I can cast Haste if you're debating a few options Besh, just so you know you're not tied to one thing or another.
Thanks!
I wasn't sure if any of Besh's area effect spells would work with Saphren already in the room - luckily, it's a big room!
And Saphren is all evady too.
Just took a good look at the map. Nicely done with the Black Tentacles placement. These guys are about to have a bad day.
And Saphren is all evady too.
Yeah, but dropping a Fireball in the middle of the room without knowing exactly where you were wouldn't have appealed to Besh - no matter how much ze wants to go boom
This is a better choice. But with Evasion and Cockyness, Sphren is just fine with you fireballing him now and again. :)
Okay, so I was about to do evil things with the daylight spell, and I realized that the bloodlink description on the web did not indicate that you guys may suffer from light blindness. You have no way of knowing you are vulnerable that way, and I'm not going to make you suffer from a trait you didn't know you have. You can swap out that spell if you want Lyr.
More importantly, Lyr didn't surprise them and so wouldn't have the free action. Saphren did since he was invisible, but Lyr is right there in the doorway.
Thank you! That's some good DMing... unlike the game over where, after my character specifically called out to watch out for zombies in cages, and I stated that I couldn't tell from the map where the cage doors were while I was moving my token, the DM ignored me and instead had a zombie charge through a door and crit me. Because nothing says "fun" like the DM knowingly doing things to screw your character after you tell the DM that you aren't able to make an informed decision! :D
Huh. I thought we specifically did not suffer from light blindness since we weren't actually drow. I read the description of the Bloodlink and thought that was one of the little perks.
So we do have light blindness?
Round 1, Xomos fight!
Lyra: -9 HP
False Life (1h) 11 temp HP
Magic Circle vs Evil (80m) +2 AC, +2 saves
Life LInk
Heightened Senses (80m) +2 perception, +4 init
Shield Other +1 ac, +1 saves
Paragon Surge, +2 int, +2 dex, counterspell focus
Vex: -2
Minor Image
Improved Invis 2/6 rounds, +2 vs sighted opponents, +40/20 stealth
Brenna:
Invisibility (8m) 2 atk vs sighted opponents, ignore enemy dex to AC, +40/+20 stealth
Enlarge Person (8m), +2 str, large size
Freedom of Movement
Beshtori:
Mage Armor (8h), +4 ac
Saphren:
Zoso -41 HP
Thanks for the status report Vex!
And so there's two pieces of information. One is the magic item description, and another is a sidebar with the interesting stuff.
The sidebar includes something I Have missed which you can get in exchange for suddenly realizing you have light blindness - everyone gets SR 19.
Does it blow our cover if we cast spells that would typically affect other drow? I had similar thoughts regarding summoning creatures on the celestial template...
(though I guess it doesn't matter if we kill everyone!)
I dunno. Does it blow your cover?
lol - well, I guess that was rhetorical...
(have I ever told you how much I hate rhetorical questions?)
Round 1, Xomos fight!
Lyra: -9 HP
False Life (1h) 11 temp HP
Magic Circle vs Evil (80m) +2 AC, +2 saves
Life LInk
Heightened Senses (80m) +2 perception, +4 init
Shield Other +1 ac, +1 saves
Paragon Surge, +2 int, +2 dex, counterspell focus
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
Vex: -2
Minor Image
Improved Invis 2/6 rounds, +2 vs sighted opponents, +40/20 stealth
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
Brenna:
Invisibility (8m) 2 atk vs sighted opponents, ignore enemy dex to AC, +40/+20 stealth
Enlarge Person (8m), +2 str, large size
Freedom of Movement
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
Beshtori:
Mage Armor (8h), +4 ac
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
Saphren:
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
[b]Zoso:[b]/ -41 HP
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
Pretty sure Saphren was out of range of that haste...
Lyra: -9 HP
False Life (1h) 11 temp HP
Magic Circle vs Evil (80m) +2 AC, +2 saves
Life LInk
Heightened Senses (80m) +2 perception, +4 init
Shield Other +1 ac, +1 saves
Paragon Surge, +2 int, +2 dex, counterspell focus
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Vex: -2
Minor Image
Improved Invis 2/6 rounds, +2 vs sighted opponents, +40/20 stealth
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Brenna:
Invisibility (8m) 2 atk vs sighted opponents, ignore enemy dex to AC, +40/+20 stealth
Enlarge Person (8m), +2 str, large size
Freedom of Movement
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Beshtori:
Mage Armor (8h), +4 ac
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Saphren:
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Zoso: -41 HP
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Hey guys, so my life is INSANE right now and is going to get crazier as I go on a weeklong retreat next week.
I'm going to put all of my games on hold until around May 20th so I can just get back into the groove and stop missing posts. Take your time, put your feet up, and enjoy a respite before we get going again.
Sounds fine Enjoy your breather and that retreat!
Have fun with your retreat.
Cool cool, not a problem
Lyra: -1 HP
False Life (1h) 11 temp HP (all used up)
Magic Circle vs Evil (80m) +2 AC, +2 saves
Life LInk
Heightened Senses (80m) +2 perception, +4 init
Shield Other +1 ac, +1 saves
Paragon Surge, +2 int, +2 dex, counterspell focus
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Vex: -3
Minor Image
Improved Invis 2/6 rounds, +2 vs sighted opponents, +40/20 stealth
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Brenna:
Invisibility (8m) 2 atk vs sighted opponents, ignore enemy dex to AC, +40/+20 stealth
Enlarge Person (8m), +2 str, large size
Freedom of Movement
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Beshtori:
Mage Armor (8h), +4 ac
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Saphren:
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Zoso: -36 HP
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Zoso healed 5 HP on Lyr's action.
Saphren seems impressively unbuffed. :)
I forgot about the tentacles until after I'd posted. I also hadn't realized it was a standard action to dismiss...
I just realized that Doors to Everywhere only works with doorways that are in my line of sight (next level that limitation ends).
So, we're going to have to retcon my action. Sorry about that. Give me a bit to come up with an alternate plan.
Lyra: -4 HP
False Life (1h) 11 temp HP (all used up)
Magic Circle vs Evil (80m) +2 AC, +2 saves
Life LInk
Heightened Senses (80m) +2 perception, +4 init
Shield Other +1 ac, +1 saves
Paragon Surge, +2 int, +2 dex, counterspell focus
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Vex: -4
Minor Image
Improved Invis 2/6 rounds, +2 vs sighted opponents, +40/20 stealth
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Nauseating Trail (round 1/8, 1/32 squares filled)
Brenna:
Invisibility (8m) 2 atk vs sighted opponents, ignore enemy dex to AC, +40/+20 stealth
Enlarge Person (8m), +2 str, large size
Freedom of Movement
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Beshtori:
Mage Armor (8h), +4 ac
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Saphren:
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
Zoso: -31 HP
Haste, +1 attack and AC, +30' movement, +1 attack during full attack
+2 Inspire to Attack, Damage, saves against charm and fear
So as a recap of the HP situation-
on Lyra's action Zoso healed 5.
Lyra took 3 of it.
Vex took 2 with Shield Other, but Fast Healed 1.
Post Combat
(Everything with duration in rounds has been removed)
(Every 6 seconds Zoso heals 5, Lyra takes 3, and Vex takes 2 (and heals one)
Lyra: -4 HP (-18 over 30 seconds)
Life Link
Heightened Senses (80m) +2 perception, +4 init
Shield Other +1 ac, +1 saves
Paragon Surge, +2 int, +2 dex, counterspell focus
Vex: -14 (-6 over 30 seconds)
Brenna:
Enlarge Person (8m), +2 str, large size
Beshtori:
Mage Armor (8h), +4 ac
Saphren:
Zoso: -31 HP (+30 over 30 seconds)
With Stylix having fled...
um, what?
Upstairs the caster, presumably Stylix, and the dark stalker simply double over coughing from the spell and finally just go sit down.
Where did my prisoner go?
Loot: The only thing for Saphren that is an upgrade is the +2 ring. He has a +1. But Brenna should have first rights to anything AC IMHO as Saphren's goal is to not stand and fight.
Too bad he is not proficient with that scimitar. It is nice.
He will take some, or all of the poisoned bolts, if no one else needs any. Can't have too many poisoned bolts. :P
Ditto the loot - there's not really anything that Beshtori can use (other than healing potions)
+1 mithral chain shirt is a +1 upgrade for me.
... did Saphren just give me a ring? :D
EEEE! Lucky girl.
lol. I guess he did at that.
So, we are pretending to be drow. If we get found out we will be killed IF we are lucky and the Elves who set up this ploy/mission will be sad. The world as we know it might also end.
I think we can do noting to jeopardize that. I think that means we can not come clean to any potential ally or drow enemy. The importance of the mission seems to deny us that option. Anyone we tell might betray us or be tortured/mind controlled.
That said, if we can do things to weaken the drow overall, or cause more chaos, without implicating us, I am all for that.
I don't think we need to reveal that we aren't drow. I think we can reveal that we aren't evil though. This seems like an opportunity to gain an ally.
That's assuming we can trust her at all - as you pointed out about the driders, there's little chance that she isn't evil herself.
Do we have any ability to detect alignment? We really should look into that.
A reasonable way to determine her worldview would be just questions and sense motive checks. Keep in mind that you've got a captive on an hours-long walk in total isolation.
Yeah. If everyone we meet is evil, just smash everyone, job done! :D
Better to encourage or trick them to smash each other, if possible, since there are too many here for us to smash them all. :)
I'm not sure if I've made my plan clear or not, but it's to buy a copy of Sculpt Corpse so Besh can learn it and use it to copy the Drider's features onto recently dead drow or drider heads.
Perfect, I was 80% there but didn't know about that spell. Assumed we make a disguise check on the heads.
The fact that Sculpt Corpse requires a will save is why I wanted to buy one copy of the scroll, have Besh learn it and cast it zirself.
Besh's own DC are way higher than scroll DCs.
Saphren levels to 9. He gains a total of 7 HP (5+1 con bonus +1 Favored Class bonus).
His fort and will saves both increase by 1.
His Danger Sense goes up to +3 (+3 on reflex saves vs traps and +3 AC vs traps) and his sneak attack dice increases to 5.
He gains a feat and takes Spring Heeled Style.
And finally, he gains 8 skill points.
+1 to Acrobatics
+1 to Disable Device
+1 to Perception
+1 to Sense Motive
+1 to stealth
And +3 to UMD
Level 9!
HP: +7 = 5 + Con + Favored Class Bonus
+1 to Fort
Inspire Greatness!
An additional 3rd level spell per day
Feat: Many Shot
Skills: 5 ranks
+1 Acrobatics
+1 Knowledge (Arcana)
+1 Knowledge (History)
+1 Perform (Oratory)
+1 Perform (Comedy)
! (+2 con, +1 toughness)
+1 fort and ref
7 skill points
5th level spells!
Evolved Familiar feat
51 HP (1/2 lyr's, +11 toughness)
Greater Steal (from Pilferer)
+8 racial bonus to UMD (from Evolved Familiar)