GM FurtiveZoog's PFS First Steps, Part I: In Service to Lore (Gamma) (Inactive)

Game Master FurtiveZoog

We prefer the term "Healbot". :P

I was told that we had 100 gp to start with and I just noticed that it's 150 gp. I'm unreasonably excited about that.

Nothing personal there, Zander. :o)

None taken, but let's be honest here, Pathfinders are hired thugs and mercenaries with a good PR group.

Sounds like the Silver Crusade has their work cut out for them then. ;p

On the subject of healbots. I am currently playing a 13 lvl life oracle in a Carrion Crown game.

... Pathfinders are hired thugs and mercenaries...

... as she subtly attempts to cover the Sczarni faction pin on her robe.

Ah, yes, the Pathfinders. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

"Indeed," Eurydes acknowledges, proudly displaying the Taldan insignia on his armor. "Someone has to keep an eye on you all." :)

Just to let everyone know:

This week I'll be working at a remote site with limited connectivity. I'll be able to read posts (with difficulty) and keep up with the action, but the firewall there doesn't allow me to post.

So until the weekend rolls around, I'll mostly be posting in the evenings after I get home.

Thanks!

"Hired thugs and mercenaries"? Good Sir! we prefer the phrase "murder hobos".

Hehe... I'll have to come up with something suitably irresponsible for Eurydes to say when it comes time to use that roll. This should be amusing. :)

I was luckier with a Sense Motive roll. Given that this is a social scenario, I'd like to use this after the Diplomacy to get some insight into the affected NPC's character.

By the way, am I the only one getting a Simpsons' Crazy Cat Lady vibe off Auntie Baltwin? Because given no other information that's how I'm playing her voice in my head when we finally talk to her.

Lol yeah that is pretty much her.

Kawrock, that was hilarious. Thank you.

Slowly raises his right hand to the hilt of his nodachi. "I do not wish to alarm anyone, but there are a large number of cat beasts protecting that dwelling. They are small but they have enough numbers that should they mount a coordinated attack they could possibly take one of us down. If we are to proceed to the house I think we should do so with caution."

I find this funny on two fronts. 1: in first ed, cats were more deadly than wizards, as the average wizard only had a d4 HP and cats did claw/claw/bit for 1d2, 1d2, 1d3.

Second, being a whovian, I read that in the voice of a Soltaran trooper, the one who's name escapes me but assists the Doctor from time to time.

Thanks, and good luck convincing him they are harmless :D.

Yay the boards are back up!!

Yes, thankfully. Kawrock, whatever you did... don't do that again! ;o)

And new classes to try out!!

@Tuich It was the cat beasts I swear!!!

By the way gang, apologies for Tuich launching a plan like that without first discussing it with the group. I do realize this is a team effort! But it seemed too good an opportunity not to exploit, and there was no opportunity to check in.

She's no Rogue (as evidenced by that sucky Stealth roll, bleh), but I'm hopeful she'll be able to pick up a little additional information while Auntie is preoccupied with your conversation.

And as I mentioned before, her personality swings almost bipolar, and when she's focused on a task and sees an opportunity, she tends to go for it. Plus she's been a shunned loner for so long, she doesn't think twice about taking matters into her own hands when it seems appropriate. Still, I promise she won't be bullheaded or running off all the time. Honest.

It's all good :) I can't see a reason that anyone should want to endure verbal abuse, so I think it was fine to exit. Of course, I'll say that naively and then it turns out you walk into another dimension somehow.

To me, you NEVER have to apologize for playing your character unless it specifically goes against another player. You want to run off, good luck to ya :D I have an Inquisitor who frequently sends the party on one path and he goes the other and tries to race to the end.

Okay, it's so weird you would say that, Lady Adelaide. The original Tuich (from whom I cloned the PFS version) is currently stranded in a pocket dimension or demi-plane or something, and none of us who are stuck there can figure out what's going on.

And yes, she was just walking along, and... *POOF!*

OH, by the way: In case it was unclear, when Tuich said the house mother obviously had problems she was referring to Auntie (the "house mother" -- mother of the house -- head of the orphanage):

housemother /ˈhousˌməT͟Hər/ noun -- a woman acting as hostess, chaperone, and often housekeeper in a group residence

Sorry if I confused anyone by incorrectly adding the space in the middle.

(the "house mother" -- mother of the house -- head of the orphanage):

~Mother of the house, keeper of the zoo, ready to relieve 'em of a sous or two~

Edit: alright, Zander. Who do I have to kill to get rolls like that?!

Also, Tuich, I am shocked at how specifically that matches up. I don't know what to do with this newfound power.

And I'm sure she's ready with a handshake and an open palm.

And let us not forget what are probably key lines: "But nothing gets you nothing, everything has got a little price!"

Lady Adelaide, just be sure to use it for good...

~Mother of the house, keeper of the zoo, ready to relieve 'em of a sous or two~

Excellent!

She's written, btw, to be just about the most unpleasant person possible, especially as to different races and to classes. So, not just a mean-spirited GM...

Sorry I left you out, Vyk, but the boards went down for me before I was finished being insulting.

Well, you obviously saw what happens when someone insults Vyk. Don't make me do that again. Or else... Well, how attached are you to Reddit.com?

Thanks, Zoog!

And... I hate to say it, but it appears you left off our dear cleric and his rolls of badassery in your response post.

He is trying to ignore my rolls of badassery. In the game I'm GMing for him, they are talking TPK because I haven't rolled below a 14 and doing 20+ damage a round.

He is trying to ignore my rolls of badassery. In the game I'm GMing for him, they are talking TPK because I haven't rolled below a 14 and doing 20+ damage a round.

Again I ask: who do I have to kill to get rolls like that?!

In PFS? A venture officer or 5 star GM.

The dice roller likes PC blood, and I give it in spades. It likes me well enough I keep some of its favor on my PCs. :)

In PFS? A venture officer or 5 star GM.

Well, Don't leave out the details, man. Specifically, you must consume them to absorb their power.

I was going to include the heart devouring but thought it might be to dark lol.

So; consume body *and* soul, or just the soul?

I mean, I'd hate to waste a perfectly good corpse.

You just need the heart.

The rest, as they say, is gravy.

No, I'm not ignoring the big jerk Mez. It's just that I am very easily 'ninja'ed': I write one line, get called away, write another line, get called away... Two hours later I submit the post and then I sometimes forget to scroll up to see what has happened in the meantime.

Out of curiosity what are you almost TPKing in?

The rest, as they say, is gravy.

No, I'm not ignoring the big jerk Mez. It's just that I am very easily 'ninja'ed': I write one line, get called away, write another line, get called away... Two hours later I submit the post and then I sometimes forget to scroll up to see what has happened in the meantime.

No worries, I'm just waiting for it to be resolved before I post. The conversation might get a bit tricky otherwise.

The Beggar's Pearl, at Tier 1-2

Unfortunately, since there is no way to come back with a similarly-leveled character in PFS (unlike in the typical home game), killing a character effectively removes them from the established group. (Playing only online, it isn't as though we have a stable of higher level PFS characters that a player could bring in as a replacement.) While I was quite prepared for character death, that kind of disruption to the group is something that I had not considered. All-in-all, I may not decide to continue with PFS.

Yeah it takes a bigger time commitment in PbP to get to the levels were you can afford a raise dead. That adventure is one of the few 1-7s I haven't run or played yet.

Yeah, or rather, Raise Dead, Body Recovery, and Restoration.

I guess each of those would have the 5 PP surcharge, too, since it is way away from a large city, or anything habitation at all.

Actually, given how long it took us to get in based on the story description, it would be certainly take us too long to get a body out for any caster's Raise Dead spell, so it would technically have to be a really expensive Resurrection spell. (If someone really followed all of the fluff in determining what was possible and what kind of spell it would take.)

Lesson: Only go on dangerous adventures within a few days journey of a big city, even if you have large stash of PP!

(I should say that my character and at least 3 of the 6 others could be running away and not coming back; it's the group loyalty that may turn it into a TPK.)

Sorry about being absent yesterday, I had a Murphy's Law situation with the site. Now if I understand how the dice roller works now...

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

That was just a test

Sorry about being absent yesterday, I had a Murphy's Law situation with the site. Now if I understand how the dice roller works now...

I just realized I didn't explain what I meant by that. The site was coming up very slowly. At a crawl, actually. Anyway, I'll be back again later today.