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Pathfinder is a huge game, so many rules and so many classes. I'm still screwing things up (obviously, scrolls and alchemists anyone?) with classes I've played frequently! It wouldn't be pretty if I ever get around to playing rangers, bards and paladins. Not to mention the zillions of other splat classes.
Mr Peppers, my arcanist, uses that book too. He never got to the point where it paid for itself though as he's level 11 and semi retired at the moment.
Looking up those spells it appears many aren't on the alchemist list. Either Soddy is out of whack or she gets to use the Druid spell list somewhat? In the end I only copied Adhesive Spittle and Heightened Awareness for 20g total. The rest Dale can't put to use.
The quick reference guide has that info, also in the phb. They do make players pay for 'materials: inks, etc' to scribe new spells into their books. The ones you get for free from level ups have no costs. If you want to avoid fees then go for the magic item: Blessed book. Free! Blessed Book
The walk back is a slow affair, Dale is constantly being reminded to pick up the pace. "But check out those clouds over there! And this half dead sapling! And oh, that pile of scat.. hrm, looks like rabbit fur in it..." He picks up a couple pieces, sniffing them and breaking them up for a better look. "Oh neat, a tooth!" --- Back at the inn Dale's pretty distracted with taking exact notes on some of Soddy's discoveries and alchemical enhancements "Super sticky spit? Sounds like a heavy dose of paste is required... YUM!" At this point he's very much distracted from whatever the mission was.
Dale is fine to let Soddy copy formulae, but she'll need to endure nonstop questions about all things leshy and maybe even submit to some light experimentation work... Dale doesn't know the following of Soddy's formulae and would love to add them to his book. Taking 10 on spellcraft he easily makes the DCs. 1st - Adhesive Spittle, Heightened Awareness, Longstrider, Lucky Number
120g (I'll have to look up those 2nd levelers.. never heard of 'em!)
GM: Thanks for the run down on what we did and didn't do, and the explanations of things. I like seeing how things would have changed, etc, in a scenario. I feel bad when players miss out on lots of things in a game, like all the wonderful backstory that's usually written in.
Dale grins at the woman "Best tarts I've ever had! Don't blame her, I've never been good with setting boundaries." He shrugs sheepishly. "Thanks for your hospitality, have a good day." Dale hustles outside and waits for the others, hoping to delay things long enough to give Emilio ample time to sneak outside before she shuts the door. "So, gardener, gardener..." He walks towards the corner of the manor to look for the cottage.
Dale flips through the book and his eyes go wide. Now this is something worth reading carefully! He digs out a blank piece of paper and quickly writes a note. Sorry Chef but Irel stole all my bank and I need to trade this for some favors! -Emilio
Dale eases the drawer back closed and relocks it... or tries and then gives up.
"Time to grab some notes?" Dale asks the others as he tucks the book away into his haversack.
Dale watches Tabar work the lock and you can just tell he's beside himself with curiosity. "Ok, you got me, what the heck is in there... some fine chocolates? The stash of organic vanilla beans? Or maybe its a PIE SAFE!" He blurts out a bit at the end, sticking his own pick in to help buy Tabar some more time.
He also helps with the manacles if he needs it. "What's this about a magic ritual and a cave? NOW we're talkin'!"
Dale munches on another stray tart with Sammi-Sue, wondering just what is taking the others so long. "I'm not sure everyone realizes just how important time can be in a situation like this..." Ironically he reaches for yet another cup of tea and a pair of jam slathered biscuits, thoroughly distracted by the snacks. A bottomless pit is an accurate description of Dale's appetite. Bluff roll for when appropriate: Dale cannot fail an aid roll on bluff or disguise with +9, which he'll use to bolster Sammi-Sue's ruse, whatever that may be.
Dale cringes at the commotion, looking back at the doors with the sounds of sleeping, then quickly backtracking towards the pantry door and looking down. The air is poison? He takes a short breath, almost like rolling the air around his mouth and lungs like tasting a wine. "I'm not sure I agree with that statement, but maybe he's talking about the air down there. In any case, probably would be a good idea to get him up here. I can make him invisible to help get him out."
Dale stuffs a tart into his mouth and grabs a handful of cheese destined for his pocket, mumbling something about a trip wire on the cabinet. Dale avoids the traps for now, and instead looks around for some silverware, particularly some butter knives. Once he finds something suitable he creeps over to the guard's rooms and tries to quietly wedge them closed with the knives (assuming they open out into the kitchen). Rolls: Take 10 on stealth: 16 Take 10 on disable device: 25
That sounds good. I was mistakenly thinking I could claim the items in our last town but yes, I'd have needed to get them sooner, and certainly before I knew we'd be sneaking around. (If I was thinking that I'd have prepared an extract of invis! I do have 1 open slot but not sure if we can get a minute of privacy to drag out the gear to mix it up.) How about we go with a scroll of invis and a scroll of haste. Those are pretty good in all instances and we'll have a haste if we need it. I would have to UMD a scroll that isn't on my spell list. Both of those spells are alchemist spells/formulas.
Ok, just to recap/plan out what we're doing here: Mission Objectives:
*Snaffu: Emilio is captive at the estate somewhere and we gotta find and free him/her. I would suspect that freeing them would earn us plenty of good will in convincing him we're allies of Torch and to deliver the documents. - Plan of attack: Sammi Sue has gotten us the layout of the first floor of the manor. None of which are obviously holding Emilio. We do have the unexplored room to the east, and also there is the chance that Irel's bedroom or library hold something important to be discovered. How exactly are we going to get to those places undiscovered by servants/guards? **GM: I mentioned earlier about my faction reward of 600g of 3 consumables for the mission, and wish I hadn't forgotten about it. Is it possible to still get a potion of invisibility (300g) and 2 scrolls of it (150g each). If not I understand.
Dale smiles and nods as Sammi-Sue trots off on a tour "Someday when you're older you won't think of plants and dirt as boring talk young lady." Until that day continue being a princess. Once the group is left alone Dale quickly takes out two bottles: one a specifically brewed concoction from this morning, and the other a grimy steel flask kept in his inner jacket pocket. He slurps down the first brew then follows that up with a mouth washing and back spitting into the steel flask. He stows the bottles and smacks his lips. "Don't know why I didn't do that earlier!" He follows that up with yet another drink, this one foul tasting, at least according to the look on his face. You swear once he drinks it his head grows a hat size and his hair another inch longer! Not to mention his arms get more spindly. One final bottle is gulped down "Just in case things get.. physical." He nods. Once that's done Dale lets his curiosity set in, looking around the room thoroughly and outside any windows. "Wonder how long Sue will be gone?" He says out loud as he closely examines some shiny flecks in the marble stone floor as well as the walls. "Harold, what's your take on the workmanship here? Any idea where these were quarried?"
Dale nods as Tabar seals the deal and gains the group entrance. "The Lady of the house won't be disappointed!" He remarks to the guards on the way past, giving the sick one an extra look over as he does.
Once inside Dale's eyes light up, zooming around the room to take it all in. Ahh, The ceiling fresco here depicts the Prophet Kalistrade offering his teachings to new followers. How pleasant.
"Mr Smith!" Dale smiles in greeting to the devilish woman. "We're purveyors of high quality horticultural marvels from across the land. Hoping to have a meeting with Ms Irel about adding in some new specimens to her gardens?" He gestures to his vine in a pot. "Perhaps we can even recommend some lower maintenance flora as well, so to help keep the overworked staff a bit less.. overworked?" He adds, hoping to help her mood.
"Ahh good Sirs! Would the Lady of the House be available?" He lifts his precious hat up in greeting. "We've come bearing some of the finest and most distinguished local flora for her perusal. A fine garden like this could surely use some more discussion pieces!" Dale waves over Sammi-Sue to hopefully close the deal, raising up Daisy in a pot like he was a very hairy version of Vanna White.
Dale kneels down on one knee in the long grass, overlooking the manor, pointing out the local flora and fauna as he moves around the grounds. "Ahh, based on the shapes I'd say those trees are some sort of hybrid hawthorne. The natives don't usually get that tall in the middle, they tend to be more rounded." He describes, his hands helping him convey the message as the tricorner pirate hat on his head bobs up and down. Dale seems to be pretty particular about the hat, even though it doesn't match his traveling saleman's regalia. As the group made the trip out, Dale dug up and bundled numerous interesting looking shrubs, saplings, flowers, and even a few tubers. Wrapping them in bits of cloth he scavenged behind the local Goodwill.
"Mind if we strap some of these exotic samples to your hippogriff Seldiir? Gotta sell something... hopefully a fine Clematis vine in a pot?" He looks expectantly at Daisy if she's interested in the ruse.
Dale has +7 to disguise, an additional +2 once he gets his hands on a disguise kit. I'll put up an appropriate post later today when I have more time on my hands. I would love our group to have some sort of disguise theme. Yes maybe we're basically a group of toughs and mercenaries, but we should have our own bit of 'flair' right? Dale is pretty odd and eccentric so he'll be doing this no matter what. Figured I'd just bring it up as a fun idea to be pondered.
Dale is far too distracted by stuffing his face and the idea of studying a living, breathing hippogriff to notice anything odd.
"Oh yes, she's pretty serious business, especially if you like good wine! Although, I'm starting to wonder the level of intelligence contained in Emilio's cranium to steal from someone like that..." Dale's ears do perk up when Soddy adds some extra information to the table. "Constructs? Well, which are you interested in? There's all sorts! Mindless beings created by magic to serve a master in many different forms for eternity."
"Let's go take a look at that room." Dale reminds the eager Tabar before he rides off into the sunset on his faithful hound.
Dale looks at the ratfolk riding the dog, then around the room once... twice, scratching his head a bit before laughing "No, you aren't the first ratfolk I've met before that's all. You guys are pretty rare it seems! Or at least statistically significant." He grins and grabs up a handful of the sausage and cheese platter, tossing/dropping one down for the dog's pleasure and his own dismay. "Nice to meet you Daisy - Today. And you Candi-Sue, and you Tabar, and you Seldiir and... this is?" He asks the seriously large orcish woman. Dale doubles the order for fizzy drinks, but puts the kibosh an any alcohol enhancements. He takes a look around the room to get a feel for the local establishment and its folk.
Loved that ending. Thanks GM. Fighting a T Rex skeleton would have really been up Dale's alley. He dealt with T Rex in some of his Mwangii Jungle adventures! A question or two before you go. Did we find something to satisfy this faction goal? Recover a named text (typically listed in italics or quotes) found during the course of an adventure. Dale will spend 90g to copy the scroll of gaseous form into his formula book. He can make the check easily taking 10.
A very hairy, disheveled looking man is being practically dragged into the inn by a neat and tidy Dwarf. The Dwarf half pleads and half tugs on the man's shirt sleeve "DALE WE ARE LATE! Why must you insist on making me late? Its embarrassing!" "Late? Are you sure Harold? I'm pretty sure the time was just a round about suggestion, not a definitive declaration..." He bends over to snag one last bloom off the bush before following the Dwarf, and soon his nose, into the establishment. "Well, it does smell like lunch time maybe? Or was it dinner time... when did we eat last?" He sniffs the pink flower with green variegation before peering closer with a hand lens "Not a unique variety, but certainly not the most common either." He slaps it between some pages of a stuffed notebook and struts into the room to find a table. No sooner though does he sit down that Harold the Dwarf elbows him and points out the mismatched group up at the bar. "Not sure about you, but I've never seen a talking Daisy before..." Harold whispers. Dale looks up from the menu and grins. "A vine leshy! And another rat folk!" And with that he heads over to join in the group's conversation while Harold sighs and orders himself a red wine. Finally some peace and quiet. They can deal with him for a while. "Hello there. Don't see such fine species such as yourselves around very often. My name's Dale."
When you have a second, could you post the gold I'll earn in here so I can get a jump start on my next game? It'll allow me to make purchases and jump in sooner, not having to delay for the finished chronicle. Thanks for running this Supervillan, I enjoyed myself for sure. As much as Dale wanted to bring the canister back too, he can't fight logic. I should maybe get him a adamantine can opener at some point.
Dale retrieves the punctured canister and brings it back with him to the VC. "We should bring up her body to Nigel. He can take it from there." He asks his more beefy companions. ---- "Sorry Nigel, but we couldn't save her. I've reattached her head and I'm sure the deep pockets of the Blakros family can restore her power if they wanted..." He does his best to seem sincere, its not his strong suit though.
"Oh, and there's some giant oozes in one of the store rooms, and a mouther. Best send in a acid resistant cleaning crew with earplugs for that."
No worries on me with up or down, but to be fair, Dale is mostly a ranged/skill support character. He isn't a front liner, nor a big damage dealer, if that affects the up/down decision. As far as start date, looks like Dale will have a chronicle by the weekend but likely will be 'done' in a couple days. I'll join you on the road if you are there by then!
Dale fidgets a bit with his wispy beard as the others seem to turn more towards destruction of the canister. Unfortunately, his study of the portal and how to close it is fruitless. "I... I don't know how to close this portal.. other than destroying the canister." Dale drags out the papers they found earlier, scanning through them more just in case he's missed something important.
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