Gimble's Emerald Spire (Table 2)

Game Master Eric Sklavos

I'm impressed. I had the same surgery over a decade ago and it was...
Well, they were a little less subtle back then I guess.

Gameday VIII is winding down. This doesn't affect the game at all except it will be reported before we finish. I'm still waiting to hand out chronicles until after you finish this level. It also means that everyone who's participating gets a chance at a Boon. See Rolls below:

Rolls are in Alphabetical Order
Gimble: 1d20 ⇒ 2
Jafit: 1d20 ⇒ 4
Lucifer: 1d20 ⇒ 20
Orovan: 1d20 ⇒ 1

Congratulations Lucifer!
Lucifer's Boon: 1d3 ⇒ 2

You won the Moment of Glory Boon.

Lucifer, I need your email address so you can receive your boon. Either post it here or PM it to me.

Emailed PMed.

Wow... that is my third Boon this Gameday and all three were different. Usually when I get multiple Boons for a Gameday, they are all the same.

Hey. Real life.

I live in a 3 generation home.

This last weekend, both of the youngest generation (one is 2 the other just had her first birthday) got sick. So did their mom. Monday so did their dad. Somewhere in there, grandma got sick, too. Now I'm sick. At least the youngest seems to be over it.

If you need to bot me to keep things moving, please do.

I'm sorry, but I'm not even managing to focus to play spades on my phone right now, and that's amazingly brainless.

No worries. Take it easy and get well soon (that goes for everyone in the household). We'll be here when you are well enough to return.

The generic post to share before attempting to recovery post:

So, I got the flu. Not really over it, yet, but past the worst of it.

I went to get tested to verify it was flu, and the care providers went down the "better safe than sorry hole" a might to far, in my opinion.

Standard questions, designed to check for other, deeper concerns/problems, right? "Do you have any tightness in your chest?" "I've been coughing for about three days at this point, yes, I have a tightness in my chest!" So, they stopped everything about verifying the flu in order to check for a heart attack. Thing is, my fever had just started to break, and I was not only DRENCHED in sweat, but I was still actively sweating that hard. They couldn't get a good EKG read because the contact stickers wouldn't. Stick, I mean.

They called an ambulance and transferred me to an ER, to make sure I wasn't having a heart attack. The ER team was focused on EXACTLY one thing, for obvious reasons. First thing they did different? They took that super medical tape and taped the sensors down. EKG told them almost immediately that there was no heart attack going on. I was still in that ER for nearly 15 hours . . ..

IV fluids. Roughly 2.4 liters of fluid pushed into my system. Breathing treatment. Seems when I arrived in the ER, my O2 saturation was around 82. They started to admit me in order to watch my O2 saturation levels, but after I sat in their ER for that long without any further dips, they accepted it might not still be required and discharged me instead of continuing to wait for a room. Having an asthmatic wife means we have a nebulizer at home, and that helped sell the release, too. Still spending more time asleep than awake, for now.

Missed a couple of Santa gigs the family had lined up. Went to a photoshoot with a family yesterday. I was there for about 10 minutes, just needing to sit and smile, but I stumbled into the house when I got home, completely exhausted. I'm supposed to go get caught in a neighbor's house tonight. Very worried about going. Just as worried about denying their kids.

Things have been really hectic. I'll be back on a regular schedule again after the first of the year. Sorry for the delay.

My apologies for being MIA. My computer died. I got a new one and it's up and running. I'll post tomorrow.

Hey.

First, I owe everyone apologies for vanishing without a word. I've come back to try to apologize for doing so, and to let you know that I have no idea when I'll be able to meaningfully return.

That's as far s anyone needs to read. If you're curious, you are free to keep going, though.

Why did I vanish? My wife had started an evaluation of her knees, scheduled to run for about 2 months. First appointment was on a Monday. Late that same Thursday we were told the evaluation was over and they were going to schedule her for a full knee replacement in her worse leg. We found out that next Monday that surgery was that Thursday, a week after we were told she would be having surgery.

I took some sick leave to help her through the surgery and earliest recovery stages. I've been working half days, taking sick leave for the rest, for the past couple of weeks, trying to keep her from doing too much with the live-in grand kids and doing her exercises, with only partial luck.

She's doing her exercises while I type, and the grand kids are down for their naps. Today is going to be the last day I PLAN to do the half-day thing. Thing is, even having been home so much more than normal, I've been going non-stop. We were two weeks past her surgery before I even got into the office where my computer sits, and we're over three weeks past it now and I've had to steal the time to let people know what's going on.

I don't know how long it will be before I can reasonably expect the leisure time to properly contribute to these games again. I am sorry for vanishing, but I have to focus on my wife's actual needs before I play.

Congratulations on finishing Level 6 of the Spire.

Please give me Day Job checks and I'll get the Chronicles filled out.

I'll start the recruitment process so we can continue to Level 7: Shrine of the Awakener.

No Day Job.

profession : logger: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

I've got one more long day of work then have the next three days off. I'll get chronicles done and have the next level of the spire ready to go this weekend.

Thanks for the invite, Gimble, looking forward to play with all of you.

Welcome Ting.

Thanks for the invite!

Aroden is possibly nuts, but LG and mostly harmless. He does not actually claim to be the lost God of Humanity because he doesn't know why he has the memories that he has.

Is he truly Aroden? Is he possessed by a vestige or a soul fragment? Is he the reincarnation a high priest that communed with the Last Azlanti? It's a mystery.

Mechanically, he's a wizard with utility spells, buffs, very good Dispel checks, and Inspiring Sword as an at-will aura buff.

Welcome Aroden.

Any spells the party would like me to prepare?
What I am currently thinking:

O-level (4): Detect Magic, Open/Close, Light, Mending
1st-level (5): Burning Hands, Liberating Command, Magic Missile, Vanish, Shield
2nd-level (4): Mirror Image, Resist Energy, See Invisibility, Open Slot
3rd-level (3): Dispel Magic (CL9), Heroism, Haste

Plus the bonded item spell.

He can use Potent Magic to boost the DC or CL of any spell by 2.

Communal Resist Energy is very nice (and he casts it at CL7 for the Resist 20) but there is a lot of competition for 3rd-level slots.

He will also upgrade his Cloak of Resistance to +2 before we start, for 3,000 gp.

Is Orovan a cleric of Count Ranalc? I see Chaos and Darkness. My -1 is a Cleric/Feysworn of the Count.

Welcome newcomers.

Orovan was designed as a fatalist cleric of Groetus. I just thought it'd be fun.

That looks like a good spell array, but I might swap out heroism for Communal Resist Energy. Heroism is nice but it's less likely to clutch save the party.

Thanks Orovan and Lucifer, glad to be aboard.

Aroden, the list looks good, but I'm not an expert on spell choices...

Chronicle's are finished. Let me know if there are any mistakes.

CLICK HERE FOR CHRONICLES

I'm working on getting the maps up for the next level and we'll get started shortly. Let me know when you guys are leveled up and ready to go.

It may be the Tengu's off-putting personality and limited intellect (7 Int and 7 Cha). Or it may be that the wizard is just unfamiliar with Tengu generally.

A very accurate observation Aroden :)

So ting is not bright or charismatic, I do play him loud, quirky and a little obnoxious. He was built to be able to be a front liner and deal with locks or traps. I like the combination to be able to keep the game moving. I don't know enough about the pace of this game to know if it will need someone to be able to 'push things along' or not.

What has been the lighting quality so far? Ting does not have dark vision but he does use an ioun torch.

What is our marching order?

Lucifer how do you want to deal with traps and or locks? Tings "disable device" is so high due to the "goggles of minute seeing" I'm willing to loan them off if you want point. Or if you want, ting can take point.

Gimble, Ting had purchased a WCL, but I have lost exact count of the uses. I thought he was around half. Sadly he does not have resources to purchase another. Are you ok with me calculating him at half on it, or is there something else we should do? I don't want to stick Orovan with the responsibility of healing ting all the time.

Give your wand 30 charges. With only four of you an no full healer, you'll need the few extra charges.

The lighting varies from floor to floor. If you have an ioun torch you'll be fine.

I placed everyone on the map in a marching order heading down the stairs, feel free to change it as you all deem necessary.

The link to the map is in the header, you should be able to move your tokens around. Let me know if you can't I sometimes forget to give edit permissions.

As soon as Lucifer and Orovan check in as leveled up and items purchased, we'll get this show on the road.

Give your wand 30 charges. With only four of you an no full healer, you'll need the few extra charges.

The link to the map is in the header, you should be able to move your tokens around. Let me know if you can't I sometimes forget to give edit permissions.

Thank you, I am able to move the token. Once they are ready we can set up marching order, I just don't want to step on anyone's toes. But super stoked to get to play ting again.

Woohooo Level 6.

Major changes:

Gained Rogue Talent (Trap Spotter): When Lucifer gets within 10' of a trap, he gets an automatic Perception roll to detect the trap. (GM rolls in secret.)

Purchases:
Amulet of Natural Armor +1 (2000gp)
Upgraded +1 Lamellar (Leather) Armor to +2 (3000gp)

Boosted my base AC to 23.

Level 6 complete.

+Weapon Specialization (unarmed)
+Exploit Weakness (bypass DR & hardness or gain defensive bonuses)

+Amulet of Mighty Fists +1
+Belt of Giant Strength +2

The bonus from Aroden's Inspiring Sword feat applies to attack rolls but not to damage.

The bonus from Aroden's Inspiring Sword feat applies to attack rolls but not to damage.

Thanks, I adjusted tings damage

@Lucifer - Aroden is going to just keep doing his sword thing unless the big guns are needed (seems like they aren't). So that is a +2 sacred bonus to attacks, saves, and skill checks to all allies within 30'. It's an at-will aura buff that lets him have pretty good staying power (as an Exploiter Wizard, he has fewer spells due to the lack of an arcane school).

Are we moving on now, or picking up another PC?

If you, collectively, want to pick up another PC, I'm ok with it. It's been a busy few days for me, I was running games on Roll20 for an online charity event this weekend.

I have no issues with bringing in a new PC as long as it's ok with everyone. I think Arisen and Lucifer already said ok.

I'm ok with it

Hello everyone. Thank you for adding me to the game. A little shopping before I join you.
Handy Haversack 2,000gp (Have to have a place to carry the spare arrows that are not in the Efficient Quiver)
2 Adamantine Weapon Blanch (one used to coat 10 bunt arrows, the other for 10 regular ones. (200 gp)
2 Silver Weapon Blanch (one used to coat 10 bunt arrows, the other for 10 regular ones. (10 gp)
20 arrows 1 gp
20 blunt arrows 2 gp
Belt of Tumbling 800 gp
Feather step Slippers 2,000 gp
Bracers of Falcon's aim 4,000 gp
8,213 gp spent.

welcome Andirke, I've never played with another Tengu before :)

Welcome! I will introduce you into gameplay shortly. Stay tuned. . .

Adding 40 more arrows and 20 blunt arrows for 4 more gp (been 2 years since I last played him)

Here is my loadout.

Ammunition (#) in Efficient Quiver
32 Arrows (18) 14 Cold Iron (6) 14 Blunt arrows (6)
5 (5) Ghost Salt arrows
5 (5) Ghost Salt Blunt arrows
5 (5) Silver arrows
5 (5) Silver Blunt arrows
5 (5) Adamantine arrows
5 (5) Adamantine Blunt arrows

Thank you Ting Tang. I do not get a chance to speak my native tongue, out of the 16 others that I do speak. I do not remember if I have ever played with another Tengu.

My apologies. I have had some personal stuff come up over the past couple weeks, but I'm still here. I'll post later tonight.

Hey Gimble, a couple of questions from the game thread, what is a "Spire Transport Token" and, the falchion the salamander was making, anything odd or interesting about it?

Ting tends to "collect" odd or interesting bladed weapons he has found in adventures, so was just curious about it...

I will be out of town for the next 10 days on vacation. I will most likely be out of any technology range. I'll be back on the 20th.

Hey Gimble, a couple of questions from the game thread, what is a "Spire Transport Token" and, the falchion the salamander was making, anything odd or interesting about it?

Ting tends to "collect" odd or interesting bladed weapons he has found in adventures, so was just curious about it...

The Spire Transport Token is similar to the one you got from the venture captain. It allows you to teleport to various floor within the spire instead of having to hike all the way down and all the way back up.

There was nothing interesting about the blades the salamander was making. They looked unremarkably similar to those the troglodytes were wielding.

Sorry I took so long to get these questions answered.

I'm back from vacation. Thank you for your patience.

I will update this evening.

We are getting to the end of this floor of the Spire. Please roll day jobs if you have them. Also confirm that you would like to continue on down deeper into the spire.

P:Librarian: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

We are getting to the end of this floor of the Spire. Please roll day jobs if you have them. Also confirm that you would like to continue on down deeper into the spire.

No day job, and would absolutely like to continue :)

Profession: logger: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Continuing on.

Continue!!

Day Job - Craft (Sculpture) of the thing from beyond reality that he sees in his nightmares: 1d20 + 11 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 11 + 5 = 35

Happy to continue!

Continuing on.

I will get the chronicles to you and the next Dungeon Level setup this weekend. You will gain 3 XP, 4 Prestige, 8712 gp.

This is assuming everyone is on normal progression for this level. The next spire level is for Character Levels 6-8.

Here's a link to a blank chronicle.