Looks good, Korriban! And yeah, meant to suggest that; for you, Fencing Grace is straight-up better than Power Attack.
Sorry I haven't posted yet y'all. Been super busy with putting up decorations and work. If need be go ahead and bot my character.
Again sorry about that.
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I think I got most of it in that recap?
I think that was pretty solid! And Riceak, no worries--thanks for the heads up! I'll bot you if needed.
Norv: Man, this disguise idea was a great one! I'm gonna give Korriban's Disguise check a solid +5 for that...
Dicebot: *rolls a natural 20 on the nurse's Perception check*
Norv: Well s!#$.
Also, Lantressa--I'm not quite sure because you mentioned hiding your tail--are you trying to appear like a human or just trying not to let any distinguishing characteristics show?
No immediate repercussions either way, just good for me to know.
The later, hide the distinguishing features/characteristics.
Cool, good to know. :)
Okay, can someone fill in on what has happened please?
Again I'm sorry about this. What with the holidays and work, things have gotten real busy.
There isn't a whole lot to backtrack and re-read. Basically, after interrogating the elf and making a stop back at the party's house, we've just shown up at the hospice to visit Teodor's sister and talked our way in.
Talked a way in for Korriban (who's disguised as a doctor) and Teodor, anyway...so far.
;)
Easy to forget seeing him now, but Teodor was a first class hustler before the shiver.
Also:
Benefits of smoking before posting--coming up with a great list of MASH based codenames.
Minuses of smoking before posting--forgetting to include them all.
I can't recall just now and don't really have the time to dig back and look, but have we rested enough for our spells back since the last fight? I noticed I hadn't reset my stat line for them and wasn't sure if I was supposed to or not. I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to reset them yet but just wanted to make sure.
You guys have NOT rested since the expedition to Carowyn Manor. You're correct.
Bad time to be busy at work ...how to salvage this ...
Bad time to be busy at work ...how to salvage this ...
Just do what Riceak said and summon a bunch of celestials. Everything will be fine. Wink wink.
And besides it'll probably help validate his threat.
Teodor doesn't do celestials. He's a very specifically pious man.
Well we are fighting undead so Celestials are great against undead.
Don't think we are, actually. But the ends do not justify the means. Celestials are not to be trusted. Snitches get stitches and end up in ditches.
PS Sorry Korriban, "I was put up to it" doesn't make them want to rip the full truth out of you any less. :P
Well, it was worth a shot.
My posting rate has actually slowed down a great deal because of work and the holidays. So, if I don't post, then please bot me. I'm posting this to all of my games I'm in, just to let people know. Sorry about this.
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Did I ever say where the Niculescu name and sisters came from? I wanted the character to have a Romanian feel, so I got the first name from Achewood and the last name from my Romanian friend Anca. Coming up with family became easy as I just made up Pathfinder versions of her and her sister. So I have such specific pictures of these characters now.
As for summoning, Teodor isn't going to violate his beliefs because some warrior he doesn't know ruined his con. Also, he's out of summon spells.
As for summoning, Teodor isn't going to violate his beliefs because some warrior he doesn't know ruined his con. Also, he's out of summon spells.
Wait....Seriously!? It's against your character's religion to summon celestials? Wow. Never knew that.
Mind you, like most followers of Groetus, his theology is completely self-created. Cosmic good and evil seem ineffective to him.
Regardless, it's up to the priest and his player to choose what kind of outsiders are appropriate for him to summon.
ETA: Interestingly, the prd description of entropic and resolute creatures says such creatures can be summoned with summon monster but the spell description itself says only celestial or fiendish. It would be cool if one had those as options as well. (Though in Teodor's case if he still wanted to summon fiendish creatures, that's his call.)
They don't need to change it, the templates are being used to errata themselves into the spell without going back and changing the text of the spell in the core rule book.
Teodor has no love for fiends. Entropic would be interesting. Especially with his From Beyond ability.
Yeah. That is a good rp for Teodor to decide that he doesn't want to summon celestials due to his beliefs. And, adding entropic to the From Beyond monsters. Oh boy. That would create some grade A nightmare fuel. I mean, those monsters are already twisted. But adding raw chaos to it? Wow...
Did I ever say where the Niculescu name and sisters came from? I wanted the character to have a Romanian feel, so I got the first name from Achewood and the last name from my Romanian friend Anca. Coming up with family became easy as I just made up Pathfinder versions of her and her sister. So I have such specific pictures of these characters now.
Huh. Did not know that. Pretty cool fun fact. In fact, I'll share one. I said this way in the beginning of the campaign. But, originally, I had Korriban planned to be a rakshasa bloodline human sorcerer.
Sorry for not posting. I'm a little bit conflicted on what to do. On the one hand, I kind of want to try and keep up the ruse I had said. But then again (and the more likely option I'll go with), I might just drop it (since we're already under attack) and draw my rapier.
They don't need to change it, the templates are being used to errata themselves into the spell without going back and changing the text of the spell in the core rule book.
I thought that might be the intent but I wasn't sure that was clear. Probably not everyone has noticed the clauses in the template descriptions. But I think you are right.
Teodor has no love for fiends. Entropic would be interesting. Especially with his From Beyond ability.
Yeah, that'd be very cool.
I didn't realize he wasn't applying either template to his summoned monsters, I thought the spider had been fiendish for some reason (though as you say I understand Teo has little use for good or evil). I don't care either way, I just misunderstood.
I think there should be an "equilibrium" or "limbo-born" template for neutral outsiders. Ethical and moral neutrality is its own thing, its own way of thinking and I've always hated how the rules seem to largely treat neutrality in terms of alignment as an absence of the other alignments, not its own thing. Part of it is I don't think the devs know how to parse it well. But there ARE neutral planes and neutral outsiders. Neutral priests should be able to summon creatures from those planes that have abilities reflective of those planes.
Sorry for not posting. I'm a little bit conflicted on what to do. On the one hand, I kind of want to try and keep up the ruse I had said. But then again (and the more likely option I'll go with), I might just drop it (since we're already under attack) and draw my rapier.
I know what Callie would like to do is draw the fight into one of the smaller rooms on the map so none of the patients get hurt.
Personally I think at this point it might be easiest to either just attack and get it over with, or grab Anca and retreat. The problem with the latter is the grey maidens and physicians can recognize us and report us as traitors if we don't kill them --- which mind, is probably only a matter of inevitability, but having the backing of the town while we do our investigations is valuable.
In short, I don't think there's a right answer, so trust your gut and we'll manage.
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ETA: On the subject of origins, Callie is based on the very first character I rolled up for AD&D 2nd Ed (but her name was Indigo).
@Riceak: No worries, I'll bot you if need be. Just so you know, total defense is a standard action that gives you a +4 bonus to AC. Most significantly, you can't take AoOs while you're in total defense.
On the subject of the summoning...definitely Teo's call, but I think entropic would be appropriate thematically. ;)
I want to add that the ruse was definitely a good idea (and it did get you past the "nurse"/guard outside!)...unfortunately, it becomes much harder to bluff someone who's intimately familiar with the organization than it is to bluff someone who's just hired on. And the Maidens are the "stab first, heal to ask questions later" type, so at this point they're deeply unlikely to listen to anything else.
Very cool that you have such specific pictures for Anca and Cristina, Teodor. :)
I accidentally made Cristina a bit more of a badass than I meant to when I whipped her up as an NPC, so I'm glad we could begin with her accidentally killing a patient. XP
Hahaha haha awesome! I'd love to see her "sheet" if we survive and if you don't mind.
Can we post pics on this site?
I don't think there's a way to--you might be able to provide links, though?
(Obviously, get their permission before linking a bunch of roleplaying randos to their pictures.) :P
Snap! Is that patient dead or can we heal him in time!?
For many of the patients, healing would be possible (there's a relatively low chance that a missed RANGED attack will strike a patient). They're all pretty fragile, though.
Ironically enough, that was a GREAT shot by Cristina damage-wise, so in the case of this man, he is, sadly, dead.
Dang. That's really cold. But, it does make logical sense for something like that to happen.
Okay. Riceak is going to play tactician now.
Also sorry for not posting. As we get closer to Christmas my posting is going to drop to almost zero. I'm not quitting or anything. But it'll be difficult for me to post what with work and the holiday cheer.
No worries Riceak, I get it. Busy here too! Unfortunately I'm going to ask you to reroll the attack since earlier it was a charge, you're fighting defensively now (I think?), etc.
And yes, I am a cold-blooded murderer of nameless NPCs. >:)
Going to give Korriban till the morning to get a post in, if not then I'll bot him.
@Callie: I think I might've explained something badly. The bolt that killed the patient was actually shot by Cristina, and deflected by a Gray Maiden on the ground (who blocked it with her shield). So that Maiden isn't carrying a bow right now (in her hands).
Happy to have the grease spell affect either one of the Maidens on the catwalk or that woman's sword--just figure you intend to make someone drop their weapon, so it probably shouldn't affect the bow (on her back). :P
@Callie: I think I might've explained something badly. The bolt that killed the patient was actually shot by Cristina, and deflected by a Gray Maiden on the ground (who blocked it with her shield). So that Maiden isn't carrying a bow right now (in her hands).
Happy to have the grease spell affect either one of the Maidens on the catwalk or that woman's sword--just figure you intend to make someone drop their weapon, so it probably shouldn't affect the bow (on her back). :P
Ah, yes. I missed that she shot at one on the ground, I thought she was using a ranged weapon to attack one of our ranged attackers. Sorry about that; I didn't read carefully enough.
That said, yes also, I would rather keep my action as aiming grease at a Maiden on the catwalk, as I wanted to disarm the ranged attacks. Choosing one at random is fine.
if we can retcon Callie to saying something like, "For the gods' sake, stop shooting, you'll kill the patients!" that would be cool.
Fine by me. :)
Sorry for the delay. I'll get a post in tomorrow.
No worries, Korriban. The holidays are a busy time for everyone.
I'm normally happy to bot people, but I try not to do that for more than one person in any particular post. At that point it starts to feel like I'm just playing by myself... :P
On the road a bit, posting may be sporadic. Please bot as needed. Happy holidays!
Happy holidays to one and all!
Happy holidays to everyone!
SORRY for the delay, all...I wanted to give people extra time over Christmas, and then while traveling I unexpectedly lost most of my access to the internet.
I'll bot Riceak for this round, and on we go!