Geez. You were supposed to have to make those saves every round you were in the pit. There are a couple ways you can boost the saves, but still. That's not a trap/hazard, it's a death sentence as written...
One of the many reasons why this dungeon is a low point for the AP.
Yeah. I'm looking forward to the next book. We're almost done with this one -- pretty impressive we're halfway through. I checked the other day and was surprised to see it had actually been three years almost. Doesn't feel that long at all!
Really? 3 years?! I'd have never guessed Mal's been around that long!!
Really? 3 years?! I'd have never guessed Mal's been around that long!!
Truer words never been spoken. After all, his sanity has already left. ;)
his sanity has already left
and it took his good hat
>insert angry fist shaking here<
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Congrats, guys. We have a few things still to clean up in this module, but we're effectively done with Book 3! Halfway done in less than three years, and I think the next two books especially are going to be a LOT of fun. Really looking forward to both of them.
You can now level up to level 10!
Congrats, guys. We have a few things still to clean up in this module, but we're effectively done with Book 3! Halfway done in less than three years, and I think the next two books especially are going to be a LOT of fun. Really looking forward to both of them.
You can now level up to level 10!
Kind of hard to argue with this post. I don't want to, of course, but it's just a nice post and a nice topic. Plus, this is the level that I finally get to eat Flash, right Pems?
No, this is the level you get to eat flesh, namely Malavarius. He's aged!
I won't be able to update Hek tonight, but likely tomorrow night. Busy days at work. Shouldn't be too much of an issue, I expect. Apologies.
No worries. As you said, probably not much of an issue.
Level 10!
+1 BAB
+1 Will
+9 skill points (+1 Knowledge (arcana, geography, history, local, planes, & religion), Perception, Spellcraft, Use Magic Device)
+1 5th lvl spell slot
+1 4th lvl spell slot
+2 5th lvl spells added to book life bubble & lightning arc
+1 4th lvl spell added to book (fav class) dimensional anchor
New Wizard Discovery! Split Slot
Level 10 Pemsworthy!
+1 level Witch (winter witch)!
+6 Skill points (+1 Diplomacy, Disable Device, Knowledge: Arcana, Knowledge: Planes, Perception, Spellcraft)
+1 Second level slot/day, +1 5th level slot/day
2 new 5th level spells known: Cure Critical Wounds, Feeblemind
Cold resistance increases to 10
<Cough> I'll just leave this here... <looks to the corner of the ceiling>
No 10-related class pun?
Hehehe, long week... alright, alright... I will find inspiration in something here... :)
Quinn is a 10!
HP: +7
BAB: +1/+1
saves: fort +1, will +1
prayers: +1 5th, +1 4th (air walk communal, restoration)
skills: perception +2
Hehehe, long week... alright, alright... I will find inspiration in something here... :)
Awhh...don't be 'ten'tative, Tsin. I'm sure you'll eventually 'deci'mate this.
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Done ;)
So, upon further consideration, I think instead of taking Split Slot as an arcane discovery, I'll take arcane builder (wands) instead.
I've been steering for staff-like wand pretty hard for a while now, and cutting crafting time for wands by 1/4 seems like it could have some good long term dividends. Plus, if I take that discovery now, I can craft my replacement scorching ray wand (which we've been discussing prior to us hitting LEVEL 7) in just 4 days (32 hours) instead of 6 (48 hours).
Also, I just now discovered the rules for crafting while adventuring. I will keep these in mind for future reference and for the making of nice things for the rest of you whilst we travel!
Am very tired (having had to get up early for a funeral) so probably won't be posting an update today. That said, I was planning to just have you make your way back to the Hut having performed the ritual for Ratibor in my next update, with the next scene figuring out what happens with him. If you want to stop at the centaurs for a bit first, feel free. You're also not really in a time crunch, so if you want to take some time to craft (which can be after you get back into the Hut if you want), you can.
Mal, you willing/able to enchant Hek's armor to wild shaping? It's +1 now...should cost 7500 gp or so...we have the coins, I think.
Presuming I don't lose power this weekend given the rather foreboding forecast, I'm hoping to dig in for a few hours Saturday morning and give an inventory accounting for all our games.
Provided we are wealthy enough, I shall endeavor to do my best for you, sir!
Provided we are wealthy enough, I shall endeavor to do my best for you, sir!
There are times when you're not so bad for a dawdling old coot. :)
/me spits appreciatively
Last level, Sept 15thish....
Lvl 10: +1 militiaman, mansplainer, & oregon wilderness preserve field office taker over
+10 hp (5 lvl + 3 con + 1 fc + 1 toughness)
+ moar spells
+6 skills
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+1 Perception
+1 Know (Nature)
+4 Spellcraft
* * *
Notes on Quick Wild Shape:
-2 lvl as move action: Medium Elemental or Huge/Small Animal
-4 lvl as swift action: Small Elemental or Large Animal
Well, after that storm, I feel a bit like Hektir...
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I'm pretty bushed too, Mott. Dang. This weekend was an exhausting one.
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Entering Artrosa and Bargaining with the Shrubbery
+1 ranseur (claimed by Tsin)
scroll of wall of fire
Tricksy Hag Holding Hands with Quinn
wooden holy symbol for Mestama
phylactery of negative channeling
iron key
spell component pouch
scroll of flamestrike
bejeweled skull worth 1,200 gp
800 gp in coins and gems
wooden case containing children's scalps
potion of protection from arrows
black star sapphire worth 3,000 gp
jar of earwigs
First Meetings with Jadrenka and the Petrifying Effects of a Gorgon's Breath
a climber's kit
50 feet of rope (giant sized)
rough cut gems worth 2,650 gp
Malavarius Bravely Walks through a Gauntlet of Sneak Attacking Fey to Save the Day
4 daggers
4 vials (nonmagical, but still not ID'd)
gem of brightness (25 charges remaining)
A Squeezing Giant and Some Friendless Demons
potion of nondetection
potion of gaseous form
rope of climbing
wand of air walk (7 charges)
a hammer and score of iron spikes
2 blocks and tackle
four 50-ft lengths of rope
Hektir and the Witchfire's Bad Touch
pipes of haunting
+1 giantbane longspear
silver punching dagger
2nd Meetings with Jadrenka and Horrible Undead Crow Clouds
some candles
scroll of age resistance (was this supposed to help us with the eon pit?)
Zombie Cats and Their Pukwudgie
bone razor (creepy and gross!)
Three Armed Forlarren Alchemists (words in an order which I never thought I'd encounter in my life)
alchemy lab
potion of remove blindness/deafness (probably full of backwash)
formula books (3)
Frost Giants Outside the Pit
no loot, but we were awarded a fake level! =P
Where's your Kostchtchie Now, Vsevolod?
potions of cure serious wounds (2)
masterwork breastplate (large sized, presumably?)
frost-thunder hammer
belt of mighty constitution
periapt of health
dagger
spear
spell component pouch
wooden unholy symbol of Kostchtchie
coin and gems worth 12,000 gp
Marislova the Witch-lovah and All-Around Individual of Terrible Taste and Judgement
No loot, but I've been dying to rhyme Marislova with Witch-lovah
Inside a Witch's Kitchen with Your Hosts: Nameless Hag and Frost Giant #5
broom of flying
+1 greatclub
cookbook of arcane augmentation
Wow. Quite a list, thank you Mal!
Hektir claims none of it, wants only his armor enchanted for now, but might have other needs if there is extra monies.
Sadly, Hek can't use the longspear nor the greatclub well. :(
Tsin is happy to return the +1 Ranseur to the lot, if it helps beautify her falchion with flame. And ghost touch. And boomerang. And quickitude. And holy of holies. And...
Are there prices in the AP for the bone razor, frost-thunder hammer, and cookbook of arcane augmentation, Mott?
Also need the formulae in each of the forlarren' respective formula books!
I would love to keep the cookbook as it seems super sweet, but Malavarius sadly doesn't have any of the metamagic feats that the book works with.
If anyone's interested for some of their other games, the spreadsheet I use for tracking loot sales is here in my google drive.
And if mott or anyone else cares to check my math and numbers with this particular batch of loot, here's the sheet with the reign of winter data.
reign of winter data.
I like. Nice, simple. Has some useful info as well.
Are there prices in the AP for the bone razor, frost-thunder hammer, and cookbook of arcane augmentation, Mott?
Also need the formulae in each of the forlarren' respective formula books!
Bone razor is 5,000 gp (it's in UE).
Cookbook is 21,500 gpHammer is 24,524 gp.
Formulae:
2nd—alchemical allocation, blur, spider climb, fox’s cunning
1st—cure light wounds, deathwatch, expeditious retreat, true strike
Bless you, sir! And the bone razor was so gross I didn't even think to search the PRD for it =P
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Provided no one claims any of the items above, that results in a total take away of 84,647 gp.
A five-way split leaves us with 16,929.40 gp per person.
For adding the wild enchantment (a +3 equivalent) to Hektir's already +1 armor, we're looking at a cost to craft of 7,500 gp, a DC 19 spellcraft check since I lack the baleful polymorph prereq, and 15 days.
For adding flaming to Tsin's existing +1 falchion, it's a crafting cost of 3,000 gp, a DC 15 spellcraft check, and 6 days. If she'd prefer flaming burst instead, that'd be a cost of 8,000 gp, a DC 22 check, and 16 days.
For crafting Malavarius' wand, it's a crafting cost of 8,250 gp, a DC 21 spellcraft for pumping up the CL by 1, and a crafting time of 12 days (would be 16, but it's reduced thanks to his latest Arcane Discovery).
In all cases, Malavarius can nail the spellcraft check in his sleep by taking 10, so those are totally moot. This is doubly helpful as it would allow him to craft at twice the speed by increasing the DC to craft each item by 5. Even then, he still passes handily by taking 10.
So we'd be looking at 8 days for Hektir's armor, 8 days for the stronger enchantment for Tsin's sword, and 6 days for Malavarius' new wand. 22 days still seems like a lot though.
Edit: If Tsin would prefer flaming and keen, the cost and time would be equal to those of flaming burst.
Tsin will revel in the simple- Flaming(3kgp, 6 days), and thank you very much :) And then you mention Keen... yeah, that would be pretty sweet too. You know just what to say to a girl...
So it's 22 days, unless Quinn or Pems would enjoy something? I'm happy to loan for bigger ticket items, since our wealth is a little skewed at present.
Let's say we do all we can do within 15 days, eh? Let's plan around that.
And, if necessary, Hektir can kick in a bit extra to Mal so that we can buy the wand rather than crafting it? I think we can make it happen, right?
If Tsin wants flaming now, that'd put us at 17 days of crafting. I could then gradually add keen as we adventure now that I know that's a possibility.
And if I'm not crafting this flipping wand, I took that Arcane Discovery for NUTHIN'!
Craft yourself a piddlespottin' hat so Mal can stop b!~+*ing about it.
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NO HAT I COULD CRAFT COULD EVER BE AS GOOD AS MY GOOD HAT!
Remember, you do have some obligation to continue your search for Baba Yaga; dilly-dallying for too long could carry some consequences with it. :)
Ah Booby Yacki can shove her haste up her cold old behind. Why if she were here right now, Hektir would take that broom of magic...
*cough* CR 30 *cough*
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You know Hektir says in times like these?
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I think I have another possible solution: if Malavarius took the Arcane Builder discovery for magic arms and armor, he could do flaming for Tsin's falchion in 2 days, Hektir's wild in 6 days, and his own precious wand in 8 days.
This would all be a lot easier if Hektir wasn't such a diva about getting a +3 enhancement to his already +1 armor while poor Quinn is still tromping around in masterwork stuff. =P
Hey guys, I have a deadline coming up and some other stuff going on that may slow down my posting this week. (Obviously this applies to S&S too.)
Fer s+!%zzles...we ain't done a looting (link) in a year or so. Yep, 1/26/2015...a snippet:
Previous GP Total (after purchase of clw wands): 32,905.23 gp
+4,050 gp (oyster pearls and locket)New Total: 36,955.23 gp
Other Purchases
agile mithral breastplate (Quinn) .... -4,400gp
[dice=Available? (1-75 = yes)]1d100 headband of smartitude +2 (Pemsworth) .... -4,000gp
[dice=Available? (1-75 = yes)]1d100 rod of extend, lesser (Hektir) .... -3,000gp
[dice=Available? (1-75 = yes)]1d100 flying ointment (Tsin) .... -2,250gp
[dice=Available? (1-75 = yes)]1d100 pearl of power I (Malavarius) .... -1,000gpPresuming all those things are purchased (I skipped your upgrades, Hektir since Malavarius should be able to accomplish them on his own before too long, provided we have the time), that'll leave us with 10,630.23 gp in the party stores.
In addition, we really didn't have individual wealth, we've been doing the community pool thing. Not sure how we go forward from here, but the old system didn't bother me and will be happy with whatever youse guys think is best.
Anyhoot, for notes: Hektir's current wealth is at 23800 vs. 62000 WBL.
That's before the wild armoring. How are the rest of youse doing?
Quinn does some shoppin'
Handy Haversack: 2,000 gp
potion of bull's strength: 300 gp
feather token, anchor: 50 gp
feather token, tree: 400 gp
feather token, swan boat: 450 gp
6 hex nails: 120 gp
Fireball bead 10d6: 1,500 gp
Efficient quiver: 1,800 gp
50 cold iron bolts: 10 gp
50 silver bolts: 105 gp
6 spears: 12gp
Holy Reliquary on shield and crossbow: 500 gp
keeping the belt of mighty constitution +2, 2,000 gp
future weapon and armor improvements: 1,500 gp
keeping the 2 potions of cure serious wounds, 750 gp
Total: 11,500
Current wealth of 35,000 gp with all the above
When we have more time a +1 to the breast plate and crossbow would be great, 1,500 is set aside for that.
Saving the remainder for adding Holy to the crossbow later down the road, 5,500 gp
Mott, the last herolab update changed the Divine Protection feat significantly, can I dump the new weak version and replace it with point-blank shot?
Shopping list for Pems! 16,929.40 gp to spend!
Upgrade Headband of Intelligence +2 to +4 (12,000 gp)
Wand of Cure Moderate Wounds (4,500 gp)
429.40 gp left.
That's fine Quinn.
So where are you all, loot-wise? I think you should be close to WBL, as I don't remember any big missed treasure caches, but I can try to up it a little if need be.