PbP GameDay 6: PFS 08-24 Raid on the Cloudborne Keep (PFRPG) (Inactive)

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It looks like with 3x6s and 2x7s we have the option of either playing low, or going high with the four player adjustment.

I confess that Oleander is not exactly an optimally built character so I have a bit of a leaning toward playing down, but she has played up several times (and generally managed to survive, although its been a bit close a few times recently).

I'm at 3 GM stars and only 1 TPK. I'm told I'm overdue for my next one.

So I make no promises concerning the fates of your late characters. ;)

I've not actually managed to kill a character at all yet and I'm on three stars.

I thought I managed it once, but the lucky sod managed to cut themselves out from the inside of a remorhaz, just in time.

Hmm, as we have not started, I'll use the 2PP for a potion of fly rather than the CLW wand. if that is okay.

It's fine.

In case some of you missed it, if you played Tyranny of Winds 2, you want to make sure you check if you have the uneasy alliance boon.

Not with this character.

Same, not with this character.

Same not with this PC

Divide the total number of character levels by the number of characters in the party, rounding to the nearest whole number.

A party of five to seven characters whose APL falls between two subtiers must play the higher tier with the four-character adjustments found throughout the scenario.

APL=6.6

So you're at the lowest end of the APL range that has to play up, albeit with 4-player adjustments. Just so you know what kind of difficulty you should be expecting and why. =)

Hey, I TPKed at GenCon with numbers like this! :-p

Is this scenario?

No. In "What Sleeps in Stone".

That one... the final fight is a doozy...

Yeah. We got steamrolled in a round and a half. Our warpriest never got to act in that fight.

OK, I have to ask. Who here has run this already? Because either this is a slow-moving table (and that's fine) or we are all hoping the one person who hasn't is going to post so that we don't meta. And let me tell you, that is hilarious.

FYI: I have.

Not me. But Oleander isn't very social as a rule. She'll stand up and speak her mind, but she has also learned that holding her tongue is sometimes the best tactic.

Well, it seems that you guys want to go the talky route, which is fine, but... well... talky route on the plane of air without being able to speak the native language has its difficulties. XD

The thing is, the scenario is quite sandboxy as to how you get to the Cloudborne Keep, so I require a little more initiative on the part of the players for the first part. Trust me, once you get to the Keep proper, things will pick up alot quicker.

I haven't run it or played it.

I haven't run it. I'm just a bad, bad player who's about to go on vacation. :-)

Let's pay her to leave today?

Truth be told I'm not really sure what your goal was when you came looking for the mercenaries, or what the plan of the party is at the moment.

Perhaps it will be a good idea to discuss how you want to secure passage and decide on a course of action?

Hello! I'm off on vacation. I'll be back on Saturday. Have a great week!

I'm leaving Thursday night for the weekend. Getting married and probably won't post till Tuesday. Please bot me as needed after Thursday night.

Getting married is a good excuse. I'm surprised you'll be back posting so soon.

My thoughts were that we were going to have to fight these guys at some stage, so finding out more about them would be a good move, but that looks to have backfired a bit.

Well, you did find out some things about them, but now they know your faces too.

Thing is, I won't go telling any random person on the street everything about myself just because they ask, and you didn't really give them a compelling reason to stay and talk.

The question remains. How does the group want to proceed?

Works better with a face character. Oleander is generally more of a slink around and watch.

If face-tactics are failing the group, perhaps you should consider one of the other options, or think of a new option altogether. The scenario puts the ball in your court in this regard.

I'll mark the gold for bribing Beysal off your chronicle sheets later. I think there's some exchange faction journal boon that refunds you some money spent on bribes and expenses, so if you have that, let me know.

don't think I have that.

Hi folks! I haven't forgotten you. Quite the opposite. But Real Life has been taking it out on me for the last few days. I'll try to post something tonight.

Thanks Karos, was beginning to get worried.

I kinda feel like you missed all the parts that the party was ill-equipped to deal with anyway. For what it's worth, with how things have worked out, it will probably be mostly straight-out combat from here.

As you can see from the second slide of the combat map, I was completely prepared to run that fight with Efwurwa's Fury if any of you decided to just shoot them. XD

Well, we're a few inches further away from being murder hobos than the average adventuring party, I guess!

At least the intentions are there, even if the social skills aren't. XD

We're PFS err murder hobos :)

Word of warning, from Thursday (my time, I'm in NZ) I'll be at PaizoCon Oz for five days, I will go silent. I'm not going to pretend I'll have enough time to check in. Please bot as required to keep the game running.

Thanks for the heads-up.

I've found season 8 to be very punishing with falling damage. There are to my knowledge at least 3 scenarios in season 8 with 200ft drops.

The only other scenario I can think of that has such a drop is in season 2, though that one is more of a 200ft climb and you start at the bottom so you have time to prepare.

BTW I'm glad we pulled this out. I think my PC was a bit underpowered. I'm glad we didn't have more deaths.

We were always going to be a bit marginal on this. Oleander is not exactly a power character either.

GM, Karos needs to spend 16 PP to be raised and 5(?) to be relieved of the negative levels.

Could this campaign be marked as inactive?

Thank you!