(5c) A World Apart - Team Stag (Inactive)

Game Master mdt

"I... see..." No, she didn't really. But to Goragg, it was hilarious. "You think anything is on top of it?"

Goragg slowly regains control of his laughter. He looks up at the summit.

Bird nests, probably. Not much else. He shuffles his backpack on his back to adjust the load. I'm not inclined to free climb it for the possibility of eggs for breakfast. Let's move on.

He glances back at Kalasin with a impish smile.

Ya gotta admit, though. It's pretty freakin' big.

"It's big and now we got to go around it unless we're climbing." Cale urges the other two to go on.

The rest of the travel, after the day to go around the outcropping, is uneventful. Eventually the group reaches the southern wall, the large black surface reaching up into the heavens. It's just about evening sunflip when they arrive.

Kalasin matched his grin. "Yes, it is."

====== At the Wall ======

"Camp here for the night and cross in the morning? Or cross now?"

Sleep in this side, we know what the weather is like. But we can always take a peek to know what we should expect in the morning

To whoever does the recon

"Let me check the other side first." Cale says as he sets down his pack and ties a rope around himself before going through.

The heavy rain pelting him draws his attention and he notes the environment. Sighing he stands there a moment, and grumbles.
"Water once more? First the ocean, then the great freeze and not incessant rain. A bit much...."

Returning through the black wall, he informs the rest of the party before setting himself down to dry and warm off.

Well at least we won't run out of fresh water he says smiling, but not really enchanted at the prospect of being web for the next few weeks.

We should get supplies here in order to make some fire every once in a while

Are we headed towards H6? I thought G6 was a swamp, H6 was the frozen land, and we were in H7 which is a Savannah and are headed to I7? Am I incorrect?

"From the sounds of it, it's rain and mud. There's a good chance we'll get sick there. A good chance food might be scarce too. The rain could have washed away the food source of the grazers. If their aren't grazers, there won't be meat eaters."

Sorry, my bad, I7, not H6

It's okay, there's a lot to keep up with this game.

Well we are so overstuffed with meat that i am sure we won't mind loosing some pounds. he looks at Kalasin Yup you did put on some weight with all that meat. Anyway it doesn't matter come morning we are going to explore this hecate he says smiling

"We'll need to oil and waterproof our items." Cale points out.

Yup Cale

'Did he just suggest I'm fat?' Kalasin narrowed her eyes, debating. 'Yes. I think he did.' With a slightly annoyed sigh, "Rather not be soaked to the bone and covered head to two in mud. Though... I guess it's good for the skin. Which must be why you want to go, itch dry skin and all." A teasing smile stretches across her face as she looks at Grim.

After ducking through for a quick scout, Goragg suggests,

It looks like we may be fording many streams and rivers. Check your ropes and keep them handy.

He scouts the area around camp for any long tree limbs (of the "10 foot pole" variety).

Goragg is ready to proceed.

Kalasin was watching the moon rise in the sky, "Sometimes... I really miss our moon..."

Anyone still down HP? I don't remember us getting in a fight since I last healed everyone up full, but now is the best time to do so if it's needed.

Nope, you've been lucky on the encounters lately. Mostly I've been rolling safe hectates, which is odd, but what the hey, I'll go with it.

Yup a good hot water bath would be nice..

Cale joins Grim in searching for supplies and sturdy poles.

"Still think that entering that hectate is a bad idea..." Kalasin got up to gather herbs and other healing supplies from the environment. She was still opposed to the idea of entering the rain racked hectate.

I'm open to suggestions, little lady., Goragg says without irony.

He stares up at the rocky structure.

You'd rather climb?

I thought we had left the rocky structure behind. That the only thing tall here was the hectate wall?

"The constant rain and mud will do us more harm than good. We'll be constantly soaked to the bone, likely chilled. All of us, stand a high risk of getting sick if we enter that hectate. And with the weather not letting up, getting sick there can easily lead to death. While yes, we are tasked to explore, that doesn't mean throwing common sense out the window. I think we would be better off to move east, and leave this hectate via the Southeast wall."

Oh, yeah, right. Retconn to:

You'd rather travel back and scale the freakin' big rock?

Goragg collapses into fits of uncontrollable laughter, chuckling to himself for several minutes afterward.

After Kalasin's response,

I don't care. I've been wet before. But dry is better.

"We don't know for sure that any of the rock formations we encountered extend the full distance to any of the walls. We could just move along this south wall until we encounter a rock formation or the southeast wall. We don't even know if climbing is a fact yet. We might be able to go around it. But I will say this, if given the choice between climbing and getting Lung Fever from entering that hectate, I'll take climbing. Lung Fever is deadly, I've seen it kill too many and I don't wish to see it kill any of you." Her eyes darkened some at the mention of Lung Fever, bad memories brought to the forefront.

Lung Fever = pneumonia

Kalasin it doesn't really mater if you don't want to enter the Hecate. the VOICE wants us to explore this world. I am not going to wait around for potential problems or i would have stayed at home long time about. and i don't want to face the possible consequences of not exploring a hecate he says crossing over

"There's exploring and walking to your death. That hectate is a deathtrap."

"Let's hope that the hecate is short then." Cale points out after covering up.

Having been outvoted, Kalasin still thinks this is a stupid and dangerous idea. She is not happy at all about entering this hectate, but having used her magic elsewhere her wolf is not near the surface. "If you get me killed because of the stupid decision to enter this deathtrap hectate, I'll find a way to haunt you all." Kalasin took the time to prepare and cast Endure Elements on herself before she entered. It might not help with the mud, but it would keep any chill from getting to her.

Okie dokie, away we go! Let me know your planned path on the hex map and we'll get going.

I had avoided marking a route for this hectate because Kalasin is entering this hectate under protest. I have decided to mark the three routes I see her arguing for:
A: Immediately turn around and leave
B: Go straight to the right and enter the hectate over there
C: Head diagonally to the southwest to leave this hectate and avoid the frozen one
Her routes are aimed at getting out as quickly as possible.

Goragg prefers route "C", is fine with route "B", and cares not for route "A".

whe have to explore this hecate any way

Cale is fine anyway though he'd rather not get wet.

Ok, I'll do my best to get an exploratory post up today.

Kalasin, determined to get out of this hectate as fast as the others would possibly let her, worked on keeping them on the path they had chosen. Getting lost, would take longer after all. And when she thought about it, it wasn't that different than those hikes she would take when gathering herbs. Just... rainer and muddier...

Kalasin will take 10 for all three Survival checks for a total of 20

Fort 1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Fort 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Fort 3: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

Welp, she's sick.

Ref 1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Ref 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Ref 3: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Failed Ref Save Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Survival Check for Wood: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22 Didn't think this counted as getting along in the wild, if it does, add +5 more

Coughing and hacking with a hoarse voice, "Really *coughing* not so bad?" She gave Grim a glare, since he was the one most determined to enter this hectate.

Fortitude: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 --> sick
Fortitude: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Fortitude: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 --> Ouch: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 --> Ouch: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Survival (collect wood): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

Kala(cough)sin, you were ri(cough)...right.

Coughing, hacking and sneezing, Kalasin releases a channel (or two) to help with the damage everyone seemed to be getting from the environment. Sick and injured was not a fun combination. "L-L-l *sneezing* Let's just *coughing* get out as quick as we can." Kalasin started rubbing at her nose, irritated. She couldn't stand it when it was all runny and stuffed up like this.

Channel to Heal 1: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 3) = 4
Channel to Heal 2: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

Oh lookie there! All healed back up Goragg :) Exact amount you needed. Should have Grim back to full as well.

For each point your survival check for scrounging darkwood exceeded 15, you found one pound of usable darkwood. Sorry Kalasin, doesn't count for your special ability.

Moving into I3, the group finds some actual animals, mostly gecko's the size of their forearms, as well as some fish that can move through mud from one river to another. This helps their supplies of food, although the gecko meat is kind of stringy and gamey.

You have 6 days to recover from being sick, so you get a Fort Save DC 15

Moving into I4, the group finds an astonishing sight. A pillar of water is firing up into the heavens, thousands and thousands of feet. The water is boiling hot as it fires up, and the area is humid to extreme, even above the already water drenched air.

Perception Cale: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Perception Goragg: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Perception Grim: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Perception Kalasin: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Init Cale: 1d20 ⇒ 15
Init Goragg: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Init Grim: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Init Kalasin: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16

Init Creature: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

But one of the pools nearby heaves, and a jerks, and spouts up and grows eyes and a mouth and arms and begins to move toward the group.

Everyone, then the creature. It's not flat-footed, since it's action initiated combat.

Didn't think it did :) Just means Kalasin found 7 pounds of Darkwood.

Fort Save (Recover): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15 Yay health!

Kalasin steps forward some, scarf out and ready. She would wait for it to come closer, prepared to attack.

Move: Move forward 20 ft and Draw Scarf
Standard: Hold till it comes in range

Surprise round, only move or standard. As to the perception, put it like this : Perception(Nature) 12(14) or whatever.

Sorry! Missed it was a surprise round :) Then she just moves.

Fort Save 1 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Fort Save 2 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Fort Save 3 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Reflex Save 1 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17
Reflex Save 2 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 1d6 ⇒ 5
Reflex Save 3 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 1d6 ⇒ 3
Survival, to find Darkwood 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
Perception 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Cale ignores the rain, as his natural rocky toughness helps to protect him. He ignore the rain so much that he also ignores most of the terrian getting minor scratches, bruises and bumps.
"It's just rain, all doing well there?" he remarks without directing that question to anyone in parituclar.

Kalasin's healing though makes the journey more comfortable and the food while not excellent was adequate.

Now there was something else.

"Grim Could you cook that?"
Knowledge (nature) 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Knowledge (Dungeeonnering) 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Fortitude: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

Goragg sneers at petty sickness.

He moves forward next to Kalasin, readying his falchion.

Previously

Fort Recover: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

See not so bad, just needed a good night's rest didn't catch a cold if was just that particular horrible day he says the day after coughing. Even you look much better dear

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Incoming !

what would be the relevent Kn dm?

Surprise Round

Let it move toward us a bit first.

Swift: Drop extract into hand, Standard : Drink Shield extract. Current AC 23. 5ft step

Kn(Planes)

The creature sloshes over the muddy and water soaked ground, moving like a ponderous tidal wave, welling up and up as it moves closer.

Phase 2
Init Cale: 1d20 ⇒ 8
Init Goragg: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Init Grim: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Init Kalasin: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

Init Creature: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

Kalasin, then the creature, everyon else.

Also, I forgot to say it earlier, so nobody has to change their movements, but be aware that the area has about 2 inches of water over about 3 inches of mud. So everyone is at half movement and no five ft adjustments are possible.

Kalasin gives in and casts her normally prepared spell of the day. "আমাকে রক্ষা Ashava." A protective barrier surrounds her. She stays put not wanting to stray to far from the others and get solo'd by this water-thing.

Casting Shield of Faith, +2 Deflection AC
Current AC: 18

Posting this in all my games, both run and played in.

As you all know, I've been rather busy and traveling a lot lately. This is going to continue for awhile. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up the posts. It's now confirmed I'll be going on an overseas job for 6 weeks at the end of August, coming back early October. I will hopefully be able to continue posting, but wanted to give advance warning.

I'll be 11 or 12 hours off my normal schedule, as I'm going literally to the other side of the planet. :) First trip to this area, so I'm not sure what the internet will be like, or even if I can get to Paizo. So if, after I leave, I vanish for a month, please don't give up on me, it just means I couldn't connect due to country filters or something.

Sounds awesome. What countries are you leaving and visiting?

Leaving the US, visiting Kuwait.

Gonna take a stab here...which branch?

Completely civilian, so the stab missed. :) Programmer in the energy industry. Company is trying to open up opportunities in the area, so doing a project there.

I know I'll still be around. :) Most if not all my travel is supposed to be over till next summer. Unless we get a new customer in the middle of winter... That has happened, but it's rare. Most places change in the summer.

Have a good trip. Kiana will be in good hands.

Is everyone heading into the storm hectate, or just camping out? Nobody's posted 'Ok, we head on through' just camp.

I would think that we're going to be camping out and preparing ourselves to go into the storm hecate.

Ok, just let me know when you're ready to enter and we'll start making health rolls and stamina checks and such traveling through hostile terrain.

Hey! You didn't say this would be dangerous! ;-)

Goragg's ready to move.

And Kalasin's been opposed since she learned what was going on in the hectate :)

i am ready also :)

Let's go then once all preparations are made. Cale will cover up himself and his equipment with any waterproofing items he can make use of. Also something warm to wear as well.

I'm going to have to drop out. I tried juggling two campaigns, but not only does my imagination immediately shift to one side (heavily) when I'm doing so, but I can't bring myself to post in two of them regularly, and at the moment, the WotR campaign I'm in is just more appealing to me (as is the character). Really sorry, but I figure it's better for me to drop and let someone else get in than continue to take a spot. Cale, my condolences for your loss. *Hug*

No problem, I understand.

So, question for everyone, would you want a replacement, or would you rather merge the two groups back together? The other group is a bit low as well.

up to you DM

we can also continue with the 4 of us too (after all its a homebrew game so encounter can be tailored to the number of players

Yup, happy to merge, happy to continue smaller, happy to recruit. No wrong answer.

I think in our last interaction the two groups had some rivalry, so making a cohesive group may be a challenge.

Recruiting takes a few days to accomplish, but doesn't really impede us in the meantime.

As I said, no wrong answers, I'm happy with any choice. My vote is merge if possible, recruit if not.

Sorry to hear that Aldrah. There'll be other games.

I'm fine with merge, recruit or play on. MDT you decide, you're the GM afterall.

Ok, the other game is down to four right now. If either drops to 3 I'll merge them.

Sorry for the delay posting, this week has been really hectic, and this and the other hexworld game is very time consuming to set up, as I have to do a bunch of rolls and such and then determine what the results are everytime I do a post. Then go look up environmental enemies, or make up hazards, etc. :)

Honestly I'd expected you to go into the occupied hectates at least for a little while to gather information, which usually let's me put out all sorts of stuff. You two groups are the first games I've run this world on who avoided them. :) Interesting experience as a GM. :)

I'll try really hard to get the next full on post up tonight. I just spent four hours shopping for clothes for my trip (my usual dress code at work is business casual, polo shirts and jeans or polo shirts and slacks. The Kuwait trip is full on suit/tie/dress shirt, and I haven't bought any in years. Did I mention I hate shopping?

i was all for fully exploring this hecate its just that some one has express her fear without much knowing what it is to fear. Its not like we can't survive a week or two of almost constant rain

(just teasing of course)

The first two days in the hectate aren't too bad, the party makes decent progress, even though the going is hard, thick mud, heavy rain, and fast moving streams 3 to 8 feet across with white water make it an unpleasant experience, but at least they manage to keep moving.

Nights are less than fun. There's no dry places, the best they can do is a cold camp and putting up the tent on top of a hill to keep the rain out.

As they get into I2, they find an unusual amount of growth. Darkwood trees push aside the torents of water, making the pulsing pounding streams split and turning the entire area into a trecherous dangerous slog through hidden roots and rushing water.

In the I2 hex you've found a darkwood forest of sorts. The heavy water that normally get's channeled into streams is instead split up and spread out by the hard trunks and roots of the trees, making the entire area difficult to pass by. You'll need someone with survival to make three DC 20 survival checks to keep you on the right path. Additionally, everyone will need to make three fortitude saves, DC 15, and three reflex saves DC 15, to get through the area without incident. Failing the fortitude saves leaves the person sick from exposure (no place to set up the tent in the forest) or diseased (if all 3 are failed) and failing the Reflex saves invlicts 1d6 damage per failed save (from falling into pits or being knocked off your feet and swept into a tree). On the bright side, you can make a single Survival check while going through the forest to find salvageable darkwood that can be carried and sold/crafted at a later date.

Ermm Wrong Thread?

I'll be gone from 21st to 29th Aug on training camp so Logging on may not be easy for me.

Is it possible to take 10 on the survival checks? I have a +10 to avoid getting lost and for traveling in bad weather is why I ask. And I take it Resist Elements doesn't do much in reguards to the fort saves? I'll make a post when I'm back home. Signal is sportier than it usually is on this route.

Fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 => Sick
Fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 121d6 ⇒ 6
Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 151d6 ⇒ 6

Survival: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18 => finds some darkwood

See ? not soo bad he says with a runny nose and drinking a CLW: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 extract

Yes, wrong thread, sorry, repost in game thread. :)

ANd yes, you can take 10 on survival checks.

Just wanted to check, in case the environment prevented it. :) But post is up.

Posting this to all My games:

I am heading off this afternoon to a 3 day music Festival. Expect very limited posting from my part.

If the game is in the middle of combat I WILL post once a day my combat actions.

Normal posting will resume on monday 25th

I'll post tomorrow hopefully. Been up 19 hours now, wife had reconstructive surgery today on her foot. And I'm in pain, threw my back out lifting her up to get her settled at home.

Be well, mdt.

Ouch, get some rest and I hope you feel better soon. Post when you are able :) I'm willing to wait.

yup Get better :)

I am back. Camp took longer than expected and I just reached home.

Rest well MDT.

Generic post for all my games: I don't know when ill be up to posting. I woke up very, very sick. I just now got to where I could post this.

Posting in all my game threads.

Sorry about this week, between illness, wife's ongoing recovery requirements, and work hitting me between the eyes with a mallet, this week is very busy and tiring. It'll probably be Saturday afternoon before I get any major updates out in any games.

I've been grabbing low-hanging fruit where I can (quick posts and updates). And I've been spotty about double checking each thread to make sure it's moving along. My apologies on that. I'll go through each one with a fine tooth comb Saturday.

no worries DM feel better

Ok, so, we're down two people in the other thread.

I'm considering consolidating everyone into one game. That would result in 7 players in one game. I think that's sustainable, and it would give the games some umph and make it easier for me to coordinate them. What do you all think?

I'm fine with that. :) If it makes everything easier on you and helps keep this game going, I'm for it.

I was going to make a snarky joke about "well, as long as there's no elf archeologists..." but it's not clear from the other thread who's still in, so I'll just assert for the record that it was going to be a stupendously funny joke, and quietly assent.

Consolidate away, sounds good to me.

Oh, and I'm still in charge. ;-)

*cue sarcasm* Of course Goragg, why wouldn't you be in charge? It's not like there's anyone else vying for that position. Yes, yes it's all yours. There'll be no argument about it. Nope, none at all.

*totally missing sarcasm* Finally! Someone with some sense!

Can you talk to the others?

Cale Nudges Kalasin.

"Of course he's in charge. He takes responsiblity for everything."

Don't care one way or the other as long as they can follow simple directions. he says smiling

"Oh Goragg." Unable to supress the chuckle