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I really enjoyed that! The fight was very well done and I was easily able to visualize the action you were portraying. Great job! I hope you write more, especially on subjects like this one where it's more "mundane" (e.g. human v. human) rather than fantastical. Such things are a great source of inspiration for gming!
Thanks for the feedback Stuart. Out of curiosity, has anyone compiled a list of good things to cut out somewhere and I'm just not seeing it? Thanks!
After doing some thinking, I'm currently leaning towards the following and I'd dearly love some feed back on it.
I'd like to be able to run the AP largely as written with the bad guys being "Mythic", but I don't want things to be 1 shotted. I want a degree of epicness to it. Thanks!
First off, thank you _VERY_ much for your replies! I do have a few questions/comments
Thank you all so much for your help!
hey folks, So I'm gearing up to run my next AP (my RotRL campaign is winding down) and my players are indicating they'd love to play Wrath of the Righteous and I'm pretty interested in it as well. I'm currently doing a read through and the story line is pretty awesome for 1-3 (not gotten to #4 yet), and the feel is very enjoyable as well. However, I'm hung on the big question. Do I incorporate Mythic Rules or not? So, I'd like to conduct a bit of a poll. 1. If you have, or are going to, run Wrath of the Righteous, would you do so using the mythic rules or convert it to non-mythic? 2. If you were going to run it as non-mythic, how would you convert it? 3. If you were going to run it as mythic, what would you change? Thanks!
Hello, I can't find anything that says either way. But does anyone know if a trapped target with them? Or is it just their body sans gear? I ask because a PC of mine has offended a pit fiend and forced it to "serve him for a year." The thing will offer him 3 choices to conclude their bargain, one of which is "serving his every need for the remainder of the duration of their bargain. " It seems a fine way to do this is via trapping the PC's soul for the year so he can be most easily and efficiently served. Spoiler:
This is a result of the dam set up in Hook Mountain Massacre. Thanks!
I'll agree that the flash flood is a little dubious, not huge, but a little dubious. But I can see how in previous years it'd have flooded as well. Regardless, the ogre created spill way means the dam is gone regardless of what the PC's do. They wrecked the structural integrity of the dam so it's only a matter of time before it goes. That water is pouring through means it is going MUCH sooner rather than later. So in retrospect, I'd have the PC's find some what to encounter the ogres there before it's structural integrity is compromised.
2Handed Fighter 3 (instead of Armor Training, make a single attack (with the attack action or a charge) with a two-handed weapon, he adds double his Strength bonus on damage rolls. Feat: Cleave
You only get the damage bonus when making a single attack or a charge. So it won't help on iterative attacks or cleave.
Hello all, So, I’m about to have FotGS go off the rails and I’d like some advice, and yeah… I know this is LONG, but I wanna make sure I’m not being TOOO much of an ass here since this has the potential to either end the campaign or take it in a mythic direction. This whole thing is spoilery as all hell, so be warned.:
Background: The PC’s fought the raid and managed to kill the dragon, several giants, and Nualia (she’d been captured and later escaped in BO). They then tracked down Teraktinus and the surviving giants and killed them just north of Wolf’s Ear, rescuing the prisoners and then teleporting everyone back to Sandpoint over the next few days. They further managed to capture and interrogate one of the Stone Giants, but did not ask about Mokmurian’s plans, only who he was and where he was based before they executed him. They then returned to Sandpoint and then split the party with 4 going to Magnimar with the intent of taking some undefined amount of time off to craft magic items and retrain and the 5th staying in Sandpoint. I, the GM, knowing that Mokmurian is going to launch his invasion wanted to give them a LITTLE hint, so I hit them with a bit of a clue hammer by having Avaxial warn the Hellknight PC that he should act, lest in his sloth he be acted upon, and they seemed to get the hint that a long break now might not be the wisest course of action. Further, I’ve warned them that the bad guys have their own agenda and will be acting on their own timelines, rather than waiting for the PC’s to come and find them sitting around. Background pt2 - Magnimar’s situation: Long story short, Mokmurian & Galenmir have another agent in Magnimar that has been keeping the place in a reasonable degree of Chaos by orchestrating the overthrow of Lord-Mayor Grobaras and then charming the Sczarni leadership into mounting a rebellion against the triumvirate of Lord-Mayor Hobart Deverin, Commander Odinburg, and Captain Uriana. While the rebellion has no chance of success it is keeping Magnimar’s army & watch occupied in suppressing it. As it stands now, the rebels have been forced back into Rag’s End and the place surrounded while the Hellknights and watch work on clearing out the place. NOTE: Deverin & Uriana both have been charmed by Mokmurian’s agent who convinced them to employ the Hellknights, knowing that their heavy handedness would prolong the fight longer. The current game date is 1/22/4709 and the PC’s are in Magnimar.
So, where I have some questions and seeking for advice is: Question 1: How hard do I hit them with the hint hammer? i.e. in our next session do I let more hints drop? Or leave things as is and let events play out as they will? Question 2: Assuming that they do take the time off to make magic items, does my current timeline & plan is looking like this, but am I missing anything? Should I do anything differently? Also I know the PC’s are chaos incarnate and will throw things off, but… yeah. That army is quite the juggernaut that’ll take a LOT of work to throw off. Quesiton 3: Am I being to much of an ass here? This has the potential for some pretty epic rewards with mythic power. But could it also end the campaign. Advice is deeply appreciated!
To help make it feel a little less (on the surface) like the PC's are the only major players in the world I've set one of the players as a member of the Pathfinder Society and had the Shattered Star AP going on at the same time. So periodically as the campaign has progressed they will get updates on how that AP is going. Further, My plan is to have the group of Pathfinders fail at either the final book or next to final book, so the PC's will have to rush in to save the city. So yeah, they aren't the only players, just the only successful ones in Varisia.
Hey hey, So in my game last night, I had a couple of situations come up that I want clarification on to make sure I run them appropriately.
Thank you!
Hey hey, I've been running the Rise of the Runelords AP for awhile now (Jade Regent before that) and I've been really successful in getting my players totally invested in their characters. They love'em but I'm in a GMing quandry regarding the potential of character death that looms large as we advance into the higher levels of play. Specifically, if a character dies I first, don't want death to have no consequences beyond a monetary penalty (a Raise Dead & a Restoration). On the other hand, I don't want to permanently croak a character either by barring Raise Dead. I've toyed with a few alternative ideas such as: 1. Using the Skull & Shackles subsystem for losing limbs, so that if you would "die" you instead get maimed. Does anyone have any experience with them? 2. I've heard mention of something called Death Traits or Death Feats in an old 35Private Sanctuary podcast that was posted in Kobold Quarterly a few years ago. Does anyone have experience with those? Beside those, does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!
Hey hey folks, Okay so to update the Sandpoint Maps I did. 1. I've switched it over to a .zip file that lists all the stuff including some alternate version. Hope that makes it easier to get! 2. I've included the original photoshop file (Sandpoint-Grid-Map.psd) in case you want to modify it. 3. I've included a printable version (Sandpoint-Poster-Grid-Map.pdf) in case you want to put it on foam board or whatever. For running it. I'll be using little flag markers on long pins to show where people and bad guys are at. To answer the question from Bigrig107. The scale is about 20' per square.
If it helps, here is the gridded Sandpoint Map I cooked up with for the raid. I printed it out and attached it to a big piece of foam board.Even though my raid is over, I tried to take a look at it for curiosity's sake, but I can't get the link to come up with anything. All I get is a big empty graphic cube with an X in the upper right, as if the picture link is no longer valid. Grrr... That is so weird. I don't get a preview either when checking it not-logged into google docs. However I can still download it anonymously. I'll work on it and see what I can do to fix that. Sorry!
If it helps, here is the gridded Sandpoint Map I cooked up with for the raid. I printed it out and attached it to a big piece of foam board.
If it helps, here is the gridded Sandpoint Map I cooked up with for the raid. I printed it out and attached it to a big piece of foam board.
hello, Any chance someone could lend a hand in helping me build a "troop" of guardsmen? Like say a group of 5 guards? And using this guard stat block. Thanks!
This is all kinds of spoilery, so... Spoiler:
My group is has just finished the Graul farm (all the Black Arrows died) and is headed back to town, so I'll likely start the next session with the flood. But given my players ability to really focus in on things, I can easily see them skipping the dam and going after the ogres. If that happens, then the dam is obviously gonna collapse, but if it does, can anyone suggest what happens to Magnimar? Assuming Storval Deep averages 300' deep, 120 miles long, and 20 miles wide, then it contains 20,072,448,000,000 cubic feet of water that'll drain down river. Turtleback Ferry and Pendaka are clearly gone, and Bitter Hollow probably as well. Ilsurian will get flooded but Lake Syrantula has a lot of area too it, so Biston & Melfesh are probably okay. But that stuff will continue on down. Does anyone think it's reasonable if Whistledown and Wartle get washed away? What about Magnimar? That much water is going to take weeks to flow through, but will it be fast enough to do more than flood Keystone, Beacon's Point, and Ordellia? Has anyone had this happen and if so how did you run it? Personally, I kinda like the idea of Magnimar being, if not destroyed, then seriously damaged which would give even more Chaos for Mokmurian to take advantage of with the attack on Sandpoint. Thanks!
hello, Recently I participated in a successful Fortress of the Nail run and I have a question about the reward. Spoiler:
Specifically it says that you get a 3K gp or less magic item from Zarta. Can that 3K come in the form of helping to upgrade an existing item, or must it be an entirely separate item? Thanks!
hello, I have 2 questions about the Cruel Enchantment and hopefully someone can help me out! 1. Do you get the bonus HP when you kill ANY creature? Or only if they're Frightened, Panicked, or Shaken? 2. Is there a limit to the number of temporary HP you can get? Thanks!
Hey hey, Thanks for the responses! Then some more stuff within: Spoiler:
1. I'm using the pathfinder-ized original version of Xanesha, though with a katana (loot for the party samurai) instead of Impaler of Thornes. 2. The Charm Monster thing is an excellent idea. Though instead of Gargoyles, may be a 10-15 townsfolk. Then have them backing up the Scarecrow from the stairs above with crossbows/rocks. 3. Finally, am I reading the map of the tower right, the top section is on the roof of the place, right? And then based on the art, that is a VERY heavily slanted roof. Has anyone's battle spilled out to there? And if so, what sorta checks did you require for folks to avoid sliding off? Thanks!
hey hey, I have some questions regarding Xanesha & the clock tower and am looking for feed back on it. First some background: Spoiler: 1. I have 6 players, 5 of whom are very experienced. 2. The players are built using a 30pt stat array (16, 15, 14, 14, 12, & 11). 3. They originally crossed paths with Ironbriar during Nualia Tobyn's trial (post Burnt Offerings) and have become celebrities by virtue of a news paper reporter that heavily publicized their exploits in Sandpoint. 4. To connect them with Magnimar better, I'd had Mayor Grobaras & Ironbriar invite the PCs in to investigate the murders in Magnimar. Grobaras so he could have outsiders/scape goats if needed, Ironbriar so he could have a chance to eliminate the only effective opposition his group has faced. 5. Ironbriar then organized them to report to him during the investigation, which they did, over the course of a week. Including that they had clues pointing to the Seven's Sawmill. 6. So, seeing it coming, Ironbriar had a week to prepare his people to ambush the PCs at the Sawmill. However, because the PC's took a week to recon the place, Ironbriar's people weren't as effective as they could have been. But they fought their way through it, though it was close a time or two. So that leads us to the current situation. Xanesha has been aware that the PC's are onto her favored minions for a week now and given her 16 int & 14wis, I feel it's totally appropriate for her to feel that the jig is up on her current location/plot. However, being a mean spiteful creature she doesn't wanna just walk away. As such, I was considering the following ambushes against the PC's. 1. Call in additional Faceless Stalkers. Easily explainable, but kinda bleh to just throw in more mooks. 2. Rig additional bells to drop as per the normal trap rules. 3. Change the tower into an ambush. First, Xanesha leaves the Scarecrow down below and 2 Faceless Stalkers above. Both groups are bait to show that the place is still occupied. Second, when the PC's get up to the top, after the Faceless Stalker's are dealt with (or may be during), Xanesha triggers the tower to collapse by the bells having been tethered to the structural supports for the tower so that when they drop they pull the top down too. Since she's not an engineer, it wouldn't be perfect, so they'd get saves to avoid falling all the way down and/or would get saves to mitigate the damage. Can y'all think of others? Suggestions on DCs for #3? Thanks!
It's unlikely that many people would use Access for that. A web tool would be more universal, easier to use, and wouldn't require purchasing an expensive Microsoft product. If someone is going to use software, then something like Hero Lab is much better than a homemade Access database. The main thing is to have something that is searchable and easy to add NPCs too. Any recommendation on somethin like that?
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