Constantin the Azlant's page

Looks good here - thanks for running!

Constantin is delighted to discover that the book actually exists and hustles forward to examine it with Muddy.

"This wretched farce may have some purpose yet!"

Perform (oratory): 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (15) + 18 = 33

Constantin dashes forward towards the fray, words of power echoing from his lips to smash into Riverbane as Riddy strings together the flares of his magic into an inspiring performance!

Ear-Piercing Scream: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 4) = 7 Fort DC 15 for 1/2 damage and not to be dazed.
Riddy's starting Inspire Courage

You get your Flag bonus though :-)

"My dragon friend is taut with growing fear.
If we're to rest, then let it not be here,
lest plots of Riverbane bear deadly fruit."

I'm good to keep on keeping on, but if we decide to camp, let's not be where Riverbane expects us.

Constantin hustles forward to keep the entire party inspired by his speech and banner.

"Though fiends assail us we must all stand strong!"

All bards get the ability to start their performances as a move action at 7th level. I can also do action economy shenanigans with Riddy as a duettist, but that's a separate bag of tricks.

Flag means +1 to hit and damage for Muddy and Orst even if they don't wait for Inspire Courage :-)
Constantin intones the syllables of his conjuration with great deliberation, allowing his magic to roll forward to inspire his allies while he awaits the perfect moment to complete his spell.

Starting Inspire Courage, readying a Grease for once the spider starts moving, trying to leave grease between it and Khugron

Knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28

"This temple is devoted to Mazmezz,
The Creeping Queen who rules the things that crawl
And yet I do suspect some time has passed
Since formal worship was enacted here.
The spider may be drawn by its dark past."

Constantin should also be in the middle.

While Muddy and Khurgon are busy with the rope, Constantin peers around. Traps like this could be left unattended if they were for hunting, but if intended for defense...

Constantin requests a skiff if possible to avoid soaking his robes, but his other preparations are less obvious. Riddywipple discretely slips away to keep an eye on Lady Riverbane rather than joining the Pathfinders.

Stealth: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (18) + 17 = 35

The main point of the plan is to give us a heads up if Riverbane takes the ship and leaves, but Riddy's Intelligence 16 and very slippery, and can make judgments about when to follow for more information, and when to find Constantin again. Basic messages to be communicated are:
The Boat's Leaving (Sad)
She's killing the crew (Angry)
She's going somewhere else without the boat (Happy)

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (14) + 18 = 32
Riddy's Sense Motive: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

Plausible, though surprising the log didn't speak of awaiting reinforcements...

"Forgive me Riverbane, but I must ask,
For what cause would the crew have lingered here?"

Constantin keeps one of the potions, passing around the other two as he explains, "For harms less simple than a bloodied wound,
These potions should suffice to make us hale."

Lesser Restoration

"Now shall we hear the tale of Riverbane?"

Sure thing. Perception should work for potions too, so I'll toss that in just in case :-)

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14
Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29
Riddy's Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27

"I fear she may have schemes as yet unknown,
But still in truth I do not know for sure."

"While in the Hold of Belkzen I had cause
To make myself acquainted with that tongue."

Constantin takes the Orcish papers and goes through them swiftly, discovering that they're the names of corrupted officials and other smuggling contacts for the traffic of Andoran goods. More concerning is his discovery that Lady Riverbane seems to have sent the ship here.

"Still more important are the words writ here.
For Riverbane directed this ship hence
And bade them stay at anchor till their doom."

You just don't provoke **during** AoOs, right?

Maintaining Inspire Courage, and if a spider survives the onslaught...

Constantin and Riddywipple combine their efforts to leave the spider befuddled and useless, blasting it first with the faerie dragon's euphoric breath. DC 12 Fort or staggered, sickened, and immune to fear Constantin then follows suit with a spray of glittering particulate to blind the spider's many eyes. DC 16 Will Glitterdust

"Though neither will it burn away these webs..."
A few swift blows will find our foes an end."[/b]

Constantin gestures imperiously as he speaks, weaving the words of his hastening spell into his oratory.

Haste, Inspire Courage, and the Flag was already up if anyone wasn't counting that for a +1/+1 earlier and now a +4/+3 all told

Riddywipple, unable to easily avoid the spiders' reach, disappears instead! Greater Invisibility

Constantin joins in the search, musing over Riverbane's words. Sensible enough, but that doesn't make her truthful...

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (13) + 18 = 31
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27

Riddywipple dismisses the grease now that it's more of an impediment to his allies than his foes.

As the fight seems well in hand, Constantin doesn't unleash any further spells, merely continuing his inspiration while he hunkers down against any stray arrows.

Full Defense

Sorry, swallowed by work!

Constantin begins a stirring oration while he hustles over to stand beside (and behind!) his allies.
"Fight on my friends, for soon their wrath shall ebb!"

Riddwipple meanwhile conjures up a grease slick and flaps down behind the hull of the boat!

Inspire Courage is up for a +2/+2, which stacks with Constantin's flag to be a total of +3/+3 to attacks and damage in a mixture of morale and competence bonuses

Constantin and Riddywipple consult with one another on what these spider-men could be, but broadly agree with Orst's recommendations. "An antidote could save us all much grief,
And light and flames should drive the darkness out."

Constantin's Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24 +2 if it's a different Monster ID
Riddywipple's Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23 +2 if it's a different Monster ID

Constantin seems far less put out by Mivvy's decision than Muddy, agreeing that, "The dictates of one's heart may not abide
some orders from those you might else obey"

He's rather more perplexed by Khugron's offer and demurs, "Ah, splattering is not within my plans."

Constantin strides into the room, bearing a neatly furled flag in one hand. He's a young man, standing a few inches too tall to look healthy with his slight frame. His strong widow's peak, prominent eyebrows, and intensely violet gaze make his heritage plain to all who would see it, and the soft robes he wears beneath his armor do nothing to spoil the look. A cat sized dragon with butterfly wings and irridescent scales yawns from his perch on Constantin's shoulder.

He greets his new allies with a considering nod,
"A find of such a tome is worth some risk,
So long as Bazzak asks for nothing ill.
Oh -
Constantin the Azlant is my name."

Yep that's me :-)

Hmm... with the multiplicity of martials, a buffer-bard sounds like they might be a useful add-in :-)

Player: Cwethan
Character (and pronouns): Constantin the Azlant (he/him)
Pathfinder Society Number: 182453-4
This Chronicle #: 17
Starting XP: 18
Initial Prestige: 29
Initial Fame: 34
Starting Gold: 15435.5
Faction: Grand Lodge

Looks good - thanks so much for running!

I usually just print to a pdf file too - even in Adobe Reader you should be able to use the Fill & Sign function to take care of things.

Oh! Sorry - thought I'd posted Day Job at the start!

Perform (oratory): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (10) + 17 = 27

Constantin huddles closer in his robes as Osprey flaps off.

"And yet as leaders go, he's not The worst..."

Constantin looks up at Osprey, eyebrows raised in surprise at the senior agent's apparent lack of concern.

"Our quest's complete, yet grievous was the cost."

With a bitter twist to his mouth, and a flourish towards both sets of remains, he concludes, "Though taers and wyrms and Aspis sought our doom,
Alongside Kaa, the bones of lost Amao."

"Once more a battle wreathed in flames and smoke..."

Constantin goes wide round Yaiho and the Taer, uncoiling his whip to harry the beast while he gets to a better place to firefight from.

Aid for Yaiho's next attack (IC, Flag, Prayer): 1d20 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 10 Sheesh, good thing we're playing with lots of modifiers!

Constantin continues his advance to keep all his companions inspired by his flag, taking up the burden of his inspiration from his familiar.

Constantin intones a spell as he advances, enshrouding his foes in a swirl of glitter, his familiar glowing to support him in using that spell to inspire his allies!

Glitterdust at Black, White, and Blue - DC 16 or blind. Inspiring Courage for +2/+2. Pai was in range of the flag before this for +1 more damage, but Andor's juuust out for now.

Hmm no sleds left... how close are we on our journey?

I'm just glad that if they're asking for this many handle animal rolls that they're giving us domesticated animals to make it untrained!

Constantin's familiar, Petros, snuffles and grunts to his master, inspiring him to further competence

Handle Animal: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 1 + 2 = 18
Handle Animal: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 1 + 2 = 24

Burning 4 rounds, but he doesn't need concentration checks to do it!

Handle Animal: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 7 Ah crumbs

"WWHHHHOOOOOAAAAAAA!!!!"

Handle Animal: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 7
GM Reroll: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 1 + 3 = 20 Yessssss!

Constantin nudges the reins over towards the upper path, calling out somewhat sheepishly over his shoulder.

"The better part of valour is discretion."

Mush!: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 4 + 1 = 21
Keep Control: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 17

Concentration: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 So no guidance for Constantin next turn

Were this a face-to-face game, I would have had a spare folio to discretely pass you under the table ;-)

I think Andor's with Yaiho now since Constantin was a better sub for Handle Animaling solo

Speaking of which...

" 'Nature teaches beasts to know their friends,'
they say. Now prove that wisdom true and WHOA!"
Handle Animal: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 22

Glad to hear it!

With great trepidation, Constantin seizes the reins this time around, hoping that he'll be able to soothe the beasts where brute force would surely fail him!

You could also do 16 PP for the Raise Dead, 4 PP for one restoration and 1350 for the second restoration - depends which currency you'd rather spend more of.

At least it wasn't a death effect!!

And just checking, Kaa doesn't seem to have been counting the +3/+3 in his totals - hopefully it's at least another +6 damage... o_o

Cursing, Constantin conjures another glittering spray of blinding particles to harry the Remorhaz. DC 16 Will again

"With speed and care we must now free our friend!"

Knowledge (arcana): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18

Constantin withdraws, placing himself in the center of his allies' efforts and begins to chant a spell, holding the last of it in reserve for the Remorhaz's approach. From a pouch in his robes, Petros pokes out his head, somehow keening in concert with Constantin's rolling syllables, preparing the Pathfinders for battle!

Readying a Glitterdust for when the creature is in range of a Pathfinder.DC 16 Will or blinded. Petros is starting Constantin's Inspire Courage, so everyone's at a +3 to hit and damage (mixed Competence and Morale)