World's Most Interesting Overflow Archives (003) [PFS Standard 6-15] (Inactive)

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It is up to the PCs to investigate and stop a strange phenomenon before thousands of priceless documents are ruined forever.

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Dark Archive

Male LN Elven Investigator/Swashbuckler 5 | HP: 35/35 | AC: 23 19 (14 Tch, 15 Fl; +1 traps) | CMD: 20 (16 Fl; +1 traps) | F: +2, R: +10 (+1 traps), W: +2 (+2 ench.; +3 illu.) | Init: +8 +4 | Perc: +16 +13 (+2 traps), SM +14 +13 | Speed 30 ft; climb 10; swim 10'' | Active conditions: whispers of evil, heightened awareness, monkey fish, shield

Kolris would definitely like to continue.

Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 12

The Concordance

Male N Wayang | Alchemist (gun chemist, mindchemist) 6 | HP 57/57 | With Barkskin & cogn.: AC 28 T 15 FF 25, Normal: AC 23 T 16 FF 18 | CMB +2, CMD 17 | F: +9, R: +12, W: +7 | Init: +5 | Perc: +11 | Alch. ordnance 11/11 | Folio Reroll 1/1 | Chaldira Reroll 1/1 | Darkvision | Speed 20ft, on riding dog 40ft | Riding Dog HP 13/13 | Familiar HP 28/28 | Active conditions: Heightened Awareness, Barkskin

boon roll : 1d20 ⇒ 3

Liberty's Edge

M Ghoran telekineticist 1 | HP 13/13 | AC 20/13/17 | F+6 R+5 W+0 | Init +5 | Perc +4 | Conditions: None

Rectitude will continue.

1d20 ⇒ 11


He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬

One other thing, if you roll and win a boon, I will need an email address to pass on to the Official Divine Distributors of the Boons. Just PM me with it.

Liberty's Edge

LG halfling male paladin 1/UnRogue 3 | hp 33/33 | AC 21, Touch 16 , Flat-Footed 17 | Initiative +4 | Fort +6, Ref +8, Will +3 | Perception +8, Sense Motive +6 | Smite Evil 1/1 | GM Reroll 0/1
Active Effects:
None

1d20 ⇒ 10

Grand Lodge

Male Nagaji Bloodrager 3: Hit Points 31; AC 18/11/17; Fort+6 Ref+4 Will+3 (+4); Init+1; Perc+7

Fentar will continue.

boon: 1d20 ⇒ 6


He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬

Jezubot Boon!: 1d20 ⇒ 131d3 ⇒ 2

Grand Lodge

Male Nagaji Bloodrager 3: Hit Points 31; AC 18/11/17; Fort+6 Ref+4 Will+3 (+4); Init+1; Perc+7

Rectitude, you have been chosen for the Fangwood Keep run.

GM is mustering but awaiting Giovanni's presence in the discussion!

Liberty's Edge

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M Ghoran telekineticist 1 | HP 13/13 | AC 20/13/17 | F+6 R+5 W+0 | Init +5 | Perc +4 | Conditions: None

Apologies folks, i had to leave town and quarantine for a few days. back now.


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He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬

Glad to see you are okay, Rectitude. You were looking a little green there for a moment.

Dark Archive

Male LN Elven Investigator/Swashbuckler 5 | HP: 35/35 | AC: 23 19 (14 Tch, 15 Fl; +1 traps) | CMD: 20 (16 Fl; +1 traps) | F: +2, R: +10 (+1 traps), W: +2 (+2 ench.; +3 illu.) | Init: +8 +4 | Perc: +16 +13 (+2 traps), SM +14 +13 | Speed 30 ft; climb 10; swim 10'' | Active conditions: whispers of evil, heightened awareness, monkey fish, shield
The World's Most Interesting GM wrote:

It's like a troll loosing a limb. You have to find all of Derkhan's missing teeth (among all the various teeth kicked around on the floor under a foot or more of water--easy as finding your contacts), shove them in his mouth, and then use magical healing to reattach them. Otherwise, it's restoration spells, or time in bed.

Thus, far I have collected 9 teeth from four characters, over two tables this con, with one table left to go.

Wait... does that mean that this ability damage is permanent, and must be cleared on the chronicle sheet?


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He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬

Nope. It is just damage (not drain). Characters recover 1 point per night of rest (8 hours) for each affected Ability Score, or two for a day of bed rest. A new batch of fairies is dispatched in the middle of the night to put new teeth back in I guess.

Dark Archive

Male LN Elven Investigator/Swashbuckler 5 | HP: 35/35 | AC: 23 19 (14 Tch, 15 Fl; +1 traps) | CMD: 20 (16 Fl; +1 traps) | F: +2, R: +10 (+1 traps), W: +2 (+2 ench.; +3 illu.) | Init: +8 +4 | Perc: +16 +13 (+2 traps), SM +14 +13 | Speed 30 ft; climb 10; swim 10'' | Active conditions: whispers of evil, heightened awareness, monkey fish, shield

Kolris' thinking is to search in this last room and then head up, where we can tell Shaine about the imposter, and hopefully confront them with the real Virml as proof.

The Concordance

Male N Wayang | Alchemist (gun chemist, mindchemist) 6 | HP 57/57 | With Barkskin & cogn.: AC 28 T 15 FF 25, Normal: AC 23 T 16 FF 18 | CMB +2, CMD 17 | F: +9, R: +12, W: +7 | Init: +5 | Perc: +11 | Alch. ordnance 11/11 | Folio Reroll 1/1 | Chaldira Reroll 1/1 | Darkvision | Speed 20ft, on riding dog 40ft | Riding Dog HP 13/13 | Familiar HP 28/28 | Active conditions: Heightened Awareness, Barkskin

Sounds good!

Grand Lodge

Male Nagaji Bloodrager 3: Hit Points 31; AC 18/11/17; Fort+6 Ref+4 Will+3 (+4); Init+1; Perc+7

Yep, search the last area then hotfoot it upstairs with the real Virml.

Liberty's Edge

M Ghoran telekineticist 1 | HP 13/13 | AC 20/13/17 | F+6 R+5 W+0 | Init +5 | Perc +4 | Conditions: None

Hi folks, I'm driving cross country starting tomorrow for a move. I'll do my best to check in at night but should be fully operational by Tuesday or so.

Dark Archive

Male LN Elven Investigator/Swashbuckler 5 | HP: 35/35 | AC: 23 19 (14 Tch, 15 Fl; +1 traps) | CMD: 20 (16 Fl; +1 traps) | F: +2, R: +10 (+1 traps), W: +2 (+2 ench.; +3 illu.) | Init: +8 +4 | Perc: +16 +13 (+2 traps), SM +14 +13 | Speed 30 ft; climb 10; swim 10'' | Active conditions: whispers of evil, heightened awareness, monkey fish, shield

Hi! This is a heads up that I'm going camping this weekend. I'm leaving tonight (Thurs) and won't be returning until Sunday. Please bot me as needed!


He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬

Thanks for the heads up.


He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬

I am sorry to report that thanks to a super busy work week, followed by a working weekend, and (in about an hour) a new work week, means I will not be posting today. Be back tomorrow.

Dark Archive

Male LN Elven Investigator/Swashbuckler 5 | HP: 35/35 | AC: 23 19 (14 Tch, 15 Fl; +1 traps) | CMD: 20 (16 Fl; +1 traps) | F: +2, R: +10 (+1 traps), W: +2 (+2 ench.; +3 illu.) | Init: +8 +4 | Perc: +16 +13 (+2 traps), SM +14 +13 | Speed 30 ft; climb 10; swim 10'' | Active conditions: whispers of evil, heightened awareness, monkey fish, shield

Hey team, are you still with us? Fentar, GM, and myself are the only posts in over a week now.

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The Concordance

Male N Wayang | Alchemist (gun chemist, mindchemist) 6 | HP 57/57 | With Barkskin & cogn.: AC 28 T 15 FF 25, Normal: AC 23 T 16 FF 18 | CMB +2, CMD 17 | F: +9, R: +12, W: +7 | Init: +5 | Perc: +11 | Alch. ordnance 11/11 | Folio Reroll 1/1 | Chaldira Reroll 1/1 | Darkvision | Speed 20ft, on riding dog 40ft | Riding Dog HP 13/13 | Familiar HP 28/28 | Active conditions: Heightened Awareness, Barkskin

Yes, I am still here. Sorry for the low posting.

Liberty's Edge

M Ghoran telekineticist 1 | HP 13/13 | AC 20/13/17 | F+6 R+5 W+0 | Init +5 | Perc +4 | Conditions: None

I've just found it hard to interact with this scenario. I lack many of the relevant skills and I think the esoteric nature of the adventure make it challenging in pbp, at least for me.

I'll try to post to stay engaged. Sorry if I've been a drag.

Grand Lodge

Male Nagaji Bloodrager 3: Hit Points 31; AC 18/11/17; Fort+6 Ref+4 Will+3 (+4); Init+1; Perc+7

Yeah, I think TWMIGM has worked hard on this but, honestly, I've felt like a spectator. I still don't really 'get it' either. I suspect we won't unless the villain makes a big explainy speech at the end.
The poem wasn't an interesting puzzle to solve: each verse only made sense (a bit) after the encounter.
As well as not having realistic options (the combat environments meant I didn't even have tactical options) for what to do, I also lost control of my PC regularly.
I just rolled the dice when I was told to and waited for the next piece of (excellent) description by the GM.

Pathfinder fey can be really tough for this: disappointed rant ensues:
...they are allowed to be as enigmatic and ambiguous as they want when it suits the writer to create 'mystery' but then they are all really CN=CE when the writer wants conflict. They generally come across as one-dimensional 'quirky': why is the giant fish such a lazy, mindless dumbass (what's my motivation? I'm grumpy) Why are the birds so incurious (we're happy just to randomly appear in a library and start fishing, without any thought about, well, anything), why does the tooth-hunter just sit in a library waiting for people to come to her? Why didn't the shapeshifter steal some money and get a hundred miles away (instead of pretending to be a major pathfinder)?
All it comes down to is 'because fey', which is the laziest answer imaginable.

Liberty's Edge

M Ghoran telekineticist 1 | HP 13/13 | AC 20/13/17 | F+6 R+5 W+0 | Init +5 | Perc +4 | Conditions: None

totally agree the "theatre" by GM has been among the best i've experienced.


He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬

And here I was coming to apologize for leaving you guys hanging. Since the beginning of June work's gotten super crazy. My last day off was 2 Sundays ago, and my next won't be until next Sunday (maybe).

So before I head back into work today some random riddle/story explanation:
The poem I one big riddle. When you find all the bits you can reorganize them in their original form to spell out the primary antagonist's name but that's not really the answer to the overall riddle: "Who is the last to dine?"

Had you talked to Caught a bit more before using the scroll's command phrase his name in the proximity of all the scroll fragments you might have found out a bit of his backstory. He was once a famous and arrogant bard in the prehistory of the world. He made a bet with a powerful fey creature (possibly one of the Elder) to solve the riddle. He guessed wrong, but claimed the fey being cheated, and so was imprisoned in the scroll along with all the characters described in the riddle (who can all be summoned if you know how from the various fragments). Caught's name has been forgotten in the intervening millennia of his imprisonment. When Virml accidentally let him out Caught used the opportunity to first go through the library to see how history had treated him and was sad to see that he had been forgotten. Then with his dander up he sought for a way to confront his jailer and to that end was collecting texts to ind a way to open a portal to the First World. This would have been bad for the Archive had he achieved his goals. So any guesses as to the answer to the ultimate riddle?

Liberty's Edge

M Ghoran telekineticist 1 | HP 13/13 | AC 20/13/17 | F+6 R+5 W+0 | Init +5 | Perc +4 | Conditions: None

All good. Definitely one of the more interesting scenarios. Thanks for running!

Dark Archive

Male LN Elven Investigator/Swashbuckler 5 | HP: 35/35 | AC: 23 19 (14 Tch, 15 Fl; +1 traps) | CMD: 20 (16 Fl; +1 traps) | F: +2, R: +10 (+1 traps), W: +2 (+2 ench.; +3 illu.) | Init: +8 +4 | Perc: +16 +13 (+2 traps), SM +14 +13 | Speed 30 ft; climb 10; swim 10'' | Active conditions: whispers of evil, heightened awareness, monkey fish, shield

Yes, thanks for running!

I have to admit that the riddle confuses me, and the last fragment doesn't help. It leads you to think that the birds are the last to dine, though it implies that the croc will dine on the new birds like he did the ones earlier in the poem, but I don't think that's it.

Kolris would surely know the answer, but I've never been good at riddles. ;) It's the classic roleplaying conundrum: you can easily roleplay a physical skill you don't have, but it's pretty hard to roleplay an intellectual skill you lack.

The Concordance

Male N Wayang | Alchemist (gun chemist, mindchemist) 6 | HP 57/57 | With Barkskin & cogn.: AC 28 T 15 FF 25, Normal: AC 23 T 16 FF 18 | CMB +2, CMD 17 | F: +9, R: +12, W: +7 | Init: +5 | Perc: +11 | Alch. ordnance 11/11 | Folio Reroll 1/1 | Chaldira Reroll 1/1 | Darkvision | Speed 20ft, on riding dog 40ft | Riding Dog HP 13/13 | Familiar HP 28/28 | Active conditions: Heightened Awareness, Barkskin

Thanks for everything

Grand Lodge

Male Nagaji Bloodrager 3: Hit Points 31; AC 18/11/17; Fort+6 Ref+4 Will+3 (+4); Init+1; Perc+7

Fentar will never solve a riddle like that.

I also do not have a scooby!


He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬

One bit of finishing that needs finishing over in gameplay.

Thanks to everyone for playing. I should have all the chronicles out by this weekend (hopefully sooner).

Caught's (incorrect) guess:
The worm, as worms (eventually) eat everything after it's dead.

The real answer:
The loser. It's sort of spelled out in the opening line.


He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬

CHRONICLES!

Make sure yours looks good.

Liberty's Edge

M Ghoran telekineticist 1 | HP 13/13 | AC 20/13/17 | F+6 R+5 W+0 | Init +5 | Perc +4 | Conditions: None

Thanks a bunch. Now time for a rebuild.

Liberty's Edge

LG halfling male paladin 1/UnRogue 3 | hp 33/33 | AC 21, Touch 16 , Flat-Footed 17 | Initiative +4 | Fort +6, Ref +8, Will +3 | Perception +8, Sense Motive +6 | Smite Evil 1/1 | GM Reroll 0/1
Active Effects:
None

Thanks for running!

Dark Archive

Male LN Elven Investigator/Swashbuckler 5 | HP: 35/35 | AC: 23 19 (14 Tch, 15 Fl; +1 traps) | CMD: 20 (16 Fl; +1 traps) | F: +2, R: +10 (+1 traps), W: +2 (+2 ench.; +3 illu.) | Init: +8 +4 | Perc: +16 +13 (+2 traps), SM +14 +13 | Speed 30 ft; climb 10; swim 10'' | Active conditions: whispers of evil, heightened awareness, monkey fish, shield

Thanks again for the game! Was looking forward to this one, and your GMing is among the best I've seen on these boards. Thanks for a great experience.


He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬

Thanks, and good game everyone!

Sorry, again for the wait toward the end there (post-COVID lockdown work blues).

I'll leave the thread active for a couple more days to make sure everyone is good to go.

Grand Lodge

Male Nagaji Bloodrager 3: Hit Points 31; AC 18/11/17; Fort+6 Ref+4 Will+3 (+4); Init+1; Perc+7

Cheers, TWMIGM!

Chronicle looks perfect.

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