Hi everyone, I'm formally withdrawing from this game. Life has been hitting me too fast, and when this restarts, I won't be able to give it the attention it deserves. Good luck, and I hope that you all have fun!
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Thankfully my degree in computer science proved useful! MY MACHINE LIVES!
The power supply on my computer died this morning. I am working on fixing it, but I do not know if it took anything else out with it. I will try to keep you all posted.
No worries! I'd rather have things set up properly rather than start and have to stop. :)
I was in the same boat, Aladir.
That's fine by me; Without access to parks and playgrounds, my child has decided that naptime was created by Cheliax to oppress Andori citizens, so my free time as of late is limited.
I'm still here as well, sorry for the delay; My family is scrambling to resettle my youngest brother, since his college has been closed and his spring break has been extended for a week.
No problem! I can understand the daunting task of trying to prep a game halfway through. Thank you for the update :)
Welcome! Thank you for volunteering to run this game for us! I believe we just started book 4, the Midnight Isles. Is there anything that you need from us, at this moment?
Rubbing her temples, Alikia looks over the statue with a weary glance. "It could be a pre-recorded message? I've heard some tales of adventurers stumbling upon projected images of people from ancient Varisia."
I am good to go; any longer and I'm just dragging my feet.
Okay, Alikia is all leveled up; Highlights:
Percept +2
Mythic Feat:
Path Abilities:
Ability Increase: Int +2
I am also working on leveling Alikia up; High level wizards are already a bunch of paperwork; add 2 mythic tiers and it is exponential. I am almost done with leveling her up, but her gear is hilariously out of date.
Okie dokie: Looks like you currently have a +4 total enchantment on the armor. Unfortunately I cannot add anything to it until I gain 4 more levels (I am limited to 3 x enhancement bonus)... But I'm more than happy to add to it in the future!
Alikia can craft magic arms and armor: Did Hyram or Aladir want their gear upgraded? Also have we separated loot since Aerianna joined the game?
I think that Alikia would have been the only one to get a tier; since she was still tier 3 while everyone else had done their personal quests. (Quinn's was the first one we did as a group)
Alikia looks wearily at the others, who were ready to move on. "Of course," she agrees weakly, "I'll just leave some more notes for those who want to work the forge; it can be persnickety if not treated with the correct respect." Dragging her feet slightly, Alikia offers the group a friendly wave before heading down to her underground workshop.
Patting Hyram on the shoulder, Alikia offers the inquisitor a smile smile. Stepping forward to skim over the plates, Alikia's brows begin to furrow. "I can recognize most of these languages, whoever wrote this was fluent in some very archaic lexicons." pausing at a rune, the wizard flips the tablet over, "However there are some runes I cannot decipher. This one looks like a mix of Varisian, Giant and I believe Shoanti? Whereas this word here, I think may be druidic. Unfortunately most druids are fiercely protective of their language; they don't allow outsiders to learn it. If perhaps I was given some more time, I may be able to give an accurate translation, but I would have to refer to experts on more ancient languages for some help." Returning the plate to Queen Galfrey, Alikia contemplates their latest situation. "To close the wound would be no simple task. I am concerned that we are working with partial information. However if this Nayhndrian crystal can cause more of our foes to become more powerful, we need to cut off the supply." tapping her lip, Alikia turns towards Aerianna, "Aerianna, you carry Radiance. You are the first wave in a fight, so it seems prudent that you should make the call. I will trust in your judgement and follow you, wherever the path may take us."
Glancing back at Hyram, Alikia merely shrugs. "I don't believe so, you just spare such a striking resemblance to the Lady of Valor that it might have rendered them speechless. As for your heritage, Ezro mentioned that he was raised in a similar situation, so we can't rule that out." Clapping her hands, a thought occurs to the wizard, "Oh right, yes. Introductions! I'm Alikia, Alikia Sokol, but I am open to nicknames."
Mechanically raising her hand in a greeting, Alikia stares at Iona for a long time in silent contemplation. "You look like Ezro, are you related?" she asks bluntly, already missing the other half-elf. At the mention of the Abyss, Alikia snorts, "There's no need to kneel, especially if we're to travel together. We're not nobility, just people who happened to be in the right place at the right time." Offering a hand to the cleric, Alikia offers her a tight smile. "If you don't mind me asking, do you know anything about magic item creation? I seem to have lost my lab partner, and it is always useful to have a divine caster in the workshop to pitch ideas to."
Welcome Iona! Good to have you on board!
Alikia stares at the trinkets her parents left her for another moment, before standing. "I wish I got to know them. I was left with my foster family as an infant," brushing the dirt off her tunic, she weighs her next words carefully. "I've had a harder time tracking down anyone that knew them, the Riftwardens kept their roster a secret to keep the Blackfire Adapts from tracking them down. After the assault on Kenebras, I fear that Aravashnial is the last warden left, and he was recruited after my parents had-" choking on the last word, Alikia tries to cover with a cough. Taking a moment to collect herself, Alikia turns to the others, "Are we done here? Or do you think that they have hidden some more artifacts inside this outpost?"
Hi, sorry about the length between my posts. I was out of town for a friend's wedding and it was a whole thing. Despite my best efforts to persuade Ezro to come back, he is not interested in rejoining us. We will probably need to set up a recruitment for a new divine caster at this point, unless we want to use an NPC ally for that part.
Watching as the others head forward searching the remaining rooms, Alikia stands among the dead feeling numb. Staring intensely at Xang's remains, she mindlessly accepts the books placed into her arms, clutching the familiar weight much like a child would a stuffed animal. Upon hearing Hyram call out, she wordlessly enters into the room and sits down with her head in between her legs. "It's over." she mumbles, her voice dripping with exhaustion.
I am helping my mother move out of my childhood home this weekend. Unfortunately I am unable to dedicate any mental capacity to anything other than trying to solider through this mess of a move. Please bot me as necessary, I will be back by Friday, August 2, 2019.
I also would like to know if Xang was affected by my steal power spell. It does hinge upon what I am planning to do, because if I get more mythic points, I will have more flexibility to cast more spells.
Here is the last copy of the map that I have from when we were playing: Spoiler:
Looks like you forgot Xang's save vs steal power
Thank you for running for us! I had a blast, and completely understand where you are coming from. I wish you the best and I hope that you enjoy your retirement. I am okay with attempting to find another GM.
Thank you for apologizing, I appreciate it. I will try to give the benefit of the doubt in the future and ask for more clarification before I jump to conclusions. I can always dimensional step people across the barrier and set you (Aerianna) and Hyram up for a better tactical position? @Aladir, I understand about the lack of arrows, I will keep your reflex save in mind for the future.
I understand the fact that you need to change your movement, but was the comment " A good tactical move on Ezro's part, but strategically ... hm. " necessary? I have become more and more frustrated with my limited options as fighters run in willy-nilly and forcing casters into a more support-oriented role. I want to be able to do damage in this campaign too, but due to the fact that 99% of monsters in this campaign having some form of resistance, if not an out-right immunity, to acid, poison, or fire, I'm unable to contribute in that way. I have tried to keep allies out of negative spells, but if front line characters continue to run into combat with little disregard, someone, someday will end up getting fireballed, cloud-killed, or worse. I am interested to hear how you were going to charge through a line of enemies to get to Vang?
For a moment the sound of the battle fades as all Alikia can hear is the pounding anger in her veins. "VANG, YOU WILL NOT IGNORE ME!" she bellows, her hands engulfed in greenish-black fire. "You will pay." She states, attempting to drain Xanathar Vang of any mythical power he possesses.
"VANG! You will pay for your crimes!" Alikia shouts, dipping into her mythical abilities. "It's time to move people!" she snarls, casting haste upon the group.
Walking up to Hyram, Alikia touches the inquisitor on the shoulder. "Here, this should help confuse our enemies." She states as she casts as Hyram suddenly appears 2 feet away from her.
Flustering at Aerianna's question it takes a moment for Alikia to regain her composure. "Oh, ah, this spellbook," pulling the green book out of her pack, "belonged to my mother. While this rod was my father's property." tracing the etching in the magical item, Alikia gives the two items a wistful look before ensuring that they are stored properly. "However we don't have time for me to unpack those emotions, we've got a wizard to bring to justice!" she jokes, obviously trying to change the subject.
Flipping open the spellbook, Alikia freezes at the cover page. Gently tracing the glyph, she takes a shaky breath. "By Sarenrae's light." she whispers, before carefully storing it. Hooking the quickened rod next to her maximized metamagic rod, Alikia shoves the remaining items into their bag of holding before pausing at the carpet. "Well now I can reenact all of my Casmaron fantasies." she deadpans, unfurling the magical item before sitting down upon it. Speaking the command word, Alikia smirks, "Ezro, you better prepare a restoration spell, because these shoes are never touching the ground again."
Noticing the change in Hyram's demenor, Alikia scratches the back of her neck. "I'm sorry, that probably came out a little rude. I didn't mean to insinuate that it was a dumb question! Your logic was well founded, I just am not gifted in unlocking things." she sputters. As the door opens she winches at the droning. "I mean, there always could be something unseen, but I would imagine that the planes are weak here and this might be an effect brought on by the Abyss? It would make sense as to why they had it locked." Alikia glances inside, furrowing her brow. "I didn't prepare anything to see invisible creature for today. I suppose that is something that I will have to keep in mind for our future encounters. Did we want to blindly grope along the shelves? That can always cause amusing results."
Alikia looks at Hyram with a quizzical look. "I am not a master of lockpicking. I would suggest that Aladir makes an attempt. If that fails, we can always find the head adept, they seem to be the ones walking around with keys." tucking a piece of blond hair behind her ear, Alikia makes her way over to the eastern cabinet, opening drawers at random and flipping through files to see what is stored within.
Grabbing the rod from the downed cultist, Alikia gestures to the room. "We will need to swing back here to gather the rest of these items. It will of use to us in creating magical items. Using the rod to gesture to the northern weapon rack, [b]"That rack has some enchanted glaives that could prove useful, but I would avoid the longsword, it is enchanted to harm those of us who follow good moral compass."
Moving into the room, Alikia casts detect magic, scanning the room. As she moves around to the bodies of the Adepts, Alikia picks out items that detect with magical energies.
For a brief moment Alikia seems fine, right before she begins to projectile vomit on the tile flooring. Staggering out of the way, it seems almost impossible for the amount of fluid to come out of one person.
Spotting the four other wizards take evasive action Alikia feels her blood begin to boil. Contemplating her abilities, Alikia taps into her abilities again to help aid her friends. "Quickly now, before they call for help!" She states allowing her friends to make faster work of their enemies.
Gently placing the jar into one of the groups bags of holding Alikia makes a mental note to check the item later. Following behind the group she waits to see how everyone will respond to the new foes.
Moving into the room, Alikia picks up the jar from the table, turning it over in her hands. "Huh, I wonder why they had this?" Casting detect magic, Alikia scans the room for any magical residue, before checking out the map and make a mental note of the war plans.
Watching the demon with a cautious expression, Alikia grimaces as she watches Hyram struggle with the droning. Drawing her crossbow, she points it at the fly, but is unable to get a clear shot with so many allies between them.
Surprised that her enchantment actually worked, Alikia turns her attention to one of the cultist attacking Aerianna. "I think it is time for you to freeze." Alikia snarls as she mixes a lime, water, and a bit of earth together. As the magic wraps around the cultist, Alikia waits to see if it took hold.
Moving so that her back is against the double doors, Alikia stares at the fly-demon wracking her mind for a hint at the creature's name or abilities. As she watches her friends engage with the cultists, Alikia's hand wraps around the hard metal bar in her component pouch as she taps into her mythic gifts. "Now let's not be too hasty. I would hate to see things escalate." she states as green light wraps around the fly demon.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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