Welcome all! I am excited to GM this AP as I am a fan of dungeon crawls and seeing players' ingenuity. I am based in the EST so my posts will be sometimes in the day but mostly after 6:00 PM on weekdays. Talk among yourselves and try and finalize your characters and purchases. I will review the characters for correct skill calculations and feats. Feel free to use the Pathbuilder character builder to check your math and correct bonuses. Any questions, please let me know.
Thank you for the selection, will finish up character. I am looking forward to this.
Thanks, JD! So happy to be chosen. Like I said, please look over my sheet and be sure I’ve not screwed something up. This is all new territory for me!
Glad to be in another game with you, Lucendar!
Hello! My character sheet is up to date and finalized on my alias page. If you prefer looking at Pathbuilder, the link is right here.
My character should be complete. I changed a few things:
1. Made him Death-Warden rather than Strong-blood -since it fits better with his intent to take the Ghost Hunter archetype.
2. Given this is a mega-dungeon, went with Stonemason's Eye to get an extra +2 on Perception (+9 at 1st level) with stonework traps/secret doors/etc.
3. Hey Hagrym, fun to play with you again. To keep the linked storyline, you have to change your heritage or we could be cousins instead of brothers. Also bought you a healer's kit, since that will be important to heal out of combat and it is missing on your character sheet. :)
Cousins works for me. Close family relative has the same story points!
Thanks for picking up a healer’s kit! Those are the type of things I need to be apprised of while I get my feet wet.
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Thanks, JD! So happy to be chosen. Like I said, please look over my sheet and be sure I’ve not screwed something up. This is all new territory for me!
Glad to be in another game with you, Lucendar!
Is your background Acolyte? I believe so, but do not see it on the sheet.
Also, your statistics are off: Str +2, Dex +1, Con +3. With those stats, the AC, HP, Skills, Saves, and Attacks are correct. Also, Disrupt Undead is now known as Vitality Lash in the Remastered version.Good job!
Willorn reporting for duty, and thanks for having me. Also used Pathbuilder for the stats, so here's the link to my character.
Yes, Acolye is correct, GM.
Made the changes to my stats. Thanks for the review!
@Penflower: Since you asked for some build advice:
I noticed you have both the Shield cantrip and a steel shield. I'm guessing you want the cantrip as a backup in case your steel shield breaks?
I'd suggest picking up a Repair Toolkit since you have plenty of money and are trained in Crafting skill so that you can repair your shield outside of combat when it loses hit points.
It also looks like you still need to pick an ancestry feat and class feat.
For the ancestry feat, I'd suggest Nimble Elf for +5 to your speed to mitigate your armor's speed reduction (hide armor reduces your speed by 5', so your speed without it is 20' instead of 25') but there are other good picks too, like Forlorn, Unwavering Mien, or Ancestral Longevity.
For the class feat, you only have 4 options. I'd suggest Magus's Analysis. It lets you Recall Knowledge about a foe as a single action, with a +1 bonus if you hit it with a Strike previously that turn, and if you succeed, you recharge your Spellstrike.
The only other viable option is Familiar, if you want an animal buddy.
Raise a Tome is a bad idea to shield block with and you only have so many hands anyway, and unless you want to regularly do unarmed Spellstrikes, Arcane Fists isn't worth it.
Hello! My character sheet is up to date and finalized on my alias page. If you prefer looking at Pathbuilder, the link is right here.
Jon, you're good to go and you have 2 sp left, as stated in your sheet.
Willorn reporting for duty, and thanks for having me. Also used Pathbuilder for the stats, so here's the link to my character.
I could not see the link. Please copy the character sheet into your profile for me. Thanks.
Hi, thanks for having me!
Ok, so one thing, I am somewhat inexperienced with 2e and if someone has some advice about my build or how to play a magus, I will appreciate you telling me.
Cheers!
I will review your character after you decide if you take Jon's build advice, which consisted of really good points.
Hagrym and Penflower, please add your pertinent stats to the Race/Class tabs of your profile, as the other 3 players have done, so I have the basic information readily accessible, such as AC, saves, and hps.
Willorn reporting for duty, and thanks for having me. Also used Pathbuilder for the stats, so here's the link to my character.I could not see the link. Please copy the character sheet into your profile for me. Thanks.
Willorn I think that's the general Pathbuilder app URL. You can click Share Copy of Character in the browser or Export Character -> Share character by link in the mobile app to get the URL for your specific character.
Also just FYI, I'm intending to take Thaumaturge Dedication for Free Archetype with the weapon implement.
My character should be complete. I changed a few things:
1. Made him Death-Warden rather than Strong-blood -since it fits better with his intent to take the Ghost Hunter archetype.
2. Given this is a mega-dungeon, went with Stonemason's Eye to get an extra +2 on Perception (+9 at 1st level) with stonework traps/secret doors/etc.
3. Hey Hagrym, fun to play with you again. To keep the linked storyline, you have to change your heritage or we could be cousins instead of brothers. Also bought you a healer's kit, since that will be important to heal out of combat and it is missing on your character sheet. :)
Sorry, Mac, forgot about you. Looks good. 4 sp and cp left. So financial motivation may work for this party if you're not the adventuring type.
No worries, DM.
Hagrym has Medicine, Nature, Religion, and Survival covered as well as healing.
Jon has Acrobatics, Diplomacy, Stealth and Thievery as well as ranged combat.
Willorn has Athletics, Stealth, and Thievery.
Penflower covers Arcana, Occultism, and Society.
I've got Perception, Athletics, and Survival and front-line fighting.
I think it's a pretty good mix.
Gameplay Thread is created with an intro post so you can dot (link above at top).
Willorn I think that's the general Pathbuilder app URL. You can click Share Copy of Character in the browser or Export Character -> Share character by link in the mobile app to get the URL for your specific character.
Ah, thanks for the information, I didn't knew about that. I'll put the stat block in the profile.
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Thanks Jon, this is great stuff.
About heritage, GM and I have agreed to switch the 2nd level archetype feat with an ancestry feat. Do you still think I should change the heritage?
I followed all your other recommendations, they're gold.
Also, how do I get access to a class feat at 1st level? I filled everything in Pathbuilder and didn't have this option.
Since you've worked something out with the GM then there's no problem with the heritage. I wasn't trying to minmax, just make sure you didn't miss out on getting a benefit from your heritage.
I forgot that spellcasters don't get a class feat at level 1 so that's why you didn't have one.
Willorn I think that's the general Pathbuilder app URL. You can click Share Copy of Character in the browser or Export Character -> Share character by link in the mobile app to get the URL for your specific character.Ah, thanks for the information, I didn't knew about that. I'll put the stat block in the profile.
Willorn, you're missing equipment. Also, your Arcana and Swamp-Lore should be +4 not +5.
Well thanks for the advice!
Penflower, since you meet the Str requirement for the Hide Armor, you do not suffer the armor check penalty. So Acrobatics should be +5 and Athletics +7. Everything else looks good.
The first official gameplay post is up to start the game so you can all react.
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It looks like I'm the party Face with a +2 to Charisma and one social skill. It's not quite as surprising as the time my kineticist in light armor was the party tank, as I was tied for highest AC and had the most hit points due to maxing out Con
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It looks like I'm the party Face with a +2 to Charisma and one social skill. It's not quite as surprising as the time my kineticist in light armor was the party tank, as I was tied for highest AC and had the most hit points due to maxing out Con
From what I know of this AP, this is a megadungeon, so since I'll be going face first, I think I am the true party face.
Yeah, I don’t see too awful much use for diplomacy when I’m sure everything we meet will want to kill us!
Willorn, you're missing equipment. Also, your Arcana and Swamp-Lore should be +4 not +5.
Ah the dangers of copy & paste. Made the necessary corrections (also changed Performance to -1) and added the equipment.
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I have linked the Google Slides tab under my alias to make it easier for the PCs to see pics of the NPCs you have met, the town of Otari with map key, and the future monsters and maps. I hope I did it correctly. If not, please let me know.
Willorn, you're missing equipment. Also, your Arcana and Swamp-Lore should be +4 not +5.Ah the dangers of copy & paste. Made the necessary corrections (also changed Performance to -1) and added the equipment.
Thank you.
Penflower and Willorn, please add your Perception scores to the Race/Class tabs, as that will be the stat most used for initiative. Hope you enjoy our first combat - map updated in Slides along with pic of creature.
Done. Was already there, erroneously called Init by myself (old habit). the +5 is for when I would apply Stealth to roll via the Surprise Attack Class Feature.
Thanks!
Well, I probably shouldn't try using my third action for a combat maneuver again until I get Assurance with Athletics ^_^
@GM Into the Fray lets me Stride toward an enemy as a free action as my first action on the first turn, hence the ◇.
I mean, I'd like not to have to burn an action to pick up the whip next turn, but it's only fair since that was my declared action lol
Appreciate the clarification.
Are we doing milestone leveling or getting XP?
Good question: XP-based. You all receive 60 xp for defeating the slurk. Medium advancement speed.
Also, forgot to mention everyone starts with a Hero Point.
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Will update later today. Thanks for your patience.
2 maggots = 60 xp
3 gremlins = 60 xp
1 Giant Fly = 40 xp
Total xp gained so far: 220 xp.
Who killed the gremlins? I've read back through the thread several times and keep missing it.
Well, Mac killed the first one, and I assume Willorn killed the other two (GM called them Misflits though, whatever that means ^^)
I am very careful not to spoil creatures' official Paizo names until the characters identify them in game. I referred to them as gremlins in the GT. Where did I refer to them as misflits? :)
As for the gremlins, I did write that Mac decapitated one gremlin and Willorn killed the other two. I will try to be clearer in the future. Lol.
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Players, do not forget to use Recall Knowledge for your trained skills to identify monsters in and out of combat to help you out.
Aberration Occultism
Animal Nature
Astral Occultism
Beast Arcana, Nature
Celestial Religion
Construct Arcana, Crafting
Dragon Arcana
Dream Occultism
Elemental Arcana, Nature
Ethereal Occultism
Fey Nature
Fiend Religion
Fungus Nature
Humanoid Society
Monitor Religion
Ooze Occultism
Plant Nature
Shade Religion
Spirit Occultism
Time Occultism
Undead Religion
Where did I refer to them as misflits?
The post at the end of page 2 in the gameplay thread where you resolved our attacks (directly after the post were Willorn did the double attack with his axe).
Willorn steps under the fly ....
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Good catch! My apologies, will try to keep the creature's names more secret in the future until you guys do RK.
My apologies for the sudden radio-silence, I'm in nightshift mode, and completely forget to look after the thread yesterday. I'll give my best not to make that happen again.
Sorry guys, I've been having Internet trouble since yesterday. Although I'm sure you all are glad you avoided me attacking all of you while Confused lol. I'll try to post this afternoon