Sorry for any confusion that might be caused by Shobijin Fairy Lora looking exactly like Algoral... lol... I made this avatar a few years back for my Postapocthulhu PBP campaign (they are little fairies who accompany Mosura/Mothra... blame the Japanese film makers lol...)
Lord Perpireen and Algoral both know the shobijin twins, Lora and Moll, both pixies who attend to the "goddess" of "Infant Island" (Honshu), Mosura, the colossal moth-like kaiju.
Lord Perpireen, I have taken some liberty with your backstory that I hope you won't mind: Lora and you had a tryst a few centuries ago, which ended amicably enough... She decided your wandering eye made her too jealous for a fey, and broke it off with you right before Samhain of 1174 AD...
Both Algoral and Lord Perpireen have reveled with these fairies many times over the centuries...
Sorry for killing off Zagathoth, but it made sense in game and out, and saves me from having to bot a character I didn't play from 1st level and therefore wouldn't do justice to...
Lord Perpireen and Algoral both know the shobijin twins, Lora and Moll, both pixies who attend to the "goddess" of "Infant Island" (Honshu), Mosura, the colossal moth-like kaiju.
Lord Perpireen, I have taken some liberty with your backstory that I hope you won't mind: Lora and you had a tryst a few centuries ago, which ended amicably enough... She decided your wandering eye made her too jealous for a fey, and broke it off with you right before Samhain of 1174 AD...
Both Algoral and Lord Perpireen have reveled with these fairies many times over the centuries...
I love it, great stuff, and Lord P is like that.
I love it, great stuff, and Lord P is like that.Lord Perpireen and Algoral both know the shobijin twins, Lora and Moll, both pixies who attend to the "goddess" of "Infant Island" (Honshu), Mosura, the colossal moth-like kaiju.
Lord Perpireen, I have taken some liberty with your backstory that I hope you won't mind: Lora and you had a tryst a few centuries ago, which ended amicably enough... She decided your wandering eye made her too jealous for a fey, and broke it off with you right before Samhain of 1174 AD...
Both Algoral and Lord Perpireen have reveled with these fairies many times over the centuries...
Hee hee! I thought you might get a kick out of it! :)
BTW, I notice some of you haven't leveled up to 9th yet. Just a reminder! ;)
Ok, writing in doggerel is certainly a challenge. I'll try not to make too many groaners.
Ok, writing in doggerel is certainly a challenge. I'll try not to make too many groaners.
Lol! A (and party XP) for effort! :)
Just to clarify (keeping up with info in a PBP is hard enough without time travel mixing things up), you have traveled to the night (Jan 8) right before the meteor lands in the Sea of Japan (morning of 9th), waking up Gojira, who then wakes up Mosura... So the shobijin fairies know nothing about what's about to happen...
I'd like to share with you all my ideas for how to proceed, and give you all a chance to give input.
After paying final respects and burying or cremating Zagathoth, I assume you will head straight to Kyoto City and try to integrate yourselves quietly as you plan for Fox's rescue. Because you arrived 2 weeks before Fox is teleported to the Shogun's court, you have plenty of time to make a plan and explore the city if you like...
However, the meteor is about to make things very interesting in Japan! Obviously, direct confrontation with a kaiju would be a TPK, but fortunaty, Gojira's path of destruction does not include Kyoto--he comes ashore nearer to Edo (medieval Tokyo), and after destroying Edo, he goes inland to awaken Mosura, which leads to a titanic clash that lasts for 5 hours before Mosura flees eastward toward the west coast of North America... The flooding from tsunami tidal waves will reach Kyoto, however, bringing with it a variety of aquatic monsters to swim through the flooded streets of Kyoto. This will give the PCs opportunities to earn XP and be heroes while they wait for Fox to arrive.
I am also considering the idea of having the Bythos Aeon show up and try to "fix" the time travel issue by projecting the PCs forward through time to the 23rd, a day after Fox is captured by the jorogumo... My reasons for this are twofold: 1.) It fixes any potential problems that might arise from the PCs time traveling; 2.) I wanted this to be a happy surprise, a Christmas present for Johann lol... But our friend Ogon Fox will be rejoining us soon! He wants to rebuild his character a little to make him more effective with the group, and we thought that the changes to his PC (he will likely lose spellcasting ability, as he is considering hunter or ranger, and I suggested slayer or ninja) would make more sense in game if he suffers some torments that change him in the Ghost Tower before he is rescued. So, try to act surprised when Fox joins us again! :)
Also, how does everyone feel about either a GM-ran healer (cleric or life oracle), or one of you making a second PC (healer) to run along with your main (someone only running 1 PC at the moment)?
Johann, I'm sorry I spoiled the surprise of Keante returning as Ogon Fox, but I thought giving you heads up so you can reconsider whether or not to take Leadership waa more important. Ogon Fox and you will always be each others free cohort, after all, including Boon of the Monkey King, so unless you still want a cohort and followers, that feat might be better spent? Although, imagine this for Johann taking Leadership: he gains Rumplestilskin as a gnome wizard cohort, and three little pigs (wereboars), three billygoats gruff (dire goats), or an intelligent egg golem with a compulsion to leap from great heights...
Or Rapunzel (elf tatterdemalion witch or unchained monk using her long magical hair as a spiked chain) as cohort! :0
The shobijin fairies, for those unfamiliar with the Japanese kaiju movies about Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan (lightning-spitting pteradactyl), Anguirus (spiky ankylosaur), are twin pixies charged with attending Mothra (Mosura), who is worshipped on Honshu Island as a goddess (goddess of Infant Island, another name for Honshu?).
They are as yet unaware that their ward, Mosura, is about to be awakened rather rudely by her old rival/foe/playmate Gojira (Godzilla), and go on a rampage! (Well, Gojira leads her around on a rampage and she tries to stop him from destroying Honshu Island by leading him away to the New World, where she hopes she can awaken Rodan at Mount Saint Helens and Anguirus in the Arizona desert, so the three kaiju can stop their "king" from destroying and rampaging...)
I wouldn't mind making healer/buff character. Solves my current issue of not having much to do with Habiba in combat (she only has the two aggressive spells, and no buffs).
I'll have an IC post up soon, been busy this week.
I wouldn't mind making healer/buff character. Solves my current issue of not having much to do with Habiba in combat (she only has the two aggressive spells, and no buffs).
I'll have an IC post up soon, been busy this week.
Yayy!!
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Johann, I'm sorry I spoiled the surprise of Keante returning as Ogon Fox, but I thought giving you heads up so you can reconsider whether or not to take Leadership waa more important. Ogon Fox and you will always be each others free cohort, after all, including Boon of the Monkey King, so unless you still want a cohort and followers, that feat might be better spent? Although, imagine this for Johann taking Leadership: he gains Rumplestilskin as a gnome wizard cohort, and three little pigs (wereboars), three billygoats gruff (dire goats), or an intelligent egg golem with a compulsion to leap from great heights...
Hee hee. I love all of these ideas. And super happy that Fox wants to come back.
But if Fox is coming back to play himself again, I don't really need the leadership feat. It is hard to run cohorts and give them the attention they deserve. I will be happy to pick something more standard.
Maybe the Fox would want to take a teammate feat with me at level 9. I'll PM him if I can come up with a good idea.
Yayy!!I wouldn't mind making healer/buff character. Solves my current issue of not having much to do with Habiba in combat (she only has the two aggressive spells, and no buffs).
I'll have an IC post up soon, been busy this week.
Current preliminary thoughts are some kind of Onmyoji, or a Buddhist monk looking for some adventure.
Perhaps a Shaman for the former, or simply a Cleric for the latter. If you allow 3rd party material I could also do some fun stuff with Path of War for the monk; Silver Crane Maneuvers allow for at-will healing on a completely martial character. So I could bring at-will buffing and healing in the form of a Warlord or Zealot or something, and heal the party by performing katas and buff in combat by shouting weirdly comforting Koans. Ooh, or a Knight Chandler Mystic with a similar Maneuver layout.
Yayy!!I wouldn't mind making healer/buff character. Solves my current issue of not having much to do with Habiba in combat (she only has the two aggressive spells, and no buffs).
I'll have an IC post up soon, been busy this week.
Current preliminary thoughts are some kind of Onmyoji, or a Buddhist monk looking for some adventure.
Perhaps a Shaman for the former, or simply a Cleric for the latter. If you allow 3rd party material I could also do some fun stuff with Path of War for the monk; Silver Crane Maneuvers allow for at-will healing on a completely martial character. So I could bring at-will buffing and healing in the form of a Warlord or Zealot or something, and heal the party by performing katas and buff in combat by shouting weirdly comforting Koans. Ooh, or a Knight Chandler Mystic with a similar Maneuver layout.
I don't allow 3rd party stuff, sorry, friend.
Hi all! I'm happy to be coming back! =)
I'll admit that the reason I wanted to re-build is just dissatisfaction with how the Fox played--I didn't enjoy the spellcasting, and I also didn't feel like the other stuff the Vigilante does was really being put to much use.
I think I have settled with a build as an Unchained Monk (dipping one level of Fighter because I really wanted to fit in another feat).
Here's the stat block that I have ready now:
The Ogon Fox (Toshio Okumura)
Male kitsune fighter (unarmed fighter) 1/unchained monk 8 (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 4 175, Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Combat 48, Pathfinder Unchained 14)
LG Medium humanoid (kitsune, shapechanger)
Init +2; Senses low-light vision; Perception +15
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Defense
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AC 20, touch 20, flat-footed 15 (+4 Dex, +1 dodge, +3 Wis, +2 monk)
hp 109 (9d10+19)
Fort +8, Ref +8, Will +6; +2 vs. enchantments
Defensive Abilities evasion; Immune disease
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft. (20 ft. in armor)
Melee unarmed strike +11/+11/+6 (1d10+2) or
. . cold iron dagger +11/+6 (1d4+2/19-20) or
. . bite +11 (1d4+3)
Special Attacks flurry of blows (unchained), stunning fist (8/day, DC 17), style strike
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Statistics
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Str 14, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 14, Wis 16, Cha 10
Base Atk +9; CMB +11; CMD 24
Feats Ally Shield, Combat Reflexes, Deflect Arrows, Dodge, Improved Unarmed Strike, Jabbing Dancer[ACG], Jabbing Master[ACG], Jabbing Style[ACG], Mobility, Power Attack, Stunning Fist
Skills Acrobatics +15 (+11 to jump), Artistry (musical composition) +12, Climb +7, Knowledge (history) +7, Knowledge (religion) +7, Linguistics +6, Perception +15, Perform (keyboard instruments) +10, Stealth +13, Swim +7; Racial Modifiers +2 Acrobatics
Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Dutch, English, Infernal, Japanese, Sylvan
SQ change shape, ki pool (7 points cold iron, magic, silver), ki powers (furious defense, insightful wisdom, ki metabolism), style strike (spin kick)
Combat Gear potion of cure serious wounds, potion of haste, scroll of detect secret doors, scroll of detect secret doors, scroll of magic weapon, scroll of magic weapon, scroll of obscuring mist, scroll of obscuring mist, alchemist's fire (4), alkali flask[APG] (4), holy water (2); Other Gear +1 mithral chain shirt, cold iron dagger, belt of incredible dexterity +4, cloak of resistance +2, headband of vast intelligence +4, lyre of building, pipes of sounding, grappling hook, masterwork organetto, portable ram, silk rope (50 ft.), 2,080 gp
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Special Abilities
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Ally Shield (teamwork) When adj to ally and targeted by atk, gain cover; if miss but would have hit w/o cover, attacker must re-roll with abettor as target.
Change Shape (Su) Assume a single human form.
Combat Reflexes (3 AoO/round) Can make extra attacks of opportunity/rd, and even when flat-footed.
Deflect Arrows (1/round) While have an empty hand, negate one ranged weapon hit you are aware of (unless from a massive weapon).
Evasion (Ex) If succeed on Reflex save for half dam, take none instead.
Flurry of Blows (Unchained) (Ex) As full-rd action, gain extra attacks with unarmed strike/monk weapons.
Furious Defense (Ex) As imm action, 1 ki to gain +4 AC until end of next turn.
Immunity to Disease You are immune to diseases.
Improved Unarmed Strike Unarmed strikes don't cause attacks of opportunity, and can be lethal.
Insightful Wisdom (Su) As an imm action, use 2 ki to allow ally in 30 ft to reroll att or save (must take new).
Jabbing Dancer While in jabbing style, when you hit with unarmed strike move 5' without provoking AoO.
Jabbing Style 2nd unarmed hit in round deals +2d6, 3rd+ deals +4d6.
Ki Metabolism (Su) While 1+ ki, 1/4 food, water, sleep needs, & hold breath longer. As move act, 1 ki to seem dead.
Ki Pool (7/day) (Su) You have a ki pool equal to 1/2 your monk level + your Wisdom modifier.
Low-Light Vision See twice as far as a human in dim light, distinguishing color and detail.
Mobility +4 to AC vs. AoO provoked by moving out of or through a threatened area.
Power Attack -3/+6 You can subtract from your attack roll to add to your damage.
Spin Kick Kick attack targets flat footed AC, unless foe has uncanny dodge.
Stunning Fist (8/day, DC 17) You can stun an opponent with an unarmed attack.
Style Strike (1/round) (Ex) During flurry of blows, one or more unarmed strikes has an extra effect.
Hi all! I'm happy to be coming back! =)
I'll admit that the reason I wanted to re-build is just dissatisfaction with how the Fox played--I didn't enjoy the spellcasting, and I also didn't feel like the other stuff the Vigilante does was really being put to much use.
I think I have settled with a build as an Unchained Monk (dipping one level of Fighter because I really wanted to fit in another feat).
Here's the stat block that I have ready now:
** spoiler omitted **...
That jabbing style looks pretty dope! Bruce Lee and Mohammad Ali probably took the same.
That jabbing style looks pretty dope! Bruce Lee and Mohammad Ali probably took the same.
Yep! Jabbing Style by itself only adds 1d6, but that gets pumped up when you have Jabbing Master.
Ideas for what Domains a Buddha/"Concept worship" of Buddhist teachings might grant?
Current Thoughts: Healing (Restoration, Resurrection), Knowledge (Education, Thought), Liberation (Freedom, Self-Realization), and Travel (Exploration)
Ideas for what Domains a Buddha/"Concept worship" of Buddhist teachings might grant?
Current Thoughts: Healing (Restoration, Resurrection), Knowledge (Education, Thought), Liberation (Freedom, Self-Realization), and Travel (Exploration)
Seems spot on to me, with what I know of Buddhism.
Looks like we will have a full ﹰBﹰAﹰB front-line fighter (Ogon Fox) and a healer (Storm Dragon's Buddhist monk cleric)! Shores up some holes nicely.
Would ﹰﹰCA Jademan, Moustachioed, or Johnny Panic care to run a full arcane caster as a second to complete the circle?
Or shall I bot Quinlan? Or no need for the often game breaking powers of a wizard? Lol...
I am pretty sure I could whip up a offensive (not to the players!) caster if you think that is necessary, or we could just continue on with the Fey we have manipulating the enemy with guile and trickery.
Good point. You don't really need high level arcane magic to succeed in the game. There's always more than one way to slay a mythic lich!
And Mwikali actually has arcane covered pretty well as a witch
Mid-level arcane magic is necessary, but high level tends to make the game actively less fun to GM and play.
Mid-level arcane magic is necessary, but high level tends to make the game actively less fun to GM and play.
Harder, for sure.
For Oscar-worthy RP, defeating foes in Atlantis, and recovery of two artifacts (a fragment of the Mirror of the Multiverse and the Black Pyramid of Kronos), I am awarding the rest of the XP needed to advance to 9th level!
All Pcs now have a total of 50,000 XP!
Level up to 9th level before the next adventure...
Running XP tally:
Baykok 6,400 XP
Adhukait Asura 3,200 XP
Spirit Naga 6,400 XP
Algoral's doggerel 2,000 XP
Lord Perpireen's awesome idea 2,000 XP
Johann's loyalty and grief over lost friends 2,000 XP
Mwikali's compassion 2,000 XP
Ihrin's survival instincts 1,000 XP
Habiba's wise guidance 2,000 XP
That's a total of 27,000 XP earned by the party since last award, or 4,500 XP per PC (dividing by 6, right?)...
Dont forget I am gonna take levels in fighter soon
Dont forget I am gonna take levels in fighter soon
Yes! The party is going to be pretty formidable in combat! :)
Yep also I so am gonna sneak about in that plate mail and sneak attack with the oversized weapons. Just need something to boost my strength.
MJ, can you mark me as active again for the campaign? I've posted in both Discussion and Gameplay, but it hasn't shown up in my Current Campaigns list yet.
MJ, can you mark me as active again for the campaign? I've posted in both Discussion and Gameplay, but it hasn't shown up in my Current Campaigns list yet.
Oops, sorry, mate, will do!
Aha! I need to unequip that cloak of resistance +2, because the cape takes that slot. Very well!
So the negative level subtracts 5 from my hit points (current and max), and applies a -1 to every kind of roll you might make.
Why can't I get these 20s in combat with sneak attacks
A remove curse spell cast on Fox would free him from the cape.
A remove curse spell cast on Fox would free him from the cape.
Ah, but why would ye go and do a thing such o' tha, me barmy boyo!
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I don't think we have the time for a slow infiltration with establishing cover like Ihrin's idea. That type of thing would take days, if not longer, and Fox won't live that long. I think we have to hit it fast, either from above (flying) or go through the main doors.
The option may be removed from us with what happens on this diplomacy roll.
Who (if anyone) wants to be Diplomat? Who has the highest modifier? Of course, you don't have to pay them any mind
You could just make a blitz on the castle with angry mob in tow lol...
Either way, I have a challenging gauntlet in the castle prepped for you, sure to get you much of the XP needed to advance to 10th level!
Who (if anyone) wants to be Diplomat? Who has the highest modifier?
Here's what I found for Diplomacy modifiers:
Ihrin +11Johann -2
Algoral
Mwikali +8
Habiba +17
Lord P +14
The spirits are angry with mankind for trafficking with these degenerates and barbarians we have allowed to pollute our cities!
The fey count as "spirits," right? Seems like Algoral and Lord P are the ones for the job, here!
MJ, can you confirm if my character is marked as active in the campaign settings?
It's still not showing in my campaigns list, so I'm troubleshooting before I email customer service to ask them about a possible error happening.
MJ, can you confirm if my character is marked as active in the campaign settings?
It's still not showing in my campaigns list, so I'm troubleshooting before I email customer service to ask them about a possible error happening.
Confirmation complete. Ogon Fox is marked active on my end.
Finishing up Abe no Toshiro (Onmyoji and distant descendant of Abe no Seimei), my Shaman.
Have a question about Craft Wondrous Item: pre-game crafting assumed, or no?