Takkit Shinrou |
Hey guys, sorry for kind of disappearing there for a bit.
Turns out I am expecting a tiny gamer in 7 months. I got real busy with the appointments and everything. I'll be back to full posting speed tonight.
I hope I didn't drag anything down.
Luisila |
Hey, congratulations ... Dad.
Hope everything goes well for you.
Wei Ji |
Okay, so uh, wow, that was some seriously focused fire on the Mohrg. Not complaining in the least.
But did it disintegrate before Conan went, and if so, could Conan have focused his attention on say, a wraith?
Takkit Shinrou |
I'm trying to get caught up on all my games currently. Posting should be normal soon.
GM Glorious |
Thanks for the heads up! Would you like some extra time to post, or should I bot you for now?
Takkit Shinrou |
Keep botting me to keep it going. I'm still reading through the posts and I didn't get enough time between work and pregnant girlfriend to get fully caught up. I'm doing so now, so if I get to post before you bot that's cool, but if you get the chance, just bot me.
Luisila |
I have a scroll of lesser restoration.
Would that work to heal Kalendir? Or does it only work on DAMAGE not DRAIN?
dien RPG Superstar 2015 Top 16 |
Luisila |
Yeah, no worries :)
The language could be a bit clearer I think (especially the first phrase before 'or') but I've never been in an 'ability drained' situation in the middle of a scenario before.
GM Glorious |
Sorry, darling. You need normal Restoration for ability drain.
GM Glorious |
It looks like everyone is ready to progress back into influence. This is gonna be a super big post (or two!) on my end, and this is a busy few days for me (yay, midterms!), so I'll try to get it up tomorrow night, but I cant make any promises.
Wei Ji |
Focus on the important thing, the RL thing first. It's understandable if that slows you down posting here.
You do *not* want to be in your midterm suddenly trying to calculate the influence reactions the party is producing.
...may have done that once or twice by accident in high school trying to figure out things for an rpg character back in the day...
GM Glorious |
If Takkit hasn't posted by the time I get back on in the afternoon tomorrow, I'll move us along again.
Conan O'Brien |
As a heads-up, from Friday to Monday I'll be at DundraCon. I'll have Internet, but I'll also be playing or GMing roughly 12 hours of PFS a day, so while I will try and check in after my games, please feel free to bot me during that interval rather than letting me hold up the action.
(Also, not to put pressure on any of us, but if we could possibly finish by Monday that would be fabulous, because I have Conan signed up for a game at the con. I have other characters in tier and can always switch him out if needed, but it'd be nice! :D )
Wei Ji |
We're about to go into a huge fight, and some of us are slow in posting (I'm guilty of it).
Given my experiences with people on the forums *deliberately* dragging out unwinnable fights hoping the GM would just 'let us win' through attrition when I'd asked two *weeks* in advance for a wrap-up kind of burnt me out on the idea that such a thing is possible.
Who knows, maybe we'll get lucky?
Conan O'Brien |
I've usually done my best to speed along wrap-ups as a GM when it's been requested of me, and I have faith in our GM. ;) (We know each other OOCly.)
I am not asking for any corners to be cut-- like I said, if we don't wind up done in time, I can easily play other characters in the scenario in question. Would just be a nice bonus if so.
GM Glorious |
Sadly I'm going to be leaving for a con (a different one) tomorrow morning as well, and I will likely not have much chance to post.
This encounter is going to last at least a few rounds anyways from what it looks like thus far, so outcome does not look good for Conan being free by Monday.
Drax-the-Destroyer |
I can't quite tell if we're still joking or not, lol. Tone and text not translating, etc.
Just in case it was somehow unclear: 'destroyer' is just my silly tagline since Drax is a multi-class of fighter/rogue. No such class exists to the best of my knowledge in Pathfinder.
Wei Ji the Learner |
I can't quite tell if we're still joking or not, lol. Tone and text not translating, etc.
Just in case it was somehow unclear: 'destroyer' is just my silly tagline since Drax is a multi-class of fighter/rogue. No such class exists to the best of my knowledge in Pathfinder.
Well, Slayer is Ranger/Rogue?
Luisila |
@ GM Glorious,
Not sure if you saw this post from Kalendir, where he 'laid on hands' to get to full health, before the new demon attacked.
Wei Ji |
*headdesks* More Darkness. More 'can't be beaten' light levels. It's the last scenario all over again...
How DOES one beat Darkness, OOCly? I've NEVER gotten a GOOD answer?
GM Glorious |
Just off the top of my head:
For normal darkness: daylight, continual flame, discovery torch, unwelcome halo
For deeper darkness: daylight, heightened continual flame, heightened doscovery torch, unwelcome halo
If the light and darkness spells are the same level, they cancel each other out and prevailing light conditions take hold, which is based on ambient nonmagical light. Since it's evening and outdoors in this encounter, the prevailing light conditions would be darkness. If it were daytime, it would be light.
I always carry an oil of daylight or a riffle scroll of daylight (the latter is cheaper by 50gp, and you dont have to read it, so you can cast when you cant see.
Luisila |
I try to get an oil of daylight for each of my PCs as soon as I can.
750gp or 2PP
At the end of the scenario, you could also ask GM Glorious whether I can cast continual flame (third level cleric spell) on an ioun stone or the like for you, Wei – costs 50gp in material components … ASSUMING WE SURVIVE! :)
I have done that for a PC worshiper of Sarenrae who wanted a continual flamed scimitar.
Wei Ji |
Wei can only get L2 spells, and continual flame doesn't help with Deeper Darkness, it'd need the heightened version, right?
The 750 was burnt last scenario (the last time he had cash above the 'in case of death trust fund PP') on two scrolls to try and break the Dominate a succubus had on him, because that's the only way the GM would allow it to happen. Two burnt scrolls to no effect later...
GM Glorious |
Actually, continual flame from a cleric would be fine for deeper darkness. It's a third level spell for them, not a second like it is for sorc/wizard.
Every character is allowed to have one permanent spell each of certain permanent spells like continual flame. In the fuzzy time at the end of the scenario, I have no problem with Luisila handing out her level three continual flame to each person. I just have to mark down the acquisition of the spell on the chronicle (as well as what it was cast on).
Wei Ji |
Oh. Huh. I guess table variation bit us in the ass butt last run.
Luisila |
GM Glorious has a comprehensive list of countermeasures in the post above.
I can cast continual flame for you if the GM allows it. You've gotta pay the 50gp material components though! ;)
These setbacks in the middle of combat really show the character of those you are playing with. If we keep doing what we've been doing so far, I think we'll be fine.
EDIT: I think everyone's covered it better than I did. :)
Wei Ji |
I don't think the money will be an issue, even if Wei has to hock something.
Sorry for getting cranky there, it was a big bundle of 'no' last scenario, no matter how we tried to overcome Darkness.
Thanks for the support. Now to figure out what if anything Wei can actually *do* without getting dead and contributing to the whole. He's been totally slacking.
Luisila |
It's all good. It sounds like you has a bad experience last time. It happens.
Oh. Huh. I guess table variation bit us in theassbutt last run.
That's why 'firm-but-fair' GMs with awesome roleplaying skills and good rules knowledge are my favorite to game with.
I've really enjoyed this game, GM Glorious.
GM Glorious |
Likewise, Luisila! :)
This scenario is my second favorite to GM (only being beat-out by The Traitor's Lodge), so I've spent a lot of time prepping it. I've had three runs of iterating on the dialogue to practice it.
Also, since we are past that part, and it sounds like you guys could use some positivity, I wanted to let you guys know that you got 100% success on the influence game! You cannot influence Lady Vaelia or Senator Naran, so you influenced everyone that it was possible to :)
Quiven Glist |
Hmm, I thought Quiven had a vial of the Daylight stuff, maybe he used it and I forgot to get another one. Let me go to one of my other PCs and borrow one.... <whistles>
Seriously, one can have a PC cast Continual Flame on a weapon for another and that counters darkness? Oooh, I want that too.
Wei Ji |
Hmm, I thought Quiven had a vial of the Daylight stuff, maybe he used it and I forgot to get another one. Let me go to one of my other PCs and borrow one.... <whistles>
Seriously, one can have a PC cast Continual Flame on a weapon for another and that counters darkness? Oooh, I want that too.
Check your chronicle and inventory sheets? I've run into numerous things in the past where I've been sitting there going "I KNOW I BOUGHT THIS!" and then find it buried somewhere. Paid for and signed off on, even, just didn't make it to the character sheet.
Quiven Glist |
No, I'm sure I don't. I use Hero Lab also so I have stuff in two places.
Wei Ji |
*looks around warily to see if he accidentally killed the game...*
GM Glorious |
The site is totally screwed up today, otherwise I would have already posted. Hopefully, I can get one up shortly
Too much traffic from this humble bundle sale.
Wei Ji |
Let Social Combat... BEGIN!
SOCIALLLLLLL COMBATTTTTTTTTT!!!
Luisila |
Brother Wei, would I be correct in thinking you have enjoyed this game?
;)
GM Glorious |
I'll figure out our succubus ninja's Last Turn Alive when I get home tomorrow. I'm rather exhausted after being out all day. After that, we will be concluding, and I'll have chronicles coming out in the next few days.
Wei Ji |
Sister Luisila, I'm suspecting I will want to have an interfaith conference with you at length...