Hello all, and welcome to my table for You Only Die Twice! Dot in and make merry, its going to be a bit of a wait until Oct 6th when this kicks off.
I will be opening the gameplay for dotting as well so that this will show on everyones gameplay tab for notifications!
Checking in.
I have a couple different characters in this level range. Will post options for Best party mix.
Welcome all! I am glad to have you here! Check in and make merry.. we have until October until kick-off. If we get closer and still haven't heard from our sixth, I will send a PM.
So it seems that I will NOT be Gm'ing Solstice Scar for the first section of Game Day. What would yall say to kicking this thing off on Aug 25th for the first slot of Game Day instead of the second?
Also, Here is the Undead Template that you will be adding to your character. Please make sure that all is taken care of before kickoff!!
In addition, the maps link above is active. Please place your icon on the first page and then fill out the dice templates!
Yoshi: I can find no further information on your question. Since it does not explicitly say, I am going to rule that you gain these attacks as secondary attacks that may be used at your discretion. I will also rule that you are proficient in the attacks, so no penalties will be incurred if you chose to say drop your sword and "go native" or say you have two attacks and choose to swing once and bite once it will be at your usual bonuses. Does that make sense and seem fair?
Slick: Honestly, I have no idea how you would add that in Hero Lab. I use HL myself, but I wouldn't know where to begin. Personally, and especially since this is a temporary adjustment, I would figure out the bonuses etc by hand and just type that into a spoiler on my profile.
So.. early start or do yall want to wait??
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@GM That is more than fair. Especially for an unarmed fighter, being able to get in the secondary natural attacks on top of his regular flurry will really add to Yoshi's fighting ability.
Early start is no worry for me.
If unarmed are okay with natural weapons, when Yoshi uses brawlers flurry he will attack at ...
(BAB is +5, STR is +5, Amulet of Might Fists +1; Weapon focus (unarmed) +1; Two weapon Fighting -2)
+10/+10 (both unarmed, doing d8+7)
+6/+6/+6 (bite/claw/claw, doing d6+3 - as secondary they do half strength, but his amulet of mighty fists would still add to the damage).
Of course he normally does lots of tripping and gets most of his attacks through AOO. But wanted full disclosure early on in case this throws the balance of the encounters. Essentially most martial characters won't be able to benefit from one or both claws as they will be holding a weapon.
To be fair, much of the time Yoshi is carrying a long spear to make AOO trips with, so he may be down one claw if he doesn't decide to drop it.
Ouch.. thanks for the heads up, Yoshi. That's some pretty heavy output, and considering the premise of this scenario, its going to bypass a lot of the DR that will make the fights interesting. I will wait until we get into the thick of it before I make any decisions on difficulty though. If the dice bots are being unfriendly to begin with (a trademark for my games, btw) the situation may solve itself!
Hey all,
While we are waiting for the rest of the team to answer back about starting on the 25th, I am going to be trying something new here. Normally I link in a spreadsheet for you to add your information to for reporting purposes, but I am going to try out a form and see if that makes any difference.
Please follow this link and fill out the reporting information for your character.
Howdy - I found this thread again. I checked my characters, I had two 5th level available.
5th-Tengu Ninja
I see we have Magus-7, Brawler-5, F/Rogue-7, Aspirant-5.
Only my ninja-5 is available at this time (or a pre-gen).
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Heyo.
Sorry, didn't realize anything was happening so hadn't been checking in all the time. Yes, starting on the 25th is fine with me.
Undead template is kinda kool.
Does my animal companion also have the undead template?
Will I still have it if I wildshape into something else?
Do we need to invest in some wands of Inflict Light Wounds or can one of you others cover that?
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I'm up for starting early. Also, I don't really see the secondary attack being much of an issue. For example, I'll be wielding a pair of sawtooth sabres, which means I'll be negating my claw attack. I'll still get a bite, but I wouldn't be able to successfully swipe with a claw attack while holding a weapon. Now, I don't know dick about unarmed attacks, but wouldn't that also apply to you, Yoshi? You'd either punch the target with your martial arts, or swipe them with your claws, wouldn't you?
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Unarmed attacks are not with any specified body part. As a brawler I imagine a lot of Yoshi's are kicks and head butts. Well, he is a tripper by nature, so he is used to using his legs.
I even got myself got iron booties once when I was expecting to stomp on alot of Fey.
One hand is likely to be full of a long spear though. He generally only uses that for AOOs though.
Ok with early start:
Aramil
Yoshi
Selter
Slick
Unknown:
GM Aarvid- I am good with any character.. play the one you think would have the most fun!
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Selter: Yes, Yes, and thats up to you. You could wait until your briefing to let your character find out what he is getting into before you start shopping proactively.. I knew I was chancing a bit of metagaming by giving yall the template early, but I also wanted to iron out problems before hand. If thats something your character would normally carry, feel free. If not, ask yourself why would your character buy that before even being assigned or briefed...
Only two players have Followed this link to submit their reporting information so far!
Please help me out and get this done ASAP!
I can't wait to kick this off on Friday!!
Yoshi and Waki were the original two to fill out the form for me.. Thank you!
Waki: Your starting fame and prestige numbers are different on the two reports. How much fame/PP do you have? 22/15 or 21/14??
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My apologies for the lag in response--I hadn't been keeping as close of an eye on the PbP GD VI games with 10/6 start.
Unfortunately, both of my in-tier characters are in PbP games that started yesterday, including Turathal here.
The only available characters I have are lvl 8&9
I suppose I could run a pregen if we're going with the early start.
If you would like to use a pregen, you may. It is my fault for not realizing that you had not checked in and had not participated in the conversation.. and for that, I do apologize.
Slick: Is there anything to add to the description of what we're seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling? INT or WIS checks? Not b@#$%ing, just asking.
I have been wrestling with this since the beginning of this scene. The book is rather vague on the manifestation of this thing, so most of this has been my flavor, and I have been trying to give as much hint as I could that something unnatural was going on. For example:
The area is covered in an unnatural pall, and even natural sounds seem dulled.
You notice the sound of religious chanting and frantic, sloshing footsteps running through the swamp, but it all has an ephemeral and ghostly quality to it
The otherworldly sounds
Yes the sound and light are emanating from the grave
dire sense of foreboding accompanies
Ghostly sounds of combat mixed with echoes of calls to Pharasma
sense of righteous indignation and ignoble anger washes out from the grave
This is something that I have honestly little experience with as a GM or as a player and have been at a loss to try and explain without giving it away. This is further complicated by the fact that no one has K. Religion. I will meet yall half way here, and tell you that if your character has ever encountered a spirit, ghost, or incorporeal creature, you can liken this experience to that one, as something clearly unnatural and otherworldly is going on. I have added a post over in gameplay to try and throw some more light on the subject, but my own flavor may still be lacking in the description and knowledge that you so desperately need and want.
Haunt: Though the Pharasmins buried him as best they
could, with all the rites and wards they could provide to
prevent his rising as an undead, their best efforts did not
preclude the trauma and pathos that surrounded Joktan’s
death from manifesting as a haunt on the very ground
where they cut him down.
Tier 5–6 (CR 7)
Joktan’s Haunt CR 7
CE haunt (a 10-ft.-by-10-ft. section of swamp)
Caster Level 7th
Notice Perception DC 21 to notice the sound of religious
chanting and frantic, sloshing footsteps running through
the swamp
hp 14; Trigger proximity; Reset 1 hour
Effect Anyone standing anywhere in the area when the haunt
manifests takes 4d8+7 points of positive energy damage. A
Fortitude save (DC 16) halves this damage.
Destruction The haunt must be cleansed by 2 vials of holy water
and blessed by a cleric able to channel positive energy; the
cleric must also apologize for Joktan’s ignoble death.
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This is out of Waki's area of expertise. It seems to be acting like an odd haunt, but he has nothing to work with those...usually relying on divine in the party to address.
However, if we have no holy person, his first inclination would be to chase down the Pharasma cleric we just left and either ask for advice or something to help (not sure what that might be). He is not sure how far away the holy party of priests has wondered though. Open for other ideas. Really out of his league on this one.
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Just realized I may have chosen the wrong pregen for this scenario (okay, Yoon is still a better choice than Harsk...).
Do we have the Undead subtype, or did the Chalice merely make us seem undead, ala Undead Anatomy?
If it's the former, then we're immune to nonlethal, and Yoon cannot accept Burn (doesn't completly nerf her, but it'll be very constraining.)
If it's ala Undead Anatomy, then we'd still be subject to nonlethal damage, and she'd have use of all her stuff.
Should've thought of this at the start, but I was playing catchup. Either way, I can deal, just need to know.
thanks.
Very good point, Yoon. I did not consider this before. I am going to go ahead and say its more Undead Anatomy than the Undead Subtype. Keep your abilities!!
Boon Rolls!!
Unfortunately, no boons for anyone here. There are just a few things to wrap up in the game, but there is no more combat. Just need to find the Testament and skedaddle! Btw, I forgot to address this in the intro briefing but one of you was given an unspecified token or talisman that must be activated so that you may be recalled.
I will be getting the game reported and chronicles made up this weekend. If there is anything you would like marked on your chronicle (purchases etc) that you did not mention in my reporting form, please do so now.
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Thanks for running the scenario, GM DevilDoc.
As soon as you report the session to Hmm, she'll forward the details to me, and I'll report it to Paizo and send you your GM boon.
If you're also GMing SFS, please indicate in the reporting notes which of the GM boons you'd prefer.
Larry
aka GM Lorenzo
aka Slick
I wondered if that email referred to you, Slick. Good to know! One quick question while we are on that topic, do the GM's receive one boon for participating, or one boon per registered game?
Since you have a GM star reroll, I will accept that as a reroll for the first save, preventing a lot of headaches Yoshi. DC was 18 for the fort save.. a pretty rough one!
Waki: Sorry I missed your post.. There really was nothing that you could have done with the knowledge you had, but you met both of the other criteria for a secondary success condition and gained the second prestige anyways! The secondary criteria was to fulfill at least 2/3 options, and you had the other two solidly in hand.
Uktar: Are you sure you want this on your -15? You can apply this to the character that you originally signed up with as long as you do so after the game that he is currently in.
Anyone with day job checks?
Aramil and Selter, I was able to pull your character info from your previous campaigns so no worries there. I just need a response from Uktar about character number and I can report the game and finish the chronicles.
Hey DevilDoc:
Yes, let's keep it for my -15
Alnnar min Alhaya
100658-15
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no dayjob