Thanks for running. I enjoyed it very much. Digging quite a bit of the rules, especially the 3-action combat.
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After taking care of severe injuries in the group, Andrus joins Biffin in searching the area.
Should he fail to find anything, Andrus suggests to push on for there are still caverns not uncovered.
Andrus, as usual, reacts a bit slower but at the very least, he was able to instantaneously reduce Vardigas wounds somewhat. That is not enough, however. He quickly runs up behind him, lays a hand on his shoulder and calls forth the divinity of Shelyn to help him heal from his wounds. "Lady Shelyn, grant your proection upon this mortal, that he can continue to bring beauty to this world."
Not noticing anything strange, Andrus goes over to search through the open chest. After that, he goes over to the closed chest and attempts to open it.
Andrus climbs up and with his glaive raised in front of him, he enters the chamber apprehensively. He pokes through the items with the blade of his weapon.
I would like to continue, with a couple of days to update our character to new rules. Although there are a number of updates, most are character specific, so for each of us, only a small number of relevant. Otherwise, rules-wise, the greatest update is on dying, which thankfully, none of us have encountered. Bulk of the rest of the rules are still relevant. Just my two cents worth.
Look," Andrus says as he points up to the ledge. "A ledge up there. Anyone can get up there to take a look?"
After the treasure has been distributed, Andrus gestures the south. "This way? I feel more comfortable circling the dungeon than cutting straight through."
Andrus moves out of the grease patch, moving behind Xune, then striking at the remaining goblin from over her head.
Andrus gets up on his feet very gingerly, and carefully steps out of the grease patch. Then he shortens his grip on his glaive and swings at the goblin.
Andrus was caught by surprise and his feet slides out from under him. He lands hard on the floor.
Seeing Vardigas take down the red-garbed goblin effortlessly, Andrus dashes into the room and swings his glaive at the orange-garbed one.
"The lock is a rather complex one? Seems rather convenient, that whoever laid out this place aims to channel us through the eastern passage." Rather redundantly, he adds, "Be wary/" He waits for Biffin or Varidgas to take the lead before moving up behind them.
Andrus moves up behind Biffin, his glaive held tight. He smiles warmly in reply, "Well, we'll go through all of this eventually anyway, won't we?"
Andrus is taken aback when he gets a good look at the idol. He unconsciously takes a few steps back, and looks uneasily at how Xune is cradling it with ease.
Andrus stand watch, his hands gripped tight on his glaive, keeping his eye on Xune should any monster attack while she is vulnerable.
"Yes, let's retreat. There is no necessity to harm the native wildlife here unnecessarily. That is not why we are here."
"I... uh can heal myself, so why not the rest of you take the... kernels." Andrus looks faintly disturbed, and is glad he has found an excuse not to use them.
"Let's save your divine berries first?" Andrus smiles warmly to Olise in appreciation. He grasps the medallion of a songbird that is hanging around his neck, closes his eyes to concentrate and mutters a series of prayers. A wave of energy burst from him, healing Olise, Vardigas and himself of part of their wounds.
Andrus swings at the retreating bug, even though it is out of reach even for his glaive. Thank you, Shelyn. Eventually, he catches his breath and still his pounding heart. Looking around at his teammates, he examines them for their wounds. "Is everyone ok?"
Andrus does his best to calm his heavily beating heart. Finding himself trapped between two of the giant bugs is not a good place to be. "Shelyn, please protect your servant." Try as he does, he finds himself panicking as he swings wildly at the bug between him and Xune, with increasing desperate strikes.
Andrus rears away from the bug just in time. He shortens his grip on his glaive and jabs at the bug in return.
Then, he releases his right hand, grasp the medallion of the songbird around his neck, mutters a quick prayer and a blast of holy blessings wash over the party.
But he hears Biffin’s warning, and moves in, making space for Vardigas to move up to the front, as he tightens his grip on his glaive.
Andrus hands the vial over to Xune instead. "Here you keep it. Shelyn willing, I can heal myself easily if I need to. You would have greater need."
Andrus shifts his grip winces and swings at the goblin in front of him but the wound on his leg throws him off balance. He is glad that Vardigas is finally here to hold down the fort. He takes a step back away from the goblins, then quickly hobbles to the side passage where he can still strike at approaching goblins while opening tactical space for Biffin as well.
I’ll need to hold the line or Xune would be swamped. Andreas moves past Xune to the other side of the small chamber, then swings his glaive at the goblin.
Andrus' only outward reaction at the rather... unusual creature is raised eyebrows. Not that he has seen much wonders in this world, for he has yet to really experience much in his life, but he has learnt that there is usually really no need to over-react. Besides, the corn-familiar is really quite beautiful in its own way. "Maizy is quite an amazing creature. How did she... um come about? But Master Biffin is right. Best to keep it safe."
Got it! Separately, need a GM ruling on this since I think the rulebook is vague here. As Andrus fights with a two-handed weapon and would repeatedly need to take a hand off to manipulate his holy symbol when casting spells, what actions would taking off the hand off the weapon, and putting the hand back on be? My take is that removing the hand should be a free action as it is akin to Drop a weapon (but still held on in the other hand), but it seems it would take an Interact action to grab the weapon again. Separately, it seems no longer possible to Ready to cast most spells since you can only ready an single action and most spells take two actions.
"Thugs robbing artifacts brazenly? We can't have that." Andrus speaks up with a quiet but determined voice. Little does he realise what is going on directly in front of him. "Lead on." He gestures to the half-elf and dwarf.
Andrus fights with a reach weapon so is best placed in the 2nd rank where he can do that, while throwing healing on the frontliners where needed. Olise, not sure if you intended to be in the 2nd rank on the map. Can I swap with you?
Sigh, what has Keleri gotten herself into this time? Still Ms Deverin has always been generous with the church of Shelyn, and while his hands are not as masterful as some of the other priests in creating beautiful works for the Eternal Rose, providing assistance to the friends of the church is something that Andrus could readily do. Besides, this invitation comes too closely to that dream. Perhaps they're related? He finds himself the next to arrive. The Taldan man of slightly above average height and prematurely graying hair on the sides enters the lounge steadily. He smiles warmly at the dwarven being bombarded by Keleri chatter. Andrus carries himself with ease, his lean and sinewy muscles suggests a life of hard labour before entering Shelyn's service, although his eyes reveal a hint of weariness beyond his years. He first sends his greetings semi-formally to the hostess before turning to Biffin. "Good day, master dwarf. I am Andrus Merula, servant of Shelyn." He rest on his glaive like it's a walking stick, while a carved symbol of long-tailed songbird hangs about his neck.
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Alright, Andrus' character is ready to go!
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Ok, decided to go with a Cleric of Shelyn. Got my character ready, but still need to update the profile page.
It looks like it is a lot easier for a sorcerer to spam crossbow bolts though, or even swing a finesse weapon. They are basically full BAB since they are trained in simple weapons, have a good dex stat and you're very likely to hit as well as anyone else. It also looks like ranged attacks are much easier since most creatures don't give others cover from your attacks and only give a +1AC for "in melee".
Played around with a few different builds for sorcerer but couldn't quite make it work. Went I got to piling heavy armor on it (since it's just a -2 to AC for being untrained), I decided I was going too far. :) So decided to go with a cleric instead for what I have in mind. |