Welcome,
This table is run as part of Gameday X. The scenario played: Enter the Pallid Peak (1-4 non-repeatable)
The ones that signed up through the sheet, could you please provide the following information:
Player Name/Alias:
Character Name:
Character Level:
Organized Play # / Character #:
Earn Income Roll:
Faction:
I will provide some more information about rules, expectations, and such in the following days.
Few rules:
- This is a game and we are here to have fun. Both you and me
- This is a joined project, we all participate in it. GM creates as much scenery as players do. You can push life in mundane objects, change waiting into a conversation or an activity. Feel empowered to create the story.
- I will expect 1 post per workday from you (workdays being Mon-Fri). Through the weekend it would be nice if you could post at least once, but it is nice to have. If you can't post during weekends you don't have to tell me. I do appreciate heads up about any absences during the week.
- This is a public game and we all will be following the common courteous. Bullying, trash-talking, or even passive-aggressive posts will not be tolerated. Give people the benefit of the doubt and assume the best intentions. If you are angry at someone take a break and write the post asking about motives the other day. Finally, if the world collapsed on you and you snapped at another player it will be expected from you to exercise the forgotten art of apologizing for online behavior. GM'ing takes a considerable amount of time and dealing with mediation is not something that I want to invest my time into.
- As a GM I made mistakes, interpret the rules badly etc. Feel free to raise it, ask questions, etc. I have no trouble admitting to a mistake and changing some decisions. If you as a player look for a table with a always right GM, who knows the rules inside-out, this is not one of those tables ;)
- I value highly role-playing. I will give bonuses to vivid descriptions of your skill checks. I would like to remember your PC after this game is over.
- I appreciate feedback, I want to GM interesting and engaging games. If you see something that I can be doing better. Or don't like something that I do please raise it. I do experiment with different things and not all of them work out ;)
First and foremost: we still have 3 weeks to begin, 1 week before the start I will begin to post to give you an opportunity to RP and introduce your PC's.
Since some of you might be playing your PC's at local groups and conventions I assume you may swap your characters. Looking at the sign-up sheet there are some level discrepancies within the team, but we will try to cope with that.
I know all of the players that so far signed up, and most of you have played at my tables (which bodes well, as it means that I did not scare you off!) I also like how each and one of you RP during games. So let me say it: I have high hopes for this table! ;)
I will welcome players as they come
Hey @PaleDim! It is great to see you! I hope you have your clacky stone with you! That's pitty that once again your Sefel lvl'ed out of tier to play ;)
Good day the Mightiest of Glaciers! And you instead to bring Kornel! Ha, did he began to follow a path of a deity? Or is he still a committed atheist? I haven't seen you since the Cassomir game!
Hey @Palandri! I am glad to have you at my table! I felt bad for not taking you for Dacilane Academy game, which I personally really liked. I saw that you got Elfino to play that scenario on Gameday! Enjoy!
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Player Name/Alias: Tarondor
Character Name: Hornbori, Son of Mjothvitnir
Character Level: Fighter 4
Organized Play # / Character #: 2405-2003
Faction: Radiant Oath
Worth Noting: Hornbori is a tower-shield specialist. Squishies can get cover by standing behind me. Also, he has the Medic archetype, so is a fairly decent healer.
Hey Tarondor!
Thanks for joining this fine adventure to take back the lonely mountain from Smaug go on another mission for Pathfinder Society ;)
Just let me state the obvious, your team will consist of players of lvl 1 and 4 and everything in between ;) Due to that fights might be a bit awkward.
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I'll be joining this game, but I'm still undecided on a character. I've signed up for multiple games with mixed levels, so I'm just waiting to see if anything crystallizes.
Possibilities:
- Thevenin Serkat, leshy (seaweed) oracle (tempest) 1
- Potipher Perkins, human (skilled) witch (Baba Yaga) 3
- Anschluss, kayal (liminal) ranger (precision) 2*
- Merian Seiche, azarketi (thalassic) magus** 1
- Ananaki of Sumer, lizardfolk rogue (mastermind) 1
- Pei Min, human bard 1
* - pending credit from pregen
** - pending purchase of Secrets of Magic
I think character sheets for everyone except Pei Min are up. Merian is currently listed as a fighter.
Right now I've tentatively slotted Ananaki, so I'm going to dot in with him.
Hey Watery Soup! We are at billion of other games together (actually at none, but signed up to few ;)) but it does not saves you from my greetings! Welcome at my table, I am glad that you signed up!
As long as you decide before the game start, I am fine ;)
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- I've added a presentation to the game, where I will add pictures/materials. So far there is not much in there: location and the old version of the book cover (I like it more than the new one ;) sorry).
- I also will use a Macro sheet that generates rolls, please it in ;)
- We are roughly 1.5 weeks before we start, I am not allowed to post any text from the book before we start, but starting next week I will begin to set up a scene for you to introduce. It is fine for you to begin posting on 6th of September
Oh, one more thing, do you have any glyphs that would result other player to get an additional Hero Point?
For some reason I completely forgot I signed up for this game... I must have done it during a 'missing Farol fugue' and didn't remember. Uh anyways, I have a few different characters I could try to bring.
Rose, a level 1 mastermind rogue,
Zherayiss, a level 2 draconic sorcerer,
Igaraise, a level 1 storm druid,
as well as plans for a martial focused bard or a summoner (assuming they are legal in Secrets of Magic)
Know what, I'm going to go with a summoner, again, assuming it is a legal option.
Hey Sedoriku! Great to see you again at one of my tables. It is nice when people sign up more than once to someone GM'ing a game ;) It means that not everything went terribly wrong.
So far you have:
- Hornbori, lvl 4 dwarven fighter with shield and full-plate armor
- Arfsnarf, lvl 3 sorcerer with a clacky stone
- Kornel, lvl 2 sorcerer with his soul on sale, but they have other PC's
- Mandoo, lvl 1 monk whom as a PC I never met
- Watery Soup, word on the street is that he might bring lvl 3 PC
- yourself
I think it will be a bit all over the place in terms of levels. So you just need to be careful. I read through the scenario and it does not look deadly but I haven't played it (apparently I either play or GM scenarios)
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@Arfsnarf you filled in macro sheet all abilities including those in which you are untrained. In the bottom there are written instructions that explains that if you do that I will roll recall knowledge for those skills. Is this what you want? (there is a high chance of critical fails for recall knowledge ;)). I forgot that no every goblin can read;), and written instructions might not be good enough :(
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In retrospect, trying out a character with a very good potential to go down in a fight due to having two ways to get targeted in a high tier game might not be the best idea. I have another PC at a different table who could fit the levels here better so I'll be bringing in Symeon who you know and GMed for before. He'll be able to keep everyone on their feet and living including our level 1!
Potipher is a healer and could keep everyone up at high tier, if we have some boons for the level 1.
I will not be bringing Ananki in any case, I've got too many characters as is.
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Mandoo and Symeon have been adventure mates in the past (#2-01), though I suspect that Symeon may not recognize the monk in his current incarnation. Despite Mandoo being my 2001, I've never been very happy with him and haven't played him much. I've been taking advantage of his seemingly perpetual level 1 status to reconstruct him in different ways to see if I can salvage the character. If he were to fail to survive this adventure due to his relatively squishy state, I won't mourn him much.
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Player Name/Alias: Watery Soup
Character Name: Potipher Perkins
Character Level: 3
Organized Play # / Character #: 2358909-2007
Faction: Grand Archive
Earn Income Roll: Crafting (12 d)
Crafting potion of water breathing (x4)
Begin: 39.5/44 gp completed
Craft: 9 days @ 0.5 gp/day
End: 44/44 gp completed
Buy formula for potion of invisibility (will spend 4 AcP to transfer access from 2358909-2001): -5 gp
Buy raw materials for potion of invisibility (x4): -40 gp
Lead time for potion of invisibility (x4)
Begin: 0/4 days completed
End: 3/4 days completed
Notes: Mrs. Perkins also has the Magical Mentor boon, and a bunch of consumables that may be useful - potions of retaliation, shielding salves, and oils of potency.
Also, I am officially a 2 glyph GM so I'll have two extra Hero Points to hand out at the beginning of the scenario - I'll give them to the two lowest level characters.
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@Arfsnarf you filled in macro sheet all abilities including those in which you are untrained. In the bottom there are written instructions that explains that if you do that I will roll recall knowledge for those skills. Is this what you want? (there is a high chance of critical fails for recall knowledge ;)). I forgot that no every goblin can read;), and written instructions might not be good enough :(
*Kind of* :) The table came first, I filled it out, then scrolled down and saw the instructions :grimacing: Oops, by that point I decided to leave it. I probably should clean up some skills from it though. Will do momentarily.
Ananki is removed from the campaign
Mandoo I think you will be fine, but as usual time will tell. You have Hornbori and Symeon and few casters, so plenty of tools to keep you alive.
Good to see @Symeon again. Let's see if there will be another anatomical model to bury under the tree ;)
@Arfsnarf - no problem, Critical failures on recall knowledge could be fun to RP around.
@Watery Soup and @Mighty Glacier - details of your PC's are still missing from the Macro sheet (link next to the slides;))
We have officially started if you have any questions, requests etc. Please let me know. Tomorrow I will be hiking for a day but I will try to prepare a post today and post tomorrow morning or today afternoon.
CP 4, 4, 6, 4, 2, 3 = 23
So 23 means we play up. That also means that:
Mandoo gets:
- Increase every DC the PC has by 1.
- Increase the attack modifiers, attack damage, spell damage, saving throw modifiers, skill modifiers, Perception modifiers, and AC of the PC by 1.
- Increase the Hit Point totals of the PC by 10 or by 10%, whichever is higher.
@Mandoo - do you mind adding the above to your tagline? Otherwise, I might forget that (AC, HP, and saves are the most important ones)
- Could you please provide what mentor boons do you have? That could be useful for Mandoo?
@Watery Soup - you admitted to having 2 glyphs, 2 lowest lvl PC's are Mandoo and Kornel, do you still want to give the HP to them?
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Mandoo gets:
- Increase every DC the PC has by 1.
- Increase the attack modifiers, attack damage, spell damage, saving throw modifiers, skill modifiers, Perception modifiers, and AC of the PC by 1.
- Increase the Hit Point totals of the PC by 10 or by 10%, whichever is higher.@Mandoo - do you mind adding the above to your tagline? Otherwise, I might forget that (AC, HP, and saves are the most important ones)
I've modified Mandoo's tagline and full profile to take these bonuses into account. I'll return it all to the previous state once the adventure is over.
Hey folks, I am back!
@Mandoo - awesome thanks! That should make my life easier
@Symeon - 'Pursuing a Lead on whatever attacked those explorers, and maybe the caves themselves.' Let us wait for when you finish talking with the prospector but those seem fine.
You left the Lodge so officially the briefing is over, you feel a gentle smile of your Deity of choice and get 1 HP each. Mandoo and Kornel get 2 HP each.
Following the adventure, I will be granting 1 HP every hour of play -> 1.5 weeks of PBP game roughly. So next HP will be granted around the 15th of September. I shall try to remember to do that.
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I just noticed that I used the wrong base profile of Mandoo's when I went to add the +1 adjustments. I accidently used his pre-tweaked-rebuild profile instead of his latest and greatest. I have redone the +1 adjustments based on his current profile, so you may notice a 1 or 2 point +/- difference in places between what was listed previously and what is listed now. I have also updated his tagline and the macros sheet accordingly. Sorry about that.
two mans named Bob
When my kids were younger, they really liked a book called "Fifteen Animals" by Sandra Boynton, in which someone has named 14 of their 15 pets "Bob." (The turtle is named Simon James Alexander Ragsdale III.)
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two mans named BobWhen my kids were younger, they really liked a book called "Fifteen Animals" by Sandra Boynton, in which someone has named 14 of their 15 pets "Bob." (The turtle is named Simon James Alexander Ragsdale III.)
Another funny thing is that Chuck is short for Charles, so the men are actually named Pattin, Charles, Charles, Robert, and Robert.
Another funny thing is that Chuck is short for Charles, so the men are actually named Pattin, Charles, Charles, Robert, and Robert.two mans named BobWhen my kids were younger, they really liked a book called "Fifteen Animals" by Sandra Boynton, in which someone has named 14 of their 15 pets "Bob." (The turtle is named Simon James Alexander Ragsdale III.)
Dear Torag on a biscuit! This halfling can't even speak proper common! I don't know why my scenarios are full of those NPC's.
funny thing about that Chuck and Charles thing. Next time they will be Roberto, Robert, Bob and Bobby ;)
I shall give a day for others to catch up, tomorrow we are heading underground so be prepared
Ok, the map is up, we will deal with it for the rest of the scenario, so get yourself familiar with it.
I added everyone's avatar to the map, if you have a different one feel free to swap them. I added Symeon's avatar from the Dacilane game. I have your exploration activities.
Before we enter
- Please specify what items are you holding in your hands, in the unlikely event of a fight I prefer to know if you travel with weapons or empty-handed
- Please put your icon in marching order, I will try to keep to your formation, so you don't have to stand in a rectangle. I will adjust the formation in tight spots.
@Mandoo I saw that I never commented on your profile changes. Sure not a problem ;)
And a reminder based on Kornel declaration - you should pick an item from schools, you don't have to declare it to me. I trust your honesty, just track it on your own so that you don't forget it.
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I see that we have a fighter, a monk, an investigator, two sorcerers and a witch with us. Mandoo, like Symeon, does better at range with a shortbow, but one or both of them may have to take a more hands-on approach if we come up against multiple opponents.
If I can lodge Hornbori in a chokepoint, he's hard to dislodge. I'm happy tanking, but maybe our monk and investigator can deal with anyone who attacks our rear line.
Also, given my tower shield, I strongly suggest anyone who can get behind me do so. The shield provides cover (+2 AC) to anyone behind it. Plus you can spend your third action to gain a further +2 AC behind it.
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I also have a magic weapon buff to spare, if you guys think it might be strategically superior to the good ol' electric arc spam.
If you have a spare two actions, Mandoo has an unenhanced shortbow that could use a little sprucing up... just saying. The extra 1d6 damage will go a long way, probably further than a single forsaken electric arc over the length of this encounter.
Hey, I moved the guardians to join the rest of the guardian crew => I hope to limit the amount of waiting for players in other time zones by clustering you're together.
Good job on the first guard, The hardness can be brutal for those who deal 1 dice damage. As you should have seen they have 6 hardness which means that magic missile does not do anything. Keep that in mind...
@Hornbori have fun on GenCon Online
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Arfsnarf gather his magical powers and sends three magical missiles towards the guardians, the first missile hits the wounded guardian and sends him to the ground.
The other two hit the armor of the other guardian but leave no scratch on the armor.
Hm, but what about this phrase:
If you shoot more than one missile at the same target, combine the damage before applying bonuses or penalties to damage, resistances, weaknesses, and so forth.
So if missiles #2 and #3 hit the same target, their damage is combined, to 8.
On that topic, I'm not 100% sure the caster can shoot the missiles one at a time, seeing if the target goes down before firing the next.
Arfsnarf gather his magical powers and sends three magical missiles towards the guardians, the first missile hits the wounded guardian and sends him to the ground.
The other two hit the armor of the other guardian but leave no scratch on the armor.
Hm, but what about this phrase:
If you shoot more than one missile at the same target, combine the damage before applying bonuses or penalties to damage, resistances, weaknesses, and so forth.So if missiles #2 and #3 hit the same target, their damage is combined, to 8.
On that topic, I'm not 100% sure the caster can shoot the missiles one at a time, seeing if the target goes down before firing the next.
Huh, I actually skipped reading the spell description and hunted for threads asking on that topic. Lesson learned so magic missiles would be combined against hardness...
And that is correct, spell caster sends missiles but can't shoot them one at a time and see when the enemy fails.
My guess would be that Arfsnarf would either send 3 missiles at Blue or split it: 2 blue-1 red.
I will just keep going for now saying that Blue was destroyed by all three missiles (as this is likely) and will clarify in the future, sorry Arfsnarf!
@Hornbori regarding Battle Medicine, in another game that I am playing I learned that there was an errata in FAQ regarding battle medicine and now it requires one hand free to use:
Page 258: In Battle Medicine, change the Requirements entry to “You are holding or wearing healer's tools.” Change the second sentence of the effect to “Attempt a Medicine check with the same DC as for Treat Wounds, and restore a corresponding amount of Hit Points; this does not remove the wounded condition.” This means you need to use your healer's tools for Battle Medicine, but you can draw and replace worn tools as part of the action due to the errata on wearing tools on page 287.Update: We will be updating the tools revamp to indicate that worn healer's tools (along with other tool kits) take only one hand to use, as you don't have to hold the whole kit in your other hand, just pull out the things you need. What this means for Battle Medicine is that you only need one free hand to perform it with worn healer's tools, you don't need both hands.
That means that you can attack then drop your weapon followed by battle medicine. Or do something else.
Red was destroyed By Arfsnarf, but I haven't update the map (it is fixed now)