Welcome to the Abomination Vaults adventure path! I am looking forward to a fun game. Some notes before we begin:
Your characters will start off with at least a passing familiarity with one another. Feel free to forge stronger bonds before we begin if you desire!
I will roll secret checks for your characters in a separate dice roller when the situation calls for them. To speed things along in combat, I will roll initiative for everybody. Those whose initiative scores are higher than the enemies can post their actions, I'll summarize the results and the enemies' actions, then everybody can post for the following round's actions.
During dungeon exploration, I will let the lead character dictate which direction to go when there is a choice of paths. When it comes to other party decisions, I will usually wait until two or more characters agree to a course of action before following through with that action.
Please let me know your characters default action during exploration mode. I will assume your character is performing that action unless specified otherwise.
I am usually online weekdays between 3:00 AM and 11:00 AM GMT -5:00, and can check in sporadically the rest of the afternoon. I can usually post a few times each day during the week, but my access is limited on the weekends.
Let me know if you have any questions!
The gameplay thread is now up!
Glad to be part of the game!
I'll admit that I'm not familiar with Exploration Mode. My Fall of Plaguestone GM didn't seem to be using it.
Thanks for having me! Just working on getting the account squared away in between work calls and finalizing some minor details.
@Bella - Archives of Nethys has some great reference material for stuff like this. Check out the Exploration Activities section.
Hey all, looking forward to playing with everyone! Thanks for the selection Brainiac!
@PW: Looks like we're playing together in another game :)
All those speed-along ideas sound great to me. Dungeons are often rather tricky when it comes to not getting bogged down, so I'm all for anything that'll keep us zipping along. I think we'll be able to work out default actions during exploration mode pretty quickly too.
As far as post timing, I generally get my posts in around 10-12 PM (GMT-5), though considering that we'll be getting updates in the morning my time, I may try to sneak some posts in there as well when I have the chance.
Here is the list to choose from, Bella.
I took a peek at the characters we've got. We're rolling a lot of CHA and social skills right now, so maybe we've got a bright future of tricking dungeon denizens coming up :). I think I'm going to make some minor tweaks to give Zetty a bit more INT since we don't have any INT primary characters available.
As far as character bonds are concerned, I think Bella and Zetty would definitely have spent some time together. Zetty was nursed back to health by Vandy Bandernash, but maybe it was Bella that was the primary caregiver? Or at the very least they would have had a chance to get to know one another while at the Dawnflower Library. I can imagine Bella's adventure-lust and Zetty's own drive to capture the strange and unusual in art would have bounced well off one another.
Hey folks, looking forward to getting started!
I'll probably be searching or investigating during exploration mode, depending on what others are doing.
Eyenia's a lifelong resident of Otari, so I imagine anyone who's spent some time there would be at least familiar with her.
Grem is definitely not a native, but has probably been in town for 1-2 years at this point, so it probably wouldn't be hard to say that he's at least see everyone in passing, as some point.
While he's not a bad guy, he is definitely not the one to be making first impressions. :D
If you want to take a look, I've gotten my background mostly fleshed out now.
Edit: Also, let me know if you're okay with the attached Character Sheet, or if you'd rather have it all in text in the Profile.
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Thanks for the selection! I'm really looking forward to playing with this group! I've heard great things about you, Brainiac.
Cellion, definitely looking forward to another game with you. Perhaps our characters could have a connection of some kind?
If it's alright, I may also be making some tweaks to my character--I'm mostly considering my Bloodline, but I'll make any changes by the end of today.
Grem, the attached character sheet is fine.
Vengis and anybody else, feel free to make any tweaks to your character that you would like to before we begin!
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Whichever you prefer!
Just out of curiosity, Vengis. What are you considering for a different Bloodline?
@Bella - If you work in the lumberyard, perhaps the two of us have a working relationship. Chat during lunch break, etc. :)
@Grem: Sounds good. Bella is fairly chatty, while I assume that Grem is a man of few words.
@Grem: Sounds good. Bella is fairly chatty, while I assume that Grem is a man of few words.
Kinda, in a Mr. Miyagi kind of way. He speaks, but tries to make sure that his words are meaningful. Probably a little bit of Captain Obvious syndrome, to boot.
I am usually online weekdays between 3:00 AM and 11:00 AM GMT -5:00, and can check in sporadically the rest of the afternoon. I can usually post a few times each day during the week, but my access is limited on the weekends.
I just realized that I should probably add to this.
Being GMT -7:00, I work a call center job from home, so I'm pretty much in front of my computer nearly all day. That said, my ability to post during work hours is dependent on what my call volume is like. Worst case scenario, I usually play catchup after my shift is over, which is usually mid-afternoon. Weekends are hit or miss, but whenever possible I try to get at least one post in during the weekend.
Still trying to figure out Grem's standard Exploration action, but I'm most likely going to wind up sticking to Search, or maybe Scout.
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Also, I'm GMT -5:00 (Utah).
I am a self-employed attorney, and am on my computer all day and this is my outlet to not hate my job so much. Though I'm typically able to post multiple times throughout the days, periodically I'll have hearings or mediations, and on those days I'll be more unavailable.
My exploration activity will probably be Detect Magic for now.
@Bella: Any thoughts on the connection I mentioned here?
@Zetty: That sounds good. I imagine that Vandy would hand over some or most of Zetty's routine care to Bella. We should know each other fairly well.
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@GM Brainiac: I guess I need to bring up a controversial subject: how many hands are required for Battle Medicine? :)
Not sure what Brainiac would say, but I would assume it would be the same as Treat Wounds.
Lol Bella.
Since it has the Manipulate trait, you need at least one appendage free to use the action. :)
Our first combat begins!
On an unrelated topic, I have a Discord server where I usually post about updates for my other games. I can create a channel for this game if people are interested. Let me know!
Thanks, I'll update the macro!
I'm down for the Discord server, if everyone else is. It's a nice little tools for such things.
Me too, I already use discord quite a bit, so I'd be glad to have the extra chat location. Especially if the Paizo forums go down, as they're often wont to do.
Alright, you can post your Discord handles here or PM them to me. I’ll set up the channel tonight or tomorrow morning.
Dumb question, but how do I find my Discord handle?
It’s your account name followed by a # and 4 numbers. On the mobile app you can find it in the bottom left corner I believe.
My discord handle is bees#6869.
Mine is Blaydsong#4913
Alright, all the invites have been sent out.
By the way, I forgot to mention that everybody begins with 1 Hero Point. :)
@Vengis, I generally assume there is some sort of debris around with which to use telekinetic projectile, except under unique circumstances.
@Bella, you will have to accept my friend request in Discord when you have a chance so I can invite you to the server and the game's channel.
I think I've successfully accepted the invite now.
OK here's a loot log:
It should be editable by everyone with the link.
I've used this format for previous campaigns and I'm happy to track loot for this one as well. I'll add items into the log and if there's something you'd like to keep, you just write your character's name into the Claimant column. When we go to sell stuff, the claimant's share of the gold is reduced based on what they claimed. It's a pretty fair system and the calcs get done automatically.
There's also tabs for logging the history of stuff we sold and a tab for listing group resources like healing items that can be used multiple times - basically stuff we share in the party because it benefits all of us.
Nice. Mad props to people who can do this kind of thing. My brain just doesn't process it. :p
Probably what we need to do. Pressing on with Bella and Grem down a total of 19 hp seems risky.
Thirded! Lets take that hour.
As posted in Discord, go ahead and take the time to rest and try again. Nothing will attack you in the intervening hour.
Do we want to heal up here at the ruins, or return to town? How are people doing for resources?
When we reach 2nd lvl, Bella is going to increase her Medicine skill to Expert, and take a Medicine-related skill feat. Any opinion about Assurance vs Continual Recovery? Assurance would give a 16 on her checks, so Treat Wounds would be guaranteed to succeed. Continual Recovery would eliminate the wait time between Treat Wounds attempts. Her regular modifier will be +8, or +9 if she can afford Expanded Healer's Tools (50 gp).
Assurance gives you a result of “10 + your proficiency bonus (do not apply any other bonuses, penalties, or modifiers).” So it would only be a 14, not a 16.
IMO, Continual Recovery is the better choice.
Wouldn't her proficiency bonus be +6 (4 for expert +2 for level)?
So it would! Apparently, I have been doing it wrong this whole time. Thanks for pointing that out.
In that case, it’s a toss up as to which is better.
I think you'll want both eventually Bella. But I like Assurance because I'm risk averse :)
I'm pretty sure that I'll ending up taking Assurance, Continuous Recovery and Ward Medic. It's just a matter of the order.
Continuous Recovery looks to provide more raw healing, while Assurance reduces variance. I just don't have the experience with higher level play to judge how much raw healing is needed.
Bella will also be taking Cleric Dedication at lvl 2, primarily for the Shield cantrip. Not sure when to take the Basic Spellcasting feat; there's plenty of good rogue feats as well.