GM Endless Forms' PFS 01-29 The Devil We Know Part I: Shipyard Rats (1-7) (Inactive)

Game Master Mike Tuholski

Hello everyone!

Rule 1: Have fun.

Rule 2: Please put the following information in the classes/levels section of your profile so it shows up in your header. I'm not strict on formatting, just make sure all the info is there:

HP | AC T FF | CMD | F R W | Init | Perc | SM

SM=Sense Motive

Thanks!

Present and accounted for.

Killian, what's up?!

Oswin checking in. I need to review my wand charges and decide on purchases too. Either doing an armor enhancement or cloakof resistance.

Also, using 2 PP for an Oil of Daylight, probably 2 more for a potion of Fly. Heavy armor clerics tend to sink, and when I see a scenario with "Shipyard" in the anme I worry about water...

That makes sense, Ozzie!

Hey GM, I have a favor to ask. I'm nearly done running a group through the Fangwood Keep module. They are on the last fight. Now I can certainly hold the chronicle for another character to hit level three, but since we haven't really "started", as in faced the first encounter, would you be OK with me applying it to Oswin? He would level with it, so if you'd rather I didn't do that it's OK.

Yeah, go ahead. We haven't started an encounter yet so I'll let you.

Sorry about the delay. Finished up my last two finals today. Done with classes for good. At least until grad school next fall.

Thanks! Our last baddie is down to 3 HP so I should be able to take care of it tomorrow.

As for finals and grad school, I remember those time very well. *shudder*

We won't talk about prelims or defending, then. *twitch*

Congrats, EF! Those finals sucked, but man, I miss being in undergrad. Those were the days.

Congrats, EF! Those finals sucked, but man, I miss being in undergrad. Those were the days.

I'm sure I'll be saying that next year but right now it feels pretty good to be done. PhD program starts next fall so I've got a little bit of a break. And by that I mean I've actually got a lot going on. Still finishing an honors thesis and hopefully getting a manuscript set to be published by the summer, then getting married and buying a house and moving to. . . wherever I end up going to grad school. Decision is still pending. Yeah. . . big year.

Well, good luck to you. That is a big decision. Let us know where you finally decide to attend.

So how do we want to take this building? Distraction to try and lure them outside? Wait until night and kick in the doors? Try to bluff our way in?

It's a tough call. Oswin is not good at sneaking around, but he's also not the type to charge ahead until he knows what he's facing.

As far as overall tactics are concerned, Oswin usually prepares mostly buff and utility spells at this point. He'll cast bless from his wand to start most fights, then Bull's Strength on himself or other martials for tougher foes. Also Protection From Evil if it appears obvious what the enemy's alignment is.

I'l have to think about 3rd level spells now, and will not buy an oil of daylight since I now have that spell.

Leveling done! Thanks GM and everyone for waiting a bit! These 3rd level spells will definitely come in handy if we need them.

Anyway, I'm not going to buy an oil of daylight, since I can now cast it.

I will use money from my GM chronicle to grab a Cloak of Resistance and a Ring of Protection while I'm at the magic shop.

Today is a traveling day, so I may be slow to post.

So how do we break Baern loose?

Let's see what Allie can do from up here, otherwise it's going to be hack 'n slash.

Yeah, I'm wondering if I can reach down and touch Baern. With most humans I could reach their shoulder from a 7' height, not sure how the GM wants to rule with dwarves, but if I could get Shield of Faith on him, or even Protection from Evil it could help him hold out longer.

Baern doesn't have a height listed on his profile so I'll roll for it:

3'9" + 2d4 ⇒ (2, 2) = 4" = 4'1"

So I suppose you could fall prone and put your hand down and he could reach up with a free touch to exchange the spells.

But yeah, you might just have to wait for him to slash through one or two and make some room. Trust me, it shouldn't take long. These guys use the tier 1-2 stats, there's just twice as many of them.

I will be visiting my brother for his birthday tomorrow and moving back to Bloomington on Sunday (GMing Reign of Winter that night) so updates may be slow for the rest of the weekend.

Just realized that post from the 3rd. I could have sworn I had Baern's height recorded somewhere. Must have gotten lost in a character sheet transition or something. I'll go with 4'1". Now to record it somewhere safe...

We just had a nice little Gamers experience there, didn't we?

"The Shadow!"
"The Shadow?"
"The Shadow..."

We're on the last fight, clearly. Could everyone please post your PFS number here and make a Day Job roll if you have one.

I believe everyone here planned to stick around for the whole series, correct? We'll transition straight into Part II once we're finished, although we may have one or two additions.

I'm in for the long run, DM!

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Perform Vocal: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

I'm good for the series.

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Day Job (Heal): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27

Yeah, I can do it too. Any chance we can wrap this fight today? Player rolls depending, of course! I may need Oswin for a gameday tomorrow, if at all possible. Since I can't get GP or XP, I just need to have the chroncile dates in order. Tha nks GM, it's been a good one!

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Day Job (clerk): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

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I'm good for the rest of this (assuming I survive the fight). Kilian will reach L4 as a result of this scenario, btw.

Day job Profession (Marine): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Alie is going to ding level six after this one! Haste for everyone! Assuming we survive.

I will try to keep us moving today for Oswin's benefit but no promises; I'm at the lab right now and have a meeting about a new project after lunch.

That's cool - I know there's only so much you can do! I just don't know what the party composition will be like tomorrow - I'd like to play my ranger to try and get him to 7th, but if we need healing or melee fighting, Oswin's my best bet in most cases.

Alrighty guys, since this crew is going to be together for the next few adventures, I want to get your advice on Alie's third level spell known. I usually take Haste first, but if the group would prefer something else, like Fireball or Dispel Magic, or Summon Monster 3 or anything, just let me know.

Ok, chronicles have been sent out. And we met the deadline for Oswin! As far as I'm concerned once the combat is over the scenario is over so you're good to play him if you want. We'll just wrap up the RP of the scenario later.

Let me know if there are any problems with your chronicle sheets.

Sheet looks good, DM. Thanks so much for running this for us! Can't wait for part 2.

I like haste, because with the melee power in the team that's going to seriously up our ability to bring the pain.

I've never worked with a caster who could use 3rd level spells (other than myself, I guess, since Oswin can now) Haste sounds good for our group though.

Well, thanks everyone for pushing hard at the end! Tomorrow I may end up playing 3 different characters at the mini-con I'm going to. If Oswin plays and doesn't survive, I can bring on my ranger or fighter, who are both in-tier.

GM, coincidentally, I ran this scenario with another online group and we just finished a few days ago. I wanted to get into one of your games because they tend to run faster. I'll drop out of the sequels with the other group, but it does mean that I'll need to take 0 XP and 0 GP for this one. I'm ok with just whiting out and writing zeroes on the sheet you sent me, unless you want to send me another one. I wouldn't need it by tomorrow necessarily, since I won't have any additional GP or PP to use.

Thanks for running this one! It was great, and we had a really solid group. I'm definitely looking forward to the rest of them!

Haste it is. Ill level Alie this weekend. Good luck tomorrow. Bring Oswin home safely. He's perfect for our group, lol.