Roger that Jason, thanks for the heads-up.
Just a heads-up guys, I'm experimenting with using actual graphic tiles to represent monster states instead of the X's and O's.
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I intend to make a graphical legend of them for you, but here's the ones I've configured for now:
- Blinded: white eye with a line thru it on a purple background
- Charmed/dominated: white burst, orange bg
- Dead: red skull, black bg
- Disabled/sleeping: white Zs, orange bg
- Dying: white skull, red bg
- On Fire: red ring
- Flying: white wings, blue bg
- Grappled: white hands, grey bg
- Hasted: white runner, teal bg
- Immobilized/Pinned: white padlock, grey bg
- Indoors: 50% grey shading
- Incapacitated/staggered: white circle with a line thru it, red bg
- Poisoned: white droplets, red bg
- Prone: white arrow, blue bg
- Surprised: white exclamation point, yellow bg
- Swimming: blue ring
So I'm guessing that most everyone playing uses either FireFox or Chrome. Well, for some time now there has been an auto-linker (for PfRPG keywords) for FireFox. Well, now there's one for Chrome too!
Topic Auto-Linkers: [ Chrome | FireFox ]
The FireFox version requires you to also install GreaseMonkey (a scripting extension), but the one for Chrome is ridiculously easy to install. You pretty much just click on the link, OK the install and bam — it's self-contained.
Once setup, refresh this page, and you should see the following words (among others) underlined and linkified to their appropriate rules...
cleric
magic missile
run
perception
staggered
I just wanted to pop in real quick to say I have a bday party to get to in a couple minutes, then it's my normal game time. So, I might not get a chance to post anything until tonight. In any case, I have been keeping up, and kinda thought to myself "would Darvesch abandon pursuit of the witch, or would he think that's the best way to help at the time?" so, instead of answering that myself, what say a die roll? 1d6 1-3 I help Alis and Co., 4-6 I continue persuit of the witch..? If he pursues the witch, he'll make sure to cast sanctuary on Alis beforehand.
That would be incredibly sweet for Darvesch to cast sanctuary on Alis, thinking to keep her safe, although he might be chagrined when she just decides to throw down anyway. ;)
Alexis frowns as Priyya points her newest wand at the fleeing forms of Alis, Lureene, and Sasha. "Don't you think you are getting just a little bit carried away now, Ms. Priyya?"
Joy, more loot to divide...
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My suggestion for the loot divvying is:
Those seem like solid suggestions to me. Priyya certainly needs more in the way of defense, and Sasha did her fair share helping out.
As for the pearl of power, I'm OK with it be used to store a lower level spell for now. After all, just because an electro-magnet might be rated to pick up an object weighing 2500 lbs doesn't mean it couldn't also pick up one weighing 900. It would be when you try and exceed its capacity that we'd have a problem.
I've got no objection to that split. Just a question, though. As I understand it a Pearl of Power 5th can only be used to store a 5th level spell. The line in the PfSRD is "The spell must be of a particular level, depending on the pearl". Obviously, you can tweak the rules as you see fit.
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Right, I'm making an exception to that rule so that it follows the same principles as the rest of the spellcasting houserules I use. i.e. You can always use a higher level slot to cast a lower level spell as if it's a higher level spell. (Essentially heighten spell being a freebie.)
OK, the tracking list is up-to-date again. I have to say, this has been the longest day EVER in terms of game-time. It began all the way back in Captain Beliker's hut at post 3967 and it's still not over yet. I wonder how many PbPs end up having...
Just what exactly is the split for money?
Well I think all the coin is still in the lighthouse actually, but...
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Being independently wealthy, Alis never takes a share of any coin. That leaves everyone else:
- Darvesch
- Lureene
- Malandraenas
- Priyya
- Any Contributing NPCs
In this case then, it would get divided 5-ways: Darv, El, Mal, Priyya, and Sasha. If you can think a believable, in-character reason why any of those 5 people are not due to receive a share (i.e. being an NPC is a gamist reason, not an in-character one) then feel free to make a case for it.
Either way, stuff like this is basically small change:
Once you guys finally reach civilization, you would each get your ongoing pay or donations to your organizations. Alis pays both Lureene and Mal, whereas she makes contributions to Priyya's order, and would do the same for Darvesch's. In terms of game mechanics, there is functionally no difference between the two. In terms of roleplaying, however, the difference is fairly significant. Priyya and Alis actually had an in-character discussion about it once.
I'd suggest reading this post and the 4 or 5 immediately following just to ensure you have an understanding on how this works.
BTW: Does the achievement bonus I listed for 5000 points interest everyone, or would you each rather just have your pick of any feat at all? It occurred to me that it might be offensive to essentially give away one of Darvesch's class features so if anyone would prefer just a general bonus slot then we can do that instead. Otherwise, if you want to pick a teamwork feat, I'm OK with still allowing it to work with someone else in the party.
Lastly: I'm about to head out of town for tonight and tomorrow and won't be back until Sunday night. Not sure if I'll have a chance to post any replies before I leave or while I'm gone.
Personally, I'm leery about swiping a pretty definitive class feature of the Inquisitor but I'm willing to go with the majority opinion on this.
I mentioned this to Mike in chat I was OK with the achievement feat, but I think Justin also has a valid point on this.
I say we see what Jason says about this and leave it as his call.
I welcome teamwork feats whole-heartedly, but the idea of giving everyone Solo Tactics on top just doesn't feel right. I'd be okay if, perhaps, we could agree on a single teamwork feat that we all could benefit from, and gain that feat. That way, we still get the teamwork feat, Solo Tactics isn't given away, and we all benefit.
If that's not something we can all agree on, then it'll fall to a single bonus feat.
Given how different everyone's combat styles are, I don't see a single teamwork feat working out for everyone... Also, the more I think about it, the less I like giving away a class feature like that.
Let's just go with everyone getting your pick of any one feat then. That gives everyone a bit more flexibility, and we don't step on Darvesch's toes.
Thanks for the feedback everyone, as always I appreciate it. :)
Hey guys, I've updated the list of allowed source books to include some recent releases such as Ultimate Magic.
Note that there are more than a few things in UM that are wonky and in need of errata. So if something seems off or too good to be true, then it probably is. I already had to make a house rule to adjust one feat, and there are at least three spells I've discovered so far that had their components listed incorrectly.
Gents, work continues to be 'highly intrusive' so I probably won't have much time to post this week. Feel free to NPC Priyya if I'm slowing things down.
Laith, I'm taking "Channel Smite" as my 5K feat... some demon, devil, or undead will have a very bad day (assuming it blows the save) when I manage to connect with that.
Roger that, Justin, thanks for the heads-up.
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OK, so here's what I'm seeing for everyone's 5K Achievement selections:
- A: Skill Focus: Perform (Sing)
- D: Improved Sunder
- L: Flaring Spell
- P: Channel Smite
Hey guys, there's a really good thread going on right now covering commonly misunderstood rules in Pathfinder:
http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/paizoPublishing/pathfinder/pathfinderR PG/general/whatAreSomeThingsAboutThePathfinderRulesThatYouThinkMostPeopleDo NotKnow
I would HIGHLY encourage all of you to read thru it. There are a few posts such as this where posters have summarized everything in the thread up to that point. If nothing else, at least read whatever the most recent summary is.
A few things that I didn't know or thought beared repeating were:
- There is a -4 penalty for soft cover if you have an ally or enemy in the way of the target you are making a ranged or reach attack against.
- Many Shot and Rapid Shot work together
- You can draw a weapon during a charge (if BAB is +1 or greater), but doing so limits the distance to a single move (not double).
- If you are limited to only a single standard action in a round (i.e. surprised) you may still charge, but your distance is limited to a single move. You cannot draw a weapon in this instance unless you can quickdraw it.
- Enlarge person has a 1-round casting time, lesser restoration 3-rounds.
- Fighters can retrain bonus feats
- Incorporeal damage take 50% damage rather than gaining a 50% miss chance.
- Combat Reflexes and Uncanny Dodge both allow AoOs while flat-footed. (UD means you actually are NOT FF.)
- Initiative is supposed to be rolled for ALL combatants before the start of combat, not with surprised characters rolling after the surprise round.
- Characters are flat-footed until they act (Uncanny Dodge being the exception)
- Animal companions can be dismissed at will and can be replaced after 24-hours. Tricks would still need to be retrained of course.
- Elementals are immune to flanking and criticals
- Take 10 can be used even if there are negative consequences for failure so long as there are no immediate threats/distractions and the skill doesn't forbid it.
- Take 20 cannot be used if there are negative consequences for failure.
- A wand for a spell that takes longer than a standard action to cast takes the same time as the original spell.
- Wizards with prestige classes only get the 2 free spells when leveling in Wizard, not the prestige class.
- Ranged touch attacks provoke AoOs (for making a ranged attack in melee) even if you cast the spell defensively.
There's TONS of others in there though so PLEASE read thru it. :)
Whoa. Was at work all day. Playing catch-up now.
Ok clearly we need to work on our group tactics here. Still, I would say Darvesch is EXTREMELY lucky to be alive.
Just to be clear, we are retreating out of this complex correct? I just want to be sure since to quote a famous movie, "I don't know if you've been keeping up with current events here, but we just got our assses kicked!"
I'm not sure things were that dire - but the potential for disaster was there. Darvesch was in pretty good shape HP-wise and thankfully the snake didn't pull out a new attack - a grapple or something like that. But with Mal and Priyya being closest to the exit, out of immediate snake range, and acting after D and then the Snake... if anything had gone wrong with D's retreat or the Snake's attack on its turn, Mal or Priyya would be in position to assist. Similarly, with Mal retreating last as he was closest to the exit, if something went wrong, everyone in the tunnel would see it and be able to get back there in short order.
I'm not sure we need to run all the way back to the surface. Initially, I was thinking we meet up in the cavern before the 'Shrine'. Hopefully that narrow passage way will stop any further Snake incursions. Handling the ghouls shouldn't be much of a problem, provided we don't run into 2 dozen of them.
Priyya, I see your point there, and if you want to regroup there, heal up, and press on that would be fine by me. I am not sure how many other ghouls are down there though, plus Nylithati is still out there too.
Just don't want to bite off more than we can chew....he he.
LOL! I'm not talking about pressing on necessarily... just healing up and assessing where we are at. Frankly, if that Snake decides to vanish, I'd like to take a quick peek in the shrine with Priyya's Daylight spell going to see what exactly is at the north end. It might be worth a snake strike to do it. But again, that's a consideration for after we regroup.
I think our tactical situation just took a turn for the worse...I think we should retreat out of here, as I don't think Nylithia will give us time to recover here.
Aw, come'on! Now it is getting 'interesting'. :)
Heh, you obviously follow Chinese philosophy...:P
Or I have a real twisted definition of 'interesting' and 'fun'. :D
Not long after Mal heads up the slope with Darvesch, Priyya can feel a slight tugging at her will...
...the Surya-ka-Vakaak calls out, "We've got incoming, speed it up!"
She decides to give the enemy cleric something to think about and tags her cheek with a cypress shaft knocking free a couple teeth with the hit. Drawing another shaft, she moves back into the tunnel following Mal and Darvesch even as Talvyra covers her.
QUESTION: Why am I being bot'ed when I'm available to play to my own character?
I thought Eric said you were going to be busy all weekend... Was I mistaken?
Edit: Gah, I was mistaken. It was Jason not Justin. My bad. :(
In other news, I am now the ONLY person I know who can destroy their kitchen faucet while trying to install one of those spigot-mounted Pur filters. I ever bought the easy-to-install model! >.>
I'm off to work. I'll be back tonight. My schedule is going to be like today for the next 4 days. Just a heads up. =)
Just a heads-up guys: All this week, I've got all-day training on a new product I'll be supporting. As such, I'll be having to go into the office each day. This means 2 things:
1)- I doubt I'll be able to post while at work this week.
2)- I'll be needing to get to bed by about 12-1am ET.
OK, looks like Google Chat doesn't work on the network here in the office anymore. Droid can still get messages, but I've got it muted since I'm in training meetings all week.
While Alis and Lureene were hitting the fashion district, Priyya was hitting the gym...
http://www.motifake.com/23978
"Shaka, when the walls fell"
:D
"Shaka, when the walls fell"
Oooh, one of the best TNG episodes evah!
"Shaka, when the walls fell"Oooh, one of the best TNG episodes evah!
Any Star Trek episode that has Paul Winfield in it cannot possibly suck.
That's my favourite episode =)
That's my favourite episode =)
It ranks very high on my list as well.
Hey, Mike, any possibility we can get an updated map? I'd like to see where all the baddies are, etc. before I choose a course of action.
Just got home. As I may have mentioned, I've been in-the-office doing all-day training every day this week, so I haven't had access to or even time to use all my normal tools. I'll get one up in just a bit...
Note: Eric said that he was driving to Arizona Thursday, returning Sunday. He was taking his laptop with him, but was uncertain as to whether or not he'll be able to post. If he's unable to post by his usual time, I'll assume he's effectively offline and bot Lureene until he's able to resume.
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11:01 AM
Eric: wow it is gonna be fun...driving to Arizona where it will be a cool 108 degrees todayme: nice
Eric: gads I hate the heat
dragging the laptop with me so I should be online laterme: roger
how long will you be gone?Eric: I'll return Sunday
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me: !!!!!
need me to NPC Lureene?11:06 AM
Eric: maybe...depends on whether I can get internet there
Hey guys, if any of you have feats that are granted by class abilities, items, races, etc. please list these feats IN the feat section with a parenthetical note as to where they came from.
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Examples:
Alignment Channel (5K bonus)
Dodge (boots)
Point-Blank Shot (fighter 1)
Power Attack (level 1)
Precise Shot (fighter 3)
Skill Focus (half elf)
etc.
If you want to list these feats under your class, race, and inventory sections also then that's fine, but it makes adjudicating combat a lot easier for me when I can see all that in one comprehensive, alphabetical listing.
Thanks!
Updated my feats
I have returned from my mini-vacation. Had a great time on the Colorado River!
I am shocked that we are still alive, Mike must be really slipping, he he. I did enjoy the banter from Alita and Lyria
BTW Feats have been updated.