GM Doug's Troubles in Otari (Inactive)

Game Master Doug Hahn

Oh and in case you haven't figured it out, we're back from getting our first jab!

Hmm

Awesome, congrats!

I forgot; does anyone here have any insect phobia or issues?

Having played with all of you I think the answer is "no" and will proceed, but please PM me if you need this kind of content moderated (or anything else).

Don't forget I have Lay on Hands and can use it and refocus while Baux is attempting his next check.

Oh, yeah! I have a Blessed one too (my Kalistocrat uses reach lay on hands). Such a strong archetype.

Definitely saves you time; we can say it's an hour before midday!

GM --

Does wild empathy work on vermin?

Giant centipedes are Animals, not vermin (I don't think there is a vermin type in 2e). I think Wild Empathy would work if you want to try that.

GM did Dethor notice anything about the hazard? (I assumed these were secret rolls)

Dethor was by the nets by my track; 35' away (too far for Search/Trapfinder). You had not really resolved as a group what to do/not do about the centipedes yet. People seem to be going off on their own directions.

If you want to move together more cohesively (probably a good idea), that's great! It's just not the vibe I'm getting from the group right now.

I am also moving us along pretty quickly, so I can slow my roll a bit too.

For the moment, I have assumed you all went to help Biltri and gone over to the outbuilding together. So for the moment, let's have you be grouped/ re-grouped near this rat-room and not move on till you resolve the scene. That may be a good policy going forward.

I appreciate that, since I think I just started initiative...

Hero point to Biltri for falling down my trap when he probably he intended to move with the group!. May the reroll make up for the 3 HP I stole from you!

Hero point to Biltri for falling down my trap when he probably he intended to move with the group!. May the reroll make up for the 3 HP I stole from you!

LOL!

As number of monster animals appears to be increasing, I was going to have Biltri start to push the group to focus better. But I took a gamble on the Outbuilding that didn't pay off. All's fair that's fair!

That looks like they might all be dead, so I'll wait until the current attacks are resolved.

I think that Carrot's last attack should have gotten a +2 damage from his strength. I'll adjust my bot me spoilers.

It's the same net result, so all good!

BTW, I am also OK if the party wants to narrate a non-combat solution to the remaining rats. It may not be super exciting to spend two days fighting giant rats, and Lucius earned a solution by blocking their entrance.

However i also respect the desire to roll some dice!

I would be happy to narrate a non-combat solution, but if Biltri needs to kill a rat then we better let him.

I'm fine with that too, but I also don't want to spoil someone's fun.

When I blocked the hole I was thinking I was cutting off the rats' escape. I was not expecting more rats to come in.

I mean, why try to come in now, rats? You've had who knows how long to explore this room and find all the food, and you want come in now? While people are fighting and killing off all of the other rats already in the room? It makes no sense.

Nasty temper on the rats. They are probably all calling out "You killed Kenny!"

We have someone who wants to fight them, it will not take that long.

I mean, why try to come in now, rats? You've had who knows how long to explore this room and find all the food, and you want come in now? While people are fighting and killing off all of the other rats already in the room? It makes no sense.

There may be more food in the other room too; maybe they have a timeshare. (But yeah, the scenario makes these rats seem a little bloodthirsty).

I don’t have to kill more rats now. Besides, I clearly can’t hit them. ;)

If you'll allow me, I can try to diplomacize the remaining rats. This has not worked yet, but I'd be happy to try!

Sure, go for it! It will save Biltri the frustration of missing again anyway :)

Now that we are gaining treasure, I have reset the spreadsheet and you can add/track loot here: Loot Sheet.

It is linked at the top too.

If there is another way you prefer to track stuff, just let me know.

I assume there is something that just lets us know if someone currently is diseased. Guess it is a Recall Knowledge with Medicine? [/ooc]

Medicine +7

Sounds reasonable to me; likely the DC of the effect.

Edit: no reason at all, but do you want to use hero points if you crit fail secret checks that you know you're making, or not?

In general, yes.

For this specific case, no. Could give some amusing results if I crit fail without impacting the actual plot or our ability to proceed with it.

Bauxite feels Dethor's temple; it seems extra warm. He thinks Dethor is diseased!

I am amused. >;)

I'm going to assume you meant to type "shuttered." :)

Yep — thanks!

Oh, did you see this? I'm in the Paizo Blog!

I was gonna say congrats! I felt sad Kate Baker is missing, but that probably just means Paizo works with too many women to feature in one single blog post (that is definitely a good thing!)

Awesome! Congrats!

Diplomacy is not possible... because someone got there first.
Diplomacy is not possible... we do not negotiate with food.

Class today. You can refocus and I will move us in in a few hours.

"Snirp." Carrots looks down at his own non-feathered dinosaur tail, sadly.

Actually dromaeosaurids are feathered dinosaurs.

Yes, Jurassic Park got almost everything wrong.

Carrot-o-saurus wrote:

"Snirp." Carrots looks down at his own non-feathered dinosaur tail, sadly.

Actually dromaeosaurids are feathered dinosaurs.

Yes, Jurassic Park got almost everything wrong.

It is more accurate with the dinosaurs than the computers from what I recall... :)

If you are very nice to her and take an appropriate feat or archetype, Ollie could become someone's familiar.

I would need a way to get a familiar first...easy with a gnome or certain classes. Now so easy with other options.

Actually dromaeosaurids are feathered dinosaurs.

Thanks for the catch!

If someone else would like Ollie as a familiar, that is fine. Otherwise I would love to retrain my order explorer feat for familiar master. I took it because there were very few druid options at second level.

Retraining is fine after we finish part 1!

Dethor Ironfist wrote:

Carrot-o-saurus wrote:

"Snirp." Carrots looks down at his own non-feathered dinosaur tail, sadly.

Actually dromaeosaurids are feathered dinosaurs.

Yes, Jurassic Park got almost everything wrong.

It is more accurate with the dinosaurs than the computers from what I recall... :)

I did say almost everything!!

Lucius speak dwarven? If he does, then anything Biltri says not meant to include others is in dwarven. :)

Oh, thanks for the reminder. I had too much decision fatigue at the time. But the Doug Hs have conferred, and I've updated my sheet!

It's good you speak a proper language. ;)

Perhaps you need to convince Finley to talk somehow...

I started off with Diplomacy and a riddle, then I asked them if they needed help... I guess it is time to try other weirder stratagems.

Finley manifests when you open the door, so it was confusing to me how you could use diplomacy before even seeing/interacting with them.

But you can do that now, if you would have done so when you saw Finley. And we can count the roll if that is what you would still do!

I didn't realize Finley hadn't manifested yet. I thought I was calling out to someone who was there, but that I could not see. But yes, I would have started with diplomacy and the riddle, and now I added survival to get them talking about fishing.

...and we posted at about the same time. Baux would wait his turn.

At least one person ready my faux pas before I fixed it. I blame HMM!

Well... you already knew Dethor was an opportunist, Biltri :P

I think you've confused your B-named dwarfs. :)

I think you've confused your B-named dwarfs. :)

Quite probably.