Ruins of Azlant OOC

[farothel]

let me have a shot (not that my rolls are so much better).

knowledge(local): (1d20+7)[18]
survival: (1d20+2)[7]

EDIT: at least I know what it is.

[Spore]

Just a question but can't it take 10 here too? I know Adalbert in our other game can do it explicitly as a game rule: https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questi...nowledge-rolls

(thus, lore master on bards only makes their knowledge rolls combat effective)

[u-b]

Just a question but can't it take 10 here too?

Nope. We'll stick with the (house)ruling that knowledge checks are normally rolled. While we are at it, I'll say that I might, from time to time, declare some other checks as rolled only, if I see fit. Mainly, it will be something that is not business-as-usual and stuff like passive perception of something out of ordinary (that would be most of passive perception checks).

[farothel]

And another knowledge(local): (1d20+7)[20]

[u-b]

I guess another perception roll: (1d20+7)[11]

Nope. You see the whole set of footprints originating from the door of this house, and that's all. Might or might not find more inside the house.

[farothel]

Nope. You see the whole set of footprints originating from the door of this house, and that's all. Might or might not find more inside the house.

Ok, adapted the post to go inside to check. I will keep my rapier ready though, just so you know.

[u-b]

Perception: (1d20+5)[12]

Nope again. I'd say while you could continue with perception and would gain some info if someone rolls high enough, to really make sense of the tracks you'd need some time and survival 22.

[farothel]

Nope again. I'd say while you could continue with perception and would gain some info if someone rolls high enough, to really make sense of the tracks you'd need some time and survival 22.

Let's move on then, unless others want to give it a shot. Some people are starting to get anxious and we don't have the time to take 20. We can Always come back to it later.

[u-b]

If you want to identify the thing, make know (arcana) 15 and then know (religion) 15. This proposal only concerns Jessica now, but will extend to anyone with whom she shares her findings.

@Jessica: how do you roll know (arcana) without having a rank in the skill?

[Farmerbink]

I mean you can roll it, but you're not allowed to pass if the DC is north of 10? Honestly, I forgot that second part applied. *shrugs*

Can Jessica adequately describe the auras without identifying them? (in order to allow others to roll?)

[u-b]

Can Jessica adequately describe the auras without identifying them? (in order to allow others to roll?)

I'd say it would be an out-of-combat activity. So many words to describe what you can see in a moment. And there will be questions to clarify details etc. I will say this would not get you the schools of magic and so the others will be at -4 on the first roll unless any of you make some correct guess(es) about what you take out of the encounter (you can make any reasonable number of non-contradictory guesses about anything and guessing wrong won't make things any worse, but guessing anything right might negate the penalty). That is, assuming you all disengage right now.

[farothel]

I'm outside and disengaged, unless they start throwing things trough the windows.

To bad I missed a magical bow. Should have taken it with me. Maybe I can still go back to get it. But maybe best to do it later.

[Spore]

I assume we disengage for now. I do also assume protective violent spectres (of any kind) are neither Erastil's nor Talmandor's style.

[farothel]

I did. And I would also not burn down the building unless we have no choice. If those invisible things stay inside, we can Always revisit them later.

[Spore]

I'd never thought I would see the simply sentences: "Corn wins." but yet here we are.

[DaOldeWolf]

So, is FarmerBink going to post?

Its been days I dont want the campaign to stop. Its moving pretty well.

[Farmerbink]

Sorry, went on a house-hunting escapade this weekend (which included Friday and Monday, this time). I had been keeping up, but managed to overlook that Jessica won the surprise round. Apologies.

[farothel]

Adding a few rolls here, as I can't roll during an edit IC.
I rolled an 18, which is a critical with a rapier, so here's the confirmation roll. Ignore if the thing is immune to criticals.

attack: (1d20+5)[24] (again, take 2 off if flanking isn't allowed).
additional damage: (1d6)[4]

[SanguinePenguin]

BOOOOO! I wasted my own 19 on likely not knowing what this thing is.

[farothel]

yes, I'll take the AoO to move in flanking position.

[u-b]

Are we at A15-17?

A17. A16 to the north is a corn field from which the walking corn came. A16 to the east is another corn field. A15 are two vegetable fields.

[u-b]

Survival to determine when the last 'quarter-moon' was.

Let's say it was just under two weeks ago, so probably the note was referring to some quarter-moon before that.

[farothel]

Can you figure out what a potion is by dipping a finger in and having a taste? I think I read that somewhere, but I'm not sure and it was probably a houserule anyway.

[u-b]

It is a core rule though it is a bit inconsistent regarding the DC. I'll rule that you can only identify potions of types you know by taste or similar (like cure X wounds) and the Perception DC will be 15 + spell level. You can compare your find to your known healing potions, otherwise it probably will not do you much as you probably know very few potions by taste, if any. I'll give you +4 on Perception for doing a comparison with both known and unknown samples present at the same time.

[farothel]

Sounds logical. I know for sure a cure light wounds potion, and maybe a potion of cat's grace, but that's probably about it (even with my little magical training). We should still have a few cure light wounds potions, so we could compare if it's that. Otherwise we'll have to wait for an Identify spell.

[u-b]

I don't think you need me at the moment. Go ahead and do stuff.

[SanguinePenguin]

Knowledge (nature): (1d20+4)[18]

[u-b]

Taz does not know any animal that would do it. True, some burrowing animals would be about right size, but they all do the burrowing from the surface down and not the other way around.

[SanguinePenguin]

Does it look different than the ankheg nymph hole in the one house? That was about the size of a dog (and presumably dug up from below).

[u-b]

The one in the house was capped on top by being under the bed and having the ankheg nymph crawl from it, so it could not even extend all the way up to the bed, but you would expect an ankheg nymph to make a hole just like this on the open ground.