From the tactics for the 6-7 subtier: Kemendu uses his sandals of quick reaction to make a full attack with his bow in the surprise round, targeting a spellcaster with his hushing arrow first.
As far as the encounter in general, the difficulty of it actually depends on how quickly you've accomplished the various tasks set out in the scenario and how subtle you've been about it. Failing checks to canvass the guild house, find Ungala or the eyewitness, or to deal with Erwyn slow you down, causing a ruckus at the guild house slows you down, etc. For a certain number of delays earned, Kemendu has more time to prepare his ambush. If you do very poorly, he has time to set traps around the map (which can serve to anchor the boat and keep it from moving if you take the river route), charm a critter to help with the fight, and have an Aspis wizard cast some additional buffs on him. Since you guys did very well, all he had time to do was buff up according to his 'Before Combat' header which included some stuff like a Water Walk scroll, Fickle Winds on himself and Netto the Constrictor, and Protection from Energy (Fire) (or an element the party is known to use if they get enough delays).
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I'll get the game reported shortly and will work on chronicles later this evening, so be sure to roll Day Jobs, make Faction Journal inquiries, etc.!
As far as Tome goes, I think we're doing Bones at the request of Effie/Malachi/Sleeping Sword. The specific combo I've GMed before was:
Bones + Ustalav location
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I'm hoping at least one of the several NPC's we dealt with here falls into the following category?
Recruit a named NPC scholar, knowledgeable spellcaster, or similar figure to the Dark Archive. Recruitment requires a successful Diplomacy or Knowledge (arcana) check with a DC equal to 15 + your character level.
Got it, juuuust barely. :D
Hokay! The game was reported several days back but now I've got chronicles for those who've made their Day Job rolls and such. You can find them here ---> Chronicles, Yo. I just need any relevant Day Job/Faction Journal stuff from Doc and Grandfrogger and I'll get those done too.
As always, please let me know if I've made any mistakes. You'll notice your gold totals are lower than expected; this is due to skipping the last encounter, as I mentioned previously.
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Ah, must've forgotten to un-cross that one for you! I'll fix it momentarily :)
Okay, got a corrected chronicle uploaded at the same link!
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Sitting in the dusty Archive researching death and the afterlife, Doc takes copious notes in a leather-bound notebook. However, he also has another notebook that he writes in - his calligraphy wherein he mixes the written scripts of the many and sundry languages in his head into artful designs. He's not particularly creative with the words, often borrowing existing poetry or using phrases that he's heard from colleagues and friends.
But it's those phrases that remind him of his adventuring friends - and one in particular. Using one of Miyakushi's famous Minkai love poems as a starting point, he replaces various words throughout the text with their equivalents in the nearly dozen languages and scripts that he knows, creating a unique piece of art on a vellum scroll.
When he's done, he sets it aside with the satisfaction of an artist having completed what is likely his greatest piece. A piece that may very well never find its intended audience.....
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Gosh... You got me, Tygger! You really know how to talk to me...
Because 8 is the Number of the Beats! Or of Chaos. so a pale guy with a long black sword told me, speaking of his mum, or maybe that was his god Arioch. Sumthing like that. Probably loved his mom a little too much if she was his god.
1-2 Advanced classes guide (ahah!)
5-7 Advanced player guide (Double Ahah!)
3-6 Occult classes (never used it..)
8-4 Ultimate Combat&Magic (because there arent many new classes in these two books)
3 Mesmerist (Because ordinal numbers and going through the alphabet is boring!
2 Psychic (but I don't want to end bald, in a wheelchair!)
1 Kinesetsist (who care how you have to write it? You send things flying in their face!)
4 Occultist (Big eyes small mouth? What is that?)
(no medium because I'm rare. No Spiritualist because that use Wisdom. And Wisdom is for guys like Zith. Who is a Medium (wink wink nudge nudge), but a decent guy all the way. We don't always see eye to eye, but now that I'm a certified Oculist, that can only improve!)
So I'm now an Occultist. at last I can improve everyone eyesight!
Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
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Sometimes I'm not sure who is more Chaotic, the PC or the Player. ;)
Occultist is a great 1-level class. Legacy Weapon from Transmutation lasts a minute, and since we all have magic weapons, you can use a standard action to give Bane (Whatever) to someone. And then do it again the next round to someone else. +2 to attack and +2d6+2 damage!
Oh, one minor detail. There's a class feature called "Mental Focus." I don't think Hep can use that. ;)
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Ninja'd. Alas, so the dice have spoken.
Okay, Doc and Grandfrogger's chronicles are uploaded. Once again, here's the link --> Chronicles!
I've decided that I'll bring Soddy Daisy along on our adventure and thanks to this chronicle and having just finished House GMing for the 1e Special, I'll be able to bring her in freshly leveled to 6th. Might take me a few days to get her leveled up though, I've just finished night 1 of a 4 night stretch and then I'll be leaving for a convention in the mountains of North Carolina from Thursday through Sunday afternoon >.>
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I think I am going insane. And not just from Hep's class progression.
Maria has alchemical allocation. I played it (this last session) and could have SWORN that there was at 150g per level sort of cost limit on what elixir/potion it could be used on.
So at level 4 (Investigator) I could only buy and use potions and elixirs that cost 600g or less. Thus the elixir of vision (250g) and slipstream potion (300g).
Next level I can get elixirs of heroism (750g) and such.
BUT I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ABOUT THAT NOW?!? What the heck did I see or am missing?
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The only limitation is you can't use Alchemical Allocation on a potion or elixir with a value of 1000gp or more.
I'll see if I can locate the campaign ruling.
EDIT: I am out of date somehow! Here's the final PF1e ruling.
[Advanced Players Guide] Page 201—In organized play, alchemical allocation can be used to avoid consumption of potions and elixirs with a price of up to 150 gp × the caster level of the alchemical allocation extract (to a maximum of 1,000 gp).
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The only limitation is you can't use Alchemical Allocation on a potion or elixir with a value of 1000gp or more.
I'll see if I can locate the campaign ruling.
EDIT: I am out of date somehow! Here's the final PF1e ruling.
[Advanced Players Guide] Page 201—In organized play, alchemical allocation can be used to avoid consumption of potions and elixirs with a price of up to 150 gp × the caster level of the alchemical allocation extract (to a maximum of 1,000 gp).Campaign Clarifications linky
Thank you! I wasn’t going crazy (yet).
15xp is level 6
D'oh! Don't feel bad though, I had to think about it for a moment as well after applying those chronicles to Soddy.
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Given that folks are leveling up and Lady L needs a couple days/nights for work, I'll hold off starting us on the Tome of Righteous Repose until Lady L hands me the reins.
I did notice something though. With Hep and Soddy just leveling to 6, we'll have to add in a scenario to the plan. There's Tome and Midnight Mauler left before we hit a string of 7-11's, but those two PCs at least won't be 7's by then. Plus I'm planning to give my Tome GM Chronicle to Lady Vanessa, which means Holan-Ji (or Doc O'Mayga) would still need 1 more XP to reach 7th level by then also.
No need to do anything right away, just thought I'd point it out for character and GM rotation planning.
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Question regarding an FJC goal.
As a part of defeating an undead creature, use a consumable magic item worth at least 100 gp per character level.
Would using a potion that helped Maria hurt the undead creature during a fight where it was destroyed apply? Like, she sees an undead and slams a potion of heroism or oil of flaming arrow (750g cost each) and then helps kill it?
Other than level 3 potions and oils, I'm not finding a ton of one use magical consumables in the 600g or higher range that would directly harm an undead.
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May I introduce you to the incense of corporeality?
Expensive, but really helps to shut down ghosts, spectres and the like.
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May I introduce you to the incense of corporeality?
Expensive, but really helps to shut down ghosts, spectres and the like.
Really nice, but I don't own the source book. It would definitely qualify.
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That probably violates at least the spirit of the FJC rules quite a bit. But a good thought outside the box.
I found this on the FJC description.
Err on the side of leniency when ruling whether or not a PC fulfilled a faction objective; for example, defeating an undead creature does not necessarily mean striking the killing blow, and someone who actively contributes to the combat almost certainly qualifies.
So from that, as long as I use up a consumable worth more than 100g per my level and contribute to the fight, I am going to count that goal as gtg.
The level three potions and oils will work until I hit level 8, so hopefully I can face two undead enemies in separate sessions in that time.
No worries Zith; I was actually out of town at a con over the weekend and only got back yesterday evening. I've still got to get Soddy leveled up anyway so maybe it would be easiest to wait until you're back from your trip before we begin.
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No worries. I've been behind on character updates, too, due to vacation/travel/medical stuff.
I updated the link in this, my GM tagline, to the slides, if you want to copy that over to the campaign page, too.
I'd ask that everyone fill in slide 2 & 3 with info and tokens when you're ready. We've had some leveling and swaps, and it'll make sure we're all up to date for this session.
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It was pretty good despite the girl, my wife, and my mother having influenza: the girl right at start of winter break, my mom just after Christmas, and then my wife right at the end of the break. Apparently, my son and I generated better protective immunity from our shots.
We stayed at home for the most part. :)
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Ours was good here. DH had to work during the day Christmas Eve and I worked at night on Christmas Day so each of us sort of did our own thing and went to the family gatherings that our individual schedules would allow for - which is nothing unusual, #healthcareworkerlife and all that. Thankfully neither of our families live more than an hour & 1/2 away by car so at least there isn't a huge amount of driving to be done.
This year did mark a change as it was the first year where my mother opted to just (mostly) give everyone money and not whip up anything beyond a few finger foods - which was perfectly fine and understandable because it was easier for her. She's always loved Christmas and decorating and buying (and receiving, haha) gifts, so the change did, admittedly, make me a little sad for the fact that it's a reminder that she (and my dad) are getting older and slowing down.
DH & I are going to look at hosting something next year, that way all they have to do is bring themselves. We didn't in previous years because our apartment was too small but we've been in our house now for just over four years and DH has developed an interest in cooking so it's time we stepped up. And my gift to her this year was a basic coffee maker for my house, because she's commented more than once on our lack of one - never mind the fact that neither DH or I drink coffee so why would we have a coffee maker? But now I can make coffee for her when she comes over and she won't have to bring her big thermos of coffee from home. She seemed happy :)
We also had some sickness run through our house in December but in our case it was RSV. Didn't ruin the holidays but it did make a good portion of the month annoying and uncomfortable -_-
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I don't celebrate either one (nor really any holidays at all). I bid schedules to work them, letting a junior pilot have the chance of getting it when they might not have otherwise.
Xmas was a 3-day layover in Nanjing China. Not a particularly interesting, nor English-accessible city, and the Dangerous air-quality index levels didn't help.
The following week, I departed Alaska about 2 hours before midnight on New Years Eve and landed back in China in the wee hours of the 2nd, so 1 Jan never happened for me.
But I'm enjoying my 3 days off in Japan on my current trip and looking forward to 3 days in Hong Kong next week. Such is the life of a Nomad.
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Hi and happy new year to all.
Nothing much here, spent Xmas with my wife's family at home. Missing my own family and especially my daughter, so I confess I wasn't in the happiest of moods.
New job at work since a few days, so I'm quite busy here. Hope to play the Awesome Lil"Hep soon to lighten my spirits.
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Then let's get this "party" rollin'!
Please follow this link to my slides and if you haven't already add your data and token.