GM Tyranius (PF2) The Slithering (Inactive)

Game Master Tyranius

Please be able to post consistently once a day. This is a module so we will need good consistent push posts to make it through this in a timely manner.

This is currently not sanctioned for PFS and will not use PFS characters.

You will all create all new 5th level characters for this game. You get a lump sum of 270 gp to buy your equipment.

You cannot be a human but any other ancestry that has been published so far is on the table, including the new ones from APG.

Ok, I will likely be making a higher level version of Scratch (Dwarven Ranger) to test things out to see if I like the trap making aspect of a ranger. He'll be ranged primarily.

Bangy Piper checking in.

Hey all. Thinking of making an orc witch with a spellslime familiar.

Hey all. I'm planning on an elven mastermind rogue that dedicates into investigator.

I think I'm going with a cloistered cleric. And I'm still debating species. LOL I'll have created my -2011 by Tuesday, Nov 17th.

Keep in mind Astrael that this is not a PFS character but more of a campaign mode similar to an Adventure Path so make an alias under your profile and not a PFS character that gets assigned a number.

Let me know if you need help navigating that on these boards.

My Account --> Account Settings --> Third item on the left is Message board Alias. That is where you will make it.

Yay! :D Not yet another on my list!

This is Saashaa's Rogue (Investigator)

Edit: Note to the GM, I have the Investigator Feat "That's Odd". I apologize.

So, Bangy, where did you pick up Renthiel?

Scratch (not done yet) checking in. Should have him done by tomorrow or so.

I haven't had anyone up this high yet in 2.0 so we'll see how it goes. Any purchases people deem super important sooner than later? I'm assuming a magical main weapon is a good start.

The bulk of all the required 'kits' for skills is very limiting. Any thoughts on this other than: have more strength or take the hefty hauler skill?

Medicine kit
Alchemy kit
Snare kit
Repair kit
Thieve's tools

Yikes.

Scratch is about done, please take a look and offer up some comments/corrections if you see them. I'm still getting used to the proficiency calculations.

Also, since he's a snare crafter, I took the liberty of some downtime for making some half price snares. Not sure on how you are planning on doing that aspect GM.

After my roomate asked me why I'm not just an investigator and I couldn't give a good answer, I will be shifting my build into investigator that archetypes into rogue. Very little of my build will change except for a loss of a couple trained skills.

EDIT: and I will have a swordcane instead of rapier

Posting to show character information is almost completed. :) Will have spells chosen by end of tomorrow.

Urdda is also ready to go. Practically all of her money was spend on striking handwraps and an armor potency rune, so let's see if they're worth it.

@GM, let me know if anything in the profile needs adjusting or correcting and I'll be happy to accommodate. This is my second PF2 character above lvl 4 and my first "high-level" melee character, so I'm anticipating there'll be a few snags.

Here is the orc witch Utek. Haven't played a lot of casters before (and never one this high level before). All I have to do is pick spells. Any recommendations?

Also, have a spellslime familiar and took Familiar's Language. So I can now speak with oozes! Let me know if I wont be able to use this for some reason and will pick another feat.

Also, is anyone having trouble with the forums? They are taking forever to load for me and have been like that all day.

Forums for me have been off and on all week.

Same. They were down a lot yesterday but I think they are good now. I will post the intro since it looks like characters are mostly created.

Slings are reload 1. I think you'd only be able to:

Reload
Fire
Reload

This turn since you fired it last round? Not 100% sure. Its the same as the crossbow. Not sure if you can draw a sling loaded like you can for a crossbow?

I completely missed that, right you are. Wow, slings are not great in pf2.

Slings aren't great in either. But they are free and ranged bludgeoning at least. I'll probably have to get one for Scratch just for that reason now with those oozes.

So..I have heard that failing a recall check prevents one from retrying. However, I cannot find any text that supports this. Is there something I am missing?

So..I have heard that failing a recall check prevents one from retrying. However, I cannot find any text that supports this. Is there something I am missing?

CRB Page 506

Sometimes a character might want to follow up on a check to Recall Knowledge, rolling another check to discover more information. After a success, further uses of Recall Knowledge can yield more information, but you should adjust the difficulty to be higher for each attempt. Once a character has attempted an incredibly hard check or failed a check, further attempts are fruitless—the character has recalled everything they know about the subject.

I see....lol. Whelp team, I will hopefully be useful to you all outside of combat.

That first fight really was challenging for our group's skill set. I can't see anything meaner for a bunch of melee and physical ranged combatants! I haven't really researched it, but it to equip ourselves to deal with oozes.

acid resistance for you melees
slings (barf) for us ranged

Hmmm... didn't realize oozes are immune to Evil Eye.... wish I had known that. Would've picked a different patron. But having fun so far!

Hmmm... didn't realize oozes are immune to Evil Eye.... wish I had known that. Would've picked a different patron. But having fun so far!

Have not looked at each of the oozes to see if they all are but the Black Pudding was immune to the mental trait which Evil Eye has.

Does battle medicine apply the 1hr debuff as well as the 24hr one?

Battle Medicine is it's own separate track. You can apply Battle Medicine to each ally once a day. Think of it like "Ally Slots" which you expend throughout the day.

A patient can receive Treat Wounds from a care provider no more than once per hour, and can be "quickly" treated in about 10 minutes.

Does that answer your question?

Yes thanks!

Yeah, with the possibility of more acidic oozes, grabbing some clubs and staffs might be better than fists. :D They don't cost anything and are easily replaceable.

Utek Shul'm wrote:

Hmmm... didn't realize oozes are immune to Evil Eye.... wish I had known that. Would've picked a different patron. But having fun so far!

Have not looked at each of the oozes to see if they all are but the Black Pudding was immune to the mental trait which Evil Eye has.

Did a brief look on AON and all the oozes are immune to the mental trait. Is it possible to switch Patrons to Fate? If not - no worries! Still going to be fun either way.

Sure thing Utek. I would rather not take away from one of your main abilities. There are also more than just oozes in this adventure as well, though oozes will be the majority.

Anything to be investigated or found at the stall site?

Sure thing Utek. I would rather not take away from one of your main abilities. There are also more than just oozes in this adventure as well, though oozes will be the majority.

Thanks! Should've done a bit of research before building my character. Will update Utek's profile tomorrow. Will also add a bit for Mita, my familiar.

If there is nothing to find, that is fine. But, I'll be cycling through the various exploration activities to find clues (including Detect Magic).

If there is nothing to find, that is fine. But, I'll be cycling through the various exploration activities to find clues (including Detect Magic).

There are no physical clues here, I meant more that you can use the scene for your Pursue a Lead ability.

When you each get a moment please place your tokens on the chart in the map deck on your default exploration activity as well as your marching order.

First I want to say, I'm having a blast playing this character in this game. Oozes and all.

That said, in the spirit of intercharacter comradely antagonism, if one of your characters would like to endeavor to curb Bangy's light-fingered tendencies, he would happily oblige if you succeed an appropriate check to convince him to change his ways.

Dunno if this helps... Cheers!

Excellent! Having a blast with each of you as well.

I like how they played this off with needing bludgeoning weapons against all these oozes and then toss a few monsters in that need the complete opposite.

Scratch is happy to have another around that has a strong sense of 'survivalism'. I also do appreciate the conflicting thoughts on this from the other characters.

As far as DR types.. I'm seeing a strong flaw in this 'trap build' ranger: all my damage is piercing. Also seeing that I'm not sure dropping 3 actions on laying a trap in combat would be worth the current 5d6 damage currently. I guess that's why they call it a test run!

Cool cool.

Just a quick temperature check.

I am a fan of character-charaacter conflict so long as it doesn't lead into player-player conflict in an unproductive way, as it is difficult sometimes to gauge over the PbP interface.

Cheers!

That is what these modules are great for, Test out those builds during a sort run to see how they do.

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Is there any possible check to know more about the slithering curse?

Sure, give me an arcana, nature or occultism check.

I know that oozes are immune to critical hits, but from what I know they are not immune to critical failures on their own saves. I think the green ooze should have taken double damage from the electric arc critical failure.

When you make an attack and succeed with a natural 20 (the number on the die is 20), or if the result of your attack exceeds the target's AC by 10, you achieve a critical success (also known as a critical hit).

If you critically succeed at a Strike, your attack deals double damage. Other attacks, such as spell attack rolls and some uses of the Athletics skill, describe the specific effects that occur when their outcomes are critical successes.

Immunity to critical hits works a little differently. When a creature immune to critical hits is critically hit by a Strike or other attack that deals damage, it takes normal damage instead of double damage. This does not make it immune to any other critical success effects of other actions that have the attack trait (such as Grapple and Shove).

Have it added in. :)