GM Rednal's Legendary Planet AP (Inactive)

Game Master Rednal

BR-N3R left back on Argosa. The wyrd left as well, yes.

Well, I am somewhat distracted right now...but since I get +2 to Int this level, and will therefore have a +4 Intelligence modifier, and then this grants a +1 on top, that would give me +5. I can then add a +1 Attunement Bonus to my pants...or use the Armoured Magic talent to grant myself a +4 to AC on top.

It's somewhat trading in raw AC and not getting much from my Attuned pants, so I suppose the question becomes is that worth it?

You do have actual armor, Isen... which ABP could improve. You sure you wanna swap out for going totally unarmored and lose the opportunity to have enchanted armor effects and such?

Unless I'm mistaken, ABP can still let you use enchanted Bracers of Armor. But armor effects are... often lackluster.

Meanwhile I'm probably gonna need to eventually stop wearing my imaginary armor, because it's... not amazing.

Anything that gives an enhancement bonus to armor counts as armor, so the Hulk's magic pants and Bracers and Prescient Dodging likely don't play very well when they're all together.

That was my only real question, though, so I suppose you're good.

For you, Child, hmm... well, you're all Level 6 now, so you want to have at least 23 AC if you're going to be on the front lines. A +7 Armor Bonus isn't exactly bad, but you definitely might want to look into raising that, either from Aegis abilities or other methods.

Yeah, I might stay away from the front lines for a bit. Aegis won't go much higher for a *long* time—I'd be far better off just wearing full plate—but that cripples my ability to cast arcane spells and be sneaky (if I had spheres, I could just whirlwind assembly), so I'm trying to avoid it for a while, or maybe go for shield-and-sword combat.

Which means my options are

A) Delay entering Horizon Walker until level 8, which (for very complicated reasons) increases my AC by 2, which would get me up to 23/26 shielded AC at level 8, 23/27 at 9, and 25/29 at 10. None of those numbers are super great :/ but this is probably my best option, and Crystal Spaulders make it less terrible.

B) save up, craft an Armiger's Panoply and buy regular full plate armor. This means taking a standard action to get *out* of armor (not super terrible for mythic characters), and roughly the same AC but with extra goodies from not burning class abilities for it.

C) Just avoid melee combat or something. Maybe craft some obscure AC boosting items through nefarious means. At level 11 I can get hustle power and a +5 boost to AC through metamorphosing into a small armored humanoid as a move action because everything is shenanigans.

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My big problem with ABP is that it seriously back-ends a lot of bonuses that frontline fighters/martials would otherwise prioritize; at level 17, for instance, AC goes up by 3, while at our level it goes up by 1 every 3 levels, and as a result ABP tends to down-power martial character. Which honestly is probably fine because martial characters are OP anyway, and gestalt balances all that out.

Hej. Feeling fine again. Got worse before it got better.

Plus, once I was feeling a bit less ill, I had the bright idea of working on updating my computer system while I was home anyway, which caused some further problems with being able to go online.(Installing W7 on a M2 drive from USB is a mess by itself, certain boxed intel chips come without cooler, and I had no PCIe solution for Wifi(I use cards, not usb connectors)).

Either way, I'm back now and will catch up with all my games plus post today(within about 12 hours). Apologies for going missing. I did update some of my games when I originally fell ill, but not all - assuming I could post somewhat normally for those not moving at too fast a pace.

@GM: I re-iterate my question: If we are sacrificing the anvil anyway, are we able to break it up into several large chunks sufficient to activate a connection?

The intent seems to be to sacrifice equipment/weapons, but then, we were hauling an anvil around so that gotta count for something :)

In theory, you could split the anvil. You could also simply repair it if you accomplish your goal fast enough - it doesn't have to be there all the way until being totally destroyed.

(Incidentally, Fort Buckle - the place you just left - does have the tools to repair mundane gear, at least. They won't let you take them, but they would let you use them.)

If the items aren't destroyed, I can always spend a few hours each evening repairing things with mending as well.

Aaaagh this site's been lagging too much for me to post for like four days, am I the only one? Sorry for holding things up if so...

Heh, this kinda feels like "family takes vacation to foreign country, kids wanna stop at the first market stall they walk by on the sidewalk, parents are like 'uhh *this* stuff? really? we'll get souvenirs at the end of the trip...'"

@Rednal, do you have the Stargates book that came out a little bit ago? If so, does it have anything cool in it? I haven't picked it up yet, and won't be reading it unless you give it a spoiler-free go ahead, but I might get it once we're done when I'm looking to run this game for a future group.

Can we ride on Camels some more? Do they float? Can you mate them with a donkey? Are we there yet? I want Pizza again!

Yeah, works for me.

Ugh. Have you ever ridden a camel before? It's sorta fun but SUPER uncomfortable, they don't have a level gait.

I did, and thats what makes it fun. Unless you need to go long distances. Elephants seem the most comfortable for that if you are not in a hurry :P

...I feel so passé for only riding horses...

I don't have the Stargates book, but I have considered picking it up. It's not terribly relevant for this game - since we're following a written adventure path - but it's definitely relevant for the setting as a whole. XD

Oh, I've never ridden a horse. Those things look scary.

You soon learn they are far, far scarier. I was a kid when I first learned to ride one - three, maybe four. Being a little snot I ignored the 'do not run at the horsey' orders and got to find out what being kicked by a horse is like.

It hurts, if you're curious, but a three-year-old can really get some air time that way.

Wait, they let a three-year-old near a horse? Those things can get pretty deadly...

Well, I was with my mother and the owner (a family friend, and possibly my Dad's mistress - but that's another story) at the time. It was more a case of 'We'll take the three-year-old in, let him sit on the horse, have a ride about and oh God he's under the fence and running in stop Jon stop-THUD' than anything else.

And this was the 80's. Health and Safety meant bigger hair.

I hear Donkeys are pretty deadly. They aim well. :)
I primarily like horses as Leberkässemmel. Now all the more, after learning their kind kicked little Jon around.

Just the once! It's a learning experience.

@Vincent: I'm guessing it's less of a trap, and more of a beat-down.

Well yeah... for them. >:D

*pokes Isen*

I think he's having computer troubles right now... but hopefully fixed soon?

Could be, not in a hurry.
He did post last Wednesday in the War of the Burning Sky game while last posts here were on Tuesday.
Just figured I'll give both Jon and Beardie a poke in case either just missed their post is missing from those respective games :)

Apologies for the delay. The Internet decided to leave me, and I had insufficient mobile data to tether up my phone.

Heh, loving the tone here, everybody.

@Rednal: Oh, you're right. I forgot that it was a surprise round and I can't make a full attack, so ignore the ones after it. (and I don't have quick draw on this guy, so... uh...if it wasn't a surprise round it still doesn't matter)

Also I didn't get much sleep this week, the Scripps researchers I was "networking" with party hard

Ahhhh sorry guys, travel got messy and I was without internet for a few days. I probably should've followed up on my phone, but too many games were updating and I got overwhelmed (and I didn't realize all the Rednalgames were back to updating quickly).

In general, though—my work has stepped up a *lot* over the last month and will be for the foreseeable future. I haven't joined any new games in a while, and I'm not planning to, but I might not be as attentive a player as I used to be. Let me know if this becomes problematic, as I'm trying to figure out which (or possibly all) games I still have time for.

Anybody got a more current status of Thunderbeard?
He did mention his work had stepped up, but I saw no posts of his since 28th of July.
Mind you, I'm not in a hurry and quite willing to wait, just wondering if someone knows whats the situation.

His posting has slowed down somewhat in his various games... and I can push forward with the three we've got now if you'd prefer that.

As said, no hurry, plus it is relevant for the burning sky game as well.
I just hoped he may have sent a PM, or posted more up-to-date information in a different game(that I am not in but one of you is).

Just an inquiry, nothing else, I got a rather busy week too and doubt the next one will be better so to be honest I'm not exactly unhappy that a few games are currently going slow.

I'll post whenever it's my turn. I'm easy.

I'm in no rush, my work has been crazy lately and what little time I've had I've spent trying to devour the new Starfinder rules as fast as possible to get a trial game going for my home crew.

Hi, guys. To all my games: sorry I've been such a butt lately.

Basically, I was away from the internet for a while, but before and after that, I've been writing so much for work that PbP just felt like a chore. And I've come to realize that while I love my job, right now it's just not leaving me the time and creative energy I need forPbP, so, while I've sort of been sliding down that slope for a while, I figured I should actually tell all my games that I've gotta drop out.

Sorry to disappoint and potentially leave a bunch of people hanging at the end there, and I hope I was generally fun.

-Thunderbeard

So... since this is definitely meant to be a four-player game, what sort of teammate would the rest of you like to see for re-recruitment?

Between the three of us, I think we've got the bases covered. Melee, ranged, traps, magic...sometimes by two of us.

I think we can pretty much take anyone, really. Someone super versatile like Child would be nice, but...

I'm good with pretty mucch whatever. Possibly someone to help knowledges and possibly debuff/control some enemies?

I think we pretty much have the critical bases covered.

Aye, we got got melee, and good ranged, full arcane and divine casting as well as spherecasting...we got all bases covered.

A dedicated disabler and/or controller would probably be awesome...

Well, if you think you've got it covered, we probably could continue with just you three... the fewer players there are, the faster games tend to go, after all.

You said this was "definitely meant" to be a 4-player gig.
You also managed a TPK. And we evaded just that once or twice before.

We COULD probably push on, but considering action economy, I would much appreciate a 4th player, just to be on the save side ;)

Agreed. An extra body between me and the enemy is never a bad thing.

I don't mind either way. The TPK to kick off the game was amusing =P

GM to the rescue with the 4 month old tip!

Thing is, I even checked back on Wuli but seem to have skipped the post -_-
So, yeah, thanks, GM :)

@Rednal: I think update...everybody spoke up before, and I added that failed unintended bluff check -_- So I think we're good to go. Kind off.

Bluffs are bluffs. Diplomacy is diplomacy. XD I am willing to let someone else make a Bluff check for the group and have it be a failed assist for THAT, though.

Aye. I just felt I needed to point out that I did not intend to bluff.