Apologies for having fallen behind this week, I will do my best to catch up this evening and/or over the weekend. I'm really committed to trying to make this work; I've seen too many great PBP games fall behind, and I like this group.
Thanks for communicating at least! I think we're moving along at a decent pace, all things considered, a slow day here or there shouldn't be all that detrimental. Taking time when you need it is better than burning yourself out.
I'm imagining a Scooby Doo moment here. "G-g-g-ghost!"
All of this stuff with Bacon going after food is just a slow build to the moment when he reveals himself as the true hero of Kintargo and saves the party from Barzilai Thrune's final form :P
Is he actually...Spider-Ham? :D
Now I'm totally going to invest in a Cloak of Arachnida for him.
Is it a smurf?
Great, now I'm anticipating running into a balding man with a cat familiar (or animal companion, but I kinda think Gargamel is a necro).
Just want to say that while Wilhelm is annoyed and impatient, I, as a player, am neither and am having a blast with all of this :)
I may be a bit slow over the next couple days, what with the holiday and my brother in to visit. I'm gonna try to keep on top of things, but if I get too slow feel free to bot me as needed
I don't expect much activity here until Saturday at the earliest, and Monday seems more likely :D
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!
This is the grossest encounter I've run since the Hook Mountain Massacre.
Before reading this adventure I didn't even know that Paizo had a monster that was built almost entirely around projectile vomiting.
With 5 bestiaries and countless AP bestiaries there was bound to be one somewhere. Statistics don't lie! :P
Their grease spell-like-ability should be reflavored to slippery pools of vomit as well.
Thanks, Morrigan, for that image. I had to pause between bites of my snack.
Grimples, as a monster, are literally incapable of actually hurting you. Their bite does 1d3-4, meaning it can never deal lethal damage. They literally just barf, make things slippery, and give you lice.
Worst.
Monster.
Ever.
:P
Corian agrees and needs a dry-cleaning service, stat. :D
I'm going camping and will be back Sunday. Please bot Corian as needed. Thanks!
I assume lemures breath. Most outsiders do unless otherwise specified. Next round, if I'm still grappling, can I attempt to move the lemure into the water and start drowning it?
"It's just like wrangling pigs back home."
I just wanted to say, you've just made this my favorite PBP game ever :)
While the lemures were hiding underwater (implying that they could be amphibious), you are correct that their Bestiary entry does not state that they breathe underwater, and thus they should be able to drown. The Lemure is higher than Morrigan in Initiative though, so it will have an opportunity to attempt to escape prior to your Pin attempt. I don't like its chances, though.
The moment you all set foot into the establishment a female Halfling with short blonde hair and generous curves rushes forward to embrace Rexus, then Morrigan.
Oh. Do I know this halfling? What's her name?
Maybe Robin and I rendezvoused here in the past?
Ah. I don't know her. Morrigan just isn't perceptive.
Morrigan might be familiar with Laria and the coffee house, as it is popular with students. But Laria sees hundreds of student wizards in a day.
How is the loot going to be handled?
A good question. I think you all should discuss it, and perhaps keep track of overall loot value for magic weapons/armor, to ensure you're on roughly even footing.
I know he's long-winded, but yeah, that's what Voreni was suggesting; that we discuss how to handle loot :P
Corian can take those latter two scrolls.
I agree that a Google Sheet would be a good ideer...
I'll volunteer to set up a google sheet. I'm using one for the campaign I'm running and it works well.
I somehow missed this conversation but yes a google sheet is really helpful for loot tracking. Thank you Morrigan for setting one up.
Also, the current map is set to View only.
Treasure Sheet Created.
Let me know if you have any critiques, I'll edit to the party's liking.
Someone should snag that silver dagger.
I claimed the scroll of misdirection because it is wizard only.
I don't think anyone can use the scrolls of pass without trace or whispering wind.
It looks like most casters can use undetectable alignment if anyone wants to claim it.
Looks good. Voreni does have UMD, but with my poor Cha I don't think he's going to be using scrolls anytime soon.
My UMD is at +5 and I can use inspiration to boost that so we can hold onto the scrolls since they seem like they may come in handy.
Corian can use Whispering Wind. Undetectable Alignment is a specialty of his; he's constantly radiating Lawful Evil. :D (but he's good! I swear!)
Ignati, take the Pass Without Trace, then! :)
A strength melee person should take the dagger...well, anyone, actually. But Corian already has the silver morningstar, so he'll pass.
Voreni might be a good choice for the dagger. Not ideal equipment for his needs, but with Weapon Finesse he'll be able to hit with it when it matters.
Relevant to the healing discussion, though it won't take effect until we level, I'm definitely going to learn CLW as a bard spell known and am currently planning to use the songhealer archetype. At the levels of bard I'll be taking the only difference from regular bard will be trading out versatile performance (not really useful with Oratory, given the skill requirements for Battle Herald) for the ability to get increased effectiveness out of healing spell trigger/completion items a couple times per day, which may be helpful with a wand or potion in an emergency after a couple levels.
So bear that in mind when deciding how many potions we need to buy.
Corian will be able to use CLW to his heart's content, so there's that as well. We'll be fine.
I've always found low-level wizards to be hilarious, because of a friend of mine who would make "pew pew!" noises whenever he'd cast an attack cantrip, and now I can't see it any other way :P
Just a heads-up for people, I'm going to be driving most of the day today and probably won't get another chance to check in here until tomorrow. If I'm holding up the next round, bot me as needed. If the thing is still alive on my turn, I'll probably try flailing at it in a muppet-like fashion, like last turn
Sorry for the slow weekend; I had wanted to just wait a bit for Corian, but I didn't see his response, and Star Wars/family stuff ate up the rest of my time :/
No worries, this time of year folks are likely to be distracted.
How did I wind up next to the alligator? Someone must have moved my token. Ray of frost is a ranged attack. I've been firing from a distance. I've moved my character back. The alligator should not have been able to reach my with its tail. Morrigan might be crazy enough to wrestle a lemure but not stupid enough to get near a gator. I guess I need to post a round 3 action. Sorry, I lost track of what we were up to.
I was wondering why you would have moved so close. Thanks for making the adjustment. Happily, that tail came nowhere close to hitting you :)
P.S. The gator should also be Large sized, but we're close to the end of combat at this point.
When you guys manage to succeed at freeing Kintargo, you should see about having Morrigan's familiar Knighted as "Sir Francis Bacon".
Sorry guys, I'm recovering from a surgery and should be able to gather my thoughts tomorrow.
Ugh. Surgery. Hope you're feeling better.
@Morrigan - I had a character that used to make clothing (and later enchanted those items) from any tough beast that nearly took her down. Great bit of flavor for a character. White isn't Voreni's color either, but...hmm.
Spectrevk, can you put a link to the treasure sheet I created somewhere, so it is easier to find? Maybe on the campaign info tab or header?
An excellent idea. I've added it to the short description, you should see it right above the link to the current map.
Hey guys, just a note: Using diplomacy to alter a creature's attitude is, unfortunately, an action that takes 1 minute, and we're already in combat. I wanted to let you know ahead of time just in case anyone wanted to alter their actions.