GM_DBH's Shattered Star

Game Master DBH

Yeah! I use one in one of DBH's other games, where I can cast underwater with it.

Personally my preference would be for the handy haversack

At 2,000 gp, it's a very reasonable personal magic item for any spellcaster to have.

Yeah, i'll save for one myself eventually - though maybe the one Jessi posted is even better. In high level games I usually use mine to quickly draw the required defensive scroll that stops you/the group from dying. But if one exists that requires no actions to use... needing non-scroll items at high speed is more limited in use in my experience. Though by the time we get to high level, both 5 k and 2 k aren't much. Could easily get both then.

That is a cool scroll case. Never heard of that. But, I pretty much never use scrolls so that's probably why. :P

I'm back from vacation! Got to get caught up, it seems.

Out of time tonight. No update.

Sorry, still no time.

"I think he may find your meat a little too large to handle," Axton says

This got nothing?! Man, tough crowd.

Axton Vendian wrote:

"I think he may find your meat a little too large to handle," Axton says

This got nothing?! Man, tough crowd.

Played to the wrong crowd. There are some thirsty crews out there.

Axton Vendian wrote:

"I think he may find your meat a little too large to handle," Axton says

This got nothing?! Man, tough crowd.

Okay. I thought about responding to that a couple of days ago but didn't. But, you got your wish now, buddy. :)

Here, have one from me as well :)

Is there a reason the group is spread out 50 ft? I realize if we were a military unit, watching for automatic weapons fire or grenades, that would be the case. but hiking along?

Edit: Hey Axton, in most cases when we're fighting large monsters we would be better off to enlarge Bharak. Elathras archetype gives him certain class traits like "Bigger They Are" which benefit him fighting larger creatures. We'll just get a 'bigger bang for our buck' that way.

Hey Axton, in most cases when we're fighting large monsters we would be better off to enlarge Bharak. Elathras archetype gives him certain class traits like "Bigger They Are" which benefit him fighting larger creatures. We'll just get a 'bigger bang for our buck' that way.

Noted, but in this instance, it was funnier if cast on Elathras.

The straight man schtick from Axton is even funnier because his avatar looks like Freddy Mercury.

Ha!

Vacuuming in drag is important for powerful arcane reasons, I promise you.

The straight man schtick from Axton is even funnier because his avatar looks like Freddy Mercury.

I don't know Jesse, I don't think the Hair is right

I'm not sure I can shake that crossdressing Freddy Mercury image for the rest of the campaign :') It doesn't help that Axton is a caster and thus already wears a dress! ;)

I bet you guys didn't know Freddie was a hellknight...

Freddy, a hellknight? Is that a reference to a Queen song or such as I just cannot otherwise reconcile the two? :')

Oh gods now I'm also going to mentally picture future hellknights as crossdressing Freddy Mercuries, beneath all that armor...

Freddy, a hellknight? Is that a reference to a Queen song or such as I just cannot otherwise reconcile the two? :')

Oh gods now I'm also going to mentally picture future hellknights as crossdressing Freddy Mercuries, beneath all that armor...

Well, he wants to break free.

Freddy, a hellknight? Is that a reference to a Queen song or such as I just cannot otherwise reconcile the two? :')

Oh gods now I'm also going to mentally picture future hellknights as crossdressing Freddy Mercuries, beneath all that armor...

Nope, I'm just a huge fan of 'Queen' so I decided Freddie could be an honorary hellknight. Someone that Elathras could look up to :)

And I'd think the hellknights would be more Butch; leather, tanktops and porn mustaches, than crossdressers. But that's just me.

The straight man schtick from Axton is even funnier because his avatar looks like Freddy Mercury.

I know, right?! Freaking just like him. Lol!

It doesn't help that Axton is a caster and thus already wears a dress! ;)

Before too long he'll be dynamite with a laser beam.

It's freezing cold and raining. So naturally I have to go out for a family meal. Sorry no update.

Wait... 'you have no idea?' Does Elathras consider Elena a cheater of sorts? 'XD

Wait... 'you have no idea?' Does Elathras consider Elena a cheater of sorts? 'XD

LOL, no, it's that Elathras is willing to kill monsters any way possible. If he deems it something he as a 'Disciple of the Pike' should kill, it's on. No honor, no 'fair fight' nothing like that, he'll do whatever's necessary. Having said that, he probably has a narrower view of what those things might be than most hellknights. But a giant that wants to eat humans would fit in the category of 'kill with prejudice.'

Edit: Hey Axton, in most cases when we're fighting large monsters we would be better off to enlarge Bharak. Elathras archetype gives him certain class traits like "Bigger They Are" which benefit him fighting larger creatures. We'll just get a 'bigger bang for our buck' that way.

Also in the future Bharak would ask not to be enlarged.

Heard loud and clear, guys. I'll try to remember to retrain it or something the next chance we get. Maybe I'll wait until 8th level when I can replace it?

Dont get me wrong, against minions or a medium sized creatures I love enlarge and don't mind the math, it's just against creatures larger than him... where the benefits of his archetype kick in.

Yeah, I get it. I'd just rather have a spell that has more universal appeal, and it sounds like enlarge person is getting more and more situational. It's no big deal.

What about casting it on Umazura or Elena?

Elena tends to be dex based and would prefer reduce person. Though in between raging song and enlarge she could hit with str as well. Though Still not nearly as good as giving uma more str + reach probably :)

Yeah I was just envisioning Elena with a reach weapon and large. Does she have an ability that lets her hit @ 5ft while wielding the reach weapon?

Enlarge would be interesting. She'd be like She-Hulk. That'd be cool. :)

I seem to have made a mistake reading back the last GM post, I thought Elathras was struck but it was actually Bharak. I blame the bold green font vs the fade into the back blue ;) However, I don't have the time to redo the post at work... so can we pretend she called out to Bharak to fall back and heal instead?

@Elathras No, she doesn't. Elena's melee is very basic. It's just a reach weapon with access to power attack and that is it. Her toolkit is entirely summons + healing + support spells. Not to say that is bad enlarged, it hits for 2d6+9 at reach 15 ft, which is respectable even at level 5 I guess. I just have some trouble imagining the petite girl next door friendly cleric suddenly going hulk mode and smashing face :')

Quick question/observation about the map. Elathras is large with a reach weapon. As is the Giant. Elathras would not have moved within 5 ft due to swinging a weapon that is 15-20 ft long. Bharak would have moved to regular distance, possibly drawing an AOO. Would the Giant have been able to hit Bharak with the Gaff if the dwarf was at 5 ft? Or does the giant have some other weapon for closer range?

editThe Gaff is a strange weapon, I'm trying to wrap my brain around it. Is it a reach weapon and a double weapon at the same time? Or if he's using it as a double weapon is he holding it in he middle so it's a 'normal' weapon, like a staff? Just trying to picture it in my head.

Incredible healer?! What the HECK is that?! Oh man, that is FREAKING cool. I've never heard of that but man is IT handy.

Incredible healer is a feat, usually combined with healer's hands as another feat. How healer's hands works is that once per day per rank in knowledge planes, you can treat deadly wounds via the heal skill as a full round action. As it counts as days of rest it also removes ability damage, not drain. Normally it doesn't heal much but incredible healer raises the amount healed to the heal check result. Also, if you roll really high on the check it heals extra (25 heal means it heals your wis mod extra, 30 it heals your ranks in planes extra).

While it has the drawback of being a fullround action to use and thus requiring people to withdraw to you usually, it can make moments of glory for healers which they otherwise dont get. Which also makes it my favorite feats in the game as support player.
Essentially, for two feats you get a second pool of potent healing healing things which is absoluty worth it.

My most powerful healer ever was a life shaman/life oracle in a primal campaign where everyone was some sort of barbarian-type with lots of hp and low ac. She had the above along with the lifelink hex and the healer's hands oracle revelation. So she could heal two targets at once (herself usually) with invredible healer and lifelink extra damage to herself. She could fairly reliably heal 100+ hp of damage every turn at level 8 and up. It was glorious :)

Combine that with a specialized healer's satchel, which lets you do wild stuff like use long-term care to heal ability drain(!), substitute your Heal check for saves vs. poison and disease, and get a self-recharging healer's kit that regains its 10 uses every day.

My most powerful healer ever was a life shaman/life oracle in a primal campaign where everyone was some sort of barbarian-type with lots of hp and low ac. She had the above along with the lifelink hex and the healer's hands oracle revelation. So she could heal two targets at once (herself usually) with incredible healer and lifelink extra damage to herself. She could fairly reliably heal 100+ hp of damage every turn at level 8 and up. It was glorious :)

100+ hp's! That's insane! Oh man, why have I never heard of this? So freaking awesome.

Combine that with a specialized healer's satchel, which lets you do wild stuff like use long-term care to heal ability drain(!), substitute your Heal check for saves vs. poison and disease, and get a self-recharging healer's kit that regains its 10 uses every day.

What?! Ability drain?! That's even more insane. That's just crazy. I guess this is what I get for practically never playing healers. :P

@Elena. I was taking it as you healing Bharak.

@Elthras. Hasn't Bharak suffered enough already?

I've run out of time to update tonight.

Out of time to update tonight. You get to live a little longer. :)

No update tonight.

Sorry, got home late and have to head out again. No update tonight.

What are you doing now? Uggilo, his alligator and the two Troglodytes in front of you are now going to attack

So planning on talking a little and attacking, would prefer to attack the chief, but all the images are the same. Is Uggilo the red one?

Does Umazara, Elena, and/or Elathras want to try a Diplomacy roll? You can talk about how we came to help them against the conquering boggards, and how sacrificing us isn't going to work any better than any of the previous sacrifices they've tried. They need us as allies.

It's not going to cost us a surprise round, and even if it doesn't sway Uggilo or his lieutenants, it might sway the more hesitant rank and file, or at the least keep them from attacking us at Uggilo's command.

Axton doesn't speak Draconic, so he can't help.

Um, Elathras doesn't, as soon I I learn which one is the chief he's going to town. Once he kills the ones attacking them, he'll be happy to talk to the others. Elathras does speak Draconic and he will mention those kinds of things as he attacks.

I'll do one when i get home. Though it wont be to dissuade the leader, it will be to dossuade those doutbing his agressive leadership to join the fight. I think everyone is better off with this guy and his demon god gone.

Uggilo is the Red sorry.

Not feeling too well tonight. No update I'm afraid.

Are we in initiative...?

Still feeling like crap.

@Elena. Not in initiative yet. a round to respond to Uggilo's words then we go to initiative.