The Journey of a Thousand Miles (Jade Regent AP)

Game Master Sensen

The thought of Losk courting Torra without her knowledge got a good chuckle out of me, I have to say. :D

And it would have to be without her knowledge since she's effectively a young adult. This is my headcanon now - Losk asked her parents first, got rejected, and now he's too embarrassed to admit it.

This is amusing, and I may support it. xD

But I forgot to let you know (I meant to write it in the previous post) that you have a week and a half of supplies left, assuming you don't hunt for more.

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Blizzard: A combination of severe or stronger winds with heavy snow can create blizzard conditions. Blizzards reduce range of vision to no more than 20 feet, and even then, creatures takes a –8 penalty on Perception checks within that range. In a blizzard, the snowfall increases to 4 inches of snow each hour, and travel in more than 3 feet of snow is usually impossible without snowshoes or an ability such as waterwalk. Furthermore, the high winds make it feel (and affect living creatures) as if the temperature were 20° F colder.

Just the weather rules for the blizzard. I'm sure it won't come to anything.

Ohm, I fear we might get stranded at any moment and without food for everyone in the caravan!

Heads up that I'll be on holiday from Friday until Monday and won't be able to post.

Sorry I wasn't able to get a post in today - I think I'm coming off the tail end of some sort of ailment or another. I should be back in gear tomorrow, I hope.

No problem, get well soon gm!

Thanks. Feeling better today, so I should get a post together soon!

Ah, I forgot to specify in my previous post, but Andy used an extract of focused scrutiny before talking to Ameiko. Just in case he has to make some sort of social check to discuss Sandru's information. It'd give him a +10 bonus to sense motive and a +5 bonus to diplomacy as it helps him read her better.

Well, this is awkward. It seems the timing of our posts crossed. Does Andy still fail if he would have had the +5 from his Focused scrutiny extract?

Oh, oops. Uh... let me double check. Unfortunately, it seems like the additional +5 wouldn't have changed things - the DC was 25. It's... a very sensitive subject for her.

Probably doesn't make much of a difference here but as stated in the Previous post, Andy's perception is +20 at baseline, not 15. The score doesn't seem to include his Eyes of the Eagle. Adding the missing +5 he should see all hidden enemies.

Whoops. Yeah, it's just another wikkawak - nothing super-important.

I'll adjust the note I've got with your Perception.

Going to let everyone have more chance to post things.

Sorry, ill get a post up later tonight. My day got a bit derailed when i was asked to take a leadership position at work. Fun, but a lot of unexpected negotiations and such.

I posted, if anyone really wants Andy to not try intimidating them into backing off, I can still change the post. As it does do a different take than Yuto's diplomacy.

Added note: I forgot my currently active Heroism, which would add +2 more to intimidate for a 26.

It is fine!

Actually, I was thinking we could also just offer ourselves to bring the small cache of food. Then we can engage with them making sure they don't have time to throw boulders to the caravan.

I thought about offering to help them hunt, as well.

Also, Andy can be very scary! Hope they back down, it does feel icky to attack creatures asking for food (even if they do so in bad faith).

Oof! So sorry! It's been a wicked rough couple of weeks for all sorts of surprising reasons. I'll be in the clear to get a gameplay post in on Saturday.

My sympathies, Atsuko. And noted, Andochtuir.

Everything okay, folks?

Yeah, just ruminating who of the up to seven to choose, and what to say about it.

Where did this week go?!

I think Torra will be mostly hunting and foraging, probably with Shalelu. Has been pestering Lone-Pillar for long enough, time to give the poor guy a break. Absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that.

Heads up that I will be on holiday from this Friday until September 1st. I'll try to post during this time, but frequency will be lower.

Understood. Thanks for letting us know, Torra.

Just a post to say I am around, but I do not feel to have anything meaningful to add to the current scene :)

I'm feeling a bit off today. I may not be able to post today or for the next few days. Sorry, but it's just something off.

I hope you get better soon.

Yep, take care GM!

Okay, I'm back. Posts forthcoming shortly.

I hope you are feeling better?

I am indeed! I'm able to actually think now, which is a plus.

Apologies for not posting, I could not log into the Paizo site on either my tablet or my phone, even after clearing the cache. I'm back home now and will post asap once I catch up.

Welcome back!

Sorry, I made a post before realizing it wasn't my turn, thus I deleted it.

Understandable. These things happen. xD

Adjusted my notes for your health, Ritti. I'll give Atsuko a bit to post before botting her.

@Gm What I do here partially depends on the currently active buffs on Yuto and myself. Did Andochtuir have a chance to use his mutagen and the Barkskin extracts on himself and Yuto as he was planning to when they got off the path/near the voice site, described in is previous post? Are those spells active? I;m not sure how long we've been trying to forage before this ambush takes place.

Oh, oops. I totally forgot to update my notes with that. You can have your mutagen and barkskin, yeah. They are indeed active. But it's been... not too long since you left the path. A few minutes, I'd say.

Ok, cool. And we notice the axe striking Yuto from the cloud? As in that it is not invisible?

The axe is not invisible, though it is hard to see for anyone who isn't him. (It's got concealment thanks to obscuring mist.)

That is a really cool use of a thunderstone, Ritti. Very creative!

I'm going to PM Atsuko's player and bot her now/soon.

That is a really cool use of a thunderstone, Ritti. Very creative!

I'm just kicking myself for not loading up on alchemist's fire!

Oh, right, I was going to complement you on that as well. I loved it! Shame the dice screwed it up... Lot of that going around in my games recently. Dicebots loving me when I roll for enemies, and being kind of a bastard for my players (as evidenced by the post.)

Wow, ouch!

One question, is there something in the giant's abilities that allows him to end an overrun in an opponant's square? As that is usually not possible per the squeezing rules. He would need the movement speed to completely move through Andy's squares if not, and If he can't, i'm not sure he could perform that maneuver this way. If he needs to charge to get the required movement speed to move through Andy, he probably can't attack Ameiko afterwards as that would take his entire turn. It would also lower his Ac by 2 Fwiw.

Also, this might be random, but I might need someone to help make a knowledge local check vs this thing to see if it typically has combat reflexes, OR Yuto would have to move in front of Andy this turn... as Andy's treat deadly wounds provokes, and one more attack from the giant is likely to kill him.

So it is pretty critical to know exactly where Andy and the giant end up, if he can feasibly get behind Yuto, and if a knowledge check can determine whether it has combat reflexes.

For me the rules do not have much sense in this case. Technically the giant can move through Andochtuir and strike Ameiko, as he passed the overrun check. Overrun does not say anything though about remaining on the overran creature, hence, general ruling that if you end your movement on an invalid square, you are pushed back and fall prone should apply.

But with Andochtuir being smaller, having fallen prone and all, it makes more sense he is just pushed 5 feet away by the heavier body. There are even other maneuvers that let you move people and all, so it sounds fair to me other than benefiting from the Improved Overrun feat.

I noticed I spoilered my last attack as a Readied action, but Yuto cannot do that after attacking. I meant it to read "Attack of Opportunity".

You have an excellent point there, Andochtuir - I forgot that he couldn't stop in a square occupied by a creature that's only one size category smaller than him - I think you need to be two or three?

That said, I agree with Yuto - it does seem weird that he'd fall back since he's currently outmassing Andochtuir significantly.

So, I'll say for this case we move Andochtuir so he's next to Yuto (but still prone). I'd say... hm. I'll allow a Knowledge (local) roll at DC 25 to determine whether frost giants usually have Combat Reflexes, sure. I think he could probably get behind Yuto, though. It might threaten an AoO if the giant has more than one, but if he doesn't, Andochtuir would be perfectly safe.

Well, you know. For the round. For the record, the giant has all three of the feats I mentioned in the post - Improved Overrun, Charge Through, and Greater Overrun.