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male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf doesn't volunteer to climb up, especially since he doesn't really understand what's going on.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf scratches his head in confusion. "Not such a nice day for a walk, is it?"

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf watches the discussion with great interest.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

"Hermit, visit the hermit...that's why Ralf."

"Oh right...makes sense," Ralf answers vaguely.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf scratches his head. "Remind me -- why are we on a boat again?"

Init: 1d20 - 6 ⇒ (13) - 6 = 7

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf tries to identify the amulet and kukri, using his focused trance.

take 10 on Spellcraft for 38

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf sends a lesser amount of healing at Torch.

boosted Lesser Cure: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf sees Torch bleeding badly and he sends some healing magic his way.

boosted Moderate Cure: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (4, 8) + 4 = 16

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf follows Gelik, trying to figure out what's going on.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

"Hang on!" Ralf calls to Ishirou as he waits to see what Gelik does.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Instead, Ralf will use a Distant Lesser Cure to heal Ishirou.

1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf casts a Distant Simple Order on Umagro telling him to "Flee" (in Polyglot). DC 15 Will save

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf nods sagely as Gelik continues to talk.

Init? 1d20 - 6 ⇒ (13) - 6 = 7

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

So the guy is about 30' up and 30'+ over, correct? So he should be within range of a Medium range spell (100'+), I think.

Ralf stands by Gelik and adds (in Common and Polyglot): "You better listen to whatever this little fella is saying. He knows what he's talking about!"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

"Oh dear...I hope he'll let our friend go unharmed. Can't someone talk to him?" Ralf frets.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

"Hmmm...seems like some woman with a serrated sword talked to a bunch of Mwangis and got them all angered up about something. Can't quite make out what it's all about, though."

Can Ralf make a Knowledge check to figure out who the woman is?

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf tries to explode the fleeing man's brain to get a peek at his thoughts.

Use his Brain Drain class ability, 4d4 dmg, 100' range, Will DC 16 negates, can use a full round action to look through memories for the next 4 rounds.

Dmg: 4d4 ⇒ (2, 2, 2, 3) = 9

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf heals Aerys a bit.

1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf tries to blind the men with a cloud of glittering particles.

Glitterdust, DC 16

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

1d20 - 6 ⇒ (3) - 6 = -3

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

"Hey, fire! FIRE!!" Ralf hollers; he starts hobbling in the same direction as Torch.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

"Oh dear, someone could get hurt! Well, I'll try out my new magic charm."

Ralf wiggles his fingers and a loud boom! is heard. He looks disappointed. "That was supposed to make a big noise, but I didn't hear doodly squat! Oh well..."

Cast Discordant Note in a 10' burst to target as many dogs as possible while avoiding anyone else.

4d4 ⇒ (2, 1, 1, 3) = 7 sonic damage, DC 16 Fort save for 1/2 damage and to avoid being staggered for one round

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

I think we should forget about the potions of Heroism. And a few scrolls of Lesser Restoration that our party druid can use should be good enough, IMO.

Unfortunately, the Words of Power system doesn't have any spells that can heal ability damage or drain, so Ralf is no help in that regard.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

"Eh? I wonder what all the fuss is about. Probably nothing important, I reckon," Ralf muses.

Init: 1d20 - 6 ⇒ (12) - 6 = 6

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

I was wondering if Ralf should purchase one. If anyone wanted to chip in for some group healing resources, that might be a useful notion.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf reads Torch's note. "Pirates, eh? Well, I've sailed with a few underhanded chaps before, so that's nothing new to me. As long as they're on the square about sharing the booty, I welcome their help."

Do we have a wand of Cure Light Wounds or anything like that?

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf doesn't quite understand what the hell is going on, but he's generally agreeable to anything.

Well, within reason. ;-)

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Considering we each picked up over 2K gold pieces, she'd be short 400 gp at most.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf nods approvingly at every suggestion, even the contradictory ones. "We better find someone local to guide us, though; I'm a fair navigator, but sometimes it seems like I can only concentrate so much in one day."

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Full price, 2000 gp each. You'll probably have to take it out in goods, or you'll wreck the local economy.

Ralf will take a mithral chain shirt, if they have one.

For what it's worth, Ralf is planning on taking Craft Wondrous Item at level 5.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Selling the bottled ship, the starknife, the rubies, the necklaces, the candle and the incense (split 6 ways) results in another 1441.6 gp for everyone. Added to the 580.13 listed above results in a total of 2021.79 gp each.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

"Yes, it's mighty tasty. Thanks for asking!" Ralf replies, smacking his lips.

"Now to get down to business," he addresses to the rest of the group. "This young feller came to me with the idea that, with the information we have, we might be able to find that lost city and strike it rich! With the money I already have from that dad-blamed island, I could probably set up a bait shack and do okay, but the idea of living like a king in my retirement is mighty tempting, I tell you. So what do you folks think?"

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

There are two different items that we found:
* a darkwood buckler +1 that we found in March 2012
* a regular buckler +1 that we found in September 2012

I assume Ralf has the former and Aerys has the latter, but if you want to switch, that's fine by me.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf is currently using the darkwood buckler +1.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

By the way, something just occurred to me: Ralf can't use any of the scrolls that you gave to him -- he uses the Words of Power spell list, not the regular cleric/oracle spell list.

:-/

It's still worth hanging on to them (at least the Raise Dead and Restoration -- the Divination scroll is not that exciting), but we'd have to get our druid soon-to-be party member to use them.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Unless someone objects, I think we should sell most of the stuff we got from the snake woman.
-incense of meditation
-deck of illusions card
-candle of truth

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

"Perfect," Torch tells Ralf, and then repeats by writing it down for him. "This is just what I was hoping for. You coming to my dinner? I'll want your help for my proposal, for sure."

"You reckon we really could find this missing city?" Ralf ponders as he scratches his chin thoughtfully. "Well...I've been to lots o' queer places in my life, but I've never been to a lost city in the jungle. Maybe it's time to see what one looks like!"

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf writes down a translation of the notes for the others to peruse at their leisure (and he uses his Focused Trance to figure out the location of Tazion as well).

Feel free to read the spoiler.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

So can Ralf translate the notes? His Decipher cantrip lets him read Aklo, and his Focused Trance ability makes the Linguistic skill check easy enough.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

If you allow it, Ralf will use his Decipher cantrip in conjunction with his Focused Trance and taking 10 on Linguistics checks (for a result of 35) to read the notes.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

It takes 3 hero points to roll your hit points twice and take the better result, not 1.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf will take 10 (plus his Trance) on any identification checks, so that should probably cover most magic items.

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Hit points: 1d8 ⇒ 6

New spells: Bleeding Wounds, Discordant Note, Moderate Cure (bonus), Glitterdust (bonus)

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

As promised:

2011
Jul-10 81
Jul-13 80
Jul-22 20
Jul-25 160
Jul-26 20
Jul-29 160
Aug-11 200
Aug-18 100
Aug-25 25
Sep-2 202
Sep-5 150
Sep-6 50
Sep-7 25
Sep-19 150
Sep-23 50
Oct-15 150
Nov-14 100
Dec-2 280
Dec-16 80
Dec-21 120
Dec-28 160
2012
Jan-11 120
Jan-12 80
Jan-30 133
Feb-8 67
Feb-11 133
Mar-6 167
Mar-12 40
Mar-14 40
Mar-28 120
Apr-18 320
Apr-26 160
May-16 80
May-20 80
May-23 80
Jun-4 120
Jun-29 320
Aug-13 440
Aug-15 480
Aug-24 160
Aug-29 160
Aug-31 80
Sep-12 240
Sep-14 240
Sep-24 320
Oct-13 240
Oct-18 240
Oct-24 108
Oct-26 80
Nov-21 320
Dec-21 80
2013
Jan-4 240
Jan-28 588
Feb-4 240
Feb-5 750

Total: 9429, enough for level 4

It's possible that I'm double-counting, if someone wants to volunteer to check...

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Ralf stands around uncomfortably. "So...does that mean that she's going off to tell him?"

Please NOD yes or no, if you wish to answer Ralf. ;-)

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

I'm terrible at keeping track of XP during my PbPs, but even using Aerys' tally we appear to be short of level 4. Does that look right to everyone else? And can we verify how much XP we're supposed to have at this point?

Remember that Aerys is a replacement PC too, so it's not guaranteed that she'll have the same XP as we do.

When I get home, I'll go through the thread and see what I come up with. Likewise for hero points (which I'm equally lazy at tallying).

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

Know nature: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Ralf reminds the rest of them: "You know, we better tell that bird fella who was living in the crab shell that it's safe to leave. Anyone want to come with me to tell him?"

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

When Ralf sees Gelik's new state, his eyes widen. "Ye cats! We better start looking for a way to turn you back to yourself again, little fella! Now if only we can flag down a ship now that the lighthouse is working..."

To the mysterious green lady, he says: "Who's this little green guy -- a friend of yours? Well, how-de-do." He holds out his hand politely.

Seeing the party has an Oracle and a Bard already...

Eh? Did someone say we have a bard, or am I hearing things?

male human oracle 4 (lore mystery, stargazer archetype, words of power)

"How's it going up there, little fella? We destroyed some heathen altar down here," Ralf calls up to Gelik.