City of Strangers (Inactive)
Game Master Nebten

LOL why not? If we get stuck down here, we can eat him first. ;)

Let's get this show on the road! Yeah I'm really not picky on direction. Sorry if I'm holding things up, but work days have me generally restricted to posting on my phone.

On the subject of our important lesson on racism in Kaer Maga, here's a hint: Durnolf's the one slightly closer to your height when he's sitting on top of a snarling wolf.

Just to speed things along I guess I'll go with Durnolf

Yeah sorry about jumping the gun, I responded on gameplay before I checked this one.

Yea. We are having some breakdown with actions Should we have a party leader?

I favor a loose democracy, myself. (why does that sound wrong?) Or rather, I don't know if we need a leader, yet. I have a feeling we're not going to need high Charisma/Diplomacy type stuff from the game--more like traps and nasties. Whoever feels the most tactically awesome would probably be best, if it comes to that.

I don't mind a bit of squabbling and confusion--adds to the fun. ;)

Yea. Well to keep things speedy, let Durnolf open the right hand door. getting bogged down is a definate hazard in pbP

I'm in favor of speeding things up.
You don't have to wait for my vote when choosing which door to open next.
I am pretty sure we are going to open all of them eventually, anyway.

Forgot to mention this, but you each earn 75XP for dispatching the foe.

We should have 150 xp now, correct?

That is correct.

I'll be intermittent today and tomorrow due to weekend gallivanting.

Heh. Elizabeth doesn't like those sexist pigs who deny her the right to make golems.

Fair enough with the request for OOC conversation to happen here.

We are in combat, however, and if a Surprise Round happens, Forewarned should kick in.

Forewarned (Su)

You can always act in the surprise round even if you fail to make a Perception roll to notice a foe, but you are still considered flat-footed until you take an action. In addition, you receive a bonus on initiative checks equal to 1/2 your wizard level (minimum +1). At 20th level, anytime you roll initiative, assume the roll resulted in a natural 20.

Durnolf should be ok. Surge is a targeted effect:

Surge (Su): As a standard action, you can cause a mighty wave to appear that pushes or pulls a single creature. Make a combat maneuver check against the target, using your cleric level + your Wisdom modifier as your CMB. If successful, you may pull or push the creature as if using the bull rush or drag combat maneuver. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Wisdom modifier[/surge]

And as a CMB check, Nat-20 is auto success & Nat-1 auto failure.

Good job, Garuneh!

If Durnolf really couldn't move, I believe that by RAW I have to do another CMB check. Or something. Unless the GM would like to show some mercy.

If i succeed in that check they both go over the pit and I have possibly killed Durnolf. :( if I fail in the check, the surge is unsuccessful and iron snakey bites Durnolf.

I hope it would be reasonable to assume that Garuneh would wait to Surge until Durnolf is clear. If he isn't, no Surge.

I'd rather give up on that lovely natural 20 and not slay the cavalier!

Up to you, Mighty GM!

Sorry for the confusion guys.

Elizabeth, I certainly hope you're not still bleeding after that fort save. Besides, it gave an old, fat hobbit a chance to try to be heroic :P

Well I am stable, just flavor text.

Fault's equally mine!

Huzzah! High fives all around!

Well, Garuneh, since you 'delayed until Ruckus and Durnolf did their thang', one could argue that you delayed until after Durnolf takes his 5 foot step out of danger (even if that is at the end of his next turn) - everything at GM's discretion of course.

Waiting on Aldous. I'll bot him in the morning if necessary.

Relevant Houserule: If you can get close enough to a character to "shake" them out of their dazed state (adjacent square), they can become lucid enough to take a move action on their turn. The "shake" is a standard action and does provoke an AOO.

Can I shake Durnolf while I am still in move only mode?

Also, I'll be away for the rest of the day. Feel free to remote control Gunder. I guess he will walk up to Durnolf and shake him (if possible) or else will wait close by till the daze effect wears off and then heal Durnolf if needed. Or whatever else seems appropriate in the situation.

No, you cannot shake while in move-only mode. Sorry.

Lamp Oil

General plan is to burn it down, if possible.

Alchemist Fire, for easy reference

That was soemthing else that we should have gotten.

My Produce Flame is only good for one measly round. :( I can Surge the thing back into the pit and we can shoot at it at our 'leisure'...

Everyone chime in? Might be time for a DM 'finish it!'

Down to my last flask of lamp oil on hand, so unless Garuneh is able to smash it with his surge, I may be left with arrows only

I think we are waiting on a recap of the actions of the round, right?

I think so.

A GM who goes AWOL for more than a day can be remote controlled like any other player, right?

Yes, I'm pretty sure that's how that works.

Sweet, Shall we roll dice to see who ASSUMES DIRECT CONTROL?

Tina:Daze
Garuneh:Surge
Durnolf:Rocked back by previous surge
Elizabeth:Grabbed Tina's torch
Aldous:Threw lamp oil

Okay. Lets roll 1d6, mapped to our initiative order:
The power of DM goes to: 1d6 ⇒ 3
Congratulations, Durnolf! Now tell us, what happens next?

Firstly, the large snake thing halts his attack and begins to apologize profusely to our mighty party for inconveniencing us. Then he leads us to his terrible necromancer master, who, WITH OUR POWERS COMBINED, we soundly defeat in an epic battle spoken of throughout the ages. And from here I hand it off to Elizabeth, the next down the list, as these things are always more fun round-robin.

With the secrets gleaned from the ruins, Elizabeth achieves her goal of creating a new type of golem. After getting filthy rich from lucrative contracts, Elizabeth returns to Kaer Maga and overthrows her dumb male dominated family and turns it into a Matriarchy!

Your turn Gunder.

The Ardoc's new Golem army overtakes large parts of the inner sea region. Extending the power of the Ardoc Matriarchy far beyond Kaer Maga.

Meanwhile, the throne of Empress Elizabeth is empty, because she and the rest of the party are taking the starstone test (yes, even including the skeletton snake). They all pass and ascend to godhood.

Gunder becomes god of exotic food.

Aldous is up next.

YOU DARE USURP THE AUTHORITY OF THE GM POSITION!?!?

Now where did I put those three othe snake skeletons?

Carry on. I'm on the road today, but will try to advance the game tonight. With a bit of retconning needed it would appear.

After gaining the powers of goodhood, Aldous takes on the role of "God of the Pick-Up". On a completely unrelated note, half-elf birth rates skyrocket. Mr. Snake Skeleton goes on to enjoy a fantastic career as a comic ventriloguist & stage magician.

Tina?

Man, I didn't get to open up my undead wild animal and water ride park yet!

Most probably I won't be online anymore when the GM returns. To speed up the game, here's a preview of what Gunder is going to do:

(Please copy the appropriate section over to the gameplay thread, once the next round starts)

Wow. You guys are really intent on killing this thing, aren't you!?

It bit me!

If we can get Durnolf up he can fight the best of us. Plus we can start smackign with our torches.

"I hate snakes and snake like things"

When you become a god, you can ban all snakes!

We don't intent to kill the snake if it apologized to Durnolf and helps us fight the necromancer.

I need to stop assuming that gameplay will speed up to several turns per hour all of a sudden, every time I go offline for a couple of hours...