GM MattMorris Tears at Bitter Manor (Inactive)

Game Master ChesterCopperpot

Discuss!

You all know Hekk. Love's to fight and has just been sideswiped by sorcerous abilities manifesting themselves.

Shall we dot into gameplay?

Yep, dot on in. I'll start when everyone is ready.

Thank you very much GM for the opportunity to play in this group again!

I also enjoyed your gamestyle in the past and I am very much looking forward to the story!

Aryas has not changed much.

Just a question for you guys: It is okay also for a Paladin to serve several gods although one will be the main god, correct?

Sarenrae is Aryas goddess... but I would like to extend his worship to other deities as well to express love for beauty for instance... so Shelyn is a great natural choice.

Of course, all the mechanical advantages of worshipping a god can only be focused on one deity alone! I know that.

In Golarion, divine spellcasters need to worship one primary god, but they are free to venerate other gods as well. (Speaker of the Palantine Eye bard is an example.)

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Checking in. I've got to update my profile. Hope to do that tonight. I'm curious. How much XP do we get for this module?

You will get 6 XP; the module is divided into 2 parts.

Question for the GM. Can I get sneak attack damage on the attacks from a Robe of Needles?

I would say yes. It requires an attack roll and does damage. It would do 1 + your sneak attack + 1 bleed. (Although it doesn't say it, I'd say you are also proficient with the needles when you throw them--otherwise the robe doesn't make a ton of sense.)

Hmm. Are you saying that I need to take a feat for "needle proficiency" or it already comes with it?

I assume the later.

So how's this for a shopping list:

- Robe of Needles (1000)
- Handy Haversack (2000)
- Ring of Protection +1 (2000)
- Amulet of Natural Armor +1 (2000)

Is that all fine?

Yeah, it already comes with it. That's a neat item.

All those purchases look fine to me.

Thank GM!!

My purchases:

Cloak of resistance +1, 1000 gp
Minor bag of holding, 1000 gp
Belt of incredible dexterity +2, 4000 gp
Wand of cure light wounds, 750 gp
Scroll of 'Mirror Image', 150 gp
3 x Oil of grease, 150 gp
2 x Potion of 'Touch of Sea', 100 gp
Bladeguard, 40 gp
Potion of Invigorate, 50 gp
Antiplague, 50 gp
Antipoison, 50 gp
cold iron Scimitar, 30 gp
silver Scimitar 90 gp

When you folks get a chance, could you fill out this chart with your updated info? (Don't worry about the tokens. I'll grab them from our last game.)

I'm getting access denied on that page. Is it a problem on my side?

Sigh, no. It's me (again). I always forget to put on link sharing! Should be fixed now.

Day job, perform oratory : 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30

Filled out the slide!!

Day Job: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

filled out mine too

Day job, driver: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

I filled it out but I don't remember the chronicle number. I'll look it up later.

Would you folks mind if I invited two of my RL buddies to join us? Even if Helikon makes their way here (which seems unlikely at this point), that would only put us at 6. They are good people, and I think they would love the roleplaying that you guys have going on.

I'm fine with that.

Fine with me.

Cool. I'll invite them in!

That is perfect!! The more the merrier!!

Need to update gear but don't have my inventory sheet with me. Can do it soon - and I'll try to get a post up in gameplay in the next 36 hours.

So, we're going to be going through this house, and I don't want to get slowed down too much by doors. What should our standard operating procedure for doors be?

My initial thought was, you tell me which door you want to open, and who will open it, and I'll roll a Perception check for everyone to check it for traps. If no one finds anything, we'll move into the next room.

Once we are inside the new room, you folks can move around, make Perception checks, do whatever.

Suggestions?

Yea, Let us just go clockwise (left hand rule) around the building and work our way inward when we run out of outer rooms. We can roll perception and you can use the rolls when they are first needed.

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Sounds good. So real question is who is opening doors? Hekk?

Absolutely, Hekk would love the job. There is that annoying paladin though. He might want to get in front. Paladin's are like that, you know.

I'll let you folks into the kitchen for now, with Hekk opening the door, and Aryas can object later if he likes.

I think that it makes sense for me to check the doors first. Trapfinding gives me a +2 and Trap Sense helps me avoid getting hit by them.

Maybe let me scope out the doors and if I don't sense any danger, Hekk opens the door.

Just a suggestion. Really I'm open to anything.

Ha ha ... perfect suggestions Tathane.

I am right behind Hekk!

In the light of the fact that this ia an alchemeist's house, Hekk fully approves of a once over by Tathane before he barges in through a door.

However, if there is somthing threatening in the room, he will be the first through if possible.

Cool. I'm going to roll perception checks for everyone, with the assumption that Tathane and Harlan are closest to the door, then, we'll have Hekk be designated door opener.

Matt, is where I've placed Harlan where the secret door is, or is it one square up wit the closet?

You're in the right spot.

Is there something better than the trait Magical Knack for boosting your caster level when multi-classing?

This is the best trait and to be honest it is completely This is the best trait and to be honest it is completely overpowered!! :D

I wouldn't call it overpowered at all. It's not like it gives you higher level spells, it just boosts the CL a bit. Most of the time that is about 3-7 points of damage or a +1 to something here or there and only if you multiclass and never more damage effect than those not multi-classing.

You have to spend a feat to get spell penetration. ;-)

This is so much more. But I understand your reasoning!

I like spell penetration too! I see your reasoning in how it figuratively boosts CL but only for spell resistance. But spell resistance works for non-multi-classed characters and at higher levels getting a +2 beyond your HD is critical since the big bosses are typically about 5 levels higher and have a nasty spell resistance. That +2 often makes the difference between making your save or suck spells work. With the trait you are still dealing with a -5 deficit. In fact, for my offensive casters I tend to take improved spell resistance too and it's worth it. Particularly for my magus with empowered shocking grasp. Nothing like landing a critted shocking grasp just to see it fizzle due to spell reistance. A big meh.

I'll be at PaizoCon Thu-Mon. If any of you are going to be there, maybe we can meet up. Let me know.

Have fun!

With so many charisma based PCs this could have been super nasty!!
We were lucky!!

It should could have been, though Hekk's charisma is a long term investment and hardly critical to him yet. In fact he would make the best cha drain soaker of the group.

You successful adventurers are about to get a bunch of QUESTS! laid at you feet, so I added a slide to keep track of them all and a link at the top of the campaign.

Also, I am keeping track of where PFS says that you should get the first chronicle sheet, so you will gain it during the middle of the adventure.

Thanks GM!

It seems that we have four options:

- Chase after Crandal and Tulles
- Clear the Verduran forest for the Wildwood Lodge
- Deal with the harpies on the river
- Talk to Tiller and see what help he needs

Am I missing any? Which should we do first?

Chase after Crandal and Tulles ;-)

Truthfully, you will run into many of these things as you look for Crandal and Tulles. This adventure is a little pushy about side quests. Now that you know what's out there, you can keep your eyes pealed as you go through the Verduran forest.

I'm going to talk to Tiller since I know that he might have some stuff too. Then we get it all out in the open.