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I'm really glad you posted here, I just had an 'oh shit!' moment; I completely forgot that I still needed to get you guys your Chronicle sheets. I've got a checklist of stuff I need to get done. I need to help Leela/Aislinn with any edits to their characters, then I want to take a look at scenarios. I'd like to give you guys a couple of options and have everybody vote on which one they'd like best. I can always nag Aislinn/Leela to ask for you advice as well. I need to get back on that.
I really want to make a second scenario happen. I need to work on getting my stuff together, I'm sorry it fell apart at the end.
I'm sorry I've been MIA. My depression's been pretty bad the past couple of days and I've had no motivation. Sorry. :( Here are the sheets for both Leela and Aislinn if you guys want to look them over. Leela if you want you can just copy and past yours into your profile. Leela:
Leela
Female human barbarian 1 CN Medium humanoid (human) Init +1; Senses Perception +5 --------------------
Power Attack: You can choose to take a –1 penalty on all melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +2 bonus on all melee damage rolls. This bonus to damage is increased by half (+50%) if you are making an attack with a two-handed weapon, a one handed weapon using two hands, or a primary natural weapon that adds 1-1/2 times your Strength modifier on damage rolls. This bonus to damage is halved (–50%) if you are making an attack with an off-hand weapon or secondary natural weapon.
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You made your first kill at a very young age and found the task of war or murder to your liking. You either take particular pride in a well-placed blow, or find vile pleasure in twisting the blade to maximize your target's pain.
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Armor Check Penalty –3
Other Gear: hide armor, Large bastard sword, shortbow with 20 arrows, backpack, bedroll, caltrops, flint and steel, hemp rope (50 ft.), shovel, torches (5), trail rations (4), waterskin, 14 gp
Large Bastard Sword: Large Bastard Sword The sword Leela carries is difficult for her to wield because it was created to be swung by a giant. She takes a –2 penalty on attack rolls with the sword (this is already calculated into her attack bonus). Though a bastard sword can normally be wielded in one hand, Amiri must use two hands because the sword is sized for a Large creature. The sword deals 2d8 points of damage because of its Large size. Rage: A barbarian can call upon inner reserves of strength and ferocity, granting her additional combat prowess. Starting at 1st level, a barbarian can rage for a number of rounds per day equal to 4 + her Constitution modifier. At each level after 1st, she can rage for 2 additional rounds. Temporary increases to Constitution, such as those gained from rage and spells likebear's endurance, do not increase the total number of rounds that a barbarian can rage per day. A barbarian can enter rage as a free action. The total number of rounds of rage per day is renewed after resting for 8 hours, although these hours do not need to be consecutive.
Aislinn: Aislinn Mcgillycuddy Female human hunter of Erastil 1 NG Medium humanoid (human) Init +4; Senses Perception +6 --------------------
Animal focus (1 minute / day)
1st (2/day)—feather step, resist energy 0 (at will)—create water, light, mending, purify food and drink --------------------
Prescice shot- don’t have penalty to shoot arrows --------------------
Killer: You deal an amount of additional damage equal to your weapon's critical hit modifier when you score a successful critical hit with a weapon; this additional damage is added to the final total, and is not multiplied by the critical hit multiple itself. This extra damage is a trait bonus.
Armor Check –1
Other Gear composite longbow with 50 cold iron arrows, club, studded leather armor, backpack, waterskin, spell component pouch, 2 gp --------------------
Animal Focus: At 1st level, a hunter can take on the aspect of an animal as a swift action. She must select one type of animal to emulate, gaining a bonus or special ability based on the type of animal emulated and her hunter level. The hunter can use this ability for a number of minutes per day equal to her level. This duration does not need to be consecutive, but must be spent in 1-minute increments. The hunter can emulate only one animal at a time. If the hunter's animal companion is dead, the hunter can apply her companion's animal focus to herself instead of her animal companion. This is in addition to the normal one she can choose, and (as with a companion's focus) remains in effect until the hunter changes it instead of counting against her minutes per day.
Nature Training: A hunter counts her total hunter level as both druid levels and ranger levels for the purpose of qualifying for feats, traits, and options that modify or improve an animal companion. Wild Empathy: A hunter can improve the initial attitude of an animal. This ability functions as a Diplomacy check to improve the attitude of a person. The hunter rolls 1d20 and adds her hunter level and her Charisma modifier to determine the wild empathy check result. The typical domestic animal has a starting attitude of indifferent, while wild animals are usually unfriendly.
Faolan
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Link: Aislinn can handle Faolan as a free action or push Faolan as a move action. Share Spells: Aislinn can cast spells with a range of Personal on Faolan by touch. Tricks: attack [2], defend, detect, down, heel, track Trip: Whenever Faolan hits with a bite attack, Faolan can make a free trip attempt against that target without provoking any attack of opportunity. Even if Faolan fails by 10 or more, Faolan is never tripped by this attempt.
I certainly hope so! :D
I'd love to DM another scenario if you all are up for it. We can go over a list of scenarios and see if there's something you all want to play. I'll have the chronicle sheets done after the holidays. Nimerah, I have no objection to running a party with 2 alchemists ;)
I'm putting Chronicle Sheets together including the Stardust Holiday Boon. You can look at it HERE. Let me know which boon you each want.
Ah, fiddlesticks. I sent in my report before I saw this. If I get in touch with someone do you think they'd let me transfer the boon to one of you guys? You'll all make use of it before I would.
Well. That's awkward. I wish it had been one of you guys.
AHA, I found the boon thing. It was buried in my email the whole time.
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That would be helpful :)
Boon time! Now, I’ve never done this before so correct me on anything if I’m wrong. The book says
You guys completed all of these. You also all get 2 prestige points, one for completing the primary success condition and one for completing the secondary success condition. Said boons grant:
So what I get from this is that everybody gets all the boons, huzzah! You guys got a Ring of Protection +1 and a suit of Studded Leather Armor +1 . We need to decide who gets what. There’s also some coin for each of you. And then of course we can RP out the whole ‘going home/reporting/official ceremony’ part, but I want to make sure I have all this straightened out.
Did Leela kill it? :D Leela killed it VERY dead
Well. I just did the math and that minotaur is dead. Good job! I'm in line with Aislinn at Star Wars so I'll do an official post thing when I get home.
I should bot you guys more often, I'm good luck.
Janira pulls out her crossbow and loads it.
Leela decides it’s time to take the fight to the minotaur. She runs across the bridge.
Aislinn closes in on her prey. Her shot sinks into the creature's neck. Foalan rushes foward, leaps and sinks his teeth into the minotaur's arm. The creature falls over.
The minotaur pushes himself back up.
Faolan snaps the creature but misses. The minotaur tries to cut the glue that's hold him but all he does is get his axe covered in goo.
Nimerah's hands are a little unsteady; her shot is a little off aim. Luckily the Minotaur is more than a little stuck to the ground. The shot hits it right in the leg.
The minotaur ignores the new arrivals. Janira's done some damage to it; it's got a couple of scratches and its axe is broken but it's clearly in better shape than the Pathfinder. It focuses all of its hatred on the halfing and swings its axe at her.
His strike is clumsy and Janira dances out of the way. Janira retaliates by throwing a small bag at the creature.
The bag explodes at the minotaur's feet. It tries to move but it's glued tight to the ground. The creature bellows in rage. Janira keeps backing up until she's right by Nixie's bridge. "Oh, that's clever! You must tell me how you- err, that's for later. I'm pretty beat up but I'll help you as much as I can!"
Janira takes a step back and snaps her whip at the minotaur
She tries snatch the battleaxe out of the creature's hands but it just swats the whip away.
Nixie hugs Uri before he leaves. "Clear waters to you, too! Will we see you again? I'd like that." Uri shrugs. "Maybe? Who knows what the waves will bring?” ----------------------------------------------------------------------
GM Rolls:
The tunnel climbs upwards at a steady pace. Faint sunlight appears right as the group begins to hear the faint sounds of combat. You hear roars and a familiar woman’s voice half-shouting and half-reciting, “As the legendary Gregaro Voth successfully battled the wild beasts in the deepest reaches of the Mwangi Expanse, so shall I defeat you, foul servant of Lamashtu!” You emerge into a small clearing. In front of you Janira faces off with the minotaur from before. She’s dirty, blood soaking into her clothes from dozens of cuts across her body. The halfling clearly needs help and somehow, by some strange twist of fate, you’ve arrived at her fight. Janira, ever defiant, shouts “You vile beast! I know not what drives your black heart, but I shall not fail in my duty. I shall see you driven from this forest, back to the hills from whence you came!”
EDIT: Whoops, retconnon Janira. Aislinn go ahead anyways
Nimerah’s arrow sails across the river and punches through the remaining Mite. It falls to the ground and silence fills the room. Uri peers across the river. “Ah, they are dead? That is good.” He shifts awkwardly. “Well….that’s that. Good work. That exit across the river will take you to the surface. I must return to the pool. I have much to do and little time to do it.” “Farewell Pathfinders. Clear waters to you.” He bows before walking back the way you came. -If you search the mites you find nothing of value. Unless you like cooked Centipede; then you’d have quite a bounty ;)
Rohini's aim may be awful but she still blasts her targets into the next life. As the smoke clears you can see there's a lone mite standing. The creature looks at its fallen companions and shrieks in terror. Aislinn fires an arrow at the poor mite but misses.
ETA:
I made a goof, so I have to retconn it and say Leela's arrow did no damage. Sorry, that was my bad :(
Leela’s arrow sails across the river and slams into one of the mites. It staggers back as the other mites begin shrieking at the party. The injured mite breathes heavily, blood flowing liberally from the hole in its side. It glares at Leela, hatred obvious on its face. Suddenly its eyes bug out of its head and it lets out a piercing shriek.
It takes a lot more than a smallm gibbering blue man to scare a fighter like Leela.
Uri decides that these creatures, while strange, aren’t technically desecrating the caves. Attacking them would break his vows, so that’s out of the question, but he can still make himself useful. Maybe he can get the creatures to target him instead? The Gillman walks up past Aislinn, strolling along like he’s doing an everyday task. Blue light flows over his hands like water; he claps them together and the light spreads over his body.
As a general note, since Aislinn, Leela and I are RL friends we talk about PbP stuff on facebook messenger a lot. So if it seems like I'm not answering them it's because
Big honking DM Rolls:
The mites are too busy arguing amongst themselves to notice the Pathfinders. They don’t realize something is wrong until they’re being attacked.
I think Leela meant that to be a roll for when you guy decided to move in, but I'm just going to count it as the start of combat. Post incoming.
You guys can keep talking to each other in flex time if you wish. There will also be time to talk after you do....stuff. ;)
Light flood the cavern and then quickly fades away. It leaves behind a feeling of peace. Uri clears his throat. “Well done. Now, I will follow you down that tunnel.” He stands up and wades out of the pool. Once he’s out he throws the cloak over his shoulders, shakes it out and then nods to himself. “The creatures, if they are more undead Gillmen, it is my duty to clear them.” Uri and the group make their way through the western tunnel. “There is a river at the bottom of the cave. It is how pilgrims leave the site. We walk here overland as part of the ritual but once the ritual is done we swim out the river. The river meets the sea after many miles. That spot is also where pilgrims first leave the sea. Cyclical.” The persistent glow of the bluish fungi dimly lights the way deeper below the Kortos Mounts. As the group marches Uri keeps chatting. “There is a way to the surface by the river. That is the way you will go. I will have to go back, complete my ritual and lay my people to rest. Then I will leave and go talk to my Elders. There is much to discuss.” The group’s been walking for twenty minutes when the cave starts to change. The passageway broadens to reveal a shallow river that bisects an immense tunnel stretching to the north and south. Audible over the sound of the water are several high pitched voices shouting at each other. Uri whispers “I do not believe those are undead” If you peer into the cave you see three small blue humanoids screeching at each other. A giant insect winds its way in between. Behind the creatures a passage exits the chamber at a steep incline. Knowledge: Nature 10+:
The blue humanoids are Mites. Descended from the fey, mites are among the most pitiful and craven dwellers of the dark. Their stature places them at the bottom of the pile in the dangerous caverns in which they live. The one thing that gives them a significant edge over an enemy in a fight is their natural ability to empathize with normally mindless vermin—mites are particularly fond of spiders, centipedes, and cave fishers, and a mite colony usually has a few of these far more dangerous monsters on hand to defend the group.
The large insect is a Giant Centipede. These creatures adapt to many environments and feed voraciously on the local fauna, including humanoids. 15+:
When faced with dangerous foes, a mite uses its doom ability to hex them
The bite of a Giant Centipede carries a potent poison. It causes problems with a sufferer’s coordination
Uri's not going to say anything. He's smart like that. ;)
The lights billow out from the city once more. They circle Nixie and Nimerah before flashing out of existence.
GM Stuff:
Uri perks up when you enter the cavern. He’s clearly happy to see you, but as soon as he spots the severed head his eyes widen. He’s still gawking at it when Nixie takes his hand. ”Ach. Those who make the pilgrimage, we know there is danger. This though, we did not see. This...creature defiled those Gillmen. Defiled this cave. It is good that he caused his own death. It is better that you put those profane creatures down. I will release their bodies back to the waters. You have done us a great service.” ”As for that thing” he points to the severed head “It could work for the hunter’s ritual. The way I learned it, you kill a centipede and place it in the city there. The head of a monstrous man, maybe it works. Might be even better.” “What will you do now? Do you wish that I explain the other rituals? There are still creatures down the west tunnel. That also leads to an exit. Are you going that way? If there are more undead, I must go fight them. They profane the caves so I must deal with them”
Perception rolls:
Leela’s arrow and Nixie’s flask hit hit the last undead at the same moment. It stays standing for a moment before falling to the ground in pieces.
You poke around the bodies and discover a ring and a suit of leather armor that are in good condition. Along with the creatures you fought there’s the badly mangled corpse of a man. In his pocket you find notes detailing plans to start an army of undead made from the “fish people” who have been frequenting this cave.
I think we'll be ok when it comes to the deadline. The book says I can cut out one of the combat options if we're running low on time. Well, specifically it says "Run this encounter only if more than 60
She's wearing medium so it's 30 feet. So she could move 60 feet. But the area's pretty small so she'll be good.
Aislinn's arrow thuds into the zombie's eye. It falls backwards, the force that animates it fleeing it's body.
The fire immediately engulfs the Skeletons. They fall to the floor, the life snuffed out of them once again.
Uri shakes his head. “Not one big one. They are smaller. I’ve seen their footprints.” The group moves down the eastern passage. The cave’s damp air becomes increasingly stale as you continue down through this tunnel. Soon the stench of decay grows increasingly evident.The passage turns to the east and opens into a small cavern littered with bits of broken glass, rotting pieces of paper, and other unusable detritus. Various Rolls:
Rohini bravely scouts ahead. She spots the creatures in the cave but they don't see her. She reports to the group and they move to ambush the creatures.
K. Religion for Undead
11+: These creatures are the shambling remains of the dead, brought to unlife through foul magic.
Most undead were once living. Knowing details about the phase of existence that preceded a creature's undeath is often invaluable in determining its motives. Holy water damages undead as though it were acid. Distributed by goodly religious orders the world over,holy water is the only line of defense against undead for many commoners. Undead are invariably evil, as are the means to create such beings. Undead are healed by negative energy and harmed by positive energy. Undead are immune to numerous magical effects, including mind-affecting effects and abilities that affect a creature's physical constitution.
GM Stuff:
Uri pauses "Ah. Didn't know? Hmmmm. Rituals are Aroden thing, but I know them. Only, I won’t tell you. The point of rituals was to impart wisdom and guidance. If I tell you it doesn’t make you wiser. Searching for answers gives you as much wisdom as the answer itself.” “Now. As for monsters. I fear them, yes. ” He nods at Leela “But they won’t bother me. They fear me too, ha! Would clear them out if I could but I am forbidden. We are not allowed to fight on pilgrimage. Not unless attacked first. Or someone desecrates the waters. But they do not so I can not.” “You asked if I would like them gone, sword-bearer? Yes. Too close to the waters for comfort. If you do this I will share what I know. Defending this place, I think it gives a different kind of wisdom. But, you do not need my help. You already have what you need to perform rituals. Just need to think.” He points at the two exits to the east and west. ”One group in each direction. Kill, come back and I share my knowledge. Or uncover rituals on your own and then kill. You can skip the ritual. Or you can do the ritual and just leave. Could leave right now, Ha! No point in that. But the rest is up to you. It’s your search, not mine.”
Uri takes the cloak with a nod. He shakes it out, examines it closely and then places it in his lap. He looks pleased. “Ah. Not mine, another pilgrim must have dropped it. You are kind to give it to me; I will see it back to its owner.” “It is good, your mission. You do your people a credit, learning and then teaching land dwellers.” He turns to the rest of the group “You are welcome here. You and your non-pig” One side of his mouth quirks up. “These caves, they are sacred to us. This spring, it is sacred. The waters are pure. We mediate here for guidance. It was Aroden’s once, you can see his city there. But that was long ago. His magic is fading. So are his carvings. We Gillmen, we don’t care about Aroden, but we still respect what was once his. We do not make our carvings over his. If you wish to perform the old rituals to Aroden, you are welcome to.’ He twists around and points towards the exits on the opposite side of the room. “Those passages there. Used to be part of our holy site. Leads to another exit from these caves. But as Aroden’s magic failed the monsters came. Dangerous now. Won’t come into this chamber. But still dangerous.”
I think it makes sense that you'd have to try again. He didn't understand what you said the first time. On the plus side you get a nice bonus for giving him the cloak.
The man nods at Nixie. "Better. I am Uri." His words are slurred but he's still easy to understand. "You I am not surprised to see, but why bring the land-folk here?"
Quick rules question. Can I use the Diplomacy rolls from earlier or do I have to make you roll again because he didn't understand you?
DMrolls:
The man looks up at the light, twists around and stares at the group. His expression shifts from surprise to confusion and finally settles on indifference. The Gillman squints at Nixie and Nimerah as they talk. He then points to his ears, shakes his head and crosses his arms. Then he touches his lips while he mouths something, points to the group while he keeps moving his lips, taps his eyes and beckons the group closer. Sense Motive
5+:
This man is deaf. He wants you to come closer so he can read your lips. 15+:
He’s eyeing that cloak you found with obvious interest Perception
15+: This man’s clothes look very similar to that cloak you found earlier |
