GM Kiora's Wrath of the Righteous

Game Master Kiora Atua

Chosen heroes have arrived in Kenabres at the dawn of the Fifth Crusade. Will they be the ones to end a century long war?

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I am impressed! How much time per day do you spend on PBP?

Also, strategy wise, would it not be good to block the stairs leading upward (the small ones) if the group is going to go and attack the first floor? Hinagiku is not the type to develop strategies, so I won't have her suggesting it... but it could be a good way of protecting the rear of the grouop.


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It could help, but it could also warn those above that something is going on down below. Given that the people up top will probably not deign to head downstairs unless their subordinates have royally f'd things up, it's likely safer not to risk giving them a hint that that's the case.


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I multitask all day long at a computer which is why I tend to be responsive even at work. I actually don't have a ton of freetime, though running wrath of the righteous takes the lions share of it... I am running a face to face group through right now also, and where they are ahead, I actually spend more prep time working for their campaign. For you guys, I adjust the encounter difficulty, rearrange events for good story "flow" (pbp and f2f are too different to just run them identically) and generally add more npcs since you guys like to roleplay :) my f2f group is mostly hack n slash.

I probably put in about 8-10 hrs weekly of just sitting down and working on both wotr groups. This doesn't include actual posting.,, which and be like a few minutes per post to an hr/post if I need to perform a scene change or deliver large amounts of exposition.

Pathfinder is basically my only hobby right now :)


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Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

A bit of irony not lost on me as a player, nor Ary as a person, is that she just started being bossy in combat when her superior joined the party. :P

But she's trying to share information on the fly, not so much give orders. Ary isn't bossy, and she's very much lacking in the 'self-assured' department. So if people don't do as she asks, she doesn't take it badly, and she understands that her tactics aren't exactly the best tactics.

Also, she deals with stress with humor, lampshading, and endlessly ribbing others. :) Also, apparently, writing. :)

Ary is actually fairly laid back when it comes to orders and ranks; she'll take suggestions from a civilian just as easily as from a superior officer. She respects the chain of command, but she trusts her heart, as well. The minor interactions you've seen from Ary are actually fueled a little by envy: Irabeth is a paladin, and Ary is not. Ary is painfully aware of the things that Irabeth is able to do, because they are all things that Ary has failed to do during her own training attempts. When Irabeth didn't do those things, Ary started getting worried.

Hopefully that explains all of the 'disrespect' she saw. It's also very probably that she comes from a very strict class-structured society, so even military regiments of Avistan lack the social order she's used to... but I thought I'd give a bit of insight.

@Markus: As for 'Keeping consistency', I try to do that, but I also focus heavily on growth. When something occurs, I try to figure out what has changed for Ary, how has she changed, and how has she grown? If it's something minor (Howler howl), make it something short term, but reasonably pronounced (where is my mind~), but if it's something major, wedge it into the character, downplay it, but make it consistent within who they are. This can occasionally be flipped around by having Ary directly acknowledge something, in which case it's a big deal now, and a lesser thing going forward (if resolved).


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

@Kioralady: I spend probably the same amount of time in the less productive manner of interacting with a lot of stuff as a player. :) I'm not sure I could consistently put as much together as you do, I simply don't have the discipline.

@Everyone: One thing I've actually found interesting is the question of 'do songs make you think of your characters?'. So far, I've only met one person who said no. One of the things I do when I make characters is try to find music that fits the theme. It usually carries a deep emotional seed into the characters when I do so. :) I may share Ary's song, but in particular, hearing 'Indestructible' by Disturbed sets my hair on end and definitely makes me think of Ary. Or at least Ary's endgame. Right now, she's still kinda fragile. :3


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Not that Hinagiku is aware, but Commander Irabeth was catapulted to her position after busting one notorious cultist who had infiltrated the crusades - a dwarf named Staunton Vhane who was spying on them for 75 years. So when she managed to bust Staunton Vhane, she was knighted cause it was a big deal even though he got away.

Then after the attack on Armasse all of irabeth's superior officers died, leaving her in charge.

So she's actually been catapulted to a lot of fame and prestige in a short amount of time and it shows.... It is not unlike what is store for the pcs :)

To make things worse, she doesn't think she deserves the attention since Staunton Vhane still lives. So while Irabeth is able to put on a mask and play commander in public, around the heroes it tends to slip, and she is more informal. She finds leadership tiring, and over half the group at this point are non crusaders (though you can count on her trying to get people to enlist) hence her willingness to defer to the pcs as equals.

This is important because eventually the pcs will exist as unparalleled paragons and demigods and I am interested in actually playing out that progression with your pcs...transitioning irabeth from "imposing commander and famed knight" to "an equal" to "a subordinate" are logical steps in that chain

It's a a lot of subtle under the surface kinda roleplay that I've tried to portray here and there but am probably failing at it :p


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

Nope, I get it, Kiora-lady. It's an unfortunate thing that the very nature of Mythic Leadership leaves them as 'lesser'. :(

One thing I'm interested in seeing, though, is how Irabeth would take it if Anevia got mythic'd by a PC, and she didn't? Suddenly Anevia is the shiny one. :P

Not that I'm for sure after Anevia... dang it. I want for it to be very much organic when Ary -does- take leadership. (And the other things I've got planned kind of makes the leadership happening make extra sense! Unfortunately, there's a retraining thing...)

Knowing what you know, Kiora-lady, can you think of anything that we can do to make retraining for Leadership more organic? (My plans were sent in a PM a bit ago).

Also, since it's slid through, Just making sure that this at least didn't make it past your radar.


Female Tiefling (Pitborn) Bard (Weapon Champion) 9/Champion/Trickster 3 | HP: 97/114 | AC: 25, Touch 18, Flat-Footed 19 | CMD: 26 | Fort: +10, Reflex +13, Will: +10 | Init: +6 | Perception: +16, Darkvision 60 ft. | Performance: 18/24, Shatter: 1/1, Lore Master: 1/1, Mythic Power: 6/9

@Kiora: Well, we certainly appreciate how much time you're putting into this. I've been blown away by how much you've put into the different scenes. And even the NPCs you've added have felt right at home in the game.

@Ary: Sometimes music does make me think of Val, or even just the game in general. 'All is One' by Miracle of Sound has kind of become my unofficial theme song for our party.


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If it's subtle though it's alright if everyone doesn't get it. It's like a really good movie or book: when you go back to watch/read it again you catch things you hadn't noticed the first time through and go "Wow, that totally changes how I see things." Bring the stuff too much to the fore in the story and it loses that sense of depth. Also, those of us who miss it can always marvel at your brilliance after the fact when you point it out ;)

Ary: That's a good way to handle character growth, and it's something I think I need to work on. I'm still trying to get a grasp on Isilme. I'd like her to be a bit irreverent, cheerful and definitely less reserved than Li'an was, and I would absolutely love if I could properly convey the sense that she doesn't view the world in the same way as others. After all, she really *shouldn't* given her lifespan and nature, new body notwithstanding. If she didn't care how others felt, it'd probably be easier, but I also have to account for the fact that the current situation *does* bother her. :p

In regards to music, I'd never considered doing that, but I certainly associate music with all sorts of things. Some of my most vivid memories are that way because they are inextricably linked to a specific song (as a silly example, I've got a girl by Tripping Daisy, or any song from that album really, brings back memories of sitting in a loft playing Civilization in the summer :p). I may go digging around to see if I can't find some character-defining music :)


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Re: Leadership, I'm calling dibs on Aravashnial ;)


Female Tiefling (Pitborn) Bard (Weapon Champion) 9/Champion/Trickster 3 | HP: 97/114 | AC: 25, Touch 18, Flat-Footed 19 | CMD: 26 | Fort: +10, Reflex +13, Will: +10 | Init: +6 | Perception: +16, Darkvision 60 ft. | Performance: 18/24, Shatter: 1/1, Lore Master: 1/1, Mythic Power: 6/9

Leadership:

Ary - Anevia or Irabeth
Isilme - Aravashnial
Valaria - Super secret later game character
Markus - ?
Ehren - ?
Hinagiku - ?


Male Oread (Kellid) Legendary Druid 11/Hierophant 4 | HP 97/137 | AC 24, T 23, FF 19 | Fort +8, Ref +6, Will +18 | CMD 27 | Resist Acid 10 | SR 13 (evil outsiders), 17 (demons) | Init +2 | Perception +22 | MP 1/11 | LP 2/2 | PM 8/11 | SP 10/10

I suspect that anyone Ehren might want to recruit won't appear until a little later on...


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Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

That -is- a bit of literary brilliance, the eureka moment when you reach a point in the series of books where that one thing suddenly makes a great deal of sense. The Dresden novels are insanely good at this, and everything is a big deal. (For example in book 3 when you learn that each sword has a nail of the cross in the hilt, and then that one little nuance comes up fourteen years later for an incredibly glorious moment).

As an aside, it's also really, really good for allegory and the like; Blackened Denari are literally the price of sin, Dead Beat has the -single best application of necromancy I have ever seen-, and I cannot hear the opening portions of 'We are Young' by Fun. without imagining a zombie apocalypse. Odd, huh?

It's a very rare thing in play by post, and when I have those moments, I definitely point them out to the writer. It's why I caught on quickly to the little things with Irabeth pointing towards her having fallen from grace. I actively look for these little subtle things that don't make any sense. :)

For example:
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In another campaign, we're effectively avatars of old gods, and one of the characters pulled 'sex drugs and rock and roll' (just my character's description; it's actually the paragon alchemist, who makes machines, and is tied to medicine and lust of all sorts, referred to by our 'worshipers' as 'the Doctor').

Now, we basically know nothing about our gods, but their classes, at this point. No domains, no portfolio, really. We have compounds that are basically our 'bases', and spirits that occupy them (worshipers blessed with a specific afterlife, or cursed as the case may be). Well, the character set out hints to try to lure in a specific spirit into our tavern (owned by the bard), who would occassionally come to the tavern. She was able to travel somewhat freely, so they had to wait for her to come in. When she got there, she sat with him, ate dinner, talked about herself, waht she liked... and then the Doctor asked directly about the name of one of the Gods (not PCs). Well, said God was hosted by a female PC in the same room, and when he asked 'Where is Barrius and what can you tell me about him.' the woman all but threw her drink in his face.

Later on, I put two and two together: The god of lust specifically works to get what a person perceives as a date, and in the midst of that date, he starts asking about another woman. And it was just so, so good to put that together, and see the level of detail that had been gone to, -long- before it was needed in character. It was less good for everyone else, but kinda euphoric for me.

Re: Leadership. I think Klarah is actually a little more likely than Irabeth... though Klarah may fit better as an 'underling' than a Cohort. Horgus is also more likely than Irabeth. Irabeth and Ary have far too much in common to make a really good pairing/rapport. My only issue is that I"m not really sure what Horgus brings to the table as a Cohort, but I'm -very- interested as a player in not letting that tie die. Just like I'm interested in not letting Ary's ties to Anevia die.


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You were right Ary, Hinagiku does find everyone as disrespectfull because of her origins.

@Kiora: I really love that you put so much thought into NPC development.

Leadership: Hinagiku might try to teach the tenets of Irori to low level characters, but she would never take up a follower (its actually forbidden by her future prestige class).

Also, I'll try to find a song for her... and I will provide links to all aforementioned songs when I do.


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Markus is getting a custom cohort that I'm designing for him. They'll show up a little bit later.... They're really spooky and dark and on theme for his PC. I hope all of you like them, I'm excited to introduce them, I think they'll be a fun npc for the campaign.


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In any case, for leadership, I'm happy to accommodate you guys if you want custom followers. I'd generally prefer you used the ones that came with the ap, of course, but I want you guys to be able to have a lot of freedom when it comes to PC stuff. So don't be afraid to pm me if you have some cool ideas you need my help to pull off. I want your pcs to be larger than life MYTHIC heroes so... It's unlikely you'll propose something too over the top :)

As for organically including leadership, Ary, I'm not sure what you're worried about as long as you're friendly with the npc it should feel natural for them to want to follow your orders and tag along into battle. If you're worried there won't be enough rp opportunities with an npc (especially with a minor one like Klarah or fenna) then pm me and I'll try and bring them around more often.

Ary I'll answer your other linked question once im home from work :)


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As for foreshadowing, I do.... A lot of foreshadowing :) lots of little nods, sometimes big nods (I was hoping someone would catch Sana avoiding detect evil)

For irabeth, I'm trying to be frank and open because I don't want my roleplay of her to make her seem ineffectual... Not because I care soooo much about whether or not your pcs respect irabeth or not but because she represents the larger Crusades. Or at least an idealized vision of them. And portraying the crusades well is important to keep this ap on the rails :)


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

I sent a PM with the shady-sundry details to make it clearer. :3

Don't worry guys, it's not some sort of evil plot or anything... :3


Female Tiefling (Pitborn) Bard (Weapon Champion) 9/Champion/Trickster 3 | HP: 97/114 | AC: 25, Touch 18, Flat-Footed 19 | CMD: 26 | Fort: +10, Reflex +13, Will: +10 | Init: +6 | Perception: +16, Darkvision 60 ft. | Performance: 18/24, Shatter: 1/1, Lore Master: 1/1, Mythic Power: 6/9

I'm good looking at one of the AP's NPCs. If we need to work anything out, it can probably wait until we get a bit closer to the point where we're introduced to this NPC. Or at least until further into the next book were we get the first hints that they exist.

Argh, I hate knowing things and not being able to talk about them. It's not in my nature to be quiet.


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

I like Irabeth, but she shares a lot of the overtones of Ary. Cept I think Irabeth just wants to do what's right, and Ary actively wants to be a hero. Irabeth seems to have humility, while Ary has self-doubt. They're very different things. But otherwise, I'd like a more pronounced difference with my cohort once I net one. :)


Male Dhampir (Moroi-Born) White Necromancer 7/Archmage 2 | hp 51/51 (healthy), AC 12, touch 10, ff 12, CMD 15 | Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +7, various bonuses | Init -1, Perception +2, low-light, darkvision (mythic power 7/7)
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@Kioralady: I spend probably the same amount of time in the less productive manner of interacting with a lot of stuff as a player. :) I'm not sure I could consistently put as much together as you do, I simply don't have the discipline.

@Everyone: One thing I've actually found interesting is the question of 'do songs make you think of your characters?'. So far, I've only met one person who said no. One of the things I do when I make characters is try to find music that fits the theme. It usually carries a deep emotional seed into the characters when I do so. :) I may share Ary's song, but in particular, hearing 'Indestructible' by Disturbed sets my hair on end and definitely makes me think of Ary. Or at least Ary's endgame. Right now, she's still kinda fragile. :3

The song that most sets off my Markus-vibes is probably Hope for Now by City and Colour.

As for cohorts, I get a class feature that gives me a companion and I didn't want it to go to waste (because it kinda sucks from a power statement) so I'm augmenting it with a feat!


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Thinking on it, it seems that selecting a song for a character would be similar to how Hinagiku perceives the flaws and qualities of people... yeah... I like that idea.

BTW the songs really give a deeper feel to the characters.


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Hmm songs for Isilme... Probably the best all around description I can think of is Road to Nowhere, by David Byrne/The Talking Heads. I can't think of a song that better describes wanderlust and a desire for freedom without attachments than it.

Inner Universe, by Yoko Kanno is lyrically quite relevant to her emotional state after she'd "died" within the blade.

Also Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo. The first movement representing Isilme meeting Li'an's father and their subsequent romance and travels. The second movement representing their loss against Minagho and the anger and sadness that followed up through Isilme's sacrifice to save Li'an, and then finishing with her rebirth via the ritual. The composer, Rodrigo, originally wrote it to describe the joy he found with his wife, and then the sadness and loss when their first child died due to miscarriage. The second movement starts with that sadness and builds into anger and resentment, despair, and eventually progresses into acceptance and forgiveness. It fits Isilme's story unbelievably well.

Bonus Songs:
Agnus Dei (Adagio for Strings), by Samuel Barber may be the perfect piece for describing the sense of loss when first seeing the ruins of Kenabres after returning to the surface. I might be biased in this though, as the piece was used to great effect at the beginning of the game Homeworld, in what was easily the most emotional scene I've ever experienced in a non-RPG game.

First day of my Life, by Brighteyes for Li'an and Val's budding (and sadly short-lived) romance.


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Male Dhampir (Moroi-Born) White Necromancer 7/Archmage 2 | hp 51/51 (healthy), AC 12, touch 10, ff 12, CMD 15 | Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +7, various bonuses | Init -1, Perception +2, low-light, darkvision (mythic power 7/7)

I believe I heard that the Adagio for Strings was played at the first concert in New York City following 9/11?

I've also sung this song in choir!


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Male Dhampir (Moroi-Born) White Necromancer 7/Archmage 2 | hp 51/51 (healthy), AC 12, touch 10, ff 12, CMD 15 | Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +7, various bonuses | Init -1, Perception +2, low-light, darkvision (mythic power 7/7)

Also I've added an in-alias tracker of how many spells I have per day and a spoiler for my controlled undead.

I will be listing them like this:

Type of Undead - x HD - [url link to statblock]
Diplomacy DC -

For things that are already given, like owlbear skeletons and human zombies, I'll be linking to the SRD. For statblocks that I'll have to build myself (that is to say, applying the template to creatures we kill) I'll be maintaining a google doc with the requisite statblocks.


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I hadn't heard that Markus, but it wouldn't surprise me. It's certainly appropriate.

I liked Hope for Now. It's not nearly as gloomy as I'd imagined Markus on first listening. Definitely a good song! I kept thinking I'd heard something by City and Colour before, and sure enough The Girl popped up on Pandora just a bit ago :)

And Indestructible for Ary is certainly not what I'd expected, but I can definitely see it given our mythic progression and her desire to be a hero ;) Also it's been a long time since I've listened to any Disturbed. :p


Male Dhampir (Moroi-Born) White Necromancer 7/Archmage 2 | hp 51/51 (healthy), AC 12, touch 10, ff 12, CMD 15 | Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +7, various bonuses | Init -1, Perception +2, low-light, darkvision (mythic power 7/7)

Maybe this is gloomy enough for you XD It's still appropriate - Smother by Daughter.


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Valaria Alazario wrote:

I'm good looking at one of the AP's NPCs. If we need to work anything out, it can probably wait until we get a bit closer to the point where we're introduced to this NPC. Or at least until further into the next book were we get the first hints that they exist.

Argh, I hate knowing things and not being able to talk about them. It's not in my nature to be quiet.

You can always PM me if you feel like venting :P Because yeah - I understand them feels.

I talk about this game a lot to my husband and he'll complain ("You like them better than us! *sobs*) and I'm like no - it's cause I can actually talk about GMing with you - I can't really talk to you about the behind the scenes stuff of the dungeon you are in RIGHT now <_<

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Loving y'all's song selections by the way :)


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

Man, you guys are as eclectic as me. Perhaps more!

If you focus Ary's attention on her mission being making sure absolutely no one gets hurt, 'Indestructible' is a little more fitting. Being untouchable in combat would certainly be amazing though, if I ever managed to pull it off, though. :)

Man, Markus. That's a fitting song!
Likewise the Ghost in the Shell song fits for Isilme.

One interesting bit is that my second favorite song from Transistor (In Circles) has been tainted slightly by Li'an's death. Mostly that the chorus is now in Ary's voice. :)

All is One starts off pretty slow, but listening now.
Edit: I like it. I'm not sure it works for me, though.

I also have specific songs that make me think of Adventure Paths. Everytime I hear 'The Beast and the Harlot', I really, really need to play Rise of the Runelords.


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Which Transistor song, Paper Boats? The singer who provided Red's voice is fantastic :)

Edit: That's a shitload of tieflings. Is there a word for a group of tieflings? 'A Murder' would probably work ok, but I'm sure there's gotta be a more clever one than that :p

Edit #2: That song by Daughter is definitely way more what I imagined for Markus ;)


Male Oread (Kellid) Legendary Druid 11/Hierophant 4 | HP 97/137 | AC 24, T 23, FF 19 | Fort +8, Ref +6, Will +18 | CMD 27 | Resist Acid 10 | SR 13 (evil outsiders), 17 (demons) | Init +2 | Perception +22 | MP 1/11 | LP 2/2 | PM 8/11 | SP 10/10

*kneejerk reaction* Holy crap, what were these tieflings doing, breeding?

On music: I'm usually fairly impressionable when it comes to music, but I can't think of anything off the top of my head for Ehren. "Nuclear" seems appropriate for Kenabres getting blown up in general, though it makes me imagine Ehren with an eye-patch and cigar.


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Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

A group of Tieflings is known as a 'Cult' of Tieflings. Because if more than two Tieflings are ever together, you know bad things are going to be happening soon.

Paper Boats is my favorite.

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'The River always finds the sea', sung in sync just literally melts my tear ducts. Every single time.

In Circles is my second favorite. I absolutely love the little web of Sybil x Red that's playing all throughout the story.


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'Cult', that's perfect! Cabal is another that would work in that same vein.

Paper Boats is my favorite as well :)

Ooh, I definitely see what you mean about 'In Circles' now! Yes, poor Sybil. Now I've got an itch to play through a third time. I think there's two achievements I've not done yet, maybe I'll go try for those while enjoying the story again!


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Ary - on stacking:

First: Does Mythic Favored Enemy stack with Demonslayer to give me my full favored enemy on saving throws v. evil outsiders?

Yes

Second: Does the modified Favored Enemy bonuses that either Mythic Favored or Demonslayer's Favored get passed on to my allies?

No

Third: Does Mythic Bond (Full bonuses instead of half) pass on these improved benefits of my favored enemy from Mythic Favored and Demonslayer Favored to my allies?

It would provide full bonus, but only your unmodified favored enemy bonuses.

Those abilities add on some extra untyped bonuses for Ary, they don't actually modify her favored enemy bonus.


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

Demonslayer's Favored Enemy actually is just a modified Favored Enemy! BUT, I don't overly mind it not stacking, and wanted to double check. Works great for me! Thanks!

Re: Transistor: Mine's completed, and every time I look at it, I get to see 'Goodbye()', and it just feels so good. Hopefully you can get yours to do the same, because I really wish more games had that sort of feature.

*Runs off to see if there's any new information on another supergiant game*


Male Dhampir (Moroi-Born) White Necromancer 7/Archmage 2 | hp 51/51 (healthy), AC 12, touch 10, ff 12, CMD 15 | Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +7, various bonuses | Init -1, Perception +2, low-light, darkvision (mythic power 7/7)

That really is a lot of enemies.

On the other hand, there are six of us and we have both Annabelle and Irabeth (though Annabelle is barely armed). Still, though it seems like a ridiculous number of enemies it's still eight on twelve. And two of them are unarmed.


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Quake in feaaaaaarrrrr!

...though I thought that was your job? ;)


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The hall can work to our advantage though... I have just the spell for this! ;)

They're not all carrying longbows right? :P


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

Ary does a quick headcount. "Eight on Eleven, actually! We haven't even started, and they're dropping like flies!"

Quake with fear?

Gods that isn't as good as I remember it. At all.


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If you've ever wondered exactly what the verbal components for grease were, now you know! ;)


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lol

Who are the recipients of the message spell?


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At the moment I think everyone but you and the NPCs. Will be next level before I can get us all.


Female Tiefling (Pitborn) Bard (Weapon Champion) 9/Champion/Trickster 3 | HP: 97/114 | AC: 25, Touch 18, Flat-Footed 19 | CMD: 26 | Fort: +10, Reflex +13, Will: +10 | Init: +6 | Perception: +16, Darkvision 60 ft. | Performance: 18/24, Shatter: 1/1, Lore Master: 1/1, Mythic Power: 6/9

I just got back on after my night class...

Twelve angry tieflings? Really?


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Let's hope they decide to sit down to discuss a trial, should make it easier to pass by.

Spoiler:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/


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Thanks for the reminder Ary.

Going to bed, here is the next action:

next round:

With long fluid movements, Hinagiku quickly moves next to the Oni child on her right, feints a punch, and uses her leg to trip him as he tries to avoid her first attack. Taking a step back, she almost crouches down, with her hands touching the ground and kicks backward, aiming at the ankle of the Oni child behind her.

trip male #1, bless, good aligned: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 11 + 1 = 28
trip male #2, bless, good aligned: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 11 + 1 = 22
flurry of blows


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

I don't suppose anyone has a fireball spell..? :|


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Since only 2 tieflings are interrupting the flow of initiative... tomorrow, please just skip the two female tieflings' turn if you are available to post before I am able to respond. I don't think their movement is going to matter much.


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That was one heck of an update, Kiora. Bet that took a while :)

Alas no AoE damage spells, Ary. Would be nice though! Maybe I should pick up a scroll of burning hands, could use it as a second level spell.


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

I've been watching her work on it for 45-50 minutes. :|


Female Tiefling (Pitborn) Bard (Weapon Champion) 9/Champion/Trickster 3 | HP: 97/114 | AC: 25, Touch 18, Flat-Footed 19 | CMD: 26 | Fort: +10, Reflex +13, Will: +10 | Init: +6 | Perception: +16, Darkvision 60 ft. | Performance: 18/24, Shatter: 1/1, Lore Master: 1/1, Mythic Power: 6/9

Indeed. That was quite a lot of tieflings moving around.

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