CG Male half-elf rogue 8 | HP 67/67 | AC: 21 T:17 FF:15 | F +4 R +12 W +2 (+2 vs. enchantments) | Init +12 | Perc +13 | Low-light vision | Trapfinding +4
Ok. I'll bring Malusha, my level 8 cleric.
If permitted, I'd like to buy a ghostbane dirge wand (4500gp).
Oh wait, sorry, I wasn't saying I intended to play the Asmodean. I'm happy to play Branson. I just need to get to my folder, in order to level Branson up.
I'll go into the office Wednesday, and then I should be all set.
That is unless one of you really wants to play your cleric, but except for a life oracle, there's not a character more focused on healing than a Merciful Healer like Branson.
CG Male half-elf rogue 8 | HP 67/67 | AC: 21 T:17 FF:15 | F +4 R +12 W +2 (+2 vs. enchantments) | Init +12 | Perc +13 | Low-light vision | Trapfinding +4
Ok. I'm good either way. I have Tathane, level 7 rogue and Malusha, level 8 cleric.
My preference leans very slightly towards continuing with Tathane for this next module. Sounds like you can get your folder so you can level up Branson.
I should be ready by end of week. I think I'll bring my relic hunter inquisitor - I think the only thing we'll miss from Harlan is knowledge checks and he isn't terrible in that regard. Tathane has us covered for dealing with traps, right?
CG Male half-elf rogue 8 | HP 67/67 | AC: 21 T:17 FF:15 | F +4 R +12 W +2 (+2 vs. enchantments) | Init +12 | Perc +13 | Low-light vision | Trapfinding +4
Yes.Trap Sense, Trap Finding, and a +16 to Disable Device
CG Male half-elf rogue 8 | HP 67/67 | AC: 21 T:17 FF:15 | F +4 R +12 W +2 (+2 vs. enchantments) | Init +12 | Perc +13 | Low-light vision | Trapfinding +4
Hmm. That would give me +21 to Disable Device. I like the sound of that.
A Staff of Healing would be nice on that character if you really have a large wad to spend. Saves you from having to memorize Lesser restoration, Remove blindness/deafness or Remove disease.
Staff of Journeys looks fun too.
A wand of ablative barrier is a cheap way of protecting you for a few HP.
Cracked Vibrant Purple Ioun Stone to store a first level mage spell like shield and use it. If you can get it loaded into the stone by a mage or activate it via a wand, you can discharge it without failure as a standard action. Note that spells stored this way are activated as if cast by a level one caster regardless of the level of the caster that put the spell in it.
Cracked Magenta Prism Ioun Stone - +2 competence bonus to one skill, changeable 1/day
Pearl of Power
Lesser Extend Metamagic Rods for you longer running buffs
Lesser Ankh Talisman
Lesser Talisman of Life's Breath
Wand of Heightened Awareness
Potion Sponge with Touch of the Sea
Scroll of Breath of Life
Horn of Goodness
Boots of Speed
Though most of those are too expensive now that you spent most of it!
Magic circle against evil
See Beyond
resist Energy
Protection from energy
Discovery torch
Magic Vestment
Delay Poison
Daylight
Hide from Undead
Ant Haul
Life bubble is a big one but you would need a 5th level spell and an expensive extend rod.
CG Male half-elf rogue 8 | HP 67/67 | AC: 21 T:17 FF:15 | F +4 R +12 W +2 (+2 vs. enchantments) | Init +12 | Perc +13 | Low-light vision | Trapfinding +4
Male LG, looks human (actually mostly human Ifrit) - usually enjoying being charming & handsome | Bard 2, Paladin 4, Unch. Monk 3 | Bardic Performance 3/11 | Reroll 1/1 | Share Will 1/1 | Lucky Horseshoe 1/1 | | HP 92/92 | AC 23, Touch 23, FF 16 | CMB +16 (Grapple, Disarm, Trip, Sunder), CMD 29 (31 vs. Grapple) | F: +19, R: +22 (Evasion), W: +14 | Init: +11 | Perc: +1 | Boots of speed 3/10 | Smite 1/2 | LoH 5/7 | Stunning Fist 3/3 | Ki Pool 2/6 | Darkvision 60 ft | Speed 40ft | Moth Familiar 46/46 HP | Familiar Domain 1/1 | Active conditions:
Hello GM, Aryas is now leveled to 8.
As indicated in the PM to I gave him two levels of the charisma based Unchained Monk (Scaled Fist, Softstrike Monk).
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Please note that I used a boon 'New days, new choices' to retrain my two starting traits at no cost.
So I retrained 'Blade of Mercy' and 'Magical Knack' to:
• ADOPTED (Social): INTREPID VOLUNTEER [Grapple Combat Maneuver] (Race: Halfling): Choose one Strength-based skill or one combat maneuver. You can use your Dexterity modifier in place of your Strength modifier to calculate your total modifier for that skill check or combat maneuver check.
• FATE’s FAVORED (Faith): Benefit: Whenever you are under the effect of a luck bonus of any kind, that bonus increases by 1.
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Just so you know: Aryas was really raised by a halfling and his Ifrit mother based on his backstory so the first trait fits. :-)
Backstory of my Katsu family if anybody is interested. ;-):
Okay, so of course there is a backstory! ;-)
My Katsu Clan consists of several Kitsune and Ifrit characters that were raised together by a halfling ‚father’ and an Ifrit ‚mother‘.
Let me start with the Kitsune Katsu siblings and explain from the perspective of Aryas' Kitsune stepsister Zaarah:
"Being a quintuplet is not easy. Especially when your mother is a Kitsune that fled Cheliax years ago as a pregnant woman with five unborn babies in her belly. Well, her husband was willing to sacrifice her unborn children to close a deal with a devil. You know … it sounds better when I say „ her husband“ because I do not have to say … „my father“.
We grew up near Palin's Cove, an industrial town near Korvosa in southeast Varisia. Out of fear our mother gave us a herbal mixture sourced from a Varisian witch that hindered us to take our natural fox form but also made us physically weak. Even if a sudden transformation happened we were never allowed to look at our red fur in the mirror … let alone tell anybody what we were.
As a kid I was always a little too protective … and so full of guilt … and although I did not know why, I knew something was missing. Today I know that my dead mother only wanted to protect us. Maybe if we understood what a dangerous man our father was, we would have paid more attention to her teachings ... maybe then not only she but also our eldest sister would still be alive.
It took my uncle Xiao two weeks to find my two brothers, my sister and I in our vulpine forms somewhere in the woods north of the Falcon River. It was also surprising for us that we had a relative that was a Halfling.
None of us remember much of the travel to Tian Xia except of the lonely hearts that longed for our mother and sister. Although uncle Xiao was always with us, we were all very frightened when we arrived in the village we later all called home … Leng Hao, a village full of Kitsune and Halflings in the Forest of Spirits east of Hongal. But please do not believe that we were welcomed with open arms. We were Kitsune that could not properly change into their natural form, looked like the barbaric human invaders from Avistan and did not even speak Tien … I do not need continue, do I? Religion never really ment much to our mother but Xiao waited some time but eventually taught us the lessons of Chaldira and our eyes opened to all the possibilities in the world … and we got along better with the halfling community that thought it was funny that we were followers of a Halfling goddess.
Xiao was married to Soreya, a kind woman and pious follower of Sarenrae that had lost her first husband years back. Xiao raised Soreya's kids together with her as if he was the kids own father. You can imagine my surprise when I later learned that these funny kids that I now love as much as my real siblings are all Ifrits although they look so human!
After Xiao died we all decided to choose our own paths. Mine led me to Minata, the massive archipelago located on the far southeastern edge of the continent of Tian Xia. Living among Wayang was certainly more difficult than I assumed but what they know about shadow magic was beyond my comprehension. Now I am seeking the power to manifest my own kind of shadow magic ... my intelligent black blade!"
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Now Setare's past is much simpler to tell. :-)
”You have to know that my siblings and I are a diverse lot! We are a real patchwork family. My father died when I was very young and my Ifrit mother remarried ... the result was that my Ifrit brothers and sisters grew up with beloved and wonderful Kitsune step-brothers and step-sisters and that we learned to love a halfling man who treated us like his own children... that is why I carry his name!
Xiao always tried to show us what our true potential is. He knew that I have a good heart but that it is hard for me to show all the emotions that I feel inside. And he also helped me understand that I find inner peace in being as cool as I can be and see love! Yes, I learned that I can be unbelievably handsome and kind at the same time!
But I have to admit that my mother's faith was always the driving force in my life so that I left Tian and traveled the inner sea. My mother's love for Sarenrae guided me to find my own path to a pious life in the name of the Dawnflower and I visited many temples in Garund which tought me the code that I follow as a Paladin of Sarenrae.
But it was my halfling step-father Xiao - who was a Pathfinder in his younger years - that was the role model that eventually led me to join the Pathfinders ... to learn from those trying to fight evil and help to make this world a safer place!“[/i]
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As Aryas was relying on the Enforcer feat, the trait 'Blade of Mercy' was needed to do nonlethal damage. But due to the retraining above the trait is gone now. The Softstrike Monk archetype gives Aryas an expanded option to deal nonlethal damage and even use Stunning Fist with weapons if the blow is non-lethal.
• FEATHER TOUCH (Ex): A softstrike monk does not take the normal –4 penalty on attack rolls for using a lethal weapon to deal nonlethal damage. In addition, he can use his stunning fist ability while making a nonlethal attack with a weapon.
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Aryas now has the 'Crusader's flurry' feat so he can flurry with a Scimitar.
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Aryas has the 'Crane Style feat' so he might fight defensively more often.
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Aryas also has 'Improved Grapple' now and with the trait INTREPID VOLUNTEER [Grapple Combat Maneuver] above uses his Dex for grapple checks.
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To all the players: Anything special that your characters gained that the group should know about?
CG Male half-elf rogue 8 | HP 67/67 | AC: 21 T:17 FF:15 | F +4 R +12 W +2 (+2 vs. enchantments) | Init +12 | Perc +13 | Low-light vision | Trapfinding +4
I'm all updated.
I got a wand of invisibility so I can try the invis-sneak tactic. That is, I use the wand to become invisible, get into flank, then attack and get the big damage.
We'll see how well it works out.
I also did pick up the goggles so now I have +21 for Disable Device.
Branson will be picking up the Rod, but not the Pearl. He'll wait to hear about the mission, and maybe that will impact his spending, or he just saves it for another influx of cash.
I'll be out of town Sunday-Tuesday, just FYI, so don't get into a fight that quickly!
Harlan is giving way to Leguin, a friendly half-orc inquisitor (relic hunter/preacher) of Kurgess. The first archetype trades away normal inquisitor things like judgment and bane for occultist tools. The second trades away teamwork feats for an ability called determination that I can now use 4/day and most usefully for you, I can force an enemy to reroll a hit, so I'll just plan on doing that on every crit chance. Otherwise he's an axe wielding strong man who loves to set records and win competitions, whatever the game is.
CG Male half-elf rogue 8 | HP 67/67 | AC: 21 T:17 FF:15 | F +4 R +12 W +2 (+2 vs. enchantments) | Init +12 | Perc +13 | Low-light vision | Trapfinding +4
Yeah, no problem.
Are you just continuing this thread or starting a new one?
