DM RichD's Serpent's Skull

Game Master Briccone

My understanding is that only spells have the manifestations, maybe spell likes, but not the supernaturals which i think you are planing to use. I think studied target, inspire and hex are not detectable without the special intrigue rules which I have need seen anyone use yet.

I hope this is helpful. Obviously I could be incorrect and it is ultimately the GMs call. But I was looking into this too to so I thought I would post what I found.

The warriors are a superstitious lot so as long as you are not being too obvious, it should be all right.

Being superstitious, they wouldn't let us cast any buffs to give ourselves an edge, I imagine. I mean, my unused L2 is a bull's strength.

I will make sure to hide behind people and not be too obvious about it. In the future would you be thinking Neltji will be needing stealth or bluff or anything to be unnoticed for hexing?

For Cevill it is perform oratory so it's cheering loudly. So nothing out of place.

@Nothus: You are correct. If you need buffs to defeat their warrior in a wrestling match, then you aren't worthy. ;)

@Neltji: These a simple warriors so they are on the lookout for anything that just not seem natural. That won't always be the case.

@Cevill: Yup! They will be cheering on their warrior as well, but none of them are bards. :)

So, hitting him with enlarge person would be a foul, right?

What's a great wrestling form to wild shape into?

Natures fangs don't wild shape but the study tier opponent which applies to CMD and can easily be done out of combat as it has unlimited duration.

This Saturday I will be visiting my family for two weeks. I will try to keep up to date with the boards, but you know how that goes! LOL!

Ok folks, it's Spring Break here, and we head out of town tomorrow for a week.

Bot me as needed, distribute my stuff evenly if I die!

This Saturday I will be visiting family for two weeks. I hope to keep up with posting, but it will probably be sporadic.

Hey all,

I will be away for a week and a half for vacation. I will see you all when I get back. Bot me if need be.

Level 5 is mostly boring for a druid - though I do get a nice new level 3 slot to Call Lightning with.

However, in doing this, I noticed that I didn't level Blackleaf last time (especially not the +2 Con and Dex that he got at level 4 instead of growing to Medium-size) -- so he's up to date, and an even better flanking and tripping buddy.

Nothus' feat was "Totem Beast", so that Blackleaf now gets an Animal Aspect as if he were the companion of a Hunter (so that's another +2 dex).

However- GM, I took "Dirty Fighter" as Blackleaf's feat - as it offers a path for things without 13 int to get at Improved Trip - though, strictly speaking, it's not on the list for Companions. Is that ok, or do I need to replace it with something boring like Weapon Focus or whatever?

@Nothus: That is fine.

Been a busy week but will get to level up by Friday!

Silly me, at 4th level, I should have had an animal companion! At 5th, I'll definitely take one.

Any preferences GM on what I should take?

I'll be taking the Boon Companion Feat.

You are going to be exploring jungle ruins so anything that would fit that environment would be apt.

A witch, a druid, a bard, and a nature cleric is not exactly an optimal group. I'm thinking I need to multi class into either Barbarian, or Ranger. What do you all think?

Nah. It has worked so far and with 2 animal companions we should be fine. Do what you want though

Lvl 5 Witch
+8 hp
7 skill points: Spellcraft, Linguistics (free)(infernal), use magic device, know arcana x2, know nature, know history, know planes
feat: spell focus: necromancy
hexes increase DC by 1!
healing hex increases to 2d8+5
3 spells added to Anthony: Heroism, Dispel magic, bestow curse
Ex: Talk to familiar

Nothus? Cevill?

I think the full-level flanking budddy addition will help with our combat abilities -- especially since we have a wonderful bardic companion to help us be better. But that's me.

If you really do want a level of something, both ranger and barbarian fit thematically - though you might consider Bloodrager, too -- as you could take a bloodline like Verdant that gives you fast healing while you rage and still be very nature-y. (Also, I suppose, Huntmaster Cavalier, as it would keep bumping up your companion).

That said, I'm not sure it's worth the hit to your spellcasting -- especially not the small boost from a dip. It might be more effective to try to plan ahead to a PrC that would give you more combat abilities without sacrificing your spells.

Alrighty then. 5th level Cleric of Gorum it is then! An Ape familiar. Apes are big in Mwangi!

I gained 3rd level spells, and a Feat. Boon Companion for the Feat, so he's a full leveled companion.

Umngane has Power Attack, and both Light and Medium armor proficiency. I'll hit him with Ice Armor until we find him a Large Breastplate.

Oh, and Umngane has 3 Int, and speaks Polyglot.

I will level up either tonight or tomorrow. I'm on the road, so I will see what the schedule allows.

Bow becomes an arcane bond, inspire goes up 1, and I get one new spell. It's an easy level over here.

Greetings adventurers! Just a quick note to let you know the family and I are taking some Summer vacation starting this evening.

I'll be back and ready to save the world on 12 June!

I remember reading on the boards one time that there was a party who didn't give the deed to Athyra and began salt mining operations themselves. The DM had to remind them that they were supposed to be adventurers following an adventure path and not entrepreneurs. :D

There's a reason nobody wants to play Pencils and Paycheques. ;)

Not worried about the deed and such. It's the locket. Hey, she was offered to come with us, she declined. We don't owe her anything.

Alrighty then, so bright and early tomorrow morning, I'm taking 14 Boy Scouts to Summer Camp at Camp Tuckahoe, PA.

Immediately following that will be my family reunion for a week.

I expect to be back online on the 21st of July.

Feel free to make decisions for me while I'm gone!

Apologies for the late notice -- I'm on vacation, but the internet availability isn't terribly good. I'll be back on August 8, but it's probably best to bot Nothus and not hold things up.

I had to google what people eat in the jungle, because all I kept thing was Temple of Doom - 'Chilled Monkey Brains!'

That is only a delicacy for important visiting dignitaries. I don't think we have reached that level yet. Don't forget the live snakes inside the snake as well.

So what you're saying is we're not famous enough to warrant ice, so it'll be warm monkey brains?

Nice Nothus. That just added a whole new level to that scene for me.

This Saturday I will be visiting family for two weeks. I'll try to keep up, but you know how it goes.

Travel safe!

May I suggest the need to add a more melee oriented combatant to our number? (I may know a guy)

A Bard, Cleric, Druid, Witch party is the sort of nightmare PUG you end up with at a convention playing PFS!

*lol* Anything that makes it so that Nothus isn't the tank would be snazzy.

Druids are great tanks and we have a great amount of spells and abilities...who needs a tank (says the 17 year old girl that hides behind all of the men)

Hello everyone!

After asking DM RichD if there was a chance for me to play in this campaign he gave me yesterday the opportunity to join.

I have been playing on another Serpent's Skull campaign for a couple of years. The campaign was closed last year when we were about to reach Tazion, very close to where your campaign stands (in fact we were also level 5).

I saw you were maybe looking for a melee reinforcement and hence I offered myself to fill the gap.

If everyone is fine with it, it would be great for me to continue playing Shalissa on this Adventure Path, and I do not mind restating her to a more melee oriented character. In fact, in origin I was thinking to play her as some sort of arcane fighter.

Welcome aboard!

With the cleric and druid, I think an arcane-fighter-type would be quite snazzy... And, nice thing about starting at 5 is that you have options - it's not just automatically a magus, as you've got some levels to multiclass and/or move toward a PrC. ;)

It works for me! Welcome aboard.

Welcome!

Thanks everyone! :D

I have performed the needed changes to focus Shalissa more on melee combat.

She is ready and just waiting for DM RichD final approval.

Any idea how you would like to introduce her to the group? My previous campaign died not long after the Chemosit fight. Maybe she might have been hunting down the beast after it destroyed the caravan she has been traveling with.

She might have been waiting for a good opportunity to kill the beast, and she might find such while it is fighting the party.

I find helping in a combat against a common foe is always a good start towards building trust with a new PC.

come in after the second round as you were tracking it sounds like a great idea.

Also Welcome!

Sorry for the late posting! I thought Shalissa would not be still up and was not following close the gameplay. I should be faster to reply from now on :)

No worries! The way this creature was battered, I wasn't sure if it was still going to be up before you got to it!

I will be leaving this Saturday to spend the holidays with family. This week will be extremely busy with work, finals and packing. I hope to keep up with the games, but you know how that goes!

We'll bot you as appropriate!