"Gotta hit the road. Don't come looking for me. Not coming back."
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"Are you certain you are ready to move just now?" Aikane cleans off his blades, watching the tree line. He steps away from Oren and sidles up to Rata, and asks quietly, "How many stretchers do you think we can actually manage... mate?"
Aikane runs and tumbles into a good flanking position.
Aikane stealth moves around to behind the group of Hiwanis. Delaying until they make the approach.
Aikane mimics a hawk's screech! Waits. Holds up hand to tell party to stop. Slinks ahead and around danger to see what else is waiting.
Aikane nods approvingly, and gets back to scouting the trail.
sliding cooly into the scene, looking a little disappointed, Aikane keeps his hands in his belt. He says, "She told us we could save you." "Well, You as in you-whole crew and like. Seems we might could still help your lot on this little plane, though. What do you say?"
Nah nah, ship voyage was super quick relatively speaking. Seriously, stellar job, Kraken. As to RL: guys, when I am too busy to post, I am too busy to post. if that's a problem for this group, then I'll drop out.
So let me just say, you have my email. In my personal opinion this would have been a great time to PM or email me.
Reality check: sometimes it seems this game in particular chugs along at 20 posts per day. I can't keep up with that in real life. Before I read the rest of the posts in discussion further down, let me just jump in here. I have a busy life. Kraken bots as needed. I get that. Just on the Paizo boards, I am playing in one fast-paced game (this one), one medium-paced game, GMing one medium-paced game, and playing in one slow-paced game. If I am posting too slow to keep up, and Kraken is tired of botting my actions, then perhaps I do not belong here. Let's talk mechanics first, this is Pathfinder after all. Originally Aikane was the only rogue in the party. It seemed like he had a real purpose then. He was (and hopefully still is) the skill specialist/frontiersman/scout for the group. Let's be frank, Aikane does not have ranged capability. He is not high optimized or brutal in combat. Christ, Aikane had to jump overboard in order to attack the sea monster last time. If Reknar hadn't slain it, he would be chum right now. (honestly, I meant that thanks Reknar).
He's good. I don't know if he's nice however. Given his reaction to the ship sinking, it should be clear that he doesn't cry over spilt milk.
And then we go to the island. Aikane is essentially reacting to what goes on around him at this point.He actually feels at home on the island. This is what he came for, his deathwish. He interjects where he thinks he needs to, otherwise withdrawing into his jungle-self. Aikane is like a lynx. If you treat him like a star on a telenovella, then you might not get the answer you want.
Aikane is making his bed in the trees and taking a nap. "Maybe tomorrow, bird." He puts on his sunglasses and enjoys the breeze.
Aikane stays seated on the beach. "I'll be fine here for a time, don't worry about fitting me onto the longboat." He's still seated in the sand, watching the treeline when he hears the crack. He looks over his shoulder toward the sound, and seeing the cause, merely shakes his head. Aikane scouts the area around the campsite. He prepares a small hammock/hide up in one of the trees near camp. About twenty feet off the ground he settles in to take a nap. "Wake me for my watch when it's time."
So, I totally didn't read the combat map, and I assumed this swarm was like a real-life swarm of locusts, a tide of insects sweeping through the jungle. Frankly, I'm a bit disappointed to see it's only a large sized monster. I also feel really dumb now.
Aikane tries to tuck himself into the hollow of a tree, out of the way of the swarm, deep in the mud of the jungle, just off the path on the north side.
Or it may be survival (which is +7)
Aikane slips back to the others and signals a halt. He points excitedly. Danger to the south. Approaching.
Leaving the medical care to these "experts" for now, Aikane spends that time slipping among the jungle leaves to scout around and ahead.
Aikane moves southeast into the brush off the trail as far as he can. He attempts to slip around Hiwani number 1.
While the litters are being prepared, Aikane steps away to scout around the clearing as well as back down along the trail.
He'll be out well ahead of the group scouting the dark path for danger and shortcuts.
"Our lucky day then was finding you and your harpoon there. Whatever we do, we do together then."
I kid you not, the woman tried dancing with them. It was as straight laid a back-alley stab-em-up as any after that.
Aikane moves stealthily eastwards, keeping a lookout for more among the thick brush.
Aikane nods to Reknar & Jacinth. You notice his little menehune hands never once came near drawing his long knives, though he was grappled by the monster.
Aikane tries to resist the grapple.
Aikane moves west stealthily
The menehune keeps his hands at his sides, having removed his boots and tied them together onto his mended pack, he proceeds with the group barefoot. Used to traversing the hidden paths of the jungle, he eagerly keeps an eye out for trails traveled by local game.
He follows in the above-stated marching order.
Aikane engages via crossbow
So you are saying that a long boat wouldn't clear the rocks. Oh well then.
Why don't we scale the cliffs as it were?
I take aim at the raft.
"I've had enough of flying. Why don't you give it a try, Reknar?" Aikane plants his feet on the deck.
"Why not just steer closer? What is the worst that could happen. Oh, wait. I know."
Aikane spends the next couple of days taking it easy and keeping mostly to himself. In particular he does speak with Reknar at one point, appreciating the Human's skill with his weapon. The menehune spends the time recovering.
Aikane attacks the creature, drawing his weapons and diving over the side of the ship to engage.
Aikane ropes himself to the nearest railing.
the little Menehune bellows out with all his lungs. Aikane sounds the alarm.
It was at this time that I again reached a familiar conclusion. That it was a terrible mistake to ever purchase this wretched ship.
High above the revelry, Aikane sits in the rigging. He draws his bow across the fiddle's strings, and begins to play a calming song.
it's not great.
After an exhaustive search of the smelly hold and brig, Aikane slides carefully up the stairs shaking his head. He is glad he is still disguised as an unremarkable sailor. He is more appreciative of his freedom. If the crew or captain were to recognize him in Shaw, that would be ... unfortunate. Such is the life of a menehune away from home. Aikane steps out on deck through the hole Reknar used. He shakes his head a bit, as if to signal nothing worthwhile. "I took the diagonal" the little humanoid offers by way of explanation.
Well, I did spoiler my original post, and included a pre-spoiler of "Yes, this means just the DM." ...Oren, YMMV
You hire on a thief, even a neutral good one, I should say you should expect a certain level of "thievery in good measure". I'm not just here to check for traps and play cards, you know.
Aikane, in case you missed it HERE is the post with the loot you found. I also updated the Treasure Log with what you found. But I had first access then? I meant anything else I might have come across. There is "You search the ship and find X" and then there is "You sneak aboard when nobody is watching and start prying up loose floorboards."How do you want to handle the skullduggery?
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