Yeah, sorry, I should be back to normal posting the week of the 21st.
OK, I have no idea where to go from here, so I'm going to stop until I can think of something. Any suggestions? What are you all expecting to happen?
No worries! Take your time, a good story sometimes needs to simmer for a minute. Well, it seems like someone on the crew is shady and trying to cause trouble. So I'd expect a push in that direction.
In all fairness and duplicity aside, putting a dwarf on a boat, full of orcs, and throwing a giant monkey at him is bound to cause trouble. 8D Should we full on mutiny and be barge pirates for the rest of our days?
No rush here either! I'll see if I can post something to help mitigate a bit.
What do I expect to happen? Either Bloodtusk let it out for some reason- some kind of bounty on the party or something? Or a crew member let it out. If it wasn't Bloodtusk it seems like we'd move to questioning the crew. He probably wants to know what happened here, too, if that thing cost him a few thousand gold.
I'm under the impression that the captain himself was responsible, since his reactions are a bit suspicious, and I'd expect us to have to do something about him and give the second in command, whoever that might be on a barge, a sudden promotion... but I suppose it's possible that either someone is trying to sabotage either his barge for some reason (maybe they want that promotion?), or our mission, in which case some investigation is called for.
OK.
The way it's shaping up, I don't feel competent to run this piece of the AP via an asynchronous low-bandwidth medium (i.e., PbP), so I see two choices:
1) We skip this part, or
2) I step aside and you find a GM who can run it.
What do you want to do?
I'm cool with the fast forward button!
Skipping is fine by me. I will always choose the path to accelerate a PbP game due to its normal pace. If I recall, Bloodtusk is to wait for us while we hunt Will-O's, yes? I just request that the synopsis of the fast forward address those transportation logistics, because being dropped in that swamp with uncertain loyalties would be a sticking point for Trianne.
Unless that's the path of the story regardless, then onward and upward as is! :)
Yeah, I'm fine if you just let us know how it resolves. I didn't want to bring things to a head if it doesn't work for the narrative, but I can't see anyone being the target of attempted murder, twice, and not confront the only person that might be able to do something about it. (Haftor doesn't actually think that Bloodtusk is involved in the scheme, but being a straight-up racist as per the rules of the game, he's not going to let the guy off the hook.)
Time skip works for me.
I'm fine with jumping forward.
Writing up the fast forward.
I'm taking a trip starting Friday, for about a week. I may not post again during that time, so if it comes to fighting, Haftor will get in close ASAP this time.
I'll be traveling next week, as well. I should be able to get a post or two out at the beginning or end of the week, though.
As it happens, I'm also traveling this weekend and early next week.
Has anyone been in touch with Jarrek's player recently?
He chimed in today on another thread that he's being pummeled at work, and not in a good way.
As a FYI, I'll be busy/traveling from the middle of the coming week until the week after.
Thanks for letting us know. I expect that when we get to the fighting Svarog will be straightforward to bot.
Is Jarrek getting sandbagged by work again?
Eesh. 23hp puts Jarrek at -10.
Trianne is correct, moving has been drawn out a bit. I hope to be back in rythym soon, hopefully this weekend. I'll post (or at least roll) for Svarog in a moment.
Oops, just saw that you botted Svarog. Thanks!
Yeah, I rolled poorly, but you have the FE bonus against orcs, and their AC is just low enough that you hit them anyway.
John, can you clarify any terrain challenges on the map, if any? Any difficult terrain or other obvious considerations? (other than the trees of course) Thanks!
Sorry I spaced, but I was out of town for the long weekend and wasn't back on my computer until tonight. Thanks for botting me, DM C. Hopefully you've inherited my typical dicebot luck for the baddies now.
Thanks, Seamus. Jarrek is at a mere -5 now.
I think he should keep that arrow in his neck as an ornament. Talk about intimidating.
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Behold my largeness of reach! I am Haftor Orc-Hammer, b$@%*es!
(I apologize, but that was satisfying.)
EDIT 1: Hey, I was censored. Curious. Hmm. B++!@. Hell.
EDIT 2: Hell is allowable.
Haftor swinging his hammer into crowds of orcs a la Sauron at the Battle of Dagorlad. :D Although Mel's going to bolt if you have that much fun... :/
Mmmmmmmaybe....
Or maybe not.
Well. That certainly paints the circumstances in a different light, and it also accounts for why her dice are doing so well. Hell hath and all that.
I'm sorry, I'm really pressed for time today. Please bot Svarog if needed, otherwise I'll try to get a post out tomorrow evening.
As you say, he's a bit of a one-trick pony. :P He'll just fire at the orcs, focusing fire to take them down rather than spreading it, unless one shot takes a foe out.
There's currently only one orc left, and they're staggered and on fire. However, there's also the unwounded archer who's already dropped Jarrek and Haftor with longbow crits, and I figure that Svarog will concentrate on her for the moment.
In general, I hold that oracle's curses should have some frequent, annoying, but not debilitating effect--the original curses include things like reduction in movement speed, deafness, or visual impairment. With that in mind (and noting that the source of the Legalistic curse is the Blood of Fiends supplement, where it's explicitly tied to mysteries with Infernal sources), here's how I interpret the wording of the curse:
The shackles of Hell impose savage consequences should you violate a covenant, but also imbue you with remarkable guile. Whenever you break your word (either purposefully or unintentionally), you become sickened for 24 hours or until you meet your obligation, whichever comes first.
When Jarrek says that he will do something, including threatening to do something, that is treated by the Powers that grant him his mystery as him giving his word to do what he says he will. If he doesn't intend to do it, that's breaking his word and triggering the curse. If he intends to do it but later does not, that's breaking his word and triggering the curse. (The astute reader may recall that Jarrek was sickened when he gave up on turning the girallon skin into a cloak...something he said he'd do in the fight.)
The other way I'd interpret this is that Jarrek has been given exceptional abilities related to information, but the price of that is scrupulous honesty.
It's definitely more interesting than being lame.
Please bot Svarog for this coming week. Thank you.
Svarog will continue to fire arrows as an Aid Another to raise Haftor or Jarrek's AC, whomever appears to be in the most trouble, or if that isn't necessary, then fire to aid their attacks.
Will do, but for my own edification why aren't you attacking the hydra directly? It's not immune to body damage; it just heals quickly while it still has any of its heads left.
Agreed. Best tactic appears to be overwhelming its healing and then taking the heads off. If we're botting Svarog, I think we can make that adjustment. :)
All right, that makes sense. Thanks!
Can you tell just by looking at something that it has Reach? Not a Knowledge check, but just seeing that something has a really long neck and knowing 'oh yeah that monster is going to be able to bite me from 10' away.'
Jarrek can tell that it's got reach, yes.
Shoot, site ate my post. I’ll update with something in the morning
So before i act, i want to make sure I’ve got the plan down. We need to do something with the lantern and catching the will o the wisp? Do we need to damage it first? I’ve got two smog pellets to force it to be visible but only for a short time. So do i start with the smog pellet, or bombs?
You need the body of a dead wisp to power the lantern.