Ah yes, I knew there was something I was missing
Still might be a useful option depending on what form I’m in
Agreed. The damage done is still based on the primary attack, and if you take the Greater Weapon Shift later you get to add the enhancement bonuses to all your attacks. Now THAT is nice for a druid who normally has to get an amulet of natural fists and forgo the amulet of natural armor to get enhancement bonuses. Worth a feat in my mind.
True, or a decent level spell slot for greater magic fang all the time. Certainly something to consider.
Of course then you have to actually spend money on a magic weapon. I had, initially, been planning on getting a magic staff for casting. Guess we’ll see how he evolves, it’s fun when the plan changes
GMF is nice, almost necessary, but you can get a bigger bonus by using the feat. The other limitation to GMF is that
"This bonus does not allow a natural weapon or unarmed strike to bypass damage reduction aside from magic."
So, if you have a sufficiently boosted weapon you can bypass certain forms of DR you would not otherwise be able to. A pity the feat does not also include materials like adamantine. Adamantine teeth or claws would be much fun.
Indeed, I will defiantly have to keep that feat in mind. I wasn’t aware of it so thanks!
Amulet of Mighty Fist........might be considered.
Yes, but then natural armor gets harder to get and that’s pretty needed for wildshape. One of the reasons I am considering a monk dip, get some of that sweet sweet WIS to armor
Unless you're looking for wild tendencies, Shifter gives you the same thing baring some other Monk like abilities.
The 20 includes he fast healing, I put that in the OOC, his AC is normally 22
I also included the - 1 for the confusion penalty, but I hadn't included the shimmering carapace, wasn't really sure how much he would be 'looking at it' while clawing and biting. I will make sure I include it on the next attack
Unless you're looking for wild tendencies, Shifter gives you the same thing baring some other Monk like abilities.
True, but that's two levels instead of the one. Things to ponder, might just stay pure drood as well.
Or, after I attack Gnasher in a minute the point will be moot, and I'll get to play my cleric after Gnasher shreds me.
Win win, I ... guess?
lol
Gnasher gets to choose in this instance.
Big monster or Dino Tarak.
Either way..........I'm sorry guys Urah Will be running away!
The 20 includes he fast healing, I put that in the OOC, his AC is normally 22
I also included the - 1 for the confusion penalty, but I hadn't included the shimmering carapace, wasn't really sure how much he would be 'looking at it' while clawing and biting. I will make sure I include it on the next attack
Great, he gets 11 HP back. I keep forgetting you put your temporary AC in your last post. Doh!
@Tarak
Feel free to retro the attacks and do a bold instead if that was your preferred goto and didn't do so because Gnasher was in the way. It does not have reach.
This is one Hilarious Fight!
Hilarious...sad...crazy. One of them there things.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! Its super wet here. Hopefully, everyone has a safe and healthy holidays!
Same to you and everyone else! Foggy on our drive to the in-laws but not too bad.
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Lol, Urah, were you the one who ran away and was therefore the only survivor of our first TPK in the reign of winter campaign too? A … ranger maybe?
Nope I was the first one to drop.
When I assumed some would survive here, I did not consider the DR and penalties. That blunted our attacks pretty badly.
Urah looked it up and pointed out that the -1 to attack from the confusion effect only comes into play if you miss the ST. I will be reviewing the attacks and seeing if any would have hit (and also applying the 10% miss chance) and we shall see if that turns this around.
Nope I was the first one to drop.
Tarak, your HP say
hp 35 (4d8 +5 CON, +5 Favored Class) 8 , 5 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 10
I think you should have 3 more HP. If you roll less than average, you are supposed to get 5, so those roles should be 5+5+5+5. See house rules. And you need to find better dice :)
The 4d8 threw me at first, but you actually have 5 die rolls in the math and a +10 which is right for level 5. The only error is from not noticing the house rules.
Sounds good, I guess I brain farted the leveling rules from another campaign (which was average or roll), so that’s 38 total and still down and still not stabilized? Though much better shape, for sure.
** spoiler omitted **Nope I was the first one to drop.
Yes. Do Not cleave. lol
Sounds good, I guess I brain farted the leveling rules from another campaign (which was average or roll), so that’s 38 total and still down and still not stabilized? Though much better shape, for sure.
Yep, not quite enough to keep you standing. Which means that you will need someone with a capable UMD or heal skill to keep everyone from bleeding out. Or some successful stabilize rolls.
Tarak has heal, scrolls and potions :) just need someone to get him up
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All right, I gotta ask, was it Gnasher that hit?
yeah, I love his natural attacks, but if he's fighting something that has DR magic, it really limits him, he'd be better off to stick with the bardiche or another two handed weapon.
I have to admit I did tweak the stats a little and reduced the ER by 5 and added DR 5/good. I did not expect the confusion to be so effective and I wanted a decent final battle.
I hate the way most BBEG in Pathfinders tend to totally neuter blasters with SR and ER and I intend to compensate a bit when that happens so that both the blasters and the melee folks will be able to contribute pretty much equally.
All right, I gotta ask, was it Gnasher that hit?
yeah, I love his natural attacks, but if he's fighting something that has DR magic, it really limits him, he'd be better off to stick with the bardiche or another two handed weapon.
Sorry folks, I thought I put this in discussion, didn't mean to clutter up the game thread. I will get a post up in a couple hours.
I continued reading the game thread, So we let the big-bad that was imprisoned for all these years loose :(
No, actually not. Urah got off one final parting shot and took him down.
Ironic, huh? And it was around the corner of the hallway where nobody could see it happen so he can spin it however he wants.
lol cool :)
Sorry about the slow posting rate, kids and grandkids in town, so on line sparingly, their leaving this afternoon so I'll get a post up then.
No, actually not. Urah got off one final parting shot and took him down.
Ironic, huh? And it was around the corner of the hallway where nobody could see it happen so he can spin it however he wants.
Man, I am not paying good attention, I just reread where you said that. I 'think I'll go back and reread a few days before I post.
No problem. Some of my posts have been intimidating walls with all the die rolls and it is not surprising.
Sorry folks, getting smoked by a wicked cold (how did my kid get through this thing so easily, that boy is tough!) I’ll get an in game post up tomorrow morning.
That's fine. We are in the wrap up for book 1 now so It's mostly just RP at this time.
Thus ends book 1. Let me know if you wish to continue and with what character. If you choose to continue with the current characters let me know what the character does during the year of downtime and I will give the character an appropriate boon.
Over the following weeks and months, scores of merchants and settlers arrive and the work of rebuilding the village begins in earnest. Some of these merchants bring magical gear with them that the PCs may be interested in buying with the loot gained. By the end of the year Kelmarane is a thriving village with a population of nearly 500 souls (and a 200 gp limit for purchasing goods).
Yet despite the turn of events for the better, rare are the nights that pass for Kelmarane's new keepers that are not punctuated by distant howls. the Carrion King still lives, and soon his attention shall fall upon Kelmarane!
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery :)
was it book one or two?
Ok, sticking with Gnasher, I'm glad we didn't kill him. I'm not sure I have another character that Wants to be in Katapesh
for a year? Ok, accepts a house, makes Jake (the goblin) his majordomo and spends a little time working with guides, but spends most of his time hunting gnolls. Those who attack any of their people, or any he hears serves the carrion king or Rovagug.
Maybe spend the year practicing with the flindbar just for fun.
Not sure yet what he'll do with the money, depends on the magic items. If he doesn't purchase one of them, maybe he'll get an expensive bow.
I am sticking with Malgrim. He will focus on aiding the guides with possible routes to and from the city.
Urah will stay.
What's he's going to do though..........
lol
I’m torn if I want to stick with Tarak, I really am feeling the pull to play a cleric or warpriest
Nah, I’ll stick. I’ll get a descriptive post up tonight after I get the kids settled into a movie.
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery :)
Indeed, though a lot of the time it is just not reinventing the wheel. Since I have a paper copy of the AP, I will hunt down box text in other players forums so I don't have to type the whole thing. Of course I would not have bothered with a disclaimer if that was the only time. There are times, like with that lock, that it is indeed flattery. No way I could have written something as nice as that! I couldn't resist when I read that.
Once all players have chimed in on their activities I will award the boons and move on to the intro to book 2.
Anyone hear from Mei or have any idea why she has not checked in?
I have not heard from Mei. Its possible the RL stuff mentioned and holidays just prevented all posting. But I don't think I have any other games with her so I don't know.
I'm wondering if she needs to be replaced. I hope not. How long should we wait until we start looking?
Give it the weekend
it's the new year and sometimes, New Year requires oen to recuperate from the festivities.
Happy New Year you all.
A couple of observations:
Edward (Mei's player) is in three 'active' games, the last post in game was Nov 19 th. He did drop in a discussion on Dec 1 saying he would check in as he could. He's got 27,903 posts a few from 2008-2012 and in 2012 appears to have started playing in games. Which he's been in over a hundred. It sounded like life was pretty difficult in his last post and with his history I'd give him the benefit of the doubt.
Hopefully, things will get back to normal, or if he's dropping this game he'll let us know.
So I'd press on for a bit without Mei and see if she is able to join us in the future. But having said that, I prefer four people parties anyway, they just move quicker.
If we determine we need a fifth, or someone else drops and Mei's player hasn't returned to the boards or has and just not posted here. When we 'recruit' I'd rather 'invite' someone a couple of us have played with and we know is a consistent poster.
I think waiting a bit for Mei seems like a good idea. Maybe just have her catch back up if/when the player returns. For now I think we are probably ok with the 4 of us pushing forward with the story for at least a while to see if Mei can take care of some things.
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Sounds good. I'll get stuff moving on Monday.
Still need Tarak's downtime activity. Or did I miss it?
Speak up or I'll put him on construction duty fixing buildings :)