Just instant death....awesome
Snarkiness aside, there's no reason the archons would continue mindlessly blasting the closest target when they can see greater threats such as the devil, which I originally ordered them against. They aren't geniuses, but I think they could determine a greater fiend and/or dread wraith to be more appropriate targets than the damn zombies.
Save or take a hit load of damage. Not truly instant death ... like the spell used to be.
Nowzai, yes, please run Tlanextic. As your cohort, he's part of you. I'll fix the access thing. Sorry about that.
BTW, how does attacking your opponents mean stupid (although at Int 6, I could argue they are stupid) What's the impetus for them to read your mind and change targets?
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We posted at nearly the same time...
I get the mindlessly attacking if the summons were animals or constructs, etc, but the archons have brains (or, well, ... minds of light or something). I can specify their targets if we can communicate, but they can make their own tactical decisions. I understand my original target went invisible the first round, so attacking the zombies made sense... but as soon as the devil or the wraith, or the obviously evil uber-cleric, were valid targets, I think they're smart enough to adjust.
Fair, I forgot you originally sent them at the devil. I think they would retarget him.
However, on a larger theory of "the best of their abilities" I don't think they'd make massive tactical decisions like sensing the danger of a high level caster or incorporeal undead without direction or without direct experience of their ability. Devil over zombies, sure. Int 6 ... not a hound archon ... it's sentient light.
Massive tactical decision, agreed... but it doesn't take a Kalashtar to sense that the cleric spewing spells that disintegrate people in evil energy is a bigger threat than the lumbering zombie. They are archons -- fairly sure they understand the fundamental badness of divine evil.
Evil disintegration happened on the other side of the wall of ice, but I understand if don't fully concede your point.
Also, just noted something happened with my Spellcraft spoiler
The only way to restore life to a character who has failed to save against this spell (and was slain) is to use true resurrection, a carefully worded wish spell followed by resurrection, or miracle.
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You've got a couple of those lying around, right?
Haha... ?
That's ok Dave apparently Sam is too stupid to know he is in a silence even though there is nothing on the map to show that, and to know his spell failed to take a 5' and attack and his int is 28 so don't feel bad
Apparently I need to make up for the intelligence of his player.
I'll be sure to compensate for that in the future.
And you did attack, so not sure what the whining is about. If it's that you rolled a bunch of 4s, can't help you there.
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Magma, why gulping pots when you're at 150 hp? We need some firepower on that asshat cleric...
Rich, if you're trolling us and aren't interested in playing any more, let me know. The party is getting annihilated and I'm not sure what you're doing any more.
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who heal me at the end of the first fight? i got hit with a critical by the half orc. lost 90 hit points and we went right up the stairs into combat again.
i posted i was down 96 and Epic went right up the stairs no other healers with Jenya down. then i was hit with another 47 hit points of damage i am in the teens for hit points.
You guys had like an hour between that fight and this one. They searched every room. Plenty of time to heal up.
sorry my mistake
Sam, now that your good account is back, please only post from that one. I'm gonna push the other one from the campaign.
Sam, it's visible now.
Nowzai, you track them, but please track them on Roll 20 so I can see when a hit may kill them in a round for adjudication. Center circle, no bars necessary.
do i need to put up round 6 action?
Yes
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done
I pinged Nemoris, he will post tonight hopefully.
Veterans Day weekend in Chicago. Thought I might squeeze in a post but then realized I don't have any of my info. Will be later tonight or tomorrow before I get something up. Sorry for the delay.
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With Sam yelling to ignore the Cleric, I'll switch my attacks to the bone devil.
Sam, we are at the top.of the order Round 7. You posted two rounds previously. Not sure why, but those attacks haven't played through yet. Technically I should ignore your second post previously per the rules, but ill play it out this time since you were trying to move the game along.
Generally if you just look at my posts, you get a sense of where we are. Everything else is just a suggestion until it's adjudicated in one of my posts.
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Zombie is dead, Magma. Last one is through a host of bad guys. Might want to check the map.
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Sorry Tike it's more my fault because I haven't been putting in my round at the top and I have completely lost track this fight where I am action wise vs round.
I will hold off posting until I know I am caught up
sorry
updated
No update. You can't edit a post after an hour has passed, fyi.
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING
I'm on the road after tomorrow... bot me (and my legion) as required.
Sam casts Summon DM III
Fugoff.
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Summon DM IV?
Not blowing you guys off, I seem to have misplaced my book. Key facts in this room I need. Will keep hunting.
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Its going to take a bit of time, of which I currently have little, to go back through the last few dozen pages of gameplay and try to compile potential clues. I'll try, but it may take until later this week or next week before I get a good chance. If anyone has any theories on the top of their mind, please spout off!
Oh, and Happy New Year!
I went back and skimmed posts from when we got back from Occipitus. Here's the raw notes... I'm sure I'm missing something, so please add what you know. We could also use a list of important NPCs (too many weird names) and who our friends are. Another perusal of Tike's summary posts might be good too.
- City guard is largely gone to war, besides wounded; half-orc mercs have taken over
- Blue Duke took the rest of the martial forces in the city to war
- Last Laugh have risen in power because of the above -- do we have friends/contacts in LL?
- Refugee influx from Redgorge battle
- Lord Severen Nalavant (Lord Mayor) missing for a while; Lord Vhalantru voted in as temp replacement -- "missing" like a lot of people
- Dragons of all sorts attacking refugees and outlying villages
- Pharasma temple locked up; Iomedae bishop blaming everyone else, picking fights with CC followers -- explains why they're trolling the tavern
- Fellian is missing? -- something Nemoris was supposed to follow up on
- Iomedae bishop is a huge jerk
- We confront the half-dragon minotaur Zarik Dhor and are immediately ambushed by another group
- The ambushers’ wizard had our names, descriptions and frequent locations
- Symbol on the list “like the roman numeral II with the top of the second character moved down to be in line with the middle of the first” -- clue to who hired them
- Iomedae Bishop Jerkface unwilling but more likely unable to revive Jenya -- may be an imposter
- Unable to meet with Vhalantru
- Pharasma temple a s!~# show… taken over by cultists of Norgerber
- Find small sheaf of papers between the high priestess, Embril Aloustinai and a man named Fetor Abradius. All but one of the letters are brief reports that allude to a continuing and taxing search for something unnamed. Each letter concludes that all remains on schedule, but that the final answers still allude the searcher. But one goes into far more detail (Roll20 journal)
- Karran-Kural is something you've come across in your research. You're reminded of it from your recent exploration into Vapraks Voice since it is a specific complex from.the ancient spell weaver empire that dominated this area millennium ago before Earth fall, before Thassilonia. It was an arcane research laboratory related to necromancy and ice and rumors are that the spell weavers research was sealed in with them during the mysterious events that suddenly ended their reign.
- Ike Iverson wtf is this guy?
- Portal to KK, and cage thing
Of note, the NPC tab from.the old Shackled City Journal should still be mostly current. I try to keep up with it. Let me know if anything I missing and I actually think you can add ones
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isn't Ike the cleric that revived nowzai.
we did take Todd body? we need to help revived him since we wiped out the temple.
I looked through the last year or so of posts, but in case I missed it somewhere, did we ever sort out the loot sell/split? I know it will be pretty hefty...
From Nemoris upon your return from Occipitus
So am I reading this correctly that minus these 5 items, if we sell the rest we're expecting to get ~ 116,253.48 gold (or about 23k gold each)?
headband of inspired wisdom +4
kauronphon loot
headband of alluring charisma +2
ring of protection +3
amulet of planes
So we still need to sell the loot, correct?
Yeah, no worries on selling the loot. Skie will buy it.
BTW, I updated Dalamus' link with everything you've heard about the Last Laugh throughout the entire adventure.
i will post a loot list tomorrow.
need to identify ike gear
Did we level up? I honestly can't even remember the last time we did and what we have done since then, I think it's been about a year since the last one, but honestly I am not sure we have really done much in the last year...
Dalamus is not yet proficient in shields, but if no one else wants/needs ti, he would out in for that one.
Slayers are proficient with shields
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