Go ahead. After glancing at the map he still would have attack Lahrehn but I'm going to change her action from full attack to just one, keeping the crit and then using compression to flee through a hole in the wall. I don't have time to make a full post about it now
Cool. The crit nearly undoes the infernal healing. I posted what was saved in notes, so I’ll play it as Vix not immediately realizing the compression is actually Lahrehn fleeing the battle. (Vix isn’t terribly observant for a superhero wannabe.)
If I charge, does my attack land first?
Or another question: does the talisman triggering still allow me to act?
No a readied action interrupts your action.
Well, two can play at that game!
...and after reading about Readied Actions, I now realize they are standard actions, so I moved. Just not within 5’.
Lol by all means let his fast healing or regeneration work. And run out the oil.
Lol by all means let his fast healing or regeneration work. And run out the oil.
Well, I feel like it’s damned if I do, damned if I don’t. Figured it was worth a shot.
Kicking myself for wasting my 1/day pugnacious trait, though. That 10ft reach would have let me charge just now.
Given that, I am fine holding out until Miz and Saiya both have time to post. (Presumably it’ll take just a bit longer since one has to post before the other.)
Can Ci Ci opt to not look at the Tatterman without closing her eyes (look down at her feet, or at the ceiling, or walk sideways looking at the wall), as a means of orienting herself without exposing herself to the fear magic? Just curious if any of those is an option, or is it eyes closed or open only.
Can Ci Ci opt to not look at the Tatterman without closing her eyes (look down at her feet, or at the ceiling, or walk sideways looking at the wall), as a means of orienting herself without exposing herself to the fear magic? Just curious if any of those is an option, or is it eyes closed or open only.
Gonna treat this like averting your eyes.
The opponent avoids looking at the creature’s face, instead looking at its body, watching its shadow, tracking it in a reflective surface, etc. Each round, the opponent has a 50% chance to avoid having to make a saving throw against the gaze attack. The creature with the gaze attack, however, gains concealment against that opponent.
The difference is that if you fail the 50% chance and accidentally look at him you will flee.
I will write a short synopsis of the aftermath of the Tatterman's defeat tomorrow. I wanted to give you some time to react.
Nice to get through the 1st book. It’s already been a year, Saiya, or at least 11 months. I remember because my HK/Japan trip was shortly after game-start.
1 year per book is a pretty solid pace. That is what I strive for in the games I GM. I've been in ones that finish in 6 months or so, but usually GM is pushing really hard.
1 per year is what my other SA game has been. I pushed really hard in the 1st book when it was my only game but then there was the great Paizo forum meltdown.
Delmoth ended up taking over after the original GM vanished. So there was that... and we started with eight players, and now only two of the original cast remain.
Funny thing, I think Vix and Saiya had more of a rivalry with Tatterman than the rest. Saiya was the sole survivor in the opening chase scene, and Vix (whose Pugnacious trait makes her believe she won the fight) got a second Tatterman dream under Delmoth’s GM’ing. He insisted “I killed you,” and Vix insisted he did not. She woke up before she could land an attack (or get wasted by Tat’man’s readied action).
Given how the dream looked, I’m really interested in what the truth of Vix’s past will reveal!
there was the great Paizo forum meltdown.
Am I too new to know of this?
(I think I joined in 2018.)
Yeah probably. It was 2018 and the website was down for what felt like a month.
Oh… I do remember seeing that rat with the wrench (Rachet???) and those computer-eating goblins.
…way too often.
Yup, that was horrible. It is what made me create a discord server so if that ever happened again at least there would be a means of communication outside the forums.
I'm writing the wrap up now, its a big one, so may be several hours before I get it up. I'm going to include the highlights of the plot and what you discovered about yourselves so far. I think plot sometimes gets lost due to the extended nature of PbPs and I'll entertain questions about your time in Briarstone if you have any lingering questions.
Looking forward to it.
Will you just autopilot us getting Wren to Winter and all that?
Had some free time at work so dropping shortly.
Yes I'm assuming you're telling the major NPCs what's happening.
Incidentally you level up. You should be 4th level.
Level-up complete!
Hey, I'd like to make known my interest in the ring for the ring of sustenance. One of its perks is that spell-casters are able to prep spells after only two hours of rest. I figure that would be really, really useful.
Leveled. Do we get channel-healing from Winter? If not, I’ll drop my HP to 11.
That ring sounds really useful to you! I don’t need it.
Alright discussion time.
I've had a lot of trouble keeping up with this game and it's been pretty stressful for me adjusting to your different play styles and the player rotations. I've thought about dropping the game several times.
Narratively this is a great place to end the game.
On the other hand I think we are through the woods with the group dynamics. You're all solid if not great people who I'm fine playing with.
So do you want to continue? If so do you want me to be your DM? I will not be offended if you wanted someone else to take over. If you continue with or without me you'll need a caster capable of casting restoration spells, you simply won't survive without it. Miziko's player has offered to reroll into this. The Emerald Duke has also offered to come back as your 5th.
Thoughts?
1.) I am enjoying this game, regardless of pacing.
2.) I am happy to have you remain as DM, but if you're burned out and want to call it, I understand.
3.) If you want to leave, and have a replacement DM lined up, I'm cool with that.
4.) I'm good with either Miz redesigning or bringing Emerald Duke. I agree, adventuring without a healer is generally a bad idea.
Yes. Keep playing.
Yes. Same GM.
On Dak rerolling, will it still be Miz or a new person?
On Emerald Duke, yay!
I am good to continue on, but I can understand getting burnt out on a game, especially with high turn over so I wouldn't be upset if you needed to step down. However, if you are willing to stay I think we have a pretty solid group now, but definitely agree we need a healer.
I worry about bringing in a 5th just because, as noted, we have kind of hit a solid stride as a group. However, if others are up for it we can give it a try. I'm not familiar with Emerald Duke aside from that I know I've seen him apply to some games I'm running and I hadn't selected him but that isn't really a bad thing since a lot goes into a recruitment for me so there are several reasons he may not have been chosen. (I literally make weighted tables of applicants and score them to help me decide who to pick sometimes :P) One thing to note if we are looking for a 5th, from the last recruitment there was on player, LiteJedi, that applied. He is a GM in 2 games I play in and a player in 2 games I GM as well as another one I am a player in with him so I can definitely vouch for him if we were looking for a 5th.
As for Miz, in building out a more healer focused character I was actually thinking an Oradin (Couple levels or Oracle (like 3 at most), most Paladin, but with the Warrior of the Holy Light archetype) would be focused on ranged to fill that current gap and currently looking at a tiefling. So, it would definitely be a different person than Miz. I like Miz too, but with the current group she seems the most redundant and least useful so I have no problems bringing in a different character to fill the gaps. With this in mind I'm holding off on leveling Miz until we know what we are doing.
Emerald Duke was from the original cast.
I’m cool with him, or just 4, or the player Miz can vouch for.
It is easier when players have a history. Saiya, Ci-Ci and I are all in another game in this forum. (I believe Emerald Duke and Saiya are in another same game.)
Emerald Duke left when I took over DMing. I offered to keep a seat open to them should they ever want to return. My optimal player number is 5 so I recently asked if they wanted to come back and they were open to it. Apologies to litejedi.
As far as me being burned out, I've had worse burnout before. I'll probably take a couple of days off from this game to give some more attention to my other SA game. They're approaching the end of book 3 which is a very involved final encounter. I am fine with continuing to DM if you want me. It may mean a post everyother day rather than every day though.
For the next book, if its ok with everyone I'm going to cut an entire dungeon. You won't be missing much. It's there solely to pad out exp and gold rewards.
Please rebuild your character Dak. If you want to have her be an amnesiac it works better story-wise. I'm fine with handwaving her to have been with the party all along or just woken up from her stupor with the Tatterman gone. She would still be a former employee of Lowls and the party would have found her patient record and know who to look for among the former patients. There are a couple of potential backstories that work if you don't want to be an amnesiac.
I'll give Saiya some time to add her 2 cents.
@Dak,
Does this mean your new character is already in the works, if not complete?
New character is done, and intro post made :D
Cool. Vix does have “craft: ladies’ fashion” as a background skill, so she can probably attempt to craft an outfit for Lily. Not sure what material is available.
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Apologies for not weighing in sooner. I understand burnout, and am certainly okay if you need to slow down the pace. (Particularly since recently I've been having trouble keeping up myself, just because there's been a lot going on in my personal life.)
However I am enjoying this game, the group, and the DM. I've played with the Emerald Duke in other games and am happy to see them rejoining.
Think that about covers it? I'll get leveled up later today.
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I'm going to shoot for Wednesday to move things along in the next book.
As far as Lily's gear there is a store room that the party discovered where patient's personal affects are kept. Her starting gear is there.
I suppose I should let a skilled healer handle Saiya’s aid-another-to-save. I see Lily has Heal.
@Lily, did you mean to have perform strings instead of oratory? Just curious since you mentioned the violin in-game.
Yup, think I adjusted in hero lab but forgot to update here.
@Lily,
INT/WIS 6, CHA 20, and playing it up well!
Hehe thanks. Definitely very different for me so I'm enjoying the challenge.
Lily I think I misquoted you how much you money you have for gear. It should be 3000gp base.
I also need to adjust the treasure tracker yet.
Hehe, oh! That makes a difference. Will adjust later today and repost.
Is the rewind like a flashback? I mean like we do the thing Emerald Duke wants, but eventually end up back at the bar attempting (however foolishly) to earn a free/cheap stay by entertaining?
Yup, whatever needs to be done, we can skip back to introduce his character and then pick back up where we are.
I’m good with a quick backtrack.
Ready when everyone else is.
Gonna give Emerald Duke 24 hours to dot in and if we don't hear from them by then we'll forge ahead.
Hey all. This is Emerald Duke. Sorry about the delay, was sorting out my kit and the rules for ABP.... think I have them right.
I intend to eventually take Maura down the Harrower prestige class. I do actually have a set of harrow cards IRL, so I will be using them when I draw via dice. So that we are all square on cards, 1 through 6 will determine the suit (1 beimg str 6 being cha) and 1 through 9 will determine alignment (1 lg 3 cg 7 le 9 ce etc). I will always roll both, rerolling the rare duplicate (full reroll, unless directed to only do suit or align).
Glad to be back.
Welcome back. When you get a chance can you add your 5 memories to you profile so I can get a feel for how she will fit into the campaign? I'll try to get the treasure sheet updated with a page for you soon.
Good to be back... knew I was forgetting something. I will throw those into the page tonight.
If we are going to do some shopping perhaps we should sell off some of the loot, maybe grab a wand of CLW.