JZ's Carrion Crown - (Wake of the Watcher) (Inactive)

Game Master JamZilla

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Awesome news dude. Welcome to the gaming fraternity, Ben.

Dude! That's absolutely wonderful news! Congratulations!
=D =D =D =D =D

Rollin' natural 20s again, eh?

Those dice JZ linked are adorable. And once again, congrats on the new gamer Kaz :)

I'm away this weekend guys. Will try to get a post up tomorrow though

No worries; enjoy your weekend!

I'm still keeping the loot list updated by the way and added everything to it that we found in the manticore nest sans the dwarf's patchwork cloak and his brandy. Maybe at some point we'll have the chance to sell some things but given the timer we're on regarding the trial it probably won't happen for at least a few more in-game days.

Do you think it's worth someone keeping track of the evidence you find? Up to you guys.

Did you take the face you found with you as well or leave it there?

And finally - back to town?

(1) I think it could definitely help. Hazel wouldn't normally do it IC but I can do it OOC if need be since it seems like several of us have been busy with RL lately.

(2) It's pretty gruesome but I'd be in favor of taking it with us because you never know. I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

(3) It's looking that way. I think we explored everywhere on the island that we could and buried the dwarf (offscreen). There doesn't seem to be much else to do in Morast itself unless we want to try talking to some more of the locals - which probably wouldn't yield much of anything different than what we've already learned from Lazne.

Soooo...anyone else here excited for Strange Aeons? :D

Definitely!

Are you kidding....my cousin just made my newborn an Elder Sign Onsie on zazzle!

No, really!

http://www.zazzle.com/yellow_sign_elder_sign_t_shirt-235048847094935039

(SOrry, a bit of shamelss promotion..)

^Best baby gift ever! :3

*edit* And yeah, I'm eagerly awaiting the Player's Guide (which should hopefully be out in a few more days) so I can start brainstorming some character concepts!

You guys are knocking it out of the park with the diplomacy checks and the posts to go with them! :D

I'm on the road all weekend this weekend folks and won't be able to post much. Just a head's up =)

No worries JZ; hope it was fun! Same for Vala's trip :)

Sorry for the delays and absences in my posting. I have now completely moved into my new apartment and just went through orientation for my internship. It seems I will have a pretty normal 40 hour work week, a 9-5 job (eastern time) for Monday-Friday. So my posting will mostly be in the evenings and weekends, although I usually play with my local group on Sunday. Thanks for bearing with me through this time of change.

Glad you're getting settled and that good things are happening for you! :)

Currently considering choice of feat. Craft Magic Arms and Armor perhaps, if nobody else is going to do that (and if the DM allows crafting). We won't have a lot of downtime until the trial is over, of course...

Level 5!
HP: +6
Feat: Spiritual Guardian
Level 3 spell slots: 3 (1 base + 1 wis mod + 1 spirit magic)

Arcane Enlightenment hex: drop shield from spell list, add lightning bolt
Healing hex: increase from cure light wounds to cure moderate wounds
Channel Energy (life spirit): increase to 3d6

Skill Points: 7
Diplomacy +1
Knowledge (History) +1
Knowledge (Nature) +1
Knowledge (Planes) +2
Knowledge (Religion) +1
Spellcraft +1

Sweet!

Man I always forget, so we roll for hp?

if so...

HP: 1d8 ⇒ 7

I think it's half + 1 for HP if I remember right :)

Level Up!
HP +8 (half + 1 = 5 + 3 Con)
Feat: TBD
Fervor advances to 2d6
Sacred Weapon damage advances to 1d8
Gain one spell slot each for 1st & 2nd level spells
+3 Skill Points (Diplomacy, Kn. Religion, Perception)
+2 BG Skill Points (Kn. Engineering, Perform: Dance)

No changes to BAB or saves at this level.

All leveled up.

HP +7 (5 + 1 con + 1 favored class)
Feat: Shield of Swings
Gain bane ability
Gain discern lies ability
Gain one spell slot for 1st and 2nd level spells
Gain an additional 2nd level spell known (invisibility)
+10 skill points (scattered among already known skills)

Sweet.

HP: +10 HP (6 + 3 + 1)
Feat: Arcane Strike

+2 rage rounds
+1 1st level spell(s): chill touch

+1 rank in intimidate, perception, survival, handle animal, and profession (trapper)

Meta-rage (useless currently because Vermundr has no metamagic feats but eventually he can burn rage rounds for free applications of metamagic)

Meta-Rage (Su): At 5th level, a metamagic rager can sacrifice additional rounds of bloodrage to apply a metamagic feat he knows to a bloodrager spell. This costs a number of rounds of bloodrage equal to twice what the spell’s adjusted level would normally be with the metamagic feat applied (minimum 2 rounds). The metamagic rager does not have to be bloodraging to use this ability. The metamagic effect is applied without increasing the level of the spell slot expended, though the casting time is increased as normal. The metamagic rager can apply only one metamagic feat he knows in this manner with each casting. Additionally, when the metamagic rager takes a bloodline feat, he can choose to take a metamagic feat instead. This ability replaces improved uncanny dodge.

Zelda evolves! She now uses the statistics of an imp instead of a greensting scorpion. Also, she now has a constant shield other effect with Vermundr which means they can share damage.

Shield Master (Su): At 5th level, whenever a protector or its master takes hit point damage, as long as the protector and its master are touching, its master can choose to split the damage evenly between them as if using shield other. This ability replaces deliver touch spells and speak with animals of its kind.

Wow that is a crazy strong ability the protector gets.

Yeah, it pairs especially nicely with her fast healing.

Any feedback on feats? It's gonna be either Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Great Fortitude, or Toughness if I don't get any other recommendations. ;)

Crafting would be good but that requires time and coin. I don't know that either are going to be in abundance in this campaign. GM JZ would know more.

I'm always fond of toughness, especially on a d6 class like psychic. Expanded phrenic pool might be a good idea. You seem to run out often enough.

Crafting is ridiculously powerful and useful if we have the time.

Nobody regrets taking toughness.

I already have expanded phrenic pool, and according to some discussion on the boards it's a feat you can only take once.

My thinking is along these lines:
* Craft Magic Arms and Armor: We are getting to the level where we should all have, at least, magic weapons. Unfortunately we won't have time for this until after the trial.
* Toughness: More hit points is always good.
* Great Fortitude: My Fort save is pretty terrible, but unlike Reflex (which is also terrible), failed Fort saves tend to mean taking a condition or just dying, while failed Ref saves usually just mean more damage. So I'm leaning toward bolstering this.
* Ectoplasmic Spell: At some future point it would be good to be able to launch various effects that will hit incorporeal undead, but for now I can skip it because I have force (magic missile) and I can do a limited amount of mind-affecting spells vs. undead with my phrenic pool.
* Medium Armor Proficiency? Why not? If I can get a mithral breastplate that would help my AC quite a bit without affecting my speed. But it's low priority.

So if someone has a better idea, lemme know!

From my experience in other Carrion Crown games, there's not a lot of opportunity to craft. That being said, crafting on the road is still an option - so you might find the feat still worthwhile if you bone up on those less-than-well-known rules.

Do Spell Focus and Greater Spell Focus work with the psychic classes, Constantin? Bumping the DCs of your clutch abilities seems like they could be really solid picks.

Yeah, Crafting is always a powerful choice but who knows how much time we'll have, even between books?

I like Ectoplasmic Spell but as you said it's not as high of a priority for you as it might be for a different caster since you've got MM and your phrenic pool to fall back on.

Toughness is always a good fall-back pick if you don't like any other options! Same for the save-booster feats like Great Fortitude or Iron Will.

Vala's suggestion for the Spell Focus line might also be a very solid idea if those feats will work for you (and to be honest, I don't see why they wouldn't).

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For my own feat, I decided to go with Improved Weapon of the Chosen. Just gotta get her profile updated and I'm all good!

Kaz - another level of Psychic Detective Investigator.

+5 hp. New 2nd lvl spell : share memory. Feat: Extra Talent

Investigator talents: Empathy, Expanded Inspiration. (Those are under the spoiler in the main thread, if curious)

SKills: +1 to all the following: Lingusistics (aklo), Lore(ustalav), Diplomacy, Disable Device, Know/Arc, Know/Loc, Know/Rel, Perception, Sense Motive, Stealth, Escape Artist, Intimidate, Bluff, Survival

Talking head skill monkey, at your service. Just don't expect me to, y'know, hit anything.

On your feat, Constantin....GM, any feedback on whether we might have some downtime every now and again? One hates to meta, but one also hates to burn a feat that one will never use...

Extra Phrenic Pool is probably also solid.

I already have expanded phrenic pool, and according to some discussion on the boards it's a feat you can only take once.

Kaz, it seems like Extra Phrenic Pool isn't one you can take multiple times, unfortunately.

Another thought I had was if you need to make a lot of concentration checks (not sure if you do or not, but it seems like it'd be fitting for psychics?), feats to bump those might be handy. Also, if spell resistance applies to your abilities, bumping CL checks could be nice as well.

In the spirit of full disclosure and to make sure no one goes down any blind alleys, there isn't a huge amount of downtime in this campaign.

There is the odd day or two here and there but certainly not the prolonged periods that are needed to really make the crafting feats worth it.

Also, someone earlier mentioned that you are getting to the stage where you should all start to get a magical gear. While I broadly agree with that, I think this campaign is deliberately stingy with loot I guess to keep things dark and slightly more grounded.

Having said that, I won't let you get to level 11 and still rock masterwork studded leather!

Cool. That masterwork studded leather is still gonna be so sweet at level 10!

Masterwork?!? You guys had masterwork? We had to do with Ringmail. And shields that only added to your left flank!

Well Vala is going to have to make do with a threadbare shawl if she isn't careful....

Wait you guys got armor?! We just punched the bottoms out of barrels and wore them like rodeo clowns!

You had a barrel? My monk wasn't allowed to wear a barrel.

SO it's looking like the race is now twisting toward:
* Toughness
* Great Fortitude
* Spell Penetration
* Spell Focus (Divination) (don't laugh, it affects my Mind Thrust)

Loincloths and rusty spoons all the way.

As an aside, the majority of my gaming career thus far has been spent playing AD&D 2e so Pathfinder's whole magic item shop thing is still a bit weird to me at times.

"What? I can just go buy most of this stuff if I'm in a big enough city? Really?"

As I think more about it, toughness. While we have a smattering of healers, we don't have anybody whose job it is to keep people alive.

Part of the whole shift away from randomly-determined characters! You had random stats to go with your random magic items. Now you get to pick what you want to play and try to play it. (That of course opens the door to lots of min-maxing because it's no longer about taking what you get and trying to make the best of it.)

As an FYI I'm working night shift the next three nights (tonight, Friday, Saturday) and sleeping during the day so my posting rates will likely drop during the time. I'll try and catch up/keep up as best as I can but feel free to bot Hazel as needed to keep things moving along.

Toughness it is.

Level 5 psychic
+5 hit points

Feat: Toughness (+5 more hit points)

New spells:
1st: telempathic projection (favored class bonus)
2nd: spontaneous immolation

New psychic discipline ability: Superior automatic writing

Adventuring Skills:
+1 Diplomacy
+1 Knowledge (arcana)
+1 Knowledge (local)
+1 Perception
+1 Sense Motive
+1 Spellcraft

Background Skills:
+1 Knowledge (history)
+1 Linguistics - learned Necril

Cool, thanks guys. Everyone update their stat lines on their profile because I use those for quick reference of perception checks, initiative and so on.

Re: shopping trip - If we're going to go shopping, the current loot list has a bunch of stuff on it that we can sell - things that are simply 'valuables' and things that just aren't being used. If there's still something on there that you want (or think we should save for a rainy day) speak now, otherwise I'm going to look into liquidating it. Obviously we'll keep the healing potions and Hazel will take the silver arrows if no one else wants them.

By the way, how are we doing as far as rest/sleep goes? I'm blanking if we had any real chance to rest between coming back from Morast and the beginning of the current day!

You managed to get back in time to rest before the trial so you are ok on that front at the moment

OK, I looked at the ghost salts, and I think we will get a better bang for our buck from holy water. Also, GM - do I remember correctly that haunt siphons only work on haunts?

Zed, Hazel, or Vermundr should probably take our Oil of Magic Weapon, the +1 longsword, and the +1 dagger. Vala, Constantin and Kaz can use magic missile/ spiritual weapon, and holy water.

I'd say lets get at least 8 vials of holy water (200gp).

Also - GM, we've faced the noncorporeal before...I'm not assuming too much meta knowledge in this whole thing, am I?