no need to bot Seijiro - I think he already acted by swinging down to the deck this round... haven't seen a new round go up since then, so I've just been waiting my turn. If I missed something, let me know.
no need to bot Seijiro - I think he already acted by swinging down to the deck this round... haven't seen a new round go up since then, so I've just been waiting my turn. If I missed something, let me know.
I understand completely. I think the whole thing got a bit confusing when we had that hiatus - but that said...
On your last post you said you'd be swinging down by Rain; then the GM put the Combat Map up, but he didn't position you by Rain (I'm guessing he's letting you decide specifically where you landed). Anyhow, the point is, on the main map you're still relatively at the crow's nest position.
Meantime, after you posted that you were swinging down to Rain, then it flipped to the GM's turn and he had the Elemental take it's action.
At this point the GM had the Elemental move forward to Rajah and tripped him and pinned Rajah underneath it for its action.
Then it flipped back to our turn.
So far this round Rain made her Piloting Checks, Variel charged as close to the enemy as he could for his round, Horatio fired a shot at the Elemental and (thanks to the Critical Hit Deck) was able to "Push" the Elemental back and free Rajah from being pinned.
So now - theoretically - Dhaavan can order his hounds to advance to stop the creature from moving back to Rajah (not sure if they can attack the creature as it's off the ship, unless they all line up and spit fire at it?) - and he can do something else this round.
I'm not sure what Rajah will do now that the creature is off him, but he can still act, and I think you can, too.
Meantime, as Rain already suggested, we still have the NPC's to act if we want them to (that is Adular, Adistan and Jamba) - they may end up "staying below" to make sure our passengers/recent rescued folk are safe (which keeps them out of the fight and makes it a bit easier to micro-manage) but then again - maybe we'll end up using them?
All things considered, it might actually be a good idea for you and Dhaavan to just "Hold Action" until we hear from the GM as it looks like the Elemental might have to suffer another Critical Hit card effect.
While the GM has said that won't do the standard x4 damage from Critical Hits from firearms (because the enemy is an Elemental and they don't suffer critical hit damage) he say they'd have to deal with drawing from the Critical Hit deck.
When Horatio did the critical it forced the Elemental back off the ship, who knows what will happen with Amen-set's critical hit? It may cause the creature to fall beneath the waves, or something else... But whatever it does, it probably will effect what you guys want to do to it.
Anyway, sorry for the lengthy post, I'm just trying to be helpful and I know that sometimes you can't see the Combat Map very well.
That said - good luck and good hunting and hopefully we can drop this thing :)
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Mister Rajah, may I ask a small favour, sir? Are you able to place your vital stats under your alias, like the rest of us, please? It just makes it easier to see people's hp etc instead of having to go to their respective profiles.
Thanks kindly. :)
Unless you actually go below deck to check you aren't sure. Everyone is pretty busy with the race right now.
While Horatio didn't go below deck personally, my intention was to send an NPC below to check on the officer via this -
Pausing a moment he calls to Adular -
"Padre, how's the lass doing below?"
Don't get me wrong - at this point I'm actually pretty happy the post was overlooked because Adular was able to heal the others, but yeah - I wouldn't have asked about the officer without sending down a trained healer to check things out :)
Given what's happened, if you're willing to ret-con it, would it be possible to send Sandara down to check on the girl instead?
Also, Horatio exhausted his Grit earlier. Does he regain it with the Critical Hits on the Elemental earlier (not sure if that works via Elementals).
Also, I tried to move Horatio forward on the map and miscalculated how far he could move - but then he disappeared from the map.
I could "select" him, but he was invisible. I tried to move him back where he was to begin with, but he is still invisible, and I think I somehow moved some of the grids that made up the ship map, but I don't know...
Sorry for any confusion, I'm eager to post/help as soon as I can but I don't know what I did to the map :(
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Lol!
Flynn, I reset your image/token on the map and you're okay to go and move it to where you want. I also realigned the map lines. The map isn't broken now. ;)
I can't really tell if I can move to L 4 or to K 4 so I haven't moved Rajah on the map.
It would be K4 (that's 30 ft movement). :) I moved your avatar for you.
Thanks!
You're welcome. :) And thanks for putting your stats up under your character's avatar.
No problem!
Co-GM: Sounds good, thanks!
Meantime, do you have a ruling on sending Sandara to check on the girl as Adular is above decks? If she is able to, do we have a status on the officer?
Meantime, given that it's a surprise round and that the enemy has the initiative I'm not even sure how many actions (via Standard and Move Actions). That being the case, Horatio's intent is to move forward so he can aid.
If he can shoot, too, he'll do that (assuming that the visible creature isn't already dead. If it is already dead, there's no way Horatio can shoot the second target, unless someone is able to purge its invisibility.
For now I guess I'll wait to hear about how far I can move, how many actions I can take, and the status of the enemy before I make my action.
Rajah, the spell goes off but it does not seem to have the desired effect of making the creature, or creatures as Rain has said, visible.
Awwwww, dangit! Well that stinks. Here I thought I had this sucker solved. :) Ah well, quite the interesting creatures though.
Yeah Enhancement bonuses don't stack.
As far as I know, Rajah hasn't taken any damage up to this point. But I do tend to completely forget things so it's highly possible/probable I could be wrong. :P
@Seijiro: Okay, you said this: Seijiro strikes again at the visible (ie glittery) enemy attacking Rain, flanking it with Variel if possible...
but you're still on the map quite a ways away. So I'm wondering exactly where you are suppose to be because I don't want to move into a square that's suppose to be occupied by you.
@Javell: I've moved Jiro's token to where I believe he wanted to be positioned (Jiro, if that's not the correct sq, please feel free to move the token - thanks). Last round he swung off the mast and attacked the elemental but the token wasn't moved - that's why it's a distance away. Q4 is perfectly free for you to move to. :)
Crap!
Dhaavan - my apologies!
First, I should have not of referred to you as 'Ser Dhaavan' (by the way, in this case I'm using George Martin's version of "Sir" - it's supposed to help people get that "Ser" refers to a knight while "Sir" is more like "mister").
I forgot you aren't a Knight, you are a Lord.
Meanwhile, as it is customary for Commoners to refer to a Lord as "M'lord" and for Highborns to refer to a Lord as "My Lord" - as Horatio was knighted he did call you "My Lord" - but I should have also capitalized "Lord" as it proper noun as it's a formal Title and I messed that up, too.
Rajah - I'm tossing this up here to help clarify things a bit on how Horatio is addressing the other officers. Technically Dhaavan is the only Lord in our company - but, unfortunately, I don't know the proper term of address when speaking to the First Officer from a subordinate officer; so I just stick with "My Lord" or "Lord Dhaavan".
As an aside, the term "Captain-General" and "Pilot-Major" are derived from 16th century British terms for officers on a ship (Horatio went to the Sargavan Naval Academy; and he figures using proper title when some wizard is watching us with a crystal ball to make sure we're not cheating is good policy). I think they use those terms to not only designate nautical titles while on ship, but I honestly don't know why the titles were used. But I read Shogun cover to cover over 17 times in my life, and so "Captain-General" and "Pilot-Major" are kind of rooted into my subconscious when I play this game :)
Oh, and for what it's worth, Dhaavan is generally very gracious about titles - I honestly don't think he would mind; but I reread my recent post and I was like - "Damn, I should have known better" - so I figured I'd do what I could, just in case :)
You are right that they won't stack. I looked At your profile Rain for any enhancement bonus to con and didn't see any so that is why I went with bear's endurance. Oh well. Gives you options for next round if you're want to switch it out.
Looking at giving displacement next round to you.
No worries and thanks, Var! FYI: All the bonuses are under the animal focus section on my profile (I know there's a lot on the page and it's easy enough to miss). :)
I made a mistake (Rain only gets +2 to her CON score) and Rain has 62/79 HP (and Fort save +12) with her animal focus in play. Apologies.
Rajah - I'm tossing this up here to help clarify things a bit on how Horatio is addressing the other officers. Technically Dhaavan is the only Lord in our company - but, unfortunately, I don't know the proper term of address when speaking to the First Officer from a subordinate officer; so I just stick with "My Lord" or "Lord Dhaavan".
Honestly, I was just rolling with what you called them. It's what you said they were called so I copied/pasted them on Rajah's sheet so I wouldn't forget. Whether Dhaavan is a "Lord" or not, is not really a focal point for Rajah; it's what Horatio said he was called so he just went with it. :)
You could've said: "That's Dhaavan the Destroyer of Worlds" and I'd be busting out with: "Well met, Dhaavan the Destroyer of Worlds. So, what do you do for fun?" ;)
Of course, every time I see "Captain-General", I can't help but sing: "I am a very model of a modern Major General..." :P
@Javell: I've moved Jiro's token to where I believe he wanted to be positioned (Jiro, if that's not the correct sq, please feel free to move the token - thanks). Last round he swung off the mast and attacked the elemental but the token wasn't moved - that's why it's a distance away. Q4 is perfectly free for you to move to. :)
Thanks!
Slightly above and to the right of Rain, another of those same creatures appears covered in motes of glittering light.
Just for clarity purposes, as per above, the creature would be directly above Seijiro, correct?
No, the one atop Rain and close to Jiro is now dead (that was the first exposed elemental).
The one Immortal is describing is the one to the right of Rain and in line with Rajah. To make it easier I've removed the first elemental off the map.
No, the one atop Rain and close to Jiro is now dead (that was the first exposed elemental).
The one Immortal is describing is the one to the right of Rain and in line with Rajah. To make it easier I've removed the first elemental off the map.
Co-GM: As I mentioned before, I'm going to wait for the others to attack.
You read my explanation on this, but I sent you an IM with further details to help clarify things.
Rajah - good luck; here's hoping you manage to hurt it!
No worries, Flynn - received and read. Yes, Rajah's started the attack on the second elemental. Let's hope you guys can make quick work of it. ;)
No worries, Flynn - received and read. Yes, Rajah's started the attack on the second elemental. Let's hope you guys can make quick work of it. ;)
I hope so, too.
See you when I get home from work tonight!
No worries, Flynn - received and read. Yes, Rajah's started the attack on the second elemental. Let's hope you guys can make quick work of it. ;)
I read your IM. FYI - you were totally right about what you said.
That said, I just took the actions for the round, as recommended.
By the way, thanks for the advice, I appreciate it :)
Everyone else's turn now!
GM - I'm going to have to go to work and I'll be gone for a good portion of the day.
Hopefully the others will have posted by the time I get back, but if anyone hasn't acted, I'll just bot them myself, no worries :)
Dhaavan and Variel, you still have your respective actions to go this round. Dhaavan, several minutes have passed since you summoned the hell hounds. Wouldn't they have *winked* out of existence and returned to their own plane by now? Just checking with you since their tokens are still on the battle map. Thanks!
I think with this post:
Are both creatures visible at this point?
If they are, he will summon more hounds to surround the creatures and set flanks.
But I'm not actually sure how long ago that was, so, I could be wrong.
He needs to roll how many hounds - and I couldn't see the roll anywhere for a new set. It's been a few days since his last post and we haven't heard from Dhaavan. If he doesn't check in soon, he will be botted. Thanks, Javell. :)
bottled? lol... gotta love autocorrect...
Yep, iPhone strikes again. ;) Corrected it.
I've removed the last summoned hounds from the map as per Dhaavan's earlier request (as advised by Javell recently).
As to Dhaavan, if his player doesn't post in the next hour then Flynn you may go ahead and bot him this round so the game/combat can continue to move forward. Thanks!
Variel has killed the remaining elemental. Dhaavan can save that summons (via Amen set's post).
I'll make a more formal post in an hour ... and Immortal will push forward the game in a few hours.
I will be away for a few days... will have internet access in the evenings but not sure how reliable it will be... just a forewarning that I might be unable to post... if that happens, feel free to bot me as needed.
Safe travels, Jiro.
Hey, gang - off to work but I should be back in about 13 hours or so.
GM; I'm eager to pick up the coin via the race. Will we have a place to spend it, or will we need to wait until later?
I will be away for a few days... will have internet access in the evenings but not sure how reliable it will be... just a forewarning that I might be unable to post... if that happens, feel free to bot me as needed.
Jiro - glad to see you're safely out of issues with the internet!
I hoped you enjoyed your trip :)
Thx, good to be back!
Yes, welcome back, Jiro!
It's late here and I'm headed for bed, so I'll make a post in my morning.
Seijiro will collect his own winnings as well, though not invited to join the others who went out to collect, then meets the others at the Master of Gales' tent. He waits patiently until the conch sounds and enters with the others. When Variel and Rain are specifically mentioned for their superb actions, he cheers heartily for them, and encourages others to do the same...
After all the accolades have died down to some extent, he nods to Rajah. "Aye, we'll do this and do it right... give the free captains a welcome befitting their rank and station. We've hardly met by the way, my name is Seijiro and I'm Quartermaster officially on the Dread Lady, though in truth my services are rarely called for in that capacity. Nice to meet you finally."
Oh my gosh! Dude! I'm SOOOOOOO sorry, JAF0. I TOTALLY missed this. How did I freaking miss that?! I PROMISE I wasn't ignoring you, bud. Man oh man I feel like crud. That is totally, totally my bad.
Will definitely get that fixed in a bit. Gotta grab some dinner with the family.
Apologies again for sure.
Hey! It actually works out(to some extent anyway) because the "Boat trip" with Amen-Set actually takes place before the award ceremony. So that's good.
You know, all I can do is shake my head at myself. That totally bugs the crap out of me to no end. I just don't get how I missed that. I wish I had an excuse but I don't. Just totally blew it, bud.
GM: At this time we need to know where the location of the new island is in relation to us - specifically for the purpose of knowing where it is in relation to decent ports to buy things and for the purpose of calculating the duration of the trip.
We need to know what the rough dimensions of the island are - given that we have multiple sets of well-made charts/maps/nautical instruments created for the entire Shackles, we should have a general outline of a map of the island to ascertain its size, good points of landing, and so on.
I'd like to know specifically how much each of us earned gambling for the race. We made different size bets at different odds.
It's not possible for those earnings be equal, however, knowing those numbers will be important when we decide to buy equipment.
Thank you very much for this information and I hope you have a great day!
It's okay, Rajah/Javell... don't worry about it.
You made 16000 gp as I said in an earlier post. They did not take multiple bets. You all made bets on you to win and in so doing the max bet was 4000 at 4-1 so you made 16000 gp.
My vote is to pick up gear and workers first (along the way) before heading to the island.
Horatio is for waiting after we get to the island.
Not trying to be difficult, but unless we buy stuff on the island we're on then we'd need to sail south before we got to a place to buy gear.
If we go to Quent or Bag Island and then back to the new island that could possibly take a week and probably even more if we head somewhere further south and I had the impression that we're really pressed for time.
Don't get me wrong - if everyone's cool with a trip to buy stuff then it's totally cool.
On the other hand, I'm also not sure what sort of gear we'd need to buy (though buying crafting supplies to craft our own needs couldn't hurt).
Still, if we have to buy stuff then I agree with Rain - it seems like the best port for us is Quent; it's close enough that it could be considered on the way and it's pretty well stocked from what I remember, and we get good deals there on account of Lady Fairwind.
But now that I think of it; the GM said we had 3 months to accomplish this mission.
We started the game on Level 1 and we've got all the way to level 8 and according to the Ship's Log it's only been about 4 months in-game, so maybe I'm worrying about nothing when it comes to what we can do with three months of time :)
So was wondering what you are all thinking as to where to go next. Do we head to the island first or do we make a round about trip gathering workers and supplies along the way so once we land work can begin immediately.
Variel - Rain advises going to get supplies and workers.
I have no problem with getting supplies, for now I'd rather do that as fast as possible. We could get the supplies in Quent, but that would take a while to get there, I think. Still, I'll go to wherever we decide so long as we get a decision.
At this point we might even be able to get supplies on this island - but we have no idea what's on this island as there hasn't been details about it via settlements.
Until/Unless we are given an actual breakdown on the type of Settlement on the island we're on currently, we can't make an informed decision on what to buy here now.
As for getting extra workers, I don't think we should get extra workers on the ship until we at least take care of the dangers on the island; otherwise the extra workers just sit in the ship until we kill whatever is there and we'd have to pay for their food and gear while we're off fighting.
Given that the other players are sitting this choice out, I think you're the one that needs to break the tie - at least on getting sailors.
Just a note, this player was working till midnight, driving, so not really able to post, and got home pretty zonked.
But I'm up and parsing what all got posted, so I'll have a couple coppers to put in shortly