Heroes of Lastwall (Inactive)

Game Master Tilnar

Sooo,...

I moved Merlan to where the nearest (non-entangled) rocks were, is that right? Or are we all 'hiding' somewhere else?

LOL
I luv it, sincerely appreciate all the little character bits.
(So much to work with, so little time.)

But I potentially see this escalating, slowly, until Merlan decides to treat Fiona to a REDUCE person spell and let her see what things look like from HIS point of view! ;P

:)

Ok, MA lasts hours, so I won't worry about the duration. SoF from Xia will last 30 rounds, so no issues. Sahar - your new DF will be cast when? Right before the drake gets here?

Yes, precisely. It only lasts a minute, so I don't want to burn rounds waiting.

And I don't know anything about dragons. ;)

Surprisingly, Merlan's the only one who seems to speak Draconic. If Rags doesn't post by morning, I'll have him translate and join the great delaying squad.

Howdy!

Sorry, But this time it's really NOT my fault!

So apparently Paizo had power issues knock out their servers that store info,... couldnt log back in until I did a web search on the issue just this morning. Had to delete the Paizo.com cookies, and now it seems to work again. :)

Hope everyone is doing well!

I'm catching back up now,...

Hey all - sorry I went missing. I also got kicked off, and did not know how to get back on until a friend told me this evening. Will try to read up on the 40 missed posts before I go to bed tonight.

Yeah that problem hit almost everyone.
Sad thing is, I couldnt log into Paizo to get the answer to the problem. Which was on the Paizo message boards! ;P

Lucky my Google-Fu was strong that day,... ;)

Welcome back! :D

UGH, I still need to roll that heal potion, That would be a 1d6+1? Or does it heal 1d8+1?
(Either way, Even a max roll means that Merlan still gonna need help healing. He took a LOT of dmg for a lil guy!) :P

D8+1. Standard rates apply. ;)

Quick note: our home internet is out indefinitely until the company can get some strangeness with the accounts reconciled. I am around and reading but I suck at posting from my phone so we'll be quiet unless absolutely necessary.

Apologies, all. Work beat on me over the weekend and isn't looking like it's going to let up until (hopefully) Friday.

Oof, sorry to hear that.

On teh other hand, my job is supposed to be 'slow/stopped' since I can't have any rentals in my stage right now.
So WHY am I busier than normal trying to deal with suddenly very-needy music teachers?!? ;P

Sorry. Was that my outside voice? I get them confused,... ;)

Hi folks,

In order to try to restore a little of our list momentum, we're going to be replacing Lani -- if and when Brainy comes back we can cross that bridge then.

So, I've asked Celestial Healer to step in and join us - in character, we'll have Lani's possession take hold of her (for an indeterminate amount of time) resulting in her departure, and we'll write in the new character.

Obviously, as a late entrant, he won't be signatory to the contract, under a geas, or getting paid (at least, not a first) - I think that's a better approach than a retcon that undoes the excellent interactions of that past.

Welcome, CH!

Thanks, all! Looking forward to it!

Hey CH! :)

Safe travels to Lani! :)

Yep, welcome :D

Rolling for HP:

Level 1: 8
Level 2: 1d3 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 2 = 6
Level 3: 1d3 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8

22 (25 if I allocate favored class bonuses)

Oh, goody — I've been wanting to play with CH at some point, so this is a nice thing to come back to!

And... apologies for disappearing on you guys like that. That's not the kind of PbPer I wanna be.

I didn't know that my reputation preceded me!

Hi folks,

Sadly, on the tails of the happy news, Tirion sent me a message to indicate that his coming out of PbP retirement hasn't been working as well as he'd liked, and so, he'll be withdrawing (and so, we'll also be losing Xia).

I'll figure out the appropriate way to write her out, and for now, I'll re-balance the encounters for a 5-person party -- it's never fun to lose a full divine caster, I admit, but between the warpriest and the witch, I think that things are mostly ok (wands will continue to be your friends).

That said, if people disagree and would like to add a sixth, that's fine too -- I'm just trying to avoid creating too much of a revolving door feeling, as it were. (We can always see how it goes with 5 for a bit and make a decision later -- preferably when we can find as a player almost as good as the one we're losing, though with a bit more time on hand to participate in a PbP).

So - thoughts?

Costin may need to pick up a wand of CLW.

Happy news to get CH, :)

Sad to lose our other friends Brainy & Tirion. :(

But I completely understand. RL takes precedence, and keeping up with these things despite all the RL keeps throwing at us isn't always as easy as we pretend it is. :P

I say we roll with it for now, we can always adjust later by adding more recruits if needed.

(I mean, your not so evil as to not adjust encounters for the smaller party, right?) :)

Um,... right? Ah,.... Hello? O_o

;P

I'm actually considerably more evil than that, really.

But, luckily for all of you, it's a much more lawful sort of evil, in that I think you need to at least have some sort of sporting chance.

Ah, bummer about Tirion and Brainiac. Sorry to see you guys on hiatus.

I'm fine with running with 5 for now. I'm willing to trust you to know that killing us all off is not in your best interests as a DM. :)

I'm fine with running with 5 for now. I'm willing to trust you to know that killing us all off is not in your best interests as a DM. :)

As long as we understand that the word "all" is doing the heavy lifting in that assessment ;)

Is Xia’s wand of CLW considered personal wealth or party resources?

Asking for a friend...

That wand is a party item, actually.

Hey, guys. Sorry to drop out. I thought I'd have more time in the new year but my workload hasn't lessened any and I haven't been able to give this game the attention it deserves. Thanks for the opportunity to play, Tilnar, and I hope you guys have fun with the new player(s). :)

We will miss you, especially Merlan.

Fiona nel Mare wrote:

I'm fine with running with 5 for now. I'm willing to trust you to know that killing us all off is not in your best interests as a DM. :)

As long as we understand that the word "all" is doing the heavy lifting in that assessment ;)

I'd hoped you wouldn't point that out...

Actually, he says, following the acid and the bear trap (and folks noticing a few other bear traps, at least) ... would this be a time to extend an invitation to a sixth player who might be keen if they're willing to play someone with trapfinding?

I ask because we seem to have a potentially interested party.

That said, I'm totally fine with you using hp to deal with traps. That's what they're for. ;)

We will miss you, especially Merlan.

Yes. Yes he will. :)

Stay safe Brainy! (And stay WARM!) ;P

Tilnar wrote:

Fiona nel Mare wrote:

I'm fine with running with 5 for now. I'm willing to trust you to know that killing us all off is not in your best interests as a DM. :)

As long as we understand that the word "all" is doing the heavy lifting in that assessment ;)

I'd hoped you wouldn't point that out...

Yeah,... That's that 'Lawful' part of Lawful Evil there,... ;P

Actually, he says, following the acid and the bear trap (and folks noticing a few other bear traps, at least) ... would this be a time to extend an invitation to a sixth player who might be keen if they're willing to play someone with trapfinding?

I ask because we seem to have a potentially interested party.

That said, I'm totally fine with you using hp to deal with traps. That's what they're for. ;)

NOW that we're dealing with said traps and such,...

Not a bad idea. I mean Merlan has the background I could turn him into a halfway decent trapsmith in a level or two. BUT that's not the direction I was really wanting to head with him.
(Future Archmage. Just sayin') ;)

I mean, using HP to deal with traps IS a time-honored tradition dating all the way back to first ed. BUT some of us have less currency in that department than others,.... O_o

(Lets just say it was good that the HORSE stepped on the trap, and not the wizard!) ;P

I'm happy to have a 6th if we have an interested party. And any class or role is fine :)

(Lets just say it was good that the HORSE stepped on the trap, and not the wizard!) ;P

YOU say.

Ragadolf wrote:

(Lets just say it was good that the HORSE stepped on the trap, and not the wizard!) ;P

YOU say.

No offense Mr Ed! But it is well-documented than HORSE bones are far stronger than BOOKWORM's! :)

So, I can see the map now, And I see where we are all 'hanging out' in and around the barn.
Is the big purple block the building we think the orcs are in?
And where did Sandy mark that trap for me to trigger on purpose?
(NOT with my foot!) ;P

:)

The purple block is me covering the internals of the farmhouse. ;)

Also, it occurs to me that I didn't put a pile of disgusting stuff on the far side either, but it doesn't matter unless someone goes 'round the house. ;)

#WHOPUTSTRAPSINABARNYARD

I think that is going to start trending.

I think a Ham skill check might be needed...

Heh, have you met me?

"Hello, I'm Ragadolf! And I have auto-success at HAM checks!" ;P

Small editorial note that has absolutely no effect on anything whatsoever (except maybe future plans) -- I've added to the House Rules an edit to Quicken Spell and how it works with spells with a casting time of 1 round. (I didn't realize that they'd actually changed the text on Quicken to match the bad dev interpretation that I normally ignore, making the House Rule necessary).

Anyhow, I didn't go all the way back to the 3.5 rule where they can't be affected by Quicken, but there's no swift-action casting a spell with a casting time of 1 round, either. Full details on the wiki.

I'm just bringing this up for future planning, as I said, and don't want someone to crash into that and be upset by it later.

Hi folks, just to double back on the "do we add a sixth who can handle traps (and/or other useful things)" question -- I heard two who thought it was a good idea -- just wondering if the silence from the others was the sound of them not disagreeing, or the sound of them not agreeing?

I don't suppose we could prevail upon you to just not include quite as many traps? :)

I'm okay either way. I think we've got a pretty good crew right now and adding someone always involves some degree of risk... but if Fiona's going to be getting maimed all the time, yes, let's get a trapfinder. :P

Other News

I added the "Fae Trap" loot to the loot tracker — if there's anything someone wants, either speak up or do the following:

1. Mark the item as "Claimed" on the "All Loot" sheet (if you're claiming one and there are multiple, make a new row to split your claimed one out).
2. Copy the name of the item from column A over to a new row in the the "Divvied Loot" sheet right below row 3, and then adjust the math in your column as I've done with Fiona's for the first two items in there.

Wow, it is gonan take me time to go through that loot list!

Nice work though, just a LOT of data. (which is WAY better than my usual way of 'Dang I forgot to write it down!') ;P

Boss, I mean Til, I reading your Quicken explanation. OK, yeah I always thought that ANY spell (Unless it had a Multi-round or minutes/ hours casting time) could be Quickened. I've been going over Feats and such a LOT recently (thinking of rebuilding one of my OLD toons on another thread, or just making a new one!) ;P And I had NOT noticed that they had changed the wording like that.

Yeah thats stupid. Either a spell can be quickened or it can't.
Obviously I prefer the OLD-old way, where if its a round or less it's Quicken-able, but your interpretation is at least fair and logical. And still useful if you need to get a summons off quickly. :)

(Actually it is EXACTLY like using a 'Chronocharm of the Uncaring Archmage', From one of the 3.5 magic books, which takes any spell of full-round casting and makes it a standard action. 1/day.) :)

>_< Toons. Dude.