So can (should) I post to the game thread? Or am I waiting for a specific lead-in post from you, DM? Wasn't sure if this adventure was going to begin focused on our fire wizard and the rest of us would be brought in separately.

If Aran is done, go ahead and post. I thought you and Leonia were working out a joint post though?

I responded to her pm but haven't heard anything back, though it's only been a short time since.

I have all day tomorrow off and a couple hours open tonight so I'll post something in the very near future to kick me (us) off if she doesn't first. :)

Please do, I think Aran's scene is good enough for now. In fact, if you guys were to arrive at the inn right now it would probably be an excellent interruption.

Apologies...my "day off" consisted largely of inspecting the house my evicted tenants left behind and then filing a police report for all the stuff they stole and the damage they caused, then cleaning it out. Ugh.

I'll get on a post right now, but am behind my own schedule in other things now in this game. :(

If you have knowledge local you can attempt a DC 20 roll.

I'm off Larping for the weekend. See you Sunday!

Seriously folks, if you want to switch to present tense just say so. I told you, I do tend to prefer past tense, but I am not married to it.

As long as our tenses are consistent.

Gah. My fault.

Haha I always use the same tense in one post but sometimes switch between posts. It's a creative gene I can't easily suppress. But I'll try!

I understand completely, it's just that six months from now we'll be reading back through old posts to figure out exactly how we got in this mess^W^W^Wto the current point in the story and having consistent tenses is going to make swimming through the ocean of posts much easier.

Oops I saved my wishlist to my scratchpad instead of putting it on my character sheet. I'll fix that tonight after work!

So I was reading a FAQ for Change Shape and hats of disguises and... Yeah, no.

1) Hats of disguise provide a continuous effect once activated: you do not have to reactivate them every ten minutes or less. That was a dumb answer.

2) No matter what the text says, Alter Self *can* be used to take the appearance of a specific individual - it just doesn't work flawlessly. Essentially, you are transforming into a creature that matches a detailed description of the individual you are trying to imitate. Not quite as good as veil, but good enough for government work :P You get the +5 modifier for "minor details only", and the normal penalties do not apply.

3) Related: you can always retake the appearance of a previous shape you took with alter self, even if alter self technically does not allow you to take on the appearance of a specific individual: that alternate form is your "normal" or "base" form for the characteristics you imbued in it when you cast the spell (or used your special ability if applicable); you always take that form when you use that spell or that ability in that particular way. If you can choose multiple different shapes (i.e., if you are using alter self as a spell or a SLA, or you have a SQ that gives you multiple different shapes), you can take on a different form by focusing on a slightly (or entirely) different template, and that template will also always look the same when you try to use it.

Good grief, was it that hard?
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:24, Tue 13 Dec 2016.

I swear, if the MAW trots out the phrase "I'll be a monkey's uncle", it'll go hard for the gm.

Am I the only one who remembers the advertisements in the back of the comic books that let you order a live spider monkey as a pet?

Now now, my puns are much worse than that :P

Sorry for the delay all.  Busy time.

Gron, remember you get two points from your background skills, to be assigned to background skills.

The list of skills considered "background":

Appraise
Artistry (NEW)
Craft
Handle Animal
Knowledge (engineering)
Knowledge (geography)
Knowledge (history)
Knowledge (nobility)
Linguistics
Lore (NEW)
Perform
Profession
Sleight of Hand

Hmm. I must have missed the Lore one. Seems like it would be right up my alley! Hmm.

What does Artistry & Lore do?

They are "background" versions of Craft and Knowledge, respectively. Artistry focuses on creating works of art, while Lore is essentially Knowledge, but with limited scope.

Background skills selected.

Gron, I must confess I am having a hard time parsing your introduction. Did you post from a cell phone or something? It seems like some words are not what they should be, and I can't quite figure out which ones:

"which echoed that his son would have severely after his death, a terrible wound in service to a dead king."

Er...is my wishlist for items an acceptable format? I haven't heard back from you if you want it pared down or if you're happy being given more choices.