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Session 56

- Entered the Lair of Illaghri vault
- Fought corpsespun sarcosuchus (Droogami almost died in 2 rounds being bitten and swallowed)
- Fought 4 corpsespun boggards
- Fought Illaghri, corpsespinner. Droogami went terrorist with fire seeds.
- Found 4 more blue portal crystals
- On their way back to camp, they encounter 4 large winged gorillas that fly off with booming roars
- Approaching the vault behind the Temple District

XP:
- Corpsespun sarcosuchus (CR 10, 9600xp) = 9600xp
- 4 corpsespun boggards (CR 8, 4800xp) = 19200xp
- Illaghri, corpsespinner (CR 14, 38400xp) = 38400xp

Total XP: 67200xp (divided by 4)
XP per PC: 16800xp
now 30596xp into 11th (need 65000 for 12th)

Loot:
- 4 copper armbands - total 120gp
- 4 blue portal crystals
- 4 masterwork breastplate
- 4 masterwork flails
- staff of necromancy with 10 charges

Session 55

- Fought ooze mephits in a mud-filled hallway
- Fought more ooze mephits and a mud elemental genie in a mud pit
- Fought a mud elemental, found the Argental Font. Everyone took a drink, even Kavi, albeit unwillingly
- Found the preserved skeleton of Urschlar and various items including blue portal crystals
- Returned to camp and rested
- Party reaches 11th level
- The next morning, approached the vault in the Military District

XP:
- 6 Advanced Ooze mephits (CR 6, 2400xp) = 14400xp
- Khalid-Shah (CR 11, 12800xp) = 12800xp
- Elder Mud Elemental (CR 11, 12800xp) = 12800xp
- Found Argental Font = 19200xp

Total XP: 59200xp (divided by 4)
XP per PC: 14800xp
now 13796xp into 11th (need 65000 for 12th)

Loot:
- breastplate +2
- bronze medallion (ancient holy symbole of Pharasma) - 2000gp
- gems and jewels totalling 1500gp
- human crystal skull - 4000gp
- 6 blue portal crystals

The Cyclops' scaling against its base makes it look to be one of the smaller Larges.

The Sea Cat looks quite awesome.

I can see the updated cover. Is it not showing up for everyone else?

Having it on your desk doesn't count!

Switching to Dragon's Demand!

mmm Dragon's Demand. Must have more from Mike Shel!

If you still want to play a goblin, you can deck it out with adventuring gear so that it looks like a slightly more civilized goblin, possibly tinkering with something of benefit to the party that he's willing to share. That might give the party pause before killing you outright.

What's the difference between Cosmo and a bucket of everything wrong with my life?

Session 54

- Entered the Verdant Refuge vault
- Fought thorny lions, basidironds, fungus crickets and a big anemone
- Found the remains of a dwarven explorer and a blue crystal for the portal
- Rested that night, Lini finished her crafting
- The next day, approached the central vault and fought a giant flytrap that attacked while they were casting spells for the day

XP:
- 4 Thorny Cave Lions (CR 6, 2400xp) = 9600xp
- 6 Basidironds (CR 5, 1600xp) = 9600xp
- 8 Deathcap Jumpers (CR 6, 2400xp) = 19200xp
- 1 Elder Polyp (CR 12, 19200xp) = 19200xp
- 1 Giant Flytrap (CR 10, 9600xp) = 9600xp

Total XP: 67200xp (divided by 4)
XP per PC: 16800xp
now 48996xp into 10th (need 50000xp for 11th)

Loot:
- dwarven waraxe +2
- stone of good luck (Kavi)
- bejeweled breasplate (worthless as armor) - 300gp
- masterwork ancentral stone hammerhead - 1500gp
- blue Azlanti crystal for portal

I guess it goes without saying, you WILL reach 11th level next session, so have 11th level versions ready, although you won't level until you rest.

Jason: I take it the Mythic Rules have been mostly finalized. I look forward to trying out the final version. Did the power curve turn out as expected?

May your tasks be free of pugwampis.

At least goblins can be helpful when properly motivated. Or medicated.

One of the things I'm struggling with a bit is that our Gargantuan dragons are almost always going to be smaller than the WotC ones, because they cheated and put theirs on giant bases with tons of overhang. The Gargantuan Blue looks smallish compared to their Gargantuan Blue, but it's probably the right size for a Pathfinder dragon.

I found the WotC colossal red to be WAY too big. It would have been fine to be on a 6x6 base but standing on all fours, requiring it to be smaller. It would still qualify as a colossal and be plenty big.

Then again, the colossal they released is probably on par with the scaling on the Mythic Adventures cover.

For GreatKhanArtist, who just reviewed the game:

Outbreak rules: if a rule requires you to place an infection token on a city, and it already has 3 tokens of that same color on it, an outbreak occurs:
1. Do not place the infection counter on the city - a city can only have at most 3 counters of a given color on it.
2. Advance the outbreak counter. if it reaches the last space, you have lost the game.
3. You must place 1 infection counter of the same color on all cities connected to the one that suffered an outbreak. If any of those cities already have 3 infection counters of that color, that city also suffers an outbreak. Repeat 1.-3. for that city as well, but when spreading the disease to connected cities, exclude any cities that already suffered an outbreak during this turn.

No more infection tokens of a given color: If a rule requires you to place an infection counter on a city, and no more tokens of that color are available, you lose the game. Using up all the tokens doesn't lose the game - only trying to place one and failing because they are gone loses the game.

It looks like the kokogiak is yelling something in frustration or anger. A few possible captions I've already come up with are, "No, Kitty! My potpie!" and "Enough with the throat singing already!"

"WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR A KLONDIKE BAR!"

Journals of Urschlar Vohkavi --

For many years I have served on the Seven Spears Council. Despite my desire to divine more of the pending destruction, my superiors and the deities have been frustratingly silent. The others' teachings of the Great Fallacy will undoubtedly destroy us all.
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The others do not and cannot understand what I see. I have therefore travelled to the court of the Lady herself. Alas, she would not grant me audience. But within the Graveyard of Souls, I came upon a black flower that revealed everything I wished to know. With the pollen of this divine flower, I will finally be able to communicate what I know to the rest of my people.
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It appears divine providence has granted me fortune, for two of my fellow collegues met dire circumstances, allowing me to advance among my peers. I have preached of my knowledge to the others, and have given them the gift of knowledge granted by this flower. Some have gone mad with what they realized, allowing me to convince the rest to prepare for the coming doom. I continue to prepare more growths of pollen in all the chambers to ensure I never lack for convincing others of what is to come.
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I cannot trust others with how I have revealed the truth to them, nor can I trust even those who believed me from the start. I alone must take on this task. The Argental Font can bring clarity for a time. I have hidden and protected it within the chambers for those worthy of its power.
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The earth shakes. It is too soon. Although, I am beginning to unders..

Session 53

- Attempted to parley with batmen. They told of the apemen invading their space.
- Found Urschlar’s (sp) secret laboratory where he grew the divine pollen infesting the vaults. Took his log book and burned everything else.
- Fought a giant slug
- Explored the vault more, fought the apemen. The Batmen assisted as the apemen were finally defeated as a whole.
- Found the portal room, fought the guardian stone golem.
- Noted the locations of the other vaults around the city from the mural.
- Asked around for portal crystals from the Muse and the Pathfinders. No luck.
- Lini continues crafting.

XP:
- Giant slug (CR 8, 4800) = 4800xp
- 15 kech hunters (CR 5, 1600xp) = 24000xp
- loose truce with sabosan = 8000xp
- Stone golem (CR 11, 12800) = 12800xp

Total XP: 49600xp (divided by 4)
XP per PC: 12400xp
now 32196xp into 10th (need 50000xp for 11th)

Loot:
- 275gp gem
- 150gp in gems from kech
- 2500gp bracelet
- 30 alchemist fire
- Urschlar’s logbook (5000gp when sold)

Congrats Steven!

Gah! chat.dmtools.org is gone from dns!

or at least, my ping doesn't find it.

Session 52

- Ogre magi defeated
- Lini buries the outside doors with rocks
- The rest of the party acts distrustful and separates
- A night passes
- Eventually they are gathered up, and restoration is used to cure their condition (something ingested caused the effect)
- They rest at camp to reset spells
- Lini casts life bubble on everyone before going down the hole Juliver emerged from. They land in the central room. Batmen see them.

XP:
- 2 Ogre mage monks (CR 10, 9600) = 19200xp

Total XP: 19200 (divided by 4)
XP per PC: 4800xp
Now 19796xp into 10th (need 50000xp for 11th)

Loot:
- 2 amulets of mighty fists +1 (1 to Droogami)
- 2 large mwk composite longbows (Str +8) (1200gp each)
- 2 copper armbands (60 gp total)

Stupid sun in my eyes in both directions to and from work...

Session 51

- While performing surgery on Ivo, green fluid burst from his brain cavity, killing him
- Lini was retrieved and tracked Ivo's exploration to a pair of stone doors on a cliff face west of the mercantile district
- Charauka barbarians attacked from atop the cliff
- After entering the doors, the party was sprayed with two cone of cold spells from flying ogres. Battle ensued and will continue next time.

XP:
- 8 charauka barbarians (CR 7, 3200x8) = 25600xp

Total XP: 25600 (divided by 5)
XP per PC: 5120
Now 14996xp into 10th (need 50000xp for 11th)

Loot:
- 8 copper armbands (total 180gp)
- 8 masterwork hide armor
- 8 masterwork greatclubs
- 32 javelins

This ship has numerical stats similar to a TIE Fighter (same attack and evasion, but 2 shield + 2 hull rather than just 3 hull). It also retains the usual Rebel ability to target lock, and has an ability new to Wave 2 (Boost, which allows it to cover more distance as an action).

One of the A-Wing pilot cards also has the most hilarious ability I've seen in the X-Wing minis game so far - Arvel Crynyd, who served as Green Leader in Return of the Jedi (you know, the guy that screamed and ran into the Super Star Destroyer bridge?), has the ability to be able to target a ship that the A-Wing is touching (which normally can't happen). This means it is a viable strategy to try to crash this ship into other ships. Enjoy!

Wave 2 adds some nice new dynamics to the game.

- Slave I can drop bombs that explode and hurt other ships
- A number of ships have the Boost ability that allows them to cover more distance
- Co-pilot upgrades for larger ships offer new boosts and bonuses
- Ship modifications can provide upgrades to ships that don't even have upgrade slots

Plus Millennium Falcon! Come on!

The cards look lovely. But I see something there that I also noticed as a problem with the reprint of the Pandemic board game - the artwork for the cards stretches all the way to the edge!

This means there might be times when players can tell what cards are coming up on the draw (even at times if facedown).

Is that a problem?

Session 50

- Returned to camp to rest
- Lookouts the next morning spotted a new group arriving into the city. Colonel spied on them as they made their way to the Aspis ziggurat.
- Juliver visited the Shackles camp to ask about the group’s progress into the hole she crawled out of, concerned about Eando.
- The next morning, Colonel watched the new group leave the Aspis ziggurat and move into the Mercantile district. The Shackles pirates there were called back.
- The next day, Colonel once again spied the Aspis ziggurat and saw dead bodies. The Aspis were being gathered up and moved south. Ishirou was signaling for help
- Aerial Team Drop Force intercepted the traveling group and defeated the leader (Ivo Haigan) and his legionnaires.
- Ishirou assumed command of the remaining Aspis and returned to the central ziggurat.
- The prisoners were handed over to the Sargavan government to keep in their stockade.
- The next morning, Venthal, Kavi and Igori went to question the prisoners. A legionnaire told them they separated west of the Mercantile district in the jungle and regrouped later. Ivo seemed different and ordered them to take over the Aspis camp and slaughter all who resisted. Ivo appears controlled in some way and blacks out momentarily.
- 4 days of crafting complete

XP:

- Ivo Haigan (CR 9) = 6400xp
- 10 Aspis legionnaires (CR 6, 2400) = 24000xp

Total: 30400xp
XP per pc (divided by 5): 6080xp
Now 9876xp into 10th (need 50000xp for 11th)

Loot:

- +1 breastplate
- +1 keen falchion
- 2 masterwork daggers
- belt of incredible dexterity +2
- ring of protection +1
- Aspis Consortium badge (50gp)
- diamond (1000gp)
- 140gp
- 10 +1 longswords
- 10 potions of blur
- 10 potions of cure moderate wounds
- 22 potions of endure elements
- 10 masterwork heavy crossbows
- 10 masterwork breastplate
- 350gp

Also, please note the item upgrades that have been completed from 4 days of crafting. I believe most were requests for a +1 upgrade to armor or shields.

Session 49

- Group takes 8 days to craft items
- First Shackles caravan escorted out of city
- Sargavan government convinced to deal with factions to provide protection, receiving Azlanti treasure as a reward
- Kavi visits her daughter and discovers the name of the Aspis that sent the assassins in Kalabuto (Alidar Tordris)
- Dargan Etters is confronted and denies knowledge of the assassins but does not deny that the Aspis sent them

Another note on the Compatibility Packs -

The newer city cards and board have changed Toronto to Montreal. So if you are playing with 2nd edition cards but a 1st edition board, Toronto is now Montreal.

(This is a post about the main Pandemic 2013 edition game, not its expansion On the Brink)

This is the 2nd edition of the Pandemic game. The manual has been rewritten (although the rules have not changed except for the addition of two more role cards), the board artwork is different, the infection tokens are now clear plastic, the card art has changed (both front and back), and the player tokens are smaller.

But buyer beware.

Since the back artwork for the cards has changed, and you aren't supposed to know what you're drawing, that makes this set incompatible with the first edition of the expansion On The Brink. ZMan is offering compatibility packs to make the card art the same for both, but you get the new artwork in the compatibility packs, not the old art.

First print boards are missing a city connection from Lagos to Sao Paulo (from Africa to South America). ZMan Games will send you a replacement board if you send them an email.

Some buyers are complaining of some missing infection tokens.

Lastly - and this is the very worst problem - the front artwork on the cards stretches to the edge of the cards, so you can tell what kind of card you're about the draw by looking at the edge.

Until the designs are corrected, you might want to hold off on purchasing this.

I was in a PFS scenario with my magus 5 the other day. We were fighting a couple of dangerous melee opponents, so I color sprayed them and shut then down for a few rounds while we took them out.

Later a ninja turned invisible on us and tried to escape. Had I had glitterdust on me, we would have caught him. It is now in my spell book.

Useful spells.

Guess I shouldn't have posted that link to the Death Star kickstarter...

Please review City of Seven Spears as a player, if you are so inclined.

City of Seven Spears product page

Session 48

- Proceeded east into boggard district
- Fought patrol of boggards at base of ziggurat
- Fought boggard leader on top of ziggurat
- Saved pathfinders from froghemoth
- Activated Spire of Abundance
- Found entrance to vault that Juliver escaped from

XP:
- 2 boggard subchiefs (CR 4 - 2400xp)
- 8 boggards (CR 2 - 4800xp)
- Garluu (CR 9 - 6400xp)
- Froghemoth (CR 13 - 25600xp)

Total XP: 39200xp (divided by 4)
XP per PC: 9800 (achieved 10th level, now 3796 into 10th - need 50000 for 11th)

Loot:
- 2 +1 greataxes
- +2 falchion
- +1 breastplate
- +1 glaive
- Ring of swimming
- Chime of opening (7 charges)
- potion of cure moderate wounds
- 2 potions of cure light wounds
- Rusty masterwork short sword
- 3 masterwork javelins
- masterwork heavy crossbow, 20 bolts
- 2 masterwork hide armor
- Jewelry and gems worth 1900gp
- Coins worth 479gp

END BOOK 3

what news on tomorrow's game? You'd said something earlier in the week about compiling data.

Right. Apparently that isn't happening until Friday, so it's next weekend that I may have to work. Tonight's game is still on.

Yay, congrats Fluffy!

Session 47

- Informed human tribe that Undead have been defeated
- Met with the Radiant Muse, tasked to stop the vampiric attacks on her people
- Defeated the vrykolakas, rescued Droogami from possession
- Returned to camp and slept
- Met with Sargavan expedition
- Returned to human tribe and assisted with the sick
- Proceeded east into boggard district

XP:
- vrykolakas (CR 10, 9600 XP)

Total XP: 9600xp (divided by 5)
XP per PC: 1920xp (now 23996xp into 9th - 30000xp for 10th)

No loot.

Session 46

- Left Dalara in her manor
- Traveled west to the boggard district, fought 2 patrols
- Moved into human district, helped with the sick, investigated the ruined manor
- Defeated Sozothala and his minions

XP:
- 2 Boggard subchiefs (CR 4 - 2400xp)
- 6 Boggards (CR 2 - 3600xp)
- Sozothala (CR 11 - 12800xp)
- 1 mummy (CR 5 - 1600xp)
- 3 wights (CR 3 - 2400xp)
- 4 ghasts (CR 2 - 2400xp)

Total XP: 25200xp
XP per PC (divided by 4): 6300xp

Now 22076xp into 9th - 30000xp for 10th

Loot:
- 2 potions of cure light wounds
- 2 masterwork hide armor
- 2 +1 greataxes
- 282gp

- scroll of create undead (CL 15th)
- wand of enervation (10 charges)
- ring of protection +2
- gems worth 600gp
- necromancer spell books (to be determined)

I'm running Serpent Skull online, and so far it's taking 16 sessions at 4 hours each to finish each book.

There are at times a fair amount of roleplay, so I imagine paths that are more dungeon crawly will go faster.

A tiny goof in the Gamespace paragraph:

"There's another major effort that has seen a lot of work in 2012, but that most people won't see until 2012: Paizo Game Space". Should be "won't see until 2013", I'm guessing!

Thanks Lisa!

I hope everyone is having a merry Xmas.

I just wanted to check on everyone's availability for the December 30th game, being in the middle of the holidays and all.

Let me know!

Session 45

- Entered the cauldron with Dalara to defeat Egzimora
- Dalara leaves Egzimora disabled inside the cauldron for eternity

XP:

- Egzimora, cauldron trance form (CR 13) = 25600 xp

Egzimora's trance form

Total XP: 25600
XP per PC (divided by 5): 5120xp

Now 15776xp into 9th (30000xp for 10th)

Loot (on Egzimora):

- 2 potions of cure moderate wounds
- potion of resist energy (fire)
- wand of bestow curse (9 charges)
- elixir of love
- 45 gp

I just stepped in an opposite zone. You lose 50 points instead.

Is it sad that I not only recognize it, but am aware of some slight errors?

I was actually correcting it in my head as I read it.

I agree that story cohesion would suffer. It doesn't lend itself to playing a path entirely from start to finish. But I especially like the higher level options!

A section well introduced by the GM should at least offset the lack of story development.

There will not be a game tonight.

I'm still bust at work, and Guy's back is bothering him.

Postponing until 12/16.

One complaint about the path is that the overarcing story is not clear to the players - they usually just feel like they are going from place to place killing things.

There is plenty background for the GM to enjoy, but not much to reveal to the players until later in the path.

Otherwise, it's a solid classic path to begin with.

December 2nd is our next game, but I have a sneaking suspicion that work may need me.

And I may not know until the day comes. I'll keep you informed.

Note to self: include XP reward for restoring Juliver to health in next log.

... and the contents of those 11th level caster's books...

Session 44

- Activated the Temple District spire
- Fought undead trogs on the way back to camp
- Restored Juliver to health
- She tells the group about Eando Kline, the serpentfolk city, and the serpentfolk caster that feebleminded her
- Undead are fought off that night
- The next morning, on the way to the Temple District, Kavi stops off at Egzimora's manor and uses the Azlanti cauldron to examine her past memories. Egzimora forces a body switch with Dalara.

"Dalara has been punked."
"I will fix this."

XP:
- Two groups of undead (CR 10, 8000) = 16000
(divided by 5) = 3200xp
Now 10656xp into 9th (30000xp for 10th)

Loot:
- 20000gp

Charnel Colossus.
Holy crap.

Session 43

- defeated more patrols of troglodytes as they approached the ziggarat
- fought 3 huge mantises in the plaza and more patrols
- examined impenetrable building to the north with a statue of Savith on top
- climbed Temple ziggarat, fought leader and another patrol
- found mantis blade, gave it to Chivane
- encountered a wounded and mind-damaged elven woman in tattered rags

XP:
- 12 troglodyte acolytes (CR 4, 1200xp) = 14400xp
- 20 advanced troglodytes (CR 2, 600xp) = 12000xp
- 3 jungle mantises (CR 6, 2400xp) = 7200xp
- 2 advanced deinonychuses (CR 4, 1200xp) = 2400xp
- Lissikal (CR 10, 9600xp) = 9600xp
- told Sasha about strange dinosaur = 4800xp

Total XP: 50400xp
XP per PC: 10080xp (divided by 5)

Now 9th level
Currently 7456xp into 9th (30000xp for 10th)

Loot:

- 12 masterwork shortspears (301gp each)
- 10 wands of sound burst (19 charges) (2200gp each)
- 10 potions of invisibility - (300gp each)
- 10 potions of cure light wounds - (50gp each)
- potion of barkskin (300gp)
- potion of shield of faith +3 (200gp)
- wand of lesser restoration (23 charges) (2200gp)
- +1 light crossbow (2335gp)
- +1 mighty cleaving scythe (8318gp)
- 500gp

You will likely get enough XP to hit 9th level next session.

However, it's likely you won't actually become 9th level until the session after, so no need to rush to get 9th level builds ready.