I think that under my skirts is a place reserved for very very special people. And probably not a safe discussion point at this maturity rating!

On the subject of keeping people safe.. do we have a priest or anything? It's nice to have some healing in the party. Aranea I know you said you were an apothecary, but I don't know if that translates into things like 'cure light wounds'

I'll have limited healing ability, and wand/scroll use is available to me as well.

Aranea carries healing potions and has enhanced movement speed. Hiding is a means to someone else's ends. Hunting and the occasional legate removal. Aranea doesn't stay much in towns, though she might just be lured in if resistance is struggling and she sees opening to make a difference.

If they are on the edge of Burning Baden's bluff and can see an enemy caster she is going to get up there to try to spiderhandle the caster.

It sounds like they are in the middle of it though. Are we seeing one priest or multiple?

One or many priests
I didn't understand the last combat post I'm afraid. I can't help with that question.

Healing
Well that's a good start :)

Does this mean we each need to roll flat d20 or that we need to nominate someone to roll the die for the turn?

Also, with Hide being generally part of another move action... Aranea should be able to go up a building and make a clean shot at the priest... But if there is a potential to aerosol her chemicals it should be noted she hasn't yet told the party about several vials of poison on her person one of which is attached to her crossbow. I'm not sure how comfortable any of us are with the multiple exposure rules for poison causing a cloud of DC 26 strength damage.

Don't roll a 1.

Please don't poison us. I take that the same as I would someone fireballing us...

We are supposed to be on the same side.

I'm just saying Aranea being slain by fireball is also bad in addition to fireball.

That goes for any of us :) (yes it would be bad if you were slain by a fireball)

Wouldn't it be nice if it was (say) World of Warcraft and every attack had 'friend foe recognition' built into it... Makes it a lot easier to just hammer out the damage.

We do TRY to be tactical... Does anyone feel like they have a natural 20 coming up?

Sorry, I thought access to the character sheets was automatic. I clicked on the All On button to ensure that. Presumably it will work. Garaxus asked me about being a co GM, but I'd prefer to hammer it out on my own, but since you guys are obviously more experienced, it will be heavy on the roleplaying as opposed to rollplaying. The crunch will come in time as my memories of what I've read unfold. I basically do stream-of-consciousness so something like a "d20 situation" seems out of left field, but last time the call for initiative rolls and such that I sent to Lady Maevre didn't seem to fit, so I tried something else, basically inventing riot rolls on the spot, 'cause I had forgotten the primary source of what I was thinking, 01-25, 26-50, 51-75, 76-100 but adapted to d20. So I rolled one d20 twice for the group, and criticals lengthened the penumbra of the effects, the rolls were 11 and 3. But we can just assume that the riot moves five feet a round and it's already in 11 spots in one place and 3 in another. So it's blocking the way of one major thoroughfare.

I'm not using grid but assume that the fire elementals become one with the fire. It's not too long before it moves toward the roof with a four part percentile dictating the total spread.

Character sheets
It's surprisingly hard to set 'true' as the default. I've never managed to do it. Nowadays I have resorted to manually adding the sheet after people have been added. And I often forget and have to be reminded.

IC Combat
OK so there is a priest and now a single fire elemental. Is the priest a good guy or a bad guy?

Natural 20s
Of course! Somewhere around every 10 rounds (one d20 for initiative, one for doing something). On average anyway.

Did we dimension door somewhere else or are we still in the library? The last post was a little hard for me to follow?

Also, I apologize for bringing it up again, but I still have no character sheet. I'm afraid you will have to open them manually for each player.

We were dimension doored

We could easily now say that we have nearly done what we came to do

• Why are we together -- DONE
• Why are we there -- DONE (we were teleported by the book)
• What are we wanting to accomplish -- No idea

Perhaps we should 'freeform' something. I am quite fond of 'Under the template of Artemis there is a plague arrow of Apollo don't let the bad guys get it' sort of scenarios. (We all know that Apollo is the plague god right?)

In reply to Lady Maevre (msg # 146):

That works, but can we make it a temple of Zeus? That way there is no guilt in looting it. To Garaxus, it's just early inheritance (Or overdue back child support, take your pick). ;)

Let, go find an arrow? Also should we go back to posting in the other thread then, IC 3?

The only god there is 'guilt' looting is Hades I think. Decent chap!

Artemis was a bitch... Killed people horribly or cursed them forever for looking at her. Not as bad as Athena at her worst of course (anyone read the myth of the Medusa?). All that said I have a soft spot for Athena. Most of the time she's OK.

But sure if we agree that goal (under the altar of the temple of Zeus) , and the GM is good, then we have a goal! Three things accomplished we can return to the 'IC Thread 3' and start bashing.

In reply to Lady Maevre (msg # 148):

I love it when a plan comes together.

Tell me the plan for dealing with the fire elementals again...

In reply to Lady Maevre (msg # 150):

Garaxus wants to avoid them. I don't really think we have any magic to deal with them, or very little. Garaxus himself can't grapple them and fighting them with a masterwork club seems subpar.

He's moving towards wherever he thinks the Temple of Zeus is, and I'm going to assume we learned about the Temple of Zeus from the library.

In my mind not every encounter or monster you run across is meant to be fought.

Maybe I'm paranoid because I got ambushed by teleporting fire elementals...

I'm with you totally. A monster avoided is pain avoided.

Hi all.  I am always up for getting the monster to help you and not kill it if you can.

So I manually set up that you guys can edit your sheets now. Must be the interface is so complex that it barely runs up against a streamlined ideal.

Your accomplishments from a previous meeting point mean that your goal is to harvest the magic of some of the power nexuses that seem especially strong in the region. These are tied in with the prophecies. You also hear that tithing is especially strong here, given that the Baden's Bluff region is full of monetary enrichment. There are three power nexuses all pumping telluric current from within the earth, and the prophecy coincides with your travels to the city, making disruption of alignments a distinct possibility. If you make it to the center of the city, you can see the magic lake at its finest, even waylaying the mage who is responsible for the riots. This is what the prophecy stated, that a mage is slated to die for his sins. Thus it is interesting that you stumble upon a priest, who shouts something like "Omnus magus curia diocles," meaning before the fire elementals overwhelm him, his desperate glances at you further the poise regarding your mission.

So the two rolls on the riot table were 11 and 3. These become the DC for hearing a plaintive cry from the priest, for if you hear his voice, rolling against DC 11, you are able to sidestep some of a shocking grasp. It hits either way but flat-footed and touch AC imply that you can halve the damage from the electricity. I rolled for all the players within the range of 3 and 11 as per personal riot rules and within that range means the lightning won't jump, as a glance from the priest is bound to channel some of Zeus' energy.

It is a shame that this bit of the interface is awkward. No idea why... Probably because enough people don't tell the creator of the software. I haven't for example.

A few questions

• Shocking grasp is usually a touch single target spell. Is this your own version?
• Is the rest of the crowd now all dead from the evil priests actions?
• So how do we 'harvest the magic of some of the power nexuses'. Do we have the skills, knowledge and/or equipment to do so?

I'm flying above the riot for obvious reasons
This message was last edited by the player at 11:34, Wed 18 Jan 2023.

Hmm... I'm not sure i want to save the priest. He just blasted us with lightning. And he's an evil priest. I certainly wouldn't waste a magic item on him

What do you say to just letting him keep the fire elementals occupied? We can loot the place while he is a convenient distraction
This message was last edited by the player at 13:01, Wed 18 Jan 2023.

I'm reading that the priest is likely the one who summoned all of the fire elementals. I'm not sure if that's actually the case. And I'm not sure about the people on the rooftops that seem to be channeling their shocking grasp spells into aqueducts?

There's a lot going on and every one of these posts. I'm not feeling clear about whether or not I'm supposed to be trying to defend the city from the fire elementals or if I'm supposed to be helping the fire elementals burn the place down.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:26, Wed 18 Jan 2023.