DM Goat's Echoes of the Overwatched (Inactive)

Game Master Capricornus

Discussion up! Check in! :)

I like all your campaign rules, DM. Shel checking in for duty, ready to rock and roll.

Now one of the group seems to have signed up for both PFS games that are currently recruiting. You might check with them to see which game they intend on playing.

If he doesn't check in, he doesn't check in. I'm not too worried as long as everyone else does.

Oswin here, I'm ready to go. If you'd like, I have a dropbox folder with my chronicle sheets and an Excel file with my GP activity here.

That dropbox idea is a good one, Oswin.

Hey guys! checking in! It looks like all roles are covered pretty well, and switching characters wouldn't make a big difference, so I am gonna stick with Kobad. Looking forward to playing with you all!

The witch is a good call. I think we're missing an arcane caster without him.

Checking in.

Well, we have a witch/alchemist, but nothing dedicated, so it still seems like a good choice lol

Ok, I reset some of my stats, which should be legal because I haven't played at level 2 yet. I tried to adjust skills accordingly, but will review more thoroughly tonight.

My cleric is sturdier, but I dropped some of his channeling - also took improved init to help get buffs out sooner.

Make sure your faction is correct if it is attached to your profile. I'll be sending faction missions as people post in the Gameplay thread.

Hey all, this is Calanthe from the recruitment thread.

I had a quick look at all the players and figured that Ellie was the best fit. She's a ranged fighter, and I didn't notice that we had any of those yet. :)

EDIT: A second look discovers Kargen! Well, I'll put it out to the group--would you prefer a mad dog barbarian instead?

Hey Calanthe, I would sure love a flanking buddy! My plan for the cleric is to drop bless on the party in just about every fight with my wand, and probably save protection from evil for the BBEG fight (or any fight v. casters really). I'd then wade in since my AC is pretty good and try to aid the main tank-type character.

Pardon my noobness, but what is a BBEG?

Well, I'll bring in Sigrun and Rook then. :)

Kobad, BBEG = Big Bad Evil Guy.

Ah, that makes sense! Thank you!

Sigrun, out of curiosity I went looking for the Mad Dog archetype last night, but couldnt find it... what book is it from?

It's in Animal Archive. :) You can check it out here if you're interested.

The short version: I trade half my rage powers and a delayed rage and DR progression for a pet and some tricks to pull with him. It's a pretty cool ranger/barbarian mixed feel archetype.

I like it. That seems like a fun one.

Looks like I'll drop. Seven is probably too many for PbP.

So, I was having an artistic moment and started drawing Kobad and Waldo (a drawing I will likely not share, due to how terrible it is), and after I finished drawing Kobad I looked up how big dodo's are. In the Skull and Shackles Wormwood Mutiny Book, it just says small. So I Googled it. They were up to about 1 meter. 3 ft 4 inches. Kobad is 3 foot on the nose. His familiar is taller than him. And heavier.

Bom, one person already dropped out so we're actually at 5, if you still want to play :)

Kobad, that is one big chicken! Yikes. You should draw Kobad (attempting to) ride Waldo :P

Yeah, Bom, we're only five right now so I can take you if you're still interested.

Sigrun, that is EXACTLY what my wife said. :p

The thing is, if Waldo was like 8 inches taller, he could be considered a Medium creature, and Kobad COULD ride him!

Share Spells + Enlarge Person on Waldo...? :)

Only if you call him a Chocobo...

OMG. I need to learn enlarge person ASAP. It's in my spell list.

Who dropped?

Kyroden Hawkstorm did.

Okay. Happy to join up. Thanks.

As an FYI, Bom is more than happy to help people out with their faction missions. Just prompt him IC.

@GM
- I also have the Blood of the Tales Pathfinder novel I got at PaizoCon, but I forgot to have a GM sign the Pathfinder Tales Chronicle sheet. I want to add that to Bom's chronicles.

-Also wondering if you'll honor a Character Folio Reroll. I purchased one from a game store.

Sigrun is likewise happy to help. Even with slightly underhanded things. :)

Kobad would probly help anyone except a Chelaxian, which I don't think we have

@Bom. I'm happy to help if I can. If you want to e-mail me a pic of the folio, the re-roll is no problem. What can I do about the novel chronicle?

Shel is good with helping on faction missions, too.

@Bom. I'm happy to help if I can. If you want to e-mail me a pic of the folio, the re-roll is no problem. What can I do about the novel chronicle?

I'll include a picture of the book. I just need the associated Chronicle signed by a GM.

I edited the map to have workable party order...unless someone objects.

I'm always going to be in favor of Shel or someone sneaky scouting ahead and so we can know before hand whether we are going into combat or not.

Put Shel in the front. That's her job...she's happy with that.

Shel, is there a reason you can't use the wand on yourself?

Lol, very good point, Bom. I forget sometimes I picked up ranger rather than going straight rogue.

Speaking of which, drop me an IC hint that you are a ranger and I will be happy to share a charge from my Longstrider wand. Another 10 feet of movement can be a big advanage in combat.

GM, how close are we to the archive room? Wondering if it makes sense to complete the faction mission now?

You can do it on the way out.

On a lighter note, here's episode 1 of a webseries I'm in made by a bunch of friends of mine. I play the Wizard. It's sort of Order of the Stick meets Cheers. It's the first episode and we're all still learning what works, but I think we did alright. :)

I am leaving for camp here in a little bit. If I have cell service, I can post on my phone tonight and tomorrow, otherwise you can bot Kobad until I get back Wednesday evening. He is curious, but also a coward.

Had a chance to watch about half of it. Very impressive. I don't know I've seen a similar endeavor on Youtube, but then I haven't been actively looking.

Observations:
- Make sure people don't look at the camera. I think the woman seated at the table made eye contact with me during the opening joke. :)
- You might consider a little make up to make the character seem more gritty. Especially after coming back from killing x,y, z. Of course make up takes time and is one more thing that if done incorrectly might do more harm than good.

-I did like the costumes. The 3:36 Common Time is funny to me. You found a great setting with that bar. The titles screen was nicely done as was the music. Having a bard is a great plot device and mechanic of this genre.

I'll try to watch the rest of it later.

Well, the DC for tracking by scent is 10. Something this strong should get at least a +2 circumstance modifier, if not more. And yet, this would be the first time across three characters that I'd ever seen an option for tracking a creature actually contemplated by a scenario. While I will remain optimistic, I fear the GM would have to go off-script to honor the use of our ability to track.

On a related topic, Sigrun, what is the Shared Vigilance ability. I can't seem to find that in any of my books.

It's also from Animal Archive (along with my archetype). It's from the Bodyguard animal companion archetype. It replaces Share Spells with Alertness for both the master and the pet whenever your companion is adjacent (among other things). Kinda cool for someone like me who doesn't have spells.

Animal Archive is awesome if you're interested in "pet" classes! Huntmaster Cavalier is super cool as well, trading your mount for a dog or an eagle/hawk. Probably not as strong DPS-wise as a mounted charger, but it's a lot easier to bring them into a dungeon than a horse!

Yes, I am planning on buying AA when I next visit my FLGS, rather than buy it in a PDF which I've done for my other books.

I have a show on this weekend so my posting may be a bit sparse.