Not sure what to roll for Init.

All,

I apologize, but life has gotten complicated for me recently, and I just can't give this the attention it deserves.  I need to bow out.  Sorry for bailing, and enjoy the game!

-Kesta of Makkalet

1d20 plus your Initiative modifier (+2 for your character)

OK, we're down to two players, each in different scenes (for now). I'm going to finish up the scene with the dawn patrol and keep the scene with Valeria moving forward until we get to a joining point. In the meanwhile, I will advertise for new players, unless you both are happy moving forward as solo players. I will have to split you up completely. The logistics of having two solo threads interact is a nightmare.

Let me know by the end of the weekend and I'll either post for new blood or reset the structure.

Either way, thanks for gaming with me.

 Greetings,

 I am a huge fan of Anything to do with Hyboria and R. E. Howard.

 I am good with whatever.

I'm easy either way... But I'm really enjoying Valeria's adventures

We have some new players, and I have weeded out some of the non-posters -- assigned elsewhere in game terms. I like Kesta (her player has bowed out on her own) and I have taken her over as an NPC to be the squad leader for the rest of the group. This allows me to have some more hands-on direction of the action while maintaining a cool character that I would like to develop.

Valeri is off on her own adventure, though I understand she does plan to report back to Kesta at some time.

For the rest of you, here's where we stand:

The Aquilonian army is occupying Sun City as part of their successful (so far) invasion of Turan. Sun City is a port on the Inland Sea, the gateway to one of the most important shrines/temples in the region -- the Sun Dome -- where legend says that the sun god came to earth in ancient times. The Sun Dome is about 120 miles inland, on the border with the Waste Lands. Sun City is an important place for pilgrims and there is a steady flow of ships and caravans bringing the faithful to travel inland, especially on high holidays.

Unable to suppress this travel without causing major uprisings by the faithful, the Aquilonian invaders have opened the port and manned it with a large military presence. Your characters are newly arrived recruits in the Aquilonian army just arrived in town.

Kesta and her original squad have just come off their first patrol, during the dawn shift at the docks. They interrupted an assassination of a priest. The priest is dead, but he passed on a warning to the patrol as he lay dying on the street.

"The fools have brought it here, into the city. The Eye of the God. The end of days are upon us.

Find the hidden temple of the One Eyed God! Before it is too late."

Then he died. He was wearing a rather unusual holy symbol, which Kesta took.

One of the assassins has been wounded and captured, currently held at the stockade on the edge of town, near the animal pens. Kesta's plan as she wakes up after a few hour's sleep is to go and visit the stockade and question the prisoner.

This is where we are now. Those of you who are new arrivals are newly assigned to her squad. We can play that out as she asks who you are and what you do. Then we can go look for clues. And probably kick some butt along the way.

I will start a new thread today: The Plot Thickens -- you should all feel free to post in it even if you are still working on your characters. (You'll find that most of my gaming is narrative rather than rules-based anyway.)

Welcome aboard to all the new recruits.

Thanks for the warm welcome, Amaya is your new archer/scout if you were wondering. Are there any other scouts in the team?

I'm not sure whether I'm on the team. I'm a cook. Still, as the boss says, I do plan to visit Kesta and pass on some information I gleaned that could conceivably bring Kesta a further promotion (on the other hand, I may end up as a pirate queen like Howard's own Valeria - who knows?). Of course, I have to survive what I just drank first.

I say all the above to say welcome Amaya and others

Thanks, Valeria, and I hope we meet soon - Amaya is ready to kill for a good meal ;)

Need a few questions sorted out before I can post in the new thread but I'm looking forward to it!

Dawn is on her way :)  Cloistered Cleric of Mitra.

Hello Dawn. See you soon.

Hello Dawn, thank the gods we have a cleric on board :D

greetings all, I'm going Ranger. More a lightly armored fighter than a protector of the wilderness sort.

Welcome Adentare, guess that means we will work together scouting ahead. Amaya is focused on the bow, you too - or are you going two-weapon-style?

Ooh, welcome Adentaire.

Hello all, grateful to be here.

Hello Cormac and welcome.

Hello and welcome Cormac :)

Would it help Amaya to know that Valeria's five foot one inch tall and the thing she does best by a long way is cook.  Although that might well change when she finally reached level 2.

It's just my way of fun roleplaying. She'll get used to you :)

Any chance I can use some or most of my starting 900gp for potions &/or scrolls?

The Hyborian World of Conan is very poor in magic. You do have some divine spells at your command as a cleric, and you can find various scrolls and potions to cast these same divine spells whenever you want, but the effective price is 10 times what it says in the book. So 0 level divine spell scrolls cost 125 per scroll, 1st level scrolls start at 250 GP and go up to 1000.

Adjusted for the setting.  I do see Dawn having something miraculous with her but nothing world breaking for sure.

Sorry, super busy irl, going TWF, twin short swords. Put pathguy generated sheet in PM
This message was last edited by the player at 22:41, Sat 27 May 2023.