tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857943845134368047.post7442115547799427239..comments2014-06-13T21:12:04.787-04:00Comments on The West Kingdom: Friday 6 July 1280, Morning through Noon (The Aftermath)Chris C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08655640273250716377noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857943845134368047.post-61111688254656244802012-07-23T19:01:13.542-04:002012-07-23T19:01:13.542-04:00OOC: See "Cosmo's Curiosities" entry...OOC: See "Cosmo's Curiosities" entry just added to the "New Arrival's Guide to Fairbrook" on the "West Kingdom" page. I've added it to the town map there too, just west of the stables.Chris C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655640273250716377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857943845134368047.post-77249757272291986332012-07-23T17:08:57.650-04:002012-07-23T17:08:57.650-04:00OOC: Oops! I think this came in just after I made ...OOC: Oops! I think this came in just after I made the follow-up post -- I've edited it in now. <br /><br />Regarding the possibility of purchasing magical items in Fairbrook, I've been contemplating placing such an establishment either in or near the town (I've been toying with such an idea since I read "Hugo's Healing Potions" in Tim Shorts' last issue of <i>The Manor</i>). <br /><br />I'll get some details worked out and have it in place by the time your PCs return to Fairbrook. :)Chris C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655640273250716377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857943845134368047.post-55236423326264494112012-07-23T14:48:37.447-04:002012-07-23T14:48:37.447-04:00Oloc - Mage
The young mage is also very appreciat...Oloc - Mage<br /><br />The young mage is also very appreciative of the payment from Belloc and Harlon. The amount of gold in front of Oloc is well beyond anything he had ever imagined and his mind quickly races, thinking of how the coin will help in his magical studies.<br /><br />At mention of the bandits, Oloc lets out a sigh. "Aye, I suppose the ruins can wait." And a return to Fairbrook sounds good. I am interested in securing this gold - or spending it!"<br /><br />ooc: Apologies for forgetting if you have mentioned before, but is there any place in Fairbrook to purchase magical items, e.g. potions, scrolls, etc.?sonofothohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303824350712870065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857943845134368047.post-24054650585412567042012-07-22T07:57:39.506-04:002012-07-22T07:57:39.506-04:00Duran - Fighter
Duran joins Gaven in thanking Bel...Duran - Fighter<br /><br />Duran joins Gaven in thanking Belloc and Harlon.<br /><br />Turning to the others he says "I would have no problem investigating the bandit problem but I would first like to return to Fairbrook for a proper rest and resupply. Plus I could use a mug of Big Sadie's Crimson Ale."Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01599440395205668599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857943845134368047.post-30722487013580124072012-07-21T14:58:32.228-04:002012-07-21T14:58:32.228-04:00Gaven - cleric
Gaven thanks both Harlon and Bello...Gaven - cleric<br /><br />Gaven thanks both Harlon and Belloc for their generosity.<br /><br />Gaven says to the company, "I would like to aid our friend Filbert and Captain Belloc and Fairbrook by investigating the bandit situation. Plus, I would hate to enter the area near the ruins during the full moon." As he says that last bit, he lifts Maggie's scarf, which he had been absently twirling with his hands.<br /><br />"Plus, with our new funds, I would like to try to hire some extra help to either fight the bandits or investigate the ruins."<br /><br />Gaven asks Belloc and Filbert what they know of the bandits.<br /><br />Gaven asks Eric what else he knows of Maggie.<br /><br />Gaven will ask all three what they know of werewolves and any other weird happenings during full moons.<br /><br />Ooc: The XP and treasure sounds good. Thanks for explaining further.Professor Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12547375949991705390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857943845134368047.post-26435466221791961362012-07-21T14:30:58.346-04:002012-07-21T14:30:58.346-04:00Hey all:
Just a couple of notes regarding xp (es...Hey all: <br /><br />Just a couple of notes regarding xp (especially since I fiddled with the totals this time around to give you a bump). <br /><br />I only counted monster xp for those monsters you were "directly" involved in defeating (i.e. you killed them yourselves, or else you were "directly" responsible for their flight – e.g. Oloc's spell breaking Bloodfang's concentration, thereby releasing the elemental from servitude, who then fled, based solely on that regained freedom). <br /><br />For the rest of the goblin army that surrendered or ran away, I just kind of lumped that in abstractly as a factor in the bonus Belloc awarded you guys (rather than to actually calculate to what extent they ran because Bloodfang died, or because their comrades beside them were killed by Belloc's men, etc). <br /><br />In terms of giving you guys a bump, I really liked Professor P's suggestion of increasing treasure as the most straightfoward solution to increase the rate of advance a bit, so that's reflected in the amount of the bonus given to you by Belloc. <br /><br />So my rationale went like this. Instead of the total gold that you ended up taking for this adventure ending up in the 2 to 3 times monster xp range, I took Professor P's suggested figure of 4 to 5 times the monster xp (my thought was to use "4.5" as a base multiplier). <br /><br />In an effort to "retroactively" help compensate for the low xp yield in your previous adventure, I bumped that up to 5.0 x monster xp. <br /><br />Finally rather than actually try and calculate how much of the goblins fleeing/surrendering/killed by Belloc's men/etc. "belonged" to you rather than to Belloc and his men, I abstractly worked it in by bumping the multiplier up another .5 giving me a final multiplier of 5.5 times monster xp, which came out to a total reward of about 3200 gp from Belloc.<br /><br />I think we'll try a norm of having treasure equaling 4-5 times monster xp floating around out there for your PCs to pick up and see how it goes. I'm really looking for a happy medium. On the one hand I think it would be bad for your PCs to level up so fast that it almost feels meaningless, but on the other hand I don't think it would be good either if it took your characters 8-10 months to reach level two. <br /><br />So I'll propose we try this increased treasure to monster ratio for a while and see how it plays out, and we can later tweak as necessary.Chris C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655640273250716377noreply@blogger.com