paizo.com Recent Posts by DM Vayelanpaizo.com Recent Posts by DM Vayelan2024-03-18T21:43:32Z2024-03-18T21:43:32ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Kingmaker: Once upon a time in Golarion vol. 1DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/OnceUponATimeInGolarion/gameplay&page=125#62462024-03-18T21:50:47Z2024-03-18T21:43:31Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Troll Fort Save vs Death:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24</span></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Is the other troll awoken?:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 8 - 5 ⇒ (2) + 8 - 5 = 5</span></p>
<p>The arrow quickly skewers the troll's brain, killing the creature immediately. The twang of the bowstring, the wet sound of the killing blow, and the exhalation of a final breath all fail to rouse the other sleeping troll, who rolls over and scratches its rear.</p>[dice=Troll Fort Save vs Death]1d20+11[/dice]
[dice=Is the other troll awoken?]1d20+8-5[/dice]
The arrow quickly skewers the troll's brain, killing the creature immediately. The twang of the bowstring, the wet sound of the killing blow, and the exhalation of a final breath all fail to rouse the other sleeping troll, who rolls over and scratches its rear.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-18T21:43:31ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Night of Iron FangsDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/TheIronfangInvasionTrailOfTheHunted/gameplay&page=116#57702024-03-17T00:40:47Z2024-03-17T00:33:18Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>Esperanza delivers a slash to the minotaur commander, but the wound does not go as deep as it should. Instead, you see a similar small wound open on the commander's bodyguard.</p>
<p>The remaining bodyguard casts a new spell, growing to match Daria's size, then moves to flank the party.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Lily, Daria, and Thorek are up next.</span></p>[Spoiler omitted]
Esperanza delivers a slash to the minotaur commander, but the wound does not go as deep as it should. Instead, you see a similar small wound open on the commander's bodyguard.
The remaining bodyguard casts a new spell, growing to match Daria's size, then moves to flank the party.
Lily, Daria, and Thorek are up next.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-17T00:33:18ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Kingmaker: Once upon a time in Golarion vol. 1DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/OnceUponATimeInGolarion/gameplay&page=125#62432024-03-16T23:50:47Z2024-03-16T23:43:24Z<p>Katrine creeps northward to investigate the snoring and peers around the corner of the junction in the tunnel. She finds the floor of this wide cavern is littered with half a dozen pallets made of branches, leaves, and smelly, uncured hides. A pair of trolls are dozing upon two of the rough pallets.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Troll A Perception, Asleep Penalty:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 8 - 10 ⇒ (19) + 8 - 10 = 17</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Troll B Perception, Asleep Penalty:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 8 - 10 ⇒ (18) + 8 - 10 = 16</span></p>
<p>Katrine's approach does not rouse them, and they remain asleep.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I've updated the encounter map to show approximate locations.</span></p>Katrine creeps northward to investigate the snoring and peers around the corner of the junction in the tunnel. She finds the floor of this wide cavern is littered with half a dozen pallets made of branches, leaves, and smelly, uncured hides. A pair of trolls are dozing upon two of the rough pallets.
[dice=Troll A Perception, Asleep Penalty]1d20+8-10[/dice]
[dice=Troll B Perception, Asleep Penalty]1d20+8-10[/dice]
Katrine's approach does not rouse them, and they remain asleep.
I've updated...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-16T23:43:24ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Strength and Fear: An Ustalavic Kingmaker CampaignDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivki9/gameplay&page=48#23912024-03-16T04:00:49Z2024-03-16T03:50:15Z<p><b>"They are our kin, to be sure,"</b> Gargan says quietly, as though worried the approaching group could keenly hear him. <b>"The human outlaws of Freedom Town would need to be a particular kind of stupid to sneak out at night during the flood times to prey upon an unknown group.</p>
<p>"Your very impressive display when dispatching those vultures likely drew the attention of a wandering band. We'll have to see what they have in mind, though."</b></p>"They are our kin, to be sure," Gargan says quietly, as though worried the approaching group could keenly hear him. "The human outlaws of Freedom Town would need to be a particular kind of stupid to sneak out at night during the flood times to prey upon an unknown group.
"Your very impressive display when dispatching those vultures likely drew the attention of a wandering band. We'll have to see what they have in mind, though."DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-16T03:50:15ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: War for the Crown with GM Placeholder of DoomDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WarForTheCrownWithGMPlaceholderOfDoom/gameplay&page=79#39152024-03-16T03:30:49Z2024-03-16T03:19:25Z<p>Amandine's knowledge fills in some gaps in the information that the earl does not volunteer himself.</p>
<p>Yander Merkondus is the Earl of the Western Rushing Marches, a large swath of land along Taldor's swampy Moda Prefecture. His elder brother died in a childhood accident that also left Yander with a permanent back injury; thus, when his parents died in a carriage accident, Yander inherited the family title and ancestral holdings.</p>
<p>The Kozan Bravos are a group of adventurers that Earl Merkondus has kept on retainer. Their name is derived from their home base, Kozan, a large port town located halfway between Oppara and Taldor's border with Qadira. This is located within the Opparos Prefecture, rather than the earl's own Moda Prefecture. The adventuring party is led by a former soldier, one Grammell Taychar, who served as a lieutenant in the Taldan Phalanx.</p>Amandine's knowledge fills in some gaps in the information that the earl does not volunteer himself.
Yander Merkondus is the Earl of the Western Rushing Marches, a large swath of land along Taldor's swampy Moda Prefecture. His elder brother died in a childhood accident that also left Yander with a permanent back injury; thus, when his parents died in a carriage accident, Yander inherited the family title and ancestral holdings.
The Kozan Bravos are a group of adventurers that Earl Merkondus...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-16T03:19:25ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Saga of a New LandDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivkh6/gameplay&page=68#33542024-03-16T02:50:49Z2024-03-16T02:37:44Z<p>Tig remains rather mute, still processing both his ordeal and his sudden rescue. Nevertheless, he eagerly accepts the help provided to him, and he vigorously nods his head in agreement when the prospect of going home is voiced.</p>
<p>The iruxi let you pass freely, some of their warriors escorting you safely back across the river. They, like Tig, remain very taciturn. Besides the remorse of how they were duped and what they were coerced into doing, they are now very nervous of potential reprisals from the human settlers under your banner.</p>Tig remains rather mute, still processing both his ordeal and his sudden rescue. Nevertheless, he eagerly accepts the help provided to him, and he vigorously nods his head in agreement when the prospect of going home is voiced.
The iruxi let you pass freely, some of their warriors escorting you safely back across the river. They, like Tig, remain very taciturn. Besides the remorse of how they were duped and what they were coerced into doing, they are now very nervous of potential reprisals...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-16T02:37:44ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Strength and Fear: An Ustalavic Kingmaker CampaignDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivki9/gameplay&page=48#23852024-03-14T17:50:47Z2024-03-14T17:37:49Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I'll take care of Sasha</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Sasha Perception:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 4 = 21</span></p>
<p>Mishka and Sasha are the first to alert you to the new development. Perhaps they hear or smell something on the air, but their attention is keenly focused towards the west.</p>
<p>Leta spots them first, soon followed by Nadiya and Valeska. A small group of humanoid figures moving stealthily in your direction. There's at least a half dozen of them that you can pick out among the shadows of twilight. Leta sees that they are armed, but they do not look like an outright raiding party.</p>I'll take care of Sasha
[dice=Sasha Perception]1d20+6+4[/dice]
Mishka and Sasha are the first to alert you to the new development. Perhaps they hear or smell something on the air, but their attention is keenly focused towards the west.
Leta spots them first, soon followed by Nadiya and Valeska. A small group of humanoid figures moving stealthily in your direction. There's at least a half dozen of them that you can pick out among the shadows of twilight. Leta sees that they are armed, but...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-14T17:37:49ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Kingmaker: Once upon a time in Golarion vol. 1DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/OnceUponATimeInGolarion/gameplay&page=125#62352024-03-14T02:50:47Z2024-03-14T02:42:31Z<p>Ahto confirms that the snoring sound comes from the northern passage, which seems to lead to some sort of barracks or sleeping quarters. It sounds like a couple more trolls may be resting in that direction.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Katrine and Storm detect something equally terrible - if not worse - lurking down the other passage. Storm bristles at the smells wafting from the southwest. Katrine can hear two distinct voices having an indistinct, muttering conversation with each other.</p>Ahto confirms that the snoring sound comes from the northern passage, which seems to lead to some sort of barracks or sleeping quarters. It sounds like a couple more trolls may be resting in that direction.
Meanwhile, Katrine and Storm detect something equally terrible - if not worse - lurking down the other passage. Storm bristles at the smells wafting from the southwest. Katrine can hear two distinct voices having an indistinct, muttering conversation with each other.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-14T02:42:31ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Hollow's Revolution (Blue Side)DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/HollowsRevolutionBlueSide/gameplay&page=50#24902024-03-14T02:40:46Z2024-03-14T02:32:45Z<p>Berekland first requires some proof that you are government agents, as you claim to be, since learning of this night's bloody events have left him quite wary, especially for the sake of his family. He is soon convinced, however, and he agrees to the arrangements laid out by Rrruh.</p>
<p>He asks if you could quietly remove the bodies before his family wakes up and discovers the macabre scene.</p>Berekland first requires some proof that you are government agents, as you claim to be, since learning of this night's bloody events have left him quite wary, especially for the sake of his family. He is soon convinced, however, and he agrees to the arrangements laid out by Rrruh.
He asks if you could quietly remove the bodies before his family wakes up and discovers the macabre scene.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-14T02:32:45ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Saga of a New LandDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivkh6/gameplay&page=68#33522024-03-12T16:20:47Z2024-03-12T16:13:40Z<p>King Vesket looks like he might protest the claiming of the treasure from the spirit hut, but the rest of the tribe keep him quiet without even needing words. You suspect the other iruxi see the treasures as just as cursed as the false spirit who hoarded them, so they are happy to see them removed from their village - and all the better if they are put towards trading for other goods they cannot produce themselves.</p>
<p>Besides the spear, animal hides, and smatterings of coins, you find a couple yellow stones, a ring carved from smoothed coral, and a preserved feather with an oak-leaf pattern upon its plumage.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>The treasure includes a cold iron masterwork longspear, 100gp worth of animal skins, 3 citrines worth 50gp each, 119gp in assorted coins, a magic ring, and a magic feather.</span></p>King Vesket looks like he might protest the claiming of the treasure from the spirit hut, but the rest of the tribe keep him quiet without even needing words. You suspect the other iruxi see the treasures as just as cursed as the false spirit who hoarded them, so they are happy to see them removed from their village - and all the better if they are put towards trading for other goods they cannot produce themselves.
Besides the spear, animal hides, and smatterings of coins, you find a couple...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-12T16:13:40ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Strength and Fear: An Ustalavic Kingmaker CampaignDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivki9/gameplay&page=48#23802024-03-12T00:48:18Z2024-03-12T00:37:03Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Please make Perception checks. Anyone with low-light vision gets +2, and anyone with darkvision gets +4</span></p>Please make Perception checks. Anyone with low-light vision gets +2, and anyone with darkvision gets +4DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-12T00:37:03ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Night of Iron FangsDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/TheIronfangInvasionTrailOfTheHunted/gameplay&page=116#57682024-03-12T00:29:35Z2024-03-12T00:24:42Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>Thorek unleashes a devastating barrage of steel that ultimately leaves the first of the Ironfang Guardians an utterly broken heap of flesh and bones upon the floor of the command post.</p>
<p>The other guardian manages to resist the pull of Daria's whirlwind this time.</p>
<p>Lieutenant Kosseruk unleashes her own pent-up might upon Esperanza, dealing several terrible wounds to the Shelynite.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>With two hits, including a confirmed crit, Kosseruk deals a total of 50 damage to Esperanza with her warhammer.
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Esperanza can act next before the remaining guardian.</span></p>[Spoiler omitted]
Thorek unleashes a devastating barrage of steel that ultimately leaves the first of the Ironfang Guardians an utterly broken heap of flesh and bones upon the floor of the command post.
The other guardian manages to resist the pull of Daria's whirlwind this time.
Lieutenant Kosseruk unleashes her own pent-up might upon Esperanza, dealing several terrible wounds to the Shelynite.
With two hits, including a confirmed crit, Kosseruk deals a total of 50 damage to Esperanza...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-12T00:24:42ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Kingmaker: Once upon a time in Golarion vol. 1DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/OnceUponATimeInGolarion/gameplay&page=125#62312024-03-11T02:40:52Z2024-03-11T02:34:39Z<p>The front halls of this ruin are the remnants of an ancient dwarven outpost. The rear wall of the storeroom has long since collapsed or been torn down, with a rough hewn tunnel leading deeper into the hillside. The tunnels beyond were clearly not carved out by the same dwarven hands as the rest of the outpost, but it's hard to discern whether this was the work of the trolls or some other intervening occupant of this ruin.</p>
<p>The passage quickly branches, going north and southwest. You can hear loud snoring coming from one of the passages, but with the acoustics of the rough stone walls it's hard to determine from which direction it's coming.</p>The front halls of this ruin are the remnants of an ancient dwarven outpost. The rear wall of the storeroom has long since collapsed or been torn down, with a rough hewn tunnel leading deeper into the hillside. The tunnels beyond were clearly not carved out by the same dwarven hands as the rest of the outpost, but it's hard to discern whether this was the work of the trolls or some other intervening occupant of this ruin.
The passage quickly branches, going north and southwest. You can hear...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-11T02:34:39ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Saga of a New LandDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivkh6/gameplay&page=67#33472024-03-11T01:30:53Z2024-03-11T01:24:22Z<p>Bydar's magic gives the boy the strength to stand again, to walk out of the mud hut, and to step outside without quavering at the sight of the iruxi tribe. He is not injured, but he shows light signs of dehydration and exposure.</p>
<p>The iruxi - King Vesket included - look quite remorseful and clear a wide berth so you can pass and escort the child away.</p>Bydar's magic gives the boy the strength to stand again, to walk out of the mud hut, and to step outside without quavering at the sight of the iruxi tribe. He is not injured, but he shows light signs of dehydration and exposure.
The iruxi - King Vesket included - look quite remorseful and clear a wide berth so you can pass and escort the child away.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-11T01:24:22ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Night of Iron FangsDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/TheIronfangInvasionTrailOfTheHunted/gameplay&page=116#57652024-03-09T19:10:49Z2024-03-09T19:05:03Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Guardian second Reflex Save vs Whirlwind:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26</span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Okay, so the Ironfang Guardian near Daria took damage from the whirlwind but avoids being pulled into the whirlwind. Thank you for the reminder.</span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Lily's feint is successful, so Esperanza and Thorek can get AoO on the Ironfang Guardian.
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Thorek can also roll to potentially confirm the critical on his second attack.</span></p>[dice=Guardian second Reflex Save vs Whirlwind]1d20+7[/dice]
Okay, so the Ironfang Guardian near Daria took damage from the whirlwind but avoids being pulled into the whirlwind. Thank you for the reminder.
Lily's feint is successful, so Esperanza and Thorek can get AoO on the Ironfang Guardian.
Thorek can also roll to potentially confirm the critical on his second attack.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-09T19:05:03ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Saga of a New LandDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivkh6/gameplay&page=67#33442024-03-09T12:40:48Z2024-03-09T12:31:06Z<p>The mound that previously served as the "spirit hut" has a deserted, run-down look to it. The mud is dried and cracked, and no smoke issues from its chimney hole.</p>
<p>Inside, you find the boy, Tig, alive but terrified, cowering against the side of the mud mound, crying into his arms.</p>
<p>A small pile of treasure, perhaps presented as offerings to the false spirit guardian, occupies the center of the packed dirt floor. A well-made, blackened spear and some animal skins are most prominent among the smaller coins and trinkets.</p>The mound that previously served as the "spirit hut" has a deserted, run-down look to it. The mud is dried and cracked, and no smoke issues from its chimney hole.
Inside, you find the boy, Tig, alive but terrified, cowering against the side of the mud mound, crying into his arms.
A small pile of treasure, perhaps presented as offerings to the false spirit guardian, occupies the center of the packed dirt floor. A well-made, blackened spear and some animal skins are most prominent among the...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-09T12:31:06ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Strength and Fear: An Ustalavic Kingmaker CampaignDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivki9/gameplay&page=48#23782024-03-09T12:30:53Z2024-03-09T12:25:32Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>@Kain, yes I did get confused with the names, too. Thank you for the reminder.</span></p>
<p>Whisperfall Vultures, a common enough creature in the Belkzen, are predators rather than scavengers, unlike their vulture cousins found in other regions. Thus, it is not too unusual for them to attack like this, especially in a larger flock.</p>
<p>However, with the flood road turning into a river and bringing new seasonal game to the region, this may also be increasing their aggression, compelling them to grab food while it's plentiful. Similarly, with much of the flood plains around Urgir occupied by thousands upon thousands of orcs, the vultures may have been more inclined to hunt near your comparatively smaller group. The fact that they initially targeted smaller prey like Mishka shows that they were opportunistically hunting less dangerous game at first.</p>@Kain, yes I did get confused with the names, too. Thank you for the reminder.
Whisperfall Vultures, a common enough creature in the Belkzen, are predators rather than scavengers, unlike their vulture cousins found in other regions. Thus, it is not too unusual for them to attack like this, especially in a larger flock.
However, with the flood road turning into a river and bringing new seasonal game to the region, this may also be increasing their aggression, compelling them to grab food...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-09T12:25:32ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Hollow's Revolution (Blue Side)DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/HollowsRevolutionBlueSide/gameplay&page=50#24862024-03-07T16:10:48Z2024-03-07T16:04:53Z<p>The watchman complies, convinced by Layla's demeanor. He first retrieves his commander and the rest of the inn's household guards, many quickly being roused from their beds.</p>
<p>They then retrieve Mierson Berekland, head of the family and owner of the Gold Falls Inn, who is quite curious to learn what sort of disturbance has caused the commotion around his home and livelihood.</p>The watchman complies, convinced by Layla's demeanor. He first retrieves his commander and the rest of the inn's household guards, many quickly being roused from their beds.
They then retrieve Mierson Berekland, head of the family and owner of the Gold Falls Inn, who is quite curious to learn what sort of disturbance has caused the commotion around his home and livelihood.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-07T16:04:53ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Night of Iron FangsDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/TheIronfangInvasionTrailOfTheHunted/gameplay&page=116#57612024-03-07T15:42:57Z2024-03-07T15:38:37Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>Thorek delivers his opening strike upon one of the Ironfang bodyguards.</p>
<p>Kosseruk pulls out one more scroll, evading a swing from Esperanza's glaive as she chants its text, and the commander unleashes a fireball right beside where Lily stands.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I've added a token to mark where Kosseruk's fireball scroll detonates; it should catch the whole party while avoiding the Ironfangs. It deals 12 fire damage, but you can make a DC 15 Reflex Save for half.</span></p>
<p>Esperanza also lays into the wounded guardian with her glaive, but she takes a nasty hit during the counterattack.</p>
<p>The other guardian begins swinging his flail at Daria.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>The first attack roll on Daria is a 20 for potentially 10 damage, while the second is a 22 for potentially 17 damage.</span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Lily, Daria, and Thorek are up again.</span></p>[Spoiler omitted]
Thorek delivers his opening strike upon one of the Ironfang bodyguards.
Kosseruk pulls out one more scroll, evading a swing from Esperanza's glaive as she chants its text, and the commander unleashes a fireball right beside where Lily stands.
I've added a token to mark where Kosseruk's fireball scroll detonates; it should catch the whole party while avoiding the Ironfangs. It deals 12 fire damage, but you can make a DC 15 Reflex Save for half.
Esperanza also lays into...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-07T15:38:37ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: War for the Crown with GM Placeholder of DoomDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WarForTheCrownWithGMPlaceholderOfDoom/gameplay&page=79#39122024-03-05T15:00:47Z2024-03-05T14:49:11Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>We're finally feeling better over here, so it's time to get back to it!</span></p>
<p>Amandine finds that the clothing importer/exporter Lady Gewbell has her finger on the pulse of the common people of Yanmass much more than her fellow councilors, making it clear that she is an excellent source of other perspectives.</p>
<p>Besides worrying about the citizens plagued by horrible dreams, Lady Gewbell also mentions a local conspiracy theorist named Caradinna Farkin, a woman who has long been known to make erratic proclamations about the "secret masters" in town.</p>
<p><b>"Farkin had become increasingly insistent of late,"</b> Gewbell mentions, <b>"Even accosting some of my fellow councilors in the streets. However, she hasn't been seen in at least two days. I wonder whether she inadvertently stumbled upon some genuine clues."</b></p>
<p>Gewbell also mentions, in passing, a rumor she overheard that someone is hiding out in Hedge Hill, the city's largest public park. She adds, <b>"Anyone lurking there must be hiding from something important."</b></p>
<p>....</p>
<p>Earl Merkondus betrays no sign of recognizing Amandine from the Tanager Jubilee. He welcomes the conversation, but returns the cordiality with imperiousness and rudeness.</p>
<p><b>"Yanmass is a fine city, which is why I don't mind that the responsibility for rescuing its people falls upon <i>my</i> shoulders. My personal team of troubleshooters, the Kozan Bravos, are already actively on the case to solve the city's problems. It's little surprise that the Loyalists ignored the plight of good Taldan people until the problem grew so wretched; we Imperialists have the matter well in hand, I assure you."</b></p>
<p>Upon mention of Sir Dratavis, the earl sighs and removes his circlet in a show of respect.</p>
<p><b>"I had heard that Sir Dratavis had grown increasingly despondent as he spent time working towards his master's ends in Yanmass, before finally vanishing. I fear the poor diplomat had begun to uncover how much of a criminal and fraud Eutropia is, and he fled into the plains in shame rather than be associated any longer with the woman who is tearing the nation apart."</b></p>We're finally feeling better over here, so it's time to get back to it!
Amandine finds that the clothing importer/exporter Lady Gewbell has her finger on the pulse of the common people of Yanmass much more than her fellow councilors, making it clear that she is an excellent source of other perspectives.
Besides worrying about the citizens plagued by horrible dreams, Lady Gewbell also mentions a local conspiracy theorist named Caradinna Farkin, a woman who has long been known to make erratic...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-05T14:49:11ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Night of Iron FangsDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/TheIronfangInvasionTrailOfTheHunted/gameplay&page=116#57592024-03-05T05:50:47Z2024-03-05T05:40:51Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>We're all finally feeling better over here. Time to get back to it!</span></p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>One last bolt of lightning from the sky forces the phalanx to break ranks and retreat among their own encampment in a mockery of an organized withdrawal.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Daria's whirlwind buffets one of the guardians against the black stone walls of the tower.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>With the phalanx troop scattered, Thorek is up next.</span></p>We're all finally feeling better over here. Time to get back to it!
[Spoiler omitted]
One last bolt of lightning from the sky forces the phalanx to break ranks and retreat among their own encampment in a mockery of an organized withdrawal.
Meanwhile, Daria's whirlwind buffets one of the guardians against the black stone walls of the tower.
With the phalanx troop scattered, Thorek is up next.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-05T05:40:51ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Strength and Fear: An Ustalavic Kingmaker CampaignDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivki9/gameplay&page=48#23752024-03-05T22:43:31Z2024-03-05T03:21:19Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>We're all finally feeling better over here. Time to get back to it!</span></p>
<p>...</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Vulture will save vs slumber:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11</span></p>
<p>Valeska's starknife shears the wing from one of the vultures, leaving it a prime target for Leta to finish with her bow.</p>
<p>Bashuk roasts another, and Silverwing swoops in from the side to gobble one up in practically a single snap.</p>
<p>The very last one collapses into a deep sleep thanks to Nadiya's hex, bringing an end to this dusk-time disturbance.</p>We're all finally feeling better over here. Time to get back to it!
...
[dice=Vulture will save vs slumber]1d20+1[/dice]
Valeska's starknife shears the wing from one of the vultures, leaving it a prime target for Leta to finish with her bow.
Bashuk roasts another, and Silverwing swoops in from the side to gobble one up in practically a single snap.
The very last one collapses into a deep sleep thanks to Nadiya's hex, bringing an end to this dusk-time disturbance.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-05T03:21:19ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Saga of a New LandDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivkh6/gameplay&page=67#33382024-03-05T03:10:50Z2024-03-05T03:03:19Z<p>With the magic and blessings upon them, Orlog and Lord Christian bring low the foul creature that has been manipulating the iruxi tribe and causing so much misery in this stretch of the Narlmarches.</p>
<p>Even before Vesket can rediscover his courage and intervene, the iruxi warriors hustle forward to leash the caimans and keep them from drawing the party's ire back upon the tribe.</p>With the magic and blessings upon them, Orlog and Lord Christian bring low the foul creature that has been manipulating the iruxi tribe and causing so much misery in this stretch of the Narlmarches.
Even before Vesket can rediscover his courage and intervene, the iruxi warriors hustle forward to leash the caimans and keep them from drawing the party's ire back upon the tribe.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-05T03:03:19ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Kingmaker: Once upon a time in Golarion vol. 1DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/OnceUponATimeInGolarion/gameplay&page=125#62232024-03-05T03:00:46Z2024-03-05T02:55:20Z<p>Katrine's reward for Storm has grim symmetry within this main hall. You find that the small, headless body atop the stone table is the remains of a luckless halfling trader caught by the trolls, and the one you just slew had been feeding bits of the trader to the trollhounds.</p>
<p>The room to the north, whatever role it may have originally served, has been turned into a kennel by the trolls. Three thick chains are bolted to the northern wall, and the floor is covered with bones, half-eaten rotting meat, and mounds of foul-smelling dung.</p>
<p>South of the main hall, you find a storeroom. Stacked boxes, barrels, crates, and bags fill this room from floor to ceiling and line the crude wooden shelves along the walls. A rough hole gapes in the southern wall, leading deeper into the hillside.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>The goods stored here, including foodstuffs, lumber, mundane tools, household supplies, bolts of cloth, and so on, are worth a total of 4 BP to aid in building a kingdom, but it would take several full wagonloads to transport all of the supplies to civilization.</span></p>Katrine's reward for Storm has grim symmetry within this main hall. You find that the small, headless body atop the stone table is the remains of a luckless halfling trader caught by the trolls, and the one you just slew had been feeding bits of the trader to the trollhounds.
The room to the north, whatever role it may have originally served, has been turned into a kennel by the trolls. Three thick chains are bolted to the northern wall, and the floor is covered with bones, half-eaten...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-05T02:55:20ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Hollow's Revolution (Blue Side)DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/HollowsRevolutionBlueSide/gameplay&page=50#24822024-03-05T02:50:47Z2024-03-05T02:45:11Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Thank you for your well wishes. My family and I are recovering and doing much better now.</span></p>
<p>Cresting the cliffside and returning topside, you find the scene at the Gold Falls Inn to be deceptively serene. The horses snort and shift in their stables and the other animals doze in their paddock, utterly unperturbed by the deadly deeds carried out by the Redrock Guild infiltrators this night.</p>
<p>The horses perk up curiously when you enter the stable to investigate the claims made by the executed criminals. You find the jewelry and curios taken from the murdered Kalistocrat merchants hidden in the stable's hayloft, so at least one of the men did not die a liar.</p>
<p>One of the Bereklands' nightwatchmen accosts you, demanding to know what business has you poking around so late at night.</p>Thank you for your well wishes. My family and I are recovering and doing much better now.
Cresting the cliffside and returning topside, you find the scene at the Gold Falls Inn to be deceptively serene. The horses snort and shift in their stables and the other animals doze in their paddock, utterly unperturbed by the deadly deeds carried out by the Redrock Guild infiltrators this night.
The horses perk up curiously when you enter the stable to investigate the claims made by the executed...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-03-05T02:45:11ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Hollow's Revolution DiscussionDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/HollowsRevolutionBlueSide/discussion&page=9#4462024-02-29T23:10:48Z2024-02-29T23:02:42Z<p>Message for all my games:</p>
<p>The flu has fallen upon my family, hitting me and my daughter especially hard.</p>
<p>I'm going to take the weekend off to recover and look after my little girl, so I'll check back in with you on Monday to let you know how we're doing.</p>
<p>Thank you for your understanding.</p>Message for all my games:
The flu has fallen upon my family, hitting me and my daughter especially hard.
I'm going to take the weekend off to recover and look after my little girl, so I'll check back in with you on Monday to let you know how we're doing.
Thank you for your understanding.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-29T23:02:42ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: The Ironfang Invasion: Trail of the Hunted DiscussionDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/TheIronfangInvasionTrailOfTheHunted/discussion&page=30#14672024-03-01T22:36:49Z2024-02-29T23:02:30Z<p>Message for all my games:</p>
<p>The flu has fallen upon my family, hitting me and my daughter especially hard.</p>
<p>I'm going to take the weekend off to recover and look after my little girl, so I'll check back in with you on Monday to let you know how we're doing.</p>
<p>Thank you for your understanding.</p>Message for all my games:
The flu has fallen upon my family, hitting me and my daughter especially hard.
I'm going to take the weekend off to recover and look after my little girl, so I'll check back in with you on Monday to let you know how we're doing.
Thank you for your understanding.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-29T23:02:30ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Kingmaker: Once Upon a Time in Golarion DiscussionDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/OnceUponATimeInGolarion/discussion&page=39#19412024-02-29T23:10:48Z2024-02-29T23:02:01Z<p>Message for all my games:</p>
<p>The flu has fallen upon my family, hitting me and my daughter especially hard.</p>
<p>I'm going to take the weekend off to recover and look after my little girl, so I'll check back in with you on Monday to let you know how we're doing.</p>
<p>Thank you for your understanding.</p>Message for all my games:
The flu has fallen upon my family, hitting me and my daughter especially hard.
I'm going to take the weekend off to recover and look after my little girl, so I'll check back in with you on Monday to let you know how we're doing.
Thank you for your understanding.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-29T23:02:01ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Saga of a New Land DiscussionDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivkh6/discussion&page=16#7642024-03-04T18:19:01Z2024-02-29T23:01:46Z<p>Message for all my games:</p>
<p>The flu has fallen upon my family, hitting me and my daughter especially hard.</p>
<p>I'm going to take the weekend off to recover and look after my little girl, so I'll check back in with you on Monday to let you know how we're doing.</p>
<p>Thank you for your understanding.</p>Message for all my games:
The flu has fallen upon my family, hitting me and my daughter especially hard.
I'm going to take the weekend off to recover and look after my little girl, so I'll check back in with you on Monday to let you know how we're doing.
Thank you for your understanding.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-29T23:01:46ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Ustalavic Kingmaker DiscussionDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivki9/discussion&page=24#11852024-03-01T22:40:53Z2024-02-29T23:01:34Z<p>Message for all my games:</p>
<p>The flu has fallen upon my family, hitting me and my daughter especially hard.</p>
<p>I'm going to take the weekend off to recover and look after my little girl, so I'll check back in with you on Monday to let you know how we're doing.</p>
<p>Thank you for your understanding.</p>Message for all my games:
The flu has fallen upon my family, hitting me and my daughter especially hard.
I'm going to take the weekend off to recover and look after my little girl, so I'll check back in with you on Monday to let you know how we're doing.
Thank you for your understanding.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-29T23:01:34ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: War for the Crown with GM Placeholder of Doom! DiscussionDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WarForTheCrownWithGMPlaceholderOfDoom/discussion&page=28#13992024-02-29T23:10:48Z2024-02-29T23:01:21Z<p>Message for all my games:</p>
<p>The flu has fallen upon my family, hitting me and my daughter especially hard.</p>
<p>I'm going to take the weekend off to recover and look after my little girl, so I'll check back in with you on Monday to let you know how we're doing.</p>
<p>Thank you for your understanding.</p>Message for all my games:
The flu has fallen upon my family, hitting me and my daughter especially hard.
I'm going to take the weekend off to recover and look after my little girl, so I'll check back in with you on Monday to let you know how we're doing.
Thank you for your understanding.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-29T23:01:21ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Kingmaker: Once upon a time in Golarion vol. 1DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/OnceUponATimeInGolarion/gameplay&page=125#62152024-02-27T18:52:53Z2024-02-27T18:41:36Z<p>Two more swings from Stayven and Ahto bring the troll down to its knees, where it wobbles precariously. If it wasn't already dead, then Faerin's magic stone makes sure of it as it strikes the brute's big, green head and finally knocks it down to the ground. Pelipe's acid keeps the most severe of its injuries from sealing up.</p>
<p>Katrine, Pelipe, and Storm make short work of the last trollhound, which already seems befuddled by the loss of its master and packmates.</p>Two more swings from Stayven and Ahto bring the troll down to its knees, where it wobbles precariously. If it wasn't already dead, then Faerin's magic stone makes sure of it as it strikes the brute's big, green head and finally knocks it down to the ground. Pelipe's acid keeps the most severe of its injuries from sealing up.
Katrine, Pelipe, and Storm make short work of the last trollhound, which already seems befuddled by the loss of its master and packmates.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-27T18:41:36ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Night of Iron FangsDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/TheIronfangInvasionTrailOfTheHunted/gameplay&page=116#57562024-02-27T04:50:47Z2024-02-27T04:45:34Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>Esperanza crosses the threshold of the command post and moves to threaten the commander and her bodyguards.</p>
<p>One of the bodyguards summons a spiritual weapon to strike at Esperanza from behind, while the other calls upon their god's power to enhance the potency of his own strikes. However, Esperanza manages to gracefully dodge all these attacks.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>At the top of the new round, Lily and Daria are up next.</span></p>[Spoiler omitted]
Esperanza crosses the threshold of the command post and moves to threaten the commander and her bodyguards.
One of the bodyguards summons a spiritual weapon to strike at Esperanza from behind, while the other calls upon their god's power to enhance the potency of his own strikes. However, Esperanza manages to gracefully dodge all these attacks.
At the top of the new round, Lily and Daria are up next.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-27T04:45:34ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Kingmaker: Once upon a time in Golarion vol. 1DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/OnceUponATimeInGolarion/gameplay&page=125#62112024-02-27T04:40:49Z2024-02-27T04:28:29Z<p>The second trollhound falls to Storm, who proves who is the superior hound.
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His mistress, meanwhile, begins riddling the trollhounds' own master with arrows.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Trollhound bite vs Stayven:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11</span></p>
<p>The last trollhound makes a very fruitless snap of its jaws at Stayven.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Stayven, Ahto, and Faerin are up next.
<br />
Let's see if you can finish the troll before it can make one last set of attacks.</span></p>The second trollhound falls to Storm, who proves who is the superior hound.
His mistress, meanwhile, begins riddling the trollhounds' own master with arrows.
[dice=Trollhound bite vs Stayven]1d20+8[/dice]
The last trollhound makes a very fruitless snap of its jaws at Stayven.
Stayven, Ahto, and Faerin are up next.
Let's see if you can finish the troll before it can make one last set of attacks.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-27T04:28:29ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Kingmaker: Once Upon a Time in Golarion DiscussionDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/OnceUponATimeInGolarion/discussion&page=39#19382024-02-27T04:30:47Z2024-02-27T04:25:20Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Katrine Thalian wrote:</div><blockquote> If the trollhound dies to attack 1 or 2, can Katrine aim attack 3 at the troll? </blockquote><p>Since the trollhound would go down to Storm's attack, is it okay if I have all three of your shots go on the troll? Two of them would hit.Katrine Thalian wrote:If the trollhound dies to attack 1 or 2, can Katrine aim attack 3 at the troll?
Since the trollhound would go down to Storm's attack, is it okay if I have all three of your shots go on the troll? Two of them would hit.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-27T04:25:20ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Saga of a New LandDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivkh6/gameplay&page=67#33332024-02-27T04:20:47Z2024-02-27T04:16:52Z<p>Orlog swings with incredible might, but the accursed creatures swerves aside to avoid his warhammer.</p>
<p>Syretia uses her magic to hasten the party, in hopes that - together - you can overwhelm the will o' wisp.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Botting Syretia to cast Haste on the whole party.
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Since her initiative slot is before Brandt, this means his first arrow would actually hit and he would get an extra shot.</span></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Brandt hasted attack:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 10 + 1 = 30</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Damage:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8</span></p>
<p>With help from Syretia's magic, two of Brandt's arrows make contact and injure the glowing foe.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>One of King Vesket's pet blood caimans snaps its jaws and slaps its tail at the will o' wisp in vain, while the other does the same to Orlog with no more effect.</p>
<p>However, the will o' wisp discharges another bolt of electricity and zaps Orlog.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>It deals 10 electric damage to Orlog.
<br />
The party is up again, and you are all Hasted.</span></p>Orlog swings with incredible might, but the accursed creatures swerves aside to avoid his warhammer.
Syretia uses her magic to hasten the party, in hopes that - together - you can overwhelm the will o' wisp.
Botting Syretia to cast Haste on the whole party.
Since her initiative slot is before Brandt, this means his first arrow would actually hit and he would get an extra shot.
[dice=Brandt hasted attack]1d20+10+1[/dice]
[dice=Damage]1d8+3[/dice]
With help from Syretia's magic, two of...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-27T04:16:52ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Saga of a New LandDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivkh6/gameplay&page=67#33312024-02-26T19:40:47Z2024-02-26T19:29:20Z<p>Only one of Brandt's arrows come close to making contact with the darting will o' wisp, but its innate magic protection deflects the shot.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I'll bot Orlog and Syretia tonight, if need be, to move the fight along.</span></p>Only one of Brandt's arrows come close to making contact with the darting will o' wisp, but its innate magic protection deflects the shot.
I'll bot Orlog and Syretia tonight, if need be, to move the fight along.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-26T19:29:20ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: War for the Crown with GM Placeholder of DoomDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WarForTheCrownWithGMPlaceholderOfDoom/gameplay&page=79#39102024-02-26T02:30:49Z2024-02-26T02:26:13Z<p>Of all the issues affecting Yanmass of late, Lady Rauls' greatest concerns are the Qadiran bandits operating in the area and the disappearance of the Taldan Horse regiment. Of course, her concerns are born out of the impact on her business contracts with the Taldan Horse and the lack of protection for her caravans.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, she provides Greenly with some potential leads for investigating the missing cavalry and the bandits.</p>Of all the issues affecting Yanmass of late, Lady Rauls' greatest concerns are the Qadiran bandits operating in the area and the disappearance of the Taldan Horse regiment. Of course, her concerns are born out of the impact on her business contracts with the Taldan Horse and the lack of protection for her caravans.
Nevertheless, she provides Greenly with some potential leads for investigating the missing cavalry and the bandits.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-26T02:26:13ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Strength and Fear: An Ustalavic Kingmaker CampaignDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivki9/gameplay&page=48#23702024-02-25T15:40:47Z2024-02-25T15:30:49Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>One of the vultures may as well be a cooked goose when it is struck down by Bashuk's fiery blast.</p>
<p>Kain quickly mounts Valere, and Silverwing swoops down behind the flock of vultures and attempts to spook them with a screech.</p>
<p>Miruna conjures a spiritual weapon that cuts some feathers and leathery hide from one of the birds. Sasha then finishes off that vulture with teeth and claws.</p>
<p>The remaining four vultures swarm around Sasha and peck at the eidolon but fail to harm the countess' companion.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Valeska can act at the end of the initiative order, then the rest of the party can act again at the start of the new round.</span></p>[Spoiler omitted]
[Spoiler omitted]
One of the vultures may as well be a cooked goose when it is struck down by Bashuk's fiery blast.
Kain quickly mounts Valere, and Silverwing swoops down behind the flock of vultures and attempts to spook them with a screech.
Miruna conjures a spiritual weapon that cuts some feathers and leathery hide from one of the birds. Sasha then finishes off that vulture with teeth and claws.
The remaining four vultures swarm around Sasha and peck at the eidolon...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-25T15:30:49ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Kingmaker: Once upon a time in Golarion vol. 1DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/OnceUponATimeInGolarion/gameplay&page=125#62082024-02-25T01:42:43Z2024-02-25T01:36:38Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>Faerin's acidic nettles continue to burn the troll and one of his hounds as Katrine's arrows sink into the trollhound battling Storm.</p>
<p>As Ahto gets into position and Faerin casts a new spell, Stayven deeply buries the head of his handaxe into the troll's gut. The big green brute does not take this well, and he again turns his teeth and claws upon the cartographer. One overwhelming swipe does catch him, but he evades the rest of the sharp strikes.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>A non-confirmed Nat 20 deals 6 damage to Stayven.
<br />
Katrine and Pelipe are up again.</span></p>[Spoiler omitted]
Faerin's acidic nettles continue to burn the troll and one of his hounds as Katrine's arrows sink into the trollhound battling Storm.
As Ahto gets into position and Faerin casts a new spell, Stayven deeply buries the head of his handaxe into the troll's gut. The big green brute does not take this well, and he again turns his teeth and claws upon the cartographer. One overwhelming swipe does catch him, but he evades the rest of the sharp strikes.
A non-confirmed Nat 20...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-25T01:36:38ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Ustalavic Kingmaker DiscussionDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivki9/discussion&page=24#11832024-02-24T14:12:45Z2024-02-24T14:05:03Z<p>I've got the encounter map updated. Sorry for the delay.</p>
<p>The party starts on elevated ground near your campsite, while Sasha and Mishka start down the slope, surrounded by the flock of predatory vultures.</p>I've got the encounter map updated. Sorry for the delay.
The party starts on elevated ground near your campsite, while Sasha and Mishka start down the slope, surrounded by the flock of predatory vultures.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-24T14:05:03ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Strength and Fear: An Ustalavic Kingmaker CampaignDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivki9/gameplay&page=48#23652024-02-23T20:50:49Z2024-02-23T20:42:12Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Nadiya - Assuming 8+ hours of overland travel, I'm afraid the <i>mage armor</i> has faded.</span></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Whisperfall Vultures Initiative:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Vulture Fort Save:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10</span></p>
<p>Nadiya's silent scream sends one of the vultures crashing - hard - into the ground, dead even before it gouges a furrow into the soil.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I'll try to get a quick encounter map up tonight.</span></p>Nadiya - Assuming 8+ hours of overland travel, I'm afraid the mage armor has faded.
[dice=Whisperfall Vultures Initiative]1d20+2[/dice]
[dice=Vulture Fort Save]1d20+5[/dice]
Nadiya's silent scream sends one of the vultures crashing - hard - into the ground, dead even before it gouges a furrow into the soil.
I'll try to get a quick encounter map up tonight.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-23T20:42:12ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Ustalavic Kingmaker DiscussionDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivki9/discussion&page=24#11822024-02-23T20:41:42Z2024-02-23T20:37:47Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Bashuk Cinderhand wrote:</div><blockquote> Vayelan, would you like us to roll our own initiative and post actions? </blockquote><p>Yes, please.
<p>Apologies, I should have stated that clearly.</p>Bashuk Cinderhand wrote:Vayelan, would you like us to roll our own initiative and post actions?
Yes, please. Apologies, I should have stated that clearly.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-23T20:37:47ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Kingmaker: Once upon a time in Golarion vol. 1DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/OnceUponATimeInGolarion/gameplay&page=125#62032024-02-23T20:40:48Z2024-02-23T20:36:56Z<p>Stayven's handaxe swing just catches the trollhound and digs into its warty hide, bringing the beast down.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Since that trollhound is downed, I moved Storm a little further forward so his attack can target a different trollhound.</span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Katrine, are your arrows aimed at the troll or one of the hounds?</span></p>
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<p>The two remaining trollhounds gnash their teeth at Stayven and Storm, respectively, but in both cases their jaws catch only empty air.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Stayven, Ahto, and Faerin are up next.</span></p>Stayven's handaxe swing just catches the trollhound and digs into its warty hide, bringing the beast down.
Since that trollhound is downed, I moved Storm a little further forward so his attack can target a different trollhound.
Katrine, are your arrows aimed at the troll or one of the hounds?
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The two remaining trollhounds gnash their teeth at Stayven and Storm, respectively, but in both cases their jaws catch only empty air.
Stayven, Ahto, and Faerin are up next.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-23T20:36:56ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: War for the Crown with GM Placeholder of DoomDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WarForTheCrownWithGMPlaceholderOfDoom/gameplay&page=79#39082024-02-23T20:10:48Z2024-02-23T20:05:49Z<p>Dro'gan learns that the lurid dreams - nightmares, really - that have plagued many residents of Yanmass tend to revolve around unbridled lust and cannibalism.</p>
<p>He even manages to get a few associate council members to admit that they are speaking from experience, having been tormented by such terrible dreams themselves. They fear becoming like the haunted-eyed citizens in the streets, terrified to fall asleep, or even worse - fall among the ranks of the poor, unfortunate souls who have ended their lives to escape the torment.</p>
<p>Furthermore, Dro'gan learns that the baron is absent because these dreams have actually left him incapacitated as surely as any physical ailment. What's more, he learns that while the baron has previously taken no formal stance on the succession crisis, there are rumors that he was favoring the Loyalist faction.</p>Dro'gan learns that the lurid dreams - nightmares, really - that have plagued many residents of Yanmass tend to revolve around unbridled lust and cannibalism.
He even manages to get a few associate council members to admit that they are speaking from experience, having been tormented by such terrible dreams themselves. They fear becoming like the haunted-eyed citizens in the streets, terrified to fall asleep, or even worse - fall among the ranks of the poor, unfortunate souls who have ended...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-23T20:05:49ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Saga of a New LandDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivkh6/gameplay&page=67#33292024-02-23T17:02:04Z2024-02-23T16:58:20Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
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<p>The will o' wisp shocks Vesket again before Christian can help the iruxi leader up and issue his challenge to the glowing, floating foe. However, once he's back on his feet, Vesket decides he will stand behind you - and he withdraws from the skull-shaped will o' wisp and takes shelter among his consorts and subjects to the east.</p>
<p>Bydar lays his divine protection upon Lord Christian in anticipation of the creature turning its attention upon him.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Orlog, Syretia, and Brandt can act next.</span></p>[Spoiler omitted]
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The will o' wisp shocks Vesket again before Christian can help the iruxi leader up and issue his challenge to the glowing, floating foe. However, once he's back on his feet, Vesket decides he will stand behind you - and he withdraws from the skull-shaped will o' wisp and takes shelter among his consorts and subjects to the east.
Bydar lays his divine protection upon Lord Christian in anticipation of the creature turning its attention upon him.
Orlog,...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-23T16:58:20ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Kingmaker: Once upon a time in Golarion vol. 1DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/OnceUponATimeInGolarion/gameplay&page=124#61992024-02-20T20:51:02Z2024-02-20T20:45:13Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>@Stayven: That would actually just barely hit, so go ahead and roll for damage.</span></p>
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<p>The troll, angered by the burst of nettles, takes one big step forward and attempts to tear apart Stayven - the first foe in his path - with his teeth and claws.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>If a 23 hits, Stayven takes 13 damage from the troll's bite. The two claw attacks miss.
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Katrine and then Pelipe can act next.</span></p>@Stayven: That would actually just barely hit, so go ahead and roll for damage.
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The troll, angered by the burst of nettles, takes one big step forward and attempts to tear apart Stayven - the first foe in his path - with his teeth and claws.
If a 23 hits, Stayven takes 13 damage from the troll's bite. The two claw attacks miss.
Katrine and then Pelipe can act next.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-20T20:45:13ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Night of Iron FangsDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/TheIronfangInvasionTrailOfTheHunted/gameplay&page=116#57552024-02-20T20:41:02Z2024-02-20T20:36:15Z<p>Hearing Thorek's heavy boots and armor clanging just outside the door of the command post, Kosseruk draws a scroll and casts one more spell upon herself to prepare.</p>
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<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Esperanza is up next.</span></p>Hearing Thorek's heavy boots and armor clanging just outside the door of the command post, Kosseruk draws a scroll and casts one more spell upon herself to prepare.
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Esperanza is up next.DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-20T20:36:15ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Hollow's Revolution (Blue Side)DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/HollowsRevolutionBlueSide/gameplay&page=50#24752024-02-20T20:11:02Z2024-02-20T20:05:15Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>The deaths, as promised, are quick and painless for the Redrock thugs - although the third and final one is surprisingly resilient, and Miya fears that a second strike may be needed, but the life quickly slips from him, too.</p>
<p>Death has visited the Gold Falls many times this night, since the Redrockers' victims still lie in their beds up in the inn, not far from the unsuspecting, hapless Berekland family who run the historic business.</p>
<p>Alerting the Bereklands to what has happened beneath their roof - and beneath their inn - without causing them too much panic will require a fair amount of tact.</p>[Spoiler omitted]
The deaths, as promised, are quick and painless for the Redrock thugs - although the third and final one is surprisingly resilient, and Miya fears that a second strike may be needed, but the life quickly slips from him, too.
Death has visited the Gold Falls many times this night, since the Redrockers' victims still lie in their beds up in the inn, not far from the unsuspecting, hapless Berekland family who run the historic business.
Alerting the Bereklands to what has...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-20T20:05:15ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Saga of a New LandDM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivkh6/gameplay&page=67#33252024-02-20T09:30:46Z2024-02-20T09:22:26Z<p>The iruxi villagers and their warriors are clearly cowed, ashamed of what they have done. Even King Vesket appears on the verge of tears, or the closest approximation from his biology.</p>
<p>The moment is shattered by a bright green flash of light.</p>
<p>A luminescent iruxi skull hovers just above and behind Vesket, and it screeches with a tinny voice that grates on your eardrums, but its ire is apparently aimed upon the iruxi leader.</p>
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<p>The glowing being delivers a powerful, painful shock to Vesket that drives the iruxi kind to his knees, leaving him twitching and howling in pain. Although the iruxi warriors brace themselves and stand at the ready with their weapons, the other villagers edge away and are a hair's breadth away from retreating into the shelter of their homes.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I've updated the encounter map.</span></p>The iruxi villagers and their warriors are clearly cowed, ashamed of what they have done. Even King Vesket appears on the verge of tears, or the closest approximation from his biology.
The moment is shattered by a bright green flash of light.
A luminescent iruxi skull hovers just above and behind Vesket, and it screeches with a tinny voice that grates on your eardrums, but its ire is apparently aimed upon the iruxi leader.
[Spoiler omitted]
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The glowing being delivers a...DM Vayelan (alias of vayelan)2024-02-20T09:22:26Z