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<checks inventory and pulls out the Shard of Greed. With shifty eyes he puts it back in and rolls a 1 on a bluff check to not look sketchy while doing so>
I’m more than happy to see *anyone* take loot they can use, and do not want Bharak to end up too wealthy compared to his companions.
Honestly, I would like to keep one of the two undead bane weapons, either the Jet black longsword (Longsword +1 Undead bane) or the + 1 undead bane disruption club (bearing a permanent magic aura that masks its actual magic aura)
I like the idea of the long sword and I assume it is the less expensive of the two weapons.
Also, what does the shard of gluttony do, and who doesn't have a shard yet?
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If the Gluttony shard has similar stats to the online pathfinder reference document/website, searching the shard by name:
"Shard of Gluttony (Major Artifact)
Aura overwhelming necromancy; CL 25th; Slot none; Price —; Weight 1 lb.
DESCRIPTION
The Shard of Gluttony is made of pale inubrix. As long as the Shard of Gluttony is carried, its owner can use vampiric touch as a spell-like ability once per day, gains a +2 insight bonus on saves versus necromancy spells, and increases his maximum hit points by 1 point per Hit Die."
These are only the positive effects. Like all of them, there is a curse unless the correct Ioun stone is slotted into/with them, which I suspect Sheila Heidmarch will provide us with again. So we don't know what the full benefit is of the shard + Ioun stone combo. But the shard itself basically grants Toughness, a hard to come by saving throw bonus vs necromancy, which can be nice, and a niche life-drain touch attack once per day. I guess the shard is useful for most types of characters.
@ Bharak, Haha, I suppose that is rather in-character ;)
@Elathras Be my guest on the weapon if you think you'll use it. I have an undead bane rapier too so I can't really complain there. Lots of undead bane weapons in general in these books thusfar, this makes 3 or 4 in total I believe? Foreshadowing?
@GM what is the pricing on the special undead bane club...? I don't know how to price it with its continuous 'magic hiding effect' in addition to the normal +2 total enhancement bonus it has.
Thanks for going through the thread and updating the loot list, Elena!
As an Aside I am also unsure how to price the spellbooks if Axton doesn't need those now that he is an arcanist.
Spellbooks are priced by the spells they contain. Let's hold off on selling them for now. An arcanist can learn new spells from borrowed/captured spellbooks, but it costs money and time to do so. Let me work through what Axton can use, and then I'll sell the unused books and put the money back in the party fund.
@Elena.
Sheila Heidmarch sent you here with the Ioun stone already, slot it into the shard and start using it. :)
That club is strange? Undead bane & Disruption are two different things. The cost of which makes the Club 32300gp.
I'm ruling the magic hiding effect is a variant of the Glamered ability so that adds another 4000gp to the price. Making that simple club 36300gp in price.
It can't change its shape or appearance but doesn't show up as a magic weapon. As to why it's like this?
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As always they are such nice people.
Hey, have we been tracking who has used the rechargeable Tome of Clear Thought +2 anywhere? I remember Bharak got it first, I think someone else may have used it, but I don't remember anything after that. I may have future plans that could benefit from reading it.
It's two days until we can use it again, by my tracking. What do you need it for? +2 int is nice for everyone to have but if it's critical for your build I can pass rolling on it. The only ones still able to use it are you, me and (now) Vhane.
Well, when I asked, I was toying with the idea of switching from a sorcerer to an arcanist. :)
Last question, who is taking the Shard of gulttony?
I guess Vhane will if nobody else wants it.
What Ioun stone does it use? I guess it would depend on what kind of Ioun stone it uses. If it's one that is utterly useless for Vhane, then nevermind.
I'm sure someone else could probably make better use of it if that's the case. Would hate to have an item that's only "half good" when there's the potential of someone taking full advantage of both the shard and the stone.
It uses the pink rhomboid ioun stone, so +2 to con.
And for some unknown reason they decided to add side quests to the character descriptions at the back of the book?
This is for Augustille the Troll prophet.
SIDE QUEST
Augustille suspects that the PCs will be heading into the Undercity soon. Before the group leaves for the Therassic Spire, he takes them aside and asks them a favor-he's heard rumors of a river that winds through the Undercity that has properties similar to the River Styx.
If the PCs bring him a vial of this water, he'll trade them a magic fly for it. Augustille hopes that an alchemist friend can use the water to blunt or perhaps remove the horrific dreams he periodically suffers.
Reward: If the PCs deliver Augustille a vial of water from the River of Memory in area B14, they earn a figurine of wondrous power (ebony fly).
So you can add a Figurine of wonderous power (Ebony fly) to the loot. :)
Last question, who is taking the Shard of gulttony?I guess Vhane will if nobody else wants it.
That is why I asked who had a stone and what this one did. Elathras is still without, but I don't know what they do and which ones are remaining. Figuring one that would benefit a front liner would be good.
So are Vhane and Elathras the only two who don't have a shard?
I would suggest Elathras takes it. Vhane has a belt of Con +2.
As a late arrival character he also started with enough gold to equip himself quite well. Unlike characters starting at a lower level who have to take what they can stumble across, or save their gold until they can afford it. :)
Fine with me.
As a late arrival character he also started with enough gold to equip himself quite well. Unlike characters starting at a lower level who have to take what they can stumble across, or save their gold until they can afford it. :)
While that typically is true, Vhane's equipment totals just above 32,000 gold. I'd gather I'm probably not equipped as well as the others at this point.
Except for maybe Axton but I'm not real sure. Arcane types typically don't blow up with costs due to not having to worry about armor and weapons for the most part.
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At this point we should have 4 shards I believe.
Elena has insight.
"The Shard of Pride is made of coppery horacalcum. As long as the Shard of Pride is carried, its owner can use major image> as a spell-like ability once per day, gains a +2 insight bonus on saves versus illusion spells, and gains a +2 insight bonus on all skill checks."
Her corresponding Ioun stone grants +2 Int.
Someone (Axton?) has the shard of Lust:
"The Shard of Lust is made of a deep red djezet alloy. As long as the Shard of Lust is carried, its owner can use suggestion as a spell-like ability once per day, gains a +2 insight bonus on saves versus enchantment spells, and gains a +4 insight bonus on Initiative checks."
I'm not sure what his Ioun stone did; +2 cha?
Bharak has the shard of greed:
"The Shard of Greed is made of black adamantine. As long as the Shard of Greed is carried, its owner can use haste as a spell-like ability once per day, gains a +2 insight bonus on saves versus transmutation spells, and gains a +1 insight bonus on attack rolls."
And his Ioun stone grants +2 Str.
And now Gluttony is unclaimed:
"The Shard of Gluttony is made of pale inubrix. As long as the Shard of Gluttony is carried, its owner can use vampiric touch as a spell-like ability once per day, gains a +2 insight bonus on saves versus necromancy spells, and increases his maximum hit points by 1 point per Hit Die."
And The ioun stone grants +2 con.
It seems likely, following this pattern, that the last Ioun stones corresponding to the two Shards before the Ioun stone grant +2 dex and wis respectively and that the shardshave a passive ability that correlates to them.
On this new stone, I agree with the GM in that if Elathras, as a tank, does not have a con bonus yet, it would probably best serve us if he got both +2 con and 'toughness' from this new shard over a ranged damage dealer. Though I understand the feeling of now wanting to get 'outgunned' for Javell's gunslinger.
@Axton Okay, since you transitioned to Arcanist I'll pass on the int tome to you when it becomes available in a couple of days. I think it was down to a cooldown of 3 days or so. It was at six days at Berkanin's mansion I believe. I think that would leave only Elena and Vhane not having used it yet, if he passes it too.
@ Everyone With the updated price of the club (thanks GM) and the quest rewards, assuming we sell the poison, we have (7000 + 28000 + potentially 10000 (if we sell the figurine))/2 +8000 (gold reward)/5 = 5,3 k gold each extra to spend which would make the total around 22,19 k Each.
I can start crafting woundrous items again after finishing my +4 wis headband if someone wants to request something. As vhane is right in that his gear level is a bit light he should probably have priority in requesting something. Though I would like to see him convince Elena to do that after all his grouching XD
Axton doesn't have a Shard either.
Umazara had/shas the Shard of Lust. I thought that we had talked about finding an in-game reason for the Shard to switch from her to Vhane, but I guess the conversation never went anywhere. I don't think Vhane would really benefit from its abilities, so that's fine.
The Shard of Lust requires a pink and green sphere ioun stone, which gives a +2 to Charisma.
Since the Sihedron has seven Shards, and it's unlikely that this group will ever have seven PCs, it seems reasonable that Sheila Heidmarch or someone would hold onto the extra Shards until we need all of them. I suggest we assume that Umazara arranged for the Shard to get to Heidmarch.
Agreed that the Shard of Gluttony should go to Elathras. Any combatant who gets inside his polearm's reach is then threatened by his vampiric touch SLA. :)
@Axton Okay, since you transitioned to Arcanist I'll pass on the int tome to you when it becomes available in a couple of days.
Thanks!
Also, can Elena cast remove curse on Axton when next she prays for spells? He was the only one hit with the curse of living death.
Also also, can Elena cast restoration on Axton? He's still down 5 strength from broken Thassilonian librarian blob.
Finally, Axton has a Headband of alluring charisma +4. Obviously, that needs to be switched out for something that boots intelligence. I'm going to use selling the old headband to fund the new headband. I would love for Elena to craft it if she can, but if there's a higher priority, I'm fine with buying one for full price.
Today did a number on Axton.
Yes, when you mentioned that the caulborn were blocking the party's exit, I was surprised when I looked at the map and only saw three targets.
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Ok, I will add the shard to Elathras page.
Is there any reason we can't just handwave the headband of charisma to a headband of intelligence?
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@Axton Sure, Elena would definitely help you get back to health. If anyone ever needs such services during downtime, you can assume she helps her fellow Pathfinders to the best of her magical abilities.
Regarding the shard of Lust, it also grants +4 initative... so even if the charisma or charm abilities aren't useful, it's still effectively a better improved initiative. I think we can handwave Umazura handing it off to one of the other party members? Or otherwise perhaps she just left it with Sheila and one of us without a shard can pick it up on the way.
Great point. And with 2 players who want a shared, handing her one over works perfectly.
Yes, someone in the party has the shard of lust. It was definitely passed on to you when Umazura had to leave.
Sorry, I went to update but the board was undergoing maintenance. No update today as I'm out of time.