Shalm's Reign of Winter (Inactive)

Game Master JankInTheTank

I'm not opposed; Eladorn is thinking of his bow and Shael in his push to move it outside, but you can easily overrule him by starting something inside. :)

Ditto for Linge :)

I simply assumed that we were going to step outside, by that can be overruled!

Hi GM.
Will the troops provoke AoOs when they try to grab us? If so, can Garran attack with his shield?

they aren't doing anything until they go in the initiative order. then if the person they are grabbing isn't flat-footed and they don't have any feats or abilities that prevent an AoO then yes that person will get to attack them

Paldo moved forward appearing to be going along with the guards.

Seeing that his companions did not want to go willingly he glared at the guard in front of him. "Keep your hands off of us!"

Paldo's hands came forward as a blast of colours spewed from his hands engulfing the two guards in front of him. (Blue and Green)

Casts Colour Spray Will DC14

Paldo moved forward appearing to be going along with the guards.

Seeing that his companions did not want to go willingly he glared at the guard in front of him. "Keep your hands off of us!"

Paldo's hands came forward as a blast of colours spewed from his hands engulfing the two guards in front of him. (Blue and Green)

Casts Colour Spray Will DC14

Linge pokes her head into the tab.

"Er, Paldo... I think you got lost. The fight is other here," she beckons him to go left.

Paldo Greenspan wrote:

Paldo moved forward appearing to be going along with the guards.

Seeing that his companions did not want to go willingly he glared at the guard in front of him. "Keep your hands off of us!"

Paldo's hands came forward as a blast of colours spewed from his hands engulfing the two guards in front of him. (Blue and Green)

Casts Colour Spray Will DC14

Linge pokes her head into the tab.

"Er, Paldo... I think you got lost. The fight is other here," she beckons him to go left.

Not sure what you mean, I moved my token on the map to hit two of the guards from where the DM had positioned us.

EDIT
OHHHHHHH NM. LOL ya wrong tab!! Thanks

I noticed that Garran’s AC was out of date. Probably because I didn’t update it. So it is now. Just got that new armor...

I wanted to give you some notice that I will be away this weekend. Pretty close to 24 hours after this post--around 1PM EDT on Friday in the US--I will be leaving for the weekend, returning sometime on Sunday. I probably won't resume posting until my usual time on Monday morning.

Hi all, this is a heads-up that I'm in a wedding tomorrow, and will be leaving work soon to get ready for the rehearsal/dinner. Given that I'm never good at posting on weekends, that means I probably won't post again until Monday. If I'm holding things up, feel free to bot me.

feel free to add more talking before Nadya arrived if you want to fill Eladorn in on what's going on. I didn't see his post until I put mine in.

Hi all, sorry for my disappearance. My mother has had a health emergency and things are not good; she’s now in Hospice care. I’m going to do my best to be as present as possible to finish this scenario—goodness knows I’ll relish the distraction at times—but there will likely be more unexpected absences along the way. Please don’t hesitate to bot me, and thanks for the understanding. I’ll start catching up in Gameplay tomorrow.

I'm so sorry that this is happening to you. Take care, Eladorn. I'm keeping you and your family in my thoughts.

I've run this module for 6 groups now. somehow every singe group has managed a different approach to how they get into the tower. an animal companion with the rider's cloak used as bait is certainly a new one!

if that is the method you want to go with do it in game and I'll move things forward. as long as the group is still discussing things rather than making the discussed actions, the ball is in your court

Eladorn has the regalia, I was waiting for his response. (Knowing that he is dealing with real life issues.)

It was pretty much just an idea thrown in the court, I was waiting for the team's feedback ^^"

BTW I'm seizing this opportunity to let you know that I'll be off Paizo next week, because I have *yet* another exam that I have to take. (or, precisely: the same as the last one, only Part 2)

I'll be back next week-end. If you do decide to roll with the idea of using Horn as a bait while I'm away, please bot me! :) I'm trusting you not to kill my precious little bear...

(If the group does decide to roll with it, however, Linge will cast Cat's Grace on Horn before he goes to boost his AC)

I hope Paldo and Sigrun are still around. They haven't posted in quite a long time...

Hey guys sorry, the warmer weather up here in Canada keeps me super busy, especially since we bought a cottage last fall. Now I have two properties to maintain. Oi! I totally dropped the ball and forgot about this. :( I'll post!

copying and pasting for all of my games

I will be traveling from the 29th through the 7th. I will try to post at least some while I am gone, but we are going to help the in-laws fix up a house for sale, so not a lot of free time most likely. for games I am playing in please bot me as needed, for games I am running thank you in advance for your patience with my slow posting!

I think our group might be way better at fighting than scheming... Quite a spectacular streak of bad luck we've had on those rolls!

Eladorn actually made his aid check; he's (surprisingly) believable enough to have made Garran slightly more believable. And Bluff is opposed by Sense Motive. The DC is variable; they could roll really low!

I mean, the odds aren't in our favor by a long shot, but we do have a chance.

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to let you know that I'll be on holidays next week, from Monday to Sunday. I should probably be able to get a few posts in thanks to the hotel's Wifi, but don't hesitate to bot me and move things along if I'm being too slow :)

Thanks for your patience!

To answer Eladorn'S questions outside of the gameplay thread: I think we'll be at a disadvantage if we wait too long before starting combat, given that Linge will be unable to rely on Horn (aka: will be able to boost you guys, but not much else).

We'll be at a STRONG disadvantage if it's just Garran, Eladorn and Linge against the enemies, though :(

It's starting to strongly look like Paldo and Sigrun are no longer active on Paizo

Well, we’re committed to this now. In game, I mean. We should be able to run Sigrun and Paldo as NPCs if we need to.

Hi guys, yeah, sorry...it's been fun but I really am not able to keep up anymore. Feel free to keep Sigrun around as a NPC if you wish.

Best of luck to everyone!

It's a shame to see you go, Sigrun :( I wish you all the best in life and in your future games!

Do we attack now at the risk of sounding the alarm, or do we wait a little longer?

Hey guys, been a busy summer :) We bought a cottage last year and this is our first summer with it. It's been a lot of work plus no internet up there other than my phone. I'll try to post more.

Won't take long for them to get close to figure out we are not the guards. I could start the fight with a distraction by casting Vanish and disappear for a few rounds as we get in to position as they scramble.

Yay! Glad you can stay with us Paldo. And I do agree, this thing has already started. It’s just a matter of time before the guards catch on.

Glad you're still with us, Paldo! :D

The biggest problem is going to figure out a way to prevent them from alerting everyone else. There's two guards on top of the walls, and only Eladorn is good with a ranged weapon.

I could trade a spell for a Summon Ally one, and attack one of the guards with a Celestial Eagle, or perhaps a Small Elemental, but that only lasts a couple of rounds :/

Ok I will vanish, since I assume my hands aren't really tied and hopefully cause some confusion for a bit. If everyone is ok with that?

Glad you're still with us, Paldo! :D

The biggest problem is going to figure out a way to prevent them from alerting everyone else. There's two guards on top of the walls, and only Eladorn is good with a ranged weapon.

I could trade a spell for a Summon Ally one, and attack one of the guards with a Celestial Eagle, or perhaps a Small Elemental, but that only lasts a couple of rounds :/

I like this; Eladorn will do his part momentarily.

Do it Paldo! :P

Find the halfling!

I think Zin'zarin has already posted their characters' actions? :)

I think Zin'zarin has already posted their characters' actions? :)

That was my assumption; the GM post implied that my previously-posted actions were being used for this first round. Happy to add more actions if that's not the case, though; just let me know!

FYI, I'm leaving this afternoon for a camping trip that extends into the Labor Day holiday. I won't be returning home until late Monday evening; I likely won't be able to post again until Tuesday morning.

Has anyone else been playing Second Edition pathfinder? After both those guards saved on the colour spray I remembered how painful it is to have a spell do nothing at all.

My RL group is playing second edition and I LOVE, LOVE LOVE it! Huge improvement. Only time spells are wasted are on critical rolls for saves. Even regular saves do a little bit of something for a short period of time which is better than nothing.

I've only played 2nd edition once, and for a very short scenario, so I didn't have enough time to explore how they remade the rules for magic spells. But that sounds really interesting!

Yeah, it hurts when an enemy rolls high for their Will save and negates a spell... Good thing is, PCs can do that to enemies too! :)

I have been doing a lot of 2E for my IRL group. PBP is so long that all of my games were going well before 2nd edition was finalized.

I am actually running this AP and converting it to 2E for my group. it's a lot of work to convert, but it is a real good system. i like a lot of the changes

Night and day for casters. Cantrips you can cast every round as a ranged attack, that at higher levels scales with spell level and I'm pretty sure get better than weapon damage. (similar to 5th edition D&D)

I don’t have any experience with 2e. I do know that color spray goes from really good to kind of rubbish in only a few levels.

Hi everyone,

I'll be away for work-related reasons between Thursday and Sunday, and unsure of whether I'll be able to post or not. Please feel free to bot me if needed!

Hey all. in addition to the Thanksgiving holiday this week in the US, I am going to be having Lasik surgery done tomorrow. it is highly likely that i will not be able to get any more GM posts done for this game until the weekend.

Take care GM! Hope the surgery goes well!

Just FYI, I'm leaving for a week-long vacation out of country during which I won't be able to post. I'll be gone from Friday to Friday, 3-10 Dec. I should have time tonight to give my games one last look tonight before bed, but I'll be incommunicado after. Please feel free to bot me after that as needed!

It's holiday time! Enjoy everyone! All the best to you and your families. :D

*sheds one single tear as a uni student not yet in holidays*

Kidding. Have fun everyone! :)

Work as normal for me. But happy holidays anyway.

:)