Sorry all, things aren't looking great on this skill challenge. There have been at least two misses by 1 and the sense motive checks have just fallen flat. In general though just a lot of poor rolls.
But there is still time, you all can do this!
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Sadness :( Crap rolls are crap. On the brightside, at least we are "just" talking. The game I post in right after this is having similar/worse rolls and we're in a brutal fight *upside down smile*
We should probably start ganging up on people at this point. Once we know who stands where with voting, we should just make influence attempts on people who are "No's" but have at least a point or two on them.
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100% on board with that. “Heavy bruiser type” is where a group of Kitsune come up a little short—usually that’s Kenta, but I think in our case that’s either Hiiragi or Ikari. Since ‘Ragi is a little more of a healer, I’d say Ikari would be the door opener, but I wouldn’t write that in stone until we get his input :P
Aight, is the group or any individual(s) doing any sneaking/scouting different from the standard marching order?
And is take 10 okay for all that stuff or do you prefer rolling blocks for checks?
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Itami can scout, but looking at the map we were given, just about every room is behind a door. His Vanishing ability is great for running around briefly, but with a door at every junction (slowing his progress AND being something unusual to open on its own), I'm not sure how great that'll turn out.
Speak up if you feel differently, I'm willing to be swayed, but as of now, I don't have scouting planned for him.
I'm ok with T10!
EDIT: With the front door being blown open, that IS something Itami can scout quickly, so he will take a peak in there (and anywhere else lacking a door).
Toshiko hasn't been on for two weeks, but their player seems to be still active elsewhere. I'm sending another PM to their active GM alias to hopefully have them check in. I'll get the surprise round resolved and start us into round 1 soon.
That would be correct! There is a handy language swap list I use that is posted in my profile. Obviously I just use google translate, so stuff definitely isn't perfectly translated.
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For future reference, I keep track of Itami's rounds of Vanishing left in his spoiler. He starts off with 9 rounds a day and can use them in one round increments. I try to keep it as up to date as possible, marking uses off when the GM says X rounds have been used or otherwise acknowledges the actions he has taken.
For my personal accounting, I believe he's use three for the Ogres, two to scout the haunt room, and is about to use more to place the weapons. He likes to keep one or two rounds in reserve as his GTFO option, so this will probably be the last time he uses it!
Awesome, thanks!
Took the day off work today to spend with visiting relatives, no time/energy to post. I’ll get the haunt resolved soon, hopefully tomorrow.
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Hey so uh
tbh the Oops! All Kitsune gang is extremely dear to my heart and I love you ALL and I was kind of wondering
I haven't written much in a long time (aside from some uh............................. let's just say adult content), and I was wondering
would everyone be okay if I wrote some fanfiction of us? ^-^;; I can't promise it'll happen but!!! Maybe?
(Anyway, if you're good with it please let me know; if you don't say anything I'll assume your character is off-limits)
I’ll probably blush when/if I read it, but sure, you may write for us (or at least Kenta).
If pushing on and not doing anything else in the room, let me know which doorway is next.
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I would be interested to see what you come up with.
Just for transparency, I am using the part of the last name for something I have been working on (a character named Bremma Gem). Not a kitsune, bard or shape-shifting, and no iteration of her first name.
Looking forward to some high quality writing, no pressure.
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Ha! I'm game as well. Super curious to see how you've perceived all of our characters and what you'll come up with! :)
EDIT: Re. which room to go to next, I don't think any of our three options are obviously advantageous for current buffs. If we plan on clearing out the first atrium once the buffs wear off, I'd like to do the room to the West of the first room (less of a chance something comes to jump us).
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Assuming we know the layout (as per slide 3) then Ikari suggests taking the leftmost door out of the current room - because the other options will mean squeezing for probably the whole remaining duration of the Enlarge spell, in which case he's better off dismissing that spell (which I am happy to do if we want to go elsewhere).
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Continuing our discussion about weight and strength checks.
My guess is that the person writing the rules and such for encumbrance had zero discourse with the person writing the rules for skill checks, so they just both went different ways. And honestly, it is probably a lot easier for a scenario writer to just shove in a 'dc X' strength check instead of trying to calculate how much something weighs and use that table. Tis also the 'curse of rpgs' that everything needs to be a check or players don't know if they are 'winning'.
They actually fixed a lot of this issue in pfs2. Everything uses Bulk (which is a basic number of how much you can carry before becoming encumbered or at a higher number unable to move) and ability score checks don't exist. Sure, you could do something untrained and it would be just your ability score modifier, but pfs2 really really discourages using untrained skills as it becomes almost impossible to hit the DC even at low levels.
The one time I GM'd a scenario with 'carrying stuff issues' the writing just stated, "The item has X bulk, which can be split among group members and requires each participant use two hands to lift."
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I’m in a slight dilemma here because there is no way, in-character, Hiiragi would NOT have brought her full Shrine Maintenance Kit (including more proper tools), but I absolutely forgot she doesn’t have any on her character sheet, and I dunno how we feel about Retroactive Purchases in situations like this...
There isn’t really a mechanical advantage or disadvantage to having something like that I would guess, right? I’d say generally I wouldn’t care if you’d retroactively have it, but I’d also be quite entertained with your RP as to how you might have forgotten it on this mission. So either way is fine, your call.
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If Hiiragi didn’t have such high Wisdom, I’d be inclined to have her forget it, but I’ll go ahead and poke through the various Pathfinder equipment books and see what (if anything) fits!
I don’t often have the chance to have her operating in her area of expertise.
...but yeah, if nothing fits well, I’ll just RP her as having completely forgotten.
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All right, here's what I've got:
Ofuda/Spell Tag (cost of wooden holy symbol, 1gp)
Ritual Bell (2gp)
Incense (7sp)
Candlestick (1cp)
Alternately, I could just do Masterwork Artisan's Tools (Shrine Maiden), but the problem there is that Artisan's Tools are for Crafting, or seem to be. That said, one could assume it includes much of the above.
Opinion(s)?
Also I found an item that has me SQUEALING because if Hiironna pans out long-term, it would be ADORABLE
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You might find a home for it in the Gamer Life forum area somewhere - campaign journals, perhaps?
Alternatively, I used a campaign journal site called Obsidian Portal for my old 3.5e Return to the Tomb of Horrors campaign log.
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That's a nifty little item there! Depending on how much it costs, I might splurge on it just to have it :P I do like the visual of hitting something with a rock to fix it XD
If it's on the chronicle sheet, it is perfect for a character concept I have: a 'golem-master' artificer cleric. It's possible (though a little tricky) to knock down a golem then bring it back under your control with the Reboot spell. I fancy doing that! And then adding some tech on top. Chainsaw-golem cleric!
That's a nifty little item there! Depending on how much it costs, I might splurge on it just to have it :P I do like the visual of hitting something with a rock to fix it XDIf it's on the chronicle sheet, it is perfect for a character concept I have: a 'golem-master' artificer cleric. It's possible (though a little tricky) to knock down a golem then bring it back under your control with the Reboot spell. I fancy doing that! And then adding some tech on top. Chainsaw-golem cleric!
It is on the chronicle sheet, but the cost might be prohibitive for just picking it up just to have it.
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If I ever do make the golem cleric the full trick isn't available till level 9 consistently, because Reboot is a level 5 spell. So it might be worthwhile.
I'd started playing this particular cleric type in a Mummy's Mask campaign, but we moved away before that game even got to level 2 :(