GM Numbat's PFS2 1-01 The Absalom Initiation (Inactive)

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GM Numbat's PFS2 1-01 March 2020


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Radiant Oath

CG Male Human Liberator 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 17| F +7 R +4 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +4 | Speed 25 | Focus 2/2 | Hero 1/3 |Active Conditions: ---

Yeah.

We got that, reviving the petrified agent, the haunted house, and the escaped creature.

Grand Archive

Alignment CN Male Elf (Seer Elf) Wizard 1 HP 12/12 | AC 15 | F +3 R +5 W +7 | Perc +5 | Stealth +2 Speed 30’ | spells 1 2/2 2 0/0 | Active Conditions: ---

Sounds good to me.

Radiant Oath

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Female CG Goblin (Unbreakable) Sorcerer 2 | HP 26/26 Hero 1/3 | AC 16 (17 w/Shield) | F: +6, R: +6, W: +7 Perc: +5 | Speed 25ft | Spell slots: 4@1st Focus 1/1| Active conditions: none.

It appears I am not a morning person either, as I quickly forgot both to make it a spoiler and not to peek.

Sorry, everyone.


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VC Australia - WA

Something I should have done at the beginning of the game is to establish your default marching order.

Slide 7 has been added to allow you to do this. Negotiate your tokens into default marching order for both single file and double file.

Also, respond here with what your default exploration mode activity will be. You are able to change this at any time by stating you have done so but it means we don't have to wait multiple times for everyone to establish what they are doing.

If you are not familiar with exploration mode and what you can do, let me know and we will cover that. You do not need it immediately.

Radiant Oath

CG Male Human Liberator 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 17| F +7 R +4 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +4 | Speed 25 | Focus 2/2 | Hero 1/3 |Active Conditions: ---

Do we have a specific meetup in mind?

Also I'd guess Saturday would be up front being the tanky one.

Grand Archive

Alignment CN Male Elf (Seer Elf) Wizard 1 HP 12/12 | AC 15 | F +3 R +5 W +7 | Perc +5 | Stealth +2 Speed 30’ | spells 1 2/2 2 0/0 | Active Conditions: ---

Razpen is squishy so in the back or middle please.

Horizon Hunters

CG (male) Human (Half-orc) Fighter 1 | HP 20/20 | AC 17/19 | F +7 R +6 W +5 | Perc +7 | Stealth +1 | speed 25 | Active Conditions ---

That's okay, Sara. Mornings can be rough! ;)

Are those headings backwards? Anyway, how about for single file - Saturday, Sara, Razpen, and Jayson as rear guard. Double file - Saturday, Sara, then Razpen, Jayson. What do you folks think?

For his default exploration activity, Jayson would Defend.

Radiant Oath

CG Male Human Liberator 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 17| F +7 R +4 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +4 | Speed 25 | Focus 2/2 | Hero 1/3 |Active Conditions: ---

Sounds good, and I guess for Activity Saturday would Search?

Radiant Oath

Female CG Goblin (Unbreakable) Sorcerer 2 | HP 26/26 Hero 1/3 | AC 16 (17 w/Shield) | F: +6, R: +6, W: +7 Perc: +5 | Speed 25ft | Spell slots: 4@1st Focus 1/1| Active conditions: none.

That seems like a fine marching order. Sara could either Search or Detect Magic, but honestly I think she's more likely to Search unless the circumstance warrants otherwise.


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VC Australia - WA

So if you ever find you can not move your token on the slides - just let your GM know. They may have forgotten to enable editing.

I have placed your tokens in the order indicated.

Razpen - your default exploration mode activity?

One thing to consider with any group - it is often a good idea to have one person Scout as that requires no particular skill and provides everyone with a +1 bonus to their Initiative.

Fair warning though, sometimes encounters break out when you are engaged in conversation or have other reasons that your default is not applicable. (Just setting expectations.)


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VC Australia - WA

As a GM, I also usually ask my players to nominate each other for the receipt of Hero Points. The general guideline is that we give out one Hero Point per hour of play. In PbP it is much easier to think of it as one per significant encounter.

Hero Points may be rewarded for excellent role-play, heroic deeds (by the character), or other actions that enhance the game in a significant way.

They may be spent to reroll any d20 check, cost of one Hero Point, or to avoid an increase in your dying condition and return to zero hit points, unconscious, and unwounded. Avoiding dying costs all of your Hero Ponts, minimum one.

Do you wish to nominate anyone for their efforts during the party?

Grand Archive

Alignment CN Male Elf (Seer Elf) Wizard 1 HP 12/12 | AC 15 | F +3 R +5 W +7 | Perc +5 | Stealth +2 Speed 30’ | spells 1 2/2 2 0/0 | Active Conditions: ---

Default exploration mode activity - About the same as Sara, Detect magic and keeping an eye out for dangers.

Horizon Hunters

CG (male) Human (Half-orc) Fighter 1 | HP 20/20 | AC 17/19 | F +7 R +6 W +5 | Perc +7 | Stealth +1 | speed 25 | Active Conditions ---
GM Numbat wrote:

As a GM, I also usually ask my players to nominate each other for the receipt of Hero Points. The general guideline is that we give out one Hero Point per hour of play. In PbP it is much easier to think of it as one per significant encounter.

Hero Points may be rewarded for excellent role-play, heroic deeds (by the character), or other actions that enhance the game in a significant way.

They may be spent to reroll any d20 check, cost of one Hero Point, or to avoid an increase in your dying condition and return to zero hit points, unconscious, and unwounded. Avoiding dying costs all of your Hero Ponts, minimum one.

Do you wish to nominate anyone for their efforts during the party?

I don't like this at all. I nominate all of my teammates, and that will always be my answer.

Radiant Oath

CG Male Human Liberator 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 17| F +7 R +4 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +4 | Speed 25 | Focus 2/2 | Hero 1/3 |Active Conditions: ---

You and Sara have been doing great, I’d nominate you both for your RP thus far ^w^

Grand Archive

Alignment CN Male Elf (Seer Elf) Wizard 1 HP 12/12 | AC 15 | F +3 R +5 W +7 | Perc +5 | Stealth +2 Speed 30’ | spells 1 2/2 2 0/0 | Active Conditions: ---

I am in the same boat as Jayson, so I will let fate decide
1 Sara
2 Jayson
3 Saturday
4 Razpen
I think that is everyone.
winner is : 1d4 ⇒ 3
So I pick Saturday


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VC Australia - WA

Hero Point to Jayson.

Radiant Oath

CG Male Human Liberator 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 17| F +7 R +4 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +4 | Speed 25 | Focus 2/2 | Hero 1/3 |Active Conditions: ---

Is the Museum well lit?


VC Australia - WA

Good call Saturday. I should have specified.

Ceilings in the Blakros Museum are 15 feet high throughout, and its walls are stone masonry.
The museum enjoys normal illumination at night thanks to dozens of continual flame spells suspended in hanging braziers.

The map shows where you come up onto the second floor. As said earlier, simple descriptions of what you want to do or where you want to go will suffice for now and keep things moving.


VC Australia - WA

Sorry people - I have had a day and while I hate to put you off I really need to update my multi-table special game, clear up a few important issues, then head to bed.

I will take a quick read of any game posts in case there are questions or something I really need to react to immediately, otherwise it will be tomorrow when I post.


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VC Australia - WA

OK, because I don't have it in me to do a good descriptive post right now I am going to provide some info here and do the game post tomorrow.

Sara - thank you for helping with token moves. If anyone knows of anything I can do to make the mobile experience better, please let me know.

Saturday's first Occultism check did not manage to fix the flaw but did manage to identify that it is Tavvar's hesitation and self-doubt that has caused the flaws. Deception or Diplomacy to bring up her confidence (or other applications that make sense - have fun), as well as occultism, can mend the flaws. Successful application of either will make the Occultism checks easier.

Yes, you can use these skills more than once in each round as long as you have the actions available. My gift to you, partly as an apology for being absent today, is that any of you who wish to change what you did may do so.

Razpen - your Occultism was successful so don't change that! I have changed one flaw to green to indicate success.

Jayson - to mend a flaw you will need to attempt Occultism, Deception, or Diplomacy. If you do not participate in the ritual directly then you are in a better position to try to intervene to protect one of the ritualists (including Tavvar) as long as you are adjacent to them.


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VC Australia - WA

Remember when I said to always copy your post and preview before posting. We lost internet today just as I hit preview. Thankfully I was able to recover the post when we got it back.

Normally when a player has not used all their actions they risk losing them when the round turns over, in this case, Saturday was waiting for information from me but I also did not want to slow the game further so I have allowed the action to carry forward. This is not normal. Do not expect it from anyone else or even from me in the future.

All of you have taken damage so this is the time to update your headers to reflect that.

Radiant Oath

CG Male Human Liberator 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 17| F +7 R +4 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +4 | Speed 25 | Focus 2/2 | Hero 1/3 |Active Conditions: ---

Sorry about that


VC Australia - WA

Absolutely no need to apologise. It was my fault your question was not answered in a timely manner, hence why I bent the rules to allow the action to carry over. I simply wanted to make sure that I did not lead anyone to expect that would normally be a thing.

Radiant Oath

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CG Male Human Liberator 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 17| F +7 R +4 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +4 | Speed 25 | Focus 2/2 | Hero 1/3 |Active Conditions: ---

*nods*

And yeah, kinda figured shouting would just make everything worse >_<


VC Australia - WA

You have succeeded at your mission. You have a copy of the ritual. Do you wish to allow Tavvar to keep the original? Do you wish to suggest she bring it to more knowledgable folk in the Pathfinder Society? Do you wish to try to recruit her?

None of those is necessary at all.

Which mission would you like to tackle next?

Horizon Hunters

CG (male) Human (Half-orc) Fighter 1 | HP 20/20 | AC 17/19 | F +7 R +6 W +5 | Perc +7 | Stealth +1 | speed 25 | Active Conditions ---

What do you guys think? The statue?

Radiant Oath

Female CG Goblin (Unbreakable) Sorcerer 2 | HP 26/26 Hero 1/3 | AC 16 (17 w/Shield) | F: +6, R: +6, W: +7 Perc: +5 | Speed 25ft | Spell slots: 4@1st Focus 1/1| Active conditions: none.

Fine by me.

Radiant Oath

CG Male Human Liberator 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 17| F +7 R +4 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +4 | Speed 25 | Focus 2/2 | Hero 1/3 |Active Conditions: ---

Ye.

Radiant Oath

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Female CG Goblin (Unbreakable) Sorcerer 2 | HP 26/26 Hero 1/3 | AC 16 (17 w/Shield) | F: +6, R: +6, W: +7 Perc: +5 | Speed 25ft | Spell slots: 4@1st Focus 1/1| Active conditions: none.

I'm assuming the next mission happens the next day, with time to heal up and recover abilities?

Edit: I assume nothing, you already said so! Saturday, be sure to update your hitpoints!

Horizon Hunters

CG (male) Human (Half-orc) Fighter 1 | HP 20/20 | AC 17/19 | F +7 R +6 W +5 | Perc +7 | Stealth +1 | speed 25 | Active Conditions ---

the only applicable skill that Jayson has is Crafting. Any ideas what to ask? I don't even know what they're protesting, to be honest.

Edit: Never mind. It'll take longer than two rounds to reach them. I have no idea how to end this peacefully.

Radiant Oath

CG Male Human Liberator 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 17| F +7 R +4 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +4 | Speed 25 | Focus 2/2 | Hero 1/3 |Active Conditions: ---

I have Religion, just wondering how to “weaponize” it.

Or maybe just sneak around looking for the statue.

Horizon Hunters

CG (male) Human (Half-orc) Fighter 1 | HP 20/20 | AC 17/19 | F +7 R +6 W +5 | Perc +7 | Stealth +1 | speed 25 | Active Conditions ---

Well, we can clearly see the statue.


VC Australia - WA

You can move up to them for free before the two rounds start. You are not in initiative with three actions per turn.

The general gist of things is that there has been a tradition of running the race that was overturned a little while ago. Now some of the locals are riled up about the potential reversal of one of those caught in a previous race (your Pathfinder). Mostly, it is general dissent and crowd mentality.

If you can convince the "leaders" to depart peacefully, likely the crowd will also disperse.

Razpen, with a +0 for a skill you are looking for a nat 20 to aid. If you can find a reasonable and creative way to justify another skill to use, I will allow you to keep the roll. Or even making you own roll rather than a roll to aid for an untrained skill is usually better at low levels like this. Most DCs at level 1 are going to be less than 20.

Radiant Oath

Female CG Goblin (Unbreakable) Sorcerer 2 | HP 26/26 Hero 1/3 | AC 16 (17 w/Shield) | F: +6, R: +6, W: +7 Perc: +5 | Speed 25ft | Spell slots: 4@1st Focus 1/1| Active conditions: none.

Razpen, if you see this, the idea was that I was enticing the drunk to go get a super good deal to purchase cheap brandy in the next neighborhood over...not that it was nearly undrinkable swill.

I mean, I guess you did fail to reach the Aid DC, but you didn't critically fail...


VC Australia - WA

Sorry, folks.

I will try to post later today.


VC Australia - WA

I am back! I am also truly sorry for my absence and hope you do not feel too abandoned.

I will PM Saturday to make sure they are still with us in the game.

Radiant Oath

CG Male Human Liberator 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 17| F +7 R +4 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +4 | Speed 25 | Focus 2/2 | Hero 1/3 |Active Conditions: ---

I am, sorry for the delay.

I'm in Tennessee and my job reopened yesterday (gym).

It's... been surprisingly busy these past two days. Will get a post in tonight.


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VC Australia - WA

No problem. I am glad you are ok.

It must be very stressful going back to work in the current environment.

As long as everyone is ok with a slower pace, I really don't mind giving people extra time. I truly appreciate how patient you have all been with me.

I would like to be done before PaizoCon Online begins. I encourage all of you to consider participating in the con. There will not be any PbP games but plenty of Virtual Table Top (VTT) games and there should be lots of seminars and other activities.

Radiant Oath

CG Male Human Liberator 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 17| F +7 R +4 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +4 | Speed 25 | Focus 2/2 | Hero 1/3 |Active Conditions: ---

*nods*

Thankies, the butt load of safety precautions and commissions (WHY ARE YOU JOINING A GYM RIGHT NOW?) help a bit.

Horizon Hunters

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CG (male) Human (Half-orc) Fighter 1 | HP 20/20 | AC 17/19 | F +7 R +6 W +5 | Perc +7 | Stealth +1 | speed 25 | Active Conditions ---
Saturday wrote:

*nods*

Thankies, the butt load of safety precautions and commissions (WHY ARE YOU JOINING A GYM RIGHT NOW?) help a bit.

For heaven's sake, be careful my friend!


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"Doom Girl" // ♫ // ◇ ◈ ↺ // PbP Events // // PbP GM Kit // Year of Fortune's Fall // DA Duology Maps

I can understand people needing to workout for stress relief, but working out in an enclosed gym space during this epidemic makes no sense to me. It must be very stressful for you, Saturday.

Radiant Oath

CG Male Human Liberator 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 17| F +7 R +4 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +4 | Speed 25 | Focus 2/2 | Hero 1/3 |Active Conditions: ---
GM Hmm wrote:
I can understand people needing to workout for stress relief, but working out in an enclosed gym space during this epidemic makes no sense to me. It must be very stressful for you, Saturday.

*sigh* yeah.

At least I have access to caffeine again so that part of brain is wired properly and hopefully I can get my sleep schedule back on track.

Horizon Hunters

CG (male) Human (Half-orc) Fighter 1 | HP 20/20 | AC 17/19 | F +7 R +6 W +5 | Perc +7 | Stealth +1 | speed 25 | Active Conditions ---

At least tell us that you're wearing a mask.


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"Doom Girl" // ♫ // ◇ ◈ ↺ // PbP Events // // PbP GM Kit // Year of Fortune's Fall // DA Duology Maps

I actually want all of his clients to be wearing masks as well. As someone who bikes with a mask on these days, I know it's a pain, but if it keeps others safer I will do it.

Radiant Oath

CG Male Human Liberator 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 17| F +7 R +4 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +4 | Speed 25 | Focus 2/2 | Hero 1/3 |Active Conditions: ---
Jayson Ghita wrote:
At least tell us that you're wearing a mask.

Yep yep.

Radiant Oath

CG Male Human Liberator 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 17| F +7 R +4 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +4 | Speed 25 | Focus 2/2 | Hero 1/3 |Active Conditions: ---
GM Hmm wrote:
I actually want all of his clients to be wearing masks as well. As someone who bikes with a mask on these days, I know it's a pain, but if it keeps others safer I will do it.

About half and half -_-

Horizon Hunters

CG (male) Human (Half-orc) Fighter 1 | HP 20/20 | AC 17/19 | F +7 R +6 W +5 | Perc +7 | Stealth +1 | speed 25 | Active Conditions ---

Still don't know how you guys are getting those nifty diamond symbols.

Radiant Oath

Female CG Goblin (Unbreakable) Sorcerer 2 | HP 26/26 Hero 1/3 | AC 16 (17 w/Shield) | F: +6, R: +6, W: +7 Perc: +5 | Speed 25ft | Spell slots: 4@1st Focus 1/1| Active conditions: none.

Cut and paste!


VC Australia - WA

Jayson, if you want to use them then go for it, but while they are nice, they are not in any way essential.

Radiant Oath

Female CG Goblin (Unbreakable) Sorcerer 2 | HP 26/26 Hero 1/3 | AC 16 (17 w/Shield) | F: +6, R: +6, W: +7 Perc: +5 | Speed 25ft | Spell slots: 4@1st Focus 1/1| Active conditions: none.

A'ight, escaped creature or haunted house? I'm good either way.

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