OMB's Bonekeep 1 - Nostalgiacon! (Inactive)

Game Master James Martin

iirc that got nerfed pretty hard.

Clear Spindle

Now gives you a one-time immediate action Protection From Evil (or other alignment) that burns out the stone. Expensive at 4k gp.

I recommend we go in to Bonekeep with Magic Circles vs Evil from scrolls or potions.

Ouch

Hi guys, you are full, right? ;-)

If any position frees up I’d love to join if a waitlist is possible.

Have a great Sunday!

take my spot, Noral....it's the least I can do for all the games you GM...

take my spot, Noral....it's the least I can do for all the games you GM...

Noral - Grim switched to the low table if he's still willing to give up his seat?

yep...

Hi Qstor,
I just PMed with grimdog and thanks a lot to him because he really would provide his spot to me.

If the GM is ok too then I would jump in with my cleric level 7.

Thanks!

Ummmm.... <waves>

Noral the High tier table is already full, you would need to post in the low tier game ran by Redalia and you would be behind Mun if they are selecting by first come first serve, seeing Pig got selected before Mun I don't know what the methods of deciding are but nevertheless you need to get in contact with Redalia, same with Mun, and as well as Grimm if he gave his spot up.

Ahh sorry. Already informed Redalia. Then I’ll just wait to see how things develop until the game starts.

Thanks for pointing that out.

Happy holidays!! ;-)

Reminder: this kicks off Monday, so get your information on the Google Slides or the Bonekeep fairies will steal your teeth.

Time to think about preparations for our deadly dungeon delve?

Here's a short list of common threats and responses that it might be helpful to consider having cover for amongst our party:

darkness - oil of daylight / darkvision potion / alexandrite gem
incorporeals - ghost salt / ghost touch / incense of corporeality
ability damage and drain - (lesser) restoration
poison - (communal) delay poison / antitoxin / neutralise poison
disease - antiplague / remove disease
curse - remove curse / break enchantment
fear - we have a paladin ;) / but also aura of greater courage
domination and possession - magic circle vs evil / break enchantment / unbreakable heart

Many of these solutions are spells, only some of which can be had as potions. I would recommend that we have at least a couple of us drink magic circle vs evil potions, and all of us take a potion of heroism.

Anyway, just some suggestions, but I think it's helpful to consider them before we start the scenario.

GM can you tell us yet how the Bonekeep time limit will apply in pbp?

And let me reiterate this:
Aroden is using nearly all of his gold and many of his top spell slots to do some hopefully high-value scouting via Arcane Eye.
Darkvision, See Invisibility, Heroism, Arcane Sight, and Arcane Eye take up 2 2nd, 2 3rd, and 1 4th-level slot.

He is not going to have a lot of spell slots left, nor a lot of gold to buy scrolls.

His remaining 3rd-level slot will probably be Dispel Magic (CL 12 if he boosts it), and his remaining 4th-level slot will probably be Dimension Door.

That means no Haste unless somebody can provide him scrolls. It's a great buff, we all know that. You want that or other spells, provide him with scrolls.

He may spend 2 PP on either a Wand of Heightened Awareness or a scroll of 2 Haste spells.

Likely remaining lower-level spells:
1: Burning Hands, Liberating Command, Magic Missile, Feather Fall, Vanish, Shield (Mage Armor via wand)
2: Mirror Image, Resist Energy (CL8)

He will have the bonded item casting available for a single spell beyond those prepared.

I take it by the slides that Pig and Patros are not playing then?

No. I just missed the post about the slides... You would not believe the past 2 weeks...

EDIT: Panicked slightly upon counting my chronicles, but it turned out I had printed Splinter Den twice. Whew!

I think Patros (Grimdog) has moved to low tier, and we're supposed to have Qstor's paladin here?

I'll spend 2 PP for a scroll of haste (CL 5) x 2.

Nope he went back to the low tier table and we were supposed to have Mun the Elven Oracle, I dunno why he hasn't posted by now, but it seems par for the course at this point. However it terms of preparation, I will be spending 2k to pick up a handy haversack. I can spend prestige to pick up a wand of lesser resto and what else do you think? It would leave me with 500gp I could spend on like misc stuff

Thanks for the PMs folks. I stopped monitoring these threads because it looked like there wasn't a spot for me here; I guess I was confused. Grateful to have a place at the table! I'll work on dotting in presently!

It was definitely confusing. I went to sleep and it was suddenly 2022. Dogs and cats sleeping together. Madness.

Welcome to the team!

Poh's still got a bit of gold to spend, will review chronicle sheets today and post purchases.

Mun has the following in the way of healing/restorative resources

Spells
3rd (5/day)
. . cure serious
. . dispel magic
2nd (7/day)
. . cure moderate
. . surmount affliction (temp help only)
1st (8/day)
. . cure light
Orisons
. . stabilize

Wands
. . lesser restoration (5 charges)

Potions
. . neutralize poison

He has 8000 gp to spend, so can definitely invest in some things to prep for this difficult scenario. I'm thinking contributing to scrolls of haste is definitely in order; anything else on someone's wishlist?

A scroll or two of Delay Poison (Communal) goes a long way removing poison as a threat.

A scroll of Life Bubble can be an excellent choice too.

Scrolls or potions of Magic Circle vs Evil are a great way to prevent charm, domination or possession.

If you're feeling flush, the incense of corporeality is a great but expensive way of defeating incorporeals.

Otherwise, buff your own saves! Usual items - cloak, cracked green prism ioun stone, 4-leaf clover or lucky horseshoe.

ETA: scrolls of Freedom of Movement and/or Remove Paralysis also handy :)

Poh's purchases:

scabbard of argent vigour (like the regular scabbard of vigour but can add Undead Bane to a weapon), 2000gp (chronicle sheet item)
wand of remove curse CL12, 4 charges, 2880gp (chronicle sheet item)
scroll of Magic Circle vs Evil, 375gp
scroll of Remove Paralysis, 150gp
scroll of Freedom of Movement, 700gp

Leaves Poh with 1785gp still. Poh can't use any of the consumables himself, but will hand them off to Mun or Aroden (along with his other wands: clw, mage armour, infernal healing).

I once played a primarily dungeon-crawl scenario with a party that included a "scout" eidolon. The eidolon couldn't fight - it completely avoided combat - but its stealth and detection abilities gave us forewarning of every combat, the ability to pre-buff and surprise rounds (often but not always). IMHO this was a helpful and interesting way to run a summoner/eidolon.

I appreciate the use of the Arcane Eye. Spells and tactics like this are under-used in PFS scenarios. I wasn't sure it would work because it has limitations, but it's cool that it's given us a lot of information.

Yo that's pretty awesome, I've seen items like gloves of reconnaissance used but nothing to this degree, and my only complaint is that I didn't have the luxury of sitting at a F2F game and seeing the look on the DM's face while he goes through it all.

Point of order: I haven't posted the initial room description, yet Aroden knew there were statues there.

Who here has played Bonekeep 1 before?

The statues are on the map. That's what a star in a circle means, yes?
Has been that way since AD&D.
Same as the symbols for doors, stairs, portcullis, etc. on your map.

You also described a statue in the corner of the top-left room in the map that's posted, and that's marked by the star-in-circle symbol GM.

Okay. If you HAVE played, please try to keep your character and player knowledge separate. It makes the game more fun.

You can replay Bonekeep? :O

Someone please confirm that they can see my posts so I don't think I've gone crazy.

Yep it's coming through on my end.

Whew. I got asked where was I. Maybe my posts are too short. ;)

I think they may have mixed you up with Khugon? He hasn't posted yet.

The drunk guiding the impulsive. Brilliant! :D

Hello everyone!

The GM was so kind to allow me to join as a seventh player.

I’d bring my level 5 Druid to the high tier game.

Any objections from the group to have a 7th player?

Any objections from the group to have a 7th player?

No objections here!

Mun's purchases:
antiplague x4 (50gp x4=200 gp)
antitoxin x4 (50gp x4=200 gp)
amulet of natural armor +1 (1,000 gp; for Selune)
wand of knock (11 charges, 990 gp; 3-00 chronicle item)
4x scroll of haste (375 gp x4=1500 gp)

Total = 3890 gp

FYI. You can keep pushing Pig down on the map as you need to as people descend the stairs.

I'd say assume total defense (for an AC of 33) as we enter, but I'm not sure that's compatible with the rules.

We got Pig, Poh, Khrugon, Mun, Bear, Sadaf, Raptor, Aroden, Vrothum does that seem like a good Marching order? We got a motley crew that's for sure and I'm loving the Dumb Orc, Drunk monkey vibes lmao truly great visuals in my head.

Wow, that is a huge group. Seven PCs with two animal companions.

Okay.

Hi guys,
Thanks again to the GM to offer me the 7th spot but I have decided that it is a little too much with so many players and animal companions and summoned monsters on top.

I wish you a great game guys!! ;-)

Probably a sensible decision Noral, thank you.

If the 4-star GM bar gets lifted and we get to run Bonekeep again in pbp, I'm up for GM-ing and I'll gladly save you a spot :)

Thanks! Let us hope that Bonekeep is really allowed after this con. ;-)

Someone put Selune's token on the map, but enlarged to large size; she is a Medium sized bear, so I shrunk her down and put Mun's token besider her.

That was me; I clearly misread. :)

EDIT: Just a suggestion. It might be easier if you put a number on your token rather than lots of tiny tokens to represent how many images you have.

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Someone put Selune's token on the map, but enlarged to large size; she is a Medium sized bear, so I shrunk her down and put Mun's token besider her.

That was me; I clearly misread. :)

That makes fitting tokens on there easier.

EDIT: Just a suggestion. It might be easier if you put a number on your token rather than lots of tiny tokens to represent how many images you have.

Thanks; I don't mind the work, and they're grouped on the map so they select and move together easily.

Just checking in it's been like 3 days just making sure everything's good to go, and everyone is healthy. Covid is exploding around my small town, stay safe!

I'm all set... we are all on the map, it looks like.

Alright, I'll kick us off shortly.

I was just waiting for the inevitable ambush. :)