Protectors of Golarion (Wrath of the Righteous AP)

Game Master Sensen

Who are we waiting on? Anyone?

I think Elliot usually casts some buffs before combat, and maybe Thesius?

Heads up that I will be pretty busy for the next couple weeks. My best friend is visiting from another state and I want to spend as much time with her as I can. I'll still do my best to post, but if I take longer than usual that's why.

Apologies, my week is incredibly busy with work.

Elliot will spend 2 mp and 2 of his level 3 spellslots to cast shared training on everyone to share improved outflank and paired opportunists. He also gives himself, merixia and Azira Keen Edge so that they have double crit rates for 80 min. Finally he uses reduce person, shield from his wand and weapon tutor's spirit on himself.

That's all his relevant buffs i believe.

I'll try to get things together soon, but I'm just rather burnt-out recently. I probably do need to drop at least one of these games, because it's becoming untenable, unfortunately. I'll consider it for a bit before making that decision.

I'm so sorry you're feeling burnt-out, GM. I hope you won't drop this game - recent slowdowns notwithstanding, I think we have a great group of people who are dedicated to and invested in this story. But of course, real life comes first. As ever, if we can make things easier or more fun for you, please let us know how.

Please take care, GM. We'll be here.

Feeling a bit better. I hope to get a post up tomorrow, see where things stand then.

My apologies for the disappearance. I became consumed by other matters and then was having trouble getting the oomph to jump back in. I'll work on getting caught back up this week so I can try to start posting regularly again.

Welcome back, Thesius, good to hear from you.

I believe Thesius has the key for the interior doors. Hope your visit with your best friend is going well, Merixia.

It was up until I caught a cold. T_T Worst timing EVER.

Oh no! Rest up and I hope you feel better soon.

pokes game with a stick to see if it moves

I'm here. Just waiting on Thesius and/or GM Worldwound to declare going on in to the chapel.

I'm working on getting things read since my last post so I can post today.

Sorry for the delay, folks. Just... time slipped away from me. I do intend to post today, whatever happens.

Alright, back into the roll of things. Sorry again for the absence. Thesius will get more talkative as they proceed. Mental fatigue seemed like the right call for his uncharacteristic quietness over the time period though.

No worries, guys. Happy you're back and ready to kick down unlock some doors. Onward!

Hitting Staunton first really made this dungeon easier on you folks. I'm amused by the fact that they didn't really account for the super-mythic spells, but it makes sense.

There are a lot of parties that will just march up to the front door of any dungeon and start walking face-first into every trap and monster inside, and it has always seemed to me that APs are deliberately calibrated for that kind of group. This is exacerbated when mythic powers tend to give both PCs and NPCs a lot of offensive power, but no proportional increase in defensive power - just adding a bunch of stuff that sounds cool, with little playtesting. I'm surprised the writers thought far enough ahead to make it impossible to teleport in the place where the Sword of Valor is actually kept, or to move it by teleportation.

I always thought scry and die was a tabletop classic, but apparently not if the writers didn't include teleportation wards on the ground floor!

I think Verene is right about it depending a lot on the party. Parties with a wizard (who cares at all about tactics) are usually big on scrying, but in groups with a sorcerer instead (or only gish types) scouting spells like scry are often dismissed as a luxury (unless that caster is especially tactically minded).

I always thought scry and die was a tabletop classic, but apparently not if the writers didn't include teleportation wards on the ground floor!

Notably, as Verene says, you can't teleport into the basement! Just the ground floor.

Thesius pulls out rolled up newspaper. Bad!

Fox's cunning turning that from a DC 19 to a DC 21 Reflex save has already been worth it!

Yeah, she got some pretty unlucky rolls there.

Happy Fourth of July to the other Americans in the group. I'm going to be traveling much of next week, but I think I'll be able to keep up on my phone.

Safe travels! I baked a Mexican chocolate cake for the Fourth. (The irony was intentional. And delicious.)

Belated happy 4th of july for the Americans!

On the last post, it seems mine got partially eaten by the website. But if the 23 hits, which it might with it being a raging barbarian caught in a web, Elliot would deal 142 nonlethal damage. However, he is doing his best not to kill her. So if she faints after any attack, he stops attacking at that point.

I'll give Thesius the chance to post today, and failing that, I'll bot him later.

Basically two weeks since we've heard from him. I hope everything's all right. But maybe you won't have to bot him, GM, if Azira, Merixia, and then Elliot's likely two crits took her down?

Yes, I'll need to double-check, because she does have soft cover from Elliot at the moment.

Things are ok. I'm just all over the place. I need to get back into a routine. Which I'm working on, but since I'm out of practice here it's easy to miss and I get behind and feel bad...it's a spiral effect. I'm working on catching up tonight.

Hey, no worries, it's just good to hear from you, as always, Thesius. Welcome back! I wish you the best of luck in getting into a routine.

Annoyingly, the Chrome extension I use to apply custom icons, track thread updates, and do some other quality-of-life stuff on this site just got disabled for good. I'll have to poke around for a replacement.

Oof...that's sucks. I tried once upon a time to set something up for that, but never felt like I got far.

And thanks. I'm going to try to post in Discussion every weekday to build up a routine.

Glad to hear from you, Thesius. I understand losing the routine - that sucks, but I've had it happen to me, too.

Also, ouch, Verene. That's never fun.

Work woke me up late last night so I responded to the Gameplay. Posting here again to keep forming that habit.

I hope you all have a great day!

You too, Thesius!

Does Thesius make mention of other horrifying types of mimics...

I hope everyone's weekend it going well.

Thanks for your thoughtful words! I do appreciate it.

I also appreciate the RP going on. Do you want me to move you guys forwards, or shall we keep chatting however long?

I like the rp in this group as usual; we've had a lot of talented and entertaining writers from the start. Honestly though i would like to move on more and regain some tempo. I feel like we have been waiting a very long time to resolve getting the fake sword of valor and we also have a lot left to do after that for this book. As such the campaign seems to have stalled and i think the lack of tempo is a large risk factor in retaining player interest and being able to continue.

This is not meant as critique, but a worry from my end. Viewed in another light, that we are talking a lot amongst ourselves can be viewed as a necessesity as there is little for us to react to.

Absolutely! I do appreciate the group so I'm trying to get more active again.

I would also like to see us move forward.

Agreed, let's move forward! Thanks for continuing to check in every day, Thesius. I do think all posts are good for keeping up our momentum and morale as a group.

Agreed, let's get this show on the road. I enjoy RP, but we can do that and move forward at the same time.

Good morning. I hope Monday went well for everyone. One step closer to the weekend.

Understood! I shall kick us forwards shortly, then!

Has anyone heard from Azira recently? It's been awhile since we've heard from her.

I have not. My communication with the group has been fairly limited to this campaign.