Man, this is a hard start for wizards who use bonded items. Thankfully, our GM allowed us to have spells prepared at all. xD
Yep. Ideally I'd have shield or my mutagen or both up.
Our rolls are getting embarrassingly bad.
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Y'all should have seen the group I played with in Strange Aeons, no one rolled above a 10 for most of the book.
At the very least, hitting touch with a Musket should mitigate any bad rolls... unless I keep misfiring.
Our rolls are getting embarrassingly bad.
Looks like I might have used up all my luck (or maybe the whole party's) with that nat 20 earlier lol.
I'm confused. Who's up now? I am waiting for the doctor to go, then I can do my turn?
Because GM said "Elyssa and Ethyl, then Iosif, Alvar, and Nyarai." Are we doing block initiative or waiting for initiative order?
Block initiative, I apologize for the confusion.
Alright. I'll do my stuff, then?
Too late. It happened.
I didn't see the initiative rolls but I imagine one block is at the top of the round and the other is at the bottom with the monster between us. So it will look something like this for who's up for example:
Round 2
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Round 3
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By the way, since I am doing two archetypes now, Protective Luck will be the only hex I use until level 5 (assuming I survive that long).
This is not a complaint. It's a warning.
I didn't see the initiative rolls but I imagine one block is at the top of the round and the other is at the bottom with the monster between us. So it will look something like this for who's up for example:
Round 2
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Oh, that's helpful. Thanks.
In other news, I won't be able to post on Saturdays, unfortunately, so when I go silent on those days, that's why.
Apologies for the confusion, guys. The Block Order Initiative is:
Ethyl and Elyssa
Alvar, Iosif, and Nyarai
then Scaen.
This ... has turned into a difficult situation.
That should stop her from bleeding out. For some reason, I thought Iosif had the highest WIS? But it's apparently Alvar. 14 WIS warpriest, everyone. i think I know who's sapping up the luck of all the dice rolls now, anyways. I'm calling it now, Iosif is going to misfire constantly once he has his musket. I marked his path just in case it was unclear, feel free to delete it.
"Gurgle"
Yeah I saw. But I'm not provoking an AoO of a +8 (1d8 + 4) attack with my 13 AC and 8 HP, sorry. We'd have no healers at all.
You're stabilised.
Not asking you too. Even the heal check by Losif might have been a mistake.
I'm having a blast btw.
If I had shield and mutagen up I probably wouldn't have defensively attacked and I'd still be where I'm at.
As the only healer, I feel responsible when people are not on their feet. ):
Also, there is RP and you stole my veil, soo...
Naw this is like a CR 5 encounter someone was going down before the end. Maybe multiple someones.
True enough lol
Yeah, Iosif has the highest unarmored AC (15) and the highest HP which is why I did that. He's probably going to flee the scene looking for our stuff next. This would go by in like 1 round if he crits with his gun ;)
Now I wonder how that Hex would affect Iosif if it's used against him at level 5 though. Middle of 3 dice?
I think the general consensus is that using multiple 'roll twice and take better/worse' effects simply adds or removes a die from the roll pool.
So if you had Fortune Hex (1/round ability check, attack roll, saving throw, or skill check and taking the better result) on you, and you also had a spell like Ill-Omen (next d20 roll the target makes, it must roll twice and take the less favorable result) on you, you just add or remove a d20 from the rolling pool.
So for example having 3 distinct roll-twice-and-take-better-result effects on you would ultimately give you a pool of 4 dice to roll, adding two roll-twice-take-the-worse effects at the same time would again reduce that pool by 2.
GM ruling, usually. I don't think there are actually rules for this situation. For some reason. In a minimax-power gaming system such as 3.5e/PF1 of all places.
So questions: how is damage being rolled against the enemy (Like with Elyssa's Mind Thrust I)? And are we waiting for Alvar still?
I will post tomorrow. And check in on what the heck's happening. :P
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And now we're rolling 20s like it's nothing. The dice roller's clearly at home in Briarstone, since it looks like it's getting some severe mood swings. Hopefully it gets the help it needs alongside the rest of us.
Serious Note: I don't mean to make light of anyone who actually suffers from mood swings or other mental diagnoses. As someone who's suffered from mental diagnoses, I thought this was cute enough to post. If anyone feels that I'm being insensitive in this, let me know, and I'll adjust my behavior henceforth. Mental illness is a real thing, and I want to handle it with as much sensitivity as is possible in a game about fighting things and taking their stuff.
I have bad news for Alvar, Ethyl is also a magical girl with a transformation sequence, lol.
Serious business
Same. I'll let you know if you cross or get dangerously close to a line and I hope you do the same for me.
Serious business over, regular business now
I'll be doing early turkey day today. So I won't be available for the rest of the day.
Yeah, we should probably all follow that advice, Ethyl. This is one of the games where there are more lines to cross than normal in Pathfinder due to the setting.
No transformation sequences on your local Daemonic Cultist, sadly.
Question: are we allowed to look for our weapons (i.e. Perception)? Between the improvised penalty and the concentration check, it might be worth it to ask.
Question: are we allowed to look for our weapons (i.e. Perception)? Between the improvised penalty and the concentration check, it might be worth it to ask.
You absolutely may, its why I revealed more of the current dungeon.
Yes, this is a dark AP and I - along with having my own history of mental health issues - would like to make it known that I will hold no tolerance for deliberate harassment or insensitivity towards my players' well-being. If I cross a line, do PM me and let me know. I'm mildly autistic and can't tell if I was offensive till its too late, more often than not. I wanted to explore the themes common in cosmic horror, but I don't want to cross lines my players don't want to.
Likewise, I would appreciate being told if I've gone too far - I think I'm usually sensitive to this sort of thing, but as with our GM, I'm on the spectrum, so I might not notice if no one tells me.
EDIT: Side note. Are doppelgängers aberrations? I thought they were monstrous humanoids, hence the comment. I don't mind if they are (I get bonuses against them!) but I thought I'd bring it up.
They are "monstrous humanoids", but a few sources linked them to aberrations, so I'm not too sure anymore, lol
Does the musket come with ammunition, is the big question in terms of action economy.
Damn. These rolls are real.
Natural 20 last turn, natural 1 this turn. Man, the dice roller is really leaning into the extremes.
I'd like to cast mage armor or shield, but risking not getting it off and losing the spell anyways is extremely unwise, I think.
Damn. These rolls are real.
Yup.
Does the musket come with ammunition, is the big question in terms of action economy.
Should you investigate the cabinet you'd find out.
@Nyarai, sorry for skipping you on Round 5, it was an oversight on my end.
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"Darklyssa" is just me thinking I'm clever.
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A few character musings:
1. I hope no one minds that Alvar is being a bit bossy/take-charge in these circumstances. I put it down to their infernal heritage demanding there be some form of order.
2. I find it interesting (a serendipitous coincidence, really) that despite being hellspawn, with an intrinsic desire to enforce their order on the world through their will, their two opposition schools are Enchantment and Evocation - two of the most direct schools to do just that. Further, abjuration does a lot of protection rather than enforcement. Just something interesting for me (and the GM) to consider.
3. I'm actually undecided on their biological sex. I'm tempted to have them hermaphroditic, because that sometimes happens with tieflings more often than with humans. However, I suspect that Hell is exactly the kind of place that would enforce a gender binary - being a place that absolutely dislikes anything that breaks the rigid taxonomy it would enforce on all the universe, plus being, y'know, evil.
The things that I think about sometimes...
Since it seems that we may find our gear soon could I retroactively have a crafted cure light wounds potion in my gear? I fear the party has exhausted it's healing capabilities without a rest.
We may want to rest anywith all the spells we were throwing around.
Alternatively there's a chance I'll wake up in an hour and be able to prep an extract for myself.
Treating Deadly wounds might also get you up, if we're lucky on the Heal roll... but yeah, that seems... unlikely. We'd need to hit 25 to get you to disabled, which means we'd need to roll aid anothers. From there, we'd get a total of +6, and then +3 from either Alvar or Nyarai's Wisdom, and -4 for no healer's kit. That's +5, which means we'd need a natural 20. Yeah, no, almost certainly not happening.
So yes, hopefully you can either retroactively get a potion, or we're gonna have to wait.
Since it seems that we may find our gear soon could I retroactively have a crafted cure light wounds potion in my gear? I fear the party has exhausted it's healing capabilities without a rest.
We may want to rest anywith all the spells we were throwing around.
Alternatively there's a chance I'll wake up in an hour and be able to prep an extract for myself.
I have two more level 1 spells available. Just waiting for someone to resolve the shapeshifting problem standing in the room with Elyssa.
Since it seems that we may find our gear soon could I retroactively have a crafted cure light wounds potion in my gear? I fear the party has exhausted it's healing capabilities without a rest.
We may want to rest anywith all the spells we were throwing around.
Alternatively there's a chance I'll wake up in an hour and be able to prep an extract for myself.
That is acceptable.
PS, congratulations. Y'all are the first group in some time that managed to keep Campre alive.
Since it seems that we may find our gear soon could I retroactively have a crafted cure light wounds potion in my gear? I fear the party has exhausted it's healing capabilities without a rest.
We may want to rest anywith all the spells we were throwing around.
Alternatively there's a chance I'll wake up in an hour and be able to prep an extract for myself.
That is acceptable.
PS, congratulations. Y'all are the first group in some time that managed to keep Campre alive.
Huzzah!
Huzzah!
Since it seems that we may find our gear soon could I retroactively have a crafted cure light wounds potion in my gear? I fear the party has exhausted it's healing capabilities without a rest.
We may want to rest anywith all the spells we were throwing around.
Alternatively there's a chance I'll wake up in an hour and be able to prep an extract for myself.
That is acceptable.
PS, congratulations. Y'all are the first group in some time that managed to keep Campre alive.
Thank you! I've made the necessary changes on my sheet.
Well, he's alive for now, at any rate. We're not out of this yet.
Funny thing is, I do not care for ninjas. More of a pirate guy, lol.
Sorry, Alvar, them's the mental breaks.
Apropos of this: I think those of us who post a lot should probably slow down a bit for those who don't, so they get the chance to do stuff too.
I agree to this. I don't want to slow down too much, but carrying on at a breakneck speed helps no one either.
The holidays aside, I'd like to ask my players what is the timeframe you'd like me to wait before I push on with plot progression? 24-hours, 48? I should have asked sooner, but I had a few other things going on at the time and forgot a few details like this.
As a GM I like to do one post a day to preserve my sanity. Maybe more if I need to clarify anything.
Oh, I'm looking at the thread. It's just the character that's timid. For now.
In other news, I aim to drop at least a post per day. But if I'm quiet for two days, please bot me or move things along. In the event of me not being available, I will let you know in advance.
That said: If you bot me, don't use cackle, and cause 5 hexes to drop... Well, I don't have a particular set of skills like Liam, but I -will- be slightly miffed.
I will also operate under the assumption that unless specified, the amnesia is not going away. And following that up - would the characters know their names at this point?
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Oh, I'm looking at the thread. It's just the character that's timid. For now.
In other news, I aim to drop at least a post per day. But if I'm quiet for two days, please bot me or move things along. In the event of me not being available, I will let you know in advance.
That said: If you bot me, don't use cackle, and cause 5 hexes to drop... Well, I don't have a particular set of skills like Liam, but I -will- be slightly miffed.
I will also operate under the assumption that unless specified, the amnesia is not going away. And following that up - would the characters know their names at this point?
Understood, no wasting cackles or hexes.
I was going to follow the thread that no one knew their names upon waking up in the asylum, however some have remembered their names and I'm not going to backpedal. I'll let you have your names and rudimentary knowledge of your abilities, but Elyssa's dark side doesn't know what's going on anymore than Elyssa herself and there are no clerics to pray to a deity for answers either. The amnesia isn't going away that easily.