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Hi folks. You might have noticed I've been absent for a while. My apologies. I'm dealing with a bunch of overlapping life changes that have left me wiped out during my small amount of free time.

I can't reliably post right now, and I'm not sure when that will change, so I'm reluctantly dropping out of this game.

I've really enjoyed the character interactions. If I can sort out real life I'll come back and beg to rejoin.

Maybe Boomer can join the settlers and become a potion-brewing shop for the party?

"Eh, I just reverse engineer the wizardy stuff. There's a lot of arcane nonsense that ain't useful tae me. Alchemy is physical. So when a scroll says tae "evoke the aether at point nine of Avedaro's Constant" or some such garbage, I gotta figure out what that means in terms of ingredients. It's an awful lot like makin' a recipe out of someone else's book when they use different measurements and different words for ingredients. It's a giant pain in the arse, but once I figure it out I can do it by the numbers an crank 'em out quick."

"An' don't even get me started on Sorcerer scrolls. They don't ever know what the eff they're talkin' 'bout."

Boomer smiles are the scrolls and alchemical supplies.

"Adu, lemme hang ontae those scrolls. I'll work 'em out and make potions from 'em," he said, adding his own list of scrolls to the purchase.

I can add those to my formulae book and make potions for the party on the cheap, Much better than only getting one use out of them.

Adding-
1x Scroll Alarm @ 25gp
1x Scroll Summon Instrument @ 12.5gp
1x Scroll Animate Rope @ 25gp
1x Scroll Detect Metal @ 25gp
1x Scroll Grease @ 25gp

finally found the time to level up Boomer.

Picked up Precise Shot, Swift Alchemy, and formulae for Shield and Ant Haul.

Catching up in game now.

Boomer, is your equipment list under your alias up to date?

Not sure. I'll do a full audit when I finally do this level up. Life is madness lately and I haven't had the time or brainpower to work the numbers or check the game.

I'll have time later tonight or tomorrow. Unfortunately, life is likely to remain unpredictable through the end of august, so if my attendance is spotty that's why.

As for now, assume Boomer is spending every waking moment crafting.

I'm traveling until the 27th. Probably won't have time to post much.

Boomer took off his hat and paid his respects to the fallen guard.

"We should re-bury them all," he said, looking concerned at the remains of the undead. "What they became wasn't their fault."

"Maybe we c'n re-consecrate the cairn to Trudd instead o' Droskar?"

Boomer stuffed a rag into his cask, lit it off of his cigar, and tossed it, looking pained at the waste of good liquor.

Thunderbottle Express, ranged touch, point blank: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 1 = 17
Damage, point blank, focused blast: 1d6 + 3 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 + 3 = 9

Boomer looked frustrated that the undead filth still stood. With a scowl he took a knee and pulled a small cask out of his pack and a handkerchief from his pocket.

Standard action, retrieve object. Move action, prep Thunderbottle Express.

Boomer took a step back to get out of reach of the skeleton pawing at his shield and sailed his last bomb right into the Hecueva's face.

Ranged Touch, point blank: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 4 + 1 = 21
Damage, point blank, focused bomb: 1d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 1 = 9 no splash damage

Boomer took a step back to get out of reach of the skeleton pawing at his shield and sailed his last bomb right into the Hecueva's face.

Ranged Touch, point blank: 1d20 + 4 + 1d6d6d1d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + (5, 6, 3, 1, 4, 4, 5, 1, 3, 6, 3, 2, 5, 6, 5, 6, 5, 3, 6, 2, 4, 2, 1, 3) + 7 + 1 = 107 [ooc]no splash damage]

Boomer drew an explosive. "Got one o' these left. Better make it count."

He headed toward the commotion at a sturdy jog, taking a swig off one of his many flasks as he ran.

Drinking a Targeted Bomb Admixture. I'm at full health with a decent AC, so I'll take point with Goggek.

Boomer passed Hezekh his flask. "Aye, rough scrap that one. How ye doin?"

Boomer straddled the fallen enemy and slammed the edge of his shield down into it until it was only bone fragments. The litany of curses that spilled from his lips was impressive even by dwarven standards, but eventually devolved into unintelligible snarling and grunts.

Eventually his body seemed to shrink again and started taking deep, ragged breaths. His shield hit the ground next to him as he stood up straight and wiped his mouth.

"Damn, that stuff's got a kick."

"Just feckin' die, ye gobspite pile o' bones!" Boomer snarled, hammering his shield down again.

Attack, bless, inspired, flanking: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 17
Damage, inspired: 1d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 1 = 8

I like the idea of bouncing it off the wall, thanks. I'll switch to standard shield damage and hit it with the edge, Captain America style.

Boomer's brutal assault continued. He drove the shield forward edge first. "Gonna send ye ta Droskar in pieces!"

Attack, Bless, Inspired, Flanking: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 22
Damage, inspired: 1d4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 = 5

As the monstrosity charged past, Boomer stepped in behind it and brought his shield down like an oversized version of Toulbe's frying pan...

"I'm gonna turn yer skull into an ashtray, ye dead f%$&er!"

Attack, bless, inspired, flanking: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 16
Damage, inspired: 1d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 1 = 10

AoO, bless: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 3 + 1 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Boomer lashed out with his targe as the undead horror passed, hitting much harder than usual.

With the spiders gone and the undead monster immune to fire, and half his allies choking on smoke, Boomer pulled out a flask with a skull and crossbones on it and quickly downed it's contents.

Drinking my Mutegen. +4 Ster, +2 Natural Armor, -2 Charisma

With a shudder and and a snarl, the boisterous alchemist visibly bulked and hunched. He spat his ever-present cigar onto the dirt, grinned with sheer drooling malice and took a double handed grip on his shield.

[i]"Ye done messed up now, firebones..."

Staying put, following Helga's tactical advice. Let's let this thing come to us.

Boomer has Explosive Bombs. His splash radius is 10 feet.

Using Alchemical Weapon to add a Bomb to an Alchemist Fire. Hitting the swarm (main target) and the glowy eyed guy (splash damage), missing our side (precise bombs)

"Burn, ye wee bastards," Boomer said as he tossed a bomb into the swarm

Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15 If hit, the alchemist fire will damage next round too.
fire Damage: 2d4 + 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 3) + (5) + 4 = 16
Splash is 6 fire, DC 14 reflex for 1/2. AoE usually does extra damage to swarms.

It means you can’t take any actions this round.

Brutal!

"If'n he draws us fighting roaches an' oozes on that..." Boomer mutters. Rolling his eyes he turned back to the job at hand.

"I say we finish up here before we check the stairs."

Boomer checked his gear and got ready to follow the rest of the group. Before he left he spoke to the caravan leader.

"Word to the wise, boyos. When we got here there wa a mess o' goblins tryin' tae get through the doors. There might be more o' them out there. If ye plan on setting up camp outside, make sure tae set a watch and set some torches a ways down the caves so ye c'n see what's coming. We'll try tae work fast. Stay on yer toes 'till we're done."

Boomer puffed on his cigar. "Ain't Gnomes just precious?" he asked the towering Droskarian golem.

"Buck up, Touble!" Boomer boomed, entering the room from the other direction. "Look what I brung ye!"

Another gnome for the collection.

"Well, there's a golem... ye probably want tae talk to him if'n yer writing a book," the dwarf grinned.

"C'mon, I'll introduce ye."

going to the golem room.

"Oh, aye, he's fine. 'E's been regaling us with cookin' recipes while we kill goblins an roaches. 'S been great fun," Boomer grinned. "C'mon in, I'll git ye to him."

"Name's Boomer!" the grinnign alchemist said with a hearty wave. "We're all here, dont'cha worry. Mostly things are clear here, save for an ethically dubious golem."

"Come on in an' git settled, we'll show ye around."

Well great, now we have to be well behaved.

Craft Alchemy, aid: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 10 + 2 = 15 Well, looks like I really needed that aid another. thanks

Can I take 10 on the craft check

"Someone wanna give me a hand here?"

Survival, aid another: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

Boomer did his best to explain what he needed, but the instructions weren't great.

Don't have survival. Anyone want to help?

Boomer did his best to take a sample of the creature before it went completely inert.

Is this Survival or Craft: Alchemy?

How big is it? If it's Large I can target a square that isn't adjacent to anyone. If it is Medium, I dont' throw.

"Nice throw!" Boomer congratulated Toulbe, then tossed another explosive.

Ranged Touch, inspired: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 1 = 10
Fire Damage, inspired: 1d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 1 = 8

Migrants arrive!

Boomer throws another bomb and keeps backing up.

Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Fire Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

I agree that the Oracle or the Occultist are the best picks from a party role perspective. Either would be fine with me. I'm slightly more inclined toward the Occultist because this group could use another ranged combat specialist.

I have Profession: Brewer at +10.

"Aye, back up the stairs. Don't let that thing git within about thirty feet o' ye. Keep backin' up and pepper it." Boomer said letting his bomb fly, then backing up towards the stairs himself.

Ranged Touch, bomb (alchemical weapon added): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 Uh oh. Hope the scatter doesn't catch us in the blast.
Bomb, alchemist fire: 1d6 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 3 + (4) = 11

Knowledge: Dungeoneering (what's that thing?): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

"Uh..."

"I'm gonna keep Gogg between us and the foe," Boomer snarked, giving Tolbe a thump on the back and passing him a flask.

He prepped a bomb and let the people with the long weapons lead the way.

"You see anything you don't like, you run back up the stairs. I'll make anything following you real unhappy," Boomer grinned as Tolbe began descending.

"How 'bout we send a scout to the bottom?" Boomer suggested. "Meybe Goggek and M'self at the top of th' stairs t' keep watch, Touble taking a sneak down t' look 'round th' corners, an' the rest giving this room a toss t' see if there's anything interesting?"

Boomer snapped off a shot with his crossbow, but the shot went wide.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 2

Don't get surrounded, lads. If we back up we c'n bottleneck 'em."

Boomer pulled two vials and tossed them both with a simultaneous underhand lob, causing a chain reaction of fire.

Using Alchemical Weapon to add an Alchemist Fire to a Bomb (which counts as a weapon). Using Explosive Bomb discovery to double the splash radius.

Ranged Touch, Purple Roach: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Fire damage: 1d6 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 4 + (4) = 14

All enemies within 10 feet (teal and orange) take 5 points of Splash damage. DC 14 Reflex for half.

If hit, Purple Roach will take another 1d6 Fire next round (as per alchemist fire)

His rambling story continues for a few more moments.

[dice=Profession (dog whisperer)]1d20+6

Boomer pulled his hat down against the sun, then quietly took a drink off his flask and passed it to the others as they walked along listening to Urist's rambling tale.

"Aye, Droskar's a whole arse," Boomer agreed. "Lets call this a day."

Boomer pulls the dwarf-monster's chain over the anvil and hands the adamantine hammer to the closest warrior.

"Hit that with this until it breaks."