[PFS - PbP Gameday 5] GM Skipper's #4-04 King of the Storval Stairs (tier 7-11) (Inactive)

Game Master SkipperD

I'm having some issues with my internet at home, so I might not post as often as usual. Hopefully it'll get sorted sooner rather than later.

@Bizzle
For you I would recommend a Spell Lattice with Mage Armor in it rather than get a pearl of power and hope for a wizard to be in the group. Only 1,000 gp and you can cast the spell yourself. Really nice for a sorcerer since you have so many dang spells per day you would be extremely hard pressed to use them all. You can, what, cast around 30 spells per day? I really doubt you will bother with a 1st level spell most of the time while in combat. Having a Mage Armor Spell lattice allows you to use up some of that wealth on a long term spell in the lattice while reserving your spells known to those you want at your fingertips. Another good spell in a lattice would be Heightened Awareness.

hello all, recently been invited to join you guys.

A paladin - lots of smiting goodness. Welcome aboard.

I'll be at a local con this weekend, so if I go a bit quite, that's why. I'll post if and when I can.

What happened to Ozak. Is Marta the only front liner left? *gulp*

Magna can stand on the front lines and take hits perfectly well, at least. :P She's tanky just not (physically) hitty.

Sabrina is a front liner as well

How could I have missed the Paladin? I looked through the Character tab but somehow missed her. I feel a lot better about Marta's survival!

Ozak hasn't posted in almost a week. I don't think the player has been active in this time.

Yeah, the games he's running that I'm in have gone quiet as well... I'll have him stand heroically in the corner until he resurfaces.

Im sorry i vanished this last week. My uncle died suddenly and i spent this last week up there with family and helping my cousins get everything ready. I will get a full post up today.

Sorry to hear of the loss there Ozak

GM, how much protection would the boiling water/heated pot provide the prisoner if a cold spell like dragon breath or cone of cold was cast in the area? (like stop the boiling without turning it into an ice cube?)

Whoops! I looked at the new gameplay posts first, so Ozak managed to save the bound man. But hey, now you can do horrible things to my poor giants instead.

Just finished last game at a convention; am now super-wiped out though it was a fun couple of days. Everyone seems to have the questioning well in hand and Magna isn't really the chatty sort but I'll get up a post tomorrow.

@skipper

I need a clarification. When you asked what everyone was doing when folks started responding to the harpies and wandering over to the building, I said I moved 60' towards the door. My icon got moved back so I assume that is not what I was supposed to do. Then there was the flurry of ST recalls. Then there was the initiative list and I had Marta take a full action. But then someone mentioned surprise round and sure enough when I looked I saw that the initiative list had the 'surprise round' at the bottom.

So, I'm thinking we just gone through one surprise round and that's all. If so, I will have to take away the shield spell I thought she could cast since all she gets is one action. I'm going to adjust my AC after posting.

Yeah, this combat is a mess. I moved you back after Rognak's reroll, as your stated action was moot. The first round was indeed a surprise round, so the second spell will have to wait.

Second spell? I only cast one spell during this encounter. The others were all hold overs. I don't think I was able to cast ANY spell during this encounter yet. I had one surprise round and I used it to move.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Though we've gone over time concerning the gameday, I've received a mail from the online VO's stating, that we still get to roll for boons, but we have to do it now:

Sabrina: 1d20 ⇒ 12
Ozak: 1d20 ⇒ 1
Magna: 1d20 ⇒ 1
Bizzle: 1d20 ⇒ 8
Rognak: 1d20 ⇒ 4
Marta: 1d20 ⇒ 2
GM Skipper: 1d20 ⇒ 8

Oh, well... I guess that didn't matter (since it's 20's and 16's).

Would I be able to catch the white Harpy with Black Tentacles (with out getting any of the party member? like fly up in the cave to get a better view?

You can hit only the harpy if you place it 15 ft east of it. You can't see the intersection from where you are now, but I've put an x on the map where it is possible.

Is the spellcaster still standing? I do not think Bizzle's damage was added after he jumped the gun. (Message 261, Toppling Magic Missile for 14)

I had indeed forgotten the damage and Marta's readied action...

Sorry guys, slammed couple of days here. Going to make a post right now.

I've sent Sabrina a PM.

Hi all, been busy with Christmas stuff. but I now have off from work till after Christmas and my son comes home from NYC tomorrow.

Quote from Gameplay...

Just as you meet up after Magda has prepared her spells, Magna and Marta hear booming voices from further up the stairs. The King and his entourage has returned...

When is that? After Magda's watch before she preps her spells? Or before we ever even start our watches? Either way, we need to figure out where everyone is at the moment. Magda, you put two sets of stairs on the map? Are there caves at the top of both? I'm having trouble visualizing the when and where of things.

The GM placed the stairs; I was only necessarily thinking of one set (and I think that's probably all I could get with just one casting, since I think the wall of stone needs to be contiguous). I'm not opposed to two if the GM is being generous, haha, but I was just thinking of putting the stairs on the southern building (i.e., the one we're using for shelter).

That said, I second the clarification for exactly when and where our positions are: are we all awake, or just Magna and Marta as the only two mentioned? Based on the description, it sounds like we just hear voices and can't see them yet, so we don't know how many we may be dealing with, etc. Is it dark?

@Bizzle
Addressing your spell offer in discussion...

Don't think the protection from evil will help much since most folks already got a +2 resistance/deflection bonus - unless something is summoned, then it would be nice. Marta would not mind as she has no defelection bonus unless she casts Shield of Faith. Haste is always nice though, and under the circumstances, casting fly on someone would probably be helpful too. Your problem is you have too many good options :)

Quote from Gameplay...

GM Skipper wrote:

Just as you meet up after Magda has prepared her spells, Magna and Marta hear booming voices from further up the stairs. The King and his entourage has returned...

When is that? After Magda's watch before she preps her spells? Or before we ever even start our watches? Either way, we need to figure out where everyone is at the moment. Magda, you put two sets of stairs on the map? Are there caves at the top of both? I'm having trouble visualizing the when and where of things.

It's just after Magna prepared her spells and donned her armor. It's the end of the phase as you meet up to prepare the next watch rotation.

So it would be the end of the morning slot and right before the beginning of the day slot when Marta and Rognak were supposed to take a rest. Marta and Rognak have been awake for 16 hours and any spells cast at the beginning of their day would have lost 16 hours. Sabrina and Bizzle have been up for 8 hours. And Magda just got up. Nice, everyone is awake! I'll update my spell durations.

Can you tell us how many rounds we have to prep? We all have a laundry list of buffs.

So it would be the end of the morning slot and right before the beginning of the day slot when Marta and Rognak were supposed to take a rest. Marta and Rognak have been awake for 16 hours and any spells cast at the beginning of their day would have lost 16 hours. Sabrina and Bizzle have been up for 8 hours. And Magda just got up. Nice, everyone is awake! I'll update my spell durations.

Can you tell us how many rounds we have to prep? We all have a laundry list of buffs.

The GM did. :) 3 rounds.

Note that I've given everyone stoneskin and air walk (except Rognak on air walk, because of his overland flight).

Marta could sure use a flank bonus so I'm going to wait on Sabrina to move in hopes that she provides a bonus.

Sabrina, note that Marta carries a longspear so she already threatens.

Player: miteke
Character: Marta (full name Telmar So Melnap)
PFS Number: 141936-1
Faction: Liberty's Edge
Dayjob: Caravan/Intimidate Take 10 for 35.
Progression: normal

PFS # 79644-1
Faction : The Exchange
Day Job : Profession (Gambler) Day Job: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

well now, never did get to smite something... oh well that may be a good thing.

PFS# 9406-6

Faction Silver Crusade

Dayjob prof teacher: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

Progression (slow/normal) normal progression

66136-3
Dark Archive
Craft: Alchemy Day Job: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
Normal

And thanks for running the game.

Player: dien
Character: Magna
PFS Number: 30341-5
Faction: Grand Lodge
Dayjob: Profession Miner: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27
Progression: Slow, please!

Chronicle Sheets

Since Ozak did participate in 3 encounters, he is eligible for a sheet as well, so I'll try and reach them.

Thanks for playing, and do let me know if there's a mistake on your sheet.

My sheet is great, thank you for the great GMing, Skipper.

thanks for running. It looks like Sabrina is out of tier for this. so I don't think she can get access to any of the higher tier stuff

Thanks again! Hopefully I'll catch another of your games soon!

@Sabrina: You get the items from the tier you play (and the lower tier if playing the higher one), regardless of your character's level, so you get it all.