EM - [PFS] Champion's Chalice, the Return (Inactive)

Game Master Evil Minion

Because once just wasn't enough!

Just in time for Gameday VII (aka Aug 13)

Return to where it all began? The Pig's Paunch again? Oh, there's more.. Don't forget your bug spray... The Jungle! Dale sits up from his lab bench with a smile on his face, he scratches at some old healed up poc marks on his arm before returning to his work.

If only I'd finished with the samples I collected there. At least I can get more now. I wonder who else will be there, some fresh samples from them would be helpful in my research.

Dru comes back; carrying her usual assortiment of weapons.

Seeing Dale, she gives him a big hug, and quickly offers a drink

Do you still have that strange mix of yours to cure the mornin"after spinnin"headaches? Cause you might need a few tomorrow! Have you heard about the others?

put in a gameplay thread, for those looking to keep track of things... though no game to play, just yet! =)

Oooooff! Wheezes Dale as the overgrown woman tries to squeeze the life out of him. "Must... breathe.... yes... yes." He confirms as she finally releases him.

"Hangover cures are a bread and butter concoction that any alchemist, be they nubile, novice, or extraordinary. The location of ones shop near as many mid to high scale establishments as possible increases the sales significantly." He accepts said drink, treating it like a fine glass of wine, or perhaps in his case as an investigation of its own. Swirling it, smelling it, noting the color, and finally slamming it down in one oversized gulp.

"Refreshing. I can have approximately 1.3 more of those glasses and still function at 90% capacity. How's things been? And no, I haven't seen anyone in quite some time, not since our last trip in the jungle." He leans against his lab bench, wondering just how Dru tracked him down at that.

A familiar little frog-man wanders into the room, looking around to see what old friends he is being reunited with. His smile is just as bright, and his eyes still show the same (perhaps naive) enthusiasm for life.

Faliana breezes into the room, her giant bag with a small arsenal of weapons strapped on and bright varisian clothes on display. Her hair has finally grown back in, though she still has a head scarf, this time to hold her hair in place. She gives a gasp of joy as she finds everyone else. "My! How long it's been!"

She rushes over to the hairy alchemist and wraps him up in a hug. "Dale you're looking as furry as ever! But did you dye it? The color seems different somehow. But more importantly, have you been remembering to eat? And don't lie to me! I know you tend to forget."

She then wraps up Dru in a hug, but is soon over powered. "Dru, it's been forever! *oof* I forgot how strong you are! How's the drinking been going? You find anything you'd reccomend next time I hit a tavern?"

With a genuine smile, she heads over to Tad. Kneeling down she gives the small grippli a tender hug and pat on the head. "Tad, it's been too long. How has my favorite cleric been?"

Standing back up, she takes a look at the door. "Dangit, I swear he was just behind me! He probably got lost somewhere. No worries, Monty'll make it here on his own time."

Brady walks in on Faliana's heels, and catches her expectant glance. "Nope, sorry. Not me!" He smiles, then offers hugs around. He looks much the same as last you saw him, perhaps with a new scar or two though. "I'm glad to see you all. It's been a difficult time, these past months. The Society keeps trying to kill me; I've seen too much death--or, well, near death--as it is."

He lowers his voice, and his eyes. "You know, Fali... you were there."

Looking back up at everyone, his voice and confidence return. "So, you know, let's play it safe this time, eh? Hope the VC's don't have anything too dangerous in store, right?"

Faliana gives a shudder as Brady mentions the near deaths that they had seen. "Ashava protect, that demon mold was horrid! Who would have thought a mold would actually LIKE fire? And I never want to be covered in someone else's blood like that again!" She gives the half-orc a big hug. "We got through it, though and no one died, but Armik had me scared for a second."

She then reaches over and gives Tad a gentle pat on the head again. "Anyways we've got Tad, the angel in green skin here, I doubt anyone is going to be dying on us this time around!"

Tad looks sad when he hears about the experiences of some of his friends. "I wish the Lady of Light had sent me with you to protect you, but she sent me to people who needed me desperately. I had to heal people who had been tortured with vines. Now I am here to take care of you."

By the way, I'm willing to pick up a few scrolls if there are specific spells everyone thinks we want this trip. I also would value any input into spells to memorize. Tad now gets level 3 spells. This time, Tad is not trailing behind in level!

Fwiw, Brady is currently looking on as another fellow Pathfinder is looking death in the eye. I seem to pick the deadly games.

A level 5 Tad? You must be transitioning soon to fully fledged Frog from tadpole! Or at the very least have arms and legs, just a bit of tail remaining?

Dale looks up yet again from his work bench, confused on how everyone found their way to his workshop. "Did a wizard scratch a mark on my door without me knowing?" He heads over to check it out "Gah, not being able to detect the simplest of magics is really getting on my nerves. Everyone please have a seat if you can find one, but please don't touch anything or eat anything... not all is as it seems sometimes." He brushes a few smoking pots and crucibles to the side and hops up on his bench top.

He pulls out a lab book to record a few notes, curious about everyone's adventures while they've been away. "Now do tell, fire loving mold? That sounds quite amazing and entertaining! Near death experiences... aren't most these days in our line of work?" He coughs nervously and pushes a certain crucible back just a bit farther.

In response to Faliana's personal inquiries Dale responds flatly and only a touch annoyed "My hair does sometimes change tone, depending on the experiments I've been working on lately. I think it really takes up some of the odd compounds and toxins of my environment." He brushes some from his face annoyingly. "As far as adequate nutrition.. I've always been able to maintain the proper balance of eating and sleeping!" With the help of some alchemical supplements of course! He smiles weakly at this statement. His arms as skinny as ever.

Bluff: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

You rely to much on magical tricks. I just had to ask at the local Pathfinders if they knew where Dale the Sage, Alchemist lives, and give a description of your appearance, and I found you quickly. No big mystery here. How do you think the Venture Captain would know where to contact us for missions?

Fwiw, Brady is currently looking on as another fellow Pathfinder is looking death in the eye. I seem to pick the deadly games.

Two down, currently, and we're not done with the combat yet.

That fight can get messy if you end up in the water unprepared.

And the game I'm in right now it's mostly been goblins vs. a well optimized bloodrager, so we have the opposite problem, everything is pretty much turning into a cloud of fine red mist.

Faliana gives Dale's arms a critical look. "Uh-huh... you know I don't count alchemic substitutes as 'balanced.' Would it hurt to hire someone who could tidy up and cook things for you once a day? It wouldn't be too expensive!"

Sense motive: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Got the scenarios from the Paizo folks in my downloads.

Yay for free stuff!

I may need to withdraw from this or send someone else. Tad's current adventure has not ended yet, and feels like it may not quite end in time. If Tad can't make it, he might instead send his little sister, Claudia, who is a magus. She uses her tongue to deliver touch damage spells. :)
However, that would leave the party without a healer.

Three weeks to go!
You need faster posters =)

spank the slow posters!

Making the rounds of announcements for my current games, but this will bleed over into the first week of GameDay VII, so I should announce it here, too. From August 1st to the 19th, I'm going to be travelling, without a computer or data, so all posts will likely be done by phone and over wifi, unless I can borrow a computer for a bit. Thus my posts might be shorter than usual, and there are times I might not be able to get a post in that day, though I'll try getting a short warning up if nothing else!

Froggie Facts (so you don't have to look them up on a previous game:

Player: Redelia
Character: Thaddeus Treeskipper
Faction: Silver Crusage
PFS: 184425-4
day job: none

Player: Zin Z'arin
Character: Brady Torquatus
Faction: The Exchange
PFS: 192785-8
Day Job: Profession (merchant), traveler's any-tool: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 9 + 2 = 20 (min 25 gp due to Slush Fund faction reward)

Brady's game is done (he survived!) and he is ready to go.

I already have all this info =)
Well, except day job stuff, but I don't typically collect that til the end. Always seemed weird getting it up front.

I was starting to get Fali's PFS info together and realized she should have leveled up before she started the game she's in right now, and it's the sanctioned play of a adventure path, which means she should get another 3 xp if she completes it in time, so I need to double level her when the scenario ends.

It's looking unlikely Tad will be free by Monday. :(

Do you have an estimated finish date?

I can try to get one. We're in the middle of what the GM described as a 'minigame' and I have a feeling there's still the final fight after that. Up until a few days ago the GM thought we probably would just finish by the start of Gameday, so it's probably a matter of a few days or a week.

I'm sure no one will have any issues if we need to delay the start a few days here or there.

We'll see how it plays out!

Got no pb with that

I'm in no rush on my end.

Just checking in with a progress report. We're just finishing up a chase scene, and then have to fight what I think is the BBG we've been chasing. We've done a bunch of damage with ranged weapons during the chase, so I think we're a few days from done.

go team.

Hmm... will give it a few days for Tad's to hopefully conclude.

Luckily, everyone and their dog is starting up about now, so a slight offset will probably be good for everyone's sanity.

Its funny, all of mine are actually delayed a few days, minus the Starfinder Special. Or are ongoing games.

Ha!

I'll see if I can't drum up at least an introductory post of some sort... get the ball on the field at least, if not rolling.

The chase just ended, so it's just a combat left.

Tad wants to pick up some nice scrolls of condition removal and things, and will have lots of gold (more than 5000) to spend on them. Any suggestions or requests?

Oh, and also remember, if you're looking to purchase mundane stuff, you get a 10% discount in Garund... so buy it once you get to Eleder =)

Would like to buy Muleback cords

MULEBACK CORDS

Aura faint transmutation; CL 3rd

Slot shoulders; Price 1,000 gp; Weight 1/4 lb.

DESCRIPTION

These thick leather cords wrap around the wearer's biceps and shoulders; when worn, they make the muscles appear larger than normal. The wearer treats his Strength score as 8 higher than normal when determining his carrying capacity. This bonus does not apply to combat, breaking items, or any other Strength-related rolls except the amount of equipment or material the wearer can carry.

CONSTRUCTION

Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, bull's strength; Cost 500 gp

Oh, and also remember, if you're looking to purchase mundane stuff, you get a 10% discount in Garund... so buy it once you get to Eleder =)

Brady has made some purchases in advance of this scenario (they can be seen under the "Scenario Notes" spoiler on his sheet). I will adjust their pricing to include the Favor of Cartahegn discount. Thanks for the reminder!

Howdy all! Sorry I was slow in showing up!

He pulls up a chair with everyone else.

I told Slitherbane that we shoulda taken a left at the grand lodge, but NOOOOoooo, he's the millennia old weapon, he deeeeefinitly knows his way around here.

Monty glares at the familiar flail that is sticking from his back next to his walking staff.

Hush you, before I feed you to a rust monster.

Hi guys! I'm back, I'm ready to roll, and I'm super excited!

I also have Slitherbane upgraded as far as he can get at this level, so we now have a telepathic talking flail for those who speak his languages.

Player: Matthais777
Character: Mr. Monty
PFS#176948-8
Dayjob: Counselor: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

what? You learned to speak ancient azlanti before you learned to talk to the locals in your home country? =P

=P Fair point. I'm like Fali and did a double level up, so I'll put another point in linguistics and speak Polygot.

Heh, clearly Monty's going with a more talkative version of Slitherbane than the original model!

The original scenario described its personality as: "Slitherbane communicates rarely, primarily in archaic aphorisms about fighting monsters or distrusting serpents"

I had to look up the word 'aphorism' =)

But now I'm going through the two scenarios we're doing, just hoping there are some 'serpent-like' critters in them! Though I suppose the 'Aspis consortium' would get some play, if only for their name!

Yeah, I figure so long as I get to play slitherbane, I should have fun with it. After all, not like he can effect the game mechanically... and having Monty yapping at you for long enough I imagine it'd be hard to keep silent.

Tad's game just finished. We've been told to expect chronicles later tonight.

The holy symbol tattoo costs 100 GP and is from Ultimate Equipment.

That's a great idea. I use one on my cleric of Iomedae.

It's not a true replacement for Tad, because it won't work with his bonded holy symbol abilities, but it is at least enough he can cast a few basic spells.