ShogunMaker (Inactive)

Game Master Thackery Baxter J Thorington

Dragonofashandflame wrote:

I was more joking about how I've lived here for 12 years and i know next to no hawaiian words.

thank you, hello, 'take care of the land', responsibility, children, learned/honored elders, "locals", trash, and a few others are about the extent of what i know-

'Let's play Pathfinder', too? :P

Um.... google translate says Hawaiian doesn't exist :)

but my kids say that "let's play ball" is
ua pa'ani kinipopo.

so.. um.. ua pa'ani Pathfinder

Gonna give everyone a chance to post before updates. Also, mind is realign from awesomeness of Ultron

No spoilers, I'm not gonna get to see it till tomorrow evening.

By the way, I will be unavailable to post anything after about 2:00 pm EST tomorrow, as my fiancee and I are grabbing a late lunch and then having our respective bachelor & bachelorette parties.

Congratulations!

Congratulations'!!!!!

Been super busy with all this Baltimore unrest and general dull moon nuttery. Posting sometime soon.

Is all good, I figured life intervened. Speaking of such things, I hope everyone has been safe and continues to stay safe throughout this weekend.

gonna give dawei a chance to reply before i update. hayashi gets the pin though. easily

the house is tiny enough that i don't hink a map is necessary.. but if you want one i'll make one

Finally have a chance to post - and Baolin is behind the ghosts in Initiative!

How do you want to do ties in initiative, since I am tied with the ghosts? I've seen highest dex goes first which would be me.

@jian Xi: go with that
@ Baolin: just post, I'll resolve everything in swell foop

So just to show everyone I have the most amazing wifey ever. There I am having a s%@@ day at work and I'm talking to her on the phone and she so nonchalantly goes

Amazing wifey: You know we still need to watch the avengers when do you want to go?
Undeserving husband: today...?
Amazing wifey: ok let me see what time it's showing.
Undeserving husband: REALLY!!!!!!!

So later tonight we are watching it and I repeat I have the most amazing wife ever in the entire multiverse.

So just to show everyone I have the most amazing wifey ever. There I am having a s*!% day at work and I'm talking to her on the phone and she so nonchalantly goes

Amazing wifey: You know we still need to watch the avengers when do you want to go?
Undeserving husband: today...?
Amazing wifey: ok let me see what time it's showing.
Undeserving husband: REALLY!!!!!!!

So later tonight we are watching it and I repeat I have the most amazing wife ever in the entire multiverse.

You do indeed! 616 or any universe!

That's awesome! You'll really enjoy the movie, too!

Oh, just to clarify, both groups are getting the same amount of xp.

Team Dawei get explore XP for their hex-mapping.

Team Baolin get xp for explore and the ghost.

and, because I say so.. Team Dawei's explore xp = Team Baolin's Ghost + fewer hex explores.

i will resolve in about an hour. Kids are being frustrating and actually demanding an education, for once.
:)

I can't speak for Dawei, but I'm ok with getting less XP. That means characters'll have to be proactive to level up.

But regardless, if Tsui is OK with it, Hayashi and he will head back to the base. That'll be on the morning of the 6th day.

Dawei is a-ok with heading back.

I'm going to be on vacation for a week on a cruise, so I won't have any Internet. Feel free to DMPC Baolin as necessary.

Level 2:

+5 HP
All trained skills +1 rank
New spells enlarge person, snowball
+1 0-level and +1 1st-level spells per day
+1 Fort Save
+1 BAB

Level 2:
Multiclass: Monk (Unchained)*
+6 HP, +5 Skills
+2 Fort, Reflex
+1 Bab
+Imp. Unarmed, Flurry of Blows, Stunning Strike 1/day, Bonus Feat

*If we're using normal Monk, please correct me.

Second level joy:
+4 hp
+1 to fort and will saves
+1 bab
+cunning initiative, detect alignment, track
New spells: Command, Stabilize

Tsui: HP is half hit die plus Con Mod.

For a brief moment, the heroes turn back to see the house they escaped. Standing in the doorway is a woman dressed in white, her long black hair obscures her face. Her feet dangle uselessly above the ground and she sways like a chime caught in a breeze. Five more bodies appear in the yard, each hanging and swaying like the woman.

The heroes turn away from the apparition and race through the night and early morning. Their horses are covered in lather; the heroes are exhausted as they approach the gates at Bai-Cheng's Trading Post, at the hour of the Forest Dragon.

And /Scene.

/Applause

That was very nice. I regret being away!

Level: 2

+7 HP, +5 Skills
+2 Fort
+1 Bab
+2 Bloodrage
+ Blood of life (1)

Tsui: HP is half hit die plus Con Mod.

Dawei's con mod is zero and his hit points come from d8s. :)

Level: 2

3 HP
+5 skills
New spells ghost sound
+1 1st-level spells per day
+1 Will Save
+1 BAB

[OK RP however you want, i won't advance things until you say so.

Maybe we should start lunch to set up the scene for RPing, DM.

ahh yes..
good idea.

brain is fried from dealing with no sleep and robots that don't work.

Hu Xiang Lun wrote:

Tsui: HP is half hit die plus Con Mod.

Dawei's con mod is zero and his hit points come from d8s. :)

Oh. I did not know that.

i'll be gone starting Tuesday night through Monday morning. I'm heading to natiional robotics competition. I'll try to advance things, but my postings will be spotty/intermittent at best.

Suddenly the 'dealing with robots that don't work' sounds less like an obscure reference and more like a legit thing. :O

Sounds intense. Do the robots fight in a death arena?

yes. It's like Big Hero 6, but without the cute music. I actually saw a lego robot eat the heart of a robot it defeated. It ripped the thing out of the chassis and said "Kali Ma!! Kali ma!!! Kali Ma shuktidey!"

yes. It's like Big Hero 6, but without the cute music. I actually saw a lego robot eat the heart of a robot it defeated. It ripped the thing out of the chassis and said "Kali Ma!! Kali ma!!! Kali Ma shuktidey!"

I regret not buying the Bluray that had the exclusive deleted scene where Beymax does unspeakable things to Yokai while cheerfully asking if he's satisfied with his care.

As a heads up, Friday afternoon I will be traveling to see family for the weekend. My posting may be spotty from then until Monday.

It seems that this ninja will fade into the background until you guys return.

/Initiate fading sequence.

I'm still here until then.

/suspend fading sequence

But you're not posting.

Actually, I have a question: Are there any spells in which you can animate trees/shrubs and use their branches as natural attacks? Maybe also one that enlarges trees?

Because then Xiang Lun could carry a Bonsai and count it as equipment--like some freaky familiar that becomes larger and attacks.

/resume fading sequence

True, I was waiting to see if others would post to chime in.

I might get spells like that, but they are not on my spell list - yet. I do get a few druid spells added, like Entangle, but a spell level later than the druid. So, it's a second level spell for me.

EDIT: Yes, I get plant growth as a 4th level spell, as well as command plants as a 5th level spell and control plants as a 9th level spell. I also get liveoak at 7th level.

Ok, so do u guys want me to advance to the ambush? U can take over and set up your own thang, strategize and whatnot. You COULD take the fight tot the crooks, and try and raid their camp.

I was thinking we should do this fight on home turf. If any of the bandits remain at the camp, we can take them out next.

I was thinking we should do this fight on home turf. If any of the bandits remain at the camp, we can take them out next.

Dawei could do some damage from a good sniper's perch. A convenient rooftop or tower by the gate, say. With a good Perception check, he could be firing at them well before they even arrived.

/suspend fading sequence

I was waiting for the rest of the players to chip in.

But my 2 (regional currency) here is that we set up an ambush outside the walls of the base, and set the NPCs to hold the wall and use the trebuchet/ballista against them.

We (the PCs) man the appear from conveniently-placed bushes* to ambush them while they're being attacked and trying to break into the fort. If we're next to each other, we can support one another with healing and defense.

*They've not been here in a month, so they might not remember bushes being in suspiciously strategic locations.

Ok, a plan this sounds . U guys work out the details of how u want it to happen and I'll try and set it up... Probably by Monday night

Okay, so, we go for the ambush from outside the fort. I don't think our NPCs are going to be much good for fighting. They're probably best off locking the door and hunkering down. I'm not a particularly stealthy character, so perhaps I should fight from atop the walls. Lay down some crowd control the use my splintered spear ability.

I am back! We leveled up, right?

Yep. Are also preparing for the bandits in a day or two.

Baolin
6 hp (1d8+1)
+1 BAB
+1 honor
New spells - daze, protection from evil
Bond Senses
Skills - +1 to Craft (calligraphy), Diplomacy, Knowledge (history, local, nobles), Spellcraft

Qinglong
7 hp (1d10+1)
+1 BAB
Skills - +1 to Diplomacy, Fly, Perception, Sense Motive
Evolution - Skilled (perception)
Evasion