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I'm submitting Cyrene here, a virtuous bravo crossed inquisitor who is a paladin of Shelyn. She's all about art, beauty, love and redemption for everyone - most especially her brother who abandoned her and turned to the worship of Zon Kuthon. (Yes, I'm deliberately mirroring the Shelyn/Zon Kuthon storyline - just hoping for a happier ending!)

Party role is a dex tank who is a lot more skilled than paladins usually are! She is 100% about redemption and has both the inquisition and the diplomacy score to back it up!

Final note: the creature in her background is a Zana whose mountain was swallowed when Sarkoris fell to the Worldwound and rescued the two children when they were lost and starving on the mountain slopes. I've always thought they were really cool and a nice creature to work into a background.

I think we need to add another full-time player.

Yeah - you probably should. Sorry I've not been around much, my availability for Paizo has been fluctuating much more than it used to and I'm holding the game up which isn't fair to any of you. None of my other games are moving very fast but this one is and I don't want to spoil it.

I'll drop so you guys can recruit as many players as you want/need and have a few more roles to offer. Thanks for the game everyone, it's been good fun and excellently managed by FangDragon!

With no easy way to access the building, but a keen sense for when Val is lying, Cyrene settles silently into waiting by the front of the house. Assuming that the bluff works she wants to see how the person inside observes them - because they will, almost certainly...

Stealth, Invis: 1d20 + 17 + 20 ⇒ (6) + 17 + 20 = 43

Cyrene quirks an eyebrow at the angry greeting and slips away to check if the house has a back entrance that she might use - quietly. Presumably the woman leaves somehow, or gets deliveries somehow.

As any good assassin knows, a living target always leaves a way in. Dead ones... don't.

Cyrene frowns and then stoops to pick up a discarded shoe before slinging it across the street at one of the angry mobsters.

Throw, Improvised Weapon?: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 10 - 2 = 141d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

She will have tried for something non-lethal rather than a stone or sharp object.

Not killing people is something Cyrene finds hard so she lingers at the back of the group and tries to spot if someone is actively controlling the mob.

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13

I'm happy to switch to ranged if that would be a preferred solution. Might give Cyrene a slightly more distinct role compared to Trip - vigilantes can do some pretty nasty archer stuff.

If we prefer to bring another player in I'm fine with that too. :)

Cyrene falls into step with the others. She'd prefer to be dealing with Merkondus (in a more permanent fashion) but Lope's logic is good.

On the way she slips away for a minute and returns with a collection of steaming buns which she hands out with a smile (reserving a second one for Trip who she just knows will inhale her first).

"So, are we expecting trouble or just a crazy cat lady?" She asks lightly.

I just don't have much to offer in these scenes. :)

Cyrene by design isn't a 'get up to the front of the group and talk' kinda person. I think it makes perfect sense that Lope and Diana are the group faces - those are the people that would be expected to do all the talking so it makes sense.

Now we're out of the council chambers I can have a bit more to offer, but there's only so many ways to post "Cyrene lurks anonymously at the back of the group".

[Please not this is definitely not a criticism - you guys are all doing great! This is purely the result of my choices :)]

"I'll deal with the Earl." Cyrene offers. "Let me know if you want someone to come to a meeting with, Trip."

The Gilded Baldachin is a pleasant enough place for some debauchery but it isn't the kind of place that Cyrene is going to find what she really needs so she slips away from the inn and starts wandering town to find a tavern full of the disreputable and seedy. That's where the real fun is.

Tomorrow she'll get to work learning about the Earl but tonight is about her in a new city. It's going to be fun!

Mechanically she's investing time into establishing her Obscurity.

Sorry for the lack of posting during the last days. I am too tired, but will try to read through the last posts and update tomorrow.

A similar apology, I'm back at work (in school) after the holiday and completely wiped. Cyrene may just sail right past all of this and drop back in when I can.

Well I do worship the former queen of succubi, darkness and murder. Scandalous goes with the territory.

We have all the best parties darling!

In PF2 they've changed that so that changelings can be both genders - that may simply be Paizo's general drive to "all gender inclusivity" but it allows for some more flexibility on the RP-ing front if its desired.

I should probably put some thought into Cyrene and potential evolution. She's done enough in this book that things might be changed a little.

Finally, many thanks to GMFangDragon, you're doing an excellent job to keep up such a consistent game and I'm very much enjoying it. This is my second time playing through the AP and you're making the story your own wonderfully (and dealing extremely well with my splitting the party!). Thank you very much for all your hard work!

Stabbing: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 11 + 1 + 2 = 201d20 + 11 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 11 + 1 + 2 = 15
Miss?: 1d100 ⇒ 871d100 ⇒ 63
Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 3d4 ⇒ (2) + 5 + (4, 2, 1) = 141d6 + 5 + 3d4 ⇒ (6) + 5 + (1, 2, 1) = 15

Not being able to look at the creature is making this very difficult for Cyrene...

Attacks: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 11 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 281d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 11 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 31
Miss?: 1d100 ⇒ 801d100 ⇒ 15
Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 1 + 3d4 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 1 + (4, 4, 3) = 21

Cyrene sneaks brief glances and lashes out twice. She feels at least one land but the creature moves and throws off her second attack.

I believe it depends on the effect in question - sometimes they stack sometimes they don't... been a while since I checked though.

Avert eyes: 1d100 ⇒ 69

Strikes: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 11 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 241d20 + 11 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 11 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 16
Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 1 + 3d4 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 1 + (4, 2, 1) = 19
Miss?: 1d100 ⇒ 24

Having to keep her gaze off the creature is making things very difficult for Cyrene, but she does her best.

Cyrene is no fool and averts her eyes from the creature almost the moment it appears but the appearance is still more than enough to shake her to her core.

Will: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 9 - 2 = 13

Unwilling to strike yet she circles the edge of the room, gaze flitting hither and thither to garner clues about the creature in each reflective surface she can see.

Move to get behind it if possible. Study it.

Perc: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30
Perc: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16

"There's something in the corner." Cyrene says, her trained eyes easily picking out the odd wall. "It could be a trap. Be careful."

"Nothing important." Cyrene concludes after conducting a thorough sweep of the room. "Do we want to press on or not? Our good swordsman here won't be able to cast spells until his voice comes back."

Perc: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13

She seems utterly unmoved by the prettiness of the ceiling.

That's true! :D

Death Attack, Flanking: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 11 + 1 + 2 = 161d6 + 5 + 3d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 5 + (5, 5, 3) + 1 = 25

Perhaps Cyrene should have waited a bit longer...

This would be the perfect moment for Cyrene to end this with one strike!

It'll be a natural one and we all know it...

Cyrene has the creature figured out. Now it's just a matter of timing...

Lat round of study

Cyrene keeps watching - the others don't need her yet and she'd like to finish the fight in a single strike.

SM: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (18) + 17 = 35

Cyrene remains hidden in the doorway - the creature hasn't seen her yet and that's all to the good.

Study the creature.
Stealth: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23

Cyrene keeps her own council and lingers at the back of the group, simultaneously guarding the exit and staying out of easy sight should another foe make itself known.

She actually approves of Trip taking precautions but is careful not to say so - she doesn't want to upset Val. A succubus has to work out her needs somehow!

Stab: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 11 + 1 + 2 = 33
Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 1 + 3d4 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 1 + (4, 3, 3) = 21

Crit?: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 11 + 1 + 2 = 33
Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 1 = 11

With her target momentarily unmoving Cyrene leaps in once more, taking full advantage of the opening!

32 damage, finished it? ;)

Art Criticism, Studied, Flank: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 11 + 1 + 2 = 16
Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 1 + 3d4 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 1 + (1, 1, 1) = 11

With Trip trying to plaster herself all over the animate painting Cyrene has to pull her blow. With that she pulls back a step, ready to dive back in the moment an opening presents itself.

7 total from a d20, d6 and 3d4... wow!

By all means. :)

Cyrene waits until Lope and his flaming blade have the duchesses full attention and then slips from the shadows.

Stab!: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 11 + 2 = 33
Damage, Study: 1d6 + 5 + 3d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 + (1, 4, 7) + 1 = 22

Crit?: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 11 + 2 = 24
Crit Damage: 1d6 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 1 = 11

Her blow is precise and brutal in its effectiveness.

Perc: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

Cyrene can't see who is threatening her life, but that's never been something to hold her back. The assassin disappears into the shadows.

Stealth: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (17) + 17 = 34

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22

Cyrene lingers in the doorway, her eyes flitting from door to door. She's waiting for the ambush and can only hope that she gets long enough to have a read on the target...

Cyrene hovers at the back and stays quiet. There's something the guards aren't saying, but her companions quick tongues should deal with that. So she waits.

"Nicely done." Cyrene says quietly to Trip, her own blade returned to concealment.

Diana's comments make the assassin's brow furrow just a fraction.

"We should move carefully then. Ambushes are always a danger and I'd like to set it, not trigger one."

SM: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (9) + 17 = 26

Cyrene suppresses any outward expression but inside she smiles as Lope picks up on the manifest cues Bartelby is giving off.

You're close now - keep pushing. He's almost ready to fold.

Outwardly of course she says and does nothing. Trip may have magical invisibility, but the guards have noticed that. True invisibility is being unseen while right under their noses.

Cyrene's eyes narrow - if Count Lotheed doesn't listen he only has seconds left to live...

Study Target. I'm assuming it's been three round by now so Death Attack can be online?

SM: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21

Cyrene smiles to herself and continues to watch. Seeing this arrogant man's world crumble around him is truly delightful theatre.

SM: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (11) + 17 = 28

Fading into the background the way she can so well, Cyrene seems to be practically invisible as the conversations go on around her. She watches Bartelby closely, noting the slightly dilated eyes, the clenched fist in his pocket.

"He's afraid." She murmurs in Valeria's ear. "Lean on that and he'll cave. He's nothing without Guisarne."

Her duty done she watches and waits, picking out the perfect place to strike if the need arises.

Disguise to appear as a servant and thus non-threatening: 1d20 + 35 ⇒ (17) + 35 = 52

As long as they're talking she'll stay out of it. If Bartelby makes any aggressive moves it'll be immediate Death Attack with studied target. :D

No worries if it does end up verbal - I'm happy to sit out and just watch. a. I've done this before and b. if that's how the story plays out then so be it. No need to force something just so I can roll dice. :D

Ok, armor, ring, amulet and Mask for me then! :D

(I feel bad, Cyrene has nabbed a lot of loot thus far. On the other hand I'm almost fully kitted now so I won't need much more for a while!)

Linked: does anyone want a +1 chain shirt? +5 ac and +4 dex mod. It's going spare now I'm wearing lighter stuff.

Am of MF is the same as a +1 sword, so maybe strike off a couple of sawtooth sabers to make up for it?

One third of my hit points left isn't 'seriously injured'? Cool! :P

Cyrene strips the corpses with swift efficiency as her wounds close over with unnatural speed. Val, at least, can tell when she straightens that the demonic assassin is still in considerable pain but she does a good job of hiding it.

"I'll deal with this." She offers, "You should go inside."

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For the rest of the visit Cyrene makes sure to stay in her humanoid guise and very much out of the way. It's unlikely that the baroness will connect the demonic figure, half seen in the darkness, with Valeria's quiet and retiring maid, but caution is the watchword of a good operative.

Quite how she makes all the assassin's gear disappear is another matter entirely but on the coach ride back she produces it all for the groups evaluation and eventual use.

I'd like anything to buff my AC, so a ring and an amulet at least if allowed. The armor is an upgrade too if people don't mind. (At least I don't need the armor!)

Might be worth keeping one of the masks in case we need to plant blame somewhere else but that's just a thought.

Cyrene only has AC 20, 21 with haste, so she's taken two hits now. On the flip side she's using Koriana's Blade as a rapier so the second attack threatens a crit!

Crit?: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 10 + 1 + 1 = 181d6 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 1 = 10

With her own blood flowing freely Cyrene flashes a grin.

"You're good girl. But not good enough!"

Stabbity!: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 10 + 1 + 1 = 301d6 + 5 + 1 + 3d4 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 1 + (1, 1, 4) = 17
Crit?: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 10 + 1 + 1 = 211d6 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 1 = 12

She feints and lands a second blow through the assassin's defenses.

"Too slow to parry, girly. Sorry to have to kill you."

Thankfully Lope moves in to distract the woman as she lands a blow and Cyrene is able to twist with it before retaliating.

Studied Stab: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 10 + 1 = 181d6 + 5 + 1 + 3d4 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 1 + (4, 3, 3) = 22

Cyrene slips in behind the assassins and strikes hard at the rearmost one!

Stabbity: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 191d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 Hidden Strike?: 3d8 ⇒ (2, 2, 6) = 10
If I hit with the hidden strike then I get to Study my target as well for an extra +1 damage and other bonuses.

"They're here!" She yells just after striking. The element of surprise is gone, now she needs allies!

Take 10 on Perception

Cyrene curses under her breath and then slides carefully from her hiding place. She waits for a few moments in case one of them comes for the poison and then moves slowly outside, wanting to keep the two assassins in sight.

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27