Know the enemy seems good to me Vala.
Man I hope we hit level two soon. The low survivability of being level one is starting to wreck my nerves. I'm using defensive judgements!
And three for that matter ;)
:D
Don't worry, level 2 is just around the corner. I know it feels like you have done a lot because the post count is really high - in my experience it is usually about 500 per level in other games I've run - but searching the cache is the first real plot-progressing event (aside from the bloody graffiti)
No complaints on pacing! I am having a blast with this, combat-useless as I am and all.
Cool, I'm glad you guys are enjoying :D I have high hopes for this game
This is definitely one of my most favorite games I have ever been in. The pace and quality of posts are excellent.
Yeah, all of the other games I'm in seem pretty stalled. I'm in a Kingmaker game that seems to get an update once per week, and a Council of Thieves game that was at a pretty good clip and then suddenly... silence. I'm also running a Jade Regent game and the players are posting really slowly. :/
Speaking of pacing and such, is Galus still with us?
I still get PMs from Galus and we've done so rp by that method. I'll try to bring him back into the fold.
Hey guys, just letting you know I am still involved and to congratulate you on an amazing game.
It's my first pbp and I realise the mistake I made so early on that could have derailed things. But I'm having such fun reading through, it's like a living novel!
I've been PM'ing JZ all the way throughout to get his advice on forum games and also to do some RP. We've talked through and agreed I won't be rejoining fully until toward the end of this book which although I know that will be a while, makes most sense for the story. And I'm totally cool with it.
Keep up the good work guys! :D
Good to hear from you, Galus. Looking forward to you rejoining the main thread.
I've been having some fun in your gameplay thread with these stirges and have to say, I do so enjoy watching you silly flesh bags wail and flail so ineffectually! HehehehahahahHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!
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Turns out the Dicebot is actually end-game villain
Level up, WOOT!
So I'm gonna switch things up a bit with Raj and take a level in Anti-Paladin.
:D Kidding!
HPs are Avg+1, correct?
Yep that's right.
Oh by the way I always ask players at this point (level 2) if they want to change anything about their characters. We've been playing about two months now which should be long enough for you to evaluate if you made any first level mistakes in terms of race, class, feats, skills and so on.
If you would like to change anything about your characters please feel free to do so.
Totally good with my current build route.
Level up is almost complete. 6 more trained skills, a few bumps to BaB and saves, and I've gained tracking, detect undead at will, and cunning initiative. However I could use some more advice on what spells to take. I get another 0th level and another 1st level. Lots of buffs available, and some good utility (like alarm).
I'm updated.
+5 hit points
+1 BAB
+1 Will saves
+1 to each skill (learned Draconic from Lingustics)
Learned can trips: open/close and stabilize (one from favored class bonus)
Class feature: Detect Thoughts
Level 2
+6 HP (d8 + 1 Con)
+1 BAB
+1 Will Save
gain Hex (benefit of wisdom): use wis mod for knowledge checks instead of int mod
+1 Orison per day
+1 Level 1 spell slot per day
+6 skill points
+1 knowledge (history)
+2 knowledge (nature)
+1 knowledge (planes)
+1 knowledge (religion)
+1 spellcraft
I'm good with Raj's basic build - no changes there.
+6 HP (+1 for CON)
+1 BAB, Fort, Reflex
8 skills pts
> +1 Acrobatics
> +1 Bluff
> +1 Climb
> +1 Disable Device
> +1 Disguise
> +1 Intimidate
> +1 Perception
> +1 Stealth
2 background skill pts
> +1 Sleight of Hand
> +1 Know: Geography
Determined Zeal
1 extra skill pt for favored class - Sense Motive. My sheet is updated.
I am happy with the fundamentals.
Here are the level 2 changes:
+5hp
+1 BAB, RFX, WLL
add spells known: Sift(0), magic missile(1)
Psychic Meddler (+1 saves vs. Psychic Magic)
+1 to Skills:
Know/Rel Know/Arc
DIsable Device Sense Motive
Stealth DIsguise
Know/Planes Heal
Know/Dung. Lore (Ustalav)
Know/Hist Know/Geo
I'll have his sheet update shortly.
Good luck on the job hunt, Hazel!
Apologies for the lack of activity this weekend guys, updating everything this morning
I have never hated an NPC as much as I hate this ignorant drunk. I sincerely hope he turns out to be a bad guy and not just a meddling idiot so that I can justify killing him. Well done JZ haha.
Lol, I really want you guys to feel for the NPCs in this game (whether positively or negatively - just so long as they are believable and not cardboard cutouts).
I wanted you guys to get on and have a few laughs with Gibs though so I must be doing a terrible job (jk!)
Oh she did. I will update shortly, there is some cool stuff.
(A) 15 arrows (+1)
(B) 6 arrows (+1 ghost touch)
(C) 3 arrows (+1 undead bane)
(D) 7 vials (cure light wounds)
(E) 3 potions (lesser restoration)
(F) 2 scrolls (detect undead)
(G) 3 scrolls (hide from undead)
(H) 2 scrolls (protection from evil)
(I) Some kind of game board (spirit board and brass planchette)
(J) 5 iron and glass vials containing tiny, churning wisps of vapour (haunt siphon)
A spirit planchette is typically found in a wooden case along with a thin wooden board printed with numerous letters and numbers. Nonmagical versions of these divination tools can be purchased in curiosity shops (typically costing 25 gp); while these items can be used as alternative components for augury spells, only magical spirit planchettes allow users to communicate with the other side. Three types of spirit planchettes exist—brass, cold iron, and silver. Each in turn allows an increasingly potent form of divination effect to be utilized. A spirit planchette requires a board to move upon, but this “board” can be made up of letters scribed upon any smooth surface—it need not be a prepared board for a spirit planchette to work.
To use a spirit planchette, you must rest your fingers lightly upon the planchette’s surface and then concentrate on the planchette (as if maintaining a spell with a duration of concentration) for 2d6 rounds while the planchette attunes itself to the ambient spirits of the area. After this time, the planchette begins to slowly slide in random patterns across the board—at this point, questions may be asked of the spirits by any of the individuals involved in the séance. The consequences of each question asked of the spirits depends upon what type of planchette is used for the divination, as summarized on the table below.
The spirits reply in a language understood by the character who asked the question, but resent such contact and give only brief answers to the questions. All questions are answered with “yes,” “no,” or “maybe,” or by spelling out a single word from the letters arranged on the board. The spirits answer each question either in the same round the question is asked (in the case of a yes, no, or maybe answer) or at a rate of one letter per round (in the case of a single word being spelled out). A spirit planchette may be used once per day—the maximum number of questions you can ask with it depends on the type of planchette being used.
Communication with spirits can be a dangerous task, for many spirits are jealous or hateful of the living. Every time a spirit planchette is used, the user must succeed on a Will save to avoid being temporarily possessed and harmed by the angry spirits. In some areas where the spirits are particularly violent or hateful (such as in Harrowstone), this Will save takes a –2 penalty. The DC of this save depends on the type of spirit planchette being used. Anyone who fails the Will save becomes confused for a number of rounds (depending on the type of planchette being used), and no answer is received. The spirits in the area are not omniscient—the GM should decide whether or not the spirits would actually know the answer to the question asked, and if they do not, the answer granted is automatically “maybe.” If the GM determines that the spirits are knowledgeable about the answer, roll d% to determine whether the spirits speak truthfully or whether they lie.
Sell for 2000gp
These glass vials are held within stylized cold-iron casings etched with strange runes, necromantic designs, or other eldritch markings. Within the vial roils a small wisp of white vapor, churning as if caught in a miniature vortex of air.
To capture a haunt’s energies within a haunt siphon, you need only twist the metal casing to open the vial in the same round that the haunt manifests (a standard action)—this can be before or after the haunt has acted. You must be within the haunt’s area of influence to use a haunt siphon. When you activate a haunt siphon, it deals 3d6 points of positive energy damage to a single haunt. If it deals enough damage to the haunt to reduce the haunt’s hit points to 0, the mist inside the haunt siphon glows green—if it does not reduce the haunt to 0 hit points, the haunt siphon is still expended and becomes nonmagical. It may take multiple haunt siphons to destroy powerful haunts. A haunt that is neutralized by a haunt siphon takes a –5 penalty on its caster level check to manifest again after its reset time passes.
A haunt siphon that neutralizes a haunt can no longer be used to harm haunts, but it can be used as a grenadelike splash weapon that deals 1d6 points of negative energy damage with a direct hit. Every creature within 5 feet of the point where the haunt siphon hits takes 1 point of negative energy damage from the splash.
Oho, that ouija board may be interesting with some of the psychic skill unlocks.
Hey guys,
Sorry for the silence this week. We've got a pup that needed emergency surgery earlier this week and he is finally out of the ICU. So I haven't been on Paizo much.
I've read up on the thread and will try to chime in at a good moment.
Thanks, Hazel. He's going to have a long road to recovery but he's alive despite the odds and should be pain-free once he's had some time.
My gf is a vet Raj and she helps sick puppies all the time, they are really resilient and can bounce back from nearly anything :)
Hang in there bud.
Going camping this weekend, may be out of touch until Sunday night or Monday!
Guys, I'm going to be mostly offline Saturday through Monday. Please bot me as needed. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Bah, I keep forgetting the letters. There are four now, correct? What are they?
V E S O
... which is on track for "Vesoriana," I think?
(Back from camping)
So we're about halfway through Vesoriana's name now. I'm feeling some pressure to get on with getting to the prison!
Likewise, Vala. Though I think we should be able to get to it in the morning.
Assuming the town doesn't lynch us tonight, that is.
Anyway, I'll volunteer to lay things out for the town, and let the others of us answer questions as they prefer, if that works for everyone. I'd like to play up titles and expertise - clergy, inquisitors, professors, former cops, that kind of thing - and downplay the connection with the professor, known to be into wierd things.
I probably won't mention the whispering way, just that we are equipped to handle things and will be actively investigating for the next few days, appreciate your help and patience, blah blah blah.
Thoughts?
Everything you have learnt about the prisoners has now been added to the campaign info tab under "Knowledge"
Likewise, Vala. Though I think we should be able to get to it in the morning.
Assuming the town doesn't lynch us tonight, that is.
Anyway, I'll volunteer to lay things out for the town, and let the others of us answer questions as they prefer, if that works for everyone. I'd like to play up titles and expertise - clergy, inquisitors, professors, former cops, that kind of thing - and downplay the connection with the professor, known to be into wierd things.
I probably won't mention the whispering way, just that we are equipped to handle things and will be actively investigating for the next few days, appreciate your help and patience, blah blah blah.
Thoughts?
Excellent approach, full agreement. Also, this is our chance to spec out how the audience reacts and perhaps catch someone who knows more than they are letting on -- unlikely, I think, but possible.