GM Tektite's PFS #4EX Day of the Demon (Inactive)

Game Master Hawkwen Agricola

Discuss

What level range were we looking to do?

This is a 3-7 right?

I've got a 5,6, and a 7.

Yeah, 3-7

I've pretty adamant on my power build Conjurer 4 for this (which is why Tektite mentioned the sizable delay.) I may have a AP chronicle somewhere I can apply to him, too. No issue playing up if you guys can handle the damage, since Ernest is Control-based.

Correction: Once he's done in the scenario he's already in, he'll be 5th. Spiked Pits, hooooooo! Though the "AP Chronicle" bit still stands; I Kinda want to get him into his 1 level of Pathfinder Agent and trap finding relatively quickly.

I can hit either tier, really up to you guys, haha.

Though, uh, since I'm the holdup on this, does anyone want me to eat either 5-04 or 5-05 (when it releases) to pass the time?

One is a 1-5 and the other is a 7-11.

What was it you were waiting for?

My wizard to be done in My Enemy's Enemy pbp.

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I'm trying!

Tektite's addiction to MAXIMUM ROLEPLAY is the biggest issue*, I'd say.

I like to think of it as dedication, rather than addiction.

On the note of passing the time, I would be okay with a 7-11 accomplishing that. And for this game I've decided to play this cleric/fanboy.

We're gettin there with Enemy's Enemy.

On another note. I got to play this on Sun., high Tier...TPK. Though I personally think the GM made a mistake, it does have the potential to be pretty rough.

What was the party make up?

Three level 5, one level six- my Monk 2/ Sorcerer 4, and one level 7 Barbarian. The 5's were an Alchemist, Paladin, and Bard. Like I said, I believe it was run incorrectly. Once we pass that part, I'll explain.

Not a bad table. I eagerly wait for the explanation. Do you think it was run incorrectly on purpose?

Not a bad table. I eagerly wait for the explanation. Do you think it was run incorrectly on purpose?

Not on purpose. The GM is a tough GM that uses excellent tactics, which is why I try to play in his games and will again if I have a chance. I just think he made a bad judgement call.

Well no one gets it right all the time.

Like a creature being incorporeal only when it benefits him for instance. Not that it's happened or anything. :)

Hey I blame the scenario. And there was NEVER even a chance of death in that encounter. ;)

Or a 2-headed creature only taking 5 of his 6 natural attacks because the DM forgot he has 2 bites... oh, wait...

UPDATE: We're still Enemying the Enemy's Enemy and whatnot, but on the way. This be my Wizard (who will be 5th at end of scenario and can be 6th with a AP chronicle (though one of these levels are going to be in the Pathfinder Agent PRC, can't remember off the top of my head.)

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I know, hence why I didn't really argue with you. Though it's still a little absurd.

Just a heads up. ETA to is mid to end of week, so we'll need to start firming up on PCs and Tier.

Update. Enemy's Enemy is finished so we are ready to go as soon as everyone picks a PC and Burglar has a chance to level up his wizard.

Krunch is ready!

A minor note, Señor Krunch; you are still Lantern Lodge.

Krunch is not the brightest torch in the Society. He may still believe he's in the Lantern Lodge.

APL Calculation:

Cairo- Lvl 7
Ernest- Lvl 5
Kruch- Lvl 6
Sebastian- Lvl 5

7+6+5+5=23/4=5.75 APL 6 w/ 4 player adjustment.

My favorite setup. =)

I don't think we could have planned that better!

I didn't have any 6-7's :(

But you have a Jade Regent Credit that can be applied to a 5th level...

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I can finally go back to "Storytime Ernest" as opposed to "'This is a hostile work environment' Ernest," being that there's not two Calistrians saying incredibly PG13 things around him, dragging him to temple/brothels, or patting him in various places.

Hmmm I seem to have the bug where I can't post in gameplay.

Well, you overcame it, if you didn't see it; you've got the most recent post on there.

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Yeah, 8th time's a charm.

I usually don't run the optional encounter. I know you guys don't usually either. Do you want it for this scenario or just skip it like usual?

M'yeh, no opinion here either way. I usually don't run them so my game time rate isn't atrocious, do ho ho.

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Seeing as they usually don't add anything, skipping it would be preferable.

Unless it’s an interesting encounter, I usually vote for skipping them.

Unless it’s an interesting encounter, I usually vote for skipping them.

An example of this, being (ironically) from a S1 that I'm playing in the series of that Feral's actually running; an otyug > 3 goons, IMO.

Yeah, that scenario is an exception.

Unfortunately at the tier we’re running it’s not an Otyugh either way. =(

Yeah, that was a minor disappointment (that I only tend to recall any time optional encounters are brought up, since I can't think of any others I actually like.) It did help my "spend zero money/charges/shuriken since I am earning no gold anyways" motive, though!

Good, we'll skip it and I can tell my TPK story.

At the doc with my kid atm, I'll have a post up in about an hour.

Pulls up a chair and sits down, getting comfortable.

So, the story of when I died. It's a decent tale. It all started one dark and stormy evening...

First off. If you guys had said the phrase in the house, the gargoyle would not have attacked. I tried to drop a couple subtle hints, but alas to no avail.

Anyway, my party made the same error, saying the phrase at the door, then entering and getting attacked by four arm guy. He critted the second round and one of the party insta-died. Then I asked about the pass phrase and we said it again...the gargoyle stopped. We carried the guy back and had him raised, then went back to the mansion. (Technically, we were like three plus days from any settlement that could do a Raise). Once we returned, we continued to explore and at about 2.5/3 hrs into the scenario, the GM sprung the optional on us. (This was a VTT game and I think the time issue should have been enough to bypass the optional, plus already having someone die, but anyways.) The optional consists of three babaus in high tier. Tactics say they cast darkness and attack. The GM didn't have them cast darkness, but rather had them each summon another babau and they all succeeded, so now we have six babau, greater teleporting into the midst of the party and slaughtering us. In the low tier there is only one babau and tactics say that it will summon another if it starts to lose, but high tier says nothing about summoning, so it's a question of RAW. See the problem with six babaus is that it makes the encounter a CR11 encounter that is, without spoilering, higher the the final encounter CR. So a CR 11 on an optional encounter. Also the babaus, get two, possibly three attacks a round, whereas only one in our party even had two attacks per round, so that's like 12-18 attacks vs our 7 attacks per round. I have always understood that having the action economy being greater in the party is what allows for higher CR encounters, so basically I feel the party was dead before it even had a chance, due to, in my mind, not following tactics.

So that's my rant.. And I can't believe you guys knocked out the gargoyle! I thought Krunch was a goner.

Krunch is strong!

/flex

Krunch is strong!

/flex

Yes, I was quite impressed.

The early stun helped too. =P

The passphrase thing was 100% obvious, though Ernest wasn't signing up for anything that might involve his soul being immolated. That said, he didn't want to try to force anyone else to say it either, 'cause he doesn't want to see anyone immolated, really. His reasoning for all this is his "brimstone and fire" teachings from his mother (though those were usually centered around the prospect of talking to girls that aren't his mother.)

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