Elsebo's Way -- the Pro·té·gées

Game Master therealthom

Welcome to the off-duty area for Reynar, Kyzin, 8-10-U8, and Mercy Rose. Seemed like they deserve their own campaign and discussion thread.

The week has been rough. Made it through, though.

Finally posted. Also, I added an alternate token for Reynar that uses the portrait I found online for him in his earlier iteration. If it's not too confusing with it not matching the Gameplay, I'd like to use that token.

Catching up after PaizoCon and a dismal week.

We lost 45 staff members in an unexpected RIF last week (about 5% of total employees). It was easily the worst layoff I ever saw, and I've been through some doozys over the years.

I'm fine (academic units weren't affected) but a lot of my friends aren't. We lost so many good people who made such strong impact on our students... anyway, it's been a week to say the least.

Went through a series of layoffs years ago in my first job. Never pleasant living with survivor's guilt and wondering who will go next in another round.

Sorry to hear that, Janosian. It sounds like a rough week.

Glad to hear you're okay, although I get it's bitter-sweet on account of your friends.

For those interested, if you are attuned, Attenuate can provide first aid at a distance and restore you to 1 hp if you go down. This is in addition to whatever effect he may be able to deliver from his array of serums in the syringes.

Biohacker Mechanics:

Attuned Microlab:
“You can also attune your custom microlab to a number of individual creatures equal to 3 + your key ability modifier. This takes 10 minutes, which you can combine with the time needed to prepare your biohacks for the day, and the creatures must be present, willing, and able to cooperate with the scan. If you attune your microlab to creatures in excess of this number, the oldest attunements beyond your maximum number end. Otherwise, attunement lasts 24 hours, after which changes in environment and the target’s condition require the microlab be re-attuned. Under some circumstances, you can deliver biohacks to attuned creatures using ranged injection weapons without making an attack roll.”

Minor Booster Biohack:
“Using a minor booster biohack allows you to attempt some Medicine checks on targets you affect so long as the target is within range of your custom microlab. This doesn’t require any additional time or action beyond making the attack. The tasks you can attempt with such a Medicine check depend on your level, and they don’t have the duration of normal booster biohacks.

At 1st level, you can attempt a Medicine check to administer first aid. At 3rd level, you can attempt a Medicine check to treat drugs or poison, though on a successful check, the target gains a +4 bonus only on the next saving throw it attempts against the drug or poison, and that saving throw must occur within the next hour.”

First Responder Feat:

“You provide quick, expert care to save lives in the direst moments.

Prerequisites: Medicine 1 rank

Benefit: When you succeed on a check to administer first aid to a dying creature while using a medkit, they regain Hit Points equal to half your ranks in medicine, minimum 1. A creature can only benefit from this ability only once per day. This does not count against their ability to benefit from treat deadly wounds.”

Thanks. That's cool. I've not played a biohacker before and am not very familiar with the class beyond some basics.

That's fun and a good fit thematically for Attenuate.

Thanks. That's cool. I've not played a biohacker before and am not very familiar with the class beyond some basics.

That's fun and a good fit thematically for Attenuate.

My first time too. Attenuate’s more powerful biohacks can restore Stamina or improve the efficiency of healing for a short time.

will post tonight

Sorry guys. Travel and work blew up on me last week. Catching up IRL. Might be Monday night before I post.

Gotcha, thanks for letting us know

Thanks for the update Thom. I hope it's all settling down for you again.

Been traveling and conventioning too. I just got back from a fun time at Origins. The week before that, my department hosted a national conference. Wheeeeee!!!

Back! Good to see the gang's all here.

I've got my big conference coming up in a couple weeks.

I'm around - waiting to see the responses to/from Mercy play out before chiming in.

Conference prep and then the conference crushed me. FLying home tomorrow. With luck I'll get some nice airport time and an internet connection.

Weekend will probably be tons of catch up on chores and with family.

Ohh. I was interuppted while composing my reply to the other queries. Will respond in my next post, early next week.

Got to get back to the grind now.

Just got back from Gen Con -- it was wonderful, exhausting, and everything else. This year actually made a big positive change in my world. I'm still processing it, and I'm very excited about the possibilities.

Now back to our regularly scheduled game, joined in progress...

Can I get a link to the maps, please? I somehow lost it... :(

Hey Janosian! Glad to hear GenCon was such a positive experience for you.

The link for the maps is up the top of the page under Protegees.

Vacation internet has been unexpectedly bad. Will be home Saturday and will post as soon as possible thereafter.

Oh... you mean the link called "maps"?? *sigh*

Sorry for missing that!!

Been trying to post since TUesday. I've just had bad luck with the website.

Last few days have been *rough* for site stability.

New post is up!

I've got to admit, I had to look up that reference to the silver spoon.

My dad listened to the Beatles, and I remember many songs off Abbey Road, but not that medley.

Sorry about the slow posting rate, everyone.

I'm sorry too. I love this game, but life is sub-optimal for gaming right now. JUst having trouble finding time to post, and motivating myself if I have a window. I'll try to pick it up.

SuperS, (and all) my reading of gravity hold is that it 'immobilizes' a creature's gross position, but not smaller movements like gripping and aiming a pistol. I just want to make sure we're on the same page because 'immobilize' could be taken as restricting those smaller movements. If you were counting on a paralysis type effect and can't argue me out of my interpretation, then you may try a different action.

Thoughts?

Thanks, Thom. That's how I read it, too.

I appreciate you checking, though.

Also, I hope that life and time for gaming are both improving for you (or, at least, that life is)!

In awe of Reynar’s control of gravity, Attenuate asks, ”Reynar, can you use your control of gravity to pull the ooze out of the android instead of just lifting them both up?”

When I read this last night, my first thought was awesome idea! My next was psychokinetic hand doesn't have the finesse to do this. My third was the slime was probably too well integrated to yank it out without damaging the android. My fourth was too bad, it won't work.

This morning I still think it's a hugely original idea, and still cool. And personally amusing because it would get you one step closer to skating through the adventure without fatal combat. And that just makes me giggle.

Despite the risk of setting a DM-inconvenient precedent, if Reynar wants to try he can, but it will be difficult, and the android will suffer some damage from the extraction. It's not going to happen in one round. I'll need a success in two consecutive rounds. DC in the low to mid 20s. Failure will have consequences. Pitch me a rationale for a couple skills that you want to use in the attempt, if you decide to try.

Whatever you decide, Attenuate will be standing by with his medical advice & monitoring, ready to jump in and heal the innocent once the ooze is displaced.

Reynar doesn't have anything in the way of Sciences or Medicine, which on first look seem to make the most sense.

Now, it's not lost on me that you are already being very generous in allowing greater dexterity than Psychokinetic Hand normally permits and - bare with me, here - following along this same vein for a reason behind this unusual dexterity, I would like to propose the use of Profession (Musician) skill for extracting the ooze.

I'm picturing that his hands - deft from years of guitar practise - are able to manipulate the gravitational field to a finer degree of accuracy to help massage and ease the ooze from its current lair within the android's cranium.

It is one of his better skills (+9) but not his best, so I don't feel it is cherry-picking.

What do you think?

There's a picture of the body-snatched android on slide 3. Doesn't quite match up with my expectation; the ooze is too exposed. Body-snatched people are supposed to be able to fit into their previous life.

"HOney, what's that on your head?"
"Nothing to worry about, dear. I cut myself shaving."

More on topic. As long as we're rolling with this anyway, I'll allow music. I also have a vague impression of vibratory sensitivity helping.

Awesome! Very fun.

I understand what you mean about the ooze. I feel the same.

It reminded me of the brain slugs from Futurama. (I think that clip kind of supports your point)

Funny clip. Reynar is up. You can try the extraction or act normally.

No problem. Sorry, I'd understood it as beginning from Round 3.

Will post now.

Sorry... I was out waxing my dog.

He's real shiny now, so I'll dive back into the game.

:)

Little heads up that I'll be traveling for work the next couple of weeks. Posting will likely be intermittent.

Thanks, Cellion.

Like Mercy, I'd also be interested in a retroactive 10 min rest for Reynar, if possible.

Yes, rest away. Janosian, BG, feel free to rest likewise
Just let me know.

Thanks!

Awesome. Thanks!

Yes, Kyzin will take a 10 minute rest to top off SP. Thanks!