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Player Name
Character Name
Character Level
PFS #
Faction
Slow/Normal?
Day Job (go ahead and make a roll now)

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Hi GM WS! I will join with Eldon, but if allowed to bring a level 7 I would prefer to play this one with Xien. I have been able to play him only once in the last 3 years and I would love to fix that.
Besides I would prefer to leave Eldon at level 5 for now.

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Thanks for GMing!!
Player Name noral
Character Name Dana Katsu
Character Level 6 Psychic
PFS # 314670-12
Faction Liberty’s edge
Slow/Normal? Normal
Day Job (go ahead and make a roll now) craft alchemy : 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

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7s are fine but I insist on staying low tier. APL 6.5 goes to high tier with the 4-player adjustment, so for every 7 there has to be two 6s or a 5.

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Player Name Garon N. aka Blue Moose
Character NameNali Faina
Character LevelInquisitor 5
PFS # 153161-7
Faction Silver Crusade
Slow/Normal? normal

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Ok so it seems:
Goran/grimdog: pregen level 7 (there are no 5-6 versions)
Xiao/Dana: psychic 6
Nali: inquisitor 5
Eldon/Xien: paladin 7
7+6+5+7 = 25/4 = 6.25 => 6
It seems we are at Tier 5-6 with 4 players adjustment.
If we have a fifth 5th-6th level player, we will jump to 6 players adjustment.

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Arin is joining with a 6.
I am recruiting another, they will have to be 5-6.

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Player Name: Daniel
Character Name: Xien
Character Level: 7
PFS #134452
Faction: Grand Lodge
Slow/Normal: Slow
Day Job: Caravan vanity: Diplomacy: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

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Hey Xien, did you know about The First Mother's Fang Cavalier archetype?
It's PFS legal for Nagaji and would get you a snake mount. Might be worth dipping into.
There's also an RSP boon from back in 2017 called "Mounted Tradition." It let's Nagaji use Giant Chamelons for mounts.
That one is probably harder to find and may not be exactly what you want, but might be worth looking into on the boon trade threads on the forum.

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Player Name EbonFist
Character Name Djorn
Character Level 6
PFS # 143948-2
Faction Grand Lodge
Slow/Normal? Normal
Day Job Profession (Trapper): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

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Wow, that is cool.
Last time I played Xien was in 2016, so neither option was available xD
Xien is a paladin though, so through mount he has access to a camel. I just say it is a giant lizard this camel.

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Here (and back from off the grid)! I will get Arin leveled up *today*
Player Name PaleDim
Character Name Arin Qualnoh
Character Level 6
PFS # 272301-15
Faction Liberty's Edge
Slow/Normal? Normal
Day Job N/A

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Wow, that is cool.
Last time I played Xien was in 2016, so neither option was available xD
Xien is a paladin though, so through mount he has access to a camel. I just say it is a giant lizard this camel.
I'd offer you my mounted tradition boon but I used it to qualify for an axebeak mount for my tengu samurai.

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Leveled up. ready to go. Will post an intro today as well.

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Appreciated anyway! :D
Maybe I get the opportunity to trade one day. I have a few ancestry boons I am not using. Who knows!

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Maps link is now active. Can everyone make sure they can access it, put a preferred icon on Slide 2 in marching order, and double-check Perception and Initiative modifiers?

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@Djorn: This bartender is modeled after a bartender I once met. Tried to charge us more than the clearly listed prices, and then just walked away when we balked. I forget exactly what happened after that, we talked her down to paying the listed prices (or at least reasonable prices), but then she refused to serve a non-alcoholic beverage to our designated driver.
"Can I get a Coke?"
"Nope."
"Look, I'll pay for a rum and Coke, and you can save the rum."
"Nope."
We ended up not getting drinks, but staying to play shufflepuck out of pure spite.

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Djorn will be unable to continue the adventure. I'm going to try to find a sixth.

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great thanks

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Sorry for the false alarm, guys.
I had a personal issue that was going to keep me away.
Thanks to two of the folks in this game, it has been dealt with so I'm happy to say I'll be continuing with you all.

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I am super sorry but I unfortunately have to drop out of this game.
I have a flu currently, work is crazy and I have to prioritize.
As we just started, I hope that you can find a replacement so I am dropping out now before we all realize that I could not participate properly.
Thanks a lot GM and sorry for any inconvenience caused!

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Take care, noral.
Would the remaining players prefer a late addition, or continue with 5?

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Player Name: Zach D
Character Name: Hannah Belle Mae Oaklie
Character Level: 6
PFS #: 133462-15
Faction: Grand Lodge
Slow/Normal?: Normal
Day Job (go ahead and make a roll now)
craft firearms: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
So pretty much a Jane of all trades. She can also add her inspiration to pretty much all of her skills, and extra d6, for free.
May rework her formulas in the morning when I get home. Thanks for letting me join in on your reindeer games.

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Rundown: The Pathfinders were sent to meet Golbrier Frost in northern Nidal. He was captured by a bounty hunter, and the group saved him. He directed them to the Cairn of Shadows, and the group is about to enter the demiplane.

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In order to move things up, I suggest Arin consumes Xien's potion of fly, otherwise I do not think we will be able to find a solution for him to join the group, unless there is some way rules-wise Xien can pick up the gnome as his backpack and pull him up the chains.

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I agree. A fly potion is not cheap but there's no telling how many resources Arin might burn up while healing and still not be able to make it to the top.
Although accurate, no one wants their character's glorious death to be at the hands of gravity.

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Hannah could always carry him in her backpack and climb again. Her muleback cords really improved her carrying capacity. Arin is a gnome. Can't be that heavy.
Arin, how much do you weigh?
If someone carries my items for me, I'll have 130 lbs to carry him.

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If I understand the rules correctly, you don't trigger an AoO! Is this a loophole for an AoO-less combat maneuver, or do I have the rules wrong?
Yes, cover prevents attacks of opportunity (it also provides +4 AC which sums up to CMD). There are other common ways, like using a maneuver at the start of combat while your opponent is still flat-footed, or more easily using a reach weapon against an opponent with shorter reach.
This extends to reloading the crossbow or any other attack of opportunity.

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Hello!
I'll be away from computers without the ability to post:
* from Friday 8/14
* returning Sunday evening (US/Pacific time) 8/16
Feel free to bot me during that time. I will likely catch up on returning Sunday evening.

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Yes it seems Eidi would have an untrained +6 to Climb thanks to his Strength.
No one with a feather fall spell around I do fear, isn't it?
Would it be possible to feed Eidi with the fly potion and descend both like that? Descending should be easy to maneuver than any other Fly stuff.

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With a +6, he auto-succeeds the climb checks.
Still, this one seems like it was designed to separate people from their animal companions. My halfling cavalier never would have made it up the chains, let alone his wolf mount.
Although, I would like to see a nagaji riding a flying lizard.

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Hello!
I'll be away from computers without the ability to post:
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* returning Sunday evening (US/Pacific time) 8/16Feel free to bot me during that time. I will likely catch up on returning Sunday evening.
No problem.

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I thought the details on how these rarely used mechanics work would be appreciated
Absolutely. Truth be told, you guys are kind of test subjects for me.
I've been very insistent this game be 5-6 subtier because I don't know a lot of the rarely-used mechanics (and there's a few common mechanics I don't know very well either, like I didn't know climbing rules until I looked them up). I get through the first few levels okay, but starting at about this level, a lot of characters (and monsters!) rely on these less commonly-used mechanics as integral parts of their characters, and I need to learn a critical mass of them if I'm ever to GM higher than 5-6.
tl;dr: I spend a lot of time looking stuff up on aonprd/d20pfsrd anyway.
If it's too much, you can always spoiler the text.

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@GM, Xien's AC is 30 against the slave he smited (smite evil adds Charisma as a deflection bonus). I think that is Red and thus the attack would be a fail, and Xien is not grappled, but let me know if I am wrong.
Because Xien has a ring of protection +1 the smite only gives him extra +3 instead of +4 as both are deflection and do not stack.

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Sorry, I thought the +3 was already included. Will update tonight.

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Hello!
I'll be away from computers without the ability to post:
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* returning Sunday evening (US/Pacific time) 8/16Feel free to bot me during that time. I will likely catch up on returning Sunday evening.
Reminder. Since Arin may come back up just after I go off the grid, he was going to hover behind front-liners and conduct healing duty. He has a decent amount of spell slots left, and positive energy channels.

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It is probably the case here, but as you said you are willing to rise rules awareness: spellstrike can be usually only used with melee touch spells, to use with ranged touch spells the magus requires the Close Range arcana.

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The magus has that arcana. I typed it in wrong ("Close Attack" should be "Close Range").

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Minus a little wrap-up, that's it for the Cairn of Shadows!
Your Chronicles are here.
They're dated tomorrow, because I guessed a few days ago what day you were going to finish. :P On that note, I'm on vacation and don't have very good access to my PDF editor, so if there are problems, I will fix it when I can, which may be a few days or even a week.

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Thanks a lot for the game GM! :)
The chronicle is all fine for Xien. Please have a well deserved vacation.