"Hhhhmmmm..." Zses looks at the big ruby, scratching his head "There's something weird about it, but I can't quite say what it is. I'll have to think on it a bit..."
De... bugging...? :-P Those Paladins are exploiting some mighty system errors to teleport around and give themselves infinite Smite Evils per day. We gotta stop that! And wow, I was just going to say what secondary sphere should I focus on (Destruction for primary one, OFC!), and I was about to ask if I should pick up healing. Fighting, should I pick up something to buff ourselves, if you're covering healing, skellies and debugging? Is the Alteration sphere good for that? Maybe protection? Enhancement so I can pseudo summon with Animate Object? Warp? EDIT: Does the Scion of Humanity trait for Tiefling and Aasimar lets you select Human FCBs? That "any effect related to race" is a very broad description, and the fact that it says that "feat prerequisites" are effects only confuses me more D:
Crow pats Noise's head when he comes back with the scale. "Good Kitty!...Kitty-thingie?" Crow shakes her head at Neverhome "I think we should check the rest of the building, and if I'm not mistaken, we have to find the second key."
Okay, I'm back. That was rough, but everything should be okay now.
Or at lest, staring in the general direction of Eel's End. The sylph's eyes seems only half-intent on looking at the physical burning building, instead seemingly more focused on an unseen something behind the burning ship.
It takes Tyenar a good half a minute to realize that it has started to rain and, when the Sylph finally realizes it, he looks at his hands only to see them shaking like mad: all his body, in fact, was trembling like a leaf, and the winds around him had grown completely still. Tyenar looks in dazed disbelief at his rapier, the blood being slowly washed away by the rain, and turns his head to the ground at his right to stare at Davor's body.
Fortunately, the sound of the nearby Lambs talking with the guard manages to snap, temporarily, Tyenar back to reality.
It's only when he hears Juliet shout that Tyenar snaps back to reality: in a moment, he finds himself face to face with a spidery monstrosity. Panicking, he looks around him, eyes wide at the hell that was breaking loose around him, and Lamm dying half a meter away from him.
"We have to find proof of Lamm's deals with the ambassador!" Tyenar shouts after a deep breath "I'll search the dais, and then jump down the hole to search for something.". He looks at Lorick, and then at Sia's and Lamm's dead bodies "If you want to go before I'm done, do it, but bring Lamm's body with you...and that woman's."
"This...is...nothing..." Selena grits her teeth as the enemy's magic takes hold, stiffening her muscles.
Mechanics:
Skinsaw Cultist (Book 4)
If you want them to have Craft Wondrous Items to make their own masks like the book says, switch Improved Initiative for it: however, you should probably switch some skill points around to give them some ranks in Spellcraft, or they won't be able to make them. At least, there's the exact same problem in their vanilla HR stablock: they don't have Deathwatch or any rank in Spellcraft. :/
Skinsaw Cultist, level 6: Skinsaw Cultist
XP 1,600 Human inquisitor (sanctified slayer) of Norgorber 6 (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Class Guide 99, Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player's Guide 38) NE Medium humanoid (human) Init +9; Senses Perception +11 -------------------- Defense -------------------- AC 17, touch 13, flat-footed 14 (+3 armor, +3 Dex, +1 shield) hp 50 (6d8+22) Fort +7, Ref +5, Will +7 -------------------- Offense -------------------- Speed 30 ft. Melee +1 war razor +8 (1d4+3/19-20) Special Attacks bane (6 rounds/day), sneak attack +1d6, studied target +2 (2nd, move action) Domain Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th; concentration +8) . . 5/day—copycat (6 rounds) Inquisitor Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th; concentration +8) . . At will—detect alignment, discern lies (6 rounds/day) Inquisitor (Sanctified Slayer) Spells Known (CL 6th; concentration +8) . . 2nd (4/day)—cure moderate wounds, hold person (DC 14), instrument of agony[UC], invisibility . . 1st (5/day)—bane (DC 13), cure light wounds, disguise self, divine favor, expeditious retreat, litany of sloth[UC] (DC 13) . . 0 (at will)—bleed (DC 12), daze (DC 12), detect magic, detect poison, guidance, light . . Domain Trickery -------------------- Statistics -------------------- Str 12, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 15, Cha 10 Base Atk +4; CMB +5; CMD 18 Feats Improved Initiative, Martial Weapon Proficiency (war razor), Outflank[APG], Precise Strike[APG], Toughness, Weapon Finesse Skills Acrobatics +9, Disguise +9, Intimidate +8, Knowledge (local) +3, Knowledge (religion) +4, Perception +11, Sense Motive +5, Sleight of Hand +7, Stealth +12 Languages Common SQ monster lore +2, solo tactics, stern gaze +3, track +3 Other Gear mwk studded leather, mwk buckler, +1 war razor[ISWG] -------------------- Special Abilities -------------------- Bane (+2 / 2d6, 6 rounds/day) (Su) Make the weapon you are holding a bane weapon. Copycat (5/day) (Sp) Create a single mirror image duplicate Detect Alignment (At will) (Sp) Detect chaos, evil, good, or law at will. Discern Lies (6 rounds/day) (Sp) Discern Lies at will Inquisitor (Sanctified Slayer) Domain (Trickery) Granted Powers: You are a master of illusions and deceptions. Bluff, Disguise, and Stealth are class skills. Monster Lore +2 (Ex) +2 to Knowledge checks when identifying the weaknessess of creatures. Outflank Increase flank bonus by +2 if flanking ally has same feat. If you crit, ally gets an AoO. Precise Strike +1d6 precision damage for melee attacks if you and an ally with this feat flank the same target. Sneak Attack +1d6 Attacks deal extra dam if flank foe or if foe is flat-footed. Solo Tactics (Ex) Count Teamwork feats as if your allies had the same ones. Stern Gaze +3 (Ex) +3 to Sense Motive and Intimidate. Studied Target +2 (move action, 2 at a time) (Ex) Study foe as a Move action, gain +2 to att/dam & some skills vs. them. Track +3 Add the listed bonus to survival checks made to track.
As per the title, while reading trough HR to run it I was really dissatisfied with the choice of classes of 90% of the NPCs: given there were a lot of humanoid enemies, I expected a lot of variety, but instead a lot of them (particularly in the first part of the AP) are either a Rogue, a Fighter, or a Cleric. To spice things up I started working on rebuilding a lot of them, and I figured that I could share them with everyone here. I finished working on the Dottari guards for the first two books, and I'm almost done with the Skinsaw Cultists of book 3 and onward, together with the High Priest of Abadar as an Oracle and the Otyugh Cleric of book 2 for (possible) friendly NPCs. Note: I'm using Path of War and Psionics from Dreamscarred Press in my game, using them for NPCs, too. I'll mark if I use it for any of the NPCs. For PoW, I'll only bother selecting only prepared maneuvers: it's way too complicated to add a set of other maneuvers that they probably won't use. :/
Dottari Guards and Captains (Books 1 and 2, PoW)
To give them a little more relevance if the PC fight against them in the later parts of the books, I've also made stats for level 3 and 6 Dottari captains to add to the encounters to up the difficulty: they are built as Warlords focused on Golden Lion maneuvers, with their stance, boosts, and tactical presence there to help the file and rank Dottari.
I still have to fix their noncombat equipment: I'm sure they'll have to have manacles on hand, but any idea for anything else? Maybe a Sap? Dottari Guard, level 1:
Guardia Dottari
Human (Chelaxian) fighter (myrmidon) 1 LN Medium humanoid (human) Init +1; Senses Perception +6 -------------------- Defense -------------------- AC 17, touch 11, flat-footed 16 (+4 armor, +1 Dex, +2 shield) hp 13 (1d10+3) Fort +4, Ref +1, Will +4 -------------------- Offense -------------------- Speed 30 ft. Melee heavy mace +4 (1d8+2) Ranged longbow +2 (1d8/×3) Special Attacks 1 angering smash, 1 iron shell, 1 phalanx lancer, 1 primal wrath, deeds (heroic recovery, man of action, unbreakable), grit (2) -------------------- Statistics -------------------- Str 15, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 15, Cha 10 Base Atk +1; CMB +3; CMD 14 Feats Iron Will, Martial Power, Weapon Focus (heavy mace) Skills Acrobatics +1, Intimidate +4, Perception +6, Sense Motive +6 Languages Common SQ myrmidon maneuver recovery Other Gear chain shirt, heavy steel shield, heavy mace, longbow, 63 gp -------------------- Special Abilities -------------------- 1 Angering Smash (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Shield bash causes target to take -4 to hit anyone but you 1 Iron Shell (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Successful shield bash attack negates incoming attack 1 Phalanx Lancer (Ex) Use a two-handed weapon with a shield, and lock shields with allies to increase shield AC by +1 each 1 Primal Wrath (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Strike: A forceful strike that suffers a -2 penalty to hit but adds +4 to damage, or +6 to damage if used with a two-handed weapon. Deeds Use Grit to perform special abilities
Dottari Guard, level 4:
Guardia Dottari
Human (Chelaxian) fighter (myrmidon) 4 LN Medium humanoid (human) Init +3; Senses Perception +9 -------------------- Defense -------------------- AC 17, touch 11, flat-footed 16 (+4 armor, +1 Dex, +2 shield) hp 40 (4d10+12) Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +5 (+2 vs fear and compulsion effects, +1 vs. fear) -------------------- Offense -------------------- Speed 30 ft. Melee mwk heavy mace +9 (1d8+5) Ranged mwk composite longbow +6 (1d8+1/×3) Special Attacks 1 iron shell, 1 phalanx lancer, 1 primal wrath, 1 stance of aggression, 2 crippling strike, 2 enraging strike, 2 tactical snap, deeds (heroic recovery, man of action, ready for trouble, unbreakable, utility trick), grit (2) -------------------- Statistics -------------------- Str 16, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 15, Cha 10 Base Atk +4; CMB +7; CMD 18 Feats Iron Will, Martial Power, Tactical Rush, Weapon Focus (heavy mace), Weapon Specialization (heavy mace) Skills Acrobatics +7, Intimidate +7, Perception +9, Sense Motive +9 Languages Common SQ armor training 1, myrmidon maneuver recovery Other Gear mwk chain shirt, mwk heavy steel shield, mwk composite longbow (+1 Str), mwk heavy mace, 63 gp -------------------- Special Abilities -------------------- 1 Iron Shell (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Successful shield bash attack negates incoming attack 1 Phalanx Lancer (Ex) Use a two-handed weapon with a shield, and lock shields with allies to increase shield AC by +1 each 1 Primal Wrath (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Strike: A forceful strike that suffers a -2 penalty to hit but adds +4 to damage, or +6 to damage if used with a two-handed weapon. 1 Stance of Aggression (Ex) Stance - While in this stance the disciple suffers a -2 penalty to AC and inflicts an additional 1d6 points of damage per eight initiator levels on successful attacks 2 Crippling Strike (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Strike: Melee attack that adds +2d6 points of damage and the enemy gains the bleeding condition. 2 Enraging Strike (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Attack deals 10 extra damage, foe must make Will save or be forced to melee attack you at -2 2 Tactical Snap (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Successful attack allows free trip at +2 Armor Training 1 (Ex) Worn armor -1 check penalty, +1 max DEX.
Dottari Captain, level 3:
Capo Guardia
Human (Chelaxian) warlord 3 ( [PoW]) LN Medium humanoid (human) Init +1; Senses Perception +6 -------------------- Defense -------------------- AC 17, touch 11, flat-footed 16 (+6 armor, +1 Dex) hp 31 (3d10+9) Fort +5, Ref +2, Will +3 -------------------- Offense -------------------- Speed 30 ft. (20 ft. in armor) Melee mwk bardiche +8 (1d10+6/19-20) Ranged mwk longbow +5 (1d8/×3) Special Attacks 1 encouraging roar, 1 hunting party, 1 pride leader's stance, 2 call to action, 2 defending the pride, 2 pyrite strike -------------------- Statistics -------------------- Str 18, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 14 Base Atk +3; CMB +7; CMD 18 Feats Combat Reflexes, Martial Power, Paired Opportunists[APG], Phalanx Formation, Power Attack Skills Acrobatics -3 (-7 to jump), Diplomacy +8, Intimidate +8, Perception +6, Sense Motive +6 Languages Common SQ force of personality, gambits (sweeping gambit, unbreakable gambit), indomitable presence, tactical presence, warleader, warlord’s gambit Other Gear mwk chainmail, mwk bardiche[APG], mwk longbow, 150 gp -------------------- Special Abilities -------------------- 1 Encouraging Roar (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Boost - Until next turn, all allies gain a +2 morale bonus to all attacks and damage. 1 Hunting Party (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Strike: Make an attack, grant an adjacent ally an attack of opportunity against the same enemy. 1 Pride Leader's Stance (Ex) Stance: Initiator and allies within 20-ft gain a +4 morale bonus to saves vs fear and demoralization effects. 1 Vigilant Keeper Stance (Su) Stance: Enemy count threatened area difficult terrain 2 Call to Action (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Strike: Attack inflicts an additional 2d6 points of damage, grant adjacent ally an immediate move action. 2 Defending the Pride (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Boost - Grant all allies within 60 ft. a +4 bonus to AC for one round. 2 Pyrite Strike (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Strike: Strike inflicts an additional 1d6 points of damage and moves an opponent 5-ft in a direction of your choosing. Combat Reflexes (2 AoO/round) Can make extra attacks of opportunity/rd, and even when flat-footed.
Dottari Captain, level 6:
Capo Guardia
Human (Chelaxian) warlord 6 ( [PoW]) LN Medium humanoid (human) Init +1; Senses Perception +9 -------------------- Defense -------------------- AC 17, touch 11, flat-footed 16 (+6 armor, +1 Dex) hp 58 (6d10+18) Fort +7, Ref +3, Will +4 Defensive Abilities battle prowess -------------------- Offense -------------------- Speed 30 ft. (20 ft. in armor) Melee mwk bardiche +11/+6 (1d10+6/19-20) Ranged mwk longbow +8/+3 (1d8/×3) Special Attacks 1 encouraging roar, 1 pride leader's stance, 2 call to action, 2 defending the pride, 2 pyrite strike, 3 circling the prey, 3 golden commander stance, 3 kill the wounded, battle prowess -------------------- Statistics -------------------- Str 19, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 14 Base Atk +6; CMB +10 (+12 trip); CMD 21 (23 vs. trip) Feats - Custom Feat -, Combat Reflexes, Improved Trip, Martial Power, Paired Opportunists[APG], Phalanx Formation, Power Attack Skills Acrobatics -3 (-7 to jump), Diplomacy +11, Intimidate +11, Perception +9, Sense Motive +9 Languages Common SQ dual boost, force of personality, gambits (brave gambit, sweeping gambit, unbreakable gambit), indomitable presence, rallying presence, tactical flanker, tactical presence, warleader, warlord’s gambit Other Gear mwk chainmail, mwk bardiche[APG], mwk longbow, 150 gp -------------------- Special Abilities -------------------- 1 Encouraging Roar (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Boost - Until next turn, all allies gain a +2 morale bonus to all attacks and damage. 1 Pride Leader's Stance (Ex) Stance: Initiator and allies within 20-ft gain a +4 morale bonus to saves vs fear and demoralization effects. 2 Call to Action (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Strike: Attack inflicts an additional 2d6 points of damage, grant adjacent ally an immediate move action. 2 Defending the Pride (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Boost - Grant all allies within 60 ft. a +4 bonus to AC for one round. 2 Pyrite Strike (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Strike: Strike inflicts an additional 1d6 points of damage and moves an opponent 5-ft in a direction of your choosing. 3 Circling the Prey (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Boost: Grant all allies within 60-ft a free 5-ft step. 3 Golden Commander Stance (Ex) Stance: All allies within 30ft. of your position may gain flanking if they are adjacent to an ally when engaged in melee. 3 Kill the Wounded (Readied, 1/Encounter) (Ex) Stance: Target of this strike takes an additional 2d6 points of damage on attacks made upon him by allies. Battle Prowess +1 (Golden Lion) (Ex) Gain combat bonuses while in stance of chosen discipline
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Martyr also gives up Divine Grace and swift-action LOH, if I recall. Fortunately, the bleed damage is only one per round. Noooo D: Oh well, Tortured Crusader sounds cool for Oradins, at least. Being WIS based should open up the option of using Shaman instead of Oracle for Life Link.
...Safekeeping?Reasons. ...Inspiration?
Reasons. ...Safekeeping?
Yup: we surely have Massilovna's weapon, Loghrivic's stuff and...
*Whimpers*
Crow follows just after Percy, giddy at her new dress.
"I guess I should explain what's going on though, as I'm pretty sure even Zses is still puzzling out what in the Hells is going on. " Crow sighs, scratching her head. "So, Zses always had a penchant for magic, (kinda dark and shadowy stuff, if you ask me) even if it'd never showed back in the day: never tried to study magic, and nothing bad ever happened to him to ever trigger the potential. Well, nothing bad ever happened until his mother died of sickness, when he was eight: left a scar on him, but instead of getting all magicky I was...born, you could say? on the Shadow Plane, out of the sorrow of that moment. Pretty s#@+ty thing to be born out of, I would have preferred kittens and rainbows, myself.". The fairy shrugs. "I can't remember of what happened there to me either: I just...existed, I guess? Then, barely more than a year ago, Zses comes running, chased by a swarm of Gloomwings...but I guess you already know that part." the Lyrakien bites her lip "I recognized him, after years of not really being anything more than a memory: of course I offered to help him and to get him out of there. Technically I could have just done that, but..."
She turns to the rest of the party, looking apologetic "...And this is where you guys come in and where I really apologize. Simply put I didn't trust you at first. Like, at all. You are a bunch of weirdos: I mean, one of the most normal of you is Lyosha, and he recently started bleeding acid. Where is he by the-oh right, don't need to tell me. (Can I go wake those two up, afterwards? I wanna see their reaction!)". She coughs "Anyway, what I wanted to say is: sorry if I doubted you." For the first time since you've seen her this morning, Crow smiles warmly to you.
The Ifrit nods at Tkaara's findings. "Yes, let's looks first for another way to proceed, but I too think that that inscription could be-Felrin?" the fire-haired woman starts, before she's interrupted by the Tiefling's flight. She's about to ask him what in the world had taken over him, but putting together his reaction and Tkaara's lack thereof (what with her condition and all), the Ifrit assumes that a spell was probably involved. Steeling herself, Etna moves for the bas relief, to investigate any detail of it or the altars. Even at several feet of distance from the image of Vetra-Kali, Etna's hair already start to lose their bright color, slowing their movements in the air and growing to a pale orange.
Mechanics:
These three don't look like posh Chelaxian Mercenaries... If the Marshall didn't just introduce him to them as the new recruit, he wouldn't have believed that they were sent to Kroft directly by the queen.What did they do, they found her cat? There's a woman with a rapier (Varisian?), a guy that could probably lift me and throw me a couple of districts away from here, and...a teenage girl with a Longsword almost as big as her?...Wait! The young man, still silent, looks at you as a flash of recognition crosses his eyes. These three were at Alina's the night the riots broke out! Vaenathis was with them, and there was also another woman and an Elf as high as a kite. ...Do they know what happened to Vaenathis? Maybe I should get a feel of them before I tell them that... Aways without saying a word, the sylph pulls out a notebook from his pocket, and starts scribbling on it as he stares at the three strangers as soon as they're thrown out of Kroft's office.
Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaareee. I knew I would have hated this! Do they expect me to say something, right now? Or do I have to wait for them to say something else, first? Should I just ask them why they're here?
Mechanics and OOC:
Well, I'm in Book 2 of WotW, and you are definitely forced to do a "lolevil" thing, and it's the main point of the book. The thing:
You have to free a Daemon prince (trough almost a year of continued rituals, spending ton on resources in building your evil dungeon) so you can unleash a deadly plague on the populace, randomly killing tons of people, instead of making a more tactically sound and efficient move.
Plus, my character is overthrowing the current religion "for the people!", believing that having Asmodeans in charge is the best for both the citizens and the nation itself: having to let loose a plague that will kill thousands of people ("And put a huge dent on the nation economy"<---She's an evil accountant/barrister sorceress) doesn't make much sense to her. The DM couldn't change it without changing the whole book, so at least we're allowed IC to think the plan is dumb: out of six, mine and another character are definitely against it, but we're being ordered around by an indefinitely powerful Big Bad for now. So far, you don't really get a say in what happens: if Paizo APs are usually railroady, WotW rails are made of Adamantine. It has a tendency of using rails to get you from one sandbox to the other (i.e. conquest this keep, but you have different ways/degree of success to do it), but you don't get a say in what that sandbox is. The fact that you have to pledge your soul to Asmodeus et cetera makes it almost impossible as written to play the follower of another god, too: swearing fealty to Thrune sounds much less stifling.
Ottakar is really starting to hate plants. Become a vegetarian. Make them suffer everyday. By the way, what's the turn order? Can we peek under the DM spoiler for the rolls?
More than their meaning, the Malebolge were meant as a ""comic relief"" in the Inferno: that's why their names are so goofy! Also, if we're talking pronunciation, I always found they roll really well off the tongue, it's kind of fun to say the names out loud. :P
Started with X: I'm in Europe, so I've always played the complete version that was in the HD remaster. Let me tell you, 12 year old me was super sad to not be able to complete some of the sidequests because the Dark Eons blasted him into oblivion. :P Gameplay wise, though, I have to say that the best (and the one I'm replaying now) is the Internation Zodiac Job System version of XII. Let's put it like this: it's so good, it amply overweights the game's flaws like horrible pacing, huge variance in quality of the voice acting (I'm still trying to figure out if Fran's VA is bad or just super weird), and half of the main cast being there just because*. I highly recommend to try it if you can (I'm betting the HD version will come out, but my earlier prediction is late 2017 or something). *Trivia time! Did you know that, in earlier concept of the story, Basch was supposed to be the main character, and that he was supposed to be inspired by Ashley Riot from Vagrant Story?
Yeah, I don't think that works: they are still screaming, it's just that no one can hear them. It's like a "tree falling in the forest" thing. However, OP, you're in luck: there's a spell that should work with what you want to do. Lipstitch sews their mouth shut, so I'm fairly sure that prevents them from screaming.
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Good day Advice forums! I'm about to join a game where we're testing a huge number of the unchained rules (list below), with some slight changes. Because of that, I wanted to go with a poison based character, but I barely know where to start, considering that so much poison stuff came out recently! First, let me give you a list of unchained stuff that we're using: Please read! Important additions to action economy and poisons!:
1) Classes
2) VMC, background and expanded skills 3) Unchained Crafting! 4) Revised Action economy: On each given turn, we get one free swift action! Separated swifts can be used with additional actions 5) Poisons: as written, but these two poisons have been converted. Possible to convert more. Drow Poison DC 13 injury Dexterity damage: progression is Healty-Sluggish-Unconscious. No end state, frequency 1/minute per 2 minutes Purple Worm Poison
6)Limited Magic ( D: ): overclocked spells can be used, but failure by 5 or more triggers wild magic.
I've got a 20 point buy and starting at level 3: the only things I don't want to change are that I want to make a Sylph, so going Dex based, I want to have an high-ish Int, and that I can't or want to be evil/whorship an evil deity, so no Norgorber/Urgathoa stuff. I looked over my options and, as the title, I think my best bet is a Toxicant alchemist: Eldritch Poisoner looked great, until I noticed the part where I can't use discoveries with it (seriously, whose idea was that? <.<).
Beside from that, I'm really at a loss: the lasting poisons discovery lets me apply my toxin multiple times, making a rather unimpressive impression of Int to damage, but how can I up the DC of my actual poisons? I know I can stack inhaled/ingested poisons and throw a bag of them, but I was thinking that if I maintain my Drow Poison DC high enough I can use it a sort of Slumber Hex on a pointy stick. So far, I know these ways to up my DCs:
What poison do you advice me to use? I suppose Drow Poison is going to be my bread and butter, but I wanted to use all the other fun stuff like Intelligence poisons to screw spellcasters. What are the poisons that you've found offer a best quality/price balance?
*Pats Zev on head when he comes back with the stick*
I wondered who had Knowledge Arcana and Nature, and it turns out each of us picked the same Knowledges. <.<
Maybe this could be of help to people trying to download stuff: I managed to download a file (Bestiary, about 55 MB, middle-high in size of Paizo's PDFs) about 30 minutes ago: the whole thing took me about 20 minutes, but I'm chalking that up mostly to the fact that not many people are around at this time. I'm writing this because during the process I got kicked out to the main page twice and my firefox crashed once, and I got my PDF about 8 minutes after I reopened the window after the crash: considering that that looks like too short a time for the queue, I suspect that you don't get booted out of the queue after you crash/get back to main page/whatever. For those still having problems getting their stuff, I'd say try to keep clicking once a minute, queing a single file, and keep trying on the same file even if you get sent back to main page.
Stardust expired naturally. For the rest, she's a prepared caster who's been observing the party off-and-on ever since the soulbound doll fight in Book One. She also has the Familiar Spell feat and was able to do a little prebuffing before the party arrived. You still eliminated her from the fight for a significant amount of time, though. ;-) Oooh, that explains it. I was wondering how she got around to do stuff with the Nauseated condition. And Lyosha just turned that wolf into red paste, I think. :3
"Crow!" Zses shouts as the raven is attacked by the jadwiga's familiar, calling him back to him. Dazed by the witch's spell, Zses takes some time before he's able to cast a spell, but soon after commands his shadow to go pluck away the Jawiga's eyes. Mechanics:
Mirais smiles a little, blushing, at Zev's compliment, but her expression quickly turns serious when the others start discussing the repercussions their actions could have on people close to them.
What a coincidence! We will just have a steady rate of
"Ouch!" Zses grits his teeth when the Twigjack stabs him with the miniature: however, he takes a step back and lets Lyosha handle the creature, while he focuses back on the piper.
Mechanics:
I believe Silence just noticed that water is wet, wind blows, and hes sitting on a horse >.> Considering that we're in the First World, none of those are a given, so that's something. :P
Bird Lady
How DARE you! SWINE! Witness why my kind EATS yours! + DM FishBad Abby, don't eat DMMamushka! @Zev: Nice!
Wow, only had time to read it in its entirety now (got a glimpse of the wip yesterday): that was amazing, Lyosha! (I was working on his waking post and then the maintenance goblins had to go and eat it -_-) D: With the frequency that this happened to me with Paizo, I just installed the Lazarus addon to have a failsafe. I think there's a Chrome version, too.
*Sends hugs*
She...she's dead. Did I just help kill someone?
Realizing that she had just lost time and attracted attention, Mirais moves and stays to Canacha, her expression even more terrified and distraught than before.
@GmFish: Ok, got it. :/
Can I haz Whirligig Saw? FEAR THE PIZZA CUTTER! That would probably be something based on the stats of a ripsaw glaive, with adjustments@Arani: That thing is also a club! Wait...
"Public punishments..." Mirais mutters to herself, before jumping on her feet, her tail furiously spiraling on the ground ""
She's about to continue her tirade only following what her emotions were telling her to do, but even in her dazed fury she realizes that just hammering on Thrune would just be saying aloud what people that already agreed with her were thinking: she wasn't looking for sympathy, she wanted Barzillai to go get away from the city. Worse, people that only wanted to stir up trouble could use what she was saying to escalate violently the protest...
"T-thanks..." Mirais smiles and blushes at Zev's comment, taking a seat at the table.
However, as one listens to it, he could easily make the connection that every time love was mentioned in the text it was meant as a Metonymy for Shelynite artist kicked out of the Opera House...or just as a jab to the ruthless and cruelly armed tyrant, who could be no other than Barzillai.
Finished tweaking Mirais. I know that picking the Warded against Nature drawback will come back to bite me in the @ass when Thrune finds about it and goes around handing puppies to people and see if they scare the doggies off. <.<
Zev doesn't do prejudice very well. Abrasax, on the other hand, does it very well against humans. ;):( Gotta post this before I go to bed and forgot: SteelBreaker+Stunning Irruption= SURPRISE MOTHERF**KERS
"Eh?... N-no, I didn't m-mean it like that! I meant t-that maybe you saw me a-at the Opera House one time or two..." *Trails off, flusters, dies of embarrassment*
"Woof. Arf arf" Winston barks, looking first at Mistress Etna, wagging his tail, before moving to Lady Taty and sitting in front of her.
Waiting further orders, Winston stares at Lady Taty.
@thenine: I'm sure about 25 points and max hp, but I just went with the usual 2 traits/average wealth for the other two. @ShadowyFox: The proclamations go progressively crazier as they go on: Thrune's been here only a week, and people at first thought he was "just" a guy sent there to keep things calm while Cheliax is busy fighting the Glorious Reclamation.
Okay, Adhan Cielo here, here's Mirais!
Background (Long-ish, character POV):
Mirais paced back and forth trough the room, her tail drawing spirals on the floor as she did so. Without thinking, the tiefling reached out to the teapot on the table to pour a cup of tea to calm her nerves, only to remember a moment after that it was empty. Letting out a snarl of frustration, Mirais put it back onto the table with a sonorous *clang*, before moving to the window and looking outside. Barely, the tiefling could see the Opera House gently lit by the moonlight, and Thrune's lackeys carrying furniture, books, and a bathtub.
A bathtub. A bathtub! That Barzillai closed the Opera House and was moving in with his bathtub! She had finally got an important part (in the Huntress of Heroes, no less), and then a Thrune moves in and puts the city under martial law. And to add insult to injury, he set himself into the Opera House because he said he 'loves the arts'. By the Nine Hells, how does that translate in deprieving everyone of the possibility of enjoying art to use the theatre as an house?
Slowly, she picked up her pendant, an holy symbol of Shelyn, and put in on the desk near the bed before removing her glove. Pulling back her sleeve, she raised her hand in the air, palm to the ceiling, and stared at it. A moment after, unsurprisingly, an eye emerged from the back of her hand and blinked back, before disappearing again in her skin like a wood log into a muddy swamp.
”Like song, the only beauty that matters comes from within: as an elegant attire doesn't make an artist any better, a stunning appearence doesn't make a person any gooder. Even if now you think that's impossible, work on who you want to be: in time, you'll learn to love the world and yourself.” the tiefling said clutching the holy symbol in her hand, sitting up on the bed and looking at the Opera House and Thrune's troops moving in. Since that day, she started to work towards becoming what she wanted to be, to forget about the demons of her past, and to sing: how happy she was when her sung prayers granted her Shelyn's blessing for the first time!
Once again, Mirais got up from her bed and looked out of the window, in the direction of Arya Park. Naturally, Barzillai Thrune's insediation in the city didn't sit well with more than one person: the tiefling had heard that there was going to be a protest in the Park in the next days, and the tiefling was now sure that she would attend. She would not stand idly as some insane mint-hater destroyed the life that she had been building.
Background(TL;DR version, classic):
Raised in Kintargo's Songbird Hall, Mirais never knew her parents, who lived in the outskirts of Kintargo. Her father was an agent of the Pathfinder Society that died on the field before Mirais' mother gave birth to her. Her mother, on the other hand, shared the fate of all that bear a Motherless child. In this tragedy, however, the baby tiefling was lucky in the fact that Henriet, a friend of Mirais' late mother, was a cleric of Kintargo's temple of Shelyn.
Mirais' childhood wasn't an easy one: the Shelynites that took her in were always kind to her, but being raised without parents was hard enough even without her abyssal heritage gnawing at her mind. It wasn't as if there were voices in her head, dark whispers from behind her, or other hoghwash that Mirais read in cheap fiction: her thoughts just naturally wandered to dark thoughts where everyone was out for himself, sinful, and only plotting to do her harm. As if that wasn't enough, at the start of her adolescence, grotesque eyes and mouths appeared on Mirais' skin, shifting and disappearing in her flesh, spiraling black symbols around them. But, thanks in no small part to “Aunt Henriet”, Mirais managed to not let despair take a hold of her life: she dedicated herself to Shelyn's teachings and to singing, despite having no natural talent for the latter and her nature pulling her in theopposite direction of the Eternal Rose. Still, trough sheer force of will, the qlippoth-spawn managed to start building the life that she wanted, even so far as to finally obtain an important role in Kintargo's Opera House. Though, notoriety wasn't really what Mirais wanted.
However, Barzillai Thrune's arrival shattered the stability that the tiefling was obtaining, and she was now fearing that that was only the first of many calamities that would befall Kintargo if the paracount wasn't stopped: having realized that, the tiefling set to join the protest in Arya Park, hoping that her and the rest of Kintargo could repel Thrune.
Also this I'll go trough the other submissions and findi other character that could be connected to a Cleric of Shelyn raised up in the temple and that spends most of her time either there or in the Opera House (After a brief look over the other characters, almost everyone seems to satisfy at least one of those :3) @Bebaushie: Let's try to not get either of us killed this time <3
*Waves at Mamushka and Rysky*
Basic concept is a Tiefling Evangelist/Herald Caller Cleric of Shelyn, Diva in Training background: will get to work straight away! By the way, anyone wants an Alkenstar boon for Pew-pewing for trading? A VMC or extra combat feat would be super cool!
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