So, with Jalthan gone, what's the plan? Recruit another bard from somewhere? Fold? This game does seem to be slightly cursed with dropouts, most unusual for a Bold Strider game.
It is designed for four players, so continuing is entirely possible with only four. I leave it up to you as the players as to what you want to do.
DMBS - quick question:
What would you think of me rebuilding Lukas as an Unchained Monk? I haven't really looked into the details of it yet, but thought I'd get your read on it.
That's fine with me.
A good idea... you will actually hit things for a change :)
Thanks for your support, Jeb! (I think...)
GMBS - I've done the rebuild. Should I wait until the end of this fight to change his alias, or just plug him in now?
Oh, I thought I responded to this. Oh well... Fight is over.
Phew... another close shave there.
Do we receive any chronciles for the work up until here or are they only handed out for the later sections?
Lukas' alias is updated to reflect his rebuild as an unchained monk. Should be fun to see how it works out. A little less trip-focused, a little more suited for just whacking stuff.
I think you get the chronicles at the end? I actually don't know. Anyone want the first now?
If it's an option to get the first chronicle now, that would be great. I've got an unchained rogue that I would like to apply some XP to, and I'm mostly GM'ing Core games these days.
Yeah I'd love to have my first chronicle also!
The chronicles aren't handed out until the end, if playing campaign mode. There is post from Compton, stating how to do it. Posting from mobile or I'd link it for you
Too bad :(
It is as Falzeal says, per this blog post and this discussion thread. So we wait, and I ponder what character I'd like to put all the chronicles on, since he'd go immediately to fourth level, then jump pretty quickly to sixth after that.
Celes brought up a good point! You all are level 3 now!
Will work on leveling up later. I'm tempted to take a level in unchained rogue, just so we die a little less facing all the traps.
Karu the Bold Strider (my first Bold Strider) had a party of him (a fighter originally), a witch, dervish dance bard and chiurgeon alchemist. Our trapfinding consisted of Karu opening everything and just tanking the effects. Hah.
A truly bold strider...
Lukas if all you are looking for is Trapfinding. Trapper Ranger might be a better dip.
An interesting notion, Jeb. I was also thinking sneak attack might be useful, but I'll consider some options. There are certainly a lot of classes that can pick up trapfinding in various ways. I could just put a rank in Disable Device as well.
Edit: GMBS - if I do go the Trapper Ranger route, can you give me any tips on favored enemy choices? Dragon seems like a reasonable choice, though I might only get to use it once. I was also considering adding the Guide or Freebooter archetypes, which are more flexible than FE.
Guide is a good choice as you can really go tot own against the boss but it's only once per day. Freebooter while being awesome does not synergize well with Monk as it requires a move action and you want to be full attacking every round as a monk.
Y'all - I'll be camping this weekend, and thus limited in my ability to post. Returning Monday night.
No one seems to have updated characters, so be ready to continue on Monday with level 3s!
Been busy, should be good by then :)
Got back into town last night, Lukas is leveled. I assume we can do a bit of shopping? Should we invest in a new wand of CLW?
You can do whatever you would like to in a small town. They might have a wand.
Done with my level up. we still have like 30 chrages on the old one so I don't really see a need right now.
Okay, if we don't need a new wand, I'm good to go. And I've even got a rank in Disable Device and some thieves' tools now!
Starting tomorrow, I'll be on vacation with my family for the next two weeks. I'll still be able to post, but with slightly less frequency, I expect.
I am leaving for Chicago to take the Bar Exam on Tues/Wed. Posting will be sporadic, if at all. Back on Friday!
Best of luck on that!
Good luck!
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Post #1000!
I just hope we live to 1,050. We really do seem to be a singularly ineffective party. But it's fun living on the edge!
Hehe... yeah we suck kinda hard and the 15 PB isn't exactly helping either...
Okay, bringing the plan discussion over here. Lukas isn't very resource-heavy, but he's burned through his ki points and all but one stunning fist. He's wounded but could be healed up with the wand.
Celes is fatigued and injured, could be healed with the wand.
Jeb has cast 3 level 1 spells (not sure how many he has, but not a lot left, I'd guess).
Falzeal has used 3 level 1 spells also.
So I'd say we might have another encounter in us, if it's not as tough as the last one, if we use a bunch of charges on the wand. I think we've used one day of the six we were given, though I'm not sure of that.
Did I miss anything? What do y'all want to do? From the look of the map, we've got a lot of manor left to explore, so I'm inclined to heal up and push on.
(Argh - reading back over the thread, I just noticed I never added Bless to my rolls. Well, I guess missing wasn't the issue, it was DR.)
I'm in a RotR game which is about to finish the first book and we just lost a player. Was wondering if any of you guys would be interested in joining. It's a very nice game and has been running for quite some time, slowly but steadily.
Current party make up is as follows:
Halfling Cleric (GMPC)
Dwarf Ranger
Human Rogue
Human Ranger
Here's a link to the campaign:
http://paizo.com/campaigns/DMDrEvilsROTRLAEPrivateGroup/gameplay&page=3 0#1498
I would be up for playing in a RotRL game that is slightly ahead of mine, so I can see it from a player's perspective before having to GM. Is there still a spot, Jeb?
Yes there is Bold Strider! And that would be awesome. We are currently in Thistletop. I'll talk to the GM.
Thanks for the invite, Jeb. I'm already in a ROtRL game, and in a different game with DM Dr. Evil, so I'll pass. But he's a good DM, who picked up the game when our DM vanished.
I am leaving for vacation to North Carolina tomorrow evening and I will be gone until the 4th of October. I should still be able to update every day, but some days might prove inconsistent.
Will work on leveling Lukas tonight, and will plan to do some shopping.
I'm good with selling the magic swords and armor if no one else wants any of them. Since Strider listed them in the loot tracker, I assume we don't need to hand the, over to the auctioneers.
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The swords and armor are the shae's. You think that she might not be pleased that they were sold.
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Yeah, whatever, she's locked behind a wall of light.
But okay, we won't sell her stuff...
While we're on the subject of stuff - does this adventure keep us way below wealth by level the whole way? Or did we miss something really juicy? WBL for 4th level is 6,000 gp, and we each have just over 2,000. I don't say this to whine, just noting that the progression for a Paizo adventure seems a bit off.
DMBS - Given how many times Lukas has been hit and failed saves, I'm considering buying a cloak of resistance and +1 bracers of armor. Would these both be available in Belhaim?
I'd welcome other suggestions for useful magic items for Lukas to have, gang.
You guys have been keeping track of your finds, right? Also, most APs and such have you at lower than WBL. Finally, this module is known for giving you quite a bit of treasure. Perhaps you just haven't gotten to it yet...
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Items that are available (always):
House of Abadar: +1 light crossbow, +2 longsword, scroll of restoration (x3), wand of cure moderate wounds (39 charges)
Shrine of the Seven Roses: deep red sphere ioun stone, goggles of minute seeing, wand of lesser restoration (43 charges)
Sensina Hides: +1 studded leather armor
Delbin's Devices: +1 frost short sword, golembane scarab, ring of minor acid resistance
Chance Smithy: +1 bashing heavy steel shield
Roll a 1d100 for each item you want that is not on that list and 1-30 (Not Available) / 31-100 (Available)
I don't think we have been tracking items we find on the loot tracker - I know I haven't.
I can go try to go back through the thread at some point and see what we found - but if it's possible to look at the encounters in the adventure and just let us know what we recovered, that might be easier. Unfortunately, it puts all the burden on DMBS.
Edit: I can go back and find things marked as being worth gp, but I'm not sure which of those we get to keep vs those that will be auctioned.
Edit of edit: I just searched the gameplay thread and tossed a bunch of stuff into the loot tracker, DMBS. Would you take a look at it and see which items we actually get to keep? I've noted the post number where items appeared, so you can check the context if needed.
Oh, and here are rolls for the availability of the two items I mentioned, though I'm not set on them:
Well, that's good news.
Hey folks working on my level up and can't decide on which second level spell I want (I only get 1 in addition to CMW and my Revelation Spell).
Bull's Strength: I dislike the short duration but it's the best buff I could hand out to Lukas and Celes. However Falzeal might also have this available.
Lesser Restoration: Very boring but good. I'd prefer we splash out the cash for the wand at the temple however.
Any other suggestions? I'd love a good party or long term buff but those don't seem to be available yet.
Also I don't think there's much out there Jeb wants to have at the moment (he would love a headband of Charisma but that's prolly gonna have to wait) so I'll happily loan out part of my share if needed.