Ghosts of Saltmarsh OOC

[CaoimhinTheCape]

Morning. I figure you guys are all getting this assignment early (8:00 or 9:00) and has some time before meeting the whole part at Council Hall (10:00)

[Lioslaith]

That’s kind of what I assumed but until I get a better feel for you as a DM I didn’t want to assume. Lol

[CaoimhinTheCape]

No problem, that's fair. I'm very used to answering these types of questions quickly when playing in person; for PbP I need to get more used to making everything explicit right off the bat. So if you all ever have any questions let me know.

[Lioslaith]

I hope we didn’t lose people or just have “builders” as I tend to refer to them. Lol

[CaoimhinTheCape]

It has only been a day - if people don't post by the weekend I'll send out a round of messages to ping people.

[paradox26]

I am still here. I have just had a rough couple of weeks. I will get a post up IC in the next few hours.

[CaoimhinTheCape]

I posted, mostly to just fill in the world a little. We can time jump to the meeting once everyone has posted at least once and y'all make your way there.

A note on the luck roll thing, Eldryn has a book that may or may not tell the future and so me making what I call a luck roll (d20) is just to see how relevant/obvious the information he gets from the book is. I think it's more fun to do that private since it's not critical to anything but wanted to explain myself.

[Lioslaith]

Would Procan be considered the “Storm Lord” or is that a different entity?

[CaoimhinTheCape]

Would Procan be considered the “Storm Lord” or is that a different entity?

Yeah, one of the names of Procan is the Storm Lord (though there is at least one other deity to use that title). What is the context?

[Lioslaith]

That’s who Caspian is beholden to, the storm lord, and where his power comes from.

[CaoimhinTheCape]

I'll send out some pokes later today.

[Lioslaith]

I'll send out some pokes later today.

We ended up with 4? We can probably handle it with that many.

[CaoimhinTheCape]

Sent. Regardless of if I get responses I'll jump the story forward tomorrow.

[CaoimhinTheCape]

Posted, jumping you all to the infodump meeting with Eda. If you have any questions for her about the mission, now is the time to ask, otherwise... discuss how you wanna approach this mission!

[Lioslaith]

What would a typical wage for a seaman be?

[CaoimhinTheCape]

So, D&D isn't clear on this and apparently contradicts itself when it mentions wages in a couple different places. One interesting thread I found here outlines some suggestions: https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTh...e_and_economy/

So, I'd say a seaman is probably earning 30 to 60 gp a month, depending on skill? The reward for this amounts to a month or two of work. This is a significant payday, assuming you'd spend an afternoon at most exploring the house.

If you have other ideas, that's fine. I'm no economist

[Lioslaith]

So, D&D isn't clear on this and apparently contradicts itself when it mentions wages in a couple different places. One interesting thread I found here outlines some suggestions: https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTh...e_and_economy/

So, I'd say a seaman is probably earning 30 to 60 gp a month, depending on skill? The reward for this amounts to a month or two of work. This is a significant payday, assuming you'd spend an afternoon at most exploring the house.

If you have other ideas, that's fine. I'm no economist

Nope that’s exactly what I was looking for. Wages in D&D and well just money in general is a pretty esoteric thing. No one actually relies on it to live. It’s just something we accumulate to buy toys for our characters.

[Lioslaith]

Would my turtle physiology make it taste good to me?

[CaoimhinTheCape]

Entirely up to you. I don't know what turtles eat but it doesn't make a difference to the story so whatever you prefer.

[CaoimhinTheCape]

Everyone ready for me to move you guys to the house? Anything else you wanna do in town/talk about as a group?

[Izzarra]

It wouldn't hurt to ask around if anybody knows anything about Vildrun Aurum the alchemist that might be relevant. However, I don't want to hold up the game roleplaying through it if nobody else is interested.

If we want to take care of it quickly OOC here is a roll: (1d20)[20]
+1 if regular investigation, +3 if charisma based investigation, +5 if persuasion.

Second roll for advantage if somebody is helping and it applies: (1d20)[13]

[Awful]

With that roll I think you got it, heh.

[CaoimhinTheCape]

Yeah, I'll take that roll. Will have a post up later today with any info on the alchemist.

[Izzarra]

I am ready to move out now.

If I think too much more about the alchemist I might need to make myself a tinfoil hat.

[paradox26]

I had Eldryn go to the temple for holy water, then after that he will be fine to move on to the house.

[Snarkhunter]

Byrok is ready to travel to the house.

Should we start thinking about a standard marching order to use when travelling?

[Lioslaith]

I think the odds are pretty low that we would need one just going to the house. Caspian is ready to go as well.

[CaoimhinTheCape]

Feel free to come up with a marching order but, spoilers, you don't have to worry about it going to this house.

I can fast-travel you there later today unless anyone has anything left to do in town.

[Izzarra]

As a squishy healer Yue will be in the middle of the marching order

[CaoimhinTheCape]

Right, got busy yesterday and Saturdays are usually bad for me. new post tomorrow.