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I'll be playing online games at GenCon this weekend, Thursday night through Sunday so my posting may be a bit sporadic.

Looks like Onna edited her post - I shall have to consult the great tome of GM-ing. ie, will update Gameplay tomorrow :)

Yeah, there are times I read what I posted and realize I could have done better or that I missed something up thread.

I'm an English teacher, so I have this need to revise.

I hope the Great Tome was not too heavy or burdensome.

And I'm glad Kenta didn't blow up. Or anyone else for that matter.

Oh I just wanted to check if it was one of those spells that register as a magical trap (it wasn't), couldn't recall off the top of my head. No problem :)

I had a good think about what should happen to a limb-climber if he got stunned. I think sliding off the old man is fair.

I wouldn't say you'd fall off a wall if you were climbing and got stunned, unless it was a wall that was changing all the time such that you needed to keep moving your hands and feet (or other appendages). But it didn't seem right to be able to keep holding on to a moving person.

This is another instance where there isn't enough detail in the limb-climber rules text.

I guess the question I have is that if Phidöe is sharing a space with the caster, would that caster also have to make a save against the spell as the AoE emanates from that square?

Might be nice to have an agreed ruling as I doubt this will be the last time it comes up.

Theoretically yes (include caster in AoE). Practically no - the cone effect emanates from the caster's hand. I would judge it case by case though. Cone effects I'm very comfortable excluding the caster, other types of AoE possibly not.

Pathfinder is a bad ruleset for 3 dimensional battle.

I am going out of town for a couple of days for work. I will try to keep up.

Phidöe, 12/17/7 looks right for your saves based on your classes and stats + divine grace. I don't see a Cloak of Resistance on your sheet anywhere. A 19 saves against the Colour Spray though.

I think we decided previously that if you are limb-climbing and the creature you are climbing moves, then you move with it - when I said you'd fall off that was only if you were stunned.

ETA: did you choose a deity yet, Phidöe?

Phidöe, 12/17/7 looks right for your saves based on your classes and stats + divine grace. I don't see a Cloak of Resistance on your sheet anywhere. A 19 saves against the Colour Spray though.

I think we decided previously that if you are limb-climbing and the creature you are climbing moves, then you move with it - when I said you'd fall off that was only if you were stunned.

ETA: did you choose a deity yet, Phidöe?

Ah, I see what the issue is. I did indeed purchase a Cloak of Resistance +1 for Phidöe. I use Hero Lab for my characters and apparently I forgot to copy the data from there into the PbP character sheet. That's also why you didn't see the two scrolls of Versatile Weapon. Sorry about that. Updating it now.

And yes, you are right, we had previously decided what happens when he is climbing and his foe moves - I just forgot.

I also forgot to choose a deity - which is sort of terrible considering that he is a paladin (among other things) - real life has been pretty full lately - I'll try to figure it out asap.

Lady Taramyth is always accepting supplicants!

Lady Taramyth is always accepting supplicants!

That's a very good suggestion - I like it! Any idea what her alignment is? I don't see any indication though I presume it's good of some kind. I can't remember if paladins require LG deities, or just xG ones...

PF1 Paladin requirements are "LG or one step from," so LG, NG, or LN. Lady Taramyth is Kenta's patron-- NG!

I like it - especially the notion that the "dog" paladin could be at risk of being unmasked due to his devotion to the fox goddess!

Kenta is happy to share.

Ok, Lady Taramyth it is! Thanks for the help, friends. :-)

Just curious how +2 vs Charm from Inspire Courage would work on an enchantment spell like Daze Monster. Would it have applied?

Charm is a specific sub-school of Enchantment so Inspire Courage would not apply to Daze Monster because that spell lacks the Charm descriptor (cf. Charm Person, Enthrall, Litany of Madness)

I am currently without Discord - the app auto-updated on my mac when I restarted it and now isn't compatible with my OS!

I will update the OS, probably tomorrow. Hopefully the old mac will cope.

I could try Discord in the browser I suppose, but all the browsers are complaining about the OS being unsupported too.

Just double checking that the orderly hit me with an 11. AC 17, minus 3 for Dex, minus 2 for Stunned is 12. Am I missing anything else? Asking for a friend.

I could've sworn your tagline said Flatfooted AC was 12 Onna? Did I read someone else's?

^ I may have simply double-counted the +2 against a Stunned target, but in any event the inmate missed - just!

I'll update Onna's hp in the tracker when I do the next combat post.

believe the movement (even a Withdraw action) provokes an AoO from Phidöe due to Underfoot Assault.

Tricky to adjudicate when you're limb climbing.

Underfoot Assault says "if the foe attempts to move to a position where the mouser is no longer in its space, the movement provokes an attack of opportunity from the mouser" - I think this means that the foe has to actually leave the mouser's square to provoke. So if Phidöe decides to let someone leave, he gets an AoO, but if he remains limb climbing then the foe doesn't leave his space therefore no AoO.

Sounds good - in that case I'll opt to stay aboard, which I think will mean that I can do a full flurry of blows (since the foe has provided all the actual movement).

I figure we are still in rounds, so I posted my action of pulling out more sponges and giving one to Tosh. I don't think that allows for a swift action to jump off the side.

So, just a question / thought. We have identified the gagged man as Arlend Hyve. Having been able to study him, should Onna take on his appearance? It might buy us some advantage down the line.

Thoughts?

I like the idea. The rest of us could pretend to be your "prisoners."

I'm taking my kid to the beach for a few days. Likely won't be able to post again until Thursday. Please bot me as needed. Thanks.

reposting note from Discord:

The wet walkways require a balance check unless you move at half speed or less; faster than that is DC5 Acrobatics to avoid falling prone, and if you fail by 5 or more you slip off into the muck / pits below.

Back from vacation and catching up now.

He sees I am wearing a gag, right?

Realistic Likeness changes how the Kitsune Change Shape ability works, but it is still a polymorph effect based on Alter Self. As such I don't think it changes your gear.

Not an issue now, you could have taken gag-face's gag with you or made a new one.

Took the weekend off - will update gameplay tomorrow

Hey SV, as we had time, AND Onna is a little paranoid, can we heal up either before returning to town or on the way to the mayor? I would even be okay using the rolls off my wand from earlier.

Wand of CLW vs Hiiragi: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 {This was actually resolved}

Wand of CLW vs Hiiragi: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Wand of CLW vs Hiiragi: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Wand of CLW vs Onna: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Wand of CLW vs Onna: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Wand of CLW vs Onna: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Based on the last posted health, that would make our status the following:

Wand of CLW vs Hiiragi: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Wand of CLW vs Kenta: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Wand of CLW vs Kenta: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Wand of CLW vs Kenta: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Wand of CLW vs Kenta: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Wand of CLW vs Kenta: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

POSSIBLE UPDATED STATUS:
Kenta, -5 hp
Hiiragi, -4 hp
Onna, FULL hp
Phidöe, FULL hp

Thoughts?

I'm good with that, paranoia is not a bad trait for a pathfinder. We could very easily find that the Scooby-Doo villain was the mayor after all. But Kenta will use five of his own wand charges, so don't mark those off on yours Onna.

You can absolutely heal up on your way to the mayor if you wish, but you don't really need to. You have killed the big bad and we're really into the epilogue now.

Chronicles are here!

The game is also reported.

Now where are we doing this wedding? ;)

Thanks for running the game, GM! And sorry for sparse posting recently. End of the semester is hectic.

For faction journal purposes, did we liberate a "slave, captive, or hostage"? Or defeat a known slaver? Or defy local law or tradition?

You defeated a derro in the asylum - they are known slavers. You also had to break in to Myre's middenstone vat, which was breaking the law in the strict sense. Either of those goals are good.

Thanks for running the game, GM! And sorry for sparse posting recently. End of the semester is hectic.

For faction journal purposes, did we liberate a "slave, captive, or hostage"? Or defeat a known slaver? Or defy local law or tradition?

For posterity's sake, Kenta is taking 'defeat a known slaver' for this module.