Awesome! Have a great time!
Day 1:
The oldest of 5 palaces in Seoul.
Followed by a little lunch cafe, then to the top of N Seoul tower.
To finish the day, Korean BBQ with the group.
Today and tomorrow are for our own plans, so we're picking our own, and run into the others along the way. Probably not the only time this vacation.
Sounds great!! Enjoy!
So, i'm back from Korea.
It's been quite an experience.
The verdict regarding herr Zephyr's issue has been sent. Amusingly/thankfully, it's been sent -after- i left on my flight home.
While the reply did not answer the question of the time of incineration, (end of start of a round) it's been given the advantage of the player.
That said, Dr. Zephyr, i would strongly appreciate it if you would not start suggesting i'm b*llshitting things, when things aren't in line with your own vision. That outburst felt low.
That all said and done, i'm going to update.
Welcome back from KOREA!!
I love Korean food!
Thanks for updating. :-)
Link to some of the photos taken.
The country really provides some great places for vantage points.
Looks great!!! Have to visit!!
Regarding the kitty,
Korea has a thing for cat cafes. You pay entry fee (which can range from 5000 won to even 9000 won) and get 1 free drink, and cats to pet.
(assuming the cats don't wander off at the slightest motion of petting them)
(though the drinks aren't free, they're masked as entry fee)
Throw Splash Weapon SRD wrote:
"If you miss the target (whether aiming at a creature or a grid intersection), roll 1d8. This determines the misdirection of the throw, with 1 falling short (off-target in a straight line toward the thrower), and 2 through 8 rotating around the target creature or grid intersection in a clockwise direction. Then, count a number of squares in the indicated direction equal to the range increment of the throw. After you determine where the weapon landed, it deals splash damage to all creatures in that square and in all adjacent squares."
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The splash could still hurt the swarm
The bomb admixture exchanges splash for increased dmg, Enora.
Is anybody dead already?!
Harlis, a question.
The vampire is still at full health, but -almost- out of spells.
Do you think you have means to defeat her, or will we consider this a lost cause?
If you think you do have means to do so, i will continue combat.
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I'd say doubtful even without the curse stopping him doing things seemingly about 80% of the time.
That being said he would indeed try if given a chance. The real thing would be is that when he regains consciousness if the vampire see its and whether he gets at least one heal spell onto himself on that round.
To give the others a chance to avoid a corpse retrieval on top of the cost of the resurrection I should at least try.
Of course if the vampire fled from an upright cleric (taking her coffin), Harlis also knows he cannot catch up (speed 15') so he would gather bodies and drag them to safety so they could not be transformed into undead.
Ok, so you'll continue, as i understand it.
We'll continue then, i'll bot Dr. Zephyr tonight, if he hasn't posted his own save by then. Got some stuff to do right now.
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Request for GM ruling:
The bestow curse line is "Each turn, the target has a 50% chance to act normally; otherwise, it takes no action."
I'll note it doesn't take away my actions, I am just not allowed to use them.
I have some boons that allow me to call upon a favor of an ally who is "following me around". To stop action economy exploits they all have the text - "Using any of the skill-based or spellcasting favors requires your spending the time or actions to perform the task yourself."
Could Harlis actually invoke one of these on a round he is cursed to do nothing as the action isn't being spent by him?
It looks to me you exchange your actions for it, so i'll say yes.
However i see one thing hindering it.
You are in an enclosed space. There is but one entrance, guarded by little over a dozen cultists. The secret door opened by a cultist in the reception room.
I'll look if there is mention of a window, but otherwise your friendly stalker wouldn't see into the room to cast anything.
And he would know it how?
Your inventory is impressive, after all.
That aside, the PDF mentions no windows, but does name that these chambers are made so they can operate in secret.
The invisible stalker won't be of help here. :/
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Harlis has the following entries on his chronicles and thus has three people shadowing him looking to help out:
"Scalefriend: You were fortunate to encounter and aid the kobold Nighttail, who helped you to neutralize the Blood Vow tribe. She still owes you a good turn or two, and you may call in a favor when performing one of the skills below to use Nighttail’s skill modifier instead of your own as she assists you. Alternatively, Nighttail can cast a spell as though she shared your space, though any attacks of opportunity she provokes for spellcasting damage you (they still force her to make a concentration
check). Using any of the skill-based or spellcasting favors requires your spending the time or actions to perform the task yourself. You may use the favors listed below in any combination, checking off one or
more boxes each time you ask for help."
"Friend of the Green: Although he was initially skeptical that you could slay Aeteperax, the druid you may call in a favor when performing one of the skills below to use Azmur’s skill modifier instead of your
own as he assists you. Alternatively, Azmur can cast a spell as though he shared your space, though any attacks of opportunity he provokes for spellcasting damage you (they still force him to make a concentration check). Using any of the skill-based or spellcasting favors requires your spending the time or actions to perform the
task yourself. You may use the favors listed below in any combination, checking off one box each time you ask for help."
"Debt of Shadow: You freed the shae Maffei from her prison, and she accompanies you always just out of sight so long as she is indebted to you. She has promised to repay your service in kind, and you
may call in a favor when performing one of the skills below to use Maffei’s skill modifier instead of your own as she assists you. Using any of the skill-based favors requires your spending the time or actions to perform the task yourself. You may use the favors listed below in any combination, checking off one box each time you ask for help."
Thanks for the text, that's more clear.
Were this an open space or normal house, with time and space to stalk you at all times, i'd say go nuts.
Though cut off in isolation, that would be a problem.
I couldn't edit it before, since lunch break was over.
To be more specific on my previous post,
Someone aiming to join is cut off from the outside the moment they step into the furnace trial, at which that woman who asks you the big questions closes it shut behind you.
The door isn't opened until the one inside gets through, (or dies if they burn to a crisp, like many a commoner would) and process repeats itself.
I completely understand your interpretation GM but I believe these boons are worded so that they work everywhere.
The description is only fluff and the mechanics are important.
What do you think?
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Under the circumstances, I think the DM could afford to err on a more liberal interpretation.
You realize, DM, that you're style IS on the extreme end among DMs around here regarding strict interpretation? You can afford to be looser once in a while.
I don't see why NightTail couldn't manage to break in right about now; she's more than just a level-1 Commoner, and this would be possibly the most EPIC use that Boon has ever seen, one to go down through the ages in fable and song...and isn't that what the game is all about?
I'm sure Gary Gygax would say a DM is a judge second, and a storyteller first.
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Wel Harlis looks very dead, only the magic of his belt keeping him from the brink. If she takes her coffin and decamps. Maybe then the Druid will appear? Saves us the retrieval team costs.
If the covering her tracks is lighting the place on fire his protection will potentially let him drag the party from the ashes.
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So with Harlis escaping he can pull the bodies back negating any need to pay for a corpse retrieval team. Also he can cast restoration so each person only need buy the 1000gp per casting for negative level removal. After he removes the curse so a 3 round spell is actually possible for him.
Note that negative levels drained prior to death were only temporary and thus never became permanent ones, it would only be the two from the raise dead I believe.
Also Season 4 PFS scenarios...
Corpse retrieval is no problem.
Of note, restoration removes just 1 permanent negative level per casting.
I don't know how restoration is supposed to work between a PC's casting and additional spellcaster services, but i assume it splits the regular cost the service would take if the PC removes 1 already.
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Zephyrus lost all his levels before his HP? That is a huge ouch. He needs a 5PP corpse retrieval, a 33PP resurrection and a single restoration.
Others need a 16PP raise dead and two restorations.
A restoration is 4PP or 1000gp if Harlis casts it.
Some of these costs can be split but that’s the basics.
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I think you can split the cost of your raise deads etc between cash and PP or even just pay the 5450gp (assuming access to a level 9 cleric). Some things to consider on this option:
I am not sure if we have gained any cash from this scenario at all.
Harlis had spent diamond dust for earlier restorations which he will not ask to be reimbursed as his financial burden is a lot lesser.
I am willing to help chip in on helping with the recovery also if able.
Zephyrus lost all his levels before his HP?
He took 4 negative levels, but the 2nd slam's drain killed him.
I asked in a thread earlier on if such a death required [the negative levels = PC HD] or simply if death due to it would be the cause.The answer was the 2nd.
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I have the prestige for my own raise dead (16PP). I also have the gold for the restos from Harlis, although not sure how much we'll get from the scenario to offset that. We do get gold for what we managed to accomplish, so likely all but the last battle is how this is typically managed, but things were worded differently in Season 4.
Incidentally, I don't think I have any chronicle boons to help. Much of the XP is from Season 1 stuff done with the GM, although I do have a bit of GM stuff on here and I think after this, some other GM credit will kick in to level up Vassago again. Gotta check on that later.
And one more aside... do you guys still want to PF 1st Ed PbP together still after 2nd Ed comes out?
The gold you receive, after exclusion of the reward money from the final encounter, is 1283 gp.
2nd Ed, does that require new PCs?
I’ll stay with pf 1 for ages!! No pf2!
I checked the guide:
Resolving Conditions: During play, you may need to resolve various conditions that affect your character.
Throughout the adventure, the pregenerated character might accrue unfortunate conditions such as a curse, disease, or even death. The pregenerated character must always clear and resolve these conditions before the end of the adventure; otherwise, they affect the Roleplaying Guild character.
- The Roleplaying Guild character must contribute a minimum amount of gold to cover the costs before using any of the pregenerated character’s wealth, depending on the pregenerated character’s level: 0 gp for a 1st-level pregenerated character, 1,000 gp for 4th-level, and 2,000 gp for 7th-level.
- After applying Roleplaying Guild character resources, the player can use the pregenerated character’s funds to pay for these spellcasting services. If sold to pay for condition removal, a 1st-level character’s gear is worth 75 gold pieces, a 4th-level character is worth 3,000 gold pieces and a 7th-level character is worth 11,500 gold pieces.
- The character can use the gold and prestige that she has earned on the Chronicle sheet for the current
adventure to help pay for condition removal.
So I have to pay 2000 gp to access Enoras level 7 gear and sell it which gives 11500 gp.
She lost her staff of ember which means 3350 needs to be reduced so 8150 go.
That is enough to pay the raise dead and 2000 gp. Thanks Harlis!
I would contribute all the gold from my chronicle to the Dr for partial payment of the resurrection.
Enora, your staff isn't lost per se. Just a careful search gets it back.
I didn't know about pregen selling their stuff, good to know.
To your resurrection tribute,
The dr.'s body is taken by Milena, resurrection requires a body or remains.
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The dr.'s body is taken by Milena, resurrection requires a body or remains.
Judging by the Gameplay thread, you HAVE my body.
I have 16 PP for raise dead - are you saying that's not enough?
I have 9 HD, and only 4 negative levels, sounds like, so I don't see what the problem is. An additional blow would have inflicted only 2 more (i.e. 6 total) negative levels - and I might have been permitted saving throws for them, I'm not sure. Sele kept getting saving throws (and failing) against his, didn't he?
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The 5 PP rescue team:
"...This cost also includes recovery of a character’s lost equipment or the need to hunt down and kill a character’s undead body before recovering it and bringing it back to life..."
If Zephyrus was turned into a vampire spawn Raise Dead explicitly no longer works, you have to get a Resurrection instead. Of course the rescue team if it gets him back before he rises as spawn would allow a raise dead to work...
You don't get a save for a negative level, you get a save 24 hours later to see if that negative level was temporary or becomes permanent.