GM Sphen Rise of the Runelords: (Clever Subtitle)

Game Master Sphen86

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. I am looking forward to the New Year!

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. I am looking forward to the New Year!

I had.... well, I had Christmas. It was very.... full. Happy New Year everyone.

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!!

Yikes; my dice are still on holiday

Here's to a wonderful 2020!

Just to make sure for everyone, we are staying in initiative for the moment.

Thanks for the bot GM.

Sorry for my absence all. Been sick and work has not been kind.

Doing his best to try to keep up with the warriors, Dol double moves again.

Leveled up! Got bond senses and another spell for Bumbo, plus a BAB. I took some knowledge and beefed up Spellcraft as well.

For Toot - his bite now causes 1d6 bleed damage, and he gets more natural armor, BAB, STR and DEX, and some skills

Best thing about level 2 = HP
Got BAB to one so I can draw my weapon on a move, +1 dam on my fire bolt, and Woodland Stride.

Are we doing average HP per level?

Levelled up (assuming average HP). Nothing interesting. Took a rank of Survival so I cam attempt tracking, etc.

@GM - As on the previous run-through, my Warforged will pick up warpriest for 2nd level. This time with a twist. As Aventail has no memory of her previous existence she cannot remember her god, or if she had no affiliation perhaps a god has chosen her at this moment to be a divine instrument.

Kindly choose a god for Aventail!

@Dol: Short answer is yes. Should have max for first level, then PFS standard for future levels.

@Aventail: Happy to pick. Excited to, in fact. What is Aventail's alignment?

@Bumbo: You'll need to probably remind me about the bleed for awhile.

@Hmm. That is a good question. I would imagine she would be Neutral or Neutral Good
. While she doesn’t respond to cultural-legal strictures, her physicality bemoans chaos.

Given her desire to be helpful and aid others I guess Neutral Good.

I'll work on my level up in the next 24hrs, been a bit busy, sorry!

@Aventail: This isn't particularly creative, but I can't think of a better deity to fit than Brigh herself. In fact, I'm pretty sure the avatar you've chosen is a picture of Brigh.

@Loth: Don't worry to much about it. After all, leveling up only makes you stronger. If you stay weaker longer, better chance at a gruesome death. I mean, a climatic and story driven death that moves the plot along in a significant way for all involved. Of course.

Too bad I already did it

I have gained the Rogue classic, Evasion! As for my Rogue Talent, I picked Positioning Attack, which should hopefully help line me up for flanks a little better.

Oh, and I forgot to mention, I commissioned some artwork for Razkiv, I'll share it once I get it.

Sorry for my absence.

Will work on leveling tonight and try to get back into the swing of things.

@GM: Huh, right after I posted my alignment choice I was like... “umm...isn’t there a Golarion deity who wields a glaive...and isn’t she also NG”? So I googled “Golarion god, glaive” and found... Shelyn, who also loves beautiful creations...So I was sure Shelyn would be it. So I’m happy you went with Brigh to counter my expectations.

I’ll check out Brigh’s domains and level up as soon as I can.

Side Note Dol: Where exactly did you find that text? Is it under Escape Artist skill in the CRB?

Yes. It was a surprise to me as well when it was somewhat recently pointed out in a game I was GMing.

How are we handeling the level up?

Do I get my +1 bab and Skill bumps?

How are we handeling the level up?

Do I get my +1 bab and Skill bumps?

Yes to those. And any new spell slots for use with spontaneous casting.

+15 is pretty damn impressive in anything for level 2. That is cool. I suppose I can still aid another if we are ever in a tracking situation...

Might not be active in the coming days, family emergency. Feel free to bot me the second I'm dragging things down

I'm sorry if I missed this, but how do we know that Hosk is such a threat? I feel like I really missed something.

Dol is making assumptions based on his previous behavior. Those are his feelings about the man.

Meta-speaking, he seemed a bit eager to go fetch guards to take Tsuto away.

Gotcha, thanks! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing a big plot point.

Loth's pretty impulsive and quick to jump to conclusions, and he trusts Dol's judgment, so he's basically just riding the wave here.

{Still in the midst of leveling...}

And leveled!

GM: given Aventail just received her “gifts” from Brigh, does Aventail have access to her daily prepared spells?

She'd have the spell slots for spontaneous casting (if that's even a thing for Warpriests), but nothing prepared in them.

She'd have the spell slots for spontaneous casting (if that's even a thing for Warpriests), but nothing prepared in them.
0 level spells, yes.

Did we get the HP when we leveled up or just the Max HP? It might free up Dol's Bless spell.

I added the hp as well as the max hp. I wondered why you were still low. lol

Yes, you should have added the level up hp to your current and maximum hp.

@Razkiv - how have you calculated your HP? Under your profile it says 2d8 + 5. I was under the impression we should have max 1st level, plus average 2nd level. With 15 Con and Favored Class Bonus that should be 8 (level 1) + 5 (average level 2) + 4 (Con) + 2 (FCB) = 19. That is unless your FCB is not HP.

Anyone else chime in if I’m wrong...so I can adjust my HP...

Aventail: You are 100% accurate with the possible exception of favored class.

First level FCB was skills. I needed a point in Linguistics

Sorry for my absence. Life got up on a chair and beat me senseless last week.

Fair warning; due to concerns over the coronavirus, I have been put on mandatory overtime at work "until further notice" and assigned extra duties. So if I miss a day or two here or there, don't be surprised.
Hopefully it'll end soon since they'll be suspending in-building classes and going all online very soon (and spring break is next week here), but who knows. Again, just a warning.

Also, a forward reminder, we'll be taking a break the week of April 20th -24th since I'll be super buys with the convention I help organize (Farmageddon).

Happy Easter everyone!

Posting this to all games I am in and directed to the GMs:

I want to thank you for all of your diligence, dedication and most of all, passion for running this game for us. It takes a lot of effort to make the game and an inordinate amount of work to keep it going - to engage us, keep us corraled, on point, focused, dont forget you’re here on the map’d, that’s ok thanks for letting me know’d and all around inspired and fulfilled.

You are a true devotee, unpaid unless it be in shared enjoyment, unsung unless we speak up and undeterred unless I ask to play a half-froghemoth dhampir-scion mechagolem suit commander gestalted with a dire sorcerard. Thank you, thank you and thank you again. And no, it wasn’t me who sent you that weird PM. It was that other guy. Gal. Thing.

Anyway, thanks. Keep ‘em coming.

Well said, and agreed!

Thanks. And to Bumbo, all the same.

This means a lot. Every time I see a post in the discussion thread after there hasn't been one for awhile, I always think its a "I'm not having fun and don't want to keep playing" post. So this was a very welcome not that.

Sorry I've been so flaky lately everyone. My internet has been really spotty and I hate trying to post from my phone.

No probs GM - I do 99% from my phone or sometimes tablet - it is most definitely mega annoying... I hadn’t exactly noticed your absence, so it is all good!!!

No worries, I am having a grand time.

No problems here as well, hope your internet picks up again soon!

Seconded, or fourthed-ed!