"Fists of the Ruby Phoenix" (Campaign) w/ DM rainzax

Game Master rainzax

For the most part, you did! Yellow will still need to make a save vs the spell, and it's still area electricity damage even though I was also smacking them with a melee attack. I didn't cast from a spell slot, though. I used 3 charges from my staff, which is accounted for in my status bar.

Edit: Nevermind, a Nat 20 negates that entirely lol

Ok - so just the weapon part of the "Spellstrike" is resolved against the primary target via attack roll, then it gets it's save like everyone else in the area for the spell portion - right?

(Which, when compared to "regular" Spellstrike, is a bit of a de-coupling, right?)

Right, the actual spell part goes off as if it was being cast normally, as long as the strike it's accompanying isn't a critical failure. If the strike is anything else, it's business as usual (so Yellow's degree of success isn't affected by my crit, either).

One weird interaction with my long reach is that with spells that are a cone or a line, if I'm not adjacent to them I can pick any square that's adjacent to them as the origin of the AoE. I could potentially have a completely backwards facing cone of cold if I wanted. Idk why I would but it's a neat option.

Also, how often do you get to hit every single enemy with a single lightning bolt? I've never seen it happen before, let alone been the person doing it.

Meanwhile I'm hoping lines up into a single cone.

What do you reckon is the DC for something to Swim through your wall of water? Would it use your spell DC or something else? I feel like a bunch of bugs would probably not be very strong swimmers.

I assume they don't have an Athletics check. Looking at the >Swim< page I'd guess my wall is either at my Spell DC, or it's Trained/Expert level. This falls into "GM decides."

But I am used to watching people jump into pools of water when harassed by bees. That may be TV lying to me, though!

It can work, but you definitely want to surface someplace else. Some bees/wasps/murder bugs will wait for you.

Internet is down in my home area - will have to wait to do my big GM post - stand by!

The power in my home blinked a few times during the snowstorm yesterday. My internet didn't go down, but I know another GM who did (and has to dig through a LOT of snow to see what happened)

Going to try a quick post to move game along away from my books and stuff - bear with!

Not sure where you have the link to tick fever and if it is considered an affliction or not. If I have to roll something else or not.

Not sure where you have the link to tick fever and if it is considered an affliction or not. If I have to roll something else or not.

DM rainzax wrote:

Affliction (Diseases and Poisons)

Persistent Damage (Bleed) and Assisted Recovery

You are all caught up for now.

Okay, thanks, nothing happens yet, but damage or some effect sickened 1 or otherwise will happen after some time limit.

Rainzax, it's your show, but I think it may be more expedient if you tell Osh what, specifically, you are waiting for him to do. As an autistic person, it can be often very difficult to infer what a person wants or expects from me if they're not explicit about it, so if nothing else it would help me help you (since I'm sure there will come a time when I am just not getting it).

Currently at 56/193 hp and 11/15 temp hp.

Taking your word for it now. Does Bleed bypass Temporary Hit Points?

I wasn't sure - someone told me it does, but they weren't the most knowledgeable about the rules. What're your thoughts?

DM rainzax wrote:

Affliction (Diseases and Poisons)

Persistent Damage (Bleed) and Assisted Recovery

Temporary Hit Points

Bleed is, unless otherwise specified, a kind of physical damage, so a resistance to all physical damage would apply to it, while a resistance to, say, piercing or bludgeoning would not.

Not all persistent damage is bleed, though, I know of at least one creature that does persistent piercing damage instead of bleed.

I don't know of anything that lets it bypass temp HP, but it's possible a specific ability might do such a thing.

DM rainzax wrote:

DM rainzax wrote:

Affliction (Diseases and Poisons)

Persistent Damage (Bleed) and Assisted Recovery

Temporary Hit Points

Using the rules linked above, we remain in rounds until Osh either bleeds out or passes his check!

Knowing my luck, Osh will continue failing his checks!

At least we'll get you lots of extra rolls!

Cirri has a +17 to Medicine, so she will try to >administer first aid< to help Osh.

Cirri also has Vital Beacon. Osh can spend an action to lay a hand (er, hoof) to heal 5d6 and next round can do it again for 5d4.

DM rainzax wrote:

Persistent Damage (Bleed) and Assisted Recovery

Using the rules linked above, we remain in rounds until Osh either bleeds out or passes his check!

Bump

If we want to, we could just roll the bleed damage/stabilize/medicine checks in a spoiler.

My wifi has been out the last few days and I couldn't really check it from my phone.

I'll just keep rolling flat checks unless someone wants to help..

Good to see your wifi is up and running, Osh. My town dealt with a snowstorm last week and then an icestorm this weekend. I'm one of the lucky ones with wifi.

Cirri and Aoibhean both offered to >Administer First Aid< extra checks so you could make more flat checks.

Since you rolled already, I'll let the GM decide if we can retcon administering First Aid so you can make the Flat Check in fewer rounds. I am unsure of the DC, so I'll roll Cirri's next 4 rounds of First Aid attempts.

I actually did perform first aid, so Osh, you wouldn't have taken that last 11 damage (since you would get an extra flat check with no damage).

@Aiobhean - I factored that into calculations - Tracker is as posted!

The last time we tried to Treat Wounds was after we fought the stank beast, and after we took a >Soothing Spring<. After that, we fought the giant statue, then we came up here to get bugged. Based on that timetable, we've spent 20-30 minutes since the last Treat Wounds attempt.

I have a +23 Nature check I can use to Treat Wounds (thanks to >Natural Medicine< and the GM's decision to give me a +2 bonus). I can attempt a DC 20 or 30 check since I'm a master of Nature. I also have a +17 Medicine to fall back on.

In terms of immediate healing, Vital Beacon is still active with 2 charges left. I have a level 2 Heal memorized, and my Staff of Healing has 3 charges remaining.

I suggest we spend 30 minutes or so searching this garden, spend some more time to Treat Wounds and then press on to complete investigating the temple.

Agreed, we are getting our butts kicked here.

...players, if you rolled at least one Fortitude save from Tick Swarm, please post your Single Worst outcome!

I think. By worst outcome, you mean worst roll? I rolled a nat 1 on one of my fort saves.

There are four outcomes:

Critical Success
Success
Failure
Critical Failure

It was worth a shot, Cirri, so I still appreciate it. It probably would need a critical success (from a 3rd level spell), since the disease is probably equivalent to a 5th or 6th level effect.

>Counteract rules< Oh, I see. I've never done much counteracting before. This is a primal spell, so I'll put aside some of my 5th and 6th level spells to memorize them for tomorrow.

Medicine checks can be used to Treat Disease, but that takes 8 hours per patient. And they get a +2 bonus for their next check.

If we have time for some shopping, it might be good to pick up some Antiplagues. They're pretty cheap and give a decent item bonus to saves against disease for 24 hours.

Another way to advance the game is to move the Party Token on the Map!

Bump

I came in the middle of this, what room hasn't the party explored? A11 is a dead end connecting to A10.

According to the >Irori Temple Map<, we still have 6 rooms to investigate.

If everyone is OK with advancing, let's go South two rooms.

Okay, done, placed our icons in the cloud.
Gotcha, DM has multiple maps.

I wanted to make sure people were OK with moving on. I'm the only uninjured person, so I didn't want to shuffle everyone into another deathtrap.

Sorry folks, between real life and Paizo.com being borked I just didn't see we had new posts.

Oh yeah, the site had a "can't log in bug". Sometimes you won't get the "new posts" reminder and have to check manually. That always drives me crazy.

Hey guys, sorry. My wifi has been on the fritz so I haven't been able to log on for a few days. Finally got it fixed and should be back and ready to go!

Long day folks - I will tend to my post tomorrow!

What language is she speaking?

Common = Modern Tien

Posting this in all my games, so I apologize if you've seen it already.

I'm going through a difficult period right now with my mental health, and it's making it hard for me to keep up with my games on here. I am not planning to quit or anything, but I just need a day or two to kind of unplug from stuff so I can get myself back to where I can be a more active contributor. In the meantime, I ask for your patience, and I will be back soon.

You are in luck! I am away this weekend, back tomorrow.

Be well aiobhean !

Ready to start back up today or tomorrow