Saltmarsh OOC Chat

[JadedDM]

That was my line of thinking, yes. Unless we got enough XP to level up during that adventure.

[The_Muffin_Man]

I'm fine with dispensing xp and moving on.

[Jenara]

XP Awards:

The "Goal" is finding the alcemist, and i have factored in 10% increase where applicable.

Brax
Roleplaying 0 XP
Prayers - 200 XP
Combat - 15
Goal - 500
TOTAL: 786 XP

Gunter
Roleplaying - 200xp
Combat - 235
Goal - 500
TOTAL: 1028 XP

Vee
Roleplaying - 200
Combat - 50
Goal - 500
TOTAL: - 750

Searos:
Roleplaying - 300
Combat - 15
Skills - 200
Treasure - 500
Ideas - 50
Goal - 500
TOTAL: - 1565

Kim
Roleplaying - 200
Spells - 125
Combat - 165
Goal - 500
TOTAL: - 1089

Amon
Roleplaying - 250
Spells - 100
Combat - 150
Ideas - 50
Goal - 500
TOTAL: - 1155

Echo
Roleplaying - 250
Spells - 125
Combat - 165
Goal - 500
TOTAL: - 1144

[Breila]

XP awards for "my" part of the adventure (after the group found the alchemist) in the caverns:

Goal: drive the smugglers away and gain insight to their operation
As this is accomplished only with the help of the militia, I halved the XP for that (250 instead of 500 XP group award)

Amon:
Goal - 250
Roleplaying - 150
magic item use / idea - 100
Total: 500

Brax:
Goal - 250
Roleplaying - 100
Prayer - 100
Combat - 15
Total: 465 XP

Echo:
Goal - 250
Roleplaying - 75
Total: 325

Gunter:
Goal - 250
Roleplaying - 75
Total: 325

Kim:
Goal - 250
Total: 250

Searos:
Goal - 250
Roleplaying - 150
Total: 400

Vee:
Goal - 250
Roleplaying - 75
Combat - 15
Total: 340


Hope these values are OK with you... I have little experience in that. Only Brax is close to leveling for the time being, the rest are about a thousand points away. Gunter is 6 HP short of his total, Kim has 1HP off from her fall.

Once we've decided on who gets what of the following items, I'll mail the updated character sheets to each of you.

Items found in the house:
- magical full plate armor (Vee has the breast and back plates)
- a purple potion identified as "healing" by Brax, but in fact a "neutralize poison"
- two daggers with a wolf emblem
- a handful of coins with the same wolf emblem (Muffin Man, you did not state you took the chest when you left the room, so Vee took a handful of coins)
- a 20GP credit note
- a gold locket
- a bag with a "PS" monogram and 3 emeralds
- three books about magic, one with a spell written in the margin
- Sanbalet's spellbook
- an almanach about the tides around Saltmarsh
- a book about pixies
(come to think of it, Amon might be in encumbrance with all these books)
- a broadsword, a large two headed axe, two longswords, and a small handaxe
(again, how did Searos carry all this?)

Contrary to what Jaded thinks, Kim claims one of the daggers. The heirloom one was taken by the smugglers...

Oh, and there is one more thing: before I knew the module, Kim deduced that the smugglers probably kept contact with their seafaring companions by that window. This idea is going to be important for the rest of the module, so I'll factor it into Kim's XP at the end of that part.

[Jenara]

Damn missed that bit about the window! And i noted it down in my little book too.

[JadedDM]

The locket is worth 30 gp and the emeralds worth 100-125gp, at least according to the appraisal rolls that Searos made.

Can we just assume Searos will appraise the remainder of the goods, we'll sell what we don't want, and split the money up between us all?

Oh and, Amon will return the ring to Daos. He'll give him Sanbalet's spellbook, too, since the party's done with it and it has no retail value (no sense in lugging it around everywhere).

[Breila]

You can sell the locket and the emeralds if you find a buyer. There is no jeweller in Saltmarsh (the town being too small), do you want to offer it to someone in town?

About the spellbook... re-reading the chapters about magic, I found that I don't like the idea of the three mages being able to copy the second-level spells into their books so far from leveling up. So let's say Amon keeps the book at home until they can make sense of it? I've noted the roll results on the character sheets, so when they have leveled up, they will realize they grasp the spell next time they look into that book.

What about the other books Amon took?

[Jenara]

Weapons are non magical +1 to hit and damage. Basically well crafted, so I'd think they are worth more than the standard weapons..

[Breila]

Jen, you remind me, I forgot the weapons Searos found. I've edited the post to include them.

[JadedDM]

You can sell the locket and the emeralds if you find a buyer. There is no jeweller in Saltmarsh (the town being too small), do you want to offer it to someone in town?

*shrugs* I have no idea who lives in this town outside of Amon/Echo and their families.

About the spellbook... re-reading the chapters about magic, I found that I don't like the idea of the three mages being able to copy the second-level spells into their books so far from leveling up.

Fine with me, Amon didn't learn any 2nd level spells anyway.

What about the other books Amon took?

He'll keep the poetry book and the almanac. Guess he'll give the other three to his master?

[The_Muffin_Man]

If there isn't anyone in the village who can buy the jewels, I say, screw the fish people. I'll sell them when I find someone with some coin!

[The_Muffin_Man]

Also, I'm pretty sure I just hit level 3.

[Jenara]

Ohhhh yes, very much so!

[Breila]

Also, I'm pretty sure I just hit level 3.

There must have been a mistake in the sheet Jen sent me, then. It showed Searos as having 2,500 XP, as if he had just leveled up to level 3. Perhaps this was the "goal" figure, and in fact he had just leveled up to 2 at 1,250 XP? With the 1956 he gained in this adventure, of course he's level 3 now.

So let me know how to distribute the 30% skill upgrade...

[JadedDM]

Moving this here for obvious reasons:

(Fantasy game? Suspend disbelief.. Its written really small, just the title is visible. The rest is really small. But it links to various passages in the book. Hence the check to find it.)

My complaint isn't about realism or verisimilitude. It's an actual rule in the DMG. So suspension of belief has nothing to do with it.

Unless you're houseruling that a spell can fit into a margin so long as you write small enough.

In which case, Amon may well eschew his spellbook and just keep his best spells written on his arm. It would certainly save him a lot of money in the long run.