GM Tektite's PFS #04-07 Severing Ties (Inactive)

Game Master Hawkwen Agricola

Yeah, I dug around and found it. I applied. I hope I'm deemed worthy. :)

Luisila. Do you have a problem? A gaming problem? It is OK to admit it, you are among friends here. Well virtual friends ... half-way across the world. But we can support you through these trying times.

Let us in, so we can work it out together.

In any case, I'm going to hold my game out in front of you like crack cocaine for a junkie. The first two were free, now you have to pay.

Honestly, its the players that make my games look good. I am but their humble servant.

Roland, may your dice grant them a swift and merciful death.

Linnea, I'm debating playing in Day of the Demon this Sunday with my Paladin. It would be an hour drive, is it worth it? I'm already playing through the 1st part of Carrion Crown tomorrow. By the way, the character you submitted has no AC. Very odd. Do we have another naked alchemist running around? I know its hot and all, but come on...

Very tempting...I would really consider applying, but I have soooo many active PbPs going right now that I just cannot swing it. It would not be a time issue, but one of the adequate amount of attention that I can give the PC.

Zynep - if I remember correctly, we had Desmond - he had just reached 3rd Level, a 3rd Level Paladin (Some Dwarf-only Archetype that I can't think of), one other 3rd-level, and the GM had to bot a character - he chose the 4th level cleric pre-gen. So, the situation was less than ideal anyway. It is a fun scenario, just really tough. A paladin would do well, I think.

And yeah, I'll get that character straightened out. I just posted him up to the boards recently and I guess I left some things blank. Will have that fixed today.

... I am but their humble servant ....

If my iPad dies after me squirting coffee out of my mouth onto it after reading this post , I'm sending you the bill!!

*sigh* I'm in if you'll have me. I'll bring the anti-bard Brienne of Tarth type with a name totally not an anagram of an 80's metal band.

I've written the concept, and can have the stats up early Monday morning Nebten time.

Happy Anniversary, GM Vegemite! The seven of us have been together for a month now. :)

You thought I’d forgotten, didn’t you?

Now, I thought I’d have a look at your lower tier Night March game to see how you handled some things … (I’m boning up for my GM exam with the state VC in a coupla months. Zynep and Roland, I’m taking notes) … when I saw this post:

Sheesh, bad day …

Let’s turn that frown, upside down.

Did you get us flowers? I always get flowers after a month. Either that or pregnant.

Good luck on the test. Of course Roland's style and my style are different. Roland is like the Jedi: he makes sure the PCs are peaceful & tranquil and will get home safely.

I, on the other hand, am like a Dark Sith Lord. I live for the players' hate and suffering. I dine on their tears of fear with a nice Shiraz*. But in the end they become more powerful then they possibly imagine . . . or have daddy issues for the rest of their lives.

*Shiraz is considered a dry wine. So it pairs very well with the moist deliciousness of fear tears or f'tears as they are known in the culinary world. Not to be confused with fhtagn, which said in certain circles to bring upon the Old Gods and the destruction of the universe. Then everybody be cryin'.

That is some funny stuff!

Did you get us flowers?

Ahhh! I clicked on the link, and now I'm going to have that d@mn song stuck in my head all day.

[sarcasm]Thank you so much, Luisila.[/sarcasm]

:-)

Good Luck Luisila. Not sure what you get by passing the exam. I took the online exam to be a Living Greyhawk judge. My PFS players are more likely to get Jar Jar than a Jedi from me. :-)

Do you remember your first TPK in organized play, Zynep?

I can now amend this answer. It was tonight and it was glorious. Bard tactics that I tried forever to work in my Council of Thieves game as a player, finally worked here. So quick and painless that the party was in shock. It felt like the Quickening from Highlander. Now I have to use that Groupon for Merry Maids to clean up all the decapitated corpses, or call in The Wolf.

The tears, oh the tears! Nom-nom-nom.

Now I'm going to go do horrible, nasty things to my girlfriend, like have her darn my socks and clean my toilets.

Mr Wolf from Pulp Fiction? LOL

Zynep, did you kill your girlfriend’s character? If so, good luck with the domestic stuff …

No she didn't play. She was typing up reports for work. She was snickering though each time a PC went down.

Something that amazes me about this exchange, is the shared experiences like-minded gamers can have from all over the world.

I can imagine a conversation with someone at a live PFS session in the near future … “Are you serious? … Your wizard won the strength/balance test and you made a side-bet with another priestess of Calistria in Severing Ties! … Did anyone in your game get stoned by the watch-basilisk? Let me tell you what happened in our game …”

Can’t help but think Lisa and Vic from Paizo had something like this in mind from the very start.

I am going to be at cub scout camp overnight with my son and not back until tomorrow evening. So if I am holding things up, feel free to delay or attack for me as appropriate.

Have fun Roland, no worries.

No problem Linnea.

Actually you guys are essentially done. We really should have been done about a week ago, but my RL got really busy last week. I had hoped to finish earlier so Luisila would not be over her PbP limit. ;) You guys let me know how you want to end, i.e. the items and the sabotage, and I will get a summary post put up. Also I have the majority of all the chronicles filled out minus day jobs and PFS numbers. Good job, and I'm really glad no one got turned to stone or died. As a side note, shortly after we wrap this up, I will ne starting a PbP of the Haunting of Hinojai. It's a Tier 5-9 that Zynep's and Ernest's players are going to join, I think. I need to run it once, because I'm running it at GenCon and would like to have run it once through. Let me know if you might be interested.

I wish I could, but I do not have a PC in that range. Thanks alot - really enjoyed this one and, of course, this is an awesome group of players. I look forward to the next one!

I need to double-check I have a 5-9 tier character, since Tsusuko got gobbled up by Amazing Red. I have my traps bard (wtih no online sheets), so I should be good after uploading his sheets, but yeah. Gonna chuck my D-job a little prematurely, just in case it expedites things.

Yes. This was a great session. You have all been a blast to play with. I don't have a level-appropriate character and I don't really want to play another pre-gen at this time. However, GM, I would love to be a part of any other PFS you run.

GM, Zynep is on the slow track. Sorry if you didn't know sooner. Please adjust her chronicle accordingly.

No Day Job here, and sadly I don't have a character of high enough tier to play Haunting of Hinojai.

Thanks so much for inviting me to play this one, GM Vegemite. I think you did a truly excellent job.

Guys, had a great time playing with you all and hope to do so again in the future.

Oh, that comedy roll was supposed to be for Linneas day job roll. Thanks again to everyone for a great time!

I have to say that this has been one of the most fun groups I've has the pleasure of GMing and I would love to continue with you guys. I know Ernest and Zynep probably have the least low tiers they can play, but I did notice that Ernest can still play Cyphermage Dilemma, which would dovetail nicely. But, I think Luisila has played it. If you guys would like to continue let me know. Some of my other PbPs should be ending soon and I have a Shadow Lodge ranger that needs some credits.

I would be interested in any PFS PbP in this current range. I have three different characters in this same range. Also, I certainly would not be opposed to any other PbP, outside of PFS, especially with this group. I am waiting for someone to start a Fangwood Keep PbP. I am thinking of running it for my regular tabletop group when we finish (read TPK) Tomb of Horrors.

I have played Cyphermage Dilemma, but I am totally cool with sitting it out if you want to run it, GM Vegemite!

ToH! Your gaming group must be pretty tight, Cleaver. Are you playing 1e, 2e or 3.5?

I've heard stories of ToH, but I've never played anything but Pathfinder and 4e (though I'm old, I'm relatively new to RPGs). I'd be willing to try something that's a bit different from Society scenarios. So, if you invite me, Cleaver, I'll show up.

Yeah, we play weekly at my house, and the ToH is 3.5. It is simply ridiculous. I am not GMing it, but I could see a TPK at any time.

I have been gaming since the 80's, and GMing just as long, but I just cannot gather the motivation to GM a PbP. My technical inadequacies with Maps would truly hinder my abilities, I feel. So, I was hoping someone else would run Fangwood Keep.

What is the range on Cyphermage Dilemna? I am game! We would miss ya Luisila, though. ;-)

The problem with the Tomb of Horrors (and most, if not all the Gygaxian era stuff) is just the generational gap and the change in mentality of tabletop RPGs since then. Back then, the meta-game wasn't any kind of bad; it was actually expected. Trying to translate it to a newer group without outright saying "Go into this full-blast, no holds barred" is sending kittens to the grinder.

Of course, this is from the guy who is >10 years younger than the module itself, so, yeah. Grains of salt all around (though I did get to the second or third level of ToEE with a DM who we're pretty sure knows how to cheat at craps but not how to scale encounters! Shadows do NOT need a +13 to hit, just because the one fighter has 30 AC.)

LOL..no doubt, Ernest, no doubt.

GM Tektite, if you need another to fill the 5-9 table of Hinojai, I have my 8th level battle herald. I was saving her for cons this summer, but that looks unlikely at this point. Definitely more of a support character.

I ran Tomb of Horrors as a side quest when we were short a couple players one night for my War of the Burning Sky campaign. The rogue fell for the Devil's Mouth. Otherwise the 3 of them got through the first half. After that, they had enough and left. Of course, I didn't tell them they just went through the Tomb of Horrors until after the game. They were happy with getting out with only a few changes to their PCs.

Oh jeez...our rogue almost did as well. the damn pits and halways to nowhere are a real pain!

What is the range on Cyphermage Dilemna? ... We would miss ya Luisila, though. ;-)

Pretty sure Cyphermage Dilemma is 1-5. I played it at sub-tier 1-2.

Back at you, buddy! I suspect there will be a next time, though.

I played the 1e version of ToH ... some time ago ...

It was a total DM versus Players mentality (which was the norm for us at the time) BUT we died so frequently it soon stopped being fun.
The one thing that surprises me about that module with the group I played with was:

Luisila, if I knew you were going to be a habitual offender of your one PbP rule, I would have tried to find something else. Have you played Goblinblood Dead. Maybe after Cyphermage, we can do that one. "Get the old gang back together"

Still waiting to see if Zynep and Roland can handle the Dilemma.

Also, I probably won't have a chance to get the chronicles to you until tomorrow night. But everyone earned 516 gp, except Zynep of course

Luisila, if I knew you were going to be a habitual offender of your one PbP rule, I would have tried to find something else. Have you played Goblinblood Dead. Maybe after Cyphermage, we can do that one. "Get the old gang back together"

You guys are a bad influence on me! ;)

Yeah, ol' skull-face sent me a PM when I indicated I couldn't do Cyphermage Dilemma.

I have not played Goblinblood Dead - and will make sure I don't - getting the band back together in a bit sounds good!

Cyphermage & Tapestry. You are killin' me here Smalls'. You up for it? Seems like you were on the down tick these last couple of weeks.

Zynep will be still 3 and available for Cyphermage, I can go up or down.

Tapestry, I'm think of using my Paladin. He's 6th level. Poor guy only gets played once or twice a year.

I am in if you do Cyphermage!

Yes, I admit that things have been...slowed lately. My work has been busy of late which does not allow me to stop in at lunch to update and this week I blame on exhaustion. I have spent the past five out of eight work days in 120 degree attics, so when I get home I've been wiped. Anyway some of the other PbP's "should" be wrapping up in short order. I definitely would like to do Haunting of Hinojai and Cyphermage. Cyphermage transitions nicely from this one and after that if everyone wants to continue, Goblinblood is set nearby, making for another nice transition and the return of Luisila. I'm up for it, if you guys are up for it. Cyphermage will most likely start first, because we only have three for Haunting at the moment.

No probs on the delays; I'd be a hyper-hypocrite to say anything, given the grindfest that's been "Decline of Glory."

If we can, I would like to hold off on starting Cyphermage until after Sunday; I have a Way of the Kirin I've been drafted for, and would like to use Ernest for that (but I also want to use Ernest for this group, too.) Yay, ruining travel-base immersion! (Though WotK has a ton of teleportation by-the-book already, so, yeah.)

No probs on the delays; I'd be a hyper-hypocrite to say anything, given the grindfest that's been "Decline of Glory."

LONGEST....STANDOFF......EVER. (Actually at this point, its more siege than standoff.) Kidding..

If we can, I would like to hold off on starting Cyphermage until after Sunday; I have a Way of the Kirin I've been drafted for, and would like to use Ernest for that (but I also want to use Ernest for this group, too.) Yay, ruining travel-base immersion! (Though WotK has a ton of teleportation by-the-book already, so, yeah.)

Definitely not a problem. Hadn't planned on starting until Sun/Mon anyway.

Ernest Kalthet wrote:

No probs on the delays; I'd be a hyper-hypocrite to say anything, given the grindfest that's been "Decline of Glory."

LONGEST....STANDOFF......EVER. (Actually at this point, its more siege than standoff.) Kidding..

That's actually what it's should to feel like (given the oracle's one ability use.) It's just those Rainbow Bridges emulate Wall of Force, so there was only the one door. Plus, Tier 1-2 in a Season 0 makes for some easy encounters...

Excellent! Looking forward to Cyphermage. Will you PM us, or let us know here when the thread starts?

Both. I leave the link here before I make this inactive and I'll send the with your Chronicles.

Thanks!