[PFS] GM Lithrac's Orders from the Gate (#7-25) (Inactive)

Game Master Cyril Corbaz

Opening recruitment, but it's invite-only at this stage. If you have people you especially enjoy playing with, feel free to invite them, as I'd much rather GM for friends and friends of friends than total strangers.

Shifty's Hellknight is level 9, which means we'll aim to play the higher subtier (8-9). Plan which character you're willing to bring accordingly.

We'll also endeavor to have a steady pace in the game, so make sure you can post once a day when applying. Thanks!

Looking forward to GMing this one!

Looking forward to playing it!

Now I'm trusting that playing an Order of the Gate Hellknight, in a scenario called 'Orders from the Gate' is not a #fatallyflawedidea and that things will go rather swimmingly...

Thanks for the invite. I think I'll bring Penelope along to remind the Hellknights where their loyalties lie.

Marra steps forward to volunteer, small steps since she is a halfling.

She is 8th level bard (dawnflower dervish), just need to update the online pages.

Fantastic, welcome everyone!

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Holman, seeing several of his past...acquaintances? Comrades-in-arms? Dare he say, friends? Anyway, seeing them beginning to gather, he decides to hang around nearby to see what's afoot.

I'm certainly trying to keep up with a post a day, but if it comes down to it and there's enough interest, feel free to take someone else. :-)

Welcome Pedwiddle! As long as you try, it's fine by me and I certainly would prefer having you rather than not! I just want to avoid running a slow-motion game like "The Refuge of Time" scenario I'm currently playing in, where the average posting rate is once per week.

I'm still checking multiple times a day :)

Would another fighter be too much? Grimaldus is my only character of sufficient level. No worries if he imbalances the party - will sit it out =)

Not at all Grimaldus, you're most welcome!

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So we have:

Hellion - Hellknight
Penelope - Paladin
Marra - Bard
Holman - Rogue
Grimaldus - Fighter

Sounds like we're ready to start! I'll post the Maps and Handouts slides where I'll ask everyone to kindly fill in the chart, post their icon and Init modifier.

If you have a Day Job, you may roll it here and now.

Also please join the Gameplay thread too if you haven't already.

Looking forward to GMing this one for you!

Profession (Sailor, Ship Vanity, Built for Speed): 1d20 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 + 4 = 17

day job preform (oratory) story-telling: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23

Day Job:
Travelling Merchant caravan/fighting tent. 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (19) + 18 = 37

Profession, Soldier: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Craft weapons day job: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Grim clearly had an axe to grind :p

Ouch - your sharp wit bites...

:D

Grim purchased a ring of protection +2 between adventures in adition to his greater restoration.

Thanks!

Just for your information for those who have adventured with Marra before,
Marra can no longer inspire courage in others due to the following ruling on Dawnflower Dervish {link} While it bring them in line with the other Dervish and archaeologists similar abilities, despite the different wording and also, the Dawnflowers having an additional limitation of following Sarenrae. Oddly enough if they stop following her then they suddenly remember how to inspire others like a normal bard.

Still it solves the sometimes difficult choice of being selfish with inspire courage or sharing it with others.

Still she can cast good hope when needed.

...sad panda...!

I noticed not everyone has posted their init score on the google slide document (in page 2 now). Please do so.

The board is eating my gameplay posts for some reason. Penelope will move forward and strike (+11, 1d8+4)

Ok, guess everything is working again. Post are showing up, but with a long delay. Strange...

Thanks for posting for me, Shifty.

FYI - I'm headed out of town for the weekend and will not have any internet access. Please bot Grim as needed!

Thanks for letting us know!

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Dreadfully sorry for the late posting, but this combat was a bit tricky to set up, as you can guess from the map. Let's kill some orcs now!

I have a boon from AetherCon 2016 that lets me build a Brutal Reputation, and one condition to accumulate it is to "Confirm a critical hit against an opponent whose CR is greater than your character level." I don't suppose the orc chieftain has a CR that high?

The orc chieftain has a CR of exactly 9,so it would qualify I think.

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Huzzah!

Our adventure comes to an end. Congratulations on its completion, you performed outstandingly well! The choice you made oriented the last encounter of the scenario, which would have been a completely different one if you had chosen to head to the Temple of the Sky, obviously.

You didn't miss much during the scenario - just one item you weren't able to find because you couldn't defuse (or didn't want to be harmed by) the explosive runes in the investigation phase. Although I've crossed out the item from the Chronicle Sheets, I haven't deduced gold from them.

Here are the chronicle sheets. Please download them, check them and print them.

Grimaldus

Holman

Marra

Penelope

Svetlana

The game has just been reported, and I am proud to announce that this game is my 100th game for credit! I really enjoyed GMing this one for you. Looking forward to the next one!

Thats awesome!

And it was a cool adventure too - so funky to play it with one of my fave characters who happened to be a Hellknight and even better, of the EXACT order!

Awesome, congratulations on the added star! Thank you very much for running this...

Started grinding all your specials yet towards 5th star?

Not really, I haven't tried very hard. I've GMed two online, one in face-to-face. I didn't get a chance to GM either of the specials you've proposed, mainly because the GM offer was already very sizable, but I would have loved to. TBH a fifth star isn't a priority for me, though I'll get there eventually I imagine.

Grim has decided to accept the invitation to join the Order of the Gate. After several weeks of indoctrination and training, he found that he already possessed the discipline and dogma required to become a Hellknight!

Yes...yes...

Outstanding decision! I somehow always thought of Grimaldus as a Hellknight for some reason.

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