Whenever you finish casting a non-cantrip spell, you restore Hit Points equal to the spell level to your choice of either one target of the spell or the creature nearest to you. You can't heal yourself in this way. This healing has the healing, necromancy, and positive traits, as well as the tradition trait of the spell.
Since Osh is next to Doc, he is eligible for this healing.
Also, Osh will heal for 6, 3, and 5 (total 14) for being the creature closest to me when casting non cantrip spells. The 6 from last turn, and 8 for this turn.
Fort save:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 20 = 35 Fort save:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (13) + 20 = 33
Doc succeeds on both saves.
Doc grits his teeth as he takes damage from the spider. The mother was the biggest problem but this youngin was trying something fierce with his patience.
Waving his hands, he tries to hit the spider assailing him with Agonizing Despair.
DC 30 Will save needed. Mental damage:4d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 6, 5) = 14
Afterwards, he casts a 5th level healing spell on himself.
Healing:5d12 ⇒ (8, 12, 12, 7, 5) = 44
◆◆ to cast Agonizing Despair, ◆ to cast a 5th level Heal. New HP is 59/171. If a creature dies within 20 feet, Doc will use a focus point to cast Death’s Call as a reaction and slide into his Major Curse.
A 22 does not beat the DC of 28 so it is a Failure. Due to the Incapacitation Trait and Doc's level being more than twice as high as as the effect (level 5) it is treated as a Success.
Doc once again cuts free from the webs, this time seemingly doing it effortlessly. Auto succeed escape checks to break free from Restrained due to Freedom of Movement. ◆ to Escape.
"I still would prefer not to let them try to poison me, so I would appreciate the assist. Mental attacks, but I think this might be more handy at this moment." Doc said before he began waving his hands and speaking words of power.
A pillar of flame 40 feet tall with a 20 foot diameter flashed above the party's head, roasting the spiders as best magic could. ◆◆ to cast a 6th level Flame Strike DC 30 Basic Reflex save or take the following damage accordingly. My only multi-target spell that goes for Will is Command and I'm going to assume that they don't speak Tien.
A quick glance through Osh's character sheet shows that he has a 15 foot climb speed and Quick Climb, so depending on the walls he could get up there. Time to suplex spiders off the top ropes?
Doc attempts to free himself from the webbing by clawing himself out.
Escape (unarmed):1d20 + 17 ⇒ (12) + 17 = 29
Not sure if that will pass the DC. I'll wait to hear back from the GM before doing my next two actions. If it does escape, then Doc's Primal Innate Freedom of Movement will likely be his course of action.
Doc listened to the ghost and nodded to himself. Before he speaks, he casts Guidance on himself. "You seem to be the only one holding on to this. Why do you seek sole responsibility for what happened here? Did you not do all you could? Did you not do the same as everyone else? If it is forgiveness you are looking for, then it is given, but perhaps you should be forgiving yourself."
Diplomacy:1d20 + 24 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 24 + 1 = 38
He speaks before thinking, being compassionate as a reflex, and then begins thinking of the ghost.
Nobody took damage after Life Link, so Doc didn't take any additional damage.
"Sure, let us go talk down a ghost. But first, le get some fast healing done." Instead of spending 10 minute sessions healing everyone, Doc casts spells instead.
The Life Mystery augments my Heal spells and gives bonus healing = spell level. I'll give the bonus healing to those who are farthest from their max HP
Cirri @ (130/151)
Doc @ (88/171)
Osh (93/193)
Max (131/173)
4th level (◆◆◆) Heal:4d12 ⇒ (1, 11, 4, 12) = 28+4 to Osh, -5 to Doc (curse).
Cirri @ (151/151)
Doc @ (111/171)
Osh (125/193)
Max (159/173)
4th level (◆◆◆) Heal:4d12 ⇒ (11, 6, 12, 10) = 39+4 to Osh, -5 to Doc (curse).
Cirri @ (151/151)
Doc @ (145/171)
Osh (167/193)
Max (173/173)
"Alright, good enough. Let us head out." Once the healing is complete, Doc will let his companions leave the now-safe room. Once at their destination, he'll enter without hesitation.
[Ooc]Is the tracker for potential time spent or did we spend 30 minutes on not much at all?[/ooc
Reflex:1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19Crit fail, with Barkskin Doc is at 63/171
Doc nodded thanks to Cirri. "Oh, I think I have it. Completeness can only be found through fragmentation. To have the pieces is not enough, you must also know which pieces never belonged to begin with."
Expert Religion:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (20) + 19 = 39 There it is!
Upon watching the Whirlwind disperse hopefully Doc turns to Osh who is also hopefully alive and Cirri. Weaving his magic and drawing on his curse, he casts his healing magic on them.
Healing:6d4 ⇒ (4, 1, 2, 4, 2, 1) = 14
I'll fix Doc's profile up tonight, but for now: 63/171 HP, Moderate Curse, -1 Focus Point.
◆◆ Religion check w/ Nat 20
◆ 6th level Life Link on Cirri and Osh, healing them for 14.
I got all excited because I had a 19 and then, as I was typing things up, I remembered I had a Reflex save to make. 32 damage so 139/171 and a lot of salt.
"Oh, right. I remember now. To be complete, you must look at your incompleteness and embrace it. Was that how it goes?"
Expert Religion:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (1) + 19 = 20
Using a Hero Point, 1 remaining.
Expert Religion:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (2) + 19 = 21Nada.
It was not, in fact, remembered correctly. Looking at Cirri taking care of Aiobhean, he looked into healing his own wounds.
(M) Battle Medicine on Doc:1d20 + 23 ⇒ (10) + 23 = 33 With the bonus to Master checks, Doc is back to 171/171.
Success on the Reflex save. ◆◆ to make the Religion check (plus use of a Hero Point) then ◆ to use Battle Medicine on himself to heal back to full.
Might be best for Osh to Delay until after the sandman so he doesn't have to stray so far into enemy territory, though I'm not sure if the sandman has a ranged attack.
Doc speaks to the whirlwind in an attempt to talk it down. "What is it that you do here? Do you think kicking up sand will somehow make you whole? Should you not strive for more?"
Religion:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (17) + 19 = 36So... I can only succeed on a 19-20 unless someone is capable of Aiding, so this may take some time.
Seeing that his words had no effect, he starts thinking to see if there's anything else he might be able to do.
Will post for them when I get home and access to my computer later if someone else hasn't yet already. Don't want to post for them when Slides doesn't want to work properly on my phone, hence the wait.
"At this point, it is too early to tell, but I hope not," Doc admitted. He looked at the guide for a few moments before putting his plague mask back on his face.
"It is not something that I like to talk about, but the question is fair," Doc admitted. "Not too long ago, I ran a small establishment. One of the local boys in the community was training with the intent to join this very tournament. He had a run in with some less than savory individuals and, when he came to my business to lick his wounds, they were not far behind. I had told him to run, I set up a route for him to escape, but like a petulant child he refused."
Doc reached up to touch his mask. "I am here to track down any such corruption in the tournament, especially if it leads me to the punks from the Golden League. They burned down my practice, they took the life of one of the shining stars of the community, and now the Golden League will meet the Golden Rule: do unto others..." Doc pulled off his plague mask, revealing the face of an elderly Halfling man with the ashen gray skin of a Duskwalker, a being brought back from the dead by the grace of powerful Psychopomps. "As others do unto you."
"Now stop moving, this wound is going to require stitches."
Doc had been speaking in Tien, but seamlessly swaps to Taldane when he hears Cirri. "I speak Taldane fluently. While it is not my first language, it is widespread enough that I believed it was worth learning." He answers as he continues to patch wounds. His hands remain steady and it doesn't appear as though the conversation distracts him, except at one specific point though he follows though easily enough.
"I go by Doc Ling. I'm a healer from Goka, and I am... sort of what you might call a free agent. Currently, I am without a team, and you seem to be a team that needs someone of my expertise. Not to brag," Doc pauses. "But I have many decades of experience and I have reason to be proud of my talents. Perhaps we can work out a deal. Which one of you is the leader of this team? "
Doc wasted no time getting to work on the gang. "Yes. Potions. Those will certainly come in handy if you plan on healing in a very expensive manner. Hold still." Doc commanded as he began with needles,thread,gauze, and poultices. He moved back and forth between Aiobhean, Cirri, Max, and Osh taking care of their wounds nearly simultaneously and with practiced quickness.
Four 10 minute activities. Good-aligned clerics can refocus while Healing, as a Life Oracle, would you allow Doc the same, GM? If not, that's fine, it's not pressing, just thought I'd ask. Numbers beloware based on if we're uninterrupted.
Added it to the top of his profile for easy access.
Thanks to Medic Dedication people are only immune to Doc's Battle Medicine for 1 hour instead of a day, and once a day he can ignore the temporary immunity towards the feat.
Osh still has to escape, unfortunately. At least he'll get to go before the Sandstorm.
Doc can get everyone up to full rather quickly with Ward Medic and Continual Recovery, so hitpoint-wise everyone will be good. So it'll be up to everyone's resources. This is the start of Doc's day so the only spell slot used was a second level slot.
That said, the rest of the party has gone through a hell of a day. He'll understand the need to rest.
Doc opens his mouth to start berating the sandstorm, but notices that most of the combatants have left the room. His gaze moved to the stuffed toy, and his priorities shifted.
Striding confidently, Doc moved to the poppet and slapped a sticky pad on its most egregious wounds. Not the most elegant solution, but one that would work in the short term. At the same time he worked to take care of his own wounds. "We are leaving the room. Come with me." says to Osh.
With both wounds at least sort of taken care of, Doc strides towards the room's exit.
◆ for Doctor’s Visitation to Stride to and use Battle Medicine on Osh.Medicine Master DC 30:1d20 + 23 ⇒ (7) + 23 = 30 for Osh healing:2d8 + 30 + 10 ⇒ (5, 2) + 30 + 10 = 47
◆ for Battle Medicine on himself.Medicine Master DC 30:1d20 + 23 ⇒ (8) + 23 = 31 for Doc healing:2d8 + 30 + 10 - 5 ⇒ (5, 5) + 30 + 10 - 5 = 45
◆ to stride 30 feet out of the room. I'm on mobile, so if someone could move his token 30 feet from Osh, I would appreciate it.
As your life force seeps outward, it becomes more difficult to keep your body functioning. Effects that restore Hit Points to you take a status penalty equal to half your level (minimum 1) to the number of HP you recover.
Minor curse is just less healing and, because I think I'm cute, I have it as Resistance 5 Healing in his character bar.
@Max, I'll take the rounded up number today, but when everyone is in better standing I'll take the rounded down damage.
Doc's up next, and I'm going to try to disable it.
Also, mentioned in the post but good to mention here, but Max is actually the one with Shield Other on him. Osh just has Life Link. I wasn't sure about hard corners and healing someone around it, so he just got hit by the Life Link.
Doc takes 43 damage and 10 from Osh, then half of whatever Max's damage is. It looks like the tracker has Shield Other on Osh instead of Max, but that's an error. So Doc is down 53 hit points, and we'll see how much farther down he is after Max's roll. Depending on if it will help, Doc can also use Willing Death on anyone who might get put down to below 0 if 12 less damage will help.
I'm caught up on the thread. You've guys had a tough time, hopefully Doc can make that a bit easier for you all. Thank you, those who said they wanted Doc in the game. I'll do my best (dice forgiving) to make lives a little easier to live.
I plan on adding botting instructions and special actions to Doc's profile tonight when I'm not on mobile.
Also, to make sure, placatting the curse (spirit?) is 2 actions and requires an Expert Religion check, yes? I'll give it a shot on my turn unless something stops me by then.
Doc Ling entered the room and immediately got to work. Striding confidently towards Max, the short figure pulled bandages from his pockets and set to healing the unconscious man before more harm could come and make his condition worse.
His bright red robes fluttered in the intense wind whipping through the room and his eyes peered out from behind the ornate beak-like plague mask that he wore to take in the scene. A team of four. Two woman, a man, and a stuffed toy. With a nod to no one in particular, Doc raised his hands and snapped his fingers. Light surrounded Aoibhean, Cirri, and Osh before forming an intangible connection with Doc and disappearing.
Without hesitation, the small doctor weaves another spell that acted similar to his last, but effects only Max and doesn't seem to heal him, unlike the last spell.
"Get up, now. Come on, it is too dangerous to nap here."
◆1 Doctor's Visitation to stride to Max and use Battle Medicine (Master DC 30).
Medicine DC 30:1d20 + 23 ⇒ (1) + 23 = 24
Well, that's an embarrassing first roll. Let's see what ◇ Halfing Luck has to say about it.
Medicine DC 30:1d20 + 23 ⇒ (16) + 23 = 39Almost a crit, thanks Halfling Luck! Medic Dedication heals a little more than usual.
◆2 Spending a Focus Point to cast a 6th level Life Link on Aoibhean, Cirri, and Osh. They'll heal and Doc will take the first 10 points of damage they take in a round. This will also activate Doc's Minor Curse.
Healing for Not Max:6d4 ⇒ (1, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4) = 15
◆3 Augmenting ◆◆ Shield Other with ◇ Quickened Casting to drop it to one action. That's cast on Max so that any time he takes damage, Doc will take half of it.
New books have been released since I last looked over Doc so I'm going to spend tomorrow looking over the new stuff. I also haven't gotten him any equipment yet, either, but that shall come soon, too.
I'm building him as a healer (obviously) but he'll have a lot of support options and damage dealing options. Life Link and Heal backed by the Life Curses are pretty powerful, as is Debilitating Dichotomy, and a few other things. He also has the Medic Dedication, because I like it, and Doctor's Visitation is pretty grand.
Quick backstory:
Doc is a follower of Qi Zhong, Tian God of Medicine. He's a Goka native who worked in the back alleys of the slums, taking care of whoever needed it for a reasonable price. Well loved by the people, the Halfling never charged more than anyone could handle even if it meant he barely made a copper.
One of the regulars to his practice was a young Halfling named Agnus. Agnus was always getting beaten up and bruised as he trained for the Ruby Phoenix Tournament, and despite Doc's best efforts not to get attached to his patients they became good friends. The youngling thought so, at least. As Agnus practiced, Doc did what he could to keep the boy in top shape. This story didn't have a happy ending, however.
The young man became more powerful as time passed, and he started defending the people of the slums. Whether by fate or chance he also managed to cross paths with the Golden League. Doc greeted a particularly bloody Agnus for the last time that night. As the older was patching up his younger, the Golden League came for them. Not in any position to fight, Doc attempted to show the thugs the door, giving time for Agnus to escape through the back.
Doc gave his life that day for one of his long-time patients, but that was not the end of his story. No, the Boneyard had other plans. Doc Ling rose from the ashes of his burnt down practice, skin as grey as the bleak remains of the building surrounding him. He saw Agnus near him, not run down as he fled like Doc had told him to, but beside him and surrounded by the scorched thugs who had apparently left this mortal coil before they could finish the job.
An atrocity, that's what this event was. Bile rose in the throat of the back alley doctor. His adherence to the Doctor's Oath died when he had. The feelings welling up inside of him made "Primum non nocere" lose all meaning. It took some time to get used to this body. This... Duskwalker that he had become.
With his connections, Doc began looking into the Golden League and, more importantly, the thugs that took Agnus' life.
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So that sets up Doc to get into things with the Undercover Contender background. After that, it would have to be a discussion between me and the GM to see how things got connected from A to B.
