Way of the Wicked Group 2

Game Master Diamondust

Yeah. It's about my only ability that isn't either mind-affecting, precision damage-based, or bleed-based. The character's kind of heavily loaded on single target Enchantment/Necromancy effects.

Course, the Mesmerist chassis is built around mind-affecting effects, and the Cabalist archetype incentivizes the use of Necromancy spells that target others, so I'm not exactly going against type here.

FYI I've got my year 3 tenure file due in a couple of weeks, so posting is going to be slow on my end. Please bot as needed.

If botting is needed, Ceres will squeeze things with her hair until they are dead. In between squeezing things she has a couple of healing spells at her disposal.

The scales attaching to the statue doesn't bother little 'ol Tawg, even if he did notice it, but it worries the guy playing Tawg. We're going to have to be careful of where we move so as to not active more of these statues. I'm afraid of what will happen...

In Round 3, did my bite miss or did it not overcome the DR?

You missed.

File submitted, buried in an avalanche of work but I'm digging out. I'll get caught up soon. Thank you all for your patience and please continue to bot as needed.

I forgot about Bless and Guidance, so my last two attacks were actually a 19 and an 11.

Hey folks, I'll post tomorrow. Today has been a hectic day. I hope you're all well.

My plan, after the snake makes its attack, is to disengage back towards the others. Eowithe and Tawg would need to be behind Sarela, Ceres, and myself so the cobra goes after one of those three first and lets us slowly surround it. We can maneuver around it without provoking AoO or awakening other cobras (hopefully).

So how are folks doing? Are we alright? It has been awhile since there has been a post.

I believe we're waiting on the resolution of our last round of attacks.

Caught corona, spent over a week at home, and am still struggling with my energy levels, but I'm here!

Yikes Gildevar, make sure to rest as much as you can stand and feel better!

Oof, hope you feel better soon, Gildevar/Solicitor.

I'm here.

I'm fairly certain we lost Eowithe as well. They're the DM in another one of my games and have been AWOL for awhile now.

I'm still here! Hoping we can get out of this room before we activate the big snake.

The Way of the Wicked: Return of the GM

Greetings everyone. It has been a long time, but I am back to continue. I am ok but things here have not been so well. We've had floods here in australia east coast (didn't lose anything thankfully) so lost power and internet for a time. Then after that I've had to move house and only just able to relax. Whenever I thought about my games here I was always busy doing something, when I could relax I forgot all about my plan to update games.

If you're all still keen to play then let's get straight back into it. It will update shortly. Apologies once again for the delays.

I am going to make up a little for the time away by having the current activated cobra be defeated and you way to the door to the next room open.

Heeeeeyyyy! Welcome back! I was super sad that this campaign might've bit the dust. I'm still here!

I'm glad you're safe and glad you're able to come back! Tawg is ready to get back to dishing out big damage (when he hits).

Welcome back! I'm glad you're okay from the flooding! I'm still here and ready to go.

Oh, glad you're back GM! I'm sorry to hear of the issues you've been having in eastern Australia.

I will have a post up tomorrow! Week has just been crazy.

Hey there,

I'm back as well after a prolonged absence from the boards...Covid, plus online school, plus work ....exhaustion!

Sorry to hear about your situation GM, just checking if I'm still welcome! :)

Al

Alrighty, it has been over a month since the last post which is my cut-off point for waiting for returns. It was a pleasure folks, I'm happy we got as far as we did for how long WotW games tend to last. Hope to game with you all later!

Hope the GM's okay. I'm around, but I probably won't be checking this forum actively. Ping me if we start back up!

It has been fun, and I've enjoyed gaming with everyone.

I second Sarela's best wishes for the GM. Hope things are going okay!

Hoping the best for GM Thorn. I'm still on the forums almost every day, so if they come back, Tawg will be here to eat things.

Oh boy, I am finally back. That absence dragged on way too long. I want to continue running these games and am hoping there are players still interested in playing this game?

Welcome back!

I know first hand how a short absence can turn into a long one!

I'd be willing to continue, should enough of the others return as well

I am still here and willing, if enough folks are willing to come back and play.

Excellent 2 already. I will give a couple weeks for people to check in.

I have messaged the other 4 and hopefully 1 or 2 will return and we can get going again.

My teeth are ready whenever we start it up again!

Eowithe, Araton and Tawg. Are you guys ok to play as 3? I will do basic attacks for the other 3 for now. If any come back before we finish the 9 lessons then great. If not, 5 have returned for the other game, we might see if one wants to join you, or perhaps recruit another player or 2.

As thanks for returning and giving me another shot to run this game, I'm going to give a sort of combat advantage. For each room/lesson that remains you will each get 1 free reroll for any d20 that you roll. This should help us get through the lessons slightly quicker and to Thorn's true plan for you.

I'd be ok with this plan!

Sounds good to me!

Ironically, sorry for the delay in responding. In-laws just closed on a house, so I've been getting their new house ready.

Sorry for the slow response, things have been crazy here. I am down for getting more people if necessary.

I return! Work finally eased up enough for me to pop in, now that we've hired a new person. I should be good to go for resuming the game.

We have 4 here so that's certainly enough. We shall move forward with Eowithe, Araton, Tawg and Sarela.

So that gives us our Broken Soul Barbarian/Monk, Psychic Lich Mesmerist/Vigilante, Oracle/Antipaladin whose template I've forgotten, and Implacable Stalker Inquisitor/Slayer.

We've got lots of damage and a good bit of healing/buffs, but we're going to be a bit light on battlefield control. I'll have to see what I've got available on my class spell lists to make up some of the difference.

Haunted One. Kind of minor, in the scope of templates, but it'll eventually buff my CON and mental states like no business.

Pretty cool ability. Gives you good HP down the line, too.

At 8th level, I get Beast Shape II abilities, which includes grab, pounce, and trip. So that's a little something.

Also, I'm not sure why I didn't notice this earlier, but at 5th level, the Martial Artist gains immunity to fatigue, so Rage cycling comes online then.

Also also, in my rereading, if I eat a bird, I can fly. Archetypes are weird haha

So, we should keep a supply of birds on hand for Tawg to eat. Got it. Let's earmark a fund for that.

I've got Shadow Conjuration as a 4th level spell from Mesmerist, as well as glitterdust, grease, and a wide assortment of fog spells from Cabalist.

Also, debuffs. I've got debuffs for days. And I impose penalties to saving throws - serious penalties for Will saves.

Let's start rolling then with you 4. I shall post basic attack actions for Gildevar and Ceres, please act as if they are still an important part of the team. I shall allow the players a chance to return until the next part of the story.

I'm so sorry about the immediate delay in my posting. My wife is due on the 5th and had a minor fall this past Wednesday. Everything's ok, but I've been going nonstop since then getting all the final things put together just incase he (the baby) comes early.

I think we're done with the big things, so I shouldn't have to take this long between posts again (hopefully).

You're fine and I am so glad that your wife was alright! A new one coming into your life shakes things up; no need to apologize.

This is a copypasta so I apologize if you've already read this somewhere else. I've started my new job today, which means my posting will now likely be once or twice an evening rather than the more frequenting posting it has been. Just a heads up!

Hi all -

Sorry for the radio silence. Things have been hectic here and I've not got much bandwidth for gaming right now. I've appreciated gaming with everyone and love your deliciously evil PCs. Take care!

GM, please mark me inactive on this game, and thank you for running it for me and the other PCs!