Kid Arty’s an archer, yes, but she has Point Blank Master.
So she can handle the front line just fine! (And she probably should be frontline at Lv.9. I don’t have precision shot because there are feats that are way more fun, like Spider Step!)
...
In other words, I’m happy to rewrite the backstory in a way that’s true to Artemisian mythology. In this case, Kid Artemis is so nicknamed by those scorned by the real Artemis. She takes the name as an affront to Artemis and all of the Olympians, including her grandfather Zeus. Leaving Arborea is more of a voluntary exile in this case!
Other option, if we are light on Frontline fighters (Jek and Savi seem to be archers?) I can use the same character but with a small tweak on HOW he is seeking redemption, go rage cleric of ragathiel with possibly a level of monk (because righteous might, plus rage, plus flurry sounds fun) and be happy.
Don't worry about party composition. I like your druid.
Cool, me too.
In case anyone is curious, it occurred to me that Nik has surgeon's tools, a needle, and thread.
He also had two spare loot sacks before we got back to Crux.
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After everyone makes saves for negative levels you should level up. You should be 8th level.
Yay!
poop, we won't get Restoration before the save then? XD
Do I have to roll for both negative levels? Or just 1 at a time?
ALso, yay level 8 ^_^
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One save per negative level.
You guys decided to go back to a backwater where you've had spotty relations with the local priests, over the most important planar metropolis where you have ties to powerful organizations. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If Glimmerhoof had the spells memorized she would cast them but she used the one restoration available already.
poop, I was hoping she could get her spells back first xD
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Hey folks, next time we are all mauling a big bad guy I'm smiting, remind me to use Gang Up so you all can get half my smite bonus.
so MaNik is down 18 hp, but that's okay, he can just hide behind TitaNik anyway.
I think I'm done leveling, lol. hooray for formulas in spreadsheets xD
Should be able to get my profile updated with the new level tomorrow AM
also, I'm buying a bandolier and 2 sacks while we're in town
Nik now has a bandolier of wands.
lol
Leveling...
Checked my math—fort save was way off before because I forgot to add +3 from fighter levels!
I decided to go with Fantastic Stride as my talent, which gives Savi Spring Attack. So she can fight now! Other than that, I increased STR and now Lunk and Savi each have a +1 weapon and +1 armor.
No new spells this level.
Man, it's tough to keep up with you guys...
Rinika isn't going to grab Restoration and/or Lesser Restoration, is she?
I rewrote the backstory.
• I used actual myths, and believe it or not, I toned down the lipstick lesbianism. I left out Aura’s groping, and I make it a habit not to use the R-word, but Aura and Callista were both victims of Dionysius and Zeus, respectively.
• In the Niobe myth, 12-14 (of 14) children die in various circumstances, but in the case any is spared, the girl is consistently Meliboea. She changed her name over the trauma (not to Kid Artemis of course, but to Chloris, meaning “pale one”) and she went on to win a foot-race. The what-didn’t-kill-her-made-her-stronger aspect made me want to be truer to the myth.
• I think the statue of her near the shrine to Leto might be a real life statue, but I embellished by making the statue real, and making it the reason my character idolizes Artemis until her own hero murders her sisters.
• I don’t know at what point Callisto realized it was Zeus, not Artemis. I ran with the idea of her being naive and believing Artemis could… partially shape-shift??? I mean, it explains why she’s naked and showing off her pregnant belly as opposed to fleeing or telling Artemis what her father did. Callisto was the favorite.
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THIS is what divine retribution looks like:
My brothers screaming until their souls evacuate their arrow-ridden bodies. My sisters sleeping, never to wake again. Me clinging to my mother, wondering how my heart can hurt so much without an arrow in it. And my great aunt whom I’d loyally worshipped throughout my childhood informing me that I’m spared, like she did me some kind of favor.
I should’ve told her to suck her brother’s swinging dick. Instead, I sobbed loudly, half fearing she’d change her mind. Half hoping.
* * * * *
My name is Meliboea, daughter of Niobe, who was sentenced to a fate worse than death by her own grandfather. That would be Zeus, king the most corrupt pantheon of all.
I followed Artemis because she was supposed to be the one good Olympian. The untainted, incorruptible virgin, pure as the driven buIIshit.
She’s the worst of them. At least the others are open about their abuses of power. Only Artemis calls herself the protector of young girls, then betrays the girls who love her the most.
After my siblings were slaughtered, I wandered a lot, wondering what to do. Revenge? Yeah… my dad said something about that. Arrows rained from the high noon sun. There weren’t even ashes left to mourn.
One cool moonless night, I followed the river Sangarios and discovered a spring. The water was so warm under the gentle wind. I bonded with the water—it’s… a naiad thing—hard to explain. I was at peace.
But I was not alone.
The water formed into a shape. A slender titan made of water. Oh. Titaness. Her chest is quite boy-like and Her jawline…
Anyway, she introduced Herself as Aura the Windmaid. Well… she was a maid.
Of course I asked about the “was.” The way she said it…
“I was in the bath with Artemis, and… a bit jealous. She has such perfect breasts, like you child.”
I sank into the spring a bit. Reflex action. And futile. The water is so clear. At least the part of the water not forming into a giant lady.
“Oh, I don’t mean to offend. I’m just so homely and I thought your great aunt would understand, what with all her plus-sized Hyperborean friends. But she took offense at my fixation upon her beauty, and shortly after our falling out Dionysius came to me smelling of booze and…”
The goddess wept. I walked to Her and embraced Her lower shin. I would’ve lent Her a shoulder to cry on—did She have to be fifty feet tall?
* * * * *
Aura said it wasn’t too late for me. I found that hard to believe when a friggin’ BEAR plunged into the spring with me!
“Please don’t freak,” the bear said in a motherly voice.
I remained calm. I was, after all, bathing in my goddesses water form. Not the best place to pee in fear.
The bear introduced herself as Callisto. “But you can call me Callie. And did you know I used to call your great aunt Arty? And we both called you Kid Artemis.”
I remember that. When I was three, I posed as child Artemis, seated on Leto’s lap as a statue was made honoring her motherhood. Honoring the concubine of my great grandfather. Honoring the BlTCH who had my family killed.
“Callie… I remember you. Weren’t you and Auntie Artemis like…?”
I know, I know… virgin goddess. But there were rumors about what really goes on with her and her nymphs. The Hunter Acteon died like a dog trying to confirm them.
“I finally had my night with my beloved Artemis. It was my first time, but she was clearly an experienced lover. And when she—”
“WHOAH! WHOAH! WHOAH!” said a giant pair of lips formed on the surface of the water. Aura ignored my surprised shriek. “Kid Artemis is innocent. Do skip a bit.”
The bear placed her front paws over her belly. “I was proud to have Artemis’ child inside me. But when I announced my pregnancy to the entire retinue, I was exiled! My dear, passionate lover denied our night ever happened, and even had Hera turn me into a bear!”
I gave her a hug… or, well, her being the bear, it was more like she hugged me. But she was gentle.
* * * * *
On the next New Moon, Callie came to me bearing gifts. Bear-ing? Get it?
Sorry.
The first was a Hyperboreal Robe. “I don’t have a use for it anymore, now that I go around bear-assed. Get it?”
Aura blessed the robe with Her aura. “Anyone touches you, pure child, and they shall feel my chill… oh!”
Fifty feet tall, and I could tell her eyes were focused on my exposed breast. What’s with Her thing about boobs?
“Looks like you’re feeling the chill too. Let’s cover that up.”
The goddess splashed me, and suddenly I felt… supported.
”The top should keep you comfy in any temperature,” Callie noted. Then she had me sit on a rock as she laced boots onto my leg with such care, I’m sure my great aunt made her do this all the time. “Boots of the earth. They’ll connect you to the world, no matter what world you’re on.”
A wind carried a bow to me.
“You won’t harm the innocent the way your great aunt has. This bow is most harmful to evil ones.”
Callie then placed a pendant around my neck. It’s called the Maiden’s Promise.
“Find a friend. Connect to her, but remain pure. Don’t start kissing and getting each other pregnant.”
I promised Callie I would never knock up a girl or let one knock me up, but feeling like I kinda cheated, I added a part.
“I’ll take Artemis’ name, like you used to call me. Not out of love or forgiveness. Not out of blasphemy. But as a standard.
“I’ll be the Artemis my great aunt was supposed to be.”
just to be clear, those beetles are very large, yeah? xD
The size of a mule.
welp, not touching that...
Alright, guys, you probably know what's coming next.
I've started a new stage in my education, going under an intensive formation for lip-synching, dubbing and off-voice narrative. This is taking some of my time, and some demanding games like this one will have to be halted. It's been a blast, reading all your comedy and witty comments, but sadly all I'd do is mostly read instead of contribute.
I thank you for the chance to be at your table, and I'm sorry for not having met your expectations. Have fun and see you at the pub!
Alright, guys, you probably know what's coming next.
I've started a new stage in my education, going under an intensive formation for lip-synching, dubbing and off-voice narrative.
Wow! That sounds fun!
Sorry to see you go (though, yeah, the hard to keep up + not posting in-game = this), but I’m happy to hear your reason. Good luck with that!!
Thanks for the time you were with us and letting us know. Happy gaming!
Best of luck in the new venture, it does sound really cool! Happy gaming.
Thanks for the time you were with us and letting us know. Happy gaming!
Wow that sounds cool, if intense. Thanks for gaming with us and best of luck!
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Thank you all. Maybe you're missing the next Richard Attenborough! XD
Best of luck on your studies!
Ok, we need to sell a lot of crap and I need a math wizard to figure out how much we all get.
Need some smiting gloves and a green steel greatsword.
Hmmm doesn't look like Lunk and Savi have a sheet yet on the treasure tracking. I imagine it would be a similar set up with Nik and his undead page. Nik did you set that up or did Jek?
Don't want to try to have to reverse engineer it if I don't have to.
Jek did xD
I could try to copy a sheet, I suppose. I already poked around and have a rough idea of how things work :3
Though really, I think we just reassign Auntie Glimmerhoof's and Helios's sheets to Lunk and Savi :3
@Jek: did you ever notice that medium load is 2/3rds of heavy load and that light load is 1/3rd heavy load? :3
So once you know the heavy load, it's easy to use round() or floor() on (2*i9)/3 and i9/3 :3
edit: apparently it's easy enough to clear everything in the individual sheets, but I'm not allowed to break the party sheet, so unless the names on that sheet get linked to the names in the individual sheets, I can't fix those.
Also, I wonder if the images could be linked?
I guess sorting by name might not work then... hmm....
edit2: poking 'round reminds me of sumproduct(), I probably never would've found it on my own xD
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If Rinika vendor-trashes Nik’s balls, we could use a soprano singer for The Punk & Socky Show.
~P&S Mg’ment
I think the problem lies with the party reports which is what I'm most concerned with. Lunk and Savi from a game balance perspective are one PC so their pages should sum onto the party reports. I believe that Nik's undead page adds to Nik's totals. I can poke Jek.
Edit: Since I don't care about carry capacity why don't Lunk and Savi use one page. Jek will still need to muck around with the party reports page.
good point xD
Also, Savi can only carry 7.5 lbs anyway xD
If Rinika vendor-trashes Nik’s balls, we could use a soprano singer for The Punk & Socky Show.
~P&S Mg’ment
Haha, I forgot she has Nik's ballz
Actually, those were prestidigitated, so I think they evaporated after an hour? xDedit: I don't think I colored any items, so maybe those balls are still there xD
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lol, yes those were prestidigitation, RIP Nik's balls.
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lol, yes those were prestidigitation, RIP Nik's balls.
Poor Nik.
GUY: “Hey Nik! Remember that hour when you had balls?”
NIK: “Shut up!”
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Lunk and Savi now have tabs that should roll up correctly into the party reports. Their gear and jink still need to be filled out.
I just added the 1.5k gold to everyone's sheets as 150pp
also, I started shopping xD
edit: sold some golem parts and mwk armor/shield/weapon. passing out another 500pp to everyone...
edit2: do we want to stick around in Sigil for more than a day? makes a big difference for what Nik will want to grab xD
I suppose whether we have time for other shenanigans or not, I'm definitely grabbing a scroll of restoration (with 1000gp of dd baked in) and a casting of it for 280 + 1000gp of dd...
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Anything with a price tag is available as usual.
btw, just to confirm, the 1 drain to all stats isn't helped at all by restoration, right? XD
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It is not fixable until you deal with yourself.
Ok, here's what Conor wants to shop for.
Bane sash 10,000 GP
Greensteel Keen NoDachi 4060? (60 + 2000 for greensteel (mwk incl) + 2000 for a +1 enchantment?)
- because Vaascht is always bragging about his extra awesome longsword that's doubly awesome because of reasons, so he wants a curved special sword too. But bigger. And sharper.
Sell my corrosive greatsword for 1175.
Soo.
13509 + 1175 - 10000 - 4060 = 624 and change remaining.
Is that available? And is my math correct?
seeing you sell a nice sword makes me sad
being sad makes me look at the treasure sheet again
looking in there reminds me of the bag of diamonds we haven't sold yet, so that'd be another 1000gp each :3
Maybe don't sell the greatsword ? XD
Carrying around two frakkin' huge swords seems annoying. Plus at our level acid resistance is pretty common, especially if we keep messing with things from the lower planes
Ok, here's what Conor wants to shop for.
Bane sash 10,000 GP
Greensteel Keen NoDachi 4060? (60 + 2000 for greensteel (mwk incl) + 2000 for a +1 enchantment?)
- because Vaascht is always bragging about his extra awesome longsword that's doubly awesome because of reasons, so he wants a curved special sword too. But bigger. And sharper.
Sell my corrosive greatsword for 1175.Soo.
13509 + 1175 - 10000 - 4060 = 624 and change remaining.
Is that available? And is my math correct?
Yeah its available. I think your math is correct, but I didn't look too hard.
Sounds good, I'll get stuff updated and a post up tomorrow. Did a sleep study last night and didn't really sleep at all and have the kids solo tonight, so I won't have much me time.
I vote that Rinika steals from TitaNik while we finish all our shopping on the treasure page xD
As ever, Nik is far too eager. If you're offering, it ain't stealing.
Does anyone still need resto?
is it offering if I just loudly announce not to steal it? lol
Nik won't give it, at any rate. Perhaps if Rinika steals it when TitaNik isn't looking it can still count...
Hopefully MaNik can sacrifice TitaNik to become a liche. That'd be great xD