GM PDK The Rasping Rebirth (Tier 12-15) (Inactive)

Game Master Purple Dragon Knight

Sorry about that team.

Should I be just inside the mouth?

No you're 30' up on the left side of the map right now.

Is there a spot inside the mouth where I can stand which is not filled with swarms, acid pools or black tentacles? If not I will live with being in the tetacles this round and it will trigger my lesser talisman of freedom giving me 3 rounds of freedom of movement.

Teriq can free you up too, if it comes to it, and you're being mantentacle-handled.

I'm good where I'm positioned on the map. Gonna kill that first Worm caster, then move on to the second.

the first one's an illusion. 8)
Or at least, that's what we keep saying... but it doesn't seem to know that. 8P

No you're 30' up on the left side of the map right now.

Yes, but why? I tried to fly into the mouth.

move yourself man! =)

Is there any chance I could have stopped short of the tentacles? As a person, I don’t have 20/20 vision, and didn’t see the tentacles on the map.

To them is enough of a spell caster to recognize what they are, he would understand the threat.

@Tothek: I've taken the stance with everyone so far that you cannot see in the beast stomach unless you physically enter the giant beetle's mouth. It's not a straight dungeon hallway. I've allowed the mouth to stay opened, but you know... it's a stretch already! :) Check slide 5 for an idea of how small a gap there is. The mouth is officially only 15 feet wide, but I've also allowed you fine folks to enter it from the sides. I've also not fiddled with the idea of those teeth being at least difficult terrain, or requiring an Escape Artist check.

@Lilly: I thought you were grappled at the moment, but your recent post indicate you are moving away. I must have missed something. Let me know what it is.

@Lilly: saw your talisman of freedom post; nice! (adding this one to my list too... :P)

Guys: just dropping a quick note to let you all know you're doing great, although it might not seem like it... well done to all so far, and thanks for Thrag for being such a good sport about an unfortunate spell selection by the module's author! ;)

Plane Shifting a PC away, is kind of writing them out of the scenario. When it happens on the first encounter... that PC doesn't even get XP. 8P

Though I suppose he had to have a planar focus to cast it... so perhaps once we kill it, we can find it, and figure out just which plane he got sent to?
Not that that helps... even if we could get there.

Too bad he didn't have a reroll for that 1

Planar foci have no cost and so a spell component pouch comes with a compliment for all of the planes. If Thrag has 5PP then he can get his faction to recover him. I suppose he could then purchase ateleport to get to the rift but that leaves him a long way off from the rest of us.

I did once plane shift a PC twic in the same level of emerald spire which was quite brutal.

Of course this all assumes Thrag survives whatever plane he has been sent to. The negative material plane for example is pretty much a death sentence.

I dunno... the spell component pouch doesn't include items that wouldn't fit in a pouch. I could very well see a forked metal rod falling in that category. If one didn't want to be too draconian about it. =)

As for where he went...

You can survive the negative plane, if you have the right stuff.

The positive plane on the other hand, that will kill you pretty much always.

Do not worry friends! there are other... considerations in play. :)

Thrag waves despite no one being able to see him.

I've seen similar combats handled far worse. So thank you for managing things well.

Yes, kudos to all, for handling high-level play well.

And, while unfortunate, I feel like plane shift is fair. If we can do it...they should be able to do it as well.

I think you can spend prestige to have the society come get you, but I'm not 100% on that.

I would allow a player to spend the 5 prestige to get rescued and come back into the scenario, but the timing is sort of vague so I could see some GMs saying that could only happen at the end.

@Everyone: please reply to this post if any of the following is not correct:
-Lilly: inside mouth
-Tothek: inside mouth
-Rand: next to Worm That Walks
-Teriq: inside mouth
-Favian: outside

I am inside, as you note... though still 5' off the ground... not that it helps.

Hope the damnable thing isn't about to wake up! =)

My next update will be later tonight.

@Lilly: Please request your top 5 knowledge result 'wants' starting from your most desired piece of info down to your least.

@Tothek: see my alias for a link to the preferred format for post headers; i.e. CMD is included in that list and I would appreciate if you could update your line with it, along with any current buff effects you have. Thanks.

That's where I am, yes.

Thank you! It was the leading space that I didn’t know about.

While waiting for Lilly I thought I'd take a moment to share with you this interesting little video about the Worldwound, as I thought it was historically relevant to your current POST DESKARI adventure... and that it would provide a feel of the vibe you got in Mendev and the Worldwound, as you now do the mop up task to finally put an end to Deskari's legacy... :)

Oh, and the Kickstarter for that game started today, just so you know... :)

Warpriest class already funded... EXCELLENT!!!! :)

I am happy for you to give us interesting information that will be useful.

Thanks for pointing that out PDK. I didn't know the kickstarter had started already. I went ahead and pledged, cause I enjoyed the first game a great deal.

I am happy for you to give us interesting information that will be useful.

DR 15/-

Thanks for pointing that out PDK. I didn't know the kickstarter had started already. I went ahead and pledged, cause I enjoyed the first game a great deal.

I'm happy the warpriest is already unlocked as a class! great choice for fighting demons!

Looks like mounted combat just got unlocked this morning too!

Looks like mounted combat just got unlocked this morning too!

NO WAY! :O

At least that's what one of 3 emails I got when I backed it.

Umm... I don't see why we'd wait around for a couple of hours for the acid. We're on a bit of a time crunch I thought...

And its the Abyss! Not the sort of place you just hang out. =)

There has to be a better option than that.

I didnt see a timescale mentioned in that post although I agree I wouldnt want to hang around that long, we are supposed to be chasing Koth'Vaul. I can provide acid resist 30 instead if needed.

As can I.

And what about the scythe... haven't heard anything about that since the initial description of it. Is it still there?

I don’t mind taking a bit of damage to speed things up. I mind having my hands dissolve, but resist 20 should take the edge off.

Sorry for being quiet, but having played this before I couldn't say much given the trap that I knew was there.

I'm ready to move on when you guys are!

I don’t suppose I could carry that locust staff around?

Whoever carried the staff in their hands took 5 less damage from the trillionswarm.

Yes, Which is why I would like to carry it. Aside from lightning bolts, Tothek doesn’t have any good swarm defenses.

Hearing no objections, Tothek will carry the staff of locusts.

It looks like you didn't take into account the initiative adjustment for heightened awareness. I did update my stat line like you asked.

Apparently! :)

I used the initiative block on slide 2 - you should update that one too by the way. :)

But... how do you get from Init +8 to +20??!?

+8 Dex, +6 Int (iaijutsu), +2 trait (reactionary), +4 (heightened awareness)

Iaijutsu (Ex): At 7th level, a kensai applies his Intelligence modifier as well as his Dexterity modifier on initiative rolls (minimum 0). A kensai may make attacks of opportunity when flat-footed, and may draw his favored weapon as a free action as part of taking an attack of opportunity.

I'm never going to remember to update things in multiple places.

So, is the pig-demon tall enough that it can be seen from where the players are?