Mummy's Mask

Game Master Samy

I've noticed! I've felt so bad for your to-hit rolls!

It is uncanny to say the least Master Khefer...

I feel your pain Ra! The dice roller is a cruel and selfish mistress. Also I will just leave the spent spell as is since that was my plan anyways.

After this battle, we'll perform a sacrifice of beer to appease the die-rolling gods on your behalf.

Meanwhile, Harmose offers Ra a hug.

You know, Ra, if you come in, even your near misses will take out Vel's images...

I am honestly really confused right now. Bear with me as I try to get back into understanding what's going on. :)

We're all confused. There was a time warp due to a mini not being moved on the slides, but moved in text. I'm hoping that the matter and anti-matter cancel out without destroying the universe.

Hmm

I can't find any rules for the range of the pick up action. The intuitive two options are either a) squares you occupy or b) squares you threaten (i.e. within your Reach). I'll rule b for now with an option to change my mind on future incidents if new evidence shows up. So Harmose can grab the wand. He now has it in his hand. That's gonna make him a target awful bad though, fair warning. ;)

Yeah, I'm about to get hit again, really hard. But maybe that will mean that Polux stays in the fight. Also, a round of me holding the "Hit me! Hit me!" wand is a round of Vel not using it and killing us all. So maybe I go down. Hopefully, they don't crit. Really, I'm stalling so that Turel and Ra can run in and be badass. Please guys... We need you to be badass!

Polux, ready to come in with that attack of opportunity when Vel casts? Hit her!

Honestly I think that's both a smart and a brave move. Maybe too brave. ;)

Harmose puts the team first. Always. Besides, he has the resurrected trait. That's like four hit points of extra cushion... Woo!

Samy can you update us with who hasn't gone this turn? I've lost track of who has acted this round, and who we are waiting for. By the way, "fop" is a lovely insult to hurl at Harmose. Too bad he cannot understand it.

I believe I'm waiting on Polux. I think he's only done one of his two AoOs and no actions. Correct me if I'm wrong. Since what he does may have drastic consequences for Velriana, I don't feel like I should move forward without him.

You might be waiting on me too, but I'm only now getting around to checking the thread today :3

*edit* Nope, still parsing all of the AoOs and movements and stuff. Darn, I saw 12 unread posts and got excited.../pout

The number of moving parts in the fight is getting...challenging.

What RPGs would be like if AoOs had never been invented...

...but they have been Samy. They date all the way back to the days of 1E where the enemy was able to effectively get a rear attack at a +2 to hit.

Breaking Off From Melee: At such time as any creature decides, it can break off the engagement and flee the melee. To do so, however, allows the opponent a free attack or attack routine. This attack is calculated as if it were a rear attack upon a stunned opponent.

Ahhh, fun times :D

AoOs are insane especially if you build around them. Also well done on that diplomacy roll Polux :) You are so bitter and it is a lot of fun to read.

Hehe, thanks Deseri :D

Yeah, AoOs are just the coolest thing - I actually never put them so much to work in a character as with Polux, even though he is not actually built around them - just adding Combat Reflexes and Acrobatics to the mix makes it a lot of fun.

EDIT: And geeeez, I am fast falling in love with the Investigator - now I just need to make him a follower of Urgathoa, convince Samy that Potion Glutton works on Extracts, and I'm done ;)

The Investigator is an interesting class. There are just so many cool classes I want to play! And I finally get to try out the Alchemist, that class is awesome!

Oh and in response to your edit. NOOOO! You would be evil then. Evil is bad.. in this game. In evil themed games evil is great!

Polux could be evil :D

Well anyone could be evil. Except Samy. Never Samy!

Yep, that would be too risky :P

Deseri would be interesting to take down an evil route and I am sure Harmose would be hilarious.

An evil Deseri would be VERY dangerous...

And an evil Harmose... Hmmmm... that might be interesting :D

The thought of Hmm playing any sort of evil character makes me shudder :O

Don't make Turel put a beatdown on all of y'all!! :D

But what if that is goal Truel? I already have a lecture coming might as well add some fun to it ;)

Harmose comes out in a black jumpsuit and carrying a light saber that he has no idea how to use. "Noooo, I will not go to the dark side! Noooooooo!"

More seriously, I feel like Schrödinger's sorcerer here. Am I alive or dead? We won't know until Samy posts.

I thought you were both? :)

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Harmose come to the dark side. We have cookie!

Just one cookie? What do you think I am, cheap?

Cookies! Plural, as in lots of cookies. That was a typo. You could bath in cookies if you came to the dark side!

Harmose, can I get confirmation that you're down before I go further, so we don't run into having to do another retcon problem. :)

Not to be difficult but unless Khelru made his save then he could not have moved where you have him on the map if I remember his original placement correctly. I did one good thing in this fight!

Don't worry about being difficult. I will surely make mistakes and appreciate if they get spotted. However, he's broken free from Shadow Trap, is that what you mean by the movement restriction?

I was not sure if he broke free. I guess I missed that bit and considering how chaotic this fight has been that is not shocking.

Yeah he spent last round using a full-round action to break free, in this post. Either way though since he decided to use Channel he didn't need to be next to Azaz anyway since it's a ranged thing, so the healing goes out regardless.

OK. Hey did he heal any of us?

Nope, he has the Selective Channeling feat, which means he can pick and choose who Channel affects. :)

Edit: Actually, I just checked Selective Channeling and it's only up to Charisma modifier number of creatures he can exclude. I'm going to count squares now and see if maybe some of you *do* get healed after all. Good question Deseri!

Aleris and Turel are outside the Channel's 30' radius, but six of you are inside the radius. Khelru chooses Harmose, Polux, Ra-Khefer and Kito as the ones to exclude from Channel. If Deseri or Qari are hurt, they also receive +6HP from the Channel!

Sigh. This is what happens when you turn someone down from a one-night stand. They disrespect you and leave you out of the channel!

Yes, I am down and dying unless Ra manages to stop Idorii first. Good thing I have resurrected trait... But hey, I held her off for one round. Turel has been traveling for two. At the rate he moves, the cavalry's coming, and Idorii is no longer being a bottle neck preventing the party from coming in.

My action just made this map a whole lot better for us.

Don't mind me, I'm just over here biting my nails...

*waitwaitwait*

Gameplay thread is acting weird. Can't get my roll to stick there.

Will save 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

The glitter gets in Qari's eyes, nose and mouth and she can't stay focused on her task.

Too anxious about the election to think about the game. Don't expect a post from me today.

Also, if X wins, I may jump off a cliff so if I disappear you'll know why. More seriously, if I don't post for a few days after today it's because I will have crawled into a bottle.

So who's running in Finland that has you angsty? It's bad enough that we Americans stress out over our crazy election -- if you can't vote, let it go!

Hmm

No election here. The US election affects the entire world, just we don't get to vote, we just get to suffer.

Well, I voted. Here's crossing my fingers that idiot doesn't win. On the other hand, you're not allowed to jump off a cliff or crawl into a bottle. Satisfy yourself with Finnish superiority. There are times when I really wonder about our electorate... But honestly, this too will pass.

Hmm

With me possibly in a mass grave somewhere if NATO falls apart and encourages the drooling bear to come for its former possessions.

No mass graves for you, Samy.

I'll admit that early election results have not been encouraging, but remember:

1. If you go off a cliff, I'm casting feather fall and leaping off with you, holding your hand the entire way.

2. If you crawl into the bottle, I'm downing an anti-toxin, casting reduce person and air bubble, then crawling in after you to bring you back.

3. America sometimes elects idiots. The world has survived it before, and will survive it again.

Your friend,
Hmm

The world has survived, but bad elections have led to tens of millions of dead.

Hey, in a few months, can Bret and I move in with you, Samy? You've got room in your apartment in Finland, right?

Seriously, it won't be that bad. Meanwhile, let's return to lovely Wati, where there are evil mummies and undead just waiting to eat us!

(Even Trump can't arrange that kind of excitement.)

Hmm

EDIT: Actually, maybe we should all move in with Polux. There are great beaches in Portugal, I hear.

I was expecting, but also NOT expecting those results...

Also, I'll let you in on a little secret - I am currently living in Denmark ;)

What? You're in Denmark? Can we still move in with you? I have a hankering to see Tivoli gardens again.

Hmm