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I'm not sure if it is the same scenario, but I recall our party having a kineticst against a long range horde of charging orcs.. Turns out their blasts have a ridiculous range. “Yup” done that”. Hefts up a gun nearly as tall as her. “I call him ‘Piecemaker’. After shooting two Aspis agents I’ve been ‘requested’ to not shoot him on the isle of Kortos..” MW timeworn Railgun.
I fully agree with... wait... hit it with what? Pulls out comically large rail gun, turns it on and lets it wind up to a nice dangerous purr. Quaffs an extract of True strike. "Now this won't hurt much." She says as she lines up the Timeworn Masterwork Railgun as she infuses it wth a alchemispcal mixture of Alchemist Fire/Slime Grenade and lines up her shot at the NB
I may have the only musket master who doesn't rapid shot with alchemical cartridges, instead vital striking with standard bullets. This is because my dice hate me with misfire chances. I do that, but I'm a grenadier also...
Speaking as a GM, I'd say a warning or atonement would be the most I'd do for a paladin in a PFS game. It could be argued depending on the god that the paladin worships cracking her head open would be a good final option after both diplomacy and intimidate checks were made. You're a paladin of say..Torag , you present options. She tells you point blank she going to kill the family as soon as she can. Cut and dried, I'll take my warning and/or atonement Mr GM .. Saying that encounter was grounds for the paladin falling without any other instances? Nope.
I don't know.. Spoiler:
The outright murder of Spider in front of a party of Pathfinders with a smirking thanks to his 'minions' if any were around seems pretty INTENTIONAL. Kyrie polishes a little adamantine bullet with a lot of names on it. All known aliases of one man...
I don't get the Sheila hate.. but I will concede on occasion she's been woefully uninformed in the situation at hand. That being said.. I LOATHE: -Drendle: 3am wake ups for stuff you've known about for weeks? The running gag is he doesn't send pages for this character as she's usually crawling home at the point (he's waiting at the gate) -Osprey: Osprey and Kyrie has this mutual loathing society thing going. He hates her snark at briefings and she frequently asks which lover/ex-lover/friend she'll find dead in the ditch as part of the mission. -Aram Zey.: its more a 'I don't deserve your scorn' thing with him. As my Alchemist Runt put it recently when a certain season goal was realized 'He's a D@#$ but he's our D@#$," MOST of my issues is some of the other mission briefers have a very very casual attitude about things like: getting there, getting back, knowing what is coming, what is up, and such. For example in a specific interactive HE KNEW what what coming but what do the players get is something along the lines of 'Hey something is up.. be alert.. caw caw " as he flies in and flies out.
"Favors? I'm happy to do it if Dicky clears my 20gp tab." A tall varisian woman with acid splattered clothing says from where she's looking over the wreckage of her favorite dive bar. She held a sheet that says 'Usage Waiver' on it. "I'm even cleared to use Piecemaker. And I called in a favor with several friend's of mine, all followers of the 'Lucky God'. We were going to add the "Boar 'n Oysters' to the annual Cayden's Crawl next year. Cause.. well damn.. spicy oysters and best damn Boar's ribs..." The idea of dozens of Caydenites out for two clumsy thugs in Absalon. Nothing could go wrong could it?
While a Gunslinger able to skimp on con, particularly on a musket master or long arm GS, I'd suggest a minimum of 12 (with toughness and some FCB) because: 1. You're going to earn the Ire of someone on the other side. You will hit easily, often and thanks to a x4 multiple on some weapons quite nastily. You will EARN attacks quite easily. 2. there will be THAT time when you are having to tank. The main melee guy will be out of spot/dead/dying/a rabbit or something will get to you or the guy you're beside. I personally am the only GS I know of in my PFS lodge who hasn't had to do it. And at 11th level, that surprised me to say it. There ways to up your intimidate. (Maiden's mask if you have access to the Shattered Star AP) for example. Just remember the first rule.. Have fun
Kyrie watched the tengu quietly, the gun moving to keep him in line. Of course he didn't know that things like people, walls and buildings wouldn't stop the round. It was because of that she didn't get to randomly shoot it off on the island of Kortoss "Tell glass, chilled, Arkenstart Amberbock please." She said as the server came up. She looked at him with a bland smile as she slid Piecemaker to one side. Dicky, do you have something like chicken wings here? The oysters were great.. but I need some foul."
Kyrie continues snacking on her oysters and drinks, but those who are observant notice that while several of her guns are out, Piecemaker is still out and depending on how you see it from the booth she's in, it could be pointing towards a certain Tengu lawyer or a the very loud person who just blasphemed on a good Varisian red.
P.I.E.C.E not Peace. This is a tricky weapon. Found it in Numerian, I am the only person in my team who could use it. I'm forbidden to shoot it on the grounds of the Lodge here in town short of invasion. Took two shoots during the Convocation last summer. First shot left this pretty little trench along the north wall of six library rooms in a row. The second vaporized to Consortium agents. Pink cloud..and then clipped the edging of a rooftop a mile away. Needless to say, words were said. At length. At GREAT length. And volume. She looked at the gnome with a smile. He was entirely too hyper but that was okay for now. She shucked down two more of her oysters. Aye, all guns have names. I have Ol' Painless, my father's gun, brought to me by the man that introduced me to the society. Then there is my backup." A flick of her wrist reveals a pepperbox pistol "Named Diplomacy.. I've used Diplomacy in many a surprise situation. And there is the gun that Paracountess Drahleen gave me. She pulled an ornately guided rifle from 'somewhere.' Two barrels of blued steel, with an elaborately carved woman with very little to cover her 'assets' with. The butt was made of exquisite Taldan darkwood and inlaid with a mix of brass and silver, covered in similar figures on it. The Countess. Because like the person who gave me this gun, it's ostentatious and gaudy and makes a scene whenever she is brought out. As for the Ebonblade name, it's deep involved and I'm not entirely sure, my mother and father were pathfinders. They're name is on the Wall of names..and my father knew what it meant. She said as she dropped another platinum piece on the counter. Apple Jack, cold and strong please, Dicky.
Denbora, my friend, you touch Piecemaker and I might have to get upset.No one gets to play with her till the Ten let's me fire it again at the Conclave. Kyrie said as she worked what could be called a demonic alchemist lab on the plate. She unstoppered each bottle and smiled, as usual the best quality booze to be had. I got the range designed. Two hundred foot backstop lined with six two-inch adamantine plates. That should hold. Mmm.. and good that I brought my sauce for these. She said as she added a dash out of the red bottle she pulled from her bag and shook it over the oysters and paused to shuck down three. Grand as usual Dicky, though you need to up your sauce game The alchemist said as she shook the bottle of her own sauce, labeled flaming manticore. This Dicky, is a tricky one, one vial of black dragon's blood, the stinger gland of an emperor scorpion, the balsamic will actually work well with this She poured the blood in, then added one scary thing after another along with the bottles she paired Dicky for. The mixture seethed and bubbled as she gently stirred it with a glass rod in the glass. There was a faint haze around the glass before she added the gland and a small vital of liquid ice. The mixture bubbled and the haze formed into a cloud as she smiled at sight of the runes glowing. As usual the right touch.. I like it. The Lucky Drunk would enjoy this. She took it in hand and slugged it down, sitting down on the stool ad she upended the glass and then blew a long smoke ring with a belch. "Been wanting to try that recipe for YEARS. Totally worth running two days across the damn Mana Wastes, running across the desert in the tapestry to the only place that had the rest of the ingredients. She says holding the last dregs up for her review and quickly pouring it into a small alchemist's vial. Master Denboara Azzar, I apologize but I tend to be a mite possessive of Piecemaker. I've been forbidden of firing her again in Absalon short of invasion. Care to try my hot sauce or can I buy you a drink?
A woman carrying a HUGE rifle on her shoulder comes in, clearly having travelled far as she dusts off her tricorne had and sets the massive numerian device against the bar. She pulled a marble platter from the pack she dropped by it. "Master Serpico, I have travelled far today, cutting leagues from my journey by taking a two league shortcut thru a desert in the tapestry. Terrible dusty weather, gnoll bandits, all the fun of home without waste mutants." She said cheerfully as she laid an odd gland on the marble cutting and a vial of boiling black blood. "Luckily this scorpion wasn't as big as a wagon, which means this little gland is just right.. now the reason I'm here is you have the last bottle of 30 year old Westcrown Honey whiskey." She said as she laid out the goods and then a stack of 3 platinum pieces. "I'll need that bottle, a bottle of strawberry brandy and a crystal decanter, not metal. This dissolves or corrodes most metals."
Just lie down in bed one way or another at least one of them will be there Drendle doesn't visit my room anymore.. a very large fast travelling lead ball through a door after a night of 'worshiping the Drunken God proper' means he sends shorter pages who know to knock from the side of the door rather than in front.
Don't worry, I'll keep him hot for you two. (MW Railgun + Arotun's Flame/Slime Grenade) Nah, I left the bits of my 'watchers' in a small bucket. You should aways check ABOVE the door left ajar. Sometimes it's not water in the bucket.
Don't worry, I'll keep him hot for you two. (MW Railgun + Arotun's Flame/Slime Grenade)
I'm of the mind that if these badges are not listed on the Chronicle sheet then they are not available to PCs. I assume Pathfinders would turn them over to the Society. I simply said my character collected them, till I paid for a MW tool for intimidate (a Kapanenia full of badges with bullet holes) THEN I paid for a benefit for it.
Calling gunslingers badwrongfun? Pssh, that is so 2013. The question you should be asking is "Why Not?" Nice shot.. Try 15d10+64? It was an epically nice shot.. Turned two fully unharmed Aspis Agents into pink mist
Which really stunk, because some of us were really really really looking forward to the technology.Tech was supposed to be a lot more predominant in Season 6 than just less than a half dozen scenarios. But after the first couple of scenarios, there was a major outcry against the technology element, so they stopped writing any more besides the first few that were already in production.There were A FEW tech oriented scenarios in Season 6, the rest getting canceled after the mammoth outcry protesting technology. Aside from those, we don't have tech at all. Pats her Timeworn Masterwork Railgun, Piecemaker. "Got the best musket in tha world. If you can contact the next world.. just ask the two Consortium agents I shot with one bullet.
"Feel free to ask questions. I run 'Ebonblade Munitions' in the Merchant's quarter." Kyrie said as she reloaded the guns in a precise manner from the laid out bullets and powder horn. There was an odd sheen to the bullets as she held them up. "These are cold iron, blaised with adamantine blanch, and I have some set up with ghost salt and silver as well. She reached into her pack and started laying out a variety of alchemical items by the guns. "Artoku's flame, burns hotter than normal alchemist's fire. Tricky to brew though. That is acid, the wobbly bottle by it is essentially condensed green slime, there is a mix of liquid ice and Artoku's fire." She said as she held up each in turn. "This lets me add to the bullet. "A few things like Ghast Retch or Itching Powder works nice too." She lifted her musket and shot the target statue and it lit up like a bonfire for a second. "The tricky part is with the Countess, I had to get her special 'chanted." Kyrie said as she took the corrosive grenade as one of the stone masons hustled out to drop a mail shirt over the crude figure. This time the shot seemed more.. 'explosive' as it hit and literally detonated and then the green goo dissolved the shirt in seconds. Knowledge (Arcana) 15:
The 'explosion' was due to her using her conductive musket to channel her Alchemist's discovery of Explosive Missile "Wish I could shoot my new toy though.. I'd REALLY like to try it out..." She said as she watched the statue smoke and smolder.
A Varisian woman walks out with a massive bundle on her shoulder, whistling a jaunty tune that seems oddly familiar. There are a trio of dwarves walking out with her, dragging massive blocks out of stone that she points for them to set up. Knowledge (Local or Religion) 15:
A Caydenite Drinking song "I'll try to keep things to a minimum. Ambrus let me use THAT wall for a backstop, since it's over four feet of granite." She said jaunitly as she set up a folding bench and bench in the bundle. "Apparently I'll be demonstrating some things on the Grand Convocation this week." She started pulling from the second bundle quartet of odd weapons. An old musket, battered but clearly lovingly restored, another newer musket with a pair of barrels that seemed to be embroised with a golden image of a naked woman, a small pistol, and a massive thing that seems to be outright alien. Knowledge(Local) 15::
It looks a LOT like Paracountess Zarta Knowledge (Engineeering) 25:
: The 'alien gun' is a RAILGUN "These are a variety of firearms. The musket was my father's, his apprentice work at the Arkenstar Gunworks. This new one.. I call her 'The Countess'" She grinned wicked as she oiled, cleaned and loaded each long arm in turn, then turning to the smaller multi barrel pistol that she keeps in a sleeve mounted scabbard. "This is 'Discretion', for when I need to be subtle." She added before moving to check out the statue the workman were setting up. It was a crude likeness of a man with massive facial scars. Knowledge (Local) 15:
: Grandmaster Torch "Missed this gent by days this year, he high tailed out of Eto with something a certain dragon wants I hear." She said with dangerous cheer and a savage smile as she walks back to the waiting guns and sighting down the barrel of the musket and taking a shot that hits the figure square over the heart and the bullet bounces over the massive granite wall behind it. The 'Countess' is next with a pair of shots that replace the eyes and smashes the face, then the pistol with slow precise shots that slowly build a 'nose and grin' on the ruined face.
I know the Consortium contributed to my character's MW Tool (Intimidate), a Kapenia with a hidden fold covered Aspis badges (some with dried blood and others with bullet holes). Great conversational piece.. for some reason the Consortium goons she runs into either wet themselves or try to kill her though ..... Blackros Matrimony: She showed Tancred is brother's badge.. for some reason he didn't like it. Didn't like getting shot by her later in another scenario
Aspis. Very dangerous. You go first. "Nope..this goes first..." Pulls out a bandolier of fuse grenades and Alchemists fire, tosses it into the room, the follows it with an alchemists bomb. Waits for the screams to end, turns to the rest of the party. "NOW, we enter. "
Spoilers** spoiler omitted ** 1. Spoiler:
2. The Waking RuneHe shanked her AFTER he got something he could use as leverage against the Ten. Spoiler:
He used the pc to put a BUG on an item for the sole purpose of spying on the society..specifically the Ten. 3. Destiny of the Sands Spoiler:
He knew what was going on. Having been the tomb before. Did he warn the players. Nope. He clearly was dealing with the Consortium given he wound up with the Emerald Sage Jewel. 4. Beacon Below Spoiler:
The 'Emerald Sage' beat the players again to something.. vital. Torch is playing the long game. My (now) VC Cleric gleefully unleashed the inevitables on him. I disagree with your outlook. He used the players in seasons 0-2, during the short time he led the 'legitimate' society it was so that he could gain better channels into the actions of the Ten.
Spoiler: Eyes of the Ten.
Oh? Some of us were there when he shanked someone and basically said 'Thanks Suckers, ciao ..." There is a reason Kyrie carries a master work adamantine bullet with his name on it. And what 'ol' painless' her father's musket is +1 distance HUMAN bane.
You could have hit his triggers. Don't think he was referring to YOUR post there Lemur
I find it funny that both bows and crossbows are 2-handed weapons but only two hand fire arms are excluded from Explosive missile myself. I found a way around it (conductive) for one of my long arms and typically use my pepperbox for the occasional tanglefoot bomb explosive missile anyway. Small grumble.
There are days I wish that the pepperbox rifle wasn't advanced firearms. Mostly when I get the 'You only can do 2 free actions to reload' GMs and such on my Musket Master/Grenadier. (the same GM said it took a move action to do my extracts and class powers in ADDITION to the standard/swift actions of the powers)
Correct me if I'm wrong but you don't get discoveries till 2nd level and abundant ammo isn't an extract for Alchemists. So you'd need 2 levels and a good umd
Does he know how to take a bullet to the head from 100 yards? I still got my little adamantine bullet with his name on it...and now.. Ol Painless is a Human Bane musket.. hohohohoho..
Like I've said before. Make firing BOTH barrels of a double barrel weapon a standard action. (Like a free Vital strike) it's potent but no longer encounter breaking.
Cant do #5. You'r average summoner CANNOT use his summon monster power and Eidolon at the same time. The Eidolon goes away if they do. If they are using Summon Edidolon the spell to do it, then it is possible but you're eating up spells to do it.
Okay, I like gunslingers but I'm more of a pulp fantasy guy than a middle earth fantasy guy. My experience with my mm 5/gren 6 has had a few XPLODEY moments where my gunslinger tip toes out of the box into the WTF DID YOU DO?!? damage levels. (110 points on a vermin in this one scenario. Is the latest) but I hear about GMs going on an on about massive dp via hail of bullets 1 if you're doing HUGE amounts of attacks with a gun after the second round, you're doing it with paper cartridges to keep up your reload speed (I prefer vital strike over them) that means you (as the GM) aren't paying attention to the misfire value. It goes up by one. And if it misfires once you add even more. I typically roll a 1-2 about once a game and use a grot to clear. If I'm using my pepper box or double barrel musket,mi have to watch for a 1-3 or 1-4 for paper carts.
I really get tired of the exploitive builds being used as examples of how a typical class player is having BADWRONGGAMEBREAKINGFUN. I don't base my outlook of how the summoner with the pounce monster/shred beast with pages of spell knowledge (summon oval ???) makes the humanoid eidolon archer weapon wielder is badwrrongfun. Yeah my gunslinger isn't the hail of lead type and I take a LOT of shots out of her pistol or musket first increment but that is my buld but a LOT of the complaints I here is that they are filling the air with lead and having not a single bad thing in turn. That tells me misfire isn't being watched. Yeat at the same table my gunslinger is doing 30-40 points a vital strike, I am more dangerous than the beat stick guy running around hitting 2 to 3 times for 40+ a hit or the archer clustering shot of upwards of 60+ is the bad/broken character.? And the archer, courtesy of durable arrows, gets his ammo back? I hear a lot of 'not in MY golorain' in these posts. This isn't YOUR game, it's not MY game..it's a SHARED world. I typically build my PCs to be part of a team. Most of the barrage monsters I've heard of don't. As a GM, I keep that in mind for ALL uber optimized types. 'untoubale tank with huge shield and chained bastard sword' in hand.. Not so charming. Gore splattered Titan mauler not so convincing to the city guards. My gunslinger standing there in flame red mail looking like a merchants bodyguard hand the face of the party a note as part of an assist to his diplomacy roll? Who do you think contributes more to role playing encounters? I'm hearing a lot of they break encounters but not much of how they fail role play ing encounters
I was referring to the WISH.. which is a 9th level spell (or equivalent). And if you want to be REALLY mean.. give him the +5 Inherent bonus.. but only for seconds.. (no duration was listed) Not to mention.. once he RELEASES the Genie.. it can come and get him.. and a CR 8 encounter won't be fun if he WAITS till they are in an encounter.
Let's see.. you got.. A will save to avoid being bound, a chance to planar travel out (if he doesn't dimensional anchor it..which requires a save AND SR check). Revenge and 'mis-interpretation' of the wish can be definitely done by it. ('I want to be more intelligent'.. could mean he's now VENERABLE.. with the resulting outcome.) Personally, I don't think you should allow it. (Review the rules on getting access to high level spells for one thing) and if you do.. well tell him to expect the NEXT GM to disallow it.
No update to the additional resources today? It's the street date, Wednesday, and with the recent blog, I was expecting the additional resources update today. It's the run up to the Paizo 'Silly Season' IE.. GenCon.. they are busy. give them some time. Won't be the first (or last time) they have been late. Besides, They could be double checking the stuff up for clarity. |
