Nioca

Holy crap! I need to get to work on that recap! Also, I'll be there for the world building. This has been a lot of fun, and I'd love to actually contribute to a campaign.

Hey, now you're as intelligent as Etris! Also, that's a very large inventory. But I thought it was a jar of preserves, not pickles? EDIT: Just occurred to me. It's a Jar of Pickle Preserves, isn't it?

EDIT: Nevermind. *facepalm*

Okay, perhaps I should have started it at the line "End Session". Oops.

Also, some of the after-adventure musings. Mildly edited and cleaned up, with some spoilers stricken. Click to reveal.. (Only mild ones.) Ephesos (12:46:21 AM): End session. Duck (12:46:56 AM): (Bye, everyone!) Nioca (12:47:01 AM): Bye! Jewels (12:47:02 AM): bye Sarachim (12:47:07 AM): (Bye, Duck) Dikiyoba (12:47:09 AM): Bye Nioca (12:47:11 AM): That was close. Rowen (12:47:13 AM): Volcano explodes, party dies. Nioca (12:47:17 AM): Really, really close. (12:47:17 AM) Duck has left the room. Ephesos (12:47:17 AM): (Bye duck!) Ephesos (12:47:29 AM): Hm... methinks everyone gets to level up after this epicness. Sarachim (12:47:34 AM): For sure. Nioca (12:47:35 AM): Yay! Dikiyoba (12:47:35 AM): Is he still at two HP? Rowen (12:47:36 AM): Close for a number of us. Ephesos (12:47:41 AM): So, thoughts, everyone? Nioca (12:47:48 AM): I liked it. Sarachim (12:47:56 AM): Yeah, me too. Rowen (12:47:57 AM): It was fun but hard. Jewels (12:48:05 AM): Lindy healed everyone for 5 after the fight. Nioca (12:48:07 AM): Though I wasn't too keen on passing out again. Sarachim (12:48:30 AM): The bog especially. The running/fighting and the big hill fight were both well done. Jewels (12:48:30 AM): You're own fault for spending stamina like you down tictacs. Sarachim (12:48:43 AM): Also, thank you for the gravity torch. It's even more fun than the shark. Ephesos (12:48:52 AM): I'm glad you like it. Nioca (12:48:55 AM): To be fair, two of those stamina were lost by accident. Rowen (12:49:02 AM): I went easy on Temmyn's stamina I thought. Ephesos (12:49:13 AM): (runs off to re-tally the fumbles and crits) Jewels (12:49:18 AM): I loved it Eph. The preplanning was as epic as the rolls. Ephesos (12:49:28 AM): 14 fumbles. Sarachim (12:49:41 AM): Yeah, how the hell did that happen? Ephesos (12:49:57 AM): But, 13 crits. Ephesos (12:50:09 AM): This session had more dice than any other session. Jewels (12:50:13 AM): Four of which came with spiffy visions for Lindy. Dikiyoba (12:50:57 AM): Am I ahead of Kaval again? Ephesos (12:50:59 AM): Those. Are. So. Much. Fun. Ephesos (12:51:12 AM): Thuja, Kaval, and Etris are tied with 8 fumbles. Sarachim (12:51:17 AM): Still, that's the number you'd expect from 280 die rolls, or 40 per player. No way we had that many. \ Jewels (12:51:19 AM): Indeed. Ephesos (12:51:37 AM): Kaval still has the lead with 10 critical hits (none tonight, though), and Thuja has the next-most with 8. Rowen (12:52:10 AM): One beheaded a goblin :-D Sarachim (12:52:32 AM): Thuja had four tonight? That's just unfair. Ephesos (12:52:36 AM): This log is going to take a long time to prepare, is all. Dikiyoba (12:52:53 AM): I blame Rowen. Ephesos (12:53:32 AM): This time, I figured I'd try some D&D-ish skill challenges. I hope they worked. Jewels (12:53:50 AM): They seemed to work perfectly. Rowen (12:53:56 AM): I liked them. Nice change in pace. Nioca (12:54:15 AM): They did. [snip] Rowen (12:59:12 AM): John did have some mad skills tonight. Ephesos (12:59:14 AM): And I think he's earned a perk... Sarachim (12:59:18 AM): He has 2 strength and no sword skill. Dikiyoba (12:59:21 AM): I still need to punch him a few times, though. Ephesos (12:59:52 AM): Reckless Abandon - When you have less than half your health, you gain a +1 bonus to all of your rolls. Ephesos (1:00:03 AM): Thoughts? Dikiyoba (1:00:15 AM): Eph: Can you repost my perk real fast? Nioca (1:00:27 AM): Sounds good. Rowen (1:00:31 AM): He will always have that bonus on then, he runs around at 1 or 2 hp all the time. Dikiyoba (1:00:35 AM): Heh Ephesos (1:00:45 AM): Happy Misanthrope - Gain +2 to Intimidate vs humanoids, -2 to Diplomacy. Reverse that vs non-humanoids. Jewels (1:01:02 AM): Maybe add When you have only one HP left, you gain +2 or +3? Sarachim (1:01:08 AM): Conall and Temmyn still don't have perks. Ephesos (1:01:13 AM): Pretty much, yeah. But his HP is so low, that it's hard to risk it. Thus the abandon. Ephesos (1:01:19 AM): I know, I need ones for them. Dikiyoba (1:01:45 AM): Yeah, he does have low health most the time, but I like it. Rowen (1:02:06 AM): I tried to think up witty comments like Aran always does but I'm not so good at it. Dikiyoba (1:02:09 AM): It will be our incentive to either heal him to make him look bad or to always keep his health low and maybe have him die. Rowen (1:02:24 AM): I like Johns perk. Sarachim (1:02:32 AM): So he's a better fighter and he might die? I'm not seeing the downside. Dikiyoba (1:02:46 AM): That's why it's a perk, not a disadvantage. Sarachim (1:02:52 AM): The man tried to steal my torch. The one item in this world that I love, and he takes it from me. Jewels (1:03:13 AM): He tried stealing my book too... the little rat. Rowen (1:03:17 AM): Then he went for the book. What was up with that? Jewels (1:03:26 AM): idk, he wouldn't tell me. Dikiyoba (1:03:34 AM): We'll need therapy once this is over. Dikiyoba (1:03:53 AM): "Hi, my name is Thuja. I had John as a fellow party member..." Jewels (1:04:07 AM): lol Sarachim (1:04:28 AM): It's funny how roleplaying convention prevents us from just abandoning him, even though that's exactly what our characters would do. Nioca (1:04:44 AM): Would they, though? Nioca (1:04:52 AM): Even on his worst day, he still makes good cannon fodder. Jewels (1:04:53 AM): Lindy sure wants to... Jewels (1:05:15 AM): Wastes the precious health points she pumps into him all the time. Ephesos (1:05:19 AM): Nothing in the game is preventing you from abandoning him. Sarachim (1:05:31 AM): Yeah, but it'd be mean. Ephesos (1:05:35 AM): I just think the game would be less fun without him, given his recent tendency towards epicness. Jewels (1:06:21 AM): He did almost chop Lindy's head off with a misguided hat though... He is epic in both success and failure. Sarachim (1:06:30 AM): Okay, I hate to be the one to do this, but seriously: gambler's fallacy. Ephesos (1:06:37 AM): Hm... yeah, John gets to level up twice, in fact. Then everyone's level 5. Nioca (1:06:45 AM): Ephesos (1:07:08 AM): Or is that too much, you think? Sarachim (1:07:35 AM): It depends. If our universal hatred for John amuses you, and your goal is to stoke it with jealously, then no, it's perfect. Nioca (1:07:40 AM): Maybe... Then again, I suppose he is facing things outside his competence zone. Rowen (1:07:49 AM): For how John did tonight, I think it is okay, He did perform epicly. Sleeping Dragon (1:07:57 AM): But really, is the group better or worse off for having him? Nioca (1:08:17 AM): Tonight? I'd say better. Dikiyoba (1:08:21 AM): If he has a perk, then one level is good for tonight. Dikiyoba (1:08:37 AM): We should abandon him and make him to a side session to level up. Dikiyoba (1:08:41 AM): It would be epic. Sarachim (1:09:02 AM): Well, because Eph by his own admission custom-builds fights to suit party strength, in the long run no character is a plus or a minus in battle. So we have to ask, is he good or bad outside of battle? Nioca (1:09:07 AM): Except he draws damage like nobody's business. He'd be dead an hour in. Dikiyoba (1:09:35 AM): All enemies should be bluffable. Dikiyoba (1:09:42 AM): Or desperately need hats. Sarachim (1:10:04 AM): True. Just once, before we finish, I'd like to see six guys bidding for his five hats. Ephesos (1:10:06 AM): Hah. Nioca (1:10:58 AM): Also, I am now the proud owner of 4 shortswords. Nioca (1:11:08 AM): Maybe I need to go into the shortsword business... Ephesos (1:11:30 AM): I thought it was 3... well, and the flying one. Nioca (1:11:37 AM): Yeah, that makes 4. Ephesos (1:11:38 AM): Thuja and John both took 1. Sarachim (1:11:39 AM): Temmyn's got two wrenches, a longsword, and a hammer. Nioca (1:12:03 AM): I'm surprised Temmyn isn't getting feedback from all the metal... Sarachim (1:12:08 AM): And a torch, whose martial value he does not seem to appreciate. Jewels (1:12:16 AM): Lindy would take a short sword but then she'd have to drop the shield. Though she didn't use the shield at all this session, in theory, it's more useful to her than a sword is with her 1Strength. Nioca (1:12:35 AM): Lindy has a shield? Nioca (1:12:40 AM): Oh, right, the doorshield. Ephesos (1:12:44 AM): Yeah. Jewels (1:12:56 AM): The door that no one would help her blast in half. *sniff* Nioca (1:13:06 AM): So, any ideas what the quotes will be this session? Sarachim (1:13:19 AM): It's too epic for me to pick one now. Ephesos (1:13:57 AM): I have no idea... it will take forever to sort this out. Jewels (1:13:57 AM): I'd prefer not to sway Eph's opinon by throwing out mine. Dikiyoba (1:14:11 AM): The giant spider line definitely needs to appear. Nioca (1:14:18 AM): Yes, definitely. Ephesos (1:14:39 AM): What giant spider line? Nioca (1:14:51 AM): The giant spider? Nioca (1:14:55 AM): You went after it? Nioca (1:15:01 AM): Then fumbled when attacking it? Dikiyoba (1:15:04 AM): Rowen didn't pick up anything while I was away, right? No goblin fingers or whatnot? Ephesos (1:15:13 AM): ...omg. Without editing, the newest log is 200kb. Much longer than any other one so far. Ephesos (1:15:23 AM): Thrice as long as last session. Rowen (1:15:24 AM): Gah, I can't seem to open up the Sanctuary Ephesos (1:15:30 AM): Webs is down. Ephesos (1:15:37 AM): Construction apparently cut a wire at their HQ. Ephesos (1:15:41 AM): It is fail. Rowen (1:15:48 AM): :-( Ephesos (1:16:26 AM): Yup. Dikiyoba (1:17:08 AM): Speaking of technology fails, sorry about the beginning of the session. The deity of technology apparently hated me today. Ephesos (1:17:19 AM): Hey, no problem. It worked. Ephesos (1:17:35 AM): We ran a little late, which is my fault for squeezing the final encounter in tonight. Nioca (1:17:43 AM): That's alright. Nioca (1:17:56 AM): If session 5 taught us anything, it's that startup is slow. Ephesos (1:17:58 AM): I simply didn't want to start a session that way. Dikiyoba (1:18:13 AM): Yeah, volcanos are much more exciting. Ephesos (1:18:18 AM): This is actually way more than I thought would happen tonight. Ephesos (1:18:28 AM): We might be nearing the end of the road. :-( Nioca (1:18:41 AM): Alas. Ephesos (1:18:43 AM): Hard to say, though. :-) Dikiyoba (1:18:46 AM): Better hire a construction crew to build more road, then. Ephesos (1:18:51 AM): Heh. Rowen (1:19:09 AM): When should I get you a character for the next rp? Ephesos (1:19:21 AM): Oh, I haven't even really begun talking about it yet. Ephesos (1:19:29 AM): It can wait a little while. Ephesos (1:19:47 AM): I plan on having some kind of group brainstormy thing about that at some point. Sarachim (1:20:09 AM): I leveled up. +2 to parry. Nioca (1:20:37 AM): Oh, that reminds me. Adding to strength doesn't automatically get you an extra hit point, does it? Dikiyoba (1:20:37 AM): I leveled up too. Ephesos (1:20:54 AM): Nioca: Hunh? Ephesos (1:21:01 AM): Oh. Um. Ephesos (1:21:03 AM): Hm. Ephesos (1:21:11 AM): I can't remember what we ruled with John. Ephesos (1:21:19 AM): I think the answer was no. So, no. Nioca (1:21:25 AM): Alright. Nioca (1:21:45 AM): I think I'm going to think up a unique skill for my level up. Ephesos (1:22:18 AM): Hunh. Is Thuja at full health? Sarachim (1:22:39 AM): Diki's level up says 22/26 Nioca (1:22:45 AM): I don't think so... Ephesos (1:22:49 AM): I had Thuja at full health. Ephesos (1:22:52 AM): Dunno why. Nioca (1:22:56 AM): I had her at 21/26 Rowen (1:23:21 AM): I have Temmyn at 10/4 Ephesos (1:23:35 AM): 10/5 was what I had. Ephesos (1:23:37 AM): Weird. Rowen (1:24:14 AM): Spent one two stamina during the portal conflict. Sarachim (1:24:19 AM): Oops, there's a mistake in Kaval's. I wrote 15/22, but it's really 20/22. Ephesos (1:24:22 AM): Okay, I need to go attend to laundry. I'll leave the window open, so feel free to argue for your current status. Back shortly. Rowen (1:25:29 AM): Think Lindy knows about the portals affecting her yet? Jewels (1:25:50 AM): I'd say it's a safe bet they all figure it out at next sessions rest Dikiyoba (1:26:48 AM): Thuja's a guy. I know all the dirt makes it hard to tell. Nioca (1:27:06 AM): Crap, I did it again. Sarachim (1:27:08 AM): You'd think the way he kills people with an axe would be enough of a hint. Sleeping Dragon (1:30:51 AM): My female orc warrior character in World of Warcraft might have a problem with that assumption. Jewels (1:32:08 AM): Heading to bed. Thanks for the game night everyone. Nioca (1:32:14 AM): Bye! Jewels (1:32:17 AM): /action does a group huggle. Jewels (1:32:23 AM): oops wrong syntax Jewels (1:32:31 AM): /me does a group huggle. Jewels (1:32:35 AM): there Sleeping Dragon (1:32:41 AM): <3 Dikiyoba (1:32:54 AM): Bye (1:33:15 AM) Jewels has left the room. Rowen (1:33:20 AM): I'm off also. Thanks for letting me play a bit tonight and take care. Sarachim (1:33:27 AM): Thanks for helping out Sarachim (1:33:29 AM): 'Night Dikiyoba (1:33:32 AM): Yeah, thanks. Bye (1:33:42 AM) Rowen has left the room. Nioca (1:33:58 AM): Bye! Ephesos (1:37:28 AM): Oookay, back. Ephesos (1:37:58 AM): Aw, I missed the group huggle. :-( Nioca (1:38:02 AM): Alas. Nioca (1:38:56 AM): What are the totals? Ephesos (1:39:06 AM): What totals? Nioca (1:39:14 AM): Erm... Nioca (1:39:21 AM): HP/Stamina. Ephesos (1:39:27 AM): ...hm. Nioca (1:39:32 AM): I thought that was what the housekeeping was about. Dikiyoba (1:39:34 AM): That's okay, Eph. I totally dived out of the way and shoved you in to take my place. Ephesos (1:39:41 AM): Heh. Ephesos (1:40:22 AM): So I had Kaval at 20/22, 6/10. Ephesos (1:40:28 AM): That much seems to be correct. Ephesos (1:40:41 AM): I had Conall at 17/28, 1/10. Ephesos (1:40:56 AM): Etris at 7/19, 7/10. Ephesos (1:41:14 AM): Temmyn at 10/16, 5/10. Ephesos (1:41:27 AM): John at 6/13, 5/10. Ephesos (1:41:41 AM): Thuja at 26/26?, 8/10. Ephesos (1:41:50 AM): Lindy at 13/13, 5/10. Dikiyoba (1:41:53 AM): Huh. Ephesos (1:42:00 AM): Yeah, not sure how that one happened. Dikiyoba (1:42:44 AM): For stamina, Rowen told me I was at 6. Dikiyoba (1:43:01 AM): Then I lost two more in the bog, regained two from resting, and spent one in combat. Dikiyoba (1:43:11 AM): I think. Ephesos (1:43:33 AM): 'k, so we'll put it at 5. Ephesos (1:43:50 AM): (I swear, this won't matter at all once you guys rest. ) Ephesos (1:44:09 AM): The health shouldn't be at full, but I don't know... Dikiyoba (1:44:14 AM): Health... I was at 18/22 before leveling up. Ephesos (1:44:18 AM): Oh Ephesos (1:44:21 AM): Hm. Ephesos (1:44:26 AM): Okay, 22/26. There we go. Dikiyoba (1:44:51 AM): Yay! I win! I put my character in a worse position, but I win. Sarachim (1:45:16 AM): We're about to rest anyway. Ephesos (1:45:43 AM): Exactly. All of this will change. Nioca (1:46:11 AM): That's nice. 'Cause I'm still half-dead, even with the healing and level-up HP. Ephesos (1:46:36 AM): You have 7 stamina, though. I honestly don't know how you pulled it off, but yeah. Nioca (1:46:51 AM): And I thank you for that stamina. Nioca (1:47:32 AM): (Otherwise, I'd be at 2) Ephesos (1:48:23 AM): Thank Hoggle. Ephesos (1:48:30 AM): He came prepared. Sarachim (1:48:55 AM): Yeah, woo for Hoggle. Ephesos (1:49:47 AM): Isn't it nice to have a friendly NPC? Nioca (1:50:01 AM): How does Amplification sound as a skill? Basically, it boosts spell damage more than levels in intelligence or the appropriate spell category, but doesn't effect the success/fail rate at all. And he can put stamina into it to further bolster attack power. Sarachim (1:50:07 AM): "Hey, I need all your mages to stress themselves half to death while your fighters battle a massive zombie horde. Here is a stamina potion." Sarachim (1:50:22 AM): Seriously, he could at least have handed out the healing potions before the battle. Ephesos (1:51:02 AM): I don't know if I like Amplification. Ephesos (1:51:14 AM): Sounds more like a perk than a trainable skill. Ephesos (1:51:27 AM): And while Etris would be eligible for such, I don't know about it just yet. Ephesos (1:51:33 AM): And he was saving them. Nioca (1:52:26 AM): Ah, well. I can always put them into shortswords and force magic. Dikiyoba (1:55:24 AM): You should try to get an endurance skill so you can eventually raise stamina. Nioca (1:55:43 AM): Tell me about it. Nioca (1:55:52 AM): It's becoming a once-a-session thing. Nioca (1:56:00 AM): A sport! "Etris Fainting"! Ephesos (1:56:08 AM): I'd watch that. Dikiyoba (1:56:16 AM): We'll start judging your collapses, then. Nioca (1:56:28 AM): "Place your bets! Will he fall forwards, or backwards?" Dikiyoba (1:56:37 AM): I'm going to call today's an 8.5. Nioca (1:56:44 AM): "Ooh, someone made a bet for sideways, such a longshot." Nioca (1:56:51 AM): Sarachim (1:56:55 AM): Maybe he's wearing a Victorian corset under his armor. Nioca (1:57:13 AM): I wish he had armor. Dikiyoba (1:57:15 AM): It'll get even better once we start smacking you around in an effort to make sure we win our bets. Nioca (1:57:38 AM): That was going to be the price of the shortsword I was selling to John. His breastplate. Ephesos (1:57:48 AM): Heh. Nioca (1:57:51 AM): I suppose it worked out better in hindsight that it fell through. Sarachim (1:57:56 AM): I considered taking Temmyn's hammer and using it to re-size some of the goblin armor, but then I decided armor conflicted with Kaval's ninja tactics. Ephesos (1:58:04 AM): "ack... breastplate... too... small...." Dikiyoba (1:58:10 AM): *faints* Nioca (1:58:28 AM): I'm just thankful Etris is low to the ground. Ephesos (2:02:06 AM): ...so, wow. I'm looking back at all the stuff I prepared now. Sarachim (2:02:23 AM): Why wow? Ephesos (2:03:47 AM): No, it just makes about half of the other sessions look pathetic. I feel like a bit of a chump. Nioca (2:04:19 AM): Hey, new system. Now that everyone's used to the rules, we can handle more epic stuff like this. Sarachim (2:04:20 AM): Nah, you're good at this. Nioca (2:04:30 AM): If you'd started like that... Nioca (2:04:44 AM): Well, it's nice to ease into it is what I'm saying. Sarachim (2:04:46 AM): That's a good point. We'd have been completely lost. Ephesos (2:05:20 AM): True. Ephesos (2:05:49 AM): I mean, the thing is, the early maze had been pretty well planned-out, even though it was all randomly-generated. Nioca (2:06:19 AM): Even the octopus? Ephesos (2:06:41 AM): The octopus was improv-ed. Ephesos (2:06:50 AM): To the betterment of the campaign, I think. Sarachim (2:07:07 AM): Yeah, that was fun. Ephesos (2:08:12 AM): Yeah, I liked it. Nioca (2:09:25 AM): I hope showing that one goblin mercy will help us in the long run. Sarachim (2:09:38 AM): ... we cut off one of its fingers, and it escaped. Nioca (2:09:47 AM): No, the other one. Ephesos (2:10:01 AM): Yeah, one was unconscious, but only Etris noticed. Sarachim (2:10:23 AM): Oh, that one. Well, we killed three of its friends, and then we tortured the fourth one, and then we didn't so much show it mercy as ignore it because we were talking about something else. Ephesos (2:10:27 AM): See, that's one thing I like about this form. It lets me be sneaky about who knows what. Dikiyoba (2:10:38 AM): Yeah, that is nice. Dikiyoba (2:10:42 AM): If occasionally confusing. Sarachim (2:11:09 AM): Yeah, in one session I forgot I had my speakers off or something and just never noticed any of the things Eph told me privately. Sarachim (2:11:13 AM): But otherwise, pretty cool. Nioca (2:11:52 AM): Also, this was our first full Duck-John session. Nioca (2:12:14 AM): Can't exactly say it gets boring when he's around. Sarachim (2:12:32 AM): You know, for two hours a session, he's not so bad. Ephesos (2:12:54 AM): I'm a huge fan of him after this session. Ephesos (2:13:06 AM): Can't say he half-asses anything, that's for sure. Nioca (2:13:14 AM): He's like our party's Elan. Nioca (2:13:18 AM): Only evil. Dikiyoba (2:13:53 AM): More like neutral. Sleeping Dragon (2:13:53 AM): Even more so if I can get Duck to continue the romance subplot I started with Lindy much earlier. Dikiyoba (2:14:08 AM): Unless you're a communist, that is. Die, commie, die. Ephesos (2:14:26 AM): He's definitely chaotic neutral. Ephesos (2:14:49 AM): And that romance subplot... seems like it's been thoroughly torched. Sleeping Dragon (2:15:02 AM): Never lose faith, never. Sleeping Dragon (2:15:13 AM): There is always hope for love. Sarachim (2:15:50 AM): You know what else is torched? John, if he steals my torch again. Sarachim (2:16:15 AM): Gah, I think Kaval's hatred for John is spilling over into me. Nioca (2:16:29 AM): Leveled up. +1 Force magic, +1 Shortswords. Also, I named my batsword Stygia. Ephesos (2:16:56 AM): Heh. Nioca (2:17:28 AM): Hey, it's getting useful now. Nailed a hit where I missed, and didn't let a good pun go to waste. Nioca (2:17:33 AM): Well... Nioca (2:17:36 AM): Mediocre pun. Ephesos (2:18:01 AM): You say that like puns are tolerable. Sarachim (2:18:10 AM): Yeah, I wish we hadn't killed all the other magic weapons. Nioca (2:18:13 AM): Well, it made fast work of the other goblin. Sarachim (2:18:27 AM): Puns are better than quotes, and so far nobody's quoted anything. Nioca (2:18:30 AM): That's gotta count for something. Ephesos (2:18:36 AM): True, true. Nioca (2:19:13 AM): But I'm half-tempted to bury the sword in an enemy, then try engaging someone else and see if the sword picks up on the cue. Dikiyoba (2:20:13 AM): I feel like my inventory is really empty. Ephesos (2:20:15 AM): We will see. Dikiyoba (2:20:27 AM): But I guess it has an entire shark. That probably limits my options some. Ephesos (2:20:29 AM): Thuja seems like one to travel light, though. Sarachim (2:20:53 AM): I feel like my inventory is bloated. Nioca (2:22:40 AM): Also, I was really looking forward to sticking sunfish in my nose. But Ephesos took away my fish... Sarachim (2:22:54 AM): When did that happen? Ephesos (2:23:02 AM): Stuffing old fish up your nose would hardly have been an improvement. Nioca (2:23:04 AM): Right when Jareth dumped us in the bog. Nioca (2:23:19 AM): But you admit it would have been an improvement, right? Nioca (2:23:22 AM): Dikiyoba (2:23:52 AM): Passing out was probably more enjoyable. Ephesos (2:23:53 AM): I think it was pretty awesome that you failed the roll to not vomit with your last point of stamina, though. Should've spent stamina to crit it. Ephesos (2:24:10 AM): Etris tries to hard not to vomit that he passes out. Dikiyoba (2:24:25 AM): Also, that fumble of mine right there was hilariously appropriate. Ephesos (2:24:40 AM): Yep. Nioca (2:24:52 AM): "I see a wall!" Ephesos (2:25:01 AM): Fumbles out of combat are fun. Ephesos (2:25:11 AM): Thankfully, nobody fumbled during the skill challenge. Nioca (2:25:16 AM): Mind, fumbles in combat are fun too. Sarachim (2:25:24 AM): No, they are not. Nioca (2:25:28 AM): Especially fumbles that work. Ephesos (2:25:36 AM): That was probably a one-shot. Dikiyoba (2:25:37 AM): I'm going to start doing what Arancaytar did and rolling a die with one side whenever the situation needs livening up. Sarachim (2:25:52 AM): Not only was it a one-shot, but John's uncanny success is infuriating. Ephesos (2:25:59 AM): I rolled a d20 to see if the hat was lost, and it came up 20. Go figure. Ephesos (2:26:04 AM): I listened to the dice. Nioca (2:26:08 AM): Speak for yourself, I found John utterly failing to place a hat anywhere near the enemy hilarious. Nioca (2:26:42 AM): Also, it's like he has it in for Lindy. Ephesos (2:26:59 AM): Now that was just awful luck on the d6. Nioca (2:27:31 AM): Yeah, but how many of his failures wind up coming down on Lindy? Nioca (2:27:38 AM): Far as I can remember, it's a lot. Ephesos (2:27:42 AM): I have not looked. Ephesos (2:28:02 AM): (I must disappear to fix laundry again.) Nioca (2:28:15 AM): Ah. Well, I probably need to go too. Nioca (2:28:19 AM): Bye! Ephesos (2:28:22 AM): Bye. Dikiyoba (2:28:27 AM): "Laundry! Stop breaking!" Ephesos (2:28:27 AM): Thanks for coming, all. Dikiyoba (2:28:29 AM): Bye Nioca (2:28:32 AM): (Also, I'm posting the end part of the log, if nobody minds.) Sarachim (2:28:45 AM): I don't mind. Sarachim (2:28:50 AM): I should go, too. I need sleep. Dikiyoba (2:28:55 AM): Bye to you too. Sarachim (2:29:05 AM): 'Night (2:29:07 AM) Sarachim has left the room.

Epic excitement? Check. Level up? Check. Shortswords? Check. Click to reveal.. (Etris's Stats) Name: Etris Tanner Occupation: Battlemage Race: Human Alignment: Neutral-Overconfident Strength: 3 Dexterity: 2 Intelligence: 6 Health: 10/22 (+3) Speed: 5 Stamina: 7/10 Magic (Force): 7 (+1) Magic (Light): 2 Magic (Divination): 1 Martial (Shortswords): 4 (+1) Bluff: 2 Artifice: 2 Elemental Lore: 1 ITEMS Stygia (Sentient Flying Shortsword) Bottle of Yellow Soporific Spores (Saps stamina) Razor-rimmed Throwing Hat Shortsword x3 (No, I'm not kidding) Copper Pieces x7 Healing Potion x2 Large Fork PERKS "Burning the Candle at Both Ends" - Whenever you would spend your last stamina point in combat, the attack in question is an automatic critical hit.

...That's just wrong.

Oh lord no. They can't get tighter. They just can't... *weeps*

Ah, so no hitting them with the previous posts?

After reading that, my head feels like it was rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise. Ow. See you Tuesday.

That, and we're over half-way through the campaign. Introducing a new character now would likely be a bit awkward (especially considering that said character would be three levels behind the party at this point). As a matter of fact, if Etris goes down now, I'll probably just go to spectating.

Well it's not the first time someone has posted by proxy.

Oh, okay. Yay!

It does provide a bonus to evade. Additionally, combined with Dexterity, the Defense skill unlocks Parry. But I'd say 13 is plenty.

I just started using the coffee theme today. It's a bit of an eyesore, but I like the text. Plus, glowy buttons.

Lindy did level up. She chose +2 nature.

He was healed just before that. And it's at spidwebRP. You need AIM. I'd invite you on if I knew your AIM screenname.

I just know I'm going to regret this, but... I went over the Session 6 transcript. Remember how I said that Etris only had 3 stamina, not 6? Well, I was right. It breaks down like this: Click to reveal.. Etris started at 7. He used two on a sunray, taking him down to 5. He then spent another two on a force blast, for a total of 3. Then one stamina got spent on a sunray, bringing the total to 2. Then he lost two from nearly bleeding to death, hitting 0. Finally, he rested slightly, going back up to 3. Just to keep things fair and square. Anyway, I'm suddenly glad I'll be there for the next session, for some reason.

Hmm. Seems Tuesdays are becoming a regular thing. Hopefully my bad luck wears off. My average roll was an 8 last session, and it was a 7 before that.

Our local McDonalds was known for one thing: Food Poisoning. Surprisingly, it went out of business. I'll save any arguments against "Supersize Me" for someone who's actually seen it. However, suffice it to say that, from what I've read, I don't exactly consider it an actual example of whatever problems the fast-food industry may have. Unless consumer stupidity is the problem.

After bleeding out, it's good to level up. Click to reveal.. (Etris's Stats) Name: Etris Tanner Occupation: Battlemage Race: Human Alignment: Neutralish Strength: 3 Dexterity: 2 Intelligence: 6 Health: 15/19 (+3) Speed: 5 Stamina: 6/10 Magic (Force): 6 (+2) Magic (Light): 2 Magic (Divination): 1 Martial (Shortswords): 3 Bluff: 2 Artifice: 2 Elemental Lore: 1 ITEMS Batsword (Sentient Flying Shortsword) Yellow Soporific Spores (Saps stamina) Razor-rimmed Throwing Hat Portion of Fish PERKS "Burning the Candle at Both Ends" - Whenever you would spend your last stamina point in combat, the attack in question is an automatic critical hit.

Originally Posted By: Ephesos Turns out someone on our street canceled their service, and my ISP, in their infinite freakin' wisdom, decided to disconnect us instead! You want even more fun? Have the electric AND gas company do that to you. In the middle of winter. Yeah, glad you got your internet back. Hopefully, you never have to contact your ISP again. Ever. Who's participating this session, out of curiosity?

Quote: I only really imagine summoning spells being used in boss battles anyway - situations where you don't want the boss to be attacking you under any circumstances. And, although illusions vanish after taking 1 point of damage, the attack that did the damage isn't doing 100 points to one of your PCs. Except that most boss battles render that point moot by making the boss a spellcaster (or another enemy with AoE/Multi-target attacks). So your party gets hit anyway and the illusions are blasted into nothingness. Ones that don't have that usually render it moot anyway, because a single attack can only kill a PC if it's at 0 HP. An idle 2 SP healing spell is all it takes to render the character immune to dying again. Now, I suppose it could be useful to a singleton mage. But that assumes that such a mage never invested in melee combat, which would make one wonder how such a mage ever got past the level 3. Quote: Also, just to go back to another topic... Skill points and experience in BoA is so plentiful that you could easily make a character trained in both Mage and Priest spells. Considering that many scenarios allow you to purchase training in skills as well, you probably wouldn't even need to go through each scenario more than once. Oh, mage-priests are nice, so long as you're good at avoiding damage. I'm just saying that trying for a mage-priest-warrior is probably a bad idea.

...Except then you're diverting your mage into casting illusions when he could be just killing the enemies. Same cost, and you kill the enemies faster so you don't have to worry about healing anyway. I suppose the problem I have with it is that it winds up useless in situations where you'd need it, and useful when you don't. If illusions can hold the enemy at bay, then the party likely could have handled it better with a well-placed Lightning Spray instead. If the party hits an enemy it has trouble with, the enemy could likely blow through the illusions like they weren't there (which, technically speaking, they aren't). It's not cost effective (in the 5 melee enemies example, if they weren't killed right away, the mage would have to recast, which gets expensive fast), it's unreliable (e.g. the Illusions get placed behind the party, turning the party into the meatshields for the illusions), and it ties the mage up in summoning when he could be hasting, slowing, or spraying elemental damage. I also apologize for that horrific brick of a paragraph back there. If you can call it that, even.

... Excuse me. I think my mind just imploded. Create Illusions? One of the most broken spells in the game? Can you please elaborate on how a bunch of 1 HP critters are useful in a situation where instant meat shields were needed? Or in any situation, for that matter? 'Cause I'm having a very hard time figuring that one out.