Male Human | AC 27 T 21 FF 19 | CMB +17, CMD 34 | F: +21 R: +25, W: +18 | Init: +9 | Perc: +24, SM: +21
Resist Energy will give us fire protection 10 for a half hour at 300gp. That should be sufficient I think. We can pay for them out of group funds if everyone is in agreement. The next step up is protection and that's 750gp a pop - too rich for us just now I think.
Aishe heads to the quartermaster's area and looks for a half elf. He approaches the man and says, "Are you Jasper? We were told you were the man to see about stuff. We have some things to sell, and some things to buy. Can you handle all that for us?"
He smiles hoping the man is reasonable.
Diplomacy:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16(really?)
He lets out a thunderous belch in the middle of his spiel. Quite thick and odorous.
You can access spellcasting services for those sort of things back at base camp. For example, if you all wanted to pool for a communal protection from energy, it would cost 360 gp as a group, give you protection from energy 108 points each, and last for 18 minutes each... come to think of it, that doesn't really work because you have to walk quite a bit and it sounds like you'll be going slowly because of sneaking. If you want to just buy a basic protection from energy each, it would 50 points, last 50 minutes, and cost 150 gp each.
Male Human | AC 27 T 21 FF 19 | CMB +17, CMD 34 | F: +21 R: +25, W: +18 | Init: +9 | Perc: +24, SM: +21
If 50 minutes is enough to get us there - that's our best bet overall! Does everyone agree? We can take it out of group funds. Let me know and I'll do a divvy as well for a few gold.
Aishe sells some drow equipment to the trader, and arranges fort he castings of the spells just when they're ready to go.
He distributes the rest of the cash to the party.
Party Divvy: 360gp to each member of the party after the spells are paid for. Not much, but it'll pay the rent as they say. Treasure sheet.
When they're ready to go, he has his crossbow out and quarrel loaded. He nods to the casters and then hustles through the forest to their next targeted site, knowing they'll have to hurry to keep their protections intact.
Once their trading and selling is taken care of, Gillian follows behind Aishe towards their next strike location. She tries to take care to move quietly as they go...
Stealth:1d20 - 4 ⇒ (13) - 4 = 9
...with about as much success as usual.
Damned armor...I wonder if the elves have anything that might help with this? A good question to ask, should we live to return...
The dome appears to have only one visible entrance, but this approach is blocked by rubble and ponds of alchemical waste.
Map is updated! What are you doing?
If You Step in the Waste:
This sticky and mildly acidic waste clings to your shoes. Each step squelches and pops. [ooc]You need 15 feet of movement to travel 5 feet. Each 5 feet you move causes one point of acid damage. In addition, you must make a DC 15 Fort save or be sicked while you are in the acidic waste.
Perception DC 24:
Hiding in one of the ruins is a horrific creature that seems to be the body of a drow emerging from a gigantic spider.
"Lovely," Gillian grimaces as she looks at the pools of sludge. "While I have means to carry myself over the waste, I'm afraid that I can't do the same for anyone else," she sighs. "Not to mention I'm worried that doing such might attract more attention then we need or want at the moment. Still...it is an option, if we need it for scouting purposes and are willing to risk it."
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Gillian can use her Wings of Fire revelation to get around some of the environmental hazards and/or have a look around but she sadly doesn't have anything to help anyone else avoid the waste.
Female Half Elf Cavalier (Order of the tome) 5 | AC 21 T 11 FF 23| HP 46/77 | Fort + 8 Ref +4 Will +3 | Init + 3 | Perc + 9
Status:
Status: None | Challenge 2/2 Tactician 2/2
Gibraltar 34/34 hp
Nel wrinkles her nose at the smell of the run-off. "Well isn't this ju-" Shooting her hand up, Nel pulls out her bow, aiming it at a part of the ruins. "Be on your toes. We are not alone." Letting loose an arrow, it sails through the air, clattering nosily against the structure.
Male Human Samurai (Ronin)7 | AC 21 T 13 FF 17 | HP 76/76 | F +8 R +6(+4) W +2 | Init +3 | Perc +0
Daily Resources:
Challenge 2(1)/Day - +4 Damage, Resolve 2(0)/day
Making sure to pick up a potion of protection from energy, he joins the rest on their march through the city to the building. Coming onto the building and pools of acid, he wrinkles his nose, looking around the area.
"What caused all this? I can't imagine acid just appears from the ground."
Poking the acid with a stick, he hears Nel exclaim that they are not alone and looks around, trying to find the foe.
I cant make a DC 25 Perception so I will wait to see it when I can lol
As Nel's arrow flies through the air, an arrow comes from the inside of one of the ruined towers. As your eyes follow the arrow, the source is revealed: a horrific half-spider, half-drow scurries on the other side of the wall.
The return arrow flies true and hits a weak spot in Nel's armor. The arrow sticks into her flesh dealing 7 points of damage.
Knowledge Dungeoneering DC 22:
This is a drider, a horrific creature made by warping a normal drow into taking on characteristics of a spider.
Nel and the returning attack were both part of a surprise round.
"Ah well, may as well take care of this now instead of having it catch us at a worse position later on," Gillian huffs as she moves closer to the ruined tower and calls upon a little divine aid for herself and her companions.
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Gillian moves to her current position and casts Prayer, which should get everyone except maybe Orthrus.
Aishe takes a 5’ step back and shoots repeatedly at the monstrosity before him - half in a panic. ”What the hell is that?!” he shouts, forgetting that being sneaky is better than being loud.
I don't think there's cover the way it looks on the map, but I dunno how large the hole is vertically. If there is cover, please apply the appropriate penalties.
Aishe's first and final arrows hit the creature before it's able to weave away from it. The second arrow hits the creature but bounces off its chitin.
The creature crawls around the walls of the ruins. It glares, and a line of electricity spews forth from its mouth. It blasts through Aishe and Nel, leaving behind static and dry air and dealing 6d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 6, 5, 4, 1) = 24 points of electricty damage (Reflex DC 16 halves).
Female Half Elf Cavalier (Order of the tome) 5 | AC 21 T 11 FF 23| HP 46/77 | Fort + 8 Ref +4 Will +3 | Init + 3 | Perc + 9
Status:
Status: None | Challenge 2/2 Tactician 2/2
Gibraltar 34/34 hp
Round 1: Init: 8
Nel releases a hiss of pain as an arrow finds a gap in her armor. Before she can follow up on a second attack against the abomination, Nel takes the full force of electricity. Gritting her teeth in pain, She lets loose two arrows, trying to return the favor. "What is that thing?! And why can it vomit lightning?!" she shouts out, clearly unnerved by the creature's mandibles.
As the spider-drow vomits electricity from its mouth, Gillian finds herself thankful that she had opted to spread out a bit from the rest of her companions - doubly so due to her metal armor!
"I haven't the foggiest," she admits. "But your arrows seem to be hurting it so keep it up!"
I wonder if fire will be effective?
With only one way to find out, the half-elf steels herself and moves forward to close the distance between herself and her target. Then she raises her hands and begins chanting - suddenly a fan of flames erupts from her fingertips and envelops the spider-drow!
The creature manages to avoid the worst of the blast, but it appears to be barely hanging on to the side of the building. It's burnt and peppered with bolts, including one that continues to stick out of its torso.
Running up to it, Tamiro takes a defensive posture again, taunting the creature, "Come at me lightning spewing, spider demon....thing...what are you?!"
Cant charge through my friends so double move up to it, AC is back to normal!
”Where did it go? Did it teleport away?” he suggests without knowing.
He moves up to peer through the other doorway to see if anything from inside the structure was coming out to play from their noise. If he sees someone, he shoots - otherwise he readies a shot against any opposing foe (not elves, not the party, etc).
"It made itself invisible!" Gillian hisses, looking about with frustration. "And all of my solutions to that involve tremendous noise or fire." She grips her longspear and adopts a defensive position.
"Orthrus, do you have means of remedying the problem?"
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Gillian will go Total Defense for the moment since alas, she doesn't know Dispel Magic yet.
Female Half Elf Cavalier (Order of the tome) 5 | AC 21 T 11 FF 23| HP 46/77 | Fort + 8 Ref +4 Will +3 | Init + 3 | Perc + 9
Status:
Status: None | Challenge 2/2 Tactician 2/2
Gibraltar 34/34 hp
"It looked too harmed to be able to move and attack, it may still be there!" Nel shouts, letting loose two more arrows at where the creature once stood.
Male Human | AC 27 T 21 FF 19 | CMB +17, CMD 34 | F: +21 R: +25, W: +18 | Init: +9 | Perc: +24, SM: +21
Aishe moves around the ooze for some time, checking the angles and looking for the creature to return. When it does not, he begins to relax.
"I don't think there's any way around it. We've got to climb through this muck. I suggest we charge the entry and push our way past the goo - it's likely to eat through our shoes, and feet, and ankles..." he stops there worried for his fine boots and mostly their contents.
I hope the elves have something in my style. he thinks and considers using his potion of fly to get past the goop. Screw it - elven feet are too narrow.
When the party is ready to proceed, he quaffs his potion of fly and follows along behind them 10' up ready to provide cover fire.
"Well, let's hope that that thing does not decide to come back...or bring friends," Gillian scowls when it becomes apparent that their foe isn't going to return or show itself.
"At any rate, it seems that pushing forward is our only real option at the moment," she agrees. "Ah...I can follow along from the air and offer cover should we encounter more hostilities," she adds apologetically.
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Much like Aishe, Gillian can use Wings of Fire to fly along and help cover the others.
Male Half-human Witch (scarred witch doctor) 7 | hp 51 | AC 14 T 12 FF 12 | CMD 17 | F +6 R +6 W +8 (+2 v Pain) | Spd 30' | Init +2 | KnArc +11, KnHis +11, KnNat +12, KnPla +12, Perc +8 (darkvision), Scrft +15, SensM +1 | clw wand 50/50, enlarge p wand 46/50 | sick
"Must move quick. If this place so important Eight-Legs will be back with reinforcements." He rummages in his pack and withdraws a pair of dirty potion vials and holds one out to Gillian. "Here. Drink this."
The vials contain potions of enlarge person. Gillian and Orthrus can both fly and with the additional +2 Str and Large size's greater carrying capacity we could air lift the party over to the other side. The doorway on the map looks big enough to accommodate Large creatures. If there are any fumes coming from the ground goo we might consider some sort of poison resistance before we go, if anyone has anything to help with that.
Gillian eyes the dirty vial hesitantly for a moment but then nods and accepts it. She pops the stopper and, with the other hand holding her nose, drinks it down.
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Sounds like a plan to me! Alas, Gillian doesn't really have anything to help with resisting poison though :/
Female Half Elf Cavalier (Order of the tome) 5 | AC 21 T 11 FF 23| HP 46/77 | Fort + 8 Ref +4 Will +3 | Init + 3 | Perc + 9
Status:
Status: None | Challenge 2/2 Tactician 2/2
Gibraltar 34/34 hp
Sizing up the mess of acid and the sheer walls of the passage, Nel sighs. "I suppose that it is too much to ask for a rope bridge?" she murmurs longingly as she watches Orthrus and Gillian grow to unnaturally large sizes.
Beneath the dome, a roaring fire blazes in the center of a cluttered chamber. Above the fire, a trio of kettles bubble furiously, with a column of green smoke rising up to a hole in the ceiling. Beyond, a pair of tall glass tanks sits against the far wall, one green and the other oily black. Tools and laboratory equipment are scattered about the room on tables or hung from hooks on the wall. There is an overpowering stench in the air, mixed in with the smell of burning chemicals.
Standing at a table near the back of the room, a drow woman mixes two flasks together. Several copies of her seem to occupy the same space, so four drow women mix flasks simultaneously.
She looks up as the giant half-human walks in, places the flasks down, and says in Elven, "I hope that this interruption is important. I have much work to do."
Several of the troglodyte workers stiffen when she speaks. One that was staring down a drain in the eastern part of the room seems to wrap its arms around itself in fear.
Female Half Elf Cavalier (Order of the tome) 5 | AC 21 T 11 FF 23| HP 46/77 | Fort + 8 Ref +4 Will +3 | Init + 3 | Perc + 9
Status:
Status: None | Challenge 2/2 Tactician 2/2
Gibraltar 34/34 hp
As Nel lands with an audible thump, she draws her longsword and points it at the woman, "تحتاج إلى إيقاف ما تفعلونه. لم تعد هناك حاج خدماتك." She states in a clipped tone, waiting to see what the alchemist is plotting.
Elven:
As Nel lands with an audible thump, she draws her longsword and points it at the woman, "You need to stop what you're doing. Your services are no longer needed." She states in a clipped tone, waiting to see what the alchemist is plotting.
Having set Nel down perhaps a bit more roughly than she'd meant to, Gillian hovers a few feet off of the ground on wings of fire. She couldn't help but feel a mite uneasy at drow woman's blasé response to their unorthodox entrance.
She doesn't fear us. Either she thinks we are some sort of 'help' or she's confident in her ability to best us in combat. I hope that it's the former.
Male Half-human Witch (scarred witch doctor) 7 | hp 51 | AC 14 T 12 FF 12 | CMD 17 | F +6 R +6 W +8 (+2 v Pain) | Spd 30' | Init +2 | KnArc +11, KnHis +11, KnNat +12, KnPla +12, Perc +8 (darkvision), Scrft +15, SensM +1 | clw wand 50/50, enlarge p wand 46/50 | sick
5-foot hole in the ceiling with a drop of 20 feet most probably into whatever horrible acidic necromantic toxin she's cooking, that seems safe enough to drop Tamiro through. Right? I mean, think of the surprise! What do you suppose he will turn into? Tamiro, do you want to get in the boring way through the door, or like a manly hero and drop down through the ceiling?
Female Half Elf Cavalier (Order of the tome) 5 | AC 21 T 11 FF 23| HP 46/77 | Fort + 8 Ref +4 Will +3 | Init + 3 | Perc + 9
Status:
Status: None | Challenge 2/2 Tactician 2/2
Gibraltar 34/34 hp
Nel smirks at the woman, "It was worth a shot. I cannot abide by this alchemy station to continue its output of toxic chemicals. We've been sent to neutralize you." Closing the distance between herself and the drow, Nel levels her sword to the woman's neck.
Male Human Samurai (Ronin)7 | AC 21 T 13 FF 17 | HP 76/76 | F +8 R +6(+4) W +2 | Init +3 | Perc +0
Daily Resources:
Challenge 2(1)/Day - +4 Damage, Resolve 2(0)/day
Im fine with a Tamiro-bomb, but prefferably not into the mixture, Acrobatics save for 1 D6 is fine with me!
Drop to safe ground pending... Acrobatics:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 Ill take 2d6 and be prone lol
Tamiro hits the ground with a loud thud, a much less graceful entree than he was hoping for, and with a grunt lifts himself up, and quickly draws his two swords, "I meant to do that!"
If we must use the front door...
Setting himself down onto the ground, he nods to the half-orc and brings both swords to hand. He lets the conversation run its course, understanding nothing of it, but when he sees Nel charge for the Drow he yells, "Watashitachiha-betsu no hi ni shinudeshou!"
At least Yazans 5 Charisma does not get a great first reaction from me - ultradumps should be meaningful ;)
Yeah I wrote into Yazan's story that she typically gets abuse from strangers more often than not. Most of the time if she is treated favorably it is because someone thinks she can be useful.
I'd appreciate it if you don't overdo it though.
BTW, I'd never seen the "Unhindering Shield" feat before. That's kind of awesome, and it opens up a whole bunch of interesting options for THW and TWF fighters. Also monks.
Hm...I figured you dropped it to 5 because you wanted to play a character that is effectively handicapped when it comes to empathy and understanding others, and gets that kind of reaction.
I mean, Charisma is harder to quantify, but I went by "Has no awareness of the needs of others, almost no sense of empathy", if it was Intelligence, you would be halfway between an ogre and a dog, and way below human average.
I understand it's an easy 4 points to squeeze out via dumping if Cha is not used for the build mechanically, but I did assume you dropped it so low for RP reasons(incidentally, why I kept the 10 in point buy, so he's an average dwarf at 8 cha) - so yeah, in order to be true to the vision you had, maybe say how you intended this to manifest in-game so I can act accordingly?
@Unhindering Shield: Yep, it's awesome that Monks get to enjoy it. But it's a pity there was no love for traditional sword+board, or more love for tower shields, for that matter.
I understand it's an easy 4 points to squeeze out via dumping if Cha is not used for the build mechanically, but I did assume you dropped it so low for RP reasons...
How I build characters varies from one character to another. But I often start with a character build concept and think "What would this character be like?" and "How would this character get this way?" Once I began seeing Yazan as a low-CHA character, I couldn't see any reason not to keep dropping CHA further.
I usually interpret Charisma as your personal magnetism. A high Charisma character attracts others, and people are more interested in pleasing them. They are entertaining and charming.
Someone who doesn't have that kind of magnetism would tend to get ignored, or have their opinions dismissed. People would find a low-CHA character unpleasant and unappealing. While Charisma and physical attractiveness are not directly related, most "ugly" races also have a CHA penalty. So that is a part of it for Yazan. She is pretty freakish in almost any society. People have a hard time seeing past the surface with her, or caring about her needs and opinions.
Most people that don't just reject her end up seeing Yazan as a useful tool towards some end, and not as a person they are trying to get to know. As a result, Yazan tries to get approval by doing favors for others since this is what she knows. Deep down she is pretty lonely. But she is suspicious of friendly overtures because in the past this usually only occurred because someone wanted something from her. It does mean though that once others accept her into a group she will be very loyal to them since she has a hard time making friends and thus prizes the ones she has. She also tends to overlook the flaws of those she can call "friends," and this has got her into trouble before.
I figure once people (i.e. the party) have a chance to see how she acts and get used to her appearance, they may learn to see her differently. Hopefully that won't take too long for player-characters. :)
So essentially a 'first impression' thing that has no relevance later on? In that case we may as well skip ahead to Richard and Dvalin knowing you.
Ability score also defines Charisma as a measure of empathy, emotional inteligence, so to say - not just personal magnetism or force of personality - incidentally, the "ugly" races are also the ones less empathic, while those with a cha bonus are not necessarily 'pretty'...but I agree it's harder to pinpoint than most other stats.
Also why I personally find it challenging to roleplay it as a dump score - I tried with a Minotaur(in Midgard Campaign Setting), but that game folded with GM disappearing. (The game would have been fun with 2 scalykinds in the party to be playfully hostile towards each other.)
I assumed you meant the dump to represent some really outstanding character flaw...personally I envisioned a serial killer with no regret/empathy/compassion - they can blend in pretty well but...yeah.
Just got home from an unexpected work shift after having also been up all day yesterday, so I'm pretty dang tired. Post to come either later today or tomorrow.
So essentially a 'first impression' thing that has no relevance later on? In that case we may as well skip ahead to Richard and Dvalin knowing you.
There's a reason we're all player characters.
You don't use diplomacy skill to improve the attitude of other player characters towards you, for example. The players just decide how they treat each other. And player-characters with low CHA scores are allowed to be friendly towards others if they want, and vice-versa.
There's a reasonable amount of adjustment expected from a RP standpoint. Friction will be plausible at the beginning.
But let's not overdo it. Yazan is dependable and a team player. Reacting negatively to Yazan because "it's how my character would act" could get pretty tired after a while and will only serve to disrupt the game. Our job as players is not to explain why our characters won't work together; it's to imagine reasons why our characters would work together.
The game will be much more fun for both of us if we can do that.
Dvalin Fafnirson wrote:
Ability score also defines Charisma as a measure of empathy, emotional inteligence, so to say - not just personal magnetism or force of personality...
The CRB defines Charisma thus: "Charisma measures a character's personality, personal magnetism, ability to lead, and appearance."
I think I've covered that. But rather than just go by the textbook definition, which is a bit vague and not always useful, I also try to let the game inform me of what the ability scores do based on how the game mechanics treats them.
If by empathy you mean, does Yazan relate to others? The answer is no, not much. Yazan has trouble relating to other people as her background and upbringing has been very different than most.
But if by empathy you mean the ability to understand the motivations of others, and tell what they are thinking and feeling, I would say that mechanically that comes under the sense motive skill and therefore Wisdom. Wisdom Yazan has.
And let's not conflate Charisma and Alignment. There's no reason a low CHA character ought to be a "serial killer" as that is really an alignment issue rather than a score (or possibly a sanity issue). High CHA characters can be evil, and low CHA characters can be good. Obviously.
I understand we've had our friction in the past in GGGM's game but I had hoped we could have a fresh start in this one.
It sounds like you think I am playing my character "wrong" and that I have broken an unwritten rule by dumping my CHA to 5. You are entitled to your opinion, but if you are critical of the way I roleplay, I'd appreciate it if you kept it to yourself. I'll play my character and you can play yours.
I think you misunderstood.
I expected that the reason for the 5 Charisma was to explore a certain character aspect in roleplay. I even mentioned that I tried to do so myself, in a different game.
I would have provided friction to support that vision, and when you clarified, suggested that we skip the friction part and have been working together previously in-character.
I don't think you are playing something wrong, and dump stats are common in most RPG's. I am not a fan of them, but it is not my game, and thus not my place to judge. And it was no attempt to do so.
With the serial killer I tried to give an example of what I expected merely as a basis so that you could see my point - alignment did not factor into this, it was simply a showcase of a character with no empathy for others that nonetheless plays well with others and blends in.(Dexter in the same-name tv show was a Serial Killer and arguably not 'evil'. (And the empathy part was based on the SRD comparison table)
Whatever friction there was in the other game, it was definitely not my intent to drag any closet corpses over here(I believed we had dealt with that, if there's anything that needs talking shoot me a PM). All I did was try to understand the way you meant this aspect of your character to work out after you spoke up in response to my first interaction(where I mentioned I assumed there was a roleplay reason for the very low score, something you meant to explore as integral flaw of the character).
It was by no way meant as a criticism, I asked, you answered, I thanked you for the clarification.
Apologies if my wording suggested anything else.
I second Yazan's question regarding Earthfall...especially the extended information concerning Winter Council/Lantern Bearers, Drow and Elven Exodus - as a player I know but I believed that could be information relevant or revealed in the AP- good point to bring it up!
As in, how much is assumed to be known by the characters at this point of the Golarion Timeline-
You probably know the general history of Earthfall, especially as it's been memorialized in the Aroden myths. You know absolutely nothing about the Winter Council (and any ooc knowledge about the Winter Council are spoilers, fyi. I'm really mad at the level of spoilers in the Adventure's Guide and generally about. The Winter Council is a very big reveal later on).
The Lantern Bearers are a secretive organization that have been focused on keeping the knowledge of the drow as secret as possible. Those of you focused on researching drow have probably run into the Lantern Bearers before - and not on their good side, since they see the drow problem as elf business that should stay elf business. Dvalin has probably had less-than-great experiences with them, to be perfectly honest.
Elven exodus is similarly shrouded, and is mostly the field of arcane scholars. This is deep background that doesn't come into play much.
Book 4, Endless Night, is the big reveal of how drow society itself functions in Golarion. You essentially know nothing about how drow organize themselves. Those who had been devoted to studying them likely know that they're divided into houses that worship demon lords, but that's about the extent.
Those of you focused on researching drow have probably run into the Lantern Bearers before - and not on their good side, since they see the drow problem as elf business that should stay elf business. Dvalin has probably had less-than-great experiences with them, to be perfectly honest.
Aye, just look at this, we're like the expendable group of non-elves sent off to suicide missions of a "great if they win, but we don't expect them to"-nature :)
And that after my years of devoted service!
Just kidding, full acknowledgement, thanks for letting us know. I'll err on the side of caution and assume Dvalin knows as little as possible/necessary...if you feel I should know something, you can still correct me. Better than the other way round ;)
HP 108/108 | AC 23 T 16 FF 21 20 T 13 FF 18 | Saves 8/10/8 | Init +3 | Perception +14 | Richard's familiar | Spells -/5/4/2/1 | Bardic Performance 29/31(Inspire Courage 2, Sherix 1 rounds)| 10 Human Bard (duettist) | Anonymous Interaction | Adjustable Disguise | Dance of 100 Cuts
We're minutes from the tower? Oops, no wonder Evianna's mad at me :P
I figured Richard would know about the drow thanks to his skillset but he wouldn't know a lot about their culture or motives. Whatever a +9 on Knowledge(Local) would tell him.
Sounds like we don't even have time to scout the tower if it's within minutes. I'll keep Sherix at arm's length for now, then.
Hehe, I was wondering about your shopping :) I figured you'd wanted to do retroactive shopping(as in, add the wand to your starting equipment having left some funds open depending on coordination with party) and found the wording interesting, I didn't realize you really meant to go shopping. ^_^
The intel was here, in the last sentence...I sure hope we are close, otherwise we may as well not bother *winks*
Retroactive shopping is fine with me generally, esp since I move things on pretty quickly. It's easy for things to stall in PbPs. Typically, I will bot PCs or move plot on after 24 hours. I have a bot alias (Railroad Maintenance Service) for just those purposes.
If you want to leave botting instructions in your profile, that would be helpful!
Speaking of which, when I get home tonight, I'm going to move everyone to the actual encounter!
Aye, I think he meant us others :) At time of posting, it's lacking from me at least - I'll throw one up soon, but it won't be very complicated, just the basics - (as I don't expect in-depth tactics from autopilot, and while it would be fun to try and throw up a script in a programming language that does not get me killed every other encounter, I trust common sense of party/GM to do a better job) ^_^
(come to think of it, I hereby authorize Richard to decide my actions if I have a planned absence without internet...@Richard: Same problem approach as Scarlet, only dwarfier(so Dwarven Hatred Style replaces Bloodrage))
Get well soon!
Better you spend more time resting and get healthy again sooner than forcing yourself to update and staying sick longer due to lack of rest ;) Take your time to get better!
FYI guys I know my posts have slowed down a bit lately. Not here necessarily, but in general.
Here's what's going on.
Right now we have a staffing shortage at my workplace, and I have been pulling extra shifts. This has left me pretty tired and worn out. I also expect to be training some new hires soon (though I'm not sure when), and since I do most of my posts from work it is unlikely I will be able to post much on those days, but we don't have a schedule for that person yet, so I don't yet know which days I am doing that, and I may not end up knowing until I arrive for my shift. So since I may not have any warning I'm letting you guys know now. The training will probably be spread over three days.
After that I am leaving for a much needed Vacation on September 30th. I expect to have internet access, so I should be able to post in that period, though it may be a bit irregular.
Sorry for any problems this might cause, and if I don't respond in a reasonable time bot me as needed. Things should be back to normal for me in mid-October.
Male Half-human Witch (scarred witch doctor) 7 | hp 51 | AC 14 T 12 FF 12 | CMD 17 | F +6 R +6 W +8 (+2 v Pain) | Spd 30' | Init +2 | KnArc +11, KnHis +11, KnNat +12, KnPla +12, Perc +8 (darkvision), Scrft +15, SensM +1 | clw wand 50/50, enlarge p wand 46/50 | sick
While we wait is anyone interested in a Tier 1-5 (high tier so character levels 4-5 or a solid 3) PFS game of Hall of the Flesh Eaters. Are pirates, booty, jungles, booty, ancient dungeon complexes, did I mention booty, and necromancy your thing? Then it is a pirates life for you! I'm hijacking (like a pirate, see what I did there?) an scuttled Game Day thread (2 really), and I need at least 2 players to fill some seats. Start time is tomorrow.
Same here; I appreciate the invite but I've already got enough on my plate at the moment as it is.
And like Aishe, I think I'm out. I really do hope Slothsy is okay but between losing some interest due to the length of this break and already having a lot on my PbP plate, I'm going to just go ahead and cut this game loose. It's been fun playing with you Aishe and Orthrus and I'm sorry to the newcomers that things haven't gone anywhere. Hopefully we'll meet again in other games, though! Until then, I wish everyone good gaming :)
I don't do a lot of PFS and I don't have any characters that could really cut it there. Most of My PFS guys are level 1. I have one level 3 guy who is a fighter 2/ rogue 1 - I was trying to build a slayer before there were slayers. He didn't really work that well.
Aye, it's a pity it didn't work out, but I hope Slothsy will be ok, and you guys find new games. It was only a brief time we met here, but it was amusing. Good luck for the future.
