Argent Wings Take Flight (Hell's Rebels AP)

Game Master Sensen

Don't you need to roll vs. the CMD for each threatened square you move through, or have I been running it wrong for all these years? (Also with cumulative +2 per each additional opponent...) It's restricted to half speed unless you take an additional +10 to the DC, so I'll move her back a bit.

Spoil-sport :P

Someone just kindly reminded me that if you guys want to deal nonlethal damage in the future, Elephant in the Room removes the -4 penalty to doing so, instead simply preventing criticals. So, uh, you don't need to go killing random thugs looking to mug you, for example.

Also, for the record, none of you outright killed anyone in the Protest - though you certainly were responsible for their deaths. The thugs you downed were bleeding out, and then promptly got stomped on by panicked protesters - I didn't bother rolling the damage for it, but it'd've definitely been enough to kill them.

Just some things to consider for the future. (I'll generally also make it very clear whether someone's dying or outright dead in my round summaries.)

Also, for the record, none of you outright killed anyone in the Protest - though you certainly were responsible for their deaths. The thugs you downed were bleeding out, and then promptly got stomped on by panicked protesters - I didn't bother rolling the damage for it, but it'd've definitely been enough to kill them.

Ginetta/Rose holds no guilt over the events - other than the fact that Adolina was injured as severely as she was. The thugs showed up with weapons and were happy to use them to break bones and draw blood. They wouldn't have shed a tear if any of the protestors lost their lives in the ensuing melee, so she won't shed any in turn for them.

And she'll tell herself that over and over until it rings true.

Adolina, on the other hand, is horrified by what's just happened and will blame herself for a long time to come! It should be a nice character building moment though, so it's worth it.

The change in NL damage is good to know though.

I'm going to let you all get some chat in before moving you forwards.

Celi, how long ago did the bargain with/request to Nocticula happen? Depending on how recent it was, it might change why she was invited to the Aria Park Protest.

Maybe a couple days after the Night of Ashes. She would need time to realize her friends were missing, and then maybe a day or so to buy materials.

Aha. Then I do, in fact, know why she was recruited. We'll see how this plays out.

How strictly are we adhering to the configuration of the map?

As in, if Ginetta steps up to engage with white, will that prevent Ghorza from moving past her to attack yellow or green?

No, you can freely move through your allies' spaces, I believe. So you can move forwards without that worry. That being said, it, uh, might trigger something. :P

Okay. Well ...that's what I get for posting from my phone. If someone could move Ginetta up.

Not quite sure how to act here to I'm rather waiting for Ghorza. ;)

For the record, the green-lined thug won't be taking an action this coming turn. I'm not going to alter the initiative order (as RAW for the game), because it's a pain to do so for just one of the mooks. I'm doing a compromise where that counts as his action for Round 2.

I think that this is where color spray comes in. Holding for now in the hope of giving her a decent shot. If need be I give permission for her to hit Ghorza. This seems like the perfect use for it.

If only Heal was a class skill for wizards...

Ginette has three more potions of cure light wounds in her bag. Assuming someone wants to take the time to look. :)

I'm positive you won't die here. With Con 11, there's not any way this will last that long - you're just too much better than them.

... I might have the fallen Rexus help you, though.

It's always an ego boost when the NPC the party was attempting to rescue has to come to their rescue. XD

Abysmal die rolls are just another way to tell a story.

It's always an ego boost when the NPC the party was attempting to rescue has to come to their rescue. XD

Abysmal die rolls are just another way to tell a story.

Abysmal die rolls are just a way to tell their story!

(This is the Rexus show and we all know it! ;) )

Celi, did you boost your mage armor CL and I missed it? You're lacking a reservoir point, so I wasn't sure where it went.

I was under the impression that you don't get a full arcane reservoir without using something like Consume Spells. And since Celi is a wizard rather than a true arcanist, she doesn't have Consume Spells.

The arcanist’s arcane reservoir can hold a maximum amount of magical energy equal to 3 + the arcanist’s level. Each day, when preparing spells, the arcanist’s arcane reservoir fills with raw magical energy, gaining a number of points equal to 3 + 1/2 her arcanist level. Any points she had from the previous day are lost.

I figured I would just never have a full reservoir, since all the 'gain arcane reservoir points' exploits work off of Charisma. The one exception is Fiendish Proboscis, which, ew. Yes, it's very useful, but you have to lick people. Nasty.

Also, I finally remembered that I hadn't bought my gear yet! Sorry about that. I have now rectified the situation.

Oh, right. I meant to ask: What did you want to loot from the thugs? I haven't updated the loot list, but I should before I forget.

Adolina didn't want to take anything but I don't think she made that clear. I'd imagine we took the things that were easily carried - loose change etc. The manacles got used on them.

Yeah, I imagine just whatever coinage they were carrying.

We wouldn’t have had time to strip their armor off. Celi wouldn’t be able to carry their weapons, but maybe Ghorza could have done so?

As much as I want the gold I can’t see walking around carrying all of those weapons.

You could also grab their Thrune amulets if you wanted to do some sort of amusing thing with them. Sell them to criminals or whatever.

Adolina wouldn't have the first idea of how to do that! :P

Hmm. Celi would probably have some ideas. She’s more the sort of person who would put the amulets in awkward yet public places so everyone can watch the owners try to retrieve them. On a very tall, very thin tree branch. Hanging from a flagpole. Hanging from a clump of mussels on a piling under the wharf. Adorning a gargoyle on top of Asmodeus’ temple.

Given that charges for a 1st level wand are 15gp each we could get a wand of CLW with 10 charges using Rexus' money. Adolina can throw in another 105 to push it up to 17 charges. Worthwhile use of the money?

Adolina wants to give the signet ring back, because its a family heirloom and Rexus needs those. Dagger to Ginetta? I think she's the one who's most likely to use it... Bracers to Celi so she always has some armor.

That work for everyone? If we looted enough pocket change from the thugs we might be able to push the wand to 20 odd charges.

Rexus will likely insist on selling the ring. Mind you, that doesn't mean you shouldn't convince him otherwise!

Adolina won't. She'll get all tongue tied...

Healing is everything at 1st level! Gold won’t do us any good if we’re not alive to spend it. I agree on the dagger and bracers. Once my one casting of mage armor expires, it’ll be nice to have at least a little protection.

And yes, we should try and convince Rexus to keep his family ring. Might need a Diplomacy check for that though.

Ginetta still has about 50g and two potions of CLW. She'll donate 45g of that coinage towards a wand of the same.

Rather than try to convince Rexus, she might take the ring under the guise of selling it and then just hold on to it to return it to him at a later time.

Wand of cure light wounds? That could save us from a TPK. Fully support selling whatever we need to so we can buy one

So:

150 (Rexus)
107 (Adolina)
45 (Ginetta)
28 (Thugs)
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330 gp = 22 charges.

Dagger -> Ginetta
Bracers -> Celi
Ring -> Rexus :D

Wait, I just realized something. Do the bracers automatically resize to ‘gnome with noodle arms’ size?

I think its a fairly standard 'magic' feature. :)

You could always pad your bra biceps to make them fit?

I think its a fairly standard 'magic' feature. :)

You could always pad your bra biceps to make them fit?

I didn't think bracers were worn on one's ... Ah, never mind.

Although, armor protection on those is definitely warranted and desired.

I'd say that the bracers can be tightened enough to be worn by a Small creature such as a gnome. Magic armor, on the other hand, would require some sort of resizing by a smith or leatherworker, as appropriate.

Yeah, it's an interesting rules ... quirk/choice/decision? ... that pretty much all magical items will all resize to be of a useful size for their owner - with the exception of armor.

I don't think weapons do, either. I remember Giantslayer has a forge thing to do that, because so many enemies are, well, oversized.

Yeah, technically neither armor or weapons do - but in fairness they're item categories of their own and actually have rules related to their size. The size of a set of prayer beads or bracers of armor has no impact on their mechanical effect so its easy to ignore.

Use all the coin mentioned above as well as selling the spare ring since Rexus doesn't want it. That gives us enough for a CLW wand with 27 charges.

So the only thing we actually sell is the ring.

Also, everyone but Adolina take a healing potion. She's got the wand and you lot need a way to revive her in a worst case scenario!

Silver dagger will be useful against devils! Well, debatably. Depends on how much a DR 5 (on average at your level) will be overcome by your usual attacks, as opposed to 1d4-1+Strength Bonus.

Ginetta and Adolina would benefit - Ghorza probably doesn't need it!?!?

My goal is to get enough money for Adolina's family (mithril) rapier Whisper to makes an appearance.

I believe Ginetta has it at the moment. Or rather, that Rose has it.

Depending how soon/late you get Whisper, we can figure out how that plays out.

A mithril rapier is 1000gp, so level 2 if I use all my expected WBL on it. 3 is more likely.

Have I read way too much fanfiction involving secret identity shenanigans and people shipping Civilian Identity with Costumed Identity? Yes, yes I have.