If you want to drag out my ass-halfed map, which I linked in the Campaign Info dilly, you can decide where you want to go with all these injured people you have.
Any of the mountains except Lonely Mountain and Mount Hua have super high level healers on them who could easily fix everyone assuming you got them there alive. Mount Wudang is, obviously, favorably inclined towards Chu Zhu Ji and Flying Sword and, likewise, Mount Shaoshi is where Zhang Yong has contacts. The sects on any of the mountains would probably help you anyway since you're all orthodox wulin heroes (well, maybe not Wu-Yao but if you spoke on his behalf they'd probably do it anyway). You could also go to Duolunduo or Snake Village and drop the sick people off and go bring a healer to them, although there's no one native to either of those places who could fit the bill. You could also get the emperor to rest somewhere until at least his bones are fixed, although he doesn't seem like the restful type.
You probably don't want to get too close to the capital with the super injured true emperor for obvious reasons, even though they likely wouldn't recognize him.
OK so the next question would be, which place with healers would be closest to our present location on the map?
You can get basic, "local herbalist" type stuff at snake village or duolunduo, but the closest place with high-end magical healing is Mount Kunlun.
OK, I'll suggest it in the game thread then.
Mount Kunlun is maybe ten days ride from where you are as the crow flies. More realistically two weeks travel if you are able to mount up once you reach civilization. Chu Zhu Ji could find it easily, and the rest of you have enough of an idea to get within visual range of it on your own (it's rather large).
It's also where the Kunlun sect is. They're a little more ambitious than is seemly for Taoists. They're sort of rivals of the Wudang, but it's a much more friendly rivalry than is usual for sect-on-sect conflict within the Wulin. It's downright amicable. It's certainly not hostile enough of a relationship for them to turn away two Wudang heroes in need of aid.
Still, it would be a mistake to trust them completely.
I've been toying with the idea of running a second wuxia game and I've finally decided to pull the cord on it.
If any of you have time for another game and are interested the recruitment dilly is here: http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r24z?Recruitment-Wuxia-Legend-of-the-Demon-Her oes#1
I would definitely give any of you preferential placement over the rest of these riff raff. Just don't volunteer if you think it would negatively affect your ability to play in this game.
Interesting... I'm definitely considering it.
I found a subtitled 20 minute long trailer for the 2008 Legend of the Condor Heroes series, if anyone is interested in that thing I'm always rambling on about. It could almost be a summary of the first book if large swathes of it weren't out of order. There's a lull from about 10 minutes in to about the 15 minute mark where if you're not familiar with the characters you won't care, but the rest is a really good introduction to the source material that has the largest influence of anything on this game.
If anyone is interested, it's on youtube here. It's long but it's got some really good bits.
Cool! I'll check it out. I actually found the whole 3-4 year series on Youtube. I think it was the same thing anyways.
Cool! I'll check it out. I actually found the whole 3-4 year series on Youtube. I think it was the same thing anyways.
Depends on the year. They make a TV series based on this book about every 5 years. So there's a 2003 series and another one in the late 90s and then a whole bunch more before that. Also movies. So it could be anything because they're all on youtube. But it's not like the one that trailer is for has any special authority.
The book series is huge. It's a trilogy, but each book in the series is the length of a typical trilogy itself. That trailer is all stuff that happens in the first book. The other books are Return of the Condor Heroes, and Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre.
Edit: While we're watching wuxia stuff on youtube:
Huang Rong vs. Yang Kang
Deconstruction of the character for "xia"
Fight over a baby
Ouyang Feng vs. I'm-Not-Even-Going-To-Bother-Trying-To-Spell-Her-Name-I-Think-It-Means-Whit e-Dragon-Or-Something
I've been toying with the idea of running a second wuxia game and I've finally decided to pull the cord on it.
If any of you have time for another game and are interested the recruitment dilly is here: http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r24z?Recruitment-Wuxia-Legend-of-the-Demon-Her oes#1
I would definitely give any of you preferential placement over the rest of these riff raff. Just don't volunteer if you think it would negatively affect your ability to play in this game.
Thanks for the invite, but I'm already in another group, and running a campaign of my own. Besides, I'd likely get too confused over both threads and get my shaolin in your demon by mistake. :p
Okay, I thought of a good way to do this:
I will assume you guys are going to ride straight to Mount Kunlun, via the most direct route possible, unless someone has an idea for a detour they want and posts saying as much.
Say, can you have your beggar 'magically' whip up a Land Rover as well. My feet hurt, and I can use some cake...:p
Pffft, what makes you think he's the one giving you horses? You're lucky you got to meet him once. You should have asked him for some kung fu pointers.
Edit: When the Beggar's Sect helps you out, they don't leave flowers.
Shucks, I was going to try to Sunder the ring
Shucks, I was going to try to Sunder the ring
Oh please do. We kind of do this thing where we post through time. Basically the rule of thumb is you can respond to anything that happened since the last time you post and your response "happens" right after the cut-off of what you quote. If you want to sunder the ring, go for it and it just "happened" between lines of my post. Does that make sense? It's hard to explain.
Sounds great!
Sorry guys I am super busy with work this week. Working long hours to finish a project that got behind. I will try to post back tonight.
Does anyone have anything they want to do/say/whatever before you mount up and head off to Mount Kunlun?
I can't think of anything. My concern would be with getting the emperor to safety and to make sure that Snake Man doesn't turn into one on the way to where we are heading. ;p
Before Flying Sword sounds like a complete fool...did we take an oath in regards to our swords?
Nope, she's being metaphorical.
Okay so if anyone has any stuff to do on the trip, let me know now, because the next post is very likely going to be arriving at Mount Kunlun otherwise.
I don't know if anyone had any books they were planning on reading, or someone wants to try meditating again (I was actually going to do something with that but you stopped before I got around to it).
Also, unless he just sucks ass at fort saves, Wu-Yao will likely wake up at some point during that first week, but until I'm done with his dream we're not going to know when. So that's information.
Edit: Also, how do you guys do watch? Take turns? One at a time or in pairs?
Boom. Flying Sword gains two levels, just like that (unless you decide "f@$~ that Qiubai a@%!@!%, I'm going to keep doing my own thing").
Oh crap, I completely forgot about the book. I'll take a turn reading it if no one else has.
Also, I would likely take a watch by myself, to get a chance to re-take my focus, and perhaps to practice the marital moves that are mentioned in that book.
This is not a criticism, if it's anything it's a compliment, but you guys are like anti-PCs. You turn every situation into not combat, and you forget about a McGuffin that lets you gain levels. You also left treasure in a cave out of respect for the dead of all things.
Edit: I'm sure we could think of more if we tried.
Bonus for everyone truly roleplaying!
Haha! The gamer in me railed against leaving what were obviously better swords behind (not to mention whatever was in the crypt) but it didn't seem fitting for Flying Sword.
We're just being anti 'typical pc's' although if we had had a thief with us who knows what would've happened?
Assuming Flying Sword takes his next two levels in Wudang (which I imagine is likely) he'll have Qinggong level 4. You guys need to find some water to fight on because he can now have a running fight on water.
Zhang Yong would move up to Qinggong 3 at level 11, so he could also run on water as long as he ended his move on solid ground. This whole thing virtually demands a water fight.
yes, Flying Sword will stay on the Wudang path.
Yea, but I don't use swords. They're nasty, filthy things, that collect blood, and require sticky oils to clean...
Why are you all staring at me all of a sudden?
Yea, but I don't use swords. They're nasty, filthy things, that collect blood, and require sticky oils to clean...
Why are you all staring at me all of a sudden?
I had all sorts of plans I never ended up needing for what would happen if Zhang Yong decided to grab a sword, what with him being worthy to wield one but having no inclination to. Can the swords tell? Does that hurt their feelings?
I got some cool ideas for something for Zhang Yong that he'll like better than a magic sword though.
Zhang Yong also gains the two levels, too bad about the Wisdom check. That was your Wisdom guy too, now your only shot is blind luck. But what are all these checks for? YOU ARE ALL IMPRESSED BY MYSTERY!
LOL I'm looking forward to seeing what you have in mind for me. That being said, can you send me a link to your Shaolin writeup, via PM? I do most of my gaming via my iPad now, and I don't have easy access to the link you sent before.
Also, I'll try to level up my character this weekend, but with Memorial Day, I'll be pretty spotty on posts until Tuesday. If I haven't leveled by then, could you please remind me?
Zhang - I keep referring to the first post of the Recruitment thread linked at the top of the page for that link.
edit - adding here - Wulin Classes
If this helps, taking two more levels of Shaolin would net you:
2d10 hit points
+2 BAB
+1 AC Bonus
+1 to all saves
8 skill points total (2 bursts of 2 + Int (2))
One Bonus Feat
and increase your Qinggong by 1 (to 3)
Plus the feat and attribute increase you'd normally get for hitting 11th and 12th level, respectively.
Thanks both of you, that will make it a lot easier and quicker for me to get Yong up to 12. I'll let you know when I'm finished.
How are Hit Points handled?
How are Hit Points handled?
You either take the average or roll, player's choice. Flying Sword is the only character whose HP is rolled, I think. So far it has worked to his incredibly slight advantage.
Edit: You choose each time you get HP, not once forever, in case that was unclear.
Ok, cool.
leveling up now
4 skill points
3 Bluff, 1 Climb
+1 BAB
Neijing - River of Wind 1 Qi
Cool are you doing them one at a time? Because you gained two levels.
Yah, one at a time. Im still deciding on his level 12 feat. Im sifting through options now. Stay tuned...
If someone wants to be my best friend they'll post something initiating a scene whereby the people who have read the book go to the people who haven't and decide to study it/practice what they've learned together. So we can blow through the rest of the inevitable manual stuff.
No problem! Are we considering Wu-Yao to be awake by now?
Yeah he woke up and seemed "fine" an hour or so ago from the perspective of that scene. So he's awake in any scene we're still doing.
Ok got it!
4 skill points
2 perception, 2 sense motive
+1 BAB
+1 all saves
+1 attribute -> Wis 16 +3
+ feat - Vital Strike
Qinggong +1 (4)
There so now everyone has gained the two levels, and you all know the transitional martial art, which you might call the First Sword of Dugu, which gives you +1 to attack and damage with any weapon when using it. More importantly though, it lets you learn all the others. Each gives you a +6 armor bonus (representing parrying, not armor, but it's still an armor bonus) vs. attacks made with the type of weapons it counters, plus +1 to attack and damage against people armed with said weapons.
So the question each of you have to decide is: which forms do I learn? It's a not-insignificant time investment to learn one of these things so the order you choose will have a real impact. Also who knows how long you'll have access to this manual. That greedy emperor wants it for his dumb little coup d'etat so they won't let you take it somewhere for half a year to train with.
Edit: Unless of course you kill them. The emperor is weak and you outnumber Ming Yue four to one. Flying Sword beat her at the button cutting contest so you know with backup you guys could mop the floor with her, then rebreak the emperor's bones. Of course, next you'd have to turn on each other. That's always how these things end when people start killing people over kung fu manuals. You can't let those pedestrian jerks your sworn siblings share the secrets of the manual. THEY MUST BE ALL YOURS!
If at all possible, kill each other in the middle of some kind of vault full of treasure, so your next PCs can come and discover your skeletons in a nice tableaux of battle and think "oh look, a manual of kung fu amid all the skeletons, how innocuous".
Gameplay post: Suddenly you're in a vault full of treasure.
In answer to your next question: the difference between a sword and a sabre is the sabre is any blade with a natural 18-20 crit (essentially, curved ones).
Next question: maces includes all blunt weapons except for staffs, which are spears.
Third question: Qi includes magic, but only magic attacks that involve attack rolls.
How does reading this book and the negative level Ji has interact? Does it wipe out her negative level?
For today’s spells, would Ji know if Lesser Restoration fixes broken bones? Would she know if Neutralize Poison would help Wu-Yao? I know at this point it’s pretty much unneeded since he’s awake from the naga-dream, but at the time she acquired her spells for the day she’d be thinking about how to help him. She’d probably take three cure light wounds, 2 lesser restoration (if they fix broken bones), and 1 neutralize poison. For orisons 2 detect poison, 1 flare, and 1 detect magic.
Thanks for the invitation to your other game. I would apply if I had time for another game.
How does reading this book and the negative level Ji has interact? Does it wipe out her negative level?
Nope, the negative level just gives penalties, it doesn't actually subtract a level, so it stays and you level up normally.
For today’s spells, would Ji know if Lesser Restoration fixes broken bones?
You'd need a bunch of them, to get a whole mess of Strength and Dexterity damage, but in sufficient volume absolutely. And if nothing else you could help. Flying Sword lent him his Ioun charm so he doesn't need any cure spells.
Would she know if Neutralize Poison would help Wu-Yao?
Nah, and that was good poison. Freaky time trip poison.
and here I was thinking the manual would be given to us out of gratitude for rescuing the Emperor!
So basically we need to pick a weapon group for the second forms?
sword, sabers, maces, knives, spears, unarmed, Qi, ranged?