Mantisbane Pact with GM Zek

Game Master Zektolna

Uruelleth, thank you for the clarification on the loot question. I'll post a little blurb about what you found in my next gameplay post. That post may or may not be around this time tomorrow night depending on what (if anything) you want to discuss as a group before going to sleep for the night.

Level up summaries look good so far, folks. See invisibility seems like a really weird bloodline spell for the Marid Bloodline, but I probably just don't know enough about Marids. It should definitely come in handy at some point for this campaign.

I don't get that either! I'm actually surprised hydraulic push wasn't the level 1 bloodline spell but maybe that's newer than the bloodline.

Level 5 Shaman

5 hp
6 skill pts (+2 background)
1 Diplomacy
1 Knowledge Nature
1 Knowledge Planes
1 Knowledge Religion
1 Perception
1 Spellcraft
1 Knowledge History
1 Knowledge Nobles

Spellz

+2 3rd level spells

FCB: went into HP

Feat: Accursed Hex

I'm getting access to some decently powerful spells, but its probably not until next level where I can really start flexing my spell list. What I'd like (if possible) is some input towards what sort of spells we would like Talia to have on standby so that I can get closer to a default spell list to help the GM out.

Like, I could go for battlefield spells like Entangle, Stinking Cloud but that might conflict with our melee heavy lineup. One of my 3rd level spells that I might prepare daily might be Fly (because honestly, thats always going to be useful) but if anyone has any preferences, wants, dreams etc, feel free to speak up.

I suspect we'll have two types of hard encounter, single enemies with amazing defences and mass brawls. Debuffs are the way forward for the former and battle field control for the latter. Both rely on high save DCs and (later) bypassing SR. It's feasible to do both, especially on your shaman. So I guess that's my suggestion.

My goal with Talivar is to have one primary (thematic) blast in levels 1-4 and the rest will be utility (particularly if it can somehow fit in with the cold / water bloodline theme). Down the line, I'm sure Talivar will take some wall spells to help shape the battle field.

Entangle is a pretty good spell, even at this level. With my reach weapon, I could certainly take advantage of it.

Does anyone else feel like we just started this game?

In some ways, I suppose we have, Vorya. After all, you just recently finally arrived on Mediogalti Island.

Thank you for working on your spell list, Talia, hopefully it'll make things easier before too long.

Kilarra's levelled up.

Slayer 5

7 hp (6 class + 1 CON)

10 Skill Ranks: 1 each in: Acrobatics, Bluff, Disable Device, Knowledge (geography)*, Knowledge (local), Perception, Sense Motive, Sleight of Hand*, Stealth, Survival

BAB becomes +5

Studied Target bonuses become +2 and she may have two studied targets active at a time

Feat: Quick Draw

So, anyone else going to take that Teamwork feat so you can telepathically talk to Vorya?

...That actually sounds amazing. Hahaha.

Someone's first going to have to figure out that you aren't actually getting the message when they think back to you. Haha.

Exactly! Kilarra has no idea. She thinks your some weird psychic who can read her mind, thoughts and memories. And therefore you already know what she's thinking. No feat needed!

At some point that misunderstanding is going to cost us.

...Yup! Definitely.

Interesting debate!

See, Kilarra has a heart of gold. Deep down.

Really deep down.

Invest in a spyglass and you might see it sparkle.

That's what I told my girlfriend after giving her the ring

LOL!

I'm terribly afraid that if you looked that close you would see she actually has a heart made of pyrite.

I've never gotten to fight dinosaurs before. This is cool.

Glad you think so! Who knows what else you might find? Mediogalti Island's a pretty big place. ; )

Well, we are planning on killing a god (somehow?) so that really raises the bar. Do you take requests?

A glaistig is my favorite ever monster but I don't expect to see one anytime soon.

A CR 21 with 10 mythic ranks? Geez, Talia, let's just hold that thought, ok?

You can distract it while we all run!

I am waiting for the elf, since I want to see where he runs. I want to circle them but I also don't want to have to fight them all alone. Vorya is a little squishy.

It's not really something you get to fight, but my favorite nasty is Xhamen-Dor. The PCs in my Strange Aeons game are so screwed. Just knowing Xhamen-Dor exists is enough for him to inhabit and take over your mind like a virus. At this stage they are blissfully ignorant ;)

A Great Old One?

Guys, I was hoping for something like "Yeah, a deathtrap ooze is cool!" not "I really want to fight a thing that eats gods."

For your sakes, I hope you don't have to fight a Glaistig or Xhamen-Dor anytime soon. I'll certainly take requests, but I make no promises. And if your requested enemies do happen to show up, it could be much, much later in the campaign.

For real, I've always liked constructs. You don't see them enough.

Oh I'll settle for a dragon, done right. They are the masters of the air, and should be terrifying.

Heh. My tabletop group has played a lot of APs. And we've noticed that there's always a dragon, and always a swarm. If Zek is planning on holding true to AP conventions, then we'll see ourselves a dragon. And a swarm. And lots of undead.

As for what I might like to see, hmm. Giants are fun; big sacks of hit points to trade blows with. Also, hordes of lesser CR foes that make up a challenge by sheer weight of numbers. Lets the blasty casters show off a bit by decimating huge swaths of enemies.

Pathfinder is bad at having small things add up. Usually they just can't hit you.

At our level swarms aren't as huge a deal, not with Talivar and Talia around.

Depends on the swarm. I'll never forget the time I was running an AP where the printed out encounters could nary make the party sweat, but a random encounter of a tick swarm nearly did the party in.

And don't forget my swarmbane clasp. We're prepped for swarms!

Kilarra would like to fight some Red Mantis Assassins that actually hang around long enough for her to kill them. She'd like that. And killing her ex-boyfriend would make her cry happy tears.

Hahaha.

Loot sheet actually updated. I somehow botched it when I did it last week.

All good.

I'll definitely keep all your suggestions in mind. Thank you! And thank you for continuing to update the loot sheet, Vorya. That really does help me out a lot and will probably help me out even more as you folks get more and more loot.

Also, Kilarra, I think your request is a bit unreasonable. The Red Mantis don't like getting killed, so why would they stick around? ; )

I will try better about running into spell effects. Not used to having a group!

No worries. In-character, you would have seen the effects of Talia's spell before running in, so you would have known to avoid it. That's one of the disadvantages of pbp games, I suppose.

Fine-tuning strategy is very difficult in a PbP and now and then retcons are needed :(

Uruelleth, did you move your token on the map? It doesn't look like it, and you still ten feet away.

Or am I crazy?

You're right, I forgot to move. I had been struggling with the site which kept kicking me off all evening. I'll fix it asap.

The site was quite screwy earlier. I saw a post from one of the site's managers indicating it should be resolved now, so hopefully the fix will stick.

Didn't mean to nitpick Uruelleth, I just wanted to move behind you and didn't want to mess things up/ thought maybe you had some sort of reach attack.

A handy link Spell Shapes. Talivar's spell should miss the party while affecting most of the enemy.

Thank you, Talivar. I actually have that chart in the other campaign I GM's map slides. I'll add it to this one as well. Unfortunately, it won't help with 40-ft radius effects, but most others should definitely work with that.

GM, I think the goblins are putting up a good fight.

Good de-buffs guys!

And these are just the rearguard. : )

For the record, one of these days Kilarra's going to punch Vorya in the face.

At a wedding so unavailable for maybe 32 hours ish? I'll try and post but feel free to bot me to move things along. I'd probaby Misfortune the raptor again with accursed hex maybe.