you get a feat
level 4 or 5 upgrade? Miro is level 3.
level 5, according to Tram :)
lvl 4 upgrade
HP 5+2+1=8
+1 Dex
+1 All skills
+1 Bab
+1 Will
We're 5th level now Miro.
I don't know that taking more adept makes a lot of sense for Audi. He doesn't pick up any more spells or slots. He does pick up a familiar, but that doesn't really fit for me. Even then picking up the 3rd level of adept doesn't do too much.
I think I'd rather keep advancing expert. Then when he picks up an actual class level, I can decide where he goes.
With that in mind...
Expert 4
Skill point as favored class bonus
5 more hp
Skills in: Bluff (2), Diplomacy, Disable Device, Disguise (3), Knowledge (local), Knowledge (nature), Linguistics (+ Infernal), Perception
Need to give some thought to the feat. We've probably been over this before, but what is the thinking about some of the ACG feats for these characters. Would something like Amateur Investigator, Believer's Boon, etc. be out of line for these characters?
Sure. I done why not. In sure there is something you could take that I would say no to but go for it
Perhaps everyone take a rank in halfling? That way we can speak with less concern about eavesdroppers. After all, who cares what the slips say?
i always imagine that halfling sounds like cockney rhyming slang
That would be da orks
no, rhyming slang has some intelligent use. Halfling always getting in trouble so they developed it
:)
So 5th level. Got precise shot for inevitable poison darts and alchemist tossing
HP=8
+1 all skills
Knock em down and then we all stab em when they try to get up? Sounds good.
I have a PFS dwarf built on it. Lots of fun!
Borrobol
Ok, think I'm going to go with Eldritch Heritage (Rakshasa).
That provides the ability
Silver Tongue (Su): At 1st level, you can draw upon your outsider heritage to spin amazingly convincing lies. Activating this ability is a swift action. You gain a +5 bonus on one Bluff check made to convince another of the truth of your words (similar to using glibness). If a magical effect is used against you that would detect your lies or force you to speak the truth, the user of the effect must succeed on a caster level check (DC 10 + your sorcerer level) to succeed. Failure means the effect does not detect your lies or force you to speak only the truth. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier.
Audi would then probably pick up Rhetorical Finish with his next feat.
Rhetorical Flourish
You rapidly change topics and employ confusing rhetoric to distract people from your true intent.
Prerequisites: Cha 13, Persuasive.
Benefit: When using the Diplomacy skill to make a request or change a creature's attitude, you can use verbal misdirection. To do so, make a Bluff check against that creature. If you succeed, you gain a +4 bonus on your next Diplomacy check against that creature if the check is made within the next minute. If you fail by 5 or more, you instead take a –2 penalty on your next Diplomacy check against that creature.
Alternatively, you can use this feat to retry a single failed Diplomacy check against a creature. You take a –4 penalty on your Bluff check when using Rhetorical Flourish in this way. If you succeed, rather than gaining this feat's normal bonus, you can retry your last Diplomacy check against the creature if that check was made in the past minute.
That ought to solidify Audi's face abilities to the point where he should be able to talk us out of almost any situation that it is possible to talk our way out of.
With Brannock away at reserves, I wanted to find out if the party members would have shared with Exxor their goals...
At a minimum, Brannock has recruited his friend (Me-Exxor) to attempt to break into the Asmodean Knot in Aberian's Folly (assuming I can follow the notes I made, to get something located in a Chelish Crux).
Where are we currently staying? - have you allowed Exxor and Miro to know about the brewery/temple; and if so about the tunnel network? Is the Temple Brewery a secret location, or is it a working tavern?
I have been reading/skimming posts and also wanted to find out if the Torchbearers were mentioned to Exxor or Miro?
And if Sir Barksalot was still in residence?
--I know the characters would have bonded during rehearsals, and with Brannock as a freind it is likely he would tell Exxor the above details, but did not want to make any assumptions.
Yes Sir Barksalot is certainly in residence. No one has done any posting back at the hideout other than the flirting with Tarvi
i am kind of expecting Tram to go Huntmaster Cavalier and use Sir Barksalot as his companion using a level 7 feat on Boon Companion
Miro knows Fiosa, the halfling adept/cleric so he knows more than usual.
3 holy water procured (75)
1 clw potion (50)
4 does bloodblock(craft) (32)
7th level of course will be for the bombz! Via La Bombolution!
*Screams at your avocados*
So, out of idle curiosity - in the five days before the party, aside from clothes, did we plan anything for when we got there.... given the whole point of getting chopped up in the play was to get into the mayors...
If I understood the gameplay thread, to attempt to break into the Asmodean Knot (the vaults) in Aberian's Folly (Mayors manse) to get something located in a Chelish Crux(chinese puzzle box)...
Corrext the play was your way into the mansion to get to the vault
Miro is scoping out the place. That is why he is dressed up like a servant and carrying around a tray of drinks/drugs.
I was thinking that we'd play the party by ear and wait for an opportunity to slip away.
Did we bother to find out if the location of the vaults is known or secret? Are there any known/rumored wards traps, guards?
I realize I am a little late in bring this up, but we should have tried to learn some of these things and had a plan... I mean we gotta give Mini something to throw a monkey wrench into and completely ruin, leaving us to scramble (that is the best part after all!!)
So are we expecting to stay together then? I was gonna have Exxor wander about - as a sub-par performer, he would be the least missed of us, with the exception of our latest recruit Miro who is already skulking...
Also, is Thesling a bad guy, or just a jerk? If he is a bad (evil) guy, planting some Torchebearer outfits in his dressing room and dropping an anonymous tip to the hell knights could be good payback - but overkill if he is just a jerk. Although I would caution on using this tactic too frequently - if our personal enemies all start being revealed as torchbearers, the only obvious link would be us... and make it clear we were framing our foes.
Audi is more of an improviser, but would have helped by asking around had we planned something. Probably the theatre in him. Right now, he's thinking the majordomo is probably a good source of information and maybe even someone who might provide a guided tour. I think most of us should stick together right now. We're the stars of the party. Miro certainly has reign to wander though.
Definitely open to messing with Thesing once we're done with the party.
Miro will seduce a few of the halfling maids for info. *boom shacka wowow*
Yep, we are still NPCs.
Yea we added another player so still on nPC till level 7
OR we could stay NPC and go mythic that is an idea
I'm real iffy on Mythic after reading the problems that have been posted in the WoTR thread Magnuskn made
My impression is that the Mythic problems have to do with high level play and lots of Mythic tiers. WoTR goes all the way to Level 20 and Mythic Tier 10. The problems that Magnuskn outlines pick up at 9th level and Mythic Tier 3.
That would be close to the end game for this AP. This AP taps out at Level 13 and I doubt Mini would consider giving us more than two or three Mythic tiers. I played in a homebrew with Mini based on the Mythic playtest that finished at 9th level and I think Tier 2. We were heroic, but I didn't feel like it was broken. Its possible that the full Mythic rules have introduced a few more problematic options, but I'd be willing to give it a go.
Now that said, I don't know how I feel about not introducing a small number of class levels. I miss having a few more tricks to draw upon. We're currently 5th level NPC. How about targeting an end game something around 5th level NPC - 5th level PC class - 3rd tier Mythic?
I agree w the assessment that it is high level that does it. I gotta reread the end of this book and beginning of the next to figure out the plan
But good feedback
*Starts a major landwar in Andorian*
We still waiting on the poem?
Sadly, I've got no time for a poem. The roll will have to do. On a business trip right now and on vacation starting Saturday. Speaking of which, my posting will probably be sporadic at best next week.
Glad you mentioned that Audi - I am on vacation next week too, and will have no computer access until Monday the 15th.
Mini is free to have Exxor do whatever (and Brannock knows me well enough to make decisions if Mini needs to have Exxor act to move things along).
ok then ill move it on
Shall we Mr.Roboto those still on vacation?
I too am on vacation so go ahead and bot me.
Though in general this is a slow game so I allow more time than I usually would
A servant passes by each player and gives them a purse of 100 gp
Nice try! But the gp post is pretty close to accurate