you guys sure had a lot to say today... i had a bunch of posts to catch up on :)
Wait a minute (and evidence i should really read these slower).... Is the person who had a hissy fit about Lio overhearing travel conversation eavesdropping now? :)Lio made a thorough and persuasive case that out here in Varisia, you hear what your acute ears hear, and don't stop listening when it starts making sense. Everyone keeps telling him he needs to adapt to local mores ... :-)
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Since when did anyone start listening to what Lio has to say?
She's not Varisian, what does she know? ;)Also, where she's from, you better darn well hear everything (though it's probably not smart to comment on anything)
Which leaves the question, why did she comment?
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Lio made a thorough and persuasive case that out here in Varisia, you hear what your acute ears hear, and don't stop listening when it starts making sense. Everyone keeps telling him he needs to adapt to local mores ... :-)
Since when did anyone start listening to what Lio has to say?
She's not Varisian, what does she know? ;)
Also, where she's from, you better darn well hear everything (though it's probably not smart to comment on anything)
Which leaves the question, why did she comment?
Self-justification after outing herself :-)
Hrithik also came from a place where you listened to everything. Spying in preemptive self-defense was the universal presumption. As he extricated himself from there, he held himself to a much stricter code of respect for privacy, on the theory "my upbringing was, as often as not, Very Wrong" ...
And then Lio forcefully disabuses him of the notion that people in the wider world care about or respect one another's privacy enough to make efforts not to inadvertently eavesdrop for minutes at a stretch :-) ...
And then Lio forcefully disabuses him of the notion that people in the wider world care about or respect one another's privacy enough to make efforts not to inadvertently eavesdrop for minutes at a stretch :-) ...
Yes, because Lio's the best model for normal social mores.
And then Lio forcefully disabuses him of the notion that people in the wider world care about or respect one another's privacy enough to make efforts not to inadvertently eavesdrop for minutes at a stretch :-) ...Yes, because Lio's the best model for normal social mores.
it's true. ;)
Self-justification after outing herself :-)
Hey I'm a girl. I'm allowed to make no sense, be contradictory, and mean everything I say.
:P
99 more posts, and Kalimac can try for post 4,000 :)
Should I assume Myriana's proposed arrow division is accepted by all who are interested in them?
Should I assume Myriana's proposed arrow division is accepted by all who are interested in them?
sure. Mel can probably use the arrows as improvised weapons :) and it's not like i can shoot more than one arrow at a time, i know there's a feat for that... but i have a different progression in mind.
I have to ask. "Stat modifier" can be positive or negative, but "Stat bonus" is "Stat modifier if stat modifier is positive"?
This seems to me like a reasonable distinction, I just want confirmation.
So is the monster inside a black cloud, or just well hidden in a dark corner?
In the latter case, I hope somebody has a Glitterdust at hand...
I have to ask. "Stat modifier" can be positive or negative, but "Stat bonus" is "Stat modifier if stat modifier is positive"?
This seems to me like a reasonable distinction, I just want confirmation.
In the examples I just randomly looked up, that is clearly the case, yes. I could not guarantee that the usage is entirely consistent, but it seems like that's what it's supposed to generally mean.
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Characters will probably know the relevant details shortly ... but given what Melinda said and Hrithik just id'd ... we're facing a remote, concealed flier capable of hurling 4th-level magic. The corby Priestess may well have had the right of our chances if we can't get it into melee with us somehow :-)
Did anyone take the Antagonize feat...? Or maybe the Command spell? I only have Murderous Command, which is useless with only one enemy on the field.
Also, 4th-level casting... argh. :S
Only one solution:
Rhost. Kalimac. Fastball special.
Only one solution:
Rhost. Kalimac. Fastball special.
DO NOT WANT.
Only one solution:
Rhost. Kalimac. Fastball special.
Well, I have been eyeing the "Body Bludgeon" Rage power....
Well, I have been eyeing the "Body Bludgeon" Rage power....
It's like Christmas is coming early!
I'll lay a claim on the scroll of Dispel Magic. Hrunndalf (or anyone else), feel free to override me.
Characters will probably know the relevant details shortly ... but given what Melinda said and Hrithik just id'd ... we're facing a remote, concealed flier capable of hurling 4th-level magic. The corby Priestess may well have had the right of our chances if we can't get it into melee with us somehow :-)
Or a half-fiend... with a single use spell-like ability. And claws and a bite. Yes... melee will be interesting.
7 masterwork cold iron arrows (21.3 gp): Melinda
7 masterwork cold iron arrows (21.3 gp): Myriana
6 masterwork cold iron arrows (18.3 gp): Liothonae
+1 flaming burst arrow (180 gp) : Liothonae
scroll of cure moderate wounds (party item): Liothonae
scroll of dispel magic, divine (187.5 gp) : Alaric
wand of inflict moderate wounds, 12 charges (540 gp): Alaric
scroll of cure moderate wounds (party item, randomly assigned to someone who can use it): Hrunndalf
In addition, all characters (and the Caravan fund) get: 45.6 gp
(this was a fairly small loot division, as they go.)
Given the damage, it's eight or nine hit dice itself. Big big Baddie.
Isn't that what makes it fun?
Kalimac, Alaric, & Rhost... you guys are hilarious! <3
Well, I have been eyeing the "Body Bludgeon" Rage power....Only one solution:
Rhost. Kalimac. Fastball special.
This reminds me of a time in our Vampire larp when the Brujah played lawn darts with a Gangrel... i think Mel was there... ;)
She was a Malkavian named Wind.
I was narrating... so i was either a ghoul named Bobbie, a Toreador named Hepburn, or a Hunter named Wendy... ah, good times. ;)
I ran a game--that Hrithik was in--where the cleric of the party got paralyzed, but had some way to fly that only required mental focus (and thus could still move). Since the party was fighting an airborne dragon, the paladin of the group decided to sit on the paralyzed, flying cleric and use him like a mount to bring the fight to the dragon.
Good times.
I ran a game--that Hrithik was in--where the cleric of the party got paralyzed, but had some way to fly that only required mental focus (and thus could still move). Since the party was fighting an airborne dragon, the paladin of the group decided to sit on the paralyzed, flying cleric and use him like a mount to bring the fight to the dragon.
Good times.
so wrong... and now you're giving Myri and Mel ideas...
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Hey, did you see the post I made in reply to Hirhtik taking off his bandage? Don't specifically need a reaction, but just wanted to make sure it wasn't missed in the giant slew of posts that have gone up in the last few days. ;)
Did see it. Did make the Sense Motive to see through the Bluff check. Haven't had time on breaks today to do much more than keep pace with the evolving explore-into-combat. (late Tue, Wed, and early Thur were my "weekend", thus the higher post rate).
Hrithik may have a "response", but it may well require a full DC 20 Sense Motive "hunch" to see it ... Hrithik has a big professionalism bugaboo, combined with a big "don't make the private public" deal. He isn't going to engage, during the crawl, in a way that might even remotely possibly compromise the mission, nor will he expose Lio's situation to others (including Melinda) ... so his response, or lack of one, may be a little cryptic, since Thassilonian alone won't suffice for privacy.
Out-of-character, hope Jessica has no fretting. Hrithik was getting a decorative scar out of this one way or the other :-)
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I'm ok with the scar... Lio however has a problem. Her problem isn't the scar itself, but rather that she caused it. If that wasn't clear in her description.
My weekend is actually the weekend, so I've been a little low on sleep, with all the fun gaming during the week ;) I understand the need to work for a living, and will not be offended if I have to wait for posts.
On a Jessica to Hithrik note... may I ask what your actual name is?
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Given the damage, it's eight or nine hit dice itself. Big big Baddie.Isn't that what makes it fun?
Fun! But for this Thing, if intelligently run, also terrifying. This critter, in this lair, is seriously outside our regular pay grade if it has anything doing significant ranged damage. If the AP hadn't just conveniently handed out some appropriate goodies, this Thing could either execute the "murder one PC at a time with ranged death strikes while safely staying untouchable" strategy ... or the other traditional dragon plan to slaughter one PC after another: fly in, abduct/smite most critical PC, retreat to safety, devour abductee, repeat.
Actually... I don't assume that monsters always use the best tactics... because not all monsters should. :)
Besides, Mel is fearless.
Actually... I don't assume that monsters always use the best tactics... because not all monsters should. :)
Besides, Mel is fearless.
but not immune to fear... yet ;)
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Actually... I don't assume that monsters always use the best tactics... because not all monsters should. :)
Agreed. Ogres are dumb. And Kikonu, for example, has a huge case of whatever the opposite of tactics are :-)
But masterminds, and superintelligent dragons, and suchlike, should curbstomp anyone not bringing their A-game.
This Thing, with the whole "fly into inaccessible corner" followed by "hide in darkness spell" followed by "use illusion to make them disarm themselves and congregate into a tight bundle for my area blast" ... this Thing is radiating good tactical sense, I am afraid to say :-)
Happily, it shared a 'how to use magic items' teacher with Hrunndalf.
And if it could use the spell again, I don't think it would be trying to activate a wand. And use of trap doesn't mean good heat of the moment combat tactics :).
Whereas Mel can't plan a trap to save her life, but her combat tactics are generally soundish.
Sorry, tired so that probably came out more snarky than it should have.
However, Hrithik's in combat line to the corby... I so approve. As does Mel.
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If it could use the spell again, I don't think it would be trying to activate a wand. And use of trap doesn't mean good heat of the moment combat tactics :)
We can only hope. And hope that isn't a wand of lightning bolt or some such. Go go Gadget grease wand!
Happily, it shared a 'how to use magic items' teacher with Hrunndalf.
The wand must have gotten damp. It usually works like a charm. /:P
(Now let's see if that pimped-up AC of 24 is going to come in handy. Worst case, I'm just going to get killed by failed Will saves, or touch attacks.)
Did anyone take the Antagonize feat...?
Yes. Pity about the die roll....
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(Please create an "incompetence" tracker?)
Not too weird. (Not insufficiently weird either). In fact, it's just exactly weird enough. Is this a "going forward indefinitely" tracker, or just for Brinewall? Also, do you want all total mentions, or only the ones Lio is present for, or both tracked independently? Would you like to keep track of him mentioning the reverse? ... I haven't done it yet, but when we get done with this monster (or it gets done with us), Hrithik may praise its little setup as "frightfully competent" and "an excellent example of how one competently defends a location".
Likewise, you may eventually want an irresponsible / responsible tracker, also. The competence issue is much more glaring at Brinewall, but the distinction between Spivey responsibly managing her shrine and Kikonu irresponsibly letting his keep get covered in shinola has been mentioned once or twice. The overarching issue is another of Hrithik's little "awful lawful" bugaboos :-)
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Almost a full day with no posts... I really need to think of something Mel would have asked utilizing flex time.
I go yea! and a wee bit of fear?
fear.
I know some campaigns expect the players to slay a god at the end, but killing the Flying Spaghetti Monster at 3rd level? That's radical.
So you've all been trying to goad it into melee combat because you wish to be touched by its noodley appendage?
Which language did you choose for Varisian?