Invade Cheliax! Perhaps through Westcrown after it welcomes them with open arms.
Well, for whatever nation picked, remember that you will need a wilderness area nearby to send the PCs out to explore in.
Like maybe Sargava sending people out into the Mwangi Expanse. Or maybe do a Pharaoh maker set in Osirion. Or maybe transplant the whole thing undersea.
I like Nirmathas. There isn't much written about it yet. Geographically, you have hills, forests and it boarders a large lake. It a young country and use to be part of the Cheliax empire and then Molthune empire. I set my Rappan Athuk Campaign there.
RD 6: Gatorman.
The Gatorman moves towards the last line to be cut. He does not see Chell in the fog and he focuses on the hacking the rope.
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The rope splices apart sending the weight of the cage tumbling downward. It crashes down on the swan boat, the sudden impact and weight causes damage.
There are no stats in the book so I gave it the rowboat HP: 60. currently at 37 HP.
Sorrin I need a reflex DC 15 save or you fall off and into the water.
I posted in the discussion thread by mistake.
I have busy day so I won't be online till this evening.
DM pacing back and forth wanting to roll dice. He nudges Bri, Astri, and Chell from the morning slumber but kicks Torgue hard. WAKE UP!
"Clarisse...wake up...Clarisee needs tending to... Torgue swats at his nose.
I need to step out for a bit, I should be be back in couple hours.
*SNORT!* I'm up!
I want to say this has been both the most interesting and hilarious combat I have ever had.
Fun times!
Looks like several of you will need to pull a potion and drink it soon or there could be bodies floating face down in the muck. Giggles joyously.
There is an epic combat just beginning in my RA game. It's gonna be bloody.
Holy crap I took one look at the RA combat map and said Nope. Good luck to them....
I've an errand to do, I will be back later.
I'd thought with Coup de Gras this and that, he'd have been done. Sorry, misread the situation.
Thought you were urging me to join forces and attack Patches over yonder.
We made a valiant effort at a coup de grace but it was foiled but our nemesis Action Economy. As long as we finish this soon everyone should survive, if barely. Chell and Astri just have to hold off the gatorman long enough for Torgue to come over and smack it, then they can all help with the wight.
Torgue is tied up, at the moment. And remember, you can't 5ft step. And, your reward for killing it is thrashing damage.
Remember the cove! This has to last at least 15 rounds! Boss fight AND leveling after.
Need to scratch, claw and dig deep! Pay for every mistake, dropping mw scimitar, dropping bow, running out of channels, low AC, no piercing weapons, etc...
Was this what you had in mind?
Can I get an advance in that extra channel feat?
Nope, I expected a semblance of sanity and for folks to allow Sorrin to take tactical lead in the field and follow his general strategy.
Sooo... This is much worse! LOL!
If we'd taken out the gatormen ASAP, the ropes wouldn't have been an issue, swan boat wouldn't have been needed, breaking the cage could have been avoid... It's just a cascade affect. All about economy of action, a stitch in time sorta thing.
At work we putting together a seasonal calendar across multiple departments. It spans about 6 months. The first 3 weeks are extremely critical and set the pace.
This went to moo-moo ka-ka round 1.
Nope, I expected a semblance of sanity and for folks to allow Sorrin to take tactical lead in the field and follow his general strategy.
Sooo... This is much worse! LOL!
If we'd taken out the gatormen ASAP, the ropes wouldn't have been an issue, swan boat wouldn't have been needed, breaking the cage could have been avoid... It's just a cascade affect. All about economy of action, a stitch in time sorta thing.
This went to moo-moo ka-ka round 1.
I will say just entering the temple was hazardous since the butcher hooks only permitted one at a time. This entire combat was perilous, you all focused on the gatormen and prisoners then just left the powerful spellcaster out there to wreck havoc. The fog cloud was a catch-22, yes it helped becasue the druid couldn't use its lightning for a few round, but it was up too long, and it limited your spellcasters ability to cast spells, because they couldn't see anything. That in turn let the druid lay down other hazards. I thought you'd try to eliminate the spellcaster first then worry about what ever gatormen remained.
The swan boat was very intelligent. Once the boat was up there was no need to really focus on rescuing prisoners.
Yeah, moo-moo ka-ka from the moment you got bottled necked in the doorway.
2 tacts, I suppose.
I'd have eliminated the gatormen, first... Would have taken 2-3 rounds. Then converged on the druid. Another 2-3 rounds, done.
I like eliminating gatormen because, no more melee. Spellcasters run our of resources, melee combatants don't.
And, I gatormen can do a lot more damage with a full attack than Patches.
I see that but this druid has resources to spare. You wouldn't know it but he has 6 more wasp swarms from his staff. He can also hide in some fog if he wants too plus he could be a terror in hand to hand combat.
By the way: who is effected by the drowning curse?
In every game the rule is always casters first.
Well, usually Healers > Casters > Anyone else.
And he sure hasn't run out of resources yet, so that theory doesn't always hold true.
By now in character you all know his Will is spell resistance and his weakness is in his reflex.
Of course we could have just tossed the swan boat down and go for the druid.
The problem as I see it is that the gatormen would go for a rope a round on different sides of the hole so if we team up and drop one a round there will still be one running around the other side chopping ropes. Being fanatics they would willingly ignore everything to chop the ropes unless the druid said otherwise.
Plus no doubt they would try to destroy the boat
Torgue should have joined Chell and Embri after the boat appeared but I got caught up trying to free the prisoners and Sorrin was refusing to move until they were able to get out.
That was 1 round for T-man!
2 rounds for Torgue to kill a gatorman unless I crit. Not wearing metal armor lucked out regarding the heat metal spell but I am stuffed in straight up combat since their attack rolls are effectively 'Yes.' (Since I didn't want to drown)
The problem as I see it is that the gatormen would go for a rope a round on different sides of the hole so if we team up and drop one a round there will still be one running around the other side chopping ropes. Being fanatics they would willingly ignore everything to chop the ropes unless the druid said otherwise.
That is exactly what the remaining one did. He let his brethren fight as he cut the ropes.
Oh, let's not opine... just starting thinking about new characters.
I'd complain about you keeping the crappy heal rolls... except, I'm sure I could roll crappier!
I'd complain about you keeping the crappy heal rolls... except, I'm sure I could roll crappier!
They don't call you Nat 1 for nothing
How about we go full-bore evil yet will oddly work together despite their alignments saying otherwise? I wanna be a halfling poisoner who paralyzes his victims and leaves them in agony as offerings to Zon-Kuthon.
Wicked lightning storm right now, so I'm logging off.
Kill the one in the dress!
I'm not going to start pointing fingers unless we have a TPK. We're not done yet.
Just a little RP, just dawned on me the Caller is intelligent.
Yep, all wights are intelligent.
So you are trying to talk to the Caller? I didn't understand any of that.
Weird none of the posts in the gameplay thread showed for me until now..? I swear I kept checking it yesterday. Sorry for holding things up.
Battled the website for an hour trying to get the post through, finally managed to get my post up.
Baldwin you asked who was affected by the drowning curse earlier, I know Astrianna is. How long does the curse last?
Battled the website for an hour trying to get the post through, finally managed to get my post up.
Baldwin you asked who was affected by the drowning curse earlier, I know Astrianna is. How long does the curse last?
permanent. :-) It can be cured/removed though. A remove curse
or like enchantment cures this effect.
Oh, it's a legitimate curse. Damn, the writer of this campaign is brutal, a free action curse from those gators?
If I had known how tough it was going to be I would have actually optimized my character instead of going the roleplaying route with her. Alas.
Chell can prepare and cast remove curse thankfully...
One of us should learn remove curse next level. Or can Chell just pray for it?
Level 3 spell. Campaign starts at level 5 so any cleric already has it.
It's a good scroll to have handy.
Oh, it's a legitimate curse. Damn, the writer of this campaign is brutal, a free action curse from those gators?
If I had known how tough it was going to be I would have actually optimized my character instead of going the roleplaying route with her. Alas.
Chell can prepare and cast remove curse thankfully...
I much prefer the rp. :-)
Shouldn't it have responded one way or another tp the Kraken? Enemy or ally to Dajobas?
What happened to bad guys ranting before they kill you?!