The suggestion didn’t say you had to enjoy it. :D
Marcus dances light and carefree, but you can't help but to feel something is off by the trembling harsh frown, bulging eyes, and throbbing veins in his forehead. You decide to walk away slowly.
So unless anyone thinks otherwise, figure we should head to Eel's End and at least do some Gather Info while we wait for our new 'assistant'.
Agreed
Sounds good to me!
Yep! Magda can send in her insect spies to the place as well.
Just a heads up, will be away this weekend, potentially through Monday. Heading to Space Camp with my son for a cub scouts thing. Please bot me as necessary.
Okay, I've caught up on this thread. Looks like Vera is still on a bit of a break, at least until after your encounter with the King of Spiders!
Just until then, been going slowly. She can show up if everyone decides to assassinate him!
So according to my calculations, I can carry Kali while under heavy encumbrance (the only penalties will be a -1 to AC and a worse ACP, I already move at 20 feet due to heavy armor), and then I can just bull rush off the boat while holding her. Essentially, Marcus is barely inconvenienced by having both hands occupied carrying a body, so I think we can get everybody off, as long as the dice are in our favor.
Sounds fine to me, but be mindful of action economy. If you don’t want to lose the greatsword you have to spend the action to sheathe it unless you can convince me she can be carried in one arm.
Allow me to convince him for you Marcus:
You ever packed groceries from the car inside and demanded to do so in only one trip?
I've done so in one trip, yes. Out of hatred for two trips.
See? Proof. Can be done.
Ah but GM, I have never even drawn my sword! I challenge you to find the post where I specified so! We approached under the guise of peace so weapons were sheathed!
Krovax you need to deny their flanks, it's our only chance at this.
In these trying times I will remind everybody that Marcus is an abrasive bastard and CampinCarl is a jolly old soul, and you need only mention to take it down a notch if you so desire :)
Pfft. Nonsense. Shut-up and turn up the heat, Carl! :D
It seems like we're going to be in here for a while, yes? It may be possible to take advantage of natural healing. Not to mention that with Krovax's magical healing, we can get quite a bit of health back. Presuming they don't beat us every day.
The next day he can memorize healing spells. I'm fairly certain he didn't memorize any for the day yet.
And you'll be getting out sooner than you think.
GM, does searching the room with take 20 on perception reveal anything? I mean anything, even a rock that could be used as a weapon, or some loose wood that could be ripped up.
Alright, I need to know precisely how effective each of you is without any gear. As far as I can tell, Krovax is overall the most powerful because he has access to all of his magical abilities that don't require spell components or a divine focus.
Marcus is the strongest, and doesn't need weapons to do damage with a lot of his maneuvers, so he's the most physically capable.
Kali comes up next with physical prowess with her physical scores and her full BaB (not to mention favored enemy (humans)), closely followed by Krovax, and then Shi.
Shi has dancing lights, which can be useful for vision. More importantly she has hidden strike, so if she gets the drop on somebody she does an additional 2d8 damage, which may be critical for finishing somebody in a round before they can raise the alarm.
I think our best bet is to get one guard in here isolated, grapple them down with Marcus as the primary grappler and having Krovax/Kali helping him, and then we all bludgeon the bastard down and take his gear.
Yes, I am tracking that. My upcoming post will have a relatively large section regarding how time passes.
Magda's spells -
guidance, know direction, light, mending
burning hands, bless, monkey fish
insect scouts, visualization of the mind
plus charm person and insect swarm from her spirit
Vera buys a scroll each of Color Spray, Grease, Hold Portal, Knock, and Obscuring Mist. She learns Color Spray.
Vera's spells:
Color Spray, Disguise Self, Vanish
Dancing Lights, Daze, Detect Magic, Ghost Sound, Prestidigitation
Other purchases:
Spring Loaded Wrist Sheath x2
Treasures on the sheet for y'all!
Dropping a note in all my games. I am hoping things won't change too much, but wanted to forewarn my games that there may be some delays in my posting. My work schedule is usually busiest over the summer months and while it is slow right now I know at some point it will get crazy busy when I start getting shipments in of hundreds of new computers for a rebuild of one of my schools I manage. On top of this I am finishing up my dual MBA/MSIS this summer with three classes in a condensed 8-week semester.
All of this to say, I will do my best to keep up and if I know of major delays I will try to notify people (like when it is finals week), but if I do end up disappearing for a few days here or there just know it won't be long term. All the craziness I have going on over the next couple months should primarily be wrapped up near the end of July.
As always, if you need something quick you can generally ping me on Discord.
Regarding loot, I claimed the Ring of Feather Falling and the +1 Mithril Chain shirt just because no one else had. I loose a point of AC, but my skills and speed will no longer be hampered. However, if someone else needs the chain shirt let me know. I gave most of the alchemical items and potions to the "party" share. If everyone has what they want this is the gold split:
Kaliyah - 2517.90
Magda - 2317.21
Krovax - 2982.21
Shi - 832.21
Vera - 2982.21
Marcus - 2982.21
Party - 2616.53
Let me know and I will archive the sheet after divvying the loot out to individual character sheets so we have a clean sheet for whatever comes next.
All good here, thanks Dak!
Kali is currently wearing a mithral chain shirt, so a +1 is an upgrade for her if you don't want it. If you want to keep it, that's fine too, I'm not clamoring to take it from you.
Magda took a studded leather +1
All good here.
GM can I get my full plate enchanted somewhere?
All good for me too!
All good for me as well, and paying Magda back her 500 gold he owes her. Making an in game post now.
Dropping a note in all my games. Finished up with school yesterday, just waiting on the audit for me to officially be done and graduate even though there are no commencements with the whole virus thing. Wife is doing better after brief stint in the hospital. Looking at starting to get back into my games and get posting again sometime this week. My work is really crazy as first kids were coming back on the 17th but now everything is going to be virtual for an indeterminate amount of time, but teachers are coming back still and there is a lot of questions floating out there so bare with me as I ease into catching up on things and getting back into a regular posting routine again over the next week or so.
A note to all of my games: My availability will be sporadic from now until the end of next week. Please DMPC me as needed.
Hey, I wanted to drop in and give all my games an update. I'm still alive, obviously, and I've managed to stay out of the hospital and off a ventilator. However, I'm still not fully recovered. Even though I'm outside my two week symptomatic/infectious period by over a week there are some lingering issues that are still weighing on me (continued shortness of breath, getting light headed, overall fatigue). I doing my best to push through it but it is barely just enough to get me through work everyday and doesn't leave a lot of time for anything else. I would like to give a hard and fast "I'll be back and up to playing again by this time", but sadly at this point I can't. It could be a couple weeks or it could be a couple months for me to get used to this new (hopefully temporary) norm on top of a few other things going on.
All this to say, I'm ok, I'm trying my best to manage, but I can't give you a hard "this is when I will be back". I understand it has been awhile as it is, between this most recent struggle with COVID and my past slowness with finishing up my graduate stuff so if you need to move on without me I completely understand and I'm just sorry that right as I was getting back into things again this whole virus thing came along and knocked me back down again. I'll check in again once I feel I'm up to playing with everything else I am balancing.
That sounds really rough GM. It sounds like you caught a really bad viral load, hope you make a full recovery.
Highly appreciate you updating us. I cannot speak for the others, but personally I am content to hold your spot until you are feeling better, and don't feel rushed because your health should take priority.
Wishing you and your family the best.
Yeah, I've been holding on running until Dak get's back. He's the GM of a number of my games, so it doesn't seem fair to push ahead, especially since he's an important story character here!
Yep, waiting on Dak! I agree. Feel Better Sir!!!
I agree 100% with waiting. Definitely hope everything settles back down for you, Dak!
@Litejedi--I ran across the Empath feat and I am very interested in taking that instead of Deceitful. Would it be possible to swap in that feat?
Sure, I'm down. Seems fun to do. You know I'm always thinking about the emotional state of NPCs, and that I try to write them descriptively. If you use the feat, I'll just tell you. :)
Thanks! Really appreciate it.
Sorry for the long silence a lot been going on and after getting pinged on Discord I wanted to drop a note in all my games. I'm actually doing a lot better now, pretty much fully recovered. However, my wife has been really sick, last month she was in the hospital for a week and I'm sitting in the surgery center now waiting to see how things turn out on a few hour procedure she is currently in. Depending on how invasive the surgery is I may be dealing with a lot for at least a month or so taking care of her and the kids and working. On top of that with the holidays coming and the normal delays that revolve around that I am going to say that it's going to be at least January before I look at picking things up again. Maybe if things get better sooner I will try jumping back in before that but I feel like early January is going to be more realistic.
If you need to move on without me I understand feel free to set my character aside or find a replacement if needed and when I check back we can go from there. Sorry for all the absent time, these last few months have just really kicked my butt first physically, then mentally and emotionally. Hope you all are keeping safe and have a good Thanksgiving and Christmas for those who celebrate.
That sounds really hard to bear all of that Dak. I wish you and your family the best and hope your wife makes a full recovery.
We highly appreciate the update. Don't feel obligated or rushed, you and your family's well being absolutely takes priority.
I would prefer to keep a slot open for Dak when they return, but would not have an issue recruiting somebody else.
Dak's character has always been mysterious, so seems like he can disappear and come back when ready.
Aye, I could do that, if you'd like.
We don't have a lock picker if that happens. Magda has the skill but it is crap.
Oh, you don't, except... for your friend...
whistles
Every time we have a locked door Magda goes to buy sticky buns and asks him for help :)