Adventure is not nice to PCs. One of the first things they go over is what to do when a PC inevitability dies. You could have fought whateverdebiswas which could affect casters and lock away half of their abilities unless they were built in a not common way.
Italian Festival this weekend, so I may not be able to post.
I work at an Italian food market; as a chef, so we will be working 15+ hours both days.
Have the Barkskin spells run out at this point?
I'd say you have about 10 minutes left on it.
Gonna say that barkskin will be gone after next fight. Its prolly been more than half an hour now but I'd like the spell to not be a complete waste.
Does anyone want to do something different than going through the west door?
We could investigate the mysteriously rattling cooking pot. But I guess we pass that to get to the west door.
If we want a fight before buffs run out, then where to?
I will say the apparent way forward is the west door.
I was wondering myself. I had sent him a PM earlier this week but haven't heard anything yet. I know RL gets in the way so I'm not going to worry about it too much right now. I'll bot him in combat if I need to. It wouldn't make a lot of narrative sense to introduce a new PC at this point, though it is possible. If we don't hear from him by the time you confront Zandalus I know exactly what to do with the character.
Running IRL game today. Won't be able to respond til later tonight or tomorrow morning. A lot will happen once the party steps into the hall.
I drew a box on the map to show where the difficult terrain is. I've assumed that it's the spaces in front of the ghouls.
@GM_Delmoth: Please alter the difficult terrain box as necessary if my assumption is off. Also note that Mara's action assumed that the square that Mara stepped into was clear; she couldn't make the 5 ft step otherwise.
Thank you! I fixed the area that is difficult, just two more squares added.
Just a reminder that Mara cast Barkskin on Dervak and Rowan (expires after this fight).
Undead are immune to death effects, disease, mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, morale effects, phantasms, and patterns), paralysis, poison, sleep, stun, and any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect also works on objects or is harmless). Undead are not subject to ability drain, energy drain, or nonlethal damage. Undead are immune to damage or penalties to their physical ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution), as well as to fatigue and exhaustion effects. Undead are not at risk of death from massive damage.
Evil Eye (Su): The witch can cause doubt to creep into the mind of a foe within 30 feet that she can see. The target takes a –2 penalty on one of the following (witch's choice): AC, ability checks, attack rolls, saving throws, or skill checks. This hex lasts for a number of rounds equal to 3 + the witch's Intelligence modifier. A Will save reduces this to just 1 round. This is a mind-affecting effect. At 8th level the penalty increases to –4.
Oops! I meant to use Misfortunate...lol.
Mara is planning to teleport Julius away using her Heaven's leap hex, just as a ghoul is about to strike, hopefully wasting its attack. He wouldn't last too long taking 9 attacks per round!
It's probably a good idea to try to force them to move forward into the difficult terrain to reach us. They wouldn't be able to make a full attack, and Dervak would get an AoO.
Fists against ghouls seems like a really bad idea, right? Can I use flurry of blows with any weapons?
I don't think there's any problem hitting them with your fists. It's only when they damage you that you have to make a save vs paralysis.
Fists are fine and you can use flurry with monk weapons.
GM: The Initiative shows Rowan going after the ghouls. I imagine that's why he hasn't posted yet. Has Rowan taken any action so far?
Edit: I thought Rowan had posted an action previously, but I guess not. That's what I get for posting when I'm half asleep.
You got it. Loose initiative is good for pbp but it can be confusing. I will generally do my best to point to who needs to act on the order in the combat map.
@DM_Delmoth: Does Mara know if Winter has the means to cure Ghoul Fever? Does she think there's a possibility of the man recovering, or is he too far gone?
Mara has no evidence that Winter can cast 3rd level spells so remove disease would be out unless Winter was holding back. She can cast 2nd level spells so lesser restoration could heal his con damage and she could make heal checks to assist with the saves. He would likely recover eventually assuming Winter has the spell slots available to cast daily and the man is not extremely unlucky.
I get the feeling that we have to shut down the fog creation before taking on Zandalus; I'm just not sure how to do it.
I will say its not required, though the adventure assumes you do. I won't give you a hint as to how to shut the mist portals down other than you're prolly overthinking it.
That said don't feel compelled to do what the adventure assumes just be aware that there might be consequences.
So what does everyone else want to do? Should we hack the body to pieces?
Unfortunately, Rowan can’t go near the mist; his saves aren’t good enough.
My initial thought was to poke the belly to see if the mist leaks out there. I know I’m missing something about how to deal with this poor sap.
Throwing him outside seems prudent. We can probably wait for the Unseen Servant.
I’m wondering if Red Destiny is random loot, or plot...
I looked over our treasure and didn’t see anything else that looked special.
An unseen servant has a strength of 2, so it may not be able to move the fog generator.
Drag 100 pounds, so conjure two?
This place has really not made me any saner.
Well played, Mara...lol.
Rowan’s only range attacks are a throwable dagger and a sling. He isn’t super helpful right now, but will do whatever I can.
That may be more ranged attacks than the ghouls have; any ranged weapon helps.
Edit: I don't think going down to the lower level and engaging a ghast and 6 ghouls in melee is a good idea.
DM_Delmoth: Will Theo be able to Withdraw from his current position?
They are stairs but it's not too steep to be difficult terrain. I don't think withdrawal cares about difficult terrain but its a moot point.
I guess I always assumed that you could draw a weapon as part of a move action. But I see now that RAW it says regular move. There is some debate about what regular means in this case, but none of them apply in this instance. I'm inclined to house rule it my way only because I'm going to forget how it actually works.
As a side note I usually litter the battlefield with discarded weapons.
I have a lead on a new player to take over Julius's slot. I'm gonna get him up to speed in the mean time.
Why do I not see "new post" notifications for the Discussion thread?
Sorry to have missed so much.
Dervak is happy to skewer the oneirogen with the longspear, or wait for Unseen Servants to draw it outside. My guess is that we do need to kill it - the organs missing seems a strong suggestion of "This guy can't be saved, so be merciful."
If Rowan doesn't want to use Red Destiny, Dervak will take it and the magic shield. He can go sword-and-board - would put less strain on our healers. Dervak does take a lot of damage. Or maybe our new player would like it.
Im not sure. I know when I was starting to take over. That a couple of people were not getting notifications since they hadn't posted in a while. I've also had a hell of a time recently submitting things on mobile so might be related.
I had another game that was inactive for a while (a couple of months or so), and I didn't get new post notifications when it started going again.
Normally, I would suggest resting before going after Zandalus, but Mara is afraid that the guy tied to the bed doesn't have very long left. As it is, she wants to finish things ASAP.
Incidentally, Julius is carrying the wand of CLW, which has 5 charges remaining I think.
Theo has been saving his Cure for the opportune moment....
Dervak's got his magic shirt (10 HP stored), and a potion of CLW, and his Orc Ferocity to keep him active even if he goes negative. He's willing to go after Zandalus.
And if things get really hairy you'll finally get to see his party trick...
Rowan is still full on health and has all his stunning fists. I don’t need to rest, but will if the group needs it to be better prepared for the fight.
I'm presuming that the hallway going south past the ghoul ambush room is blocked by rubble and impassible.
I'm presuming that the hallway going south past the ghoul ambush room is blocked by rubble and impassible.
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Hi everybody! Happy to be joining you at some point. Trying to get everything arranged on my end but I should be ready to go by the time you find me.
Also no stabbing me....I am very sensitive to physical pain!