Sorry for the slowdown, guys. I've been trying to make a couple deadlines for 2e projects. The ones for July are done now, so will be back to trying to update daily again.
No worries. I'm going to GenCon this year, so I will be incommunicado the latter half of next week. My voice and typing should return around Monday August 5th.
I'll be AFK until Saturday night.
Sorry, guys, I seem to have done something to one of my pinky fingers. I'm going to try to give it a little rest (which is tough considering my job) so may not post for a couple days. Hopefully it heals up quickly. Stupid how much it hurts for such a little thing (and how much I use it when I type).
May your dear digit mend quickly, dude!
Riot Fest 2019 has arrived- I will ghost until Monday, though I will try and get all games updated today, before I depart for the mayhem.
Going to let you guys keep playing out the scene, since you're doing it so well. Let me know when you're ready to move on.
Apologies. Life stepped in to distract this past week, and we'll have two weekends in October which will see me separated from electronic devices for the extended days- this weekend 4,5,6, and the weekend of the 17, 18, 19, 20, 21...
On a similar note, I’ll be away next week from the 10th - 14th for my annual CabinCon trip!
I’ll be heading out tonight for my CabinCon trip and won’t be back until Monday. If we get into a scuffle while I’m gone, Malavarius will open with hasting the group. He’s got 3 disintegrates and 2 lightning arcs prepped for dispatching foes after that.
Air Walking to the City of Lost Wages for the weekend, starting tomorrows. Will bring a Chromebook, and will mull over posts, should the muse speak to me during less addled states. Bot as necessary.
Sorry, guys. I'd been intending to put together another chunky recap post with the loot and everything, but I've been dreadfully sick since Wednesday and just haven't had it in me to sit down and put in the work.
And sorry I also meant to reply to Tsin’s question. You technically have to leave through the trapdoor at the top of the boulder so you can summon the mercante but you’re free to do that. As Mal noted, though, this may be your last chance.
No worries here. Feels like the last surge/last chance, and am grateful for the bookkeeping for the last leg/last purchases.
I'm heading out to visit my parents Wednesday through Saturday. Not sure what my posting opportunities will be there, but I think I likely won't get a chance to post again until Sunday or Monday. Sorry!
If I may be so bold, maybe use this time to figure out what you want to sell and buy and then we'll finish this AP off! Rarified air, especially if you consider we've all stuck around for the entire time. Let's see if we can beat the 7-year mark.
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Cliffside Gugs and Spiky Ground
gold nuggets - 1,300gp
diamond - 15,000gp
white bear pelt - 1,500gp
Baba Yaga's mortar and pestle
Tsin Disguised as the Maftet Queen and We Learn Nuckelavees Are Gross
gold and coral ornaments - 4,000gp
The Maftet Kingdom Saved from a Deep Old One!
Nothing. We were fed. That's it. Womp womp. (It was a great fight, though!)
A Golem, Beneath a Quickwood, with a Box in its Chest
Baba Yaga's athame
Creepy Cottages in Pocket Dimensions are Never Good
Baba Yaga's besom (broom)
The Stove That Eats People
sapphire ring - 2,000gp
That Poor Jotun Troll Didn't Deserve This
shawl of the crone - 16,000gp
Another Group's Campsite
ivory ale jack - 125gp
magical ice saltcellar - 500gp
Oozes Are Tougher in Smoke
+1 dwarven plate - 17,500gp
+1 light steel shield - 1,309gp
+2 greatsword - 8,325gp
ring of counterspells (baleful polymorph) - 4,000gp
smoking bottle
Linnorms Laid to Waste
+2 mithral chainshirt - 5,100gp
rod of thunder and lightning - 33,000gp
druid's vestments - 3,750gp
gloves of arcane striking - 5,000gp
horn of antagonism - 20,000gp
potion of protection from cold - 750gp
potion of slipstream - 300gp
golden boorch with the Irriseni coat of arms - 80gp
amethyst neckalce - 1,100gp
large topzes x3 - 200gp ea.
120pp
3,800gp
5,250sp
10,040cp
Fiendish Fire Giants Flattened, Flayed, and Flensed
gargantuan assault bridge - 250gp
shatterspike - 4,315gp
urn of smoldering shapes - 16,000gp
wand of inflict serious wounds (17 charges) - 3,825gp
platinum and emerald necklace - 3,500gp
A Dozen Empty Thrones
12 hearts, which got stuffed in a samovar, then it's time for tea!
No loot to speak of, though.
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Boons for Each Opened Doll
+1 natural armor
breath of life (CL 20)
+2 to a single ability score
Thanks Mal. This is good work.
Thanks, Mal. Let me know what you guys want to buy. I'm home now, but honestly probably won't get to update tomorrow. This whole week is a pretty busy one with some writing, but I can probably move us along once you're all ready.
Nothing for Mal to purchase; if anyone is short up to 21k, I’m happy to kick in.
I have 38,595.7 to spend. I need to think about this and I'll post later today.
EDIT: Any suggestions? I'm running low. So many options and no good ideas.
I, too, should have ideas by the end of day of what to buy. He’s saving most of his monies for this future wife, if and when he can find one. But we’ll see.
Yeah, let's make our purchases today, please; I'll get back to the game tomorrow.
Apetir has decided to bump his strength rather than his wisdom with his gift from Yucky Baby.
..28007.00 to spend
+-.8466.00 sell Rimeblade
-.29250.00 wand of magic vestment, lvl 13
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...7223.00 leftover
...7223.00 to spend
+.21033.40 above+..1000.00 sell ring prot +1
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..29256.40 to spend
-.16000.00 ring protection +3
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..13256.40 dowry for wife
Oh good. Because I totally was hitting you a lot before...
2829gp current
21033gp latest divvy
18500gp selling Roseskin Comb
40000gp for Ring of Freedom of Movement
Okay:
1 Rod of Lesser Maximize (14,000 gp)
Upgrade Headband of Intellect +4 to +6 (20,000 gp)
Thanks!
Quinn will get a minor item or two, maybe some replacement footwear, will be updated by tomorrow.
Sorry, working on a deadline. Plan to update tomorrow.
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Last Thanksgiving together, likely. Enjoy yourselves, fellas- plenty of gravied food and alcoholic tinctures to imbibe.
If there was a call for an arcana check, I missed it. If your hope was for a snide comment to encourage me to post differently or better, then I regret to say it has the opposite effect. If I’m not playing this game well enough for you, after all these literal years, you’re welcome to run Mal instead.
I’d much prefer to be shown some grace, but maybe you’re right and none’s deserved.
If there was a call for an arcana check, I missed it. If your hope was for a snide comment to encourage me to post differently or better, then I regret to say it has the opposite effect. If I’m not playing this game well enough for you, after all these literal years, you’re welcome to run Mal instead.
I’d much prefer to be shown some grace, but maybe you’re right and none’s deserved.
Nah, it’s just a comment on my wishes and how sometimes the game goes slower than we’d like. We’ve been together for so long that I hope you don’t take my comments too seriously. Nothing was intended.
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Sorry, some of the slowness is probably my fault. I'm in the midst of a project that's due in very short order, and had to pick up a good chunk of work when another writer flaked out. I've been slammed doing that.
On the bright side, I've just agreed to a new job at work that will send me back to second shift. I found I had FAR more time (or energy, to be more accurate) to post with those hours, so I hope that'll make me more consistent in all my games...
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As mentioned, I've just changed back to a second shift at my job; if anything, I think it means I'll likely be a little bit more consistent in posting, though my time of posts will probably switch to most often in the late mornings/early afternoons.
Think we've probably got another month or so to go (depending on our posting rate over the end of December/the holidays).
Would one of you fine folks care to PCPC Pems over the next week (when his turn comes up; he's already acted for this round)? I've already got five guys to deal with, and feel like it's better to have one of you make decisions than the GM in the final fight.
Sure, I got it. It will be a delight for Pems’ true feelings to emerge about various topics.
:D
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Incredible. What a fitting final blow!
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If you will pardon an interloper - I've been stalking this thread for quite some time: it's been one of my favorite reads. You are quite as cast of very well-played characters. Looks like you're winding down, now, and I just wanted to say thanks for the the great reads, and well done, GM and players both!
Everyone deserves a few kudos for actually finishing an AP...
And Tsin, that boon request - epic. Just epic.
Sorry for intruding, and thanks!
Very kind words, Mellowgoth. We are the fortunate few, to have come together and enjoyed a story to its end.
Sorry for intruding, and thanks!
/me spits, nods.
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Quinn, I'm still grinning like a doofus at the thought of your Ambulatory Tavern. Brilliant idea, man. Brilliant!
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We have hit the threshold of 12k gameplay posts!
Rarefied air. Well done, all.
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Well, gentlemen, it's Feb. 11, 2020. Just about 7 years ago -- Feb. 17, 2013 -- I wrote the first post that set us out on this journey.
I think it's pretty awesome that we're now in the rare group that have finished an AP. I wonder how many long-term APs have made it to the end (as opposed to those who somehow do them in a matter of months). And done it with all their original participants. I suspect that's probably a little rare even in face-to-face gaming.
It's been a great group of characters and players, and I think we've had some killer moments on the way. I hope you've all enjoyed it as much as I have, and I'll miss this game.
I'll still do one last wrap-up post before we end, but I think I'd like to close the campaign on Monday. I like that symmetry.
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You've been a wonderful GM, Ser Michaels. Here's to many more years of gaming accomplishments for you. Paizo should dedicate a wall to GMs who finish APs...
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You are, and were, an officer and a gentleman, sir GM. I salute you and the rest of the our merry band of miscreants. It's been a very fun journey from locksmith to lord of winter, and I've enjoyed the path. And the finding.
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Hey, Guys, Tsin has posted her last. It has been an honor to share this game with you all. Let's hope our paths cross again, one day.
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Indeed, this game has well and truly been a delight. I've played a lot of D&D and Pathfinder over the years, but this game will always be special. Thanks to each of you for making it what it was! And an extra tip of the hat to you, Mott. You ran a joy of a game here, my friend.
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Thank you all for the great game! This was one of the best adventures I've ever played through and it will be remembered fondly always
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I can’t argue or top any of this. You all have been amazing from start to finish. This has been a good AP, made even better that it was the same crew all the way through. That’s pretty rare.
Mal, usually, I would never suggest that people who have active animal companions or familiars in games: it just takes too much time and energy to manage and post two personalities. But you and Zeno did a great job all the way through.
+1 to Tsin for the dip into Inquisitor. I know it seems silly to praise a mechanical choice, but I feel it changed her as a character for the better, and that jump really impacted her character and set a new tone. Way to be bold with a butcher.
Quinn, I owe you more than ever before. I hope we get to hang at a PaizoCon again.
Pems, f%~+ing witches, man. If Hektir ever really realized you were a witch, we may never have finished...and Flash would be soup. But nah, you had fun with it all.
Motte, you already know what I think. Thank you again. I remember our start in all this, your start in all this. It’s been a good ride and we’re not done yet, are we?