DMDM's Strange Aeons

Game Master Douglas Muir 406

This situation just turned interesting I wonder if this is DMDM's own plot device. Did not see that coming.

DMDM what do you think about the idea of Starfinder?

Some pics to help the mood. I know this was a cruise liner but scenery seems appropriate.

DMDM what do you think about the idea of Starfinder?

Intrigued, reserving judgment. Paizo has shown a lot of serious business acumen over the years, but the track record of game companies on introducing new "side" product lines is not terribly encouraging. Also, historically, SF RPGs have been a tougher sell -- and I say this as someone who played a lot of Traveller back in the "slim black paperbacks" days. Also, Starfinder doesn't strike me as a product that's going to bring in a lot of new gamers, so they run the risk of cannibalizing sales from their existing products.

That said, it's Paizo, so I expect high product quality and a mixture of wild creativity and meat-and-potatoes tabletop fun. Also, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if Starfinder is actually a test bed for concepts and game mechanisms for PF 2.0. (It has to come someday.)

TLDR, will wait and see.

In case Dm responds to my post and I don't check again today, I'll leave a list of the questions Mrakala wants to ask if able to keep things moving:

1) Do they know what the flying creature could have been?
2) Some of our members have no recollections for years, do the three know how we came to be in the place?
3) Where are we? Ustalav?
4) Other than shapeshifting, are there any other horrors they have witnessed? Mrakala will warn them that some form of other-planar protean creature came through from a place called the Dreamlands and may reconstitute itself somewhere. He'll warn them that it possesses items and they already slew two of the creatures.
5) What lays down the corridor of blood and mud?
6) We heard one of them...or something...mention The Dreamer. Do you know what they could mean by this?
7) The one we slayed kept calling us dead-flesh, do you know why?

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Wow. I am a little impressed. It's like you were eavesdropping on me and Erik Mona when we had a conversation at GenCon. Two things in particular you touched on.

Some great questions Mrakala, and WHAT FLYING THING?

Some great questions Mrakala, and WHAT FLYING THING?

I don't actually know. Ghelik mentioned something about flying things to the crossbowmen.

Some great questions Mrakala, and WHAT FLYING THING?

Ghelik has referenced the flying horror twice...check previous post page :]!

Don't worry is probably something extremely horrific.

Well, if we don't get killed here at the doors by some horrible flying thing, it looks like we'll have to go up north and ... see ... what ... happens ...

Does anyone have a better than +3 to hit ranged attack?

No...mine is +3.

I'm a +4 with longbow or thrown dagger.

(Ranger. Almost certainly going to be archery combat style.)

No...mine is +3.

Can you sneak attack with a light crossbow?

Can you sneak attack with a light crossbow?

If you're within normal Sneak Attack range (30'), sure, absolutely.

Yep, as DM_DM said anything within 30' though Ghelik won't normally be a ranged Rogue.

I was going to offer you my light crossbow if you wanted it because Flying Things.

I have very little for offensive besides that though.

What can a Doppelgänger not mimic? Spells? Class features?

I am not sure if a password is litrally strong enough.

What can a Doppelgänger not mimic? Spells? Class features?

I am not sure if a password is litrally strong enough.

OOCly I'm pretty sure they can't emulate any class features or spells or anything like that. I'm not sure if we know that in game. DM?

You don't.

If they can read memories than they know what we know. It's still worth a try, because we don't know how deep they can read memories.

I literally am trying to wrap my head around this problem, for a Doppelgänger to read minds, that's a magic effect right? Could a Detect Magic catch that if it was cast before the mind reading?

I ... don't think so. It's not greater arcane sight, it just tells you "there's a magic effect out there" the first round, without knowing what school or anything else about it -- and then the doppleganger's ESP trick would be over, and you wouldn't pick up any more information.

It might provide grounds for suspicion...

That's what I mean.

By the way I hope I don't sound like I am complaining at all, I am having fun. I just am trying to solve a problem with what abilities we have to bare.

The nice thing about Message is that it is between two people. If Kyleen cast it on another party member, it would not transfer to a doppleganger.

I assume a Doppelgänger can't mimic carried equipment either, we can take a minute to remember what each of us has in our hands.

I assume a Doppelgänger can't mimic carried equipment either, we can take a minute to remember what each of us has in our hands.

Except for killing us and taking it.

I see you have taken the Dry Wit Feat, the prerequisite for James Bond archetype.

Excellent.

Tiny cosmic horrors

Because Mrakala doesn't want Yordan to feel bad about pilfering dead people's coins or having constant mental breakdowns. Also he seems the one most likely to snap and murder us all.

Ya know, how about we not give the guy behind the DM screen anymore ideas.

However, Not Doppelgänger, BEST nickname for a Paladin, ever.

Limited posting today and Sunday because of work, more on Monday.

DM did Percetion 25 for room before fight began, for other things in room that may be important.

Have a good weekend all.

Vitæ: We're all a little jumpy.

Ghelik: I'm not jumpy, you're jumpy!

Fritz: Narwhal Nachos! Stop it you two!

Oh I like Narwal nachos. That's good.

Oh I like Narwal nachos. That's good.

You would you evil cholesterolic sea dweller you.

I love Narwhals because they are so awesome.

They stop Cthulhu eatin' ye.

Discuss: Narwhals: aquatic unicorns, yes or no?

When you guys were playing your other campaign you posted so fast, 50 posts a day.

Opening your thread was like opening a novella.

Yeah, this is definitely slower. 5-10 posts per day? Not sure why.

Fear.

RL has take a lot of my time. I was probably 5-10 of the posts last game.

Bad Judge. Go back in your box.

Kyleen goes outside and lies down to get a suntan and avoid further interruptions from the undead annoyance.

There are days I can manage lots of posts..other days I only check in the evening once :(

The Judge had double duty with Morsum.

Also the PCs in that game were more, let's be polite and call it optimized.

I definitely miss Jax.

Didn't he pull a little bit of lovely cheese and take Leadership for a magic item Henchman, God Bless you sir.

Given the setup of that campaign -- evil PCs against the world -- I was fine with the PCs being a bit OP for their level, and pulling the occasional cheesy trick. Didn't stop them from getting chewed up and occasionally killed, so all was well.

Well this has a slightly different flavor for sure. Probably not going to be quite as much grandstanding going on since we are not trying to take over the world.

Just a few simple souls trying to make their way through some twisted, hell infused nightmare.

I was never one of the 5-10 post people per day. Usually 1-5 posts per day. Will likely be on the same level. Of course I might be posting more once some of my skills become more useful. Having a +6 on bluff doesn't really get you good chances to lie openly to people.

A mere +6 on Bluff just means you have to make your lies plausible and tempting. Tell people what they want to hear. You have to work and set them up.

You could be Iago that way, if you wanted to be. ;)

I definitely miss Jax.

Didn't he pull a little bit of lovely cheese and take Leadership for a magic item Henchman, God Bless you sir.

Objection! I was more than a henchman! I was a valued and treasured member of Mr. Naismith's business and represented him with many opportunities.

...by making him magic items...