lol probably look for a replacement for me, Edmond can't roll for s$$& when it matters XD
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Yolanda fights valiantly to the end of this dragon fight and we look for a replacement that was conveniently being held hostage by the Dragon in a cage nearby?
Edmond takes a five foot step away from the Pyropiscus near him, and casts a spell defensively, unsure of the creature's reach.
Targeting the dragon, he uses his last Dispel Magic in an attempt to dispel the Mirror Image on the dragon, softening it up for Grymm and Yolanda to lay into the creature.
"Let's bring this dragon down!"
Hey I’m back ish now, am down and out of the mountains and have cell service again. Should be able to make posts now from my phone at least.
Hey guys I'm going up north into the Alaskan Mountains for a week, roughly 10/25 to 11/3. I should have intermittent signal up there, really only out of commission the 29-30-01. I'll post as I can. My wife does play by post as well so figured I could talk her through posting for me as well as I should have good enough signal to talk just not to use internet reliably. But if you need to bot me that is 100% okay with me!
Scorched from the lava breath spewing from the maw of the dragon, Edmond feels most of protection from energy nearing the end of its charge. Moving to the right to get a clear a shot and still holding his Metamagic Rod of Cold in his hand he channels the energy into a spell, unleashing a crackling, screaming icy lightning bolt,
Looking the dragon in the eye, speaking to it directly in Draconic, "wux siofme yth ornla dah charge sari dout duil sjek yth jahen ti jaunus yth tiliw amid wux, fueryon?" Draconic: you think we would have charge into your lair if we weren't sure we could kill you, beast?
Shaken by watching the savage dragon's ferocity as it tears into Yolanda, Edmond's legs tremble a bit as he tries to stamp down the fear rising inside him. Seeing no other option as the Lavafish and the Dragon are so spread out, Edmond moves forward 30 feet, standing between Xenovia and Yolanda. "Sorry Grymm, hang in there for a little bit longer," Edmond casts Haste, getting Himself, Yolanda, Xenovia and Eclipse with the quickening magic.
Turning in shock as the massive dragon re-appears behind Yolanda, "Look out, its a teleportin' Dragon! I'm gonna try and purge its invisibility, Yolanda its like 15 feet behind you!" Edmond then casts a spell targeted at the dragon.
Cursing as his magic fizzles into nothing, "Its incredibly resistant to magic, bewary!"
Continuing after his spell, "Friends, be wary its a Magma Dragon, I've only read about them existing on the Plane of Fire! It's an incredibly Old Dragon and very powerful, beware it easily repels weak magical spells and knows a large variety of fire based magic. The very air around it scorches the unprotected but like other fire dragons its weak to the Cold and Ice!" Grinning, "I hope everyone is wearing their brown pants to this battle," he says with a chuckle and a fire in his eye.
Shouting to the others with a bit of panic rising in his voice, "Guys, its not a Red Dragon, prepare yourself, this isn't gonna be easy" He then mumbles something to himself and casts a spell.
Edmond will proceed forward, fanning out to give a little distance between the others, "Be wary, a Red Dragon's Fire has a wide range," He cautions.
Nodding to Xenovia, "Yes yes, one day maybe I'll find a way to cast Arcane Eye quicker, 10 minutes is dreadfully long for what we have going on," Flipping through his spellbook, "If there is a Dragon, Haste wouldn't be bad here, It'd last little over a minute, isn't a long time, but gives us a little extra movement to hopefully keep up with her, I know Red Dragon's are notoriously fast creatures. Additionally I can Enlarge both Yolanda and Grymm, I know it'd make them easier to hit but it would give them a little extra reach against the Dragon"
Looking around the room, nodding to Grymm, "If she's invisible, I'll see her, hopefully, I may not be that perceptive but I'm sure I'd see a big red dragon lurking about, invisible or not," he says with a chuckle. "I can always send a magical sensor down there, a quick Arcane Eye'd be able to zip down, It can go into the lava but if she is lurking there I might be able to pick her up," Reaching to his belt he pulls a rod of his belt to have at the ready. Looking around the room, "I'm not sure she'd be in here though, while it is a big room, I don't see anyway for her to really fly in or out of this place, Looking at the others shrugging, "I suggest we keep moving,"
Putting a hand on Yolanda's shoulder, "Thank you for the Healing, I appreciate it, I think this'll be enough for now, hopefully won't be any more fire breathing dragons for a short while," Following Grymm's lead, "Should we search this area or do we want to just move on immediately?"
Looking around at the others, "That last giant called out for help, we should prepare ourselves for reinforcements," He pulls out a small pearl of power from his belt pouch and focuses his arcane energies into recovering that last magic missile he fired.
Edmond looks around, breathing a little heavily, looking afar at the last giant, "This was one hell of a entrance," He then points a finger and fires off 5 magic missiles at the remaining giant, "Best we not leave one alive still,"
Coughing as the green-ish red dragon bites a chunk out of him, he takes a step back toward Yolanda and places a hand on her shoulder, giving her his Diviner's Fortune, "Lassy, I can't take another beating from that dragon, I'm gonna need you to kill it,"
Edmond, growls angirly at getting nipped in the butt by an unruly young red dragon, though realizing the dangers of the two of them so close will engulf the two dragons in his most powerful cone of cold, hoping to finish them off before the group is overwhelmed.
Harrumphing, he then clicks his heels together, activating his Jaunt Boots and teleports behind Yolanda, damn near back where he started.
Edmond grumbles as the red dragon's fly out of the gold coins shaking his head, "Typical vain glorious upstarts," shouting to his companions, "These are a couple of young'uns but take 'em seriously, we might as well kiss this fire protection goodbye!" Edmond weaves his new Staff of Frost, the diamond glinting in the sunlight as we casts a spell from it, pointing it at the red dragons, and a massive blast of ice and cold spew forth in a 60 foot cone hitting the far two right dragons with an icy blast. Edmond then moves toward the dead fire giant, hugging the wall to put some more range between him and the dragons.
Edmond, taking a couple breaths to recover himself after stretching his magical abilities to the max and then offers a quick prayer to Nethys in thanks for the divine aid, before saying "These. . . . Phew, These Giants have some sort of Fiendish or Diabolic influence," He takes a step back, behind Xeonvia and reaches out to touch her Wolf, Eclipse, giving it his Diviner's Fortune, "Give 'em hell, pup"
"I agree, we can go for the manned entrance, we can buff up before going, I have one resist energy communal prepared and two protection from energy commmunal prepared, one of them I've extended through my metamagic rituals to last twice as long , so should we exhaust the first protection, I will be able to cast it on us again after that," Stepping away from the edge of the bluff, he begins casting several different spells.
Nodding to Xenovia, "If we rest, I can prepare enough Air Bubbles for us to breathe fine, not sure I know Life Bubble though," Flipping through his spellbook, "I could scout out the mountain if we get closer with Prying Eyes , these eyes can travel about a mile out from my location, upon returning I gain the information of all that they saw, I can summon about 14 to 17 of these eyes. They are visible, so its possible someone could see them and destroy them, though I feel it when they are destroyed. For more stealth I can use Arcane Eye but that only summons one invisible floating eye, the range is unlimited, its only limited by the duration of the spell as I concentrate on it, I can only hold the spell for about 13 minutes, which even moving at full speed would only cover maybe a mile's distance, maybe not even a mile" Thinking some more about the situation, "I also have dimension door possible, but that only has a range of about 900 feet, it'd really have to be teleport or flight, I wish I knew Mass Invisibility, alas, Illusion is not my strongest school of magic and Mass Invisibility is right at the limits of what I'm capable of casting right now,"
Edmond looks around the area trying to find a nice overlook or basecamp with which the group can set up camp without drawing too much attention. "This cloud travel is certainly efficient," he hollers back at Yolanda.
Edmond and Gerald suit up with Grymm, using his new Staff of Frost has a walking stick, ready to fly to Ashpeak. Knudging Grymm, "Ehh just like last time, hopefully this ones goes a little better, hah hah," He pulls a cracker out of a belt pouch for Gerald and hands it to him, careful to not let his fingers nipped by the large raven's beak.
Hey also for what it counts, I did know Cone of Cold, just hadn't prepared it so I switched my empower Fire snake for Empowered Cone of Cold. I did swap my rod of enlarge for a rod of elemental cold. Yeah teleport probably won't work to get there, I think I was thinking of greater teleport. We can fly with wind walk, or if that doesn't work, Gerald the Raven could fly to the mountain, I can look through his eyes at a suitable location and then teleport us that way. Would be like a 75% chance of succeeding! final spell list: Cantrips: 4: Light, Open/Close, Detect Magic, Read Magic 1st: DC19, 12+1 slots: Detect Secret Doors(BS), Alarm(1), Hold Portal, Shield, Magic Missile(x6), Enlarge Person(x2), Long Arm, 2nd: DC 20, 6+1 slots: See Invisibility(BS), Extended Mage Armor, Knock(x2), Burning Arc(x2), Resist Energy 3rd:DC 21, 6+1 slots: Arcane Sight(BS), Dispel Magic(x2), Haste, Greater Thunderstomp, Resist Energy(Communal), Tiny Hut 4th: DC 22, 6+1 slots: Arcane Eye(BS), Acid Pit(x3), Greater False Life, Greater Invisibility, Protection from Energy, communal 5th: DC 23, 4+1 slots: Thoughtsense(BS), Empowered Lightning Bolt(x2)(DC24), Extended Protection from Energy(Communal), Teleport 6th: DC 24, 3+1 slots: True Seeing(BS), Chain Lightning(DC25), Banshee Blast 7th: DC 25, 2+1 slots: Retrocognition(BS), Hungry Darkness, Empowered Cone of Cold **the first spell in each list is my "Bonus Spell" from the divination school.
I could see if I can swap my Lesser Rod of Enlarge for Elemental Spell(cold).
Yeah, I just worried about a 60 foot cone, I have no idea what the inside of this place is gonna look like.
Edmond's capabilities rely more on scouting and ways to make you guys better. He only has a few actual damaging spells, the rest is focused on scout, area denial and buffs. For damage, its your typical Fireballs, Burning Arcs, Empowered Lightning Bolts, Chain Lightnings, Empowered Fire Snake. For Scouting I have stuff like: Arcane Eye, Detect Secret Doors, Extended Greater Invisibility and my familiar a Raven Gerald that I can see through his eyes, communicate with telepathic/empathically and scry on as well. For buffs, I have your usually, Haste, True Seeing, Resist Energy/Prot from Energy, See Invisibility, As far as accommodations go, I know Tiny Hut and Rope Trick and Secure Cottage . I know neither of those are a magnificent mansion but theres only 4 of us.
Taking the Staff of Frost from the Prince, "Your Grace, these are truly remarkable gifts," tracing his fingers along the runes, feeling the cold radiate from the diamond at the end of the staff, "This will prove most invaluable against the Fire Giants I'm sure,"
My bad for the double post, Paizo crashed on me while I was trying to post from my phone. I’m on my way home now, I’ll post about what I can/can’t do here shortly
Nodding along as the other's ask questions, saying "Well if you show me some maps of the area, I should be able to get us close to the Volcano, hopefully without dropping us in the middle of the Fire Giant Encampment,"
Finishing his Admiral's Pie and washing it down with the last of the magically conjured Wine while pondering the Dwarven Prince's words, "I'm glad I was invited, this sounds perfect, and as far as Travel, if we wait till tomorrow I can prepare Teleport for us, I'm not familiar with Ashpeak Volcano but I can get us in the vicinity at least." Thinking as to Xenovia's second question, "Well I know some alternatives to that gaudy mansion spell, its so auspicious, I think you'll be happy with the accommodations I can provide," Looking to the others, "Fire magic, fire giants, plane of fire, Volcano, sounds like we are gonna need some serious fire resistance, good to know, I'll adjust my spells to accommodate,"
Smiling and raising his mug as well as he notices Grymm enter the area, "Its good to see ya ol' dwarf, ya don't look like you've aged a day since our last adventure! Wish I could say the same about myself," Digging into his favorite food, Admiral's pie, "Some really delicious food, I can't believe you remembered the Admiral's Pie for me, ahh this brings me back to my days on the coasts of Varisia,"
Taking the now refilled tankard from Xenovia and sipping on some of the wine, "Ohoho If I drink any more of this, I'll be drunk before Grymm even gets here," Sputtering as he sees Yolanda and waving her over, "Yes yes, welcome to the party, seems Grymm has called in quite a few friends for this, must be something good,"
Nodding along as Xenovia talks, ”Sounds like we may become fast colleagues. Yes you see, I think that Giants are smarter and much more capable than history let’s on, while many were enslaved by the Thassillonian’s, I think that there existed empires of Giants that were building their own great cities that rivaled anything built in Thassilon.” Digging into his own food some more, a Large black Raven with a white feather pattern resembling spectacles on its face flies down from the rafters, landing on the table to dig into a hunk of turkey leg. Frowning at the bird, ”Ahh, if I don’t introduce my friend here, he’ll peck me to death, Xenovia this is Gerald. Don’t let his ability to speak fool you for intelligence, har har,”
A tall, rather older gentlemen with graying hair going white and a matching gray beard already sitting at a table eating some Ham and Mash, "Did I over hear you correctly? I too was sent a missive from Grymm asking for some help. He knows of my research from previous run-ins and said he might have something up my alley" He slides out the bench he is on and grabs a rather oversized flagon from the table, Here ya go, have a seat and take a drink, nothing beats a fine Dwarven Ale,"
Yeah I know some GM's don't like the Dot's left there, so I've always dotted then deleted the dot post. I'm totally ready to go though otherwise.
Oh I am available and ready! I dotted and deleted in the gameplay tab last week, my bad, I thought we were waiting on something else. I should have spoken up sooner
Ah good catch thank you, I did all my skills and spells and jazz, then did my items last, must've forgot to go back in add in the bump to my skills and spells from adding the headband in. Also he is Neutral, sort-of worships/venerates Irori as a Historian and person seeking to preserve Historical accuracies.
Alright, spells and items should be finished.
Hey all I look forward to playing with y'all and going through this Volcanic Dungeon crawl together! I'll finish up my spells and items today. Apologies I didn't see this sooner. Had DnD Sunday evening and Monday was a whirlwind.
Yeah after re reading your post, I initially thought it said Core Only, so I went with bog standard Human Wizard! Realizing now today it says Core Races only. Either way, it still stands, he isn't a total blaster Wiz, going with the standard Divination School. I read the AP's product page, guess its just a big dungeon crawl so maybe Evocation would have been better bet but sometimes I like challenging the mold a bit.
I'd throw a Human wizard into the mix, Edmond Wynston, interested in the further studying of the ancient Giant civilizations. Studious and professorial he is willing to dive in the depths of the Giant's Lair for authentic details to include in his thesis for the University in Absalom. Not the most original character I know but I think could roleplay easily and provide a useful service to the group and the adventure. I have like an 75% complete character I just built for him in his alias profile. Would still need to put finishing touches like items, skills, spells. |