We do what we do every day Pinky, work to take down Talingarde!
Take over. Not take down... sheesh... and i thought u be a ruler... tsk tsk
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One can take over after "taking down it's sitting rulers", just a way of speech. Plus it's a mere gag..... :)
Gnarf!
:)
I am OK with this ruling, especially when opening locks is specifically called out.
but it has always struck me as odd. It implies you have to know the DC before you can even attempt it. Since I have disable device, I 'can' disable a device. Maybe not this device, but I can disable devices. Not having enough ranks is not the same as untrained, maybe the DC to aid should be higher if the DC is out of their range. At the very least a character should attempt to aid and the GM lets them know it was a fail or rather, that the primary person failed-without mentioning whether the aid helped or not. Just an opinion on one of those weird rules :)
True, and with the barrels of oil i thought it might be fun to even create a murder hole of our own. But I don't want to get through the wall I want to get onto it. :)
Provided we kill all within the prison, which i'm game for if given chance, and find our way out, i'd like to bring my to-be-brainwashed locals along.
This however, is a would like to, not mandatory.
Fine with me - Vosil has a network that needs rebuilding, too, and ya gotta start somewhere!
The plan is to intentionally sound an alarm to draw folks from upstairs to the a fight downstairs with us on the floor between. Two of us will stand by the ladder, to ambush the upstairs folks (who probably have bows), while the others jump/climb/fall 20 (15?) ft. down into the card game to start a fight and sound an alarm. Did I get that right?
Should we get everyone across the courtyard then?
Soloman can your bombs fit through an arrow slit? Arrow slits provide cover to those on the other side, & I dinnae know how bombs & cover work.
They might be able to fit, and shouldn't provide opponents cover if Solomon is standing right next them I suppose. But that's up to Grymp. I could understand him ruling either direction reasonably.
I'm going to rule exactly how the CRB defines improved cover. It will be exceptionally effective against your bombs (+8 to AC, +4 to Saves, and Improved Evasion). I know arguments can be made about "but I'm right up on it." I figure castle designers had that in mind, and I'm not going to obviate the exact advantages that the arrowslits are intended to provide.
Improved Cover: In some cases, such as attacking a target hiding behind an arrowslit, cover may provide a greater bonus to AC and Reflex saves. In such situations, the normal cover bonuses to AC and Reflex saves can be doubled (to +8 and +4, respectively). A creature with this improved cover effectively gains improved evasion against any attack to which the Reflex save bonus applies. Furthermore, improved cover provides a +10 bonus on Stealth checks.
Makes sense. Then bombs won't be very effective through the arrow-slits!
It's interesting to note that it works exceptionally well against fireballs, and other things, but against things with Will or Fort saves, it is entirely ineffective.
Why dont you move to the entrance above them and just drop the bomb into the room?
Somebody set them up the bomb..... ;)
Terrorists have the bomb...
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Certainly! Maybe that's how we should get this ambush started, eh?
Gameposting it, and moving forward!
So real quick: who's where?
The casters were back at the first place.
Solomon would wait for everyone to be in the upper room there. He's not trying to jump the gun, just not trying to hold things up if people are waiting on him to get the action rolling.
Vosil is with the main group, staying out of the way.
Shade is poised to pounce on the guards if they come down the ladder to investigate.
So real quick: who's where?
by my count Gertrart is with Solomon on the second floor of the gate house. The eidolon is there and Vosil just joined. Everyone else is in the keep, though I think someone (Taerel?) moved to the fountain. Correct me if i'm wrong.
You are correct Taerel is hidden next to the fountain, with an actvie message spell to Solomon.
at the fountain I can see the gate house, and the corner of the main building where others would have to come around if they were to sneak to the gate house. my intent is to cast darkness in the area if one of my "allies" is spotted as they attempt to cross the courtyard.
Not using stealth to cross. Less suspicious. Just heading to the card game. thats all
So that's the configuration you want when you start the fight with the card players?
sounds like it
Yes, I think the less stealthy ones just walk across the yard, trying to look unsuspicious
So Mordecai and Malleck cross dressed as guards, Xeram made a stealth roll as did Taeral. I think that brings everyone into the right place? Are we ready to spring an ambush? Does everyone know what their action will be?
Gertrart will open the trapdoor, then move to ambush the remaining up-ladder.
Then Solomon will proceed :D
Devastating opening attack. I think most modules and APs don't and can't account for the devastation an alchemist can wreak at 1st level. Ranged AOE doesn't usually get into parties until like 5th level with Fireball, so Alchemists are just broken!
We have one (a ratfolk even) in our Kingmaker group, and he was devastating at lower levels, and even at 6th (where we are now), he deals boatloads of damage to the bad guys!
Sounds cool.
Sadly, our kingmaker is in the fridge for a yet undetermined amount of time.
I was able to keep these journals up for a while, but when I got a new job, I just couldn't. I fell behind, tried catching up, and ahh well.
But if interested, you can at least read our early adventures.
IMHO:
The AoE of an alchemist bomb would seem less overwhelming if the Int didn't apply to splash damage. Generally splash damage is 1. With an alchemist it becomes 3 or 4 (though maxing int makes it a 6...) If the Int wasn't applied until the 5th level, it would be on par with FB. Just my opinion of course :)
If escapees are their primary concern, I'd expect them to head to the wall blowing their horns & nocking their arrows.
Perhaps, but we are too close to them for comfort for that. That's just my impression.
A slight request, please provide Save DCs in your posts where appropriate. When I'm on the iPad, like this morning, it's rough bouncing off to your profile pages to find them.
I hope everyone is enjoying so far!
Indeed I am enjoying it. :)
Gertrart flexes his fingers on the falchion's haft, ready to employ it to its primary purpose.
Hah my first PFS has rolled "0" numerous times. We had a player once who would 'add 20' (basically delay until the top of the round) almost every combat just so he could be first in the round. After a few weeks of this I finally couldn't contain myself "It's cyclical! You losing your first round!"
Actually that post was just to make a daily post while I was waiting.
@Taeral - As a counterpoint on the summon instrument usage you did earlier, the range for the spell lists as 0ft.
With that said, and because I loved the flavorful way you used it, let's redefine the range for your purpose as "close" so that's what 25' +5' per two levels?
ok, that works for me.
My understanding was the range was refective of the distance that the summoned object would appear in. Like a summon monster spell, has a range of close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
I cannae tell from the map. Do the top of the walls have doors to the roof? To the second floor? Open arches?
While on the roof can I see the warden's tower?
Heads up, heading to Disneyland with the fam for the weekend. Expect posting delays.
The walls can only be reached by coming up through the various towers (marked 6). You cannot move from the walls directly into the gatehouse.
The warden's tower extends quite high above the walls, central keep, and basically all the rest of Branderscar, so yes, it can be seen from the roof of the guardhouse.
Give me a second, and I'll post an "external" view of Branderscar for you.
External picture of Branderscar Prison
External picture of how it used to be prior to a small group of individuals' breaking out.
Hey! Didn't you hear Blackerly predict doom and destruction on your kind?
That was never in the script for the group. :)
This is what we do after we dispose of him and the guards.
So those guards will have to enter a tower, descend to the ground floor, cross the courtyard, enter the gatehouse, and climb to the second floor (or more) to reach us?
Let's hope the poor training or incompetence is prevalent in these guards.
Yep.
There's always the chance that the two true ninjas in the whole guard force are the wall guys though.
hmmm... how far from the roof to the top of the wall? If the wall doesn't have a door into the gaurdhouse does it have one on both sides of the tower? Sorry if this obvious on the map, but I cannae get it to zoom big enough to see those details.
EDIT: ooo if they are ninja's I hope they are carrying smoke grenades ;)
If any one plays PFS, PbP Gameday 3 is up :)