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I'm cool with continuing on. We could try rotating different level between different players, if we just want to keep it among the five of us and not try to find a new GM. As for finishing this level, I hope nobody minds spoilers, but I asked for someone to let me know how far we were in this level and if it was worth finding a backup or just scrapping the run of this level. Someone PMed me saying that once you make the 'sacrifice' to the god, the Troglodytes are appeased, and finish the tour, then unlock the doors to the next level and let us carry on. So we're pretty much done with this level, surprisingly.
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Thank you Mike for picking up this game. I am very grateful for it.
I have sent a PM to MoFiddy but no reply so I have to assume RL ate him up and not looking to give him back to us any time soon.
Recommended XP track
1: The Tower Ruins 1–2
Level 2: The Cellars 1–3
Level 3: Splinterden 2–4
Level 4: Godhome 3–5*
Level 5: The Drowned Level 3–5*
Level 6: The Clockwork Maze 4–6
Level 7: Shrine of the Awakener 5–7
Level 8: The Circle of Vissk-Thar 6–8
Level 9: The Spire Axis 7–9
Level 10: The Magma Vault 8–10*
Level 11: The Tomb of Yarrix 8–10*
Level 12: The Automaton Forge 9–11*
Level 13: The Pleasure Gardens 9–11*
Level 14: The Throne of Azlant 10–12*
Level 15: Order and Chaos 10–12*
Level 16: The Emerald Root 11–13
* are levels recommended to play at slow track.
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I'm going to prepare the chronicles assuming you are following the recommendations. If you want a full speed chronicle, let me know and I will adjust.
Actually, never mind. I'm going to suggest you take normal speed for this one. The reason I say that is that the rewards are structured in such a way that you are essentially punished for pursuing a peaceful resolution and earn far less than full rewards. Then you wonder why the Pathfinders get a reputation for being murderhobos.
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I'm going to prepare the chronicles assuming you are following the recommendations. If you want a full speed chronicle, let me know and I will adjust.Actually, never mind. I'm going to suggest you take normal speed for this one. The reason I say that is that the rewards are structured in such a way that you are essentially punished for pursuing a peaceful resolution and earn far less than full rewards. Then you wonder why the Pathfinders get a reputation for being murderhobos.
Ha ha ha ha . Yes I agree with this statement. One of my players brought a pacifist. Two levels down and he's now the one with the highest kill count.
Brand is getting Land rush. He will want land!
Thank you for picking up this game Mike.
Prof (Soldier):
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Guess we better just murder everything we encounter from now on.
Mike, one note on the marching order - I put myself up front because, as the trap finder, I am usually up front when generally exploring. When we get to the point where we are about to pop a door or go into an obvious combat situation, Aldy will typically move back and let Brand and Bree lead the way, while I hang out in the middle.
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Aldy, I just realized that we have not been playing the bodyguard feat correctly.
Benefit: When an adjacent ally is attacked, you may use an attack of opportunity to attempt the aid another action to improve your ally’s AC. You may not use the aid another action to improve your ally’s attack roll with this attack.
You have to be adjacent to your ally and the attacker has to be within reach of your weapon. You can't protect allies who are not adjacent to you.
Also, you are not able to use the whip at all unless you have the Improved Whip Mastery Feat
The whip is treated as a melee weapon with 15-foot reach, though you don’t threaten the area into which you can make an attack. In addition, unlike most other weapons with reach, you can use it against foes anywhere within your reach (including adjacent foes).
Benefit: While wielding a whip, you threaten the area of your natural reach plus 5 feet. You can also use a whip to grasp an unattended Small or Tiny object within your whip’s reach and pull that object into your square. To do so, you must hit AC 10 with a melee touch attack. Further, you can use the whip to grasp onto an object within your whip’s reach, using 5 feet of your whip as if it were a grappling hook, allowing you to use the rest of your whip to swing on like a rope. As a free action, you can release the object your whip is grasping, but you cannot use the whip to attack while the whip is grasping an object.
The Bodyguard feat says that I can spend one of my attacks of opportunity to aid another the AC of an adjacent ally, but it doesn’t say one way or the other whether this removes other restrictions on aid another? Particularly, do I need to threaten the attacking enemy? Also, has that enemy provoked an attack of opportunity from me?
You still need to fulfill all requirements of aid another, including threatening the attacking enemy. Bodyguard uses up one of your attacks of opportunity for the round, but the enemy hasn’t provoked an attack of opportunity from you, nor are you making one (which is relevant for abilities like Paired Opportunist).
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Sorry about forgetting about the adjacent requirement of bodyguard - we've been pretty tightly grouped in most fights so far, so it hasn't been an issue. I will adjust my play accordingly in the future.
I believe that FAQ is incredibly poorly worded- there is no requirement in aid another that you threaten. It says you must 'be in position attack' (full rules quoted below). With a whip, I don't threaten, but I am in position to attack. I assume you're going to run it with the requirement to threaten, and I will assume as much unless you otherwise.
Aid Another
In melee combat, you can help a friend attack or defend by distracting or interfering with an opponent. If you’re in position to make a melee attack on an opponent that is engaging a friend in melee combat, you can attempt to aid your friend as a standard action. You make an attack roll against AC 10. If you succeed, your friend gains either a +2 bonus on his next attack roll against that opponent or a +2 bonus to AC against that opponent’s next attack (your choice), as long as that attack comes before the beginning of your next turn. Multiple characters can aid the same friend, and similar bonuses stack.You can also use this standard action to help a friend in other ways, such as when he is affected by a spell, or to assist another character’s skill check.
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Yeah, and there seems to be a few schools of thought on this.
One is that the FAQ, whether intentionally or not, changed the rule for aid another and in PFS we have to treat this as such. It would mean ALL uses of aid another would require threatening.
Two is that aid another doesn't require threatening but Bodyguard does.
Three is that the FAQ is wrong and the rule for aid another hasn't actually changed.
So as not to completely invalidate your build we'll go with option 3, but do be aware as you are in a tight space and the creature has reach, that using you whip will be considered making an attack roll with your whip and thus provoke an AoO unless you get the Whip Mastery feat.