GM Erich's 7-00 The Sky Key Solution (tier 3-4) (Inactive)

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Grand Lodge

Female Elf Wizard/5 HP: 11/27 | AC: 14 T: 12 FF: 12 {+4 for Mage Armor} | CMD: 15 | CMB: +3 | Fort: +3 | Ref: +5 | Will: +8 | Ini: +4 | Perc: +9|

lol yea. I know that one. Its all a tangled situation right now, but I am sure I have a grasp on the mechanics..

Not too good with the puns..

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

Ugh, suffering from sore feet, minor heat exhaustion, and a slight case of dehydration. Fortunately I can now put my feet up, relax in air conditioning, and drink a 20 ounce glass of power aid (or two). Had business on the other end of town, and it was a 15 block walk to the nearest bus stop that would get me out that way. Then a 20 block walk to my destination since it wasn't on a bus route. Rinse and repeat to get home.

Grand Lodge

Female Elf Wizard/5 HP: 11/27 | AC: 14 T: 12 FF: 12 {+4 for Mage Armor} | CMD: 15 | CMB: +3 | Fort: +3 | Ref: +5 | Will: +8 | Ini: +4 | Perc: +9|

ouch... That really sucks! I am lucky that when I have had to use public transportation, I was in a city with really good coverage. It may take an hour or more to get across town, but there was seldom a walk of greater than a half mile or so. Even visiting cities like Chicago, I have never had too much trouble navigating the trains and buses.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

My problem is that 8 years back the local mall was doing some major construction work. In their infinite wisdom the owners of the mall noticed the damage to the parking lot that was starting to occur, and concluded the fault was not the construction work taking place where the damage was located... but the buses which were picking up passangers further down. So they decided to impose the limit of only one bus is allowed to stop at the mall.

This lead to a series of route changes until now there's only one bus that goes out to the west end of town. It makes zero stops along the way, so the only place to catch this bus is the new transfer station they built which is fifteen blocks from my apartment. Annoyingly, the bus stop that's a block and a half away (as well as every other conveniently located one) was part of the route that's now discontinued.

Meanwhile on the west end the transfer station the express bus stops at has 5 other buses, all dedicated to going to one specific location or another. None of which stop anywhere else to pick up passengers, so if you're going someplace the bus isn't scheduled to stop at, you're walking.

Brilliant route planing!
Please note the extreme sarcasm

The route planners where I live are idiots.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

You know, it's funny. I only needed a 3+ to match the DC for knowing about serpentfolk. Was almost impossible for me not to get at least 1 fact beyond name of species. Then I roll a 1, thus having to change my planned post a little to account for apparently not remembering even their name.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

Think this is the first time I've ever taken 20 in 3rd edition D&D or Pathfinder.

Liberty's Edge

HP 123 (123) | AC: 28; T: 19; FF: 22 | Fort: +12; Ref: +18; Will: +14 | Init +6

I take 20 all the time, especially when dealing with strength checks.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

Weird, cause I rarely take 10 even. Oh well. Fun fact: Kahel's max carry capability is 60 pounds,and she's carrying 19 pounds with just her cestus, handy haversack, armor, explorer's outfit, and ring of protection

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

Uhm, Amiri... sure you don't want to make an acrobatics roll to try avoiding provoking an attack of opportunity?

EDIT: Wait, snake face goes last so is flat footed, never mind. Remembered that as I was writing my own post and thinking "Oh man, a 10 is never gonna be good enough"

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

So, signed into Blood Bowl 2 for a bit to play a match online. And in the first half I got kinda lucky, managing to injure 3 of the other guy's team. Among them his ogre (he was playing a human team vs my undead team). Even so he was still winning with a score of 0-1 due to having a bit better tactics and the dice gods deciding to hate me any time I tried doing anything with the ball. Still a good match up until turn 7 in the first half. Could have gone either way, really.

Then on turn seven I blocked the ball carrier before he could score a second touchdown. This time he decided to use his apothecary since the injury rolled was one that would reduce movement speed permanently. Only to have his level 7 star player die due to the apothecary injury reroll. Them's the breaks some days. At this point the other person who had been silent the entire match till then started cussing and accusing me of hacking the game.

From his voice, I can't help but think the kid had to be 10 or so. And it boggles my mind how he thinks I must have somehow hacked a Xbox One game just to kill one of his best players. Then during the half time cut scene he cussed me out one last time and said "You're reported, <curse string removed here> cheater!" before rage quitting the match. Which makes me wonder, why?

Why would you accuse someone of cheating in a console game like that? And what is the point of rage quitting? This didn't prevent the injuries and death from happening to his team. It did prevent him from gaining any Star Player Points though, thus ensuring his team can't improve due to the match. Besides that, he was winning. Sure I had more players on the field. But it wasn't that great of an advantage since he had 3 reserve players. I only had a 1 player advantage after the 4th injury. But I was just barely keeping him down to 1 touchdown, while he was stopping every attempt at a drive I made.

So again, what is the forking point of accusing someone of cheating then rage quitting?


I loves me some blood bowl, but the problem with it is, the longer you play, the more likely you are to lose your star player. Nothing to be done about it but have a bunch of star players.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

I know, had one match where both me and my opponent both went through a meat grinder. My entire team was either killed or injured, and all but one of his team was killed or injured. Since my team is still rather low in TV, this guy was obviously selling any player except that one blitzer who gained a level. Otherwise his TV wouldn't have been close enough to mine for us to be matched up against each other. Either that, or he did his best to ensure only one player ever got any SPP. But that's kinda impossible since mvp is awarded rather randomly.

Now, I can sort of understand quitting a match in single player competition. I've done it when I'm losing really badly, and the injuries/deaths just keep adding up on my team. Win or lose, I don't care. Either way my team improves, usually. But when my team is getting completely flattened to the point the undertaker is measuring my players, and I haven't even gotten a single SPP gained by turn 15... exiting the game by turning off the console for a moment feels like a good idea.

But in a multiplayer match, it's just so stupid. You still suffer all the bad stuff that happened to your team, give away the win (saw one person rage quit when they were winning 3-0, only to get credited with a 0-2 loss), and is just in general a rude thing to do.

EDIT: My current undead team is actually a recreation after the meatgrinder. I didn't have the gold to replace my dead players, and the match was the the finals for the competition I was in.


I'm partial to dwarves myself. basically everyone having block for free is awesome.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

Dwarves can be a pain to face. Almost as annoying as nords. Or elves, !@#$% elves and their stupid high agility. I originally made an undead team cause, to be honest, I had the mini's for it (mostly). I was playing an undead squad in Mordhiem at the time, real life not video game version of it. So to start up a team I didn't have to buy anything. So when I bought first Blood Bowl Legendary Edition for the PC, then later blood bowl 2 for xb1 I kinda made an undead team for nostalgia reasons. That, and I was familiar with how such a team plays.

My half brother prefers playing a human team. And usually when I play him or his mom I go easy on them. YOu know, not be as aggressive as I could be, a few more high risk moves then I normally would make, and take the time to explain the hows and whys to them as I play. Oh, and I use a dark elf team that I created specifically to play against them with. I'm not the best at BB, but I am fairly decent at it.

Last time I really needed to vent, I pulled out my undead team for a 'friendly' match against my brother. And in that match I pulled no punches. I threw every block I could, usually as a two die or better block. I aggressively ran the ball down the field. I formed strong cages. and I specifically targeted his ball carriers. You know, the runners and catchers on his team. By the end of the match half his team was injured, and the score was (him)0-7(me).

But in my defense, I did warn him that I was going to take out my frustrations on his team. I also made sure there would be no repercussions to his team by making it a friendlies match.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

Speaking of everyone having block, got accused of being a cheater once cause my undead team in Blood Bowl 1 has block on everyone except a single mummy. That one has a +1 (and -1 from injury) AG instead. Course, I'm pretty sure that guy wasn't serious. They kept jokingly lamenting how unfair Nuffle was to them in our match since he quite frequently would roll a pair of both downs or double skulls. On the other hand, we had some hilarity since the only player that could consistantly pick up the ball between my undead and his dark elves... was one of my mummies who caught 5 fumbles and a desperate hail mary down the entire length of the field on turn 16.

Grand Lodge

Fate in the Future ||| xxx2 ||| xxx3

Kahel, here is the FAQ on weapon-like spells.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

Sigh, why are so many people in Dark Souls such !@#holes? Every time I dare spend humanity to unhollow, some jerk who's very high level invades and 1 shots me, then sends me a message on xbox live to "git gud". For love of Mike, I am on my first play through, and not very far in the storyline. There's no farking way for me to even think of surviving an attack from some level 600+ player with fully upgraded gear and super high stats. Even if I by some miricle manage to block their attack, it kills me due to thousands of magic or divine damage. Dodging? Oh yeah, that'll help a whole lot when they have more stamina then I could dream of right now.

The game's hard enough as it is, why do people insist on ganking new players?!

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

Fun fact: With a +12 to UMD, you have a 65% chance to activate a wand (dc 20). But this is still not an auto success, which I keep forgetting. And a 35% chance of failure is non-negligible. Sure it's unlikely to happen, but still has a decent chance of occurrence.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

As a tip, I've found that with dice rollers, the more times you make identical rolls in one go, the lower the average tends to be. For example, eight rolls of 1d20+4 all at once tends to have most of them at 10 or less. But do eight separate rolls and the spread of results is much wider with more high, middle, and low results overall. I suspect it's due to dice rollers not clearing the catche first when you do multiple rolls in one go.

Which means making one /dice command for eight rolls might give a result like what Wraith recieved.
example one: 1d20 ⇒ 141d20 ⇒ 111d20 ⇒ 121d20 ⇒ 121d20 ⇒ 13

vs
example two.1: 1d20 ⇒ 8
example two.2: 1d20 ⇒ 9
example two.3: 1d20 ⇒ 14
example two.4: 1d20 ⇒ 5
example two.5: 1d20 ⇒ 2

Notice how the batch done all in the same /dice command tend to have rather close results, while the separate rolls have a greater spread among them?


I am currently at a conference for my work at a hotel with crap internet, so i might lag behind in posting. Bot me as needed

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

Question, and note that it's hypothetical. Considering we were told that people and objects can't be brought from the past because they crumble under the weight of time... Wouldn't pulling a mortal Aroden into the future kill him, thus preventing him from raising the starstone or becoming a god? Because quite obviously if the starstone is falling, Aroden obviously can't be a god yet.

And even if he is a god already and is brought to the future safely... Wouldn't that mean that everything he did from that moment until his death no longer happened? Seems like a poorly thought out plan to me.

Grand Lodge

Female Elf Wizard/5 HP: 11/27 | AC: 14 T: 12 FF: 12 {+4 for Mage Armor} | CMD: 15 | CMB: +3 | Fort: +3 | Ref: +5 | Will: +8 | Ini: +4 | Perc: +9|

lol


plus there's the whole thing with "what happens if being pulled into the future is what causes him to become a god", instead of the contemporary wisdom that raising the starstone did it.

To put it another way, we really, really shouldn't let them succeed.

Oh, back home btw.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

Well carp, had to run errands all across town yesterday... on foot since I didn't have the money for bus fair heading out, and would have a ride home when done. By the time I got home it was 7pm, I was tired, sore, and fell asleep in my computer chair while getting ready to check in. Just woke up. Guess I should check for in-game posts now. Oops.


Hello, I'm the GM from Table 3. Has this table received an Aid Token yet?

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

Not that I know of

Grand Lodge

Fate in the Future ||| xxx2 ||| xxx3

Not yet NN959.


Okay, assigning the Token from table 3 to table 18.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

Okay, I'm really liking this adventure. The moral and ethical quandaries alone are interesting.

Grand Lodge

Female Elf Wizard/5 HP: 11/27 | AC: 14 T: 12 FF: 12 {+4 for Mage Armor} | CMD: 15 | CMB: +3 | Fort: +3 | Ref: +5 | Will: +8 | Ini: +4 | Perc: +9|

Very! GM, Completely OOC, did the scenario provide for a way around that, or was the intent to provide a moral crisis? I ask mainly because as neutral, I could easily dispatch the unconscious anchor, but if I had brought, say.. my paladin, not only would he have not killed an unconscious man, he would have felt beholden to protect him until he regained consciousness!

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

Or if this was Core and I was playing my monk Xao, well, Xao too is lawful good (but not lawful stupid). And she views lethal force to be something to avoid whenever possible. Even Kahel, as can be seen, has trouble with this. She's chaotic good. Which means to her the rules can go take a long walk off a short pier. But doing what's right? That she believes in. And the thought that she may have to kill an innocent to save the world weighs heavily on her.

Grand Lodge

Fate in the Future ||| xxx2 ||| xxx3

These "anchors" do have multiple ways to neutralize them. Sometimes it is apparent, sometimes it's not. They all have their own unique motivations/delusions.

Grand Lodge

Female Elf Wizard/5 HP: 11/27 | AC: 14 T: 12 FF: 12 {+4 for Mage Armor} | CMD: 15 | CMB: +3 | Fort: +3 | Ref: +5 | Will: +8 | Ini: +4 | Perc: +9|

That's kind of where I took Amelia. Although strictly speaking, her alignment allows such actions, I see her as a very light hearted, bubbly, loving life type person. She does what is needed, and won't hold back when attacked, but just putting a blade into an unconscious person I feel would really take some of the light away from her, no matter the circumstances.

Anyways, just curious. I have noticed a trend lately that Paizo seems to be actively trying to discourage murder-hobo (which I totally agree with) and trying to move more towards a morality setting where such actions really have consequences.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

One of my favorite games I ran was one that explored questions of ethics and what the greater good was. It was set in an alternate history super hero world setting. Picture the setup if you will. A group of terrorists travel back in time to 9th century England. In response a team of super heroes travel back in time as well to stop the terrorists. Simple and strait forward, right?

What if the goal of the terrorists is to prevent a tyrannical demoness from taking over much of the world by either killing or subverting her as a child, thus preventing centuries of suffering? Who has the moral high ground now?

What if this demoness was a patron of the arts and medicine? What if during her rule she funded advances which prevented the black plague from ravaging Europe? What if because of her tyrannical rule even two centuries after her death nations still are unwilling to engage in large scale conflict, thus preventing WW1 and WW2 from ever occurring... let alone Vietnam?

Where is the right choice here? Do you rescue the princess who you know will cause centuries of death and strife, or prevent her rise to power?

Grand Lodge

Female Elf Wizard/5 HP: 11/27 | AC: 14 T: 12 FF: 12 {+4 for Mage Armor} | CMD: 15 | CMB: +3 | Fort: +3 | Ref: +5 | Will: +8 | Ini: +4 | Perc: +9|

Wow. I would have great difficulties with that for a number of personal reasons. First and foremost, after 13 years as a firefighter and EMT, I have very mixed and often unpopular views on life, death, and fate. Second, (and without turning this into a political discussion) I, personally, am a very independent leave me alone and I will leave you alone type of person. This view extends across the spectrum of my beliefs and colors many different aspects of my life. Add in the fact that I come from a military family and did my own time serving as well and things get pretty hazy. I don't think I would be able to enjoy that game very much.. I would be too conflicted on too many levels.

And the intelligence and empathy that allows me to typically see both sides of an argument before I make a decision for myself would just leave me in a padded room after trying to figure out a concept as intangible as "Greater Good".

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

When it's done well, a campaign that investigates questions of morality can be really fun and thought provoking. Unfortunately, it can be hard to do such a campaign right. It can take a lot of prep work. For the time travel campaign I mentioned above, I spent 2 years before running the game working on the world setting. That time was spent plotting out the major events of the demoness's rule, historical events after her rule, and the consequences of her rule. Even down to if she killed or favored certain historical figures, and how such actions affected history.

Right up until the end of the campaign the players thought it was a simple Good/Evil choice. When they realized who they were saving they decided to let the terrorists succeed and returned to their home time period of 2014 ad. Only to find the world changed. At which point they had to make a tough decision: leave the world as it now was, or restore their 'proper' history. Afterwords several players approached me and cursed me out for making them think about such serious and disturbing subjects.

They then told me it was a great campaign and the moral quandary at the end had made them reflect on history with new eyes. They thanked me for the experience, even though they had hated being forced to consider such things in the first place.

Liberty's Edge

Male Human Healer/ Warrior 10

I have taken a lot of classes in psychology, sociology, ethics, and philosophy. This is partly where my hands off attitude comes in.. I really don't believe that there is a "common good". There are good morals, good habits, etc.. but once you get to a certain point, I think the concept is too broad to allow everyone to fit under one nice and neat umbrella. What is good for my family and I may not be good for you and yours. Or may not match your moral standards/ viewpoint on life. Who then is correct? If neither of us is affecting the other, why not just allow us to go our separate ways?

Inversely, I do believe in evil. There is plenty all around us, permeating the hard scrabble existences that we eke out of this life. Evil, in whatever form, should be handled swiftly and succinctly. However, this is where my personal philosophy becomes convoluted and somewhat self contradictory. I believe that it is every persons right and duty to confront evil in any way they can. Stand up and take it out with extreme prejudice. Which is what makes these two beliefs contradictory: Who decides what is evil and what is Evil? Where does that line get drawn, and for those whose jobs it is to maintain the status quo and to fight the Evil, who's interpretation of Evil should be considered right and wrong?

This parallel can be drawn between a great many things effecting the world right now, from politics to current events, to military operations. And the only answers I have come up with are that there are no real answers.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

That Awenydd was precisely what the campaign had explored. I'd had a world setting from a private RP with an old friend, really more 2 people taking turns to write a story and challenging the other to get out of the current mess. And this set the stage for my ethics exploring campaign. The demoness was clearly evil. During her reign she killed and tortured countless people, often for fun. And in truth, she existed due to a previous pair of time travelers who fell under the control of her quite evil father. But for all the horrifying things she did, she also caused some good things. And by the nature of her rule, she prevented other horrifying things from occurring.

Things like the black plague were not a real threat because of her. The hundred year war never happened. WW 1 and 2 were prevented, so no holocaust and the atomic bombs were never dropped on Japan (or developed really). While the assassination that in our world triggered WW1 happened, the conflict never spread beyond those two nations. The French Revolution never happened because the nobility understood the plight of the commoners.

There were still atrocities and horrific events, but not the same ones. That was the true conflict, what price is too high for certain benefits. Is having advanced medicine and science worth centuries of oppression? Is greater freedom (the United Nations of America were far more restrictive then the USA) worth higher crime rates? And what price is too high to prevent the two world wars? In a situation where thereis no "good" or "evil" choice, what is the right thing to do?

Maybe I'm strange, but I find such topics fascinating. Which is why it excites me that this scenario deals with such a subject. That instead of a clear "These guys are evil, go fight them" we have a situation where the 'bad guys' have a goal which is laudable. And if they weren't risking ending the world (so to speak) we'd have no conflict with them. And the ones we need to stop... may be innocents.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

NOte: The question regarding language is not based on her failed knowledge check. Rather it's from observations made during this entire adventure.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

Is this... Am I crying? I am... When I joined this table I didn't expect it to bring me to tears. I didn't anticipate a villain who I can sympathize with. One who makes me feel sad for their defeat. Even if these aren't the real Lady Arodeth, I can't help but feel sorry for them.

Grand Lodge

Female Elf Wizard/5 HP: 11/27 | AC: 14 T: 12 FF: 12 {+4 for Mage Armor} | CMD: 15 | CMB: +3 | Fort: +3 | Ref: +5 | Will: +8 | Ini: +4 | Perc: +9|

I agree. That was tragic in the extreme...

Grand Lodge

Fate in the Future ||| xxx2 ||| xxx3

Since we are near the end, everyone make sure your character information is correct in the recruitment thread, so I can begin the chronicle process. Also, feel free to roll your Day Job checks here in the Discussion thread.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

Info is correct for me. Do you need my email to send me my chronicle sheet?

Day Job check:

Day Job Librarian: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Damn, I could use my folio reroll... but not sure how I'd go about verifying that I qualify for one.


My day job is being a vigilante. I don't get paid for that =)

Liberty's Edge

HP 123 (123) | AC: 28; T: 19; FF: 22 | Fort: +12; Ref: +18; Will: +14 | Init +6

BTW, worth noting that tomorrow is the last day =,(

Grand Lodge

female || HP: 40 || AC: 22 T:10 FF:22 || Init 0 Perc +1 || CMB +7 CMD 17|| +1 longsword +9 (1d8+4)/19-20|| fort +9 ref +4 will +8|| feats: extra lay on hands, power attack, weapon focus longsword human Paladin/4|

How do chronicles generally get handled in play by post?

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

In the past I've emailed them to the players so they can print it out. Which is what I assume will be done this time too. But not sure.

Grand Lodge

Fate in the Future ||| xxx2 ||| xxx3

As Kahel mentioned, PM me your email and character name to receive the chronicle. Kahel feel free to use your reroll.

Dark Archive

female | Hit Points: 31/31 | Init: +5 | Perc: +7 | Attack Bonus: +1 melee, +8 kinetic blast | AC: 19 (14 touch, 16 flat footed) | CMD: 15 } F: +5 | R: +7 | W: +1 | Active Conditions: Feather Fall, Enveloping Winds, Overwhelming Power Kitsune Kineticist 4 (Overwhelming Soul)

day job reroll: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Can't remember if I should add a +1 since I'm a one star GM or not. And I'll get you that email in a moment.

Grand Lodge

Female Elf Wizard/5 HP: 11/27 | AC: 14 T: 12 FF: 12 {+4 for Mage Armor} | CMD: 15 | CMB: +3 | Fort: +3 | Ref: +5 | Will: +8 | Ini: +4 | Perc: +9|

Email is dragonthoughts83@gmail.com Thank you for an amazing game, GM Erich. I enjoy your style, and hope to see you around the boards.

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