That would be awesome
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Super-busy at the office today, but I will hopefully have time to update the map and get us rolling tomorrow. Sorry for the delay guys!
I've uploaded a new map page to the Roll20 archive. You should be able to see it now.
Some notes:
One square = 300', so basically each box is a football field. A football field filled with marsh, trees, and deadly animals.
The red circles mark Walthus' house and the goblin village, as noted on the map.
The green circles mark points that are indicated on the map on the back of the fan. One of them is the cave that you found in the southwest side of the marshes -- that's the one on the southwestern most part of the map. The other two, who knows?
The road that runs down along the right side is the old coast road. If you want to head south and avoid the marsh, you stay on that road, which is on high ground. The "new" fish trail is the one that is on the middle-north top part of the map that descends toward Walthus' house. The "old" fish road is the one that branches off the coast road on the east side of the map.
You guys previously made your way up the cliff at the road that's in the southeast side of the valley, then followed the ridge west until you came to the second road going down on the southwest side, and followed trail signs west until you came to the overgrown cave, which you didn't previously explore.
Exploring one square probably takes about half an hour, but I'm not going to be super mathematical about it. Basically you can pick a general area you want to explore, I'll unblacken it and tell you how long it takes and we'll run any encounters that happen.
Also I think I just discovered a pseudo-layer function in the Roll20 map editor, which would have saved me a lot of grief editing the Brinestump Marsh map! On the upside each piece of the tools that I learn makes it easier for me to make updates.
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Outlaw... I mean Kaijitsu Star!!!
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Everyone still here? Been a little slow the past week.
Wayfinder has not been loading my campaigns and I'm not at my computer as often as I'd like. Sorry for the slow responses. :(
I look forward to NOT being eaten by a giant snake.
Just making sure nobody was dropping out, whether due to boredom or personal issues. :)
Yeah, wayfinder doesn't work for anyone since the upgrade, and neither do quite a few phone browsers now.
Ah, I don't use Wayfinder -- my tablet is Apple and I have general computer access at my job -- so I didn't even know. :)
too much partying for 'murica day!?
That's my best guess! I'm hoping Kenji checks in soon and makes his move!
Sorry i was just barely waking up when you posted that. If only wayfinder could push post alerts!
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Sorry lost access to internet but up and running again.
Welcome back!
I'm going to be out camping this weekend and won't be home 'til Monday. I may try to check in via remote device but I don't know if I'll have reception.
Have fun in the wilds.
I am back from camping and ready to roll again!
*wind whistles*
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Jinda? You out there?
Ok, I'm running Jinda's turn for him.
DM Jesse, how do you feel about me using my longbow as an improvised club or quarter staff?
DM Jesse, how do you feel about me using my longbow as an improvised club or quarter staff?
I'd say a bow is a very fragile weapon when used as a melee weapon. Let's take a page from the javelin and say it takes a -4 penalty on the attack roll because it's not made for melee, and it has the fragile quality on top of that (so if you roll a 1, it gains the broken condition). You can use it as a quarterstaff. So, suboptimal, but doable. This enemy is probably not so tough that it would be a huge hindrance!
Sorry guys, was just about to post, very busy long weekend. It was either that or magic missile, and like expected I missed! Thanks for botting me!
No worries Jinda, life happens. You had previously mentioned using lightning lance, so I figured that I would just go with that. :)
I just want to keep momentum -- in my experience forum games die for one of two reasons: The GM vanishes, or the players slowly drop off. Games with slow post rates tend to be more susceptible to the latter so I prefer to keep a cadence of getting some movement every day when possible! But sometimes real life gets in the way and that's ok, so long as we keep going. :)
You guys are making pretty good progress into the adventure so far!
Best way to contact me when I'm not paying attention, is via facebook messenger app. It buzzes my phone all the time.
facebook@koketsu.com if you want to add me as a friend.
GM how do feel about group turn. In this case everyone goes then the spider and then everyone goes again and in the everyone goes turn order doesn't matter first post first done. In the case of multiple enemies the groups of Heroes before each enemy turn can go in any order.
GM how do feel about group turn. In this case everyone goes then the spider and then everyone goes again and in the everyone goes turn order doesn't matter first post first done. In the case of multiple enemies the groups of Heroes before each enemy turn can go in any order.
Doesn't bother me, though if you guys do it, the monsters can do it too. ;) Sometimes leads to tactical advantages, like all your ranged attackers firing first before enemies are engaged, then melee fighters moving in. Ultimately we may occasionally find ourselves waiting for a lone straggler but if you like being able to at least get your turn up on the board that's fine. :)
Sorry, been sans internet for last couple days.
Hey is anyone else doing any other pbp games on top of this one? My two other games just dwindled away and I'm wanting to pick something to do alongside this one.
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I'm in 20 of differing paces and states of longevity.
I'm in a Kingmaker game that is going verrrrrry slowwwwwly. Also a Council of Thieves game that looks like it might be stalling on the very first encounter.
I do like keeping daily momentum when possible, I think we just had a rotation of people getting dinged with accessibility issues.
Anyway, I'm now back from a trip to a friend's wedding and have access to a regular computer again. Until next weekend, anyway, when I have to go BACK to Los Angeles again . . .
I run a Reign of Winter game, but we all know each other IRL. So pauses of a day or two abound, but we b+$$& at each other for not posting in person so it will stay alive fairly easy.
Wow that's cool. This game is the only one I got into, and I really want to see it go the campaign. I'm really excited to see if we can do this. To be honest most of my tabletop players I play with roll amazeballs for stats, and so being so limited in stats is a challenge mode I'm interested in trying. It definitely makes me to think more carefully about my character!
If there are any openings for a PBP game you all see, please let me know, cause I could totally do at least one more! :D
If everyone is copacetic with it, we can agree that if you are out for more than a day that I will mod your character, as I did previously. That way no waiting for more than a day. Of course if you wanted to do something specific and you know you're going to be out, you can always post a plan in advance!
Naturally this doesn't fix the problem that when I'm out on the weekend it slows things down, but you can't have everything. :)
At present I don't foresee anything that would cause this game to fold up. You guys are inching toward part 2 of the first module (it's in 3 parts), so progress is steady. Also closing in on character level 2, which will be a nice boost.
On a related note, once you reach part 2 of the module, the caravan rules in the player's guide start coming into play. Some people really hate the caravan system, others think it's a neat subsystem. If anyone has a specific preference about it (i.e. you read the system and you think you will hate it because it focuses less on individual characters or whatever) do let me know. I presume though that for most of you it's a new system so there's probably "no opinion" yet.
I feel like I have enough personal bandwidth to run maybe one additional campaign, but haven't really set that down yet.
Well I'd be up for it if you ever decide to do it!
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Mostly I'm trying to decide whether to run Kingmaker (which could get weird since I'm also playing in a Kingmaker game and it is running so slowly that I could easily see getting past our current location) or the March Against Evil (classic AD&D's Temple of Elemental Evil, Slavers, and Giants-Drow-Demonweb Pits module series as one sprawling, connected super campaign; I wrote a ton of new campaign traits for this but I'm hemming and hawing over whether there's really much fun to be had in what is basically a series of giant dungeon runs with very little story or character development).
Hmm... well I am up for playing either. So let me know when you are comfortable to run one! :D
I like rp, and I also like buttkickery. With the way the forum is rolling for us, I'd say rp is the way to roll. (Has anyone ever actually checked the odds on the forum dice?)
Either way I'm happy, so long as I can do something.
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That's the other side of the equation, my main motivation is that it would be nice to have another way to get some extra game-time in, but gotta make sure everyone is able to participate regularly. :)
You guys are at a good spot right now in JR, I hope this fight wraps up quickly (it should, it's nothing special) and with any luck when we get to the caravan there will be a lot more RP because there will be interaction with the other NPCs and with putting the caravan together, hiring people to do various jobs, and having travel time across the continent!
Sorry for the slowness yesterday. They guys got me hooked on Xwing miniatures, so we spent most of sunday night, and monday afternoon playing...
2 days and I'm already 60 bucks in...
Okiedoke, reading the Occult Adventures now...
So what I see is:
Psychic Spellcasters have all abilities as still spells.
As a Pyrokineticist, I can use Flare, Light, or Spark cantrips at will. My light spell gives off heat since it is a fire effect.
I can use weapon focus with kinetic blast, but not vital strike.
I get an ability at level 1 called gather power which can be used as a move action to reduce the burn I would take from a Blast Wild talent by 1 or I can take a full round action and reduce the burn for the next shot by 2.
I also get an infusion talent at lvl 1, so I may just have to take out my unarmed damage/weapon finesse focus.
Everything else seems the same. So I can keep with that.
Also... the art for the kineticist is a little minkaian kid with fire spraying around him. It's like they knew about Kenji or something. :3
[EDIT] Going to keep weapon finesse, but traded out Improved Unarmed Strike for Point-Blank shot. Next feat I can take Precise Shot. Also, I have 2 more skill points per level it seems.
Besides, get Brass Knuckles or a Cestus ad you can still do lethal hand to hand.
Besides, get Brass Knuckles or a Cestus ad you can still do lethal hand to hand.
Yep! I have Spiked Gauntlets now, so I think I'll be okay. Also, Gathering power for a fire blast with spiked gauntlets on just looks badass in my mind's eye.
Update: Took the Burning infusion power, adjusted that in my character portfolio. I also spent my two new skill points and took Use Magic Device and... Profession (Baker). Cause Ameiko would have told me I gotta use my fire for constructive purposes too. Like making the bread in the morning.
Hilarious. Love the baking. Probably because in a different game I played a dumpling maker who owned a dim sum shop, who would heat his dumplings using an aura of fire generated from a martial arts ability.
Carry on! :D
Think the only thing errata effects on me is limiting the times I can eat magic wand charges...
Double checking it more thoroughly soon.
That Ultimate Class errata made me . . . annoyed.
It was awesome for my Bolt Ace! I get to retrain a feat, for free! Hello Precise shot!
I'm more annoyed that Paizo is continuing to make . . . let's say "questionable design choices." As a professional game designer I think that they have managed to really make some significant missteps in their post-launch new content.
Yeah I wanted to use my newfound skill points for at least *something* roleplay related. And baking just seemed natural. You guys will never be short trail bread on the caravan! :D