Thanks for your questions, Faustinia.
I consider the sludge in the cavern as neither water nor earth, but as a mixture of both. If mud elemental featured in the summon monster list (and were legal for play in this campaign) I would have suggested them.
Coming to your specific needs, I will rule that:
1. The sludge is too gross for the celestial dolphins to swim into. That doesn't mean that I wouldn't allow you to summon them. On the contrary, I would allow it, but with some specifics. Considering that the sludge is dense and only 4 feet deep, I would rule that dolphins swim through it as through difficult terrain.
2. I would allow both earth and water elementals to benefit from their respective masteries. Anyway, both of them will move through the sludge as through difficult terrain.
Hope it helps!
I just spent 3 hours at high school orientation for my teenagers and now all I want to do is drive an ice pick through my frontal lobe... I apologize, no posting or reading or anything tonight. Feel free to bot for me.
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In my tabletop group a brand new player is playing a sorcerer and was agonizing over a second level spell. He wound up tentatively taking summon monster II. We then had a semi-aquatic fight, and he summoned what I can only describe as a horde of dolphins round after round, cackling like a madman as they send skeletons pinwheeling through the air. Made my day.
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Not that it matters for Faustinia’s poor Fortitude saves, but should we include the penalties for being sickened into our fortitude saves against it in subsequent rounds?
In other words, does being sickened for 1 round last until just before we make the new save? Or does failing mean we're sickened when we make the next save?
I was out late at a party tonight. I'll get a post in tomorrow. Bot me a round if need be.
Mummy rot. Filth fever. Gotta contract them all. At least I suspect I can rest and recover from these once out of this place.
Gotta contract them all.
XD
Anyway yes, you'll be able to recover from them once this fight is over.
Woo-hoo! Great job, everyone. We definitely had some harrowing moments, but I'm glad that we pulled through.
There's a lot to process in Giuseppe's post. That will have to wait until I'm home from work. For now, I'll say that Catina would like to take the intelligent glaive, with an eye to 'cleansing' it. We also have to find a way to get out of the Manor, in our present state. We don't look too well, but neither do the rest of the party-goers (I hope).
That was suitably epic, and good lord have Varius and the others been through hell.
Looking at the goodies, none of them are of particular use to Varius. He's got his short sword and is a happy boy.
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Well done, everyone! Thanks especially to our brave friends who dove into the nasty muck to retrieve the treasure! :)
I've added all items to the loot list - the general list, the still to claim, and the generic supplies. Feel free to put in requests for item claiming or to move other things to generic supplies.
My other item notes:
-The only item that I've claimed so far is the Andoren spellbook. I figured that was not at risk of being in contention. :)
-When deciding whether someone wants to keep that mithral scimitar around: it's not quite the style of weapon our party usually uses, but it's worth noting that mithral weapons DO count as silver for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction (without the damage penalty that comes with alchemical silver piercing or slashing weapons).
-I haven't checked the spell rusting grasp yet to know which of us are able to use it. I'll check on it later, unless someone else does.
Edit: okay, now I've added all the items. I forgot to add the "King's" longswords at first.
If we are discussing what to keep and not, I think the rope of climbing will come in handy, the haversack as well, the ring of feather fall just in case. Doesn't matter who keeps them, just that they are in the group and if one of us leaves the others can retain them. Eyes property so to say.
Petals could take one of the magic swords to have a magic weapon but I think its better to sell them so Alessandro will have enough to enchant at least one of his weapons.
The wand of cure moderate wounds is lovely.
Hi guys. I've decided that I'm going to bow out of this game as we wrap up this chapter of the adventure. I just started a new job and my two year old daughter is taking up the majority of my time. It's been a struggle to post every day and I haven't been able to put as much quality into them as I'd like to. You guys have all been great, it's just a time thing and I just don't have enough of it lately. I can still post a few more times to tie up any loose ends to finish the chapter but then I'm going to take a break.
Sorry to see you go sir, but family first always. Age two was lovely but filled with tantrums and timeouts for us. The whole exploring their boundaries. Good luck!
Augh! It was great playing with you. New job and a two-year old are definite priorities. :)
It's been great playing with you, Alessandro. Too bad that you'll leave us, but understandable. Thanks for sticking with us so far, and finding a 'proper' opportunity to bow out. Take care, and enjoy the family.
Hi guys. I've decided that I'm going to bow out of this game as we wrap up this chapter of the adventure. I just started a new job and my two year old daughter is taking up the majority of my time. It's been a struggle to post every day and I haven't been able to put as much quality into them as I'd like to. You guys have all been great, it's just a time thing and I just don't have enough of it lately. I can still post a few more times to tie up any loose ends to finish the chapter but then I'm going to take a break.
Thanks for everything Alessandro, and on my part thank you for waiting for a good chance to bow out of the game. I had a great time with you and wish you all the good luck in this world with your life! I hope we'll stumble into each other in the future on these boards!
Anyone else have that greedy player moment of WAIT there's more treasure in here!
Petals would never listen to me on that one though. :)
Faustinia is still in her fake beard! Good work Varius!
Woo! I even forgot, although I did mention it for a while once we first entered.
PbP leveling up is pretty easy when you're a fighter:
Level 5:
+7 hp (+6 level up, +1 con)
+1 base attack
New ability: weapon training, light blades (+1 to hit, damage, and CMB)
New feat: improved trip
+4 skill points (+2 class, +1 int, +1 human) to:
2 points each to surival and swim
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Catina, I need to consider what spells to pick up, and I had a question for you.
Both of our newly acquired 3rd level spells are a bit limited right now, but if our next step involves trying to solve the city's shadow beast problem I imagine that daylight will be a very useful spell to pick up. I've only got so much gold to throw around for my spellbook, though, and it's on both of our spell lists. Do you think you would prepare it regularly enough (if we know or strongly suspect that we'll be going into heavily shadow-related encounters) that I could not make it a priority if I'm low on spellbook funds? Or do you think it would be better for me to prioritize it so we both can be prepared if necessary?
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Here's my level up information as well. I'm sure it will get more complicated as I try to fill up my spellbook. :P
Conjurer 5
HP +5
Feat: Great Fortitude
Wizard Bonus Feat: Extend Spell
Spells per day: 3rd +1
2 Spells added to spell book: haste, summon monster III
Skills (2 + 4 Int + 1 human + 1 favored class bonus): Knowledge (arcana, dungeoneering, nobility, planes, religion), Linguistics (+ Auran), Perception, Spellcraft
Yay haste!
Bard 4, was considering another level in paladin for the bonus to saves, but with Alessandro leaving, I think bard is better for the skill points.
+5 hp
+2 rounds of bardic performance
+1 reflex save, +1 will save
+6 skill points from bard level and +2 from intelligence and +1 from favored class
3 points in disable device
1 point in perception
1 point in knowledge planes
1 point in performance singing
1 point in stealth
2 points in diplomacy
second level spells known: invisibility, heroism
new feat: improved feint
Catina level-up changes:
Hit points +7 (1d8 +2 Con)
Channel energy: increased to 3d6
3rd-level spells: 2+1
Feat: Power attack (*)
Skills: 2 points +1 Int +1 fcb
Add to Diplomacy, Knowledge religion, Perception and Sense Motive.
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Spells for the new day
0: light, detect magic, read magic, mending
1st: bless, comprehend languages, protection from evil, shield of faith, charm person (D)
2nd: find traps, owl's wisdom, lesser restoration, aid (D)
3rd: empty, empty, protection from energy (D)
OK, let's try to see if we can solve this disease matter.
We have the following conditions to remove:
Alessandro - filth fever, mummy rot, 7 Constitution damage, 6 Charisma damage
Lady Faustinia - mummy rot
Petals - 5 Strenght damage
Varius - filth fever, blinding sickness
First consideration: unfortunately, Arael can't cast remove disease. It is beyond its caster abilities. As such, your only source of free healing is Catina.
Catina has two 3rd level empty slots that could fill with remove disease. But the priority here is the mummy rot. In order to heal it, a remove curse spell is needed. Again, only Catina is powerful enough to cast it.
As a result, the most reasonable option is that Catina prepares two remove curse in her empty spell slot.
In the meantime, Arael can help Petals and Alessandro with their ability damage, as can Catina with her single lesser restoration. You can count them as removed for the purposes of this adventure, but you will have to get to the Shrine of Aroden first.
According to your suggestions, I gather that you're heading to the temple. To heal your disease, I assume. To that end, I need to know if Catina succeeds at removing the curse associated with the mummy rot (caster level checks needed).
If this is the way you want to go, let me know how and when you're going at the temple. We will roleplay the scene, since it could be potentially interesting from a RP point of view.
Well let's see how Varius is doing:
Woo! So Varius can hold out without losing his eyesight while we resolve the mummy rot and then come around to his illnesses.
Sounds good. It's poetic as well, that remove curse is the first level-3 spell that Catina will cast, after being the victim of the runecurse herself. I'll make an in-character post shortly to suggest a course of action.
To know how things will end up, I'll make the necessary rolls here. After learning the remove curse spell and preparing it, Catina will cast owl's wisdom. She wants to be as prepared as she can before her first castings of this new spell. Also, I'll be assuming that she uses 'Bit of Luck' on herself for both attempts.
Sounds good.
Not sure how fast you want to go, but I'll preroll Catina's attempts at curing the disease the following day. I'll also study two lesser restorations for the next day, to help Petals.
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Here are my prepared spells for the day:
3rd: haste, summon monster III x2 (school spell)
2nd: glitterdust (DC 17), invisibility, locate object, summon monster II (school spell)
1st: color spray (DC 15), comprehend languages, grease (DC 16) (school spell), identify, mage armor
0th: detect magic, mending, read magic, prestidigitation
Like I mentioned, I'm not going to be able to post anymore. I'm going to stop here. Once Alessandro is cured, he'll retire. You can write him off however you want. Thanks for the great game. I've enjoyed playing with you all.
OK Alessandro, that's fine. I wish you all the best :)
Varius, I need your post in order to go on :)
Giuseppe, I hinted at it in an earlier of Catina's posts: Could we maybe visit Calseinica and see if she'd be willing to take care of Alessandro while he recovers? It would make Catina happy to give them an excuse to be together, and it would explain why Alessandro isn't with us anymore when we reach the temple. Unless of course, you had other plans... :)
It's fine. I assyme everyone else is OK with that too, so consider it done. You can interact with Calseinica if you want.
Great idea! Nice to think of the vagabond thief becoming respectable on the arm of the famous actress.
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My post didn't really drive the action forward, but I felt I had some catching up to do.
Also, recap on everone's condition: Catina healed the mummy rot (curse and disease) from Alessandro and Faustinia, while we paid to have Varius's diseases cured. Catina healed Petals for 5 Strength damage, and still has 1 lesser restoration left for this day. We've also had one night's rest, which means 1 point of healing for each affected ability score:
Still damaged:
Varius - 1 Strength damage
Faustinia - 1 Constitution damage
Alessandro - Quite a lot of damage, but that's taken care of (I hope)
Catina can heal one of you, but both points don't have a negative effect and are gone after another night of sleep.
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With our next bit of downtime, I imagine we'll want to divvy up loot and sell off what we don't need. I've already subtracted the 450 gp from our sheet for the cost of removing the diseases. We can start on the other stuff once everything has been claimed or not.
So, does anyone have any particular interest in holding on to anything? We should start claiming items so we know what to sell.
So, does anyone have any particular interest in holding on to anything? We should start claiming items so we know what to sell.
Faustinia is right. Claim those items!
I've claimed one of the potions, and could use the feather fall ring if no one else wants it. The weapons are all martial, which is a bit of a shame. And Catina's headslot is already filled.
For the money we have after selling loot, Catina would like to have her weapon enchanted. I could also use 1k to have the breastplate enchanted, if we have a bit of gold left over. My AC is starting to get decent, so an upgrade in that department would be nice.
I think we should keep the rope of climbing, hat of disguise, and wand of cure moderate wounds as generic needs. Petals can wield the weapons thanks to the paladin level, but I'd rather enchant her hammer if that is an option. She also definitely needs to buy a bow.
Sorry Gisueppe! Got sick. Posting now.
Going over the loot list in detail...
Varius is heavily specialized in short swords at this point. So although he can use the very nice longswords or battle axe, he's probably best-served getting money and investing in fancier short swords.
Varius will claim the golembane scarab and potion of gaseous form unless someone else wants that.
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I'll go through and see what I would want to claim in a bit.
But first I wanted to ask Varius if he was at all interested in the masterwork full plate. I don't know what your plans are going forward as your armor training increases. If you don't want it now but would want it later down the line, we could store it at the temple of Aroden. It would be cheaper to have an existing set refitted than to sell this and buy another later.
Just wanting to confirm that it is possible to have your weapons and armor enchanted, as long as you only need a +1 enchantment. It will take a few days of waiting of course.