GM Foxy's 2nd Legacy of Fire

Game Master Foxy Quickpaw

Thanks for the reminder.

So are you botting Roryx or has he joined the spectators for this fight?

I'm not botting him into melee with that worm, so I guess it will be spectator.

@GM, can you place the archon on the map? My estimate is that it went NW 100 feet while you had the wheel. Responding to my call, a single move would put it around 40 feet out (speed 60) and a second would place it within range to allow the aura of menace staying out of reach.

What type of knowledge check will identify the worm?

Roryx has a couple spells and some ranged stuff. Not a game changer but could not hurt imo. It will not break my heart if he remains a spectator. Do you allow other PCs to bot for missing players? I do in my games but there is often a reluctance for some reason.

You can place the archon.

If a someone offers you to bot their character, that's fine by me.

He offered but did not say who iirc. I assume that means anyone. Personally, I do not have the nerve atm. This worm is bugging me.

Whew, Omari. You just gained some respect. Glad to be on your side. Yeah, survive at whatever the cost. /whew

@gm - what did you do to that worm? LOL. Not the death worm in my bestiary. I do have a suspicion. Bump him up and one player is a spectator. What could go wrong?

Maybe you're looking in the wrong book? Because the game the adventure is written for has no "Bestiary".

Spontaneously Casts Cure Critical Wounds, using his empty lvl 4 slot

The cleric can “lose” any prepared spell that is not an orison or domain spell in order to cast any cure spell of the same spell level or lower

If you call off the investigation of the gnoll group on the dune then it is fine to do it your way as it doesn't matter, as you could prepare again in 15 min. If you jump up and go back to the chase, then you have to decide on what prepared spells to lose.

Hey everyone, I am really sorry to drop the bomb on you like this, but I will be starting a new, more demanding job in March and my time for RPG in general (and PbP specifically) will be severely diminished. For that reason, I am dropping from the game and giving you a chance to find someone who can be more engaged and participative.

Again apologies for the disruption, and thank you for taking me on board for this one. I wish you all the best with the continuation of the game, and see you around!

That is sad to hear. Wish you the best for your new job. Thanks for the time playing together.

BOOM! It landed that hard that paizo.com authentication failed again!

Well, real life comes first always, so perfectly understandable and good luck with the change, I am sure it will be for the better :)

Ohrmizd is going to feel very lonely without Roryx by his side on the attack I fear.

Thanks a lot for your time and the good moments you have given us here.

They're dropping like flies! First Manuun, then Roryx...

Hope your new job goes well Edeldhur and see you around sometime.

Best wishes Edeldhur.

I hope the best for you. Thanks for all the help.

@Samuel
Resistance is one person per casting, lasting for one minute. As you can't cast that while standing next to the gnolls unnoticed you have a fair chance that it runs out before combat starts.

Haste on the other side can be cast on one person per level, so no need to only give it to Ohrmizd. Everyone and their elk would for sure appreciate that. But here also, due to limited duration that is rounds per level, it can't be hand waved as "buff before combat". That only works for spells with duration of at least 1 minute per level.

I was hoping you would ignore or wave over that. A proper call.

And a good call on haste. Thank you. Just to be clear, I can cast that as a standard action on the surprise round or round 1 affecting up to 7 creatures for 7 rounds.

Do the humans on the map seem slaves?

Now that you mention it. They do! Look how they are arranged on the map. Awesome question and observation Ohrmizd.

I took the gladiator picture from the NPC codex, because I didn't want to take Carl the Mercenary again. But they are mercenaries.

Good, thanks for the clarification!

I will wait a bit to give Omari a chance to react before heading into the combat.

Note: On the gameplay post I failed to add +2 to the Stealth check (heroism) and -3 (armor check penalty).

I'll wait for tomorrow to give everyone a chance to roll their own stealth checks. All who don't, I'll roll for and then post initiative.

Fine!

Answering Omari's good point about the map tokens position, I was suggesting to approach from the side where I moved Ohrmizd token to. But that is assuming we all go there together. If you prefer to approach from the east, Ohrmizd will be there with you in the front.

Whom should we hide better with invisibility, so the group can approach unnoticed? Mmmh...

Yes, let's do Heshan, Samuel and Omari.

... a lonely LARGE elk walks in a straight line towards the gnoll camp.

They're dropping like flies!

Did I mention all of my fellow players quit as well?

Just kidding. What is the plan for replacing him?

Omari wrote:

They're dropping like flies!

Did I mention all of my fellow players quit as well?

Just kidding. What is the plan for replacing him?

Simple, we're pushing Samuel up front...

Two front liners should do. Especially if one is large. Maybe conjure some extra HP for Khedron to keep him on your good side.

My preference is 5 players as things are usually a bit easier and the thread is kept more lively, but 4 can do.

Specially if Samuel Jafar is planning to conjure summons regularly, that certainly can do to take some of the heavy hits if we want to stick with 4 players. That also leaves some room for NPCs joining us from time to time as Foxy sees fit to it.

I'm not opposed to adding someone. I just don't have anyone waiting in line, and I don't want to open up a recruitment right now. If you want a fifth player and know someone, though, that's an option.

Khedron rips one apart in a way the gnolls mother couln't tell her son anymore. Entrails splattered all over the place.

I really do not know how they tell one gnoll from another, but that was pretty descriptive xD

Also, did I see that correctly did Foxy roll 7 of 8 times below 10? What is going on? That Roryx was really cursing us, eh? :)

@GM FYI, I have 10 ft of reach with my tail.

I am assuming that the red bordered opponents are the ones dead or damaged by the fireball?

Last encounter I learned that the red border indicates a dead enemy.

Simple, we're pushing Samuel up front...

Cheers!

I am waiting a bit to see what Jafar is summoning because Ohrmizd can do better if he can use the summoned creature to position himself on a flanking position.

I have a small fire elemental ready to release.

Will probably target the caster with that. I am holding off as I can cast pit or grease and Ohrmizd is currently adjacent to where the pit would be. Don't want him in a 30 foot hole with a two headed giant.

If you make a full round attack, take a five foot step. I can adjust to cast slow on a certain creature (all I have left other than mentioned above) and some light weight blaster type stuff.

That is what I have to offer this fight. If anyone has a preference, just say so. I am up for about anything.

Edit: I believe Omari is holding off his elk until he gets the result of his blast?

Another edit: The pit just needs to touch him, so I have some leeway on the placement.

Samuel, you used the term leeway. Did you know that is sailing lingo? There are many common sayings that are sailing based. For example the bitter end. Well, those sailing brits called the metal things the anchor was tied to bits. So, there you have the end of your rope that should be tied to the bits. The bitter end. And yes, once I tossed an anchor without tying off the bitter end. Whew. Got to it just in time. There are many terms like that you would never know unless you were a sailor.

Samuel unfurls the blueprints for Red. Interesting...What have I created?

How many ranks in Profession(Sailor) does Red have?

@Heshan
Ray of enfeeblement is an aimed spell. You need to roll a ranged touch attack.

@Ohrmizd. Wait for Omari and Khedron next turn. I suspect that between the 2 of us, we can open a path for you to get to the caster, especially as the Ettin is blind for another round...

Good! Looking after that!

Looks like that giant could use some "slow".

@ foxy - with a Nat 1 it's not going to matter, but I'm pretty sure you got the sorcerer's concentration check wrong. It's 1d20+Lvl +ability mod + other bonuses, and he's at least 5th level (burning hands for 5d4), so that should be at least +5 ...

Looks like that giant could use some "slow".

Nah, I think this is pretty much over, save your spells. There's presumably a lair to explore under the sphinx...

It was a miss. I can't edit it anymore. So please cover the shame of the many errors in that dice roll line with silence.

Nah, I think this is pretty much over, save your spells. There's presumably a lair to explore under the sphinx...

Sounds like good advice. I do have a wand of retardation that is itching to be used.

Heshan Antar wrote:

"Gods that hurt." Heshan limped his way over to the cleric with a few arrows sticking out from him. He remained standing, but he wasn't that far off from falling over from his wounds.

Omari whistles Khedron over to watch the exit from the Sphinx, and then replies to Heshan: "I'm not surprised. A couple of arrows in you will do that. You do realize a flying human with robes is an obvious mage type... and a great target."

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You are so lucky I didn't realize you were without cover up in the air at the start of combat, or you would have been shot straight out of the sky after that first fireball.

GM, how many explosive runes per scroll? Is there a limit?
Samuel smiles at the thought.

What are you doing to create that forgery? There are rolls for that. But besides that, how would you make it appear at least magical?

I'd say one rune per page? It is tempting to put ten runes on one page, but I think theoretically endless damage put on one trigger is nothing you want in this world.

Good call. Many GMs have experienced abuse of that spell. A bag of coins, each one with explosive runes and then suggestion to a kobold to set of one which detonates the lot.

I have the feat scribe scroll. If that is not good enough, I will take 20+8 on craft calligraphy.