I think I'm going to bow out now. I'm overcommitted at the moment, which means I don't post much. It's not fair to the rest of you that I'm holding things up like this.
Sorry I wasn't more active, and good luck!
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Alarra leaves the sanctuary in the morning. "Jo, I need to go visit some folks by myself. I'll meet you back here in a few hours, all right?" After making sure Jo will not follow her, her first priority is to go visit her uncle... after attempting to lose any other tails she might have picked up.
Nonchalantly weaving through crowds, markets and the occasional back alley, she makes her way to her uncle's house.
"I can ask around. No promises, though. And don't worry, I have no problem keeping him from the hellknights." She looks around, slightly sheepishly, before saying, "What? I know a few people." Sense Motive DC 12 (14 if attracted to her): You think she knows a lot more about the Dottari than she's letting on.
Alarra, who has been quietly listening to the conversation as she eats, speaks up and says "'Children' has a less militant ring to it than does 'Knights.' On that basis alone I favor the former."
"You heard about the zombies?" Alarra asks, taking a seat at the table. "I was scouting ahead of the main group and rounded a corner. Right ahead of me were three corpses. Moving corpses. Ashamed as I am to admit it, I panicked a little and ran back to the rest of the group. The zombies followed me, and we fought them. The fight started out at range - you know, thrown daggers, crossbows - we weren't doing much damage to them. Then they reached us. Franco and one zombie traded blows for a bit, while Jo smashed one pretty thoroughly. I snuck around behind the one that hurt Franco and tore out its heart. Jo got the last one." She looks around for a moment, before saying "Err, sorry if that isn't the best dinner table conversation. I don't know what came over me..."
DM:
Bathed and sporting her freshly-cleaned clothes, Alarra enters the common room.
Alarra bathes and discards her damaged armor. She then meticulously cleans her clothes using Prestidigitation, until they are clean and no longer smell of sewers.
Haha, yes, Alarra's uncle is an adoptive one. I think I'll take average hit points from my new hit die (d6, so 3 hp). Alarra's profile should be fully updated now. I'll double check it tomorrow and post in.
"Thank you," Alarra says to Janiven. "It'll be good to freshen up. Plus, I can get the rest of the zombie off of my hands." Alarra will head into the ladies' room to do so.
Yeah, the overlap between Moondark and Alarra is a big part of my reasoning here. Alarra already has the charisma to be a decent sorceress, so assuming no wrath of DM descends she'll probably stick with sorcerer levels from here on out (unless some juicy prestige class catches my eye, but that stuff is way down the road).
Sorry for the delayed posting - things have been hectic. I've been thinking about this a lot, and I think it makes sense for Alarra to start advancing as a sorceress rather than as a rogue. Characterwise, she is a changeling (and would have the accursed bloodline from her hag lineage), and I would like to play up that fact in this game. I realize that this is a big change from my initial desired role in the party, so let me know if this isn't okay, in which case I'll keep her a rogue (probably with the minor magic talent).
Safely away from the creature, Alarra fires a crossbow bolt at it.
Seeing it miss, she reloads her crossbow as quickly as possible before stepping further away from the action .
Cursing under her breath, Alarra tries to dodge around it once more.
She will then try to tumble away from it again, in preparation for attacking it from range next turn.
Alarra was trying to move through its space.
Alarra will attempt to dodge past the creature and get behind it.
"Sounds like we should get moving again," Alarra says as she too moves to follow Jo.
"The most likely way out will be to continue looking for those markers. Once we finish in here, we'll go back to that." Alarra says as Jo moves to leave.
If the skeeter is still up by Alarra's turn, she will fire another bolt at it.
Alarra reloads her crossbow and shoots at the one that escaped Franco's grip.
Alarra will fire her crossbow at the nearest non-grappling 'skeeter.
Alarra loads her crossbow and stands well clear of the door.
"Blech, I hate doing that," Alarra says, strolling back to retrieve her crossbow. "Granted, ripping out hearts is never fun, but did that one really have to be rotten?" Sense Motive DC 20 (22 if you're attracted to her): Alarra is just joking. You don't think she has ever actually ripped out anyone's heart.
Now that she is in position behind the zombie, Allara rips at it with her clawed hands .
Alarra drops her crossbow and steps up behind Franco, before dodging through both his square and that of the zombie he is facing .
Alarra reloads her crossbow and fires at the as-yet unengaged creature in the rear.
Getting over her surprise, Alarra fires her crossbow at the nearest enemy.
From the distance, you hear Alarra scream "Ohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohshit" and the splashing of water as she runs back to the group. "Corpses and... and... freaky things!" She gasps when she rejoins the others, "Dead ahead!"
"That's my cue, I guess," Alarra whispers. "I'll sneak ahead and see what's up. If you hear me shout 'oh crap,' or any variation on that theme, come running." With that, Alarra sneaks off into the darkness, crossbow at the ready.
Alarra keeps a weather eye out for any markers.
The woman at the front of the party extends a clawed hand to the newcomers. "I'm Alarra. Nice to meet you. Now, let's get out of here."
"All right, which direction do you want to try first?" Alarra reloads her crossbow and keeps it ready for use, and will once more take point as the party explores.
Alarra will fire one more bolt at the fleeing goblin...
...and misses again. Cursing under her breath, she asks "So what now? Do you want to go through the door and search their lair?"
Alarra quickly brings up her crossbow and fires off a bolt at the ugly little creature. "Ugh, not another of these things!"
Visibly disturbed by the miniature blender that erupted in her face a moment ago, Alarra stammers, "y-yes, I think that might b-be wise." She takes a moment to regain her composure, before saying "Thank you for chasing him off, Jo. It looks like we need to head left." She points to the somewhat-defaced chalk drawing.
Alarra lets Jo through.
"Crossroads ahead - no marker in sight," Alarra whispers. "I'm going to scout ahead. Wait here." With that, Alarra sneaks ahead to examine the intersection and its surrounds with her darkvision. Hopefully, she can spot the next marker before the hellknights catch up.
"Sounds like our cue to move, everyone. We'll have to assume that Janiven and Morosino can find an alternate route. Let's go!" With that, she will once more take point as the group (presumably) moves forward, following the indicators.
Alarra reloads her crossbow and readies an action to fire it at the first hellknight to attack her companions. "Nice trick!" She says to Satinal.
Alarra will once again fire her crossbow at the nearest hellknight.
Alarra will reload her light crossbow and fire again at the nearest hellknight.
Alarra will hide in the shadows at the ambush site with her crossbow drawn and loaded, hoping to snipe the first of the hellknight trainees as they run after Moondark and Ithad. She will wait until they are within 30 feet before firing.
Alarra sneaks back to the party, and says, quietly, "There are three hellknight trainees ahead. I don't think they spotted me or know of our presence, but it would be difficult to sneak past them. Can any of you knock them out without harming them? I would rather not kill anyone, hellknight or no."
DM: Does Alarra know the significance of the lookalike armor?
Seeing Ithad begin to move ahead of the party, Alarra whispers "Let me go. I can see in the dark better than you can. Jo, wait here with the rest. I'll be back shortly." With that, Alarra sneaks ahead to the intersection and attempts to scout out the competition, taking pains to remain in the darkness where she (hopefully) has a vision advantage over the opposition. She will then attempt to sneak back to the party to report her findings to them.
Alarra whispers to the party "Two options: try to go around or try to ambush them. We don't have much time."
Putting her potions in her pack, Alarra says "I'll take point. I can see better than most in darkness." With that, she loads her crossbow and takes point.
"Good question." Alarra says as she watches Janiven bar the door. "Janiven! You've obviously planned for this contingency. What's our next move?"
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