Sorry, that was a technical five-foot step backwards. Didn't mean to be vague about it.
Far be it from me to put forth an opinion that might inhibit the usefulness of our cleric, but I agree with Zyren on the Channel Energy bit. Playing a Life oracle in another game, I have found it to be very challenging (in a good way) to manage my resources and decide what I want to do and when.
Just my $.02
Sorry for Torstens bossiness. He's pretty passed off about this whole thing. I assure you that I as a player am courteous and well-mannered. ;-)
This is kind of an odd situation. Would we actually bury him on the manor grounds?
RE Channel: Truth be told, I feel I have to agree with Zyren and Torsten - both on account of RAW/RAI and balance.
This is kind of an odd situation. Would we actually bury him on the manor grounds?
I would. But then, that's up to you guys.
I will, if nobody has a problem with it.
I will, if nobody has a problem with it.
No problem here - I can see trying to smuggle a body thru town back to the Restlands getting all kinds of ugly. Only to have them do the same thing tomorrow night.
I would assume best thing now is for Aerys, Venedictos & Viktor to go back to taking 20 in the library?
If you want to continue Taking 20 to finish up research, you won't be done until 8 in the morning, and will also suffer from sleeplessness.
Guess we should all just maybe help valerya & then get some rest. Should we set up a watch for the evening, given how things have gone?
I think a watch is a good idea for tonight.
I apologise for my lack of posts lately. I'm overburdened with real life currently, am will be very stressed until next Saturday. I won't be able to drive the plot forward on my own accord as a consequence - while I will do my best to react to your actions, I ask that you try to drive the in-character days forward with character interaction.
I apologise for the inconvenience.
Building on my previous post, I am rather incapacitated.
Could you confirm to me what your in-game actions for today will be? So far, I have the impression of:
Viktor: Research.
Venedictos: Research.
Aerys: Research.
Torsten: Tend to the house and Kendra.
Valerya: ???
If you could confirm this for me I will progress the day when I find time.
Once again, I'm sorry.
Correct for me.
yep - research.
Research, yes.
Patcher, I don't think there's really any need with us to put so much emphasis on a fast pace. We're all pretty easy going, and if you need to take a few days, nobody here is complaining. This is a game, after all, not a chore. I just feel sometimes that you're making things hard on yourself worrying that we're going to up and leave if the posting pace flags.
It's all good. No worries. C'est la vie! Etc..
^Seconded.
My apologies, Venedictos. I had some of my games collapse because of slow pace and lack of interest, so I am probably acting too cautiously. I will try to relax. Thank you.
Couldn't agree more with Venedictos. As a hobby, this should never be a source of stress - this should be a break from it. I think we're all good with whatever pace is good by you.
You guys are obviously more fluid with thoughts than I. However, I feel exactly the same way.
You know my thoughts on taking your time. Don't worry about it. You're correct in your synopsis of Torstens actions, also.
Aerys would now be taking step B:
Fort +1 (from +1)
Reflex +4 (when familiar present)(from +4)
Will +3 (from +2)
Step B for me as well
Fort +5 (From +4)
Reflex +3 (from +3)
Will +2 (From +1)
Yeah, Valerya will try to craft that trap, and will take some breaks to try and talk to Kendra.
Despite my real life circumstances, I will return to this campaign come today. Tomorrow and Saturday will be very busy days, however, so be warned.
Venedictos, Valerya and Torsten, you have attained your second level.
Venedictos takes the last stage: B
Fort save: unchanged
Reflex save: +2 (from +0)
Will save: +5 (from +3)
Torsten completes Step C:
+4 skill ranks, +1 skill rank (human);
+1 rank to Intimidate (from +9 to +10)
+1 rank to Perception (from +4 to +5)
+1 rank to Climb (from +6 to +7*)
+1 Rank to Acrobatics (from +4 to +5*)
+1 Rank to Swim (from +6 to +7*)
*Adjusted for AC Penalty
Suggestions for equiping ourselves for our little excursion:
All arrows divided up between torsten, val & viktor - whoever has a bow & is proficient
Holy water - Val - she prolly has best ranged attack for a splash weapon
potions/scrolls - lesser restoration, detect undead, hide from undead, - Venedictos. Possibly haunt siphons as well, as he prolly has a better understanding of undead than the rest of us?
scroll of protection from evil - Viktor (is that on the Magus spell list?)
Aerys can carry sunrods, haunt siphons if ven doesn't wish to, & the spirit planchette - while i see no good coming out of trying to use that in harrowstone, in the unlikely chance of us actually needing to risk conversing with the residents, it's best to have it with us.
We each take a potion of cure light for emergencies
Thoughts?
edit - sorry venedictos - you must have posted while i was typing all this. Should valerya take the siphons?
That isn't on the Magus list, but it is on the Cleric list.
Also, I'm not sure anyone has a bow. I don't have the money for one, either. I guess, if I'm correct in that nobody has one, we'll just go without, as much as I wouldn't like to.
Sadly, Torsten does not believe in bows. If he has to make a ranged attack, he'll probably just grab some nearby object and throw it really hard.
Patcher, I was playing around with Venedictos' profile, adding some fun formatting, when I realized that I had automatically added the spells for his bard level from the failed Age of Worms version of this character, which includes inspirational boost, a Spells Compendium spell that adds +1 to his bardic performance. Is that okay, or would you prefer we stick to Pathfinder spells?
I'd prefer if you stick to Pathfinder spells, please.
inspirational boost switched for chord of shards
Tell me when you wish to carry on.
Am I mistaken or do you wish to go to Harrowstone on the morrow?
Ready, and that's what I've gathered as well.
Ready as well. I believe that's the plan - or is there any more prep stuff anyone can think of?
No other plans for Vene other than to check in town to see if any more letters have appeared.
Let's go rock Harrowstone! I can't wait.
This place looks enormous. I assume the manor house is the structure to the left of the path going in - do we want to start looking there? On the plus side, if the fire was in the prison itself, I would assume no one actually perished in the manor house, possibly making it relatively less... haunted.
I wish to apologise for my lacklustre participation the last two weeks - which does not help since I'm supposed to be the DM.
I am physically not doing very well and am perpetually exhausted. I am mentally stressed. I don't know when this will subside. I want to be more active but I have a lot of commitments IRL as well: studies, pets, ect. .
Having said that, I will try to participate more. You deserve that.
@Aerys: Yes, Harrowstone is enormous. The Carrion Crown book has dedicated 27 pages to the place.
No problems - real life always comes first. One thing at a time - sometimes it's not life that becomes overwhelming, but just the act of looking at the sheer volume of things in it all at the same time.
I'm not going to be posting for a while. My father died last night, and I'm going to be going out of town for a while to get all of the preparations done, as well as the funeral. I'm not entirely sure how long it's going to be before I'm able to post again, as I won't have regular access to a computer. Sorry for the inconvenience. If you feel the need to drop me due to lagging story or whatever, do so. I would much rather, however, be NPCd.
My condolences, Viktor - I'm sorry for your loss.