Age of Ashes (Team Dahak)

Game Master Delta Arena

Kiilo, I'm sorry I forgot to mention that it was also your turn in my last post.

I also apologize to everyone for the extra wait that causes.

In the future, if someone notices that I am missing someone's turn, feel free to call that out.

AND if anyone has discord, please let me know.

Question for the team:

Would it make sense for me to have a ranged weapon so I can shoot something with my 3rd action in case I have one leftover?

Yes. At the very least, a sling (minimal cost) or a shortbow or crossbow.

I would suggest using an Action to enhance your spellcasting.

Intimidation Feats are cheap. Performance Feats are entertaining. Deception Feats are good too.

Applying Conditions on enemies is important too. Frightened is fantastic. Sickened is really strong etc.

Lots of fun options if you dig a bit.

Thanks for the suggestions.

How do I go about enhancing spellcasting? I have Widen Spell feat, but in this particular case I didn't have much chance to use it. I also don't have either Training in Intimidation, Performance or Deception, or the Charisma to go with it.

Look at the Reach feat. It makes you touch attacks at 30 feet, etc.

Other things you could do, while you gain more Spellshaping feats or obtain a ranged weapon, are to Recall Knowledge (Asking a question about what you are fighting), to hide (in order to make creatures off-guard to your next attack roll), or you could move to set up a flank (although it might not be the best role for a Wizard without mage armour/shield). The other option, although it costs money, is buying cosumables to expand your options.

Just checking in with everyone.

I know my GMing has been a little rough in general so far. So I wanted to ask: How's the experience been like for everyone? Are there any suggestions for me? Anything I should keep/stop doing?

I also don't have either Training in Intimidation, Performance or Deception, or the Charisma to go with it.

I recreated your character sheet on pathbuilder, and it looks like, with your intelligence and natural skill, you should be able to pick one more skill to be trained with, that could open up some options for you as well.

So far, so good GM!

Also, I'll have to recalculate my skills it seems.

Heads up: I'm travelling for work between Monday and Wednesday. I'll try to reply as usual, but if my formatting feels off, that's probably why.

soooooooooooooooooooo before Kiilo goes too too far into what's next, can we talk about the Elephant in the Backpack? or the Bulk Tax? or that Full Plate won't fit in one? or that we need an inventory/loot sheet? or that Kiilo's happy-go-lucky birdman from Chelix schtick ends if he gets cut out of his share of stuff? 30gp isn't chump change ... sorry, not sorry.

Hehehe, I can lend you some if it helps.

Chill, bird. It's only Fluff. Did you not see it's shoddy?

Shoddy does reduce the price of it to 15gp, and reduces the functionality of it, but it does not diminish the bulk of the item. See link to Shoddy items. So it is true that a full plate, even a shoddy full plate won't fit in a backpack.

Shoddy does reduce the price of it to 15gp, and reduces the functionality of it, but it does not diminish the bulk of the item. See link to Shoddy items. So it is true that a full plate, even a shoddy full plate won't fit in a backpack.

... and might not be just "fluff"

Thanks for that. I will own, my take away was that the armor was in rough shape, probably needing a Mending spell and some banging back into form. Didn't mean to come off as horribly over cranky either, but in the absense of a session zero or anything, I kind of wanted to know where we all stand on resource allocation. It isn't an issue that Mosquito wants it, I'm just not sure we're at the point to make that assignment yet.

I've been in other campaigns where loot got ninja'd and it doesn't generally sit that well.

Any ideas or preferences on how loot should be handled as a party?

Sorry, busier day than expected. I won't have time to reply tonight.

Just got home from my trip. I am off work tomorrow, so I can post earlier in the day and then at night as usual. Sorry to keep you waiting, it was more difficult to handle with the trip than I was expecting.

Absolutely no worries! Hope the trip went well.

Thank you. It did, I learned a lot.

I was waiting for Kiilo to reply with his turn but it's been a couple of days and I don't want to keep everyone else waiting.

oh I'm sorry, they all marched into a monster fort ... i guess Kiilo was laughing

I will be away Wednesday and Thursday.

Markus

”Stop... messing...with... my head!”[b]

[b]Vrosi
Unfortunately, she is a slippery one, and you can’t quite grasp her to pin her down.

Mosquito
As the goblin shouts in her face, her eyes open wide and she back off him immediately. Her mouth is left half open in an expression of shock.
She is frightened 2.

Bugbear
Terrified of the goblin, she turns around, only to fin herself surrounded by the orc. Desperate to get away from the goblin, she grabs her bastard sword with two hands and swings desperately at the orc to create an opening.

She is unfortunately too terrified to control her swings. Realizing that, she runs away to get a more favorable position in one of the smaller bedrooms.

She is frightened 1.

You can all take your turns. This round is probably take a little longer as we wait for Vrosi to come back, but I will still reply to your actions in the meantime.

Death by headache. I know people who would relate.

Sorry, it’s been a really busy past few days. I’ll reply tomorrow for sure.

You each get 60xp.

Damn, this fight was much harder than the first I feel, for a fraction of the reward. Next time, let's just burn down the fort.

I missed your point.

I missed your point.

Let's not worry about it then

Damn, this fight was much harder than the first I feel, for a fraction of the reward. Next time, let's just burn down the fort.

monsters lurking in the closet and hiding under the bed.

Bugbear prowlers specialize in the art of lurking in the shadows.

So I tried to make her a little more sneaky, approaching the situation by trying to get a jump on her enemies rather than facing them head on.

I don't really know how well that work.

But when you think about it, she actually didn't do much damage. And no lasting damage, like the goblin pox. Also: Loot!

I admit the fight was definitely not straightforward, and is appreciated.

@ Dahak GM considering our current group configuration may we retool our characters before 2nd as in PFS?

Mosquito needs a bit more Melee prowess to stay in fights with Barbarian.

Nothing drastic. Ability array mostly and related numbers. Probably just switch Str and Dex around actually.

Yeah, that would be fine.

Is 2nd happening soon?

UPDATE: I just read the RESTING rules at AoN and I am sure that we did not rest for 8 hours. So Kiilo probably has full Focus Points, but has not recovered his 1st level spells.

It is Canada Day over here, and there is a lot going on in town. Sorry about that and happy Canada Day/4th of July week!

Kiilo
Oh I thought you had meant the focus pool when you said spell recovery.

Sorry for the delay, I had been really busy and really tired this past couple days.

FYI, I am on vacation in Greece, so my posts may be inconsistent in frequency and quality.

Apologies all, real life presented some snags this week.
I will catch up tomorrow :)

Markus
Unfortunately the goblin pox makes it a little difficult for you to think, and you can’t quite identify the creature in front of you, even though you seem to remember reading about it somewhere.

Vrosi
The far section of your mikazuki bounces harmlessly against the tough scales of the crocodile-like reptilian creature. And when you try to pin it down with your embrace, you find that its muscles are too large for you to surround with your arms.

Markus’ Initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Mosquito’s Initiative: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Kiilo’s Initiative: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Markus, Mosquito and Kiilo, you can take your turns as well.

Sorry everyone, I know it has become a pattern, but work has been getting heavier and heavier and it leaves me exhausted most days. I'l try to reply tomorrow.

Apologies Team Breachill, I am kind of having trouble re-orienting myself. Anyone want to tell me what we need?

A dead dragon -diles!

Or save Mosquito from getting Crit next Dragon -diles turn.

Or Soothe Orc probably best actually.

Is combat over, or do we have to deal with the halfling in rounds too?

Is combat over, or do we have to deal with the halfling in rounds too?

Combat is over, for now, but there is a strong possibility of triggering another combat encounter with the halfling.

apologies, i guess i thought he was already restrained? I'll go back and re-read. Yes, slap was just for flavor, i want to be sure he's demeaned before we kill him ...

apologies, i guess i thought he was already restrained? I'll go back and re-read. Yes, slap was just for flavor, i want to be sure he's demeaned before we kill him ...

He had a critical success to escape last turn, and even under restrained the steal action automatically fails if the creature is in combat. I don't know it there is a similar action that you can do in combat.

Okay, so there is a Pickpocket skill feat that allows you to steal during combat using 2 actions and taking a -5 penalty on the attempt to steal.

I'll wait another day, until tomorrow, for your turn, since I only gave those clarifications today.

Sorry, the whole premise is shot, so let's just scrap it I guess. I'm not sure it matters if we kill him and now Kiilo is just sick of the little beast - Kiilo can be botted, needle darts or something

GM - when you get a chance, not a rush, but can you help me understand what Kiilo's development path will need to be in order to fly with someone? I have a vision of Kiilo and Vrosi doing a thing like Colosus & Wolverine used to do in the comics, but I can't seem to find anything on strength to lift ratios or anything like that.

Most of what I find are posts that say "Paizo hates flight" ;)