[Outpost] GM Chie's 9-07 Salvation of the Sages (Inactive)

Game Master Korolan

GM Chie and I are attending a convention this weekend, so updates will be sporadic at best. :-D

Works for me, I'm in back to back games tomorrow.

Next weekend I'll be at a Convention myself ^_^

Hey Everyone! My Convention kicked my butt this weekend, but I am going to be back into regular post mode a few hours from now. Thanks for being so patient!

No worries, at least the battle had turned in our favour before you went offline for a couple of days. Would have been nerve-wracking sitting on the edge of life and death like we were earlier on in the encounter...although, I expect the worst is probably still yet to come! :D

I have no idea why you would think that!

Post incoming!

Gunari mentioned to me that my way of tracking charges doesn't always track as easily as I would like! I figure, that whenever a caster would use a wand, they would place a notch on the wand, to make sure and keep track of the number of charges used (And by that, the charges remaining!) For clarification: The wands found are Cure Moderate Wounds (10 Charges Remaining) and Restoration (4 Charges Remaining)

When I describe wands, that is normally how I do it. I sometimes forget that it can be a little obtuse!

Okeydoke! Next set of Questions!

Dhiara is a noble warrior, and is impressed my Valor and Combat Prowess! How many Mendevian Commendations do you have? Additionally, how many Bonus Combat feats have you earned from Class Levels?

Sinuhotep, being a Lich, is a Very Complicated conundrum, filled with choices and divergent paths. Look at your chronicles, and Look for Mutually Exclusive boons. (For example, Destiny of the Sands Part 1, either Reckless Revenge or Subtle Revenge.) How many have you earned that you had to cross off another?

Speaking of Revenge for Torch, He has always been supportive of helping out your fellow agents. How often have you spent your own Prestige or Gold to help another? Each increment of 2 PP or 750 G counts as one instance (For example, if you paid 16 PP for a Raise Dead for another Pathfinder Agent, that would count as 8)

On an unrelated note, Everybody paid the 210 for Heroes Feast, Life Bubble and Delay Poison, right?

Dhiara: 0
Sinuhotep: 1
Torch: 0
Buffs: Paid

Dhiara: 1 Mendevian Commendation
Sinuhotep: 5
Torch: 0
Buffs: Paid

Dhiara: 5 bonus feats (Gunari didn’t do any season 5 things)
Sinuhotep :4 (might be 5, but I cannot recall if one is mutually exclusive)
Torch: 0. (Never had to, honestly)
Buffs:paid (through a variety of ways)

By the way, I am loving the banter we've got going!

Apologies for not being more gregarious myself. Combination of Arde being my straight man and life stretching my bandwidth a little thin.

Sinuhotep, being a Lich

Wait, what the, who?? We're adventuring with a Lich? I think I missed a detail somewhere...

Speaking of Revenge for Torch, He has always been supportive of helping out your fellow agents.

I have also never observed this, Lol. Oh, well.

Dhiara: 3
Sinuhotep: 3
Torch: 1
Buffs: Paid

GM Chie wrote:

Sinuhotep, being a Lich

Wait, what the, who?? We're adventuring with a Lich? I think I missed a detail somewhere...

Someone hasn't played Ancient's Anguish I see. :) Let's see if this link helps.

Jaswinder Aniljit wrote:

GM Chie wrote:

Sinuhotep, being a Lich

Wait, what the, who?? We're adventuring with a Lich? I think I missed a detail somewhere...

Someone hasn't played Ancient's Anguish I see. :)

Man, that was a good scenario.

And we know the results of the "decision" now (really the obvious choice)

My Crypt-Breaker Alchemist has a disturbing fascination with constructs and undead. Imagine his reaction.

Apparently I played it with my Swashbuckler. I haven't GMed it. I'll have to download it sometime and refresh my memory.

Maybe my group killed her too quick to get any story out of her.

Dhiara: "We ain't got nothin'!"
Sinuhotep: 2; 9-03 "On the Border of War" and 8-13 "What sleeps in Stone"
Torch: Noone has died or been afflicted by anything in Kan-Jeh's presence.
Buffs: Paid!

Also just realized how many unused boons I have on this character. Gonna need to work on that.

I have to be honest, I've really lost interest in this scenario. It might just be one of those better situated for a tabletop experience. The RP has been great, but I'm not really clear on what we're supposed to be doing right now. If it's an investigation, let's make our research checks and move on.

With just three weeks left, how close are we to completion?

I would say we might (at most) be about a week late? That being said, the Exploration here is a bit more than ‘Skill Checks and Move On’

If nobody has objections, I can move to about a room a day from this point forward?

Dungeon crawling always tends to slow down PbPs in my experience. Do you guys want me to push a bit? This part of the scenario requires players to be a little more proactive in moving forward.

Pushing would be great (I thought I was trying to do that)...

Pushing would be great, since I don't know what to do on my end.

Pushing is fine. I should have been more proactive, but I've haven't been able to post at the rates I usually have. Let me get reckless.

"Gunari??! Come on, now! This is not the time to be impersonating your deity's ascendance!"

This got a loud laugh out of me!

Speaking of pushing!

For the sake of speed, multiple people can be in that Mindscape at once! It's Probably Completely safe!

This got a loud laugh out of me!

"I am also having the belly laugh!"

Speaking of pushing!

For the sake of speed, multiple people can be in that Mindscape at once! It's Probably Completely safe!

Come on in, the water's fine!

My plan is to get All of the exploration done before we start poking around with any Alchemy. Additionally, I have taken note of your Craft(Alchemy) checks so we can use them when the time comes!

Fun story: I ran this for an undine monk who proceeds headlong into any water the party finds without pause.

I have an Undine underwater crossbow Bolt Ace who would have done the same thing!

Blub blub then.

As someone who had acid drip on him in small amounts; ouch.

How did you know that was my name?

Far Sight.

Wow, this is amazingly harsh.

First, we are entering a fight a less than 1/3 (or fewer) HP that we cannot heal.

Then, our buffs have been run out.

and it will be a tough fight, I assume.

Wowsers...

I made sure to warn my tables "This scenario is unfair. So unfair. Terribly unfair."

And you guys haven't even seen the worst parts.

I promise you, the worst parts are coming yet.

These combat posts, even if just Copy and Pasting, take like an hour to write and keep track of.

Also, after we are done with the Unfairness of this last combat, I'll post the b*&#&*!! here in a Spoiler.

Jaswinder is a skills generalist. He'd probably be best just shooting people rather than Mindscaping.

Hey Everyone! There are Two gems here that currently do not have a sage attached to them!
For the ONYX Jewel (Padrym) He is a beacon of Law and Order. Having a lawful alignment grants you a bonus. Additionally, every feat, trait, or class feature that imposes a code of conduct grants you an additional bonus.

For the SPINEL Jewel (Mnesoset) Each language the PC knows beyond the PC’s racial starting languages grants the PC a bonus. If you played the Season of Plundered Tombs ACG, you should know who this is! Otherwise, don't worry too much!

Okeydoke! Next set of Questions!

Dhiara is a noble warrior, and is impressed my Valor and Combat Prowess! How many Mendevian Commendations do you have? Additionally, how many Bonus Combat feats have you earned from Class Levels?

Sinuhotep, being a Lich, is a Very Complicated conundrum, filled with choices and divergent paths. Look at your chronicles, and Look for Mutually Exclusive boons. (For example, Destiny of the Sands Part 1, either Reckless Revenge or Subtle Revenge.) How many have you earned that you had to cross off another?

Speaking of Revenge for Torch, He has always been supportive of helping out your fellow agents. How often have you spent your own Prestige or Gold to help another? Each increment of 2 PP or 750 G counts as one instance (For example, if you paid 16 PP for a Raise Dead for another Pathfinder Agent, that would count as 8)

On an unrelated note, Everybody paid the 210 for Heroes Feast, Life Bubble and Delay Poison, right?

Dhiara: 1

Sinuhotep: 5
(Mutually Exclusive Boons)

Torch: 0
(Spent own gold to help another)

Hey Everyone! There are Two gems here that currently do not have a sage attached to them!

For the ONYX Jewel (Padrym) He is a beacon of Law and Order. Having a lawful alignment grants you a bonus. Additionally, every feat, trait, or class feature that imposes a code of conduct grants you an additional bonus.

For the SPINEL Jewel (Mnesoset) Each language the PC knows beyond the PC’s racial starting languages grants the PC a bonus. If you played the Season of Plundered Tombs ACG, you should know who this is! Otherwise, don't worry too much!

Padrym: 0

Mnesoset: 13
(languages)

Khash also has +14 Perception; +27 vs. Mnesoset. He'll be going for that one first.

For Tahonikepsu he has Linguistics +16, which isn't bad. I don't see a bonus for her, unless I missed something. I only see Dhiara, Sinuhotep, Torch, Padrym, and Mnesoset.

Padrym: 0, I think... since warpriest doesn't technically require a code of conduct.

Mnesoset: 3 languages

Have to go digging a little, but I need to find a good combat feat that I can use with barroom brawler (1/day martial versatility) -- something that will help here.

Unfortunately, since I used holy as my sacred weapon boost earlier in the day, I cannot get ghost touch this time. We may be relying on a lot of force damage to take out the ghost, unless dealing with the sage jewels helps here

Jaswinder, Pratvah doesn’t have magic fang?

No, for a combination of reasons:

• Magic Fang is only 1 min/level.
• I failed to identify Tahiri as Incorporeal anyways.
• Greater Magic Fang is 1 hr/level, but I don't have a 3rd Level spellslot available to cast it.
• I would have the money to up my Wisdom for such a slot if I'd never bought that carpet =\
• Snakes don't get the Neck Item slot for an Amulet of Mighty Fists.
• Even if all of this happened, incorporeal creatures cannot be grappled or constricted anyways.

Know any Force Spells?

Jaswinder, then you could have Pratvah grapple the other one, hopefully taking it out of the fight.

Or so we can hope

I did a boon dive, and I am ready to start burning.

Actually found a good number of bonuses I can use, especially on skill rolls for diplomacy.

Hey! Amenapheus does force damage! Need to save him next!

Hey! Amenapheus does force damage! Need to save him next!

Are you saying he is a force to be reckoned with?

Gunari Maximoff wrote:

Hey! Amenapheus does force damage! Need to save him next!

Are you saying he is a force to be reckoned with?

HOSKINS!!!

So, my current plan, as it stands, is to free Tahonikepsu, and then move on to free Amenopheus if I can.

Would it be possible for our paladin to move into position, and channel once? Ardelaneu's channels of 5d6 will help out a LOT of folks (as in everyone but the lich).

On, that, I would not be saddened much if a certain reliquary as sage jewel gets sundered, if that is the easiest way to remove Tahani's influence from it. That is, of course, if Seldanna doesn't free him first.

After Amenopheus, if we still have need, I will probably work on Dhiara... since I seem to have a lot of bonuses for her? Or does Kan-Yeh wanna try to free her?

ideas? Criticism