[PFS] GM kuey's Race for the Runecarved Key (#4-00), Tier 1-2 (Special) (Inactive)

Game Master kuey

I've been at work all day and still have about 3 hours to go, 4 before I'm home. If Jacinth is up, please feel free to bot her to keep things moving - otherwise I'll catch up when I get home!

Wow, I just realized I have Magic Weapon prepped. William, as soon as you come back I'll cast it on you and let you go to town. I have two more Channels left, so that will help for the meantime.

If we can't see it, we may have to spread out and attack with Readied Actions.

Lumo, in case you missed it, just to point out that you find out from your knowledge(religion) that the use of its frightening ability, i.e. where it appeared and scared you guys, can only be used once a minute. So it is not likely to manifest visibly again anytime soon.

i.e. where it appeared and scared you guys, can only be used once a minute. So it is not likely to manifest visibly again anytime soon.

Ah... I didn't connect the dots. Thanks for pointing that out.

FYI, I worked last night and am working again tonight so my posting may be erratic to nonexistent until tomorrow morning/afternoon. I'll try to check in as I can but please feel free to bot Jacinth in the meantime if she's needed for something! For now, I need to get some sleep :)

Dear all, sorry that I've slowed down in my posting. A crisis came up at work this week and things are a bit crazy right now. I just got home from a 16hr day today, and things don't look like they will improve just yet. I'll steal whatever time I can to update, but I'll get at least one post in per day when I get home from work. But it might just end up being a super long post like the one I just put up. I believe past the weekend things would improve.

Don't worry! I feel like our pace has been pretty good so far.

Real life comes first!

Ditto! :)

No worries GM, real life happens! For what it's worth, I think most of the tables are moving at roughly this same pace - my guys are just starting on their second of these tasks as well, for example :)

Same with my table! I think we're doing fine.

As a heads-up I'm working today and all this weekend so my posting might be a little slow at points; please feel free to bot Jacinth as needed and I'll catch up as I'm able :)

I will be out of town this weekend. I will still post every 24 hours, but if the combat is waiting on me, feel free to bot. (He likes to hit things)

Hey folks, I'll be out and about for most of the afternoon at a live PFS game so feel free to bot Jacinth as needed and I'll catch up later tonight after I get home :)

Checking in; just wanted to say that I'm still following the action and awaiting when Jacinth can act again. In the meantime, go get that assassin! :D

~Ra ra ree,
Kick 'em in the knee!
Ra ra rass,
Kick 'em in the other knee!~

Anyway, after this combat, remind me to share how someone here prevented a character death. :)

Okay, so this has me super curious. :)

Yeah! Who did what to keep William from dying? Cause we all know it was me!

Oh yes. You know how that cultist was running into the darkness? Why? Well, he was going to provide flanking for the assassin, because ... surprise surprise, she has sneak attack. So if Tellerin hadn't taken him down, that crit she did on William would have another 4d6 of damage ... :P

And oh, good going on the eagles. Other than all the damage it did (man I've never seen that many series of nat 20s before), it stop the assassin on its tracks early enough (and I put in so much effort to prepare the chase cards!), and soaked up the scorpion venom on her sword. :)

Those eagles were excellent! Did not expect so much out of them haha. But that was a nice job dropping him Tellerin! While we had some really rough times, we have been kicking some butt this adventure. So thanks for running it.

Nice! I wasn't so excited to use a burning hands on just one guy, so I'm glad it was worthwhile.

Nice shooting, Tellerin! :)

Oh wait, sneak attack damage doesn't multiply on a crit, so it would have been 2d6, not 4d6. So William might have survived that. :)

That would have been OK, William will be going on sabatical anyhow. Not in love with the paladin for PFS and have been itching to try an occultist.

Ooh, I have an occultist. Rather complex class to play, but really, he is like doraemon with his magic pouch, pulling out practically anything that party needs. :)

Yeah, I find the concept facinating and want to see how it plays out in reality.

I seem to like fiddly classes over more simplistic ones, mechanics wise.

Oh yes, there was a question about our score tally. Without spoiling too much, although we are not leading the pack, we are doing quite well. This is despite certain sections which I feel is disadvantageous for lower-tier tables. For example, for the chase, the DCs are fixed and don't scale by tier. Also, having the ability to fly or teleport bypasses the chase completely. In the table I'm playing which is tier 10-11, all of us could fly so the chase took one round.

Alright, we're coming to the end of the scenario so it's boon rolling time. I usually let the players roll for themselves, but the powers-that-be has dictated that the GM roll for everyone. So I'll roll using the usual initiative order, replacing myself for the monsters' roll. ;) A 1 or a 20 for a 1d20 wins a boon, and a 1d3 determines which one.

Here goes!

Jacinth: 1d20 ⇒ 15
Uther: 1d20 ⇒ 14
William: 1d20 ⇒ 11
Lumo: 1d20 ⇒ 19
Tellerin: 1d20 ⇒ 14
Nigel: 1d20 ⇒ 7
kuey: 1d20 ⇒ 3

Aaah!!! Seems like my bad luck from the previous special is still dogging me. I gm'ed like 5 games then and not a single one won a boon. Sigh...

Sadface :(

7 charges so far used on my wand of CLW this adventure.

Not trying to meta game here but in a FtF game I played recently, I sent a duo of yeth hounds at a level 5 group. Arn't they like a CR2 or 3 alone? That is a rough fight for a 1-2 level group. I am definitely in for leaving. I don't want poor Nigel to die here haha.

Yikes...maybe tapping out would be wise at this point, with three of us panicked for the next several rounds... >.>

Yeah, Yeth Hounds in groups are a lot worse than their CR would indicate. So this is a fight that I'd consider dicey even for a tier 3-4 group! As I said over in gameplay, I'm OK to tap out.

Yep, we don't stand much of a chance the way things stand. I'm fine with cutting our losses and getting out of dodge before those hounds get the taste for gnome.

Note to self: Buy a scroll of Remove Fear!!!

With all of our front liners running, I'd say we tap out.

Normally I would say running them around in circles is an option, but our only people with brains left are gnomes so... unless either of you have a crazy climb or acrobatics or Escape spell, I don't think you'll make it the few rounds before warriors start coming back online.

Yeah, you're right. This third wave is a big jump in challenge for tier 1-2. It is actually the first wave for tier 5-6. :) And it is definitely meant to be a stretch goal, hence the tap out option. Seems that consensus is to tap out. Now if some people could role-play that in the gameplay thread, then I can take over from here.

Well, Nigel is the only one left not running away, trailing a line of pee down the road.

I vote him!

Thanks for the great game GM Kuey and everyone else, very enjoyable adventure!

Yes, it's been great fun! Shame we had to tap out but at least we all lived to tell the tale :)

Oh yes, by the way, if you were wondering where the portals came from, remember the letter you found in the wererat warehouse? And the "seeds" they were paid to "sow"? :)

Ahh, that makes sense. I didn't put that together, I just figured it was something the assassin did/summoned with the curse.

Wow, I did not tie those dots together at all. Its still not obvious to me if there's a point to these portals other than to cause chaos.

I guess we'll see with the wrap up in a few days?

Yes, in approximately 48hrs.

Thanks for pointing out that detail! I hate how there are so many details in the scenarios that are rarely spelled out entirely.

Yeah, that happens in quite a number of PFS scenarios. I usually try to reveal as much as possible in gameplay but that is not always feasible without being contrived.

Anyway, decided to prepare the chronicle sheets to get them out of the way. You'll notice they are post-dated 1 Mar. :) Get them here! Will also leave a link at the top of the page. Let me know if there're any issues. Tellerin, Nigel, I noticed that you are playing with you #1 characters, but being level 2, you likely have them already. But if you do not have the Welcome to Pathfinder boon, let me know and I'll prepare for you.

Haven't reported the game, as I can't post-date that. :)

Thank you Kuey for another great game! Thanks everyone, it has been a blast playing with y'all. :)

Yeah, thanks all for the game! You've been a great bunch to play with!

The game is reported. Please let me know if it doesn't appear for you for some reasons.

Just a bit more background info for the game. The cultists are dedicated to Lissala, one of the 7 Runelords of ancient Thassilonia. They wanted to steal the ancient artifact for their own mysterious purposes and the portal they planted were meant to aid their escape or exact revenge, depending on the theft.

Thanks Kuey, everything looks good (both the reporting and the chronicle). I don't have a Welcome to Pathfinder boon, strangely enough, so if you're willing to put one together I'd love one.

Otherwise, thanks for the fun game all. Really enjoyed the RP and I think we worked together well (especially when Tellerin was a bit of a dead weight in the final sequence :>). Hopefully we can all play together again in a future game.

Yeah! I really enjoyed this one! great group and run very well. It flowed smoothly. Thanks for running this! I do have the welcome to society boon already, but thank you anyway! I hope to group up with you all again sometime!

I always love playing in your games, Kuey! You certainly bring the game to a whole new level. I look forward to seeing you all again on the boards!

Thanks for the kind words. You guys were great, too!

Tellerin, have prepared the boon, and added to the google drive.

Whoops, forgot to say that I've received my chronicle and that everything looks good! Thanks again for a great game - looking forward to your Solstice Scar table :)