After thinking about it, I came to the conclusion that I'm not going to bother with item creation past covering myself in scrolls. I'd either need to restrict myself to items for which I already have the base sphere, or spend another feat for, I think it's called Versatile Crafter. Too much opportunity cost for too little payoff.
So I've been sitting on this thought for a couple of days, and unexpressed thoughts for me are like sitting on keys in my brain, so ouch.
I've been toying with the idea of getting the Ritual Caster feat, to broaden my repertoire, and have some options when we know in advance we might need something specific. Normally, one must have the Base Sphere of a ritual in order to use it; the feat allows one to circumvent that requirement. So I started trying to figure what things we might have need of, that I can't fit in as talents, that could be done as rituals. The list so far is not terribly long, but at least part of that is me not knowing what to look for. Here's some candidates.
- Restoration: wouldn't need RC feat
- Death Ward: wouldn't need the feat, but I already do most of that with Deathless Aegis. The ritual would let me say "eff you" to negative levels outright, but an hour's casting time for 1m/level duration tells me I think I'm better off making room for the Undying Aegis.-
- Autopsy: wouldn't need the feat, not sure how much we still need this, and I'm still annoyed at our old buddy Fishfood. :P
- Sending: I would need the feat, so far my only real intent for this is RP reasons, so Ril can "call home" :) (cool mental image of Ril writing the message on herself, then it disappears as the ritual completes and it gets sent)
GM, it's not so much that I'm asking you to suggest Rituals I might need, but if you don't really want to bother with that, tell me; I can certainly dump this feat choice out the window and put something else there. :D
Torsten, you, though, if you've got ideas for things that would make sense, I'm all ears!
Eh...I'll give it some thought. The sheer amount that can be done with spheres is enough to make one's brain bleed. It's why I've focused very thoroughly on only doing a few things and doing them well. Well, that was until I got martial flexibility and that exploded.
Eh...I'll give it some thought. The sheer amount that can be done with spheres is enough to make one's brain bleed. It's why I've focused very thoroughly on only doing a few things and doing them well. Well, that was until I got martial flexibility and that exploded.
That's why, when I played Oskar, I was perfectly happy using the Mutagenic Mauler archetype, which trades away Flexibility. Plus, mutagen!
Appreciate any thoughts you come up with, my poor little stab-thing-in-the-face brain isn't used to thinking like a caster.
Homebrew question!
Is there a way to raise one's PMD? I was looking at Ril from the standpoint of "if I had to fight myself," and realized I would only miss a Feint if the d20 came up with a -4 or lower (which seems unlikely).
I'll have to look back through the book I took it from, but I don't think there's a whole lot. Like raising CMD, I think there's a couple feats for specific maneuvers.
Looking at your sheet, everything seems in order. The large discrepancy is because of the "add level to feint attempts" from the Fencing sphere rework. In hindsight, that's probably a bit excessive. XD
Hey GM,
Just so we're both on the same page, it's not really my intent to get abusive with Witness the City. RAW, it's functionally the equivalent of doing a Diplomacy (Influence) check to Gather Information. I'd figure its main advantages to be 1) a hell of a lot faster, and 2) no one gets tipped off by your actually nosing around asking questions.
Of course, if you want my trying to tap into this to have some different, whacked-out effects, just holler. XD
That's ... exactly what the talent is for. XD You're using it appropriately, so no need to worry.
Great, just making sure we're on the same page.
(Still prepares for s@#+ to get really weird, and Ril starts communing with some sentient personification of Korvosa, like Doctor Metropolis from the Mutants and Masterminds setting.)
I forgot to mention, I'd like to keep the MW tools Giottori had in the safe deposit box.
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Happy to announce that my son was just born :)
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Happy to announce that my son was just born :)
Congrats, man! Hope he and Mom are doing well!
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Congrats!
Thank you both :)
Flat Foot AC
AC
* Base: 10
* Armor: 4
* Dex: 2
* Natural Armor: 1
* Deflection: 1
* Enchantment: 1
- Total: 19
* Shield with spell point: 3
- Total: 22
Without Dex, so FF is 20…and that was a 22. Damn. How’d I miss that?
It happens, you're a little distracted right now, no worries.
Close, Medium and Long ranges: each one is 4x the distance of the previous one.
It really took me THIS LONG to see that? /smh
GM, I didn't move Ril on the map, mainly b/c I wasn't 100% clear where I should be going. Can you help me out on that score? I'm guessing to those stairs to our SE, but I'm not quite sure how those go.
The next character in our "Fantasy Gotham City" campaign has been introduced! XD
Shot in the throat by a crossbow and now being eaten alive by zombies. His healing is holding up, but I don’t think that Torsten is having a good time.
Also 2 spell points per swift action heal is eating its way through his spell pool pretty quickly. Ril…I believe in you!
So, let's say I knew a girl. Named, uh, Rrhyilka. Let's say Yil liked magic tattoos, and wanted to use the Inscribe Magical Tattoo feat to get some spells copied onto herself as scrolls. If it's a spell she doesn't know (whether it be a Sphere effect or "regular" spell), I'd assume she needs to get a scroll of the spell in question, and use that to make the tattoo. Am I close? How would I How would Yil go about doing that? Are there checks involved in the process?
Yil would follow the normal rules for crafting a wondrous item with one exception: she'd use Craft (tattoo) instead of Spellcraft. The DC is 5 + caster level, and the scroll would be consumed during the crafting process.
This isn't particularly cost-effective since spell tattoos are more expensive than scrolls. However, since you can craft scrolls of a spell you don't know by having someone else cast it for you, Yil can create spell tattoos using any of Torsten's talents if he assists.
Yil would follow the normal rules for crafting a wondrous item with one exception: she'd use Craft (tattoo) instead of Spellcraft. The DC is 5 + caster level, and the scroll would be consumed during the crafting process.
This isn't particularly cost-effective since spell tattoos are more expensive than scrolls. However, since you can craft scrolls of a spell you don't know by having someone else cast it for you, Yil can create spell tattoos using any of Torsten's talents if he assists.
That's a bummer. I was really just looking to do the old "a few emergency scrolls of stuff we don't normally have on hand" schtick. Well, if they're butt-expensive, I'll just have to make double-damn sure they're worth using. Frivolous.
Torsten: Yesterday I was poking around your sheet when I was trying to determine if you'd included the flanking bonus. I saw this:
* Alternate Aegis: You do not gain the Deflection aegis. You must use the talent gained with this drawback to acquire an (aegis) talent. <Missile Shield>
Missile Shield is a (ward) talent. :)
I wanted to get a quick confirmation regarding Torsten's flurry. It's possible to kill someone with nonlethal damage, after all, and knockoff Harley's already very injured. I know you're wanting to keep her alive for questioning, but Torsten's justifiably pissed off about getting shot in the throat, so it's not outside the realm of possibility for him to accidentally cave her skull in.
Just making sure I know everyone's intent before I post anything. XD
Nonlethal can be lethal and Torsten did what he did
And Ril, thanks for the extra eyes. I’ll get it fixed when I get a chance
Unless Torsten's attack flat out kills Blondie, I will take the effort to stabilize her.
EDIT TO ADD: we're already working the Batman analogies here. Don't start adding Rocky into it, it doesn't take much to confuse the hell out of me.
That's why I was checking, because dealing 50+ damage to someone with 4 HP is essentially a guaranteed kill. XD
Even if 38 of that total is non-lethal?
(Not saying you're wrong, more that I probably don't have the full picture here.)
Meh. Knocking someone out always seemed like a bad idea to me. Blunt force trauma to the head is no joke!
“I’m going to carefully kick you in the head with an electric-charged foot until you are unconscious. Oops. It killed you.”
Sounds legit. If the rules says that she is dead then she is dead
Which, just so I'm clear, if that was what you were trying to do, okay. But I thought, special circumstances aside, non-lethal doesn't start doing lethal until (total NL dmg) > (target's max HP). Didn't think we'd gotten there, but if we did, we did.
EDIT: I'll restate this part in the name of being extremely clear: outcome-wise, I don't care too much (small part of me wanted her to face the music, but this works). I'm just trying to make sure my understanding of how we got here is right.
Reminds me of when a friend of mine was playing a vital strike build with a large bastard sword. Decided to do a Nonlethal power attack and got a Crit. Against a wounded enemy. It…did not live up to the name “nonlethal”
Also switched Missile Shield for Energy Resistance.
Question: can I have 2 wards up at the same time? That is 1 spell point for shield ac and another spell point for energy resistance?
Yes but each one is a separate cast. I did similarly having up both Deflection and Deathless Aegis (Aeges? Aegises?). When I pick up Ablative things are gonna get wacky...
*rereads NL damage rules*
So, it turns out I've been running NL damage wrong for years. I thought NL switches to lethal when (total NL damage) > (target's current HP). Me is dumb. XD
I'll get up a post in a little bit.
By the way, what was going on with the RPG rounds Blondie was firing at us?
That would be the Sniper sphere. XD
Spheres is OP! Ban for NPCs!
Just checking to see if you're waiting me to post or vice versa. XD
You. Does she wake up or do we take her to the captain? Also I see that I could get a post up…hard right now but I’ll race you :)
(Currently holding a hungry newborn and have dishes waiting for me, so that’s my excuse!)
Have to say that was a good fight. Hordes of undead to pin us in place with a slippery sniper…it was fun!
Loot:
MW Hand Crossbow (400)
MW Dagger (302)
MW Boot Blade (325)
Dust Knuckles (contains bloodroot poison) (105)
glamered studded leather armor (2815)
Smoke Bomb x2 (200)
Alchemist's Fire x3 (60)
MW Thieves' Tools (100)
Assorted Jewelry (worth 235gp)
Wand - sculpt corpse (5 charges remaining) (0-given as evidence)
Wand - animate dead (4 charges remaining) (0-given as evidence)
2263.5+any reward / 1131.75 each
4425 for Torsten before reward. About 600 away from anti-aging tattoos!
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Fighting a large number of weak enemies is a good way to feel powerful. XD Maybe next time they'll be a Troop....
Especially enemies that would've chewed you up a few levels ago!
I want to thank you both again for your patience/understanding as I worked through the whole "is she dying" thing. As I said, I sometimes get like that, but it's mainly so I understand the rules better. Hell, I hadn't known that there is a point at which non-lethal becomes lethal, so that whole conversation was very valuable to me. I hope I wasn't a pain in the process, and if I was I'm really sorry.
Not at all! I’m still learning this system after all this time. If I had to apologize for every rule that needed a discussion I’d go blue in the face.
I'm glad that you brought it up. I learned that I'd been doing NL damage wrong, so keeping enemies alive will now be much easier. XD
The artist who drew Ril lurks this game (waves to Meg in case she reads the Discussion thread, too). She mentioned to me that she's extremely jealous of the glamered armor. Unfortunately, I don't think there's any situation where armor comes out better than my Unarmored Defense trait, so it'll just end up becoming gold fodder. :)
Plus you can buy sleeves of many garments for 200 gold. Much cheaper and does more.
Also cool to have a lurker. Hi there!
If I was gonna do that it'd probably be via the Extensive Wardrobe Tattoo, but I'm not sure if that's really Ril's style. Although, hell, it could become her style. :)
Nothing else major is set to happen at the Manor, so if you give me a general sense of your intentions, we can proceed. Harley will be taken into custody but doesn't have any additional information.
I'd figure:
1) Make sure Harley is securely taken into custody
2) Make sure Commissioner Kroft gets what she did and how (although we don't know why), and
3) Tell her it seems that one of the people present was abducted to another location. Again, don't know why, but we have reason to believe the abductors were plague doctors.
Torsten, does that all track to you?
Sounds good to me
Hey T, as far as gold outlays, don't forget: when we get Zodiac Tattoos, to add in light fortification will be a 3k cost.
(Don't turn into Loot-O-Tron in front of Cressida, it's not a good look, okay?)