Diver's Kingmaker Pathfinder game Session 1

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22:57:59 ( Owain rolls 1d20+8 => , + 8 9 )
22:58:05 Owain cries
22:58:17 Owain will spend an action point to roll again?
22:58:35 [DMD] Sure
22:58:45 ( Owain rolls 1d20+8 => , + 8 19 )
22:59:00 ( DMD rolls 3d20+4 => 1, 11, 14, + 4 = 30 )
23:00:55 [DMD] Two of the men are on thier knees almost before you finish speaking ,while one seems to consider it . "Nature's wrath won't be no worse than Kressle's or specially the Stag Lords, you let me go you won't see me again, but I ain't riding against them."
23:01:04 ( DMD rolls 1d20+8 => , + 8 25 )
23:01:58 Tülarie wants to examine these bandits to see if they are being truthful.
23:02:52 ( Tülarie rolls 1d20+6 => , + 6 20 )
23:02:58 Pae will roll Sense Motive as well.))
23:03:01 [Tülarie] Sense Motive^
23:03:05 [DMD] Happs just glares at you. " Nature's wrath, what you gonna send me out with a dagger and a lioncloth in the Stolen Lands you green behind the ears holy man? No, string me up or let the post master gut me , be faster , not as bad as Kressle and the Stag Lord, and the other nasties out there. You go follow you're furrowed path if you want, but this is the Stolen Lands, you git. You be off the map here boy, not me. No sir, do your worst."
23:03:14 ( Pae rolls 1d20+6 => , + 6 15 )
23:04:04 [DMD] You can tell the men are right scared of this Kressle, and absolutely petrified of this Stag Lord, they might not want to fight you but they'd rather die than go back defeated or side with you against him
23:04:57 Pae nods, satisfied as best she can expect.
23:05:18 [DMD] As far as the sense motives go, they're not lying or trying to hide anything
23:05:47 Owain puts his hand on the head of each kneeling man "Father of Hearth and Hunt these men have seen the sins they have wrought, the taint they have brought to your forests and they are repentant. I as their confessor ask you to give them understanding, to show them that right and virtuous is the path to the

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warm hearth, the loving arms of a woman that takes their weakness and makes it strenght, the sound of children and grandchildren that makes a man warm in ways no stolen gold can, show them Father and lead them into your field so they may grow straight and strong, roots sunk deep, limbs wide to shelter... Bless them now as the Righteous SHeperds you aways meant them to be!" (Bless spell on them)
23:06:32 [Tülarie] "They are obviously scared pantsless. If you want my opinion, I think we should slit their throats and drop 'em off in a pond somewhere. But you're the boss, Owain." Then she watches as he apparently blesses them. Not what she would have liked to see, but ok.
23:07:12 [DMD] They sit there, tied up but blessed to be so.
23:07:20 Porter stands off to the side, bow drawn. He didn't agree or disagree one way or the other, but he'd look to Pae, wondering her thoughts.
23:07:36 [Owain] (Well two wanted to accept Erastil and one and Happs didn't. unless I misread things.)
23:07:59 [DMD] Right
23:08:07 [Pae] ((One was thinking it over, two did, Happs didn't.))
23:08:42 [DMD] The talkative bandit, the one you only beat by one, he wants no part of anything, he offered to be asses and elbows all the way to anywhere but here. Happs is just a dick.
23:10:29 Owain gestures to the men "Untie them. They are bound by their convictions." He looekd to the talkative one "I am sorry your fear in a man is stronger then fear of judgement... You are smart but nature's judgement you will face. Perhaps in the wilderness you will find your way to the Father." He looked to Happs "You deserve what nature will reap from you."
23:11:49 [DMD] The talkative one laughs. "Wilderness hell, you untie me I'll find a path all the way back to the capitol and take me chances. "
23:12:49 [DMD] Olag leads his wife back inside, looking over his shoulder as he closes the door. "Better deal than any of em'd get from me. Be back in a bit. Got some thinking to do. "

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23:13:14 Tülarie purses her lips and lowers her crossbow. She trades that for her dagger, which she uses to cut the bonds of the talkative bandit in one sure cut.
23:14:27 [Pae] ((Can I do a local knowledge check on this Stag Lord?))
23:14:44 Owain looks to talkative "The wilderness is in all who have not found Hearth and Home. You are not far from your path, I hope you find it." He looks to Happs "Return him to the state he entered this world, naked and shivering."
23:16:55 Tülarie looks up from cutting the bonds of the bandit with her eyes nearly cross at Owain's suggestion. "You want me to... undress him?"
23:17:38 [Owain] "Slice them from his body before you untie him..." He points to Happs. "He acts as a beast so a beast he shall be."
23:18:00 [DMD] You can Pae.
23:18:43 ( Pae rolls 1d20+8 => , + 8 23 )
23:19:15 [Porter] "Ah, what about cutting his hamstring? Gonna do that too?"
23:19:52 [DMD] Off of Happs you get leather armor, in pieces if it's cut off him, a dagger, a composite long bow((+2)) , two flasks of alchemist fire and a silver pendant in the shape of a stag's head he keeps tucked under his leather.
23:19:59 Owain shakes his head "No, I am no beast. He will have the same chances as any animal in the forest has..."
23:20:32 Tülarie scowls with disgust at the idea, but she proceeds to do as Owain asks. She won't be shy about checking Happs' pockets for choice things to filch before she's done cutting the tunic off his back, though.
23:20:43 Tülarie can has loot check?
23:21:48 Porter glances to Owain. "You want the longbow, friend?"
23:23:28 Roscoe enters this room
23:24:39 Owain smiles "Mayhap but we can worry about this later." Once Happs is stripped he looks to Talkative "Twould be best you leave now before I set this one loose.. Move fast as you can afoot because no horse will you have, you have rejected Erastil's blessing so I cannot aid you more than giving you your clothes."

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23:24:40 [DMD] Naked Happs stands there in all his glory, as well as the other men, who have no idea what to do with themselves. " So....uh....where do we go, what do we do now?" one of the two asks Owain.
23:24:55 Pae 's frown deepens.
23:25:09 Tülarie diverts her eyes. Holy crap ew.
23:25:43 Roscoe exits from this room
23:26:21 Owain looks to the two shepherds "You will stay under my watchful eye for now, when I have seen you truly do walk the furrowed path then I will be gladdened to set you to your tasks."
23:27:19 [DMD] The two men nod, clearly not familiar with being shepards or jr shepards. " What tasks?"
23:27:47 [DMD] Olag, when he returns has his arms filled with a small bag and three bottles. He hands them all over to you , that is the collective you. In the bag is fifty gold pieces, the bottles are 2 potions of cure light wounds caster lvl 3rd and one potion of Shield of Faith +2. “ Not much but it’s all we got to give right now, you earned it and more. The place is yours to call home while you do you’re exploring and adventuring, as long as you want it . On top of that you’ll have room in the guest house and eat what me and the missus do three meals a day. Once we get some trade movin trough again be glad to buy sell and trade with you at cost as long as you stick around these parts too.”
23:28:39 Pae smiles.
23:29:00 [Owain] "You will see." He opens the gates letting Talker run for it. then he looks to Happs "Now you will know the errors of your ways."
23:29:08 DMD makes it a point to make it clear that applies to the four of you, not the two jr shepards. " They sleep outside the walls, and eat trail rations or whatver they can get for thier selves, and thier money is worth less then they be to me."
23:29:38 [DMD] Talkative is last seen headed up the trail north as fast as two feet can carry a man, did you let him keep his gear?
23:29:53 [Owain] No weapons save one dagger.
23:29:56 [DMD] Or, for that matter are you letting your two jr shepards keep thiers?

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23:30:13 [Owain] one dagger each for now.
23:30:58 [DMD] So off the three of them you get three more sets of leather armor, three long bows, 60 arrows, 3 short swords and 30 gold
23:31:30 [Owain] could someone keep track of all our loot? *G*
23:31:42 [DMD] Not it.
23:31:59 [Pae] Not it.
23:32:15 Tülarie sighs. It.
23:32:32 Porter will do it too. )
23:32:40 Pae is logging.))
23:32:51 [DMD] You also got four horses , Olag lets you keep anything of the bandit's you want or need, the rest he gathers to add to the post's trading stock
23:33:38 Owain puts it to the two that acceped blessing... It's simple they sinned against Oleg and Svetlanna so they have to work until they say otherwise. When this couple has forgiven them, then they're free to go or stay... However if they feel this is too much for them then they can take their chances in the wilds or run off with Talker with the clothes on their back and one dagger.
23:34:39 [DMD] The two men opt to hang around, it's the least they can do in trade for thier lives.
23:34:58 [DMD] If noone has anything pressing, I wanted to fastforward to the next day, wrap up a couple small things an call it a night/session
23:35:39 [Owain] Okay Happs he sets off with a poke of a blade and after he's ten steps from the door owain will speak with animals again wolves and howl out 'Some Dinner on the Hoof come and get it!"
23:36:11 [Owain] okay dokay *smiles*
23:36:14 Tülarie has nothing in particular to add, do, or the like. She's ready to bathe if anything.
23:39:08 Porter 's only concern at this point is the fact that they got through it without bloodshed, and if Owain or Porter gets the composite bow. )
23:39:49 [DMD] Happs disapears to the south, but not long after he is out of sight you hear the howls pick up, and soon screams. Seems he was right, this is the Stolen Lands, and there are a hundred or better terrible things that can happen to a man out there...... Everyone gets fed and bathed, and the couple ask the

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gnome bard if she'd grace them with a show to go along with the late meal.
23:39:50 Owain 's fine with Porter having it, I'm not sure if I can use it, Erastil's weapon is the Longbow, not composite longbow.
23:41:03 [Porter] Ahh. )
23:41:10 Porter will take the composite longbow then. )
23:41:17 [DMD] The rest of the day is spent putting all the trade stock back in the storage room in the back of the main building, enjoying another fine day of food, except for the two Jr shepherds who sleep and eat in the court yard with the animals. It’s up to you if you keep them under watch. Sometime a bit later in the next morning, you hear one of them banging on the shut gates from outside where they spent the night. “Riders on the road, from the north, flying the Sword Lord’s banner!!” Olag stops what he’s doing, which appears to be hanging several pieces of parchment of some kind on a post outside the main building, and joins you at the gates. “Do we let them in?”
23:42:36 Owain looks at the parchements.. "Do you usually let them in?"
23:43:04 Pae emerges from the guest house, rubbing black ink off her fingers. "They have the banner. But banners can be duplicated..."
23:43:49 [Tülarie] "Don't we like the Swordlords?" she ruminates dreamily, gazing up at the sky without a real reason to.
23:44:13 Owain nods to Tülarie "However it wouldn't be rude to stop them outside the gates first.."
23:44:16 [Porter] "The Swordlord is who gave us this mission to chart the Stolen Lands anyways, aren't they?"
23:44:21 [Porter] lords*
23:44:24 [Porter] are*
23:44:31 [Pae] "Yes. But there are people who we don't like. Who might like to get in by whatever means necessary."
23:44:46 [Owain] "They are but as Pae said, banners can be stolen or faked."
23:45:02 [DMD] Olag nods. "Swordlords always been welcome here, and thier represenatives, we let you in didn't we?" he chuckles. " Even if you be wanting to explore an settle my nice wilderness retreat here."

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23:45:42 Tülarie purses her lips and considers this. Then she nods and without asking or hesitating, she climbs to the edge of the palisade to look over the wall to see about these alleged 'Swordlords.'
23:45:46 Porter nods. "Indeed they can." Would swordlords have a particular style of armor?
23:45:55 [DMD] Pae, are you going to do a nightly performance for the nice people like they asked you to?
23:46:11 [Owain] "We will be cautious but friendly."
23:46:16 [DMD] Do perception, Tul
23:46:38 [Pae] ((Oh, sure. Want me to roll Perform? I thought you were just throwing that in.))
23:47:09 [DMD] I was, but you can do a perform
23:47:56 [Tülarie] Tula, what do your elven eyes see?
23:48:00 ( Tülarie rolls 1d20+8 => , + 8 16 )
23:48:28 ( Pae rolls 1d20+9 => , + 9 14 )
23:48:33 [Pae] ...
23:49:29 [DMD] It's the best performance they've seen out here in a long while. The wife even offers you seconds on the cobbler before everyone else, Pae.
23:49:49 [Pae] ((Phew!))
23:50:20 Pae is pleased with cobbler. Her meals are smaller, so that's like fourths!
23:50:29 Tülarie leans down from her station at the palisade and murmurs down to Owain. "They look far too shiny to be imposters! Their horses are quite fine, too. I doubt these are more of those grimy lowlifes."
23:50:35 [DMD] (( Well, trading post on the edge of nowhere, each other for company for months at a time, not hard to impress?))
23:51:01 Owain nods "Alright we shoudl let them in but still everyone be on watch."
23:51:24 Pae nods.
23:53:46 Tülarie 's brows shoot up, and she looks out over the palisade to wave at the approaching entourage. "Hello! To whom do we owe our pleasure for your shiny company?" she calls out to them once they are within earshot.
23:54:37 [DMD] Olag opens the gate, and almost gets knocked over by your two newest converts on thier way in. They might be repentant but they're understandbly and noticebly shy about being the welcome

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party for mounted soldiers, Owain. They quickly make themselves busy or at least looking it, fixing up the court yard. Cleaning the stalls, anything but standing in front of the gate. Not far behind them you see five male riders on warhorses flying the Swordlords banner, in chainshirts and well armed. In formation, one out front and the other four in ranks of two, the leader calls a halt just in outside the gate and calls out. " Hail the post, Captian James with the Swordlords companies and men requesting entry!!"
23:55:35 Pae nods again, more satisfied.
23:55:43 Owain nods "Let them in."
23:56:51 Porter is ready to draw his shiny new bow, but other than that he stays ready to cast Shield or one of his not-quite-awesome elemental spells. Or maybe grease, even.
23:58:02 [Tülarie] "Give us a moment! These doors are quite heavy and all!" Unless someone else got to it, she'd drop from the palisade and move to start opening the gate herself.
23:58:48 Owain helps Tülarie open the gates
23:59:02 Porter will help too.
00:00:16 [DMD] Captian James introduces himself, and points to the four men behind him. “These are the Redshirt Bobs. Stand and present!!” Each man comes out of the saddle, and snaps to attention before stating…
00:00:30 Pae arches an eyebrow. Redshirt Bobs, really?
00:00:34 [DMD] “ Bob the first fighter and general combatant !!” He wears a red tunic with a large B1 on it .
00:00:50 [DMD] Bob the second, ranger , dual weapons and skirmishing specialist!!” His red tunic has a large B2
00:01:04 [DMD] “Bob the third!! Might Brawler and rampager of the company!!” Red tunic, B3. He’s a little bigger and rougher around the edges than the others.
00:01:17 [DMD] The fourth man is smaller and more compact, he wears almost a red robe instead of tunic and no chain shirt under it, and sandals. “ Bob the fourth, monk of the temple of Bobs and unarmed specialist !!” he whispers in a much lower tone.
00:01:29 [DMD] His red robe has a large B4 on it .

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00:01:57 [DMD] You all needed a meat shield, now you can pick and swap between four of them!!
00:02:29 [Owain] hehe
00:03:33 [Owain] (I'm finding this hillarously funny but it's late but still it's funny) *G*
00:03:52 Tülarie smiles vacantly at all this bravado. It wasn't unappreciated, however. "Welcome!" she says chirpingly.
00:03:59 [DMD] It quickly becomes apparent that Captian James and the Redshirt Bobs are the help Olag and his wife where expecting. Captian James explains four of them will set up camp here near the post and protect it while he loans any one at a time to your group for support.
00:04:21 [Owain] Excellent!
00:05:01 Tülarie finds this arrangement agreeable.
00:05:03 Pae smiles.
00:05:08 [DMD] And one last thing, as Captian James and the Redshirt Bobs settle in, you all can take note of what Olag was doing before they arrived, he was posting some old wanted posters and requests for adventurers expertise on that post outside the main building.
00:05:25 [Owain] Cool beans,
00:05:51 [DMD] Happs and his bandits where worth 405 xp. I’m giving a bonus 100 xp each for a good plan that worked almost to a teeand an 25 bonus xp for capturing mounts for the party, and Owain gets an extra 50 xp for converting two of the bandits .
00:06:10 [Owain] I am reminded of one campaign I ran with NPCs named after the Marx brothers.. harpo, Chico, Groucho Zeppo and Karl.
00:06:38 [DMD] You all HAVE to know who Captian James and The Redshirt Bobs are?
00:06:43 [Owain] is that each or to be divided?
00:06:54 [DMD] It an away party!!
00:06:56 [Owain] James Tiberius Kirk!
00:07:31 [DMD] The 405 is to be divided , the bonuses are each, and the last 50 is just for you, Owain.
00:08:08 [Pae] So 226.25?
00:08:16 [Owain] okay 102 xps plus 100, plus 25 so that's 227 each

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Just to clairfy, we made a house rule that any hex traveled through 2 times is considered explored on the map. There are naturally some hexes that due to contents will be exceptions to the rule and I'll let you all know as they come up. Some might only require finding certian site within them once to be declared explored, and others might take special actions to be considered explored, such as the completetion of quests or certian specific actions. Also once a hex has been "explored/settled" as a house rule I'll not roll for random encounters when passing through them.In addition, I'll keep track of days into the campaign here as well.

Also, I'm going to start posting finished and outstanding warrants and quests here. In game these are the notices and posters you find from time to time at Oleg's trading post or other locations throughout the game .

Finished Quests


1- Bokken Wants Fangberries-400xp quest reward and one month's 25% discount on potions bought from Bokken.
2-The Moon Radish Quest-400 xp and 250gp
3-Wanted, Bandits-The bandits in the Greenbelt region of the stolen lands need to be shown that thier actions will not be tolerated . Defeat up to six to send a message and recieve a 400gp reward within one week of conformation of decrease in bandit activity-signed by the Sword Lords.


Outstanding Quests and or Warrants at Oleg's Currently


2-Kobolds in the Hills- The Snottail koblods are not normaly a problem, but recently something has riled them up in the Kamelands. Find them and either slay them, solve whatever disturbance has them on the warpath, or form an allaince of peace with them. The Swordlords will pay 800gp once the kobold problem ceases to be one.

3-Wanted-Tatzlewyrm. The way rumors fly you would think you couldn't walk a league without tripping over one of these beasts in the Stolen Lands but they're actuallu right rare. Oleg would like the realitivly undanaged head of one as a conversation peice for his lodge. He offers a reward of 600 gp if one is produced.

4-Wanted, Tuskgutter. Every trapper, trader and travler has a tale of this beast, and each tale is wilder than the last. Find the wild boar and bring it's head to Oleg, he offers to share the head cheese he plans to make as well as an added but unspecified reward. " Getting the reward is half the adventure, right, " says Oleg. "Why ruin the surprise for a reward you haven't earned yet!!"

5-Svenleta's Ring-Olag promics 1,000 gp in trading post credit for anyone who gets his wife's wedding ring back from the bandits for him.

6-Wanted Flagrim Sneeg. The mercanary Kesten will reward 4 MW weapons of choice for bringing this bandit in alive, or 2 for bringing him back dead .

The group has currently returned to th Oleg's on day 15 of the campaign and will ressume play then.

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I'm going to use this post to keep track of our exploration.

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