[AP] Curse of the Crimson Throne by GMs Rutseg, Zek and Snowheart (Inactive)

Game Master Balacertar

Yeah, me too. It's tiresome AF.

Sorry for the delay on my part. Our toddler had hand foot and mouth all week and didn't sleep. Put me in a walking dead state (with a mood to match).

Same problem for me. Paizo has said it's working on it, but we'll see if or when they actually get it fixed. I think they need to hire an independent consultant to come look at their code or something.

I've been there. I've got 2 little ones myself. So glad that they are past that stage. Best of luck dealing with that.

yeah, the continuous logouts have been annoying, as have the general outages.

Sorry about your little one, Snowheart... been there done that... mine is 31 ... almost 32, so I don't have those worries anymore, but I recall them in vivid detail.

Yeah, kid problems are always tough.

Mine are 16, 14, 14, and 12.

yeah, the continuous logouts have been annoying, as have the general outages.

Sorry about your little one, Snowheart... been there done that... mine is 31 ... almost 32, so I don't have those worries anymore, but I recall them in vivid detail.

Yeah, kid problems are always tough.

Mine are 16, 14, 14, and 12.

Mine are 7 and 5. It feels like it's getting easier, but I'm afraid that this is just the calm before the storm. How bad does it get when they hit puberty?

How bad does it get when they hit puberty?

If you need to quantify it, go with glasses of wine per day.

Mine wasn't bad in puberty... it was late teens that got dicey... he got into a WOW addiction that almost destroyed his chances at college... so glad he got past that. We had to take away his credit cards and limit his internet access for almost 2 years. We survived it all though... Now he's got his BA, married, working, and while still gaming, he knows his limits and is much more responsible. They do grow up... eventually.

Yeah I almost didn't notice that I was getting continually logged out for a day. Luckily nothing happened other than the two posts in gameplay that we're out of character.

I also feel I've been making a number of small mistakes lately, maybe the weather is getting to me?

I just made another one. I forgot to do point out that I meant in my daily life and not just on here!

Just got home from the vet. Had to say goodbye to a dear companion kitty today. I'm a wreck and may or may not post later. Tomorrow morning I leave on a 4 day retreat, so my posting may be spotty if at all during those four days. Please bot me as necessary... sorry and thanks.

Take care of yourself, Quin. Hope the retreat goes well.

I know how you feel, enjoy your retreat.

On the potions thing, let's say for now you can pour a potion down someone else's gullet, but it provokes an AoO for both people. If it looks like this gets abused, we can revisit.

I'm going to be travelling Sunday and will be out of town for the next week as well. I should have my laptop, but posting could still be sketchy. Please bot me, if necessary.

Safe travels!

Kalem, is there a site on which you can see images? I was about to tell you to move your token when I saw your note about not being able to see them due to a nation-wide firewall. I'll try to handle it for now and will post shortly in the gameplay thread.

Honestly I don’t know. But I’m only here for 1 more week. So I wouldn’t bother worrying too much about it.

I’ve got an all day training today with my boss so an update may be delayed until tonight.

It is possible that I may have overcompensated on challenge rating...

:-/

Fun Fact: Assuming Pel and Varor make their saves against the last wave, that ONE cultist will have dealt the group 122 total points of damage alone with his three channels. The total max HP of the group is only 179.

DC17 Will saves are pretty darn high. Especially for a repeatable AoE damage effect. I'm just thankful you didn't have one of the others channel at the same time :O

Wow.

I'm assuming he had selective channeling, too, which makes it that much tougher.

He did roll pretty high.

Going to have to raise your total damage count, Bash. They managed to down at least three of us.

Varor, can you help me understand why you didn't bring your holy symbol? It's listed on your character sheet and we're going to be hosed without your channel energy.

We're going to use up nearly our entire CLW wand just healing up from one battle if you can't channel.

Amazing fight! Very memorable!

Varor can you make a temporary holy symbol? 4 good channels will get us back on our feet.

Varor didn't bring it because we came straight from "sneaking" and seeking out the Urgathoans... said he wasn't bringing it then in case he was caught. He didn't want them to catch him with it.

A dangerous choice, but he did say it back then.

What Zamanda said, and no I can't. Even if I did have crafting skills to make a new one on the spot it would take a little bit of time, and if I did something more drastic, like carving an outline into my hand, it falls out of my judgment and would be the call of the GM.

The holy symbol for Sarenrae is an angelic ankh. I’m not sure how something like that could be quickly cobbled together.

That said.... depending on how far away Varor left it, may be necessary to get it. The cleric who can’t channel energy in a place with undeath or heal allies...

You’re also very near the temple to Pharasma. There is a remote possibility they may have one (probably a random dice roll).

I didn't actually think about where I left it, but this does give me an idea. If we're really near the temple of Pharasma then we can show them four dead cultists plus the remains of the skeletons they used as proof that there are Urgathoans active in their graveyard, and they hate Urgathoa more than any other religion.

I think we can all agree the next time we make a stealth involved plan it would best if we just leave me out of it. I just cannot express how bad I feel about this, and I mean that literally, I cannot express how bad of a blunder this is on my part, I am very sorry.

So GM, you mentioned something about a roll for a Holy symbol? As a completely unrelated topic to my guilt of course.

Don’t worry! I’m loving this. It’s so tense. And we get to run for help...something PCs should do but never do. Hell...the cult *feels* like a legitimate threat. That’s awesome.

So don’t feel bad. Let’s roll it out. And if Kalem dies...as least it will be from a great story. :)

Just as a heads up, I'll be travelling for the next week (starting from today), coming back the following Sunday. I should have internet everywhere I go, but I may have less of a chance to respond+post.

Please feel free to bot me if you need it. Thanks!

I'm sorry for my bookkeeping accidentally starting a long non-character discussion in the gameplay thread. I'll make sure to keep that over in discussions from now on.

Varor, are we good with the CLW rolls we did or were you still planning to roll for us?

Those rolls you made are fine, I was just getting frustrated because I'm stupid.

Sorry all. Was sick all weekend and had a 12 hour marathon at work today. Tomorrow should be back to normal.

No worries...you’ve been amazingly consistent.

Is no one going to mention that we made it to 2000 posts? : D I've only been here for a fraction of those, of course, but it's still quite an accomplishment for a pbp. Well done, folks. : )

I think most of the credit always goes to a reliable DM. Without that, the whole thing collapses.

Great work, Snowheart!

Aw. Thanks, but it’s everyones “table”. We’re all writing this together. Thanks though. That made my day. :-)

I missed the comment before, but... YEAH 2000 POSTS!

This is the first long-form PbP I started. I'm really thankful that everyone is keeping at it with plenty of passion. My last couple of months have had a number of PFS and SFS scenarios stall out due to absentee GMs and it's extremely frustrating, not to mention dealing with roll-only or 1 post/week fellow players that suck the fun out of things.

Lets keep going to 3000, 4000 and 10000+! :)

It is quite an achievement. Great group, great GM. I feel very fortunate to be part of this.

sorry if I'm slow posting the last few days and the next few as well... We are suffering from high winds and surrounded by fires in all directions. Constant power outages from the winds and service outages from both power problems and the fires are playing hell with my connection. I will post as I can, but please bot me if necessary.. thanks.

Holy shit, man. Are you in California? Be safe. Been watching the news very anxiously. Saw images of the fire so close to the Getty and was floored. I had no idea it had made it that close to the city.

I’m in California too, national guard. Waiting to see if we get called up for this. If so...well, bot me too.

Sorry guys. It looks rough over there. I'm on the opposite coast, so I'm just watching from the sidelines. Stay safe.

Stay safe Quin! And you too Kalem if you end up having to go.

The pictures from there have been pretty crazy.

Try not to die guys.

Yeah, Kalem, you too!

The video I’ve seen is like something out of an apoloclytic Michael Bay film. That’s its real...

4 party members just went dazed for 7 rounds...

So. This is looking like a TPK. Which I’m ok with...just thinking up who the replacement could be.