The Journey of a Thousand Miles (Jade Regent AP)

Game Master Sensen

Level 5

HP +9
Feat Martial Dominance
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Skills
Acrobatics
Climb
Diplomacy
K. geography*
K. history*
K. nature
K. planes
Perception
Sense motive
Survival

Sorry I didn't post yesterday, but I am now sick and desperately needed the rest.

Take a well deserved rest Aganhei!

I discovered just yesterday they have made an animated series of the Critical Role campaign 'The Legend of Vox Machina'. I was surprised by the quality of the animation, it really feels like an RPG adventure.

Please take all the time you need, hope you recover fully!

I'm feeling a bit better today, but I suspect that I'll have to kick off posting again tomorrow rather than today... I hope.

Sorry, I thought we had a round to prepare because we knew rhe creature was coming. But if not then yeah skip the mirror image~

I suppose this thing is not evil, isn't it? Rats! The helm's protection would had been great here! :D

Actually his AC is 2 lower than I thought, for he cannot use the bow with the shield.

Oops, a good point Yuto. And no, I'm afraid it's not evil. xD

Because I didn't read their tactics carefully enough, it seems you took them earlier than they would have intended. They were supposed to try ambushing you just after you finished the spider eater. Oh well.

I believe we discovered a while back Riftun's advise does not work to provide AC, so it should be a +2 to attack (not taken into account in my roll).

About the ambush, well, I am not going to complain :D

When I saw the setting first thought for me was to try push the tengus down the cliff, but did not want to give ideas to the GM... xD

His Combat Advice does not add to AC, only attacks. But his Naturalist BP does in case that was in question.

Just saw they are going to release by the end of this year a whole book about Tian Xia. It is exciting for this campaign, and we might be reaching there by when the book becomes commonly available, who knows!

The map there is gorgeous, and the images are inspiring. Tanukis look kind of adorable :D

Is your AC counting your shield? It just occurred to me. Neither of these will hit anyways, but if it's not, we should remember that. xD

Nope, this is while fighting with combat expertise and thanks to Riftun's naturalist! Including the lesser protective aura it amounts to AC 25 :)

Ah, works for me!

Ping for Riftun, your team of bad rollers we really need you here! :)

Would the walls not prevent the enemies from pouring into the hall GM Aganhei? My intention was to set Yuto in the middle of the door so they could not pass, limiting the amount of them able to attack in melee and protecting the rest of the group unless they managed to overrun or tumble through Yuto's space.

I was having them move diagonally. I forget if I've had that happen in the past, and whether or not I said we'd not do that in the future. If I did, I apologize. x_x

Now that you say, I remember something like that coming up earlier, but it might had been in another campaign.

I am used to play with door walls to be considered corners for diagonal movement, and I kind of pictured Yuto in the middle of the door not letting anyone pass.

About diagonal movement

You can't move diagonally past a corner (even by taking a 5-foot step). You can move diagonally past a creature, even an opponent.

You can also move diagonally past other impassable obstacles, such as pits.

Anyway, no biggie, Yuto fortunately survived good enough the swarm and they focused on him rather than going for the back of the group, so let's keep playing like things went :D

It would be good if you can clarify whether we are considering doors to block diagonal movement in the following though.

Thanks! I'd say that yes, in the future, doorways shall block diagonal movement.

Due to computer issues, my availability over the next week may be limited. Apologies, but I'll try to make sure I can get things back to normal as quickly as possible.

Take your time and thanks for the notice, gm.

Thanks for the heads up Aganhei!

It should be okay for the week, but today, I'm afraid, I won't get a post up.

Sorry for not posting yesterday, I had jury duty, and it kind of took a lot out of me. Posts will resume normally today.

No worries Aganhei! Hope it was not a terrible duty.

Nah, it was fine. Just long and tiring.

Just so I am ready when Yuto's turn comes up, are the warriors fleeing away through the red or green door? I have added circles to the map :)

They went through the red door.

Also, I won't be able to post on Thursday or Friday (as well as Saturday, as normal), so there'll be a brief lull in my posts. Sorry about that, but it's a holiday.

Happy holidays!

Happy Eastern and thanks for the heads up GM! :)

Apologies for not posting yesterday, it's been a weird few days. I'll be posting today as usual.

Oh! Thanks GM, in fact I was starting to miss a bit our little adventures :D
I took the free time to go through the treasure sheet and sanitize stuff. I added an unclaimed items tab so you can check faster what items are available for claiming.

Also, I noticed @Riftun has not taken any relevant item for himself. Please, do not be shy at picking up stuff when we find them, no one can track what is valuable for you like yourself :)
It would be a real time saver for me if I could know how you are tracking party items? At the very least, I spotted these ones marked as claimed by Riftun but I could not found in your profile:
- silver disk that depicts Brinewall under the noonday sun
- vial of ink
- dispel magic scroll
- cure moderate wounds scroll
Related to this, we have been handing money to each character each time we sold loot, but I have not been able to figure out if Riftun has used that money. Don't you want to buy headbands of Charisma, cloaks of resistance, metamagic rods and all that crunchy stuff the enemies force us to acquire to be convinced we can follow our path to Minkaian Glory? :)

@All: Let's try to remember we have the Amatatsu Seal that allows 5/day - cure serious wounds, remove curse, remove disease, restoration; 1 heal consumes the 5 daily charges. 1/month resurrection.

@GM we have a few items maybe we had time to identify during these days in Karlsgard:
- Asvig's shortspear
- Snorri's draugr grey sphere of what looks like mother-of-pearl

Finally, is anyone tracking our cure wands?

Asvig's shortspear, I think, got identified at some point. But if not, it's just a +1 shortspear. The grey sphere is a nacreous grey sphere ioun stone - a normal one, not a cracked or flawed.

@Yuto Yeah, the cure wands are currently 31/50 on Andy and 30/50 on Riftun, assuming Riftun did not use any more charges after 04-01-2023.

Riftun totally deserves to have some loot, yes!

I thought we were heavily advised not to use the Amatatsu seal? While it is a get out of jail card, it isn't free. Using it meant revealing to the collected bad guys at large where it was, which was implied to have very bad consequences. Unless I am mistaken, in which case I'd happily hear otherwise!

You are correct, Andochtuir. Pulling it out of the warding box sends a big signal flare saying "Hey, Amatatsus are here!" magically speaking.

Which the Five Storms are waiting for, more or less.

Do! Very true! Let's try to remember we have it though, because if we are ever cornered in a situation of great need...

Ah sorry sorry! XP

I'll add some items to my inventory but as for buying things...

I hadn't mentioned it becauae Riftun is shy about it but he's been saving up for something special ^^

You have me intrigued now! :D

Besides, Yuto accepts gold tier chocolate cakes!!

I apologize because I forgot to say it earlier, but tomorrow and Thursday are also holidays on which I won't be posting. Apologies.

Thanks for the heads up Aganhei!

Uo! Impressive combination Healer's hands + Incredible healer Andochtuir.

Okay, back to your regularly scheduled posting today. Should be another... 42 days-ish? Before another weird disruption. If at all.

Sorry, no posts today. Just very much exhausted. I'll get back into the swing of things tomorrow.

Hey everyone,

I wanted to drop a note, for the next six weeks I'll be working heavily on finishing a scientific study I'm writing. It's the last thing I have to do to finish my medical specialization and there is a strict deadline for the middle of june. While I'm on track for that, it is taking a lot of time and energy next to work. I have to prioritize it greatly during free time and as such I will be less active until it finishes. I'll drop by to write when I can, but please assume I'll be very busy and bot Andy on major decisions when it is needed. I'm sorry for the inconvenience and hope to be back to full posting soon.

Thanks for letting us know, Andochtuir!

I know Andochtuir's been busy, but how's everyone else doing? It's been a slow week.

I am busy at work but trying to keep up.

Had a rough week. Someone killed my goose :C

But I'm trying to keep up.

Oh no, I'm so sorry. :(

I'm sorry to hear that, Riftun.

Sorry to hear that indeed, Riftun :( Best wishes to you and yours and hope they manage to catch the abuser/killer.

Also dropping by to show I'm still alive; last weeks have been really rough with a lot of setbacks set against a rapidly encroaching deadline. Writing a scientific study alongside normal work under time pressure is just... well, not fun, and I tend to fall asleep during the evenings just trying to catch a breath from all the work. Still, I hope to be back soon.