I'm playing RotRL in RL so I think I'm unsuited for this, we just started book 5.
Hey, DM, I lost track of how many rounds of performance Adele had used so was going back through her posts to count them. When's the last time we rested, and what time is it? It was mid-day when we fought the aranea in Terrelton, and we've had the looters, the ettins & the roadblock since then; did we travel all that way in half a day?
You have indeed traveled that far. The map provided by Speaker Wiston isn't quite to scale and your party is traveling light. I don't believe you have rested since you fought the aranea.
If we survive this one, we definitely need to pack it in and rest for an evening. Dragox is running low on channels and higher spells...
If we survive this one, we definitely need to pack it in and rest for an evening. Dragox is running low on channels and higher spells...
If we don't end up burning the structure down, maybe we can even rest inside. Although I keep expecting that dang eidolon to show up and hit us with a fireball again....
*confused* Are the hobgoblins and ogres on the second floor attacking down the ladders or on the first?
Certainly AK, assuming we make it to tomorrow!!
*confused* Are the hobgoblins and ogres on the second floor attacking down the ladders or on the first?
Yes. Adele, Dragox, and Shalani are on the first floor while everyone else is up the ladders.
Initiative
Maysalkirii 21
Shalani 20
Ogre1 18
Ogre2 17
Hobgoblins 13
Narses 12
Adele 12
Dragox 7
You know, in this battle, all your guys had initiative at the same time. Couldn't we have let Feek and Shalani go, then you say what your guys did, then go Narses through Shalani again? You could still narrate your round; you'd just go init 12-20 rather than 21-7. I ask only because Adele basically did nothing but move less than her base speed that last round and technically should have been able to attack the ogre when he came down the ladder. Instead, her turn was mostly wasted as the ogre actually got to act twice before she could react. (Or, you know, would have if Feek hadn't jumped down after it and slaughtered it.) Plus, I'd know if there was a point to using another round of bardic performance; if everything's dead by the time my initiative comes up, I'd save it. There have been a couple of times in this game that my tactics would have changed based on changing circumstances by the time Adele's initiative has come up.
*grumble, grumble, sigh* I suppose I can split rounds in LoF and RHoD. Okay, I will start that next round.
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Just remembered something from 3.5, and went to see if it still applied to PF. Sure enough...
Damaging Magic Weapons: An attacker cannot damage a magic weapon that has an enhancement bonus bonus unless his weapon has at least as high an enhancement bonus as the weapon struck.
Either the blades aren't destroyed, or our loot just possibly got an upgrade/was better than I thought lol.
Either the blades aren't destroyed, or our loot just possibly got an upgrade/was better than I thought lol.
It was only the ogres sundering, though, so it'd be too big for us to use. Nice to sell if we make it back to Brindol, I suppose.
Curses... Need +2 ;)
Yes, only the enhancement bonus counts towards defending against item damage. Strange, huh? A +1 longsword is as easy to break as a +1 vorpal longsword.
Yes, it takes a full week before it activates.
You ought to be just about there, stardust. We spent the night at the bridge after she re-equipped herself so Dragox could learn stone shape, then we stayed the next night at Vraath Keep before we made it back to Drellin's Ferry; we were there for 3-4 days, and this is the evening of the next day after that. That adds up to 6 days since she put the ring back on.
Dragox is now 7/7 cleric/monk.
*Gain + 1 BAB
*Channel Energy moves to 4d6
*Adds 1 first level spell (Prot. from Evil)
*Adds 2 +1 4th level spells from bonus to Wis (Air Walk, Freedom of Movement, Wall of Fire or Fire Shield, depending on the spells Shalai takes). Everyone please chime in if you have a particular spell you want me to start memorizing, whatever the level.
*New Feat--Spring Attack
*Wholeness of Body monk special-heal 14 points of damage as a standard action by spending 2 ki points
*+1 to all flurry attacks
*+1 to CMD and CMD
*5 skills--added favored class to Skill point this level
Perception
Acrobatics
Know. Religion
Spellcraft x2
*Hit Points 1d8 + 2 ( 1 con and 1 toughness)
Hit Point Roll
I may not finish the level up process until tomorrow- we have to roll HP right? Would rather take the average, D8's always hate me...
*grumbles*
Yep, you roll HP, but you reroll any 1's.
Shalani is now 7/7 fire sorceress/alchemist.
*Gain + 1 BAB
*Adds 1 third level spell per day
*Adds protection from energy to spells known.
*Adds magic missile, flaming sphere, and haste to spells known
*New Feat--Craft Wand
*Bloodline Feat--Dodge
*Alchemist Bomb damage increases to 4d6
*Adds 1 third level alchemist extract per day (generally prepared: flight)
*+1 to CMB and CMD
*6 skills--
Perception x1
Knowledge (Nature) x4
Spellcraft x1
*Hit Points 1d8 + 1 ( 1 favored class bonus)
Hit Point Roll
Adele:
Levels taken in bard and paladin (sacred servant archetype)
BAB +7/+2
HP: +1 Toughness
8 skill points + 1 favored class bonus: Diplomacy, Escape Artist (3), Perception, Perform (dance), Perform (percussion), Perform (sing), Spellcraft
1 3rd-level bard spell per day, 2 3rd level bard spells known (Displacement, Mass Feather Step ) and 1 extra 1st-level bard spell known (Saving Finale)
Inspire Competence +3
1 2nd-level paladin spell per day
2nd-level Good domain spell: Align Weapon (good)
+1 Smite Evil per day
Feat:
2 additional rounds bardic performance per day (forgot to add them last level, not that I've ever run out yet)
EDIT: Also forgot to add my +1 HP from Toughness last level, so I added both now.
Was going to go back and put in her feat when I'd decided on it; then I forgot all about it. Will update her feat later today.
Okay, I've decided to go with Improved Initiative so she's not always last to act; it'll help to get Inspire Courage active earlier in the combat.
HP+toghness+con+FC
BAB +1
Class Features: DR 1/-, Rage +2 rnds, Woodland Stride
Skills: 6 +1 human -2 int =5 points.
Knowledge nature +1
Perception +1
Stealth +1
Survival +1
Swim +1
Feat: Exotic Weapon Proficiancy (Bastard Sword)
Skills- +1 Acrobatics, +1 Escape Artist, +1 Perception, +1 Stealth, +1 Sense Motive, +1 Survival, +1 Linguistics, +1 Disable Device.
Feat- Weapon Focus (Sawtooth Sabre)
BAB- Rises to +5
Rogue Stuff- Sneak attack damage rises to +4d6
Inquisitor Stuff- Judgement 3/day
Spells Known-
1 first level (Burst Bonds taken)
2 third level (Greater Magic Weapon, Invisibility Purge)
Spells per Day-
1 third level + bonus third level
Ok. so here is my conundrum... Actually, you know what. I'm going to put this in a spoiler for the DM, so noone else look for now, please.
As you may recall, I wanted Shalani to be Chaotic Neutral with Chaotic Good tendencies because she is a follower of Irori. The background is a little more complicated than that, but I could use some advice in how to roleplay the situation. I love Pathfinder Sorcerers. They are so much cooler than old D&D sorcerers. I've invented about 5 different bloodlines myself: Unicorn, Diamond, Fortification, Moon, Blood, and have picked up several more from 3PP. It just seems to me that each sorcerer has a strange and mysterious background that is the main source for their powers. It doesn't have to be that way, but that's how I enjoy roleplaying it.
In Shalani's distant background, she is the sole survivor of a nomadic tribe in a far away desert, her life was mostly good. She was an obediant daughter and her father was the tribe's alchemist, which explains her interest in the profession. The problem arose when a fire elemental lord with a strange and obscure agenda of its own was awakened in the desert and killed the entire tribe, leaving Shalani the sole survivor. It may even have been that Shalani channeled the being that destroyed her people. Since then, she has been overcome with personal rage and anguish, as well as strange destructive tendencies that may not be entirely her own. That's the reason I made her Chaotic Neutral. She is aware of this conflict however, so she began to follow the religion of Self Perfection: weeding out the unwanted parts of her personality, even though she occasionally flies into rages. (Look out world!)
I guess my question is... how do I roleplay this? It feels like I'm being too quiet and subdued most of the time, but its a very conscious effort to do so (on Shalani's part, I mean). If I could find a piece of music on youtube to listen to to get into character, it might help some. Any suggestions?
So just decide what it is that will set her off. ;)
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I may have mentioned this to various people on MSN, but I thought i'd make myself clear with some copy-paste-fu.
I am completely swamped with work for university- i'm posting at 6AM after being up all night working on a damn progress report, and I have a paper on security due in a couple of days. I'm stressed, burnt out and exhausted.
Hence my slower post rate- but never fear, for my next deadline is on friday so I imagine i'll be back to normal posting rate on monday, after my melted brain has cooled down once more.
Thanks for your patience, and apologises for the slowdown on my end.
According to my husband, loot value at full market price is 17,477 if the crossbows are light (17,567 if they're heavy; I'm assuming they're light). That doesn't include the traveling clothes or the gold & silver we already have in coins. If we can sell for half-price, that's 8738.5 gp.
Neglected to do the final division. There's 5 of us, right? Works out to 1747 gp, 7 sp each.
Sorry for the wait, guys. My influenza turned out to be pneumonia and put me in the hospital for about a week. I'm home now and ready to start again. Will post momentarily.
Dang Tanner, hope you are feeling better....
Dang Tanner, hope you are feeling better....
+1. Don't rush into getting back to "normal" too quickly and have a relapse.
Geez, tell him to get better, AK. 2 bouts with pneumonia? That is a crappy way to spend 6 weeks.
Geez, tell him to get better, AK. 2 bouts with pneumonia? That is a crappy way to spend 6 weeks.
Yeah, "happy holidays." This will be a season to remember. :P
I swear, I had a PC who had some kind of houseruled item like this, but I can't remember how it worked or even which character it was. I'll go through my character sheets and see what my DM did.
EDIT: Actually, looks like what we did, when we realized it wouldn't work for my sorceror, was trade it for an empowered shellshard out of the Magic Item Compendium. So, not as helpful as I thought.
Aaaaaand I'm back. It wasn't two bouts of pneumonia so much as one prolonged bout with a brief break to lull me into a false sense of security. But thanks to antibiotics, I finally made my Fortitude save. :)
I need to read up a little to get my head back in the game, but I will have a post up this evening to advance the action.
I'm glad your ok :) Welcome back Tanner.
Forgot to update Adele's character sheet with her new weapon until now. She would have left her +1 rapier for the elves as some attempt at repayment for the gifts. Of course, it's always possible that Feek went back after her and reclaimed it for party loot. ;)
Waste not, want not. It's fine with me.
bump for easy reading
Raise Shalani if stardust wants a second chance at her. I'll take some time to weigh my options. Adele has proved pretty useless at everything but rolling Diplomacy checks this adventure....
IIRC, stardust did want another go round. Let's let him weigh in again just to be sure, then you two can decide what you want to do.
Just let us know what you would like to do, Adele. There is still a place for a party diplomat, if you are so inclined, but feel free to bounce ideas off of us.
I've been following this thread for some time. Great job everyone!
If you decide to expand your party or need an alternate, I would love to be considered.
Thanks!
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I'll keep Shalani for now. I have an idea for a hobgoblin barbarian/fighter if Shalani doesn't make it, lol. I don't usually play melee classes, being a caster at heart. But I might try it out if Shalani doesn't work. :)
Adele's diplomacy has been extremely helpful, though. Its been able to keep the story going, and I'm not sure any of the rest of us could be quite so congenial.