Cosmic Hunters (OOC)

[chaincomplex]

IC Thread (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?644464-Cosmic-Hunters-(IC)) ▪ Combat Maps (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B-sZZ2vGRmOhlmVvc39R6RgLo85huS813VsRBvBW-ZQ/edit?usp=sharing)


PlayerCharacterBuild
remetagrossUx Utanar tibur Human Randal Amblecrown (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2618030) [Ereshki (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2618580)]LG Dragonborn Knight 20
MetastachydiumDelja 'Quince' Utorak (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2614158)N Nixie Swashbuckler 3/Battledancer 1/Swordsage 2/Fist of the Forest 2/Duelist 9
GeeksthenewsexyMyriad (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2619591)CG Changeling Rogue 3/Silver Key 10/Invisible Blade 5/Warlock 2
BiscuitAzlin Chitramaya (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2781443)CN Rock Gnome Sorcerer 6/Shadowcrafter 9/Shadowcraft Mage 5


Time. By Faerûnian calendar: Midsummer 1372; ten past noon. By Factol Hashkar's reign: Day 215, Year 127; 10 AP.

Maps. Campaign maps. See the combat maps (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B-sZZ2vGRmOhlmVvc39R6RgLo85huS813VsRBvBW-ZQ/edit?usp=sharing) for in-game stuff.

Sigil. Official AD&D 2e Map of Sigil (https://i.imgur.com/es22Xug.png). Unofficial Interactive Map of Sigil (https://nether-whisper.ru/rp/planescape/map-of-sigil/).
The Outlands. Official AD&D 2e Map of the Outlands (https://i.imgur.com/nX9VO2l.jpg).
The Flow. Official AD&D 2e Map of the Arcane Inner Flow (https://i.imgur.com/WnSt4wf.png). Unofficial Map of the Flow (http://nerik.orpheusweb.co.uk/files/Spelljammer/Flow_map_01-12-12.pdf), non-canon.
Faerûn. Official D&D 3e Map of Faerûn (https://i.imgur.com/dfWiOH5.jpg). Unofficial D&D 3e Interactive Map of Faerûn (https://loremaps.azurewebsites.net/Maps/Faerun). Official D&D 5e Map of the Sword Coast (https://media.wizards.com/2015/images/dnd/resources/Sword-Coast-Map_HighRes.jpg).
Resources. Links to useful sites.

Rules. OGL 3.5e hypertext d20 SRD (https://www.d20srd.org/index.htm). Alternative d20 SRD (http://dndsrd.net/), slower but with sidebar.
Lore. The Forgotten Realms Wiki (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page). The Eberron Wiki (https://eberron.fandom.com/wiki/Eberron_Wiki). The Planescape wiki Timaresh (https://www.rilmani.org/timaresh/Main_Page).

I'd like to run a short, 20th-level D&D 3.5e game to get a hang of the play-by-post format, also because I'm a little rusty at D&D and DMing in general. Level 20 because why not. A chance for us to dust off our 20-level builds and see them in action rather than just on paper for once. Short because I don't want to commit to an epic adventure.

The premise is er, you travel around killing big monsters don't think about it too much.

If there's interest I'll get to writing up game details. Details do be written.


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DEADLINE: APRIL 5

Premise. Many adventurers hit level 20 and retire. They had seen enough; it was time for them to put down the sword and take up some hobby like gardening or knitting or ruling a nation. Not your party though, you guys are hardcore. You hit level 20 and decided you wanted to spend the rest of your probably short lives doing even more dangerous things (thank the gods for true resurrection, really). And you have a good lead: it is said that there is a mage dwelling in the planar city of Sigil who can foresee calamities, the kind that shatter continents or even worlds, and there is no more worthy a challenge for those such as yourselves than to face down threats at this scale. So you pack your things (just kidding; mundane activities like packing are beneath you) and go to meet this mage in the city at the center of the multiverse. With any luck the mage will divine some epic threats for you to defeat. If not, you may have to beat the divinations out of him.

The Game. D&D 3.5e.

Setting. Planescape and everything in its orbit: Realms, Greyhawk, Dark Sun, Eberron, etc.
Sources. Official 3e or 3.5e plus Dragon Compendium. Ask for Dragon Magazine stuff. Supply a source for whatever you ask (post or PM).
Players. 3–4.
Posting. 2/week.
Characters. No race, class, alignment restrictions.

Abilities. 40 point buy.
Experience. Level 20; 190,000 XP.
Health. Max all HD.
Wealth. 760,000 gp.
Level Adjustment. Buy off allowed.
Background. Keep it short; this will be a quick game.
Other Stuff. Common Q's:

Crafting and Magic Items. Not enough time in-game. No custom magic items besides weapons and armor. Improving/combining (cf. Magic Item Compendium p. 233) allowed.
Leadership. Let's not add to this game's insanity.
Item Familiar. No, don't wanna mess around with XP investiture.
Flaws and Traits. Up to 2 flaws, no traits.
Bloodlines. No.
Fractional BAB and Saves. Yes.
Epic Levels. 🙃

[watupwithdat]

Claiming indigo for Woren.

I assume we have some room for crunch adjustments based on party composition before we begin? In my case it's mostly spell synergy and such. If someone has specific buff requests, I'm open to suggestions. Even personal range buffs can be shared.

Oh and I've got a pair of Spellguard Rings, whoever wears the bronze ring can be immune to a spell cast by Woren 3/day. Probably useful in a case when Selective Spell won't cut it.

Edit: I figure we're beginning with daily buff routines in effect already? If so, no ability damage for Woren.

[remetagross]

Ux Utanar will be in bolded gray.

@watupwithdat oooh you've got Spellguard Rings! One of my favourite items, and I happen to have a ring slot free! Can I have one? I'm bound to be in the thick of things if I'm doing my Knight job properly.

Also, here's the link to my sheet again, just for reference:
https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2618030

@GM, it's usually a useful resource to have all the sheets available somewhere, in the first post or something. And thanks for having chosen my character, too :smallbiggrin:

One last thing: I've played a few PbP games already both as player and GM, and I can't recommend enough this guide (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?558379-Momentum-is-Everything-A-Guide-to-PbP-Gaming) to handling, as a GM, such a game.

[remetagross]

Fort save against the smog: [roll0]

[remetagross]

Oh, a natural 1! Fortunately enough, 17th-level Knights get to not suffer auto-failure on a natural 1 :smallbiggrin:

[Metastachydium]

Hey, everyone! Happy to be here, in such great company!

Delja (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2614158) will speak in this lovely dark slate gray and hopefully, she won't die an ugly death lose that point of CON to smog: Fortitude: [roll0]

[watupwithdat]

I'll have something for the IC thread later today.


@watupwithdat oooh you've got Spellguard Rings! One of my favourite items, and I happen to have a ring slot free! Can I have one? I'm bound to be in the thick of things if I'm doing my Knight job properly.

You got it.

[remetagross]

Neat! I'm writing that on my sheet.

[chaincomplex]

1. Yeah this is a trivial roll-to-save, don't worry about handwaving it by saying you prepared buffs beforehand.
2. Go ahead and modify your sheet until I post again (won't be until all PCs post or too long passes).
3. Thanks for the link @remetagross, I think a lot of these observations apply to IRL tabletop except that people can't just ghost IRL games mid-session usually due to social mores. Gotta wait for between sessions to do it. :P It's good advice to keep all scenes active and mobile. It also confirms the suggestions to definitely use block initiatives. I'm going to do it by averaging and rounding. If you have an initiative-changer (not just an immediate action or whatever) then I might have to apply it to everyone.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Myriad will speak in "Bold Teal".

Oh, and I should note: Myriad wouldn't actually need the ruby key. Thanks to the 'Master of Doors' capstone ability of the SIlver Key class, she can make use of any magic door or portal she comes across as though she had the specific ability to do so. In particular, she can bypass arcane lock spells as though she herself had cast them, ignore glyphs of warding as though she knew the password (even glyphs that have no password), and even bypass the magic of a hold portal as though she could cast knock at will.

Her power even extends to portals created or maintained by magic. She can follow another character through a phase door, and can enter a Mordenkainen's magnificent mansion, a dragonmark demesne, and similar structures regardless of whether the caster designated her as one of the creatures able to enter.

A hyper-specific ability with only occasional usefulness in most games, but in 'The City of Doors'....? (^_^)

Fort Save: [roll0]

[chaincomplex]

@Everyone How long should I wait for Dashain to show up? Should I ask another player from the interest check to join if they don't? Or should I just run as is with the current party?

@Geeksthenewsexy Good point, pocket 500 pp instead of holding onto the key. :smalltongue:

[watupwithdat]

@Everyone How long should I wait for Dashain to show up? Should I ask another player from the interest check to join if they don't? Or should I just run as is with the current party?

If you want to add someone else and/or wait is up to you, but I don't see any issue with treating it as another character is last through the portal (perhaps got hold up in the inn it's located?), and continuing the IC posting for now.

[remetagross]

I don't see any issue with treating it as another character is last through the portal (perhaps got hold up in the inn it's located?), and continuing the IC posting for now.

Seconded.

Besides, if Dashain doesn't show up in a couple days, I guess you'll easily be able to bring in some of the guys from the recruitment thread; some of them seemed rather motivated.

[Metastachydium]

Sorry, folks! I'm a bit late to the party, but I'm happy to proceed as we apparently did.

(Also, in case anyone wondered, Delja's sword looks roughly like a swagger stick right now.)

[Da'Shain]

Sorry about that, been pretty sick this past few days and forgot to even check if I was accepted to this (thanks, btw!).

Anyway, Tuld-Culain (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2614519) will speak in "Blue".

[chaincomplex]

No worries, you're not that late since our posting rate is pretty lax. If you're still sick let us know and we can autopilot Tuld-Culain.

[chaincomplex]

I know I promised a fast-paced game about action but it was all a ruse. Welcome to Paperwork Simulator 2022.

[remetagross]

:smallsigh: why did I suggest the polite way?

[Metastachydium]

I know I promised a fast-paced game about action but it was all a ruse. Welcome to Paperwork Simulator 2022.

[Dramatic Big No.]


:smallsigh: why did I suggest the polite way?

You've been warned!

[remetagross]

Alright mates I'm fine with bullheading through the paperwork if needed, I'm eager to get a charge attack on someone.

By the way, good catch for the potential of pickpocketing from the bariaur, I was far from thinking about that :smallbiggrin:

[Metastachydium]

Alright mates I'm fine with bullheading through the paperwork if needed, I'm eager to get a charge attack on someone.

That plan sounds lovely, but I'm afraid office clerk provide a pitiable amount of XP at our level, if any.


By the way, good catch for the potential of pickpocketing from the bariaur, I was far from thinking about that :smallbiggrin:

Well, as a flower, I'm painfully aware that ruminants are not to be trusted. Also, "innocent-looking youngster bumps into you and something valuable vanishes" is a classic and a paranoid, burnt-out former professional infiltrator like Delja would know that.

[watupwithdat]

Woren's more fascinated with Sigil itself than what's going on with people at the moment, so just assume he's absentmindedly analyzing all the magic in the place for now, going along with whatever the rest are doing. If something that demands his attention happens, that would change. I'll squeeze in an IC post later.

I kinda assume nothing magical stands out more than anything else, but if there's something assume Woren's got Arcane Sight active (probably something else too, but I need to peruse spells to figure out what, and it's likely not too relevant right now.)

[chaincomplex]

Channeling the spirit of the DMV here.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

*reminding self that the character is N/G and wouldn't just murder inconvenient people, stuff their body inside a haversack, take on their appearance, declare an early retirement to the guards, and 'quit' after approving everyone's applications*

[remetagross]

Channeling the spirit of the DMV here.

What's that?


*reminding self that the character is N/G and wouldn't just murder inconvenient people, stuff their body inside a haversack, take on their appearance, declare an early retirement to the guards, and 'quit' after approving everyone's applications*

Same, basically :smallbiggrin: let's try to hasten the process in a softer way, though...

[Metastachydium]

Hey, if you'd like to change your minds, Delja has a portable hole, a lot of rope, chains, sacks and manacles and no moral qualms about stuffing clerks into the former (and possibly forgetting about not long afterwards)!

[remetagross]

I'm not entirely sure I've exactly understood what the clerk just told us. In any case, let's head off to our original destination and worry about that sutff later (or never).

[Metastachydium]

I'll choose to read it as "no discounts, no express delivery" and "if we don't use the portal, it's not like it even matters".

[remetagross]

Fine by me, let's go then!

[remetagross]

Helloooo, is there anyone around here?

[Metastachydium]

For what it's worth, I am.

[watupwithdat]

Yeah, I'm still here. Been a bit busy during easter, but I figured you guys had things covered while Woren was distracted and not an active part of the whole exchange.

If the desire is I write some fluffy 'what's going on in the background with Woren?' IC posts, I can do that.

[Metastachydium]

Yeah, I'm still here. Been a bit busy during easter, but I figured you guys had things covered while Woren was distracted and not an active part of the whole exchange.

If the desire is I write some fluffy 'what's going on in the background with Woren?' IC posts, I can do that.

That would be nice, yes, if you have the time.

[remetagross]

Definitely a good thing to do. The game must keep afloat, we don't want it to end before we've rolled a single combat-related die, do we? :smallbiggrin:

[chaincomplex]

Mmm I tend to be online around the weekends for obvious reasons but that's probably not very healthy for PBP. I'll try to space it more evenly with the weekdays.

[remetagross]

On the other hand, I'm mostly off during the week-ends, though I'll try my best to get a simple post or two during this moment.

Now, how do we proceed? I'll let you have the lead here, you socially-able guys and gals.

[chaincomplex]

I want to clarify something, what exactly do you guys look like with/out true seeing, and what auras are you/your equipment putting out? Annali, for instance, I imagined judged the PCs based on their equipment aura strengths. She's also (spoilers) under true seeing but that's not particularly important for mundane disguises.

[remetagross]

Man, I guess we're appearing brilliant as Christmas trees under any form of aura vision.

Ux Utanar has the same appearance, but his equipment gives off a bazillion auras. We have:

-Abjuration: strong
-Divination: moderate
-Enchantment: moderate
-Necromancy: strong
-Transmutation: moderate
-Conjuration: moderate

[Metastachydium]

Alright, to the naked eye, Delja looks like this perfectly presentable wispling described here (https://forums.giantitp.com/showsinglepost.php?p=25433611&postcount=19). True Seeing would reveal that she's a gaunt little unkempt scaly nixie as described on her sheet (the picture's pretty accurate too), with the exception that she's also wearing a faded, weathered black or dark grey cloak currently covering her right arm entirely (should I make a new Sleight of Hand check or the original one made to conceal her sword still applies?).

Her auras are as follows:
Head: moderate transmutation; faint illusion
Face: 2×moderate transmutation
Throat: faint gtransmutation; moderate transmutation; faint conjuration
Shoulders: 2×moderate transmutation
Body: strong necromancy
Torso: faint transmutation; moderate abjuration
Arms: faint transmutation; moderate conjuration
Rings: faint abjuration, moderate transmutation; moderate abjuration, strong abjuration
Waist: 2×moderate transmutation
Feet (ankles, really): faint transmutation; faint conjuration; moderate conjuration
Back: 3×moderate conjuration
On belt: faint transmutation; moderate transmutation; faint evocation; moderate conjuration
In her right hand: 2×moderate transmutation; moderate evocation; faint evocation

[remetagross]

Ah, you think multiple auras of the same kind do not meld into the strongest of them? I assumed they would, based on a memory of how Detect Magic works. Crap.

[Metastachydium]

Ah, you think multiple auras of the same kind do not meld into the strongest of them? I assumed they would, based on a memory of how Detect Magic works. Crap.

The actual description of the spell goes like

You detect magic (http://dndsrd.net/spellsDtoE.html#detect-magic)al auras. The amount of information revealed depends on how long you study a particular area or subject.

1st Round: Presence or absence of magical auras.

2nd Round: Number of different magical auras and the power of the most potent aura.

3rd Round: The strength and location of each aura. If the items or creatures bearing the auras are in line of sight, you can make Spellcraft skill checks to determine the school of magic involved in each. (Make one check per aura; DC 15 + spell level, or 15 + half caster level for a nonspell effect.)

Magical areas, multiple types of magic, or strong local magical emanations may distort or conceal weaker auras.

Emphases mine.
In other words, yes, strong auras and stuff might mask faint ones, but that's not a hard and fast rule. Under optimal circumstances the caster should be able to detect everything that's currently online.

[remetagross]

Okay, okay guys, let's try to at least reach the 2/week post rate that was advertised for in the recruitment thread. We're almost facing the man we're after :smallsmile:

[Metastachydium]

Right you are!

[remetagross]

Yeah, I'm not the most diplomatic guy around, that was for the sake of pushing on. Sorry for Delja!

[Metastachydium]

And it should (have) do(ne?) the job just fine, so don't mind Delja. It's not like she had better ideas.

[remetagross]

Ah, I hadn't understood the southern doors were the mage room's entrance and not the way we just came from.

As an aside, this is my first ever Handle Animal check :smallbiggrin:

[Metastachydium]

As an aside, this is my first ever Handle Animal check :smallbiggrin:

An important milestone! My first was an untrained check made by a character who had CHA as his dump stat. He managed to calm down a swarm with it. Twice.

[remetagross]

Wow, nice! I didn't even know swarms were a viable target for that skill! :smallbiggrin:

[Metastachydium]

Wow, nice! I didn't even know swarms were a viable target for that skill! :smallbiggrin:

Animal-based swarms are (or, at the very least, I'm not aware of any rule that would preclude that). I also got lucky; they were the pet swarm of some minor antagonist, trained to guard a door, so they counted as "domestic" critters for the purpose of handling. Man, those were fun times!

[remetagross]

Neat! That's the stuff of legends :)

As an aside, this is going to be my first game playing a mounted character, and I'm going to try and play by RAW the action economy of the mount and the Handle animal skill checks required. Just to see what happens, instead of handwaving it all as I've heard is done sometimes.

[Metastachydium]

As an aside, this is going to be my first game playing a mounted character, and I'm going to try and play by RAW the action economy of the mount and the Handle animal skill checks required. Just to see what happens, instead of handwaving it all as I've heard is done sometimes.

Hm. I never braved those murky waters! I suppose I'll just sit around to take advantage of your scientific curiosity.

[remetagross]

Disco time :smallcool:

[Metastachydium]

Disco

Let's hope this Teru guy is not Deader Than That!


♣

In tangentially related news, a

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: I shall likely be away from the internet on this Saturday and Sunday (the 4th and 5th of June, respectively). I apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may bring about.

If the need arises, she doesn't see and hear anything alarming and Myriad doesn't point out any obvious trap or effect, feel free to have Delja open the door and enter total defense until the dust settles.

[remetagross]

So what's up with this big shiny ball?

[remetagross]

Hehehe. Maybe Master Teru is one of the 17 people in the Great Wheel that can actually make head or tails out of these tomes...and he bought them all because his scientific publications got cited in each of them. At least, that's what I would do, if my publications got cited somewhere.

[Metastachydium]

Hehehe. Maybe Master Teru is one of the 17 people in the Great Wheel that can actually make head or tails out of these tomes...

But then, maybe he isn't, after all (v. the annexed figure with weird orbs, a lot of wind but no Teru to be seen).


and he bought them all because his scientific publications got cited in each of them. At least, that's what I would do, if my publications got cited somewhere.

Heh. So true, so true.

Edit: Wait a second. Ux has eyebrows?

[remetagross]

...yeah, of course he has eyebrows! Big, scaly, dragon-like eyebrows. Totally not horns, I swear! I mean, look at his profile picture on Myth-Weavers!

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3a/35/1d/3a351d1b87a254462559a6e39e8e790c.jpg

[Metastachydium]

Well, eyebrows are hair and hair is horn,1 so…


1In the sense that it is primarily composed of keratin, you pedants.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Stand back! I'm about to SCIENCE! Er...um....MAGIC!

[remetagross]

Go for it! I'm glad to see the Silver Key class actually put to good use, it's not a famously powerful PrC so it's nice to see a case where it actually is powerful!

As an aside, how are you liking your game so far @chaincomplex? If I remember the OP for the recruitment thread, you wanted to get back to 3.5 and use this little PbP to tame GMing again. How is that happening so far?

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Go for it! I'm glad to see the Silver Key class actually put to good use, it's not a famously powerful PrC so it's nice to see a case where it actually is powerful!

Right?! I absolutely adore the Silver Key class concept. For 'offbeat' PrC's, Silver Key, Trapsmith, Combat Trapsmith are probably my Top 3 favorite. (Though using Racial Emulation feat to pick up race-restricted classes and substitution levels, and feats in general, makes me gleefully happy as well) None of them are 'powerful' and they are all extremely specialised and hard to make useful....but they all hold a special place in my heart. If Invisible Blade didnät have seriously stupid prerequisite (why tf do you need Point Blank Shot and Far shot for a class all about feinting with a dagger?!?!?), I'd have been able to squeeze in the Portal Sensative feat to really perfect the build.

Being able to detect an active or inactive portal as if it were a normal secret door (Search DC 20) is super helpful for Silver Keys' capstone ability, and becomes amazing in a setting like Sigil. If you merely pass within 5 feet of a portal, you are entitled to a Search check to notice it as if you were actively looking for it. You also gain a +2 bonus on your caster level check when trying to discern portal properties with the analyze portal spell. I ended up taking Trap Sensativity (literally the same feat, but for mechanical traps instead of portals) because otherwise, I forget to check for traps. lol

Will definitely be taking Portal Sensitive if we make it to lvl 21. Had to waste a feat on Quick Draw because I needed a Crystal of Truedeath instead of a Crystal of Return so as not to be utterly useless against every undead critter in 3.5 And while Skill focus Bluff wasnät strictly necessary, my OCD made me take it to have an even +50 to my bluff checks. Changeling Rogue's ability to take 10 means anything that can be feinted needs to roll 60 or higher on a Sense Motive or be feinted every single round. No dexterity dodge bonus for you!!!

[remetagross]

Yeah, I've once made a Trapsmith PC too and it was great :D I used Illumian and Practised Spellcaster to bump up my CL for the class by 6!

Mate, I'm impressed by how cohesive your build is! I didn't know about these two Sensitive feat you just described. That definitely seems awesome in our context. Why did you need Quick Draw for, though? As a prerequisite somewhere? You could've put a least crystal of return on a spare dagger and be done with that, I guess :smallbiggrin:

You're also nearly there for the epic usages of Bluff! I look forward to seeing that in play :smallsmile:

[Metastachydium]

And while Skill focus Bluff wasnät strictly necessary, my OCD made me take it to have an even +50 to my bluff checks. Changeling Rogue's ability to take 10 means anything that can be feinted needs to roll 60 or higher on a Sense Motive or be feinted every single round. No dexterity dodge bonus for you!!!



You're also nearly there for the epic usages of Bluff! I look forward to seeing that in play :smallsmile:

Hell YEAH! Epic skill usages are so horribly ludicrous that it's just pure undiluted good.

Meanwhile,

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: I shall likely be away (again) from the internet until no sooner than the 19th of June. I apologize (again) in advance for any inconvenience this may bring about; I promise this is going to be the last one this month.

If touching the notebook doesn't kill her or something, please do presume that Delja tries to read it once it's retrieved.

[chaincomplex]

As an aside, how are you liking your game so far @chaincomplex? If I remember the OP for the recruitment thread, you wanted to get back to 3.5 and use this little PbP to tame GMing again. How is that happening so far?

I actually rather like having time to think about how to advance a scene. It lets me be a lot more intricate than what I can do over the table.

The gonzo 2e setting with the mechanical 3.5e is also pretty great. It's not that I dislike 5e, but it's definitely missing the same level of systems mastery, and none of what it's published so far really gets to the weird fantasy that 2e dove headlong into.


PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: I shall likely be away (again) from the internet until no sooner than the 19th of June. I apologize (again) in advance for any inconvenience this may bring about; I promise this is going to be the last one this month.

Don't worry about it, enjoy your time in the sun! (Or wherever you're going that has no internet.)

[Geeksthenewsexy]

"Once more into the breach!"

Also, anyone watching Myriad is likely used to her just dashing in and out of all manner of magical gates/portals/dimensional spaces, so I highly doubt anyone would be immediately alarmed. "I'm gonna check it out!" followed by various planar travel noises is likely something everyone in her group is quite used to hearing. While it might not be the best omen...at least it is probably a familiar one. lol

Now, if she pops back and immediately darts away at a dead sprint....that is far more likely to cause concern. She jumps into entirely unknown planar gates for ****s and giggles just to see what's on the other side without hesitating or thinking twice, so if she ever comes back and hits the ground running... follow her. Quickly. :-p

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Whoops. Forgot my Spot [roll0] & Listen [roll1] Rolls

[remetagross]

Ah, I have no knowledge of what part of the fluff we're currently discovering is specific to 2e compared to 3e or 3.5. Though I seem to recall having read somewhere that the switch from 2e to 3e had an in-game explanation when Vecna tried some crazy godhood stuff in Sigil which somehow altered the rules of the universe, or something?

[Metastachydium]

I actually rather like having time to think about how to advance a scene. It lets me be a lot more intricate than what I can do over the table.

Yeah, the pace might be a curse, but it's a blessing all the same!


The gonzo 2e setting with the mechanical 3.5e is also pretty great. It's not that I dislike 5e, but it's definitely missing the same level of systems mastery, and none of what it's published so far really gets to the weird fantasy that 2e dove headlong into.

Well spoken! Its merits asided, 5e is incredibly bland in quite a number of ways.


Don't worry about it, enjoy your time in the sun! (Or wherever you're going that has no internet.)

Thanks! Enjoy it I did!

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Based on group reactions, I'm now imagining Myriad as always running around just yeeting herself in and out of portals willy nilly for the thrill of it. Which is...pretty on-brand for the character concept, if I'm honest. lol

"Oh, there is a new portal?! Ok ok ok. Waiting, waiting, waiting....nope, can't wait anymore!." *YEET!*

[remetagross]

Well yeah, we sorta imposed that roleplaying on you. Feel free not to be constrained by that :smallbiggrin:

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Ha! No worries - Myriad is thrilled to be able to yeet herself through time and space for the cause. "Wheeeeeeeeee!" *self-yeets excitedly*

Probably the first game I've ever felt genuinely useful so early in the game - especially with such a usually woefully under-powered class.

Also, if you see weird misspellings like z's instead of y's and # instead of ', etc please forgive me. I had to break out a new laptop I picked up years ago in Germany and the keyboard is...um...not great for someone who normally types 110-130 words a minute on an American-style keyboard. On the plus side, I can now easily use neet new letters like ü, ö, ä, §, µ, ß, and € without googling a unique character list first. For....uh....science, I guess? lol

Gut, dass ich ein wenig Deutsch tippen kann. Manchmal. lol

[Metastachydium]

(Before I'd forget. remetagross: make sure to ignore Delja's attempt to meddle with Ux trying to touch the sphere; he's twice as tall, four times as heavy and much stronger than her. She literally can't keep him from touching stuff he wants to touch.)

[remetagross]

Ah, it's fine. Let's say his hand was already halfway through when he registered her warning, but given what's happening to him as a result of his boldness, be assured he's going to pay heed to her advice next time around.

Ref save for half: [roll0]

[remetagross]

Well, I needed to pop a 20 to get that save through, and here we are. Note that Ux has fire resistance 20, so failing the save wouldn't have mattered anyway, but it's fun to have rolled a 1 on the Fort save against the fumes in Sigil and then a 20 on the roll just after.

[Metastachydium]

Well, I needed to pop a 20 to get that save through, and here we are.

Nice!


Note that Ux has fire resistance 20, so failing the save wouldn't have mattered anyway

Well, yes, but he got to gloat about being favoured by an entity of great cosmic power, so it's still a win.

[remetagross]

Yes, definitely! What's the purpose of being a chosen one of some sort, if not that? :smallbiggrin: Anyway, good catch on the note! Let's move up.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Hhhmmm.....would the past tense of 'Yeet' be 'Yeeted' or possible 'Yote'? 'Yeetified'? 'Yeeten'?

Need to know. For Science!


Also, if dragging passengers doesn't pan out....anyone got a portable hole? Cuz Myriad could totally stuff y'all in one and plane-smuggle the whole group that way if necessary. lol

[Metastachydium]

Hhhmmm.....would the past tense of 'Yeet' be 'Yeeted' or possible 'Yote'? 'Yeetified'? 'Yeeten'?

Need to know. For Science!

I consulted a couple of authoritative dictionaries (Random House, Macmillan, Cambridge) and there would appear to be a broad consensus that it's yeeted. (Science triumphs again!)



Also, if dragging passengers doesn't pan out....anyone got a portable hole? Cuz Myriad could totally stuff y'all in one and plane-smuggle the whole group that way if necessary. lol

Yup. Delja has one. (I rarely get to play characters rich enough to afford one, so I couldn't resist having it.)

[Geeksthenewsexy]

@DM - Feel free to gloss over Myriad's report if you're ready to advance before it comes up naturally.

[remetagross]

That feeling of enough wealth by level to finally grab that one magic item you always wish you could have :smallbiggrin: like, say, a ring of Freedom of Movement for me!

By the way, nice 1 on your Decipher Script check, Geeks, I'm pretty sure that'll send Myriad looking for us in another demi-plane :smallbiggrin:

[Geeksthenewsexy]

That feeling of enough wealth by level to finally grab that one magic item you always wish you could have :smallbiggrin: like, say, a ring of Freedom of Movement for me!

By the way, nice 1 on your Decipher Script check, Geeks, I'm pretty sure that'll send Myriad looking for us in another demi-plane :smallbiggrin:

Ha! Thankfully 1's are not a critical failure on skill checks. Thank the gods for that +8 Int Modifier. lol

Though....she might try some demiplanes first if she finds any along the way. Just to be thurough, you understand... (^_^)

[remetagross]

What's that that Delja mentioned?

[Metastachydium]

What's that that Delja mentioned?

The stuff the book she found in Teru's bed was about those. They are a world and a spelljammer, respectively. (Also, I don't think there's anyone inside the room besides our crew and the scholar. There's three others with what seems to be an ongoing lecture inside, but those are the smaller halls on the corridor that goes left.)

[Geeksthenewsexy]

FYI, I'll be driving 14 hours tomorrow, and sleeping a good portion of the day after. Driving from IL to PA to visit family for two weeks or so. I'll be back online once I get there, but will probably have road brain until I've slept properly, before I post again. :-p

[remetagross]

IL to PA...Illinois to Passachussets?

[Geeksthenewsexy]

IL to PA...Illinois to Passachussets?

lol PA is Pennsylvania

[remetagross]

Noted :smallbiggrin: I can't begin to express my amazement at knowing you drove for friggin' 14 hours in a single day. How many days does it take you to recover from that?

[Geeksthenewsexy]

I'm from the midwest. "It's only like a 12 hour drive" is a commonplace saying here when avoiding airplanes because that **** is expensive. lol

Takes a day or so to recover. It really isn't a big deal. I drove to Kissimmee Florida for vacation once. That was a 22 hour drive and did that straight through both way as well. The key is having good audiobooks pre downloaded. I currently own.... *checks* .... 726 audiobooks from Audible. I sometimes spend more a month on audiobooks than house bills. lol :)



@DM - Knowledge (The Planes) check to see if Myriad the planehopping addict is familiar with anything to dow ith Caz-Adar and/or Arcem. [roll0]

I am guessing the answer is not much to nothing, since she's more about the thrill of adventure that new portals bring than actual knowledge collection. lol

[remetagross]

No way, mate. Doesn't the fuel come more expensive than the plane ticket at some point? I think the most I did was 7 hours in a day, and it already seemed endless to me. And what about trains? We have a lot of these down there (in France), and it's very often a faster and cheaper (when factoring in fuel and highway fees) way to move far away than by car.

[Metastachydium]

IThat was a 22 hour drive and did that straight through both way as well.

…
That shouldn't be legal. You're a tough one, that's for sure!


And what about trains? We have a lot of these down there (in France), and it's very often a faster and cheaper (when factoring in fuel and highway fees) way to move far away than by car.

I don't know about the US, but where I'm from, trains are uniformly gross, have an average speed of 45 km/h or so, catch fire a lot and aren't even cheap.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Nah, the US let their rail system go to crap I could theoretically catch one from Chicago to Pittsburg...but then I'd have to drive 3 hours to Chicago, pay to park there for the duration (and pray it isn|t stolen and/or vandalized), then catch another train from Pittsburg to a stop another 4-hour drive from my dad's house, and either rent a car or ask him to drive 8 hours to pick me up. Either way, I pay out the butt for a rental car, or I'm stuck at his house.

Oh, and I would then have to also pay to board my dog because she wouldn't be allowed on the train. Driving 14 hours is nothing compared to that nightmare. Both less hassle and far less expensive. And my dog would be sad and lonely for weeks? Never.

Seriously, if you get really into a good audiobook, it isn't that bad. Just start early, drink lots of coffee, and don't start checking the time. Worry about the book instead, and it flies by.

[remetagross]

Yeah, okay, fair enough. Myriad's player is a tougher cookie than his player, right? :smalltongue:

Anyway, Teru doesn't seem to be around...and do we have any means of planar travel to go find him on his home plane, if needed?

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Teru doesn't seem to be around...and do we have any means of planar travel to go find him on his home plane, if needed?

Interesting quirk about Myriad - she is a true thief at heart. Can she get to another plane on her own? Not a chance in the Abyss. But, she could hijack someone else's supposedly secured/owned/sealed portal/gate. She basically does 2 things really well - she steals, and she lies. Those are really the only things she can do. She can just do both of those things in a lot of ways.

She steals: Loot (because...murder hobo)
Identities (Changeling / Disguise)
Lives (Sneak Attack)
Secrets (Search / Listen / Gather Information / Listen to This, Detect Magic)
Pre-Planned Defenses (Trap Finding & Disarming)
Perceived safety (Intimidate)
Privacy (Open Lock)

She Lies/bluffs: To Gate/Portal permissions to gain access (Silver Key class feature Master of Doors)
About who she is (Changeling / Disguise)
About what she can do (The feat Versatile Performer in Complete Adventurer, p. 112)
About even being in the room (Hide / Sneak)
About her attacks (Invisible Blade's Free Action Feint, Hidden Blade & Mosquito Bite)
To Magical Items to get them to work (Use Magic Device)
To get her way (Bluff, Diplomacy)



This was the foundation of her character design. The ability to do 2 things better than anyone else: Lie & Steal, in every way possible. That, to me, is what a "rogue" is. The planes are lucky she isn't an evil murder-hobo! lol

[Geeksthenewsexy]

I blame Myriad's currently stubby dwarf legs for her lack of grace. (O_O)

[Metastachydium]

Let's see:
Balance: [roll0]

[remetagross]

Balance: [roll0]

[chaincomplex]

So unless someone vehemently prefers it another way I'm going to do block initiative for the PCs only. I offer you two ways to do it: (i) you all roll initiative, I average rolls (rounding up); (ii) one initiative roll is made with the average initiative bonus (rounding up).

The expected initiative roll for the PCs' block is the same with both methods naturally, but (i) has a higher variance while (ii) is more controlled.

I prefer (i) so you all still do something when time comes to roll for initiative, but I expect (ii) is better for the PCs because it's not common for monsters to beat the PCs in initiative, which lower variance will enforce more strictly.

[Metastachydium]

So unless someone vehemently prefers it another way I'm going to do block initiative for the PCs only.

Block initiative's literally the single best thing one can go with in PbP.


I offer you two ways to do it: (i) you all roll initiative, I average rolls (rounding up); (ii) one initiative roll is made with the average initiative bonus (rounding up).

The expected initiative roll for the PCs' block is the same with both methods naturally, but (i) has a higher variance while (ii) is more controlled.

I prefer (i) so you all still do something when time comes to roll for initiative, but I expect (ii) is better for the PCs because it's not common for monsters to beat the PCs in initiative, which lower variance will enforce more strictly.

My vote's likewise in favour of option no. 1.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Same! I rolled an initiative check "(if needed)", in case everyone opts for that way - otherwise, disregard :)

Also...


TO BATTLE!

[Metastachydium]

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! (And preferably roll above 8 on occasion.)

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Just an FYI, I'll be driving back to Illinois From Pennsylvania tomorrow - about a 13 hour drive, so will likely be offline until Iäm back and have slept properly.

[remetagross]

A 13 hour drive? A 20-minute nap and you'll be good to go, I assume :D

Alright, I'm liking option 1 too, as rolling dice is funny. Here comes: [roll0]

[remetagross]

Also, since Ux is riding Ereshki at the moment, I'm moving his symbol out of the map, and we assume he is currently located on, say, the upper left square out of all the four that his mount occupies.

[Metastachydium]

Alright, I'm liking option 1 too, as rolling dice is funny. Here comes: [roll0]

Truly, luck is a fickle thing! (In other words, I love how Ux Utanar's initiative came up higher than Myriad's and just shy of Delja's, despite the -4 penalty and the truly morbid mdifiers we had.)

[remetagross]

It is ^^ I did take that flaw for a -6 to Init rolls...

[remetagross]

Alright so since Ux Utanar does not auto-fail on 1s on his saves, he auto-passes the Fort and Will saves: [roll0] and [roll1]. Now, Ereshki rolls for paralysis: [roll2]. In case that's an [enchantment] effect, it gains a +4 bonus on that roll due to the Devotion wild cohort bonus.

As far as Fort saves are concerned, Ux Utanar radiates a Draconic aura that grants a +4 bonus to these saves to any ally within 30ft.

Time to roll some offensive dice!

EDIT: man, I had forgotten how forever it takes to type up a post for a high-level character :smallbiggrin:

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Myriad auto-passes the will save (+22 modifier means a minimum roll of 23).

Are Myriad and Delja successfully flanking either aberration from their positions flanking the door (with or without a 5' step)?

And it has been a while since I used a character with sneak attack - If they're flanked, does each attack get extra sneak attack damage, or only the first attack (I know it is only the first attack when it's feinted or otherwise flat-footed, as the first attack makes it so they're not flat-footed anymore for the iterative attacks.)

[remetagross]

To each attack, so that'll be a bunch of extra dice, usually :) however I think neither Delja nor Myriad actually flank the aberrations. And saves can be auto-failed on a natural 1 regardless of your save modifier, beware of that.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

To each attack, so that'll be a bunch of extra dice, usually :) however I think neither Delja nor Myriad actually flank the aberrations. And saves can be auto-failed on a natural 1 regardless of your save modifier, beware of that.

Oh! I was thinking of skill checks - those don't auto-fail on a 1. Derp. lol

Will Save: [roll0]

[Metastachydium]

Myriad auto-passes the will save (+22 modifier means a minimum roll of 23).

Are Myriad and Delja successfully flanking either aberration from their positions flanking the door (with or without a 5' step)?

And it has been a while since I used a character with sneak attack - If they're flanked, does each attack get extra sneak attack damage, or only the first attack (I know it is only the first attack when it's feinted or otherwise flat-footed, as the first attack makes it so they're not flat-footed anymore for the iterative attacks.)


To each attack, so that'll be a bunch of extra dice, usually :) however I think neither Delja nor Myriad actually flank the aberrations. And saves can be auto-failed on a natural 1 regardless of your save modifier, beware of that.

Well, A1 is flat-footed, since it's yet to act, but provided you just forgot to move your token and M. is near the door, the bit with the flanking is also doable if Myriad 5' steps to below Ereshki. I'll go set it up for you.

Oh, and Will: [roll0]

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Well, A1 is flat-footed, since it's yet to act, but provided you just forgot to move your token and M. is near the door, the bit with the flanking is also doable if Myriad 5' steps to below Ereshki. I'll go set it up for you.

Oh, and Will: [roll0]

Crap. Yeah, apparently the change I made from my phone didn't take when I did my last post, so I'm not in the position I posted about. *Facepalm*

[Metastachydium]

Crap. Yeah, apparently the change I made from my phone didn't take when I did my last post, so I'm not in the position I posted about. *Facepalm*

You know Rule no. 1: Text Trumps Table! Let me see that sneak attack and all its friends!

[Geeksthenewsexy]

You know Rule no. 1: Text Trumps Table! Let me see that sneak attack and all its friends!

For some reason, it isn't let me edit the map document properly. This is the first time I've tried on the new laptop. I'll try fixing the issue tomorrow, but in the meantime if someone could move me monster adjacent, I would appreciate it! *stab stab stab stab*

[Metastachydium]

For some reason, it isn't let me edit the map document properly. This is the first time I've tried on the new laptop. I'll try fixing the issue tomorrow, but in the meantime if someone could move me monster adjacent, I would appreciate it!

Done!


*stab stab stab stab*

[Manic laughter.]

[remetagross]

Ah, do you guys have either Improved Evasion or immunity to electricity? Because you will be in the path of my breath weapon in case my readied action is triggered...:smalleek:

[Metastachydium]

Not as such, no, but she has Evasion, Dive for Cover (with the ability to stand from prone as a swift without provoking) and universal energy resistence 10. I like her chances.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Roll to confirm crit: [roll0]


No evasion, but Mettle instead. SR 25, but that doesn't help with breath weapons I don't think. But, her reflex save is +24 so she'll likely only take 1/2 damage at least? lol

Lack of serious defenses is what her Vampiric dagger is for though, so not TOO worried about it. Yet. Almost took 2 levels of Psychic Rogue to pick up more sneak attack and Evasion (and a Power or two), but Warlock invocations for extra bluff for feinting + at-will detect magic + seeing invisible + darkvision + a ranged attack took priority in the build concept.

[remetagross]

Ah, having Mettle is I think more important, as it is both more powerful and more difficult to obtain. A Ring of Evasion is not that expensive.

Anyway, thanks for the style remark Metastachydium, too bad I rolled a natural 1 on that charge, it's going to ruin the effect a little bit :D

I'm off the grid for a few days mate, I'll let ya handle that slug !

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Listen: [roll0]

[Geeksthenewsexy]

No idea if the sphere is movable, but Myriad will absolutely be making the attempt to pocket it when the party bounces from the pocket dimension. Gore & Goo? Pfffft. Nothing some elbow grease and a warren of hired kobolds can't clean up - they get hired to clean sewers in large cities, so this should be a piece of elven cake. lol

[Metastachydium]

The idea's neat in principle, but the guy the crew's looking for might not like it that much.

[remetagross]

Tell you what, if we do succeed in pulling him out of that place, we have to carry the sphere around as our pocket personal fortress for sure :smallbiggrin:

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Well, if he is alive, he has some splainin' to do anyway what with the abominations and all. If he survives the horrors, AND the explanation...we'll burn that bridge when we come to it.

...er...'cross' that bridge, I meant. Of course. Ahem. lol


Also, if a situation cannot be solved with aspects of thievery, deception, violence, or magically conjured mules, Myriad's head might explode. Everything should be able to be solved with thievery, deception, violence, or magically conjured mules. (O_o)

[Metastachydium]

Well, if he is alive, he has some splainin' to do anyway what with the abominations and all. If he survives the horrors, AND the explanation...we'll burn that bridge when we come to it.

...er...'cross' that bridge, I meant. Of course. Ahem. lol


Also, if a situation cannot be solved with aspects of thievery, deception, violence, or magically conjured mules, Myriad's head might explode. Everything should be able to be solved with thievery, deception, violence, or magically conjured mules. (O_o)

Eh, at the moment Delja would settle for violence, violence, violence and magically conjured violence.

[remetagross]

I really appreciate that creative use of mules, Geeks!

But I'm sure violence is incoming anyway, Meta :smallbiggrin:

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Listen Check [roll0]

[Geeksthenewsexy]

I really appreciate that creative use of mules, Geeks!

But I'm sure violence is incoming anyway, Meta :smallbiggrin:

I once had a martial character that used a godly favor to ask for the ability to cast spells - specifically, 'as many as the most powerful sorcerer'. The god actually granted it, and I was able to cast 45 spells per day! The catch? They were all cantrips and 1st level spells, my Caster level was 1, and DCs for all spells were also 10. I got to 'know' all arcane lvl 1 spells, but with a DC of 10 and a CL of 1, I had to get really creative. I used Mount as a meat shield...a lot. Also summoned a lot to slap on the ass and send town hallways to trigger traps. Eventually, I caused a holy war between the goddess of magic (the one who granted me the spells), and the god of horses over how often I was doing that. It was a whole thing.

I think my favorite down-time use was at the tavern between missions. I used Prestidigitation constantly to 'animate' little paper cut-out dolls filled with red thread. People would buy one for a silver and enter it into the tournament, where I would make them 'fight to the death' and people could place bets with me. The townsfolk got super into it, even commissioning artists to paint their paper warriors up like gladiators. I charged a copper to Mend their fallen warriors when they were defeated and their blood (red thread) had been spilled on the sands (salty tavern table). Caltrops for arena obstacles, Dancing Lights for pyrotechnics, Percussion for dramatic background music, etc. It was quite the spectacle.

[Metastachydium]

I once had a martial character that used a godly favor to ask for the ability to cast spells - specifically, 'as many as the most powerful sorcerer'. The god actually granted it, and I was able to cast 45 spells per day! The catch? They were all cantrips and 1st level spells, my Caster level was 1, and DCs for all spells were also 10. I got to 'know' all arcane lvl 1 spells, but with a DC of 10 and a CL of 1, I had to get really creative. I used Mount as a meat shield...a lot. Also summoned a lot to slap on the ass and send town hallways to trigger traps. Eventually, I caused a holy war between the goddess of magic (the one who granted me the spells), and the god of horses over how often I was doing that. It was a whole thing.

When I grow up, I want to be like your DM. But seriously, that's nothing if not absolutely lovely. Extra credit goes to the angry god of horses. Someone's taking his job quite seriously!


I think my favorite down-time use was at the tavern between missions. I used Prestidigitation constantly to 'animate' little paper cut-out dolls filled with red thread. People would buy one for a silver and enter it into the tournament, where I would make them 'fight to the death' and people could place bets with me. The townsfolk got super into it, even commissioning artists to paint their paper warriors up like gladiators. I charged a copper to Mend their fallen warriors when they were defeated and their blood (red thread) had been spilled on the sands (salty tavern table). Caltrops for arena obstacles, Dancing Lights for pyrotechnics, Percussion for dramatic background music, etc. It was quite the spectacle.

That reminds me, one of these days I plan to put together an NPC class that does something like that. An invoker, it'd have "arcane invocations" replicating harmless but flashy low level spells. I think I'll call it (drum roll) the Conjurer of Cheap Tricks.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

When I grow up, I want to be like your DM. But seriously, that's nothing if not absolutely lovely. Extra credit goes to the angry god of horses. Someone's taking his job quite seriously!

Well, it started off as a joke because the Cleric was talking about how some gods grant favors if you make sacrifices for them. Theological debate occurs, and when we were ambushed, I cast Mount in front of me and when it was mauled by the Kython stalking us, I proclaimed 'I offer this sacrifice to the gods'. Theological debate with the cleric is renewed, because he claims that wouldn't count because it wasn't really a live animal. 'Oh, so it isn't what was intended? GEE, I WONDER HOW THAT FEELS?!'. So, out of spite, I then would proclaim it as a sacrifice for the goddess of magic as petty payback. Fake sacrificial thanks for getting the short end of the godly wish stick.

Apparently it happened so often, the god of horses somehow heard about it and confronted the goddess of magic, demanding to know why 'all these horses are being sacrificed in her name', and her response was something like 'those horses don't even count as proper sacrifices'. Which enraged the horse god because he was apparently not told they were conjured horses, and thought she was mocking the life value of his children or something. Thus, holy war ended up being declared. Centaurs everywhere swore off magic and became mage-hunting arcanophobes. I was captured more than once by centaurs and had to be rescued before they sacrificed me to their god as a 'the great heritic'.

[remetagross]

Man, that's an awesome campaign story. I wish I were there too! :smallbiggrin: your GM pulled off a great stuff out of that. I can't claim I've ever started a religious war of some sort during any of my campaigns :smallcool:

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Whoops, forgot to update my Spoiler with the trap check roll.

Search For Traps: [roll0]

Also, assuming all doors are closed and can be locked, Myriad plans on going back and clearing the side rooms one by one. She's just paranoid about enemies swarming if/when an alarm/ruckus is raised. - She is not well equipped for groups of enemies and prefers small groups and single targets because that is what she is best at. So, she will habitually seek to minimize the number of enemies to deal with at once as much as she is able.

[Metastachydium]

I took the liberty of herding Myriad's token back to the main hall as well. Do tell if you mind that.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

I took the liberty of herding Myriad's token back to the main hall as well. Do tell if you mind that.

All good with me! :)

[remetagross]

Just in case the Knowledge check requires a DC of no more than 10, since that's the max that can be achieved with untrained checks:
[roll0]

[chaincomplex]

By the way my interpretation of which doors Myriad locked are O22 and J32 (namely the northernmost and southernmost doors). If these are the wrong doors, it would be problematic to retcon since the enemy reacted already, so let's just roll with it. Next time try to specify doors by location when there's possible ambiguity.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Knowledge (The Planes) check to recall anything about pre-tanar'ri archaic Abyssal [roll0]


By the way my interpretation of which doors Myriad locked are O22 and J32 (namely the northernmost and southernmost doors). If these are the wrong doors, it would be problematic to retcon since the enemy reacted already, so let's just roll with it. Next time try to specify doors by location when there's possible ambiguity.

My understanding: We locked and passed the door doors adjacent to O23, rounded the corner going south and then also locked the two adjacent to J28. That's when Delja heard whispering stop from beyond the door at J32

[Metastachydium]

Nice roll there!

[remetagross]

Alright, time to glean something useful here :)

[Metastachydium]

(Interesting fact: Delja keeps calling Myriad Druce and Ux Utanar Ux because she can't be bothered to pronounce names longer than a syllable most of the time (long names are boring!); that's part of the reason why she keeps that likewise monosyllabic nickname she picked up in her past around.)

[Geeksthenewsexy]

(Interesting fact: Delja keeps calling Myriad Druce and Ux Utanar Ux because she can't be bothered to pronounce names longer than a syllable most of the time (long names are boring!); that's part of the reason why she keeps that likewise monosyllabic nickname she picked up in her past around.)

Feel free to shorten any alias Myriad uses. She generally will stick with the current 'Drucilla Kunderak' alias unless there is a compelling reason to change. She'll have others that would be familiar to her group later, as situations that warrant them arrive. For any throw-away forms that are generic 'an elf dressed as a bard' or 'a human begger' etc, you can stick with 'Myr' as they'll be all but nameless use-once-and-discard disguises. She'll always have her current persona in her stat block and if there is a name attached, it will be a 'known alias' of the group. If it is just a generic description, it's a nameless throw-away so using her real name or just 'Myr' would be appropriate.

Or feel free to use labels. 'Hey, portal-junkie!' or 'Miss traps-be-gone', or even 'Lady stabs-a-lot' are all also very viable! (^_^)

[Metastachydium]

Feel free to shorten any alias Myriad uses. She generally will stick with the current 'Drucilla Kunderak' alias unless there is a compelling reason to change. She'll have others that would be familiar to her group later, as situations that warrant them arrive. For any throw-away forms that are generic 'an elf dressed as a bard' or 'a human begger' etc, you can stick with 'Myr' as they'll be all but nameless use-once-and-discard disguises. She'll always have her current persona in her stat block and if there is a name attached, it will be a 'known alias' of the group. If it is just a generic description, it's a nameless throw-away so using her real name or just 'Myr' would be appropriate.

The background info's much appreciated; will keep that in mind!


Or feel free to use labels. 'Hey, portal-junkie!' or 'Miss traps-be-gone', or even 'Lady stabs-a-lot' are all also very viable! (^_^)

Nah, these are way too long. Delja's a zealous adherent of the "talk less, stab-stab more" school of thought.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Myriad's Train of Thought

https://i.postimg.cc/qM7RhfCc/Train-Of-Thought.jpg


Also, as a reminder for this 'conversation', here are all of Myriad's 'automatically take 10' social check score.

Bluff: 60
Diplomacy: 50
Intimidate: 50
Gather Information: 40
Sense Motive: 18

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Have to drive to Chicago today and catch a flight at 10pm. I won't be able to post until I'm settled at my new place in about two days. I'm moving to Germany from the US. Please feel free to RP Myriad trying to contain her disappointment that no one else seems to be focusing on the important information - planar creation, manipulation and travel. lol

[remetagross]

Good luck on moving in !

Anyway, that's a nasty stuff. It can pull off not one, but two Wishes back-to-back ???

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Move was successful! I was unaware that my wife had been paying for Internet the entire time she has been here...with the router sitting in the box because she didn't know how to hook it up. She has been running her TV to watch Netflix via her phone's Hotspot function. *Facepalm*


For the sake of furthering the story/plot, I've chosen to silently guilt Delja for crushing her dreams instead of letting Myriad derail the conversation entirely in her obvious excitement. lol

[chaincomplex]

It is naturally Meta's prerogative to determine Delja's reaction to Myriad. :smalltongue:

[Metastachydium]

Well, damn. Someone there sure means business! Diplomacy doesn't work on PCs, and Delja autofails the opposed check for Bluff. I'll roll the modified level check for Intimidate and work from there: [roll0].

[Geeksthenewsexy]

For clarity, I only list numbers to help set the scene. Otherwise I would be searching the internet for hours to find images like this to describe the sheer level of pouty face and such. lol


https://64.media.tumblr.com/83781b839c130cc3bfd6f792041fb00b/tumblr_njwoo6Elbl1tqrl6qo1_500.gif

For PCs, I just use the numbers as a scale-like reference for just how dramatic/convincing the kind of expression she's going for would be for 'normal' people. Kind of how Puss-In-Boots sad cat eyes are dialed up to 11 compared to a normal pout face and the NPCs (guards) don't know how to handle it - Shrek does not give a donkey's behind because he's a party member...but still feels kinda bad about ignoring it - even though he can ignore it. If that makes sense?

[Metastachydium]

Yup. It does. Delja will continue to treat it as witchcraft, though.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Yup. It does. Delja will continue to treat it as witchcraft, though.

Just can't trust those Pseudo-Magical Shapeshifting Trapsniffing Portal-Hopping Sneak-Thief types, lemmy tell ya! Always got some tomfoolery going on. lol

[Metastachydium]

INITIATIVE! [roll0]

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Initiative! [roll0]

[remetagross]

wow man I got off the hook a few days and now I can't understand a thing of what's going on :D

[roll0]

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Recap:
The place we are in is some wierd dimensional plane ship.
'Pilot' is the holographic computer of said ship.
Pilot put the ship in lockdown when some big bads escaped containment.
There are three main big bads. One of which teleports, and one which is a spellcaster.
Said big bads killed the whole crew and somehow soul-trapped one, who we agreed to try to help.
Same said big bads are trying to circumvent the ship's security and take over, which is...probably bad.
Myriad is totally stealing the ship when this is all over, if at all possible. She called dibs.
We are on our way to stab all the things!

[remetagross]

I like that summary :D let's clean this Space Hulk of all the Genestealers, shall me ?

[Geeksthenewsexy]

I like that summary :D let's clean this Space Hulk of all the Genestealers, shall me ?

I got you, fam! (^_^)

Kill all the genestealers! If there is gonna be stealin' 'round here, it's gonna be Myriad doin' the stealin'! lol

[remetagross]

If you want to steal their eyeballs and/or their brains, please indulge yourself as soon as possible!

[remetagross]

And now, Ereshki's Fort save against Str damage [roll0], Dex damage [roll1] and Cha damage [roll2].

EDIT: mate, she's on a roll :smallbiggrin:

EDIT 2: how high is the ceiling in our lobby, GM? I'm asking because I'm considering having Ereshki fly back to Ux Utanar by squeezing in the lobby, bu that wouldn't work if the lobby's not only narrow, but also low.

[chaincomplex]

EDIT 2: how high is the ceiling in our lobby, GM? I'm asking because I'm considering having Ereshki fly back to Ux Utanar by squeezing in the lobby, bu that wouldn't work if the lobby's not only narrow, but also low.

Just under 15 ft., vaulted. Ereshki can squeeze through from above but will provoke an attack of opportunity from large creatures, or medium or smaller creatures with 10 ft. reach.

[remetagross]

Noted. It's not an ideal way of fleeing, then. Though she could conceivably use the Withdraw full-round action to move away without provoking AoOs (for a single square), but it's stretching the realm of possibility that an Int 2 animal would think about such a complex maneuver when it's just been reduced to half its hit points in a single round.

Metastachydium, I so hear you about the 1/round swift action thing. Plus, the higher-levelled a character is, the more option it usually has for its swift actions. That's why I once built a Ruby Knight Vindicator PC, just so I could nab the Turn Undead = Swift action class feature.

About the fact Ux Utanar reacted first : yeah, given our relative Initiative scores, it's not very logical, but that's a small drawback of grouped initiative. Tell you what, in such a situation, there's no problem for me to roleplay that as Delja having moved first and Ux Utanar having acted second, when our actions do not rely on each other.

Now, I really hope they're gonna fail their Will save, else my poor mount is screwed.

[Metastachydium]

No worries! Delja's current things is a melancholy "damn, I used to be good at this"; identifying threats fast and then overthinking it so hard that the bulky dragonborn knight with a nominal initiative count of -3 gets to act before her is only par for course. Next round, on the other hand, I wouldn't mind to act first, since that would let me get away with using easier resources to recover than daily item charges.

In the meantime, I'm rooting hard for a succes with your Test of the Mettle. I'd be said about Ereshki if something happened to her and I've always wanted to see that ability do its thing (I've tried to use it recently in a lower level game, but alas, phase spiders don't have a language).

[remetagross]

Yeah, turns out no matter the amount of feats or WBL you invest in your mount, unless you're going with a class with a built-in mount, it's going to be extremely squishy at ECL 20 (and arguably, even then). So I hope the Knight's class feature will do its magic. Besides, it'd be funny if it'd force the monsters to squeeze in the passage.

Nice RP for Delja. The dynamic with Myriad is really cool.

[chaincomplex]

In case Myriad is waiting on the Test of Mettle outcome, it worked on the arachnoid (but not on the other things).

[Geeksthenewsexy]

I just assumed Delja was slow to react because she was still startled by the quick-and-dirty sneak hug. lol

Also, sorry for the delay. We had a thunderstorm and my router went out yesterday before I could post and I had to wait until I could walk to the shop today to swap out the router that gave up the ghost...and I had to do it in very broken German gleened from a quickly-downloaded translation app because the lady spoke not a single word of English. lol

Side note: If you ever move to another country, start learning the language a few years ahead of time. Don't wait til 8 months beforehand. It won't be enough. lmao

[Metastachydium]

I just assumed Delja was slow to react because she was still startled by the quick-and-dirty sneak hug. lol

Given that it explicitly winded her (Myriad is stronger than she looks and Delja… well, Delja isn't), it officially didn't help!


because the lady spoke not a single word of English. lol

From what I hear, that's something of a common occurence in Germany. They do have a pretty badass language, of course, but you have my sympathies regardless.

[chaincomplex]

I just assumed Delja was slow to react because she was still startled by the quick-and-dirty sneak hug. lol

Also, sorry for the delay. We had a thunderstorm and my router went out yesterday before I could post and I had to wait until I could walk to the shop today to swap out the router that gave up the ghost...and I had to do it in very broken German gleened from a quickly-downloaded translation app because the lady spoke not a single word of English. lol

Side note: If you ever move to another country, start learning the language a few years ahead of time. Don't wait til 8 months beforehand. It won't be enough. lmao

Absolutely no worries about the delay, I was just making sure it wasn't me people were waiting on.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

From what I hear, that's something of a common occurence in Germany. They do have a pretty badass language, of course, but you have my sympathies regardless.

Luckily, I know how to apologize and explain I don't speak German, but I do speak English...in German. And ask for a moment for translation while I dig out my phone. Thankfully all my neighbors in the apartment building speak at least a little English, and they were all very excited to meet me and test their English out. All very nice people from what I have seen, and very friendly. I was roped into a patio hangout last night with five neighbors, and it was a blast.

They all unanimously decided that since there is no Thanksgiving in Germany, we're going to have a pot-luck for the whole apartment building so that I don't have to miss out - I was put in charge of the main course (Brown Sugar & Pineapple Glayed Ham, because Turkey is lame...and dry), and everyone else is going to try their hands at a 'traditional American Thanksgiving side dish. Sooo...we will see how that goes. lol

[chaincomplex]

As an aside, while Test of Mettle requires that no creature attacks the target after the effect takes place other than the Knight using the ability, I'm handwaving this for the same players' block Test of Mettle is applied, because I don't want its use to be limited by posting order considerations.

[Metastachydium]

Sorry for ruining the ToM; I figured it was mainly meant to draw attention away from Ereshki which a full-attack should achieve.
Also, the last iterative is a threat! Rolling to confirm: [roll0] for [roll1] magical piercing (cold iron?) plus [roll2] cold and [roll3] force.

[remetagross]

Luckily, I know how to apologize and explain I don't speak German, but I do speak English...in German. And ask for a moment for translation while I dig out my phone. Thankfully all my neighbors in the apartment building speak at least a little English, and they were all very excited to meet me and test their English out. All very nice people from what I have seen, and very friendly. I was roped into a patio hangout last night with five neighbors, and it was a blast.

They all unanimously decided that since there is no Thanksgiving in Germany, we're going to have a pot-luck for the whole apartment building so that I don't have to miss out - I was put in charge of the main course (Brown Sugar & Pineapple Glayed Ham, because Turkey is lame...and dry), and everyone else is going to try their hands at a 'traditional American Thanksgiving side dish. Sooo...we will see how that goes. lol

Your neighbours seem awesome :smallsmile: but I'm gathering you're in a rather remote part of Germany, aren't you? I did an internship in Berlin at some point and everyone speaks English there. So I was mentally preparing my best German (which I had studied back in high school) sentences before speaking, delivering them with my best accent to the vendor...who instantly replied in perfect English, since that was easier for everyone. Needless to say, I didn't make a lot of improvement in German during that stay :smallbiggrin:


As an aside, while Test of Mettle requires that no creature attacks the target after the effect takes place other than the Knight using the ability, I'm handwaving this for the same players' block Test of Mettle is applied, because I don't want its use to be limited by posting order considerations.

Thanks for that, it definitely makes things more convenient for me.

Also, the Fortitude save is an auto-pass (save DC 23 and Fort bonus +28) since Ux Utanar ignores auto-failures on 1s, but I'll roll it anyway just to add some roleplay in case I do get a 1 :D

Will save for Ereshki: [roll0] but an additional +4 applies in case it's an [enchantment] effect, due to the Devotion animal companion feature. Fort save for Ereshki: [roll1]

[remetagross]

Ah crap forgot to actually roll the save versus petrification [roll0]

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Your neighbours seem awesome :smallsmile: but I'm gathering you're in a rather remote part of Germany, aren't you? I

Nope! I live in Herne, which sits right between Bochum and Dortmund. I'm assuming she was originally from eastern Germany, because she apparently also spoke Russian rather than English as a second language. Just the luck of the draw that day for me. lol

[chaincomplex]

I may have overdone the aberration spam 🤔. Well it's too late, I revealed the map, I've committed.

Enjoy making a ton of saves everyone. Exciting high-level gameplay!

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Fort Save VS 4 Dex Damage (DC 29 to Negate) [roll0]
Fort Save VS Staggered (DC 30 to Negate) [roll1]
Fort Save VS 1 Dex Damage (DC 29 to Negate) [roll2]
Fort Save VS Staggered (DC 30 to Negate) [roll3]

Ha! Skin. Of. My. Teeth. lol

[remetagross]

Fort Save VS 4 Dex Damage (DC 29 to Negate) [roll0]
Fort Save VS Staggered (DC 29 to Negate) [roll1]
Fort Save VS 1 Dex Damage (DC 29 to Negate) [roll2]
Fort Save VS Staggered (DC 29 to Negate) [roll3]

This is what we call consistency. Also Geeks, isn't the bluff action allowing your next attack to be flat-footed? How do you get it to apply to the whole round?

It's all good GM, we're level 20 characters after all. We'll handle that. By the way, O2 should have triggered an AoO from Ux with the use of a spell-like ability, but I guess his pitiful roll of 25 on the attack roll I had pre-made in case of an AoO means it was a miss anyway.

Ux Utanar has acid resistance 20, so he ignores that, and since he wears a Retributive amulet, half the physical damage he has suffered from O2 is reflected back at it. So it takes 11 damage from that. Fort saves against Str damage [roll0] and paralysis [roll1]. And the same roll for Ereshki: [roll2], with the added +4 in case that's an [enchantment] effect.

EDIT: I hope it's an [enchantment] effect. Also, I've just understood the aberrations must not have been affected by the Test of Mettle because their challenge rating must be inferior to 18. Also, it takes ages to precisely describe all the actions and options of a 20th-level character :smallbiggrin:

[Metastachydium]

Well, that's quite the stuff going on. First things first: Will save against DC 20 and paralysis: [roll0]

[Metastachydium]

Great! Now, let's do something against that darkness floating around…

[Metastachydium]

A threat! A threat! To confirm: [roll0] for [roll1] magical piercing plus [roll2] cold and [roll3] force.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

This is what we call consistency. Also Geeks, isn't the bluff action allowing your next attack to be flat-footed? How do you get it to apply to the whole round?

Yes, as I stated in the Spoiler, if it is fainted, only the first successful attack gets Sneak Attack (and bleed) damage. However, if the creature is considered flanked, then all attacks wound add the sneak attack (and bleed) damage. Specifically being applied because of flanking, making the faint a non-issue. Just not sure if being on two corner squares would be enough to be considered 'flanked' or not, so I erred on the side of caution and included all possible rolls.


Oops! Didn't catch that last save requirement: Will Save VS Paralyzation (DC 20) [roll0]

[Metastachydium]

making the feint a non-issue

(Technically, feinting might matter even in such situations; depending on the attack roll, targetting normal or FF AC can make a difference.)

[Geeksthenewsexy]

(Technically, feinting might matter even in such situations; depending on the attack roll, targetting normal or FF AC can make a difference.)

True! @DM, If Fainted, Please Use Flat-footed AC for the first attack Also, add +2 to all attack rolls if flanked. lol

[remetagross]

Man, what a headache :D

[chaincomplex]

Damn, yeah I forgot SLAs provoke AoOs, unlike Su abilities.

Do you guys think I should reopen recruitment for a caster or something, or do you guys wanna stay a triplet?

It's your guys' call. Any new potential party members would be introduced well after this segment is over.

[Metastachydium]

Let's see. Will save: [roll0];
Will save: [roll1]; and
an AoO on A1, if that was an SLA: [roll2] for [roll3] magical piercing plus [roll4] cold and [roll5] force.

As for picking up a caster… I kind of like our current group dynamics, but a caster could sure prove useful here and there. Hm.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Damn, yeah I forgot SLAs provoke AoOs, unlike Su abilities.

Do you guys think I should reopen recruitment for a caster or something, or do you guys wanna stay a triplet?

It's your guys' call. Any new potential party members would be introduced well after this segment is over.

I love the current group dynamic. Though if a caster turns out to be truly needed, I know someone who roleplays well and posts consistently, and they already know the general outline of the campaign (I've been bragging about playing in an awesome game with a really good DM to my bestie lol) and can have them apply - they almost always play casters, too. Myriad knows tons of people (via tons of aliases), and would be an easy enough 'connection' to roleplay.

Or who knows? Maybe there is some weird magical object or effect somewhere in this place that we'll run into that rearranges our molecules and turns us all into Gestalt characters. *shifts eyes back and forth suspiciously* Myriad can totally be trusted with magic, I swear! *cackles*

Will Save VS Paralysis (DC 20) [roll0]
Will Save VS Paralysis (DC 20) [roll1]
(By the way, if any of their abilities can be stopped by Spell Resistance, Myriad has SR 25)

[Metastachydium]

Though if a caster turns out to be truly needed, I know someone who roleplays well and posts consistently, and they already know the general outline of the campaign (I've been bragging about playing in an awesome game with a really good DM to my bestie lol) and can have them apply - they almost always play casters, too. Myriad knows tons of people (via tons of aliases), and would be an easy enough 'connection' to roleplay.

Who's that? Do I know them?


Or who knows? Maybe there is some weird magical object or effect somewhere in this place that we'll run into that rearranges our molecules and turns us all into Gestalt characters.

I don't know. My build is stupid enough as is.


*shifts eyes back and forth suspiciously* Myriad can totally be trusted with magic, I swear! *cackles*

[Slowly backs out of the frame.]

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Who's that? Do I know them?

No idea! Her username is Biscuit here on GitPG. Gearing up to DM a new game here that was actually inspired by my having told her about this game ('Bountiful Planes' recruitment thread).

She's actually the DM that I was talking about a while ago for the game where I accidentally started a holy war via the abuse of the Mount spell. Forever DM that hasn't had any luck lately with being able to actually play for a while, and usually ends up always DMing for a 3.5 fix.

I normally snatch up any chance to play in her games, but skipped her current game because when I went to make a character I basically ended up recreating Myriad, and I decided one Myriad was enough for the Multiverse. Plus I was in the process of moving to Germany and didn't want to stretch myself too thin. Though, recruitment is open for another 2 days. Might take another crack at it now that I'm settled. lol

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Alternatively, I just realized that Epic Level rules states "Every character gains one feat (which may be an epic or nonepic feat at the player’s choice) at every level divisible by three. These feats are in addition to any bonus feats granted in the class descriptions." and I never picked a lvl 21 feat.

If we were supposed to get a feat at level 21, as that seems to read, I could pick up Leadership and pick up a spellcasting sidekick/minion, maybe?

Minion: "Boss, when were you planning on paying my salary?"
Myriad: "I paid you already, and even gave you a sign-on bonus!"
Minion: "Um...if you already paid me, how am I flat broke?"
Myriad: "Hey man, it isn't my fault you lost it in that card game while drunk from celebrating your new job."
Minion: "...but I don"t remember that either?"
Myriad: "Well yeah...you were drunk." *Bluff Check*
Minion: "Well...****. Must have been a good night then, I guess. Thanks for clearing that up, boss." *Continues minioning*

[Metastachydium]

No idea! Her username is Biscuit here on GitPG.

Biscuit, you say? I saw her around, here and there (here being down here and there being Homebrew Design), but I never had the pleasure to share a game with her.


She's actually the DM that I was talking about a while ago for the game where I accidentally started a holy war via the abuse of the Mount spell.

…
I'm all sold.


I never picked a lvl 21 feat

I… Don't think any of us has hit that level yet, so let's get back to that once Myriad does.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

I… Don't think any of us has hit that level yet, so let's get back to that once Myriad does.

For some reason, I kept thinking we were lvl 21, but I guess we are just 20. Nevermind! lol

[Metastachydium]

For some reason, I kept thinking we were lvl 21, but I guess we are just 20. Nevermind! lol

Hell, Delja's technically ECL 18 and that includes LA! But we'll get there. I think.

[remetagross]

Leadership for bringing a convenient DMPC in is definitely neat, but I don't think this game is supposed to go past level 20. Biscuit doesn't ring a bell, but man, if she had anything to do with that Mount night mare (got it? ha!), I'm sold too :smallbiggrin:

To be fair, I was wondering if a party of ECL 20 characters wasn't in need of some sort of planar travel, teleporting abilities, etc. that are usually provided by the caster of the group. But actually on second thought, that role can be provided by, say, a freed Teru, so it's not as mandatory as I thought at first sight. I'm rather liking our tripartite dynamic so far, to be honest. I'm liking this game period, actually. Amazing post rate, enticing fellow PCs, a chance to actually play a level 20 build, and so far the plot is getting thicker, mysterious and involves clearing a space hulk. :smallbiggrin:

About the SLAs thing: they can be used defensively, like spells. And also: Aberration A5 triggers an AoO from Ux Utanar even though it made a 5-foot step, due to the Bulwark of Defense class feature: all foes within reach of the Knight move as if in difficult terrain, which prevents the use of the 5ft-step. Unless the aberration is under the effect of Freedom of Movement, or that sort of things. In case A5 does take the AoO, then I had already rolled the attack in my last post in the IC: to-hit roll of 31, damage roll of 25 converted into a DC 25 Ref save to be allowed to move at all in this round. I hope it fails that and remains locked in place!

If Myriad is hit by an AoO, it will be taken by Ux Utanar with the Shield Block class feature. Which means Ux Utanar will not have an available swift action for his round. I'll post two possible paths of action for him depending on whether he has it or not.

[remetagross]

A bunch of saves now:

Two saves against paralysis for Ux Utanar [roll0], [roll1] and two other for Ereshki [roll2], [roll3]. By the way, does the +4 to Will saves against [enchantment] effects applies against this paralysis? If no, then Ereshki is already paralysed for having failed her save against paralysis on the previous round.

And Str check to avoid being tripped: [roll4]

[Geeksthenewsexy]

All hail the mighty meat shield! (^_^)

[chaincomplex]

Just to clarify a detail, what happened to A5 is that I didn't account for Ux's Bulwark, but I didn't want to retcon which would slow things down, so I treated it as a successful move (provoking Ux's AoO), but it both got forced to Stand Still and fell prone from the Bulwark, an ad hoc ruling I'm making in this case just to show that it doesn't have freedom of movement or some similar effect on it.

I also definitely overdid the mook spam here. Try to enjoy yourself. I'll make sure the next fight isn't as monotonous!

[remetagross]

No probs! I was, at first sight, wondering if I had overlooked a powerful part of Bulwark of Defense that made ennemies prone :smallbiggrin:

Ah, Metastachydium, at some point Ux Utanar will learn to let Delja do the talking. By which I mean, mostly stabbing.

Another series of saves against paralysis:
[roll0] and [roll1] for Ux Utanar. Ah, a natural 1 to roleplay :)
[roll2] for Ereshki

Damn, I've just discovered Ux is fairly powerless against damage reduction. I'll have to think about that. Does any of you gals have some Knowledge: dungeoneering ranks to try and guess what kind of DR that is?

[Metastachydium]

Ah, Metastachydium, at some point Ux Utanar will learn to let Delja do the talking. By which I mean, mostly stabbing.

I'm afraid she'll do a lot of weeping and dying inside 'tl then, though!


I'll have to think about that. Does any of you gals have some Knowledge: dungeoneering ranks to try and guess what kind of DR that is?

No, sadly. Knowledge (n&r) yes, but not dungeoneering.


♣

Let's see some Will saves, in the meantime:
[roll0];
[roll1].

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Does any of you gals have some Knowledge: dungeoneering ranks to try and guess what kind of DR that is?

Myriad has a moderate Knowledge (Architecture & Engineering) mod, and minor mods for Arcana, The Planes, and Local. Sadly, no Dungeoneering.

[remetagross]

It'll have to be trial and error, then. At the very least, they're not immune to force damage, and moderately immune to electricity.

My AoO and my first hit have been natural 20s, though I don't know whether these creatures are vulnerable to critical hits.

Confirmation for the AoO: [roll0], and the extra damage is: [roll1]. This probably means that A5 will have to succeed on a DC 50 Ref save or something to be allowed to move, not sure if that makes that much of a difference :p

However, confirmation for the first iterative attack: [roll2], and the extra damage is: [roll3].

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Will Save VS Paralysis (DC 20) [roll0]

[chaincomplex]

Myriad's second Will save: [roll0]

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Will Save VS Paralysis (DC 20) [roll0]
Will Save VS Paralysis (DC 20) [roll1]

Critical Miss for her one attack this round. Sad face.

[Metastachydium]

Will saves (DC 20): [roll0]; [roll1]; and
Fortitude (DC 23): [roll2].

[Metastachydium]

chaincomplex: was Delja's DR 5/cold iron factored into the damage she took?

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Yay for Flanking prep!

Also, Ux is doing a splended job Holding The Line (https://youtu.be/ZVDSZtD4MnU?t=45)!

[chaincomplex]

chaincomplex: was Delja's DR 5/cold iron factored into the damage she took?

Nope, go ahead and factor that in. Generally even if I know a player has a resistance, immunity, auto-succeeds, etc. (which I'll often forget anyways) I will still "run it blindly", so to speak.

[Metastachydium]

Also, Ux is doing a splended job Holding The Line (https://youtu.be/ZVDSZtD4MnU?t=45)!

Frog Leap stuff! I love Frog Leap stuff!


Nope, go ahead and factor that in. Generally even if I know a player has a resistance, immunity, auto-succeeds, etc. (which I'll often forget anyways) I will still "run it blindly", so to speak.

Hah! Thanks! That's both good to know and a pleasant surprise.

[remetagross]

Thanks, though he's not playing battery as well as Toto is :D

[remetagross]

Will save for Ereshki: [roll0]

[remetagross]

Sorry for the late post, mates.

Oh oh, a threat: let's roll a confirmation for that first iterative [roll0], and if it's confirmed, the extra damage is [roll1].

Also, @chaincomplex, I'm a bit embarrassed, but due to the way I wanted to move Ereshki I deleted the dead A2. Also, since Ux Utanar is riding her, I can't place him on the map anymore either. It's not a very satisfactory way to proceed; how do you think we should do?

[chaincomplex]

Also, @chaincomplex, I'm a bit embarrassed, but due to the way I wanted to move Ereshki I deleted the dead A2. Also, since Ux Utanar is riding her, I can't place him on the map anymore either. It's not a very satisfactory way to proceed; how do you think we should do?

We'll just handwave A2, it's not a big deal.

Also as long as we know who's riding what, there's no ambiguity in denoting a character and its mount sharing a square by either the character's symbol or mount's symbol, interchangeably (usually prefer the controlling character for obvious reasons—upscale for the mount). We can just add a note to the tile (right-click menu option) if it's still an issue.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Can a 5' step be used diagonally, or only in the 4 cardinal directions?


Will Save 1: [roll0]
Will Save 2: [roll1]

[Metastachydium]

I mean, one diagonal is 5'. At any rate, if you have the patience, I plan to draw an AoO from A3, just in case.


♣

Will saves: [roll0] and [roll1]

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Add +2 to Myriad's Attack Rolls, since the target is flanked. Forgot to add that when I pasted in my 'Full Attack Rolls' from notepad.

Third attack is a crit miss tho


And no worries about AoO. 5-Foot-Steps do not trigger them.

[chaincomplex]

Can a 5' step be used diagonally, or only in the 4 cardinal directions?

Can be used on the first, third, etc. diagonal. If for some reason you get multiple 5' steps then this matters, otherwise you just get to use it I believe. There may be some nuance about crossing diagonally when there's a corner in the way, I don't remember these details well.

[remetagross]

Two Will saves for Ereshki: [roll0], [roll1].

Aslo, chaincomplex, I've noticed something poorly thought-out. In the Wild Cohort feat (https://web.archive.org/web/20210217062407/http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/re/20031118a), it is specified that the PC can use the Handle Animal skill as a move action rather than a standard action. However, there are no uses of the Handle Animal skill in the srd mandating a standard action. It's either a move action to have an animal perform a trick it knows, or a full-round action to have it perform a trick it knows not. That amount of time being reduced to a free action and a standard action, respectively, in the case of a Druid or Ranger dealing with its animal companion. So, what gives?

[chaincomplex]

Aslo, chaincomplex, I've noticed something poorly thought-out. In the Wild Cohort feat (https://web.archive.org/web/20210217062407/http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/re/20031118a), it is specified that the PC can use the Handle Animal skill as a move action rather than a standard action. However, there are no uses of the Handle Animal skill in the srd mandating a standard action. It's either a move action to have an animal perform a trick it knows, or a full-round action to have it perform a trick it knows not. That amount of time being reduced to a free action and a standard action, respectively, in the case of a Druid or Ranger dealing with its animal companion. So, what gives?

I suppose, amusingly then, that this only applies if you've somehow reduced Handle Animal to a standard action (such as, as you mentioned, by being a Druid). That's my ruling anyways; I'm not going to bootstrap the designers' (possible lack of) intent here. The clause is categorically incorrect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_mistake).

[Metastachydium]

A Will save: [roll0]

[Metastachydium]

And a new flank has been set up!

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Listen: [roll0]

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Aaaaand, roll to confirm crit (1st Attack against flat-footed AC if successfully fainted): [roll0]

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Heh, my friend Biscuit is using a retooled gestalt version of Myriad for her Big Bad villain in the new PBP game she just got underway. I helped make it! It is decidedly more evil and far more deadly than the Myriad you guys know and love. Totally gonna be spying on that game to see how she performs!

[remetagross]

Hehe, I'm curious to hear how that's going to turn!

Will save for Ereshki: [roll0]

Listeck check to hear Delja complaining and Myriad raving about: [roll1]

Auto-success versus the poison.

[Metastachydium]

Heh, my friend Biscuit is using a retooled gestalt version of Myriad for her Big Bad villain in the new PBP game she just got underway. I helped make it! It is decidedly more evil and far more deadly than the Myriad you guys know and love. Totally gonna be spying on that game to see how she performs!

Oh, wow. Poor souls! (Does that version sing? Tell me she doesn't sing.)

[Geeksthenewsexy]

lol No idea, but we'll see!

[Metastachydium]

Well, damn. Turns out I was not paying a sufficient amount of attention to stuff and my relative inexperience with maneuvers ended up showing. So. Turns out, Delja doesn't actually qualify for Sudden Leap, one of her readied maneuvers (I wanted to use irght now, to make matters worse). Chaincomplex: I'm hereby requesting a DM ruling. The way I see it,
1. were I to switch out, say, Burning Blade for Wolf Fang Strike, the issue would be solved;
2. were we to pretend that D. never readied the maneuver she currently can't know, and has another maneuver readied instead the problem could be postponed.
A third option is, of course, "we'll sort it out after combat, don't use your maneuvers 'til then" and I'll, needless to say, understand if you wish to go that way.

[chaincomplex]

Just swap out a maneuver to make the build legal.

Edit. Actually I'm going to do you one better, I understand there are tricks to nab maneuvers without meeting the prereqs, that is to say it's not categorically a problem except in the sense of it not being a part of normal progression.

So let's just pretend you somehow have Sudden Leap, unless you can think of mechanical ambiguities downstream of this issue.

[Metastachydium]

Many thanks! I think I'll go with the former option, however. It's not like I really intended to use Burning Blade for much, ever, and I prefer to stay rules-legal if at all possible.

Will post IC shortly.

[Metastachydium]

CRITICAL THREAT on A4! Rolling to confirm: [roll0] for [roll1] and [roll2] force.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

That Eldritch Blast attack should have a -3 mod added to it for firing into melee (-4 for melee, +1 for point blank). That's what I get for posting pre-coffee.

[remetagross]

Ah, crap, here are the proper rolls:

Full-round action: full-round attack versus A5, power attack of 3.
Attack rolls: [roll0], [roll1], [roll2], [roll3]. Damage rolls: [roll4], [roll5], [roll6], [roll7]
Swift action: sudden stunning in case there's one hit, Will save DC 31 to avoid being stunned.

[remetagross]

Crit confirmation and extra damage: [roll0], [roll1].

[chaincomplex]

Delja makes an Escape Artist check to squeeze through the incredibly tight hallway, presently packed with two of the aberrations themselves squeezing: [roll0]

As an aside guys, make sure your character sheet shows all the relevant bonuses in every field, and if not that your latest post includes relevant modifications I should keep in mind. I'm making hidden checks and saves, and will likely make more as you fight more worthy foes/face more worthy challenges, and have been using your sheets to determine the bonuses.

[remetagross]

Hmmm mine is updated, as far as I know, but gals keep in mind Ux Utanar's aura gives out a +4 bonus to Fort checks to everyone within 30ft.

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Delja makes an Escape Artist check to squeeze through the incredibly tight hallway, presently packed with two of the aberrations themselves squeezing: [roll0]

As an aside guys, make sure your character sheet shows all the relevant bonuses in every field, and if not that your latest post includes relevant modifications I should keep in mind. I'm making hidden checks and saves, and will likely make more as you fight more worthy foes/face more worthy challenges, and have been using your sheets to determine the bonuses.

Only non-obvious thing I can think of that isn't reflected on Myriad's sheet is that because she has 5 ranks in Knowledge (architecture and engineering), she gets +2 on Search checks "involving secret doors and similar compartments".

Though I could not for the life of me figure out my original bonus math for bluff, so I adjusted it down to 14 (+2 Racial, +3 Feat, +3 Item, +6 Invocation), so it is an auto 55 now instead of an auto 60 (I doubt that will make much difference at those levels though). I think it might have been from the original build's 1 level in the Montebank prestige class that I ended up axing in favor of a second level of Warlock for At-Will Detect Magic and a second Invocation to grab darkvision and see invisible.

Oh, and her Rolls to overcome SR for Eldritch Blast if I neglect to pre-roll it is 1d20+2 (only 2 levels of Warlock).

[remetagross]

Wow, man, what a long fight! Glad we made it without too much bruises.

Does any of you gals have a means to cure Con damage? I got 2 points of that.

[Metastachydium]

Wow, man, what a long fight! Glad we made it without too much bruises.

Does any of you gals have a means to cure Con damage? I got 2 points of that.

Yup. A Rod of Bodily Restoration. Ux Utanar should ask and he'll receive.

(Edit: Oh, and D. takes 10 for a 32 on Escape Artist to squeeze back out of the hallway, if needed.)

[remetagross]

Ux Utanar doth ask!

[Metastachydium]

And he receiveth! (As for normal healing, I have 5 healing belt charges (for 10d8 points) and lemme see… 4 potion tiles of CMW (for 8d8+12 points) remaining to offer. Should ability damage become an issue again, D. also carries 4 potion tiles of Lesser Restoration, the Rod has 2 charges still available and the Orb of Mental Renewal has all 3.)

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Sorry, I have been battling with the flu and the fever hasn't really allowed enough coherency to post since I first started disgorging copious amounts of phlegm and snot. I started to a few different times and then couldn't muster the mental fortitude to remember what it was I was trying to do with the post. (Totally failed my Fort Save, which lead me to have a negative effect on my successive Will Saves)

[chaincomplex]

Well don't worry about posting, just rest and heal. Hope you feel better soon!

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Pretty sure a kid in my friend's building brought a bug home, and I got it from my friend when we had dinner on Thursday. I lost like 2 days before I even realized days had passed. That flu hit me like a damn truck. Over the worst of it now though, I think.

[Metastachydium]

Pretty sure a kid in my friend's building brought a bug home, and I got it from my friend when we had dinner on Thursday.

Ah, kids! The most terrible of all terrible plaguebearers!


I lost like 2 days before I even realized days had passed. That flu hit me like a damn truck. Over the worst of it now though, I think.

Well, damn. Keep up the good fight, then, I suppose!

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Kid caused three PBP game delays and caused a reschedule for a weekly discord game between two different Players/DMs. lol

I DM a discord game on Tuesday and play in this PBP game and she is DMing a PBP game and plays in another.

Damn kids. lol

[remetagross]

Rest well, mate!

[Metastachydium]

And Ereshki's brought back above 100 hp, hitting a largely servicable 103 (hey, it beats the 81 she used to have)!

[remetagross]

Neat! She'll jump back into the fray right off the bat! :smallcool:

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Neat! She'll jump back into the fray right off the bat! :smallcool:


https://c.tenor.com/5lS8Q4KltQwAAAAC/tenor.gif

[Geeksthenewsexy]

Delja narrows her eyes in a display of pure, undiluted pain and begins massaging the bridge of her nose with all her available fingers. Druce, I… Really didn't need to know that.

Heh, that isn't nearly as bad as what I'd originally written before I switched to what I posted. "Ugh, why is it that every time that tentacles are involved, I always come away tired and so damn sticky?" lmao

[remetagross]

Yeah, Myriad isn't really kids-friendly, is she? :D

What should we do, mates? Meet up with the arachnoid one that has fled during the fight?