I am headed out to Dragon Con tomorrow afternoon for some much needed down time. Might not be available til next Tuesday.
I do not want to slow the group down, and it seems like we are already dragging a little, but could Kyras understand a little better the difficulty in lowering the globe safely down to the ground with Disable Device?
Also, using Alchemical Allocation and his potion of Gaseous Form he could try to get in past that large stone plug in the hallway to see what is on the other side. He could even do so invisible. I'd really like to try that one even if we skip the globe.
To get the globe down is either a balance act (dex check) or grabbing it and putting it down (str check). The difficulty would be 20 for the dex and 25 fornthe str.
So, what is the group decision?
I say leave it.
Yup.
Fine by me.
Yes, I agree...leave it alone.
With a 14 Dex Kyras cannot make a 25 dex check as a roll of 20 would only be a 22. Buffed up he has a better chance to do the strength check but that is still only about a 30% chance of success. So I guess we skip it, I was thinking you had earlier mentioned a disable devise DC.
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What Size are the tentacles? Large? Huge?
They are large
Okay, cool. I'm gonna try something that might backfire spectacularly.
If it works, I'll hopefully be able to get out of here.
I posted a response right after Rannik did, but I guess it disappeared.
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Ugh, round of bad rolls there.
Hey GM, retrieving an item normally provokes an attack of opportunity. Should we roll those?
Also, I have the Disruptive feat, so the DC to defensively cast the spell increases by 4.
I have Step Up, too, if the daemon tries to 5-foot step away to avoid that.
I would have to look, but I'm not sure if he really need to retrieve a focus item for spell casting. It was more so you could identify the spell he used.
I'll take note of disruptive, but even with the +4, he still made it.
Yea, I saw pulling the fork as color. Access materials components are part of casting the spell, for which he make a good concentration roll. Would be nice if the DC increased for each person threatening him, like tumbling past multiple opponents, but pretty sure it does not.
Ah, okay. I thought he was retrieving a wand or a rod of some kind. That was how I interpreted it. never mind on the AoO, then.
We need a Truthspeaker so one of us can jump down the stomach of a giant bulette and cut our way out, right? I'm remembering that correctly?
I think it was some kind of sand worm and not a bulette but same difference.
Actually a variant of a purple worm, but yeah, you need him to witness the event.
After that, you only have the trial of the totem to do. With the Truthspeaker with you, it will be easier to walk into the Sklar-Quah camp.
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Had to dig back to last year's posts to find that stuff.
Recovering from Covid - managed to avoid it until a flight out west week before last. Feeling human again... and ready to get back to posting.
Glad you're feeling better.
Here are some thoughts on why Kyras might be the best to get swallowed.
His elixirs only work for himself right now. He needs the Infusion discovery to change that. And his Mutagen always only works on him.
So he would would have the following buffs running from himself:
channel vigor - which is personal hate
heroism
barkskin
bull's strength
ironskin
resist energy Acid - this one is a biggie I think
If the creature is big enough to swallow a lorge creature - Enlarge person
His strength would be 24 or even 26 if he can control the timing of being swallowed within a few minutes as bulls strength lasts minutes.
with a short sword he would power attack for 1d6+11+4 precision damage per attack. And with accelerated drinker he should be able to get off his channel vigor extract to get three attacks a round.
Hew could also use Shock Shield that can be discharged as a free action for 1d6 once and have Ablative barrier running so that some of the damage he takes becomes nonlethal. Not sure that will help if he goes down while swallowed though.
A down side is he only has 72 hp. Not sure that is enough.
I think Kyras makes some good points.
If we have prep time, Alika can prepare cleric spells to help Kyras as well. Anything up to 5th level!
Whoever we choose to get swallowed you can maybe cast Greater Magic Weapon on their blade. Not suure if you have a way to provide temp HP or not. While I can do my own resist energy I think your's might protect against more damage. And you could do both Resist and Protection. Not sure how bad the acid damage will be. Not totally sure there will be acid damage but I am expecting it.
Kyras makes a lot of good points, and I agree with them. Once we factor in all the buffs, Kyras is the best choice to be swallowed. However, I think we need to make sure that utilizing those buffs doesn't count as automatically failing the test of Cindermaw. If we aren't allowed to buff, then Garran might be the best choice, simply by virtue of having the most HP.
For what it's worth, I'm not sure how beneficial ablative barrier would be. If you take too much nonlethal, even after other protections, and fall unconscious before getting out, I don't think one of us will be able to get in there and finish cutting the way out before you die.
Yes,agree on Ablative Barrier. It's only use is making healing Kyras up AFTER he survives easier as a single healing spell heals both lethal wounds and non-lethal at the same time.
Anyone have a short sword? It seems to be the best weapon that Kyras is proficient with.
there might be a way to get extra damage on the weapon too.
Aid will give 1d8+9 temp hit points.
Greater celestial healing will give fast healing 4 for four rounds, which may help with incidental healing while inside the beast (and thus extend the chance of surviving the ordeal).
Overstimulate prevents unconsciousness at negative hit points for nine rounds.
The only spell Seltyn has that could help is Haste.
I think we should cast status as well.
We then will know your condition.
Will Kyras be able to use his studied strike ability?
Yes, but Studied Combat takes a move action, so he'd only be able to make one attack with Studied Strike per turn. I don't know if the extra d6's from the Studied Strike would outweigh the static damage of multiple attacks in a round. I'd save the Studied Strike for the last round of Studied Combat, and take advantage of the static damage from Studied Combat until then to make multiple attacks in a round.
Swift action to study for me. Will likely use Studied Combat every attack for +4 hit and damage and onl use Studied Strike for last attack of round 4 for 2d6. but then swift action study again.
Does it still cost an Inspiration to use it again on an attacker?
EDIT: Looks like Resist Energy (fire) might be called for, as well.
Yes. Alika will have to cast Protection from Energy and Resist Energy, since Seltyn doesn't know those spells. Protection will absorb 120 pts. before Resist kicks in to take 30 more.
Sorry everyone, I should have posted this earlier, but I am really busy right now. The sport association that I work on is having their annual tournament and I am spending way too many hours there. (Just ask my wife!) Everything should be back to normal after Easter. Thank you for you patience.
My computer died. I expect to be back up next week.
This next part will be entertaining, to say the least. :)
I worry that the creature will simply attack Kyras and not swallow him. Any way to heal him from a distance if that happens?
I mean, you can always just try to jump into its open mouth. I'm sure its maw will be wide open.
I'll let Alika answer about healing from a distance. I'm obviously not equipped for that.
Greater status (4th level) allows me to cast up to 2nd level healing spells at range via its link without line of sight.
Glad to hear. Kyras has too few hit points. Perhaps he can get Bulls Endurance too?
A cleric can cast that.
Seltyn will loan you his Ring of Protection +3, unless your deflection bonus is already +3. He'll cast Mage Armor on you, because why not?
So I am back from the tournement, but got the good idea of catching Covid... again... I'll pusj through and start posting anyway, but if you see a lot of typos and stuff, well you know why.
Looks like Kyras will be the victim, I mean the volunteer. Are we all ready to move forward?