From the unauthorized annals of Viktor de Artois/Rehnskoeldson (wrath of the righteous, currently in early act 3)
diary outtakes:
Current:
After taking Drezen, we performed some very aggressive scouting missions, although in a more Gorumite then Galtean manner. Some type of Fane? We have scouted it, now it is a crater.
We figured out who did some of the raiding on our supply lines. Kellid who stayed in the worldwound, unlike my clan which became a private military company working mostly for Galt. Well, I invoked the trial of equals, 2 enter 1 leaves. Guess what, I f!!*ing won. Was closer then expected though, but that sone of a dretch Nightmaref!*@ or whatever is name was is dead. Remaining wintersuns, + Mahrevoks per ice drake swore fealty to me. Some of my crusaders were apparently unaware I was Kellid.
The party managed to piss off the chelish, (by sinking the ship of a Chelish admirals illicit consort or something) who set the dreadnaught "Dread", with its compartment fo 36 Erinyes, probably a Gylou and a barbed devil, as well as a bunch of drowning devils, at our level 8 party and their not too impressive but perfectly servicable ship.
Its admiral even sent a sending, along the lines of
"You cannot even surrender, and will be flayed in Cania itself!"
My captains answer to the sending was
"F#@$, real captain of Acheron is some Baphometan Super-Succubus with Pain-tail. We are a trap, real target is you!"
And I rolled really high on that bluff.
So, we currently arent hunted by the dread. Which may prove useful, because our first meeting with bonefist went... really bad.
I think I had like... 4ish prison escapes as a Bloodrager.
The only really hard one was from... well, my dude was disarmed more literally. (He got stuck in hell due to a prismatic spray from an enemy randomly yeeting him there, and his legal gambit of surrendering to get deported since he entered hell without a valid visa rather significantly failed).
He got better though, and ended up killing enough Erinyes to open an "infernal fried chicken" food carriage in Alyushinyrra after escaping Cania.
Traversing that place naked and without arms (as in the body part) was challenging, but it turns out that most transformation (fae form, monstrous physique) turn you into something with its full allottment of limbs.
I tend to scatter "romanceable" NPC liberally throughout stuff I GM. Gives me as GM extra plot hooks (if the party stalls, the NPC, either by themselfs or by getting abducted by the BBEG, can move things forward).
In play by post, its easier to do so since you dont take session time for it, in actual play, its not about cringe, its about 3-4 other people not being able to interact with the scene, although I had one from
wrath of the righteous:
The bard got romantically involved with a powerful Succubus vasall of Nocticula, they proceeded to have some dates in the prime material, and the other PCs basically strove to make this not be a mass casulty event. Or, in one PCs case, to make it a mass casulty event because the "activity date" was a masquerade in the Chelaxian capital with empress Abrogail in attendance, and that PC hated Cheliax.
It was funny because the bard thought they were busted when Abrogails pit fiend advisor teleported straight next to them, but the Succubus and the pit fiend had an incredibly polite and gregarious chat. Said Succubus was a bit of a contrast to Arueshalae and was Neutral evil, striving to become nascent demon lord of trade, negotiations, contract and ransoms.
Do you have what it takes to beat back the demonic hordes for... self preservation, profit, diplomatic credibility and/or literally lulz?
Throw your head into the ring!
Build rules:
--Because mythic is broken but Gestalting is fun, you get to Gestalt, and so do I!
--Everyone is a Gestalt, all *normal* <15 point races are allowed
--20 point buys
--Full hp at first level, half +1 at following levels
--Starting level is 3, for veterans of the AP, you start in ruined Kenabres
--Elephant in the room is on, but also for foes
--Did I mention that foes may or may not Gestalt too?
--Background skill are on
--I shall be recruiting 6 characters to start with
--Recruitment ends at 09.05.2025
--Standard wealth for level 3 character, partially charged wands are ok
--Extra rule: Spell durations
--Rounds per level spells last for one fight
--Minutes per level spells last for 2 fights, as long as nothing in particular is between them
--10 mins per level spells will typically last for the dungeon
--hours per level spells are on at mostly all times, as long as you dont get super ambushed and expend the spell slot
Why?
--RP after a fight does not take valuable buff duration
--Nor does identifying things
--At least if I play, i track things in "fights" not "days", in PbP, months can go by between rests, it gets very confusing to remember when something was cast.
--Nobody has to track how long the haste lasts!
Background:
This crusade, the 5th by most peoples accounting, may well be the last. The Wardstones are falling, some demons are using proper tactics, and Mendev is even more underresourced then normal.
Alas, aid comes. From rather unusual quarters. Hellknights of Cheliax, Ice witches of Irrisen, Technic league sabotage specialists, Fae pranksters, orcish warleaders and other such scoundrels, villains and neverdowells have been financed, incentivized or otherwise brought to bear in an effort to assist the failing forces of good. Will this be enough the turn the tide against the demonic onslaught? Lets find out.
Note: You can totally submit a mostly sane Paladin. This is still Mendev.
Double note: I will be very permissable regarding making Paladins not fall from teaming up with evil individuals, but doing actual evil or directly violating their paladin oath is another manner entirely.
Having a bit burned out on my previous attempt, I think I have learned some useful lessons.
Building rules would be:
--Characters are Gestalts, but with no added multiclassing (so, you pick 2 classes, and gestalt on them). No Mythic, a few late game enemies will be mythic, but for the most part they will be demi gestalts.
--Characters start at level 3, in ruined Kenabres, because the initial part is very linear and kind of boring narratively.
--There will be a bit of slapstick/shenangians/random promotion of little mooks to named adversaries/redemption bait because I am the GM
--Factions of the less "righteous" and more "morally pragmatic" persuasion will offer the occassional boon or legup, after all, the Worldwound expanding would be bad for the technic leagues business or Irrisens plans of being more powerful then its powers. Navigating a possible situation in which Hellknights, Paladins, Galtese Musketeers and an Ice witch detachment from Irrisen have to cooperate with each other against the demons is interesting, at least to me.
--quick explanation of "demi gestalt": I take f.e. a Succubus who in the AP has Swashbuckler 1.
She is a Demigestalt now, and counts, class feature wise, as a Swashbuckler 9( 8 hit dice +1 class level), taking whatever is stronger for her BAB, saves etc. and having the class features of a level 9 Swashbuckler.
Why?
--Gestalt is great for making people feel cool, but doesnt completely alter the DPR output because all martials have pounce with an extra attack, then a full attack and then possibly a vital strike extra attacks
--Likewise, Demi Gestalt enemies are powerful, unique, and have unusual skill set, but are unlikely to murder a PC 100 to zero in one round by rolling mildly above average.
--I plan to reuse a fair bit of content from my currently ending run, which actually went to level 6 mythic 1 so yay!
This is a bit of a mini guide to the Barbarian archetype called Savage technologist, as it is one of the few barbarian archetypes that is not completely overshadowed by primalist bloodragers!
This archetype essentially:
--Changes Rage to boost STR and Dex (the dex scales with further levels), instead of STR and Con. It also does not reduce AC. Not only does this mean you do not suffer from sudden barbarian death syndrome, it means that raging actually increases your AC.
--Trade out uncanny dodge and improved uncanny dodge for sword and gun:
At 2nd level, when a raging savage technologist wields a one-handed firearm in one hand and a light or one-handed melee weapon in the other, she can make ranged attacks with the firearm without provoking attacks of opportunity. She also gains the benefits of the Two-Weapon Fighting feat, but only if all attacks are made with those weapons.
This ability replaces uncanny dodge.
As well as improved uncanny dodge for
Crack Shot (Ex)
At 5th level, a savage technologist adds her Dexterity modifier to her damage rolls when making ranged attacks with a firearm while raging.
This ability replaces improved uncanny dodge.
And then you get:
Primal Magnetism (Ex)
At 3rd level, a savage technologist adds her Strength modifier on Diplomacy checks when interacting with tribal cultures. She can expend 2 rounds of rage (even if not raging) to add a bonus equal to 1/2 his barbarian level on a Diplomacy check.
This we basically gain for free, which can make you a not terrible face.
Now what is the conventional problem with this?
--Even with sword and gun, you still provoke AoOs when you reload
--Deft Shootist deed can help you, but it is expensive feat wise
--Relatively few rage powers help with ranged attacks
--Your off hand is limited to a cestus, or you pay another major feat tax/dip (for reloading via tails or tumors), or you get a specific dex belt that doesnt upgrade much for having a third "hand" 5 mins per day.
In my view, sword and gun is kind of a trap. It forces you into basically useing a pistol and a Cestus for much of the game, and you will provoke AoOs from reloading. Mind you, these provoked AoOs may well miss you because your AC is at least 4 higher then that of a normal barbarian, but unless you want to go for come and get me shenanigians, thats probably not the bestest idea ever.
What I would instead suggest is the following:
You dont bother with sword and gun. You are front liner with power attack, reach and combat reflexes at low levels, who gets a reasonably strong ranged option at level 3, and then transitions into a natural attacks who still has a pretty potent ranged option.
20 point buy human Barbarian Savage technologist:
STR 15
Dex 15+2 racial
Con 14
Int 8
Wis 14
Cha 8
Level 1: Savage technologist Feats: Power attack, Combat reflexes
Level 2: Savage technologist Rage power level 2: Fiend totem lesser
Level 3: Single dip into musket master gunslinger. Gaining Gunsmithing and rapid reload for free, picking extreme mood swings as a feat (this turns the rage into a +5/+5). Make use of your broken musket because you easily have the money available
Level 4: Savage technologist Increase Dex, rage power animal fury
Level 5: Savage technologist Deadly aim (deadly aim can also be picked at level 3 instead of extreme mood swings)
Level 6: Savage technologist, rage power Abyssal Blood lesser (2 claw attacks). You also gain dex to damage with firearms
What do you have other a "common Barbarian" of this level:
--You AC should be at least 4 higher, probably 6
--You do not suffer from sudden barbarian death syndrome
--You are a credible ranged threat, meaning you can force enemies to come to you
--You have 4 primary natural attacks for close and personal business, a business for whose purposes you still are a full Bab character with 20 STR before items
--Your reflex is about 4 better then a normal barbs
--You con is only midly worse (gunslinger dip has good fort saves)
--You essentially invested one dip (musket master, chosen because it comes with rapid reload attached to it), and one feat (deadly aim) into have a credibly ranged attack. Your musket comes from repairing your "starting musket" so its much cheaper
--You have pretty solid initiative
The more "important question" is what do you have over a bloodrager:
--Your AC is probably the same, because the bloodrager has a shield spell running (you could use a buckler with your musket, but its hit or miss).
--Your ref saves and init are probably a bit better
--the bloodrager pulls ahead surviability wise at level 7, when he gets mirror image, so he is overall more survivable, but cannot choose his engagement range, and you should have marginally higher will saves
--the barb is superior in a "you dont get to pre buff" scenario
--You have 1 more hp per level, but the rage hp of the primalist bloodrager are probably higher then yours.
Overall, this is closer in power then Barbs typically get to primalists.
Where do you go from there? There are plenty of options.
--Just keep investing in barb, pretty good rage powers are about to be unlocked
--Single level dip in spiritualist fixes any will save problems
--2 more levels in musket master let you full attack with the musket, as well as another +1 to ac
--Emyperal sorceror gets you shield as a spell and is wisdom based
--Inquisitor allows you to get a lot more face action while also increasing overall utility
--Feral champion warpriests allows you to use the animal blessing for getting natural attacks, so you can use the early rage power picks for different things (f.e. superstition line)
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Allied Succubus swashbuckler:
Greetings, my name is Iniga Aldori, you, the six tentacled Gylou, killed the one mortal I cared about! Prepare to die!
Gylou devil
First, do you have any idea how little this narrows it down? And second, I got way more then 6 tentacles!
Hasted raging song accepting Swashbuckler crits a bunch of times (one of the rage powers is celestial blood)
And now you have 6 tentacles, and soon you shall have none!
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Our inquisitor gets off a boneshaker on a bone devil on a dancefloor
Succubus:Yes, get them to swing those bones around! Its so rare to have proper humor from mortals!
Inquisitor:Unfortunately, I am not in range of Barzilai!
Succubus:I can fix that! Grabs inquisitor and gets him to position
Inquisitor:Can I fix her? She is fun, hates devils, being held by her feels really good and I am pretty sure she is not draining my soul right now.
Succubus telepathically into the inquisitors mind You can certainly try!
Inquisitor:I think I shall!
Succubus:One profane gift incoming!
Inquisitor:I dont feel any more evil? And my Lady of Luck doesnt seem to mind
Succubus:I feel odd. Ahhh, nooo, Am I getting Arueshalaed?
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Skald as the massacre starts:
Ok you devil asshats, I casted flexible fury, and the first of you s+%*ty thrunies who kills a civilian shall find out which Linnorm Death curses I just grabbed! The answer is YES
Same Skald several bone devils and Erinye archers later
OUCH
Skald: Looking back, I should have actually swapped in a Linnorm Death curse and not spirit totem, the civilians being protected by silvery ravens is great PR, but it doesnt actually do that much.
--Our intrepid groups Aasimar Skald (although she and everyone else thinks she is a Succubus spawn tiefling) shenanigians with using her alter self SLA (which is totally what a Succubus spawn tiefling would have right?) resulted in the Chelish thinking that the "Silver Ravens" are a group of "beastsoul vigilantes" named "Powerwolf" "Steppenwolf" "Guano Ape" and "Lizard Wizard". Lizard wizard in particular is becoming notorious.
We have recently visited Vyre, where our socially anxious drow alchemist managed to not pick up a single "Oh, white hair and a youthfull soul" *invitation* from the queen of delights, who very much wanted to do some *experimentation*.
Our groups Swashbuckler and Skald would have eagerly jumped at that.
Also present was the Succubus grandmother of the Skald (as to why she is an aasimar, well, grandma got around), who completely ignored her, but opened up a bit when a side conversation of killing Aboleths came up. Apparently Granny dislikes them for ruining the single interesting and cool mortal civilization of Eurythnia.
The group, having made alliance in Vyre, is now seeking to infiltrate and exploderate Menador Gap. We have boldly pretended to be Asmodean churn envoy (the Skalds disguise skill is pretty good), and managed to take out Lucian under a silence spell, and then kill his Host devil pet. We are now fighting an Erinye, and have sold the mortal guards the idea that the devils were stealing their wages.
Lucians fate is a bit sad, as this is the first time we did not accept surrender. We have so far went out of our way to not kill people who surrender, or people who have no chance.
Carrion crown: Recently finished. Vera *Juggernaught B%$!*" Ulyanova, Irriseni Steelblood/Siegebreaker/Mutagenic Mauler ran up to the big bad, who was mouthing up on how he was immune to overrun, and simply grappled the nerd while the rest of the party stomped the unliving daylights out of him.
A new run of WOTR: We are about to boink the grey garrison! Vermlecks at the gate went down without too much trouble
Reign of winter:
Having forced the surrender of most Russian soldiers, partly due to the supreme diplomacy of "Sarge" our Lunar Oracles Grizzly bear companion (he has plate barding, and a large plate armored bear who is intelligent enough to draw painting in the snow is pretty good for diplomacy and intimidation in Civil War era Russia). Alas, one party member got a solo encounter with the "secret boss" and got geased to betray the party. We await the arrival of his identical twin brother.
Rasputin is about to be encountered for real
Way of the wicked:
Finished!
The forces of good tried to strike as the party was split! Surely, villains individually could not hope to prevail against a Solar?
Laughs in Half Marilith with 4 orc butchering axes. BRRRRRR.
The patient file is really cool, I added one as well.
And added that Mr. Barnellus has a markedly different alignment to some others here to quote:
I am even more concerned for their referred tendency to utilize deeply unethical methods such as the Lohengrimm fear scale or the Krueger soul strength scale. USING A CACODAEMONS ATTRACTION TO AN INDIVIDUAL TO REVERSE ENGINEER THE STRENGTH OF THE INDIVIDUALS SOUL IS UNETHICAL TO THE EXTREME!
--Has a Laser. Which is a spell like ability for scorching ray, three times per day, and it does force damage. DC scales of dexterity. Level are your hitdice +1. You can sneak attack with it if you get the drop on someone.
Arrius:
--Has the cunning feat
--Gets two more class skills
--Gets an interesting twist to his detect evil, which is also a swift action. Which will totally not result in contest will saves resulting in the loser getting staggered. Fear the debuffing Paladin!
Adigale:
--As a swift action, she can annoint the stinger she got with her blood
--Very funny things will happen to whomever she stabs with it
--Uses Dex instead of CHA for perform dance bonus, uses her BAB instead of skill ranks for perform dance ranks, perform dance is a class skill
Sahala:
--Is now a budget fractured mind exciter. No, she totally didnt get knocked up by her boss Alithera and now has a not actually imaginary daughter in her head. Clearly, Alithera is made of wholesomeness and sunshine, and would never do expiremental neurosurgery on someone because normal profane gifts are boring, and neurosurgery is absolutly not something she is good at, and she totally didnt use neurosurgery as a "yes lets try this!" on Ciar. These are all... lets say Dolaran-Baphometan lies!
Her anasthesy equivalent is pretty pleseant though, although not for anyone who could even tangentially get a heart attack from too much pleasure.
Also, Sahala pings quite heavily on detect fiendish presence (but not on detect evil), which will have zero reprecussions whatsorever. YesYes :).
Aurical:
--Will soon find out that he can actually assume his half dragon form by his own will
--Which will give him a slightly debuffed half dragon template
--Yay, you be a dwagon now!
--Your current "Dragon form!" is makes you medium sized, gets you +4 to str, +2 to con, +2 to cha. You also have wings, 2 bites and a claw attack.
--You can use it for minutes per day, but it is a full round action to activate it.
--I need to track down what you get from your omni tool, which is also a thing.
Sevanna:
--Actually knows who Cyndane and Alithera are and what they do when pissed off, and is mostly super happy to be alive.
--the red headed skald totally didnt enter any agreements, no no no not at all.
Is this neccessarily balanced? Actually imho yes. The more powerful gifts have... more strings attached.
Uncertain, there would be proof in the body of those accused, in addition, his plans are not ready yet. Lady Belana managed to use half a necklace of fireballs on his lab on her way out. As such his plans suffered a bit of a setback. There are even rumors that he plans to move his entire operation, on account of the security breach.
Oh, Lady Illassa I hope you dont mind Lady Belana opted to look exactly like you.
The Demoness replies
How, Succubi cant normally turn into outsiders?
The Angel does not seem that displeased
I have some spare Erinye wings because reasons, also, makeup and a good hairstylist.
The plate armored Succubus interjects.
Are you abducting good aligned hair stylists now Thanais?
The Angel chides
Good as in competent, not good as in like you
The plate armored Demoness flares up
As for the more wholesome activity, Lady Sahala and Lady Adigale wished to join me and Lady Cyndane in an artistic performance, does anyone else wish to dance with an incarnation of desire and sensuality, as well as an assassin of the savored sting, while protected by the rules of a parley?
Alithera rises and in a slow, graceful and mesmerizing fashion glides towards Sahala and Adigale. At the same time, Lady Cyndane, the woman in blue, casts an incantation and several shadowy doubles of her appear.
spellcraft DC 27:
Shadow bard but... mythic?ä
The doubles in turn conjure different instruments and get ready to play.
On Family reunions, economical warfare and bad ear puns.
Teleporting into Matharyn, our intrepid villains set up shop, and the now Vampire Oracle set around doing scoutings.
We figured out some thing of interest to lucratively hit, the national mint, a golem factory, a archmage seeking to hire mercenaries to regain HIS HOME TOWN AND SAVE HIS LIEGE, a cathedral or 2 and some assorted noble mansions.
The Bloodragers girlfriend-ex-nun was also present and the 2 had a long discussion about possible children, with the Bloodrager being quite pragmatic and trying to figure out how to ensure said childrens security. Which pleased the ex-nun greatly.
Shortly thereafter, 2 strange people showed up, a very attractive pair, and the more powerful seeming male of the two hugged the Antipaladin for about 30ish damage, addressing him with the name of the Bloodrager and telling him how proud he was as a father. The misunderstanding then got cleared up. To everyones surprise, the lady, who was totally the bloodragers Marilith mother, and the ex-nun did not try to kill each other, although none of the party were quite daft enough to interfere in the talk... between mother in law and wife so to speak.
As a family reunion, the motley assembly opted (after dominate-joinking the wizards) the hit the golem factory, where the Mithrans had also transported much of their money to. A massive battle with a Mithral Golem, and Adamantine Golem, a Gold Golem and a brass golem ensued, but the assistance of a half balor Brawler and a Marilith made this a lot easier.
It was rather comicall that the presence of his mother something resulted the Bloodrager in rolling like, 6 1s out of 20ish dicerolls, and a fair bit of fun was had.
The demonic pair joinked one of the golems for the "own use" but paid the party a rather supple 64K gold for it. They then both summoned a Hezrou each and told the summons to "have some fun its a lawfull good city" before disappearing to parts unknown.
Our party meanwhile adopted completely different shapes, with the Bloodrager turning into a Pannoti, dressing up in Noble outfits, and proclaiming himself Earl de Aubri, ambassador of the Pannotti Island.
In order to gain access to the castle. To the surprise of nobody, most certainly not the Antipaladin, the plan was so stupid it went out without a hitch.
We were now in the Adarium, the fortress of the king, and waiting for Chargi boy to show up so we could do our assassination.
The Paladin was somewhat perturbed at the Bloodrager apparently have a relatively.... wholesome family live.
The Bloodrager was surprised about this as well.
In pursuit of the most convoluted assassination plot ever (T.M.), we villainously saved one of the big black dragons (who is named Chargamon the black) spawn named Jeratheon knightsbane.
Who got agitated when our half marilith bloodrager remarked that he is pretty sure "knight" as in the Alyushinyrran fast food (a soft sausage surrounded by fried bread), not Knight as in credible melee combatatant. Alas, we bravely slew the "Storm king" a mighty thunderbird, after informing him that Korramzadeh, the mighty Balor of Baphomet also known as the stormlord, was annoyed by the copyright violation (our group habitually led trails leading to Baphomet rather then Asmodeus for nearly everything they do, its a bit of an inside running joke).
After our rescue of him, we flew over to Chargamons island, headbutted some smol drakes, regulated some errant plant life and did some negotiation with him. Turns out he wants the head of one of his rivals, a copper dragon named Eiramanthas with perhaps the largest porn collection in the multiverse, and an interesting collection of interplanar waifus.
Our Bloodrager, recognising the name, flew back to his tribal village and asked his "totally not a Succubus" boss about him, and it turned out that said "totally not a Succubus" indeed had a fling with said dragon, and has a long running rivalry with one of his consorts.
With some additional information gained, we traveled to the island of the copper dragon, engaged in a bit of a beach episode with the aquatic consort and came to a rather fun and creative agreement with the copper wyrm.
The copper wyrm agreed to getting decapciated and instantly raised from the dead, and we agreed to trolling Chargamon the black.
The was also a bit of a sparring session between our Bloodrager and one of his consorts, a former Rakshasa war godess. Who crit our Bloodrager for a bit over 200 damage, which resulted in him yielding. The dragon was impressed by him remaining standing however.
Apparently our angry snake boi was the third mortal to take her punch from her and survive, and the Rakshasa told him she recogniced his essence from a previous fight, and that his father was one of the other 2 who took a punch from her and remained standing.
Bloodrager boi got a sending from his parents that they would wish to meet for some family bonding, and bloodrager boi promptly suggested the Mithran captial of Matharyn for some "fun and wholesome family reunion". Although he was secretly anxious about introducing his ex-Mithran-nun girlfriend to his Marilith mother.
Hezrou
Earthrealmery
Sorak
Mystery person
Jaruunicka
Nona
However.... I think we are loosing momentum because people dont know when they are up (including me on occassion). I am thus invoking GM mandates and put us on group initiative.
All heroes are up, then the mystery person, then all villains.
--Goad the Vampire lord Gaius Vestromo out of hiding, by having our oracle dress up the Bloodrager in the most ridiculous over the top Vampire outfit, get into an underground fighting ring, and use "Gnaeus Eastromo" as a ring name.
After accepting his cease and desist demand, the party made a reasonable deed.
--After some sacrificing some angels to his dark mistress, our Bloodrager became a half Marilith. The perhaps only male one. He also found out that his real mother is, as a matter of fact, a Marilith.
--We then assembled a mini army of minions, and assaulted the main cleric training facilities in the vale of Valtierna. Between vicious bugbears, Vampire spawns, Iraeni (barbarians) scouts and our main party, the outlying areas fell rather quickly. An all female Iraeni squad of Nocticula worshippers made more prisoners then everyone else combined, which resulted in some need for adjuciation, but we figured it out.
--The Mithrans sought to improve their innate cleric training with an annoying amount of Trumpe De Loils, so we killed the head priest like, 4 or 5 times.
--As we broke into the main cathedral, it was protected by the fires of creation, whose very dangerous effects we could observe from bullrushing some legion archon into it. After more shenagians and despoiling of relic sites, the fire was gone and we had our smack down with Ara Mathra.
--Who got sufficiently pissed at the Bloodrager the Antipaladin was able to murder smite him. Victory for Evil, Bwhahahahahahahahhahah!
--Our next mission was uneventfull, the already ruined city of Daveryn had little left to oppose us, although the Bloodrager kept being really good at getting people to surrender. His former Mithran nun girlfriend misunderstood his lack of violence against people who werent a threat to him at all as "Yay, he actually isnt evil!".
--We then proceeded to receive new missives, including a super convoluted plot to kill the king by recruiting a big dragon to goad the king into teleporting from his army into his fortress, where our villains were supposed to ambush them. After hearing the plan, the Antipaladin facepalmed hard enough to damage his skull helmet. "Clearly Cardinal Thorn is f$&%ing losing it."
There is a fox person in the caravan.
According to my badly damaged book of weird Tian-Xia stuff, their power rests within their fluffy tails, whatever that is supposed to mean. Also, they supposedly reproduce by cocooning their victim/partner in silk and injecting him with eggs, which hatch after a while, killing the partner. Pretty sure the translation got garbled with another type of weird Tian-Xia thing. Like, Foxes are mammals, and the whole cocooning stuff sounds more like some spidery thing. Given the quality of the information in the few books I have, I occassionally wonder of becoming literate was a mistake, but then I remember how much more insane I would be if I wouldnt write a diary.
Statistics:
--We needed about 1.5 years for the first book.
--We are at 4 out of 6 in player retention, which isnt too bad I think.
--roughly 1.1K Gameplay posts, so on average a bit over 2 a day
--Lesson learned for me:
----Many small gm posts frequently are better then huge posts, they also help with procastination
----I have learned to not stress over enemy stats
----the party kept my precious NPCs alive! Even the not physically attractive ones! Weeeeeeee!
----I am not sure if I am not "humanizing" enemies too much, or having too many comic elements
For future GMing it would help me if you can tell what the coolest/funniest parts were.
Male non rage hp 80/82 AC 24/21/14 Fort: 11 Reflex 7 Will complicated CMD 25 level 1 spells 1/3 Half Orc Blood conduit 6/Fractured mind 1 Rage hp 94/96 AC 21/18/12 Fort: 13 Reflex 6Will complicated CMD 24
reflex:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Markus somehow matrix dodges the fireball while bloodraging and singing a song, only taking 18 damage.
Arrius blade is a bit acidified, but mighty radiance would laugh at it, if it were more gorrum rather iomedean inclined.
Adigale barely notices the 1 point of damage she takes from the Babaus blood, which incidently heals as her wounds close.
Regeneration? What is this lunacy? No crusader withing 100 miles has the ability to cast this! Arelu Vorlesh says annoyedly.
Seeking to protect the flank of Arrius, Sevanna casts a grease spell south of Arrius, affecting two of the Babaus and making it difficult for them to 5 foot step into a flank!
The Babau further away keeps standing, while the Babau next to Arrius falls prone.
You got a Paladin-trample-fetish or something? The Skaldess remarks at the demons misfortune
Aurical, Sahala and Saphirre are still up!
@Saphirre red area is mud, but the northwestern most Babau (one north of Adigale) has been adigaled and is like, everywhere, as such you have a nice space to step into should you wish to do so!
Male non rage hp 80/82 AC 24/21/14 Fort: 11 Reflex 7 Will complicated CMD 25 level 1 spells 1/3 Half Orc Blood conduit 6/Fractured mind 1 Rage hp 94/96 AC 21/18/12 Fort: 13 Reflex 6Will complicated CMD 24
IM A LUMBERJACK AND IM OK
I FIGHT ALL NIGHT AND I F@%# ALL DAY
Advancing into yellows square, Markus does the multitrip once more!
Ellena notices a perfectly average room, without any enemies inside of it, and that the ground shifts a bit is just a feature of the worldwound. Right? Right?
My vasall Alithera will soon contact you about a deepening of your bond so to speak. She may have apprehension about me... taking you from her. You may chose to hint at such things, to gain a better bargain, or you may assauge her fears. That choice is yours. I only rarely steal from mostly loyal vasalls, and she has only somewhat recently gained such a lofty position.
the voice of your goddess pauses
Iomedae is rather... unusually circumspect and cooperative, has she actually matured somewhat?
You hear a chuckle
Maybe I will call her "Lady Iomedae", at least for a bit.
Sapphirre advances past the bull and the cultist, narrowly avoiding their blades, and expertly inserts the cancelation rod into the wardstone!
As she begins her epic monolouge, time seems to slow down, as various deities and demigods, fair and foul, insane and wise, pretty and ugly, watch and listen.
And you can kind of see them, as your conciousness expands as mythic energies swirl around!
psychic damage Deskari because he thinks you mean it:10d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 1, 6, 3, 2, 5, 4, 4, 2) = 33
In the rasping rifts, Deskari rages as his plans are waylaid!
psychic damage Baphoment because he did his research, but is nevertheless struck by the
impressively scary gaslightning performance that he thinks is going on:15d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 1, 6, 5, 6, 5, 1, 2, 4, 3, 2, 6, 3, 3) = 54
In the Ivory Labyrinth, Baphomet ponders. Such righteousness from a killbot? He has personally make sure that they dont have an editable morale variable, which means, so she is gaslightning, but if not is that b~+~@ Sorshen back?
And the influence at play here, yes, Callistria, clearly, oblivious to the bug of course, but his eyes saw more... but there, the shadow of a bat hiding behind the wasp? A conspiracy!
willsave Nocticula to avoid overeating on Popcorn:1d20 + 35 ⇒ (13) + 35 = 48passes
In a comfortable room, several near perfect looking females watch a large screen.I want that killbot for one of my Paladin cafees! Says one dressed in some type of business clothing
That would be clearly a waste says another one formally dressed with a long cape
the most beautifull, a 3 tailed lady with hooves seeping molten iron simply watches, and offers a subtle smile
willsave Callistria to avoid vs overeating on popcorn:1d20 + 42 ⇒ (18) + 42 = 60 passes
In a lush greenhouse, a similar scene is playing out, although the ladies seem... mildly less likely to kill people for no reason. And the popcorn probably isnt made from human souls. A wasplike princess looks and... smiles.
willsave Iomedae to not be suddenly teary eyed:1d20 + 44 ⇒ (16) + 44 = 60 passes
In mount Celestia, Iomedae sees that hers have not faltered.
A killbot tried to kill me when I still was a mortal, perhaps they can be worthy enemies. She regards Saphirre with a stern yet appreciative gaze
willsave erlking because some b*$%+ whose name rhymes with remote-control-stealistia borrowed his sensor on Adigale, and he only saw the tail end of the monologue but not anything else:1d20 + 28 ⇒ (13) + 28 = 41 fails DC was 42 OI YOU TWITS WHY THE F!@* IS MY TEEVEE NOT WOERKING? YOU THERE HIT IT!A massive horned presence hits some type of scrying device, as he seeks to see, but only gets a grainy blurry picture. As one of his servants fiddles around he hears
transformed into a fortress against darkness! Saphirres voice shout out of the scyring device, only about 8 times louder then she actually said it.
OUCH MY EARS DAMNIT! the horned figure shouts in pain
erlking sonic damage:10d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 6, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4) = 29
You gain.... YOUR FIRST MYTHIC TIER!
Celestial energies wash into you, as the wardstone shatters, the same celestial energies also utterly destroy the remaining enemies.
And not just that...
You see a battle raging at the Mendevian capital of Nerosyan, also home to a wardstone. The defenders are hard pressed, yet the wardstone suddenly explodes, healing the defenders and wiping out the demonic invaders.
All accross the wardstone line, such explosions happen, wreaking great havoc amongst the demons, and leaving their mortal servants badly scarred.
Sahala:
The celestial energy crushes into you, it hurts and burns, but suddenly you feel as if to black wings shield you from the holy light.
Or else You think you hear, from behind you, directed at the light not at you. The raging light ebbs, and embraces you instead, filling you with power, but you can sense its dissatisfaction.
Yet your faith has never been stronger. You just felt your redeemer queen, right behind you.
Saphirre:
As the light crushes into you... You have a vision.
You see yourself, taking aim at a black haired Paladin wielding Arodenite imagery. A contract for one Tar Baphon. You strike, but the Paladin is quick on her feet. Not only that but she... acutally kills you. You perspective changes, to that of the Paladin, and then again. You recognise you are before Iomdae. Impressive, I considered Killbots foes, perhaps worthy ones, but you... mayhap you are just worthy? She extends an arm in a warriors clasp, do you take it?
Big revelations for Adigale, Aurical and Constantine are incoming, but I better hit submit before the board gremlins eat this
Very well captainHow would Yza speak and act! I got this!
Alexandra becomes eerily calm
Known: Droki was awaited by a Duergar in a stained lab coat. I can create an accurate silent image of him, but require rest before I can do so innately, as I utilized the majority of my magiks . Lab-coat-duergar presumed dead on account of eldritch blast to the face, but we did not verify his death.
She starts with the truth as she knows it, offering to utilize her resources and giving a good reason for rest.
Known: Droki revelaed that the name of his contact as Narak, who is supposedly "waiting with scrolls". Narak has at least one more associate. I do not know if Narak is a Derro, Duergar or other name.
She adds more information, perhaps unkown to the Duergar
Known: Droki utilizes mushrooms to alter his size depending on his needs.
And even more, which she assumes the Duergar know
Implied: Narak and or his associate have access to a degree of fear inducing magic or spell like abilities which does not require line of sight. I felt a strong urge to run, the fear felt ... spidery? I apologize for the lack of clarity in this.
Here she gets creative. Yes, she felt an urge to run, after all, Stool was freaking out, several were running, and facing whatever was inside alone was clearly a bad idea. And she spent a fair bit of time running from spidery things too. She does not dare to outright lie, and this is as far as she thinks she can go in terms of implying cooperation between Droki and possibly drow.
Implied: Narak "waiting with scrolls" could mean preperation for a perhaps partially disrupted ritual.
She then adds words which are true as she knowsn them.
Option: My allies are far better skilled then me in drawing maps, and could do so while I rest for purposes of recovering my silent image abilitiy.
And then offers more utility
The Fae claim you yes? A claim does not equal possession, and always know that you have options, follow the wasps savored sting a feminine
as you charge in, you see an even better way to hit the zombie, scoring a critical threat, as some polite force subtly atlers proability to increase your to hit dice by 1, turning it into a 20!
I do bet everyone else, other then maybe the big boned bat b&&!* will intervene more openly the voice speaks
What the f%!! does the f!@$ing buggy boi think about being that blatant anyway
Adigale absolutely eviscerates a Zombie, impaling it on her horn and, out of reflex, throwin it at another foe!
Adigale do a ranged attack please on a target of your choice,this will not provoke AoOs.
Yes, into the smoke, we will get him, and I will svetlana the non existent daylight of whatever touched him. Just like I did with these s@$!ty ghouls.
Suddenly concious about linguistics and reputation, Svetlana seeks to establish the phrase "to svetlana someone" as "conduct brutal and disproportionate, but very much justified violence on someone who really deserves it."
Stay away from Wrath of the righteous, Strange aeons, carrion crown.
Tyrants grasp 1rst part could be rewritten into something kid appropriate, by making the dead roads more whimsical, but it requires a fair bit of rewriting.
I CAN SEE YOU! I CAN HEAR YOU I CAN SMELL YOUR FEAR! COME OR FLEE BEFORE ME! THESE CHILDREN BELONG TO US, TOUCH THEM AND DIE BY MY CLAWS AND FANGS AND HORNS!
In an eerie yet deadly voice, Svetlana shouts a quite intimidating challenge as she progresses, her right claw scratching along the wall making a pretty unpleseant noise to accompany it.
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