The Mouth of Doom
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Game Master
Grimmy
Round 2:
Raziel <<<<
Hound <<<<
Q <<<<
Bandits
Battle Map
Loot Tracker | Zelkor's Ferry Environs | Campaign Map | Obsidian Portal
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I googled it, all I found was some film critic.
Male Human Deep Walker Ranger 3 [Exp: 6290] [HP: 34, Init: +5 (+7 underground), Perc: +7 (+9 underground), AC: 16, Tch: 12, Flt: 14, Fort: 5 (+4 Endurance), Ref: 4, Will: 2] [Melee +8 (1d10+6/18-20/×2)]
I was thinking more Charmed. It wasn't until later I realized that was Power of Three, not Rule of Three.
Female Half-Elf Druid(Treesinger)/3 - HP: 27/27; AC16, T15, FF11; F+4,R+2,W+7; Per +12; Init +1
The Rule of Three - Me, Myself, and I
Monk (Zen Archer) 2 | Init:+2 Perc:+9 | HP: 13/20 Melee:+3 Ranged:+3 Flurry:+4/+4 | F:+4 R:+5 W:+7
Everything's in order at my apartment. Maintenance has patched the roof so the storms tonight won't break anything and we've moved all of the important stuff out of the damaged room. The downside is I was enjoying our new skylight!
Well you haven't died since you've been gone.
Grimmy, regarding level and entering into Arcane Trickster -> What is your final ruling on the SLA meeting the requirement, and allowing me to enter AT at level 5?
Oh yeah, we use that rule. SLA's qualify.
I was talking about my feelings about that faq/ruling/whatever being mixed, that's all. Because I think they should have more ways to get early access to prestige classes.
Why just a few race/class combinations?
Too narrow.
Monk (Zen Archer) 2 | Init:+2 Perc:+9 | HP: 13/20 Melee:+3 Ranged:+3 Flurry:+4/+4 | F:+4 R:+5 W:+7
I was actually listening to JJ in a podcast talk about prestige classes and he said ultimately they went with archetypes because they thought it was unfair for people to have to wait until level 5 to really specialize their character mechanically. After listening and thinking about it I agree with him and can see why PrCs have been de-emphasized in favor of archetypes.
That being said there are no archetypes that come close to representing an AT mechanically, which is a pity, because I think its the most fun of the core prestige classes. There are some bard variants that try pitifully, but aren't really worth their salt.
Yeah but you could still start with archetypes even if PrC's were worth going into.
Whatever, I'm just saying it's awkward that I can get into EK early now, but only if I'm an Aasimar. Only certain pairings. Too narrow of a fix.
And I'm pretty sure they do recognize that PrC's need something to make them worth it, I think they said that was what motivated the ruling about SLA's qualifying for early entry.
Making all the core classes playable from 1-20 was a nice reboot after 3.5 power creep/ ala carte MC/PrC dipping mania, I just think they swung the pendulum a little too far the other direction.
Advanced class guide? WTF? Almost every class in their is something I would want to be able to make myself with the toolkit approach. That's like a fun game within the game, customizing your character. I don't want every character concept under the sun as a pre-existing 1-20 base class already executed for me.
If a palm reader told me three years ago that I would be nerd raging about this someday I would have got my money back. 0_0
Where does the grar come from?
I am such a strange fish.
So what's fair? You want to level now?
I mean obviously in Rappan Athuk you can't wait for civilization to level.
Just feels weird though, a level in 1 day of game time.
I thought you should at least have some time to process the significance of your achievements. You saved a dog!
Female Half-Elf Druid(Treesinger)/3 - HP: 27/27; AC16, T15, FF11; F+4,R+2,W+7; Per +12; Init +1
Leveling is less of an issue for me, surviving is key. As long as you are alive, eventually you will somehow get the green light to level.
Your slowest guy is 30 now right? With Ridley gone, and no one staggered..
Well Ghaelja's movement is 20 with her encumbrance but she's only over by a waterskin or two.
Monk (Zen Archer) 2 | Init:+2 Perc:+9 | HP: 13/20 Melee:+3 Ranged:+3 Flurry:+4/+4 | F:+4 R:+5 W:+7
Where are we making a mad dash to again? Are we going to the mouth or heading back to town?
I was told back to town with a pit stop to see Killian.
Monk (Zen Archer) 2 | Init:+2 Perc:+9 | HP: 13/20 Melee:+3 Ranged:+3 Flurry:+4/+4 | F:+4 R:+5 W:+7
Sounds good to me. Q has to prove to a certain bartender that he can survive the adventuring life.
DM Grimmy wrote: So what's fair? You want to level now?
I mean obviously in Rappan Athuk you can't wait for civilization to level.
Just feels weird though, a level in 1 day of game time.
I thought you should at least have some time to process the significance of your achievements. You saved a dog!
Not really in a hurry to level up, in all honesty. Just trying to plan ahead (which I usually don't), since I am going into a Prestige Class. Don't want to gimp Raziel :D
No it's ok I'm just second guessing myself if I'm being fair. Throughout this campaign it will definitely be necessary to level up in the field, the dungeons and hex-crawls are just too big to find a settlement every time you want to level.
But somehow I just had it in my head with this little quest that you have to get back alive to level.
I guess at home what we do is level at secure places to rest.
Passing out from exhaustion in the middle of a field while being hunted just doesn't feel like that level up spot to me.
BTW Raz I'm waiting with baited breath to see the result of your Con check...
DM Grimmy wrote: BTW Raz I'm waiting with baited breath to see the result of your Con check... I am owing a Con check? Honestly I didn't realize - I'll get on it.
Yeah it's 6PM and the party has already marched for 8 hours, meaning in order to go on you have to forced march, meaning Con check or take non-lethal damage and gain the fatigued condition.
The party is close to the river basin where you met Killian Kincaid, and Eli wants to press on, so everyone is rolling to see if they will be fatigued.
If fatigued, travel speed is effectively halved, which wouldn't be a big deal, unless of course something terrible happened to have crit on a survival roll to follow your tracks...
Everyone who has not, please dot the mega thread gameplay so you don't miss campaign wide announcements.
Lost Lands Mega-Campaign
Plus this way I will have the whole roster in one place under characters tab.
Of you guys, I have Hound, Raziel and Ghaelja so far. Everyone else please dot.
K, I'm back. Where were we.
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Female Half-Elf Druid(Treesinger)/3 - HP: 27/27; AC16, T15, FF11; F+4,R+2,W+7; Per +12; Init +1
We just finished killing Orcus and you were about to award loot.
NO LOOT FOR YOU!! /soupnazi
Female Half-Elf Druid(Treesinger)/3 - HP: 27/27; AC16, T15, FF11; F+4,R+2,W+7; Per +12; Init +1
I was trying to find Super Happy Fun Ball, but cannot find a good video, so this Bassomatic video will have to do. Pretty good for you "old school" people out there.
Wow, that's terrific bass!
SDS though.
Knowledge checks, cut down some pine trees, give Q a bird-bath....
The possibilities are limitless.
Female Half-Elf Druid(Treesinger)/3 - HP: 27/27; AC16, T15, FF11; F+4,R+2,W+7; Per +12; Init +1
Knowledge is not really one of Ghae's strong points. Hoping one of the more social characters will talk with the rather strange woman.
Hound can you do another one of your summaries?
M Human Male Human Barbarian 7 |HP97/97 (109/109 when raging) | Bust 40B|AC:18(17) | T:12(11) | FF:18(17) | CMD:20 | Fort:+10 | Ref:+5/7 | Will:+5 | Init:+2 | Per:+12 | Acrobatics:+9 | Climb:+10 | Stealth:+6 | Ride:+9]
We attempted to track down the distressed woman in order to save her and came across some gnolls who had snatched the half-orc who wanted to go rescue her. After freeing him, we took a very long route all over the place which he insisted was the proper way to get to the shack and got ambushed and almost killed by some nature types who helped point us to the hostage shack. After luring some out by using the tablet, we entered and defeated the remainig cultists only to find out that we almost lost Q rescuing a DOG!
Leaving the shack, we force-marched until we found this very srange woman who seemed to be making soup with body parts and decidd to leave her to her meal.
Perfect, thanks!
A-. There was no sign of body parts going in the soup, just turnips and teeth.
90 XP.
:p
Female Half-Elf Druid(Treesinger)/3 - HP: 27/27; AC16, T15, FF11; F+4,R+2,W+7; Per +12; Init +1
Would the teeth make the soup extra chewy?
Raziel Drakan wrote: Grimmy, any Knowledge that applies? This got me wondering... Since knowledge is mostly a passive thing, would it make sense to have the GM roll in advance for situations like this? Would it be too much bookkeeping? Great question, I could just spoiler it with appropriate check and DC.
That would give you something to work with right away and if you exceed the DC I could add more info. But you guys would have to try not to meta-game.
What does AK do in his ST game, he seems like a good PbP GM.
Truth is I haven't been a part of his game for that long yet, and the foes popping up have been more or less easy to discern - at least easy enough to roll appropriately.
My idea of having the GM rolling was to avoid the spoiler give away ;)
M Human Male Human Barbarian 7 |HP97/97 (109/109 when raging) | Bust 40B|AC:18(17) | T:12(11) | FF:18(17) | CMD:20 | Fort:+10 | Ref:+5/7 | Will:+5 | Init:+2 | Per:+12 | Acrobatics:+9 | Climb:+10 | Stealth:+6 | Ride:+9]
This might fall into the 'Not everything is there to be fought' category.
Monk (Zen Archer) 2 | Init:+2 Perc:+9 | HP: 13/20 Melee:+3 Ranged:+3 Flurry:+4/+4 | F:+4 R:+5 W:+7
Off topic but I'm really happy the game's speed has slowed to a pace I can keep up with :). Not that I want to hold any people back from posting at breakneck speeds.
Yeah I had a few weeks in the end of march and the beginning of april when I was really struggling to get in a post a day. I couldn't tell how much people could tell, but I was worried you would think I was losing interest in the game or something. So when my time opened up a little I dove back in really hard trying to inject some momentum.
It's hard for me to find the right equilibrium, I can't always tell how much you guys want.
Female Half-Elf Druid(Treesinger)/3 - HP: 27/27; AC16, T15, FF11; F+4,R+2,W+7; Per +12; Init +1
Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, I am usually around. If I ever get a real job, i.e. not working for myself, then I may have to rethink my posting habits, but at present I am usually on most days a few times a day.
I just don't want to go so fast that people miss hints or fail to connect dots.
But if I don't see a post a day average from people I feel like I'm losing them.
Hard to tell.
Well, if you guys get out of this present situation alive we'll be headed for the straightforward dungeon bashing promised in recruitment, and by the time that concludes we'll be at a good breaking point to look at some inter-party roster changes so everyone is in a group that feels right for pace.
Monk (Zen Archer) 2 | Init:+2 Perc:+9 | HP: 13/20 Melee:+3 Ranged:+3 Flurry:+4/+4 | F:+4 R:+5 W:+7
When exactly are we leveling again?
First real rest in a secure location.
Female Half-Elf Druid(Treesinger)/3 - HP: 27/27; AC16, T15, FF11; F+4,R+2,W+7; Per +12; Init +1
The key there is "Secure Location", from DM Grimmy's description there are two or three "secure locations" in this entire world. Unfortunately, we do not know where they are.
No, like just any old cave, any room where you can bar the door, anything like that.
I just didn't think literally passing out from exhaustion in the middle of an open field while being tracked felt right for level up.
I was trying to figure out, would you heal all damage if we leveled at that point?
It seemed like that particular get in and out of enemy territory sub-plot needed to be resolved first.
M Human Male Human Barbarian 7 |HP97/97 (109/109 when raging) | Bust 40B|AC:18(17) | T:12(11) | FF:18(17) | CMD:20 | Fort:+10 | Ref:+5/7 | Will:+5 | Init:+2 | Per:+12 | Acrobatics:+9 | Climb:+10 | Stealth:+6 | Ride:+9]
Healing by leveling isn't usually done. Just the heal by resting, but I have no problems with it. ;)
Ghaelja Waldhaar wrote: Is someone keeping track of each of these things we are discovering? The bandits, the hag, the remaining cultists, the tunnel, the gnolls, anything else?
I am terrible at this and am hoping fingers crossed to get a new job before long. So I don't think that I am the best for keeping track of these things. Heck, I have a tough enough time keeping track of my hp and spells.
The other two groups are doing it in the form of IC and OOC journals on the obsidian portal plus a wiki page called "loose ends" with notes that link back to the relevant posts in the gameplay thread.
I added hex numbers to their map so they can make notes like "burial halls, hex 0604" and such.
I can easily do the same for this group if someone is into that sort of thing.
Hound wrote: Healing by leveling isn't usually done. Just the heal by resting, but I have no problems with it. ;) So you're max hp goes up but your wounds are still there right? That's what I do at home but I wasn't sure if it was another one of my "hard-mode things I've done so long I forgot it was a house-rule" kind if things.
backgrounds
That's the way I've always done it. Whether or not that's the official way...*shrug*
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