[PFS] GM ShieldBug's The Year of the Sky Key

Game Master ShieldBug

Gotcha! :)

Just a heads up. I'll be quite late with my update today. Feel free to finish off the walnut check and I'll move y'all on by the end of the day. ;)

Walnut's checked (dunno if you saw my post from earlier)!

If 3 failed aid Diplomacy rolls doesn't exemplify our group, I don't know what does.

Well, other than Yaiho finishing off enemies in grisly ways.

Hehe, two were really close though, and you still succeeded at a pretty difficult roll. :)

I just found out my neighbourhood won't have power tomorrow, so I won't be online. Bot me if needed. Be sure to add in lots of panicked squeaks! Thanks!

Bummer! I'll make sure that there are plenty of squeaks in your absence. :)

Yaiho make sure only a little bit of blood covers Danicka after Yaiho bites enemy.

Just a heads up, I'm going to be a little late again today. Things are getting crazy as the big move date approaches. ;)

Take your time. Moving is crazy enough even when you're not jumping across an ocean!

Speaking of which... We were due to do the module next, but I'm not sure I'll be able to do that properly within the time frame. As such, I'm going to move up The Segang Expedition to be our next scenario, if nobody minds. Also, it'll be the our last game before we take a bit of a break while I'm settling into my new home and the new workload. I'm going to see if I can start prep now so that we can jump straight into it without my traditional week hiatus between scenarios... fun fact: we have moved up a tier! :)

Sounds good!

Ditto ^^^

That works for me. Please take your time and get settled in. I myself am moving out of my house so I can sympathize. (Sold it as I am moving to Japan in January)

No problems with the plan here :) Thanks for running this long series of scenarios so far. Staying with one group has been a ton of fun

Sounds good to me! This game is the highlight of my PbP experience, to be sure! You do an excellent job breathing life into the story. I do hope the move goes well.

Excellent, thanks guys. :)

Wow, Rook, I couldn't even imagine a move like that. I mean, I'm going to have enough trouble with the language difference between American and British. Good luck!

I lived in Japan for a few years back in the early '80s and one thing I learned back then when a Japanese person says, 'No speak English.' they are pretty much lying. They are taught English in every school grade. They might not be good in English, but they will know enough to get by.

Now when I lived in England, there was some times the accent was so thick, I couldn't understand a word they were saying. :P

I've never really had a problem with understanding accents. We're pretty multi-cultural where I live, so you can hear any number of different languages, and different accents of English, just walking down the street. Admittedly, not much British/UK accents, though, so what do I know. Haha.

A friend of mine left right after University for Japan to teach English for a year, which turned into two years, then three years, and next thing you know it's been eight. Haha. He loved it so much he's clearly not coming back.

Meanwhile, contemplating moving my family and kids over a few blocks to a new apartment sounds like way too much work, never mind changing schools! Moving to a new country? SO not interested. Haha.

Have fun, guys!

I lived in Japan for a few years back in the early '80s and one thing I learned back then when a Japanese person says, 'No speak English.' they are pretty much lying. They are taught English in every school grade. They might not be good in English, but they will know enough to get by.

I found that to be the case in France as well. Apparently my broken Italian annoyed them so much they just figured out how to speak English on the fly!

Now when I lived in England, there was some times the accent was so thick, I couldn't understand a word they were saying. :P

When I did some work in real, real rural Tennessee I occasionally needed a translator with some of the accents those guys had.

Our longest move was from the upper midwest to far western Alaska (no we couldn't see Russia from our house, but we were only about 40 miles from the Bering Sea as the crow flies.

Our biggest issue was that most of our stuff had to be shipped barge, and arrived 3 months after we did as flying it in was to expensive and there were no roads leading to our town (Bethel).

A quick note on readied actions...

I forgot to mention, I'm not entirely sure that you can ready an action outside of combat. At least, that is what I have always been told and I kind of agree. If you could, then everyone would be able to ready an action and rolling initiative would become pointless.

If anyone feels differently, I'm open for feedback. :)

Oh the language will be a large challenge but I decided to dual-major with one in foreign language to expedite my path to fluency...that and to receive another stipend from the governmet. I am conversational already thanks to my grandmother. (I am a 1/4 Japanese). I too hope that Japan becomes my home.

I spent three years in central Alaska. Near Fairbanks at Eielson AFB. That was...an experience. The summers were beautiful but the winters were a pain.

Some of my fondest childhood memories were when I was in Japan. My stepfather was in the Air Force and I tried on many different occasions to get him to request a station back in Japan. Even tried really hard to get us back to Japan so I could graduate from High School in Japan. Failed on all of them though.

Hey, guys. My power's going to be on down again tomorrow. Hopefully this is the last time. Thanks.

Hey, guys. My power's going to be on down again tomorrow. Hopefully this is the last time. Thanks.

1. That sucks. Best of luck with this frustrating situation!

2. Where do you LIVE?! (Gotta know where to avoid!)

Rough, I like power.

Good luck with getting whatever it is resolved!

Thanks for another great game folks! This is probably the first one I have seen where the entire scenario can be completed without a single combat. And what's more surprising is, apart from that creepy blood letting plant, you actually did deal with them all peacefully... What would level 1 Brock think? :)

I'll have your chronicle sheets up as soon as everyone has let me know what they're doing with their day job rolls. Then we'll start the next scenario will start on Monday. :)

Great scenario. You ran the NPCs in-party very well. Fun interacting with them, having them along on the mission. Great game as always ShieldBug! Thanks!

I wanted to throw some bombs so badly at least a few times in there!

What a fun game! Thank you, Shieldbug! Interacting with a Spiritualist was a lot of fun, and way less creepy than I would have imagined.

Also, combined with a GM credit, I'll be level 3 for Monday!

Forgo your Downtime to nonviolently fight for the cause of liberty by spending time organizing protests, freeing slaves,
or distributing revolutionary material. Doing so requires a successful Disable Device, Knowledge (local), or Stealth check
with a DC equal to 15 + your character level.

Downtime roll (Stealth) DC 17: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (9) - 3 = 6

Yaiho starts sneaking around town and putting flyers from Liberty's Edge faction toward doors. Unfortunately he is loud as usual and is spotted by many people. Causing a rumor of a Big Orc giving flyers around town.

Will be Level 3 also and get the Power Attack feat for more damage. :P.

Faction Questions:

Did helping Cassiel pass on count as:
"Defeat an outsider that has the evil subtype or an undead creature whose CR is at least equal to your character level."

If not I'll attempt the following, by organizing a charity event to raise funds for the education of the poor children of the Puddles.
"Forgo your Downtime and succeed at a Diplomacy, Knowledge (local), or Perform (oratory) check with a DC equal 15 + your character level to organize a charity event. Alternatively, donate resources worth 100 gp per character level to charity."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15 Failing once again! Haha.

Either way, no day job.

I will not be level 3. I really need to get on some GM credit. I think after a couple of my current games end I will do this instead of starting new ones (I’m in way too many games)

I’m going to copy off Yaiho and try for the same faction goal....

Forgo your Downtime to nonviolently fight for the cause of liberty by spending time organizing protests, freeing slaves, or distributing revolutionary material. Doing so requires a successful Disable Device, Knowledge (local), or Stealth check with a DC equal to 15 + your character level.

Downtime roll (Stealth) DC 17: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

Arin follows Yaiho out into town to put up flyers but quickly shakes him when he realizes that people are noticing him. He finds boards that face street traffic and posts them as caravans pass in front of them, limiting visibility to his activities. It also helps that he’s smaller than Yaiho. He does this long into the night, while pondering recent clues about his hidden divine patron, and gets through two hefty stacks of flyers about Liberty’s Edge’s efforts to intercept slave trade, give refugees safe houses to come to, and so on.

SUCCESS

I'm not sure Yaiho will be able do that Downtime Faction goal starting at 3rd level unless I put some skill points in Stealth. Starting at 3rd level the DC will be 18 but Yaiho has a -3 Stealth. Not sure if a Natural 20 would mean success there.

@Arin: You're still on par with Rook, but if you really want to catch up with the others, there should be plenty of time after this next scenario.

@Rook: In the next scenario, much bomb throwing will be had, I promise! ;)

@Forrest: Thanks! And a level 3 swashbuckler is a beautiful thing, boosts to AC, Initiative, and Damage. :)

@Yaiho: That was you without power attack!? My word, things are going to get soo crushed. :)

@Danicka: Since you didn't actually fight Cassiel, I'm inclined to say that it wouldn't count as defeating her. However, if open to have my mind changed if successfully resolving encounters counts as defeat for faction cards. ;)

Alrighty folks, the game has been reported and your sheets are available Here! As always, let me know if there are any mistakes and I'll fix them as soon as possible.

Brock, if you roll for a day job roll, I'll edit the sheet accordingly. ;)

Chronicle sheet looks fine.

Updated my Character to level 3. Here are the major changes:

Extreme Cold Endurance = It is a permanent Endure Element spell on him. Starting at 4th level it gives him Cold Resistance.

Power Attack Feat

Stealth Skill I spent all of my measly 3 skill points on Stealth Skill. Giving him a +1 in the skill.

Upgraded my Masterwork Earthbreaker to a +1 Earthbreaker. Cost 2000gp

For fun, I activated my Rage, Power Stance, and Power Attack on Hero Lab and it shows Yaiho having a +10 Attack and 2d6+14 Damage. :P

Could have sworn I did it already:)

Gambling: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Forgo your Downtime to nonviolently fight for the cause of liberty by spending time organizing protests, freeing slaves,

or distributing revolutionary material. Doing so requires a successful Disable Device, Knowledge (local), or Stealth check
with a DC equal to 15 + your character level.

[dice=Downtime roll (Stealth) DC 17]1d20-3

Yaiho starts sneaking around town and putting flyers from Liberty's Edge faction toward doors. Unfortunately he is loud as usual and is spotted by many people. Causing a rumor of a Big Orc giving flyers around town.

Will be Level 3 also and get the Power Attack feat for more damage. :P.

Add in furious focus and start the vital strike chain, and LOOK OUT.

@ Shieldbug: Prickles has some new abilities you'll probably want to know ahead of time.

-Prickles has four AoO's a turn and can may make AoOs while flat-footed.
-Prickles can always act in the surprise round (though he remains flat-footed until he acts).
-As long as Prickles is adjacent to Danicka he doesn't fall unconscious below 0 hp
-When an adjacent ally is attacked he may use an AoO to attempt the aid another action to improve his ally's AC. (He's a big meanie, though, so he'll probably only use it to help Danicka.

Full details are under his profile.

I've updated your sheet, Brock. Let me know if there are any issues. ;)

Thanks for the update Yaiho! Hehe, Extreme Cold Endurance seems like a must for most barbarians given their fashion sense. :)

Ooh, that makes him a proper guard dog, Danicka! Would you mind if I roll for his aid another attempts if someone attacks you? That way I can resolve whether or not you were hit straight away.

Hmm, now I gotta figure out what feat to grab at 3. Deadly Aim had been my initial, but with 3 misfired in a row I question the point of using another ranged feat.

I do get Dazzling Display, so watch out bad guys within 30 feet, Brock is gonna dazzle.

Also, I don't think I've used my challenge since I turned level 2. Yaiho is too powerful vs the big baddie of each scenario... not that I'm complaining.

I can't give any advice since I'm terrible with feat selection and once I have power attack, I have no idea what to do. :)

Looking ahead, I'm thinking of dropping the module entirely. After reading through it, I'm not sure I could jump into such an open ended adventure when I get back to it. Plus, I'm pretty sure it'll be way too easy for you anyway since it was designed for 4 Core PCs. If we do drop the module, how do the following scenarios sound to you guys?

#06-22: Out of Anarchy A rogue season 6 scenario that made it through the cracks.
#08-07: From the Tome of Righteous Repose Evergreen for levels 3-7.
#09-09: Beyond the Halflight Path Evergreen for levels 3-7.

Of course you can roll it for me!

And those look good to me. I haven't played any of them.

I normally don't bother with Power Attack but I needed it for my future feats. These are the future feats I plan on getting for Yaiho.

Improved Sunder: +2 bonus on sunder attempts, no attack of opportunity
Greater Sunder: Damage from sunder attempts transfers to your enemy
Smash: Ignore 5 points of hardness when breaking an object

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Those adventures are okay with me.

Those adventures sound great to me!

Danicka will be so sad when we go through those dungeon crawls.

Have not played those adventures, so they should be good.

They all sound fantastic to me!

Sounds good to me, I should have some time to level up and post Sunday, been sick all week