I e-mailed Bugsby to ask him for a status update (which I'm unfortunately not hopeful of getting)
Given his long absence, do you wish to:
I will be attending a wedding tomorrow, so I won't be unlikely to post very much tomorrow.
Well, Nadya could use a husband...
I kid, I kid. Nadya would most certainly want a man, not another (eternal) child.
Wait, now Bugsby's a vampire?
*facepalm* " I'm Sooo confused...."
XD
So long as he doesn't sparkle in the sunlight... I'd have to stake him myself, if that were the case.
Twilight is the story of a girl who moves to a town where it rains a lot.
I'm also good with dropping to five and I like the idea of Bugsby's spot being open if he's able to return at some point.
As to Nadya needing a husband, Kalt's interest waned a bit when she picked up a Russian accent recently. Somehow got me thinking of a Russian Olympic weightlifter or something, rather than the lithe huntress she looks to be in the pictures. But I might get past that.
And I agree with the others. Cut back to five and leave the slot for Bugsby to return later, perhaps.
Sorry guys, crazy moving weekend. Will be back to normal daytime posting tomorrow.
As we talked about, Sven, I know Dragoncat and had the same idea as you, to have him step into Bugsby's spot. I haven't played with him as a player, but he runs the RotRL game I'm in and it would be great to have him join us in Irrisen.
Almost made it into one of his games. ( at least I hope i was an almost...) but no preference here. I am fine either way, if you want him to join, go for it.
Works for me.
A prodigious player indeed. I have no objection.
I'll try to put important "who is up", hp and condition information in the "Round Update" tab, for my own benefit as well the players. My apologies for not making that clear earlier.
Avora indeed has an action. For the sake of moving things along, I'll go ahead and post the quicklings actions, as her options are somewhat limited at this point. Avora can take two actions on the next go around if she wants.
Checking in. Thanks for having me! :)
Who let that slacker in here?
Hey Shanya, there are a certain number of extra rules in effect:
- Everyone has an extra feat
- I am trying out hero points (although the players haven't really used them thus far, except for Ankih).
- Everyone who wishes may choose to become a favored servant of Baba Yaga; this manifests as a +2 bonus to any attribute, and has certain other benefits and penalties (not yet known to you) I will try and work it into your background appropriately. Alternatively, forgo this and gain an extra hero point, and raise your maximum to 4.
To expand upon their uses for the group in general:
Using Hero PointsHero points can be spent at any time and do not require an action to use (although the actions they modify consume part of your character's turn as normal). You cannot spend more than 1 hero point during a single round of combat. Whenever a hero point is spent, it can have any one of the following effects.
Act Out of Turn: You can spend a hero point to take your turn immediately. Treat this as a readied action, moving your initiative to just before the currently acting creature. You may only take a move or a standard action on this turn.
Bonus: If used before a roll is made, a hero point grants you a +8 luck bonus to any one d20 roll. If used after a roll is made, this bonus is reduced to +4. You can use a hero point to grant this bonus to another character, as long as you are in the same location and your character can reasonably affect the outcome of the roll (such as distracting a monster, shouting words of encouragement, or otherwise aiding another with the check). Hero points spent to aid another character grant only half the listed bonus (+4 before the roll, +2 after the roll).
Extra Action: You can spend a hero point on your turn to gain an additional standard or move action this turn.
Inspiration: If you feel stuck at one point in the adventure, you can spend a hero point and petition the GM for a hint about what to do next. If the GM feels that there is no information to be gained, the hero point is not spent.
Recall: You can spend a hero point to recall a spell you have already cast or to gain another use of a special ability that is otherwise limited. This should only be used on spells and abilities possessed by your character that recharge on a daily basis.
Reroll: You may spend a hero point to reroll any one d20 roll you just made. You must take the results of the second roll, even if it is worse.
Special: You can petition the GM to allow a hero point to be used to attempt nearly anything that would normally be almost impossible. Such uses are not guaranteed and should be considered carefully by the GM. Possibilities include casting a single spell that is one level higher than you could normally cast (or a 1st-level spell if you are not a spellcaster), making an attack that blinds a foe or bypasses its damage reduction entirely, or attempting to use Diplomacy to convince a raging dragon to give up its attack. Regardless of the desired action, the attempt should be accompanied by a difficult check or penalty on the attack roll. No additional hero points may be spent on such an attempt, either by the character or her allies.
Cheat Death: A character can spend 2 hero points to cheat death. How this plays out is up to the GM, but generally the character is left alive, with negative hit points but stable. For example, a character is about to be slain by a critical hit from an arrow. If the character spends 2 hero points, the GM decides that the arrow pierced the character's holy symbol, reducing the damage enough to prevent him from being killed, and that he made his stabilization roll at the end of his turn. Cheating death is the only way for a character to spend more than 1 hero point in a turn. The character can spend hero points in this way to prevent the death of a familiar, animal companion, eidolon, or special mount, but not another character or NPC.
Alrighty then. Thanks for letting me know!
I think I'll forgo being Baba Yaga's servant: it'd make more sense with her backstory.
Hey Dragoncat! Welcome to our game! You know me better as Nicat, I'm afraid you'll be meeting a grimmer side of me here, in spite of Sven's efforts to get me to laugh more about life.
Of course. How could I possibly forget?
welcome
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Welcome, Shanya/Dragoncat, to our little band. Pleasantries aside, stay away from my man! :)
Avora will post tomorrow, as Internet is spotty tonight.
So, I'm wondering... when would be a good time for me to jump in?
There will be pretty good spot coming up soon, both to leave Bugsby behind and introduce you, shortly after the current scene is concluded.
Alright then.
By the way, I will be leaving on vacation for a week, 6th thru the 12th. Hopefully can post from my phone, but will be at a lake and may not be able to....DMPC me as needed.. Or rather PCPC me as needed. XD
Everyone else is livin' it up at PaizoCon, eh?
I am not, sadly. Perhaps I will go next year.
Everyone else is slackin' at PaizoCon, eh?
Fixed for you.
I'm not there either, tho I wish I was. Worked through the holiday, now I'm starting my vacation. Going to the in-laws...
Everyone else is slackin' at PaizoCon, eh?Fixed for you.
Thanks for setting that straight. It's some quality slacking we're doing here, though.
Well, if we ever get any new players now I'm out of riders :P
You could have one of them come back as a ghost...
XD
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No way! There's Ghost Rider, Pale Rider, Easy Rider, Winona Ryder...
Internet issues tonight, will update tomorrow.
My apologies on the delay in response. I've been on call as test lead for a space instrument flight test, which I had to call early this morning due to repeated failures in the test thermal control system.
Goody gumdrops. It's been a long week.
Sorry to steal your thunder folks; the thugs surrender when their numbers are halved, an effect which Kalt just achieved rather quickly.
And I was all set to work the leader's leg, too...
Oh, well. I can just take it out on Marcian when we find him.
Quoth the ACG Playtest:
Studied Combat (Ex): With a keen eye and a calculating
mind, an investigator can measure the mettle and combat
skill of his opponent, and take advantage of any gaps in
talent or training. At 4th level, an investigator can take
a standard action to study single enemy that he can see.
Upon doing so, he adds half his investigator level as an
insight bonus to melee attack rolls against the creature
for a number of rounds equal to his half his Intelligence
modifier (minimum 1 round), or until he chooses to
make a studied strike, whichever comes first.An investigator can only have one target of studied
combat at a time, and once a creature has become the
target of an investigator’s studied combat, he cannot
become the target of the same investigator’s studied
combat for 24 hours.Studied Strike (Ex): At 4th level, an investigator can
choose to make a studied strike against the target of his
studied combat as a free action upon successfully hitting
with a melee attack to deal additional damage. The
damage is 1d6 at 4th level and increases by 1d6 for every
two investigator levels thereafter (to a maximum of 9d6
at 20th level). The damage of studied strike is precision
damage and is not multiplied on a critical hit; creatures
that are immune to sneak attack are also immune to
studied strike.If the investigator’s attack used a weapon that deals
nonlethal damage (like a sap, whip, or an unarmed
strike), he may choose to have the additional damage
from studied strike be nonlethal damage instead of
lethal damage. If the investigator chose to make an attack
with a lethal weapon instead do nonlethal damage (with
the usual –4 penalty), the studied strike damage may also
deal nonlethal damage.
The investigator must be able to see the target well
enough to pick out a vital spot and must be able to reach
such a spot. An investigator cannot use studied strike
against a creature with concealment.
In essence, Shanya can study one creature to make a pseudo-sneak attack. I use the term 'pseudo' because she can use it even when she isn't flanking a creature or the creature in question is denied its DEX bonus to AC.
Hey Rango - I just wanted to take a moment to thank you again for taking on this game when we were GM-less. I would have been very sad to see this game end, but even more I'm really enjoying your approach to GM'ing. In short, I'm having fun, so thank you!
And now back to our regularly scheduled grim, ice-faced, warrior demeanor.