Rise of the Runelords (Inactive)

Game Master Blue Drake

Good news for me! Apparently one can cast spells while prone!

Right, but that energy ray is also a Spell-like ability, so you'll draw an attack of opportunity from the goblin right next to you. Of course you can't five-foot step cause you're prone, hm.

I'll draw an attack of opportunity if I stand up, and I'm a sitting target if I don't move. At least by attacking, I have a chance to do some damage.

Ooh! Oh! Probably too late now, but most enemies can only make a single attack of opportunity per round. So you could stand up, eat the AoO, and then cast. You could get hurt either way, but getting hit while casting risks losing the spell anyways if you fail a concentration check.

Great teamwork, guys. Too late to edit the original post, but it's not yet her turn either.

You don't have to use PFS-legal characters if you play through the whole book to get credit. It's called campaign mode.

But it's really no big deal. I just couldn't remember if it had been discussed or not. :D

As I've never really delved into PFS much, I'm not fully sure what that means, but I'll look into it for you and get back to you on that idea.

Ok cool thanks. If it helps, the instructions and chronicle sheets are here: http://paizo.com/download/pathfinder/PZO1002-Chronicles.zip

The relevant text:

if you are participating in the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path with an ongoing group undertaking the entire, six-chapter campaign, you may receive credit for playing the sanctioned portions of the adventure as if you had played a pregenerated character. In this case, GMs running the Adventure Path are not bound to the rules of the Pathfinder Society Organized Play campaign (such as 20-point buy, unavailability of hero points, etc.) when running the campaign or the sanctioned portion of the adventure.

Thanks. Made it a lot simpler. So once we finish Burnt Offerings, I give the sheet to you with a generated event code?

EDIT: And what do the rest of you think about getting PFS credit for this? The way I read it, the adventure won't change any, but you'll receive credit with no obligation to use said credit? Of course, this is all on the plan that we continue past the first book and go on into the main plot.

Also, I want to let everyone know while I'm thinking of it, that it's alright if the pace drops on weekends, since a lot of people are busy during that time. I'll still be open to questions and playing, just not as much required posting during it. :)

Hey guys, sorry for the lack of posting. I scored a duty weekend and I've been away from my phone and PC. I'll be back online in about 12 hours, I'll check in on the gamelay thread then

On PFS - I won't do anything with the PFS credit, but I certainly have no objection to other people getting the credit they want.

On duty weekends - They suck.

Thanks. Made it a lot simpler. So once we finish Burnt Offerings, I give the sheet to you with a generated event code?

EDIT: And what do the rest of you think about getting PFS credit for this? The way I read it, the adventure won't change any, but you'll receive credit with no obligation to use said credit? Of course, this is all on the plan that we continue past the first book and go on into the main plot.

Yep that's right! Thanks for being willing to do this! :D

Well, if I ever decide I want to go PFS, at least I'll have credit for...um, whatever this credit stuff is used for. XD

okay I actually bothered to look it up--you can talk as a free action even when it isn't your turn. So, there's that.

Yeah, as long as you don't try quoting all of 'The Lord of the Rings' as a free action. I mean that would totaling be breaking the fourth wall there.

No reciting Pi to a thousand places?

Every ten places requires an Int DC 14, plus 2 for each previous attempt. The first ten are Apple, Blueberry, Plum, Peach, Pumpkin, Cherry, Blackberry, Chicken Pot Pie, Strawberry Pie, and Lemon Pie.

Got the map updated for turn 5 now.

Damn it! I finally get to roll sneak attack dice and I roll a 4 on the attack roll!

Hey guys, just wanted to check in and let you know that I am absolutely loving this pbp gig. I'm having a ball, thanks for taking a chance on the new guy

Great to hear. And I'm enjoying GMing so far. Then again, I just started to listen to Critical Role (which I highly recommend for everyone), so I know there is a long way to go. I do have a idea plan from that though I will try to incorporate soon.

I've recently gotten into Critical Role myself! If nothing else it makes me want to play a more aggressive Rogue. Are you going to add, "How do you want to do this?"? ;)

Yes. That was actually the very thing I wanted to add. And on the first guess too.

Been thinking of checking that out too since it keeps popping up in my FB feed.

I just love Mercer's style, and 'how d'you wanna do this' is probably my favorite thing of his. That and his gesticulating when he's playing one of his characters, but that's less feasible in pbp.

Yeah, I have 0 confidence in my vocal skills after hearing them.

The shows are about 2-4 hours long, but their hilarious and nail biting all the way through.

You might want to stick to healing, Zella. :)

But that's horrifically boring to do nothing but heal. Although, looking at Zella's build, there isn't much else she can do. Her domain choices don't give many good buffs, either in spells or powers.

Actually, wait. Desna doesn't give the Trade subdomain, so Zella wouldn't be able to have it.

Clerics take a little while to come into their own though, and to be fair we've all had some pretty rough luck with some of these rolls...

You're right about Desna and Trade. Exploration subclass has a fun ability it looks like as a possible replacement. Luck is of course really nice too.

I like that she has more flavorful domains for her character personally.

Well that's weird. Trade would actually make sense as one of Desna's subdomains. I deleted it from my sheet though and just left Travel as is since apparently I do not get access to any of it's subdomains.

She grants the Exploration sub domain to Travel. That's why I was saying it could be cool- the level 1 ability lets you look through doors and walls. Kind of a unique power.

Good round team! That was some pro adventuring right there!

Must have missed that one when I looked over it. That's not bad, though I will my additional 10 feet of movement in return for it.

Map is up.

She helps herself to a bit of sausage and eggs, and tries her best not to wolf it down.

Why do I always wake up so hungry the next morning whenever I use a lot of power?

Sign of a super saiyan.

Also, I was looking at Raniero's Ranger archetype. My literal train of thought, "Oh, a Barbarian-Ranger. He's a Range-barian? A barger, a bar...a barber! He's a Barber!"

If his Barber archetype is from Fleet Street, they are especially deadly....

I definitely wouldn't truste to cut your hair, Nero is a little heavy handed haha :-P

So was the alluded-to Barber of Fleet Street!

And map is up.

Hey guys, I may be absent for the next 72 hours. Duty calls, I'll post in tomorrow and let you know for sure.

how obvious is it that i haven't actually been able to play much Pathfinder period, let alone pbp? :^/

I play too many things and get them all confused :)

Still need more actually tabletop games in my life though. Trying hard to get a Pendragon game going.

I'm just a tad slow with posting this weekend. Both the little ones have Flu and Strep. Busy time.

I have some bad news. Raniero will be leaving the party once this dungeon ends. I have tried contacting him, but he has been unresponsive both here and in the other game we're in. As a result, he will be dropped from the game with no communication for so long.

I will be contacting a few people to see if they'd be interested in joining. They'll probably join once you reach Sandpoint again.

Question regarding the current fight versus the now ungrappled chanting half-elf spellcaster: would he be considered flanked? He just escaped Osru's hold, I punched him, and Ven then came forward and attacked with a weapon. With two people already adjacent, are any of us positioned so that Ven's attack would have been considered a sneak attack?

Granted, the situation is currently a little muddy with regards to everyone's position in the room, but I figured I'd ask.

She could easily reach that position from there, yes.

Well, this is hard to say, but here goes. I'm sorry, but I will be leaving the message boards for a while. A previously short venture these past two days has now turned into a full-time position, one that will be taking most of my free time to keep up. With so much time gone, I'm going to have to prioritize what I can keep up with, and playing the great games here is not. So I apologize, but I will not be able to continue for the forseeable future. I wish I could have kept up, but I did not see this coming. You've been a great group so far. This campaign is now inactive.

-Blue Drake.