Welcome to The Beggar's Pearl, a PFS oldie from Season 1!
for the Outpost PbP convention
(Some good background stuff, if you're a dwarf, in this one... if you care about such things!)
figured folks would start shuffling in on their own eventually =)
Lots of time still.
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Mutahir Hashem, the Cleric Killer, at your service.
Mutahir is a agent of the Pure Legion of Rahadoum, on loan to the Pathfinder society to help exterminate cultists. He is shockingly resilient to divine magic and must make saves even against buffs and healing, and opposing divine magic must also beat his spell resistance!
Hrm... at the moment, Mutahir is waaaay overpowered for this, as he will be out of tier, high... in a season 1.
Because of the restriction to 5 players, we will have to play down.
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Yeeeeah. Was not my intention. Just saw the scenario description and went for it, since mutahir's schtick is "Hunt down cultists" and he's not particularly useful outside of that.
I have some other recently freed up lower level options if you'd prefer I go low instead. I can shoo poor mutahir out and pull one of my other characters.
Heh, you could probably solo most of it =) Was at least hoping we could be in the high tier so it wouldn't be a total cake walk =)
But re-read the guide book, and 5 even with only 5 players has to go low, no choice.
Will see who else pops in by the 5th.
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Ah well... as I said, if it's not super important than I'll just keep Mutahir... I've been more selective about his endevors since he's the heaviest role play character I have with almost all of his abilities just suited to that one thing, and I'd hate to lose him cause he went on an adventure where that WASN'T a thing.
But if we really want, I have a level 2 psychic I can bring in.
Hmm... still one person not checked in.
And it was the one dwarf too!
And of course, with the new site changes, the chances he'll notice the PM I sent him dropped dramatically!
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Hey guys, the tier is a bit of a mess here. We have one character at each possible level! I can sub in a higher level character if we want to 'unmessify' things. I have either a sorcerer 7 (water bloodline, built mostly to do damage with evocation spells) or an arcanist 5 who I could bring instead of Tad, since I'm one of the extreme examples. The sorcerer is another of my favorite characters, and the arcanist is one I'm building right now off of pregen and GM credits, so I would be happy to play either.
It's not that easy. Because this is season one, and we've been restricted to 5 players, if the APL falls between tiers we *have* to play down.
So in order to get into the higher tier, total levels have to add up to 28. You'd have to play a level 6 for it to be enough to push it up (so the arcanist wouldn't be enough)
If we could add a 6th player... We'd no longer be forced to go down between tiers. So would only need to get to a total level of 27.
Ah, the vagaries of APL calculations =)
Right now, in the lower tier, 3 or 4 of you could probably solo it =)
Nah, it won't help Otha.
But, I received permission from the powers what be to try to snag a 6th person.
Which will help. Especially if they're in the lower level range.
OK, there we go. Running with 6, high tier!
Alas poor bad guys!
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Hey GM, just found out that I can use my original planned character after all...the session he was in was only lacking the GM's final post or two and the new site format kept him from responding for a few days...character info is below:
Forum User Name: Otha
PFS Character Name: Daedîn
PFS Number: 239913-6
Faction: Grand Lodge
Dayjob (if applicable): N/A
Anything else you need me to know: 4th Level Sniper (Rogue)
Purchases:
Efficient Quiver 1,800 gp
Holy Water flask 25 gp
Cold Iron Arrows (40) 4 gp
Blunt Arrows (20) 2 gp
Silver Arrows (20) 21 gp
Easy enough. Will move the other PC to the inactive list. Go ahead and post with Daedin to get back on.
Realized I forgot my typical GM disclaimer! (Tad, Mutahir, and Benny already have an idea on my GMing style, as I've GM'd for them in the past, but for the rest of you)
I tend to paraphrase quite extensively sometimes... so if posts seem a little wordy sometimes... that's normal! I get a little caught up in describing the scene at times.
I check for posts quite frequently, and try to keep things moving along as briskly as I can. The game will move as quickly as you guys do! If you've not posted in a 24 hour period however, I will move things along regardless... often having you delay, or do something relatively innocuous, if not previously instructed otherwise.
I roll initiative for you, and use group initiative for the PC's... and by that I mean that all PC's that go before the next bad guy, can take their turn, and I will resolve them in the order of posting (everyone else more-or-less delaying as you jockey for position) If you want to make sure you go before or after someone/thing else, just mention it in your post.
(note: I will not always describe things in this order... but that's just narrative color.)
I will often roll saves or AoO's for you, if I need to know the results of them to resolve the bad guys' turns. Otherwise, it's on you... though I do ask that you roll these things, when asked, first thing in your next post... don't worry about getting every modifier right, we can adjust it after the fact, if needed.
I will keep most of my rolling inside a spoiler text..
Feel free to look at it if you want... mostly just keep them in there to avoid cluttering up the post.
Otherwise, enjoy the RP of it all!
Up to you Tad.
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GM, I'm struggling with a rules oddity for Tad. I would like to buy some mint for him to chew so that he's minty fresh rather than stinky when he licks people. Ultimate Equipment lists a pound of mint among 'trade goods' for 5sp (pg 93). Additional resources says that that whole chapter with a few exceptions is legal. Is 1 lb the smallest increments I can buy?
Also, are you OK with me retconning buying that just before we set off? I think I mentioned it, but was unable to find the rules about it before we set off. It's entirely a flavor item (excuse the unintentional pun), not something I intend any mechanical benefit from.
Ya, you have to buy things in the increments listed.
(Kinda why you have to by 20 arrows at a time)
But its easy to say you leave some of it at home between adventures =)
You mentioned the mint, so its fine.
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I will likely be without internet access for the better part of the weekend. If the notes show back up I’ll shoot with my composite longbow with cold iron arrows (+9/+4, 1d8+2). I do not have point blank or precise shot. If something else shows up and I don’t know about DR I’ll charge in with the urgosh. Wolf will defend himself but only engage if I go into melee.
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you know, its surprising difficult talking 'crazy' and still trying to impart useful bits of information =)
Never a good sign =)
Kinda swamped at work today, will try to get an update in at some point... but in case I don't.
Busy day at work, haven't had a chance to update things yet! Getting there. =)
up and right a bit
But for our purposes ... up.