GM Helio's PaPPbP

Game Master Helio

Map of the Shackles

The Magpie Princess


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F Exotic Elf TBA

I thought me rollin' were gooder fer passin' obstacle 1?

As fer Lil fisher? He wouldn't do such a thing after'n all'a fun an' helpin' I done fer 'im t'other day.


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6

I think Helio is looking for a Reflex save, an Intimidate check, or a Knowledge (Local) check to beat obstacle #1. I don't mean to step out of line btw, I know I'm not the GM here... I'm just repeating what Helio himself has posted in order to help keep things flowing over the weekend.

But, who knows, let's wait and see how he judges the matter.

Lol, chucking apples at your friend, eh Lil' Fisher? How quickly everyone shows their true colors when greed comes into play... at least Reijo is up front about being a greedy scoundrel. ;D


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Bellamy you b@st@rd, lol. ;)

Actually, it cost you a move action to pull your pants up, so you posted three actions...


F Exotic Elf TBA

*Ponders*

I could'a sworn I did me a reflex roll in there some wheres?


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6

Oh, apologies if you did! I didn't see one though...


F Exotic Elf TBA

Nah, I posted a acrobics roll.. Not a reflex save... (>_>)

Were a rilly badder result on'a dice roller though. :P

Ah well.. folk's be needin' a rope/sail monkey any who.

A'sides, there's all way be tha' chance some NPC will 'Fall behind' and free up some space on'a crew roster. :P


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For what it's worth, I thought it was a creative attempt, even if Ol' Salty would have had Lil' Fisher pelt you with apples in the end. :)


F Exotic Elf TBA

(^_^)


Male Human Oracle (Heavens) L1/Bard (Seasinger) L1 - | AC16 (T12FF14) | HP 17/17 | Saves: F2R6W4 | Init: +2 | Perc: +4 (Dark 30ft) | Status: Normal

An' ye well deserve it boyo!
But I don't think we're doing round by round actions, more like a stage rally.

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Bellamy is correct, each stage of the race represents anywhere from a minute to several minutes. So long as you can make it through the obstacles first (and before the unwritten NPC competitors), you'll be at the front of the pack - even if it takes a good ten minutes to do so.

And Suny, I liked the creativity of the effort too - but sadly for the sake of 'balancing' the race, there's only a few ways to 'pass' each obstacle, even if there are countless creative ways around it.


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6

Thanks for explaining Helio. I was thinking we were taking normal rounds, just with special rules added on for the obstacles.


Female Human HP- 48/48 AC- 19 FF- 15 T- 14 F- +8 R- +5 W- +6 CMD- 20 CMB- +6 Init- +8 Perc- +7 Rage- 5/6 Blessings 5/5 Fervor 1/4 Sacred Weapon 4/4

Just how unfair would it be for me to leave an Obscuring Mist behind me in the fight? xD


Female Human Arcanist/1 ; HP 7/7 ; Reservoir 6/7 ; AC 11, touch 11, flat 10 (Dex +1); Init +1; Fort +1, Ref +1, Will +2 ; Perception +3

The dice smiled upon me this post....


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6

Apologies for the delay, had a rough day.

Um, I should be on obstacle #3 though, no? I'm proceeding at #3 for now...

Edit: Wait, do you need to beat one or two bypasses to beat an obstacle? I was thinking just one.


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6

Hmmm, just caught that I didn't update my # of rage rounds since leveling to 4 (my Con went up). Corrected.


Male Human Oracle (Heavens) L1/Bard (Seasinger) L1 - | AC16 (T12FF14) | HP 17/17 | Saves: F2R6W4 | Init: +2 | Perc: +4 (Dark 30ft) | Status: Normal

I just figured you'd step out of your boots and run barefoot Reijo.


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6

Just fitting the bad rolls to the roleplay. :)

Wouldn't want to lose my perfectly good pair of boots anyway. :)


Female Human HP- 48/48 AC- 19 FF- 15 T- 14 F- +8 R- +5 W- +6 CMD- 20 CMB- +6 Init- +8 Perc- +7 Rage- 5/6 Blessings 5/5 Fervor 1/4 Sacred Weapon 4/4

I'm trying to figure out how, and if, Reijo caught up.
It seemed like you spent a round or two stuck behind, but I don't actually know.

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@Reijo - if you attempt two bypasses (to get a free attempt at the next obstacle) you'll need to succeed at both. You can attempt just one, and then you'd only need just that one to get through. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

In any case, we'll just roll with where things are now - the standings are pretty even and it's anyone's race still. I'm pretty sure that isn't the only thing we've messed up, but it's still hilarious.

(That said, if you think I've terribly screwed up your race standing, let me know. We'll fix it.)

Sleep now, final obstacle posted tomorrow.


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6

No worries Helio. That is exactly what I thought. I just got confused when you posted I was on obstacle 2, whereas I certainly bypassed it and was up to obstacle 3. Probably just a typo.

Vik, I think we all got a bit confused, especially early on in the race, lol. But no, I actually did succeed on passing one obstacle every round so far (let's see how I do now). As per Helio's instruction, anything we do to each other only counts as a -2 penalty on the next obstacle bypass, so I just gave myself a -2 penalty from Bellamy's sticky tanglefoot bag.

I do think a few of us may have lost or added a half-round early on, but no matter (too hard to figure out, lol). Bellamy though, did you miss Round 4? In one post you posted for "stage 3," and your very next post begins with "stage 5." I think you're up to round 6 rather than 7...


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6

And there goes my free time, lol. Be back tonight to post...


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6
Viktorra wrote:
Watch out, Reijo!

I'm watching. Don't catch up too much, though... or you'll need to be the one watching out. ;D

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@Salty - you won't have to worry about damage unless one of your fellow racers decides to take a swing at you. The brawl in Founder's Square is more of a 'keep people from making it to the end' kind of fight rather than a 'beat people to a pulp and take their lunch money' kind of fight. You might be a little bruised up, but nothing really significant.


Female Human HP- 48/48 AC- 19 FF- 15 T- 14 F- +8 R- +5 W- +6 CMD- 20 CMB- +6 Init- +8 Perc- +7 Rage- 5/6 Blessings 5/5 Fervor 1/4 Sacred Weapon 4/4

Hey, Reijo?

Not to be a bother or anything, but we're actually on the same round, Round 6.
We're both attempting obstacle 6 on Round 6.

I failed to bull rush the guy in the first time, and Bellamy's tanglefoot bag made you fall in the water. You failed both of those checks, which made you a round behind.

Not being picky, just keeping things fair!

Good luck!


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6

Actually, I think I am on 5.

Helio mentioned we can either a) make two bypass attempts or b) make one bypass attempt and one attempt to impede someone else during each round. As long as one bypass attempt succeeds in a round, whether one or two bypass attempts are made, you graduate to the next obstacle. I opted to make two bypass attempts that round you bring up, and I succeeded at one of them, so I believe I did graduate to the next obstacle. Failing one of the two bypass attempts only means I was not entitled to a free third bypass attempt that round.

Is that correct Helio?

If not, no worries. I honestly think I'm on target though.


F Exotic Elf TBA

I yam bin honest with sayin' I in't sure where's I yam. *^_^*


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6
Helio wrote:
@Reijo - if you attempt two bypasses (to get a free attempt at the next obstacle) you'll need to succeed at both. You can attempt just one, and then you'd only need just that one to get through. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

Wait a minute... when you say "need to succeed at both," do you mean (a) in order to gain the free third bypass attempt, or (b) to bypass the obstacle at all in addition to gaining the freebie?

When I wrote that was exactly what I was thinking, I meant (a). Maybe you're right Vik! :)


Female Human HP- 48/48 AC- 19 FF- 15 T- 14 F- +8 R- +5 W- +6 CMD- 20 CMB- +6 Init- +8 Perc- +7 Rage- 5/6 Blessings 5/5 Fervor 1/4 Sacred Weapon 4/4

Yeah, I'm kinda confused on how I went from a round and an obstacle ahead to one round behind.

If I'm wrong, that's perfectly fine.

Viktorra is just really competitive, and could really use this job!


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"Suny" wrote:
I yam bin honest with sayin' I in't sure where's I yam. *^_^*

It is a little confusing, so don't feel so bad. :) Absolutely nothing against our GM (who is actually very skilled imo! I am very much enjoying the game and your efforts, Helio), I just think the rules for this particular scene are a bit confusing.


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Viktorra wrote:

Yeah, I'm kinda confused on how I went from a round and an obstacle ahead to one round behind.

If I'm wrong, that's perfectly fine.

Viktorra is just really competitive, and could really use this job!

Reijo is highly competitive too... and even moreso, he's a very greedy SoB. :D


F Exotic Elf TBA

(^_^)

Glad I yam ta' be entertainin'!

Is much fun playin' with folks as all! (^_^)

Much cheers ta' every one.

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@Reijo - it's B. If you're attempting both, you need to succeed at both to pass the obstacle at all. And I agree - these rules are a little confusing. Never tried them before - they're an adaptation of the chase rules in the Gamemastery Guide (which I do not have). They'd probably go a lot smoother if they got more use!

I'll try to get another post in tomorrow, but I'm driving up to PAX East tomorrow night. It's likely I won't be getting much posting done while I'm there :)


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6

Ok, in that case I'll correct my current round in my next post... my last round posted should have been 6 then.

No worries about the delay. It'll keep the suspense up. :)


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6

For everyone's clarity, I've done my best to figure out the current running:

Tied for the lead are Reijo & Viktorra at Obstacle #7. Each posted 6 rounds thus far. Each made two successful bypasses vs Obstacle #6 on Round 6. Forthcoming free bypass attempts vs. Obstacle #7 are to be posted as part of Round 6, before proceeding to post for Round 7.

Ol' Salty is at Obstacle #5. He has posted 6 rounds thus far. He last struggled with Obstacle #5 on Round 6, and can try again on Round 7.

Bellamy is up to Obstacle #6, but has posted 8 rounds thus far. He can now post an attempt to bypass Obstacle #6 on Round 9.

Suny is up to Obstacle #6. She posted only 5 rounds thus far. She beat Obstacles #4 and #5 all on Round 5, having succeeded on two bypass attempts vs Obstacle #4 that round and again on a free third attempt vs Obstacle #5 (Suny actually posted an extra fourth attempt that round, not sure what the GM wants to do with that). Suny can now post to attempt to bypass Obstacle #6 on Round 6.

Nhati cleared Obstacle #3 on Round 4. She only posted 4 rounds thus far. She succeeded on one bypass attempt vs Obstacle #3 on Round 4, and now is up to Obstacle #4 on Round 5.

...

So, Suny could conceivably be tied with Reijo and Viktorra, depending on her upcoming rolls for Round 6. And Nhati is a couple of rounds behind Reijo and Vik, so she could possibly win too. Looks like the two old men are having the most trouble though, lol. ;)


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6

Update (up to and including post #362):

Bellamy is up to Obstacle #7 after 9 posted rounds.

And Suny is up to Obstacle #7 after 6 posted rounds, closing in on Reijo and Viktorra. Not sure if Helio wants to count that extra third roll as her free attempt vs Obstacle #7 or not.


F Exotic Elf TBA

I can be doin' a climbin' roll ta get up inside tha' place? (^_^)


Female Human Arcanist/1 ; HP 7/7 ; Reservoir 6/7 ; AC 11, touch 11, flat 10 (Dex +1); Init +1; Fort +1, Ref +1, Will +2 ; Perception +3

Yikers, I'm behind. Going to go catch up now. Well, catch up posting; no clue if Nhati will catch up in the race.

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<3 Reijo.

I tried to post from a line at PAX but the connection was spotty. Also the line was very long.

I'll get a new post up for you guys later today!


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You got it Helio. ;)

"Suny" wrote:
Suny is quite happy to nip outside and climb the side of the building to come at the challenge forma different angle. (^_~)

I was in fact going to do precisely the same thing. :)


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Friggin 2! Hopefully, it's just another DC 14... :o


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I'm here, just waiting for Bellamy to take his turn (and then the half-orc wonder twins) before I go...


Male Human Shaman 5 | HP 28/39 | AC 10 T 10 FF 10 | Ft +3 Rf +1 Wi +8 | Init +0 | Perc +6 l CMD 13

A question DM. I have Wave Shield prepared as an immediate action, and I'd like to know how I might approach it in a pbp setting. Normally I could use it before I know how hard I'm getting hit, but here I would know first. How would you like to go about it?


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6

@Helio - Did Huldren provoke AoO's? If so, from whom besides Reijo? Standing from prone and drinking a potion both do.

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Bah, yes. Forgot to call that out what with his double-debuff. Huldren does indeed provoke an AoO from Reijo and Vik.

@Salty - you can go ahead and use it after the fact. We'll just pretend you didn't see the damage and won't metagame with it :) I trust you guys!


Female Human Arcanist/1 ; HP 7/7 ; Reservoir 6/7 ; AC 11, touch 11, flat 10 (Dex +1); Init +1; Fort +1, Ref +1, Will +2 ; Perception +3

The dice hate me.

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Right there with you... These guys are turning out to be a lot of hot air and not much else!


Salty Sea Reavin' n' Slayin' Chap 2 -- HP: 22/22 | AC: 16 | T: 12 | FF: 14 | CMD: 17 | Fort: +6 | Ref: +4 | Will: -1 | Init: +2 | Perc: +5 | Rage: 6/6

I'm afraid I will be sporadic, if I post at all, until the beginning of next week. My mom passed away Monday morning. Feel free to bot/NPC my character to keep the game flowing. I will definitely be back though, don't worry.

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Aw crap, man. So sorry to hear that. Take care and take your time.


F Exotic Elf TBA

*Hugz Reijo*

Take care. Sorry for your loss.


Female Human HP- 48/48 AC- 19 FF- 15 T- 14 F- +8 R- +5 W- +6 CMD- 20 CMB- +6 Init- +8 Perc- +7 Rage- 5/6 Blessings 5/5 Fervor 1/4 Sacred Weapon 4/4

Sorry, didn't read the discussion.

And sorry about your loss, Reijo. :(

But, Helio, as Viktorra was flat-footed from her nat-1, Huldren doesn't actually provoke from her.

Lucky bastar'!

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