Hi, my Roc Animal Companion is ready as well!
Just fyi that the Roc has an Amulet of Mighty Fists (Agile) to get Dex to damage.
Also the AC has the Bodyguard archetype with the following important ability.
Tenacious Guardian (Ex): At 3rd level, a bodyguard can always act in a surprise round (though it remains flat-footed until it acts). As long as its master is adjacent, a bodyguard remains conscious (though it becomes staggered) when its hit points fall below 0. While below 0 hit points, the bodyguard loses 1 hit point per round but gains a +2 morale bonus on attack rolls, saving throws, and skill checks, dying only if its hit points reach a negative total equal to its Constitution score plus its master’s class level. This replaces evasion.
Additionally, the Roc has a feat to intercept blows.
Feat: Intercept Blow
The animal willingly throws itself in harm’s way to defend its master. Prerequisites: Base attack bonus +1, animal companion.
Benefit: Whenever the animal companion is adjacent to its master and its master is the target of a melee attack, the animal companion can expend an attack of opportunity as a free action, even if it isn’t its turn, to attempt to intercept the attack. The animal companion makes an attack roll at its highest attack bonus with one of its natural attacks, as if it were making an attack of opportunity, with a –2 penalty for each size category the attacking creature is larger than the animal companion. If the result of this attack roll is greater than the attacking creature’s attack roll result, the animal companion’s master takes only half damage from the attack, and the other half of the damage is dealt to the animal companion. Effects that trigger on every successful hit (such as bleed or the trip special ability) affect both the animal companion and the master, as if both were hit by the attack; however, if it matters (such as for a touch spell that expires after a single hit), treat the animal companion as if it had been hit first. If the animal companion knows the defend trick, the animal companion can use Intercept Blow and any feat that lists it as a prerequisite to protect any ally that it is adjacent to and defending (as per the defend trick).)
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GM, I am also using the Inquisitor (Sacred Huntsmaster) ability to share Aaftaab's teamwork feats with the Roc animal companion.
Especially, Pack Flanking which allows to always flank and Precise Strike which allows to then always add +d6 precision damage per hit.
PACK FLANKING (Combat, Teamwork): Prerequisites : Int 13, Combat Expertise, ability to acquire an animal companion. Benefit : When you and your companion creature have this feat, your companion creature is adjacent to you or sharing your square, and you both threaten the same opponent, you are both considered to be flanking that opponent, regardless of your actual positioning.
Precise Strike (Combat, Teamwork): Prerequisites: Dex 13, base attack bonus +1. Benefit: Whenever you and an ally who also has this feat are flanking the same the creature, you deal an additional 1d6 points of precision damage with each successful melee attack. This bonus damage stacks with other sources of precision damage, such as sneak attack. This bonus damage is not multiplied on a critical hit.
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GM, also important is that Aaftaab as a Kineticist (Kinetic Knight) has the VOID Kinetic blade hitting TOUCH AC and doing NEGATIVE ENERGY DAMAGE for the FIRST attack.
So Aaftaab cannot use this blade for AoOs etc and has a dagger for these attacks in his left hand.
So as Aaftaab is always riding on top of his Roc animal companion he is ALWAYS FLANKING.
So as a 1st level Rogue he has +1d6 sneak attack and with precise strike that is +2d6 total.
So his attack is:
Void Kinetic blade with flanking +11, negative energy hitting touch AC (1d6+1+2d6; 20/x2) To hit: BAB +2, Finesse +6, Size +1, flanking +2 / Damage: d6+ ½ Con + d6 Sneak Attack + d6 Precise Strike Feat
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Yes, I also like the archetype a lot!
It is really hard to find the right combination of classes so that teamwork feats can shine.
I was really happy I found Kinetic Knight which solved my problem to have Combat Expertise as a feat tax and circumvented the INT 13 requirement for Pack Flanking which is essential in the build. :-)
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Aaftaab - noted pack flanking and precise strike. The kinetic blade always makes touch attack, but only the first (attack or hit?) each round does negative energy damage.
So, I should assume the Roc uses Intercept Blow against all melee attacks on Aaftaab only unless you direct it to defend an adjacent ally too, and that it can make 6 AoO total. I assume an intercepted grapple attack would proceed against the Roc.
(FYI, I’ll probably make the Roc’s AoO rolls for Intercept Blow just to help turn processing.)
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Hey guys, after almost exactly 7 months of looking I finally found a new job, which is good news.
The bad news is that my posting rate probably will go down to once per day at most since I won't be able to check the boards or post during working hours (I don't want them knowing I'm a slacker immediately, after all.)
Bot me, as necessary but I should be able to keep a one a day rate.
Hi guys,
Would any of you be interested to start a second GM rotation with other characters?
I have so many low level PCs that I want to see at higher levels and there are not enough games. :-)
I wanted to ask here first but would ask for interest in the Flaxseed lodge too.
I would GM the first game.
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Kahwen, did you add +2 for Inspired Courage last round? And, it may just be me, but I don’t think I’d fight defensively...with just three of us on this side of the fire wall, the longer it goes on, the more we’re screwed...we’ve got to get some hits quickly...the big dude’s already healed most of the 52 damage I put on him and no telling how many more healing spells he has...
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Congratulations on completing the adventure! I had fun GMing this scenario.
I apologize if I seem to push the posting rate in this game, I wanted to finish before Gameday VIII started.
I’ll work to get the chronically sheets out this weekend.
In BOTing Kahwen in the last round, iI don’t know if Kahwen would have charged the leader like that, but what the heck. Aaftaab and Parvaaz had brought the leader down to 1 pt anyway. Which was interesting because they had him down to 2 hit points the first time before he double healed himself. So close!
The stranglers were interesting foes they were very effective just too few of them to win.
I noticed Starling hasn’t posted in 2 weeks. I looked around and found another game the player is in which also last post was about 2 weeks ago. I hope everything is fine and that the player is just taking a break.
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Congratulations on completing the adventure! I had fun GMing this scenario.
I apologize if I seem to push the posting rate in this game, I wanted to finish before Gameday VIII started.
I’ll work to get the chronically sheets out this weekend.
In BOTing Kahwen in the last round, iI don’t know if Kahwen would have charged the leader like that, but what the heck. Aaftaab and Parvaaz had brought the leader down to 1 pt anyway. Which was interesting because they had him down to 2 hit points the first time before he double healed himself. So close!
The stranglers were interesting foes they were very effective just too few of them to win.
I noticed Starling hasn’t posted in 2 weeks. I looked around and found another game the player is in which also last post was about 2 weeks ago. I hope everything is fine and that the player is just taking a break.
I was waiting to see if Daedin and the eagle put the strangler down but I probably would have charged (and done some acrobatics to avoid getting hit but that's minor) so it's all good.
Thanks for the game! I'm trying to wrap one I'm GMing up before Gameday, too.
I also hope Starling's ok.
Thanks for everything GM!
It is my turn with part two of our adventure on the plane of fire. Would you like to start now or after Gameday?
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Noral, I'd prefer starting afterwards as Daedîn is signed up to play in an upcoming Gameday session...but if the others would prefer to play beforehand, I can sit that one out...
Thanks for running GM! Enjoyed playing with everyone...that ended suddenly...thought for a couple of rounds that we might be in trouble...
Later is fine for me!
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Chronicle Sheets are up {link}
Kahwen and Aaftaab are mid-tier and everyone else was hi-tier
Please let me know if there are any errors and I'll get them corrected.
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Hey GM, my chronicle looks good but I screwed up by cutting and pasting an old post for my PFS info as I do have a day job roll via Thieves Guild:
= 20 gp
I have a PDF editor at work and, with your permission, I'll change the PDF to reflect 20 gp on Day job as opposed to N/A; that way, you don't have to post a new PDF. Sorry 'bout that...
Thanks again for running! This was a very interesting and fun scenario...
If any of you want to play Forged in Flame, Part 2: Cleansed With Fire during Gameday then please note that
chaosorbit
GM Aarvid
GM MindXing
are all GMIng the scenario.
It is best to play this scenario as an Exchange faction character.
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Hey GM, my chronicle looks good but I screwed up by cutting and pasting an old post for my PFS info as I do have a day job roll via Thieves Guild:
[dice=Sleight of Hand]1d20+16 = 20 gp
I have a PDF editor at work and, with your permission, I'll change the PDF to reflect 20 gp on Day job as opposed to N/A; that way, you don't have to post a new PDF. Sorry 'bout that...
Thanks again for running! This was a very interesting and fun scenario...
No problem, I made the change and reposted the sheet.