Sorry to hear that Vala, I hope you pull through soon!
How you doing Vala?
I just sat down to catch up on the gameplay thread; I would estimate my death-ness has reduced from 'mostly' to 'moderately' at this point. Looking forward to hitting that 'mildly' milestone.
I like the swimming post for Kazamir and Hazel. You're good at this stuff, JZ.
I have no idea who is where. One bit had Vala and Constantin in Feldgrau with Zed and Vermundr in Leipstadt; then Vermundr corrected it to be Vala and Vermundr in Feldrau with Zed and Constantin in Leipstadt. Now the lastest post has Vermundr and Constantin in Feldgrau with Vala and Zed in Leipstadt.
I'm not well enough to make sense of this madness!
I was wondering why Vermundr was commenting on my work when I thought I was with Vala.
The original plan was for Vala and Vermundr to stick around in Feldrau and for Zed and Constantin in return to Leipstadt.
Seeing that the plan has completely fallen apart, let's correct course based on where people have posted. That would mean Vermundr and Constantin are in Feldrau and Zed and Vala returned to Leipstadt.
TL;DR: Vala, you're in Leipstadt with Zed.
Verm has the right of it from my understanding.
it's my fault, I messed up originally
Hey don't feel bad. I couldn't even remember what town Grimburrow was in ;)
Scrolls, interesting.
Lucky for us, resurrection appears on the Shaman spell list, so Vala should be able to use them. There is one small complication though.
If the user meets all the requirements noted above, and her caster level is at least equal to the spell’s caster level, she can automatically activate the spell without a check. If she meets all three requirements but her own caster level is lower than the scroll spell’s caster level, then she has to make a caster level check (DC = scroll’s caster level + 1) to cast the spell successfully. If she fails, she must make a DC 5 Wisdom check to avoid a scroll mishap. A natural roll of 1 always fails, whatever the modifiers...If the caster level check fails but no mishap occurs, the scroll is not expended.
Determine Effect: A spell successfully activated from a scroll works exactly like a spell prepared and cast the normal way. Assume the scroll spell’s caster level is always the minimum level required to cast the spell for the character who scribed the scroll, unless the scriber specifically desired otherwise.
So in all likelihood the scroll was made at caster level 13. Which means that Vala would need to make a DC 14 caster level check in order to use the scrolls. A pretty good chance of success, and with her wisdom modifier she would need to roll a nat 1 on the follow up roll to create a mishap and waste the scroll.
So unless Vala rolls less than 5 and then follows it up with a nat 1 we should be fine.
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You know what Hazel, if you want to do some retraining take the opportunity to do so now thanks to that tiny butterfly that graced you with it's presence in Pharasma's eternal line of judgement.
:)
Oh I didn't mean right now, I just meant usr the story opportunity afforded by it
Woot! I should have a reaction post up today (Sunday, GMT+5, for reference...)but don't let me hold anything up.
Where do we plan on meeting up again? I feel like it would be in town since we have loot to sell off and everything.
The lead the others had was Thrushmoor which is further south than Feldgrau so it would make sense to meet back there. But Vala and Zed don't know that without magical comms/scrying/teleporting back etc
I suppose I'll leave that up to Vala since she's the full-progression caster than.
I'm also concerned about the missing people we just heard about. Do we want to try to take care of that before proceeding with the Thrushmoor lead?
Anyone got an answer to Zed's question. Also, I hate to persist, but I really need to know if you are going back to Feldgrau or meeting in Lepistadt
Just to clarify, the only person missing is Judge Darramid
I think we let the Daramid lead lie and head off for Thrushmoor quick as we may. And I reckon after getting the name of Thrushmoor from Constantin, those of us presently in Leipstadt would meet them in Feldgrau then head onward together from there.
That's great, thanks.
If someone would like to post to that effect I will post an update in the morning - it's late here.
I second Vala's suggestion.
I do hope we come back to this though. I'd hate to not do a favor for the people who just dropped 20k worth of magic on us.
Don't forget that I can use divination to get a murky sense of what might happen if we do course of action X or Y, as long as it doesn't extend more than a week out in the future. I am happy to use divination to find out if the Darramid issue is pressing, or if we should do Thrushmoor first.
Seems a wise course of action imo.
I’ll work the news of Daramid into my sending to Constantin in the morning
Did not see that coming. Gotta love those subtle, intimate villains.
During the big reveals I always can't help but wonder "What if we had put it together early?" Then I remember the time I did exactly that in WotW and ended up having to confront a character who was more than 10 levels above me :')
Haha. I wanted to be subtle. But obvious enough that when I did this you were like "ohhhhhhhh!"
I've bèen cooking this exact scene up since 2015 Mwahaha!
Remember way back then when I said we'd have ghouls and ghosts but that isn't necessarily the most horrific aspect I'm going to put into this AP?
Well.. here we are
Since we had the vision at the Stairs of the Moon, I thought the familiar body was going to be Kendra. I am more than a little relieved it's Jon Dirtbaglith though.
I was totally expecting Kendra to be behind it all!
Did this latest twist land sufficiently though?
ita my latest little scheme. I did the fake PC back in book 1 and now revealing the big bad in Book 3
Also, to let you behind the screen for a moment, this AP gives you literally no clue who the big bad is prior to book 6. And by that point he's just a name. That's one if the reasons I wanted to introduce him way earlier. So we're off the map for what the AP expects at this point
Ohhhh......#$%^. Kaz HANDED HIM HIS FAMILY'S ADDRESS!
You, GM, are a right ole b@#$^rd, and I mean that with the utmost respect.
Yea Kaz. Yes you did
Don’t forget to reply to that first of two sendings, Constantin. Though I’m not sure if the sending happened before or after that vision.
Are we about to split the party? I do love a good side quest.
I can already see the title: Vermundr and Constatin's Buddy-Cop Adventure!
Sorry, gang, rather under the weather here today. Hopefully I'll have more tonight.
I don’t think it’s a party split, more a choice as to which thread to chase together. Daramid, Kazamir’s family, or Thrushmoor. Though, it occurs to me as I’m typing this that Daramid had been the one to take custody of Jonathan’s body, so her being missing may be less of a mystery now that we know the context of his death.
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Feel better, Kaz! I hope it’s not the plague I suffered from last week and that you’re quick to the mend!
I feel we can handle Kaz's family with a divination spell. We can send them instructions to be safe.
so... 1 scroll of teleport takes Vala, Zed, Hazel and I to Feldgrau. A scroll of Greater Teleport takes us all to Caliphas. Assuming the Kaz's parents are alive, there, and not undead monstrosities, a second scroll of teleport takes KAz and his parents to Lastwall, where Kaz will push his persuasiveness to the limit to get the Knights of Ozem to take in and protect the family of a bitter enemy of the Whispering Way, and a third scroll of teleport takes Kaz back to the gang. We'd be in Caliphas, hundreds of miles closer to Thrushmoor.
I think, after we sell of, Kaz can afford this out of his share, even after buying a restoration.
Does that sound like a plan?