Legacy of Fire (Inactive)

Game Master dinketry

Here's what I've got so far:

Drael, you're selling yourself short! You've got your wayfinder as a light source; you've also got cold resistance 5 as part of your racial traits. You've got this locked down!

• Drael: has light source (wayfinder); has winter blanket; also has cold resistance 5
  
• Layaali: has halo light source; has winter blanket
  
• Min: has light source (dancing lights at will); no winter gear
  
• Rab-rab: has limited light source (dancing lights 1x/day); no winter gear
  
• Razif: no light source; no winter gear
  
• Uzma: has light source (Tempest); has winter blanket

Just so long as you keep everyone within the radii of your light spells, I will rule that, between Drael, Layaali, and Uzma, the party has enough light for all. Drael, I'll rule that you follow Layaali's lead and give your winter blanket to Min - Layaali and Razif are left without.

Speaking of without, Razif, your equipment list looks mighty bare!

I totally forgot about both of those! Thank goodness for good genetics and traits.

Ahaha, I can't deny that the games I've played in up until now have always been very fast and loose when it comes to survival and the like, so I may have been caught a bit off-guard. I'll be sure to expand my inventory back at the monastery for sure!

I just found out my neighbourhood won't have power tomorrow, so my kids and I won't be online. Bot us if needed. Thanks!

As my son mentioned, we won't have power again tomorrow. Hopefully this is the last time. Bot us if necessary. Thanks.

Drael, I sent you a private email, but I don’t think you’ve seen it.

Why are you not bloodraging? You’re the only front-line fighter in this fray, and your blows are vitally needed to be maximised. You are your allies are surrounded, Uzma is nearly dead, and you’ve already taken a bit of Strength damage.

I’ll allow you a retcon to bloodrage if there’s no reason why you cannot. Please take my not-subtle suggestion that you need it.

I don't see your email in my inbox or spam, so that must've gotten lost somewhere.

Tbh I have no idea why I wasn't bloodraging, he still has plenty of rounds from yesterday, same with his Elemental Assault ability. Somehow it must have slipped my mind, but if you're open to retconning then I would definitely appreciate that.

Drael, you may retcon.

As a helpful GM, I think it is time for the team to consider tactics and to discuss them here in the Discussion thread.

Can't say I'm exactly a master tactician, but I'd say we should try to lure the spiders away from Uzma most of all. Maybe try to have them focus their aim on Razif and Drael, whose AC and HP are high enough to soak up some hits for a while? They need to roll a 13 to hit Razif and a 17 to hit Drael, so the odds are pretty favorable.

Yeah I agree. With Uzma conscious again I'm not sure who our highest priority to protect is, but it might be best for me to have Drael step forward towards the two you're currently fighting to attract their attention, and let the gnomes deal with the one I've already hit.

Right. I also got some good hits in on the orange spider as well, so that one shouldn't be too hard to take down anymore either.

Just for reference: you naturally heal 1 pt of ability damage per 8hrs of uninterrupted rest. You can double that to 2 pts of ability score healing if someone with a DC 15 Heal check can provide long-term healing. I’ll rule that anyone with a skill point in Heal would have the proper supplies to do it. The description of the Heal skill says that you need supplies to do long term healing, but it then says that a healer’s kit provides a bonus to a regular Heal check, so I’ll say that that’s in addition to being able to do long term healing.

Also one person could provide long term healing to up to six people.

That's good to know. Layaali has healing and a +6 modifier, so hopefully she can pass the check.

You can only gain ability score healing once per 24hrs, no matter how long you rest. Layaali will be able to get rid of her fatigued condition by resting the full 24hrs. I do like the story flavour of Min insisting upon continuing to sleep, however.

Question, which invites an honest answer: is Uzma's confounding-ness too much? Annoying? Too risky? I am trying to play a character who has absolute faith in the Gods and who truly believes that he blessed, which isn't easy. And I could be playing it all wrong...!

I love it. Please don’t take my recent post as criticism - I’m just pointing it out if it wasn’t obvious. I’m probably being too heavy-handed as a GM.

I've been enjoying it. It's not at all how I play, so it's hard to try and play around, but that makes the game more interesting and creates genuine role-playing in a way that's hard to come by in PBP.

I really like it too, and I'll admit it bled over into Razif as well: I'm trying to play him as someone who's typically entertained by Uzma's antics and always eager to see what weird stuff he does next.

If that comes out awkwardly at all, chalk it up to my lack of roleplaying skills :P

I'm glad that we all seem to be "on the same page"!

Awaiting anyone to make an Appraise check - anyone can make this untrained. Also, awaiting the person with Knowledge Religion (Layaali) to make a check, and anyone with Spellcraft (Min, Drael) check can try as well.

Don’t skimp on your ability to get knowledge, people!

Sorry for the complete radio silence: I was in the country for the weekend!

Sorry for the short notice but my internet access will be very inconsistent until Tuesday so please bot me as needed.

Looks like I fixed my AC just in time! Or is that a little too early? :P

Razif, you were tagged - even with the +2 for partial cover, the gnoll shot ya for 4hp dmg.

Ah, sorry, it was late, I thought I had changed my HP. I meant that I realized my AC had to be one point lower because I'm using my bow, and thus, not carrying my shield.

So my AC went from 16 to 15, which, judging by the roll outcome you posted, would've made the difference between a hit and a miss. I'm mostly glad I didn't accidentally cheat my way out of taking damage!

Just letting you know that we have a busy weekend. My kids won't have a chance to post until the evening tomorrow.

All hail the saviour gnomes.

Ha! They're going to be so thrilled when they read this tomorrow.

I definitely owe them one!

Same here, that could've been scary if that hadn't happened.

I seriously could have straight-up murdered Razif and Drael. That thing (still unidentified, BTW) had 5 - FIVE! - tentacle attacks each round and each of them had a free Grab attempt associated with it. It also had a fearsome bite (+ Grab).

That's not even 1/2 of it. It also was able to SWALLOW WHOLE. That's what it was about to do to Razif - 2d8+4 damage from the swallow, which it could do to anything grappled within its mouth. That would've easily been the end of Razif.

Additionally, it had this cool Sinkhole ability that it would've used if it could have fled. It would affect any creature within its range of attack (10 foot reach, BTW). Immediate action causing any within the affected area to immediately become entangled and fall prone.

You guys basically just killed the Pathfinder equivalent of the Sarnacc beast from Star Wars. Congratulations!

Rab-rab and Min: congratulations! Roll for your hp here - I’ll roll as well. If you don’t like what you get, you can choose my unseen roll, but you must take mine if you see it.

I’ll await your Level 2 character sheets via my email before we continue.

Woo! Level 2 squad ready to roll out! :D

HP: 1d8 ⇒ 1

Yuck! I will take the GM roll for hp!

HP: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Hmmm... Bad luck. I will take the GM roll for HP.

Rab-rab: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Min: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Level 2 character sheets for the gnomes received!

Just letting you know I’m currently suffering from an intense bout of vertigo. I’ll try my best, but I might not manage to keep up with posting over the next few days. Feel free to bot me if needed. Sorry for any potential hold up. And thanks for understanding.

I hope you feel better soon, Layaali! Thanks for letting us know!

Get well soon!

Feel better soon!

Sorry for the delay, folks. Travel + web site issues = delay in post.

Back now, I hope.

Hi all! I'm still around! But between the server issues and the fact that my wife gave birth to our second a few days ago, my opportunities to post have been rare, to say the least.

Sophia is a happy and healthy baby. Mom is tired but well. I am doing what I can!

Here's to hoping the server doesn't go down again...

Congratulations to you and your family!

Congrats!!! Get sleep!!!

Many congratulations!!

Congratulations!

Sophia is a pretty name.