☠ Season of Ghosts w/ DM rainzax ☠

Game Master rainzax

Lan will take his rightful place at the center of the circle universe.

Secondary DC is far easier than primary - check again!

The secondaries have the shot lined up. Take it home Lan!

I made a replacement Google Sheet for Loot, Downtime, and Character Wealth.

Everyone is an editor.

There are three tabs.

1. Loot. This should be a superset of all the loot listed in the link in the header.

As I understand it, all this loot is ours automatically during the level in which we acquired it, but then has to be purchased (at a 10% discount) if we want it after level-up. As a result, I've created columns for the list price, and a second column which will just be a 10% discount, but haven't filled those in.

I do have a question, though, about certain items - at some point, we were offered our choice of a striking rune, a reinforcing rune, or a 1st rank wand. Is that a "permanent" item, or did those return to the pool after we leveled up? In either case, I think they should be listed individually, just so there's a record of what people picked.

2. Downtime. This should be a superset of all the downtime listed in the link in the header.

There are multiple discrepancies between this sheet and the previous sheet. There were some instances where the Trained gp was taken when the task was performed at Expert level, etc. I did my best to go back to the numbers rolled and make an independent judgement, but I very well may have been wrong.

Several of the task levels were missing for the research, so I don't know how to calculate EI from that.

One roll (Fall Week 3 for Lan) is missing. I posted my modifier, but I think it got lost in the mix.

Kazuki and Vekka have pretty low Downtime incomes from the Fall (so far). Part of it is missing task levels on pretty high rolls, but even then, they may be considerably short. Lan, as a sorcerer, doesn't need a huge amount of stuff, so he'll volunteer to transfer some gold if this feels unfair to anyone.

3. Character Wealth. This is an optional sheet that, honestly, I just use for my own purposes so I just copied and pasted it so it can be a group record if that's what people want. It just takes the Earn Income total and adds it to the Wealth by Level, and then subtracts all the stuff purchased so I know exactly how much more I have to spend.

Hero Point to Everyone for Opening the Wall of Ghosts!

And a 2nd for Lan.

=)

I made a replacement Google Sheet for Loot, Downtime, and Character Wealth.

Everyone is an editor.

There are three tabs.

1. Loot. This should be a superset of all the loot listed in the link in the header.

As I understand it, all this loot is ours automatically during the level in which we acquired it, but then has to be purchased (at a 10% discount) if we want it after level-up. As a result, I've created columns for the list price, and a second column which will just be a 10% discount, but haven't filled those in.

I do have a question, though, about certain items - at some point, we were offered our choice of a striking rune, a reinforcing rune, or a 1st rank wand. Is that a "permanent" item, or did those return to the pool after we leveled up? In either case, I think they should be listed individually, just so there's a record of what people picked.

2. Downtime. This should be a superset of all the downtime listed in the link in the header.

There are multiple discrepancies between this sheet and the previous sheet. There were some instances where the Trained gp was taken when the task was performed at Expert level, etc. I did my best to go back to the numbers rolled and make an independent judgement, but I very well may have been wrong.

Several of the task levels were missing for the research, so I don't know how to calculate EI from that.

One roll (Fall Week 3 for Lan) is missing. I posted my modifier, but I think it got lost in the mix.

Kazuki and Vekka have pretty low Downtime incomes from the Fall (so far). Part of it is missing task levels on pretty high rolls, but even then, they may be considerably short. Lan, as a sorcerer, doesn't need a huge amount of stuff, so he'll volunteer to transfer some gold if this feels unfair to anyone.

3. Character Wealth. This is an optional sheet that, honestly, I just use for my own purposes so...

Thanks, Lan! It must've taken a while to track all that down. Much appreciated!

Lan's sheet consolidated in our campaign header!

Thanks for taking the time to do that. Should ease levelups moving forward.

I do have a question, though, about certain items - at some point, we were offered our choice of a striking rune, a reinforcing rune, or a 1st rank wand. Is that a "permanent" item, or did those return to the pool after we leveled up? In either case, I think they should be listed individually, just so there's a record of what people picked.

The "free" stuff must be re-purchased upon leveling. The simple goal is to keep you "on track" for wealth by level, while inventivizing you to use / keep the campaign items that "drop".

So, fundamental runes are not discounted, but if you use, say Gurglegut's +1 machete, and wield that the rest of the AP, then yes, that qualifies for the discount.

Did I answer your question?

There are multiple discrepancies between this sheet and the previous sheet. There were some instances where the Trained gp was taken when the task was performed at Expert level, etc. I did my best to go back to the numbers rolled and make an independent judgement, but I very well may have been wrong.

Early "Trained" and "Expert" tracks are actually not different until like task level 5. But if you want to fix the discrepancy, I trust you (or anyone) to do so. Else happy to keep it as is.

Several of the task levels were missing for the research, so I don't know how to calculate EI from that.

Umm... do you think "Task 3" is a fair substitute when unknown? It was a lot to track...

One roll (Fall Week 3 for Lan) is missing. I posted my modifier, but I think it got lost in the mix.

Feel free to roll that and apply retroactively.

Kazuki and Vekka have pretty low Downtime incomes from the Fall (so far). Part of it is missing task levels on pretty high rolls, but even then, they may be considerably short. Lan, as a sorcerer, doesn't need a huge amount of stuff, so he'll volunteer to transfer some gold if this feels unfair to anyone.

If folks are okay with the donation, I would just subtract it from your "Earned Income", and add it to theirs. It'll continue to rollover as we level.

Keep questions coming?

Having company tonight - may or may not get to the next Big Post!

(If you get antsy, go ahead and place your Token near "A1" on the Map, which I got slided)

Also, to reduce jacking into a 30+ slide show, I relegated some old slides to another track - I will grant back access with a link soon.

Cheers.

TBH I've been forgetting to add back earn-income after the level resets. Vekka was able to buy all the core stuff he needed so I don't see a need for a donation.

TBH I've been forgetting to add back earn-income after the level resets. Vekka was able to buy all the core stuff he needed so I don't see a need for a donation.

Same. I've been saving up since first level and have pretty much all the things I need.

And with a couple healers in the group, I'm all good.

Done. Curious about any consequence from the failed save.

Pervasive Frightened for the foreseeable future... as if Vekka feels that he isn't "welcome" here...

Not too late to Hero Point...

Yes, A2

As an example, Sigurd's most recent Occultism roll (a success vs DC 20) allows him to earn one Essence Discovery Point towards his choice of either Mind or Spirit (just one).

This adds to the progress of the party's other rolls so far (including his other two rolls - he has a robust understanding of magic that will be paying off here with good rolls). If you let me know where to allocate your points, I will track them in the Skill Challenge alias, so that you know which spoilers are fair game to open.

For the purposes of simplicity, CFs will not be counted against the party for this skill challenge - treat them as Fs.

=)

Is Auntie Wu allowed to roll for Survival (third roll) as well, in the hopes of increasing the Aid bonus to the group? It's not a Tradition, so I didn't want to assume.

Hero Point Reroll: Nature (E) vs. Base DC 20: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26

Religion (T) vs. Base DC 20: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

So it looks like Auntie Wu would get to choose either Matter or Life, because she succeeded on a Nature roll. I choose Matter, since no one else who rolled Arcana succeeded and there are plenty of other rolls that could go to Life.

Is Auntie Wu allowed to roll for Survival (third roll) as well, in the hopes of increasing the Aid bonus to the group? It's not a Tradition, so I didn't want to assume.

Aid

Fair. :)

I'm a bit confused about what my allocations should be regarding the 4 essences. Do I make another roll or two from the 5 choices? (Nature, Religion, Survival, Arcana, & occultism.)

Q) How many of those skills are you trained in?

Q) Of those, which ones have you already rolled?

Q) And what were the Results and Outcomes?

btw GM, I am totally copying homaging this type of discovery skill check in my home game when I get the chance. Different categories of successes that generate different benefits is too cool.

Q) How many of those skills are you trained in?

Q) Of those, which ones have you already rolled?

Q) And what were the Results and Outcomes?

1. With the Clever Improviser improviser feat, I'm pretty much trained in everything now.

2. I only rolled nature and survival.

3. Nature was a success and survival was crit success?

I just don't know what I'm supposed to do next.

Nature is Primal, so you can choose to allocate 1 Success to Life or Matter.

Lan allocated 2 to Life, so Matter would make more sense.

GM allocated your Survival CS to give us all a +2 Aid on our rolls.

What Lan said.

Going to say must be old-fashioned Trained to attempt this check with a certain skill.

So, how many of those skills are you Trained in?

1. With the Clever Improviser improviser feat, I'm pretty much trained in everything now.

It just defines a proficiency bonus for your untrained skills. But you remain untrained in them.

>Clever Improviser< gives you a proficiency bonus to Untrained Skills, just like the >Untrained Improvisation<.

Unlike that general feat, it also lets you make Untrained skill checks that require you to be Trained.

So Kazuki is untrained, but he can attempt as if he's trained. Fits into the "jack of all trades" design goal for Humans.

I think with Vekka's rolls (using his prior Occultism success for Spirit and rerolling Arcana to get success/Mind) we can use Kazuki's Nature success to get Matter and have all 8 points.

>Clever Improviser< gives you a proficiency bonus to Untrained Skills, just like the >Untrained Improvisation<.

Unlike that general feat, it also lets you make Untrained skill checks that require you to be Trained.

So Kazuki is untrained, but he can attempt as if he's trained. Fits into the "jack of all trades" design goal for Humans.

I missed that last bit. Ok Kazuki, you are “Trained” in each of those skills!

Okay, so having read all of the spoilers now, and knowing we're in a dream(scape?), is it a stretch to think Vekka to fish the dreamer's TrueName out of this situation?

I need some help. I couldn't find anything in the rule book. Since I'm a ranger, and I have that one Ranger Warden spell (gravity weapon), can I use scrolls with other primal or Divine spells?

Is Kazuki able to use wands at all?

Also, you guys get to open all the spoilers HERE. Nice work!

I need some help. I couldn't find anything in the rule book. Since I'm a ranger, and I have that one Ranger Warden spell (gravity weapon), can I use scrolls with other primal or Divine spells?

Is Kazuki able to use wands at all?

Activating Items

Okay, so having read all of the spoilers now, and knowing we're in a dream(scape?), is it a stretch to think Vekka to fish the dreamer's TrueName out of this situation?

This would be a Downtime activity which takes days or weeks and involves research checks against the Level of the person / creature you were attempting to learn about.

=)

I need some help. I couldn't find anything in the rule book. Since I'm a ranger, and I have that one Ranger Warden spell (gravity weapon), can I use scrolls with other primal or Divine spells?

Is Kazuki able to use wands at all?

Ranger Wardens get access to Focus Spells, but it doesn't look like they get access to Primal spellcasting. So you'd be able to use scrolls or wands with those specific spells (like a scroll of Gravity Weapon) but not Primal spells in general.

For example, the >Druid Archetype< specifically gives you the Cast a Spell activity and access to the Primal spell list. That would be all you need to use Primal scrolls regardless of rank.

This would be a Downtime activity which takes days or weeks and involves research checks against the Level of the person / creature you were attempting to learn about.

=)

Who knows how time passes in a dream? :P (yeah fair)

Thank you, all, for helping me out with rules for spell casting. I might consider taking a level or two (archetype?) of druid to be able to cast spells. I might have to wait a level or two since I took that Unexpected Sharpshooter archetype.

I really need to use that Accidental Shot sometime! I haven't used it at all yet.

Lol, Auntie Wu is that friend…

Tons of house chores today, but if I get on top of them, should be able to post later tonite.

If you CS a check to ID, include one question after opening the spoiler!

(each spoiler is it's own "instance" - declare skill / DC before rolling and you can open that one!)

@Vekka,
Don’t forget you are still Frghtened 1

Lol, Auntie Wu is that friend…

It's so weird to me to play someone like that. I have no idea if I'm doing it right, being a straight-laced square myself.

@Vekka,

Don’t forget you are still Frghtened 1

Right. I'll remember it in combat rolls.

I will assume that a fireball would destroy the heart.

What you know about the heart already, Sigurd has unlocked the DC 15 Spoiler HERE.

Sorry. After looking, I don't think hunter's aim works with hunted shot. I would have to do a normal strike after Hunter's aim.

I assumed since the two fests had "hunters" in the name, they'd be able to work together.

Actually, now that I read into it more, hunted shot says: "Make two Strikes against your prey with the required weapon."
So I am using the strike action with hunted shot, albeit 2 of them.

Thoughts?

>Hunted Shot< says "Make two Strikes against your prey with the required weapon."

>Hunter's Aim< says "Make a ranged weapon Strike against your hunted prey."

Capital S Strike means you must make the regular Strike action. Hunter's Aim is not a Strike, it's an ability that includes a Strike. So you can't combine them.

Compare to the wording of >Inner Upheaval< (formerly Ki Strike). It specifically says you can make a normal Strike or Flurry of Blows and apply the bonus in both circumstances.

I think your initial assessment was right - you have to choose either Hunter's Aim or Hunted Shot.

Ah. Thanks, Sigurd.

Sorry gang, overcoming some sickness going round, curfewing my bedtime.

Will try move us forward tonite!

No worries. Rest and heal well. :)

No prob. Take your time and get well soon.

Yup, nobody chooses when to get sick :) Rest up and take your time.

Rest up!

@Rainzax: I don't understand what you mean by "State your PC's vision".

Is it supposed to be like some sort of nightmare the PC is experiencing in the dream world?

Lol. Just saw Lan's post. I get it now.

I anticipate questions...

=)

I take it from the notation "Frightened 2 (minimum 1)" that the newly inflicted kind is the routine condition that reduces at end of turn?