I mean going by RAW summons would have no hesitation with any order, even blatantly suicidal ones.
Yet, they don't have to be enthusiastic about it! Hence, the sideways look before leaping!
Fair enough haha
I truly try my best to base things on what you have previously told me is possible. :-pMirror Image: I'm thinking an extra +2 images per essence with an increase in the maximum image by +2 as well. You add the 1st EE at 1st, a 2nd at 5th level, a 3rd at 10th level and a 4th at 15th level and a 5th at 20th level. So, at 20th level with 5 EE's, you'd get 6d4 +10 images with a maximum of 18 rather than the normal 6d4 maximum of 8.
Blur: Fletchlings have Shadow Blending (Su): Attacks against a fetchling in dim light have a 50% miss chance instead of the normal 20% miss chance. This ability does not grant total concealment; it just increases the miss chance. Since you are able to use blur at will in dim lighting, I'm thinking +10% per EE seems about right with a max at 50%. You can add the 2nd EE at 7th level and the 3rd EE at 14th level.
Thoughts?
For the life of me, I can't seem to find this conversation. I'm unsure what we did with your 9 & 10 ethereal essence from the hag.
It's in the discussion thread.
http://paizo.com/campaigns/TalanorTheBrightTower/discussion&page=28#138 9
Those two essences are being saved.
http://paizo.com/campaigns/TalanorTheBrightTower/discussion&page=28#138 9
Thanks
UPDATED ESSENCES:
Malthazir: Essences: 15 Ethereal; Elemental (1 Water) & 3 Life Essence
..Self
….Elemental Essences:
....(Water1: Ice Giant) +5 Cold Resistance (Secondary Effect) Darkvision +30 feet
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Niyut: Essences: 11 Ethereal; 4 Arcane (1 Illusion/2 necromancy/1 Shadow) & 4 Life Essence.
..Self
....Arcane Essences:
......(Shadow1) +1 to the DC of illusion spells from the shadow subschool or spells with the darkness or light descriptor. (Secondary Effect) Shadow Shift (SU): When in dim light, you can manipulate shadows at will as a swift action to create one of the following effects: At CL1, silent image (save DC is charisma-based); At CL4, blur (lasts 1d4 rounds, self only), darkness or mirror image; At CL8 dimension door (self only). The caster level is based on Oracle only.
….Elemental Essences:
……(Water1) +5 Cold Resistance (Secondary Effect) Ooze Traits. Whenever you use your Ooze Traits SLA, they are extended by an additional round. During that time, you are immune to precision damage, cannot be flanked nor sustain a critical hit.
..Robe: Brynderie's Silken Robe
....(EE11:Ursikka) - Increase Blur to 30% (Secondary Effect) Tremorsense (1/day) Once per day, you can gain Tremorsense in a 30’ radius for concentration (standard action) plus 1 round
Unassigned Essences:
Garidan: Essences: 14 Ethereal; 1 Elemental (1 Fire) & 3 Life Essences
..Unassigned
....(EE14:Ursikka) - Saving (Secondary Effect) ??
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Gruskorb: Essences: 14 Ethereal; 1 Elemental (1 Earth) & 3 Life Essence
..Unassigned
....(EE12: Storm Hag) ?? (Secondary Effect) ??
....(EE13: Storm Hag) ?? (Secondary Effect) ??
....(EE14:Ursikka) - ?? (Secondary Effect) ??
@Gruskorb - You mentioned earlier about adding the storm hags to your trap, but never told me what effects you were wanting to gain. Or are you looking to further its intelligence?
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Malthazir: Essences: 15 Ethereal; Elemental (1 Water) & 3 Life Essence
..Unassigned
....(EE15:Ursikka) - ?? (Secondary Effect) ??
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Niyut: Essences: 11 Ethereal; 4 Arcane (1 Illusion/2 necromancy/1 Shadow) & 4 Life Essence
..Unassigned
....(Divination1: Gnoll Scout) - Saving for conversion
....(EE9: Storm Hag) - Saving (Secondary Effect) ??
....(EE10: Storm Hag) - Saving (Secondary Effect) ??
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Truk'tosh: Essences: 12 Ethereal; 3 Elemental (2 Fire/1 Earth) & 3 Life Essence
..Unassigned
....(EE11:Ursikka) - ?? (Secondary Effect) ??
....(EE12:Ursikka) - ?? (Secondary Effect) ??
@Truk'tosh - You mentioned getting an AC bonus on the holy symbol. You can get a +1 Deflection and/or a +1 Insight.. or you could get a +1 Luck bonus to AC to stack with your existing AC bonus by using both of your essences. Let me know!
In answer to Valjoen's question, I definitely think we should avoid fights if we can. These giants have numbers, can dish and soak lots of damage, and do that weird ice thing too. A fight could leave us mobbed and dead in short order.
I'd like to fall to back the critter caves, hunker down for a rest period, and tackle this segment at full resources--summons and spells, healing, abilities--and maybe even just try to infiltrate with our sneakiest members to either do what we need to do, or at least get a thorough map of the area and its occupants.
Unassigned Essences:
Are you looking to further its intelligence?
You betcha!
You betcha!Unassigned Essences:
Are you looking to further its intelligence?
How about the other 2 essences from the storm hag will give it a basic intelligence. I'll work up the secondary abilities for the... What do you want to call it? I've just been calling it the Bear Trap but it needs a better name.
How about the essence from ursikka. What would you like to do with it?
Truk'tosh: Essences: 12 Ethereal; 3 Elemental (2 Fire/1 Earth) & 3 Life Essence
..Unassigned
....(EE11:Ursikka) - ?? (Secondary Effect) ??
....(EE12:Ursikka) - ?? (Secondary Effect) ??@Truk'tosh - You mentioned getting an AC bonus on the holy symbol. You can get a +1 Deflection and/or a +1 Insight.. or you could get a +1 Luck bonus to AC to stack with your existing AC bonus by using both of your essences. Let me know!
Sure. I'll spend both to bump my luck bonus to AC by 1.
Hey. Quick FYI.
February is going to be a brutal month for me at work, including a big trial. I'm hopeful to get the current battle completed by the end of next week, and then we'll have some RP encounters for the remainder of the month before we finish up this arc of the campaign.
Thoughts on this as a new custom spell? I bumped the spell by 1 from Blood Money but I could also see it being a 3rd level spell.
Blood Sacrifice
School: Necromancy; Level Cleric/Oracle 2
Casting Time: 1 round
Components: V, S
Range: Touch
Target: One willing, helpless, or dying creature
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: none; Spell Resistance: no
The spilled blood coalesces into a glowing ruby infused with vital energy. This ruby can be substituted for the gold cost of using an item creation feat or alchemical creation.
For a ruby worth 500 GP the target takes 1d6 points of damage + 1 Strength damage. For each additional +500 GP the ruby is worth the Strength damage increases by +1.
These rubies may be attuned during their creation to substitute for a power component for a spell or material component for a Ritual. This attunement requires a successful Knowledge: Arcana check during the casting. The base difficulty of this check is 20 + 1 per level of the Ritual or the highest spell level the power component could effect. Attunement to an especially rare component increases the base difficulty by +5. (Consult your GM.) Blood from creatures who would have an affinity for this component (consult your GM) grant a +2 circumstance bonus to the Knowledge check. The caster cannot attune a ruby created by this spell to a power component or ritual material component if she is unaware of the existence of such a component. Failure in this check renders the ruby inert and the spell wasted. (If there is not a GP value associated with this power component or Ritual material component, consult your GM to determine the damage done to the target of the spell.)
Using rubies created by this spell in a Ritual as substitutes for its components increases the difficulty of all skill checks required by that Ritual by +2.
Rubies created by this spell last for six days before disintegrating in dessicated blood. Creatures immune to strength damage or that do not have blood are not legal targets for this spell. (Vampires are an exception to this rule. They take Charisma damage instead of Strength damage.)
I'm just waiting for everyone else to finish up their round 3 actions before I do anything.
Anyone here play, or want to play, the Warhammer 40k PC games? If so, I have a pair of 75%-off Steam coupons for Warhammer 40k DoW II: Retribution (currently $29.99).
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Bayonetta 1 I assume?
Bayonetta 1 I assume?
Yep.
I'm out of town today thru Wednesday night so posting will be sparse. I'll be back Thursday and will be in the swing of things. Although, I will try to get at least one post in between now and then.
No rush, everyone seems to be a mite busy right now.
I'm back but the last few days have been mighty rough. I'll work on an update this evening or tomorrow morning at the latest.
I will be unavailable until the 14th, as my girlfriend and I are taking a trip to Italy. Please DMPC me as needed and I apologize for any inconvenience.
Have a great time!!
I'll be out of the country on vacation from 3/13 - 3/19. I should have some ability to post but will be sparse.
Hey Guys. We've lost some momentum lately mainly due to my crazy schedule. Let's get this thing back going again.
We need a little discussion on the groups plan from here.
As it stands now, Malthazir has suggested taking the river; Garidan has voiced concern going that way and would prefer taking the Mountain Pass before heading to Haemil; and Niyut wants to take the Mountain Pass but divert to the First Lands before Haemil. Truk'tosh? Gruskorb? Or any secondary comments?
Truk'tosh tends to err on his sister's wisdom.
Time to split the party!
We've got as far as we have by sticking together. While Garidan has no problem with the twins--or rather, Niyut with Truk'tosh in tow--heading off to visit home, we should finish what we came here to do first before diverting into sidetrips.
I definitely don't think we should split the party.
Let's try the mountain pass.
Hey Guys. We've lost some momentum lately mainly due to my crazy schedule. Let's get this thing back going again.
I am partly at fault too; work has been a circus and will continue to be until Wednesday.
Motion to proceed through the mountain pass without detours for now.
This month has been a disaster to for me, but I agree that more momentum is better than less.
You guys should probably tell Niyut on thread you want to go with her.
Taking the river would require you going over a waterfall and falling over a hundred feet into the lake in the large cavern that houses many of the ice giants. Leontil doesn't have a boat (and that wouldn't help a bunch after the falls) but he can provide water breathing. This would get you back in the matter of hours as you rode the waves.Sorry if that wasn't clear.
Taking the mountain pass, would require going on foot down the river passage until finding the small tunnel that branches off. It will lead eventually to the mountain pass. At that point, you have the choice, turn south/downhill and return to Haemil which would take 2 marches once you find the pass... or ascend higher into the mountains and look for the pass of Shamat that leads to the First Lands.
Seems to me from the groups statements, that most of you would head at least towards the mountain pass, then make the decision to separate there. Correct?
I think we're planning to stick together.
Sorry for the delay. I got assigned to another acquisition deal at work yesterday which blew the rest of the day in meetings. Last night, I was on duty with the toddler while mom and one of the other daughters were sick in bed with the flu. I’ll get a post up later this morning.
It's been a crazy week for me with SEC filings for a client, the Federal Reserve Board doing an examination of another, and a new M&A deal thrown on the table. So, I haven't been pushing the action here. I apologize for the lack of pace, I'll get back to pushing both games forward after the holiday weekend.
Happy Easter!
I'm pretty sure you're not the only one incredibly busy right now, lol. Is what it is.
Marshmallow peeps for everyone!
It was then they realized they were magically compelled to eat 2 boxes of the diabetic chicks each.
Everything okay?
Yep, flu went through the house this past weekend. It's been a rough couple of months between work and homelife. I'm actually writing the next entry at this moment. It should be up within the hour.
To prevent a break in the flow of combat, when you get a chance to tell Niyut what she researched, can you just send it to be by private message.
Is any of the damage done by the arrows precision damage?
Also, no rush, but did you see the research Niyut did a couple of weeks ago?
No precision damage by the arrows.
I missed that. I'll get you post after combat is over.
Sorry Gruk what were you wanting Malz to do?
Busy last few days. I'm working on getting up a post tonight or tomorrow. sorry for the delay.
Sorry for the crazy week. I got sworn in by the KS Supreme Court yesterday and work continues to dominate my time. Hopefully, things will slow down a bit.
Going to wait to post my action until Gruk has a chance to clarify his request.
You are now a justice? Congratulations!
LOL.. no. Admitted into law practice in KS now. I've been a Missouri attorney for 25 years, and finally got around to being admitted in Kansas. Most of my clients are involved with federal law, so it hasn't been an issue, but having more corporate clients on the Kansas side will help my fir grow.