Ascension of Eight (Inactive)

Game Master Arkwright

Arkwright, you seem to be having a lot of fun coming up with things for the urchin to call Mellany :P

Hmm though I am running out...

Time to go play LA noire.

It's fun to see Aromar caalling these kids "barely out of the womb" as to Alian Aromar qualifies for that as well :P

Ha - just drawing the sense of dichotomy as their fate is balanced by a reliance on those who typically are dependents ... add to the sense of uncomfortable helplessness in Aromar's mind. The irony noted :)

@Arkwright - not sure how you prefer to run things, Aromar would be using stealth and general perception virtually any time they are on the move - let me know if you want me to roll regularly or if the transition is just a 'move the story along' moment.

Hmm ill admit i'm curious as to how i'm going to balance Epic Destiny with Level One Characters... and no one throw Frodo in my face :)

@Aromar hmm i'll let you roll when I think it's necessary. Just to warn you, if you're going to spend all your attention on scanning the surroundings and stealthing, I may make you trip on a rock occasionally.

Too easy, Arkwright. Level us up. ;)

Or hand us artifacts and major magic items. That'd work too.

Excellent... I was waiting for you, Blast :) Did you know that Cheliax has a special hatred of Tieflings?

Really? My painful childhood and the bruise on my face left me no indication! *sigh*

Well, at least I should still have that sword on me. Someone's getting it chucked in their face.

Speaking of, Arkwright, how would you run that? Presumably Throw Anything lets me throw the sword without penalty, but what damage will it deal? Longsword damage, or 1d4 for improvised weapon? And what crit rating?

Don't worry, Blast. This many die rolls, someone would have to chump theirs.

Yah, worst case scenario, Akari turns you into her Devil pet.

Not sure whether to be nervous, or anxious :P

Blast, think of it this way. You have a Paladin with you who is disguised. He's already cast Detect Evil on you and knows you're not evil. He also cut down two guards single handedly while multiple prisoners struggled with one... You're in good hands.

Thanks for the support, Aleksandyr. If only he knew my grandfather...

When I said I was nervous/anxious, I was talking about Akari's comment about a Devil pet. Which, by the way, wouldn't work. My heritage isn't infernal.

Oh haha, no no, I was just saying I could help disguise you!

Oh, sure, sure...

So, Akari, what do you want to dress Blast up as?

Hmm, for Alter Self, do you get any natural attacks the form has? The spell doesn't say it but it also doesn't say it for beastshape and you do get them there.

You do.

Now to find a form with natural attacks that won't draw instant attention

EDIT: Or not. Man I need to get some spells beyond buffs.

So I have no idea what happened with my rolls...

I think it's the stress of having your tail yanked by street thugs.

That lets me roll 1d20+6+6d6d20+5 for a Perception roll? I should do it more often.

Alian, i'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you moved to a square to heal Blast that puts you out of range of an AO from Green Bandit, but please tell me in future which square you are moving to.

You offer reason, but the woman is also aware of just how badly she smote you in the chops and she's probably going to receive that as begging rather than parleying i'm afraid.

Ha - great, the one guy with a sword tries reasoning with her. :)

Sure, she got one good hit in, she has terrible odds of eight to one, and Aromar just punched her pretty good in the face. Aleksandyr doesn't want to hurt anyone needlessly.

I know, you're being a very good paladin.

"Hey Alex - look over there, something really evil"

"What, huh" as he looks away from the melee.

Aromor quickly shivs the remaining elf.

Ok. Been used to some many games going "on the fly" that actual maps take some adjusting.

On a completely unrelated note: I'll be gone this weekend starting tomorrow and will return on Monday.

Likewise - I'll be at GenCon starting tomorrow in the am to Sunday let in the day. Will have very limited access but will try to check in, bot me as needed.

The way this combat is going, we may just get a TPK and have done with it, haha.

I'm just trying to make the right decisions.

I love it - the Discussion thread needs a new formatting code

[ic] [/ic] for in character dialogue.

Just trying to be funny, not to insult here.

Makes for great role play, especially with this shuffled deck of a party. Great stuff. We really ought to have lots of antagonisms between the characters given their varied backgrounds and beliefs.

For future reference, unconscious characters are considered to be stabilized if they've recovered any hit points from being healed. Even the paltry two HP your friendly neighborhood healers have been rolling this fight.

I'll just be happy to get out of here safely, in fact, I prefer a bit of word play... when possible

Oooh! Goody, making money.

Also I hope Taurven's comments aren't too offensive. Just trying to offer some negative reinforcement.

Is it the next round yet? And I assume the thug won't cease combat?

I'm going to post next round soon, but yes, this round is over.

I am off on my trip, bot me as needed.

And I'm brought back to life and consciousness just in time for the battle to be over. Sigh...

So not the poet.

Glad you're having fun, but you might want to loot those bodies... just a suggestion.

Akari, is search actually a skill? Or did you just roll perception?

That's what I was hoping Bob would do, while Taurven keeps the crowd distracted.

Akari, is search actually a skill? Or did you just roll perception?

I understand the confusion here. When I roll skills, I like to specify exactly what I'm doing. In this case, yes, I just rolled perception. If it were acrobatics, maybe I would say "Walk carefully" or stealth would be "move silently".

Rest assured, I am using the pathfinder skillset :)

Ahhhh gotcha. Would you mind stating what skill you are using in future? IE something along the lines of "Search (Perception)1d20+?"? Thanks.

I'm in the process of leaving Afghanistan so FYI I'll be busier than normally, resulting in limited responses.

Unless you specifically state you are tossing something aside, I will assume that- as you have the spare carrying capacity- you are carrying all the looted items for later distribution, with the exception of the named items already distributed.

And for the record, Elvish winds up being Welsh. The English to Elvish translators Google returned sucked.

Guess the good folks at Google don't love LotR as much as they should.

Since no one else put up an argument, I'm assuming the acids are mine. Corrosion of our foes shall ensue.