GMG's PbP: Shackles adventures (Inactive)

Game Master Magabeus

Ring-a-ding-ding for us all! Level 4 is quite the threshold for me!

I have a folio reroll I never used:

Perform (Keyboard) reroll: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21

Okay, slight improvement. Please adjust my Chronicle accordingly.

Also, while we didn't allow them to escape, we showed mercy to an opponent who surrendered, right? That's a Silver Crusade Faction Objective.

Xasay: yes, you can tick of that objective.

I will wait for Emmett's reaction on the take 10 so I can adjust chronicles in one go.

Congrats on your 4th GM star, GMG.

I received Tori's Chronicle sheet with no issues, and I'll attempt to level her up in the next few days.

Sorry - yes, I was fine with the take 10 - no problem.

Congrats on the star! That is an impressive amount of GMing there.

Congrats GMG :D

And level 5 Scratcher = I am the disarm master!

And where be the treasure? :P

Tori is leveled up to 6 and ready for the next section.

Updated chronicles

I will post start of next section this weekend.

Sorry for the delay, have had a busy week. I also need to think a bit how I want to move you forward, so next update will be tomorrow.

I will be on a camping trip this weekend and am GMing a game on Monday, so expect little to no posts from me until Tuesday.

I am feeling better now! But now is my con weekend event, so I may post once tonight or tomorrow morning, but nothing else. Big games await!

After that, should be back to daily weekday posting again.

My apologies for letting you wait this long.

Given that this encounter does not add anything to the plot I will assume you handle yourselves admirably and move you onto the next encounter, which does add to the plot

I will have limited computer/internet access from July 8 - 20, so please feel free to bot my character during this time. I will try to check in as I can, but posting will be sporadic and probably very short.

Just a reminder that I will be on holiday until 7 August and very likely without any internet connection. Gaming will resume after my return.

I'm sorry, could you please remind me, OOC, what we are in fact here for?

No problem see this post

I'll be travelling to see the eclipse the next couple days, but I should be able to keep up.

I posted an action early because I am going to be travelling the next two days, and probably won't get many chances to check in. Please feel free to bot Emmett as needed.

No problem, thanks for letting us know.

Some illness got a hold of me, I expect to be back in a few days

That doesn't sound like fun - hope you are feeling better soon!

Some illness got a hold of me, I expect to be back in a few days

Well gosh, that's...mysterious (and I know how scary that can be, but then I'm exceptionally neurotic).

I'm picturing a spider building an oddly-legible web above your bed....

Best wishes. We'll get there eventually!

Just some virus infection, I am back now!

My father is having open heart surgery in the next couple days, so there will probably be no posts from me until Sunday. If anything changes, I will let you all know.

Take care of your father first Tori! My thoughts will be with you.

My apologies for not posting. I had some things to deal with that had priority.

As we say in theater, these things do happen.

Thankfully, my father's surgery went as well. Thanks for the well wishes and good vibes, I appreciate them.

@DM: Next time I am targeted by the gaze attack, I will use Shadow Speaker to gain +2 to my saving throw.

I am going to be out for the next few days recovering from a surgery. I am unsure of the recovery time, but I hope to be back in a few days, a week at the latest. Please feel free to bot me while I am gone.

Hope your recovery goes well, thanks for letting us know.

Huh, so I thought cure spells that were used to harm undead still dealt full damage to incorporeal undead... but I just looked at it and it's a bit of a decisive matter, but leaning towards half damage for spells, but full for channel energy. So GM, would using my Fervor for positive energy also only be half damage?

Strangely enough it seems to do standard damage.

The important bit being:
"Even when hit by spells or magic weapons, it takes only half damage from a corporeal source."

Fervor is a supernatural ability, so go for it! (Note that a spell-like ability would fall under spells)

Sorry for lack of posting, I had no opportunity to post yesterday and am suffering from a headache today. I will be back asap.

Totally understandable. I will be a bit freer soon, as our major local events will be winding down and I expect to finish another PbP in the next week or two.

Unless the cat makes a DC 18 Will save, 6 damage isn't enough to destroy my manta ray.

A shadow creature has one-fifth the hit points of a normal creature of its kind (regardless of whether it's recognized as shadowy).

I might have missed something that gives it additional hit points, but this is why I thinks it is destroyed

Using the line feature of the Google slide, I can draw a straight line between Tori and the enemy without crossing through friendly squares.

I can't manage to draw a line from any of your corners to the lower left corner of the sea cat that does not pass through Grisaia.

To determine whether your target has cover from your ranged attack, choose a corner of your square. If any line from this corner to any corner of the target’s square passes through a square or border that blocks line of effect or provides cover, or through a square occupied by a creature, the target has cover (+4 to AC).

It did not matter for this shots, because you hit regardless of the cover, but I want us to be on the same page for this.

Xasay Xyu wrote:

Unless the cat makes a DC 18 Will save, 6 damage isn't enough to destroy my manta ray.

Shadow Conjuration wrote:

A shadow creature has one-fifth the hit points of a normal creature of its kind (regardless of whether it's recognized as shadowy).

I might have missed something that gives it additional hit points, but this is why I thinks it is destroyed

Never caught that. I concede the point.

Please forgive me for my horrible English “I thinks”...

Please forgive me for my horrible English “I thinks”...

You're talking to people who live in a country where most people *only* know English...and they STILL can't be counted on to speak it as well as you do. Don't apologize.

Yeah, I agree with your assessment, GM. My memory of the cover rules was foggy, and I should've reviewed them briefly before posting that. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

If I made a sufficient Knowledge (Nature) check to know that they had too many HD for cause fear to work (which is what it sounds like is the case), could I have a retroactive do-over, since Xasay would have known and therefore wouldn't have tried it if he knew better? I would have done that, but I was being a bit lazy because A) I kind of assumed they didn't have too many HD, and B) I was trying to keep things expedient because of the PbP format.

Knowledge (Nature) if you'll permit this course of action: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

Sure Xasay, no problem.

I am going to be away from the boards until next Monday, Nov 27. Please feel free to bot me while I am away.

Sorry, next update tomorrow. Was busy with other stuff and do not have the time for a proper update today.

@Grisaia: This looks like a sterling moment for Diplomacy, and yours is substantially better than mine.

Absolutely. I'll be out of town until Sunday, but will be checking in when I can.

This is a good point to pauze the action for the Christmas break, I will be offline between the 22nd and the 29th, after that we will investigate the monastery.

Take care GM!

I am suffering from a severe headache, game will move forward as soon as I can.

ZOMG, my first text-replaced-with-gibberish-attack!

Too bad I never got one of those Pinnacle Chips....