GM Abraham's Emerald Spire

Game Master Abraham Z.

Could anyone in the group benefit from a +3 deflection bonus from a shield of faith?

I'd net +2

Just a heads up that I'll be on a trip from this Friday through June 28. I'll probably still be able to post from time to time but it'll be erratic.

Waiting for everyone else to get a chance to act since Shiva already took her 1st round action

Oh you don't need to do that unless you want to. In pbp we go by block initiative and you are all in a block together, with the rest of them at the end of round 1 and you at the top of round 2. But you can certainly wait if you prefer.

Just confirmed yesterday, July 22-24 I'll be on a work trip so my availability will be low

I'm available to continue the game on my part. No trip scheduled before August :)

Hey everyone. Sorry again for another long delay. Just got home from an unexpectedly long trip (what was supposed to be a 2 week vacation turned into a month to help care for an ailing relative) and have been scrambling to get caught up since I got back. I'll get us going again shortly.

Back and ready to go whenever

Hey everyone. I've been back and trying to get caught up on everything. I'll be off the grid again next week, August 1-9. Will try to get some posts in before that but won't be before Sunday. Sorry again for the long delay!

I'm going to have to bow out now. I want to put Guy in a game for Gameday XIII.

I'm going to have to bow out now. I want to put Guy in a game for Gameday XIII.

I understand and I (again) apologize for the dilatory pacing. I'm back from my trip now and can get us going again and try to finish this level pretty quickly if that would make a difference for you - when does Gameday start?

Con starts Sept 8

If you think we can finish I'm good with a fast pace :)

I should be able to maintain a fast pace now. Guy, are you ok with finishing out the level as long as we can be finished before Gameday starts? After this encounter there's pretty much just one more left.

Sure am.

Apologies, I haven't been monitoring and didn't realised we've restarted.

Was going to say that I would like to withdraw but if we're nearing the end of this level, I can power through. But give me one or two days to get back to posting? Sorry balancing a number of things right now.

Apologies, I haven't been monitoring and didn't realised we've restarted.

Was going to say that I would like to withdraw but if we're nearing the end of this level, I can power through. But give me one or two days to get back to posting? Sorry balancing a number of things right now.

Sure - it's your turn whenever you get a chance to post. And yes, I think we can finish the level pretty quickly.

I only have about a week more before I have another game to move on to. I think heading up the stairs is the best way to complete the scenario so let's move on!

Hey everyone - I was at dragoncon all weekend - hence the slow posting. We are pretty much done. I'll post the details of the remaining rooms later today and make sure that you get your chronicles and everything wrapped with plenty of time for Guy to get to his next game.

Huzzah!

If you wish to continue the delve, I'll throw Yanda back into action. She, at least, is not busy and is already starting to miss the spire. Well, ready to get revenge any way.

I'm in to continue!

Before I can issue chronicles for this level I still need sign up info from Dolgar and Shiva here:
https://www.rpgchronicles.net/session/13a18ea1-e132-49af-a460-617ba701ca80/ pregame

Re continuing the delve, yes, I'm definitely up to continue running (and if Yanda rejoins we still have a full party as long as Uhvat and Shiva are game). I should note that I will be completely offline from Oct. 22 to Dec. 3 (and realistically, after I get back I'll likely need a week or so to catch up with things before I'm able to resume posting). However I can maintain a steady posting pace between now and Oct. 22 so I think we should probably be able to complete the next level (The Tomb of Yarrix) before Oct. 22 if everyone wants to go ahead. If it makes a difference, in my opinion the next level is one of the best written and interesting challenges levels of the spire. It's tier 8-10, btw, so be sure to tell me if you need to slow track the level we just finished to not go out of tier for the next level.

Slow track for Shiva.

I'm limited to posting from mobile for the time being (my laptop screen broke), but I'm willing to continue.

Full speed for Guy since he is being swapped out anyway.

I still need Dolgar to sign in at rpgchronicles but I'll go ahead and issue the rest of the chronicles now so that Guy can get to his next game.

Ok, chronicles should be emailed to everyone but Dolgar. Dolgar, let me know when you have signed in to rpgchronicles with your info.

Re continuing on, it sounds like we've got Dolgar, Shiva, and Yanda to go forward and I'm not sure if Uhvat wants to continue or not? Uhvat, please let me know if you are up for another level.

As mentioned, I'll push for us for us to wrap the next level before I go offline on Oct. 22.

Also, as mentioned, the next level is tier 8-10 only.

Hi, I'm sorry but I think I'm going to pull out. Been having some difficulties balancing my time and some thing has to go.

Thanks, nonetheless, to the GM and everyone! It was a great run for me. :)

Do we try to recruit or wrap it up?

If we're wrapping it up can I get a normal track chronicle? I was only doing slow track to stay in tier without switching characters.

Farewell, Uhvat! It's been great running for you.

I'm definitely interested in running the spire to the end. Obviously I sometimes have trouble staying on track and I hope that hasn't been too aggravating for you all but overall I'm still enjoying running it very much. If Shiva, Yanda, and Dolgar want to continue then I'd suggest we recruit one or two additional players and keep it going. If one or more of you is ready to bow out then I'll pause things until after my offline time is over and then I'll see about starting things up again then with whomever wants to join. But my preference would be the former: start level 11 now, with a party of 4 or 5, and plan to wrap it up before Oct. 22. Then pause the action until mid-December.

And yes, of course if the group is not going to continue then I'll reissue your chronicle, Shiva, on normal track.

I've updated the RPG chronicles :)

Yep, go get another player and we can continue on.

Everyone should have received their chronicles. Let me know if you see any problems. Also, note that I didn't fill in day job info - feel free to do this yourselves.

I'm posting in recruitment now to see if we can get another player or two to continue.

Got mine

Can everyone please remind me of any passive 'always-on' abilities that you have that I should be aware of (e.g. unusual senses, abilities that give automatic rolls to perceive something, etc.)

I put mine in the slides.
Lesser Talisman of Freedom: gives freedom of movement when hit with paralysis and the like
Greater Pentacle Talisman: gives new save vs control type effects from evil sources.

As a dwarf, Dolgar has an automatic perception check when passing 10ft. away from unusual stonework.

Comprehend languages will let for 100 minutes.

It hasn't come up much yet, but Shiva had special counterspell options.
1 spell slot if I can match the school.
2 spell slots if I can't
1 round of rage power spell level to counter spell while performing without interrupting the song.

DR 1/-
Resistance 5 against acid, cold, electricity, & fire
Resistance 10 against negative energy

Could you please deactivate Guy as my character and reactivate Yanda the Doomed?

Also, due to the delayed interactions borne out of the wonderful medium that is Play by Post, would it be safe to assume that the adventurers would have hashed out their capabilities BEFORE the esteemed dwarf banged on the door with adamantine goodness for an untold amount of time? ;)

Could you please deactivate Guy as my character and reactivate Yanda the Doomed?

Done.

Also, due to the delayed interactions borne out of the wonderful medium that is Play by Post, would it be safe to assume that the adventurers would have hashed out their capabilities BEFORE the esteemed dwarf banged on the door with adamantine goodness for an untold amount of time? ;)

Sure, that's fine.

Moving the weapon song discussion out of gameplay.

I do have haste as a known spell so speed isn't as necessary.

If we're looking at +3 bonuses, who's the odd man out? I can do +2 for an unlimited number of weapons, but any higher bonus has limits.

I have a +1 sword. I prefer energy bonuses to dmg instead of just another 1. Dolgar uses a weapon too. Yanda throws bombs which can't be enhanced with your song. Not sure if Shiva goes into melee but if not, may be best to just enhance Dolgar and Jey.

Edit: Shiva's at level 10, which grants +3 weapons, and the limit is three people on the +3 option, so we're good (Shiva, Jey, Dolgar -- assuming Yanda is sticking to bombs)

Yarda does lose out on the Totem powers that way, but if that's OK we can figure out the preferred baseline for weapon bonuses.

I had already resigned myself to that. Not a big deal as Yanda almost always hits anyway, and the specials on the bombs are as important as the damage.

Back to life! Sorry guys, kids, work and life was overwhelming and I wasn't able to do anything except work, sleep and take care of my kids...

I never even considered the possibility that extracts would not be affected by dispel magic. The wording does say spells, so I think you may be right.

I've been reading a lot of PF2e recently, which really goes out of its way to make sure that alchemy isn't just another word for magic, so perhaps that's influencing me. If you wouldn't mind poking around and seeing if you can find a ruling on that question (I'm sure it must have come up a bunch) that would be very helpful.