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Post Post #775 (ISO) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:26 am

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In post 771, Andrius wrote:I need some cash for Erwin's solo session and it just benefits the group anyway.
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Post Post #776 (ISO) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:21 am

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Sedgar, sorry.
Don't know how I messed that one up.
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Post Post #777 (ISO) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 2:37 pm

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On Raintree:
Guard: This town is governed by a mayor.
He has been criticized lately for not being prepared enough to defend the town, which led him to hire these mercenaries for protection.
Desc: Raia, the village of Raintree was settled when there was a need for place for adventurers to stay when a series of old crypts opened up decades ago nearby.
Desc: Crypts proved to be full of loot, and town prospered serving to the adventurers. It attracted a number of craftsmen, especially dwarven smiths.
Currently these craftsmen are the major industry of the town, but there are a sizable number of people living off the woods.
It has been a human heavy village, racially, but other races are not too uncommon here.
Desc: There is also a elven village not too far from here (few days travel? the actual location is hidden), and there were some clashes between the Raintree settlers and the elven rangers in the past.
But nothing too serious.
That is all you remember.
Yann Ordboard: I believe this is what you're looking for.
This sarcophagous was salvaged from the old crypts themselves!
You will not find anything like it anywhere else!
Hurry and purchase it before it is gone.
On the hammer mercenaries:
Desc: They are a group of somewhat well known mercenaries that specialize in hunting fey creatures.
They are known for their effectiveness, effciency, and ruthlessness.
Fiona Lockhart:
bows
Nice to meet you Raine name's Fiona, Me and my friends got here a this evening and I was just curious what are hammer merc's technically?
(Do I need to roll something)
Desc: Roll diplo.
[Fiona rolls a 30]
Raine sighs.
Raine: Look, if you have a problem with us, then you will have to take it up with your mayor or my superior.
I don't have time to explain ourselves.
Raine: We specialize in battlling fey, obviously.
All of us are armed with cold iron weapons, including bolts and bullets.
Regus: We have been here for about a week now.
Raia Rashidi: Then do you happen to know anything about the lynchings that happened the other day?
Regus: The lynchings took place before we got to this town.
Regus: They do not concern us.
Rorfe, the one who met us at the gate and escorted us to the town center, is a bald albino hobgoblin. He's doing racial profiling, but he still let in Fiona knowing she was a half-elf. It's not clear whether full elves are out, or if there's some separate unspecified race he's trying to keep out.
Raine, first lieutenant. She's not rude, or at least not for people who roll a 30 on diplomacy, but she immediately assumed Fiona's got a problem with them after just a polite question. She's the only NPC who drew attention to the fact that the troll surge is over, and seemed interested in the news. She appears to be a gun mage.
Regus, first lieutenant, second in command. Annoyed with us from the start, refused to talk anymore after what seems to be a contradiction on the timeframe. Which is weird, because anyone in town can tell us when they really arrived.

On fey:
Guard: The fey attacked people indiscriminately.
Guard: Some people were killed but many more were dragged away into the woods.
Guard: We don't know what happened to them.
Guard: The pumpkin fey.
Desc: Rose you know that Pumpkin fey are vicious evil things that like to prey on unsuspecting people. There are many different kinds of them, but they all share resistance to physical damage that is only bypassed with a cold iron weapon.
Guard: About from a month ago? [...] Also, dangerous feys begin to be spotted all around the town, and they even launched a wide scale assault at the town.
Paz Romero: fey?
the pumpkin heads yes I see them everywhere in the woods
they viciious
Paz Romero: stay away
Sigma: Where did you get this mud from?
Paz Romero: woods
Sigma: I thought there was fey in the woods, are you ok out there?
Paz Romero chuckles
Paz Romero: pumpkin heads try but they don't catch paz
paz too stealthy
On the lynchings:
Guard: The townspeople were pretty angry over the fey attacks couple weeks ago.
Guard: These people were branded to be fey lovers and got strung up.
Guard: Most of the guards were at the town perimeter erecting that wall for protection and couldn't stop the lynches.
Guard: It's pretty sad what happened but I guess I can't blame them.
Guard: No trials or investigations.
Desc: Raia, you notice that most of the people look like just regular townspeople. Many of them look like they may have had mixed elf lineages for their ears are bit pointy and they have slightly elven features.
The boy at the far end does not look like an elf though.
You notice that there is a small wilted flower at the bottom of his feet, along with a note.
Desc: Note says "I'm sorry I couldn't be here for you, brother. I will revenge you without fail."
Note is unsigned.
Desc: Rose, with a 25, you also find a black feather stuck near platform near the note.
Fiona Lockhart: Was this recent?
Guard: Yes. It was few days ago.
Even the guard at the gallows explicitly called them victims of a witch-hunt, and he felt safe saying it out loud to some random strangers he'd never met before. It's not like the whole town is in full ALL WHO SYMPATHIZE WITH THE FEY MUST PERISH mode. Buuuuut, on the other hand, there was a lynch mob and some people were in it. We've probably spoken to some without knowing it.

On Caligri:
Guard: Of course everyone knows about the sorceress Caligri. She has been a kind figure in the past, and never refused anyone seeking her medicinal help. But in the recent times, I don't know.....
Guard: About from a month ago? people who went to her for help never came back. Anyone who went to her cottage by the lake were never seen again. Also, dangerous feys begin to be spotted all around the town, and they even launched a wide scale assault at the town.
Guard: People are saying that Caligri has gone mad, and that she is consorting with these fey to drive the townspeople out.
I'm not sure what to believe.
I checked back in Barrelsford, but we just don't know that much about Caligri. (Including her race, since someone asked. There's a portrait of her in Prompt 3A but her ears aren't visible.) This is the second time she's been referred to as a healer--keep in mind that we were looking for her in the first place because she can heal an aboleth's curse.

Inn NPCs:
Seisha: Overworked barmaid, didn't want to talk about the lynchings but to be fair she was busy
Willow: Owns the inn, she's nice. She said she'd sing a duet with Fiona tomorrow.
Hoosin: Just some random kid in his early teens, orphaned in the attacks a few weeks ago and hired out of pity. Did there used to be a different chef?
Findlay Hardy: me, Maxfred, and Paz all sell cold iron weapons
Wait.
What??
How did I miss this yesterday? Claire and Gigs both did a doubletake at the time and I don't even remember it. Holy shit.
Why didn't Findlay mention that he's crazy?

EDIT: the thing Raine said about them all having cold iron bullets (and presumably therefore guns).
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Post Post #778 (ISO) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 3:45 pm

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[22:42] FakeGod: 4-5 weeks ago was when people going to Caligri went missing
[22:42] FakeGod: 2-3 weeks ago was when the mass fey attack on the town happened
[22:42] FakeGod: few days after was when the lynchings happened
[22:42] FakeGod: 1-2 weeks ago was when the mercs arrived
[22:43] FakeGod: I think that's it?
[22:43] Telephone Cat: Oh, huh. Those bodies have been up for 2ish weeks?
[22:44] FakeGod: ehh maybe like 10 or 9 days
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Post Post #779 (ISO) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:06 pm

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I'm interested in this. Let me know if any spots are available, I'll try to make a character for this if so.
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Post Post #780 (ISO) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:08 pm

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I tried to in and apparently they are full rn
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Post Post #781 (ISO) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:22 pm

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We are currently too full!

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Post Post #782 (ISO) » Mon Jun 05, 2017 7:02 pm

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Lol dang it, alright. Thanks yo.
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Post Post #783 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 12:00 am

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In post 645, Ether wrote:CURRENT GOLD:
Erwin: 1402.57
Fiona: 1300.42
Raia: 758.97
Hellion: 777.37
Achan: 1934.29
Sigma: 1473.11
Rose: 897

Note that my 897 is after buying a mithril chain shirt (1100gp), various potions, commissioning 10 scrolls from Raia, some animal carvings, and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting. (To be fair, it wasn't all at the standard marked up price, and I had some help.) If you are low on money and haven't made any large purchases, something is probably wrong.
Okay. Right now, aside from goods, we've got 4740 in cold hard gp from Act 3 + Findlay's payment. Before we deal with selling off the rest of the loot, let's just handle that. Everyone gets 677 gp, please update your sheet accordingly.
Fiona didn't update.
Raia didn't update.
Hellion didn't update.
Achan updated.
Sigma updated.
Rose updated.

(Also, note to self: I forgot to compensate Hellion for the search item here, but he shouldn't have to pay for a communal item out of his own pocket, that's not his job. When we sell off the loot, give him 450 directly first and hold the rest of the 1250 in reserve to cover that too.)


I didn't write this down and I'm going off memory, but I believe that Fiona and Hellion also still need to add in the 300xp from bonus experience? I can't remember for Achan. (I think he's supposed to be sliiiiiightly ahead of Rose instead of at equal xp, but I'm not confident on that.)
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Post Post #784 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 6:58 am

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Sedgar didn't die and is close to L4!

I failed pretty much every Search/Spot/Listen check in the entire session but MAN I can kill things good.
FG is great for doing this and Ether and I had a blast.

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Post Post #785 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:17 am

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The big takeaway from the solo session is that pumpkin fey used to be human, and were captured and transformed. Raintree doesn't seem to be aware of this?
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Post Post #786 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:25 am

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You guys certainly haven't met anyone yet that seemed to be aware of it.
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Post Post #787 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:32 am

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Right. If even a few people knew about it and weren't actively trying to keep it secret, it would have spread everywhere by now, this is serious.
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Post Post #788 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:35 am

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i'll update my sheet like thursday

been busy
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Post Post #789 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:51 am

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I've updated my sheet with the gold we got but I don't mind just buying the wand myself since really the only thing I think I need item wise is my clock of chr but that can wait a bit longer everyone else has more pressing items they need in the now.
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Post Post #790 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:03 am

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And I did add the 300 exp before if you're talking about the story one we got.
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Post Post #791 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:56 am

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Hey, I'm going to be buying masterwork full-plate, posting here so that we remember to try to get a discount or smth

base price is like 1650
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Post Post #792 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 11:39 am

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Raia is at 3300 exp - is there a way for her to get some extra exp or something to catch up to some of the rest of the party? (Sedgar has 5000, Fiona has 4900, Sigma has 5900, rest are level 4 I believe)
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Post Post #793 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 11:41 am

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for now i'll stick to increased exp for being low level
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Post Post #794 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 11:55 am

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I'd be willing to get some exp myself if there's anyway I can do that via non combat
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Post Post #795 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 12:01 pm

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^use your 12 strength
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Post Post #796 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 12:15 pm

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In post 795, Dunnstral wrote:^use your 12 strength
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Post Post #797 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 12:32 pm

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The veteran party actually just splits their xp amongst all their members for everything, regardless of whether everyone is actually present for the session.
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Post Post #798 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 12:36 pm

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^ we should do that :(
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Post Post #799 (ISO) » Tue Jun 06, 2017 2:23 pm

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At 7 people, I am kind of reluctant to do that. x_x

I would like to give Sigma the last 100 she needs if that was somehow a thing, but that's different.

EDIT: To elaborate--adding up the XP of everyone currently alive (and an extra 300 because I think Firebringer didn't add that) and dividing it by 7, we'd have about 5635 per person. I'd rather have some of us at 4th level than no one at 4th level.
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