Mists of War - DM Downrightamazed
Game Master
downrightamazed
Three groups of gaijin approach the Son of the Heavens, ruler of the Empire of Mists, in his palace in far Lanzhu. A great war is underway in the west, this is known, but what could these strangers want?
Female Human Samurai 11, HP: 84/128, 3/4 Resolve, 1/4 challenges
I assume the wall that is moving is the one that makes up the wall of the center room?
below is an edited map for clarity of question
Map.
AC: 29 (T: 22, FF: 20) - CMD: 28 - F:13 R:18 W:9 - Hp: 24/123 - Grit 2/3
Ah beleeve ah rolled a 26 for initiative, hoomans!
Female Human Samurai 11, HP: 84/128, 3/4 Resolve, 1/4 challenges
You're trapped in a different room! I was imagining that would be a separate fight, goblin
Grik grok ?
Urk 26
Soldiers ?
AC: 29 (T: 22, FF: 20) - CMD: 28 - F:13 R:18 W:9 - Hp: 24/123 - Grit 2/3
Azami is right; Urk is in his own initiative order at the moment. This is because I am a pro-gremlin sympathizer and want him to fight Grik-Grok alone.
;-)
Azami Ito wrote: I assume the wall that is moving is the one that makes up the wall of the center room?
below is an edited map for clarity of question
Map.
No, the wall is to the left. Basically, Urk is in the round room, y'all went down the "west" hall to check out the prisoners, and there is a wall at the far (again, "west") end of that hall, and it is that wall that is moving. The wall your map is pointing at has the door that just slammed shut, cutting you off from Urk.
Male Half-elf Dragon Disciple 11
I laughed when you wrote that he can barely conceal his feelings - in a DC 31 Sense Motive check.
Heh. For him, that is barely concealing. He is, after all, one of the Suihan Sanyou.
Finally updating Tokine up to 11th level Cleric
Adding spells to her list, but will consider them unavailable until she regains her daily spells
Hit points 1d8 + 1d8 ⇒ (2) + (2) = 4 and with that, she will put her favored class bonus into hit points.
Female Human Samurai 11, HP: 84/128, 3/4 Resolve, 1/4 challenges
Dammit, I suspected he was the suihan sanyou. Azami is not so bright to bother to think of that.
AC: 29 (T: 22, FF: 20) - CMD: 28 - F:13 R:18 W:9 - Hp: 24/123 - Grit 2/3
While your pro-goblin sympathies are duly appreciated, some frame of reference would be schnifty. How many doors do I have to choose from?
Female Human Samurai 11, HP: 84/128, 3/4 Resolve, 1/4 challenges
(Don't mind me, I'm on an unnecessary conference call and bored outta my skull.)
Tokine - I just realized you have unavailable spells until the next day! Seeing as we seem to level several times in the passage of a "day", that's quite a wait for access to your spells. I think we are in the midst of day 3 in this game, over the span of two years? I imagine Tokine getting a night's rest and nearly passing out from the new knowledge that floods her mind.
Male Half-elf Dragon Disciple 11
Kyras at least has the excuse of a rapidly awakening dragon god's consciousness.
Yeah, the price of being the prepared caster. The other two days, I totally held off advancing until she slept (and what glorious dreams she has had), but this time, I gave her the physical boost at least...seemed like we might need it. But I figure she will at least need time to meditate to fill in the new unused slots for today.
Perhaps as she readies for the formal dinner, installs her art presentation, settles the chaos that is her temple....RIGHT after she wipes the floor with more vampires and goblins and who knows what else...she should be able to schedule a moment to clear her mind.
Yes, it has been a very busy couple of days.
AC: 29 (T: 22, FF: 20) - CMD: 28 - F:13 R:18 W:9 - Hp: 24/123 - Grit 2/3
Tokine wrote: ...after she wipes the floor with more vampires and goblins... More racism. Why ya gotta hate?
Tokine wrote: ...after she wipes the floor with more vampires and goblins... What? You don't like to clean? I want to leave this place cleaner than we found it. I expect EVERYONE to chip in and help.
AC: 29 (T: 22, FF: 20) - CMD: 28 - F:13 R:18 W:9 - Hp: 24/123 - Grit 2/3
So, does nobody in the corridor fight with the Tunnel Gougers have K(Dungeoneering)? Coulda sworn some of you did...
Also, thanks for the SR rolls, Kyras, much appreciated. I was just trying to speed it up, but it's better to have more accurate mechanics.
DM Downrightamazed wrote: So, does nobody in the corridor fight with the Tunnel Gougers have K(Dungeoneering)? Coulda sworn some of you did...
That would be Chu
Sorry everyone internet has been horrible :( phone company is merging in our area so i have little to Kong connection.... Hence the hp use. May as well give you all the best chance we have.
Female Human Samurai 11, HP: 84/128, 3/4 Resolve, 1/4 challenges
*taps microphone* Is this thing on?
@Imuri: Hmmm...the soul separation technique used by Plum Blossom leaves the victim in a state that looks basically just like sleep, so it's likely none of the Shoto folks would have noticed until they were commanded to get her up and dressed, which I assumed Imuri would not have been around for. Perhaps that's a poor assumption on my part.
That being the case, we can wind it back if you want. How long would Imuri have stuck around at the Gossamer Palace? We can do it one of two ways, I reckon; if Imuri would have stuck around long enough to make sure she was awake and getting ready, then we can start there, with the discovery that her essence is missing. If he would have just delegated and headed out to the rendezvous, then we can have a Shoto runner catch up with him and his retinue just outside the tea house, and replay the interaction there.
Got a preference?
Female Human Samurai 11, HP: 84/128, 3/4 Resolve, 1/4 challenges
Hey, not to be a pest, but could OOC posts from people not in this game be done here in the Discussion tab and not in the Gameplay tab? It would help me keep things straight when I'm trying to check in from my phone.
Thanks!
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Azami Ito wrote: *taps microphone* Is this thing on? Delaware, are you still there, is this thing on?
Male Silastrix Magus (Bladebound Kensai) 11 (HP 83/83 AC 30, T 23, Flat 11 - F+9 R+9 W+8 Init +12; Senses: Darkvision 60ft Low-Light Vision (X2), Per +13
Odd that post should have been in this thread, how did it teleport? And why didn't the Ethereal Slayers stop it?
Male Half-elf Dragon Disciple 11
So, Azami pointed out to me that I posted out of Initiative order. I may have forgotten, but I thought that was how we were playing it here. In my games, I let the players post in any order as long as they don't skip any NPCs. I find that it saves a bit of time instead of waiting on one person, thus speeding up combat.
Let me know if you want to wait for the proper Initiative to roll around.
With my continuing internet issues i would say post out of order is fine personally. Granted actions could clash from time to time but agree with kyras it saves time in he long run just my opinion.
Female Human Samurai 11, HP: 84/128, 3/4 Resolve, 1/4 challenges
I admit I was thrown off by it at first, but I can see the point that it keeps play moving along while people find time to post. This sounds like a pretty good idea, actually. Although, I also do see the clashing possibility. But I suppose you could always wait till the others go before you do if you wanted to see how to react.
So, just so I understand correctly, you're saying that if the order was:
Azami
Kyras
Imuri
GOOD NPC
Chu
Tokine
Wei
BAD GUY
That the first three could go in any order, and then they'd have to wait for the NPC? Then the next set of people could go in any order?
Correct. At least if I am following Kyras's logic as well. :)
Post coming shortly. Stealing wifi from mcd's :(
Male Half-elf Dragon Disciple 11
Yep. That is how it works. I would have to go back and check, but I thought we had been doing it like that for a while. Perhaps it has not come up before.
I agree that's the best system for initiative. It not only keeps combat from getting bogged down, but shortens combats and conserves resources over time. We delay or hold for specific reactions less often, and use our resources instead of waiting to use aomeone else's.
Along those lines there is one concern. If someone is going to buff allies, they need to at least mention it briefly in the OOC thread. Otherwise Kyras nor Imuri get hasted much.
AC: 28 (T:28/FF:24) - Hp: 58/114 - Ki: 4/9 - F:11/R:11/W:12
I have no problems with this system, in general.
But I feel I should point out my AC is currently 28, and the first creature missed me with two attacks. I am still, however, getting beat down pretty handily. Time for some Ki AC bumping...
I've always been fine with people posting as Isaac mentions. So, in this current combat, the Tunnel Gougers are last, so all of you can pretty much post in any order as long as there are no huge conflicts and as long as buffs and aid-anothers and whatnot happen correctly.
Have at 'er.
Sorry for the wait in the post between not being sure as to what to do and. Internet issues this is the best I can muster. Good luck guys.
With Chu helping Tokine, she will try to do some healing. Her selective channel can only ignore four enemies though, but it beats dying. Or she can try to reach Wei specifically...but I figure everyone can use a little. Are we working off a map and I missed the link?
Don't worry imuri if we survive this fight the cost of this jar will increase exponentially. >:)
We will see if you can afford it later after all your hard work buying a living corpse lol xD
J/k partially no hard feelings just messing a bit. It will however cost you....
We could give it to the Sera clan....
Decisions decisions....
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Given that she was abducted, Imuri would not let her sleep through his trip to Gossamer Palace. There is testimony to deliver, her identity to verify. There's whether or not she would go to the dinner with Imuri or go home to prepare to represent the Sera. And of course, there is whatever she was going to tell Imuri last night.
We are samutai, so in Imuri's view, it is an insult to Aki-Kirei to let her rest when things need to be done.
For these reasons, I think the Shoto would want to wake her awake and getting ready immediately upon her reception. So if Imuri knows she is not herself when he delivers Erodal, I will help reset that scene.
Oh, I see. You wanna play at subterfuge and favors with the next daimyo of the Shoto clan. Be sure to tell me how that works out for you, Kage-san!
It works well since you ain't here to know. BesiDes we still have to make it topsid first... ;)
Don't worry I am sure that Tokine will beat us with her cudgel if we don't get that soul returned an quickly lol. No subterfuge from a mad priestess of beauty scorned.
J/k Tokine! :)
Interesting. You think there's not a ninja or other informant trained by Yohuro-sensei in the room with you there?
That's cool good luck with that.
Female Human Samurai 11, HP: 84/128, 3/4 Resolve, 1/4 challenges
Sorry it took me a while to get to that, guys. My day swiftly got away from me.
AC: 29 (T: 22, FF: 20) - CMD: 28 - F:13 R:18 W:9 - Hp: 24/123 - Grit 2/3
Bahaha... You people should pay more attention to what goblins say...
Female Human Samurai 11, HP: 84/128, 3/4 Resolve, 1/4 challenges
Sooo--does the +2 AC Azami gives Kyras from Bodyguard not stack? He should be AC 27 now I think. Also, Azami's attack was against the gouger attacking Kyras.
Male Half-elf Dragon Disciple 11
It's only for one attack. However, she can make an AOO for each one of the attacks made against Kyras. If she succeeds on the third one, it would keep him up - barely. If not, he's unconscious.
Female Human Samurai 11, HP: 84/128, 3/4 Resolve, 1/4 challenges
(edited) Oh wait, I get it. I would have needed to do AoO on the three previous attacks to provide AC27 for the next three attacks. It's attack specific, not round specific.
Is that accurate?
Um hate to correct you boss but we snatched seras jar and left the ones I couldn't identify but if you want to roll that way then that's cool. :)
That's why I made those knowledge checks to make sure that it wouldn't hurt the jars to place them in a dimensional space, aka handy haversack~
Didn't want to take a chance the place suddenly reconfigured on us and we lost the jar completely. But like I said your the boss. ;)
Whoops! Wrong NPC. I meant Cho, and have edited my post to reflect that. I've had Sera-Chan on the brain lately.
I know me too :) felt bad correcting but like I say I'm up for most anything lol
Never feel bad about correcting the DM. I do it every chance I get!
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