Problem with that is its an evil spell.
Do we have any good characters?
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Can I purchase a Wayfinder and a cracked/flawed ioun stone?
Problem with that is its an evil spell.
Is that a problem? I mean, this is one of those perpetual judgment call areas. I'll just ask the question of the DM and we can settle it. Is casting a spell with the [evil] descriptor an evil act? And if so, is it a big deal? I imagine healing heroes working for good with an evil spell (if the casting is indeed evil) is along the same lines as killing a demon in its sleep, robbing a bandit, or lying to goblins to avoid a fight. Would any PCs have a problem with that?
I'm neutral, and we have no paladin. The mechanical issues are nil. It's just a question of alignment and group cohesion at this point.
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Couple of Things.
-For completing Last Hollow Hope you regain a Hero Point. So the group is back at two.
-Infernal Healing does have evil descriptor on it. It would be probably easier to obtain a wand of cure light wounds then a wand of infernal healing.
-Once you have leveled up your character shoot me updated character sheet via e-mail.
-So the official group name is "Five Falcons from Falcon Hollow"
-Btw, great write up Wragnaroq.
Yes there is a month in between session. Give you time to gear up, rest up, and get cozy with surrounding area. If you have any question about the Darkmoon Vale area I can give you some info if you want.
Okay, so we'll go with a wand of cure light wounds. Is everyone good chipping in 75g for it and I'll wave it around when people are in need?
Also, I'll still be taking "Infernal Healing" on my spellbook. Just a heads up if you are good aligned and decide that this spell should not be cast on you. And just a quick piece of thought on this from me:
I've played with many different styles - There isn't a black or white rule that says that you cannot use the spell in Pathfinder. It really is up to the players to decide their own motivations and thoughts behind it. For example, in Carrion Crown which I'm running at the moment, one of the modules requires you to work with Vampires which are inherently evil. But per the Intro section, Wes talks about how evil isn't just black and white, it's a scale and you have to decide where you fit on it. A good character could decide that for the greater good, working with the Vampires makes sense. Or an Evil character might be "evil" aligned simply because he cares more about himself than others but isn't the typical kind of evil.
Similarly, with infernal healing - it uses demons blood which could be collected from demons killed over the course of adventuring; and can be used for the greater good of keeping the party healed. If a Neutral character (me) who casts Infernal healing approaches you and says, "Hey, so I know you might be iffy about this spell, but I'd like to cast it on you and there's no ill effects and in fact it will help us achieve our end goals" - then it's up to your character to decide yea or nay. Whether or not a good character would choose to cast it, that again is up to you. I happen to be Neutral (and I've played with people who play good characters that have chosen to use that spell as well).
Anyway, that's just my thoughts - it's up to you to decide!
I'm neutral good. And yes, I'm pretty sure that infernal healing is an evil spell. I can tell because it has the word infernal in it.
I never asked whether Infernal Healing is an evil spell (indeed, I mentioned the handy [evil] tag it carries), it's about whether casting an evil spell is an evil action. Before you think the answer is blindingly obvious and someone should throw rocks at me, I'd refer you to this quote by the campaign coordinator for Pathfinder Society:
"Committing an evil act outside of casting the spell, such as using an evil spell to torture an innocent NPC for information or the like is an alignment infraction. Using infernal healing to heal party members is not an evil act."
So, since we're on the topic, who's going to refuse (cast from daily spells) Infernal Healing? And who will object to other evil acts? I mean, is robbing the evil and lying to the wicked out? Pre-emptively attacking hostile humanoids? I'd just like to know before we're arguing on the other side of a goblin fort's front door.
Great, so that's 4 out of 5, we're getting it. If Cryos is cool with it too, cool, otherwise, we'll pick up the slack.
No more resting because of limited hp, here we come.
I'm good with spending 75g.
Okay everyone! - deduct the gold and I'll add a cure light wounds to my inventory.
My bad on wand costs; it turns out to be 150 a piece. I hope that still works for everyone.
Also, just checking to make sure we're all still on tomorrow.
Undivided Loot (from 5/15 session)
32g, 30s
2x Silver Masterwork Dagger (Calathas and Phineas)
Decomposing Wolfsbane
Axes
Garnet
Scroll of Burning Hands (Saria)
+1 Light Steel Shield with Poison Resist (temp Axfow)
4x Shortspears/slings
2x Quarterstaffs
Robe of Needles
The proper reward for completing one's duty even in the face of crippling, life-ending pain is actually, in fact, a hero point.
Go figure.
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Session 3 Experience:
Brain Rats x6: 1200
Yellow Musk Creeper: 600
Yellow Musk Zombies x3: 600
Kobold x 4: 400
Kobold Adepts x2: 800
Bypassing Grigly the Oakman: 800
Discovering Jeva Truth: 600
Total: 5000
Divided by 5: 1000 Exp each.
Hero Points Spent: 2
Hero Points Gain: 1 (For calathes writing a session journal mortally wounded) ;-)
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Information Obtained last session. For future reference.
Elara’s Halfway House
Lore
DC 10: “Elara was a selfless woman who
spent the greater part of her life caring
for those no one else wanted. The fire was
a horrible tragedy.”
DC 15: “The fire started out of nowhere
and spread so fast, by the time the town’s
volunteer brigade arrived all that was left
was a smoking ruin, every child dead, and
Elara burnt to cinders. Hard to believe a
blaze that fierce could start as an accident.
I was always a’feard for the safety of
that place. Elara built her halfway house
far away from town and much too close
to that haunted vale.”
The Crucible Lore
DC 15: “The Crucible is some sort o’
dwarf ruin. Hosts of monsters plague its
darkened halls, and they say ghosts o’ the
dwarves skulk there too.”
DC 20: “It was a monastery long ago,
where they worshiped some dark joyless
god of toil. Druingar the Glintaxe,
the great dwarven hero, quested there to
find relics of his people’s ancient empire.
He never returned, and now those who
venture close to the place at night claim
his ghost glides through its gloomy halls,
preying on anyone foolish enough to
trespass there.”
DC 25: “Something vile lives
deep below. Recently, freakish little monstrosities
have surfaced in the vale. I’m
sure they murdered those goatherds
found dead last week, and I wouldn’t be
surprised if they are behind those children’s
disappearance.”
"Ballad of the Glintaxe"
Glintaxe, mighty hero of the dwarven race,
Seeker of heirlooms lost without trace,
He ventured the deeps where old evil sleeps
He perished in the halls of some dark place.
His restless spirit still stalks the night,
His shining axe still glows bright,
I’ve seen his ghost, and this is no boast,
I’ve ne’er laid eyes on a more fearful sight.
Inscription on the Obsidian Obelisk.
“…Toil is the only true path to Salvation.
Those who will not work shall have
their blood boiled in the Dark Furnace
for all time… there is no decadent paradise
awaiting us after death, as our corrupt
forefathers claimed, only industrious
labor in Droskar’s Forge awaits the faithful,
this great work is its own reward…
the unfaithful, they will serve in the end,
their blood and bones shall stoke the fires
of our industry… the world will burn to
the glory of Droskar.”
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Thanks for the write up Stephen. Awesome job as usual.
Grasp of Droskar
Aura moderate transmutation and divination; CL 10th
Slot hands; Price 12,300 gp; Weight 2 lbs.
DESCRIPTION
This left-handed black iron gauntlet appears little more than a dull soot-stained plated glove at first glance, but in truth it is a powerful boon granted by Droskar to his most faithful subjects. Placing the glove on your left hand causes excruciating pain as your appendage curls into a tight fist and then slowly transforms to supernaturally hard black stone. You cannot use your left hand for anything beyond smashing it into objects or creatures (you cannot carry a shield or secondary weapon and you take a –4 on skill checks that usually require two hands). The gauntlet cannot be removed without a successful casting of remove curse, break enchantment, or a similar spell. The gauntlet grants you a +2 enhancement bonus to Strength and acts as a +1 adamantine gauntlet. The item also grants you the ability to use the gauntlet as a secondary natural attack. In addition, the Grasp of Droskar allows its wearer to use stone shape once per day.
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Craft Wondrous Item, bull’s strength, magic fang, stone shape; Cost 6,150 gp.
Quick Note -
Items kept (who is holding them)(selling price)
+1 Greataxe (Phineas)(1010g)
Mithril Fullplate (Axfow)(5325g)
+1 Light Steel Shield (Axfow)(504.5g)
Masterwork Silver Dagger (Phineas)(151g)
Masterwork Silver Dagger (Calathas) (151g)
Boots of Elvenkind (Calathas)(1250g)
Efficient Quiver (Brogan)(900g)
Things not sold:
Crown of the Kobold King
Masterwork Adamantine Warhammer
Potion of Owl's Wisdom
Total Gold of Sold Items (and 500g reward): 8133.8g
**Please note that I cannot find the loot list from the session where the Cursed Gauntlets and Books of Elvenkind were found. That is the same session with the Electricity Trap, Ghouls, Grick, Allip, ect. (Basically the fornt half of the lower levels)**
So it turns out that we will be here this week but not next week. Hopefully that's still alright - let us know if it's not.
Hello I am going to be playing Darius Castellón, Inquisitor of Ragathiel.
Darius is a half-elven man that seems to be in his early twenties but for those familiar with half-elves could tell that he is older. He is 6'0"
tall and seems to weigh about 170 lbs with pale skin. He has long brown hair in the style of his deity. The next noticeable thing about him is his eyes which are a deep purple in color.
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Hello I am going to be playing Darius Castellón, Inquisitor of Ragathiel.
Darius is a half-elven man that seems to be in his early twenties but for those familiar with half-elves could tell that he is older. He is 6'0"
tall and seems to weigh about 170 lbs with pale skin. He has long brown hair in the style of his deity. The next noticeable thing about him is his eyes which are a deep purple in color.
Welcome aboard Dark.
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Info on the Whispering Way for future Reference
The Whispering Way is a cruel and secret organization and philosophy promoting undeath that has been active for thousands of years. The tenets are whispered one to another and never written down.[1]
Tenets of the Philosophy
The central philosophy of the Whispering Way is that undeath is the truest form of existence. The undead know no pain and no fear, and so have nothing to distract them from their pursuit of power. Living creatures are seen as pitiful and pointless. Unsurprisingly, the organization is heavily involved with necromancy. On a basic level, the Whispering Way is the quest for unlife, lichdom being the preferred result, but the underlying philosophy is that power over life and death is a natural right to those with enough power. This theory is often extended to the belief that the living world is unworthy, and thus needs to be destroyed, or at least cleansed of the living.
Its adherents add to the organization's membership by corrupting talented individuals with whispered promises of power and eternal existence. The Way is not, and can not, be written down or otherwise recorded. Instead, it can only be passed down from person to person, and achieved through effort and machination.[2]
Much of the faction’s knowledge is kept by the lore keepers, undead lords who have each memorized a single aspect of the faction’s lore.[3]
Symbol
The symbol of the Whispering Way is a gagged skull.[4][1]
Members
The organization’s most famous member is Tar-Baphon, the Whispering Tyrant, but it predates even this ancient creature by centuries, making it one of the oldest of Golarion’s organizations.[1]
Some members strive to release Tar-Baphon from the seals that bind him, but the primary aim of each member is to increase his own personal power – even at the expense of other members.[1]
I just worked out from Cryos' previous post that we should all have 1626.7 gold pieces each. So be sure to write that down for the 4 of you that were in Session #6 - 2 weeks ago.
For Session #7 - This is the loot. We can't sell it yet, but I'm just posting here to have a record. Please let me know if you want anything. We'll split the gold later.
----- Loot up for grabs or to sell -----
6x Masterwork studded leather
4x Daggers
4x Shortsword
4x Thieves tools
2x Chain shirts
2x Masterwork great axe
2x short spear
3x Masterwork composite longbows (20 arrows each)
3x Rapiers
2x Oil of magic weapon
3x sleep arrow
1x UNKNOWN: Armband - transmutation magic
427 gold
----- Group Loot -----
5x Potion of cure light wounds (Saria carrying this for the group)
2x Potion of disguise self (Saria carrying this for the group)
2x Potion of divine favor (Saria carrying this for the group)
2x Potion of feather fall (Saria carrying this for the group)
3x Potion of cure moderate wounds (Saria carrying this for group)
----- Loot that was claimed -----
1x Potion of cure light wounds (Axfow/Aurelius)
1x Masterwork studded leather (Calathes)
1x Masterwork Composite Longbows (Aurelius/Axfow)
1x Oil of magic weapon (Cal)
1x cloak of resistance +1 (Aurelius/Axfow)
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Awesome write up Stephen.
Session 7 Experience:
Paper Drake: 800
Human Rogue1 x4: 800
Half-Orc Rogue2 x2: 800
Half-Elf Rogue3 x3: 1800
Saving Cirthana/Mutters: 800
Total: 5000
Divided by 4: 1250
Players: Saria, Phineas, Calathes, Darius
Skeleton Raptors x2: 1600
Tar Beetle x7: 1400
Total: 3000
Divided by 5: 600
Players: Saria, Phineas, Calathes, Darius, Axefow
Saria, Phineas, Calathes, Darius: Total Experience: 1850
Axefow: Total Experience: 600
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For Stephen, okay for your shop to earn income...
You roll 1d20 Plus Skill(Profession: Locksmith?) + Bonus from Building.
So 1d20 + Skill + 5(from shop)
You can take 10 on the roll.
So lets say you roll 21. You get 2gp, 1sp or you can use that money towards Good, Labor, Influence, or Magic at its Earned Cost. For example Earned Cost of Goods is 10gp. The purchase cost is 20gp. You can accumulate capital to purchase other item, etc.
There also 20% chance each day you run your business that an event happens. Good or bad.
Just wondering, how much do all those potions weight for Saria??
Potions pretty much weigh nothing. I've got it all in Hero Lab which tracks all my encumbrance. There's no listed weights (in other words - it's super light), thankfully!
But if anyone ever wants any potions, they are more than welcome to them. I try to make sure everyone is carrying at least 1 potion of cure light, and anything else that might be useful.
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Azlanti Sealstone
Aura strong abjuration and transmutation; CL
17th
Slot none; Price minor artifact
Description
These topaz stones polished by the sea’s
embrace are carved with powerful runes of
the ancient Azlanti. These runes bestow two
beneficial effects: First, you may pass many
Azlanti wards and guardians unmolested.
Second, the seal stone grants you strange,
almost alien insights into all manner of lore,
which results in a +4 competence bonus on all
Knowledge checks.
Destruction
The secrets of Azlanti magic are long lost to
modern scholars in Golarion. If there is an
easy way to destroy an Azlanti artifact, it has
long since been forgotten.
Crown of Swords
Aura faint evocation; CL 3rd
Slot head; Price 6,000 gp; Weight 3 lbs.
DESCRIPTION
This radiant crown of steel is bedecked with miniature mithral swords. A crown of swords can be used up to 10 times per day. When struck in combat, the wearer may spend one use as an immediate action to create a longsword-shaped spiritual weapon that then attacks her attacker. On the wearer's next turn, she may spend one additional use each round to continue attacking that target with the spiritual weapon; the spiritual weapon cannot be redirected and disappears if the target is killed or moves out of range. Multiple spiritual weapons may be created (even attacking the same target) if the wearer is attacked in subsequent rounds.
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Craft Wondrous Item, spiritual weapon; Cost 3,000 gp
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Session 8 Experience
Azlanti War Beetle: 1600
Disable Crossbow Trap: 800
Displacer Serpents x3: 1800
Gravehounds x2: 1200
Nothic: 800
Cursed Spirit: 800
Bright Naga: 800
Partially Disable Azlanti Trap: 600
Total: 8400
Divided by 4: 2100
Notes: On Calathes first night open, his shop was rob by thieves. The shop lost its income from the first day and also lost a suit of masterwork studded leather that the group was storing there.
I'm going to say the Sealstone can remove curse on the Azlanti Trap that Calathes, Darius, & Axefow got hit on. A bit fiat, but only works on removing an Azlanti Curse.
If you leveled up, please shoot me an updated character sheet.
Ironic that the rogue's store got robbed.
Also, I will be working to plant and create a meditation garden on the two weeks I had downtime.
Also, are we going by the slow, medium, or fast XP track?