(#Q-06) "Archaeology in Aspenthar" (Inactive)

Game Master rainzax

I don't know if we're allowed to come back the next day, but I'm not even sure we need to. We need to Treat Wounds on Bikpek so he's not permadead on the next hit. We need to collect torches so we can use them as improvised bludgeoning weapons. But I think we can beat this thing without overnight rest.

Also, if we search the rest of the rooms maybe we can find some thunderstones. :P

We also have an Oil of Potency and a Quicksilver Mutagen that we could use. I suggest Elize (or maybe Bikpek?) use the oil.

I suggest that Bikpek use the oil. He would have a 2d4+4 bludgeoning weapon, which is as good as we're gonna get.

Quicksilver mutagen's drawback (-HP) is going to be a problem. Someone who stands back and fires arrows or spell attacks should use it. Endra?

Aktuh should probably circle and flank. I think his 12 STR is the party's second highest, so he should have a torch as well.

Sorry for the delay, yesterday the internet wasn't working

Just wow, I haven't fought a enemy so hardy as Syringe Man, at least not with a level 1 pc x.x

Anyways how about trying to shove it from the cliff we climbed at the beginning? I'm out of mechanical ideas.

It appears hardy because of resistance. We've probably done enough damage to kill it 1.5x over, it's just all being resisted because of the damage type (we're entirely slashing and piercing).

Bikpek's horsechopper (1d8+4-4) is actually worse than a torch (1d4+4), and my bow (and I think your rapier) are 1d6-4, which is basically useless except for crits. I didn't run the numbers for anyone else, but Aktuh will do better attacking with a torch (+5 to hit, 1d4+1 damage) than his +1 shortbow (+7 to hit, 1d6-4 damage with 2d6-4+1d10 on a crit).

Bosses always hit very hard relative to a PC's AC and has high AC relative to a PC's attack. Even my highest level character at Level 7 is getting hit on natural 7's and 8's (so, getting crit on nat 17's and 18's), and my character needs natural 12s and 13s to hit (so, crits only on nat 20s and crit fails on nat 1-3 [she is an alchemist so she still deals splash damage on a regular fail)). It's actually very nice that the game is well scaled that way. But the difference is that at higher levels characters will have more options - spellcasting dedications to do elemental damage, and a small hoard of consumables, for example, that level 1s don't have.

Elize,
Aktuh dragged you into the hallway here.
Then Landitho administered you a potion in the hallway here.

Question: Where is your Token on the Map?

Oh, sorry I kinda missed the drag action x.x

Alright I take a look at the map, I'd be just in front of the door at the entrance of the corridor we currently are.

Yes but according to Initiative Syringe man should go first so it strikes me before my turn resolves, so I'm unconscious again.

Aktuh - where did you drag Elize to before the start of her turn?

Elize - you started your last turn wherever Aktuh dragged you too, before Syringe Man gets another turn!

I do not think the Map accurately represents that yet!

Please fix!

Oh I see, I'll wait for Aktuh then.

Will put my HP back at 4 just in case

Aktuh has already acted (linked a couple posts up).

That means you should start your turn in the hallway, and get a chance to act just before Syringe Man goes!

Oh, if so was out of reach then.

Sorry about the misunderstanding x.x I'm a little sluggish today

Players,
Elize and I PMed some, and are looking for another player to Support with Tech by Moving Elize's Token based on her Post Descriptions.

Can anyone Support with that?

I moved Elize 2 full strides West of where Aktuh had dragged her.

Aktuh - where did you drag Elize to before the start of her turn?

I think the answer is moot, but just in case more clarity is needed, Aktuh dragged her to one square east of Aktuh's position. It was the second corridor square from the room we exited.

Erryn,
I'll bestow you the honor of granting the Final Hero Point of this Quest to whomever you deem a best fit!

After that, may Lady Luck have you!

1. Does Enfeebled stack?

2. How long am I enfeebled for? Is there a duration, or is it until I get some restoration?

Endra, I think you've still got the best chance of hitting him with a really powerful crit, so I'm going to give it to you.

If nothing else, we can just beat the thing to death with our fists. They do 1d4+Str bludgeoning, after all, and use whatever your proficiency with Simple weapons is. Doing lethal damage does add a -2 to your attack roll. If it keeps following everyone out to the big room, we can surround it and hope that the dice roll in our favor for once.

There are 4 Hero Points still on this table (including Erryn's for Endra). As a reminder, I track them in my QM Bar!

1. Does Enfeebled stack?

2. How long am I enfeebled for? Is there a duration, or is it until I get some restoration?

The latter. Here is Resting. Here is Long-Term Rest. Think of it like semi-permanent nervous system damage caused by a powerful toxin.

Sounds good. Next round, hero points away and let's get some arrow crits (and/or perhaps a ray of frost).

Ah finally a crit.... It would have been more satisfying if Bikpek were raging, but I'll take what I can get

Activating Bot Tree!

Using the "buddy system", if your character's name is either alphabetically before or after another's who hasn't posted after 24 hours of being "up", could you please "bot" that character?

Aktuh
Bikpek
Elize
Endra
Erryn
Landitho

And while we are here, if anyone has any holiday arrangements that will pull them away from the computer screens, let's make arrangements now!

I will be out of commission for New Years probably 18 hours before and after the ball drops.

Cheers!

Sure! I can do that. Should we start 24 hours from now?

Sure! I can do that. Should we start 24 hours from now?

I'm going to say: "Use your judgement"!

On the one hand, real life happens, takes precedence, and especially these days, having additional sympathy and understanding is paramount!

On the other hand, the game moves on, and it's important to keep a consistent pace as well as commit to finishing within a reasonable window of time!

Understood.

Can I go?

Looks like a simple wooden door has hardness 5 and 10 "BT" (broken threshold). Since it doesn't move, we'll say AC 5...

Looks like my number is up, lol

Thanks Erryn n.n

as for the holidays... I think I'll be off the 25 and 31,probably the 1st of January too, besides that I'm mostly free unless the internet gets bad

You heard the Goblin!

I will keep the game "open" while we wrap up the mission.

In the mean time, in my QM Bar you will see a "Chronicles" link so I can email them to you (erasing contact info once I'm finished).

Thank you for a fun, but tough game!

Landitho is at 38/50 days for Off Hours Studies. We get two days of downtime, right? So she'll be at 40/50 days after!

Yay! Nobody died!

Aktuh will begin crafting a periscope, so he can see around corners and identify the next alchemical construct he spies around a corner.

Awesome guys! I really enjoyed the fight, I'd like to have been more helpful but the fact that it was a construct made it a lot hardier than what I expected x.x

BTW, this is the first game a finished so... I'm not sure of what to do with the chronicle

You keep all of the chronicles for your character together in some place where you can show for the experience they have, and use them to track progress towards the next level. It's 12 Xp to get to each next level, scenarios usually give 4 XP and quests give 1 XP.

Right. You also want to track purchases you made as part of the adventure, any expenses, etc. I keep the PDFs in a folder on my google drive, and also print out a copy that I have in a physical folder for the far flung future when we can go play IRL again.

Obviously no hurry - but we are currently 3/6 contact info...

Aktuh, I don't know if you've noticed yet, but your "special request" has been sitting in this aliases Profile since we began...

I did not notice, but of course very appropriate. I'm excited to see how it's going to fit in with his next adventure.

I see... I see... I'll take a look at Google drive and those things later on.

Also... Merry Christmas guys :D hope you have a nice day!

Currently 5/6 contact info. Let me know if you need help!

@QM for our own vanity, could we have a final count of Syringe mans HP and total damage reduced? Just to show the scale of what we accomplished.