[PFS] Season 0 run, mixed with Dragon's Demand

Game Master Irish202

Four attacks?! Holy crap, that seems a little excessive at 2nd level. No wonder folks talk about the lethality of Season 0 lol. Didn't someone say something about fighting flying creatures in this one...

Tada!

Bring 'em on!
;)

I like a good challenge! Without the risk of dying a game becomes much less fun!

Ask Steph about his last excursion to a certain backwater cesspit of a town.

Nearing the end, it certainly gave the team a run for their money.

Ask Steph about his last excursion to a certain backwater cesspit of a town.

Nearing the end, it certainly gave the team a run for their money.

A literal run. The damn thing kept flying away from me!

When I finally had it next to me it downed me with a crit... -_-

Bugs are a real nuisance.

Still.....running through a cornfield is annoying as hell.
Difficult terrain, some creepy thing slashing at you....

But Steph survived :D

Uhhh... sh!t. Anyway we can pool enough together to get Ery raised?? Gwen only has like 280gp, but I'd be willing to put it all into the pool for him.

So, how do we want to handle this if we cannot get enough together?

Is the old hag obligated to keep attacking a downed enemy?

Is the old hag obligated to keep attacking a downed enemy?

Unfortunately, the crit will take him out.... The first attack puts Ery at 1 HP, then the crit takes him down to -13...

*EDIT*

I just noticed that the Crit actually missed! So, depending on how generous Steph wants to be, he could stave off the last two claws. The morningstars would drop him to -8 HP. Gwen could then shove her potion into his mouth.

It is possible to bring Ery back if you all pitch in: a Raise Dead spell costs 5,450 gp or 16 PP. (PP can't be pooled. Gp can.)

Ery would also need 2 Restoration spells to remove the 2 negative levels he'll have after being raised, which will either cost 1,280 gp each or 4 PP each. Normally you could opt to care of negative levels after a couple more adventures, but you cannot have negative levels equal to or greater than your hit dice. At least one Restoration spell will have to be cast in the round directly after the Raise Dead spell, else Ery will immediately die again.

Given none of you has 16 PP saved up, we're looking at either of these combinations to get Ery back at the end of the adventure:
6,730 gp
OR
5,450 gp & 4 PP

And then another 1,280 gp or 4 PP for the 2nd negative level, which you could postpone.

Locke "Firebug" Arkham wrote:

Is the old hag obligated to keep attacking a downed enemy?

Unfortunately, the crit will take him out.... The first attack puts Ery at 1 HP, then the crit takes him down to -13...

The crit doesn't connect, though barely.

The first hit brings Ery to 1/10.
The 2nd to -8/10HP (No confirmed crit)
The 3rd to -9/10HP
The 4th to -11/10HP

The woman went for a full-attack, of which she needed at least the 1st and 2nd attack to knock Ery out. It's not about an obligation to keep attacking a downed enemy. There's simply no reason for her to withhold the 3rd and 4th attack on her meal if she's committed to a full attack anyway.

I don't know that we're going to be able to afford getting Ery a Raise Dead spell... if other folks have been going through their gold like I have, then we won't be anywhere near to close to cover the cost. If so, how do we proceed from there? Do we allow Ery to bring a new PFS character into the group as a replacement? Have him make a brand new PC and just have him behind a level? What is the plan?

I have/had a free resto too.
I have 1.5k if, in the end, we feel like we want to rez him. Otherwise, I have a much more aggressive character I can bring in down the road at lv 3, I think.

911gp and we'll get more gold from this scenario so we'll be able to revive him. I also still have 4pp so no worries there either. Although Urbar doesn't like him very much he isn't human so he would opt to revive him :P I would also like to revive him!

Yikes! Been a while since I have seen that.
Full to dead in a round. That always sucks.

As for helping I have 900gp as well.
But I leave it up to Ery if he wants to be back or to swap out characters. Tereze is willing to either help him get revived or perform last rites. As much as he frustrates her, she is going to feel really guilty that he died on "her" quest.

I have 1.5K gold or so to help, if Ery decides he wants to come back as Ery. Fiona probably won't take things very well though.

I should've said nothing about the risk of death earlier... I was provoking the dice gods =_=

But number wise we should be able to revive him. Wouldn't he be a scenario short though?

I think Urbar will be even grumpier than before.

This scenario will award each character but Ery with 454 gp. I'll give Ery the reward for this encounter, because he contributed, but I can't give him the reward for what's still to come. Meaning he'll get just 215 gp at the end of the scenario.

If you're all willing to use your reward for Ery's revival that'd already be 2485 gp.

Purely financial:
In the short term reviving Ery means you'll loose a lot of your money, but in the long term the money required pales in comparison by what you'll earn per scenario.

Wouldn't he be a scenario short though?

Ery will receive money and PP for the things he's contributed to. He's also contributed enough to earn 1 XP.

Seeing that we are still low level the money isn't all that important. But it is up to him if he wants to continue his dirty elf! Else we just loot his corpse and bury him... For group dynamics I think it better to revive him though :)

(And maybe some sanity problem here and there...)

I would hate to lose this elf.
He has been very fun to play. For Tea!

Urbar: while I support reviving Ery, I'll point out that losing a PC opens up lots of RP opportunites... just saying ;)

edit: following Ery's comment above - let's raise him!

I feel terrible, because this was my fault... If Gwen had stayed with the rest of the party we could have ganged up on that harpy thing. Sorry, Ery... And I seem to have the least amount of GP to donate too...

*Ghost of Ery haunts Gwen, constantly sipping tea while she sleeps but saying nothing else.*

Really its fine. And Fiona does have a fine point: This would have generated a fine Rp situation.

I'm now torn...I am such a sucker for immersive Rp. The character I would bring in is an emotionally unstable fire sorc...with unbias spells... He's a danger to everything.

So that's what I offer in Ery's place. Direct...unbias...fire.

With that said... I love Ery.

Meh... Not really your fault (alone). Urbar was not on the frontline where he was supposed to be. If you keep thinking it is your fault you'll just have to compensate ;P You'll get to carry the body!

Oke that was a bit morbid... But with the thought that we are reviving him...

Whilst you are dead we still have the opportunity to RP, so I still vote for revival!

I'd love to bring Ery back! Even his temporary death can provide for great RP... And the aftermath RP between Gwen and Ery will be even better than before! I can already see that she is going to not leave his side for a while; she will be his bodyguard. I vote for keeping Ery as well!

I think that if you bring Ery back there are also a lot of new RP opportunities.

- Ery's dead and coming back to life will likely affect him somehow.
- Gwen pretends to be down while lying next to Ery's killer, doing absolutely nothing. She's already blaming herself, but how will not taking any action now affect her? I imagine the guilt stays whether or not Ery returns.
- Something's awoken inside Fiona and has taken over her body, just when the voice she constantly heard had been dormant for a while. She was just showing signs of becoming more stable, but now I can only wonder what'll happen next...
- A voice appeared in Tereze's head and told her something that ripped the scar she had wide open. Even if Ery returns, there's permanent damage there.

And I imagine the others aren't entirely unaffected either. Even if/when Ery returns, every party member is likely to realize it may not be possible to bring someone back next time.

I leave for one mission and you kill the tea elf. Guys!

Ery'll be back.
Cant miss out on that stuff.

Steph, you pretty much hit the nail right on the head about Gwen. Her inaction is going to tear her up for quite sometime. And she fully blames herself right now for Ery's death; if she hadn't rushed up there alone, then he would not have had to come save her...

Ery'll be back.

Cant miss out on that stuff.

Yay!

If you could all write down what will be your (maximum?) contribution, then we can get this sorted out before the scenario ends.

We need either 6,730 gp OR 5,450 gp & 4 PP. (And then another 1,280 gp or 4 PP for the 2nd negative level, if you choose to get rid of that right away.)

I suggest the use of PP for the negative level(s), because you can do almost everything PP's useful for with money as well. (Vanities are the only things you can purchase with PP only.)

I leave for one mission and you kill the tea elf. Guys!

No, that would be Steph's doing, he's got the good rolls on attacking. :)

Joke aside, death sucks. It's no problem to pitch my reward for Ery's revival.

I still have my 900gp and the reward money. I also offer my 4pp, since I have the wands I want already. If we need all the money I'll offer it freely. If not I rather distribute the load between everyone because Urbar is going to need it in the future! (Being a front like melee dude and such)

I think that if you bring Ery back there are also a lot of new RP opportunities.

- Something's awoken inside Fiona and has taken over her body, just when the voice she constantly heard had been dormant for a while. She was just showing signs of becoming more stable, but now I can only wonder what'll happen next...

I have to say that this actually worked well with her finally landing a spell after two failures. Would have been less impressive if transformed-Fiona would have failed again :P.

And Fiona hasn't spended anything yet, so she can use her money for raising Ery once the RP issues get sorted out.

Right now I only have 290gp, so Gwen will donate 4PP to cover the cost of one Restoration spells. And I will donate everything I get from this scenario toward the Raise Dead.

So I can donate a total of 744gp toward Raise Dead and 4PP for a Restoration.

Ery's Calisterian priest status gives him a free resto.
So we don't have to buy both.

Also, Ery's assets will be liquidated toward the costs... Save for his tea sets.

1498gp
MW Longbow: 213gp 5sp
Tea Assorted: 6sp
Remaining Rations: 1gp
Wands? Can those be sold appropriately?

Okay, excellent Ery! In that case, how about Gwen donates the 4PP for the Restoration since I'll be contributing the least to the Raise Dead spell. Only fair that way.

Ery's Calisterian priest status gives him a free resto.

So we don't have to buy both.

Also, Ery's assets will be liquidated toward the costs... Save for his tea sets.

1498gp
MW Longbow: 213gp 5sp
Tea Assorted: 6sp
Remaining Rations: 1gp
Wands? Can those be sold appropriately?

Doesn't that status just give you a Lesser Restoration? That won't remove a negative level.

Did you purchase the wands with PP? Then you can't sell them. If you used gp, then you could calculate what they're worth based on the amount of charges left in them, and then sell them for half value like any other item you sell.

Ah. Damn. They are PP purchased.

Okay...so Resto both needed.

So, I've got 1,713gp and 5 sp to donate.

Why would you sell your bow? When you get back you will need another one and you will have to pay double for it!

Ery's not very good with it anyway.
Besides, he can conjure wooden replicas of a variety of weapons anyway.

The yard sale was a success! We can revive Ery! :D

Ery: 1,713 gp 5 sp
Gwen: 744gp & 4PP
Fiona: 1,500 gp
Urbar: 1,354 gp & 4pp
Tereze: 900 gp
Locke: 454 gp

Total: 6,665 gp 5 sp & 8 PP

We require 5,450 gp & 8 PP for Raise Dead and both Restoration spells, but ended up with 1,215 gp more.

Urbar's donation is about twice as much as that of most, including his 4 PP, and he's expressed he'd prefer to keep the reward for this scenario if possible. I think it's only fair to remove that 454 gp from his donation and let him have that.

Ery's 5 sp is just pathetic, so I'm going to shove that back into his hands. While at it I figure we can let him keep 213 gp more, which will allow him to keep missing targets with his longbow.

Fiona's contribution consists of all money she's saved up thus far. I think it's fair to let her keep the remaining 548 gp.

Thus we end up with this:

Ery: 1,500 gp
Gwen: 744gp & 4PP
Fiona: 952 gp
Urbar: 900 gp & 4pp
Tereze: 900 gp
Locke: 454 gp

Total: 5,450 gp & 8 PP

If there's anything you'd like to change about your contribution as I wrote it, go ahead. If you choose to do so, please copy and paste the numbers I ended up with and adjust them.

I'm good with Gwen's donation and the suggested donations for others! I'll still be able to pick up the last two rings I need before 3rd level for Falayna's Obedience with my next Chronicle after this one, so I'm very happy. Even though I still feel terrible lol.

There's not even s question that Tereze will donate her part here... So I'm fine.

Note- I listed what I have right now without taking into account what we will earn this mission. So Gwen or Urbar if you want to reduce what you pay I cancovet some more.

Fiona, your hex DC would be 15 instead of 14.

10 +1/2 witch lvl + int modifier.

Thanks - I forgot to update that after leveling up!

Np.

I also have 3 witches, so it caught my eye. ;)

I've got to say, i'm enjoying Ery's posts of 'what happens while being in line'.

Gotta keep it lively!