#16: To Scale the Dragon (Inactive)

Game Master OnelungBL

I would prefer to get another gm play it out for us. Otherwise it truly is time wasted.

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Well, we would still get partial credit, Tyrion, so not TOTALLY wasted, but yes, I agree with you.

Markavious and Merisiel don't seem to have interest in continuing, necessarily.

Depending on what Jory and Volkard weigh in with (we still need at least 3 PCs to keep playing), here's my proposal:

-I'll post in recruitment asking for a GM, explaining we're probably pretty close to being done and that I would purchase the scenario for the GM, who gets the benefit of full credit for running just part of a scenario;

-If we get no takers, I'll buy the scenario and GM it out myself, if Tyrion, Jory, and Volkard all wish to continue (and/or if Merisiel or Markavious decide to stick it out).

-If none of those options pan out, I'll just notify the VC we are calling it and that we need partial credit Chronicle Sheets assigned.

I'll stick it out if someone can run it.

I would pick up the scenario, but I've already gone way over my gaming budget for the month. (Too many new books released at the same time.)

No worries, Volkard. I can toss four bucks at the PDF. :P Will just see if Jory wants to finish it, so I can know if we have a table of at least three not counting me.

I don't want to leave you all hanging, so if you are going to run it. I am in.

If we're able to get a new GM, be it someone from the forums or you, I'd be glad to stick around.

Keep us updated, ok?

I have one or two people I will ask before opening it up to the recruitment thread. Was still hoping to hear from Jory, but we don't need him absolutely if you guys are both still around.

I'll get on this.

Okay guys, fairly sure I found someone to finish running it for us. He will look over the scenario, etc. And I will ping Jory to see if he wants to stay it out.

Howdy all,

I was asked if I could save your PCs from 'languishing'. If you don't mind waiting for a bit (not as long as you already have), my plan is to:

Pick up the scenario's PDF.
Read It.
Read your posts in both discussion and gameplay.
Prep whatever is left.
Then resume your game.

I'm going to go ahead and start going through the list; although if anyone isn't on board, I don't have to follow through the whole thing. I'm sure the reading itself will be entertaining!. We can also address any questions. :)

Thank you

Wow that was fast, Thanks alot Onelung and to Sharna for the effort.

Sure.

I picked up the scenario. Normally at work I'd have time to read it while I do other things, but today is physical activities in other locations stuff... so I'll try and get through it tonight. I expect that Monday or Tuesday, I should be 'ready'.

Our prayers have been answered! To Cayden Kaylin!! *drinks himself into a stupor*

Again, thank you! WHOOO!!

Cool, Jory confirmed in PM that he's still with us, so we have a full boat when you're ready, Onelung. *salute*

Hello all,

I'm just checking in so you all know where I'm at.

I've read the scenario. I intend to read posts tomorrow, and assess where I need to start from. :)

Weird: I can't edit my previous post. Hrmmmm?

I couldn't help myself; I am now caught up with where you guys are at.

I have also sent in an email asking to inherit the game.

Items of conversation:
I don't know if I can alter the Map used by SkipperD.

I will figure out how to make a similar map for any possible remaining encounters. Unless everyone here is equipped with a Roll20 account, or someone has another useful map suggestion?

Holy crap you guys destroyed that remorhaz! Well done.

Just an item of note: I was taking notes on what everyone's appearance was through both in-game text and the character profile for self-imaging purposes... and some of you don't have one. (No names). I just thought that was interesting.

Tomorrow proposes to be a busy day, but I'll get back on this prep-scene soon.

-You can't edit posts more than an hour old.

-Woo, inheritance!

-Nah, you won't be able to alter his map, that is linked to his Google drive. You can make your own maps though (and you can change the link of the map to link to your map). If you want or need any help making maps, hit me up in PM. I have Roll20, but don't know about everyone else-- for quick maps, Google drawings/drive is often easier.

Thenk yew re: the remorhaz. Teamwork!

I use google docs for my maps.

I wouldn't be able to use Roll20 due to restrictions I have where I live. Unless someone will move for me.

Otherwise, let us know when you're ready!

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Holy crap you guys destroyed that remorhaz! Well done.

Yeah bad things happen to enemies when you have 3 arcane casters

Very glad we are continuing the story. And yes slumber is deadly :p. Didn't want to fight that Remorhaz that much with its heat ability.

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Who slumbered? That was just good ol' Hold Monster. ;)

Right you are! A very effective one.

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Shall we continue?

I have inherited the campaign and have posted a new map on the link. It might take me a few tries to get it right, so let me know if it doesn't work or is amiss.

I'd like everyone to place their "mini" (as it were) in the square that they would like to be in.

I'm still working on things, but there's no reason we can't start getting the game moving again. =)

Woot! Here and ready to rumble.

Oops. Thought I did that.
It's done now though. It's available through links and open for editing.

Lets Rock n Roll

As a heads-up, I'll be at Pacificon this weekend, the 29th through the 1st. I will try and check the boards each night and make sure I'm not missing something super important, but posting will be minimal. GMPC my character if necessary.

(Then again, I know Onelung is gonna be there with me, so.....)

Wow...I missed so much...

Listen, I haven't done jack squat since we started. I think now is a good time for this.

I feel like I should leave. Due to my schedule, I rarely have time to post, so when 10 different things happen and I just stood there and look iconic, it isn't all that fun.

Guys, good bye. It was nice knowing you guys.

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Merisiel--

You didn't really miss that much? It's been less than a minute of elapsed game time since we resumed, so there's plenty of time to throw in with actions if you like. If you're feeling generally frustrated or like you're not clicking or just don't plain have the time, I won't pressure you to stay, of course-- no point in playing something if you're not having fun-- but really, nobody's upset that you hadn't posted, I don't think.

Anyway, good luck whatever you decide to do. Do you still want a chronicle sheet for the adventure with partial credit?

Our new GM has convinced me to stay.

I guess I was just impatient and wanting to slow things down. Things haven't been going my way in a lot of things, and I thought a new game would help me cope.

I'll stick through it. I was just wondering if I could attempt to disable the trap on the slab. If it's magical, I can still disable it due to Trapfinding.

Real-Life Scenario for a trap going off without a Disable Attempt.

GM: "Yep, it's trapped."
Me: "Ok, no one open that thing. I'll try to disable it after I get back." *goes to the restroom*

Moments later:

*Earth Elementals open coffin and take con drain*
Me: *returns from the restroom* "What did I miss? Wait, who opened that thing!? I was going to Disable it!"

Sound like a plan? Perhaps?

As a heads-up, I'll be at Pacificon this weekend, the 29th through the 1st. I will try and check the boards each night and make sure I'm not missing something super important, but posting will be minimal. GMPC my character if necessary.

(Then again, I know Onelung is gonna be there with me, so.....)

Oh yeah, you guys in the bay area?

Our new GM has convinced me to stay.

I guess I was just impatient and wanting to slow things down. Things haven't been going my way in a lot of things, and I thought a new game would help me cope.

I'll stick through it. I was just wondering if I could attempt to disable the trap on the slab. If it's magical, I can still disable it due to Trapfinding.

Real-Life Scenario for a trap going off without a Disable Attempt.

GM: "Yep, it's trapped."
Me: "Ok, no one open that thing. I'll try to disable it after I get back." *goes to the restroom*

Moments later:

*Earth Elementals open coffin and take con drain*
Me: *returns from the restroom* "What did I miss? Wait, who opened that thing!? I was going to Disable it!"

Sound like a plan? Perhaps?

I apologize for stealing the rogues thunder. I had forgotten we had you. My bad. 8(

I'm not so much in the bay area, as I am within driving distance of it.

I live about half an hour east of Sacramento.

Oh awesome, I am in Martinez. My parents in law live in Cameron Park

Lol. Your in-laws are then practically my neighbors. That's where I'm at.

Wow small world. I like it up there, The folks live by cambridge and hillcrest. I wish my job was closer to that area.

Small world indeed =)

Just a reminder that today is the start of Pacificon!

I'll try and post after game-nights... but it might be a slow weekend.

Hope everyone enjoys their holiday weekend (or their Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays for our friends over the border. =)

Have fun this weekend

Back from the con! Let's see if we can't get this party started.

I'll give Merisiel until I get home (much) later tonight or I'll bot the PC and move forward.

Thanks. Job Corps gets me sometimes too.

The coming three weeks I will be traveling as part of a vacation (will tell where afterwards). Suffice to say my posting rate might slow down a little as I will only have my mobile with me and I thus can't do level up stuff very well. I will stay in motels which often have free wifi so to the best of my ability I will try not to hold people back, but please do not be afraid to gmpc me. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Cheers.

No worries. Thanks for the heads up.

optimized kersplosions of acid doom facedeath

And people say Evokers suck, maybe but it is fun as hell

83 damage!?!? How in the blood soaked Hells did you do that!?

I can see the Empowered effect with the x1.5 multiplier, but everything is is greek to me.

I stab kidneys, not cast spells!

Ok then lets break down the formula.

12d6 x 1.5 +29.

12d6: 9th level caster + Varasian tattoo(+1CL to Evocation School)+ Spell Specialization(+2 CL to one spell)=12D6

1.5: Intensified and Empowered Metamagic feats.

29: Crossblooded sorceror Orc/Draconic +2 damage per dice of my chosen Element(Acid)=24 and Evokers get 1 pt/2 level on evocation spells.

Is he a 1 trick pony...Kinda sorta but it is a pretty cool trick

For the purposes of spell levels, caster levels don't stack. You're casting fireball/acidball as a Level 8 wizard. [Unless Markavious is actually level 10?]

Not that removing 1d6+2 is going to mean much in this instance, but it's something you should probably be aware of.

IE: If you're casting your admixture fireball/acidball as an 8th level wizard, you're getting Lvl8 Wizard+Varisian Tatoo+Spell Specialization = 11d6.

If you can find a way to add 2 more CL to your spell, you could get up to 13D6 though. =)

I'd also advise you to be wary of table variation on using your sorcerer's bloodline on spells cast as another caster level. Apparently there's a FAQ for this somewhere. Sweet.

[Trait: Magical Knack for your wizard class would raise your CL by two, but since you're only missing one level of wizard, it only benefits you for one CL]

Well you learn something new everyday, so next level I don't have to make any adjustments cool.

Adjustment: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 Ok so 79(Ref.22)

@OneLung: I have adjusted all my spells to the correct formula

Hi all!

I've been wanting to take a stab at GMing a PbP game for a while now, so here we go.
I'm looking for six players who'll dare to climb to the highest regions of the Fog Peaks in search of ancient knowledge...

Sounds fun, I do not get much of a chance to play higher tier stuff.

My only true problem is I don't have any access to character creation software, even freeware or browser stuff is kinda off limits for me. I hope that doesn't keep me from playing though.

From what I'm seeing in your small starting post and the title of the adventure, I'd think a Ranger would be a good start.

My first question, though, is what kind of build requirements/restrictions are we given? What if I want to play a Big Game Hunter? That should get your GM gears spinning.

What about sources? I don't have access to 3rd party stuff, otherwise I'd request using a race from Louis-Porter Design.

More info please?

And count me in!!

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This a PFS game, so you'll need a PFS legal character. If you don't have a character in the level range, you can play a pregen instead (in this case a level 7 one). The pregens can be found here. More information about PFS can be found here and here.

Level 6 inquisitor available :)

I have a level 5 zen archer available. He is just completing the traitor's lodge.

This a PFS game, so you'll need a PFS legal character.

Only guy I have at that level that is PFS I don't have the character sheet to. I'd gladly take a Pregen. It might take me a bit to get set up due to some restrictions on the computers I work with, but I'd love to get involved.

If you think it would be too much trouble to get me involved, I understand. Just let me know

@Jory Redcap: Ooh that one's fun! Let me know when you're good to go.

@SinBlade06: No worries. Just pick a pregen and let me know which one you chose.

This guy just got out of the confirmation so still should be level 1. Will update him as soon as the DM hands out the update for him.

Edit: Nevermind Level 5-9.

I think I'm gonna go with the iconic Rogue, Merisil. My first PFS character was a rogue and even though I lost the character sheet for him long ago, and been hearing the call of the shadows for a while.

I'll whip up an alias and be ready when we start!

Hope some others come :)

@DM: Can we do this without 6 players?

All my in-tier characters are otherwise involved...but I'll play a pregen to help get this game off the ground; assuming having two pregens wouldn't be too much of a detriment to success.

Season 0 is made for 4 characters, we should be fine :).

Volkard would like to apply.

Level 5 Wizard.

Right now I count
lvl 6 inquisitor
lvl 5 zen archer
lvl 5 wizard
lvl 7 rogue pregen
lvl 7 x pregen (healer maybe? ;))
Whatever markavious is playing.

Looks like a full group, tier 5-6

Right now I count

lvl 6 inquisitor
lvl 5 zen archer
lvl 5 wizard
lvl 7 rogue pregen
lvl 7 x pregen (healer maybe? ;))
Whatever markavious is playing.

I am a level 9 Wizard

Merisiel is ready, more or less. I'll do some fine tuning for the actual statblock later, but I'm ready when you guys are.

Are we gonna get credit for this adventure? Yes or no, doesn't matter to me.

If you get a drop and need a fill, let me know (preferably via PM): I have a level 5 summoner, level 6 cleric, level 7 bard-barian....

Dien...since you've got non-pregen characters available I'll stand aside for you.

Level 9 character if you have space

The final tally:

Markavious The Green, Wizard 9
Merisiel (SinBlade06), Rogue 7
Tyrion-RK, Inquisitor 5
Jory Redcap, Monk 5
Volkard Grymhaldt, Wizard 5
dien, TBA

I'll connect the gameplay thread etc. tomorrow evening my time (GMT+2). We'll be playing sub-tier 5-6 regardless of dien's choice of character.

Cheers, Deane! I appreciate it.

Since Inquisitor is still our only CLW-capable class, I'll be bringing Skipper Daytripper, a tiny and annoyingly-cheerful cleric.

Two wizards! That's exciting. You guys can spell-swap!

I'm level 6 ;)

I think we could use someone else who is up front Dien, though a cleric would be nice as well.

Yeah, I was considering a frontliner too, but on the whole I think the ability to heal damage (and other effects) may be more useful than the ability to soak damage.

If you y'all really want the front-liner, I can bring Conan O'Brien. Or, heck, even though the summoner is Level 5, the eidolon has a higher AC than the bard-barian, haha.

You guys choose, I'm happy playing whoever.

eta I just looked at your sheet, Tyrion-- AC 26? :P YOU are our frontliner.

I'm level 6 ;)

Whoops! My bad... That actually means if dien brings the barbarian you'll have the option to play up (APL 6,5 exactly).

Ooochhh... regardless of which I bring, I kinda vote against playing up. A level 5 wizard's gonna be kinda squishy against the sort of threats we're likely to run into at an 8-9 table, I think. It sucks when one solid hit wipes out a lower-level character at the table.

Still leaning towards my cleric, honestly, but again, I defer to the party at large.

eta OTOH, it is Season 0, heh.

Dien: a cleric is always handy, I had one save my bacon in "King of the Storval Stairs".

I've heard that one starts out brutal, though I've yet to play it.

I am a big fan of playing up, but we can go tier 5-6.
Jory usually is out front to scout. Hopefully we have some haste to speed us up. I have a wand of mage armor--feel free to use it for everyone.

I'm in for both tiers.

Well, I'd like to hear from Volkard as the other one of the lowest level PCs, to know if he's comfortable bringing his level 5 into a 8-9 game.

Keep in mind we'd be an 8-9 table with the strongest healing source being wands/Tyrion's CMW, since I'd have to be playing my bard-barian to pull off the 8-9.

....though if we DO want to play up, I could bring my level 9 witch, and then we have a somewhat-solid healer along.

ARGH DECISIONS

If it helps your decision making, I can say that most of the combats are cakewalks, but there is one potentially hard one. Oh, and ranks in Handle Animal might be useful as well.

LOL, I think all my peeps are fairly mediocre at HA, alas. Even my nature-y ones.

Nah, in all seriousness, I'll wait for Volkard to weigh in, as I said. If he says he's down with playing up, then I may bring my witch. If he says he's not, then it'll be the cleric, most likely.

I am a big fan of playing up, but we can go tier 5-6.

Jory usually is out front to scout. Hopefully we have some haste to speed us up. I have a wand of mage armor--feel free to use it for everyone.

I generally keep one Haste memorized.

I don't mind playing up, but then, I won't we near the front lines.

Tier 8-9 it is then!

I've started the gameplay thread, so go on over and itroduce your characters. The discussion is open as well.