GM Silbeg's #3-18 Gods Market Gamble (Outpost) (Inactive)

Game Master Silbeg

[Other than the success condition, that's basically how we should be doing the chase for RP, etc. Quickly describe what you are doing, and then make your roll.

Note: to move 3 squares, you do already have to be at the challenges, so you effectively will need to blow a round to move up. Or, you can do it after a round you have failed.

I will be working on an accelerate pace for this... 12 hours between posting and I will bot. We are a little behind in the scenario, which is my fault. This is somewhere that I can push without losing a lot of player agency, so I shall.

Hope that's ok!

Is the map up? I feel like a chase scene might be a good time to cast Stumble Gap, but I don't see a map that looks right in the Slides deck.

Slide 6

Currently he is 90’ from you, and out of sight.

Oh, thanks - I saw it but didn't quite understand it.

@GM Silbeg, please go ahead and narrate for me, at least until Torgat gets close enough to cast a spell.

I assume the plan is to use that spell when you get to close range (which is in the same square)?

I assume the plan is to use that spell when you get to close range (which is in the same square)?

If possible and still needed, yes.

If that’s everything, Torgat will go along with the group. I thought there was likely to be more, though.

Makes me wish they would write a Trial of the Starstone AP or PFS convention special for it lol

There's an AP or Special with the Trial of the Starstone? That's cool

There is not, which is why I said I wish they would write one lol

Ahh, sorry. Should not post before drinking morning coffee. I missed the "wish" in there.

It's fine lol. I know making it would be hard because the test is supposed to be unique to the person attempting it

Ok guys, shit hit the fan in a real way, and I completely ditched you for much longer than what I intended to. For this I really apologize. I still have a few things percolating, but the majority of things are if not resolved then at least on a back burner for right now. I am still going through a few transitions, but I hope that the majority of the insanity is past. I will be striving my utmost to get back to my daily post rates.

GM Silbeg: I understand that I have been absent for quite some time as far as the game is concerned. If you feel it necessary to dock me or even drop me from the scenario, I completely understand. Please just let me know how you wish to proceed with this. I will refrain from posting until I hear back from you.

Hey, they can use you right now, as they need a tracker! We'll say that you got caught up in the crowds. I am fine with that.

Dude, life happens, and not always in a good way. I am sure everyone is glad to have you back!

Now get to work, and make a tracking check once you've caught up with the posts! Oh, and give a post "explaining" in character what happened! ;)

Sorry to have been a little out of it yesterday and this morning - yesterday was the Illinois Science Olympiad State tournament, both kids were competing (our son for his middle school team, our daughter for her high school team). The boy's team took second, so we're going to back to Nationals next month for the first time since 2014, when the Girl was the one on the middle school team! Much screaming and hugging and speeches and partying afterwards. There was cake.

I've got a 2 or 3-hour drive ahead of me to get back to Chicago before I'll be able to post, so please assume I'll go along with the group and bot me in combat if needed.

Garekk - aren’t you coughing and immobile?

Bah. Somehow I completely missed that, and my reroll didn't help. Thanks for catching me on that!!!

Bah. Somehow I completely missed that, and my reroll didn't help. Thanks for catching me on that!!!

Wish I hadn’t!

Planning on using a rebuild boon on this character after the game ends; haven't had much fun playing him in many of the games he's been in, but I have a couple of neat ideas in the works for his rebuild.

While it is cool that you have the boon, it is too bad you aren't having fun playing him

First time playing the Skald, looked cool on paper, but wasn't that exciting to actually use. Don't get me wrong though, I enjoy you GMing the game for him!

I have a skald at level 2. He is a War Drummer archetype and I play him very much as I would a barbarian.

As an FYI, we aren’t finishing this by the technical end of Outpost (which was today). Unfortunately there was also a technical difficulty and I was not getting the GM emails, and I was not pushing as hard as I should.

We will finish the game, but I am checking now what that means for the convention

Boon Rolls: 1 or 20 wins
GM: 1d20 ⇒ 16
Darven: 1d20 ⇒ 1 1d4 ⇒ 3 #7: Seasoned Archivist (Dark Archive) / Taldan Courtier (Sovereign Court)
Garekk: 1d20 ⇒ 16
Kinshasa: 1d20 ⇒ 2
Meiomi: 1d20 ⇒ 1 1d4 ⇒ 4 #8: Niche Specialist (Darkness / Haunt / Swarm)
Torgat: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Congrats Darven and Meiomi!!!

I will need your emails ASAP (well, Darven's, I know Meiomi's)

You can PM it to me, or send to my email

Darven, as soon as you can, so that I can report this scenario. we'll make sure it is properly reported later.

PM sent!

Congratulations

Garekk, thank you for being honest. At this point you are correct, you are still incapacitated.

I am hoping for better luck soon!

In the unlikely event that Torgat makes it out alive, I may rebuild him as a cleric of the god of installing sprinkler systems.

In the unlikely event that Torgat makes it out alive, I may rebuild him as a cleric of the god of installing sprinkler systems.

Ok, now that's funny.

And I am sorry about what is happening... this is rough.

Arguably, those outside REALLY need to break that door down... but it is, effectively, a heavy barred door (DC25).

I am pulling for you... I really hope those outside can do it,.

I pushed... with a lucky roll!

Since torgat took so much non-lethal damage that it converted to lethal and magical healing heals both at once, I think I nearly fully healed Torgat.

That is true! He is actually at full, Laying on the ground, but on his turn he was unconscious.

Now you just need to get Garekk out

Kinshasa, as stated before. Holding your breath will get you a +2 on your save. But, the DC will start over at 15 when you have been outside.

Wow! I go to sleep at a reasonable hour for once, and look at what happens!

Yeah, Torgat gets healthy!!

I mean, he's not out of the woods yet, but you are at +2hp

Checked in and was going to act, but it appears I am unconscious and going to die, damnit.

Sorry... hopefully someone will pull you out.

Just checked in to see if there was anything Torgat could do to help avoid what looks like 3 imminent PC deaths, and it looks as though the map may have been shifted under the character tokens? I thought Torgat and Kinshasa were outside.

It has. I will fix it in a bit,

Looks good now. Can Torgat go in,grab someone, and drag them to the doorway in one round? It seems like that would be three move actions, but they’re all so close! If Torgat ends the round inside the warehouse, he’ll just be one more unconsious person needing to be rescued, though.

Unfortunately, there is no "grab by" attack, so you are right.

If you only had a grappling hook!

Would a celestial pony summoned next to the people inside be of any use? Maybe they could grab it and get dragged out when it bolts for the door? Or I could summon it next to the far door and hope it tries to break it down?

Stupid celestial template doesn't have fire resistance.

Not if they are coughing, or unconscious. They would need an action to grab on.

Would you allow my danger noodle (Kokina) to dart in, grab someone with her jaws and pull them out? She knows attack (2), defend and down so I am guessing it would be a "push" to fetch? DC15?

Trex will cast guidance on her before she goes in if that's what she does.

Kinshasa, yes, you could push her to fetch someone. With the fire, I would increase the DC by 2, since animals are not wont to enter fire.

I have been kicking myself for the last 26 hours, since you (Silbeg) posted about members of the fire brigade rushing into the warehouse with ropes tied around their waists, held by their fellows outside to effectively double their action economy by dragging them back out after they picked up the unconscious PCs. Torgat is wandering all over Absalom with a coil of silk rope this entire time, and it didn’t occur to him to use it even after you mentioned how it was too bad he didn’t have a grappling hook. I have been wondering for days how anyone gets through this scenario. Apparently a few gp worth of rope and a functioning brain are all you need.

Sheesh. I feel like a nitwit.

In previous runs, it has been a variety of things. For sure, if you happen to spot the trigger, that helps (at high tier there are three). In some cases, they've had clerics (or others) with create water, or a ranger with an amazing survival check (for every +5 over the base DC you extinguish an additional square).

There was also a lot of bad luck in the die rolls.

When I ran, we had captured the sorcerer twins, and were able to persuade them to tell us about the traps.

I have never before wished that one of my Pathfinder characters could cast the AD&D (1E) spell Affect Normal Fires, but it sure would have been helpful here.