Beacons of Hope: Wrath of the Righteous!

Game Master GM the Fifth

I have an idea. I'll lay out a general plan, and Azura can run with it until we encounter a situation that requires specific interaction. That way we aren't stretching out repetitious RP.

We have been in these caves over a year since we started on June 23 of last year.

I hear you. The start of this AP is not a pleasant grind. This may be the last pocket of resistance though as we are basically back to where we came in.

This is the last encounter you'll face in the caves.

Also, I've had a fever of 100.6 for the last two days.

Thanks, Azura. Hope you are feeling better soon.

We still need to search the place before we leave in case there's stuff we missed. Just to name one example, we have a key to a lockbox but no lockbox. :)

Feel better soon.

Yikes. Hope you get to feeling better.

Get well soon, illustrious GM.

Also, haHA! HAVE AT THEE! :D

I am not going to have reliable internet access from Thursday this week through the weekend, and may not have much time to devote to the game in general until the following Thursday (the 17th).

Telerin, I'm going to mark you down as taking the crossbow and bolts from the encounter with Hosilla and the Tiefling (for now). That way you still have one to use, and mine comes back to me.

Hey everyone, change in our travel plans: I'm going to the ER, instead. Good times!

If it's what they think it is, I may end up in surgery. Will know more soon.

Please get well soon!

Oh no!

Thanks. The ER is busy so it may be a while.

I hope your trip is better than mine was, with the guy down the hall constantly repeating, "My a!~@@$*, my a~~$**&!"

what was the matter with his ass>

That sounds a lot like hemorrhoid surgery. Or a veterinary hospital.

Good news, everyone! I'll live.

That was never in question, it just sounds better than "It's not nearly as bad as they thought."

Yay, no new recruitment! :D

;)

I've been waiting for this moment since we started! :D

I'll be heading to central Oregon tomorrow for the solar eclipse. While I'll be camping on a friend's property, I won't be looking for opportunities to get online.

About 1,000,000 people are expected to be descending on our state this weekend, so it could be that I am not available until Wednesday morning.

Okay, so there is one final change I was wondering if I could make to Arloric when the time comes: tweaking his Campaign trait, specifically from Stolen Fury to Exposed to Awfulness. It doesn't change Arloric's backstory by a large degree, and was originally what I'd intended for him before I followed a suggestion that Champion would fit his build better mechanically. Guardian/Hierophant was my original intention for Arloric, and I understand if this is one change too many. Is this okay?

You can do pretty much any changes you like when you rest and level up. In my mind, 1st level in an AP is just getting to know your character and figure out if it's working the way you want and telling the story that you want - this often changes as you hit the actual adventure and see how it works in practice.

Hello everyone! I am back from trip to see the total eclipse and it was one minute and thirty-eight seconds of surreal beauty and awe.

I have some photos of totality that you might be interested in. Enjoy!

Nice pictures! Thanks for sharing!

It's time at last for level 2.

If you want to make changes to your archetype, your skills, etc., do that now. Your character is sorta figuring out "who they are" and this is where you'll make those decisions.

Be sure to post a short update here so that I know what ya got!

Quick question, how are we calculating HP at level up again?

Pathfinder usual: Half your hit die, rounded up instead of down (so a typical druid, d8, gets 5).

Noice, thank you!

Also, are we keeping the traits as is, or will we be reverting to standard (1 Campaign Trait, 1 regular trait)? At the moment I've got 4 different traits, and for the life of me I'm not sure why we did that at Character Creation. 0_o

You should have 1 campaign trait and 1 other trait.

I'm not sure why we did that at Character Creation. 0_o

Asmodina gave us a third trait free of charge.

ABerus is leveled and his stat block on the profile page is updated. As a L2 Cleric, there aren't any exciting changes other than skill points.

Level Up Summary

+1 Rogue Level

+4 HP +1 Favoured

+11 Skill Ranks

--1 Acrobatics
--1 Bluff
--1 Craft (Paintings)
--2 Diplomacy
--1 Disable Device
--1 Escape Artist
--1 Knowledge (Arcana)
--1 Perception
--1 Stealth
--1 Spellcraft

Evasion!

Rogue Talent: Shades of Grey
- A rogue with this talent uses mental and emotional tricks to protect herself from attempts to discern her alignment. This offers her the benefits of undetectable alignment whenever she chooses, though she must be conscious to maintain the effect.

And dropped my Birthmark & Suspicious traits. I'll add 'em back via the Additional Traits feat later.

HaHAHAAAA! Reporting to you live from the Minnesota State Fair! Having a BLAST! :D

Okay, I did a LOT of retooling to finally get Arloric figured out. Patch update notes:

• Reverted archetype back to Nature Fang.
• Updated attribute scores to 20-Point Buy.
• Dropped Inspiring and Omen traits.
• Updated skill list with Background Skills.
• Added additional language thanks to new INT bonus (Hallit).
• Updated Red Branch to 2nd level.

As for level-up:

+1 Druid Level

+7 HP

+7 Skill ranks +1 Favored

--1 Climb
--1 Knowledge (nature)
--1 Perception
--1 Ride
--1 Survival
--1 Handle Animal
--1 Linguistics (New Language: Abyssal)

So, here's my plan: I try to bluff whoever's inside to come outside, we surround them, and we either convince them to surrender or cut them down. How's that sound?

Solid, if they're open to listening to your Bluff in the first place. They may just say "HOW DO WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT A DEMON TRYING TO TRICK US?!" and refuse to open the door.

You'll never know unless you try :)

I like it! Let's give it a shot.

...I really should've put points into Linguistics when we levelled. I could've learnt Abyssal & Infernal.

Not too late, Alexa. We haven't gotten into the real biz since your level up.

Then I'll swap my boosts to Craft (Paintings) and Spellcraft for Linguistics. Thanks. :)

...I really should've put points into Linguistics when we levelled. I could've learnt Abyssal & Infernal.

Would we really wanna try NEGOTIATING with anyone who can speak these languages? Aside from me, I mean.

It's not so much negotiating, so much as being able to bluff them in their language. And to pick up what they're saying as well.

Spywork is a totally viable angle for rogue types. Sometimes you might encounter demons or devils that you don't necessarily wanna confront directly until you have better resources. :)

GM? I'm waiting on you.

Weeeeek of overtiiiime :(

Those suuuuuuck! : (

Completely forgot to post leveling info for Aberus. Here it is:

+1 Cleric level
+6 HP = 5 (Cleric) + 1 (favored bonus)
+7 skill points = 3 (Cleric) + 2 INT +2 (background skills)

Skills:

+1 Bluff
+1 Diplomacy
+1 Knowledge (Plains)
+1 Knowledge (Religion)
+1 Sense Motive
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+1 Knowledge (History)
+1 Linguistics (elven)

I am so SO sorry for the long wait to post. It's been an unbelievably crazy week thanks to my birthday. Between the Renaissance Festival and a second trip to the State Fair, I haven't had a chance to turn on my computer to get my posts up! I swear I'll do better about keeping things up to date starting tonight. Thank you all for your patience. : (

I hear ya. I was at a convention this weekend and my laptop decided to crap out. :/