Players,
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◆) Cirri
◆) Max
◆) Ryushi
◆) Zurrus
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If we want to retreat, we need to get Zurrus and Max away from this plant. Zurrus needs to resist the pollen AND she needs to escape its grasp before she retreats.
Assuming that happens, how do we help Max? I think he has to walk up to the plant and stay right in front of it. We'd have to force him away.
- I could cast >Hydraulic Push< on Max to knock him back 5 feet back, and then run away. But the vines have enough reach it can still grab him, since it grabbed Zurrus and she was further away.
- My other plan was to try to >Shove< Max away. That's a Fort Save, though and Max Gain has maximum Fort.
Max, do I have permission to potentially deal damage with Hydraulic Push? I gotta get confirmation before I attempt it.
If Zurrus doesn't escape this is a moot point; Cirri wouldn't leave her to die and would continue attacking.
Hey folks, just wanted to pop on and say thanks. I don't want to distract from the current question from Cirri above too much, so I will post a bit more about myself and some questions a little later.
Welcome to the group!
Running is an option, but also Ryushi could bust out some high level spells. He's not damage though and the best he can do rn is summon a flame Drake. He has a Freedom of movement as well so should be able to get Zurrus out, but then we have to maybe kite it. Does Cirri know the vine's speed?
DM, does Cirri know the vine's movement speed? My guess is that it's stationary, or anchored to the well.
Freedom of Movement to free Zurrus, and then I try to drag Max out of here. Would Max be able to intentionally fail his saving throw against Hydraulic Push or Shove?
Hello Seishine! If you have a way to yank Max or Zurrus feel free to introduce yourself with a bang!
Additional Knowledge would be additional Recall Knowledge checks!
Ok... Ryushi also has https://2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?ID=871
5th level blessing of defiance. As three actions can give everyone a +4 bump to Will saves...
Hey all, thanks for letting me join. Let's get this potted menace.
Well, my plan was to fire bomb the thing but karma seems to have formed another plan! Hopefully your other new friend (welcome Guillas) can pull us out of this mess.
Hopefully enough people snap out of it that the survivors can beat it down. I'm going to spam damage now.
Yeah, it seems like running isn’t an option unless we leave someone behind. If I manage to save against the pollen I have some stuff that can help with being grappled, and I can spam my slots on Soothe to at least keep us in the fight.
+4 Will save guys, just have to get a crit success and stop worrying about the pollen.
Well, looks like Guillias is off to a decent first round anyway. I'll put myself in its way for awhile :)
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◆) Cirri
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◆) Max
◆) Ryushi
◆) Seishine
◆) Zurrus
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summoned trait from the link says
It generally attacks your enemies to the best of its ability. If you can communicate with it, you can attempt to command it, but the GM determines the degree to which it follows your commands.
So it's a large creature, it has draconic frenzy which for two actions allows two fang and a tail attack and it has an attack of opportunity reaction with fangs.
Ryushi,
I see you will be using summoned creatures, and I want to make sure we have table expectations set around that.You provided all the links, thank you, but in addition to the "summoned" trait, what other traits do you see, and what are the implications of that?
In the end anything in the stat block could become relevant but the traits in addition to summoned are:
CE Large Dragon Fire
It might be simplest if I run the summoned creature as just attacking to the best of its ability as I am familiar with the statblock.
Summoned creatures are far lower level than Ryushi so they're really there for distraction more than actually doing damage.
summoned trait from the link says
It generally attacks your enemies to the best of its ability. If you can communicate with it, you can attempt to command it, but the GM determines the degree to which it follows your commands.
So it's a large creature, it has draconic frenzy which for two actions allows two fang and a tail attack and it has an attack of opportunity reaction with fangs.Ryushi,
I see you will be using summoned creatures, and I want to make sure we have table expectations set around that.You provided all the links, thank you, but in addition to the "summoned" trait, what other traits do you see, and what are the implications of that?
Ryushi,
Click on the Summoned trait and look for other traits - not the ones in the dragon's statblock - maybe we can call them subordinate traits? - What do you see?
>Summoned Trait< mentions the >Minion Trait<.
Yes, ok, I am aware that I give up an action for the Drake to have two. I'm not sure what I'm missing, other than there's no reaction which I did miss.
Ryushi,
GM Request: Can you create an Alias for your Summons, and post their full stat bloks in the Alias?
Here is an example I do for my GMs in my PbP games: LINK
I will do that tomorrow if I can, for now I just put it in Ryushi's stat page at the top.
Sure but please let me know exactly what I'm missing so I can take care of it faster and not hold the game up.
Quick question... Does anyone have the ability to actually remove stupefy? If not, then I suspect Seishine's time in this tournament will likely not improve the group's chances.
Heads up: my posting will be a little reduced capacity until the weekend, please bear with me!
Quick question... Does anyone have the ability to actually remove stupefy? If not, then I suspect Seishine's time in this tournament will likely not improve the group's chances.
>Restoration< can reduce the Stupefied condition by 2, but I haven't memorized it and I'm out of spells beyond 1st level today. Maybe tomorrow?
Hopefully the last room in this temple is a mountain of candy.
I have Restoration as a signature spell, so I have plenty of slots to use on it. Just have to actually beat the flat check to cast it on my stupefied self.
Offf, we're basically health tanking this thing and running out of HP very fast. If Guillas gets out I think he should flurry and move out of range. Anyone who's an actual threat (Guillas and Cirri) should hit and move back forcing it to chase, those who are fascinated can take their turns getting beat on, and hopefully the dragon is one of them.
Maybe getting damaged will help people snap out of stupor and they can get out of pollen range? Guillas and Cirri should be able to kite this thing.
Seems like this creature is immobile and relies on the pollen to drag its prey nearby.
If people snap out of it, they should definitely back off and fight it from range, but we'll need some good Will saves. I lucked out and got a Critical Success right off the bat.
Alright, I've got a Freedom of movement and neutralize poison spell both at touch range. Freedom of movement is guaranteed so I'll use it on one person next turn if need be.
Can that person then pull me out of range of the monster please? Lol.
If haste is an option Ryushi would be able to move in cast spell and move back.
Neutralize poison isn't guaranteed and I'm not sure how it reacts to this poison effect. I believe after I cast it I'd have to roll 15 or above to get my +18 to 33 and successfully counteract.
I can easily provide hit and run tactics, I just thought it better to sponge up some of these attacks and give others a chance to get away.
With a 65' movement and flurry for two attacks, it's something I expect to do fairly frequently... under other circumstances.
I'm going to wait on Zurrus to see if I should run in and try to pull off a touch spell
Question GM, if I'm able to sucessfully counteract a poison on either Selshine or Max, would they able to take their turn to get out of range of the pollen this turn?
Next question... It seems to me Selshine might be able to be out of pollen range, move in to toss a bomb and then run out again? or is better for Max to do some range stuff in the same fashion?
Either way if Max and Selshine are done with the turn it would make more sense for Ryushi to wait for next turn to do the Neutralize Poison and this turn would just try to hit the thing.
Also Ryushi just had the one hero point right?
Rules for Pollen are linked in THIS post's Tracker, players turns are counted in the order of postings by them, and Hero Points are tracked in my DM Alias.
Question GM, if I'm able to sucessfully counteract a poison on either Selshine or Max, would they able to take their turn to get out of range of the pollen this turn?
Next question... It seems to me Selshine might be able to be out of pollen range, move in to toss a bomb and then run out again? or is better for Max to do some range stuff in the same fashion?
Either way if Max and Selshine are done with the turn it would make more sense for Ryushi to wait for next turn to do the Neutralize Poison and this turn would just try to hit the thing.
Also Ryushi just had the one hero point right?
The issue I think is that unless the spores are moved or we are, before our turn begins, we will have to make another save or be fascinated again. Technically, unless there is something I am missing, we keep having the fascination broken every round as the creature continues to attack our allies but then our turn begins and we become fascinated again.
Unfortunately I am not able to move as a reaction. I am not sure if Max can. Maybe it would work if you readied an action to cast it on our turn so we could take our actions and move out. I could certainly stay out of the range and try to hit it with a bomb or two in this case.
Ugh, ready action only allows a single or free action to work so can't ready a two action spell. I'll hang around in case freedom of movement becomes valuable but for now I'm going to do the hit and run thing as well.
The start of turn stipulation is making Neutralize Poison pointless.
GM, does that mean Ryushi has 3 hero points? He used up one a little bit ago.
GM, does that mean Ryushi has 3 hero points? He used up one a little bit ago.
(☑☑☑□) = 3/4 used
(☑□□) = 1/3 used(□□□) = 0/3 used
Starting each Book with 3 Hero Points, yes.
Updated status to track spells cast, removed hero point tracker to reduce redundancy with DM Alias.
Question: Does this mean we've cleared out the temple?
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Cirri is trained in Medicine and Nature. She can use >Natural Medicine< to Treat Wounds with a +23 bonus. She's a Master of Nature, so there are 2 healing options.
- A DC 30 Master check will heal 2d8+30 HP.
- A DC 20 Expert check will heal 2d8+10 HP, but I cannot critically fail. I may hit DC 30 anyway, critically succeeding and healing for 4d8+10.
I don't know whether you want the guaranteed heal or the big heal, so please roll a +23 Nature check to Treat Wounds.
DM rainzax, not sure if the ??? in your list of what people have in their hands means you aren't sure what Seishine may be holding or if you understand he has nothing in his hands normally. Either way, Seishine will usually have empty hands so he is better prepared for alchemy things.
Guillias is attuned to the First World and heals 44 HP with a 10 minute rest (on top of any treatment of his wounds) so unless we have Ward Medic amongst us, he should be the last healing prioritized.
Looks like folks want to break (in game) for 10 minutes?
Going to proceed us forward in 24 hours (out game) unless I hear otherwise!
Guillias is attuned to the First World and heals 44 HP with a 10 minute rest (on top of any treatment of his wounds) so unless we have Ward Medic amongst us, he should be the last healing prioritized.
@Guillias - How do you figure 44 using General Rules as a guideline?
If you're referring to division/multiplication rules, I was incorrect because I should have rounded "half my level" to 5? Making it 5x4 or 20 x2 = 40 not half (my level times my Con modifier) which is incorrect, and the way I did it.
Please let me know if you're referring to anything else there. I'll adjust down.
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◆) Max
◆) Ryushi
◆) Seishine
◆) Zurrus
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What the heck? I posted Initiative right after you asked for it but it didn't take. I even added myself to the map. Sorry, got caught with work today so didn't get to check until now.