Bad to the Bones (A Rappan Athuk campaign) (Inactive)

Game Master Eric Swanson

Sorry for the limited posting recently. At present this is my only online campaign, and I am checking several times a week. Varg is still here, just not able to aid in the investigation at this point. If my posting level is not enough, please let me know and I will drop out.

On the flip side, I am enjoying this game so far, and hope to stick with this to the end, if we survive that far.

I'm actually a bit hopeful about this fight. Inside the darkness both the black skeletons and the ogres should have a 50% Miss Chance. I remember the black skeletons having lots of attacks at a high hit chance, but not a lot of damage per hit. The ogre skeletons have DR vs slashing and Fast Heal 2. That makes them pretty ideal defenders against the black skeletons.

So Grezzor can just nuke them all. The black skeletons probably have more hit points, but I'm hoping the ogre's fast heal helps offset that some.

Hey guys, leaving today to go to Disney for the weekend with the wife and her family. I'm in Miami all next week for work too so with travel posting will be not as normal. Will still try and get a post in a day. Thanks.

Hi guys,

In case any of you are interested, my Reign of Winter group is recruiting one player - I think we are about to finish Book3 (not sure because I never played it before) so far ahead in the game (good chance to play mid-high level characters).

In any case, recruitment details are HERE - go check it out if you can ;)

Cheers.

Sorry about the lack of posts here. I have been dealing with some family issues. Unfortunately I need to take a trip out of town so I will not be able to resume posting until this Sunday.

Thanks for understanding.

No worries Komm - all the best to you and your family.

Thanks for the update, hope all is well.

no problem

No problem. With RL obligations, I have been a little light on posting as well.

Guys, dropping a line to let you know I will be going on vacations from the 20th until the 30th June. Will have access to internet, and will probably be able to post here and there during those 10 days, but in between family, SUN, beach, swimming pool and summer beverages, the posts will have to wait a tad ;)

Sun?

What kind of goblin are you?

Well tanned?

And happy :D

I'm on vacation until saturday night. Please bot me as needed

This team could really stand to have a wand of cure light wounds.

Indeed :P

Or maybe a wand of Infernal Healing?

yep :)

the fact that we have only had one chance to resupply this whole game has changed the way gameplay works a lot. It's an interesting thing to see play out.

If only someone would post in the gameplay thread that they were healing Keil and possibly Arlok we could move on and maybe get to go resupply again.

That's up to the ones with healing magic Brok :)

Keil does have potion, but he's saving that for an emergency.

...I am the worst healer ever.

Komm, is that a house rule you're using about identifying magical traps?

Some of us earn experience by killing monsters, some of us earn experience by finding and disarming traps.

and hopefully not setting them off.....

Sorry, RL has gotten in the way, and I totally forgot to check. Got 40 posts to catch up on.

@Keil: Flip you for the magic ring? We're both at a +2 Will save.

I'm fine if one of you guys want it. I put it on the sheet just to move things on. Just let me know :)

Am holding out for a ring of invisibility :)

Whatever works

Heads up guys, I will be travelling July 16 to the 28th and probably won't have access to the internet. Feel free to Bot, but please don't kill :) As an evil sort, Keil has no problem retreating to safety with or without the party to save his own skin.

Since Keil is out of town still and we are in a major fight I will wait until the 29th before moving things along.

Sounds good, thanks for the update.

No hurries :D

has anyone heard from Varg?

Sorry, I have been busy recently and totally forgot to check in here.

What initiative will the skeletons act on?

They will act on Praetor's initiative roll, unless he has them act at a different spot

It's just easier that way. Technically, they're a lot faster than Grey and have enough pre-programmed instructions (as well as hostile malicious instincts) to spring into action as soon as a fight breaks out, but most of the time it's just less work to have them act on Grey's initiative so I do't have to be making two separate combat posts a round.

@Arlock: nice

Environmental stuff is often under utilized, when I hear or see Lava I'm always like how can I throw or put someone in that.

I'm still trying to come to terms with Arlok's versatility - you can also FLY?! :P

Godlings are pretty crazy.

It's in the name Grezzor. "The Mighty" ;) Yes Godlings are a super customizable class. If you have an idea or concept especially super hero like stuff they are awesome.

As an FYI - I will be at GenCon this weekend, so very light posting Thursday through Sunday.

If anyone is going to be there, I will be running a ton of 10-03 Death on the Ice, if you want to find me.

Do I interpret correctly that they are healing and harming living creatures with channels?

Hey guys FYI: I'm off on vacation tomorrow. I will be at War for a week. Pennsic War, SCA. I will have my phone and will try and check in but not sure of service up there. Will resume regular posting on the 13th. I will check in this one for sure since we are in a dire combat as long as signal is alright :)

Channeling does one or the other, not both; the priest/cleric must decide which at the time of channeling. Positive energy harms undead or heals the living. Negative energy heals undead or harms the living. Unless they have the Selective Channeling feat, every living creature in a 30ft radius is affected by the negative channeling which harmed Arlok and needs to save for half. It is not just Arlok who should be taking damage. If the purple priest is being healed by these channelings, then he is probably undead. But if that is the case, then Arlok shouldn't be affected as the priests will have chosen to direct their energies towards healing. If my interpretation is wrong, I will need to rethink how I play my clerics.

No that's how it works. He doesn't need to be undead though. If they have the undead sub domain which worshiping Orcus they probably would. But yes it is still and either or, and yes either they have selective channeling or they are using Death's kiss, but it only last 1/2 their cleric level in rounds so the guys using 2 dice would get 2 rounds at most and it's a standard action to use so the first round is used up the round they use it and they have channeled twice so yeah all the priest need to be undead or they are all Dhampir's that works as well.

Yeah they had to errata channel back early after the Dhampir came out. If you had a group of 4 Dhampir's they would just roam around channeling and healing themselves at the same time. Dhampir death squads. It was fun while it lasted but crazy. :)

I was interpreting events that the little priests were healing each other with channels.

I dropped one in the first round, and then he popped back up when they channeled.

Could be some weird Orcus mojo from the room we're in.

There's five of them channeling at us in the doorway. Seems unlikely that selective channeling is how they don't hurt each other.