Hey guys. Sorry to say I'm going to have to drop out.
@GM - thanks for all your work to make this game, and to continue it for your crew. Thanks also for your dedication to the concept. Take care.
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On seeing the villain, Ash rolls his back along the wall, out into the corridor and loads his crossbow...
Ash follows, longsword in gauntleted hand, buckler at the ready.
Take it easy Gashka. Don't let anything bring you down. We all here know your greater than that. ;)
Ash shrugs. He thinks for a moment. "Probly."
Ash will assist the girls with straps and buckles if they wish, as chivalrously as possible of course... To Jin: "I think so. Where's darkskin?"
Ash takes his time as the others dice with destiny. He tests and selects a longsword, straps a spiked gauntlet to his right arm/hand and a buckler to his left. His eyes linger over a starknife before resting on a light mace. His father's words echo in his head... Always good to have a metal club on hand for when you don't want to spill too much claret. He weighs the metal club, and takes it. Ash cocks a crossbow to show himself he can, then takes it and a score of bolts. Finally, he stows a pair of daggers in the belt attempting to keep his chain shirt contained... "Now. Where has everyone got to?"
Ash will take a little time acquainting himself with Weapons and a shield...
Just letting peeps know I can't wait to re-read this thread and find out just WHAT THE F@CK YOU ARE ALL POINTY-EARED CONVERSING ABOUT. When we have some serious downtime somebody better teach Asho elfin...
Asho has had enough. He stares at each of his complaining associates, and ignores Pharnox. "We talked like this once before about the elf. Quit posturing the lot of you and bust his nose, or shut up and keep moving. The easiest remedy for an annoying thing is to. Simply. Ignore. It. Ignore him. Don't talk to him. Don't answer him. Make like he. Doesn't. Exist. He's smart, obviously. He'll get the message."
Ok, thx GMSCV. Four doors. Which one was locked, and why was it being locked or not a specifically interesting thing? Anyone care to draw and link a map?
I don't even know what kind of room we are in nor how many portals it has. I'm guessing three... ;)
"Yes. Let us find this...Piper."
Ash picks his dagger back up and wipes it on an available furry corpse.
Asho convulses a last time and coughs. He gathers himself for a few moments and, true to his father's training begins to take stock of the available resources. He takes a deep breath, then begins the gruesome task of stripping the corpses, trying as hard as he can not to make eye contact with any dead ratling... He can hear his father as he might admonish him: You did this. Take responsibility for your actions. And make sure you are prepared for the inevitable - this will happen again ere we leave this place.
The battle over, Ash begins to realise what he has been involved in. He drops the dagger in his hand and feels queasy.
He quickly moves over to the furthest wall and empties the contents of his stomach on the unrelentingly unsympathetic flagstones.
Increasingly frustrated, but bolstered by their superior numbers, Asho lashes out again... [BAB, +1 Str, -1 Power Attack, +2 flanking]
Round 4 Retcon: Finding his sudden strike missed, and his intended foe then abolished, Ash turns to help Gashka and Terra, swinging again with might... [BAB, +1 Str, - 1 Power Attack]
"Hai" screams Ash taking quick advantage of the ratling's opening, missing miserably... AoO:
And strikes again, this time with ferocity...likely stabbing himself or dropping his blade... Standard Action: Attack. [BAB, +1 Str, - 1 Power Attack]
Heartened by Jin's efforts Ash slashes again... [BAB, +1 Str, -1 Power Attack]
Unable to focus on anything else, Ash stabs the remaining foe threatening Tikkle... [BAB, +1 Str, -1 Power Attack]
"Yieargh!!! Tiiiikkle!" screams Adh, moving to assist the catkin. [BAB, +1 Str, -1 Power Attack]
"Ow! Aaaagh F...ar out!!!" yells Ash as the club caroms off his head, somehow remembering there are ladies present... Sickened by his own successful thrust, and the resultant splurt of blood Ash fights his own visceral reaction and need to gag. He redoubles his efforts to bring the fetid creature to an end... [BAB, +1 Str, -1 Power Attack]
Generally: I read my son Pied Piper of Hamelin AND Puss in Boots last night... Made me think of us, and especially Tikkle. Though perhaps even one of Puss' boots was wiser than Tikkle. ;p
Thought a bit more about Ash's future, and the case by case basis of 3PP. How's THIS? Essentially an infantry soldier/sergeant-captain Cavalier archetype... GM - any thoughts on this? I'd like to be able to use the Vendetta ability once this adventure... ;)
Asho rushes in, driven by frustration, anger, fear and misplaced desire to be a hero. He brings Narima's dagger down on one of the ratmen's surprised forms... [BAB, +1 Str, +2 Charge, -1 Power Attack]
-2 to AC after charge which should be 16/T 12/FF 14 so 14/10/12
Ash catches on quickly to Tikkle's thinking. He stuffs a suitable dreadlock in each ear, grimacing slightly at the rough and tickling hair.
At the rear of the group, Ash tries to remain calm. This place gives him the spooks. He looks around to ensure their safety from strange grabbing arms...
Ash looks around, listening to Terra's suggestion. "You're right. Rizzle presents no threat. Narima is gone. These children are already in enough danger. Let's go..." Taking Terra's proffered hand he follows after...
Ash repeats what he said earlier. He becomes even more withdrawn when Anyka storms in looking for Narima. "I'm s-sorry. I...let her be taken."
Ash picks himself up, and dusts himself off. He is crestfallen, and ashamed to have fsiled so perfectly. He picks up Narima's dagger, spins it by point and handle longitudinally in his hands, staring at it, as if deep consideration of it's movemdmt would bring back Narima, or wipe away his shame. He sighs heavily. "Damn. It was some sort of shadowy thing. It threw me into the cell bars, flicked Narima's dagger away, and took her through the wall. I think part of the wall moved? Before it all happened, there was music....and scraping of stone."
GMSCV:
Bullets are merely the most recent technological expression of rocks... Sharp rocks...
Ash dons the chain shirt, making himself busy in an attempt to allay his own nervousness and fear, and also so as not to betray his own misgivings to Narima. "You feeling okay Narima? Do you remember anything about this place? Were you and Anyka taken at the same time?"
Oh, and thanks for thinking of Ash Gashka...
Okay, I have a chain shirt. And a rock. Be warned. Apart from that I'm much happier in this room with Narima because I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON outside the room I'm in.
Huh, I'm fine with called shots. I think it would be okay to go both ways. Danger is as danger does, but the majority seems against it... There were some good rules in a Dragon magazine article for ADnD that gave rules for intelligent monsters aiming for the head and the usefulness of helmets...
Okay, so what bladed weapon was Ash given? Some armor would be nice...While I feel it is not likely necessary that he is with Narima, seems safe, but storywise it makes lots of sense. Thanks for the updated list Tikkle. Also: Nice roleplaying everyone...
I don't think Nox is evil. Just pragmatic. As has been said about tribal people - you don't have room for so much sentimentality when you live close to nature. Nox' people are merely uninterested in good or evil - as he said they don't have much truck with such emotive concepts, but do consider survival a premium. Now remember I don't actually know what he's been suggesting. Must...not...read....spoilers.... Whether our characters understand the intricacies of anthropological concepts as pragmatic survivalism does not equal evil, I'm not sure. Ash is mostly just irritated by his foreign gabble and obviously withering opinion of us. My main problem with Nox is the age and experience disconnect between him and the rest of us, but the GM has ok'ed it and we work with what we have. ;)
Ash will stay with Narima. Leaving one on guard seems unsafe. That, plus his chivalry, never dormant where the fairer sex is concerned, would not hear of it.
But he's been around for what? Decades? Hundred years? He's going to have waaaaaaay more experience than us, regardless of whether he has the adult maturity to make sense of it. (And did Pharnox ignore Ash's attempt at introduction? Hust need to be sure how Ash feels about it… ;) )
I'm seeing a lot of actions being taken that aren't taking into account where people are and what they are doing. - Apparently I tried to put the ratling in the cell while Tikkle was still holding it. - I'm not sure if Pharnox just ignored Ash trying to communicate with him, or if Viluki missed the post…He certainly never acknowledged it... - Now people are moving in an out of a door that Terra is standing in front of. IMHO there is way too much exposition (chat) and not enough moving the story forward. If we are a bunch of kids (which everyone but Pharnox* seems to be) then we will sit here for hours arguing incessantly as children will. * Sorry, but a decades/hundreds year old character doesn't work as a kid for me Regardless of maturity life experience of even decades is way more than what any of have...….Just how old is Pharnox?
Ash is interested in exotic weapons, and would be able to see the useful application of guns... Bring it on... If only he could stand Pharnox long enough to get to know him somewhat... @Jin - non-silenced guns and stealth work great - right up until just after you fire them into someone's unsuspecting ear.
Ash nods to Jin's suggestion while staring at the dark elf. "Understood. Not a problem."
"Oh, really. Fine. Who does that leave here?" Ash does a quick headcount. "Tikkle, Gashka, Terra." "Well I guess there's no point me going, coz you'll all just sing your pretty songs and I wouldn't understand you. Anyway, stay safe. Lady Ice and the gabbler should be able to handle themselves in a fight. Also, keep an eye on him."
Ash has had enough of the elf's constant babble. "Enough. Tell him to shut up or I'll gag him too. I have no idea what he's saying but you all are talking a great deal to him. How do we know we can trust him. Anyka, Terra, Jin - is he on the level or is he mad? What is he suggesting?"
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