GM G's Mists of Mwangi Discussion

[Marduk the Pale]

The funny part would be his one arrow that would hit mark would be a nat 20 kill on the museum's boss :D

[GM G]

You know that the GM is just the facilitator ;-)

[Marduk the Pale]

Yup, but it sure would be funny as hell wouldn't you agree? :)

Sidenote:
I can see the clerk now. Waking up, putting one of his hands onto his face as he wakes up..........

Cue the party hearing:
SWEET MOTHER OF.......YUCK!!!

[Wyeth Riceak]

Heh... turns out you can trip a man when he's prone, it just doesn't do anything:

Jason Bulmahn, Lead Designer wrote:

You can use your AoO to trip a creature that is standing up from prone, but it has no effect, since the AoO is resolved before the action is completed, meaning that the creature is still prone. Once the AoO resolves, the creature would stand up normally.

So any such trip action is just for style points. ;o)

Thanks for the catch, Saitama. I saw, "He stands up" and I just naturally went to, "Well, let's knock him back down again!" I wasn't perceiving him as still prone. Your comment prompted me to go research it and get the sequence of events straight in my head.

[GM G]

Marduk: I would really like that to happen, everyone deserves their moment in the spotlights. And I also envisioned the sidenote, I am really glad that I added the poop smearing to the scenario. It was not mentioned in the text but I was asking myself what a deranged man would do in the toilets...

Wyeth: My tripping monk hates the rule, but has to abide by it... Only way to trip someone just after he stands up is with a ready action, and even then you have to have a GM who is willing to work with you.
Normally the readied action is resolved just before the triggering action completes so you have to be very careful in the wording of the trigger for the ready.

[Saitama]

Yeah, I only know that because I allowed that in my home game without knowing that ruling and it completely nerfed a battle against a BBEG fighter :P

It's sorta weird, because you'd think you'd be able to keep on tripping him ala the "Stay Down" line, but at this point, it's more of a game balance issue.

Insert The More You Know star

[Marduk the Pale]

And i compliment you on a vivid imagination there GM.
It's those finer details that make a scene all the more fun.

[Wyeth Riceak]

Marduk the Pale wrote:

It's those finer details that make a scene all the more fun.

This.

[GM G]

Thanks for the kind words!

I will be out of town this evening and there is not really anything of interest here. But please continue and roll anything you think is appropriate for retrieving the body. After a while you will realize that neither of these two is Nigel. In the other room there are several boxes that contain museum stuff.

We will pick up the action at the end of the corridor, where the drumming is coming from.

[Marduk the Pale]

Saitama, wouldn't you rather give the feral elf some "nappy time"? It'll revert him back to normal.

[Saitama]

He hasn't attacked yet, and is still subdued by the bonds anyway. No need for nappy time, yet.

[Marduk the Pale]

That's asking for trouble....better safe than sorry. Besides, you boasted our Iroran fist was a cure for their condition.
We'll see. :)

[Saitama]

If he breaks out, different story. Until then, inflamm...unflamma... wooden monkeys that can't be set on fire. Bigger priority :P

[Wyeth Riceak]

Okay Saitama and Silas, in the spirit of full disclosure: After that last trip of yours down Alliteration Alley, I bragged on both of you in the game my other PFS PC is in. There are a couple of pretty serious alliteristas/punsters in that party as well.

I told 'em I thought the lot of you would get along just fine...

[Saitama]

:P I don't plan on making a habit of it, but I am having fun with Saitama running with strange verbal quirks, the strange wisdom and charisma of the Iroran warpriest.

[Silas V. Garman]

Hehe, I have a gnome character who actively tries to alliterate and keeps a count - I believe his record is 37 words that made somekind of vague sense.

[Silas V. Garman]

Heads up guys Silas is jumping into another scenario - since he's the only free character I have cloe enough to 2nd for me to bump up with credit. I'd still like to be involved if the group is going to do The Frostfur Captive if that is okay, though I would obviously need to use another character.

[GM G]

No problem Silas, jump in with another PC.

[Wyeth Riceak]

Be well, Silas!

GM, do we need a slot filled? I have no one in particular in mind, but (save one newcomer I don't yet know) they're all good players and good people in my other PFS PC's group. No clue how they're set for other PCs but I can float an interest check if you'd like?

[Silas V. Garman]

I'm planning to switch out characters not leave Wyeth. Think I'm going to go with a Hunter who should be done tonight.

[Wyeth Riceak]

I understood the distinction. :o) It was intended as a farewell to the PC. I'd been looking forward to the rest of us slowly convincing him his looks aren't that big a deal, and him accepting that he's a valuable team member. I'm hopeful he'll be back at some point so we can do that.

(I mean good lord, Wyeth's clumping around on a metal peg leg...)

[Broken Prince]

Lol, gotcha. Well my Hunters looking at a 7 charisma, you can convince him he's pretty instead ;) Just playing around with mechanics, but looking at a melee type with a roc animal companion.

[Saitama]

Good luck on those first few Handle Animal checks :P

[Broken Prince]

Bah, wang a harness on skill point plus 4 because its a companion and if I fail to roll the three I need on the free action check I'll use a move action.

[GM G]

Wyeth, feel free to invite another player. We have one place free.

Santana, you can do your shopping on profile, as long as you adhere to a kind of tracking in your profile.

[Wyeth Riceak]

I posted a note, so we'll see.

[Wyeth Riceak]

Wyeth's post-scenario shopping:

   -7 Fauchard (sell)
  14 Fauchard
  14 ^ Cold Iron
300 ^ Masterwork
  30 Alchemist's Fire
  10 Acid Flask
  30 Alkali Flask (2)

Nothing from the Chronicle Sheet.

[Merevelyn]

Hi all, This is Matt, known to some of you as Knorrin, Oti, Naurin, and GM FurtiveZoog. :)

Merevelyn is going to buy a Wand of Magic Missiles for 2 PP and I'll post other purchases after the briefing.

[Sterelin McKeaough]

Sterelin bought a wand of Infernal Healing for 2pp.

[Darmut Skychaser]

Hey Knorrin, glad to be running with you again :) This character's staying away from Thornkeep! But on the other hand he is Andoran faction with a Roc companion :)

[Saitama]

Saitama purchases made (noted in profile). Mostly 2PP for a wand of CLW and some consumables (saving up for the sweet sweet Mithral Breastplate... which will probably be a level 3 purchase).

[Merevelyn]

Hey Darmut (I guess I can't speak to Rellen, at least directly...), Same here. :)

I wonder if Choamski is going to continue with the old group or not, post Thornkeep?

BTW, to add insult to our injuries, I read that Thornkeep was designed with a 4 PC group in mind! That might have worked in some places, but not with that boss! Some of the other fights, too, would have certainly turned more fatal with 4 instead of 6.

[Darmut Skychaser]

True, but its a module and not designed for PFS so I expect the groups level would have been one or two levels higher - probably 2 by that point.

[Merevelyn]

Possibly. Still, CR 8 is rated as "Epic" level of difficulty for a party of APL 5 and four PCs. Really, though, given its damage and to-hit values, HP, etc., I don't think 5 would do it. Non-sarcastically, I'd really like to see the party that could do it: I think I would learn a lot. I'm pretty much a noob about character design and party tactics.

[Marduk the Pale]

Been having some issues with internet now and then. I'm not too late am i?

[Darmut Skychaser]

Cannot see why you would be Marduk, we've only made a couple of knowledge checks I would just jump in :)

[Marduk the Pale]

GM, Marduk has not purchased anything between missions.
Also, wouldn't it be useful to set MoM as inactive now? Or does the shared discussion render that impossible?

[GM G]

I was waiting for you to join, will do that now.

[Merevelyn]

Merevelyn's purchases:

Total: 415.00 gp and 2 PP; 6.68 gp remaining
Antiplague
Antitoxin
Bandolier
Bedroll
Blanket (Winter)
Flint and Steel
Heatstone
Mess Kit
Outfit (Cold Weather)
Scroll (Burning Hands)
Scroll (Comprehend Languages)
Scroll (Expeditious Retreat)
Scroll (Hold Portal)
Scroll (Jump)
Scroll (Mage Armor)
Scroll (Obscuring Mist)
Scroll (Read Magic)
Scroll (Unseen Servant)
Spell Purchases (Burning Hands, Jump, Expeditious Retreat, Memory Lapse)
Wand of Magic Missiles (2 PP)
Wrist Sheath (Spring Loaded)
Goblin Pickles, 18 jars

[Wyeth Riceak]

Pre-departure provisioning (I'll help share the heatstone load, Merevelyn):

Backpack (sell) -1
Masterwork Backpack 50
Cold Weather Outfit 8
Snowshoes 5
Winter Blanket 0.5
Heatstone 20
Furs 12

[Sterelin McKeaough]

Sterelin purchases a cold weather outfit and a heatstone. -28

[Merevelyn]

Additional purchased:
Rations, trail, 6 (3 gp)
Scroll cases, 2 (1 gp)

[Marduk the Pale]

GM, Marduk will have bought a cold weather outfit.

[Marduk the Pale]

Merevelyn, how'd you get to 8 languages?
common+elven, +4 int, where did you get the other 2 from?

[Merevelyn]

I took the Cosmopolitan feat, granting, among other things, the ability to "peak and read two additional languages of your choice."

Not, in most cases, an optimal feat choice, but she is something of a social skills specialist.

[GM G]

I decided to gm a game for the PbP Gameday 2. That should start somewhere after April 5 and be done before July 5th, so even with my pacing that should be possible after we have finished this one.

Two questions:
1) Do you want to participate in that game?
2) Any preference for a scenario? There was a preference for Rise of the Goblin Guild, how does that work for you Merevelyn?

[Merevelyn]

Hey GM G,
I would want to participate and have not GMed or played that scenario, so I would be good for it. Thanks for the invite!

(I am trying to figure out what to run for my group, as well, but we currently have an extra-full table of seven, so I can't invite anyone unless I end up doing two tables again at some point.)

[Darmut Skychaser]

I'm in, and yes Rise of the Goblin Guild still sounds good.

[Marduk the Pale]

Never played that,
Sure GM, i'm in for another ride :)

[Wyeth Riceak]

I'd love to if y'all will have me. I'm good with RotGG.