Clebsch GM Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Path

Game Master Clebsch73

I look forward to hearing more of your take on Starfinder. I've only glanced at the rules so far. It looked to me like they incorporated some of the things I really liked about WOTC's Star Wars game.

And congratulations on the anniversary. We and the missus are also celebrating 17 years on this coming Sunday! :D

My partner and I have completely fallen in love with Starfinder. We've each played every single Starfinder Society scenario and we've been coming up with lots of character ideas. I'm really excited to get to play more of it.

I'm the stick in the mud then, lol. I've played a couple scenarios via PBP, and it's just not doing it for me. I've always tended to prefer fantasy games over sci-fi ones, and it's no different here. It's okay, but I don't think I'll play it very often.

If anyone hears of a recruitment for a PBP for Starfinder, let me know ASAP. I'd like to get in on a game if I have time.

If anyone hears of a recruitment for a PBP for Starfinder, let me know ASAP. I'd like to get in on a game if I have time.

Will do. At some point I will take a closer look at the system and look to get into an AP for it. But for now, any invites that come my way, I'll suggest you for it.

Clebsch, find the Castomir (sp?) Flaxseed Station thread here this section. That is the largest PBP grouping of Starfinder gaming. New games are announced there all the time. That will be your easiest access point.

Just so you know, I've played the AP as written up to room P6, but the party is doing so well, I'm going to start making the encounters to come a little more challenging. With six PCs instead of 4, the number and level of the enemies is not really sufficient as written. The Skitterdark demon is a third party creature. It has an option to do profane damage, which is extra damage to certain foes if they are Good aligned.

These demons are sponsored by Demons Я Us.

I had hoped to make an update this afternoon but the Paizo site has been down and even now is hit and miss, so I'll try to get an update either late tonight or tomorrow. Sorry.

all good. I've been checking as i can but ive been dealing with complications during my wifes gal bladder surgery. hopefully should be all fixed tomorrow though. *crossed fingers*

Hopes and prayers coming your way.

Everything is fixed it seems! pain down from a 8-10 over the last 5 days to like a 3-4. So very happy

Glad to hear the improvements.

I may not get a chance to post again until Monday, going on a short camping trip. I might be able to before then, but if you wind up waiting on me, feel free to bot.

Good to hear, Karas.

I'm glad everything went well. Living with pain like that can be devastating, and it is great that the doctors had something to help.

Glad everything's okay <3

I've had some extra duties and chores to do recently, so I'm behind on PBP. I'll try to get caught up tonight. Sorry for the delay.

All good! I don't think we're going anywhere :)

I'll post more tonight. I just started a new term. My schedule is unusual but not bad from a PBP point of view. On Monday I don't teach but I can't use my computer while my wife is working (9 to 5), so until evening I can only post from my iPad. Tuesdays and Thursdays I teach in the morning and evening, but I won't have much to do in between so I'll post during the afternoons. Wednesday is like Monday, except my wife only works until noon, so I can post from my computer after that. I'll try to respond to posts more quickly going forward. Thanks for Your patience.

Clebsch, if you’ve told us, I don’t remembe, what do you teach? Are you a college professor? Just being nosey, so certainly don’t feel like you have to answer if you don’t want!

I teach physics at the college level. Sometimes I teach remedial math.

Physics? Wow...math and science made me sad back in the day, lol! Very impressive.

Nice!

The physical universe is pretty remarkable.

While there is a break in the action, we might want to review the rules for magical darkness. The next fight will likely involve creatures that can cast darkness as a spell-like ability. As I understand it, this will plunge the area into normal darkness, so that only those with darkvision can see normally. Non-magical illumination and light spells, including, I think, Anarya's halo and Ellena's sword, will not help. Only a light spell that can be cast as 2nd level spells or higher will neutralize magical darkness. The ambient light level for the interior of the garrison is dark, there being no windows to let in light.

I noticed that Anarya does not list darkvision in her 'senses' section of her profile. Aasimars normally get darkvision as a racial trait. Did she give up darkvision for some alternate ability? Never mind. Right after I posted this, I noticed that the halo ability replaces darkvision.

At any rate, you've been given a hint that you'll need to deal with darkness, so think about how you might deal with it and ask any questions you can think of.

The continual flame Avelina bought a while back should be good b/c it's a second level spell. It won't work for deeper darkness (b/c it's only 2nd level when cast by a sorc/wizard), but it should counter normal darkness fine.

If I take a little extra time (an hour, I think), I can add darkvision to my spellbook. I got the spell here and the ink to scribe it into her spellbook here. I could memorize it multiple times, but that does take up my most powerful spell slot(s). But I don't mind doing that if it keeps our warriors viable on the next floor.

Edit: It would take two hours to scribe into her spellbook.

Wonder if we could purchase an oil of daylight or three?

Wonder if we could purchase an oil of daylight or three?

It's feasible, but probably not practical without withdrawing from the garrison, which risks reinforcements added.

OOC: the AP specifies that the rooms refresh with new enemies if the party withdraws and returns. The advantage of your diplomacy with the mongrel folk earned you some perks that I figured would allow rest without withdrawal. Also, I don't want this to stretch out too long.

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Can Raine tell if there's a shut door between us and the people above (i.e., one at the top of the stairs, etc?) I grasp that as the GM you're signaling we can rest here, but in-character that seems a really unlikely decision for Raine at least to make, if we have active presumed spellcasters (able to cast darkness) literally on the floor above us, without her knowing if there's even a shuttable door in the way. I'm not arguing it OOCly, I'm just trying to find an IC reason why Raine would feel it wasn't sort of suicidal to zonk out for an eight-hour sleep with active demons or cultists less than twenty feet away.

There is a risk to checking on the caltrops on the stairs: It is possible there is no door and the stairs are not sheltered by the 2nd floor. In that case the group might be exposed to splash weapons and/or bombs dropped from above while they are trying to find out if there is a door. At present, it is dark, which would mean just Karas could see. Scouting the situation would require roleplaying it out.

The group does not have to rest, but I thought you should make that decision after getting the feel of the people with limited resources per day, such as healing, raging, and spells. The players don't know how tough it will be on the second level, but the wardstone is very important to the demon incursion plan, so it would be safe to assume there are some tough elements on the second level. I know Karas is nearly out of raging and that reduces his fighting effectivelness. I think Anarya is pretty fresh in terms of healing. Avelina and Tauni can report on their spell situation.

From a meta-gaming perspective, I'm letting you know that resting can be done, but it is the group's decision.

I thought that the light of Avelina's continual flame would be countermanding the darkness, so that with other light sources we can see to the top of the stairs to get a visual idea of whether there's a door or not? I'm happy to do that via roleplay, it's just that I'm having a brain fart and not visualizing why we can't see up the stairs if the darkness >><< continual flame are canceling. (It's probably just my failure to think clearly this week.)

As for the greater issue of if we need a rest-- Raine's fine, but I don't really have dailies to worry about, so I defer to the casters/etc.

To see up the stairs and to have the continual flame spells' effect overcome the darkness would require Avelina be along the north wall at the foot of the stairs and someone else in front of her to see up the stairs. That could make it possible for people at the top of the stairs to get a ranged attack or spell attack. So we would need to role play it to allow for those actions. Just let me know if you want to do that.

If you wanted to try to clear the caltrops off the stairs or find the one with the darkness spell cast on it, you would likewise be vulnerable to attacks/spells during that process.

Of course, the darkness spell will wear off soon enough and someone stealthy could make a stealth roll to peer up the stairs and then I'll roll to see if anyone up there notices, assuming they are in a position to notice. Karas could do that before the darkness wears off, of course.

Raine could help with the mongrel folk and Irabeth keep watch on the central hallway while the others rest.

If the consensus is to rest, (and if no one posts otherwise by tonight, I'll assume that is the case), I'll describe the events of the resting period, if any, and then you can describe your strategy to take the next room.

Someone mentioned having the intention to clean up some of the desecration visited upon the images of Iomedae and other sacred elements, like the altar. Those who don't need to rest could work on that project.

This might be a good time to role play your character's reflections on the situation. Hope, despair, fear, thirst for revenge, whatever you're feeling and perhaps fill in a little more of your character's background. If you are successful, the campaign will assume a new direction and all these things might change, so this may be your last good chance to indicate what your character is feeling before all that.

I will have such a post up later this evening.

I’m actually pretty good on resources, so I would be happy to continue.

Assuming I can keep up the 1 hero point for 6 rounds of Rage as discussed previously, I think we can actually continue from my end. Effectively 16 round of rage if thats the case.

I'd also be very willing to rest if needed so either way is fine with me. RP post up shortly.

I've only used a couple of spells; I could certainly keep advancing.

Let’s keep Going then.

(Working on a post right now, sorry for delay)

At a convention until Monday, bot me as needed. Raine is fairly simple option wise, since 90% of the time she'll boil down to 'put arrows in baddies.'

Once again, end of the week events have delayed my posting. Sorry to keep you hanging, but I think the next week will be better. I'll get something up in the AM.

I will post later tonight. Between class and getting ready to go out of town, I’ve been swamped

No problem. I expect others will be on the road today or getting ready. Post as you are able. Hope everyone in America has a happy Thanksgiving!

Another cultist of Deskari emerged from a room east of the staircase and started to drag Tauni's body away from the battle.

If you are trying to instill a vibe of genuine peril, good job! :[

Just doing my job.

It is also my job, however, to give players as opportunities to head off disaster and death, so even though a coup de grace is possible, I will find reasons to delay that option as long as is reasonable.

I'm waiting on Anarya to post to gameplay. I don't want to 'bot her if it can be avoided, as there is a lot riding on everyone at this point in the battle. She has a 2nd level spell that might help, but she might be trying to save that for later.

I know her player is a student and is probably facing finals, so I hope he can find time to post before Friday night.

Well, if that happens, it is my own fault. I took a risk that the high DC of the Sanctuary would protect her against defenders that probably had a low Will save.

Nat 20s happen. I figure the odds of what happened to Tauni were about 1 in 20.

We'll do our best to get you outta there!

Thanksgiving vacation + workload after said vacation = distracted healer! Sorry for the delay, everyone!

I know her player is a student and is probably facing finals, so I hope he can find time to post before Friday night.

Her player happens to identify as "she" for the record, but I don't think I've mentioned that to you the times we've met in person. :) (Oh, and I'm actually not a student, but I do have a rather busy job.)

Thanks for setting me straight. I'll remember that in the future.

As always, post when you can, let us know when you can't.

Thanks for being understanding as always. :) I will be moving out of my apartment in about two weeks so I will continue to be pretty busy, but I'll make posts when I can.

As a heads-up, my home internet is currently down, unknown time of resolution. I'll try to make sure I still post in a timely fashion, etc, but if action winds up waiting on me feel free to bot.

I’ll be getting my post up within the hour, hopefully. Our internet is disconnecting every couple minutes and comcast won’t be fixing it for another week. Too busy trying to f!+% over net neutrality to fix their damn network, I suppose

Thanks for the notifications. I'll give everyone some extra time until I see posts indicating these issues have been resolved.