Saga of the Frost Giants 8pm GMT 22/1/2014

[hawkwind]

Calendar link https://www.fantasygrounds.com/calendar/index.xcp?id=1145

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"Joining a caravan as guards is a way to earn good money
and see the world, though it is not without its risks. Having
signed up as guards, the heroes are about to take part
in a journey from the relative safety of the lands around
Hellfrost Keep, home of the Hearth Knights, to the distant
Saxa steads nestled in the forlorn Icebarrier Mountains.
Together the characters and the small band of heavily-armed
frost dwarves travelling with the caravan must weather
goblin attacks, for the fell creatures have stirred early this
year and seem keen to make their presence felt.
It becomes clear the goblins are not acting alone.
Something more powerful is behind their attacks,
something with grander plans than a few raids."

Seasoned characters with 1000 gs worth of kit

this is my first time running savage worlds with Fantasy Grounds though I have run face to face games of savage worlds before though not in the last few years and I also have some experience of running Pathfinder using Fantasy Grounds.

[Ksathra]

Sign me up. I'll be playing Neki Whitehand Working for the Acquisitions department of the Reliquary and competent dual wielding fighter. Though she's not much of a looker, nor very friendly.

[VenomousFiligree]

Looking forward to it. Whats you thoughts on playing a Frost Dwarf Noble / Captain with some leadership edges (ie get to 'use' the other dwarves?)

[hawkwind]

Well you can do it if you want though the you won't be as good as the NPC Dwarf Noble already in the adventure and part of the role play is winning the trust and friendship of the dwarfs.

[VenomousFiligree]

OK, sounds like a non starter then! :)

[Ksathra]

Heh Oh boy. My character wont be winning anyone over, unless its through actions and keeping them safe, any social interaction I imagine rather souring their mood towards her though.

[hawkwind]

Ksathra I had a quick look at your character and I have to remind you that bonuses from professional edges don't stack according to the core rules.
I will put the server up for character building purposes tonight

[VenomousFiligree]

I'll not be around tonight, however I have all the modules so can create offline.

Is there a preferred party mix? How many players will you run with?

[hawkwind]

i will run with as many as i get though in practice I will be happy with 3 or 4 players, if there are only three players I will request that people consider playing two characters each

[hawkwind]

I have yet to start bending the arms of some of my Pathfinder friends to try something new though I doubt that they will be unless there is a PFS chronicle sheet in it for them

[VenomousFiligree]

You happy for me to advertise on G+?

[hawkwind]

Very happy

[VenomousFiligree]

Is Guts going to be a skill?

[Ksathra]

Ah good call. I'll drop it back down to a +2.

[VenomousFiligree]

Is Guts going to be a skill?

I guess of we're using the official conversion to Deluxe (https://tripleacegames.com/Downloads/HellFrost/Hellfrost_Savage_Worlds_Deluxe_Conversion.pdf) then it's not.

[hawkwind]

I'm happy to keep it if people want, its not a change I am entirely happy with

[VenomousFiligree]

I'm happy either way. After reading the conversion guide my frostborn martial artist went out the window... :(

[Ksathra]

Interesting that Hellfrost is not a horror setting yet it has multiple racial and edge benefits related to fear effects and thus its bound to show up at least once in a while if not frequently.

[VenomousFiligree]

I don't mind if it is tweaked to lean more towards horror.

[hawkwind]

if you guys want a Guts skill you can have it

[VenomousFiligree]

I'm not saying I want it (it does soak up vsluable skill points), however if you're going to be putting us in lots of horror situations then it might be worth having?

[Ksathra]

yeah it does eat up skill points. We'd just use the Spirit roll instead and apply Guts related things to Spirit that's fine.

[WhiteFox]

I'm curious to speak with you about the game if possible, I've sent you a PM.

[hawkwind]

I have replied but don't be shy and feel free to ask any questions here

[hawkwind]

I'm asking a few of my Pathfinder mates tonight. I have just found that you can get pathfinder society credit for running a adventure path using different rule systems i.e Savage Worlds

[VenomousFiligree]

Interesting, whilst I dont know what those credits might mean to me, I'm running Skull and Shackles in Savage Worlds...

This (https://www.godwars2.org/SavageWorlds/convert2.html) is very useful, you still need to tweak a few things manually, however it does most of the work.

[hawkwind]

absolutely nothing if you don't participate in Paizo's organized play campaign for pathfinder however if the Gm and some or all of the players are Pathfinder society members they would get experience points, gold and access to shiny new magic items for their Society characters. My reason for asking about this on the Paizo boards is that I have a vague aspiration to run the Reign of Winter adventure path but fancy running with Savage Worlds and it will be easier to attract some of PFS members on these boards if they know they are going to get society credit for playing in the game

[hawkwind]

just had a text to comfirm another player who is new to Savages Worlds

[VenomousFiligree]

More than happy to go with a PF AP

[hawkwind]

its a long way off if it ever happens.....I have a Pathfinder mini campaign to finish off which is on hold due to various peoples holiday plans

[VenomousFiligree]

Ok, I think I misunderstood. I thought you were thinking about changing to an AP to encourage some of your PF friends to join in.

Is the player you mentioned above, in addition to the three of us in the calendar?

[VenomousFiligree]

How do you GM social (and similar) encounters? If my PC has persuasion d8, do I give a brief description of what he's trying to do and roll, or will it depend more on RP?

[hawkwind]

role play well and i will give you a bonus

[WhiteFox]

Do we start with 1000 GP + 500 GP in starting cash or just 1000 GP?

[hawkwind]

1000 GS , nice try. The player I mentioned hasn't registered on the calendar yet

[VenomousFiligree]

So at the moment I'm thinking of some sort of Commander (leadership edges, maybe a Noble or Knight Hrafn) or a Wood Warden.

[WhiteFox]

I will be playing a face character who is a female Heahwisard, who is also a battle mage. If anyone would like to talk, I'm on the TS server listed in the thread.

[WhiteFox]

Edited

[VenomousFiligree]

... If anyone would like to talk, I'm on the TS server listed in the thread.

I missed your last bit and that reminds me, I must download the software!

[hawkwind]

teh server is up for anyone to work on their character

[hawkwind]

don't forget to buy warm winter clothing and furs unless you don't mind the extreme cold

[VenomousFiligree]

It was pointed out that a healer might be needed, so I'm going Engro Druid. If I was to take the Beast Master edge and have a wolf, would she be able to ride it?

Edit:

She's going with a deer now, same question stands.

[VenomousFiligree]

Snowdrop and Melt

[hawkwind]

I'll read the edges and get back to you, why not a reindeer,?

[hawkwind]

Given it some thought, if Goblins can ride wolfs and Lapps can herd reindeers, I don't mind your character riding one

[VenomousFiligree]

I'm happy for any type of deer, in fact any type of animal that she can ride and is a herbivore.

[Mask_of_winter]

two words... pigmy mammoth :D

[hawkwind]

Mammoths had crossed my mind as well and yes they would have to be very pigmy

[WhiteFox]

What will your friend be playing Hawkwind?

[VenomousFiligree]

two words... pigmy mammoth :D


Mammoths had crossed my mind as well and yes they would have to be very pigmy

I think an Engro would get lost on the back of a Pygmy Mammoth...

[WhiteFox]

Could get a war dog

[VenomousFiligree]

...why not a reindeer,?

So, the 'deer' entry covers Moose, Elk, Reindeer and 'other large members of the deer family', I'm happy with any of those! :)

Boar, might be interesting, however maybe too small?

[VenomousFiligree]

Could get a war dog

A bit too carnivorous (omnivore at least....)

[WhiteFox]

You could afford a deer pretty easily, they would be the same price as a riding horse at 300 GS

[VenomousFiligree]

I don't have to 'afford' a deer.... ;)

[WhiteFox]

Hmm how would you get a deer otherwise?

[VenomousFiligree]

Hmm how would you get a deer otherwise?


If I was to take the Beast Master edge

[WhiteFox]

Oooh! I'm on TS now if you want to chat a bit, I do have a few questions for you.

[VenomousFiligree]

Unfortunately I'm still without headset, until I get back to my work digs tomorrow (then I've got a session planed, so I'll not be able to chat on TS until Monday)

[WhiteFox]

Ah shame, we can type on TS though if you'd prefer or if you had skype?

[hawkwind]

My friend so has never played savage world's before, well play a meat shield tank type

[WhiteFox]

That's exactly what we need.

[WhiteFox]

Also could you put the server up?

[hawkwind]

I will put it tomorrow evening, off to bed now

[hawkwind]

servers up for the next few (six?) hours, my friend has had to pull out of Wednesdays game

[WhiteFox]

Hey could you put the server back up so I can add some stuff?

[hawkwind]

Sorry went to bed and turned off my PC. I'll put it back up about 5.30 pm GMT

[hawkwind]

sever up again

[hawkwind]

seven pages on this thread and we still haven't rolled a dice in anger, lets fix that tonight, The server is going up now, please update your version of FG to the latest version of 3.02

I hope to start play at 8pm but my Mrs is running late so that might cause a slight delay in starting

[VenomousFiligree]

Should be on at seven. Did you see Ikael updated all the extensions?

[VenomousFiligree]

Melt's portrait if you would be so king as to put in your tokens

[hawkwind]

sorry only just seen this post, I will do and i will update all the extensions. Same time next week guys
due to requests I am retiring my cheap bluetooth headset and going back to my wired set which won't broadcast the ambient sounds of my household

[WhiteFox]

Thanks Hawkwind for going the extra mile and accommodating us. Also how much exp do we receive for the session?

[Ksathra]

Thanks Hawkwind. I think we got to feel heroic enough for our first fight.
Did not realize you were using a headset, thought it was just been a mic, I think TS is more of a push to talk thing anyway.
trying to think of an easy way for use to fix that combat tracker problem with the adventure path too.

[WhiteFox]

I'm going to be bowing out of the game, so both of my characters will be dropped.

[VenomousFiligree]

Thanks for the game hawkwind, hopefully my internet wont be as bad next time. I can show you how to handle the number of tokens you had easily from the tracker.

However, as whitefox is bowing out, what's the plan now?

[hawkwind]

i don't know, I guess we need to find a new player or two

[hawkwind]

I am keen to keep it going a bit just to get familiar with the savage worlds rule set, assuming we can't find another player by Wednesday would you both be happy to continue with two characters each?

[VenomousFiligree]

Yes, although next week I'd like to go for a shorter session if that's OK, I've got a hectic week!

[Ksathra]

Hmmm. Is there a character that I can just use for until we get another player? I'm not crazy about trying to Roleplay 2 characters.

[hawkwind]

Ok we will stick with current characters

[VenomousFiligree]

Sorry hawkwind, going to have to give this week a miss, as I'm required to work late all week :(

Going forward however, I'm happy to go with two PCs.

[hawkwind]

Ok see if Evan do it next week then

[hawkwind]

I have a sick child in the house so no game tonight.. Sorry

[VenomousFiligree]

No problem, hope they get better soon.

[hawkwind]

you ok for a session tonight?

[Ksathra]

yeah I'll be there.

[hawkwind]

just need Murghpburn to confirm......

[VenomousFiligree]

Hi hawkwind, sorry i didn't confirm on the calendar as you hadn't indicated that you were running the session on the calendar and I've now made other arrangements for this evening.

I'm also finding it hard to get motivated with only two players as I much prefer interacting with multiple people at the gaming table

[hawkwind]

oh well....