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"Yeah, lets go see if anyone around here wants to go down with us and seems semi-trustworthy." Ceirn says as he looks for a potential candidate.
Ceirn shakes his head and follows Jambreth and says, "At least I found that gold coin to pay my way out."
I am good with it. If they do not want to do it with the idea they might not make it in, then they do not have to.
I think going back up makes sense to find someone. Trusting someone down here seems less likely. We should just push to get back in as soon as possible. We haven't even found the goblins yet! As for the drow question. I care more that the character will work with the group then anything else, but if others would prefer to not have a drow/generally evil or distrusted race, I am fine with supporting that.
Ceirn will move forward and glance around the corner.
"Works for me. Lead on then." Ceirn says as he takes a look behind to make sure no goblins are scouting out their rear.
Ceirn reaches down and picks up a gold coin, "Well, I have made enough to get out of here already." Cerin says with a short laugh. Looking towards where the secret door is Ceirn shrugs and says, "Well, we can opt to open it the hard way and move on. I am guessing that there are some who will not appreciate it if we go for the hard way."
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perception +14 [Take 10= 24]
I am all ranged, but fairly hardy. So I am happy to be in the rear position in single file and in the rear row in the 10 ft range. I do not think scouting is a grand idea. We have light sources in this group so creatures will see us from a distance. If we had mass darkvision of some sort and the group as a whole doesn't sound like a marching band, that might change.
Ceirn takes up the rear position and keeps an eye behind them in case the goblins they heard about try and ambush them unaware.
"Eh... we just made his life hard on him. I think we should head to where that woman disappeared and see if we can figure out how she did that." Ceirn suggests.
"If this woman came from upstairs, we probably won't get up there to find anything out about her. Should we just try and head down now with the map?" Ceirn asks.
"Thank you for the map. Can you mark the wall the woman went through?" Ceirn asks the Mauot.
"What is this room of pillars? Is it where a bunch of passages converge?" Ceirn asks.
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"We could probably ask around the tavern and maybe find out who the woman was." Ceirn suggests.
"How long were you down there and how far did you go?" Ceirn asks.
Ceirn tries to help those holding the rope to keep it from going down. He calls out to his stronger companions, "We need to help with the rope!"
If the platform is descending: Ceirn turns and races to where the rope to support the platform is to try and loop it around something and stop the platform from falling!
Ceirn nods to the crowd and follows along with Jambreth.
Ceirn glances around to see if any guards or employees were moving to get into better positions as the others talk to the boss.
I am around.
Ceirn shields his face from the worst of the filth and says, "Just finish what you started and I can help cover it later. The sooner we get these up, the sooner we can try and go down."
"A few coins might get some of the story from these Moaning Nymphs. If there is a trap they could warn us about, it might make our trip a little smoother." Ceirn says with a shrug.
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Ceirn laughs as the halfling pulls his con and starts running. He then checks his own pouch.
Ceirn looks over the halfling and says, "Are you saying you have been down to the Undermountain?"
"How would we even get to this Undermountain. I doubt the Lords of Waterdeep have an open path in and out of a dungeon with who knows what lurking inside. We would probably need to get one of them to send us down. Its probably some kind of racket from the doppelgangers in the government." Ceirn says with a nod of his head.
Ceirn sat with his mead and listened to the din of the room and wondered when the biting cold would end. After a bit he speaks to no one in particular, "I am not sure I trust that missive. It seems to me if there was a danger to the city, the lords would be just as willing to lie about it to stop the citizens from panicking."
Ceirn is a slim and agile man who is of average height. He has long brown hair and the only obvious weapon he has on him is a spiked gauntlet.
Ceirn left the camp carrying a half dozen largely empty waterskins. The sound of rippling water came through the woods where the group had set up their camp and it fell on him to go and refill the skins while the others took care of the other various parts of setting up the camp. As Ceirn approached the creek he kneeled and started filling up the waterskins. As he glanced up, the sharp eyed man noticed a glint of light off of something metal in the water about fifteen feet further downstream. He finished filling up the waterskins and hung them from a branch as he looked around and saw several slick stones that would let him jump over to a stone that was near the glinting light. Curiosity got the better of him, and Ceirn began bouncing along the wet rocks. As Ceirn landed nimbly on the final stone, he immediately started to move into a crouch when a flash of silver shot out of the water at him. Ceirn reeled back in shock as the silvered form struck him in his right eye and sent him falling backwards into the cold water. He reached up to grab whatever was attacking him and managed to get a hold of the creature as he sat up spitting out cold water and looking to see a large fishes face that he now held. The fish struggled, but Ceirn held on and laughed as he sat in the icy water. He stood up and kept hold of the fish since it would help make dinner better after his troubles. He then stepped forward and reached into the water to grab whatever was glinting in the water. Pulling it out, he saw that it was the metal mouth of a destroyed waterskin that had been discarded by someone in the past. Shaking his head, Ceirn returned to get the rest of the waterskins and returned dripping wet to camp with his catch.
Howdy. This should be fun!
This is Malinor's proposed character. I did a quick background as well. What does he bring?:
Ceirn is a ranged character. He uses Mindbolts to blast at varying distances. He does not provoke while firing, so he can blast even while threatened. He can also teleport short distances to a location he can see which can help in a dungeon. Background:
Ceirn is a native of Waterdeep and loved hearing tales of the surrounding area. When he came of age he developed the ability to shoot out psionic projectiles and took to working as a caravan guard. He has recently returned to Waterdeep and is looking at finding work in the great city and perhaps delving to find out of the tales he heard in his youth were true. Ceirn: Name: Ceirn
------------------- Male Human Soulknife (Soulbolt) 8 N Medium humanoid (Human) Init +4 ; Senses Perception +14 --------------------
hp: 104 (8d10 + 16 Con + 8 FC) Fort +5, Ref +10, Will +10 Defensive Abilities: --------------------
Melee: MWK Spiked Gauntlet +14 d4+5; x2 Ranged: Close Mind Bolt (Range 40) +15/+10 d10+6
Special Attacks: Mind Bolt (+1 Holy), Psychic Strike (2d8) --------------------
Racial Abilities:
Class Abilities:
A soulbolt must choose the form of her mind bolt at 1st level. She can either form it into a short range, medium range, or long range bolt which determines the weapon’s range increment and base damage. Once chosen, her mind bolt stays in this form every time the soulknife forms her mind bolt. The long range bolt form is the smallest of forms and deals 1d6 points of damage and has a 100 ft. range increment. The medium range bolt form deals 1d8 points of damage, with a 60 ft. range increment, and the short range bolt form is the largest and heaviest form and deals 1d10 points of damage with a 20 ft. range increment. A soulbolt adds her Strength modifier to damage rolls when using the mind bolt in the short range form. All damages are based on a Medium-sized creature wielding Medium-sized weapons; adjust the weapon damage as appropriate for different sized weapons. A soulbolt with powerful build or any similar ability forms an appropriately-sized mind bolt dealing the size-appropriate amount of damage. Regardless of form, the mind bolt has a 19-20 critical threat range, has a maximum range of 10 range increments, and is treated as a projectile. The form of the soulbolt’s mind bolt also determines how many hands must be used to form and manipulate the mind bolt. If the mind bolt is in long range form, both of the soulbolt’s hands remain free to hold other items such as a shield or a weapon. If the mind bolt is in medium range form, the soulbolt must have at least one hand free to form and manipulate the mind bolt. If the mind bolt is in short range form, the soulbolt must have both hands free to wield and launch the mind bolt. A soulbolt can wield a buckler without penalty regardless of the form of her mind bolt. Regardless of the weapon form a soulbolt has chosen, her mind bolt does not have a set damage type. When shaping her weapon and assigning abilities to it, the soulbolt chooses whether it will deal bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage. The soulbolt may change the damage type of an existing mind bolt, or may summon a new mind bolt with a different damage type, as a full-round action; otherwise, the mind bolt retains the last damage type chosen every time it is summoned. The bolt can be broken (it has hardness 10 and 10 hit points); however, a soulbolt can simply create another on her next move action. The moment she relinquishes her grip on her blade, it dissipates (unless she intends to throw it; see below). A mind bolt is considered a magic weapon for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction and is considered a masterwork weapon. A soulbolt can use feats such as Rapid Shot or Precise Shot in conjunction with the mind bolt just as if it were a normal ranged weapon. She can also choose her mind bolt for feats requiring a specific weapon choice, such as Weapon Focus and Improved Critical. Powers or spells that upgrade weapons can be used on a mind bolt. The soulbolt can use feats such as Weapon Finesse that work on light weapons with her mind bolt, but such feats only work on mind bolts in a light weapon form, such as using the Mind Daggers blade skill. Even in places where psionic effects do not normally function (such as within a null psionics field), a soulbolt can attempt to sustain her mind bolt by making a DC 20 Will save. On a successful save, the soulbolt maintains her mind bolt for a number of rounds equal to her class level before she needs to check again, although the mind bolt is treated for all purposes as a non-magical, masterwork ranged weapon while in a place where psionic effects do not normally function. On an unsuccessful attempt, the mind bolt vanishes. As a move action on her turn, the soulbolt can attempt a new Will save to rematerialize her mind bolt while she remains within the psionics-negating effect. She gains a bonus on Will saves made to maintain or form her mind bolt equal to the total enhancement bonus of her mind bolt (see below). The soulbolt chooses the appearance of her mind bolt, although its shape must reflect the selections the soulbolt has chosen: a bludgeoning mind bolt would be blunt, slashing would have an edge, etc.
Shape Mind Bolt: The soulbolt’s mind bolt retains the last chosen form every time it is formed until the soulbolt reshapes it. If the soulbolt chooses to reshape her bolt, it requires a full-round action to do so. She may also reassign the type of damage dealt as part of reshaping her mind bolt if she so chooses. A soulbolt can reassign the ability or abilities she has added to her mind bolt; see below. To do so, she must first spend 8 hours in concentration. These cannot be the normal 8 hours used for rest, even if the soulbolt does not require sleep. After that period, the mind bolt materializes with the new ability or abilities selected by the soulbolt. This ability replaces the Shape Mind Blade class feature normally gained by soulknives. Launch Mind Bolt: Soulbolts are greater masters at making ranged attacks with their weapon than their soulknife counterparts. Unlike a soulknife, a soulbolt does not need to reform her mind bolt after throwing it. This means that the soulbolt can make use of all iterative attacks available, or multiple attacks such as those gained from Rapid Shot, without the need for abilities such as the Multiple Throw blade skill.
Wild Talent: The soulknife gains Wild Talent as a bonus feat at 1st level. This provides her with the psionic power necessary to manifest her mind blade. A character who is already psionic instead gains the Psionic Talent feat. Blade Skill: The following blade skills cannot be used with the Mind Bolt: Alter Mind Blade, Bladestorm, Bladewind, Dual Imbue, Extended Strike, Furious Charge (and Improved), Gruesome Riposte, Multiple Throw, Reaching Blade, Rending Blades, Trade Blows, Twin Strike, and Two-handed Throw. The soulbolt may additionally select blade skills from the list below. - Close Range Expert: When making ranged attacks with her mind bolt, a soulknife does not provoke attacks of opportunity as long as she maintains psionic focus. - Alter Mind Bolt: A soulbolt gains the ability to shape her mind bolt into different weapon forms. She may change her blade’s form to the long range weapon, medium range weapon, or short range weapon forms any time she forms her mind bolt. - Enhanced Range: The soulknife’s range increment when throwing her mind blade in any form doubles. - Launch Multibolt: The soulknife gains the benefits of the Manyshot feat with her mindbolt. The soulknife must possess the Launch Mindbolt class feature to select this blade skill Ghost Step: The soulknife has learned a potent trick that some call the ‘ghost step’; a teleportation-based principle that allows the soulknife to slip between nearby places at great speed. As a move action, the soulknife can expend her psionic focus to teleports to any location she can see within close range (25 feet + 5 feet per 2 soulknife levels). She can carry no more than 50 lbs. of additional gear, and cannot bring creatures other than her psicrystal (if she has one) with her. The use of this ability ends the soulknife’s turn. At 10th level, the this ability can be used to teleport up to medium range (100 feet + 10 feet per soulknife level), and she may teleport as a swift action instead of a move action. This is a teleportation effect. This blade skill meets the prerequisites for and functions with Dimensional Agility and feats that require it as a prerequisite. The soulknife must be at least 4th level in order to select this blade skill. Enhanced Mind Blade +3: A soulbolt’s mind bolt improves as the character gains higher levels. At 3rd level and every odd level thereafter, the mind bolt gains a cumulative +1 enhancement bonus that she may spend on an actual enhancement bonus or on weapon special abilities. A soulbolt’s maximum enhancement bonus follows the same progression as a soulknife. The soulbolt may (and must, when her total enhancement is higher than her maximum bonus) apply any special ability from the table below instead of an enhancement bonus, as long as she meets the level requirements. A soulbolt can choose any combination of weapon special abilities and/or enhancement bonus that does not exceed the total allowed by the soulbolt’s level, but she must assign at least a +1 enhancement bonus before assigning any special abilities. If the soulbolt shapes her mind bolt into two items, such as using the Mind Daggers blade skill, the enhancement bonus of her mind bolt (if any) is reduced by 1 (to a minimum of 0). If this would reduce the enhancement bonus on the mind bolt to 0 and weapon special abilities are applied, the soulbolt must reshape her mind bolt to make the options valid. Both mind bolts have the same selection of enhancement bonus and weapon special abilities (if any). Quick Draw: A 5th level soulknife may manifest her mind blade as a free action, though she may still only attempt to do so once per round (unless throwing the weapon multiple times using the Multiple Throw blade skill). Traits
Indomitable Faith: You gain a +1 trait bonus on Will saves. Drawback
Feats:
Precise Shot: Ignore the penalty for firing into melee. Rapid Shot: When making a full-attack action with a ranged weapon, you can fire one additional time this round at your highest bonus. All of your attack rolls take a –2 penalty when using Rapid Shot. Deadly Aim: You can choose to take a –1 penalty on all ranged attack rolls to gain a +2 bonus on all ranged damage rolls. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every +4 thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the bonus to damage increases by +2. You must choose to use this feat before making an attack roll and its effects last until your next turn. The bonus damage does not apply to touch attacks or effects that do not deal hit point damage. Weapon Focus: +1 to attack with Mindbolt Extra Blade Skill: Gain an additional Blade Skill Manyshot: When making a full-attack action with a bow, your first attack fires two arrows. If the attack hits, both arrows hit. Apply precision-based damage (such as sneak attack) and critical hit damage only once for this attack. Damage bonuses from using a composite bow with a high Strength bonus apply to each arrow, as do other damage bonuses, such as a ranger’s favored enemy bonus. Damage reduction and resistances apply separately to each arrow. Skills: Acrobatics +16 [8], Autohypnosis +14 [8], Climb +12 (14) [4], Knowledge: Psionics +12 [8], Perception +14 [8], Stealth +16 [8], Swim +11 (12) [4] Languages: Common, Dwarven Combat Gear: MWK Spiked Gauntlet [305 , 1 lbs], +1 Buckler [1,155 gp, 5 lbs], +2 Mithril Agile Breastplate [8,550 gp, 12.5 lbs; AC +1, Max Dex +5] +3 Cloak of Resistance [9000 gp, - lbs] , Belt of Physical Might +2 (Str/Dex) [10,000 gp, 1 lb], Eyes of the Eagle [2,500 gp, - lbs], Hewards Handy Haversack [2000 gp, 5 lbs] Gold: 1390 Silver: 4 Copper: --------------------
Total Weight: 35.5 lbs; light 133 lbs or less/ 134-266 lbs medium / 267-400 lbs heavy
Thanks for running Rizz.
"Male and female work. It is not great that they are separated, but I am not sure why anyone would attack us here anyway." Ceirn says with a shrug as he looks to find someone to bring him some food and drink.
Stables: "Yes, we have had a productive time. Hopefully, they were as productive." Ceirn says as he will turn and head towards the inn.
Stables: Ceirn will pay for the saddle so that he does not have to ride in the cart the next day. He pauses to wait to see what can be done about the harness.
Stables: Ceirn will pull out 1 gold and eight silver to hand over before saying, "A traveling saddle might be useful. It would depend on the cost of it compared to other saddles though. Unfortunately, we do not likely have days to make a harness before we will need to move on."
Stables: "We were able to procure him already trained. Which certainly made it easier. Unforetunatley, the seller did not have the proper tact to attach the beast to our wagon. And we also have a horse who needs the saddle and bridle as well. So if you perhaps have some for sell that would work, we would be interested in purchasing it." Ceirn says without staring at the strange elf and instead making occasional eye contact before looking around the stable.
Ceirn will guide the horse in behind Naomi and strokes the horses neck as he waits to hear the answers.
"I am not sure who we would tell at this point...We have no real idea where they came from and we are headed this way because of a lack of security in the area anyway. I think leaving the halfling here to be cared for seems like a better option then bringing her along." Ceirn says.
"I have no skill with horses, but I can lead it back." Ceirn says as he approaches the horse and unties the rope from the cart.
"For now it's late. We should get the animals stabled and see if we have rooms of some sort to sleep here tonight. And food. Food would be good." Ceirn says as he starts walking towards wherever they will need to make arrangements for the animals.
"I am not much of a sprinter..." Ceirn says in reply to Priscilla, he then looks back at the cart and says, "There are others who might be better equipped to control the horse then I would be. If not I would happily ride it over another cart ride. If we could get a wagon that did not make it feel like my back was going to break at any moment I think that would suffice. But I am not sure this waystation would have such a cart for trade or sale for what we have."
Ceirn stumbles out of the cart and says, "My kingdom for a horse...." while rubbing his lower back.
Ceirn holds on tightly and says, "At least we are finally making good time."
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