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zer0darkfire wrote:

Hey guys, I have a level 7 scarab sage character that hasn't played any of the scarab sage scenarios. Which ones are still available for the character since he has left the 1-5 and almost the 3-7 range?

Test of Tar Kuata is 3-7 so now would be a good time to play that. :-)

If anybody would be willing to GM that I could jump in with a Scarab Sages character too!

I've got a level 5 Scarab Sages sorcerer who would love to jump in on that.

Ah right. Lvl 5-6.

I've got a Sorcerer 5 that is available.

Many thanks for running! This was great fun. Sorry that I was absent from the gameplay thread for the past few days - it's been a bit hectic - but fortunately it doesn't seem like it made any difference. Chronicle looks great and thanks to all for a thoroughly fun group!

Ah, ok - thanks for the clarification.

"Setare, can you step 5' further into the room so that I can engulf it in flames without hitting you?"

Hoprah will delay until Setare has stepped out of the way and then will cast Burning Hands.

Burning Hands: 5d4 ⇒ (2, 3, 4, 2, 1) = 12 Reflex DC 17 for half

Confused about the concentration checks. Are they not required for the other spells? Can Hoprah determine if there's a place where she can safely cast? No worries if this is outside of character knowledge...

Not wishing to waste another spell, Hoprah lets fly with another bolt of force from her wand.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Concentration check DC 22: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17 Fail...

Cursing, Hoprah is momentarily distracted and loses her spell.

Do we know what caused the need for the concentration check?

Before the group enters the chamber, Hoprah uses her wand of Protection From Evil on everyone (except Barley, who had his own). Uses 5 charges. If it matters - for the purpose of duration (which is only 1 minute) - she casts in the following order: Etienne, Kit, Rilia, Setare, Hoprah.

Knowledge (Planes): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26 Resistances, please

"Good Gracious, that is a corruption of nature called a tendriculos! It is essentially a corrupted plant... most plants are usually immune to mind-affecting effects, as well as poison and the like..."

Hoprah makes some arcane gestures and a cloud of glitter flies through the air, descending on the "Heart."

Glitterdust, DC 18 Will save or it is blinded for 4 rounds, with a new save to negate at the end of its turn each round.

I'm back from my trip and mostly caught up with the thread and should be able to resume regular posting.

Hoprah shivers at the mention of spending the night in this forsaken place. "I will as the rest of you wish, but for myself, I would simply press on, that we not spend another moment here that is not needed. For this place suits me poorly, and I shall be most pleased to see the light of day once again."

As noted, I'll be offline from tomorrow until late Tuesday. Hoprah has 11 charges left on her wand of Magic Missile, 2 level 1 spell slots remaining (Burning Hands (DC 17 CL 5), Ear-Piercing Scream DC 17, Feather Fall, Identify, Liberating Command known), 5 level 2 spell slots (Glitterdust DC 18). Thanks for botting.

Hoprah stares through the doorway at the foul creature. She doesn't know what it is, but she feels certain that it must be destroyed.

Magic Missile wand: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

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"What is the "heart"? And do you think it would be worth our while to speak with her?"

"Why would Elenuta oppose us? We are no friends of oppression and would seek to free you all. Why would she - and you - not aid us?"

Welcome back!

Hoprah adds, "And I am Hoprah. How come you here? And where is your home? If you will aid us we will help set you free."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Hoprah agrees with Barley. "Why don't we check some of those other doors that we passed?"

Hoprah is also ready to move forward (unless there's something here that we've missed so far - if there is, I missed it)

"Just strike the chime when you want to open a door or a lock. I believe it has enough magic remaining to be used six times."

Chimes of Opening info here

Hoprah missed all the banter among her comrades because she had stopped for a snack. Wiping her mouth and brandishing an almost-finished turkey leg, she comments, "This adventuring is hungry work..."

When they spot another magical item she again attempts to identify it.

Spellcraft, Inspire Competence: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 2 = 9

Presuming that Etienne is able to get it with Kit's help, but if not Hoprah will cast Identify again

Spellcraft, Identify, Inspire Competence still active?: 1d20 + 5 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 5 + 10 + 2 = 35

"Ah, a Chime of Opening. That could certainly come in handy. Who would like to hold it?"

GM, please let me know if I should mark off a use of a level 1 spell for Identify?

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

Sigh... Hoprah casts identify again and then takes 10 for 25.

"This is a figurine of wondrous power. It can be used to deliver messages."

Hoprah casts Detect Magic and scans the room to see if there is anything of interest.

Seeing an opening, Hoprah moves up to the doorway and sends a blast of flame through the door at the purple chair.

Burning Hands, fire dmg: 5d4 ⇒ (4, 1, 1, 3, 2) = 11 DC 17 Reflex for half

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With little that she can contribute, Hoprah continues to delay.

With her magic missile having little effect on the chairs, Hoprah hopes that her companions will be able to be more effective than she is. She draws her wand of cure light wounds and waits to see if any of her companions need healing.

On delay

Hoprah sends yet another bolt of force through the open doorway at the purple chair.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

"Well, that was a rather disturbing situation. Hopefully that was the worst we'll find in this peculiar place. Shall we continue on?"

Will be pretty busy tomorrow, so posting Hoprah's turn in advance

Hoprah fires another force missile from her wand.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Hoprah watches the monster tear into her comrades with dismay and shoots another bolt of force at it.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

"Down, down, you foul doggie!"

Hoprah switches tactics and draws her wand of magic missile and sends a bolt of force at the mastiff.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Hoprah tries again, determined to show this creature what a good scream can really do!

sonic dmg: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3

Ear Piercing Scream, DC 17 Fort save for half dmg, if save failed then dazed for 1 round

Will: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Hoprah decides to return the favor, sending forth an ear-piercing scream that only the mastiff can hear.

sonic dmg: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 4) = 9

Ear Piercing Scream, DC 17 Fort save for half dmg, if save failed then dazed for 1 round

Hoprah dons the brooch of shielding. (Also, in case it matters, as mentioned earlier, she used the scroll of continual flame on her spiked gauntlets)

Knowledge (Planes): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22 Special Attacks

Hoprah is fine with tackling the combat too.

Spellcraft Brooch: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Hoprah glares at the brooch in frustration and then casts Identify.

Spellcraft Brooch, Identify: 1d20 + 5 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 10 = 27

And then she nods ruefully at Kitoro. "How did you know?!? A brooch of shielding, indeed. Who would like to wear it? And what of the cloak - that would be quite nice for anyone who doesn't already have one..."

Hoprah fires yet another force missile! I swear this character is going to have more interesting and varied options in another level or two! :-)

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Hoprah sends another missile of force at whichever necrophidius is most damaged.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Hoprah sends another missile of force at #1.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Knowledge (Arcana): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Hoprah will use her wand of Magic Missile on whichever of the constructs has been more badly harmed so far.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

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Hoprah shivers, both from the temperature and the gruesome indications in the room. The dimness of the light reminds her of the continual flame scroll that they found earlier and she casts it on her spiked gauntlet.

"The door to the west seems as good as any."

I can pay the 150 gp!

Me too!

boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 19

Huzzah!

which boon?: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Hoprah will activate her wand of mage armor.

Hoprah is ready to go into the mirror. @GM, any reason we know of not to rest for the night before we enter?

No worries - I kind of thought it was something like that. Hoprah never minds a good trip on the railroad... :-)

GM, can you give us a little guidance here? I share Barley's sense that there's little reason (in-game) for us to trust anything the Baron is saying. On the other hand, I have the sense (out-of-game) that the next thing we're supposed to do to move the story along is go into the mirror.

Hoprah listens to Barley's threats and watches expectantly to see the Baron's reaction.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

Do we have any reason to think that there will be any harm in resting for a night before going in?

Can we take a shard of the mirror from here into the mirror with us without breaking it?

Did the knowledge checks reveal what sorts of threats or hazards we might encounter?

OK. I have to know. Why the heck does Hoprah have a +8 in 3 knowledge skills! My sorcerers, given the stingy skill points available for the class, would not waste points in anything but charisma based skills. She must have pumped 12 skill points into those skills and she only has 16 unless I'm missing something. Now that's dedication!

Good question! She's trying to become a Scarab Sage (it's a boon on a particular chronicle sheet), which requires her to check a lot of boxes on her faction journal cards. One of the goals is to have character level (minimum 4) ranks in Knowledge, Linguistics, or Appraise. Since she's 4th level now, she's taken 4 ranks in K:Arcana and K:Planes in order to check those boxes on two of her different faction cards (season 8 and season 9). She's also got a 12 Int, so 4 ranks, plus class skill, plus +1 from Int gets her to +8. K:History is a result of the Planar Sages boon that she has earned on her Scarab Sages faction card. So, altogether, Hoprah has spent 8 skill points and likely won't spend anymore once she has those faction boxes checked.

Hoprah will proceed to the library to do some research, though she often feels like perhaps she should have stayed in school a bit longer.

Knowledge (Arcana), Library: 1d20 + 8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 5 = 15
Knowledge (History), Library: 1d20 + 8 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 5 = 31
Knowledge (Planes), Library: 1d20 + 8 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 8 + 5 = 29