Hmm...  Not sure how practical that is in combat. Even most cantrips are two action spells in 2e. Meaning she'd almost always be skipping a turn to use it because it'd be turn 1 cast spell to prime it (2 actions), turn 2 cast spell to use primed energy (2 actions), turn 3 reprime, etc etc. I'd have 1 action left a turn to cast say...shield to give myself a +1 AC.

While there are some advantages to such an item, the tactical drawbacks outweigh them.

Now to say all that IC. lol

It's designed to be done once per combat, basically. You'd prep it with a cantrip ahead of time between encounters. Once it is charged it holds the charge until it is used so you can prep it days in advance even. If you knew what you were going to face it could provide a fair amount of utility but you're free to pass.

A positive energy fireball when facing undead? An acid spray instead of fire when dealing with a fire elemental.

You gave them a half dozen things to go on and they rattled off the first thing that came to their head.

I did notice one thing though, I do have an innate fire cantrip that is a single action casting. So she'll likely keep it in mind to convert her non-fire spells to fires, or like you said, convert things to other energies if they know what they are getting into (which is never. LOL).

Her thought process was to give a list, and see what they came up with, then see what she can get away with taking. ;)

Okay so how is everyone doing?

Amara seems happy with her shortswords.

Vahan has took the forgehammer.

Tanu are you taking the leviathan tooth?

Phelar/Kamea waiting for your thoughts on the options available.

I'm in.  I was waiting to post as others needed more attention.

It's a toss-up between the crossbow (not sure I fully understand how it's supposed to work) and the orb (the thought of being able to pop off multi d12 burning grasps at whim could be entertaining, because she can prime it with fire in 1 action. :) ).

Crossbow lets you set a new "source" for a spell.

So for example, say the enemies are in formation but are 100' away. Too far to burning hands, right? Shoot the bolt at a square next to them and then you can cast Burning Hands into the crossbow and the spell comes out of the crossbow bolt that you shot into the ground.

You could even cast touch spells through it but that is assuming you can hit someone with the crossbow bolt as well. Note that unlike the gem this fades away after one turn so you would have to do something like:

A1: Shoot guy
A2-A3: Cast spell through bolt.


The gem doesn't store spells. It just lets you convert energy types.

For example:

(Before Combat): Cast Ray of Frost on Gem. Gem is now primed with frost.
(During Combat): Cast Burning Hands through the gem. Instead of dealing fire damage it now deals frost damage.


Does that help clarify things?

Which makes both very useful. Because even though a crossbow has a reload of 1, I can still be casting a different spell with the other two actions.

And the orb, I have a single action fire spell I could prime it with every turn (Elemental Wrath, its Acid Splash, Fire Based, only verbal so single action) which means as a fire based Sorcerer I could use it every turn to turn my Shocking Grasp and Snowball to fire. :) Or as you said, if I know ahead of time we're going against something weak against Electricity or Ice, prime it with one of those.

So really, both have a great deal of value. TOUGH CHOICE! RAWR! lol

The crossbow can only be used to cast spells 1/short rest. You have to leave a bolt in the chamber for 10 minutes before it attunes to the crossbow and creates the connection.

Yes if you have a 1-action spell you can use that to prime and then convert with the gem every round.

Happy holidays everyone! Post when you can but I do not expect serious activity until after the New Years. I will continue to check on occasion so if you are active, great! Otherwise nothing major is planned for the near future so feel free to spend time unplugged and offline without fear of missing anything.

what did they take?  They are giving us each a potion?

Basically they took anything that didn't convert over, or we couldn't buy, that was on our 1e sheets. Then gave us the items we took, plus a healing potion.

Yep. Please make sure to record down your new items. If you  have questions or want to verify what they do again shoot me a PM.

I'm going to rework Tanu as I cannot reconcile some of the items you have listed (different book).  I'll have him posted for review tonight/tomorrow.

The holidays have been worse than expected; father-in-law has taken a major turn for the worse and two others are in the hospital for Covid.  I'll be back on normal posting for this week (maybe extra...depends on kids who are home).  Thanks.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:45, Mon 28 Dec 2020.

I'm sorry to hear that! All the prayers for a recovery!

Best of wishes Tanu

Best wishes Tanu! I hope everything comes out okay man.

FYI taking the weekend off to recharge. It's been a hell of a year.

Does everyone have their new equipment recorded? I just want to make sure nobody forgets while it is still fresh in hte narrative.

I got it all recorded in HLO.

Should!

Equipment updated!

Noted. Please check my sheet.

I've updated the map. To help in discussions

A = stairs going upstairs
B = little hatch under the staircase
C = down the hallway
D = far room to the right
E = closer room to the right.

Let me know where you want to go.

Where are you heading? Or are you just generally looking around...