[PFS_CORE_Aerondor] 09-07 Salvation of the Sages (Inactive)

Game Master Aerondor

This is a CORE game, please check, and then double check you are putting in a CORE character.

The intention is that this game will be followed by 09-7 Salvation of the Sages.

If you are currently in a game or expect to apply a GM chronicle before play, hold off putting in the information.

To make my life easier when it comes to filling in chronicles, if you could each put in a single post with:

Special Do you have the Debt to the Scarred Sage boon (or have done The Many Fortunes of Grandmaster torch, 00-14)

Chronicle: What chronicle number this is for the character
History: What scenarios has the character completed? (or been credited with); any other chronicles (special boons etc)
Name:(the player) real name (as you have it appear on your chronicle sheets)
AKA: Character name
Faction: Your faction
PFS: # for the character
XP: starting XP, Note if Slow track!
Prestige: Starting prestige
Fame: Starting Fame
Gold: Starting wealth you bring into the adventure. This should be the total on your previous chronicle. If you want to buy any new stuff... see further on.
Day job: include the roll or that you don't have one. If you want to use a reroll at the end just note here you may want to use a reroll. If you don't include a roll I'll be assuming you take ten. Add the actual gold amount if you want to save me looking it up...
Spend: If you want to buy anything before the scenario starts (apart from your initial 150gp if you are a new character) include it here. This will appear in the "items bought" and/or "items sold" part of the chronicle.

Try to hold off actual discussion here until we have one post per character with those details (makes life easy for me to make the chronicles for you all at the end).

Please add an Icon for your character to the map. If you don't know how, let me know and I'll help. Also dot into the gameplay thread, or just hang around and RP there if you like.

This scenario ties together a lot of older scenarios. Please call out specifically if you have any of the following:
00-14: The Many Fortunes of Grandmaster Torch
02-07 - Heresy of Man, Part 2.
05-12 Destiny of the Sands, Part 1 (Reckless Revenge boon)
06-04: Beacon Below (honored Acolyte boon)
09-04: The Unseen Inclusion (Debt to the Scarred Sage boon)

Also..
(A) : # of Scarab Sages faction boons that you have earned
(D) # Mendevian Commendations boons; # bonus combat feats from class levels (e.g. fighter bonus feats)
(M) # bonus languages you have learned (over and above your racial ones)
(P) Note if you are lawful, and # feats, class features etc that put a code of conduct on you.
(S) # boons you have that meant you could not have another boon (i.e. that is you had a choice of two boons, but could only pick one).
(Ta): If you speak draconic; any dragon flavored feats, traits or class features you have; if a sorcerer # draconic bloodline powers
(To): (okay, this is hard) amount of gold and PP you have spent healing other pathfinders. e.g. gold for resurrections.

I'm interested but in another game that might not end for awhile.

The GM seemed to be in a sudden rush to finish and I'll be ready once my chronicle is sorted out.

Despite being my only Scarab Sages character he has not played in any of the listed scenarios.

(A) : # of Scarab Sages faction boons that you have earned
2

(D) # Mendevian Commendations boons; # bonus combat feats from class levels (e.g. fighter bonus feats)
0

(M) # bonus languages you have learned (over and above your racial ones)
14

(P) Note if you are lawful, and # feats, class features etc that put a code of conduct on you.
Not so much. Knowledge at all costs.

(S) # boons you have that meant you could not have another boon (i.e. that is you had a choice of two boons, but could only pick one).
I assume you mean choices we made in game that effected which boon we got in which case 3.

(Ta): If you speak draconic; any dragon flavored feats, traits or class features you have; if a sorcerer # draconic bloodline powers
Oddly not even the ability to speak Draconic.

(To): (okay, this is hard) amount of gold and PP you have spent healing other pathfinders. e.g. gold for resurrections.
I do actually track that and it hasn't come up for Liminy.

Chronicle: #22
History: #39 : The Citadel of Flame, #4-11: The disappeared, #04 : Frozen Finger of Midnight, #7-01 : Between the Line, #6-06: Hall of the Flesh Eater, #45: Delirium's Tangle (GM), #7-07: Troubles in Tamran, #6-15: The Overflow Archives, #7-15: The Deepmarket Deception, #0-24: Decline of Glory (GM), #6-18: From Under Ice, #7–19: Labyrinth of Hungry Ghosts ,#5-09: The Traitor's Lodge ,#8-00: The Cosmic Captive (GM), #0-16: To Scale the Dragon ,#6-98: Serpent's Rise, #8-15: Hrethnar's Throne ,#8-07: From the Tome of Righteous Repose (GM), #6-04: Becon Below, #4-17: Tower of the Ironwood Watch (GM) , Student of Scroll (Boon)
Name:(the player) Florent
AKA: Jaïr
Faction: Dark Archive
PFS: # 754-27
XP: 20
Prestige: 32
Fame: 40
Gold: 21728
Day job: no day job for crossing the third level of student of scroll
Spend: a lot

Please add yourselves to the map.

This is a difficult scenario, with a bit of a TPK reputation. I (and the the Scarab Sages leadership) strongly recommend you use any and all resources you have available to find out as much as you can and to prepare for lots of different eventualities.

Chronicle: #22
History:

Liminy is an odd duck. Specializing in Evocation but having greater spell focus Conjuration and Augment Summon. And while he has ranks in the usual monster id skills his main focus is History.

Liminy has a few non core spells if anyone wants to copy from him.
Spellbook
Lvl 0: All core cantrips + Scrivener's Chant, Haunted Fey Aspect, Spark
Lvl 1: Burning Hands, Color Spray, Feather Fall, Grease, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Mount, Obscuring Mist, Protection from Evil, Corrosive Touch, Monkey Fish, Summon Monster 1
lvl 2: Glitterdust, Flaming Sphere, Continual Flame, Summon Monster 2, Fire Breath, Frigid Touch
lvl 3: Fireball, Haste, Dispel Magic, Stinking Cloud
lvl 4: Dimension Door, Summon Monster 4

And this is his usual loadout but he takes requests.
4th Dimension Door (Self +2), Summon Monster 4 (Augmented), Heightened Fireball 7d6 +3 DC 21 Ref
3rd Haste x2, Fireball 7d6 +3 DC 20 Ref, Stinking Cloud DC 22 Fort
2nd Glitterdust x3 DC 21 Will, Flaming Sphere 3d6 + 3 DC 19 Ref, Summon Monster 2 (augmented) x2
1st Grease x2 DC 20 Ref, Feather Fall, Burning Hands 5d4 +3 DC 18 Ref, Magic Missile x2 4d4 +6
0 (at will)—detect magic, read magic

Wish I had rolled higher on that history check. I have played this in classic btw.

Chronicle: 22
Name:Daniel H
AKA: Sir Godfrey
Faction: Scarab Sages
PFS: 104845-14
XP: 29 Normal Track
Prestige: 36
Fame: 46
Gold: 495
Day job: Taking 10 for a 25, which equals 50gp
Spend: All purchases already handled.

History:

Misc Scenarios I have:
00-14: The Many Fortunes of Grandmaster Torch

Misc Other Stuff:
(A) : # of Scarab Sages faction boons that you have earned - 2

(D) # Mendevian Commendations boons - 0
# bonus combat feats from class levels - 2

(M) # bonus languages you have learned - 1

(P) Note if you are lawful, and # feats, class features etc that put a code of conduct on you - Lawful, Paladin (I think the whole thing counts as one?) - 2

(S) # boons you have that meant you could not have another boon - 4

(Ta): Dragon stuff - 0

(To): Spent money on others - Not sure, I've burned a few scrolls and potions on people, probably around 1k-1.5k golds worth. But that's been over years of play so I don't remember specifically where some of these resources went.

I'll note I've played this in classic and run it 3 times. So I give deference to others on all decisions.

I didn't think about that. Liminy has never had to spend gold to help remove conditions but he has let others use his cure wand. Still probably comes to less then 100 gold.

Of course I didn't actually pick my last two players

Given that two of them just played AA with Sir Godfrey, I think I'll with with the "played together recently" criteria.

Lem and Theodore will join you. That is still solidly low tier.

Chronicle: 18
Name: Andrew
AKA: Theodore
Faction: Silver Crusade
PFS: 43439-52
XP: 27
Prestige: 37
Fame: 43
Gold: 3,599
Day job: Profession (Sailor): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31
Spend: None

Misc Scenarios I have:
None

Misc Other Stuff:
(A) : # of Scarab Sages faction boons that you have earned: 2

(D) # Mendevian Commendations boons 0

# bonus combat feats from class levels: 0

(M) # bonus languages you have learned: 0

(P) Note if you are lawful, and # feats, class features etc that put a code of conduct on you: Chaotic, Cleric of Cayden, so do good and drink a lot?

(S) # boons you have that meant you could not have another boon: Uhhh.... 1, I think?

(Ta): Dragon stuff: 0

(To): Spent money on others: None I think. Just lots of cleric healing and etc.

Played and run this in classic.

So wizard, 2 clerics, paladin, bard, And who is our 6th?

Numair, a sorcerer.

Chronicle: 15
History: Pregen
Name:Helikon
AKA: Lem the Bard
Faction: Pregen
PFS: # 50731-11
XP: Slow
Prestige: Pregen
Fame: Pregen
Gold: Pregen
Day job: Pregen
Spend: Pregen

I will with so many casters switch to Amiri the barbarian.

Misc Other Stuff:
(A) : # of Scarab Sages faction boons that you have earned: 0

(D) # Mendevian Commendations boons 0

# bonus combat feats from class levels: 0

(M) # bonus languages you have learned: 4

(P) Note if you are lawful, and # feats, class features etc that put a code of conduct on you: True Neutral, knowledge is power.

(S) # boons you have that meant you could not have another boon:

(Ta): Dragon stuff: speaks Draconic

(To): Spent money on others: None I think. Just lots of cleric healing and stuff.

Run this in classic.

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Buys:
Upgrade my Headband of Inspired Wisdom +2 -> +4 (12000gp)
Buys
- Pendant of vast intelligence +2 (6,000 gp; Use Magic Device, Ancient Osiriani; functions as a headband of vast intelligence +2)
- wand of resist energy (10 charges; 900 gp, limit 1)
- wand of comprehend languages 2PP
- wand of mirror image (5 charges; 450 gp, limit 1)
- wand of dimension door (5 charges; 2,100 gp, limit 1)

There are a couple of times during this adventure that you get to have one of the sages come with you.

During your travel and conversations with them, you have learned a little about the various sages.

I've included short hand "stat cards" in the maps page for you to have a look over and discuss which you would most like with you at any give stage.

I have played this before but just by reading what they offer here is what I think about them.

Amenopheus
Decent ranged dmg and some good spells in D-Door and aoe.
However since I also have D-Door and aoe I think we can do better.

Dhiara
Some nice utility with that Mystic Insight but we have 2 melee PCs already and she doesn't deal much dmg.

Sinuhotep
Hard to kill but low dmg. Some nice utility spells. A generally good option.

Tahonikepsu
A dragon. Good melee dmg and an aoe. Probably our best option outdoors but if we start dungeon crawling she has to switch to human form and becomes nearly useless.

Grandmaster Torch
If we could use him as an actual rogue with trapspotter and disable device he would be a top choice. But other then the items he offers he has no spells and deals a medium amount of precision based dmg.

If we have to pick just one for the whole adventure I think Sinuhotep.
If we can switch them out at key points then we need to know how often because a couple of them have some nice long duration buffs.

We can´t take Sinuhotep. Our Paladin will go bonkers.

You do get to pick and choose at different times.

Our paladin believes in cooperating so will go along with what is best for the party as a whole.

That being said several of us have played this, ran it, or both so if anyone who is new to this scenario can make a compelling argument for one of the choices then I think we can take that one for now.

And Helikon your pregen is still showing the details for Lem.

Keep in mind that Torch gets his own bag with 1500 gp worth of stuff in it, so he does offer utility.

Other than that, Amenopheus and Sinuhotep have the most broad skill coverage with their passive bonuses, since A gives a +3 bonus to all knowledge and S a +2 with a +3 to UMD and DD. So I'd lean towards one of them as my advice to whomever hasn't experienced this yet.

Apparently Torch is willing to share his goodies without coming with us.

There's two sets of resources. He brings a set amount of stuff specifically for the party, 1500g at low tier. He has his own set of resources he can pull on when he needs up to an additional 1500g for his own use.

I forgot to use Jair's boon faction card to get a free scroll of Restoration as a requisition from the dark archive if the GM is ok with that.

That is fine. Now is the time to use all these nice benefits.

Liminy focused on the elemental planes storyline so none of his apply unless we pop into another plane during this.

Mechanically the ghouls are a troop type, which is kind of like a swarm for most purposes. They just sweep over you.

Hopefully I'll get a post in tonight. I'm working from an ambulance station today which limits my posting.

Gonna be a busy, busy week for me. Going to another state for work to teach some co-workers how to use our tools, so I will be pretty busy for Monday and Tuesday (May 21 - May 22) (all Eastern US time). Then, will be the head organizer of PFS/SFS at a con Thursday through Sunday (MomoCon, May 24 - May 27).

Will check in when I can, but otherwise I put botting instructions in my character profile.

I’m going to PaizoCon so my ability to post will not be my usual pace .

We'll go real slow this week with Paizo con I imgaine. Just post when you can and don't sweat it.

Sounds good.

I'll likewise be helping at Momocon this coming weekend, though I'm just running slots and not having to organize.

I will be at PaizoCon this week-end.
I will not be able to post as much as usual during this time.

Please bot me if needed.

Convention starts today for me.

Possibly too late to retcon since there were consequences but Mage Hand can't move magic items. Liminy will share the costs on a Restoration if we have one.

Oh, I *know* that - I was doing it to test whether it was simply a Continual Flame bauble, or something actually worthwhile :-P

Since I was able to pick it up, I am assuming it was the former, which is a pity :-/

No need to worry about the Restoration - if he dies, so be it!

Sorry, being a bit vague. Not a lot of sleep last night, all three children cam down with a gastro bug and after vomiting all over the house generously passed it over to me.

And then I had a wee accident and have a lovely head gash to show for my troubles. Dr suggested I take a couple of days off work, so I was hoping to get some posting in, but maybe I should taker it a little easier today.

Afaik we are in no particular rush. Sleep. Heal. And when you are feeling better we will pick things up again.

^ Agreed

Sorry for my slow posting here, I picked up a head wound last week and it is taking its toll. That said, I think I'm waiting on an indication from the team what you are up to.

No problem!

I am heading to South Korea on a business trip in approximately 4 days, and will be there for a while. Should still be able to post while there but during the travel time, it's going to be pretty rough (Between the 14.5 hour flight, time zone changes, and local transit I need to take, I could easily see me having 48 hours of darkness here). Will try to pop in again to remind about this before the trip, but if not, it starts approximately Friday Night US Time.

Botting instructions are in my profile if it needed for this game.

(This week itself is also really busy for me)

Pushing for a deadline today and then international travel. May be possible I post again soon but it's also entirely possible I'm out for 2-3 days as well. (As explained above)

If Jair doesn't post by my tomorrow I'll have her just leave the memoryscape so we can all continue.

Sorry, I believed - wrongly - that I've posted yesterday! It seems like my post never launched.

That happens to me sometimes too.

I know this bit is pretty slow. I'm open to suggestions for how to speed it up. But I think it is one of those areas that in PBP just doesn't translate well.

Yes, I agree; unless the GM and the affected individuals are doing rapid-fire posting (which should never be expected, but is wonderful when it does happen), it usually isn't feasible to move things quickly...