Tomb of Horrors (4e) - Group 2, Part 2

Game Master Rev Rosey

My lady needs a day out, so I'll be AFK today, possibly into tomorrow. I am somewhat interrupt-based, but since Rev's monsters rarely violate marks, it doesn't come up much :).

I'll check back as I can.

Does anyone have suggestions for things Lanthair could use?

that's the one part of character creation I'm not too sure of. Sorry.

@Celestial, some kind of funky ki focus perhaps? Or do you have any empty body slots?

A sentence that sounds very wrong indeed.

Yeah, maybe a +4 ki item or a +4 armor... Hmm...

inventory updated. I am open for suggestions for any gear changes, other than that, I am ready to roll.

I don't think there's anything Arishat really wants which she can afford. 85000gp doesn't go far in this economy.

I'm so used to playing Palladium, that your comment made me laugh. I'm so used to games where magic weapons are extremely rare! and here 85K is chump change. :D

Will fight horrible chaos monsters for food and shelter! Runequest is also good for a tight economy game.

The D&D economy is a bit Extreme. Although I've also played Traveller, and 85000 every month isn't enough to pay the mortgage on my spaceship. And Pendragon, where my knight is in real trouble if he has to ransom his horse and armour after losing in a tournament.

You may be able to pick up some amusing bits and bobs in Sigil. Once you get there, of course.

heh, and yet 4E is still better off than the christmas tree effect of 3.5. Sure some of these items are nice, and add, but not nearly as necessary. Gaining an extra 3 points to my Lay on Hands is nice, but its just a small edge. As opposed to +5 armor, +5 shield, +5 amulet of natural armor, +5 cloak of resistance, and ring of protection +5

It's true. My money doesn't go very far. I'm in good shape, I think.

OK, you'll be on your way very shortly.

EDIT: You're off again.

*notices not a lot of 4E games being played on the forum currently*

*eyes the 4E module he got for cheap*

Module, did you say? :)

Seekers of the Ashen Crown, its for lvl 2-5 I'm considering it, but I haven't really determined if I have enough time for running a game

Running a PbP takes less time than you think. The prep is spread out over a long time, since most groups barely manage one encounter per week, or even every two weeks. As long as you can commit to posting, it's not bad.

That's very true. Monster updates can take ages (well, mine quite often do), but as Celestial says, you can spread the workload. The main thing is to keep checking in and being prepared to nudge things along if necessary.

Endorsing Rev's nudge part, especially. The waiting game -- everybody waiting on somebody else -- kills PBPs. I believe the GM has the responsibility to push, even in combat. If the GM has delays, that's ok as long as notice is posted, but if the whole game is silent for four of five days with no warning, the players will drift away.

Lyan's updated. Sudden Rush and Flail Expertise.

Whee -- now to plan 17th!

Zero - just to add to the information about PbP adventures. You'll be seeing an awful lot of whatever it is. Pick something you like enough to be staring it in the face in six months time.

a good point indeed. However I also have only one module to work with, but I've been looking it over, to see if I can get into the concept, as you said.

Zero - more stuff here.

A Wild Temporary Character Has Appeared!

Temporary Character uses Mimic.

Temporary Character is now Akemi!

*applause*

Excellent. Bundle over to the Group 1 thread whenever you like.

Just to bring the rest of Group 1 up to speed, Zero has volunteered to run Akemi. He's already played through this section of the adventure with his own character, but I'm confident it will work out very differently with this group.

yes I know I malapropped. It wasn't intentional but it fits. heh.

Hmmmm, do you have to be a hybrid to get an at-will from another class? I've been reading the Spellgard campaigns, (on the 2nd one btw), and found Riposte Strike is pretty nice for a defender. Now granted Raya doesn't have the Dex for it, but it does sound pretty good for a Defender.

You can get most at-wills as a multiclass power one way or another, but as an encounter for you. If you want somebody else's at-will as an at-will, yeah, hybrid.

hmm, an interesting thought, to get Riposte Strike, or White Lotus Riposte on a defender with immediate mark damage, like Paladin.

Howdy! I've been looking for a 4E game for a while, and Zerombr directed me this way. I've talked to Rev Rosy, and I guess I'll be joining you guys with a level 16 monk when possible.

Said character is still under construction, but not for too much longer.

So yeah. This should be fun!

Welcome!

ReconstructorFleet will be your new Group 1 striker. It's not the optimal moment to work him in, but I'm trying to find a way. Zero has taken over Akemi until we can get sorted.

Welcome!

"Ah, yes, fortune tellers and their successes. Prominently displayed successful predictions:

Death, 98.3% (rate valid over two hundred years)
Taxes, 94.5%, and the rest of you better watch out
The sun will come up tomtorrow, 99.7% success rate

It's a hell of a good scam, mind you."

Arishat's got Chloris taped.

"Someone close to you has passed on, and you feel a great loss..."

"There is something in your past that you regret. Something you carry with you..."

"You have a loved one that you are very concerned about. I want to tell you that this person is going to be okay..."

I've found a new calling.

I can see Lanthair's Cassandra Truths right now.

"You have led an undisciplined life."

and of course

"..."

Asking Barel to stop someone drinking?

I'm not sure whether that's blind optimism or something else.

heh yeah, that's the joke. ^_^

Raya plays her role tongue-in-cheek at times.

Try not to antagonise Chloris.

That's going well. Arishat's polite and diplomatic approach has worked out well.

Does anybody have recommendations for any components or rituals for Thom to pick up?

I don't know what there is in 4e that helps with planar travel. Endure Elements could be useful, depending on what environments we might end up in. I don't imagine divinations being especially useful against an enemy like Acererak. I remember a DDI article a couple of months nack had some I thought were rather nice; I'll try and look it up.

Fantastic Recouperation seemed to be pretty nifty, and we've already got Heroes' Succor, in terms of combat, are there any rituals that give buffs or make healing afterwards easier? Oh, how about Remove Disease?

*Character Alias: ENGAGED!*

ReconstructorFleet here. My one regret, is that it's hard to find an Avatar suitable for a female monk. XD

And now I wait. And watch.

[Baldrick]"I have a cunning plan."[/Baldrick]

@Arishat - I am agog to see what sort of thing you regard as cunning.

@ReconstructorFleet - I also have a cunning plan which I shall impart shortly.

"A plan so cunning you could pin a tail on it and call it a weasel."

"A plan so cunning it could become the professor of cunning at Oxford?"

Well Raya has her own cunning plan, and it involves a shovel and a cart.

I was recently reminded of this, due to possible friction between Raya and Arishat

This LFG comic