GM Sphen Rise of the Runelords: (Clever Subtitle)

Game Master Sphen86

I'm still checking in daily, at the very least, just waiting my turn, really. I hope everything's alright!

Hope everything is ok, I am here and checking each day, although Weekends are a little rough for me as well.

@GM The concern is certainly not with you.

Sorry about your family issues, and I apologize if it felt like I was putting any pressure on you.

Hope everything's okay GM!

I appreciate everyone's concern. Things are going just fine for me and mine. Just a bit of a scare and then a hectic weekend, kids and all that.

@Dol: If your concern is a TPK: I still want to keep playing with you folks if the group wipes. New characters, obviously, but the story continues.
If your concern is some of the players not checking in regularly: I do agree that it slows down combat, but beyond that it won't be an issue as long as you main 4 are staying consistent. Thanks for that, by the way.

Will post tonight - for once being botted wasn’t good for Aventail!!!

How dare you GM....Bumbo is eternal

This fight would be going much differently if Toot had fingers to better roll his dice. These hoof rolls aren't up to par.

Razkiv Goblinbane

I am sorry for my extended absence. Wife has been having some medical issues. Also...just prior to my returning to work my boss was...let go so dealing with catching up and gaining added responsibilities.

This game the entangle spell has been on point

Hope all is well Mizzug!

I'm fine with moving out to where we can maneuver better, assuming the goblins will follow us out.

Wish I could a had those rolls for Toot!

No post from me, sick

Fell better!

Get some rest. Take care.

Oh geez Aventail, hope that heals up soon!

Is toot going to be ok being that far from Bumbo?

I'd rather keep them within 100 ft if possible. If they get further away than that, Toot is diminished considerably. If we need to go one at a time over the bridge, that's probably okay, as it'll just be for a few minutes.

BTW, thanks for the great burning hands opertunity

Oof... A 17 misses Ripnugget... I need to get off of these stairs.

How do you know you missed? I haven’t seen any indication from GM. Just that the notes and map have been updated. What notes?

He keeps a running tally of damage in the notes section of the map. Ripnugget has taken 17 points of damage. That is 6 from my unconfirmed crit and 11 from your 22 to hit.

Ah, thx Dol. i have never seen the notes and appear to have no access to them on my version of Google Slides. Not really a problem, clearly I’ve been happy enough without it!

Now those are some rolls...

Toot might be in for razzing after this fight from Mizzug...if we all survive. :-P

It'd be deserved!

We need to survive, I can smell 3rd level.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving, and have a great weekend!

I forget, what we doin for HP?

I forget, what we doin for HP?

Half rounded up.

I know we all lead busy lives. So let's take a day or two to get our level ups and between now and next Monday, I'd like to see two things.

1) What is important about the next level. If you took Toughness as a feat, I don't need to know. If you took Step Up (or something that you can use to react to things, or similar), lets hear it. Or if you got a cool new ability, what did you get?

2) What is your characters mind space right now? Two hard scrabble battles. Injuries may heal through magic, but the pain leaves a memory not so easily erased. What is going through your character's heads at the moment?

Pre-emptively thinking of adding a third class. Because Aventail. Some sort of Barbarian for the poundage, reflavored as awesomeness. I have heard of things like Titan Mauler and Invulnerable Rager etc, so will explore.

Pre-emptively thinking of adding a third class. Because Aventail. Some sort of Barbarian for the poundage, reflavored as awesomeness. I have heard of things like Titan Mauler and Invulnerable Rager etc, so will explore.

My barbarian archetype is invulnerable rager. Titan Mauler has some...balance issues so you'd certainly want to confer with the GM before going that direction.

Bumbo got Summon Monster II and Augment summoning. Toot got improved damage on his bite and combat reflexes.

Bumbo is honestly becoming more excited than scared right now. He feels that he is finally finding a bond with Toot beyond the seemingly forced one that they'd previously had. And, perhaps he's proved himself useful enough that Toot no longer looks at him with disgust.

As for everyone else, he now counts them all as his extended family. He'd most certainly die for them.

The thing I am most excited about for this level is Flameblade. I don't know how good it will be in the "real" world but I love the imagery of it.

Razkiv is still shaken from his encounter with the goblin druid, so far in these encounters they have only been fighting people trying to live their lives. He is questioning this push. But the goblin did state there was something tainted in tunnels below. He wants to face an enemy that he can feel good about beating.

2nd level spells!

New Feat: Deific Obedience (setting up for Evangelist prestige class). Torag's benefit is +1 with warhammers.

Head Space: There is a piece of work to do. Keep pounding the iron till it is shaped. Forging is not a gentle process, and Torag must have confidence in the quality of the metal.

I still need to crunch the numbers but this is a very exciting level for Loth.

First up: He gets dex to damage with his daggers now! My damage modifier just went from a -1 to a +4!

He also gets Danger Sense and an extra Sneak Attack die, so this is a good level up for Numbers Go Up.

As for my feat, I'm gonna be a little boring and get Extra Rogue Talent to get Underhanded, which gets me full sneak attack damage if I attack during the surprise round.

As for Loth's current mood, he's probably a bit worn by these big battles back to back. Also a little bit inadequate: his stealthing ahead failed him and during the last battle he held the line decently but got pretty hurt and barely damaged anything in return. So he's probably pondering how to be more effective to help out the squad, and kinda working out his level 3 stuff. The fact that he's supposed to be kinda adverse to adventure after what happened to his granddad is completely forgotten.

Bad timing for a level up. early in the dungeon, do we get the slots but only for spontaneous casting/Domain spells? or do we need to rest?

@Dol: What is the specific obedience for Torag? What do you need to do every day?
Also, Evangelist? Is that the one that you lose one level to the class but then get everything for both the Prestige class and your normal class for the rest of it?

@Razkiv: Correct on the first. The slots are available for use with spontaneous casting, but you can't fill them with spells of your choice until you prepare spells again. It is still early in the day, so you'd have to wait and rest until the next morning.

@Aventail: Let me know what questions, if any, you come up with. I had a player once who went with Titan Mauler and it is (as Mizzug said) fun but unbalanced.

@Bumbo: I love that you've essentially created a character that is condescending to itself. Is Toot actually just a representation of Bumbo's own insecurities? Let's explore that, shall we? Tell me about Bumbo's mother.

@Loth: Hopefully Loth will find more chances to use his sneak attack soon. And Dex to damage is a wonderful, wonderful thing. I presume you chose to apply that to daggers. Any idea what the level 6 Dex to damage choice will be?

@Mizzug: Invulnerable Rager? More like.... (insert pun) rager.... am I right?

I really thought I had one there, but turns out I didn't. So yeah. you smell bad.

Will go Armored Hulk. That’s probably the one I was looking for.

As for headspace, Aventail has mixed emotions - she shares Razkiv’s reservations about the indiscriminate slaughter of sentients, but also reacts when attacked - see her reflex backhand of the goblin-dog.

Given there seems to be a greater evil at work, Aventail shares Dol’s desire to temper the problem swiftly and with skill, efficiency and puissance.

@Dol: What is the specific obedience for Torag? What do you need to do every day?

Also, Evangelist? Is that the one that you lose one level to the class but then get everything for both the Prestige class and your normal class for the rest of it?

Easy to accomplish (and I've been trying to perform it each morning as part of RP anyways). At some point, I'll want to pick up a portable forge that can be carried in a bag of holding or something. I think there is actually a magic item that I looked at once.

Yes, Evangelist is the class you are describing.

I presume you chose to apply that to daggers. Any idea what the level 6 Dex to damage choice will be?

Correct! Though that does beg the question: Does it apply on the Medium-Dagger-That-We-Agreed-To-Treat-Like-A-Small-Shortsword?

I've not put that much thought in the level 11 (not 6, as far as I can tell) choice just yet, though, but a rapier could be fun, I think. By that time our armoury will have probably expanded greatly, so I'll base it around what we've got on hand, I think.

Well, mum had her own pursuits - see, she loved the Sanos Forest and more often than not would delve into its deeper recesses to dig for secrets and open new paths of knowledge. The few times she did see her son, she'd dote on me, perhaps making up for lost time. But, when Toot came around, she'd often be distracted, wanting to study this great beast. Toot took it as a form of fondness...even love, perhaps? It created further tension between myself and Toot - as if we were both vying for mum's fleeting bits of attention.

1) blah blah important blah level ;-)

Gain constant Endure Elements for cold weather and Cold Resistance 1. Gain Ferocity ability while using longtooth shift. Other than that, gain 2 more rounds of rage and a 2nd use of the shift ability.

Headspace:

Mizzug is starting to see her companions as an extention of her tribe, though some of them are a tad on the...soft side. Sees a kindred spirit in Toot (Best Friend mayhaps?). Is thrilled to be able to have some honorable combat, though they seem to all be "little people" and not the large ones her tribe reveres fighting. All in all, she is quite pleased with how things are going.

@Loth: Since we agreed you'd treat it as a shortsword, for Loth it is a shortsword and not a dagger.

@Bumbo: Took me a bit to realize you were actually telling me about Bumbo's mom. Cool.

That checks out, time to stash that one for a while.

Haven’t had time to level yet...

I should be good to go for now! Turns out I never invested my level 2 skill ranks! How about that.