Thank you Keldor :)
GM, I am happy with your second option. I kinda like the idea that Harg becomes a recurring NPC to some extent. I trust his concept in your hands.
Thanks again.
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Hey all.. After going quiet for awhile, I have decided to drop from this game. I did enjoy building a pf1 character again. I enjoyed the magus power, and yall's characters are really fun. GM, you are doing an amazing job with the details and everything! I have moved almost everything over to my discord channel for PbP games. Coming here was fine at first, but as my own distractions/work/new meds have changed I have tried to remove some things. Narrow my scope of my life a bit. Trying to have one more thing off to the side, is just a bit too much for me. I truly hope yall are able to continue, and FINISH!, this AP. I believe in all of your dedication. If anyone ever wants to do PF2 or SF2 (when it comes out) you are always welcome in the discord. You can always find me there. I will keep my rss feed connected for awhile, so I should see some replies. But I am going to try to close this all down soon. Thank you all again. This AP has been one HELL of a journey through the interwebs.
I have a +7 to Disable Device. Though it would be much better if I took my armor off (-4 ACP). I think Thawm has +9. But when we look at Knowledge Engineering Keldor has +15 and Basil as +16. So go for it Basil :)
Harg pulls out a wand from his pouch and taps it on his chest, a flash of blue appears briefly.
As his vision starts to come back, "Does anyone have a method of healing? Thawm, you still have those powers, do you not?"
Blinking over and over, "My vision is still impaired. I will withdraw for a moment. You all have this." Small scars over his body start to glow slightly then Harg starts to hover along the ground and moves away from the battle.
I guess I have been playing too much Delta Green Lately.. where low is good and high is bad.. I agree with my old self here.. Whoever is rolling.. low bad, high good (for that person) In which case.. I missed, because of blindness on that second swing Basil got it :)
The strobing lights in his eyes, Harg can only see flashing lights. "Keldor, these machines have blinded me. I will try my best" Swinging wildly at the massive creature.
The blade goes wild. Not feeling the contact, Harg screams out and swings again.
With the weakness of the electricty, the final strike makes contact and the last bit of electricity inside the blade moves into the inner workings of the machine. With a pop and a snap, various capacitors and other strange alien components break. The machine falls to the ground.
Feeling it go down, Harg steps back. Blinking over and over, hoping to recover his eyesight.
Seeing his defenses drop, Harg pulls a hand up and starts to make his form blur more and more until he seems to be located in two places.
Harg then uses his remaining energy to attack the largest machine multiple times.
Man.. I hope that hits.. ha Not the best damage roll, but its one of my big bangs.
Harg swings quickly at the Warden when there is an opening.
Harg sees the battle and getting surrounded. He steps to the side to make some space, then grips his blade in both hands. Filling up a massive charge of electricity and concentrating on the spell
As the large robot moved closer to Gauntlet, Harg follows along with a careful step forward. "We may not be able to flank this thing, but we can overpower it!" Filling up his sword with some inner power, Harg focuses an electric charge into the blade. Then with blade in one hand and a spell weaving in the other, Harg attempts to project multiple images of himself.
With mirros in place, Harg unloads a few massive swings.
If I Step up after the big robot after it 5 foot step, would it have messed up the other attacks against me? Can we roll back slightly and have me step up? I assume the other guys would have just moved further. Lets see if the Electricity Does anything. Also I have +1 to AC for robots. Though that does not matter for the last round.
So this time I am doing Spell Combat. Acts as 2 handed fighting, where one hand is a spell and the other is any normal attacks. So I can do a full attack with a negative. Bladed dash includes an attack in it with a bonus. Let me know if my breakdown is ok. I also have Robot Slayer. So +1 to hit and +1 to AC against robots.
Looking over the strange machine, "What does it mean by Aerotech Synthesis Compound. Ancient tech, or is there something nearby? I will get behind it."
Harg rushes forward in a series of strange raimbow patterns. Turning into light for a moment. When he reappears he is behind the machine. Cutting the robot along the way.
Harg walks up to the old robot chassis and swings down hard with the blade. Looking at the axe with a grin, he pumps power into it and swings down hard.
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Harg watches his conversation with a smile on his face, and a hand on his hilt. Not knowing, but expecting the results to go as they do. At the end watching Keldor walk off into the wilds, Harg just watches. If Keldor glances his direction, he gives a node of understanding. Leave the man to his thoughts. Harg takes notes on the tribes celebration, maybe his last for this group. Excited for the next thing.
I am not tracking the loot very well.. but I would totally take the bow if no one wants it. I have the strength for it, and having a back up weapon sounds good. Adding it to my sheet unless someone disagrees or wants to roll for it or something.
Listening to Keldor's words. Letting the others talk while he processes and thinks things through, "Let us put gods aside on this. The Ghost Wolves are not brutes. They bring with them the understanding of magics and causality. If you wish to communicate your part in the release of this creature, I see no need avoiding that." He looks down at the body. "That all being said, I don't believe they will take your confession poorly. If they hate anything more than this devil, it is high tech robots." He glances over to Basil, "The kind that walk the land, with metal claws and built in hard light guns, not an intelligent android such as yourself." "What I am trying to say is, if you feel the need to be honest with them, I will vouch for you. You might have caused the mess, but you also cleaned it up. You are honorable. They will listen. I have to head back to camp either way. We can tell them what transpired." Leaning down and cutting off its head with the blade. "You killed their boogieman. It was locked awhile for awhile. You released it, so you could track it down. It is over. That is what they will care about."
I will be better about including all of them. Detailing them out a bit. I have been using an iPad with Hero Lab, so much of it is already calculated for me. Its good habit to deconstruct it for the post though.
As the arms release his body and fall to the floor, Harg turns to the others. "One of these days you will have to explain your history with this, thing. Sorry if I went in too fast for the kill. I try to be patient with my strikes, but my time with the Ghost Wolves has pushed me to charge in a bit faster." With a deep sigh, the arcane energies draining from his body and sword, "This was a step in my own training. A nice denouement for my training. If you will have me, I would like to join you on your journey. I know you are getting into other dangerous things. You have my sword, and my spells. For what they are." Harg grins, his tusks displayed prominently as he sheaths his blade. A blade blacker than the night. Edges difficult to see, no blood stains its surface.
Just want to jump in. I did not have furious focus turned on. So my numbers are correct. The attacks are normally +18 with all the current status changes
So I still think my math is right... Lots of modifiers in there, for sure. Should I avoid adding +2 for flanking, and let you do it? or should I add it in there to make life easier?
Sorry if I jumped the gun. Wasn't trying to mix max at all. I know Studied target kinda is beefy at times. I can switch weapons to be less critable, etc. Don't want my addition to be less fun for others.
Grunting in pain as the blade his his arm. With the creature holding on to him, Harg focuses some of his magical energy into the blade again. This time it continues up then back down into his arm. The magical energies aligning his muscles and directing his blows.
Harg: Are you accounting for the -2 two-weapon fighting penalty in your attack calculation? It looks to me like it should be static BaB +7, Str +5, Black Blade Enhancement +2, Weapon Focus +1 for a base +15 to hit. Circumstantial bonuses are then: Haste +1, Flank +2, Studied Target +2, stacking Enhancement +1, & TWF -2. So 7 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 2 = 18. So yes, a 37 to hit and threat and a 26 to confirm, which does confirm against her aura of menaced AC. So I can spell combat, and do something like mirror image, and attack. That has the -2. With this I could attack all my normal attacks, AND get a spell in all with the -2. But if I do a Spellstrike and am delivering it via the sword there is no -2. In this case I would not have any multi BaB attacks, just the one single spell/attack combo. Good for a Move and Attack Spellstrike: Instead of the free melee touch attack normally allowed to deliver thee spell, a magus can make one free melee attack with his weapon (at his highest base attack bonus) as part of casting the spell. If I do Spellstrike and want multiple attacks too I would take the -2. BaB +7
Its been years since I looked this all up. So let me know if any of it does not make sense. Pf1 Magus is complicated.
With Thawm's haste energy flowing through him, Harg holds one hand out activating power that surges through his black blade. Flying into position, flanking with Gauntlet, and swinging down with his blade hard and fast, lightning coursing through the blade and down into Harg's arm.
Harg is totally coming into this without the baggage. Likely just assume "Devil bad. Time to kill" mode. He is also kinda following other's current focus. So he can easily back off if the group changes their minds about something.
Man, those kids are little carriers, I swear. Glad its starting to look better.
Oh man. I was fighting a 103 fever for a few days last week. I thought I had kicked it, but a week later found out it was strep I caught from my kid's kintergarden class somehow.. Feels like a loss of a week. I hope you feel better soon.
Listening to some of his old teachings Harg lifts off the ground then flies forward to get closer to the fray. Getting a good look at the creature, and he analyzes his movements. "Try to get it into position to flank!"
And it starts!
In this case Harg knows nothing about these creatures. He will try to be ready for anything.
Letting his flight drop, for now. Once he has collected himself he start to scan the area as best as he can. "You say this thing is invisible? All the time? I might have some difficulty with that."
Bit tricky to picture, but using Basil as the canary, I would charge forward with her. Trying to triangulate her movements.
Seeing the flare and turning to the camp. Keeping an eye on Basil. Mirroring her movements as best as possible. Feeling at the deeper, older magics, in his blood. He actives the blood hex and engages his flight. He will try to pincer action with Basil as she runs toward the group.
No kicking intended. Just had not chimed in on the discussion at all. I hear you. Never want a surprise GM decision that messes up the group. Good thinking. Moving on is fine. I just wanted to throw my 2 cents in. :)
These guys seem super cool with magics. Teaching me magics. I have had time with them as well. I could totally have communicated about what exactly Gauntlet is. I would have said its a magical entity that merges with Keldor. A powerful magic. If that helps provide any relief. Since I went there to learn, I likely spoke a bit about my own knowledge.
Sorry all. I tend to have a hard time with walls of text. Its come to my attention that my whole friend group thinks I have some form dyslexia. Even the people who would know. I will try better at keeping up. To keep up this time, I had to skip some of the posts. Honestly this explains a lot. I think I am on the right track with what is happening in the story though. But I am here, and I am trying :)
Quiet for awhile, watching the people mix with the tribe he has been with for awhile. With a bit of a smirk on his face while they learn what has been going on. Harg follows along listening where he can. Though he has been distracted by his swords mumblings. When it comes to actually hunt for the Blood Ghost. Harg starts off by climbing up a ridge to get a better look. Once there he works with the group to find a clear path through.
My time with them, did I learn anything about The Blood Ghost?
Dwelling on what his sword wanted to bring up. {I will communicate that later. We will have time} Listening to Xol-Nomag, staying quite while the others discuss what they want. Knowing that he will join them no matter their decision.
That sheet looks pretty up to date. It includes things pretty late into the AP, including Zag's stuff she gave you. As for what money items where given by Poly for end of the book I am not sure. I think most of that was the reward for the job. The lootsheet did remind me you talked me into giving you 1500 gp of the reward ahead of time.
Shaking his head, like there is something in it that needs to get out, "Well, I can touch on some of that at least. The sword says this Unity is in you. I wonder if we can track down this Unity, or more of its spawn, whatever it may end up being."
Looking down at the blade for a second, then back up at Basil. "Well. This explains it then. My blade has informed me," he says as he taps the blade with his hand. It is put through a loop and not fully sheathed, so the blade is exposed, but still looped through his belt. "It has said that Basil here is different. You have learned something, or remembered it. It suggests I follow you, or whatever you are planning on doing." "Any idea what its talking about?"
Happy to relay the quest. Feel free to Post as my sword any time you wish. Otherwise I might make him mumble to me often, but any bigger thing can totally be you driving it.
Seeing Keldor, Harg walks forward with arms outstretched. "It has! From the looks of you, you have been through your own journey." Moving to go see Basil as well, "Good to see you as well Basil. Yes I have also had a bit of a journey. My sword here, well it has some awareness of events around it. It convinced me it was time to leave Torch and seek out this tribe. They taught me much of my magics, as well as trained me more in my martial abilities. Of course the sword gave me a subtle clue that once friends show up I should think about pivoting, and my training is done for now." Laughing with a deep hearty laugh, "Looks like that time is now. Do tell me, what have you been through." Looking over to Thawm studying with the mystics, "I see you found some assistance. I hope all is well."
Oh 100%. I would assume no less from Keldor :). Just wanted to post and say I am reading and still here. Excited to see how you sort through Scrapwall.
I love the next year for you three is going to be setting up a democracy... that fails as soon as you leave :P
I will keep an eye on the threads and when its time for me to jump in I can. No rush. Will let everyone conclude their story threads without a new variable.
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