Hmm's 8-99: Solstice Scar (Tier 3-4) (Inactive)

Game Master Hmm

Sounds good. Let's meet them head on! Thus spoke the stoned shaman.

one day to do a higher tier encounter? Guess I'd be game... though suspect we'd have to be very responsive to get in under the time limit.
But its my day off tomorrow, so I'm good.

And ya, the head on one seemed the less complicated.

Was there any loot on the last fight? We might need it!

Will use a charge from that CLW wand we found though if we're continuing... CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Okay!

Let's do this!

Hmm

If your spirit is willing, 575, Skye will "heaven's leap"-frog you 30' closer to your target.

Sounds good to me!

Okay, we're ready to go!

I'll go looking for loot from the last encounter, and drop it all to you retroactively.

Hmm

So... We're out of normal encounters, and the house is still a bit behind on successes.

So I asked if there was anyway that a group that finished early could do more encounters. I got a response from Hoskins.

He suggested it would be okay for a fast group to take on challenges from the next subtier in order to rack up more successes, if the whole group agreed to it.

I just asked Granta, and he gave me the okay, so I am now off to ask you about it. Because we sorely need some more successes before tomorrow, or we'll all be hip deep in unpleasantness.

Do you guys want to give this a shot? If so... Which ones do you want to do? Arrows? Leaders? Meet them head on? I am planning on going for anything but the Convoy, which was a slog.

Hmm

Or repeat a tier appropriate encounter if the group doesn't want a higher challenge.

Sorry, I was out and about for a bit but I'm fine with trying a higher-tier challenge! :)

Thanks, Andrew!

If any of you want the same tier challenge send me a private PM and opponents will pop out of existence. But I think you guys can take this.

Hmm

I’m also okay with it!

Regarding loot, I know Ezren has made use of a couple of the scrolls we've found and we're putting that 20-charge CLW wand to use but I think that's all we've done anything with. I think there was at least one, maybe two Cloaks of Resistance +1 if anyone's worried about their saves and doesn't already have one!

Thank you for being willing to take a shot on this, guys!

Hmm

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So everyone who did not previously have a cloak of resistance +1, now should =P
(I don't see one listed on Corona or Zavubak.... so them!)

575 will hang onto one of the CMW potions, in case of emergency!

Looks good to me! I think Skye or Corona can make use of the Sound Burst scroll too but I'm happy to let Skye have first crack at it if he wants :)

You take it, Corona.

Will do!

Guys, I gotta give you a high five here. You're just taking this! Of course, it helps that the scattered leaders condition is in effect!

Hmm

I see that we're all about to be up again (after Braaaaains anyway) but I need to get some sleep for work tonight so feel free to bot Corona for her turn and I'll hopefully catch up again on her next turn - if you guys don't kill them all in a few minutes :)

Also I finally adjusted my position on the map to reflect moving after Fung passes by me!

They killed them all! We're about to enter a diplomatic encounter, Corona. Do you want me wait on it until you are awake again and just run another fight instead?

Hmm

(Still not asleep...)

Nah, don't worry about waiting on me to start the diplomatic encounter! I will jump in later :)

As much as I would normally bot a player at this point in a time-pressured Special, I think this is one that Is worth waiting for the player, just because of the special flair that Corona might offer here. Also, Corona promised me that she would look in tonight... So we don't have long to wait. Meanwhile... I'll start composing your next epic battle, so that we can go in strong and fast tomorrow!

Hmm

I'm here, I'm here! Went out for a date night tonight with my husband but I'm working on a post now :)

Hey Gang... If we get through the one and a half remaining encounters quickly, do you want me to run these encounters over to get more successes, or pull encounters from the next tier up?

I'd prefer to benefit the community by getting more successes, if the rest of the tables are struggling to meet the overall goal.
If they're on track, then the next tier's challenge would be exciting.

The rest of the tables are struggling. I'll keep throwing waves of undead at y'all!

Typically, I'd rather the other tables get the chance to gain the successes themselves.
Though many of them do seem to run much slower then we are. I know we were pushing it close on the last one for sure, but in the end, the extra encounter wasn't needed!
Though perhaps that's part of the fun! =)

That is a point... I could use being able taking Wednesday off. My Wednesdays are crazy!

Peeking in from work; I'm happy to go with whatever the majority wants -but- I'm also happy to wait until Thursday to do whatever we decide to do :)

Let's give the other tables a chance here.

Thank you for the bot, I haven't been on the boards all day, but I'm around now.

Finally got you guys caught up. It's post-o-rama time again!

The rest of the tables are struggling. I'll keep throwing waves of undead at y'all!

So, we're three days out, and we're not even at the half-way benchmark of the first milestone.

I am going to toss more undead at you in a bit, after I do some chores before work.

Hmm

Home now and ready to do some posting! In honor of 575, here's a haiku of what I've been up to on my day off:

Short people shopping
Racks of clothing are quite tall
Can't see anything

Brain dead. I will update in the morning.

Hmm

Get some rest Hmm! We'll be here :)

1 day to go.

We're all good, but there are still 4 tables that have not even reported the 1st encounter done yet. Egads.

More props for Hmm and the rest of you for keeping us going at a good pace!

Well, I was doing great until today! My head got derailed by VL stuff -- trying to deal with people who did not get their scenarios from Tonya -- and I had trouble getting back into combat.

But I am here now!

Hmm

So... This was a first table of mine for some of you. It being a special, I did not get to do as much roleplay and setting as I would like. But I hope that you've all had a great time! Thank you for letting me drag through an absurd pace, keeping us running from event to event!

Thank you also for being willing to do extra combats to help out the house as a whole.

Hmm

Not my first rodeo at a Hmm table (or a Hmm special!) but I've had a great time as always! Thanks for putting up with my slow posting at times :)

Egads, I'm kinda glad the RP is a little more toned down... having to have too many conversations in haiku would probably make my head explode =)

I'm still getting the hang of it!

Thanks, Hmm. My first with you. I hope it won't be the last.

So, looking over my notes... No one is slow tracking, right?

Hmm

Nope! Normal track all the way :D

Normal track here.

Normal it is.

Normal.

Normal for me.

GM Hmm, I might be doing something potentially unorthodox later and would like to seek clarification on the rules. Fung has air's leap which adds his level to his acrobatics for jumps, treats jumps as running starts, and doubles his jump distance. If he accepts one burn, it doubles again. Assuming he rolls a 10, that is 96ft, which by my count, is enough to get him to the stone circle. However, the rules also state that "No jump can allow you to exceed your maximum movement for the round." Could he take a full-round action to "run", thus moving up to 4x his speed (i.e. max of 120ft) in a straight line?

Thinking of that as he would eventually need to get closer 'cos he can't reach the skeletons at the back.

I wouldn't recommend that ruling.

That'd open up a whole can of worms!

Not to mention, running is a full round action, which would then possibly preclude activating air's leap in the first place.

60 feet at a time seems like more then enough, show off. =)