[PFS]Mike's 3-23 The Goblinblood Dead (Inactive)

Game Master Michael Hallet

Let's begin the discussion here...

Midshipman Dortlin reporting for duty.

Real Name:Edward McGee
Character Name: Dortlin Golani
PFS #: 145373-8
Faction: Grand Lodge
Day Job: Profession Sailor: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Starting XP: 4
Starting Prestige: 0
Starting Fame: 8
Starting Gold: 1,431.5

Dortlin is a level 2 Hunter with a Frog animal companion. Dortlin uses a reach weapon and has Combat Reflexes. Hibbert the Frog also has Combat Reflexes.

Long winded explanation of shenanigans.
The tongue is a primary attack with 15 ft reach. But it can only grab or pull and once the tongue has grabbed someone it can't be used for anything else. When a target is grabbed by the tongue Hibbert is not grappled. Also a successful grab positions the target adjacent to Hibbert. Usually in the closest square to Dortlin. The forced movement doesn't provoke aoos. The jury is out on whether the tongue can be used at reach to help with flank. It is distracting but it doesn't deal damage. Up to the GM.
Of course cover blocks aoos so hopefully the front line won't be too crowded.

Harrisk Grothurk (GreatGamingGuru) checking in!

Player: Clayton
Character: Harrisk Grothurk
PFS #: 207267-2
Faction: Grand Lodge
Day Job: None
Starting XP: 1
Starting Prestige: 1
Starting Fame: 1
Starting Gold: 487

I'd like to buy a Masterwork Medium Javelin before we start.

My pet wolf has combat reflexes and I have Lay of the Land which grants Favored Terrain (Forests).

Player Name: JAF0
Character Name: "Spark"
PFS #: 52335-19
Faction: Grand Lodge
Day Job: none
Starting XP: 0
Starting Prestige: 0
Starting Fame: 0
Starting Gold: 3

Player Name: Helikon
Character Name: Eroil the arrow
PFS #: 50731-5
Faction: Libertys Edge
Day Job: Perform Wind +7
Starting XP: 0
Starting Prestige: 0
Starting Fame: 4
Starting Gold: 3

Thanks for offering to run this! I am still finishing updating this character to level 2. Should be done by tomorrow at the latest.

Player: Tundran
Character: Selethe
PFS #: 161871-18
Faction: Silver Crusade
Day Job: none

Where are my manners. Thank you indeed for offering to GM.

Do you have an idea of when you want to start?

I'm going to give our sixth another day to repond. If not, we had one more potential pkayer I will cintact.

Midnar here! Sorry, I had to work late filing new pathfinder reports!

Pfs no:179754-10
Day job: librarian: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Faction: Scarab Sages
Starting stuff: 1XP, 2PP, 2 Fame

I will create the full online profile later today. Thanks for running! ^^

I think I'm good to go now.

Gameplay is up. I'm suffering from a sinus infection right now, so my posting may be a bit slow.

Want to put up a blank map so we can provide our character tokens?

Map Link

Are we really taking 4 days for the Q&A section?

I did say I was not feeling well. I am only just recovering.

Note, I never promised I would run this as a fast-paced game like the original GM. My apologies if that's what you expected. If you can't deal with a slower pace, it's not too late to back out now.

Didn't realize we were waiting on you, Thought everyone was waiting on someone else to ask questions. Slow paced is fine, Though hopefully not as slow as one of my recent games where it took 6 months to do one of the quests.

Once I understand the intent of Midnar's last post, I can move us forward.

I'll move us ahead tomorrow if no one has any more questions.

The enemy Hibbert grabbed is currently positioned between him and Dortlin. Though since Dortlin has a reach weapon he isn't flanking with Hibbert yet.

I don't think my frog gets a bite attack when it rolls to maintain a grapple because that is a standard action.

Wild Empathy can help when using Speak With Animal. Though odds are a bit of food or something shiny would grant a good bonus.

Anyone else want to try something? I'm waiting on you.

Just a heads up. I will be leaving Thursday morning for a 4-day retreat at the beach that lasts til Sunday afternoon, then I have a Sunday night concert to attend. I will take my computer with me, but I may not be able to post much til after I get home. Please feel free to bot me if I delay the game at all.

On Monday, my dog goes into surgery and when he returns home on Tuesday, I will be on a full-time home care regimen with him. He needs to be walked with a belly band whenever he needs to relieve himself or get up to get a drink or eat, so it will be a busy time. (He's an almost 100 lb st. bernard puppy, so he can't be carried for these things).

I'll be able to post regularly again starting Monday, but perhaps not as frequently as usual for a while.... Anyway, sorry in advance for any lack of posting on my part. I will do the best I can.

Please move your tokens on the map so that I know where you are.

Could someone please put me in the room with the cages? I don't have my laptop right now.

I've been working on some major issues at work, so I have not had any time to update this game today.

I know the player of Spark has been sick lately, so I'm going to bot Spark this round so we can move on.

Feel better Spark.

Rules question: Would casting Faerie Fire on the hobgoblin negate the miss chance?

Faerie Fire
A pale glow surrounds and outlines the subjects. Outlined subjects shed light as candles. Creatures outlined by faerie fire take a –20 penalty on all Stealth checks. Outlined creatures do not benefit from the concealment normally provided by darkness (though a 2nd-level or higher magical darkness effect functions normally), blur, displacement, invisibility, or similar effects. The light is too dim to have any special effect on undead or dark-dwelling creatures vulnerable to light. The faerie fire can be blue, green, or violet, according to your choice at the time of casting. The faerie fire does not cause any harm to the objects or creatures thus outlined.

Obscuring Mist
A misty vapor arises around you. It is stationary. The vapor obscures all sight, including darkvision, beyond 5 feet. A creature 5 feet away has concealment (attacks have a 20% miss chance). Creatures farther away have total concealment (50% miss chance, and the attacker cannot use sight to locate the target).

I'm going to say no. It's not darkness, blur, displacement, invisibility or similar effect. It's that there is something interposing that is blocking your vision. Just like faerie fire wouldn't let you see any enemy on the other side of a wall, it won't let you see through the fog either.

sorry for my absence... I have indeed been sick, and caring for a sick family member as well... the past week has been hell... I started a new round of antibiotics today and hoping they work.

thanks for botting me in my absence.

Dortlin, I can't find any rule that says Hibbert would not have the 20% miss chance for concealment even when grappling.

In fact, the only thing I find is...

Combat maneuvers are attack rolls, so you must roll for concealment and take any other penalties that would normally apply to an attack roll.

Is there a rule I am missing?

No I just forgot. The aoo gets a miss chance. The roll to maintain the grab does not because if the grab is maintained the damage is automatic, It isn't a regular attack roll.

aoo miss chance 21%+ hits: 1d100 ⇒ 5

Not my lucky day. No crit after all. This is not an easy fight.

Thought this was the gameplay thread. I'll keep the miss obv.

Yes, this is a difficult fight.

I'm not a fan of the way this part was set up. It's more realistic, but it makes the possibility for a very hard fight.

If you encounter the hobgoblin oracle first, the hobgoblin fighters in the other room get to make perception checks each round and they join the fight as soon as they hear the combat.

If you encounter the hobgoblin fighters first, the oracle might hear, she doesn't join the fight, she simply casts more spells before you encounter her. (For example the obscuring mist would have already been up).

The combined encounter falls somewhere between CR 4 and 5.

Sorry I haven't posted the past few days. I'm graduating college tomorrow, so I've been doing things leading up to that and when I've tried to check the website in what little time I've had, it's been down.

Congrats!

Thanks!

Congrats. Don't worry about it. I will bot you as needed to keepthe game moving.

I want to wait for Spark so that I can 5-ft step out of the way.

I'll post in a sec... hang on.

Thanks for GMing Michael. Things went pretty smoothly considering.

I hope to have the game reported and chronicles done tomorrow.

Thanks for the game, Michael and everyone! :D

I hope to have the game reported and chronicles done tomorrow.

Cool. I have a 1 - 2 game tomorrow. Wasn't planning on playing my Hunter but now I cam.

Awesome, thank you Michael!

thanks so much for the game, Michael.. and just in time to have Spark free for a con next weekend, too. Thanks for not critting me, lol.

Game is reported.

Here are your chronicles.

Let me know if there are any corrections required.

Thank you very much for running this. Does mine need to reflect me buying the javelin?

got my chronicle, i'm good... looks fine, thanks.