DMDM's Strange Aeons

Game Master Douglas Muir 406

You have woken up somewhere. Somewhere bad.


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Male Imperial Purebred Human 13 th level bard/9 th level nightlife empressario/epic level chocolate fiend
DM_DM wrote:
Just got in this morning. More anon.

Welcome back. That actually your side trek sounds amazing!

Er, how do you survive with no luggage and clothes for the kids?

I have to catch a flight later today, will post more in about 25 hours.

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Male Aasimar Mesmerist 1 (HP 11/11; AC 17/13/14; CMD 12 Fort +2; Ref +5 Will +3/+4, Init +3; Perception +7; Darkvision 60 ft)

Poor Yordan!


M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)

Welcome back, DM_DM! I've added Istanbul to my bucket list... didn't know those bronze columns were still there.

Alas, poor Yordan! ;)


Waiting on Vitae. If he doesn't do his AoO by tomorrow, I'll bot him.


M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)

For all their problems, at least our characters are inside and don't have to deal with the weather.

(Currently in tornado shelter listening to the sirens outside. I didn't know they could come during the evening...)

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Male Imperial Purebred Human 13 th level bard/9 th level nightlife empressario/epic level chocolate fiend
Yordan Patar wrote:

For all their problems, at least our characters are inside and don't have to deal with the weather.

(Currently in tornado shelter listening to the sirens outside. I didn't know they could come during the evening...)

Whoa! That's beyond my ken.

Good luck good sir!


M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)

I survived ;)


M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)

I promise Yordan's thinking will straighten out. Right now, there's that whole trauma thing of being strapped to a table and wildly pruned to overcome.

As an example, if Yordan the (occasional) bounty hunter and tracker were more With It, he'd probably be on the trail of the person getting away. Alas, it's hard to chase when you're staggered (and I think at least one piece of his brainpan is still jiggling around and scraping some nerves raw...)

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Male Imperial Purebred Human 13 th level bard/9 th level nightlife empressario/epic level chocolate fiend

I think Yordan was role played very well. Thumbs up from here.

Going for suicidal are we?

;)

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Male Imperial Purebred Human 13 th level bard/9 th level nightlife empressario/epic level chocolate fiend

For DMDM and other DMs,

What sword would you substitute for the Druid's scimitar?

I know the Druid has had this weapon since 1st ed AD&D, but the weapon is not even remotely historically linked to the Gaelic Druid.


M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)

Oh, Yordan isn't suicidal. Homicidal, maybe, under the right circumstances, but not suicidal. :)

As far as swords go, let's just say that the relationship of the Pathfinder weapons table to real weapons is ... weird. To put it mildly. If you want a traditional Celtic weapon, the longsword is probably not unlike the La Tene swords... or you could use a spear, or maybe a staff. Or a really big hammer, like a smith's.

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Male Imperial Purebred Human 13 th level bard/9 th level nightlife empressario/epic level chocolate fiend

I was kidding about the suicidal bit.

:)

As to the weapons thanks, looking up La Tene now. The other weapons are fine of course, but they are already allowed to the Druid. I'm basically looking for a 'Druidic sword' with some history and game reasoning to go with it.


Tangent: have you ever done the thing where you discover a new webcomic, like it, and then spend several hours binging through its archives?

Yeah, that.

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Do tell, which one?


M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)

Several times!


Band vs. Band. Here's a one-page summary of the first 200 pages or so: http://bvbcomix.com/about-band-vs-band

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Thanks for sharing.

After reading a bit, I like the stylized art and the frenetic lettering, though paneling is a bit awkward at least in the early comics. It reminds me somewhat of Scott Pilgrim with the band vs. band vibe, though with female leads. Also, it seems to lack the constant video game references ...

In return, I recommend to everyone: A couple of older, complete comics I really dig (heh) are Freakangels (Warren Ellis++) and Digger (Ursula Vernon). I mainlined both of those.


Yes, a lot like Scott Pilgrim. There isn't the video game stuff, but characters do summon guitars from nowhere and start rhyming at the drop of a hat. And it starts off silly, but... well, continues mostly silly, but with complicated and interesting stuff going on.

Is Freakangels finished yet? I know Digger is. (As I noted to someone once, Digger was the anti-Cerebus, though I doubt she intended it that way.) Author Ursula Vernon is writing a lot of short fiction these days; IMS she got a Hugo nomination recently.


Unnamed

i did that with Goblins, though i have since fallen way behind...that and order of the stick

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Male Imperial Purebred Human 13 th level bard/9 th level nightlife empressario/epic level chocolate fiend

It would be great if Fritz was playing the theme music for our group, any suggestions?

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Male Imperial Purebred Human 13 th level bard/9 th level nightlife empressario/epic level chocolate fiend

DMDM, thanks for the suggestion will look at the comic on Sunday when I have time.

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Male Aasimar Mesmerist 1 (HP 11/11; AC 17/13/14; CMD 12 Fort +2; Ref +5 Will +3/+4, Init +3; Perception +7; Darkvision 60 ft)

Who has the highest Stealth skills? Would it be worth to send 2 of us to do a quick scouting trip?


Oh, that reminds me: is anyone else reading Awful Hospital?

Apropos of nothing.


Male Human Rogue (Swindler) 2 AC:14 HP 10/10 Perc:+5 Init: +3 F:+1 R:+5 W:+1 SAN: 37/40
Vitæ Somnium wrote:
Who has the highest Stealth skills? Would it be worth to send 2 of us to do a quick scouting trip?

My stealth is + 7.

Bluff and disguise +6.


M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)

Stealth +7 (or +6 if I'm wearing armor). No bluff or disguise. I can sneak, but not spy.


M Human Wizard (Elder Mythos Scholar) 2|Init:+7;Per:+4|HP: 11/11;San: 36/39; AC:12(T:12,FF:10)| Fort:+1, Ref:+2, Will+5|

So..either that box is a Secret Chest with Mrakala's spellbook or it will release a Nightshade into our existence. Knowing DMDM, it's a nightshade.

Let me open it anyway!


M Goblin Rogue3HP 22/22,Init+4,F3R7W3Per8AC17T15FF13

Nothing could go wrong!

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DM_DM wrote:
Apropos of nothing.

After looking through the first few pages of Awful Hospital, I find your statement ... unlikely.

Mrakala wrote:

So..either that box is a Secret Chest with Mrakala's spellbook or it will release a Nightshade into our existence. Knowing DMDM, it's a nightshade.

Let me open it anyway!

DM_DM has such sights to show you.

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Male Aasimar Mesmerist 1 (HP 11/11; AC 17/13/14; CMD 12 Fort +2; Ref +5 Will +3/+4, Init +3; Perception +7; Darkvision 60 ft)

Dude. Respectfully.

That's pretty sick. Dude.


BTW, I see a couple of you are noodling around with pre-fugue backstory.

That's completely fine! The last several years are missing, but you have some memories from before that. Broadly speaking, the further back you go, the more you remember. So, five years ago, you got nothin', but childhood is mostly intact. If you want to roll for it, then it's 40% + 20% x your Fugue score for childhood memories, 20% x your Fugue score for more recent stuff between the end of childhood and the onset of full fugue some years gack. But I'm not going to be dogmatic about it -- if you want your character to have a particular memory as part of a pre-Fugue backstory, that's just fine.


Except for Vitae. Right now, he doesn't remember *anything*. That's weird, given that he has Fugue 3. But there it is. He's very functional, and knows all sorts of stuff, but he can't tell you how he knows it.

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Vitæ Somnium wrote:

Dude. Respectfully.

That's pretty sick. Dude.

If you are referring to the Hellraiser scene, yeah. It's more Katapesh/Zon-Kuthon than Wherever-We-Are/Lovecraft, but there's a puzzle box thing.


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Unnamed

obviously Vitae is a cylon


M Human Wizard (Elder Mythos Scholar) 2|Init:+7;Per:+4|HP: 11/11;San: 36/39; AC:12(T:12,FF:10)| Fort:+1, Ref:+2, Will+5|

It's a box. A magic box. Obviously something good will happen.

...hehe.

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Male Aasimar Mesmerist 1 (HP 11/11; AC 17/13/14; CMD 12 Fort +2; Ref +5 Will +3/+4, Init +3; Perception +7; Darkvision 60 ft)
DM_DM wrote:
Except for Vitae. Right now, he doesn't remember *anything*. That's weird, given that he has Fugue 3. But there it is. He's very functional, and knows all sorts of stuff, but he can't tell you how he knows it.

I'm Cliff Clavin!

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Male Aasimar Mesmerist 1 (HP 11/11; AC 17/13/14; CMD 12 Fort +2; Ref +5 Will +3/+4, Init +3; Perception +7; Darkvision 60 ft)
DM_DM wrote:
Vitæ Somnium wrote:
Are there CR 3 to 4 creatures that don't like mirrors? I was trying to remember any old school monsters. Because if DMDM put a Vampire in here ...
My position on level-appropriate encounters is a matter of public record.

No need for that reminder, I still recall the Mountian that Swims from your WotW campaign.


Male Human Rogue (Swindler) 2 AC:14 HP 10/10 Perc:+5 Init: +3 F:+1 R:+5 W:+1 SAN: 37/40

They were all age appropriate!


M Human Wizard (Elder Mythos Scholar) 2|Init:+7;Per:+4|HP: 11/11;San: 36/39; AC:12(T:12,FF:10)| Fort:+1, Ref:+2, Will+5|
Vitæ Somnium wrote:


My position on level-appropriate encounters is a matter of public record.
No need for that reminder, I still recall the Mountian that Swims from your WotW campaign.

Oh god, I'd forgotten about that unfortunate event.


What? You were fine.


M Human Wizard (Elder Mythos Scholar) 2|Init:+7;Per:+4|HP: 11/11;San: 36/39; AC:12(T:12,FF:10)| Fort:+1, Ref:+2, Will+5|
DM_DM wrote:
What? You were fine.

But still terrified!


Male Vampire(former Dhampir) Bard(Negotiator) 13/Anti-Paladin/2 - [HP 209/231; AC43,FF36,T22; CMD32; DR/10 magic+silver; F+28,R+29,W+26; Per+31; Init +12]
Mrakala wrote:
Vitæ Somnium wrote:


My position on level-appropriate encounters is a matter of public record.
No need for that reminder, I still recall the Mountian that Swims from your WotW campaign.

Oh god, I'd forgotten about that unfortunate event.

It was nothing but a talking iceberg. Not something that anyone needs to worry about.

.

.

.

My vote was to sacrifice Bref . . . or whichever one of his reincarnations was with us at that point.


Unnamed

Xenfall

Had bref lived her would have been a god by now


M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)

(Pulls out marshmallows to roast over flaming wizard once box opens)

Loved the BREF GOBLIN SKULL BOMB.

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Male Imperial Purebred Human 13 th level bard/9 th level nightlife empressario/epic level chocolate fiend

In his defense, if I was the Wizard in Mrakala's position I would be panicking 2x worse.


M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)

Re healing: a quick check seems to show that Yordan (at 5/12 hp) is the only injured one among us. Also, if I'm right we only have one healing spell left (is that right?) I could certainly use a spell, but if we have only one it might be better to wait until we really need it (i.e., someone else is in danger of going down.) I'll try and stay out of the frontline in the meantime (reach weapon, bow, etc., means I don't have to go up close.)

If we have more than one healing spell left, than for Pharasma's sake cast one on me ;)


M Human Wizard (Elder Mythos Scholar) 2|Init:+7;Per:+4|HP: 11/11;San: 36/39; AC:12(T:12,FF:10)| Fort:+1, Ref:+2, Will+5|
baron arem heshvaun wrote:
In his defense, if I was the Wizard in Mrakala's position I would be panicking 2x worse.

I've considered taking a bonded item on a wizard before but never do and always go with a familiar. The benefits of +Initiative always seemed the better choice and there is that "hypothetical" if your bonded item is stolen you can't cast without it (not really). I didn't usually consider that downside since, when has that ever happened?

...until this game. I'd like to note the archetype forces you to take a bonded item so.. :(

Never again!


M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)

I've taken a bonded item and it was very convenient (lots of useful abilities, notably the ability to cast anything in your spellbook, plus the ease of enchanting it.)

But then my GM in that campaign wasn't into crippling players just because. (Curse of the Crimson Throne, I was a halfling necromancer with That One Ring as his bonded item... I admit mostly for the fun of it, but it was a surprisingly effective build.)


M Human Wizard (Elder Mythos Scholar) 2|Init:+7;Per:+4|HP: 11/11;San: 36/39; AC:12(T:12,FF:10)| Fort:+1, Ref:+2, Will+5|

I found loot!

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Male Aasimar Mesmerist 1 (HP 11/11; AC 17/13/14; CMD 12 Fort +2; Ref +5 Will +3/+4, Init +3; Perception +7; Darkvision 60 ft)
Yordan Patar wrote:
If we have more than one healing spell left, than for Pharasma's sake cast one on me ;)

[cough] Bard [/cough]

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I only have one CLW at the moment, and Nameless is at 6/9 HP. I believe Yordan merits the first heal, if we wish to use it.

Should we save it? Heal the (de)Ranger? Thoughts?

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