Question to the group, what would be the best thing to do with all this money? Trade it for a couple gems of equivalent value that can be more easily hidden? Store it as credit with Oleg a la bank style? Throw in for a communal party safe? Or maybe purchase a not-quite-so-secure personal wooden chest which must then either be taken everywhere, stored with Oleg, or hidden somewhere (buried)?
My personal vote would be to trade it in for something equivalent (and much smaller) or see if Oleg would be willing to become a "bank" of sorts for the party, letting us store funds there and take from them as needed. Oleg himself, if need be, could dig a hole in the ground and hide it if need be. Either way, we certainly don't need to be toting it around everywhere we go.
Oh, yes, one more thing. So was it decided not to have Donovan make whole the catapults and have Durielle mend them?
If we can do it, regarding upkeep and maintenance, I'd say leave that to the soldiers. Maybe when Oleg's order reaches civilization, the soldiers will have requested an engineer or maybe a manual so they can do it themselves. It can't all be left up to us! Delegate! :-)
An alchemical silver longsword because I've come to the conclusion that Khargol hasn't been really, truly prepared in the manner he needs to be. The cold iron sword was an easy choice to make considering how many enemies it breaks through the DR of, but I think the usefulness of an alchemical silver weapon is understated.
It is my intention to make Khargol into something of a "swiss army knife" for the party; after we are done with the first book, I'm going to re-make him into a range-focused inquisitor but, for now, I'm going to take advantage of his higher strength to get him as prepared as possible for whatever situation they might come across.
Speaking of preparedness..Tuyena, would Oleg possibly have any bags of caltrops? I'd like to pick up, say...three of them, if they're available.
I guess it may help to have some silver weapons right now. If you want a silver weapon for the long haul it may be best to save up some money and get a mithral weapon, since mithral also busts thru DR/silver.
@Donovan: I would like to take you up on your offer to Masterwork Transform. I would like to change Durielle's backpack to a mwk backpack (50g-5g=45g) and her studded leather to a mwk studded leather (175g-25g=150g). Total cost 195g.
Glad to do so. Oleg can probably provide the expensive material components, since it's just stuff like tough thread, quality leather, and steel studs and carabiners.
Did we decide on pooling the party money for a Wand of CLW?
You can take 100 or so from Sugua. IF you want it.
Also it seems other people are quiet should we move on to exploration again.. there hasn't been any movement outside of small conversations
I don't really have much to add unless someone wants to precipitate an additional RP scene (Durielle or Alphonse with more discussion, Vlad talking about training, whatever), but I think we have kinda realized that we have just enough money to get a few useful items but not enough to get the really awesome stuff that starts our serious gear upgrades, and that means dealing with the next hazard.
Then I will move us along in 5 hours, wrap up any conversations that need to be done.
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Just a heads up, it's my anniversary weekend and we're trying for a baby, my posting might be... Sparse.
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So you said yes to retraining my class. Will we be getting at least 5-day periods of down time soon? What I decided was to take levels in Arcanist from now on and retraining my wizard levels to arcanist anytime I got the chance.
So question: do you want me to copy over my spellbook to an arcanist's spellbook or just keep the one I have? this is wholly fluff, just a minor detail I could roleplay.
Mmm I don't mind either way, if you have an idea for rp, go for it.
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Rest periods are set by us, in general you might just have to wait until this segment is over as there is likely no chance to rest several days without something BAD happening because of it. Kinda like Khargol. As far as arcanist, as long as you realize what you are balancing with delayed casting and chosen spells and whatnot, then it should be fine.
Prestidigitation is silent on what it is actually capable of. It states minor tricks, but cannot be used to duplicate another spell's effect. lifting, pulling, and pushing anything up to 1lb. is well within its capabilities, but it will never be as good at it as mage hand, but it suffices for activating this traps.
Test
today my daughter was born at 5 pm, im am an understandably busy man now, will still post but you know, sparsly for a few days
Congratulations! Pinch a cheek for me. :D
today my daughter was born at 5 pm, im am an understandably busy man now, will still post but you know, sparsly for a few days
Congrats! Does she have little angel wings like her dad? :D
Can she throw a mean fist? Otherwise she is gunna be bullied y;know.
Congratulations to you! That's fantastic!
Hrmm the wait is real.
Khargol realize he got an AoO?
Khargol forgot that he had an AoO he had to roll and apologies profusely. He goes to roll it now.
why is everybody making reflex saves against my burning arc?
Karma?
I don't think it's your burning arc. The big tatzlwyrm breathed fire at us. Or are you talking about something different?
Ahh my bad I mustv glossed over that part of the post. Ecerybody had been referencing dodging or ducking my fire previously and I thought they were still doing that
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DM Tuyena, did my longspear attack at the remaining normal wyrm hit? You made no reference to it in the post so I'm assuming it didn't but I wanted to make sure.
I would assume it missed as well, this is one of those times where it might be prudent to use you abilities. You have to learn sooner or later and now Gonzo is in trouble. Much like last time. Normally I would just have Sugua go up and cut the thing but he goes almost last and likely last now that he waits for Donovan's heal.
I think we are just waiting on Durielle though.
I'll have a post up in a bit. Just going to CLW Gonzo.
Indeed, wait I guess it was both you and Alphonse... Ah either way I guess I'll make Sugua.. Sugua something.
Happy Mother's Day everyone.
Gonzo it never made a grapple check because you made your turn out of turn so either you go now in which case that was you escape artist.. which failed or you go after it... which it hasnt gone yet.. Therefore it does not NEED to maintain yet. You are grappled.
Hrm.. I guess we wait on the GM.
with the new baby ill admit my following of this combat is fuzzy, are we waiting on the gm? do we need more magic missiles from me? or maybe just a spearing?
Its everyone's turns that are not Gonzo, Khargol Clousuk and Now Sugua.
So You can do whatever, there is the main queen Tatzlwyrm left though the others are simply unconscious.
I am taking a vacation to northern California wine country from 5/14-5/19, and my access to posting may be spotty. The game's been a lot slower lately, so it's quite possible I may still be able to keep up, but if the pace begins to pick up again, don't hesitate to bot me. Just try not to kill me. :P
I am taking a vacation to northern California wine country from 4/14-4/19, and my access to posting may be spotty. The game's been a lot slower lately, so it's quite possible I may still be able to keep up, but if the pace begins to pick up again, don't hesitate to bot me. Just try not to kill me. :P
See you as you pass through town!
Ok guys, let's talk.
Here is what I'm thinking. The game has fallen into stagnation. I'm going to say this is very likely entirely my own fault.
I tried to take the feedback that I was stifling RP when I telescoped sectioned and pushed without warning. But the other way doesn't seem to be extracting anymore RP and the reverse is such that I just don't have the intuition to know when to push.
As such I'm going to revert to my initial style of running the game, and understand if this disappoints any of you and you wish to withdraw from the game, my apologies.
With me taking back over control of the game I will be reinvesting myself back to the original principle of the game, which is a fast pace one. We need to get back to a mandatory 3, 4, and 5 posts per day. If we have to shuffle the group down in size to do so, we need to.
In addition I run a lot of this game while at work, which gives me a five or ten minute window every hour or so to do updates. Something that isn't a problem for me, but means that if you've yet to post for your turn for whatever reason (work, sleep, family issues, whatever it is) that I will puppet you. At some point or another this will probably happen to everyone. You need to be OK with this occurring.
I'm not going to puppet you right away but be reasonable. If the party is having to wait 4, 5, or 6 hours for you to post consistently because you can't be a part of combat because of work, then I'm going to puppet you, then I'm going to give you less and less time each time before I puppet you again, given your past tendencies, and at a certain point I'm going to have to remove you.
For those of you who wish to continue onwards please level up to four, and I'll have a game play post soon to explain.
Once again I'm sorry for anyone who is negatively affected by these changes, but it's something that I need personally to be able to continue to run this game.
I'm hopeful we can reinvigorate our game and get it back in the right track.
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Level 4 (Daring Champion Cavalier)
HP: 6 + 1 Con + 1 FC = 8
BAB, CMB, CMD: +1
Fort: +1
Skills: Acrobatics +2, Diplomacy, Sense Motive, Linguistics (Elven), Knowledge (Local): +1
+1 Charisma
Class Abilities:
Panache (3) and Deeds
+1 Challenge/Day
Level 4
Gained 9 HP
+1 Bab
+1 to Fort and Reflex
FC = 4/6 of a Slayer Talent
6 Skill points
- 1 into Intimidate
- 1 into Knowledge Dungeoneering
- 1 into Knowledge Local
- 1 into Knowledge Religion
- 1 into Perception
- 1 into Survival
Gained Ability: Slayer Talent: Ranger Style (Gorum): Power Attack
+1 Strength ( Got Swole )
Gained More Badassness.
Level 4
Hit Points: 5 + 1 Con + 1 FC = 7
Dexterity +1
AC +1, BAB +1, CMB +1, CMD +2, Ref +2, Wis +1
Skills: +1 to Escape Artist, Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (dungeoneering), Perception, Perform (oratory), Spellcraft, Stealth
2nd Level Spells Gained: bladed dash, invisibility
I guess I will have to withdraw, I can make the required number of posts but when I can't it is in several hour-long intervals, and I don't want to play a game where the gm is playing my character half the time. Sorry.
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Cleric 4:
Hit Points: +7 (base 5, +1 Constitution, +1 Toughness)
Wisdom +1
BAB +1, Fort +1, Will +1
Skills:
+1 Heal
+1 Knowledge (Religion)
+2 Perception
+1 Spellcraft
I guess I will have to withdraw, I can make the required number of posts but when I can't it is in several hour-long intervals, and I don't want to play a game where the gm is playing my character half the time. Sorry.
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Sorry to see you go, Gonzo. Wish you the best of luck in finding a game that suits your schedule!
Also go ahead and spend your 1k gold at this time since you're at Oleg's for now.
We'll resume play tomorrow so anyone who has yet to finish their sheet can do so.
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Fortunately for me, the school year is ending in three days and I should be able to keep the posting pace up for a while. Teachers look forward to the break even more than the students do!
Character update:
HP: +7 (Total: 31)
Dexterity +1
Saves: +1 Fort/+1 Will
BAB: +1
New spell level: 2
New spells: Protection from Evil (Communal), Weapon of Awe
New class ability: Judgement 2/day
Skill points: 6+1(FC)
- Climb +1
- Know (Arcana) +1
- Know (Nature) +1
- Perception +1
- Sense Motive +1
- Survival +1
I'm assuming that we are free to purchase whatever we'd like as if there is enough time for ordered stuff to arrive before we set out again?
Also, do we want to jointly invest in a Wand of CLW? With a party as large as ours it would only take...what? just over 100 gold each?
My gear is updated; traded in old longswords for new MW cold iron/silver longsword, then picked up 3 oils of magic weapon and two potions of protection from evil.
I left 134 gold unspent in case we decide we want to go in on a CLW wand.
ok and ive got my character updated except for my second level spell selection. not sure if i should go or more damage or if we will be filling Gonzo's slot with another blaster mage.