GM Erich's PFS2E Quest 6 - Archaeology in Aspenthar for Gameday X (Inactive)

Game Master Thereus, Silver Crusader

This is the Discussion Thread

I love that we have two monks and two barbarians doing archaeology. Mrs. Crinkle is endlessly amused by mismatches, so couldn't wait to sign up for this mission. A bunch of "just hit it" types doing scholarly stuff? Heehee!

Oh yeah, I'm only here to be in the way and look pretty. I don't have the smarts.

I've had to swap characters around, so I plan on bringing Rhaegal instead of my monk.

Thrass! Fancy meeting you here. any more fish to share? :)

Rhaegal Dragonkin. Well met! My associate and fellow Pathfinder Mik-Mek had some very nice things to say about you!

Mrs Crinkle! Well met. Hope we have a good adventure together.

Why, hello there! This old lady is looking forward to goofing off with the lot of you.

I'm going to try to run Grehunde's Gorget in the second half of Gameday (so starting after this one on October 10th) if anyone needs another quest. Sign up here

Is that one repeatable? My googling is weak today.

Unfortunately, no. The only quests that are repeatable are The Sandstone Secret, Port Peril Pub Crawl, and Wayfinder Origins.

Got it. Thanks for the list.

Will likely finish in about 2-3 weeks (with posts once a day on average).

Please post your:

Player Name
Character Name
PFS# for this character
Class
Level
Faction
XP Progression (slow/normal)

We are currently in low tier barring any major character swaps

Player Name: Warah
Character Name: Mrs. Crinkle
PFS# for this character: 289224-2004
Class: Barbarian
Level: 1
Faction: Envoy's Alliance
XP Progression (slow/normal): normal

Player name: Allan Ong / UncleFroggy
Character name: Kaitlyn Deathsbane
XP: 2
Class: Monk
Level: 1
Money: 11.56
PFS number: 2396852-2015
Faction: Radiant Oath
Progression: Normal

Apologies for the character swapping. Since we have two monks already and even one as a field medic, I'm going to bring my newbie fighter instead. We can just beat the relics to death, Crinkle.

Player Name Enchanter Tim
Character Name Marcus Howe
PFS# for this character 1142-2007
Class Fighter
Level 1
Faction Radian Oath
XP Progression (slow/normal) Normal

Player Name Kwinten/Quentin Coldwater
Character Name Thrass
PFS# for this character 127656-2003
Class Monk
Level 2
Faction Radiant Oath
XP Progression (slow/normal) Normal

Wait, we now have only frontliners? I could've sworn I saw some people with brains in the signup sheet a month ago.
I mean, I'm not complaining, this seems like fun. :P

I swapped my druid (leveled up) and monk medic (already got some of those) out for my new fighter. But I think with the exception of Arcana and Stealth, we actually have all the skills covered. We just may be at the mercy of the dice rolls a bit more.

Well, Mrs. Crinkle has 14 INT b/c she'll be multiclassing into alchemist. So she has some brains. She just chooses when to use them and when to have some fun!

We can just beat the relics to death, Crinkle.

Heehee! I'm really hoping for a comedy of errors. As long as we get full credit for the quest, of course.

Just waiting to hear back from the 6th player, but we will soldier on. Won't affect the subtier, just the challenge points for now.

You all have a hero point to begin the adventure. If there are any others available, feel free to distribute.

I think I have a new sixth player. I'll progress the game once they post. Sorry for the slight delay.

Hi All, thanks for waiting!

Player Name: Joseph/Tarthrin
Character Name: Giles Morningstar II
PFS# for this character: 2401867-2001
Class: Summoner
Level: 1
Faction: Grand Archive
XP Progression: normal

Who'd Giles replace (or was there no #6 to begin with?)

Where is the handouts link? I see it mentioned in the gameplay thread but I don't see anything in the other tabs.

Welcome! Slides link is in the GM's profile header.

Welcome! Slides link is in the GM's profile header.

Ah-ha! Thank you, easy peasy.

Also FYI,

This will be my first PbP on a forum, so please let me know when I mess up.

I am pretty new to PF2e, but have played PF1e, multiple D&D editions, and other RPGs extensively.

No worries. We all had to start somewhere. I only started here on the forums in May. Also fairly new to PF2e -- background is AD&D2e.

There was a Lvl 3 sorcerer signed up but they haven't shown up and I can't contact them.

Also, I still need character info for Oranna Gro-gothal

If we're still in the marketplace, Kat would like to take this opportunity to buy a minor healing potion (since I just found out that quests no longer give consumables).

Do we do rolls (like the nature check) here or in the gameplay thread?

Like do we find out the results of the roll here before roleplaying that in the gameplay thread? or roll there, find out, and then react?

Do them in gameplay. React in gameplay too. Discussion is more for out of character discussion about tactics or questions to another player.

Thrass, I'd hate to wonder how you'd look like if Mrs Crinkle had chimed in about your appearance in the desert... :)

Just FYI, I realized my Fort and Ref was incorrect in my header note, fixed now.

Kat, how do you know what the die roll will be before you submit your post? Or are you editing your post after you submit it and see the roll results?

You can press Preview and it shows the die results. Paizo will remember dice rolls for 24 hours, so you can't cheat by reloading the page and trying again.

You can press Preview and it shows the die results. Paizo will remember dice rolls for 24 hours, so you can't cheat by reloading the page and trying again.

Thanks, that makes a lot more sense now. Then if you get a great roll you can probably assume you made it, but if you get a mediocre/average roll you might not be sure.

That helps me figure how to roleplay the outcome, thanks for the explanation

Kat, how do you know what the die roll will be before you submit your post? Or are you editing your post after you submit it and see the roll results?

You can do both, but using preview is easier.

A word of warning though -- if you add another dice expression above another, it will reroll everything below the new one.

[dice expression 1]
[dice expression 2]
[dice expression 3]

[dice expression 1]
[dice expression 4] -- this is the new one.
[dice expression 2]
[dice expression 3]

dice expression 4 will be rolled but 2 & 3 will be rerolled. Found out the hard way when I did it in a scenario. Changed my hits to misses...

Because we can potentially see the results of our rolls before we submit them for the world to see, that is why I am picky about doing your rolls in logical order based on the actions you take during a turn, including rolling requested saves first. I do the same when my monsters are attacking and that's the reason I like to resolve initiative in the proper order when more than one of you can act in a given round.

Let's just say, I've seen some things...

Where is the map?

It is in the GM's header where it says "Archaeology in Aspenthar". It will take you to a google slides document.

Thrass wrote:

Giles, I don't want to alpha-game you, but if you do a Work Together, you Eidolon can do one more thing.

I don't mind the help or advice at all. I'm still new to PF2e and the summoner. I can't find the rule on a "work together" action though. I think the Eidolon might be a different case since technically we have "Act Together" that says we share our actions. Although it is worded strangely. I'm going to keep looking into it, another action for him would be awesome. Thanks for your advice.

Ah yes, sorry, it's Act Together, forgot the exact name.

Act Together
Single Action to Three Actions
Frequency once per round
You and your eidolon act as one. Either you or your eidolon takes an action or activity using the same number of actions as Act Together, and the other takes a single action. For example, if you spent 2 actions to Act Together, you could cast burning hands (2 actions) and your eidolon could Strike (1 action), or your eidolon could use its Breath Weapon (2 actions) and you could Stride (1 action).

Basically, you can say "This is my Act Together action," and the other can do a single action for free. At least, that's how I see it. It basically means you have four actions per turn, I think.

That ability is worded weirdly and it's still confusing me. It starts off sounding like we share three actions split between them, but then it says the other one gets a single action no matter what, but *then* the examples it gives in the description as show a 2/1 split.

It seems like it makes sense that one party would get a minimum of one action, but I'm not sure.

I put in some posts in some PF2e rules forums and we'll see

@thrass

I think you're right. I think my confusion was thinking that act together was just the way you both were able to act and share actions, but it's really just its own action.

I should be using act together just about every turn

@GM Erich

I realized a mistake on my character sheet. I should have 2 first level spells in my spell repertoire, but I only have 1. I don't want to add it in the middle of combat, but would it be okay to add one after? I'm planning on "Magic Weapon".

Will post my turn this evening, classes and work hit me hard just recently

Thrass, are you joining us for Gerhunde's Gorget? I'd love to see how you dress for the icy north ;)

I'm sorry, but I've already played it. :(
I might adopt Mrs. Crinkle's look for that. :P

From the GM side, this quest looks pretty straightforward to run... I might just run it in the future...

@Giles you can have Magic Weapon available now, no need to wait. Also, yes do take advantage of the Act Together ability next time...

@Kaitlyn This battle is a little harsh for 1st levels (Golem immunities and +14 to hit!) but it is a quick little run. Also, I stole your action symbols, they are a great idea.

I stole the action symbols from someone else so no worries. :)