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Seas of Habololy => First Voyage of the Guardian of the Tide => Topic started by: Asinjin on April 13, 2018, 12:17:01 AM
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xp for everyone:
Nathan - for a battle where nothing seemed to work - 1800
Rin - for a giant Tsu and Aquatic Arrow storm - 2100
Sas - for saving Camile - 2200
Chase - for many useful magic items - 2450
Kasai - for bravery bordering on foolishness - 1200
Wake and Taiji - for showing up and not dying - 100
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You reach Port Talp on the 18th day of the 11th month. Your voyage lasted one month.
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You note that sailing into Port Talp, the Floating Isle is not in sight.
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The attack of the Marids and the visible (but not real) threat of the dragon has made some of the crew question whether it is worth it to stay on the ship.
Amare warns the officers, "There will be some that choose not to come with us when we sail back out to sea."
He also asks, "How much shore leave should I tell the crew they have? They will need three days at least, but I would not suggest more than a week."
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Camile's position remains that if Chase stays, she will leave the ship. Since no one appears to back her enough to make a difference (among the officers at least), Amare says he will reach out to your other choice for ship's mage to see if he is available still.
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You have to decide on payment for Camile, and I want to make sure you paid her for all of the identifies as well.
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Amare has meetings with many of the crew, as is standard, when you reach port. This in generally to pay them, file complaints, and such. He tells you that Guilbere the Prelate is not coming back.
"He won't stay when he is being mistaken for a wanted Slayer."
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Can we have Veronica get a feel for the overall thoughts of the crew? Maybe find out other complaints that weren't presented to the officers. Also anything good things the crew said about the mission(e.g. great adventure and excitement, or we are doing good work getting cultist off the seas etc.) Nathan also makes sure to let Chase know that we would like to have him back on and appreciate his service.
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I try to set up meetings to discuss the following.
1. To talk with someone who has great knowledge of the elemental plain of air.
2. To talk with someone about the purple beam that took out the artifact for a brief period.
I try to arrange these meetings either from the high cleric of Lakius or through mages here.
I also talk with Pierre in the temple to Lakius in Talp to find out as much information about the Marids as possible.
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Can we have Veronica get a feel for the overall thoughts of the crew? Maybe find out other complaints that weren't presented to the officers. Also anything good things the crew said about the mission(e.g. great adventure and excitement, or we are doing good work getting cultist off the seas etc.) Nathan also makes sure to let Chase know that we would like to have him back on and appreciate his service.
Amare prefers not to have Veronica do that work. He's the captain and pretty good at talking to them.
The answer is that the crew is for the most part happy and satisfied that you are doing good work, assuming you just paid them as promised. The dragon not being a dragon made them all feel better. Leads into the mindset that it won't be as bad as it sounds. There is a feeling of invulnerability aboard the Guardian.
The biggest departures, Camile and Guilbere, you can't do much about.
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Session recap posting xp available.
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I try to set up meetings to discuss the following.
1. To talk with someone who has great knowledge of the elemental plain of air.
2. To talk with someone about the purple beam that took out the artifact for a brief period.
I try to arrange these meetings either from the high cleric of Lakius or through mages here.
I also talk with Pierre in the temple to Lakius in Talp to find out as much information about the Marids as possible.
Assuming you spend a week here, all of this information will be available. The high cleric is not too far that you can't go talk to him. He can get any information about the plane of air you need.
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Just trying to get an idea of how much we should pay the officers out of loot.
How many days were we out at sea?
How much does one elite crew get paid for the day?
I know it varies but how much would an officer expect to get for this trip?
Hero do you have all the items that we received so we can figure out a value for them?
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Just trying to get an idea of how much we should pay the officers out of loot.
How many days were we out at sea?
How much does one elite crew get paid for the day?
I know it varies but how much would an officer expect to get for this trip?
Hero do you have all the items that we received so we can figure out a value for them?
29 days at sea
Officers that were not promised shares? Without taking into negotiations, I think 10gc per level for a month is fair.
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I think we talked about taking crew expenses off the top and then having about 1/2 the profits going to the owners. The other 1/2 of the profits should be divided among the officers in roughly equal shares. Lets see what that looks like and then make a decision based off of those numbers.
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Session recap posting xp available.
After meeting with the officers in the Destroytian Republic, we were set to drop off the belligerent pirates and bring the rest to Talp. The crew decided not to bother and go straight to Talp after discovering that we were being followed by a group of elementals. We made pretty good progress, but when we were a couple days away from Talp, we were surrounded by our previous assailants and the Guardian stopped to a screeching halt.
The mysterious voice again demanded our surrender and that we give up Claude and the Guardian. Sas used his diplomatic skills to buy us some time to buff ourselves, then they attacked. We were blasted with water and ice and surrounded on all sides of the ship.
After a short while, one of the creatures appeared near the front of the boat where the revealing lanterns is located and we were all able to see a blue scaled dragon. The officers sprung into action and attacked what they saw. Shortly after, it became apparent that the ship was filling with water again through the cannon holes. The rest of the crew and pirates began bailing water and sealing the holes while remaining below deck.
After some reconnaissance, we discovered two enormous elementals holding us in place. It also became clear that there was a slew of additional creatures surrounding us in the air and water. After some serious damage, the blue dragon moved to another side of the boat, but another barrage of melee and magic soon revealed a genie behind what appeared to be an alternate form of a dragon. Very Wizard of Oz style like the man behind the curtain. Eventually, it dissipated into a pool of water and splashed into the ocean. We don't know if we killed it or if it just retreated to heal.
After that, dozens of genie's revealed themselves, although most stayed in the water. Some drug Camille and Sas into the water, others attacked us with anti-magic rays and melee weapons. One of our crew is skilled in ship to ship unarmed combat and was able to wrestle one of the genies onto the deck. From that point, Valdis, Midiyiro, and Ritvali flanked and attacked it to near death. It fled at one point, but that group pulled it back for additional beat down. Not sure if it lived or not.
Meanwhile, the rest of the crew was engaged in all sorts of combat. Chase was attempting to dispel and disorient them, but soon took to healing as he and Rin took a beating.
Nathan turned into a roid rage bear with all the trimmings. He managed an epic attack on one of them, but was soon reduced to a mere bear cub when he was hit with another anti-magic ray.
Kasai blasted genies with lesser fire orbs, but was targeted after that and quickly reduced to minimal HP. The Captain ordered him below deck.
Sas used his spirit powers to limited avail and the rest of the crew fought, scouted, bailed water, or hid. We were all eventually hit with a mighty Cone of Cold that nearly killed Thermon.
Rin enlarged Tsu and they fought in the water to blast genies with arrows, bite attacks, and a mighty arrow storm spell.
Eventually, Camille was able to turn into a dolphin and escape the elemental whirlpool she was caught in. She then returned to the ship. Once there, she was able to dismiss one of the elementals. With one remaining, it wasn't able to hold the ship between the force of the everfull sails and the barrage of attacks it was receiving. We managed to sail onward without any further disruption. Fortunately, the Guardian was completely undamaged thanks to its many fortifications.
We sailed full speed ahead for the remaining day or two and got to Talp safely. The Floating Isle was nowhere to be found, but at least we're safe.
We're now in the process of determining pay and shore leave.
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Nathan also makes sure to let Chase know that we would like to have him back on and appreciates his service.
Chase appreciates the gesture.
Drow lives matter.
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After meeting with the officers in the Destroytian Republic, we were set to drop off the belligerent pirates and bring the rest to Talp. The crew decided not to bother and go straight to Talp after discovering that we were being followed by a group of elementals. We made pretty good progress, but when we were a couple days away from Talp, we were surrounded by our previous assailants and the Guardian stopped to a screeching halt.
The mysterious voice again demanded our surrender and that we give up Claude and the Guardian. Sas used his diplomatic skills to buy us some time to buff ourselves, then they attacked. We were blasted with water and ice and surrounded on all sides of the ship.
After a short while, one of the creatures appeared near the front of the boat where the revealing lanterns is located and we were all able to see a blue scaled dragon. The officers sprung into action and attacked what they saw. Shortly after, it became apparent that the ship was filling with water again through the cannon holes. The rest of the crew and pirates began bailing water and sealing the holes while remaining below deck.
After some reconnaissance, we discovered two enormous elementals holding us in place. It also became clear that there was a slew of additional creatures surrounding us in the air and water. After some serious damage, the blue dragon moved to another side of the boat, but another barrage of melee and magic soon revealed a genie behind what appeared to be an alternate form of a dragon. Very Wizard of Oz style like the man behind the curtain. Eventually, it dissipated into a pool of water and splashed into the ocean. We don't know if we killed it or if it just retreated to heal.
After that, dozens of genie's revealed themselves, although most stayed in the water. Some drug Camille and Sas into the water, others attacked us with anti-magic rays and melee weapons. One of our crew is skilled in ship to ship unarmed combat and was able to wrestle one of the genies onto the deck. From that point, Valdis, Midiyiro, and Ritvali flanked and attacked it to near death. It fled at one point, but that group pulled it back for additional beat down. Not sure if it lived or not.
Meanwhile, the rest of the crew was engaged in all sorts of combat. Chase was attempting to dispel and disorient them, but soon took to healing as he and Rin took a beating.
Nathan turned into a roid rage bear with all the trimmings. He managed an epic attack on one of them, but was soon reduced to a mere bear cub when he was hit with another anti-magic ray.
Kasai blasted genies with lesser fire orbs, but was targeted after that and quickly reduced to minimal HP. The Captain ordered him below deck.
Sas used his spirit powers to limited avail and the rest of the crew fought, scouted, bailed water, or hid. We were all eventually hit with a mighty Cone of Cold that nearly killed Thermon.
Rin enlarged Tsu and they fought in the water to blast genies with arrows, bite attacks, and a mighty arrow storm spell.
Eventually, Camille was able to turn into a dolphin and escape the elemental whirlpool she was caught in. She then returned to the ship. Once there, she was able to dismiss one of the elementals. With one remaining, it wasn't able to hold the ship between the force of the everfull sails and the barrage of attacks it was receiving. We managed to sail onward without any further disruption. Fortunately, the Guardian was completely undamaged thanks to its many fortifications.
We sailed full speed ahead for the remaining day or two and got to Talp safely. The Floating Isle was nowhere to be found, but at least we're safe.
We're now in the process of determining pay and shore leave.
Great recap. However, Nathan does want to take some credit for doing approximately 150 points of damage to the blue dragon creature as it dissipated directly after my charge. Then he was reduce to a "bear cub" by the purple beam. Even though it was an illusion.
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After that, dozens of genie's revealed themselves, although most stayed in the water. Some drug Camille and Sas into the water,...
Eventually, Camille was able to turn into a dolphin and escape the elemental whirlpool she was caught in...
Since we’re making corrections for the record, Ssaskra heroically dove into the water to rescue Camille, and used his mysterious shamanic powers to extract her from the whirlpool with no regard for his own personal safety.
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Since we’re making corrections for the record, Ssaskra heroically dove into the water to rescue Camille, and used his mysterious shamanic powers to extract her from the whirlpool with no regard for his own personal safety.
That was a heroic effort. Nice job Sas!
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Loot acquired:
- Knockout gas canisters for cannon (qty ?)
- Necklace of Pearl Armor - +6 AC (armor bonus), force effect, no armor check penalty, no max dex limit, requires heavy armor proficiency, resizes to fit wearer <Thermon>
- Cutlass with fist-shaped basket hilt - +1 on land/+2 on ship, auto bull rush on charge (+4 check, no AoO
- Dagger+2 <Kasai>
- Crossbow+1
- Crossbow bolts+1 (qty30)
- Wind Fan - generates wind to fill 1 sail, exhausts user
- Wand of Hold Person
- Wand of Cure Light Wounds
- Bracers of Shielding +3 (deflection)
- Ring of Sustenance <on loan to Parker>
Fishhook of Bountiful Bait <given to giants>6 potions <given to giants>- Scroll with 3 arcane spells
- Scroll with 4 arcane spells
- Dagger+1
- Potion of healing
- Potion of cat’s grace
- Bottle of wind - 6 hrs of use remaining
- Ring of swimming - gain swim speed 30
- Bracers of arrow protection - continuous Protection from Arrows effect (DR10/magic), no HP limit, normal missiles only <Tsarimoti>
- Bag of aquatic tricks - medium power, as Bag of Tricks but aquatic creatures only
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The list of crew that gets shares as I recall:
Amare
Camile
Rin
Nathan
Sas
Valdis
Fitolin (Helmsman)
Braden (Kormier Purser)
Tsuri'Moti
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The three Fey you took on do not need pay, they are happy with safe room and board.
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50xp for another solid session recap.
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We also need to play Claude and I can remember how we decided to pay Chase.
I think our plan was to subtract the crew payment so how much it cost to pay the crew for the 29 days. Then we divided the remaining in 1/2. The first 1/2 gets divided among the owners 30% each for Nathan and Rin and then 13% each for Claude, Sas, and Valdis. Then we take the remaining and divide it by the number of shares in the crew which includes the owners getting a share since they are also crew.
Let's add everything and sell it. I think we need to take the pearl necklaces and sell it too because that is one of the most high priced items and we can't afford to just give it to Thermon unless we keep it as a ship item and give it to him on loan.
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One thing I forgot to mention. Was I able to recover the block of ice created by the freezing gem before going to Talp? I mentioned I wanted Tsu to flip it up on deck so I could recover the gem, but I don't recall if we did that before sailing off.
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One thing I forgot to mention. Was I able to recover the block of ice created by the freezing gem before going to Talp? I mentioned I wanted Tsu to flip it up on deck so I could recover the gem, but I don't recall if we did that before sailing off.
Yes you were.
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Once at port, your Purser, Braden Lewis-Kormier does his job and gets values for the items.
- Knockout gas canisters for cannon - 300gc
- Necklace of Pearl Armor - +6 AC (armor bonus), force effect, no armor check penalty, no max dex limit, requires heavy armor proficiency, resizes to fit wearer <Thermon> - 28,000gc
- Cutlass with fist-shaped basket hilt - +1 on land/+2 on ship, auto bull rush on charge (+4 check, no AoO) - 7,500gc
- Dagger+2 - 7,500gc<Kasai>
- Crossbow+1 - 1,800gc
- Crossbow bolts+1 (qty30) - 2,000gc
- Wind Fan - generates wind to fill 1 sail, exhausts user - 4,000gc
- Wand of Hold Person - 900gc
- Wand of Cure Light Wounds - 150gc
- Bracers of Shielding +3 (deflection) - 9,000gc
- Ring of Sustenance <on loan to Parker> - 2500gc
Fishhook of Bountiful Bait <given to giants>6 potions <given to giants>- Scroll with 3 arcane spells - 800gc
- Scroll with 4 arcane spells - 900gc
- Dagger+1 - 1,800gc
- Potion of healing - don't bother in Port Talp
- Potion of cat’s grace - don't bother in Port Talp
- Bottle of wind - 6 hrs of use remaining - 600gc
- Ring of swimming - gain swim speed 30 - 12,000gc
- Bracers of arrow protection - continuous Protection from Arrows effect (DR10/magic), no HP limit, normal missiles only <Tsarimoti> - 18,000gc
- Bag of aquatic tricks - medium power, as Bag of Tricks but aquatic creatures only - 1,500gc
Looks like a total of just under 100,000gc. These prices are what the Purses thinks you can get for the items. You may be able to haggle them a bit. He does this for the rest of the voyage home and one full day at port.
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So how much does the non-share crew make in a month. We take that out of the 100k and then start dividing it.
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So how much does the know share crew make in a month. We take that out of the 100k and then start dividing it.
If my count is correct, and there are 14 owner or share paid crew, then I believe it's 1,800gc for a month.
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If my count is correct, and there are 14 owner or share paid crew, then I believe it's 1,800gc for a month.
So that leaves 98,000gc to be divided among the 14 (13 since you have the special arrangement with Ritvali); which is about 7,500gc each if done evenly.
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Amare suggests that the scrolls, bottle, two potions, and two scrolls be added to the ship's supply.
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Does anyone recall if Len the Fey Doctor is getting a share or just crew pay?
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The list of crew that gets shares as I recall:
Amare
Camile
Rin
Nathan
Sas
Valdis
Fitolin (Helmsman)
Braden (Kormier Purser)
Tsuri'Moti
Weren't the secondary PCs on this list? I thought at least Taiji and Kasai waived a salary in exchange for a chance to share profit (albeit at a reduced rate vs. the others).
Also remember that Chase did invest in the ship in the form of the lyre of building.
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Amare suggests that the scrolls, bottle, two potions, and two scrolls be added to the ship's supply.
Also the gas canisters?
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Weren't the secondary PCs on this list? I thought at least Taiji and Kasai waived a salary in exchange for a chance to share profit (albeit at a reduced rate vs. the others).
Also remember that Chase did invest in the ship in the form of the lyre of building.
Then we need to clarify a few things. Did Chase invest 40,000 into the ship and then we purchased the lyre. In that case we could put him in as an owner or is the Lyre his and he is letting us use it then we would not put him in as an owner.
Although I would like to think of our other PC's as different and deserving a share in some way that are all 3rd level and the same level as the rest of the elite crew so they should probably just get paid out of the 1800 gp unless they go on an away mission of significant danger.
Kasai being the possible exception. What level is he?
Once we clarify all this information we will have to redo the calculations for distributing the loot.
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Also the gas canisters?
Amare is hesitant because of the appearance their use gives to the ship, but he does not object to keeping them.
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Then we need to clarify a few things. Did Chase invest 40,000 into the ship and then we purchased the lyre. In that case we could put him in as an owner or is the Lyre his and he is letting us use it then we would not put him in as an owner.
Although I would like to think of our other PC's as different and deserving a share in some way that are all 3rd level and the same level as the rest of the elite crew so they should probably just get paid out of the 1800 gp unless they go on an away mission of significant danger.
Kasai being the possible exception. What level is he?
Once we clarify all this information we will have to redo the calculations for distributing the loot.
Chase purchased the Lyre for the ship.
Kasai is 4th level.
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What level are the basic crew on the ship?
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Who are the 14 crew that need a share? I think we listed 9 of them?
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Who are the 14 crew that need a share? I think we listed 9 of them?
Amare
Nathan
Rin
Sas
Chase
Valdis
Camile
Len
Purser Braden
Guilbere
Midiyro
Kasai
Tsari'Moti
Isyawi
Helmsman Fitolin
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I don’t know that the purser would get s full share. What level is he and is he involved in battling. We need to figure out what to pay wake, Taji and Veronica, I think we would be metagaming if we paid them more then regular crew. However, their magic items and other skills might make them more valuable then typical elite crew so it might be easier just to give them a share.
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I don’t know that the purser would get s full share. What level is he and is he involved in battling. We need to figure out what to pay wake, Taji and Veronica, I think we would be metagaming if we paid them more then regular crew. However, their magic items and other skills might make them more valuable then typical elite crew so it might be easier just to give them a share.
Amare would argue against Veronica getting more the crew pay (hers is higher than typical because of her role).
He is not involved in battling. You get the impression that he will leave if not compensated the way a Kormiere family member is expected to be.
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What benefits does it give us having him. Does it increase the value we can get for our loot in anyway then he would be worth the share.
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What benefits does it give us having him. Does it increase the value we can get for our loot in anyway then he would be worth the share.
His connections make it easiest and faster to get rid of the loot, and also if there is a hard to find an owner for item, he can make that happen.
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Does anyone on the Guardian speak Aquan, and can they teach Ssaskra (retroactively)?
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Does anyone on the Guardian speak Aquan, and can they teach Ssaskra (retroactively)?
None of the NPC crew know it.