Good luck, happens to me as well ;-)
Still watching GoT?
Finished just the other day. It's part of the reason the wife was harping, so we could watch more episodes together.
Things may be going fairly slow until the end of the semester, so please bear with me. Sunday at work is currently the only solid free time I have to post.
I apologize for my continued minimal presence, but the S**t storm of school work has been insane and I'm just working to keep up. Classes end soon, so please bear with me, and I will have the whole summer for posting.
Okay, things are looking up for my time. I only have two finals left on Fri (with some studying before hand), so once those are done I am free for the summer.
Who is still with the game? I hope I have not lost anyone during my lag. I have not seen anything from Elneiros in quite some time and very infrequently before the game even slowed. I am prepared to replace him if need be.
I am still lurking about.
I am still here
Still around!
yeah, yeah
I am here, ready to continue.
The ball's in your court, waiting to see what you guys do now.
@All, in the map tool there are two vision templates. One for a light source, that includes the ranges of both normal and low-light vision, and one for darkvision. Those that control a light source, feel free to move the template as your light moves. If you grab either of them, it is best to do so from the center point, to easier line up with the source. They are layered behind you on the maps, so you should have no problems clicking through them. Please try not to distort them, they were a bit of a hassle to make.
For anyone that uses them, this is in regards to the detect spells, which as low level spells can become easily more powerful than intended.
Detect Spells: (Magic and Evil, primarily)
They take a standard action to cast (typically, even as at will Spell-like abilities).
The duration is Concentration (which takes a standard action to perform).
They cover a 1/4 circle, but can only be turned once each round.
The key point I'm making with all this is that directionality and time play a large part in using them. It takes 4 rounds, (of standard actions) to stand in place and scan 360 degrees. Which at the bare minimum only gives you the 1st round result of "Yes/No" there is or is not Magic/Evil. If any of your allies are within that area, and meet either of those, then you get no new info until the second round scan (this primarily affect Detect Magic).
All that said, when you do use Detect(s), let me know which compass direction you are doing it in so I can adjudicate accordingly and effectively. Thank you, and sorry for being a pain about it, but this is an example of when I think the game works as intended to regulate the martial/caster disparity arguments.
Okey Dokey.
Understood
I grouped a copy of the Light Source image to Chephren, as he has a Ioun Torch rotating above his head.
I hope that is what you wanted.
Just a clarification: Is it totaly dark in the house? (not counting our own light sources)
Actually, I'd rather you not attach it to you (or the detect cones, which I thank Gabriel for making). You can set/center it on you, but I'd rather it not be directly attached for the sake of manipulating the layers within the map (as it's harder for me to adjust the seen/unseen portions).
As for light, the only light in the building (beyond your own) is originating from the skylight shining down on the statue in the center of the room that looks like it's full of rubble.
Okay, I don't have a good stoy out, but I just removed Elneiros. We can discuss replacements or not after this particular building.
According to the loot sheet, from the party loot, he had 3 doses of Black Adder poison In case anyone wants to claim it let me know.
Also, as per what I have on the loot list (maybe I missed where it was decided), you guys have unclaimed by anyone:
Potion of CLW x2
Potion of Darkvision x2
Potion of Lesser Restoration
Cold Iron Arrows x10
Brennan will take the darkvision potions (maybe give one to Surubi) as the resident scout. And a CLW pot too, unless someone else wants to fight him for it.
On a completely unrelated note, I will be traveling for business this week and may not have a chance to check/post daily. If you need to move on, please DMPC me.
Chephren will hold on to the Potion of Lesser Restoration.
Does anyone use arrows?
I do not.
Edit: Surubi has a longbow...
I'll take the other CLW potion, if it is unclaimed.
Surubi will happily take the arrows.
@GM: Could we agree that as long as we are not rushed (and unless some of the others want to do something time sensitive), Gabriel will spent as many rounds searching the new location as it takes to find all available info with the detection ability? It might speed up the play now and Gabriel will not hog the spotlight...
@others: Sorry for slowing the game. Gabriel wants to feel like a useful part of the group (especially after some of the remarks you had in the tavern) and that means he will try to detect dangers and protect you from it. But he does not aim to be the leader of the group and will defer to your judgement on how to proceed (although he might voice his opinion if he does not like it) so feel free to take the initiative and tell him what to do (or ignore what he is doing...)
Gabriel, that's fine. I was just trying to allow some time for the others to act/react. I think we've been a little slow getting back into it since I've returned.
It is a very busy week for me and I am going out of town for the weekend. We will play homebrew PF in a small medieval stronghold.
So I do not know how often I will be able to post till next Monday.
I apologise to everyone for keeping you waiting for me and thank you, GM, for the botting Gabriel. That was exactly what I would do :-)
Sorry all... Been out of pocket for a week, but reading all posts and will catchup on everything tonight and tomorrow.
I have invited a player that is in both my other two games to join us. He is both a good Role-player, and pusher (especially for me) in regards to moving forward with the game.
He may be popping up sometime to roll stats, and then he and I will be working on how to introduce him.
Hey guys! Looking forward to joining you all soon. =)
Looks like that's a 17 point buy and a legal array (just barely though with a net modifier total of +5)!
Hi Dal, welcome aboard!
DM, do you have any info from Malik? Will you bot him?
I will go ahead and do so, then PM him. I know he was active as of both Sun and yesterday for two games we are in together.
Alright, I think my dude is ready to go save for the purchase of his equipment. Should I bring him in with 1,000gp worth of stuff (Level 2 APL) or some other amount, Aard?
Dal, this is what I decided for Gabriel when he joined, and it hasn't been that long ago.
You get 1301.29 to spend (subtracted the price of the two potions). Follow the rules of building above 1st level:
PRD wrote:
For a balanced approach, PCs that are built after 1st level should spend no more than 25% of their wealth on weapons, 25% on armor and protective devices, 25% on other magic items, 15% on disposable items like potions, scrolls, and wands, and 10% on ordinary gear and coins.
Right! I've got my purchases settled and here's the hp for level 2!
Nice. Looking forward to joining you guys very soon! =)
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Is it really? ;-)
Sorry, yes, sometimes my init/round tracker can be a little counter-intuitive though, so it's not really an issue.
Round 4 just started. The enemy is the first to go in round 4, then Chephren and so on.
So, the action I just resolved for you where you did 6 damage was in round 3. The actions after your name on the tracker was the last action you took.
If you were already aware of all this, and just joking around, forgive me. I might have missed a cue.
I am leaving for a family "vacation" (read that as traveling halfway across the country to visit my wife's family and go to our niece's wedding) tomorrow and won't be back until Monday, whereupon I immediately leave for a 3 day business trip. I should have plenty of internet to post 1-2 times per day, but I won't be as constantly on as I am normally (when I get bored or stuck at work I tend to just refresh the paizo forums every few minutes). It shouldn't impact my ability to post daily, just letting you know in case the worst should happen (no internet, yikes!)
DM, I am the one who missed a clue... But you are right, it is counter-intuitive. :-)
Maybe if you put the first line with the round number as the last line, I would not be so confused. But I might get used to this, hopefully. And it is no big deal anyway.
The round number is at the top, to indicate the current round we're on.
It's a cyclical system, but let me throw up an example init tracker, and breakdown how I'm using the different parts.
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As each person takes their turn, they get moved down to the bottom list, indicating they have gone and moving the next to go to the top of the list to indicate their turn is up.
The stuff after each name is the action they took on their last turn, also so the players can ensure I am tracking what they did (I've had many PbP GM's have to be told I did something, and they just weren't tracking my action at all).
The stuff after each name is a great idea and I have seen it many times. It is certainly good idea to summarize players' actions.
The cyclical system is a new one for me though. I think I do get it, but I have to make sure to remember it next fight as it is really counter-intuitive, at least for me (as although there is R4 at the top, almost all the stated actions are from R3, only the ones after the gap are R4).
I apologize. No real excuse, just lost the wind in my sails and couldn't get the motivation to post. I will have a post up shortly.
I'm not super versed on the Golarion calendar or how they reckon years and ages, but I think the Age of Enthronement started the new year counting that has us currently at 4714. If this is correct, than Omen was sealed off a long time prior to that.
/shrug
Ok, for starters, that is both awesome and fascinating. Neat!
Aardvark--Perhaps a short primer of what general history people might know? (or even a link to a page/section/couple of paragraphs on pathfinder wiki Osirion section or pathfinder wikia Osirion section might help us out here.) So that we know what we know without having to read too much of what we don't know.
Fair enough, but to be fair I am not well versed in Golarion lore myself (as my only exposure is either when I make characters for an AP or run one).
Looking at the links, though, I can say that it is fairly common knowledge that Osirion is one of the oldest empires, and that they even had old gods of their own. Pharaohs have been (may still be) the predominant form of authority. The country is often associated with ancient tombs, and mysteries.
EDIT: Anything deeper into Osirion would need to be a Knowledge History or Local, depending.
Is there a target DC for a knowledge history check they can make to peg the time frame/era Omen's claiming to be from?
I get the impression that maybe a few tidbits tucked behind knowledge history spoilers with specific DCs might help hasten thing a bit?
Kind of yes, kind of no.
It could hasten/encourage others rolling for them, but the time it takes for me to look up and create the spoilers takes much more of my time to produce.
Generally, I offer what knowledge skill it would fall under, and then I only have to create as much as the highest DC.
So, given that DC 35-ish is possible (nat 20), I would need to pre-write what is known for every scale up to that, but if the highest roll is only 17 (or a few untrained caps of 10), I only have to research and write up what those results would get.
If people choose not to make the checks on their own, that tells me that they are either not considering it an option (being untrained), or they/their character's don't care enough to know/bother.
Like I could see either for Brennan (PC, not Player). He may not give two squats about what the crazy guy is babbling about, as much as why he's bothering their group, and may not care enough about history to try and put the two together.
Yeah, that's considerably more involved than I was thinking . I had in mind something like...
DC 10: the four pharaohs are an ancient tale you recall hearing before, but apart from them ruling in the far distant past, you dont recall much else;
DC15: it sounds like he's recalling the Age of _________;
DC 18: this sounds like some time around the year _________
No need to go too in depth, just a place to get our bearings is all =)
Brennan doesn't give two squats. He's looking for a reason not to put a knife in the man's double diamonds.