World's Most Interesting Overflow Archives (002) [PFS CORE 6-15] (Inactive)

Game Master Great Green God

Deluge-Core wrote:

Unfortunately, Druids have a pathetic spell list when it comes to combat. At least core druids do. It's either a situational spell like entangle, warp wood, or heat metal at that level, or you go with flaming sphere or flame blade. They do have some decent buff spells though.

How about produce flame?

Well, for some reason I thought it was a one shot fire missile that did 1d8. It's better than that, but will still only give a few attacks. Not impressive, but not useless and a lot more likely to come in handy that something like Faerie Fire. I think I'll start using it.

Hannar is carrying 4 potions of CLW if Yangrit or anyone else would like. Not a good idea going around wounded.

Xuius would love one. I've got a Wand of Cure Light Wounds on me, but I don't know who can use one. I don't have UMD.

I am on my tablet until Friday. Please keep me just behind Bernard.

Done.

Currently -5, will be -9 at end of round. I only have 14 CON and Bleed 4. I am dead. No worries. Continue fighting. I have what is needed to Raise Dead, etc. provided we don't Party Wipe.

Do the bleeds stack?

Alright, so as it looks like we will NOT be finished by Monday, I'll need to two things for everyone.

One, I will need everyone to make a couple of die rolls for boons below. Roll a d20 and a d3. A roll of a 19 or 20 on the d20 wins one of 3 lovely boons.

Second, I will need to know who would like to continue. At our current rate of posts we should be able to finish inside couple of weeks.

So roll, and lemme know.

Here comes the BOON! 1d20 ⇒ 151d3 ⇒ 2

Boon! 1d20 ⇒ 13

Which one 1d3 ⇒ 1

Let’s keep it going!

Yangrit isn't a quitter. Also, I want to find out how all this randomness ties together.

Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 1
Nevermind on the other roll.

Yangrit isn't a quitter. Also, I want to find out how all this randomness ties together.

Nevermind on the other roll.

Let's see that means I have to remove one boon....

1d20 ⇒ 4 Yangrit, you can no longer play Half-Orcs.

possible Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 18
possible Boon choice: 1d3 ⇒ 1

I am fine with continuing, even if I just end up watching.

Total Party Koncert

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.

Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 1

Let's see that means I have to remove one boon....

1d20 ⇒ 4 Yangrit, you can no longer play Half-Orcs.

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.

I REFUSE! They can't curse me if they can't find me!

boon: 1d20 ⇒ 11

Of course we should continue!

Boon Roll: 1d20 ⇒ 5

ONWARD!

and thank you for running this one. It has been fun.

Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 101d3 ⇒ 2

Could someone translate what he said into English, please?

About the boons?

About what that guy we rescued just said.

"'Quathy bahr?' You mea tha nissie. Iou know. One minue I wath readin' a ssroll I foun, and tha neth it wath all rippeh ta threads an flyin' all about like a tornahdah and theigh wath thith foth talkin' ta me about riddleth an a conteth or somethin' ta do with stuff tha happeneh a long time ago. He wath tho interethin tha it fel like I had ta follow him. We wandereh aroun tha baithmen' here. He wah lookin' for sumthin. Bookth on riddleth, and the Firth Worlh an sutch. He goh mad whe he didn't fin any bookth about himself, an wath alwayth talkin' about how he wath cheated out of sumthin. Theh we got to thith room, and he read one of the ssroll fragmenth an poof the nissie an her daughterth appeared. I wanted to go wiff him but he took hith bookth an leff. Tha neth thing I know I'm loche up, and wet, an my teef are all gon, an I'm bein' electrocooted. Seriouthly though, dush yewer alligator bigh? I don feel fery well." explains Virml. "Sathay, who ah you any way?"

My best guess:

" 'Crazy bard?' You mean the missie. I dunno. One minute I was reading a scroll I found, and the next it was all ripped to threads and flying all about like a tornaodo and there was this [foth?] talking to me about riddles and a countess or something to do with stuff that happened a long time ago. He was so interesting that it felt like I had to follow him. We wandered around the basement here. He was looking for something. Books on riddles, and the First World and such. He got mad when he didn't find any books about himself, and was always talking about how he was cheated out of something. Then we got to this room, and he read one of the scroll fragments and poof the missie and her daughters appeared. I wanted to go with him but he took his books and left. The next thing I know I'm locked up, and wet, and my teeth are all gone, and I'm being electrocuted. Seriously though, does your alligator bite? I don't feel very well." ... "Seriously, who are you anyway?"

I could be wrong on some words, and I failed my linguistics check on "foth", but that's the gist of it.

I think it means fish.

Maybe. But the fish upstairs that's flooding this place is female.

Like he would know a male from a female!

@GM: So, before we go down the wrong rabbit hole, what's a "foth"?

@GM: So, before we go down the wrong rabbit hole, what's a "foth"?

"You know a 'foth.' With pointy eareth an a buthhy tail." Virml tries miming it. "They thometimeth dig in ta rabbih holeth."

best guess [EDITED]:

" 'Crazy bard?' You mean the [NIXIE]. I dunno. One minute I was reading a scroll I found, and the next it was all ripped to threads and flying all about like a tornado and there was this [FOX] talking to me about riddles and a [CONTEST] or something to do with stuff that happened a long time ago. He was so interesting that it felt like I had to follow him. We wandered around the basement here. He was looking for something. Books on riddles, and the First World and such. He got mad when he didn't find any books about himself, and was always talking about how he was cheated out of something. Then we got to this room, and he read one of the scroll fragments and poof the [NIXIE] and her daughters appeared. I wanted to go with him but he took his books and left. The next thing I know I'm locked up, and wet, and my teeth are all gone, and I'm being electrocuted. Seriously though, does your alligator bite? I don't feel very well." ... "Seriously, who are you anyway?"

LOL! I like how you worked a rabbit hole in there! Though that belonged in gameplay, of course.

Frustrated to no end with being so gol-dinged short in such dad-blasted deep water, Yangrit gurgle-growls as she grabs her rope and attempts to open the bird cage to get the man out.

I mistakenly thought Yangrit was successful in her attempt to get Virml out of the cage, but WMIGM didn't confirm that. When she attempted it, she would've discovered whether or not the cage is locked. Surely someone in the party has ranks in Disable Device.

It is locked.

Sorry, been busy with PaizoCon and running 8 tables. I can't get him out.

Can anyone else deal with the lock? Brute strength? If not we will need to move on without the the little troublemaker.

More when I get off work tonight, but note: enlarge person takes some time to cast....

I know it does. If Pau runs off or stops Xusius, then he will have to stop casting it. I really want to get that croc fight going. I have no idea if Shaine is actually Shaine or not, but it sure seems like a lot of fun to call him an imposter and to start a fight.

Anyone have any ideas about the missing piece?

So, I know we uncovered all the areas of the map, but did we fail to search any of them? Or roll low?

I don't have a bloody clue.

It’s probably not the wya we are supposed to solve it, but I assume knocking out or killing her would stop the water problem...

Anyone have any ideas about the missing piece?

There aren't really any other "monsters" left in this dungeon aside from the ones you are talking to, so if the party wants they could just describe what they do for the next several minutes to find the errant slip of scroll.

It’s probably not the wya we are supposed to solve it, but I assume knocking out or killing her would stop the water problem...

Well, that depend on your definition of "solve". It is a choice though. You can certainly fight her. One of the other groups I'm running did that in a display of typical "Pathfinder diplomacy", and nearly earned themselves a half-party-kill. Admittedly, in comparison, they aren't all that good at fighting. ;)

Enough about this stupid Fox. Someone use their Confirmation Boon to see if turning him over to the Fish is detrimental to our Secondary and let's get this over already.

For a game that's centered around COOPERATION there hasn't been a whole lot of that this game.

@GM: I sent you a PM. A response would be appreciated.

That is a great idea!

Deluge will indeed use his confirmation boon to know whether we need to turn over the fox in order to get our second prestige point.

Using Explore, Report, Cooperate Deluge determines that turning over the Fox to Mistress Koi is indeed one way to contribute to the party's secondary success conditions.

Pau votes to turn the Fox over to the fish once that evidence is revealed.

@GM: As for the answer to the riddle, do the players have to come up with it, or should our characters roll an intelligence check or something? Are the poem scraps in order (top to bottom, then left to right? How would we know?)?

@Everyone else:
Poem title: "The Name of the Fox"
Riddle's question: "Who is the last to dine?"

My guess is that the answer to the question is also the fox's name, but that could be way off. Maybe we should ask the fox what his name is, in case that helps us. (It's not a detail Yangrit would care about, but maybe Xusius would have enough compassion for the fox to ask?)

The thing I keep coming back to is the couplet right under the title. It seems like it's important somehow. That second line seems like a convoluted way of saying "Pretend you don't know any of the rest of this stuff." If that's the case, all the rest of the poem would be a bunch of red herrings, and the answer would have to be in the title or the first couplet, which only mentions one eater (the loser).

What do you guys think?

Well, that is as good a guess as any and better than most. it actually makes sense.

I’m fine with that guess. Puzzles are definitely not my strong suit. I’ve had the creativity beaten out of me.

I feel you, but brave heart, Pau. We're almost there.

However, for now, 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.

I had to work all weekend, so I did not get to posting the chronicles. I should have them up in the next day or two. Sorry about that.

Watch this space!

Did you get the sheets out yet?

Did you get the sheets out yet?

{Drags self in at 3 am after a work week that started at 4pm on July 6 and won't end until 11 pm on August 1st. Really? August already? Where does the time go? Opens thread. Reads. Blearily looks around thread just in case. Giggles to self}

No.

I realized that after generating them all before work, and placing them in my Google drive that I made a mistake on one of them, forgetting the character in question wasn't 'in tier'.

But now after some sleep--now...

CHRONICLES!

• Bernard
  
• Deluge
• Hannar
• Pau
• Xusius
• Yangrit

Make sure yours looks good (because I smell bad, and cannot see straight anymore).