Lil"Eschie The Emerald Spire-Team I'm good and I know it! (Inactive)

Game Master Escharid Blackrose

"Take your time, Voyla. If we make enough noise, maybe some monsters will even notice us!" Zinli said excitedly.

The door opens this time, creaking ominously.

You see another long corridor, nearly fourty feet long, with two doors, one right in front of you, towards the south, and another, at mid-distance on the east wall.

"Well, at the least the choice of which way to go first seems easy enough this time," Joza whispers as she peers over the others' shoulders into the corridor.

Warren moves down the corridor to the first door, "Shall we try this one first?"

"You lead, pretty boy, we follow."

Warren laughs, "Pretty boy?! I don't think I've ever been called that before and I'd appreciate you not lying like that, but thank you for the compliment." He then smiles at her with his mouth full of pointy teeth.

He then turns to our resident locksmith and asks "Would you care to do the honors."

Voyla smiles mischievously.
"Of course."
Perception Check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16 (+4 if hidden)

Dav assists in searching for clues and traps.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Voyla finds no traps, and the door doesnt seem locked either.

But she notices that the doors leading into this room is ajar, held open
by jagged chunks of masonry placed as doorstops.

She signals the chunks of masonry to the others, silently.

"So something other than the undead had to have put those there, to keep the door open," Joza whispers when the makeshift doorstops are pointed out. "Maybe it was those spider-things, but somehow I doubt it..."

Rahiv looked at the makeshift doorstop and scratched his head. He wasn't sure at all why someone would do it. He shrugged when the others started asking questions.

Voyla moves to one of the other doors, and peeks beyond it, not opening except what is needed for her to see.
Perception Check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12 (+4 if hidden)

Dav used his elven senses to aid Voyla.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Voyla doesn't see much, as she peeks thought the slightly opened door.

Only webs...
Many webs.

"More spiders! Ug! Where to now?"

"Through the door," Joza responds, giving Voyla a slightly puzzled look. "Or maybe through that other one at the end of the hallway," she adds, nodding at the southern door. "But we'll have to go through one of them if we want to keep moving, won't we?"

Warren moves the masonry and closes the door. "That one looks like more spiders, why don't we try this on here since it isn't locked?"

Voyla nods, and enters carefully.
Perception check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22 (+4 if hidden)
Stealth Check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Voyla finds not traps or tricks on the door, and enters a small corridor.

There is another door right in front of her, and the corridor turn on her left, after 15 feet or so.

of course, she is quick to notice the trap right in the middle of the corridor. It seems to be another of these pit traps...

She signals the others to stop, while proceeding to disarm the trap.
Disable Device check: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
After which she will continue forward.
Perception check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 (+4 if hidden)
Stealth Check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

"Voyla's very good at what she does, isn't she?" Joza whispers to the others, looking impressed. "I wonder if she's able to set traps as well as undo them?"

Voyla is indeed very good at what she does.

She works on the trap, and put back her tools, before moving on.

But the trap opens under her feet, suddenly

Ref save, DC 20, Voyla

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Yoohoo!

Voyla manages to jump before the trap closes on her, showing she has sharp reflexes and a quick wit.

Can we continue or she has to disable the trap first?
If the latter, she will take 20 to disable.

"Wow, those are some quick reflexes Voyla!" Joza calls out as the rogue nimbly avoids the pit trap that suddenly opens underneath her. "Of course I guess after that cage trap it makes sense to be on your guard..." she muses.

Voyla smiles.
"I got lucky, I need to be more careful."

You'll have to disable the trap, but youi can't take 20 right now, as..

Suddenly, from under the trap, a kind of mist arises

You have one round to react

"Back!"
Voyla retreats!

Warren starts "Way to be on your toes....Whoa! Yes everyone get back behind me." He then readies to attack anything approaching the door.

Scimitar: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15 Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

"Eep!" Joza squeaks as she grabs both Dav and Zinli by the collar, pulling them away from the mist.

Rahiv looked up alarmed when the trap fell and when the mist began to come out he pulled an arm up over his mouth and backed up a few steps. He wasn't sure of any traps that offered beneficial waters.

"What? Something's coming? I don't see anything!" Zinli exclaimed, waving her gun around and waiting for a target to appear.

I hope that stuff isn't flammable.

The fog, or mist, or whatever it is, soon coalesce into another big spider!

Init, Spider: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Init, Davlamin: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Init, Warren: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Init, Joza: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Init, Rahiv: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
Init, Voyla: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Init, Zinli: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Init Roll
Voyla (21)(NOW!)
Davlamin (16)
Spider (15)
Rahiv (12)
Zinli (11)
Joza (6)
Warren (3) (readied attack)

Engaging Davlamin Bot Proto...

*looks up and sees the ninja post from the GM*

Unfortunate. It seems I am doomed to forever gather dust.

(Was going to 'bot' Dav moving away from the mist since I figured that was all the GM was waiting on, hehe. But this works better!)

Dav quickly hurled a magical missile at the spider!

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Sorry Bot-O-Matic! Just so everyone knows, I'm trying to play catch up in all of my adventures while still recovering from Christmas, and look at this! The New Year is about to begin!

Voyla, from the back, draws and fires from the back to the spider.
Shortbow Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Both Voyla's arrow and Dav' spell hit their mark.

The spider seems unsure of what to do, as far as you can tell, and wasn't ready for such opposition.
Crawling on the wall near the trap door, she sends some sticky web on the nearest target who hasn't acted yet: Warren

Webshooting: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

Will Warren be entangled in the webs? DC 19 Ref save to get out of the Web

Warren sees the webbing coming and turns to his side so it misses him but he is a tad too slow and ends up covered in spider webbing.

"Burn it off me!" he grumbles.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

"Don't come closer, spider!"

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Hoping to keep up the pressure Joza quickly moves past the others and into the hallway, putting her back to the wall as she stands just behind and to the side of Voyla. She raises her bow and fires...

Attack (Longbow): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Light Crosbow, GMPCing Rahiv: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Dmg: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Rahiv joins the barrage of missile from Joza and Zinli, adding a bolt to the arrow and bullet that hit the spider.

The spider falls from the wall, on its back, its legs twitching a little.. then no more move.

Warren sighs and then says "Once again I prove real useful in here. Would you help me out of this webbing please?"

Voyla drops her bow, and moves to Warren while drawing her dagger.
"I will get you free!"
Dagger Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

"Don't worry so much," Joza says as she moves to assist Voyla with cutting Warren free. "These spiders and their webbing would pose a threat to any of us! I am just glad no one was hurt this time."

Rahiv dipped low over the corpse and began to examine it. Vermin were always a mystery to him, mindless creatures yet some of the most adaptable.

Knowledge Nature: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

While Joza and Voyla free Warren from the webs easily now that the spider isn't a threat anymore, Rahiv inspect the dead insect.
This kind of spider must be specific to the Spire, as the shaman has never seen anything like this.

You have two doors near you, one to the north, the other to the south.

And, of course, the door you came through first.

Warren seems subdued as he says, "Thank you ladies. Why don't we try that door over there." and he points his scimitar to the door to the north.

Voyla nods and examines it.
Perception Check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12 (+4 if hidden)
If safe (or she thinks so), she looks at the others, wait for them to be ready, and opens it.
If not, she tries to disarm whatever trap there is, or open a lock off.
Disable Device Check: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

Goodie two shoes team:
Rahiv, Shaman
Zinli, Gunslinger
Strider, Rogue
Davlamin, Sorcerer
Joza, Ranger
Ekran, Fighter

The game will begin this week end.
Show yourself here, if you dare...

Sweet! I'm off this weekend so that's good. At what time est are we starting?

I dare :)

Hi everyone! Nice to meet you! ^o^

Cześć! Hello everyone!

Hello hello

@DM did we get a ruling on my channels? I start with 3 aday at 1d6 but will I have 3/day 2d6 5/day 1d6 or just lump.

Here I am! I'll be working night shifts Friday and Saturday but I should still be able to squeeze posts in here and there. Looking forward to it :)

Even when I'm working I can post here and there. Not sure how combat will do but I can also post in the morning, or if you need to bot me I'll post what my character will do while the gm takes control of him.

And hello everyone!

And to let everyone know, my character is a flirt. Hopes that's okay with everyone.

@Rahiv: nice pic!
You will get, (with Cha 14) 1d6 channel 3/day at level 1.
By level 4, your regular channel will be 2d6, 3/day, and your archetype channeling will add 1d6, 5/day.
Thats' two separate pools of channeling.

Looking forward to playing my first pbp pathfinder game! I've done some gming in the past where one player rped a gargoyle Druid and a half goblin paladin. Ah that was such an epic campaign!

So a bit nervous. I might pick up dragon disciple as well later on.

For the new folks, here are some pretty cool threads regarding PbP gaming if you haven't checked them out already!

Doomed Hero's Guide to Play-By-Post Gaming

Building a Better Doomed Hero: Painlord's Advanced Play-by-Post Play

Big fan of his guides, they are very very good. I like to think I've done my best to keep all of the wisdom in them in mind as I've played my characters.

For the new folks, here are some pretty cool threads regarding PbP gaming if you haven't checked them out already!

Doomed Hero's Guide to Play-By-Post Gaming

Building a Better Doomed Hero: Painlord's Advanced Play-by-Post Play

Ah thank you! The no wall of text was a surprise. In past pbp (mainly it was storytelling rping) so walls of text were expected. I'll try to limit myself on how much rp. Being a writer helps I guess.

But this is my first time doing a pathfinder pbp, but I guess the nervousness is because I'm excited.

And even if I don't get picked I don't get upset. It just means I have an opportunity to enhance my character's background and make it better. And I try to have a wide variety of characters so I'll be able to take part in any ap or campaign. But again even if I'm not picked I always always have fun designing these characters!

I have to agree I enjoy creating the characters and making up the stories to bring them into the fold of the various APs and campaigns people have put up. I have to say that I really enjoy PbP compared to a lot of my tabletop games as you actually really get into the story and character. I don't make as many backup characters for campaigns as far as PbP goes because I like the character I made too much and spent time working on them.

You're welcome! PbP is definitely a lot of fun. Though I enjoy my tabletop games, I jumped into PbP because I wanted a deeper roleplaying experience and because I thought it would be a good exercise in creative writing. The format has its downsides to be sure, but in the uh...year and three months that I've been applying to and playing in PbP games, the positives have more than outweighed the negatives :)

and if you want a glance at my style of playing, here is my current Crypt of the Everflame game

Gameplay thread open, will add a map of the Fort this evening.

@Davlamin: could you put your profile, please?

@Strider, are you ready and there?

Gameplay thread open, will add a map of the Fort this evening.

@Davlamin: could you put your profile, please?

@Strider, are you ready and there?

Sure thing. I'll try and put it up sometime today before work or on my break.

Snap! Posted in the wrong spot!

Sorry about that y'all. iPhone decided to act up today. Oh well I got a 20 in diplomacy and a 23 in knowledge arcana. I'll copy and paste what I wrote and post in the right spot. Not sure about the rolls though. I'll just reroll then. Again sorry about that. My iPhone despises long posts and any site that isn't mobile. Which I guess includes this site.

Ugh! My iPhone must be sick today. It didn't copy everything. Left out the arcana check.

Wow. This is a bad day. Excuse me I have to find some wood to knock on.

Okay...my iPhone must be really acting up! I try to edit in the roll for arcana skill check and it deletes my post! Starts banging head against register.

I'm just going to wait until my break to post. I go on it at 7 pm est.

Anyone else have this much trouble doing a post on their first pbp?

Ah finally! I finally got my iPhone to work right! Sorry about the mishaps y'all. I hope I did the local and religion skill checks correctly as he's untrained in both.

A note on posting, so everyone do the same thing:

speaking: When do you want us to start? (no commas)

action: the young man was still sitting on the small chair, but it was clear he was ready to go right now and embrace a new life as an adventurer (no need for brackets)

thinking: This IS the real life! No more work in dad's and mom's backery!

Please space your post so they are easy to read, and post your dice roll after the description of the action, like this:

They have no chance against me! I will be your champion!
The young man rises from his chair, and slams his fist on the table

Intimidate: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
...but only manages to hurt himself

Okay! Again sorry for the mishaps yesterday! A question about the history skill check: do I get the same info one would get from a successful local check? And did Davlamin find a way to bypass the guards? Maybe spotting a large crowd that would distract the guards for awhile?

And thank you for posting on how to post! It'll take some getting used to but I should manage. Painting my house this morning so I'll be slow posting. Sorry about that yall.

Evil cat stealing my poor guys food. He just got his freedom back and already a victim of another crime.

Evil cat stealing my poor guys food. He just got his freedom back and already a victim of another crime.

Don't worry Davlamin is looking out for you! But yeah bad kitty! No take other people's fishies!

And to give everyone a general idea on what Davlamin looks like here's a pic of Hennet the iconic sorcerer of D&D 3.5! Hennet

Snap! I just remembered that according to the book we have to get special permits to go adventuring or is that rule going to hand waved out?

Going to bed now y'all. See everyone tomorrow morning or afternoon (well by my eastern time zone)

24 messages while I'm sleeping?
Wow.

Won't be much online tomorrow.

Forgive the poor Undine for bringing the gravity of the situation down upon your heads. He didn't mean to dampen the mood >.>

Nah! I say you have perfect timing and sense of humor. :3

So it's good. Prefect way to put both Strider and Davlamin in their places.

There is something to be said about the fact that people don't use their 0 level spells often enough. It truly makes me blue.

Nah, I myself have a wonderful sense of humor and love to play with it. Rahiv is a bit of a sad sack since he's been torn from his people forced into servitude and only recently gifted back his life so to speak. Hoping that the party will change his attitude over time so that he isn't so somber.

Lol! Actually I tend to use my level 0 spells a good bit. I can't tell you enough how many times detect magic has helped out or how ray of frost/acid splash has saved my party from a tpk!

And hey maybe Rahiv might be able to keep Strider and Davlamin in line with their flirting of poor Joza. Although I must say that Joza's reaction to the sudden summer shower was excellent!

Not to mention our gnome gunslinger seems to have taken a shine to your undine.

And to Strider, sorry if it seems that my sorcerer is a bit attracted to your character. I did some more research into the faith of Calistria and saw that followers of the Savored Sting are open minded and tend to have multiple lovers and romantic partners. I guess it fits my character since he was raised by two priests (actually his mother was a mystic theurge).

Since I'm planning to pick up dragon disciple I'm not sure if I should pick up cleric and mystic theurge. Might be too many classes for me. What do y'all think?

will post tomorrow, busy day.

will post tomorrow, busy day.

Prefectly alright! We can be patient. We're just having some fun at the moment before we go find the friendly Hellknight.

No worries Eschie! And thanks, her reaction all depended on whether or not she could catch Rahiv casting...sudden storm showers really are a sign of Gozreh's displeasure, lifted right from Inner Sea Gods hehe.

The things going through Rahiv's mind is currently...should he offer up more thoughts on how to appease, or since it wasn't her gods should he sneak back and eat up the offering to not offend them.

well I just learned that climb speed of 20ft means I always can take 10 even when threaten. I only have to roll if my DC would be more difficult then taking 10+skill. That interesting. So I can nearly climb anything inside a city wall or dungeon provided there any thing to use to climb. however I need 8 more points to climb anything without rolling. I find that fascinating. Of course thats DM dictated.

Currently at work so I'm going to be slow posting. Sorry about that y'all.

Sorry

Got to revise for my exams.

Feel free to bot me GM

Good luck on your exams Zinli! :)

Indeed, and remember if all else fails...eat the evidence

Good luck on your exams Zinli!

I've been meaning to ask you GM on how XP is going to work: will it be done normally or will you be leveling us up as we clear each dungeon floor?

I'm still studying the question, Davlamin

I'm still studying the question, Davlamin

Perfectly alright. Take your time. I was merely curious that's all.

Ekrin, our fighter, has he not been found or is he MIA. Haven't seen posting from him and we are going to spire with out the wall,NOOOOO. Quick grab a hellknight for a meat shield......

@Strider: he's in another campaign of mine, and posted yesterday, so I send him a MP. He'll soon be back, I think.

I'm having a lot of fun everyone! This is great!

Sorry for my absence. This past week has been brutal. I will post this evening! :)