[PFS_CORE_Aerondor] 06-04 Beacon Below (Inactive)

Game Master Aerondor

Yeap, the will save is only required for those who can see the raggy figures. At the moment that is only two of you.

Thus doubtful who can see two has to make two saves, and Numair who can see one has to make one save.

Guards and Wards is a pretty powerful spell and doesn't say anything about being burned off by fire, so I'm assuming the fog will stay there unless someone removes it some how.

"Dispel magic would work against the fog with a normal change."

Do you mean "normal chance?"

Yes.

I'm going to be away for a couple of days. Impromptu camping trip organised by the family.

Huh... so was looking up something else, and came across this FAQ entry by happenstance....

Would seem I've been doing it wrong!
I've just been calculating by power attack penalty/bonus based on his +6 base BaB (so -2/+4) ... when I should be using a +8 flurrying BaB (so -3/+6)!

Learn something new every day!

Oh, and who goes camping in January!? =)

Depends on the hemisphere... maybe?

Yep.

In the Southern Hemisphere, the end of summer is a not unreasonable time to go camping ;-)

I camp all year with scouts. 20 degrees is no problem. I prefer it to hot summer nights. Colder that that though and it requires special gear to be comfortable.

Down here in New Zealand. And we have had a pretty hot summer so far. We may end up taking a long weekend in a couple of weeks time and heading off again. But school starts right after that so things are still a bit up in the air.

I'm flying to Chicago today and will not be able to post until tomorrow

And another camping trip before School starts back. I'll be away Saturday til Tuesday.

I'll be traveling Tuesday through the following Monday but will be able to post some. Likely a little slower.

Traveling tonight and tomorrow. Should be able to post tomorrow night.

Hey, sorry. Please bot me. Long story but traveling and lost my laptop. I’ll be home Tuesday. Posting from phone.

We're going a little slowly at the moment and there is no realistic way this will be over before Outpost. At the moment I suspect we will finish around half way through that, but that is just a guess . Dungeon crawl scenarios don't necesarily translate the best to PBP.

I've had a request to hold off the following scenario (Salvation of the Sages) until after Outplay finishes, if we do finish early. How do you all feel about that?

I think there was confusion on my part for some things so just want to see if I understand.

You offered to run both classic and core versions of Beacon from Below and Salvation of the Sages.
We are in the Core version of Beacon but the classic run didn't fire.

I would like to play Core Salvation of the Sages with my Scarab Sages character but I would also like to play him in an outpost game.

So I'm the one requesting a delay on Salvation until after my Outpost game ends.

And I think our slowness has less to do with this being a dungeon crawl and more to do with locked doors and trying to get straight talk from a sphinx.

Nobody ever gets straight talk from a Sphinx.

Maybe I should change my icon...

I actually wanted to play BB as Core (am doing so! ) and SS in classic mode. I am fine waiting for SS but it will not impact my Core character.

I do need the core character for another game soon though and it would be nice to have this chronicle when that starts.

Even if all of the players bumped up their posting to once a day I wouldn't expect this to end for at least a few weeks.

For the Roll Call: I'm here daily.
Just that I've had nothing to contribute skill-wise (ie. +1 Perception won't help here) or such (ie. do not even have a torch - since my gem of Continual Light won't help much).

ha! I'm a dwarf, don't need torches... 10 of them just came when I bought starting equipment!

You can use one of mine, the damn things are heavy.... I use them whenever I can make up an excuse to =)

I can post daily and intend to. Would love to pick up the pace to daily posting for all.

Sorry, I've been a bit of a hold up here too, with a couple of holidays and then training courses. Normally I'm a multiple times a day poster but recently I've only been once or twice.

I'll be at a small con Friday-Sunday and will have little time to post. Please bot me if needed.

Back.

I am leaving for a 10 day trip tomorrow. My posting will be limited to shorter posts from an iPad and likely only in the evenings. Please bot me if I get behind. I travel home on the 17th and should be back to normal on the 18th.

BTW I'll be away Tuesday/Wednesday my time (M/T for you US folk) at an off site, so expect me to be quiet then.

Okay, removed 4 charges from Wand of CLW.

I am back and catching up.

Well done. We are just in the wrap up, but I need to play out a final scene or so as that can contribute to whether you get a boon that you are all on the cusp of acquiring.

Am pondering faction card stuff, has anyone qualified as an "aristocrat, noble, ambassador, or similar figure"? Tahanikepsu maybe?

Hrmm... though the DC's up to a 28 to make the check, I think... so I think I'd need a 20 =)

Technically Tahanikepsu represents a different organisation from the PFS. While not a noble, as head of the organisation I think she would count.

Knowledge (nobility): 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 2 = 19

Nope, not even close =)
(nothing to see here people!)

I don't suppose we have come across any named NPCs that would be considered a Trader, Merchant, or Smuggler?

Unfortunately not. There were the two guides, but I don't think they quite qualify.

I've gone ahead and reported the session, as unless you go mad and attack the critters, you have finished it off from that point of view.

@Doubtful, you are doubtless aware you are showing up as RPG not Core.
@Stormy (Lem) - you are showing up as liberty's edge not Dark Archive. I changed the reporting to show dark archive, but you may want to update your character faction online as well.

Now, just to check - are we taking a hiatus until after Outpost finishes (some time in August, given the second session starts on May 7th), or pressing on? It matters for whether I have Numair participate in something in the interim, or not :-)

Hmm. I will check into the faction thing.

How about resolved a combat encounter through diplomacy, trickery, bribery, or similar tactic? Pretty sure we hit that one multiple times but want confirmation.

Yes, you resolved a combat encounter (when I played this, we fought the centaurs who were actually zelekhuts). That was resolved through diplomacy. So was Saruna for that matter.

I was thinking of holding off until after Outpost for Salvation of the Sages. So FTF games would be fine with Numair, but I think PBP may be pushing it unless you know you have a group of fast posters with a rapid fire GM.

?Outpost doesn't finish until July/August or so (given that the second session starts May 7). If we are waiting, I was planning to run Numair in the Special in session 2 (given that he did Part A).

Outpost finishes on 5th May I thought.

The second section of the multiplayer special is not strictly speaking part of Outpost. At least that is my understanding of it.

Oh! It was advertised as part of it (and even described as session 2).

My mistake.

Never mind, then...

I was considering playing the next one with my Core wizard but he is in a pbp already. And since it has taken us weeks to go from a meeting, to a new location, through a door, and now in another meeting I don't expect him to be available any time soon.

Which game is that?

Chronicles are now available

Chronicle sheet looks fine.

I'll cross off the Dark archive award on mine, though ;-)

Thank you. Chronicle fine. Be safe all!

Thanks! All seems good :)

Can I check Recruit a named NPC scholar, knowledgeable spellcaster, or similar figure to the Dark Archive for my Faction goal with Saruna ?

Quick note don't Lem know. geography or Jair survival check (23) was enough to map the area?

Hall of Drunken Heroes. Which you are in.

This is the post where Lem was mapping and rolled hgh on his bluff to seem to be doing something else.

@Jair yes, you certainly can.

I'll mark this as inactive when Doubtful and Lem confirm their chronicles are okay.

Mine was good!