Hey, there's only like a 1% chance an Umbral Dragon will jump you!
This is Carrion Crown
Stop giving him ideas!
Im not.. read the lore those Mofos are like.. roaming the Shadow Plane.. CONSTANTLY.. and one of the WORST ones are the most common.. and they are malicious as hell.
Those ARE some of my favorite monsters...
So, problems with this encounter begins and ends with this guy's tactics. He was originally a Rogue/Assassin so I fixed that real quick by making him an Executioner Slayer instead (for Cube and Dual, this is also what Giles Halmis was).
Read these and see if you can find the issue:
He conceals the daggers in his sleeves and quietly observes a PC for at least 3 rounds if possible.
When the ghouls attack, Clanartus tries to flank his chosen target with one of the ghouls in order to make a death attack. He then continues to flank with the ghouls and make additional sneak attacks.
His stated tacticsare "Stand around doing nothing for three rounds and then try to make a Death Attack he CAN'T MAKE because you're aware of his presence".
Wat.
I was more surprised by his to hit and damage really. I just assume his tactics were made so that he stealths and simply waits, maybe the Ghouls were supposed to talk you up and likely not be known to be ghouls. He stealths and waits for the 3rd round which goes by because combat hasnt started for the PC's but has started outside their realm. Then rush up, boom Assassinate. issue is.. 3/4ths of the Party have HIGH Perception and one has See Invis as a spell so even a potion of Invisibility would not have been helpful.
This reminds me.. Cthulhu!
Yknow as much as a bad rap the Mythic book got its really good for monsters at the very least.
Yeah, there's some neat options.
Jesus the site going down combined with people calling off has been tearing me a new one recently. I havent gotten sleep and have to go right back in after class in about an hour or so. Midnights into evenings are brutal. Upside I'll be here tonight, tired as all hell.
You should probably get some sleep tonight.
The heck? I posted but I dont see anything
Hope everyone had a spoopy Halloween.
This is the first Halloween I've never actually done anything.
chilled with and dmed for my older brother and a friend while they were back in town
10/10
poke.
Hey guys, sorry for the absence. My wife's grandmother suddenly passed a few days ago and we had to make an unexpected trip up to Ohio for the funeral. Couldn't really find the energy to post while I was there.
-Posted with Wayfinder
Sorry to hear that. If we find another baby, Zin can have first dibs on maiming it.
I invited a friend to join the game, since I figured he could round out some of your deficiencies. He's thinking either an Arcane Archer to round out your lack of arcane casting and ranged fighting, a Shaman, or a Paladin.
... What deficiency? Unless the Arcane archer is mostly caster?
Hiya people. Ol' Ryn-Tin-Jin offered me a spot in your fun little adventures, and I've been reading through to catch up, but figured I'd ask if you guys have any requests for my character. I'm planning an Eldrich Knight/Arcane Archer ranged/control guy, but haven't settled on my race and entry classes, feats, skills, spells, etc.
If any of you have a story hook that can tie me with one of your characters or otherwise justify my showing up, flashing a PC badge and being trusted, I'd appreciate it. Also, if there's skills or spells you wish I could bring, I'll try to make it happen.
It seems my most likely entry will be wizard or maaaaaaybe arcanist, combined with archer archetype fighter, because prerequisite feats are a pain. So, yeah, there's that.
Appreciate the input, folks!
ERGAGERD Its greentea. I remember you.
So you just wanted to make an archer?
And that would be me, ninja'd by the man himself.
I try to split the gamut, but defer to casting over fighting when I can't.
Well, he told me you guys wouldn't mind casting or ranged, so I said...why not both?
Also...do I know you?
Yes and no, as far as knowing me. I normally go under Endoralis. On other threads we have had some similarities and differences. I have not to my knowledge personally interacted with you outside of those instances. You like Aliases.
As far as casting, you are correct we have no specific Arcane Casting but between Jones and Darius alot of things have been handled, there was basically a missing of something like.. Haste or other such spells arcane gets (Though we have BoF for those times). So I suppose an archer works, though they tend to be "Spell on a Bow" and blasters or summat.. which the oracle is. It doesnt help that, Darius himself has a Bow and is quite good with it when he wants. So really.. you can make whatever you want.
I was just commenting on Rynjins statement as if we were lacking... I purposely havent done things with Darius, it doesnt mean Darius CANT do those things.
Yeah, I enjoys some parody aliases. Frankly, with all my interactions with Ryn "Todd Flanders" Jin (we used to butt heads a lot, but when I started my drink tea thread, he was a regular, so we bonded over tea and Fallout) I'm suprised he hasn't gotten one. Maybe we interacted when I used to be WAY more vocal outside of the off-topic threads. Yay for recognition!
Well, I've always wanted to play an AA anyway, so this is cool. He's letting me use the early entry cheese shortcut that was eratta'd out! So I might actually be viable.
..... HRMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.....
If it wasnt for the fact the PRC tens not to be that great I would have likely had an issue there if only because I had to spend so much to make this whip work.
Rynjin has some but his base username gets alot of practice.
Nah, I meant I have a lot of parody aliases of people I interact with. It all started with this one for captain yesterday.
Anyway, I will nab haste...and I think it will work to let me use short range spells from much further away. Any knowledges you're hurting on? I know I'll have a lot of that available.
How about story hooks?
Story hooks are going to be...difficult. There's basically no way to get into the place Darius just entered without the key. There is, however, a bit of a workaround. If you're infected with a Slugspawn, you could pass through the door without a key. However, that mean without a Remove Disease spell, you'll be meeting the same fate as poor Albor Voltiaro in three days.
So, perhaps you came to investigate, got infected, and are investigating in the hopes of finding someone willing and able to cure you at Undiomede House?
Yo.
Darius and I have a pretty good handle on knowledge, at least with regards to identifying monsters (Arcana, Nature, and Religion). I haven't put much into Local and Dungeoneering, maybe you could invest in those.
As for story hooks: If you're building off a Wizard or other Int-based caster, maybe we could say that you studied magic alongside Jones at some university years ago. That way, Jones could vouch for your abilities and trustworthiness.
Sounds good. I was thinking a student at Nex for my background, because wizard + hate undead = Nex...unless you already fleshed out where you studied?
My character in general comes from a family of Monster Hunters so unless you have something along with that.....
I have Local and Dungeoneering but that doesnt mean to have something into it. I dont see Zin getting Remove Disease.
...unless you already fleshed out where you studied?
Not really. I gathered a vast breadth of knowledge from several sources while traveling across Golarion. It's entirely possible that I spent a year or two in Nex, just to see what I could learn about magic.
I have Remove Disease, but sadly am out of 3rd-level extracts for the day.
He'd have a couple of days before *KABLOOSH*.
Groovy. Just try not to cough up any slugs on us until tomorrow morning!
Well, I could have helped your monster hunting family decades ago, as I'm leaning towards elf. That's two ins!
I'm gonna convert this guy, since he never got used, and the character sheet is all nicely formatted already.
sounds good
I could see that.
Reading through the campaign; Everything Ezekiel says OOC is hilarious. I just want you to know this. Topped only by the elf dying and nobody talking about him for a day and getting pissed about it. (That's the page I'm on.) I should have this guy ready soon; holiday prep has slowed me down.
Don't say that, Dual will get a bigger head.
Which elf? Cassiel or Jules?
Cassiel
Yeah, that was me. To be fair, Ezekiel and Steef do their part to be all mournful and existential pretty soon after.
Plus, it's not like Cassiel had a lot of time to bond with the party before he got axed. His shining moment was at the very start when he beat up some angry peasants with his staff.
Haha I remember reading that too.
Aww man, I'm so spoiler'd, knowing nobody of the original crew is left.
Hey, you don't know that they all died.
Maybe they got tired of all this doom and gloom and went off to have some more happy adventures!
So Rynjin...traits...didn't specify that one earlier. Does one have to be CCrown specific, or am I good as a late entry with two others? I are you that "different number than two" type?
Three Traits. I originally gave everyone 2+Campaign, but the Campaign Traits don't make much sense any more (They were "How do you know Lorrimor?" the answer being "You don't" now).
Hey, you don't know that they all died.
Maybe they got tired of all this doom and gloom and went off to have some more happy adventures!
At the very least, Steef is...somewhere, along with Moose.
Three Traits.
This is news to me. Would you rule that Accelerated Drinker functions with extracts?