Revival of the Runelords (Inactive)

Game Master Cellion

I both like and dislike the above statement, for different reasons.

Sorry to see Floredana go, but what a way to leave!

Kargas is gonna have some feelings about Flor being gone in a minute, and his player will miss Gummy.

That said, do we want to recruit a new divine caster to our party? This campaign has been heavy enough on curses & permanent effects that not having a cleric/oracle around seems like a terrible idea.

As one who has borne the brunt of several of those effects and is currently at 4% health, Guiness is strongly in favor of getting someone with magical cures and remedies in the party.

I agree, and Colvyn isn't built to provide enough healing for this group.

So 3/4 are interested in a replacement player? Are you guys suuuure you don't want to continue with four? There's always scrolls and other consumables to deal with not having a cleric/oracle.

If we do want an additional player, I'd like to avoid public recruitment. Do you folks have anyone you know who is a solid, reliable and active player who is looking to jump in midway through RotRL? That's what I'd be looking for.

Ditto the above. This first AP of all APs is probably built along the idea of classical party composition (Cleric, Fighter, Magic-user, and Thief). I think we need at least half a cleric-type character to go with our warpriest.

As for who to pick, I'm gonna have to think about that.

And for COVID wishes, thanks. I haven't slept for 16 hours like did last year, but I left lunch cooling on the stove and nearly filled up with ethanol in my non-ethanol Escape, so there's that. This Saturday was the worst so far I just sat in my office chair holding my aching head for the day and have felt more clear-headed since. I was eligible for monoclonal antibody therapy so depending on my doctor's advice (I'm in between vaccine shots) I might go in and have that done tomorrow.

I could go either way, but we would need some serious healing magic item help without another healer, I think...Case in point—Guiness has over 100 hp damage and 2 negative levels after that fight...

Sorry about the Covid, Kellek...Hang in there!

losonti expressed an interest to me when I floated the idea. They've got a Herald-Caller/Stargazer build they're thinking about

Alright, that's pretty unanimous. I'll give Losonti a PM and see if they're interested still.

I'm going to miss y'all too! Flo was the first ever AP character I had accepted in an open recruitment...

*checks notes*

*spits out coffee*

...five years ago. I know we, as a player group and party of characters have had some ups and downs, different looks, and a few different cast members (and possibly even more GMs XD), but it has been an amazing time :) After almost 1250 posts with her, tbh, it is a little bit like letting go of a part of myself!

GM, thank you for arranging such a great send off, it felt really good to have Flo's end match the meaning the character and this group has/had for me.

This table has been one of the best I've sat at in PbP or FtF and I wish y'all the best :)

This table has been one of the best I've sat at in PbP or FtF and I wish y'all the best :)

Now how am I going to find this campaign without you favoriting a post of Kellek's on every page? I'm gonna have to break down and ask the GM to put me back on the Current Players list, or I'll never find the campaign thread again.

Hey GM, could Kellek please be added back to the Current Players List?

I'm a dummy and only put Kellek back without putting GGG back on the player list. You should be on now. Let me know if you don't see the game on your list.

Hey everyone! While I never got to play with Flor, I am in several campaigns with Gummy Bear (that they're also in the process of transitioning out of), and I'm definitely going to miss playing with them. I've got pretty big shoes to fill and I'm grateful for the opportunity to play with all of you again.

Cellion and Guinness I all know from the very first AP group I was accepted into, and Kellek's player was in the very first PFS game I played in here on the boards. I even play with Colvyn in another game, lol. Kargas I know IRL, and it's their fault I'm here on the boards to begin with. Look forward to playing through this iconic AP with all of you.

Welcome Astrid!

...and Kellek's player was in the very first PFS game I played in here on the boards....

Oh yes, my other, eviller mage. (Kellek only wishes he was as much a badass.)

And still in spite of that first experience, Losonti is still here! ;)

Welcome!

I'm a dummy and only put Kellek back without putting GGG back on the player list. You should be on now. Let me know if you don't see the game on your list.

YAY! It works! Now I won't have to create such funny, and interesting posts so that I can track the thread via my "Favorited by Others" tab! You are hearing it here first! Kellek is just going for plain, old, procedural blandness from now on! No more pointed, sarcastic, or sardonic wizarding for him! He's just fading into the background, like waiting room wallpaper....

Except of course when folks do something Kargas-ey. Then Kellek will have to say something. ;p

Psh, I'm the soul of discrete caution.

Cellion, I was auditing my sheet and found that I accidentally assigned two background ranks to Fly. I took those out, then decided to remove all my ranks from Handle Animal and put them into Lore (Blood hags). Finally, I realized I had misread how Sacred Summons works, so I switched it out for Expanded Summon Monster. A total list of everything I'm allowed to summon is in a spoiler at the top of my profile, and any non-standard summons I have are marked as such.

I'll probably replace it later with a nicer looking spreadsheet, but there it is.

No last-minute prep from Guiness, other than to maybe stock up on some extra rations and see if we have any magic items that need to be distributed.

I think we have a wand, a dagger, and an amulet to identify yet from the lamia, plus some other loot from the ogres that might prove useful.

I just saw your profile pic for your character Astrid. Sweet art!

Alright, I'm going to move us forward, but feel free to make retroactive loot distributions and item identifications.

Thanks!

Guinness, can you point me at the post with the items you need Kellek to ID?

Guinness, can you point me at the post with the items you need Kellek to ID?

https://paizo.com/campaigns/RevivalOfTheRunelords/gameplay&page=125#623 0

That should work. There were some other items from the ogres, but until we can sell things it is probably not important except for perhaps the Boots of the Mire unless someone is already wearing them.

...but until we can sell things it is probably not important except for perhaps the Boots of the Mire unless someone is already wearing them.

;)

Kellek would have recognized the mystery items as a wand of scorching ray (22 charges), a +1 keen dagger, and another warding star medallion.

Well, Kellek got boots, and some healing potions out of the ogres. He can pretty much use all of the above, but others should have a look first. Also, we might want to see where we all are on personal wealth.

I can take on doing the loot summary again, but it will be probably at least the weekend before I get to it. Guiness doesn’t have a specific need for any of the items, but we should probably hold onto the warding stars for now in case they become plot relevant...

Agreed. And thanks!

Not that we can sell anything now, but I have the loot list more or less updated. I don't know who has what, but for right now I have anything with straight up money value as "Loot", healing potions as "Keep", and everything else as "???", which means we need to put Sell or a PC's name against. Lots of Ogre stuff we probably want to sell when we can...

Thank you for taking point on that, Guiness! I'll mark anything Kargas would be interested in.

Loot identification when you get a chance, Kellek? Will be helpful for me later with the loot tracking spreadsheet.

Loot identification when you get a chance, Kellek?

Sure. Kellek pretty much does this as it comes up. Was there something in particular in need of ID?

In the loot spoiler there was an amulet with ??? by it—typically indicates magical. We can move on while Kargas’ spell is active for now if you like, but I just didn’t want to miss it and have to come back.

I'll take a look for it when I get home tonight.

The dice are hungering for blood today, it seems. I've never seen mirror image fail so thoroughly. Normally it renders people all but immune to being hit by attacks.

Yeah...between the hits and the failed save that's almost as bad as the turn could have gone for Kargas.

In another place and time, the dice are trying to kill Flint too…

Sorry, Kellek! I had the window open for a while I was talking with Kargas and just hit send without checking to see if anyone else has acted yet.

Thanks to Astrid, and Kellek for trying even though Astrid's help was way better! :p

I'm actually not too worried if Kargas dies; I have him in an IRL game as well (the online Kargas took 4 tries to finally get Cellion and keep the game going past Book 1) so if Online Kargas gets killed I can at the least try out a different character build.

I'm also playing in that game (with a very different character) so this is an interesting experience for me, haha.

for a moment there, I thought Kargas would get his noggin snipped for sure!

for a moment there, I thought Kargas would get his noggin snipped for sure!

lightning bolt (arcane reservoir for DC 21): 9d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 4, 1, 2, 3, 6, 5, 3) = 34

"WHAT?! I didn't want him to feel cheated. Now hand me the party key."

Guiness has the “Desert Dweller” racial trait, which gives him cold and fire resistance 1, so he should be fine in temperatures that are not cold enough to do actual lethal damage.

One thing I'm enjoying so far is getting to cast all these relatively obscure spells that I never see anybody talk about or use.

Answering Kellek's question in Gameplay here for strategy talk.

I think fighting in the cave is actually better for us, because they're all Large and unless all the caverns and caves are enormous they'll be more hemmed in. Out here we could get swarmed and also have our backs to a cliff, going from the map.

Guiness is ready to knock some ogre heads, and he would prefer to have them constrained by the cave walls as well, if possible, especially if he can find a good place to establish his Defensive Stance.

Just chiming in here to say I'm here and listening for once someone takes action and starts this fight. Let me know if you'd like me to push things forward based on my best guess of the discussion so far.

I think we just need a consensus on fighting inside vs outside and then we're ready to go.

I think we just need a consensus on fighting inside vs outside and then we're ready to go.

I'm fine with the wall though I'd prefer to fight away from the ogres' defensive positions.

I'm okay starting combat from my current position, given my dreadful Stealth but high speed.

GM, how high are the ceilings in these caves?