GM ShadowLord's PFS #7-07: Trouble in Tamran (Inactive)

Game Master The Rising Phoenix

We're up! I'm starting the recruitment for two. If Mazon opts out we can pick up another.

Dotting in!

Bregan Lastflower looking in to dot.

Dotting in, ha!

Eben - Sure, roll 'em up and hop over to the game. If your SoS chronicle is for another character then this new brawler wouldn't have access to that sheet. Similarly, the other character wouldn't get the sheet for this scenario. However, if your other character is still level 1 and you wanted to make him a Brawler you can do that. You can also change anything you want about your character up until you're level two.

It's not SoS. It's Serpent's Rise. I don't know if it'll come up, but if it does, here's what the Chronicle sheet says:

Spoils of the Siege (Zurnzal): If you bring this Chronicle Sheet to an adventure in which the Pathfinder deals with Zurnzal or his schemes, you can qualify to receive a special boon at the end of the adventure to reflect Zurnzal's increased resources.

It doesn't say I have to play with the character that the boon is applied to (which is good, since that scenario was level 6-8).

Without getting into anything spoiler-y, let me know if this is worth having access to. :)

Oh, I also have this boon. (on another character and with another Aspis)

dotting....

Sorry I misunderstood. Here's the snippet from the guide:

If at least one of the players brings a Chronicle Sheet from Pathfinder Society Scenario #6–98: Serpents Rise and that player has earned the boon Spoils of the Siege (Zurnzal)

Cool. Sounds like it's applicable (well, assuming Zurnzal has anything to do with this scenario). :)

I have "Spoils of the Siege (Rataji)" :)

Ooh! I have Spoils of the Siege for both 42 and Jolyrin (used a GM star replay on it cuz it's AWESOME). Assuming 42 is an option, I'll use that one.

That is a seriously awesome scenario. I loved every bit of it (and just HAD to play a Brawler afterwards).

Player: Eric Bennett
Character: Aloysius Pendergast (though he prefers "Inspector")
PFS ID#: 66548-24
Faction: Dark Archive
Advancement: Normal
Special Notes:

Thank you Inspector, that is the most thorough intro I've been privy. If the other newbies wouldn't mind dumping their reporting info here so that I have it when we're done that'd be great!

Once Pendergast hops in we'll be ready to rock.

Player: Ben Jolly
Character: Jaxin Trabber (goes by 'Jax')
PFS ID#: 121383-11
Faction: Grand Lodge
Advancement: Normal
Special Notes:
Despite being a half-orc, Jax can’t see in the dark (I’m only like 1/16th Orc ... on my mom’s side)
This is Jax’s first real assignment.
Um … um … I can’t think of anything else useful. Expect lots of hitting stuff.
Day Job: none. Kids from the Coins aren't known for their extensive work history.

player:grimdog73
character:Goran Baldaros
pfs#: 125048-05
faction:grand lodge
day job:none...just a healbot....
advancement:normal

only special advantage i have is i heal an extra point from bursts and cure spells from my trait. not sure if it works with a wand or not...likely not

As I changed character...

Player: Zinou
Character: Esh Kethar
PFS ID#: 93583-8
Faction: The Exchange
Dayjob: Storytelling (perform oratory): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Special Notes:
- He's a Ganzi (I had to burn two GM boon races to get him, tiefling and aasimar) so he has a special ability named "Quibble". To make it short, he can force a reroll of d20 (with a will save) or just use it for him or an ally. Once per day.
- He's magus. But not a regular magus, I have to enter a trance to get bloodrager-like powers. Everything is linked in his profile. :)
- He's also a swashbuckler and will use a lot "opportune parry and riposte". I propose that I'll announce in a spoiler if I want to use the ability, so as not to slow the party.

Hello! Just a quick heads up to say that I'll be out of town this week-end. See you Sunday evening!

Thanks for the heads up, enjoy your trip!

clarification please, can Bregan take a 5' step and the cast a spell while at 0hp. I can't take a standard action and a move action, but I can do either as well as a swift or immediate or other action such as that.

BTW nice rolling GM :)

Yes, you should be able to 5' and cast a spell, though if it's not a healing spell the exertion will cause you to lose consciousness.

Indeed. :)

Bregan - Correct. Note as Trevyn mentions if you cast and aren't healed you will be kissing the stones! :)

I'm finding the most annoying thing about the Spiritualist is that I feel like I shouldn't have my sprit out when we're not expecting combat, but then it takes a full minute to pull her out. There's no Summon Spirit spell like there is for an eidolon. :(

Just keep it in incorporeal form following you around in the floor/ground/walls =)

Ah but then even in incorporeal form it takes a full minute to change it to ectoplasmic form, so it wouldn't be able to participate in the fight.. until I get it a ghost-touch amulet I suppose.

And then there's the conundrum that the amulet itself isn't incorporeal, so it can't go through the ground and walls like your phantom does.

For my Grippli Spiritualist I flavored my phantom as a swarm of all the tadpoles that never survived to adolescence. NPCs actually seem less creeped out by that compared to ghosts of people.

Even the green ectoplasmatic color helps!

@GM - made it home and updated map position

@Trevyn - Arthes has many redeeming qualities that make it worth the trouble with not having her in the market place, so says the almost dead man :)

I'm out of town the 12th thru the 15th (DunDraCon!). I won't be able to update much during that time, except sporadically using my phone.

How much do we have left, roughly? I'm set to GM this on Thursday. I probably won't read it until Wednesday night, though.

A fair bit. I'm afraid we aren't going to be close to finishing by Wednesday :( After this encounter we'll be on Part 3/3, but that's a bit longer than the rest.

Okie dokie. I'll refrain from reading it until I have to. After that I'll just be along for the ride and won't contribute to any in-character decisions.

Will be interesting to compare our run through with this one!

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Just got mine!

Also, just started reading this scenario, so I'll be flying on autopilot.

just a heads up..im going to a con this weekend...posting on Sat and Sun will be sporadic if at all...should be back late on Sun..if im not drained ill post

Inspector, how'd your group do on the Scenario?

They figured out the fort as soon as Guaril showed the map. I took a page from ShadowLord's book and printed out the symbol of Alseta and the Razmiran mask and they loved it. We actually had a Sczarni member at the table who instantly identified the forgery, so they set up a reverse ambush. They also talked down the crowd after catching the "pickpockets" in the act.

No spoilers going forward, though ;-)

None expected :) Glad to heAR it went well.

This is when the IC/OOC info split sucks. I fully expected these to be illusions, but couldn't figure out a way to justify it from Jax's perspective.

Sorry for wasting your oil, Pendergast. Is there any way for me to pay you back at the end of the scenario?

I'm sorry it took me so long to get my response up. I meant to respond earlier but have been a little busy!

Is there any way for me to pay you back at the end of the scenario?

There is not, but honestly, this is exactly what this encounter is designed to do: consume resources.

And those oils will still be effective against the real opponents.

Esh if you can step north one square, Bregan will set up a flank next round if you want it.

Heya, planning ahead, there's a game I'd like to play this character in scheduled exactly two weeks from today.

Odds of completing this scenario by then?

Bregan: I can't unfortunately. I don't have any movement left for this turn. Ok for next turn, though. :)

I won't be there til next turn so that works fine

Heya, planning ahead, there's a game I'd like to play this character in scheduled exactly two weeks from today.

Odds of completing this scenario by then?

Welp, not overwhelmingly in our favor. Our pace has slowed down somewhat and if we continue down that path it won't happen. However, if we can buckle down and get everyone to try and commit to everyone posting an action a day we should be able to pull it off. A lot of that is on me trying to remind if I don't see a post I suppose.

Jaxin, you can do a full defense as a standard action, gives you +4 AC, and won't worsen your condition, aka, go to negative HP...at least according to the CRB anyways...

From the CRB:

You gain the staggered condition and can only take a single move or standard action each turn (but not both, nor can you take full-round actions). You can take move actions without further injuring yourself, but if you perform any standard action (or any other strenuous action) you take 1 point of damage after completing the act. Unless your activity increased your hit points, you are now at –1 hit points and dying .

Total Defense is a standard action, so I'm concerned it will, in fact, mean dropping to -1. I'm just wanting to see Shadowlord's ruling on it.

The way I read it is that any standard action causes you to fall to negative and TD is a standard. So yes, I see you falling to -1.

Gotcha. Thanks. Posting action.

Mustelidae are equal parts cute and terrifying.

I've watched a lot of nature documentaries in my day. Seeing zebra get torn apart by hyenas or an elephant being eaten alive by lions is nothing compared to the cringing sound of a rabbit that's been set upon by a stoat =\