Doug M's Way of the Wicked
Game Master Douglas Muir 406

Ho dang, it is and you're right!

Doug M.

Guys, sorry this combat is running a little wobbly. The Warden is a tough boss with a lot of spells, and I'm trying to juggle him, the eight of you, and other events going on that you're not aware of (yet). I apologize for any inconvenience.

Doug M.

pshaw! this is great. Not as great as the epic cinematic I just posted for bref, but great

I actually came to this thread first because I was too chicken to read the other thread ... Looks good so far.

Whew! We are hanging in better than I hoped!

If we can figure out what this insubstantial thing is, I'll use Colour spray on it. Otherwise, Jax doesn't really want to drop a mind-affecting spell on something that may not have a mind.

Edit: We are sucking with rolls though and about to get the guards brought down on us.

Prob wanna color spray the guards as they come through the door, then have Lune slap a silence on the room to keep him from calling out again.

I have to leave for work in 30 minutes and then school after that, DM or Edmin, please mind Cуровую while I am away.

Cуровую will try to convince the party to spare the Warden and take him with us.

Hello, hello, is this thing on? I think this is the longest we have went with out a post."

I have break from class, I was checking in too, I was surprised lol I have an hour break later then my night job from 11 pm to 5 am I hope I don't miss the all this! :(

When do you sleep??

Come again?

Where can I find that online?

I've hear good things about it.

You don't need sleep, that is what they make coffee and 5-hour energy for.

I was asleep, was excited to see how my awesome slide under the legs, through the color spray, around the fire sphere and into the hamstring of the wizard went. Hope we didn't scare him away!

I'm back! More in the next hour or two.

Doug M.

Caught up! Lots of rhyming. My two cents:

He read each line with breath bated,
These tales of wicked hearts.
He waits for word, unsure, unsated,
Certain this is but the start.

Exciting, guys. Keep it up!

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Careful FMG you have a slightly insane Goblin watching you now, he knows you exist. Perhaps you have ot be insane to do so.

DM I think we asked Grumblejack to stay in the library and wait in surprise for any guards because:

1. Any bluff attempt by Jax would fail if they spotted him downstairs

2. To muffle any sounds made because the fighting would be further up in the tower.

3. At the middle level we could more easily support him if needed.

4. the possibility of a surprise on the guards

bad news the great fire wall of china has seen fit to block Paizo today, this may last or it may pass but until it dos my post count ill be down, :( could you bot Rosa until I can get back on v home PC gm, its 9:30 here and off to work.

Oh, we are leaving the boys all to themselves? What could possibly go wrong?

Well bref will prbably try to eat the warden

At this point I will probably chop him up into small bite size pieces so Bref doesn't get choked.

Well bref will prbably try to eat the warden

Eat is fingers, save the rest for a hostage.

Well bref will prbably try to eat the warden

Eat his fingers, save the rest for a hostage.

Oops, sorry no hostage for you. But on the lighter side, it is a rather good axe for chopping peoples heads off.

So, the Warden. Old Human Ari 1 / Wiz (Illusionist) 4. Spells that he cast:

1 - Mage Armor, Shield, Color Spray, Magic Missile
2 - Summon Monster 2, Flaming Sphere, Hypnotic Pattern, Minor Image, Mirror Image

The Thing downstairs was a Small Air Elemental. The Thing upstairs was an illusion of a Medium Air Elemental. (Old Illusionist's trick: summon a real monster first.) It couldn't hurt you, but it could soak up a lot of attacks and distract you. Nobody who interacted with it made their Will save.

His CMD was -1, so grappling was definitely an option. Oh, well.

Doug M.

Almost killed me, Bref, and Morty. He was definitely tough enough. Had me real worried for the beginning of the fight.

Did anyone remember that he was an illusionist? Because the interrogated guard mentioned that, back when.

Doug M.

Bref did, but he didn't really care lol

and DMDM that was AWESOME!

Definitely a sweet fight. Look to more as long as we do not all get slaughtered.

I didn't like fight. It hurt me.

also I think you might be right Bref might be CE

Though the chaos I think is more in his gobliness rather than the traditional CE. Making messes, etc. He does adhere to his code of law, still, and I think is probably loyal to his friends, though that remains to be seen.

Okay, that's it for me for tonight.

I'm flying down to Florida early tomorrow morning to spend some time with my folks. That means posting will be light-ish through Monday. So, if a few hours pass and I haven't posted -- don't panic. I'll be back in a bit.

cheers,

Doug M.

but goblin needs to cheeeewwwww!

Commence tantrum!

Party on dude - have fun.

VPNs we love VPNs, Yep have a safe trip and great time.

Did anyone remember that he was an illusionist? Because the interrogated guard mentioned that, back when.

I did but I thought that was a trick to throw us off lol. When the 'thong did not attack directly I thought it was an illusion but by then I forgot about the hint that he was an illusionist. I thought he was an Enchanter for a minute.

Great game so far DM!

Now for the best part? Looting an old wizard's room full of books, scrolls and magical goodies!

Yay critical spellcraft! Its DC 20+spell level to decipher a scroll too, lucky break.

I say we gather all the loot together in a pile first, and then decide how to distribute it? Invisibility is very useful for summoners, stealthiness, and for combat people to get into useful positions in certain fights. Or we can keep it until Cimu and Jax can copy it into their spellbooks (which they should try and find in this room..)

I need some healing, down to 4 of 13 HP.

There should be healing here as well, at least I hope, a lot of the group is hurt.

I am down 5hp and Morsum is at 5 hp as well. I can heal him once more if necessary. I can be healed by Rosa's channel or inflict wounds spells.

Thinking forward, Shadow Beastie definitely needs this:

Frightful Presence (Ex)

An eidolon becomes unsettling to its foes, gaining the frightful presence ability. The eidolon can activate this ability as part of an offensive action, such as a charge or attack. Opponents within 30 feet of the eidolon must make a Will save or become shaken for 3d6 rounds. The DC of this save is equal to 10 + 1/2 the eidolon’s HD + the eidolon’s Charisma modifier. If the eidolon has at least 4 more Hit Dice than an opponent, that opponent becomes frightened instead. Foes with more HD than the eidolon are immune to this effect. The summoner must be at least 11th level before selecting this evolution. Source: Advanced Player's Guide

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Get Frightful Presence and then just have him walk down the street and watch everyone run for the hills. Lol.

I'm not the best at the additional rules, I'm curious is there a magical item or even a Feat that can turn negative channeling to positive? Feat would be too powerful but it may be in a book, I don't play Clerics so I am not entirely sure, in my other pbp I have a Cleric but it's simpler 2nd Ed rules.

Edmin, I know you want to hurry out of here and I agree, but also, since the goal for us coming here was in part to look for items of use and spell books, I think we should at least spend a few minutes doing that, we just have to be smart and careful about it.

I had another goal but he's about a foot shorter now.

I'm not the best at the additional rules, I'm curious is there a magical item or even a Feat that can turn negative channeling to positive? Feat would be too powerful but it may be in a book, I don't play Clerics so I am not entirely sure, in my other pbp I have a Cleric but it's simpler 2nd Ed rules.

Edmin, I know you want to hurry out of here and I agree, but also, since the goal for us coming here was in part to look for items of use and spell books, I think we should at least spend a few minutes doing that, we just have to be smart and careful about it.

I had another goal but he's about a foot shorter now.

Can anyone say Animate Dead - in his case it probably will not even effect the old man's appearance or smell.

There is a feat that allows neutral clerics of neutral deities to channel both positive and negative energy. In the other WotW, I think I have seen infernal healing used. It is slower, but a guaranty of 10hp healed is nice vs 1d8 + 1 to 5 for CLW.

EDIT - I thought there was a spell that made people affected by positive/negative energy as though they were undead, but cannot find it.

Rosa cast it on bref earlier, but he didn't know she did it. thought it was because he smeared blood on himself.

I envision bref and morsum have deep conversations about chewing things.

I envision bref and morsum have deep conversations about chewing things.

Ha!

Also you posted while I was in edit, I reworded the sergeant and your part in the poem better. Cуровую actually does not sing these rhymes, she does not have the whimsy for it.

Yep heal is hard of ya evil, you can take the heal Domain if your lucky, with your bad god, or faith abstract. Then get rebuke Death, -0HP PC heals but thats not much use, infernal healing is just what Rosa uses, as its yes, 10 HP of 8 rounds or 44sconds less than Min. if ALL the party our outsiders then one feat Alignment Channel will do it but no Enlarge parsons etc as your outsiders :( But for Rosa its a heal feat so may give it her if our PCs live to level.

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For the group

Sorry if I am a bit slow sposting, just been asked to help play test the new Mythic rules over this week, so that will be taking sometime up, but will still be keeping tabs here and posting.