DM Kaavek’s Scales of War (Inactive)

Game Master Kaavek

If I am allowed to donate my hero point to Cecilia, I totally do.

Unfortunately, donating hero points like doesn't work.

Also unfortunate, as I think Cecilia's spell was the only light source in the room, you're now fighting in the dark. Anyone without darkvision, please remember to roll a 50 % miss chance, or shed some light on the room.

Ha ha. "Are you totally, like, mocking me right now?" ... Miss chance is kind of moot for my current attack, but will (totally, like) remember for (like) next time.

@Cecilia: Sorry to hear that :(

@Rhona: Undead were immune to criticals & precision in 3.5e, but not in Pathfinder. Makes sense: you explicitly kill a zombie by cutting off its head, and a vampire with a shot to the heart.

@DM Kaavek: I spent three Glowglyph charges back here to make Morgrym's shield glow for 10 minutes, and can add another charge during that time to make it an hour. Is it still glowing?
I'll hold off until I know.

Glowglyph: The inscribed item sheds light as a torch. As a standard action, the bearer can command the rune to erupt in a burst of light as a shield with the blinding special ability with a burst radius of 5 feet per glowglyph rune inscribed on the item. This expends all glowglyph runes on the item.

So you are saying that I can roll to confirm and will roll

Ha ha. "Are you totally, like, mocking me right now?" ... Miss chance is kind of moot for my current attack, but will (totally, like) remember for (like) next time.

I think I was, like, going to type something else and then, like, totally forgot to delete 'like'.

If Morgrym had extend the glowglyph to last an hour, then it will still be active. That means Lord Rivenroar is dimly lit and the elves can use low-light vision to avoid any miss chance.

And yes, Rhona, please confirm your critical and enact sweet vengeance.

Well, it's up to DM Kaavek - I don't know the particulars of the creature, and I'm not the DM.
According to the summary at https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/rogue/ only incorporeal undead are immune though.
I'd roll to confirm.

For the record, removing crit immunity from undead was one of my favourite changes from 3.5 to Pathfinder.

Well it's done. The post is probably way more dramatic than it needed to be, but if there is one thing Cecilia loved, it was being dramatic.

Luckily it looks like the rest of the party has things under control. ;)

Thank you Cecilia, that was beautiful and tragic.

I will try to have another post up soon but it’s my birthday and I think Morgrym still needs to take an action so I might hold off until he’s posted.

I’ve actually been meaning to ask if this post rate is okay with everyone? I haven’t been very strict with keeping each round to 24 hours as I think I originally intended. I can’t honestly see the pace picking up again though. I’m a month out from an international conference I need to prepare a poster for and after that I’ll be starting an internship so I’m a much busier woman these days than at the start of this adventure.

Amazing post. Aelion will definitely remember Cecilia's fighting spirit, and tell tales of her heroic battle against the undead Lord of Rivenroar.

Happy birthday, DM!

I'm fine with the posting rate. I'm a bit busier than when I joined, as well.

sorry - didn't mean to hold people up. I've been ill I am afraid.
I'm fine with the posting rate. I feel the 24 hour goal is a bit aspirational, and also indicative of how long a DM is required to wait. If Morgrym hasn't posted 24 hours after he's supposed to have, then I feel you do not have to wait any longer to dictate his actions.

Absolutely, he'd have left the shield glowing as long as he could.

Posting rate is fine. Leveling up rate is sad. :(

I'm fine with the posting rate as well.

@Morgrym: Feel better soon!

I'm cool with the posting rate. I have other games, so I just respond to this one if I'm up.

Is Cecilia coming back as another character, like maybe one we can rescue soon?

Is Cecilia coming back as another character, like maybe one we can rescue soon?

I'd certainly be open to it if Bale Fire wants to continue.

I'm up for continuing with the game. I'll be talking with Kaavek on what to do next. ;)

Will almost certainly be a new character, as I don't think there's much chance of Cecilia getting resurrected.

Hmmm. Little bit paranoid here. Given Morgrym worked out we're facing a Wight, is it reasonable for him to realise Cecilia might be coming back in the worst possible way?

Hmm, Morgrym's knowledge check only just passed, so he was able to identify Rivenroar as a wight, and according to the rules, he could recall one piece of information about him.

Given you'd asked how to stop him, and how injured he was, I let you know that he had 1/4 of his HP remaining.

I should probably have told you that wights have resurrection vulnerability, as a way to stop him, since you technically asked that first.

Either way, that was all the information Morgrym could recall. Perhaps he has a niggling worry in the back of his mind, but he can't be sure why that is. Unfortunately.

Totally fair!
I didn't know if I was failing to communicate something I should, or if I'd be acting on OOC knowledge, which is why I asked.

Finding out he was close to to death was a great answer - resurrection vulnerability would not have been helpful.

That's what I figured.

Sorry for the hiatus, I’ve been flat out preparing my presentation for the conference I’m going to next week. I’ll try to post this weekend if I can but I’ve still got to pack and I’m also moving house the week after I get back...

No worries. Take the time you need.

Going through a busy patch myself, real life always does its best to drag you back.

Apologies for the massive delay. In an effort to help get things back on track, I'll post a refresher here for everyone:

The group entered the Rivenroar Catacombs on the mid-level, where they rescued Zalindra's grandfather Sertanian, as well as Adronsius the dwarf and Mirtala the barmaid. They also found the body of Kartenix, former captain of the guard.

Sertanian mentioned that the relics from his museum were likely being held near to the Hobgoblin's war chief, Sinruth. But he didn't know where that was.

Exploring the lower level, the group found Zerriksa the witch, who mentioned another prisoner, a priestess, being held upstairs. While attempting to follow the witch's directions, the group found Thurann instead, son of the zombified captain. Choosing to avenge the boy's father, you then entered the Lord's chamber and confronted Rivenroar himself, losing Cecilia in the process.

There is currently one hostage unaccounted for, and the war relics are still missing.

From Rivenroar's chamber, you may continue Westward or backtrack South and explore some of the passageways you bypassed to get here.

We still here, folks?

I am. I was holding off posting, but I've done so.

Just an update for you. I've had Meniere's disease for 30 years now. I haven't had a bad spell in over 5 years but last week it flared up again and put me on my back.

It's fading again and from experience I should be good to go in a day or two. Thanks for your patience.

I've been posting this on all my games, good to hear we're back. :)

I'm here.

Still here, too.

Hugs and kisses hoping you feel better soon, Jathal!

Sorry to hear that Jathal, hope it subsides quickly. I've been a bit overwhelmed trying to finish a report for my internship but I'm still here occasionally. Do we have a plan for what to do next yet?

I'm pretty sure we decided to press on.

Sorry to have to say this but I'm going to be dropping out. Between my health issues and real life I simply don't have the time I used to for gaming.

I hope the game keeps going and that you all have fun.

It's been nice having you, Jathal! I hope your health gets better!

Thanks Jathal, it was good having you with us while you could be.

Fare thee well!

Okay folks, sorry to drop off the radar for a while there.

My schedule is getting really cluttered at the moment as I'm desperately trying to finish my thesis before my PhD scholarship runs out next February. With everything so busy for me, it's been really hard to motivate myself to keep up with this game, given how many players have dropped out of this game at this stage.

I was really hopeful that I could at least take the rest of you through to the completion of the Rivenroar catacombs but with so few of you and no time on my end to bot the missing party members I'm not sure you would even survive (without the goblins unexpectedly loosing their will to fight).

There are only one or two combat encounters left but they were supposed to be challenging ones, on par with the dragon's den, and we just don't have the party strength for that anymore.

I'm really sorry, but I think I'm going to have to step down as DM here. You've all been amazing to play with, and you brought some really cool characters to the table. I had some grand plans for you all, but realistically I'm just not sure I can follow through with them anymore.

I hope you can all understand. This has been a really hard post to write. I've had a really great time gaming with you.

Totally understand Kaavek. It was fun. Good luck finishing up your thesis. :)

It's been great getting to play with you all.

Thanks for the time you've spent on us, Kaavek, and I hope your thesis goes well!

I also have had a great time :)
I hope your thesis goes well - I am in awe that you managed to get this far with a PhD - the people I've talked to who made it through one get a far away look in their eye when they talk about the amount of work involved.

Assuming you survive the experience and want to resume, I'd be happy to be contacted. If not, no hard feelings and I wish you the very best!

It's okay this was fun, and real-life always comes first. I hope if you wish to run something in the future to definitely consider contacting me!

Thank you all, if I ever do decide to run another game I'll be sure to let you all know.
:)

Aww! I'm sorry to see the game won't continue, but it was fun while it lasted. I think everyone here did a fantastic job of conveying their characters, and I really enjoyed how you ran the game, Kaavek. Hopefully we'll have another chance to play together sometime.

Good luck with your thesis!