I'll be kayaking and at the zoo---not at the same time. I think I can post tonight and perhaps Saturday night.
For how long... Stupid interweb issues...
Has anyone even seen Han? I know he was having some irl troubles, but I need to know he's alive.
Haven't seen Han's player around lately, but the game we were in together has officially died, so that's the only other place I see him regularly.
Sorry for crowding the gameplay thread, Trout. Talon, thanks for keeping track of things. Maybe you can tell us how much GP we each have left after paying for the regeneration scrolls (I'm assuming equal division, but Rohini will pitch in more if someone can't or doesn't want to). Then I'll add the GP to Rohini's sheet, so I'll know how much she has left.
So you will be buying them, after all?
Yep. So that'll be 758ish from everybody.
Okay. I'll get on that.
Hero points can be spent at any time and do not require an action to use (although the actions they modify consume part of your character's turn as normal). You cannot spend more than 1 hero point during a single round of combat. Whenever a hero point is spent, it can have any one of the following effects.
Act Out of Turn: You can spend a hero point to take your turn immediately. Treat this as a readied action, moving your initiative to just before the currently acting creature. You may only take a move or a standard action on this turn.
Bonus: If used before a roll is made, a hero point grants you a +8 luck bonus to any one d20 roll. If used after a roll is made, this bonus is reduced to +4. You can use a hero point to grant this bonus to another character, as long as you are in the same location and your character can reasonably affect the outcome of the roll (such as distracting a monster, shouting words of encouragement, or otherwise aiding another with the check). Hero points spent to aid another character grant only half the listed bonus (+4 before the roll, +2 after the roll).
Extra Action: You can spend a hero point on your turn to gain an additional standard or move action this turn.
Inspiration: If you feel stuck at one point in the adventure, you can spend a hero point and petition the GM for a hint about what to do next. If the GM feels that there is no information to be gained, the hero point is not spent.
Recall: You can spend a hero point to recall a spell you have already cast or to gain another use of a special ability that is otherwise limited. This should only be used on spells and abilities possessed by your character that recharge on a daily basis.
Reroll: You may spend a hero point to reroll any one d20 roll you just made. You must take the results of the second roll, even if it is worse.
Special: You can petition the GM to allow a hero point to be used to attempt nearly anything that would normally be almost impossible. Such uses are not guaranteed and should be considered carefully by the GM. Possibilities include casting a single spell that is one level higher than you could normally cast (or a 1st-level spell if you are not a spellcaster), making an attack that blinds a foe or bypasses its damage reduction entirely, or attempting to use Diplomacy to convince a raging dragon to give up its attack. Regardless of the desired action, the attempt should be accompanied by a difficult check or penalty on the attack roll. No additional hero points may be spent on such an attempt, either by the character or her allies.
Cheat Death: A character can spend 2 hero points to cheat death. How this plays out is up to the GM, but generally the character is left alive, with negative hit points but stable. For example, a character is about to be slain by a critical hit from an arrow. If the character spends 2 hero points, the GM decides that the arrow pierced the character's holy symbol, reducing the damage enough to prevent him from being killed, and that he made his stabilization roll at the end of his turn. Cheating death is the only way for a character to spend more than 1 hero point in a turn. The character can spend hero points in this way to prevent the death of a familiar, animal companion, eidolon, or special mount, but not another character or NPC.
--The SRD
Thanks Trout! So, we each have one Hero Point to spend as we wish? Do they replenish or anything, or is it a one time boon?
You earn them, here. I will tell you when one is meritted.
Are you using the last amulet charge? Y/N_?
Y
Any specific spell requests for Rohini's preparation?
I think we can take that as a "no"... And still no Han.
Yea. :(
Ro, surmount affliction would probably be useful in the pyramid, even with our meditation tea.
How about Consecrate?
Surmount affliction seems like a good idea. Isn't consecrate mostly just useful versus undead? Although it might add +3 to the DC of my alignment channel, if that counts as positive channeled energy within the meaning of the spell. Is that your thinking?
It curses an area dedicated to another deity, so it might be of use. I am not sure!
That requires a knowledge check if you want an answer regarding its use. Knowledge Religion here would work.
I could try a Spellcraft check, not sure it would help, but what the hey.
I intend to update this soon. Thanks for hanging in there.
Do we have any idea if consecrate would help in the temple? Do we know if hide from undead would hide us from the haunts within?
You have to succeed at a bluff check to pull it off without a visible fixture. DC 20.
Otherwise it will work.
If you use a Desnan shrine, though, Abaddon will know who you are.
Sorry everyone, I'm back.... :( Took me a while to sort out some irl stuff. (And my therapist says I was using roleplaying as an escape mechanism. I said, Duh.)
EDIT: Do we still need gunpowder?
WB Han! We may not need gunpowder, but we probably desire it...
I am not ashamed to admit at all that I am not certain how much wealth I have to work with. But I'll gladly craft some gunpowder once I know how much I have and how much I need. :P
Welcome back, Han! Escape is healthy in moderation...
As to the spells questions above, I still don't understand what the possible benefit of consecrate might be (and there is an obvious downside in broadcasting the presence of a follower of Desna).
Also, would hide from undead hide us from the haunts within the temple?
Well, I think we would probably need a lot to blow up the ziggurat, like, several barrels worth at least. That would probably take longer than a couple of days to craft...
You may just want to get what you need for yourself and move on from there.
Hannnn! Welcome back! Nothing wrong with some escape nor a dose of the talking cure. Glad to have you in the party.
Welcome Back Han.
HAN! YOU´RE ALIIIIVE! *happy dance*
And yes, though the undead with intelligence can make a willsave in your case, Rohini. I would suggest it, though. It´s an awesome spell that doesn´t carry the same risk.
Wow, Han, welcome back.
I will be eating reasonable quantities of food tomorrow, and then will be out of town until Sunday, so I may not be able to post much. Or perhaps not at all!
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Sorry. I'm still flammer-jammered from all that's going on. I have to get everything put back together.
I'll post by late tonight, I think. :)
It's okay... holiday time is the craziest of the year.
And coming back from Costa Rica, I keep getting ill! D:< And I know it's a strange complaint, but I'm well-liked and people keep inviting me to do things.
I have a small child's birthday to attend this night, and appointment in the morning, grocery shopping to do, and hopefully, lunch with my father.
Man, oh man...
Doesn't sound like a bad problem to have. Take your time, dearest Trout.
Yea.
Just make sure it isn't something lingering from CR. I once needed a Flagel prescription to knock out a parasite I picked up in Monteverde...oh, the good times.
Sorry guys, still around, but stressed out of my mind. Bad for brainwork and motivation. Should get these things smoothed out in the next week or so (here's hoping, as I've already waited well over a month).
Sorry to hear it, Trout. I don't think any of us are going anywhere, do what you need to do. And take a deep breath, eh? :)
Yes dear Trout. Take your time, I, for one, am not going anywhere.
What Haka and Drovya said. Take care.
FYI everyone, I'll be out of town and probably with no internet access over the weekend, starting around 3pm Fri PST through Monday.
Have a good weekend, folks. I'm off soon. Too bad the Paizo site went down when it did, with things heating up so much!