I left, but am coming back with the cursed items from the dungeon.
Thorn wants to identify more items and perhaps choose a safer weapon as well. lol.
I'll take the glaive. Assuming it enhances Bloodrage somehow?
I'm not sure if it enhances Bloodrage.
So far it's mentioned Sneak attacks and Smite evil so I'm assuming Stunning Fist and such would be the affected by the glaive.
Glaive of the Mighty Curse:
Yes it can, how would you like it to augment the Blood rage? It could increase the Str, Con, or Will bonus by +2. Or it could let your rage last an extra round. Or something of the like. It will augment any 'Special'.
Its curse: Can only be used by and elf of an alignment of CN alignment. To bypass this one of the requirements: Roll a d6 each day:
1: Character must make a Will save or take 1 point of Intelligence damage.
2-3: Character must attack nearest creature (5% chance [01–05 on d%] each day, when it happens is determined by the DM, most likely during combat.
4-5: Character’s vision is blurry for the day, (–2 penalty on attack rolls, saves, and skill checks requiring vision).
6:Character must make a Will save or take 1 point of Charisma damage.
Ring of Sealed Souls Curse:
It wants its set to be complete. It is apart of the following set, you only need four of the five items.
Cassock of the Clergy: For every two additional pieces of this set you wear or wield, you can use bless and sanctuary one additional time per day, and the DC for sanctuary spells cast in this way increases by 2.
Deathwatch Eyes: For every two additional pieces of this set you wear or wield, you gain a +1 circumstance bonus on Perception checks.
Ring of the Grasping Grave: For every two additional pieces of this set you wear or wield, the melee touch attack granted by this ring deals an additional 1d6 points of positive energy damage to undead on a successful attack.
Spirit Blade: For every two additional pieces of this set you wear or wield, you can use this blade’s ability to dispel magic one additional time per day.
Staff of Souls: While you are wearing and wielding all five pieces of this set, you can expend 2 charges from this staff to cast undeath to death.
Two-Item Benefit: When wearing or wielding at least two pieces of this set, you gain a +1 circumstance on saving throws against death effects.
Three-Item Benefit: When wearing or wielding at least three pieces of this set, you gain a +1 circumstance on saving throws to resist energy drain.
Four-Item Benefit: When wearing or wielding at least four pieces of this set, the circumstance bonuses on saving throws to resist death effects and energy drain increase to +2.
Five-Item Benefit: When wearing and wielding all five pieces of this set, you gain immunity to death effects.
If you are not actively looking for a set piece... then you can only use it underwater or if you are under a protection from Evil spell.
To bypass this one of the requirements: Roll a d6 each day:
1-2 Character’s skin color changes.
3-4 Character now bears some identifying mark (tattoo, weird glow, or the like).
5-6 Character gains one negative level.
Well well well.
Sounds like a set made for Thorn...and reminds me of Diablo....
Gold set items!
Now how to find them is another problem...
Hopefully, they are in the area.
Glaive of the Mighty Curse:
Yes it can, how would you like it to augment the Blood rage? It could increase the Str, Con, or Will bonus by +2. Or it could let your rage last an extra round. Or something of the like. It will augment any 'Special'.Its curse: Can only be used by and elf of an alignment of CN alignment. To bypass this one of the requirements: Roll a d6 each day:
1: Character must make a Will save or take 1 point of Intelligence damage.
2-3: Character must attack nearest creature (5% chance [01–05 on d%] each day, when it happens is determined by the DM, most likely during combat.
4-5: Character’s vision is blurry for the day, (–2 penalty on attack rolls, saves, and skill checks requiring vision).
6:Character must make a Will save or take 1 point of Charisma damage
Do we know about the curse? If so, I'm not sure Aramyros would want to run around with it. The chance of hurting good people is a no-go.
I take the Scimitar then.
He just posted it up above.
Yes as you pick up the item and begin bonding it the curse is revealed to you and likely tell the group. With the wards of the vault you may put it down without any repercussions.
Aramyros will take the keen scimitar with no curses.
Thorn takes the ring of sealed souls.
Baahir takes the witch hunting black blade.
Blaze is thinking on the headband, curse is known.
Aukan is deciding not to take the greataxe. He and the fire women wait for the rest of you to decide. Blaze I just realized you have Ignan as basic! ;)
Lilianne and Andrei sound like they are opting out.
Thorn could ask the book more questions! XP
Alia did not enter the vault.
Lilianne is opting for the harpoon, as stated. She is also taking down the remaining cursed items we found in the dungeon, and she'll likely take one of those if it survives the goo. So let me know which of the items survives and which doesn't.
I don't think Baahir is here anymore. It's been a really long time since he's posted. I could be wrong...
If Thorn asks yet another question, it'll be another Con damage.
Granted I can heal that in a couple of days or a quick spell but....sure I'll bite.
Since we moved on in Gameplay, I'll ask here.
"How Do I find the remaining sets?"
So I asked in character, so hopefully I can get some further clarification regarding the campaign and all these cursed magic items out of character now.
Are these magic items taking the place of usual "loot"? I notice we really haven't collected much (any?) gold yet from our encounters. Normally in a campaign, we find gold and magic items and even if they don't suit our characters well, we can sell them and gather gold to buy ourselves what we really need/want.
But with the Vaults belonging to the order, these items don't actually belong to us, right? If we find something we prefer, we return the borrowed item to the vault. Is that correct?
Also with the 'only pick one' caveat, and there must be a limited number of vaults, does that mean that opting out of any one ultimately limits what we acquire over time? Don't get me wrong, if you want to eliminate the middle man of buying magical items by using this sort of system, that works. I just feel like I need to understand if this is how rewards will go in the future so I can make the best choices for Blaze.
Right Lilianne is taking the harpoon. It will take time for the goo to work its magic. So you can check back in a week or more.
Baahir is very busy, he said he would return and I have been botting him. He will likely stick around as a permanent guard for the campsite now.
What are the items you are putting in the vault to be un-cursed?
Lilianne - harpoon. Curse needs to be rolled?
Aramyros - keen scimitar with no curses.
Thorn - ring of sealed souls.
Baahir - witch hunting black blade.
Blaze is thinking on the headband, curse is known.
Aukan - Bat Cape. Curse needs to be rolled.
Nima - Mighty Glaive
Pharos -
Andrei - opt out
Thorn you could always have others ask the questions for you!
The vaults are giving you a boost to your loot! Also it works as a place to deposit cursed items you find to gain a useful item.
There actually has been quite a bit of loot but in quality not quantity. There has been some currency passed out but mostly there is a few magical items within the group now. Including a belt that is pretty hefty.
You don't know the logistics of the vaults, nor has anyone asked the book or Ethos. You could easily assume you should return an item you have taken if you no longer think it is useful, but that would be an excellent question for the next time you see Ethos, your captain.
As you continue you will find more vaults, also if on a mission you can request other items to be sent to borrow, or if you have enough currency you could send it to Ethos to buy you new items (this likely won't happen and after the first mission you will have time to shop in Absolom most likely.)
She will be putting the wreath, the immovable rod, and the lattice of ladders into the goo.
I didn't think you mentioned that the harpoon was cursed. Maybe I'm wrong.
If the item is over 5,000 gp in price it is cursed. I will roll for it tomorrow.
oops. That makes it most items that is cursed in here........
but the Ring has no GP value....
Lol, right Thorn no value whatsoever!
Wolf, I'm confused. Who are the 'they' that greet us back at the firepit? Did they establish they are allies? Just trying to keep up.
Oh sorry let me go back and clarify.
I hope that clarifies what you were asking.
Lol, right Thorn no value whatsoever!
Worth a try. :P
In your other game I play as little bling for buck. Here I go for max bling for buck.
Ah Ha! Funny funny, scram! Get out of here! LOL!
Sorry folks as you likely saw I was very busy celebrating 2nd Thanksgiving with the other half of my family. I also noticed I was in a slump and didn't try as hard as I could have to make posts. I will get updates done by tomorrow.
She decides to not take anything from the vault obviously not understanding. Pharos does the same.
Cape of the Bat: Cursed: Can only be used underground.
Options to negate curse:
1-2 Character is afflicted with a random disease that cannot be cured for that day.
3-4 Character must make a Fortitude save each day or take 1 point of Constitution damage.
5-6 Character’s hair grows 1 inch longer every hour.
He would take the Cape of the Bat, donning it and when needed he will take the effect rolled. He looks frustrated and basically just ends up shaking his head in the end of trying to communicate with Nima and Pharos.
The symbolic lock is beyond her capabilities. If only you knew the combination. There are many pictures that you could move the dials around. Lilianne tries many combinations but to no success, as she does not find a bypass. There are pictures of animals, plants, land forms, and sky forms.
What the group has found:
Blaze:
Once you decide to enter the forge and begin to look around, you find an old leather bag, no two, no five. In the last one you pull out you see a magical leather belt with a roaring bears head on the front and two more bears on either side. The bags look like they are not usable but the belt does.[ooc]You are the only one who responded to the loot question.
We found a Spider and released her and her children.
Entering into the spider room you think that the cocoons were likely webbing as nearly all of it is gone. Several shelves line the walls. Many different creatures are in specimen jars. Most of them seem to be in their infancy. You each may pick 5 different creatures. Also a very large magical manual can be found with a large lock on it. A black key. A strange golden pendant that has a picture of a lake, a tree, an island, and a star above it all.Till date no mention of what the creatures here are.
Melphit (trapped), Construct (The builder I guess)
This may reveal more clue especially on the history part.Inside it reads in stylish script to be a manual of understanding. There is a chapter on specimens. A chapter on automatons. A chapter on summoning. A chapter on rune crafting. The last chapter is on the history of the tower.
Great work, Thorn!
Is that last one the book Thorn found? I think he spent some time looking at it, was he able to learn anything? Blaze had asked to be on the lookout for warding passwords.
Yes, and in those 5 bags were items too! Treasure!
Yes the manual is the one Thorn found in the previously known room: Abyssal Spider Room.
It is a very long book. What chapter did Thorn read? Technically each of the titles described are books and each has likely hundreds of chapters.
"Inside it reads in stylish script to be a manual of understanding. There is a chapter on specimens. A chapter on automatons. A chapter on summoning. A chapter on rune crafting. The last chapter is on the history of the tower."
In order:
History of the tower
Chapter on Rune Crafting
Chapter on Specimens
Chapter on Summoning
Chapter on Automatons.
I'm not sure how long it'll take to read the book but yes Thorn will read it all.
With an intelligence of 15, you can read 15 pages an hour. If you are skimming to find passwords and phrases to unlock things you could double that speed.
History of the Tower is 4,500 pages long. Roughly.
You could also do an int check to find the right chapter in the book on the tower's history.
4500 Pages.
15 pages per hour.
300 hours.
Roughly 12.5 days. Let's put it at 14 days to account for some rest.
9 days if skimming.
Int check <-- Too much time travel renders my brain into minced meat..........
I'm gonna need some time to read......lol
will need help.
Birthday presents are on there way! Guess what I might get on the 16th, win and you get a boon and a magical item!!!
The newest Baldur's Gate.
Oh I sure hope so!
Poke!!!
Wishing you all an Early Merry Christmas.
I'll be preparing for a Christmas Feast though in a small group setting.
Post rate will be lower for this Christmas period.
Merry Christmas Eve! I know my posting has lessened and yours likely too.
I am still waiting on any other actions in the room with the chest.
Also where next will you be exploring?
Who guessed my presents right? You will find out later, hopefully today!
Merry Christmas!
No video games! Also no other guesses! :(
I was going to post for Lilianne's first post but it seems you will need to decide what to do.
Happy New Year!
Pick a number and a letter!
D8
W4
Hi guys. As you have noticed, I was very silent the last few weeks. As much as I love my character, I have a hard time feeling comfortable with this game. Already, you didn't wait for me, which is great - never get bogged down by a single person.
I want to be honest, I think I should quit your game. This would be the decent thing to do.
Please stay. Aramyros was just been stoic. I appreciate having another healer on the team. Our characters really haven't had a chance to gel, I was looking forward to that.
Aramyros what do you think is making you uncomfortable? Being silent for a week because you have been busy IRL makes sense all of my games have slowed way down. Let's try to address the issue before you just leave!
Happy New Year!
Why is our heavy metal aasimar leaving?
Happy New Year!
For Pharos!