Happy Thanksgiving for all the U.S. folks and Happy Thursday for everyone! :)
What she said... :)
Have a fantastic Christmas everyone!
Purely coincidental I'm sure :)
I've been suffering with a pretty bad hangover for most of the day.
Fought it off with fried food and an afternoon of movies (Train to Busan is fantastic by the way, I highly recommend it for anyone even remotely interested in zombie flicks.)
Having some severe RL problems at the moment. Please just bot Constantin. Currently feel useless in this game.
Hey Constantin, I'm sorry to hear you're having difficulties. Rest assured, the game will be here when you're ready to come back to it.
So we can be gawked at by passers by for coppers!? one shouts, standing on the edge of the vat, his voice muffled through his gas mask. We skilled, we clever. We want to work!
Oh my god they're Republicans.
Things have settled a bit and I'm no longer in imminent danger of homelessness. Not sure there's anything Constantin can really do to help, though, at least not if this thing is another construct. (I guess it could be a person under the effects of some kind of gruesome alchemy?)
I'm sorry for what you're going through. I hope things get better for you :(
Yeah man, I hope things work out.
Things will probably be ok. My employer changed our pay schedule and my slumlord is pretty stringent about the rent. It looked like I was gonna be unable to pay my rent on time, and I live in a municipality with no real renter protections.
I've marked down the magic missiles used from my available psychic spells.
I keep my fingers crossed for you man. There's nothing quite so stressful as being faced with the prospect of being turned out of your home. It's happened to me once, years ago, and I wouldn't wish that stress on anyone.
All the best.
Been there myself. I think I was technically squatting for 3 months or so back in '09. Those were stressful, unsettling days. I hope it straightens out for you soon, dude!
So I know this is a complicated layout that probably has detracted a bit from the combat, but nevertheless I hope you've found it interesting/entertaining at least :)
JZ what's your thought on the interaction between shield other and DR and/or energy resistances. I've been running it the more conservative way but I thought it might be worth checking with you.
In case it wasn't clear what I'm referring to: Vermundr and Zelda have a persistent shield other effect. I've been running it that the damage transferred to Zelda via the shield other isn't subject to her DR and fire resistance but the spell is actually kind of silent on how the transferred damage is treated.
This spell wards the subject and creates a mystic connection between you and the subject so that some of its wounds are transferred to you. The subject gains a +1 deflection bonus to AC and a +1 resistance bonus on saves. Additionally, the subject takes only half damage from all wounds and attacks (including those dealt by special abilities) that deal hit point damage. The amount of damage not taken by the warded creature is taken by you. Forms of harm that do not involve hit points, such as charm effects, temporary ability damage, level draining, and death effects, are not affected. If the subject suffers a reduction of hit points from a lowered Constitution score, the reduction is not split with you because it is not hit point damage. When the spell ends, subsequent damage is no longer divided between the subject and you, but damage already split is not reassigned to the subject.
Thoughts? What are your thoughts on the reverse situation. If Zelda were to get hit for 10 non-silver physical damage is it reduced by 5 and then split or vice versa?
Update: I found an old thread (circa 2011) that suggests the more liberal ruling but it's based on a ruling from JJ and he's not really a rules guy.
Well to me it seems like Zelda takes damage and reduces that based on her resistances. Whatever is left is then split between you.
That makes sense to me because it states "from wounds and attacks that deal hp damage." If it doesn't bypass dr then it doesn't deal hp damage.
I guess it makes it quite a powerful defensive ability but that's balanced by the risk of having a familiar out there as a legitimate target imho.
Sounds good.
Is it just me or are we pretty cheaply outfitted for a level 5 party? Is it supposed to be like that in this campaign or are we just terrible at looting?
Also I don't know if I'll ever get a chance to get a better tetsubo lol.
Zed, don't be alarmed, this is a very low wealth campaign comparatively.
I am running this for another group who are about to enter Book 6 and they are well behind the wealth by level curve. But that's ok because challenges are tailored that way.
You won't be rocking a masterwork armoured coat at level 12, but equally don't expect to be glistening in bling.
I know that doesn't help plan your character and I'm happy to discuss that further if you'd like.
Alright, all good. No that's totally fine, even if it was a completely low-wealth campaign. I just remember a game where we were poor because the GM didn't make loot obvious and we just left a lot of stuff behind.
I think there may be a small portion of loot that you may have missed. Not sure where, possibly in Harrowstone Prison, so I will look to address that in future events.
I'll be out of town this weekend, back Monday! Please bot as needed!
This whole scene is a little experiment of mine to make a non-traditional encounter. I hope you enjoy it :)
Sorry to hear about your grandmother, Hazel =(
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Sorry to hear, Hazel.
My condolences.
Yeah I hope you're ok, K. Thoughts are with you.
Can psychic spelllcasters use normal metamagic? If so you might want to invest in a merciful metamagic rod next time we have some cash Constantin. They're a cheap solution (only 1k) for casters in these types of situations.
We can, I'm not sure how easy it will be to find a metamagic rod that will let me do nonlethal damage. Also not sure how many times we'll have to do crowd control (on normal people).
Well like I said, they are fairly cheap and we're in a big city. It would also be useful if we're ever in a situation where we need to take prisoners.
Of course I don't know how that fits in with the lowish power setting GM JZ has in mind for the game.
You'd probably be able to find one on Lepistadt. Its a largest city and a seat of learning - despite current events to the contrary!
Take your time :)
I will be away on vacation and completely without internet until Thursday. Please DMPC as needed.