GM Rat Sass's Legacy of Fire (Inactive)

Game Master GM Rat Sass

Uh, I'll meet you half-way, GM Lareg. I'm totally willing to point out corrections when it benefits me boney arse... ;)

Because a question may or may not have been implied: I have a bit of GMing experience under my belt, but I am far from a rules-expert.

:)

Sorry to have not answered this sooner-- I am one of those who has some moments of "but! but! Rules!" in the game. And it's not even so much that I'm a stickler for the rules, I can appreciate fudging them a lot sometimes for the sake of story, but the big hang-up for me is when you're not sure if communication is happening clearly between GM and players.

A good example in this fight would be Ami's post here (sorry, I peeked under your spoiler, Ami), where he's describing actions that could have drastically changed the combat, like a stunning effect, and saying no Fort saves were made, etc, and asking for some resolution or clarity on that front-- but there's no GM answer that I can see addressing any of that. It's possible you answered privately, in PM, but if so, even a note in the post to that effect would be helpful, because it at least shows that the questions ARE being answered. Otherwise it leaves the impression, not of a rules-lite game where we're playing fast and free, but instead of a game where our actions may not even be taken into account at all.

I hasten to say that's not what I think you're DOING, Lareg. I think you're incredibly busy and sometimes things slip through the gaps (heck, if I were in your shoes with children and all, I'd probably miss a lot more). I don't expect rules and system mastery from you (and I don't think any of us do)-- I've been playing PF pretty regularly for going on 4 years, I've GMed over 50 games of Pathfinder, and I STILL fudge up basic rules an awful lot of the time. So it's not so much knowing the rules that's the issue, for me-- it's the lack of response when there are questions called about those rules.

Which is why I really appreciate the answer to the elemental's damage output, in your last post. As I said there, I'm feeling a little too gross right now to go back through and see if it matches up with my understanding of the combat, but that's not even the point-- the point is that you ANSWERED it, taking the time to clarify how you had tracked things, and that is something that was really helpful and encouraging for me, so thank you.

I've played and run a fair chunk of PBP, and also used roll20 a lot-- there's a lot of tips and tricks I've picked up for streamlining combat that may or may not be useful to you. For instance, in Roll 20, you can very easily set a colored pip on any token out there, so even if your gnoll figures all look roughly alike, you can easily demarcate them as red, blue, green, etc-- for OOC clarification in what enemies are where in relation to a PC. That way, a PC can say "roll attack on the blue gnoll" rather than trying to figure out from narration if s/he's by the gnoll with the wand, or not, etc. (Just an example.)

In case any of this sounds really harsh, please know that's not my intention at all! You're doing us a huge favor by having stepped up to run our game, and I love the story touches and the attention to narration you have been putting in. There's just some communications issues, especially with the PBP format, that I think we can iron out. I'm sorry I haven't aimed more direct communication at you on it until now.

And if any of this still seems abrasive, I'm going on about three hours of sleep and a lot of work and sickness, so I should get an auto +10 to my diplomacy. :P

I did totally miss the fort saves. That's on me. I ticked the damage and I thought I rolled the fort saves, but it is entirely possible that the post timed out and I had to redo it (this happens more often than I'd like to admit).

I think several people mentioned the spoiler, but I kept missing it.

So if you all can simply OOC stuff I miss that would be a great help. I totally understand that the spoiler might be a more respectful way to call out the GM, but I'm afraid I need a bit more attention getting. You can even bold stuff.

I'm right with you on the token color stuff. I did that, but then forget to mention the color code in PBP thread.

I appreciate your understanding on the insanity of the schedule. I don't think I realized how tough it would be to juggle it all.

I tend assume the best of typed text as I spent a ton of time doing text based tutoring in college on English papers. It was the hardest thing I think I've ever done. It so much easier to help people with crappy writing when you can smile when you have to explain that something isn't working well.

Keeping it at it. Thanks for coming along for the bumpy ride.

Shuffling up to Chicago for the day- will be slow in posting til tomorrow...

Please level your characters to six. And for the record I was supposed to have you guys level before the king. Oops...

Go Team!

Just as a heads up, next weekend is the weekend of a holiday and conventions.

I will be leaving for Paizocon on Wednesday morning. I will take my laptop up, but posting will probably be delayed until night-time while I'm there.

I believe others of us may also be attending Kublacon, or other local conventions in our respective neck of the woods. Have fun everyone. =)

Otah is updated to level 6.

Please level your characters to six. And for the record I was supposed to have you guys level before the king. Oops...

That answers a LOT of questions I had in my mind before the back to back fights. That centipede was freakin' nuts...with the dex save not die instantly (well, it seems that way to Ami). Anyhoot, happy that we survived.

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Last level: Oct 7, 2014

+1 level of Desert Scourge

+6 hp (+5 class, +1 con)

+moar spellz (Read Magic, Cure Serious Wounds, Speak with Plants (try and stop me!), Summon Monster III)

+6 skillz, mad (4 +1 +1)
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+1 Perception
+1 Survival
+1 Ride
+1 Know (Nature)
+1 Know (Religion)
+1 Know (Planes)

Feat: Mounted Coma

---------Yeen:----------
+6 HP
+1 Acrobatics

I believe others of us may also be attending Kublacon, or other local conventions in our respective neck of the woods. Have fun everyone. =)

Oh, I see how it is. Ditching Kublacon, are you? Ditching the local convention that I ran for 3 years? Ditching the convention that Aldebert has been GMing at and helping with for the last 4 years, are you?

You're ditching the con where I met Mahdi last year, are you?

Heck, your very ride to PaizoCon is the PFS coordinator at KublaCon for the last two years...and you're going to ditch it, huh?

I see how it is. I see exactly how it is, Otah. *eyes narrow*

P.S. I'll see you at PaizoCon. ;)

Lol. I met Mahdi at Kubla last year as well, and Mahdi showed me how to play some PbP. Thanks!

I only started Society last year, so.... I figure I should at least try Paizocon once. It sucks that it's at the same time as Kubla though, I'd have liked to have meet up with certain people I met last year.

I look forward to meeting you. You are the topic of occasional conversation with the local VC and VL. ;)

Sing a Song of Six Pents

+6 HP (Ave+1, +1 Con)

+1 BAB

+1 Fort
+1 Ref
+1 Will

+1 Lvl 2 Spell/Day
+1 Lvl 3 Spell/Day

Skills(4)

+1 Heal
+1 Linguistics (Gift of Tongues- 2 Languages for 1 skill point- TBA)
+1 Perception
+1 Sense Motive

I'm not going fun places. :( :( :(

Mahdi is, though! Mahdi is going to level 6.

HP gained: +7 (4 + con (2) + favored class bonus (1) )

New spells learned: scorching ray, communal resist energy

Skills bumped: Acrobatics, Kn Arcana, Kn Nature, Kn Planes, Spellcraft

Will update his sheet in a tick.

Good deal. I'll work on catching up on the gameplay. Thank you for the leveling. I'm finished up as of tomorrow night so it appears just as things get more regular for me we'll have some lulls for others. All fine by me. I'm not going anywhere until June. So I'll update you all at that point.

TBA- Infernal, Osiriani

Back from Paizocon! =)

Back from Paizocon! =)

Ooooooo-TAH!

WB.

Heads up all. I'll be traveling tomorrow and unlikely to be online until the evening. Taking a one week intensive class so I'll be packed from 9 AM to 5 PM. Very likely that I'll have reading / writing to do in the evenings. I'll have a better sense of what the work load looks like Monday.

Will at the least get you all an update Monday and plan to check in tonight.

No worries! Stay sane.

Looks like I'll be doing a good bit of reading / writing tonight. I hope to be able to post during a break tomorrow during the day.

Sweeeeet.

Well, with a fabulous sense of timing, I broke my laptop, and it'd be a minimum of $200 to get it repaired. Having dumped Wis, I'm going to attempt a fan replacement myself, but this is likely to take me several days while I get the new fan and fumble my way through disassembling a laptop using nothing but the user manual and my own pig-headedness. I can still check the boards via my phone, but writing actual posts on my phone is about as enjoyable as nailing my toes to plywood, so..... this is essentially a TL;DR post to say "I probably won't post much the next few days, please GMPC as needed."

For the rest of this fight Mahdi is probably going to prioritize being over 20 ft from the edimmus because con damage sucks and he's already a squishy.

And wish me luck. :-\

Well, I can't claim to have fixed my computer, since I actually did nothing to it, but it does seem to be working again. *keeps fingers crossed*

Heading back to Champaign tomorrow morning so likely no updates until Sunday. If I can find a plug and time the free wi-fi properly may be able to update.

Heading out to help with church camp. Not sure on the wi-fi situation, but likely there will be none. I may be able to check in via my phone, but that'll just be text responses. Be back Friday.

I was checking the loot log and noted that Otah has been marked for the "Amulet of Health +2".

I went back and noted that I thought Pent was trying to hand off the chain-shirt, not the amulet. So unless I'm wrong a second time, I'll add it to my gear...

Will reveal values missing from gear. Back home for a few days then leaving on family vacation. Will have wi-fi access for much, but not all the trip. Expect updates every few days starting Sunday (7/12). Keeping an eye on things until then with the hopes of furthering progress.

The craziness of Lollapalooza 2015 has descended like drug-induced haze over here in Illinois. I will be largely off-grid in downtown Chitown, losing hearing to Paul McCartney and Metallica. GMPC as necessary :)

Enjoy! Will do.

Worth for two items I saw in the loot spreadsheet added.

For the "Cloak, magical" on line 44 I'll need a bit more detail to track that down in the thread.

Working on the owlbear pelt. (EDIT: worth added.)

GM Lareg, if it helps, the numbers in the left column are links to the posts where we found the loot - or close to it. We've had that cloak a looming time. I'm sure we've ID it by now, though we keep forgetting we have it. :)

Link

Thanks for updating the other stuff! :D

Thanks for the link. I've taken a best guess based on the AP and the context of the thread at that point. As I wasn't GM at that point it was basically a pick between two of the cloaks listed in the AP at that point.

Sorry I've been silent the last few days, enormous work deadline for me. I'll try and stick in a quick tag as needed but GMPC me if required. *goes to rep to the newest thing*

Thanks for the heads up. At the moment we're in a lull of sorts, but if that changes and immediate action is needed (read combat) I'll DMPC. For now we'll just got with slow posts.

Roll20 has kindly reminded me that my subscription was charged. That means we better play for another year. Now it really makes sense why I have to scroll so far on Roll20 to see our current map - lol

Wow, a whole year? Go us! I think I never got around to giving you moolah last year, so I must def do that this time.

Much appreciated. I'll get around to figuring out paypal info at some point. I think I PM'd it last time, but don't worry about sorting through old PM's. Wouldn't have realized a year have passed otherwise.

Checking in, thanks for the GMPC. I should let the DM roll for Otah more often. ;)

+1 to the GMPC.

Otah, it would be helpful if you'd let us/the GM when you expect a long absence so we might know to GMPC sooner rather than later.

I'll make a post in-game at some point today, but just giving a heads-up that Friday to Monday I'll be at Strategicon, and the gaming slots are scheduled to run until 1 am. *makes gurgly noises* So, while I will try and check the boards each night, I can't promise I'll get a chance to tag; if you're waiting on me, feel free to GMPC.

*toddles off to try and prepare for forty hours of PFS game slots*

Playing catch up here. Hope to update the game play thread late tonight. The busy weekend has me behind on school work. Everything should be back to normal over this coming weekend, but hopefully sooner.

We're right behind you. No need to feel behind. We'll see our casual days behind us in no time.

Uh, is Otah unda da weather? Haven't seen him around in awhile...

Otah Cragsmith wrote:

Checking in, thanks for the GMPC. I should let the DM roll for Otah more often. ;)

+1 to the GMPC.

Otah, it would be helpful if you'd let us/the GM when you expect a long absence so we might know to GMPC sooner rather than later.

Are we thinking about other options for Otah? I like this campaign and I want to keep playing it, but certainly want commitment from others.

I agree. Amiamble and I were chatting about it this morning. Otah hasn't posted since the 18th. I fear he may have drifted.

Certainly we have too as we wait, and we're in combat too - a horrible time to duck out and not tell us.

I am happy to send a quick note, but wasn't sure I'd anyone knew Otah better and would rather get in touch. Let me know. Plan to update this evening.

Hello all,

Its been a stupid busy week and a half, between work projects and class projects I've been swamped. I made some downtime (when I shouldn't have) yesterday for a bbq and found myself without my netbook. :-/

I'm alive, I haven't had a chance to post. The forecast is better for the near future. One of the crazy school things is out of the way for a while, and the work scene should be slowing down.

Frustration is understandable, I didn't make the time to check in for a while. Apologies offered. But the note of concern here from fellow players is appreciated.

Thar she blows!!! <Points to humpback dwarf breeching for air>

Loud Otah voice: "Did you just call me fat?" ;)