West coast, so just nice sunshine for me.
Skeribar reeks of slyness. But none of us seem able to pierce his deceits!
I'm in SW Virginia's Blue Ridge, not the coast; but one our DMs in another campaign is in Wilmington, NC. Or was, think he and his family have departed for sanctuary in Florida.
Hopefully ye all will be safe.
be safe Rurik. looks like its changed course for the western carolina.
Cheers, and you as well. We're high up in the mountains. I think we're going to get a lot of rain, but that should be all. Worst case I'm guessing we might lose power for a day or two. Fingers crossed.
If it's just rain, our ducks should enjoy it. The chickens, not so much.
So what next? Out into the field? Any stops in town?
Hey guys, I've had an unexpected amount of down time these past 24 hours or so, which may evaporate quickly come tomorrow. As such, I'm posting a whole bunch right now, but please don't think I plan to keep hogging up the thread.
I say, post as much as you want when you have the time/inclination. That's what keeps games moving.
So long as it makes sense in universe, I'm all for more posting.
paizo offloaded the prd. meh. can i do knowledge checks wihtout training?
not generally.
You can make untrained knowledge checks up to DC 10. Only bardic knowledge or similar abilities allow higher.
Thats why I made sure Iyon had a rank in each knowledge skill.
Busy work day leading into weekend. I may not be able to submit a GM post until Monday.
Cheers for the heads up.
Hopefully all are okay, given weather etc.
So far so good here!
this is a hilarious encounter.
My house has about a 50/50 chance of flooding from the creek behind. Sandbagged it today. Don't know if it will help.
That...that is brilliant. :D
I know that casting "detect evil" on an undead creature seems like a waste of time because "undead are evil"... but ... most undead aren't welcome members of a community either
Oh probably, but it makes sense here I think.
how fast the minds and mouths of the hero and heroine!
The usual ghast does something like this:
Ghasts exude an overwhelming stink of death and corruption in a 10-foot radius. Those within the stench must succeed at a DC 15 Fortitude save, or be sickened for 1d6+4 minutes.
It doesn't seem that is happening. Is this enough for Ammonis to glean some information about the nature of Griswald from his brethren, given his knowledge of ghasts?
Sorry for the meta.
It's a good question in fairness. Those experienced with fighting undead should realise if someone isn't normal. Well, as normal for the living dead. ;)
nice pun Ammonis!
thanks Ulave.
Any of these spells as scrolls available for purchase?
At the emporium, there's a 75% chance of finding any item valued at 1,300 gp or lower. Prices are standard, though a DC 25 Diplomacy or Intimidate check reduces the price to 75%.
So for items costing up to 1,300gp, roll 1d100. If you roll 26 or higher, the item is found and can be bought. If you roll 1-25, the item isn't found in the emporium. Items costing greater than 1,300gp are not for sale.
The cost of items is the same, but sellers will only accept iron bits. So a 50gp weapon costs 50 iron bits (effectively 250gp). With a DC 25 Diplomacy roll, you can haggle the price down to 75%. So that 50gp weapon then costs 37.5 iron bits (or 187.5 gp).
ulave's +15 diplomacy roll might have been quite beneficial. too bad he's so up tight.
Ouch!
its a gamble of course, but you could always try to convince him to negotiate the price. better catch him. he's heading out to look for a lich!
I find this settlement... confusing in several ways.
I suspect more than one group has set out to construct a rival settlement to run this one into oblivion. Or just set fire to it.
Hopefully they pay equally well for things... otherwise lets face it when we hit level seven we'll just end up avoiding this place and teleporting out of the area to trade. That'd be a shame, it's got character and a degree of charm in a twisted way.
I look forward to suitably staggering rewards.
i am assuming that the wastes are too dangerous for settlement without a substantial and powerful group of individuals.
Teleport could ruin some of its flavor..and as far as we are out in the wastes, hard to imagine something not within 700 miles.
Of course, teleportation errors in the wastes may be particularly dangerous.
The "teleport to Bard's Gate" tactic has been used by many a group looking to circumvent the inhospitable economics of The Camp.
Of course, gaining favor with the Usurer in some way might do wonders with the conversion rate and emporium prices you're currently facing...
Good luck with gaining favor with the Usurer. Our "face" is a paladin.
Perhaps Ammonis should set up a shop and earn iron directly :)
Agyen has good charisma. Pity about the penalty to all charisma tests besides intimidate. ;)
Not only does Ammonis have a poor charisma, he took a drawback trait that affects his diplomacy rolls (-4) with law abiding citizens..Now RAW, that drawback only applied to the land in which he had been convicted of a crime, which was wherever Ammonis come from...However, that feels like cheese...So should probably effect him even here in the camp, or perhaps half as much.
We can interpret "law abiding citizens" to mean NPCs with a lawful alignment.
Also, nice roleplay with the scrolls, Ammonis :).
So help me out folks--where is the group headed now, collectively or separately? Are we done shopping at the overpriced emporium? Heading out into the Desolation? If so...
(A) Into the Dead Fields
(B) The Road North
(C) Into the Ashen Waste
(D) Other?
Once teleportation starts happening, he planned to go back in disguise. Probably will be dead by then anyway :)
It may be boring, but I think the plan is:
1)Convince Ulave to negotiate a price for the tiny hut scroll (because going into the wastes without shelter is suicide)
2)See if we can get enough iron together to pay for it
3)Ammonis will spend time transferring the spell to his spellbook.
Is everyone ok with that? Can we come up with 375 iron (or less if with Ulave's support maybe)?
I'm game for that plan Ammonis.
I would add that it might be worth us approaching the Usurer and politely asking if there are any other tasks that we could do for him, so as to earn some iron bits or credit before we leave. It might be worth a shot to shave off some cost.
I am up for giving it a go.... if not, you know fire will solve all our problems?
not exactly cheese if its a reputation effect, actually.
i like the plan, well enough.
not sure what it will take to get Ulave to agree to go back to the market.
i wonder how much iron i can get for holy water
1. It would be cheese if my drawback never hurt me because I never had to interact with people in that land, while getting the benefit of the additional trait in the wastes. I'm happy for Ammoni's evil reputation to precede him into the wastes. He'll try to stay in the back and let other do the face time, perhaps even disguising myself when necessary.
2. Holy waters, potions, etc, will fetch as much as it costs to make, per the rules for PCs :) Does it make sense? No. But it is these rules which prevent us from getting rich and breaking PF.
3. Are you gonna make us roleplay it out? Can we not say that Ulave agreed that leaving before preparation was foolish, that his lady has no wish for him to die from the elements, and that the shop was not evil, so chill out?
Are you gonna make us roleplay it out? Can we not say that Ulave agreed that leaving before preparation was foolish, that his lady has no wish for him to die from the elements, and that the shop was not evil, so chill out?
Of course, but that's really up to Ulave.
:) I meant it to Ulave. Actually I don't mind roleplaying it, just that if people want to start exploring, I didn't want to slow the game down.
My mistake!