Also, please let me know whether you have or have not played this scenario in 'Classic' mode. I certainly don't mind per se if it ends up everyone has, but I'll just put up the general caveat of asking not to metagame hard and try to keep foreknowledge separate from what your characters know/would do.
Thanks! Looking forward to playing with you!
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Have played and GMed.
Jötunn is Paladin-4/Draconic Sorcerer-1. He has Magical Knack (Sorcerer).
He wields a large-sized Adamantine Bastard Sword. I have a Convention Boon that halves the penalty for wielding an inappropriately sized weapon.
He buffs with a wand of Shield, giving him an AC of 24, and he has Blind Fighting.
He has Step Up.
Other than that, nothing too special. I can't recall whether he has any Chronicle Boons but I'll check tonight.
Happy gaming!!
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Since this is core the big drawback of disrupting other ioun stones shouldn't matter to us. So who do we have hold the stone? If it can be handed off easily we could pass it around for buffs and let anyone who uses level based spells in combat (Fireball?) hang on to it. In theory the regeneration would save on wand charges but I don't want to walk around wounded for hours in hopes that we are left alone while I heal.
There is another possible consideration. What happens to the stone if I have it and shape-shift? Would I still get the effects? It would be an effective way to protect it But the +1 caster level wouldn't help me much in combat.
Feel free to decide amongst yourselves how you want to carry (or try not to) that stone.
If you shapeshift, the stone itself would still orbit your head in cat or bat or dog etc form. If slotted in a wayfinder, it would function just like any other magic item.
By the point ahead where combat may occur, the path will have become unsuitable for a cart. We can unhook it now if you like.
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Just a quick note on how I run my combats:
I'll roll and post the initiative order, but within each 'block' (as in if several of you are all going before the next enemy or thing) I don't care the order unless it matters or you choose to specify. Players currently acting are in bold
For example, if the Initiative looks like this:
Irizati
Jotunn
then Irizati and Jotunn can all post an action, with Jotunn not neccessarily having to wait for Irizati. I find this helps keep combat moving in PbP as everyone tends to log on and post at different hours.
If you have any questions, please let me know!
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Here is where I got confused.
If a creature with a climb speed chooses an accelerated climb (see above), it moves at double its climb speed (or at its land speed, whichever is slower) and makes a single Climb check at a –5 penalty.
So Nagani could take the -5 and move at his current land speed of 30. So he could have attacked the blue chrysmal. But my mistake.
Nagano can attack the blue Crysmal if you would like. We're this IRL I could have revealed their presence quicker and smoother.
Also, now I learned something today (re Climb speed allowing take-10)
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When I played this my 7 Charisma Inquisitor was the party face just because he had a few ranks in diplomacy. I'm expecting a better result this time.
Btw while Irizati has his reasons for not turning back into Human the Wild Shape technically counts as a disguise.
Assuming my host has a reason to think I am not what I seem he would need a DC 18 Perception check to see through my "disguise" assuming I take 10.
Well, all types out like that that is a quite long post in text form (the booming voice admittedly does not help)
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Irizati negotiates contracts between groups that profit from the land and people who own the land so that profit can be made while still maintaining a healthy ecosystem.
I'm pretty sure Simon plans to try for a Wish and we'll help but is it really possible to walk away from this with a free valuable item?
With those results, don't be surprised if you're all approached by Guaril for negotiating assistance after this :)
And the item is not permanent on the chronicle, but you can use it now and it can help offset other potential things if needed
Will have post when I get home (~6pm Est)
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Right now Irizati has a regular speed of 60. Thanks to Spider Climb he has a climb speed of 20. Because of the pillars the best route I can take to green uses 55 movement. Am I able to take those last 5 feet up the wall and attack? Since Spider Climb requires no climb check and only specifies I can't use the Run action does that mean I could Charge and therefore Pounce up a wall? Not this round because I don't have a straight path but in general?
In general, I would say no. While you could move 55 (or however many) feet to get to the wall and then the rest to move up and on it, the transition is not so seamless that it wouldn't prevent and disrupt a charge (since you're now moving at a 90 degree different angle. If you start on the same plane of course (as in you're already on the wall), then you can charge.
Also note that spider climb specifies your hands need to be free in order to climb. Based on that and the way it awkwardly maps onto the form of a dinosaur, I would say you can easily bite, and also use your foreclaws while climbing, but not your talons without falling.
Does that make sense?
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I don't plan to pounce this round. I don't have a direct charge. I'm asking if I can go that last 5 feet up the wall as part of my move action then get a standard action. And as a separate question if I start the turn on the same surface as the target such as the wall or ceiling could I pounce? Minus the foreclaws attack.
Yes I'm fine with the move, go slightly up wall, Standard
As for Pounce, yes on wall (eight walls with octagon but each angle is low), no on wall->ceiling (for similar reasons as above)
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Barring narrow cases like the Tongue ability a Grab creates the Grappled condition for the grabber and the target of the grab. Being grappled has a few effects.
Can't take attacks of opportunity.
-4 to Dexterity and thus -2 to AC.
-2 to attack rolls.
Normally the -4 to Dex and -2 to attack cancel each other out so when grappled enemies are fighting each other you don't have to make any adjustments. The most common exception is if one of them is using Dexterity to attack. In that case they have -2 to attack and another -2 due to the -4 to Dexterity. Nagani is using his 26 Strength to attack.
I assume Haste will be gone by the time we enter the next room. If so I'll drop Nagani's AC back to 27.
I understand that. In this case, as different people are used to it being factored in differently, I was factoring in the pech's -2 to attacks into his rolls even though he was attacking the grappler. I then saw that the 27 would have hit the snake after the grappling condition lowered its AC.
The reason I chose this way was to have all of the various modifiers clear and visibly factored in. In PbPs, where time and medium makes it harder to immediately point out things, I have found that 'putting it all on the post' is useful to allow for looking back and resolving questions or missed factors. This also allowed for the chance that, while I didn't notice anything in Nagani's stats, if the snake had one of the abilities that allowed it to ignore the 'grappled' condition while controlling the grapple, that could be called out.
There will be another wrap-up post or two, but we are pretty much done with this scenario. Congratulations all: you've personally rescued 1/3rd of the Pathfinder leadership body who might talk to you!
I will likely get the chronicles together and linked up here tomorrow or possibly Thursday if life intervenes. In the meantime, that means it's time for Day Jobs! Roll 'em if you've got 'em (or Faction specific downtime activities instead if relevant).
