Siege of Serpents (Inactive)

Game Master DrParty06

Totally forgot about Gaevus's scimitar being good-aligned. Thanks for the reminder, Max!

Quite welcome! Figured that'd be important to keep in mind.

Hoping to see at least some of you at Anonycon this coming weekend

I'll be there Saturday afternoon. Still debating the hotel to stay for Sunday. Speaking of, Aaron, can I grab a few minis and maybe a flipmat on Tuesday to borrow?

Not a problem, Nathan. Remind me tomorrow.

Oh man. I totally forgot that that was this coming weekend. I presume we're going to take a break from Siege of Serpents during that time?

We'll certainly slow down then, but you've finished the first of 3 possible encounters. I just need to report and make the final post, then move you on to the next one, which I should be doing later tonight.

are we taking "we circle the entombed Dorvae & clobber it" as a fait accompli?

(hoping the other PFS tables I'm signed up for actually run this weekend)

I'll be out tonight, but let me know if I got the KO blow, for panache reasons.

Enjoy Anonycon, guys!

are we taking "we circle the entombed Dorvae & clobber it" as a fait accompli?

(hoping the other PFS tables I'm signed up for actually run this weekend)

The poor creature is pretty much done for.

I decided to go with the hotel, and I'm signed up for the two-parter on Saturday with you. I'm guessing you'll be playing Tor? He'll be 4? I've got a few choices in the 3-7 range.

Not sure if the games I'm supposed to run Saturday will go off or not. I'm probably going to prep Bonekeep I and maybe some of the Quests to throw together, if there's a group that can be cobbled together.

Yeah, I expect to run Tor all weekend (barring accidents).
Depending on how some of the slots I'm signed up for go, I may be up for some impromptu tables.
He's at 4.2* now, as best I can figure, so IF I can play him Friday night he'll be 5th on Saturday and 6th in the midst of the 2-parter. (*depending on how/when Serpent's Rise gets applied to him)

Would Genta prefer a Create Water not get tossed on the burning books?

Create water probably wouldn't help. It's too bad book ward isn't a witch spell.

The temptation I was thinking about when I made the post is still really strong: roll a bluff check and hope the elf doesn't have spell craft and thematically if not mechanically catch them by surprise when I lash out with a Katana. But that would involve *not* telling Gaevus there's an invisible elf enemy right behind him...

I've done that before with my aasimar that has see invisibility as an SLA. It's a little trickier when you are actually casting a spell though..

Let me know if you actually tell Gaevus. Otherwise, I'll change my post!

Nope! Go team murder!

Hmm. Tempted to dominate person this elf. I suspect the Aspis Consortium has enough cohesion that attacking fellow members is against their nature, but nevertheless...

It'd have been nice to take one alive, but not sure if there's any provision for handing off prisoners in this mod. (or just sap them into a coma). still, glad not to see what the Mass Suggestion was going to be :-P

Have fun at Anonycon, half of our party! I assume we'll be going slow this weekend?

On that note, when does this act end again? Is there much more than these three encounters?

Thanks! AnonyCon was a blast, except for the "fatigued dwarf" part.

AnonyCon was a great time. There isn't anything else in this act except the 3 encounters, which is why it was fine that we slowed down for a few days. The act does end on the 10th though, so we should get a little bit back on track to finish up by then.

Oooh! What happened with the fatigued dwarf?

Are we just waiting on Fetch's action right now?

Oooh! What happened with the fatigued dwarf?

It takes a lot of effort to run away from a T-Rex. I'm just glad Jingo wasn't there.

Also, I'm finding it very hard to do anything but think about Pathfinder today. This is not conducive to trying to get work done.

I'm mostly the same every day. Watching these turns grind by one every few days (feels like) has been torture. Mostly because I keep tabbing over in the middle of trying to write these term papers ...

A fatigued dwarf is a sad dwarf.

Pace-picking up time again....*chug* *chug *chug*

yeah. sorta figured that the Tapestry would need to be shut down, but may as well give other, less esoteric, things a shot first

It's a tapestry. Of course you can roll it up! OH WAIT IT's MAGIC *throws hands in air*

"Genta slowly stops moving." Permanently? Thanks brain, for that useful interpretation. I think my campaign paranoia is flaring up.

Permanent hold person! Or, in Han Solo's case, permanent Ice Tomb.

Ah, permanent ice tomb would have been better for that bounty hunter story last night.

So did the aid tokens really not make their way around this PbP?

Apparently very poorly, which seems to happen online. Not sure how well it works in person.

In person it tends to be a bit better, because there's a more intense atmosphere. Also you can physically yell "Augh, we're dying, if only we had some aid....*gurgle*" to the room.

At least we can take the comfort that we moved ours decently quickly

Ok, we're in the TARDIS looking for the door/mirror. First time I've been sorry I didn't take Locate Object as my Domain spell. How ought we does this cooperatively?

I will be traveling Friday through Monday, so posting from me will be extremely limited during that time.

@Max: Is this "Closed Door of Knowledge" a real thing that I've forgotten about/never heard about?

Not IC as best I can tell. It's a concept I came across prepping a swordsmanship manual, "Avoid the "closed door of knowledge", a learning plateau that comes with the impulse to say, "I know" whenever new information is presented. Instead, fight it by formulating a question about each new idea. Consider the question "I know that, but what am I actually DOING?."

The term came to mind as I wondered, "what happens if we go in the room & shut the door?"

To aid prep discussions, of longer-lasting buffs, I have left Freedom of Movement if anyone wants it and Communal Resist Energy (for Resist 20 now). I have 3 Breath of Lifes available between the First Aid Gloves & 1 spell prep, but let's hope we don't need 'em. By my reckoning, the Magic Circle is still up for a while longer (over an hour, I think)

Forgive the complicated post. I'll try to post again tomorrow but I can't guarantee I'll be able to.

re: a channel I've marked it off, so yes. I figure between that & wands in the downtime we've had, folks should be feeling spry

(followup) I mentioned it over on Gameplay on Tuesday when we were done with the hags ("unless Nathan wants us to be more explicit, I figure I've burned another Channel and we wand up the difference?") and nothing was said then (we'd just hand-waved the last Hag so it didn't seem especially out of line). Easy enough to miss during the wrap-up on that. It's at 5d6+1 now, so 18-19 on average.

D'you want to roll it? Or is it high enough now that we can assume we're fine? (Or did I miss it somewhere? Hrm.)

Just gain 18 back and if you need more, mark off an average wand charge. You had time, just easier to not take the time for that in the posting.

Since the library, we spent 10 minutes getting to the Hao Jin Tapestry, 10 minutes in the ritual, and I assume 10 minutes getting to room 8a? and 10 minutes playing with locks and getting here?

In other news, people who turn invisible before I can kill them are exceptionally annoying, I should know.

I wonder if I'm allowed to buy a scroll of permanency. I vaguely recall no.

No permanency and that timing sounds right.

A couple of questions: a) can I move while casting a Communal spell (i.e one of the divide duration among "creatures touched" type)?

b) if so, is there a set number of creatures I can touch and does that include myself?

Basically I'm looking to cast Comm. Resist Energy & I think Ksarress and maybe Ivan would like a taste if I can get to them (or else wait until they are closer to our clump by the stairs)

A) Only if you have something like Spring Attack or Flyby Attack, otherwise, you need to be able to touch everyone at once.

I'll run to the stairs. Would have done it earlier, but I didn't realize Ivan could full attack.