The Journey of a Thousand Miles (Jade Regent AP)

Game Master Sensen

Yep, in PF2 terms, it counts as an "imprecise sense" :)

The monsters ability entry in PF1 states this

The creature is sensitive to vibrations in the ground and can automatically pinpoint the location of anything that is in contact with the ground. Aquatic creatures with tremorsense can also sense the location of creatures moving through water. The ability’s range is specified in the creature’s descriptive text.

For what pinpointing is and how it works, the invisibility entry in the Glossary specifies how this works.

A creature can generally notice the presence of an active invisible creature within 30 feet with a DC 20 Perception check. The observer gains a hunch that "something's there" but can't see it or target it accurately with an attack. It's practically impossible (+20 DC) to pinpoint an invisible creature's location with a Perception check. Even once a character has pinpointed the square that contains an invisible creature, the creature still benefits from total concealment (50% miss chance). There are a number of modifiers that can be applied to this DC if the invisible creature is moving or engaged in a noisy activity.

Ah! Now we don't have Riftun I probably should have picked Blind Fighting for a feat...

Sounds good, then! Will definitely use that in the future.

Folks, I'm going to be traveling tomorrow through Tuesday. I will try to keep posting but it may not work out. Bot me as needed. Cheers!

Ping! I think Torra might have missed she is up.

Andochtuir is still on holidays, isn't it?

I can bot folks who haven't posted when I post later today.

Actually we are all now ready to go, unless one of us took an action which is not possible :)

I think at this point Ritti and Atsuko need to be synchronized with the rest of the party before they can do anything else.

You guys do some really top-notch RP writing.

I'm going on a short trip and will be back on Sunday. Will try to post in the meantime, but do bot me if I'm holding things up.

Thanks for letting us know, Torra.

Sorry for not posting yesterday. I was just exhausted from all the rigors of real life.

Big hugs Aganhei! Sometimes the worst is mental worries that eat all energy to be creative.

I'm looking at a potential new job is the big thing, which is, uh, stressful. But I should be able to resume my normal functions throughout the week, at least!

Good luck (on the job)!

Hey guys,

If I'm posting too much or in too much detail (from either a player or DM perspective) please let me know. I can dial it back as needed. As the scout, I like to jump on DM posts so I don't become a bottleneck to the team's fun or the storyline.

Your feedback is appreciated and I don't take any criticisms personally.

I can only say it is great so far. Your posts have had nice narrative details and also are pushing the group forward. So keep that going :)

I'll give Andochtuir and Torra a few more hours to post before moving you onwards.

I'll try to get a post up botting Andochtuir later today, so we can move on.

Given their meagre attack bonuses, I'm really not sure why these executioner's hoods count as a CR 6 encounter. Sometimes the math is weird.

Why's that a +5, Yuto? Your sheet says you've got a +3 on Knowledge (dungeoneering).

My bad, I think I was typing in my phone while coming back home and was too lazy to double check. Anyway, Atsuko had already passed the check before me, so fortunately it really changed nothing about the combat.

Sorry anyway, I will try to put more attention.

No worries! I was just checking since Knowledge checks are the weird ones (Untrained acceptable until DC10).

I'm sorry for lagging behind this last week, i"ll try and catch up tonight.

Wow! That is an incredibly powerful weapon! I do not remember ever having such a thing with any character.

Being a katana this comes great for Yuto, but let's talk if anyone else is interested.

About the stats in imgur, all this see invis, air walk, etc. is this something we can already use or it is supposed to be revealed by the sword later?

There are other things that it will reveal later, actually. This is its default setup!

Alright, guys, how do we want to handle this?

I'm not sure I can pick this lock (on the left) without the trolls getting suspicious. And I'm not sure leaving trolls alive at our back would be the greatest choice. I'm happy to try if you guys want to try to stealth our way past these guys.

Otherwise, it seems like we should try to blitz-attack these guys by surprise.

I agree that we should not leave them to threaten our back.

Could we split them up by withdrawing the plank to our side? I'd rather not leave them to our rear, but one at a time sounds nicer.

EDIT: And then I looked at the map. Seems they're both on one side already so never mind.

Hit them by surprise with a Grease spell to hopefully get them off their feet? Atsuko has oil and tinder twigs...

Well Yuto has the Flaming Katana of DOOM which should help make short work of their regeneration. :)

Why it's almost like the guy who wrote the module figured we'd need a flaming weapon at this point... :P

Sadly, I'd be most effective if I could get behind these guys to flank them... but if they focused on my thin-skinned character, I'm going to be toast - real quick. That said, I may have to try at some point.

Seems like the consensus is likely to be 'attack' so I'll go with a little prep action for Ritti.

There's also a furnace right nearby. Just shoving their head in it after they're unconscious would work. This is, presumably, why they're hanging in the coal furnace room from a design perspective.

Oh, yeah, let's give them the Hansel and Gretel treatment. LOL

Atsuko reclaims her seax and shield from whoever is holding it. Torra? Nobody ever said anything.

Yuto did not remove any weapon or shield from Atsuko, so I guess it is hanging from her back or hidden elsewhere within her clothes where it was no obvious menace.

Also, I am worried we have not heard anything from Andochtuir in a couple of weeks.

I'll reach out to him, see if I can see what's up.

I am sorry, I was very busy dealing with an increased workload at work and lingering items regarding with finishing my medical specialization. My posting rate across the boards suffered greatly. After pulling an all-nighter yesterday most of it is done and I hope to be able to continue posting regularly.

From what I read catching up, great RP!

Great to see you back, Andy! Also, best of luck with your work!

For reference, the "cell" in question's a monk's cell - as in, their residence/rooms - not the sort of cell that you'd put prisoners in.

Thanks!

I wasn't sure if I had to spend a standard action to use the katana's spells, but the rules on intelligent weapons say:

Activating a power or concentrating on an active one is a standard action the item takes.

So, I am assuming is the item taking the action.

Hm. That's... a good question. I think you should spend a free action asking it to do the thing, at least, but it does seem like it's something that the item does.

Wanted to state just in case, Andy's perception in the macro seems to be too low. It should be 6 ranks, 3 class skill, 2 wisdom, 2 keen senses and 2 alertness (from the famuliar), = +15. He also still has see invisibility in case it matters.

The perception bit is likely partly my fault, I thought the familiar loses the alertness feat when taking the sage archetype. But it does noet seem to do so.

Oh, shoot, that's right. I forgot about the Alertness.

What a feeling... Ninjas dancing on the ceiling.

Or bats at the goth club...

Clearly the bats took Goth Dance Lessons.

Wanted to add, im on the phone now but my understanding of reach weapon + enlarge is that you can melee up to 25 ft from the ground floor. If that is correct, Andy would threaten the Ninja if she makes a ranged attack or otherwise provokes. He would also move closwr to be more underneath her if a 20 ft movement speed would help with that for threatening purposes.

Also, on the subject of inspire courage and deaf, i think perform is a skill that can be used untrained, so atsuko could use, in theory, perform: dance to get around Andy not getting a bonus from being deaf? Though that depends on what Atsuko wants to do, of course.

Also, on the subject of inspire courage and deaf, i think perform is a skill that can be used untrained, so atsuko could use, in theory, perform: dance to get around Andy not getting a bonus from being deaf? Though that depends on what Atsuko wants to do, of course.

I thought that myself. She specified to give some "inspiring words" but if we make her notice, she might change to some other performance type. I tell from memory, but I think to remember when using visual means, you were limited to 30' range.

Yeah, I'd allow Atsuko to do something inspiring that's visual, though she'd have to be in eyeshot, so to speak.

I believe that Andochtuir is threatening the ninja lady from where he is, with a reach weapon.

She pumps her fist as well? :-P

And offers a crisp high-five, that's what gives the bonus vs fear. :)