So, this club has two levels, and the only people upstairs are the PCs, Valda, her staff, and the strange character(s) just introduced since the scream happened. The bathroom where the dead fey is is also upstairs, and not the general bathroom that people downstairs can access. Are those two sentences correct?
Mostly, yes. There are other party guests and such. About 20 people other than yourselves. I'm sorry I haven't been clearer with the scene setting. My mind isn't as clear as it could be.
The bathroom is off from the bar up stairs, through a door. It has three doors in turn - disabled, male and female bathrooms. Valda and those with her are in that corridor or the disabled toilet.
Since there is a door, the main party can't see what's happening, at least for now.
Thanks for the clarification.
No worries. I'm going to be hit and miss for a few days, it looks like (I think I've mentioned it, but to clarify - I blew out my back badly enough that I ended up in hospital getting morphined, and I only just managed to spend four hours in bed and sleeping for the first time in the last few days) so feel free to prod me when you need to.
Man that's rough. Heal up. And stop playing golf so hard.
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Golf? Pah! Pah, I say.
I was wrestling two bears while writing a new thesis on gravity.
...or pulled a small mat in my kitchen back into place that my kids had kicked and then [i]Pop![/b] reality is suffering.
OK, folks. One of the things I'll be doing while I recover is working on the website, and one of the things that will be doing up will be a character list.
So, if you guys want a picture for your character other than the Paizo avatar, pop it in here.
Also! If you would like to expand on the lore of the game - making other dimensions and planes, creating odd events, stuff like that - I would be happy to work with you guys on it.
For pictures, I'm good with any of her at schools or her avatar.
Also, reminder that Oladon's expansion allows to use custom portraits, so if you have a favorite image you'd like to be used as an avatar, go ahead.
And I'm all for adding to the lore!
All of Miyu's pics are up in her profile. ^^
Nurai's appearance is mostly based on the lovely Khoudia Diop.. I've added this link to the profile.
The dimensions may explode if I mess with them too much more than an AU character that is the kid of an AU character who is the child of...XD but I'd still love to help with lore and weird events, I enjoy doing that.
Did I say there were two vampires when I only knew of eone? Damn it I read things wrong. Chalk it up to Thomas's unique issues I guess.
I think you also said the victim was a "she", which I also thought at first, but I am under the impression currently that it was a "he", although perhaps in illusory form only. I'm not sure how faerie dragons identify with such notions.
Yeah, the human form was male. I don't think anyone bothered sexing the dragon, but it's not especially relevant. Or is it?
Nurai's been neutrally referring them, I figure Faerie Dragons can be whatever they want XD
I think we kind of just assumed female. Oh well. Ive already figured out how to deal qithout retconning and ivgot the appropriate info out.
@Jon: Don't ask Selena that question. Please.
@Miyu, can you help me understand your "ofuda" and "sutra" stuff? I'm not familiar with those concepts (or mechanics, actually).
@Nurai, why doesn't your character have the umbral unmasking drawback? I would think that would be a great fit.
Ofuda are paper talismans used in her magic. Basically, as part of my adaption of sutra magic, they're material components that I try to use in flavorful ways. XD
Sutras are essentially sphere talents that I adapted (with permission) from another system. They're a little more specific than sphere talents usually are, but that comes with its own limitations as well. o wo/ So, basically, they're her spells.
Interesting drawback! I will have to put that away for another character [I have a particular fondness for shadow based characters].
Nurai is a Shadow Caller Summoner, the shadow is her eidolon and when it is summoned Nurai does not have a distinct normal shadow regardless of lighting [this replaces the more obvious magical symbol most eidolons have]. Not sure it can be counted as a drawback since her eidolon is a separate being [though, due to also being a synthesis summoner, this shadow eidolon does not detach] rather than her own cast shadow that is acting like a sulky pup at the moment, claws and all, and when it is not summoned, Nurai has a... more typical shadow. Jon may have different thoughts on it.
Our Overlord Jon could rule the same way to notice it plainly, though I think Nurai would not like any suggestion that her or her shadow are "telltale signs of wickness" [quite amusing actually since Nurai's alignment cannot be changed from good for more than one round - the power of love and all that XD ].
Yes, well, it doesn't match exactly, but I thought it made sense with the basic idea that your shadow is not what/where it's supposed to be. I agree, the "wickedness" line could stand to be dropped.
Which reminds me, Jon, are all undead and related necromancy magic automatically considered evil in this game?
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So as soon as Nurai starts singing Friends on the Other Side, we can start worrying.
No, undead and necromancy aren't automatically evil, but they will have the lure of such powers taking over. If you hunger for blood and flesh, or get a buzz from yanking the souls of the dead from the afterlife to fill a corpse, you're probably heading for the evil side.
Are the sense motive rolls for him or for us?
I hope it's alright for me to wait outside. I just didn't think I'd blend in with the party people.
Him, since you're not exactly being the most honest people.
And I'm sure I can find something to keep people outside amused.
Made two posta qhen i realized it might be super dark. Hope first one doesnr gwt lost.
Yup it did.
Please check the end of pg. 3 Jon.
I feel like our roles kind of got reversed here. Thomas is the better scout/ninja and Aurora is way more of a people person than Tom.
It's always fun to be a little outside your element.
Yeah, I left my element back at the bar.
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Right now, Miyu wants everyone to relax a little more - especially Jared - but it's quite charismatic enough to assert herself. XD
Yeah, possibly they did, but I wasn't sure how to play it (socially), and you took charge easily enough :)
*Isn't, I mean. o_O Bleh.
My rationale for calling Miyu upstairs was that I needed someone who could get a clearer picture, I didn't want to leave her alone and Solomon had sneaked out of sight.
I wasn't sneaking away upstairs, I just didn't want to be seen downstairs if we went down there. Since, you know, I wasn't exactly invited in or introduced.
I also didn't mean to suggest you had to explain things, but rather that I just didn't know what was going on. At least now we've cleared up that misunderstanding.
Did my grapple fail?
I was also wondering that. It doesn't seem to have been addressed.
*Looks over posts* Well...crud.
The short answer was she was used an ability to turn into a funky mist of blood to avoid the grapple, which was why Miyu's ability hit, but that part of the post got removed during editing (no, no, don't laugh - I do try and edit the stuff I write) and never got put back. It's sitting on the open notepad I was using to type stuff up in.
I'm very sorry about that. I'll try and address that when I post next.
Ok, no problem, I'll just act as if nothing happened.
Okay, so... did she actually attack me, then? XD And is she anchored or not? *Not quite sure what this edit means for how Miyu's doing*
She cast on you, and yes she is anchored. Whether you take it as an attack...
Yikes teaches me to stay off for a couple of days. One minute I'm leaving the talking to the actual talkers and I comeback to murder in the dark almost.
Could be worse. You could be playing Zombie Thomas now.
I already rolled my own initiative above, though people took turns since then. It seems people are going to get more turns before I get an action, which strikes me as inappropriate.
Also, I'm curious if Miyu was able to block the summons or not.
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Thoma's inititive is closer +10 now due to his stance and active element. Need to figure out a good way to indicate that in the stat bar.
Do I need to put Thomas on the map I can't find him on it. He'd follow Jennifer.
Also, I can set up a roll20 for you if you want. Pretty simple to draw on and players can move their own characters.
Miyu has no idea what's going on - she's just trying to protect herself, really. XD
Thomas - I've tried roll20. I can't seem to get the hang of it beyond the basics, but I'll take another look if I get a chance.
In the mean time, while I know it's kinda basic, you should be able to move your character on this.
I did put Thomas on, but left my cursor over it so it didn't appear. I've altered that now.
One trick that I've found useful is to have a Spoiler Tag in your status bar for Active Buffs.
Solomon - No, it hasn't been blocked. It's a little...different to a normal summon. I'll explain more once the combat is over, if folks like, because it'll give away a couple of spoilers otherwise, but this is an unusual set of circumstances. Miyu's ability has not been wasted, however - it'll have an impact.
As for the turns, if you wish to take a 'surprise' round action I'll allow it, but combat didn't really begin until now.
You can also use your Initiative if you prefer, although since 5 of the party members are acting before the 'monsters' this time I'm not sure it'll change much. Since this was the first time we've done combat I wrote you all up and saved you in one of my note pads, then copy and pasted it over - but then I got a cool idea and went wrote that before I deleted Solomon.
Okay, no problem. Thanks.
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Uhm, sorry, I may have precipitated the situation >_> but we couldn't expect much friendliness from someone named Carmilla.
Nope. She totally intended to eat you.
Well, one of you. What she wanted to do was get one of you alone and then eat them, but...
As for Jared...well...
Of course, that doesn't answer if one or both is the killer, just that Carmilla's a little snacky.