[PFS2_Luke_Parry] 2-06: The Crashing Wave (Inactive)

Game Master Luke_Parry

I'm probably going to be swamped on the 24th/25th. Will get her login info up in the morning but I can't guarantee my eggnog-soaked brain will be able to function after that...

Alright, chronicles have been sent out.

Don't forget to download them :-)

Player: RePete
Character Name: Deshacerla
PFS #: 126566-201
Faction: Vigilant Seal
XP: 32
Funds: 173g 12s
Trained by Master of Spells: Sorrina Westyr

--Reputation/Fame--
Fame: 32
Vigilant Seal: 34
Horizon Hunters: 2

Lore (Underworld)(Trained): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Looks like I was not in the mood to guide people through the underworld. :-P

01-10: Tarnbreaker's Trail

PLAYER: Pete H.
CHARACTER: Bair Mann
PFS ID#: 123584-2001
STARTING XP: 31
STARTING FAME: 27

Items Purchased: Bracelets of Dashing (58g)
STARTING GP after purchases: 35g, 5s, 18c

BOONS:

PLAYER: The Sesquipedalian Thaumaturge
CHARACTER: Adalan Mussara
PFS #: 270872-2001
STARTING XP: 32
STARTING FAME 22
Item Purchases: silver bell (3 gp)
STARTING GP after purchases: 90.66

Arcana DC 18 to Learn Spell (endure elements): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
Earn Income DC 15 (Academia Lore): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
8 x 2sp = 16sp

BOONS:
Faction: Grand Archive Champion
Advanced: Traveler of the Spirit Road
General: Legacy of the Gorget
General: Wayfinder
General: Adamant Wayfinder
Slotless: Engraved Wayfinder
Slotless: One-Who-Waits
Slotless: Ally of the Iruxi

Signing in for #1-10: Tarnbreaker's Trail:

PLAYER: Nefreet
CHARACTER: Sister Hannah
PFS ID#: 66548-2002
STARTING XP: 6
STARTING FAME: 6
STARTING GP: 5gp, 8sp, 4cp
BOONS:

PLAYER: J.G.
CHARACTER: Dran'Thor
PFS ID#: 212081-2001
STARTING XP: 36
STARTING FAME: 34
STARTING GP: 57 gp, 7 sp, 5 cp

BOONS:
Faction Boon: Verdant Wheel
Advanced Boon (or others but not faction Boon): Naturalist
Generic Boon: Experienced Mountaineer
Generic Boon: Touched by the storm
Generic Boon: Gorget
Slotless: Engraved wayfinder
Slotless: Beginnings and Endings
Slotless: One-Who-Waits
Slotless: Ally of Iruxi

Item bought: +1 striking Battleaxe

Nature, Bonded animal DC 20: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

Well let's hope I will get it next time...

I'm back from the holiday visit, but haven't had time to level up yet. I probably won't be able to get to that until tomorrow morning, but then I should be back on my normal schedule.

Hope everyone else is having a good week!

Had some free time this evening, so here we go!

PLAYER: Ever_Anon
CHARACTER: Mara Spintho
PFS ID#: 2364939-2001
STARTING XP: 36
STARTING FAME: 32
STARTING GP: 93gp, 9sp, 9cp

BOONS:
Faction: Envoy's Alliance Champion
Advanced: Touched by the Storm
Generic: Experienced Mountaineer
Generic: Team Player
Generic: Legacy of the Gorget

Earn Income roll for 1:10: Library Lore DC16: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

That's a failure so Mara earns 32cp.

Just in case people are wondering what is going on, 90% of this scenario is skill checks (with only one possible combat).

Go go low level skill checks!

*thumbs up emoji*

This next quest is a 3-6, which means that Thorax will be able to rejoin us ;-)

Obviously, it would be helpful if everyone reposted their reporting details (the last scenario gave the 'standard' 4XP / level appropriate gold / 4 reputation).

I believe Bair will be exactly 1 XP short of level four so would probably appreciate the combat mentor boon for this quest as I expect we will be high tier. I think he is the only one still at lvl 3.

For those wondering: 2+3+3+3+3+5 = 19 CP, which is definitely high tier.

So weird that one Level 5 PC bumps a group to High Tier.

So the entire party has to be in-tier to play Low?

Actually, if Thorax was level 3, you would still be high tier (albeit barely)...

We have remarked on this before - but if you think about it, encounter design is based on the idea that a 'party' consists of 4 PCs - so when there are more than that, it bumps up the relative 'danger', to compensate.

Signing in for Quest #5: The Dragon Who Stole Evoking Day (Regular Speed):

PLAYER: Nefreet
CHARACTER: Thorax Toothlicker
PFS ID#: 66548-2001
STARTING XP: 54
STARTING FAME: 34
STARTING GP: 172gp, 9sp, 8cp
BOONS:

PLAYER: Ever_Anon
CHARACTER: Mara Spintho
PFS ID#: 2364939-2001
STARTING XP: 40
STARTING FAME: 36
STARTING GP: 132gp, 3sp, 1cp

BOONS:
Faction: Envoy's Alliance Champion
Advanced: Touched by the Storm
Generic: Experienced Mountaineer
Generic: Team Player
Generic: Sand Slide

Earn Income roll for Q5: Library Lore DC16: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

That's a critical success so Mara earns 10sp.

Quest #5: The Dragon Who Stole Evoking Day

PLAYER: Pete H.
CHARACTER: Bair Mann
PFS ID#: 123584-2001
STARTING XP: 35
STARTING FAME: 31

Items Purchased: None
STARTING GP after purchases: 73g, 21s, 18c

BOONS:

PLAYER: J.G.
CHARACTER: Dran'Thor
PFS ID#: 212081-2001
STARTING XP: 40
STARTING FAME: 30
STARTING GP: 57+? gp, 7 sp, 5 cp

BOONS:
Faction Boon: Improved Verdant Wheel
Advanced Boon (or others but not faction Boon): River Kingdom Politician
Generic Boon: Naturalist Slotted for free
Generic Boon: Experienced Mountaineer
Generic Boon: Touched by the storm
Generic Boon: Sand slide
Slotless: Engraved wayfinder
Slotless: Beginnings and Endings
Slotless: One-Who-Waits
Slotless: Ally of Iruxi

Item bought: -

Boon bought : Improved Verdant Wheel champion (8 Fame)

Nature, Bonded animal DC 20: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

Still no Bonded animal :(

Alright, chronicle sheets for Tarnbreaker's Trail have now been sent out.

As always, please download them at your earliest convenience :-)

Thanks! I will not be swapping out the boon we got from that one. It ain't exactly the best choice for this quest. :)

Really? I can't imagine why :-P

PLAYER: The Sesquipedalian Thaumaturge
CHARACTER: Adalan Mussara
PFS #: 270872-2001
STARTING XP: 36
STARTING FAME: 26
Item Purchases: pendant of the occult (60 gp)
STARTING GP after purchases: 68.66

Earn Income DC 16 (Academia Lore): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
2 x 3sp = 6sp

BOONS:
Faction: Grand Archive Champion
Advanced: Resist Corruption
General: Sand Slide (3 uses)
General: Wayfinder
General: Adamant Wayfinder
Slotless: Engraved Wayfinder
Slotless: One-Who-Waits
Slotless: Ally of the Iruxi

I think we can't earn money for two days only.

Back when we started, I thought the same thing. The language was imprecise and it seemed like you needed a "block" of 8 days.

I asked Michael Sayre when I had the opportunity, and this was his reply:

Nefreet wrote:

Quick question while you're here: if you've completed a Quest, which only grants 2 days of Downtime, can you use those 2 days for Earn Income?

Or do you need an 8-day "block"?

The time blocks are in "up to" 8 day units, with the caveat that once you start your Earn Income you've committed to the task for all of the available unit. So if all you have is 2 days, you can Earn Income for just those two days and then that activity ends; it doesn't carry your Earn Income check over to a new adventure.

Good to know: thank you Thorax!

Sorry been a rough weekend. Working on getting caught up asap.

I've updated my header and profile with most of the lvl 4 changes (purchases are still sorta pending) so make sure to remember that I'm still lvl 3 when you do the chronicles for the quest. I don't want to accidentally get too much money. ;)

I also want to reiterate how awesome it is to have a super fast posting group & gm that also manage to put in quite a bit of good RP and other entertaining things. Great work everyone.

I also like the way we are playing together. With also different characters and way to act and speak. Of course, to fact that we have a group with people who post quickly and a GM who manages to make things moving forward is amazing.

So would we have been able to heal the creature to prevent it's death? Or is it beyond help?

I'll get my level update stuff posted tonight.

For the Quest

Player: RePete
Character Name: Deshacerla
PFS #: 126566-201
Faction: Vigilant Seal

Lore (Underworld)(Trained): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

Yeah, really wish PF2 could have implemented some sort of Combat Banter system, where (assuming the enemy is amenable to talking), you could do a quick Diplomacy et all and try to diffuse the situation. *Sigh*

It appears that Paizo decided that kind of thing is reserved for significantly higher levels and character investment by creating the exact feat to do that very thing but restricting it to lvl 15 or higher PC's.

Legendary Negotiation

Though at some lower levels, some situations (probably not the one we just went through) might allow Glad-Hand to prevent the quick escalation of violence.

@Deshacerla: Theoretically, yes, but it died immediately prior to your next turn in initiative... and you were the one who rolled Deception to 'coerce' the Drake :-/

@Bair: The closest possibility to a 'Legendary Negotiation'-style situation that I have been able to cook up, is Charm + Glad-Hand, but it will only really work against a solo boss.

It seems like the requirement that Glad-Hand has to be used in "a casual or social situation" would exclude most pre-combat scenarios, but it definitely would be nice to have more options to avert conflict.

*nods* exactly.

However, if the Charm worked against a solo opponent, you would not be in a combat situation any more, allowing Glad-Hand to have a chance...

...but it is still fairly 'niche', and relies upon a 'boss' failing a saving throw, so it isn't especially likely to be able to be pulled off :-/

Alright, I have put up the intro post for the next scenario, which is a 1-4.

Consequently, I expect that Hannah will be re-joining the party ;-)

Please repost reporting details when you have a chance.

Alright, chronicles for the latest Quest have now been sent out :-)

As always, please download them at your earliest convenience.

1-11: Flames of Rebellion

PLAYER: Pete H.
CHARACTER: Bair Mann
PFS ID#: 123584-2001
STARTING XP: 36 (lvl 4)
STARTING FAME: 32

Items Purchased: Add Striking to Greatclub (65g)
STARTING GP after purchases: 17g, 26s, 22c

BOONS:

Doing some Purchasing:

Purchasing: Improved Envoys’ Alliance Champion (8 Fame)
Purchasing: Skillful Mentor (2 Fame)
Purchasing: +1 Leather Armor (160gp)
Selling: Leather Armor (+1gp)

Note: The armor is Level 5 and is not uncommon, so I believe I can simply purchase it. If I am wrong let me know.

Assuming those purchases are all fine, here are my reporting details.

PLAYER: Ever_Anon
CHARACTER: Mara Spintho
PFS ID#: 2364939-2001
STARTING XP: 41
STARTING FAME: 27
STARTING GP: 16gp, 3sp, 1cp

BOONS:
Faction: Improved Envoys’ Alliance Champion
Advanced: Touched by the Storm
Generic: Skillful Mentor (slotted for free)
Generic: Experienced Mountaineer
Generic: Traveler of the Spirit Road
Generic: River Kingdom's Politician

Earn Income roll for 1-11: Library Lore DC16: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Success so Mara earns 24sp.

Haven't had a chance to update Hannah, but I'm getting off work early today so will try when I get home.

Haven't had a chance to update Hannah, but I'm getting off work early today so will try when I get home.

Will Hannah be level 2 now and not qualify for the level bump or do I need to swap out a different boon to give her combat mentor?

PLAYER: J.G.
CHARACTER: Dran'Thor
PFS ID#: 212081-2001
STARTING XP: 41
STARTING FAME: 31
STARTING GP: 138 gp, 3 sp, 5 cp

BOONS:
Faction Boon: Improved Verdant Wheel
Advanced Boon (or others but not faction Boon): River Kingdom Politician
Generic Boon: Naturalist Slotted for free
Generic Boon: Experienced Mountaineer
Generic Boon: Touched by the storm
Generic Boon: Sand slide
Slotless: Engraved wayfinder
Slotless: Beginnings and Endings
Slotless: One-Who-Waits
Slotless: Ally of Iruxi

Item bought: -

Earn income (Crafting) after the quest, task lvl 2, 2 days: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

So success: 6 sp

PLAYER: The Sesquipedalian Thaumaturge
CHARACTER: Adalan Mussara
PFS #:270872-2001
STARTING XP: 37
STARTING FAME: 27
Items Sold: healer's tools (+2.5 gp
Items Purchased: expanded healer's tools (-50 gp)
STARTING GP after purchases: 37.76

Earn Income DC 16 (Academia Lore): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
8 x 3sp = 24sp

BOONS:
Faction: Grand Archive Champion
Advanced: Resist Corruption
General: Sand Slide (3 uses)
General: Wayfinder
General: Adamant Wayfinder
Slotless: Engraved Wayfinder
Slotless: One-Who-Waits
Slotless: Ally of the Iruxi

Will Hannah be level 2 now and not qualify for the level bump or do I need to swap out a different boon to give her combat mentor?

She's still Level 1, so Combat Mentor would be much appreciated!

PLAYER: Nefreet
CHARACTER: Sister Hannah
PFS ID#: 66548-2002
STARTING XP: 10
STARTING FAME: 10
STARTING GP: 9gp, 8sp, 4cp
BOONS:

*winces* That is probably a good example of why the lowest level PC shouldn't be the only one to charge off into melee...

Yeah I'm going to wait and see what everyone else does before acting, Lol

Sorry. At least now Mara's there to help?

It also doesn't help when the person who usually charges in recklessly to attract the enemy's attention goes after the enemies. Throws our whole *plan off. :(

*Implying our group has a plan of action is a bit of an overstatement, but we get the job done more than not!

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But in all fairness, this is Bair's fault 100%. He's Hannah's combat mentor after all. :D

Does anyone know whether summoned creatures can be dispelled in 2E? The summoned trait says that they're banished if the spell that summoned them ends, but dispel magic specifies that it targets "spell effects" and I'm not totally sure a summoned creature would count.