
Joana |

Well, I think I will be sticking with the current one for Kieran.
Oh, good. I know it doesn't look much like his physical description, but it would be unsettling to have him suddenly change. Like when they recast Darrin in Bewitched.
Mark's changed his default avatar, and it's quite disturbing. Like I don't even know him anymore. ;P

Ansha |

Ah, the temptation to Color Spray her own party...
Not that I see her being so into elven solidarity that she'd actually stick her own neck out to help an elf against her own friends, much as she may hate her friends at the moment. ;P
She'll probably hate herself later for not trying to talk Zesaste into a peaceful solution herself.

Jakob Mulle |

Apparently AK does not have time to bleed
Sorry could not resist.

Ansha |

Are we back to Tebati? I don't like to assume since we're obviously in over our heads at the moment and I'm expecting all kinds of arcane stuff to blow up in our faces....
Should have listened to the enchantress! ;P
We're over to me botting Kieran I believe, when I get a chance to update :).
Didn't Kieran throw his dagger regardless of his shrunkenness, in round 1? Ansha's at the bottom of the order, so it should probably be Tebati again at the top of round 2.

Qhude |

Joana wrote:Are we back to Tebati? I don't like to assume since we're obviously in over our heads at the moment and I'm expecting all kinds of arcane stuff to blow up in our faces....Should have listened to the enchantress! ;P
*Cough* or the barbarian *cough*

Joana |

If you'd been there, you'd have been the natural target for the spell, and we'd have a mini-Qhude running around. He and my halfling barbarian could get together.
My actual intention was for Tebati to go to the jail with Qhude and leave Ansha to handle negotiations with Zesaste. (Apparently in Elven, they use the same word for "negotiate with" and "let go." ;P ) If Zesaste had just let Tebati leave, he'd be on his way out of town with lovely parting gifts by now.

Joana |

Well, soon enough AK will have us all paranoid enough that we'll go everywhere fully armed and armored, even to a beach party, and we'll all travel in a defensive block formation at all times, even through the marketplace, so we won't be constantly putting ourselves at a disadvantage. :P
I've learned that shield of faith is a complete waste of a spell slot since AK's going to crit anyway, so AC won't even come into the equation. Ought to just save the slot for healing after the inevitable hit.
And maybe one day we'll fight something that can't take us from full hp to unconscious and/or dead in a single blow. :P
I think we'd have had a chance if we'd already leveled up. 2nd-level spells and extra hp would have come in handy.

Qhude |

Yep HP would have helped... even Qhude would've crumpled with a 22 damage crit if he wasn't able to rage first (being he's down a few HP).
Maybe AK just wants to finish Freehold post haste ;)
Truth be told I'm a little burnt out on freehold but we'll wrap it up soon and move on to the section I've been looking forward to for a long time :).

Qhude |

Another reason why people need to start trusting Qhude a little bit more :P
Grimacing at the time being taken to look into more genteel ways of entering, Qhude sizes up the door and asks "Any reason why I should not just kick it down?"

Joana |

Hey, I bought a spell component pouch when we got to Freehold. If Ansha gets Eschew Materials for free, I want my 5 gold back! ;)
I actually find the component pouch immersion-breaking, what with the butter and live bugs and mini-pies and dirt and cobwebs and bits of wire that are all mixed up in there together and yet instantly distinguishable from one another as a free action. :P
According to this, I leveled her up more than three months ago, if I just go looking for the HeroLab file.... Ah! There she is. Skills are listed in the old post, and I'm taking Diehard for her feat.

Ansha |

I actually find the component pouch immersion-breaking, what with the butter and live bugs and mini-pies and dirt and cobwebs and bits of wire that are all mixed up in there together and yet instantly distinguishable from one another as a free action. :P
We are not taking the wizard! I rest my case.

DM Alexander Kilcoyne |

If its purely the fluff you dislike we can assume Ansha's found a way to cast without her spell component pouch, except in any circumstances where she couldn't normally cast (polymorph, grapple etc. I think its a kick in the teeth for Sorcerors if I let her have it entirely for free. So basically, RAW but for the worthless components lets say she substitutes ;).

Ansha |

I can live with that. And since I found an excellent reason why Ansha shouldn't have a decent Sense Motive, Spell Focus (enchantment) it is.
That said, I think it's a kick in the teeth that a feat can be substituted for by spending 5gp...and we don't have any sorcerors for me to kick! =P Also, grapple doesn't prevent spellcasting with somatic components in PF, so I don't know why it would prevent spellcasting with material components.
Spellcraft to learn Alarm from a scroll, retry from level 2 to 3; DC 16: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Failed again!
Level 3 changes (final)
+1 Fort
+1 Reflex
+5 HP
favored class bonus to skill point
7 skill points (2 +4 INT +1 favored class)
+1 rank Bluff
+1 rank Diplomacy
+1 rank Intimidate
+1 rank Knowledge (arcana)
+1 rank Knowledge (local)
+1 rank Sense Motive
+1 rank Spellcraft
Spells Learned:
Hideous Laughter, Mirror Image
Feat: Spell Focus (enchantment)

Qhude |

Level up changes are below, will have a thought for some shopping in a bit and will have some retrospective in thread for people to respond to shortly.
BAB +1, Ref and Will save +1
HP: +7+2 = +9 HP
Feat: Improved Grapple
Skills: Intimidate, Perception, Survival, 2 x Craft (Leather? - for skins)
Pit Fighter - applied to Grapple CMB
+2 rage rounds per day
Favored Class: +1 to bonus from Superstition rage power (when I eventually take it)

DM Alexander Kilcoyne |

I can live with that. And since I found an excellent reason why Ansha shouldn't have a decent Sense Motive, Spell Focus (enchantment) it is.
That said, I think it's a kick in the teeth that a feat can be substituted for by spending 5gp...and we don't have any sorcerors for me to kick! =P Also,
Its not substituted because of corner cases like Polymorph and sundered spell component pouches etc. :)
Besides, not all feats are created equally. I can think of far less useful ones.

F. Castor |

Fighter (Free Hand Fighter) 1/Rogue (Swashbuckler) 1 -> Fighter (Free Hand Fighter) 2/Rogue (Swashbuckler) 1
Saves: +1 Fort
Hit Points: +7 (+6 fighter, +1 CON)
Base Attack: +1
Feats: +1 general feat - Quick Draw, +1 fighter bonus feat - Aldori Dueling Mastery
Skills: +5 skill ranks - Acrobatics, Climb, Disable Device, Perception, Stealth
Class Features: Fighter (Free Hand Fighter) - Deceptive Strike +1