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Does anyone else have Scrolls of Lesser Restoration?
Reposting this from the GM from earlier:
"The prism is an ingenious device - a kind of battery for Good or Holy energy. If sufficiently charged up, a wielder can use the prism to enhance the power of Good spells. The prism can hold 8 charges; 2 charges boost a Good spell by 1 level, 4 charges by 2 levels, and 8 charges by 3 levels. In addition a prism can the thrown like a splash weapon, exploding in a similar way to a Holy Smite spell with a Caster Level equal to the charges remaining.
Prisms can be recharged in several ways: a Good spell cast directly upon the prism is absorbed, restoring 1 charge per spell level. Channel Energy, when augmented by an ability that harms Evil Outsiders or heals Good Outsiders [Alignment Channel feat], restores 1 charge per die of the Channel effect. Lastly, a Good-aligned person can give up their own energy: concentrating on the prism as a full-round action restores 1d4 charges but imposes a negative level on the wielder for 24 hours.
A prism holds a maximum of 8 charges. This one currently holds 6."
We need to count up the prisms (I think we have 5) and how many charges each prism has currently.
Not here. Lol, great minds in that gameplay thread I see ;)
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Not here. Lol, great minds in that gameplay thread I see ;)
It's the obvious question since no NPC to this point has told the PCs exactly how to use the weapon. Ghalcor gave us the mechanics but we still don't know about the power. Do we have enough batteries for this flashlight? Where's the USB port on this thing?!?! :P
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Anyone and everyone please check my work since I can't read or add. :P But this is what I have to this point:
Prisms and Charges
#1 – Puzzle Lock = 6
#2 – Archon Chamber = 4
#3 – Religious Workshop = 4
#4 – On Ghalcor's Corpse = 8
#5 – By Ghalcor's Corpse = 0
For the GM: Can we determine the charge level on the prism that Ghalcor's corpse was holding?
Update: It has 8! :)
So it looks like (opening calculator on the Desktop):
6 + 4 + 4 + 8 + 0 = 22
Those numbers are correct Trajan. There is a fully charged prism in Ghalcor's corpse's hands (8 charges) and an empty one next to him on the floor.
Will update gameplay tomorrow, in the meantime carry on :)
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Charging the prisms: Who has spells or scrolls with spells with the [Good] descriptor? Trajan has:
2 scrolls of Veil of Positive Energy for 2 charges
2 scrolls of Protection from Evil for 2 charges; I was hoping to save these for later but we might need them for charges
1 scroll of Magic Circle vs. Evil for 3 charges; I'd really like to save this for later
For a total of 7 charges available that way.
Any good-aligned PC can "give up their own energy": Restores 1d4 charges at the cost of a 24 hour negative level. To remind everyone what a negative level does:
"For each negative level a creature has, it takes a cumulative –1 penalty on all ability checks, attack rolls, combat maneuver checks, Combat Maneuver Defense, saving throws, and skill checks. In addition, the creature reduces its current and total hit points by 5 for each negative level it possesses. The creature is also treated as one level lower for the purpose of level-dependent variables (such as spellcasting) for each negative level possessed. Spellcasters do not lose any prepared spells or slots as a result of negative levels."
The bad things that happen to players page.
So the good-aligned PCs will have to decide if they think it's worth the cost; given the Paladin Codes I think it's a given both Paladins will choose this path.
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Since it's been over 2 weeks, a reminder of what was in this room:
"A long coat rack laden with baggy leather suits and a wooden wardrobe comprise the only furnishings in this room. A desiccated body lies slumped against the north wall, cradling a glowing prism in its limp arms. A second, empty prism lies at the body’s side. An iron door leads to the north."
In my local gaming area we call this, 'Probably not a coincidence' that there are baggy leather suits. Kind of like the 'religious' workroom, we might want to 'suit up' now.
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At this very moment, Dexter will not sacrifice his life force to add a charge to a prism. At later moments, that decision may change.
We'll see if Ghalcor's spirit gives us any help on powering the weapon. I will say that you might want to decide now because later there might be a time, enemy, action, or distance factor which would make charging prisms then either problematic or unfeasible. For example if a monster is chewing on Dexter, is he going to want to take an action then to charge a prism? I just think it's better to charge the prisms now while we have relative peace to do so.
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True of course, but he isn’t not charging it now because he thinks he’ll be able to lately. He isn’t charging it now because he isn’t sure the weapon, at this point, should even be used. And taking a negative level for a ‘maybe use it later’ does not seem practical, and he attempts to be very practical.
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He isn’t charging it now because he isn’t sure the weapon, at this point, should even be used.
Fair enough and a point to be addressed by Trajan 'in game' at the appropriate time. We'll see what the GM's update tomorrow brings to the table.
Something important to note, and perhaps I should've emphasized it more, is that, by text, this is a "24 hour" negative level - so not the regular variety of negative level that requires a save to keep from being permanent so the 'damage' to PCs won't last outside the module.
Just to confirm, it is a temporary negative level that goes away after 24 hours.
Gameplay post incoming.
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so we need 6 charges...
To me the bare minimum would be 10 additional charges. Ghalcor said 4 prisms and I'm working on the assumption of fully charged prisms so that's 4 x 8 = 32. I'm a 'worst case' gamer and his statement that, "The greater the total charge, the more potent the weapon's effect should be" means he isn't sure how many are exactly needed. Since we have 5 prisms I'm thinking we should fully charge 4 and then maybe whatever randoms we can pile into the 5th to improve our odds of dispelling/dismissing/destroying the demon army outside.
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Update (pending the GM saying the Tarrasque showed up and ate Trajan):
#1 – Puzzle Lock = 6 - Now has 8 charges from 2 Scrolls of Veil of Positive Energy.
#2 – Archon Chamber = 4 - Now has 5 charges from Trajan eating a negative level.
#3 – Religious Workshop = 4
#4 – On Ghalcor's Corpse = 8
#5 – By Ghalcor's Corpse = 0 - Now has 2 charges from 2 Scrolls of Protection from Evil.
Current Math (someone triple check me!)
8 + 5 + 4 + 8 + 2 = 27 charges
I'd suggest if we want to use a Magic Circle vs. Evil scroll that we use it on the 5 charge prism since the 3rd level spell will fill it at 8 charges.
Sad thing is if I had ever remembered to buy the damn Wand of Pro Evil for 2 PP this wouldn't be an issue. :(
Bit late for me to update gameplay today, but I will do so tomorrow.
If you could clarify who has which prisms on their persons I can move us along. can't do any more tonight as I'm awaiting completion of a data transfer to a new Mac.
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If you could clarify who has which prisms on their persons I can move us along. can't do any more tonight as I'm awaiting completion of a data transfer to a new Mac.
*hides the cable cutters*
I'll leave that up to Doran. If he wanted to take all the prisms (the ones Trajan and Radiarch were charging could be handed to him), that's fine with Trajan.
Gm, barring PC capabilities, what is it looking like our options are for getting up to the control panel?
EDIT: Given the current situation, I think it makes more sense for Vosk to spend the next few rounds casting Fly on two allies (one prepared and one with his arcane bond) instead of himself. He can just throw around spells afterwards, but unless there are climb/acrobatics options, I think our melee will be SOL otherwise! Except Trajan, he came prepared ;)
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Gm, barring PC capabilities, what is it looking like our options are for getting up to the control panel?
EDIT: Given the current situation, I think it makes more sense for Vosk to spend the next few rounds casting Fly on two allies (one prepared and one with his arcane bond) instead of himself. He can just throw around spells afterwards, but unless there are climb/acrobatics options, I think our melee will be SOL otherwise! Except Trajan, he came prepared ;)
With his vast array of skills, I would like Vosk to be one of the fliers so there might be a PC with the requisite skills/knowledges to get the weapon operational.
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I'm happy to hand off my prisms if a flyer can get them up there first. Otherwise, I'll be spending my newfound speed to race up the stairs as much as I can. I assume I'll stop right behind Doran if so.
Radiarch is an archer; his time right now might be better spent shooting the demon threatening Doran and blocking him from continuing up the stairs.
Gm, barring PC capabilities, what is it looking like our options are for getting up to the control panel?
EDIT: Given the current situation, I think it makes more sense for Vosk to spend the next few rounds casting Fly on two allies (one prepared and one with his arcane bond) instead of himself. He can just throw around spells afterwards, but unless there are climb/acrobatics options, I think our melee will be SOL otherwise! Except Trajan, he came prepared ;)
The control console is on a platform 20 feet up, so flying, levitating, or taking the stairs are the most obvious routes there. The staircase now has a 5' gap in it which is filled by big honkin' demon.
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Fair enough. Best I can do is activate my Divine Bond to turn my bow to a +1 weapon, hoping it can punch through the following turn.
Radiarch is an archer; his time right now might be better spent shooting the demon threatening Doran and blocking him from continuing up the stairs.
Does Radiarch have a smite left? A paladin's smite allows them to bypass the target's DR if that's what you mean by "punch through."
Gm, barring PC capabilities, what is it looking like our options are for getting up to the control panel?
EDIT: Given the current situation, I think it makes more sense for Vosk to spend the next few rounds casting Fly on two allies (one prepared and one with his arcane bond) instead of himself. He can just throw around spells afterwards, but unless there are climb/acrobatics options, I think our melee will be SOL otherwise! Except Trajan, he came prepared ;)
With his vast array of skills, I would like Vosk to be one of the fliers so there might be a PC with the requisite skills/knowledges to get the weapon operational.
That makes sense to me! Anyone dying to join the fray up top vs going around/taking shots at the big guy?
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The demon said he wants some bacon for dinner, will Salazar let that taunt go unchallenged?!??!
In an old home campaign I ran, my brother's character acquired the nickname "Bacon" after being polymorphed into a pig by the party wizard in order to save him from being murderised by a cabal of evil necromancers. Good times :)
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The demon said he wants some bacon for dinner, will Salazar let that taunt go unchallenged?!??!In an old home campaign I ran, my brother's character acquired the nickname "Bacon" after being polymorphed into a pig by the party wizard in order to save him from being murderised by a cabal of evil necromancers. Good times :)
Bacon! :)
GM, for the whole mirror thing, how would it work if Vosk used Silent Image to replicate one of them? Or Instant Portrait? Don't have a mirror, so trying to get creative.
The abrikandilus are not disturbed by the sight of other similar demons, only by their own reflections. Silent Image is too generic, but Instant Portrait creates a recognisable representation so I'll allow that.
The mechanics of firing the weapon:
You need to load 4 prisms into their receptacles on the control platform. (You have 5 prisms but the weapon only has 4 receptacles).
Loading a prism is a move action.
Once 4 prisms are loaded, one PC may use the controls to arm the weapon. This is a full-round action and will provoke AoOs.
Once the weapon is armed, the two firing dials may be operated. They are at opposite ends of the control platform and must be operated simultaneously. It is a Standard action to operate one or both firing dials, but you can only operate both as a single action if you have 10' or greater reach.
All of the actions above may be attempted whilst averting one's gaze from the big bad demon, but this causes the actions to take longer: a move becomes a standard, a standard becomes a full-round, and a full-round becomes two full-rounds.
The character arming the weapon may make an INT check or a Use Magic Device check as a free action. Success somewhat mitigates the effect of the damage caused to the weapon by the demons.
I know you shouldn't say anything GM, but MAN do I hope the INT and UMD checks have different DC's!
EDIT: As far as getting the remaining Prisms to the controls, next turn Vosk can fly over to the others and Dimension Door two others and himself back to the control panel. Ideally, the two people brought over have the highest charged prisms, not counting Trajan's.
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I know you shouldn't say anything GM, but MAN do I hope the INT and UMD checks have different DC's!
EDIT: As far as getting the remaining Prisms to the controls, next turn Vosk can fly over to the others and Dimension Door two others and himself back to the control panel. Ideally, the two people brought over have the highest charged prisms, not counting Trajan's.
Dexter is planning on grabbing the two orbs from Doran on his next turn. If the teleport doesn’t work he will then wildshape and fly them over to the control panel.
Obviously all that only applies if he is still alive at that point.
Stairs are not difficult terrain at any point. But you will provoke AoOs from the big demon if you move through his threatened area - including if you try to jump the gap in the stairs.
With nothing blocking the stairs (just AoO's), he could pop an Obscuring Mist too. There isn't a lot that can see through those! Also, GM, I just realized I never rolled knowledge on the big Demon. Is it ok if I make it my first roll it in gameplay on my next turn? I ask because I normally order rolls in order of appearance in the GM's post.
Vosk can certainly roll a Knowledge check on the big guy.
Note that although the big demon doesn't block the stairs it has destroyed a 5' length, so there's a gap that needs jumping.
Gameday officially ends on Nov 20, so I will need to get reporting done by then even if we're not quite finished.
This is also time to roll for boons :)
Please roll 1d20. If you get a 19 or 20 also roll 1d3, and pm me your email address so that our VOs can send you your boon.
Please note in your next post whether or not you are averting your gaze from the shemazian demon.
You have three options when facing gaze attacks.
1. act normally, taking whatever saves are appropriate
2. avert your gaze. This grants a 50% chance that you are unaffected, but always gives the Shemhazian total concealment against you. In this scenario it also makes loading and firing the weapon slower.
3. close your eyes (or otherwise blindfold yourself). You cannot be affected by the gaze weapon but you suffer all the penalties of blindness.