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OOC and stuff.

Posted by Mysterious Ancient WizardFor group 0
Leonia Sunstorm
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Tue 5 Mar 2019
at 19:50
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I've been bogged down waiting for the NPCs to commence the testing. Don't know about anyone else.
Mysterious Ancient Wizard
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Wed 25 Dec 2019
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Whelp... I don't know if anybody is still around but... Merry Christmas, and a happy 2020.
Levithian
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Wed 25 Dec 2019
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And to you as well.
Leonia Sunstorm
player, 303 posts
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Wed 25 Dec 2019
at 17:28
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Who dares.....oh, Merry Christmas as well.
Mysterious Ancient Wizard
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Fri 22 Jan 2021
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So... 2020 happened. Can we get a mulligan on that? Anyway... Happy new year, everyone.
Levithian
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Fri 22 Jan 2021
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Buckle up. That was the tutorial.
Leonia Sunstorm
player, 304 posts
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Fri 22 Jan 2021
at 16:25
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True dat!
Mysterious Ancient Wizard
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Sat 15 Jan 2022
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Okay, so... We sort-of survived another year.

I think I just about had enough playing Pandemic though, can we put the pieces back in the box already?

Happy 2022 everyone. Hope you are all well.
Leonia Sunstorm
player, 305 posts
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Sat 15 Jan 2022
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I used to love playing Pandemic. Then the reality hit. Still, a friend of mine went out and bought the Call of Cthulhu version. I'm not sure I'm in the mood to try it, though.
Mysterious Ancient Wizard
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Tue 1 Feb 2022
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So... After wrapping my head around the fact that CoC Pandemic is a real thing that exists... I found that it's pretty much what I expected (as opposed to, I don't know, tentacle-shaped viruses that turn you into a shoggoth).

Still, if an Elder Thing knocks on my door to ask me if I am fully vaccinated, I'm sending them to your friend's house.

Just saying :P
Leonia Sunstorm
player, 306 posts
HP 12/15
Tue 1 Feb 2022
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Heh!
Leonia Sunstorm
player, 307 posts
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Sun 13 Mar 2022
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Any time you feel the creative juices again, I was still waiting to spar and show what I'm good at.
Mysterious Ancient Wizard
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Fri 18 Mar 2022
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The thing about the sparring is, it was meant to be a chance for the players to refine their teamwork and come up with synergies and ways to build upon one another's abilities.

Great Mountain and Rainbow are so far above the party's level it's not even a joke, and even though Paizo has since nerfed the Scarred Witch Doctor something awful (because they hate me personally, I presume) they are still extremely strong, and were meant to teach your characters a lesson about taking down stronger opponents.

Which may possibly have been "sometimes you can't", depending on how creative the players got... But that just means you learn how to get clever. Sound planning and creative use of resources can easily increase your CR by several points (Tucker's Kobolds FTW).

However, unless you have time to prepare the terrain, you need to outnumber your opponents in order to even try anything clever... And I get a feeling you may well be the last living live player in this party :P
Leonia Sunstorm
player, 308 posts
HP 21/21
Fri 18 Mar 2022
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Oh, now I HAVE to know about Tucker's kobolds..

Good thing about a conjuror....there is always some added forces a summoning away. Would help if Leonia actually knew some summoning spells, but the concept is sound.
Mysterious Ancient Wizard
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Sat 19 Mar 2022
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https://dungeonmaster.academy/articles/tuckers-kobolds


Basically, adventurers are supposed to be this.
Leonia Sunstorm
player, 309 posts
HP 21/21
Sat 19 Mar 2022
at 10:15
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Damn, that's a great story.
Leonia Sunstorm
player, 310 posts
HP 21/21
Fri 25 Mar 2022
at 07:27
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Reminds me of the time I turned Wall of Fog into an offensive  spell.
Mysterious Ancient Wizard
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Fri 25 Mar 2022
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One of the unfortunate(?) things about DnD/Pathfinder, and generally with any game with the kind of strict rulebook that this entire family has, is that the only real way to adjudicate clever stuff is to follow the closest rule.

Which is why, for instance, you can't make infinite money by converting 10-foot ladders into 10-foot poles: by the rules, that is a crafting action, and so it requires a certain amount of work and a skill check.

This also means that you can't go "I throw the flour pack in the air and follow up with 'gust of wind' and 'spark'. Thermobaric explosion FTW."

Or, well, you can, but you do as much damage as the class of spells you used, adjusted by the components you added, so probably 2d6 or thereabouts.

And so now I am curious as to how you turned a first-level defensive spell into an offensive one. Also, which wall of fog? 1st ed, ADnD, 4th ed?
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:06, Fri 25 Mar 2022.
Leonia Sunstorm
player, 311 posts
HP 21/21
Fri 25 Mar 2022
at 11:08
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AdnD, or DnD 3.5.

Step 1, hire a bunch of ragamuffins to pelt the villain with dirt clods. They do no damage, just annoy the fellow. Unbeknownst to the target, sprinkled into the dirt is as much metallic sulfur as I can produce in my Alchemy lab.

Step 2, If you can, corner the villain in a room. Fill it with Wall of Fog, then shut and spike the door.

Have you ever seen a piece of metallic sulfur dropped into water? It ignites and feeds off the oxygen molecules in the water. A single gram can burn upwards of 3 minutes and the exothermic flame reaches about 700 degrees Farenheit.
Mysterious Ancient Wizard
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Sat 26 Mar 2022
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Pretty sure DnD 3.5 does not have Wall of Fog, so I'm guessing it was ADnD.

Are you sure you mean metallic *Sulphur*? Because that's quite the trick, even for an alchemist: metals are on the other side of the periodic table.

Now, metallic Sodium, or Potassium, I could certainly see... But they *also* tend to spontaneously catch fire when exposed to air, dirt, and the occasional test engineer chemist. Or alchemist, in our case.

Sprinkling them on dirt like so much salt on popcorns would certainly be an experience, much like skydiving without a parachute, or telling your girlfriend that yes, that dress does in fact make her look fat.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:50, Sat 26 Mar 2022.
Leonia Sunstorm
player, 312 posts
HP 21/21
Sat 26 Mar 2022
at 22:36
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Oops, you're right! Metallic Sodium. Sorry, it's been about 40 years since that last Chemical Analysis class. Was always fascinated by that reaction, and often wondered why ADnD never used the stuff. 13th century alchemists had experience with it, and that's about the Era I always associated with D and D.
Mysterious Ancient Wizard
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Sun 27 Mar 2022
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Best bet? Because, unless you keep it covered in oil in a sealed vial, it will set fire to just about anything it touches.

If you want something that sets fire to just about *literally everything*, you should probably look into chlorine fluorides (a family of compounds that makes for excellent oxiders, and even better nightmare fuel).

Just make sure to do so several km from me, TYVM.

https://www.science.org/conten...-won-t-save-you-time
Mysterious Ancient Wizard
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Wed 1 Feb 2023
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Happy 2023 everyone. After COVID, COVID++, and the war in Ukraine, I have run out of cheerfully optimistic things to say, other than... Happy 2023 everyone.
Leonia Sunstorm
player, 313 posts
HP 21/21
Wed 1 Feb 2023
at 09:59
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Right back atcha
Mysterious Ancient Wizard
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Tue 2 Jan 2024
at 11:56
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Happy 2024! Hopefully.
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