K, I'm back! Had a great time in Florida, back to regular posting...
thanks for your patience.
I'll update my Sanity, and catch up on the thread :)
Good to have you back mate
Computer issues - bear with me a day or two
I just realized that I did not take a level 3 feat with Nalun...
DC is really whopping on this porticullus. I tried to give him some reward on his nat 20
Srry on the reduced posting pace - work issues
No worries.
Thanks for the heads up though ;)
Sry guys, slammed by work and sickies at home this week...
Hi all - I'm having work issues at the same time (and maybe because of) suffering acute "who gives a shit, the whole world hates you" depression.
I am struggling with most everything and with the exception of THIS (my core game) will be pulling away from my other (not this) PbPs.
With this game, I'll do what I can to keep it moving - I'll need you to keep the action moving from your own part to help me make it easier to keep on the rails. Bot other players if possible (Simeon needs a will save DC13 to cast spells otherwise he chooses something else) as well.
Posting may be slower than normal - Please bear with me about a week/two weeks or so (hoping new meds help my outlook - lord knows my current cocktail isn't helping).
I remain as committed as is possible for me to be to doing the right thing by this game, I just need a little slack.
Hi Helaman,
Things can hit hard at times. Take good care of yourself and of your loved ones. I'll do what I can to help the game move along.
Be well.
Well, my RL concerns pale before your own, Helaman.
Take care of yourself, we'll be waiting, lurking, in the shadows :)
no worries. I]m kinda up to my eyeballs atm and I'm going to be disconnected next week. so it works for me if we're on hiatus. :)
The most important thing is that you take care of yourself.
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I wanted to say: This is a truly enjoyable game. Part of it is the writing efforts from each of us, part of it is the atmosphere that I find inspiring, another part is the great mood Helaman creates. Finally, our steady posting helps stay in the game as well.
I just wanted to put it out there and thank everyone.
Decision time. Firing through others is cover and imposes a penalty beyond firing into melee (making precise shot a favoured feat) and Naluns bolt would miss... IF he wants to wear possible AoOs? Then we can move him up before firing giving him a hit.
If Nalun wants to write a journal entry (guys we are behind on those) then he can try a re-roll for damage or to hit...
I wanted to say: This is a truly enjoyable game. Part of it is the writing efforts from each of us, part of it is the atmosphere that I find inspiring, another part is the great mood Helaman creates. Finally, our steady posting helps stay in the game as well.
I just wanted to put it out there and thank everyone.
You're welcome
i don't know if 3 hp is worth a reroll. Move on.
I'd do the journal again, but I've had precious little free time as well lately. I've done several, another voice would be nice and a reroll always comes in handy.
Elidal and Simeon are up, yes?
Yeah, Nalun is ok with a miss...and I've never actually played with the Soft Cover rule in effect.
I don't know where I would find the time to write a journal entry...maybe I might do something tomorrow?
Elidal and Simeon
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Yup, its been a lot of fun, glad the newcomers are enjoying themselves :)
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I'm having a good time. It took me awhile to figure out how I want Nalun to act/react to things. Now that I have figured that out, I'm enjoying the game immensely.
That was a tough fight... if not for Jaru's ghost touch there would have been no crit and only half damage. Good team work with aid anothers, helping each other and an honourable mention on the axe hit from Simeon!
I wish Aid Another scaled up better, it becomes less and less useful as you grow in levels.
Seems we are all back to posting as normal
Work is upon me again. Off to Korea on Sunday through to Saturday next week.
GM Posting will be slowed considerably but on the flip side? You'll have more time to post yourselves.
Ok!
I still have not taken a level 3 feat with Nalun. Why this task continues to elude me...I have no idea.
Does anyone have any suggestions...aside from Iron Will I don't know what fits for my little bookish Bard?
Have a great trip GM!
I'll be away this coming weekend, then I leave again for a few days (Wednesday to Tuesday). I'm not sure how much I'll be able to post...
@ Nalun: You built him for support and debuff, I'm guessing. So he needs more of those. Perhaps something like Extra Performance, or Lingering Performance? How about metamagic? Piercing could become useful eventually, or Spell Penetration. You can probably take the Fast Learner feat, which I really like!
hmm, all this will give me time for a journal update i s'pose.
Good choices Emmett,
I think Extra Performance might do the trick... we can get more Inspire Courage each day!
hmm, all this will give me time for a journal update i s'pose.
Yay!! A lot happen the day before this
Party is up
Alright, some deep diving and archiving. I think we might be a day off.
here's a double:
29 Calistral, 2014.
I’ll have to backtrack a few days to fill in my notes. Much has happened.
Spending the night in vigil with the newcomers has warmed me to them. Certainly, new allies are needed with the sudden departure of Nighteyes and Lament. And of course, the loss of Vigilance. Emmett is a local and perhaps as skilled in weaponry as Nighteyes while thankfully not as given to strange moods as the elf. Nalun is of elf-blood, but only partly and a poet/musician somewhat like Lament though he seems more introspective than the halfling.
With Vigilance’s burial scheduled for later in the day, we decided to make another foray into Harrowstone. Further delays only allow more mischief from the haunts. We stopped briefly at Jorminda’s shop for additional supplies. She seemed miserable, but I’ll not engage in gossip.
This day's investigation of Harrowstone was particularly enlightening as we quickly encountered Vesorianna, the lost warden’s wife whose name Gibbs, or perhaps the Splatterman in possession of the wretch, has been ominously scribbling upon the cenotaph by the river. The visitation was not without negative effects. Particularly, the old local, Emmett, and I were quite shaken by her revelations. However, she confirmed the hand of the Whispering Way in the murder of Professor Lorrimor and release of the five vile haunts. She has struggled well to contain them after the destruction of her husband’s soul by the death cult, but they threaten to overpower her unless we deal with them quickly.
I must say that I was not at my best for the funeral, but did my duty and saw Vigilance buried. Still feverish, I slept long if not well that night.
All the Dead Arise!
30 Calistral, 2014.
It seems Gibbs’ imprisonment has not stopped the bloody graffiti; fresh blood in a child’s handwriting again upon the memorial this morning. Horribly, the Splatterman continues his vile work. In all the excitement, I had not marked the day, but even more blasphemy- it was Sunday. We were delayed from Harrowstone by the service, but perhaps fate provided that the familiar ceremonies did calm me some and restore my resolve shaken by the recent terrible events. Father Grimburrow provided a brief augury which suggested that some of the artifacts of the Mad Five which were recovered might be used against them.
A return to Harrowstone and exploration of the upper storey surprisingly turned up the remains of the Charlatan identified by the chains hung with the blasphemous symbols as Fate had revealed to me in my dreams. His insidious spirit made no sign of its presence however, until the frightful piping of his damned companion began, the Piper of Illmarsh. The dire dirge animated the dry bones of the many dead prisoners left to rot in their cells granting them the opportunity to exact their revenge on the living. Of all the dead arrayed against us, I am not ashamed to say that the Piper frightened me the most. His paralyzing poisons and feeding pets just… well, I almost succumbed, but Fate and Pharasma preserved me and her holy wrath channeled through me to strike down the undead abominations. In the confusion, the Charlatan tried to take Elidal, but his soul was captured by one of the marvelous haunt siphons. Divine justice, I think, that the heretic’s soul be bound forever in a bottle and separated from the divine that he pretended to worship.
A headman’s axe was also found in the upper level and animated by yet another haunt. It very nearly took its toll upon Nalun and Emmett. However, copious amounts of holy water and another siphon drained its animus thankfully.
Exhausted, yet feeling that we had finally made some headway against the Five Dark Souls that have plagued us, we returned to town. And yet another calamity! The dead of the Restlands had risen en masse and were invading the village. My resources were spent, but I did not have the luxury of retreat. Father Grimburrow and his staff were overrun. We rushed to the cemetery and managed to retrieve him though his Senior Acolyte was lost. We retreated to the town square and fortified it as we could for the onslaught. Fortunately, we had recovered a healing wand and I was able to ease my companions’ wounds and fatigue in time for our last stand.
It is something of a blur. I was so weary; I threw everything I had- fire and holy water. Vigilance’s recently buried corpse had risen as well. He was put down again. I cannot say how much I will relish destroying once and for all, the lost souls arrayed before us, if Fate allows. I do not know how we persevered, but it was not my time; not that night.
One final horror to be recorded: The possessed child was found. The offending spirit was routed with a splash of holy water and the child saved. I do not know what the foolish superstitious locals would have done to here if not for Elidals’ wise words and I did what I could to turn her misfortune into a benison.
Alright, some deep diving and archiving. I think we might be a day off.
here's a double:** spoiler omitted **...
Updated - I will need to look for holy events for you this month :)
Holidays
Pharasma's followers celebrate the Day of Bones on the 5th of Pharast and in nations where the Lady of Graves is a prominent deity, her priests take part in the Procession of Unforgotten Souls in the weeks leading up to the harvest feast.
Take a reroll. I'll update these later
Ob Portal updated.
I really recommend you to have a read of the posts when you have time. Frankly there is some wonderful writing there.
Hoping that I can get some other journal entries from people other than Father Toth. Simeon (Nekkid-manner) has been an entertaining writer as well.
On another note... we started this on the 9th of March last year. Amazing stuff. Hoping all players, both old and new have enjoyed the journey.
Who knows? With the right rolls you guys may finish it by the 9th as well... or be finished off.
Please note I'll be away from Friday to Sunday, then from Wednesday to Monday again. I'll try to post, but it might not be possible. Please bot me as needed.
Nalun I've moved you to where you can tap Simeon. Dont forget to cross off a charge.
The wand is noted in my spreadsheet, without which I would be lost, thanks. I have 11 charges left, as of the Simeon healing.
Secrets of the Grave (Ex) (UM 27): You gain a +1 bonus on Knowledge (religion) checks made to identify undead creatures and their abilities. You may use mind-affecting spells to affect undead as if they were living creatures, even if they are mindless. In addition, you may add one necromancy spell from the spell list of any arcane spellcasting class to your list of spells known at 2nd level and every four levels thereafter.
GM, can Nalun use the Wand of Hold person on the Ghost then????
Wow - never thought about that. You got that feat? My bad for not paying attention. It does suit a dirge singer bard though.
What the hell - sure. GMs need to reward smart play. DC I believe is 14.
Thought about this some more... Something wasn't chiming for me.
Pretty sure I said somewhere that stuff should be base or APG with other feats by permission. It's somewhere but I can't recall where so taking the chance say it again here.
Anyways I am cool with the feat but moving forward please check on non core or APG feats. Spells are definety limited to core or APG (APG needing permission)