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I don't know what to take for my 4th level feat.

I was originally going to go with Wild Shape Multiclassing so that Serin could extend her shapeshifting powers into any Medium Natural or Fey beast, along with her Medium Humanoid shapeshifting powers.

Thing is, now I feel it's a bit early to be taking that power, and it definitely wouldn't make sense for her to learn it after being a puppet and completely unable to shapeshift.

My other thoughts then went towards:

Dual Implement Spellcaster : I can apply my off-hand dagger's damage bonus to my damage rolls (but not attack, damn)

Two-Weapon Fighting : I gain a +1 to DMG rolls when wielding two weapons (which is always)

Leather Armor : +2 AC, pretty much. But I'm very rarely attacked.

Arcane Spellfury : When I hit any enemy with an At-Will spell power, I get a +1 to ATK rolls against that same enemy. This can be potentially useful, but it might be hard to keep track of. Plus, it's only useful if I don't kill the enemy.

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I really want to look into upping my ATK bonuses, because I just hate missing. You all know that.

Speaking of which, I was thinking of retraining my Encounter 1 power Whirlwind (Area Burst 1, 1d10 + 8 Damage, Knock Prone) to Cosmos Call (Single Target, 2d8 + 8 Damage, plus one of three conditions: [Ongoing 5 Radiant (Save Ends), Power Gains Radiant Keyword], [Target is Slowed (Save Ends)], [Target is Dazed (Save Ends)].

And, you all know me. I hate single-target powers. But what separates this one from the rest?

This:

Miss: Half Damage

Holy crap. I cannot miss with this attack? On a hit I can do 10-24 damage, and on a miss, that means that I'd be guaranteed a 5-12 damage. Unfortunately, I don't get to roll for the random effect (or do I?), but still. I do love guaranteed hits.

Well anyway. What are your opinions? I'd really like to know what my party thinks.

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Having a guaranteed hit is always nice, but having prone enemies is great for adjacent melee allies.

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Reposting this for the new thread:

Shawn, the multiclass feat Sneak of Shadows (Thievery training, 1/encounter Sneak Attack) really seems to fit into Errik's backstory and opportunistic nature quite a bit.

But since the feat text specifically says "the rogue's Sneak Attack class feature" and the rogue text says "can deal extra damage with a sling, light blade or crossbow" does that mean that I can't apply SA damage to magical attacks?

I know that a lot of the SA appeal in 3.5e was that it could apply to any kind of attack, including targeted magical attacks like Scorching Ray.

If I could apply SA damage to my Magic Missiles or Icy Rays, I would definitely take that as my feat.

But I'm leaving the ruling up to you.

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Not sure of what to take as my 4th level feat either. There's some interesting abilities, but I want to compliment what I got.

Though there's no rush though. Shawn said we'll be level 4 at the end of session, not midway, and he's been giving out exp at the ends of sessions rather than ends of encounters. So really we have more than a week to figure it out.

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Yeah I know but I've been trying to figure this out for a while now. :uhhuh: Just wanna get Shawn's input.

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Please forgive me, Shawn, for what I am about to do, for I know it is a sin.

*deep breath*

Seriousjay said:

What your post revealed to me is:

1) There's a clear reason why he dropped out of the game and put the nail in the coffin of the game.
2) His public excuse stinks even more when his GF has to post for him.
3) I'm coming out nasty, which is for the record is very genuine and will continue to be as I have every right to be and this will affect my general opinion on certain people.

The right course would have to have privately messaged me his concerns whether they are valid or not, not to throw away the game with a vague "not feeling it" on the forums. Words cannot describe the venom that I wanted to spew. The fact that his GF has to defend him when he is being called out.... fuck it.

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1) The clear reason is that he wasn't feeling or interested in it anymore. It was straightforward and honest. It's a pity you don't like the answer, but that's the way it is. No maliciousness or other evil intent. It wasn't going anywhere for him, apparently. At least that's how I interpret "not feeling it". These are my words, FYI. Not his.
2) I AM NOT his girlfriend. I am his fiancee and proud of it. This brings me to another point: I am not his SERVANT doing his bidding. Those were MY thoughts and mine alone. I don't know how you do it up in Canada, but down here in the States we don't take kindly to sexism, kthxbai.
3) You have no right whatsoever to be nasty to Darryl and lock your post so no one could respond because of me. What's that all about Jay? "Nanny nanny boo boo, I can post, but not you!" I have a mind of my own and Darryl did not encourage or promote me saying any of that. You've known me for long enough now, Jay. Sweet Jesus. Do you honestly think me no more than his mouth piece on this forum? Again, it was my own opinion unsupported and unsolicited by Darryl.

Lastly, it is a great pity that the game ended. If you don't believe me, ask Shawn. We were just discussing it this afternoon and both Darryl and my regrets.

Whatever. I still like you Jay, but goddamned, I had no idea your defensiveness would go so far as to insult me for saying a few words. You made me feel like you didn't ever pay any attention to me or my personality at all...

*coughs*

I deeply apologize to everyone else in this forum for bringing this nasty bit to our Thursday night game. It's not right of me, but I wasn't going to take that insult and just PM him. He publicly insulted me and I want people to see my side. Still doesn't make it right, but alas...I have my flaws.

:aaahhh:

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falineowlight said:

I don't know how you do it up in Canada, but down here in the States we don't take kindly to sexism, kthxbai.

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[THISTAGHEREFORPEOPLEWHOCANTTELLWHENIMJOKING]that was uncalled for :angry:[/THISTAGHEREFORPEOPLEWHOCANTTELLWHENIMJOKING]

EDITED to accomodate people with a rampant disability, GPJMD (gurpel post joke misdetection disorder)

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*puts Jay, Julie, Daryl, and Gurpel in separate corners* Now now, play nice. ^-^; We're all friends here.

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doomdragon6 said:

*puts Jay, Julie, Daryl, and Gurpel in separate corners* Now now, play nice. ^-^; We're all friends here.

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im editing my post ._.

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Gurpel, I'm away from home but will have a chance to check my books soon. I'll let you know. However if it specifically requires you to be a certain class or use certain weapons it probably isn't something you can use.

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I was playin' too, Gurp, I just needed to fill all the corners. :bush:

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Shawnacy said:

Gurpel, I'm away from home but will have a chance to check my books soon. I'll let you know. However if it specifically requires you to be a certain class or use certain weapons it probably isn't something you can use.

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......youuuuu mean gusto?

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Gurpel said:

Shawnacy said:

Gurpel, I'm away from home but will have a chance to check my books soon. I'll let you know. However if it specifically requires you to be a certain class or use certain weapons it probably isn't something you can use.

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......youuuuu mean gusto?

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That's funny; Julie made that mistake yesterday too.

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Gurpel said:

Shawnacy said:

Gurpel, I'm away from home but will have a chance to check my books soon. I'll let you know. However if it specifically requires you to be a certain class or use certain weapons it probably isn't something you can use.

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......youuuuu mean gusto?

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Yes. Thank you. Sorry, Gusto/Gurpel.
Busy day yesterday and lots of G names.

Got a date tonight, so I'll just have to remember to pack my books and look at them while I'm at work later.

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That makes me wonder-- I wouldn't take it anyway since I'm getting Wild Shape instead, but it says "if you use a dagger." Would that apply to Serin's spells since she uses them through a dagger?

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Shit.

Well I'm back to having no idea what to take as a feat.

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I'm a bit jealous of your 5th level Dailies, Gusto. I want Fireball SO BAD.

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doomdragon6 said:

I'm a bit jealous of your 5th level Dailies, Gusto. I want Fireball SO BAD.

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Yep. Taking Fireball and Acid Mire as my 5th level Daily and Spellbook.

Actually.... I'm thinking of NOT taking Fireball. Bigby's Icy Grasp seems friggin' awesome. But I guess I have some time to figure it out.

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Aw crap, I haven't even looked at my level 4 stuff yet. I should probably do that tonight. ^^;; I wish I had an AoE attack, but I guess being a ranger kind of eliminates that one.

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Well if the Alchemist feat was worth taking at all and the potions weren't UNGODLY EXPENSIVE one of us could take that and attach the explosive stuff to your arrows.

If only we could find a huge store of explosive chemicals.

Hint, hint.

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I was actually thinking of retraining my Ritual Caster feat as Alchemist (wizard bonus feat) and taking Mark of Scribing as my 4th level feat (+2 Diplomacy, gain 4 languages and the ability to retrain them, and I can cast rituals as though I had the Ritual Caster feat).

It's a pretty beefy feat, adds to Errik's backstory as a part of a mafia that often dealt with many different cultures, and will give me Alchemy as a [sorta shitty] feat.

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Wait wait wait... You can take Alchemy, and a feat that basically gives you Ritual Casting??

WHAT?

I fucking want that! Talk about a worthwhile feat! *looks into it*

But yeah, Julie, if we stumble upon/ actively look for/ whatever a huge pile of vials/potions, we can have a buttload of them modified for your ranged weapon, and then you effectively have area of effect spells.

And hell, with Twin Shot, you get to use them twice.

Holy crap! I'm excited, I want to do that. WE ARE RAIDING AN ALCHEMIST'S LAB. THAT IS FINAL.

Edit: I can't find Mark of Scribing anywhere.

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doomdragon6 said:

WE ARE RAIDING AN ALCHEMIST'S LAB. THAT IS FINAL.

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THAT'S RIGHT. Isn't it, Shawn?

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Mark of Scribing is a Dragonmark feat with apparently no prerequisites, and is listed on my DDi Character Builder.

*shrug*

Unless Shawn disallows it for some reason, that's what I'm gonna take.

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Ah, I see, it's in the Eberron Player's Gu-

... They flesh out Doppelgangers!! *reads*

Edit: Nothing new and nothing I didn't already know or make up on my own.

EXCEPT, I have a new encounter power- Changeling Trick. Let me make a Bluff check against passive Insight to gain combat advantage. So basically once per encounter I can get a +2 to a-... Oh. Melee range.

.... Worthless. *tosses it*

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Edit 2: Holy hell. These Dragonmarks are so... overpowered!

Though it sounds like these feats are specific to Eberron, and you'd probably need a decent reason for a sudden mark appearing on you that gave you powers. Maybe Shawn could work it in as more demonic crap happening to you.

Anyway, if he's allowing these Dragonmarks I might look into them. Cuz +4 languages for a Shapeshifter? Yes please. +2 Diplomacy to a 19 CHA and Ritual Casting at that?

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Edit 3: Oh! I have access to a whole... 1 new Changeling feat!! It lets me escape as a minor action! AND I ignore penalties while squeezing! :eyeroll:

Sigh. Oh well.

Looked at the Dragonmarks and the only one I'm interested in is the one Gusto mentioned, and I wouldn't want to take the same stuff.

Maybe I'll just go ahead and take Wild Shape. Bah, I dunno. It's so hard to choose feats.

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Edit 4: Neato. I can take the Chameleon Paragon Path. Basically I can copy any of my allies' Encounter abilities (lvl 11), Utility (12), and Daily (20) each extended rest. That's pretty cool.

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Dragonmark feats usually require having a dragon mark of some kind. Dragonmarks are confined to the Eberron setting which, despite maybe starting a game in that setting at some point in the future, is not associated with the current game. You'll have to save those feats for characters from that world. Essentially a dragonmark requires you to be part of one of the powerful family lines that inhabit Eberron. I haven't read much into the 4.0 rules, and I don't currently have the book with me, but if I remember correctly the family lines are also race specific with very few exceptions. Meaning a halfling would probably only realistically have access to one or two of those actual feats depending on if his ancestors were members of a dragonmark house (which I think only one of the many dragonmark houses were actually made up of halflings).

The Eberron book is not off-limits however and other feats can be taken so long as it's not Dragonmark related. Doom, your changeling for instance can still take changeling related feats and you may take the paragon path mentioned if you so desire.

Regarding Sneak of Shadows, the sneak attack bonus will not apply to your magical abilities. I also remember in 3.5 how you could get a sneak attack with a spell, I guess they felt the same didn't apply here. However there may actually be another feat or perhaps a class that allows an exception to this rule.

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hm. so now that i'm technically a swordmage as well as a warlord, i could get a familiar :]

i might think about it. there doesnt seem to be a\ lot else that's useful :/

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Gurpel said:

hm. so now that i'm technically a swordmage as well as a warlord, i could get a familiar :]

i might think about it. there doesnt seem to be a\ lot else that's useful :/

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You could get a familiar, yes.
You can also take other swordmage specific feats.
And if all else fails you can take another multiclass feat.

Speaking of characters, once we finish the game tonight can people PM me copies of their character builder files as soon as they have been updated?

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Hahaha.

I'd gladly send you a copy of my Character Sheet NOW if I could decide on a Feat, like, at all.

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Dammit.

I thought I had finally settled on a feat (Bardic Ritualist) but it turns out I can't have the same skill training TWICE. Go figure.

All I wanted was a +18 to Arcana.

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I've decided to take Implement Expertise (Tome) (+1 feat bonus to basically ALL of my spells attack roll). I figure it'll come in handy since I'm often attacking more than one target, and will give me a greater chance of hitting more targets, and thereby triggering my Destructive Wizardry feat.

I might take Bardic Ritualist sometime down the line, even without the Arcana bonus it'd normally grant me. It basically gives me the Alchemist feat for free, counts as a Bard multiclass, and the REAL benefit, allows me to cast a ritual at NO COMPONENT COST once per day.

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Huh. A free ritual once per day'd be pretty bitchin' seeing as we rarely ever need one. Don't forget you found like 200 gp worth of components, so you can cast a couple for "free."

I don't know what to take for a feat, either. I already have implement expertise, so I can't increase attack power very much.

Any other feats I want to take need to work in conjunction with another, which means that it wouldn't be truly effective until level 6 or 8, depending on when I'd want to take Wild Shape.

Like, Wild Shape is a given. But I'd like for Serin to "earn" it RP-wise vs. just suddenly having it.

Wait, you said we could take multiple multiclass feats? In that case I might multiclass wizard as well. That way I get a wizard at-will as a power, and can get something else like Burning Hands or something equally explosive down the line, along with destructive wizardry.

Oh, but wait. That's right. Those powers work off of intellect and thus severely weaken them for me. Damn.

ARGH. DAMN THESE FEATS.

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sadly i am pretty sure you ca\n only multiclass into 1 class max. now that i've taken the swordmage multiclass, the only available feats for me in the multiclass tree are another swordmage feat and "novice power" which is supposed to let me switch out an encounter of my own for that of my secondary class but which i think is bugged.

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game in t-minus 2 hours, right?

anyway, i messed up, guys. i put off listening to the recordings too late and now i have 1 hour of session 12 and all of 13 to catch up on. i intend to listen to them now that i have them downloaded, but i only have 2 hours. can i get the cole's notes on what i missed?

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Alright, let's see, you left when we became puppets.

We broke out of our cages, some more gracefully than others (flaming wooden monkey handspring go!). We looked around the shop (we're in a toy shop, by the way) and tried to get our bearings.

We noticed that a bunch of other toys were alive as well, mostly just staring at us from the shelves, but not saying anything.

Serin grabbed a hobby knife in case we needed a good blade (and we did, so Adia has it now to attack with), and I don't remember if anyone else grabbed anything. Saryon noticed a spool of string on one of the tables, so he went to get it and was met with a giant (regular-sized?) Jack in the Box with a skull head. He was a bit of an asshole, but I liked him.

Anyway, after a bunch of bickering the toy-maker came in, and we quickly discovered that he was either senile or just not quite right. He had no problem with toys being alive, however, and it was apparent that they live with him as anything else.

He had no knowledge of his son doing all these body-puppet changes, or refused to acknowledge that he did, and thought we were playing games. Through miscommunication, or our confusion, or something, we were led out the door by the man (as we're all free to roam around it seems). That's where Session 12 ended.

13 started with a half hour of us trying to get back into the house. When we finally did, we were once again greeted by the Jack in the Box, who was feeling a bit more hostile this time. He attacked, along with a stuffed Vicejaw and an Iron Soldier.

The JITB hounded Saryon, who had been teasing him earlier. The Vicejaw was quickly made minced stuffing by Adia and her new hobby knife, and the Iron Soldier fell to the mighty chemistry knowledge of our wizard. Saryon got a nice crit on the Jack-ass in the box, which ended that.

We made our way upstairs to find the old man sleeping. As we started to look around, we noticed a pair of glowing eyes out from under the bed. A KITTY POUNCED!

With no intention of killing this man's poor kitty, we made as much noise as we could to wake him up. A magic missile to the elbow stirred the man from his sleep.

After some talking, he finally seemed to understand our situation, but still refused to acknowledge his son's wrongdoings, and was very obviously afraid. He told us to find the one in the woods who was like us.

At that point, he either fell asleep or was pretending, and refused to talk further.

We heard the door downstairs open up, so we went to investigate. It was a very Zoro-esque puppet who was apparently "like us."

He took us to his home in the woods and explained the situation.

I don't remember it fully, unfortunately. The son took puppets and switched their life with the adults in the town. The puppets went to live on, but the bodies withered and died after a week. For some reason, Maligno (the son) is a puppet and can't switch his life with a real person, no matter how hard he tries.

There's also a fog around the town that wards off any kind of outer influence, and fences the townspeople in.

I'm really bad at summarizing the comlicated stuff. If anyone wants to step in, please do.

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That's basically right.

Also, the Zoro puppet (whose name I forget) told us that the puppet/body transfer is done by attacking the bodies with those needles they were throwing at us during the backstage fight. The puppet gave us 10 of them but we'll likely need to get more.

Also, the puppets will NOT attack children.

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Fun game.

So, what do we do about a new leader character?

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Maybe a story thing will turn someone hybrid?

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Good game. Please level up and start at base xp for 4th level. PM me your updated sheets and please incidicate in your PM what stat change you made and any feats/powers you gained. If you choose something like a familiar, or an ability that causes and effect please indicate how you would like that effect described in the course of the game.

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I'm still trying to decide whether I should take a feat that grants me a little healing ability in order to (sorta) make up for Saryon...

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Gusto said:

I'm still trying to decide whether I should take a feat that grants me a little healing ability in order to (sorta) make up for Saryon...

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If you don't think you'll have fun with it don't take it. For right now I'm playing Saryon.

And don't forget that you do have a Leader class PC. You have Kratash who is a warlord.
So you have a Leader, two strikers, a defender, and a controller.
Honestly not a bad group.

However, if someone is possibly interested in reworking their character into a hybrid class, please send me a tell. Basically we'll have to rework your character from the ground up. You'll choose your current class as well as one leader class. This change will occur as part of the storyline. Please read up on hybrid classes before you agree to it. Basically you are trading out specialization for functionality.

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I'm taking Bardic Dilettante as my 4th level feat:

- Bard multiclass
- Bard skill training (Religion)
- 2/encounter/day Majestic Word (allows me or nearby ally to spend a healing surge + my Charisma (+2). This increases at level 6/11/16/etc. by 1d6. Also lets me shift the person I heal one square.)

So basically Errik can dip back into the halflings' traditions of community and storytelling enough to provide some healing and religious insight.

Also, I've legalized my ability scores. My Strength is up to its legal minimum, my Constitution is lower to allow for it, and I 4th-level increased my Intelligence and Charisma.

Character Sheet attached.

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I just honestly cannot decide a feat. Unfortunately I'm going to be busy all weekend so I might not get a character sheet to you before Monday. Sorry.

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I'm not bust all weekend, but these feat choices still suck and that may delay me. It may suck so much as to restrain movement from Friday...

If all else fails, I'll go for a skill training.

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Well, my thought so far-

I absolutely want the druid's Wild Shape power. I just don't think Serin should have that ability yet. Plus, if I were to multiclass I'd absolutely pick Wizard. Down the road I could get some better controller powers, get Destructive Wizardry, etc.

At the moment, I'm thinking Jack of all Trades or the feat that allows me to roll twice for my resistance each day.

But those would probably be temporary, and be retrained later.

If I had the money to purchase a Dagger of Frost +1, I'd go for Astral Fire which makes an enemy hit by a power with the fire keyword (my Starburst) vulnerable 5 to cold. Then I'd just make every other attack against that enemy cold damage and get a +5 dmg each time.

And for my next feat, I'd get Wintertouched, which gives me combat advantage to enemies vulnerable to cold. So after I've hit them with my fire power, I've got a +2 to ATK and a +5 to DMG.

This of course delays me getting Wild Shape, which might be fine. I feel like to learn how to shapeshift into creatures, that might have to be a story arc or at least a minor RP thing.

Right now I'll probably pick something temporary to see how I like it, then retrain when I can get the Frost Dagger or decide something else.

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i know what i'm getting now.

improved initiative

hayull yeah.

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Gurpel said:

i know what i'm getting now.

improved initiative

hayull yeah.

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This was in the running for me, honestly. Although it's awesome when I go last, especially in minion-heavy encounters.

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It seems odd to me that so many people are having difficulty deciding on a feat to take. I figured that with plenty of feats available there shouldn't be "nothing worthwhile". I'll have to experiment and make a 9th level character, and see how quickly I run out of decent feats.

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Actually, starting at level 9 would make picking feats easier. That starts you out with, let's see.. level 1, 2 ,4 ,6, and 8. So 5 feats.

I would get these feats, probably:

Level 1: Arcane Familiar
Level 2: Implement Focus (+1 ATK)
Level 4: Dual Implement Spellcaster (Add Off-Hand weapon's DMG bonus to rolls)
Level 6: Two-Weapon Fighting (+1 DMG when wielding two weapons [always])
Level 8: Druid Multiclass - Wild Shape

But for some reason, I don't want to take those one at a time in that order. To me, why care about damage right now? We're going to kill the enemies regardless, so adding 1 point per attack barely matters. It makes me want to pick something more RP or skill-related. But then I realize I don't make that many skill checks.

Or, with the roll twice for Wild Resistance-- I think, why? It's only come in handy -once-. And that was when I happened to have Acid Resistance and we happened to fight an Acidic Ooze. And while it could definitely come in handy if I knew what we were going to be up against, I'd still only have a 1 in 5 chance of getting the resistance I needed. And if I was that concerned about it, I could take the daily utility that lets me change my resistance for an encounter.

And then there's the "Why?" factor for a lot of them.

Example-- there are feats that give a feat bonus to DMG when you use a fire power, or a cold power, etc.

BUT. Guess what also gives a feat bonus to damage! IMPLEMENT MASTERY. Since they don't stack, why would anyone ever pick those feats??

Also, another example-- the one changeling specific feat they added, where I can attempt to escape as a minor and I don't suffer any penalties for squeezing. I haven't had to do either of these things our entire game. And the ONE time that we'd ever need to squeeze, I wouldn't mind the penalty. And escaping? I can teleport. I don't even need to roll for that.

It's just, like, most things are just barely worth taking. What I really want is attack bonuses, and this game is super stingy with those. Dual Implement Spellcaster doesn't even add the attack bonus.

Also, I have 3 interesting, but nigh useless, sorcerer-specific feats. You can look them up for specifics, but essentially I get bonuses to attack or damage on my next so-and-so attack on so-and-so target after using so-and-so at-will.

I actually made a chart to see which of my powers granted these benefits and which ones recieved benefits, and against whom, and I ultimately decided they weren't worth having.

Some feats, however, are just must-haves. Like the Wizard's destructive wizardry. None of that, if this, then this, but only if this and not that, bullshit. It's just, "If you hit 2 or more enemies, which is your motherfucking specialty, add not one, but TWO damage to the roll." That is what I consider a perfectly useful feat.

Other feats do too little, so you look for ones that do a lot in one go. Like a familiar. My Dragonling adds 2 to my healing surge (alone crappy), teaches me Draconic (again alone crappy), and basically gives me ranged close blasts (only reason I chose a dragonling).

I know ya can't do much, and I'm not even asking you to, just giving you my perspective on why I'm having a hard time choosing feats.

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By the way, Errik votes for going to end Maligno and his buddies immediately. Not only is he supremely pissed off at what was done to the party (mostly him :heythere: ) but he wants to end this reign of terror before they can put on another show.

OOC, we're all at full or near-full health, full or near-full surges, we all have AT LEAST one action point, and none of us have used our dailies. Besides both Errik and I having a lot of motivation to end things sooner rather than later, I REALLY wanna use an action point to roleplay some two-handed casting.

Just bringing this one back to the top.

By the way, not sure we need to limit pages any more unless the thread is image heavy. We'll see.

We're back baby.

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I'm sorry, I still haven't updated Adia...I'll do it tomorrow. Promise! Oh, and the new forums kinda are annoying. Buuuuut, my ava is cuter now because it's...ME! XD

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Let's get those updated characters in.

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Can you PM your Email? We can't attach files to PMs here.

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Weird.

That's... That's totally not how I pictured you.

... I really hate seeing what people actually look like. :tear:

Anywho, I'll send you my updated sheet. I'm just gonna pick a feat and see what happens.

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Alright, I've picked Skill Training: Stealth for my new feat, retrained Enc. 1 Whirlwind for Enc. 1 Cosmos Call, and added 1 Skill point to Wisdom, and added 1 Skill point to Charisma.

This will hopefully give me more chances to make Serin the more stealthy assassin-type I always intended her to be, will give me a guaranteed-hit attack, and will give me the pre-requisite I need to get Wild Shape later.

I'll probably retrain the skill training later, but oh well.

I'm going to give Cosmos Call a shot and see how I like it. I haven't used Whirlwind in a while, so I figured I'd try a one-shot that's guaranteed to at least do some damage.

Just for visual's sake, Cosmos Call is going to look like an electrical, swirling, pulsating energy that dances between Serin's hands as she charges it up, then flies as a white, radiant, electrical ball with electrical-looking streamers behind it until it reaches its target. On a miss, it'll just hit the target and flash away, and on a hit, it'll hit the target with a last burst of electrical-looking energy surging up into its mind (to cause its additional effects).

I'll probably end up retraining everything. Le sigh.

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Poor Doom.

Can't wait to play. Shawn, you got my character file from the old forum, right?

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I forgot to download it when I had the chance Gusto.
I just got my new computer anyway so I'd have to have you send it again regardless.

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Well we need a new way to send it since apparently we can't attach character files anymore.

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The email I PMed you is an awesome method of doing just that.

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doomdragon6 said:

Weird.

That's... That's totally not how I pictured you.

... I really hate seeing what people actually look like. :tear:

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I'm...sorry? I didn't mean to disappoint. :/ How did you picture me? Now I'm curious.

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I dunno. Just different. I can't even explain. Your features look more prominent, and I was picturing someone who looked... very subdued... Or something. I don't know. XD

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doomdragon6 said:

I dunno. Just different. I can't even explain. Your features look more prominent, and I was picturing someone who looked... very subdued... Or something. I don't know. XD

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You shouldn't judge based on a zoomed-in, cropped, Photoshopped for flourish photo of her when she's purposely dolled up.

That said, I have no idea what you mean by subdued. Whenever she takes glamor shots like that, she's either in princess mode (as you see) or all gothy.

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I've found her youtube profile. Julie is awesomely and amazingly attractive.
Super Compliment Man AWAY! /zoom

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Know what I've noticed recently?

Our party is getting along too well. I miss the constant bickering, Adia's bitchiness and Kratash's foolhardy nature. XD

Maybe it's just because we've been puppets for a while and we're dealing with some really weird shit (as opposed to normal shit like demon children).

And this thread's too quiet! Where'd all our discussions go? Notably, I miss Julie's posts for some reason. We used to like, plot every option and what was coming up and all that.

Again, I guess it could be the situation. We do really only have one choice right now- beat the shit out of Maligno.

Actually! Do we want to destroy him? He's the toymaker's son right? And unless he's a son in the sense that "I built him, he's my son," that means he was once human or something, right? So maybe instead of destroying him, we can save him.

I.. don't know how, of course, but let's get some discussion again!

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doomdragon6 said:

Know what I've noticed recently?

Our party is getting along too well. I miss the constant bickering, Adia's bitchiness and Kratash's foolhardy nature. XD

Maybe it's just because we've been puppets for a while and we're dealing with some really weird shit (as opposed to normal shit like demon children).

And this thread's too quiet! Where'd all our discussions go? Notably, I miss Julie's posts for some reason. We used to like, plot every option and what was coming up and all that.

Again, I guess it could be the situation. We do really only have one choice right now- beat the shit out of Maligno.

Actually! Do we want to destroy him? He's the toymaker's son right? And unless he's a son in the sense that "I built him, he's my son," that means he was once human or something, right? So maybe instead of destroying him, we can save him.

I.. don't know how, of course, but let's get some discussion again!

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Honestly?

From what I've heard of Maligno, even from his poor abused father, he is probably BEYOND saving. Much like young Graul. And I don't know that I wanna get too deep into conversation with him if it'll give him a chance to get the drop on US, rather than vice versa.

We tried to reason with Graul and it gave him the chance to get some early attacks in on Kratash. I don't wanna risk being turned into a puppet again, and neither does Errik. I really think we need to strike first and ask questions later.

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I've found her youtube profile. Julie is awesomely and amazingly attractive.
Super Compliment Man AWAY! /zoom

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:blusssssssssssssssssssssssh:

Err. Um. :brighter blush:

Here's a video of myself, Darryl, and two of my friends from college. Maybe seeing me in motion is better. Or something.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sBtE_a0aa4"]YouTube - The Lower Case seVen Chronicles - The Beginning[/ame]

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Since it's the cool thing to do, here's my smiling face yet again. I'm sure many of you have seen me.

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Here's the DM

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I HATE SEEING YOU PEOPLE

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Here's the DM

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OMG, I LUFF j00. @_@ :impressed: >_> ... <_< :runs away before her fiance kills her:

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shit, i messed up. brt, but no char sheet. uber sorry.

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halp where is the vent info!?

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falineowlight said:

OMG, I LUFF j00. @_@ :impressed: >_> ... <_< :runs away before her fiance kills her:

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You know I don't care . On occasion, you are aggravated by my apathy.

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escushion said:

You know I don't care . On occasion, you are aggravated by my apathy.

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Heh, yeah, it's true. You just don't care if I drool all over you looking at David Bowie or Johnny Depp... XD

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Sorry about the complications tonight and the lack of game. New computer has some apparent bugs to work out and I have to say that the frustrations with that, coupled with my intense drowsiness and the intense heat of my room (it's 101 degrees out and AC isn't helping much) isn't helping matters.
Now that we have game table running, and Mic problems to a limit, we should be good to go. I'll probably get someone on vent with me during the week so we can test out my settings and make sure we don't have any more Japanese horror over Vent.

Thanks again for being understanding, guys. I'll make it up to you next week.

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Hey, we made some progress. Made a fire, put a fire out, traumatized some children, made them go away. Now we're ready for The Showdown.

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escushion said:

Hey, we made some progress. Made a fire, put a fire out, traumatized some children, made them go away. Now we're ready for The Showdown.

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Hey, I traumatized them, BUT THEN I INSPIRED them. :uhhuh:

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Yeah.
Inspired them to hide in their homes like cowards.
:clap:

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Well yeah, basically. They're children. I know tat the puppets typically don't attack children but Errik knows what a man of principles is capable of in his most desperate moments. He doesn't want to leave it up to chance, especially if someone's gonna be lobbing fireballs around. aranoid:

And I maintain that I inspired them to not just go along with this bullshit. We're putting an end to it TONIGHT.

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The lack of posting in this thread is making lurking exceedingly boring.

Where's all the puppet rage?

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Saving my puppet rage for game night.

It's been steadily building for these past 4-5 weeks, believe me.

I am adamant about going to the Final Showdown sooner rather than later because I wanna unload my 2 action points in their faces. I believe Serin's gem works now as well.

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Ah yes. I always forget about that little thing.

Comes into use so rarely. :uhhuh:

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Gonna have to make this battle of puppet rage quite epic then. *Goes back to his notes*

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RAEG

:angry:

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Game day!

I've been waiting for this alllll week.

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Should be fun. I'm putting some last minute touches on Maligno.
You guys have been in this town longer than I thought you would be, but considering I fucked up last week I guess it would feel that way.

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We're good to go in 15 min. Gametable is up. I'm on Vent and so far no sound problems.
I've been updating the Summary a bit by bit.

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Now that Character Builder is updated, there are actually GOOD FEATS!

Don't guess I could retrain and get on of 'em, eh? >_>

Eh, I guess I've already abused that power.

There's a new feat that adds more att-... Wait.

Focused Expertise doesn't stack with Weapon Expertise or Implement Expertise.

.... THEN WHAT THE FUCK IS THE POINT??

ARGH!

I guess I'd take Quick Familiar (move Fyoosh with minor, very helpful for setting up attacks with him), or Shared Speed (+1 speed to both of us) if I were to change.

Seriously. What the fuck is the point of Focused Expertise???

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alright once again kratash proves himself to be the sanest/most generic character.

i should try to fit some development in at some point. i mean, hey, i am travelling with some interesting company

-mute shapeshifting abomination
-morally ambiguous pyro
-bipolar/ptsd/werewolf? ranger
edit: being fantasy-racist is fun

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Hope it was enjoyable. There was some interesting twists at the end there.

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XD *runs around like a chicken with its head cut off* Oh Em Gee! THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN! I love playing crazy people! (And that final battle was epic as hell, even if I -was- bitching about how I can't ever hit anything.)

The tingly glowy skin was interesting, however ... I R NOT TWILITE VAMPYR. Stupid ass glittery pieces of shit.

And Luke, I am your father? Eh?

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Oh man I control so much FIRE now. Shawn, I need the limitations on that spell/book. I know it's not exactly like the Tome of Replenishing Fire +1 just yet.

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falineowlight said:

XD *runs around like a chicken with its head cut off* Oh Em Gee! THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN! I love playing crazy people! (And that final battle was epic as hell, even if I -was- bitching about how I can't ever hit anything.)

The tingly glowy skin was interesting, however ... I R NOT TWILITE VAMPYR. Stupid ass glittery pieces of shit.

And Luke, I am your father? Eh?

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I've never seen or read twilight, so I doubt that's going to happen.

And "Luke I am your father"? I think Euric was pretty clear he possibly knew of your father. Not that he was him.

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I made the Vader joke; I'm not sure why she took it seriously. She's kooky like that.

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And somewhere, Cillian Murphy gets the chills down his back.

Oh man I control so much FIRE now. Shawn, I need the limitations on that spell/book. I know it's not exactly like the Tome of Replenishing Fire +1 just yet.

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I'll have to remember to bring my book to work and look it up, but for the most part you're going to get the level 5 version minus one spell. There will be another that will become available to you at a higher level. You won't be able to use Fireball again until you reach 5th though.

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Shawnacy said:

Oh man I control so much FIRE now. Shawn, I need the limitations on that spell/book. I know it's not exactly like the Tome of Replenishing Fire +1 just yet.

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I'll have to remember to bring my book to work and look it up, but for the most part you're going to get the level 5 version minus one spell. There will be another that will become available to you at a higher level. You won't be able to use Fireball again until you reach 5th though.

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Yeah cool that's basically what I thought.

Wait... There's a lvl 2 item called the Tome of Replenishing Flame, and a lvl 5 item called the Book of Undeniable Fire.

Which one do I ACTUALLY have?!

Their effects are quite different, apart from the grants-bonus-dail(ies), sacrifice-a-daily-to-use-a-stored-one.

Replenishing Flame - gives me 1 hp every round that I sustain a fire power while bloodied.

Undeniable Fire - Any fire power I use against an enemy is subject to 10 less resistance to fire, if they have any.

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Undeniable.

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Okay awesome. That's what I was hoping .

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Wow, we were in the puppet place for so long, I kind of feel lost. I wonder if Assrack is feeling lonely too, since we've been gone. A villain needs his heroes...

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I actually feel less lost. We're heading to Astrazalia for fun times!

Also, Julie, did you want to post your char sheet so we can take a look and maybe tweak it some?

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I wouldn't mind a copy of that.

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I still feel that Adia is built just fine. The ONLY thing that throws it off is Grendmir's +12, however the @#$% he gets that.

Like, I have a +8 to attack and Sorcerers are supposed to hit a lot.

Errik has what? A +7?

I don't really know about the others, but I'm pretty sure they're in the +7-8 range.

Adia's a +7 and she doesn't even have a +1 bow.

So really, Grendmir's the only one throwing this off. A +12 is insane. I really don't see where he gets that. Can you break it down for us, Esc?

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From what I've seen (from building a sample L4 ranger) is that the reason for Adia's lower ATK rolls is that she split her ability focus between STR and DEX, and in fact took an even lower DEX (evened out by her racial bonus). This isn't necessarily a problem, in fact I approve of characters who aren't min-maxed, but she rarely goes the melee route... The auto-assign ability score ranger I made has a 21 DEX at level 4, for a +9 to all attacks, and is a completely ranged ranger.

Basically what I'm saying here is that Adia has a +7 to attack ranged, and probably the same to attack melee. Grendmir has a +12 to attack melee, but his ranged attack rolls are probably kinda crappy. Erikk has a +8 with spells, but can't attack with melee or ranged for shit.

It all balances out in the long run, but the problem comes from Shawn trying to increase enemies AC to defend them against Grend or Kratty, keeping Adia from hitting a lot of the time. I'm not sure how much he's editting creature stats, or if it's just the types of enemies we've been playing against, but Adia has chosen a more hybrid build versus the focus that a lot of our strikers have.

Again, no worries if that's the way she wants to roll. God knows Errik isn't optimized for combat either.

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Well, at level 4, with my communal dagger, I have a +9 ranged.

That's right. I, a sorcerer, am more likely to hit with a dagger than a ranger is likely to hit with her bow.

Heck! I'm more likely to hit with my dagger than my own spells! Too bad damage wouldn't be worth it. =P

Edit: Whoops, I was wrong. I have a +10 to ranged attack with my Communal Dagger. 9 is my natural.

Breakdown: +2 Half Level, +4 Ability, +3 Proficiency, +1 Magic Weapon

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Huh, I must have missed some bonuses. My Dex mod is higher, so I'm at a +9 DMG now. Coolio.

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Yeah but Adia has a 16 DEX and STR, no magic weapon, and less proficiency (this strikes me as a little dumb, and also that there are no ranged weapons other than thrown daggers that she'll have more proficiency with).

+3 DEX/STR, +2 half level, +2 prof.

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So basically more DEX and less STR would do her some good.

If she wished to go that route, of course.

If she took her DEX to match mine and got a +1 weapon, she'd be at a +9 (due to the 1 less prof. bonus), and if she took the Weapon Focus/Mastery/Whatever-the-hell-adds-to-ATK feat, she'd be at a comfortable +10 to ranged attack (which is great, because we'd have 2 melee, 2 casters, and a ranged).

That boosts her 3 points, which is well worth the retooling. Instead of being 5 points behind Grendmir, she'd only be 2 behind.

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Sometimes, it's just not all about min/maxing and being a more rounded out character. Furthermore, Shawn's game is pretty RP, so... I'd expect a lot of neat situations where one's "special skill" can be interesting to use.

And Saryon would still miss Lance of Faith with +12 to hit. :/

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That's true, but how often does Adia's strength come into play? When given the choice of Athletics or Acrobatics, she goes with Acrobatics-- one, because it suits her character, and two, because her DEX is higher anyway (I think?).

If I recall correctly (can't check atm), STR only affects Athletics, Endurance, STR checks, and melee-based attacks.

Since she will more often choose Acrobatics in place of Athletics; Endurance rarely comes up (and she's a "fragile" elf girl anyway, at least compared to our two manly dragonborn); she'd rarely be the one to try to lift/break/etc things (and again, her character is a lithe elven female- she wouldn't have the strength of a dragonborn anytime); and while melee might come up, her focus is on ranged combat.

So sacrificing some STR for DEX would benefit her ability to hit, AND add to the skills she actually uses more often-- Stealth, Acrobatics, etc etc etc.

If I were to suggest any course of action to you, Julie, it would be to dock a few points in STR for DEX. If you had the Auspicious Birth/Born Under a Bad Sign background, you could shave off some CON points too and add those to your DEX / Replace STR with it.

(Those backgrounds base your HP on your highest Ability Points.)

Min/Maxing is done for a reason. "Well-rounded" characters don't do too well.

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That completely depends on your DM and his play style.

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I don't really understand what you mean. I'm speaking from a purely rules-based stance, and Shawn does his best to follow the rules/stats to a T. I'm making suggestions based on what we've experienced so far.

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Errik isn't min-maxed. I've got less INT and more CHA than a wizard should ideally have. But it really fits the character, so whatever.

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I encourage people to not min max. But that does mean I have to be careful about what I put you folks up against.

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I didn't min-max. If I did, I'd be even stronger.

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Well, what everyone has said makes a lot of sense. Whether or not it was originally my intention (I had intended to be a dual wielder mainly, but we see how -that- turned out), it looks like I am indeed your typical longbow elven ranger. With your permission, Shawn, I'd like to change up some stats to get her Dex up.

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You indeed have my permission. I want people to be happy with their characters. Send me an update when you are done.

Also, I'm giving advanced notice. I'm on vacation on October 8th. So there will be no game that week.

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My computer's crapped out again (yay viruses), so I might be slow on new powers / macros this game.

Let us know what you change, Julie. I are curious.

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Woo, game night! Can't wait to see what happens next!

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Gusto said:

Woo, game night! Can't wait to see what happens next!

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Your book gets hungry and thinks you're about the right size for a midnight snack.

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OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

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My new numbahs.

====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&D Character Builder ======
Adia Il'Yuirwood, level 4
Elf, Ranger
Build: Archer Ranger
Fighting Style: Archer Fighting Style
Background: Aglarond

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 12, Con 10, Dex 20, Int 8, Wis 17, Cha 13.

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 12, Con 10, Dex 17, Int 8, Wis 14, Cha 13.


AC: 19 Fort: 14 Reflex: 18 Will: 15
HP: 37 Surges: 6 Surge Value: 9

TRAINED SKILLS
Dungeoneering +10, Acrobatics +12, Perception +13, Athletics +8, Stealth +12

UNTRAINED SKILLS
Arcana +1, Bluff +3, Diplomacy +3, Endurance +2, Heal +5, History +1, Insight +5, Intimidate +3, Nature +7, Religion +1, Streetwise +3, Thievery +7

POWERS
Ranger at-will 1: Careful Attack
Ranger at-will 1: Twin Strike
Ranger encounter 1: Two-Fanged Strike
Ranger daily 1: Boar Assault
Ranger utility 2: Yield Ground
Ranger encounter 3: Thundertusk Boar Strike

ITEMS
Longsword (2), Longbow, Adventurer's Kit, Leather Armor, Arrows (30), Potion of Healing (heroic tier), Bracers of Mighty Striking (heroic tier), Circlet of Second Chances (heroic tier), Climber's Kit, Chain (10 ft.), Rope, Silk (50 ft.), Fine Clothing, Bag of Holding (heroic tier), Riding Horse, Lyre, Wildrunners (heroic tier), Ancient Dragonborn Dagger
====== Copy to Clipboard and Press the Import Button on the Summary Tab ======

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Sweet deal.

falineowlight said:

FEATS
Level 1: Wood Elf Agility
Level 2: Lethal Hunter
Level 4: NOT TELLING. So there.

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DAMMIT GURPEL.

WHERE ARE YOU.

THIS IS GETTING OLD.

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Wow, that auto-red makes it look like I'm way angrier than I am.

And now the auto-red is gone. Wat.

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He's a child. This is what they do.

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Fun session!

I do need to quit trying to use my bluffs just for the sake of using them though. BUT IT'S ALL I HAVE ARGH.

Very interesting to have met Bertrow again. And he's innocent!(?)

Who are the Kenku? Are they behind the mysterious black ice!? Or are they just poor saps that got caught in the middle of the battle for middle Earth?? What is this inter-dimensional cube that Bertrow was looking for?? Who are "The Harmonium"?? Will the Company of Discord be able to save Marian Alderbrush??

Find out next time! On SHAWNACY'S GAME Z!

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On a more serious note, where the hell is Gurpel. I hope he's aight.

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OVER 9 THOUSAND!!!!!!!!

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I think that the Kenku are behind the assassinations but one of them got caught DURING his attempt on Alderbrush's life.

Regardless, we know they're involved in some way, and we can't seem to glean any additional information from Alderbrush's room or Bertrow. We might as well track them down and ask them.

I think it might be time to use Adia's tracking ability...

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Anyone heard from Gurpel?

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Nope. He hasn't answered my PM yet.
He may actually be having some computer problems.

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I'm waiting on a reply, but in the next week or so we may have a replacement player for Jay (Perhaps Gurpel as well if we don't hear back from him).

I have a new theory on Gurpel: Grounded.

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Alrighty.

I'd hate to lose Gurp/Kratash. He's a good character in our company of Discord.

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doomdragon6 said:

Alrighty.

I'd hate to lose Gurp/Kratash. He's a good character in our company of Discord.

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It is a shame. I mean I haven't really heard a peep from him on the forums for quite a while, so it's possible he's in a situation beyond his control right now. We'll see what happens.

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Grounded. You know, I completely forgot about things like that. I'm so disconnected from the youth.

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KIDS THESE DAYS

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I'm waiting on a reply, but in the next week or so we may have a replacement player for Jay (Perhaps Gurpel as well if we don't hear back from him).

I have a new theory on Gurpel: Grounded.

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Heh, no. However,

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He's a child. This is what they do.

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isn't far off, because (non-sequitur here: i am not a child i am a youth >:[ ) I got the annual back-to-school plague. On thursday, i have to admit, it wasn't that bad, but i could barely talk (sore throat) so I wouldnt have been much fun anyway. I do realise it reflects badly on me that the session right after you guys told me to get my shit together I was awol, but it was kind of, as shawnacy said, beyond my control.

Sorry. This thursday I'll be prepared, I swear.

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Yay! Gurp's not dead. I'll post the session recording when I have more time.

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Gurpel said:

Sorry. This thursday I'll be prepared, I swear.

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Prepared as in present, or prepared as in character sheet, macros, etc?

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Gusto said:

I think it might be time to use Adia's tracking ability...

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HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL YEAH! XD

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Glad to hear Gurp.
Though if you're going to be absent for any legitimate reason in the future, a quick post on the threat with an explanation is preferred.

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This might be a good time to re-bring up that everyone should send Shawn their numbers or something.

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escushion;255689][quote=Gurpel said:

Sorry. This thursday I'll be prepared, I swear.

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Prepared as in present, or prepared as in character sheet, macros, etc?[/QUOTE]

Preferably both.

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hey, doom, where's that recording?

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I honestly have not had enough time to upload it. I will be the end of tonight. After I edit together this project and study for my test. ERGH.

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You can listen to the previous game while playing tomorrow night's. It'll be like time travel.

Very brief summary:

Saryon left us to pursue Yorek and Mort.
We got to Astrazyaliomalox...ian. It's basically a beautiful city on the far side of a lake on the far side of the flea market of scum and villainy. We went through the flea market buying some stuff, although the place seemed to be packing up, what with the breathtaking elven home disappearing in a week. We stopped at an inn trying to stiff us for the single, when a bird-man known as a cankoo offered to pay our night.
Next day, we learned that he belonged to a crime family aware of Errik Loreno's presence. They questioned him a bit, he convinced them it was personal, non-family business bringing him to this place, and they sent us along.
In the gorgeous, heavenly city of the elves and eladrin, we did a bit of trickery with Serin that ultimately wasn't very useful. We had to reveal Sir Orin (that the name?)'s special metal thingy.

They took us to the woman we were supposed to find who had battled Assrack previously, only she and her whole room were locked in necrotic ice that burned everybody but Adia. We also found a cankoo frozen in the lady's wardrobe, and I presume the necrotic ice did not pour forth from Narnia. Last of the un-fun surprises was finding another doppleganger locked in the prison.
DUN DUN DUN. He was Serin's cousin Bertreau (sp?), responsible for killing their whole family, and hunted by Adia as well for information on the disappearance of hers. He was here in the god-like city of pretty to steal an orb from an elven/eladrin general that supposedly could take you to another plane of existence (other than the Shadowfel).

We left off going back to the flea market to confront the cankoo on why one of their number was found frozen in the elven lady's wardrobe, suspecting a possibly assassination attempt that did not take the cankoo's life into account.

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Here's Session 16 or what-the-hell-ever we're at.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H9X2LOO2

So tired!

Agghhh!

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Hm.

Basically we need to go investigate what the Kenku can tell us. I'll try to get a conversation with Cooper alone, but I dunno if he's gonna be down for that...

If it gets to a situation where all 5 of us need to meet with the whole Kenku gang like last time, I have a setup I wanna try just in case shit gets real, which it is almost sure to after I accuse them of attempting to assassinate the woman we are trying to talk to, as well as other Council members.

I would LOVE to get through this confrontation without a fight but I don't know if I can count on it.

So here's Errik's plan for the split up.

Last time we met these kenku, there were a couple of them stand guard outside of the building, with a bunch more inside. The setup I devised is created to aid in the social half of it, and also conveniently set up for the possibility of a gang war.

Errik, Serin and Grendmir will go inside the building, and Adia and Kratash will stand guard outside.

The Inside Team will do their best to keep level heads (no offense, Outside Team) and Errik and Serin are possibly the world's greatest fast-talkin' team. Grendmir will be there for protection and also physical intimidation. The idea here is that if we can't end the situation amicably, Serin and I won't be total pincushions, and can try to raise a lot of ruckus with AoEs in a tight area.

The Outside Team (namely Adia) will be keeping an ear on the situation inside. If shit seems like it's getting hectic, and especially if the guards outside become alerted, Adia will run inside and assist the Inside Team with the main enemy force, while Kratash will use his body to block the door, and fight the reinforcements outside. Ideally, Kratash and Adia will stay back-to-back in the doorway so that neither of them will be particularly vulnerable to the sides they aren't paying attention to.

What do you think? I'm pretty proud of this plan.

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Sounds good.

I'm glad my fake numbers can back up what I say. I'm not nearly sociable enough to pull off Serin's charisma.

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I like the plan.

I also like the character situation it presents, where Adia and Kratash, often at odds with each other, are forced to trust and defend each other.

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It shouldn't be hard for Adia to get along with someone who doesn't show up.

OOOOoooooooooh damn!!

Edit: Oh shit, he's here early.

... WAY TO KILL THE JOKE, GURP

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escushion said:

I like the plan.

I also like the character situation it presents, where Adia and Kratash, often at odds with each other, are forced to trust and defend each other.

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Yeah that's a bonus that I thought of.

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If you want to post your intimidation speech, Escusion, I'll write it into the summary.

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Speakin' o' which, where are the summaries being posted now?

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I have to admit, I really like having Thundering Gust now.

For once, one of my plans finally worked perfectly. Guy goes in the pit, one in the slime. Bwa ha ha!

And acid resistance saved me AGAIN!

Woot.

I like being in a "dungeon" again. I'm excited to see where both the big double doors and the tiny passage goes.

Fun times all 'round!

Julie, how's your character reworking feel?

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doomdragon6 said:

Speakin' o' which, where are the summaries being posted now?

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Summaries are being posted in the summary thread as usual.

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Argh! Excited!

I do realize that maybe we should try talking to these people before murdering them all.

Also granted, they should stop being jackasses.

Also, I noticed that we've been stopping at around 9:30 central our past few sessions. Is this going to be our usual? Cuz I think we used to go on to 10:30-11 before.

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I have to stop talking out loud at 9C and it is a pain in the assssss. That's basically when/why I run out of steam.

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Get a laptop and go outside. >=P

Alternatively, talk way lower and we can turn your mic volume up on our end?

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So.

Through the doors, or down the small path?

The doors indicate importance. But if playing video games has taught me anything, going down the side paths gets you cool stuff!

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You guys decide; Grendmir's not much of a looter.

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I vote small path.

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As long as it's not me, I vote small path too!

I'd offer to shape-change and scout, but that hasn't worked too well recently.

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Weep-woop

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So Thursday is coming up. From the sounds of it the team has decided to investigate the area of the dungeon that even Cooper and his crew have avoided, based on the weird feeling that Adia is getting.

Also, I know I said that next Thursday (the 8th) there wasn't going to be a game, but I am changing dates of my vacation and I will be available after all. Unless someone has made other plans we can still game that week.

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No plans by me. I didn't even know.

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Lol, shit. I have made plans on the 8th. It was coincidentally the night that my girlfriend and I are celebrating an anniversary. Among other things.

*cough*

Yeah I'm gonna have to sit next week out.

*gives plenty of advance notice*

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Gusto said:

Lol, shit. I have made plans on the 8th. It was coincidentally the night that my girlfriend and I are celebrating an anniversary. Among other things.

*cough*

Yeah I'm gonna have to sit next week out.

*gives plenty of advance notice*

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While I do appreciate the advanced notice I think it's only fair to ask if you would like us to cancel the game for that day so you don't miss out.
I did announce that I'd be unable to run the game that day, so it's not fair of me to change my mind and expect that no one made alternate plans.

This is an open discussion so all opinions are welcome.

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Cancelling's fine with me. Depending on where this goes, Errik might still be kind of essential to what we do, but it does look like Adia's gonna be the important one here.

Up to [STRIKE]Errik[/STRIKE]. Gusto (I keep doing that.)

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doomdragon6 said:

Cancelling's fine with me. Depending on where this goes, Errik might still be kind of essential to what we do, but it does look like Adia's gonna be the important one here.

Up to Errik.

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I like to try and give everyone a moment of the spotlight, even in times when it seems like one character might be more important than the other. Everyone seemed to be making assumptions that Alderbrush is linked to Adia for instance...
And yet Errik and Serin have also had some background specific events happen in the last 24 hours. I also have some things for Kratash and Grendmir in the near future.

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Shawnacy;264715][quote=doomdragon6 said:

Cancelling's fine with me. Depending on where this goes, Errik might still be kind of essential to what we do, but it does look like Adia's gonna be the important one here.

Up to Errik.

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I like to try and give everyone a moment of the spotlight, even in times when it seems like one character might be more important than the other. Everyone seemed to be making assumptions that Alderbrush is linked to Adia for instance...
And yet Errik and Serin have also had some background specific events happen in the last 24 hours. I also have some things for Kratash and Grendmir in the near future.[/QUOTE]

Oh yeah, of course. Just saying, like, if we 'free' Alderbrush and she's Adia's "counterpart" and Julie weren't there, it'd be a bigger problem.

I am really liking the focus on everyone. I get slightly flustered when story events focus on Serin, however, cuz I'm not very good at progressing the story and half the time I say something that doesn't even make sense.

"I'm not letting this person that's in a jail cell out of my sight!"

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Hey Aldarbrush was a sorceress wasn't she? I assumed she had ties to Serin. But Adia seems to be the one getting all the "feelings".

You guys don't have to cancel the night on my account, if you don't want to, but I did make other plans based on the idea that Shawn would be unavailable. If anyone else is absent *coughGurplecough* or if my character's presence is necessary, go ahead and shut 'er down.

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I say we cancel it for that week. Errik has been essential for this storyline, and if he were gone two weeks, I'd say only cancel one, but since it's just one, I say we can miss a week and it's okay. Might give Gurpel a chance to find out what month to turn his calendar to and what time zone he lives in.

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Okay. We're going to take Thursday the 8th off. But we'll be back in full swing the following week.

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Thanks homies. See you THIS Thursday though.

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I was thinking about doing something a bit different for tonight's game.
How would people be up for a puzzle solving adventure opposed and little to no combat?

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Should make for an interesting change of pace, and in keeping with this little arc (seeing as it's been mostly roleplay anyways). And I always like to solve puzzles.

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I saw Gabe's post at Penny Arcade and thought it would be neat to do a puzzle.

Then you come along with your puzzle.

It wouldn't be mirrors now would it, Mr. Nacy?

So yes, I wholly support a puzzle.

Maybe an occasional hazard of a minion or two, but a dark passage calling out to Adia that eminates an ancient evil that requires some puzzle solving?

Count me in. :3

PS: If Square-Enix has taught me anything it's that puzzles usually have a treasure or two hidden in them. :biggrin: I mean, sure, your puzzle could not have treasure, what do they know, they're only the biggest RPG developers in the world.. *cough*

I am not a subtle man.. =|

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I will give you this though. It's going to be a flash back sequence. Meaning it won't have anything to do with the current story arc (I feel it's lacking something and could use the two weeks to add to it). It will feature your characters meeting up for the first time.
So it will be interesting to see you start your relationships with each other.

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Oh man crazy.

I have to be almost COMPLETELY evil still.

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Gusto said:

Oh man crazy.

I have to be almost COMPLETELY evil still.

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Oh that's up to you. I'm not sure when you decided to become a good person. Was it before or after you met with the party? But either way you'd probably still be "new" at it, so no one can fault you for slipping a bit.
Though I'd be interested to see the reverse of Adia. She's gotten quite a bit more demented as the game has gone on.

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Is it alright if we keep making hilarious comments in the past knowing how things will actually work out in the future?

Ie. Adia: "Nice to meet you Kratash. I'm sure we're gonna get along juuuuuust fine."

Also somewhat more seriously, can we alter our pasts here? Like by grabbing tings that it's now assumed that we had all along, etc.? Also, are we playing our level 1 selves?

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I'll go into more specifics at the game.

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Aw, man. Insane.

Let's see-- Serin's pre-game self:

Quiet, reserved, contemplative, and practical.

... Not much difference, huh? Though I guess it would explore her budding friendship with Adia, which probably spawned more from Adia being the talkative "leader" type while Serin just kind of got caught up in things and dragged along.

For future games though, I really wanna work in Serin's rarely seen 'mischievous' side. Or rather, her 'bane of society' side. She did indeed hire herself out to shady groups in the past, and imitating others and stealing was her livelihood. It seems believable that with her talents she might want to slip into her ways again, like 'slipping into' a house and making off with some valuables.

Granted, her comrades have had an effect on her and she might actually care what they think now.

Oh yeah! Pre-game / Pre-meeting up Serin is immediately (immediately being a few weeks) after escaping the guard in [insert town name here] after her arrest. (As seen in her journal entries!) I don't guess she'd let on that she's a changeling either. Accidental slip ftw!

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Yeah pre-game Errik has never left [insert city of our meeting here]. He's still pretty evil and confused about where to go next, and there are still plenty of Lorenos still moving out of the nearby defunct Loreno compound.

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doop doop doop i hate my dad :|

fun session.

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We just stopped, after we freed the lady. I have to make 4 Thievery checks above 20, each of which took 15 seconds, with 5 minutes left to go.

We made it out with 2:30 to spare.

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Sorry Gurp. =[

Good session, Shawn! I was surprised by how well it went. I honestly expected it to plod along while we tried to figure out what happened. =P

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Since no-one's brought it up and you asked, I vote we continue with the main quest and then 'flashback' whenever it's necessary.

Sigh, no game this week. ;_;

Oh well, gives me time to work on projects.

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I figured that was how we were going to do it. I didn't really want the flash back to take more than one session. I was hoping we'd finish that particular adventure but there is only so much we can do in the few hours we have to play. So we're just going to go back to it later.

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it's a good thing we dont have a game today; i was just coming here to post that i couldnt make it lol.

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Nice. =P

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So good news. I took advantage of the night off and went on a date tonight. Went well.
:bounce:

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Guh, looking forward to Thursday. Need me some D&D action to unwind.

So, uhh, Shawn.. You stick it in her pooper?

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...Buttsecks?

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doomdragon6 said:

Guh, looking forward to Thursday. Need me some D&D action to unwind.

So, uhh, Shawn.. You stick it in her pooper?

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Sorry. That's an exit only.

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Woo. Game on.

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Hey Shawn, remind me of something:

When we hit level 5, my tome's new powers are supposed to kick in, granting me access to the Fireball daily. The item itself says that it grants access to 2 fire-based daily powers, but did you tell me that it only grants one (for now, at least)? I can't remember and it kinda determines whether I'll retrain at lvl 5.

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Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game

It feels like it's been longer than a week. I need to get back into the swing of things.

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It feels like it's been longer than a week.

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It's been two.

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Gusto said:

Hey Shawn, remind me of something:

When we hit level 5, my tome's new powers are supposed to kick in, granting me access to the Fireball daily. The item itself says that it grants access to 2 fire-based daily powers, but did you tell me that it only grants one (for now, at least)? I can't remember and it kinda determines whether I'll retrain at lvl 5.

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You will get just the one spell at level 5. The other spell will appear later. Most likely when it can be used as a story element.

Speaking of level 5 everyone will be leveling after tonight's session.

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Okay. I ad just thought of retraining my Flaming Sphere away and taking it a bonus daily. Wizard's Fury is a level 1 daily that sounds excellent.

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Wait, no.. We... played that flashback game...

Didn't we?

*too sleepy*

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Yeah but that was 2 weeks ago. We took last week off because Shawn said he needed it off but then didn't but by then I did and Shawn ended up getting a date.

It's been 2 weeks since flashback, 3 weeks since the story proper.

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Yeah, so it has been a while. About to go into some bad underground, ooh ooh.

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So, level 5.

Trying to decide my daily.

Thinking:

Acidic Implantation: Pretty bitchin', can set up some decent "bombs" this way. (Attack does 2d6 initial damage to target, allows me to slide target 3, then make an "explosion" 2d6 attack to adjacent enemies.)

Moon and the Stars: 3d6 cold or radiant to two enemies (Cold- slowed, can't shift, Radiant- spend healing surge [good against undead too]) / Miss: Half Damage

Thunder Leap: 2d6 Damage to all adjacent, jump speed + 4 (10 spaces), make 2d6 secondary to all adjacent in new space. Pretty good, almost like a teleport in battle. Could use it to get a boost to any jumps I might need. Only problem is that I'm never surrounded and wouldn't want to make myself surrounded.

Howling Tempest: Burst 1, 2d6 initial. Can slide initial targets 4. Any creature starting turn in zone takes 4(+4) damage, persist minor. Not liking this one as much.

Ice Javelins: I like this one only because it suits Serin's personality. Attack 3 enemies for 1d10 dmg, ongoing 5 damage. Miss: Half dmg.

Any thoughts?

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No thoughts. Most of them sound awesome to me since I don't really know sorcerer stuff.

I retrained my old one-enemy Daily to Tempest Dance, which lets me potentially swoosh around and hit three enemies.

New one is Cometfall Crusher, 3d10+9 damage to single target. Will get my new sheet to Shawn sometime this weekend.

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What the hell! The Arcane Flame or whatever it is feat is gone. The one that lets me attack with a fire attack to make the enemy vulnerable to cold. Did they scrap it???

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That's why you never update Character Builder.

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Oh, wait, there it is.

Apparently I accidentally changed my ability scores somehow? I used to have Int 13, now it's 12, and it requires 13 to see. Now I need to see what I fucked up before to fix it like it was.

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Edit: Fixed it.

So I can't decide my Daily still. I either want Thunder Leap (has potential Out-Of-Combat usefulness) or Moon and Stars, which is just a generally good two-target attack with debuff/self heal capabilities.

Now I'm wanting to retrain my Feat: Stealth Training.

I haven't used stealth more than like twice the whole game. I was thinking Serin could start breaking into places to try to get some loot, but that's probably not likely for a while. (However, I wouldn't mind if you had a "magical item shop at night" map on reserve. :3)

Anyway, I was thinking about training in Perception to get a +8, 'cause I ALWAYS miss stuff, and I'd like to think that Serin tries to be alert. But a +8 still isn't much, and for the msot part Adia will always be able to tell us if something is happening.

Then I wanted to get Focus in Arcana, because I'd like Serin to be knowledgable in her magic. But she still won't be able to beat Errik, who's studied the stuff, whereas she was merely born with it innately and has to try to come to understand it.

So as you can see, I want, but should avoid, things where my allies are much better. =P

Which leads me back to Stealth and Thievery. I have the highest Thievery, meaning I should specialize in it so no one else has to (a la the above), so having a solid +15 wouldn't be bad. Again, stealth is nice but I haven't needed it much yet. And plus, when she can shapeshift, hiding in plain sight is more her thing.

So I think I just reasoned myself to a Focus: Thievery.

Alternatively, here's an update to feats I'm interested in (if anyone cares):

- Wild Shape: Turn into medium natural and fey creatures (I'm saving this for a story event, I think.)

- Arcane Fire: Fire attacks cause Vulnerable 5 Cold to enemies (meaning every other attack I do can do an extra +5 when/if I get my Frost Dagger)
+ Wintertouched: Combat Advantage against enemies Vulnerable to Cold (great in addition to the above)

- Two-Weapon Fighting: +1 Damage

- Dual Implement Spellcaster: + 2nd Implement's Damage Bonus (+1 for now, when I get another magical implement)

- Leather Armor (+2 AC. Can't hurt.)

- Shared Speed: +1 Speed to Fwoosh and Serin (Nifty, but I don't need to move often, but would help in setting up attacks)

- Quick Familiar: Move Fwoosh as a Minor (handy for setting up attacks with Fwoosh)

- Jack of All Trades: Helps my abysmal skills. (+2 to Untrained) But almost worthless for reasons mentioned before.

SO! Anyone have thoughts on my Daily or which Feat to retrain?

Next level is another feat, too, so..

(I'm thinking Thunder Leap for my Daily. It has more uses than just an attack.)

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At level 5 I gain use of one of these dailies everyday, which I have to choose at the beginning of the day (yay Spellbook!):

Acid Mire: Ranged 10, Burst 1 (3x3 square), 3d6+5 acid damage, half on a miss. The area becomes a zone of acidic slime (difficult terrain) that lasts until the end of my next turn. Any creature that starts there turn in the zone, enters the zone, or falls prone in the zone takes an additional 5 acid damage. Sustain minor. This could be a lot of fun to set up an encounter or to help distance our group from pursuing enemies.

Bigby's Icy Grasp: I summon a giant icy hand within 20 squares and it attacks the enemy for 2d8+5 cold damage and grabs it. Much like Flaming Sphere, I can sustain it as a minor, move it as a move, and use it to attack a different target as a standard. If I sustain it while it is grabbing an enemy, they take an additional 1d8+5 cold. This is fucking awesome. Not only does it do HELLA damage, it can grab an enemy and keep it from moving or (I think) attacking. And any time I sustain it and it doesn't need to regrab an escaped enemy, I can use my standard to attack it with something else.

I can also use my tome to spontaneously switch one of them out for:

Fireball: Range 20, burst 3 (7x7 square), 3d6+5 fire damage, half on a miss. This has a lot of potential in very specific situations so I'm glad I get it as something I can choose sponataneously.

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Some very good options for folks.

I'm looking forward to Paragon Tier as there are some fun things in store for you that have only been hinted at in previous games so far.

Good job with the dungeon yesterday. You showed that asshat gnome ghost who's boss. I love the button trap. So harmless and yet so evil at the same time.

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I'm glad that I prepared the right dailies today to deal with a room containing 4 fire elementals. PLUS I have fire resistance!

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Sigh. I would love to have Fireball. Or any spell that's larger than 3x3, but I don't think I ever get anything like that.

Oh well.

Still haven't fully decided what I'm doing.

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Sent my char sheet.

I took Thunder Leap (has out-of-combat use and can potentially be fun) and retrained my stealth to Shared Speed, which gives me and my familiar a +1 to speed.

So now I can keep up with Adia. =D

Unless she's running. =|

What I'd really like now is to get Boots of Speed or some other movement increasing item, so my teleports and various other speed-linked abilities would increase. (My teleport is half my speed, so Speed 6 and 7 still teleport me 3, but if I could get boots of speed I could teleport 4.)

PS: The item mentioned in the e-mail is not Boots of Speed. =P

Edit: Damn it Shawn! You did too good of a job last session. I can't fucking wait until our next game. Argh!

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You get my e-mail Shawn?

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Q-q-q-quadruple Post!!!

Hey all, decided to put all the recordings in one place.

Though I seem to have somehow reached the limit and Session 20 didn't upload. So if someone could point me to a huge online storage space?

This link should take you to them:

http://www.myotherdrive.com/dyn/ls/569.293805.19102009.09843.6a64dy/Files

Edit: Whoops, I forgot-- Gurple, we're mean to you in one of these. I was going to edit it out half-jokingly, but now it's in there. I don't even remember what we said or if it was even mean. So if you find it, surprise!! We love you?

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Man I can't wait to fight those elementals. I'm gonna Icy Grip those fuckers like nobody's business.

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I got it, Doom. Thanks.

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HURRY UP THURSDAY

CAN WE GET SOME CONVERSATION IN HERE

I've been excited about our last game since we ended our last one arg!

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I... need to send my character sheet.

So does Julie. Tomorrow likely.

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Oooooh, Character Builder update. Lots of new items, it seems!

Edit: Oh, and skill powers! Can replace utility power with them.

Oh good. There's one that lets you make Bluff/Diplomacy/Intimidate checks with your Arcana check instead. Well there @#$%ing goes Serin's usefulness if Errik takes that. >_>

Edit 2: Looking at new items is fun.

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Shawn!

I was wondering-- I was wanting to aquire some Sovereign Glue at some point. Thing is, I noticed it's supposed to be like a one-use item, but most of my ideas for its use would be something very small requiring very, very little glue. Obviously this wouldn't make any sense realistically, so would it be possible for me to get some glue and then have "a lot of uses" until I actually use it on something major?

For example, in our flashbck task we were gluing chests and crap to the wall, which requires a lot of glue. I'd be using extremely small objects (like needle-sized).

One more question: I put in my char sheet that I picked up roughly 30 of those poisonous darts. I was wondering what their shape was. The teeny-tinyness of the holes made me think of needle-like darts, but I feel those wouldn't fly well. Are they your average throwing-dart size or what? Just curious for future applications.

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Edit 3: Adia might look into the Rebounding Weapon (Bow). =D

These Adventurer's Vault 2 items sure are powerful.

Edit 4: and Dungeon Master's Guide 2 stuff. Boons are nifty. Those could be cool little bonuses we get after we discover each "previous warrior" or whatever we're calling them. =P

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How many magic items does everyone have, just so I have an idea?

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doomdragon6 said:

Oooooh, Character Builder update. Lots of new items, it seems!

Edit: Oh, and skill powers! Can replace utility power with them.

Oh good. There's one that lets you make Bluff/Diplomacy/Intimidate checks with your Arcana check instead. Well there @#$%ing goes Serin's usefulness if Errik takes that. >_>

Edit 2: Looking at new items is fun.

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Shawn!

I was wondering-- I was wanting to aquire some Sovereign Glue at some point. Thing is, I noticed it's supposed to be like a one-use item, but most of my ideas for its use would be something very small requiring very, very little glue. Obviously this wouldn't make any sense realistically, so would it be possible for me to get some glue and then have "a lot of uses" until I actually use it on something major?

For example, in our flashbck task we were gluing chests and crap to the wall, which requires a lot of glue. I'd be using extremely small objects (like needle-sized).

One more question: I put in my char sheet that I picked up roughly 30 of those poisonous darts. I was wondering what their shape was. The teeny-tinyness of the holes made me think of needle-like darts, but I feel those wouldn't fly well. Are they your average throwing-dart size or what? Just curious for future applications.

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Edit 3: Adia might look into the Rebounding Weapon (Bow). =D

These Adventurer's Vault 2 items sure are powerful.

Edit 4: and Dungeon Master's Guide 2 stuff. Boons are nifty. Those could be cool little bonuses we get after we discover each "previous warrior" or whatever we're calling them. =P

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The Sovereign glue I'll have to look at but if the price is set for a one use item then I should probably keep it close to that. I'm thinking that it goes bad within 30 minutes of the container being opened. It sets instantly when outside the container, but inside it can only avoid becoming solid for so long after being exposed to air.

I think you will find the darts are not very useful. They are too tiny to use as weapons. If anything they are more like toothpicks.

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The Sovereign glue I'll have to look at but if the price is set for a one use item then I should probably keep it close to that. I'm thinking that it goes bad within 30 minutes of the container being opened. It sets instantly when outside the container, but inside it can only avoid becoming solid for so long after being exposed to air.

I think you will find the darts are not very useful. They are too tiny to use as weapons. If anything they are more like toothpicks.

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Actually, that's exactly what I was thinking they'd be.

I was wanting to look for -something- to use as an adhesive. For various uses, of course, but the thing that originally spawned the idea was the poison darts. Since they are tiny and like toothpicks, they could be glued to Adia's arrows (and still fly perfectly fine since they're so tiny) and she could have poison arrows for a bit. (Same with the silver needles if we ever come upon enemies that are vulnerable to silver attacks.)

I've gotten the impression that you people think me trying to come up with ideas like this is annoying, but this is what I do! I try to come up with fun ways to use things we find.

Edit: Found some rules talking about its keepability, regarding Salve of Slipperiness. (http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Sovereign_Glue) Could get a 7 ounce flask of Sovereign Glue and a 7 ounce flask of Salve of Slipperiness and preserve the Glue for at least 7 openings.

Stuff costs too much. =[

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Gusto:

I have:

Communal Dagger
Amulet of Health +1
Power Jewel
Armor of Breaching

Pretty sure that's it. I have various odds and ends that aren't magical, like potions, Eternal Chalk, etc.

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Jesus, Magicman.

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Julie probably won't be mailing her character sheet in until we're in-game, but I got mine out because I'm nifty.

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Gusto said:

Jesus, Magicman.

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I have as much as anyone else, right? I know Adia has at least 4. Circlet, Bracers, Boots, and her Bow.

Dunno 'bout the rest of you.

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I have my Tome.

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Oh.

Well, assuming Shawn lets me, I had an item in mind that I was going to steal for you if I can ever break into a magic item shop. =]

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For me!?

What did you have in mind?

(Heh, I don't even own armor...)

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I have my weapons and my armor.

Although we ALL had opportunities to buy stuff.

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Yeah, I know, I'm not complaining or anything, I was just trying to get an idea since it always seems like Doom has his eye on some new magic item.

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I didn't realize I had more than most. =\

Well, I was really wanting to break into a place and steal some stuff, but if it'd get me even -more- stuff then maybe not.

Unless I could make it out with several things. XD

So far the item I wanted for myself is headgear, as would be the thing I want to steal for Errik-- (a sort of, "I'm taking this! Oh.. Errik would like this too.. Whoop, time to go!" kind of thing.)

Thing is, I know I can't just get into a place and take whatever the hell I want. I fully intend on breaking into a magic shop, and I would love it if I can pick out what I want to take (I still limit myself to lower level items), but I know that's nigh game-breaking, so I'll just have to do whatever Shawn lets me.

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That reminds me. Tonight I'll need to come up with an encounter based on what happens when Serin gets caught stealing from people who sell magic items for a living.

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But what if she doesn't get caught? :O

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Keep pushin'.

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Hahahahaha, yeah, I know. Don't challenge the DM.

Thing is, I actually have a huge number of ways to get in and get out either undetected or un-caught. But the DM can always come up with reasons why something won't work.

So I'ma just be shushy and wait for tonight's game, which I am le excited about.

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doomdragon6 said:

Hahahahaha, yeah, I know. Don't challene the DM.

Thing is, I actually have a huge number of ways to get in and get out either undetected or un-caught. But the DM can always come up with reasons why something won't work.

So I'ma just be shushy and wait for tonight's game, which I am le excited about.

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All I ask is advanced warning so I can come up with encounter results be it favorable or not so favorable depending on how the scene plays out.

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Welp, it wouldn't be for a while. I definitely can't try it in Astrazalian since I've exposed myself as a shapechanger to a high-ranking person.

Which, OOC, I knew was stupid. Alas, role-playing makes you do dumb things.

Advanced Warning: I will try to take over the world and eradicate all Dragonborn. Create an encounter based on that.

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doomdragon6 said:

Edit: Whoops, I forgot-- Gurple, we're mean to you in one of these. I was going to edit it out half-jokingly, but now it's in there. I don't even remember what we said or if it was even mean. So if you find it, surprise!! We love you?

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1. it was something about how i don't roleplay that well. i took it as constructive criticism, but it didn't really help a lot lol. also, thanks for getting my name right. jerk.

2. it's okay. i don't roleplay that well. i would be hurt by it if i had ever thought "heh i am really good at this roleplaying stuff" but that has not happened. i ammore of an fps person. i forwarded through all the dialogue in the nwn games.

essentially, i'm not great at this, and i think i'm going to take an offer extended by shawn to take a break from the game. it's not only that i kind of suck at dnd, either; it just doesn't work well with my scheduling. i can't remember a recent game where i didn't begin the session with "hey guys i'm really tired, but i will try to make it through this".

anyway, maybe once my timetable/life stops being so hectic i will rejoin the campaign, but for now, it's not going to work. i will send Shawn my char. sheet to use for the lava man encounter.

it was a p. decent run.

thanks to,

-Shawn, for great DMing.
-Gusto, for all the brash assault's he made worthwhile
-Escushion, for uh. Well, I guess we didn't fight too much?
-Adia, for putting up with me interrupting her crazy character/providing a crazy character as foil for kratash
-Domedragon5, for recording everything.

and a shout out to

-Seriousjay, for (sometimes) having my back in lawful good endeavors (mistakes)

cya guys

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Awww, Gurp! Don't leave! We really want you there. I don't even remember us having that conversation. You RP fine and you do it a helluva lot better than I do.

And c'mon dawg, I've gotten your name right, like, 99% of the time. =P

Don't leave, Gurp. I will literally beg you to stay. I will drive my ass to Canada, pick up Gusto along the way, go to your house, and get on my knees and ask you to stay in th game, that's how much I want you to stay.

Kratash is a staple of our party! He's the young, brash, foolhardy one! Without you there's no foil to Adia, no lunkheaded meatshield for the squishies! Who will flourish his cape dramatically??

Gurp, if you're reading this, we ALL want you to stay. I really don't remember what was said in the recordings, but all I remember was stuff about how you were late sometimes.

I know you said you have scheduling issues, but you must have fun playing with us, right? You and Kratash have been some of my favorite parts of the game. We wouldn't be the Company of Discord without you.

Please, please stay?

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Well Gurpel I'm sorry to see you bow out. Know that the offer to return whenever your schedule becomes less hectic is there for you any time. Hmm. Guess I have a few hours on how to dramatically pull your character from the game and yet have an option for him to return another time. Let's see...
If you have any ideas please feel free to PM me, Gurp.

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Dang Gurpel it's gonna be rough to see you go.

And RIGHT AFTER I may have found us a replacement healer too...

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Gusto said:

Dang Gurpel it's gonna be rough to see you go.

And RIGHT AFTER I may have found us a replacement healer too...

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Well if you have we could still use the extra player more than ever now. Have him contact me via email. Shawnacy@gmail.com

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If you need a replacement for tonight real quick to play Kratash (or a replacement character), I can fall in if you need me to.

Of course, if you can plan it out without a replacement, that's fine.

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Wahad said:

If you need a replacement for tonight real quick to play Kratash (or a replacement character), I can fall in if you need me to.

Of course, if you can plan it out without a replacement, that's fine.

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I prefer to let folks play their own characters. Just a personal preference. But thank you very much for the offer. If you are interested in joining the game as a permanent though please let me know.

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Every Thursday at what time?

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Dave said:

Every Thursday at what time?

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4pm PST. On average we play for about 3-4 hours.

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That's 7PM EST, for the cool people on the Eas' Side, yo.

Sorry to see you go, Gurpel. I really only ragged on you about the lateness . But I can see that life has being incompatible with the weekly game, and I understand.

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Cajungal was kinda interested in taking up SeriousJay's mantle after watching our game last week. She might listen in again tonight but probably won't be able to play quite yet (because, among other things, it's game time in an hour).

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I WANT GURPEL BACK.

I WANT MY GURPEL BACK.

GURPEL COME BACK!!!

I'll spell your name right forever!!

:waah:

This is why we should've gotten his contact infoooo. ;_;

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Man I'm gonna miss the hell outta Brash Assault.

I dunno what his other at-will even is.

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Quick!

Gusto!

Use your Canada-Sense and find him. Then convince him to come back!

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Cajungal playing would be cool. And now we're definitely desperate for heals, especially since we just lot Gurpel's healing, and my Inspiring Word is a daily--and I used it in a previous encounter today.

So we essentially have Gusto's very minimal healing, and our potions, which I think we each have one. Bring on the magma monsters!

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I already used my healing today too, during the first encounter.

WE HAVE NO HEALING THIS ENCOUNTER PEOPLE.

Fortunately, I assume magma monsters are vulnerable to cold, and I'm packing TONS of that now.

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Fuck you guys, I'm hunting down Gurpel.

*drudges off to one day become a man*

*er.. not with Gurpel.. By finding hi- oh whatever*

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Hey, I'm not planning on dying just yet >>

Really, you guys are going to have to trust me when i say my life is all messed up right now. Remember in the summer, when I got to every game so that I could annoy Adia and rolling initiative first, rolling diplomacy later?

It is relatively likely that there will be a time like that again, but it's not fair to you guys if (paraphrasing from a pm I sent to doom) I show up to every game late, tired, and unable to immerse myself in the game.

In a couple months when i settle back down into a rhythm, if the ol' company of discord still has an empty slot, I'd be happy to get back in.

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I doubt Kratash is going to vanish in a puff of smoke. Shawn will likely play him for tonight, like he did with Jay that once, and then when we are out of this hellhole have him go do something.

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Well that's true.

And we should all have at least one action point to burn on a second wind if necessary.

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trying to upload my char sheet, getting

kraytlvl5.dnd4e:
Invalid File

anyone know why?

EDIT: shawn, if you have my level 4 sheet, all i did was add the power "stand the fallen"

alright guys, adios for a while.

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God DAMNIT that was an excellent session.

Our list of loot is as follows:

- 2 bags totalling 890g;
- 2 jade stones, worth 100g;
- 10 silver chalices, worth 400g;
- scroll case containing the Map of Unseen Lands;
- Heartening Armor, of a currently unknown type; and
- Greataxe of Great Opportunity;

As well as some rituals and possibly components.

Errik wants to take one of the bottles and pour out its contents, use Presitidigitation to clean it out thoroughly, and use Mage Hand to gather all of Kratash's ashes inside. He'll also take all the notes and texts from the table to study.

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After cash-in, that's 1490 total, 372.5 gold each

Should we assume a cash-in when we get the chance, or try to talk up the worth of some stuff?

Furthermore, Serin's going to take some of the remaining vials to be analyzed by an alchemist or other some such professional back in the city.

Oh! Don't forget Grendmir got that coin. We need to have it appraised or see if it has any significance. It's probably worth something.

Furthermore STILL, exp?

So, where do we go from here, gang? I was having a hard time following the very last bits of info.

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Well we think from the notes that the stone has some ties to Aldarbrush's imprisonment, albeit a much stronger effect. There is a mirror in the Council Chamber than can transport us to a site where heroes once fought a lich who controlled this black ice. Perhaps we need to visit that area and see if the culprit has hidden there.

Also, Doom, where are you getting 1490? my math gives us 1390.

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-Seriousjay, for (sometimes) having my back in lawful good endeavors (mistakes)

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The difference of alignments and the arguments was pretty damn sexy.

I have to admit, I seriously (lolz, seriousjay is serious) miss playing Saryon as well as playing Shawn's game. Perhaps I should stage a return... but will 2 DnD game nights in a row be overkill for SeriousJay?

If there's room, let me know. You know me, I love me some healing!

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Gusto said:

Well we think from the notes that the stone has some ties to Aldarbrush's imprisonment, albeit a much stronger effect. There is a mirror in the Council Chamber than can transport us to a site where heroes once fought a lich who controlled this black ice. Perhaps we need to visit that area and see if the culprit has hidden there.

Also, Doom, where are you getting 1490? my math gives us 1390.

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I have the Jade Stones written as 100 each, not 100 total.

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Hi Shawn, I didn't mean to call you a c-word. I was calling that evil lady a c-word, really. You were just good at writing one. ^_^

Thank you guys, I had fun.

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It was a good session. Ill post loot and xp soon. The c word comment was funny and I knew it was a compliment. I think we have room for both seriousjay and cajungal if you folks would like to play. Just make sure you can make it to the sessions.

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Hey Gurp, if you're still reading, you might enjoy listening to this session-- at least a few of the RP parts. Most of it's battle.

Session 21: The Fallen - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZIRL1ZML

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And now for some sappy RP.

As Errik began dumping Kratash's ashes into the vial, Serin stepped beside the halfing and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry," she said in an uncharacteristically soft tone, "We'll do everything we can to bring him back. Someday."

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And now, my tribute to Kratash. Our friend, our meatshield, the heart of the Company of Discord.

Of all the souls I've encountered in my travels, his was the most... human. :waah:



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Dammit, I made myself sad. I miss Kratash. :tear:

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Out of curiosity, what would you play as if you joined us, Cajun?

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Gurpel said:

trying to upload my char sheet, getting

kraytlvl5.dnd4e:
Invalid File

anyone know why?

EDIT: shawn, if you have my level 4 sheet, all i did was add the power "stand the fallen"

alright guys, adios for a while.

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I have to add the .dnd4e extension to be able to upload it. Let me do that to you.

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Fixed.

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doomdragon6 said:

Of all the souls I've encountered in my travels, his was the most... human. :waah:

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The Wrath of Stone?



Cajun was looking to play a cleric but I guess that might change if Saryon is coming back. Hmmm.

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I can definitely make it, if there's room, you shall hear my salty accent again!

And I could always switch to another class. I was thinking... rogue. I don't mind either way.

edit : got ma link!

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I just noticed that when I hit 5th level, I gained access to two free rituals of 5th level or lower!

I chose to take Object Reading (gain mental flashbacks of an object's history) and Hallucinatory Object (creates an illusion of an object that appears to be real to those who can't be my Arcana check with their passive Insight).

I can't wait to see what other rituals I get from the books in this room.

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Gusto said:

I just noticed that when I hit 5th level, I gained access to two free rituals of 5th level or lower!

I chose to take Object Reading (gain mental flashbacks of an object's history) and Hallucinatory Object (creates an illusion of an object that appears to be real to those who can't be my Arcana check with their passive Insight).

I can't wait to see what other rituals I get from the books in this room.

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Heh, since you get a free ritual a day, I'd just cast the Object Reading on random crap each day. XD

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I DON'T get a free ritual every day. That's the other bard multiclass feat that I didn't take, because I thought it was more immediately beneficial to get some healing available.

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Decisions! Decisions!

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Oh. Well now that we've got our Saryon back, maybe Shawn will give you a free retrain?

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From what I read Cajungal may want to play a healer. I rolled a rogue as a backup in case this may be true. I'd say the earlier we know what is going on, the better prepared we all can get for this Thursday!

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Well, Saryon coming back would make sense. He did leave with the intention of returning, and the campaign was based around our characters. Since Saryon was a healer, it'd be better if he came back--

Besides, Serin's already pretty much the rogue of the group. I'm having her focus in stealth and thievery and such. I'm really enjoying that and I'd hate to have to pass that along to someone else. =[

Cajun could always make a second healer anyway-- even if she was a cleric it'd make sense for Saryon to have found another one.

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Edit: I don't know how familiar Cajungal is with the game, but there are a lot of classes, not just the ones described in the Player's Handbook. The Character Builder lists:

Cleric
Fighter
Paladin
Ranger
Rogue
Warlock
Warlord
Wizard
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Avenger
Barbarian
Bard
Druid
Invoker
Shaman
Sorcerer
Warden
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Artificer
Assassin
Monk
Psion
Seeker
Swordmage

So there's a lot to choose from.

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She's not familiar with the game at all, minus what she's been able to glean from watching us play these last couple times. I'm also not sure she has the time to start just yet...

Probably best to bring Saryon back, and then let CG join in whenever she's available with something else.

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doomdragon6 said:

The Character Builder lists:


Monk
Psion
Seeker

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Those 3 i believe are in the test phase, and aren't finished.

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Gusto said:

She's not familiar with the game at all, minus what she's been able to glean from watching us play these last couple times. I'm also not sure she has the time to start just yet...

Probably best to bring Saryon back, and then let CG join in whenever she's available with something else.

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I'll be honest--I never read the PHB. I learned a ton from listening to the Penny Arcade/PVP podcasts to get set up for playing this.

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How many people are reading this thread? Damn.

Yeah, I vote for Saryon to return. Me and Errik combined make up the rogue of this party.

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I'm fine with that decision. I just spent like... a few hours checking all the new spells the Clerics got thanks to the Divine update... it's pretty damn sexy. Yep, I re-trained a few things.

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Cool.

Saryon could show up to do a service for Kratash? Though I'm not sure how he'd have heard about it since it just happened and we have yet to see the light of day again.

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As I assume a trip back to Astrazalian would be the next course for you guys it should be easy to have Saryon return.

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We must remember Kratash!

I realize, we haven't really gotten any answers. Maybe there's something more in the undead woman's notes... I mean, now we know (or presume) that there is a lich on the loose nearby, but we didn't really get much in the way of leads. Maybe the Kenku can be more helpful once we get out.

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I don't think the Kenku will be any more help to us, seeing as most of them are dead and their leader blames me for it.

Not only will they not be helpful, I fully expect them to become recurring enemies.

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Well, Shawn was going to post detailed loot / exp / notes information. Did I miss the notes, or..?

Oh, and were the jade stones 100 each or 100 together? We both have different notes.

Annnnd.. Oh! The gnome said he had two companions and we only found one. We could go milk some information out of him. Not like he's going anywhere.

Granted, we can't really threaten him...

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Was she a companion of his? He said he didn't know who made the summoning trap.

Although he didn't remember that the lich he and his companions fought was Asserack (if the undead lady we fought was telling the truth--Grendmir said Asserack and she said "Oh, you already know him", so she could've been just going along with it.)

The gnome said the lich his companions fought wasn't Asserack and the undead lady said it was, so one of them is wrong. Gnome's got memory problems, but the lady was evil, so I'm not sure who to believe.

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I still need to post loot so bare with me. I've just been a little tired and abused lately by the sorta girlfriend.

But here is some information that Erikk can garner from the various journals and notes scattered on Aegara's (undead chick) desk.

There were three core members of the Storm Crows. Illugi Nimblestone, The Emerald Warlock, and Aegara. They were notorious in the area for being a band of adventurers that had no moral apprehensions about what they did and who suffered for it so long as the Storm Crows made out in the end. They are credited for destroying a Lich within the city walls of Astrazalian, but that was also just before they kidnapped an Eladrin noble for ransom.

Their battle with the Lich was the most influential part of the party's fate. Or rather the loot from that battle was the direct cause of it. Among other treasures found there the Storm Crows came across a stone with a strange symbol. After doing research on it, Aegara the mage determined that it was an ancient artifact crafted by Acererack himself. Acererack is rumored to be able to feed upon souls, and the "Wrath Stone" was the fruit of his first experimentations with such a power.

Once the others of the Storm Crow found out the power within the item they had a "falling out". And by "falling out" they pretty much went to war against each other. Before sealing herself in the vault, Aegara was able to do enough damage to finish off Illugi and the Emerald Warlock, who she believes were sealed in the mortuary by their servants who promptly fled the area afterward.

Aegara was too busy studying the Wrath Stone to notice that she had also been fatally wounded. In fact it wasn't until she started to decay that she even realized she hadn't slept or ate in weeks. In the years since her "death" Aegara continued to study the stone and the spell books she took from the Lich she helped destroy. She was able to figure out how to draw out souls using the stone, but not yet how to consume them. She also learned how to summon "Black Ice" which was a spell that the Astrazalian Lich had mastered and possibly had the power to seal beings within forever. Aegara also theorized that the Black Ice may have also been one of Acererack's early spells which made Aegara believe that the Lich she destroyed may have at one time been a student of Acererack.

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Abused eh?

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So Shawn.

Did she stick it in your pooper?

Oh right, Gusto-- since we're getting our Healer back, were you going to take the Ritual Bard feat instead of Healing one?

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If anyone did take any healing feats, let me know because my lvl 4 feat IS the bard one.

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Gusto took the Bard multiclass that lets you heal others, but he only did it because we were low on healing. I think he really wanted to take the Bardic Ritualist one where he could cast a free ritual each day.

I don't know for sure though so I'm not going to speak for him.

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I'll probably keep it till LVL 6 and retrain. Cleric's start to get REAL interesting at that LVL.... and I could use a feat to make my heals.... awesomesauce.

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escushion said:

I doubt Kratash is going to vanish in a puff of smoke.

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You JINXED HIM!

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Yeah I'm gonna retrain mid-level if that's cool. My minors are better spent sustaining some awesome magical effect.

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Guess it's up to Grendmir to inspire the group now.

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Gusto said:

Yeah I'm gonna retrain mid-level if that's cool. My minors are better spent sustaining some awesome magical effect.

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Tell me more

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I now have access to three dailies that I can keep around as a minor action. Last session in our major combat, I had two of them at once until I eventually needed to move and/or use minors to heal myself a la Majestic Word.

I was our tank and it was not fun. I spent 5 surges.

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Did you use it once or twice in the encounter? It is a special Daily.

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Majestic Word? Twice.

Grendmir used all of his healing on me, then I dismissed my Icy Grasp to continue to heal myself.

Once it was about to kill me, I dismissed my Flaming Sphere and resorted to status effects.

Serin was able to knock the witch prone using Whirlwind, and I was able to daze her using Colour Spray. After that, I was able to get a safe enough distance away to continue pegging her with whatever was available as Grendmir defended me and Adia took her out. I eventually fell in combat but Adia was able to bandage me up.

So we JUST woke up, and are one combat into the day, and we've already expended all of our dailies, all of our healing, and 6/7 of my healing surges.

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Damn! Intense.

Shawn can you reply to my PM? Also, I'd like to test out GameTable ahead of time so that I don't waste everyone time trying to connect and all that mumbo jumbo.

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Hey Gusto, that reminds me--

I was looking into sustains and whatnot, and I do believe that you must sustain your Flaming Sphereby using a minor each turn, not just the one minor to sustain it the whole encounter.

Sustains, by D&D definition, are spending an action each turn. And looking into it more, all sustains are conditional to the encounter/5 minute rule.

So I'm pretty sure the only way you can have 2 at a time is using 2 minors each turn, meaning sacrificing a move or standard.

So Shawn! 3 things:

1) Loot info?
2) Can Gusto mid-level retrain?
3) What's the ruling on the sustains? ^

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Ah, alright noted. That's what I originally thought but the text in Flaming Sphere made it seem otherwise.

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It would seem that mispelling encounter gets you censored.

Hilarious.

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Ilmater doesn't like type-o's.

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Damn Gusto, I do not envy your choices for level 6 utilities.

You have too many cool ones, I would never be able to pick.

You get a Teleport 10, A Disguise Self (which could use some Ghost Sound to make up for no sounds), a Dispel Magic (dispel Black Ice anybody?), TARGETED INVISIBILITY (want!), and a 20-foot high Levitate. Wall of Fog is neat, but nowhere as cool as these others.

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I'm looking ahead already and yeah, there are like 4 that I want.

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Saryon turns into a mini-jesus at LVL 6, I can't choose mine neither

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That targeted invisibility sounds too cool to pass up. But then again, you have to be in range, which is 5 squares. Meaning -you- are likely to be seen. Oh well. Disguise Self could be fun to team up with Serin. Teleport 10 is coo', but for a Daily it sounds like it could just get you into trouble. =P

Speakin' of Level 6 Utilties, I'm having trouble picking mine.

Actually, I've already narrowed it down-- Energetic Flight (Gain Fly Speed Equal to My Speed 'til end of my next turn). So basically I could gain the ability to fly for 14 squares (two move turns). Actually, how would that work in non-combat? Could I only fly 14 squares or could I "use" a standard as a move as well? So for two 'non-combat turns', could I fly 28 squares?

Well either way, it's tempting. Serin's already becoming a master of transportation. A Teleport 3, a Jump 11, a potential Fly 14?

The other utility I was considering was Unseen Aid, which gives me a +2 to any skill check I make every 5 minutes. Since skill checks are unlikely to come up more than once every 5 in-game minutes, it seems like this would almost always give me a +2, which would be very useful.

If I were to get Jack of All Trades at 6th level, it'd be like suddenly getting a +4 to everything I'm not trained in.

You can see why this is tempting. Thoughts?

Edt: *looks up Cleric utilities*

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I'm gonna take Wizard's Escape instead of Dimension Door. It only lets me teleport 5 instead of 10, but I do it as an INTERRUPT to being hit in combat. Which means I'm NOT hit and I reappear 5 squares away. AAAAAND it's an encounter, not a daily.

For my second choice (read: Spellbook), I'm pretty torn between Invisibilty and Fire Shield (activation minor, lasts til end of encounter, grants 10 resistance to fire and cold and does 2d6+int to anyone who melee attacks me.)

Seeing as Errik is a Warwizard and not so sneaky-sneaky, I'm leaning towards Fire Shield.

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Gusto said:

I'm gonna take Wizard's Escape instead of Dimension Door. It only lets me teleport 5 instead of 10, but I do it as an INTERRUPT to being hit in combat. Which means I'm NOT hit and I reappear 5 squares away. AAAAAND it's an encounter, not a daily.

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Goddamn that's sexy... AND you can ask... does my halfing racial help me too? No?.... WIZARD'S ESCAPE!

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Second Chance? Shield? Wizard's Escape? Expeditious Retreat?

No?

Fuck, I guess I'll take some damage.

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Get more evasion IMO, Saryon needs to crit Lance of Faith, yo.

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Hehehe, so Errik's becoming the master of avoiding damage.

See, I'm hit so rarely I weclome damage every now and then. I get a few "avoid damage" abilities (One utility is a +4 to all defenses interrupt, which is pretty bitchin') but I've realized that I love powers that can be used in RP and in the world more that abilities specific to combat.

Like Thunder Leap-- it's actually a pretty cool combat power, but I can ALSO use it to get around the world now. I mean come on-- I can jump 55 feet if I really effing need to one day.

Right now I'm thinking Unseen Aid. My skills are awful and a +2 to everything would be nice.

Aw, but flight would be so cool too.

Daaaamn!

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At LVL 4 Saryon got access to a ritual (I believe it's called Iron Will) which if given a 10 min rest (which the ritual will convert to an extended rest), for 35gold he can get all his dailies back. I've also changed a few of his feats and powers to accommodate the new Divine Power updates. At… LVL 6… SWEET MOTHER OF GOD skills come into play.

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Yeah Errik is definitely a "do tons of damage but avoid taking it all costs" kinda wizard.

What they used to refer to as The Glass Cannon.

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What version of Gametable are we using?

PS : I want in on the Simhouse, I got heals.

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Version 7, I believe.

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Gametable installed.. macros done! I'll send my sheet to Shawn tonight. I forgot to do it last night (was playing NHL10).

So.... who wants to loan Saryon 200 gold? He's got healz.

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It'd prob'ly make sense for you to have made roughly the same money we have in your travels.

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I've made arrangements with Shawn in regards to my money... now Saryon needs MOAR! (if possible)

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Why do you need MOAR?

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He wants to buy things!

So do I. Alas, I still do not have the required gold.

WHICH IS WHY I MUST RESORT TO STEALING. (Stealing an item for each person would be fun... Grendmir would never take it though.)

Serin: Hey y'all! I done stole you some shit!
All: Neat! Cool! Thanks!
Grendmir: Stealing is wrong!
Serin: Oh I know-- I found yours on the way back.
Grendmir: ...
Serin: ...
Grendmir: ...
Serin: ... *roll bluff*
Grendmir: ... Okay.

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Hahaha, I still haven't decided on anything in particular I WANT.

After our last combat, though, I think it's about time Errik got some magical cloth armor, y'know, something more than civilian clothing.

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Yeah, I have an idea what I want. I'm 200 gold short of buying armor that would compliment my healing abilities very nicely. Saryon needs magical items! (hopefully he gets his holy symbol back cause with that... mmmm... 1 item!)

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Man, I've got like every item slot plotted out.

I HAVE ISSUES SHUT UP.

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Yeah I've got your Holy Symbol still.

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Oh right, I forgot-- did we decide to distribute monies as if we'd sold everything already, or did we want to try to talk up the stuff we could sell? Like the silver thingies or the Jade stones or whatever. Figure Errik and Serin could possibly get a little bit more for each.

And I ask, again (3rd time), did we get 2 Jade stones at 100g each, or total? I have it written down as each, Gusto has it written down as total.

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Gusto said:

Yeah I've got your Holy Symbol still.

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Gimmie!

And a bag of gold.

eep:

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I'm not giving you gold! I have less magic items and only slightly more gold than everyone else in the party, and dammit, I think it's high time I bought myself something nice.

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I gotta open up Character Builder and decide what cloth I should buy.