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The day dawns, and each one of you finds a pristine card from a Don’t worry if you don’t know what a harrow deck is yet; the mechanics of the harrow deck will be explained to you when it becomes relevant for the story. Just know that harrow decks are used in a certain type of Varisian fortune tellin...

The Tie the Binds Korvosa, like any city, has its share of undesirables. Cutpurses, thugs, thieves, burglars, assassins, and lowlifes of every sort can be found in waterfront slums, creeping in the sewers, or hiding in the tangled Shingles above. The Korvosan Guard does what it can to keep the city...

Deities of Golarion Deity Portfolios Domains Favored Weapon Erastil God of farming, hunting, trade, family Animal, Community, Good, Law, Plant longbow Iomedae Goddess of valor, rulership, justice, honor Glory, Good, Law, Sun, War longsword Torag God of the forge, protection, strategy Artifice, Eart...

Time travels on Golarion much as it does here on our own Earth. Sixty seconds form a minute, sixty minutes create an hour, and twenty-four hours make a day. The people of Golarion measure time much like we do as well, with seven days to a week and twelve 30-day months to a year. Years are marked sin...

https://assets.forge-vtt.com/5fe92525646aec218dc6e4ca/Art/fantasy/Crimson%20Throne/Korvosa_Skyline_with_landmark_labels.webp Korvosa Like the people of any other city, Korvosans concern themselves more with the day-to-day particulars of living than with politics, history, or macroeconomics. Still, ...

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Okay, we're going to roll for the last slot. 1 is @Tiny Tim and 2 is @stormwell: 1d2

I am in the process of winding up a play through of Rune Lords and, AFIK, the GM is moving on to a different setting. As a result my desire for more PFSW may be limited for an unknown period of time so this is coming along at the perfect time. I would be interested in getting involved in this game....

Caelia Seacoal wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 7:09 pm I'm in. I'm guessing I would either need to change my profile name or else make a new Savage Rifts account?

Correct: you could rename your account or make a new one.

Ahoy, fellow savages! After a long layoff from GM-ing, I'd like to get back into the game (pun absolutely intended). I kicked around a few options for a new game for the site, and thank you to everyone who provided input. Ultimately, I've decided to run the new Curse of the Crimson Throne Adventure ...

Because current Patrons can partake in the contest @Lars approached me and we can up with a plan. @Augur Please make the follow patrons GOLD for one year. Lars and I will pay the difference from their Bronze level to the Gold level. (This means they will still need to maintain their bronze payments...

Mars leans a bit on her sword, catching her breath. "Welcome back, warriors of Neema," she says, stretching out the "e". "Much has happened since you slept, and the world has changed."

Name : Timmy Start Date of Absence : 12/15/21 Expected Date of Return : January or February; still TBD A/GM Account : Pursuit Characters : Kindreth, Rain, Checkers, Nit, Mars, Tashunka, Layna, Whiskers Well, I tried to hold it off as long as I could (or at least convince myself I was holding it off...

We got us a @Venatus Vinco!

You see a flash of memory. A D'Norr woman in crimson robes hands the elf woman a sketch of a long spear with an elongated spearhead and a feathered ribbon tied around the shaft. "Go to the coordinates and find the spear. There will certainly be others looking. I trust your... discretion to ens...

I’m claiming Jade

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So noted.

We will consider you to be on hold, so if there is an opportunity to act, you will get to try a roll off to see who goes first.

I'm going to say that Goswin's raise canceled out Dazzle's crit fail, so your net result is a single success on persuasion. Her status is raised from out and out hostile to wary, with an eye on that damned dragon flying around... "Names. Pointless. Names will go into the dirt and die with us. ...

Let's Get the Action Started! [/size] By way of reminder, I will roll 1d56 for each of your initiative cards. I do not reroll duplicates; instead there are 2 extra Joker cards. Quick rerolls 16 or less 53, 54, 55, 56 are considered Jokers Cards divisible by 4 are considered Clubs for hindrances aff...

Everyone, please go to the game on Roll20 and set up your tokens where you want them. Once you're ready to proceed, let me know on Discord and we'll get this party started.

WE ARE NOW OUTSIDE OF INITIATIVE. PUPPET IS STILL UP FOR ANOTHER FEW SECONDS, UNLESS SQUIDGE WANTS TO DROP IT. The wind picks up again from the west. Castle recognizes that the wind is unusually strong for this area, and Goswin again feels a tugging on his heart again from that direction. For her p...

I'm tapped at the moment and will have to pass as well, unfortunately. I already got talked into joining three (!) new games this quarter by members of the Towell family.

Ram drops unceremoniously to the ground, a chunk of him the size of an ATV blasted away by Dazzle and her Boom Gun. Meanwhile, the big elf woman splits her hooded mage companion from the top of his head down to his... you know what, let's just say she cut him in half, shall we? The less armored merc...

Just a note, @Turanil will do that fleeing on his first turn of the combat.

Let’s keep it rollin’.

I know how you feel. You know I do. It took me 10 minutes to convince myself to open my iPad tonight to do a little post for the 32nd.

I’m good. The game’s good. Your posts are good.

Now let’s go do a heist!

You find your way to the site of the ritual, leaving only one body in your wake, its former soul forever consigned to torment in the hellish dimension Nyxla calls home. The building is a ruined megachurch built of Mega Damage Capacity materials, the last remaining structure from a city swallowed by ...

The massive, spiny monstrosity roars its displeasure and Sometimes it's nice to have a d12+8 Str and a +2 from a Joker. :) Goswin's entanglement like so much cheap glass. The lightly armored mercenary similarly caught up is less able, and he remains frozen where he stands. Turning on her now silent ...

Improved Level Headed cards for @Temeraire: 1d56
and 1d56

Goswin's wall comes down and pandemonium erupts. The elf woman, after diving adroitly out of the way of an oncoming dragon, glares at her hooded companion. "Incompetent!" she screams in a voice so loud you wonder how it doesn’t leave her hoarse. "Simpleton!" the hooded figure yel...

Please respond. Honest, constructive feedback (positive or negative) welcome in the comments.

Thanks, Christian!

Everyone gets an Advance. No XP to track. I don’t math so good.

Good heavens. Those are intimidating options. What’s your capacity for actually doing this?

A puddle forms at Alec’s feet and a stain spreads across the front of his pants. He swallows hard. ”Oh. Oh, gods. You people are serious.” Looking from face to face, he says, ”Okay. Okay, but we’re all going to die. You get that, right?” Still, he leads you on into the woods. ”Um,” the kid continues...

The kid blinks rapidly in surprise and tests out his ankle, and then he stumbles towards the perceived safety of Hedge's proximity (and away from everyone else's, especially Sis, of whom he is clearly terrified). "That... hey, that feels better, man. Thank you. I'm, ah, Alec. Um. I'm a little n...

Sis is able to verify (via a roll on Discord) that the kid’s ankle is definitely in bad shape. He’s not lying about that.

Do you take him with you?

I'm tentatively interested, Ndreare . I have some games that have gone dark and depending on how well I do over the next couple of weeks getting into a groove with the games I'm GM'ing, this sounds perfect. I think I'd like to maybe play a burster who serves as the valley's fire brigade. Edit : It s...

The hooded foe waves his arm again and assaults Goswin's barrier with eldritch force, to no effect. Clearly frustrated, he swears in a guttural tongue. The big elf roars and attacks the barrier again, hitting hard , but her sword continues to bounce off. "You have got to be kidding me!" Tu...

@Goswin Aigner Please roll your arcane skill to keep that barrier up. Your number to beat is 7.

Anyone who makes their Notice roll can tell that the kid is holding something back. You may use persuasion or intimidation to get more info out of him. Sis will get a +2 circumstance bonus due to her earlier taunt results. He is visibly shaken by his interactions with the team, and he is especially ...

”Yeah, man! Easy. Easy. There’s seven of us, well six of us if you don’t count me. They’re taking two score sacrifices to the ritual. It’s in an old church near here. That’s it, man! That’s all I know.”

Anyone who so wishes may make a Notice roll at -2.

The boy stammers, "I...I'm just the lookout, man! I fell down the hill and twisted my leg up, so they left me here to keep watch. That's it! I swear it! I didn't plan it or anything!"

The youth cowers.

Does anyone want to ask him anything? Or what do you do with him?

Koburn and Forth both hear it coming. There’s the slightest rumble in the earth and the horses give of whinnies of fear. Bull Jack, for all his cowardice, he’s plenty observant, notices something is amiss, too. ”What in the Sam Hill…” he begins, holding tight to the reins of his horse. Something wi...

”Thank you! Thank you,sir! She’s crazy!” the youth says, cowering behind Hedge.

The captain shows her teeth to Hedge and takes another half step towards him before halting. Wordlessly, she storms off towards Tessaric and the Xombies, leaving you all alone with the teenager.

"Ram!" The big elf calls, and you all feel the ground begin to quake. Bursting from the trees is a spiny nightmare the size of a triceratops , and it lets out an earsplitting howl as it crashes headfirst into Goswin's barrier! Everyone make a fear check at -2. The giant terror makes no he...

The OK Corral In a dazzling display of proficiency and restraint, the heroes of the 32nd manage to corral and restrain the creatures without killing any of them. Tessaric withdraws a thick rope made of odd-looking, shimmering braided cord and makes quick work of knotting the creatures in a bunch. A...

Note: GM post in process.

The hooded humanoid raises a hand and says something in a guttural tongue. Goswin immediately feels his spell attacked, and must try to maintain it!

@Goswin Aigner, make an opposed arcane skill roll. Your target number to beat is 13.

Go West, Young Man. And Young Woman. After several hours, you notice yourselves walking into a ley line. It's a big one, and it must stretch for miles and miles. You can't see your way out of it, either; your vision is tinged light blue as far as you can see in any direction. As you walk, Goswin be...

Catching Up You rush through the undergrowth at breakneck speed, abandoning all pretense of stealth. Fortunately, your team is sure footed, and no one is injured by your blind rush through unfamiliar terrain, though there were some close calls, You come upon a steep-sided ravine and a half dozen Xo...

The good doctor's onslaught of fire and fury is enough to cook three of the worms where they stand, er, wriggle. Given how he sort of brought em right to you, the doc does right by his friends in taking out a third of the hostile force right off the bat. Before the critters have half a chance to do ...

The Judge grunts at Goswin, and you get the sense that she’s pleased you have a competent guide in the group. ”I’ll leave you all to it, then.” Your first day passes rather uneventfully, as does the next, and the next. Everyone please make Spirit rolls to fight off boredom. Following your Spirit rol...

Captain Shinsanea looks almost offended at the thought of doing nothing. ”Of course, we will come with you. Though you will need to leave the vehicle behind; it won’t fit in the woods.” As you travel, Tessaric crouches down at a turn in the trail and examines some tracks in the mud. ”We’re tracking ...

Conditions The mist rolls through the city, as it always does in the mornings, and you are greeted by rays of bright sun struggling to pierce the veil surrounding Psyscape. The weather is unnaturally cool, but you know the valley beyond will be balmy. Fortunately, the Psi-Druids predict favorable w...

Conditions The mist rolls through the city, as it always does in the mornings, and you are greeted by rays of bright sun struggling to pierce the veil surrounding Psyscape. The weather is unnaturally cool, but you know the valley beyond will be balmy. Fortunately, the Psi-Druids predict favorable w...

Raised Spirit with elf lord’s draught.

A Call to Chambers After about a week or so of downtime, you each receive a summons to report back to the Halls of Government at a specified time. When you arrive, you find the entire SET has been summoned, and you are ushered through the grand, marbled halls of Psyscape's seat of government and ba...

Three of the big worm things turn to ash under @Dr. George Stillwell's new science assault!

@Kiwihnai did you want to go before the bad guys? Or wait until after? I don't want to leave @Koburn waiting to act much longer.

Dr. Runeslayer nods along politely as @Goswin Aigner talks, occasionally making a note on her notepad but otherwise staying mostly silent. When he finishes, he feels energized and like a new man, as if a weight he hadn't know was there had been lifted from his shoulders.

What now? The team makes its way to Bull Jack's encampment as quietly and as quickly as it can in the dark. Unfortunately, they are not quite quiet enough to avoid notice entirely. Doc, occupied as he is with his unintentional noisemaking device, doesn't notice it at first, but the others do. The h...

She has combat mage armor now, which can't be upgraded.

We Happy Few Tired and bedraggled, the members of the 32nd SET practically drag themselves back through the mists outside of Psyscape. Fortunately for the group, Sis is still carrying the orb of mists and you have very little trouble finding your way back to the city proper. Once inside, you find t...

White Castle finds that it takes much, much longer to burn away the meat of the Deevils than he might normally expect, and even longer to burn away the Fiend. He is at it for the better part of two days with a non-stop bonfire. Please roll a Survival check (or, if you can think of a more appropriat...

Dr. George Stillwell No pressure, but it's all on you this round. :) Put that Joker to good use, my friend. I'm going to fiat again that Forth gets one success (since I factored him into the overall number of successes possible). Any other successes are up to you and the great support rolls your te...

The Fiend falls under the weight of Goswin Aigner 's assault and does not move. The Deevils, seeing their commander dead, turn tail and flee for the wilds surrounding the town (where, unbeknownst to them, a collection of earth elementals await them). The flames in the buildings crackle but, assuming...

@Koburn spent a Benny for a new card and got a King of Clubs.

Given Forth's absence, I am going to treat him as having gotten one success this past round. That makes this the last round. You have 6 tokens as it stands and can gain a maximum of 12. To see if anyone gets a club: Dr. Stillwell: Black Joker Kiwihnai: Ace of Hearts Forth: King of Spades Koburn: Fiv...

The Deevils at V24, V20, V18 and T22 all raise their hands towards the building burning in the southeast portion of the town, and the small fires turn into a blaze. You hear cries from inside and you know for sure there are people trapped in there! The Deevil closest to Dazzle finally manages to mak...

To keep things moving along, we will say that Forth managed 2 successes (thanks to his joker). If my math is right, that brings us to 5 successes for round one. Not bad! Let's head to round two: Kiwihnai: Queen of Spades Koburn: Ten of Diamonds Dr. Stillwell: Eight of Spades Forth: Two of Clubs Beca...

I accidentally had her spend a benny she didn't have on her soak rolls, so I'm buying one from the Benny store.

@Tribe of One

Like the title says, Mars needs a Benny.

@Venatus Vinco.

The Fiend is rocked by Goswin’s tornado, finding itself now Distracted and Shaken on top of being Vulnerable. Even so, it manages to shrug off Goswin’s energy attacks, though it is now looking right at Goswin instead of at its underlings to the south. Action Cards [/size] Hedge: 8H Goswin: KS Squidg...

The two Deevils hit by @Billy crumple to the ground and do not get up.

The Deevil nearest Dazzle falls on its back with a blank stare up at the sky, clearly dazed.

The Fiend, its movements now happening in time with @Squidge’s mental commands, growls, ”I said burn it all! What is possibly taking so long!”

It shifts its weight to the south and towards the bulk of its troops, looking all the world like it’s ready to cut its own people down.

@White Castle remembers essentially the same information as Dazzle. Fiends are big, scary devils that command other infernals in the field.

@Forth spent a Benny for a new card and got a Red Joker. Everyone gets a Benny and Forth gets to make his roll at +2. Good use of a Benny!

The Fiend is rocked by Hedge ’s ferocious attack, and the Cyber-Knight spills infernal blood all over the valley floor. Where the creature’s blood lands, the grass immediately begins to wither and turn brown. The creature looks like it took a deep wound and no longer stands quite so tall, but it is ...

@Kiwihnai spent a Benny for a new card and got an Ace of Hearts.

Dazzle , in the midst of a mind-altering panic, retains enough of her wits to recognize the creature in front of the team for what it is: a Fiend. A general of Hell. A creature whose life force is tied to suffering, and who feasts on the fear and panic of its victims. She is afraid to her bones, an...

Bull Jack nods his assent. ”Okay. Okay, then. Let’s ride on to where my boys was supposed to be and I’ll get you that damnable rope.” Bull Jack leads you onward, grumbling under his breath as he goes about the night, the trail, and his soaked pants. Every now and again you swear you can see somethin...

2021 Q2 PTSD roll: p1d8!Ld1d6!

32nd SET Vincent - XP | 0.30 PPW | EP Billy - XP | 0.40 PPW | EP Dazzle - XP | 0.60 PPW | EP Castle - XP | 0.40 PPW | EP Hedge - XP | 0.40 PPW | EP Sis - XP | 0.40 PPW | EP Squidge - XP | 0.30 PPW | EP Goswin - XP | 0.00 PPW | EP Group Post Rate (Weekly): 0.35 GM Post Rate (Weekly): 1.10

Couple of thoughts: I think it would be cool and would definitely let our characters do more. Will we slow down to half our current pace or is Timmy going to double his GM post count (no preference on my end just wondering) The latter. A big part of my slowness in posting is in my brain; I get in m...

Hi, guys! I have an idea. I want to share said idea and get your feedback. Does anyone remember the old X-Men comics? Back in the X-Men's heyday of the late 80s and early 90s (particularly the Jim Lee years), Professor Xavier realized he had too many mutants on his hands to effectively lead them all...

The 32nd withstands the Deevils’ assault and returns in kind. Vincent, Billy, and Dazzle let loose with a barrage of firepower that leaves more than half a dozen assailants shaken, stunned, or dead on the battlefield (including one unlucky target who was disintegrated by a boom gun). Hedge, in a ref...

"But no more surprises. Tell us what you know while we move. You are a gambler, the time for keeping things close you best has passed. It is time to put your cards on the table." Bull Jack nods at the terrifying horseman, and looks at the other, the old man Forth . "An you? You gonna...

Bull Jack looks at @Kiwihnai and @Forth, clearly gauging their responses.

If it were possible, Bull Jack blanches even more. ”Whoa, whoa, whoa! I agreed to come out here with you to meet up with my boys and get you the damnable lasso. I didn’t agree to nothin’ about being sacrificed to nothin’! I ain’t takin’ any of you another step if you’re just gonna kill me later. Mig...

Round Two! Bad Guys: 5 of Hearts Hedge: Queen of Hearts Sis: 8 of Spades Squidge: 2 of Clubs Castle: 8 of Clubs Billy: 9 of Diamonds Dazzle: 6 of Spades Goswin: On Hold Vincent: Jack of Diamonds One with the Elements The earth around Goswin's feet turns liquid and swallows the young elementalist up...

Turning his eyes to Bull Jack the shaman narrows his gaze and tightens his grip, "You have much to tell us. Speak quickly, and quietly." Bull Jack, eyes still wide, stutters "I don't... I mean... I mean... I mean, yes! We sometimes would slip onto Coyote lands for the buffalo, but co...

"Ya cost me a nearly full cup of coffee over this." His thumb pointing at the cup, then in turn over his should at the boy. "I do not think you need to be threatening anyone with yer boys being dead, and yer own situation being what it is." Then looking at Bull Jack he finishes....

Oh, wow!

Foundry, por favor.

Stillwell squints at the skinwalker, then shifts his eyes to Bull Jack. "Poacher? What's he done?" Still visibly sickened, he nonetheless holds his pistol pointed squarely at the wounded walker. "This got anything do with what we're after, Jack?" The Skinwalker bares its teeth. ...

Bull Jack blanches and the skinwalker chuckles. ”No. He does not know, for we only assssumed thessse formsss tonight. We are here for him, idiot that he isss. We do not abide poacherssss on our landsssss.” The creature hisses out each “s” sound, drawing it out like a knife from an old leather sheath...

New gear: Brace of rusty daggers, +1 damage, return when thrown

Bad Guys Retaliate! The Deevils descend on the group, unleashing arcane fury on the members of the 32nd. Dazzle, being alone by herself to the south, takes the brunt of it and feels an invisible assault on her body and mind as curses fly (OOC: her Vigor drops one die type and her Shooting drops two...

Dazzle can see clear through the hole she made, and fortunately the family is no where to be seen. Phew! Hedge performs an amazing feat of acrobatics and lands on the roof, cleaving a deevil in two. The maneuver leaves the 32nd's resident cybernetic paladin vulnerable to reprisal. Fortunately, Squi...

GM Retcon: The skinwalker does not take the Defense action because it is still bound by Forth. Instead, it tries (and fails) to free itself with its turn. Dr. George Stillwell 's shot takes it straight on, causing another Wound. It now has 3 Wounds and begins screaming. "Wait! No! Waaaaait!&qu...

The skinwalker's head explodes, sending brain matter and gore spraying. The other skinwalker decides that enough is enough and begins to withdraw from the fight, backing up carefully (OOC= using the Defend maneuver while in melee range and backing up his full movement). One skinwalker is left (and i...

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