Paladin 5, +9 to HP, +1 BAB, Divine Bond 1/Day (+1, lasts five minutes), Greater Weapon of the Chosen (roll with advantage when rolling just one attack roll), Skills: 1 each, Diplomacy, Intimidate, K. Planar, K. Religion, P. Soldier, P. Farmer.
Decided on Prophetic Visionary for Nime's feat. And I overspent by one skill point. So, only +1 on Knowledge (religion).
Spell Penetration is always good on spellcasters :) We WILL be facing SR at some point, more than once I imagine.
Yeah, but Nime doesn't spend a lot of time casting spells on the enemy. I think Prophetic Visionary really fits with her character and behavior.
And it's absolute not because I've been following a particular forum thread that essentially boiled down to ...
'If you're not making the most optimized build then you don't know how to play the game and you're doing it wrong.'
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Had a moment this weekend that tickled me. Was over at a friend's house for a FTF game. There was a visitor while we were playing and he began to expound on playing D&D back in the day with his wife as DM and was relaying typical gamer anecdotes.
He was in his late 70's.
I don't feel so old anymore. :) :) :)
Argh, improved bravery has a charisma requirement.
Weapon Versatility instead, I guess.
And it's absolute not because I've been following a particular forum thread that essentially boiled down to ...
'If you're not making the most optimized build then you don't know how to play the game and you're doing it wrong.'
And this is in obedience to the thread or in complete defiance? ;)
Let me know if there's anything else you want to do with the rest of the day. I'll advance the game tomorrow morning.
And this is in obedience to the thread or in complete defiance? ;)And it's absolute not because I've been following a particular forum thread that essentially boiled down to ...
'If you're not making the most optimized build then you don't know how to play the game and you're doing it wrong.'
How about complete indifference?
I think you know me well enough now to know how 'optimized' my characters are not. ;)
@Brainiac: re. Leadership. I've assumed I get a +1 leadership mod for 'special power' but nothing else, since I guess we're not famous enough for 'great reknown' yet?. Also got a -1 for different alignment so I'm on a score of 10 right now. That all sound kosher?
Sounds about right!
It will take me a while to write up the next post and it will be difficult on my tablet. It may not be till Monday when I can get to it. Sorry for the delay.
Ok, after the discussion in the other thread, would it be possible for Nime to craft a circlet of persuasion on the boat trip to Riddleport? Assuming, of course, that she purchases the requisite materials before we leave?
Yes, that's fine.
Happy to help. ;)
Shen grabbed a real handy haversack btw.
Whoa, I haven't been getting notifications from this thread, seems I've missed at least a week, wow. Give me a moment and I'll catch up.
1800 for Guards and Wards scroll. Theo you'll have to do this one.
25 per alarm - lets say 4 for round numbers.
Anything else we want to buy to defend the place?
... that she'll use the right seasoning? So do I.
Nime's thinking cajun. ;P
I can't take you anywhere can I?
Didn't we ... ?
Nope, you're right.
I will update here a little later this morning.
So apart from the guard captain we're ready to buckle down right?
Guards and Wards for all of floors 3, 4 and 5. Alarm spells at the bedroom doorway and the middle of the stairs on 2, 3, 4.
All windows closed and shuttered. Chimney in kitchen closed as well. Only real question is do we send someone (Shen? with invis and best perception?) to the roof in order to be our scout?
I can use Telepathic Bond twice to link us all mind to mind as well. (3 people per cast incl me, so me and two others if we're doing groups might work?)
Theo gets final say since he's casting but my suggestions would be...
Silent Image - Clegg's door and the corresponding ones on the lower floors so that its not too obvious what we've covered up.
Magic Mouth in middle of top two floor corridors? Should be a good verbal cue if they get in somehow and we don't know about it.
Stinking cloud in the real bedroom, and maybe the one below as well?
Suggestion on the vault door perhaps? 'Go down to the ground floor' or something like that?
I'm honestly pretty terrible at planning this sort of thing out, so I'll just go with whatever you guys suggest for this and play it off as Theo having a better head for this stuff than I do.
I'll still need to know where guards are posted. :)
Post all guards + captains at the southern door, then split us up into two groups for the other two? Rudrik + Nime and Theo in one, Callie, Shen and Ayavah in the other? That splits our healing and our tanks.
Shen will Bond with Nime and Theo I think.
With the axe beaks stashed somewhere else, anyone coming through the stable door still has to enter through the same hall the northern doors open on to. So there's really only two sets of doors to worry about.
Wanted to give everybody a heads up. I'm in Hurricane Dorian's potential path, but I work for a local news station so I'll likely be working 12-hour shifts starting in the next few days and throughout the week. Posting will likely be sporadic, especially if we lose power at home.
Stay safe Brainiac! :) Try not to have another kid if the power goes out. ;)
@Nime: true. Let's just lock the door from B12 outside and leave all the doors into B11 open, so that if some thing does happen we can see/hear it easily from the front door.
We can use B11 as a staging post for the guards as well.
(I've put Ayavah on the map, she's the one with the red box).
I'll offer up info for the guards and wards spell sometime tomorrow.
Agreed on alarm spells on all the stairs and the entrance to 21.
As far as guards and wards ...
6th level spell so 11th level caster giving us 200 sq ft x 11: 2200 sq. feet. or 88 5' squares, so yeah we can hit all the halls and stairs above the ground floor. The 'Lost Doors' effect can cover all the doors on the 3rd floor.
Picking a single effect from dancing lights, magic mouth, stinking cloud, gust of wind or suggestion, I agree that we should place a suggestion at the entrance to 22, 'go downstairs immediately'.
Lets do that then! :D
Shen, you can run Ayavah if you have her stats. She's in AP #100.
Yeah I've got her - just wanted to check either way. :)
I assume we have no line of effect outside the building?
You assume correctly, unless you open a window.
Still need actions for Ayavah and Rudrik.
Ayavah doesn't have much of use right now. Stone Shape is definitely her best party trick for this!
Just to be sure I'm looking at the map right; is Theo able to step away from the door he and Calendula are covering far enough to get line of sight on the cultists.
I may or may not have double-checked the range on a particular spell. :D
Yes you can do that.
I liked the whole 'defend the building' angle, but buying that Guards and Wards scroll really made life easier didn't it?
Only because certain NPCs failed their save. ;)
Was Shen correct in that the assault ceased once the half-drow was neutralized?
Yes, the attack is over.
I counted one dead, one charmed and one so nearly dead (slowed too) that it was a foregone conclusion :D
Do the melee fighters want any of the weapons particularly? If not we should pick for value, which I think are the +1 flaming weapons?
Following her normal pattern, Nime isn't interested in any of the items that Zincher is offering. If there's nothing there that anyone wants then we should take the most valuable and liquidate it. ;)
So what's our next stop?
Once Nime finishes pouting, that is.
You have an open invitation from Runelord Sorshen to visit her in Korvosa... :)
And now Shen is going to be the one pouting...
Weapons are all 8300 odd, so it doesn't matter much what we take. Maybe the paired flaming weapons? Either way its 8300 cash. :)
Anyone want to crunch the numbers on everything else?
I'm interested in none of 'em.
Nothing really draws me - the fire elemental gems maybe but that's about it.
Here's a breakdown. Feel free to point out anything anyone wants to keep.
potion of fly (x14) 750 gp ea : 10500 gp
+1 studded leather armor (x14) 1175 gp ea : 16450 gp
masterwork halberd (x14) 310 gp ea : 4340 gp
masterwork thieves tools (x14) 100 gp ea : 1400 gp
potion of cure moderate wounds (x2) 300 gp ea : 600 gp
+1 breastplate : 1350 gp
+1 anarchic halberd : 18310 gp
masterwork dagger (x4) 302 gp ea : 1208 gp
amulet of natural armor +1 : 2000 gp
belt of mighty constitution +2 : 4000 gp
+1 moderate fortification hide armor 16165 gp
Grand Total 75,723 gp
Sell Value 37,861.5
Shared (5 shares): 7,572.3 gp ea
As a note, Nime will take the potions of cure moderate wounds as part of her share.