Edrebertil "Bert" Blackwillow's page

DungeonmasterCal wrote:

Treeflip McRagequit wrote:

Just waiting for Arbor Day...

Ever spit take while eating Cheerios? HAVE YOU?

Do you know "What happens to a Dungeon Master when he gets hit by Cheerios?"

No, but if you hum a few bars I'll fake it.

Rose Blackburn wrote:

After being played to the end of Strange Aeons on Tabletop, I'm mostly a curiosity...

Much like me in War For the Crown

And me, in Shattered Star.

Brelar nods gravely, still pale and weak from the abysium radiation. "Thank you, Argust. We wouldn't have survived without your skill."

Bert grins. "Yeah! It's too bad we had to kill Xin, though. There's so much I could have learned from him. But I've got the flamma horacalcum, and plenty of time to explore this place. And I have to go back to Windsong Abbey, and Kaer Maga...so much to learn! So much to write about! But it won't be the same without you guys." He pauses, struck by a thought. "Oh, yeah! And I can go back home, visit my parents, and maybe they'll forgive me for skiving off in bard school. I mean, I managed to do a few things instead, right? Helping save the world from the ghost of Xin has to count for a little, I hope." The halfling looks a little worried.

Thanks for running, EF--this was a lot of fun, and I learned a lot about how best to run an AP on the boards. Argust, I'm with you--I'm going to miss this game. It's too bad Tek and Ziz couldn't be there at the finish, though. Thanks for stepping striding in, Bold Strider. Trying to run both Karn and Brelar would have been too much.

Finished in less than 5000 posts - EF, were you trying to hit that mark?

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YEAH! Go us!

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And I screwed up with the previous spell, and may have screwed up with this one. Since Brelar only has a lesser rod, it wouldn't have worked with fire snake (L5 spell). So it would have done fire damage instead of electrical damage. Also, do you use the spell level post-maximize to determine whether the rod will work?

Unless anyone has a better idea....

With Argust too close to the Reliquary for Brelar to unleash his most potent spell, the Kellid instead opts for a more localized attack. Three columns of lightning leap from his outstretched hand towards the wounded foe!

Casting maximized scorching ray through the lesser elemental rod (electricity).

Spell penetration check: 1d20 + 17 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 17 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 39

RTA #1, incl. blessing of fervor and good hope: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 2 + 2 = 30
RTA #2, incl. blessing of fervor and good hope: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 8 + 2 + 2 = 25
RTA #3, incl. blessing of fervor and good hope: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 2 + 2 = 18

Each successful hit does 24 points of electrical damage.

Waiting to see what shape the Reliquary is in before proposing Brelar's action.

What's the radius on the effect?

Bert sights carefully down the barrel of his trusty revolver and fires repeatedly at the Reliquary!

Using Clustered Shots again.

DA bullet #1, incl. PBS, good hope, and luck (add +2 if target is a construct): 1d20 + 17 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 17 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 38
DA bullet #2, incl. PBS, good hope, and luck (add +2 if target is a construct): 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 12 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 36
DA bullet #3, incl. PBS, good hope, and luck (add +2 if target is a construct): 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 24

DA bullet #1 damage, incl. PBS, good hope, luck, and grit: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 = 25
DA bullet #2 damage, incl. PBS, good hope, luck, and grit: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 = 23
DA bullet #3 damage, incl. PBS, good hope, luck, and grit: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 = 22

All bullets adamantine. Additional damage if target is a construct:
Bullet #1: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (3, 2) + 2 = 7
Bullet #2: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 5) + 2 = 9
Bullet #3: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 2) + 2 = 10

At least you got Brelar a little further from death's door.

Brelar: 66/69 HP

Unless someone else has a better idea, Brelar is going to cast fire snake through his lesser elemental magic rod (electricity). It looks like he can reach Xin without hitting anyone else.

Brelar pulls himself together. Still weakened by the toxic radiation, he calls on elemental power to blast the Reliquary!

Spell penetration check: 1d20 + 17 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 17 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 37
Electricity damage, DC 26 Reflex save for half: 15d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 4, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 5, 3, 5, 1, 2, 4, 5) = 48

As he looks around at his other two longtime companions and what the mad Emperor has done to them, Bert finally loses his habitual grin. He storms back into the room, drawing a breath that seems far too deep for his diminutive frame, and lets loose with an inarticulate howl of rage whose power is focused entirely on the Reliquary and its occupant.

Casting ki shout.

Sonic damage; DC 20 Fort save for half and to avoid being stunned for one round: 15d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 4, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 6, 1, 6, 3, 6, 5) = 49

Spell penetration check, if necessary: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30

Bert is shoved back 25'. CMD 26, so roll exceeds by 22; 5' + another 20' for exceeding by 22. I'll move him when I get to a computer that doesn't have Roll20 blocked.

Brelar Fort save, incl. good hope: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 11 + 2 = 20
Brelar Reflex save, incl. good hope: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 12 + 2 = 30

CON drain: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Well, excrement.

Gasping and vomiting, Brelar retreats along with Karn.

Brelar HP: 37/69 (normally 120)

Is the Reliquary walking? If so, Brelar would probably cast spiked pit.

ETA: Save that for next round.

DC 22 Fort save, incl. lingering luck and good hope: 1d20 + 15 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 15 + 4 + 2 = 40
DC 25 Reflex save: 1d20 ⇒ 20

Bert is merely staggered by the abysium radiation, and despite being slowed easily leaps clear of the electrical storm. Then he casts a spell to try to give Argust some hope of avoiding the inubrix darts.

Casting displacement.

Bert reloads and moves into the room behind Argust.

Brelar casts fireball to catch the two crystallises! crystalli?

Spell resistance check, if necessary: 1d20 + 17 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 17 + 4 = 23
Damage: 10d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 3, 5, 6, 3, 6, 2, 4, 2) = 38

DC 24 Reflex save for half.

Bert skips back a step and fires three more bullets at the most wounded crystallis, focusing his aim!

#1, incl. PBS, good hope, and lingering luck: 1d20 + 17 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 17 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 35
#2, incl. PBS, good hope, and lingering luck: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 12 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 23
#3, incl. PBS, good hope, and lingering luck: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 16

Good thing they're easy to hit!

Damage #1, incl. PBS, good hope, lingering luck, and grit: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 = 21
Damage #2, incl. PBS, good hope, lingering luck, and grit: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 = 24
Damage #2, incl. PBS, good hope, lingering luck, and grit: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 5 = 23

Using Clustered Shot again.

"Step back, Argust!"

Will define action once I see who's left standing and what the map looks like.

Argust had the Sihedron.

Sounds good to me!

Saving his construct bane bullets for the reliquary, Bert calls on his luck before taking careful aim at one of the crystallises and firing!

DA bullet #1, incl. PBS, good hope, and luck: 1d20 + 17 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 17 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 39
DA bullet #2, incl. PBS, good hope, and luck: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 12 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 32
DA bullet #3, incl. PBS, good hope, and luck: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 28

DA bullet #1 damage, incl. PBS, good hope, and luck: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 20
DA bullet #2 damage, incl. PBS, good hope, and luck: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 16
DA bullet #3 damage, incl. PBS, good hope, and luck: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 17

EF, for his L17 feat Bert took Clustered Shots, so total up his bullet damage and apply DR only once against the total.

"If we hurry, my good hope spell will still be running. Come on!"

"Brelar! Its armor needs to be completely destroyed--can you disintegrate it?"

If it's a book graveknight, I think you have to make a caster level check to get the spell off. They're nasty. Also, botting Brelar:

Before Karn can advance, the wizard casts a rapid abjuration, touching everyone except Argust. Touch range, sorry. Casting communal resist energy (fire); Karn, Bert, and Brelar now have resist fire 30.

Brelar can do something about the fire damage it's inflicting, at least. Bert still has an undead bane weapon, but mixing it up with the giant is probably a bad idea--his AC is worse than Argust's, and he couldn't survive a full attack sequence (even with fire resistance).

And I just noticed that I haven't leveled Bert yet! Probably archaeologist/15, just for a few more spells and slots.

I think the -4 is because it's using Power Attack, and if so both of the confirmations would miss.

Surfacing long enough to remind you that I'm largely incommunicado. Connectivity here is not good, and all I have atm is my phone. I'll be back Wednesday or Thursday.

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Get a clear spindle ioun stone and slot it into your wayfinder. The resonant power is kind of like protection from evil in how it blocks mental control effects.

If Xin is evil that property won't get you anything AIUI.

Since we'd retreated and reequipped before the marilith fight, I'd like to have Bert have picked up 50 +1 construct bane adamantine cartridges for his good pistol (total cost 11,050 gp). He wouldn't have used any of them against the marilith.

Karn and Argust already have +5 weapons, so they'll bypass substance-based DR.

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Going to GenCon?

With Lore Master, Bert can take 10 for a 41 Knowledge (Arcana) result.

Bert skips around the room, heedless of the shifting surface (+19 Acrobatics, and a +22 Reflex save), ooh-ing and aah-ing over the various items present while he jots notes to himself. As he goes, though, he starts slowing down and getting a bit more serious. "Uh-oh! Someone built a really tough construct here, and unless I'm really out to lunch it looks like the thing was set up to be driven by a captured soul--a really, really tough soul. After what the demon told us about Xin still being around, I bet it's his soul. The construct was made using all seven skymetals, too. Hmmm...think we should retreat and get some more stuff before we come back here and take it on?"

EF--would we be able to do that without messing things up at this stage?

Waiting to see if the demon is still upright.

I'm going to be traveling from 8/5 to 8/11, and am unlikely to be able to connect.

Bert shrugs. "Sorry about this. But we all knew it was going to come to a fight." Hecalls on his luck, then casts his usual good hope!

If it helps to move things along, Bert will expend a use of Lore Master to take 20 on a Knowledge (Arcana) check to figure out how to break the binding (or whether that's a good idea), giving him a 51.

"Oh, so he's awake? We weren't sure if this wasn't just some kind of automatic response. Good to know, thanks! So, how are you bound here?"

Bert glances over at where the Sihedron is floating behind Argust's head, then back at the demon. "Quite a lot, actually! The aboleths dropped a moon on Azlant, ruined Thassilon as collateral damage and ushered in the Age of Darkness, the dwarves pushed the orcs up from the Darklands on the Quest for Sky...." Bert will continue his lecture, doubtless to the boredom of Argust. "...and then Aroden died, prophecy failed (though I saw a really neat prophecy of that in an old temple to Groetus), and now we're in the Age of Lost Omens. Oh, and the nation that used to be under Aroden's aegis is now controlled by devil worshipers. And there's some reason to believe that at least one of the Runelords is still around."

We're going to dose up on antitoxin before we go in, I think.

"Hi, Belmedra!" Bert looks pained for a moment, then presses on. "We're Pathfinders, here trying to figure out what's going on with the clockworks that invaded Magnimar, and we've been exploring the island. This is the last of Xin's vaults that we've found."

"Sure! I don't see that any of us need the noqual for anything. I might want some bullets made from it, though, in case we fight something with heavy magical defenses."

"Pick them up, and let's use the wayfinder to get us back to Magnimar. We can probably get someone to cast a stone to flesh spell there easily enough."

Bert skips back a step and shoots at the crystalline creature three times in rapid succession!

Shot #1, incl. PBS and luck: 1d20 + 16 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 16 + 1 + 4 = 29
Shot #2, incl. PBS and luck: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 11 + 1 + 4 = 19
Shot #3, incl. PBS and luck: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 1 + 4 = 30

Damage #1, incl. PBS and luck: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 + 4 = 16
Damage #2, incl. PBS and luck: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 + 4 = 16
Damage #3, incl. PBS and luck: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 1 + 4 = 15

I don't see anything on Karn's sheet that'd give him an additional +3, and Brelar's rolls were bad enough that unless he's got immunity to petrification (which I don't see anywhere) he's stoned.

DC 24 Fort save: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24
DC 24 Fort save: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25

Bert feels the transformation begin to solidify his body, but his natural good fortune narrowly saves him. "Uh-oh! This isn't going to be good." The halfling calls on his luck and waits to see the results of Argust's flurry of attacks before choosing a target.

Waiting to see if it's still standing after that.

Bert calls on his luck and shoots the creature!

DA bullet, incl. PBS and luck: 1d20 + 16 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 16 + 1 + 4 = 23
DA bullet, incl. PBS and luck: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 11 + 1 + 4 = 22
DA bullet, incl. PBS and luck: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 1 + 4 = 12

o_o. Good thing it's a reliable revolver.

Damage 1, incl. PBS and luck: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 1 + 4 = 14
Damage 2, incl. PBS and luck: 1d6 + 7 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 + 4 = 16

Had a very busy week myself--last week we had five rad-related incidents at work, including a small uptake. I've been working on the investigations.

"Watch out--use acid! That's the only element they have trouble with."

You'll need an SR check, too.