I've played through almost to the end of Bloodborne (got stuck on the DLC). Ask away, Pahleg.
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Great work on the background, Kekkle! It probably won't make much difference, but I'm going to be out of town from tomorrow (6/13) until 6/20. I should be able to check in, but don't let me hold anything up.
I play pretty slowly so I finally just finished the DSIII base game, all bosses and secret areas. Now I'm about halfway through Ashes of Ariandel before starting up the Ringed City.
There may be something in the sword coast adventurer's guide supplement. I'll look into it the next time I'm home.
Is there gonna be a poll if we are gonna jump systems? I think it certainly could. 5E already doesn't rely on magical gear to the point where magic items are practically optional, monsters tend to have lower ACs and higher HP totals which might work better for a Souls inspired game and there are optional madness rules in the DMG that might help simulate going Hollow (or Hungry, as it were). Covenants could even be reconfigured to work like Backgrounds or alternate background features.
I played Pathfinder for a good long time, since it was an update on material I already have and it suited what I was looking for. My group switched to 5th edition last year, though. It's faster and easier to run, spellcasters can mostly cast spells instead of falling back on the crossbow and combats go much more quickly. I loved Pathfinder but it seems too bloated for me and needlessly complex for me now. But I like the campaign setting and the adventures so I keep a toe in it.
Still around, still damned to this infernal Labyrinth for my crimes. As are we all.
I'm thinking it over. The Miracle is either the curse of the undead or the miracle of being undead and lucid. Or it's the process by which the bosses become, well, bosses. Ulrich believes he and likely everyone else in the Labyrinth is being punished for a transgression from when they were alive, so that's how he looks at it regardless of other evidence. Hellfire has fallen apart, clearly, but that doesn't mean the rest of the covenants have.
"There is an exit here to the left- let us proceed this way. Farewell, Embedded."
"And getting a Labyrinth Soul is a matter of wresting it from one that already has their own, yes? And what do you get out of imparting this information to us, Sage in the Stone?"
It's a Miracle! Best Labyrinthmas ever!
Ulrich keeps his mouth shut, but rolls an eye as the stone presence speaks. He begins walking toward the left, his sword and shield at the ready.
Ulrich shrugs.
He walks down the stairwell toward the source of the cold, stepping cautiously as he remembers the mold incident from earlier.
"We're soul-eating ghouls now, unfit for proper food.... would you say those labels are true, or another cruel jest?" "Well, perhaps we should look into the cold basement while we're here."
"Hmph. Daredevils. We can take these other stairs, then. That should take us right back to the cells where that octopus-headed jailer was on patrol... but since we dealt with it we may be able to continue our explorations." "I'd hoped for more. But that's what you get for hoping, eh?"
"Kekkle did much of the heavy lifting. In any case, did the scholar's precious book have anything to say about this place? Shall we forge ahead?"
"Welcome back to the nightmare, Pahleg. My apologies that you met an end before our victory." Ulrich puts the book he was flipping through back on the shelf. "Elyna is looking worse for wear... I don't know if anything in this library would describe what's happening to her, but perhaps we will meet a physician if we continue on. Should we proceed where the Scholar pointed us?"
Ulrich returns to the others. "Should we need to research matters of magic or the undead, this may be the place to return. And here's another of those Labyrinth books."
Ulrich paces the shelves, looking at what books remain. Though he remains frustrated that he didn't get to make the Scholar's death more painful, he does realize that he's gotten used to only having the one eye.
Ulrich harrumphs, but quits thrashing the furniture. He puts the mace back through his belt and looks at the door leading out of the room- which the Scholar said leads to the sea.
Gotta love it!
Fighter level 4
+1 Dexterity (no more AC penalty!)
I am wondering if I want to respec to focus on bastard swords, but I'm on the fence.
Healing spells are great, but if we can deal damage more consistently maybe we won't need them as much. I think having five PCs at the highest level we can get everyone is a bigger benefit- everyone hits a little more often, can take a little more damage and maybe bring a new class feature to the table. We should put our eggs in multiple baskets.
With five of us at 400 souls each, we can all move up to 4th right?
Ulrich smashes one of the shelves in frustration. "Damn nuisance!", he bellows. "I hope he rots!"
I think we should stop going after the reduced party trophies. Araden hasn't been able to do squat for about three months now and with Pahleg down he hasn't been able to participate either, which isn't fun for anyone. The strategy wasn't great for this one, I'll admit, but man we got some bad rolls as well.
Ulrich nearly smashes the table in frustration, but jumps down instead, moving around the bookcases.
Ulrich squeezes past Tannan to get at the Preacher. He swings his mace at the spell-casting menace.
Ulrich double times it after the Preacher. "Cagey knave! Just you wait..."
Ulrich tries to finally kill the damn skeleton.
Ulrich closes in on the skeleton attacking Tannan.
Ulrich tries to put down the skeleton attacking him.
Ulrich lashes out at the skeleton trailing him, a cold fury rising as death approaches.
Off balance from his wounds, he just hits the shelf.
Yeah, this is probably where it ends for some of us.
Ulrich raises his shield against the skeleton and falls back, winding his way through the shelves after hearing the distinct sound of a cleric falling like a ton of bricks.
Pahleg races forward in his heavy scale armor, trying to reach Tannan before he is clawed to death.
Ulrich takes a step out of the skeleton's claw range and downs his estus flask.
His cleric-sense tingling, Pahleg through the shelves to where he heard Tannan, looking to assist with his faithful spear.
"Damned bones!" Ulrich smashes at the skeleton with his mace.
Ulrich steps forward around the skeleton, swinging his mace.
Pahleg will follow behind Ulrich, staying between the shelves at Z12.
Ulrich continues pushing through the stacks, searching for the true scholar.
Ulrich's ear twitches as he hears an armor clad cleric hit the floor. He races over and smashes at the skeleton with his mace.
With Tannan moving in, Pahleg moves forward to flank. He strikes the skeleton with the borrowed morningstar.
Ulrich pounds on the skeleton clawing at him.
"Foul bones! Stay on them! We need to maintain control!"
"Gah! Nuisance!"
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