Aardvark's "What a Royal Pain" CotCT Campaign (Inactive)

Game Master Troy Malovich

I think that works.

Works for me

Same here!

Is it supposed to be empty right now? I see the headings, but no entries. If that's right, then it's working for me, too.

Ditto

Yeah, I haven't done anything with it yet, just checking if it was readable and reachable.

So, like 50 Mitchell & Webb videos later....

Yeah, thanks for posting that link - I hadn't seen them before. That was hilarious!

Putting a marker down: I want to attack the hospice and I've memorized Clairvoyance to help scout (if we're lucky). But I want a chance to have everyone do their rest, or perhaps talk me out of an attack on the hospice. So, don't march us off to the hospice's front door until I have 10 minutes to cast the spell and get some results back from Aard.

Maybe these guys will have some money. :-)

I'm not sure Vyshael has a better idea.. We'll have to rest and get new spells for sure... But I'm thinking we're going to want a plan.

How much do you need for your scrolls, Neva? Just the 250gp? I can cover you. =)

As for a plan of action, as the new-guy, Raliscar will follow the groups' lead but he'd totally be alright with a kick-in-the-door shock-and-awe approach.

Thanks Raliscar. I need 62.5 gp to do Protection from Evil at 5th level.

Done!

Thank you sir! I'll put it in IC thread in the next day or so.

Sorry I've been quiet. I'm a little unsure how to proceed.

I doubt the Hospice is an option yet. It sounded like we weren't ready for it a while back, and I don't think we've gotten much stronger.

As much as I'd hate to fight the hag again, those boxes down there really could be a useful loot. I feel like we may be a little behind on the wealth by level pace.

That amulet of Urgathoa could also be a clue to the vampire spawn we met (and also got our butts kicked by). Did anyone do a detect magic on it yet?

we ready to hop to the morning?

And I might not be recalling this correctly, Rutter, but I think the amulet was just a plain amulet, no magics about it.

I'm ready to hop to morning. (In fact, I did even before Neva realized Felgar was bleeding.)

I've taken Clairvoyance, so we can try to scout the Hospice. I don't know what other leads remain.

The vampire spawn were dealt with, I thought, after we went back and rescued Felgar?

We might need a "recap and refocus" by the GM, I'm sorry to say.

Not a bad idea- the quick recap, that is.

But yes, Vyshael is ready to move on.

We did get the ones that were in the basement of the toy store, but I was thinking vampire spawn might have a master or something.

We'll see what clairvoyance gives us, but it would otherwise be hard to investigate the Hospice without declaring war on the Grey Maidens, since they guard the only entrance.

I could always alter self into a half-orc or a dwarf or something by way of disguise, but I don't think I could fight my way in alone.

Wondering if there might be some bribery for information... People must make deliveries and the like?

Bump!

What's going on? What are we doing?
Are we hoping for a summary/update guidance-scented nudge from Aard for what to do next?

I thought as much. We were headed to the hospice, right?

Ah, okay, quick recap. Cliff notes version.

A ship crashed in the Jeggare
You helped Soldado's niece
You found and killed vampire spawn
You investigated the false cure seller
You stopped the wererats from attacking the citizens
You investigated the shipwreck

I think the blanch only works for one hit - that's why I thought it was better for projectiles.

Yup. It's true -- and what's weird is that it's cheaper to blanch 50 projectiles than it is to buy silver ones (and since projectiles break when they're used, it's a pretty good deal). Silversheen, on the other hand, lasts an hour - even if it's a mite pricier.

Do Felgar and Vyshael have silver weapons?

And here we see the the limitation of taking a weapon as your bonded object -- specifically, that it's hard for Vyshael to use something other than his mother's blade. (and while I know versatile weapon, I can't cast it yet... Unless we gained a level in there and I didn't notice?)

Of course, as someone who can cast gravity bow and hide behind the dwarves, 50 blanched arrows might not be a bad start...

... though I'd still really rather the silversheen... and I have enough funds on hand to buy 1 or 2 of them.

I have magic weapon memorized, as you mentioned. Unfortunately, my schedule means I can't be tactical leader on this for 2-3 days. Does anybody have time to read some profiles and propose a plan? If not, I'll try to do it late Sunday or Monday. Stupid job. :-)

Yeah, I was going to try to post something, but I'm working 13 hours a day through Monday, so I'll be sparse until Tuesday.

Sorry for the delays, guys. I'm swamped with work and family stuff. Hope to catch up here over the weekend.

I was thinking vamp spawn was vulnerable to magic or silver, but it looks like just silver.

So, yeah, 250 for silversheen for Vyshael, or he just offers aid anothers. Also, remember that a holy symbol or mirror will cause the vamp to recoil for one round, possibly more if it fails a DC25 will save.

Felgar's options are:
silversheen for 250 or
buy a silver greataxe (the weapon of choice, I assume) for 200, or
forgo any greataxe/2-handed bonuses and buy a silver flail for 98, or
just use weapon blanch for the first hit and hope to overpower the DR5 on the subsequent hits

I'm kinda leaning toward the blanch for Felgar.

Raliscar and Neva probably both need blanch for projectiles. 5gp to coat 10 projectiles.

Possibly more importantly for most of us would be a potion of Prot/Evil so nobody gets dominated again. Those are 50 gp each, if I recall correctly.

As for the plan, Rutter should be able to sneak in the front door or the balcony. Or he can unlock the front door for everyone and then come in the balcony at the same time. Thoughts?

I am good with the Blanch I have, I agree. The rest sounds good.

I can afford both a potion and the sheen.

Though it might be wiser to invest in a wand of protection from evil (if we can afford it by pooling resources) -- just in case it all takes more than a minute?

I have 4 silvered bolts, which are as many as I'm likely to use in one battle, given the other things I can do.

Possible plan given Rutter's suggestions:
We run to buy a simple silver weapon for anyone who wants it. (Felgar, the blanche only works for one hit, so it's mainly only good for projectiles.)

When we get back, I can clairvoyance behind the front door to see if the entry area is safe. If so, we go in there. If not, we try the balcony.

Once we decide on the point of ingress, we'll buff, including protection from evil, shield of faith, and magic weapon.
Felgar can take the protection from evil, and I'll rely on my Will save.

As we enter, I'll use detect undead as we scout, and if we get a ping, we can also use hide from undead from a scroll.

Seem sufficient for the time being, given that we don't actually know if there are vampires in here?

Ok, Silver Dwarven Waraxe cost?

It's 90gp over normal cost for a 1-handed weapon, so 120gp should get you an alchemical silver waraxe, assuming you can find one.

@DM Aardvark: Is there one available?

Yes, Felgar, one could be found..... however,

Any shopping you guys intend on doing will take 1d4 hours (like gather info), especially with the plague as it is. Not to mention, any magic items have the 75% availability rule, and still take the 1d4 if not available, to find out they are unavailable.

That said, it is only about 1:30 to 2:00 (in game) right now, so even if you did go, you could still be back before dark.

So, if you do intend to go shopping, make me a list of what all you intend to buy and I will roll time and availability.

I've already got 2 doses of silver blanch, which is enough for 20 pieces of ammunition. That should suffice for me, I'd think.

Silver Dwarven Waraxe

Silversheen. And some blanch for my arrows. May as well.

potion or scroll of prot/evil

Shopping: 1d4 ⇒ 2 hours
Silver Dwarven Waraxe - available
Blanch - available
Silversheen 1d100 ⇒ 26
Potion of Prot from evil 1d100 ⇒ 73
Scroll of Prot from evil 1d100 ⇒ 17

Purchases scroll Prot/Evil 25 gp, grappling hook 1 gp (4 lbs), silk rope 10 gp (5 lbs), light pick 4 gp (3 lbs) Total 40 gp

Sorry for my silence. Took a week off work, mostly just been catching up on my school work for the semester. I'm trying to update each of my games today.

If these are normal human zombies, my channel of 11pts was 1 point short of killing some of them before they acted. So close. But, a reasonable roll. They were just so....clustery!
:-)

I'll be traveling for a few days, so I might be a bit slow to post.

Things may be going fairly slow for me until the end of the semester, I bit off more than expected, so please bear with me. Sunday at work is currently the only solid free time I have to post. I should have a post up today.

Brave friends, I'll be away on my first camping trip of the year this weekend (leaving Friday morning), and since there's no cell reception or internet way up on the mountain, I'll be unable to post until I get back.

If the zombies haven't resolved their turn by the time I leave, I'm planning to have Raliscar toss his 6d6 bead from his necklace of fireballs up onto the balcony, hopefully forcing a concentration check from the voice and spoiling whatever spell she/it has started.

Perhaps I'll return from my trip to find us victorious and standing over the charred remains of our enemies!

I apologize for my continued minimal presence, but the S**t storm of school work has been insane and I'm just working to keep up. Classes end soon, so please bear with me, and I will have the whole summer for posting.

A few more weeks of slowness works best for me, too Aard. No worries from me.

It's all good, Aardvark. I mean, I'd rather be playing, but as long as the thing ain't falling apart, I'm all happy. ;)

Just a heads up for you fine folks, while I sadly won't be at PaizoCon this weekend, I will be traveling Sunday through Tuesday, so it's likely I'll be unable to post for that span.