PFS PbP Gameday 3 #6–07: Valley of Veiled Flame (Inactive)

Game Master Hayato Ken

Welcome to discuss and introduce yourselves here.

Dotting!

Doting will introduce tonight

So for what ever reason it wont let me post in recruitment

GM do you want us to introduce our selves in discussion or wait for the game play to open and do it once you have set the tone and is this for the Game Day

You can introduce yourselve here already, no problem.

I'm DM Beckett. I run a lot of games here, too, so I'm sure I've encountered most of you one way or the other at some point in time, :).

I'm a medic in the (US) military, and I play with Vrock in some home games.

If I'm in, I'll be playing Yanos, a sort of odd, thrown together character. He is a reach Cleric, sort of before I knew about "reach Clerics", and just an idea I wanted to explore. I can grow Large as a free action, and I try to focus on preventing enemies from moving around too much, or forcing them to come through me and plenty of AoO's to get to the party. I have a few pets, one an Owl Bear <We Be Goblins 2) named Drop Bear and a talking sword (Night Marches), that loves and hates me. RP wise, it contradicts a lot of what I say, and thinks it's the actual character, (with Yanos being it's pet), but it's more of a friendly rivalry than a actual conflict.

I can also Summon pretty well, and I kind of love the concept of quick summoning a few Lantern Archons, and using them as both my own personal "firearms" (pew-pew) or "healing" with their Aid ability at will.

While my character doesn't really care, (cleric of Eratil), I've racked up a lot of titles. Mostly for fun. I've also been a lot of different Factions, beginning with Osirion, switching to the true Lodge, then when it was unjustly retired, heeded Taldor's call to arms. After (um, um), singlehandedly crushing the hordes of the Worldwound, I gave the Court an honest go, but found her little, . . . usurpation, well lacking. At least Taldor had a grand dream it could one day climb itself back to. I don't know. Seems like they left all the real vestiges of honor and duty behind, so I moved on to Andoran. Again, willing to give this new fad a try, and an honest one at that, I just don't know. Without the Eagle Knights and the People at the Edge's back, just not sure it even has a chance. But, we shall see. . .

I am DM Snider. I dont run to many online but am 1 away from my 2 star which i am excited about. DM Becket has been a friend for 3 years now and he invites me to alot of online games whether he is running or playing in them. I run as many online games as i can at a time. I am in the Military as well but i blow s~~$ up for a living.

Vrock is a tengue monk master of many styles with 1 lvl of fighter for an extra feat. He is a savage fighter that mawls claws and gores at his enemies until they are dead.

He is a character i created because 1 i love monks and 2 i wanted a natural attack and I used the master of many styles because he loses flurry. He has 4 natural attacks and i am debating weather or not to take 2 lvls of druid for 2 more natural attacks giving him 7 natural attacks when i am done with him 6 Primary and 1 alternate by lvl 11

It would seem I got accepted?

Here is Milton

Hmm, so me the player, well I'm Tripp. Mild mannered Safety Engineer for the Marine Corps by day, and super hero father by night. I've run one Scenario on here, and played a number of others. Never with this character though.

Most of Milton's "career" was done via credit from APs and running modules. Hmm, maybe it's 50-50 now.

Anyways, Milton is a "Paladin" of Asmodeus, and conducts himself as such. He is fairly Chelish and Asmodean in his beliefs, but that works out well as his word is his bond, as all contracts must be upheld. He had some amazing successes at Gencon with Profession(barrister) and is pretty convinced he's god's gift to the Society. He tends to assume command, be imperious, and a bit of a jerk. I'll apologize for that in advance.

In combat, while he tends to prefer sending his "minions" in to do the dirty work, he is more than capable of getting in their and mixing it up with the bad guys.

Yanos, no need for you to memorize Bless, Milton will be quite happy to provide the "Blessings of the Prince of Darkness" should combat arise.

Milton is an excellent speaker and negotiator, or intimidator if required.

As an OOC piece of info, Milton is LN, but all attempts at divining his alignment should reveal it to be LG.

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I have a friend who is lvl 4 would he be able to get in or are we full

#1 Yanos
#2Vrockwing
#3Hagrym
#4Milton
#5Ash

One place free f i didn´t oversee someone.

Tier is 5-9 though, need to research the sacred guide if he can participate with a level 4 char.
Even if not he could still play a level 7 pregen i think.
The new ones are quite nice.

Just saw we have
#6 Lady Natalia Landros
So seems we are full.

I´ll run a low tier game too though, he is very welcome there!
Might have to play down then i think since the rest of that group is 1-2.

This game could use at least one more player too! 6-04 Beacon Below Tier 7-11.

I´ll post the low tier tomorrow.

I would, but Im running 5 or 6 now, and playing in this. I dont want to push myself too much.

Anyways, Milton is a "Paladin" of Asmodeus, and conducts himself as such. He is fairly Chelish and Asmodean in his beliefs, but that works out well as his word is his bond, as all contracts must be upheld. He had some amazing successes at Gencon with Profession(barrister) and is pretty convinced he's god's gift to the Society.He tends to assume command, be imperious, and a bit of a jerk. I'll apologize for that in advance.

Just as long as you know your place when your betters are there to lead you. . .

J/K

I foresee us having a very different outlook on things. :) A large part of this character's "thing" is how much he hates Cheliax, both the Faction and the Nation, and is so happy that they are no longer part of the Society, and tends to brag about how now we can bash Chelish skulls without worrying about them whining about fairness and team play. A sort of inside joke about how they are no longer protected by the no PvP thing, in a sense. It's all in fun. :P

In combat, while he tends to prefer sending his "minions" in to do the dirty work, he is more than capable of getting in their and mixing it up with the bad guys.

"Sounds like you could do for a long talk about Ol' Deadeyes teachings."

Yanos, no need for you to memorize Bless, Milton will be quite happy to provide the "Blessings of the Prince of Darkness <blahblahblah>" should combat arise.

No worries. I try to present my commonly prepped Spell list, and if the M is okay with it and the tory permits, swapping out a few that seem more pertinent.

Milton is an excellent speaker and negotiator, or intimidator if required.

It's honestly a bit nice to see someone else have a higher social skill than me. (This character's is pretty low, but most of mine are maxed out. I play a lot of divine classes.)

Vrock is a tengue monk master of many styles with 1 lvl of fighter for an extra feat. He is a savage fighter that mawls claws and gores at his enemies until they are dead.

He is a character i created because 1 i love monks and 2 i wanted a natural attack and I used the master of many styles because he loses flurry. He has 4 natural attacks and i am debating weather or not to take 2 lvls of druid for 2 more natural attacks giving him 7 natural attacks when i am done with him 6 Primary and 1 alternate by lvl 11

My suggestion would be to not, and instead try to focus on getting those attacks to deal more damage and overcome DR. I know you are starting to encounter this more and more with your other characters, where you can hit a lot and roll well, but can't really do much damage. They just ruled that Sacred Fist and Monk don't stack, but it might be worth it to go Warpriest and Weapon Focus (you different Natural Weapons), boosting their damage, and later adding some ways to overcome DR. That, or possibly the Ranger archtype that focuses on fighting with natural weapons.

Milton Smithson wrote:

Anyways, Milton is a "Paladin" of Asmodeus, and conducts himself as such. He is fairly Chelish and Asmodean in his beliefs, but that works out well as his word is his bond, as all contracts must be upheld. He had some amazing successes at Gencon with Profession(barrister) and is pretty convinced he's god's gift to the Society.He tends to assume command, be imperious, and a bit of a jerk. I'll apologize for that in advance.

Just as long as you know your place when your betters are there to lead you. . .

Haha, quite the Andoran I see.

Cheliax isn't a faction now, but neither is Andoran, but the history is there.

Depending on the scenario, the subject could come up a lot, or not at all.

Would it be possible to open the Gameplay thread just to "dot" this game, (and nothing else until the 1st). For whatever reason, I'm having a lot of trouble being able to locate these threads under the Discussion or Recruitment boards, and have to either search my old posts or find the thread that links back here in order to get back. It's possible that the threads for this game are not linked somehow, even though the tabs at the top indicate they are.

Gameplay open to dot.

Thank you thank you

For what ever reason i cant post im gameplay either

#1 Yanos

#2Vrockwing
#3Hagrym
#4Milton
#5Ash

Hoping you just missed me from the recruitment thread... going to assume that's the case.

I'm Silbeg (also GM Silbeg, etc). Been doing PFS about 2 years now... and have been doing PbP since the second PbP Gameday. Getting my feet wet GMing PbP with a current game, and am planning on running at least two games for the Game Day. Enough about me...

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Lady Natalia Landros is the elder of the Landros twins (Magnus, her younger brother by minutes is a Paladin in the Silver Crusade). Her family is an old one, one that was formerly dedicated to Aroden, Patron of Humanity. Her family never accepted his death, though they turned to Abadar like many Taldan nobles.

However, at an early age, it became apparent that 'Talia was different. Early in her life, she began talking in Celestial whenever she was under stress, and started manifesting certain abilities. She claimed that she received her abilities from Aroden himself, that he was not dead, but unable to truly manifest. Both twins were trained in the orders of knighthood, and she refers to herself as a Paladin of Aroden. She wears the Shield of Aroden proudly, and will scoff at anyone that tried to claim that her powers do not come directly from him.

She is a Taldan noble through and through. Her only reason for joining the Pathfinder Society was to gain influence enough to regain her family's former position... something that she is well on the way to achieving. She exhibits a strong level of noblesse oblige, though she really doesn't believe in the goodness of others, like her brother does.

She is a fierce fighter, supplementing her Maheto-made nodachi with divine magics. She has been well trained in the diplomatic arts, skills she can convince with various levels of truths (she is not bound by any Paladin's oaths, but she is very careful about if and when she outright lies, as she does not wish to sully the name of her patron).

I do find it amusing that there will be two characters that have quotes around their "class" of "Paladin" in this group!

Missed you first, but got you in the post directly after Silbeg.
No worries.

Since i´m a die hard rogue type player, i have no idea what´s the whole paladin thing is about^^
Maybe the new knight thing?

It's sort of a metagame joke. Both are claiming to be paladins, in game, but one is actually an Inquisitor and the other is actually an Oracle. They are paladins in the sense of divine warriors, but not Paladins in the sense of the actual class.

It's sort of a metagame joke. Both are claiming to be paladins, in game, but one is actually an Inquisitor and the other is actually an Oracle. They are paladins in the sense of divine warriors, but not Paladins in the sense of the actual class.

Good sir, whatever do you mean? I assure you that I am a Paladin of Asmodeus, and have all of the usual Paladin abilities. Which of them do you need me to demonstrate?

I too am unable to post in the gameplay thread. Have tried twice.

Odd...I was able to. I can't think of any reason why you wouldn't be able to post there when you are obviously able to post in the discussion part...Try logging out/in into your paizo account and then try to post again?

Looks like I got it done, I didn't do anything special to make it happen though.

Same here didnt do anything special but messaged in game play

Not sure why that is happening. Maybe a bug. Seems to work now though.
With 6 persons, we are now closed, except someone jumping off again.

1. If you need to contact me directly for any reason PM here please.
2. Please post your PFS number on your profile if you haven't already done so.
3. Please add a line to your profile under the Classes/Levels section like this: Race Class Level HP: Cur/Max | AC: | T: | FF: | CMD: | Fort: | Ref: | Will: | Init: | Perc: | Sense Motive:

Example: Nagaji Monk 1 HP: 9/9 | AC: 17 | T: 16 | FF: 14 | CMD: 16 (18 vs. grapple) | Fort: +3 | Ref: +5| Will: +5 | Init: +5 | Perc: +9 | Sense Motive: +7

Feel free to add any other skills or consumable uses/charges/daily abilities you feel make it easier for you to track as well.

I´ll be using ditzie.com for maps and post and explanation how to use it for those not experienced with it yet.
Maybe i´ll be using google docs or something else too, i´ll see that while preparing maps.

Is the way I have stats under my avatar ok, or would you like us to copy that exact format?

Should be ok i guess.

I can get my stats set up, no problem.

Ditzie is a problem, but only in that I am seemingly unable to manipulate it, and boy have I tried. I can be nice and precise when describing my movements though, and someone else can move me if that works.

When's the start for this? I'm out of town for Halloween, you know hauled my kid up to my sister's so the cousins could Trick or a Treat together and all.

Be back tomorrow. I not I need to put my mini stats into my headers still.

Supposed to be today.

Today, but if I recall, the DM is in Europe (Germany I believe), and an Venture Officer, so it might be a bit later if you are in the states just for the time difference.

I am excited

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Yes Yanos is right.
I´m in Germany and a VO over here. Today i was holding up our flag on a mini gameday. Unfortunately they were so mini, that they didn´t even bother to update the adress on their website, why i was searching for that place 3 hours...still worth it, met some nice people.

I was a bit busy and want to read through it again before starting.
It´s possible that due to job search i wont be able to post daily sometimes, but usualy i will.
Estimated start is on monday.

As a GM, i´m trying my best to provide you with a good experience, good roleplaying and leave you some freedom. I´ll describe everything to my best and try to communicate all hints in text. Only when i feel you´re totally on the wrong way or not moving along, i´ll guide you more directly and maybe even usher you a bit forward.
(Except when you people have some good roleplaying fun, because that´s one of the advancements of PbP in my eyes and should totally be enjoyed^^)

Please provide any questions and remarks here in the discussion thread, instead of gameplay. Keeps immersion up a bit better.
Don´t hesitate to ask anything or say if something´s bothering you.
I´m open to reasonable critics and not the person to take things personaly.

Hope you will enjoy the game and have a lot of fun!

I know we will

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Roger roger

Can't wait to crack some Chelis, . . . I mean, work as a team. :P

FYI - re: the armor class on my tag line.
Typically, if she knows that she is going to face combat, she will cast Shield of Faith. The first number is the base AC, the one in square brackets is with the Shield of Faith.

Hargrym and Vrockwing can please introduce themselves in gameplay.

Also if you have any special tricks or archetypes or whatever please introduce it now too^^

First question from me:

Ash no animal companion?

No real tricks for Natalia... though she does tend to start a fight by casting Divine Favor, granting her +3 to hit, and +3 on damage (it is a Luck bonus, and she has Fate's Favored trait).

She does have Surprising Charge, so once per day she is able to take an Immediate action to get a single move (going to eventually be useful, I am sure of it!)

Other than that, she just swings hard.

Gm this is my first scenario at lvl 5can i change my level 5 feat before we start...i have been looking at the future of this character and i found a better feat...the swap will be mantis style for elemental fist

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I have one, well, two really. I'll probably be leaving the Owl Bear behind just because of the number of players or referencing him in RP only. I also have Gamin the Misforged, an intelligent Longsword from far back in Golarion's history which is acting as the mysterious voice often contradicting me. For the most part, I'm just going to RP with that as well, but it does have the ability to cast Guidance on me at will (as it's own action).

Other than that, I mostly focus on growing Large and getting a 15ft Reach with my Longspear, and then trying to force enemies to take AoOs to get at me and the other players.

I do have a few items/feats that may or may not come up. Gloves of Recon allow me to basically see through solid objects for 10 rounds per day. I can Summon (some) Lawful Good critters as a Standard Action, and they don't die or vanish when they hit 0 HP, but continue to act until the duration expires. I like to Summon Lantern Archons to either act as minor little light canons (pew-pews) or to "heal" by casting Aid each round. I also have a Hat of Disguise which I use to appear as a tall man covered in rags, but the color of those rags often shifts randomly.

HERE is a picture of my character if anyone likes.

Two other things that the DM might find important is that I have devoted a lot into trying to be pretty strong in my weak areas and to branch out a lot, so I have a lot of skills and tricks for a typical Cleric/Divine caster.

Nice picture Yanos! Also Milton, that hat^^

Vrockwing, i believe that´s allright. We didn´t start yet anyway.

And Gamin is an item of mass production heheh.

Wall of text going to hit you.

And Gamin is an item of mass production heheh.

Honestly, I've never known another character to have actually bought it, so figured I would for fun. It's pricey for a rather ineffective item, but I loved the flavor of that scenario.