If we want to hold them off for a little while than Oios And Telowo could continue holding up the barrier while Imix heals?
Okay - so maybe they won't blow the bridge with us on it.
Incidentally, I think the Frozen is just going to wait until someone tries to cross - probably by swimming.
I'm good with the withdraw plan.
Sorry, having crazy week. Will post as I can; bot as required.
The options we have is either holding on for a round or so or starting to retreat right?
The options we have is either holding on for a round or so or starting to retreat right?
Those are the options.
This afternoon/evening, unless you all decide differently, I'm going to move us forward taking Oios' plan into action. Those of you that are tossing torches, etc. please give me a roll.
to shoot a fire cantrip. Only do this if there isn't a better option.
Back from hiking, tired.
Let's do this- retreat underway!
Bridge fail :(
True - but Shadeholme still stands. And we might want that bridge ourselves, one day.
BTW, FYI (and other TLA): I am - with GMBP's permission - rebuilding Rigel as a Bard (lotus geisha archetype; without the Eastern weapon proficiencies). Rebuild should be complete later this week.
You won't notice much difference, except that she'll be more use in combat (by making YOU more effective); and her powers of persuasion will occasionally verge on the superhuman (Mind sphere FTW!).
Interesting, did not expect the retreat. We must have foiled their plans. Good work everyone!
Honestly this went very well, most named npcs survived, we blew up a bunch of barbarians, still have our bridge and town, and have a handy haversack full o goodies.
Will post when able, probably lunch time.
Rigel- excellent idea, I love bards. They're a lot of fun and are extremely effective as the party's face. With a gm like BP you'll have a lot of opportunities to make a huge difference for us.
BP- The other monks never came back, correct?
Everyone- Good time to split up the loot, what all we got? I remember there was some armor that looked like it had Imix's name all over it and there was a spear I think? Will check in more detail later. No telling what else is in the sack.
Yup. That might have worked better than expected!
All of Imix's plans should be implemented I think and a count made of who made it in and who didn't. Oios would want to take some herbalists that aren't used for healing and go through the satchel. Maybe we can make some scouting trips in the area between the wall and the bridge to see if more people can be saved?
Also the wall damaged by the sapper should be shorn up.
There is always the possibility they will be back soon of course, BP promised quite the fight...
Istiel can help with the satchel, Domhnall will probably be more useful but who knows what he'll be up to. Imix likely has the best crack at it given he actually has alchemy.
The monks went into the treeline. Istiel hasn't seen them.
Noooo Monk's mound! Those damn popsicles will pay for this.
No more non-lethal damage for them.
When time presents itself, I'm going to get up a map on the wiki of the surrounding region. It will help with planning.
Oohhh cool stuff in the bag. Interesting Addition of the night tea. Considering the other alchemist trying to blow up the wall was female, we might have just killed her lover...
On board with the scouting.
Considering the other alchemist trying to blow up the wall was female, we might have just killed her lover...
:)
Glad you caught that.
If there's one thing we're good at, it's making enemies!
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Well, that's d6 diplomacy for you... ;-)
Sorry - my recently repaired laptop turned out not to be so repaired after all.
I've bought a new tablet, and I'll be using that from now on.
Great set of scenes GMBP! Well done everyone - just getting through that meat grinder without losing a PC was an accomplishment.
^ You all were very smart. I'm going to have to up my evil game to deal with such wits.
New maps up! These should help you plan what to do next:
I've also added them to the game's header above. I'll update these as you find out more information...
sorry about the multi-posting.
I don't really trust the tablet with big posts yet.
Huh. So the village itself hasn't been attacked yet? We should probably look into that.
How many corpses have they left behind at the Pavillion. Are there weapons? I know there are probably arrows - did they scavenge the battlefield before leaving?
Are there stone statues in Shadeholme?
I'm going to have to up my evil game to deal with such wits.
Yeah, I put my PC onto 'dazed autopilot' and she didn't get attacked once going round town! Hope you're not going soft, GMBP... :P
I don't think he's going soft, Drazan almost died like 3 times
I don't think he's going soft, Drazan almost died like 3 times
If he was really evil, Istiel would have deflected a grenade right at Drazen to make it four times.
In any case, Istiel is going to want to head to monk's mound first. Good spot to get a view of the land and see if we can determine the direction of the warband. Not that they would be hard to directly track.
Yeah, I put my PC onto 'dazed autopilot' and she didn't get attacked once going round town! Hope you're not going soft, GMBP... :P
Well, maybe a little. You all are such lovely people.
I don't think he's going soft, Drazan almost died like 3 times
Not a terribly brilliant achievement when your PC has an AC barely in the double digits ;)
sorry about the multi-posting.
I don't really trust the tablet with big posts yet.
No worries! 1000 gameplay posts is a good milestone - I'm happy to get there sooner.
Huh. So the village itself hasn't been attacked yet? We should probably look into that.
Istiel's perception check wasn't much of a check at all, and the rain is driving, so she didn't glean much information. The flame on Monk's Mound could be spotted with a better check (which Antuk made, not Istiel).
The map(s) are there to tell you the layout of the village mostly as it was pre-invasion, but things (could) have changed. I'll update it as you uncover more information to reflect that accurate information.
Example: You know the weak points in the wall, so I marked that. You know where the bridge is, where the mulberry copse is, etc.
For the purposes of perception checks, consider if you stand on the palisade and the weather is clear, you could see for thousands of feet. Certainly, you could survey the town easily enough.
However, with the weather being what it is... you're not so lucky. Basically, with a decent perception check you can see anything out to about the bridge (or an equal distance around Eel Mound on the other parts of the palisade). Anything beyond that takes a pretty good perception check to figure out.
Of course, certain things may be easier to perceive than others. A roiling horde can be seen (and heard) from the palisade with a low perception check, but sneakier activities not so much. Higher perception check needed.
How many corpses have they left behind at the Pavillion. Are there weapons? I know there are probably arrows - did they scavenge the battlefield before leaving?
They left much of the dead and the weapons on the field of battle. What is happening now... perception check needed.
Are there stone statues in Shadeholme?
No stone statues, I'm afraid. Shadeholme has its beauty, but its beauty is more natural. It lacks the pomp and ornamentation of the capital.
We lost the sapper didn't we :o
Probably. He probably bled out after we blew the bridge. Istiel had no interest in seeing him live, and simply ignored Oios' request to carry the sapper to safety.
Haven't had time to put a list of loot together for us to pick over, but the masterwork "darkwood" spear is clearly Oios' and the mwk darkwood stealth wooden armor is clearly meant for Imix.
Imix, Oios or Rigel can carry the haversack, maybe Imix cause he's got enough to carry as it is.
Would certainly like an alchemist's fire, and a potion of cure moderate wounds (I believe there's one for each of us), and a tanglefoot bag.
Anyway. Mystery I'd like to solve- the hell is the mayor and texikuk? Rigel and Imix would be well suited into looking into this while Istiel, Drazen, and Oios scout. If we don't want to spilt the party (BP has been kind in satisfying our splitting whims but I don't want to give him TOO much work) then we should all scout first.
Istiel will be making the point in character when I can post, but she will want to go to Monk's mound. Any other suggested scouting locations?
All the points on the map. The Western lookout tower and the farm are both important places to look at.
....
I just realized I think my speed has been too fast this entire time. Oios' medium armor should have given him a 20 foot speed rather than 30!
Edit: Oh no, Travel Domain. Disregard the above.
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Not a terribly brilliant achievement when your PC has an AC barely in the double digits ;)
I think most of the damage came from swarm auto hits so moot. Plus Drazan's AC was down to 8 or 9 in that combat. He was literally running into weapons that would have missed him a person not paying any attention to what was going on.
yeah - I can see why those are done as they are, but it meant Imix's AC boosts were pretty much useless. It's cool, I just did something else, but if we are going to be fighting them a bit I think I'll look into the DR enhancement next.
GMBP: are we going to be going to the full army rules, or staying with small groups and troops?
I dream of controlling an army stat-block some day.
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I dream of controlling an army stat-block some day.
And so the tabletop/RPG circle is completed...
Big troop/swarm fighting time is over (for the most part) unless you all do something to attract those troop/swarms to you.
My intent with this next part is to have a bit of a mini-sandbox going on. There's stuff happening all around you, you just have to find it. So, presumably you could fight more warbands, but if that happens, you've flubbed up or decided to go the route of head-to-head conflict, which may not be terribly wise against an army of hundreds thousands millions.
As for army rules, right now we'll use troops/swarms as an abstraction, but also the downtime rules (so, units of 5 IIRC, if you build them/form them from existing soldiers). You could also form a warband or two I suppose, if you wanted to go that route.
Eventually, if you want to build armies, you can take things in that direction. But you must crawl first, padawans.
I dream of controlling an army stat-block some day.And so the tabletop/RPG circle is completed...
Hahahahahah. Excellent.
Ooooooh Istiel is talking back to daddy. Hope she doesn't get grounded.
So where are we going? Obvious leads are monk's mound and the disappearing mayor. Oios also suggested the farms and the lookout tower. though I have the feeling the lookout tower and monk's mound are going to be equally dangerous. (which makes me want to go more)
I think Imix's trip to the Triage has set him and Rigel hours into the future - so they can't help scout in the immediate aftermath. I - unlike Imix - could be wrong, however.
Sorry for delay, needed some time at a proper computer to finalise the new character sheet; now done. I look forward to actually being useful in the next combat!
I agree with Imix's interpretation on timing and location - looks like we've split the party again:
* Imix and Rigel are doing triage/finding out what's going on inside the fortifications
*Everyone Else is going scouting
Is that right?
Scouts, give me your destination and how you're getting there.
Detectives/diplomats (diptectives?), I figured that when Rigel was looking around, she didn't look in any buildings, but rather was looking rather sensibly for Gilders on the ground, giving orders and such.
We can scout or way counter-clockwise around the map. Hustle west through the forest to the river, cross it, normal speed or sneak through to the watch tower?
Circle around, no good at sneaking. Literally only good for distraction should this get dicey.
If there is no objection and there is a decent bonus to Stealth than Oios would like the armor as well as the spear, at least for the scouting missin. Oios is good at getting into places, not at sneaking.
It is intriguing that you all are leaving your stealthiest character behind.
Remember, we're using a group stealth modifier (one check per instance where it is needed). So, for you three, +7 +2 +2 (if Oios wears the armor) /3 = +3 stealth mod.
You do have the rain and distance penalties for perception to take into account as well.
Your average bad guy is going to be using a passive perception score of 10+perception mod for the dc to beat.
I think it's just working out that way as Rigel and Imix have things to take care of in town.
Oios used to just stomp into town and glare at people in his previous life. That won't work anymore :(
Is there no way of getting Isitel a better chance by letting her scout ahead?
Indeed, it seems to just be working out this way. Life is full of such moments! Istiel would simply go by herself if given the chance, but that's not terribly fun for everyone else.
Last we saw the hordes were to the east in the forest, but they could be slowly surrounding the pace by now...
Is there no way of getting Isitel a better chance by letting her scout ahead?
I suppose you could follow behind, and Istiel could make a stealth check to aid another. Two groups would mean two checks: one at +7 (Istiel), one at +2 (Drazan, Oios, with the chance at being aided for +4).
Sound good?
Sounds good. Better odds than we had before, thanks BP. Now we're only likely to die instead of certainly doomed.
One condition though: we get to communicate via bird calls, and the odd chipmunk to throw them off.
Also i noticed Istiel has a +9 to acrobatics and it should actually be +8? Not sure where my math went awry but i can't edit my sheet from my phone for some reason.
Edit: Don't know when or where you want the rolls but it sounded like you were talking present tense? this is good a place as any.
Edit edit: could have gone better, really
Distance adds some serious modifiers in Pathfinder - in all honesty I think you'd be better off with Istiel scouting alone, and the other two nearby in case she calls for help, or needs help moving large burning things.
Remember if you see the whole warband thing you will pretty much need to run.
By all means, take the armour, Oios. Imix's armour is pretty special anyway, and of course as a Suriname he's a natural sneak.