As Far as You Can Tell
As Far As You Can Tell Episode 36 – Invitations and Investigations
This is the 36th episode of "As Far As You Can Tell", an actual play Pathfinder game set in the Zodiac Empires Campaign Setting. As a minor disclaimer – the audio quality is slightly poor, but the current streams have undergone many improvements, with more cameras and...
As Far As You Can Tell Episode 35 – Hidden Clues
This is the 35th episode of "As Far As You Can Tell", an actual play Pathfinder game set in the Zodiac Empires Campaign Setting. As a minor disclaimer – the audio quality is slightly poor, but the current streams have undergone many improvements, with more cameras and...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 32
Enemies in the Trees The things in the trees look on at the party. They are roughly humanoid shape and can cast magical darkness. Veil recognizes them as babau. They are emaciated figures, and gross, slimy, leather-like skin covers them. They are versed in stealth and...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 31
It's only a finger... To remove the ring's sway from Claire, Veil cuts off her finger. Claire screams and as the crowd begins to panic, Veil goes to the horses, teleporting from shadow to shadow. Violet telepathically lets the party know what happened since chaos has...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 30
Returning to the Portal The party heads back to the town, and they meet a larger version of the prince toy. The town itself looks like the imagination of small children – to the right is a large treehouse, and the top left, where the CORE facility is on the material,...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 29
To the Vibrant The party steps through the portal into the Vibrant. It's similar to what they experienced when traveling to green glory, but significantly brighter. On the other side, the group stands exactly where they just were – but the trees surrounding them are...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 28
Snowball Fights Violet was hit by a catapult. There are two soldiers near it, and we hear marching, and soon notice a column of soldiers marching towards the party. The catapults are firing rocks at the party. They soon realize the soldiers have stopped, and as they...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 27
Welcome to town! The party approaches a fortified gatehouse. There is one guard on the opposite end of the gate who asks where we're coming from, as they don't get many visitors here. His name is Alexander. No one finds anything out of the ordinary in the city, and...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 25 & 26
Episode 25 Books The first book is a full family history, and leads right up to before when Gwen and Maverick became popular. Lesigha expanded the family, brokered trade deals in their favor, and never took hostile actions against the Whiterose family. The presence of...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 24
Dewdrop (continued) The party continues into the tower. Upon reaching the door, the party learns that it's magically sealed, but Veil is able to unlock it. Light from within spills out. The party is standing within a small foyer featuring a staircase leading both up...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 23
Luca's Truth Luca begins to explain more about his family and the keep. Veil walks through the house looking around. Veil is unable to tell if there is a specific deity that Luca follows. Luca speaks about his son, Sergio. He says that Sergio is doing what he needs to...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 22
Reclaiming Raziel Raziel disappears, and Hove tries to jump into the water after him. Upon leaving, Raziel finds himself in a body that is not his own; he is seeing through the eyes of another. Raziel goes through an endless series of defeating beasts, fighting on a...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 21
At the start of the session the party levels up, and the tree successfully removes water from the 3rd floor. The dead owlbears are thrown down the hole to the gelatinous cubes. The party finds that someone is living in Gurt's old room, which they deduce by realizing...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 20
Information The party spends the evening scrolling through the books in the library. They find a series detailing Gwen and Mav's lives, and learn that their marriage was arranged by their mothers. Gwen is from an offshoot of the Stardragon family of Vavaire – the...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 19
Exploring the Keep, Continued The party ventures up the stairs to find two locked doors. The south door has large gouges in the door, and there are continual flame torches on the walls. The party sees shadows dart around in the shadows, they appear similar to large...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 18
Exploring the Keep (Lower Floors) The party follows the sound of soft music and singing to find a room featuring laris trees roots, small crystals, and two sarcophagi. Entombed here are Gwenevere and Maverick Blackburn. The sarcophagi are well-crafted out of black...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 17
The party encounters (and defeats) phantoms using portions of their statues as armor. They also find a secret crawl space containing pilfered goods worth 235gp. The party, having explored the entirety of this floor, decide to go to the next floor. Heading Up The first...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 16
The Hole, Continued After investigating Lesigha's sarcophagus, the party continues on and finds another room containing tombs. Upon entering the room the party is attacked by five zombies which they quickly dispatch. They then loot the tombs. Traveling through halls,...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 15
The Keep...we're here for a while. The party remains in Anchorage for two weeks to buy supplies and tie up loose ends before moving on to their keep. Ward, a member of the Vanguard Company, provides the party with an estimate for repairs to the keep. It will be...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 14
Concord's End Concord comes out of the room flanked by 2 people. To his left is Peyton, and to his right is Salvation (Lydia). Concord tries to convince the party to surrender, but a fight ensues. He, Peyton, and Lydia do not survive the fight. Raziel is blinded...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 13
Explosions The party watches the explosions on the west side of town from their hotel room. From this height they are unable to tell how large the explosions are, but they seem to be occurring roughly six blocks away from the hotel. The party decides to leave and...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 12
To the sewers! Once together the party decides to go to warehouse #11 and enter the hatch. When at the warehouse, they find that the lock is missing. There is a giant stone hatch with a hinge, and two iron rings that must be pulled at the same time to open. It...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 11
Episode eleven opens with Hove being curious over what else might be in the station. Holly and Elliot leave to take shelter in safe houses, and they take John with them. Guardian Zack is surprised that the city has been infiltrated. The church of Guardian itself is...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 10
The episode started with Veil and Holly standing in Steve's room. Concord appeared, wearing his Vathis Sentinel clothing. He admits that he's been looking for Steve, and now assumes that Veil is his murderer. Concord and his men manacle Holly and Veil and bring them...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 9
The Docks After hearing the Seven Sisters are at the docks, the regrouped party travel to the docks. This is the largest warm water port in Isild. By perceiving people, it seems that the worshipers may be coming from Gloam. The Vathis Sentinels are dismissive of...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 8
The Church Veil, Raziel, and Hove go back to the church of Astea. There are around 125 people this time. The bishop is saying "by any means necessary", and the group begins talking about Steve being missing. Lydia Dean is talking to Peyton, and Veil jumps into the...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 7
The Bank and the Inn After the sheep passed, a scruffy old man asks Veil for a silver, which she gives him. Once the party is back together they get a room at the Snowball Inn. They decided they should research the Blackburn family, and start doing so at a place...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 6
Gurt, Evara, and Green Glory The party determines that this area is on the material plane, but the Vibrant has bled through. The fountain found here gives powers linked to life force. Evara gained power that will slow her aging for a while. In the meantime, the party...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 5
Green Glory Two hours pass, and Gurt takes Evara out of the back of the keep, flanked by ten lizardfolk. She is blindfolded, but appears happy about this, and does not look very troubled. The party follows them at a safe distance for some time before they reach a...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 4
The Keep At nightfall, the party returns to the keep. There is a large bonfire blazing and a sizable number of lizardfolk bustling around. There are more than 30 here, and all are a sea green color. Many are praising Gurt. He is humanoid-ish, resembling a lizardfolk...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 3
The Gatehouse While Hove watches for scouts, the party searches the gatehouses. They find a masterwork shortbow and forty masterwork arrows, along with a small assortment of longswords. Veil finds a weak bronze dagger. They uncover a set of stairs heading downward...
As Far As You Can Tell – Episode 2
On the trail! The party heads onwards, toward the lizardfolk they're sent to confront. A recent snowfall took place making the lizardfolk easy to track, and by the tracks left in the snow the party can confirm that at least eight lizardfolk have traveled this way. The...
As Far as You Can Tell – Episode 1 Session Zero
Episode one -Session ZERO! Time to meet the characters, the players and introduce them to each other by any means necessary. Violet zi’Frostbloom is an amari wizard. She is thirty-eight years old, which is quite young for an amari. She is played by Ashley. Ana...
