread as well.

Couple of questions:

How we doing hps for leveling?

Are we considered rested after leveling? In other words do we have access to new spells and abilities?

Btw, I am sorry to have to ask, but we get a row call on who is playing what. I am sure it will be very important as soon as we start mixing it up with the lair.

Jicca is a Cleric.

In reply to Jicca Mak (msg # 88):

Yep, you count as being fully levelled up and rested - I am being nice because I don't like players being so squishy that I can kill you by mistake  :)  When I kill you it will be because you did something stupid :)

HD -  You may either take the average  ( round down for even levels round up for odd levels this is an even level) or you can roll on the game's dice roller.  However, you are then stuck with whatever roll you get :)

I would appreciate a synopsis of what new HP, skills, feats, spells etc each of you gain when you level (either as a private line, PM or tacked onto the bottom of your character sheet)

You do realize that all dice in Pathfinder are even?

I do :)  however the average roll of a D10 is calculated (1+10)/2 = 5.5.  So if you roll a D10 for HP you may have 5hp at even levels and 6hp at odd levels :)

In reply to DM (msg # 92):

Yeah, I know. Just checking :)

Where is the sticky-out-tongue-emoji when you need it?

You'll just have to settle for the old fashioned way :P

Cass is a bard.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:49, Thu 01 June 2017.

Lex is a ranger, I'll try and get him updated tonight :)

Sheet updated for level 2

Brawler myself. Punchy punchy

Marik is a sorcerer.

Sheet is updated!

Party


Anyone else? Looks like a good mix overall. Cass and Lex, do either of you have Disable Device?
This message was last edited by the player at 00:34, Sat 10 June 2017.

Mariam is a Paladin (and probably carrying around symbols of Iomedae for everyone to see)

Kethara has the ability to be a reserve caster (back at camp) if you need it.

In reply to DM (msg # 102):

Hey :)

With the level up, Cass now has Disable Device 4. (Edited down from 8 to 4 due to max rank limit = level)

Sheet is updated.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:29, Fri 02 June 2017.

In reply to Cass Mordane (msg # 104):

Nice

In reply to Cass Mordane (msg # 104):



Could you let me have a summary of how Cass advanced - either as a Private Line, PM, or just written on the bottom of the character sheet.

Thanks  :)

Had to go in to make corrections. :(  I will PM the update changes. Thanks.

Marik is updated.

Is there a map for the new mites lair?

In reply to Lex (msg # 109):

New?

As in not the map currently for Group 3.

Nope - at the moment it is a tree in the distance that matches your expectations.

If I hadn't wanted you to level, you wouldn't even be sure that it was the right place.  When you get close enough to do things, I will find you a map :)

Shouldn't it be Knowledge Local if they are humanoids?

Not if they're fey

In reply to DM (msg # 112):

Ok, I wasn't sure if there was a grid we could reference in regards to our movement and ignore my knowledge nature roll if it's not appropriate :)

How are we doing for leveling up?  I haven't heard from everyone yet .......

This is what I think I have at the moment.  This isn't meant as a dig at any one.  We all have different  work loads and availability.  It is just a statement of where we are.

Leveled up with Notes supplied.
Lex
Jicca
Cass
Tansy
Marik

Waiting On
Mariam

With Me
Kethara.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:53, Sun 04 June 2017.

In reply to DM (msg # 117):

Umm, I provided my info in a message a few posts up (message 108 I believe).

In reply to Marik (msg # 118):

Indeed you did, I'll change my note. I was thrown my quick trawl through the character sheets.

I'm sorry things have been crazy, I'll get to the level up as soon as I can. Which should be in the next 24 hours :)

Thanks Mariam.  As I said, I wasn't picking at anyone with that post

In reply to DM (msg # 121):

Lets go :)

In reply to Jicca Mak (msg # 122):

Updated and ready :)

Hopefully post and map either tonight or tomorrow -  but see my post in the other OOC thread :)


My life calms down for a few months after this :) My next busy period isn't until  October / November.

Who in the group, if anyone, has Darkvision?

You would have worked out each other's races by now  :)

Cass - Half Elf
Jicca -  Human
Lex - Human
Mariam - 1/2 orc
Marik - Human
Tansy - Human
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:31, Wed 07 June 2017.

Mariam is a half-orc, right? So she's got darkvision.

I definitely don't.

So, half orc, or half elf?

I have corrected my earlier post.  Mariam is a half-orc.

In reply to DM (msg # 129):

Ok, in that case I would say Mariam should go first, followed by Cass, and then the rest of the party. Once we take the ebtrance and clear any guards, we can worry about changing the order and light.

I do have a Light spell which I am planning to use.

Sounds good to me. Cass can switch back to missile if needed, but go in with melee and magic first right behind/beside Mariam. We can go full lights at anytime.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:32, Thu 08 June 2017.

Any chance I can take penalties on my Climb to help the rest of the party down (if any of them are in serious risk of falling, like with heavy armour)?

I'm not making anyone take damage, and it is narrow enough that you can only really get one person in the shaft at a time.  Best bet is eith stand at the bottom and help or use a rope.

In reply to DM (msg # 133):

Ok, so let's say we did that, and everyone else took a 10.

Yes that

Sorry, will make my post tomorrow morning, exhausting day.

Ok. I still need a marching order for the tunnel  aat the bòttom.   Just in case you are jumped from behind. Or above.

Btw - I am posting from  thee middle of a field atm, so no maps until i get home tomorrow evening.

To expedite things:

Mariam
Cass
Jicca
Marik
Tansy
Lex

Works for me
This message was last updated by the player at 15:19, Sat 10 June 2017.

In reply to Jicca Mak (msg # 139):

I agree

... and who are you?

Sorry my thumb chose the wrong character :)

In reply to Lex (msg # 143):

Ahh, ok then. That is why it says Secondary in your description. :)

In reply to Jicca Mak (msg # 144):

That is indeed why, same with Tansy ;)

GM sir, why don't you put the map directly into the thread? Seems like it would be easier for everyone to see.

In reply to Jicca Mak (msg # 146):

Because that way I would have to host it online somewhere else.  This way the map is hosted at RPoL for me, which makes it easier for me to upload and link :)   It also means that you can always get to the map easily, even if lots of people have posted and the map has moved off of your screen. And it is habit :)

I tend to right-click on the game link and open it in another Tab or Window, that way I can move between the map, the post (so I can easily scroll back and forth to other people's posts) and the text editor (or word processor) that I am using to write my post.

Plus of course ...

Habit :)

In reply to DM (msg # 147):

Nope, Lightshot. I will post an example in a bit.

Once you take a picture with Lightshot, copy/paste the url into another instance then extract the actual url using Inspect Ellements and volla:



Technically you are hosting it somewhere, but you do not need to maintain an account or anything.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:59, Mon 12 June 2017.

Thanks for sharing that Jicca. I've been wondering if there was a service like this somewhere.

It looks interesting, and worth having a quick play with - but it doesn't show an image on this PC, just one of those 'Picture Unavailable' place holders  *shrug* because of the restrictions placed on it by my employer.  If RPoL get through the firewall, then images hosted on RPoL get through as well.

And I think I would still want it open in a different tab, so I can scroll up and down through other players posts (that way I can check that I am responding to everything)  and  switch back and forth to the map easily.  In one game I play there have been 12 posts that take up three screen (with the way this PC is set up) since the last time the GM posted - and there could be more if there is inter-character banter involved.  Even as a player, I would find it really frustrating scrolling back and forth across that lot :)

I'll post more about it when I get home and show you how use it to run combats (Excel + Lighshot).

Cool.  I'll look forward to it :)

In reply to DM (msg # 152):

Ok, you talked me into it. Here is a sample from a game I ran:



              Loc      AC/TH/FF      H.P.           Notes
Abbie                  13/12/11      6/13

Cimri                  16/14/12     13/13
Beck                   15/12/13     12/12           Sickened
Lauren                               7/7            Sickened
Varsaivius             17/10/17      9/9
Abraxas                16/12/14      8/8            Sickened
Edgar                  16/12/14      9/9

Special:
Party average Initiative  : much lower than 20
Monster average Initiative: 20

Hazards: Characters without ranks in Craft (armor), Craft (leather), Profession (tanner), or similar related skills must succeed at a DC 12 Fortitude save or be nauseated for 1 round, then sickened for 1 minute afterward, after which they acclimate to the tannery’s stench.

Sickened: -2 penalty on all attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks.

Summary:
Beck pukes a little at the stench
Abrades moved in, carefully behind the others, but the smell was stronger than she had thought and she bent wrenching for a minute.
Varsaivius slams the end of his morning star into the dog's back. 7 pts
Edgar vaults down onto the ground with grace, and moves to flank the dog, drawing his sword cane
Lauren is too nauseated by the smell of the Tannery to do anything.
Cimri moves into position and tries to lay in the dog with her sap, but the smell of the tannery made her eyes water and  the attack hits only air.

The dog turns on Varsaivius, but its teeth is not match for well forged iron.

Looks good  :)

Are we moving forward?

Not today :)  I was up at 3:45 am to take my wife to the airport, then went straight into work.  I got home at about 7pm.  My brains are fried ...

How big is the centipede?

"This lengthy, segmented horror writhes and twists, pulsing its venomous mandibles in search of prey."

Size = M - so perhaps 5 feet long.

In reply to DM (msg # 158):

Ok thanks. Can someone step on it already, please.

I'm pretty sure Tansy just did. It's bite is no joke...

Who are we waiting on?
This message was last edited by the player at 21:40, Thu 22 June 2017.

Are all the mites dead in the main room?

There is only one dead mite in the main room, the other slid down the shaft that leads out.

Gotcha, so maybe moving to that room where we have more room to fight whatever other vermin are down here would make some sense. Does anyone know "Lesser Restoration" :)

two things ...

I will try and get you a new DM posts tonight - so last chances to move out of that corridor before .....


This is also the time of the game when a king maker DM's mind turns to the next stage of the campaign - kingdom building.  While you guys will be a bit further down the pecking order than the other group, I want to be able to start including you straight away.

This would be a good time to check what I have for you in  the Player Information thread :-

link to a message in this game

And send me an update by PM. A large chunk of the Fluffy RP available to you in next stage will depend on what I have in that thread.  If you want Fluffy RP based on your character history and character 'wants' - then make sure I know what they are.  If I have nothing from  you, I will assume that you want to sit out the Fluffy bit :)

Don't worry if you aren't in the lists yet -  that just means I haven't made any notes about your character yet - and just work from the basics.  PM me and I will add your text  in

D'Oh.  In my rush I uploaded the new map for group 3 over the top of a map for Group 1.  That will teach me to try an do 'Games stuff' before I go to work.

Sorry group 3 -  But you can see your real map (for the moment) by looking at the group 1 map.

And all the maps are back in the right place ...

If you don't read the other OOC thread -  It might be worth looking in just to see the Entourage Post I have just made.