"Let me see what I can learn."
Without waiting for approval from the others, Damiel heads into town and disappears.
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"There once was a time when I would enter such a town just for the sport. Just to see how much of a challenge it would be to get back out. Now, though... I think you lot have rubbed off on me. Or I'm getting older. Certainly no wiser."
The quiet scout continues as he always has, keeping to shadows when they can be found. He watches for threats from all sides.
To Morgrym, he nods, "Yeah, maybe. I think maybe I need to do something very unfamiliar for a bit. General, good to see you. Lersham Rill. You have an outsized reputation, sir." Damiel grins at the terrible pun before adding, "That is, I've heard you're good. Keep an eye on that one for me. I will find you before you leave." With that confusing combination of messages, he nods to General Tirablade and turns to walk toward camp.
"I hesitate to say I've received word from a god, but..." he looks northward again, "I've rarely stayed with one group long and never quite figured out exactly what brought me to this forsaken land in the first place. I've definitely seen some things since joining this troupe and have to admit... well... I think the time is coming for me to pay the tab for some of the extremely good fortune I've enjoyed lately."
The archer is trying to be as stoic as usual, but there is an uncertainty also as he tries to figure out his future path.
Damiel's inspection of the horizon has stopped. He looks intently to the north, but when Nasira steps up to ask him what he sees, she realizes that his eyes are not focused. He is more feeling or listening to something in the distance. When he notices her patient presence, he smiles wryly. "I don't know. But there's something out there. Something calling to me. Maybe my time with you has come to an end, but I won't leave without saying good-bye."
I don't know if you saw these, but the headband of ninjitsu and the mythic feat mirror dodge are nice. The mirror dodge allows you to soak up a hit at the cost of a mythic point to negate the damage and an up-to-30' teleport jump - but maybe you just want to jump to another flanking position on the same critter. I've only had it long enough to use it once or twice, but I'm still in love with the idea.
Damiel looks back at the introductions with a bemused smile, nods, and returns to studying their surroundings.
The archer looks on, his eyebrow arching at being excluded from introductions, but shrugs. He turns his attention to the horizon, watching for threats during the little family reunion.
Damiel is highly mobile, which would have served better if he engaged in melee. He’s really not a great build, to be honest. The original build was not focused enough and I did not try to retrain him into a better form. But he’s been fun for a hand-me-down. I will give an exit some thought. Unless Variel overrules and provides one.
I make no claims as an optimizer, but if there are any ideas to steal from the current resident trickster, please take them. This is the profile to review…
Daniel stands to the side of the others, close enough to hear a whispered command, but physically separate. It’s clear that something is on his mind, but he doesn’t share his counsel with anyone yet. When Thurin raises his hammer, Damiel’s bow leaps into his hand seemingly of its own volition. He seems no more focused on the travelers than before and he does not reach for an arrow. He seems to be listening to something on the foul breeze of the Worldwound.
We don’t have to do anything with the trickster if no one wants to take him on. I’m fine running him, but if we want to bring fresh blood, er, ideas to the table, now’s a good time.
Lad’s thinkin’, me boyo!
Nope, rogue with +31 to find traps. There’s a limit to how much damage you can do at range and he’s garbage in melee, but I’ve tried to make sure he’s up to the task for epic/mythic traps.
Our ranged threat is our trap specialist.
Damiel looks in his quiver, then looks at the cleric, deadpan. ”Ready.”
Yes, I'm running the Dragonbane game. I've spent a fair bit of time putting the rules into a Foundry ... channel? world? I forget ... so the players, who don't have the rulebook, can look things up and create their characters. I have a sketch of a session and a Tuesday deadline, but we are pretty chill. I have kept them entertained on a night when I had no time to prepare anything. I always strive to have something ready, though. Anything less feels like disrespect for their time. I remember seeing Joana on the boards often, but don't think I've ever been in one of her? their? games. I don't get into the conversation side of the boards much anymore. It's pbp boards, then move on.
I have only been turned off enough to want out of two games. I'm pretty chill, I like to think, and go with the flow. Those games were high-tension with one person dictating all of the others' actions. I saw them through and they were epic, but for a while, they weren't fun. When I was in a bad spot at work, I was supplementing with games. Every time a game would slow down, I would add another. When they all got busy, I was buried, but I loved it. Right now I have three or four games here that I think would be considered active and probably that many again that are intermittent or on hiatus, announced or not. If I actually go count, I might feel guilty about all the time I'm spending on them... I've finally got some real-time (but remote) games going again, but neither is currently Pathfinder. A friend has smashed together a sci-fi game with Delta Green undertones and it's starting to get weird. We just landed on a nearly-abandoned space station and the first inhabitant we met wasn't human anymore. The other game, just finished session zero, is a trial of Dragonbane. I've been wanting to try it for a while and I have willing guinea pigs, so I'm going for it.
Damiel shrugs, hands wide, with a disarming smile - for the average serving girl on a side street in Kintargo. Certainly not for a deity. But he smiles and says, ”I don’t know why you might think I’m worth sending,” then he gets serious, ”but if your strike team has to be mortal, these four are the best you’ll find. I intend to back their play, so I’m betting my life on them.”
Damiel stands there, blinking in the bright light, for a moment, a bit shocked at the attention of a god directly on him. He shakes his head in amazement, bows deeply, and says, ”Lady Iomedae, I am not sure I deserve to travel with this lot, but I am certain I don’t deserve recognition from a god such as yourself. But if you are sending the heroes to bash demon skulls, I’m in.”
Halfway between 13 and 14 would be 162,500gp - maybe that's what he has in mind?
Damiel is actually above that, but well below WBL for our actual level.
*shameface* They were in HL, I just rolled a nat 1 on the Perception check. OK, Javell gets the credit for all of the cool upgrades to Damiel. Path ability: Vanishing Move
My contributions:
For skills, he continues to be maxed out on Acrobatics, Bluff, Disable Device, Perception, Stealth, and Use Magical Device. Nearly so on Escape Artist. I do need to remember that I have skill unlocks with Damiel. These could be fun. He has them for Acrobatics, Disable Device, and Stealth. Standing up no longer provokes an AoO for Damiel and his chances for setting off a trap accidentally have decreased drastically. He's a stealth monster, but it's still cool to get some extra sugar from doing it well.
Ok, Found them. Hero Lab is letting me down. That’s an easy choice. Improved Snap Shot is not an unreasonable normal feat.
Oh, I love the options you found! Where did you get those? The vanishing move would be amazing for him!
Not looking at anything exciting here - for someone with such crazy Dexterity, not having Combat Reflexes seems silly. But then, he's not the melee striker - we really don't need him to be. Similarly, he's not bad with a rapier, but why invest in a melee weapon to make him better when he never draws it? Agile Maneuvers might be useful if he's using CMB. He could take Ranged Trip... that uses Dex automatically, never mind. And it's a full-round action - I could be more useful putting more missiles in the air, I think. Though giving the melee hitters a free AoO does seem useful. Decisions, decisions. Right now, I'm leaning toward Combat Reflexes and Improved Snap Shot so if someone tries to approach me as a ranged combatant, I can shoot them for their temerity before they reach me.
Damiel blinks, black curtains held firmly closed in one hand. He opens his other hand to see if the glowing bauble is still there. He tries to sort out his mixed emotions from the passage back. He's been a creature of shadow in all but fact for a long time. The fact that these shadows were so disturbing to him... that requires some reflection. He takes stock of his gear and himself, mentally and physically.
Woohoo! That's worth the wait! Very glad you're all right. I can empathize with busy, for sure.
Thanks. I hope he’s doing ok. Maybe I will see he has posted anywhere else recently.
Damiel starts, "Nasira, weren't you...", but she's already stepped into the shadows. "Right, then." He stows his bow and, putting a hand on his rarely-used sword, follows.
Damiel doesn't see a lot here to tempt him. The amulet of natural armor would help and he can UMD a wand with high consistency, but mostly he would be taking the cash and going shopping. He is not interested in swapping out his headband for something else.
Damiel slides forward, giving up extra shots for an angle on the daughter, and takes a shot, calls on his mythic gifts for a second quick shot with a Surprise Strike.
It is amazing how devastating the impact from what seems such a graceful and delicate animal can be. I hope everyone's recovered or recovering.
Damiel moves across the room and fires at the nearest succubus before spending a mythic point for surprise strike against the same demon.
You'd think it would. Prayers for comfort and peace for your family. Hold them close.
Damiel instinctively feels the shot just needed a little extra...
Damiel hears the spellcasters. He knows it's a bad sign that they are still chanting. Hustling forward, he takes a shot at the demoniac he can see and send a special gift to the Daughter while he's at it.
Damiel says, "Ladies, looks like a cadre of casters on the far side of the demon." He moves forward to let fly a shot at the minotaur his allies were harrying.
Damiel says, "Let's see if I can soften up that first one, eh?" He moves forward along side the leaping warrior, calling upon his skills to snap an unexpected shot at the minotaur. That arrow is still in the air when he calls on his mythic abilities to follow it up with a further enhanced missile.
"Well, I can't shoot what I can't see. Let's see if Ansha's playthings are visible. Yeah, looks like one of the big demons and some cow-men. They are a little far out to do my best work, though. Hey, Morgrym! Arigoder! You busy?"
The archer steps closer to the battle and calls on his mythic power to drive a shot that catches their foe off-guard and maximize the attack.
I believe if you trigger an action on your turn that triggers an AoO from you, you are able to take that AoO. In the right corner case, it can apparently get quite silly. Apologies for late notice, but I have embarked on my annual autumn excursion to Someplace Else(TM) and so my availability and access may not be what they generally are. It looks like I should be able to post in the evenings, but can make no guarantees, so please feel free to bot my character as necessary.
Damiel waits for the leaping paladin to not affect his mobility, then strides forward to within 30' and takes two shots, the second fueled by his mythic nature.
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Standard range, 30’ I could use an ability to get her flat-footed, but requires movement, which reduces the number of attacks I can make. So I can shoot up to five times without sneak attack or two times with it. I need to do some math, but I just haven’t had time.
I can put five arrows in the air if I don’t move. That doesn’t allow me to get any sneak attack, so the damage potential falls off. I’ll have to play with it.
GM:
Not arguing, but I can see Ansha's point. It's easy to forget an unusual grid size and we've not only been on this map for several months, real-time, we also didn't place ourselves on the map - at least, I didn't. OK, friends, I'm at a loss what I should do with my highly mobile archer looking at a room so cramped I think I suffer an AoO anywhere I stand. Should I go into melee here? I don't think I stand a chance of surviving if she decides to focus on me, but if she's distracted from Arigoder and Morgrym for a round, that might kill her, too. Very open to suggestions.
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