tt's The Elsebo Way

Game Master therealthom

Zephyr now has a fly speed! He sank most of his credits into the powered armor that he *pilots* during combat situations.

All right. I've been looking through scenarios, trying to figure out an appropriate order for the extra ones. We shall definitely start with 1-23 Return to Sender with Zephyr and Harlan and their new teammates.

After that we'll jump to the new team, starting at 3rd level. Not 100% sure which scenario.

Sounds like a plan. I'll look to update to 8th level in the next day.

Don't feel you need to hurry. I'm taking the long weekend off with my wife. Probably out of touch from Thurs night to Tuesday sometime.

I'm going to be traveling soon so I figured now is as good at time as any. In any case, Harlan is all leveled up. I managed to finagle a fly speed as well as some other fun tricks.

One item to highlight:
- His new mageplate armor grants a +2 bonus to his ACs and Saves for 1 round each time he casts a spell. I've added a reminder for this to his stat line.

I hadn't realised there'd been more posts here! I'd been refreshing every day ro check and kept seeing Janosian's reply as the final one on the page, and was thinking there'd not been anything new - not realising we'd ticked over to a new page!

I have mostly finished getting my pc ready (just need to finish updating items and feats/abilities/botting in his alias profile).

Locket, Soldier (Qi Adept Ascetic Warrior)

I'd played him to level 4 in previous adventures, so will be very interested to see how a 4 level jump plays out.

He will also have the ability to choose a limited form of flight (must be on stable surface by end of turn or falls).

Here's Locket. I'll also dot in Gameplay so as not to miss new posts :)

All right. I've been looking through scenarios, trying to figure out an appropriate order for the extra ones. We shall definitely start with 1-23 Return to Sender with Zephyr and Harlan and their new teammates.

After that we'll jump to the new team, starting at 3rd level. Not 100% sure which scenario.

Sounds good, Thom. Enjoy the time away!

I haven't forgotten about y'all... we're almost at the end of 8-week classes, and I've been catching up on all kinds of stuff.

I'll have time to finish building my character in the next few days.

@Thom -- When do you want to fire up the game?

Sometime middle of next week?

Works for me. Thank you!

Just a heads up, I'm traveling for a couple days with my wife. Can probably resume posting Tuesday night.

Your new envoy, Faelyn "Nym" Arbane Safir, is ready to roll.

I still need to touch up his character sheet a bit, but included a link to the full sheet on Hephaistos.

Back. May take a couple days to get the sheets ready, but we can ease into introductions in the game thread.

Welcome back, Thom!

No problem. Will ease into Gameplay.

I PMed you with a character question, if you don't mind taking a look when you have the chance.

Thanks in advance.

SuperS, Janosian, there's a post for you in the gameplay thread. I figured we could do some mild RP while getting stats set.

SuperS, I was just looking at Locket. When did he get the horizon striker? Is it a memento of a four-armed friend?

Janosian, I like the way you've emphasized the comedian theme in Nym's skill and feat choices.

SuperS, Janosian, there's a post for you in the gameplay thread. I figured we could do some mild RP while getting stats set.

Thanks Thom. Sorry about the delay - had a little stage fright with the first post of new campaign! Got it out of the way now...

When did he get the horizon striker? Is it a memento of a four-armed friend?

Shhh. No spoilers. You'll just have to wait and find out ;)

TheRealThom -- Thanks for the poke and the compliment!

I'll get a post up today. I spent the last few days wrapping up 8-week classes and getting through a one-day game convention our department co-sponsored on campus.

Sorry guys. RL has been pulling at me this week. Might be a couple more days before I can post.

Slides

Finally, got the slides for this game put together and have some idea of how this is supposed to go. SuperS, Janosian, can I ask you to drop an avatar on slide 1.

Everyone, please update slide 2. \\

Oh, and test the slides link. You should be able to edit, but Brother G can attest to my frequent troubles getting the links right.

I'll pull you guys together and we can start in earnest.

Done! :)

Slide link worked.

Yep, looks like it's editable. I've updated slide 2 for Harlan.

Done!

Guys, I'm sorry again. I had plans for you but got sick and hit some low energy.

Cranking up again, continuing the improv to bring you all together.

Welcome back.

No problem, Thom. I hope you're feeling better.

Welcome back!

Sorry... missed checking the game this week. I'll post something shortly.

And here we all are.

I'll get into a steady posting rhythm soon. Apologies about flipping in and out.

I could make the same apology. We all do our best.

Looking forward to our first fight together! It will be fun to see how we all work together.

Also excited to take some new gear and abilities for a test run.

Hey, all -- I'm back! I'm so sorry for disappearing. The last 10 days kicked my butt. Holiday stuff, my youngest had their first car accident (only car damage, plus it was the other person's fault; the perfect 'starter' accident!), unexpected flat tire right before three days of driving... yeah, I'm glad to have the week done.

I'll catch up as quick as I can.

Thanks for your patience -- and again, my apologies about disappearing for a week!!

Sounds rough! Welcome back.

Glad to have you back! Hopefully that's the end of the excitement for you for a little while.

LLong day driving for work yesterday. WIll post tonight. JInsul surpriser!

I'll be revealing my vintage with this, but my reference in Gameplay to "the two little orbs" on the map reminded me of The Three Amigos mail plane...

Steve, Marty, Chevy. Funny movie, but I don't remember the mail plane bit.

..."fine installation of abstract jinsul post-modernism"

Ha! Nice one.

As for the mail plane... my apologies, it is a little juvenile.

I'd forgotten Martin Short was ever that young.

No apologies needed. Just this morning my wife handed me a straight line about the size of my (computer's) RAM.

I'd forgotten that as well.

Ha! That's gold.

Gah! It seems my Gameplay post from a few days was eaten. Frustrating.

Le sigh. I'll try to make another shortly.

GM Thom - can I clarify the extent of Locket's debilitation from the gas?

Debilitating gas (–4 penalty to Dexterity and Strength based ability checks, skill checks, and Reflex saving throws for 1d4 hours).

So it is not a -4 to his dex and str ability scores, but to any ability and skill checks (and Reflex) that rely on them? ie. So AC dex bonus would not be affected?

Does this affect attack rolls and str bonuses to damage, etc?

Looks like AC, attack rolls, and strength damage bonus are unaffected. So only physical skills or checks and Ref saves will suck.

Thanks Thom!

Sorry about the delay, everyone. RL is a but hectic at the moment.

...and he's back.

Sorry about the disappearing act, folks. As I told my other group, a whole bunch of life stuff hit me in early December, and I just broke for a while. But I'm better and moving ahead.

Special thanks to the team for keeping Nym alive during my episode. I'll do my best to put his slightly snarky butt to work.

Welcome back!

Welcome back, Janosian. It's great to see you again!

Thank you both!! :)

GM - Did Faelyn's 23 reflex roll make the save?