The Pyramid of Shadows (Inactive)

Game Master 137ben

Map of the Pyramid's First Floor

Map of the Pyramid's second floor.

Map of the Pyramid's third floor.


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Forgeborn map Armorist(Symbiotic Knight) / Incanter 6 || HP 53/60; g

Gemheart can be the 2nd in the order, being somewhat "tanky"


Forgeborn map Armorist(Symbiotic Knight) / Incanter 6 || HP 53/60; g

dropped the improved armor modification which was illegal, and dropped the armor spikes (since they were sorta redundant with my Claws of the Ice Bear).

That freed up 2 customization points, which added to the one from my spiffy new trait to get me two ranged attack options.

a psionic crystal i can create and shoot from my armor for 1d8 dmg, or an energy blast for 1d6. the crystal can be shot as part of a full attack when i get more attacks, but not the energy attack. energy blast is vs touch AC though, which is nice since i dont have any DEX to help my aim. and with a full round action i can change the energy type of the blast.


Male Elf Rogue 3 / Wizard 3 | HP 25/25 | AC 17, T 13, FF 14

Neat! I'll fully update my character much later today. Hope things go well for the GM.


Well, the group is all together now, so y'all can go in pretty much whichever direction you choose...
inside the Pyramid, of course:)

Sczarni

Female
Sanity:
52
Catfolk
Ki pool:
5/5
Ninja 6
Stats:
HP 32/32, AC 19/T 14/ FF 15; Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +2; CMB +6, CMD 20; Per +11, Init +4; Mv 30ft, Cb 20ft;

i'll third yess' statement, brilliant job so far... still can believe midio figured out my intro before i did!!!


Forgeborn map Armorist(Symbiotic Knight) / Incanter 6 || HP 53/60; g

gemheart cant make any of those DCs hahaha crap

Sczarni

Female
Sanity:
52
Catfolk
Ki pool:
5/5
Ninja 6
Stats:
HP 32/32, AC 19/T 14/ FF 15; Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +2; CMB +6, CMD 20; Per +11, Init +4; Mv 30ft, Cb 20ft;

still can't believe i missed the DC by 1, i mean come on.


And since I am not a poet, I'll just pretend that the harpy song sounds a lot better in Common than it does in English...

Sczarni

Female
Sanity:
52
Catfolk
Ki pool:
5/5
Ninja 6
Stats:
HP 32/32, AC 19/T 14/ FF 15; Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +2; CMB +6, CMD 20; Per +11, Init +4; Mv 30ft, Cb 20ft;

>_< they never sound that good when you read them out loud...


Female Githyanki Direlock (Fear Eater) //Warder (Zweihander Sentinel) 6; HP 51/41; AC 18/T 12/ FF 16; Fort +7, Ref +5, Will +7; CMB +7, CMD 19; Per +10, Init +4; Spd 30 ft.; Terror Pool 1/6

Heh. I liked it. Better than standard non-described "Roll a dice..."

Sczarni

Female
Sanity:
52
Catfolk
Ki pool:
5/5
Ninja 6
Stats:
HP 32/32, AC 19/T 14/ FF 15; Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +2; CMB +6, CMD 20; Per +11, Init +4; Mv 30ft, Cb 20ft;

It is a nice touch, but still never sounds quite as good as you hope


De'arv'ki Paddfoot wrote:
It is a nice touch, but still never sounds quite as good as you hope

The advantage to pbp is I don't have to read it out loud:)

Sczarni

Female
Sanity:
52
Catfolk
Ki pool:
5/5
Ninja 6
Stats:
HP 32/32, AC 19/T 14/ FF 15; Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +2; CMB +6, CMD 20; Per +11, Init +4; Mv 30ft, Cb 20ft;

good point


Yea, I avoid writing poetry/songs for games I run in-person. If I were running this situation in-person I would probably hum something instead.
If I still wanted to create a plot-hook to embed in the song, I would probably just have a harpy speak it. Humming doesn't sound very good over a forum, though.


M Humanborn

yeah, im not so good at making riddles. i wouldn't do a poem either. but then again i dont DM for my home group.


Human Psion Nomad 6 HP.33/33, PP. 30/53, Fort. 3, Ref. 4, Will. 6. AC 17, Touch 13, FF 14, Int 2.
Skills:
Acrobatics +9, Fly +12, K: (Arcana, Local, Nature, Planes, Psionics) +10, (Geo) +17, L: Gemology, The Maelstrom +17, Linguistics +12, Per +7, Sense Motive +2, Spellcraft +17, Stealth +11, Survival +10

Haha, i actually quire enjoy doing poetry :) turning in my man card -_-
Still, not too bad :)
Btw, i was supposed to be hovering when the harpies started singing... Mind if i still count as 25ft above the balcony?

will save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
what a powerful song >.> did anyone pass it?

Sczarni

Female
Sanity:
52
Catfolk
Ki pool:
5/5
Ninja 6
Stats:
HP 32/32, AC 19/T 14/ FF 15; Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +2; CMB +6, CMD 20; Per +11, Init +4; Mv 30ft, Cb 20ft;

nope
BTW, a good friend of mine passed away Monday, so i'm going to be out of sorts for at least this week.


Male Elf Rogue 3 / Wizard 3 | HP 25/25 | AC 17, T 13, FF 14

Ouch! My condolences.


De'arv'ki Paddfoot wrote:
De'Arv'Ki is female, not male...

Oops...

I am sorry about your loss, Soth.

Silver Crusade

HP 29/31 AC 19 T 14 FF 15 INIT +13 Perc +12 Saves: F: +4 R:+7 W:+9 Lv 1 Spells left 1/3. Charges in CLW wand :32/50 + othe wand with 38
oppressive expectations:
-2 to climb

I leave for one day to do some last minute studying for my exams and you guys throw a pool party without me? :'(

LOL

Sorry about bot posting, cramming for my last final all night.

Sczarni

Female
Sanity:
52
Catfolk
Ki pool:
5/5
Ninja 6
Stats:
HP 32/32, AC 19/T 14/ FF 15; Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +2; CMB +6, CMD 20; Per +11, Init +4; Mv 30ft, Cb 20ft;

no probs

Silver Crusade

HP 29/31 AC 19 T 14 FF 15 INIT +13 Perc +12 Saves: F: +4 R:+7 W:+9 Lv 1 Spells left 1/3. Charges in CLW wand :32/50 + othe wand with 38
oppressive expectations:
-2 to climb

I'd also like to pass on my condolences


Human Psion Nomad 6 HP.33/33, PP. 30/53, Fort. 3, Ref. 4, Will. 6. AC 17, Touch 13, FF 14, Int 2.
Skills:
Acrobatics +9, Fly +12, K: (Arcana, Local, Nature, Planes, Psionics) +10, (Geo) +17, L: Gemology, The Maelstrom +17, Linguistics +12, Per +7, Sense Motive +2, Spellcraft +17, Stealth +11, Survival +10

Haha ya. This game has a way of exploding forward without you :)
Happened to me as well altho instead of a pool party, you guys threw a trans-dimentional dungeon romp!

Silver Crusade

HP 29/31 AC 19 T 14 FF 15 INIT +13 Perc +12 Saves: F: +4 R:+7 W:+9 Lv 1 Spells left 1/3. Charges in CLW wand :32/50 + othe wand with 38
oppressive expectations:
-2 to climb

@GM next time we do a large amounts of will saves or something similar as a group, May you please roll it all at once so we save a little confusion? Anyone opposed to this idea?

Sczarni

Female
Sanity:
52
Catfolk
Ki pool:
5/5
Ninja 6
Stats:
HP 32/32, AC 19/T 14/ FF 15; Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +2; CMB +6, CMD 20; Per +11, Init +4; Mv 30ft, Cb 20ft;

@Thomas @Mundarion thanks, both of you. also, i have no problem, "as such", with your plan Thomas. However, when i did something similar with my group, it started us down a path where it was really just me narrating a story about the players...


It is okay, Thomas, real life takes priority.

By the way, there were two harpies, so if they wanted to capture/kill everyone there would have been a second will save:O


Female Githyanki Direlock (Fear Eater) //Warder (Zweihander Sentinel) 6; HP 51/41; AC 18/T 12/ FF 16; Fort +7, Ref +5, Will +7; CMB +7, CMD 19; Per +10, Init +4; Spd 30 ft.; Terror Pool 1/6

@Dee - sorry to hear of your loss. Take your time...

@DMB - I thought Thomas meant if you just roll all our Will saves for us at the one time. This has worked perfectly in other PbP's where the DM rolls saves and initiative for the group and we work from there.

I'm happy with whatever works for you...


The potential issue I can see with me rolling saves for everyone is if people have limited-use abilities to boost one saving throw, I may not think to use it, while one of you would.
If people are okay with me rolling saves for them, I can do it, but it might be slightly more error-prone.
That said, I am still relatively new to pbps, and still figuring out what works, so if you all think it would work better with me rolling saves, I can do that. If you have other ideas, I'd like to hear them too.


Female Githyanki Direlock (Fear Eater) //Warder (Zweihander Sentinel) 6; HP 51/41; AC 18/T 12/ FF 16; Fort +7, Ref +5, Will +7; CMB +7, CMD 19; Per +10, Init +4; Spd 30 ft.; Terror Pool 1/6

Good point on the saves. It makes it hard for people to say before the roll they want to buff themselves. Hmmm.


Human Psion Nomad 6 HP.33/33, PP. 30/53, Fort. 3, Ref. 4, Will. 6. AC 17, Touch 13, FF 14, Int 2.
Skills:
Acrobatics +9, Fly +12, K: (Arcana, Local, Nature, Planes, Psionics) +10, (Geo) +17, L: Gemology, The Maelstrom +17, Linguistics +12, Per +7, Sense Motive +2, Spellcraft +17, Stealth +11, Survival +10

well as one of those guys with a save booster (I get a racial ability to boost my saves by 4 as an immediate action) heres a thought. You roll for saves if we all have to take them, then we can retroactively apply our activateble bonuses. this does make them more powerful but only on the saves that affect everyone (like the sirens call). What do you think?

Sczarni

Female
Sanity:
52
Catfolk
Ki pool:
5/5
Ninja 6
Stats:
HP 32/32, AC 19/T 14/ FF 15; Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +2; CMB +6, CMD 20; Per +11, Init +4; Mv 30ft, Cb 20ft;

that sounds like a reasonable idea, midio


Male Elf Rogue 3 / Wizard 3 | HP 25/25 | AC 17, T 13, FF 14

That could work.


Midio's idea is fine for me.


Forgeborn map Armorist(Symbiotic Knight) / Incanter 6 || HP 53/60; g

Works for me


Female Githyanki Direlock (Fear Eater) //Warder (Zweihander Sentinel) 6; HP 51/41; AC 18/T 12/ FF 16; Fort +7, Ref +5, Will +7; CMB +7, CMD 19; Per +10, Init +4; Spd 30 ft.; Terror Pool 1/6

I was going to post what Midio said, but didn't seeing as it was game-able. But if everyone else is OK with it, I'm game.


Vassekh-Arokh Yessai wrote:
I was going to post what Midio said, but didn't seeing as it was game-able. But if everyone else is OK with it, I'm game.

If it does become an issue we can revisit it later. I don't think it will be, though.


Female Githyanki Direlock (Fear Eater) //Warder (Zweihander Sentinel) 6; HP 51/41; AC 18/T 12/ FF 16; Fort +7, Ref +5, Will +7; CMB +7, CMD 19; Per +10, Init +4; Spd 30 ft.; Terror Pool 1/6

The weirdest thing happened with my post.

I previewed my Perception roll, then re-previewed it with the results of my CLW use - everything fine.

I previewed again with a second CLW and it showed

1d8 + 1 = 8 + 1 = 9
1d8 + 1 = 8 + 1 = 9
for the CLWs

and

1d20 + 8 = 12 + 8 = 20
for the Perception.

which were not, as you can see my actual rolls.

I posted it, thinking I'd be able to own up to my real rolls in an edit but it luckily turned back to normal. Weird.

Silver Crusade

HP 29/31 AC 19 T 14 FF 15 INIT +13 Perc +12 Saves: F: +4 R:+7 W:+9 Lv 1 Spells left 1/3. Charges in CLW wand :32/50 + othe wand with 38
oppressive expectations:
-2 to climb

To answer Devarki, I'm in Florida and I just so happen to be up in the early PM hours

Sczarni

Female
Sanity:
52
Catfolk
Ki pool:
5/5
Ninja 6
Stats:
HP 32/32, AC 19/T 14/ FF 15; Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +2; CMB +6, CMD 20; Per +11, Init +4; Mv 30ft, Cb 20ft;

Ah of course, posting from down in australia here, so everyone is posting at 4-5AM my time >_< no wonder i never seem to be posting anywhere near the times you guys do...


Goblin Gunslinger "Ziggs"

Ya i live up in canada, but chances are i qm posting at 4 anyways ^_^
Ive done some testing with the RNG and here are my results, if your interested :)

RNG:

The rng works by assigning a string of numbers to each die number and a string to each topic thread. So every die that the rng can create (1 to 1001) has a string of numbers.
For example.
D10
4
6
2
10
5
8
4
10
that would go on forever (eventually it would loop, probably after some couple thousand rolls, i dunno :) and each thread would have its own string (so one for gameplay, one for discussion, one for recruitment ect).
Thats all a RNG is, a massive string of numbers.

Next up is the program. It is designed in a way as to limit cheating. It is set up so that every time a die is rolled, it is taken from the list in the exact same order and starting at the same spot (its placevalue) and it refreshes every time you hit the preview or submit button.
For example. If it had the following strings.
1d10: 4, 7, 6, 2
1d20: 5, 20, 15, 3, 2
And you wanted to make a perception check and attack twice.
Your first roll would be 5 for perception, then you would roll
Att 20
Dam 4
Att 15
Dam 7
And then you hit the preview button.
Noticing you crit, you decided to insert a crit confirm and damage roll in there and resent. You would finish off with
Per 5
Att 20
Dam 4
Crit? 15
Crit dam 7
Att 3
Dam 6
Keeping the string the same.

There are however, 2 ways you can cheat.
The first is if you pre-view the string of numbers. For instance, roll 5d20, getting 4, 10, 20, 3, 12.
You then decide to do a oerception roll, then do a sense motive roll, THEN do an att roll. That way you know it will come up as the crit.
The second is when you delete threads. If you posted the first 2 rolls, hit submit, it locks those rolls in, moving the placevalue down. Next you do your "actual post" starting with the att roll (and thetefore the crit), submit it, and then delete the previous post. You have now skipped the two bad rolls.
This comes down to integerty :)

Sczarni

Female
Sanity:
52
Catfolk
Ki pool:
5/5
Ninja 6
Stats:
HP 32/32, AC 19/T 14/ FF 15; Fort +2, Ref +9, Will +2; CMB +6, CMD 20; Per +11, Init +4; Mv 30ft, Cb 20ft;

oh, those evil RNG... always finding ways to mess you up... playing baldur's gate 1, got slaughtered by 2nd ed kobolds because of a string of crits against my party...


M Humanborn

it also comes down to "ain't nobody got time for that" especially on mobile phones! hahaha


Female Githyanki Direlock (Fear Eater) //Warder (Zweihander Sentinel) 6; HP 51/41; AC 18/T 12/ FF 16; Fort +7, Ref +5, Will +7; CMB +7, CMD 19; Per +10, Init +4; Spd 30 ft.; Terror Pool 1/6
De'arv'ki Paddfoot wrote:
Ah of course, posting from down in australia here, so everyone is posting at 4-5AM my time >_< no wonder i never seem to be posting anywhere near the times you guys do...

[emphasis mine] You are of course assuming I am not also in Australia.

Ah, the impetuosity of youth... ;)


M Humanborn

hawaii here


Male Elf Rogue 3 / Wizard 3 | HP 25/25 | AC 17, T 13, FF 14

Spokane, WA. But I have a bizarre work schedule and no life, so I could either be on almost any time or out of touch for 20 hours or more. It all depends.

I had the chance to visit Australia several times when I was in the Navy. I really enjoyed it. If I ever got a lot of money I didn't know what to do with I would go back there in a heartbeat for some serious tourism. :-)


Human Psion Nomad 6 HP.33/33, PP. 30/53, Fort. 3, Ref. 4, Will. 6. AC 17, Touch 13, FF 14, Int 2.
Skills:
Acrobatics +9, Fly +12, K: (Arcana, Local, Nature, Planes, Psionics) +10, (Geo) +17, L: Gemology, The Maelstrom +17, Linguistics +12, Per +7, Sense Motive +2, Spellcraft +17, Stealth +11, Survival +10

Well i hope you guys like getting moved around... I am realizing that i can do a huge amount of teleporting and moving people/things around. In fact, i should be able to set up flanking extremely easilly :p
Next, got to look into how to improve concentration checks and combat casting...

Silver Crusade

HP 29/31 AC 19 T 14 FF 15 INIT +13 Perc +12 Saves: F: +4 R:+7 W:+9 Lv 1 Spells left 1/3. Charges in CLW wand :32/50 + othe wand with 38
oppressive expectations:
-2 to climb

I can get used to having a mini Nightcrawler around :D

And remember your Bless bonuses guys


Forgeborn map Armorist(Symbiotic Knight) / Incanter 6 || HP 53/60; g

as far as punches go i have claws of the ice bear which are spiked gauntlets. everything i have is a weapon


Male Elf Rogue 3 / Wizard 3 | HP 25/25 | AC 17, T 13, FF 14

Not sure what I can do to the darn thing. Casting "Gravity Bow" would be my preferred tactic but that might not work against something that eats magic. My regular longbow damage of 1d8+1 might just tickle it. I suppose I could cast "Shield" and have Midio port me to where I could flank, but I'm not a heavy melee type. I'll re - read the gravity bow spell description again and think about it some more.

Added in edit: The gravity bow spell effects the arrows just before they hit and lasts until just after they hit. Might have to stick to just using the longbow as is.

Silver Crusade

HP 29/31 AC 19 T 14 FF 15 INIT +13 Perc +12 Saves: F: +4 R:+7 W:+9 Lv 1 Spells left 1/3. Charges in CLW wand :32/50 + othe wand with 38
oppressive expectations:
-2 to climb

My only weapon is a blade of PSIONIC ENERGY. I didn't think this through very well lol. I wonder if a blunt weapon will do it lol. I'm just gonna fight defensively and act as a skirmisher for now I guess.

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