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Hey GM, filled out the relevant scenario tracker and it got me thinking. Since I'd guess that Aram Zey will be involved in this one, I recalled how Flyn and Aram Zey have interacted over the scenarios. They don't exactly have a great relationship as the Master of Spells is not exactly a big fan of Flyn despite any success on his missions (or at the least he enjoys deriding the Elf). You don't have to use them, but thought I'd add a few quotes from Zey concerning Flyn to provide context if they do indeed meet again here...
"Flyn. My specific words were 'Retrieve the Sky Key fragment if possible, but try not to murder anyone.' What part of that was not clear? You came recommended as a skilled negotiator. By one of the Blakroses, no less. And to think they made you an instructor."
"Damn! what has that rogue Flyndyngylyn got his people into now?. You! Istvil! I'm diverting you - go make sure Flyn's team don't screw up."
"I see that scoundrel Flyn skipped out on this mission; he mentioned a summons to Mendev by Venture-Captain Lautenbury, so you shouldn't have to deal with his incompetence this time, at least..."
"You're back early! Failed already, eh? You're no better than that rat bastard Flyn, maybe I should've sent him after all."
"Hmmm...very well, I suppose you did OK...much better than a certain Elf that will remain unnamed would've managed at least."
Yes, level 9 may choose to play either 7-8 or 10-11. If you're confident in your character playing up, you're welcome to join us. I've heard this one was a bit rough, but I played 7-8 personally so I don't know how 10-11 is.
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Thanks. Ajax an archer, so I tend to stay out of melee. Seems we've got a fair number of casters in the groups, so I figure if they are decent, we should be in pretty good shape.
I do want to talk with you about my animal companion and how you like to handle it. Most of Ajax's AC levels, I had the same GM, so there was some history and creativity allowed that I've noticed one-shot GMs are sometimes opposed to. Maybe we can discuss it in PMs.
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Special will go live this coming Monday, so please be ready to check in so as to avoid missing the opening act!
Let me post a notice for the opening. You can switch characters if you like either way, just let me know.
Also, official start time is midnight UTC, so I will be posting the opening briefingaround 7PM CST.
Either one works! Please fill out the character info on the map and handouts slides when you have your choice settled.
Part 1 has begun! Part 2 will begin tomorrow night, so please make your checks and final preparations now that the scenario has started.
No worries, I could have been much clearer.
That would be a valid tactic. The wording is a little unclear but the consensus among the GMs is one check per task, allowing aid another from other PCs.
In this case, it is party wide information. For expedience, assuming the PC making the check is able to share the information, once the check is rolled all players can read the spoilers allowed by the total. In some cases I will call out specific PCs and they can pass the information on or just tell everyone to read the spoiler. I don't expect to see a lot of that in this adventure except perhaps in combat when one PC might notice something that the rest of the party doesn't. If this sounds too confusing I am more than happy to include notes on every spoiler about conditions for opening it. It shouldn't add too much burden to my side of the table.
The main idea was to hide the DCs inside the spoiler until the roll, so it is closer to in person play where I don't disclose the DC.
Passing To: Grandmaster TOZ
Boost: Share Knowledge Arcana (Hard)
Boosted By: Charlotte "of the Stage" Lucidum (Human Psychic 8)
I was going to make it clear in the next post, but for this segment only one PC will be able to aid. Follow up post to come soon now that we have finished moving furniture in for the night.
I planned to go in chronological order.
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Uh...what did I do? I thought I was rolling a Knowledge check to figure out what type of creature we were dealing with? I thought the Intimidate/Professional Soldier check was the persuasion attempt.
As long as the fall of the empire isn't brought up they can likely be appealed to through the ideals of honor and sacrifice. (Intimidate/Profession Soldier)
There were three tasks that could be performed to persuade them. The first was correcting the degradation of their funerary wrappings, which was allowing their spirits to become erratic (hence the bursts of rage). The Heal/Religion check was to actually perform the corrections. I will make it clearly going forward.
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There were three tasks that could be performed to persuade them. The first was correcting the degradation of their funerary wrappings, which was allowing their spirits to become erratic (hence the bursts of rage). The Heal/Religion check was to actually perform the corrections.
Okay, that wasn't clear, which is why I didn't describe Ajax as doing anything.
They appear to be ritually preserved in a psudo-undead state but the burial wrappings have been deteriorating. (Heal/Knowledge Religion)
Yeah, I don't see anything about "fixing" anything or correcting it. I read "deteriorating" as simply information relevant to what these creatures are, like the "draconic" description of the wyvarens.
In any event, it appears to be moot.
It is now. If it had been a check to learn information, there would have been a spoiler. In most cases where someone can't fail, I will just give the information when describing the scene. (The Sense Motive to recognize more about the wyvarens was an exception for roleplaying purposes.)
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For future reference, pursuant to my posts previously. Ajax is not going to be the primary on anything when he has modifiers in the the single digits in a 10-11 scenario. Ajax does have Improvisation so if I roll something with a low modifier, it's going to be because I think there is no penalty for failure or limit to who can check. I'll try and double check if I think it's not clear.
Understood! (Having to fast for bloodwork this morning didn't help me any.)