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If you really need a skilled character, I can do a bard (street performer) hobbit. Should keep all the important skills and not have the inspires that would be wasted on androids. Would like to make an aasimar as they are also in the Player's guide and are actually less powerful than androids.
I would be interested in bringing a hobbit pistolero. A baby - faced daring man of adventure with a rakish attitude and a devil may care attitude. Think Indigo Montoya from princess bride and hook from Once upon a time rolled into one tiny cooky package. Dex and cha build with some face skills. You can check this alias out for posting history.
Still hanging out here. Not in any hurry with six games to run.
That is funny, I am also changing jobs again for the second time in five months. Congrats on the new job offer. Mine requires a move to northern Florida.
THanks Maegge for putting our treasure list together. Looks like we did well. I don't see how we avoid selling the mace unless we get 9K to destroy it. Braden believes he can do more good with the money than a bad guy can do evil with the mace.
Braden heads to the elders, vowing to let Ranim do most or all of the talking.
Braden suggests going straight to the elders. "Let us report to the wise ones. They may help us with the clean up. Then we sell our common goods to the town like the furniture. We can make sure they are happy with out actions and spread the word of our exploits." He looks to Ranim: "The first song you write may be the most important. Make sure Dworkin is in it."
"Ty, take the drinking money and start the celebration at the Inn. Drinks on us tonight--throw a hefty sum to get the party started. We will inform the town elders. I will lead a trip back to pick up the nice furniture and bring it back. I don't want to leave any gold on the table."
Braden was not the best businesshobbit, but he does realize Hommlett will not be able to hand the huge influx of items they have found. "We will have to sell these items in Yanmass or a large city. We can sell the furniture and common items in Hommlett, but the larger items will have to wait." Braden feels the weight of the black mace he carefully put in his pouch. "First things first. Inform the town elders of what has happened and bring them the body of the evil ringleader. Next, see if the town will pay us for this or at least give us some free eats and drinks. Then, sell what the market will take. Finally we move to Yanmass and claim our reward there and sell most of the items." "Well, let us go. We need to return and get the furniture if our dwarf can't pull the load."
Braden has put the unholy mace in his pouch. He is quickly aware that it is valuable and will help rectify the inequities in treasure.
Braden agrees
"I never thought I'd see a dwarf shirking his duties. This goes down in the journal." Braden does seem to be writing things in a small book. "And since dwarves are good diggers, you can dig the grave for Dworkin. I think he would want to be buried where he defended Barashel. Too bad the magic pit closed up."
Braden snaps out of his depression and smiles as the treasure is loaded. With no mount, obviously he cannot carry anything, but he seems concerned that Tybek and Barashel get loaded down. "I hear dwarves can carry a prodigious load of stuff. No shirking Ty, load all you can, I don't wanna make two trips. Are you sure you can't get that dresser? That might fetch a gold or two."
Braden avoids looking at the dark mace in his pack, though the weight of it is still felt.
Woohoo--the epic battle is over and evil defeated. Create pit is actually quite useful--even if it cost 10gp a casting. Ranim can use the magic shield too. Bards can be capable fighters, especially with elemental damage to put on top of it. Maybe Braden can use the brooch of shielding? Those loaded up with magic items may need to wait on money splits until the rest of us are somewhat caught up.
"Well, we can take anything of value that is not spiked down! Braden looks to make sure they don't miss anything of value.
Braden points to the cabinet.
All Braden can do is nod.
Braden carefully puts the black mace in his pack without touching it. "Barashel, this breastplate should fit you! But you may even want this heavier armor the canine killer wore." "Maegge, help me move Dworkin's equipment onto Gimpy until I can find another dog." "Ranim, can you use this shield? It is enchanted like our priest's." Braden points to the door.
The hobbit fumes as the last bad guy is tied up. "Killing my helpless dog and trying to kill our only fighter, I am fed up with these guys. The only thing I have of value, and they slaughter my helpless dog I had for years. Dworkin is better than all the dogs I have summoned, and he was just keeping them off of Barashel so they didn't finish him off." He ticks off on his hands: "A scroll, a trained riding dog, two dwarven toy shovels, this was a disaster!! They better have something of value." Braden casts detect magic.
Braden cries to Maegge:"Watch out for Gimpy, they finished off Dworkin while he was bleeding on the ground."
Round 13
GM:
Can you check my positioning on the color spray. I think from my posted square it would get all three from AE52. The big earth elemental steps out of the wall (to AC51) and hits (attack AD52 with flank).
Rnd 12 Braden With a step and a twist in the fabric of space--the little wizard ends up ten feet further away from the action. He begins casting the very last spell he remembered. It takes a while and he furrows his brow in concentration.
Braden Round 11
small earth elemental:
Small Earth Elemental CR 1 XP 400
DEFENSE AC 17, touch 10, flat-footed 17 (–1 Dex, +7 natural, +1 size)
OFFENSE Speed 20 ft., burrow 20 ft., earth glide
STATISTICS Str 16, Dex 8, Con 13, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11
After his strike, he shifts into the wall if possible (AC50), his natural home. He looks like a small bas relief with two fists. Braden rushes forward (AE 52) and unleashes a spray of shimmering colors that engulf the three adversaries and his poor dog. He tried to be faster than Ranim, as he saw her rushing forward.
The sheer greed of realizing he was reading a 75gp scroll motivates Braden to complete it!
Get ready to channel +ve!
"He needs more healing than that Aari."
celestial dog:
DEFENSE
AC 13, touch 12, flat-footed 12 (+1 Dex, +1 natural, +1 size)
OFFENSE Speed 40 ft.
STATISTICS Str 13 [171], Dex 13, Con 15 [191], Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6
Braden round 9 Braden cries out as his dog is clipped but standing by the forces of evil. His dog bravely stands, knowing that unless healed, he has only one shot left. The miserly Braden reluctantly retrieves his best (and most expensive) scroll and starts reading. He is careful to stay close to the wall, respecting the power of the bad elf he tried to snipe and staying out of sight as much as possible. A dimensional portal begins to form again as the words on the scroll take some time to read. Dworkin steps behind the summoned dog (to AD52) and attacks the last bandit in the pit. "Barashel looks hurt Ari, give him the good stuff."
Round 9
Braden sends Dworkin to charge the closest enemy out of the pit.
Braden Round 8
dwarven: "The pit is almost gone."
I just checked. My syrup was made in Orwell, VT. Now I went to check the bona fides and it says Pinnacle Products. A quick google search says it is a the same guys that make Log Cabin. It tastes like real VT syrup. Is it?
By the way, at my retirement ceremony for the Air Force, my best gift was a half gallon of Vermont Grade A Amber Maple Syrup. Hope everyone has good syrup. Pancake consumption has since increased in my house. An even better gift was a local job offer at Cape Canaveral keeping me from having to move. Now I have a choice of what to wear everyday!
Braden speaks in perfect Dwarven.
Dwarven:
"Ty, ambush those guys in the pit, they will pop up in a bit. Put that silly crossbow away and get the magic axe." "The drinking fund is paying for a boatload of scrolls then."
"My creations are almost done for. If we want to pull back, this is the time!"
Braden gestures and ends the magic grease on the ground
Remember in AD&D you paid for training at least 1500gp per level or more. Thieves guilds charged from 20-50% of gross and often would go after rogues who didn't pay their share. That is helps explain the huge treasure. Braden has almost no money after scribing scrolls and buying dwarven toy shovels as spell components, so he is definitely under norms. The end of N1 cult of the Reptile God the treasure for a third level group was (converted):
They had already found a +2 ring of protection.
Round 6 Braden
The elemental flanking with Barashel attacks The elemental fighting alone attacks the polearmed warrior turned swordsman.
Braden throws a well-crafted dwarven shovel in the air, regretting the sacrifice of such an expensive toy. It disappears and a pit forms.
Create Pit:
You create a 10-foot-by-10-foot extra-dimensional hole with a depth of 10 feet per two caster levels (maximum 30 feet). You must create the pit on a horizontal surface of sufficient size. Since it extends into another dimension, the pit has no weight and does not otherwise displace the original underlying material. You can create the pit in the deck of a ship as easily as in a dungeon floor or the ground of a forest. Any creature standing in the area where you first conjured the pit must make a Reflex saving throw to avoid falling into it. In addition, the edges of the pit are sloped, and any creature ending its turn on a square adjacent to the pit must make a Reflex saving throw with a +2 bonus to avoid falling into it. Creatures subjected to an effect intended to push them into the pit (such as bull rush) do not get a saving throw to avoid falling in if they are affected by the pushing effect. Creatures who fall into the pit take falling damage as normal. The pit's coarse stone walls have a Climb DC of 25. When the duration of the spell ends, creatures within the hole rise up with the bottom of the pit until they are standing on the surface over the course of a single round.
Braden's summoned dog awaits to see if an opening appears for a glorious charge through the enemy lines. Realizing his pit just appeared ahead of Maegge's earth creature, Braden points down the hall.
To the others:"We may break off if resistance stiffens."
"More bad guys up ahead." The hobbit smiles.
Braden's elementals bash at the hapless man between them.
Braden and friends ROUND 5
He finishes his summons and another creature of earth appears next to Ranim in the wall (AK54). Braden considers this one to be large too, but in the wizard book he is listed as small for his kind. Braden quickly shift on top of Dworkin and rides forward to survey the enemy that had cut Barashel to pieces Torn between the butter and the shovel, Braden grabs the butter and decides on a patch of grease. He didn't want to spill Barashel into a pit full of angry culties. Casting on his mount, Braden targets the cluster of four targets with his grease spell as his butter is consumed in a flash of magic. Then he directs his stone minions to move through the wall. Like a fish in water, the stone minions move through the left and right walls to appear on the flanks of the enemy. His dog attacks and pulls back to the corner to let others get in the line.
Braden speaks to Ty: "Stay behind Barashel." Braden then turns to Maegge:"Maegge, if you can get close enough, get some creatures behind them."
Braden + friends Round 4
Small Earth Elemental:
CR 1 XP 400
DEFENSE AC 17, touch 10, flat-footed 17 (–1 Dex, +7 natural, +1 size)
OFFENSE Speed 20 ft., burrow 20 ft., earth glide
STATISTICS Str 20, Dex 8, Con 17, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11
SPECIAL ABILITIES Earth Glide (Ex) A burrowing earth elemental can pass through stone, dirt, or almost any other sort of earth except metal as easily as a fish swims through water. If protected against fire damage, it can even glide through lava. Its burrowing leaves behind no tunnel or hole, nor does it create any ripple or other sign of its presence. A move earth spell cast on an area containing a burrowing earth elemental flings the elemental back 30 feet, stunning the creature for 1 round unless it succeeds on a DC 15 Fortitude save. Earth Mastery (Ex) An earth elemental gains a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls if both it and its foe are touching the ground. If an opponent is airborne or waterborne, the elemental takes a –4 penalty on attack and damage rolls. These modifiers apply to bull rush and overrun maneuvers, whether the elemental is initiating or resisting these kinds of attacks. (These modifiers are not included in the statistics block.)
The earthen creature provides the dwarf flanking support, and swings at the guard with arms of hard clay hitting with a sickening crunch. The lingering song from Ranim still reverberates.
If earth elemental KOs guard:
Earth elemental moves 20' north to AG56 with Dworkin right behind The dog advances (AG55)to try and bite the same guard again.
Braden calmly steps another five feet forward to summon another creature. The portal that released the earthen creature begins to reform again.
"Stop admiring his wardrobe and hit him Ty."
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