GM Numbat PFS(2) 1-01 The Absalom Initiation - PbP Gameday VIII (Inactive)

Game Master numbat1

I will bot them.

Thanks, Krizz.

Busy with F2F games last night and today. Should be able to post tonight.

Loohi rests for the night and regains 3 HP. That leaves him 4 short. I'm okay moving forward with that. But, I think I'll give a Medicine check the old Pathfinder Society College try.

EDIT: On second thought, Loohi doesn't have a healer kit. So, no go!

Pooka herself is fine but sadly she's not trained in Medicine and isn't carrying any Healer's Tools, so she's no help here.

Sorry guys, it's going to be tomorrow before I have the next section up.

Krizz would of had enough healing to heal everyone up

My apologies that it took me so long to post the beginning of this encounter. Partly I became caught up trying to find custom pictures for all the statues marked on the map (something I have not really paid much attention to before), I admit that I resorted to some duplicates.

I did find a crowd picture that kind of fit but had no energy and had already wasted too much time to find pics for the various leaders so you get my old standby of coloured shapes.

I provided you with some of the background on the Street of Statues as well.

Feel free to discuss who wants to attempt to persuade which leader.

About the only one that Pooka doesn't really have any good skills to lead with would be against the Smith. Otherwise she's got Alcohol Lore +4, Thievery +5, Deception +6, and Performance +6 and so can talk to and/or attempt Aid against all the others.

Remember Aid Another is a DC20 so with limited checks available it is likely best for everyone to make their own attempt.

Loohi has Quick Coersion and would be able to help with the Charlatan and 2 Drunks.

Underworld Lore(T) +3; Thievery(T) +5; Deception(T) +5; Intimidation(T) +5

Even though it's primarily for alchemy, would Kloink's craft work for the Smith? If so, she would try alcohol lore on one drunk +7, and crafting on the smith +7

Krizz, Sage, Sneak - how would you like to contribute?

Have no skills that would be good to contribute against these guys. Someone should post something to move the scenario along

With only three responses I suggest round one:
Charlatan - Loohi - Thievery
Smith - Kloink - Crafting
Actor - Pooka - Performance
Drunks - Loohi - DeceptionX2

Once you know the results then you can decide where to concentrate your efforts for the next round.

Role-play away!

Sorry for the delay, basically took yesterday off from posting for the most part. Pooka will try tackling the Actor; post in Gameplay to follow!

I would like nominations for any you thought earned a Hero Point from your Haunted Mansion mission.

Hero Points can be awarded for heroic deeds, great role-playing, significant contribution to the success of the group, or something else compelling.

Nominate your hero and provide justification.

This is even more difficult than in-person tables.

I will also consider awarding one for the initial social encounter if you think someone is deserving.

Pooka, thanks for the link to Mage Armor. Would you please confirm that brings you to AC 18. Edit: Actually looking at it, Mage Armor doesn't stack with your studded leather as they both give a +1 item bonus. Would you like to revise what you do with those two actions?

If you are likely to use that frequently, and why wouldn't you, then it may be worth adding the alternate AC to your header.

Sure; I'll make a note.

*edit* Derp, Pooka's AC stays the same because she's currently getting a better item bonus from her armor! That's what I get for not reading the spell more closely. No worries though, I'll let her action stand.

I just edited my post and then saw yours. Feel free to revise those two actions. This is a learning game.

Okay, if you're sure! Thanks :)

(I'll need to reread the game but I'll try to get my vote for Hero Point Recipient in sometime tonight.)

Thank you for the botted craft roll. ><; Real life is fun right now to say the least. I should be able to post a combat action so long as my spot comes up tomorrow.

Is someone willing to bot Sneak Runt?

I can bot Sneak

@Sage - I haven't checked the animal companion rules but if they use the same death and dying then I believe Bitey is at 6 hp (the amount you healed) and wounded 1. Please let me know if this is different and I will go read up on it.

I realised as I processed Sage's actions that Red should already have been dead. With that in mind, I decided you had done sufficient damage to have defeated all the goblins and thus Purple fled so the story was not jarringly interrupted but you did not need to continue the combat.

I hope that resolution is acceptable to all.

Roleplay away and make note of any resources spent in healing or any purchases to be made or other changes of note.

I believe your next choice was the ship?

Whichever of ship or ritual you confirm, I will try to have a post up in the morning.

Paizo stopped working for me this morning and then I received a call and have workmen arriving to hopefully fix our heat. It may be late this evening before I can post.

Sorry. I really don't want to drag this out even more.

Solo parenting for the next few days and dealing with a lot of anxiety-inducing stuff at work. Sorry for not posting this notice sooner. I do plan to return but it may be a week or two before I can post regularly again. I will let you know when I am over the hump but meanwhile I will post if and when I can. Bot me otherwise.

That sounds like a lot on your plate caps. Wishing you well. Thank you for letting us know.

In response to Sage - that is the choice of the group. I will presume you all rest and heal unless I hear otherwise. I will have you set out in the morning.

Sounds good.

OK, people (yes, goblins are people too) what are you doing?

Are you headed down? trying to move to the grates to look down from a different angle? checking out the fore and aft cabins on this deck?

If you are moving, please move your tokens to where you wish to be. If you are moving down the stairs, I need to see the order, given the guns were called out as being rotted ballista mounts, I think you can move into those squares. You should only move as far as necessary for everyone who is headed down to be there or on the stairs.

I'll check in again Sunday and see where we are at.

Hey guys, I wanna let you know that I'm going through some big life changes. Right now my posting habits revolve around breaks at work. Well, my last day at my job is Wednesday, and I'll be switching from PC to mobile. I'm also moving and job searching, so there's that too. I plan to try to make sure I still post regularly, but I wanted to let you know in case I have lapses in posting. I'm still here to the end, and I appreciate y'all's patience so far.

If you need help with manipulating the map, just let us know.

Wishing you all the best, Kloink.

Thanks for volunteering to assist, Loohi. I can't imagine only having mobile available to play, though I know others for whom it is their primary method.

The help is much appreciated! I usually don't have issues playing from mobile when I need to, however I am worried about the couple games I'm GMing. fortunately, one is almost finished, and the other... I think I can make Google Slides work for me. I've got most of the hard setup done.

Just a quick reminder, I am looking for Hero Point nominations. It's past time to give some out.

Pooka's creative use of songs has cracked me up on some bad days. She also has some awesome rp skills, and does really well detailing what she's doing.

Loohi's palm greasing at the square with the petrified folks was pretty awesome, plus ooc they offered to help me out, which is awesome.

Also ooc, it was awesome for Krizz to step up and bot for Sneak.

I'll nominate Krizz for repeatedly working to exorcise the haunts.

One Hero Point each for Pooka, Loohi and Krizz then.

That takes us through the first three sections (party, haunted manor, and street of statues).

Reminder - you can use a hero point to reroll any single d20 check. If you use them to avert dying you spend all that you have.

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I have added the map for the museum and placed you coming up the stairs to the second floor and also have placed you going up to the top floor. Feel free to adjust the order for either.

The ground floor will be description I will provide. The second floor has more room for investigation but I can provide this by description too if you prefer (to save time in the PbP format) and proceed to the actual encounter on the top floor.

I don't mind taking it slower through the second floor if you prefer, I am aware though that we are rapidly approaching the end of the official convention time and thus the time you committed to playing. I will report the game tomorrow regardless (and adjust that later if needed) and can continue to GM as long as you, the players, desire. I am also willing to try to wrap it up sooner rather than later.

Let me know what you prefer.

Pooka's place in the marching order(s) is fine, but other folks feel free to shift her backward if you'd rather be close to the front.

I'm good with taking the time to investigate the second floor before heading up to the top floor but will defer to the wishes of the majority. Normally I loathe rushing through RP/investigative sections *but* I'm also about to (finally) start moving house so wrapping up sooner rather than later might not hurt. But as I said, I'm happy to go either way :)

Also to get ahead of the game for a change, my vote for a Hero Point (if you're assigning one per 'section') for the ship investigation would be Kloink for taking the lead on speaking to our strange new friend and helping him with the puzzle box!

I'm fine with doing what the majority agrees to regarding the speed on this last mission. I also agree with Pooka on the nomination for a Hero Point.

1 Hero Point for Kloink it is.

Sorry for the sluggish posting; moving, work, and winter malaise got me busy and feeling a little down. At least the moving part should be largely done after Saturday so hopefully service will improve starting next week.

Moving is always such a pain and a lot more work and interruption than we expect, even when it is a good and welcome move.

Hopefully, our other three will start posting again soon.

There is nothing indicating that you can not repeat the same skill check (just in case anyone is hesitating).

Also (GM hint) those with Occultism have a sneaking suspicion that with recent skill successes they may find it easier to use their Occult abilities to battle the flaws.

=O Huzzah for a hero point.

I'm so sorry guys. I know Pooka's moving pains, but I have been terrible at keeping my obligations. I'm even recruiting a GM for a game I have going because I'm having so many issues.

After that, this will be my only game, and I hope to finish strong, but I apologize profusely for any delays I have caused.

I will add my own apologies. I have tried to maintain an even pace but with the game continuing longer than expected and life adding a few extra challenges, I have found my posts not as consistent as I'd like. Notably, I have been prepping and GMing new material to run Thursday, Friday and Saturday some weeks (such as this week) and find that both exhausting and taking away from the time and energy I have for here.

I should be good this coming week until Friday when I will be attending a convention and likely only be checking and posting in the evenings for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

With any luck and some effort from us all, we should be able to wrap this before then and maybe even be done before Thanksgiving(US).

Anyone willing to bot Sneak?