The Cleansing of Nexorus

Game Master thegreenteagamer

Similarly - I'm basically caught up to anything that I could want to comment/post on!

Sorry if the latest gameplay post is too sappy, it'll be worth it once we hit the Django Unchained portion of this adventure.

It's pretty solid! :D

Seconded. Its good to establish some perspective. Especially for Gehuil, that's the major reason he got himself caught up in this.

I keep trying to think of good background skills but the two that came to mind were Know: Geography, and Linguistics. Maybe perform, but only because I want him to sound like a Motorhead song. But I feel like that would look like I was just picking really convenient choices considering the last few checks.

I, too, have been struggling with background skills. I was thinking maybe Knowledge [History] and [Nobility] to sort of represent that he was once pretty knowledgeable about the ongoing wars, as well as who's who amongst the various armies. Could be Vuram might recognize a Nexoran general as someone who was just a Captain at the time of his capture. Makes for some nice roleplay opportunities but I'm not sure.

And how does a minotaurs ability to "never get lost" interact with Survival/Knowledge [Geography] tests? I assume it means he always knows where he is relative to any given point but it doesn't give him mystical knowledge about how to avoid canyons or swamps or other barriers.

I figured he won't have to make survival rolls to follow a map, for one thing. Pretty much otherwise it would be as you say - not getting lost won't prevent you from running into barriers, but it will prevent you from doing so twice with the same location.

On that same note, do monstrous creatures gain the same +3 bonus on their first rank with "class skills" even though they don't have class levels? I've been playing it safe by assuming not, but it'd be good to know now before we get any further along

Yeah, they do. Racial Hit Dice have class skills; they're listed in the Bestiary by type.

Thanks, I saw that they were called "class skills" but I didn't want to give myself an unfair advantage by assuming they functioned identically.

Blarg. So busy yesterday that when I had time and sat down to make a post... I fell asleep.

:|

WELP! Rewriting it to work with current dialogue...

Done! Edited a bit in to the beginning, as Id intended to comment on that earlier, but had lost that post somehow. I think I managed to comment on everything Lio would have picked up on at the time.

Sorry about the delay guys. RL stuff. Update's up though!

"Oh, no! You have a life! Whatever shall we doooooo?!"

By which, of course, I mean: no prob, my friend! XD

Good update! Response will be forthcoming, but be delayed a a few hours by real life. :I

Let me know when you guys have come to a plan and I'll go forward with it.

Plan so far:

Sounds like a plan! If there's anything you want me to help you with, just ask. Unfortunately my skills are neither suited for making a mess, or sneaking around :(

Could Volnar or brawlers get something to blow up, so that the guards will run over to investigate instead of catching the brawlers?

Nice manipulation of a "softy" ... heheh. XD

Question: does Lio not automatically heal 5hp/round? Your statline still reads 23/43, if he doesn't heal like "normal" that'll change Vuram's tactics considerably

Also: this might be a good place to table the conversation for now, so that we don't run away with the thread before the others get a chance to post :p

Question: does Lio not automatically heal 5hp/round? Your statline still reads 23/43, if he doesn't heal like "normal" that'll change Vuram's tactics considerably

He should - I just took damage from the divination, but have been vague about healing it, as I'm not certain how "fast" this all happens.

EDIT: Updated it twice three times (four total) due to having posted four-ish times since the use of Gift of Sight.

I suppose if Vuram/Lio goes down, Sithiliss will walk up to the winner with an indignant,"Haven't you done enough, you brute" Kind of thing. Then pull the loser into a tent someplace.(for fixing)

If it's Leo, he'll put himself together, but Vuram will probably need some help.

Not 100% sure where everyone has positioned himself, or that Volnar has had a chance to take a look at the thread and sneak into position. Rolled the Perception check because Corrin is probably a few tents away? I'm working on the assumption that we waited a few minutes for our nagaji friend.

Yeah, I was waiting for that myself, as well as for everyone to post. The latter has now happened, so I think that we can presume we did exactly that, time-wise?

I was going to say that I don't mind not rolling initiative, but I think it may gut help sell it better if we do - I'm fine with taking a surprise round - Lio was hesitant about this whole thing, so it would definitely be within the realm of possibility - he was probably hoping to just posture and yell, despite their plans.

So let's roll and see? Or would you rather not for more free-form?

At church now (I'm taking care of the walkers rather than being in the service - hence reading forum stuff) so I can't format post right now.

Initiative: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1

Hah! I think I know who's going first!

No initiative roll necessary now, I think... XD

EDIT: feel free to take another full round! XD

Also, though I suggest Lio and Vutsm resolve their differences in initiative, unless GM specifies, I suggest that nobody else does. By putting us in initiative, it gives other's a freedom to do stuff while he and I slow down a bit...

That said, I'm also okay with hand waiving some - my point in rolling at all was to provide RP structure - I don't need us to have round-by-round unless the GM would prefer. :D

I'll wait for GM to provide input before posting again.

But: Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22 just in case.

Ack, sorry for missing posting yesterday, everyone. The day kinda got away from me.

Updates are going to wait for tomorrow. I'll try to double up to make it up then. Sorry.

Ack, sorry for missing posting yesterday, everyone. The day kinda got away from me.

You're cool, dude! I actually thought you had...

(Which shows how well I keep track of time.)

Updates are going to wait for tomorrow. I'll try to double up to make it up then. Sorry.

Absolutely understandable.

Take your time, sir! I'll be excitedly-but-patiently waiting! :D

How would you like us to handle the fight? Rolling, RP, hand-waving, some combination thereof? I'm alright with anything.

Just RPing is fine, to be honest, though you might want to throw some bluffs in there to fool the soldiers.

Right, so Vuram wasn't kidding about being a bad liar. If he just starts goring Lio with his horns (and Lio claws him) is that worth a circumstance bonus?

I'd suggest we just have one of us be the Bluffer, and the other doing an Aid Another (what with the fighting and all); it's a DC 10, so more likely to follow.

I'm at a -3 penalty to bluff checks due to negative levels, despite my positive charisma.

Also, Gehuil is using Aid Another for a +2 bonus to whoever's doing the bluffing.

That said, there could be circumstance bonus due to actual injury being dealt.

For the record, that's probably the only actual attack/damage rolls I'll roll - I figure with unarmed strikes being a thing, and their attack bonus being less than even those (I take a -4 for non-proficiency, and a -4 for negative levels, +3 for strength and +4 base attack, nets me -1 to all attacks) means that I'll miss much more often than I hit (I'd need a 17 or higher to bop your naked AC) - and it'll be for 1d4+3 nonlethal anyway.

I have rather solid expectations that the troll will get trounced from here on out. :D

I mean, worst case scenario Vuram will try to grapple and choke Lio out. Seems about the only way he could manage. Bluff -4 for Vuram with negative levels, so he might decide to just go all-out for reals since without fire or acid he can't do worse than knock the troll unconscious.

And your father smells of elderberries...

I feel like the back-up bully that follows around the main bully in the 80's movie who just pop's up with "yeah!" Or "you tell 'im!" and contributes nothing else to the plot. Not just in this game, but in general. Hopefully we can get to a point where I'm useful soon enough. Maybe if we get garbage-y enough weapons, picking up mending will pay off at least. Such is the lot of the first-level spellcaster. Le sigh.

Holy Carp! Sithiliss shoulda been the bluffer! XD

I feel like the back-up bully that follows around the main bully in the 80's movie who just pop's up with "yeah!" Or "you tell 'im!" and contributes nothing else to the plot. Not just in this game, but in general. Hopefully we can get to a point where I'm useful soon enough. Maybe if we get garbage-y enough weapons, picking up mending will pay off at least. Such is the lot of the first-level spellcaster. Le sigh.

Hah! You're a witch. The only time you're not secretly the glue that holds everything together is when you didn't prepare for a very specific eventuality. Today.

I'm looking forward to being outclassed as the brawn/battle ender shortly. :D

(I mean, if Varum's serious, I already am outclassed - I'm just more durable.)

Unfortunately I can't take the pounding that you guys have been dishing. First blow would lay me out flat :( Plus, if I go down, who's going to fix the mess? :(

Uhh... the witch with the Healing patron?

Edit: course, I'd have to prepare CLW first. I took the patron before a cleric was made.

Edit x2: Between both of us, at least I don't think either of us will have to dedicate to the healbot role.

True, but you'd need to prepare it first.

Volnar slips into the crowd watching the end of the fight, mentally relieved that, unlike humans, nagaji don't blush. That was just a completely embarrassing attempt to be sneaky.

Not that he knows it, but Lio could actually have mostly gotten away with that, too... XD

(Thanks for taking the stealth risk, though!)

Volnar wrote:

Volnar slips into the crowd watching the end of the fight, mentally relieved that, unlike humans, nagaji don't blush. That was just a completely embarrassing attempt to be sneaky.

Not that he knows it, but Lio could actually have mostly gotten away with that, too... XD

(Thanks for taking the stealth risk, though!)

Yeah, I know. Volnar isn't really all that sneaky, but a troll tramping around human sized barracks really could present difficulties. Not to mention a Minotaur and a troll fighting makes a much better distraction.

And for the record, though he hasn't revealed it yet, Volnar can cast cure light wounds. So it seems like we're pretty set on the healing arena.

Rereading the posts, I don't know why I said "nine years" out of all the possible timeframes. Consider that super non-canon and whatever GM thegreenteagamer decides it was is how long it was. I just figured being abused in a prison camp for years is a good way to justify negative levels--Vuram can spend the next three levels knocking the rust off, as it were.

And for the record, though he hasn't revealed it yet, Volnar can cast cure light wounds. So it seems like we're pretty set on the healing arena.

Ya know come to think of it, Gehuil hasnt really mentioned what he can bring to the table at all. That might just stem from my personal preference for "Show Don't Tell."

Holidays will slow down my productivity. Expect me to be back up to par next Wednesday, as I will be out of town. I may still be able to update, but I cannot promise. Sorry folks.

I would blame you, except I can't in the slightest, as I was going to mention something similar as a possibility... XD

Yeah. 24 and 25 december = friends wedding

Last weekend of december = holiday!

Assuming we're not being elaborately set up...I think that went about as well as it possibly could.