This is new campaign thread. I am linking the Old discussion thread
Quentin Coldwater w/ (#I-01) "The Second Confirmation"
Lady Ladile w/ (#I-02) "United in Purpose"
Watery Soup w/ (#3-01) "Year of the Shattered Sanctuaries"
Farol w/ (???) Choice 1st-4th Repeatable
勝20100 w/ (???) Choice 1st-4th Repeatable
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Merian is built using SRD materials, but I do not yet own the book.
I'm probably driving to three bookstores tomorrow, then Monday, then Tuesday, and buying the first copy I see. But it looks like we need to wait for 20100 anyway.
If we're going to start early next week, I suggest Quentin look into registering this game for Gameday - there's essentially no downside (just set it to private recruitment), and we'll get extra AcP.
Hey gang,
I am looking to jump back into this game with a totally different character - partial towards GMing #1-06 - let me know if you want a 5th player.
Cheers!
As I said before, I'll gladly have you back. :)
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Paizo Handle: rainzax
Character Name: Ghul, Doomed Knight
PFS / Character Number / Faction: #2366390-2016
Character Ancestry / Background / Class / Level: Dhampir Human (Straveika) Lastwall Survivor Champion (Redeemer) 1
Downtime Skill / Task Level / Task DC / Die Result / Outcome: @ 5 copper x 8 days = 0.4 gold
GM Glyphs: Two @ @ Corona Meridian and Smell of the Pines
School Items: Oil of Mending
Daily Preparations: none
Final Purchases: none
Boons: Sand Slide (□□□)
Yes, if people could check in like Ghul, that'd much appreciated.
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Mission Prep
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You can still buy supplies if you want, the six gold per person is only meant for travel, bribes, and lodging. You don't have to do this adventure naked. :)
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Paizo Handle: Watery Soup
Character Name: Merian Seiche
PFS / Character Number: 2358909-2009
Faction: Verdant Wheel
Character Ancestry / Background / Class / Level: Azarketi (Storm Survivor) Magus 1
Downtime Skill / Task Level / Task DC / Die Result / Outcome: Merian continues working on her dissertation, "Ultralow-Frequency Pressure Oscillations in the Mid-Latitude Arcadian Ocean."
=> Failure, 0.01 gp/day x 8 days = 0.08 gp
The stipend she receives is minimal.
GM Glyphs: 2 [I usually give it to the lowest level characters who don't have one, and usually to martial characters if I bring a spellcaster and spellcasters if I am a martial - in this case it will be Corona and Smell of the Pines.]
School Items: minor healing potion
Daily Preparations: Cantrips: Detect Magic, Read Aura, Spout, Tanglefoot, Ray of Frost; 1st Hydraulic Push
Final Purchases: I prefer to track these on my ITS, but for disclosure, in between scenarios, Merian purchased a healer's kit and a repair kit.
Boons: Traveler of the Spirit Road
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Paizo Handle: Farol
Character Name: Rawiri
PFS / Character Number: 2359780-2006
Faction: Verdant Wheel
Character Ancestry / Background / Class / Level: Dwarf (Forge Dwarf/Deckhand/Swaschbuckler(battledancer) 2
Downtime Skill / Task Level / Task DC / Die Result / Outcome: => Success, 0.05 gp/day x 8 days = 0.4 gp
GM Glyphs: 0.5 ;) I can give half of a reroll to whoever first writes: 'Stinky Fish is floating in the dish!'
School Items: minor healing potion
Daily Preparations: Rawiri prepares for a fight
Final Purchases: Nope
Boons: A dancing dwarf needs no boons ;)
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I got Secrets of Magic!
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With all the players shuffling in and out, I completely lost track of how many players we had. I could've sworn we had 6, but apparently there's five. In that case, you lose one Minor Healing Potion and a few gold pieces (the gold doesn't matter, it's 6 per person). >_>
Also, the scenario mentions several times that you can use gold to gather more information, but it's never explicitly mentioned. I've asked in the GM thread, but no reply so far.
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But everything that could go wrong for poor Rain in Cloudy Day went wrong. After bad weather delayed his voyage to Cassomir, Rain ended up spending all his remaining gold on increased inn costs. During his one-night stay in town, half of his provisions were stolen, along with the pack mule he had stabled at the inn.
Things might've gotten lost in my fluff text, for which I'm sorry. The innkeeper's telling the truth.
Ha! No need to apologize, Rawiri can be as confused as a player ;) And threatening the wrong person is ok :D It is not, but you know what I mean. So what I read is:
- Bad weather, he got late, innkeeper charged him extra (I know countries in which this is the norm, I am not a big fan of this practice but ok)- He had his belongings stolen - unrelated to the inn
- he had his mule stolen, that he had stabled at the inn - are those two facts unrelated? The mule was stolen, leshy had stabled it in the inn? Or is it: While the mule was stabled in the inn it was stolen? ;) As this I would recon is the responsibility of the Innkeeper => you put mounts to stables so that someone takes care of them.
If the innkeeper is innocent let us play it this way, Rawiri scared him
he had his mule stolen, that he had stabled at the inn - are those two facts unrelated? The mule was stolen, leshy had stabled it in the inn? Or is it: While the mule was stabled in the inn it was stolen? ;)
Maybe the language barrier plays up here, but I don't see the difference between the two. >_>
The way I read it, Rain stabled the mule at the inn, went to sleep, the next morning the mule's gone.And yes, the inn is completely unrelated to the mugging, there's no foul play here, apart from upcharging the room.
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he had his mule stolen, that he had stabled at the inn - are those two facts unrelated? The mule was stolen, leshy had stabled it in the inn? Or is it: While the mule was stabled in the inn it was stolen? ;)Maybe the language barrier plays up here, but I don't see the difference between the two. >_>
The way I read it, Rain stabled the mule at the inn, went to sleep, the next morning the mule's gone.And yes, the inn is completely unrelated to the mugging, there's no foul play here, apart from upcharging the room.
Ok, I understand now. I went with the assumption that Inn takes the responsibility for mounts/animals kept in the stables ;)
I am fine with intimidating the man just to make him explain that he had nothing to do with the mugging, Rawiri will not draw the knife or do anything beyond threatening.
At first, it felt leashyfishy that so many bad things have fallen on an individual in a short duration. I misread the facts a bit, but I am fine owning the mistakes ;) Who knows maybe the innkeeper arranged the mugging and Rawiri will stop the serious junior Pathfinder mugger mafia. Or maybe the innkeeper will call guards who will put me in a luxury prison for a night and will spare me from my nat 1 Fortitude save.
I can throw you in jail if you want, but I thought I'd be nice. :) And I can totally see an ifrit dwarf being somewhat of a hothead. :P
And yeah, it's a weird streak of bad luck, but that's just the backstory, can't help it. :)
I see multiple people on Scouting duty. I believe, but I'm not 100% sure, that the bonus from Scouting to initiative don't stack. Am I correct in that ruling?
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1. I believe that is true.
2. I just realized that we should have a discussion about Merian's exploration activity. She's encumbered during Exploration, which means she has a land speed of 10'. (Azarketis have a 20' base.) This is likely half speed for everyone else. Since Exploration activities are usually half movement and half something else, it would make the most sense if Merian didn't have an exploration activity - she just carries her barrel.
The other option is that she slows the whole party during Exploration.
She'll drop the barrel (as a free action) on her turn when combat begins, so she'll be clumsy 1 until her first turn. But I had thought that part through before.
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I see multiple people on Scouting duty. I believe, but I'm not 100% sure, that the bonus from Scouting to initiative don't stack. Am I correct in that ruling?
It’s a circumstance bonus and they do not stack.
Merian was tracking if I undestood correctly, as she rolled Survival? If she is not tracking but scouting, Resinosa will just search.
If she does not do any activity as mentioned above, it will indeed scout.
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1. I believe that is true.
2. I just realized that we should have a discussion about Merian's exploration activity. She's encumbered during Exploration, which means she has a land speed of 10'. (Azarketis have a 20' base.) This is likely half speed for everyone else. Since Exploration activities are usually half movement and half something else, it would make the most sense if Merian didn't have an exploration activity - she just carries her barrel.
The other option is that she slows the whole party during Exploration.
She'll drop the barrel (as a free action) on her turn when combat begins, so she'll be clumsy 1 until her first turn. But I had thought that part through before.
Ha, I will actually buy a riding pony, so we can use it to haul your barrel when we get out of swamps. In the meantime yeah keep hauling your water ;)
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Ok, I saw that when I created a new campaign thread I also copied rainzax presentation and linked it on the top of the thread. Now I saw that GM was still referencing the old presentation where he put the map. From what I saw some people updated their images in the new presentation ;)
Anywas - I moved the changed Avatars and links to the profiles to the presentation that GM is using and updated the link at the top of the campaign. So now we will be using the same presentation.
Ghul, I noticed Everstand Stance is Uncommon, but still PFS legal. I'm not sure how this works, but doesn't this mean you can't take this feat (unless you have explicit permission to use it via a boon or something)?
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The text before the feats in page 90 of Lost Omen Character Guide indicates that “The following class feats are available to Knights of Lastwall”, which is an organization not a region. In PFSOP, it means you only need the Secondary Initiation boon to get access.I think it's location-gated, you need to be from the Gravelands/Eye of Dread to take it.This is my current understanding as well. Let me know if anyone comes upon anything to the contrary.
Just purchased this (for 2 points).
=)
I believe I am fully compliant now.
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Botting Rawiri. I'm not 100% familiar with the Swashbuckler, but looking at Fascinating Performance, it says the target is immune after one attempt.
1. THanks for botitng, killing the creature and Hero Point ;)
2. The thing about fascinating performance is correct but:`You gain panache during an encounter when the result of your Performance check to Perform exceeds the Will DC of an observing foe, even if the foe isn't fascinated.`
This leads me to believe that I can do multiple Fascinating Performance vs a target. They are immune to the effect but it still may give me panache.
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For botting purposes, no matter what style given swashbuckler is their turn could be:
- Tumble Through
- Attack with finisher
As it can be used always, dex is the highest stat for swaschbucklers and most of the people play their swashes like that (which is the most effective way).
Ah, cool. All the other Swashbuckler styles can get Panache repeatedly, so it makes sense this does as well. I didn't look well enough at the style, sorry.
By the way, I think I've read somewhere that they've changed how summoned creatures work in PF2, but I can't find a source at the moment. Anyway, I think I heard that summons now leave a body, but I'm not sure. Anyhow, the boulders did whatever summons do when they die.
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Ah, cool. All the other Swashbuckler styles can get Panache repeatedly, so it makes sense this does as well. I didn't look well enough at the style, sorry.
Actually it's not all of them. The one based on Intimidation can only do it once, as the panache case speaks when you demoralize someone successfully :(
By the way, I hope everyone is okay with the pace at which I'm going. If it's not, please say so! I usually shortcut stuff that doesn't seem all that important. Don't think everyone wants to waste a day describing how they trudge through the swamp and such.
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I'm fine with a broad range of paces. On the fast end, I can keep up with about 1.5 posts/day before I feel stressed, and 2 posts/day before I fall behind. On the slow end, usually I like to complete before the next convention (so I can plan to use or plan not to use my character), but since this is a series, I'm very open.
I will probably bump the Discussion thread or spam the Gameplay thread with inanities if there's a 48-72 hour pause, though.
Oh yeah, I'm happy with the 1 "big " post a day I'm doing right now, wouldn't do it any faster. Combat's the only exception, where I update ASAP when everyone's turn has been (those are also relatively easy to update). I definitely don't expect you to reply more than once per day, though I do tend to throw in smaller posts to reply to people.
And yeah, I tend to bump after a 24 hour pause, to keep the flow going.
Act Together: Resinosa: Tendril Strike: Root attack has the trip trait, so use that with improved reach to try to Trip.
[dice=Athletics vs Reflex DC]d20+7
It might have been a better idea to attack with such a roll… I also have no idea if Bless/Inspire Courage adds to the roll.
From Trip action:
Critical Success The target falls and lands prone and takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage.
Success The target falls and lands prone.
Didn't find a good answer on my own. I asked in the Discord ("Question: Bless and Inspire Courage give status bonuses to attacks. Is that specifically attacks that do damage (Strikes), or also skill checks with the Attack trait, such as an Athletics to Trip?") and the first answer was:
They [Bless and Inspire Courage] say they buff attack rolls, not all attacks; those Athletics [attack]-trait maneuvers are skill checks, not attack rolls.
The bard composition cantrip song of strength does buff Athletics checks (but not attack rolls).
I'm not 100% convinced, this seems like a trivial distinction, but usually the devil is in the details. But yeah, if this is the correct reading, Bless and Inspire Courage only affect rolls that apply sword to face, not things such as skill checks to inconvenience them.
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I'm not 100% convinced either, unless the respondant was a VO. Skill checks and attack rolls are not mutually exclusive - just because Athletics is a skill check doesn't mean it's not also an attack roll.
MAP would suggest it's an attack roll.
Calm-Emotioned creatures can't make hostile actions and they can't Trip.
BUT
Unless someone's character is on the line, I'm fine with whatever you as a GM decide as a field ruling, and if it turns out you chose poorly, oh well.
You can nest spoilers - but the inner spoilers can't have titles.
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