Delmoth recommended I play a Monk: archetype Drunken Master. Will make the necessary tweaks.
So one of the upsides of Brawler would have been that it has a way to deal with swarms. That's an area where the party is lacking.
Rat Catcher is too situational a feat to take full-time, but a Brawler could have picked it up with Martial Flexibility. (And there are other great flex-feats like Blind-Fight, Dedicated Adversary, and more.)
I guess our anti-swarm option is "run and close the door."
I still think that Brawler out of the advanced class guide is a better fit for the concept you gave me.
However iirc the character creation app you were using wanted to give you the brawler archetype for fighter instead. Drunken Master seemed better than vanilla monk for your concept.
I am a fan of the Brawler. I had one on these boards; he was fun.
Oh, the Fighter Brawler. That one's good too (especially with Disruptive). I wanted to make a Brawler/Brawler with Brawler armor.
Mara is OK at dealing with swarms, if she can prepare: she needs to memorize multiple Burning Hands spells. So it's a matter of running away when we encounter a swarm, and coming back later. :)
A couple of house rules that I usually do in my games. So long as someone has max ranks in spellcraft and has detect magic you'll always identify items that are not cursed. Similarly max ranks in appraise will get you the accurate value of any treasures you come across, but less than that and you will consistently undervalue treasures. Let me know if its cool we go with that.
Sounds good. If things are cursed, we could mis-identify them, correct?
So we have no guarantee that isn't a Bag of Devouring. Not that Dervak knows what such a thing is, but the "dark hollow void" sounds spooky.
Mara has a masterwork backpack already, so maybe someone else should carry the handy haversack. It seems to me that it's effectively a group item that benefits the entire party.
Sounds good. If things are cursed, we could mis-identify them, correct?
So we have no guarantee that isn't a Bag of Devouring. Not that Dervak knows what such a thing is, but the "dark hollow void" sounds spooky.
Correct, I would then figure out numbers and then make an assessment on what you know.
Just a heads up I won't have much chance to check here tomorrow. Maybe 26 to 28 hours from now.
Just a heads up I won't have much chance to check here tomorrow. Maybe 26 to 28 hours from now.
Woke up early to make a post, see you tomorrow.
I tried to fix my stats yesterday, but Paizo forums had an error and lost all my updates. I’ll try it again tonight. I also won’t have a ton of time this weekend. Family and I am repainting two bedrooms and switching all the furniture over.
@DM_Delmoth : Could you add the link to the map in an easily accessible spot (perhaps replacing the old roll20 link at the top of the page)?
@DM_Delmoth : Could you add the link to the map in an easily accessible spot (perhaps replacing the old roll20 link at the top of the page)?
I really wish I could. Paizo has yet to give me DM access to the threads. I've sent two emails asking them to with the required info but still haven't heard anything.
Sent another one. The problem might have been I was sending from my now main email address rather than the one I used to set up my paizo account.
Reposting link here for convenience Slide 2 is current encounter.
Awesome job DM!
Awesome job DM!
Thank you, I appreciate the encouragement.
@DM_Delmoth: As a temporary measure, you could always put the link in your alias "status line".
@DM_Delmoth: As a temporary measure, you could always put the link in your alias "status line".
Excellent Suggestion.
At 4th lvl, Mara might well take the Fortune Hex, which brings up the question:
If Theophilus cackles, does that extend Mara's hex, or just his own? By RAW, it would seem so, but I don't know what the intention is. It could be argued that hex should only be able to be extended by the original hexer.
Arguing intent is always tricky. When I looked at chant, the shaman equivalent ability it specifically says it only works on the shaman's hexes. That could be the way they intended both to work, or they intended witch's cackle to be more powerful. Most likely however it was just sloppy writing on either entry. I'm not sure how to adjudicate this because it's clever synergy between character abilities, which I like. I don't think it's game breaking either. For now it works RAW, Theo's cackle extends Mara's hexes, but if Mara gets chant she can only extend her own hexes. If it gets out of hand I reserve the right to implement a house rule.
I do feel confident however saying the FAQ regarding cackling twice in one round applies to chant, and that you can't use both abilities to extend a hex more than once in 1 round. You could however take turns, extending one of Mara's hexes.
Derp, sloppy reading on my part. Witch's cackle at the end says "caused by the witch."
Cackle (Su): A witch can cackle madly as a move action. Any creature that is within 30 feet that is under the effects of an agony hex, charm hex, evil eye hex, fortune hex, or misfortune hex caused by the witch has the duration of that hex extended by 1 round.
So Theo can only effect his own hexes and vice versa.
That sounds fair.
Wow, those were horrendous rolls on my part.
I have the impression that if you copy and paste your attack line in your forum post, the dice roll is often identical. Have others found this? It seems to work fine if you copy and paste from a text file.
Yes, I think so, Mara. Another PC of mine got the same result 2 out of the 9 times he used his "roll twice and take the better" trait in PbP games, which might not be statistically significant (normally you would get the same result 1 out of 20 times). I don't recall how many of those were copy-and-paste and how many I actually typed. I think after the first identical result I less often copy-pasted.
One time I drank a potion of CLW and rolled a 1, so I drank another one, which was also a 1. A third and fourth potion also yielded rolls of 1.
I would stop buying from that vendor.
Which way did Dervak retreat (see DM_Delmoth's status line for map link)?
Also, note that Theophilus is next to one of the Pickle Punks (although I think it has reach 0), and Julius doesn't have room to get into melee.
I moved him directly south two squares, behind Rowan.
Biting the diseased-looking dead things seemed like a bad idea.
I'll do some testing later today. I should prolly use my math degree for something because Asmodeus knows I don't use it for work.
I’m not using flurry until my BAB is a little higher.
That is a huge bummer about all of those potion! I’ll try to remember to type out that information next time, rather than copying.
I think you're fine if you do get everything ready in a text file, and then copy-paste into the forum post. I think it's when you copy something that has already been previewed (causing the random number to be generated), that the issue occurs.
@Julius: I don't think Theo's token has been moved.
Now in the second slide I have a marching order for 1, 2, and 3 wide. Please feel free to rearrange as you see fit.
I presume Dervak would like to be in the front rank, in the 3-wide formation at least.
Let me know if I'm putting too many actions into my posts. I'm trying to keep the dungeon exploration side of things moving along.
Dervak will likely shift to second rank after something closes to melee range, but he likes being up front initially to get the AOO from reach. So him in front with an empty space behind him in 2-wide would be good.
I don't mind starting at second rank, then switching to first with Dervak once combat starts.
As long as, Theo can get within 30' of a target, he can go anywhere in order.
Let me know if I'm putting too many actions into my posts. I'm trying to keep the dungeon exploration side of things moving along.
Much appreciated, I don't think you're doing too much at once.
Just an FYI, I was finally able to fix my character sheet.
I've been added as DM for this campaign! I've added the links to the map and treasure up top, I'll keep them in my by line too since there is no reason to remove them.
Yea!
Shouldn't Julius' +5 Disable Device modifier be already accounting for his lack of tools? 1 (rank) + 3 (class skill) + 3 (dex) - 2 (no tools) = 5
Looks like he's wearing chain shirt so he has an armor check penalty of -2
Yeah, I think I calculated that right? I was factoring the ACP in there too.
Is the Wand of CLW (5 charges) still with the party? If so, either Mara or Theo should be carrying it.