Yeah. Barek is literally a meat shield and it seems everyone else aside from Abigail/Sasha, is a ranged attacker, so his job is to take the hits. Barbarians are meant to be big balls of HP, so he's working as expected. I think I was more worried about that poison than the loss of HP.
His DR increases over time but with the amount of damage coming through on single hits... DR seems meaningless, lol, but I guess it adds up. His AC is low but, at least for demons, it's actually better than his non-rage AC. I think, with some items on his wish list, he can do a bit better. Adamantine BP (for extra DR 2/- and whatever magic bonus can fit), Ring of Prot, Amulet of Natural Armor, etc. for AC (and a Ring of Regen, for healing over time, lol). Hmm, I think I'm a bit behind on WBL, lol.
There are a couple of other rage powers I can look into that should help to mitigate some of the damage when we next level up. I am also a little disappointed in his damage as compared to the others (aside from beating DR and getting crits) when I look at what the ranged attackers put out, but it's not horrible (and ranged is king in PF).
Clustered shots and/or smite evil are king in this game.
His world serpent rage thingy lets his attacks count as all alignments for bypassing DR.
Sigmund is getting more martial now that he has holy vindicator. He'll be upgrading to full plate when they get back, so he can get decent AC. His damage is insignificant and he'll just be a speed bump keeping the bad guys away from our ranged behemoths.
Well I did get black tentacles this level so I can make help a bit in slowing the enemy down, with how high the CMD tend to be need to get lucky with the grappling but the difficult terrain should at least slow them down, well the landbound enemies at least.
The ones that can't greater teleport at will, yes. So far the key to your victories without any (well many) deaths against the more powerful demons had been their overconfidence.
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Just a heads up guys, I'm finally moving into my new apartment over the next few days and will be painting the rooms and doing a little bit of touch-up work on the place. After tonight my posting availability will be a little sparse until I get settled in, probably Monday or Tuesday.
If anyone needs to GMPC me feel free. I'll be trying to keep up but I might lag behind a little!
Been sick lately, and taking care of my sick daughter. Thanks for your patience.
A little bit of an advanced heads up I won't be here Friday, the weekend and probably Monday. Going to Tennessee to visit relatives and they don't even have cable let alone the internet.
Crissor, when you get back from the 1800s let us know how it was!
Sorry for the confusion with the gaze attack. Think I'm all set now.
You only save against the gaze at the beginning of your turn, so it wouldn't affect you in the surprise round. Barek's warning happens before anyone's turn in round 1, that's why everyone has the option to avert/close eyes.
Wait, you're Dreaming Warforged!? I didn't realize I was already playing with you when I wrote that post over in the Legacy of Fire game. x_x*
I'll check it out, see if anything jumps out at me.
I am going to be away for a week starting tomorrow (back on the 9th). I might be near some wifi at times, but I can't guarantee I'll be able to post. Bot me as appropriate.
Hurgh. I forgot about the disease. I'm pretty busy at work today but when I get home I'll investigate how much I can do in terms of removing disease with Liette's mercies.
Also, Abigail, you're right on the HD total. Unfortunately Liette's sub-par HP total is correct. She's well below the average of 56.5 for her HD/Con. I may need to spend some time retraining HP (if we are allowed to) when/if we make it back to Kenebres.
Umm didn't this campaigh use the average+1 thing on HP?
I think it was average or roll if you want to... right? I distinctly remember rolling for my last set of hp.
But maybe I'm an idiot!
Liette - It should be average+1, I honestly can't remember what I said all those months ago. I typically always go with half HD+1+con mod though, so I don't see why I would have done differently here. If that would give you more HP, go ahead and take it. If you're wounded, just add the difference to your current HP total.
Abigail - Don't worry too much, these guys don't have high DR like everything else you've been fighting. You also get a two round head start. If all the artillery focuses fire, it shouldn't be a TPK. You guys are exhausting their supply of demons, but they still had plenty of drakes, so I thought it's time for them to pull their weight beyond surveillance :P
Yeah Liette got the short end of the HP stick, half +1 +con mod is a huge increase for her. Prior to having the OOGIE BOOGIE ICKY SICKY she was at full health. I'll adjust her Hp on her sheet and--
oh my f~!# drakes.
oh god
You're rigt. I'll recalculate the damage of the two rounds.
Hey got back Monday night but was so wiped from travel my bed was just to inviting. Anyways...I'm back and such.
I'll be out this weekend.
Well, they are nearly out of the danger zone, so it shouldn't be too long now. Maybe a certain sorcerer will learn teleport and save us all a lot of time and trouble ;)
Do we get paid for the clearing of hexes and the like? We don't seem to be finding much in the way of treasure. We may be among "the most powerful" on Golarion, but Barek at least (I can't speak for the others) is at around or less than the 7th level WBL amount (nowhere near 10th level). Basically around a third of where it should be.
You don't get paid for hex clearing, you get EXP though.
You get $ every time you go back to town, which hasn't happened in about three levels. Whenever you guys eventually get back to Kenabres you can sell the loot you do have (if anyone even wrote it down, a necklace, a ring, a spear and a breastplate if memory serve), and then I'll make up the rest of everyone's WBL. Sir Brensen pays very well for trophies :)
Oh wow. I totally forgot what happens back at the keep. It has been a while, lol.
Question: What's your policy on retraining?
I've never used it before, not sure exactly how it works. What do you want to change?
I'll be taking another level of Paladin with Liette (which unfortunately doesn't give, really, anything.) However, I've been incorrectly using Weal's Champion.
The bonus conferred by it works against all evil opponents in battle, not just a single target. So once she activates it, Liette would gain +1hit/+2 damage versus all evil creatures for 2 rounds and the rest of the group would also gain the same bonus for 1 round on all attacks made against evil creatures. It's not a huge boost but it's better than I'd thought it was.
Mammoth rider is pretty awesome.
And Crossblooded so I won't be getting Spells known yet. That being said there are work arounds once we get to the keep. I will be going to bed soonish so leveling up will have to wait untill after work tomorrow.
Given that Abigail's older, I always pictured her as the actress who played Katlyn Stark in Game of Thrones. That really makes Abigail's latest post all the more visceral, I can picture it perfectly.
Sigmund has been focusing a lot more on supporting the party than seeking personal glory in melee.
Would you allow him to retrain Power Attack to Combat Expertise?
You guys can retrain using the retraining rules. It's going to take a significant amount of time and money though. Up to you.
Well this is certainly level with little decisions.
So what I get is:
+1 BAB
+1 Will
+ 7 skill points
EDIT: Forgot +7hp
+1 4th level spells known
Spells per day: 8/8/7//6/4
Is there any spells that we would need on the 4th level? So far I am debating resilient sphere, Greater false life, Greater invisibilty and Obsidian flow. Any suggestions are welcome since none is really jumping out to me.
HP: 1d10+2 = +8
BAB +1
Ref +1
Skills +4
Spellcasting: as Cleric 9, CL 10
Stigmata: bleed for self buff
Thanks for that retraining option DM. I'll be using it once we reach Clydwell. 5 days and 500gp (10 gp * level 10 * 5 days) is an acceptable expense to replace a feat I rarely use.
You should call a smilodon this time Abigail. Normally I would make you wait a week to summon a new companion, but since you're getting a new class feature that grants one I guess it's okay to call it right away. You can pray to Erastil and whatever you choose will miraculously show up.
I have no idea what I'm going to do atm. I'm open to any ideas on making archery or killing evil things better, doesn't seem to be any crazy good synergy with a prestige class or multi class so take another lvl of Divine Hunter Pally:
HP: 1d10 + 2 = 8
BAB: +1
Fort and Will: +1
Gain a 3rd lvl spell
and one more use of smite.