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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 6035427" data-attributes="member: 3586"><p>The session this week concentrated on the kingdom the characters have founded, especially as they failed an economy check, meaning they were about 20 build points out of pocket! This meant a flurry of building construction and not so much hex-expansion.</p><p></p><p>They have annexed Varnhold, and as a result they've reached the magical 51 hexes, and so they can now build a lot of buildings every turn. If they have the money, which was more of a problem. It won't be for much longer, as they finally could build a waterfront, and thus were gaining Major Magic Items (and a lot of mediums). About 30 BP per turn are coming from those items...</p><p></p><p>Rolling up the Magic Items was a massive pain. Whoever thought up the tables for 3E needs to be chastised severely, and the Paizo layout people likewise for following the same method. It might make sense to put the Ring table just before the list of the Rings, but it does not make sense when rolling several magic items at once. I would have loved an appendix of consolidated tables. Instead, I was rolling type of item in the Core Rulebook, then going to Ultimate Equipment for what item it was (especially as the Core Rulebook lacks tables for weapon-types, wands, potions and scrolls), and by the end of it all I was getting very frustrated.</p><p></p><p>The group also finished exploring the lands around Varnhold. There wasn't much for them to find; a couple of minor quests. The biggest news was the trouble Brevoy was having with it's northern portion; the old land Issia. I'm still not good with the geography of Golarion, although I probably will get better if I keep running Pathfinder APs.</p><p></p><p>Tatzlford made its first real appearance as a developed town this session, and was a welcome bonus to the players. Next session it will actually matter, so giving them a few "free" buildings did help the economy along.</p><p></p><p>Dave's wizard found a new way to concern me: Fabricate. He's got a really high Craft check, and so can easily create a lot of masterwork items. He calculates it at about 10,000 gp worth of profit per month, and we went through a lot of months this session. I decided that this ate one of the kingdom's economy checks, but it does pretty much break the magic item economy. Using XP to make magic items? Yeah, I think I see why now...</p><p></p><p>What combats we had this session were rather lopsided or easily avoided. Leomund's Secure Shelter stopped all night time encounters (although I described one where a mastodon tried to look through one of its windows), and otherwise fireball did for the worgs who were unfortunate enough to visit.</p><p></p><p>After this slower (and maths-heavy) session, everyone will be eager for next week where we'll get back into the adventure portion of the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 6035427, member: 3586"] The session this week concentrated on the kingdom the characters have founded, especially as they failed an economy check, meaning they were about 20 build points out of pocket! This meant a flurry of building construction and not so much hex-expansion. They have annexed Varnhold, and as a result they've reached the magical 51 hexes, and so they can now build a lot of buildings every turn. If they have the money, which was more of a problem. It won't be for much longer, as they finally could build a waterfront, and thus were gaining Major Magic Items (and a lot of mediums). About 30 BP per turn are coming from those items... Rolling up the Magic Items was a massive pain. Whoever thought up the tables for 3E needs to be chastised severely, and the Paizo layout people likewise for following the same method. It might make sense to put the Ring table just before the list of the Rings, but it does not make sense when rolling several magic items at once. I would have loved an appendix of consolidated tables. Instead, I was rolling type of item in the Core Rulebook, then going to Ultimate Equipment for what item it was (especially as the Core Rulebook lacks tables for weapon-types, wands, potions and scrolls), and by the end of it all I was getting very frustrated. The group also finished exploring the lands around Varnhold. There wasn't much for them to find; a couple of minor quests. The biggest news was the trouble Brevoy was having with it's northern portion; the old land Issia. I'm still not good with the geography of Golarion, although I probably will get better if I keep running Pathfinder APs. Tatzlford made its first real appearance as a developed town this session, and was a welcome bonus to the players. Next session it will actually matter, so giving them a few "free" buildings did help the economy along. Dave's wizard found a new way to concern me: Fabricate. He's got a really high Craft check, and so can easily create a lot of masterwork items. He calculates it at about 10,000 gp worth of profit per month, and we went through a lot of months this session. I decided that this ate one of the kingdom's economy checks, but it does pretty much break the magic item economy. Using XP to make magic items? Yeah, I think I see why now... What combats we had this session were rather lopsided or easily avoided. Leomund's Secure Shelter stopped all night time encounters (although I described one where a mastodon tried to look through one of its windows), and otherwise fireball did for the worgs who were unfortunate enough to visit. After this slower (and maths-heavy) session, everyone will be eager for next week where we'll get back into the adventure portion of the game. [/QUOTE]
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