The Walking Dead of Golarion, by GM Fiendish

Game Master Fiendish Zen


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Ah I had assumed it might be the new addition to your family, I recall the nights of broken sleep ;)

Glad to know you're still with us, and good on you for juggling all these demands on your time. Let me know if you need a break for a bit, always happy to write people out temporarily then reintroduce later, no-one here will lose their places!

Dark Archive

Female Elven Female Elven Wizard (Conjurer) level 7, hp 45/45, AC 13/16|T 12|FF 11/14, F +3|R +5|W +4 (+2 v Enchantment and immune to sleep), Init +3, Perception + 18 Low-light vision and Dancing Lights
Lenneth Barlow wrote:

Not related to our game but wanted somewhere to whinge a little. Just got notice from my RL DM that he's suspending our Wrath of the Righteous campaign for a variety of reasons. We've had a lot of RL stuff going on with various people in the group that's made it hard for everyone to get together lately (work/school/health issues) -plus- we've had some drama between a couple of people as well; it's not really surprising and I understand why but it's still a pretty big bummer.

Related to our game: I hope Azmerai is okay, because it looks like it's been nearly a week since he last posted.

Sorry to hear your home game is having trouble. But, I have to comment that Wrath of the Righteous gets pretty silly after 6th level when everyone becomes mythic. In my opinion its just not worth playing at higher levels. I am not a fan of the mythic rules, believing they only add an additional layer of complexity that can be exploited by min/maxing players. It added no enjoyment to the game for me.


Male Half-Orc Bloodrager (Primalist) 1
Stats:
hp 15/22(+4) AC 16|T 12 |FF 14, F +8|R +4|W +3, Init +2, Per +6

Oh trust me this is by far my favorite PbP, but I also enjoyed to let the others settle in! And Azmerai is anyway not the big talker, more the common sense, what is needed now to survive kind of person. And just got a slow down, you work so fast that we look bad kind of talk from a coworker ;-)


(KILLED IN ACTION) | Gnome | Alchemist 4

We are one session in to our WOTR game and I harbour similar fears for post mythic craziness. We are going to see how it goes and if necessary I will ban or amend certain things as well as having redone nearly all the encounter stat-blocks from book 2 on anyway :/

However, no WOTR spoilers here please, Euron is one of my RL players :)

Azmerai, I've heard that attitude in work with me too - crazy!


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It's good to see you Azmerai; glad things seem to be going well for you :)

No spoilers but yeah, we made it almost to the end of Book 2 for WotR and both my husband and myself were having misgivings about the mythic stuff. I'd still like to see how the story would play out, though. It also doesn't help that we had 7 players plus the DM; sometimes having lots of friends who want to play doesn't work out so good.


(KILLED IN ACTION) | Gnome | Alchemist 4

Ok I'm just going to give my opinions on the roles and see if you guys agree with me or not. This is based on relevant skills and survivability in the case of scout where they might be operating alone.

Scout
Polonius
Euron

Forager
Valex
Azmerai
Lenneth (good knowledge nature?)

Vanguard
Lillith

Thoughts? Any other roles you can think of?


Male Half-Orc Bloodrager (Primalist) 1
Stats:
hp 15/22(+4) AC 16|T 12 |FF 14, F +8|R +4|W +3, Init +2, Per +6

Good points. Also if we stay close to the river we should be able to catch the one or other fish.


Male Oracle 5 | hp 48 | AC 15, touch 10, flat-footed 15 | Perc +8 | Init +0 | Fort +3, Ref +1, Will +4

That seems good to me Polo, im happy to scout. I've got Perception and Survival too so wherever i'm needed.

Also want to say i'm really enjoying so everything far! Can't wait to see where it all goes.

Also also. Yah we've started Wrath of the righteous with Polo as the DM, it was a really run first session it's been almost 3 weeks since we last played and i just really want us to get back in and kick some demons ass.

Dark Archive

Female Elven Female Elven Wizard (Conjurer) level 7, hp 45/45, AC 13/16|T 12|FF 11/14, F +3|R +5|W +4 (+2 v Enchantment and immune to sleep), Init +3, Perception + 18 Low-light vision and Dancing Lights

I agree that Lilith's best fit is Vanguard. Good call.


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No complaints here!


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Poor Lenneth has almost nothing left of immediate usefulness aside from her weapons, but for the curious they can click on her profile and see what she's currently carrying.

In other news, we're nearly at the six month mark for the game - huzzah! :)

Dark Archive

Female Elven Female Elven Wizard (Conjurer) level 7, hp 45/45, AC 13/16|T 12|FF 11/14, F +3|R +5|W +4 (+2 v Enchantment and immune to sleep), Init +3, Perception + 18 Low-light vision and Dancing Lights

In truth both the ring and the cloak gained from the lady at the Inn would best serve us with Valex. Anyone disagree?


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Sounds good to me if it sounds good to everyone else. Regarding the ioun stones, there's enough for each of us to get one if that's how we want to split things. No real preference from me on which one Lenneth gets, but the Sense Motive stone might fit her the best. The Initiative stone should probably go to whoever has the lowest initiative score (which seems to be Euron) but other that than I don't really have any preferences or suggestions on who gets what.


Male Half-Orc Bloodrager (Primalist) 1
Stats:
hp 15/22(+4) AC 16|T 12 |FF 14, F +8|R +4|W +3, Init +2, Per +6

Azmerai would only be interested in the iniative stone.


Nearly six months indeed, you owe yourselves a round of applause, there's not one person here I've regretted picking ;)

In other news, in actual game time less than a week has passed...!!

Shame I can't provide some humorous stats for you about the Sandpoint arc...
Enemies vanquished: 47
Survivors met: 5
Bombs thrown by Polonius: 17
dancing lights cast by Lilith: 23
etc ^^


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Enemies Remaining - A billionty
Survivors Who Survived Meeting Us - 0 (?) :(

Etc. ;)

Oh and for the record, just assume that Lenneth does let Indigo out of that backpack more often than just when they stop somewhere. He gets his exercise but it's easier to carry him when traveling over long distances like they've had to do :3

Dark Archive

Female Elven Female Elven Wizard (Conjurer) level 7, hp 45/45, AC 13/16|T 12|FF 11/14, F +3|R +5|W +4 (+2 v Enchantment and immune to sleep), Init +3, Perception + 18 Low-light vision and Dancing Lights

Now that the point is moot, for now at least, I feel less argumentative asking but why can't you throw something from prone? I do not think you can shoot a bow from prone but you certainly can shoot a crossbow from prone, and even get a bonus for doing so.


First up just to set the scene, RAW for prone says no to ranged attacks aside from crossbows.

In addition, there is a bonus to AC only v ranged attacks (and penalty to melee attacks) but no bonuses to hit.

However I happen to agree with Lilith here, take a musket for example, you would expect it has the same 'point and pull trigger' as a crossbow so should be allowed to be used from prone. Thrown weapons themselves such as daggers I'd be less inclined to agree with. But for splash weapons and flasks etc I could be persuaded to allow the attack but with a penalty (after all soldiers throw grenades from a prone position, at least in films ;)

I presume they haven't FAQ'd or amended this due to the complexity, but let's have a house rule!

Draft 1
Prone characters may use crossbows and firearms normally, all other ranged weapons are useable but with -4 to hit.

Thoughts?

Dark Archive

Female Elven Female Elven Wizard (Conjurer) level 7, hp 45/45, AC 13/16|T 12|FF 11/14, F +3|R +5|W +4 (+2 v Enchantment and immune to sleep), Init +3, Perception + 18 Low-light vision and Dancing Lights

Makes sense to me. I was not sure what the rule was. It would be harder to throw a dagger from prone, but not impossible.


Same here. A dagger, or a shuriken or even a handgranade, did the last one in real life, can be thrown while prone, and you can be even quite good at it, but the distance you can throw is abysmal. My idea, half the penalty to -2 for small and only small ones, you for sure can´t throw a javelin or something like that, but also half the range and make it impossible to throw further than medium range.


Hp 45/45 :: L1 spells 5/5:L2 spells 2/2: Perf rounds 12/12 Hum/Chlx Bard(archvst)4 Rog 3
Combat:
Conc+6; longsword +8 (1d8+2/19-20)/ sling +7 (1d4+1) /init+2/F3-R9-W5

Sorry for the delay, folks. I'm back in town and ready to go.

House rule looks good to me.

Dark Archive

Female Elven Female Elven Wizard (Conjurer) level 7, hp 45/45, AC 13/16|T 12|FF 11/14, F +3|R +5|W +4 (+2 v Enchantment and immune to sleep), Init +3, Perception + 18 Low-light vision and Dancing Lights

Welcome back. Now go kill a wolf. :)


(KILLED IN ACTION) | Gnome | Alchemist 4

Man I really thought we were going to be able to talk our way out of this one and have some cool wolf friends!


Male Half-Orc Bloodrager (Primalist) 1
Stats:
hp 15/22(+4) AC 16|T 12 |FF 14, F +8|R +4|W +3, Init +2, Per +6

Screw those friends. Full bellies tonight!

Dark Archive

Female Elven Female Elven Wizard (Conjurer) level 7, hp 45/45, AC 13/16|T 12|FF 11/14, F +3|R +5|W +4 (+2 v Enchantment and immune to sleep), Init +3, Perception + 18 Low-light vision and Dancing Lights

I considered that maybe if the white wolf is blind and we have dropped a few of their number we "could" offer them a wolf corpse back for a truce. But we are starving too, are soon will be. This meat is important to us as well. With her Breadth of Experience feat Lilith could possibly tan the skins and we could have warm cloaks. Certainly we should be able to Jerky some wolf meat.


(KILLED IN ACTION) | Gnome | Alchemist 4

Now that we have two party members with good ranks in the survival skill, we aren't going to struggle that badly with food.

I know supplies are going to be sparse in the wilderness as Fiendish stated animals seem to be scarce these days. But the Dc to feed yourself for a day is only 10 and feeding others only increases the Dc by 2 for each additional person. Even if those dcs were doubled because of the lack of fauna, Azmerai and Euron should most definitely be able to keep us from starving :)


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I'm fine with the house rule. As far as the wolves go, I'm with Lilith on this one - pelts and possible wolf meat for us all! If they decide to back off then Lenneth isn't necessarily inclined to push the issue but for now? Both groups are fighting for their survival and even though she understands that, she's not going down without a fight either :)


Male Oracle 5 | hp 48 | AC 15, touch 10, flat-footed 15 | Perc +8 | Init +0 | Fort +3, Ref +1, Will +4

Polo is right about the survival skill, its why i really like the skill. But, if fiendish has made it harder in finding any food it would make sense that we need to go to such lengths to get any.


So first off, I wish I could share how awesome it is to log on in the morning and see 14 posts from your players waiting...*squee* :D

Moving on...

On watches:
Being on watch is not restful as it requires maintaining a constant state of alertness, patrols around the perimeter of the camp, investigating noises etc. As this poses problems for casters who require uninterrupted rest to prepare spells, unless otherwise informed I will assume the following:

Lenneth and Lilith take first shift (A dog watch) so they get uninterrupted sleep afterwards 10pm-12am
Azmerai and Polo take the middle watch 12am-4am
Euron and Valex take last watch 4-8am
So full casters get 8 hours, everyone else gets 6 hours. After 1 hour for spell study etc whilst non-casters do breakfast you'd be on your way from 9am.

Obviously let me know if you want to deviate from this, just thought I'd put it here so you have something to work with!

The above is pulled from RAW, if I'm misinterpreting then put it down to inexperience, happy to hear your thoughts.

Dark Archive

Female Elven Female Elven Wizard (Conjurer) level 7, hp 45/45, AC 13/16|T 12|FF 11/14, F +3|R +5|W +4 (+2 v Enchantment and immune to sleep), Init +3, Perception + 18 Low-light vision and Dancing Lights

This works for me. Alternatively Lilith is only down 1 spell so could be ok without renewing her spells this once.


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That works and it actually helps to keep the usual rigamarole of setting watches and stuff to a minimum; we can assume a default and post to deviate from it as circumstances dictate!


Male Oracle 5 | hp 48 | AC 15, touch 10, flat-footed 15 | Perc +8 | Init +0 | Fort +3, Ref +1, Will +4

I'm happy with that, its a good idea to get a default order down and as Lenneth said we'll change it around when and if we need too.


Male Half-Orc Bloodrager (Primalist) 1
Stats:
hp 15/22(+4) AC 16|T 12 |FF 14, F +8|R +4|W +3, Init +2, Per +6

I would change 2nd and third watch. Mainly so that you have one with special vision in each shift. Euron and Valex are humans.
So maybe Valex and Azmerai Second, Polo and Euron 3rd. So Polo can sleep 8 hours straight, he needs it, and each shift has support and magic.


OK great thanks for the feedback :)

Going with Azmerai's suggestion the final roster is:

Lenneth and Lilith take first shift 10pm-12am
Azmerai and Valex take the middle watch 12am-4am
Euron and Polo take last watch 4-8am


Hp 45/45 :: L1 spells 5/5:L2 spells 2/2: Perf rounds 12/12 Hum/Chlx Bard(archvst)4 Rog 3
Combat:
Conc+6; longsword +8 (1d8+2/19-20)/ sling +7 (1d4+1) /init+2/F3-R9-W5

Does Euron require 8 hours of rest to prepare spells? If not, lets switch Euron and Valex. Valex is not down any spells currently, but he does need 8 hours to recharge.


Ah, to make it clear I refer to prepared casters only rather than spontaneous, so the 8 hour rest thing only applies to Lilith and Lenneth.

Hmm, for some reason I thought spontaneous casters were exempt from the rule, however...

RAW wrote:

A sorcerer or bard needs 8 hours of rest (just like a wizard), after which she spends 15 minutes concentrating. (A bard must sing, recite, or play an instrument of some kind while concentrating.)

Which would mean Valex would need his beauty sleep too just like the ladies :s

For Euron, it's not explicit like it is with bards, so I'll lump oracles in with clerics...

RAW wrote:
Each cleric must choose a time when she must spend 1 hour each day in quiet contemplation or supplication to regain her daily allotment of spells

So...this makes things complicated from a juggling watches perspective >.<

So, in order to avoid a headache with something that really shouldn't trouble us so much, Valex, welcome to the ranks of the spontaneous divine casters (hey, you've got CLW on your list don't complain ;) So you pick a time once per day where you practice singing, playing an instrument and what have you for an hour in order to regain your spells.

Done and dusted!


Hp 45/45 :: L1 spells 5/5:L2 spells 2/2: Perf rounds 12/12 Hum/Chlx Bard(archvst)4 Rog 3
Combat:
Conc+6; longsword +8 (1d8+2/19-20)/ sling +7 (1d4+1) /init+2/F3-R9-W5

Then lets have Valex recover spells at sunset, and leave the watch schedule as-is.

Works for me!


Hp 45/45 :: L1 spells 5/5:L2 spells 2/2: Perf rounds 12/12 Hum/Chlx Bard(archvst)4 Rog 3
Combat:
Conc+6; longsword +8 (1d8+2/19-20)/ sling +7 (1d4+1) /init+2/F3-R9-W5

At the waterfall cave: Given the time and effort required to travel between the cave and ground, I don't think we should split the party by having one or two on watch on the ground. I think, however, we could keep one person on watch at the cave mouth.


Cause some promotion can't hurt...

Still enjoying reading you!


I PM'd DM Lil" Eschie to thank them for their kind words and the recommendation in their post, which (due to the above link being broken), you can actually find here.

Well done all :)

Right, off to write some wolfish actions ;p


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I'm not sure if she follows our discussion thread too, but thanks for the vote of encouragement DM Lil" Eschie! :)

Also just posting to say that I hope everyone has had a good weekend!


Male Half-Orc Bloodrager (Primalist) 1
Stats:
hp 15/22(+4) AC 16|T 12 |FF 14, F +8|R +4|W +3, Init +2, Per +6

We went to the laggio di Garda in italy for the longer weekend, 3th of october is unification day in Germany. Apart from the traffic jam yesterday we spend 3 wonderful days in warmth in beautiful cities and eating superlative italien food.


Bravissimo Azmerai!

Thanks for the thought Lenneth :) I spent some of it recertifying my workplace first aid so less relaxing than usual but all good, I hope you had a nice weekend too :)

Sorry for the delayed post folks, typical weekend shenanigans, update incoming...


Male Oracle 5 | hp 48 | AC 15, touch 10, flat-footed 15 | Perc +8 | Init +0 | Fort +3, Ref +1, Will +4

Im really glad i got into this game, i'm enjoying it and can't wait to see where we go.

I hope you had the same too Lenneth!

That sounds really nice Azmerai.

Pretty standard weekend here we played some Wraith of the righteous, kicking cultist butt. Then a weekend of nothing, its the best way to spend time off.

No problem Fiendish, do you have a lot of need for first aid where you work? :P


(KILLED IN ACTION) | Gnome | Alchemist 4
Euron wrote:
...kicking cultist butt...

As I recall you were struck permanently blind...

On a side note, this fight is still in the balance. Polo and Azmerai have dealt some good damage to the white wolf and it's locked down in a web. I think Euron can handle the three wolves around him, especially with a little help from Lillith and Lenneth but Valex might be in some trouble :/

Oh and Lake Garda is on the list of places to go, it looks amazing. Just need to find the time (and money of course!)


Male Oracle 5 | hp 48 | AC 15, touch 10, flat-footed 15 | Perc +8 | Init +0 | Fort +3, Ref +1, Will +4

Well... that did happen but it was all part of my plan.


Male Half-Orc Bloodrager (Primalist) 1
Stats:
hp 15/22(+4) AC 16|T 12 |FF 14, F +8|R +4|W +3, Init +2, Per +6

You can spend an obscene amount of money, or you can try for one of the little hotels. Mind you our little car felt entirly deplaced next to porsches, jaguars and big mercedes. But we got a great deal and had the same level of service for a 4th of their money.


@Euron, only when people don't do as I ask ;p

Ah the one thing I miss about living in the UK is having Europe on your doorstep. The closest holiday destinations here are Fiji and the Gold Coast (Australia) which are both 4 hours away by plane.

Tis a good thing that NZ is so pretty!

Glad you all had nice weekends :)


(KILLED IN ACTION) | Gnome | Alchemist 4

I'm away with work again guys. I will be able to post but not until late tonight when I get to the hotel. Move on without me if need be.


Male Half-Orc Bloodrager (Primalist) 1
Stats:
hp 15/22(+4) AC 16|T 12 |FF 14, F +8|R +4|W +3, Init +2, Per +6

No worries little one. We rely on your wisdom and take care of your well being.

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