GM Chadius 3-04: The Devil-Wrought Disappearance (Inactive)

Game Master chadius

PFS Sessiontracker shows all of the scenarios I've played in.

Pathfinder Character Folio

(I'm awake between 8 am to 10 pm EDT (UTC-4 hours) so roughly 1300 to 0300 hours, GMT.)

Howdy. If you're a member of one of my games, then here are a few rules I'd like you to follow:

PFS 2E rules

1. Please post at least once a day. If you are absent for 24 hours I'll send you a PM. If you're missing for 36 hours I'll mark you inactive and your Player Character will simply delay - that's not fun!

2. Under your name, please add a stat block, so I can quickly find your stats and keep the game moving. You can edit your character's Race, Class/Levels and Gender fields to include information such as:

- Hit Points
- AC
- Saving Throws
- Perception Bonus

3. What about Secret Rolls? Pathfinder 2nd ed has a lot of secret rolls the GM is supposed to make for the players, so the PCs can't react to a bad roll. Any skill with the Secret tag should be rolled privately. If I show the DC, feel free to make the roll openly. Otherwise, there are 2 ways to do this in my games:

- You can say which skill and which bonus you want to apply. (Example: "I use Occultism +5 to investigate the skull's mystic origin.")
- Or you spoiler your dice roll and everyone sticks to the honor system of not opening it.

If you haven't added Pathfinder specific equipment, I suggest you look at the >PFS 2 Society Rules<, in particular the Pathfinder Training section.

Please fill out your entry in the >RPG Chronicles< page.

Also, add your character's icon to the >Marching slide< on page 2. Add it to the single file and double file formations.

Hi! Glad to be able to join. Fingo is a warpriest of Shelyn, with bard dedication.
(Who has played only on the discord PbD servers so far, hence his zero posts on these forums...)

Liam is a human inventor with an armor innovation.

He uses a reach weapon, so he can go behind other frontliners if there are too many.

Same here, Fingo uses a glaive, and prefers being just behind the frontline.

I have one GM Glyph.

Three to share

Just for full disclosure. I'm using a replay. I don't remember anything from the last time I played this. (this was before I realized I can't keep up with the pace on Discord).

Done with Slides and RPGChronicles. I have a glyph to share.

The gameplay thread is now open. Feel free to post your character introduction. I'll give a final call for our last member, but we should begin in 48 hours at the latest.

Two Minor Healing Potions as her school item.

Charlies will also take two minor healing potions as his school items.

A scroll of Restoration for Fingo.

Fingo Canvas... He whose human summons octopi and tickles bunyips in the briny deep... :)

I'm found out ;-)

Much to my regret, Luz is still stuck in another Scenario and I do not think he'll get out any time soon based on the pace. I will have to relinquish my spot :(

Sorry it didn't work out, Luz. Perhaps next time.

I will keep recruitment open for a bit longer, but the table is legal to play, so off we go.

Please make any purchases, slot boons, and give your extra Hero Points to your teammates.

Fingo, my condolences for your octopi... at least he went out quickly (in one gulp I must add) :)

Depending on who the 6th player is, we might just start with 2 HP each. Shayla will also take 1 healing potion with the letter.

Hey folks, I allowed myself to take the last spot. I will bring my lvl 5 bard along, whome I did not play for long time. So let's see how it goes.

I have 1 glyph to add to the party, and just a note I did GM the two scenarios, but it was long time ago and I am relatively good at being active and not pushing the team in any direction :D

Hello Farol. Good to see you again. Thanks for filling out the RPG Chronicles. Please, feel free to add your character to the slides page and check in to the Gameplay thread.

well, 2/2 regarding the checks... The one thing I remember when I played this was I had Expert Society and still failed my skill checks! :)

From the mission briefing and Mella's gift, you should have 4 lesser healing potions total for the team. My initial message wasn't clear.

Fingo should just have cast Augury before getting out of bed, and he would have known not to bother with this day.

Thank you for allowing Fingo to avoid some indignity :-)

I think that you counted both Fingo and Liam as having done two checks in the library instead of just Fingo though (Fingo did the See Invisibility, I don't think Liam acted, unless I'm missing that post).

...didn't I?

Huh. I don't see it either. The description definitely sounds like your post though.

You are correct, only Fingo had made his checks. Sorry about that. Looks like Liam has also posted his attempts.

It's time for hero points. We've got 2 to give away.

Please nominate the 2 PCs who should get it. Feel free to post, spoiler, or PM me with your picks.

I'll choose 2 people within 48 hours.

Character idea: What does victory look like to your PC? Do they have a catchphrase? A favorite finishing move or flourish? A strong feeling or mentality when conflict ends?

I'm asking so I can try to mix these into encounters, to help you "describe your kill".

Fingo generally prefers non-lethal solutions, and would generally feel sorrow for enemies without the sense to surrender before it is too late for them -- at least when fighting sentient beings.

Charlies and Fingo, here's a hero point!

And if anyone else wants to describe their player's sense of victory, go for it.

Hmmm... pride that his patchwork equipment is helping him keep up against dangerous foes?

Liam's main "thing" is terrible reaction time. Even though he's had Incredible Initiative since level 1. It's uncanny.
Second time I ever played him was an in-person game at a con. The scenario had a large number of easy fights in quick succession, so we rolled Initiative a lot. The GM yelled at me that my die was obviously unbalanced and I needed to switch to a different one. I pointed out that I had several different d20s in front of me and that, while I wasn't getting a turn at all in most of the fights so I hadn't made any attack rolls, I was still rolling fairly well overall on skill checks and saves.

Why did he think I was using a bad die? Six natural 1s in a row on initiative checks. I've played it up since.

Dreadfang throws his head back with a ”YAAAAAAA!” when he celebrates a victory.

Charlies and Estes just silently nod to each other when an enemy gets eliminated, but that rarely happens because either of them is taken down before they can eliminate an enemy. XD

And thank you for the hero point, might need that, hopefully not.

Xun keeps on the performance, so fallen enemies are mostly ingored, and he focuses on the ones fighting.

Happy to Treat Wounds for anyone if we stay at least 10min (likely, unless Nan sends us away as magnets for dangerous attentions...)

I'll put it here before I forget, but if we do get a chance at daily preparations at some point, Fingo will change his spell again (as he didn't get a chance in our rushed exit from the manor and is still in research mode... plus bless ain't very useful when you got a bard).
Level 1: Sanctuary, Spirit Link, Command
Level 2: Color Spray, Resist Energy, Augury

It's time for more Hero Points. 2 more are up for grabs. Please nominate 2 PCs who should get a point. I'll give your vote some extra weight if you can give a compelling reason.

PM, Spoiler, or post your nominations. I'll pick within 48 hours from now.

You have an option of sneaking in through the fort (skill checks) or fighting your way through (combat.) I'll wait for a majority of you to agree on a method.

I’m good with either, but I’ll vote for sneaking.

I'd be for at least trying discretion first -- though to be fair, Fingo is a lot better at Deception than Sneaking...

Agreed.

Shayla: Climb with Acrobatics work for you?

"RAAAAAAAAA! :)" Dreadfang, have a hero point.

There was a tie for second.

Shayla gets the other Hero Point.