We are driving cross state for a college visit and vacation this weekend. Mostly driving tomorrow and again on Tuesday. So posts should be possible, but scattered.
@Sidius you heard the voice initially at center of near end of bridge…nothing can be seen there though.
Ok, indicated burst (and 10' radius) based on noise at far edge of bridge.
We are back home. Spells cast are going to trigger something… will post tonight.
Two things:
1) I will be on a business trip Sunday to Thursday next week so could delay some posts
2) With the addition of Kenji , as far as dealing with prisoners on the road or in the wild , as a GM I am not holding your characters to any higher standard than needed (or enforced on yourself). So dispatching evil monster hags that attacked you first…no moral issues for paladin code etc. When in a city or village where local laws apply, then it could be different. Defending yourself is always allowed. Committing crimes or violence against helpless or innocent citizens of a town (or even guards only doing their job) would be suspect.
Part of the background of this AP and the rebellion puts characters in a gray area since the Thrunes are the unjust but “rightful” rulers of Kintargo. So that is where some of the pc choices might be allowed for the rebellion but conflict with personal oaths to church or others.
Happy Thanksgiving to any of you in the US :)
Figure the extended water breathing from the Speaker lasts 4 hours each. The dolphins drag you at half speed (still 40'/round) and cover the 3 mile trip in just at an hour. So you have about 3 hours of water breathing.
The ring of swimming will help one of you. I think others may have spells or items to help. This will be largely an underwater adventure, and your experience in the sewers fighting the Skum gave you a good idea how difficult this can be.
A successful Swim check (DC12 semi-rough water) allows you to swim a quarter of your speed as a move action or half your speed as a full-round action.
Non-piercing weapons do half damage.
Lubella already has her own Ring of Swimming. :)
Lubella's Good Hope spell will last 14 minutes (rod of extend):
This spell instills powerful hope in the subjects. Each affected creature gains a +2 morale bonus on saving throws, attack rolls, ability checks, skill checks, and weapon damage rolls.
She can cast Good Hope one more time, for a total of 28 minutes duration.
Kenji is almost useless under water. :-)
Let us see how things develop.
He will take 10 on swim for a 13 so that pulls him through slowly.
But during fights it’s going to be tough.
Since Sidius is a terrible swimmer, he'll likely seek to borrow a ring. Unfortunately, there's no spell that provides a swim speed that last more than minutes/level on the witch list - and even with all his level 2 spell slots, that's less than half an hour.
That said, he does have an Alter Self prepped and would ask to hold the rod - basically to get 14 minutes of being amphibious and a swim speed when needed.
Updated map(s). Please put your final swim speed and swim check on the map in the teal box.
Kenji will take the monkey fish infusion on the first round of combat. :)
Thanks Talvek!
Don't forget the +2 morale bonus to skills from Good Hope.
I haven't rolled my swim check yet.
Note that Lubella's wand of Mage Armor is available if anyone needs it.
Oh sorry . Swim speed and swim skill MODIFIER, including buffs.
Unless you have a very low modifier, taking 10 will be fine out of combat.
The ring is +5 so that should help. Whomever wants it. Lubella had one and Talvek had cloak.
Since no-one else has spoken up, I assume that Sidius is OK to use the ring.
Kenji is ok taking 10 so all good with Sidius taking the ring. :-)
Works for me. :)
I can take that last monkey fish extract, as long as it's okay with folks.
FYI - I fly out on business trip Sunday afternoon and back Thursday night. So posting frequently and details may be curtailed.
Flying back home tomorrow- so may not get to post until Friday
Hey folks, sorry for the radio silence, been slammed with finals season.
Arrived home from business trip. Will let Arcos catch up if he can and move next round
This time of year always gets busy - school, work, holidays , travel and family etc. So we may have to slow the the pace for the next couple weeks.
Please take all the time you need! Thanks for the campaign!! ;-D
Makes total sense.
Just to add to that, I'll be away the first 2 weeks of January, also.
Apologies again, as soon as the semester ended I went to visit my parents to find that the cat I've had for the bulk of my life was sick, so the ensuing vet trip and adjustments to her diet have taken up a lot of my energy.
I hope everyone had a few days break and time with family. I am back home, but my wife is in hospital the past few days (over Christmas). So my posting has been interrupted as we hope she is released today.
As in years past, each of your characters finds a small pale blue seashell token allowing one reroll at some future point.
Hi folks,
I'm about to be away for 2 weeks (as per my earlier warning) - but with the usual "post-trip" recovery time, I think it's safer to say I'm away 'til Jan 16th (so we can all be pleasantly surprised if I'm online sooner).
Please feel free to bot Sidius while I'm gone. Given his spell list, it'll likely be a lot of summoning - though if it's something other than undead, evil eye is extra nice.
Safe travels. We will be at a slower pace with other travels. My wife came home from hospital yesterday but still recovering so these boards are not at the top of my list at the moment. Happy New Years if we do not swap posts before the weekend.
FYI - with the 3D deep combat map, I have added a side elevation to the map to show distances down into the eye. You have to scroll down to see it below the top level map.
Thanks GM!! :-D
It was inevitable that Lubella was going to fail a swim check. She's now too far away from the combat to help, other than by casting a spell. :(
Everyone can double the +2 morale bonus from Good Hope to +4 once during the spell duration.
Thanks GM!! :-D
Hopefully the side depth map helped.
Hi Talvek,
I think you already used studied strike last round to end studied target?
Sorry site was down for while for me and did not get a full post in ..
I am going to keep using the 3D map below since this is one more fight on the vertical. Let me know if the map is not working for you.
Sorry, Paizo site acting very sluggish for me tonight. Will try again to get next round posted…
I think undead are generally immune to non-lethal damage, so feel free to smite smite the spirit (I assume it's undead?).
Nerrenn (with his pet shark) is definitely a real sea elf and not undead. NL works fine.
The elf ghost seems off…
Will have to try another Knowledge check against the ghost.
Sorry last couple days were nuts with work and kid’s practices.
Staying In rounds as there is still activity with ghost and otherwise…for now.
It would help if someone could either restrain Nerrenn, or stabilize him. Lubella is facing the dilemma of whether to break her concentration on Detect Magic to heal him, or risking having him bleed out before she can finish pinpointing the magic auras. She only has ONE set of actions.
I suspect that he might be under some sort of mental domination/control; I got the feeling that he was repeating someone else's words rather than his own. I'd like to keep him alive while we try to figure out what's going on.
Lubella might use the Gift (armor or wand) at rebellion Rank 8 to get a Wand of Cure Light Wounds. I was going to get a mithril chain shirt, but she now has the +2 shadow leather armor from Lorelu.
To move through the illusory wall, you have to convince yourself it is fake by interacting with it then Dc17 will save (at +4 for bonuses due to party members aid). Then you can move through it normally. It is still opaque even if you save (had to check that one myself)