Search Posts
Hey guys -- I fear I have to withdraw from this campaign. I'm finding with my new job (about 2 months in now) that I just don't have the spare time and mental energy to keep up with all the games I'm in. More than once I've gone far too long (like right now) without posting, and I fear this will just continue. I'm sorry to drop out, although I think this party in particular has a lot of the roles covered and will be fine without Lucan.
A small rabbit with the upper torso and head of a girl, but then with rabbit ears off of the top of hear head, appears next to Lucan. "Why be seen at all?" she asks. Lucan says, "My familiar Lily has a point," Lucan says. "Do we have enough magic that we could pass by invisible? It will depend on how wide of a view the fort has. If it's the whole approach, we're in trouble. If it's a relative small choke point, then it's possible we could sneak past invisible. I can cast a spell to make myself invisible, and can cast it up to four times a day. Lord Zohan, are you familiar with this spell, or do you have anything more powerful? The invisibility will only last seven minutes, however, or until you attack something. So, that won't let us go very far invisible."
Lucan says, "I believe we are the help from Magnimar.... Tomorrow morning, first thing, we plan to scout the place, and see if we can deal with whatever the ogres, and whoever is behind them, have planned there."
Lucan says, "I agree that it appears that something is behind these ogres. But we have to deal with the threat that we have before us. There are ogres at the dam. Hopefully, they won't break it tonight; if so, then we're too late, and we will die with the rest of the town. But if it really has stood that long, then it should be quite an undertaking for them to take it down. At first light tomorrow, when we're rested and restored, we will make our way to the dam to scout the situation. Hopefully there, also, we will be able to figure out who, other than that horrendous 'mother' beast, is behind these ogres. We should try to keep at least one alive to see if we can get it to spill any information."
Lucan nods. "We should burn the scroll. I could use the wand, but given that I tend to get up and in the thick of things, Lord Zohan, you might be a better one to take the wand."
Lucan delivers a full attack against the fleshy monstronsity. Combining (wand-weilder) Spell Combat and Spellstrike, he first activates his wand of Shocking Grasp to charge up his longsword. He then attacks twice-- once as the attack that goes with Spellstrike, once as his normal attack.
Lucan tries to resist the negative energy coursing through his body...
Lucan first suffuses some of his arcane power into his sword. (Spending a point from his Arcane Pool to give his sword another +2 enhancement bonus for the next minute.) Lucan activates his Wand of Shocking Grasp to charge a shocking grasp. He'll then move forward and attack the monstrosity with his sword, as the free weapon attack that comes in place of the touch attack that goes with his Spellstrike magus ability.
Lucan shrugs, nods at Lord Zohan, and then yells out in the direction of the screeching female voice, "Coming, mum!"
Holding his sword in one hand and his Wand of Shocking Grasp in the other, he looks at Andras and jerks his head in the direction of the hallway, indicating that they should get a move on. Wasting no time, he heads down the hallway towards the voice.
Congrats. I'm moved (I posted a while back saying I was moving), and finally getting my head above water. I've been posting in some games, catching up with them slowly, and am now catching up with this game. I don't anticipate any long delays again in the forseeable future.
Hefting his sword, Lucan nods. "Let's move on. My ability to fly may not help us in what's coming up, but it will last for a few more minutes."
Trusting that the spiders will not come back -- but knowing that he can still fly for several more minutes if they do -- Lucan flies over and sets down next to Karla. He looks at her. "She doesn't look good!" he says to the others. "Does anybody have anything they can do for her? I fear healing magic isn't my strength!"
Lucan will fly in a slow circle in the air over the spiders, ready to attack them if they return. He won't attack them if it really looks like they're retreating and will stay away, but he's going to remain on guard for the moment.
I'm going to be moving next Monday, so my Internet access will become extremely spotty for at least a week. I'll try to keep up, but it's possible I won't be able to.
Lucan is grateful that his armor has protected him from the attack. He concentrates briefly, imfusing his sword with some of his arcane energy. He attempts to cast a spell defensively, charging up his sword with electrical energy. He then swings his sword at the huge spider...
Which of us still have Haste active?
"I have to be able to get into melee with them!" Lucan says. He starts casting a spell defensively. He manages to get the spell off while not opening himself up to an attack from the huge spider in front of him. That done, he flies into the air, and moves in closer to melee range with the spider. (Lucan takes a five-foot "step" -- more of a five-foot flutter -- one square forward, brandishing his sword. He will be able to fly for the next 7 minutes.)
Rolls: Casting a third-level spell (Fly) Defensively, on the assumption that he's in range of the huge spider. DC is 21: OK, I'm grateful that I spent those feats on improved concentration!
In the room with the taxidermy equipment and the flayed skin, Lucan grimaces. "Ogrekin are beasts, but this... this is worse and more brutal than what you usually expect of a hulking beast of the wilds. This is bad." Downstairs, Lucan will walk over and inspect the three men in the cage. Are any of them awake? If so, he will ask, "Hello, my name is Lucan Arcaranarian. Are you of the Black Arrows? How long have you been down here? Do you know where there is a key to open the cage?" He'll turn to his left, then to his right; failing to locate his invisible familiar, he says, generally, "Lily, can you look around and see if you can find a key?" A small voice next to him says, "Sure! A key, to open many things..."
Lucan nods, still holding his sword. "Yes, let's press on. The building is assuredly alerted. If there are any Black Arrows being held here, we might have to move fast to recover them alive."
Hey, sorry everybody. I've fallen a few days behind. I'm not going to be able to catch up right now, but I will catch up tonight.
The weapon holds the charge like a normal touch spell. "Chill Touch" is interesting because it only delivers 1d6 per touch (rather than going up with caster level like most spells), but lets you deliver one touch per level. I've still got 5 touches left on the Chill Touch I cast. Nominally, a successful attack (regular attack, not just touch attack, so there is a bit of a drawback doing it the Magus way) discharges one touch worth, but were I GM I would also rule that if you touch Lucan's sword it would discharge the spell into you.... You can touch him, though. If you're thinking healing, he'd like that a lot! The crit from the Ogrekin was pretty nasty.
Lucan steps back up on to the stairs. "Drop back and draw them after you! We can combine attacks on them!"
OK, so Ogrekin 3 is a real threat, and not one of the youngers? (Just wanted to make sure about that, as that's the one I posted Lucan as attacking... even though he missed horribly.)
Yoiks! Can you give us a summary of what is what on the map now?
With the Ogrekin he and Karla were fighting dispatched, Lucan steps down the stairs and turns to his left to attack the one further down the hall. He swings his still-cold-enhanced sword at it, but is disoriented from coming down the stairs and turning the corner, and misses badly.
GM: I see that the Ogre landed a crit threat on Lucan with its first attack. (It's second attack didn't hit.) Did you roll to confirm? If so, I didn't see where.
That, or they have a fancy wand we can [strike]sell[/strike] take and use. Fixed that for you :)
Hey all, I'm back from PaizoCon. It was very jolly.
Round 1 Lucan briefly concentrates, infusing some of his arcane power into his sword. He then whirls and swings his magically enhanced longsword at the ogrekin that attacked him. That done, he takes a step aside on to the stairs to allow Karla to move in.
Round 2:
I'm going to be offline from Thurday to Sunday (off to PaizoCon).
Lucan looks up the stairs he's next to and listens to see if he can hear anything. After that, he moves up behind Serra, still gripping his longsword that he's charged with a chill spell. Actions: First move action: Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 18 (not Lucan's forte) Second move action degraded from standard: Move to B8
Crap, sorry. I had two threads open, and posted into the wrong one. I just cut-n-paste the post to the game thread. I cut-n-paste the die result as well; if you want me to reroll over there, let me know and I'll edit the post.
Lucan looks up the stairs he's next to and listens to see if he can hear anything. After that, he moves up behind Serra, still gripping his longsword that he's charged with a chill spell. Actions: First move action: (not Lucan's forte) Second move action degraded from standard: Move to B8
Yes, I agree the GM should roll init for all of us to move things along. I'm still confused about the map: where did we come in? When you say "in front of Serra", which way is that? (There's no facing indicator, so I'm not sure which is is in front; up on the map? Right on the map?)
GM: I'm trying to figure out the map. Is the blue S sera? Are the three red dots the baby ogrekin? Did we come in through the top of the map and pass the baby ogrekin room? Where are the zombines?
Excellent.
Lucan grimaces. "This is... terrible," he mutters, looking at the gruesome display. When the bodies animate, he casts a spell, charging up his sword with a freezing chill that will enhance the damage he does with his attacks. He steps forward to engage the zombies, or whatever it is that is animating the gruesome dead bodies.
Excellent... can we get a link to the Greedy Bag's profile page in Campaign information? (PbP you know... two weeks from now I'll have forgotten the exact alias name.)
Is anybody keeping track of loot? The stuff we found on the ogrekin near the bear -- although IC I said we should bring it back to the Black Arrows, OOC I predict that we're gonna end up keeping it :) Is anybody keeping track? Has any of it been divided yet? Lucan can use the Belt of Giant Strength, but of course there are some others who can as well.
Outside, Lucan says, "Can I take a look at the amulet?"
He keeps his sword drawn as others scout the interior of the house, ready to quickly react.
Lucan will wait to see if somebody more stealthy wants to try to get a first shot. Once the ogrekin has recognized our presence, he will run up to the beast. If he can get to it in a single move, he will run to it and attack. If he can't he will do a full move, stopping five feet distant from the ogrekin (intending to do a step and Spell Combat full attack next round).
Lucan whispers to the other, "For high damage, I do much better up close and personal."
Lucan regards the carvings. "Charming," he muses, quietly. A small voice to his left says, "Charms for Manitocres!" "Shhh," Lucan quietly admonishes his invisible familiar. He says quietly, "Let's follow Zadderk's plan and circle around to the farmhouse first, but let's also set up Lord Zohan's trap. I can help you with that, if you need, but I have no particular skill with traps myself."
Lucan says, "We should bring this gear with us. It looks like it might have belonged to one of the Black Arrows, and they might want it back." However, he can't help but eye the Belt of Giant Strength greedily.... He sheathes his sword. "Come," he says to anybody still hesitating, and follows the bear.
For android, I recommend the "TouchPal" keyboard. It's a sliding keyboard which makes typing quite a bit faster and easier, although you still live in autocorrect hell.
Lucan turns to the dog that just attempted to bite him, and brings his sword down towards it with a flourish, cutting into the beast. Actions: Charge finished, AC is back to 20.
Re: Inspire Courage, oops! Sorry about that. In another campaign, I play a bard, and it's always sad to see people leaving off these bonuses I'm giving them.
Lucan draws his sword as he runs forward to attack one of the dogs. Actions: Can he get there in a charge? If so, he'll do that; -2 to AC (down to 18), +2 to attack roll.
You don't need to be online all at once on roll20. I've been in other PBEMs that use it. You can have the table there, and people can log in as they're able and move things around. You just use it as a map/visual aid to go along with the regular posting in the forum. Shall we assume that we've all spent 250gp to get two Wands of Cure Light Wounds? Who is carrying them? (Ideally, it should be somebody who can use them. Lucan can't; he hasn't trained UMD.)
Not a bad idea. Let's all pitch in. 750gp / 6 people is 125gp each.
|
