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Fun Ptolus Hero Points story. Tim (Tilver) played in my first face-to-face Ptolus game. At some point in the Banewarrens, his character ran up against a fire giant who hit him hard enough to kill him. He spent two hero points to avoid death. So I ruled that instead, the giant had merely severed his sword arm.
So this seems like it might be a real setback for a martial character, but a few weeks later, the faction of angels to whom the team was allied contacted the character. One of the holiest of their angels had been killed ages before and only his arm survived. They offered to graft the angel's arm onto Tim's character in exchange for handling some small matters the angels didn't want to touch...
And if we do anything like that again, Pathfinder actually rules for that! Possessed Hand, Hand's Autonomy, Hand's Detachment
So I was browsing the Recruitment/character creation thread, and I was reminded of this:
Each of you can read the two secrets proposed for you by the others but don't read anyone else's. Each of you can choose to accept or reject either or both of the "facts" as true. The person who wrote them still believes its true, but it's up to you whether they're really true or not.
For each "fact" you accept as true, you may have one free re-roll of a d20 at any time.
I think most of us accepted our "facts", so we each have 1 or 2 rerolls available to us.
That is correct! An opportune moment for such rerolls appears to be at hand!
Just saw this. Can I spend the reroll on my last action to try to beat the creature's spell resistance?
Holys has nothing of real use left at this point, other than burning 2nd-level spell slots to cast his 1st-level spells (which are more useful in this encounter).
Sure.
Also, nothing wrong with using 2nd levels slots for 1st level spells. Time to bring out all the guns.
Velika may have saved everyone's lives with her lucky glitterdust spell, so try anything you can.
Scott, not sure if you didn't catch it, but Dain's spear is magical. If you did realize that , then I just want to confirm that his +1 spear is not sufficient to overcome the damage resistance.
I did not catch it. His spear is good enough and does full damage.
Huzzah!
Great, will run the reroll for SR check. :)
Dang, I think it failed again. Will post his action for this round as well.
Starting a new job today. I probably won't be posting again until Wednesday. Thanks for your understanding.
OK. And congrats on the new job - hope it's fun!
That's great news, congrats! I look forward to hearing about it soon!
Don't tell my Momma I'm a lawyer. She thinks I'm a piano-player in a whore house.
Hey gang!
I'm letting you know that my game of "The One Ring" has seats available and if you're interested I'd be happy to have you check out the Recruitment thread.
I would love to be in. I have lots of free time. :D
I posted under Malinor on the One Ring page.
Headed to Japan tomorrow for most of the week. I'll try to post, but no guarantees it'll be consistent.
If you're going to be gone, it might be a good time for us to go into the city and restock, etc. (After attempting this lock, success or failure.) Just a thought if you wanted to post suggestions for what you'd like to sell/buy or who you might want to talk to.
Tilver wants to get his longspear enchanted. He also thinks the party should invest in getting everyone at least 1 potion of Protection from Evil.
He'll go talk to Brother Fabitor on Dain's behalf to start getting a line on who might be able to heal him. I'm sensing we might be in debt to someone for this. Tilver's other pressing matter is to let his fiancee know he's ok. Evie knows he's an adventurer, but she's still worries. Plus, it's always good to know the rumormill at the town guard.
I would like to deal with the hell hounds sooner rather then later, but taking care of the negative level should be a priority.
I agree this could be a good time to spend a few days (OOC time) in town buying and selling. Then come back either the same day or next day (IC time) to deal with the hellhounds and other matters.
After sleeping rough, Holys probably wants to go home and attend to matters of business (i.e. read a newspaper/any letters and have a nice meal).
Sounds like 3:1 for bugging out, with one district not reporting in.
What's the plan?
How far is the building from other inhabited areas? (I'm not sure if this is in the middle of nowhere, is a well-known neighbourhood creepy house, sometimes has people sleeping in it, etc). The answer determines whether or not I suggest someone stays here.
You are in Ptolus, one of the largest metropolises on Praemal (the planet).
Yeah, I was asking in the most local sense of 'where are we'. :) So it looks like we're in a residential district? In that case, if we can get these errands taken care of in a few hours, Holys suggests that he and one other stay here to stop others going in. (Holys doesn't want to be by himself in case ne'er-do-wells come up and hassle him.)
Maybe Holys and Silas stay since the latter is burly. Dain, Velika, and Tilver go and try and see about upgrading the spear and curing Dain's negative level.
If it is not possible to accomplish these tasks in one day, then the group may have to just hope nothing goes in/comes out.
Oldtown is more upscale than most of the city (and less so than the Noble's Quarter). It has big houses like Pythoness House which were built by wealthy merchants and large organizations.
Oldtown
Ptolus was founded three centuries ago as a small community surrounding fortress called Dalenguard. The fortress’ original purpose was to keep the area clear of evil creatures drawn by the power of Jabel Shammar, the citadel at the top of the Spire. It also sought to watch over Goth Gulgamel, the fortress halfway up the Spire built by Ghul, the Half God.Dalenguard was constructed more than seven hundred years ago, just after the defeat of Ghul, to serve as a symbol of the union of elves, dwarves, and humans in that war. Over time, the community grew into an important
port, and the need for Dalenguard as a wilderness bastion waned. Today the old fortress is still used by the Imperial-appointed ruler of the city, the Commissar, and the area surrounding it on the city’s near west side is known as Oldtown. It sits atop a ridge higher than most of the rest of Ptolus, but still lower than the Nobles’ Quarter.The stone and marble buildings of Oldtown reflect a grander, earlier age. Graceful columns, majestic entrances, tall stone towers, and buildings of three or even four stories are common sights here. Yet all bear the signs of age and wear. Today many of these buildings house the bureaucracy the Empire forces upon the city. Still others are museums or homes for the wealthy (those not quite wealthy enough to live in the Nobles’ Quarter).
There are wonderful theaters, auditoriums, and even a grand Arena in this large district of the city. The Arena provides a spot for tournaments, fairs, and sporting games of all sorts. Nearby, the Inverted Pyramid mages’ guild sponsors a magical ball sport simply called “the Mage Game,” held in a large indoor coliseum in Oldtown.
This is where citizens go to get licenses, like those needed to carry a firearm. The City Courts are located here, and as are the City Council’s meeting chambers. Both the Delver’s Guild Library and Maproom (but not the guild’s main office) and the City Library are here. Oldtown has a fair number of parks, monuments, and other touches of class and beauty as well.
Pythoness House's reputation alone is likely enough to keep common riff-raff away. Well, except for ratmen. Who know how many more of them there are?
You won't be able to upgrade the spear in a single day, but you may be able to buy one or to arrange in one day to have it upgraded.
Who knows how long it will take to find a restoration spell. I'm sure you'll think of something. So many possibilities!
It will be 10 hours before Dain even knows whether or not he needs a Restoration spell - he could make his save and spare us the trouble (and cost) of finding a willing spellcaster.
So if we are going to leave, we should all go, do whatever in town, all get a good night's rest, then come back tomorrow.
We all leave then, try and go shopping, and wait and see if Dain needs a spell.
I'll be out of the country this coming Saturday until July 20. So posting may be intermittent for that period, although I'll check in when I can.
Have a good trip! See you when you get back.
Thanks... am hoping the time with family and friends will outweigh the soul-crushing bureaucracy that I have to face! (I am fairly sure it will.)
As a soul-crushing bureaucrat myself...yeah, you gotta get away sometimes. Have fun!
I've thoroughly revised the maps. Check out the Where in Ptolus is it? link!
Very cool!
In the UK and soul-crushing bureaucracy defeated! (For now.) Will be out of touch over the weekend but should be able to post these next few days.
Got my passport with new visa back today, so they'll let me in the country again! (Although it's another week until I fly back.)
Its nice when they let you come home. In theory anyway.
Ah, I see my reference note saying, "He plays D&D with me" did the trick! I'll make sure to tell the customs guys too, Andrew! :)
On a different tack...based on this post, we should all be 763.6gp richer from the loot we sold. Unless, that is you want to set aside an extra portion for emergencies.
Anything to make the lines shorter is greatly appreciated!
I am probably going to be out of touch again most of tomorrow and Monday.
Out of touch all tomorrow due to flying back to the USA!
Long day. Taking a break. Will get back at it tomorrow.
We're talking about resting again... didn't we just do that?
Nope. We left and ran a few errands, then went back to get Silas. So far, we have not rested, and everybody except Tilver is Fatigued.
Oh. In that case, yes, we should rest. I had thought we rested before running errands. I had not applied fatigue modifiers to my attack rolls against the hellhounds.
Technically, Holys went home, had a bath and a nap. But Dain, Silas and Velika are beat.
(Probably out of touch for the next few days, need to deal with some things here.)
Hope all is well, buddy!