GM Bret’s PbP Gameday XI 3-98 Expedition Into Pallid Peril Tier 3-4 (Inactive)

Game Master BretI

For information, this is my usual posting time.

If needed to move things along, I’m fine with saves, or most rolls, being rolled for me. Just a reminder that in case of a failed reflex save, Chance uses his Cat’s Luck.

We need a faster way to deal with treat wounds,

If I might make a suggestion:
Burni is guaranteed success, have them always start.
Give all the players permission to bot the healing, so the first player on can just do the rolls.

The following have Medicine trained:
Caitlin Berrigan's Medicine (T): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Looni Burni's Medicine (T): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Xathel's Medicine (T): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

The following have Nature Medicine:
Scratch Steeltoe's Nature (T): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15 Natural Medicine +2 if have fresh ingredients to Treat Wounds

People can grab these dice expressions off the GM tab of the skills spreadsheet when they need to do them. You will want to just use Assurance rather than roll for Burni.

I don’t want most of the game time spent in figuring out what to do with healing. Allowing someone to just bot it will make things so much faster.

Check. I've added bot text for Treat Wounds to Xathel's profile.

I've added the same to Caitlin's.

Happy for the botting.

Plinkity-plink!

I have an in person game tonight. It will be about 6-7 hours before my next update.

Please finish any botting of healing by then.

Hey, Xathel has Survey Wildlife, too! :) But he had other things to do with his first 10 minutes after the fight.

I figured it fit Scratch's lifestyle.

Have fun, it’s been a while since I’ve done a live game, even a VTT one.

I've fixed the character sheet link.

It has been more than 24 hours, could someone please bot Chance and Alseil?

This is a special, we need to keep it moving.

Thank you for Botting, Scratch!

Sorry, I missed that we where expected to post everyday, including the weekend. I won’t forget next time, especially as I knew I would be busy.

If you can’t post on the weekends, just let us know so we can bot immediately.

It is only because this is a special that it is important we keep moving. If this were a regular scenario it wouldn’t be as important.

I'm sorry for being out too, I thought I was going to be able to post, then things got...hectic.

Real Life still takes precedence over gaming. If it was an exception, no worries. If we should expect you can’t post over the weekends for the rest of the game, let us know.

I don’t want to cause people to stress over this. It is a game and is supposed to be fun. When possible, I would like to know when someone will not be able to post so we know to be more aggressive in Botting that person.

Allows the game to continue for the rest of the players.

FYI, since we're on the subject, I will be at an in-person con the weekend of October 7-9. I have a couple time slots that are free at the moment, so I may still be able to do some posting by phone while I'm there, but I can't 100% guarantee it.

Xathel, you only get to choose one skill to roll on. It doesn’t really matter for this, but when there are multiple skills given for a spoiler please assume you can only roll for one of the given options.

Apologies. Noted for future reference.

And hey, nice, their question lines up very nicely with Xathel's own internal debate. I have a live game tonight, but will try to post after.

I'm away from a computer for the next 5 week days in a class so only expect posts from me around 7-8am EST and after 6-9pm EST.

Sorry, will not have the energy to post tonight. I will try to get something up in the morning.

Preparations for an in person convention this weekend took over the day.

Have fun at your convention!

So with 5 days left, do you want to start Sunken Halls? We can continue it into the next act if need be.

It also will not hurt if you decide to skip the Sunken Halls.

I’m in favor in getting in, even if briefly due to time constraints.

I could handle it wither way.

Sorry for the delay but the Covid finally caught up to me. I'll get a post up this morning after I get more functional mentally.

One vote for the Temple Way.

Given the sacrilege we've already seen there, and Xathel's previous experiences at the Peak, he'd guess that we're likely to encounter duergar, undead, and/or haunts along the Temple Way.

Well, we saw ooze signs at the caravan course, and Scratch has a poor and unhappy opinion of oozes, so that's 2 votes for Temple Way.

Temple way it is.

Giving a friend a ride to the airport. Expect an update later today.

Caitlin votes Temple too.

Very much enjoying Looni's rhymes. Please do keep them going.

Would someone like to Bot Alseil and Chance?

Is it two interact actions to grab something from a backpack or more?

According to this page on Nethys, it looks like it's one Interact action to take off the backpack, then a second Interact to retrieve something from the backpack.

(One more reason for me to love sleeves of storage, despite the price tag! BTW, if Chance doesn't have a healing potion stowed somewhere convenient, Xathel might pull out his new free one to offer him. Sounds like he needs it!)

Yeah, they made it really inconvenient to grab things from the backpack. I suggest you put healing potions in a pocket or someplace else more convenient. Still one action to draw, one action to drink.

Chance got healed by Looni, he isn’t in that bad of shape right now.

Would administering a potion to someone be 1 Interact action, or more? (Not counting any actions needed to retrieve it, move next to the person, etc.)

Looni can probably do a lot more for Alseil than Xathel can, but I was wondering.

You can activate a potion with an Interact action as you drink it or feed it to another creature. You can feed a potion only to a creature that is within reach and willing or otherwise so helpless that it can’t resist. You usually need only one hand to consume a potion or feed it to another creature.

One action regardless of if you are taking it yourself or feeding it to someone else.

I would like someone to bot Caitlin and Alseil.

As a GM I strongly prefer that players bot the players for their actions. I don’t mind Botting saving throws when it would speed up play, but greatly prefer not deciding player tactics.

OK, I'm a little confused. The last demon's token is next to Chance, not Scratch, but it just took down Scratch?

Sorry, yeah that isn’t right. Looks like I have to do some retconning.

I had thought the demon between Chance and Scratch.

Just a reminder that I will be at an in-person con tomorrow through Sunday. I will check in if and when I have time, but can't guarantee anything. Feel free to bot Xathel for skill checks, shooting from a safe distance, and patching folks up afterward. Because I'll be away for a while, I will abstain from voting on where to go next.

Read aura is the best way to identify magic on objects. It can be done with detect magic, but does not work very well as it detects everything in a radius. It can be done by repeating casting of the spell and removing things from the radius, but that’s not really the purpose of detect magic.

You don’t need either spell to identify magic.

IDENTIFY MAGIC
CONCENTRATE EXPLORATION SECRET

Once you discover that an item, location, or ongoing effect is magical, you can spend 10 minutes to try to identify the particulars of its magic. If your attempt is interrupted, you must start over. The GM sets the DC for your check. Cursed or esoteric subjects usually have higher DCs or might even be impossible to identify using this activity alone. Heightening a spell doesn't increase the DC to identify it.
Critical Success You learn all the attributes of the magic, including its name (for an effect), what it does, any means of activating it (for an item or location), and whether it is cursed.
Success For an item or location, you get a sense of what it does and learn any means of activating it. For an ongoing effect (such as a spell with a duration), you learn the effect's name and what it does. You can't try again in hopes of getting a critical success.
Failure You fail to identify the magic and can't try again for 1 day.
Critical Failure You misidentify the magic as something else of the GM's choice.

Sorry for being gone again, things got...complicated over my attempting to buy a house.

Buying a house is always complicated, it is just a matter of how many and what sort of complications you hit.

Hope you were able to work it out and like your new house!

You still need a way to discover that the item, location or effect is magical. Read Aura allows discovering that. Detect Magic is another. I am not aware of any other way.

Unfortunately I didn't win the bid.

Bidding war? That can really make it tough.

In that case, hope you find another house that you like even better and get that!

Could someone please bot Caitlin? Given their normal posting pattern, it would be several hours before they would post again.

Could someone please bot Caitlin? Given their normal posting pattern, it would be several hours before they would post again.

I just posted that.

I’ll soon get to bed so if it’s needed to bot me, Chance will use a Confident Finisher as his first attack on his rapier. If it can wait, I’ll try to check the game in the morning.

Apologies - I had typed out a response and had a call from a journalist. Totally forgot to send it afterwards.

Caitlin generally moves back to be out of volley range. Hunted Shot allows her to get two shots off even if she moves and hunts prey. She's always looking for the sideways or backwards move whilst keeping visibility.