Welcome! This is a discussion thread for my Outpost III A Night at Bloodthorne Manor table. We're 1 week away from the Monday, March 30 start date.
Please don't hesitate to ask any questions at any time.
Hoping for a fun game for everyone!
Some pregame instructions:
Character Selection
Please finalize your character choice as soon as possible. If you haven’t already, include a link to your deck handler in your profile.
Have you used this character before?
Yes, online: Provide a link to your current table. (Note that you’ll have to pause that other game once the Gameday VIII event starts next week.)
Yes, offline: Provide a copy of your chronicle sheet. (I'll provide an email address via private message you can send to if necessary.)
No: If you haven't already, verify your deck ownership. Take a photo of something that indicates ownership (the box, the character card, a receipt, etc) which includes with your Paizo username. Send the photo to morkXII@orgplayonline.com and he'll add you to the verified users, so you'll be set for any future PbP games!
Party Communication
Some parties like to strategize via google hangouts or discord; some parties just use it to alert when someone’s turn is up. Others parties prefer to communicate entirely via the discussion tab. It’s up to you!
Using offsite chat is completely optional. If that is something you would be interested in, send me a Private Message with your e-mail address. This is entirely voluntary, and the decision is anonymous. If anyone, for any reason, would rather not communicate offsite, it will not be set up.
Posting Expectations
What time zone are you in?
Please try to take your turn within 24 hours. Obviously, let real-life take priority, but out of courtesy to the other players, try to let us know if something does come up.
Use a posting style that works best for you, with as much or as little flavor as you feel comfortable with. It’s your game! The one thing that I would request is that you label your dice rolls with at least the difficulty and type of check.
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Howdy everyone. I hope you are all staying safe and healthy in these crazy times. I've played with some of you before - looking forward to some pleasant distraction and getting Radovan back in the game.
To answer the questions: I have played Radovan before, and only online. He's not in any game currently but he had just hit tier 4.0 when I stopped playing him.
Decks should all be verified.
Speaking of which, I'm thinking about rebuilding his deck in light of the Adventurer's Packs options that were recently posted, but I could use some advice/suggestions. His current build is based off of Pathfinder Tales + Ultimate Equipment. I'd like to keep Pathfinder Tales so I'm thinking of swapping out Ultimate Equipment, which doesn't feel like a big hardship. That lets me pick two Adventurer's Packs. Finesse is an obvious choice but I can't find any of the other ones that seem particularly useful to him. Any suggestions? If you look at my deck handler, you'll see that I've bolded the UE cards that will need to be replaced. And I've sketched out a list of possible upgrades in the Desired Upgrades tab, noting which deck they come from. Honestly, it feels pretty strong with Pathfinder Tales + Finesse, so I haven't figured out any other Pack that would be a good complement.
Btw, Radovan has the Unconventional Firepower boon and uses one firearm card and one ammo card from the Gunslingers deck as a result.
Radovan likes sticking with other characters since he gets benefits whenever they take damage (even if it's reduced). Kind of sadistic but then he is haunted by three different devils!
Discord works for me for communication. Or whatever everyone prefers.
I'm in the Eastern time zone of the United States.
Looking forward to it - this will be my first time playing PACS above level 3.
Radovan is my favorite PACG character (played in two campaigns with UC and UI, respectively), so enjoy. Our party looks light on heals, so the Smash Pack may be worth getting for the Staff of Minor Healing. Totally your call, though. :)
Anyway, looking forward to the game.
- Am most familiar with hangouts. Less familiar with discord, but am willing to learn.
- Kess has been through Dragon's Demand. Link here.
- Will work on putting handler in profile. (Edit: Done.)
- Eastern time zone
- Kess has no use for weapons or spells, but she's happy to acquire them for everyone else. :)
I'm mostly looking for armor upgrades, strangely, as my first power feat will be to add armors/items to my "checks against" power.
Raheli has been my specials only character dealing with Assault on Absolom and the Cosmic Captive (last game).
I'll need to remove a card feat and card for her to conform to the new world order since she got two bonus card feats, so I'll just remove Spell and kill Good Omen. Note that she is rocking a bonus skill feat from ZHALEH.
I've been completely Dex focused and my spell recoveries are terrible so I typically give card my spells to casters with better recovery rates. I run with ultimate equipment so I tend to have good boon getting powers.
I have a slight preference for Hangouts over Discord, but I'm good with either. And I'm coming for the Pacific Time Zone. So definitely put the Eastern folks ahead of me.
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I will be playing newly tier 4 Wrath of the Righteous Enora/Occularium Scholar using UM + Witch CD. Both of them plus the character card have been verified by Mork.
Enora has only played through Dragon's Demand and the only boon she has is the one from that found here. (Link is the table she played at.)
She is not currently playing at another table.
I'm fine with Discord or Hangout. Though In my experience players seem to pay more attention to posted strategy on Discord.
And I'm in the Eastern time zone.
Speaking of Dragon's Demand, If we are using the Core set I can take the spell Soothing Word as loot. I'm fine with putting this in my deck.
But if another caster with access to it wants to trade out say a useless weapon for it I would take Chain Mail or Guide.
And Enora has a Cure in her deck that can be passed to a divine caster or just banished and replaced. Though on reflection this would be what I trade out for the Soothing Word if no one cast cast Cure.
Being a primary caster who just hit tier 4 I mostly want a spell 4 but am happy with item 4 or ally 4.
Speaking of Dragon's Demand, If we are using the Core set I can take the spell Soothing Word as loot. I'm fine with putting this in my deck.
But if another caster with access to it wants to trade out say a useless weapon for it I would take Chain Mail or Guide.
Thanks for the reminder about the DD reward. I'd forgotten about that. It's awesome.
Having also completed DD, Kess will swap out Hide Armor for the Incitation blessing. Until a better armor upgrade appears, then I may swap the armor back in.
Speaking of Dragon's Demand, If we are using the Core set I can take the spell Soothing Word as loot. I'm fine with putting this in my deck.
But if another caster with access to it wants to trade out say a useless weapon for it I would take Chain Mail or Guide.
Thanks for the reminder about the DD reward. I'd forgotten about that. It's awesome.
Having also completed DD, Kess will swap out Hide Armor for the Incitation blessing. Until a better armor upgrade appears, then I'll swap the armor back in.
Sorry - duplicate post?
After reviewing the Adventurer's Packs some more, I'm going to swap out Ultimate Equipment for Finesse and Ranged.
* Weapon 2: replace Stormrune Knife with Humanbane Rapier
* Armor 1: replace Burglar's Buckler with Shark Skin Armor
* Item 1: replace Embalming Fluid with Spider Venom
* Item 3: replace Wayfinder with Red Mantis Mask
* Blessing 0: replace Blessing of the Quartermaster with Sands of the Hour
* Blessing 3: replace Blessing of Norgorber with Old Deadeye
* Blessing 3: replace Blessing of Urgathoa with the Savored Sting
Hi all!
I'm playing Balazar, who reached Tier 5 during the last Gen Con ACG Special. He is tier+1 in all three feat categories (I played him in the previous gen con special as well).
I was using Summoner plus Ultimate Magic, but think I want to swap the latter for a pair of packs (occult and support, maybe). Only three cards from UM, since I started using it at that last con.
Curious - Has anyone reformatted the pack list into something manageable? The blog post is a bit of pain to scroll up and down. :)
I've only played him offline previously, so I'll send Mork the pic I have to verify I'm a real boy.
What chronicle do you need?
I'm on discord a fair amount, but happy to use a google hangout as well (gmail is my primary email).
I'm in Central Time.
From a tactics standpoint, I'm able to play support (as long as I have a monster card in hand, can grant d4 + card level as a combat buff or reduce damage by 1 + card level; plus fire shield, charm monster, good omen, mist horn, etc) on top of the usual assault.
Which means I can safely go with Radovan, or team up with the witch or the arcanist and help keep them safe.
I cannot provide healing, tho.
Cheers!
Vic
ps
Oops. Dotted as my pfs character, and I think that got locked into the players and characters tab.
You can find all the Adventurer Packs here: https://pacg.fandom.com/wiki/Occult_Adventurer%27s_Pack
BTW Emptyger, I stole your post.
Evidence
You can find all the Adventurer Packs here: https://pacg.fandom.com/wiki/Occult_Adventurer%27s_Pack
Awesome, thanks. Was on there earlier this evening, since we were playing our usual campaign via google hangout (and it was faster than digging cards out of my MM box), and should have thought to check for something like that. Great site.
Assuming the comment on discord was accurate, and I could essentially rebuild "at level", I have swapped:
Create Mindscape for Disable Mechanism, and Black Spot for Soothing Word;
Sand Elemental for Shaman, Cat (level 3 summoner) for Djinn, and Bound Imp for Cat (level 0 core);
Binder's Tome for Gem of Mental Acuity, Samisen of Oracular Vision for Headband of Mental Superiority;
BotG for Sands of the Hour, and Blessing of Abadar for The Paladin.
So a little more healing with Shaman. :)
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Since we are talking specific card choices these are the specific tier 4 upgrades I'm looking for.
Spell 4 Channel the Gift
I think when I banish Cure I'll replace it with a second Life Drain. 2 Life Drains should keep me healthy and give me plenty of overall attack spells freeing up Channel the Gift for either Soothing Word or Fire Snake as needed.
Item 4 Magnetic Grimoire
Enora likes her books. While Bestiary of Garund is actually pretty relevant against many Core monsters I want to set up for the Magnetic Grimoire + Ice Chemist combo.
Ally 4 Ice Chemist
I only have 1 ice spell so I want the item first.
Ally 3 Imp
Why is this not already in my deck?
My first level 4 feat will let me use my Knowledge vs barriers so I'll want to replace Pyrotechnic Blast. Probably for Cloudburst.
Fyi, my father is in hospice and he's taken a turn for the worse and I'll be driving back north to try to help on Tuesday. My posting is likely to be irregular for the next several days. Thanks for your understanding and please bot me as needed.
I'll go ahead and post my starting hand now and someone please just pick a good location for me to start at, so that I don't delay the start of the game.
Sorry to hear. Please take whatever time you need for family.
Best wishes and take care.
Curious - If this is a "close everything" scenario, should it still have the normal 6 locations? Or just 5?
I've seen a lot of inconsistency in this regard over the last several seasons.
Curious - If this is a "close everything" scenario, should it still have the normal 6 locations? Or just 5?
I've seen a lot of inconsistency in this regard over the last several seasons.
Usually, the pattern is to have locations = # characters + 1 in "close everything" scenarios. We have 5 characters (I think), so looks like it follows the pattern.
*headslap* Why was I thinking we had four?
Outside of it being 2:30 in the morning. ;)
As part of the Outpost III event, everyone gets a d20 roll after every completed scenario, with a roll of 20 winning a reward.
...It's just that easy!
Spending hero point on a power feat:
On your check vs. monster on which you don't play weapon/spell, you may recharge an ally ([X] or an armor or item) to add 1d4 + that card's AD#.
Card upgrades:
- Dryad Sandals
- Elyana
- (not sure)
Keeping the hero point.
Deck upgrade: The second spell 4 iff no one else wants it. Spell 3 otherwise.
Upgrade
Replacing Item 2 Dreamcatcher with Item 3 Wayfinder, using remaining Item 4 upgrade.
Object
Magic
Powers
Recharge this card to move, then you may examine the top 2 cards of your location deck. You may not use this power during an encounter.
Discard this card to examine the top card of your location deck, then you may shuffle the location deck, then you may explore your location.
Hero Point
Skill Feat + Role: Night-Haired Witch
Hand Size 5 ☑ 6 ☑ 7
Hero Point: since Radovan spent his only hero point during this adventure, he'll save this new one, leaving him with a balance of 1 hero point.
Replacing Rodrick: Radovan banished Rodrick (Ally 1) during this scenario. For replacing him, since Radovan is currently tier 4, am I correct that he can freely choose any card from his decks (Pathfinder Tales + Finesse + Ranged) that is tier 2 or lower?
Upgrade:
For hero point, adding an Ally card feat (Wolf).
Card upgrades:
- Vampire Squid
Decide on upgrades, choose your feat (if applicable), and roll your d20.
When you're ready, choose your starting location for the next scenario, and draw your opening hand and harrow.
Nope
Deck upgrade:
Blessing 3 The Lady of Mysteries
Spell 4 Clairvoyance
Upgrade
Taking Spell 4 Upgrade
Replacing Spell 1 Stone Skin with Spell 3 Swipe
Magic
Arcane
Divine
Powers
Discard this card to decrease the difficulty of any combat check by 3. If you are attempting the check, you may use your Arcane or Divine skill + 1d8 for the check.
Discard this card to succeed at your check to acquire a weapon, an armor, or an item.
After playing this card, if you do not have either the Arcane or Divine skill, banish it; otherwise, you may succeed at an Arcane or Divine 10 check to recharge this card instead of discarding it.
Hero Point
Skill Feat
Dexterity d10 [X]+1 [X] +2 [X] +3 [X] +4
Let me know your choices of blessing/spell ASAP, and I'll post the extra boons.
Nope
Adding a spell to the loot pile.
I'll add a spell. Can't use it myself but hopefully useful to the others.
Radovan takes Card Feat: Ally
Upgrades
Ideally, my two upgrades would be ally and blessing, but I see blessing 3 is quite popular.
I can live with just the ally, I suppose.
I'm more interested in the Ally than the Blessing. But if my Ally 4 roll holds up I'm happy to take a Blessing 2 or 1 for my second upgrade rather than the Blessing 3.
Spending hero point on my final Strength skill feat.
Card upgrades:
Upgrades
Replacing Blessing 0 Blessing of Wadjet with Blessing 3 Blessing of the Savored Sting
Divine
Calistria
Powers
On any check, discard this card to roll 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, and 1d10; add the highest result to the check.
When you would fail a check, discard this card to reroll the dice, adding 2 dice to the roll; take the new result. If any other blessings were played on the check, banish them. You may use this power even if you played another blessing on the check.
After you play this card, if the top card of the blessings discard pile has the Calistria trait, draw a random blessing from another character's discard pile and recharge it.
Replacing Item 1 Boots of Friendly Terrain with Item 3 Ring of Elemental Command
Accessory
Magic
Powers
On your check, reveal this card to add or remove the Acid, Cold, Electricity, or Fire trait.
Recharge this card to add 1d4 to your check against a card that has the Acid, Cold, Electricity, or Fire trait.
Recharge this card to add 1d8 to your check against a card that has the Elemental trait.
Hero Point
Card Feat
Spell 3 [X]4
Taking Spell 1 Good Omen to fill the empty slot.
MAGIC
ARCANE
DIVINE
MENTAL
VETERAN
Powers
On any check to acquire, to close, or to guard, banish to add 1d6+#.
If proficient, discard this card; you may succeed at an Arcane or Divine 8 check to recharge it instead.
Tiering up to 4!
Why oh why is there a blessing named "The Savored Sting" and another blessing named "Blessing of the Savored Sting."!?!
Huh, never even realized that there were two different versions of that spell. And I've *used* that spell!
Again, let me know your choices of ally/item ASAP, so I can post the extra boons.
Nope
Add an Ally to the pile. Hero point banked.
Card upgrades:
Add Ally to the pile (if not already).
Stock a third hero point.
I'll give that adventure reward to my Merisiel. Oh, wait. ;)
Probably give it to my next caster.
Upgrades:
I'll take Item 4, Item 3, or Ally 4, but only if one of those is left after everyone takes their first pick. The deck is pretty good, these would be minor optimizations.