I was thinking Achilles...
He was too weak for dipping. He was born with an infection, and no one would let me take him from the nicu.
He's better now, though.
I have this irrational fear of starting new sections if everyone is not at first ready.
I think you are, or at least enough for me to make the next post. I'll assume you're using the ring until someone nay says me.
If you weren't flying, that would have hurt.
Wanted to let everyone know that on Monday I start a 2-week road trip with the family. I'll be able to post off and on, I expect, but will slow down somewhat.
Hey Trout, not sure how to handle this. I took 5 more points of non-lethal damage than my max hp, so Drovya should be unconscious per RAW. What should I do?
Probably fall unconscious.
I forget how this ring thing works. Can Rohini hear Kanthuun's message?
/pace
Han has been gone over a month now... Anyone seen hide or hair of him or any of his other aliases?
Yea, he posted in one of his other games as of 6 hours ago.
Maybe he's not getting updates to this campaign. Those little x's are way too easy to hit by mistake. Send him a message and find out if he's still game to game?
Dropped him a line.
Haka! If you're there, sound off. I want to run something by you.
I've just today returned to civilization (from the wilds of Montana, Truchita!) and the prospect of semi-regular posting. Will be home Wednesday night and able to post reliably after that.
Montana is my home state. XD Lolzors.
Oh... but I think we've already had that discussion, hence the parentheses... Oh, dear...
And... nothing. We okay with just skipping to you fellas finding a nice place to Rope Trick?
Yes, I think we're all ready to move to that stage!
Apologies for crushing the 4th wall there, Truchita. I've been away so much, I wanted to make my return post entertaining (at least to me...) And I figured we're in a multi-planar milieu, so nightmares could leak in from lots of places.
It certainly wouldn't be cheaper in the short term, but a less scrupulous player at my real table at this point would take out a hammer and kill Han and Drovya, shrug at the horrified response, and then demand Rohini bring them back to life, citing the lack of planar travel means as justification.
Then again, another character would be trying hilarious folk remedies if given the chance (not that I would mind remotely), and then everyone would start bickering and this would degenerate into one of those nights where gaming would have to be abandoned and I turn on the tube.
Gracias a dios que (subj) this is the internets, and you have all the time in the world to think of something.
No worries, Haka. I'm more upset at you for causing me to google One Direction than your breaking of the fourth wall. They're not bad... but they're not really good, either. Well, that's how the situation can be viewed when you think in terms of the other monumental talent one could be indulging instead.
:)
So, I had a thought. Maybe Rohini could prepare a divination and ask Desna (aka Trouty) where and what the closest cure for Han and Drovya's condition might be...
Then the rest of you could try to procure it.
Or, maybe try lesser planar ally to summon a Janni to plane shift us back to Golarion or maybe a hound archon who could travel to Katapesh and back, get us some heal scrolls and bring them back.
Anyway, those are the ideas that occur to me.
Yes, One Direction, the true horror of Abbadon.
All decent proposals, Drovya.
Much better than murder.
Well, not that much better than murder...
Well, maybe not the first one if it gets everyone killed due to the failure chance and another being messing with the reading, but otherwise, yes they are. They're cheaper and more full of the warm fuzzies.
Rohini wouldn't want their heads bashed in, and she can't raise them yet anyways. I like your ideas, Drovya. You're rather more virtuosic with the rules than I am. The divination idea would certainly occur to Rohini, and it is within her abilities to learn the spell if she rests. But she can't yet summon a lesser planar ally.
Do we currently have the ability to travel back to Katapesh on our own? I look forward to when Rohini can cast plane shift (although we would also need something like teleport to get us precisely to our target after the shift).
Wow, Drovya, those were some virtuosic solutions indeed. Haka will be happy to provide any needed musical accompaniment, but has little to offer in terms of getting us out of Dodge.
And speaking from the perspective of some of my darker characters: Murder is a very practical solution here.
Actually, Lesser Planar Ally is a 4th level spell. She can cast it.
Remember, you're a cleric. :) You progress faster.
Clue: Music makes most good outsiders (or even neutral if they aren't aeons) happy. Actually, I doubt even a demon or a devil would begrudge music, though their tastes are doubtlessly different.
Daemons don't like music though, just One Direction.
Daemons simply hate everything, and One Direction is apparently a great way to spread this sentiment to the general population. It's the principle, not the sound.
I was reading the entry for planar ally rather than lesser. Thanks for the help all. I don't have much experience playing a cleric, especially of this level. Please never hesitate from offering suggestions on the discussion page. Unless Trout disagrees, I think such suggestions really just make up for the gap between what Rohini knows and what her lowly player knows...
We all start out somewhere. :)
Happy to help Ro. And, while I appreciate the thanks, really all I do is check the pfsrd. 9 times out of 10, the answer is right there. Anyway, with clerics, just remember one simple rule. As long as you have some time, you have all the spells!
Especially in pbp, if you're ever stumped, just check your spell list. Odds are, there's at least a partial answer there.
I'm suffering terribly at a lakeside work retreat and will be posting later.
:) Sometimes I'll even allow 3rd party spells. If it makes sense, of course. I've said it and I'll say it again.
This is not an easy game.
I'm going to go babysit in a few. Help my sister out, ya know? I'm going to chase her munchkins if they let me, maybe fill up the wading pool... I'll be on tonight a lot though.
Edit: YAY! A wild Kanthuun appears!
You're right, Drovya, and good to know Trout. I'm GM my tabletop game tonight so I mostly won't be available, although I may be able to do a post after the game and certainly tomorrow.
A few more thoughts.
1. It is also awesome that we have two 4th level pearls of power so Rohini only has to use 1 4th level spell slot for multiple castings of Lesser Planar Ally.
2. We should look for some way to insulate ourselves from the insanity of the pyramid. Boost will saves, maybe throw illusions on the walls so we can't see them, something.
3. When we go back in for the soulgem, we should all go together. No more splitting the party.
Splitting the party works, but you have to be lucky. In this case, however, it might have minimized damage.
2 Insane party members>5 Insane party members.
I still have heard nothing from Han....
/le sighage
He posted to the other game I'm in with him yesterday, so maybe he'll be back soon. I asked him to check in in that thread anyway.
Good thoughts on preparations for our return. This is part of why it would be good if we could all go to Katapesh -- to better re-equip.
Also of course right that Rohini needs to be careful about spell selection to make sure there are some utilities to help if we get dumped somewhere inhospitable -- although empty spell slots may serve the purpose there.
I keep thinking there must be some fast way to move overland other than teleport! I just haven't had time to consult the spellbooks.
Ok, so I found something we should definitely try to have Haka get while he's in Katapesh. Meditation Tea, at 30gp a pop, this stuff is pretty amazing. 10 minute +2 alchemical bonus to saves vs. mind-affecting effects, and if you get hit with a mind-affecting effect, you can drink the tea and get an immediate re-roll with the +2 bonus. We might even be able to cure Drovya and Hanethes with this stuff. Stack that with guidance, bit of luck, bardic performance, maybe an owl's wisdom, and a saving finale and we've got a decently effective method of counteracting insanity. We might even be able to find it in the camp. So, there's that.
Ah.... here you all are...
Dot.
I had lost the dot somehow.
Anyway, internet connection is back up and running.
W/B Hanethes. Your character went crazy in your absence, but aside from that, all's well!
Really? Well, one doesn't breach the borders between planes of existence without suffering some mental fatigue.
135 Posts? Geesh.... I may have to get to them on Wednesday (my next day off from work).
I did let the thing die for a couple weeks in waiting. Didn't want you to go insane or get this far away... I was getting scared you'd lost interest.
Edit: Also, when things get like this, I do send pms. Did mine go through?
Ummm.... don't see any. But my PM box has been weird lately.
Good to know.