(OOC) General Discussion

Battleaxe.

One colab to be beheaded, I believe.

Edit: He's not dead yet though.

Yea, he's beheaded two so far. The one Petra tired up isn't dead yet.

Yes, 1 thug has a single hp left, if I read that correctly. That’s the one I’d intended Seelah to bind up.

Just to be clear, he was at 0 when he collapsed.

Copy that.

Re: Loot, anyone want the breastplate? Useful for Seelah, only bc less weight and ACP than her chain mail. Only marginally better though. If anyone the breastplate, simply say so please, and only if no one does will Seelah claim it.

And down they went into the cellar!

I don't need the armor you can take it!
I am only taking a dagger and the 6 rations.


IF no one else wants them, can we put other stuff into a stored Shared loot?

Who is Bran in all of this?

I understand Serah & Wexley.

Can I insight check Bran?
He just sat at a table in the cellar when the whole fight happened... He seems sketchy to me.

Bit of a mystery to the party at this point.
So far:
He was present but largely a background figure during the introduction scene.
He was shown to be a traitor to the rebels by signalling to the guys above.
He's doing it for someone named Elise.
He, Wexley and Serah know each other.

Annnd that's about it.

Talking offline with a player, a change I intended to make but didn't make it in Adventuring in Midnight, Greater Spellcasting, the last line should read:
Spells from these greater schools cost spell energy as if they were one level higher.

@everyone: The only 'loot' that interested me for Petra was some of the rations, and ONE of the 5 daggers because I don't own one and I'm smol enough I could get swallowed up.


See, I had not known that we would be traveling by river, and I did not plan accordingly. (My food spell requires being able to wait an hour in an area with solid earth. That said, maybe the GM will let me go fishing, or trade something for meals of eels?)


@HeroOfSometimes: Thanks for the note about Greater Schools, I was struggling a little with what distinguished them other than needing to be taken at higher caster levels, and only taken once you already had the 'Lesser' versions.

Oh as far as loot goes, Úlfr wants the orc weapon and nothing else, although he would keep the shortsword unless it would help someone else. It's nice to have options, but its also nbd. He is proud of his orc smiling toss though, and sees the orc’s weapon as a trophy.

Clarification question: That is hyperbole right? You are trackin there's no coin? Not trying insult, just wanna make sure we're not setting false expectations. There's a reason I didn't put any gp, sp, or cp in there...

Post is up, ready to move to the next scene, we can linger here for a bit without penalty, if you want your characters to debate more.

Drawing close to the end of Chapter One. These first few Chapters will be shorter than those planned for the main campaign. So, if you have concerns about the length, keep in mind this first part is intended to be shorter as this was planned as a 'proof of concept'. So far, I feel as though things have been going pretty well, a few hiccups here and there but mostly solid. If you think they're too long... weeeellll I don't know what to tell you.

If there's strong desire, we can discuss lengthening Act II to mirror the main campaign length more closely, but would like to know if the desire is there and if everyone is planning on sticking around, but we have time before that decision needs to be made.

A PSA from private messages I feel everyone should be aware of:
During the 'one-shot' section of this campaign I'm considering the characters to be largely in flux, if you'd like to change things up, feel free. I only ask that you keep me posted of said changes.

Reason being: Again, we're adapting an old, obscure setting to a relatively new set of rules and making a lot of windage calls; I want to give everyone the opportunity to tweak their character to what they want it to be and incorporate lessons learned. Not to mention we're still ironing out all the conversions and house rule changes.

As always, hit me up with questions or concerns, will continue do my best to keep pace with the story. Hope you're enjoying it so far.

I am adding the stuff I find to my loot for now.
Once we get on the barge I will ask others about some of it.

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From the Battle loot

BattleAxe (Ulfr claim)
Breastplate
Shortsword x2
Dagger x3 (Varin Took 1) (Petra Took 1)
Bloodstained leather armor x2
6 days rations (Varin took 6)

It's not actually a battle axe. It is 1d10 and works more like a bastard sword mechanically. Also it's the only thing Úlfr is claiming.

@Greemology It's a Battleaxe. The mention of a Vardatch was a mistake, a few too many Pina Coladas by the pool.

Vardatchs are their default weapon however.

Don’t get caught in the rain with those.