GM Netherpongo's Emerald Spire (The Automaton Forge) (Inactive)

Game Master Nathan Goodrich

The discussion thread is up!

Let's do player information more properly this time. When registering your character with the thread, please give:

Character Name
PFS # & character number
Faction
Progression (slow track or normal)
Day Job Roll (if any)

Optional information I can include on the chronicle if you wish:

Player Name
Chronicle #
Starting XP
Starting Prestige & Fame
Starting Gold

I think I'm going to stick with this PC.

I'm going to go SLOW for this one

Just for ease of reference, could you repeat the required info (even if you were in the last campaign)?

In the last thread there was some discussion of adding a sixth player and the yeas were leading with no nays. Unless there are objections by tomorrow morning, I'll open a recruitment thread. We're not going to slow down the start of the game for it though.

Character Name Professor Kaldosian
PFS # & character number: 156701-4
Faction GL
Progression (slow track or normal)
Day Job Roll: Alchemy: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (20) + 22 = 42

I will have a level up done Monday as I am away for the weekend. I will be keeping up and RPing if need be.

Character Name : Ograk
PFS # & character number 54527-10
Faction Exchange
Progression (slow track or normal) slow
Level 10 life shaman (Deno’thar will not be going past level 9)

Character: Coreleus
#: 47348-5
Dark Archive
Progression: normal
Lv 11 zen archer

Character: Ranalus
PFS#: 108731-1
Faction: Grand Lodge
Progression: Normal
Cleric5/Feysworn5
No day job
Starting Gold: 18,962
Starting Fame: 53
Starting Prestige: 29
Starting XP: 27

Glad to be here. Ranalus is a generalist and scout, with a variety of potentially helpful abilities.

He has dabbled in a lot of skills, which makes him a good caster for Bestow Insight. He can grant a +4 Insight bonus, and the ability to discharge the spell by rolling twice and taking the better, for the following skills:
Bluff, Diplomacy, Disable Device, Handle Animal, Heal, Knowledge (History), Knowledge (Nature), Knowledge (Planes), Knowledge (Religion), Linguistics, Perception, Sense Motive, Stealth, Survival, Swim.
Will probably prepare 2-3 Bestow Insights for hard skill checks.

And of course as a cleric with 5th-level spells he will prep Blessing of Fervor and Breath of Life. Happy to take other requests.

Where is everyone? It's been super quiet for a while.

Ranalus, remind me to chat favorite cleric spells after we're done. I'll forebear since we're mid-scenario.

Sorry this slipped off my radar cause I forgot to dot.

I almost missed it because I miss some post before the prior game went inactive. I messaged Otto as he my have been in the same boat.

Sorry everyone, I missed this. Just dotted in but will need a minute to get myself leveled up and ready. It's been a hectic week but I will hopefully have time later today.

I may have set the last campaign to inactive too early. That's one part of the system I don't understand well.

Can't say I have ever known a druidic Hellknight.

Ranalus hates all things Infernal with a passion. He spits on the name of Asmodeus whenever it comes up, refuses Infernal Healing, and tries to avoid Cheliax. While he knows that not all Hellknights worship Asmodeus, they are too close to the Archfiend for his liking.

But he's Grand Lodge and all about completing the mission. And this is mostly a dungeon crawl. He won't make any real trouble with Otto, aside from possibly some mild trolling about how a given blessing comes courtesy of the lord of Chaos and Darkness.

Otto is just a big rock man looking for a lost dog.

Regarding the trap spotter ability, is anyone sure it can be used with take 10? I can't find anything specifically saying it can't be used with take 10, but the checks are supposed to be secret: one would think that implies that you don't know what you got each time.

It probably doesn't matter in practice: Professor Kaldosian's bonus is crazy high.

Coreleus is a slave from Cheliax who is a tiefling worshipping Asmodeus and carrying focus crytals. Otto can you memorize a few cute light wounds for my crystals as they give back in for twenty four hours after charged by a divine of my god!

My apologies for the delay in posting. I've managed to get Otto leveled up and will catch up on the thread and see what I've missed so far and chime in as needed.

Coreleus is a slave from Cheliax who is a tiefling worshipping Asmodeus and carrying focus crytals. Otto can you memorize a few cute light wounds for my crystals as they give back in for twenty four hours after charged by a divine of my god!

I don't quite understand this but if you are asking if Otto is a worshipper of Asmodeus, no he isn't. Do you still need me to prep CLW, or is there no point? If yes, I'll prep it instead of Cheetah's Sprint.

Ograk should be able to take care of any needed healing and he did lifelink everyone.

Is the "warforged" the bad guys?

Traveling all day. Will not be able to post until tomorrow

Unless something goes wrong, I'm travelling tomorrow. I'll try to keep up, but it might be spotty.

@GM, I have Plane Shift prepared but neglected to specify before the scenario started that I have the required focus component. As per the guide, "The Pathfinder Society provides tuning forks to all Society-accessible planes for free."

Can Ranalus have acquired a set of tuning forks?

If not, he can always use that prepared spell for a spontaneous Mass CLW.

The nice thing about Ograk is life link works even if you go after the action. Although evil eye or misfortune, or an opportune spell can avoid quite a bit of damage before hand. I'm recalling a glitterdust in my last game that blinded 5 orcish beserkers...

Fyi, my father is in hospice and he's taken a turn for the worse and I'll be driving back north to try to help on Tuesday. My posting is likely to be irregular for the next several days. Thanks for your understanding and please bot me as needed.

All my best to you and your family prayers go with you Otto

I will have a post up tomorrow, a little sleep now.

Fyi, my father is in hospice and he's taken a turn for the worse and I'll be driving back north to try to help on Tuesday. My posting is likely to be irregular for the next several days. Thanks for your understanding and please bot me as needed.

Sorry. Your family is in my prayers.

Just a quick check in to let you all know that my father is nearing the end I think. Thanks again for botting me as needed. I'll post in gameplay again when I can.

I will be thinking of you and your family.

My father passed peacefully on Monday. Due to the pandemic we couldn't have a funeral and yesterday I drove 14 hours to get home. Now I'm in self-quarantine for the next 2 weeks and some PbP pathfinder will hopefully be a good form of needed escapism. Thanks for botting me while I was gone.

My condolences on your loss, and on the circumstances of it.

I'm sorry about your loss, Otto. I haven't had to cross that bridge yet. Hang in there.

Sorry for your loss Otto. You and your family will be in my prayers.

Thank you all.

So sorry for your loss.

I'm sorry. Anytime is a hard time to lose a parent but now is especially hard.

I am happy to do more or to wrap this one up. It's a pretty short level, it seems.

Indeed, I’m fine either way, I suspect we did this level the “right way” and the wrong way involved fighting a lot more constructs...

Discussion might continue, but I'm starting to work on chronicles, then. Right now I have Ograk and Toshrio down for slow track, but no one else.

Let me know if that should be different for everyone. I have a lot of old information from the last level of the Spire for most of you, but I need a method of delivery for Ranalus. We've been having people PM me their email address.

Edit: Also, I only saw a day job for Professor Kaldosian.

I'm also fine either way and trust the GM's judgment about whether or not there's anything more on the level that is of interest.

I'm also happy with continuing down through the Spire if the GM is interested in continuing to run.

For chronicles:

* This is a replay for me

* SLOW track for Otto, please.

* Day Job is Profession (Gardener): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

For Faction card:

* Did we recover a named text? Or a spellbook? Alternatively, would the Steward possibly be interested in joining the Dark Archive (and does it count as a "named NPC scholar, knowledgable spellcaster, or similar figure"?) Or did we participate in a magical or occult ritual (not sure whether the feast qualifies?)? Or acquire a unique magic item?

Thanks for running!!

Indeed, thanks for running! Much fun!

Thanks again GM. I had fun playing with you all again.

Great fun one and all. That levels Coreleus to 12 and he may now retire freed from slavery as per his contract to wander the world and enjoy life. Being the first archer I have played in Pathfinder I enjoyed it and learned a lot but I think I might do a ranger or fighter if I was to try it again to see how those go or maybe inquisitor

To play on I have a 9th lv negative channeling cleric of suzeriel to carry on that is the only other highest lv character I have who isn't retired or playing up to 19

All chronicles should be out for delivery. Thanks for playing!

I'm not planning to run the next level of the Spire right now.

Chronicles look good. Thanks again!

Looks good.
Do you plan on running the next level sometime in the future?