RoW: Let's Thaw the Frozen Stars! (Inactive)

Game Master Daxter

Incidentally, you said Lana got hurt, but I think you meant Shanya got clawed by the troll.

Sorry, fixed. I do that in real-life too. *sigh*

Interesting question just came up, DM... as you know, Lana's Life Link ability allows her to bond with someone and passively heal them while she's bonded. The ability says: "You may have one bond active per oracle level."

The question that came up is this: can you have more than one bond on a single character? There's nothing that explicitly forbids it in the ability, and the fact that they made it scale by level (so a level 20 Life Oracle is going to have 20 bonds, minimum) makes it seem like they intended it... nobody's ever going to have 20 party members, except maybe people whose DMs put in like 15 NPCs or something. It'd also make it more useful at higher levels, where 5 damage isn't much but 20 might be.

What do you think?

A strict reading of the rules would say no, IMO. However, I think it would be OK with caveats.

My concern is the scaling. Placing 5 healing per level breaks the healing scaling, I think (although there is a penalty which partially balances things out).

I would be OK with 1 bond plus 1 bond per four levels. So, two bonds at 4th, and three at 8th, etc.

I would be OK with 1 bond plus 1 bond per four levels. So, two bonds at 4th, and three at 8th, etc.

By this you mean max per bond target? I.e. at fourth level, two of Lana's four bonds could be on the same target?

Yes, that is what I was thinking.

Just a quick heads up--now that the school year has started up again for me, my posting rate may end up dropping. I'll try to keep up as best I can.

Funny, now that the school year has started up again, my kids are back in school, so posting gets easier. Good luck with the new school year.

I wonder how common fear effects are going to be through this AP.

I was considering getting the armor that buffs aura of courage.

I believe the dice gods have forsaken your group. Especially Kalt. Or at least the random number generator gods.

There does seem to be some karmic rebalancing going on, to offset the series of crits Kalt laid on the trolls earlier.

Just so you guys know, I'll be leaving this Friday and returning sometime Sunday (but possibly not getting to PbPs until Monday).

Is the red X on the map where Granny is?

Not sure who placed the X. I put the token for her back on the map to represent where she is at the moment. (So Kalt and Avora would need to be one square further to attack her, which is fine)

I placed the X to mark where Avora was attacking.

Literally just now realized I was calculating Shanya's to hit bonuses wrong this whole time. Fixed it.

4000 POSTS!

Woo!

XD

Would I be able to make an Acrobatics check to move through one of the squares the Gobbler occupies?

I'm trying to get to Granny Nan to shut her down, but from where I'm standing, I'm not sure I can do so.

Well, it's large and blocking the door so you'll have to tumble through the Gobbler. CMD + 5 is the DC you need to beat. You think it's going to be very difficult to do so barring a luck streak.

However, it's grappled, so it doesn't threaten. It still blocks the way, so I would still want the check, but you wouldn't take an AoO if you fail (unlike normal).

I get a nat 20 to break the Gobbler's grapple, aided by the mighty Sven, and I get no text! Just a status change?! I've been robbed.

On another note: Sven, didn't you pick up an adamantine longsword a bit ago? Might be just the thing here. Or did you already have that in mind when you dropped your axe to help me get out of the oven?

I'd actually completely forgotten about that.

If it grabs Sven, feel free to grab the sword off his hip.

Yeah, Sven did.

And I don't think Shanya can really contribute to this fight at this point, save for pointing out that shoving Granny into the Gobbler would be a perfect example of poetic justice...

Shanya: ahem cough liquid ice cough.

RIGHT! Completely forgot about that...

On entirely different note: a Shattered Star campaign I'm in is being restarted. Is anybody looking for another campaign right now, they are looking for a player. 20 pt buy, the DM is pretty buy the book and extremely diligent.

Witches sure do like their expensive cookware.

So... decision time.

Do we risk resting and go after Logrivich at full strength? Or do we strike now while he may still be unaware of us?

Both Sven and Kalt still have the shield extracts I gave them, and I can put together another extract of cat's grace for myself to use. What I'm concerned about are our casters--how are your spell slots doing?

I vote we keep going, for the epicness! And I don't have a lot of spell slots to concern myself with.

I've been keeping some in reserve... I've only got one second level spell left, but four level 1 spells and five channels... plus life link. Let's do this.

I still have a few tricks up my sleeve.

GM, would I have had time to prepare one more extract? I'm planning on refreshing my cat's grace for the fight, and I still have 2 1st-level extract slots left over...

I would think that would be OK. That would be 2 minutes, so it might impact others spells.

I believe Shanya's idea was to prepare her brews before we drank our potions and cast spells, so as to avoid time running out on our buffs. She just didn't have a chance to ask the question before Sven and I posted.

I think the bigger issue is the bull's strength.

Ah, yes, forgot about that. Too bad I can't cast Lead Blades on a weapon and hand it to you.

Well considering ranged attacks from Shanya are more likely to be useful than melee from Sven against the dragon, I think it's worth waiting and losing the Bull's Strength.

I COULD potentially whip up an extract of Enlarge Person for Sven...

Y'know, in case he feels like wrestling a dragon. :)

I don't generally like enlarge but it couldn't hurt to have on hand. =P

Well, shield and enlarge person are the only 2 1st-level combat buffs I have. Shanya's formula book is built more for utility magics.

Do you want an Enlarge Person or do you want to stick with your Shield? I'm definitely brewing up another Cat's Grace.

Shield's good by me.

I still have some magics, been using my Channels more it seems.
plus I have some scrolls and a wand of clw.
I don't have a clue about investigators. Can Shanya cast gravity bow from a scroll? it's a personal spell so I cant cast it on her bow, but I do have a scroll of it if she can cast it. turns a 1d8 into a 2d6 on a longbow...
have one more casting of sun metal, only lasts 3 rounds tho...

I have 3 scrolls of gravity bow, 10 rounds per casting. level one spell.

Gravity Bow isn't on the Alchemist spell list, so I don't think I can. I don't have any ranks in UMD either...

And you might want to give the Sun Metal to either Sven or Kalt. They'll be the ones using it the most.

Gravity bow is on the ranger spell list, but I don't think Kalt can cast it from a wizard scroll....
Waiting to see how things stand with Sun Metal, it only lasts 3 rounds...melee only.

In my world, I won't be differentiating between divine and arcane scrolls - for instance, a divine and arcane remove curse are identical.

Scrolls form different classes can still have different caster levels and costs, but in general assume any purchased scrolls are from clerics or wizards unless the spell is not on their list.

So can Kalt use the scroll of Gravity Bow, then? It's on his spell list and of the appropriate spell level for him to cast.

Does he still have to make a DC 21 Spellcraft check to decipher it and know what spell it contains, if Ankih already knows what it is and can just tell Kalt? Because I'd love to combine Gravity Bow with the Bane arrows I've got.

Sure; if someone somewhere has done the spellcraft or read magic and explains it to you that would be fine. Might be a bit tricky in combat, but you can do it ahead of time no problem.

I will advance the scene then.

sweet. Its one of my normal spells so I don't need to Spellcraft it ( I'm the one who made the scroll!) Kalt however...? I have the scroll if it works Kalt. Nice combo XD

That is a nice combo, glad we stumbled upon it!

Kalt will buff in this order, in that case: lead blades, gravity bow, shield.

Now we get to enter a dragon's lair one by one through a hatch. Won't that be fun! Who goes first? And what do we know of this dragon, in terms of defenses and weaknesses?

You going first as the living shield, Sven?

And do you think you could grapple the dragon? Then I could just slice it to bits.