And welcome to the Worldwound, where the epic battle against the Abyss is done! I hope we all enjoy here a nice time of RP and strategy.
Please add here some basic information needed for me to report at the end of the scenario (you can copy paste this template).
b]Player name[/b]:
b]Character PFS #ID[/b]:
b]Day job roll[/b]:
b]Advancement[/b]: Normal / Slow ?
b]Brief character description[/b]:
Please, do not hesitate to let me know if there is any other extra information you would like me to add in your chronicle.
This game is probably going to end out of tier for some of you. Please, try to sort out what character will you be finally playing through the week. If you end playing low in a high tier, please, take care and play it safe. If you end playing high in a low tier, please, be considerate and try to hold of your best tricks so others can enjoy too.
This will be a Standard Society game, as I do not think there is enough interest for Core.
In order to keep the pace during combat, I might skip one player if he is the only one still to act, and give him the right to use his action in the next turn. I have found this is usually the best balance between maintaining the game pace and keeping the players opportunity to participate even if they cannot post very often.
Also, in order to improve everybody's experience, every time you have a doubt, in addition to ask about it (please do so!), add contingency actions so I can resolve the events without having to go back and forth into a two people discussion.
And one rule when you post, if you are unsure if something works in a certain way, , if not, I will just ignore the action or tell you what other thing to do. It just saves a lot of time in PbP. Even more if you add contingency actions in spoilers.
For example:
If no one says against this direction, I check the left door for traps.
dice=Perception]1d20 + 6[/dice] ->
spoiler=If nothing found]
I open the door and go into the room if there is no immediate danger.
/spoiler]
spoiler=If the door is locked]
I call the party rogue to open the door. If we don't have rogue, I try to force it open with my axe .
/spoiler]
GM answer:
The door seems to have no traps at all. When you try to open it, you discover it is locked. You call the rogue and he unlocks it.
Your torch light goes inside the room, and you see a big birthday cake. All of a sudden your Pathfinder friends come out around and greet you all "Happy birthday!"
That saves us from expending 3 days checking questions and answers back and forth to decide where to go and what happens with it.
Once I can confirm we are all enrolled, I will set up the Gameplay thread so we can start.
And first rule that triumphs them all: have fun! :D
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01: Player name: GM Panic
02: Character name: Lady Alya De-Qill
03: PFS#: 27215-2
04: Faction: Sovereign Court
05: Race,Class and Level: Elf Investigator - Psychic Detective [L3]
06: Day Job: Profession(Law Enforcement): [1d20+8]
07: PP 8/10 [0][+2][+2][+2][+2][+2][Spent 2 on wand of CLW]
08: EX 8 = L3 [2+2+1+1+1+1]
09: [Sovereign Court: 8]
10: [Fame: 8]
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Player name: Wydroe
Character bame: Tanbu Yull
Pfs#: 165069-8
Day job: craft alchemy
Progression: normal
Description: Tanbu thinks of himself as a wise guy, looking for an angle. The pathfinder society has been a way to make easy money and not work too hard. He crafts alchemy on the side but loaths rhe drug and poison side of the business so that line will never really make tons of money. Tanbu is a halfling of un remarkable looks, brown hair, hazel eyes and average height. He is reserved not waisting words. He currently needs work and would like to pull strings to get a cure wand, pathfinder perk he wants to use [purchase with prestige]. Grand lodge faction card carrying member.
The is 4th level as of his last chronicle, so i need to get him updated. Hope that is okay. Straight unchained rogue, no archetypes.
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Player name: miteke
Character PFS #ID: 141936-14
Day job roll:
Advancement: Normal
Brief character description: Nature oracle with a wolf companion, who's curse is the constant necrotic degeneration AND regeneration of her skin (manifesting as Wasting curse). Has a good AC but lousy attack so not a front liner. Mange (her mount) has a mediocre attack and a low AC.
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Player Name:Torilgrey
Character PFS ID 2387887-1[/b]
Day Job:
Advancement:Normal
Brief descriptionAndrelis is a fashionably dressed elf, who is very social and willing to take risks to accomplish the mission. Its been a while since he's left Absolom, having cleaned up some issues in Cheliax, now he's ready for new challenges.
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I see we likely go low-tier, unfortunatelly after all these years I've got only higher level characters.
Still interested! and will try not to waste fun and challenge :))
Player Name: Shtorm
(no dayjob), but maybe some faction journal goals we'll see
PFS number: 157437-13
Character: Greet
Faction: Concordance
Normal progreess/
Vine leshy Shaman - 7
This is small (1 meter max) but wise awaken small bush from Castrovel. It is green with orange berries as eyes, and wears Darkleaf cloth armor. It/he is followed by small, shy and qute pseudodragon named Skyrocket. Does not seems the dpo carry any weapon.
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Player name: Makras Vekker
Character PFS #ID: 238544-6
Day job roll:
Advancement: Normal / Slow ? Normal
Brief character description:Makras wanders the land, half-mad, preaching that the end times are nigh. Or further off, but still coming! He believes in the essential truth of Groetus, God of the Endtimes, the uncaring observer who is waiting for all life in the universe to dwindle away. But Makras' madness has given him strange powers which he doesn't hesitate to use. With no concern for his own safety, he often gets swept up in adventures for the Pathfinder Society. After all, it gives him something to do while he waits for utter annihilation to come.
Hi! Thank you all for accepting the invite :)
So we have:
Lady Alya De Qill, Elf Investigator (Psychic Detective) 3
Tanbu Yull, Halfling Rogue 4
Cyclic, Gnome Oracle(Nature) 4
Andrelis Lethian, Rogue (Scout) 4
Greet, Leshy Shaman 7
Makras Vekker, Dwarf Oracle 6
APL = (3 + 4 * 3 + 7 + 6) / 6 = 28 / 6 = 4.67
That means we are to play Tier 3-4 with 6 players adjustment.
The Gameplay thread is up!
No issue, it is fine, just wanted to be clear :)
By the way, I intended to put that on Discussion, not in Gameplay, sorry for that!
I am liking how you are interacting to try meet each other. Good RP so far :)
I will give Makras and Cyclic one more day chance to react before the group leaves Nerosyan.
Meanwhile, if you would add your Perception and Initiative bonuses to this slide, it would be of help, thanks.
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Sorry about the late arrival. I did not see this campaign starting because gameplay was not up and I could not dot in. Though I did post in discussion and that should have put the campaign on my main page and it didn't so I am a bit confused why it did not show. Happened to notice when I wondered why it had not started, went to my posts, tracked down this thread, and then found out I was being missed! Ugh.
Anyway, to be continued as soon as work allows...
What works the best for me is to monitor the https://paizo.com/campaigns page with the "FOCUS" option so only threads I have visited are shown.
The view is more compact and you are not exposed to the weak functionality of the campaigns track system.
Please, join in Gameplay when possible :)
Hi Lady Alya! All creatures do 5' steps only. Fortunately, the mount uses its own movement for moving :)
Hence it can take a move action to move its speed without problem (note you still take a -4 penalty to ranged shots if the mount double moves). As you only need a DC 5 to fight with both hands and you have a +4 Ride, you do not need to roll ride checks every round for that.
Hum, again I posted in Gameplay a post intended for Discussion. Sorry for that, I hope the roll's change were in your benefit.
@Makras, I read uncanny dodge in your tagline, is that correct? Is it the improved version that prevents flanking?
Mange tries to bite the worm, but this one crawls quickly for its life avoiding the jaws.
This text was just to show a failed attack due to AC.
This other text was a call for AoOs:
The exposed worm crawls towards the heap of corpses, which opens an opportunity to attack for Cyclic and Mange. If still alive, it starts burrowing into the mouth of another fallen body.
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Well, hot dang. Usually I have these ideas and they fail abysmally. Not only did I assume right, I got the rolls to make them work.
I took Decompose Corpse because, though underpowered, it fit the character concept so perfectly. It was so nice to see it actually used effectively.
It was a very creative use of the spell, I am happy it worked through SR and saves :)
@Lady Alya I do not think you have your spear anywhere around as you had to drop it (free action) in order to draw (move action) and shot the crossbow (standard action) in the first round.
You can still draw another weapon, like your cold iron rapier, so I am assuming you are doing that instead :)
Also, handling the dog to attack is another move action (and requires a Handle Animal DC 10 and the dog to know the attack trick), so I fear you are getting short of one action here even if we assume you are dropping the crossbow to rotate to a new weapon.
If you have any special class feature or feat that allows any of this, please point it out as I have not been able to find it in your profile.
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GM Rutseg,
Is there a way to tell if any of the other bodies have these vermilek demons in them? Is there a heal check, sense motive or something? Tanbu is worried about white and Black. Can we tell if they are humans that are alive or are they 'weird' looking?
To all:
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I wish you all the best.
It is an opposed Perception check against Disguise.
Merry Christmas everyone! :)
Given the special dates I will give some extra time for Andrelis to post before boting us forward.
Andrelis already got a success for the party, so no need for more rolls, but thanks for pointing it out Greet!
Healed everyone, and felt I should given you got DMG from her actions.
Please roll your save checks on your first reaction post. Also, good practice, roll in the order checks are called out.
Greet tries to calm down Mange.
I was hoping the party members who made the knowledge check and know what is going on in here would have shared the info with the others so people is not this lost.
Besides, about the calm animals, Mange is the only intelligent animal here, so the casting can only affect him, hence the reference to Mange.
About protection from evil, Cyclic decided to use this spell before knowing what is going on (I guess influenced by meta information I gave in OOC that this was a mind-affecting effect, which I only was giving in good will to help you in case your character had bonuses against that), so in the follow up post I was intently trying to be cryptic here to not further influence your actions on base to what your character knows. But on an attentive read, you might notice only Andrelis has been called to further saves, so you should see an answer to your worries in there :)
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Yea, the whispering voices were a major clue (combined with their being in the Worldwound which has a reputation) that her mind was being messed with. The OOC comments would have made no difference. On the other hand, if the nature of the effect as to also be convinced it was real, then she would not have cast the spell. Insanity is an odd thing and you can have a mental issue and be fully convinced that it is everyone else that has a problem. If that was the nature of the effect then you should retcon her casting. But, dang it, if in real life I started hearing voices like that, and provided I had any sense and was not clinically paranoid, I would start wondering if I was drugged (which translates to bespelled in this case) and try to do something about it. So that is what I had her do.
So in short, if the effect calls for it please retcon her casting.
I'll hold off on Cyclic's response and react based on your judgment.
I would suggest Greet to rereed the knowledge planes spoiler for the check he was successful at and share the info with the party so things do not get worse.
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Wow, I expected Spiritual Weapon to deal some damage. There is no 1 target in description. And my creator originally used shotgun with splash so. Anyway, I probably should remain in Tree Form. Feeling useless and do not understand why we fighting.
I MA sure Burning Sands and Thorny Entanglement or Sleet Storm unlikely to be affective also, despite being area effects.
As wasps are exposed to holy water maybe Spirit Rebuke would work, but Greet'd never try to Rebuke Spirit of wasps...
Anyway I am in a terrible mood last week due to life troubles. Sorry for sporadic posts. Bot me if necessary
As I see it, the spiritual weapon is no more useful than shooting a bow into the swarm Greet, aside of the damage type different. Also, the spell still requires specifying a target, there are references in the description like "Each round after the first, you can use a move action to redirect the weapon to a new target."
Because someone identified the wasps already, I can tell you the burning hands are actually a great option, as aside from their special vulnerability to holy water, they have nothing special compared to a wasp swarm, and certainly no resistance to fire.
And I am sorry your week was troubled :(
I hope things get better in that front and that following encounters in this game are less frustrating for you. I hate swarms fights, and being the optional encounter I debated myself whether to run this one or not, but finally decided to give you the extra combat as the scenario does not have so many and we are no time constrained.