Wrath of the Righteous- Beer and Pretzels (Inactive)

Game Master drbuzzard

here for you to yammer

Howdy mates! Not much to add except that I came here to chew justice and uphold the bubblegum, and I ran out of...

Nevermind.

Greetings all! Thanks for the selection drbuzzard.

Hello all. Thanks for the invite drbuzzard.

Outstanding! Let's finish a book or two in 2017!

OK, don't know how many of you folks have read the players guide, but you're a bunch of meaningless lowbies at a festival in Kenabres which is a city on the border of the Worldwound.

There's a big festival there once a year, and you are all eager beavers attending the festival with no idea that the shoe is going to drop.

Given that it is a city near the Worldwound, it is a reasonable assumption that you have all your gear on you. In this particular town, things can go to hell (well the Abyss) at any time.

Oh, and fair warning, this module can be very railroady at times, and you are now embarking from the station.

In theory I'm supposed to do introductions before dumping on you, but I figure we might as well get right to the action. It's not like we're here to do anything but be murder hobos (but righteous murder hobos who want to save the world) anyway.

For those not familiar with my GMing style, I have players roll their own initiative as a way of checking in so I know everyone is present for a combat.

Also, on the post per day subject, I am a real stickler for this unless you warn me that you will be away. You get one free pass, then I will look to rub out your character and replace them. This is not done because I'm an evil bastard (well not mostly), but rather because if a PBP game doesn't keep moving, it dies. I've seen this AP die too many times, and I won't let this one die.

Great, now I am stuck with the mental image of buzzard's avatar holding a bleeding physical representation of the AP while yelling DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON ME

"ADRENALIN AND DIFIBRILATOR STAT!"

Are we rolling for initiative?

Not yet. I'm being sneaky.

Also, on the post per day subject, I am a real stickler for this unless you warn me that you will be away. You get one free pass, then I will look to rub out your character and replace them. This is not done because I'm an evil bastard (well not mostly), but rather because if a PBP game doesn't keep moving, it dies. I've seen this AP die too many times, and I won't let this one die.

I completely agree.

One other thing to note, I pretty much do group initiative, as in Group that beat monster's init, and group did not beat monster's init. Rather moot this combat.

I tend to group all monsters together for simplicity (and likely cheat by using their best bonus).

BTW, what is the CL on the Dragon Scales?

19, so it is 30 resistance

19 minutes of Alter Self

I'm just going to add the gear from the adventurer's backpack we found to my character sheet.

I've been thinking about Marcus, his style and whatnot and I may end getting the full Grappling chain.

This has lead me to a question that the Core Rulebook couldn't -or didn't want, the cheeky bastard- answer: how does Grapple and manacles combine?

I mean, can you use grapple to shackle a pinned target? And what if I use manacles to shackle a guy.... to myself? What would be the modifiers/conditions/and whatnot.

Once they are pinned, they can be shackled.

Now as for shackling them to you, I'm not sure how that would be treated, I suppose it means they are stuck within 5' and can only use 1 handed weapons.

I, for one, support Marcus shackling himself a giant roach.

After it's dead, you can use the carcass like a giant, improvised flail.

To be honest, this thing came up to my mind a couple minutes ago when I thought "I should totally take a snake and strangle the other with it. Or tie it. Or tie them both. Or strangle one with the other."

Tie their tail ends together or try grab it and blow it up like a balloon in Shrek

You can overcome the improvised weapon penalties by taking Weapon Focus: Cockroach

I will freely admit that I should have dropped my greataxe and pulled a dagger to use somewhere in the Mamushka-fest.

I could have just stabbed it to death instead of breaking grapple each turn.

At some point during a showdown with a BBEG, I will recall regretfully wasting that critical on a dark mantle at level 1.

I will volunteer to maintain a loot spreadsheet.

WotR Loot

I'm of the opinion that if you want and can use a potion/scroll that you just say so and take it off the sheet.

Same thing really for non-magic gear. We keep anything valuable or potentially useful (which is just about everything right now) until someone wants to claim it.

We should keep track of more expensive/permanent items as we go so that we can keep up with some sort of equitable distribution.

Thoughts?

Aside: I vote that whoever has the worst saves takes that cloak of resistance.

Actually it is likely I will just some some measure of my usual WBL trick so tracking stuff will be fairly moot (though useful for expendables between levels and such)

If no-one will be a greedy bastard, it falls on me to be the one.

Calling dibs on the cloak. Being a fighter ain't easy -as you have seen on this fight. Curse thee will saves-

Also, hello Power Attack. I've missed you.

Do we roll hp? If so

hp: 1d8 ⇒ 6

+1 bab, Fort and Will saves.

+1 lvl 1 spell/day
+3 init
Track and detect alignment

I generally use 1/2 of max+1.

People can roll I suppose if they want, but if you get a suck roll you take it.

Lurker been lurking.

So Molitor is Vogon? Ode' to a little lump I found under my arm.

Let me know when everyone is leveled up and I will proceed along to the next railroad station.

I'm leveled.
If no one else claims them, Xandarian will claim the statue and the brooch.

Starting an art gallery?

i'm done and I used the 1/2 of max+1 for HP.

Starting an art gallery?

Xandarian appreciates art when he sees it, also the bat brooch looks wicked cool!

I'm a ski trip at the moment and posting when I'm back at my room. Since I'm here to be inebriated and ski (often both), that room time can be a bit rare.

I am working on updating as I can.

Bah! enjoy your trip.. post more when Beer and skiing are less.

Yeah, enjoy yourself! And through Cayden Cailean's blessing, may the hangover pass you by!

ok, so Molitor might need saving.

I'm not sure why, but Gameplay seems bugged for me. Hitting submit only previews my post...

While I try to figure out the hell is going on, I rolled a 11 so I go after the baddies.

Init: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

I suggest that to keep things moving at a swifter pace, drbuzzard rolls all our initiatives at once, and we abide by those rolls.

I've suggested this myself, but DrBuzzard advised he likes it that way as it is a check for who is paying attention to the game.

Yes, I have mentioned it before because people love to suggest that in every game I run. It does no good to roll initiative just to hang waiting for someone to act.

It is particularly odd that one has time to comment on how I run initiative without actually rolling it.

So you know, I am banning Ancestral Scorn, the feat. I just saw it in action in PFS and it is broken as hell.

I didn't even know it existed.. but that and Cornugon smash and hurtful.. yup broken..

The guy at my table had optimized his intimidate (11th level character) to be +34. He could auto lockdown things with no trouble at all.

There is a website bug that is not showing new posts. They are working on it. I don't think it will be fixed until tomorrow. They have a fix but didn't want to launch it right before going home.

Here is the thread I have been reading regarding this.

I'll be away and have spotty posting from Thursday the 13th (+8 GMT) until Tuesday the 18th.

We're going to have a hiatus till Sunday as I will be on a trip till then. I don't expect to have much time on the internet, and won't have a laptop handy to post.

We will resume your lowbrow humor and murder hobo activities then.