It makes sense to have the Table GMs track clues in an F2F run of this, to minimize the number of runner trips. I don't think I can modify the poll now, but I'll remember that for next time.
How are the tables progressing? We nominally have a little over a week before advancing to Part 3, but there's plenty of extra time before the end of the event if necessary.
My table are on the 3rd encounter in the Frozen City.
Just started the second encounter on the fire path.
Just started the second encounter on the fire path.
Did you report the first one? I didn't see a fire success yet.
Hold off on that until everyone else is ready to move to Part 3, please.
No, in that case keep going--I misunderstood you.
Doesn't say to report a success until the end of encounter F2 is the scenario. Is that incorrect?
I'm not seeing where it says that in the description of F1.
My party has been largely stuck on the B3 fight due to the spike stones dissuading people from melee and I think some hesitation on how to approach, but it will probably resolve by the 6th.
Huh--looks like the boards ate a post, or I got caught midway through it on my phone. The Frozen City is completely pacified; please run any other Water encounters in the Ice Reservoir after you wrap up what the parties in the Frozen City are doing now.
Huh--looks like the boards ate a post, or I got caught midway through it on my phone. The Frozen City is completely pacified; please run any other Water encounters in the Ice Reservoir after you wrap up what the parties in the Frozen City are doing now.
It looks like the original version of the post got posted to the gameplay thread for my game rather than here (I'd assumed it was posted to every game but having checked it looks like it was just mine).
I see--perils of working from my phone, or distracted, or both.
The tables have enough Water successes to have Claimed the Ice Reservoir and Discovered the Vault Entrance. Status Board has been updated.
My table finished the fight at B3; are we still planning to move to part 3 tomorrow, or should I start them on C1?
There's not much terrain in the C encounters, which means I suspect my party will clear them relatively fast, but it would probably still be a few more days before we naturally got enough successes to claim the Vault Entrance.
Start them on C1. I think with the Water parties moving on, the Vault Entrance should fall pretty quickly.
Earth success done, they finished the fight in C3
I'll report that success for Redelia with the form.
To trigger the Engines event takes one success per six tables, so one was enough for this run. It's three Fire successes to claim F and reveal the Labyrinth, though, and so far there's been only two.
Don't walk it back--I'll just treat it as a Fire success. That's enough to Claim the Sea of Light.
What areas are your parties in now?
My party just finished C1 in 1.5 rounds, they're currently deciding if they want to fight the Ghost fight.
They're actually very suited for this one if they choose to do it, it depends on initiative to a certain extent but they have the right tools to kill this in a few rounds of combat, possibly one if they're really lucky.
My table have moved from the Ice Reservoir to the Vault Entrance (they're currently looking close to finishing off C1).
I just wanted to let everyone know I'm back. My family got covid (for the first time), and even after I was better, it left me thoroughly wiped out for a bit. I'll be taking over my table again in a day or so, after I catch up on what they have done.
Are we expecting a House GM announcement in the next day or so?
Glad you're feeling better. Yes, we'll be moving on to Part 3 in a day or so.
Should I go ahead and cut them off from starting another combat if we're going to transition to part 3 shortly?
If you think they'll get through it quickly, have them start; otherwise hold off.
I'll probably be pretty distracted for the next few days; my daughter and her husband had a fire in their apartment. They were both at work so at least they're OK.
I've been reading over encounter H2 for when my players get there, and I want to make sure I run this part correctly:
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Third, the PCs must then navigate the twisting passages found within the fortress itself, requiring the PCs to succeed at three Hard Knowledge (dungeoneering) or Survival checks. Due to the claustrophobic nature of the tunnels, only three creatures can contribute to these checks (unless, at the GM’s discretion, there’s a clever way that the PCs are able to travel while sharing each other’s spaces). Each attempt at one of these checks represents 5 minutes of navigation. If any of the PCs fail the check, the entire group takes bludgeoning damage equal to the APL from the shifting walls. If the PCs fail the check by 5 or more, they run afoul of a trap that affects any of the PCs who contributed to that particular check.
My first read through on this was that the PCs have to succeed at 3 skill checks, and only 2 aids + primary can be used. Failures wouldn't count and they get through after succeeding three times. The thought behind that is the line "requiring the PCs to succeed at three Hard Knowledge (dungeoneering) or Survival checks.", assuming that is the criteria for moving on.
On reading it through again though, I am not sure if maybe that is supposed to be read as "requiring the PCs to attempt three Hard Knowledge (dungeoneering) or Survival checks.", where they get through regardless but suffer up to three sets of damage from failing.
It doesn't matter if the table has someone who is an expert in the relevant skills, but my table is going to have a lot of trouble passing these checks. They can probably make it through with aid, but I think will probably need a 14+ roll for each success unless I missed additional buffs they can pull in somewhere.
How are people planning to run this?
I am having to remove a player who has not posted for 2 weeks. I'll be adding in a pregen to get to 4 players. I'm waiting until the end of the current combat to make the change to avoid being too disruptive.
Fortunately it looks like I did miss a few abilities that were relevant and they're going to be able to get through by taking 10, so no issue getting stuck in the caves for my table.
I'll update it.
I have added in a pregen to keep my table at 4 characters. It's looking likely that I may have to do that again, because I have someone else who has not posted for a week.
To keep life simple, I am assuming that the pregen has the mass planar adaptation and any advantages from conditions declared before, if that's OK.
Sounds reasonable to me.
It looks like only Mike...R's table has yet to get through H1; I don't know how many clues they were able to get yet. Of the 30 puzzle box successes+clues from Part 2 required, we have four, so there's a bit to go yet.
It's looking like my table should have H1 wrapped up by tomorrow (I've been having to do a fair amount of botting after 24 hours). They found 2 clues which should help with that total once I report it.
Incidentally, I'm going to be traveling on the 27th and 28th of October so my table is likely to need a backup GM on those dates if the game is still running then.
Incidentally, I'm going to be traveling on the 27th and 28th of October so my table is likely to need a backup GM on those dates if the game is still running then.
Just to follow up on this it looks like I'll be away for part of the 26th and then on the 27th and 28th, so my table will need backup coverage for that period.
We'll most likely still be going then. GM Phillipe, can you handle that?
My table also has some PCs working on solving the puzzle while the others are fighting. Given that the number of successes we report is based on the number of successful skill checks performed on the one round's worth of skill checks between the combats (i.e. 1 success for 1 successful skill check, 2 successes if the number of successful skill checks is half the number of PCs and 3 successes if the number of successful skill checks is equal to the number of PCs) should I report the number of in combat successes based on the number of successful skill checks each round, or over the course of the whole combat? (I suspect with the latter option, there is the risk that they could end up getting significantly more skill successes over the combat than they need for the maximum 3 success points. Although I guess that could be mitigated by making it clear when they reach the 3 success point that they have reached the maximum number of successes for the current combat)