Samnell's Against the Necromancers (Inactive)

Game Master Samnell

So everyone knows, I'm graduating from college next month and finishing up my research / finding a job is taking up a lot of my time. My apologies if my posting rate slows down; if you need to bot me to keep up the pace please do.

Spidy sense tells me this is going to end so badly ;)

Spidy sense tells me this is going to end so badly ;)

What's the worst that could happen?

We end up with a TPK and roll up new characters to find out what happened to our dead ones?

After slaughtering towns full of children our characters become the BBEG for the next campaign?

We end up with a TPK and roll up new characters to find out what happened to our dead ones?

That was the last guys. The Company of Foreshadowing. Eightshadowing is right out.

I just hope she doesn't lead us into eternal peril...

I hope Thurvek doesn't kill you all!

I hope Thurvek doesn't kill you all!

Why must you hope for my dreams to die?

Re-dot.

Now that life has stabilized, Samnell has allowed me to come back to the fold, my updates should be regular now that I am nearly done with my legal proceedings.

Welcome back! Glad that your life is settling down

Welcome back! Glad that your life is settling down

Thanks! :-)

That's awesome!

That's awesome!

Well, it's better than it was but not as good as it could be so a work in progress :-)

Thurvek Noclan wrote:

That's awesome!

Well, it's better than it was but not as good as it could be so a work in progress :-)

If it improves, levels will come! :)

Levels will come anyway. Eventually.

Yay, levels!

Storyteller Shadow wrote:

Thurvek Noclan wrote:

That's awesome!

Well, it's better than it was but not as good as it could be so a work in progress :-)

If it improves, levels will come! :)

Levels will come anyway. Eventually.

Wait, I can level up in real life? Who do I need to bribe for more XP!?

Yeah, a free level in commoner.

https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/npc-classes/commoner/

Enjoy! ;)

Though...I shudder to think about the lvl20 commoner who wipes a party of low level adventurers.

Yeah, a free level in commoner.

https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/npc-classes/commoner/

Enjoy! ;)

I have a few levels in that class already though some may argue I've no class at all...

Bolkvar Stonebeam wrote:

Yeah, a free level in commoner.

https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/npc-classes/commoner/

Enjoy! ;)

I have a few levels in that class already though some may argue I've no class at all...

Maybe it's expert levels?

Storyteller Shadow wrote:

Bolkvar Stonebeam wrote:

Yeah, a free level in commoner.

https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/npc-classes/commoner/

Enjoy! ;)

I have a few levels in that class already though some may argue I've no class at all...

Maybe it's expert levels?

I do have expertise in classlessness to be sure.

Turns out I'm sick again. Resolution may be slow for a bit.

I have found that I have to go to some national guard mandatory fun in June. From the 3rd to the 23rd I’ll have limited internet connectivity. While I’ll finally learn how to use an m249 light machine gun...it’ll limit my posting. My apologies in advance.

I was going to leave the climbing to someone who's a little better at it than Barra.

Ari can climb decently, but she won't be very stealthy about it. Maybe take 10, if that's allowed?

Ari can climb decently, but she won't be very stealthy about it. Maybe take 10, if that's allowed?

You can take 10 on the climb. There's no one rushing you.

Alright, well, I think Ari's waiting for the 'all-clear' (so to speak) from Barra. Not sure how much closer we can get without having to make Stealth checks.

I did say that Barra will keep scouting ahead while they're climbing, if that got missed.

I did say that Barra will keep scouting ahead while they're climbing, if that got missed.

I forgot. :(

I'm very sorry but RL is kicking my ass today and possibly tomorrow. Not going to be able to resolve. Will be back Wednesday or Thursday assuming no new calamity.

Order is Hakon, Barra, Aldon, Giants, Marcus, Ranek, Bolkvar, Ari, Thurvek. The party is up!

I'm confused. Since the giants have gone already, shouldn't they be out of the initiative order for now? And I forget, can any party member do their actions or must we wait for those in higher initiative order to go first?

Samnell wrote:

Order is Hakon, Barra, Aldon, Giants, Marcus, Ranek, Bolkvar, Ari, Thurvek. The party is up!

I'm confused. Since the giants have gone already, shouldn't they be out of the initiative order for now? And I forget, can any party member do their actions or must we wait for those in higher initiative order to go first?

The initiative order is left static, barring some significant change, mostly as a reminder to me and so it doesn't get lost two pages back. So everyone is in it all the time. The bolded section tells who is up when there's a difference, as there was in this case because after surprise, Hakon, Barra, and Aldon beat the giants. But that's a first round issue that's now done. Rounds are rounds and all, but as a practical matter a round's resolution ends with the bad guys, then the party goes, and it repeats unless there are multiple inits among the bad guys.

So far as declaration goes, Thurvek is currently up just like everyone else and you can declare at will. I'll resolve it with the others in the order listed, so his action will come after Ari's and before Hakon's in the next resolution post. Basically you can post in any order and I'll resolve it per the init line unless you specifically delay or something like that. I've tried doing it the other way, with one PC declaring at a time, but it consumed a huge amount of RL time online and made the games way slower.

Hi.

Some of you have probably noticed this across multiple games and I'm sure everyone has marked the generally slower pace in the past while. The short version is that my mental health and RL have not been the best. Dealing with that has consumed a good portion of the energy that was going to keeping more on top of things here. So for about a week, I've been doing a trial of tending half the six every day, alternating. Day 1 is Against the Necromancers, Iron Gods, and Dragonlance. Day 2 is Wrath, Ziggurat, and Writhing Coast. (I split them up based on display order on my Campaigns tab.) It's Day 2 as I'm writing this.

That's proved a lot more compatible with my life at present. It's not what I promised going in and I'm sorry, but it was this or close down at least two of the games. Probably three. If RL interferes or there's too much to manage -simultaneous combats is the main suspect here- on a game's day, I'll do my best to get it done in the following day. I'll also try to peek in to answer quick questions and things like that on off days, but can't make any promises about it.

Besides that, normal practice applies. I might occasionally go missing, but if I can't swing updates when they're due I'll try to say something.

No worries Samnell, and don't worry if you need to take a break from the game - I'll at least still be here when you have everything back together.

Thank you for the heads up. There's no shame in taking care of your mental health. Real life comes first.

Exactly. You need to take care of yourself. And we appreciate the heads up!

Take care of yourself, Samnell. RL and mental health should absolutely come first.

Trust me I understand I have had the same problems recently, take time posting as warranted and put the game on pause if you have to, we will still be here :-)

Aye there's no rush, we'll still be here and will understand if you need to take further steps. Anyway here's hoping you find a way past this patch and find your way back to an even keel.

Barra will be using Encouraging Roar next round, if people going after him but posting before me would like to factor that in.

I'm taking the family off on holiday till Aug 2nd. I'll have intermittent (slow) internet so my posting might be less frequent than usual so please bot as needed.

Very disappointed that Barra wasn't listening in on that mental convo, and so can't make a joke about Grumpy lecturing about bedside manner.

I'm flying on business to Canada for 10 days, so there will be a couple of travel days I can't post (although the hotel and the office will have WiFi). Still with all the forum downtime nobody will notice anyway...

Realized I forgot to say something earlier, but Hakon is no longer with us. I think he'll stay back in town with the kids.

I will be out of the country starting tomorrow evening. I will have my phone and access to Wi-Fi, but I don't know if I'll be able to post. Please bot me if necessary.

Going to be helping my mother move for the next few days so posting will be sporadic. Normal schedule (which is back up pretty close to every game, every day again) should resume Thursday.

Bad month. Getting caught up but I missed a LOT of posts. Will update tomorrow.

I'm going to wait until we find out if Aldon can do anything. The other possibility is protection from evil although that may not work against the way.

Lvl4!

BaB +1
Saves +1 (all)
Skills +7
HP +10
Stats: +1 Dex (18, 20 with ioun stone)

Monk: Learn from Failure, Lore, +1 Ki, +1 AC

Sorcerer: +1 Lvl 1 spell per day, +4 lvl2 spells, learned Bull’s Strength

Will update and double check all later

Level 4!

BAB +1
Saves Fort +1, Will +1
HP: 1d8 (8) + 2 Con = 10
Favored Class Bonus: +1 Wizard Spell in spellbook

Stat Boost: +1 Dex (17)

Magus (Kensai): Canny Defense +1, Perfect Strike, Arcane Pool = 6 points, 1 level 2 spells per day, added 2 Magus spells to Spellbook (elemental touch, mirror image)

Wizard: +1 level 1 spell per day, +1 level 2 spell per day, added 3 Wizard spells to spellbook (1st - protection from evil, 2nd - invisibility, see invisibility)

Skill Points: 2 (Class) + 4 (Int) + 1 Human + 2 Background = 9

Skills
Knowledge (geography) +1 (Background)
Linguistics +1 (Background), will choose language later
Knowledge (arcana) +1
Knowledge (dungeoneering) +1
Knowledge (local) +1
Knowledge (nature) +1
Knowledge (planes) +1
Spellcraft +1
Use Magic Device +1