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Hey, I'm in Colorado gettin hitched this weekend. I'll try to check the boards, but imma be busy...

Wish me luck buddies

I can get some scouting done. Just give me a moment, Dhaavan steps into his study briefly and comes out, glancing into the air, Jack twittering with agitation, Dhaavan replying in the same twittering speech.

Dhaavna will report back and draw up a map for the party after a short wait.

Heh, riddles... Took me a minute, that one dhaavan gives Sandara an appreciative nod, We got someone in the crows-nest with the Farsight Spyglass, keepin a lookout, although we gots a mission right now,

Dhaavan assists with the identifications
Now what have we here?
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

Dhaavan does have a key as well, since he's in the cabin most of the time, crafting and napping while Variel and/or Rain are not using it.

Of particular interest to Victor and Desula as they can learn some of these spells and put them in your books

Pirahana strike, my bad. Basically Power-attack for light weapons. Its a freebie feat like power attack, and deadly aim.

WIth Desula's Craft check, and some time, further foraging for parts, and assistance from other party members with construction, you think you can make these items

What I find particularly funny is that the article asserts that the word's origin meant "Oath-Breaker" and the 4th and 5th edition Warlocks are about forging pacts with some kind of powerful entity, they get power from an Oath.

I use a light shield so I can touch myself, even in battle. Our cleric doesn't touch me very often... We bought her a toy to use tho, and all of us like that ;]

I'm not sure about the feat, it complicates spellcasting with all the die-rolling and once you get a few ranks it seems like you'd be able to get an extra 2 metamagic feats that you don't actually have. There is always a chance that it won't go off, but I'd rather not allow that feat.

There really isn't much to say yet, other than that this is a discussion thread for a campaign I'm starting to work on

what i find kinda funny is that the BEST Drunken Weapon Master of Many Styles is certainly the Lawbringer as he can get a +2 to Str, Wis, and Con.

An Archon blooded drunk that specialized in beating the boop out of people with funky animal styles, and Falcon Punch/Knee of Justice

If you don't do damage you still stun (fort negates), so its something to do against DR, for what its worth.
Building a Tank-monk couuld work.
Combat Patrol with fast movement shuts down large areas. And there's nothing to say you can't use Stunning-fist and Pushing Kick during AoOs.

Then Step-up and Strike and Standstill turns you into a big area of YOU SHALL NOT PASS.

Add dazzling display for a debuff for high fort enemies

Snake-fang iif you're a MoMS to punish missing your high AC
Or panther to hit the people you provoke from as you combat patrol
Or dragon to do a little damage w/elemental fist and Roar for an area stun.
Or crane to negate nasty single attacks that you interrupt.

Its tough to ignore a guy that hands out flanking to the rogue, shuts down charges, sticks to casters and stuns anything w/o a beastly fort save

The rain pounds down upon you as the twilight begins to darken. You hurry towards the doors, to the sounds of people clamoring within the 'church' you walk toward. Double-doors open easily on well-oiled hinges and allow you entrance to the Church of Gemidar, god of Alchemy. Before you stretches a wide entryway to the gathering hall, dust hanging in the air above and clinging to the 'pews' and tables in the large space.

A man stands to the side, by a staircase, and receives the weapons of the worshiper entering before you, as is custom. You too give your weapons to the man, who hands them to a boy that takes them to a holding area, like a coat-check.
Down the spiral stairway you go as the sounds of 'worshipers' grow louder. You open the door at the bottom of the stairs and join the flock.

A riotous good time is had by these churchgoers, for Gemidar brought the men of the Central Kingdoms both Medicine and Alcohol, and his worship services are more parties held in the taverns that act as his churches. While business is not as good as it once was, and the Great Hall upstairs has fallen into disuse, this chapel serves well enough. Crowded and intimate, peoples of all walks gather here and all that is asked is that a good time be had by all, and of course that they pay for their drinks.

You catch the eye of Tevissa, one of the head Priestesses, as she carries a tray of libation and sustenance to the table. She welcomes you, saying "Come on in, and take a seat," gesturing to the round tables scattered about or the bar-stools at the alter. "One of the Brothers or Sisters shall be with yea shortly, hon." She then makes her way through the crowd which parts before her, even the drunkest know not to get in her way.

Welcome! Check the discussion board for character-Gen rules and ask questions there. Introduce yourself and mess around here in character so we can get to know you. You can post with different Characters, if you want to get a feel for a couple before you decide, just make sure to note which one you are using!

Please describe your appearance as you enter and lemme know what you do, go to a table, the bar, look the place over or anything else you can think of. Please do not s#~~ on anything or bleat like a goat, tho.

Perception and Init, as well. those are big ones that come up often.

If your GM make some rolls like that for you in secret, it makes life a little easier if they are posted.

a field for misc. resources, rather than specifically spell slots
things like rage, performance, LoH, smites, challenges, spells, are all tracked and a spot where we can write that that will show up in an expandable would be awesome!

You took two points of con damage, so your Con bonus went down by 1. That's 1hp per Hit Die, so Ria shoudl only have taken 2 damage, im pretty sure, not 8.
For Con damage, you loose 1hit point per hit die (level) for every point your Con Bonus goes down. Your bonus goes down 1 point for every 2 points of damage you take.
Looks like you read it as taking 2hp per hit die for every point of damage as opposed to 1hp per hit die for every 2 points of damage. not that it matters now, but for the next time anyone takes ability damage, it's a -1 penalty for every two damage, decreasing hp by hit die for every -1 (2 con damage)

Edit: you don't subtract the kind of die you roll. I understand the confusion, but that's not what it means. Can someone else try to explain it, cause i don't think i can define the difference between Hit die in the way Ria means (1d8), versus the number of dice to make up the HP (2 HD)

What i find intriguing is figuring out a way to get the flavored reactions to show something about the enemies. SInce they tend to die quick, having an enemy dodge an attack can show players that they didn't beat Touch AC and give a little more information.

Glancing blows could be because they didn't score a hit, but got past touch, or the enemy didn't bother dodging, and just took the attack.

Parries could be used whenever a combatant with a weapon doesn't get hit and not give any information. The attack would have made Touch AC, but was blocked.

How would you respond to a GM playing that way, telling you the enemy dodged when you don't make touch AC and Dodge+shield means blocking, with glancing blows being up to full AC depending on wether or not the enemy dodged?

would it be fun to analyze what the hits mean, or frustrating if there's parries and any inconsistency in terms of what is applied?

Variel, sorry if You answered, but i seem to have forgotten...
Was the Brestplate on the frozen guard masterwork or just his Longsword? changes the value of the item quite a bit...

im updating the winter sheet now and the wrath one next.

aniera, thanks a million for paking the posts with the loot listed for me. i appreciate it. =]

Has Venja or Variel been able to ID the magical cloak yet? that way i can get it logged as well

here is a Link to sheet
and the URL fr copy-pasta: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0At0_2fgahIlkdGUyZ3ZZZ1JsOEhCWm 4zai1WMHNUUkE&usp=drive_web#gid=0

Im planning on getting Sheelah some barding. Studded Leather for 50 gp with ehr light armor prof.

Dotting as the party Diplomancer in a PBP S&S game =}

I've had a few really lucky rolls and some crushing failures, unfortunately...

I think the first NPC I talked to during the day was Sandara, and knocked out a 27 to get her helpful that first day, just hedging my bets. It was that night that i really hit it!

That night after the rum rations, I got a +2 to Cha, and I decided to cozy up to the Quartermaster. I rolled a nat 19+11+1 to hit a 31 and popped her up to Helpful in one fell swoop. Scored us all easy access to all our gear. She even cried as Plugg spirited us away onto the Man's Promise! We all miss her.

We got mobbed by Plugg's toadies, Syl, Tate, Jape, Maheem, Arietta, and Fipps. So while everybody goes getting into fights dealing non-lethal damage, the Sorcerer (with 8 str) screams and hides in a corner (while summoning) then pops a fiendish eagle anf throws an acid orb, Crits, and nearly kills Jape. The enemies run away, and Plugg comes down, and someone's in for a keelhauling! Luckily some of Jape's damage was non-lethal, so we were able to heal him and get him back up on his feet so we saved out lives. I did get us a lashing with the whip and we got beat even after passing out, so some of us were bleeding out by the time he was done. But we all lived through that one, so i made up for it by getting half the crew on our side.

We got in all kinds of trouble with Peppery Longfarthing. FIrst our druid kept trying to hit on her. First she threw a fireball at him, and then he shouted that he wouldn't drink the rum till she acknowledged him. eventually she called him in and tolf him to be more respectful cause of her place as a woman on the boat and stuff, and he made peace with her. I was not so lucky...

First i tried to check her out, using Detect Magic and she hit me with the Caster's Croak spell-blight. She lifted it when I managed to summon a dolphin to aid in saving the crew-member that fell overboard (ours was Rosie Cusswell)
- Then I cast Charm person on Narwall Tate to gey an easy Dip check to influence him that night, but the GM rolled the 5% chance that it was Peppery that say me, and won all the opposed checks needed to bust me. So she hit me with a Reckless Infatuation on one of the characters that was pushing to mutiny or at least escae from day 1, while still on Harrigan's ship. He's the one that got jumped in the bilges, and he Killed Maheem so he was going to get keelhauled till we came up to the Promise, which saved his keaster, and mine too cause i was going to be compelled to try to save him, and get myself sent over with him.

But thus far, our best moment was our first ship that we raided out on our own. We catch the ship, start the boarding action, and our Pirate Rogue uses his Swinging Reposition to swing right over to the captain, scores a crit, rolls really high damage and gets a 1-shot kill, and we take the boat before everyone's even taken a turn!

Not that i'm that surprised. This particular Kitsune has dropped bosses before. The Grindelow Queen popped up during our fight on the Man's Promise. Our Rogue got dropped to exactly 0hp, and used his standard action to fire a Ballista bolt at the queen. Took a range penalty, -4 penalty for proficency, and yet still managed to hit, taking her out in one shot and falling unconcious, bleeding out due to taking an action. We gave him a heal, and he woke up to a chorus of chears asking "What happened? Did I get her?" it was fantastic!

OK, i'm going to be super busy this week/weekend so i dunno abou thavig time to write much. we'll see what i can pull off today...

but if i'm AFK, dont' be surprised. got a job assignment for a new gig, doing actual design work as opposed to game testing so that's my priority after sleep, so i can survive work.

Waterborne movement has charts that denote waterborne movement. Movement on a sailing ship entails the ship sailing for 24 hours, that is noted in the speed.

The rule issue in question is what about at night, cause we aren't sailing for 24 hours a day, since we need to sleep. so it's up to Imimrtl what we have to do about how long we can sail on our crew.

Watch duty is assigned for the night when people are sleeping so we don't get hit at night. Imm wants watch for the night time, so a few folks should stay asleep for the better part of the day so we have a decent watch for perception at night.

Seeing as claws are B and S, i'd say if she used her Grab ability, then she grabbed the succubus by sinking her claws into the demoness. which in some circles itself is considered an act of passion...
... although I doubt most people like getting scratched quite that much, she is a succubus, it prolly just got her going

This is why I still refuse to play divine characters. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

This is why I'm building a Diabolist. Damned is a class feature!

Upon further thought and seeing SP's thoughts, having the 16 for Dex still gives 3 AoO's aand an 18 str boosts hit and damage by 1, and in the circumstances when you do want damage, you can loose the shield, and 2-hand the Dorn-Durgar and deal an extra 2 damage 1.5(+3str)=4 damage, but 1.5(+4str)=6 damage. SO it will likely be more useful at low levels.

And going with Mythral Full Plate gives you +12 AC and you get to take full advantage of his +3 dex. Hurts his Reflex a bit and costs an AoO, but 4 is pretty respectable.

Combat Reflexes, and Stand Still would be good, if you go with 16 Dex or more.

You also wrote something wrong on your rolled stats.
"16 Wis (18+2 from Dwarf)" EIther you rolled a 16, 18, or 14, and Your wis is 16, 18, or 20. BUt at the end of the day, that's not necessarily needed. Paladin gets a good will save and spells still key off Cha, as do LoH.

So if you rolled 18, 18, 16,15,15,11 i'd say put them

16
18
15 (+2) = 17
11
15 (+2) = 17
18 (-2) = 16

Your top stats are Dex for AoO's and Cha for LoH & Spells. Con and Wis are boosted by your race. I'd honestly suggest taking the 16 str as opposed to 15, cause 1 hp vs doing 1 damage may e more useful at level, then take a stat bump at level 4 for 4 more HP, as opposed to the Str boost at Lv 4.

Feats: there' a few issues. Stationary tank wants lots of AoOs so Combat Reflexes rather necessary. I'd say even more so than PA, in that one lets you hit for 3 more damage. The other gives you three more attacks with a reach weapon. 16 str, buffs, and stone strike would make you a primary target anyway, and even if the enemy tries to avoid you, you have reach enough to get those hits in as they try to avoid you.

1: Combat Reflexes
3: TWF (Pre-rec for)
5: Dorn-Dergar Master (1-hand reach weapon with shield)
7: Lunge, but that delays Shield Master 2 levels more than it has to wait.
7: Imp Shield Bash (as opposed to darting viper. You have reach and a shield-bash)
9: Shield Slam (bash the enemy into DD reach range and Pre-rec for)
11: Shield Master (heavy bashing shield is now a quite respectable weapon)

Next feats: Stand-still, Power Attack, Darting Viper (why not), shield focus, combat patrol, bodyguard, In Harm's Way are all decent feats for this build. May want Imp TWF as well

While your damage suffers somewhat, you get so many attacks that you are certianly a target, and

A quick note in response to what Raz said.

"I do agree that that may be a good plan. I have quite liked the idea of having districts, although there may not be quite the space for a full mapping out of several districts on this plot of land. As we expand the city, we can spread to more districts."

"On a related note, speaking with Sylvath, there are many threats within the marsh that have yet to be addressed. One thing that may make life easier for us is to complete the dam, build up walls and re-flood the lake. It will be expensive, but worthwhile. Now with with greater area, we will need more men, thus a larger garrison, but these are more long-term plans."

To Ariarh's report, and Henry and Gladius's comments

"This is a very interesting set of folk, then. Claiming to be peaceful preachers. I've gotten information about a shipment of Pesh and Opium, among other things, belonging to the Black Koda. I believe it to be coming through the canyon where we met that Djinn from Osiron. Now, I have a bit to say about my source, but I'd rather focus on the Koda at the moment. Now, I think we can intercept the caravan, and seize the goods, taking prisoners to interrogate, or letting them lead us to either their masters and hideouts, or their contacts within the city, or perhaps let them enter, and raid their drug-den, and take everyone involved. There's just the likelihood of things going poorly within the city walls as opposed to out-and-about where we can set an ambush. Especially considering the killers that they have here in the city. My Captains have very little information about the Koda here, they don't seem to be making any overt violence as of yet, but with the Drug-running, we maybe able to build a case against them. What other information do we have here about them and their activities?"