I don't think Lotham will get any fatigue... he gets 20 on every Swim check. I suppose the rest of the party might get fatigued some.
Yeah, Lotham looks good- Nathan and Mlinzi are at +4 and +5 though, so there's a pretty good chance they'll both fail at least one of the three DC 20 checks on the way out. Worst case is 3d6 nonlethal though, and a Channel cures 2d6, so maybe one won't do it, but we should be relatively safe.
I think if the water is calm, you can take 10 on a swim check so at least they don't have to worry about potential drowning or no progress rolls.
Hmmm... that DC20 is a 75% chance of failure for Mlinzi. I'm still down to try it, but it's gonna be a rough time.
Some crap happened in my life. I expect to still post daily, but it may be that I am unable to do so. Regardless, I will not be as frequent as a poster until this crap is resolved. Do not hesitate to bot me when necessary.
We should take the raft out. us larger ones can use it as a "kickboard" or to hang off of and rest as needed. Greebins could sit on it and watch our back as well.
I suppose there's no reason this has to be today. If we wait until tomorrow, we can make another raft or two.
Ooh, I only just discovered the rules for upgrading our signature items. This might be a good time to upgrade my item. Now, what can you get for 6000 gp, and how long would it take to upgrade it...?
Looks like I'm stuck with good ol' +1 for now, which does pretty much nothing for me mechanically, as the item's already Masterwork. Best to wait till Level 5, I suppose.
Magic can be pretty important for bypassing DR or hitting ethereal creatures.
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You could always pay extra for something off-slot. But Lotham's right, being magic is useful. And +1 damage is anyways welcome, even if it's not flashy.
Oh, I'd forgotten about the damage boost. That definitely makes it worth the time and effort right now. Gonna save up my FPP points for making this longhammer a monk weapon, though!
CT, how do we feel about Aid Another for Swim checks? If I wasn't aquatic I wouldn't even ask, but seeing as I can breath water just fine and I swim about 3 times as fast as the others and don't need to make Swim checks, I figure it's worth a shot.
You can aid another with swimming in your case I think; swimming along keeping them from sinking etc. RAW doesn't prohibit it, and even if it did, I think there are extenuating circumstances for it here.
Refined spells for today for underwater exploration. Don't know how much it will help but have very little diversity.
Hmmm... I'm trying to decide whether it's worth it to cast Enlarge Person right now or not. The extra strength might help if we want to move the obelisk, but other than that, it won't help much unless we get into combat.
You will be able to cast underwater as you have a bubble of air around your head.
Looks like that Enlarge might help now. Too bad we don't have an 'Ant Haul'.
For the record, I am a huge fan of Lotham's desire to play old school Donkey Kong, though I'm concerned Mlinzi might take just a little bit of offense.
hrm, so Lotham's regular STR is 22, which works out to a max carrying cap of 520, except he's large so it's doubled to 1040.
Ant Haul triples that, so 3120 lb.
With Bull's Strength (or Rage) and Ant Haul, so STR 26, that's 920*2*3=5520, which let's him drag or push it, excluding any penalties for friction, etc. Buuuut, to get new spells, we would have to camp out on the bridge overnight. That still leaves us with the problem of what to do with it once we've can sort of move it, since we're STILL in the middle of a lake, and at the bottom.
We're gonna need a bigger boat (or to give up and come back later.)
I think Bull's Strength and Rage stack. That's where my comment about 30 STR came from.
Ant Haul is a good idea. With that I might be able to swim straight up to the bridge while carrying the obelisk.
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If you can hit 30, you're at 1600*2*3=9600 max load. So you could straight up just lift it off the ground and walk around with it, even outside the water.
I guess even w/o Ant Haul, you're at 3200 max heavy load, so you could push it around, maybe even up your ramps.
a) That is INSANE.
b) If your swim speed is coming from a magical wave carrying you, you might be able to argue the wave could carry you back to shore. The problem ends up being you can't maintain 30 STR for very long, so we can get it up to the surface maybe, but then what?
On the plus side, we'd have more time to examine it.
On the negative side, then what?
Your math indicated I only need 26 STR to lift it, and Bull's Strength has a pretty long duration.
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Yeah, you can lift double your max load off the ground in regular conditions, and push/drag 5x. So I guess right now you're at STR 26 with the Bull's Strength, which pretty much covers the whole underwater trip, since both it and air bubble are 4 mins.
26 gets you to 1840 max load, aka lift 3680, push/drag 9200
30 gets you to 3200 max load, aka lift 6400, push/drag 16000.
If only we had some air bladders and a net...
I retract that last statement. We don't want anyone summoning Cthulu!
Back from camping trip. I will get things rolling again here in a day or so.
Sounds good.
Welcome back!
Hope your back is better.
Yo. Welcome back to the digital age.
Glad to have you back, CT!
On the plus side, I think it's really only one more level until we can get some sort of communication going, with Cliffort at least.
oh, seems things have gone somewhere while I wasn't paying attention! -goes to read all the posts he missed-
Any chance someone has the material components for an Augury?
Augury only looks thirty minutes into the future... so maybe not too helpful
Ah so it is. Got my wires crossed I suppose. Thanks for the catch.
heading out for camping again. be back in a week or so. Sorry for the slower action. Is it the party's goal to return to Cliffort now? You have recovered a scepter from the enemy.
That seems to be what the majority wants to do. Lotham is uneasy about it but will go along.
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I will be at GenCon this week, and it is already taking a lot of my time. I imagine I will still be able to get posts in but I don't know when they will be or how long/thorough they will be. Please bot me as necessary.
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Same here. Internet is pretty spotty in Indy unless you wanna pay through the nose, and I'd rather save my money for dice, beer and strippers.
Sounds like fun for all. Enjoy!
As for the scepter, we were planning on keeping it out of Cliffort, but we may not have a choice. Hopefully it needs to be possessed for someone to activate it. I say we just bring it in, or at least, hide it once we get a bit closer to the fort.
Hey guys, I am back from camping, so I will try to get back to updating and get the action rolling again.
Welcome back CaveToad. Hope you had a relaxing time.
^same
Back from GenCon. Looking forward to picking back up here now.
GenCon was a blast. My IRL GM took second at IronGM this year.
After looking up what that is, I'm impressed!
Back. I will get you guys moving back to Cliffort. Just catching up on posts and refreshing a bit and reviewing my notes.
Np
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I am doing a special training thing at work. It is pretty disruptive to my normal schedule, so I don't know what posting will look like for me this week. Bot me if necessary.
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no worries. its me that is still being lame and struggling to post more than a sentence of an update.