Ailean Catan's page

A lantern carrying man raises his arms into the air, both holding lanterns, "The queen departs in this game. The dragon takes the light. Part of the plan? Part of another game? Did we even know we were playing? Will the king like this ending or maybe the middle? The beginning is set as the pieces move forward."

Tusk the Half-Orc wrote:

My daughter had this idea for a cheerful, chaotic good cleric of Groetus that I really like. The cleric happily goes on adventures, and is just SO EXCITED TO SEE HOW IT ALL TURNS OUT! ISN'T IT EXCITING? WE’RE GONNA GET TO SEE HOW EVERYTHING ENDS!

This reminds me a bit of a character concept that I had (and am actually playing). A CN Wizard focusing on summoning. Went to the Acadame in Korvosa. While there accidentally messed up a spell and ended up glimpsing into the void. He went quite insane, and now secretly worships Nylarthotep. He joined the Pathfinder Society to search for rituals and relics that can help him usher Nylarthotep into the world, and prevent the other old gods / threats to Golarian from getting here first.

He spends most of his time ranting about how we are all doomed.

"The light of lanterns? No, the light of another touches the mind." says a man wearing more than a single lantern helmet upon his head, "Working against the lanterns or part of the game? Ask the king of cards what he thinks while using the queen"

Thank you!

Thanks for my first PbP game guys. I'm signed up for quite a handful of outpost games, but not with this character so don't worry about rushing my chronicle.

I'm fine with giving it back to them assuming it technically completes our main goal of preventing the Shadow Lodge from obtaining it.

Yeah, just let the kellids decide their fate. We came here for a flaming greatest right? Let's make sure we complete or primary mission.

Realizing the biggest threat was taken care of, Ailean walks up (as far as needs to, up to 30ft) and casts hold person (DC 21 Will Save) on the closest enemy.

"Walk walk walk, freeze, too tight!"

Ailean simply moves forward, getting ready to unleash chaos.

Double move

"Helping us with the helping of the story in the journey?"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25

"The speak-talk of the story is great. On the floor we all being for the tale of the warrior people. In the soon, we make great helping tale to the people of the tale, yes? My eyes be seeing your story in the cave hole in days past."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 9 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 25 This includes varies buffs and the bonus from Prothero's Aid

I should have brought my skald, his main skill is perform (oratory) lol

Ailean doesn't have any ranks in the skill anyway and his charisma isn't the highest since he focuses on spell DCs lol.

Ailean stands up after having being gored by bison and says "Wo-oww, many bumps to get fixed by stick." and pulls out his wand of CLW.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

"Not with the worrying, I don't see any wiggle-wangles sword-stache man, no question-tricks for my top skull. Not with the training, lantern give me the pranks, lantern pull the pranks, never with the final prank though."

Well that wasn't so bad, what's next?

Reflex Save VS DC 22: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (15) - 1 = 14

While I doubt this will work, it seems like the best course of action for this character and generally it's what you should do in real life against a charging animal, not really sure about a stampede though...

Ailean eyes the bison and says, "Big fuzzy friends need prank time for the stopping."

He then makes the scariest face he can and says "OGGG-A-BOGGA-BOO!", at the same time, his spiritual squire also makes a scary face.

Intimidate: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21

Hey Abaal, what are all those Kn stats listed in your character info? I can't for the life of me think of what KnPla +6 stands for.

Edited- I realized as soon as I hit submit it stood for knowledge skills. Somehow I didn't get it after weeks of seeing it lol

Well since climbing straight up isn't an option, I vote for going straight through, but first...

"If we be going into the rock whole for a prank, let's make a prank first!"he says as he violently shakes his lantern.

I'm using my bonded item to cast Spirtual Squire http://archivesofnethys.com/SpellDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Spiritual%20Squire

"Go my mirror match, go and cause the mischief pranks!"

The idea is I'm sending him in first to trigger an ambush

Scale the walls!

GM slightly caught off guard as the scenario has no text for what happens if we go up the cliff rather than through it lol. Don't you hate it when that happens, especially something that really should have been giving a condition for if the players do it.

There is nothing in the cleric spell list from level 1 and 2 spells that helps with a plain old wall (to climb) lol

"Lantern trick me again, no help for wall, need long stretchy thing for wall, not light. Anypeoples having a helper?"

Unless someone has a rope to let down or those spider climb slippers have enough minutes left for me to climb, I'm probably not going to be able to make the climb check.

Thanks Grainne! :)
Perception DC 25: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Take 10 on Perception DC 5: 10 + 8 = 18
"Look see, feet marks in circle form. Feet fear gorge mouth or feet worship lantern. Lantern not seen many times by me, only water mirrors."

Take 10 on Perception DC 10: 10 + 8 = 18
"Hmm...dead ones getting eaten all the time in the white powder. Look like fey kitty but big teeth. My, what big teeth it has, better to be eaten with mayhaps."

Take 10 on Heal: 10 + 8 = 18
"Fey cat look flat like tree-paper. Getting stepped on hard for fey cat, many creatures took tolls on the cat at the gate with feets."

Take 10 Perception on the potions: 10 + 8 = 18

"Lets tongue see..." Ailean says as he goes and sticks his tongue in each potion, one at a time.

"Lantern not contagious, no make scary-fear face or slimy tooth face. Hmmm...Liquid of leafy tree, not juicy fruit tree, leafy and brown only...liquid of two of warm stick, wait...warm stick in liquid, non first world make "Zero" sense Lantern...liquid of hole heal, medium power, not ghosty power, medium...put paste directly to hole in forehead.

Other fancies, got no clue, leaving it up to you."

"If water whipper want heal stick, water whipper get heal stick...Lantern say maybe we sleep heal in 2 lantern seconds? Still want heal stick?"
We might be getting ready to camp for the night in the cave, which would heal you up as well, but I'll tap you if you'd like

@Zer0, well if you played with my Sarenrite cleric, you'd have an issue if you also had light sensitivity, which isn't likely to randomly happen. He does have issues with people that worship CE deities though, because they get blasted by his AoE channels as if they were undead.

That said, Ailean doesn't care who other people worship as long as he gets to cause his fun in the name of the Lantern King.

Wisdom Check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21 vs DC 12
"Rock block the cave whole, no bird men or men birds from rock side."
The rocks are blocking that entrance of the cave, no one is getting in that way

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24 vs DC 18
"Ground thing first white, now color not white. Click-cloks always click-cloking...Oh! Oh! Oh! Axe man too! Chin hair is white, now color. Stranger than strange or stranger than me? Lantern mayhaps know."
"You note that the creature on the ground in the first painting was originally painted white, but that time has eroded whatever the painter used to show this color. The character brandishing the axe was also painted white, but around the face, suggesting a large white beard."

Perception: 10 + 8 = 18 vs DC 15
"Card caster, here long sleep the non-food of warrior men. Pretty things and thangs, my eyes don't see their secrets, mayhaps you hear the whispers of the shinies?"
Since I'm pointing out the stuff I think you should be able to see the spoiler and roll some spellcrafts (or take 10s) for their magical gear

@Grainne It's a dinosaur, so nature, which I do not possess.

I've got nothing to help with 2 animal creatures so to my backup plan I go.

"Lantern arrows dance-dance cave-dance!" says Ailean as he shakes his lantern at Prothero, giving him +2 on his attack rolls.

Yep lol, although you do make a good argument that monks should receive endurance as a bonus feat at some point.

@Prothero it's a con check, not a fort save

CLW for Abaal: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
CLW for Abaal: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

CLW for Prothero: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

CLW for Prothero if he needs a 2nd: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Constitution Check 1, DC 10: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Constitution Check 2, DC 12: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
Non-lethal Damge 1: 1d6 ⇒ 5
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Yes, when you heal lethal damage you also heal that much non-lethal at the same time (except your burn of course).

Take 10 for survival for 16
Ailean reads the sky and sees the ancient Orisani symbol for bad weather, picture of a cloud, picture of wind. He attempts to inform you all of the forecast:

"Stone friends, bad clouds make shapes near the tip point. Move extra fast for warm hole before no sky lantern in the sky. Lantern heal many sleepys all day for me and for you.

He then walks to each party member and offers a tap from his endure elements stick.

"Warm stick so nice, but not help against some bad clouds, only warm-cold."

Ailean stops shaking his lantern and faces the Kellid warriors, hoping that Carina will translate for him (in multiple ways) he says:

"Look finding fighter friends? Maybe hole people in early times from the light time? Gave lantern healing for stick holes to hole man, battle with wolf-demon, made new friend with hole man. You friend with us too? Lantern mind close holes and purples from fun fight for peace and tik-talking."

I am offering to heal their wounds if they would like to make peace with us and talk. I'm suggesting that we might have meet their allies earlier and healed one, but most didn't make it.

Take 10 on Diplomacy for 21 OR Diplomacy: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18 plus whatever bonuses I might get for offering to heal them.

Ailean moves up keep up with Zero and continues to shake his lantern at him, giving him +2 on attack rolls.

"Second tree same as the three!"

Ailean shakes his lantern at Zero, giving him +2 to attack rolls for 1 turn.

"Shake shake, shake and bake. Stone man punch good better."

Ailean moves north to see the northern-most enemy and hits him with the same spell.

"Everyone see the lantern king, he sleeps in the powder and dines with ghosts!"

Reminder: The spell is Extended Persistent Confusion (lesser). The target has to pass a DC 21 will save twice or be confused for 2 rounds (that means don't hit this red guy or he'll get locked attacking you). Also if an enemy attacks me I'll use my immediate action sanctuary ability (DC 17 will).

I also forgot the surprise round rules, my bad. I'll just cast the spell at the red guy without moving, probably safer for me anyway.

@GM_CariMac sorry for the confusion, this character is not my life Oracle with -16, he is only -2 so his initiative step should be 6 here, just above zero and those set of warriors. Either way I'll take my first actions:

Ailean notices the enemies in the mounds of snow and says "Look see funny snowmen hidden in the powder piles!"

He then moves 25ft towards the bottom one and begins casting a spell targeting the red one (I'm colorblind btw in case I say the wrong color); if the red one gets damaged before my turn Ailean will go for the yellow one further into the mounds and move further up (where the further picture of my character is). "Shimmy shimmy shake, picture of me!"

The spell is Extended Persistent Confusion (lesser). The target has to pass a DC 21 will save twice or be confused for 2 rounds (that means don't hit this red guy or he'll get locked attacking you). Also if an enemy attacks me I'll use my immediate action sanctuary ability (DC 17 will).

Other than making saves to not be fatigued from not resting, I don't see why we can't continue on through the night, nothing says I can't pray while walking as long as I'm not thrown into a stressful situation it should be fine. Plus some of you have darkvision and I've got a ton of light sources anyway. Obviously Ailean will continue to pass out endure elements to the people that need it (I'll mark off my wand once we finish).

Ailean trudges along with the rest of the group, occasionally stooping down to lick the tracks in the snow.

"No sun snow, good, yes? Never liked the sun snow...Will remember the single test when lantern praying. Give people my mind is normal spell, not good when only single test, hit stone creature friends even with my mind."

Translation: Yellow snow is bad. Ailean will prepare 1 or 2 spells the next time he has a chance to pray that will help in single enemy encounters. His normal go-to spell is confusion type magic, which would have just locked the wolverine on the next person that hit it.

Thanks, just making sure. I imagine he would be annoying to certain types of players, glad you're having fun with him!

So, my post seems to have gotten destroyed by the site maintenance. I was just saying that Ailean is indeed a little insane, but if it bothers you or you don't understand what he was saying, let me know. This is Ailean's first PbP as well as mine so we are still getting our bearings. In any event, it has been a lot more fun to RP him here where there is more time to RP than in my IRL PFS group, so thanks for that guys.

Alien helps Zero tend to his woinds by using those CLW rolls.

"Teeth holes get fixed by stick, teeth no heal teeth holes, only stick."

Normally I'd help in combat with spells but I don't have much useful in this combat

Yeah this character is highly specialized and not towards initiative lol. Also, ouch Prothero bad luck on those rolls, sorry.

That sweet -1 initiative step. Lol.

This is assuming no one knows Kellid, which I doubt since we were prepared for Hallit

** spoiler omitted **

So I'll offer to use my "if we don't have kellid as a language" block since I have a higher diplomacy with the addition of the following instead of attempting to pantomime trying to converse:

"Tell hole man take spell, it lets us all tik-talk with his word speak that is ours"

which then would be followed by the channel energy to show we are healing him as in my previous past.

Oh just so I don't forget, Ailean shakes his lantern and uses blessing of the faithful on Carina for a +2 sacred bonus on skill checks, as well as giving visions of madness to Carina for another +1. You'll trip out and see some fey creatures for 3 rounds though lol. I've got 9 uses of vision of madness so I'll liberally apply them to her until the conversation is over.