The Drive to Guistenal (Dark Sun) (Inactive)

Game Master EltonJ

Fun times. I think we're ready to be eaten by sandworms, find the starknife, or perhaps be marooned on barsoom. Too bad we're on athas and thus canonically doomed.

LOL, I was reading John Carter in jr. High, own all ten books in paper back And 'Dune' in high school, read the six written by Herbet before I was out of college.

I'd happily take Borak (or any character) to either Barsoom or Arrakis.

Post was eaten as i did it on my phone. Hopefully this on will work. I will repost in the morning.

Edit: Wasn't eaten, my phone is just slow.

I'm ready, playing a squishy guy will be fun, always a good chance of death, but that's the fun of a setting like this

Do we need to figure out marching order? We've secured being out front of the caravan. Can Kaqas and TkkTkk both fly ahead, or will they need to swap out and rest? Elain and Zok are mounted on her dinosaur while Borak is mounted on his Crodlu. Magnus has a Quick Runner's Shirt and we only need to be able to move a little faster than the caravan.

Normally flying characters need the same rest as walkers. If it makes a difference, my flight is the equivalent of a fly spell.

I was thinking that Daqas and I would be 60' in front, 60' up and each 60' to the left or right. That way we're not too far away for support or communication.

We might want each of the fliers to have a couple of colored flags. That way we could do a signal that could be seen even back at the main caravan.

Maybe:

Red for a monster or obviously hostile group.
Green for an unknown group of travellers who may or may not be hostile.
Blue for a hazard that the caravan should move to avoid.

We would shake the flag vigorously to show that what we find is bigger or more numerous. We can point it which direction the issue is coming from.

My perception is +17 (27 with take 10)
My survival to spot hazards or avoid getting lost is also +17 (27 with take 10)

Børak wrote:

EltonJ wrote:

Two hours into sunrise, there was something ahead.

Joshua sees it, but they are too far away for him to identify it

If Joshua see's it, would Borak's 23 on perception see it as well?

Taking twenty on Perception? Why yes, Borak does see it. It's a triffid, an ambulatory plant.

hmmmm, I think I put it in the earlier post, Borak took 10 on perception his modifier is 13. I don't think he'd have the time to take 20 in the desert.

"Perception: Turning over one grain of sand at a time"
:)

Gotcha. I had assumed 20, but then I'm used to running level 1 characters when I start a campaign. :)

Hmm, okay. My answer to your post came before your post.

That weirded me out. I'll wait for one of the fliers to post.

I love the paizo forum software time machine.

Tkk-Tkk wrote:

Elaine Aslandaughter wrote:

Tkk-Tkk wrote:

Elaine Aslandaughter wrote:

I love the paizo forum software time machine.

I wonder how much plutonium they burn each time this happens?

Oh, they use fusion power for this, taken from the 24th½ century.

But what happens if somebody doesn't get around to writing the post that somebody replied to? Isn't that a paradox that can destroy all of space and time.

Well, we'd better make sure that doesn't happen.

Very true.

All right, now you're just scaring me.

Hey EltonJ, one of the things I wanted to ask about is the Astral Suit, when he's wearing it as an Astral Skin the rules say it resembles a psychoactive skin Is the 'Skin' visible to the naked eye? So would someone know he's using extra protection if he's wearing the astral suit?

Hey EltonJ, one of the things I wanted to ask about is the Astral Suit, when he's wearing it as an Astral Skin the rules say it resembles a psychoactive skin Is the 'Skin' visible to the naked eye? So would someone know he's using extra protection if he's wearing the astral suit?

If it resembles a psychoactive skin, then the Astral Suit will be visible. But if you want it to be invisible, then all you have to do is will it to invisibility.

Cast Haste, you guys should know what it is.

Fortunately I do know haste is, Does it cover enough folks to help Borak's mount as well?

I'm too high for hasting. Then again, it doesn't help as much when I'm doing ranged attacks.

Skipping Zok and Tkk-Tkkit should cover mounts. I can get 6, provided we're close enough

cool, thanks for answering so quickly, I'll get a post up this afternoon, I've not figured out Borak's attacks, let alone his mounts, so it may take a moment.

Yikes that's what I get for taking my wife to see the new Dr Stange movie instead of posting.

Well done everyone.

I'm going to leave the math, EltonJ, I don't do a lot of 'mounts' or 'animal companions' I think I calculated everything right, if you see anything I screw please let me know.

Edit: Hmmmm, might be good I didn't get the chance for that attack. looks like I didn't account for handle animal rolls. Apparently to get a trained animal to do what you want them to do you have to roll a ten. And Handle animal is a 'trained skill' I'm going to need to rethink this.

Edit #2EltonJ do you mind if I move a couple of background skill points to Handle animal so Borak can use his mount?

Edit #2EltonJ do you mind if I move a couple of background skill points to Handle animal so Borak can use his mount?

Yes, you can.

Børak wrote:

Edit #2EltonJ do you mind if I move a couple of background skill points to Handle animal so Borak can use his mount?

Yes, you can.

Thanks,

Just realized that no one has posted since yesterday.

I apologized if my in-game post was confusing, I had rolled the attacks before I realized the plants were already dead. since I'm not very familiar with the Psychic classes, I left the rolls so EltonJ could double check them, just in case.

EltonJ, Borak did DCG the plants do you want him to roll for each? I assume it would take a few rounds to stick his trident in each of them.

Is anything else going on, anyone?

It was the weekend and then today was hectic with child. I’m expecting a post battle summary if combat is over, but will push post in the interim.

Is any day with children not hectic? I hope it was a 'good' hectic day not a 'bad' one.

hmmm, I didn't think about a post battle summary. I just felt like I screwed up my post and still have 'new game' jitters. Even with today's post I'm like 'Am I moving the pace too fast?' and 'I hope folks don't think I'm trying to put Borak in charge'

Anyway, I'll try and calm down, knowing we've got a good group and we'll get into a rhythm.

Having seen games die when everybody is waiting for somebody els eto post, I think this is a good thing.

Plus I'm playing a character from a race that expect an explicit pecking order to form in a group, so it's okay on a character scale too.

I myself have just been kind of occupied all over, uni is back in business after two years and I managed to net myself a pretty good internship I can't f#@* up. Sorry for the lack of posts.

It's alright, just remember, try to post everyday during the week, and only once on Weekends.

The first rule of maintaining momentum is to just post! Even if it's not your greatest post, having a quick two to five sentence post from someone else lets the other players know it's ok to post again. Maybe someone will feel more inspired.

Structure wise - I think we could have a nice camp scene here, then move to the next scene elton feels is right, either an overnight attack or perhaps something when we're back on the trail in the morning. Everyone try to get their camp actions in today, with an eye towards advancing to the next scene when eltonj gets a chance to post on the weekend?

(Subject of course to DM plans).

Sure, we can do a night time scene.

once I saw Tkk-Tkk rolled for survival, I didn't think about a need to. Do you want Borak to roll for survival as well.

Not a lot has been said in game, can Borak make a perception check to see Daqas waiving?

once I saw Tkk-Tkk rolled for survival, I didn't think about a need to. Do you want Borak to roll for survival as well.

Not a lot has been said in game, can Borak make a perception check to see Daqas waiving?

Yes he can. I can roll for you if that will make things faster.

Børak wrote:

EltonJ wrote:

Zok the Butcher wrote:

If within 30 feet, Zok will use Hypnotic Stare on closest Deer. If has the opportunity, readied action to sling at same said deer if it makes a move to attack or flee.

The deer is enscorcelled by your Hypnotic Stare. Anyone else want to try something?

I'm a little confused, is everyone other than the ones who made the survival rolls aware of the deer?

Sorry, about this. The deer only psionically attacked Daqas. Those that see the deer are not attacked. Zok managed to use hypnotic stare on one of the deer, and now I'm waiting for actions from the rest of the group.

@Elaine: the deer very much attacked us (Daqas) already - as Daqas tried to signal, and as the GM told a couple posts above

@GM: Is Daqas able to act, or is he somehow enthralled/confused/disabled/etc.? Thanks!

I'll admit I'm still a little confused. He said 'Those that see the deer are not attacked.' Seeing the deer was a result of a survival check, Borak didn't make one. I don't even know if he's seen them yet or not, nor how to recognize a psionic attack.

I know that Daqas has signaled something was wrong, and thought I should have Borak at least investigate. But I was waffling hoping to get more details or chime in with someone else.

I apologize if it sounds like I need it spelled out, but, not being real familiar with psionics or EltonJ's GM style, maybe I do need at least a few vowels.

Yes, my understanding was that the deer tried to confuse our hunters (a pretty natural reaction to being near predators for herbivores) not that they were hunting them. Elaine’s dismissal of the deer as threatening is just this, to the druid they are just deer.

I'll admit I'm still a little confused. He said 'Those that see the deer are not attacked.' Seeing the deer was a result of a survival check, Borak didn't make one. I don't even know if he's seen them yet or not, nor how to recognize a psionic attack.

I know that Daqas has signaled something was wrong, and thought I should have Borak at least investigate. But I was waffling hoping to get more details or chime in with someone else.

I apologize if it sounds like I need it spelled out, but, not being real familiar with psionics or EltonJ's GM style, maybe I do need at least a few vowels.

The deer use their psionic abilities when there is eye contact. Daqas had eye contact (thanks to his will save), so he was psionically affected. You did not get eye contact, yet. So you're not affected.

The Athasian deer is a special animal, it needs eye contact to confuse it's enemies.

Sorry, I think I have to pull out of the campaign. A combination of a loss of interest and a busy couple of weeks coming my way. Thank you for taking me in, and good luck to everyone on their drive to Guistenal!

... Giving a loud whistle to draw everyones attention he pointed at the beasts. As he Stepped away from the kill and towards the Kirres.

don't know if were in rounds yet, or if this counts as a surprise round. But in case it matters, drawing weapon while moving towards the creatures. He would not move more than half the distance towards them.

Since Borak was moving towards the Kirres that would have been his action in the surprise round, it looks like we are waiting for everyone else's surprise round action.

Yep, someone post. :)

Elaine goes after the kirre, her suprise round action was looking for them since she missed them the first time around.

Are you going to try to calm them?

Hi team - sorry, I’m a little under the weather today. I’ll be posting something useful tomorrow evening. Apologies again on the slowness today.

Are you going to try to calm them?

No we already attacked them. I think if she hadn’t failed perception/initiative that might have been her response, but she views her companions judgement as reasonable so as they attacked she’ll protect her companions and cook plenty of kirre jerky so none is wasted. Elaine is more infuriated by gluttony and senseless waste than predation. It’s a bird eat cat world, after all.

in the recruitment, will having an elf and a kreen be an issue?

in the recruitment, will having an elf and a kreen be an issue?

I am Jeral, not Tok'sa.

I have self-control.

I have not eaten elf so far, despite the temptation.

It won't be an issue from my side so long as we have other food available.

When it comes down to "eating people in the caravan is necessary for survival", then he'd obviously be first on the block.

Hi team - sorry, I’m a little under the weather today. I’ll be posting something useful tomorrow evening. Apologies again on the slowness today.

Yeah. Just get well.

I think everyone except Zok has acted in combat, should we 'Bot' him?

I think everyone except Zok has acted in combat, should we 'Bot' him?

We can.

I PM'd Zok, so I have to know what he will say. If I don't get a response from him by tonight, I'll bot him.

Just roboted Zok, so we can continue.

Sorry that post took so long, we lost power for four days due to a tornado. I assumed someone else was going to kill it, so I didn't post on my phone.

That's awful! I hope they restored power.

Tornadoes? that's scary. I'll stay over here with the earthquakes and wildfires.