PbP Game Day V: GMTrex's PFS 7-11 Ancients Anguish (Inactive)

Game Master Andrew Trexler

A thread for discussion of the ancient anguishes. And other things, I suppose.

Please post:

Character Name:
PFS Number: XXXXX-X
Faction:
Day Job: (go ahead and roll)
Initiative Mod: +X
Perception Mod: +X

Character Name: Sihir Aneh Yang Mengembara Alam Semesta
PFS Number: 40025-9
Faction: Scarab Sages
Day Job: Craft (Toymaker): 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (8) + 25 = 33
Initiative Mod: +3
Perception Mod: 0

Character Name: Tortuga
PFS Number: 2608-1
Faction: Liberty's Edge
Day Job: Profession Sailor: 10 + 15 = 25
Initiative Mod: +9
Perception Mod: +18 (+20 to notice unusual stonework)

I think I have my CMD correct, but someone please correct me if I'm wrong:

10 + 5 Str + 3 Dex + 11 BAB + 1 dodge + 2 deflection + 1 insight + 8 monk* = 41.

*Due to monk's robe I count as a level 16 monk for the purpose of AC and unarmed strike damage.

Character Name: Artian Shirinez
PFS Number: 91931-2
Faction: Grand Lodge
Day Job: Reporting for faction mission: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (4) + 0 = 4 If my reroll last until end of game maybe I'll want to use it
Initiative Mod: +3(roll 2 dice and pick the best, always act in surprise round but last if failed perception)
Perception Mod: +13

Hmmm...if everyone else in the party leans as high-level as you two, I'm going to want to swap out for my level 9 Summoner (who just happens to have just finished her previous adventure).

Looks like the signups were 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11.

So be it, then!

Character Name: Lucija Lal Rani
PFS Number: 40025-1
Faction: Dark Archives
Day Job: Craft (Painting): 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (13) + 27 = 40
Initiative Mod: +1
Eidolon's Initiative Mod (should it matter): +4
Perception Mod: 0
Eidolon's Perception Mod: +10

Tortuga has a minor ring of spell storing and he keeps a collection of scrolls to have a caster charge up the ring. Usually I opt for shield and animal aspect. Since I'm not sure where is anyone in the party that can use a scroll of animal aspect, I may buy some other ones for the adventure.

I can't cast any of them. But feel free to check my spells and tell me if you want any charge on your ring. It's hard for me to use all the spells slots, and I'll prefer that someone benefit from it.

Also if someone want a magic vestmen cast on his armor just say it.

Character Name: Fandral
PFS Number: 133462-5
Faction: The Exchange
Day Job: profession sailor: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30
Initiative Mod: +9
Perception Mod: +5

We could take both ships! Anyone else want to buy the ship vanity? It's a mere 10 prestige! We could take have a whole armada!

This is Xiaobos other character. Xiaobo did get into a different game.

I will finish updating tonight before I post init and perception. I have a lot of gold to spend.

DM Snider
Bane
22306-2
Liberties Edge
No Dayjob

This monk does not breath but once a day. even in heave combat he can hold his breath for 8 hours straight

Fendahl Silvermane
PFS # 9884-3
11 (Lion Shaman/Samurai)
Grand Lodge
trapper + 9
Initiative modifier +4
Perception modifier +16

Trapper : 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

Tortuga is going to buy another potion of fly before the adventure begins. I always like to have 2 on me.

Doing some quick math on our group:
(7+11+11+9+8+10)/6 = 9.333 - High Tier, 4 character adjustment sound right?

Looks pretty cut-and-dried.

High Tier with 4 player adjustment looks right to me.

FYI folks, I'm traveling over the next three days. I expect to have internet access at some points, so I should be able to keep up regular posting. In the event I don't, that'd be the reason why.

Wow. '16' -> '26' -> '36.' I have NEVER seen that happen before.

Would Fendahl be willing to charge my ring with one of my animal aspect scrolls? It's on the druid list, so I think he'd be able to use it.

Yes, he would.

Forgive me for my absence, the care of my children get complicated and I had`t enough time to post. But I’m here again.

A point of clarification. At this point we still have no idea if we are anywhere near our goal. Is my understanding correct?

Also, how long have we been traveling during the current day. It might be applicable to anyone that has hour per level buffs active.

The canyon is the first break in the desert you've seen in days, and the seeker stone is brighter than ever. You think you've arrived or are at least quite close.

It's mid-afternoon, about four hours since the storm hit.

As I must cast one Magic Vestment every 10 hours I'll consider I've cast the second charge.

OK, then at this point I'd ask for one of our arcane casters to start using my wand of mage armor on me and I'd start spending ki to activate my barkskin ability.

Here's my problem here: Lucija, as a character, is a shoe-in for the "boastful story" angle. She's a raging egomaniac who thinks her power over outsiders makes her a demigoddess waiting to happen. The problem is that I, as a player, am presently suffering from temporary lack of *sparkle,* and haven't been able to muster an awesome post of glory and power (and I'm sure she's got some awesome stories of personal glory if only I could remember).

If tales of bravado could prevent this fight, Lucija should totally be able to do that - it's just that her poor player is having serious psychological trouble right now.

I'm sorry to hear that, Lucija, and I hope you're feeling better soon. As much as I would love to see your awesome post of glory and power (and by all means do post it when you feel up for it), I do feel as a GM that I should keep things moving and not retcon.

Thank you for letting me know and please let me know how I can accommodate.

I showed off Lucija's bombast a little there. Maybe as a compromise, you could allow a free demoralize attempt?

Looks like yellow took a lot of damage. Can I get a quick update of what is still up?

Also, out of curiosity, what time zones are people located in? Looks like a flurry of posting happened while I was asleep.

I'm in Eastern (US) Daylight Time (UTC-4).

Spain, GMT +1 (wikipedia says UTC and GMT is roughly the same)

Mountain time (I'm from the Bay Area, but I've been stuck in New Mexico AKA "The Land of Entrapment" for several years) - however, my sleep/activity schedule (if you can call it one) doesn't necessarily reflect that.

By the way, I drew out an actual 20 foot radius template for the black tentacles. I'm not sure it's possible to get all the targets you indicated.

I placed it where I could get it closest, but with that wall to the east of red, the effect would have to spread around the wall, which may take that square out of the area.

You might be able to do it if you put Bane in the area too, but he probably wouldn't be too happy with it.

That purple burst is 20' in radius - I started in the center, then went 4 squares in every direction. Looks like it works to me (and without getting Bane stuck).

Remember, you only measure 3 squares along the diagonal, not 4, since 2 diagonals = 15 ft.

But black tentacles is also a spread. A spread can go around barriers, but you have to count the total distance around the barrier (from the center) to see if the square is in the area of effect.

After that thrubbing, just a check, we are playing:
High Tier with 4 player adjustment, correct? :-)

May not be able to post as much as I like this weekend coming up. My anniversary with my wife is this weekend.

Fandral is not getting close to those giant scorpions. But if need be, he will drop his pistol, and quick draw his cutlass again.
dodging panache to boost ac. He knows better than to try and parry huge creatures, not very successful. And fight like hell. Bonus, he potentially crits on a 15-20

After that thrubbing, just a check, we are playing:

High Tier with 4 player adjustment, correct? :-)

Yes -- though thanks for reminding me because I've double-checked and made an error on the adjustment. I'll apply some of the damage from the scorpions to the girtablilus to compensate. The CR of the girtablilus doesn't change at all with the adjustment.

It doesn't help that their stats, tactics, and Adjustment box are on three different pages!

Tortuga's current AC is 37. 26 is his AC without buffs. He gets +3 armor for mage armor, +4 natural armor for barkskin, and +4 shield for shield spell.

Sorry I wasn't more specific about the path being taken, but Tortuga would have entered the square he is in by moving diagonally from the square just to the left of Bane (where I put the white x). I think Tortuga would have had cover in that square which would negate the AoO.

I'm not sure I understand what we are supposed to be doing at this point. Are we supposed to continue with the checks but with a time limit? Tortuga's only useful skills are the ones he already used, Strength and Perception. Are those still useful at this point?

At this point, you need to stop the building from collapsing in order to keep searching for answers about the amethyst sage jewel.

You can make a bunch of checks (say, one for each of the six remaining shelves) to progress the library research.

I nthink we have no idea of how to stop the collapsing, so we can either search in the library somethings that looks like information about the building, we can search more rooms to see if there's anything relevant, or we can start hitting the "artifact" we had found and see what happens.

Hard days at work, but it looks you've been able to discover the tablet without me.

Just checking, are we looking good to finish by 10/12? I have my next GM doing roll call for slot 2 and wanted to let him know if we were on target or running behind.

It's a toss-up at the moment. If we can all commit to posting a little more frequently (myself included) we can get there.

This game still on?

Echo!
Echo...!
ECHO...!

...Shit. Was my Campaigns tab not reporting updates again???

Yep, we're still going! Nearing the end but not there yet.

Glad you're still with us!

Next time, if you could/would, please PM me if I suddenly stop participating for a prolonged period, because something's wrong if that happens. I'm on here every frigging day.

A creative thought. I'm inclined to rule that, because the air elemental and whirlwind entries make no reference to wind speed, dispersal would occur slowly at most. Spells like gust of wind have benefit of moving a whole fog in a specific direction, whereas an elemental's body or whirlwind form is really only moving parts of the cloud a short distance within the cloud.

The spell does allow for dispersal at various rates based on windspeed, so I will rule for the slower method.

I welcome any thoughts on the matter.