It is very rewarding though. Most days anyway. That part where Queshem was stranded on an island and was being tested by her god? Wonderful collaborative story-telling. Wouldn't trade it for the world.
Whoops! Just realized I wasn't taking a -2 penalty for Rapid Shot last two rounds. Queshem's been rolling well on attack though so maybe it wouldn't have changed anything?
I think you would be good anyway. We all make mistakes. Polos got an extra AoO thrown at him from one undead that was supposed to be dazed. It didn't hit so it doesn't change anything.
Hope you are having fun!
I hope you don't mind at me cutting an obvious fight short.
No, I appreciate it actually.
Good, just checking.
Sorry you had a crazy day! Never feel pressured to post on days like that.
Queshem interacts with the world mostly through ordering people about I'm finding.
She is a captain on board a ship! Jean-Luc Picard was a reasoning, well-meaning man but he often just ended up ordering people around.
Yeah it's works out pretty well I think. It helps her get a whole heck of a lot of stuff done.
It also makes it much easier for me, it breaks everything done into small tasks that can be fulfilled at varying rates. Loving this game!
Ah, one thing I keep forgetting to do is get the gnome engineer (Pokimbell?) to make Queshem some custom bolts that ape the fancy arrows available to bow users like we discussed at half price.
This is Queshem's request list. The raining bolts will probably require an assist from Xiakon.
1 acid bolt 20 gp
1 barbed bolt 1 gp
20 blunt bolts 1 gp
20 incendiary bolts 5 gp
2 raining bolts 30 gp
2 smoke bolts 10 gp
4 tanglefoot bolts 40 gp
4 tripping botls 50 gp
20 whistling bolts 1 gp
158 gp I think. Queshem will keep the bolts in her Handy Haversack excpet for the barbed bolt which she'll keep looped to her belt.
More tomorrow hopefully.
Funnily, I was just looking at all those crazy arrows for a character I was building. Fun stuff you can do with them and it'll make fights more dynamic! Looks good to me.
I've seen players take advantage of summoning and animal companions with scent combined with pheromone arrows. Looked like fun.
Taking a level in druid?
Nah. I'll leave Beastmaster for some other character concept.
I mean, Queshem does have Key. That's something!
I love Queshem's speeches. Makes this game special.
I hope I reward them enough.
Thanks for the kind words. I'm better at dialogue than anything else and I think that comes through. I'm glad it fits the character.
I wish internal monologue and descriptive writing came as easily as talking but them's the breaks.
Queshem's jungle forebears are shaking their heads in disappointment right now.
Queshem is a sea creature. Besides, bad rolls happen to everyone.
I saw your post in the Pathfinder Playtest thread.
You made a good point.
Heh, thanks. I went on a longish rant about it in a Starfinder thread too. Why have two numbers, one of whom is derived exactly from the other? Vast majority of cases in game all you need is modifier anyway so why make the character sheet more intimidating with extra numbers that only make character creation and advancement more complicated?
A house rule to get rid of scores entirely wouldn't be very hard to do at all. Only problem is that it'd make matters more convoluted rather than less since you'd have to remember the original rules and the house ruled ones.
A new edition is a perfect time to just excise score and keep modifier. It seems like they're not going to be worried about backwards compatibility much with 2.0 anyway. It'd make things more streamlined and make the character sheet simpler.
The only downside is breaking with tradition and losing a bit of granularity as far as I'm concerned. And the granularity isn't worth it and if tradition was such a big deal then they wouldn't be making a 2.0.
So, you in favor of a Pathfinder 2.o or not? My only real concern is how it is going to affect my active games and trying juggle two systems (assuming I upgrade at some point).
2.0 probably won't even have inquisitors!
I'm in favor overall. For one, 1.0 isn't going anywhere :). With the amount of content paizo pumps out we'll probably get the most popular of the 1.0 classes into 2.0 soon enough.
And I would be shocked if people didn't homebrew or third party publish all the 1.0 classes for 2.0 within weeks of the system hitting.
Really 1.0 is amazing for bonus stacking. And that's fun don't get me wrong. Queshem's rocking a darn +17 in Diplomacy with four rerolls a day for a reason. But it's not great for the game overall. It's good to preserve it and move on to other things I think.
Playerbase splintering is a real concern though.
Queshem is a diplomatic beast.
Yeah, I just hope it doesn't erode the player base here too much. I like having a big pool of PBP players.
Man, that starmetal is really useful!
And Queshem really just kept it as a trophy!
Not trying to slow things down, I just wanted to be clear that you may not have to give up on getting to those caves quite yet!
No worries at all. Queshem would love to have as much of an edge as possible before she makes herself known to the enemy.
I don't know if you read fantasy but have you read anything by Brandon Sanderson?
I read his conclusion of the Wheel of Time series, and I read the first book of Mistborn. Then my free time did a magic shrinking act :)
I was going to make a reference to his latest stuff the 'Stormlight Archive' (which I recommend for those with time).
Anyway, then I double thank you for making time for this game. It is a real joy to post, plot and plan Queshem's adventures. I hope the game is as rewarding to you.
Busy day today, will post tomorrow.
Tough decision to make.
I didn't see that coming.
At all.
Leader and adventurer aren't the same thing. Honestly I realized I was sub consciously meta gaming because I don't want NPCs to die and Queshem being the bait at least meant that I as the player would see what was coming and be able to react.
In all other ways it makes far more sense for Rabbis to be the bait. The ship needs a captain on one hand and on the other Rabbis is an unarmed combat specialist.
Really liking this.
Queshem has steel in her.
I had to consider this for a while but Queshem's a captain. Adventuring is something she does when she needs to.
After I wrote it I was reminded of the TNG Star Trek episode Thine Own Self. Being a captain isn't supposed to be easy for her or her crew.
Is that the one where Troi has to learn to kill Geordi to save the ship in the simulation?
Yeah. I had to look up the episode name though :). I'm not that much of a Trekkie. Polos was Riker in the analogy.
Yes, but I didn't think you'd do it this way.
Make it so, number one.
Won't be able to post today but what is the ground like underneath the trap?
You haven't seen it yourself but the scouts report is is slightly wet jungle ground, strewn with leaves and such. Typical for the area. Leaves good tracks.
Sorry Queshem failed.
Yeah, it was a good plan though I think.
Busy day for me tomorrow so probably no post!
Then this is as good a time as ever to announce.
I will be out of town from April 7th to the 16th. I will not be able to post. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Hope you're going to be in a fun place.
Atlanta and then the beach.
Been looking to it a great deal. Work has been grinding lately and the weather here is cold and gray.