Broken Towers (Inactive)

Game Master JonGarrett

Pretties are always nice.

Do we have a loot list anywhere? Or is someone tracking it?

Yeah, pretties! *.*

Do we have a loot list anywhere? Or is someone tracking it?

I proposed that some time ago: I'd do that myself, but I'm already tracking the loot in another one of my campaigns and usually updating the NPC list in another one. Anyone want to step up and do the list instead?

It would be helpful. If someone can gather it for me I'll put the list in the Campaign Info tab.

Azri, I finally got around to reading the Kineticist. Sorry for the delay. If I'm honest, I kept getting distracted by shiny bits of foil. Go VMC it up.

Everyone else - where's my posts, folks? You're making me feel unloved. And the an unloved GM drops karmic dragons on you. All it's crits are on the people with the least posts!

Sorry, been have a little busy the last few days. I'll post right up!

EDIT: First World Half-Succubus problems.

Aaaaand Azri's tweaked. Swapped out her Ability Focus for the VMC - should all be good now. ^^b

Turns out I'm short one language. Any suggestions?

In other news, I'm starting my first real full-time job as a software engineer tomorrow.

I do not foresee it affecting my posting in any meaningful way, but I thought I'd let you guys know because reasons.

Most languages will be useful at some point. And thanks for the heads up - jobs have a habit of sucking up more time than you expect.

Wouldn't a First World Half Succubus be weak to Cold Iron?

Speaking of jobs I just started a new one and was working during the weekend. I will try to get a post in later today. >.<

In the end, can someone else do the loot list? If no one else can, I'll try to work out something, but I'm a little busy these days.

Here is what I have found, I do not claim this to be all the loot we have stumbled across. I just got off work and am in Zombie mode. I accept gifts of brains and cookies for my efforts.

P.S. Fat free brains only, this zombie watches his weight. I deny that stereo type about being slow and shuffling. Damn humans.

Loot List
Soulbiter (+1 Adamantium Vicious Bastard Sword)
Unique +1 Tetsubo
+1 Elysian Bronze Totem Spear
+1 agile Cinqueda (2)
Simple Steel Lockbox
1000gp in gems
Trade Goods worth 4 Trade Points
Materials Worth 3 Build Points
A ring of feather fall
A pirate's eye patch
mistmail
a Handy Haversack
2095sp
4573gp
300pp
3 Ships (Nigrum claims one for war purposes and calls it the Sword Dragon) xD

That looks like a reasonably complete list.

Thanks Nigrum!

So, me and Nigrum charge in, averts our eyes and hope we don't get stoned, I grapple, Foxy stabs, and we go our merry way. Sounds like a plan?

PS: Nigrum SA won't work, as the basilisk will get concealment, but the URogue SA works against partial concealment. Yays for stabs! *.*

I would point out that their gaze only effects flesh, which depending on Azri's state of decomposition may render her immune. Another option to consider is does anyone have something that could blind it?

Pretty sure it does not have to lock eyes to turn us into stone as that is not stated anywhere. Just that it has to look at us, not the other way around. More to the point it would not effect our gear if that was the case which it does, so going to say not a option to avert our own eyes.

Also it has a range limit with that gaze ability, otherwise someone would have been subjected to it already by it being aware of us from a distance. So we could just use range weapons and keep away. Nigrum does have a bow even if he has yet to use it.

Let me put it this way: She's far enough along to need a Mortal Visage to pass for being alive. XD And she does have the Undead resilience against Fortitude-based effects - she may not be especially strong, but she is tough, and going to get more so over time.

@Nigrum: A lot of that is addressed in the Gaze Monster Special Ability entry

A gaze special attack takes effect when foes look at the attacking creature’s eyes. The attack can have any sort of effect; petrification, death, and charm are common. The typical range is 30 feet, but check the creature's entry for details. The type of saving throw for a gaze attack varies, but it is usually a Will or Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 gazing creature’s racial HD + gazing creature’s Cha modifier; the exact DC is given in the creature’s text). A successful saving throw negates the effect. A monster’s gaze attack is described in abbreviated form in its description. Each opponent within range of a gaze attack must attempt a saving throw each round at the beginning of his or her turn in the initiative order. Only looking directly at a creature with a gaze attack leaves an opponent vulnerable. Opponents can avoid the need to make the saving throw by not looking at the creature, in one of two ways.

Averting Eyes: The opponent avoids looking at the creature’s face, instead looking at its body, watching its shadow, tracking it in a reflective surface, etc. Each round, the opponent has a 50% chance to avoid having to make a saving throw against the gaze attack. The creature with the gaze attack, however, gains concealment against that opponent.

Wearing a Blindfold: The foe cannot see the creature at all (also possible to achieve by turning one's back on the creature or shutting one's eyes). The creature with the gaze attack gains total concealment against the opponent.

A creature with a gaze attack can actively gaze as an attack action by choosing a target within range. That opponent must attempt a saving throw but can try to avoid this as described above. Thus, it is possible for an opponent to save against a creature’s gaze twice during the same round, once before the opponent’s action and once during the creature’s turn.

Gaze attacks can affect ethereal opponents. A creature is immune to gaze attacks of others of its kind unless otherwise noted. Allies of a creature with a gaze attack might be affected. All the creature's allies are considered to be averting their eyes from the creature with the gaze attack, and have a 50% chance to not need to make a saving throw against the gaze attack each round. The creature can also veil its eyes, thus negating its gaze ability.

So yeah, it works by locking eyes. I suppose that the ability also works like flash to stone, so our weapons, armors, and skimpy attires will get petrified.

In that case I would just stick to range. We are out in the open, no reason why we can't use that to our advantage. Shoot and move until it's a porcupine. :)

I'm all for pincushioning it.

That is probably the safest way to deal with the random encounter, yes.

Of course, having eight eyes will make things more interesting for you folks...

I will point out that it can be dodged by going via a different bridge and possibly running into something else on my random encounter table, but Aibek is right - it'll probably end up being a menace at some point if left to fend for itself. How long will that take? Who knows. Other than me, I mean. I know.

On the plus side all you have to do is gut it and coat all the people I turn to stone with it's blood and you're all good. In need of a bath, but all good.

I don't think Blindness is limited by the number of eyes...? XD Well, that's probably what I'll try first unless we come up with another plan.

So, I can't help but notice we're slowing down a little.

Are things happening in your guys day to day, non-RPing lives? Or am I boring the hell out of you? Do we want to change track a little after you folk fix the water supply? I admit, I wasn't expecting this much combat - but I wasn't expecting a fair few things you've done, either.

If you have any issues, give me a shout, and we'll see if we can resolve things.

For my part, work has been...plentiful. This is day 7 of 9. So I'm a bit more worn out than usual. Hence why I'm slower and less grandiose in my non-verbal ramblings.

I think we were just trying to figure out a good way of dealing with the creature. XD

Of course, DOING things is a virtue in PbP games. o wo~ In the future, I might just have Azri forge boldly ahead.

Definitely not bored.

Not sure what it might be other than summer/end of school/holidays and such.

I've no issue with how things are going, and I'm still enjoying myself very much. I've been settling into a new job, so that's a thing here, but I'm doing fine.

Combat does tend to be slower because the game falls to the pace of the slowest poster, as opposed to zipping them by a little.

Mmm, we have been combat heavy, which I didn't see coming.

Yup, I've noticed we've slowed down a little.
On my part, I've been a little busy the last few weeks, but now I should be back to a more reasonable routine.

Though, I've noticed something that I usually see halts the pace of a PbP a little: on some out of combat situation, we've taken several days of time to go trough it, when they could have been resolved in much less time.
Let's take for example our conversation with Elie after we got the skeleton. The conversation lasted for 5 days, halting the pace a little.
Usually, I've found that it works to assume some things to get the game going: before we talked with Elie, we'd already agreed to tell her what happened and ask her where the graveyard was, so the two post from the 21th and first from the 22th could have been condensed in a single first post.

Another thing to consider in PbP to keep the pace going is to ask OOC what we want to do next: keeping with the following example, after Elie's post you can put a "Do you want to go to the cemetery close to the city, or the Pharasman one? Or something else entirely?".

Making the post that way, you get out all of the important information ASAP, and give two clear options for the players to decide: during the day before your next post, we can decide where to go/what to do, and ask additional questions that you can answer before we move on what we decided.
Of course, these are just guidelines: it makes more sense some times to have a conversation last more than 2 IRL days, or not to follow this pattern. Things like important talks/social encounters (i.e. we have to convince the ambassador of Whateverland to ally with us), or conversations where it doesn't make sense to assume anything at first contact (i.e. we're strolling trough a dungeon and suddenly a toothpaste elemental pops out and asks what we're doing there).

Hope my rambling made some sense. <.<
I'll be less flaky and try to push more in my posts to get things going.

Work has been all over the place for me lately. Yesterday I had to get up at 1 a.m. after having a mid to late night shift the day before. So apologies if I slow down a bit sometimes. I think they are trying to kill me or are short handed. Nah more likely their planning my demise.

All that said, not bored. I find things very interesting but Nigrum is specialized. So don't let his silence slow things down, he may not say anything about the differences between a regular imp and imp consular. But he will be listening should the topic of how best to kill them come up. xP

Those are some good suggestions Selena. I'll try and do the pointing out option one especially, although you guys should always feel free to take one I don't list.

The skin could be cured into an unusual suit of armour, similar to Dragonhide, although it's smaller size and thinner skin would limit it to lighter armours.

Basilisk Bikini?

If I may, I believe the proper term is Basiliskini.

So, so wrong.

Obviously, it turns all the men looking at Selena to st- er, I mean, it probably gives her a nice bonus to Diplomacy or something. And that's good when we're not doing aggressive negotiations.

Obviously, it turns all the men looking at Selena to st-

I didn't even think about that.

...mine is the only game where the players kill a terrified Basilisk as it tries to flee, they then decide to wear it as a bikini.

I feel pride and horror in roughly equal measure.

...mine is the only game where the players kill a terrified Basilisk as it tries to flee, they then decide to wear it as a bikini.

I feel pride and horror in roughly equal measure.

He is but the first of many.

"Waste Not, Want Not". Rather than simply leaving carcasses around to pollute the city, attracting rats and disease, we're fully using all parts of their body as a way of improving the city. It's the responsible thing to do!

We're a bunch of treehuggers: maybe Aibek a little more than hugger. *Nudge Nudge Wink Wink*
Selena will see that this ship reaches its destination.

We're a bunch of treehuggers: maybe Aibek a little more than hugger. *Nudge Nudge Wink Wink*

Selena will see that this ship reaches its destination.

I keep gigging and stuff, oh dear...though my first reaction at reading Selena's in-game reaction was giggling and thinking Selena will likely have so much fun with this - and who will be able to stop her...likely no one ;D

While I had discussed ideas with our overlord, I had not intended a ship, just more awkward babbling Aibek, but if Selena wants to sail ships, who is Aibek to argue? *chuckles* Though Overlord tells me more NPC people will obviously come, and there is obviously PC/PC ships, so more shipping shenanigans possible and of course awkward Aibek.

Azri will just ship the rest of you, I think. XD She's, uh, not interested in the kinds of people who would be interested in her.

I'm sure we can find you a nice grave knight or vampire to call your own...

I live to entertain. *Bows* Selena will definitely enjoy playing matchmaker: with Aibek it will be entertaining, but in case that happens with Ginger things will get hilarious. :D ("Ok, I think I have to start from the basics with you, Ginger. Let me get the sock puppets...")

And just tell Selena Magic Jar is a thing, Az, and we'll find a way for Azri to have some fun once in a while: I doubt she'll have problems letting her zombie-sis borrow her body for a couple of hours.

Sock puppets meet Tsui, well look at that the sock puppets died.

Best leave the swordsman alone Selena. He is still a healthy man even if he does not seem to be. Just has a type, good luck figuring it out. xD

Is it swords? I bet it's swords.

Nope not a requirement but could not hurt. Try again. ;)

Warrior ladies?

Mihara's type is tall, dark, and vulpine.

She's only interested in Kitsune? Anything else?

Yeah, I do intend for most of you to have a shot at romance. It's by no means guranteed, and certainly not required if it doesn't fit your character or you're not comfortable with it.

I haven't given it much thought for Ayreth. She is not worldly in that regard.

Azri literally has no libido, much less a reproductive system. Biologically speaking, nothing drives her to romance. XD Emotionally... also nothing, really. She cares about her family, but romance of her own hasn't even crossed her mind.