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Quick question for those more experienced with 2e PbP. I was planning on having liberating step on my champion, which let's those I'm protecting take a step in the middle of a monsters' turn. Ideally, this would mean they can get out of danger and force the monster to make another move action if they want to continue their assault. However, it seems the nature of PbP would make this difficult without slowing things down too much. Have any of you seen liberating played on these forums? I could just take the paladin cause if it's too awkward, but figured I'd ask first.
I believe I have seen it done a couple ways. One way is to employ a retcon. If you see an opponent has acted and Noggin has a reaction, you can simply include in your next post what Noggin would have done and we can retcon the actions as necessary. While doing a retcon is rarely ideal, given that this is a low level scenario and what I know of the nature of the potential combats, it shouldn't be too difficult to do.
Another way, which could avoid retcons or reduce the impact of them, is to include a spoiler in your combat posts along the lines of...
I've found best practices is to make sure to include a note on your actions with plans for reactions like Valen's spoiler.
Most of the time to GM will remember. Cccasionally they'll miss it, or forget and then you can just make a post reminding them of your reaction and in my experience the GM is basically always generous with retconning as needed to make your reaction work, especially if you've made your reactions known in advance.
If your reaction involves dice rolls, I try and put those in a spoiler so the GM can be surprised if they want to be.
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A lot of pbp can go smoother if you make it clear to the GM what you want to do, and then trust them to finesse the fine details if needed, and reactions are no different.
Some examples:
Surrounded by foes, Orin tries to hold his guts in with his shield and desperately lashes out with his axe.
dice= blah blah b
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Water Kineticist with push and slide on a single AoE
Posts my Fighter 10 with multiple reactions and multiple options
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Obviously things that move targets as reactions are the most likely to be disruptive, but just be clear ahead of time about intentions, and politely remind the GM when they forget.
Sometimes GMs will even do things like: ...and John steps away tanks to the Champion's Liberating Step. and let you be more specific about the detail if they don't need to know it right away.
It is not a typo. I find that a slight delay in start times for conventions and game days make for smoother starts as there is less competition and the specials, in particular, often call for some extra input early on ..
I will be posting a RPG Chronicles link in the next couple of days.
It is not a typo. I find that a slight delay in start times for conventions and game days make for smoother starts as there is less competition and the specials, in particular, often call for some extra input early on ..
I will be posting a RPG Chronicles link in the next couple of days.
A little later than planned, but the link is now up and can be found here.
So why is this transaction between Ellvard and the Runelord important. He is not one of the folks we are looking for, right? I apologize if I am slow, I am suffering trough a head cold right now and am not thinking well.
At present, the party does not know why, or even if, the transaction is important. (Gathering Information may reveal more, but it takes time and is not guaranteed to work).
Were any glyphs distributed to Achurius?
Each player started with 2 Hero Points.
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A summary of what we know/have accomplished, from what I can tell...
A summary of what we know/have accomplished, from what I can tell...
Filtch: Just located him. Has papers we would like to improve on.
Themolin: Very rich and a key 'customer' of Garla. He's the one we might find at the Ministry of Tithes making it an important place to visit.
Yuleg: Healed his daughter. He is ready to leave.
Dafrid: Teaches at the Acadamy. We have not tried to locate him yet.
Garla: We are not sure who this is. Nobody recognized the name at the guardhouse, but the captain secretly passed us some info on Ellvard. The captain could be using us to get at Ellvard or could be Garla or Ellvard could be Garla. Heck, Garla could be made up and could be a lure set by the government. Garla is a bit of a mystery right now and potentially a dangerous lead.
Daffrid is a woman. Otherwise, the above looks like a fairly accurate summary of what the party has learned thus far.
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As way of explanation, Tuesday night was a very special night for Portsmouth and still can't think of anything else for the moment. See Twitter for why, although it won't mean much to you. Also yesterday had to take my wife to the airport as she's off to Japan for a cruise, and has been very anxious about it all.
Normal service will be resumed next week, but I will posting.
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We are coming to the end of Outpost, which is set to end on May 13, 2024.
Unfortunately, given the point where we are in the adventure and the pace we have been going, I don't think we will be able to conclude the adventure on May 13th. It is my expectation to conclude by May 20th (after that I will be traveling for work and to attend PaizoCon at KublaCon and don't expect to be posting much; also I suspect some of you may be involved in PaizoCon.)
Per instructions for the Outpost GMs, I will report the game via RPG Chronicles on or before May 13, 2024. Even though the adventure will continue. Reporting at that time is necessary to comply with the cons requirements and, also to ensure that all of us playing at the table are eligible to receive door prizes. Paizo has graciously offered up prize vouchers for Outpost, and we will be randomly drawing winners from a pool of all players and GMs for reported games. These vouchers will need to be emailed, so any players who wishtto be eligible must be sure to fill in their emails on the RPG Chronicles sign-up sheet so that they can get their prizes if they win.
Just an FYI, the map seems to be in read only mode ;)
Actually, the issue is my lack of storage as this week has been kids' school concerts and I have been uploading their videos. I have cleared out some storage, so hopefully it won't be an issue again.
Also, is anyone willing to bot Drakmak in the event the player continues to be absent?
Alternatively, the party may choose an NPC pregen to replace him.
Game is in the process of being reported.
Drakmak and Norbwald: The Paizo site indicates that you have each played this scenario previously with a different Player Character. Therefore, you will each be marked as using a replay unless you indicate otherwise within the next 24 hours.
Doesn't escape have the attack trait? So technically red would miss Noggin with map applied?
Correct. And now corrected.
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As a note, something that I learned just last week. Swim got updated in the remaster to give an auto-crit success in most calm water.
(This could still only be success for a variety of reasons, I just wanted to share the thing I learned recently.)
As a note, something that I learned just last week. Swim got updated in the remaster to give an auto-crit success in most calm water.
(This could still only be success for a variety of reasons, I just wanted to share the thing I learned recently.)
Now, I have learned something to.
My apologies for the lack of updates. I was traveling and gaming at KublaCon n. I returned home last night and was admitted into the hospital for an internal infection. I have been assured, that I did not pose a potential risk to any I encountered in my travels.
I underwent surgery today and I am scheduled for another tomorrow with more to follow over the course of a at least a week. This means that I am unlikely to be able to continue GMing this game until some.uncertqin time thereafter. I do not mind waiting, but you all have PCs tied up.
So, unless all of you wish to wait, I will request the VO staff find another GM to take over and complete this table.
Oh no, I really hope you're okay. Was nice to see you at KublaCon, I sincerly hope everything goes well with your surgeries.
You could find more on our discord but I came back with Covid. (Tested Negative Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Had very minor symptoms (minor sore throat /fatigue) which seemed pretty normal for day 4 of a con.)
Based on my family all being fine, and my not going anywhere for days before, the most likely result is I picked up a speedy variant.
Other than being barricaded away in my study from everybody else and sleeping half the time I'm doing quite well.
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My preference is to get a replacement to finish up, but can do otherwise if people prefer.
Finding a replacement GM seems the most optimal under the circumstances and appears acceptable to all parties. I will make the request.
Hello friends! Your GM has asked for assistance finishing off this game while he is making his saving throws vs disease. I will be trying to do half as good as job as he (if I can manage).
Thanks bigrin42, I think Achurius has some lingering questions about positioning and such that may need addressing.
Thanks, I had caught up in teh Gameplay, but not the OOC when I made that post.
I decided to just use a long range spell when I did not get an answer, and it's probably the right tactic.
Probably for the best, honestly.
@Achurius - Looks like you are using the 3-action variant of the magic missile. Without a swim action to stay afloat you will sink 10 feet at the end of your turn. Is that intended?
Okay, you have to get to the Merry Mayfly. You have plenty of options here, including your legitimate (you think) travel papers, disguises, or even bribery.
Plan your strategy and tomorrow night we'll start the exfiltration.
Good luck!