Other character is.... wait for it... a custom arcanist! Very arcane in fact.
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Also, I suppose I could transition to the new character I created since it's just as eligible to *play* this scenario, or would that be too disruptive?
So we now transition to another GM's campaign for the next quest? I brought this up a while back, but a reminder that I'm away without internet from July 14-22 (that starts this next Saturday). Bot as necessary.
Enora records notes onto a page as the tree speaks. She bows in reverence after the tree finishes fulfilling her request. We thank you and take our leave now. At the mouth of the cave she pauses and pulls a motionless firefly out of her belt pouch. She closes her eyes and mouths inaudible spell words as she rubs the firefly into the tip of her quarterstaff. As soon as she ceases this it lights up, making their passage into the cave clear.
GM: I've updated the table in the slides to identify an eligible 1st-level character to receive the credit.
Things that happened in the past matter. The present is ever shaped by it, and we humanoids lead far too erratic of lives to not learn something from it. She thinks for just a brief moment after and adds... including the appreciation and protection of woods such as these.
Gotcha. Thanks! I can come up with an alternate level 1 character, probably by end of this weekend. It’s funny, I would have expected to find the answer on the Paizo message boards alone.
... but the chronicle has to be applied to a 1st level character. Is this true GM? If so I hadn't considered this. The character number I listed is level 2.
Yes, to be more specific, we believe she was here in this forest many generations ago. We were sent on behalf of one of her descendants for the purpose of restoring her honor. She was allegedly stripped of it when the nobles of her time set the cost of political failings at her feet, despite great deeds on her part. We understand a being of pure nature such as yourself might have been around in those times and any first-hand accounting would be particularly valuable. To start with, why was she here? Who was she with? A small expedition party? A larger military force? Enora stops to catch her breath and let the tree respond.
So, GM, clearly you had to improvise a bit there to end the battle peacefully and keep PCs alive. What would you have done if the color spray hadn't put them out for a few rounds? Do you have a set of go-to hooks to avert disaster? Related: if a PC does in fact die how is that handled in the PFS sense? If they can afford the raising/resurrection/etc, then I imagine the cost goes on their chronicle sheet. Are there any additional considerations if they cannot afford that and the character remains dead?
With the aggressors out of commission, Enora looks down at her bleeding bite wounds. She was not the most practiced healer, but how hard could it be? She starts tearing bits off of her cloak as makeshift gauze, stuffing and wrapping the wounds.
"I... might need some help with this..." She shuffles over to Bobbi, holding out her bleeding arms and giving a pleading look.
Yeah, if anything this is more about player options and teamwork than GM'ing. I felt Enora was doing the right thing just trying to incapacitate the aggressors to lessen the immediate threat. Feel free to disagree though.
Having collected herself and gotten over the nausea, Enora quickly joins the half orc and begins to produce multi-colored sands from a pouch at her belt. After mixing them in her palm for a brief moment while reciting spell words, she blows on the pile, causing it to launch forth as a bright, prismatic color spray in a cone that covers both the gnome and the dwarf.
Color Spray effects (Will DC14 negates): 2 HD or less: The creature is unconscious, blinded, and stunned for 2d4 rounds, then blinded and stunned for 1d4 rounds, and then stunned for 1 round. (Only living creatures are knocked unconscious.)
3 or 4 HD: The creature is blinded and stunned for 1d4 rounds, then stunned for 1 round. 5 or more HD: The creature is stunned for 1 round.
Enora is surprised and overwhelmed by the bats suddenly surrounding her. At first it seems just an annoyance, but that suddenly changes to waves of heat and increasing discomfort enveloping her body. She quickly backs out of the swarm, turns to take a few more steps and then kneels down to collect herself.
Gods!
Enora cocks her head quizzically at the sighting of the phrase on the center stone. "Aurenia, speaker of the forest... is that the name of our speaking tree?"
Enora isn't sure what the problem is, but she notices Ijo sidle up to Trajet to poke at some festering resent or fear of... Ijo himself? There are many who do not like Orcs and half-breeds. After his question is answered she attempts to lighten the mood. So Trajet, are we really headed to a sentient, talking tree or is that just an embellishment on some simpler explanation, such as a constant flow of wind through this tree's leaves?
Good to meet the both of you. I assume you’re here for the same? I bring knowledge of spells and the arcane. I sometimes utilize forms of arcane expression less formal than “spells” as well, but we don’t have to get into that just now.
A chipper halfling glides through the low doorway. "As luck would have it, this place appears fitted for me!" She looks up at the human and the half orc, eyeing them both sideways. "How did you two even get in here?!" Finally she saves them from the embarrassment of answering and offers her hand for introductions. "I'm Enora. Here to meet with Remaio Alcasti." |