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Nosferatu

You are close. The gods do not approve. Prepare for heavy combat tonight.

Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow.

Victor Frankenstein.

Ok. You can take the prize or its cash equivalent in the core rule book.

1st place = +5 tome of the ability of your choosing.
2nd place = +3 tome of the ability of you choosing.

The above two tomes are stacking! Even if you already used a tome.

3rd place = +2 tome of the ability of your choosing
4th place = +2 tome, randomly determined by rolling 1d6 and using the following chart;

1 - STR
2 - DEX
3 - CON
4 - INT
5 - WIS
6 - CHA

The above two tomes do not stack with other tomes you may have used.

Also, in surpassing 350 posts on the forum every body (even non-participants) receive 35,000 gold to spend as they see fit.

See you soon!!

What a game!!! 54 total points;

1- Lock n' Logan
2- Dusty
3- Targoth
4- Rusk

Thanks for playing! I'll post prizes in a few hours!

Ok, halftime is over...good luck heroes!!!

PACKERS VS. BEARS, PACKERS VS. BEARS!!!!

In honor of Packers vs. Bears...post your D100 rolls in this thread before the end of half time. you can choose and change which die is your first (i.e. you can swap the ten's spot with one's spot if you so desire). Whoever is closest to the combined score of both teams will win!!!

Prizes to be revealed after the game...but it's the season opener and you are high levels so I promise you won't be disappointed for participating, let alone WINNING!!

Well...home doesn't exist anymore Targoth. You will have to find some more books...

Still have to loot the umbral dragon lair!!! Maybe you'll get lucky!

Best for the party to address your questions.

Notice Fred Savage's Grizzlor He-Man action figure in the background???

It takes Dusty some time; however, he is able to decipher the short, essay like text "Common Species of East Sea and Their Migration Tendencies".

It appears to translate in a smaller, prophetic verse;

…And onto us the 5th deity came. The escutcheon, he came forth from the desert. Through a land of deserts and of pits. Through a land of drought and of deep darkness. Through a land that no one crossed and where no man any longer dwells.

He moved forward onto us for his fathers and his mothers denied us. His fathers and mothers denied us and they fell in the desert. For their sins they died in the desert.

He came to take up his divine position as the shield. And then there was death behind him. And there was nothing in front of him. He looked upon this with sadness. But still he became the rampart. The ward.

The voice of one crying in the desert. MAKE READY THE WAY OF CLAUDANDIS, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT…FOR HE IS THE BULWARK!

According to Kal, there are 16 more texts of Norgorber...

Take 20? +4 because you are specifically looking for hidden text. Give me the total and I will post what you find.

Dusty may also have ranks in linguistics if I recall correctly.

Since you now know the 17 texts of Norgorber are cleverly disquised as normal or mundane texts, you will need a linguistics check...and a good one...to decipher the prophecy hidden within Common Species of East Sea and Their Migration Tendencies.

You have one of these 17 texts in your inventory...Common Species of East Sea and Their Migration Tendencies.

Maybe it's time to read it...or decipher it.

Last night Favre officially became a Green Bay legend!! Everybody randomly roll "4" major wondrous items and keep the best one!! Use table 15-20 in the CRB on page 499.

"THROUGH me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
All hope abandon, ye who enter here." -Dante's Inferno

Going back to Chandar?

Here is the decision I have reached regarding Hero Points for cohorts, NPC's, companions, etc. (thanks for your input Lock).

1.) They will have to share the point pool with your main PC.

2.) Only one of you can use the poins in any given round.

I think this is a fair compromise. I am open to opinions and suggestions up until the cut off.

OK. That's your decision to make Targoth.

Hero Points will probably play a big role on Saturday. You should be up to speed on ways you can use them. You each have 3. According to the rules; NPC's, animal companions, cohorts and mounts do not receive them.

This means that Kal and Logan would be without hero points. I am not convinced this is how it should be. Kal is already at a level disadvantage and Logan is as much a PC as any one else in the party.

Targoth and Lock, if you feel Kal or Logan should have Hero Points, email me to discuss.

The same cut off will apply of 5-28-15.

**REMINDER**

Thursday 5-28-15 (Just two days away!) is the cut off for supernatural abilities discussion. IMPORTANT, after Thursday I will no longer discuss supernatural abilities and they will not be permitted in play!! NO EXCEPTIONS!

What the hell, indeed!

The cathedral awaits you......

Correct; however, since magic weapons and armor can only be crafted from masterwork they would essentially revert to their orginal quality/form.

You will have time to shop in Absalom, say you wanted to pick up a silver or cold iron weapon, tools or kits, etc.

Yes. Your crafted weapons will be treated as masterwork. Lock raises and interesting point, what equipment do you have once you strip away your magic items? This will be important. Once in the cathedral I won't allow any "I forgot's" or "well my character would have's"....

Dusty, I will gladly accept your 73 gold to help retrain some of Norgorber's HP. Thanks!

You can. For example, Dusty tier crafted on an adamantine bastard sword. Sans magic, this is an adamantine bastard sword.

Concur!

Both can be utilized.

***OF SPECIAL NOTE***

When you create your two character sheets, along with no magic items;
-no spells
-no spell like abilities

Su & Ex abilities are up for discussion and will be handeled on a case by case basis. Let me know which ones you have and I will determine if any of them will function in the Cathedral.

Our next gaming session will primarily focus on the Test of the Starstone. If we get thru it all, you will have Mythic tiers to add to your character sheet as a reward.

Here is what will be required of you at the gaming table;

1.) Have TWO copies of your character sheet ready to go; adjusted to reflect ZERO magic items.

2.) Think of the character/gamer that typically sits to your left. Take some time, and jot some some notes about their play style (typical actions, decisions, tactics, etc.). Pending attendance, you should be preparing as such;

(Starting at my typical left); Tim (Rusk) = Bob (Targoth). Bob (Targoth) = Mike (Lock OR Logan). Mike (Lock OR Logan) = TJ (Dusty). TJ (Dusty) = Rat (Claudandis). Rat (Claudandis) = Tim (Rusk). Graham (Briston) = Mike (Lock OR Logan).

It should be easy enough for those of you who may have to act as Lock or Logan to prepare for both. Logan isnt that convoluted....he flies and he eats s%~~....and he's pretty good at it.

If for whatever reason someone cannot make it, I will sub as needed/where needed.

This could be a time consuming process, so it is key that we all show up prepared. If you cannot get extra character sheets please advise and I will try to get you some.

Let me know if you have any questions.

If you got the cash you can retrain it in downtime. It doesn't make sense story wise, but it does lazy-wise.

Any Bucks or Brewers win between now and Saturday at 4:30 PM results in forum prizes so check in from time to time!!!

The Heroes of The Well (Written & Performed by Abner Greenway III)

Going forth to save the world

Seven heroes tried and true.

The half-elf and his faithful ass

The little mage....confused.

The ugliest chef in all the realm

A bouncer to clear the room.

An islander without a home

The wolverine and........who?

Going forth to face a God

The hour of judgement is soon.

Honor? Courage? Sacrifice?

It's probably just the booze!!

Hey! In honor of this being our 250th post!!! Everyone gets a +1 ability tome of their choosing!!' Thanks for all the participation, it has really made the campaign fun to run!!!

Oh it will be ;)

Here is an example;

You "finance" 48,000 gold worth of gear and training. In a fast campaign...you would owe me a CR 17 encounter!! Moral of the story, abuse my generosity and you probably won't live long enough to use your training or gear.

God I love being me!

Yep! Keep a running tab and that's how much gold you will have to "acquire". The more you are in the red, the higher I'll make the CR of the encounter in which you "acquire" your gold. Don't get too greedy!!!

My suggestion;

Have your retraining ready to roll/complete and we will open the next session with how you "acquire" the gold...just keep a ledger.

holy f!&&. we're robbing the church before we go.

That's the spirit!!!

If only there were an entity in Chandar with lots of wealth that you have little regard for....

Assuming you would not travel to Abaddon unprepared...time is no issue. If you have the gold, retrain it.

Attention all Daemons!

Attention all Daemons!

We are paying double for Gnome souls this month in Abaddon.

Ok. With the two assists I'll say Targoth has a modified Diplomacy of 42.....

You can use Targoth's 38 Diplo with an assist from the "intimidators" or vise versa. I will grant more gold based on how much you beat the DC by; however, there is a big difference between Diplomacy and Intimidating...

Basically, you would fill your immediate need and possibly suffer a long term consequence because nothing goes unpunished in Chandar!!!!

Let me know how you intend to proceed.

I will politely intimidate Eldak to give us more gold... I make Eldak my studied target giving me a +3. Any buffs others could provide will help. I rolled a 5, which makes my intimidate a 42 plus whatever buffs I can get from party members.

I emailed you all actual footage of Dusty's passive aggressive intimidate.

Claudandis is welcome to roll Intimidate with a +4 bonus for having previously intimidated Eldak.

Targoth has a high diplomacy I think. That sounds better than using my intimidate.

Ha! Throw the old man's Oathbow in and sweeten the pot!! He's swingin from a Brimwood tree for high treason anyway and won't know the difference.

I would give you a +4 bonus to your Intimidate!!!!

Regarding the visions;

They were intended to show you events from your past that shaped you and images from your future.

Targoth, Rusk, Lock, Dusty and Briston all saw visions in which Low Town, its citizens and their armies were completely annihilated. A vision that became reality upon their return to Low Town. As Scorpion-Smiling Ric yelled....I took it all from you! everything!

Claudandis's vision was different. As he stated, he was standing at the edge of East Island. There was no sun, no moon, no stars...the world just was. Behind him was pain and death, before him was darkness and confusion.

This could mean anything; Maybe it is describing your upcoming journey through Abaddon? Maybe there is only darkness and confusion ahead because "someone" or "something" did not plan for Claudandis...maybe you caught something by surprise and it had no vision to prepare or future to toy with....maybe that gives you an advantage?

Dusty, you have a few thoughts. First, Eldak may be interested but he would probably use them to do something awful. The Caladrel use forest drakes (a cousin of the green dragon) to protect the West Brimwood, maybe they would want to upgrade; however, you risk being arrested for high treason by traveling there. Last, Smiling Ric would probably love to have them!

Claudandis, the vision you had....you are correct and it should be taken into consideration before you start hopping planes.