Wormy's Wrath of the Righteous (Inactive)

Game Master WormysQueue

Was just going to note...we might miss those 18s when the bad guys put in an appearance.

I liked what Iolaire did with the visuals showing which monster she attacked. SOo in the future, I'll add little circles in different colors to any combat map so as to enable you to point at the opponent you want to attack (because I thin if anyone tries to frame the monster as Iolaire did, that may get problematic).

So my suggestion would be:

Alfred = black
Uldir = orange
Iolaire = green
Arianna = blue
Rianne = Red
Kendren = yellow

Would that be ok for you? I already included those circles in the actual map so that you can see what I'm talking about.

That seems to be reasonable to me.

No problems here :)

Good thing you gave me black, as I'm color blind :-)

If this would be easier for you, we could also use shapes, colors was just the first idea I had?

Black works OK... and it fits the character.

Works for me.

Sure.

Alfred, I've played some Roll20 before and I think your dot is still there, it's just hidden underneath the enemy marker.

Didn't know that but apparently it has something to do with which element I introduce first and which second to the map. So I deleted and renewed the markers and now it seems to work just fine.

So just so you know, today I have a 24-hour shift again, so I'll not be able to do much over the day. So please fell free to make your moves even if the cockroaches haven't acted so that I can resolve the actions when I come back at home next morning.

Mine will depend on where and how the cockroaches are moving because I intend to try and get into a flanking position with one of them.

Since I technically go before Alfred in the Initiative order, if the cockroach he attacked falls prone, would the +4 bonus to hit give him the boost needed to deal damage?

I am also waiting to see how the cockroaches move.

Kendren: Yes he would, but unluckily,this one happened to beat the save DC. But if ALfred wants to use this, I guess I would allow him to make a five-foot step to attack one of the prone Cockroaches (withoud the need to reroll so the beast would be dead). And as the other beast would surely try to stand up he also would have asn AoO against the second prone beast if he moves so that he could attack it (just to avoid the question :)

Related to my spellcasting - GM, would you say the grease created by the spell is flammable?

I never gave much thought to it, but my gut answer would be no ( I took a look and found an according statement of James Jacobs regarding this question:

Nope.

It's a 1st level spell, and a really good one at that. Allowing it to explode into fire at the slightest spark makes it too bad-ass.

This said, I took a further look and found the mythic version of grease which allows the caster to spend two uses of mythic power to make the grease flammable. Which reminded me that everyone of you has 2 Hero Points to spend.

And as I like it when Hero points are spent on things normally not possible by the rules, I would allow you to spend 1 Hero point to incend the grease (1d3 fire damage to everyone in the grease-covered area) or to spend two Hero Points to replicate the mythic grease spell (adding the chance that creatures in the area catch fire and take another 2d6 points of fire damage).

But please be aware that the last time I looked at the Map, Alfred had entered the grease-covered area and that if you want to pull this trick in the future, I won't warn you every time about it :).

I noticed about Alfred. I was just curious. The mythic version of the spell wasn't listed off the grease spell page on d20pfsrd. Now that I know it exists, I may be picking it up.

I noticed about Alfred. I was just curious. The mythic version of the spell wasn't listed off the grease spell page on d20pfsrd. Now that I know it exists, I may be picking it up.

Ah, I'm not sure how it is organized there. I've found it in the Mythic magic section, so I didn't even look the grease spell up beforehand :)

Some spells have it listed, some don't. I think Mythic Magic Missile is listed on regular magic missile.

d20pfsrd does list if the spell itself has a mythic version and sometimes lists what the mythic version of the spell does as well or at least lists to it

Nevermind, I was confusing it for my herolabs which does that if I have the book selected as a source.

Question to all of you: I would like to insert Painlord's Rule of Two into our corpus, so that we don't have to wait for everyone to agree with the next course of action before acting, because that can really slow down a game especially in PbP format.

For those that don't know this rule:

Painlord's PbP Rule of Two: Designed to reduce dithering, this rule suggests that after one character has suggested an action (or course of action) and it is seconded, that's what the party does and the GM should go along those lines. The other players are still welcome to post other actions, but the GM may assume that the seconded action is where/what the party is going/doing. This helps keep momentum moving AND reduces the stress on the GM on knowing when to proceed.

Would that be ok for everyone as a general rule and, in case there are concerns about it, is there a way to resolve those reservations? I'll try to be flexible about it, so that no one feels ignored just because he was to late to be one of the first two posters

Yes. That is good. Keeps the game from getting stale.

Approved - I suggest it in most games I play in. Well worth doing. :)

I'm good with it.

@Kendren: Didn't want to disrupt the gameplay thread so I answer the question here: As I expanded the cavern a bit, you have traveled around 250 feet so far, a s calculated from the point where you awoke after your fall.

How many feet back to the cavern?

That would be around 140 feet.

I have added an editable (nearly wrote edible ^^) spreadsheet for loot management issues. There you'll find the content of the Bag. If you want to claim something for yourself, just write your name in the respective column. You can also mark those things you want to take with you without necessarily claiming it for yourself with color (like I did with the copper brooch).

The columns with your names on top just serve for me keeping book about the wealth you might collect during the adventures, so that I can see, if I'm too stingy or too generous.

Any suggestions about improving the sheet are welcome, of course :)

I track loot in a couple of my other games and my sheet is very similar.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mJcV-AqJbJAC4iNES5NF5fRKKsucgUvfG1_ sG4Y9ISw/edit#gid=0

Whoops, Torgar is a character in my IRL Forgotten Realms campaigns. Uldir definitely said "Torag" y'all.

Ah the Realms *sigh*. Good memories, and I still haven't give up on you .

Sorry to keep you waiting but though being sunday, I had no time to do anything for the game today, and probably won't get anything done before I go to bed,so I'll probably won#t post anything before tomorrow morning when I got the kids out of the house (meaning around twelve hourse from now an).

I could cook up a ritual if y'all want, but I'm okay with hand-waving it if y'all'd prefer too.

It's more fun if you invent a little something. You don't have to go into exacting detail if you don't want to or anything but it's more fun if you roleplay it out a little.

By the way, for the next 24 hours you are under the influence of the Bless spell and also have gotten your spells back (including the abilities of the shards). Consider the episode in the temple as if you had rested for 8 hours.

So we can memorize spells if we need to? I'd like to swap a 0-level for acid splash.

yeah, that's what I meant to say :)

edit: And sry that I'm posting a bit slow at the moment, but I've caught a flu and can't concentrate very well at the moment. Had hoped it would be gone by now but it isn't. Still have to go to work though, it's not bad enough to stay at home. Still next post will be up tomorrow (my time).

Are the healed wounds equal to what would be healed in an 8 hour rest or are we completely healed up?

you're completely healed up (except the NPCs; Aravashnial is still blind, and Anevia is still limping, though she doesn't need a crutch anymore.)

4d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 4, 3) = 13

Ah, darkmantles, this takes me back.

The dwarf with an elemental living in his head resents Iolaire's suggestion that only she can see in the dark :p Technically the eagle can too, so we've got her outnumbered!

Kendren can't. He's just gonna point the scale in the direction he last saw the darkmantles and hope Iolaire, Arianna, and Alfred are clear of the blast.

EDIT: GM, can I use my Arcane Pool to augment the DC for the scale's saving throw? This just occurred to me.

The dwarf with an elemental living in his head resents Iolaire's suggestion that only she can see in the dark :p Technically the eagle can too, so we've got her outnumbered!

Details...! Most of the others can't see! :)

Besides, women always get more votes - no matter how many men/animals/extra-planar beings are involved.

EDIT: GM, can I use my Arcane Pool to augment the DC for the scale's saving throw? This just occurred to me.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but as I read it, your Arcane Reservoir is connected to your Exploits and your Prepared Spells. I'm actually not even sure if you could use it to enhance spells cast from a scroll.

But as I'm not sure about that, everyone who wants to chime in on this topic and has an idea about that, I'd really appreaciate your point of view.

Same goes for something Arianna asked some days ago regarding flanking and flying opponents. I've read several threads on that and there seem to be different opinions about that. I'm leaning toward allowing normal flanking rules also for 3D-cases, meaning that if the flying opponent is in a cube that would translate to a square between two PCs, flanking would be possible as per the normal flanking rules. Though I'd also appreciate input on that.

I think that's the right way to do it. To get a flank on a creature hovering above you there should be an ally above it. so you still have to draw the line though its "cube" per normal. No sense in creating an exception; if that makes it hard to flank a flying creature, well, we can just toss that on the "advantages of flight" pile. Once we hit 5th level and higher we can counter a lot of that.

After re-reading the Arcane Reservoir, I agree with your assessment, Wormys. Still, it's something I might like to look into in the future as a house-ruled Exploit. I think there is a feat or possibly an archetype somewhere that lets you use your caster level when casting from scrolls, and it might be something to use as a chassis.

I feel like the Arcanist has such a good blend of prepared and innate magic that this is something we could maybe experiment on, especially with the "Consume Magic Items" Exploit existing.

I agree with how you are handling flanking rules as well.

After re-reading the Arcane Reservoir, I agree with your assessment, Wormys. Still, it's something I might like to look into in the future as a house-ruled Exploit. I think there is a feat or possibly an archetype somewhere that lets you use your caster level when casting from scrolls, and it might be something to use as a chassis.

I feel like the Arcanist has such a good blend of prepared and innate magic that this is something we could maybe experiment on, especially with the "Consume Magic Items" Exploit existing.

Definitely. I actually took a short read through the exploits to see if there was something already there, but I'm sure we could come up with something ourselves.

Traveling for the holiday weekend. Posting will be sporadic. Bot as needed.