Iron Heroes: I left my Heart in Ptolus

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DmBlog

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:57:42 GMT

May 14th

Updated The Story so far and a few other things.

Tharlane

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:57:32 GMT

6th Level, Weapon Master

Also plays the role of Witness or The-One-That-Remembers

Weapon: Bastard Sword

'Unworthy/Worthy Opponent!'

I'm not going to comment on his private life...
I can - let's quote him: "Men are better with swords. Only they can extract the best from a blunt weapon. hehehe! Did I mentioned that I am a Weapon Master. lol!"

In-game Benefit: Weapon token are not lost if you change targets. Unspent tokens are lost at the end of a combat encounter.

Kane Hynes

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:57:21 GMT

6th Level, Executioner

Was approached by a mysterious person about a scrupulous (read Lawful Neutral) assassin's guild.

In game benefit: +2 divine save against poisons and diseases and +2 profane bonus to DC of poison-use.

Doven

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:57:06 GMT

6th Level Harrier

In game Benefit: +2 Profane bonus to Save against level draining effects and negative level recovery.

Daren Kagar

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:55:50 GMT

Description & background

Daren is a gigantic man, strong and intelligent. He is a battle hardened veteran who's ability has forge the outcome of many battle. A master of tactics and information he as been seen in most of the major war of the era... Although his mercenary background suggest a ruthless man, Daren's strong compasion toward the weak is most certainly is greatest weakness as a warrior. This compasion is fueled by a strong sense of loyalty to his family and the desire to have a wife and childs eventually...

Daren is 6 feet and 5 inches tall and weight 300 pounds of muscles. He's dark skinned, bald with a beard and wears a pearl hearing on the left ears. He's most of the time seen in studded leather armor with plenty of weapons, with two dogs on his side. These dogs are trained for stealth, scouting and danger detection.

Being ready for any situation the small arsenal that Daren carries around is impressive, all of which is of excellent quality in padded scabbard to avoid noise...

Mighty composite longbow against flying ennemies
Warhammer all prupose one handed bludgeoning weapon
Glaive reach weapon for tall ennemies or defending higher ground
Scimitar when an edge is required
Trident when a charge is expected
Demonic shapeshifting dagger when all else fails and only power will save the day

Against what would be expected of somebody of this built with so many weapon, he can be as silent as a cat...

Daren has a brother for whom he cares deeply and will go to any length for. When together they form a dangerous duo and their reputation as warriors, in the desert tribes of their homeland, is equaled by none.

Statistics

Level:	6th
Class:	Man-at-arms
Trait:	Tall & brave

Cixi

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:55:07 GMT

6th level Archer

Mighty Build and Dextreous.

Wields a Masterwork Large Composite Longbow

'Chaste et Pure'

Associate Member of House Khatru

In game benefit: +2 Bonus to all charisma-based skill rolls against nobility and politicians.

Receives a 1200 gp annual stipend from House Khatru

Fighting Chaos with Peace

Mon, 14 May 2007 19:54:00 GMT

After a special request by the owners of the Bull and Bear armory, the heroes investigated the new friends of the blacksmiths' apprentice, Illtumar. After a short discussion with the youngster, interrupted by not-so-subtle chaos cultists spies (rapidly and bloodlessly subdued), Iltumar agreed to join the Order of Iron Might as an apprentice Warrior and spilled the beans on his chaos cultists buddies.

With the address and time of the next meeting of Illtumar's cell of cultists, the heroes infiltrated the meeting and learned of a special joint project between 2 chaos cults: The Brotherhood of Venom and the Cult of the Ebon Hand. Without shedding any blood, the heroes got the details of this project and investigated further.

The project was found within an apartment building in Oldtown. After getting exceedingly disgusted with swarms of chaos-infused insect swarms and strange, repulsing insect-men, the heroes killed two chaos priests and found an entrance to the sewers. The heroes then turned their findings to The Order of Iron Might ,preferring to focus on other types of issues.

The Story so far

Mon, 14 May 2007 19:54:00 GMT

Malador
The Imp and the Dragon
The Dagger
The quest for ShadowIron
But the Cell's Door was Open!
The Parole Board
Arrival in Ptolus
Fate awaits underneath the Serpent's House
The Khatru Run
Fighting Chaos with Peace
The Forsaken Arch

The Chaos Cults

Mon, 14 May 2007 19:46:00 GMT

The Khatru Run

Mon, 14 May 2007 19:43:00 GMT

Cixi was introduced to the great House Khatru in a formal ceremony. She graciously accepted to join the house as an associate member. The Head of the House, Dorant Khatru, asked Cixi and the other heroes for a small favor: A family heirloom had been stolen by some sort of Arcane cult and was just recently located.

After a bit of research and some Dungeon-related Ptolusite politics, the heroes made their way to the hidden cult's hideout, an old catacomb under the Temple District. A recent map found in the Delver's guild library made a reference to a Draconic Guardian.

Once there, the heroes were momentarily misled by Plantagonox a Bronze Dragon morphed as a Human fighter who had claimed this section of the dungeon as being his personal stake. After a short fight in a side corridor, where Cixi was infected by a mummy's rotting disease, the characters returned to the Fighter/Dragon. Through long negotiations, insults and plain sneakiness, the heroes were able to convince the dragon to join them in raiding the very area he had been ordered to guard by House Dallimothan.

Inside, after a short, violent fight against devils, a very angry Angel stormed in the room, screaming at the Dragon for breaking the terms of the Compact it had with his ruling house. When things settled down, the Angel asked what it was the heroes wanted. When they mentionned the sword, it shrugged and sent the party to a rotating, acid filled death-trap sarcophagus. Of course, Doven easily surpassed the obstacles and retrieved the sword and a Book on the Sword of Truth.

Plantagonox

Mon, 14 May 2007 19:37:00 GMT

A Young Adult Bronze Dragon, directly associated with House Dallimothan. His credibility was seriously damaged by the events of The Khatru Run. However, he seems to arbor no ill will toward the PCs.

NPCs

Mon, 14 May 2007 19:35:00 GMT

Dorant Khatru, Head of House Khatru
The Pentad Conclave
Plantagonox
Rastor, Weaponsmith of Delver's Square
Rufus et Brutus, Daren's dogs
Shelva The Fate Weaver
Tynian, Midtown Master Surgeon

Order of Iron Might

Mon, 14 May 2007 19:28:00 GMT

A warrior's and fighter's guild. Created a few hundred years ago as a response to the existence of the Inverted Pyramid. Cixi is now a commander of this organization.

Diplomacy

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:43:00 GMT

Diplomacy (Cha)

Skill Group: Social
Diplomacy is the skill of negotiation. It is used to convince people of things and make them think better of you. It is not mind-control (that's magic), it does not involve threats (that's Intimidate), and it does not involve lies (that's Bluff). While all of these may be used in conjuction with it, Diplomacy itself is merely the art of befriending and debating.

Check:
Diplomacy has three basic uses: Befriending, Bargaining, and Arguing. Befriending is used to change someone's attitude. It is the most general use of Diplomacy. When you are simply getting people to have a better opinion of you, but not directly angling for a deal, you use Befriending. Bargaining is used for simple, one-sided deals and negotiations. When it's simply a matter of one party offering and the other party accepting, you use Bargaining. Arguing is used for complex negotiations, haggling, and debating. When both parties have a strong interest in the outcome of a deal, you use Arguing.

Befriending:
To Befriend, you roll 1d20 + your Diplomacy skill. The defender rolls 1d20 + 10 + their Wisdom modifier. If you win the roll, you gain 1 success toward changing their mood for the better. If you fail the roll by at least 10, you gain one failure toward changing their mood for the worse. For every 10 points you beat the roll by, you gain an additional success (and the equivalent for failures, if it is possible for you to roll that low).
If you have at least one success or failure, the target has a temporary attitude change. They act as if they are the improved (or worsened) attitude in most ways, but they will revert to the previous attitude if you do not acquire another success (or failure) within 1 week. Gaining a failure removes any successes you may have built up, and vice versa.
Once you have built up 4 successes, the target's attitude changes permanently to the higher value. They will remain this attitude indefinitely, unless something special occurs to change it further. If you accumulate 2 failures, the decline in attitude is permanent as well, so beware.
You can normally only make a Befriending check once a day, but special circumstances that force the target to reevaluate their opinions of you may allow you to gain additional Befriend attempts, possibly changing their attitude much faster than normal.

Bargaining:
To Bargain, you roll 1d20 + your Diplomacy skill. The defender rolls a 1d20 + 10 + their Wis modifier. In addition, the defender gains various bonuses to his roll based on several factors, such as attitude, their history with you, and the quality of the deal, according to the following tables:

Target's Attitude	Bonus/Penalty
Helpful	-20
Friendly	-10
Indifferent	+0
Unfriendly	+10
Hostile	+20

Relationship	Bonus/Penalty
Intimate	-10
Friend	-7
Ally	-5
Positive Acquaintance	-2
Stranger	+0
Negative Acquaintance	+2
Enemy	+5
Personal Foe	+7
Nemesis	+10

Deal Quality	Bonus/Penalty
Fantastic	-10
Favorable	-5
Even	+0
Unfavorable	+5
Horrible	+10

If the target has a temporary attitude towards you from a previous Befriending attempt, the bonus they gain from their attitude is halfway between their original and temporary attitude. So, an Indifferent target who is temporarily Friendly would have a -5 to his roll.
If you win this roll, the target accepts your offer. If you fail by 5 or less, you may reattempt the check immediately, but you must increase the deal value by one step (which decreases the defender's bonus). If you fail by more than 5, the target refuses the deal. If you fail by more than 10, the target refuses the deal and becomes angry with you (giving you one Befriending failure, with all the normal effects as if you had badly botched a Befriending attempt).

Arguing:
To Argue, you roll a 1d20 + your Diplomacy skill. The defender may choose to roll a Diplomacy check of their own, or they may roll using their Bargaining modifiers. If they choose to use their bargaining modifiers, they're not seeking to convince, merely resist the argument. Arguing is always an extended check. Depending on how extreme the request, each participant may need to accumulate 5, 10, or even 15 successes to win the argument.

Action:
Making a single Diplomacy check generally takes at least one full minute (10 consecutive full-round actions). In some situations, this time requirement may greatly increase at your DM's discretion. The party you speak with can take actions as normal while you attempt to complete the check; he does not automatically stop and patiently listen to you.

Try Again:
In general, you cannot retry a failed Diplomacy check unless the situation changes significantly. However, certain uses of Diplomacy have special rules for retrying their checks.

Synergy:
If you have 5 or more ranks in Bluff or Sense Motive, you enjoy a +2 bonus on Diplomacy checks. You gain the bonus only once, not for both skills.

Take 10/20:
You can take 10 on a Diplomacy check in a calm situation, but you cannot take 20, because failure carries a drawback.

Extended Skill Checks:
Any Diplomacy use that should logically require an extended skill check should already be covered under the Arguing mechanic, which involves extended skill checks naturally.

Challenges:
The Diplomacy skill uses the standard skill challenges noted on page 77 with one exception. You can decrease the time needed to use this skill from 10 rounds to 1 round in exchange for a +10 DC modifier.
For those poor souls without IH, the standard challenges are decreasing the time to use the skill by 25% for a -5 penalty, or by 50% for a -10 penalty.

Skills

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:39:00 GMT

Diplomacy

House Rules

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:39:00 GMT

Dying and Death
Feats
Possession
Iron Heroes Rules
Iron Heroes Armor
Skills
Sparkless
Ressources books used

Sparkless

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:50:00 GMT

A Sparkless Human lacks the innate magical ability that is common to all other forms of existence in the various worlds of the material plane.

A Sparkless human has the following abilities/limitations:

Can gain levels in all the Iron Heroes base classes
Has access to Mastery feats and the Iron Heroes Skills mechanics.
Is immune to all Spells and spell-like abilities that allow a Fortitude or Will save .

This immunity does not work if such an ability is used by an Outsider.
This includes, but is not limited to:

Healing and Necromancy spells
Enchantments
Illusions
Scrying

Includes any form of magical detection or triggers on traps and wards.

Can't use any type of 'mundane' magical items

Magical weapons and amour are masterwork items in the hands of a Sparkless

Iron Heroes Armor

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:07:00 GMT

Armor have been made more generic and represents a type of armor more than the material it is made of. Armor check penalties and movement reduction have also been dramatically lowered to allow a wider usage of armor by Iron Heroes.

I. Very Light Armor
DR: 1d2
Max. Dex Bonus: +8
Armor Check Penalty: None
Movement: Full
Weight: 10 lbs.
Cost: 5 gp

II. Light Armor
DR: 1d3
Max. Dex Bonus: +6
Armor Check Penalty: -1
Movement: Full
Weight: 20 lbs.
Cost: 20 gp

III. Medium Armor
DR: 1d4
Max. Dex Bonus: +4
Armor Check Penalty: -2
Movement: Base: 30 (25); Base: 40 (35); Base: 50 (40)
Weight: 30 lbs.
Cost: 80 gp

IV. Heavy Armor
DR: 1d6
Max. Dex Bonus: +2
Armor Check Penalty: -3
Movement: Base: 30 (20); Base: 40 (25); Base: 50 (35)
Weight: 40 lbs.
Cost: 240 gp

V. Very Heavy Armor
DR: 1d8
Max. Dex Bonus: +1
Armor Check Penalty: -4
Movement: Base: 30 (20); Base: 40 (25); Base: 50 (35)
Weight: 50 lbs.
Cost: 960 gp

Stores and Items

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:54:00 GMT

Holy Water Arrows
Acid arrows
Demonic shapeshifting dagger
ShadowIron
Iron Heroes Armor