Miteke's Legacy of Fire

Game Master miteke

Out of town till tonight with shaky internet. I’ll post when I get home

A druid is nice for low level healing, but not so much for dealing with cases like this. Over in gameplay let me know how you are proceeding after the end of the battle.

Yeah, a theologian Cleric with the lightning domain would probably have suitied Tarak's roll more optimally.

Yea, but no matter what there will be holes you have to fill with creativity and imagination.

Absolutely, also Wild Shape is fun

And very versatile. That is one of the things I like about druids, they are versatile and I usually keep an open spell slot when I play one because of all the niche spells.

30 points of the damage is from the negative levels {5 per level} so you can heal 14 which you do after the first two charges.

Regarding negative levels: After 24 hours he needs to make a save. On a success, the negative level goes away with no harm to the creature. On a failure, the negative level becomes permanent. A separate saving throw is required for each negative level.

Though now I am wondering if he should have gotten a save up front as well. This is new stuff for me as a GM.

To be fair, the creature's stat block would indicate if there's a saving throw for each attack. 2 levels of energy drain is a bit much though.

The problem now is that this is a death sentence for Urah. I'm making the saves at a -6 penalty before it reduces.

I need to know if the negative levels are temporary or permanent.

A creature with temporary negative levels receives a new saving throw to remove the negative level each day. The DC of this save is the same as the effect that caused the negative levels.

Fort saves (with any other buffs would be nice.)
1st save 1d20 + 4 - 6 ⇒ (20) + 4 - 6 = 18
2nd save 1d20 + 4 - 6 ⇒ (9) + 4 - 6 = 7
3rd save 1d20 + 4 - 6 ⇒ (5) + 4 - 6 = 3
4th save 1d20 + 4 - 6 ⇒ (5) + 4 - 6 = 3
5th save 1d20 + 4 - 6 ⇒ (16) + 4 - 6 = 14
6th save 1d20 + 4 - 6 ⇒ (20) + 4 - 6 = 18

I found a good source on it, Check out the rules on energy drain. So no save when hit, and saves on the next day. With those rolls you are at -4 permanent levels and in desperate need of a cleric and a bunch of cash. Yes, negative levels (particularly energy drain) are NAAaaassty. According to the rules on energy drain, on a failure to save, the negative level becomes permanent. This is specific to the energy drain and makes the negative level more nasty as there are not repeated saves.

If you can get a buff that lasts 24 hours for +2 you can save yourself one level.

By the way, always make your rolls in gameplay, not discussion. You can leave it this time; heck, sometimes I make the same mistake, but try to make your rolls in gameplay as a habit.

I'll make those rolls again in gameplay.

Just showing that Urah is unlikely to make those saves with a -6 hanging over him.
Not likely to get the cash or spells either. In most cases, I'll write this one off.

Once you are in Katapesh you will be able to take care of it, particularly if you all pick up some decent loot, which I have no doubt you will. What this does mean, however, is that on your trip to Katapesh Urah will be severely crippled.

Might be that Filliped will need to step in as a temporary PC?

Filliped :)

I'll get a post up in a second, I had a 10:00 meeting that cut into my regular posting time.

The question is if the rest of our fights will be less or more than this last one. Hopefully we can get more information in game.

Internet is shaky today. Apparently a tower went down in town and it’s screwed everything up

I'll show you all the power of a level 1 sorcerer with a bunch of level 7s then.

Put those honed skills of avoiding combat to use. The oasis was a blip. A teaching moment.

Also remember that you have that axe of life stealing you were planning on selling in Katapesh, which will EASILY cover any restorations.

I had honestly forgotten about the gear we 'found' after we leveled up since we waited to do gear once we returned to town.

Between studying, possibly starting training on a new job, and the holiday weekend, I may be a little scarce the rest of this week into the weekend.

Good luck on the possible new job training.

Thanks, the next step is training for my CDL so I’ve been cramming the past few days for the learners permit test, fun stuff.

miteke wrote:

Also remember that you have that axe of life stealing you were planning on selling in Katapesh, which will EASILY cover any restorations.

I had honestly forgotten about the gear we 'found' after we leveled up since we waited to do gear once we returned to town.

I feel bad that the gold earnt from that will be spent on my negative drained person.

Not a big deal. Wealth is reset at every level so there are normally no long-term consequences from how you use the cash earned between level ups.

That simple fact may make you the kindest GM on the boards miteke :)

Agreed!

Math is the bane of Pathfinder. Getting rid of micromanaging equipment benefits us all! I like the system we use too.

Reset wealth is one of the best thing for me too!

I'm getting scrolls of restoration if possible next.

Really might need to think about a 2 level dip in Shifter to get WIS to armor class while shifted. Wrong alignment for monk.

Level dips are really expensive. Better things to do:

Mage armor, I didn’t realize that wasn’t self only.

Suppose it isn’t too many levels until I can afford some Wild armor

Yes, Wild Armor is standard fare for Druids for that very reason. But with the lousy ACs animals have (for the most part), you really need to do something to protect yourself if you are going to fight as one. I see your AC changed to 21. I do not think you've cast barkskin yet, so until your post it is still 18, right?

Updated now, so its 19 as a human.

I see you have an amulet of NA on your equipment list but I do not see it included in your AC.

Shouldn’t be, I replaced that with mighty fists this level hoping to depend on Barkskin (or iron skins) for my enhancement bonus to NA.

I only see the mighty fists on it.

OK. Wonder if I did a mental replacement.

Am diagnosed with Hyper tension.
Also some concerns as X- Ray picked up a white spot on the upper area of my left lung.
Sone giddiness as I stand and walk. Nothing if I Sit down or remain still.

Bouncing in and out of hospitals is making me more tired then One would expect.
So. Apologies to all my games.

I am sorry to hear that. I hope any tests come back with positive results.

NO need to apologies Urah, thanks for the heads up and please get feeling better.

No need for apologies! Life comes first. I hope everything turns out good and you get better.

Will get something posted tonight.

'Gnasher' Red Claw wrote:

Miteke, it looks like the first and the last bow shots were '20's so both hit, damage that round (baring the confirm crit misses) is - 21 + 2 from fast healing, so total damage is -35, yes?

Correct. LOL! I always insert the crit confirm right after the attack and allow the other attacks to be pushed down the stack and, foolish me, I didn't inspect the new roll!

That's why I put mine at the bottom so I don't screw up something else I may have done.

I probably should do that, but I like to have the rolls for the same attack located together.

So are we waiting for someone to bot Urah and the guards? Can we just have them delay? I don't know that it's going to make that much difference for the fight. It may well be that the crossbowman don't want to hit Gnasher by accident.

I am fine with that. Or I can roll a bunch of attack rolls.

Yea, I was hoping one of you would take charge of the NPCs and Urah. Actually I forgot I asked and did not notice the game had stalled or I would have just done it.

PBP Unwritten Rule: Never let the GM have the last post!

That's funny, I try not to sandwich one person's post between two of mine unless they are directly talking to my character and waiting for a response before they post again.

You can also post Filliped's actions; he has the following spells and attacks:

Spells 0 DC 13) daze, detect magic, light, lullaby, mage hand, resistance
Spells 1 DC 14) Detect Secret Doors, Hideous Laughter, Saving Finale, Sleep
Feats: Point Blank Shot, Precise shot
+5/1d6+1 rapier
+4(5)/1d6(+1) shortbow

Sheesh. I never get the first combat post right. Suggestion: always wait a few minutes before responding to one of my combat posts.

LOL

Gnasher is starting to get real scary

The possibly suicide charge to get those guys all lined up in lightning bolt formation temptation is quite strong.

LOL! I can see the temptation.

Just out of curiosity, where do you have the group 'storing' the scroll at? The last I remember I had Gnasher carrying the scroll tucked in his belt.

Maybe we should decide on a safer spot for it?

That is vaguely what I remembered. Such a temptation!