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49:13 boris has quit (Quit: You be good. See you tomorrow. I love you.)
20:22 <Forevernade> it will probably be in Reign system
20:35 <Avatar> over time you will learn mekkis wants to kill all of us
20:37 <Forevernade> seems most suitable for the setting
20:40 <MekkisScreen> haven't heard about it
20:42 <Forevernade> oh ok
20:43 <Forevernade> hi MekkisScreen
20:45 <MekkisScreen> can you give me a link?
22:39 <Forevernade> http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/15/15286.phtml
22:43 <Forevernade> i guess this one will do
23:08 <Avatar> send me a book and I'll have a look
23:22 <Forevernade> lol
23:33 <Forevernade> it basically uses the ORE system
23:40 <Avatar> I have no idea what that is
23:40 <Forevernade> where you have dice pools
23:55 <Forevernade> and you pick pairs or tripples or what ever
24:00 <Forevernade> from the dice pool
24:06 <Avatar> d20 4eva
24:19 <Forevernade> the number of matching determines the speed (initiative) of the move, or the efficiency
24:40 <Forevernade> and the height of the number determines the proficiency or the damage of the move
25:08 <Forevernade> there are rules for characters, and rules for companies (masses of people)
25:30 <Forevernade> so the idea is you have a character, but you also have parts where you act as a band of leaders with followers
27:20 <Avatar> it's like everyone has the leadership feat !
33:13 <MekkisScreen> that reminds me
33:38 <MekkisScreen> I'm planning on starting a campaign: either one that I've been working on, Rise of the Runelords, or Way of the Wicked.
34:23 <MekkisScreen> I'll probably run it either Saturday afternoon or Saturday night
36:19 <Avatar> this coming?
36:52 <Avatar> if it's way of the wicked, I'M IN
37:55 <MekkisScreen>  IF we can get a party full by this weekend, I'll start this weekend, but otherwise it'd be best to wait until after Christmas
39:24 <Avatar> decide which one you want to run 
43:11 <MekkisScreen> it depends on who can be canvassed
43:23 <MekkisScreen> Brunius: you interested?
48:02 <whitepantheress> Hi, used to play D&D 3.5 looking for some online pathfinder play, how does it work on irc?
48:27 <whitepantheress> BTW I have access to various source books
57:23 <Avatar> chip wants in
58:12 <Avatar> Mekkis what's the requirement for character creation
58:15 <Avatar> for way of the wicked
12:10 <Steven> finished Ruby Phoenix tourny tonight
12:18 <Steven> got the performance bonus
12:23 <Brunius> Probably.
12:33 <Steven> so one spell at +2CL
12:41 <Brunius> I won't be aroudn 29th Dec-8th Jan though
12:58 <Avatar> snickers has that
13:01 <Avatar> amazing boon
13:06 <Steven> yeah it is
13:08 <Avatar> what level is your character
13:14 <Steven> level 13 now
13:15 <Steven> well
13:20 <Steven> 13 2/3
13:31 <Avatar> so you got an amazing boon on a character you can't use anymore
13:44 <Steven> i will be using him at paizocon2013
13:49 <Avatar> in what game
13:52 <Steven> that i just finished buying the badge for
13:58 <Steven> the grand convocation
14:24 <Steven> and we also laid out a blueprint on getting my character honey up to level 19
14:37 <Steven> so she can channel as a level 27 Cleric
15:04 <Steven> swift channel and regular channel.... 30d6 a round
15:13 <Steven> average healing of 105
17:52 <Steven> so.... i am indeed set to become the new Venture Lieutenant
18:28 <Avatar> sounds like a lot of work
23:06 <Steven> yeah
23:11 <Steven> but on the plus side
23:22 <Steven> i do get all the scenarios for free
26:59 <Avatar> that is pretty sweet
27:07 <Avatar> how many had you already bought
30:09 <Steven> bout 20
30:36 <Steven> so..... 400+ bucks savings
32:21 <Avatar> will be pretty good to have you GMing more games
33:06 <Steven>  tonight
33:24 <Steven> had a guy charge someon
33:25 <Avatar> now?
33:37 <Steven> rolls a nat 20
33:41 <Steven> confirms on a nat 20]
33:56 <Steven> and then rolls damage and hes like so thats 74 damage
34:02 <Steven> to that guy
34:04 <Steven> and im like yeah it misses
34:22 <Steven> and he throws a mini hissy fit about how it was two nat 20s
34:32 <Steven> and im like, yeah, thats cool
34:54 <Steven> perhaps next time you'll let me control the table and initiate combat with having everyone roll initiative
35:03 <Avatar> haha
35:10 <Steven> as it is your two nat 20s were in a fantasy dream world
35:39 <Steven> and after suitably crushing his spirit
35:59 <Steven> i let him charge in and grab up on that readied action
36:07 <Steven> and 4 AoOs
36:14 <Steven> which dropped his character to -1
36:25 <Steven> and i was like... yeah btw didnt fudge any numbers like i normally do
36:35 <Steven> lesson learned?
36:58 <Steven> and he was like... yeah let the GM talk when i enter a room
37:10 <Steven> I patted him on the head and was like, good boy
38:03 <Steven> walter observing the entire exchange just walks away laughing
38:10 * tashphones pats Steven on the head
38:13 <Mekkis> you normally fudge numbers ?!
38:27 <Steven> yes
38:40 <Mekkis> why?
38:41 <Steven> im a big softy
38:53 <Mekkis> it's people like you who result in harder scenarios for everyone
39:22 <Steven> mekkis while GMing i roll exceptionally well doing usually one or two damage off max damage on every hit i make
39:57 <Mekkis> then there's something wrong with your rolling technique or your dice. That's what should be corrected.
40:39 <Steven> and im allowed to rule my table how i please, which occationally means i roll one or two less damage and keep people at staggard or 1 hp so they get to act instead of me just killing them
40:59 <Steven> or in this case putting them unconcious
42:02 <Steven> as a gm its my job to make sure people have fun, since its a game, and that i have fun too.  I dont have fun dropping a person every round in combat and wiping groups
42:44 <Mekkis> then they meet a GM who doesn't fudge rolls and they don't enjoy it. Neither do the players who are in their party
42:54 <tashphones> !throw 1d20 vs Steven
42:54 <diebot> tashphones, vs Steven: [1d20=1] 1
43:01 <tashphones> O.O
43:45 <Steven> mekkis if you dont like my GMing style you of course never have to sit at a table I GM, but its how i run my tables
44:00 <Steven> I still kill people, i have party wiped
44:04 <Steven> i have failed peoples missions
44:16 <Mekkis> how do you choose when to fudge rolls and when to kill them?
44:46 <Steven> but with all of that, i try to be on the nicer side of GMing to counterbalance bobbies going out of the way to kill people by fudging rolls 
45:53 <Steven> I have a series of conditions that must be met for me to fudge a roll and not kill someone
47:07 <Steven> mmmmm pizza
47:09 <Steven> so tasty
47:58 <Mekkis> pizza bribes?
48:21 <Steven> i would so totally let people bribe me with pizza
48:28 <tashphones> I want cheese, garlic, onion and oregano pizza. 
48:38 <Mekkis> sounds good, tashphones 
48:42 <tashphones> Mmmmcravings
48:46 <Steven> +1 circumstance bonus on any skill check
48:49 <Steven> Preggers?
48:58 <tashphones> And jalapeno pepper stuffed with cream cheese and deep fried. 
49:12 <Brunius> I'm making cookies!
49:15 <Brunius> They are square!
49:20 <Brunius> They will be iced with 6 dots on top!
49:21 <tashphones> And more beer. And goat. And coconut
49:24 <Steven> epic brunius!
49:25 <Brunius> Only sometimes, it will be a 1!
49:30 <tashphones> Must be preggers 
49:47 <tashphones> Yay bru!
49:50 <tashphones> Pics!
50:06 <Brunius> Haha, pictures.
50:14 <Brunius> Those things are so last century
50:42 <tashphones> Kids of people appreciating them. Shirtless. While shooting a rifle. 
50:48 <tashphones> Vids*
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05:30 <Mekkis> fyi Avatar:
09:01 <Mekkis> Ability scores: 18, 8, 1d10+7, 1d10+7, 1d10+7, 1d10+7. Core races. Any class, antipaladins can be any alignment. +1 skill point per level. No starting equipment. Permitted alignments: LN, LE, NE; LE preferred. One trait. You must choose a crime you've committed and have been convicted of, and have one ambition.
37:13 <Avatar> oooo rolling
38:54 <Mekkis> oh, and Avatar: could you look at my resignation letter?
11:10 <Avatar> gained 
12:20 <Mekkis> ?
12:29 <Avatar> gained invaluable insight
12:44 <Avatar> that last line doesn't make sense
12:58 <Avatar> I'm not even sure what you're trying to say
13:27 <Avatar> all the best for the company to expand
13:35 <Mekkis> pretty much
14:26 <Avatar> make it a personal note to the guy you're writing it to instead maybe, and the best for him with the company
14:40 <Avatar> the rest is fine really
14:45 <Avatar> you don't have to worry too much about a resignation letter
15:05 <Avatar> at least you didn't add hey "oh yeah, by the way, up yours !"
15:10 <Avatar> so really it's fine
15:27 <Mekkis> cool
39:36 <Brunius> I won't be back until Friday
39:40 <Brunius> Later guys.
42:46 <Avatar> :(((
25:43 <Mekkis> kapow got bitten by a zombie last weekend
53:53 <Avatar> or so he claims
54:32 <Mekkis> I saw the bites
54:47 <Mekkis> the local VC arranged it!
55:39 <Avatar> or so you claim
55:56 <Mekkis> he was on the radio today about it
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03:09 <Steven> suuuuuuuuuuup
04:29 <Mekkis> Bah! Your use of trickery is cheap and despicable. It doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as our use of it.
57:46 Topic for #d&d is: PFS: TBA || All topic times are AEDT (UTC+11:00); set up your timezone on the site for local times in the Schedule! | D&D and Pathfinder Online http://www.pfrpg.com.au
57:46 Topic for #d&d set by Avatar at Sat Dec  8 12:41:18 2012
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58:03 <Mekkis> !spell %jaw
58:05 <diebot> Mekkis, LOCKJAW transmutation ([]) druid 2, ranger 2 1 standard action Range: touch Duration: 1 round/level Save: Fortitude negates (harmless) SR:yes (harmless)
58:07 <diebot> You give a creature the ability to use one of its natural attacks to firmly attach itself to an opponent. Choose one of the creature's natural attacks (usually a claw or bite attack).  The creature gains the grab ability with that natural attack, including the +4 bonus on combat maneuver checks to start or maintain a grapple. A creature with
58:07 <diebot> multiple natural attacks can strike at its grappled opponent with its other natural attacks, but cannot attack any other creature.
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03:32 <Steven> suuuuuuuuuuup
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15:23 <Avatar> what
15:27 <Avatar> how do you get a PFS character to level 19
15:35 <Steven> modules
15:41 <Avatar> do modules go that high 
15:46 <Steven> now they do
16:08 <Steven> they released chronicle sheets for rise of the runelords and the shattered star adventure path
16:26 <Steven> and sanctioned them for PFS play
16:56 <Steven> the rise of the runelords you can play at levels 16-18
17:16 <Mekkis> what?
17:16 <Steven> so if you play it at level 18, you will level to 19, which is currently the highest you can get a character to
17:18 <Mekkis> really?
17:30 <Steven> yes really
17:37 <Steven> they have a paizoblog about it
18:16 <Steven> cant decide which spell i want to apply the +2CL to
18:29 <Steven> Spell immunity or greater invisibiility
18:50 <Steven> also have judgement light and litenancy of escape
18:53 <Avatar> my character was only level 3 at the time, so it went onto ear piercing scream
19:16 <Steven> but... they dont have level based varibles OTHER than duration
19:28 <Steven> which lit of esc has none
19:32 <Steven> its instantaneous
19:52 <Steven> and judgement light which i use as an invisibility purge, already outlines them for 13 rounds
20:15 <Steven> dont need to up that to 15 rounds
20:41 <Steven> greater invis and spell immune only goo targets for it
20:56 <Steven> spell immune would need another level to pick another spell
21:03 <Steven> where as greater invis would last +2 rounds
21:24 <Mekkis> inquisitor list?
21:32 <Steven> yeah
21:43 <Steven> save that i have to pick spells i can cast at the momment the boon is applied
21:59 <Steven> i only have spell immune and greater invis that will benefit from it at all
22:12 <Mekkis> up to 4th level?
22:22 <Steven> yeah
22:31 <Steven> well any of my spells
22:34 <Avatar> mekkis is on the case
22:37 <Steven> but those are the only two worth getting imo
23:09 <Steven> my inquisitor is basically buff the party
23:13 <Steven> scare shit
23:18 <Avatar> you are a bard
23:20 boris is now known as borrissey
23:24 <Steven> yes
23:42 <Steven> im a bard with 35ac and 17/12/17 saves
23:44 <Mekkis> Undeath Ward, if you want to buy Cheese of Golarion
24:03 <Steven> that makes the GM reroll crit confirms
24:15 <Steven> or rather crit rolls
24:49 <Mekkis> (you know it's full of cheese when you look at the author list: Jason Bulmahn, Matthew Goodall, Brandon Hodge, Anthony Pryor, and Mike Shel)
25:15 <Steven> sadly mekkis it has to be something i can cast right now, i did not pick that spell
25:27 <Mekkis> you're a spontaneous caster?
25:37 <Steven> all inquisitors are
26:13 <Steven> i have bless, lock gaze, burst bonds, lednge judgement, wrath, shield of faith at first level
26:23 <Mekkis> how much cash do you have?
26:31 <Steven> weapon of awe, confess, flames of the faithful, blistering envective, invisibility second level
26:42 <Steven> heroism searing light, ward the faithful, energy resistance third level
26:52 <Mekkis> buy a Page of Spell Knowledge
26:56 <Steven> judgement light greater invis, lit of escape, spell immunity fourth level
27:06 <Steven> i will go look that up
27:23 <Mekkis> !item Page of spell k%
27:25 <diebot> Mekkis, PAGE OF SPELL KNOWLEDGE 1ST-LEVEL [strong transmutation] CL:17 none 1000gp, 0lb
27:25 <diebot> This page is covered in densely-worded arcane or divine magical runes. It contains the knowledge of a single arcane or divine spell (chosen by the creator when the item is crafted). If the bearer is a spontaneous spellcaster and has that spell on her class spell list, she may use her spell slots to cast that spell as if it were one of her spells
27:25 <diebot> known. A page of spell knowledge is priced based on the spell's cleric or sorcerer/wizard spell level, unless the spell doesn't appear on either of those spell lists, in which case it is based on the highest spell level as it appears on any other spell list. For example, a spell that is on the 4th-level inquisitor list and the 2nd-level paladin
27:25 <diebot> list is priced as a 4th-level spell.
28:06 <Steven> which book is this from?
33:05 <Avatar> that sounds like a good item but I don't understand the second half of that description
33:30 <Steven> migraines really realy suck
33:36 <Steven> probably costs 1k for first level
33:44 <Steven> 2k for second level
33:48 <Avatar> pf srd doesn't have it
33:53 <Steven> or some reasonable amounnt of gold
35:05 <Steven> maybe be in ultimate equipment
35:07 <Steven> ill check
35:42 <Avatar> yeah there it is
35:55 <Avatar> p314
36:07 <Steven> yeah im downloading it right now
36:09 <Avatar> 1000gp 1st level, 4000gp 2nd level, 9000gp 3rd level etc
36:21 <Avatar> 81000gp 9th level
36:21 <Steven> i havent redownloaded it since i deleted my pfs folder
36:32 <Avatar> slotless wondrous
37:24 <Steven> 16k for a 4th level spell
38:24 <Steven> maybe pick up one for battlemind Link
38:46 <Steven> You fuse your thoughts with an ally’s, allowing the two of you to fight in tandem, perfectly coordinated. You and the ally each roll initiative in combat and use the higher die result before adding modifiers. This has three effects.  Melee: If you both make melee attacks against the same creature, you both make attack rolls and both use the higher of the two 
39:02 <Steven> Melee: If you both make melee attacks against the same creature, you both make attack rolls and both use the higher of the two dice for your attack rolls (plus bonuses).
39:29 <Steven> bwahahahahah
39:51 <Steven> just hang out with my crew mate
40:04 <Steven> mirro, the halfling barbarian
40:10 <Steven> that has like a +24 to hit
41:06 <Avatar> what is that
41:35 <Steven> basically you get to coordinate perfectly with one person
41:54 <Steven> so i would sync with my first mate, mirrow, who is a barb
42:06 <Steven> so if we roll initative we both roll and pick the higher result
42:08 <Steven> we both attack
42:19 <Steven> we roll, take the higher result
42:27 <Avatar> no I get what it does
42:27 <Avatar> is it an item
42:35 <Steven> no its a spell
42:38 <Steven> lasts minutes per level
42:44 <Avatar> called battlemind link?
43:23 <Steven> yeah
43:36 <Steven> if two people cast spells on the target, the target takes -2 to the saves lol
49:59 <Steven> think ill pick up a page and get it with DeathWard
03:10 <Avatar> that seems like a pretty hardcore spell
03:12 <Avatar> what level is it
03:28 <Steven> battlemind link? 4th
03:34 <Steven> death ward 4th
18:02 <Steven> for my new 3rd spell
18:03 <Steven> Righteous Vigor
18:25 <Steven> !spell desc Righteous Vigor
18:48 <Steven> i dont know the shortcuts people have set up for that shit
19:04 <Steven> Infusing the target with a surge of furious divine energy, you enhance a creature's ability to hit an opponent based on the number of times it has already hit that opponent with a successful attack. Each time the subject successfully strikes an opponent with a successful melee attack, the subject gains a cumulative +1 morale bonus on attack rolls (maximum +4 
19:21 <Steven> and gains 1d8 temporary hit points (to a maximum of 20 temporary hit points). If an attack misses, the attack bonus resets to +0 but any accumulated temporary hit points remain. The temporary hit points disappear at the end of the spell's duration.
19:37 <Steven> put that on a barb
20:07 <Steven> that has haste
20:34 <Steven> best case gains 4d8 temp hit points a round
20:43 <Steven> and +3 to the final attack
21:02 <Steven> at level 13
22:49 <Avatar> !spell righteous vigor
22:50 <diebot> Avatar, RIGHTEOUS VIGOR enchantment (compulsion[mind-affecting]) inquisitor 3, paladin 2 1 standard action Range: touch Duration: 1 round/level Save: Will negates (harmless) SR:yes (harmless)
22:50 <diebot> Infusing the target with a surge of furious divine energy, you enhance a creature's ability to hit an opponent based on the number of times it has already hit that opponent with a successful attack. Each time the subject successfully strikes an opponent with a successful melee attack, the subject gains a cumulative +1 morale bonus on attack rolls
22:50 <diebot> (maximum +4 bonus) and gains 1d8 temporary hit points (to a maximum of 20 temporary hit points). If an attack misses, the attack bonus resets to +0 but any accumulated temporary hit points remain. The temporary hit points disappear at the end of the spell's duration.
23:02 <Steven> ah thanks
23:10 <Steven> not a bad spell
23:37 <Steven> maybe just pick up arcane sight
24:17 <Steven> i dunno....
24:19 <Steven> yeah arcane sight
30:54 <MekkisScreen> perhaps they do
31:10 <MekkisScreen> Steven: can you recommend anything to put onto an amulet of mighty fists?
34:53 <Steven> !spell resounding blow
34:55 <diebot> Steven, RESOUNDING BLOW evocation ([sonic]) antipaladin 4, inquisitor 5, paladin 4 1 swift action Range: personal Duration: 1 round/level Save: Fortitude partial; see text SR:no
34:55 <diebot> You must have a melee weapon in hand to cast this spell.  On a successful melee attack, your weapon resounds with a thunderous clash. The target takes 1d6 points of sonic damage. Your weapon is not harmed by this attack.  If you are using your judgment ability or smite ability against the target, it is staggered for 1 round on a successful attack.
34:55 <diebot> A successful Fortitude save negates the staggering effect.  On a successful critical hit, the target is stunned for 1 round and deafened for 1d6 rounds. A successful Fortitude save negates the stunning and deafening effects. If you are also using judgment or smite, your foe makes only a single save against all effects.  This spell immediately ends
34:55 <diebot> if your weapon leaves your hand.  Resounding blow stacks with the thundering weapon property.
35:06 <Steven> if only i had a better wis....
35:28 <Steven> DC 17....
35:33 <Steven> sad panda....
35:40 <Steven> for a monk correct
35:46 <Steven> is it a dex or str build?
37:03 <Steven> hmmmm i have a feat, could get spell focus
37:09 <Steven> for DC 19
37:25 <Steven> at my level.... 10-15% chance to stagger/stun people
39:33 borrissey is now known as boris
46:54 <Steven> hmmmmmmmmm ring of freedom of movement
47:43 <Steven> could afford it if i dont buy the page...
14:49 <Steven> Alright, setting up an event for pathfinder society down at the local game shop
35:24 <Steven> titty fucking christ!
35:35 <Steven> my brother has used up all our minutes
35:48 <Steven> and now we getting charged 50 bucks extra on our cell phones
42:46 <MekkisScreen> no
42:55 <MekkisScreen> for an eidolon
43:02 <Steven> okay
43:10 <MekkisScreen> but we're talking 4-5 attacks a round
43:23 <MekkisScreen> at full BAB
44:23 <MekkisScreen> I've got a humanbane one, which works nicely
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44:57 <MekkisScreen> but since they've dropped the price, I'm considering either upgrading it with another +1-equivalent or buying a second one with a +2-equivalent
45:08 <tashphones> Is Kapow dead?
45:19 <Steven> who knows
45:41 <Steven> claw attacks?
45:41 <tashphones> :/
46:28 <MekkisScreen> 4 claws and a bite
46:48 <MekkisScreen> currently only uses three claws and the bite, because of teh max natural attacks rule
47:01 <Steven> how long till multi attack?
47:05 <MekkisScreen> bite is at 1.5x str
47:27 <MekkisScreen> next level, but multiattackis irrelevant anyway
47:56 <Steven> well vicious is always a decent enchantment
48:09 <MekkisScreen> really?
48:26 <Steven> its got its risks
48:29 <Steven> but its fairly low cost
49:08 <Steven> im a big fan of vicious, holy, and impact
49:26 <MekkisScreen> depends on how much healing you have available
49:30 <MekkisScreen> impact?
49:39 <Steven> counts the weapon as one size larger
49:46 <Steven> not usable with light weapons
50:07 <Steven> which im not sure how that would work with natural/unarmed considering they can be counted as light weapons
51:42 <MekkisScreen> but that's only 1 or 2 damage, on average
51:45 <Steven> gotta go finish up the ruby pheonix tourny
51:48 <MekkisScreen> which is pitiful
52:28 <Steven> i never said it was going to be great for your creature, i just said those are my favorite enchantments
52:46 <MekkisScreen> how is impact every good?
53:02 <MekkisScreen> (where "good" is "better than +1 enhancement bonus")
53:08 <MekkisScreen> s/every/ever/
54:17 <MekkisScreen> I suppose if you use it on a 4d8 weapon it becomes a 6d6 weapon, but now we're talking gargantuan
54:44 <MekkisScreen> and that's only an 18 to a 21 damage...
55:07 <MekkisScreen> maybe keen :S
55:24 <Steven> well, on a monk, impact with their damage progression is pretty damn good
56:38 <MekkisScreen> an unarmed monk?!
57:12 <Steven> gotta go finish ruby phoenix
58:16 <MekkisScreen> enjoy.
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27:31 <MekkisScreen> !item Hamatula Hide
27:32 <diebot> MekkisScreen, HAMATULA HIDE [moderate transmutation] CL:9 armor 44215gp, 12lb
27:32 <diebot> Crafted from the flayed skin of a barbed devil, this imposing +2 spiked hide armor weighs half the normal weight. When its wearer rages, the armor's spikes elongate and the hide bonds to her skin, providing fire resistance 10. Any creature that strikes the wearer with a melee weapon, unarmed strike, or a natural weapon while the spikes are
27:32 <diebot> elongated takes 1d8+6 points of piercing damage from the armor's barbs (unless using a weapon with reach). While the wearer is enraged, spells that cause additional damage to evil outsiders deal that increased damage to her.  A barbarian with fiend totem rage powers gains additional benefits from hamatula hide. If she has the lesser fiend totem
27:32 <diebot> rage power, she gains a +1 profane bonus to Armor Class while raging. If she has the fiend totem rage power, the damage caused by her barbs increases to 2d8+6 and stacks with the barbed defense granted by the armor. If she has the greater fiend totem ability, she gains fire resistance 20 when raging.
28:11 <MekkisScreen> !item Wyvern Cloak
28:12 <diebot> MekkisScreen, WYVERN CLOAK [moderate transmutation] CL:7 shoulders 78600gp, 1lb
28:12 <diebot> This heavy cloak is made of blue scaled leather and has a pointed hem that hangs near the ground. The cloak provides the wearer a +4 resistance bonus on Will saves, a continuous feather fall effect (as the spell), and the ability to use fly once per day. At will as a swift action, the wearer can form the hem into a stinger, granting her a sting
28:12 <diebot> natural weapon. This sting deals 1d6 points of damage plus poison (as the spell; DC 16). Reverting the stinger to its normal, inconspicuous shape is a free action.
30:38 <MekkisScreen> !spell saddle surge
30:39 <diebot> MekkisScreen, SADDLE SURGE transmutation ([]) paladin 2 1 standard action Range: personal Duration: 1 round/level (D); see text Save:  SR:
30:40 <diebot> You and your mount form a perfect synergy that endows both of you with advantages based upon how far you travel each round. For every 5 feet your mount moves in a given round, you gain a +1 competence bonus on Ride checks and both you and your mount gain a +1 morale bonus on damage rolls made with weapons or natural attacks for 1 round. For
30:40 <diebot> instance, if your mount traveled 40 feet in a round, you would gain a +8 bonus on Ride checks and you and your mount would both gain a +8 bonus on damage rolls for 1 round, to a maximum bonus equal to your caster level. You must be mounted to enjoy the benefits of this spell. If you dismount, get knocked off, or take any other action that separates
30:40 <diebot> you from your mount, the spell immediately ends.
31:02 <MekkisScreen> !spell lockjaw
31:03 <diebot> MekkisScreen, LOCKJAW transmutation ([]) druid 2, ranger 2 1 standard action Range: touch Duration: 1 round/level Save: Fortitude negates (harmless) SR:yes (harmless)
31:03 <diebot> You give a creature the ability to use one of its natural attacks to firmly attach itself to an opponent. Choose one of the creature's natural attacks (usually a claw or bite attack).  The creature gains the grab ability with that natural attack, including the +4 bonus on combat maneuver checks to start or maintain a grapple. A creature with
31:03 <diebot> multiple natural attacks can strike at its grappled opponent with its other natural attacks, but cannot attack any other creature.
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37:14 <Mekkis> tashphones, pretty sure he isn't
37:28 <Mekkis> he was bitten by a zombie last weekend though
52:21 <tashphones> Oh
52:31 <tashphones> Does that mean he's a zombie now?
53:13 <Steven> im not taking the chance
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10:46 <Mekkis> possibly
15:19 <Mekkis> you still in brisbane?
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27:49 Mekkis sets mode -R Mekkis
28:08 <Mekkis> tashphones, your skype timezone is wrong :P
34:24 <tashphones> You creeping on me?!
34:51 <tashphones> Nah Im back in adelaide. Got here a few hours ago. Just made hydra a hot chocolate
35:26 <Mekkis> well... Hydra was on skype
35:33 <Mekkis> and his time said UTC+10
35:41 <tashphones> Ahh 
35:54 <Mekkis> so I assumed he was either in Queensland or Vladivostok
35:59 <tashphones> Does skype even recognise halfzones?
38:00 <Mekkis> I resigned today!
45:15 <Steven> from what?
45:32 <Mekkis> my job
46:18 <Steven> hope its for the better good sir!
46:52 <Mekkis> so do I
47:04 <Steven> there we go all better
47:11 <Steven> well all scheduled
47:15 <Steven> 0-08 Slave Pits of Absolom 1 to 5 0-16 To Scale the Dragon 5 to 9 1-56 The Jesters Fraud 5 to 9 2-20 Wrath of the Accursed 7 to 11 1-30 The Devil We Know Part 2 1 to 7 1-45 Delirium's Tangle 1 to 5 2-10 Fury of the Fiend 7 to 11 3-02 Sewer Dragons Of Absolom 3 to 7 3-06 Song of the Sea Witch 3 to 7
47:31 <Steven> for wednesday!
47:32 <Mekkis> you should run To Scale The Dragon in here
48:53 <Steven> if i somehow manage to get time
48:57 <Steven> sure no problem
52:41 <Mekkis> 5-9s tend to Bring In The players
53:37 <Steven> we actually have had a decent amount of newer players cycle in
54:14 <Steven> lots of level 2-3s
58:26 <Mekkis> !spell %jaw
58:28 <diebot> Mekkis, LOCKJAW transmutation ([]) druid 2, ranger 2 1 standard action Range: touch Duration: 1 round/level Save: Fortitude negates (harmless) SR:yes (harmless)
58:28 <diebot> You give a creature the ability to use one of its natural attacks to firmly attach itself to an opponent. Choose one of the creature's natural attacks (usually a claw or bite attack).  The creature gains the grab ability with that natural attack, including the +4 bonus on combat maneuver checks to start or maintain a grapple. A creature with
58:28 <diebot> multiple natural attacks can strike at its grappled opponent with its other natural attacks, but cannot attack any other creature.
59:26 <Mekkis> how many tables?!
00:16 <Steven> last week we had a low crowd
00:19 <Steven> 3 tables
00:44 <Mekkis> and you're expecting twice that?
00:45 <Steven> last week 5 tables
01:28 <Steven> no i just give a lot so that people can find something to play
04:35 <Avatar> I haven't played to scale a dragon
04:37 <Avatar> run it
05:18 <Steven> i may if i get time
06:45 <Avatar> you'll have time
06:49 <Avatar> you're the venture lieutentant
07:58 <Steven> i may become a VL if mike brock agrees with Walter(the VC)
08:25 <Steven> my name is in the hat
08:45 <Steven> its the only name mind you, but doesnt mean he has to pick it
09:02 <Mekkis> I think I broke skyrim
09:09 <Steven> thats not hard
14:27 <Avatar> he will pick it and you will run to scale a dragon
16:36 <Steven> probably not till at the soonest
16:42 <Steven> next week
16:59 <Mekkis> by "scale a dragon" do you mean "climb or walk over a dragon" or "remove the scales from a dragon"?
17:33 <Steven> completely different
19:43 <Avatar> climb or walk over
19:53 <Avatar> steven is trying to throw us off the scent
19:54 <Avatar> but I know
20:02 <Mekkis> you metagamer!
20:19 <Steven> its okay, i metagamed today
20:20 <Avatar> well I have to have a little bit of pre-game excitement !
20:25 <Mekkis> should I buy Dungeons of Golarion?
20:33 <Avatar> yes ! buy it all !
20:56 <Steven> we fought a brine dragon
21:06 <Avatar> that's a lie
21:06 <Avatar> probably
21:22 <Steven> and because my character ausk's backstory included a brine dragon
22:17 <Steven> i let my character know a few things bout them he otherwise might not have known
22:18 <Mekkis> Dungeons of Golarion is full of cheese
22:33 <Avatar> don't buy it
22:42 <Avatar> Steven: you know that's cheating
23:20 <Avatar> you don't get a get out of jail free card to know anything you want Because It's My Backstory
23:21 <Steven> lil bit
23:54 <Steven> only thing i let myself know was that a brine dragon breathes acid
24:28 <Steven> has a swim speed
24:32 <Steven> and is scary
34:21 <Avatar> I only cheated a little bit !
34:29 <Avatar> hang your head in shame
34:33 <Steven> never
37:35 <Mekkis> at least I admit it
37:52 <Avatar> yeah at least mekkis admits to cheating
38:15 <Steven> I will hang my head in shame when everyone across the planet stops metagaming when a creature takes an AoO and then they do things knowing it wont take another AoO
38:33 <Steven> because it does not have combat reflexes
39:05 <Steven> Until then, My backstory will have an impact on any Brine Dragons I fight.
39:14 <Mekkis> that can at least be explained ingame
39:37 <Mekkis> if you've fought enough battles, you'll learn how the ebb and flow works
39:38 <Avatar> they never know if it'll take another AoO
39:50 <Avatar> they usually assume that because they usually can't
40:04 <Avatar> that's not metagaming
40:46 <Steven> being that Ausk takes risky battle tactics in an attempt to kill any brine dragon he sees because they sunk the first ship he sailed on and killed his adoptive father with acid breath after scaring everyone into the water with a frightful aura
41:35 <Steven> the backstory is very specific, and the reason i picked brine dragon is cause i never thought ide see one in a scenario or module i was going to play
43:24 <Steven> but i saw one, and the backstory imparted knowledge to my character... ide let anyone use any knowledge in their backstory as long as it wasnt something overly stupid like being passed around as a slave between 40-50 of the worlds most dangerous creatures so that you learn all their weaknesses
44:31 <Steven> but if you were to play a mordant elf that was enslaved to an aboleth that was then killed by somebody
44:44 <Steven> and many years later after joining the pathfinder society you face off against an aboleth
45:13 <Steven> as a past slave of an aboleth you would probably remember they have great mind dominating powers and let people breath water if in close proximity to an aboleth
45:16 <Mekkis> "I was an elvish conjurer, who memorised a copy of the Bestiary my master summoned from another plane..."
47:21 <Steven> i wouldnt let a player know what spells, DCs, AC or anything super specific
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47:48 <Steven> but sure, exslave an of aboleth.... you knows they have mental powers and the breath water thing
47:53 <Mekkis> but it as in the book!
48:37 <Steven> you example clearly falls under the overly stupid portion of the backstory
48:48 <Mekkis> I've heard worse
48:55 <Steven> me too
50:24 <Steven> I once had somebody tell me that they were sent back in time to this age of golarion, but had heavily researched their impact on history and their pathfinder society chronicles
50:51 <Steven> and it was very elaborate, and they were speaking for like 5 minutes intro to their character
51:11 <Steven> and finally i was like, yeah... you know the new Startrek?
51:19 <Steven> that blerb spock gives about altering time....
51:24 <Mekkis> some guy wanted to start as a cleric worshipping a greyhawk deity, then take a forgotten realms prestige class and a bunch of eberron feats. He had a ten paragraph backstory.
51:42 <Steven> BAM it happens all your research is void
53:02 <Steven> vague details that your character picks up through backstory im all fine with, dragons are known to have a breath weapon, some kind of alternate traveling speed, and frightful presence if they are old enough
53:30 <Steven> elaborate mission details from researching past chronicles.... no
54:16 <Steven> if ausk had run across an underworld dragon, he would have been like what the fuck is that! /knowledge check
55:21 <Steven> but it was a brine dragon that nearly killed him
55:52 <Steven> to this day i remember exactly what the dog that attacked me looks like, i was four
56:17 <Steven> It ate my forehead.... yes... my entire forehead, no i am not disfigured you cannot hardly see the scar anymore
56:57 <Mekkis> so you know that dogs have a bite attack
57:08 <Mekkis> you don't know that dogs, properly trained, can trip you
57:19 <Steven> exactly
57:36 <Steven> however i know for sure that they can knock you prone when you are four if they jump on your back
57:54 <Steven> lol
58:07 <Steven> but yeah, broad based knowledge okay
58:12 <Steven> specific knowledge no
58:45 <Steven> like i knew the dragon today had a swim speed, acid breath, and frightful presence(if old enough)
59:50 <Steven> not that he could cast horrid wilting at CL 15 w/ a dc of 23
59:56 <Steven> which btw.... fucks people up
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