[Gameday VIII] GM PDK: The Hao Jin Cataclysm (Inactive)

Game Master Purple Dragon Knight

8 potions of cure light wounds and the big one had a Cloak of Fangs, which resizes to medium or small if you don it.

Don't forget that the maps have an undo function, then you can try to do the thing again easily.

Have an aid token for you all!

***Aid Token #7***

Passing To: GM PDK

Boost: Burst of Healing
Boosted By: The acolytes of the Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment

Boost: Allied Offensive (+1d8)
Boosted By: Allies of the Tapestry

Dear players, that Allied Offensive (if used on the second more fresh and less damaged giant) would yield a total of +3d8 dmg on someone's attack.

Now that you have the token please note that you can apply any of the Special Boosts options listed in the slides, since you completed all of Part 2's missions. Of note:

-Allied Offensive is +2d8
-Burst of Healing is free to boost (no channel required)
-Coord Maneuvers is +4 instead of +2
-Provide Spellcasting not only provides the spell, but does it as CL +4!!
-Share Knowledge is automatically boosted to Hard level
-Timely Inspiration not only +1 higher, but lasts 6 rounds instead of 3.

I recommend you boost this token (whether you use it or not) and pass it to the next table soon!

I suggest we pass it along to any table that is requesting an aid token on the specials GM thread. I can't really boost any of that though.

The token applies to everyone's for one round, yes? Not just one person (That's the partial boons we got for other things)

So use it now, and pass it along! But just the regular +2d8, not the one time 3d8.

The token applies to everyone's for one round, yes? Not just one person (That's the partial boons we got for other things)

So use it now, and pass it along! But just the regular +2d8, not the one time 3d8.

I second the vote to use the damage one this round on the next attack that hits (I think it is only one attack that gets bonus damage, but the enemy is FF vs everyone after that for a round, iirc).

Edit: Flanking, not FF.

It's currently been passed to us already boosted, so this is +3d8 for ONE attack. I will assume Fairbeaks uses this on the giant female.

Adding the missing d8 --> 1d8 ⇒ 7

Token used by Fairbeaks!

***Aid Token #7***

Passing To: GM PDK

Boost: Burst of Healing
Boosted By: The acolytes of the Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment

Boost: Allied Offensive (+1d8)
Boosted By: Allies of the Tapestry

----> ANYONE WILLING TO BOOST IT BEFORE PASSING IT ON? LOOK AT THE SPECIAL BOOST OPTIONS YOU NOW HAVE IN MY LAST POST ABOVE. THX! GM PDK

(if so, do the boosting here, and let's assume you do this right after the battle with the two giants)

Ah screw it, Hamish will boost the Timely Inspiration with three rounds burned of Inspire Courage. +1 to the power and bumped to six rounds,
that is too good of an extra bonus to waste. That puts him at 9 rounds remaining.

***Aid Token #7***

Passing To: GM ZD

Boost: Burst of Healing
Boosted By: The acolytes of the Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment

Boost: Timely Inspiration +3 (6 rounds)
Boosted By: Hamish the Bard

I'll be out of state for a family funeral Thursday through Saturday with minimal posting availability. Bot instructions (if necessary) are spoilered at the bottom of Hamish's profile. In the next round or two he'll probably be attacking with his bow though, nothing crazy.

Condolence.

sorry to hear, man. Condolences....

same here... will try to get replacement GM

Oh no... Condolence again.

Hey folks, I'm working on getting you a backup GM to help out. Should have someone here before too long.

wow...condolence PDK....

its thanksgiving weekend man!
I'll be out of country too... but should still be able to check in... if not be overly verbose.

Sorry folks, I agreed to fill in and then had an emergency that kept me away. Jumping in now though.

all good man....no worries here.

Hey Theo, you in Canada too?

Not at the moment, but will be tomorrow. =)

Took me a few tries to get that last post up, and then after I noticed that Rallas won initiative, so had to re-work it. So if you saw an earlier version of the post and got confused, I apologize.

Also, there exists a choice you can make - at the end of each encounter, you may be able to make a roll to repair the tapestry. If you want to try the (significantly) harder version of the encounter (called Undaunted by Flames), you can get a +5 on this check. I don't know how well you have done with encounters so far, and I don't think you get much more information than this, so not the easiest decision to make... Everyone has to decide yes, though, so first person to say no means we proceed with the normal encounter (which I am assuming to start).

Sure, we can try the harder version. Sounds fun.

I'm back! thanks for the assist GM Fuzzfoot! I will wait another 12 hours to see if the 'hard mode' is not preferred by some, after which I will continue the game! :)

I’m not a fan of hard modes, but if everyone else wants to, I have no objections.

The Hard mode is no joke. Be prepared to suffer. Make your final decision accordingly. You have one hour left.

I've no interest in hard mode.

Noted. We will proceed in regular mode.

Too much stuff to address so doing it here instead of gameplay. Reply here please, not in gameplay:

@Styfis: yes you can fly 30' up so you can launch one arrow.
@Nyloth: so, you intend to cross the wall of fire and deliver one attack to the ruby phoenix yes? why did you post a full attack?
@Theo/Fairbeaks: cliff is 40' high, wall of fire is 20' high. I will need climb checks if you're not flying, and it might be a while if you don't have a climb speed.
@Hamish: you need a standard action to drink a fly potion.

Hamish drank it last encounter, it lasts 7 minutes 5 minutes and we had two rounds downtime between encounters.

Oh, shows me for making assumptions based on the map =)

Thought it was much lower.

I wrote the height on the map

Ya, but I'm not that observant =)

Any idea on the DC, based on observable evidence?

It's really hot, and there's no DC. And in regards to the width, I did target those squares based on Example Two of this most relevant thread

Heh. Meant DC to climb the cliff, not the wall of fire. =)

ie: is it a natural rough rock surface (seems most likely) or something worse?

@Styfis: you are 50' up based on the 40' cliffs and 10' high boulders on top of plateau... You have eyes on the Ruby Phoenix. It took only one move action to get there due to haste. Everything is fine: just letting you know of your height. I'm keeping the sheets of fire up as Styfis is the only one seeing the Ruby Phoenix anyway.

Heh. Meant DC to climb the cliff, not the wall of fire. =)

ie: is it a natural rough rock surface (seems most likely) or something worse?

There's easier areas with rubble to the southeast, but the sheer 40-foot tall cliffs are Climb DC 25.

Walking through the Wall of Fire requires nothing from Theo but Handle Animal DC 25 for Fairbeaks.

Peta would be all over me if I sent my bird through a fire!

Hmm... Fairbeaks is moving at an 80', so perhaps going to the lower area is the way to go! Can you mark which areas he might be able to get up, that won't require me to roll an 20. =)

DC 15 near the rubble to southeast

Accelerated Climbing
You try to climb more quickly than normal. By accepting a –5 penalty, you can move half your speed (instead of one-quarter your speed).

--> 40-ft cliff costs 160-ft of movement to climb, 80-ft if you do accelerated climbing.

***Aid Token #2***

Passing To: GM PDK

Boost: Knowledge (Religion) - Medium
Boosted By: Covadil
Boost: burst of Healing 3d6
Boosted by: Aldran Ironfoot (dwarf fighter/cleric)

Peta would be all over me if I sent my bird through a fire!

Hamish wonders why it smells like delicious roasted chicken. :P

Bird power!

Of course, now getting down might be a bit messy...

Bird power!

Of course, now getting down might be a bit messy...

Use that whistle! :)

You guys just got a token with some healing built-in... feel free to use it if things get a bit too hot! :)

Too much stuff to address so doing it here instead of gameplay. Reply here please, not in gameplay:

@Styfis: yes you can fly 30' up so you can launch one arrow.
@Nyloth: so, you intend to cross the wall of fire and deliver one attack to the ruby phoenix yes? why did you post a full attack?
@Theo/Fairbeaks: cliff is 40' high, wall of fire is 20' high. I will need climb checks if you're not flying, and it might be a while if you don't have a climb speed.
@Hamish: you need a standard action to drink a fly potion.

Sorry, I mistook Fairbeaks as the pheonix so I stepped forward and punched the hell out of our pet bird rather than the enemy bird. I'm definitely not running through a wall of fire to hit this phoenix.

you sure? it's a free trip to Absalom if you do! ;)

Yeah, no thanks. It wouldn't make sense for my character to run through a literal wall of fire to punch a fire bird. I misunderstood his location and thought he was 5ft away from myself and threw a wall of fire behind me to prevent "escape".

Styfis, the cliffs are 40-ft tall, and going up is at half speed. You must also move horizontally as far as you do vertically i.e. 45 degrees max unless you do a fly check. I can just assume you took a double move to get there instead and remove your arrow dmg from the Ruby Phoenix, or kindly provide all the details on your movement here (even hasted, fly speed is 90, so max altitude should be 45, and I don't think you'd be that far...)