GM Chadius presents: 5-05 The Island of the Vibrant Dead (Table 1) (Inactive)

Game Master chadius

(I'm awake between 8 am to 10 pm EDT (UTC-4 hours) so roughly 1300 to 0300 hours, GMT.)

Howdy. Thanks for joining 5-05: The Island of the Vibrant Dead.

1. Please post at least once a day.
2. Under your name, please add a stat block. Most important stats:

- Hit Points
- AC
- Saving Throws
- Perception Bonus

3. Any skill with the Secret tag should be rolled privately. If I show the DC, feel free to make the roll openly. Otherwise, there are 2 ways to do this in my games:

- You can say which skill and which bonus you want to apply. (Example: "I use Occultism +5 to investigate the skull's mystic origin.")
- Or you spoiler your dice roll and everyone sticks to the honor system of not opening it.

Get your >Pathfinder Provisions< for your character.

Once you have your character selected, please go to RPG Chronicles and post your character's details there >Sign Up Page<

Still upping Don Jurri to 5th Level - need a day or two!

Checking in with Argoni.

Argoni is a bomb throwing investigator. As such, I need everyone's explicit agreement to be hit with splash damage. There's no obligation to agree, and if you don't I'll work around it. The splash is usually 2 points, and I will not hit you if you're in danger of dropping or if you're already down. You can RP it however you want (annoyance, anger, chaos, etc.), I just need player agreement if you're ok with it.

+1 to Bomb Don Jurri he prolly deserves it...

If you have an exploration activity besides Search, make sure you indicate it either in your stat block or your post.

Also, add your icons to the marching order slide, >HERE<. Closer to the skeleton means you are closer to the front line.

Don Jurri likes to Defend with Dueling Parry! if GM allows.

Else, probably Search.

Dueling Parry is fine as an exploration activity.

Pathfinder provisions: minor healing potion

Already on the signup. Adding self to marching order momentarily

Hey Folks

@Chaudius thanks for having me at your table, I appreciate you running this scenario.

Team - I know each and every one of you so hey chaps!

@Rainzax, it is good to see you again at boards! Great to see Don Jurri

@Pale - pleasure as always! btw. I really like your style of GM'ing!

@Enchanter Tim - great to see Argoni again, I am fine with splash!

@Massee - great to see Klank again, I lost sight of you for some time.

@Ira kroll - great to see you again!

I will be playing Aerin - lvl 5 Magus whom I did not play for some time. So I can be a bit rusty. Also I played 1-07 roughly when it went out ;) And I remember the plot briefly :D My character who played that scenario now is lvl 11, so Aerin does not have chronicle from 1-07.

I also have 1 glyph, so I will give extra HP to Endra (as she is the lowest level). Since we will be playing high tier, I have

Rugged Mentor boon:

While working with less experienced Pathfinder allies, you provide important insights that keep your less experienced colleagues safe from harm. For any PCs benefiting from a Level Bump and whose levels are lower than yours, you increase the Level Bump’s modifier to saving throws to 2.

Normal: A Level Bump increases a PC’s saving throw modifiers by 1.

Hello everyone! For those of you that haven't played with Kernal, he's a standard issue tanky Dwarven fighter with shield. He specializes in taking hits, soaking damage, and knocking things silly with his warhammer.

Argoni: Splash is fine when unavoidable or tactically reasonable. Try to use fire splash around Klank as he's got resist 2 for fire.

Farol: Hullo again! Klank hasn't gotten as much time lately but he's still the same steady Eddy of Dwarven steel!

Klank also likes to mentor the newer pathfinder recruits:

Skillful Mentor (Envoy's Alliance): While working with less experienced Pathfinder allies, you provide vital advice to sharpen your newer colleagues’ skills. For any PCs benefiting from a Level Bump and whose levels are lower than yours, you increase the Level Bump’s modifier to skill checks to 2. Normal: A Level Bump increases a PC’s skill check modifiers by 1. Special: A PC can only benefit from two mentor boons.

-Klank will take the 1 moderate healing potion as his provision.

I added campaign links and the RPG Chronicles link to the header.

Thanks Argoni, Endra and Aerin for adding your icons to the >Marching Order<. If you haven't added them, please do now.

A level 3 PC (like Endra) benefits from a >Level Bump< as well as a mentor boon, like Aerin's Rugged Mentor boon.

Folmyr is a tiny Grig Sprite. It wears some hide armor, and carries a bastard sword that is about nine inches long. In a human's hands it would be a large knife.

Splash damage is fine.

One of my other characters (currently 10th level) played 1-07

Folmyr is scouting.

Argoni also has a mentor boon, but it's for Spell DCs and Spell Attacks, so I think Endra would prefer one of the others.

Argoni does have a Backfire Mantle that will protect you from his splash. If no one else speaks up on this, I'll offer it to Endra especially since she has fewer hitpoints.

DJ has the same Mentor Boon as Argoni - likely not helpful in any case.

As Endra is an Archer, she may not want the backfire mantle.

I am willing to d12 dice for it (high roll wins!): 1d12 ⇒ 2

Endra, look like you don't really have a choice of Mentor Boons except to take both:

Skillful Mentor
Rugged Mentor

D12: 1d12 ⇒ 1

Nice! I'll get to work adjusting her for the bump and the boons. Ty mentors!

Ha, now you're stuck listening to the advice of Klank!

6 martials!

Seeing no other challengers, Don Jurri, with the investigator’s permission, will gladly Don the mantle!

The BONK squad!

Argoni will happily loan it to Don Jurri, assuming Endra doesn't want it. I didn't realize she was an archer.

I haves GMed for Endra a few times now.

She is a Point Blank Shotter.

=)

Edit: Speaking of GMing, I got 3 glyphs to share. I’ll give them to our frontline: the sprite barbarian, elven magus, and dwarven fighter!

With regards to: Rest and daily prep it says that daily prep lasts 1 h and can happen once a day when you are rested. I personally follow the approach to do daily preparations after the briefing to have any information about the mission to adjust your choices, unless there are no time => briefing changes into fight in which case I push players for defaults, but in fact they should go without daily prep

I do the same when I GM, as a lot of a prepared class’s budget assumes being able to act on information, and right after the briefing is often the only time a scenario offers because things swing into motion pretty fast. I’ve noticed that people who bring prepared classes often just prepare their default, eschewing their flexibility entirely. I am unsure if this is just a preference for simplicity or a response to scenarios making acting on info too difficult. Perhaps PFS should offer a clarification to GMs in the guide…

=)

I haves GMed for Endra a few times now.

She is a Point Blank Shotter.

=)

Edit: Speaking of GMing, I got 3 glyphs to share. I’ll give them to our frontline: the sprite barbarian, elven magus, and dwarven fighter!

Much appreciated.

Edit: Speaking of GMing, I got 3 glyphs to share. I’ll give them to our frontline: the sprite barbarian, elven magus, and dwarven fighter!

Thanks mate! I will use it for good! I am sure it is fresh and not expired and I will get nat 20 out of it!

I'll be out of town til Sunday, please bot as needed.

Do you have botting instructions with dice expressions?

Players,
Going to take a moment to speculate. I have neither run nor played this scenario, nor had anything spoilered.

Don Jurri is 100% convinced that Ghessa is responsible for sowing the Whispering Tyrants seeds through betrayal and murder.

But his player isn't quite convinced yet. There may yet be a reasonable case to be made that her actions are not entirely by her own ambition or lust for power...

=)

Klank is a pretty straight forward thinker and the clues so far are quite linear. I'm also fine with taking in all the clues first as a player, but Klank doesn't lean that way!

Aerin would prefer to run detailed investigation, 'think before you say and listen before you think' and all that

It really looks like Ghessa but it is better to be sure

Folmyr doesn't care. Just point Folmyr at what needs to be cut into pieces.

Fellow players,
We have:

"You lot, go with Taiwalei. And while you’re there, I have an extra assignment for you. The portal to Deadhaven is a relatively new one, but the mages who created it noticed that it took far less effort than normal to establish a stable portal. Study the island and seek out reasons for the connection’s strength. What you learn may assist us with improving the Maze’s stability and security. Do well, and your names will be in my next lecture on this subject. And as always—if the situation looks too dangerous for you to handle, don’t be foolish. Come back here, report in, and I’ll assign a new group.”

Then:

“Venture-Captain Kline has prepared you to travel the winding paths of the Maze. Go with Marcon and offer our continued friendship to the Mayor of Deadhaven. Continue Marcon’s investigation and see if the Whispering Way is truly making a foothold there. If so, stop them.”

And:

"The mayor has tasked me with taking measure of our supplies. Ardoen's faithful is our most precious resource. We feed on their flesh and live their experiences. And yet their bodies restore naturally. It is important that we keep tally on our portions. But I found a discrepancy. Sailors in a small cove had lost their lives. Died in their sleep with a terrible scent. Their mouths had been mutilated. I took the mayor to see the evidence, but the bodies had been removed. The mutilation is a trademark of the Whispering Way." He shudders.

"We have a newcomer, Ghessa. She resents her undeath. I know she does not feed on Aroden's faithful. She leaves nightly into the forests away from Deadhaven. She claims she washed to Deadhaven on a shipwreck, but our patrol ship, Ghoulship Rapscallion, can't find it. The mayor has lost her patience with me and forbid me from looking for more evidence." He hangs his head low. "So, I call upon my allies for aid. I hope I am wrong, but if Ghessa is suspicious, it is only a matter of time..."

Is there only one way forward?

I think so...

Mayhaps DJ’s player is sillier than he.

I don’t trust Dead Doug!

GM - Gossip Lore vs that first Religion (DC 17) spoiler or no?

=)

Temperature check!

I can tone down DJ's dialogue...

Lmk here or PM!

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GM - Gossip Lore vs that first Religion (DC 17) spoiler or no?

=)

Double question for Arcana / Pathfinder Society Lore (DC 19) checks!

Gossip Lore can apply to all of those knowledge checks.

This is an FYI that I'll be away in nature next weekend, June 8-9. As this is a weekend I expect minimal disruption and i will return to resume posting Sunday evening (US/Pacific time).

Pick some morels for me.

I love skill checks, will gladly pour a hero point onto one once folks all have a chance to roll!

Pick some morels for me.

Hmm, I haven't hunted those since the midwest, but on looking it up just now apparently I should be able to find them here too. I will keep an eye out :)

GM - that blue, is it water(?), between those tombs?

Clearable with Leap?

Yes, you can leap over the blue stuff. I believe it's waist high water.

I'm waaaaay overdue for Hero Points. 2 points are up for grabs.

Post your votes (and maybe a reason why), or put it in a spoiler, or PM me with your picks.

Let's finish up within 48 hours.

+1 vote @ Argoni because am enjoying the witty dialogue

I'm waaaaay overdue for Hero Points. 2 points are up for grabs.

Post your votes (and maybe a reason why), or put it in a spoiler, or PM me with your picks.

Let's finish up within 48 hours.

You can vote for 2 players!

Argoni and the Don.

Endra (for the clutch crit on an untrained skill) and Folmyr (for getting our first combat going)

My read on One For All is that I pay an action to prepare to Aid any coming check as a Reaction for my chosen ally.

Agreed. The Aid will apply.

Argoni and Don Jurri, have a Hero Point!