With silent determination and a firm look, Doritan swings his sword at the medusa's neck, the blade making not a sound as it moves with the inevitability of an executioner's strike.
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Doritan stands back, holding his blade at the ready while still very carefully avoiding looking at the medusa in the slightest.
With help from Maya's magic, even as his skin began to harden, Doritan managed to fight off the affliction and push forward, charging forward and trying to stab the medusa.
As Doritan creeps up behind the medusa, a spare glance from the monster behind her meets Doritan's eyes dead-on and before he can so much as think, there's another statue in the room.
Doritan nods, "Okay, if you can stay out of sight, Amelia." he tells her, "Ready when you all are."
Eh, personal preference, I guess. Plus Doritan's personality never came out in the way I wanted it to. In any case, I'm perfectly fine sending Doritan into a suicidal situation. ;P Hopefully his replacement will be finished up this weekend, barring unforeseen circumstances.
"If I can get in invisibly, I could probably do a lot of damage before she even knows I'm there. Katria, are you able to do that thing you did with the demon-things with my sword again?" he asks.
Doritan raises an eyebrow, "I may not have been fully clear as to the nature of her 'appreciation of the arts.' She has a bunch of statues- likely once people- arranged in a way that looks like a scene from a play, and I don't doubt for a second she's looking to complete it if she gets the chance. She needs to go down."
It depends a lot on the magus, really. While shocking grasp is the stereotypical go-to damage dealing spell that they have access to, they still have a really broad set of spells and class features that allow for pretty dynamic combats, from my experience. Plus, it gives me the chance to really shake things up. I do my best to make my characters distinct, mechanically and flavorly. While it backfires on occasion, it often helps keep them interesting. Part of the relief will likely come from actually having a distinct niche. We're a pretty well-balanced group already, and that kind of cuts into the utility of having lots of different skills.
Thanks for understanding. At the moment, I'm leaning towards a DEX Magus with the Beastbound archetype, and utilizing a flying familiar for scouting, so I can probably still fill in the roles that Doritan held easily enough, just less of a one-trick pony.
So, as it's definitely well-noted, I've been having trouble being invested in Doritan, for whatever reason. Part of that, honestly, is likely due to the fact that Doritan was me stretching myself to try and play a more rogue-type character, and a completely nonmagical one at that (both very out of the ordinary for my usual characters). I can pretty thoroughly say that my attempt at playing outside my usual type has failed. With that said, I've talked to DM Brainiac about possible ways to go forward, and have settled on simply making a new character. I don't know what form that will take, exactly, but I will do my best to make sure that whoever my new character ends up being, they'll be able to fill in Doritan's role of scout/melee fighter at least adequately. Hopefully, with a new character that I actually really enjoy playing, I'll be able to get back into the swing of things and become more engaged with the RP (which I've quite enjoyed reading, and will hopefully enjoy even more when actually participating) and more active in this campaign overall. Sorry for my absence, and thanks for understanding,
Doritan creeps back to where the others are, and relays his findings, "There's a lot of statues back there, along with a medusa. She seems like a fan of the arts, all told, as well. In any case, we need to be careful."
Doritan stalks through the ruins, trying to stay unseen from any potential attackers. He looks mainly around the courtyard, trying to see if there are any traps or indication of motion near the elephant in the room. If he finds nothing, he continues scouting throughout the rest of the manor, mainly trying to get a lay of the land than scour the entire area.
I'll respond to everything said later, for now I mainly just have time for a gameplay post.
Yeah, I'm still around. I've been reading along, trying (and failing) to get over my habit of only posting when I have something to add/during combat.
Fair enough. Like I said, I'm quite happy with the sword, it's just a sort of contention I have with the rules in general, plus it didn't help that when I was thinking about it, I saw Dignity's Barb jumping all the way to +4, so that kind of made made me a little jealous, before that was corrected.
Nah, I like the blade. It's moreso just a deeper complaint about the structure of PF1 that crops up every so often- because both important and cool but more frivolous things take up the same space, and often use the same resources, having something 'cool' often means that it's harder to have something that's strictly useful. It was mainly just OOC sighing. Doritan is quite happy with his magical sword.
It is a bit of a pity, though, while the blade is cool, it keeps feeling like I'd be better served by just getting and upgrading a standard short sword. None of the gems have ever come up, and I have to twist around backwards for the Defending properties to come into play. Ah well.
That's... a lot of messages from just this weekend. Anyway, I do appreciate getting the belt of physical perfection, as I do use all three stats fairly equally (Dex to hit, Str for damage, Con not to die- always tricky for a d8, low fort save frontliner), so I will definitely be able to use it. I also grabbed a Headband of Wisdom, as I definitely need the Will bonus more than an extra +1 to intimidate. But yes. I think that's all that requires immediate attention? Also, my linked sheet should be working now, at least to view. Let me know if there are still problems (considering the number of buffs thrown around this party, having the math done for me is really important).
While the others are being friendly, Doritan keeps up his 'quiet and mysterious' act (privately, he just doesn't want to have to talk to yet another noble), ensuring that no surprises are sprung on them in the meantime.
Doritan stands guard off to the back, ensuring that nobody could sneak up on them as his companions interrogate Cassaranda.
Doritan's face gets hard, and he runs up silently to the blinded dwarf, stabbing him straight through his lung.
"Stay back!" Doritan yells, then attacking the dream.
"Katria!" Doritan calls out. Forgetting caution, he lunges forward to try and do something to, if nothing else, draw the attention of the dream.
Doritan stays on guard, keeping his distance and trying to protect his teammates- from both themselves and the dream.
"Well, can we kill it?" Doritan asks, holding back and preparing to strike at the creature if it tries to get past him.
Doritan makes his way forward, unseen to all.
Doritan, still not sure that he can do that much to help, instead settles for trying to help his allies defensively, giving a half-hearted attempt to slash at the ooze, allowing him to divert the magic of his sword into a protection for Amelia.
Sorry. It's been a busy week.
Doritan stands back a ways, not wanting to make things worse by increasing the number of their foes.
Doritan looks at the cult leader with a mixture of judgement and almost pity, before tearing into the man with his blade.
Doritan nods in thanks to Katria as his weapon is empowered,then turns his gaze towards the aasimar. He rushes forward, stepping past Amelia and shoving the cult leader into the wall as he takes up his position.
Doritan makes his way into position slowly, keeping his sword drawn and ready to fight.
Works for me- Doritan has Hide in Plain Sight these days, so scouting should be a breeze.
Doritan steps up, switching his assault to the surviving dwarf.
Doritan invisibly stands up, eyes narrowed at the dwarves, "You shouldn't have done that." he whispers, his blade flashing out towards the dwarf in front of him a moment later.
"You know, I would advise surrender. Or don't. I kind of prefer it this way, honestly." Doritan comments casually, shrugging as he shoves his way into the closer dwarf, sending him stumbling at the tip of Doritan's blade.
Okay, in additional news, I moved the numbers around Doritan to a Spreadsheet that should help me keep track of numbers a bit better (especially with all the buffs going on). That said, here are the interesting bits of level 8: +1 Dexterity
"Was he even human, do you know?" Doritan asks those that might be more in the know, then looks at Amelia with a sidelong amused glare and a grin, "Watch it. I resemble that remark."
Doritan, with a silent glance at the others, slips after the man, trying to follow unnoticed.
Doritan trusts Maya’s judgement that they’re telling the truth, but he still doesn’t really buy it.
Doritan knees the prisoners awake, in full Lion's Shadow outfit "Get up. We have some questions for you. Namely, who are you working for, what are their plans, and what are they offering you?" he asks, his tone brooking no disagreement.
Doritan can easily fill the role of Bad Cop. I'll have a post up soon, but thanks to finals, I don't have a ton of time to devote to the boards for the next week.
Doritan withdraws his blade, then casts his eye towards the others, and dashes off, trying to shove his way through Hulgra, figuring the next best target is the healer.
Doritan eyes their opponents, not really inclined to spare them, "Well, don't say we didn't warn you." He dashes through their ranks, slipping between the four of the main group, and pushes his way through the woman in the back, slipping his blade into her stomach along the way.
Doritan doesn't even bother trying to hide his skepticism, "You know, people keep saying that. It never ends well for them. I'm not really keen on letting you get away super easily, but my more kindhearted allies might persuade me to let you go without your blood on the street." he replies bluntly, drawing his blade and resting it on his shoulder, eyes cold and hard.
Doritan's eyes narrow, and he dashes off in pursuit of the dwarf, his magically-enhanced speed easily allowing him to meet and then surpass the fleeing figure, trying and failing to shove him into the wall of the alley with the flat of his blade.
Doritan, merciless as ever, steps into a flank with Amelia and keeps trying to stab the still-standing dwarf.
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