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I just looked over my profile and saw that I haven’t picked any 3rd level extracts yet, and haven’t picked/written up my familiar... I’ll get on that as soon as I can. Does anyone remember if I ever did an initial “here’s my new familiar” post? I don’t think I did, but I don’t want to double up if I did...
Teldon sits down rather optimistically, knowing that Jo was cooking instead of their host. Looking forward to eating something other than dried rations, he scoops up a big spoonful of the porridge and shovels it into his mouth. When the tasteless gloop sticks to the inside of his mouth he grimaces with disappointment. Remembering his manners, the erudite adventurer quickly affects a small smile and offers, ”Thank you, Jo.”
@Shadlah- I'm not sure how it is in Australia, I know in the US there's still sometimes some stigma around seeing a psychologist, but I think its a great idea and you should be proud of yourself for being brave enough to go. In my line of work I'm sometimes approached for counseling and I'm willing to meet with people a couple times and talk through things with them but I'm not shy about suggesting they go and see a psychologist if its something bigger than we can talk through in a couple sessions. If there's an issue going on with your physical health the responsible thing to do is go see a doctor; in the same way if there's something going on with your mental health seeing a psychologist/psychiatrist is the responsible thing to do. Good on you! @GM (and everyone)- If its ok with you I'd like for Teldon to tag along with everyone while we're in town... that way I can post RP when I get the chance and I'll be around to make skill checks as needed, since skill checks are where Teldon really thrives.
I think I can pretty well commit to posting once every 2-3 days right now. I might be able to do more sometimes, like if we got into combat I’d try to post my turn right away when it came up (even if it was a short post). That said, if it’s relatively convenient to write me out for the next little bit (and bring me back before too super long) that would be fine with me. I have a ‘side hustle’ running that could serve as a means for writing me out for a little bit... I made a bunch of money when we had to do the auction and rather than throwing off the party wealth or figuring out an in-game reason to take it from us Zed and I shifted it off camera where we were (loosely) using the investment downtime rules. I currently have it tied up in an Aspis Consortium venture recovering artifacts in Osirion. I had been periodically making rolls (history and appraise, iirc) to help ensure a good profit. I don’t know if you want to continue any of that, or how much, but we could use it as an excuse for me to absent? Long-term, Briana made an off-hand comment at one point about liking the quaint houses in the hinterlands around Sandpoint so the plan was to grow the money until it was enough and then buy one.
Teldon sets down his end of the litter and breaks his thoughtful silence. ”The end may still be near, Jasper, but no nearer than it was before you saw us... She speaks the truth, this is not the lady of Lust but our friend Ziomara trapped in another body.”
at least, she is for now... we really need to figure out how to get the Lust shard from her before she gets worse...
hey guys, sorry its taking so long for me to post- RL's been... a lot lately. I've paused the 2 games I GM but I'm going to try to sort of keep up here, if that's ok? I'm not going to be able to post like I used to but I think if this is the only game I'm doing I can probable manage a post every couple of days. I don't have time to catch up on gameplay right now but I will do it tonight, feel free to voice any concerns/objections here in the meantime.
Hey everyone,
They let people play completely different systems here, I can't imagine they're going to have a problem with people playing an older version of their own system?
Yeah, i looked over the 2e playtest stuff and really wasn’t impressed. It kind of seemed like a better version of 4e d&d, but given how hard that bombed I don’t understand why they went that way? And, honestly, I’m not really any more interested in pathfinder2 than I was d&d4...
No pressure, but I also am ready to resume whenever our incredibly gracious new GM is ready.
What she said I should probably post this in that thread, but since we're talking about it here, we can do the same thing with Zache too if you want? I'm not gonna give away anyone's spot if they just want a little break... I can write him out of the story temporarily if you want a little sabbatical (I have one idea off the top of my head that I think would probably get him out of the action until early January)
Hahaha! Arsith, that’s hilarious.
I could give more specific feedback/advice on more specific questions but for some general tips: 1) start slow. If you overdo it you’ll hurt yourself and that will make progress even slower than being tentative. Pay attention to your body and being willing to push yourself, if you have a good trainer or knowledgeable partner put some trust in their ability to recognize your limits and let them push you some, but don’t try to just run headlong into anything. 2) have reasonable expectations. Frustration can kill your motivation, so try to go in knowing that you won’t be able to do what you used to and, just like it took time to get to your current unfitness level, it will take time to get to the fitness level you want. 3) don’t neglect weightlifting. Lean muscle burns more calories even at rest. People whose goal is weight loss often focus on cardio because the exercise itself burns more calories but in the long term gaining muscle mass will usually result in losing more body fat. 4) don’t eat or drink anything (except water) before your workout. If you have diabetes you might want to check with your doctor about this, but for most people you’re best off exercising before eating in the morning, when your blood sugar is very low (that way your body actually burns fat while you workout instead of burning the sugar in your blood; I’m not a doctor but I think for diabetics there might be some risk of keto-acidosis) 5) keep it regular. If you don’t have time for your usual workout do something half as long. If you’re feeling too tired or sore to do it, do something less intense (or that targets different parts of your body). You lose momentum fast if you don’t do it regularly, so do something as often as you can. Hope that’s helpful!
I have this terrible (and probably really unhealthy) pattern: every fall semester I gain 10-15 pounds; during the winter break I lose 5-10 pounds; during spring semester I gain another 10-15 pounds; and then over the summer I lose like 20-30 pounds to get back down to where I started (which is still a fair bit higher than it should be). I finish my (94 credit) masters this Spring, so hopefully that'll end the cycle (although, my wife and a few others have already started asking if I'll go back for a doctorate). Good luck. I've got all kinds of tips for losing weight if you want any (clearly don't ask me for tips on keeping it off though, lol).
Teldon holds up a pile of neatly folded sheets and the pieces of bedframe he had strangely been carrying since backtracking through the (other) impostor Sorshen's chamber. "I have supplies for a stretcher here," he calls up to Jo, "I thought it best to wait to assemble it until we were done with this manner of climbing."
Huzzah!
0) Sorry, I just checked with my buddy and he officially doesn't think he can take on a whole AP (or even 3/5 of one). 1) Are you mentioning this just to make us aware that we won't need to rework our characters, or to let us know that we have the option to rebuild and/or switch characters if we want? I definitely want to keep playing Teldon but if reworking things is an option I might look into how I could improve his melee ability a little bit, or maybe swing the other way and look at adding some actual arcane casting since we're losing Zee? 2) We should make sure to get the shard from Zee before she goes... 3) I'm cool with whatever you want to do. 4) I know GMPCs aren't real popular (generally speaking, I'm personally not crazy about them) but I think in this case you're more than justified in continuing to play Briana (and I hope you will). I'm also fine continuing with 5 (and willing to rework my build to help with that if it would be beneficial), although I don't really have any objections to adding someone (as long as its someone we know will be reliable).
As busy as I am, I would definitely keep playing this game if we could find a GM
I talked to Joe (my aforementioned friend), he was going to check out some of the thread and read up a little on the AP. I think he’ll probably post something here once he gets far enough?
1) if LL does end up taking over the game, I definitely vote for Brianna sticking around! 2) I don’t know if he’d be willing/able but I have a friend (Joe) who was going to run something for a few of us until it fell through... if someone can share PDFs with him he might be interested in picking this game up?
Glancing down at the corpse which remains Ziomarra, Teldon flatly offers, ”most likely an illusion of some sort.” After considering Zee’s suggestion for a moment he continues, ”leaving it here is completely impractical. We would have to journey all the way back here to retrieve it when we were ready to get you back into it; and, who knows who or what may move in here in the meanwhile, or what they might do to your body... No, we should definitely bring it with us now.” Zee’s acting unusual... I wonder how much influence Sorshen’s body has on her... a clone is an empty vessel for its creator’s soul, but it’s made of its creator’s flesh, there must be some imprint left on it... and, now Zee’s soul is sitting uncomfortably in that imprint... the two must be waring away at each other until they fit, but how much will she change before that comes to pass... she certainly shouldn’t be anywhere near Sorshen’s shard while she’s in that body, it will only serve to swing the balance of change against her...”
"Does anyone have any concept of what time it might be?" Teldon asks. "We've been underground so long, and I was unconscious for so long, that I couldn't even guess... once we have some kind of litter built we should consider venturing outside as soon as possible. If its night we can come back in to sleep in relative safety, but if its morning it would be a shame to waste our daylight resting."
”It was one thing to hear about what happened after my capture,” Teldon remarks looking down at Ziomarra’s body, ”but it’s something else entirely to see this...” ”It should be fine until tomorrow, as long as this sarcophagus isn’t cursed, but we’ll probably want to start using magic to preserve it from there. Arsith, you used to serve Pharasma- surely you know the prayers to keep her body in good condition?”
"Yes, and I have reports to submit, and a business venture to check on," Teldon responds nodding in agreement with the warpriest. and we need to figure out where the next shard is, but that conversation is best left until after we part ways with the Grey Maidens...
please don’t ask us to move all the bodies out of here... I have no idea how far from the exit we are, but I’m sure it would be incredibly difficult to get all these corpses out...
Unless you’re consistently targeting touch AC, any 3/4 BAB class is going to need a little help with their attack bonus. If you’re picking up a touch attack sometime soon you might be fine going with Con, if you’re planning on mostly sticking with the physical blast my suggestion (for whatever it’s worth) would be to up your Dex.
Teldon breathes a long, loud sigh of relief as he sticks his hand in the demon's cleavage. He works quickly to retrieve his shard and clasp it about his neck. With his fingers still wrapped around it he says, "Now it's over."
ok, I think I'm all leveled (although I'll have to add a stat block for my familiar) here goes: ABP: physical prowess- +2 Con +1 BAB
Skills (13): +1 to bluff, disable device, knowledge [arcana, dungeoneering, local, nature, religion, planes], linguistics, perception, sense motive, spellcraft, and use magic device
Background Skills (2): knowledge [history], and craft [illustration] Talent: inspired expertise
Alright... a little crowd sourcing... I’m hemming and hawing a bit on deciding between fun/cool/interesting abilities and stuff that will actually help in combat; I welcome any feedback on the following 2 decisions. Magus Arcana
Investigator Talent
I think I’m kind of leaning towards splitting the difference and going with familiar for the arcana and inspired expertise for the talent but, like I said, input would be appreciated!
I probably won’t have time to actually level up until Friday but I’m looking over stuff now. Instead of a feat I get a magus arcana (from VMC Magus) and I’m debating between arcane accuracy (which lets me add my +5 Int bonus to attack rolls for 1 round if I spend an arcane point) or a familiar (which might be more fun, especially as sort of a manifestation of his relationship with Briana, but probably isn’t as useful... although, I could get a pretty big bump to perception from it). Other than that, I just have to pick an investigator talent and a pair of 3rd level formulae to learn and everything else is just adding a point to something and updating the new total. @Arsith- so far I don’t think we’ve ever had enough downtime to craft anything significant (so you might want to consider that in your decision)
"Nearly..." Teldon answers as he hurries to the impostor's side and begins searching the corpse. where is it... where is my shard you unfit thief...
Bloodied and bruised, Teldon sighs resolutely as the desperate battle against the impostor Runelord drags on. Still finding little in the way of options, he continues to stab at their foe...
Teldon frowns as the impostor continues to rebuff their attacks. With few good options, he thrusts his spear twice more at their foe... ,
Taking advantage of the cover provided by Arsith, a punch-drunk Teldon clumsily chugs his last healing extract and rises to his feet.
Teldon gasps as the impostor Sorshen opens a series of increasingly painful gashes across his arms and shoulder. "Thank you," he practically whispers when Briana's healing warmth moves through him. Sizing up their foe, he stabs at his assailant with two quick thrusts- one to unbalance her polearm before she attacks Jo, and one to extract some small revenge...
Sorry- took me a little while to realize the boards were back up
Channeling a spark of arcane energy into his longspear, Teldon advances on the impostor in an attempt to wrangle it between himself and the wolf.
Aware that someone must take the unenviable job of opening the door, Teldon walks quickly up to it and prepares to throw it open. When he realizes what Shadlah is doing, he pauses with his hand and the door to await her signal...
Teldon points out the blood splatters and is about to speculate on its likely meaning when the sound of battle reaches his ears. Quickly downing an extract from his belt, he follows close behind Jo towards its source.
and thankfully her tastes are apparently diverse enough that I won’t be her only target when she does...
”Pretty sure...” Teldon answers somberly (and quietly), ”look closely at her gait, or listen carefully to the cadence of her speech... her body is so twisted up it’s effecting everything she says and does...”
”She is not alright,” Teldon leans in and whispers to Briana and Jo, ”her whole body is tense, like someone driven by a compulsion- and with that being the lust shard I can venture a guess at at least part of what it’s driving her towards...”
Hey, thanks for your patience (and concern)! We had a couple days here in the mid to high 90s (around 36-37 C, I think) and I am not well suited for the heat. I rarely wear more than a sweatshirt even in those (in)famous Buffalo snow storms, but apparently doing anything at all when its really hot out will give me heat exhaustion. It took a while to get over the dehydration that came with that but I'm feeling much better now and should have a post up tonight.
Sorry I’ve been slow to post... I’ve had a headache for a couple days that’s making it tough to spend much time looking at phone/computer screens. I’ll try to post soon but feel free to bot me if needed.
...sh!t... Teldon looks disapprovingly at his friend’s chest and shakes his head. ”Jo, have you no standards?” he asks with disdain. ”You who could be the envy of every woman...” As he speaks, he locks eyes with the much shorter paladin, ”you who could be the desire of every man... we would worship you and provide you with whatever manner of pleasure you desired... but you would mar that perfection with such a ridiculous looking necklace?!?” ”I have a gold chain and a gemstone for that fitting... let me have the shard for a moment and I will make it a necklace worthy of the beauty who is more worthy to wear it than Sorshen herself...”
you’ve got to be kidding me...
”I don’t have the stone...” Teldon answers with his face teetering between concern and curiosity, ”I spent several days enchanted or unconscious... maybe someone else could be responsible for having it?” |
