[Gameday XII, PF2/Farol] #4-07: A Most Wondrous Exchange! (Inactive)

Game Master Farol

A thread for ooc channel. This campaign is a part of Gameday XII players that signed up to that game can dot in.

Hey Folks,

I have filled in the links, that I would hope that you could fill in:
- Macro sheet
- Presentation
- RPG Chronicles

Please let me know when you fill them in, so that I don't have to chase you down ;)

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It is a pleasure to have you all at my table, I know almost every one of you.
- WaterySoup - always a pleasure, I am humbled that you used your GM early sign up for my table ;)
- IAmIceman - great to see Raindrop again! Cool to see you at forum again
- Halgur - hey, I know and like Hobbs, great to see you!
- PirateRob! - Ha, now I need to remember to describe the sounds and smells ;) Going to a marketplace could be the proper setup for that ;)
- Deronas - a pleasure to see you. I know that I played with you at various tables (I think more in SFS than PF2 but I do know your mushroom loving witch ;)) It is great to have you
- Rangerarcher - I think you are the one that I never played with. It is a pleasure I am Farol, and I hope you would enjoy your time here!

Ok All, the rules of the house:
- I expect you to post daily from monday to friday, ideally also once through the weekend (but this is nice to have).
- Be nice and respectful towards the other players/gm. We are all here to have fun, so lets have it
- Feel free to ask questions and challenge me on my decisions. I am not an orcle when it comes to rules so feel free to raise your concerns
- I am running fights in block initiatives, I treat init rolls as a guidance and then cluster players together, sometimes I will move a bad guy up or down, just to not have a lot of back and forth between PCs and enemies => so that we can wrap up rounds during one day.
- For secret checks you can either roll them yourselves (put them in the spoiler and don't peek) or ask me to do them.

Above all, welcome all! The game starts at 4th of September

Yarr! I've filled in the things.

As a note Rhizzuk has Diabolic Certitude which allows him to as a free action "Make an attempt to Recall Knowledge about a devil you’re observing. If you roll a critical failure on this check, you get a failure instead."

Rhizzuk will generally do with with Lore(Hell) +12.

I'll also try and remember to at least note anytime we encounter anything devilish.

"Gee, I hope we don't run into anything devilish while out shopping."

And hey, Farol! Nice to see you again too.
How would like to handle the eidolon, as far as the macro sheet goes?
His saves are almost the same as hers (2 less on Reflex), and they have same perception and stealth, at least. :)

1. High level scenarios are hard to come by, and I haven't played Aktuh for a long time. I'm honored to be at your table!

2. Aktuh's default exploration is Investigation, and would roll a skill with a Recall Knowledge as his initiative. Not entirely sure how to capture that in the macros.

3. Aktuh has a Periscope and would peek around corners whenever possible. This is not expected to be mechanically useful, I just think an orc with a periscope is funny.

4. Aktuh has Shared Strategem: When you hit a creature with an attack on which you substituted your attack roll due to Devising a Stratagem, designate one ally. The creature you hit is flat-footed to that ally on the next attack the designated ally makes against that creature before the start of your next turn.

If a character could particularly benefit from flat-footed attacks, let me know, and I'll favor you when doling out Shared Strategem.

5. I have 3 GM glyphs, and will give out extra Hero Points to the lowest level characters or newest players.

6. Aktuh has the [b]Combat Mentor[b] boon: While working with less experienced Pathfinder allies, you provide pointers and lead drills that ensure your newer colleagues’ attacks strike true. For any PCs benefiting from a Level Bump and whose levels are lower than yours, you increase the Level Bump’s modifier to attack rolls and spell attack rolls to 2.

3) You'll get plenty of opportunities in this one! :)

4) I don't see a rogue on the signup so I imagine whomever is nearby would appreciate it. My eidolon has a Fatal jaw attack that benefits from crits, and no one would mind if the barbarian got some good licks in either.

The default activity thing is worth noting...
The eidolon scouts and Raindrop searches.

Also, I'll add that I don't mind splash damage or other friendly fire as long as it only hits one of the two (since they share a pool of hit points, such things add up fast).

"Gee, I hope we don't run into anything devilish while out shopping."

And hey, Farol! Nice to see you again too.
How would like to handle the eidolon, as far as the macro sheet goes?
His saves are almost the same as hers (2 less on Reflex), and they have same perception and stealth, at least. :)

Done, I just added it manually to the GM tab. should be fine ;)

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@Rhizzuk - thanks for sharing, I will try to keep it in mind, if you bump into devils ;)

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Aktuh - thanks for the nice words! Periscope - got it, Investigation for init, ok, would keep that in mind, Combat Mentor - we are high tier, so let's see what's the 6th player

Ok other things:
- I know that WaterySoup has 3 glyphs, and Pirate Rob as well, that gives you all 2 hero points.
- Have you played this scenario before? (since this is repeatable there are options to change it). If you played and you remember/know which variation please share I will try to spice it up
- If you haven't played this repeatable, do you prefer less fight heavy scenario (and more skill check heavy) or more fights and less skill checks?
- Finally is there some character hook in absalom/grand bazar? Are you looking for a loved one? Have you bough something there recently? Who sold it? Was it a scam?

1. Never played this scenario before.

2. No preference. Aktuh is an investigator so he has a lot of skills but one skilled PC doesn't generally carry the party skillwise.

3. Aktuh is looking for the love of his life, a human woman named Melota. To be frank, it is intentionally ambiguous whether she loves him back. But he travels the world pining for her as if she does. Early on, I asked GMs to give a "cryptic clue" for Aktuh to find. The last clue he received was "syringe" - it's been tough working that into a scenario. But if there's a syringe hook, Aktuh will be all over that. And, as a reward, you get to give me the next clue.

I played it back in January. My memory is a little foggy about what happened, beyond the basic setup. I can say that my chronicle has the first four boxes checked, along with 'close shave', if that helps.
I think we were fairly balanced on the encounter style, which was fine by me.

Raindrop recently acquired a rune for her crossbow from the bazaar. Kehli is the crafter who made it. She's an upbeat, if slightly unhinged, dwarf with a love for both smithing and alchemy, and her and the sprite hit it off wonderfully.

This'll be my 6th time through 4-07. I have only played (Not GMed nor read).

I have both played this scenario and run it. The only thing I remember is the bit with the priestess and the box. I really don't have any preference about which bits get run though.

@Watery Soup - do you mind adding a Aktuh token to the slides?

Also a question, since there is little time to 'react' in PBP, should I assume that you mark each of the items as subject of your investigation? As frequently the story is: here is the object= > you go somewhere and things happen ;)

Yes, and Aktuh will drop his "investigation" for Melota as soon as something else needs investigating.

Yeah concentrate is safe when it comes to grabbed, only manipualte actions seems to be impacted... Unless I am mistaken :D

Hey all, i am super sorry. The past tree days I was super busy and falling on my face at the end of the day. I should remain some balance starting tomorrow

Hey, RL always comes first. Take care of yourself!

Hey folks, some time have passed, so let me give Hero POint to Raindrop!

Live long and prosper!

I'm away at SkalCon Thursday-Sunday.

I still expect to post at least 1/day while away, but may not manage much more than that.

Sorry folks, tomorrow (friday) I am traveling back from vacation. Since it will be full day of driving I will not be able to post. Most likely the day after as well (recovering). Sorry for the inconvenience

Hobbs:

It’s possible to have resistance to all damage. When an effect deals damage of multiple types and you have resistance to all damage, apply the resistance to each type of damage separately. If an attack would deal 7 slashing damage and 4 fire damage, resistance 5 to all damage would reduce the slashing damage to 2 and negate the fire damage entirely.

The resistance from Champion reaction is extremely effective against attacks with multiple damage types.

Nice. This is quite useful information.

I just inform you that I will be traveling until 20th Oct.

My son, Fin-thir, will be traveling as well.

Sorry folks, I might not be able to post today, the past week I was sick and today it is not better. I took some pills and we will see if the situation improves.

Sorry to hear that.

And I just realized I haven't gone this round!

Sorry to hear that.

And I just realized I haven't gone this round!

Thanks, updated made. I feel a bit better so hopefully there will be no more pauses, health related

Hey folks, that roughly concludes the story, feel free to RP the ending and if you wish post your downtime stuff. I will report the game and generate chronicles in the upcoming days.

Thank you all for playing, and sorry for the hiccups in my availability. I hope that despite all that you enjoyed the scenario.

Thank you for the game! No problem with your availability. It was a pleasure.

I really like this one... thanks for running, regardless of any hiccups (which were really pretty minor).

And cheers to everyone for playing!

Thanks for running! I didn't notice any serious hiccups, other than everyone assuming Raindrop's eidolon was named Iceman. :D

Aktuh is in the middle of crafting a bottled air.

Start: 226/320 gp, Downtime (12 d @ 2.0 gp/day), End: 250/320 gp

Thanks for running this for us Farol.

earn income, crafting, ex: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17

Failure. 1.6 gold

Sine Aktuh is level 8, shouldn't they be making more crafting progress?

(Progress is based on currently level, not locked in when craft started)

Also I suspect that even the 2gp per day is too low to start with given Aktuh's crafting proficency.

(I've spent a lot of time on PFS crafting)

(Progress is based on currently level, not locked in when craft started)

Also I suspect that even the 2gp per day is too low to start with given Aktuh's crafting proficency.

Well, I just figured it out, and the reason is waaay stupider than one could imagine. A while back, I made a table of Character Level and Earn Income, just so I could look things up easier as a GM.

For whatever reason, when I started crafting the bottled air, I pulled the numbers off of that table, instead of off of the Task Level vs Earn Income from the PRD. I put all the numbers in my Excel sheet, dutifully advancing the 1 gp/day to 2 gp/day when I leveled up, and even planning out my Level 9 crafts at 2.5 gp/day. It seemed like a very long Craft, but it was the first time in a long time that Aktuh didn't Crit Succeed the check, so I thought this was normal for a regular Success.

So, basically, Aktuh should be starting at 267/320 gp, crafting 12 d @ 3.0 gp/day, and ending at 303/320.

Thanks, matey.

Yarr, happy to be of service.

That makes 2gp make a lot more sense.

I was like oh it's a level 7 item, you couldn't have started before then so you must be using the trained progress.

Using level -2 to line up with earn income makes a lot more sense than the only way I could figure out how you got there.

Of course downtime stuff is going to change in the remaster so soon I'll be just as confused as everybody else.

Hey folks here are the chronicles Chronicles let me know if something seems off

I also reported the game, which I will check for validity today or tomorrow.

Euh, it seems that the chronicle can't be opened. At the same time it appears to be only 1 Ko.

Euh, it seems that the chronicle can't be opened. At the same time it appears to be only 1 Ko.

1 Ko? The can't be opened is fixed now (I hope :D)

Thank you! It works now. Thank you again for the game.

Thank you !

Can we check the appropriate boxes ourselves? If so, looks good. Thanks for running!

Looks good. TY.

The numbers look right, but I do wonder about the checkboxes.
I imagine rpgchronicles doesn't provide a means for that?