Was not trying to be an ass with the Scarab post....
I see what you did there...
Sorry, work the past few days has kicked my butt and this evening was spent amusing my wife with my Wii.
Sorry, Sven. My whole caseload at work got jumbled this week and it's had me super stressed. Hasn't given me a lot of brain power to wrap around this. Plus, with this being a holiday weekend, I'm going to be doing a lot of travelling.
Cross the river, you know you want to :D
The game isn't on rails, you guys want to try to go around, that's fine. But I'd still be worried about the elemental. Grappling under freezing water is no fun, especially when it moves you 15 feet from the hole you fell in ;)
Maybe ankle/hip deep instead of full-body-soaking deep.
I'm with ya. You got me thinking about a ford - a nice, natural shallow spot where the land spreads out a bit and allows the stream to do the same. Such a place would be pretty well known, so maybe we can find one. And then fight the elemental in hip-deep freezing water. Awesome.
Hip-deep freezing water is preferable to face-deep freezing water.
I totally agree, and did not mean to suggest otherwise. I just couldn't help but reflect that, in the abstract, fighting a frosty elemental in hip-deep freezing water ain't that grand. But we'll take what we can get.
Unless, of course, we're not supposed to cross the river...
Sorry, folks. My wife is sick today and I had a live session last night until midnight local time. This was as soonest I could get on to check up on things.
Something she ate, actually. She's allergic to just about everything that grows.
Leveling up? Excellent! Though now I need to decide on a combat style.
And yes, I figured it was 600 gp to split. It's still a nice large number, especially when starting gold was 150.
@Avora - I hope your wife is feeling better.
I figured as much, but with everyone going 600 GP, score! I wanted to just make sure everyone was on the same page :D
**Updated**
gold ingot engraved with the Taldan royal seal
a spyglass
a silver lady's ring
three shards of tiger's eye
a paid of fine leather boots
a silver dagger
a leather portfolio containing 4 scrolls. (1 is Endure Elements)
3 scrolls of lesser animate dead
a small lockbox locked
3 vials Magic Weapon
10 flasks of Alchemists fire
-- Unspecified number of martial items
Bugsby intends to keep all the scrolls unless someone else wants one/some, and 2 vials of Alchemists fire.
Can I have access to the spreadsheet or can someone update the 3 magic vials on A56 to magic weapon? Thanks.
I believe you left the martial weapons behind, same as the armor. If I misunderstood, please let me know.
I also linked the loot sheet to the main page for easy access in the future.
I thought we were bringing martial weapons along, but I don't know that I expressed that thought. So if you thought we'd left them behind then that's fine by me.
Scarab could have carried a few swords and bows in addition to Bugsby, I'd think. I don't recall anyone saying explicitly that we were looting and hauling them off, though we were collecting things of value.
Maybe we brought half of them back with us? Or none, as Bugsby says, since we didn't really state we were doing so.
This was all the loot included in the straight 100gp. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
gold ingot engraved with the Taldan royal seal
a spyglass
a silver lady's ring
three shards of tiger's eye
a paid of fine leather boots
a silver dagger
-- Unspecified number of martial items **Still discussing**
While loot is a compelling topic, few things are better than leveling up.
I'm going archery as my ranger combat style - it'll help the group, and it works quite well with Kalt's history as a loner, out surviving in the wilds on his own. Given that, should I take:
Precise Shot: really nice to avoid the -4 for firing into melee, but if there's melee going on, Kalt will likely be in it, not shooting arrows from afar
Point Blank Shot: also good to have this bonus to attack and damage, but if the bad guys are 30' away, Kalt will likely move into melee
Rapid Shot: extra attack, but only when making full attack. It could be that when we're in ranged combat, I'll be making full attacks - since I'll generally only be in ranged combat when I can't get into melee.
Any thoughts on this are appreciated.
Kalt - I like Rapid Shot for the reason you described. Once melee starts your into it, and getting off a few shots before that happens makes sense to me.
Was it ever specified if I could take a level in an Archetype of a class I already possess? Meaning take a level of Sorcerer (Seeker)?
The example was given that I can take levels of other classes archetypes, but just clarifying I can do this (or not) for a class I already have.
Swords and bows could easily have been packed, I’ll give it to ya this time :D You gained 5 short bows and 8 short swords. There were more swords, but they were ruined in the “lockpicking”
Regarding feat choice, that's really your call. I've never built an effective switch hitting character because if I take lots fo ranged feats, I want to stay at range, and if I take lots of melee feats, I want to stay in melee. With your Dex being lower than most archer characters, I'd normally say avoid the rapid shot, because you'll only be at +2/+2 for shots, but all other options lead you into melee combat and 1 shot at +4 isn't usually as good as 2 shots at +2
Was it ever specified if I could take a level in an Archetype of a class I already possess? Meaning take a level of Sorcerer (Seeker)?
I was looking into that. Since you are a Sorcerer already, the only way you could gain an Archetype after the fact would be if it did not affect skells/feats you already have. Since Seeker changes your level 1 build, you cannot go into Seeker at level 2.
I'm unfamiliar with the retraining rules.
As am I
Retraining info from Ultimate Campaign.
Ahh, that would explain it, I don't have UC, lol.
If Bugsby wants to go Seeker, he can do that above, AFTER he starts feeling better.
Also, would it not cost 50 GP? 10* level (1)* # of archetype skills to relearn (1)*5?
Hmm, that's tough. 5 days to retrain, or become a level 1 thief in a day. :)
If it really takes 5 days in game I don't know that I'd want to do it, I (and Bugsby) get the feeling like waiting around could be bad for the area. There seems to be a sense of urgency with the goings on.
Your call, there are pro's and con's to every choice in this AP :D
EDIT: Also, if people are going to be commissioning Masterwork items and multiple potions, then you could have that time available to you anyway.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm <---- represents the deep thinking going into this decision.
Thought I smelled smoke, Bugsby is going to explode from all this thought!
In case you don't have it on your list, Kalt also picked up a MW chain shirt from the chest in the snow with the damn flying spiked log trap.
So he's well ahead of the rest of the group in terms of loot, and will end up in the negatives in terms of gold coming to him. In spite of that, if there's 2.2 gp (or even 4.4, for some extras) kicking around to buy him some cold iron arrows and sling bullets, we probably won't regret it.