I forgot it, then rememebred it for one or two rolls.
Then remembered I hadn't forgot it: I hate giants instead (luckily rolls missed anyway)
It's been a whirlwind of remembering who he dislikes for Ulark :p
Hey everyone, just wanted to apologize for not being very active for the past couple of days. I've been busy with things at work trying to get ready for an upcoming work convention in Las Vegas next week.
I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon and won't be back until Friday night. I'll try to keep up with things as best as I can but during the day I'm going to be in the convention center and at night,...well it's Vegas.
Go ahead and bot me if you need to and try not to get Thuradin killed.
Ha! Have fun! ANd thanks for letting us know.
Are we waiting for someone still? Just want to make sure I haven't missed something.
GM, how are your other groups fairing against this fight/doing in general?
The "classic" group is almost done, but they have nearly been wiped out multiple times. They still might not survive.
In comparison, you guys are making it look easy! But you are far from done.
And the half-orcs haven't gotten here yet, but they did more encounters in the last section, and have been lagging a bit for a while.
It has been interesting to watch the differences!
It is pretty cool to have 3 groups running this.
I'd also say that dwarves do tend to be more survivable than most.
By the way...I was perusing SRD and came across this:
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/prestige-classes/core-rulebook/dragon-disci ple/
I'm thinking about moving into it for Kragmyr. Simply because I'm really enjoying about how he is holding his own in combat. If he moves in at lvl 5, then by lvl 10 he'll have (Str 18 Dex14 Con18 Int16 Wis14 Cha8). It just *feels* dwarven to be swinging a hammer around in combat, crushing orc heads and splintering giant shins. Without going into this prestige class, he'll really lag behind with his Str14 Con16.
Rather than have it be "dragon disciple" I plan to call it "Ancestor Disciple." Same rules and all. But rather than growing claws, he'd instead be able to will a ghostly hammer and axe into his hands. The natural armor and bite attack would instead be ghostly armor and a headbutt from his helm.
It means giving up alot (spell levels, and unless I can find a way to have his raging song increase, that'll hurt too). But the image of a dwarven grudgekeeper, summoning ghostly weapons and armor and fighting away at the front lines? It really feels better than just having him chanting on the back lines once my lucky dice rolls run dry.
HA! I didn't know you had a group of half-orcs. Trunau sounds like a rough place to be a group of half-orcs... Naturally, the dwarven group will have to fight them in an epic battle.
That sounds like fun. All the half orcs of the town banding together to prove themselves!
Yah - they have the added problems of dealing with predjudices, but it hasn't hurt them too much. Actually, it's all half-orcs and a human professor... that's pretty funny too.
Again I want to apologize for not paying attention to my games. There's no really good way to say this without sounding ghoulish but we are currently on a death watch for my father-in-law. Early last week he took a turn for the worst and the hospice nurses believe he could pass any day now. Needless to say my wife is beside herself with worry and I just haven't had the time to devote to these boards.
I'm sorry to hear that. Family always comes first. No need to apologize
Second that. Take care of the family - we'll still be here when you find free time again.
Being charged by a half dozen orcs with a battering ram? Well...I do love heroic deaths. And Kragmyr isn't one to run.
So either he survives this and finally as his own tale to brag about, or he dies a truly memorable death. If he does go down though, someone save his book of grudges and add his death to it. ;)
Gundar, you've got a d20 for your damage roll! Can I borrow that crossbow? ;)
Whoops! Thanks for spotting that!
*Dwarven War Arbalest of Cheating
It's a double barreled crossbow, ala Ladyhawke.
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Got to love how the dwarves are bursting into song. Tolkien would approve.
We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig in our mine the whole day through
To dig dig dig dig dig dig dig is what we really like to do
It ain't no trick to get rich quick
If you dig dig dig with a shovel or a pick
In a mine! In a mine! In a mine! In a mine!
Where a million diamonds shine!
We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig from early morn till night
We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig up everything in sight
We dig up diamonds by the score
A thousand rubies, sometimes more
But we don't know what we dig 'em for
We dig dig dig a-dig dig
Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho
Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho
Heigh-ho
[Chorus]
Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho
It's home from work we go
[Whistle]
I've never been much for song, much less those of our forefathers. I would have learned more if I stayed at home... Thozar reaches deep into his soul and draws forth the deepest, most ancient song of his ancestors. "I AM A DWARF AND I'M DIGGING A HOLE! DIGGY DIGGY HOLE! DIGGY DIGGY HOLE!" he sings out, flooded with the power of his earthen lineage.
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About two months ago I played this for my kids. They then demanded it every night for two weeks. That thing is insanely addictive. I loved it. Drove the wife crazy.
Ulark could do The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins at best... :)
Diggy Diggy Hole - good choice Thozar, and appropriate. I think Torith should certainly join in on this one, especially as he's carrying a pickaxe around all the time :)
My Father in Law passed away quietly at his home Wednesday afternoon. I appreciate everyone's patience and understanding during these trying times. I will be out of town from today until Wednesday attending the services and other personal matters, please 'bot me if there is anything that needs to be done.
Thank you all,
Mike.
I'm sorry for your loss Mike, but it sounds like you all did everything you could for him to have as pleasant of a passing as possible. Peace and love to you and your family in this time of mourning.
I am sorry to hear about your family's loss. Take care, and know our thoughts are with you.
I am going to be out for the next few days recovering from a surgery. I am unsure of the recovery time, but I hope to be back in a few days, a week at the latest.
Feel free to continue to heal up, plan your approach, etc., and we will resolve it all when I return.
Thuradin: My condolence seems to your family
GM: Feel better soon and take it easy
Have a quick and painless recovery! Thanks for the update
Safe flight!
Do we want to bot Kragmyr for now? Has anyone heard about their status?
I am going to be travelling for the rest of the week. I am probably not going to try to make updates during that time, so I will pick it back up on Monday.
Happy and safe travels!
See you when you get back - this giant is toast anyway i'm sure ;)
Wanting to wish all of our American players a Happy, and safe, Thanksgiving.
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I have seen the future. As a thank you for saving the town, the humans will give us 7 dwarves our own mine. Rich in all kinds of gems. While working it we will come across a young white haired witch, named snow. It will turn out that an evil sorceress is trying to kill her. And...well, you know how it goes.
lol - I just came back from Disney World, so this really made me laugh.
I'm appalled that I NEVER made the connection that we are the seven dwarves XD
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The important question is... who is who?
Do we have anything that can hurt a swarm?
Kinetic Blasts :)
Also we found some grenades and alchemist fires on the battlefield, and depending on how big the individual creatures are weapons might be at least partially effective.
FYI, I'm going to withhold my post until Torith's is resolved.
I double checked the rules to make sure i was doing them right.
Although the blast can effect swarms it only does the damage rolled.
It only gets the additional damage if it's specifically modified to be a blast.
Are we missing some damage on the skeleton?
Although i don't know the AC of the giant we had the following attacks, all with blunt weapons. (I've only listed the ones the seem high enough to potentially hit.)
Thuradin's hammer hit AC18 for 8 damage
Torith's earth blast hit AC24 for 16 damage
Thozar's sling bullet hit AC17 for 5 damge.
Even if only Torith's attack hit the skeleton, it went from 3 damage to 16 damage.
If there is something we don't know about just tell me to shut up and we'll find out or not at a later point in the fight :P
Ulark, I don't know if you included it already, but the first successful strike against an undead, which is also the target of your smite, gets 2 points of damage per level instead of 1! It would also get multiplied on the crit!
I think you just saved our bacon :)
Go Ulark! :)
Ulark’s saga continues!