Mummy's Mask - Empty Graves [Pathfinder] (Inactive)

Game Master Stiehle

I will be on vacation July 19th - Aug 3rd with limited ability to write every day, but hopefully you won't need to bot me.

Thanks Elliander! I'll post tomorrow and bot Amenhep if he's not posted his action by then.

Oops! Thought I had already posted.

Rediz, by my count you've chucked 9 of 13 bombs today (according to my tracker on your character sheet), so by my count you've got four left to throw. Could be I missed a few you threw earlier or something, but don't look a gift horse in the mouth, as they say! :)

@ GM:
Rediz got 3 damage from the ball last round, than 5 more damage falling.
But then he got channeled by Francis and should have been back up to full health (Which Is why I did not roll the damage)

so right now I should have 18 or 14 damage depending on how my reflex save goes.

Also I am not ging to prove your count wrong :-)

Oops, my bad Rediz, you are correct! You are down 10 currently, and depending on your Reflex save will be down 18 or 14 at the start of your action.

@ Francis: What do you believe this spell will do? Best case it take he fails a 50/50 Saving throw and then has to make a 90% Concentration check. so 95% chance of no effect. or do I miss something.

That's definitely an odd spell. Cast in the middle of a combat against a spellcaster though, I could see it having a good chance of having the enemy spellcaster try and recast the same spell he already cast, forgetting he had already cast it? Maybe that's the intent? Does it seem like it would work that way?

Just trying to confuse him. I don't have much else that I can do except that and healing.... I know it's a long shot, but, ??

Even if it does work all it would do is delay one round, but also possibly get his attention on me?

Well if you would have healed rediz he could keep on chucking bombs instead of wasting actions on getting away from that sphere, so that would probably be the most efficient use of a spell in overall damage dealt.

Well that ship has sailed so I am left wondering if I should try to just hit him twice to end it now, but if I am wrong, I will probably be toast.

Everyone should be carrying a ranged weapon. No matter how neat and significant their whack 'em doohickey might be, it's worth exactly nothing if they can't reach the problem. This is a fundamental.

I haven't posted the round's actions yet, and I've never had an issue with players discussing strategies in the OOC forum - just as they might do at the table with a Mountain Dew in one hand and a handful of Cheetos in the other. Just sayin'...

Well, I can see if I noticed....

That should help a little. Now blast him!

Thanks a lot, that should be enough to survive the sphere and even two full hits and he hopefully can't have more than 40 points of damage left.

Hey folks, starting the 27th I'l[l be camping until August 1st and will have little to no signal. Please bot me as necessary.

Rediz, give me one more damage roll for your bomb from last round.

Why do you think so? I don't think the alkahest stacks up over multiple bombs, but I am not sure.

Explosive Bomb

If it does stack he was hit by 5 of them so far I believe so I would have to roll even more damage but that sounds vastly overpowered.

Not for stacking, was thinking you gave me the damage from the previous round and I wanted to know what he was taking at the beginning of your turn in the next round. By 'last round' I meant Round 5, and I wanted to know the damage he'd take in Round 6 on your action.

Argh! I screwed up and left Soumral 1 point short in Spellcraft. I'd planned to go into Pathfinder Savant at 7th, but it will have to wait until 8th. I guess it's not so bad though, she will get 4th level spells right away if she takes Wizard at 7th. Maybe that's better really.

1d10 ⇒ 4

Not too much exciting leveling notes, one more smite evil per day as well as picking up the Word of Healing feat, letting me use lay on hands at range.

Not much here either apart from the first L3 Spells. And everybody gets a bonus feat.

Wow I assume Soumral and Rediz will fight the next few weeks who is allowed to copy that spellbook first.

I'm still on the road for another week, but will try to post and level up when I can.

If I understand it correctly Elliander is a MAgus and as such can also copy spells from that spellbook.

He would be a Magus in Pathfinder, but he is a left-over Duskblade from Dnd3.5. I generally believe PF has more to offer when it comes to spells.

Yeah, between beefing up the 'ole spell book and scribing some scrolls I think Soumral will be spending a lot of time with that spell book.

Francis Level up - Working toward Divine Scion PrC
Feat: Iron Will
Skills: +3 to Know-Religion, +1 to Know-Planes (Will need 3 more Know-Planes for PrC

BAB increases to +5
HP: d8+1

Channel increases to 4d6

Spell/Day increase to 4/4+1+Domain/3+1+Domain/2+1+Domain/1+1+Domain(Divination)
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Treasure:
Francis will take the silver holy symbol of Pharasma. Somewhere in the copies my holy symbol isn't on my CS anymore, but I'm sure I didn't pay for a silver one....
Not sure who other than Soumral could use the Wand of Enervation. ??
Probably should keep the diamond dust for restoration? What spells are Onyx gems used for?

The Magus spell list is fine.
The question is if Elliander can learn more spells from that list by studying another’s spellbook, or only unlock spells when he levels up?
Looking a little at the magus, it seems the magus uses a spellbook and prepares spells in advance.
A duskblade does not use a spellbook and does not have to prepare them in advance.

I like the Magus spell list because it I think it keeps to the fighter/spellcaster theme that the duskblade was in 3.5. My ruling is that Elliander can't learn spells outside that list, with the in-game reason that they are too complicated (or maybe not important enough) for a martially-minded spellcaster to utilize. And the duskblade doesn't need a spellbook, so no worries on that aspect. I see him more as a sorcerer type, unlocking spells as he gains in power and building on the power he already has at his disposal.

Yeah, between beefing up the 'ole spell book and scribing some scrolls I think Soumral will be spending a lot of time with that spell book.

Soumral, I am fine with you getting first dips, but there are two spells I would like to convert into formulae relatively soon (Invisiblity and Haste). so hopefully we can come to someform of arrangement.

There are 4 more which I would not mind in the long run but no rush on those.

BTW what exactly were the rules on keeping thigs you find within the city of dead?

Would we be allowe d ot open tose sarcophagi? would we want to.

By order of Khemet III several weeks back, ownership of the magical mask and anything else found in the Necropolis belongs to the party. To your knowledge, nobody can gainsay the decree of the Ruby Prince - not even Sebti nor Nakht. There are also no 'rules' about what may be taken, though the party thus far has been thoughtful about turning over historical records and the like.

Sebti has been helpful in the past. Nakht is with the military arm of the church. He is the one that caused the problems.

I wasn't asking for the mask, showing that one to Sebti I am fully on board with. I was thinking about the jewels and the other sarcophagus in this room.

As a player it feels wrong to open them, but my character likely would suggest it.

I'm still on vacation and don't have the time or network resources to be that active. I've tried to level up Elliander, by suggesting some stats in an email, GM West.

While the mask seems powerful, Elliander will not claim it (unless nobody else wants it). I think The Biter might be jealous. I think the mask can be a resource to the team though. (Francis?)

Let's loot all the jewels, etc., we can find!

Alright, finally got levelled up. Not a lot to change aside from spells and skills.

Wizard 7

HP: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 1 = 6

4th Level Spells Now! New Spells: [i[Arcane Eye, Confusion[/i]

Skills: +1 to Acrobatics, Diplomacy, Fly, K Arcana, Perception, Spellcraft, UMD.

Background Skills: +1 to Appraise, H History.

7th Level Feat: Favored Prestige Class

The feat won't do anything until 8th level when Soumral goes into Pathfinder Savant, but it's a prerequisite for Prestigious Spellcaster so I'd rather not wait until 9th.

Soumral will grab that Wand of Enervation!

HP
1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 Round up to 6 if I remember correctly

Stats:
BAB +1

Bombs:
Damage to 4d4/4d8
Bomb Number+1 -> 14 per day

Feat:
Improved Initiative

Skills (9):
Disable Device +1
Heal +1
Know Nature +1
Perception +1
Stealth +1
Climb +1
Survival +1
Fly +2

BG Skills
Linguistics +1 (Any languages we met down here which I might want to learn?)
Know History +1

Favored Class
1/6 new discovery

New Spells
Heroism

GM west: I got an email from you with a link. It as sent July 28th, but landed in my SPAM-folder, so I did not see it before. Did you send it? Has your email address changed? Want to know before I click on any link.

I don't think I did... not according to my history. Sent you one today though! :)

I don't think I did... not according to my history. Sent you one today though! :)

I've not received any further email from you. Sent you a PM.

Let's see, without selling any of the gear/items/consumables we got and assuming we keep the diamond dust for spell components, that's a minimum of ~4756 GP for the party, probably more if we sell things.

GM West: Sent you a PM about Elliander level 7

(I could make Elliander a CS here on Paizo, if you prefer instead.)

I’m for we keep:
The Mask

Magical Wand of Enervation (14 charges)
Magical Ring of Sustenance
Magical Scroll of Speak with Dead
2 Magical Potions of Cure Moderate Wounds
Diamond Dust (500gp) (is it needed for spells?)
Silver holy symbols (Anubis, Pharasma and Urgathoa) each worth 25gp
a few doses of Black Smear poison ?
Healer’s Kit

Elliander does not seem to be able to learn anything from a spellbook(?), but is interested in the Ring of Sustenance, if not needed better by other spellcasters.

Got it Elliander, thanks!

@ Soumral, if we get to spend a whole week one trying to scribe spells from that book, I think it is fairt to assume that Rediz would hold it for about a day (12 hours) giving me a try on all of the 3rd levels spells as well as one or two minor ones.

@ GM: was there any language we came across on that adventure which felt like it was worth learning for my linguistics point?

@Loot: Rediz does like a few doses (5?) of the poison, but we can sell the rest. If I understand it correctly we get about 1000 gp/character, not a lot of money at this stage. I was hoping for a bag of holding, but that will have to wait for a while then.

Hmm... no suggestions for languages at this point. Obviously desert-based monsters would be a consideration.

Besides the money you looted, you have definitely gained favors and even a few rewards here and there for your efforts to save Wati from a terrible fate.

If anyone has a desire for a specific magic item you can't afford, let's have you give me the cost, how much you're willing to pay and either leave it to me to figure out if you pick up a favor or a reward to get the item OR you take a look at what you've done during the adventure (folks you might have rescued, other feats of daring that might have gained notice) and give me a quick narrative of how you're getting that discount or reward to purchase that item (or even get it for free!)

This will not only give you some fun RP to do while I'm prepping the next adventure, but might also get you a neat little item outside of your price range. Let's keep it reasonable though, probably no more than a few thousand gp or thereabouts. You doing it yourself with a write-up will get a better 'discount' than leaving it up to me!

@Rediz: Soumral is going to be clocking a whole bunch of hours copying spells from the book so go ahead and do yours first. I had to spend some time figuring it all out, Soumral's total costs will be 1,580 gp and she'll need 59 hours.

The good news about her taking almost everything from the spell book at once is it can be sold at the end, and should be worth quite a bit.

The diamond dust is a material component for Stoneskin. Each casting requires 250 gp worth, so it's enough for two castings. Soumral will keep it.

Sourmal can use the wand of enervation so she'll take it.

Not sure how generous our GM is going to be. Everything good is so expensive!
Elliander has some 110 pp already. With his cut of the loot for another 1000gp (Does that include a good price for the magic shield?), he has some 2000-2500gp.
On his wish list are (in descending order):
*Dusty Rose Prism (Ioun Stone), 5,000 gp
*Pearl of Power (2nd), 4,000 gp
*Amulet of Natural Armor +1, 2,000 gp, paying 1200gp ?
*Pearl of Power (1st), 1,000 gp, paying 500gp ?
*Bag of holding (1st), 2500gp, paying 1500gp ? +++
*Cracked Dusty Rose Prism (Ioun Stone), 500 gp paying 250gp ?

(+++ If money over, Elliander will help sponsor a Bag of holding for Rediz instead.)

Other ideas that could help the team are welcomed.

I'll say once again, everyone should have a ranged weapon. We could have ended the last combat a minimum of 1 round earlier, possibly more, if we'd had them then.

Without bothering with freeing themselves from the obsidian both Eliander and Amenhep could have continued to attack. They both had Haste, so they could have attacked 3 times each over the two rounds they were stuck. Even mundane bows would have made a difference attacking a combined 12 times.

And we're only going to see more and more flying opponents going forward.

Francis will use 375 gold from his share to craft another wand of CLW. Always good to have extras!