Doug M's Way of the Wicked (Inactive)

Game Master Douglas Muir 406

though I do think we should give him the pleasure of knowing that the captain is dead before we kill him.

this is totally the player wanting to give the poor guy some satisfaction but whatever i am going with it

I think we should let him help us and THEN kill him.

Xen, could you sneak down and pick the lock and leave it looped so it looks like its still locked while we start dragging crates off the ship? We can possibly cast invisibility on him to avoid issues?

though I do think we should give him the pleasure of knowing that the captain is dead

Indeed!

up to you guys, I just worry about us being fooled and him turning on us when we are weak.

Xen is nothing if not acomodating.

Also what is our plan to kill everyone else?

Kill the captain and hope to survive.

If we survive, we grab his stuff, probably going to Edmin and the other combat guys.

Cуровую will then cast Alter Self and then Disguise Self to look like the captain.

The fake captain returns to the ship and we can either

1. Send crewmen, maybe four at time, under the 'captain's' orders to the point where the real captain died. Party who remained in the area ambushes small groups of sailors a few at a time.

2. We all return to the ship, the 'captain' orders 1/3 of the crew tied up for some made up reason. The 'captain' then orders the remaining crew to put to death the tied up men. As they do this the party surprises and attacks the surviving crew.

Then search the captain's cabin finally!

I think This needs to be an encounter.

Oh, I'd be delighted.

Be sure to make them Dire Pacu though please...Xen and Jax would be much more distressed than Dren. He has no use for his man parts anyways...lol

thanks for your time I'll leave now,

sry LF you asked questions that only DM can answer. You would be better served by pming him.

But this game is full I am pretty sure.

Yup - we even have ghost goblins in this campaign. Ok, so he is masquerading as a bard, but he is still a ghost goblin.

up to you guys, I just worry about us being fooled and him turning on us when we are weak.

Xen is nothing if not acomodating.

Also what is our plan to kill everyone else?

I thought Kirin said something about the bard being a greater danger to us alive than the Captain if we let him free, although she also said he could help us bring him down.

if something changes and I am able to join later could someone PM me?

For the record I don't think we need him and I think it is a bad idea to let him out. He can very easily escape from us using invisibility, I don't even think we can see or catch him once he uses Vanish.

What if he has already seen through our guise or just knows that there is something off about us. He could very mush agree to and will help us to make sure the captain is dead and then scamper off. He then waits in the city, knows what we look like and could cause considerable trouble for us there...but we were warned.

In character I may have a soft spot for the Bard, but I agree with Dren on both points of this as a player. We do not need the Bard against the captain.

Setting him free has a distinct danger, hence my asking if we can get some sort of oath from him.

I plan to take a net. It is untrained, but it will be a touch attack. But I am indifferent to both taking and leaving. But it does seem that the choice was made.

Edmin, offer the captain a drink at our camp to toast the end of the voyage.

Now during this the Judge could actually Bluff and have Edmin 'take a look' at the captain's ax. Feign great interest in its design. Maybe ask that you examine it for a few seconds, to check its weight and all. Edmin has a Bluff bonus as well and can aid other.

Regarding surprise, the Judge with high Bluff can order the spellcasters to cast 'Alarm and 'Ward' spells around our small camps perimeter, but in truth each caster casts their opening spell, one would hope the the captain does not have a high spellcraft.

It gives us a few opening shots.

Okay, bedtime here. Catch up in the morning.

Hopefully Edmin and the Judge chime in before.

Sorry been in school all day. If we get him off the ship we need to leave the halfling until later.

Edmin, Jax and Xen.

Friendly wager

I'd take that bet, but I'm guessing we'll finish him off in 3 rounds.

Going to the airport soon. Maybe two hours of posting left for me. I'll try and play when I land in California around midnight. Then long flight to Japan.

I thought we would have the big fight by now but people seem busy.

Xen and my Initiative's are up. I have Mage Armor and Message up, wearing my Ring of Protection, I'll start with Grease on the captain's weapon.

Hopefully I get to play and don't miss the fun.

Well, somebody needs to give the go-ahead.

How long is your layover in Cal.? will you have access there? in Asia?

I think four hours in Cali then onto Asia. I am not sure how my internet connection will be in Thailand. In six days I should be able to get (super fast) connections in Japan but I normally get to post from my phone which I won't be able to do there. I will from the hotel as long as I am not passed out.

Lets go for it! Get the judge to call the captain over, even if he brings his men. Say there is a problem and we need him now.

how long are you gone again? Also I will bet you tht it is more than 5 rounds, I am thinking more like 8

Time to break face.

Random Discovery. Apparently Half-Elf Oracles can now get access to every wizard/sorcerer and cleric spell whenever they want once they get 4th level spells..

They can grab SF(arcana) and Imp. Eldritch Heritage then combine it with the spell paragon surge to pick up greater eldritch heritage and get access to a few wizard/sorcerer spells of their choice. Alternatively, use the same spell to get expanded arcana and grab whatever cleric spell you really wish you had at the moment. The heck o.O

moved ooc

just so we don't waste in game posts. Xen will not listen to a reprimand about the netting judge

don't get me wrong happy to rp out thw argument if we both live but he only accepts punishment when he was in the wrong. Judge will never convince him netting the cpt after he attacked was against protocol

DMDM - I never got a ruling on this question. I have not finished leveling Morsum because of how busy I have been. I still have 1 evolution point to spend as well as a feat.

Random Discovery. Apparently Half-Elf Oracles can now get access to every wizard/sorcerer and cleric spell whenever they want once they get 4th level spells..

They can grab SF(arcana) and Imp. Eldritch Heritage

If I'm reading this right, Imp. Eldritch Heritage requires you to be 11th level and have at least a 15 Cha, while Greater Eldritch requires 17th level and a 17 Cha. Paragon Surge gives you "any one feat for which you meet the prerequisites", so not actually that much effect.

As for Expanded Arcana, no, don't think so either.

Add one spell from your class’s spell list to your list of spells known. This is in addition to the number of spells normally gained at each new level in your class. You may instead add two spells from your class’s spell list to your list of spells known, but both of these spells must be at least one level lower than the highest level spell you can cast in that class.

emphasis added.

Judge, you can use one of Morsum's feats (but not one of your own) to gain simple weapon proficiency for him. Once you've done that, yes, you could spend another 2 points of evolution to gain Martial weapon proficiency, if that's the way you want to go.

Well, that was interesting. Sir Edmin, I am sorry! I did try to hint at the danger with "mysterious grey-black metal" and "Breaker"...

Meanwhile, we may have to wait half a day until Zimu gets off her plane in Bangkok. Unless anyone has a good suggestion for an action from her? If y'all come up with something that seems plausible (and consistent with her character), I'll bot her and we can move through.

ray of enfeeblement

Probably the best option for her right now.

DM the captains charge provokes from Ragnar

and a hit might cause a trip

Jax Naismith wrote:

Random Discovery. Apparently Half-Elf Oracles can now get access to every wizard/sorcerer and cleric spell whenever they want once they get 4th level spells..

They can grab SF(arcana) and Imp. Eldritch Heritage

If I'm reading this right, Imp. Eldritch Heritage requires you to be 11th level and have at least a 15 Cha, while Greater Eldritch requires 17th level and a 17 Cha. Paragon Surge gives you "any one feat for which you meet the prerequisites", so not actually that much effect.

As for Expanded Arcana, no, don't think so either.

Quote:

Add one spell from your class’s spell list to your list of spells known. This is in addition to the number of spells normally gained at each new level in your class. You may instead add two spells from your class’s spell list to your list of spells known, but both of these spells must be at least one level lower than the highest level spell you can cast in that class.

emphasis added.

Oops, meant regular eldritch heritage. The IMp version you get with Paragon surge which gives you the 9th level bloodline ability to grab wizard/sorc spells. Expanded Arcana just lets you cast Paragon surge to get access to any cleric spell (oracles share the same list) that you may want but don't have on your small, spontaneous caster list.

Edit: Sure, you have to then spend another spell slot to actually cast the spell you got access too..but for the cost of 2 spell slots, you pretty much have whatever you could want/need.

Ray of enfeeblement sounds good. At minimum its a -2 Str (if he makes his save and she rolls a 1) for -1 to hit, -2 damage.

It's too bad a 16 is unlikely to hit the Captain's flat-footed AC since he has magical chain on..but if it does, I think he might be dead :D

Edit: Uhm..where the heck is Nimpy? That little bastard halfling!

Edit edit: Dm, Jax's black blade arcane pool is currently 0 out of 1 :-\

dren you keep hitting captain with spells, i will get to jack and heal him

DM rolls cheat! I am kinda surprised that the sailor had +7 to hit with only one level of barbarian though..geez.

It's too bad a 16 is unlikely to hit the Captain's flat-footed AC since he has magical chain on..but if it does, I think he might be dead :D

Edit: Uhm..where the heck is Nimpy? That little bastard halfling!

Edit edit: Dm, Jax's black blade arcane pool is currently 0 out of 1 :-\

Dren says nothing, he just shakes his head at those that released him...

DM rolls cheat! I am kinda surprised that the sailor had +7 to hit with only one level of barbarian though..geez.

+2 rage, +2 charging, +2 flanking, -2 Shaken. So his BAB+Str must equal at least +3. Not hard.

Most of the sailors are like War 1 / Exp 1, but the Captain picked two of the better fighters to come with him.

Damn charge! I hope to god the bastard fails a save sometime soon haha.

I suppose I should start making up another character just in case..20 point buy? I can't recall.

In the original module, Captain Odenkirk was a relatively minor obstacle. I liked the character so I built him into a boss. This involved some design choices, which I'll put down here for those who are interested. I don't think the mechanics are going to affect the final combat -- you have a pretty good idea what you're facing, at this point -- but I'll put them beneath a spoiler anyway.

Jax you are awake, Xenfall healed you for 12 pts of damage i will repost the spoiler for everyone