I'm of a mixed mind since 2nd edition itself will launch in August so the point of the playtest is a loot moot. However it's good to have a group interested in 2nd ed anyways. I'll defer to the others.
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Esinath calls his badly injured cat over, petting it and chanting a prayer as he looks at the man speaking in his strange language. He tries witching between Taldan and elven. "Do you speak Taldan or elven? We may not know your tongue."
Whistling sharply, Esinath sends his big cat out of the fight before he draws his spear and swings out at the nearest mummy.
Esinath quickly chants a spell as the mummies come in. A loud ring sounds from his holy symbol before blasting off like a thunderclap against all the mummies. Meanwhile, Amotekun leaps upon the mummy, ripping and tearing.
Esinath stares down at the man, who stares back at him. "Ah... sir I hope you're friendly because we're being attacked by undead!" Realizing if he sends Amotekun in the cat will be in grave trouble, he adopts a defensive stance waving his left hand before him as a shield pops into view.
Esinath approaches the floating man curiously. He glances over at the others, and then with a shrug, tries to pull off the mask.
After a grateful rest and prayer Esinath heals the group with his wand, sending out two pulses of healing.
Moving over with his now-healed leopard, Esinath approaches the floating body curiously. He slowly looks it over.
Esinath looks at all of this warily. "Is everyone as healed as they can be? I'm not sure I like the look of this."
Esinath pulls out his wand of healing, chanting a little as he waves it over the party.
"Tegan you may need to complete the rest. I am going to imagine that fire room may have another fight, and another gem for unlocking our little puzzle. Mayhap we can try without the fight before resorting to fighting some sort of fire beast?"
Feet planted, Esinath lets out a flurry of arrows.
Esinath grimaces, and whistles sharply, calling the cat out of the fight before it gets killed. He then fires off two more arrows.
With his cat in place, Esinath begins peppering off shots at the water elemental as he tries to take it down.
As the earth elemental crumbles into the earth, Esinath rushes back out onto the rocks to get line of sight before he begins firing. As he does so, he whistles sharply and his -very- annoyed leopard charges into battle and begins leaping weirdly in front of the water elemental to distract it.
Work Together: Action: Your animal companion assists you. You gain the benefits
Cat work together benefit: Your cat throws your enemies off-balance when you create an opening. Until your next turn, all your weapon Strikes against a creature your cat threatens make the target flat-footed until the end of your next turn as an enhancement (flat-footed for 2 rounds on a critical success).
Esinath lets out a cry as the water forms into whatever those creatures are. Eyes wide, he holds his leopard back and instead leaps out onto the nearest stone to get a line of sight before firing.
"Let's explore the water room, the one with the magma seems less... welcoming."
"Those strange rooms may also have something - we did not explore them as thoroughly as we coudl have."
Esinath gapes in awe at the watery, and then fiery rooms. "These must serve some sort of purpose - but what manner of tomb is this?!" Once they arrive at the circular room he crouches in front of the series of circles. "Fire, earth, water, air. Was this place dedicated to the elements?"
Esinath strokes Amotekun's head as he nods over to Dufek. "One direction is as good as another. Lead on."
Esinath loosens his bow and displays his holy symbol. "I am a holy man, I am sure you have your own Gods. Mine is a God of the hunt, and I swear by him that I will let you pass safely if you leave now."
Still eyeing the gnolls, Esinath speaks up. "Looks like you had trouble with the manticore - perhaps why you're hiding out here, hm? The manticore is dead. You have safe passage back down the mountain and can resume your normal lives. I have no desire to fight, but will kill you all if you insist on it."
Esinath takes a look over the gnolls and their injuries.
Esinath pulls out his wand, stopping by Grek and using it twice.
----------- Esinath trains an arrow on the gnolls. "We don't have to kill you and will let you leave peacefully. You're obviously trapped here."
Esinath takes a moment to pray to his God before channeling energy around the group.
Esinath beds down, taking a moment to use some of his wand charges to heal his great cat.
After that he beds down to rest, sleeping fitfully before he's up before the others, praying to the Elf that Hunts the World.
Esinath whistles to the group, directing them to the wooded area. Exhausted and sore, he takes the time to make camp. "Double watches - I can watch with Amotekun and I will be up first. My eyes are best in the pre-dawn light." With that he sets out his bedroll to try and get some rest.
Esinath smiles brightly to Tegan. "We kill them. But I agree we should rest. Let us move on and find a good spot to camp."
Esinath whistles sharply, and Amotekun sweeps around the gnoll's flank to attack while he fires another arrow.
With the gnolls across the water, Esinath whistles sharply, sending his leopard into combat. As Amotekun bounds across the grass, he levels and fires an arrow.
Esinath reaches out to Dufek, chanting a spell and creating a shimmering shield around him. "I can't heal you anymore but this should help!" He calls out before he takes a moment to continue his spell.
Making a quick judgement call, Esinath decides to hold his already-injured leopard back before he chants out a spell to Ketephys before firing an arrow.
Esinath and Amotekun both break into a run as they head straight for the river.
Esinath and Amotekun both break into a run as they head straight for the river. As he nears, he raises his bow, loosing an arrow at the scorpion.
Esinath stops as he spots the ankhrav along with Dufek. "We're walking wounded - I agree. A wide berth."
Esinath whistles for his cat, wincing as he looks over the wounds. "Poor dear, not how we wanted to end our day, is it?" He settles in to start helping bind wounds, muttering in his language as he works.
Treat Wounds: You spend 10 minutes treating up to 6 injured living creatures (targeting yourself as one of them, if you so choose), then attempt a Medicine check. The DC is usually the medium DC for your level, though the GM might adjust this DC due to circumstances, such as trying to rest during volatile weather or when treating magically cursed wounds. A given creature can be subject to only one Treat Wounds attempt per 10-minute period, so two characters can’t treat the same target’s wounds simultaneously. Success You treat the patients’ wounds. Each patient recovers Hit
Critical Success As success, but increase the healing by your level
Critical Failure The patients are bolstered against your Treat Wounds.
With the hyenas moving where he wants them, Esinath trusts Amotekun and the others can take care of the smaller hyenas. A loud whistle and a click, and Amotekun bursts into action, circling around one of the hyenas to flank it against Grek. Esinath targets the big one, firing again, twice.
Esinath is now in a blind panic as his companion falls, but seeing Tegan heal Dufek, he focuses the healing energy on his animal companion.
Once healed, Amotekun gets to his feet and retreats back to the group. Esinath calls out his apology. "Get ready! We need to give them more targets lest our companions fall again!"
Esinath clucks his tongue in annoyance and rather than shooting, holds out his hand to Dufek, whispering a prayer to save the dwarf. Sort of.
After he marginally heals Dufek he whistles out quickly, directing his leopard to get back up and keep attacking!
"Amotekun! Bolaya." Esinath's leopard darts out of the bushes towards one of the hyenas while Esinath takes a moment, eyeing the much larger one of the pack.
Esinach offers his best to help Tegan with the difficult terrain and the disagreeable camels. "Remember the beast has his own motivations and wishes in life. He doesn't know why he's here or why you ride them - the idea is to make the best of a bad situation together. Be a friend, not a burden." He pulls up as they see the endless maze of thorns, grimacing a little. "Less than ideal." He dismounts, speaking quietly with the camel he was riding before he steps to the thorns, eyeing them. "One of these in your foot would ruin your entire week, which I imagine would be even worse for a human. Be wary." He joins Dufek in trying to figure out the best way through the thorns.
Esinath nods easily, scratching his leopard as it curls up on the floor beside him comfortably. "Gnolls... hyena-men who make war. They die when shot with arrows. What more is there to know?" He thinks for a moment. "Do you have mounts for us? A long way on foot for this lot. And who are these NIght Heralds? Cultists of what? Why do you oppose them?"
Esinath is a talkative, easy-going elf hailing from Mwangi. He's tall, well-built (for an elf), and possibly the only party member not openly suffering in the heat. Following him everywhere is a young leopard, Amotekun who is passably friendly but generally does her own thing. He smiles, showing white teeth as Vord explains the mission. "Splendid, I am sure. So it is a race to this tomb. What of the environs on the way there? What makes its home around this mountain? How long should our journey take?"
Okay, should be pretty much done. Let's see how an archer cleric with an animal companion works out. Level 3 item - +1 chain shirt
Purchased goodies of note:
Other gear is mundane equipment stuff.
Here's my (draft) character. Need to review everything and figure out remaining cash. Wild elf cleric with a ranger dedication and an animal companion. |