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I didn't see it as blame, thus my sarcasm about poo water lol! you know hard it would be to clean out the scalemail?

Well bad guy goes before me, so if he flees I'll get an AoO but otherwise he'll probably outpace my 20ft speed. But either way, I'll step to the side or back up on my next turn.

Lol, Darius couldn't access the map and left his move up to DM decision but given that we're on small 5 foot ledges anyways, there isn't much room for manuevering. Although feel free to climb down into the sewage to come up beside me if you'd like. ;-)

Darius pushes the man's swing aside with his shield and then swipes his axe at the man's chest, trying to catch him under the arm and into his neck.

Attack on the man who swung at me. I'd then move to an advantageous position to allow for others to get into combat as well while still being in melee myself. Work comp doesn't like the map anymore for some reason so I can't see it and will trust to DM judgement. If I can do this as a 5-foot step to not provoke great, but I'll provoke if needed.
Attack (includes Bless Bonus): 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 1 = 25, Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Crit confirm: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 1 = 16, Additional Crit Damage: 2d8 + 6 ⇒ (2, 7) + 6 = 15

FYI GM, while I said it in my post above, I actually forgot to include the +1 from Bless so I should actually hit AC 16, not 15.

Darius rushes forward, axe swinging down in a deadly cut towards one of the men's heads.

Move action to go 2 squares forward to be on the corner in melee with the two men.
Standard action attack, ideally targeting the man hit by Minwae's thrown dagger. If Minwae misses, then I'll attack which the lone one off to the side.
Attack (includes Bless Bonus): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15, Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Darius prepares to meet the foe head on, moving to the front of the group as he knows there's little chance of him avoiding the danger.

I'll move to the front of the group to prepare. Here's a token Stealth check but I'm expecting combat as my modifier is garbage.
Stealth: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (8) - 3 = 5

Darius will move forward, cursing these narrow confines.

Double move to move 4 squares forward, should put me across the sludge from Vigan.

Darius moved quickly after the elf, his armor clanking heavily as he moved. Reaching the trap door he lowered himself down into the darkness.

Darius shrugs non-commitally, taking a sip from his ale and dropping his voice low. Those are dangerous words and growing up here I've seen many who've uttered them vanish. Were any of us wise men, we'd simply leave and never return. That being said, you are right in that things should change. My question to you would be what makes you think you're in a place to change them? It's a tall order you propose to a group that's only just met.

Darius shakes the elf's hand and returns to his ale. Been in Westcrown long?

Yeah, I thought there were only 4 of us. Although we might be waiting on an NPC to show up.

Darius nodded to Janiven with a smile as he sat and took the ale. He eased his broad shoulders in his scale and tried to get comfortable. It seemed he was the first to arrive for this "meeting" and he wasn't sure what to expect.

His thoughts drifted to the city and it's plight and his fist tightened around his mug. He had never really considered himself all that patriotic, his loyalties always lying with the Pathfinders and the next adventure, but seeing Westcrown in this fashion was certainly angering him more than he might have expected.

As the first person entered after him, Darius gave them a slight nod and lifted his mug briefly. Evening.

That last bit is aimed at whoever the next PC is to enter, feel free to play off that if you'd like.

Background is all set, if that's what you were waiting on. I'm good to go.

So the background needs to be reworked but mechanically Darius is all set. I've finished skill selection and picked my two traits.

Idyll, let me know if anything needs to be changed.

Idyll, I should only have the 1 bonus Craft/Prof skill as I count it. I get 2+Int for Fighter which is 3 which I've spent. Then I get the 1 bonus which I still need to assign.

Also, regarding the free craft/prof skill, do you have any recommendations? Will this see mechanical play in the game and I should pick something appropriate? Or is this more for flavor? I just don't want to pick something really weird or esoteric that doesn't fit with the game.

Hey Idyll and everyone, sorry bout the delay. Busy recently but also since I haven't posted in the game thread for this new game, it doesn't show up under my list and I lost track of it. Sorry.

Darius has been updated, he's now a Fighter (Unbreakable). This guy is as tank as you're gonna get. :-) Few things left to finish up but he's pretty much ready to go.

I'm looking into options for the switch, I'll let you guys know what I come up with.

If people are ok with it, the GM of course with final ruling, I'd be happy to change up Darius's class/build, make him a more straightforward frontliner. I enjoy the magus build but it wouldn't hurt to have someone who could truly dish it out. When I originally put him forward, he was designed as a bit of a mix cause we had enough other players that he didn't need to "specialize" but I think it might be better if I changed him out a bit.

Idyll, are you ok with this? Would the group approve or would you prefer a magus build?

Well LoF is albout genies and such which is cool beans but CoT is in the "new" PFRPG format so it might be easier. I'd be fine with either though.

Darius moves up to the next skeleton, staff spinning.

Standard attack on a skeleton: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5, Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Well you know I love AP's but I'm down for whatever.

Darius moves towards the skeletons near Hagar, his staff striking out towards the undead. He pushes a bit of his magical strength into the wood, a slight glow permeating the staff.

Move action to get into melee with a skeleton.
Swift action to use an Arcane Pool point.
Standard attack on a skeleton: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22, Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

I can't access Dropbox from work so I'm mapless for this.

Darius sees the undead in the room ahead and raises his hand quickly. With a quick incantation, a bolt of magic force lances out and strikes one of the skeletons in the chest.

Magic Missle, auto hit. Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Darius jumps back as the gate lashed out at their new companion. Did anyone bother to clear the gate of traps?

Darius shook his head at the monk's scathing words. Must be new to the city if he's getting his back up at a little scavenging. Gods know there's worse that goes on in this place. Shrugging, he moved towards the hidden door, looking to see if their new "companion" would be able to pull his weight or not. As he did so, he quietly slipped the wand into his waistband, sure it would come in handy down here.

There appears to be a hidden door over there. After pointing this out, Darius will pick up the wand and attempt to discern what it is.

I'm going to get the wand and cast Detect Magic on it. If I have the time, 1 minute I believe, I will then use Spellcraft to attempt to identify it.
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

I thought someone was going to attempt to disable a trap. I could try but the outcome wouldn't be all that great lol.

That's more than I can do so I say give it a shot on one of them.

Darius scans the room with the rest of his companions, not liking how still everything was.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Darius glanced around the chamber, taking in the vastness of the structure and the various entry ways. Ominous would be a good word to describe this. Well we've got a job to do.

Perception to notice anything out of the ordinary: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Don't know which would pertain so here's my Knowledge options:
Arcana: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Local: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
Planes: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

Darius moves forward hoping to crush the remaining spider under the butt of his quarterstaff.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18, Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Darius moves towards the last spider as it sinks its fangs into Hagar's arm. Punching out with his staff, he aims to puncture its large abdomen.

5-foot step to AU,24. Attacking spider.
Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9, Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Darius spins the staff in his hands, lashing out to crack it down towards the spider that tried to bite him.

Round1:
Standard action attack on Spider (AV,22): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19, Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
If Kellen manages to kill the one I'm attacking before I get to attack it, then I will 5-foot step and use the above attack string on Spider (AT,25).

As the northern wall bears the graffiti, perhaps we should open the corresponding northrn door.

Darius cringed a little as the dwarf jerked on the doors. Gods forbid our grave robber trapped any of those. You might want to be a little more careful, yes?

Adjusted Round 1 post.

Darius can feel his bones knitting under his skin from the cleric's spell. Putting his staff before him, he spun it quickly in an intricate pattern around himself trying to keep whatever the creature was off of him.

Trying to five-foot step away from the creature.
Standard action to take Total Defense. +4 to AC till next turn.

Darius curses and clutches his side, feeling cracked ribs slidinng beneath his armor. Hells below! He reaches into his bag, groping for the vial the holy woman had given him.

Once the surprise round is over, my Round 1 action will be the following:
5-foot step to get out of melee
Move action to draw Potion
Standard action to drink potion of CLW. (I'll hold off on the roll for now to see if it's necessary or not.)

Obviously as I go last in the Init order, this is likely subject to change but this is the plan for now.

That's what I'm guessing but you never know.

Well damn lol.

Question. How exactly were the sunrods extinguished? My Light spell is a magical effect, the sunrods are alchemical. If my Light spell was snuffed there should be some kind of save or something vs magical darkness.

Darius is fine with bringing up the rear. As for the extra CLW potion, I'm fine with anyone other than the Cleric holding on to it. That way in case he drops and we need to feed it to him, we can do it quicker. I'll take it if no one else wants to carry it but I have no preference either way.

Hey, quick question. For those of you with the full stat lines in your name, which section of the profile did you fill with the info to get it to display? Just curious what you filled in for that.

A valid suggestion. Different circumstances but I've run into the sam thing, thinking my character's magic would be enough and then a situation arises where I wish I had a cheap mundane item instead. Updating my post accordingly.

At the proferred goods, Darius grabs one of each of the items, stuffing them into his backpack.

Darius pulls out a small piece of leather and wraps it around his wrist. Intoning a few words of magic over it, the strap suddenly begins to glow brightly on his wrist as he begins to follow Vigan and Hagar down the spiralling staircase, quarterstaff held before him.

After you, gentlemen.

Adding Potion of Cure Light and Holy Water to my inventory.
Casting Light on a Leather strip tied off on myself. I will renew this every hour as needed. If anyone else would like me to do this on something they're carrying, just assume that I do in your posts. Ahh 0-level spells.

Darius can't help but laugh at the dwarf's brusque tone. Well spoken! Sooner started, sooner finished as my blessed mother would say.

Gold certainly makes things move. Darius looks to Kellen. As for light, if you want to save your gear for a more dire need, I have a trick or two that will help.

GM, are you ok with me adjusting my prepped spells, swapping Prestidigitation out for Light? 0 levels I figure shouldn't be too big an issue.

A soft clicking sound announces the arrival of another individual as a tall, well built human approaches the group. The tapping was coming from the long quarterstaff he held in one hand, punctuating his steps like a walking stick as he approached.

Hope I didn't keep everyone waiting. Hearing the gnome's introduction, he nodded his head. Darius.

Profile is mostly set, just have a little more shopping to do.

Checking in. Profile is being updated currently. I'll chime in when it's all done and ready for inspection.