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Azrim thumps forward with a somewhat-contained snort at this new creature. He eyes the character suspiciously, not at all liking this talk of prices and trades. "Aye, as he said, we're here looking for graverobbers and blasphemers." His tone is pointed and matter-of-fact. "I'll not pay for underhanded secrets and hearsay. Have you seen any wrongdoings down here...come to think of it, what are you doing down here, anyway?" Sense Motive:
"I agree with Gaius. I can invoke Torag for mine own protection of that sort. Nichelle is welcome to it."
Azrim clears his throat as he looks at the bisected ruin of the assailant-turned-victim. "Ahum...aye, thanks be to Torag that we're on the same side, Gaius." Looking to Alexi, Azrim draws his holy symbol. "I'll help with that."
As Nichelle, Gaius, and Alexi handle the door, Azrim sets to muttering divine incantations and doles out castings of Guidance on everyone again. ...Father Torag, grant your insight...
Azrim shrugs, letting the others poke and prod, but looks to Gaius and says "I'm with you on that front." He tugs on his beard at Tom's comment. "Mayhap, but all of this sneaking around is eating time. Who knows what these blasphemers are up to in here...though, I suppose their not knowing of us would be prudent, as well." He absentmindedly touches his holy symbol as he wonders about the source of all of this.
Azrim lets fly the crossbow bolt, praying for a true strike. Crossbow:
Azrim loads his crossbow and readies a shot.
Azrim shakes his head solemnly and whispers "flying things under the ground...such things should not be so" as he pulls out his warhammer, tightening his grip around the haft while mouthing a silent prayer.
Azrim nods. "We have a purpose. No sense wasting time with things we don't need to. Onwards, say I."
Azrim tugs on his beard as he looks down at the statues, sharing what information he remembers with the rest of the group. "I wouldn't fiddle with these, in any event. Things could go awry."
Azrim is visibly astounded upon entering this chamber, his mouth dropping as he witnesses the majesty of the architecture. "Torag's hammer..." he whispers. As the others investigate the floor and sense the room for auras, the priest walks towards the nearest statue, cautiously, in order to get a better look at it.
Azrim, having let the others search the room, follows Gaius to the doors, peering through them at his side.
Azrim nods approvingly at the situation. "Well organized and delivered."
Azrim advances forward, moving up behind Alexi, still keeping his right hand free.
Azrim tries to keep near the front of the group, glancing into each of the alcoves as he passes them to make sure nothing is hiding in wait. He has his shield out and at the ready, but carries nothing in his right hand.
"You weren't far off...eh, you there," Azrim says, inclining his head towards Nichelle. "Thassilonian rewards that were transmuted to sins in later times. From what I can tell, these markings each depict one, and if my memory serves me ably, each one should have some link to a school of magic. I will test this." Moving up to the image depicting Envy, Azrim grasps his holy symbol, muttering "Impart this servant with thy protection,", casting resistance and then touching the image.
Azrim moves forward at Gaius's request, narrowing his eyes at the imagery. "Nothing wholesome, I'll say. Let me see..." Knowledge (Religion):
"From what we were told, it sounds like any door will lead us to something that needs taken care of. I might say straight...may be it leads to the heart of things."
"Azrim, I understand your piety is important to you, but can your prayers not be uttered silently? I would hate for anything down here to hear us. I mean no disrespect, I simply want us all to succeed." Azrim stops his praying abruptly and narrows his eyes at Gaius, but holds his tongue, preferring to tug on his beard-braids. His mind wanders for a brief moment and recalls another passage that speaks of the virtues of preparedness, the defense as the best offense, and awareness. Realizing that the vocalizations of his prayers could have put such things in jeopardy, he gives the hobgoblin a solid nod. The cleric was not above admitting his mistakes, and Gaius had been surprisingly respectful.
As the creature erupts from the darkness and causes its brand of chaos, Azrim mentally offers thanks to Torag for giving his chosen children the advantage of darkvision. Cradling his warhammer, he moves in to strike the creature.
Warhammer
Azrim keeps pace as best he can as they go down the steps, putting himself as close to the front of the line as possible. As Nichelle pushes past the group and beyond Gaius, he says nothing, but does his best to keep on the hobgoblin's heels. He has his warhammer in his hand as he goes, muttering prayers under his breath. "And he used the hammer to forge a world of peace and order and to cast down anything that threatened it...I am the anvil, solid and unyielding, that accepts the Father's craft, each hammerblow a deliverance of wisdom...""
Azrim tugs on his beard-braid as the tengu speaks, snorting slightly at her comments to him. "I'd have asked that no matter who or what you were. Can't imagine much reason to go tomb-searching outside of an agreement with the clergy if not to pilfer, I think. I've no intention of leaving any folk down there, aye, but I still wonder why they went." He looks to Alexi, adding, "perhaps, if they aren't the culprits, these missing tengu would have some valuable information." Looking back to the merchant, he asks "how long ago did they venture in?" After they've left the merchant and moved further with Valanthe, Azrim asks "How many levels are there that you know of?"
Azrim stomps up next to Hallingtom and chimes in. "Aye..and just what were they doing inside? Not tomb-robbing, I would hope. Your friends wouldn't have anything to do with the missing corpses now, would they?" He narrows his eyes at the tengu, watching her for any signs of falsehood. Sense Motive:
Azrim listens intently to Valanthe, closing a fist at the mention of undead and necromancy. "The profanity beneath this temple shall be cleansed. This is my duty. The restless dead are nothing against the might of Torag. 'As the hammer falls, so shall life spring up from the stone.'" Finding the monetary reward unnecessary, he contemplates donating portions of it to churches of Torag.
Azrim plods down the street rather noisily, his mail jingling with every step. His eyes move back and forth, constantly scanning his flanks for threats. There was a dark cloud over this city by his reckoning, and the stink of lawlessness that went with it. He would not have been surprised by whatever he saw in the shadows of the road, but he thought it best to see it nonetheless. Noticing the others gathered at the cathedral's exterior, he quickens his pace, letting his holy symbol of Torag bounce against his chest as he moves. He stops abruptly in their midst and looks them over, sizing them up and looking for other priests. His eyes linger on the hobgoblin for a mere second before moving on. He tugs on one of his blonde beard-braids. "Can't say I am surprised to see others. Trouble at a temple is serious business. Azrim Deepwalker am I, servant to Torag." He gives the group a nod. Standing closely now, the others can see that Azrim has scripture etched into his steel shield and on the scales of his mail - lines and verses from Hammer and Tongs, the holy book of Torag.
Crunch is in the alias now...I think I am down to deciding between Combat Casting/Warrior Priest and Steel Soul.
Can't argue with that! I did want to take Artifice anyway... fits the theme for Azrim. I've taken the Construct subdomain. Who knows, maybe if this campaign does indeed last long enough he could nab Craft Construct later. All that remains is this pesky feat.
Almost done with Azrim. Mainly deciding on a feat to take, and possibly a second domain. It looks like Alexi has taken cure light wounds as a spell, so I take it he will be up for some supplemental healing? Azrim's channel energy won't be stellar. Have a 13 charisma, so that's 4 channels a day...was thinking about taking extra channel but if Alexi will be able to heal some as well I think I'll go elsewhere for feats. I was thinking of taking the Artifice domain as my second due to the focus on metal/creation I seem to be going, but I think it is a bit redundant with the power of the Metal subdomain (Artifice grants a melee touch attack that deals 1d6 +1/2 levels of damage to objects/constructs and ignores 1 point of DR and hardness per cleric level, whereas Metal grants me fists that deal 1d6+str damage and auto-bypass 10 points of hardness). Part of me wants to pick up power attack and improved sunder and go to town with metal fists, but I don't know how feasible that would be. Also both powers are very construct-oriented and constructs generally are not a oft-seen type, especially not at low levels. I might recommend skills like Knowledge (dungeoneering), Knowledge (history), Knowledge (religion), Sense Motive, Disable Device, Perception, and Use Magic Device; just off the top of my head. I picked up a rank in both Knowledge (Religion) and Sense Motive. I'm all for the DM rolling the passives for me. If the cause is outside of my hands, you do not need me to roll a Reflex save, especially if it would be the only thing I would be rolling for that post. Indeed.
Thanks for the selection. I will have my sheet complete tonight. One question I wanted to ask, though: I am taking the Metal subdomain of Earth, but I would also like to take the Stonesinger racial feature from APG instead of Stonecunning. Stonesinger grants me a +1 caster level with earth spells, but also treats me as 1 level higher for the granted power of the earth domain. APG states that subdomains are treated as equivalent to their associated domains for any effect based on domains. Just wanted to make sure it was kosher with you if I have Stonesinger apply to the metal domain's granted power. |
