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This cleric has just fallen in.
Theod raises his hand "Here!"
Present
Still here. We're simply waiting on Hadin, yes?
Yes. Hopefully he saw the message in the other thread, he has posted since then. I'm going to push forward today if I don't see a check-in.
Sorry, haven't seen the message before this morning. (yes, it's saturday morning for me.^^)
Ready to play.
and i had to roll a 1 on a "aid another" diplomacy test, with a +7 bonus. *sighs*
Sorry Rufus, you're on your own.^^
Hopefully Bokken isn't too over the top for you all. :) He's supposed to be a nutty hermit, I'm taking liberties for RP purposes!
Could Hadin use his Knowledge-Local skill to know where is the nearest running water spot and it's general direction, or would it be a Knowledge-geography?
That would be more geography than local. And to really get the benefit of knowledge local you need to be fairly familiar with the area. That to me has always been the toughest knowledge check to handle properly and keep things realistic.
Crossposting for those here.
Just a note for everyone, my posting is about to drop considerably for the next few days. I'm preparing Day of the Demon for a convention this weekend today and am behind already. Tomorrow I'm off and I'm taking the finance on a little day excursion for her birthday, so I'll be out of access all day. Saturday I'll be in full convention mode with no posting. Sunday should bring things back to normal.
Appreciate the heads-up, Captain Trips.
Crossposting for those here.
Just a note for everyone, my posting is about to drop considerably for the next few days. I'm preparing Day of the Demon for a convention this weekend today and am behind already. Tomorrow I'm off and I'm taking the finance on a little day excursion for her birthday, so I'll be out of access all day. Saturday I'll be in full convention mode with no posting. Sunday should bring things back to normal.
What a coincidence, I'm playing Day of the Demon tomorrow, but not at a convention. In any case, thanks for letting us know and have a good time!
Duly noted. Thanks for the heads up. Guess I'll have one less thing to distract me from studying for my finals. :P
Question for our marvelous DM: Is it fine to be reading the other group's thread, or does that fall under excessive meta knowledge? I'm curious to see what they're up to.
I dont mind, just don't use the knowledge in character.
I wouldn't dream of it. (What's the fun in that, anyway.)
It has come to my attention that the Spherewalker prestige class might be a good fit for Castor, and I'm pondering taking it a higher levels.
It has a few prerequisites but nothing too painful for me, although it would cost me a few levels' worth of channel and domain powers.
I'm hoping Captain Trips would accept Castor's "has spent his entire life on the roads" as an acceptable substitute for "A spherewalker-to-be must have journeyed far in his lifetime, visiting two locations sacred to his deity at least 200 miles apart."
The prestige class would probably be favored as a series of boons granted to Castor by the powers of Desna, as a reward for pursuing a good cause in her name.
The prestige class's bonuses seem all over the place though, I'm not sure how useful most of them would be.
Any thoughts?
"A spherewalker-to-be must have journeyed far in his lifetime, visiting two locations sacred to his deity at least 200 miles apart."
I take it you are reading the prestige class from the pfsrd20 site, so I'd like to note this, its actually a Desna specific Prestige class, so it kinda fits even better. Also, I see no reason why the captain cannot put places sacred to Desna that are 200 miles apart into the campaign or have some other way for you to qualify, +5 base attack bonus is awhile away anyway.
On for a short bit this morning before we leave. I believe this is possible simply because as part of Kingmaker you have the chance to found cities in multiple places down the road. Add to that the fact that you can build a cathedral/temple and you have your second location for your deity, the first being wherever you came from, which is easily 200 mile from here.
Oh, turns out I kind of overestimated how much 200 miles is. (I'm far more familliar with the metric system than I am with the international system.)
Also, yeah, between the starknife proficiency, the traveling, the luck bonus, the "Sphere" part of the name, and the butterfly swarm, I'd figured it was about Desna.
That telepathic bond would be really good for the split parties to keep in contact.
I'll go read up the original description.
I'm back! Might be a busy Monday but I will do my best to get something up today to pick up where we left off.
Welcome back!
I'm back! Might be a busy Monday but I will do my best to get something up today to pick up where we left off.
Yay!
Welcome back, how was day of the demon?
I didn't kill anyone, although I had the perfect chance. I decided to be nice and not coup-de-grace someone when I had the opportunity. :)
Just as a reminder, i'm on the road tomorrow, travelling to the South of France.
Bon voyage!
Guys, I will also be gone for about a week starting sometime tomorrow.
Well, rule of three.
Final exam season kicking off here. I may be slightly less active for the week and a half to come. Emphasis on slightly. Odds are if I didn't point it out, no one would notice, but still, letting you guys know. Wish me luck!
I'm back.
Checking in once more.
Back again, as well.
Reporting
Woohoo! :)
Looks like we have everyone. Post forthcoming.
Hmm, I forgot about the alchemist's fire I got from the loot before, yay I have one! Also, would it be possible to use abundant ammunition on the container my alchemist's fire is in so that it's not expended? I expect not, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
Clever... :) Not sure it will work, but if so, brilliant!
Only ammunition, which alchemy items are not considered to be. Arrows, bolts, sling and firearm bullets (not cartridges) are what this works on. They can be masterwork or special material as well.
To throw you all a bone or two, here are some swarm fighting strategies.
- Torches
- Oil (Dendarial had the right idea, but throwing into the square just produces splash damage. This works only if there is fire present as well.)
- Acid
And from what I can tell, you still have party members with valid attack options.
My thought was to add to the fire. I had lit a torch first not knowing there would be fire present.
Since the swarm is stationary the oil should do a full d6 per round for a round or two, yes?
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This is part of what I'm confused about. Did he miss, because I'm not sure what the touch AC of a 5' square is. I'm assuming the spider swarm has a higher than 10 AC, but would a patch of ground? Was the oil lit from the flaming spiders, or is there a flash just leaking oil onto the ground?
Will has none of the options Trips mentioned, but if the oil isn't burning, he could use Spark to set it off at range.
You can't avoid the mechanics of a swarm by targeting the ground, otherwise why bother giving them a touch AC? Just like you can't light a character on fire by hitting the square they are in with alchemist fire, you have to hit the person. The swarm was splashed by the oil, which did a point of damage by feeding the flames on the swarm.
If you want to directly effect a swarm you have to target the swarm's AC, unless you are content with splash damage only.
Per the SRD:
To attack with a splash weapon, make a ranged touch attack against the target. Splash weapons require no weapon proficiency, so you don’t take the -4 nonproficiency penalty. A hit deals direct hit damage to the target, and splash damage to all creatures within 5 feet of the target.
You can instead target a specific grid intersection. Treat this as a ranged attack against AC 5. However, if you target a grid intersection, creatures in all adjacent squares are dealt the splash damage, and the direct hit damage is not dealt to any creature. (You can’t target a grid intersection occupied by a creature, such as a Large or larger creature; in this case, you’re aiming at the creature.)
Anyone else having trouble with the site this morning? I keeps distorting the text for me, making it unreadable. :( Its on and off and worse on some browsers than others but present for all I have tried.