War for the Crown with DM Vayelan

Game Master vayelan

Hope everyone had a great holidays!

I've put a link to the loot log into Chana's statline for now. If you want to Vayelan, you can put it in the Campaign's links up top as well. Might be more accessible that way.

Good idea, Chana. Thank you for putting this together.

Thanks Chana!

Well done, Chana. I'm very bad at keeping track of loot (apart from my own).

So what's the plan? Is it a trapped ceiling and we can, like, do something about it, or do we hafta get on our stomachs and crawl through the rat hole?

About how I'm expecting this to go.

If he initiates the fight, sure. I'm hopping though that I don't have to go "I'm a paladin and I can't condone mugging a merchant, even if he's a kobold."

I'm down and out with flu right now so it may be a couple of days before I post again. Please bot me as needed.

I'm down and out with flu right now so it may be a couple of days before I post again. Please bot me as needed.

Sorry to hear that, Amandine. I hope you feel better soon.

I'm down and out with flu right now so it may be a couple of days before I post again. Please bot me as needed.

Here's to hoping you have a swift recovery!

How interested are we in Mimip's wares? Even without the 20% markup, some of it's still expensive; Photinè can try dip or intimidate to get him to give them up, but I don't want to risk a fight if it's unnecessary.

Most of that stuff is useful. I'd prioritise them like this:

1. Potion of CLW (1-2 of these could be nice in case we run out of spells/abilities for heals)
2. Bracers of Armor (most of us are unarmoured right now, right? In the long run these would be good for Photine)
3. Potion of Barkskin (most of us are unarmoured at the moment)
4. Cloak of Resistance (just a darn good thing to have)
5. Potion of Jump (maybe we'll need it?)

I'm not interested in the Keen Senses, Remove Disease, or the Wand. Too situational I think.

I'm not too excited to pay 20% markup. We already have a few healing potions (see loot log), though we do need to split them up (they're all or almost all on Chana right now). And most of the rest is more nice-to-have.

Chana is fully armored right now (hide armor was OK at the Senate). I think some of the other folks are in their full level of armor as well.

I'll pass on buying anything.

I've assumed Amandine has her leather armor since there wasn't a light armor ban at the Gala. She's picked up a buckler since as well.

Considering the prices for the kobald's stuff, I think a couple of CLW potions is about as far as I'd be willing to go with purchases. It seems to me the thing we might find ourselves hurting for the most.

We might be able to get the wand of cure disease from Factor if we found we really needed it. After we use the key, we could trade it out for something else. I'm not sure it's worth the trouble of going all the way back though.

I'll get a post in tomorrow; the last few days have been unbelievably busy for me!

Hey all, I'd like to invite you to weigh in on a post I opened in recruitment about a Star Wars game I want to run, set in the Dark Times. The PCs would be rebel spies and/or terrorists, just trying to survive in an increasingly hostile galaxy. Prior experience or knowledge not required (in fact, as unlikely as it is to find anyone like this on a nerd site, the less someone knows about Star Wars the more likely I am to allow/want them to be or become a Jedi).

Link here.

It's just an interest check rn but I am likely to open recruitment soon and I love playing with y'all so I wanted to extend the invitation

Oh dang that is interesting. I'll definitely consider it, but I've never actually played a star wars game before and I don't know the rule system. I'm reading through the rulebook as we speak.

Neither prior knowledge of the system or Star Wars is required, it's going to be very rules light. I'll probably start a recruitment thread tomorrow, with the immediate hook and character submission requirements.

Neither prior knowledge of the system or Star Wars is required, it's going to be very rules light. I'll probably start a recruitment thread tomorrow, with the immediate hook and character submission requirements.

I will definitely dot the recruitment. Although I'm wary about overextending myself, I've been rewatching some Star Wars lately so I simply can't resist.

I find myself in a bind. On one hand, I don't want it to be too easy to see through the deception. On the other hand, I don't want to hold some kind of technicality against you.

After looking over the older Gameplay posts, I know that Olivia definitelty used Detect Evil on Zubari and the three nobles upon meeting them. However, I am not as clear on whether she kept it active upon meeting Gulbend.

As a compromise, considering how close Chana's Sense Motive came to overcoming his Bluff, I will say that Chana is suspicious about how quickly the normally obsequious halfling spoke up to quell the issue of a traitor in your midst.

Pshaw

Halflings can't be evil. No way. They're so cute and helpful.

Sorry to put you in a tough dilemma Vayelan!

Lol Olivia! That's what they want you to think!

In addition to the material rewards, here's one more for you:

Level Up! Welcome to level 3.

Yo! I'm sorry for having disappeared! I didn't see any updates for this game, so I just checked it now out of curiosity. Good job with not killing them all! Oliva approves

Level 3!

+11 HP, +1 BAB, +1 to Reflex and Will

My superstitious archetype starts being relevant, I gain a +1 to Initiative and +1 to AC during the surprise round.

Skills will go to Dip, K. Local, Perception, Background Skills will be Linguistics and P. Soldier (learning Draconic cause she heard it a bit down in the underground and she picks up languages really fast for a vapid idiot).

EDIT: Oh, and I'll be taking Extra Rage Power: Superstition for my feat. With my barbarian FCB (+1/3 to the Superstition Rage Power), it's worth +3 vs all spell saving throws, and will increase to +4 next level (but while raging I have to make saves against helpful spells also)

Woot!

I'll try to get leveled up this evening, back to Investigator!

A couple of quick questions, How are we doing HP again? Also I am clear to use the Fractional Base Bonus system from unchained for the multi-class right? I believe it was okay, but I don't have time to go searching for the posts right now.

Arcanist (Harrow Student) 3

+4 HP
+1 Fort
+1 Ref

8 Skill Ranks (2 base, 4 Int, 1 human, 1 fav class bonus)
Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate, Kn. Arcana, Kn. Local, Sense Motive, Spellcraft, UMD

2 Background
Appraise, Kn. Nobility

+1 1st level spell prepared
+1 1st level spell slot
+2 spells known (Ear Piercing Scream, Deja Vu)

Arcanist Exploit: Quick Study

Feat: Spell Focus (Enchantment)

Welcome back, Olivia!

Amandine - For HP, we are using the average for your hit die, rounded up.
As for the Fractional Base Bonus system, I'm not sure if we've discussed it before. I searched the Discussion history but couldn't find anything.
However, I will say that you're okay to use it.

While we are at Photine's can we take the time to learn about our new magic items/appraise our valuables? Also, can we retroactively have returned the keys to Factor 12 in exchange for either the boots or (if the keys each count as one item) the boots and battleaxe?

Druid (Swarm Monger) 3

+7 HP
+1 Ref
+1 BAB

5 Skill Ranks (4 base, 1 fav class bonus)
Climb, Kn. Nature ,Perception, Kn. Local, Sense Motive

2 Background
Handle Animal, Kn. Nobility

+2 2nd level spell slots!

Trackless step class feature

Feat: Dirty Fighting (I realized just right now that I have literally no idea what kind of strategy I'd like Chana to build for! So I'm picking something that will let her build towards bonuses on combat maneuvers. Maybe that's a good idea. Who knows :>)

Paladin (Shining Knight) 3

+8hp
+1 Ref
+1 BAB

5 Skill Ranks (2 base, 1 int, 1 human, 1 favoured)
Heal, Religion, Perception x2, Sense Motvie
Background
History, Nobility

Aura of Courage. Immune to fear. Allies get +4 on saves vs fear if within 10ft
Mercy - Fatigued
Skilled Rider (replaces Divine Health) does not apply armour check penalties when using the ride skill, all mounts benefit from divine grace

Feat: Hands of Valor - Once per day when you use lay on hands, you can also imbue that ally with valor. In addition to the normal effects of your lay on hands, the targeted ally gains a sacred bonus on attack rolls and on saves against fear effects equal to your Charisma bonus (minimum +1) for 1 minute. (+2 for Olivia)

While we are at Photine's can we take the time to learn about our new magic items/appraise our valuables? Also, can we retroactively have returned the keys to Factor 12 in exchange for either the boots or (if the keys each count as one item) the boots and battleaxe?

Yes to identifying and appraising items, but I'm going to have to say "no" on returning to Factor 12. The party and its wards were in too much of a hurry to escape to justify that backtracking.

It's been a very busy few days and I'm not quite finished leveling up. Hopefully by the end of today...

A question for Photine: Amandine is getting a new 0 level spell and I'm wondering if it would help you if Amandine takes Lullaby? Do you plan on using Sleep much?

I'd say probably not; they are great in combo but Sleep will only be useful for a little while longer (if that) so I'll likely be using other spells in greater frequency.

What would be the common punishment for worshipping this evil God? We could probably claim attempted murder. Is there anything other offense we could pin on them with reasonable certainty?

Level 3 (Investigator 2)

HP +8
BAB +1
WILL +1

Psychic Meddler: +1 vs. Psychic spells & SLAs

Feat: Fencing Grace

New Spells: 0/Stabilize 1/Heightened Awareness

Skills: +1 Acrobatics, Climb, Bluff, Diplomacy, Disable Device, K Local, Perception, Sense Motive, Stealth.

Background Skills: +2 Courtesan (We'll keep things polite and euphemistic)

Ouch! If Amandine didn't get that door open on a 27, we might have a problem. Going higher than that with a +10 DD isn't going to be easy, and I don't think she can try it with her trait again. There might be some ambiguity about whether it means a single roll or a single check, but I'm not going to hold my breath that the key just happens to work in a different door instead of this one. :/

Here and ready for the charge of JUSTICE!!

Considering that this unique enemy, Mr. Smiles III, based upon his description in the AP book, is essentially a knock-off of the Joker, this battle is really shaping up to be a Batman-esque warehouse fight.

Mmmm I probably couldn't have charged there, since I moved diagonally, sorry bout that!

For awareness: I'll be traveling on business for the next two weeks (until the 24th). While I expect to be able to post, I may have less time and energy to do so. I'll do my best to keep up, but feel free to bot me as needed.

My spirit attack only crits on a natural 20, ignore that second roll, I misread the 15+5=20 as a 20.

Vayelan: Here's a question for you. Amandine is carrying several smoke pellets at this point. She has Telekinetic Projectile. It lets Amandine propel objects as ranged attacks and lists a max weight of the object used as 5 lbs., no minimum weight is given.

Can she use a smoke pellet as a projectile, doing the damage from a hit as usual, and getting the smoke effect from a pellet as well?

Vayelan: Here's a question for you. Amandine is carrying several smoke pellets at this point. She has Telekinetic Projectile. It lets Amandine propel objects as ranged attacks and lists a max weight of the object used as 5 lbs., no minimum weight is given.

Can she use a smoke pellet as a projectile, doing the damage from a hit as usual, and getting the smoke effect from a pellet as well?

I will say that you can do this, using paintballs as a real-life point of reference.

Olivia doesn't have a shield. Just good armour and a little Dex.

I saw a heavy steel shield crossed off on your equipment list, so I wasn't sure if you had picked it up after the Gala. I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt and assumed you had it. Thank you for the correction.

Sorry, been busy IRL!

I vote we investigate the room to the south of the entrance, as it's the only remaining spot we haven't investigated to my knowledge. It also could lead us out of the underground without having to fight our way back through the cultists on top.

Sounds like a good plan to me Greenly.

Thanks for the list Chana!

Am I totally off or do we have a really big haul from book 1? I don't think I've seen any others deliver nearly this much. Rich peoples' dungeons really are different from regular peoples' dungeons.

Am I totally off or do we have a really big haul from book 1? I don't think I've seen any others deliver nearly this much. Rich peoples' dungeons really are different from regular peoples' dungeons.

Well, you're not wrong.

And on that note...welcome to Level 4!

Arcanist (Harrow Student) 4 !!

HP +3
BAB +1
Will +1

4th level ability score increase goes to Charisma.

8 skills (2 class+4 int+1 human+1 FCB)
Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate, Kn. Arcana, Kn. Local, Sense Motive, Spellcraft, UMD

2 background skills
Appraise, Kn. Nobility

2nd level spells!
+1 0-level spell prepared
+1 2nd level spell prepared
+3 2nd level spell slots

+2 spells known (Glitterdust, Touch of Idiocy)