Let's do average hit dice, rounding up...sorry Icarus!
Rena, what is your arcane bond?
Btw if you aren't planning on advancing in ranger you can take the Falconer archetype and get a bird companion, if you like.
Ugly work week and the next is looking only minutely better. FYI and apologies. I'll post as soon as I can. Just gotta get past this hellish time of year!
Sorry for the slow progress, it's been a busy week and I need some time to plan out the next episode.
Busy week (actually two weeks) here as well! It must be contagious! We need a slacker to cure us!
Has anyone played (or read) Hollow's Last Hope? Thinking about stealing some stuff from it but not if you're familiar with it.
I have not
I am currently in a game of it, but we did not get very far yet, and certainly haven't met any spiders.
I'm ALIVE! and I'm glad you're all doing ok too, especially those near Sandy! Be safe. This is the first time I've logged in since my last post. I'm not out of the work-woods yet, but I'm about 3/4 of the way there. Things have eased up slightly though and so I wanted to pop my head in and let you all know the scoop.
Have no fear of me disappearing - long term. I appreciate the patience and I will press on as soon as I can. Yay for gainful employment!
Also I have not read or heard of Hollows Last hope :). I miss playing :(
I think everyone has reported in since Monday...not sure where everybody lives. I probably don't need any of the Hollow's Last Hope. It is a free module you can get from Paizo, coincidentally set near Droskar's Crag.
I'll probably be able to speed up a bit once I figure out where everything is going. Combat is pretty easy but figuring out plot and background sometimes takes a bit of work, particularly if I have to look up plausible areas of Golarion for things to appear in.
I'm rebuilding servers in Rochester,NY with my team... Sandy stuff. Our offices are in downtown NYC.
Wow Rena, you must have a lot on your plate right now...
I am, thankfully, across the ocean from Sandy.
As I understand it, if a spell is on your spell list (one you could learn), you can use the wand automatically, otherwise you have to do a Use Magic Device at DC 20.
Discussion thread:
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ol9x?Use-of-wands
For the factotum I'll say he has to actually know the spell based on what I read here.
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130676
Does the factotum (Dungeonscape, page 14) meet the
requirements for activating spell trigger or spell completion
items, such as wands and scrolls?
The factotum lacks a spell list. While he chooses spells
from the sorcerer/wizard lists, this is not the same as having a
true class spell list. Thus, a factotum cannot use spell trigger or
spell completion items without Use Magic Device or some
similar ability.
I was just planning to use use magic device for the wands.
Sorry guys, but I'll be bowing out of this game. I consistently find myself lacking time to post, plus I feel that most of what my character can do overlaps with the others in the party. You were all great fun though, so thanks for that and I hope you'll have a wonderful time.
:( Sorry to see you go Otis! Best of luck and happy gaming!
Also happy turkey day to all and/or have a great weekend!
Sorry to hear that Otis, I've enjoyed playing with you. I understand having limited free time, especially coming up on Christmas.
Good to have you while we did, I can take over driver if necessary. Others can step in as well if they want.
I can't, I got a horse ;)
OK, Otis, thanks for joining us!
For now we can NPC Otis as a carriage guard.
I totally wanted to have the big one come up behind Rena without her seeing it.
Should have had it come up behind the others!
Is it weird that I mentally add in Indiana Jones music whenever Shorga rides in to save someone? ;)
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Bodyguard (Combat):
Your swift strikes ward off enemies attacking nearby allies.
Prerequisite: Combat Reflexes.
Benefit: When an adjacent ally is attacked, you may use an attack of opportunity to attempt the aid another action to improve your ally's AC. You may not use the aid another action to improve your ally's attack roll with this attack.
Normal: Aid another is a standard action.
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I read that to mean that whenever an adjacent ally is attacked, Shorga gets an AoO chance to roll to aid another to give the extra AC bonus. Also I'm thinking this AC bonus would be applied before the attack in question lands on my ally.
Is alllllll that you're understanding as well?
Sounds right to me.
Sweet cherry pie.
Sorry, for pre-empting Shorga. Trying to take it alive... Better condition.
EDIT: That is better condition for it... and us.
No problem, I was a little uncertain what to do. :)
Never used this before...
Tie Up
If you have your target pinned, otherwise restrained, or unconscious, you can use rope to tie him up. This works like a pin effect, but the DC to escape the bonds is equal to 20 + your Combat Maneuver Bonus (instead of your CMD). The ropes do not need to make a check every round to maintain the pin. If you are grappling the target, you can attempt to tie him up in ropes, but doing so requires a combat maneuver check at a –10 penalty. If the DC to escape from these bindings is higher than 20 + the target's CMB, the target cannot escape from the bonds, even with a natural 20 on the check.
I can Aid Another, I suppose.
You manage to tie up the slurk, hindered slightly by the slippery slime coating his underside. Soon after, it awakens and begins to struggle....
Escape Artist DC 25:
but the ropes remain secure. Falling back on his natural defenses, he squirts a coat of stickly slime from nodules on his back, enveloping those nearby.
FYI - we are in the discussion thread. :)
That's a pretty funny image there. I'm sure Otis is about to fall off the wagon from laughing.
I like the idea of a CLW wand, but am also interested in Mount.
If something happens to our horses we're going to need replacements. Hopefully we could re-rig for four light instead of two heavy.
At level 3 the horses are pretty solid, but as we go up levels they become relatively fragile.
The ability to have 50 2 hour horses is useful, but only situationally. It's not worth a prepared caster leaving multiple mount slots memorised.
I know it isn't very exciting...
Admittedly I don't know Wolfwaker's vision for the future, but originally the horse drawn carriage didn't seem like it would be our only means of transportation. While I don't imagine we'll be flying around on dragons anytime soon, I want to consider that we may not always have the carriage. Of course I also realize that we are a traveling group, and horses will probably always come in handy...
I guess I'd feel better about the CLW, and then buy a potion of Mount later on. Sort of like getting a 'rainy day fund' in place before making other investments, if I can use the analogy. Thoughts?
A wand of CLW is a great idea, because then someone can heal *me*.
Can't get a potion of mount, but can get a scroll.
aha, or a wand of mount?
Rena, the noob defers.
It was two wands, wasn't it?
"Shorga - how hard do you think it would be to train a Slurk?"
Shorga considers the request a moment, "Probably lessh difficult than it'd be to learn to ride covered in shlime all the time." he finally says, thinking of the slime shooting out of the slurks back.
You can get two wands since you did the side job.
The slurk back slime gives you a bonus to stay in the saddle, but a penalty to dismount! I don't imagine they would make a good mount for traveling, though!
Since we get two I vote we get 1 Cure Light Wounds and one of these for the 2nd option;
sleep
ray of enfeeblement
summon monster I
mount
comprehend languages
I am down with Cure Light, that is one I wanted anyway so I could work as back up healer to(and for) Kalum. Sleep or Enfeeblement would be a good second.
Do we auto "Aid Another" skill-wise? Meaning if someone rolls a 12, and someone else rolls an 18... do we see that as a 20?
I'm in another game that does that and it seems to encourage skill use/rolls, teamwork and keep the game moving.
I don't think it's been officially implemented in this game, that I recall. But I also like the system very much, and this is my official endorsement of said mechanic. :)
Works for me...sorry for the delay. Will try to get things moving along.
Was imagining old worlde coach, facing eachother... with a folding/removable card table in the center. Space for a crate, maybe if table is stowed.
Little sliding window thing to speak to driver/passenger outside. Possible extension like a trunk.
When we get fancy, can we get better suspension and possibly a flexible hull, where is can twist a little and be more maneuverable/agile?
does it look something like this?
Not that I care one way or another, but I was picturing this.
Oh he cares... I can't stand it, but it is helpful. I'm chiding, of course.
I'm going to go with Kalum's Wells Fargo wagon. I imagine there are two benches facing each other inside, with a little space behind the rear seat for some cargo.
I'm so offended. I officially quit for 10 seconds. 1..2..3..4..5..6.. oh forget it. That's way too long to give up pbp. :)