I believe I am in the same boat as Khamul. Very tempted for the Weiman play (since he was in Storming the Diamond Gate), but will see what iI have in-tier. Maybe the Classic Summoner, Turg, since knowledges are covered? (Would need leveled to 9, not that that's a big deal or anything. Just noting if anyone is concerned with subtier.)
The heavily-damaged Corb leaves his fury, very close to passing out (were it not for the 39 healing.) He is very pleased with the results, despite the scene as a whole. "THIS COMBAT WAS EVEN GREATER THAN FIGHTING NATURE!" He does not go for the CDG, though will not stop others (particularly if it Eadie or Eadie-permitted, as she "EARNED THE END OF THAT COMBAT!")
Corb will still cart everyone back to the monastery as some sort of odd self-inflicted penance or impromptu strength training.
A reminder (mostly to myself) to gather alchemist and wizard spells to never be able to alchemy in the future.)
Corb is stunned on the second hit! Unable to Rage during stun, Corb loses his furious focus! (He's still conscious, though the axe kills definitely kills him! Should it matter, 25 - 21 - 22 = -18
I don't recall how strict you are in regards to "Are they dead without Deathwatch up," so I'll dunk it in a spoiler.
Corb remains angry, even when going down from an axe to the ribcage!
HP status:
Just counting my 21 Rage HP as HP for right now, since I can Rage while unconscious (thanks to Raging Vitality.)
34 + 21 - 22 - 18 - 29 = -14
With a 20 Con while Raging, Corb is (other than being CDG-able) fine. One I run out of Rage, though, Corb will effectively take 21 damage from losing Rage temp HP and cause the typical Barbarian Bloodsplosion.
Ha, oops. Yeah, slightly higher health. Theologian only changes Domain(s), so channeling should be unaffected unless there's Alternate Variant Channeling or other archetypes in play.
Corb hits the creature with his normal-metal Greatsword once! He also draws Eadie's polearm with the other two of his arms to threaten the 15'-20' range!
I'm sensing the fact that he's probably already cast two spells that any Skull and Shackles cleric-player or DM should be VERY familiar with... It's amazing how much FoM can do simply as legacy text. Plus that 10 min/level, whoof.
@Lore Concentrate wrote:
I'd think "Continuous Damage" from this page would cover it. 10+damage*0.5+spell level, for shorthand. Don't forget the Order of Operations!
Corb is burned for loses a bit more of his skin. He moves forward some and drinks his Enlarge Person extract (which takes effect at the start of the next round. Alchemy sure is weird.)
Will now that I can see creature (rage):1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 + 2 = 16 (+2 vs Fear if applicable)
"GRRAGH! NEITHER ROCKS NOR WORDS SHALL DEFEAT ME!" Corb gets MAD and tries again to climb the rock to get to the action!
Climb (accellerated, rage):1d20 + 10 + 2 - 5 ⇒ (12) + 10 + 2 - 5 = 19Swim is one less, just in case that need rolled. Will add a bonus climb just in case. Climb:1d20 + 10 - 5 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 10 - 5 + 2 = 22
Corb would attempt to climb regardless; no mere boulder (in theory, not practice) should defeat a true warrior! Is the poison effect breathing or contact-contracted? I'll roll the poison in case breath-holding is nullified by the Enthrall or is otherwise contracted.
Corb is unhappy with the results of his climb! He gets angry because of it and tries again, pending the singing didn't get to him...
will:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
... Thank Gorum the spiders will be Hostile, most likely and allow glorious combat...
Ha, no worries; PFS is the BEST place to wreck treasure, since we still get the wealth for finishing the encounter. At most, we lose a free scribing if we can't mend them.
Note that Corb is heading up with the prisoners if they're going, in case the Bug Thing comes back. He won't be leaving with them quite yet, but just in case it's waiting around to ambush nearly dead merchants... Will wand myself to full in the process, if allowed.
clws:5d8 + 5 ⇒ (2, 4, 4, 8, 4) + 5 = 27
... Apparently EXACTLY to full. Nice.
@Lootsplosion: Sounds about right. Energy on objects is almost entirely a DM call as to "if it works, then just apply hardness," so judging by your reaction, stuff's gone.
In theory, if we took the 10 min cast time and had one accessible, could we Make Whole/Mending the scrolls back together since all the chunks are in the box? Potions, I'd wager, are totes gone and leaked out the box.
Corb leaves rage, making his way back to the elevator with the prisoners. "SHE... DID... SAY... FOR... NICE... NESS!"
After taking the twelve seconds to recover, and hefting as many ex-prisoners as possible, he explains his movement. "I EXPECT THE BUG THING WILL ATTEMPT TO PREY ON THE WEAK AND I WILL ALLY WITH THE MONKS THE ONLY WAY I KNOW HOW; CUTTING THINGS IN HALF!"
This reminds Corb of something, so he yells back, "MY CART IS UPSTAIRS! IF YOU GUYS BACK THERE CAN BURGLE SOME OF THE HORSES WITHOUT DYING, YOU CAN USE THAT TO LEAVE!
Captain Andoran:
I had a character who used the many-gun method. Given that each gun was at least 750gp a pop, that'd be one expensive character. I think I was up to six on Marucho before I lost his sheets and declared him Chaotic Evil (because he did love to shoot folks. Moreso because he was a "Tiefling-esque character before tieflings were legal" and he was rendered pretty much obsolete.) He had...
Starting Pisol
Double-Barreled Pistol
Buckler Gun
Coat Pistol
at the level he stopped play. I actually managed to jam each of them in one session once and had to wait for the paladin to leave to pistol-whip coup-de-grace the guy who I jammed all my guns on. I know the Pally player personally [Sethious], so he was fully aware what was going to happen. Coincidentally, I made friends with two paladins (one of which being a Godclaw Hellknight) on that character that Dragoncon, despite hating all deities/servitude (self only). Fun!
Corb, always ready for combat (thanks to his Faith Trait), draws the borrowed reach weapon in addition to his already-drawn Greatsword. He moves west->south to threaten the same area.
Note that Lunge ends at the end of your turn, so your threatened squares for AoOs don't go up from it (though the readied does count.) (... I'm pretty sure.)
In the spirit of not getting chewed out by that ignorant Ex-knight captain teamwork (if anyone's particularly aghast of letting them run out and probably just kick Corb in the face) or if they're just kinda hanging around and need just manually removed, then use the above as Strengths at +6.
I think I missed what the Str check was for; if its breaking things, I have a mild bonus.
Stealth Mode Corb thinks for a moment wondering what the wink means. He realizes he has the reach weapon! That's clearly it. Time to sunder some ropes (probably with the pointy end.)
"KILLING THE ROPES WILL BE FAR MORE EFFICIENT, THEN WE CAN GET TO GLORIOUS COMBAT IF THEY HAVEN'T FLED ALREADY!"
Corb is silently unhappy about avoiding the fleeing bug-coward. Since it seems like the group prefers the lift, he'll avoid readying himself for moving any carts or anything.
Corb will enter Stealth Mode, which is incredibly similar to Diplomacy Mode, except his sword is drawn and held in all 4 hands. Disclaimer: Stealth Mode implies no actual use of the Stealth skill or any special means of remaining concealed because hiding and underhanded tactics are for cowards.
Corb speaks, still lacking any kind of inside voice. "PAIN IS A TEMPORARY DRAWBACK THAT IS THE ONLY INFALLIBLE REMINDER THAT I AM TRULY ALIVE! NOTHING WORTH HAVING IS GAINED WITHOUT SACRIFICE! IT'S A REMINDER OF THE ONLY THING THAT TRULY SEPARATES THE LIVING FROM THE DEAD!"
"BOTH THAT HIPPO AND I SHARED THE SAME FEELING OF ADRENALINE AND WE ARE BOTH BETTER OFF FOR IT! HE RETAINS THE KNOWLEDGE OF IRON WHILE HE RESTS IN HIS DOMAIN AND I AM A STRONGER MAN WHO HAS DEFEATED WHAT NATURE HAD TO OFFER! I CAN ONLY PRAY THAT I MEET ANYTHING THE CALIBER OF THAT MY MOTHER FOUGHT!"
"PAIN IS A TEMPORARY DRAWBACK THAT IS THE ONLY INFALLIBLE REMINDER THAT I AM TRULY ALIVE! NOTHING WORTH HAVING IS GAINED WITHOUT SACRIFICE! IT'S A REMINDER OF THE ONLY THING THAT TRULY SEPARATES THE LIVING FROM THE DEAD!"
I've been playing Corb too WWE/WCW/WWF(take your pick)-like talky lately; I haven't played a monologue-y character since running Way of the Wicked... I guess I can justify it as "attempting to impress monks, poorly." I once again have a desire to make "Muscle Man" Randall Johnston.
"THOSE THAT FLEE FROM COMBAT HAVE NO RIGHT TO DECLARE THEMSELVES STRONG, BECAUSE THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF WEAKNESS! IF THEY FLEE FROM HEALERS AND HARASS ONLY PEASANTS, THEN THEY ARE CLEARLY NOTHING AND I WILL RETURN THEM TO THEIR PATHETIC BUG GOD!"
Quote:
"Warpriests?"
"ALL CLERGY OF GORUM ARE PRIESTS OF WAR AND I HAVE FOUGHT MANY OF THOSE! THESE COWARDS SOUND LIKE GUYS WHO HIDE COWARDS WHO BEHIND HOUSEWIVES AND CHILDREN TO 'SURVIVE,' IF YOU CALL THAT LIVING!"
Corb spends the night practicing chopping wood until he passes out, still only doing adequately at the "breaking the board" part.
~~~
Corb is his regular emphatic self at the proposition of annihilating the Rough threat. "IF YOU WANT THEM AS PRISONERS, I'LL NEED THAT WOODEN SWORD AGAIN! OTHERWISE, THE FOLLOWERS OF THE ROUGH BEAST WILL KNOW THE FATE OF ALL WHO CONTEST THE IRON!"
didn't see the mini init note at bottom of the post; apologies! Thursday is a live game of mine and was expecting inviburglars to interfere or something when I wasn't on the numbered inits earlier. This full attack would be before the whirlwind knocks me out.
Choosing bonus attacks, losing 5 damage from Overhand Chop with much sadness.
Then Corb goes unconscious from the whirlwind attack! He continue to be angry, even while asleep! Corb gets hit with the pole end of the wildly swung spear, being little more than an irritant. Thanks, self-cover.
Side note for optimum enemy efficiency: Ki Pool adds a Dodge bonus, which is a type of bonus lost if one has lost their dexterity bonus (say, were they blinded.)
Corb will move directly adjacent (provoking if he has Combat Reflexes) and swing his sword! If in the case of getting tripped on the AoO, he will stand before and eating what will probably be another AoO (and not be able to swing). Greatsword!:1d20 + 18 ⇒ (1) + 18 = 192d6 + 26 ⇒ (5, 4) + 26 = 35
And miss. Note that I have Step Up, but my Overhand Chop won't apply to any attacks until me next turn. I'll need to look into attacking my large self's butt squares. I think I am cover to myself at best?
AC (N/T/FF)= 12/8/12 (+4 Shield, -2 Enlarge Person) Rage will pull down by 2
CMD = 25 (+8 Str, -1 Dex, +6 BAB, +1 Size) Rage will balance out
Attacks: -1 damage (no longer magic; enlarge person negates itself)
Helpfully generated with the Corb Is Complicated.xlsx file in his profile
Corb gets big and ready to be angry! Is that a reach-y polearm he has?
The thought of finally reaching combat excites a slightly-confused Corb to not ask the necromancer if he knows the meaning of the word "honorable." He attempts to recall the big argument about the prisoner back in the Mwangi and his stance on the matter (or if he's just misremembering him being there), but thinks little of it as the past is the past and the trial is now. Remembrance for glorious Combat With Nature (plus the other pointless other things that happened on that trip) will wait another day... or probably never.
"HOW PREPARED IS THE OPPOSITION? YOU SAY HONORABLE; DOES THAT MEAN 100% CAPACITY AND NO UNSEEN PREPARATIONS IN THIS FAITH AS WELL?" Not really waiting for a response, Corb continutes after am omentary pause. "I CARE NOT, EVEN IF THEY HAVE ALREADY CAST MAGIC, ALCHEMY OR WHATNOT. BUT UNDER THE NAME OF THE LORD IN IRON, I STATE I HAVE DRINKS THAT I WILL ONLY INBIBE IF THEY WISH TO EXPERIENCE MY MAXIMUM POWER!" If the monk suggests to go full bore, just before combat, he'll drink his extracts of Enlarge Person #1, followed by Shield, and then his Mutagen (because 10 Int means no Extracts; I think they follow that spellcasting rule, even if they're already made a la Wizard's not losing spell slots but the ability to cast in the case of Int Damage. His AC evens out to 12, if my math is right. Only three lower than his mother's at her retirement.
In response to the falling rock, the 4-armed individual doesn't steer clear of the piece. He instead goes to headbutt the stone and accept full brunt of the assault from gravity.
Granted the power of adrenaline from his now-bleeding face, Corb powers through the climb with ease. After crossing the finish, he does not takes the assistance and attempts to throw himself as high as possible for the final pull. Looking quite pleased, he states/exclaims his praise to the sky (largely ignoring the apology and any slight in the accident), "RRRAGH! YEAH! THE LORD IN IRON BLESSES THIS EASY TRIAL OF MIGHT WITH GREATER PERSONAL CHALLENGE AND I GIVE THANKS WITH THE BLOOD OF CONFLICT!"
