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Not sure what made it die, was having so much fun with it. Hopefully the restart will go well and I will still be considered.

"This is one tough skeleton!" Drake exclaims as he tries to smash it again with his mace.

Attack on Skeleton: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22 Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Drake dodges back just as the scimitar misses his face. That was close... He grabs his mace and smacks down on the skeleton with as much strength as he can.

Attack on Skeleton: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18 Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Either, I love Irrisen, but also love the Shackles

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Drake is unable to cover his ears fast enough as his ear drum is hit with a shattering sound. He hears a muffled voice from Avendryl and looks at him slightly confused. "WHAT?"

Reading his lips, he nods slightly "I THINK SO, NOT SURE UNLESS WE TRY!" he practically yells being unable to hear the volume of his voice.

Would I be able to let go of the sword, if I can, I will. Otherwise...

Strength Check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

Drake holds up the blade as it continues to bleed, as if it had just stabbed someone, he looks at it with interest and feels the temperature of the room change. "Hmmm, just what I was expecting, either a curse... or a haunt... Not as familiar with curses or haunts."

Drake picks up the weapon and sighs slightly, both at the show of disgrace to the gore still upon the weapon and that the Dawnflower was still changing his fate. He grabs out his waterskin and a strip of cloth from inside his bag and cleans off the gore before showing it to the group.

"Scimitar dedicated to Sarenrae... going to continue to clean this, make sure it gets the respect it deserves."

drats, there goes my idea

I have plenty of pirates characters, I'm interested as well

Staying at the ready, Drake will begin to head over to the area of the magic aura that Saiga pointed out. He keeps his voice down as he says "Over here?"

I can take some oil, but if we come up against ghosts, my positive energy will probably do a better job

Drake makes sure to mind himself as he enters, he will keep a sharp look out for any spirits that he notices, above and beyond the ones he usually sees.

"Bigger place then I was anticipating. Keep a sharp eye lads, and let me talk to any of the ghosts if we see any..."

I'm still here and interested, not sure what could be the reason for the slowing down but I find that I'm not posting once a day as it would just be me and Saiga talking to each other mostly

Drake rises from the table he had been breaking his fast on. His plate was empty but still contained a bit of the yoke from his eggs. He brushed his hands together to rid himself of the crumbs from the crusty roll of bread.

"I would certainly like to treat with these spirits first to see if they are hostile or if they can be reasoned with. I've some experience with ghosts and haunts before..."

It can be tricky, but I'm ok to fast forward to tomorrow!

Drake chuckles "Good that you healed them then..."

Drake chuckles at the futility of his inquiry, Guess I will need to find out my fate on my own...

He holds out his hand to the new comer, Xandius, good to meet you, I am Arcturus Drake, some also call me an oracle, but I prefer to be known as a doctor. And I believe we also share the same racial parentage, although I am not aware of any type of "blooded" that I am.."

Drake looks confused for a moment, Scion? A descendant of the sun? what did he mean about that? And why is he referring to Circe as the Daughter of the Darkest Night?

Drake shakes his head, "What do you mean when you speak of the birthing chamber? I'm not sure what you mean, you may have the wrong person."

Drake will walk about the gnoll corpses and get if anyone of them are still alive.

Heal Check - Take 10 - 21

Finding any that are dead, he will murmur a quick prayer to Pharasma to make sure their spirits are properly looked after in the boneyard. Standing up he will slap the dust off his hands and moves to the party.

"Anyone injured?" He will look them all over to injuries no matter what they say.

Perception Check 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19

Noticing the army of Gnolls withdraw, he breaths out a sigh of relief. "Well thank god for small miracles..."

Drake holds out his arms and lets the holy energy take him as he channels to all of those around me, deselecting the gnolls.

Channel Energy to Heal Everyone 1d6 ⇒ 3

So you joke in the discussion forum but hold a grudge in the gameplay...

Just to point out that the chemist has been chucking bombs and missing, and battle is pretty loud, so Drake isn't concerned as he believes people can handle themselves unless they say otherwise.

Drake is distracted with his gnoll, can't metagame. So you may want to cry out

If I may weigh in, I've played a lot of alchemists.

They only time the main target makes a reflex save is when the alchemist has the explosive bomb discovery. The reflex save at that point is to avoid catching on fire, but still takes the main fire damage. Jon is correct in that the reflex save is only for the splash damage.

Drake levels his heavy mace above his head and brings it down on top of the head of the gnoll.

Attack on Gnoll 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 2 = 11

But his attack does wide as the gnoll dodges from him.

No, he just five foot stepped. Drake is not combat inclined enough to flank

Taking a quick look around and seeing that no one is injured, Drake steps forward towards the gnoll with his heavy mace in hand.

Attack on Gnoll 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 Damage 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Drake will continue to jog forward until he is close to everyone. (J-11)

Holding out his arms, his eyes glow a soft light as he casts a blessing to those around him.

Casting Bless on the party

Drake turns to the bridge and lets his darkvision do the work for him, "Saiga is right, this was a distraction. Let's go check it out before something terrible happens."

Drake unhooks the mace from his belt and begins to jog towards the dark bridges.

No need to explain the excitement of kids and family, I believe most of us are parents, Joy, myself and Jon included. Not sure about everyone else.

Also funny that you mention about our party being 2/3's with Darkvision. My carrion crown group is worse, we have six people, one is a human, and the rest have darkvision.

Drake finishes the rest of his drink and looks to Circe. "Looks like we will need to finish this conversation another time..." He gets up and heads outside.

Perception Check 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10

Seeing the village people so well organized, he ponders and says to the group. "Seems this is a rather common thing, wonder if they will even need our help"

Circe and I were just talking, which we can easily resume later. So I am ready for the next event

Drake's smile fades from his face and he takes a long sip from his ale. He appears to think something over before leaning close to Circe to whisper.

He pulls away from her and leans back in his chair. "As for useful spells for ghosts, most won't work to their full extent, but holy energy will do the trick..."

Drake smiles slightly, "Well then, lets be grateful that Cheliax is far away from here. Don't want you to be in trouble merely because of my presence!"

Drake shakes his head and gets serious for a moment, "Only use I have for poison is for medical purposes, never for lethal actions. If I had wanted to kill you, it would have been face to face with a weapon in each of our hands. Not that I would have wanted too..."

Drake loses his train of thought for a moment, looking over the top of his mug of ale for a moment before shaking his head and resuming his smile. "I'm not much of a violent person."

Drake will find a table and hold out a chair for Circe, "Not a guess at all, just an excellent memory. Back at the Halfblood's manor you grabbed a red wine, and then again back at that bar in Port Peril a few years back you expressed your love of Chelish wine. Remember the one? You chased me out of it and down a few blocks?"

Drake walks into the tavern and takes a quick look around. "Seem like my kind of place..." He says as he takes an ale for his free round of drinks.

He looks to Circe and then back to the bartender, "Chelish Wine, Red for the lady." Once he has the drink, he hands it over to Circe.

Drake slaps his hands together to get rid of the dirt and stands up from his crouched position. "Since the worst part of cleaning the temple out is over, I would think it best I accompany you to the inn. I have some experience with spirits."

Knowledge Nature to Assist 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Arcturus will assist Saiga in any way that he can. "I'm sure it could also be refined as a painkiller of some kind. May have a medicinal application."

I'm not +8 to attack, I am +3, that was a typo I didn't even see! Thanks for catching it

Drake will grunt in frustration and bashes the wasp with his heavy mace.

Attack with Heavy Mace 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21 Damage 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Drake looks to the last wasp and sighs. Not one for violence, he grabs his mace from his hip and bashes the wasp as it moves past him.

Attack with Heavy Mace 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22 Damage 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

I must be wearing my giant wasp cologne today

Same action as before, will ready my action to heal anyone who gets hit

Drake dives slightly as the wasp passes by him overhead. "Guess it really didn't!"

Ready action to heal once I see someone has been injured

Drake grunts at the rough clap upon his shoulder, he will point up to the nest of the Giant Wasp from his vantage point inside the temple. "Waiting for a few more of our compatriots to join us before we anger the thing any more"

Come be at the temple with two handsome men

Drake watches the wasp, "Seems to be getting agitated by our presence."

He turns to all of the townsfolk. "Let's clear out for the time being, last thing we want is someone getting stung. I will send the word once we deal with the wasp." He turns back to Tolias. "Hopefully that will help for now"

Don't classify it as splitting the party, more like covering more ground at once :D