Nemesis joins Valeros in inspecting the ominous rabbit. "I happen to know that a sacred cavern, far to the north of here, is in need of a new guardian..."
I'm in Warwickshire. I do have a little sympathy for the exam boards. They had a good plan last year but then the politicians lost their nerve. This year, it feels like they have decided to protect themselves by offloading all responsibility onto teachers and calling it 'flexibility'. All they want is assessed work that they can look at to verify teachers' grades (like they do with coursework). Apart from that, they're keeping well clear. The problem is that they suggested that they would give us more guidance and support, including assessment options, and then left us, last minute, saying 'What? Is that it? We have to do it all off our own backs?' If we had known that much earlier then we could have been much better organised.
Sorry for going AWOL lately. Work/Life got crazy for a little while.
I should get back on track with all of my games over the next few days.
They are three, linked adventures from 0one Games that try to be usable with either the Beginner Box or the core rules. They're a bit more serious/adult than the other BB stuff but they're well written: not surprising when those involved include Tito Leati, Tim Hitchcock and David Schwartz.
If anyone can add to that some kid-friendly one-on-one adventures (one kid PC; one adult GM) then that would be great. Yes, we are using the BB. 1. The adventure-finder has not been that useful, and all of the one-on-one adventures published under that name have not been kid friendly. 2. I tried that. She did not like having her character escorted around by an army of dad-bots. 3. I have Into the Feyweald and the Basic Paths, plus the BB adventures in various Wayfinders. I am trying to save some for when my daughter manages to rope in a few friends (post-pandemic). Trail of the Apprentice looks interesting.
So, you can make AoOs at a big range. This sounds like it’s best use would be shutting down casters. I suppose if you had a decent dex bonus and won initiative then you could tear into an approaching enemy. Making a bunch of attacks (at your highest bonus). It would probably work best if you used AoOs to make combat manoeuvres or had that feat to Vital Strike with AoOs.
I’ve done some poking around at Sucy’s player has dropped off all of their active games. I will throw together a herolab copy of Sucy tonight and bot her through.
I don't get it. On the main streets, there is an intersection. That intersection has a hard-to-spot trap. So, the first time they hit an intersection, they fight an elemental. The channels (not canals) would look like drainage until you got close enough to examine them (and triggered the trap, according to the module). The module gives a DC30 check to spot the trap. Boosting the DC by 3 to reflect that the PCs are 4 levels higher than the module expects seems underwhelming. I would go for DC40 and a Greater Fire Elemental.
I think it's computer only :(
Still getting the new laptop working properly, and typing one-handed is a pain, but we are back!
Thanks everyone. The new laptop arrives on Tuesday so we can start again on Tuesday/Wednesday.
With Sleeping Sword's polite words and Lukaas' charming smile, the crowd slopes off in search of another pub.
The ioun stones interact in a complex field of magical energy and are effectively a single item. Sucy's strike smashes into the array and appears to damage the magical field somewhat. An arc of strange energy rebounds onto Sucy and she fields incredibly strange and out-of-place, head spinning for a few moments and never really settling correctly.
Lukaas begins talking with a barmaid and they go into a backroom where it is quiet and they can talk properly. As Dana is completing her investigation, Lukaas appears from the back room, adjusting his breeches and tucking in his shirt as Dana explains what she has heard at the bar.
Melenthe was not in the bar. She was in the yard out the back, beating all comers in an archery contest. Kilain saw her shooting and liked what he saw.
When one of the contestants accused her of cheating (she wasn't, but she was sober) she stood her ground and things got tense. That's when Kilain stepped in - I'll let you decide how he intervened.
Sorry for the hiatus. It's been a crazy week: kids are off school, we are still working full-time (both key-workers) and grandparents not allowed to do childcare because of the plague.
In case anyone is just following the discussion until it's their moment...
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If the user meets all the requirements noted above, and her caster level is at least equal to the spell's caster level, she can automatically activate the spell without a check.
I would avoid heavy stereotypes. They could easily come across as clumsy, failed disguise checks.
The most sweet-toothed person I’ve met was my grandfather: a big man who worked at a car plant, met his mates to play snooker and darts and had a shed full of tools that he used to make/repair things for the house.
The next time you are in Varisia...: Sheila Heidmarch introduces you to a young Desnan cleric, recently returned from Ravenmoor.
He smiles and shakes your hand, "They remember you, you know. They're grateful, for the most part." gesturing to a seat, the cleric takes a stool for himself, "The temple has been rebuilt, pretty much, and they tore down the Chenowitz Place: buried the bodies, cleared the ground. That whole maze, yard, house, all of it, it's being planted up as an orchard." There is a mischievous glint in the priest's eye, "Oh, but I'm holding back on the big news. They still have a feast every month - too much fun - but now it's called the Heroes' Feast. Someone's carved rough, wooden statues of you all, put them under a tree to take the place of Vina's companion. At the festival, they throw these big hoops, like the ones round the belly of a barrel, and try to land them over one of the heroes." Clearly concerned that he might have been a bit too giddy, he becomes more earnest, "It's a wonder, really. A few of the cultists left - the ferryman, for one - but other stayed. The Lupescus still run the store; a good smith is a valuable asset. They keep their heads down though. Most importantly, the air has cleared. Without all of this worship of decay, and with clerics to heal and remove diseases, the town has done well. Crops are proving hardier, more reliable, and there are less stirges, midges and mosquitoes about the place. You should visit some time, if you can." He rises to leave, "Oh, nearly forgot..." He takes a small parcel from his pack and hands it to Ekanta.
Spoiler:
The bag contains a finely tooled leather belt, carefully decorated with a scene of heroic figure protecting a maiden from a monster. Looking carefully, it seems as though the hero might have hooves. And are the hero and maiden lashed together at the ankle? FIN
After your group take some time to recover, you leave behind a traumatised town getting to grips with the traitors in their midst and the lies that underpinned so much of their daily routines. Upon your return to Magnimar, the cloak of secrecy is thrown back so that both you and the society can bask in the glow of your celebration as heroes. Jeminda is left to mourn her brother-in-law and the church of Desna sends a mission to Ravenmoor to make right what was so spoiled by the corruption of one of their own. The society finds a place for several of the artefacts you discovered amongst their Varisian folk-art collections and you are roundly praised for your handling of the crisis. Ekanta's breakfast with Lucille is, of course, a private matter.
I have reported the game. Chronicles coming soon.
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Or at least, it will be until Lackadee pulverises the beastie!What am I, chopped liver? You're the lead in the quirky, romantic subplot. You can't have all the limelight!
Tanya shot the downed mayor, so now we are on to the real encounter! Imagine a supernatural stirge as big as a man, with a proboscis like a leathery firehose. Which has just sunk that proboscis into your friend's gut!
Isn't the fact that there is a PF 2E already splitting the fan base? Not really. They've revived a shrinking fanbase. Lots of RPGs have followed the same approach. TSR was bought out by Wizards, which in turn was bought by Hasbro. So, you think that Paizo should mess up Paizo until it is basically closed down and another company can buy it for a pittance? I don't think that's a great business model. The OGL is what gave Paizo life and the ability to create Pathfinder from the 3.5 system. Wizards did not benefit from the OGL, at least not by much. Well, that's not what the people who revived DnD thought. They didn't create the OGL out of the goodness of their hearts. They did it to revive DnD, and it worked. You are directly contradicting Ryan Dancey here.
Me neither. I'm sticking with PF1e, I just don't see any reason to suggest that Pazio should still make PF1e content just for me. There is a reason 3.5 did not go away. There were way too many of us that did not like 4E and stuck with 3.5. Pathfinder was the lifeline. And there is many of us still with Pathfinder 1E. If Paizo doesn't throw us a lifeline, then someone else will. Just like Paizo did with PF1e. It is amazing how some things come back around full circle. I'm not convinced. I think Paizo had an oppportunity (with their experience, talents and subscriber base) that most companies do not have.
Even if a better system came out, I still might not bother to learn it. But I am okay with Paizo moving on to 2e.
'Setting filler'? You mean 'world-building'? One man's meat is another man's poison: for a lot of people, Golarion is also part of the appeal of Paizo's products. When an AP connects the adventure to the wider world, that adds verisimilitude and helps to root the adventure. Some people got really excited about adding a Vancaskerin to the population of Trunau. I know that if I get to play Giantslayer, I will definitely stat him up as my PC. You cut short the OP's line: "Does anyone else agree? Like could we get adventures without all the setting "filler?" Just some good, "meat and potatoes" adventuring?" I mean, 'key information' to running the adventure should definitely be included but I think many people are making a case that the APs serve a broad audience and please a diverse array of readers enough to keep them interested. I don't know if everyone would be as excited by a 'setting neutral' AP. I don't know if meat and potatoes adventuring is everyone's bag. My perception is that Paizo do excellent steak frites with a bearnaise and asparagus, maybe a cote do rhone villages to accompany it. The meat and potatoes are still there, they just elevate it with all of the extras.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some more metaphors in the basement that I need to torture...
[dice=Fortitude DC 20, CON damage, antitoxin]1d20+3-2+5 Robyyn overcomes the poison in his system.
To be fair to Sheila, she just sent you to find a missing pathfinder. The taxes are the sister-in-laws request. You're only following through on that to preserve the society's cover.
Just in case anyone missed this and still can't get on.
Just to be absolutely clear, The Puzzle Box adventure is a PDF-only product (i.e. no print version has been made) that can only be acquired as an extra if you buy a copy of the Kingmaker video game? To be more specific, you have to buy the PC version of the game. It doesn't come with the console versions.
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