Honestly I love me some Crit cards (both Failures and Hits). Makes you scared of that crit anything all the more.
I think that rolls of 20 or 1 can be amplified by critical failures or hits, but not to the extend of the Crit Cards.
Here, a simple "friendly fire" (roll vs one of your friends Flat Footed in a melee) was enough IMO: there was a possibility that things went wrong, but not a certainty.
I've read elsewhere (Nobodyshome' Serpent Skull AP) an interesting rule about 1/20 in skills check: an 1 would give you a -5 on the check, a natural 20 a +5
Lets say that Rahiv uses his survival skill to find food: with a roll of 1, he gots 1+9-5=5 total, and doesnt find food. On a roll of 20, he gots a total of 20+9+5=34, so enough food for him and (34-10)/2=12 others.
Someone who has no skill or bonus in Survival rolls a 1 would get 1-5=-4, so probably, someone who considers him food has found him...^^
It's an intriguing idea.
The main thing I like about the Crit cards is that 1/52 chance that a kobold can get a lucky stab and drop a hero like a fly.
I won't go so far as to say that I hate critical failures, but I'd rather they (generally) not be too catastrophic and/or wind up with a result that actually makes sense (the friendly fire thing is fine, somehow shooting myself in the face wouldn't be) :P
I think critical failure attack shouldn't go too far... and some are ridiculous
ranged: friendly fire
Close combat: getting too clumsy (flat footed for next attack), aiding your foe or hampering your friend next attack (giving an aid another bonus by being used as a living shield)
All weapons: weapon getting the broken condition maybe
I feel the same way.
Also Dav is now mad! At the spider! This is what happens when you watch the Lord of the Rings too much!
Also best way to make a healer in a party feel useless....poison a party member at low levels
I'll need to tell y'all something important. It'll only affect my posting for about 9 days but I'll tell you more tomorrow.
As a note, I wont be able to post tomorrow, passing the first part of a professional exam
Okay Dav, keep us posted! :O
And good luck DM! :D
Thank you Joza!
I hope I didn't scare anyone. No I'm not leaving (I'm having way too much fun with y'all in this adventure!).
So I've been looking for a new job (I still have a job, just trying to find one that pays a bit more and is closer to home), and I've been doing it on my iPhone. The problem is that I forgot to take into account that I'm on my parents' data plan and I forgot to keep an eye on how much data I was using. Long story short, I used up a lot of data. So, we have 8 days left in the billing cycle before our data usage resets.
While this will reduce my posting rate a bit, I'm going to try and keep on posting on my laptop before and after work if possible. I just wanted to let everyone know about this and I apologize for any inconveniences this may cause.
Good luck!
Yes, good luck with the job search and no worries on the posting; we'll be here when you're able!
Thank you everyone. After October 6, I should be able to post normally again.
Finding a new job is more important that any game, Dav!
I'm crossing fingers (not mine, obviously, as I'm typing this text) for you!
Sowwy, forgot to give rights to edit the map yesterday, should be good now
Hey all. We're looking for a tank in the Carrion Crown game I am in. We just finished book 3 and about to start four. I play the cleric in the group. If anyone is interested please let me know. The game is here. I'd appreciate someone heroic, I don't know about the rest of the group.
I'll take a look at it. I've had a couple of games implode recently and I could use the distraction from the increased pain that comes with the oncoming storm that is fall and winter anywho. I've never done Carrion Crown so I have no previous knowledge of it.
Edit: Forgive me I'm having issues finding the recruitment page for this game so that I can figure out how to build a character...?
I'm already in two different games of it on Paizo, but thanks for checking! Hopefully someone else here like Rahiv can step up to the plate :)
I'll take a look at it. I've had a couple of games implode recently and I could use the distraction from the increased pain that comes with the oncoming storm that is fall and winter anywho. I've never done Carrion Crown so I have no previous knowledge of it.
Edit: Forgive me I'm having issues finding the recruitment page for this game so that I can figure out how to build a character...?
There is no current recruit page for this. At this point it's word of mouth. The original recruitment was for PFS characters. We are now 9th level. If you are interested post in the discussion thread and the DM can let you know the current specifics. Tell him Sonny mentioned needing a tank.
I have come up with a thought, it's a terrible thought but most of mine are so it has that going for it ^__^
I'm sowwy for not posting yet, I'm tired, overworked and a lil"bit feverish... I'll post this week end.
Feeling better, will resume posting this evening (or earlier if I can)
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news everyone, but my iPhone is acting up, so I'm trying to get it fixed (could be a software issue, or worse the battery is messed up). This will impact my posting rate some, but I'll still try and post as often as I can from my laptop before work.
So, keep y'all's fingers crossed. And I apologize about this. I'm concerned that my phone got messed up during the hurricane when I had numerous power surges prior to losing power when Matthews came through.
Okay....
Crisis averted! After looking online, I found that sometimes if you let your iPhone's battery drain to 0% (which you're supposed to do occasionally), the battery may not have enough juice to charge back up. According to what I found online, simply using a blow dryer to warm the phone up enough for say 5-10 minutes and then immediately plug your iphone into a charger, the iPhone starts right back up. Phew! Glad that's over.
Blow dryers apparently have some magical ability to fix electronics. I had a power supply on my computer go bad but the light would kinda come on in the back but not turn on. The solution was to use a hair dryer to blow on the fan in the power supply and when the light came fully on turn it on. It worked first time.
Won't be tooo much active on the next two days, it's birthday time!
Happy early birthday!
Congratulations!
~Happy Early Birthday! :D
Congrats on the revolution of the planet around the sun once again! May it continue not to explode and may you see many more
Happy Birthday and don't drink too much in celebration!
I don't drink alcohol, so there will be no problem
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Happy birthday GM! ;D
Thankies to all!
Do you prefer to handwave the few days of rest?
Seems reasonable, there are of course chances for roleplay in such a downtime but I'm fine with either choice. If I was to put a hand on a buzzer for what answer I'd choose though....it'd be to skip the days and get back to the story. But again I am fine with either.
I'd honestly be in favor of skipping ahead too unless someone has something they'd like to play out before we head back to the Spire :)
If someone wants to do something specific ( buying some equipment) we could work it quick.
I don't have any problem hand waving the days of rest. We do have to stock up on supplies when we tackle the Spire again.
Hand-waving is fine with me.
Will post this evening, need to put a map online, and got some info from Zinli's player about her actions.
Happy Thanksgiving for all the U.S. folks and Happy Thursday for everyone! :)
Indeed, Happy Thanksgiving to all those it counts for and happy stuff yourself full of food to anyone else ^_^
Happy thanksgiving to you all!
I'm sorry, but I'll catch up with the gaming thread tomorrow. It's late in my country, and I feel really tired.
Sorry I haven't been as much as I usually do. Been super super busy with Christmas decorations and work. If you need to gm, feel to bot me. Again sorry about this y'all.
No worries Dav! I've been a little busier myself since my Christmas get-up-and-go actually arrived like it was supposed to. I could not get into the Halloween spirit this year which was sad because it's my other favorite holiday. I blame it being hotter than usual for that time of year!
I'll be very busy for the next two days (passing a professional exam to get a promotion), so I won't post until Thursday.
Sowwy for the delay.
No problem, good luck
I agree, good luck and we'll see you when you're done! :)
I'm sorry, I'm sick and feverish. I hope to be better by the week end, but all my (feeble) energy is spend at work...