Euan's Second Darkness (Inactive)

Game Master Euan

It's that time again. Please level up to 9.

The next bit is interesting, and I hope I can do it justice. The text is a little light, so I picked up two other Paizo sources to help me with some depth. It's very open ended too, so we'll sort of feel our way a little together. Also, it is not as harried as this last bit so we can take our time a little more. Perhaps...

First Synopsis - 1 Erastus, 4709 AR
Second Synopsis - 2 Erastus, 4709 AR
Third Synopsis - 19 Erastus, 4709 AR
Fourth Synopsis - 31 Erastus, 4709 AR
Fifth Synopsis - 11 Arodus, 4709 AR
Sixth Synopsis - 15 Arodus, 4709 AR
Seventh Synopsis - 29 Arodus, 4709 AR

Wealday, 2 Rova, 4709
- The grand assault begins as Eviana’s plan goes into action!
- The party begins with the front door and, through the power of fog, pushes the defenders back into the hallway before defeating them. Glesh’s attacks took their toll however so the party falls back briefly to heal.
- Moving across the hall, they engage the ‘C’ team and find them quite a match. The drow and trog fall easily, but the Vrock is another matter.
- Then the elves pass the party, eager to find their (likely) kidnapped friends. Alas, the door is too much for them and the lot of them burn - all save one lone woman - Eilwen.
- The Aboleth causes a little trouble with Eilwen and Tarkir, but it is quickly subdued and the party moves on to the southern door, ignoring for now the black pulsing gate (closed).
- A couple priests and a pain taster await the party as they close in on the Armageddon Echo. The pain taster enjoys himself all the way to death, and the party steps through the gate hoping to save the elves taken prisoner.
- They find themselves in ancient Celwynvian, some 10,000 years in the past!
- After stealing a book from the innocent librarian, the party moves off and toward the Academy of Arts when they bump into a handful of demons herding a fiery skeletal form - a Blast Shadow!
- The party met some elves at the elf-gate who talked of the Zirnakaynins and their location at the observatory.
- They try camping outside, but are attacked by a band of Drow. Seeking a more restful place to sleep, they take over an abandoned home.

Oathday, 3 Rova, 4709
- Rising early the party reaches the conservatory very nearly at dawn. They quickly overcome the two elven guards - themselves unable to fight back effectively and enter the building.
- Inside a smooth and slightly damaging battle with the drow, and some strange-acting demons, gives way to an even shorter fight with a dragon! Short but brutal.
- They polish off the remaining demons, though at least one gets away. (Did he look familiar?) Unfortunately, the party uses the last of their healing, and there are still wounds a plenty ravaging them.
- Troglodytes command the parties attention and talk their way out of almost certain doom as they flee to the east.
- The group presses their luck, opening another door which leads not to another battle, but rather to knowledge.
- They continue deeper and discover the dragon hoard, or what’s left of it. Grabbing a few things, at least two of value, they continue up the stairs.
- A speedbump mostly - a few drow try to slow their advance but fare poorly.
- Finally, they reach the top, and after a fiery blast, the party cuts down the lesser drow and pinpoint Nolveniss Azrinae.
- Nolveniss proves slipperier, but he too is eventually cut down, but not before his wrath is felt.
- Lief tests the key, and the party is stuck in the Echo another day…

Fireday, 4 Rova, 4709
- The party rises in darkness and quickly heads to the gate where they emerge in the light of a new day!
- They make their way to the main tent, and give their report to Eviana, and the other elves, who react to the news most warmly.
- Eviana leans in and makes the party very wealthy indeed and invites them to dinner.

Woo! another level and some loot. :)

I'll modify my PC sheet in the next couple of days.

For trackings sake, I'm merging the two wands of False Lief (14 charges and 8 chages) into one: 22 charges.

Kaylayne will take the 2 potions of CSW.

Evilan, is it possible to a) buy more diamond dust from the elves (including keeping the 1000gp we have for sale) and b) pay for a casting of See Invisibility from one of the elves?

If no one wants the headband of Intelligence, Kaylayne will gladly take it until she can get one of wisdom. Would the elves trade the headband Int for headband Wis? Is there a spending limit?

The Headband of Int has a special 'get to know your drow' aspect that shouldn't be discarded quickly. Play with it long enough to learn its value.

FYI, I'm going on vacation for the next 12 days. I won't be back home until Thursday June 16th. However, I should still have internet access and I do intend to keep the games going. I'll probably be posting in the mornings and nights but don't expect much during from me during the daytime. And don't be too concerned if you don't hear from me for a day or two. Please bot me as necessary.

Game on!

Kaylayne will take the 2 potions of CSW.

Evilan, is it possible to a) buy more diamond dust from the elves (including keeping the 1000gp we have for sale) and b) pay for a casting of See Invisibility from one of the elves?

If no one wants the headband of Intelligence, Kaylayne will gladly take it until she can get one of wisdom. Would the elves trade the headband Int for headband Wis? Is there a spending limit?

Through their teleporting to Kyonin, you can get almost as much diamond dust as you may require. See Invisibility will be made available to you, no charge for a casting today. They can probably make a casting a day available for the next few days if you really need it.

You can get a straight swap of Int for Wis out of this particular headband as it has greater value than just a normal headband to the elves (though not in cash terms). Normally however, sale and purchase processes apply.

No spending limit, but some things may not be immediately available. The elves are tapping many resources for this battle, including the use of the Aiudara Gates, and you are sharing in that availability.

Dimitrio - thanks for the heads up!

Don't forget about group purchases, like, say, healing. If you want of course... I'm not going to pressure you. :)

The Headband of Int has a special 'get to know your drow' aspect that shouldn't be discarded quickly. Play with it long enough to learn its value.

Ayep. If you want it, take it. Otherwise, I'd like to trade it up for a wisdom item.

I have an idea for the purchases I'd like, but will need for youse yahoos to decide what we are keeping/selling.

I think what is marked for sale so far is good. Assuming we are only looking at the items between level 8 to level 9.

Okay so, looking at the treasure sheet, we still have an unused scroll of Haste, which I think Dimitrio should add to his sheet since I believe he is the only one who can use it without a UMD check.

I'm not sure what everyone's spending plans are but we could afford a wand of Cure Moderate Wounds pretty easily, it would be about 900gp per person, but it would likely last us longer than a CLW. We could also buy 6 CLW wands for the same price, so give me some input on which you would prefer.

Ederin doesn't have much use for an intellect headband but it does seem to have an oddly specific secondary trait that I'm hesitant to give up, but if no one is going to wear it then I suppose it doesn't really matter.

Wands of CLW are always the most cost effective choice. Even with rolling minimum of 1 on each charge you will get 600 pts of healing across the six wands compared to rolling the average of one wand of CMW and only getting 550 pts of healing.

Al's cost effective? Good to know.

Wands of CLW are always the most cost effective choice. Even with rolling minimum of 1 on each charge you will get 600 pts of healing across the six wands compared to rolling the average of one wand of CMW and only getting 550 pts of healing.

Dudes, after the last dickery, I'm for getting both the wand of CMW, *and* the 6 wands of CLW. At this level (and moreso, likely), we will start going through them at an ever greater rate.

1x4500 wand CMW
6x750 = 4500 wands CLW
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9000 gp out of the group kitty

Yeah there was a lot of damage going around, and not to meta game too much, but when I play a game that drops a shit ton of resources on me (like 10,000 gold, lets say) I can only assume the going will be rough after that point.

With Kay's proposed purchases from the current loot list, we'd still get 1,796 on top of the 10,000 each from the elves.

You can get a straight swap of Int for Wis out of this particular headband as it has greater value than just a normal headband to the elves (though not in cash terms). Normally however, sale and purchase processes apply.

Ohh...alternately, Kaylayne can, in theory, upgrade the headband to be both +2 Int & Wis, yes? About a 6000 gp difference and 3 days of crafting work, right, Evilan?

Does it seem reasonably likely that we'll have 3 days of downtime?

You will have three days yes and can upgrade items no problem.

Get lots of healing...

Looks like we just need a final check in from Dimi and we can check out. Seems that we have an agreement (?) to buy the 7 wands of curification.

When Kaylayne gets the final spending total, I'll post a list here of what she intends.

Kaylayne the Undone wrote:

.967.7 gp

-200.0 gp ghost salts
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.767.7 gp

..767.7 gp

+1389.0 gp
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.2156.7 gp

That is true Ederin. :). The mass cureage sounds great.

Al's cost effective? Good to know.

Haha. As I am looking to get Wild on my armor.

Haha. As I am looking to get Wild on my armor.

Let me know if you're short, All. Kaylayne is way overcap with the staff and is happy to loan. The other thing she wants to do is Permanency + See Invis...but that can wait. After all, All has blind fight, right?

I'm Ok with whatever decision is made regarding using the funds to buy healing. We need it and we'll need it more.

GM: is it Ok if I hold off on making the decisions of what to buy until I get home and have time to properly evaluate. To be honest with you, I'm not sure what funds I do have to spend yet. if that's fine, we'll 'retcon' (?) whatever purchases were made.

Retconning purchases is totally fine here.

There is time for your characters to sort things out (a few days) so I'm fine with a delay on your part as well. Enjoy your trip!

..767.7 gp

+1389.0 gp
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.2156.7 gp

..2156.7 gp to spend

Okay, this is the official Party Divvy/Healing Wand purchase confirmation post.

Everyone should have added a total of 11796 to their character sheets, 10,000 from the elves, 1796 from the party loot.

This means we have 6 wands of CLW and 1 Wand of CMW.

I will take 2 of the CLW wands, which leaves 4 CLW and 1 CMW to be added to someone's sheet. Please claim what you want and write it down and track your charges.

Purchases for Dimitrio:
Headband of alluring charisma +2 (4,000 gp) (already added and accounted for in PC sheet)
Upgrade buckler +1 to +2 (3,000 gp)
Boots of the mire (3,500 gp)

Would boots of the mire have helped in the 'forest difficult terrain' we encoutnered earlier?

Let me know if the above is Ok and I'll add it to my PC sheet.

Okay, this is the official Party Divvy/Healing Wand purchase confirmation post.

Everyone should have added a total of 11796 to their character sheets, 10,000 from the elves, 1796 from the party loot.

This means we have 6 wands of CLW and 1 Wand of CMW.

I will take 2 of the CLW wands, which leaves 4 CLW and 1 CMW to be added to someone's sheet. Please claim what you want and write it down and track your charges.

I took one of the four CLW wands and added it to my PC sheet.

Purchases for Dimitrio:

Headband of alluring charisma +2 (4,000 gp) (already added and accounted for in PC sheet)
Upgrade buckler +1 to +2 (3,000 gp)
Boots of the mire (3,500 gp)

Would boots of the mire have helped in the 'forest difficult terrain' we encoutnered earlier?

Let me know if the above is Ok and I'll add it to my PC sheet.

Nope, it would not have helped. There is the swamp encounter you largely avoided earlier, near Riddleport, but that's the only time these boots would have helped. I don't see a lot of swamps in the underdark either (assuming you're headed that way of course). Might save your cash for something else? Up to you, but I'll allow the item.

Dimitrio Carini wrote:

Purchases for Dimitrio:

Headband of alluring charisma +2 (4,000 gp) (already added and accounted for in PC sheet)
Upgrade buckler +1 to +2 (3,000 gp)
Boots of the mire (3,500 gp)

Would boots of the mire have helped in the 'forest difficult terrain' we encoutnered earlier?

Let me know if the above is Ok and I'll add it to my PC sheet.

Nope, it would not have helped. There is the swamp encounter you largely avoided earlier, near Riddleport, but that's the only time these boots would have helped. I don't see a lot of swamps in the underdark either (assuming you're headed that way of course). Might save your cash for something else? Up to you, but I'll allow the item.

Yes, I'll save the cash. I saw that the boots helped with difficult terrain and also helped with fortitude save vs poison so I got excited.

Help me out guys. I want to increase Dimitrio's mobility so he can close in quicker into melee and counteract the evil GM's use f difficult terrain. :)

Boots of striding and springing is OK... but not that good. Anything else out there?

I don't know if this is from an authorized source, but I'm going to say the elves can manufacture it for you for this mission if you require it.

Feather Step Slippers (link) might be what you're looking for.

Help me out guys. I want to increase Dimitrio's mobility so he can close in quicker into melee and counteract the evil GM's use f difficult terrain. :)

Boots of striding and springing is OK... but not that good. Anything else out there?

Since we don't have a reliable haste/BoF caster, why you'd want anything other than boots of speed seems odd to me.

Also, why you're not trying to save money by seeing if any of your companions can craft that headband is interesting. *hint**hint*

Dimitrio Carini wrote:

Help me out guys. I want to increase Dimitrio's mobility so he can close in quicker into melee and counteract the evil GM's use f difficult terrain. :)

Boots of striding and springing is OK... but not that good. Anything else out there?

Since we don't have a reliable haste/BoF caster, why you'd want anything other than boots of speed seems odd to me.

Also, why you're not trying to save money by seeing if any of your companions can craft that headband is interesting. *hint**hint*

The boots of speed are too expensive at this level. :(

I thought we didn't have time for crafting, otherwise of course I'm in.

GM: do we have time for Layne to make Dimitrio a 'headband'?

I don't know if this is from an authorized source, but I'm going to say the elves can manufacture it for you for this mission if you require it.

Feather Step Slippers (link) might be what you're looking for.

I like them.

Please make them boots. Black, shiny boots. :)

Allarnon's purchases will just be:

16,816 gp- starting
-15,000 gp - enchant Wild on +1 Hide armor
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1,816 gp
+ 590 gp -Sell (Large)+1 Hide Barding
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2,406 gp
- 2,400 gp - Return gold to Kaylayne
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6 gp - owe Kaylayne 800 gp

Allarnon can carry 1 of the Wands of CLW in his fanny sack

A note about the upcoming part of the adventure. This is supposed to be a fun romp in the Underdark - honest! heheheh. Seriously though you’re high level characters and can handle this I think.

If you accept, your characters will be drilled in your new disguises and backstories for the next week or so before departure - I’ll explain more in gameplay. We will not be that tedious however and will hand wave most of it, so your skills might matter more than your role play at times. Your characters will know more about drow than probably you do so if things feel like they’re going sideways, feel free to reach out to me in chat and ask what your character might know.

But do role play obviously. Try to talk your way into/past/around the upcoming situations. And be flexible to a slower pace in character. You’re in hiding and could be caught at any moment, and yet you must also play the long con. Tip your hand too soon, and you’ll be forced to flee without any knowledge at all! You have weeks…

There is quite a big sandbox coming, and I hope I can handle it. Frankly I suspect I’m more nervous than you are.

Oh, those of you wishing to retrain some skills or abilities may do so now - but only the last level. I also had the idea of buying a headband of intelligence +2 with Bluff as the tied skill if you like. Expensive, but instant lie-ability. There are spells that help too - a potion or three might be useful I don’t know.

A note about the upcoming part of the adventure. This is supposed to be a fun romp in the Underdark - honest! heheheh. Seriously though you’re high level characters and can handle this I think.

If you accept, your characters will be drilled in your new disguises and backstories for the next week or so before departure - I’ll explain more in gameplay. We will not be that tedious however and will hand wave most of it, so your skills might matter more than your role play at times. Your characters will know more about drow than probably you do so if things feel like they’re going sideways, feel free to reach out to me in chat and ask what your character might know.

But do role play obviously. Try to talk your way into/past/around the upcoming situations. And be flexible to a slower pace in character. You’re in hiding and could be caught at any moment, and yet you must also play the long con. Tip your hand too soon, and you’ll be forced to flee without any knowledge at all! You have weeks…

There is quite a big sandbox coming, and I hope I can handle it. Frankly I suspect I’m more nervous than you are.

Oh, those of you wishing to retrain some skills or abilities may do so now - but only the last level. I also had the idea of buying a headband of intelligence +2 with Bluff as the tied skill if you like. Expensive, but instant lie-ability. There are spells that help too - a potion or three might be useful I don’t know.

I'm in Euan. This is right up Dimitrio's aisle and Fabian will try to roleplay accordingly. :)

I'm sure you'll do fine and will adjust if something needs adjusting. Total faith in you.

As I've told 'Layne' in private, I haven't had this much fun playing a PC in a while.

Game on!

Euan:

Perhaps I'm reading too much into your posts but we are all humans and... will we have to give up the human traits (extra feat, extra skill rank, +2 to ability, etc.)?

OK, here are the nuts and bolts of your new skin.

You lose nothing from losing your humanity. It’s only gains. Embrace the dark side!

• Darkvision 120’
• Immunity to Sleep
• Spell Resistance 11+level (so 20!)
• Light Blindness - Abrupt exposure blinds 1 round and always dazzled (-1 attacks and perception checks)
• Proficiency with Hand Crossbow, Rapier, and Short Sword
• Speak Undercommon

Shopping List
Definite Purchases:
Belt of Incredible Dex +2 - 4000
Adamantine Blanch x2 - 200
Cold Iron Arrows 60 - 3 GP
Thistle Arrows 20 - 20gp

Additional Purchases:

Kaylayne: I'll RP this of course, but can you craft me a pearl of power?

Everyone: If anyone is looking for a better ranged weapon, I have a +1 Composite Longbow that requires a 14 Strength to wield (for 1d8+3 damage) that I no longer need, let me know if you want it.

We still have 3 CLW wands and 1 CMW wand unclaimed.

Kaylayne: I'll RP this of course, but can you craft me a pearl of power?

Yes and no. It'll be a wooden fetish of power. You'll need to describe the animal from which you wish to draw the pearl's fetish's strength.

Kaylayne can't really use the bow.

* * *

Kaylayne will claim the Wand CMW & 1 Wand CLW.

* * *

..2156.7 gp to spend
+11796.0 gp distribution 6/5
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.13952.7 gp
-.3000.0 gp - crafting headband
-..800.0 gp - gift/loan to Allarnon (updated)
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.10152.7 gp

.10152.7 gp

Ederin - Option One is available. Enjoy.

Just a note after talking with Lief.

New avatars are totally fine if you like. But please keep some of your name the same so we know who everyone is.

Your characters will have drow names of course, but let's just use the regular ones for our sanity. Or at least mine. :)

Will have stats transferred over to this profile later tonight.

No need. You can keep your information in the old profile. I can find it if I need to look something up. :)

You all will level in these guises, and I'd rather not have multiple profiles with different data floating around. Could result in errors.

So paranoid. So twitchy. So drow-like. Relax. Your word and our gameplay are infallible.

Okay, in addition to the bow I've put up for grabs we also have Boots/Slippers of Spiderclimb that I'm removing to wear my new boots of speed.

Allarnon can you add the final two CLW wands to your sheet?

Yup- Sure can.

Sorry for the late response- Lief is securing a spring-loaded wrist sheath, and will gladly take one of the CLW wands.

Sounds good. I will mark 2 on my sheet then.