Doug M's Way of the Wicked (Inactive)

Game Master Douglas Muir 406

Audience? I figured you would be in the show.

I see you have already taken the potion Judge!

I know the guys who date these girls but definitely not one of them, the audience did have to be vetted so I passed that part at least.

Sometimes I get lucky and the camera likes me, but its like rolling dice, you win some you lose some.

Oh for Elise how about Karlie Kloss who is such an ice queen she spurned Leo Dicaprio's advances.

Go girl!

Kloss looks like she needs to lose some weight, she just does not shout anorexia quite loud enough.

Oh for Elise how about Karlie Kloss who is such an ice queen she spurned Leo Dicaprio's advances.

Go girl!

Snort. -- Elise has darker hair, but the f%@+-you look is dead on.

Doug M.

Wow, all the online pictures of me are pretty dreadful. There's a thumbnail over at my buddy Noel Maurer's blog that isn't actively dire, but in most of them I'm having, to be charitable, bad hair.

To be fair, most of these pictures are of me with my kids, and when I'm with my kids I'm usually pretty distracted. (There are some nice pictures of my kids out there.)

Doug M.

Off to bed for me. Will check in the morning and continue to mislead the good inquisitor.

The picture I'll always associate with Tiadora was the one in the second book...

Tiadora while the world burns

Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games

(There are some nice pictures of my kids out there.)

THAT IS ADORABLE! Had no idea you were old enough to be a dad DM.

He's going to be a heartbreaker that one!

Judge, Karlie is actually considered very fit, she's one of the most sought after girls in the industry.

Thanks for the input Gary, Tiadora there looks like a cross between Emma Frost and an Erinyes.

I'll kick that one around my head a little more, most of the girls in magazines I look at don't have that kind of (w)rack Tiadora is sporting.

My one thought was maybe Amber Heard could work as Tiadora, but some people say she and I have similar features so I was trying to steer clear from her as an example.

Yeah, I like the "watching the world burn" illo but the rack seems a bit of overkill.

You like that? Have another. (That's my youngest, "the honey badger".)

Honestly, I think my kids are better looking than I ever was... which is fine; one wants to improve the breed, right? Anyway, I'm old enough to have played First Edition.

Doug M.

Yeah, I like the "watching the world burn" illo but the rack seems a bit of overkill.

You like that? Have another. (That's my youngest, "the honey badger".)

Honestly, I think my kids are better looking than I ever was... which is fine; one wants to improve the breed, right? Anyway, I'm old enough to have played First Edition.
Doug M.

+1...keep on the borderlands in 1980...ahhhh the not so good ol days...

I remeber getting Oriental Adventures and Unearthed Arcana when they first came out.....

I still have the Fiend Folio and the Pink D&D Basic set. Keep on the Borderlands was my first game.

...Damn I feel young. When I started playing, the information on third edition was already starting to come out in Dragon.

I have all the dragons from about issue 80-200 or so. I think I have a few earlier ones, but not too many. Still have the DMG with the Efreeti on the front. Pretty much I played AD&D, a little 2nd edition, and then really did not play for almost 20 years until I started with PF in the summer of 2011.

This is what happens when goblins get bored! Pranks begin!

Scenes from the lab - I like horror and love suspense but wow that was pretty downright scary stuff.

An evil campaign shouldn't be just a good campaign with different monsters. You're the bad guys now; your friends are bad guys, and you're doing bad things in order to accomplish horrible evil, ends.

I want to keep this mostly PG-13; as we noted back when, nobody wants to read graphic descriptions of rape, torture and atrocity. (Or if you do, I probably don't want to game with you.) But yeah, sometimes some bad stuff is going to be front and center. Playing Team Evil is different.

Doug M.

Not at all, you help set the mood completely. Nicely (if a bit morbidly) done, no complaints and it help make the dwarf a real horrible monster instead of a bumbling lab coat.

And the dwarf FEARS Tiadora!

No need to tone it down further, your descriptions have always set the game setting and it is appreciated!

I had school earlier, now have to run to work, I play catch up again later, I think I have 10 posts to catch up on the game thread.

Did we ever make a final decision on which Teamwork feat we were taking?

The dog will be absolutely loyal to you. Somehow, you know this, deep down in your bones.

The dog's default starting attitude to every other living thing is Hostile.

Lol - with my level 2 evolution point, Morsum almost got:

Unnatural Aura (Su)
An eidolon is obviously of unnatural origin. Normal animals do not willingly approach the eidolon unless the animal’s master makes a DC 25 Handle Animal, Ride, or wild empathy check.

stealth I thought

BTW, we passed the month mark on this a little while back. About five weeks now.

Doug M.

You like that? Have another. (That's my youngest, "the honey badger".)

She has great eyes and dimples! Good gene pool there DM.

Edmin got a fiendish puppy!

Awesome!

Reminds me a little like Fable II the video game, which is a compliment.

Can we have a name the puppy contest?

Ah the head...nice touch...you may have the cardinal eating out of your hands before long :]

That was not my intent but would be a lovely side benefit.

You have met Mick Jagger? I love the Rolling Stones, To actually meet Mick not just see him would be awesome. You lead a very interesting life, must be nice.

He is old enough to be older than my grandfather but talk about charisma! He used to frequent Lotus in New York before it closed, and now goes to Double 7 a lot.

You know, his father was a math teacher, and young Mick got sent to the London School of Economics -- roughly the equivalent of MIT -- in order to study finance? He met Keith Richards, got distracted, and dropped out after the Stones' first successful single (end of his sophomore year IMS).

There's an alternate universe where he never met Keith, and became a successful investment banker...

Doug M.

Loved Zargo's lab! Poor Jax is being forced to make decisions between unpleasant murder and satisfying his curiosity.

I know, man. My heart goes out to poor Jax.

-- Okay, we resolve Jax's interaction with the book and Zimu's meeting with the Cardinal. And then (if nobody has anything else they want to pursue just now) we move on to the Next Thing.

Bref will chat with cardinal briefly then he is good to go.

I am just hanging as I do not think that there is anything else for me at present.

Ready...

Ready as well.

I hope that second will save passes! That's a hefty price in gold, Ouch!
DM, can he take 10 on the spellcraft checks? I'm hating the die roller atm..heh.

I hope that second will save passes! That's a hefty price in gold, Ouch!

Slaves cost money. You want to just kill people with no consequences, that's Chaotic Evil. It's fun and all, but they don't have the evening turn-down with the little chocolate on the pillow, you know?

DM, can he take 10 on the spellcraft checks?

Nope.

You have met Mick Jagger? I love the Rolling Stones, To actually meet Mick not just see him would be awesome. You lead a very interesting life, must be nice.

I'm very lucky. I had to work in clubs to help pay for schooling in New York even with a partial scholarship. I still work in clubs despite working for a brokerage firm.

The Mick was beyond charming and always gracious. And had a smile that would Bref's to shame. The man is way up there in age but still has dance moves to spare in spades.

Jax how much do yo need, only 0.953 (less than a percent) interest with me and a share of your spells of course.

:)

-- Okay, we resolve Jax's interaction with the book and Zimu's meeting with the Cardinal. And then (if nobody has anything else they want to pursue just now) we move on to the Next Thing.

DM I have a three parter but we can speed through it for the sake of the group.

I'll start posting on the discussion thread.

25 gold and 8 copper down, 354 gold left to go, Cimu.

But all that for a possible 9 spells and +2 Cha? I'm okay with that!

But all that for a possible 9 spells and +2 Cha? I'm okay with that!

You won't always roll a nat 20. A nat 1 would probably have been the end of Jax as a character...

Yeah..I figured the book was risky, but Jax is too curious not to avoid it. Glad it turned out for the best!

Cimu, the spells I was looking at are:

Bear's Endurance
Blood Transcription (+2 bonus)
Bladed Dash
Cat's Grace
Darkness (+2)
Frigid Touch (+2)
Glitterdust
Pyrotechnics
Web

The last three are some of the best control spells for lv 2 spells. Bear's Endurance is good since most people don't ivnest in Con items right away (str or dex first). Blood Transcription is just..cool. Darkness is decent and gets a +2 to learn. Frigid touch is amazing. If you have other suggestions to replace one of those, let me know! (Oh and bladed dash just sounds awesome)

I can get Glitterdust if you want to get something else.

Work on second level spells because we have a lot of first level between our two spell books and the Warden.

I was thinking Invisibility and Mirror Image or Scorching Ray for my next level.

I can see the use of Cat's Grace but Bear's Endurance is not as useful and more situational.

Can I take a day to help research this?

In the game play thread, I'm just roleplaying guys. I'm likable in real life.

:P

In the game play thread, I'm just roleplaying guys. I'm likable in real life.

:P

I, on the other hand, am a psychopathic monster doing a very convincing imitation of a kindly husband and father.

;)

Doug M.

Okay, training time. Two things.

First, each of you now gets a trait. This is a bonus, extra, "training trait". So you should have three traits at the end of this -- your background, your crime trait, and this new one.

Some possible traits include the following:

These are samples; if you want to develop a different trait (or reskin an existing one) go ahead and propose it.

Second, did we get agreement on which teamwork trait(s) you're taking?

Doug M.

Do we have to know the spell already? Or could I choose a second level spell to get at +1CL, and essentially not get the benefit from the trait for 2 more levels?

As far as the feat goes, I asked this a day or so ago. I think we were leaning toward the Stealth one.

Allied Spellcaster for Me/Cy/Dren could be useful. However, most of us have different spells and for me they are more buffing spells, thus +2 SR will be less useful. Not sure whether Dren is likely to have a lot of use for the +2SR - obviously for Cy it would be good.

I think that Lookout for Bren/Edmin/Jax could be very useful. As long as they are next to each other, something that is likely in surprise situations, then all will be able to act. Or even get Standard & Move actions if both would not normally be surprised.

Precise Strike is nice, but I think that Edmin already has this from his Cavalier level.

Shake It Off could be very good. Assuming that the casters will generally stay together and the fighters fight the same enemies (ie - don't play chaotic stupid and run rampant across the battlefield), then we will get +1 to +4 on all saves. This could be most useful on surprise rounds when enemy spellcasters try to nail us with big spells and we are all together.

Finally, Stealth Synergy would be very good for getting the moving tank, Edmin, places more quietly, after all, we could make 6 rolls. The odds of at least one of these being 15+ is very high with 6 of us.

Do we have to know the spell already? Or could I choose a second level spell to get at +1CL, and essentially not get the benefit from the trait for 2 more levels?

I'd have no problem with that.

I thought we selected stealth and I think it is the best choice. It is still my vote.

I will think on the traits.

Did anyone ever throw a rank at Knowledge (Dungeoneering)?

Also, at some point Jax needs to roll for his spells.

Doug M.

Dungeoneering 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

Cimu, Bear's Endurance is one of those spells that gets some use as you progress in levels. Jax isn't likely to spend money on Con enhancement over a Dex enhancement anytime soon. So for one spell level that's an extra 2 hp/level + Fort. Now, Cat's grace is better but will be less useful at higher levels. Unfortunately, there aren't that many useful spells at level 2 for a magus.

He has mirror image in his book already from the Waren's book. If you want to take Glitterdust, I'll replace it with scorching ray. Invisibility doesn't have any use for Jax himself since he's much more likely to use Vanish (and with his limited spells he's not likely to be buffing anyone but himself, sorry guys!).

Here are spellcraft rolls for that including the +2 bonus (note, where possible i tried to pick any spell with one of those keywords because it felt fitting the book would have those spells in it over any others).
DC: 17
Bear's Endurance 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
Blood Transcription: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20
Bladed Dash 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11 (oh come on please let this one roll well, this spell is so cool!)
Cat's Grace 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
Darkness (Can Jax get another +2 circumstance bonus on this for being able to cast it as a racial ability?) 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18
Scorching Ray 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28
Frigid Touch 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28
Pyrotechnics 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
Web 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27

I agree with Stealth Synergy as the selected feat.
Jax took a rank in Know: Dungeoneering as well, Bref. (atm he has one rank in every knowledge skill that is a class skill) 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

Edit: Aw..damn! The one I hope for rolls a 1, fail haha!
Oh well that adds: Bear's Endurance, Blood transcription, Darkness, Scorching Ray, Frigid Touch and Web to his spell book. 6/9 ain't that bad! That's a free 240 gold, so almost worth the price of admission.

Edit 2: Cimu, assuming over the next 7 weeks Jax can take 10 on spellcraft for spells from the Warden's book, his current spellbook looks as follows: