OoC Chat

Thanks for waiting for me to move forward. Feel free to hang out and interact more at Greyhorn's or the Summerspring Inn. You don't necessarily have to roleplay out simple shopping, but feel free to do so if you like.

I wanted to ask what's in stock in the shop, but I take it you can buy any item listed in the handbook? And the price is the one listed in the handbook too?

Yep, Greyhorn's carries the phb equipment list at the listed prices, which are consider fair prices.

Feel free to deduct the prices for rope and other gear you wish to purchase and add those items to your character sheet! I'm mostly hands-off on character sheets and just trust players to update them regularly. Please let me know if you have questions about it though.

I have updated Hilmar's character sheet. I like the idea of having a scabbard for his wand suspended from his belt, as with his dagger. I improvised (not in Player's Handbook) and put this at 1gp.
I take it that pencils don't exist so thought charcoal would be OK. It is not in the Player's Handbook but I note that chalk costs 1cp so thought this similar.
Hope this is OK.

Sounds great Mike. I too like a wand "holster" on my magic characters, and those prices seem fine.

I was wondering about the provisions we presumably ate on our journey of several weeks to Hope.

Indeed, everyone seemed to get by without needing to use their rations. Likely Naeris had some excellent hunting along the way, maybe aided by othera and with Bahamut's favor shining on them!

Lots of great posts today folks! I missed a couple of things but I've backtracked and got most of it now 😁

Let me know if I missed any questions, in character or out of character.

I got a question. Do I understand it correctly - I get +2 to my damage rolls on all finesse-based weapons (rapier, whip, daggers), but I don't get a bonus on shortbow because it isn't finesse-based? I ask this because updating my character sheet I found that my shortbow damage roll had +2 in it for some reason and I did use this modifier when I shot the bandit in the previous chapter.

Also it seems I forgot to add starting wealth of my class ._. The 4d4 x 10 gp for rogues? I only had 15gp in a pouch for starting as a charlatan. So this probably means if my rolls are decent (assuming I got it right and I actually should get those coins in the first place) I should be able to afford a horse! :>

Rogues are proficient with all "simple weapons" in addition to hand crossbows, longswords, rapiers, shortswords. Simple weapons include shortbows, so you get the +2 damage when using them.

There are two ways to determine equipment - either roll for gold or taking the listed starting equipment for the class. You don't get both. I chose to do starting equipment to keep things simple.

Buying a horse is definitely a great goal, and you aren't far from it! Butterscotch is a friendly boi.

Oh, so that's how it works! Thank you!

I also have another problem. My items weigh about 140 pounds, while my maximum is 120 (8x15). A weight of 80 lb should make me over-encumbered, and a weight of over 40 should make me encumbered. So to have no debuffs I need to carry less than 40 lb. Right?
Also, what should one do, if they can't fit all the stuff they have into their backpack, that has a volume of only 30lb? Aside from strapping things like a rope to it.

There's no way an arrow weighs 1 pound - that's half a kilogram. Also, seems odd that clothing you are wearing would count towards that total.

Maybe leave the bottles of coloured liquid at your lodgings?

I'm not sure those bottles weigh 1lb each too, it's just a guess.

Oh, way back at the beginning of the game I said not to worry about encumbrance. If your load seems reasonable, then I'd rather not worry new players about this. Many DMs don't worry about it even with veteran players too, because they find it tedious. They want to get into the story and not be interrupted with accounting.

If you like the idea of it mattering, then if end up taking the house you can stash some things in your room and just take the loadout that matters for the current job. Some people like the realism of it, other people feel it makes the strength attribute's relative importance line up better with the other attributes.

The Simulation vs. Story debate is definitely common in TTRPGs!

Is anyone else at the inn that we can see?

Nope, it is empty. 100% vacancies.