GM Kiora's Wrath of the Righteous

Game Master Kiora Atua

If not, then ash storm.

Web is fine.

I'm glad you're feeling better, Ehren! And also that you didn't get unnecessary antibiotics!

Stomach viruses suck. Are you around children a lot? They spread that crap around like rodents.

Going out for dim sum right now, will post when we return.

I work in a public library, so definitely. Though incidentally, I do own actual rodents. ;P

On that note, I spoke too soon. Apparently my feeling better was just the Tylenol. Ugh.

What kind of rodents?!?! Are they adorable? Do you have pictures?

And children spread way more diseases than rodents in this day and age haha. Isilme told me I was being insulting towards rodentkind to compare them to kids :P

Get some good rest! Hopefully the doctor got you some anti-nausea stuff, at least.

Get better, Ehren!

I didn't know you worked in a library! You're pretty young, right? Is it just a placeholder job or was it on purpose?

Okay, take two. It's been about 12 hours since I last took my medicine, and no fever, so...

@Kiora: They're fancy rats! Very, very intelligent. And adorable! And, well, fat. I have some pictures, I'll try to get them up later.

@Xanderghul:

I started out as a page when I was still in college, so I guess it was a placeholder job back then. Since then I've worked my way up to being an information services specialist, which is a fancy way of saying that I can take reference questions. Still not full-time unfortunately (achieving that when you're working for the city government is rough), but I figure that the more time and experience I accrue, the better my chances of getting promoted.

At this point I do want to make it an actual career, both because I don't really have anything else going for me, and because I really like the work. I want to go to library school eventually... assuming I can find one that'll take me. :/

My mother has a degree in library science! And, interestingly, no interest in working in an actual library.

Good luck in that field! I know that feel of "well, I might as well be doing this, got nothing else going for me".

I mean, I work in a kindergarten in Datong, China for f+$!s' sake.

I'm glad to hear that you ended up liking a placeholder job, though!

I really want some fancy mice, but I also know I wouldn't properly take care of them :( Ary's player has become teh Lazy.

Ehren - Yes! Pictures!

Hope today is a better day for you! It's pretty unusual for stomach flu to last too long. Usually its a 12-72h ordeal.

The information specialist at my grad school was a real lifesaver, also. She helped me gain access to all kinds of papers that I wouldn't otherwise have been able to get to. You should totally get your degree!

Yes pictures, any reveals on who is the mystery man behind Ehren. ;) Even if it's his little furry friends!

@Kiora: soooo, just remembered your interview was Friday. How did it go?

@Kiora: soooo, just remembered your interview was Friday. How did it go?

It went well! I think. My interviewers spent more time during the interview talking than I did, which could be a good or a bad thing. It's not that I didn't have plenty to say, I just hate interrupting, and they apparently had a lot of things to say about the job and its requirements.

I stand by the fact that since this is an internal hire, I am more qualified for the position than any of my peers that I know of. If I don't get it, it will be due to my relative youth, both age-wise and as an employee for this company, since it is a management position. I'd be put in charge of roughly 30 pharmacies in the DC/Maryland area - a patient base of roughly ~150,000. Though, technically, my focus would be on Medicare Part D patients under specific plans, bringing the total number of patients down to 2,000 or so.

I really, really, really want this job. I'm pretty stressed out about it right now, haha. I should hear back from them by Friday... so for now I just wait. And refresh my e-mail inbox a lot.

Good luck, Kioralady :) That sounds like a lot of responsibility.

No kidding. That sounds like a huge job. If you get it, I hope you don't get too overworked.

It turns out that I do not have nearly as many photos of the furry creatures as I thought I did... I will have to hit up the ladyfriend and see if she has any. Or maybe use this as an excuse to clean their cage for a photo op... <.<;

And yes, best of luck, Kiora! I hope that they recognize your particular set of skills... or give you 20-hour shifts if they do hire you. ;P

If the babau will be able to set against the charge, belay that order. :P

Also, good luck, Kioralady!

Sorry about the delay - I received my job offer today! Ahhh, I am so insanely excited. :)

Interestingly, Ehren, this position should involve much shorter shifts. And while you're right, Val, I will end up having to work more hours a week than previous, most of it is from home so I can check in on the game more often :P

I was more worried that you'd make yourself exhausted or sick from stress. That happened to a friend of mine in college and it was awful watching him borderline killing himself with how much he tried to do at once.

But congrats on actually getting the job! I know you'll be great at it.

Congratulations, Kioralady! I hope you enjoy it.

Thanks! :)

I'm sure it'll be a lot of hard work, but I'll stay level headed about it. :D

I'm starting to remember all sorts of neat items I still have in my bag that I forgot about.

Oh, right, that's a thing I have. Maybe I should give it to someone that can actually use it. :P

Congrats Kiora! I am glad you got it! So, no more insanely long commutes, right?

Oh, also, I am slightly confused. As the invidiak possessed Magigg or not?

Hinagiku - no

Is Ehren close enough to Anevia to apply holy weapon balm to some of her arrows, or would he have to complete that action next round?

Also, is it just me, or does the stuff seem to work better on ammunition in general?

You could get the balm to Anevia this round, but not apply it to her arrows.

And yeah, it does work better on ammo.

The thread appears to have not told me about posts. I'll try to catch up and get a post up asap tonight. Sorry!

Dang it. That was a failure of mind's eye theater for me. I was thinking the gatehouse itself had towers they were firing through slits out of, not that we were sending our troops into the golem-guarded tower...

Yeah, same. I thought they were in smaller watch towers on the walls.

Yeah, I was sending them up into guardhouses to either side, I thought. Blech.

Same for me, if it weren't for the discussion thread I would still believe Vica to be an arrogant moron.

I am not certain where the confusion came from, to be honest. In the context of this entire scenario, “watchtower” has only ever been to describe the tower Jorsal is hiding in. The gatehouse was just something we blew open and marched through right away.

True.... still, when reading it gave me a whole different vibe... it felt like shots were coming from a small tower. Anyway, what's done is done. Let's stop that golem now!

Am I actually wounded? I have my HP at 52, and the campaign info has it at 59, but either way, my wounded threshold isn't until I hit 50 on the dot. Did I lose track of damage somewhere?

You are at 47 HP. Damage record is -10 (troop damage rd 5), -5 (rd 16 troop damage), -27 (rd 16 abomination), -12 (rd 17 abomination (8) + troops (4)). Will update campaign tab in a sec. Looks like you missed the troop damage from round 16.

Ehren: I am so sad you failed to confirm 2 acid bolt crits in a row ;(

Aha. It's probably just the disgruntled ghost of Millorn, screwing with my dice. :P

Ah. Given the difference, I think I forgot to record the round 16 troop damage. Thank you.

Technically troop damage happens after Xanderghul's turn, but I was rushing to try and get this in before I leave for work this morning, eheh.

Hello, friends!!

I am in the midst of setting up Roll 20. Since Xanderghul cannot access google products while he is living in China, I am moving our tactical combat map over to Roll 20. I have it all set up, I just need to add you guys as players.

So please PM me an e-mail address that I can send an invite for the campaign. If you already have a Roll 20 account, and your username is something different from your Paizo username, please tell me what that is so I can link you to the right token.

The header link has already been updated to the new campaign page. Once you have access to the campaign, click "Play Game" to gain access to the battlemap.

You'll notice that there are two slightly off-set grids. One is the Roll 20 grid and the other is the native map grids and they do not align very well. Use the Roll 20 grid - this should be simple because the tokens will automatically link to that grid anyway.

I'm hoping that in the long run, Roll 20 will be a superior map program due to its robust features, especially as a GM.

I am in the middle of writing up the actual "Round 0" fight post, but I do not want to get started until everyone has access to the new map.

My Roll20 name is the same as my standard Paizo name. Kamenhero25 should do it.

Val - if that link doesn't work for you to add your Roll20 ID, then PM me an email address and Ill send an invite that way

It’s times like these that make me want to retrain Improved Initiative. ;P

I’ll have that email sent as soon as I get home.

Oh gosh!
I have a VPN, I can use Google products on my laptop! I forgot to say.

It's whatever though - Roll20 is a better product anyway.

That's awesome, yay VPNs!

But I'm moving us anyway, haha, don't wanna have wasted all that time for nothing, and Roll 20 does have some nice benefits. PM me an e-mail address so I can add you.

I've used Roll 20 quite a bit, and one way to get the grids to snap slightly better is to reformat the image of the map (stretch it so it perfectly fits with the grid of roll20). Of course, I am assuming that you did the other step where you select a few square of the map and got the grid to appear. Oh, yeah, one final comment, to get to map not to snap to the grid automatically as you move it, you have to hold down the "alt" key.

Thanks for that tip, Hinagiku. Part of the problem with this map is that we have two visible floors (a lower floor, and then a balcony above it) - the two floors aren't actually aligned on the same grid, which was something I didn't account for with Roll20. I've aligned the floor you guys are on with the map, but the top floor is super messed up.

But I anticipate that Roll20 will be super useful when we get to some of the mega-dungeons in this campaign - I can take a weekend to carefully set up all of the tokens and hide them from player view and then not have to prep anything for probably a couple of months, haha.

I've sent invites out to Xanderghul and Hinagiku's e-mail addresses ( I sent a second one to you, Xanderghul, it messed up the first time >_O). Once I see they've joined the Roll20 campaign, we can start combat.

Hey, I'm about to go to bed and tomorrow, I'm gonna be flying/driving back to Datong. Probably won't be available to post.

I want to put a couple of action options for you:

A.) First choice, if Ary/Hinagiku/Valaria has not yet entered melee combat and is within 30 feet of me, I want to cast displacement on them.

B.) Second choice, if anyone wants to move against the half-orcs, telekinetic charge on them, and move farther into the center of the room.

C.) Third choice, if it is neither convenient nor easy to use a spell on one of my melee allies, use ear-piercing scream against one of Dralia's sons.

Thanks for the automation help! Have a safe trip.

Hummm, I think Xanderghul's automation (choice B), should not take place if Ehren's spell is successful at destroying the bows of the half-orc.