[PFS PbP GameDay4] The Fox's Fires of Karamoss (Inactive)

Game Master The Fox

Hey guys, I'm going to ask you for a favor: when you cast a spell or use an obscure ability that I need to officiate, will you please look it up on Archives of Nethys for me and provide a link? It saves me from having to go look for the spell, and I can refer back to it later just by clicking the link. You don't really need to do so for the super common spells that we all know—magic missile, mage armor, cure light wounds, etc. But it would be very helpful for the less common spells, many of which I've never seen before.

Thanks in advance. :)

I just search for such things on Google. If you add "site:archivesofnethys.com" to your search request it will narrow it down to just the Archives.

Harmonius wrote:

Daaaamnn Psycho, you're so creepy, I love it.

I'm glad I'm pulling it off, as he's actually difficult for me to play. Like I now feel super-bad that I essentially just forced that azer to try to murder her siblings D:

He also convinced his 4 Good allies to kick in the door on these poor Azers. ;)

No worries, though. Combat was probably inevitable—which is why the augury revealed weal and woe for trying diplomacy. If you remind me later, I'll fill you guys in on why that was the result.

Psycho Mantis wrote:

Harmonius wrote:

Daaaamnn Psycho, you're so creepy, I love it.

I'm glad I'm pulling it off, as he's actually difficult for me to play. Like I now feel super-bad that I essentially just forced that azer to try to murder her siblings D:

He also convinced his 4 Good allies to kick in the door on these poor Azers. ;)

No worries, though. Combat was probably inevitable—which is why the augury revealed weal and woe for trying diplomacy. If you remind me later, I'll fill you guys in on why that was the result.

Dont need to remind me D:

Sorry, I wasn't trying to pin it all on you. :)

I will be surprised if any of you take any damage in this encounter. :D These dice rolls have not been kind to the Azer sisters.

I will be surprised if any of you take any damage in this encounter. :D These dice rolls have not been kind to the Azer sisters.

That works for me! LOL

Heads up: Posting for me is going to slow down this weekend. I'll still try to post 1/day, but I will have a lot going on for the next few days. :)

@ Psycho: I apologize—your blindness spell earlier should have succeeded. I forgot about the djezeteel and your spell penetration; either one of which would have pushed the CL check high enough. I'm very sorry about that. :/

By the way, I think your mind thrust should be 6d8. The djezeteel adds +2 to CL checks, not CL. Unless I'm missing something else. Nevermind, I see you have Spell Specialization! :)

No worries!

I figured the damage might through people off, which is why I mentioned it in the damage line.

Probably no posts from me until late tomorrow night, PST.

Re: Knowledge (engineering) DC 40: The item is a unique item, and no DC was given. I possibly set the DC too high, but my thinking was that the item is one-of-a-kind and not very famous. The scenario does not seem to expect the players to know what the item does. As you interact with it more, I'll give you more information. :)

Re: Weal and Woe: The weal is obvious in retrospect—if you promise to help the azers, they give you quite a lot of help. The woe was because had you tried diplomacy, they would have attacked you without hesitation—they are desperate to get home, and their starting attitude was hostile. And Tig-0, demanding that you dismantle the malfunctioning units, wasn't going to make the situation any better. ;)

Whoa... Psycho Mantis does a ton of damage! I've never seen a psychic in action before...

Well, it's all on the dice with no static modifiers to damage, so I could conceivably roll eight 1s. I rolled way above average on that one.

Mind Thrust also only works on things with an int score and susceptibility to mind-affecting effects. I can spend phrenic pool points to hit undead with it.

I'm learning so much about the psychic classes by watching your characters, Hrothdane!

Heh. It's a bit of a learning process for me, too!

I just love the flavor of everything, though. I'm working on my fourth occult character right now :)

Huh. When I decide to build my first occult character, I'm totally consulting you!

Hmm

I'm always happy to consult on characters!

Lol, a fire extinguisher! That's awesome! Great bit of writing by the author.

I agree! I think this is the best writing I've seen in a scenario in a very long time. I'm very happy that we chose to do this one.

I think we are getting the kinks out of this mini game.

Perfect time for a one on a skill check! Yay! Grrr....

Do you guys want me to apply Dimble's other checks to Portal 1 and Portal 2 on his turn?

That makes sense to me, DM.

Ever have a scenario when things just don't seem to work? In this one, Tess has rolled a one and a two in the important skill check section, and cast a lightning bolt that didn't get through SR in the one fight so far.

The team is doing quite well, despite Tess, not because of her, lol.

Yeah. Do you have a reroll item? You can still use it on your last skill check if you'd like. If you don't have a reroll item, you may use mine. :)

Meanwhile, maybe this will help take your mind off it. I rolled five 1's on six dice.

I have both a folio and a T shirt. I carry the folio in my trunk for situations like this. I can forward you a pic of it, if you want.

I usually don't do the rerolls, since some DM's aren't fans of them being used in PBP. Since you don't mind, I'll go ahead and use the folio then.

PM me contact info if you want me to send you the pic.

Thanks!

Nah, I trust you. :)

I have to compliment this team on the expediency of this game.

I feel we're nearing the end, and it's only been 3 weeks since we started!

Some of the other games I've signed up with are crawling, with only a few posts per week.

So, thank you all for a fast-paced fun-o-rama!

Barth has this boon from a module that allows him to rebuild a clockwork spy construct and tote it around as a sort of companion. I've been holding off on doing it because his Disable Device isn't quite high enough to make it happen, but I think after this scenario I'll "gather up what's left of Tig" and do it =D

He would still be threatening my even if I'm in that diagonal square. I'll look for the post now.

Unless he has some special provision, 10 ft reach extends out that far now.

*Edit

Threatening the Diagonal

Yes, he would still be threatening you. But...if you are at least 10 feet away from a part of Tig-0 that Barth can target, then Barth avoids the –4 penalty. LINK

I'll 5-ft step then!

Actually, I guess you could also step straight back, now that I think about it!

Barth has this boon from a module that allows him to rebuild a clockwork spy construct and tote it around as a sort of companion. I've been holding off on doing it because his Disable Device isn't quite high enough to make it happen, but I think after this scenario I'll "gather up what's left of Tig" and do it =D

This wins story coolness awards!

Tig-0 hit someone! o_O

@ Tessara: Tig-0 did not undo any of your previous work. All that remains to be done is the Disable Device checks on portals 3 and 4.

@ Psycho: Yeah, I might be mistaken. Go ahead and aid. Let me know which portal you are aiding on, and move your mini there.

Hey guys. We just got hit with a huge windstorm and I'm without power (along with about a million other people in the PNW). I could try to post from my tablet, but I think it would be better to just pause for the time being. I just wanted you to have a heads up so you knew why you weren't seeing any posts from me. Hopefully the power will be back on tomorrow morning, but I'm skeptical cautiously optimistic. There were about 100,000 outages in the area.

It just so happens that we are about to start the final encounter! :)

Talk about a crazy night, I kept my power, lights would flicker every now and then, but I didn't have internet all night.

Sorry guys, power is still out. I will be unavailable tomorrow, but I should be good to go on Friday. So expect the game to resume then. Thank you for being patient. :)

No worries! No rush :D

Friday/Saturday I'll be at ConQuest Avalon, one of Sacramento's two annual Cons. But I'm only GMing the evening Specials, so I should be able to post in between games.

@The Fox - No problem hope you are ok.

Guys! I have electricity! We are on a 2-hour layover in Las Vegas, and my computer is plugged into an outlet that works, for the first time in three days!

I'll be posting in the Gameplay thread soon. :)

Hrothdane, your Mind Thrusts are brutal. You've inspired me to finally make a Psychic =D.

Looking around I found the Harrow Chosen Trait. It's essentially Spell Specialization, but for all Divination spells.

Totally going to make a travelling Varisian Harrow reader!

Thank you so much! I'm so happy to help inspire new characters :3

Regarding that trait, g@++!*n! I need to take Additional Traits when I ding next level. He's already ethnically Varisian (from Ustalav, of course). You can't take Varisian Tattoo for divination because the stupid Thassilonians didnt consider a school of magic D:

With that trait, Mind Thrust V at level 11 will be doing 15d8 and exhaust the target for 1 round on a failed save, fatigue on a made one >:D

It has definitely been a lot of fun participating in this scenario with you guys!

Looking around I found the Harrow Chosen Trait. It's essentially Spell Specialization, but for all Divination spells.

I have that trait on my Varisian arcanist. It is pretty awesome. But, man do I wish she could take mind thrust.

Poor Jethzerai didn't get to use his zero pistol against you guys! :(

Well, damn.

Nefreet, you pointing out that Harrow Chosen trait made me think of the Harrower prestige class.

Tower of Strength gives you +1 damage per die on a spell you cast...for each strength-suit card you draw when doing Harrowed Casting. You can conceivably get +4 per die (if you draw the strength card that matches your alignment and two others), or other benefits like increased saves or SR penetration.

At level 11, that would make my 15d8 mind thrust v's do anywhere from +15 to +60 damage.

I think I may go in that direction....

Yup! Paizo finally released enough options to make purchasing a Harrow Deck worth it for me =D