BrOp's "Cult of the Ebon Destroyers" (PFS) (Inactive)

Game Master Branding Opportunity

Feral, it looks like you have to choose between your ioun stone at the boots. Which will it be? Also, the books are called "boots of friendly terrain".

I'm definitely getting the Ioun Stone. The boots are if there is cash leftover and everyone is okay with chipping in for them. Farouq's Lesser Extend Rod would also be a good cash pooling expenditure.

Does anyone want to do any more RPing before you leave on the trip?

Not unless you want to RP Ursus's conquests.

Not unless you want to RP Ursus's conquests.

How many?

I'll do the shopping tomorrow morning!

Oh I was wondering if everyone would be in for pooling money for a scroll of heal for an emergency. I would definitely chip in for it if we were up for it.

Well since the Ulfen has Endurance and an incredible Fortitude save, and the fact that tomorrow may very well be his last...

Ursus will stop somewhere between when he loses count (due to running out of fingers) and when he passes out due to intoxication.

Well since the Ulfen has Endurance and an incredible Fortitude save, and the fact that tomorrow may very well be his last...

Ursus will stop somewhere between when he loses count (due to running out of fingers) and when he passes out due to intoxication.

DC 20 Fort save

DC 20 Fort save

Does this count as a forced march? =P

Edit: I need to get to bed. I have a train to catch at 6:00am.

1d20 + 17 ⇒ (5) + 17 = 22
1d20 + 17 ⇒ (11) + 17 = 28
1d20 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25
1d20 + 17 ⇒ (19) + 17 = 36
1d20 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21

Just in cast you want a bunch more.

Branding Opportunity wrote:

DC 20 Fort save

Does this count as a forced march? =P

1d20+17

You manage to make it through the night without falling over, but the next morning (and for the rest of the day) the sun does seem to be a little too bright and everyone seems to be yelling at you for some reason!

You manage to make it through the night without falling over, but the next morning (and for the rest of the day) the sun does seem to be a little too bright and everyone seems to be yelling at you for some reason!

That's most mornings for Ursus.

Listen up all you spellcasters. Daxter (with his godly intelligence) has offered to host everyone's spell list for me in a Google doc. That way I don't have to switch between four different documents to see what everyone has prepared for the day.

Is this something you might be willing to do? (Please say yes!)

If yes, then please email me your memorized spell lists and I will pass them on to the mysterious person who is controlling the wizard.

Many thanks,

Alex

Ursus just asked me something over gchat and my answers bears repeating here: the elephants are very well trained as mounts, but they are not trained for combat.

Auke, Ursus doesn't mind sharing his Wand of Shield. That will save us 750 gold.

It looks like we've got ~2600 gold left (3350 if Aquila gives up the second Wand of Shield). It looks like we're assuming Farouq can get his Lesser Extend Rod.

What do we want to get with the rest of the money?

A)

Boots of Friendly Terrain - +2 to Init/Perception/Survival and makes us untrackable in the jungle

Scroll of Restoration (if Aquila gives up the Wand of Shield)

B)

Scroll of Heal

Scroll of Restoration (x2 if Aquila gives up the Wand of Shield)

C)

Something else.

Daxter votes for

B) Scroll of Heal

Scroll of Restoration(X2 is Aquila gives up the wand of shield)

On a different note, since we seem to be on our way, I will roll my false life for my familiar. Also whenever we camp, I will put up an Alarm spell to ward us versus anyone trying to ambush us.
Alarm is set to Audible.

1d10 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Ok, we'll share!

And I vote

B)

Scroll of Heal
Scroll of Restoration (x2 if Aquila gives up the Wand of Shield)

Ursus will work with Bala to try to learn the basics of controlling and steering the elephants.

At night when we set up camp Ursus will hit one of them (whichever is the biggest/strongest) with Wartrain Mount and ask Bala to help him command the elephant to guard the camp.

Good idea!

Working on my Wilderness spell list now!

Entangle! :-)

Copy/Paste this URL for the spell document.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuOar9SO6u-OdEJ3Nk9kUU JHNlJoTmNQYXZqdVliNEE&hl=en_US&authkey=CMqT5t0C

We seem to be a little over-budget ...

Well since two people have voted against me and the other two have not voted at all I'll relent. We'll do the restorative scrolls.

But if we get hunted/tracked down and ambushed in the jungle I will not hold back on the I-told-you-so's!

But if we get hunted/tracked down and ambushed in the jungle I will not hold back on the I-told-you-so's!

*Cue the theme music from Predator*

Alrighty I adjusted the shopping list. I assumed Aquila is going to carry the Scroll of Heal and Monte is carrying the scroll of Restoration. Also, it appears I did my math wrong at one point and we can only get one scroll of Restoration even with Aquila dropping the Wand of Shield.

Edit: Nevermind. The math was right. The spreadsheet's formula was messing up for some reason. We have two scrolls of Restoration.

Monte what's your UMD like? I think you're the only one that can use the Scroll of Restoration.

It's been brought to my attention that Monte can't UMD.

Congrants Aquila you are the bearer of both scrolls!

It's been brought to my attention that Monte can't UMD.

Congrants Aquila you are the bearer of both scrolls!

With mediocre power comes mediocre responsibility?

Something that has come recently is that Ursus, Daxter, Aquila and I have been chatting regularly via Google Talk (or gchat through Gmail) and that it helps ask questions that you might not otherwise post on the boards, and quickly deal with many issues. I heartily encourage anyway who uses Google Talk to join us.

With mediocre power comes mediocre responsibility?

We'll see how "mediocre" you think it is when your down to 4 Int. ;)

Daxter wrote:

With mediocre power comes mediocre responsibility?

We'll see how "mediocre" you think it is when your down to 4 Int. ;)

Well if they want to spend that much effort to do 20+ points of Int damage/drain to me, then they deserve it. That's way more effort than I would put into it. But yes, I would be sad if things got to that point.

Well if they want to spend that much effort to do 20+ points of Int damage/drain to me, then they deserve it. That's way more effort than I would put into it. But yes, I would be sad if things got to that point.

I wouldn't want you to get the impression that I wasn't trying hard.

It's been brought to my attention that Monte can't UMD.

Congrants Aquila you are the bearer of both scrolls!

Yeah... I'll chalk that up to inexperience with playing spellcasters or Cha based characters... or anything that makes it seem not as much my fault.

Ursus the Breaker wrote:

It's been brought to my attention that Monte can't UMD.

Congrants Aquila you are the bearer of both scrolls!

Yeah... I'll chalk that up to inexperience with playing spellcasters or Cha based characters... or anything that makes it seem not as much my fault.

Don't worry about it. Not every CHA based character is going to have UMD. It's my fault for assuming, I thought I remembered you UMDing something earlier.

Ursus the Breaker wrote:

It's been brought to my attention that Monte can't UMD.

Congrants Aquila you are the bearer of both scrolls!

Yeah... I'll chalk that up to inexperience with playing spellcasters or Cha based characters... or anything that makes it seem not as much my fault.

No worries. It happens to the best of us. But in the future: Bards + UMD = BFFs. You can do a lot if you are good at it.

Aquila has an UMD of 15, but has to work very hard for that.

(Dangerously Curious, Cracked pink and green sphere ioun stone, 8 ranks and 14 Cha)

And in Absalon he's even better at it! Thanks to Nuar Spiritskin ;-)

Oh, I spent our last few pennies on Oils of Bless Weapon since I know we used most of the ones we had purchased on the rakshasa.

We now have 8gp to our names!

Hey, at least you're not penniless.

Nick, would you mind having Ursus roll a Perception check for me please?

Hey, at least you're not penniless.

Nick, would you mind having Ursus roll a Perception check for me please?

Perception

1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28

Branding Opportunity wrote:

Hey, at least you're not penniless.

Nick, would you mind having Ursus roll a Perception check for me please?

Perception

1d20+12

There's something moving in the woods, obviously outside of the Alarm spell, as it hasn't been triggered yet. You and the elephants (and whatever is out there) get to act during the surprise round.

Ursus grabs the purple stone circling his forehead and concentrates for a moment bringing a shimmering veil up in front of him. The Ulfen releases the stone afterward and it resumes its orbit above his head.

Activate Ioun Stone - Shield

"We've got company!"

Initiative (will repost in IC thread):
Ursus 15+3=18
Daxter 10+7=17
Creature 16
Takuma 16+0=16
Montesquieu 14+1=15
Garra 6+1=11
Farouq 7+4=11
Adjo 8+3=11
Aquila 7+1=8

Ursus needs to make a DC 13 Reflex save, please.

Ursus needs to make a DC 13 Reflex save, please.

Reflex

"Damn it!", the Ulfen roars. "I need some light!"

Delay.

Well when/if there's a light spell. Here's my check to see what's out there.

1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17

Sigh, to busy days, and the thread is on rampage.....
With a rod of lesser extend - can Daxter cast an extended mage armor on Farouq and the pearl of power?
He will have an extended greater magic fang on Adjo and longstrider for himself.

Any suggestions for changes to his wilderness spells?

Sigh, to busy days, and the thread is on rampage.....

With a rod of lesser extend - can Daxter cast an extended mage armor on Farouq and the pearl of power?
He will have an extended greater magic fang on Adjo and longstrider for himself.

Any suggestions for changes to his wilderness spells?

Yes I can give you an extended mage armor for you.

For spells, we need someone who can faerie fire(atleast 2) to deal with all the displacements-buffed creatures running around. Preparing some CMW spells would help as we need some in combat healing. You may want some barkskins for your own benefit. Also Greater Magic Fang helps you as well when you wildshape so you may want to prep another one. Preparing dispel magic like you had last combat would be good as well as restoration, lesser.If Aquila is reading this, it would help if you prepared some of these as well.

"Damn it!", the Ulfen roars. "I need some light!"

Delay.

"Why would you keep watch in the dark? Who does that?" Daxter sighs as he wakes up. He will stand up and cast light on his dagger. If he sees what is attacking the group, he will try to identify it.

Knowledge(Thing attacking us)
1d20 + 14 ⇒ (12) + 14 = 26

Hermes will total defense until he hears another command from Daxter.

Any suggestions for changes to his wilderness spells?

Restoration is a 1 minute casting time spell, so I wouldn't bother (and Aquila has it on scroll twice). Faerie fire is a great spell, but allows SR. Dispel Magic isn't as good as it was in 3.5.

Best 4th level spell IMHO is Freedom of Movement.

Lesser, Restoration is worth preparing as it covers some of the things Restoration covers and I don't know if anyone has any scrolls of it.

Faerie Fire is a must. We need a way to do deal with the next Displaced Rakshasa. You guys can beat the SR. Scrolls don't have a chance.

Dispel Magic may not be as effective as it was but it still helps a ton. Removing one buff is better than removing none and I'd rather not have to wait out the next Displacement and/or whatever.

Air Walk is also good.

Aquila has only a 20% chance of going through a rashaksa's spell resistance, Farouq only 15%. IMHO faerie fire isn't the answer to getting rid of displacement if the creature in question has SR.

Both the Garuda and the Rakshasa might still be alive if they had freedom of movement. ;-)

Well Dispel Magic counters Freedom of Movement.

Well Dispel Magic counters Freedom of Movement.

About 50% of the time

Which is better than 0% of the time.

Aquila has only a 20% chance of going through a rashaksa's spell resistance, Farouq only 15%. IMHO faerie fire isn't the answer to getting rid of displacement if the creature in question has SR.

Both the Garuda and the Rakshasa might still be alive if they had freedom of movement. ;-)

Well not everything has rakshasa level of SR. Most creatures with SR have much more reasonable numbers. And I shouldn't be the only one preparing dispel magics since others can cast it too.