Personally I don't get on with discord for PbP, and I've been trying to cut back on my games to free up some time, so I'll not be making the jump. Good luck to the team though if you do continue!
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Yes it was fun thanks DM Nex! And thanks to all the players too of course
Recognizing the Charau-kas, Beryl expects a fight and draws her crossbow.
Beryl quickly slides down the rope as Mosquito calls out, then quickly sprays Mosquito with some alchemical bone-grow on his ankles to heal any small fractures. ◆ Slide down rope
The then tries to recall if she's seen the strange monkey creatures before. ◆ Recall Knowledge
Beryl descends quickly after Enara. "I'd better get down there and check on him"
"Oh interesting..." Beryl looks like she is considering the alchemical applications of the mushrooms, but isn't quite willing to risk exposure just yet. "Blasting sounds like a good idea Phai"
Beryl does still have the highest medicine modifier I think (as the medic dedication made her an expert). She also made the loot sheet :) Given some downtime she might retrain into a bomber She will gladly take the gloves!
Welcome back Phai! No worries on stepping back GM, this is supposed to be fun so if you're finding it stressful I think you made the right choice. Good luck with the new job! Thanks for picking up the game Mosquito!
"Well done everyone! I need to tend to some of those wounds, but I don't think Torag himself could prevent Mosquito from going through the loot here, so it can wait a minute" Beryl has a wide grin seeing that everyone survived.
"Lots of goblinoid bones, some of these are human, and a few orc bones. Oh that one's from an elf!" Beryl looks up from the bones to see Enara with an armful of magic items. "That I admit is more interesting..." Then if the others are willing to tarry while she treats their wounds, she'll work her way around. Healing:
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0:11 - 0:20
0:21 - 0:30
Then she can top Mosquito off with an elixir of life, and wait until an hour has passed to see how Bertrum's wounds are progressing
1:11 - 1:20
2:11 - 2:20
After a couple of hours everyone is feeling much better.
"Oh my" Beryl rushes around trying to patch wounds the big beast is creating. Seeing how effective her herbal remedy was for the poison she wants to do that for the others too. She starts with Enara.
With the cuts mostly sealed over with fast-acting alchemical glue, she tries to counteract the poison.
"Let me look at that..." Beryl attempts to take the sting out of Bertrum's poison by neutralizing it with the appropriate alchemicals.
◆◆ Assisted Recovery
Still holding her crossbow in one hand, she rushes over to tend to Mosquito's injury next
Beryl rushes up to Bertrum, sparing a quick glance up to the big Barghest and trying not to gulp too visibly. ◈ Stride
"It's a good thing I know something about lizard anatomy!"
Then seeing as she has a hand free, she reaches into her alchemy bag, draws out a frost vial, and tosses it at the Barghest. ◈ Fast Bomber
Beryl tries to find any signs of the barghest as they approach, keeping her crossbow loaded.
"OK, it sounds like we can take this without going back for Holy Water. Take these now," she passes around small vials to everyone, and drains her own. "They'll help us against any poison it has, and I'll focus on healing in combat." In a quieter voice she adds. "I also have some frost vials, I'm fairly sure they'll do the trick"
"Holy or Lawful, are you sure? I had heard that Barghest's feared the cold..."
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Congrats on the job, and don't worry about the game. I don't think anyone would want you to be having stress, enjoy the break!
Beryl nods to Bertrum's suggestion. "I wouldn't mind preparing some more reagents either, I only have enough for one bomb. These things are vulnerable to cold I've heard, so a few frost vials could make all the difference!"
That's enough for Beryl. "Of course we'll help you get home right folks? If it's truly an evil creature, then you've got the right people. We're the heroes of Breachill" She then beams with pride at being able to call herself that, and starts wondering how best to use her few alchemical reagents to help tackle a barghest.
Beryl eyes her suspiciously. "Where is your home? Through a portal? We met another unfortunate who was stranded far from home as well. And you said "shuttered", does that mean it is closed or just blocked? I've never seen a portal before" She tries a disarming smile, but Beryl has never been good at hiding her emotions and her distrust is plain. "What a strange shelter you have, did you find it like that?"
Beryl talks as she works.
"Yes that's right, the upper portion is the meatiest. I have some fire powder here that I use to make bombs, but a small amount as seasoning I find gives a wonderful smokey flavour; here take a pinch"
"Yes, let's take a rest" She tuts as she sees the state of the bandages she just applied after the skeletons.
As she's working she places her alchemy bag on the ground next to Betrum and arrays her tools and reagents for easy access. "Yes I can see I need to do some more extensive work here. If you don't mind I'd like to be a bit more thorough, though it will take longer"
Beryl continues to tend to Betrum's poison. "It's OK, the effect should be over in a few second. Stay strong"
Beryl sees that she's made a mistake and worked the poison deeper into his system, but she doesn't want to let the patient know so she puts on a brave face. "I've seen worse, I'm sure you'll be fine!"
I don't know if it will make a difference, but Bertrum should have either a +1 or a +3 to his fort save against the poison, depending on if the treat poison was a success or not (it has the same DC as the poison)
Beryl jumps into action upon seeing Bertrum being poisoned, applying an alchemical liquid to the wound that can help draw the poison out.
She then draws out one of her elixirs of life and pours it down Bertrum's throat; knowing that as well as healing it can help fortify a body against poisons. ◈ Interact to draw elixir
I took the liberty of throwing a 20 foot burst template on Bertrum. Looks like you get 4 of them as described, though you could get 5 if you moved it further in
Beryl holds up a hand and whispers. "Wait, what about those" she says, gesturing to the human sized lumps. "They could be still alive, food saved for later"
Beryl nods to Mosquito emphatically.
I'm happy to switch to Discord
"By Norgorber's hand? Isn't that the fried meat salesman outside Cayden's Keg on Stardays?"
"This is a strange language. Does anyone recognise it? If not I have an alchemical item that might help decipher it, but it better wait as I'm low on reagents. Perhaps tonight"
"For now let's see if we can do anything about those wounds Bertrum. You're getting as bad as Mosquito!"
"I haven't forgotten about you Mosquito, let me see that cut please"
After 20 minutes or so everyone is looking much better, so she checks on her crossbow and points toward the webbed passage. "Anyone fancy spider-legs for dinner?"
Wow that was a lot of messages! 2nd Edition is my favourite system (I have an oracle, witch, investigator, fighter and alchemist, and I GM a live table of Agents of Edgewatch), and I'm enjoying playing Beryl despite her not doing as much damage as others. I've always enjoyed playing support, it's a team game after all!
Beryl watches Bertrum take another hit and winces. She knows that she can't do anything more for his physical wounds, but she can give him some additional vitality, "You've got this!" she says by way of encouragement, before moving around him to get away from the skeleton. She starts quickly throwing together reagents and the sound of bubbling and the acrid scent has barely reached Bertrum's senses before she's pressing the concoction to his lips. "This will keep you on your feet"
First of the month! Which means Hero Point!I am reading your adventure. I think you were confused about what the alchemist wanted. When she requested liquid ice fornula. I thnk she wanted lesser frost vial formula. Which is included in the basic crafters book. Which only costs 1 sp. That is very frustrating, I wish they mentioned that item in the alchemist class. "By the way, when we tell you how many formula you get, you would be really stupid to spend them on things that you can get all together for 1sp, and in fact comes in the alchemist kit!" On the plus side have a few more formula than I thought I had, so thanks for pointing that out mj32202!
Beryl winces as she watches Enara turn the necromancer into a pin-cusion, and focuses on her patient. Having already done all she can with Bertrum's wounds she quickly feeds him the elixir of life. ◈ Interact to administer elixir
With her freed up hand she quickly starts mixing salts and chemicals in her alchemy bag at her hip. ◈ Quick Alchemy to create moderate ghost charge She then smashes it into the face of the skeleton at point blank range, confident that the splash won't hurt her allies as they're not undead ◈ Strike
Beryl rushes in after Enara. She takes in the scene of the undead threatening Bertrum and moves up next to him, taking out an elixir of life to heal his wounds.
"I have these" Beryl passes small vials to Enara and Phai. "They'll grant you acute vision in darkness, but only for a short time"
"If you too take those I think we can then all see in the dark, and we can enter the caverns without giving away our positions"
While Bertrum was tending to Mosquito, applying his more natural based medicine on top of Beryl's more alchemical works, Beryl made sure Phai's wounds were seen to.
"I agree, let's start with the house" She makes a quick round looking for any valuables on the orcs, paying particular attention to anything like keys or hidden notes or the like.
Yes and even a level 1 soothe does an average of 9.5 HP which is not bad at all. Beryl's up to date. It turns out I'd already taken Assurance (crafting) at level 3, it pays to check your character sheet from time to time! I went with ghost charge and thunderstone as the new items in the formula book, mainly to round out the damage types she can deal just in case. For her free archetype feat I went with Doctor's Visitation (basically gives a free stride in order to do medicine actions), and another medic feat with her skill feat: Treat Condition. Because that's 3 medic feats she's got now I believe that frees her up to take another dedication with her actual class feat, so I've taken the ranger dedication. It doesn't give her much now but at level 6 she'll be able to use it to improve her crossbow stuff, and it seemed to fit my image for her more than any magic based archetype
Woohoo glad you're feeling better! I wasn't planning on magical crafting no, there's too much competition. Right now I'm choosing between assurance (crafting) for the all important guaranteed battle medicine and treat wounds checks, or treat condition because taking archetype feats with your skill feats is cool. Sorry it's taking me so long, I'll have beryl updated soon; I'm also finding choosing the free formulae difficult at this level
Beryl eventually makes it up the ladders to Mosquito's side and is about to give him an Elixir of life before she realises that he'll be a lot easier to treat while he's unconscious. Folgrit forgive me She calls down to the others before she starts work on him "He's hurt, I'm going to treat him up here!"
Once he rouses she gives him an elixir of life. "You've been badly wounded, try not to move around too much. Here drink this. Let's regroup and decide what we want to do"
I hope you're feeling better soon!
Beryl nods at Bertrum and bolts for the ladder, throwing her crossbow over her shoulder when she gets there. ◆ Stride
She looks up at the rickety ladder, doesn't give herself any time to question it, and starts climbing, trying to pull her stocky frame up with her weak arms. ◆ Climb
"Not on my watch..." Beryl quickly throws a fast-acting alchemical coagulant mixed with a potent life-elixir on Bertrum's wounds. ◆ Battle Medicine
Looking down at Bertrum she realises that she needs to do something to distract this hobgoblin, so she starts reloading her crossbow ◆ Reload with final poisoned bolt
Mosquito has stopped talking, dis bee a most ominous sign. I can't get to him up there though... She runs up to Bertrum and slaps some alchemical unguent on his wounds to seal them up ◈ Stride
Finally she puts her hand back on her crossbow
On seeing the Hobgoblin, Beryl rushes toward the new threat. ◈ Stride She gauges the distance and shouts. "Step back, I'll light her up!"
Despite being hit, Beryl smiles when the orc says "You're dead", because she can see that the black adder venom is already starting to work its way through his body. She quickly reloads and fires at the doomed orc. ◆ Interact (reload)
Finally she ducks behind the bushes as she can see he's quite a good aim. ◆ Take Cover
Beryl sits in the bushes waiting for the others to make a move. When she feels it's been long enough, she mixes a few vials in her alchemy bag and downs it. ◈ Quick Alchemy (making a lesser quicksilver mutagen)
When she feels the effects making her feel a little queasy but dextrous, she takes aim and fires. ◈ Strike
Beryl takes her crossbow out and loaded with a bolt glistening with poison. She tries to sneak into a bush from where she could take shots at the guard once it kicks off
As Beryl works on her daily preparations in the camp, she ponders if she can make anything that will help with Bertrum's scouting. She wonders if she could make something that would help improve his senses, but lacks the time at the minute, so she makes a note in her formula book to conduct some research when she next gets a chance. As she's cooking up some mushrooms for dinner she asks Bertrum about his plans. "Bertrum what kind of animal will you change into? I'm worried that you'll be caught, so let's set up an animal sound that means "Come at Once", perhaps "CACKAW-CACKAW?"
My personal preference is 1 because it's possible (though somewhat challenging) to move a token on a phone, whereas it's much more difficult on roll20. I would defer to whichever the GM preferred though too of course. One of the other games I'm in has an interesting approach to hero points; they reset on the first of the month just as if it were a new session at a face to face game. This works fairly well for that game, though for this one I think the pace is a bit slower so we might end up refreshing them too quickly if we did that, but it's something to consider anyway. No of course I don't bring this up just because I've been on 0 hero points for months and am scared of dying :)
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