I do love the idea of being a Big Damn Hero. But that would mean she let you march into danger without her and that doesn't work.
If Miirik is up for it we could do a modified version of the trap. Waltz him into the throne room and demand that Greypelt stop eating his people. Assuming Greypelt gets all 'You look delicious!' then that should prove to Davi/Jansen/everybody that the worg is a murderer. Miirik runs away, we spring the trap and everybody wins except the worg.
That's a good plan. Maybe I'll have Anthony hang on to his crossbow then. If we had a spear we could get all tactical and set it against a charge. But I don't think we do. Maybe we can set up a firing line. I think almost everyone has a crossbow. Everyone fire one shot on the flat-footed worg and then take out their melee weapons if he's still alive.
EDIT: I guess the glaring flaw in this plan is that the only place to set up a firing line is at least 70' away from the entrance to Graypelt's room. And Sir Kobold's land speed is 30'and I'm guessing the Wolf is faster. Maybe Miirik could use the run action for triple speed? It would Render you flat-footed for a turn, but it would get you the hell away from the dog. No guarantee wolfy just wouldn't follow though, which would also ruing our plan.
On the other end, The problem with having everyone wait in melee range is failing stealth checks is bad. Also we don't have a ton of space to lie in wait.
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FYI for the group. I've no intention of playing Jansen as the typical Lawful-Stupid paladin. In fact, I informed the GM when putting the character in that as a Paladin of Abadar, I intended to play him as Lg rather than the lG way many Paladins are run. You know, Paladins who feel justified to slaughter people just because they scan as Evil, and forgetting the entire Lawful side of their being.
With Jansen, he recognizes that there are evil creatures in the world, and he is not on a quest to slaughter them all. He is more set to ensure that a civilizing structure, with laws, rules, edicts, and contracts exists. He'll work to establish such, or support them where they exist. From that perspective, if one views many Paladins as actually being played as NG (since they ignore laws when convenient), Jansen may likely appear a bit more LN, as he will ignore the simple existence of evil, and only work against its active plans, and not just run around scanning bar patrons and killing everyone who pings as evil.
Abadar's code supports this, so I think it's the way for a Paladin therof to act.
Does all of that make sense?
You do what you do, Jansen. No worries, you stay in character and we'll work something out. Miirik sees you have potential to him, heck you all do, it's just a matter of convincing everyone to do what he wants. And, ironically, it works the same way for him. SO it's all one big game of ring-around-the-rosey.
Incidentally, Miirik DOES want the ring, but only for the purposes of trying to have one more piece of leverage to use on the others. He plans to give it back as 'payment' for your aid, he just wants to have as much control as possible in getting it.
"big decision."
Since Miirik is an oracle, he gets his power from multiple gods, but the two biggest are Sarenrae and Asmodeus, both with fire as a domain. Asmodeus wants him to stay inclined to his racial instincts because it benefits his ideals and his penchant for negotiation is pretty strong (as you can see). Plus, most kobolds worship Asmodeus regularly. Sarenrae, on the other hand, believes he can be redeemed and go on to walk the path of a metallic dragon, hopefully leading other kobolds to see logic the way he does.
At the moment, Miirik isn't really thinking that far ahead. All that matters to him is his tribe and their well-being, and under their current leader, he sees none of that. In fact, far too many have died from the dragon king's rage when something doesn't go right... and to Miirik, that's unacceptable. And endangering. It's why he sees everyone else as an asset more than an ally right now.
His eyes will open a bit more later, but whether they continue to do so or shut closed again will depend on how everyone else interacts with him later down the road.
As for the plan, Miirik is totally fine with whatever you guys do, so long as he is kept generally safe.
Hey everyone! Had one of those Sundays that consumes every moment of my waking thoughts, so sorry about not getting a post in yesterday.
Also, looks like all sorts of drama happened while I was sleeping like a stone (didn't even wake up until 11 today, work was brutal this weekend).
Anyways, I've been catching up on all the posts while doing chores (and finishing up my Iron Gods character!) so Soroza will have some input in a moment.
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And yes, I favorited my own post. That's some of the most fun I've had roleplaying Soroza the whole game. Probably second only to her conversation with Aliciette.
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I've done that before. I wrote a parody of "A whole new world" for the goblin wedding I'm officiating. Probably the best thing I've ever written.
Would somebody mind moving me to the main hall? And everyone else while you're at it.
Hey so I got on my computer. I guess I didn't make it clear enough where I wanted to lie in wait. The front room is the only place open enough for us to not need to worry about firing over eachothers' heads or into melee. I've taken the liberty of moving everyone out there. On a Full round "Run" action, Davi will be able to make it out there in one round. Graypelt should be able to follow, especially because I'm assuming that he has something like 40 ft. of movement. Assuming Graypelt follows we can all ready an attack action with our loaded crossbows to shoot as soon as he pulls through the door which will be before he is in actual melee with Davi.
Oh. I forgot to put in my ready action: Run away! I don't think I can edit without it rerolling at this point.
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I'll get things resolved when I'm home from work :)
Was backing off to let you guys resolve your issues! I've been loving the roleplay :D
Scratch the Burning Hands, I'll use Shield of Faith and wait until I get a better angle on all the wolves.
Edit: Screw all that noise, Miirik has another plan in mind that is far more kobold-ish... and perhaps a bit smarter on his part. We'll see...
Damn, looks like these crossbows' favorite number is 20!
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I'm just glad nobody fumbled it lol
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Hahahahaha!
That was really pretty boss, folks.
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Haha, somehow thought I failed that crit even though I was firing against flat-footed.
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I was so worried about one of you guys fumbling. I should have been worried about me!
Go home, Random Number Generator: you're drunk.
Just some fun side conversation: What does everyone think about Occult Adventures?
I love it :3
Some of them work better in a game with strong theming. I think running all-occult for that cthulu AP could be cool. Maybe do that after I finish WotR o_o;
I love it :3
Some of them work better in a game with strong theming. I think running all-occult for that cthulu AP could be cool. Maybe do that after I finish WotR o_o;
Agreed! Some things are themed pretty strong, but I think that's a good niche for splat material to fill (for instance, people have been pretty down on the Vigilante, but it's clearly meant for very specific campaigns, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that).
I like that they got a couple "be this popular thing/idea" classes in there. Avatar-style "Benders" (Kineticist) and the Winchester Brothers (Occultist), should make the fandom centers of some players' brains pretty happy.
I also really like the "Occult-Adjacent" stuff some established classes got. I could write you a novel about how much I love the Sensate archetype for Fighters.
I really like the Spiritualist a lot... It's received a lot of flak for being mechanically inferior to the Summoner, but... I kind of don't care? It's still pretty good, some of the Phantom types can do pretty cool things, and the flavor of it is hitting the right synapses for me.
I haven't had much chance to get into the Occult classes (heck, I'm still wrapping my head around some of the advanced classes), but I did get a good look at the Kineticist. I can see the Bender angle.
Then again, me and my friends a while back had a fantastic idea with making a kobold earthbender using the Deep Earth sorcerer bloodline... which actually worked quite well and actually works well for kobolds (they're natural miners and underground dwellers, earth seems to fit them nicely, plus that Tremor bloodline power is straight out of the Avatar world).
Haven't read up on it at all, so I can't say.
So next after we take Graypelt down, I vote we go raid his stuff. Not just the mushrooms. Little difficult to justify that in character but we'll see.
No! You will take the mushrooms and leave! All the stuff Greypelt had is MINE! It's all mine!
...you can keep the ring though. Consider it payment for my draconic aid.
Hmm. The plan is for us to get chased out by Kobolds. But that doesn't mean we can't come back and raid the place. I'm guessing we'll spend more time in the forest which means more time to get sweet loot right?
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Soroza is perfectly willing to give up the Fire Resistance ring in exchange for a ring that keeps gross monsters from splatting all over her very nice armor. :-/
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Ha-ha, I only just realized I did something illegal in my post. I must have confused our poor GM. I wanted to 5 foot step north to take advantage of the flank from Davi, but I didn't write it in or even look at the battle map to change my position. If I had, I would have noticed Jansen sitting right there. So I guess just ignore that bit about flanking in my last IC post.
I think we're not waiting on anyone else at this point.
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Thanks for clearing that up! I was trying to figure that out :(
Worked a double yesterday and then had f2f so was busy... but I'm updating now :)
Cool, good to know I wasn't the only reason for the slow down. But sorry about that anyway.
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Thanks for clearing that up! I was trying to figure that out :(
Worked a double yesterday and then had f2f so was busy... but I'm updating now :)
Oof! Long day! Glad you made your Fortitude save! [/endawfulgamerjoke]
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Oh. My. Gosh. I just realized I've been a big fat IDIOT. Davi has claw attacks and a free hand. I could have been using Claws allll this time. *hangs head*
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That means you officially have more claw attacks than the kobold... whose biology INCLUDES claws.
*whew*
Soroza is certainly feeling lucky today!
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Miirik needs Adrac to give him a lecture on teamwork
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What just happened.
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No clue. I'm just trusting that GM Kiora and Miirik have this planned out. Because you wouldn't try to wipe a party you're about to join, right? Especially when I'm the one standing next to the door. Right?? *cries*
Foolish humans! You thought summoning a devil-spawn and poisoning the plants in Greypelt's domain would weaken us?
You have made a grave error!
You did not take into account that the Truescale tribe has a divine dragon at their disposal! I am Miirik Dragonchord! My voice is fire itself! Now take your poisonous mushrooms and leave! Your trickery will not fool the likes of me, and I will not tolerate your intrusion!
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In my mind this scene goes
- Davi stabclaws Greypelt
- Miirik runs out and yells at Greypelt
- Greypelt falls over dead
- Miirik knows he killed Greypelt by challenging him
- (Hypothesis) Anthony strangles Miirik
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Aw, it's like when a cute doggie jumps up on you and gives you a bunch of puppy kisses!
Except, you know, with gallons of blood and pain.
Ouch.
But maybe also some cool scars?
Oh, and don't forget an intense hatred of wolves from here on out. :P
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You and me both!
Also, this is the second Boss Fight in a row that Soroza's gotten walloped.
Maybe red wasn't the best color to go with... >_>
RNG why!!!! :(((
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Jansen, you have made Miirik both heartbroken and unbelievably furious.
Congrats. You evoked emotion from a kobold.
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Just gonna take a nap right here with my throat wound while the Lawfuls duke it out.
I'll get you back up as soon as Miirik feels he's got control of the situation. He wants you alive now. He has a message he wants delivered.
Is Soroza stabilized or dying?