DM RichD's Council Of Thieves Campaign

Game Master Briccone

btw, I like how quickly this play is progressing. WE are whipping through these lines nicely without any delays. Keep it up!

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sorry, no pun intended but quite apt for the second act.

Okay, to reiterate: the order of entrance is Tal, Monday, Mera, Calseinica, and Naberius. It will take us the entirety of the first round before the beast is in position for our exit, so everyone will need to make some saves and maybe take some damage. Naberius will climb out using monkey fish, and then we'll try to get everyone out one at a time with everyone at the bottom helping push the topmost character out.

@DM RichD: Can Naberius really use monkey fish to cling to a wall and avoid the damage from the acid? Just making sure, because my physical saves are kind of horrible... :P

Also, would it be considered cheating if Naberius left behind a rope as he gets out, and tied it to a tooth or something? That would make things a bit easier for the rest of the team.

Oh! What about rope trick?

@Naberius: You can use Monkey Fish, but if the audience feels you are not partaking of the 'test' they might turn on you.

As far as the rope, I would allow a sleight of hand check to leave it there and anybody that uses it, a escape artist check to make it 'look' like they are actually climbing using the traditional method.

Okay, assuming that everyone is agreed on the plan, there's not much point in waiting to post in order of entrance. Everyone just post as soon as you can so we can move this along.

You should probably still let everyone make their own rolls, Tal. That is a bit confusing.

I think, and I might be wrong here, but those rolls were for himself for all the rounds that he has to stay inside the beast.

But 1) you're right, that is confusing and 2) that's under the assumption that everyone gets out as fast as possible, but seeing as how Monday is now taking a -2 to everything and has no ranks in Climb....

Oh, okay. I see. But yeah, we shouldn't make assumptions on how long this will take. This might go horribly wrong. :P

@DM RichD: Is the beast in position now, or next round...?

Those rolls were just for Tal and were just for entering. I labelled them so I knew how many to make now. Since Tal entered first he had to make checks for each round while everyone was entering plus 1 check for the beast being moved into position.

I did not roll saves at all for the trial of trying to leave yet.

Sorry for any confusion.

Um, DM? I think we're kinda waiting on you to move the beastie. I think.

Sorry about that. Was swamped at work yesterday and was busy when I got home.

I figure one round to get everyone in so the Beast will be in position the next round.

EDIT: One round for each person and one full round to get it in position. So Round 6 the beast is reconfigured and you can all start climbing out on Round 7.

Uh huh, okay. I totally misunderstood how this worked. That's a lot of saves!

personally I think this is the toughest torture...

Sorry about bugging ya :(

And yeah, I was thinking that was how many saves we needed to make but I was hoping I was wrong -_-

Okay, so... I get in last, meaning that I'm in for only two rounds, right? I'll only have to make one more round of saves as I scramble out of there.

Sorry, this turned out to be a lot more complex than I thought. :/

Sorry about bugging ya :(

No problem! The fates were conspiring against me yesterday!

Okay, so... I get in last, meaning that I'm in for only two rounds, right?

Or would it be 3 rounds? 1 round to get in, 1 round for it to be repositioned, 1 round to get out.

I would think it would be 2 rounds depending on when the save needs to take place. If you say the save is made at the end of the round then Naberius would be out of the acid as he climbs up the neck. If it is as the beginning of the round then there is no save as he enters as he was not in it when the save needed to be made.

Either way are we waiting for Mera to make her saves to progress to the escape portion?

I know the question had been asked on the boards and never answered. No save required on the escape round sounds good on an already tough challenge.

EDIT: What round do you want Calseinica to exit?

According to our plan, she should be the next one out.

*phew*

Can we just shatter this f@+$er?

That would probably rile up the audience, so we shouldn't unless someone is in danger of dying. Both you can Mera can heal Calseinica, no need to panic yet...

Or the audience might think it's f*!~ing sweet!

THE SIX TRIALS OF LARAZOD as presented by Michael Bay XD

Hm. Shame I don't have access to fireball yet... :P

That'd put us out of our misery yes but it'd probably not kill he beastie :3

Well damn. I almost healed her but decided the other route was more likely to succeed. I guess I've chosen... poorly. :(

Monday will heal her next turn.

So the question is, will Mera try to escape in Round 9 while Monday heals Calsenica?

Tal can still try to boost Mera out, too.

Yep. I am assuming that he probably would have helped Calseinica, but with those rolls, his aid another would not have mattered.

So what is the mechanic for tossing an unconscious person out? They are incapable of making any checks whatsoever so is it possible to be pushed/pulled/thrown out?

Well if someone is in the mouth we could just hand her up to them?

Isn't that like tossing/dragging her through a grater? :S

Actually, who's on first? I'm confused as to who's doing what and when.

DM RichD might want to clarify that, and take more direct control of what's happening here. The trial really needs to be ran round by round, like fight, so everyone who wants to aid others can act before the person makes an attempt at climbing. It might be slower, but doing multiple rounds all at once is very confusing, and will require some retconning. I'm pretty sure some of you should have made more saves for rounds spent in the beast until it is in escape position. Mera and Monday would also have had chances to heal Calseinica before she went unconscious in the first place. :/

*nods*

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Okay...Here is what I believe has happened so far:

Round 1 – Tal Enters

Tal Reflex Save DC 15 = 5
Tal Fort Save DC 12 = 6

Tal is sickened.
Tal damaged with acid.

Round 2 - Monday Enters

Tal Reflex Save DC 15 = 7
Monday Reflex Save DC 15 = 17
Monday Fort Save DC 12 = 8

Tal is sickened.
Monday is sickened.
Tal damaged with acid.

Round 3-Mera Enters

Tal Reflex Save DC 15 = 23
Monday Reflex Save = ?
Mera Reflex Save DC 15 = 22
Mera Fort Save DC 12 = 7

Tal is sickened.
Monday is sickened.
Mera is sickened.

Round 4 - Calseinica Enters

Tal Reflex Save DC 15 = 22
Monday Reflex Save = ?
Mera Reflex Save = ?
Calseinica Reflex Save DC 15 = 7
Calsenica Fort Save DC 12 = 18

Tal is sickened.
Monday is sickened.
Mera is sickened.
Calseinica damaged with acid.

Round 5 - Naberius Enters

Tal Reflex Save DC 15 = 22
Monday Reflex Save = ?
Mera Reflex Save = ?
Calseinica Reflex Save DC 15 = 7
Calsenica Fort Save DC 12 = 19
Naberius Reflex Save DC 15 = 23
Naberius Fort Save DC 12 = 20

Tal is sickened.
Monday is sickened.
Mera is sickened.
Calseinica damaged with acid.

Round 6 - Beast Reconfigured

Tal Reflex Save DC 15 = 24
Monday Reflex Save = ?
Mera Reflex Save = ?
Calseinica Reflex Save DC 15 = 18
Calsenica Fort Save DC 12 = 20
Naberius Reflex Save DC 15 = 23
Naberius Fort Save DC 12 = 12

Tal is sickened.
Monday is sickened.
Mera is sickened.

Round 7 - Naberius Exits

Tal Reflex Save DC 15 = ?
Monday Reflex Save = ?
Mera Reflex Save = ?
Calseinica Reflex Save DC 15 = 6
Calsenica Fort Save DC 12 = 18

Tal is sickened.
Monday is sickened.
Mera is sickened.

Round 8 - Calsenica attempts exit.

Tal Reflex Save DC 15 = 19
Monday Reflex Save = ?
Mera Reflex Save = 7

Calseinica Climb DC 20 = 9
Calseinica Climb DC 20 (Reroll) = 4

Monday heals ? HP of Damage to Calsinica
Tal throws Calseinica up to Naberius.

Damage to Calsenica as she is thrown upwards: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Tal is sickened.
Monday is sickened.
Mera is sickened.
Mera damaged with acid.
Calsenica Damaged by Handholds.

Clear as mud? ;)

So I need saves for all those that have ? (and damage if appropriate).

I am assuming that at the end of Round 8 Naberius and Calseinica are out, Mera, Monday & Tal are still in.

Everyone give me your Round 9 - Mera attempts escape actions and rolls

That is very helpful, thank you. Just to be perfectly clear, both Mera and Monday could also heal Calseinica on rounds 4-8, since they were already inside and doing nothing else while Calseinica was continuously getting damaged by the acid. Right? I don't want to retcon if we don't have to, but if Calseinica is in any danger of dying due to out-of-character confusion, we absolutely should.

Naberius does have potions and a wand of infernal healing, if she does end up being unconscious and/or bleeding out outside the beast.

Yes, she could be healed discreetly on rounds 4-8.

Bust out and wash away the decadent nobles in a wave of acid! Get em all in one go!

Bust out and wash away the decadent nobles in a wave of acid! Get em all in one go!

Inglorious Basterds: Westcrown!

We got ourselves a hellknight wanting to die for his country, obligeeee him!

*Hellknight gets head beaten in by the Bear Halfling*

I think I got everything, that was a lot of rounds. Let me know if I overlooked something.

Monday can't Aid Another, she's holding Calsenica.

Assuming you heal her too, she might be conscious. You need to post some saves anyway, so you might as well. Or, uh... I'm not sure if she was actually tossed out or not.

Which brings me to another point, how many saves should I make? I have no f%!!ing clue what's going on or who's doing what.

As far as I can tell, this is where you're at: Monday is missing her Reflex saves for rounds 3-9, from the round after her entrance to the round after Naberius made his escape. She needs to make six Reflex saves in total. Since she was doing nothing except saving against acid, Monday could have spent any of those six rounds healing Calseinica. As such, Calseinica might still be conscious. Regardless, DM RichD seems to have allowed Tal to toss Calseinica out like a sack of potatoes, so you don't need to worry about her being in the way of helping Mera with her climb. If you succeed in aiding her, she is out too.

Got it?

*scratches*

Sure, not really but okay.

Yeah. Calsenica is a sack of potatoes. Put your hands on my ass and push me the f@$$ out of here please.

Yep, Calseinica is a sack of potatoes, and even if conscious just wants to be out, so she surely would allow Tal to toss her up.