It Comes in Threes: Tome IRC game

Mask_De_H · Post by **Mask_De_H** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:48 am

What was the Attune Sphere for? And you'll probably level after this brain tower thing.

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 4:54 am

Mask_De_H wrote:What was the Attune Sphere for? And you'll probably level after this brain tower thing.

It was so that I'd have some offensive necromancy spells to use with my channel ability once I hit level 8. I have a feeling that's going to be a while though.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 8:05 am

we're 6th level now, we'll likely level up after next game, and it's implied we'll likely level up again after another three sessions. So four weeks.

hm... Could he maybe pick up Attune Sphere through a bit of magical tea party closer to hitting level 8? Maybe we hit up a magical whorehouse and sleep with strange things and get feats, or some shit, so he can have something more useful for the next four weeks, but still get the offensive necro-magic when we actually do get to level 8?

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 8:09 am

Prak_Anima wrote:we're 6th level now, we'll likely level up after next game, and it's implied we'll likely level up again after another three sessions. So four weeks.

hm... Could he maybe pick up Attune Sphere through a bit of magical tea party closer to hitting level 8? Maybe we hit up a magical whorehouse and sleep with strange things and get feats, or some shit, so he can have something more useful for the next four weeks, but still get the offensive necro-magic when we actually do get to level 8?

Frankly, it's more of the fact that I don't have an offensive punch that bothers me in the short term. Getting a lance for the double damage on charges would make my charging smites a lot more effective. At level 8 I'd ditch the lance to make the kasuri gama pull weight full time with channeled curse/poison.

Mask_De_H · Post by **Mask_De_H** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:51 pm

ubernoob wrote:
Prak_Anima wrote:we're 6th level now, we'll likely level up after next game, and it's implied we'll likely level up again after another three sessions. So four weeks.

hm... Could he maybe pick up Attune Sphere through a bit of magical tea party closer to hitting level 8? Maybe we hit up a magical whorehouse and sleep with strange things and get feats, or some shit, so he can have something more useful for the next four weeks, but still get the offensive necro-magic when we actually do get to level 8?
Frankly, it's more of the fact that I don't have an offensive punch that bothers me in the short term. Getting a lance for the double damage on charges would make my charging smites a lot more effective. At level 8 I'd ditch the lance to make the kasuri gama pull weight full time with channeled curse/poison.

Dude, you already facefuck anything so far that you can get a Full Smite on. Especially with 20' reach, save or slow for the lucky ones and built-in Chunky Salsa Rule.

Also, I like Prak's idea.

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:04 pm

Mask_De_H wrote:
ubernoob wrote:
Prak_Anima wrote:we're 6th level now, we'll likely level up after next game, and it's implied we'll likely level up again after another three sessions. So four weeks.

hm... Could he maybe pick up Attune Sphere through a bit of magical tea party closer to hitting level 8? Maybe we hit up a magical whorehouse and sleep with strange things and get feats, or some shit, so he can have something more useful for the next four weeks, but still get the offensive necro-magic when we actually do get to level 8?
Frankly, it's more of the fact that I don't have an offensive punch that bothers me in the short term. Getting a lance for the double damage on charges would make my charging smites a lot more effective. At level 8 I'd ditch the lance to make the kasuri gama pull weight full time with channeled curse/poison.
Dude, you already facefuck anything so far that you can get a Full Smite on. Especially with 20' reach, save or slow for the lucky ones and built-in Chunky Salsa Rule.

Also, I like Prak's idea.

Y'know what? I think I'm just going to give myself a lance as a backup weapon and pretend I had it the entire time. I can't believe I didn't think of that before. I keep forgetting that I get GMW as a first level spell.

Mask_De_H · Post by **Mask_De_H** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:03 am

It is done.

You guys ready? T minus 1 hour folks.

EDIT: Come on in.

Mask_De_H · Post by **Mask_De_H** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:04 am

Okay, I think we've all learned a valuable lesson: only Tome can defeat Tome.

(9:01:24 PM) The topic for #valhalla is: Welcome to #Valhalla. It's a bit like playing Kick the Can -- it requires stealth, guile, patience, and a small amount of cheating.
(9:01:33 PM) Mask_de_GM: Boogety boogety boo
(9:01:35 PM) Aria: Hey Mask
(9:01:39 PM) Mask_de_GM: yo
(9:04:34 PM) ***Aria twiddles thumbs
(9:10:31 PM) Mask_de_GM: Hold up, we've got GoA, Pix, and Zine ready to rock, but not Hypo or AJ
(9:10:53 PM) Mask_de_GM: wait, Zine, you're not playing right?
(9:11:19 PM) Aria: If he is, he's very stealthy about it.
(9:12:14 PM) Zine: (Nope, just watching)
(9:12:17 PM) Zine: (I'm at work)
(9:13:43 PM) GodofAwesome: Would it be cool if I just watch?
(9:13:58 PM) Mask_de_GM: Okay, but that means we only have one ready player
(9:14:07 PM) GodofAwesome: Doh!
(9:14:12 PM) GodofAwesome: Alright, I'll play.
(9:14:15 PM) Mask_de_GM: if FV, Prak, or uber don't show up, then I may have to cancel
(9:14:22 PM) Aria: Well, even with two we don't have enough
(9:14:27 PM) Aria: We'll see if people show up in a bit
(9:14:27 PM) GodofAwesome: Hrm
(9:14:52 PM) Mask_de_GM: Yeah, I'll go until 9:30
(9:14:56 PM) Mask_de_GM: or 9:45
(9:16:11 PM) Andrew_Jackson [NSwebIRC@A2BA3E.CCFB1E.8240C8.13625D] entered the room.
(9:16:22 PM) Andrew_Jackson: I am totally not that late
(9:17:09 PM) Aria: Fashionably late
(9:17:30 PM) Andrew_Jackson: As usual, I blame my workout
(9:21:04 PM) Mask_de_GM: Alright, so that's three with GoA
(9:21:10 PM) Mask_de_GM: Do we have everything worked out?
(9:21:25 PM) Mask_de_GM: read: do you know how to play a PC yet GoA?
(9:26:19 PM) Mask_de_GM: hello?
(9:26:29 PM) Mask_de_GM: meep
(9:26:41 PM) Andrew_Jackson: GoA must be afk momentarily
(9:27:39 PM) Andrew_Jackson: also, I'm giving myself a lance if you don't minde
(9:27:41 PM) Andrew_Jackson: mind*
(9:28:02 PM) Mask_de_GM: fine by me
(9:31:50 PM) Mask_de_GM: oy, 15 minute warning
(9:31:57 PM) Mask_de_GM: GoA, if you're here, say summat
(9:40:56 PM) Andrew_Jackson: ...
(9:44:50 PM) Mask_de_GM: Well, fuck
(9:45:08 PM) Mask_de_GM: You guys want to go with just two, or should I move this to Tuesday?
(9:45:23 PM) Andrew_Jackson: I will DEFINITELY not make tuesday
(9:45:27 PM) Mask_de_GM: :T
(9:45:33 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Tuesday night I'm driving across town to get my ass laid
(9:45:38 PM) Andrew_Jackson: so, D&D is secondary tomorr
(9:45:41 PM) Andrew_Jackson: tomorrow*
(9:45:47 PM) Mask_de_GM: yeah, that is a much better way to spend a night than this
(9:45:52 PM) Andrew_Jackson: indeed
(9:45:56 PM) Andrew_Jackson: I don't mind running with just us for now
(9:46:04 PM) Mask_de_GM: Aria?
(9:46:04 PM) Andrew_Jackson: other people can jump in as they come
(9:46:06 PM) Aria: I'm fine with just the two of us
(9:46:19 PM) Mask_de_GM: Alright then, two people it is
(9:47:14 PM) Mask_de_GM: So, you are in the [RUINED BATHROOM], with splorches and all sorts of unpleasant looking things
(9:47:26 PM) Mask_de_GM: the golden statues still look pretty nice though
(9:47:38 PM) Mask_de_GM: surprisingly, they never took damage
(9:47:54 PM) Mask_de_GM: there's a [HOLE] and a [DOOR]
(9:48:12 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Door sound good to you, Aria?
(9:48:18 PM) Aria: Yes
(9:48:21 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Door it is
(9:48:56 PM) Mask_de_GM: Alright cool, you open the door, and enter into...the back end of the bathroom
(9:49:19 PM) Mask_de_GM: what do
(9:49:31 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Looks boring. Check out the hole.
(9:50:18 PM) Mask_de_GM: The [HOLE] is the one that Hypolita and Aria blew into the underside of the bathroom a game ago
(9:50:32 PM) Mask_de_GM: It leads into a corridor with a wrecked coatrack
(9:50:40 PM) Mask_de_GM: and at least 1 and a half dead cloakers
(9:50:58 PM) Aria: Oh right. We never actually checked out that corridor with blue flame torches
(9:51:03 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Yeah, let's go that way. Looks fun.
(9:52:41 PM) Mask_de_GM: Okay cool, you go down the cloaker corridor, which goes for a fair distance. As you go, you notice that the darkness gets heavier and heavier, weighing upon your souls
(9:52:54 PM) Mask_de_GM: There's a dim blue glow ahead of you
(9:53:55 PM) Aria: By the by, am I still sickened?
(9:54:03 PM) Mask_de_GM: nah, that's passed
(9:54:22 PM) Aria: Good. Well then, forward through the pressing darkness
(9:55:01 PM) Mask_de_GM: You press through as it gets darker and darker, harder and harder to see each other
(9:55:16 PM) Mask_de_GM: there is a girlish chuckle ringing in both of your ears
(9:55:23 PM) Andrew_Jackson: I bring out my kasuri-gama. It radiates a daylight effect
(9:55:57 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Scratch that
(9:55:57 PM) Mask_de_GM: You whip out your kusari-gama, which brings out searing light
(9:55:58 PM) Andrew_Jackson: I'm wrong
(9:56:00 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Just light as a torch
(9:56:08 PM) Mask_de_GM: You whip out your dick, which brings out searing light
(9:56:13 PM) Andrew_Jackson: lol
(9:56:38 PM) Andrew_Jackson: In any case, I have lowlight vision if it matters
(9:57:18 PM) Mask_de_GM: The glorious light of your schlong reacts oddly with the darkness, it flickers and strobes: tendrils of darkness cut through parts of it
(9:57:36 PM) Mask_de_GM: and that blue light stays in the same place
(9:57:51 PM) Mask_de_GM: it's about the size of your hand
(9:59:05 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Interesting. Since I'm the gingerbread man, I'll just go forward without fear.
(9:59:10 PM) Mask_de_GM: You can see each other, but that's about it
(9:59:33 PM) Mask_de_GM: Neat, you push forward, and forward, and forward still, but seem not to be getting anywhere
(9:59:43 PM) Mask_de_GM: It's like you're on a treadmill or somethign
(9:59:45 PM) Mask_de_GM: *thing
(10:00:01 PM) Aria: "This isn't getting us anywhere..."
(10:00:20 PM) Andrew_Jackson: "Fuck this. Let's get out of here and find a more fun dungeon."
(10:00:24 PM) Aria: I'll spray a bunch of magical explosives at the light, simply to see if it does anything
(10:03:39 PM) Mask_de_GM: You shoot at the light and it thrums somewhat. Aria notices that the stickies are the same size as the ball of light. And that the shots somehow react as if they were point-blank
(10:04:07 PM) Mask_de_GM: It's almost as if one could grasp the light in the palm of his or her hand
(10:04:28 PM) Aria: I reach forward and grab it
(10:05:18 PM) Mask_de_GM: You grab the light and it squeaks
(10:05:38 PM) Mask_de_GM: and vibrates at you "took you bloody long enough"
(10:05:46 PM) Mask_de_GM: "So, what can I do you for?"
(10:05:47 PM) ***Aria blinks
(10:06:21 PM) Mask_de_GM: "What, you never see a Will-o-Wisp before?"
(10:06:25 PM) Andrew_Jackson: "Well, turning the lights on would be nice"
(10:06:41 PM) Mask_de_GM: "No can do chief, Black Switch got hit"
(10:06:53 PM) Mask_de_GM: "We're kinda sorta in the Plane of Shadow right now"
(10:07:06 PM) Andrew_Jackson: "Any good parties nearby?"
(10:07:30 PM) Mask_de_GM: "The Master Brain is throwing a major rager through that door over there"
(10:07:42 PM) Aria: "Not one I could grab, no."
(10:07:44 PM) Andrew_Jackson: "Excellent, want to come crash the party with us?"
(10:07:46 PM) Mask_de_GM: An arrow floats above the two of your heads, pointing to your left
(10:08:01 PM) Mask_de_GM: "Sure. Bastard doesn't pay me enough anyway"
(10:08:14 PM) Mask_de_GM: "One thing though: there's like 20 guys in there, and two of you"
(10:08:15 PM) Andrew_Jackson: [CRASH PARTY]
(10:08:23 PM) Andrew_Jackson: [FEARLESSLY]
(10:08:30 PM) Mask_de_GM: Are you sure? [YES] [FUCK YES]
(10:08:34 PM) Aria: "Awesome. You're really cute - you can stick with me."
(10:08:38 PM) Aria: [FUCK YES]
(10:08:53 PM) Andrew_Jackson: [GINGERBREAD MAN MODE]
(10:09:13 PM) Andrew_Jackson: (also, dropping a divine favor right before we kick in the door)
(10:09:24 PM) Andrew_Jackson: (and drawing my lance)
(10:09:58 PM) Aria: And I'll also lay on Glorious Raiment - seems like the right time.
(10:10:17 PM) Andrew_Jackson: [KICK IN DOOR]
(10:10:32 PM) Mask_de_GM: What is Glorious Raiment?
(10:10:43 PM) Andrew_Jackson: +2 sacred bonus to AC, basically
(10:10:52 PM) Aria: Glorious Raiment (1 minute/level, +1/5 level sacred AC, DR 5/evil, clothes look all shiny and cool)
(10:10:57 PM) Andrew_Jackson: ah, the DR too
(10:11:00 PM) Andrew_Jackson: good DR out of it
(10:11:32 PM) Mask_de_GM: and You kick in the door, blowing past a little girl with a frilly bonnet, stupid crystal wings, and a crazed look in her eyes into another control panel area
(10:12:03 PM) Mask_de_GM: There are several Goblins and fishy looking bastards working tirelessly at computers in open cubicles
(10:12:24 PM) Andrew_Jackson: No brain?
(10:12:27 PM) Mask_de_GM: At the center of the room, sits a great bulbous brain in a jar
(10:12:50 PM) Mask_de_GM: With a screen at around head height
(10:13:00 PM) Mask_de_GM: The screen flickers on, to reveal a :T face
(10:13:05 PM) Mask_de_GM: "What is the meaning of this?"
(10:13:26 PM) Aria: "Demise (n): what is about to happen to you"
(10:13:41 PM) Andrew_Jackson: "I'm the gingerbread man, and I've come to eat you"
(10:13:49 PM) Andrew_Jackson: [CHARGING SMITE]
(10:14:00 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Well, I guess iniitative first...
(10:14:12 PM) Andrew_Jackson: roll 1d20+1 init
(10:14:13 PM) Dicesaurus: Andrew_Jackson rolled 1d20+1 init --> [ 1d20=10 ]{11}
(10:14:14 PM) Aria: roll 1d20+7 Initiative roll
(10:14:15 PM) Dicesaurus: Aria rolled 1d20+7 Initiative roll --> [ 1d20=3 ]{10}
(10:15:33 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+5
(10:15:34 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{21}
(10:15:41 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+1
(10:15:41 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+1 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{3}
(10:16:28 PM) Mask_de_GM: The brain in a jar's screen turns to a >:(
(10:17:06 PM) Mask_de_GM: "You! It's you who have been wrecking my brain tower! Get out! GetoutgetoutgetOUT!"
(10:18:13 PM) Mask_de_GM: Two cannons fold out from behind the braincase, targeting Andrew Jackson with both barrels
(10:18:30 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+10
(10:18:31 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+10 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{18}
(10:18:36 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+10
(10:18:37 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+10 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{23}
(10:19:05 PM) Mask_de_GM: Both of those are misses right? AC 31?
(10:19:09 PM) Andrew_Jackson: flatfooted AC of 31
(10:19:12 PM) Mask_de_GM: yeah
(10:19:13 PM) Zine left the room (quit: [NS] Quit: ).
(10:19:25 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Smitan time?
(10:19:38 PM) Mask_de_GM: Both shots hit dead on, only to bounce harmlessly off of AJ's pecs.
(10:19:45 PM) Mask_de_GM: Yeah, smitan
(10:19:58 PM) Andrew_Jackson: roll 1d20+19 attack
(10:19:59 PM) Dicesaurus: Andrew_Jackson rolled 1d20+19 attack --> [ 1d20=18 ]{37}
(10:20:12 PM) Andrew_Jackson: that is not a crit threat
(10:20:37 PM) Andrew_Jackson: roll 2d6+9+12+6+6 damage
(10:20:38 PM) Dicesaurus: Andrew_Jackson rolled 2d6+9+12+6+6 damage --> [ 2d6=8 ]{41}
(10:20:52 PM) Andrew_Jackson: and double that, so 82 damage
(10:21:04 PM) Andrew_Jackson: destruction clause, less than 24 hp, etc
(10:21:58 PM) Mask_de_GM: Yeehaw
(10:22:08 PM) Andrew_Jackson: asplode?
(10:22:11 PM) Mask_de_GM: Nope
(10:22:13 PM) Mask_de_GM: but close
(10:22:24 PM) Andrew_Jackson: curses, no more smitan this combat for me then
(10:23:00 PM) Andrew_Jackson: oh, I almost forgot
(10:23:03 PM) Andrew_Jackson: swift action activate prayer
(10:23:21 PM) Mask_de_GM: You whip both kusari-gama at the gigantic brain, slicing through mechanical matter and scratching at the viewscreen
(10:23:35 PM) Aria: I think that actually a lance attack.
(10:23:41 PM) Andrew_Jackson: definitely a lance attack
(10:23:54 PM) Andrew_Jackson: and my swift action at the end of the turn is to cast prayer
(10:24:24 PM) Mask_de_GM: Correction: You run through the gigantic brain, shattering glass and splintering the entire latticework system
(10:24:28 PM) Andrew_Jackson: +1 luck to attack, damage, saves for Aria and I. -1 penalty to all those for enemies,
(10:24:30 PM) Mask_de_GM: yeah
(10:24:43 PM) Andrew_Jackson: (woot, efffective +DC)
(10:24:52 PM) Mask_de_GM: Parts of the broken glass burst forwards at you and Aria as the brain turns red
(10:25:07 PM) Mask_de_GM: {it's Uber's favorite check time}
(10:25:15 PM) Andrew_Jackson: (not reflex saves I hope)
(10:25:31 PM) Aria: roll 1d20+11 Ref save
(10:25:31 PM) Dicesaurus: Aria rolled 1d20+11 Ref save --> [ 1d20=6 ]{17}
(10:25:32 PM) Mask_de_GM: {they are{
(10:25:43 PM) Andrew_Jackson: roll 1d20+15 reflex save with evasion
(10:25:43 PM) Dicesaurus: Andrew_Jackson rolled 1d20+15 reflex save with evasion --> [ 1d20=4 ]{19}
(10:25:48 PM) Aria: Oh right, Prayer - that's actually 18
(10:26:20 PM) Mask_de_GM: The glass flies out at the both of you, and barely misses turning Aria into a demon fillet
(10:26:32 PM) Mask_de_GM: while AJ just sort of lets it pass over him like a light shower
(10:26:43 PM) Mask_de_GM: Aria, your turn
(10:27:46 PM) Aria: Time to kick some ass. I'll rain down destruction on this silly brain. Force Orbital Strike right on top of him, exceptional aim to avoid blasting Andrew. Half damage to any mooks who are hit within 30' of the brain to boot.
(10:27:49 PM) Aria: roll 1d20+8 Ranged touch attack
(10:27:49 PM) Dicesaurus: Aria rolled 1d20+8 Ranged touch attack --> [ 1d20=14 ]{22}
(10:27:56 PM) Mask_de_GM: That's a hit
(10:27:58 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll damage
(10:27:59 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled damage --> error: malformed expression
(10:28:01 PM) Mask_de_GM: :T
(10:28:06 PM) Aria: roll 18d6+6 Orbital Strike
(10:28:06 PM) Dicesaurus: Aria rolled 18d6+6 Orbital Strike --> [ 18d6=59 ]{65}
(10:29:04 PM) Mask_de_GM: A shock of pure, unadulterated fuck you crashes through the ceiling, the brain, and several floors before blowing out the opposite side of the tower
(10:29:20 PM) Mask_de_GM: You see the screen flicker to ;_;
(10:29:34 PM) Mask_de_GM: as the brain screams out "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LET ME FINISH TRANSFORMING"
(10:29:40 PM) Mask_de_GM: before returning to light
(10:29:49 PM) Andrew_Jackson: "I believe our work here is done"
(10:29:58 PM) Aria: "Fuck that. Kick them when they're down."
(10:30:01 PM) Mask_de_GM: The goblins just look at you funny
(10:30:15 PM) Mask_de_GM: before smaller explosions begin to rock the floors
(10:30:19 PM) Andrew_Jackson: "Gobbos! Come to my bar to celebrate your newfound freedom!"
(10:30:38 PM) Mask_de_GM: and with a great pitch and heave, you feel the ground leave your feet
(10:30:46 PM) Mask_de_GM: and barrel into the nearest wall
(10:30:58 PM) Mask_de_GM: "Oh god, you blew up the engine room"
(10:31:02 PM) Mask_de_GM: "We're all gonna die!"
(10:31:07 PM) Aria: "I think leaving would be a good option right about now"
(10:31:10 PM) Mask_de_GM: "I don't want to die a virgin!"
(10:31:14 PM) Mask_de_GM: "Free bar?"
(10:31:38 PM) Andrew_Jackson: My bar is on the back of my mount, which was just carrying me in a mounted charge. They can totally just climb on in.
(10:31:39 PM) Aria: "You got your own exit covered, Andrew?"
(10:31:39 PM) Mask_de_GM: The will-o-wisp vibrates "Nice job breaking it hero"
(10:32:18 PM) Aria: (Consuming brains and making shoes for orphans since 1903)
(10:32:30 PM) Mask_de_GM: {lolwut?}
(10:32:53 PM) Aria: ("It's the fluid catalytic cracking unit. It made shoes for orphans. Nice job breaking it, hero.")
(10:33:03 PM) Mask_de_GM: The tower just keeps TUMBLING DOWN TUMBLING DOWN TUMBLING DOWN
(10:33:05 PM) Mask_de_GM: {heh}
(10:33:15 PM) Andrew_Jackson: I'm on a flying mount. I don't care much if it falls out from under me.
(10:33:24 PM) Andrew_Jackson: I do however want some goblin barkeeps.
(10:33:24 PM) Aria: I'll port out and hover.
(10:33:27 PM) Mask_de_GM: You're still kind of in the tower
(10:33:30 PM) Mask_de_GM: well, Andrew is
(10:33:35 PM) Aria: Watch the whole thing come tuummmbling down
(10:33:52 PM) Mask_de_GM: and there's a lot of shit that will make you go squish
(10:34:01 PM) Andrew_Jackson: I'm basically invulnerable, remember?
(10:34:04 PM) Mask_de_GM: oh yeah
(10:34:06 PM) Mask_de_GM: :V
(10:34:18 PM) Mask_de_GM: I keep forgetting you're basically a god
(10:34:22 PM) Mask_de_GM: who walks like a man
(10:34:32 PM) Mask_de_GM: so, are you saving gobbos or what?
(10:34:43 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Not a god so much as a tank. Like, a modern tank. Those things are pretty hardy.
(10:34:54 PM) Mask_de_GM: indeed
(10:36:40 PM) Django_Kagato left the room (quit: Ping timeout: 121 seconds).
(10:37:21 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Did any gobbos get in my bar before the tower collapsed?
(10:37:59 PM) Mask_de_GM: Sure, what the hell
(10:38:11 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Sweet. I'm putting goblin bartenders in my inventory now
(10:38:47 PM) Mask_de_GM: The tower collapses around Andrew, tearing a great gash in the island and bringing forth massive tidalwaves from the top edge
(10:39:15 PM) Andrew_Jackson: [VICTORY MUSIC]
(10:39:29 PM) Mask_de_GM: Andrew Jackson sees the island from the ground level, and it is basically hell on earth
(10:39:29 PM) Aria: "Nothing quite like blowing a hole in an island to give you that warm glow of satisfaction."
(10:40:18 PM) Mask_de_GM: The shadow stuff from the brain tower is melding with the blood-red fires blighting the landscape, adding a dark power to the giant, suffocating cloud of malevolence and terrible planning
(10:40:46 PM) Mask_de_GM: AJ doesn't even need to think about it for his evil detector to go up to eleven
(10:41:23 PM) Mask_de_GM: There is a keening cry from somewhere, which sounds like something to the tune of "what the fuck is wrong with all of you?!"
(10:41:26 PM) Mask_de_GM: to AJ
(10:41:42 PM) Andrew_Jackson: "I'M THE GINGERBREAD MAN! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?"
(10:42:40 PM) Aria: "What is it with smoke and darkness in this place?"
(10:42:46 PM) Mask_de_GM: "I'm the guardian of this island! You've ruined everything! You're a Paladin for Pelor's sake, how could you be complicit in unleashing THAT thing into the world?!"
(10:42:48 PM) Aria: "Well anyways, always one more thing to blow up"
(10:43:24 PM) Andrew_Jackson: "I'll clean it up tomorrow. I need a drink right now."
(10:43:24 PM) Mask_de_GM: A majestic winged serpent flies out above AJ, radiating with holy splendor
(10:44:09 PM) Mask_de_GM: "No, no cleaning up later. You birthed a fucking greater Daemon by setting an island on FIRE with the power of HELL"
(10:44:47 PM) Mask_de_GM: "You unleashed shadow power into it, killed pretty much everything on this island, and those tidal waves will probably wipe most of the nearby coastal towns off the map"
(10:44:57 PM) Andrew_Jackson: "God damnit, you people are so fucking needy! I'll take care of it"
(10:45:02 PM) Andrew_Jackson: [ENTER CLOUD]
(10:45:26 PM) Mask_de_GM: You don't so much enter the cloud inasmuch as the cloud just sort of eats you
(10:45:54 PM) Mask_de_GM: It's pitch black, with veins of blue and red pulsating with a fearful regularity
(10:45:57 PM) Mask_de_GM: It's alive
(10:46:01 PM) Mask_de_GM: It's nasty
(10:46:04 PM) Mask_de_GM: and it's pissed
(10:46:08 PM) Mask_de_GM: YOU
(10:46:11 PM) Mask_de_GM: YOU HURT ME
(10:46:15 PM) Mask_de_GM: YOU FORSOOK ME
(10:46:23 PM) Mask_de_GM: GINGERBREAAAAAD MAAAANNN
(10:46:39 PM) Aria: It's also being bombarded from the outside by explosive sparks of light
(10:46:57 PM) Aria: This probably won't make it happy
(10:47:12 PM) Andrew_Jackson: "Look, can we discuss this over a drink? Just put the fucking tidal wave on hold and we can discuss this like gentlemen. No need to be a whiny bitch."
(10:47:38 PM) Mask_de_GM: Aria sees the bottom half of the cloud, more like a solid sheet of black, crunch into itself, turning into a bird-beaked face several miles across
(10:47:44 PM) Mask_de_GM: staring daggers at her
(10:47:50 PM) Mask_de_GM: meanwhile,
(10:47:50 PM) Aria: "Oh my"
(10:47:53 PM) Mask_de_GM: NO
(10:48:02 PM) Mask_de_GM: YOU CREATE ME ONLY TO HURT ME
(10:48:16 PM) Andrew_Jackson: *sigh*
(10:48:40 PM) Andrew_Jackson: "Look, you can go back to the lower planes and stop that tidal wave, or I can just send you back. I'm trying to be nice here."
(10:48:48 PM) Mask_de_GM: YOU HAVE BIRTHED SIN, AND YOU SHALL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
(10:49:14 PM) Andrew_Jackson: [mutter]Whiny demons[/mutter]
(10:49:31 PM) Andrew_Jackson: AJ proceeds to cut up the insides with the kasuri gama
(10:49:32 PM) Aria: Wow Andrew, giving birth at your tender age.
(10:49:51 PM) Mask_de_GM: The winged serpent flies over to Aria: "Look Reimu, shooting your [EDITED] little fireworks isn't going to do much but make your death quicker. You've gotta find the source of this thing, try to cut it off from it's connection to the Plane of Shadow at least"
(10:49:59 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Do I need to roll dice for this, or are we going to treat this like killing the Tarasque from the inside?
(10:50:11 PM) Mask_de_GM: {The second one}
(10:50:12 PM) Aria: Where is the giant? Standing over the gash in the island?
(10:50:24 PM) Mask_de_GM: Remember when Hypolita set the forest on fire
(10:50:37 PM) Mask_de_GM: Remember when you flew through the smoke to get to the tower?
(10:50:43 PM) Aria: Yeah, I remember
(10:50:45 PM) Andrew_Jackson: yep
(10:50:47 PM) Mask_de_GM: The smoke is basically the size of the island now
(10:50:50 PM) Aria: One of our less glorious moments
(10:50:53 PM) Mask_de_GM: yeah
(10:50:57 PM) Andrew_Jackson: GINGERBREAD MAN
(10:50:59 PM) Mask_de_GM: It's fucking massive
(10:51:27 PM) Mask_de_GM: XBOX Hueg doesn't begin to describe this thing
(10:51:41 PM) Mask_de_GM: the *head*
(10:51:48 PM) Mask_de_GM: is about three miles wide
(10:52:36 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Andrew_Jackson used CUT!
(10:53:38 PM) NSJavaGuest-5625 [nsJChat@Nightstar-86052984.scrm01.sbcglobal.net] entered the room.
(10:53:49 PM) NSJavaGuest-5625 is now known as Hypolita
(10:53:56 PM) Mask_de_GM: Andrew Jackson slashes into an artery, which opens a portal to somewhere. It swirls with a dark energy
(10:54:00 PM) Hypolita: shit, forgot all about this tonight
(10:54:10 PM) Mask_de_GM: Welcome Hypo, we're in the middle of cleaning up your mess
(10:54:35 PM) Hypolita: My mess?
(10:54:38 PM) Mask_de_GM: The Shadow
(10:54:42 PM) Andrew_Jackson: I am currently in the stomach of an island sized smoke demon cutting things up.
(10:54:42 PM) Mask_de_GM: smoke thign
(10:54:45 PM) Aria: Well, down into the forest. I'm going to blast fires out as much as I can while Iook about for this Plane of Shadow source
(10:54:46 PM) Mask_de_GM: *thing
(10:55:08 PM) Hypolita: oh, that
(10:55:15 PM) Hypolita left the room (quit: [NS] Quit: Nightstar's Java Chat http://www.nightstar.net).
(10:55:18 PM) NSJavaGuest-9111 [nsJChat@Nightstar-86052984.scrm01.sbcglobal.net] entered the room.
(10:55:27 PM) Mask_de_GM: You fly down with the serpent, putting out fires and dodging when they leap at you
(10:55:37 PM) NSJavaGuest-9111 is now known as Hypolita
(10:57:01 PM) Mask_de_GM: the winged serpent says, "the source is coming from that ruined tower. It's almost as if somebody triggered a Shadow Switch, but surely, there wouldn't be anyone around here stupid enough to allow malevolent Shadow energy to take free reign, right?"
(10:57:36 PM) Mask_de_GM: {so Hypo, what are you doing?"
(10:57:39 PM) Mask_de_GM: *)
(10:57:46 PM) Aria: "Uhhh. Right. Of course."
(10:58:03 PM) Hypolita: We're down in the forest, being told by a coatl to fix this evil shadow shit?
(10:58:19 PM) Mask_de_GM: You and Aria are. AJ is in the evil shadow shit
(10:58:29 PM) Hypolita: ok...
(10:58:38 PM) Hypolita: hm, let me take a quick look at my sheet
(10:59:32 PM) Hypolita: "Well, if the source is the tower, what can we do about it?"
(11:00:44 PM) Aria: "The tower kind of collapsed..."
(11:00:49 PM) Mask_de_GM: "You can either a) find the White Switch, b) go into the Plane of Shadow and close it from the back end, or c) piss yourself, then pray to your impotent gods
(11:00:58 PM) Aria: "If the source was stationary, it should be in midair now"
(11:01:32 PM) Hypolita: "Well... shit."
(11:01:47 PM) Mask_de_GM: "or if it was in the tower itself, it would be somewhere in there..."
(11:02:20 PM) Mask_de_GM: meanwhile, with AJ
(11:02:53 PM) Mask_de_GM: Something steps out of the portal, a lanky, bony being of all black
(11:03:00 PM) Mask_de_GM: with a white bird mask
(11:03:11 PM) Mask_de_GM: and every joint bending backwards
(11:03:39 PM) Andrew_Jackson: "Can you turn off the darkness?"
(11:03:44 PM) Mask_de_GM: it eyes you with no eyes, growls at you with no mouth
(11:03:49 PM) Mask_de_GM: YOU OWE ME SOMETHING
(11:03:56 PM) Andrew_Jackson: "Yes?"
(11:04:08 PM) Mask_de_GM: YOU OWE ME YOUR POWER
(11:04:14 PM) Andrew_Jackson: "How about no"
(11:04:23 PM) Andrew_Jackson: AJ used CUT on the critter!
(11:04:39 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll
(11:04:40 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled --> error: malformed expression
(11:05:17 PM) Andrew_Jackson: roll 1d20+18 chargan smite
(11:05:17 PM) Dicesaurus: Andrew_Jackson rolled 1d20+18 chargan smite --> [ 1d20=10 ]{28}
(11:05:42 PM) Andrew_Jackson: roll 4d6+31 smite
(11:05:43 PM) Dicesaurus: Andrew_Jackson rolled 4d6+31 smite --> [ 4d6=10 ]{41}
(11:06:01 PM) Andrew_Jackson: wait, that was wrong...
(11:06:14 PM) Andrew_Jackson: roll 4d6+62 smite
(11:06:14 PM) Dicesaurus: Andrew_Jackson rolled 4d6+62 smite --> [ 4d6=17 ]{79}
(11:06:29 PM) Andrew_Jackson: destruction clause as usual
(11:07:49 PM) Mask_de_GM: {Half health = chunky salsa, right?}
(11:08:04 PM) Andrew_Jackson: no, if the damage drops it to 23 hp or less, it dies
(11:08:07 PM) Andrew_Jackson: otherwise, no effect
(11:08:38 PM) Mask_de_GM: {ah, then no}
(11:08:52 PM) Mask_de_GM: Andrew_Jackson used CUT
(11:08:56 PM) Mask_de_GM: it's not very effective
(11:09:28 PM) Andrew_Jackson: (Did you actually throw a Hezrou at me? If so, this will be close)
(11:09:37 PM) Andrew_Jackson: oh, swift action divine favor
(11:10:14 PM) Mask_de_GM: The enemy SHADOWDAEMON used SPEAR OF HATE
(11:10:21 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+20
(11:10:21 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+20 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{32}
(11:10:34 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+15
(11:10:34 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{28}
(11:10:41 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+10
(11:10:42 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+10 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{18}
(11:11:08 PM) Mask_de_GM: huh, a hit
(11:11:34 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 2d6+9
(11:11:35 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 2d6+9 --> [ 2d6=10 ]{19}
(11:11:48 PM) Mask_de_GM: and give me a Fort save
(11:12:00 PM) Andrew_Jackson: DR 6/ adamantine if it matters
(11:12:19 PM) Andrew_Jackson: roll 1d20+18 fort save
(11:12:19 PM) Dicesaurus: Andrew_Jackson rolled 1d20+18 fort save --> [ 1d20=4 ]{22}
(11:12:21 PM) Mask_de_GM: It does
(11:12:52 PM) Mask_de_GM: ANDREW_JACKSON is SLOWED
(11:13:01 PM) Andrew_Jackson: sunuvabitch!
(11:13:06 PM) Mask_de_GM: {off by one
(11:13:09 PM) Mask_de_GM: }
(11:13:29 PM) Mask_de_GM: meanwhile, Aria and Hypolita
(11:13:37 PM) Aria: Flying to the tower!
(11:13:53 PM) Aria: I'll throw on Detect Magic, see if I can spot anything through the ambient nonsense
(11:14:05 PM) Hypolita: Use Phantom Steed, "Gingerbeard man could probably use some help"
(11:14:17 PM) Mask_de_GM: Are in the tower, which lights up like a Christmas tree with strong Necromantic overtones
(11:14:42 PM) Hypolita: ...ok we're in the Tower
(11:14:45 PM) Hypolita: that works
(11:14:53 PM) Mask_de_GM: The growling blue dog heads probably have something to do with that
(11:15:13 PM) Mask_de_GM: You see the throwaway little girl at the epicenter
(11:15:22 PM) Hypolita: "You fuckers take me to the nicest places...."
(11:15:31 PM) Mask_de_GM: "You didn't want to play with me, but that's okay, because you came back!"
(11:15:39 PM) Hypolita: are the growling blue dog heads attached to a body/bodies?
(11:15:41 PM) Aria: Oh god, Flandre...
(11:15:44 PM) Mask_de_GM: "Now I'll never let you go. We're going to have so much fun"
(11:16:02 PM) Mask_de_GM: {ding ding ding, Rumina and Flandre fucked. And now you're staring down the kid}
(11:16:06 PM) Mask_de_GM: {enjoy}
(11:16:17 PM) GodofAwesome: Back
(11:16:23 PM) Mask_de_GM: yo
(11:16:33 PM) Mask_de_GM: you were gone for a fucklong time man
(11:16:37 PM) GodofAwesome: Just binged on everything that happened.
(11:16:56 PM) Mask_de_GM: so, what do?
(11:17:06 PM) GodofAwesome: I would suggest that my character climbed out of the rumble of the tower.
(11:17:12 PM) Mask_de_GM: [HELP AJ] [FIGHT FLANDRE] [GENUFLECT]
(11:17:21 PM) Mask_de_GM: yeah, the tower kinda fell
(11:17:21 PM) Aria: [FIGHT FLANDRE]
(11:17:28 PM) Hypolita: Fight Flandre, I guess
(11:17:30 PM) GodofAwesome: I know, ergo rumble.
(11:17:31 PM) Aria: From what Aria has seen, Andrew can take care of himself
(11:17:36 PM) Mask_de_GM: nobody ever wants to genuflect
(11:17:38 PM) Mask_de_GM: ...
(11:17:49 PM) Mask_de_GM: okay, any pre-battle quips?
(11:18:14 PM) GodofAwesome is now known as Tyrone
(11:18:33 PM) Hypolita: nope, nothing comes to mind
(11:18:34 PM) Mask_de_GM: I thought you were just wanted to watch GoA
(11:18:42 PM) Tyrone: Quip: Why the fuck is a tower on top of me!?
(11:18:46 PM) Mask_de_GM: Alright then fuck it, it's senseless battle time
(11:19:00 PM) Tyrone: My character is trapped and immobile, only able to watch?
(11:19:23 PM) Mask_de_GM: The couatl sighs and flies off: "This isn't my fight, fuck you guys. I hope that blatant expy kills the whole lot of you"
(11:19:39 PM) Hypolita: fucking celestials
(11:19:43 PM) Mask_de_GM: {He's in if you want him to be in, you just said earlier you didn't want to play}
(11:20:02 PM) Mask_de_GM: {You are kind of the reason this is happening though Hypo. And the others just fucked up the island worse}
(11:20:10 PM) Mask_de_GM: {Fucking half-orcs :V}
(11:20:18 PM) Tyrone: (Then I said I would. I think I'll jump in if I think I'm ready to)
(11:20:24 PM) Mask_de_GM: Roll for Initiative Aria, Hypo
(11:20:25 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled for Initiative Aria, Hypo --> error: malformed expression
(11:20:26 PM) Mask_de_GM: Tyrone
(11:20:38 PM) Aria: "Oh yeah, that reminds me. Never, ever use hellfire again Hypo."
(11:20:40 PM) Hypolita: roll1d20+2
(11:20:40 PM) Mask_de_GM: we'll do these fights concurrently
(11:20:40 PM) Dicesaurus: Hypolita rolled --> error: malformed expression
(11:20:40 PM) Aria: "It's bad news"
(11:20:42 PM) Aria: roll 1d20+7 Initiative roll
(11:20:42 PM) Dicesaurus: Aria rolled 1d20+7 Initiative roll --> [ 1d20=11 ]{18}
(11:20:53 PM) Hypolita: It's the forest's fault for not dying in my fire
(11:21:00 PM) Hypolita: roll 1d20+2
(11:21:01 PM) Dicesaurus: Hypolita rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{21}
(11:21:10 PM) Tyrone: Still trapped under rumble.
(11:21:17 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+7
(11:21:17 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{11}
(11:21:36 PM) Hypolita: "Hey, some of the trees might have been immune to fire"
(11:21:49 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+5
(11:21:49 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{7}
(11:22:30 PM) Hypolita: brb
(11:22:45 PM) Mask_de_GM: Alright, "Flandre" giggles demurely as the blue ghost dog things surround her with teeth bared aaaand Aria go
(11:22:56 PM) Mask_de_GM: Hypo's holding action since Prak's afk
(11:24:21 PM) Aria: Right. Explosive magical sparks, go!
(11:24:27 PM) Mask_de_GM: DANMAKU FIGHT
(11:24:31 PM) Aria: roll 1d20+8 Ranged touch attack
(11:24:31 PM) Dicesaurus: Aria rolled 1d20+8 Ranged touch attack --> [ 1d20=6 ]{14}
(11:25:08 PM) Mask_de_GM: {not quite}
(11:25:23 PM) Mask_de_GM: {if you're aiming for Flandre}
(11:25:31 PM) Aria: I was
(11:25:36 PM) Mask_de_GM: {so no}
(11:25:40 PM) Aria: Well, I'll port back 30' and wait for my next turn, then
(11:25:57 PM) Mask_de_GM: You toss the your stickies, and "Flandre" dodges effortlessly
(11:26:10 PM) Mask_de_GM: "Ooh, another spellcard user. I like this one!"
(11:26:46 PM) Hypolita: sorry back
(11:28:11 PM) Mask_de_GM: and with that, she makes tearing motions with her fingers, sending bright red flakes of nastiness at Aria and Hypolita
(11:28:50 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+10 touch
(11:28:50 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+10 touch --> [ 1d20=1 ]{11}
(11:28:53 PM) Mask_de_GM: :V
(11:28:55 PM) Aria: Hah
(11:29:07 PM) Hypolita: oof, almost
(11:29:14 PM) Aria: "You call that danmaku? I'll blow you out of the sky, little girl."
(11:29:17 PM) Mask_de_GM: which are just as easily dodged by Aria and Hypolita?
(11:29:24 PM) Hypolita: yep
(11:29:48 PM) Mask_de_GM: she pouts and points a finger at Aria, to which two dog heads go flying forward with gnashing teeth
(11:30:29 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+11
(11:30:29 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{15}
(11:30:35 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+11
(11:30:35 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{18}
(11:30:39 PM) Mask_de_GM: :V
(11:30:51 PM) Mask_de_GM: the first one towards Aria, the second at Hypo
(11:31:01 PM) Aria: Not even close to hitting me
(11:31:04 PM) Mask_de_GM: {both miss I think}
(11:31:05 PM) Hypolita: damnit
(11:31:08 PM) Hypolita: just hit me
(11:31:15 PM) Mask_de_GM: ah
(11:31:23 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d8+6
(11:31:24 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d8+6 --> [ 1d8=5 ]{11}
(11:31:42 PM) Hypolita: damn
(11:31:47 PM) Hypolita: down a third of my health
(11:32:07 PM) Mask_de_GM: Hypolita has a dog bite down on her leg, tearing a bloody chunk out of it
(11:32:14 PM) Hypolita: between the three sessions, I mean
(11:32:28 PM) Mask_de_GM: while Aria ducks the slavering beast
(11:32:36 PM) Mask_de_GM: Meanwhile, AJ, you're up
(11:32:43 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d6
(11:32:43 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d6 --> [ 1d6=6 ]{6}
(11:32:47 PM) Mask_de_GM: oy
(11:32:54 PM) Mask_de_GM: you're slowed for 6 rounds though
(11:33:13 PM) Mask_de_GM: {the one thing I didn't want to do well on :V}
(11:33:15 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Swift action heal those 13 points. Free action 5' forward. Standard action regular attack with my kasuri gama (slight of hand to change weapons)
(11:33:24 PM) Mask_de_GM: neat
(11:33:32 PM) Mask_de_GM: go for the hit
(11:33:48 PM) Andrew_Jackson: power attacking, no blitz
(11:33:55 PM) Andrew_Jackson: roll 1d20+11 attack roll
(11:33:56 PM) Dicesaurus: Andrew_Jackson rolled 1d20+11 attack roll --> [ 1d20=5 ]{16}
(11:34:04 PM) Andrew_Jackson: glorious miss
(11:35:23 PM) Mask_de_GM: You try to work the sticky shadow stuff trying to eat you off of your throwing arm, but it latches onto the kusari-gama, throwing off the shot
(11:36:05 PM) Mask_de_GM: the SHADOWDAEMON laughs a great roaring laugh as it brings its spear and tail down against you
(11:36:21 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+20
(11:36:22 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+20 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{39}
(11:36:31 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+15
(11:36:31 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{18}
(11:36:36 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+10
(11:36:36 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+10 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{30}
(11:36:43 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+14
(11:36:43 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+14 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{22}
(11:36:49 PM) Mask_de_GM: first one hits
(11:37:14 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 2d6+9
(11:37:14 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 2d6+9 --> [ 2d6=5 ]{14}
(11:37:46 PM) Mask_de_GM: The spear of hatred draws a thin line of blood across Andrew Jackson's face
(11:37:54 PM) Mask_de_GM: and top of the round, Hypo, do something
(11:38:13 PM) Hypolita: Stab the pooch holding onto my leg
(11:38:23 PM) Mask_de_GM: mkay, roll 'em
(11:38:26 PM) Hypolita: roll 2d30+6 melee
(11:38:26 PM) Dicesaurus: Hypolita rolled 2d30+6 melee --> [ 2d30=29 ]{35}
(11:38:34 PM) Hypolita: oops
(11:38:35 PM) Aria: What
(11:38:35 PM) Mask_de_GM: ?
(11:38:36 PM) Hypolita: roll 1d20
(11:38:37 PM) Dicesaurus: Hypolita rolled 1d20 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{16}
(11:38:43 PM) Hypolita: ...+6
(11:38:48 PM) Hypolita: god damnit today
(11:38:55 PM) Hypolita: anyway, 22 hit?
(11:38:55 PM) Mask_de_GM: hit
(11:38:56 PM) Mask_de_GM: yeah
(11:39:07 PM) Hypolita: roll 1d4+4
(11:39:07 PM) Dicesaurus: Hypolita rolled 1d4+4 --> [ 1d4=4 ]{8}
(11:39:17 PM) Hypolita: sweet, and it'll have to save vrs caustic
(11:39:34 PM) Mask_de_GM: Caustic?
(11:39:51 PM) Hypolita: weapon quality from the wiki page for book of gears
(11:40:23 PM) Aria: Caustic: A caustic weapon leaves burning acid behind as it slices and dices. A victim who fails a fortitude save suffers a d6 of acid damage every round until the acid is diluted (normally by dumping water on the victim).
(11:40:38 PM) Mask_de_GM: ah
(11:40:44 PM) Mask_de_GM: what's the DC?
(11:40:47 PM) Hypolita: thanks Aria
(11:41:22 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+9
(11:41:23 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{19}
(11:41:32 PM) Mask_de_GM: {ooh, just made it}
(11:41:33 PM) Hypolita: 17
(11:41:46 PM) Andrew_Jackson: I just did the numbers, and it looks like the Gelugon and I are basically at a grindfest. It'll either take me 40 rounds to kill it, or I'm going to run out of healing and die. So, somebody should save me.
(11:42:02 PM) Mask_de_GM: the blade takes hold, but doesn't deliver it's sizzling payload
(11:42:34 PM) Aria: Right. Time to show Flandre how it is done...
(11:42:39 PM) Aria: roll 1d20+8 Ranged touch attack
(11:42:39 PM) Dicesaurus: Aria rolled 1d20+8 Ranged touch attack --> [ 1d20=8 ]{16}
(11:42:46 PM) Mask_de_GM: {You have the portal that the Gelugon came out of at your back. You could always bounce}
(11:42:59 PM) Andrew_Jackson: (good point)
(11:43:07 PM) Mask_de_GM: {off by one}
(11:43:12 PM) Aria: Drat
(11:43:30 PM) Mask_de_GM: The sticky grenades go whizzing much closer to Flandre, one taking off her frilly bonnet
(11:43:36 PM) Mask_de_GM: This was a Very Bad Thing
(11:43:54 PM) Mask_de_GM: "My hat! YOU BITCH!"
(11:45:52 PM) Tyrone: roll 1d20+3
(11:45:52 PM) Dicesaurus: Tyrone rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{9}
(11:46:07 PM) Mask_de_GM: You see a superimposed version of a very unhappy vampire loli thing in your minds eye, along with the phrase: Secret Barrage "And Then Will There Be None"
(11:46:10 PM) Tyrone: I sing very badly from my pinned position.
(11:46:49 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d20+10
(11:46:49 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d20+10 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{25}
(11:46:58 PM) Aria: That connects
(11:47:12 PM) Aria: Assuming it was a touch, anyways
(11:47:18 PM) Mask_de_GM: Yeah
(11:47:34 PM) Mask_de_GM: I'm gonna count Orbital Strike as a burst, so DtB chance Aria?
(11:47:44 PM) Mask_de_GM: aiming for 80+
(11:48:00 PM) Aria: roll 1d100 20% miss chance
(11:48:00 PM) Dicesaurus: Aria rolled 1d100 20% miss chance --> [ 1d100=10 ]{10}
(11:48:29 PM) Mask_de_GM: nope
(11:48:58 PM) Mask_de_GM: Flandre disappears for a moment, behind a wall of sheer bullet-based hell
(11:49:03 PM) Aria: Well, I may be fried.
(11:49:09 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 24d6+5
(11:49:11 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 24d6+5 --> [ 24d6=92 ]{97}
(11:49:14 PM) Aria: Very fried
(11:49:15 PM) Mask_de_GM: :V
(11:49:18 PM) Tyrone: Ouch
(11:49:21 PM) Mask_de_GM: oh gee
(11:49:22 PM) Aria: That's more than double my max HP
(11:49:35 PM) Tyrone: Is it possible to be double dead?
(11:49:40 PM) Mask_de_GM: wait, 3d6/level + Cha for bombs right?
(11:49:44 PM) Aria: Yup
(11:49:47 PM) Mask_de_GM: oy
(11:49:51 PM) Aria: Rocket launcher tag
(11:49:57 PM) Aria: It's the game Bullet Mages play
(11:50:02 PM) Mask_de_GM: Hey Hypo, you fried too?
(11:50:06 PM) Hypolita: does Aria come out the other side of dead and instantly become some manner of undead beasty?
(11:50:09 PM) Aria: She takes half
(11:50:12 PM) Andrew_Jackson: playtesting may show that no save 3d6/level+cha AoE is a bit much
(11:50:14 PM) Hypolita: yes
(11:50:26 PM) Andrew_Jackson: that's a no save SoD at nearly every level
(11:50:34 PM) Andrew_Jackson: might want to revise the class
(11:50:34 PM) Mask_de_GM: That sounds cool, and I didn't mean to chunky salsa you guys, so yes
(11:50:39 PM) Hypolita: even half is just slightly more than my max hp
(11:50:49 PM) Aria: It's a ranged attack roll, so there's a sort of save to it.
(11:50:53 PM) Mask_de_GM: Hypolita and Aria are now so fucking dead they are now undead
(11:51:01 PM) Andrew_Jackson: 2d6/level+cha save for half is probably enough damage
(11:51:04 PM) Andrew_Jackson: anyways
(11:51:12 PM) Andrew_Jackson: ranged touch attack is not a defense
(11:51:13 PM) Aria: It chunks players, but against monsters it only kills about half of the options for CR equal opponents in the SRD
(11:51:17 PM) Mask_de_GM: you're on the floor though, so Flandre thinks you're dead
(11:51:18 PM) Tyrone: "Hey guys, are we winning? Hello?"
(11:51:26 PM) Andrew_Jackson: ranged touch attacks get 95%
(11:51:29 PM) Mask_de_GM: "Pitiful, they always break in the end"
(11:51:31 PM) Andrew_Jackson: just switch it to a save I think
(11:51:36 PM) Mask_de_GM: yeah
(11:51:59 PM) Tyrone: "Guys? Guys!? GUUUUUUUUUYS-" Game Over.
(11:52:05 PM) Mask_de_GM: or use my original damage setup for bombs
(11:52:06 PM) Andrew_Jackson: technically I'm still alive
(11:52:08 PM) Mask_de_GM: 1d6/level
(11:52:12 PM) Andrew_Jackson: that too
(11:52:18 PM) Tyrone: Technically.
(11:52:33 PM) Mask_de_GM: Andrew Jackson senses a disturbance in the Force
(11:52:46 PM) Mask_de_GM: which fills him with righteous purpose
(11:52:49 PM) Mask_de_GM: odds or evens AJ
(11:52:55 PM) Andrew_Jackson: evens
(11:53:00 PM) Mask_de_GM: roll 1d6
(11:53:00 PM) Dicesaurus: Mask_de_GM rolled 1d6 --> [ 1d6=4 ]{4}
(11:53:22 PM) Mask_de_GM: awesome, you are no longer {slowed} for this round, and you get a Smite back
(11:53:26 PM) Mask_de_GM: Go nuts
(11:53:27 PM) Andrew_Jackson: yay!
(11:53:42 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Charging smite time
(11:54:00 PM) Andrew_Jackson: blitzing as well since I think it only has 1 AoO
(11:54:07 PM) Mask_de_GM: The "deaths" of his companions infuse AJ with a spirit that frankly, makes him ready to take on any challenge
(11:54:12 PM) Andrew_Jackson: scratch that, it has combat reflexes
(11:54:14 PM) Andrew_Jackson: run away time
(11:54:15 PM) Tyrone: Can I Kiai more then once per turn?
(11:54:19 PM) Andrew_Jackson: withdraw action
(11:54:22 PM) Mask_de_GM: I don't think so
(11:54:25 PM) Andrew_Jackson: through the portal
(11:54:29 PM) Mask_de_GM: which he uses to run the fuck away
(11:54:44 PM) Mask_de_GM: and out into a room of purest white
(11:54:48 PM) Andrew_Jackson: CR 13 enemy = kind of hard to solo
(11:54:48 PM) Mask_de_GM: with a switch in the middle
(11:55:00 PM) Andrew_Jackson: [RESET GAME]
(11:55:08 PM) Mask_de_GM: {I didn't expect Flandre to wipe the others}
(11:55:22 PM) Hypolita: yeah I wasn't expecting that either
(11:55:34 PM) Mask_de_GM: {I was hoping you'd just slow the Gelugon, then keep it busy}
(11:55:47 PM) Andrew_Jackson: (it happens)
(11:55:47 PM) Mask_de_GM: {Why did I have to get good rolls :V}
(11:56:09 PM) Mask_de_GM: anyway, there's a [WHITE SWITCH] in front of you AJ
(11:56:11 PM) Mask_de_GM: what do
(11:56:23 PM) Aria: (Why did I have to get bad rolls? Stupid dicebot...

)
(11:56:30 PM) Andrew_Jackson: Oh, I'm going to reset the console and reload from the save point, obviously
(11:56:46 PM) Andrew_Jackson: I mean, save points exist for a reason, right?
(11:56:54 PM) Aria: The white switch will get rid of ye daemon
(11:57:10 PM) Andrew_Jackson: But I don't know that it will bring back my artillery.
(11:57:14 PM) Andrew_Jackson: good artillery is hard to find
(11:57:24 PM) Mask_de_GM: {you didn't save after the boss}
(11:57:48 PM) Mask_de_GM: {s'up to you}
(11:57:52 PM) Tyrone: The brain?
(11:57:54 PM) Andrew_Jackson: {Good artillery is harder to find than beating the boss again}
(11:58:04 PM) Mask_de_GM: {What do you mean by good artillery?}
(11:58:11 PM) Hypolita: us
(11:58:15 PM) Mask_de_GM: Oh
(11:58:17 PM) Andrew_Jackson: the guys that just died
(11:58:26 PM) Mask_de_GM: {they're undead now}
(11:58:33 PM) Andrew_Jackson: they looked dead to me
(11:58:37 PM) Mask_de_GM: whatevs
(11:58:43 PM) Tyrone: Undead or out of play.
(11:58:51 PM) Andrew_Jackson: plus, I'd have to kill them if they were undead
(11:58:52 PM) Mask_de_GM: Do you really want to turn off the power? [YES] [NO]
(11:58:56 PM) Andrew_Jackson: in any case, I'm out of artillery
(11:58:58 PM) Andrew_Jackson: [YES]
(11:59:08 PM) Mask_de_GM: -beoow-
(11:59:25 PM) Mask_de_GM: It Comes In Threes: A Tome IRC Game Thing
(11:59:33 PM) Mask_de_GM: [PRESS START]
(11:59:45 PM) Andrew_Jackson: I actually have to run off tonight
(11:59:49 PM) Mask_de_GM: ah
(11:59:51 PM) Andrew_Jackson: same time next week?
(11:59:56 PM) Mask_de_GM: possibly
(8/17/2010 12:00:03 AM) Mask_de_GM: I've gotta figure out my class schedules
(12:00:04 AM) Tyrone: I'll be ready next time.
(12:00:08 AM) Andrew_Jackson: laters
(12:00:11 AM) Tyrone: So do I.
(12:00:12 AM) Mask_de_GM: peace
(12:00:18 AM) Andrew_Jackson left the room (quit: [NS] Quit: Page closed).
(12:00:24 AM) Hypolita: I'll try to not forget, or at least keep an eye on the page
(12:00:27 AM) Tyrone left the room (quit: [NS] Quit: Page closed).
(12:00:27 AM) Hypolita: oh
(12:00:29 AM) Mask_de_GM: Aria, Hypo, hit up dat Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
(12:00:37 AM) Mask_de_GM: gotta work on your danmaku skills
(12:00:38 AM) Hypolita: ?
(12:00:38 AM) Mask_de_GM: :V
(12:00:53 AM) Mask_de_GM: You got wiped by a thinly veiled Touhou character
(12:01:03 AM) Hypolita: yeah, I got that much
(12:01:07 AM) Mask_de_GM: http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Flandre_Scarlet
(12:01:09 AM) Aria: At least it was an Extra boss
(12:01:15 AM) Aria: Being wiped by Cirno would be sad
(12:01:16 AM) Mask_de_GM: she comes from ESoD, thus, practice up
(12:01:26 AM) Hypolita: ah
(12:01:34 AM) Mask_de_GM: If you don't fix the Bomb system Aria, I may just have to do that
(12:01:37 AM) Mask_de_GM: (9)
(12:01:50 AM) Mask_de_GM: or should I say (9)7 damage
(12:01:56 AM) Hypolita: oh, how do I access the irc from Trillian?
(12:01:57 AM) Aria: Heh
(12:02:13 AM) Mask_de_GM: i dunno Hypolita
(12:02:39 AM) Aria: http://www.ehow.com/how_2175838_use-irc-trillian.html
(12:02:41 AM) Hypolita: well, actually, I figured out what I need to do, I'm just not sure how to get a login to the irc
(12:02:45 AM) Mask_de_GM: let me capture our collective failures, for posterity

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:55 am

Actually, I think the lesson is that dealing more damage than your own hit points as a touch attack against two people at once is bullshit. You should NEVER be able to one shot multiple copies of yourself at once. That's just way too fucking glass bullet.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 6:00 am

ubernoob wrote:Actually, I think the lesson is that dealing more damage than your own hit points as a touch attack against two people at once is bullshit. You should NEVER be able to one shot multiple copies of yourself at once. That's just way too fucking glass bullet.

...fireball. sure it's not a touch attack, and it gives a save, but...

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 6:06 am

Prak_Anima wrote:
ubernoob wrote:Actually, I think the lesson is that dealing more damage than your own hit points as a touch attack against two people at once is bullshit. You should NEVER be able to one shot multiple copies of yourself at once. That's just way too fucking glass bullet.
...fireball. sure it's not a touch attack, and it gives a save, but...

Fireball deals 1d6/level. A mage with 14 con can't one shot himself even on a failed save.

Long story short, bullet mage is a shitty class because it's nothing but damage. I will rewrite it to be something interesting if you'd like, but I'd have to know what it wants to do. Right now it seems to be literally 100% blast things to death and that is not a valid archetype in a multiplayer game. Bullet mage needs to be something more than insane damage because insane damage is the exact same problem as tainted scholar SoD casters: rocket tag with no chance to miss.

Rocket tag is almost ok when it has a fail rate and the way the NPC was designed, there was no way to miss.

Pixels · Post by **Pixels** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:37 am

Actually, both Flandre and I were both looking at about 60% hit rates - which is why we swung and missed three times before people exploded. I needed 9+ to hit, and she needed 8+. I'm not sure where you get this no chance to miss thing. The original Bullet Mage's standard shot literally always hit and did half again Aria's HP - THAT was crazy.

Anyways, the bombs should probably be Reflex saves, but that is easily changeable.

And Fireball can totally one-shot on a failed save - it just needs above average damage. For a 14 Con mage, it only one-shots 6% of the time. However, if your primary class feature fails to kill a wizard 94% of the time when he fails his save, then you're probably doing something wrong. Fireball isn't the primary class feature of a wizard, but blasting is the primary class feature of a Bullet Mage.

If you want to keep it that way, the question becomes 'how much damage is appropriate to be doing at any particular level?' It's sort of hard to pin down. After all, the average damage on one of your charging smites (80) is a fair chunk more than the average damage from one of Aria's bombs (69), which she can only unload once per minute, and half again as much as a full barrage of stickies (57). And Andrew isn't even really designed to do damage, and is wielding a non-magical lance!

Strange as it seems, I didn't pull the numbers for the Bullet Mage out of nowhere. The bomb damage is about as much as is needed to kill an equal CR monster with average HP. You can see the calculations here. Past level 3 the 3d6/level fits the curve pretty closely - at our level the bomb damage does about 8% of a standard deviation above average monster HP. Bulky monsters will take it better, monsters with lower HP get seared into oblivion. The Sticky hovers around 60% of a standard deviation below the average monster HP; Orb is higher and other shots are lower.

The problem with that progression is that player HP and monster HP do not scale the same way. A player with a d6 hit die and 14 Con starts off with a third less HP at first level than the mean monster - at level 12, they have two-thirds less HP. Even the player with a d12 hit die, starting with 18 Con and a +Con item falls behind the average monster starting at level 9. So the balance that is meant to be moderately lethal to monsters ends up ripping players into small bloody rags. Not ideal.

As-written, the Bullet Mage is essentially a Spherelock with slower Sphere access but Eldritch Blast turned up to 11. They can do a lot of the same things that Warlocks do. So some Sphere stuff, plus high cha and dex lend themselves to sneaking and face skills.

I'm traveling on Tuesday so I won't have computer access, but I'll be thinking about this stuff. We can probably work something out over the week that won't hammer everybody through the floor if an NPC decides they want to shoot magical sparks.

Pixels · Post by **Pixels** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:05 pm

Here's a solution that might be amenable. Reduce the damage profile on the Bullet Mage attacks by a significant chunk and beef up the extra effects instead. That way you spend more time throwing magical bullets but do lots of fiddly disabling or weakening on the side. It might also be worth giving characters two shot types instead of one.

Bomb: 1d10/level (Ref for half)
Orb: 1d12/level (Ranged Touch)
Sticky and Standard: 1d8/level (Ranged Touch)
Laser and Spread: 1d6/level (Ref for half)

Also I'd throw in a few things to make the Bullet Mage more survivable. I'd definitely bump them up to a d8 hit die. It would also be entirely thematic to give them a dodge bonus to AC while unarmored or wearing light armor, like the Armored in Life ability Tome monks get. I can't think of any Touhou character off the top of my head who wears any armor anyways.

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:09 pm

Pixels, do you actually want to do anything besides make things blow up? Like, do you want to have rider effects or something? If you make it do something besides just damage it's ok to only knock out a third of a monster's hp in a round. The question is if you actually want to do something besides roll dice. My complaint isn't that your write up is too powerful, but that it pushes everyone toward rocket tag when it comes into play because it has zero defenses and metric tons of offense against classed enemies.

Mask_De_H · Post by **Mask_De_H** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:55 pm

You know, I *could* just fix the Special Standard Shot Type on the original. It made Rogue balance on the Level 10 SGT even with auto-hit facerape. Just changing it from Auto-hit to ranged touch attack and cutting it back down to one shot per attack action should make it about the same as a Flask Rogue at that level.

Although Uber is right that both versions of the BM are pretty much glass cannons; having powerful Bomb types that are essentially once an encounter "I Win" buttons if you don't miss turns them into glass nukes. Dodge/Shoot the Bullet and Flight are its only real defenses, and they come online rather late. The Orb/Sentry combination is also defensive, but ruins the offensive capabilities of the class. There are rider effects later on in the original class's abilities.

Pixels · Post by **Pixels** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:59 pm

Nah Mask, there were other problems with the original besides standard shot.

And yeah uber, I can see the issues. I'll give the class its regular post-game tune-up. :P

Pixels · Post by **Pixels** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:53 pm

Arrrgh. Life is suddenly going crazy; I won't be able to make it to the game tonight. I'll catch up with you guys later. ><

Mask_De_H · Post by **Mask_De_H** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:35 am

That's not too big of a problem, because I just got out of class and am not feeling it tonight.

So, I know my schedule now, in shiny new Eastern Standard Time-o-Vision. On Mondays, I have class until 9:30 EST, which is 30 minutes before game time. I would like to sleep at midnight, because I have an early class.

So, we have two ways we can do this: either we continue playing same Bat-time, same Bat-channel but we only play for two hours or I move the game time.

God_of_Awesome · Post by **God_of_Awesome** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:28 am

Missed the game and didn't fix my char. School started >.<

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:55 am

I say move it, because I'll be in class during the normal time soon.

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:39 pm

In my defense, I was out drinking.

Pixels · Post by **Pixels** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:27 am

I'm all for changing it if the current time is going to be a problem for some of us. I'm fine with any evening except Saturday.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 5:44 am

Pixels wrote:I'm all for changing it if the current time is going to be a problem for some of us. I'm fine with any evening except Saturday.

Same...ish.

I've got a prior game saturdays, and class on tuesdays. Other than that, I'm free.

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 5:52 am

I am indefinitely going to retract from this game. There is a 3 to 1 girl/guy ratio at this university, and I'm going to be busy for a couple weeks at least.

I'll update you guys when things settle down into a routine.

For Valor · Post by **For Valor** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:30 am

uber, your university, I need to go there.