Then again Mott, this could trigger fairly often with Prazil's and Spike's charge attacks. If the golem didn't have DR, Prazil would have triggered one of these saves right out of the gate.
*Assuming that it has less than 108 health.
It's half of its health (minimum 50) which means that a creature with 150 health doesn't trigger massive damage unless it takes 75 damage from a single attack, but a creature that has 50 health doesn't trigger massive damage unless it takes its whole health total.
Constructs are also immune to all effects that require a Fortitude save unless those effects also affect objects, so it wouldn't apply anyway.
Good points on both counts! They probably won't happen quite as often as I first thought then.
Marcelline brings up some good points but as you can see from my just-posted post that didn't apparently go through this morning, Katerina would be at risk. Granted, it took a crit, but at these higher levels, I think that starts becoming more likely.
I don't have a problem with it. Kat would then need to fail a DC 15 Fort save.
Also, I am CRAZY busy this week, so my posting might be slow.
Would Agnar's shield other thwart the massive damage in this case?
Oh, yeah, I definitely think it would have in this case.
No worries about slow posting. I figure that's common this time of year and I'll continue to be spotty posting for the next couple weeks myself, I suspect.
I just mostly can't do anything against it.
I think we kinda just have to wait for Prazil and Katerina to beat it.
I can drop this thing real quick if I could find the time to pull away and line up another charge, but I feel like I'm helping more posting up and granting Kat the +7 to hit.
Pros: Massive Damage means you always have some threat looming over you, especially for melees as AC is binary in d20 systems. (you have it all or you have none of it...)
Cons: Bad dice? Reroll. Sorry *poof*. Seems contradictory to Paizo's removal of Save or Die spells (see, Destruction, sic)
I am happy either way :) While I enjoy each of my characters, I also appreciate that mortality makes a better story: if you can't die, the game is tedious to say the least.
Oh wait before I forget again: considering you just maybe killed a god everyone can level up. :)
lol - take that Marcy! Just when you thought you were done fiddling with all your numbers =P
LEVEL 12!
Cavalier 9/Mammoth Rider 3
+1 Str
+1 BAB (+12/+7)
+1 Fort
+3 skill ranks (+1 Handle Animal, +1 Ride, +1 Survival)
Rapid Straddle: can make Ride checks to fast mount or fast dismount her steed even if it's more than one size category larger than rider
Rugged Steed: Spike gains +1 Nat armor
Gigantic Steed: Spike's Str bonus from size increases from +2 to +4
-Spike-
+1 BAB
+1 Fort
+1 Ref
+1 skill point (fly!)
+2 Nat armor (stacks with Rugged Steed)
+1 Str (stacks with Gigantic Steed)
+1 Dex
+1 Trick (tbd)
Oooh, wow, a level!
That's exciting!
Investigator level 7
+7 hp (5 HD, 1 Con, 1 favored class)
+1 Dexterity
+1 BAB, +1 3rd-level spell/day (plus a bonus)
+ investigator talent (inspirational expertise)
+1 1st-level spell known (liberating command)
+2 3rd-level spells known (arcane concordance, invisibility sphere)
+10 skill ranks (6 class, 4 Int)
1 rank to: Acrobatics, Bluff, Disable Device, Perception, Stealth, Use Magic Device
2 ranks to: Spellcraft, Diplomacy
+2 CON, +1 Favored Class
+1 to Dex (makes it a 14)
Will add memorized spells when we rest.
+3 skill points: +1 in Diplomacy, +2 in Sense Motive
Fang, +1 Str
+1 skill point: +1 to Perception
HP: 6+2+1
+1 BAB
No changes to Saves
+1 in: Acrobatics, Intimidate, Perception, Sense Motive; +2 in Escape Artist
Deeds:
Evasive - With one Panache, gain Uncanny Dodge and Evasion
Subtle Blade - Immune to Disarm, Steal and Sunder with her Aldori Sword
+1 DEX
Soon she will have to go back to her Mentor and test out of her Apprentice status ;)
Yay! 12th level!
+1 BAB
+1 to all saves!
6th level spells! New spell known: DISINTEGRATE!
+1 to CHA
Skills: +1 to Bluff, Knowledge Arcana, Planes and Spellcraft
Just a reminder that I'll be out of contact until next Wednesday. Happy New Year, all!
Head's up that I don't expect to be able to post tomorrow, and may be spotty for a couple days...
Sorry I missed yesterday afternoon. Was traveling and had to deal with a busted phone when I got back. Stupid gravity.
Hey guys, I'm heading down to see the ol' ball and chain once again Sunday-Thursday, and with lots to do before then, I'm not likely to post until I get home. (Plus we're at a pretty good pause point.)
Behave while I'm gone, and remember if you root for the Pats to win the Super Bowl, you could get a prize when I get back. :)
So I'm now "stuck" in St. Maarten until Sunday, thanks to the winter storm. Will resume posting after that.
How's the weather there?
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It rained for like 10-20 minutes one day. Temps in the high 20s, but that's not too bad because it's Celsius. :)
So pretty much perfect.
We're going to tour a rum distillery after lunch on the beach. Life is hard.
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Having done lots of military travel, it is funny to note how often aircraft brokedown in the most inhospitable places. Puerto Rico, Moron Spain... you know, terrible places that no one would ever *want* to spend say a nice sunny weekend on the beach...
Safe travels Mott :)
OK, home. Hoping to update tonight, but may be tomorrow before I get the chance.
Yeah, I remembered Fang, but didn't want him to come in vs. the undead and to get pounded. Turns out a soak or two would have been nice.
Alas. 12d6+48. Brutal. :-)
Mott's Attack rolls vs Agnar: 18, 17, 19, 19, 4 (a crit confirm).
Avg: 15.4
When the dicebot wants you dead, the dicebot wants you dead I guess.
Skeleton saves vs firesnake: 2, 1, 4, 4, 2, 20
Avg: 5.5
Feast or Famine today. Sheesh!
I'm also pretty sure that it's DC 20 to save against fire snake... 10 + 5 (Cha) + 5 (spell level)
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maybe the command word to make Spike big again should have been KEREEKAMTHEGREATESTKOBOLDBUTHIMAMBADATMATHTHOUGH
Dang, you're right. I'm bad at reading apparently.
If I'd had the time, I was thinking of a 14 paragraph post for my nat 20 stabilization roll. But alas...I have stupid job and work and stuff.
:-)
Sorry, having what's turning into a long day. Suspect I won't post until tomorrow. :(
Who do you have to "favor" to get a wand of cure moderate wounds in this campaign? I know a roughly used cleric who is heading for rock bottom.
:-)
We have to favor about 4,500gp.
Luckily, we can sell some loot and get some money. Just from that last encounter, the +1 anarchic spear should get ... what, 9,150gp?
re: wands, we could also trade in our full wand of lesser restoration perhaps.
Also, how do we split treasure?
Agnar wouldn't mind an AC boost, so the amulet of natural armor +2 and ring of protection +2 would both be upgrades (he'd have an extra ring of protection +1 for someone else.)
I'd contemplate the breastplate +3 to get 3 more to AC, but don't know if I want the reduced mobility.
And the Str and Con buff belt only make sense for me if Kat, Marcy and Praz are already buffed in those areas.
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Prazil's belt turns him into a dracotaur and it is the best magic item to ever be on the boards. He will never abandon this belt =)
LOL.
Kat is a DEX build, STR is only interesting as it is the pre-req for Power Attack. Feel free to take the belt if you like ;)
LEVEL 13!
Cavalier 9/Mammoth Rider 4
+1 BAB (+13/+8)
+3 skill ranks (+1 Handle Animal, +1 Ride, +1 Survival)
+1 feat (trample)
Mistrust of Magic (Ex): At 4th level, as long as a mammoth rider doesn’t possess levels in a class that grants arcane spellcasting ability, she gains a +2 morale bonus on saving throws against arcane spells. If she has no levels in classes granting divine spellcasting ability, she gains a +2 morale bonus on saving throws against divine spells.
Undaunted (Ex): At 4th level, a mammoth rider adds her Strength bonus to the DC of Intimidate checks made against her. Additionally, creatures attempting to intimidate a mammoth rider don’t gain a bonus for being larger than her.
-Spike-
+1 BAB
+1 skill point (fly)
+1 feat (improved overrun)
Level 13
Rogue 3 / Investigator 7 / Dark Delver 3
hp +6 (5 HD + 1 Con)
+1 BAB, +1 Reflex saves
+12 skill ranks (+1 acrobatics, +2 appraise, +1 bluff, +1 diplomacy, +1 disable device, +1 perception, +1 spellcraft, +2 stealth, +2 profession (merchant))
+feat (Twist Away)
+ class features:
Guardbreaker: At 3rd level, a delver’s familiarity with the strange guardians often left in tombs allows him to attack them more effectively. He may treat his trap sense bonus as if it were a favored enemy bonus against constructs, oozes, and undead; this bonus stacks with any ranger favored enemy bonuses.
Thrilling Escape: At 3rd level, a Dark Delver can attempt to delay a trap immediately after triggering it. To use this ability, he makes a Disable Device check as an immediate action against the trap’s Disable Device DC; if he’s successful, the trap’s activation is delayed until the end of the delver’s next turn. The delver can attempt this check even if the trap was triggered by a failed Disable Device check, or if it is not the Dark Delver’s turn.
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As for downtime, I'd like to go over the loot we collected and distribute and sell some of it, and then start a business with the money that I collect.
I'd also like any spare rings of protection that nobody is using, and perhaps an upgrade on my weapon or a belt of incredible dexterity.
There are a few magic items that I'd like Keerek to craft for me, but it all depends on whether or not I can afford them with the money we earn.
Kereek 13th level changelog:
HP
Bloodline Feat: Quicken Spell
Bloodline spell: Form of the Dwagon 1
New spell slots: 5th and 6th level
New spells known:
4th: arcane eye
5th: communal stoneskin
6th: veil
Skills: +1 Knowledge Arcana, Planes, Perception, Spellcraft
Kereek 13th level changelog:
HP 1d6
Bloodline Feat: Quicken Spell
Bloodline spell: Form of the Dwagon 1
New spell slots: 5th and 6th level
New spells known:
4th: arcane eye
5th: communal stoneskin
6th: veil
Skills: +1 Knowledge Arcana, Planes, Perception, Spellcraft
Keerek, you also get a regular feat for reaching level 13 in addition to your bloodline feat.
lol are we really not searching for the vault? lol
Ah, totally forgot that, Marcie! I'll choose a good 'un tomorrow.
Katerina -- people seemed ready to move on, and there was no indication that any searches that would have discovered the secret door were being made, so I'm afraid so. :)
I don't, as a player, even recall hints that there was a secret vault but if I had, I would have assumed where we fought the blade barrier priest and that final battle were it.
Even if I, as a player, recalled any indication of potential hidden vault action, Prazil certainly wouldn't have.
Kat13
HP 6+2+1
Saves +1 each
Skills: Perception, Acrobatics, Intimidate, Sleight of Hand, Climb and Swim
Feats: Critical Focus, Staggering Critical
I think I'm going to take Empower Spell as my next feat.
I'll work on a loot accounting hopefully today or tomorrow.
Going back to infiltrating Drelev's castle, it looks like we have (and I didn't count out anything that people already took, so please go ahead and mention it if you did take anything. I also skipped over mundane armor and weapons.):
four potions of fly, four potions of cure moderate wounds, a bag of holding type I.
A golden yellow topaz worth 500 gp, a deep blue spinel worth 400 gp, an amethyst worth 300 gp, a chrysoberyl worth 100 gp, five freshwater pearls worth 100 gp each, and eight moonstones worth 50 gp each. There is also a golden circlet worth 750 gp.
a +2 breastplate, a +2 longsword, a masterwork composite longbow (Str +3), 20 arrows, a masterwork dagger, and potions of cure serious wounds, darkvision, and lesser restoration.
A "variety of artifacts worth a total of 2,500 gp". Among these artifacts is a ring of evasion made of green wood carved to depict a snake and a lizard locked in a tangle.
We did not loot the good Baron himself, nor did we kill his mistress or his wizard friend, so we just skip to the Tiger Lord/Black Sisters/Armag loot:
An eternal iron breastplate (+1 staunching breastplate that allows the use of compel hostility as an immediate action 1/day when an ally is knocked unconscious).
two +2 keen daggers.
A suit of +1 hide armor, a +1 anarchic shortspear.
Eight +1 greatswords and eight +1 composite longbows with a +4 Strength rating.
3 potions of cure serious wounds, a +3 breastplate with mwk armor spikes, a +2 keen battleaxe, an amulet of natural armor +2, a belt of physical might +2 (Str and Con), a ring of protection +2, a suit of +3 hide armor with +2 armor spikes, a +3 heavy steel shield, and the artifact Ovinrbaane.
I can total up the costs for everything that we're gonna sell once everyone has claimed things.