All:
I hate to do this, but I think that I need to pull out of this and the Mummy's Mask campaigns. I know that both have been held up for me, and I had intended to have characters for them. However, I have had a tough time, and I do not know why, getting these characters put together. Then, two weeks ago, I received a new job opportunity which is going to pretty much negate my ability to post during the day.
It is possible that I will be able to easily keep up with everything, but for now, I do not think that adding yet two more campaigns to my current load is the right thing to do, for you all or for me.
If someone has another player to slot in for me, that is fine. They can either use my characters/ideas, or build their own. If I find I have more time than I think I will, then, I will happily rejoin should someone drop out, or you all want to add another player.
Thanks for the option, and I hope you all are able to move forward with your spelunking and pirating.
Tirion
I understand. I am going to have to make some of the same choices and get my games down. After the break I haven't even checked a number of them yet, no time.
I have a replacement, just need to do his background so we may need a slight pause to get him up to speed.
No problem. We can wait.
And, selfishly, sorry to hear that Tirion (Less selfishly: congrats on the new job!)
Thanks. I enjoy gaming with you all, but really need to focus on my work for a while. I hope that I do not need to drop any active campaigns, and plan on continuing everything that I am in. It just seems prudent to hold off on joining any more for a while, at least until I determine how work is going to affect my family and current gaming.
I was just thinking about how great this AP is and how even better it is without the shackles of alignments. I ran Crimson Throne in my home game and did it without alignments so they would choose to do things, or not do things, without justifying it because of their alignment.
When reading through this AP I really got the sense it could be done Guardians of the Galaxy style with anti heroes that do the right thing. One of the reasons I though the no core races could work for this.
Glancing through your characters to see alignments I saw CG, CN or N. I think this could work ;)
Quartle totally fits in with that. He's definitely anti-hero material.
And speaking for the CN Julian, much like Han Solo he starts out cynical and mercenary. I am about to try and haggle for more money for us or a share of the profits.
Maybe Julian is like the leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy except he plays his own music. Maybe I need to play the mix from the movie (which you can google-- quite a good playlist)
The ship and crew are in his backstory. Feel free to do with them as you wish (get the ship impounded, crew sails off without him, ....Maybe I shouldn't be making these suggestions)
I did not plan on starting with a pirate ship to sail around on and gain anything but story points for it.
Quartle, if allowed, maybe you take the mummys mask trapfinder trait to get trapfinding too. That is what I was angling for. But now I plan to cover all the diplo and knowledge skills and try for some stealth and acrobatics too. Dropping disable from my list eases my skill burden a little and let me take a better trait.
Finally, the skald has no feat like lingering performance to go with raging song though the developers say they intend to maybe add them later. I do not know what you think of having lingering song work with raging song, but it definitely lets me use some major action economy to get much more out of my seven rounds a day.
Given the magic weapon tack in the custom rules, it appears to be an excellent way to grant the group magic weapons.
Might consider that if GM Blood allows it. I can pick up trapfinding as a slayer talent too at 8th level. Might be a little late, but I can get it that way too.
My son is currently in love with the movie and the soundtrack (Except for the David Bowie song, I had to pull that.) I even got some more songs from the era suggested by the director on songs that coule be on Awesome Mix #2
As a follower of a good-aligned deity, apparently I'll be stuck acting as the group's conscience? Sigh.
:)
It's too bad there are no subdomains (sub-blessings) for warpriests. Growth (Plant) could certainly get someone into Grootish territory.
We need a groot!!! So good will have a place.
Pirate Ship - For now say they are busy doing a "special" job so you have some shore leave. I have some ideas however for them so they will potentially be around.
See your Age of Worms game topic!
Didn't get a chance for an update today, for sure tomorrow!
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@GMBlood: If I user my blessing to enhance my claws, which makes them glow, can the got be covered up (with gloves, for instance)?
Should we get things going? I think we want to get everyone on the boat now.
I can glitterdust the two crossbowmen.
Yes, let's.
I agree. Ready to start now. As soon as I see your glitterdust go, I'll know hostilities are underway.
I realized it is a one round glitterdust :-) Perfect for a distraction only.
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I'm back!
I need to go through a lot of posts, but I'll chime back as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience!
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Regarding the question on bardsongs, here is the relevant quote:
"An affected ally receives a +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls."
I would say that the bonus applies at least to the attacks, as those are not specified as being weapon only. Also, I would personally rule that natural weapons count as weapons for this point. It would not count for spell damage and such...
GM?
Julian is using a special skald ability:
A spell warrior gains the following raging song, allowing him to grant his ally's weapons enhancement bonuses and special powers.
Enhance Weapons (Su)
At 1st level, the spell warrior can grant a +1 enhancement bonus to the weapons (including ammunition) of allies within 60 feet. At 5th level and every 5 levels thereafter, this enhancement bonus increases by 1. The maximum bonus gained is based upon the number of weapons affected: +5 to one weapon, +4 to two weapons, +3 to three weapons, or +2 to four or more weapons. Fifty pieces of ammunition count as one weapon for this purpose.
These bonuses can also be used to add any of the following weapon special abilities to the weapons enhanced by this ability: dancing, defending, distance, flaming, frost, ghost touch, keen, mighty cleaving, returning, shock, seeking, or speed. Adding these weapon special abilities consumes an amount of bonus equal to the special ability's cost (see Table: Melee Weapon Special Abilities). These enhancement bonuses and special abilities overlap with any enhancements or special abilities the weapon already has, though duplicate special abilities do not stack. If an affected weapon is not magical, at least a +1 enhancement bonus must be added before any other special abilities can be added.
The bonus and special abilities granted by this raging song are determined when the song begins, and cannot be changed until the raging song ends and another is begun. These bonuses apply to only one end of a double weapon. The wielder of a weapon enhanced by this raging song counts as if she is under the affect of an inspired rage raging song for all purposes involving the skald’s rage powers.
This ability replaces the inspired rage raging song.
I think it applies to unarmed and natural.
GM Blood may say it makes our weapons magic to get past Dr and such, but our bonuses come from the house rule one per level to save range armor shield or melee.
In that case, at level 5 abilities will stack on it.
With the house rules going I would rule as such:
His skald ability makes everyone's weapon magic while it is going, able to overcome DR and such. Your bonuses to attack do not change unless the bonus granted is larger than the bonus you picked (So if you do not have the melee bonus picked this would give you +1. If you had +1 to melee picked and his ability grants +2, you would the difference)
Did I word that clearly enough?
With the house rules going I would rule as such:
His skald ability makes everyone's weapon magic while it is going, able to overcome DR and such. Your bonuses to attack do not change unless the bonus granted is larger than the bonus you picked (So if you do not have the melee bonus picked this would give you +1. If you had +1 to melee picked and his ability grants +2, you would the difference)
Did I word that clearly enough?
Ok, I understand now. In that case, would it be possible to switch the melee bonus I've received to another kind? If not, then Julian's ability is not as useful.
No pressure. Just asking :)
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GO Wisconsin!! GO Big 10!!
I have Leineys in my fridge for luck.
Yes, it was tough last weekend being at Gary Con and having the NC and Arizona games on, but somehow the holes in my schedule aligned to allow me to watch both games!
However, I have been drinking Hopalicious from Ale Ayslum for each of the last 3 games so I have to keep that tradition alive!
After basketball is done I have a pretty open sports schedule until football starts up again! This year basketball has been a wild ride no matter what happens tonight.
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Hitting the perfect storm of a buzz saw between work and home the last few days. Will try and post tomorrow!
Celentia, isn't your damage +5 instead of +7? I think your to-hit is +7
Makes sense!
I see now. It was to the creature with that many eyes. Nice riddle.
300gp each so far.
We could do some research / checking around.
What about the platinum?
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Searches, Gathering info, etc:
What I have found works best is having one person, with the highest score, take 10 on searches, gathering info, and similar tasks while the rest aid another.
If we use Celentria's diplomacy at +7, then build on it we would end up with between a 17-25 guaranteed on every attempt.
For searches Quartle's +7 perception would have similar results.
What do we think?
In this case I had already rolled for everyone, and that was what was discovered :)
I guess I come from the old school where the actions mattered more than the rolls.
New school = here is my gather info.
Old school = describe explicit actions that would get results.
New school = here is my search roll
Old school = I look for objects in the bas relief on the wall that will move.
I think that makes sense, generally -- but we're not always all in a position to help each other