Kicking It In Kaer Maga (Inactive)
Game Master GM Idyll

Stirgen faces down the corridor and puts his right hand out to the side "Shall we turn to the left again"

Ironically, since he's walking out of a door on the opposite side of the corridor than he walked in, his "right" actually is our original 'left.' Although when he gets to the end of the hallway, he'd want to turn right and call it left.

Bastarger has been updated, main thing to note is a slightly higher Int and a rank in Knowledge (Engineering)

Geez...you mirror one group of adventurers and they get so paranoid.

Bastarger, your character sheet looks good, I think. I"m not really sure what has changed from before, though, to be honest. One thing: do you still have Talk with Animals? I thought one of your racial traits replaced that.

A slight change to Intelligence and knowledge (engineering) is really the only main difference.

Herolab says I still have it but Bastarger doesn't have the charisma to use it anyway so its moot.

Net: A net is used to entangle enemies. When you throw a net, you make a ranged touch attack against your target. A net's maximum range is 10 feet.

I never post answers to rules questions unless I can quote directly from the text, because otherwise I'm never sure I'm right. This time, even though it was a direct quote, I still wasn't right. :P

Blame AK - I only know so much about nets because he keeps throwing them at us in Sargava :P

PRD>Equipment>Weapons>Weapon Descriptions wrote:

Net: A net is used to entangle enemies. When you throw a net, you make a ranged touch attack against your target. A net's maximum range is 10 feet.

I never post answers to rules questions unless I can quote directly from the text, because otherwise I'm never sure I'm right. This time, even though it was a direct quote, I still wasn't right. :P

We play a very, very complicated game :P.

@DM I'm up. Do you consider the grease spell flammable? If so I'd cast it in the entry in front of tje swarm and have someone light it with a torch. Otherwise I'm out of ideas.

No, I don't consider grease flammable. Swarms suck for 1st level characters. If I were Paizo, I'd torch them from early-level adventures.

I swear people never used to ask if grease was flammable until Dragon Age came out, or is it just me?

Nah, I don't have any area blasts yet as was trying to be creative. While Kenji prefers blasts there are no really awesome ones until Fireball. Burning Hands sucks for damage so I took ear piercing scream.

You'll find guys Kenji is really strong for evocation damage, but being concerned about allies means that I'll try to stick with blasts that are selective. Burning Arc will be my go to, once I have 2nd level spells.

I think having Grease be flammable makes sense - I like the idea of synergy with spells and equipment. Unfortunately, that specific example drastically overpowers a level-one spell.

No worries. I'll save it for later.

I swear people never used to ask if grease was flammable until Dragon Age came out, or is it just me?

Fairly certain I remember grease being used as an accelerant as far back as 2e. Another questionable tactic that was accepted in the group I was playing with at the time was to blind the enemy by casting light "on his eyes." I thought that was nonsensical even at the time, but the DM always let it work.

I encountered an old school player trying to use Light to blind a fellow PC in 3.5 when I first came to university 4/5 years ago and the old school DM loved it then too...

Just a quick head's up - I'm launching another Kaer Maga game. It will start identically to this one, so as much as I love all of you (and I do), please refrain from applying for it, too. I know this will be difficult as you likely can't get enough my l33t GMing skillz, but do your best.

Also, Lucendar, sorry for killing the SS game. Jindariel was a great character.

Thanks, I enjoyed rping him but I understand.

Joana wrote:

I have to say, though, it would be cool if, in addition to being reversed, everyone had an Evilverse goatee and a chest-baring uniform with a sash, in homage to mirror universes everywhere. :D

What... are you TALKING about?!?! Evilverse goatee?? Chest-baring uniform?? Mirror universes?? What the...?!?! :)

It's a Star Trek reference. ;)

Ah. I see. I think I vaguely remember that episode. It's been too long though.

Per the swarm: In another pbp I'm in, we were 5th level and we have no area of affect spellcaster. We came across this swarm and we could do nothing but run and wait 'til they dispersed.

You have an area of effect spellcaster(who can actually cast damaging area of effect spells) then you win; if you don't... you lose.

It's funny how the most smallest of creatures in the monster manual can be the worst to come up against. Unbelievable.

There needs to be some type of something that can affect swarms. Something similar to the Scarab of Golembane magic item.

You know, you would think bludgeoning weapons would have an affect. You'd think a big club, or something to that nature, would be able to smash a whole bunch at once.

I'll get a scroll of Burning hands....
So ironic that 2 of the best 1st level spells- Grease and Color Spray are useless.here.

Color Spray is usually overrated anyway. And for all its faults, not having Burning Hands as an evoker? Disgraceful :P.

Polite Bow
Now shut up and roll in the flames like the bird said.

I hope the group doesn't mind the outcome of that encounter.

Tips helm in gratitude.

1 point of damage. Can't complain :P.

I'm with the gnome - no objections.

Are you kidding?!? I'll take that outcome for a swarm any day. Rock on, Idyll. Rock on. :)

I think the only thing any of you are proficient with are the daggers? Ah wait, Battle Oracle! Lilley, get that armour on; your also the only one who can use that Bastard Sword without penalty, wouldn't be a bad weapon for when things get inside your reach.

She's pretty awesome and the banded mail is good, but I don't know how she could use the bastard sword. It's exotic, not martial. And that's what her bite is for. ;)

I will admit to not knowing a lot of things.

Bastard Sword is martial when wielded in two hands :).

Kenji will dibs a dagger.

Is the armor actually useable? What's up with the chains attached to the neck and chest?

Aye - left it is

Unless and until we find some sign of life or recent occupancy, I think it's safe to assume we'll keep following the left wall.

The armor is currently the residence of the cockroach swarm. Should you wish to claim the armor, you would need to disturb them. The choice is yours.

Bastarger is able to determine that the armor is a suit of extremely high-quality banded mail. As he is admiring the armor, he notices an exotic bastard sword - also of extremely high quality - and two curved daggers lying on the floor nearby.

Does "high quality" mean masterwork, for the purposes of using the correct attack bonus if Lilley ends up wielding the sword? Also, are the curved daggers simple weapons with a fancy description or some specific type of exotic dagger?

Are the daggers masterwork?

I thought the swarm dispersed?

The armour is significantly better than what Lilley is currently sporting, it would be a shame not to get it for her.

That was my guess too - based on:

The swarm, disperses almost as quickly as it emerged, pouring around the group and down the hallway out of sight.

Oops. It appears that my intentions did not align with my typings. The armor can be worn. The chain attached to its neck and chest can be removed. It is a suit of Masterwork Banded Armor and the sword is a Masterwork Bastard Sword. The two daggers are simply curved - not masterfully, though.

Cool.

So we have one PC with detect magic but not Spellcraft, and another with Spellcraft and not detect magic? :D

Yep :P

Stirgen just likes the shinies....

We're so screwed. :)

I can just see us carrying around a wand of exactly what spell we need while we TPK. It's likely to be a divine wand, due to where we found it, so I'd suggest Stirgen could just try to activate it blindly -- until we end up clwing the enemy or cause fearing a PC.

*facepalm*...

Then again, if we end up fighting undead, clwing them wouldn't be a bad idea. :)

I can cast it. Just ...not today.

Hey everyone. I'm heading out of town today and tomorrow, so my posting will be minimal. Have a great weekend!

I'm back. Have I missed an action or are we waiting on a decision of where to go?

I think we're all stoically frozen in time :P

I think we're waiting on Rhen to check the door for traps; we've all moved out of the way for him to do so.

Ready to go.

I've moved things on. I am an awesome rogue. You're welcome.