Dr. Olmehya's page

Hi all, I am finding myself increasingly busy with work and other responsibilities, so I need to cut back on my activities here on the boards. I am going to withdraw from this game, at least for the time being. If the situation changes enough for me I will be sure to reach out to Foxy via PM. Until then, good luck in your ongoing adventures!

Foxy, if you can go ahead and mark me inactive for the campaign I would appreciate it.

Olmehya casts detect magic as she looks through the texts here. Finding three spell gems, she holds them up for the others to see. "This one allows the caster to cause a creature or object to levitate (2nd level flight spell), this one has power to remove afflictions, and this one will allow the caster to see that which is invisible or ethereal."

Then Olmehya lifts a staff shaped like a shepherd's crook and says, "This will certainly be useful. This will allow me to use my healing touch a 2nd time."

Olmehya also tries to determine what the cultists have been trying to do...

Culture: 1d20 + 13 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 13 + 4 = 21
Mysticism: 1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 11 + 4 = 18

"Just let us past!" Olmehya says frustratedly in Elven as she swings again.

attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
B damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Olmehya doesn't like how close that spear came to doing real damage (I don't mean anything by that--just role-playing the lost stamina points but no hit points lost yet), but she stays in close to the lore guardian anyway so that she can make another swing at it.

attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
bludgeoning damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Seeing that the guardians do not respond to her words, Olmehya informs the others: "My spells may or may not affect them...best to just strike them until they are destroyed, I think!"

Olmehya moves beside EH-RK and readies herself to attack the first guardian to get close with her battleglove.

Readied attack roll: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Readied damage roll: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Maybe I should roll a Diplomacy check for what I said to the lore guardians...here we go:
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Following behind EH-RK, Olmehya starts when the statues spring to life. "Gibson, help me find what we're looking at, here..."

Mysticism: 1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 11 + 4 = 26

"Lore guardians, fashioned in the image of the elves who lived here," she muses. "Dar-!" Olmehya cries out, the Elven word for "halt." She continues speaking in Elven, "We are no enemies to your elven masters. We oppose those devourers who came before us. Will you show us where they have gone?"

Olmehya moves up to flank the cultist with Boreal Typhon and takes a swing with her battleglove.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 = 14
Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Reflex DC 14: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
Nice, taking no damage on that.

Olmehya successfully dodges the falling debris. She directs her wisp to move to the cultist that Manteca pointed at, and then closes some of the distance herself.

Move action: direct the wisp; it is now harrying the cultist, granting a +2 on attack for the next person to attack that cultist
Standard action: move 30 feet closer to the action

Since Boreal is first in our initiative, I think her Round 2 turn will be the one that gets the benefit of my wisp's harrying fire (+2 on the attack roll) from Round 1, assuming she attacks. Does that sound right? It's supposed to be the next attack by an ally that targets Avissa; the first one after my/the wisp's turn.
"Manteca and I can patch you up again if you need it, don't worry!"

Olmehya uses her final 1st level slot to cast shooting stars (magic missile) as a full-round action, sending all 3 missiles at Avissa.

damage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1, 1) + 3 = 8

The glowing wisp continues to harry Avissa, distracting her from another attack.

So to recap, the harrying in Round 1 should give a +2 to Boreal's Round 2 attack. Now there is harrying again in Round 2, and that will give a +2 to the next attack by an ally against Avissa--that's probably going to be EH-RK, but if he doesn't attack Avissa then it will help Boreal again in Round 3.

Reducing 1st level spells from 1/4 to 0/4. 2nd level spells are still at 3/3.

"So you came back to face your fate!"

Dr. Olmehya Solstarni replies coolly with a confidence brought on by the help of her new allies, "I came back so you could meet yours."

The scholarly kasatha then conjures otherworldly energy into a small, spherical, floating wisp which glows with a pale golden light. With a gesture she sends the wisp straight toward the cultist with the minigun.

Standard action: cast Wisp Ally
Move action: direct the Wisp Ally to move (up to 60ft, looks like she's in range) into the cultist's space

the wisp provides your choice of either harrying fire or covering fire (see pages 246–247) against the enemy each round on your turn, and it follows that enemy within range automatically unless you direct it to change targets. The wisp is made of pure light and energy and can’t be damaged in combat, though it can be dispelled as normal.

In addition to the function described above, the wisp sheds light in a 20-foot radius in a color of your choice (chosen when you cast the spell).

I'm choosing harrying fire, so the next ally to attack that foe gains a +2 circumstance bonus to her next attack roll, as long as that attack occurs before my next turn.

Olmehya takes a good look around before walking toward the door to the room she had been held in to open it.
Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

Olmehya points to the farthest door from them C5 when she mentions where she was held.

"But I haven't seen the rest of the place, except for walking through this very same area on my way to that room. And I have no idea what the cultists were doing--I escaped through an exterior window from that room."

"Isn't this place beautiful?" Olmehya whispers. "This is where they were holding me, over here."

GM Foxy, please let us know which way Olmehya points, because her player can't remember which room she was in. =)

Shall we go with a face scar?

As Manteca finishes his work, Olmehya sits on her knees beside Boreal Typhon and places one hand beneath the vesk, under her back, a second hand on her shoulder, and a third hand rests lightly on the bite wound to the vesk's face. As she begins to concentrate, there is a faint glow of vital energy flowing between the two relative strangers, restoring vesk flesh to its uninjured, though not unmarred, state.

10 minutes pass, 20 hp gained for Boreal Typhon.

Dr. Solstarni approaches the vesk to examine her wounds and says to the android, "EH-RK, would you take a look at any equipment our most recent foe may have carried?" Foxy already listed loot in a spoiler above.

"Now, Boreal Typhon, let's see what we can do about your wounds. You fought ferociously," she adds in genuine admiration.

I think we should take 10 minutes. That is the time I need to use Healing Touch (mystic 1/day class feature), which will restore 20 hit points to Boreal Typhon. And a 10 minute rest will allow her to spend a resolve point to regain stamina points if she wants. If we are pressed for time I can do a mystic cure instead, which will heal 3d8+2...could be anywhere from 5 to 26 hit points.

"Drat," Olmehya says as her quick database search reveals nothing to her. Then her eyes widen as there is a great explosion of energy from the creature which envelops Boreal Typhon.

Noticing the glow is gone from its eyes and hoping that means it can't release such a blast again, Olmehya dashes in and attempts to reprimand it for its actions with a blow from her battle glove.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Mysticism to identify creature: 1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 11 + 4 = 18
Olmehya moves with the others and when the creature comes into view she immediately begins consulting her wrist computer about the being's nature. "Gibson, pull up the database on mystical creatures, filter for glowing eyes..."

I've been forgetting to add in the +2 from flanking! Last 2 would still have been misses anyway, but I wanted to explain why there is an additional +2 now.

Olmehya tries another swing while the mountain eel is focused on the vesk.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 4 + 2 = 21
Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Olmehya shifts around a little more, settling into a more tactical position across from Boreal Typhon, then swings again at the eel.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Dr. Olmehya takes a guarded step around the eel, getting closer to a flanking position with Boreal Typhon but I don't think I'm there yet. She punches the creature again.

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
1d4 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

DC 13 Fort: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
Shaking free of her paralysis, Olmehya moves beside Manteca and swings at the mountain eel with her cestus battleglove.
Attack vs KAC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Bludgeoning Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Mysticism: 1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 11 + 4 = 32
Dr. Olmehya informs the others of this staircase's symbolism related to the faith of Ibra.
Fort save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Life Science: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
Didn't add the +4 from my library chip on the life science because I don't think I'll be referencing my computer as I become paralyzed.

I agree with that, that's the way Olmehya came when leaving.

Okay, our lovely archaeologist is leveled up. For 2nd level spells, she gained Darkvision, Command Undead, and Mystic Cure. Mystic Cure was previously taking up one of her 1st level spells known, so with that spot opened back up she learned Identify.

When you learn a spell that can be cast at variable spell levels, you gain the ability to cast it at the spell level you know and at every level below that.

If you know a variable-level spell and later select it again as a higher-level spell known, you can immediately select a new spell known to replace the lower-level version of the variable-level spell.

Her 7 strongest skills went up 1 rank each, and she used her 8th point to get her 1st rank in Medicine. She also gained 6 hp, 6 stamina, and 1 resolve point.

"Well, let's see... Gibson, please access the cultural database chip and pull up what we have on the elves from this time." Olmehya spends some time glancing back and forth between the script on Manteca's comm unit and her reference material...
Culture check on the script: 1d20 + 12 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 12 + 4 = 19
+12 is my normal modifier for Culture, the +4 is a circumstance bonus from the library chip (culture) that I have. What am I able to say with this check?

"Yes, this looks strikingly similar to scripts I have seen in the Temple of the Twelve! Where did you see these?"

"I can tell you there were 6 cultists who pursued me directly when I escaped the temple. But their leader, Tahomen, was not with them. How many more there are, I cannot say."

The kasatha ponders a moment. "As for their plans, I really know almost nothing. But there is a great mystery surrounding the ancient elves who lived in this place. What they discovered among the stars I don't know. But for the cult of the Devourer to go to all this effort...I fear what they might find."

The kasatha bows before the shirren, android, and vesk. "With much gratitude do I thank you, all of you," she says, looking at each in turn. "I suppose you might consider your mission all but complete at this point, needing only to escort me home. However, I must warn against leaving and allowing these cultists to continue in their purposes unmolested. I do not know the full extent of their plans, but I worry for the safety and wellbeing of many. I can lead you to the Temple of the Twelve where they are now."

Dr. Olmehya watches in awe at the quick response of this group to the cultist's attempt to flee. A few days ago she might have been more deeply shocked by the way the vesk easily removed the shirren's head from its shoulders--but now she holds no sympathy for these followers of the Devourer.

After a moment's pause of staring at the dead cultist, the kasatha researcher turns to look at the android addressing her. "I'm sorry--did you call me damaya lashunta?" she asks, confused.

Who is this new group? More cultists? Olmehya wonders as she remains hidden.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

No, I don't think so...could these be my rescuers?!

"Hello!" a voice calls out from the jungle undergrowth nearby. You see two hands raise up out of the bushes in a gesture of surrender, followed by two more hands from the same spot. Then a figure slowly stands up from crouching, and you see an unarmed female kasatha before you.

"Please tell me you were sent by the university. I am Dr. Olmehya Solstarni."

Mystic Cure: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
With one application of her healing spell, Olmehya's leg is good as new! The 1 damage I have left is from breaking through the window. Her speed recovered, Olmehya swiftly moves off into the jungle to lose her pursuers.

I think I need some more description of the larger situation/reminders of what Olmehya knows from her trip here as the cultists' captive. My instinct is that she doesn't think she could make it back home through the jungle on her own since she doesn't have her weapons (although I'm assuming she is still wearing her second skin armor). Let me know if that assumption is incorrect. Just trying to get an idea of what Olmehya could reasonably expect to be able to do--she has no idea that anyone besides the cultists are nearby, although she may have hope that the university sent rescuers. I also don't know the distance between or arrangement of the different parts of these ruins.

When you take damage, it's to your stamina points until they run out and then it's to your hit points.

Mystic Cure heals hit points, not stamina points. The only thing that heals stamina points is rest (and the Envoy's Inspiring Boost improvisation).

Perhaps we should have said that the damage from the fall was directly to hit points rather than stamina (which is not something technically allowed by the rules, but it would make sense for the situation when it's common sense that someone's leg be hurt from a fall)? If we retcon that, than a Mystic Cure and running away is exactly what I would have done.

Seeing that it wasn't enough to fell a cultist even when she focused the full might of that spell on a single target, Dr. Olmehya is filled with dread. I have to run! They're too many!

As Olmehya begins hobbling away from the cultists as fast as she can while favoring her injured leg, she does her best to move where the jungle undergrowth is thickest, in order to hide herself.

Double move is 30ft. Or 15ft if it's difficult terrain.
Stealth: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Olmehya peeks around the tree, and casts her spell at the foremost cultist.
Shooting Stars damage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 4, 3) + 3 = 13

What's the distance between me and them?

Yep, I'm staying put. As soon as I see a cultist within 130ft, I want to do the full action version of shooting stars/magic missile to get them with 3 missiles.

Olmehya hobbles to the jungle's edge as quickly as she can on her injured leg. Knowing she can't move quickly enough to evade the cultists if they pursue, she instead finds cover behind a tree just inside the jungle's edge and waits, watching for pursuers. She can catch them with some shooting star blasts before they get close to her.
Stealth check to hide so as to catch them by surprise: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12

If a few minutes go by with no one bothering to come after her, then at that point I want to take a 10 minute rest and spend 1 RP to recover her Stamina Points. Since that would seem to indicate the cultists won't bother with her since they already got what they needed from her.

Adjusting samina points down from 16 to 9 (out of 18).
"Aagh!" Olmehya cries out as the stairs break her fall in a hard way. She looks up as she hears the lashunta cultist announce her escape. "Dammit," she says to herself. As she stands up and tests her leg with her weight, she looks around for the nearest object that will give her some cover if the cultists come out the entrance after her and start shooting.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Olmehya starts climbing down the exterior as best she can.

Have you ever looked 20ft down in front of your feet? No one is going to drop that distance in a hurry, hahaha.

Athletics to climb: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Just realized I don't need to roll to hit an unattended object with a melee weapon if I take a full-round action to do it: Breaking an Object

Damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

With the original damage, that gets me to 11.

Olmehya climbs out through the window.

Olmehya picks up a piece of broken glass and begins cutting through the zip tie on her feet.

It doesn't sound like I'm going to fool them into opening that door. The only other exit is the window.

Olmehya looks for an object she can wield as an improvised weapon or something she can wrap her hand in to avoid cutting the crap out of her hand and then sets to the task of pounding on the glass window in an effort to break through it.

Unarmed Strike: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13
Bludgeoning Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 3+1 from Strength mod = 4 total

Hopping closer to the door (the one that the guard came and checked to make sure it was locked), Olmehya looks it up and down.

Is there a window? I'm wondering if I can see through and use Psychokinetic Hand to pull a handle on the other side or something.

Talk to me about the door that has me locked in here. Is it an ancient stone door? Is it a metal, relatively "standard" door? What kind of handle does it have, and what kind of lock did I notice when I saw it from the other side when they threw me in here?

Another cultist is reduced to a red splat.

Gotta love a melee soldier.

Looks like I'll need a knife from one of those zealous thugs if I'm to get out of this one.

"Uh, hello?" Olmehya calls out, trying to get the attention of a cultist still inside the temple. "Is anybody there?"

She prepares to cast shooting stars (that's magic missile) when a cultist comes out in the open.

Are either Olmehya's battle glove or pistol in the room that she can grab them, or no?

Now, we're getting somewhere.
After a short breather, Olmehya begins working on her 2nd pair of arms. After that, she does the same with her feet, although this is pretty awkward, since she has to lay on the floor and hold her legs up.

Dex check 2: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Dex check 3: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Dexterity check: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

Not sure how you can make a ziptie without a release mechanism. They all have that little plastic ratchet don't they?

cable ties/zip ties listed at Target

There's no mechanism to release these, you just cut them if you're not leaving them permanently.