Anyone have any ideas? Does anyone have the ability to send a message? We can't take this group. We either head back before them or we keep heading further out looking for other groups we can take on or the leaders group and shadow them back to the fortress so we know where the leader can be found. I'd like to get this moving again.
Not to tip the scales one way or another, but I think you might be surprised at what your group is capable of handling. Then again if you all died I would feel bad hehe.
I guess its really about planning and strategy that would make or break the attempt.
I think that's a TPK waiting to happen. I'm guessing that's at least a CR 20 encounter depending on exactly what some of the creatures are and how many of them there are.
I know we're not a typical party and our APL isn't 3 but I'd put it at 5 or 6. We could probably take the giant on it's own but with losses. Just my two cents.
But hey if someone comes up with a good idea I'm all for taking them down.
If we could lure some of them away to soften the encounter maybe. A standard fire giant is cr 10 and quite easily capable of squashing any of us in a single round... we would have to do some real debuffing or hope we can take him out fast.
Yeah. The Sphinx is pretty scary too.
That's a Manticore, not quite as scary. Still dangerous though...
Where is everybody?
Hopefully people are able to consolidate a plan of action. Also welcome Prar to the table. He can slip into the action whenever he can post, and explain exactly how he ended up appearing out of thin air.
Hello! Where are you guys? Tracking someone through the woods? great, I hate the woods!
Yeah. We feel way outmatched; fire giant, manticore, and some other large humanoids. We're tracking them, since the leader of these monsters is rumored to be a Fire Giant.
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Welcome Prar!
Welcome Prar to team Sarenrae!
Yo.
back to back meetings this morning, but I hope to move events along now that it seems introductions are done and things seem to have stagnated a bit.
fancy battle map in progress, stay tuned :)
Who has the baby currently?
We didn't arrange any signal beforehand.
Is everyone here still? I've only seen Lotham post and wanted to make sure everyone had some input so I've been delaying posting.
Still here just waiting to see how things go.
Whoops. Planning fail.
I'm thinking Lotham might charge in... but it seems like it might be wiser to abort. Nathan?
I'm not there. You'll have to decide amongst yourselves. If no one else chimes in I'll try and post tonight.
I have a wake tomorrow and funeral this weekend, but I will try to sneak in updates if I can.
Should I be level 3?
Yes?
Should I be level 3?
You have a separate XP tally from the others as I think the table you came from had not been in as many fights. You will catch up easily enough as the XP tallies become larger for the larger fights.
Is the punisher icon a bad guy on the Map?
A dead bad guy I believe.
Its a skull to denote unconscious or dead opponents.
I've got two mirror images up so there is a chance they miss me.
Got it! Sorry, I even knew that, I don't know why I forgot that, because I had to check on them to see if they were involved with the fire breaths at all.
going retro!
Looks like over a month without Greebins, about 2 weeks for Prar. Lets hope they return, or we will fill them with new recruits also.
How many recruits do you have waiting I the wings? I know a guy that is a consistent poster and would probably be down to join us, especially if he and I could be at the same table.
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There about a half dozen or so people i guess on the recruitment thread. I have to double check the submissions to make sure how many account for how many slots we have open. Some are also awaiting the possibility of a new table, but that is low priority for me as I want to stay on top of the current tables.
Giving Prar and Greebins some time to post. I PM'd Prar as he is actively posting, even in a couple requirements. Greebins hasn't posted in a while. Feb if I recall correctly from looking at his aliases.
Yeah, I am ready to move it ahead. Everyone has 10 rounds to add some additional spells and get into position. The map hasn't changed, although it looks like someone moved the hellhounds. I just moved them off the map entirely now.
I think I will replace Greebins with one of the new recruits.
I would not have spent my hero points if I knew we had that much time. I thought they would be on us in just a rounds or two.
Nathan, would you cast Mage Armor on Lotham?
Lotham can cast Obscuring Mist. It is debatable how helpful that would be since it would make it much harder for Nathan to do damage.
Other than that, the 3 minute duration on Lotham's Shield of Faith should be plenty. He'll probably cast Resistance and Guidance on himself.
And use up the last of his Martial Flexibility. I'm having a hard time pick feats for that though; most of the ones I want require BAB +6 or feat prereqs I don't have.
I would take Big Game Hunter but it is a regional trait.
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Yes you didn't need to blow hero points since you were effectively non combat at that point and had some luxury of time.
you can take regional feats, i don't restrict things by region.
Martial Flexibility is for Combat feats though.
Oh, I see what you are saying, Ahh yeah that is a bummer.
Don't have any buffs but I've got slots to spare if we're in need of some mage armor goodness.
CT, you may want to PM our two missing friends if you haven't already. I haven't heard from Prar after sending him one. If we do end up with new recruits I would prefer another worshiper of Sarenrae to keep the group identity intact and I think we need a roguish type.
Re: Positioning
I can't use my bow with creatures on top of me and Prar isn't a melee character. I'd recommend Prar and I in the middle and the rest of you around us. My 2 cents. Any line of retreat we take should probably be toward the river/lake. Don't know the fire giant is going to want to get into it and if anyone catches fire they can put themselves out quickly.
I can also make a 30ft. moonbridge over the river.
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Regardless, I agree. I'll make an in- character post
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I think we may be ready to proceed.
I will have Crest the Wave Terror probably join here, to fill the rogue role. He isn't a Sarenrae worshipper but I hope will help as we replace Greebins and Prar.
I might have him join in this battle even in some future round.
Hey guys, checking in. Getting up to speed, and I'm looking forward to playing.
Also, Yrva Sunscale's player (gyrfalcon) has returned, he may reroll a character and rejoin this table if I can see and approve a completed crunch.
Crest, if you want, send me a list of very mundane gear that you may have acquired from Cliffort (worth 100gp or less).
You and several other groups comprised of various Goodwin's children have also been scouting outside of Cliffort lately, ranging far and wide. Your group happened to be camping near a lake this night, and you noticed a large fire down shore. A short time later you heard the baying of hounds or wolves. You decide to investigate. Swimming swiftly down shore you peer from the water's edge and notice another group of your adopted siblings about to engage a giant and some other humanoids while a large winged thing comes in over the water.
You can join round 2. Some semblance of in story introduction may be necessary once you scramble ashore and, in theory, aid your friends. Crest added to map on square D, -7.
Awesome - will do. I've only got about 2 pages more of the Gameplay thread to catch up on.
Cliffort items:
2 gp -backpack
0.5 gp -common buoy
50 gp -healer's kit
2.5 gp -waterproof bag x5
15 gp -collapsable bathtub
30 gp -chain, 10 ft
Totally will to accept that they don't have a collapsible bathtub available, but I loved the idea of having one of those instead of a bedroll for on-land sleeping, and hey, I've been at Cliffort for a while. Maybe they made one?
Anyway, I'm all caught up when rd 2 starts.