Three Boars Inn (OoC)

[Zaydos]

Link sheets, choose speech color. I'd prefer if you roll in the IC (to avoid having to check 2 threads) but I'll have both bookmarked so it's not the end of the world if you forget. It's an OoC and I expect you all know what that means.

Sorry about the bit of a railroady start, just wanted a bit of a test of combat at the beginning. If you don't want to accept the job you can wait a day IC or try moving to another part of the inn.

The inn has multiple "areas" always kind of changing (a bit like the TARDIS in Dr. Who) and possibly multiple innkeepers (they all recognize you, have one eye and a raven, but that's all that's stable) and you could find another part with people in it if this doesn't appeal to you or if you don't want to do it at the moment.

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[RaggedAngel]

Hurray! I'm really looking forward to this game. This is going to be a lot of fun.

Kaylee De'Tev

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Female Lawful Neutral Human Dread Necromancer, Level 9, Init +3, HP 52/52, DR 4/magic & bludgeoning, Speed 30ft.
AC 22, Touch 14, Flat-footed 19, Fort +7, Ref +8, Will +14, Base Attack Bonus +4
+1 Longbow (Serpent's Tongue Arrows (40/40)) +7 (1d8+1, x3)
Masterwork Morningstar +4 (1d8, x2)
Dagger +3 (1d4, 19-20/x2)
+1 Mithral Breastplate, +1 Mithral Buckler (+6 Armor, +2 Shield, +3 Dex, +1 Deflect)
Abilities Str 10, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 12, Wis 8, Cha 22
Condition None

Kaylee will speak in dark red, unless anyone is strongly attached to that color.

And the Stat Blocks of her undead:

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Ghostly Visage
Tiny Undead (Incorporeal, Symbiont, Familiar)
Hit Dice: 1d12 (9 HD, 30hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: Fly 10ft. (Perfect)
AC: 22 (+2 Size, +2 Dex, +3 Deflect, +5 Nat. Armor), touch 17, flat-footed 20
Base Attack/Grapple: +4/-
Attack: Incorporeal touch, +8 melee (Possession on hit, Will DC 17)
Reach: 0ft
Special Attacks: Gaze of Terror (Will DC 18), Meld, Visage
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60ft, incorporeal, Mind Shielding, symbiont and undead traits, Improved Evasion, Share Spells, empathic link, deliver touch spells
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +7
Abilities: Str -, Dex 14, Con -, Int 12, Wis 9, Cha 16, Ego 10
Skills: Bluff +7, Hide +10, Intimidate +7, (Arcana, Religion) +5, Listen +5, Search +5, Spot +5
Feats: Alertness (B), Ability Focus (Gaze of Terror)

Ten-Headed Zombie Pyrohydra
Size/Type: Huge Undead (Fire)
Hit Dice: 20d12+123 (253)
Initiative: +6
Speed: 30 ft., swim 20 ft.
Armor Class: 24 (-2 size, +2 Dex, +14 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 22
BAB: +10
Attack/Full Attack: 10 bites +18 melee (1d10+8)
Space/Reach: 15 ft./10 ft.
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60ft., DR 5/Slashing, Single Actions Only, Undead traits
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +8, Will +12
Abilities: Str 27, Dex 14, Con -, Int -, Wis 10, Cha 1
Feats: Toughness

Skeleton Deinonychus
Size/Type: Medium Undead
Hit Dice: 4d12+24 (50 hp)
Initiative: +10
Speed: 70 ft.
Armor Class: 22 (+5 Dex, +7 natural), touch 15, flat-footed 17
Base Attack/Grapple: +2/+11
Attack: Talons +9 melee (1d8+7)
Full Attack: Talons +9 melee (1d8+7) and 2 foreclaws +4 melee (1d4+3) and bite +4 melee (2d4+3)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60ft., DR 5/Slashing, Immune to Cold, Undead traits, Pounce
Saves: Fort +1, Ref +6, Will +4
Abilities: Str 25, Dex 21, Con -, Int -, Wis 10, Cha 1
Feats: Improved Initiative

[TheAmazingOP]

Dark Slate Gray will be the color in which Titus Vorenus will speak in.

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Male LE Lesser Aasimer Hunter of Men, Level 9, Init +4, HP 72/72, DR 2/-, Speed 20
AC 22, Touch 10, Flat-footed 22, Fort +14, Ref +9, Will +11, Base Attack Bonus 9
+4 sunder, damage +4 enchantments or lower, lawful Shatterspike 15 (1d8+5, 1d8+8 vs. weapons , x2)
Armor spikes MW Full Plate +2, Bracers of Armor +2 (+10 Armor, +2 Shield)
Abilities Str 20, Dex 10, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 8, Cha 22
Condition None

Boy, am I glad to have made it. All those other melee combatants scared me into thinking I wasn't going to make it!

[OMG PONIES]

Jack Fairplay will speak in Sea Green.

[ben-zayb]

Apologies for being late!

Pardo will be using the dusky hue of Navy

He'll most likely be using telepathy though, what with all the Wild Shape speech impediment.

Pardo Bleakmoor - Level 9 - Ghostwise Halfling Dire Lion Druid/Swordsage

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Male True Neutral
Init +16, HP 81/81, Speed 40 ft.
AC 21, Touch 13, Flat-footed 17, Fort +11, Ref +9, Will +14, Base Attack Bonus +6/+1
+1 (Greater Magic Fang) 2 Claw +15/+15 (1d6+9, x2)
+1 (Greater Magic Fang) Bite +9 (1d8+5, x2)
Fiery Burst DC 20 Reflex half (4d6 Fire Damage )
Agility, Stamina +1 Sharkskin Barding (+4 Armor, +4 Dex, -1 Size, +4 Natural)
Abilities Str 27, Dex 19, Con 19, Int 10, Wis 22, Cha 8
Condition None
Move Silently +22, Hide +18, Listen +18, Spot +18, Jump +17, Concentration +16, Survival +15

@OMG PONIES: LOL, thanks for actually using that suggestion.

Oh, and here's my tribute to the RNG Deities:

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(1d100)[21] (1d20)[20] (1d12)[3] (1d10)[7] (1d8)[4] (1d6)[3] (1d4)[3] (1d3)[1] (1d2)[2]

[RaggedAngel]

So, I'll start us off with a question. If we leave the Inn to go do something, how do we get back?

[Zaydos]

It opens into many places and time. In theory if you went out a different exit you might end up in Eberron or Toril (ok not likely Toril... FR is not my favorite setting). Sometimes it appears as an entire building, sometime it just usurps doorways. Normally the inn will find you again without you trying to get back in some doorway will end up leading you back or you'll find it on the street. If you went out into Ravenloft things might be a little more difficult because of the nature of Ravenloft (hence the warning).

[RaggedAngel]

If you went out into Ravenloft things might be a little more difficult because of the nature of Ravenloft (hence the warning).

So, we essentially have more or less a plot-powered ability to get back. That's relaxing, I suppose. Getting stranded with no Plane Shift would suck.

But in that same light, I suppose the Demiplane of Dread has special rules about getting in and out. So I guess I'll have to refrain from being a dark queen of shadow and darkness in the land of the undead.

For now.

[OMG PONIES]

Dumb question: are our characters supposed to know each other? Or is this our first foray into collaboration? It seems that Kaylee implied that she and Pardo were familiar.

In theory if you went out a different exit you might end up in Eberron or Toril (ok not likely Toril... FR is not my favorite setting).

I'm just glad I'm not the only one!

So I guess I'll have to refrain from being a dark queen of shadow and darkness in the land of the undead.

For now.

[Zaydos]

Dumb question: are our characters supposed to know each other? Or is this our first foray into collaboration? It seems that Kaylee implied that she and Pardo were familiar.



I'm just glad I'm not the only one!

Yes, you've probably worked as mercenaries together on more than one occasion (it avoids the hassle of actually having you all meet).

[RaggedAngel]

Yes, you've probably worked as mercenaries together on more than one occasion (it avoids the hassle of actually having you all meet).

I approve of avoiding that hassle. At higher levels especially, it saves a lot of the time and effort of pretending to not know each other's capabilities in battle. This way, we can go into our first fight with the knowledge that Pardo is going to be in the thick of things with Kaylee's undead, and that Kaylee should stand behind just about everyone else.

[ben-zayb]

"A ton going four ways is five hundred pounds each. The exchange rate in most civilized places is a pound for five gold pieces, or something along those lines. Two and a half thousand each. I certainly can't complain; that's enough for a nice defensive bauble or a rod or two. Just show me the way to the cellar in question."

Pardo and Kaylee were so close, she could make him speak common even in Wild Shape.

[RaggedAngel]

Pardo and Kaylee were so close, she could make him speak common even in Wild Shape.

Dang, sorry about that. I've used Navy for too many characters. I'll go fix that.

[OMG PONIES]

I approve of avoiding that hassle. At higher levels especially, it saves a lot of the time and effort of pretending to not know each other's capabilities in battle. This way, we can go into our first fight with the knowledge that Pardo is going to be in the thick of things with Kaylee's undead, and that Kaylee should stand behind just about everyone else.

Seconded. Now let's go kill some rats, friends who I've already known for a while!

[RaggedAngel]

Ben-zayb, your latest IC post makes it seem pretty clear that your character doesn't know the rest of us very well, and apparently just met us. Was that on purpose? I thought we had decided to say that we've all been working together for a while.

[OMG PONIES]

Ben-zayb, your latest IC post makes it seem pretty clear that your character doesn't know the rest of us very well, and apparently just met us. Was that on purpose? I thought we had decided to say that we've all been working together for a while.

I just took it as lacking a personal familiarity with us, even if we've worked together on a project here or there...guess one could spin it either way.

[RaggedAngel]

I just took it as lacking a personal familiarity with us, even if we've worked together on a project here or there...guess one could spin it either way.

Oh, OMG, I'm considering offering Jack a bet. Is he fine with small gambles, like 5gp or so? Kaylee's not really a gambler, but she likes keeping the people around her happy.

[ben-zayb]

Ben-zayb, your latest IC post makes it seem pretty clear that your character doesn't know the rest of us very well, and apparently just met us. Was that on purpose? I thought we had decided to say that we've all been working together for a while.

I assume that it's just there are so many possible permutations of groups doing mercenary job that Pardo might mix up names every now abd then. However, he pretty much knows most of them based on their personality and fighting styles rather than the specific names. He made a few close friends alonv the way, though most of them were fellow "Blood Knights" as well (birds of same feather stuff).

I'll post a more legible response later, since im currently on mobile.

[RaggedAngel]

I assume that it's just there are so many possible permutations of groups doing mercenary job that Pardo might mix up names every now abd then. However, he pretty much knows most of them based on their personality and fighting styles rather than the specific names. He made a few close friends alonv the way, though most of them were fellow "Blood Knights" as well (birds of same feather stuff).

I'll post a more legible response later, since im currently on mobile.

Actually, that's a good question. Zaydos, are there other groups like us in the Inn? And how "big" is the Inn, exactly, on average?

[Zaydos]

Actually, that's a good question. Zaydos, are there other groups like us in the Inn? And how "big" is the Inn, exactly, on average?

Possibly, but not that you know of.

You are aware of what seems to be at least 8 different innkeepers and presumably at least that many common rooms (assuming that when they change appearance they've just changed appearance and it's not actually a different room) but you can't really be sure. The Innkeeper(s?) himself claims not to know how big it is, "Sometimes I just seem to find new rooms." If I had to say I'd say it's TARDIS big.

[ben-zayb]

Actually, that's a good question. Zaydos, are there other groups like us in the Inn? And how "big" is the Inn, exactly, on average?

My assumption is that the missions/quests are somehow akin to PUG groups in MMOs like WoW, instead of the four being the sole recipient of missions or just one organization/guild accepting missions as a group.

So... Feel free to correct any wrong assumptions Zaydos

[OMG PONIES]

Oh, OMG, I'm considering offering Jack a bet. Is he fine with small gambles, like 5gp or so? Kaylee's not really a gambler, but she likes keeping the people around her happy.

Small gambles are all Jack can afford right now; at the moment he's only got 9 GP to his name, which leaves his gambling maximum at around, oh...ten gp? He's good for it, honestly.

[RaggedAngel]

Small gambles are all Jack can afford right now; at the moment he's only got 9 GP to his name, which leaves his gambling maximum at around, oh...ten gp? He's good for it, honestly.

Don't worry. If he can't pay up, there's always Geas.

[Zaydos]

My assumption is that the missions/quests are somehow akin to PUG groups in MMOs like WoW, instead of the four being the sole recipient of missions or just one organization/guild accepting missions as a group.

So... Feel free to correct any wrong assumptions Zaydos

To your knowledge at this point you are the only four, but it's easily possible that there are others you have never met.

[ben-zayb]

Hmm.. in that case I should edit my post. The chances of forgetting/incorrectly hearing a name from a group of three people is nigh impossible. Especially if his Wis mod is +6.

[Zaydos]

So what will marching order be?

Anybody volunteering to take point?

[OMG PONIES]

So what will marching order be?

Anybody volunteering to take point?

As our resident rogue-like, I think that should be me. Away from my charsheet (blocked at work and without a PDF), but can post some rolls in the AM.

[TheAmazingOP]

I think Titus could take next in order, unless our lion would like to sneak along with the rogue.

[RaggedAngel]

Kaylee will bring up the rear, and her undead next to her. They have a very high movement speed, so being at the back won't hinder them much.

[ben-zayb]

I think Titus could take next in order, unless our lion would like to sneak along with the rogue.

On one hand, Pardo is more mobile than Titus so he could afford being further behind. On the other hand, he has the perception skills and the initiative. Would be nice if he has more charging space at the start of his turn, so he might take the second position.

EDIT: Uh oh. If we go by continuity, he already volunteered while Jack is half-relieved of the fact. If Jack's kosher with that, the lion will be at the lead position. He promises not to bother the gambler...the latter wouldn't even feel like Pardo was there in front at all.

EDIT: There. Made my move. (well, Pardo's)

@Zaydos I would imagine the path down the cellar to not be so greatly-illuminated, but we all know what assuming did to me.