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because Olansa Terimor as the final boss kinda... sucks and is severly underpowered, I made a new stat block, for her final form. basically, first I ran the combat almost as written - just substituing astradaemons with agents of the gray queen (aka stronger astradaemons) and not having her cast spells and after 'defeating' her, I made them fight the true Olansa: https://imgur.com/a/ro1krBl
Character name: Gram
The Gory Details: The party got into a fight with Meyanda's goons and dispatched them handidly, except... one of the ratfolk managed to escape, avoided an AoO and opened the door to the chapel, pulling Gruethur the gargoyle into the fight. Gram bravely charged forward, even though he was already injured and wounded. The gargoyle was brought down to near death easily enough, but Gram in his last turn decided to go for the finishing blow instead of putting his dueling dance up. His did not live long enough to regret it. At least not the first time, as the party had the raise dead scroll and used it immediately. Character name: Gram
The Gory Details: Furkas Xoud was really upset that the party stole his spellbooks, so when they got into Lab 0 he unleashed all he had. Gram fell very quickly to a crit failed Phantasmal Killer. Character name: Talavarik
The Gory Details: After Gram's death, the party decided to pull out, and while most of them had the means and/or the speed to do that, Talavarik did not, or at least his means and/or speed were the worst. Furkas chased him down and Telekinetic Projectile'd him to death.
Who: Acacia, Gnoll Laughing Shadow Magus
Don't hoard your focus points folks!
tl;dr: 4 > 5 = 6 > 2 >>> 3 >> 1 The story in 1 is just silly, with the call for heroes, goblins a few miles from the town unable to contact anyone. the big boss ralldar comes out of nowhere (but is cool) and the real boss is a wimp (and also kind of comes out of nowhere). 3 would be good with some more roleplaying/investigating stuff, but as it stands, it's a (mostly) linear sequence of battles. Quarry was fine, though. 2 is welcome change of pace, with both RP opportunities, hexcrawling, and cool combats (the dreaded mine especially). 6 is fun, the gauntlet at the beginning is challenging, the intrigue in promise a nice culmination, mengkare one of the best villains of Pathfinder, and the final chapter just OK (Dahak being way underpowered, though). 5 is great. It fleshes out Katapesh nicely (much better than Kintargo in 3 was), subquests there are fun (especially the camel one), and Red Pyramid is a well-designed dungeon. 4 is even better - Saggorak/Kovlar is an amazing place and the intrigue there well designed. Veshurimix is a cool villain too. My players' opinions vary. Each one of them preferred a different book (including 3, 4, and 2 - but I changed a lot in 3 as a GM).
it's me again! Name of PC: Tenda
Name of PC: Melltyn
GIVE ME YOUR CLOTHES, YOUR BOOTS, AND YOUR +3 GREATSWORD.
A Numerian AP centered on the Dominion of the Black would be my wish. But really anything at all - I'm GMing Iron Gods in 2e now and I'm having a blast.
What about Agents of the Gray Queen? They're basically beefed up Astradaemons and they're right there outside in the city.
has anyone changed the black whale prison break into an infiltration mission, similar to how the casino heist was presented?
Name of PC: Jinx
For my 5-people party, I'm just changing the fiend from a level 12 to a level 13 one (ice devil).
Doesn't the first sentence only apply to when the spell is cast? The wording of Grease's description isn't very precise at all, but that would make one hell of a 1st level spell.
Each creature standing on the greasy surface must succeed at a Reflex save or an Acrobatics check against your spell DC or fall prone. Creatures using an action to move onto the greasy surface during the spell’s duration must attempt either a Reflex save or an Acrobatics check to Balance. A creature that Steps or Crawls doesn’t have to attempt a check or save. Does a creature standing up in grease need to make a saving throw? a) yes - standing up is a move action and the creature is in grease b) no - a creature standing up does not move onto the surface since it's already there c) other
I changed his name to the Whisperer and my players still singled him out.
The encounter is balanced for level 9 (at least according to the header). Since levelling up just before the final boss seemed a bit weird to me, I just tweaked it for level 8, removing two excorions, and then added one back since I had 5 players. The fight still is nasty, especially if the skinner manages to chain someone up.
In PF2e, monsters/NPCs are totally distinct from PCs and do not use the same methods of calculation. They in general may have higher base stats (AC, saves, DCs, whatnot), but at the same time much lesser breadth of abilities, so it equals out.
I think the easiest way to subtly introduce Promise and Hermea is to have an NPC who's a failed hermean descendant - one of the people born there that have failed to pass the exams and were exiled from the island.
How did y'all run Oggvurm? His statblock in the book has an AC of 24, which I'm fairly certain is a typo. That would be ooze levels of AC and he most certainly does not have any of the ooze qualities, like being immune to crits. He's a level 14 creature and the level range for AC24 is 4-8, according to GMG, with everything else fitting nicely in the brackets.
oh yes it's a double post! Name of PC: Sir Tusk Vukas
After successfully dealing with the surface guardians of the mine (released mokele-mbembe on the butchers, talked Hezle down, killed everything else), the party decided to tackle the mine itself.
Hey, I was wanting to run Hellknight Hill and was wondering what maps y'all used cause I was hoping to use this AP to sink my teeth into GMing. The Community Created Content thread has a lot of fine maps.
not technically dead, but defeated so it should count: Name of PC: Anastasiya Vrochi
Name of PC: Nobby
Name of PC: Eliara
Story: The party gathered to strike at the heart of the cult and assault the Fortress of Sorrow. They managed to distract Sweettooth with a lot of meat, but also critfailed on their stealth to get close and got the attention of the guarding boggards. Seeing their covert attempt blown, they just stormed inside... and awoke the golem. The Wizard managed to recall knowledge on it and learn its magic weakness. The Druid started flinging crushing wave at it with the Rogue stabby-stabbing. Then the druid did something that spelled doom for everyone: opened the door to the smithy and turned into a dinosaur. What happened next was the druid going down first and very quickly, then the fighter, then the cleric. A few of the boggards did die, but otherwise it was brutal (I did roll great too). The rogue managed to escape, and the wizard (after unsuccessfully trying to resuscitate Ana) followed suit while invisible. I gave my players a choice: their characters would either die (and they'd simply roll new ones) or be captured by the cultists for interrogation (and the remaining heroes could recruit some temporary reinforcements to free their 'main' characters). They chose the latter, so we'll have some rainkin demon hunters extravaganza next week!
Dmiri Yoltosha also has a +1 striking weapon. In general, I find AoA to be actually more generous than the table assumes, even with 5 players.
Would quick shield block from fighter/bastion stack with quick block from champion? They're the same (function), yet not quite the same (naming), so I'm not sure.
They'll probably kill big K. And that's ok, he's not critical to the plot. With this character's death, the thread of prophecy won't be severed.
Yeah, there is the Archaelogist archetype.
But they do matter. I had wizards do boatloads of damage and turning encounters around and witches crippling enemy bosses to a point an extremely dangerous enemy becomes a walk in a park. And those are supposed to be the weaker casters.
I don't want to be anal retentive, but Ravingdork isn't the one that started the thread (neither am I). Recall knowledge: lore: forum critical failure. Now I have to reread the thread.
Chancing upon a good, stable game requires luck. You're mixing things up a bit. In the part you quoted I was specifically saying about my experiences as a player in free games. Obviously, as a premium DM the whole thing is completely different. I definitely agree that cultivating relationships with my players is extremely important. That's what I'm striving to do, and possibly one of the reasons that those that stuck with me did so even with all the rotating cast around them.
Not necessarily. A solid part of my playerbase (one third, maybe?) actually consists of first-time PF2 players who wanted to try it out. Of course, there surely are players who'd prefer to start at higher levels. Of course, they can always fill in as replacement players, but that's never as fun as creating a fresh group.
I don't want to be anal retentive, but Ravingdork isn't the one that started the thread (neither am I).
I wish you luck, but you may want to reconsider your business model. Unless you are an absolute rock-star GM, on the level of Jason Bulmahn, Chris Perkins or maybe the Dungeon Bastard, players are not going to be willing to pay anywhere near $60/month for the privilege of playing in your game when they can literally play for free at a thousand other tables. Its not a matter of valuing your time or minimum wage, etc. Its a matter of what players are willing to pay for their hobby. I think most of us would love to be able to earn a living from playing games, but that is largely a luxury reserved for professional athletes and the top-tier creative writing talent. If just anyone could do it, we would.60 bucks a month per player is a lot. I can see why some of them might not have been able to afford it.Not even minimum wage for the GM when you account for prep time as well as game time, plus expenses. Your mileage may vary, of course, but my experiences as a player who wanted to get into online TTRPGs are generally pretty horrid. It was with 5e mostly, though, but I doubt it's much different anywhere else. I've been in a total of two campaigns that lasted more than a couple months. Most (and that's a double digit number) fizzled out after 1-2 games, a month at best. DMs ghosted, DMs resigned, players fought with each other or quit. Chancing upon a good, stable game requires luck. And first you need to actually get into one - public games tend to have at least 5 hopefuls for 1 spot. Simply put, if you have enough money to spend on your hobby and want a stable game with like-minded players and a DM that won't vanish, you look for a premium game (if that sounds like cheap advertisement, I apologize). My games are in the 12-18$ range. I have almost 30 players at the moment, some playing in more than one campaign. I'm no celebrity, last I checked, and I'm based in Europe, so I'm not even doing the hottest hours of yankee evenings. I've also seen DMs charge 20-25$ and filling their seats. So the market is definitely there.
Oh, as a fellow premium DM I completely understand your plight. I have an Agents of Edgewatch game that is just cursed. Hemorrhaging players. Two players had to leave after just a couple sessions: one had to cut down on expenses, the other had work issues. Then another had to quit due to changing schedules. Then another drifted away. A few replacements didn't work out from the start and vanished before a single game could end. Another replacement ghosted after several games, while one more couldn't afford the expense anymore. Recently one ragequit due to a stupid misunderstanding (which might have been my fault, honestly). Two new players quit after a single game: one stated he did not vibe with the group, the other just ghosted. So yeah, this is a mess. It's a pain. It's tiring and disheartening. Recruiting new folks for ongoing campaigns is always hard. But the few players that persevere are still happy to play, even with all the turnover. And it's the only one of my games that has these problems, as once a group coalesces, they tend to stick together. And I'm doing 5 campaigns right now, with a sixth on its way. For example, the other AoE campaign lost only a single player (and a short term 1-game replacement) in 6 months after some initial hickups. So, do I have any good advice? Nope. I guess you have just endure. And in enduring, grow strong. But if the problems won't go away in more than a single campaign, maybe indeed starting with a smaller scale would be better. I don't know, never tried. Good luck.
Unless you're an absolutely horrible GM (which I assume you're not) - there's little you can do. It all comes down to luck. You can conduct interviews and vet players all you want, but they still might leave after one game or never show up in the first place, while folks who seem to be mostly disinterested can whether all the storms.
that was fast! I started in October and we've recently just entered the third book.
and elven Otherworldy Magic as well. but yeah, there is something really botched with Calybos's game.
I can't help but wonder, how does the cleric cast electric arc, which is only on the arcane and primal spell lists? Ancestry feats.
Squad Nine got another casualty. And it's a champion again!
Looks really good! I'd love a side-by-side version for use with Multi-level Tokens in Foundry, but that's probably getting into unworkably large territory? I posted my version in the Community Content thread, you can check that out.
It's been a while, but still - could you possibly share the dungeondraft files for your citadel maps? I'm using those for my game, and I'd love to be able to modify them to be restored and repaired for after-AP1.
I love this thread.
Not to sound like an unappreciative horse dentist, but is there anywhere you could upload this to that doesn't seem like downloading from it would immediately pwn my machine to Russian script-kiddies?This is brilliant. Would you be willing to share a JSON of Foundry wall/lighting metadata? what do you propose then?
This is brilliant. Would you be willing to share a JSON of Foundry wall/lighting metadata? Sorry, I forgot about this and then I couldn't log in (and then I forgot again). Here's the exported pack you can import using the importer module:https://www29.zippyshare.com/v/Z90HNzU8/file.html You'll still have to fix some of the walls since, you know, dungeondraft cave walls, but it should save a lot of time.
I had the bar brawl and the patrol on day one, and the zoo completely separately on day two. Otherwise it really doesn't make much sense. The real problem in the zoo is the ankhrav. Rust monster isn't a big threat when you have a blacksmith two metres from you, and the owlbear is tough but doable (one party straight up pulverized him while the other lured him back to his room and shut all the doors). But the ankhrav, oh boy, is TPK material. The players will likely be standing next to each other in a 2 squares-wide corridor, so the breath can get the whole group down to single digits. In both of my games, players went just NOPE after getting hit by it (and I rolled triple sixes once), barricaded the door and had to heal and devise an actual plan, so cutting the acid cone from his attacks might be a good idea.
and here's my version of the catacombs (seriously who thought having two levels on the same map is a good idea).
I forgot to post it here so here we go, an updated version of House of the Planes using the layout from AP5, but less sad artwork.
It's weird there's no thread for this here. Please stop for a second in loving memory of Squad Seven. They weren't very good at guarding, and even worse at being detectives, but they tried and they had their hearts in the right places.
Also, Squad Nine. After Leon managed to open a window to get a peak inside the Chelaxian room, and got attacked by a barbazu, his rival Archus the half-elf paladin of Shaelyn was the first to help - and also the last to stay there. You could say he never really left the room.
The Skinsaw Sanctum Main Level map is absolutely horrid. I'm running this on a VTT and I'm not sure what the mapmaker was thinking to do with both levels like that, instead of splitting them. I am actually remaking the whole map in Dungeondraft. I'll post it when I have it ready.
I'll be using this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/Roll20/comments/b5cbnp/adventurers_guild_33x24/
(And a whole other argument of Making the Kobolds protesting being underpaid unreasonable and extremely homicidal at the flip of a switch is a perverse mockery, especially given what’s going on now in real life.) Absolutely agree. It's horrid. I haven't gotten to this part as a GM yet, but I am planning on completely subverting this. Players will find out that it was the employer that, trying to crush the strike, hired goons that murdered some of the workers, pinkerton-style. Meanwhile, the kobolds and their "kidnapped victims" are actually working together and the whole case is a ruse to have either the employer surrender to their terms, or have the guard intervene and find out the truth.
Made House of the Planes in Dungeondraft. Nothing amazing, as I'm not a pro DD user and don't have a lot of assets, but it works. Features:
https://imgur.com/a/9NkrRzq |