GM Ietsuna's Call of the Copper Gate

Game Master Ietsuna

Discussion Thread

Is it too late to spend 2 Prestige Points on a freah cure light wounds wand?

Go ahead and spend them.

Hello GM! I believe the 'Resistances' knowledge category includes DR. That was the knowledge goal of Kaidynn as I believe not all his dmg went in...

I am still waiting on the missile verdict.

Not all went though because it is a swarm, not because of DR.

They are immune to magic missile because it allows for spell resistance.

Added my summon's defensive stats into Oria's profile for ease of reference.

Will be traveling for 3 days starting in the morning. Bot me if needed. Will be able to post Monday, if not Sunday night.

Not sure what all Shine can do in this fight. She will heal and cast Guidance to try to be of help.

I am back in town and can post.

@GM: for my readied action I meant vs. FF AC not Touch AC (due to Kaidynn in Stealth mode for that attack)

Hey guys what's happening? are we pausing for the holidays and returning in the New Year?

Unless it IS my turn and I just haven't noticed, I'm just waiting for my turn at the moment.

Yep, it seems that you're the only one who hasn't taken an action yet. GM is probably waiting for you.

*facepalm*

...OH, but I already pre-said what I'm doing this round: Re-loading!

Ironically, I was trying to preemptively prevent the game stalling on my account!

GMing is hard enough as is... usually I try to avoid posting actions for future rounds as it's sometimes very hard to reconcile those predictions with what just happened (say, in the case where Xanac would have been brought to negative HPs in round 3...)

...In any case, if it was I who was holding the game up before, it certainly no longer is.

Our DM appears to be missing, and has not posted since the last combat update 9 days ago.

I PM'ed our GM -- let's wait a few days for a response. If RL got in the way and he tells us he can't finish, I'll contact the online PbP lodge for a replacement.

HUZZAH! GM Ietsuna is back!!

Congrats on the upcoming nuptials, dear GM!

I've done my thing, we seem to have stalled out again.....

GMs getting married tend to slow down their post rate I hear... ;)

I am here, just busy with the holidays.

I must bail out of this game before the end of the 1st map/encounter everyone. Apologies for any inconvenience. Good luck with the rest of the scenario.

Whoa, Excruciating Deformation is a nasty spell! Oria, you need a dispel magic to end that evil spell quickly before it does more damage to you. As far as I can see you are also the only one who can cast the dispel right now (unless Zarta can do it, too?).

So what CAN we do with this thing? What exactly is it that's trapped? Was just falling on it as Oria did really the only way forward? Are there perhaps means to disarm it other than Disable Device? Could my clockwork teeth have been any help???

Whoa, Excruciating Deformation is a nasty spell! Oria, you need a dispel magic to end that evil spell quickly before it does more damage to you. As far as I can see you are also the only one who can cast the dispel right now (unless Zarta can do it, too?).

Nope! Oria's only got one in the chamber, and it's looking like the only tool we have to do anything about this strange sphere. She's just gonna have to endure being folded like amateur origami.

All, please forgive my absence. My mother passed away on January second. There has been a lot of demands for my time and attention these last few days and I am only now getting back to something of a normal routine. I should be able to resume near daily posting today.

My condolences, Shine*.

Nope! Oria's only got one in the chamber, and it's looking like the only tool we have to do anything about this strange sphere. She's just gonna have to endure being folded like amateur origami.

Well, we could just ignore the strange sphere. But this heightened spell will deal (up to) 7 total ability damage to both Dex and Con to you - and (up to) 14d6 non-lethal HP damage.

- Shine* can cast protection from evil which provides a +2 resistance bonus that applies against attacks made or effects created by evil creatures. As it's a spell with the [evil] descriptor, I'd say it should help - unless our GM makes a different ruling.
- Shine* can also cast guidance (+1 competence bonus) on you every round until Excruciating Deformation is over.
- If Zarta has the spell heroism prepared and cast it on you, you'd get a +2 morale bonus to saves.

Kaervek cannot help with the saves, but he could try to mitigate the HP damage with his wand of infernal healing...

I know Zarta threw out some spellsto help, and for the sake of expediency. But should/could I rewind it and retcon that Oria tried to use her own resources first? My gut tells me we'll be getting a demerit for having our VIP do out job for us.

Shine has Prot. Evil 10 radius up so all she has to do is move up.

All, please forgive my absence. My mother passed away on January second. There has been a lot of demands for my time and attention these last few days and I am only now getting back to something of a normal routine. I should be able to resume near daily posting today.

Just saw; I am very, very sorry to "hear".

GM Ietsuna wrote:

It restores all ability damage

Oria, I believe our GM is saying that Zarta's spells each restore all ability damage and no further Lesser Restorations are required.

Oh, okay. I'll roll it back on the scrolls.

All, please forgive my absence. My mother passed away on January second. There has been a lot of demands for my time and attention these last few days and I am only now getting back to something of a normal routine. I should be able to resume near daily posting today.

My condolences for your loss. I had to go through the same thing almost exactly two years ago. However you're feeling now, I can tell you the pain gets more bearable over time.

Triix understands Aklo if that was it

So did Xanac :)

If the master is 5th level or higher, a familiar and the master can communicate verbally as if they were using a common language. Other creatures do not understand the communication without magical help.[/quote)

I must bail out of this game before the end of the 1st map/encounter everyone. Apologies for any inconvenience. Good luck with the rest of the scenario.

Please delete me from the campaign to stop campaign notifications. Thanks.

So...uhhh....

*rolls out Rockapella to scream*
WHERE in the WORLD is GM IETSUNA!?

Yesterday, I sent our GM a PM regarding this game. Hopefully, he will read it soon...

GM-PM! Teehee...!

OK! What now...?

Huh. I can ask one of my friends who used to be deeply involved with the Play by Post community. They've discussed stalled games before.

At this point I have no interest in continuing. This was a re-play for me. I'll just save the re-play.

Has anyone alerted the Venture-Whatevers?

Attention brought!