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At the town square Bastion tells those that are there: "I am afraid I won't be able to join you on your adventures right now. I have decided to have Hephaestus mentor me for some time. But do feel free to come see me any time. I will make sure to get you the best weapons and armor you've ever seen" Bastion then heads off to Hephaestus
Hey guys, I have to apologize, but with work getting busier I'm afraid I'll need to bow out of this game. I think the system is brilliant though, but it is quite time consuming for a Pathfinder amateur like me. I'm sorry about that Wolf. But I hope to see you guys move on with the system.
Bastion heads to the square where they were all going to meet. He turns to Baris "My god! Your hair is getting WAY too long, come here, let me give you a haircut"
Fire Temple: "I will stick with ordinary iron perhaps then for my first suit of armor, I am sure I will end up making more than one of the course of conquering the Dungeon"
He smiles at Hephaestus "That will be all for now I believe, I'll look for it in the dungeon as you mentioned earlier today, I hope to join your Chosen soon lady" With that Bastion sets out to see his team and see what crystals Baris managed to scavenge from their dragon scuffle
Fire Temple: "No need for embellishments than don't offer any added benefits. For the decision on the metal to use it might be best to leave that up to you, I just want the armor as strong as possible. As for Baris' hair, how much do you need? I'm wondering whether to trade him for it or cut it while he's asleep" Bastion laughs "Perhaps pissing off a god would be a bad idea, until I have a guardian angel watching over me" Bastion winks at Hephaestus
As they enter the gate Bastion claps Board on the back "Well done man!" Turning to the group he goes on "That goes for all of you, give me and Board a moment and we'll be back" Bastion takes the welpling under the arm and runs with Board to the Fire Temple and hurries into Hephestia's room and hands her the welpling "One Fire Dragon Welpling, as ordered my lady"
"Let's retreat with the little guy quickly to the Fire Temple, Baris could you grab the loot?"
Attack of opportunity on purple
Round 3
5 foot step back towards the Fire Gate
oh boy, Bastion is one hell of a tank, "swing and a miss". At least he's keeping them off you :D Board, you'll take care of knocking yours out and we kill the rest, right? Then I can hand him in ;D
I thought I had posted my actions for round one, must have messed it up on my phone: Round 1:
Delay till the dragons were in range then he hits them with his hammer (Rolled a 6 before so a total of 10, probably a miss, just being honest) Then as a free action a 5foot step back towards the gate HP 16/17
Round 2: Bastion fights defensively, gaining +2AC and -4 to hit He hits the Purple one with his hammer He then takes a 5 foot free action step towards the gate
Killing them normally is no problem, getting one alive is the only problem. I guess taking the -4 to do non-lethal would be best, knock one out. Then kill the rest
Can anyone do non-lethal dmg? Is my punch non-lethal? Could 2-3 of us grapple him and tie him up?
pointing at one close by he says "lets get this one" picking up a rock he throws it at the dragon str+4, dex+2 (which is it)
Jurémon: Male elf, cleric - healing specialized, obviously gay, very funny and talks about hot dudes all the time. Quite skilled, he and Bastion did some PVP together as well (assuming there's an 'arena' (2v2, 3v3 or 5v5) and 'battlegrounds' (10v10, 15v15 objective based) where consenting players can compete for rewards in Dungeon Crash, or WAS in the beta at least). They Also did a lot of questing and dungeons together. Chikan: Male, orc "shaman type" focused on healing and could summon spirits for guidance (not combat). A business man IRL Frostitude: Male, ice spell focused mage, Finnish IRL with a monotonous totally Finnish accent. Bloodsucker: Male, curse and hex focused spellcaster, Bastion's IRL friend of a friend. Very nice guy, very skilled, been playing since the alpha. Often likes to play alone, but once you get him into a party he's really friendly.
BTW Hephaestus needed a live Fire Dragon Whelpling, or was dead fine?
"Alright! Who's ready to catch a dragon?! It's one of these bastards over there." Bastion points at one of the Fire Dragon Whelplings "I need to get one for a god-quest. My original idea was to grab it and run with it to the Fire Temple, where I need to give it to Hephaestus, letting my fire resistance absorb the damage. But I don't think I'm good enough to catch it. Anyone have an idea of how to trap it or knock it out? I can probably take the fire, especially since we're got a healer with us."
Leaving Merchant Bank: Bastion leaves the bank, turns in the red crystal for +3 HP (I assume I add my Con bonus too) making it a total of +5 Then he runs off to the Fire Gate to wait for the rest of the guys
Merchant Bank: Bastion stuffs the robe in the bank vault ka-CHING! and gets the blue potion, red crystal, 15gp, quest writ (and reads it) and the friendship rings out
Hahaha! What brilliant items in my bank "mug of midsummer ale", from bastion's favorite seasonal event. Your MMO bank vault is always full of these seasonal items you'd never throw away because you can only get them once a year, I'm sure I've got snowballs in all of my WOW characters' bank vaults. For friends and enemies, Bastion is a rather friendly guy, at worst he might have a friendly rivalry with some other tank, admiring and bragging about new gear. As a tank he's quite 'party dependant' so he'll probably have teamed up with a lot of people in the past, so there should be a few DPS that like him (always hard to get a tank), as well as some healer, since if you've got a tank and healer you can choose any DPS you want really. So I'd say he would have a stable healer he used to play with frequently in the beta, plus 2-3 good DPS that regularly check if Bastion is on for a quick grouping. Oh where could I redeem crystals and what could I redeem a red crystal for? Is this something I could do quickly before heading off to the Fire gate?
Merchant Bank: When Bastion reaches his bank he deposits the cloak and checks if there's anything in his vault.
If there is nothing he runs off to the Fire Gate to wait for the guys
The Merchant's bank (common banking) would suit me best, lets say that's my bank
"Don't worry Board I'll be back before you can say 'onomatopoeia'" Bastion runs off to his bank
Same situation every g@d d@mend time! 10 DPS to a healer "Uh yeah one more DPS would be fine, might be good that you do magic, while these guys do physical. We're in dire need of a healer now though, we're up to 6 people without a healer, even now he's going to have his hands full with healing" "See if you can sort the healer out guys, I've gotta run to the bank and drop off some stuff, I'll be at the Fire Gate in 2min"
What bank do I have an account at Wolf? I'll need to store the robe
"Ah! Great, we could use some ranged DPS." Looking at the pair Bastion laughs "yeah yeah we're trapped on another plane, this is reality and all that stuff the robed one said. The way I see it, we've got stats, we've got magical abilities and the only thing that's changed is that we can't log out and permadeath is VERY perma. The goal though and modus operandi is the same; tank-dps-healer will offer highest chance of survival, gear is paramount, skilling up will let us move forward, kill for a reward, kill the big boss for the ultimate reward." Bastion becomes a little more serious "I logged in with the goal of becoming the best tank on this server and be the first to kill the end-boss, this has not changed. How I will achieve it has not changed either. The stakes are higher, but this is still a magical realm that allows us unprecedented freedom and the opportunity to see wonders beyond our belief." Bastion smiles again and lightly punches Garret in the arm "So get busy living or get busy dying Errol Flynn" Bastion laughs loudly at his own joke, his hair waving like flames around his shoulders. "We were just heading out to snag a little Fire Dragon Welpling for a god-quest I've got going before heading to the Notice Board or Dungeon. Do you guys mind? We could finish a god-quest for you if you need to as well before setting off"
Bastion immediately likes Baris "I'm training up my skill at making armors to better protect people, for that I need a lock of your hair." Scratching his head "I'll trade you a lock of my hair if you want to make it fair. Oh by the way I think I'll call you Baris if you don't mind, I think otherwise Board might get confused" Looking around "I think we should try to get some healer at least, and maybe some more damage dealers for the dungeon or questing" As they walk on "2 DPS and beta-Tank LFM need healer and DPS. Going to skill up faster than anyone on the server!"
And wouldn't that robe be like, hot air balloon sized? He was only 30 foot tall, I'm sure I can bundle it into my backpack. @Wolf is there a "banking" system in the game? Or was there in the beta? A bank vault or something where we can store equipment we're not using
Bastion went a bit Tobias Fünke :D
"oh hey Board! Good to see you again, nice to meet you too Baris ...yes Baris great to meet you too. Wow, you just might be able to help me out! Could I get a lock of your hair? I would ask Board but he's run out of hair ...I promise it's not my fault!" Bastion grins "Shall we get a party together? Looks like nobody is logging out for now, suits me fine" Yelling and waving at Salizar "hey Salizar, over here!
If the robe is on the ground:
Bastion runs to where the robe fell to pick up the robe and stuff it into his backpack In a sarcastic voice he says: "Oh no! I'm trapped as a fu&king AWESOME horny bundle of flaming muscle..." looking around if anyone heard him "I've got horns I mean... sh1t I'm gonna need a party, better look for the bald man with wood... I mean... no more talking to yourself" Bastion starts looking around for Board and as he's looking calls out says "Tank from beta LFG need healer and DPS" That Salizar looks PISSED at least he died before it became a permanent thing
Did the robe of the Death god fall on the ground?
Bastion is an easily excitable man :D
"oh hot diggity a reward!" Bastion rushes to the Town Square
You should hurry if you want to be a part of the party from the start. I'd say you have less than 24 hours to make a character if you want to be with us when we first enter the dungeon
Cool, I just posted, I doubt I'll get to kill anything before the announcement ...other than my ally
Off the mesa: oh EFF this, I'll need to skill up before grabbing these little bastards ...or find a way to stick a sleeping dart in their flying little butts
Bastion heads to the center of town looking for a party to team up with "Tank LFG, tanked in the beta, looking for fast skilling-up" "I'm getting nowhere FAST on my own
Off the mesa: Realizing this Bastion scratches his head
"Ah s*~@, he's probably dead, he'll get back to me once he respawns. This will teach him not to pull" Bastion is more careful now, narrowing his search to the area Hephaestus mentioned 'outside the Orange or Fire gates'. He scans the area between the two gates and wanders a little staying out of aggro range
Mesa...: "Oh s!*$ we've wandered too far! Run for your life Salizar!"
Bastion makes a break for it and runs back for the town full-speed
I'm sure if you make a valuable addition to the team fast Wolf will consider you. you could simply be a guy that logged in late. but tomorrow we're getting THE BIG NEWS that we're all trapped, so be quick. and it goes without saying "read the campaign info and Discussion thread" otherwise we'll spend the next week explaining this to you.
All of the temples face into the center of town. Between each temple is a street. The streets lead out through the town to an edge of a plateau. A hundred foot down drop, straight off but there is a path down and a gate at the top. Don't worry about it, this isn't annoying, when I say "I push Garret off the cliff" you can say "you mean 'mesa'" and win :D
Plateau: "Sure thing buddy I'll help you out, I doubt it's as horrifyingly dangerous as grabbing a dragon by the tail" Bastion laughs "Alright, lets head over to those flames, looks like it might be the dragons" Bastion uses Snap Ignition to light a fire at the end of his finger and keeps it lit as he approaches the rocks
hahaha no worries Board. I have great respect for you for apologizing for this (even if it was no big deal), it's that kind of attitude that takes you far in life.
Fire Temple: Once Salizar and Bastion are out of the Hephaestus' room
"I think she's nice, you gotta admit, a kiss on the first meeting is pretty good, most gods are not so generous with their gifts. Also I'm hoping her kiss will give me some resistance to fire or a better affinity with fire dragons. I hope I can get into bed with her, I like em " As they are heading out of the temple Bastion adds "I hope I'm not wasting your time with this, I'd love for you to stick around, you might be my saviour when it comes to this next task of grabbing a Fire Dragon Whelpling. I'll try to befriend it by producing a fire with my finger" Bastion produces one to make his point "But if that doesn't work, I'm planning on grabbing it, relying on my Fire Resistance and Fire in the Blood (fast healing 2 after I take fire dmg) and literally just running with it spewing fire through town and into the temple. I could maybe use a heal on the way." Bastion laughs out loud "This is going to be fun" "Afterwards I'm up for killing stuff with you and then getting a group for the Dungeon, but if this is too much of a detour for you I get it if you prefer to go off on your own ...but in that case you won't get to see me running through town with a dragon" As they talk Bastion has lead the way out of town through the Fire Gate noting the shortest way from the temple door outside of town, preparing to run with the dragon
@Board: Nothing "automatically" levels up, not BAB, saves, HP or any ability. This was covered in the Campaign Info and we had many examples and discussions about this in the Discussion thread. You will need to buy it "again" to add more uses per day (GM will tell you how much, depends on the ability I guess), or to add abilities "automatically" gained. There aren't hard rules on what each buy will get you, Wolf will just make sure each special grows similarly for each "buy". But don't worry that you will fall behind because of this (since this applies to everyone). Wolf has also said we'll actually get more powerful faster than people normally do in a standard "levelling" campaign. Don't focus overly on the mechanical aspect of the game and just roleplay, you'll bring the effectiveness and role of your character, whether it says +6 or +8 on your character sheet.
You will need to buy them again to get the upgrade
Fire Temple: "hmmm the dragon shouldn't be a problem, I'll see if I can't just grab it and run with is back. I'm completely broke and don't have any metal so I'll need to bring materials after my first quest I'm guessing, unless you could tell me of a source where I could get some materials. Crafting it with my hands ...shouldn't be a problem I guess."
"Thank you my lady, I shall return post-haste with a Fire Dragon Whelping. Would the lady favor one in her service with a kiss?" Bastion grins and leans his cheek at her
Agreed, extension, I'm on a quest similar to the Aesir when they were making Gleipnir to tie up Fenrir @tin_man: haha I think we're approaching it from different directions, just as we talked about with the games. I loved Log Horizon because the MMORPG "system2 is so familiar to me, I'm in the exact same mind-space of seeing it as a mechanical system.
Some good points, with Armament Shield however I can't get shield enchantment bonuses (I'll be going for a +5 shield with tons of addons sooner or later). Aegis is fine, but I was thinking of Holy Shield (from Sacred Shield, link above) instead, as it will probably be higher AC bonus. Armiger's Mark though is a very good idea On a side note:
Fire Temple: Replying under his breath to Salazar "I'm not sure, I thought Hephaestus was a male name, you never know with games though"[b]
Responding to the lady he says [b]"Lady, my passion is to protect my friends, my goal in life is to become both the Unstoppable Force and the Immovable Object, a BASTION of impenetrable metal! Flesh alone is weak, but with your guidance and support, through skill of metalworking I seek to achieve my goal. As your chosen they will gasp in awe at the walking fortress of metal I have become and whisper 'Hepaestus is truly great'" Raising his index finger in front of himself he goes on "Also, I'm pretty handy when it comes to lighting forges" Bastion creates a flame on his finger and winks at her
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