Here's about what the music playing sounds like.

Oh, I though the rest was coming too.

>blackjack
>not Three-Dragon Ante

>>4078
You figure out a way for everybody to play that, then that's what we'll play. Otherwise we're playing blackjack.

>>4079
blackjack should be okay, let's try to move on

The bartender can't read minds you know. You want a drink, you'd have to ask for one~

>>4084
well he's playing that silly music, so he's gonna wait until he comes around and ask the rest

>>4085
Or you could just call out for him.

>>4086
Which part of awkward wasn't clear?
Was it the "awk" or the dear god, social issues?

>>4087
Harsh.

>>4088
No really, maybe I didn't explain it very well in the sheet, but he's supposed to be pretty awkward, more than Sureiya.

I'm going to assume you all know how to play blackjack.

The rest should post so I can win again.

>>4107
I'm using an actual deck of cards for this. If you get a 10 it's your own bad luck.

>>4108

D&D Black Jack: The Game: The RPG

is anyone else still around

>>4123
iunno

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Re-updated the homebrew items with the Phantom Assassin set and something Sophie might want.

Actual story-related progression will happen in the next update prolly, but I'm gonna wait until I'm awake for that sort of thing.

Oh well, at least it wasn't Goldsmith.

>>4143
Well in all fairness, everybody probably saw it coming anyway.

Also I was advised against doing that several months ago.

>>4143
The difference is that the answer is probably magic in this case~

>>4147
The culprit is a Witch! Humans tricks doesn't exist!

>Rin: I'm surprised no one is accusing Tainya
>Executioner committing a murder
That answer would be as bad as the butler did, oh wait...

Why yes, as a matter of fact your passive perception didn't pick up the wet footprints. I checked the DC levels and the rules on finding tracks specifically for this.

I came prepared this time.

And now what?

>>4169
Well, the only way to get any information out of Cidri would be to raise him from the dead, since it doesn't seem like we have access to the Speak with Dead ritual. Astaroth implied to me that we would be provided with reagents if we asked for them. Sophie or Sora could do it (assuming Rotho gave them Raise Dead for free).

>>4170
Somehow I get the idea that resurrecting him won't give us any decent hint, "It was dark and I couldn't see the figure of my murderer".
Our party is composed by 3 good and 3 unaligned PCs, but Sophie herself is unaligned. On the other hand, this rich gnome could easily pay us back the moneys spent to revive him.

>>4171
Won't know until you try.

>>4172
Well, the only party member with good perception was somewhere else trying not to get into any trouble.

>>4173
You mean Sora?

>>4174
Well Tainya has 13 of perception, but she probably rolled already.

>>4171
Even if we can't catch the murderer that way, it's a prudent first step to take in a non-metagamy-way, AND everyone on board would probably be happier if he was alive.

>>4177
I'm just doing some awful rp, please don't kill me with your elvish magic.

I already searched the room.

>>4181
Nobody else has, though.

Shame on me for not mentioning earlier what all you can use your skills to figure out.

Arcana can be used to detect magic. You must be trained in Arcana to do this, or have the Mark of Detecting.
Heal can be used to examine the remains and determine cause of death and what the murder weapon might be, as well as how long the body has actually been dead.
History to match the modus operandi to another famous murder; the more you already learned, the higher your chances of success.
Insight to tell if somebody is lying or trying to hide something when interrogated; the more you already learned, the higher your chances of success.
Perception to examine the crime scene using your five senses.

This murderer's victims' souls can't return to their bodies? I like this answer better, it keeps the tension and the culprit's identity.

Very well, right now I have 760gp, but after asking Astaroth, I was allowed to have some of them in form of healing salves. So I'll have 400gp worth of them as reagents and the other 360gp as gold.

>>4196
That's a little weird, why would Kuro be carrying healing salves~?

>>4197
Because he's from the Jorasco house? He has the mark too, you know!

>>4198
Hm, did the mark of healing provide him with some healing rituals?

>>4199
>You can master and perform rituals in the restoration category and the Remove Affliction ritual as if you had the Ritual Caster feat.

Riris we need Sora back. We gotta find that creepy King mark but the rest can't into perception.

>take 20

Yeah, uh, there's no "take 20" rule in 4th edition. It's assumed that any task you can auto-succeed on by just taking enough time will just be done without needing to say take 20~

>>4210
PF superior omg

>>4211
The take 20 rule is unnecessary and I'm surprised you don't already realize this~

I'm talking about the mark itself once the others remember they are still around.

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I did remember I was here. Just kinda intimidated by the walls of text

super long day, post tomorrow

Well, I know what Tainya is going to do. Continue to trance in her room until she's fully recharged again~

To be fair I'm a little unsure in how to proceed. If we follow Tainya's example we might keep ourselves and our bosses safe, but the murders will continue among the staff members. Also, Kuro can't trance, he actually needs to sleep.

>>4229
I'm not advocating everyone follow Tainya's example. Tainya's doing it because she doesn't like to face a situation unprepared, and she can fully rest in four hours.

hi

>>4242
hi


So what are we waiting for exactly ?

>>4244
Somebody to get Tainya and Parthia.

>>4245
Isn't that what I'm doing, along with whoever's tagging along ?

>>4246
Well you'd have to post something.

Okay, here's the deal : You have until tomorrow morning to do whatever before everybody moves on to the dining car.

After that, you have 24 hours to do whatever before the plot goes forward again.

After that, you have another 24 hours before it advances yet again.

If you want to say/do something but can't do it within that time frame, arrangements can be made, but I'd like to get things moving again.

There's gonna be important revelations found here come tomorrow.

>>4263
There's some stuff I'm suspicious of, but Tainya hasn't seen most of it in person, so it'd be metagaming to use that knowledge to my advantage~

>miri was with mari all of the time
then who was phone?

>>4269
>who
>not what

Don't mind me, just maintaining the closed circle.

Ok then, let's sleep. If we are alive when we wake up we kill everyone else but Lance, and then Lance too once we arrive to our destination.

>>4279
Brilliant. Unless, you know, it's none of them.

Just an FYI, if somebody hasn't made a decision by tomorrow as to which group they go with, then I'll be picking the groups myself.

Does the train not have interior lighting of some sort?

>>4292
It does, but you have to flip the light switch.

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>>4293
Shouldn't it be powered by the same air elemental that's powering the whole train~?

>>4294
Lightning elemental powers things that need electricity. Air elemental provides propulsion through the engine or the caboose. It's an older model, so it functions a bit differently from modern Eberron trains.

are we even still on the same room

>>4301
Since Rotho didn't say we went to different rooms I assume it to be the case~

Could have sworn the disguise skill had a limited duration. Maybe it was just the hair dye.

>>4307
The hair of fairy hues lasts until the hair is washed in a still pond beneath the light of the moon, or until the hair grows out~

Are the others still around? A post from Sophie and Melech would be good.

Ultimatum : Regardless of whether or not Sophie or Melech post, I'm throwing you guys into combat tomorrow.

For anybody having trouble picturing Bewildering Chakram, imagine it's one of the Stakes bounding off walls and you'll have a pretty good idea of what happened.

I'm delaying my turn after Kuro's

we really need to move on soon.

You can still ask questions here so I'll see them later. Just gonna throw that out there.

Okay, so in case people didn't know, you're allowed to retrain one power or feat during an extended rest. Assuming you're going to rest during the trip to the next town, post what it is you want to retrain in this thread.

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Ok, we got two enemies and two defenders, each defender should only mark one of them, I suggest Melech marking the bear and Narerka marking GILGAMESH.
GILGAMESH is a solo skirmisher (meaning very tough enemy who likes to move around) and the bear is an elite soldier (meaning tough enemy with high defenses). They probably should have some ways to support each other so we should be careful. Anyway, my suggestion is to focus fire on the bear as it can be killed first, solos have a lot of hp.

Considering which dailies can be used here I'm looking at Narerka's Dimensional Thunder and Melech's Shackles of justice. Sophie's Phantom Chasm can be useful to keep GILGAMESH in place if we abuse some push/sliding. And Kuro could also Bastion of Defense or Stand the Fallen if needed.

Is this GILGAMESH identical to the one I saw, Saku?

>>4387
Considering I made a few tweaks that both buffed and nerfed it just before the fight started, probably not.

Strategy discussion:
Sophie uses Phantom Chasm spending her staff power too to create an area burst 2. Phantom Chasm only affect enemies and we can try to use it to push abuse later and to make it much harder for Gil to walk forward.

Yes? No? Suggestions?

Just so everybody knows, you can make a DC 10 heal check to grant somebody a use of their second wind.

Gilgamesh, level 10
Half-Orc, Fighter
Build: Tempest Fighter
Fighter: Combat Superiority
Fighter Talents: Tempest Technique
Background: Blademaster (Insight class skill)

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 20, Con 13, Dex 18, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 8.

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 16, Con 13, Dex 14, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 8.


AC: 28 Fort: 24 Reflex: 23 Will: 19
HP: 82 Surges: 10 Surge Value: 21

TRAINED SKILLS
Intimidate +11, Insight +14, Athletics +14, Perception +14

UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +9, Arcana +5, Bluff +4, Diplomacy +4, Dungeoneering +7, Heal +9, History +5, Nature +7, Perception +9, Religion +5, Stealth +8, Streetwise +4, Thievery +8

FEATS
Level 1: Warrior of the Wild
Level 2: Agile Superiority
Level 4: Two-Weapon Fighting
Level 6: Weapon Focus (Light Blade)
Level 8: Mobile Challenge
Feat User Choice: Light Blade Expertise
Feat User Choice: Weapon Proficiency (Double sword)
Level 10: Nimble Blade

POWERS
Fighter at-will 1: Footwork Lure
Fighter at-will 1: Dual Strike
Fighter encounter 1: Distracting Spate
Fighter daily 1: Villain's Menace
Fighter utility 2: Battle Fury Stance
Fighter encounter 3: Rain of Blows
Fighter daily 5: Bedeviling Assault
Fighter utility 6: Kirre's Roar
Fighter encounter 7: Opportunist's Rend
Fighter daily 9: Tempest Dance
Fighter utility 10: Clearheaded

ITEMS
Belt of Vigor (heroic tier), Iron Armbands of Power (heroic tier), Acrobat Boots (heroic tier), Elven Chain Shirt (heroic tier), Adventurer's Kit, Bag of Holding (heroic tier), Cloak of the Chirurgeon +2, Strikebacks (heroic tier), Elven Battle Hide Armor +2, Rhythm Blade Double sword +2

So, you guys have a while until the next combat encounter is scheduled to happen, so rather than milling around, you can investigate the crime scene proper this time around (nobody made a heal check). Sophie also has that strand of hair that she found, which requires a nature check to examine. Gilgamesh hasn't gotten in contact with the Lord of Blades either, so if you want him to try and call off the attacks, you have to tell him.

Or you can hang around and get on your charge's route ask questions.

Or do nothing. Either way the plot advances in about a week.

>>4483
Also, here's what your loot looks like.

As for Genji Armor, here's a description until I add it to the homebrew thread proper:

Genji Drakescale Armor
Level 10 (5,000 gp)
This golden armor is surprisingly tough, and increases your force of personality.
Enhancement: +2 AC
Rarity: Rare
Property: When a power or class feature calls upon your Charisma modifier to determine a value other than your attack bonus, add 1 to that value. This does not change your Charisma modifier for any other purpose.

Alright, since you guys seem paralyzed over this right now, here's a chart detailing some stuff about loot costs.

Upgrades:
Golden Crown of the Battle Command (level 14: 21,000 - 840 = 20,160)
Healer's brooch +3 (level 14: 21,000 - 4,200 = 16,800)
Skylord Spear +3 (no upgrade needed)
Gloves of the healer (level 12: 13,000 - 5,000 = 8,000)
Ring of Fury (level 14: 21,000)
General's belt (level 13: 25,000)
Genji armor +3 (25,000 - 5,000 = 20,000)
Silt striders (13,000 - 2,600 = 10,400)

I need 125,360gp for my upgrades, also considering I'm taking Genji Armor and Skylord spear that sum together another 14,000gp.

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For people who don't specify any upgrades or equipment changes, I'm going to assume you upgrade whatever you have equipped to a higher level version if one is available and level 15 or lower. So if there's a specific thing you want (like Elven Chain Armor) you need to say so by Monday night!

For Sophie:

Boots of eagerness level 9 (4,200 - 520 = 3,680)
Illusionist gloves level 9 (4,200 - 1,000 = 3,200)
Laurel circlet level 10 (5,000 - 2,600 = 2,400)
Eladrin ring of passage (21,000)
Cincture of the Githzerai (5,000 - 3,400 = 1,600)
Elven chain armor (4,200)
War Mage staff +3 (17,000 - 3,400 = 16,800)
Flowform armor +3 (21,000 - 4,200 = 16,800)
Periapt of cascading health +3 (25,000 - 5,000 = 20,000)

I think it is 89,680 total

And we're done!

Sorry about dragging things out. Did everyone have fun?

>>4618
I'm rather pleased with adventures.

>>4619
<Good>!

Boop. I was too nervous about the whole thing most of the time, and being late to post 912034 time didn't help, though I was starting to feel more comfortable towards the end!!

I really like your writing, rotho. The NPCs were fun, especially Gil.