Djehuti's page

I have this guy who I really like; we got to the 2nd adventure in the AP before the game died. He's a high-Int elf with the concept that his line of elves in Osirion are like the medjai in The Mummy- they venerate the ancestors, preserve the tombs, and protect the artifacts in the name of the pharoah. So he'd be joining the lottery to destroy monsters that could harm the tombs and to make sure the group he joins doesn't do too much wanton damage. I think he also had a vague secondary goal of wanting to retrieve a certain artifact that we never nailed down.

1d4 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
1d4 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
1d4 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
1d4 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

OK Captain Average. Str 8, Int 18, Cha 11, +1 everything else. I can work with that. Diviner Wizard, lots of Knowledge skills, also takes the Trap Finder trait and specs toward item crafting as he levels up.

I'll rebuild the sheet to modernize it since I made him a really long time ago.

I need to apologize. I've been overseas every other week for work since July. I was hoping to be able to keep up with the game but didn't even have the energy to check my personal email for the past few months. That part phase of the project is done now and I am back to a normal schedule again starting this week.

I would really like to continue in the game if you'll still have me.

DJ's still tapped for combat magic, so...

Djehuti considers the situation for a moment but finally pulls his bow off his back and fires at the crossbowman.

Bow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Arrow: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Sorry, guys. Trying to catch up after my trip has been tough. I should be back on a regular posting schedule now.

Djehuti nods in Izra's direction. "Fight when we must, and now we must."

Pretty sure DJ's still tapped, though. I'm going to need to build him a Quarterstaff of Entwined Snakes so he can contribute when he's out of resources.

Sorry to hear that, Ray. Take whatever time you need at whatever pace you need, I'll be here.

Djehuti looks at the nosoi. "Where is your friend, messenger?"

So these 2 were guarding a gate into the harbor district? The map of Wati doesn't show a harbor district by that name- are we entering The Veins?

This is kind of fluff, but is there a way to insure dead bodies don't rise as zombies or other undead? With this necro energy everywhere, DJ would be worried about that kind of thing right now.

Djehuti shakes his head as the other 'guard' runs off. "There are enough dangers in the night tonight. I think we should let him be."

Djehuti pulled out his bow and loosed an arrow at the nearest of the two "guardsmen."

Bow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13 Oh, the rest of the night is gonna be fun... :P
Arrow: 1d6 ⇒ 3

That was really cool, Izra. :)

Kn:Local: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

"If this area is only for official city business, you should leave, since your uniforms are clearly not official garb for city watchmen."

I'm on board with checking out the Grand Mausoleum asap. I'm sure we're going to hate it if mummies and tekenus- both above our APL- are the equivalent of a wandering monster in whatever event is going on, but I want to see what's up.

"What the heck was that thing, Djehuti? And why is it dangerous, why did you say we should retreat?"

"A tekenu, an animated swarm of cast-off organs not preserved after mummification. They strangle and poison victims and extract their organs to increase their own abilities. And they are difficult to affect with magic or weapons. It is a difficult thing to deal with in the best of times, and we are not at our best right now."

DJ is honestly tapped out. He's used most of his useful scrolls and all of his combat-relevant memorized spells. From here until we can rest he's going to be throwing acid and shooting arrows (badly). Just FYI.

"We are alive and have been staying here for weeks. We need to get in to get our gear. Let us in!"

Hope this isn't a Diplo check; we've been terrible at those.

Djehuti barks out the words on the scroll and a thick, oily black smoke billows up from all around him to fill the street. "Go, go!"

Silent Image of black smoke filling the street from side to side. He gets 9 10' cubes, so he can put the smoke right in front of the monster and cover the party so we can escape.

I was hoping it hadn't noticed us yet. I don't want to attack it if we're going to run. He's got a Silent Image scroll he could use but it's a surprise round so he doesn't get a move and a standard, only one or the other. Grr.

He'll pull out his Silent Image scroll so he can use it when he gets a standard action. He wants to cast an image of black smoke to choke the street around the party so they can get away.

Djehuti quickly pulls a scroll from his scroll case as he urges his companions to back away. "Back away, find us a way around. I will cover us."

Kn: Religion: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

When the DM says you may want to run away, I think you better run away.

Djehuti hisses and puts out his arms to stop his companions. He says in a low voice "A tekenu. They kill to absorb living organs, granting themselves greater powers with each new one they ingest. We should quietly back away and find a way around it."

DJ is tapped, unfortunately. Hopefully we don't run into too many bad guys on the way to the Mausoleum.

Who am I kidding, we're going to get swarmed.

I don't think she can use the scrolls.

I was mainly thinking of Ahmed.

Djehuti nods. "To you as well. Be safe." He turns to his companions and the people they had recovered from the rubble. "We should go. Time is not our ally."

Anybody else want any of those scrolls?

"Whether you wish to get involved or not, this place is not secure. The Grand Mausoleum is surely the safest place in the city from an undead assault."

Diplo Aid Another: 1d20 ⇒ 9 Well, damn.

Djehuti nods at Torin. "There is necromantic energy everywhere. If this is a curse, it is one of the most powerful I have ever heard of." He looks at the Four Lantern woman. "Help us find anyone living here and get to the Pharasmin temple. Are any of your companions or other explorers you know here? There will surely be undead between here and there, and we could use any help available."

Djehuti frowns at the Andoren woman's words. "That was an un-animated mummy when you brought it here?" He murmurs a spell under his breath and looks around the room for any magical auras.

As he looks, he speaks to his companions. "There must be an animating force nearby. Ahmed, Izra- do either of you detect the presence of necromantic energy?"

Djehuti nods at Torin. "A mummy does not attack randomly. I wonder if it was trying to recover an item being auctioned."

Most of the other buyers cleared out, but where did they go? And are the items on sale still present or were they given to the buyers immediately after they were purchased? I'm trying to figure out if we can look around and find something a mummy might rise from its tomb to recover.

Woohoo! We survived a mummy almost unprepared and out of resources! Good fight! After fighting off all those undead we better get a discount on auctions going forward. :)

That was an unexpected and awesome link, Kwin. :)

Man, Torin was really happy to go back to shooting arrows.

Djehuti opens his mouth to let out a silent scream at the mummy.

Ear Piercing Scream, DC 16. He will be right at the edge of close range to miss the mummy's aura but still get off this spell.

Luckily for Torin and the Uncanny Jackal, DJ only had 3 vials of Alchemist's Fire. DJ threw one, then Koshu and Kwin, so he was out before Torin got around to it. He had flasks of acid left, though.

"Torin, use the fire instead!" Djehuti holds out a vial to Torin with his left hand as he throws his last vial with his right.

Throw Alchemist's Fire: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Fire Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Djehuti hustles over to Torin, Koshu, and Kwin, pulling out vials as he goes. "Mummy wrap is vulnerable to fire. Take this alchemists' fire and set it aflame."

DJ has 4 acids ands 3 alchemists' fires. If he double moves he can get to Torin, Koshu, and Kwin. DM, if he can get adjacent could a PC use a Move action to take an item from him then throw it with their Standard?

Alternatively, if they can't take an item from him as a Move, can he use his Mage Hand gloves to pass out 2 items if he doesn't move?

Assuming it tanks DJ's Control Undead, yeah. A mummy would be a decent encounter at our level even with full resources. DM managed to fake us out with the mooks and "screwed" seems about right.

This will make DJ want to pick up Craft Wand or something to make sure he doesn't get caught out like this again, but beyond one Ear Piercing Scream he doesn't have much to contribute to the rest of this fight.

I'll throw out Kn checks to try to ID the mummy too, I guess. Next attempt is going to be Control Undead, since he's got nothing left for offense.

Kn:History: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
Kn:Religion: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19

Way to fake us out with the crawling hands, btw, DM. :)

Well, crap. DJ's one offensive spell left is a short range one.

Djehuti digs in his scroll bag again and pulls out another one, which he quickly reads off.

Casting Halt Undead, needs to make a Caster Level check to cast a spell higher level than he can cast.

Caster Level check, DC 6: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 Successfully casts spell.

Djehuti pulls out a scroll and barks out the words of power, sending a pair of arcane darts at the crawling hand in front.

He'll continue to bring the Flaming Sphere closer and cast Magic Missile (2d4+2) at the closest crawling hand.

Haven't checked in for a bit because life stuff -- but did anyone else lose their update reminders. Mine suddenly disappeared.

Looked like everybody did when PF updated the website a couple of days ago. The Paizo support team was communicating with people about it in a Website Feedback thread.

"They may just be trying to make friends." Djehuti's face gave no sign that he was making a joke as he backed away from the door.

He'll back away from melee range and get the Flaming Sphere back to fighting range as soon as possible.

DJ will go ahead and start thumping them with his Flaming Sphere. No point in waiting on that.

Djehuti moves to the doorway, pulling out a scroll as he goes. He quickly chants out the words to throw out another man-sized sphere of flame to roll over the incoming severed hands.

He'll use his scroll of Flaming Sphere, casting it in the doorway in front of him to make sure they can't just swarm over him. Then he'll roll it straight toward the swarm.

"Swarm of severed hands" is a really gross phrase. Yuck.

Djehuti calls out a warning almost before the scaffolding collapses, but not quick enough to warn the unfortunate two guests. He rushes forward to start pulling rocks off the buried guests.

I considered using Unseen Servant to help, but its Str is so low it would barely help in this situation.

Djehuti gestures at the dying people. "They need help or they're going to die." He goes over the closest wounded person and starts cutting bandages out of his own clothes to seal up the bleeding wounds.

Untrained Heal check to provide First Aid?

Heal: 1d20 ⇒ 6 Yeah, that was a long shot.

Djehuti looks around to see if any of the other guests are injured. "We should see if there were more outside, or if their creator is here."

I could've sworn I posted already; it looks like I did move the map pieces, so maybe I just didn't hit Submit.

Djehuti waves the ball of flame around Koshu to smash into the zombie in front as he backs away again.

Djehuti prudently backs away from the zombie coming toward him, gesturing for the ball of fire to roll back onto the zombie it had nearly consumed.

Not sure which one of those two was previously hurt by the Sphere, but DJ will target that one with it again. Move action to move, second move action to control the Sphere.

Djehuti stands his ground, calling out the words of power to summon a huge ball of flame right in front of the closest zombies.

Flaming Sphere, positioned 2 squares north of Koshu, adjacent to 2 zombies. Hopefully this isn't right on top of an unconscious servant; if it is I'll re-place the Sphere.

Heh, Plants vs Zombies. :)

Yeah, I think the only things worth buying here would be magic weapons, armor, or wands. DJ can make everything else for a lot less. Usually groups I've seen tend to rely on what they loot, but if we think we'll be buying a lot of magic weapons and armor, he can even take the feat at level 5.

For himself, DJ would much rather use gold to make stuff, but if we can get magic weapons or armor for cheap that could be good.

Belt of Giant Strength always helps, Kwin. And who'd say no to a Cloak of Resistance or a Handy Haversack?

DJ doesn't have Craft Magical Arms & Armor, so he can't help with the rapier. I can have him take it next level if we're interested in him enchanting weapons and armor, though.

Just for reference in case anyone isn't religiously checking DJ's profile page (shame on you!), this is the list of items for him to make. If we could buy them for cheaper than these prices, so much the better.

If not, DJ will just build the first item on everyone's list as long as the PC is willing to pay for it.