Take care
Helgash level up:
+1 level of Paladin
+6+3 HP
+1HP when using LoH on self
Skills:
+1 Kn. Religion
+1 UMD
Feat:
Greater Mercy
+1 Lvl2 spell (choosing Paladin's Sacrifice for now)
+1 Smite Evil per day
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As for the item, I would like to have the Boots of the Earth, if they are allowed ;)
Otherwise, and with the 2736 gold we receive, Helgash should have around 7k gold - could I add this to the 6k and get a Phylactery of Positive Channeling for 12k?
Greta level up:
+1 Lvl Fighter
+6+4 HP
+1 Skill Point (FCB)
Skills:
+1 Acrobatics
+1 Handle Animal
+1 Intimidate
+1 Perception
+1 Survival
Feat:
Spring Attack
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As for the item... Could I upgrade my Belt of STR to STR + CON for 6k?
And with the 2736 + 472 she has (total 3208) would increase her Full Plate to +2.
Nothing spectacular but... Bread and Butter.
Called into work so will post the map tomorrow sorry
So.... What're we doing here at Ivoryglass again?
Looking for the last key to get to the next destination with the hut
Failing that, kill things and take their stuff.
Hey guys, most of you know I work at a hospital. Busy right now as you might imagine. I will get the update when I can. Hoping for a break tomorrow.
Godspeed, Variel.
Don't worry about us.
No worries at all Variel. Stay safe!
A little bit of metagaming here. We can (probably) take the dragon. And maybe the monk, depending on his or her level. But trying to take on 4 golems, guards, whatever an ice seer is, a monk and a dragon? We're going to die if we try that.
I am a Diplomat! :D
Hey, I feel like I'm way overdue to say this. I know a lot of people that I share a virtual table with are involved in the healthcare industry.
This is to all the doctors, nurses, technicians, eldercare specialists, all of those folks that spend their lives caring for the health of their fellow man.
Thank you. You need to hear this more often, but in this time of world-wide crisis more than ever, I want to say thank you.
And please, please take care of yourselves.
Hear, hear. As I sit in isolation with my kids and wife, I think about those who are waging battle for our safety. I want you to know how grateful we are. God bless you.
Thanks guys for the well wishes and support. I will admit it gets to be long days sometimes as work a full shift or more then come home and help my kids with school work since the schools are closed. My wife is awesome and is at home with my girls which is a blessing as we don’t have to worry about someone watching them during the day. However she is more artistic and I am more scientific so any science questions wait till I get home.
I hope all of you are safe and healthy and can make the best of this situation.
I'm a lawyer and my wife is the scientist, but she's far and away the bigger breadwinner, so here I am at home essentially homeschooling my kids. Luckily, they're bright and I love teaching so we're actually having a pretty good time doing what we do every day anyway (learn), just for more hours out of the day.
My kids are 5 & 6 and I'm amazed about what they know about computers and I'm gratified by their growing knowledge of astronomy, geography, geology and mathematics.
Anyway, I'm also chief cook and bottle washer around here, so...new career.
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I would find it helpful if the pics from the paizo site could be used on the combat map. Helgash and Greta are represented by different tiles. I think I know who they are but I'm not sure. Would help with tactical planning. I'm assuming the wild looking screaming person is Greta and Helgash is the armored man holding a glaive. Is that right?
Lol baub you are right. Those were the original icons but Helgash switched his a while back and I never thought to update my files. I will do that tonight. Sorry for the confusion.
Cat holds potion in mouth
Throw cat
Catbreaks bottle on Cyn and heals him
No as the orc bloodline says +1 per damage die and touch of idiocy says it applies a penalty not damage. Yes you can see him
If there was ever a time for a crit by Greta now would be it. A crit would finish him off!
Also I noticed on Jetro’s attacks that he did not include bless from Helgash. Every +1 helps and if Jetro hadn’t rolled 8 attack rolls under a 11 he would be dead by now.
The good news is that should Yrax be killed before all of you are killed off you will level up and be at the end of the book. Also as he is a dragon with a dragon hoard I am wanting to customize the loot you find. Any suggestions you would like to make for you character?
The entire hoard is massive in value so everyone can choose up to 20k gp they would like and the rest will be in misc items, goods, gems and coins.
Raise dead scrolls? :-p
More or less in descending order of desirability:
Spellguard Bracers - 2,500 gp
Headband of Inspired Wisdom +4 - 8,000 gp
Rod of Metamagic Extend - 5,500 gp
Mirror of Guarding Reflections - 7,000gp
Pyxes of Redirected Focus - 1,000 gp
Lesser Echoing Rod - 7,000 gp
Dusty Rose prism ioun stone - 5,000 gp
A luckstone - 20,000 gp
Other things on Cynehelm's List:
Strand of Prayer Beads - 45,800 gp
Echoing Rod - 27,000 gp
I wish I had such a well thought out list of items in my head for Helgash.
We still need to survive though.
Meta gaming talk in this regard is fine. It isn’t even meta gaming really as it is taking about your own abilities. Also want to clarify a few things...
1) Yrax is 15 feet up in the air. That means he does threaten those characters directly below him or adjacent with his bite. So as long as you are not right below him or adjacent to him he would not get his full attacks on someone.
2) That being the case you would have to be either directly below him if adjacent to him to use burning hands as it is 15ft cone.
3) You are currently prone as you went unconscious.
4) This is my only hint for you as a group but I believe that Duardlara has the ability to kill Yrax next time as long as she doesn’t roll a 1 to hit or all 1’s on her damage dice.
5) Granted Greta and Jetro might be dead by then with all of his attacks
Yeah that is the bugger. Anything without sr is nice right about now.
Round hole, square peg!
What's Duardlara's health status?
I believe she is close to 90%healthy. If she took a hit it was th first round when the guards went.
Also I am fine with others offering suggestion in the discussion thread to others. Sometimes we all overlook something in our characters as time goes on. Like Helgash suggesting the ranged legerdemain ability. Perfect!
Duardlara's health is good, Cynehelm. I believe I have a couple of opportunities to damage the dragon, but the hint makes it clear which one Variel thinks is going to be the most effective...
You haven't reckoned with my impervious cluelessness! But here goes!
I did say this build was broken and it's all built towards this one spell. I again offer to make something less broken!
Okay, here goes:
1) Cynehelm is a 10th level cleric with the Fire domain, and that gets him 10d6 from a fireball.
2) He has Spell Specialization for fireball, which means he is effectively 12th level when casting fireball.
3) He has Varisian Tattoo, which gives him +1 level for evocation spells, making him effectively 13th level when casting fireball.
4) He has Domain Secret from his Theologian archetype, which gives him a free Intensified Spell on his fireball spells. That lets him cast a 13d6 fireball. By the way, that will eventually increase to a 15d6 fireball.
5) He has Empower Spell, which states "All variable, numeric effects of an empowered spell are increased by half including bonuses to those dice rolls.".
6) 13x1.5=19.5, rounded down to 19d6.
7) He also has Magical Lineage (fireball) and Wayang Spell Hunter (fireball) which combined allow him to cast an Empowered fireball as a 3rd level spell.
8) He is also a level 1 crossblooded, wildblooded sorcerer, which gives him +2 damage per die of fire.
So, Cynehelm casts Intensified Empowered Fireball as (13d6+26)*1.5 = 19d6+38.
I was with you up to the empower spell. I always took that as you increased the result of the variable numeric effects not the actual number of dice. Instead of (13*1.5)d6 I have it as (13d6)*1.5
I will have to look to see if there is any clarification on that.
Don’t worry Cynehelm they are not getting hit by the fireball. More of a huge dragon crashing down above them. Once I get Greta save I will get the recap going.
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All variable, numeric effects of an empowered spell are increased by half including bonuses to those dice rolls.
13d6*1.5 will give you a greater chance of getting higher results. You still end up with an extremely powerful fireball but just multiplying will increase damage typically. The bonus dmg still gets multiplied so you don't eliminate that increase either.
The build can be a little over the top but if it were a red dragon, it would serve you little.
I agree that the math is basically the same. I am not disagreeing or saying it is wrong. Just when I saw the 19d6 I couldn’t figure out how you came up with it.
I actually built the character to show a friend why we needed a Second Edition...
So the ironic thing about this book is that you are suppose to clear out 2-3 rooms in the complex and then level up to 12. Once you defeat Yrax you are to level to 13.
Since you took the ‘diplomatic’ approach you effectively have completed the book. Effectively you level to 12 th after defeating Yrax and over the next 2-3 while cataloging the treasure you clear out the rest and get to 13. I am not going to make you all clear everything else out though as there is no real story arc in there just a slog of xp.
So double ding for level up!!
You are 13th level and thus if someone wants to take leadership feat Cesseer is available.
As for items just let me know in the discussion thread what you ‘find’ in the dragon hoard up to a total of 20,000gp. I will also post a sampling of other items you find in the loot.
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I essentially want to find a cache of wands and a few other items.
desired items
wand of endure elements 750
wand of air bubble 750
wand of detect secret doors 750
wand of gravity bow 750
Mind sentinel medallion 3500
Cloak of resistance +3 9000
Iron spike of safe passage 2000
Campfire bead 720
wand of read weather 750
Sounds good Baub!
I think I found my request. I would like to get a pair of sniper goggles, which costs 20000 gp.
I have had exactly 0 time to level up so far.
Just looked those up. Nice choice Duardlara!
I confess to having done some research...
I will go through some of my back posts - I think I have a lot of 'wished for' stuff there.
Let me see what I can find.
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Shooting for utility with the wands while using my spells primarily for buffs or damage. I thought gravity bow would be handy for our archers as it increases 1d8 to 2d6.
As for my spells, I have communal stoneskin, the only trouble is I must be touching everyone who I want to give it to. Perhaps an opening spell if those who would like it can stay next to me until I cast. It splits duration, not strength, so you will end up with DR 10/adamantine with 130 HPs.
I also took Fickle Winds which I can give to everyone in the group as long as you are within 30'. It will block all medium missiles such as arrows and thrown knives. Then of course I have haste.
My basic intent against groups will be to buff the team and then hammer the baddies with chain lightning (14 targets total). Against a primary individual, I will buff the team and then devastate its saves before I use some damaging spells.
I wanted to throw these ideas out to start building some tactics that best fit our strengths. Although I can just throw damage causing spells, Cynehelm really has that locked up. Besides, if I can buff everyone it may be just as useful as clobbering the enemy.
Gravity bow is a self only spell so it would work just for you although Duardlara could activate the wand herself.