Outpost 2019 - Solstice Scar D GM Thread (Inactive)

Game Master Dennis Muldoon

Let's stick with the table moves then, and I'll have the weekend off.

I'll pick back up on Monday if Lorenzo is not back.

That leaves Silbeg -> Lorenzo and
EM+GM -> Letsuna.

I'm back. Thanks to GM Aerondor and GM Silbeg for covering for me.

On the Drake encounter with Zurhriga, if they give too much of a bribe can I give a bonus to their roll?

Asking before they roll. Normally I would expect such a bonus.

Say +1 at 10% over, +2 for each full amount over so 3x for a +4, 4x for +6, etc?

My group just needs one more successful skill roll to recruit it.

Alright, who needs AID? (An aid token, that is...)

...and my group changes tactics but the person gets so good a roll it doesn’t matter. No pay for poor Zurhriga!

He did claim right to battle loot though!

My table could use an aid token again!

(They have had quite a few aid tokens in the previous part, but usually passed them unused and boosted for tables that needed them.)

I will be having same-day surgery on April 9th. I could use back-up from midnight 4/8 until the morning of 4/10.

Thank you!

I can cover that for you.

Can you drop me a note when you put your final post in?

EM±GM I should be right to switch back in when you are ready.

It's your table, jump in whenever!

I was just waiting for Alecto before posting =)

I already passed the token they just used along.

I can cover that for you.

Can you drop me a note when you put your final post in?

Will do. Thank you. :)

Have an Aid Token to be passed on.
Anyone in need of it?

I will be travelling to Seattle and back tomorrow for a medical appointment. I should be able to keep up with my table just fine but if there is a backup GM willing to keep an eye on it just in case, that would be appreciated.

I will be travelling to Seattle and back tomorrow for a medical appointment. I should be able to keep up with my table just fine but if there is a backup GM willing to keep an eye on it just in case, that would be appreciated.

I'll keep an eye out for you, GM Numbat.

I'll hold off posting as long as it seems feasible.

Aerondor: I sent you a PM, but just in case: Link to last GM post

Thanks. I've just dropped off a first post for them.

Thank you, GM Silbeg

If my party has completed all of the encounters for this section, what should I have them do until Eshimka's attack is announced for the Eshmika's Assault encounter?

Also, in preparation for that part, how would you like us to handle the "Pathfinders' Teamwork" within that encounter. Should we pass them in a similar fashion to the Aid Tokens and post them to the other table's discussion thread?

Yeah, I think that's the best way to do it.

As for what to do now, I guess you can either wait until the 13th (as we don't seem likely to hit the milestone to move on early), or go back and repeat the 'combat' option of the first encounter in this section. You probably don't want to sap too many resources before the big fight, though.

Oh, forgot to report success last night... going to do now.

Thanks, Aerondor! :)

Hey lower-tier tables, we're not too far away from the Dragon Success milestone. If you're table is looking for their next challenge, go make friends with that drake!

Mine already did the Drake and should be finishing up the battle at the stones soon. One creature left to kill and only two of the characters are seriously injured.

I’m hoping their team will help them.

Two of my players have contracted a permanent misfortune curse. Question, would it be OK to assume they can use prestige at current time to remove the curse? I would think that should be OK as there is other pathfinder agents accessible during the scenario.

GM advice requested - Planar Ritual encounter

One of my players has suggested their scent ability may provide a bonus to their appraise check when preparing reagents. I can see the possibility and want to give it to them as I like to reward creative thinking. A +2 would raise their skill check sufficiently to meet the Average DC required.

Is this allowed and reasonable? Aid another is allowed, this instead would be a bonus from their own abilities.

Yes and yes. GMs have leeway to add circumstance bonuses for clever thinking.

Was it clever thinking? I.e. part of how they RP'ed their participation. Or did they roll low and then ask if scent would give them a bonus? (I've gotten far too much of the latter.)

Yeah, I agree. As long as it was honestly an effort at a creative solution, I think that's reasonable.

With only a couple days left, we're getting close to a few milestones! We need 8 more total successes for one condition, and 3 more dragon successes for another. Unless there's a sudden flurry, though, the ritual success milestone seems unlikely. Please be sure you are reporting your successes as soon as you get them so we can all see where we're at. Reminder that the reporting link is in my tagline and at the top of this page, and that you can follow the progress by clicking on the Success Tracking link in those same places.

My table should have a ritual success to report soon. I'm not sure we will make it through a repeat combat encounter to gain another regular success.

My table are conversing with the drake. They have 2 successes so far with him so just 1 more and I can report a dragon success.

Can we repeat Ritual or Dragon encounters? I am guessing not and that the only option is to fight more undead once a group has run everything once.

Honestly, it's not addressed in the scenario. I don't think it makes sense to repeat the dragon encounter, story-wise. The ritual would be a little better, and there are always more undead to fight.

For high tier, scenario recommends Into the Void, Ritual, and then, if there's more time, another round of Fight the Horde (and over and over).

I implied to my group that they should rest.

My table is having trouble with the ritual and could use an Aid Token with boosts to knowledge Nature, Arcana, Religion, Planes or Spellcraft.

Hey folks, we're approaching both the transition point and three milestones, so I figured I'd do some double-checking. Below, you'll find the list of who has reported Dragon and Ritual successes. If your table has earned one of these and you don't see your name, please go double check that you reported it (you can see the form results on the 'Form Responses 1' tab of the Success Tracking document).

Dragon:

Looks like a couple more have reported Dragon successes. We are so close! We just need one more.

Anyone close to sweet talking that drake?

Looks like a couple more have reported Dragon successes. We are so close! We just need one more.

Anyone close to sweet talking that drake?

My table is one check removed.

Excellent! I'm going to post the Empyreal Approval condition now, then I'll post the dragon one when you're done.

As shown above, my table cleared the ritual so I no longer need an Aid Token.

I just reported a Dragon Success.

I just reported a Dragon Success.

@GM Dennis, if you could wait a little moment before announcing the dragon condition. That way my table will feel like they matter! ;-)

Sure, I'll announce it in the morning right before we transition.

Thank you for compiling that. I forgot to report the ritual success (or I posted a regular success by accident.)

Ok, you should all have three posts from me in the last 24 hours--one last night (Empyreal Approval), two this morning (Dangerous Drake and Eshimka's Assault). If you're missing any of those, let me know.

For the encounters to come, is the negative energy effect of the stone circles from Hazard T still in play?

Nothing otherwise says it's not in play but it seems very challenging if both this and Eshimka's effects are in play.

My take is that it is not. (And not because I'm playing on Batpony's table! :) ) Scenarios would generally indicate what hazards that are present specific for each section, and there is no mention of it here for section W. I think the assumption is that what are in previous sections are resolved unless otherwise specifically mentioned.

Agree with Kuey that it's not likely up, as it isn't listed as a hazard. I would explain it the Twinhorn ritual has lessen the negative aura in the area.

Is there any guidance on time between encounters? I didn't find any, so I gave my party 2 rounds to prep/buff before the current encounter started.

Appendix 12 (page 73) indicates there is "enough time to do some quick healing between the different encounters, such as using healing spells, potions, or wands."

I told my group they had two rounds to prep/buff as well, so our tables at least are experiencing similar conditions.

It actually says 2 rounds in the scenario.

Development: Once the PCs have defeated their first encounter, they have 2 rounds in which to recover and reposition before facing the other group of enemies—whichever they did not fight first.

Make sure they keep to the action economy.