I looked again. Maybe I'm missing it, but I don't see Selective Channel on Trevor's sheet. Maybe it needs to be updated?
I'm not questioning that you have it if you say you do. It's just for my own reference if I need to look at your sheets to see what you can do.
I believe I got Alignment Channeling mixed up with Selective. I'll fix that when I get home tonight. Sorry for the confusion.
I gotta say that wand of color spray has been like one of your most useful items. Even with a DC of only 11, it seems to work more often than not.
It's been really good against the soldiers, who I gather are just within the range where they can be affected by the increased effects and who have pretty poor will saves. It's really made me feel like Henrika can be versatile in combat. :) The wand probably won't be useful much longer though.
Yes. The soldiers are 5 HD. Henrika's mental potency allows color spray to have the more powerful effect for 3-4 HD. Although even stunned for 1 round is still fairly powerful.
Trevor casts his last prepared dispel magic on the Count.
You all should save a few spells for Titus and friends. If you go to rest, they won't just sit idly.
At this point, if he discovers Bartelby is defeated, Titus will probably flee, but I know some of you have been itching for some revenge on him, so don't let that happen.
Trevor's spells have been focused on defeat mostly extraplanar or undead enemies, with some mortal utility.
Count Bartleby is the prize. We take him down, we would have done what we came to Stachys to do.
It's a standard actuon to dismiss a spell.
Oh I see. You dismissed the grease. Let me remove that.
Bartelby's real magic is over the dice roller. These numbers have been abysmal!
Seriously.
We're back on the first floor map.
Editorial Comment: I've notice when most of you draw multiple lines on the map, you do them individually. I wanted to mention, if you select in the dropdown for lines, if you select "polyline" you can make multiple angles all together. I don't care which way you do it. I just didn't know if you were aware it was an option.
I didn't know, thanks!
With the holidays this coming week, don't feel obligated to post if you are busy. I know I have a lot of plans. I'll still post when I can but if it is a slower week, that's expected.
Don't run! We need three heads to put on pikes!
Every now and then I hear Icabhod say something straight out of a slasher film and I'm kinda really diggin' it
GM, when you say ‘rest', do you mean eight hours, to get back our spells and daily abilities? If yes, I think that would be worthwhile, but if there is more urgency I don’t think we should delay more than we already have by searching the manor.
Yes, if you want to take a full night's rest (8 hours), you can. The things in the tower are in no danger of going anywhere.
Ooo, that might mean we can question Bartelby about the contents of the tower! Though, I doubt he'll volunteer any useful information, and Henrika won't be okay with torturing him. But considering how low on resources we are, resting to regain spells and so on would be very smart, I think.
With the holidays this coming week, don't feel obligated to post if you are busy. I know I have a lot of plans. I'll still post when I can but if it is a slower week, that's expected.
Yea, I'm a little occupied with holiday shenanigans myself. I'll try to stay up to speed.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
Tomorrow I won't post because I'll be busy spending Christmas day with family.
I expect I can resume the next day though. But like I said, if you can't post, don't worry about it. I expect up until after New Year's Day, people may have plans.
Thanks so much for running this game, GM! I hope you and yours have a wonderfully comforting and joyful holiday. Be thou merry and of good cheer!
We should get some holy water and maybe anything that can allow us to harm incorporeal beings.
So. Treasure!
Xallis would like to claim the Wand of Magic Missile, since it leaves him with a better backup attack option than his crossbow and it will likely help with any potential hard-to-touch spirits.
The wand of Scorching Ray also seems like it has potential, but I don't want to get too greedy with wands if anyone else wants one of them.
I vote that the wand of lesser restoration exist as a shared group item, but rest in the back pocket of someone who can use it reliably.
On a similar note, we shouldn't sleep on Eyes of the Eagle for its massive bonus to such a frequently used skill. I'd strongly suggest one of us strap those on before we start the next mission.
Lastly, considering the immediate ramifications of our actions, are there any PCs that would like one of the scrolls of Sending to alert their contacts/families? Considering our backgrounds, some of us may have connections that could be negatively impacted by being left out of the loop.
Henrika can't use the wand of scorching ray natively, and her UMD total is pretty low, so I agree that it should stay with Xallis unless someone else wants to use it.
I nominate Tychus to wear the eyes of the eagle. He's already got a great Perception score, and the +5 bonus will make it even better. Plus, spectacles will make him look more like a lawyer. ;)
We have another circlet of persuasion, and Henrika and Trevor are already wearing one. Maybe Xallis should wear it? If he doesn't care about boosting social skills, though, we could always sell it for more gold.
I can't think of anybody Henrika needs to warn about the impending War for the Crown.
If talking treasure, I'll throw out some suggestions too:
Trevor is using a +1 Breastplate. You have a +2 Glammered Breastplate he can replace it with.
There's a Belt of Dex +2 if someone still needs. Maybe Icabhod?
There's a minor extend metamagic rod. A lot of you use low-level buffs so it can benefit most of you. Xallis has one, but Henrika or Trevor don't yet. I don't think metamagic rods work with investigator extracts (but correct me if I'm wrong).
I helped sort the treasure sheet and combined some duplicate items. I checked off the items that I thought were safe to mark to sell.
We should get some holy water and maybe anything that can allow us to harm incorporeal beings.
It you want to do that, the Palace of Birdsong is on the outskirts of Lotheedar. You can make a quick trip to Lotheedar to pick up supplies if you want to.
I nominate Tychus to wear the eyes of the eagle. He's already got a great Perception score, and the +5 bonus will make it even better. Plus, spectacles will make him look more like a lawyer. ;)
I would not say no to such an offer, haha!
Icabhod will take the belt of dexterity.
Trevor will claim the +2 breastplate if no one needs it more.
Let me know if anyone else wands mage armor cast on them. I thiiiiink it isn't metagame knowledge at this point to know what they do for incoporeal attacks.
Let me know if anyone else wands mage armor cast on them. I thiiiiink it isn't metagame knowledge at this point to know what they do for incoporeal attacks.
If you are offering, Tychus will gladly accept a casting of Mage Armor.
Henrika too! Might be smart to just put one on everyone, just in case.
I thiiiiink it isn't metagame knowledge at this point to know what they do for incoporeal attacks.
It's is the spell's description. It's not metagaming to know how your spells work.
Bartelby said there is some kind of ethereal outsider, so your preparations are totally justified.
I'll mark off a charge for each of the rest of the party, then.
At first I thought she would be mindless, but you're playing her like she has some intelligence, so I might as well try to feint.
Yes, she has intelligence. Trompe l'oeil is actually a template added to a creature. The creature loses Con for being a construct but keeps all its other stats. It's almost like a clone of the original creature. As you could probably tell after she made a sneak attack, the base creature has some rogue levels.
If we have more charges in the wand of cure light wounds, Trevor would like to use them. If not, the cleric will uses his clerical spells to heal himself back to full.
The party has a ton of healing items.
You have:
50 charges from wands of cure moderate wounds
73 charges from wands of cure light wounds
3 potions of cure serious wounds
45 potions of cure moderate wounds
12 potions of cure light wounds
3 scrolls of cure light wounds
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Happy New Year!
Can Henrika cast remove fear on herself and Navia before entering? Fear makes her unable to cast spells, so she is very wary of such effects. Might as well cast another Hermean potential too.
Yes, you can. You can cast remove fear and Hermean potential. No problem.
The falling apart ability is mind-affecting but not a fear effect, so remove fear doesn't change the result for Navia there, but she will benefit the +4 on fear saves against the gaze.
If anyone else had another buff spell they wanted to cast before entering, that's fine too.
You have three choices, 1) look at the creature and make the Will save; 2) avert your eyes; 3) close your eyes.
If you avert your eyes, you avoid looking at the creature’s face, instead looking at its body, watching its shadow, tracking it in a reflective surface, etc. Each round, you have a 50% chance to avoid having to make a saving throw against the gaze attack. The creature with the gaze attack, however, gains concealment against you.
If you close you eyes, you don’t need to make a saving throw, but you cannot see the creature at all. The creature gains total concealment against you.
If you are subjected to its gaze, you need to make a Will save DC 21 or be shaken for 1d4 rounds. This is a mind-affecting fear affect for any bonuses to saves you might have. I’ll let you roll this save yourself because of the potential variability with your choice.
You are continually subjected to the creature’s gaze each round.
Icabhod can see with his mask that the ichkoh has 1 spell effect active on it. The effect is visible to everyone, the creature's form is blurred and difficult to focus on. (A blur spell.)
Okay. I realized something stupid. While the ichkol has blur cast on it, there is no reason not to avert your eyes. Blur grants it concealment and averting your eyes also grants it concealment, so it will have concealment either way. And the effect doesn't stack. It would only make sense to look at it directly if someone dispels the blur effect first.
To Tychus' benefit, the seeking property on his crossbow let's him avert his gaze and ignore concealment. Lucky him.
The ichkoh is essentially the final boss of Chapter 2. Sometimes I add the advanced template or make other little changes to creatures to account for the extra player, but I didn't modify this one. Between his defenses and debuffs, I expect he might be a tough fight. But you might surprise me. I never know.
Quick questions:
1) Did Henrika get her hypnotic stare on the ichkoh, and if so can she add 3 to Ichabod’s damage?
2) Does she get an attack of opportunity when it makes a ranged attack within her threatened area? Or did it 5’ step away before casting?
1) Did Henrika get her hypnotic stare on the ichkoh, and if so can she add 3 to Ichabod’s damage?
2) Does she get an attack of opportunity when it makes a ranged attack within her threatened area? Or did it 5’ step away before casting?
1) Yes, sorry, Henrika's hypnotic stare is on the ichkoh, I'll add 3 damage in the next post.
2) You know, I don't think I ever realized that casting a ray spell could provoke twice, once for casting and once if making a ranged attack in melee. But you appear to be correct on that; it would provoke. I'm not going to change the action, but knowing that, I will have him make a 5-ft. step. There is no safe space, so he steps away from Trevor, but is still within range of Henrika, Icabhod, and Navia. All three can make attacks of opportunity on it. If any of you get the chance to post before I do, you can roll the AoO yourselves, or I can tomorrow.
Clutching his cassock of the clergy by the collar, Trevor casts bless on the party.
"Despite", the cleric spat, "my performance of late, I'm not afraid of you. You! Should be afraid of us, you bastard son of Pharsama!!"
Intimidate: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
F*CK YEAH!!
Not to lessen a nat. 20 but, casting bless and using Intimidate are both standard actions, aren't they? Am I missing something? If there is a way that this works, I'm all for it.
Also, looking back at my post, I realize that I overlooked rolling a miss chance for Icabhod's attack, but I'm not going back and changing anything now. My mistake is your gain.
Then the Intimidate didn't happen, but Trevor still said what he said.
Then the Intimidate didn't happen, but Trevor still said what he said.
To be fair, the Ichkoh is kind of afraid for Trevor and his holy weapon anyway. Xallis rolled high enough that you know its DR is DR 10/good. Also, it is immune to death effects, disease, fear effects, and poison.
Also as compensation, I will let Trevor keep his roll and you can use a 20 result on your first d20 roll next turn. I hate to see a good 20 go to waste.
Give it to Henrika. She could really use some better rolls! (Kidding!)
[dice=Navia – Claw]1d20+9-2
[dice=Miss Chance 20%]1d100
[dice=Damage]1d6+9-2
Would Navia have been able to attack the monster while it's ethereal? None of her attacks are inherently magical. If so I'll totally take it, I haven't messed with the rule in a while.
...and wait, does Xallis' 4 negative levels dropping him below the minimal caster level to cast Invisibility mean the spells fails? If so, I suppose it may retcon him to attempting the spell, failing, and screaming. Definitely screaming.
Would Navia have been able to attack the monster while it's ethereal? None of her attacks are inherently magical. If so I'll totally take it, I haven't messed with the rule in a while.
Navia cannot hit it while it is ethereal. She would first need to be able to see invisibility and then be able to deal force damage.
Ethereal is different from Incorporeal, where you can do 50% damage with magic weapons. When ethereal the creature is on a different plane and only force affects (and abjurations) work.
But, Henrika pointed out that the creature should have provoked from firing the ray and Xallis. This was before it went ethereal, so Navia was able to may the attack of opportunity at that time.
Its ability to shift to the ethereal or material plane does not provoke.
...and wait, does Xallis' 4 negative levels dropping him below the minimal caster level to cast Invisibility mean the spells fails? If so, I suppose it may retcon him to attempting the spell, failing, and screaming. Definitely screaming.
From the wording on negative levels: The creature is also treated as one level lower for the purpose of level-dependent variables (such as spellcasting) for each negative level possessed. Spellcasters do not lose any prepared spells or slots as a result of negative levels.
Xallis can still cast all the spells he has prepared. He does not lose any of them. But level dependent variables like the duration would be lessened. And if he casts a spell at the enemy, his level counts as 4 lower for the spell resistance check.
In the case of using a wand, I would say he could still attempt to cast the spell from the wand.
Fittingly, under Rebuilding Stachys, you had one last festival and a statue to build. You can do those in the next two weeks as well.
You can decide what kind of festival you want to hold, and for the statue, you need to decide if you want the statue to honor the local culture, the local nobility, or yourselves.
The loyalty points mostly mattered for determining how many soldiers were in the palace when you attacked but it also affects the princess' reception. However, the current band you are in is 44-50, so going from 44 to 45 or 46 doesn't really change anything.
I vote for a little self-indulgence and vote for the statue of us.
Henrika's level 7 advancement:
• +9 hp
• +1 BAB
• +1 Acrobatics, Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate, Knowledge (local), Knowledge (nobility), Perception, Perform (oratory), Sense Motive, Sleight of Hand, Use Magic Device
• dazzling feint (Surprise Strike)
• 1 3rd-level spell slot
• 1 1st-level spell known (faerie fire)
• 2 3rd-level spells known (displacement, see invisibility)
• Coalition Leader feat
Falchion Jack's level 5 advancement:
• +9 hp
• +1 BAB
• +1 Acrobatics, Perception, Profession (soldier), Sleight of Hand, Stealth, Swim
• maneuver training
• Advanced Armor Training feat (Adaptive Training: Acrobatics)
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I see Henrika's character choices and can only think she truly is a vexing daredevil and I love it.