GM Lorenzo's #8-99C: The Solstice Scar (Tier 7-8) PbP Gameday VII (Inactive)

Game Master Lawrence Smith 2

Just checking in. It looks like we can get back to playing... hopefully.

Larry- I missed my Saving Throw. Alexander should have 14 damage (-14).

A ghostly figure rushes through the area, dropping off a token that may be of some assistance.

***Token #3***

Passing Aid Token to: GM_lorenzo
Current Boosts: None

Folks, Token #3 is Timely Inspiration:

Effects: Gain inspire courage for 3 rounds
To Boost: Expend 3 rounds of bardic performance
Boosted Effects: Increase the bonus from the inspire courage by +1

Let's quickly use it, boost it, or pass it on.

Please let me know your vote here in the Discussion forum.

Traveling all day with wife and baby. Likely will not be able to post until sometime tomorrow. Please bot as needed. Thanks and should be about to return to a more normal posting schedule (assuming the site cooperates). Thanks for your understanding.

I'm fine using it.

Let’s use it!

Folks, please help me understand your actions, buffs, etc by including a little more info either with hyper links or, if you must, with some brief ooc text.

I'm not as familiar with all your PC's capabilities as you are. It slows down my ability to post quickly when I have to take the time to search for the info myself.

Much appreciated.

So how confident are we that we can beat the rest of the tables at the Fey Social encounter if we go that route? :3

Otherwise, I am up for more violence.

Beating the other tables is not an issue. One vote for hack-and-slash. We'll go with the Rule of Two...

I'll vote for the social encounter.

Rule of Two

The votes so far:
Murder Hobo - 1 (ask Enzial to lead you to the kobolds' and dragons' lair). Eldritch
Social - 1 (appeal for the fey court's aid). Valoria

Next vote will decide the matter...

I'll vote Social. - Undy

GM Lorenzo wrote:

Valoria (-19)

Arazni (-19; shaken)

BTW these damage totals are incorrect. The dragon did 24 points of cold damage. Valoria and Arazni both failed their saving throws. Valoria has cold resistance 4, and Arazni has cold resistance 10. So Valoria has taken 20 damage and Arazni has taken 14 damage.

Thanks, Valoria.

It's very helpful when the players include this sort of information in their posts. It helps keep things accurate and saves the GM a ton of time and frustration hunting things down in the half-dozen assorted character sheets.

Time isn't a huge issue in regular PbP play, but in a Special, anything the players can do to help make the GM's job a little easier really helps us maintain a quick pace.

@Tessara, it took me a moment to glean the intent of your question, but eventually I figured it out.
I'd meant to have the dragon breathe, catching the clustered party in its AoE, and then move out of Alexander's reach. But in all the typing and math and double-checks, I realize my text had him move first and breathe afterward.

So, yes, Tessara was just outside the AoE.

@Everyone, please don't hesitate to be direct or worry about sparing my feelings. I spent 27+ years in the Army. Whatever feelings I have left, they can't be hurt by a mere question.

Now, if I'd spent that time in the Air Force, I'd probably break down sobbing, looking for my service ferret and calling my mom.

Just kidding, of course.

Just to let everyone know, I am in North Carolina so I may lose power/internet due to the hurricane which is bearing down on us. If I go radio silent that is the most likely cause.

Be safe.

Best of luck!

Take care, get lots of bread and milk!

Hope it all passss without too much damage.

Be careful, Valoria. Old college buddy lives 15 minutes from expected landfall and has already evacuated. Take care.

Mother Nature is undefeated.

I'm in the middle of the state, so hopefully we don't get too much damage.

Player Boons

Let's take advantage of the short breather to roll for Player Boons.

Roll 1d20 for your player boon. A 19 or a 20 wins a boon. If you win, roll a d4 to determine which one you get.

1d20 ⇒ 9 None for GM Lorenzo this time.

Boon roll: 1d20 ⇒ 9

boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 6

BOON: 1d20 ⇒ 2

Boon 1d20 ⇒ 3

Booning!: 1d20 ⇒ 6

Boon Roll: 1d20 ⇒ 13

GM, please also note the errata for this encounter posted by John Compton in the product discussion thread.

Larry- it wasn't clear and I don't want to nit-pick but when another character makes a Knowledge Check (against a creature), are you hand-waving that they also tell the party the Type and Sub-type?

Yeah, I did that, putting their results of the Knowledge checks in bold text quotes, as if they'd spoken aloud what they know.

Everyone, if your PC would not share info, let me know and I'll put your info in spoilers for your PC only.

Since this is a Special, I'm trying to do what I can to keep a fast pace, otherwise you'll run out of time to finish encounters.

Everyone, please post as often as you can. Once per day, is the usual standard, but it doesn't really cut it in a PbP Special.

Valoria, please help me understand how the Bodyguard's Aid Another action grants a +5 bonus to Arazni's AC. Searching through your character sheet, I see how it gets increased from a +2 to a +4 bonus, but I can't seem to figure out where the additional +1 comes from.

The aid allies ability of Order of the Dragon increases the base aid another from +2 to +3, the Honor Guard archetype intercept ability increases it by 1 from +3 to +4, and my benevolent armor increases it by 1 more from +4 to +5.

Cool. Missed the armor's effect.

***Token #3***

Passing Aid token to: GM Lorenzo
Current Boosts: Allied Offensive, Burst of Healing (Mun)

Just wanted to offer some more friendly encouragement to post as frequently as possible when playing in a Special.

The set-up for this next encounter is somewhat complex. Almost done, so please continue to check in. I'll post in Gameplay shortly.

I say we use the boosted allied offensive aid

Hello Pathfinders! Please be sure to use and pass your aid token quickly.

@GM Dennis,
Valoria wants to hang onto it. No other player has responded yet.

The aid tokens work best when they are circulating quickly. I encourage you to use it or pass it quickly, since we are rapidly approaching the end of this scenario.

GM used it to heal the party. Passing it along now.

Just Clarifying Attack bonuses vs. Red Fury:

Base: +5 (base) +4 (Str) -2 (PA) +1 Magic +2 Studied Strike +1 Haste +2 Valoria's Sword.

Looks like +15 is as good as it gets.

We await the concluding announcement from the Overseer GM.

Feel free to continue posting in Gameplay if you'd like to carry out some more role-playing.

In the meantime, if there's anything you'd like me to annotate on your Chronicle sheets, please let me know.

I'll post a link here in the Discussion thread, where you can access them shortly after the Overseer GM tells us we're done.

Thanks for running! This was quite the whirlwind and very fun!

Yes, thank you!

Are you going to roll for our boons, or would you like us to do that?

Everyone already rolled for boons September 11-12.

If anyone wishes to slow track, please let me know.

I've reported the session to the PbP Gameday VII organizers, who will report the session to Paizo.

Everyone already rolled for boons September 11-12.

If anyone wishes to slow track, please let me know.

But that was so long ago...! (I had seriously forgotten).