Adventure Path Reign of Winter

Game Master Almonihah

Kalchine will do it. He'll become your new supreme alien overlord.

That might prove easier than being Quasit’s boyfriend ;)

I just realized, how is everyone’s initiative so high? A +14 is a dex of 38 or 30 plus imp initiative, either way, that’s ridiculously high.

Fin Init = +7 DEX + 4 Feat + 2 Trait + 1 Ioun Stone =+14

…it’ll go to +15 when Fin hits 16th level as his DEX will go up by one (to a 26/+8 DEX) bumping his initiative up 1 as a result…

As we’re facing more and more advanced creatures, I prefer doing what I can to up the chances of striking first to cut down on the damage I’m likely to take in an extended fight…

Clearly I need to turn up the difficulty of the encounters to keep up with you guys. :D

To be more serious, I *did* feel like this module was a disappointment after "Rasputin Must Die!" so I may be trying some modifications.

Oops, sorry guys.

Next time, don’t answer my question if the answer is bragging about how amazingly awesome you are. :)

Hmmm…didn’t think I was bragging, just answering your question…

Given that the first time I played the first book of this AP I was the only survivor of a TPK then a casualty of a second near TPK, and have died in this run, I don't hate watching the Fin & Maka Massacre Show.

Yeah, the first book was brutal for us as well; we had at least three near TPKs. The very first encounter, we had one dead, and three KO’ed…and then a short while later, another death with three KO’ed as well…and then at the end, we had 4 KO’ed…might’ve been some more as that’s just off the top of my head…

While we still have 4 of our original 6 with us, there was a lot of attrition in Book 1; two deaths, and 4 replacement characters, all of whom dropped out by the end of that book…we became a more stable party when Maka joined us towards the beginning of Book 2…

Was that all the way back in book 2? Wow. Time flies.

Yeah, difficulty for this AP is kinda up-and-down, with the first book being pretty notorious, and book 5 being harder than book 6 in a lot of ways.

I didn't see Maka's damage figured into the last GM recap. I assume it was not missed?

Yeah, I recorded it (I assumed she hit one of the two attacking her instead of the one I had the rest of you hitting), I just forgot to mention it in narration.

Let's see, I think I still need an action from Selena for this round?

Let's see, I think I still need an action from Selena for this round?

Yep, think so, GM…think you need an action from Maka as well…

For anyone needing inspiration,
https://youtu.be/ONQYhaMBtB0

Gotta love GinnyD! I almost want to play a bard now. :)

Just found out the maker of Kirthfinder has died. In case anyone here is fan of his.

And here I thought we were waiting on the gm to describe our arrival at the castle. Sorry, I totally missed that you were waiting on me.

I can prep any spell I know in a round, so time taken matters only in combat or similar time crunch.

I was *going* to post, but I got distracted... XD

I apologize if I jumped the gun.

Been a bit busy and exhausted lately, but if all goes well I will have a roof to live under for me and the fam.

That will make me even busier and more exhausted for a bit but then once everything settles, will make life so much easier with more time.

Depending on how that turns out I figure on running a few short one module games for playtesting ideas.

I hope you can get housed and settled quickly!

Oh, that's exciting! I hope things all go well and you do get a roof over you soon!

Just an FYI, the GM posted on Discord that he’s having computer issues and posting may be delayed…

I don't know how many of you follow the Paizo blog or play in other places where it may be discussed but the Paizo site is going to experience a planned outage starting on Monday. It's supposed to last 2-3 days, but I'm betting on at least 4.

You can see more HERE

See you guys on the other side!

It's been over a week since we heard from Bulvi. Should we bot his 3 Fort saves vs negative levels before we go much farther?

I really think everyone in this game should be able to check in at least a couple times a week, especially since we're coming into the home stretch. The game is always better when everyone is chipping in.

It's been over a week since we heard from Bulvi. Should we bot his 3 Fort saves vs negative levels before we go much farther?

I really think everyone in this game should be able to check in at least a couple times a week, especially since we're coming into the home stretch. The game is always better when everyone is chipping in.

Hey Q, I’ve been sending him reminders on Discord lately and he has been responsive; I’ll tag him again now…

Bull responded immediately; he’s gonna check in and roll those saves ‘a little later…

Two failed saves is better than three. Sorry for the late response and thanks for the poke.

I was gonna post…but with the upcoming outage, should we just wait before starting a combat?

I suppose.

I’m hoping Maka and Air-Kal can use a surprise round to buzz out into the open and draw any readied attacks from these guys, then the rest of us can start cleaning up.

I don’t mind posting, I just thought the Paizo update was imminent but I could be wrong…

Apparently the outage got pushed back to Nov 10th. They sure know how to inspire confidence!

Yep, they pushed it back. XD

C'mon, guys! It's gonna be great! Dev teams almost always get things right the first time and only ever make things better.

(Apologies to any developers. I know how hard your job actually is.)

And we're back!

I was having withdrawals!

Just checking…everyone has acted this round, right?

Kalchine didn’t act, but he’s paralyzed. Selena could retcon her action if she wanted, since Quas told her she’s ok for the moment.

I was going to move things forward yesterday... but then my wife wanted to play V Rising together. :D Getting to it now!

No worries, GM, gaming with the wife definitely comes first!

Fin’ll follow Q’s lead, to see if anyone can clear the fog…if no one can, I’d advise we fall back some and let whatever creature that’s using the fog for cover come to us…

Sorry for missing a few days. Transitioning to the new job has been a bit of a whirlwind. I need to catch up, but if I don’t finish tonight, I should be able to post tomorrow.

Hope it's going well for you! No rush getting caught up, I think we still need Bulvi before you can act.

By criting and reducing his con by five she's taken off half of Bulvi's hit points in one hit... Bulvi might not survive this one. I've just asked a question for clarity before I respond.

Yeah, compared to everything else so far in this module this is a much nastier encounter.

Bulvi can tell she has damage reduction so he's doing reduced damage. Fin seemed to do full damage.

Sakitu and Bulvi are up right? I’ll tag ‘em on Discord…

Thanks for the poke Fin

No worries, Bull…

I hate death spiral mechanics.

Tez actually has lesser restoration as like something like a domain spell... it's a narrow window to get to him though. Maybe someone has a potion or a scroll I amn't seeing.

Geez, I hope this isn’t one of those undead who if you die at their hand you come back as a wight or something.

Ok, hear me out— if Bulvi dies and we do a Breath of Life, is he still Con drained, or does he reset? Like unplugging and replugging a frozen computer? I’m grasping at straws.

Cue Selena to ask him what he wants to come back as.