Phantom Phenomena (Inactive)

Game Master Shadow Dragon

The Mighty Quinn will be away the second half of this week.

Now we know who the first two sacrifices will be! ;)

Cannoli is quite sure she will be fine.

Will confidence be her downfall? Probably. But it’ll be fun to watch!

This quest is giving my flashbacks to my real life former career as a research scientist when I regularly needed to work in a greenhouse at a university.

This quest is giving my flashbacks to my real life former career as a research scientist when I regularly needed to work in a greenhouse at a university.

Did you ever have the feeling that the plants were watching you?

So this was the question posed:

Is it reasonable to assume the mold cannot do the ‘force victim to take the hit’ if said victim is unconscious?

Now here's where it gets even more interesting. The mindslaver mold is, in the text for the Quest and the monster entry, described as being "attached" - which it can do as a standard action.

So, with its host now prone and not moving, the mindslaver mold is *still* attached. I would rule that because the host is prone, can no longer move, and the mold is still attached, the mold also has the prone 'condition' applied to it. I won't rule it is, by rule, "helpless" because nothing in the monster entry gives it that penalty for being attached - whether the host is prone or moving.

Is this a reasonable ruling for this situation? Feel free to agree, disagree, and/or point out what I missed. :)

As to Cannoli's question: No, the mindslaver mold cannot use its particular evasive maneuver since its host is now an object and not subject to that particular part of the entry.

That sounds reasonable to me. One thing worth checking is if the mold has some sort of trait which would make it immune to the prone condition.

That sounds reasonable to me. One thing worth checking is if the mold has some sort of trait which would make it immune to the prone condition.

Not that I can see in either its entry or under the general traits for plants.

Guardian's dice are en fuego.

There's a little time before this occurs, but it's a longer time away so I didn't want to spring it at the last moment.

I've got a trip from 7/31 to 8/12, and for much of it I won't have internet access.

(not sure if this game will end before then or not, but in case)

Reminder

Guardian XI wrote:

There's a little time before this occurs, but it's a longer time away so I didn't want to spring it at the last moment.

I've got a trip from 7/31 to 8/12, and for much of it I won't have internet access.

(not sure if this game will end before then or not, but in case)

Reminder

I remember. That's when we plan to sacrifice Guardian XI to some beast. :)

Since you guys are just killin it (and everything in your path) you have one of each of the following items. Note that's not one per PC so you'll need to discuss who gets what.

Ectoplasmic Ointment (Lightning): A PC can apply this greasy unguent to his skin like a magic oil. For the next 24 hours, he receives a +1 resistance bonus on saving throws against mind-affecting effects. If he fails such a save, he can re-roll the saving throw, after which the ointment’s effects end.

Experimental Herbicide (University): A PC can throw the herbicide as a splash weapon. A direct hit causes Large or smaller plants to wither and die over the course of an hour. Against a plant creature, a direct hit deals 1d8 points of damage and bestows 1 negative level. Every plant creature within 5 feet of where the herbicide hits takes 1 point of damage. Alternatively, a PC can coat a metal weapon in the herbicide, much as he would apply a poison. The next creature struck takes damage as though it were directly hit with the herbicide.

Here is one exception; each PC can use this boon:

Eye of Gorum (Monolith): This is an ancient Kellid symbol. Scribing or painting it on one’s armor, clothing, or shield grants the PC a bonus that only the GM knows about. ;)

And the other exception which Dr. Quolorum will use:

Etheric Compasses (Manor): Dr. Quolorum carries these ghostly devices, which help him sense the phenomena’s location.

Splash thing to our alchemist I say. Cannoli will DEFINITELY put the Eye of Gorum on her new fancy breastplate.

Splash thing to our alchemist I say. Cannoli will DEFINITELY put the Eye of Gorum on her new fancy breastplate.

The Eye of Gorum will pair well with that faint but never-dispersing aroma of wet dog...

Also I have an announcement unrelated to this Quest.
I will run 'Hydra's Fang Incident' for Gameday XIII and I'd like to invite all of you to participate. Please let me know either here or in a PM if you are interested.
Thanks!

@GM Shadow Dragon: Great to hear! You've demonstrated some real GM chops here. I've already run that one a couple of times so I better pass, but I'm glad to see more PF1 being offered.

@GM Shadow Dragon: Great to hear! You've demonstrated some real GM chops here. I've already run that one a couple of times so I better pass, but I'm glad to see more PF1 being offered.

If you have a replay left (and everyone received 3 free ones last March), you're more than welcome at the table. :)

I'm travelling this week, and although I'll still try to hit one post a day, please feel free to bot if needed.

Guardian XI wrote:

Guardian XI wrote:

There's a little time before this occurs, but it's a longer time away so I didn't want to spring it at the last moment.

I've got a trip from 7/31 to 8/12, and for much of it I won't have internet access.

(not sure if this game will end before then or not, but in case)

Reminder

I remember. That's when we plan to sacrifice Guardian XI to some beast. :)

Final reminder. It's a bit of a long one.

Back! Ty for the bottling. I can proceed when his turn is up next.

Back! Ty for the bottling. I can proceed when his turn is up next.

Thank goodness! The way I rolled for poor Vreekka I feel bad. :(

I'm also back to normal posting.

Thanks for botting! Somebody has to take the low rolls - this time it was Vreekka's turn.

On a different issue I need to know who is interested in the following play opportunities:

1) 'Gallows of Madness.' As I communicated with all of you previously my intent is to start with the first part as part of Gameday XIII. If there's enough interest among the players I'll continue with the other two parts. So this could potentially be a long-term commitment. For reference my table of all 3 parts started in early March and we finished in mid January of the following year - a bit over 10 months. If you're still interested, please PM me.

2) 'Hydra's Fang Incident.' Here's the link to Paizo's website with rating and reviews:
Hydra's Fang Incident

Conversely this scenario is a fairly quick run for in-person tables and I don't think it will take long by PbP standards. Note there's two tiers: 1-2 and 4-5. I would prefer to run the 1-2 tier and one seat might be spoken for but the player who was interested hasn't replied to my most recent PM yet. If you're interested please send me a PM about this table.

Thanks!

ad 1) If at the start of Gameday XIII Phantom Phenomena is finished (and she survives) Vreekka is interested in playing Gallows of Madness.

ad 2) Unfortunately, I already played Hydra's Fang Incident, and I do not have many precious replays left. Therefore, I'll have to pass. But thanks for asking!

ad 1) If at the start of Gameday XIII Phantom Phenomena is finished (and she survives) Vreekka is interested in playing Gallows of Madness.

ad 2) Unfortunately, I already played Hydra's Fang Incident, and I do not have many precious replays left. Therefore, I'll have to pass. But thanks for asking!

1) We should be done by the start of Gameday XIII. Will Vreekka survive? MUAHAHA! Oh sure. ;)

2) Remember everyone received 3 free replays last March - not saying you have to use on on 'Hydra's Fang' but just in case you didn't know. :)

Back from my trip!

1) Have not played this and would be similarly interested.

2) Have already played hydra fang, but I could use a replay on it.

I have GM’d PFS 1e before but I have no idea how many rerolls I have (if any). Where is that tracked?

I have GM’d PFS 1e before but I have no idea how many rerolls I have (if any). Where is that tracked?

I don't know but hopefully one of our more experienced GMs will have the answer.

i might be persuaded to burn a replay for the Fang...

Guardian XI wrote:

I have GM’d PFS 1e before but I have no idea how many rerolls I have (if any). Where is that tracked?

I don't know but hopefully one of our more experienced GMs will have the answer.

The official rules around re-rolls is here (scroll down for PFS1 information): https://paizo.com/organizedplay/perks

Essentially you can get one re-roll per game if you own one of the listed items (tshirt, folio etc...) and can add an extra bonus to the roll for each GM star you have (even non-GMs can re-roll but just don't get the bonus due to GM stars).

Looks like none then since it seems heavily based on physical items/purchases.

Looks like none then since it seems heavily based on physical items/purchases.

That stinks. :(

I could have sworn androids were immune to nauseated...never really thought about it

If it’s a disease maybe but I didn’t think so:

Immunity to Disease
Immunity to Emotion (Ex)
Immunity to Exhausted
Immunity to Fatigue
Immunity to Fear (Ex)
Immunity to Sleep

I could have sworn androids were immune to nauseated...never really thought about it

Not that I could see but Guardian XI did receive his (spoiler alert) +4 bonus to the save.

Yeah i was just wondering how the condition was caused...if it could be attributed to one of those things...

Thanks for botting, GM Shadow Dragon! And you're right, Vreekka didn't have any good option anyway. As the party surrounded the monster, she couldn't attack it without hitting a pathfinder, too. (Need the Precise Bombs feat, pronto!)

Well, she certainly will not do all the work for them, right? :-P ;-)

Let's see how the creature handles Guardian XI's strike...

Yeah i was just wondering how the condition was caused...if it could be attributed to one of those things...

Now that it's dead here's what it used:

As Quinn and Victor surmised from their Perception checks the cerebric fungus had fast healing or I would've tracked its damage taken in the Gameplay thread. Since I didn't want to reveal how much it was healing I kept track of it in the Game's Word file:

HP = 30 / 24 / 26 / 28 / 25 / 27 / 21 / 18 / 20 / 13 / 15 / 13 / 6 / 2 / 4 / -14

Okay so how do I:

1) Report this scenario on the forums.
2) Start the new threads for the 2 Gameday XIII tables.
3) Do any of you use a free program to edit PDFs? Unfortunately this Quest is not on RPG Chronicles system so I'll have to fill them out 'by hand' so to speak.

I’ll answer one and two with detailed breakdowns next time I get on my computer, if no one else has done so by then.

3) I use Microsoft edge. I ‘print to pdf’ the chronicle page only, saving a copy of that as the template. Then use edge which lets you edit the pdf well enough to fill it out for everyone. Then just ‘save as’ a copy for each of us.

For reporting games that are not part of an existing event you'll need to create a new event on the Paizo site and then report the game against it. Information on how to do that is here. Once you have created an event you can just continue to use that event for any future games you run which are not part of another event.

For creating a new PbP game on the forums go to the top of this page where is says Community/Forums/Online Campaigns and click on Online Campaigns. On the Online Campaigns page select the Play-by-Post subforum. Once in the PbP subforum select 'ADD NEW THREAD' which will create a new gameplay thread. When you do this you will be asked if you want to create a the thread as part of a new campaign, select yes.

For chronicle sheets, if they are not available on RPGChronicle, what I do is remove the chronicle sheet from the PDF using a free online tool called smallpdf then I fill it in using the functionality in Adobe Acrobat Reader which allows you to fill in forms and sign them (as the PDF is set up to work as a form).

One other thing to remember is to report the game to the Flaxseed Lodge data tracking form so that they will know about it for their reporting.

So I followed what Mike R. wrote and it went well except for one player's entry where it flagged it and said they wouldn't get Prestige since they've played it before.

I know they made these Evergreen so the PC should still get the 2 Prestige correct? Or do I have to do something else?

And Jhaemen: I believe I will need a character name to go on the Chronicle? If you're interested in playing 'Gallows of Madness' you'll want to have your new PC built by then.

Here's the links to the Chronicles finished so far. If there's a problem/error let me know who and what.
Hopefully I did it right!

Phantom Chronicles

I've created the threads for 'A Foul Breed' - the first part of the 'Gallows of Madness' Pathfinder Module.

Please sign up with whichever PC you want to play. :)

'A Foul Breed'

I've also create the threads for 'The Hydra's Fang Incident' which is a Year 0 PFS1 scenario. If you could post here if you're interested in playing I would appreciate it and then sign up over here:

Hydra's Fang Incident

I've also create the threads for 'The Hydra's Fang Incident' which is a Year 0 PFS1 scenario. If you could post here if you're interested in playing I would appreciate it and then sign up over here:

Hydra's Fang Incident

Signing up with a lvl 3 monk.

Cannoli is going to gallows, fyi.

Thanks for running, that was a really fun game! I've got a few character's I could play for Gallows of Madness so I'll work out which one I'm going to bring early next week once I get back home from traveling.

Here's the links to the Chronicles finished so far. If there's a problem/error let me know who and what.

Hopefully I did it right!

Phantom Chronicles

Looking at Victor's chronicle I think it might have been saved part way through filling it in as it looks like only the top half has been filled in.

Thanks for running, that was a really fun game! I've got a few character's I could play for Gallows of Madness so I'll work out which one I'm going to bring early next week once I get back home from traveling.

GM Shadow Dragon wrote:

Here's the links to the Chronicles finished so far. If there's a problem/error let me know who and what.

Hopefully I did it right!

Phantom Chronicles

Looking at Victor's chronicle I think it might have been saved part way through filling it in as it looks like only the top half has been filled in.

Ack! I'll double check it and see what I goofed up. :(

Fantastic. It all looks good now.

Got it...looks smurfy to me...gg guys