GM ShadowLord's Tyrant's Grasp

Game Master The Rising Phoenix

I forgot to mention... As previously discussed, please level up to six!

Hurray! I did miss something!

LVL 5 Sor

HP +4
Saves +1 to all

BAB +1

Skills

Skills
Diplomacy +10=+4+6+0
Knowledge (arcana) +11=+2+6+3
Knowledge (local) +5=+2+1+2+1
Knowledge (planes)+6=+2+4+0
Perception +6=+0+6+0
Sense Motive +6=+0+6+0
Spellcraft +11=+2+6+3
Background Skills
Knowledge (history) +12=+2+6+3+1
Linguistics +8=+2+6+0 (infernal)

Feats: tbd

Spells:
0 +1 known: arcane mark
2nd +1 per day;
3rd +4/day; +1 known: fireball
BSP: none

Alias updated, 1 more level of investigator.

+7 HP

Lots o'skills updated.

Investigator Talent used to get a relic focus.

Infusion Learned: 2 - Blistering Invective

Alas, no BAB or Saves!

Purrladin +1.

+10 HP (6 class, 1 FCB, 3 CON)
Lay on hands Mercy (Shaken)

Aura of Courage (allies within 10 feet gain +4 to saves against fear)
Divine Health (immune to disease)

Bit of a dead Barbarian level for me:

Level 6:
Class Taken: Barbarian
Class Feature Gained:
Hit points Gained: 1d12, +2 Con
Skill Points (3 + 2 background): heal (1), intimidate (1), knowledge (engineering)(1), knowledge (history)(1), perception (1)
Favored Class Bonus add +⅓ to the bonus from the superstition rage power

This is both an exciting level and a boring one for Marya. She picks up her first level of Evangelist, which means she'll be getting way more skill points per level from now on and picking up some neat abilities later on. The trade off is losing a level of cleric progression, including casting. No BAB this level either D:

Cleric/5, Evangelist/1
+6 HP
+1 Reflex
Skilled (Survival and UMD are class skills now)
Perception is also a class skill now
7 adventuring skills and 2 background skill points

Coral's level-up:
+1 level of Ftr (Weapon Master)
Fighter bonus feat: Advanced Weapon Training (Warrior Spirit)
Free fighter feat retrain: Blind-Fight to Advanced Weapon Training (Fighter's Tactics)
+1 Fort
+1 BAB
+8 HP
FCB: +1 CMD vs Trip/Grapple
Skills (3): Knowledge (Religion) x2, Perception
Background skills (2): Appraise, Sleight, of Hand

Fighter's Tactics is just Solo Tactics.

Warrior Spirit is 2/day, adding either a stacking +1 enhancement bonus or a +1 special ability to a weapon. While Bane is a great option to deal more damage, there are numerous situational abilities that could also be useful.

All,

I'll be travelling Friday through Sunday. I may be able to get on and post sporadically, but please bot me as necessary.

Heh, it just dawned on me that you really need another skeleton named Ted. Then they really will get to have a Bogus Journey.

Work today is insane--just jumping on real quick to let you know I won't be able to post until tomorrow.

All,

I usually am able to post beforehand when I won't be available to post, but my last couple of days at work took every ounce of my mental energy. I'm just digging out today, and should be able to post by the end of the day.

However, I'm sure I'm holding things up, so feel free to bot me and I'll catch up by the end of the day.

FYI, I'm on a family trip through thee weekend, and may be spotty on posting.

I will try to keep up, but please bot me if I haven't posted.

Hey gang -

I've been going through a rather difficult time IRL and I'm just not able to make the time to be on the forums as much as I used to due to some competing priorities for my time. I'm not ready to give up on the game quite yet, but I need some time to try and work through some stressful issues.

I'd like to put the game on hold for a little while so I can try to make some headway on these things. I'll check back in in a couple of weeks and hopefully things are in a better place then. I'm not disappearing, you can always reach me on discord if you need to.

Thanks for patience.

I'm sorry to hear that Shadow. I'll still be here when you are ready to continue. I hope things improve for you.

I will be here, too. I hope things improve. Take care.

Take care of the necessary stuff first!

I'm happy to wait for things to improve.

I'm happy to wait for however long you need, and good luck with sorting out those issues!

virtual hugs

Take care of yourself. We’ll be here <3

All,

First of all, excited to see ShadowLord back!

Second, I'd posted this in other games but not here since we hadn't been active, but I had a cancer death in my family this week, and with funeral and other matters, won't be able to post until after Memorial Day.

See you then.

My condolences, Vlad.

Sorry for your loss, Vlad.

I’m so sorry, Vlad.

I'm very sorry to hear that Vlad. My thoughts are with you and yours.

That's terrible Vlad, my condolences.

Oh Vlad, I'm so sorry to hear that. I've lost both family and friends to cancer and it truly sucks. Take all the time you need, we'll be here when you are ready to return.

Thanks for the kind words, all. I'm back and trying to catch up.

Sorry to do this after my recent absence, but I'm on a quick trip with family. I thought I'd be able to post, but it's looking pretty busy. I'll rejoin Monday.

The Rat Catcher feat is sometimes a decent option to pick up with Barroom Brawler, but it requires a rank in Knowledge (Dungeoneering) that Coral does not yet have, and it is a single half-damage strike, which is not great for a Small PC.

For now, I guess the name of the game is keep Feena upright and hope she doesn't fail a Distraction save or run out of spells.

Did we find any scroll or items that might be useful?

Swarms are probably my least favorite game design element of PF.

I'm going on vacation tomorrow through all of next week. I'm not sure yet if it will affect us too much since the pace has been slower. I will try to check in occasionally where I can.

I'm just waiting on Gerdish - don't want to hit his elemental with my flask.

Have so much fun, Shadowlord!

Have fun dude!

I am having an intensely stressful day and wont be able to post until tonight at the earliest

I hope things get better soon! Take as much time as you need.

I'm on holiday this week from Wednesday until Sunday, so no posting from me.

All,

I'll be on a trip through next Monday. Please bot me, as necessary.

Heads up that I will be on holiday from September 10th to September 26th. Please bot Damian as you see fit.

This coming Wednesday through Sunday my posting will be extremely slow to non-existent as I will be at Gencon in Indy and then two weeks after that for the same days it will be slow again for Origins in Ohio. I may be able to sneak some posts in but I wouldn't count on it.

Since it seems we get to keep Gerdish's gear, here's what he had. Feel free to claim:

+1 chain shirt, holy symbol of pharasma, faithful lantern, ring of eloquence[ACG], ring of protection +1, traveler's any-tool[UE], folding shovel[UE], investigator starting formula book, skull implement[OA], lantern implement[OA], 118 gp

The holy symbol is actually a charlatan’s symbol. Within is a clw wand with 50- the number of times he healed people charges. :)

I’m fairly sure Lola should at least take his ring, her AC is pretty bad and she needs help with that.

Yeah you take the ring of protection. Marya already has one anyways!

The ring of eloquence is pretty neat. Marya would take it but she already has two rings. The symbol should probably go to someone who doesn’t already have the ability to heal. Doesn’t look like Marya would lay claim to any of the stuff.

Btw @SL, are we close to leveling at all? I noticed that Lola is 7 already

Damian could probably use the ring of eloquence, unless someone else wants it.

I was waiting to see if you pressed on our decided to rest. It looks like the latter is being discussed, so yes, please go ahead and roll up your level sevens.

Once everyone is ready, we can resume.

I’m actually fine to keep moving (as is expected), and everyone has a wand of clw now.

That said, if all spell slots are exhausted that’s a different story. I don’t know how much has been used, but I also don’t know what time pressures we have.

Damian still has most of his resources, so also good to continue.

Coral has most of her daily resources, but is down 31 HP.

When we do get to level 7... @GM, would you prefer that Coral enter the Knights of Ozem through some in-game event? I don't know what the rest of the AP holds, but it seems likely that some of them would be involved. Hopefully we'd be on good terms with them.

It does seem like an order than one should be formally accepted into. If that is the case, then Coral would take more levels of Rogue now.

On the other hand, if it seemed unlikely that she would ever be formally accepted by the order, but could gain its abilities through her own hard work and devotion, then she'd go into Knight of Ozem right away.

I am happy with either option. I'd love to someday get the Knight capstone, but I don't know if this AP is supposed to end at 17 or 18. Going Rog2/Ftr4/Knight10 gets to that capstone by level 16; going Rog4/Ftr4/Knight10 means maybe never getting there.

So are we leveling and continuing or continuing and leveling when we rest?

So are we leveling and continuing or continuing and leveling when we rest?

I always pick the option that includes leveling. :)

HP +4
Saves +0 to all

BAB +0

Skills

Skills
Diplomacy +11=+4+7+0
Knowledge (arcana) +12=+2+7+3
Knowledge (local) +5=+2+1+2+1
Knowledge (planes)+6=+2+4+0
Perception +7=+0+7+0
Sense Motive +7=+0+7+0
Spellcraft +12=+2+7+3
Background Skills
Knowledge (history) +13=+2+7+3+1
Linguistics +9=+2+7+0 (auran)

Feats: spell penetration (7th), dodge (blf)

Spells:
1/2/3 +1 known: endure elements (1st), resist energy (2nd), haste (3rd)
2nd +1 per day;
3rd +1/day; +1 known: fireball
BSP: magic circle against evil