Cosmic Hunters (OOC)

[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

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

[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

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 (1d20+27)[30] & Listen (1d20+27)[40] 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

[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: (1d20+14)[34]

[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? 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 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

[Geeksthenewsexy]

That feeling of enough wealth by level to finally grab that one magic item you always wish you could have 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

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 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. (1d20+9)[10]

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.

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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.