Maybe. I just would have liked for him to let us know.
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Dang, and I was looking forward to what everyone did when they found out what Alekto actually is. So, do we want to spin the wheel and see if we can find a new GM?
"Alright then, I'll go make sure the way is clear." Alekto disappears down the tunnels, taking up a position ahead of the party as she makes sure the way is clear.
As she moves, she recalls Rukzha's words and her thoughts go to her friends. The smell of baking in Alfsigr's shop, Bones' gruff manner of teaching her the skills needed to be a good scout, Ms. Malavaki's smile as she told of far off lands, and Brie's laughter as she shared a joke with Alekto all come to mind. Had any of them survived? Would she ever see them again. The young woman continues to move silently through the dark tunnel, not even noticing the silent tears running down her cheeks and soaking the scarf covering her face.
True, but I play more for the story and to see what happens. While I would like to think I know Pathfinder pretty well, there are times I don't particularly like it, especially when I want to play a concept that isn't really that easy to do from level 1. That and I really wish that they'd axed Vancian spellcasting because it's just one of those things that the more you look at it, the more illogical it becomes.
Yeah, I know. It's just a little disheartening when you get six or seven people showing tentative interest in the same time that you've gotten 15-20 people showing enthusiastic interest. All that said, feel free to ignore my ramblings. I'm just trying to see if anyone in the games I'm in might be interested.
Just a heads up, in case you missed it, I'm starting up a Fate Core game. Currently I'm recruiting, so if you are interested, check the thread here: Recruitment Thread I'm actually a little shocked by the lack of interest. I understand that APs and Pathfinder games are the most popular, but it's surprising what the difference is.
"Oh," Alekto says, a twinkle in her eyes, "and how would you know what my talents are? For that matter, who ever said that I am a lady? 'Twas not I, I assure you." Even though it's hidden by a scarf, it's hard to miss her smile. After a moment, she relents. "I do suppose that I did say I am a scout and have been with several patrols in recent years, but I don't recall ever mentioning that I am a lady. Besides, I am not as frail as my frame would suggest. You're offer, though, is greatly appreciated, and may have to be taken up soon if we do decide to push on."
"Perhaps one of us could carry her. I think I'm strong enough, but we'd need another scout," Alekto offers, seeing Selene's look.
Alekto returns about thirty minutes after heading out. "It looks like the tunnel continues along for a ways. Do you guys think we should rest here or see if can continue on for a bit and perhaps find something of interest."
Alekto looks up from the rapidly decaying corpse to the others. "Everyone alright? No new cuts or bruises," she asks. Once everyone's answered, she says a prayer over the remains, hoping they found peace. That done, she makes sure there aren't any other chambers before going to scout ahead again.
Alekto moves around, trying to get on the creature's flank, or more specifically, trying to get opposite of Selene
Unfortunately, her roll to avoid leaving an opening leaves her a little disoriented and her strike glances off without so much as scratching the creature.
Unable to get a good shot at the creature in the melee, Alekto takes her bow in her off hand and draws her sword as she moves up to stab at the thing.
"Is eve--" she begins only to be cut off as something dead begins to move like something alive. "Uh, one moment. It appears that someone wants to cut in line," she says, a twinkle in her eyes as she draws her bow and nocks an arrow.
Alekto pauses for a moment to let the smoke from Rukzha's bomb disperse, then sends an arrow streaking for the thing's eyes.
As the others check the basin, Alekto checks the door.
Alekto pushes the door open and takes a look inside.
"Anevia, can I borrow you for a second," she asks as she looks into the room.
"Well, that's certainly a better showing than I managed," she says to Athraz, Selene and Turt as she picks herself up and dusts herself off. "With it stuck like that, I don't think there's anything to worry about, but better safe than sorry," she says, taking her bow in hand and sneaking through the now open doors. Her eyes, thankfully unseen by the others glow a cherry red in the dark.
"No need," Alekto says to Anevia, "as for any inconvenience, well, you could always make it by helping to keep our spirits up. Surely there's been a time or two where things have gone hilariously wrong, or even hilariously right," she adds with a chuckle. === Seeing the temple, Alekto wonders how long it's been down here, and how long it's been since someone used it. Still even if it had been abandoned for a long time, there might be something useful inside that they could use. "Turt, right? Can you help me open the door? Even if this place has been abandoned, there might be something useful inside," Alekto asks, shouldering her bow.
On the first attempt to open the door, Alekto loses her footing and winds up belly flopping onto the ground. "Ow," she says in a small, almost squeaky voice.
Alekto, hearing Turt speak up, lowers her bow and relaxes the string, but remains wary in case the vipers decide not to listen to the man.
Alekto takes up her bow and lines up a shot on one of the vipers.
The arrow flies true, sticking in the viper.
No reason to be intimidated. There was the Wayfinder app, but I think that's a bust now. I don't know of anything else since I have an iPhone and access to a computer for most o my waking day. Also, did you get a chance to read my suggestions up near the beginning of the thread? If you don't want to play it that way, you don't have to. I just thought I'd ask.
After taking a scale, and learning it's power. Alekto just shakes her head and laughs. "Well, it also seems to merge up ahead, other than that, it's safe. I'll just check the next tunnel and see where it goes."
Alekto comes back, checking behind her every few seconds. "It seems that this tunnel merges with the other, but there's a couple of big roaches up there. I think it might be better to go around, but I don't know if the roaches will stay there or come after us."
When she emerges from the right tunnel, Alekto is nursing her pride and a few bruises. She does mention the pack, but doesn't elaborate on what took her so long.
She was almost there when her feet lose their grip on the wall and she finds herself falling to the ground again with an oof. After catching her breath, she tries again, this time determined to succeed.
The ranger pauses for a moment before turning her head to look over her shoulder. "Alekto," she says softly before going ahead and seeing what is there.
Alekto looks up at the ledge and the wall leading to it. She sighs and shrugs off her pack before gently placing it on the floor and attempting the climb.
The first attempt, she gets a little ways up before her hands slip and she falls on the ground, landing on her rear rather hard. After nursing her pride for a moment she tries again, this time with a little more success.
Alekto lets out a sigh of relief as the fight ends with no one worse for the wear. "Well, now that is over with, I suppose I should warn you that blustering won't do any good, and will likely get you killed," the masked woman tells Horgus in a quiet, but hard, voice, "who knows what else lurks here. Next time it might not be maggots, but something worse that decides to see if it can eat the fool blundering through its lair and shouting like an idiot." That said she turns to the others with a small bow. "Forgive my earlier rudeness, but I thought it better to see if this place was safe or not than to introduce myself. I am just a humble archer and scout, and if Miss Tirablade would like, I can split what arrows I have with her. As for my skills, well. I've been making a living helping to patrol the area around Kenabres and I'm not dead yet. I'm also a half-decent cook, or so Bones tells me. Luckily, I remembered to bring my pot and pan with me today," she says, a twinkle in her eyes at the joke. "There's two paths ahead. I know everyone wants to get back to the surface, but we have no idea how to or what we'll face. Let me look down each of them and see if I can find the right path." Assuming no one objects, Alekto goes down the passages, first the right, then the left, going about a hundred fifty feet or until it intersects with another passage before turning back.
I'm cool with it. You may also want to use Block initiative instead of the normal one since it isn't as finicky about action order.
"And this, ladies and gents, is why you want to keep your voices down when you're not sure who or what's about," Alekto says in a deadpan voice as the maggots go on the attack and she nocks an arrow, "do try to avoid embarrassing yourself, Horgus, and keep the girlish screaming to a minimum."
Nope, she hasn't. She hasn't even responded to my suggestion about having her know Alekto beforehand.
waiting on the GM here.
Alekto sighs at the nobleman's bluster. She may not have been as experienced as Bones, but she was still experienced enough to know most of the truly dangerous monsters were attracted to noise they heard in their territory. Might as well see if she could at least secure the cavern they were in.
Wonder if I should tell him about the Paladin who didn't shut up and listen to Bones that one time. Then again, he's probably one of those "never-happen-to-me" types that Bones told stories to Brie and I about.
For a moment, Alekto was back in the Worldwound, a prisoner of a spiteful thug and his cronies, but the panic passes she hears the others speak. Slowly she gets to her feet, feeling unsteady as her head throbs. Her cloak's hem had been ripped into a tattered mess, but by some miracle, everything else was in place, even all of her arrows in the quiver on her back. She follows the sounds of the others, hoping that they could find some way out of this place. As she steps into the light more fully, the others can see a woman, her face covered by both shadow and scarf. Her clothing is dark, mostly blacks and greys. She stands a little above five feet, and even with the bulk of armor, it's plain she's of slight frame. Her eyes are large, and dark, and are about the only thing that can be seen under the hood of her cloak. "Other than feeling like I cracked my head on something, I am fine," she says in a soft, sweetly toned voice, "the light helps, though, thanks, whoever cast it." Looking about, she spots five others that look intact, more or less, and begins to go to each of them and see if they are alive. "As for fighting the Storm King, let's try getting out of here first," she says to Rukzha Esmerelda: Entirely up to you, but if you want, we can have our characters know each other from patrolling around Kenabres. If you want to go with that, here's a few things that Esmerelda may have picked up. -Alekto always keeps her face covered, always. When ever she eats, it's away from everybody else.
Again, up to you if we do this. I thought it'd be interesting to have Esmerelda and Alekto know each other beforehand.
Pretty sure it is, but that's more of a GM call. That said, Esmerelda may have met Alekto during that time. If you want, I think it'd be fun to play it that way and have them know each other at least as acquaintances. I really should get to bed, I'm not sure if I"m making sense at the moment.
Just a heads up, I'll probably not be posting much this weekend. My cousin is getting married and I'm in the wedding.
Yeah, it does get a little hairy sometimes, especially when you have a bunch of aliases. At least the ones you use in a game appear at the top when you post. :D
Not that hard, though I'm not sure what the GM has in store for after we all post. That said. I'm wondering how things will shake down when someone sees through Alekto's paper-thin disguise. The DC's 7 so it's not going to be hard to see she's not human. (Honestly, I wished I had rolled higher on that, or just taken 10.)
@Rukzha: Noted and changed. I was going to change it anyway, because you are right, it didn't fight the description of the character. Not that it does now, but at least it's a little closer. @Esmerelda: Hi!
Alekto woke early in the morning. The place she'd found was on top of one of the taller buildings in Kenabres. It afford a wonderful view of the city, but little in the way of protection from the wind, and the air was cool as the sun arose. She packed everything up after a brief moment to pray and eat something for breakfast, habits she'd adopted shortly after she'd been brought back to Kenabres four years ago. It was looking to be a good day, and already she could catch a whiff of the many dishes being prepared. She'd have to hurry and finish getting if she wanted to get those pastries from Alfsigr. === Some Rolls for things:
=== She was surprised she'd found such a good spot to observe the ceremonies happening at noon. Normally, she would have been too far away to hear anything and the only way she would have been able to see would be to climb onto a roof nearby. Maybe she'd be able to watch the jousting from as good of a spot as this one. Still, she thought, it doesn't make up for not being able to get those pastries she wanted to give to Brie and her fellows patrolling the streets. Alfsigr was making more, but they wouldn't be ready until after the ceremonies, and likely the first round of jousting. "Sorry Brie, I'll make sure to camp out at Alfsigr's next year," she mutters to herself as the Ceremonies were about to start.
Okay, alias is good to go. Posting in gameplay now.
Same here. We'll be here when you get back.
Alekto falls in behind the others, constantly looking about for any attacks coming from the rear.
"Not really. I never wandered much."
Eh, not any worse than going to check the HP on your vanilla skele so you don't have to retcon actions due to something not happening.
Rolled and made sir
We will, though Alekto is looking more and more like that sergeant that every unit has that's seen it all and has no problem giving officers some lip, even if orders say "Harm's way without lips."
Alekto punches her shield out across her body to the skeleton in front of the Hermean priest.
She moves into the space the Skeleton occupied and glances at Ali to her left. "Moved, sir."
The warrior grunted as a sword got past her defenses and found a chink in her armor. Fresh blood joined what had already begun drying on her clothes and chain. "Back to Hades with you."
Alekto's shield scythed into the skeleton in front of her, crunching bone against the iron rim.
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