Looks like everyone has levelled... quick reminder for folks to update their character header with their latest information... I'll get the ball rolling again a little later today.
...and, w.r.t Murassa's question... we've still got planty of adventuring before the Spire is conquered but it is certainly something to think about - either a continuation of your current characters' adventuring days or maybe, same group, new characters / new adventure...
Just out of interest, if it was the latter, are there any AP's or adventures you folks might be excited to play?
i'm open to anything
I know next to nothing about the APs as most of my gaming at home is me GMing my homebrew world and homebrew adventures. My experience with Paizo APs is a very brief "RotRL" PbP that fell apart after the first combat, and some listened-to podcasts of people playing "Kingmaker". I like the idea of Kingmaker but the kingdom building stuff doesn't seem well suited to PbP, in my opinion. I could be proven wrong though.
In any case, I don't have any strong opinions on any APs.
I like Kingmaker. I totally agree kingdom building is not suited to PbP though. There was a Kingmaker PbP I played where we tried the kingdom building stuff, and it was always a pain getting a consensus about what to do next. The game fell apart soon after, although mostly for other reasons.
The part of "kingdom building" I think worked well was when the GM presented us with choices about which direction we wanted the kingdom to go - like choosing an official religion or not, deciding whether or not to ban necromatic magic at the request of the church of Pharasma, and whether or not to work with the Lumber Consortium. I thought that gave some of the flavor of shaping what our kingdom would look like without bogging down on the details.
I'm playing in many AP (Kingmaker, Carrion Crown, Skull&Shackles) and GMing a Second Darkness campaign.
I'd like to try Mummy's mask, Serpent Skrull or Giantslayer.
I'm not a fan of Iron Gods or Wrath of the Righteous themes
If we were to go with a Paizo AP then the options would probably be... noting Ea's view on Wrath of the Righteous and Iron Gods:
- Strange Aeons,
- Hell's Rebels,
- Iron Gods (maybe not),
- Wrath of the Righteous (maybe not),
- Reign of Winter,
- Skulls and Shackles,
- Carrion Crown,
- Curse of the Crimson Throne (I've just got the Pathfinder Hardcover version so somewhat looking forward to reading it), or
- Rise of the Runelords
I suspended my AP subscription for both Mummy's Mask and Giantslayer as, for one reason or another, they really didn't excite me. Hell's Vengeance is another one that really didn't float my boat...
...I do have Shattered Star but I'm already running that (Ea's in that game too!!!)... and I do have Jade Regent but I've never managed to get very excited about that AP for some reason. Kingmaker is one of those that I don't have - I wonder whether it may receive the hardcover update / compilation at some point in the future - but I can totally see why aspects of it would be nigh on impossible via PbP.
Beyond that, there are possibly a few options that we could consider... maybe one of the more recent Paizo modules (Dragon's Demand, Plunder and Peril or The House on Hook Street) or a non-Paizo adventure (I have just got some shiny new PDF's with the Frog God Humble Bundle... so maybe Freeport or Rappan Athuk?)
...anyways, it's still a long way off - there's still the small matter of you sorting out the undead menace threatening Fort Inevitable... plus who knows what else you may yet find down here in the depths!!! ...so there's really no need for us to be too advanced in our thoughts. Having said that, I'm pleased that folks would want to carry on playing as a group even after the Spire has been conquered!!!
...well, using these characters to do a high level adventure isn't definitely off the cards!!! I'll do some thinking on it...
I'd like to try Curse of the Crimson Throne. Or a campaign with evil characters.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I have some family in town for the next few days so I will likely not be posting until after they're gone. If I don't get up a post by this weekend, I'll be back full force by Monday.
Enjoy any time off you may have and I hope you all have a good week/weekend/holiday!
In terms of tactics, not sure if Gray and I should regroup with the party or stay separate. I kind of like being separate so any area attacks only hit some of us. But it makes it harder to caste Haste on everybody.
Zed,
Did we earn another hero point for level 8? It does not appear that the numbers have been updated.
Zed,
Did we earn another hero point for level 8? It does not appear that the numbers have been updated.
Ahhhh, I thought I had updated everyone's Hero Points... Guess I must have missed yours somehow, sorry.
Right on. Well, no need to update it because I just spent it!!
Well folks, I have happy news and sad news.
The happy news is my wife is carrying my spawn in her womb and we are now preparing for our first child to enter our life.
The sad news is that I have decided that I need to trim some of the fat of my free time to focus on working on our home and preparing for things to come. I have decided that since I'm running my own PbP game I will be pulling away from this game after we finish up this level of the spire (if I even survive, considering I'm within 1 breath weapon of near-death). I know you guys can go on without me but my game obviously needs me to continue, and my time and energy will be limited.
Zed, I wanted you to know this ahead of time so that you can have a recruitment in mind for the near future.
Congratulations on your coming baby! I'll be sad to see you go, but I admire you for re-focusing for the new arrival.
Congratulations too!
We'll miss you, so I hope you'll pop in once in a while to say hello!
Nooooo! We need big beatstick! Congrats man on the munchkin....it sucks that you're leaving us....but understandable.
Well folks, I have happy news and sad news.
The happy news is my wife is carrying my spawn in her womb and we are now preparing for our first child to enter our life.
The sad news is that I have decided that I need to trim some of the fat of my free time to focus on working on our home and preparing for things to come. I have decided that since I'm running my own PbP game I will be pulling away from this game after we finish up this level of the spire (if I even survive, considering I'm within 1 breath weapon of near-death). I know you guys can go on without me but my game obviously needs me to continue, and my time and energy will be limited.
Zed, I wanted you to know this ahead of time so that you can have a recruitment in mind for the near future.
Well... congratulations are, of course, in order - I too will be sad to see you go... especially as Grayface just hit the big 1000 posts. But, as Yasmin said, you've got your priorities the right way around... If at any time in the future you fancy joining in on another GM Zed game then you just need to PM me and I'll find you a seat at a table for sure... maybe even back with Rallos, Ea, Yasmin and Murassa if the fates allow...
...now - should Grayface go out in a blaze of glory... or cross the horizon in search of adventure...
for reaching 1,000 posts - you receive a : Once only, you can declare one of your attacks an intoxicating strike. You must declare your use of this ability before you attempt the attack roll. If your attack hits and you deal damage, your target immediately becomes intoxicated for 1 round for every Hit Die you possess. An intoxicated creature takes a –4 penalty to AC, on attack rolls,and on skill checks, and its movement is reduced by 10 feet.
- I've done this in all of my games where folks have reached 1,000 posts... just a little reward for those who have stuck with my adventures :)
Zed, I wanted you to know this ahead of time so that you can have a recruitment in mind for the near future.
So folks, we have some options ahead of us... continue as a party of four (and maybe someone changes character for a durable frontliner) or we recruit a fifth member. If folks want to recruit then I was wondering whether there was anyone from any of your games who you particularly enjoy PbP'ing with that you might recommend?
@Grayface - Congrats on 1,000 posts! That's some dedication!
@GM Zed - I'd say recruit a 5th. I mentioned earlier how I was in a Kingmaker group - they were a really great crew and I'd want to play with any of them again. I could post in our old thread and see if anyone will take the bait.
+1for a fifth....i cant think of anyone off the top my head...
A fifth member would be great.
I always enjoy playing with Chirone, Jazzai or Lady Ladile
No order of preference.
@Grayface - Congrats on 1,000 posts! That's some dedication!
@GM Zed - I'd say recruit a 5th. I mentioned earlier how I was in a Kingmaker group - they were a really great crew and I'd want to play with any of them again. I could post in our old thread and see if anyone will take the bait.
Well, I think we are definitely going with a fifth member then!!! How about PM'ing the folks who you played with and see if there is any interest?
A fifth member would be great.
I always enjoy playing with Chirone, Jazzai or Lady LadileNo order of preference.
I think two of those are already in your Spire games? I could certainly PM Chyrone though...
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Sorry for missing out, family was over on the weekend for an early Christmas and wasn't able to get on.
Grayface: Congrats on the spawn! Always good to see good people procreate! May there be many more spawns in the future. Sad to see you go, but family always comes first of course.
DM: I'd say get a +1, though I guess if needed I can switch up characters for a meatshield. Used to do it all the time for my old live games.
I'm sorry, I'm sick and feverish. I hope to be better by the week end, but all my (feeble) energy is spend at work...
Get well soon... I'll GMPC Ea until you return...
it's kind of ironic that our healer is sick....get well soon! Gray and Rallis might need some healing badly!
Rallos has also reached 1,000 posts!!! Congratulations and, for your efforts, Rallos receives a : You can use delayed blast fireball once as a spell-like ability to throw a sphere of soul-scouring hellfire. The hellfire is a distinctive mixture of black and crimson flames in which screaming devilish faces can be seen twisting and writhing. Half the damage from this spell is fire, while the other half is unholy.
sweet! hmm...maybe i should take a few lvks as a sorc now....
sweet! hmm...maybe i should take a few lvks as a sorc now....
Yeah, don't get too excited... It's just a Once (not a Once per Day!!!)... But hopefully it brings fun times...
Woohoo! Bring on the hellfire! Congrats to Rallos also on 1,000 posts!
*Takes a look at post count.* I'm gonna need to start spamming these boards more to catch up! :P
I don't know how we can beat this fight at this point. I can't go toe-to-toe with 27 HP. It'll knock me down in one or two attacks, which will cause me to fall in the lava. I'm not seeing any way for us to defeat this foe under our current circumstances.
Yeah, we can run away. I also think we're in a pretty bad spot. If you want to fall back, I can revise my action into the retreat I described (i.e. teleporting to retrieve Murassa then going away). The rest of you can just run out of the cavern.
Grayface has a single casting of Mirror Image if you want to try that. I'm worried about the dragon's fire breath coming back soon though, it's been long enough, more or less.
By the way, Grayface, you still owe me 900 gp. Don't think you can just skip out of town before paying me back! :P
Sure thing. Hang on, I'll be right back.
*dives into the lava looking for the dragon's hoard*
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... Gayface. ...
LOL!
Gray has killed men for less...
...and it's taken nearly 5,000 posts for it to slip through the spell checker!!!
Oopps.
I was sick, I told you!
So, as yuletide approaches, I shall take my opportunity to crawl out from behind the GM's screen and wish you all a Happy Christmas (or other non-denominational greetings of the season)... it's amazing to think how long we've been exploring together and, whilst I am sure things will slow down a little over the holidays, I am looking forward to seeing your adventures continue!!! Even if Grayface's journey is nearing an end... Wipes a tear!!!
yes, Happy(insert holiday here)! Do we have a prospective meatshield, er...replacement yet? I have two long running games...this being the longest...the other just has more posts....we post a metric crapton in that game...the GM does a response post for each player most times...so nothing gets missed...
Happy holiday to you all!
yes, Happy(insert holiday here)! Do we have a prospective meatshield, er...replacement yet?
Erm, not sure if Yasmin PM'd her folks yet? Otherwise I have a nefarious cunning plan that I will run past some of the reliable posters in my groups...
Happy holidays to all! I didn't PM anyone yet, so please.execute your nefarious plan!
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Happy holidays to all! I didn't PM anyone yet, so please.execute your nefarious plan!
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...nefarious plan is in action, will share more info after Christmas!!!
Murry Christmas from Murica!
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all!
Gray, I think you should keep the dragon head as your Christmas gift.
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