OK, there's been a lot of discussion on what to buy and how to buff before the encounter with the succubus that I frankly don't want to dig out. So...
Everyone please post in the Gameplay discussion what your character wants to purchase in town before you head back to the ruins, and what sort of buffs you intend to cast BEFORE the succubus encounter. Then I'll put the post together as you approach her cavern/prison. That way I've got everything I need to know in one succinct post from each player. Thanks!! :)
Reonnyn will keep his standard invocations in effect (Beguiling Influence, Devil's Sight, and Dark One's Own Luck [+2 FORT saves], but no other buffs.
Gear buys 4 scrolls of Shield.
Before the succubus room: Fly on self, Air Walk on Sobok or Morrow (only have 1 casting of it), Divine Favor on self.
Plus his always cast daily/long duration spells that are already calculated into his stats (Divine Power, Magic Vestment, Greater Magic Weapon).
Purchases
Auran Mask (replacement for the one I used) 60 gp
2X Potion of Remove Scent (CL1), 100 gp
Prebuff - Seeming (5th) to disguise everyone in the party as different adventurers who have never met our succubus friend...
See Invisibility (2nd)
Message (0th) to link all party members
Apologies folks, I'm typing this on my phone because my computer had itself a meltdown. I'm going to get it fixed or replaced as soon as I can. In the meantime I'll ask for your patience. It might be two or three weeks.
Just wanted to check in, folks! I'm still here, got my computer back to working but on a long (and much needed) vacation until the end of the month. I'll see if I can get a post in at some point in the next week or so, but I'll ask for your patience if you don't hear anything until the end of June. Thank you!!
Ok, I am going to be travelling until the 19th (inclusive). I should be able to still post, but things may be sparse. Feel free to bot me if necessary...
I'm back from my road trip and getting over a bout of COVID that greeted me upon getting back home! Jeez... Give me a day or two to figure out where to go from here as far as the adventure goes, and expect a post from me before the weekend!!
He's alive, he's alive!!!
Yay! And I'm back too, even if my lack of posting wasn't noticed here....
I'll be away all weekend and unable to post again until Monday
Hey, I'm trying to grab a few more players for a Roll20 game I run every other Wednesday night. It's Dungeon Crawl Classics (though we also played some Weird Frontiers as well), and just as I was segueing into the epic Dark Tower adventure just released from Goodman Games, I lost two players to real-life. Alas...
If anyone is interested, you can let me know here or email me at skyrocketsteve@gmail.com. The game has historically gone on Wednesday nights at 7pm EST, but we might be able to finagle that if needed. I've got two players left from our previous DCC games, and I'd like three more - or even four. This is a lethal adventure, though DCC games usually are!
I will be going on vacation from Sunday, July 28th, through Friday, August 2nd. I should have the internet, but I am not sure how much time I will have to post. So feel free to bot me if needed.
Ok, I am travelling from 25 Sept to Oct 2. I hope to be able to keep up with posting, but if not, feel free to bot me...
I'm here, just wrapping up the final deadline of tax season. I plan to post later this week, and looks like your backtracking to the more comfortable room of the Marshal to take your rest, eh?
That does seem to be the consensus.
Ok, I am travelling from 5 Nov to 12 Nov. I hope to be able to keep up with posting, but if not, feel free to bot me...
I will be traveling all weekend. I doubt I will be able to post, so bot me as needed.
No worries folks, I was busy over the holiday weekend myself. I'll shoot for a post this week, before the weekend!
Apologies, I'm still here but work this week has been a bit crazy. Trying to learn a new software prior to the tax season! I'll try and get a post out this week or the weekend at the latest. Thanks for your patience!
It's that time of year again, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all! I will be off on my Christmas trip home until the 3ed of Jan. Posting should continue, but may be spotty (so bot me if need be).
@Fash - Morrow will have Flanking on Red only after you've revealed yourself to him AND he knows where you are, otherwise he's not distracted by your presence.
Ok, I'm taking this to discussion because I don't want to clog up gameplay, but I don't think that's true.
It's been subject to much discussion, but if you could theoretically take an AoO on X, you are a potential flanking partner, invisible or no...
https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qq33?invisible-flanking#1
As to what Fash is doing, he slipping up behind the guy, tickling him with his rapier, and then hiding in his cloud of shadows when the guy turns around. This will sacrifice my invisibility spell, but that's the trade
off. Is it worth it???? But that was my plan...
OK, that does make sense. Distracted even though you can't be seen just because he KNOWS that SOMETHING is there tickling him with a sword. However, I'll stick to the idea that only an ATTACKING invisible opponent would cause distraction. If you're invisible and not attacking, there's no distraction and no flanking. The same can't be said for a visible opponent looming there menacingly but not attacking - they WOULD be a distraction just because they might do something harmful at any moment...
May attack rolls didn't include anything for flanking.
BAB+11, STR+3, Sword+2, Haste+1 for +17
Also, I didn't if/when I would drop the first enemy. That's why I put the Cleave attack at the end without any modifier. And of course any attacks after that wouldn't include flanking.
Thanks for your patience everyone, work has been busy and my creative energy has been ebbing as a result. This combat is quite complex though, but I DO plan to get a post up either by tomorrow night or Saturday if at all possible.
Fash, a quick question about you 'Hiding in Plain Sight'. This is the description of Cloak of Shadow that I'm seeing:
Cloak of Shadow (Su): A shadowcraft mage can cloak her form in shifting shadows. This ability provides her with a variable amount of concealment depending on her level. While her cloak of shadow is active, attacks against a shadowcraft mage have a miss chance equal to 15% + 5% per class level (to a maximum of 40% at 5th level). Darkvision and low-light vision offer no help in piercing the cloak of shadow, although any creature that can see in magical darkness can ignore the miss chance, as can a creature with true seeing. A shadowcraft mage can dismiss or resume this effect as a free action. While her cloak of shadow is active, a shadow craft mage can make Hide checks as if she had concealment. Cloak of shadow doesn't function in daylight, and it is the equivalent of a 3rd-level darkness effect for the purpose of interacting with light spells.
So you have 20% concealment - which can't be circumvented by darkvision or low-light vision - and you can make Hide checks just as if you're concealed by a mist or something that offers the same amount of concealment. But my understanding of Hide is that if an enemy knows you're there (e.g. by attacking him), then you can't hide again until you find total concealment or total cover which would effectively make you invisible or beyond line of sight respectively.
You may be right; It's been a long time since I was a 3.5 guy...
From HERE
You need cover or concealment in order to attempt a Hide check. Total cover or total concealment usually (but not always; see Special, below) obviates the need for a Hide check, since nothing can see you anyway.
If people are observing you, even casually, you can’t hide. You can run around a corner or behind cover so that you’re out of sight and then hide, but the others then know at least where you went.
If your observers are momentarily distracted (such as by a Bluff check; see below), though, you can attempt to hide. While the others turn their attention from you, you can attempt a Hide check if you can get to a hiding place of some kind. (As a general guideline, the hiding place has to be within 1 foot per rank you have in Hide.) This check, however, is made at a -10 penalty because you have to move fast.
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Creating a Diversion to Hide
You can use Bluff to help you hide. A successful Bluff check can give you the momentary diversion you need to attempt a Hide check while people are aware of you.
You can definitely hide if you only have concealment (not total concealment).
If I start un-observed, I can walk right in front of someone, hiding in my cloak of shadows.But, reading it, I might need to make a bluff check to hide from someone already observing me...
So,
8 ranks
I will be at a conference from Friday through Monday. I am not sure how my posting will go. Feel free to bot me as needed.
Ok, I am travelling from 5 Feb to 12 Feb. I hope to be able to keep up with posting, but if not, feel free to bot me...
Busy week again, I'm going to try and post tonight if I can, or tomorrow night if not. Thanks for your patience everyone!
Ah! Looks like IC discussions are still ongoing. I threw a prompt in there, but feel free to keep up the dialogue!
I will be on vacation from Monday through Friday. I am not sure how my posting will go, so feel free to bot me as needed.
Tough week at work, I'll post as soon as I can - probably by the end of this weekend. Thanks for your patience folks!
@GM west, presumably, as the demon is unaware of me, presumably I will get a surprise round at the start of this combat.
I would like to ready an action to cast a spell - specifically, Scorching Ray, through my runestaff. The interesting bit is the target. I want to destroy the demons ammo supply (quiver and arrows inside) when it tries to draw arrows... Leaving him with no ammo supply to shoot with.
SRD has this to say about Sundering a carried object. (You'll have to scroll down a ways)
Sundering a Carried or Worn Object
You don’t use an opposed attack roll to damage a carried or worn object. Instead, just make an attack roll against the object’s AC. A carried or worn object’s AC is equal to 10 + its size modifier + the Dexterity modifier of the carrying or wearing character. Attacking a carried or worn object provokes an attack of opportunity just as attacking a held object does. To attempt to snatch away an item worn by a defender rather than damage it, see Disarm. You can’t sunder armor worn by another character.
As I have the demon flat-footed, I figure that Dex is out, so this shouldn't be too difficult of a shot - BAB+4, +2 Dex, +1 small
Damage to objects is covered HERE. (You'll have to scroll down a little)
I recognize that fire does 1/2 damage to an object, but I also figure the quiver is leather or hide, and has less than 1 inch thickness; hardness 2, HP 5...
Is this tactic viable (can I attack a carried object with a spell)?
Yes, YOU can spend your standard action making a surprise attack, Fash. As far as your tactic goes, I'd call the quiver the object to be sundered, leaving some (or most) of the arrows inside intact - though they'll fall all over the place. Probably depends on the damage roll and I'll determine if most or only some of his arrows remain intact.
Gear, you definitely cannot charge down the steps. You CAN, however, move past a friendly, treating that square as difficult terrain. So long as you have space to move into after you've passed them.
The last couple weeks going into the tax deadline is always brutal for me, so apologies for not posting. I'm going to try and get something up in the next few days. Thanks for your patience, everyone!
I will be travelling until the 23ed of April. I hope to continue posting, but bot me if needed.
Just as a head's up. I will be taking a trip from Friday through Monday. I am not sure how my posting will be in that time so feel free to bot me as needed.
Sorry Morrow, I know this has been a rough combat for you with those cruddy dice rolls...
The dice giveth....
Oh and Morrow, we both forgot that Norebo's Hand gives you Blindsense! I feel badly about overlooking that, and so I'm going to go back and retro the damage you dealt to the demon when you 'missed' due to the concealment of the fog. I'll just deal the damage to the Red demon, so you should now be facing two wounded demons and an angry, unwounded cleric. By my math, you dealt 27 damage due to those 'misses', as it was AC 19. Let me know if you're in agreement. Thanks!
Looks right. 2 hits for 10 each and 1 for 7. Hadn't noticed how bad the damage rolls were.... 7 - 19 with average of 11, so bad as the rolls to hit!
Hope you feel better soon, Fash!
Feel better Fash!
Apologies folks, I'd meant to find time to post before heading off to the Origins convention, but got caught up in work or prepping the games I'm going to run. Sorry for the delay, but I won't be back to post this adventure until early next week, and getting caught up on my work backlog might mean nothing until the end of the week at best. So anticipate a post by Sunday, June 29th at the absolute latest. Thanks for your patience!
Enjoy!
Thanks for keeping us posted.
I am travelling as well until June 25. I should be able to post, but things may be sporadic but that looks like it won't harm anything...