Good to have you back E-Terah.
Never played a final fantasy game. Maybe I will try their next one. Srry fr the slow posting this week, took a temporary second job this month and my social life went to the garbage can. When I get home at the end of the day I can barely keep my eyes open.
I know that feel bro.it's either work and make money or be broke and socialize.
Social life? What's that?
And what are all of those % rolls in the spoiler Bloodgargler?
percentile dice ;)
just rolling what is in there. There are very few opportunities to gear up in this module...
Sorry all... I tried to insert something that worked really well in my table-top game. (They memorize bestiaries within a week of release) So I gave clues how to defeat the creature which was the subject of a unique curse.
What was (in my face-to-face game) 3 hours of info before conflict... was here many many months. (And I was sloppy on the clues of how this differed from similar creatures the player or character might know of)
So... this is a much lower CR mild take-off on a worm-that-walks. I made it equivalent to +2 level adjustment template added to an NPC with class levels.
In addition to what you have seen, and various pluses and minuses to things...
In swarm form it has the stats of a chew spider swarm (except mental stats and buffs), and swarm traits.
In human form it has a DR vs piercing and slashing, and the same amount of magic resist. It is vulnerable to area effect damage (half again as much damage)
other things you have learned...
>smoke slows it
>funeral rites remove the curse
>the chew spiders (which are the curse.. in addition to everlasting life) want to live forever, the cursed wants to die.
However you care to use this, present the insight or epiphany go ahead.. you have made enough checks.
I promise not to go off-book for bestiaries again!
I admit i was a bit lost here, i completely forgot hints from past posts (after months....) and i wouldn't know where to go looking for them now.
Iolana has no skill to exploit this creature's weaknesses anyway.
edit:i know players that memorize every monster in a given bestiary are a pain. At my table i usually simply force the players to check their PCs knowledge skills to see if the character knows it,not the guy playing it....everyone knows he memorized the creature.
Yeah. I was like,when in doubt,set it on fire.
Gatherine is going to go ahead and use her Flare cartridges on it to burn it. Her pick is useless. And her war razor isn't going to do much damage.
Glad to hear. And my prayers be with you and yours.
Happy for you Merck.
Last day of school tomorrow. My posting should be far less erratic for the next few months.
School is important,but i really want to get Souls for Smuggler Shiv done with, once and for all.
edit:maybe it is a bit early to ask this, but are we planning to go on and play Racing to Ruin? You know,already happened (Kingmaker) to me to finish the first book in more than a year only to see the master disappear at the beginning of second chapter.
Hoping to... it will be a much easier module for me to run.
Sorry had family medical problems then wedding... now I am going on my yearly cabin trip til sunday. I'm hoping to have internet... will let you know ASAP if I do.
Have fun, and see you when you get back at the latest.
Back yet, Bloodgargler?
Yes I am. Catching up on some things, but have all day tomorrow. I will post tonight.
This adventure path includes little bonuses granted by NPCs for helping them out. I have a couple others that I added... Mugambi gets the Druidess reward.
Barlo was meant as an option for Tol when I thought he would be returning. Barlo is not trainable through animal handling, and will not join you... he will remain here at the spring.
You cannot pick up any more animals, because from here on out all the nice ones are nailed down.
oh well. pikachu lizards.
Thoughts on how to divvy up loot?
One point... In my opinion, Necklace of Fireballs should not be considered a "pick".
*Mummer's ruff
*Mind sentinel medallion
*Sipping jacket
*Spellguard bracers
*Necklace of fireballs II (1 6d6, 2 4d6 beads)
*Two scimitars +1
Syn and Iolana will want a scimitar +1 each. Spellguard bracers probably serve Iolana best.
Syn could probably use the Mummer's ruff. Anyone could use the Mind sentinel medallion.
For her part, Syn would take the Mummer's ruff, unless someone else wants it. Don't think she would want anything else besides that and the scimitar +1.
Yes, Spellguard Bracers and one +1scimitar for Iolana.She should be good for the rest of the module.
want that necklace of fireballs for lighting some two-legged torches. unless Mugambi or Tol wants them. ya already know what may well happen when Gatherine gets her hands on them.
hehe.>;)
About the loot I would suggest we divide it before leaving so we can use it in combat. I agree with DM Blood, the necklace should probably be considered party loot since we will put it to good use soon. Since Gatherine is our ranged specialist it could stay in her care.
I had my eyes on those bracers too but dont mind if Iolana get them. Iolana would you mind passing the +1 cutlass to Gatherine? So the 3 of you guys have magic weapons if the need arrises...
From what is left I would like:
jacket and the medalion.
Imo Gatherine would be a good choice for the gloves, she has a full BaB and it would give her ranged options in combat.
Do we still have anypotions? I think I drank mine. DM Blood I remember we got a couple o fetishes from the Tears of Grog that worked as potions. I had them written down on a piece of paper that I cant seen to find. Any chance you had those noted somewhere so I dont have to backtrack the whole tread looking for them?
....yes, I am lazy.... and unorganized...
/shacks head in shame
The fetishes are Jump and Blessing of Life and Death, but they work like scrolls.
current potions...
2 endure elements potions, 1 gaseous form, 2 water breathing, 5 cure light wounds, 1 cure moderate wounds, and 1 yet unidentified.
I'll use the gloves if no one else wants them. wasn't real sure how.to use em but I'll check up on them. and I assure y'all I'll use them fireballs for our benefit....hehehe.
Gatherine is so.excited and touched y'all entrust her with something so important...and disastrously powerful. Is a gutless a simple weapon and can Gatherine use them?
If Gatherine means Cutlass,it is a martial weapon (one hand melee) similar to a scimitar.
Cutlass
Flexing her hands in the sleek wire-threaded leather gloves that had stretched weirdly to adjust to fit her broader,larger than human hands, Gatherine decided to test them out.
She held one hand extended out towards Iolana,and felt the wires running through the gloves vibrate with magnetic force. Her face lit up with mischievous glee when she saw the cutlass held loosely by the magus hum and quiver before snatching itself out of her grip to tumble across the sand to land between them.
Bolka's tresses, that's awesome! I can snatch weapons from anyone near me without wrestling them for it! I can disarm those people-eaters and shoot em up or set em on fire before they can try to hack me into slinders. Thanks!
"I was going to give you anyway Gatherine,but you could simply ask"
You have enough XP to level. I had intended to wait until after assaulting the cannibal camp, but since you are a small group maybe you should go ahead and level.
(don't mistake this for me going soft... it just lets me buff Meatgrinder Island a bit.)
I'm going down to work with Herolab to level Iolana to 4th,let me know when it'll be effective.
anybody gonna I'd that unknown potion? or does gath gotta taste it and get a Nat 20--identity magical items by licking them.
Gatherine advanced to level 4!!
* ding*
( confetti falls, strobe lights)
Wow, I feel stronger than before!! And not to mention supple.
The plump she-dwarf flexed an arm so her muscles swelled beneath her armor. She wiggled her new glove-clad hands.
So...
Magnetist's gloves and necklace of fireballs to Gatherine (plus hand-me-down +1 cutlass)
Mummer's Ruff and +1 scimitar to Syn
Spellguard Bracers and +1 scimitart to Iolana
Sipping Jacket and Mind Sentinel Medallion to Mugambi
sound right enough?
Iolana is good with it, and she is leveled to 4th,only need to copy/paste data from the herolab copy to the main profile.
So are we going to use lvl 4 right away or wait to be at the camp?
So...
Magnetist's gloves and necklace of fireballs to Gatherine (plus hand-me-down +1 cutlass)
Mummer's Ruff and +1 scimitar to Syn
Spellguard Bracers and +1 scimitart to Iolana
Sipping Jacket and Mind Sentinel Medallion to Mugambi
sound right enough?
Yep, will have Mugambi ready tonight.
holy carp. I think Imma multiclass. ranger. two weapon fighting. monkeys as favored enemies because they suck and throw poo. and the spells abundant ammo, reloading hands,and ricochet shot.
*maniacal laugh*
hmmm, how I do that exactly?
Iolana - go ahead and level now.
Gatherine - Ranger does not get spells until you take 4 levels of ranger... so you would be 7th level before you get spells. Also 5th level gunslinger is when you add your dex mod to damage... that will be a substantial increase.
If you are determined to take levels in ranger instead of continuing with gunslinger, I would suggest the Beast master Archetype
Updated Syndlara to 3 bard/1 fighter, put her 4th level ability point into DEX and her favored class bonus into HP.
.....Yeesh. Bump that. I read up on the spells and saw Lvl 1 and Lvl 2 spells.and got excited.
Probably wait until fifith to do that,take four levels until I'm level 9 to get said spells, then keep taking gunslinger. Or sorcerer. If I survive that long.
Put favored class.bonus into hp and ability boost into dex.
Definitely gonna take two weapon fighting soon.
I was tempted to go for Dex too, but Iolana is the closest thing to an arcane offensive caster the party has, so preferred Int in the end.
Iolana is good to go,i don't think i'll multiclass her.
Mugambi is good to go. Updated to 4th lvl as an oracle. Stat point went to CHA. Will multiclass him... one day. Maybe next lvl or the one after it. On a side note, we are doing averages for HP, right?
Average +1 (5 for a d8, for example), I believe.
I thought it was one half of current hp +1 for favored class bonus
Not half of current hp- half (aka average) of your hit die, plus one. For a d8, that's 5, d10 is 6, etc.
That's how the recruitment thread states it, anyway.
correct regarding hit points... and Gatherine, don't forget you get another ability point for 4th level. If you put it in wisdom, you will get another grit to spend. Or dex, and then another in dex at 8th to have 20 dex.