☠ Season of Ghosts w/ DM rainzax ☠

Game Master rainzax

I'm not griping. Auntie Wu is griping. And she remembers how awful that fight earlier was. No way does she *want* to go toe-to-toe with three of them. Now, if we could all gather around on one side of a door so only one of them could get to us at a time, that'd be ideal.

I agree we should try to skill-check our way through this one if we can.

Happy (IRL) Mid-Autumn Moon Festival! I hope you are all surrounded by friends and family this week.

Hey gang,
Super slammed this week - going to "punish" Kazuki soon with a big update - hopefully by end of day.

Nevermind found the time let's go!

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With one Success logged, let's use quorum three to decide between Ambush or Placation (see Skill Challenge)!

Sigurd will continue to try to Placate if possible.

Placate

How did Kazuki burn himself on the pot when he said he was grabbing it by the handle carefully? Even if the handle is hot, he would have used a towel or his sleeve or something to grab it.

CF

You can say "Kazuki shoots him right through the heart" but at the end of the day, you describe intent, and die rolls (and GM adjudication) determine the outcome. Your arrow might miss.

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Hello. This is an FYI that I'll be away in nature starting this coming Friday 10/17, returning Sunday 10/19 when I will catch up and resume posting.

As always my hope is that since this is a weekend the disruption will be minimal to none. Bot as necessary.

Kazuki, if your initiative bonus is at least +3 (not including your Perception bonus - just the boon bonus) - you may immediately act too!

Kazuki, if your initiative bonus is at least +3 (not including your Perception bonus - just the boon bonus) - you may immediately act too!

Haha. I just posted in the gameplay thread. I'm only +2 with incredible initiative. +2 with Seasonal boon, though. Do I get to act?

Yes.

You beat him by 1.

Quick update - better Tracker next tomorrow!

Yes,
Don't forget your Pilgrim's Path +1 status bonus to all Saves!

I've been quite busy with new hire orientation and learning the ropes of my new job (training) and stuff. I will definitely be able to get a post up tonight after work.

I hope it's going well!

I hope it's going well!

It is, thanks! I'm working as a cook/chef in a senior living community. I work in the Assisted living & Memory Care kitchens. When I'm done cooking & serving the 20 ppl in Memory Care, I run up to the 3rd floor to do the same in Assisted Living for about 35 residents. Both lunch & dinner.

I think that's fail into stage 1and then recover?

I agree - and spoilered the Toxin tracker for effects.

@Kazuki - I seemed to have missed prompting your turn - sorry!

Is the deal that he takes the stage 1 damage, but it doesn't last the prescribed round?

Yes, as I understand it.

Each exposure is simultaneous opportunity to shed a stage as well as increase. So multiple explosures essentially speeds up the course. If that makes sense.

If I got that wrong, let me know?

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Long day, exhausted, going to tackle this tomorrow

Long day, exhausted, going to tackle this tomorrow

Two, back to back - should be back on the horse tonight!

Take your time, this week has been pretty hectic for me. Today is looking to be much quieter. Time for me to catch up.

No rush. Take some time to breathe.

Take some time to enjoy the fall colors! Although I'm guessing the peak foliage is well past. :(

You guys are great.

I caught a free moment, and weekends are generally better for me (oddly enough), so...

@GM: In your last combat tracker, you have Auntie Wu listed twice. I think she should be Wounded 2 now, since she fell to 0 HP and was healed twice, right?

You are correct, my mistake!

Hrm, I kind of jumped the gun. But I don't think Vekka and Sigurd can practically drop 75 feet to participate in the ground combat?

Climb or Fall. Need both hands for the latter.

I think the rope drops the climb DC down to something more reasonable.

Legacy creature. Where can I find guidance about whether to assign it a remastered “holy” trait?

Wait, am
I legacy creature?

Specific Rulings in the PFS handbook

Holy and Unholy: Many previously-aligned options now have either the holy, unholy, or sanctified traits. At a GM’s discretion, enemy abilities which previously had the good or evil traits may now have the holy or unholy trait.

A couple of Reddit posts have similar points (depending on how much you want to trust Reddit posts):

Post 1

Generally if it does Good/Evil damage, that becomes Spirit damage with the Holy/Unholy trait, and likewise a vulnerability or resistance to Good/Evil becomes one to Holy/Unholy.

Post 2

The easiest way to think of it is probably similar to how alignment damage was handled prior: an evil creature could be damaged by good damage, but unless it had a weakness or resistance to good, it would just be applied as normal. The unholy and holy traits themselves don't really apply special modifications to damage dealt on their own.

If you're referring to my Holy Light spell, it is the updated version of Searing Light spell which had the Good trait and does bonus damage to Undead and Fiends.

As for assigning a creature the Holy/Unholy trait, I'd probably see if it has any alignment damage or explicit vulnerabilities to Good damage. This stuff falls into GM discretion quickly - I didn't see any hard and fast rules on it.

Thanks for that, I knew it was "general guideline" but not where to find them (in time allotted by irl to post).

No interaction with alignment damage, but they are undead, so the extra damage applies.

And...

Got a situation tonite - try for tomorrow!

Happy Halloween, all!

I suggest we ask how to heal the sugi tree.

That's a good question. Let's see if we can patch this up.

>>Reaches out and severs the Paizo forums by their Astral Cord!<<

Happy Dark Forum's Eve!

>>Reaches out and severs the Paizo forums by their Astral Cord!<<

Happy Dark Forum's Eve!

Sweats nervously.

Here's hoping it's really just 2-3 days.

Some questions are not knowable at this time. The following is a list of questions that are feasable to "piece together":

"The Wall of Ghosts. Maybe that is preventing us from looking outward."

If Kugaptee hadn't intercepted our pass over the threshold of the wall of Ghosts... could we have exited the time recurrence?

Is that even beneficial or would we leave the citizens of Willowshore behind, stuck in the recurrence? Is there a version of Willowshore that continues forward in time such that the outside world doesn't even notice? How does our helpful, mysterious merchant come and go with the outside world? He seems to know more about all of this.

"I suspect Shinzo has found a way to interfere with time without raising suspicion."

"Are we some sort of...unlife?" A chill settles in her stomach. Please no!

Possible Questions

Any other questions? Choose 4 while we await Lan's roll! (I suggest ordering them).

5
1
2
4

Would be my preferred ordering.

If my questions overlap too strongly with existing questions, then I'll change them to the following:

7. Can the Curse be lifted from our actions in this monestary, or will we have to travel elsewhere?
8. What happens if the Curse if lifted?

Lan will definitely vote for (1) and (2), rest TBD.

4
5
3
2

Lan's questions #7-#10 are in play.

Possible Questions
1) How does the Wall of Ghosts interact with the Curse?
2) How does (did) Kugaptee's Dream interact with the Curse?
3) If we somehow escape the Curse, what happens to our families?
4) Does Willowshore even really exist?
5) Is it possible for Someone to travel To and Fro? How?
6) Are we Dead?
7) Is this cycle meant to be broken, or is it beneficial for us to be trapped?
8) What happens if we die, here or in Willowshore?
9) Can the Curse be lifted from our actions in this monestary, or will we have to travel elsewhere?
10) What happens if the Curse if lifted?

Also, we get six questions now. So. Let's each eliminate two of them, and that should narrow it down to six.

1, 2, 7 (unless the answer to 7 is a subset of the answer to 10), and 9.

I choose to eliminate 3 and 7.

If it matters, my top priorities to keep are 5, 1, & 2.

Possible Questions
1) How does the Wall of Ghosts interact with the Curse?
2) How does (did) Kugaptee's Dream interact with the Curse?
3) If we somehow escape the Curse, what happens to our families?
4) Does Willowshore even really exist?
5) Is it possible for Someone to travel To and Fro? How?
6) Are we Dead?
7) Is this cycle meant to be broken, or is it beneficial for us to be trapped?
8) What happens if we die, here or in Willowshore?
9) Can the Curse be lifted from our actions in this monestary, or will we have to travel elsewhere?
10) What happens if the Curse if lifted?

Eliminating #7. Not going to do "subset math" sorry! Downvotes for 1, 2, 3, and 9. Another downvote eliminates those. I will answer what remains.

Sorry - my votes were to keep, not to eliminate. Top priorities are 1, 2, 9, and 10, then. Vote to eliminate 8 and 4.

Ok, everything is currently in play, and one downvote for each 3, 4, 7, and 8.

Another downvote for those eliminates them.

We still need to pare down to six questions.

I know I already voted, but there are some questions Auntie Wu doesn't want answered, because there's a 50% chance the answer is terrifying. Feel free to use them as a tie-breaker.

Hmm. Let's add Upvotes and Downvotes together - things are moving slow.

Possible Questions
1) How does the Wall of Ghosts interact with the Curse? ⭐⭐
2) How does (did) Kugaptee's Dream interact with the Curse? ⭐⭐⭐
3) If we somehow escape the Curse, what happens to our families? ⭐⭐❌
4) Does Willowshore even really exist? ⭐⭐⭐❌
5) Is it possible for Someone to travel To and Fro? How? ⭐⭐
6) Are we Dead? ⭐
7) Is this cycle meant to be broken, or is it beneficial for us to be trapped? ⭐❌
8) What happens if we die, here or in Willowshore? ❌
9) Can the Curse be lifted from our actions in this monestary, or will we have to travel elsewhere? ⭐
10) What happens if the Curse if lifted? ⭐

This leaves the possible list:

#1, #2, #3, #4, #5. Let's close on these.

Looks like we are choosing between #6, #9, #10.

Let's do a Runoff! Pick either #6, #9, or #10 as final question! First question to reach two votes!

I vote #9.