DM Fern's Skull & Shackles (Inactive)

Game Master Evriani

Absolutely. When I was a regular gaming convention attendee, many of the regional GMs knew I would accept whatever the dice said. I had characters die far more frequently than I probably should have, specifically to provide a warning to newer players that they were in water well over their heads. Usually the attack set that either killed me or set up the death was prefaced with the judge looking me directly in the eye and shrugging.

If death and loss aren't actually options, then neither are survival and victory.

BTW - I'm waiting for the good guys to move across the plank, so I can use swinging reposition to charge to the OTHER SIDE of the opposition and try to get through this as safely as possible for our team.

Don't most players have like 15 characters on standby in the wings just hoping for their chance to come out and play?

If death and loss aren't actually options, then neither are survival and victory.

Absolutely agree with this. Had an old GM who used plot armor to resurrect a character after many of the party members had dealt with the loss of their friend IC. It felt like all of that development was for nothing - there was no real risk associated with death in-game anymore. Took away a chunk of the fun.

So Locstats ??

Edmonton Alberta, Canada here. GMT - 6

Same, but south a bit in Idaho.

Now watch GM Fern go right to town on the PC's. :)

J/K . . . please don't, but if my PC dies during this he dies.

Having fun even if the dice don't like me.

Us, as we board this ship rofl

There's my contribution to the pirate songs.

I am in San Antonio, TX. Central Time Zone. Howdy ya'll.

My own contribution to pirate goodness.

Terry of Quent wrote:

If death and loss aren't actually options, then neither are survival and victory.

Absolutely agree with this. Had an old GM who used plot armor to resurrect a character after many of the party members had dealt with the loss of their friend IC. It felt like all of that development was for nothing - there was no real risk associated with death in-game anymore. Took away a chunk of the fun.

I think it is possible to do both or either of plot armor or resurrection well.

But yes, it is easier to do it badly.

Oh, definitely. This just wasn't done well at all. I've seen both done well!

I am in San Antonio, TX. Central Time Zone. Howdy ya'll.

Moi, ausi.

Gig 'em!

Okay, I can't wait forever. Guess I need to go across first and hope you guys join me . . ..

Joran's an evening poster, and Cass has been MIA for a few days, but odds are good Joran and thus Atia will be joining you. =) Once Joran posts I'll work on one.

Still deciding who Mateo just murdered...

Yeah, there's some serious drama going on in Plaguestone right now. ;)

THAT'S true. Bad kitty! ;)

Okay, about to get something out there. Sorry for the holdup. Plaguestone has been plaguing me. My bad.

I reached out to Cass and heard back, college started up and she's swamped this week but will be back into the groove soon. I'll play her till she has more time. Starting a post now but it'll be a hot minute, semi-multi-tasking.

If you guys catch a mechanical mistake in my stuff by all means call me on it, there is a lot to keep track of. Like how as I am wiriting this I just remembered the fog...ack! Rolling some miss chances here, won't apply to Mateo and Syl because they're out of the cloud, but for all the stuff aboard the Promise...

miss chance 20%, low hits: 1d100 ⇒ 81
miss chance 50%, low hits: 1d100 ⇒ 92

Okay so Terry is fine, with concealment the shots miss. I'll go edit the post. I don't think you guys rolled it on your attacks but just do so going forward. It's 20% in melee, 50% at range.

-shocked and angry Mateo face here-

In round 1, the dice REALLY liked Terry.

Guess we'll see what they think about him for round 2 after work . . ..

And, no, we didn't roll the miss chances.

Is there a miss chance for friendly touch range spells?

And I forgot about armor failure chance earlier. Because fake cleric, And it doesn't exist in PF2.

I don't know about friendly, but that does remind *me* that I need to go include that miss chance in my post.

Fern reminded me ranged touch ignores armor. Pretty sure I just murdered your friend Dominic. Not the best first impression. :P

-Mateo and Lanni will remember this- :P

Yeah, I just named that one a few hours ago.

Don't you know, its like farm animals. Once you name them you aren't supposed to kill them.

Well, I didn't name him. That's your mistake. :P You should know better than to get attached to the livestock.

Hey, I liked Bessie . . . She makes a wonderful steak. :)

Is...is Dreamer about to eat Dominic? ;)

Na. I only eat 4 legged herbivores. :)

Terry, next round I should be able to get up there or near there and help you with some crowd control.

Lanni...I know the situation looks bad. Just think about it though...think of the experience points we'll get! :P

EDIT: I appreciate you being kind for the Opportune & Riposte, DM Fern. In an IRL setting, I think I'd be able to see the attack roll first and then make the roll to try and parry it away.

Uh oh. . .Football play coming with Lanni as the football??

Terry, next round I should be able to get up there or near there and help you with some crowd control.

Thanks. I know enough not to let them surround me on my own!

Hopefully I'll still be up by the time the army arrives . . ..

I don't think I have actually mentioned this yet, so I should probably correct that. The symbols that I am using are to represent pauses and facial expressions when listening to something that you guys can't hear.

:⁂: would be the normal 10-mile stare into the distance. And I may also have some representation of expressions too. :⁂ ⁇: or :⁂ ‼: or something like that.

So those are 100% something visible and perceivable in-character that you guys can react to.

Ooooohhhhhhhh, I thought they were indicating your spirit talking in your head or something. I love it.

Like that the dialogue that came after was the spirit, not Lanni.

Nope, he is talking to apparently himself out loud.

I don't think I have actually mentioned this yet, so I should probably correct that. The symbols that I am using are to represent pauses and facial expressions when listening to something that you guys can't hear.

:⁂: would be the normal 10-mile stare into the distance. And I may also have some representation of expressions too. :⁂ ⁇: or :⁂ ‼: or something like that.

So those are 100% something visible and perceivable in-character that you guys can react to.

That's good to know, bud. I had no idea what the heck that was.

Question: If it's a 20% miss chance and high misses, doesn't that make it an 80% miss chance?

I'm thinking 20% and below would be the miss, correct? The 50% I get because one direction has to be hit or miss. But the 20% one has me baffled.

I ask because I keep seeing 20% miss chance, "high misses" and that just seems odd to me.

Please correct me if I'm wrong. *Looking at you, Caiten* ;)

Wrong edition. That's why I like flat checks.

But I guess math is universal. If it is a 20% miss chance and you decide that high is bad, then a roll of 1d100 => 80 or more would miss.

Wrong edition. That's why I like flat checks.

But I guess math is universal. If it is a 20% miss chance and you decide that high is bad, then a roll of 1d100 => 80 or more would miss.

Flat checks are better, I don't disagree.

Okay, cool. Thanks!

I have also seen it run the other direction too. Where a 20% miss chance is run with low being failure. So 1d100 => 20 or lower would miss.

It would be nice if we just picked one, but people have different preferences and habits. So deciding on one direction doesn't work so well.

Too much math, brain no worky. High = bad; low = good is about all I can handle. :P There's a reason I teach English.

I have also seen it run the other direction too. Where a 20% miss chance is run with low being failure. So 1d100 => 20 or lower would miss.

That's actually the way I've always played it so that's why I asked. The way you explained is definitely a new one on me.

Too much math, brain no worky. High = bad; low = good is about all I can handle. :P There's a reason I teach English.

LOL!

I normally do low is bad, too, because it is simpler for my monkey brain, but SOMEBODY started doing it the other way for this combat, and I just followed suit.

Anyone got a banana?

Too much math, brain no worky. High = bad; low = good is about all I can handle. :P There's a reason I teach English.

When I first graduated high school and started college, I did the first half a year planning on being a math teacher. I also got hired as a math tutor for the school - which was a really good thing. I realized fairly quickly that while I understand math quite well, and can even teach it rather well, I can't handle keeping the attention of more than about 2-3 people at a time.

Atia Leroung wrote:

Too much math, brain no worky. High = bad; low = good is about all I can handle. :P There's a reason I teach English.

When I first graduated high school and started college, I did the first half a year planning on being a math teacher. I also got hired as a math tutor for the school - which was a really good thing. I realized fairly quickly that while I understand math quite well, and can even teach it rather well, I can't handle keeping the attention of more than about 2-3 people at a time.

That is completely understandable. It can be really overwhelming if I think about it too hard, haha. I'm basically acting for 8 hours a day. It helps to have a "teacher persona" to lean on.

The hardest part is not cussing every other word like I do IRL.

I will normally go with low roll is bad. But i guess i can go high bad.

Meh, I say we just melt Atia's mind and convert everything over to flat checks.

percentile chance of failure outcome = p

flat check DC = (p / 5) + 1

So 20% miss chance becomes flat check DC 5. 1, 2, 3, and 4 fail, 5% of each face.

fog melee miss chance: 1d20 ⇒ 14

:P

OK, probably not. But I don't really care which way percentiles are measured from or even if different people do it differently.

Low=bad just makes more sense to me.