@MJ66, the above questions by Zagathoth are good ones regarding the focus requirement of the Shield Other spell. Do you have a preference as to how it is done?
wow... that's not a small difference! why would it go from +1 to +3?
@MJ66- are we using the errata version?
Yes, errata version. The game designers must have had a balance reason to make it more expensive.
The Ogon Fox is going to look for a +1 mithral chain shirt (cost: 2100, maximum dexterity bonus increased to 6 and armor check penalty reduced to 0 by the special material; like a magus, the warlock vigilante ignores arcane spell failure chance of light armor).Actually...a lesser metamagic rod of extend spell (costs 3000) could be really nice for the party. That would make Johann's mage armor last 10 hours instead of 5. Then again, I don't think we've ever actually been in the catacombs for as long as 5 hours at once, have we?
Not so far... an hour or two at most.
Zag's comment got me to thinking about wild shape. I know armor goes away, but do I still get bonuses from other worn items, like the amulet of mighty fists, or something like a ring of protection?
The amulet is big enough and enchanted specifically not to subsume, so you still get the bonus from that. Normal rings and cloaks lose their bonus when transformed/subsumed, but your amulet of mighty fists was crafted by a druid to remain on the new form and grant its blessings in different shapes.
Zag's comment got me to thinking about wild shape. I know armor goes away, but do I still get bonuses from other worn items, like the amulet of mighty fists, or something like a ring of protection?
Per the d20PFSRD's section on Polymorph rules...
Polymorph: When you cast a polymorph spell that changes you into a creature of the animal, dragon, elemental, magical beast, plant, or vermin type, all of your gear melds into your body. Items that provide constant bonuses and do not need to be activated continue to function while melded in this way (with the exception of armor and shield bonuses, which cease to function). Items that require activation cannot be used while you maintain that form.
Since Wild Shape effectively functions as the beast shape spell with some added goodies, it follows the same rules. Your magic items with passive effects (including your amulet of mighty fists) will work fine, but you won't be able to activate any magic items while shapeshifted.
[EDIT] Looks like MJ and I are citing conflicting rules.
@MJ66, the above questions by Zagathoth are good ones regarding the focus requirement of the Shield Other spell. Do you have a preference as to how it is done?
I have answered in gameplay. A separate set at 50 gp must be purchased for each party member, and a bear-sized ring (a move action to don) must be purchased at 25 gp for Johann while in bear shape.
Zag's comment got me to thinking about wild shape. I know armor goes away, but do I still get bonuses from other worn items, like the amulet of mighty fists, or something like a ring of protection?Per the d20PFSRD's section on Polymorph rules...
Polymorph: When you cast a polymorph spell that changes you into a creature of the animal, dragon, elemental, magical beast, plant, or vermin type, all of your gear melds into your body. Items that provide constant bonuses and do not need to be activated continue to function while melded in this way (with the exception of armor and shield bonuses, which cease to function). Items that require activation cannot be used while you maintain that form.
Since Wild Shape effectively functions as the beast shape spell with some added goodies, it follows the same rules. Your magic items with passive effects (including your amulet of mighty fists) will work fine, but you won't be able to activate any magic items while shapeshifted.
[EDIT] Looks like MJ and I are citing conflicting rules.
I checked and Arc is correct, so you are good to go, Johann. Thank you, Arc!
No problem. I didn't want anyone to think I was stealing your thunder, so I was willing to defer to your ruling on that, but I figured you'd appreciate a reference of the RAW.
I love rules lawyers lol. You can’t have too many at your table if you want a tight RAW game.
Johann won’t be able to afford it yet but iirc they did add an armor enchantment a while back that lets you keep some armor bonus while wildshaped...
That’s the Wild enchantment. It’s +3, so it’ll be a long way off, but it’s well worth the investment and gets you a much better AC than something like bracers of armor would because you keep your full armor bonus to AC while wild shaped.
I’m not saying I recommend picking up Heavy Armor Proficiency so you can grab a suit of Wild dragonhide full plate, but you can probably imagine how nutty that would be...
[EDIT] My deep love of druids and all things Wild Shape is starting to come through, and I can’t say I’m embarrassed.
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If all goes as planned, we may very well have the raw materials for dragonhide full plate...
If all goes as planned, we may very well have the raw materials for dragonhide full plate...
Are you blokes thinkin’ o’ comin’ after me hide? Think again, unless ya like the temperature reeeal hot! Hahahaha!
We have some rolls to make for the ghoul fever. Looks like it's DC 15 Fortitude every day beginning 1 day after it is first contracted, and a failure incurs 1d3 Con and 1d3 Dex damage. 2 consecutive saves are required to cure.
If Boga succeeds on a Heal check at the same DC 15 to treat you, you get a +4 bonus on the Fortitude saving throw you make that day.
I'll start rolling my saves, and we can add on the bonuses afterward if Boga succeeds on the Heal checks.
As it stands right now, Boga has one set of rings and enough cash (thank you Lucius!) for 3 second level scrolls. I am thinking that 2 should be Lesser Restoration and the last should be Delay Disease or Delay Poison. That will pretty much empty out Boga's cash, so there will be no scroll making while adventuring for now. Any opinions on scrolls or rings?
What is up with getting ninja'd? Now the fox is getting in on it. I'm beginning to believe that the bear and fox are in collusion... It's all been an act.
I'll start rolling my saves, and we can add on the bonuses afterward if Boga succeeds on the Heal checks.
If Boga takes 10, he auto-succeeds at DC 15 for heal, so no need for him to roll.
I'm foggy on the calendar here, also. Can we get, line by line, which day we got the disease, what day we went shopping, and what day the musical contest is?
This disease may affect Toshio's ability to perform in the contest!
So Lucius spends: 307.5 on his sword, 640 on Zag's armor and 250 on Boga's scrolls. Cool.
Yay, I'm not destitute! Thanks (again), Padre.
I've never actually been in a game where we saw a character killed by a disease, but it's starting to look like a real possibility!
I'm foggy on the calendar here, also. Can we get, line by line, which day we got the disease, what day we went shopping, and what day the musical contest is?
This disease may affect Toshio's ability to perform in the contest!
Okay I think the current day is January 5, and I know the contest is on January 7. Was it January 3 or 4 that we were in the catacombs and contracted the disease?
While dealing with the fever, Boga, as Zagathoth suggested, will use his spells on Lesser Restoration to keep everyone mostly normal.
Edit: He can cast it 3 times per day right now, so it'll work out.
While dealing with the fever, Boga, as Zagathoth suggested, will use his spells on Lesser Restoration to keep everyone mostly normal.
Edit: He can cast it 3 times per day right now, so it'll work out.
Well...
Following first failure...
[dice=Lesser Restoration on Constitution]1d4
[dice=Lesser Restoration on Constitution]1d4
[dice=Lesser Restoration on Dexterity]1d4Following second failure...
[dice=Lesser Restoration on Constitution]1d4
[dice=Lesser Restoration on Constitution]1d4
[dice=Lesser Restoration on Constitution]1d4
It's a good thing no one but the Fox actually needs those ability scores healed...right?
Lucius is my most charitable character ever!
Also, did he get ghoul fever? I really can't remember...
I'd say just roll your two saves and only if you fail do we have to go combing through Gameplay to find out. ;)
With the +4 from Boga, you'd have to roll a 1, 2, or 3 to fail.
If it gets worse we can buy you a cure disease potion.
That's another option, but Remove Disease isn't guaranteed. It's a caster level check against the disease DC. As a 3rd level spell, the potion would be caster level 5, so it's actually a lower chance than my Fort save with Boga's aid, although it's one and done instead of needing two consecutively.
On the evening of Saturday January 6th, Ogon Fox’s ghoul fever finally breaks, and he feels well again, just in time for the contest, which is on Sunday the 7th.
Well, I've only had 1 successful save so far; if I were to succeed again on Sunday that would be the two consecutive saves needed to cure the disease. But I am at no loss on ability scores currently because of Boga's magic.
On the evening of Saturday January 6th, Ogon Fox’s ghoul fever finally breaks, and he feels well again, just in time for the contest, which is on Sunday the 7th.Well, I've only had 1 successful save so far; if I were to succeed again on Sunday that would be the two consecutive saves needed to cure the disease. But I am at no loss on ability scores currently because of Boga's magic.
Fair enough. The description still matches the course of an infection that causes a systemic fever (I'm a licensed massage therapist and instructor of anatomy and pathology at a couple schools of acupuncture and massage)... The fever breaks and possibly returns again in cycles until the pathogen is completely fought off, represented by game mechanics as ability score numbers.
MJ66 dropping historical names like a boss lol... How do you guys like the idea of Gutenberg (“Goodmountain”), inventor of the printing press, being a hill dwarf native to Mainz, Germany?
Also secured this avatar name, though I doubt this famous Hungarian warrior and politician will make any cameos unless you guys go to Eastern Europe...
In Hungarian: I’m busy adapting Jan Hus’ battle-wagon concepts to fight the Turks at the eastern border...
And this douche bag if you ever decide to assassinate the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire...
Don't have time to flesh out a gameplay post at the moment, but I wanted to note that Toshio would definitely want to go to a Sunday morning mass prior to attending the feast and performing in the contest.
Great RP guys, you’re racking up the RP XP...
Sorry for the quiet weekend, was super busy. Will have a gameplay post up at some point today.
I am enjoying all the name dropping from history. Make more of them have weird races! (Gutenberg as a dwarf is pretty funny!)
Hehe! I thought about making Tesla a half elf or something... I’ll try to make more of my historical NPCs something other than human.
If you come back to this PBP to find an obscene # of unread posts, please don’t let that discourage you. A lot of them will have been short, quick-to-read posts by me putting up maps or dioramas, advancing side plots, etc.
Don’t look as the hundred new posts to read as a burden, but as a rich story and entertaining diversion from reality, with more content than you might get from most PBPs...
Well, JD just took a crap all over the pipe organ at St Pete’s, rolling a nat 1 critical fail lol...
Looks like Toshio has this contest in the bag, as long as he chooses to use his boon.
I barely rolled better...thank goodness Saint Cecilia for that boon!
I think my standing up would have taken less time than all the pope did, so I’m eager to keep acting, but I’ll wait for the go ahead from you (GM) since we’ll likely be entering round-by-round pretty soon...
I think my standing up would have taken less time than all the pope did, so I’m eager to keep acting, but I’ll wait for the go ahead from you (GM) since we’ll likely be entering round-by-round pretty soon...
Hehe! Ya think so, eh? My ninjas are too elusive for Zagathoth... But if you want a chase and hunt through Rome, we can roll initiative...
I do think we should pause the action here to allow everyone to react to the situation.
I do think we should pause the action here to allow everyone to react to the situation.
Agreed.
Enraged, Zagathoth bolts for the fleeing assassin. With a series of leaps that look like a young dragon just taking flight, he bounds over pews and deftly moves through the stunned crowd as he charges the ninja. As they both near the door, he whips doomcrescent around like a swinging tail, as he attempts to chop into his prey.
The image of this in my head is SO BADASS.