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Greetings.

I may be crashing this party a little early but you mention you might be looking for players?

If you are then I'd like to toss a Nature or Wood oracle into the ring.
The current build under the alias is as a Nature oracle for a campaign long ago..

I remember it being a coin toss between the two mysteries so who knows.
I've played Kingmaker in a couple of campaigns that faded before we left Oleg's. These things happen.

Anyway feel free to poke around in Jakob's old posts if you want an idea of my play style. And please forgive my trespass if I've wandered in before the New Player door was opened.

Thank you
~Poor Wandering One

Get healthy boss. Update when you can. We’re here for you.

Jacob joins our former sleeping beauty. ”Akirra, can you make out any titles or fragments in the bookman?” Maybe “Book Golem making for dummies” or out of date RDA guides, Pre 2010 bound Library Of Congress cataloging service bulletins. Anything really. Note Jakob is fluent in Azlanti.

”Library?” Jacob’s ears perk up. “Maybe we can finally get some answers.”

The oracle joins Ansha and the others peering through the doorway.

First things first...

Take care and get better AK. No worries. We shall be here. :-)

Second things second...

Welcome back Jakob. :-)

Same on both counts Castor.

Hello Akirra, Qhude and all. Feels strange but good to be here again.

Take it easy boss we can entertain ourselves 'til you are back in mid-season form.

AK. A breathing machine must feel deeply odd. Something external taking over such an intimate and familiar function. Odd.

Hello Akirra, Qhude and all. Feels strange but good to be here again.

Take it easy boss we can entertain ourselves 'til you are back in mid-season form.

”I suppose not everything has to be a trap..”

Jacob lifts a grape from the platter. Then sets it back on the table. He bows his head and lowers an open palm as if accepting something. For an instant a flower scented breeze flows across the table towards Jacob.
Casting “Purify food and drink” Tebati at least likely recognizes the orison. It covers 4 cubic feet. That should hit everything on the table.

A moment later he lifts the grape again and eats it.

"The fruit is good at least."

Teach me not to log into Paizo for three months.

It is good to see this coming to life again. Though given history and present concerns I think we may be bad luck for AK.

Now how do these rules work again.......

New year, cold grey hope.

There are rumors of an AK sighting... perhaps we are not doomed to die forgotten in the darkness.

Just keeping the lights on.

Nice hood. Kind of an Assassins Creed look

also bump

I will miss Kieran. But I can see how it could work.
My first preference is for him to stay of course but I can see his looming horrible death as motivation for our lady of driftwood to start exploring the darker, more aggressive, options open to a angry cleric of a deity unencumbered by conventional morality.

But that is just my toss from the peanut gallery. Ignore as needed.

Jakob Mulle wrote:

I assume every NPC is higher level than us. It saves time.

This is an odd assumption. The higher level you get in my campaigns the more rarely you will encounter anyone close to your level.

HD, on the other hand...

I would have to check my notes to be sure but General Morvius was a renowned warrior and is one of the highest level fighters in the country; at a total of 5 levels. Add your stat arrays to the mix and I think a fight between him and Qhude would basically come down to the dice at this point.

I can accept odd.

In my POV it is a way not to underestimate the opposition. If you go in to a conflict assuming you are the underdog and that the other side has capabilities you do not know about then you are a bit less likely to be caught entirely flatfooted when they release the Kraken or start dumping Rage addled super-apes into your cooking tent. Like you do.
If it turns out you can just roll over the baddies via raw numbers and badassery then that is all to the good. But raw power is better, in my odd view, as a backstop when the clever plan falls apart rather than as an opening gambit.

But then I do tend to overthink things.

I assume every NPC is higher level than us. It saves time.

Mind you if one accepts that as true, and observes that it is the lower level PC's who actually do things then it becomes logical to assume that NOT doing stuff earns more XP.

I say we troop back to Freehold, put our collective feet up and let the XP roll in. ;7)

I have been reading a good but of Zen between my usual mystery novels 19C history. So it amused me to see that Ansha is attempting to still her mind to find a way through the gateless gate.

but then I am easily amused.

WE have AK sign!
This was posted to his Kingmaker yesterday.

I expected things to get better in March but then I had two staff members plucked out from under me the moment we launched our new systems and websites... For another project which has been fast-tracked and I have no faith in. I get them back in April, hoping to come off hiatus then... Sorry all.

So fingers crossed....

...Kieran...

Sigh.

:-P

that may have been an accident. May.

Sorry to see you go Kieran.

Well that is sad. I understand your decision, but it still makes me feel, bad. The Kerian/Tebati romance was a real high point for the game.

Good luck.

How long do you think they will spin like that? Forever? Perhaps stopping them from spinning is the key to advancing. Looking to Qhude he continues, Maybe you had the right idea, just not the right "tool" for the job. What else can we use to destroy the blades?

"Not sure how long they will run. Everything here has been in surprisingly good condition."

Jakob investigates the pedestals and sphere corpses.

"I suppose we could try shoving one of the stone statues into the blades. It would be fun but I doubt that kind of vandalism is what the order is looking for."

Having returned to the chamber above with the others Akirra asks, Anyone have any ideas to try? I'm fresh out.

Jakob raises his voice to compete with the whirling blades.

Yup those are the ones. The links labeled "Pyramid, Level 1" and "Pyramid, Level 2" that display under the quote and next to the SRD reference and Kingdom building links.

Sweet. Now to figure out what we missed.......

Hey AK!

Map links are dead. I am getting 404's on both pyramid links.

...

We are missing something.

"Grand."

Jakob taps the ceiling with his spear point.

"Maybe there was something in those spheres or their pedestals?"

Jakob follows Qhude towards the spinning blades...

Jakob assists Akirra.

aid other, perception, guidance: 1d20 + 0 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 0 + 1 = 20.
aid other, perception, guidance: 1d20 + 0 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 0 + 1 = 11.
aid other, perception, guidance: 1d20 + 0 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 0 + 1 = 4.
aid other, perception, guidance: 1d20 + 0 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 0 + 1 = 21.

Looks like the Oracle provided a bit of not really needed help on all but the second to last check.

"True, I've been wondering about that. Why is this so easy?"

"I mean look at this place. If your order wanted to make this place really secure they could have. Instead we get traps you can walk around and guardians that you can stab or punch."

"The only way this makes any sense is if it is a test, like those gods forsaken trials. But what are they testing for? It's not membership in the order unless rank was determined by the ability so smack angry bronze balls.... What do they want?"

"You have a nice house Akirra but the staff and furnishings are downright unfriendly."

With what can only be described as disgruntled look on its alien features the elemental sinks slowly into the floor leaving no evidence of it ever having existed.

.

Expecting that only chop suey will follow, but he wants to see if the blades show any gumming or slowing as the bite, rend and tear.

It didn't seem to foul the blades when the first golem went into the chopper.

Our DM is so buff they juggle in-laws. Once AK can figure out how to add the chainsaw it will be time to take the act on tour.

It doesn't help that I forgot to actually include my move. If it is not too late J will move to A,54 before failing to stab the sphere. Re-roll if Tebati can reach me: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12 Exactly the same!

Round 4

Elemental round 2 of 4
Stone hands grating on the smooth metal sphere the Mighty Pebble attempts again to move the multi-legged foe.
{Bull rush sphere to -A,53: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17}

Jacob
The oracle steps up to support Kieran. Stab sphere: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
To little effect.

Cool! I thought I was missing something. Thanks for the clue!

Excelsior!

Conundrum.

I do not want to block Akirra's action but the logical thing for J to do would be to move up and use reach to attack through K's space.

However if J does that and Akirra's attempt to move through the sphere's space fails then the closest legal position rule drops him into the spinning blades as a blade space is closer that A's last legal space which would be in line behind K and J.

Note the mighty pebble might make this moot but I am not counting on it.

Any advice?

Considering how many of those Jakob has pulled off in this campaign I think he needs to stop pretending he is no good in a melee :).

Shhhh.... you'll jinx it!

Sweet christmas!

X3 crits are nasty.

Round 3.

Elemental turn 1 of 4
Veins of green magic pulsing along it's rocky muscled the small elemental attempts to force one of the Spheres into the whirring blades. 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 and that is a likely fail. Oh well The mighty pebble will try again.

Jakob follows the reanimated warrior along the narrow gap between wall and blades. Settling into the corner the sphere finds that where the warrior's greatsword isn't a spear point is.

Move to A,56.
Standard: Flanking attack on likely smashed sphere in A,54 : 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 2 = 28. Critical?: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 2 = 27. damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10. Critical damage, if needed d8+4x3: 3d8 + 12 ⇒ (8, 2, 6) + 12 = 28 Damn. The luck is strong with this one.

And apparently Kieran's dice are on fire. You nearly soloed the central sphere in 2 rounds.

Also glad to see you back!

I thought about using a giant frog here as it fits J's nature theme better but the mechanics of the tongue grab & pull made success even less likely than using the Mighty Pebble.

If I understand this correctly....

Step one: Tongue touch attack hits
Two: Choose either to Grab or Pull
.If Grab, get +4 on cmb and move target adjacent on success. Frog not grappled.

.If Pull, forgo the +4 and move target 5' closer if check succeeds.

Or do both happen? Attack hits then grab check and then pull check if grab fails?

Seems very complex....

Pity lightning elementals are not available. Metal mastery and spark leap are nice!.

Round 2.

Seeing the nimble swordsman alone and undefended spurs the oracle into trying something new.....

Face still in concentration, lips sliding around sylvan's alien syllables, eyes staring intently at the stone floor near Kieran.

A stone floor that begins to move....

Full round casting Summon Natures Ally II to pull a Small Earth Elemental into space B,51 directly behind the sphere. I cannot communicate with the mighty pebble but its foe is right in front of spinning death and the little dirty dude has +7 to bull rush (CMB+4, Improved bull rush+2, Earth Mastery+1). Cross fingers.

Or the previous owner(s) just didn't use the line so the telecom needs to come round and install the 3-4 hardware upgrades they didn't do cause no one was using the line.

Had this happen at a place I was renting in the pre-cell era.

Could also be damage? If the line came down in a storm and there was no one using it.... no real pressure to get the repairs done.

Good news on the move boss.

I also hope this game keeps going.

Aw rats.

Sorry to see you go Kieran. And just when I was starting to spell your name correctly too. :7)

AK, I am still in this, how goes the house drama?

ouch!
That is a great deal of not fun.

Sweet! Glad to hear the new place is coming along. Looking forward to the restart.

hello?

Round 1
Move: Move to -c,54.

Standard: Use spear to drag Wax golem #2 from -a,56 to either -a/-b, 55 I am not picky so long as waxy's in the chipper. As part of the drag move to -c,53. drag, weapon bonus not applied: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Note, there is some ambiguity in exactly how drag, re-position, etc work with Reach. I, obviously, think this should work but should you disagree then Jakob will simply poke waxy with a stick. Damage if this option is taken and a 19 hits: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Jakob walks confidently between the wall and the spinning blades. A clumsy swipe by his spear misses the wax horror's head only to have one of the 'ears' on the enchanted spear bite into the waxen head as the thrust is recovered.Leaping backwards and pulling hard on the spear shaft the oracle sets his weight and strength of arm against the wax pulling it slowly closer and closer to the spinning blades.

No hurry here either. If you are still interested in running then I am still here. No matter when.

80+ a week? Isn't that in violation of several EU labor standards?

I hope at least you are making a ziggurat of loot.