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Amhern looks on as Yukarii casts a spell to make better sense of what the professor's notes could tell them. "Well? Anything make sense? Can we make it work again?" The gruff dwarf says as he leans on the nearby wall, picking his pack for something to eat and chew.
"Any ideas what these symbols actually stand for? Perhaps that's a clue?"
I am not sure what I could contribute at the moment, discovering how the gate works is not something Amhern is trained in. Fiddling with the staff weapon is one thing, but the gate is a bit more complicated. To make the gate work is a first thing we should do, after that the opportunities are endless. For instance are we investigating the original coordinates again? To see what kind of world that serpentguard was coming from? Are we going with a trial and error approach and dial new worlds at random? In the latter case, Amhern could probably tap a few keystones and see what happens.
"So...Now what? We've got our journals of the old professor. That's one! Two! When we made this 'circle of water' happen, somethin' came through it. Now we know it was hostile as we lost several men includin' the professor. The question is now, are we gonna journey through that circle of water ourselves or are we tryin' to make more sense of these journals first?" Amhern delivers the staff weapon back to Harman and offers a silent apology for his curiosity. "Doin' nothin' here isn't good for any of us. Else we might be better buryin' the damn thing again. Don't think that's what the professor wanted though. Can we make this circle of water happen again?" He asks the more scholarly types among the group.
As the blast shoots up to the ceiling, Amhern steps back a little in a reflexive reaction.
Amhern looks to Zero and nods at him in recognition of his aid and thanks.
Amhern skips through the journals, hoping one of them might reference tools or weapons found before the doorway was opened.
Amhern reloads his heavy crossbow and moves over slowly. Pointing the bolt at the possibly dead being on the ground. "He'll get another bolt righ' here an' now to make sure he's dead."
"Aye! That voice didn't seem to come from his head. Maybe somethin' he's carryin'. Like a Sendin' Stone or somethin'."
Amhern, still squatting down near the strange weapon, looks up: "The professor hired me to guide the first group going in. I will hold on to the promise I made to him. When you discover what you need, we should still be ready to venture out at moment's notice." The dwarf stands back up again.
Updated my Status, so now you can easily see my Saves and Perception GM.
Amhern stood on the sides as well as Zero. His face was one of frustration and consigned to the fate that befell the poor professor.
"Aye t'is a shame the professor took the first hit. If we'd had any'mor time I coul' have givin' him treatment." The gruff dwarf fidgeted with his heavy crossbow he holds in his hands, checking it for flaws or damages. More a distraction from the sudden turn of events and how quickly excitement was replaced by shock and grief. "May the Earthern Fathers guide him to his afterlife." Amhern moved closer to Harman, inspecting the strange design before them on the ground.
Checking in, thanks for the chance to play GM. I'm excited about the game, already rewatching the movies and series. Rules are understood, my posting rate might slow down during the weekends as well, but normally I would be able to make 1-2 posts a day. I'm at the CEST or GMT+1 timezone. Storm Dragon, don't say that so soon, they have better technology than us, so we might be at a disadvantage already ^^
This is Rocan's submission. A Dwarven Ranger (Wilderness Medic), no Animal Companion and using crossbows instead of the usual longbow. In a nutshell:
Amhern isn't bad-looking, but a gruff and no-nonsense kind of dwarf. He makes his living as a guide for parties not used to the wilderness. It's his job and duty to keep people safe in the wild forests, the harsh deserts, the inhospitable mountains and the difficult to traverse swamps and marshes.
You follow his orders, you survive. It's as simple as that. No need to sugarcoat anything. Background:
Amhern is a simple dwarf, sticking to what he knows best. What he knows best is surviving and those lessons were hard-learned. As a young dwarven teenager he apprenticed with a group of dwarven engineers for hire, working primarily on siege engines for the ones that hired them. During the long road across the hills, the group of engineers got overtaken by an incredibly heavy storm. Rain poured down flooding the road, hurricane winds whipped up and blew the carts off the road. Several engineers got killed in the storm as well. Amhern himself got blown off the hillside as well, breaking his right leg. Fortunately he was in better shape than the other engineers that ended on the bottom of the hills. Crawling through the open plains to the underbrush of a nearby wood, he was delivered onto himself with no one else around. It was difficult surviving alone in the woods, trying to set his own leg, getting poisoned by eating the wrong berries and plants, hiding in puddles of mud to escape predators. It's an understatement that it was difficult for him. Eventually he made his way back home after months in the wilderness, still walking with a slight limp due to his inexperience setting a leg.
Amhern's latest assignment came from a research group that found something extraordinary. A possible portal to a distant land? At least that was the assumption Amhern got. He got hired to act as the survival expert, guide and tracker for a scouting party into the new world behind the portal. Of course he was present when the portal was first activated.
And then the armoured man with the hound-like face stepped out of the portal. After intial contact proved hostile and the professor lay dying on the floor, speaking his last words to his research team, a last look on the professor's face was aimed to him. Unable to really speak, he murmured inaudible: "Aid them...Pleas..."
Edit: Before I forget, do we use Traits in this campaign? I haven't picked them yet as I might have missed it. Will probably pick something survival related for that. |
