DM Brainiac's Abomination Vaults Table 2 (COMPLETE!) (Inactive)

Game Master Brainiac

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!

*Happy squeaks*

We like to (non-human) party; we like to (non-human) party!

Very excited to have been chosen for this game. Very excited to see how this dungeon crawl goes! I look forward to introducing y'all to Proto (v8.3).

Thanks, GM!

The gameplay thread is now up!

A question for the group: we've got both a rogue and an inventor, so I'm a bit uncertain about Akkaboo's role in the party. Do we want her to shift to a spellcaster instead (such as a wizard or witch)? It shouldn't require much tweaking of her backstory if the group think that would create a more enjoyable experience for everyone, and that would mean we have more than one spellcaster in the party.

Would it be more enjoyable for you is the bigger question though.

Loved your backstory writeup btw :3

Yes, part of the reason you were chosen was the strength of the writing in your backstory. I don't mind you changing classes, though. While rogue, inventor, and investigator all fill slightly different niches, it might be better to have an arcane spellcaster in the mix. So feel free to adjust if you'd like!

You mean all those run-on sentences? XD

I’ll give those two classes a look and see if one feels better with Akkaboo’s history of bad decisions. Though honestly that alone sounds more like a witch. XD

Thanks for selecting me, I'm super excited to be here!

Mazul's default exploration activity will be Searching.

Mazul tov!

Sorry if Toska is coming across as abrasive, I’m trying to keep the Cha penalty in mind in way that’s engaging/amusing and not just “wow that guy’s an a%$$*&@”.

I love that my in-game explanation of 'what an inventor does' has all of the characters going "wha....?"

All of your characters are just great!

^w^

I'll give Wan a chance to respond to the questions posed to him, and for Akkaboo to reply and settle on her new class. Either way, I will post to move us along later tonight or tomorrow morning, and you can backpost any other conversation that hasn't been completed by that point.

Akkaboo has decided on embracing her inner witch! I'll have her stat block (and backstory) updated later today.

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!

I'd be interested.

Discord ID: dinketry #6518

Also, do we have Hero Points, GM?

Sounds good! Hawthwile#4161

Also, profile has been updated!

Interested as well Tyranius#2300

I'm down to chat on discord. ID is ClearSpring#0021.

Everybody starts with 1 Hero Point.

Working on setting up the Discord channel and sending out invites.

Rysky#6099

Will try to get a gameplay post up in a bit, just woke up and got ready for work.

Lol, apparently he just wants to scare it off, not actually hurt it XD

Ah, doors. So very many doors. Mazul's currently too embarrassed to say anything in character, but my vote would be the northeast door leading into the circular room. That seems the most likely direction for the actual lighthouse.

Level 2

Class Feat: Archaeologist Dedication. Become an expert in Society and Thievery, and gain a +1 circumstance bonus to Recall Knowledge about ancient history, peoples, and cultures.

Skill Increase: Medicine (Trained)

Skill Feat: Battle Medicine: Heal yourself or an ally in battle.

Level 2

Class Feat: Explosive Leap. I can "Iron Man" blast off 30 feet up - doesn't even have to be off of solid ground!

Skill Feat: Specialty Crafter (armor). I'm going to make my Overdrive feat more powerful.

Sorry folks, work's been slamming and I haven't had a chance to update Akkaboo's profile yet.

Sorry for the delay, got hit with option paralysis.

Took No Escape as my Skill Feat and Terrain Stalker (rubble) as my Skill Feat.

Wan would like to purchase 2 lesser ghost charge flasks (pg 253 Advanced Players Guide). Are those available?

Yes, you can find them in Wrin's shop.

30pts of damage didn’t drop the skeleton?!?!

I forgot to address it in my post, but Mazul has no objections to Wan taking the potions. (Less for her to carry!)

Do we know about the bridge (A18 on the map) and the building to the northwest that we haven't explored? Did we learn about that from the mites?

If so, then Wan would vote to explore THAT first.

Also, I uncovered A13 on the map because I believe we explored that (triangular room with secret door onto the chapel). We should somehow mark the rooms that we haven't explored - we have not looked in the rooms marked 'kobold bogeys' or 'scorpion' for example...

A18 is the pier to the boathouse. This is what Boss Skrawng told you about the buildings back there:

"There's a swamp dragon that lives under the boathouse behind the keep. There is another big building there too, but I have never been there. A boat full of people came to visit a week ago. They went into the swamp dragon’s cave while the dragon was out, but the dragon came back a little bit later. I assume it ate the people."

Ah yes.

Ok, Wan's not suicidal, though he takes the mites words with a hefty grain of salt.

I'll go where the team wishes.

Shall we relocate the +1 weapon potency rune at the top of the sheet from Toska to someone else?

I have claimed what I want. Wan would like to relocate the weapon potency rune on the warhammer to his khakkara, now that we're back in town. He'll then throw the warhammer on the pile of things to sell.

Additionally, Wan would like to make use of his Peerless Inventor feat on the lesser healing elixir.

It'll cost Wan 6gp to craft a lesser healing potion (half of the cost in raw materials). It'll cost 3.5gp to move the potency rune from the warhammer to his khakkara.

Removed Toska's name from it.

Zin is also going to attach the weapon potency rune he claimed to his elven curved blade. (3.5 GP)

After seeing what we have he may purchase some healing scrolls and potions.

Wan can craft most anything, given time and coin. FYI.

Hello, Orgun here!

I still haven't made the calculations of how much money I have left, but I will soon. Glad to be here!

Hey Orgun. Welcome!

I noted something in your profile...."Wizard lvl 1 (Enchanter)
Market Runner background"....is there something more to your Paladin character that you're not telling us?

I simply assume it's a typo. Hee hee.

Also, it's nice to see that we're still a non-human party!

LoL. I copied pasta this from a wizard, so.... Corrected that.

Background is right though. It's a background from the player's guide.

Cool!

Welcome Orgun! Glad to have you aboard. :)

Two questions: if we remain in the Grease area (but don’t move), do we need to make any rolls? Also, why aren’t the morlocks making rolls against the grease?

Also, Akkaboo, could you please get rid of the grease?

1. Nope, as long as you don’t use an action with the Move trait into a square of grease, you’re fine. Stepping also negates the need for a check.

2. Nope - See above.

3. Nope, it cannot be dismissed.

Level up:

Divine Ally: Shield
Skill: Intimidate (t) to (e)
General Feat: Toughness

Level 3:

Deny Advantage: You aren’t flat-footed to hidden, undetected, or flanking creatures of your level or lower, or creatures of your level or lower using surprise attack.
Skill Increase - Medicine (Expert)
Skill Feat - Continual Recovery
General Feat - Assurance (Medicine)

Mazul is now a semi-competent healer! Assurance means she'll always succeed on checks to Treat Wounds, and Continual Recovery means she can heal non-stop.

Excellent!