Apologies for forgetting to mention - I was at GeekGirlCon demoing pathfinder this past weekend, which is why I didn't post.
I will be attending BoardGameGeek Con starting tomorrow, so I will be checking in at most at breakfast and just before bed (Central USA time) through Sunday.
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Thanks for bearing with me during my vacation! I had a great time, and now I'm back at work. Once I get caught up with what I missed here I'll get back into the usual rhythm of game posting.
If I'm the GM, DO NOT BOT ME.
**snerk!**
With US Thanksgiving this week, I won't be pushing hard on games I am GMing. I'm not travelling, so I expect to check in regularly, but I know others might not be able to. As posts happen that merit a response I will post, but I may wait until a few people have posted before chiming in.
Sorry folks - I was sick last night and slept in, and going to be relaxing today. Probably no post until tomorrow.
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If it makes Bellamin feel any better, I had a new player at an IRL Absalom Initiation table I was running succeed at the Medicine check only to immediately roll snake eyes on the amount healed this past weekend. That session was cursed with roughly 40% of all rolls somehow being a 2.
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Oof. I had a session with my 1e Gunslinger last Saturday and rolled a hideous amount of nat 1s. The crowning moment came when the nearly dead boss was getting ready to throw one of the party into an infinite abyss, and I rolled a nat 1 with max damage. He also has enough levels in Inquisitor to have the Luck Domain's Good Fortune ability, so I decided to reroll it.
Another nat 1. 3rd misfire of that fight. I was not thrilled!
That is why I was sad to see the loss of "Take 10" in 2nd edition. My dice HATE me. In 1st edition, I never roll a d20 I don't have to.
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@GM Rinaldo: This is why all of my Medicine characters are taking Assurance: Medicine by level 3. Auto succeeding Treat Wounds is amazing. Heck, my -2001 character qualified for Tapestry Refugee legacy background, and in addition to being an excellent background that allows for basically any story you could ever imagine, it also gives Assurance Medicine as your background feat which is nuts.
OH wow, I'll have to look at that. I am pretty sure I qualify for that legacy.
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One 1e game I kept missig touch attacks with my alchemist. I needed natural 5s to hit, and probably missed 6 of 8. I did more accidental splash damage to my allies than to enemies.
So the BBEG fight is going well despite me crit failing an attack (I convinced the GM to let me direct hit myself rather than splash anyone else). The BBEG is down to a few HP and will definitely go down if I hit a sub-10 touch AC with my +6 attack, and may even go down with just splash damage. But there's an unconscious character who might die (like die die) if I miss, and given how the session is going, my party begs me not to take the chance.
I offer a solution - I will target a square corner, which is AC 5, and hope that the splash alone will drop the BBEG, and on a miss, can't splash into the unconscious character's square.
The GM, in the name of fun, confirms that my splash damage will end evil in the world forever. All I needed was to roll a 2 or higher!
The GM observes, "The only thing you critted this session was the ground."
Ffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Also, I keep mistyping it as "statute" which is definitely one way of throwing the book at somebody.
:-)
Sorry guys, was busy at work yesterday and not feeling well last night. Now I'm back to busy at work. I hope to get a post in later today.
Looking back, I did not see you spend any of the investigation rounds refocusing, and I had said No to refocusing while travelling from the town to the college, due to needing to be on guard for trouble.
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I'm specifically asking about this from the last set of 2 explores:
And the vagueries of Refocus:
You spend 10 minutes performing deeds to restore your magical connection. This restores 1 Focus Point to your focus pool. The deeds you need to perform are specified in the class or ability that gives you your focus spells. These deeds can usually overlap with other tasks that relate to the source of your focus spells. For instance, a cleric with focus spells from a good deity can usually Refocus while tending the wounds of their allies, and a wizard of the illusionist school might be able to Refocus while attempting to Identify Magic of the illusion school.[/refocus]
And how they interact with cleric refocusing for weirdos who worship Gorum.
...and you can regain 1 Focus Point by spending 10 minutes using the Refocus activity to pray to your deity or do service toward their causes.
Soldiers call out prayers to Our Lord in Iron, god of battle, strength, and weapons. Gorum emphasizes strength and power, encouraging his followers to seek out war and combat as the ultimate way to worship him.
Edicts: attain victory in fair combat, push your limits, wear armor in combat
It's possible this might just need a forum question as to what are good examples of multitasking with Gorumite refocusing; if you just want to rule it as "spend ten minutes refocusing only" to get the bonus for now then that's fine too, Gorum is weird for this considering how broad his edicts can be.
Yeah, I'm going to kick this one upstairs. Without some guidance on it, I'm going to be fairly limited on what activities can overlap "things that benefit me otherwise" with "things that let me refocus", because otherwise we get into a system of "god-shopping" to get better benefits than other gods.
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I would start with this rule: it's supposed to take 10 minutes. If you can do something else while refocusing, it should be a one-time situational thing, not something that you can do all the time anywhere.
Refocusing while healing seems really general. Proof by counterexample: if Klatzu needed to repair his greatsword, I think refocusing while repairing your god's favored weapon is fine.
My apologies for not posting recently. My holiday trip to visit family left me less time than I expected, and the return trip was a bit stressful. I will get recovered over the weekend, and be back in the saddle on Monday at the latest.
For games I am playing, please bot as needed.
For games I am GMing, please do not attempt to bot me. ;-)
11 damage and he takes 1? Okay, if you need me guys, I'll be hitchhiking back to town...
What are you referring to? Did I misread a number somewhere?
Wow. I swear when I read that post I saw "6" damage. No idea what happened there.
The five additional damage is enough that the skeleton would have dropped. Hiro would not have to have attacked it, and therefore can retcon his turn. Bellona's action to shoot the necromancer would not have changed, nor would Bellamin's grapple.
Sorry about that, and thanks for bringing it up!
To say that I am thrilled with this turn of events would be an understatement.
:-)
Here we go!
Missing Pathfinders:
Bryrigar Hassan
Clement Marten
Gibb Potsmasher
Larraz Virtanne
You correctly identified all three of the corpses, and did not misidentify any. You rescued Larraz Virtanne.
Recovering Relics:
Census Records YES
Sign from Flaming Wheel YES
Paladin's Armor from Flaming Wheel NO
Ceremonial Sword from College YES
Iomedean Religious Text YES
Iomedean Statue YES
For recovering at least 5 relics, you succeed at your primary objective, earning 2 Fame and Reputation with your slotted faction.
For correctly identifying at least 2 deceased Pathfinders, you succeed at your secondary objective, earning 2 Fame and Reputation with your slotted faction, and the team Player boon.
For also bringing Larraz home alive, you earn 2 Reputation with Envoy's Alliance, regardless of your slotted faction.
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Treasure Bundles:
Clement’s Wayfinder - 2 YES
Shield in guardhouse - 1 YES
Rare candles and herbs from Apothecary - 1 YES
Coin Purse from the Inn - 1 You didn't list it, but I found a post by Emdi mentioning the "money" was going on the cart, so that counts
Channel Protection amulet - 2 YES
Jewelry OR holy water from dormitories (at least one) - 1 YES
Rathiss and his minions’ armor and weapons - 2 - You didn't state you were looting the skeleton, but you brought Ralthiss home alive, so I'll count it
Everyone is level 1, so 10 treasure bundles gets you 14sp.
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For your chronicles, I need the following from each of you:
Player Name
Character Name
PFS ID
Slotted Faction
Starting XP
Starting GP
Starting Fame
Downtime Activity, with rolls as needed
Here is easiest, if you don't mind. That gets them all in one place for me.
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Holy golden glaive, that's a lot of bookkeeping!
Player: Watery Soup
Character: Emdi Emmay
PFS: 2358909-2002
Faction: Radiant Oath
Starting XP: 0
Starting GP: 6.85
Starting Fame: 0
Earn Income: Underground Raves! You guys are all coming, right? It's gonna be sick. Meet at midnight at The Docks. Watch out for the Harbor Guards, but they won't stop you unless you're doing something illegal. Someone's gonna be there to lead you to where it really is. Probably a cave somewhere with good acoustics. It's gonna be sick!
Oh, I need to roll or something?
It's gonna be sick! Best rave Absalom's seen since that drunk bard burned down the Grog Pit!
Sick!
Holy golden glaive, that's a lot of bookkeeping!
Now you see why I wanted a list to go down! :-)
And that rave is going to be totally sick! A critical hit against the oppressive boredom of Absalom nightlife!
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Player Name: Falgaia
Klatzu
110963-2002
Envoy’s Alliance
no fame/xp
starting gold
downtime activity:
I will spend my downtime for this session Crafting a Mace using Junk Tinker. Base cost is 1g, but junk tinker will quarter that to 2.5sp making the raw materials cost 1.25 sp. I’ll spend 4 days crafting it to make the check, and assuming I can hit a 14, I’ll spend one extra day as required to ignore the rest of the crafting cost; if I fail I’ll give it another try for the remaining 4 days. EDIT: sweet, only needed 5 days, so the remaining 3 will go towards...
I’ll spend any extra days after doing Earn Income using Warfare Lore to help direct Pathfinder efforts in and around the Gravelands Did you know that Day Job check results were for each day spent on the task? You just roll once for each 8-day block of downtime you spend and apply it to X days at work. Go figure.
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It's gonna be even sicker when Emdi hits level 2 and picks up dancing lights with a bard dedication!
On a different note, what are the rules around retraining at level 1? Can I do it for free or do I need to give up downtime or pay money or I just can't? Can I retrain ancestry feats? Class feats? Any feats?
I'm not particularly happy with the Splash of Art spell. I already knew it was kind of weak when I took it but I didn't realize I had only 1 Focus Point and I didn't realize it was 2 actions. I also didn't realize that LOCG had some other options (like I can pick up Gloomseer as a Nidalese human). And then when I attempted to use it on the necromancer I realized there's a super high probability of the spell having a totally useless effect (I would have Enfeebled a spellcaster).