GM Tektite's PFS #5-12 A Bitter Bargain (Inactive)

Game Master Hawkwen Agricola

Guess I should go hierophant and go all healing, because I am pretty sure this won't be a pushover.

Now I've never used mythic before until I GM'd this a week ago. I had a group of four and they were fine, especially because the fighter was very familiar with mythic (even if the other three were not).

We have a local GM who runs a big home game (two interchangeable groups of six I think) that utilizes mythic so a lot of people are very fluent in it. Those people said it was a pushover for them because it's kinda designed for people who have never tried mythic before and don't know what they're doing and is therefore not maximum difficulty if you are familiar with how mythic works.

After everyone levels, you guys may be in high tier, so that might help make it...mythic!

Ha! Except Khamul will still be 3rd level. Just don't let the necromancer die please!

I'm in a WotR PBP but I have not hit the mythic stuff yet. My only encounter with it prior was... a convention event I won't bring up due to spoilers, so it is safe to say I have never run a character with those levels before.

Titus will tell your tale if/when you are slain in honorable combat, Khamul.

My experience with Mythic is limited as well. The only encounter that I've had mythic powers in, I was not conscious for most of it. Maybe Khamul should be a guardian so he can have some survivability?

Dual Path feat is always an option, too. Getting rid of Arcane Failure Chance in Champion is pretty rad for a wizard.

I'm probably going to make a seperate, generic alias for Mythic Corb, because it took me, like, 3 hours (of horribly not focusing) to actually add 4 regular levels to Corb, and I'm not even 100% done yet. Just wanted to add an update.

Finished up last night, think I have everything in there now.

So we have Khamul (3), Shana (4), Corb (6), and Titus (6), APL = 4.75 > 5 but with only four players I think we're still playing down but without the four-player adjustments (if I'm remembering correctly how that works).

Corb's Mythic Resume:

Everyone ready then?

Yep, ready!

@Corb: Doesn't the Adaptive add 1000 gp? So 2000 for the +1 and 1000 for the Adaptive.

It does! Reasons I put my math in the post: I are good at forgets.

So just a heads up, I'm going to be camping for the next three days, NPC as you see fit. I'll try to post 1/day but no guarantees.

Just a heads up. I will be leaving this morning for a family vacation to Disney, returning on the following Sat. I am going to try to take my laptop in order to update in the evenings, but so far, traveling with three kids looks like it is putting a premium on space. I can update from my mobile, but would be unable to see or edit maps.

No problems. Enjoy the vacation.

Yea, have fun.

Hey everyone! Just checking in, to let you know that I am checking threads, but was not able to bring my laptop along. It would not have mattered really, as we are on the go from early morning to late evening. I will be able to resume regular posting Sat. eve. Sorry for the delay.

That tends to be how vacations go. Have fun and we'll see you when you get back!

No probs on any delay! Vacations are to be enjoyed! A few protips*:

Before I forget, I need help one more time for my boon. I put Titus' "Confirmation" down for Part I of this series and Shana's "Bonekeep" down for Part II but I get to write another one down for Part III.

You are an expert researcher, but some of your greatest discoveries come from the first-hand accounts of your companions and not from musty tomes. At the beginning of scenario, you may select a fellow party member. Up to once during that scenario, if that character tells you of his or her exploits in an earlier adventure that your character has not played, document the name of the scenario, the agent's name, and that player's Pathfinder Society number on a line below. For every three stories you collect in this way, you gain a permanent +1 bonus to one Knowledge skill of your choice; you may not choose the same Knowledge skill twice. If you successfully fill all 30 lines below, you gain a +1 inherent bonus to your Intelligence score.

IMPORTANT: When sharing these stories, endeavor to avoid important spoilers.

Khamul has played in:

And he has already been told about:
03-01 Frostfur Captives
00-14 The Many Fortunes of Grandmaster Torch
05-08 The Confirmation
04-SP The Ruins of Bonekeep: The Silent Grave

Shana: I need to write down your PFS number since I put you down for Bonekeep during the last game.

18601-6

One would think that Best Buy would have working WiFi... Alas, they don't.

Okay, Sethious just pointed out the "clear the path" option. Has anyone not seen the one X-Men (3, I think) where the Juggernaut just plows through walls? Expect that.

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Fun, spoiler-free microstory: Yelling Parley at negative Int giants who don't speak Taldane quickly redefines the word to mean "Let's Fight To The Death" in Giant, which incidentally almost ruins the concept three plus campaigns in the future.

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We are fast approaching the end of this. Please give me your Day Job rolls.

I plan on running The Horn of Aroden (Tier 1-5) after this, if you would all like to stick around.

Preferably not with Corb; we've got one beatstick, and we don't need another Brute Squad (barring any "Brute Squad 4 Lyfe" chest tattoo.) That said, I got a bunch of lows I can play

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Craft (alchemy): 1d20 + 9 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 9 + 5 = 34

I have already played that one but it is a fun one. Good luck with it. If you or anyone else is doing anything else on my list let me know and I'll be ready to go.

Also, I need to complete my research! I'll need someone to help me out with my boon again before we wrap up here:

You are an expert researcher, but some of your greatest discoveries come from the first-hand accounts of your companions and not from musty tomes. At the beginning of scenario, you may select a fellow party member. Up to once during that scenario, if that character tells you of his or her exploits in an earlier adventure that your character has not played, document the name of the scenario, the agent's name, and that player's Pathfinder Society number on a line below. For every three stories you collect in this way, you gain a permanent +1 bonus to one Knowledge skill of your choice; you may not choose the same Knowledge skill twice. If you successfully fill all 30 lines below, you gain a +1 inherent bonus to your Intelligence score.

IMPORTANT: When sharing these stories, endeavor to avoid important spoilers.

Khamul has played in:

And he has already been told about:
03-01 Frostfur Captives
00-14 The Many Fortunes of Grandmaster Torch
05-08 The Confirmation
04-SP The Ruins of Bonekeep: The Silent Grave

Thanks!

Well Titus too big for 1 to 5 since he's level 6

Well Titus too big for 1 to 5 since he's level 6

Uhhh, right. So is Corb. I've missed a signal turning green, almost merged into a guy at the mall drive-around today, and now this. I've got so much evidence that I should be asleep.

storiez

Sorry; Corb is largely GM credit. Do those count? Sounds like it doesn't given he wasn't in the adventure, but still figured I'd ask.

Oh, derp: Day Job. Craft (Alch): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
Shirt power: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 10 + 2 = 16

Meh, as long as they have the credit on them I think that's fine.

No day job here.

No dayjob here. I have my brawlslinger and my slayer archer for the 1-5. I might be able to convince Feral to join us for the 1-5.

On another note, if I'm hogging the spotlight, I'm sorry.

Ha, no worries; Corb is just a hyper competitive Gorumite whose luck wasn't as good and I keep in-character better if I fluff my posts to their personality.

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No problems here either, lol. Shana was built with support in mind.

Well I worry too much sometimes. I would hate to alienate anyone here.

No worries, all is good.

I have quite a few that could work 1-5. Shana will probably be in Bonekeep 3/4 at Dragoncon this year, I need to figure out what tiers those are before I head down though.

Were I seriously voting, I'd have to see a handwriting sample from the dragon. If she doesn't underline words randomly, then that plus *redacted spoiler about bad things Amenophaeus has done* urges me towards accepting a leader who can eventually travel through time and is also a dragon.

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So nobody has a story for Khamul this time?

Can it come from a character you already have one from? If not I can give you another as soon as we finish this thing with the sages.

Yeah, it can come from the same character I think. Just can't be something he has played or heard about already.

Just sent out chronicles and reported this one. In order to keep Khamul in the mix, how about I run one of these:

05-22 Scars of the Third Crusade (1-5)
05-23 The Cairn of Shadow (5-9)
05-24 Assault on the Wound (3-7)

Khamul is good for any of them. If we do 05-23 I'll bring someone else. I might even switch to someone else for 05-24 if we do high-tier, I haven't decided. But I like to play Khamul because of his boon. Speaking of which. . . . any stories before we wrap this one up and close the thread?

Good for any of them. Though I'm probably going to to switch PCs.

You guys pick, I'll set up the thread.

I've heard Cairn can be hard and Assault might be tricky on PbP.

Oh, and technically we can't start until July 4th.

Good for any as well, up to you folks.

You guys pick, I'll set up the thread.

I've heard Cairn can be hard and Assault might be tricky on PbP.

Oh, and technically we can't start until July 4th.

Well then we'll try Scars I guess? I'm fine with any and would like to play them all eventually anyways, so I don't really have a preference.

Good for any as well.