Chronicles of Arcania: B/X Homebrew game.

Game Master Peet

Con season is upon us, and in just two months, I will be running the game room for CoastCon (Biloxi, MS - March 16-18 if anyone is interested). This does mean that for the next two months, my life is very hectic and gaming must take a back seat. I'm not dropping, just giving warning that my posting may be slightly curtailed (more than usual). If I'm holding things up, just go ahead and bot me if necessary, though I will try to check in at least every other day (except weekends, most of which I will be busy).

If you're in one of my games, I'm apologizing now for any unnecessary delays. Just hang in there and we will plug through.

Quite the interesting development.

I hope we deal with Zargon before the Maidens' genius plan comes to fruition. Adds another element of time pressure...

Edit: Ferrous is just playing along with the Maidens, right? Or does he think 'enrage the unholy abomination so it attacks the city' really is a sound plan?

Sounds like a more survivable plan than engaging Zargon in his? lair. Ferrous is prepared to accept more civilian losses for a plan that increases his survival.

Sorry for my slow posting lately. Work has been busy and now we have company for the weekend. Bot me as needed.

My apologies again. Hopefully I'm back, assuming I can figure out this new site.

Moving this from Gameplay to Discussion:

The one taken from the king's tomb. The sword has an inscription on the blade:

βροντον, it was found to be magical but we are not sure how.

You know the armor is magical but not the sword. However, given its pristine condition, magic is a fairly good bet.

As to the sword, I might suggest this (assuming it is a magic weapon):

Fistep is specialized in this kind of sword, and will really do a lot of damage with it.

But Ferrous doesn't have Fistep's DEX and could really use a to-hit bonus. AND, if it turns out the sword is cursed, his saving throw will be a lot more likely to resist the effects.

Up to you guys.

BTW, the Armor will not fit Ferrous and can't be used by Brathas or Zynazyr, but could be used by anyone else.

Ferrous likes axes and hammers over swords. I say give it to Fistep and the armor to Ana.

Does plate mail have an effect on Wallia's sling attacks, if not, I recommend giving Ana the magic plate and Wallia can take the regular plate, but if it does, I suggest giving the magic plate to her anyways and the other plate to someone else or we could sell it.

Sure, Fistep will use the sword.

Do we know what the magical abilities of the plate are?

It should not have any effects on sling attacks; it would on your movement down to 15'.

Wallia, there is no penalty to using a sling while wearing plate mail. With your DEX bonus you will have AC 1 when wearing plate armor. Your move will only be 15' per round though (or 45' when running).

You have not identified the magic plate mail, but when Ana tries it on she feels that it is lighter than the other suit.

Ana would gratefully accept the plate mail, if you will give it to her.

Already assigned the new platemail to Ana, and old to Wallia.

Sorry guys, got distracted by the Pathfinder 2nd Edition announcement and then I had to stay late at work.

So this afternoon or tonight for sure.

LCDM is everything okay I am sensing a post rate drop? Do you want to take a break for a week or two? Just trying to gauge if I should keep hitting refresh a few times a day or give it some time off.

A bit of fatigue, but we should be able to get back to normal hopefully.

Our day shift person has disappeared since Thursday and we've all been pulling extra hours. But she's supposed to be back tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

I'm putting another post together now.

thanks for pushing through. I am going to be gone for a week plus without internet starting March 22nd. I get back on the 2nd of April. Feel free to bot me during the time.

thanks for pushing through. I am going to be gone for a week plus without internet starting March 22nd. I get back on the 2nd of April. Feel free to bot me during the time.

WHAT?! :D

Apologizing for my lack of posting. The con is this weekend and for the last four days I have been slammed with convention work. Things should be back to semi-normal on Monday.

Thanks for letting us know.

Which con?

Ana is away at a Con but Ferrous is up but as it is a weekend I will wait till Monday morning to bot him.

CoastCon 41, Biloxi, MS. I'm the Game Operations Director, and my wife is the Convention Director.

seeing Brathas's dagger pass through the sprite Ferrous will try to encourage Fistep to jump off his shield and take a swing at the flying sprite. What checks would be required to allow for this type of action.

seeing Brathas's dagger pass through the sprite Ferrous will try to encourage Fistep to jump off his shield and take a swing at the flying sprite. What checks would be required to allow for this type of action.

Interesting idea... probably a STR check by you and a DEX check by Fistep. Though with him in plate mail that will be tricky.

The one remaining sprite is currently floating at about head level though and can be hit without any jumping hijinks.

When the guys in my home game fought the fire sprites, they really didn't have much in the way of magic weapons, having only been in a couple rooms on this level before they got there, so they had a much harder time.

FYI: You have earned enough XP that Brathas will level up at your next rest. Ana and Wallia will be next but they still have a ways to go.

Forgot to post this here. I am on vacation in Mexico until April 2nd. Please bot me.

Have fun!

Guys, I've been getting over a throat infection that slowed me down a lot more than I expected. Hopefully I will get things back to normal this weekend.

No problem.. feel better.

No worries here. Hope you feel better.

Thanks guys.

Still not 100% but I got some much-needed rest this past weekend.

Wallia: How much healing do you have left today? Ana and Ferrous are both in a bad way.

Brathas: Gains a level. As an even numbered level you don't get a whole lot. You get:

D4 hit die (+ CON)
Manipulation increases by +1
Progression goes from 3/2 to 4/2 so still +2

I have 1 CLW left.

Brathas levels up!
HP: 1d4 ⇒ 4
And +2 Con bonus, so now 29 max.
4 HP back from resting? So 27/29.
I started with B/X, and you'll never hear any gripes about "dead levels" from me. More HP and +1 to all skills are great!

Dang! Including your racial hit die, you've rolled four 4's and a 3.

In the gameplay thread you mentioned the ring of sparks. The primary benefit of the ring is that it allows someone to light a flask of oil as a free action. So you can just draw and throw, without taking any time to light them.

Who that should be is up to you guys.

Wow... I would love to have Brathas' hitpoints!

Wow... I would love to have Brathas' hitpoints!

No kidding... his CON bonus alone amounts to 10 points.

Anyway guys, I will have a post ready tonight for the next game day but if you get the chance before then you can talk about the magic items that have been identified.

In trying to determine what spells were left in the spell book, it appears that we used both of the oils of annointing that we had fighting the queen.

Okay, I'm back. Kind of a tough week, but the long weekend is over and I am heading back to the grind. Putting together posts now.

I will be out of pocket this weekend (Friday through Sunday). I have a local convention and will be running PFS for much of it, so I will not be checking in. See everyone on Monday.

I apologize about my posting rate. Was swamped at work and now am on vacation for the next week. Bot me as needed.

Can I get back in the game?

Looks like everyone is returning to camp so yes... we will move on to the next game day.

I am not able to cast silence yet because it is a 2nd level spell and clerics do not get the ability to cast any spells until second level and I am only third. I have cold, healing and there was one more. And there are the scrolls.

FYI I'm going out to the country for the weekend (for my brother's wedding) and probably won't have net access. I should be back on track Monday.

Wallia: I believe you know light and remove fear and have added resist cold to your symbol.

Sorry for my absence. I'm trying to catch up. RL been kicking my butt for the last month.

A few things:

1. @LCDM - can you include an entry for the Wand of Paralysis in your documentation?

2. I know I had brought up trying to read and scribe both Knock and Continual Light but couldn't find anywhere showing what was decided or if I did that.

3. Ana has the Mirror of Protection which will create Mirror Image on her if needed.

4. With the events of the previous evening, I'm assuming that Auriga did not teach me Phantasmal Force before he left in the morning.

Zynazyr, I assume you need the above answered before you prep spells? I am wondering if Brathas will be using the Potion of Invisibility or a spell from Zynazyr.

Guys, I'm sorry this has been taking so long.

I've been pretty busy lately and I keep running out of time to do things. And since this is my game, I keep thinking: Running out of time... okay I can do that tomorrow. And this keeps happening.

I do need to reduce the scale of the map I wanted to do as I was a little over-ambitious at first.

I will have time this weekend to get it ready and I promise I'll do it then. Once we get the ball rolling it should go fairly quickly.

Thanks for your patience.

No worries. I also run a game and I know what it entails. Especially the times when you have to make up a new map...

NP. I've found myself quite busy too and it's been difficult to keep up with my games.

I was looking for some clarification. If my assumptions are correct, I will prepare:

Lvl 1: Sleep, Charm Person, Binding
Lvl 2: Invisibility, Stinking Cloud (replace with Wizard Lock if known)

I'm concerned about being silenced before I can cast anything

No worries here. Mine move slowly as well and weekends tend to be bad for me as far as posting goes.

NP here... just along for the ride.