I would just echo what the others have said. This has been one of the best games I've been in, RL or PbP. Thank you for all of the time and energy that you put out there for us; this has been some really great storytelling! I am glad that the RL pulls on you have been for the positive (rather than illness or other hardships), and I do applaud your priorities. I hope we do get a chance to game again; maybe if I can eventually break away and hit some conventions to the east....
And just to throw it out there, I had planned to take Immortality at level 20, and I already knew what Rauno's final post would have been.
"My friends, I have one last prophecy to share with you." Once again, Rauno's voice took on the air of power and the echo of prophecy as he spoke.
"For the hardships and terror you have endured, you each shall live out your days in peace and happiness. And I shall wander the lands for millennia to come, seeking signs and omens of dire evils threatening the lands. And when it does, I shall put able heroes on the path to confront it, but none shall ever be so capable, loyal and heroic as you."
Thanks, guys! It went really well! There was a little hiccup... About a half hour after dinner was served, the power went out. Fortunately, candles and votives where part of the decorations, and the DJ (the groom's brother) had battery powered speakers for his setup. So we had a candle lit dance party for several hours until things winded down. Good times!
Next Saturday, my step-daughter is getting married and I am officiating the ceremony. So with preparations and family coming from out of town, the next week and a half to two weeks is going to be dicey for my posting. I'll try to keep posting normal, but feel free to bot me if it looks like I'd be holding anything up.
While Quintus tends to the wounded, Rauno examines the remains of their foes. Looking at the fallen warrior, he says "These items have power to them, and we should take them. They can supply an ally, or we can sell them to further finance our quest."
Current Stats: Hps 93/93, AC 20 T 18, FF 17, Saves: F +10 R +11 W +11, CMD 18, Foretell 12/12, Prescience 19/10, Extend 2/3, Empower 3/3, Quicken 2/3, Hero Points 2/3
Active Spell/Effects: Mage Armor, Telepathic Bond, See Invisible, Unseen Servant, Life Bubble, Haste, Displacement.
Additional Bonuses from Spell/Effects: +4 to armor class, sees invisible, breath underwater, breath in vacuum, immune to harmful inhaled effects, endure elements and extremes of pressure, foes have 50% miss chance, extra attack with full attack, +1 to AC, +1 to reflex, +30' speed
Thanks for popping in with an update. Summer has been really busy here. I spent a glorious week with my two grandsons and I am taking a class to get more certifications for my job.
I'll be glad to pick up again when you are ready. Did we hear back from Michael at all? Do we know that he's okay and just RL busy?
Rauno uses his rod of lesser quicken to cast Displacement on himself. He then drops the rod and uses the rod of lesser extend in his other hand to cast extended haste on the group. With a thought, he orders his unseen servant to collect the dropped rod.
Current Stats: Hps 93/93, AC 20 T 18, FF 17, Saves: F +10 R +11 W +11, CMD 18, Foretell 12/12, Prescience 19/10, Extend 2/3, Empower 3/3, Quicken 2/3, Hero Points 2/3
Active Spell/Effects: Mage Armor, Telepathic Bond, See Invisible, Unseen Servant, Life Bubble, Haste, Displacement.
Additional Bonuses from Spell/Effects: +4 to armor class, sees invisible, breath underwater, breath in vacuum, immune to harmful inhaled effects, endure elements and extremes of pressure, foes have 50% miss chance, extra attack with full attack, +1 to AC, +1 to reflex, +30' speed
"Don't worry, Trevor. Even though that was likely hundreds or thousands of years ago, a dracolich can easily exist on for centuries. You may still be able to smite him in Iomedae's name if we cross paths. I wonder... If Dragotha was at odds with Kyuss's followers, might Dragotha know or possess something that would help us now?"
The heroes will continue to advance, watching carefully for any ancient clues that might help us. Or more recent clues that would warn us of danger.
Quintus, did you airwalk us, or should I mark off another teleport for Rauno?
No worries. Besides, even it was five feet high, 8 strength Rauno would still be looking for a way to get past it that didn't involve hefting his own body weight a few feet. :P
"Dragotha." Rauno murmurs in awe. He turns to the others. "The dragon in the vision, Dragotha. It was a consort to Tiamat herself. But the blackness in its soul was such that it eventually became a dracolich."
Rauno frowned as he focused on recalling details of the vision. "Did you see the monolith? It looks like it was made of worms. And it seemed furious at Dragotha! Why do you suppose that is?"
Sorry. In the earlier description, it said 5' wide and 30' high. 5' high is much more manageable!
"Were I to make an educated guess, I'd say prison. Whoever or whatever put this here must have been unsure of its ability to purge the dark influence completely. Given the vision we witnessed, I believe that this was a center of the Kyuss movement ages ago, if not the center."
Laying a hand on the obsidian, Rauno raises an eyebrow and adds "Interesting. If one were infected with the worms, I believe it would actually purge them from the host without lasting harm. This could be a good for us. Should any of us find ourselves infected, we merely need to cross the barrier to rid ourselves of them."
"Remarkable. Someone with tremendous power laid this barrier here. It should be safe for us to traverse it, but any minion of Kyuss, including a living creature infested with Kyuss worms, would be instantly destroyed by the attempt. Before we leave, we best ensure that none of us gained an infection in our exploration."
Quintus, do you have an air walk for us, or do I need to teleport us past?
"Well, at least we appear to be on the right track. A moment before we go..." He casts a few more spells, and then nods. Immediately everyone feels the mental link amongst the group, and a wash of relief from the humid heat. ”I estimate we have about two hours before some of the arcane benefits I’ve imbued start to wear off.” He draws two rods from his pack as they start to investigate.
Casting Telepathic Bond on the entire group, See Invisible on himself, Unseen Servant, and Life Bubble on all. He hands his everburning torch to his unseen servant, and then he readies the rods of extend and quicken.
Current Stats: Hps 93/93, AC 20 T 18, FF 17, Saves: F +10 R +10 W +11, CMD 18, Foretell 12/12, Prescience 10/10, Extend 3/3, Empower 3/3, Quicken 3/3, Hero Points 2/3
Active Spell/Effects: Mage Armor, Telepathic Bond, See Invisible, Unseen Servant, Life Bubble.
Additional Bonuses from Spell/Effects: +4 to armor class, sees invisible, breath underwater, breath in vacuum, immune to harmful inhaled effects, endure elements and extremes of pressure.
It's great to be back! A belated Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans! And to the Canadian contingent of our group, well, a belated happy Monday. :)
Rauno looks around the ruins, seeing danger behind every single stone. with a word he reaches over and touches Rowena, imparting some magical protection on her. Drawing on the power in a small pearl, he recalls the same spell and casts it again, this time on himself. "Let's see what we can find."
Mage Armor on Rauno and Rowena, twelve hour duration.
I dunno. Maybe we should have him audition? Perhaps submit some examples of roleplaying? Hang on, I'm going to go in and check his posting history... ;)
That works for me. This game has weathered breaks before, and I think we are all still looking forward to seeing how this one ends.
I hope you had a great trip to Seattle; I wish I wasn't working that weekend so we could have met up. Though, I wouldn't wanted to have intruded on a couple's getaway. :)
I'm sorry to see you go. We've been gaming together here since my first PbP, Falcon's Hollow six and a half years ago and have had a lot of great gaming moments!
I am in a similar boat to John; my ability to make time for a tabletop game just isn't there right now. I do enjoy PbP and and plan to stay at it, though I'll let some of the slower games dissipate organically to narrow my commitments. Of the nine games I'm in now, I think only two or three will survive the year (this being one of those). I have stopped applying for new games with the exception of Rappan Athuk; I just can't resist the allure of that one.
Lesser rod of metamagic: quicken
Spellguard bracers.
Air Duke Tomb Loot:
Rauno’s share: 21,789.5 gp
Spending:
100 gp research fee, first week in Magepoint.
810 gp wand of invisibility (9 ch), from loot
5,880 gp wand of enervation (14 ch) from loot
4,500 gp wand of halt undead (20 ch) from loot
5,500 gp add Life Bubble, Wall of Stone, Sending and Thought Sense to spellbook
502 gp replace mithral dagger
3,500 gp materials to enhance cloak of resistance to +4
1,005 gp mithral buckler
92.5 gp left
Crafting:
Queue, and sessions remaining to complete.
Rauno’s belt dex 4 of 6.
Rauno’s belt dex 5 of 6.
Rauno’s belt dex 6 of 6.
Rauno’s bead 1 of 1.
Rauno’s cloak to +4 1 of 7.
Rauno’s cloak to +4 2 of 7.
Rauno’s cloak to +4 3 of 7.
Rauno’s cloak to +4 4 of 7.
Rauno’s cloak to +4 5 of 7.
Rauno’s cloak to +4 6 of 7.
Rauno’s cloak to +4 7 of 7.
Rauno’s ring of feather fall 1 of 3.
Rauno’s ring of feather fall 2 of 3.
Rauno’s ring of feather fall 3 of 3.
Rauno’s amulet 1 of 3.
Rauno’s amulet 2 of 3.
Rauno’s amulet 3 of 3.
Rauno’s arrow magnet 1 of 1.
For my 40k of items, I'm leaning towards a lesser rod of metamagic: quicken and a pair of spellguard bracers.
Yes, I'll go with the rod and bracers for his share of the rod.
For the items we are selling, Rauno will keep the wand of invisibility, wand of enervation and wand of halt undead as part of his share. I'll work out what he'll buy with the rest as soon as I can.
Correct, you can choose a 40k weapon or armor, or combinations of magic items that is 40k, but no upgrades to existing things.
As part of the compensation for the piece of the rod, correct? But for the selling of treasure we found in the tomb, can we find individuals in Magepoint that will perform upgrades for us? I am guessing that Rauno wouldn't have a problem finding components to continue crafting?
That would be Appraise or Fly, both with one rank. So I'll go with Fly.
Rowena, Feather Step Slippers are 2,000 gp. I know you already have magical footwear, but it would be 3,000 gp to have that effect permanently added to the other enchantment. 1,500 gp if you could wait long enough for Rauno to do it (though I don't know how long that will be). Just food for thought.
"So if it turns out to be critical to stopping the worms, we could return for it. Given the town and its inhabitants, it would probably be as safe here as it would be anywhere."
I've had internet issues for the last couple of days (my wife and I have just moved and are still working on unpacking). It was quite a wall of text, and I am working on getting caught up.
Kelkzar, your amulet will be done by the time we get to Magepoint. That means the rest of the stuff Rauno is crafting is for himself. I'll figure out how far he'll get.
Needless to say, Rauno will pay the 100 gp to research. I'll work on a more flavorful post as soon as I can.
Fort Save 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27
Prescience 1d20 ⇒ 13
Rauno will step to J6, readying his rod of empower as he does so. Once there, he’ll cast Lightning Bolt defensively. 1d20 + 12 + 7 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 12 + 7 + 4 + 2 = 33.
He is targeting down the row of squares hitting devils 1 and 4. Damage 15d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 1, 3, 2, 3, 4, 1, 3, 5, 4, 6, 3, 2, 6) = 51, reflex DC 20 for half damage.
So, what do you think? This:
Current Spells/Effects:
Foretell; All allies within 30’ of Rauno; +2 luck bonus on ability checks, attack rolls, caster level checks, saving throws and skill checks.
Magic Circle vs. Evil; Quintus and Rauno; +2 deflection to AC and +2 resistance to saves.
Displacement; Rauno; 50% miss chance vs. him.
Dimensional Anchor; Trevor, Rauno, Kelkzar, Quintus; cannot teleport.
Communal Air Walk; Trevor, Rauno, Kelkzar, Quintus, Rowena; can move on air.
See Invisible; Rauno.
Angelic Aspect; Trevor; LLV, Darkvision 60’, resistance to acid and cold 10, DR 5/evil, wings with 30’ fly speed, weapons are good aligned.
Or This:
Current Spells/Effects:
Rauno: Foretell, Magic Circle vs. Evil, Displacement, Communal Air Walk, See Invisible.
Rowena: Communal Air Walk.
Quintus: Foretell, Magic Circle vs. Evil, Communal Air Walk.
Trevor: Foretell, Angelic Aspect, Communal Air Walk.
Kelkzar: Foretell, Communal Air Walk.
Agreed. We talked about it at one point and I started to lay something out, but I don't think it got too far. Let me take another pass at a setup this weekend.
Thank you for redirecting his attack; no he can't see invisible. Yet.
With some foes moving in and out of invisibility, Rauno prepares himself to counter their tactics. He takes great caution in doing so, not knowing when one may strike.
Sorry, I didn't realize I was holding things up. I'll do what I originally intended for round 2 before Rauno's prescience warned him to bolster his defenses... :P
A shadow seems to cross Rauno's face and he says in a voice thrumming with arcane power "These devils shall be sent back to the hells to fume for a century over their defeat!"
Activating Foretell, giving all allies within 30' of Rauno +2 luck bonus on ability checks, attack rolls, caster level checks, saving throws and skill checks.
Fort Save 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23 Not sickened.
"Bone devils and barbed devils! Imbue your weapons with holy power if you can." He looks at Rowena and points at the barbed ones and says "Don't wrestle with them if you can avoid it!"
Then a shadow seems to cross Rauno's face and he says in a voice thrumming with arcane power "These devils shall be sent back to the hells to fume for a century over their defeat!"
Activating Foretell, giving all allies within 30' of Rauno +2 luck bonus on ability checks, attack rolls, caster level checks, saving throws and skill checks.
Kelkzar, with the extra days in Diamond Point, Rauno will finish your belt prior to this encounter. And your amulet should be ready before we reach Mage Point.
Rauno will need to take breaks between crafting windows, so he'll gladly help the others. He'll use silent image and summoning spells to help Kelkzar as he wishes to help simulate more exotic threats. And he'll gladly help Trevor will his letter, going so far as to coach him on penning techniques to make it look formal.
I see four wands there I could use. Other than that, I'd be looking for cash. But I could always take a lesser share this time around to let our party as a whole keep some key items.
So I believe that will finish Rowena's amulet and Trevor's haversack, plus get us half way through Kelkzar's belt. I'm going to guess on the journey to Mage Point, Rauno will be able to finish the belt, but I don't want to jump the gun.
So what are we going to do with the two swords, the ring and the piece of rod? Is it safe to assume the rod fragment will be given to Quintus to use? Does anyone want to claim or wind duke's ring or the swords? Rauno cannot use any of them. Can we sell them, or do we think they'll be important to the story later?
The sale value of everything expect the rod piece and the seal is 108,947.5 gp, or 21,789.5 each.
List:
wand of eagle's splendor (15 ch)
clay tablets (500 gp)
platinum necklace, ring, earrings (8000 gp)
longspear +3
cash (2300 gp)
cash (300 pp)
gems (1200 gp)
wand of invisibility (9 ch)
Efreeti brandy (800 gp)
banded mail +2 electrical resistance 10
greatsword +2
cloak of the bat
ring of protection +2
ghoul-light lantern
seal of law
wand of enervation (14 ch)
wand of halt undead (20 ch)
Potion inflict moderate wounds (4)
Ring of the wind dukes
Sword of Aaqa
Lightning Sword
Piece of Rod of Seven Parts
Edit: How long has it been since we left the arena? I'm trying to figure out how far Rauno is able to get in his crafting schedule. I'm figuring he'll at least be able to finish Rowena's amulet and Trevor's haversack.
"We might be best staying here for a brief period. There are no longer dark forces to dispatch, but some strong backs can help rebuild and help collect supplies they will need. At least until everyone has some sort of shelter."
If the others agree to stay and help, Rauno will keep up his crafting schedule, but he'll memorize as many spells as possible that will help each day. Unseen servant, summoning elementals to help, etc.
