KC's Age of Worms

Game Master Kobold Catgirl

Loot Sheet

I haven't filled in many values because I'm not sure what most of it's worth.

Bah! Cuetzpalli is hulking and Tanith is only big? Big?!

It takes a lot of dedication to get guns like these.

Actually, Cuetzpalli is much smaller than Tanith.

Yeah, but hulking more evokes sheer muscle mass, which Cuetz does have. It's an apt description.

Like, Apache Chief is big. The Hulk is well, hulking.

Tanith's got muscle mass. He's all about the muscle mass!

He's built like the old Legion of Doom wrestlers.

Tanith is being awful keen on thesauri for a guy with a 7 Intelligence.

All the more reason to be offended! =P

So he's a juggalo?

I like this picture better.

It just gets me wondering what was going through the guy on the bottom's head at the time.

Carina's dainty. And very short.

It just gets me wondering what was going through the guy on the bottom's head at the time.

Probably something along the lines of "Oh, s**t."

I figured it was just "Man am I glad this is fake".

Or even "For the love of God, don't botch this."

Astraden bluffing the party should not be a common occurrence. This is just ~backstory~.

KC, how deep is this shaft?

I thought you asked me that in-person earlier, but it's a sixty-foot shaft. The initial hint was that Carina could just barely see the bottom.

Also, a small goof took place right before the bigger goof with the trapped elevator. I didn't notice at the time since Cuetzpalli immediately moved to a more important action (involving wandering into carnivorous metal boxes), but he'd gone to check out the corpse by the blue lantern.

The corpse is somewhat notable, so you can feel free to check "properly" at some point. It's not a big deal right now.

Couldn't remember if you'd said fifty, sixty, or seventy. Thanks!

I have to say, Carina's extreme shyness is rather endearing.

*blushes even more... which is impressive considering how red her skin normally is*

Now I'm wondering how effective my bombs would be against targets in water...

Either 0% or 100% depending on whether they count as a spell effect that goes off above water (meaning it ends at the water's surface) or it passes through the water to hit the target (in which case it unleashes a burst of superheated steam instead of fire).

Or something weird, iunno. Paizo went out of their way to make Alchemist as inconsistent as possible with normal rules because of the flavor.

Looked into it. It's definitely a muddy issue. The main dispute is whether bombs act as alchemical or magical.

Fire: Nonmagical fire (including alchemist's fire) does not burn underwater. Spells or spell-like effects with the fire descriptor are ineffective underwater unless the caster makes a caster level check (DC 20 + spell level). If the check succeeds, the spell creates a bubble of steam instead of its usual fiery effect, but otherwise the spell works as described. A supernatural fire effect is ineffective underwater unless its description states otherwise. The surface of a body of water blocks line of effect for any fire spell. If the caster has made the caster level check to make the fire spell usable underwater, the surface still blocks the spell's line of effect.

I'm going by that line (if you disagree, feel free to shoot me a PM explaining your reasoning). Alchemist fire bombs will have no effect underwater, so Carina will have to think of another way to contribute.

EDIT: Actually, hang on. Something that makes the issue much clearer.

In light of this item, it's clear that bombs are meant to be an exception to the rule. Bombs will deal damage, though you will have trouble throwing them.

Could she just target their heads/shoulders? Might be reduced damage, and they'd have improved cover, but that's how I'd always interpreted (ranged) attacks against swimming opponents.

Hmm...

Perhaps I'll just stay on the shore and drag people back if they're too badly wounded to move in the water.

I'll see you all tomorrow (or, more accurately, later 'today'). Damn ninja barbarians. ;)

I found a five-foot corridor!

Wait--how did Robin get past Farrukh & the first ghoul?

Essentially, a consequence of the stairs. Robin dove from above and got shunted into the only available space. Now he must pay for his creativity.

Ah. Alright then.

Tanith will delay until space opens up. I'm heading to the gym.

Space just opened up, thanks to Farrukh, so Tanith can act whenever he wants.

...Wow.

Captain Falcon just wept tears of joy, Tanith. :D

I'm on it!

Heh.

Alas that half damage. =(

If only you had weapon cords . . .

It's unlikely he's going to need that polearm any time soon.

Besides the imagery of a warrior running around with weapons dangling from his wrists like a charm bracelet always felt silly.

I wonder what Kratos would say to that...

That's different. His charm bracelet was a weapon itself. =P

I much prefer the 90s era Hercules model for combat where we just use whatever is handy, be it a chair, a sword, or a fist.

KC and I played with this one guy in PFS who had six weapons all dangling from his wrists, and believed it was still a swift action to retrieve them (saying that he'd checked the errata, and that they'd never errata something like weapon cords). It was
pretty ridiculous

Gamers gunna game.

(The system.)

Bit of a problem, though--Carina doesn't have that alchemist discovery.

Which one? Are you talking about the one that aids underwater bombthrowing?

That's true, but the lack doesn't negate bombs exploding. Just their being throwable. So she can punch someone in the face with explosive vials to her heart's content. Or until she herself gets boiled alive. :)

Oh, in that case, just wait until I get precise bombs.

Then I can just shove 'em into their mouths and swim like hell. XD

Incidentally, Jelani:

You can spend them to benefit animal companions or familiars, but it costs double.

You've been keeping this rule in mind, right?

In Cuetzpalli's case, since Spiny is practically more significant than Cuetzpalli himself (at least in combat), I might be willing to actually swap the two around. It's up to him. I doubt you'll want that swap, but the option's open.

No I haven't kept that in mind. Actually going back and looking at my posts, I apparently forgot to mark one point. So I have -5 action points right now? In any case I have none left.

Well, it happens. No big deal.

Sorry man, I'll get it right from now on. I'm new to this version of hero points.

What's everyone's hp looking like after the channels? Tanith can pass out some heals still.

Cuetzpalli, Spiny, you, and Robin were the only ones injured in the fight, and I've healed 14 points of damage since the combat ended, so, unless Spiny actually has the mechanical Ferocity, both he and Cuetzpalli should be fully healed. You only took one point of damage iirc, so you're fully healed too, and Robin was at -2 and stable when the combat ended so he should be good now as well.

Of course, he might just turn into a ghoul in a few days, but we are blissfully oblivious of that possibility.

...this version of hero points.

Action Points came first, so technically, that should be reversed. ;D

It's fine, though. Mistakes are easy to make with new systems. If it happens again (and I don't catch it), I'll probably just sap the negative AP from the next level, but the first time it's no biggie.

Thanks for the recap, Gark. It's correct—Robin is back on his feet.

Aaaand level-up, everybody. Please post any major decisions (and HP rolling, should you opt for it) in the Discussion thread. As a reminder:

Hit Points: "PFS Average"—max at first level, half-max plus one each consecutive level (d6 gets 4, d8 gets 5, d10 gets 6, etc.).

Allowed Sourcebooks: Fairly lax policy here. If you can provide me a copy of the rules, I'll consider it, even if it's 3.5. Most non-core races are allowed, though I reserve the right to say no. :P

I'll just tell you all now that there's no more combat on this level floor, so feel free to keep exploring while updating your PC's stats.