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I'm still trying to hold out hope though I admit it might be futile. I understand being busy because of things going on.

I don't object to Serena being an npc. I think we rolled for stats at the time.

We'll miss you Serena. I hope you feel up to playing again at some point .

Looking forward do the rest of you think we should try to get at least 1 new party member in the group? Especially considering that we don't have anything in the way of a full caster?

Seeing the newcomer approach and after swiftly ducking the attack he'd aimed her way, Arianna shifted around dancing to the square above the other cultist. Twisting her daggers she'd quickly attempt to stab the new cultist.
five foot step and attack with both weapons
attack roll main hand : 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 9 - 2 = 13
attack roll off hand: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 9 - 2 = 19

main hand damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
off hand damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Sorry forgot to apply Balthasar's bonus to rolls. So 14 and 20 to hit for 7 and 4 damage respectively.

Arianna moved at the head of the group and swoftly charged towards one of the tieflings hoping to catch him off guard with her cold iron dagger.

attacl roll main hand dagger: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
But the attack sailed wide not even making contact with the tiefling. She grit her teeth and pulled the blade back with a sidden flurish that surprised even her. swift action to activate surprise strike. Goes vs flat footed ac

attack roll: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 1 = 13

possible damage: 1d4 + 4 + 3d6 ⇒ (1) + 4 + (6, 5, 4) = 20

if the surprise strike hits then I'll apply the disoriented penalty to the tiefling (-2 to attack rolls/-4 vs Arianna)

"I agree with Serena. The best defense is a good offense. If we strike hard and fast we may be able to catch their mob unprepared for a dedicated group of paladins."

Is there an approach that the army could use to mask it's presence? If so Arianna would recommend it's use to try and catch the enemy army as flat-footed as possible

I support this idea as well. I wouldn't have much to do in a battle as a scouting rogue other than generic attempt to stealth and catch some nameless npcs from behind.

Arianna spent a portion of the night trying to get to know some of the average soldiers they'd end up traveling with, before getting with Anevia to set up some basic communication signals between the two of them and any other scouts.

The next morning, Atianna walked out early and went over her gear, readying to join the other scouts ahead of the main column.

Looking over the map as well Arianna followed the expected path with her eyes. "Well, I have a couple of questions. First, I'm not all that good with the wilderness but I assume we'll need someone going ahead of the main force in order to make sure that the army isn't going to walk into an ambush. How far ahead do we need our scouts?" She asked simply. "I'll help with that but I'd be the last person you'd want finding or following a particular path."

Arianna looked at Thrall for a moment. "Speaking from experience, usually the more people that try to sneak in the greater the odds of being caught. I might could try it, but I don't relish the thought of being trapped in a demon-filled fortress by myself in the event things go wrong." She explained though seemed to want to quickly add. "But if you ask me to and are willing to give me a potion of invisibility or two..I'd be willing to make the attempt." She said

Arianna is not soldier material so probably not from her xD

Arianna hesitated as the queen ordered them to their knees but as her companions lowered themselves down she slowly sank with them pressing her knee into the hardwood of the inn's floor. She tensed up as the queen drew her sword and began approaching them forcing herself to remain as rigid as a statue.

Then to her surprise the queen declared each of them knights and began to tap each of her companions on the shoulder with the sword. Even still, she had to fight a moment's panic as the sword came down onto her own shoulder and visibly exhaled in relief as it lifted back up.

Slowly, she rose to her feet as the queen turned to Bite and she couldn't help but flash the guards a brief, 'winning' smile at their silent protest of the criminal becoming a knight. Deep down though she thought that they were right to protest. She didn't feel that she'd earned the title, yet. Sure, she'd risked her life to destroy the wardstone before the forces of the abyss corrupted it, but it felt like there was still much to do in order to truly set things right. She could start by helping them recover the banner and retake Drezen.

Then, the queen led them out to the waiting army. And nodded respectfully to each of the men and to the halfling they were introduced to.

Her eyes flicked over to Serena and Thrall. "Not it." She said almost immediately. "I'd be a better forward scout anyways. Though I'd recommend we pick up some skilled officers to help whoever does end up with the unenviable duty to lead the army. Perhaps Irabeth would be willing to help with that."

She was likely caught in some burglaries or pickpocketing when she was younger. But given her family history she drew more attention than was perhaps warrNted. And while i don't have a specific incident in mind for her father to have committed but it should be something heinous and unforgivable to the crusaders.

Edit:
The idea is that while she didn't commit anything heinous herself, the relation to her parent made things worse for her. Though after the incident where she was abandoned by her friends anx rescued by the strange woman, she bolted out of town and likely escaped prosecution for a time.

Mithral chain shirt 1,100 gp
1d100 ⇒ 91
Excellent.
Add a masterwork cold iron dagger for 302 and ill be set. 1d100 ⇒ 39

knowledge local: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22
Arianna stood quickly as the crusaders came into the room ahead of the queen and waited.

As the woman walked in, Arianna cocked an eyebrow with suspicion. Who is this? She thought to herself. She tried to put everything that she knew about the woman together in her mind. An old warrior who had ruled since the first crusade. She'd have to be ancient and decrepit and yet this woman was young and vibrant.

Her eyes cast about to her companions who seemed to be unfazed by the woman's youth and vigor. Must be magic. She thought. Her doubts about the womaan were put aside as the Queen spoke of the city of Drezen and the task ahead of them. Though it seemed to be.a fanciful delusion that a single magical banner would make that much difference, it wasn't until the queen mentioned silencing the fools who thought her a traitor that she couldn't help but let out a quiet scoff of disbelief.

She'd be the last to speak shaking her head to dispel her doubts. "Well, if the mission involves breaking into a fortress and 'liberating' an object of value from the demons..it seems to me that you'll need an expert." She mused. "there's no way id let you go without me."

Arianna found herself sitting in a chair tilted back against the wall of the room, her eyes flitted about from exit to exit as if attempting to guess the distance between each one. Not that any would likely do her any good. She jumped as the barkeep came in and nearly unbalanced her chair causing her heart to sputter for a second before she regained control settling back in. Her hand jumped instinctively to the empty sheath at her side, She'd left her weapons with her backpack as it didn't seem a great idea to bring them into the presence of the queen.

"No..I don't think we'll need anything." She told the man turning her gaze back to seeking out the best ways to get out of the room.

If possible I'd like to see about getting a mithril chain shirt. Jusst the base version right now.

Arianna looked between the party as they agreed to meet with the queen right away and nodded her head in agreement. "Important people usually don't like to be kept waiting, but if you want I'll slink off to do some..'scouting' in the city while you meet with her." She offered politely giving the option for her to not be there for the meeting.

Speaking of which, how much looted gear do we have that we can trade in? And thus how much can we each trade in for?

As time passed in defender's heart, Arianna would remain mostly away form the already somber crusaders. Seeing it as unwise to poke the hornet's nest any more than her mere presence likely already did. Even with the scouts she'd been subdued and tried to remain in the back of the group to not draw attention to herself.

Later, when thrall brought up the cloak, Arianna looked over the cloak. "well, unless someone else wants it. I'd be happy to take it." she said calmly.

I'd say it should go to the person with the lowest saves. I'm at +3, +11, +4

I'm here and very excited to continue this adventure!
You are correct that we were back at the Inn, we were in a meeting with some scouts from the queen's army currently.

I am GMT -5 or central standard time. I almost always have discord open but am most active in the afternoon - overnight hours.

Thank you so very much for considering this! I know it's difficult to jump into the gm role midway with an established group.

That said I'm the rogue (unchained variant) for the group. If you'd like my discord is @Traskus#0818 . I'd be happy to help you get up to speed with the game.

I am sorry to hear of your family's issues Choon. I wish you all the best going forward and hope things improve as much as possible.

Id like to try and push forward if we can find a new gm.

Not overly eager at having been summoned to a meeting with Crusaders, Arianna stayed to the back corner of the room allowing the more personable and respectable members of the party take the lead in this situation.

[ooc] Is there a list of what the enemies had on them if anything of value?[/oov]

As they arrived back at Defender's Heart, Arianna moved off to the side enjoying their moment of victory. But she knew that the real work would begin the next day when they needed to assess the damage to the city in order to start Kenebres on the road to recovery.

Arianna nodded and watched the group dealing with Irabeth as she walked around the room checking through all of the bodies making sure the cultists were actually dead and seeing if they had any valuables on them.

Level 6 upgrades:
HP: 1d8 ⇒ 2 +1 = 3 + 27 = New Max HP 30
Rogue: Danger Sense +2, Rogue Trick: Combat Trick: Dodge

Skill Points: 8 + 2 (INT) + 1 FC = 11 + 2 background skills
Acrobatics
Bluff
Climb
Disable Device
Escape Artist
Knowledge Local
Linguistics
Perception
Sense Motive
Sleight of hand
Stealth
Swim
Use Magic Device

Mythic Path: Trickster
Trickster attack: Surprise Strike
Path Ability: Path Dabbling: Impossible Speed (+30 base land speed. +10/MT for 1 MP)
Mythic Feat: Improved Initiative (Mythic}

Arianna staggered back from the demon as it finally went down and she let out a sigh of relief. It was over.

But something felt off..different. She was different. Glancing around she'd look at the others around the room.

"Everyone okay?" She asked.

Seeing her allies having some success at taking down some of the demons Arianna would attempt once more to free up Irabeth by attacking the demon on her again.

main hand CI dagger: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 8 - 2 + 1 = 15
off hand dagger: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 8 - 2 + 1 = 18

off hand possible damage + 2d6 holy damage: 1d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (4) + 2 + (4, 6) = 16

Thrall the Lucky wrote:

Balthasar Heimren wrote:

Arianna, why are you taking a -2 penalty on attack rolls.

TWF, I guess.

Oh, right. I'm a dummy. Ignore the question.

Yeah two-weapon fighting with an off-hand light weapon. Attack calculation is 4 (dex) + 3 (BAB) + 1 (Weapon Focus) - 2 (TWF)

Taking another glance around and seeing a similar situation before she grit her teeth and tried once more to stab the one in front of Irabeth.

attack roll CI dagger: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 8 - 2 + 1 = 9
attack roll off-hand dagger: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 8 - 2 + 1 = 9

Arianna took a quick glance around looking for a place to stand in order to gain an advantage and seeing none she turned towards the one standing in front of Irabeth. The paladin didn't seem to be glowing with the same power as her and the others and was likely more vulnerable.

Quickly she lashed out trying to drive her daggers into the demon before Irabeth.

main hand CI dagger: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 8 - 2 + 1 = 16
off hand dagger: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 8 - 2 + 1 = 13

main hand possible damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
reflex save for main hand: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Arianna closed her eyes as the tip of the rod touched the stone not sure what magical thing was going to occur. She was ready to bolt, sure, but that was only if the explosion gave her the chance.

Perhaps with this..his name will no longer matter. she thought just as the brilliant flash of light pushed its way through her eyelids. She heard the screaming and forced her eyes open just in time to see the creatures of evil decimated by the erupting wardstone.

Then the visions came. Images of people and places she'd never really seen, only heard of in passing. Everything happened so quickly she'd barely had time to process the events before being mystically whisked off to the next one.

A sense of relief washed over her as she saw the last vision. At least that would now never occur. For now, at least the people OF Kenabres would be safe for a time.

As the visions faded she was not greeted with the expected view of the boneyard or some bright light or burning fire as she'd been expecting but instead felt her mind return to where she'd been. Standing in the room near the wardstone held in place by the immense power running through her.

Her face twisted as the strange demonic woman started causing Irabeth to choke. She wanted to scream to attack to try and save the noble paladin. But then the energy responded and pulsed from her and her friends surging back and collapsing the hole in reality and shredding the demonic female.

With control of her limbs restored she quickly grabbed her daggers realizing that there were still more demons to face before they could get out of here..apparently alive.

hit points: 1d8 ⇒ 3

level 5:
Feat: Improved Initiative
Skill Points: 8 + 2 (int) + 1 (fav class)
Background skills: 2

Acrobatics
Climb
Disable Device
Disguise
Escape Artist
Knowledge (Local)
Linguistics --- Language Learned: Orc
Perception
Sense Motive
Sleight of Hand
Stealth
Swim
Use Magic Device

Sneak Attack: +3d6
Rogue's Edge: Perception

Atop the pedestal is an iron, barbed cage-and within the cage sits a chunk of softly glowing white stone.

Is it possible to stick the rod through the bars of the cage? If so, my action will be to attempt to jab it through to activate the rod and then attempt the acrobatics check to retreat the same way I came in. If it's not possible is there a visible lock on the cage?

Well if it gets through the demon. That's really the only square I needed to move through an opponent. The rest are just open squares. To show movement. Started at E4 (alphabet X axis and numbers Y axis). moved to E3 then to F3-G3-H2)

With a 16 I'm not going to make it through the squares of the enemies which means I get pushed back to first legal square. Trying to get into the room while invisible but again CMD + 5 is going to be higher than 16.

With still no good way to attack at the door, Arianna quickly drank the potion of invisibility and moved to attempt to slide through the crowd of cultists and demons blocking their path.

standard action drink potion. Move attempt to acrobatics through the crowd while invisible.

acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

will use my chance encounter reroll on a failed acrobatics

acrobatics check reroll: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

My actions will be to get the potion of invisibility and rod if we have them this round and if possible to drink it.

Seeing that the room was crowded and there wasn't much of a way to get a good attack off she'd look at the rest of the party.

"Do we have any more of those potions?" She asked with an idea forming. She'd also spend the moment to try and locate where the rod was.

would i be able to take a few rounds to do this, hopefully while someone does a few healing taps here and there. That minotaur hurt. But take 10 on DD for a 25?

As the others began to loot through the body of the minotaur, Arianna knelt before the door and pulled out her tools to begin working on the lock to the next room.

disable device: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23

Only unlocking and not attempting to open the door, yet.

Grappled creatures cannot move and take a –4 penalty to Dexterity. A grappled creature takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls and combat maneuver checks, except those made to grapple or escape a grapple.

I think you are thinking of pinned Bitey

thanks to Bitey, Arianna sees her chance. Taking a quick five foot step into the spot it just vacated she unleashed her daggers into its back aiming for some of the sensitive tendons hoping to weaken the minotaur for her fellows.

attack roll CI Dagger - twf + flanking + lion's call: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 8 - 2 + 2 + 1 = 15
attack roll off hand dagger - twf + flanking + lion's call: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 8 - 2 + 2 + 1 = 23

possible damage main hand + sneak attack: 1d4 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 4 + (5, 4) = 16
possible damage off hand + sneak attack: 1d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (4) + 2 + (5, 4) = 15

Apply the following after first successful hit: Bewildered: The target becomes bewildered, taking a –2 penalty to AC. The target takes an additional –2 penalty to AC against all attacks made by the rogue. At 10th level and 16th level, the penalty to AC against attacks made by the rogue increases by –2 (to a total maximum of –8).

Arianna struggled to remain standing after the two powerful hits had taken their toll. Witg the element of surprise now gone, and being visible. She simply tried to stab it in the side hoping bitey and vance were distracting it enough to save her from another salvo.

attack roll CI dagger- twf + lions call: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 8 - 2 + 2 = 27
attack roll off hand dagger- twf + lions call: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 8 - 2 + 2 = 25

possible crit confirmation: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

damage main hand ci dagger: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
off hand damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
potential critical damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

What i think bitey is getting at is that if he'd been grappled wouldn't thrall still be up?

Seeing the party closing in to attack the minotaur, Arianna debated her options before deciding to throw caution to the wind and attempt to stab the bull in the side breaking her invisibility.

main hand CI dagger: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 8 - 2 = 23
off hand dagger: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 8 - 2 = 20

main hand damage + sneak attack: 1d4 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (4) + 4 + (5, 6) = 19

Bewildered: The target becomes bewildered, taking a –2 penalty to AC. The target takes an additional –2 penalty to AC against all attacks made by the rogue. At 10th level and 16th level, the penalty to AC against attacks made by the rogue increases by –2 (to a total maximum of –8).

off hand damage + sneak attack: 1d4 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 2 + (4, 4) = 13

i do want to clarify who is carrying the rod. Probably should be Arianna but we should make sure it's set before we dive in

Seeing the party getting ready, Arianna would try to sneak into the room and begin to edge as close to the door as she could get hoping that she might be able to pick the lock while they distracted the guardian.

stealth check: 1d20 + 14 + 20 ⇒ (16) + 14 + 20 = 50