Discussion thread for all things out-of-character.
Please post the following details:
Player name:
Character name:
PFS#:
Day Job roll:
There's also a bunch of background prep work in this scenario, and I'll be asking you additional questions about your previous adventures and other fun facts.
In addition to the usual info needed for reporting and chronicles, would you please post to say if you have played any of the following scenarios with this character:
#14: The Many Fortunes of Grandmaster Torch
#2–07: Heresy of Man, Part 2: Where Dark Things Sleep
#5–12: Destiny of the Sands, Part 1: A Bitter Bargain
#6–04: Beacon Below
#9–04: The Unseen Inclusion
Before I forget, I want to acknowledge that I have lifted all of the slides and handouts for this game from GM Hmm, which has saved me a lot of work. Thanks GM Hmm :)
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Introduction:
Name: Karos Valdian
Player: Tarondor (Scott Nolan)
PFS Number: 2405-8
Faction: Liberty's Edge
Of the scenarios listed, Karos played through #2–07: Heresy of Man, Part 2: Where Dark Things Sleep and #5–12: Destiny of the Sands—Part 1: A Bitter Bargain.
Player name: noral
Character name: Enora (Credit to: Setare Katsu)
Faction: Scarab Sages
PFS#: 314670-3
Day Job roll: None
Played with this character: None of the adventures
More questions for you all! (There's a lot of background information feeding in to this scenario).
How many Scarab Sage boons do you have? (Obviously if you're not a Scarab Sage the answer should be zero).
How many feats, traits, or class features do you have that impose a code of conduct on you?
Do you speak Draconic? Do you have any other dragon-themed feat, trait, or class feature? (If so how many?)
How many languages do you speak, not counting your racial languages?
How many Scarab Sage boons do you have?
The character that receives credit for this scenario is a scarab sage but has not played any scarab sage specific scenarios.
How many feats, traits, or class features do you have that impose a code of conduct on you?
None.
Do you speak Draconic?
NO
Do you have any other dragon-themed feat, trait, or class feature? (If so how many?)
NO
How many languages do you speak, not counting your racial languages?
6: Ancient Osiriani, Elven, Goblin, Jistkan, Osiriani, Polyglot
I advise thorough preparation for your expedition, folks!
Also, feel free to use this Discussion thread for table talk, tactics and so forth. (Reasonable limits apply during combat).
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How many Scarab Sage boons do you have? (Obviously if you're not a Scarab Sage the answer should be zero).
None.
How many feats, traits, or class features do you have that impose a code of conduct on you?
None. (As a neutrally-aligned cleric of a neutrally-aligned god, no restrictions on conduct or spellcasting.)
Do you speak Draconic? Do you have any other dragon-themed feat, trait, or class feature? (If so how many?)
Yes, Vordrek speaks Draconic. No other dragon-themed class features.
How many languages do you speak, not counting your racial languages?
4 - Abyssal, Draconic, Goblin, Orc. Vordrek understands all languages, thanks to an eastern star ioun stone.
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Before we go any further , Enora and I should sit down and compare spellbooks. I'd be happy to lend you mine for copying, if you'll do the same. It would take quite a bit of time, probably the better part of a day, if we have a day to spare.
Here's a refresher on those rules, since I always forget what they are:
Time
The process takes 1 hour per spell level. Cantrips (0 levels spells) take 30 minutes to record.
Space in the Spellbook
A spell takes up one page of the spellbook per spell level. Even a 0-level spell (cantrip) takes one page. A spellbook has 100 pages.
Materials and Costs
The cost for writing a new spell into a spellbook depends on the level of the spell, as noted on the following table. Note that a wizard does not have to pay these costs in time or gold for spells he gains for free at each new level.
0th - 5 gp
1st - 10 gp
2nd - 40 gp
3rd - 90 gp
@Vordrek: Feel free to check her spell book (see my profile). But Enora only has 247 gp so if you have suggestion on spells she should copy please feel free to tell me. I would definitely take magic missile. ;-)
Enora is an iconic, and thus unable to add anything to her spellbook :(
However, Vordrek is free to peruse Enora's spellbook and scribe anything new, subject to the usual Spellcraft checks (which I hope he'd succeed at by taking 10). You will not have time to do so before departing for Resa though. But should you survive, you are all good!
Enora will copy
30 gp: 3 x 1st: burning hands, feather fall, magic missile
40 gp: 1 x 2nd: aggressive thundercloud
Enora will additionally purchase:
50 gp: Potion of 'touch of sea'
25 gp: Scroll of grease
25 gp: Scroll of true strike
50 gp: 2 x Scroll of shield
25 gp: Protection from evil
245 gp spent
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Ok, cool. Vordrek can definitely take 10 on Spellcraft for each of those, but I'll wait until the end of the adventure.
I'd like to copy color spray, ear-piercing scream, expeditious retreat, grease, liberating command, mount, obscuring mist, reduce person, unseen servant, vanish, alter self, bear's endurance, false life, glitterdust, invisibility, knock, mirror image, pyrotechnics, fly, and haste for a total of 32 hrs of work and 600 gp.
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How many Scarab Sage boons do you have? (Obviously if you're not a Scarab Sage the answer should be zero).
None.
How many feats, traits, or class features do you have that impose a code of conduct on you?
None, but I am an inquisitor, which imposes an alignment restriction (within one step of Cayden's alignment).
Do you speak Draconic? Do you have any other dragon-themed feat, trait, or class feature? (If so how many?)
Nope!
How many languages do you speak, not counting your racial languages?
Two (Common and Celestial).
Enora, sadly there isn't time before you set out for your destination for you to copy spells. And afterwards there will be no benefit in doing so, because as an Iconic pre-gen Enora's sheet resets between adventures. Your scroll and potion purchases are fine though.
Rogar and Kramac, just need your answers now.
Thanks, then she will buy another two scrolls of protection from evil! ;-)
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How many Scarab Sage boons do you have?
Zero
How many feats, traits, or class features do you have that impose a code of conduct on you?
He is an inquisitor of Kurgess, so whatever code comes along with that. I don't think its as strict as the Paladin code, but the Paladin code for Kurgess is:
Fairness and good sportsmanship are testaments to one’s virtue. I must set the finest example of what it means to be sporting and noble in challenges of strength and honor.
A challenge that is won unfairly is not a challenge won. I am no cheat, and I will lose any contest of brawn, honor, or mettle rather than resort to knavery or trickery.
Frauds have no place among true competitors. In contests of import and high-stakes trials, I will unrelentingly reveal the untruthful and deliver them to their proper justice.
Winning and losing are two sides of the same coin, and both are worthy of acknowledgment. I treat champions with respect, but honor losers for their courage and willingness to challenge themselves.
I respectfully seek tutelage from my betters, give honest guidance to the less accomplished, and cherish most of all my friendships with rivals whose skill matches my own.
Every day is a contest to better oneself, and every deed undertaken is an opportunity to condition my allies and myself for the trials ahead.
Do you speak Draconic? Do you have any other dragon-themed feat, trait, or class feature? (If so how many?) No, no dragon related class features or feats
How many languages do you speak, not counting your racial languages?
Just Common and Polyglot
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How many Scarab Sage boons do you have? (Obviously if you're not a Scarab Sage the answer should be zero).
4
Scarab Sages Scribe: +1 saves versus Death effects
Scarab Sages Planar Sage: Kn: History/Planes +2
Debt to the Scarred Sage
Secrets beyond Sight: Single use benefit
How many feats, traits, or class features do you have that impose a code of conduct on you?
None.
Do you speak Draconic? Do you have any other dragon-themed feat, trait, or class feature? (If so how many?)
Yes Draconic, no other feature
How many languages do you speak, not counting your racial languages?
Languages: Common, Dwarf, Gnome, Orc, Draconic, Goblin, Sasquatch, Giant, Terran, Celestial
You should all now be able to see simplified character sheets for the five Jeweled Sages in the slides and handouts (link is above my avatar and at the top of the page; see slides 6-10).
At various stages during this adventure one or more Sages may be available to you. The character sheets describe what they can do. Each has a melee attack and/or a ranged attack. If a Sage attacks, he or she does the damage listed. Sages don't make full attacks and don't roll to hit.
Each sage also has a number of special abilities, with check-off boxes. Each use fills a box, and when all the boxes are filled the ability is no longer available during the adventure.
You will notice the Torch has an ability called "well prepared" - this is in addition to the goods he already brought you. When Torch is with you, you can ask him for any potion or scroll (but not other consumables) until the 1500gp limit has been reached.
Each Sage also has a number of modifiers listed under "Investigation": at relevant points of the adventure if a Sage is with you, you can add those modifiers to any skill checks you attempt. The Sages do not roll separate skill checks themselves.
If you have any (out of character) questions about the Sages or their sheets, post here.
And now, more questions!
How many Mendevian Commendation boons do you have?
How many bonus combat feats do you have?
How many mutually exclusive boons do you have? These are boons that result in another boon being crossed off a chronicle - either you made a choice on the chronicle sheet or the party made a choice during the adventure.
How much gold and/or Prestige have you spent in order to heal other Pathfinders?
What colour outfit/robes/armour are you wearing on your expedition?
For me this is really easy as I am using a pregen and the character in question is low level. :-)
How many Mendevian Commendation boons do you have?
None
How many bonus combat feats do you have?
None
How many mutually exclusive boons do you have? These are boons that result in another boon being crossed off a chronicle - either you made a choice on the chronicle sheet or the party made a choice during the adventure.
None
How much gold and/or Prestige have you spent in order to heal other Pathfinders?
None
What colour outfit/robes/armour are you wearing on your expedition?
Blue
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How many Mendevian Commendation boons do you have?
This character.. none
How many bonus combat feats do you have?
None
How many mutually exclusive boons do you have? These are boons that result in another boon being crossed off a chronicle - either you made a choice on the chronicle sheet or the party made a choice during the adventure.
1 (trouble in tamran)
How much gold and/or Prestige have you spent in order to heal other Pathfinders?
800
What colour outfit/robes/armour are you wearing on your expedition?
Silver mithral chain and green tunic
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How many Mendevian Commendation boons do you have?
1
How many bonus combat feats do you have?
3 ( 1 from Brawler level 2, 2 from 2 levels of fighter)
I also have 2 bonus teamwork feats, both of which I selected combat teamwork feats (one from Inquisitor 3, one from Tactician class feature from Drill Sergeant Archetype with my fighter levels)
How many mutually exclusive boons do you have? These are boons that result in another boon being crossed off a chronicle - either you made a choice on the chronicle sheet or the party made a choice during the adventure.
3
How much gold and/or Prestige have you spent in order to heal other Pathfinders?
A few wand charges here or there, but thats it
What colour outfit/robes/armour are you wearing on your expedition?
Metallic Silverish (Mithril Full plate)
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How many Mendevian Commendation boons do you have? None
How many bonus combat feats do you have? None
How many mutually exclusive boons do you have? These are boons that result in another boon being crossed off a chronicle - either you made a choice on the chronicle sheet or the party made a choice during the adventure. 4
How much gold and/or Prestige have you spent in order to heal other Pathfinders? None
What colour outfit/robes/armour are you wearing on your expedition? Green/Brown robes and tunics, DW shield, protective spells.
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And now, more questions!
How many Mendevian Commendation boons do you have?
None.
How many bonus combat feats do you have?
None.
How many mutually exclusive boons do you 0? These are boons that result in another boon being crossed off a chronicle - either you made a choice on the chronicle sheet or the party made a choice during the adventure.
All my player's PFS stuff is in storage pending a move, so I can't answer this one.
How much gold and/or Prestige have you spent in order to heal other Pathfinders?
None. But many people contributed to bring -him- back from the dead.
What colour outfit/robes/armour are you wearing on your expedition?
Here is a picture of Karos. So mostly beiges and browns with a red bandana.
Thanks Karos. Do you know when you will be moving? It's not critical, but if it's in the next few weeks then I might ask that question again.
Oof, that's unpleasant. I hope it gets sorted soon. I'll make an estimate based on the boons I can see on your pbp sheet.
"These foul hands coming up from the ground are called Grasping Graves... tis a hazard to us since they will grab at us as we try to walk by... they will squeeze and tear at you if they get a hold of you...best destroy the ones that get a hold of you to break free...positive energy will also destroy them, but more hands will spring up..." he tells the others wondering why none of the sages, who are far smarter and more knowledgeable said nothing...
They must have assumed that their "scholarly" pathfinders knew what they were up against ;)
Managing immediate actions like Liberating Command in a pbp can be tricky. I'll be flexible as much as possible, but I want you to know in advance that there are parts of this scenario that are extremely complex and retconning may not always be practical if you miss an opportunity. Best solution: check in often! ;)
Thanks so much GM for clarifying and Rogar for spending your spell on me!!!
;-)
Enora, Prescience is not a reroll. You choose to use the Prescience number instead of rolling the die.
You rolled a 7 first, then decided to use your Prescient 12 instead of your initial die result. That's effectively a reroll, and isn't how Prescience works.
Prescience 6 times per day, at the beginning of her turn, Enora can roll a d20 and then use that dice result instead of rolling any time until her next turn.
Emphasis is mine.
A quick search of the forums for Prescience shows that the "reroll" interpretation is a minority position. A search of the campaign threads for "Enora prescience" shows only one example of a player using Prescience as a reroll, with all the other instances using it by making their decisions before rolling.
I can see how the minority position was arrived at. But it is an incorrect position.
Incidentally, Enora should have 8 uses of Prescience per day (INT 20). ;-)
You are completely right! Thanks
You could do that Kramac, yes. At present there are no claws hindering Jino because the positive energy wave destroyed them, but they return at the start of next round (round 4). This will mean that at the end of your turn on round 4 the grasping graves make attacks against you (well, you and/or Jino depending whether either of you is on the ground).
You'd only need to free Jino if he starts your turn grappled.
Enora you appear to have swapped character sheets. It's good to have a dedicated alias profile, but your new alias pbp sheet has the wrong hit point maximum, and you've reverted to the default spell load-out. Could you correct those please? Also, it will be very handy to keep track of your Prescience uses and arcane reservoir in your "banner" lines (class, race etc).
There are some pre-gens I really wouldn't want on this scenario, but Enora is pretty well put together.
Oh sorry!!! :-( I did not want to swap! Will be consistent now!
Karos, your Determination ability doesn't appear to give you saving throw rerolls. You can reroll an attack, gain +4 to your ac vs an attack, or force an enemy to reroll an attack. None of these abilities would help against a troop, because a troop does automatic damage and does not roll to hit..