Actually according to Pathfinder, I only have the following slots, found in the "avian" category (bat familiars are specifically called out as an example of this category):
Armor, belt, chest, eyes, headband, neck, ring, wrist
The more you know ^.^
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Ahh I assumed it resized magically like most magic items that are worn. Nevermind then. I will do it as a bat then.
Ok well my primary goal is to gauge their numbers and strengths, then. I will try to sabotage them only if my cover remains intact and the opportunity presents itself. Inspiration strikes and Fletch hands his circlet to Cole, Here set this back on my head after I change. I might be able to assume a less conspicious form... Fletch concentrates, his blood accelerating carrying the catalytic enzymes to every part of his body, compressing and contorting his form until all that remains is...a tiny sized bat.
you don't need to be proficient to cut a rope :) True. I cannot drink extracts in Bat Form. More specifically, my gear becomes part of my new form, extracts included. Which makes this something of a logistics nightmare. Perhaps the original plan: Fly low to water using Stealth vs. their Perception and if they see me, they still have to make the appropriate check to see through my disguise (Bat Form gives me a nice disguise bonus to appear to be y'know a bat). Holy Cow, Bat-Man! Could one of you put the circlet of disguise on me in bat form? To make me appear to be a seagull? (Obviously the bat form disguise bonus and the Circlet's disguise bonus do NOT stack. I just think being a seagull is much more appropriate disguise in this situation).
I speak quietly to Cole and the rest of the group, I have an idea... I think I can get close enough to the patrol ship relatively unseen. Once there I can take a look at what we are dealing with and potentially sabotage their rudder. I would appreciate any beneficial spells in my attempt. If my cover is broken I should be able to dive back into the water. Cole, I assume you can rally the Frosthamar's defenses in case this does turn into a confrontation?
Of course, if this works, we may not have to confront them at all...
I have an Extract of Touch of the Sea actually. And as it turns out...not proficient with a longsword. So I will stick with my Bite Attack I keep forgetting about. Drinking Shield also seems like a good idea.
I like the idea, but my bite attack is only 1d3-3 in that form. Also I am size tiny which means one of my alchemist fires is apparently the same size as I am (weapons sized for a medium creature are 2 size categories smaller usually) although one bomb might be considered Size Diminutive. Regardless, a bat flying in the afternoon carrying a small vial of red liquid is totally legit. /sarcasm Now me drinking my swim speed potion, flying to their rudder in bat form low to the water with a Stealth and Disguise check to protect me then un-morphing and using a sword to cut their rudder's lines from underwater...possibly doable. Anyone got a sword I can borrow? At minimum, I think I can scout out their defenses and give us an idea of what we are dealing with. If things get rough I'll dive into the water (swim speed works will still work in Bat Form). Actually I suppose I shall just swim the whole way there to avoid the Perception checks completely...at least until I have to show myself near their boat.
Ok is this a good time to go scout in Bat Form?? Not sure how much attention a bat would elicit since it isn't exactly dark yet but a tiny sized creature is hardly threatening... Any thoughts?
Fletch was content shadowing the various sailors as they went about their duties, scribbling hasty notes in his journal. After Day 2, he began to get bored of the repetitious actions and started some "experiments" of his own. Mostly harmless ones of course. Untie a knot here, hide a broom in the boatswain's quarters there and see how quickly the swab or rigger responsible was chastised. Brutally efficient, the officers of the Frosthamar keep their subordinates in line through a series of escalating threats and punishments designed primarily to demoralize the offender. Excellent. It is a pity we will not get to stay any longer. I would dearly love to see this punishment known as "walking the plank". Why treading upon a weathered length of processed wood would inspire such fear into the men is beyond my current knowledge. Perhaps their feet are removed beforehand? Or perhaps they are beaten with said plank and "walking" is simply a metaphor? A footnote scribbled at the bottom of the latest entry reads...
I am using Hero Lab so I just took the Drow Sign Language one although it is technically Asmodeus Sign Language I think(same initials as American Sign language!).
Of course, Captain Kirk. We will be sure to pay you in full for your services upon arrival. Though a bit different than what you might expect, we are an effective fighting force.
Ok so we can't leave Jack with the Cardinal nor can we take him on the boat (supposedly). As much as I want to stick it to Captain Kirk, he does make a good point. Jack would be easily spotted unless he remained belowdecks and even then, an inspection of our cargo would likely reveal him. Do we have any special mojo for hiding him? With a high Diplomacy, Intimidate, or Bluff we might be able to convince the captain to let Jack on board but we should have a plan in place if we do get boarded by inspectors. Kana, I don't know what spells you took this level but can you cast invisibility/alter self/reduce person on him? Worst case, we have to let him go into the wild. :( I hope it doesn't come to that. EDIT: Cole, unless I'm mistaken doesn't the circlet disguise you as your same size category? He'd be short for a Large sized creature for sure but still recognizable as Large...
Sorry the second half of my previous post was aimed at the animal companion not the hellcat cohort. Hellcat cohort is ok for gaining class levels and of your choice (although I think warlock is 3.5e D&D. Would require DM permission and some conversion). Hellcat that takes the hellfire warlock prestige class (also 3.5e) would be rather appropriate as well.
Oh as a cohort. Cool. Interesting loophole. You could only ever get it to INT 4 but around INT 3 (level 9) it can start selecting feats as if it was a normal person. I agree adding class levels to a class feature (animal companion) doesn't seem to be in the books (and is rather unbalancing gameplay-wise to boot) but I do love the thought of a Cat that can shapeshift into other animals.
Well they are Sorceror/Wizard spells so I guess we are both right? and true, but animal companions "can't" be intelligent. Same reason it's a bad idea to use Awaken on one. They might follow you but they stop becoming a class feature and become a full-fledged NPC (by most readings of how that works anyways). A cohort potentially but no longer an animal companion. Is there something specifically that let's you take a hellcat (a sentient creature) as an animal companion? I still love the flavor of it being a sentient druid stuck in cat form or somesuch. Same mechanical flavor but it just adds that dash of roleplay fluff...we are evil after all.
All she needs do for shapechanging is to take any of the Beast Shape/Undead Form/Monstrous Physique/Dragon Form and using Share Spells cast them on her tiger instead. Poof, she has a shapechanging obedient monster of just about any type. Animal Companion + Wizard spells are awesome.
@Kana: I love that your new companion is apparently a druid?
True. He might be of some use yet... Fletch's sentence trails off as if seeing some sort of Ogre-powered siege engine idea come to mind. Still lost in thought, Fletch drinks deeply of the wine. Almost immediately his vision blurs. *Cough* *Cough* He tries to cover up his obvious lack of drinking experience with a question, Uhm...what are the other Knots up to? Will we see any of them again?
Fletch stares intently out at the boat docked in the distance. Cardinal, may I inquire as to our identities while sailing with Captain Kir- errr...Odenkirk? I approve of the efficiency of your plan, Father Wade, but do smuggling ships carry that kind of weaponry? Arkenstar is many leagues removed from Talingarde. It would seem more likely they would carry small mounted ballistae or perhaps a catapult on the foredeck rather than cannons. That aside, if you have a method by which we might quickly slay their entire crew and then remove said siege weapons (whatever they might be) I am all for further indebting those northern brutes.
Fletch runs through the paces of his training half-heartedly, always wishing he was back in his lab experimenting with his shiny new toys. This earns him repeated reprimands when his focus wavers. His first (and only) time with Tiadora was right after he set a harmless little fire in the library. How was he supposed to know that mixture of chemicals wouldn't prolong the shrubbery's life (and reduce it's need for watering)? He was able to eek away enough time to create a new experimental form of his "mojo" juice as well as a new serum that should enhance his shapeshifting ability. He was anxious to try it out.
Yes, I am all leveled. At RL D&D, will post as soon as I can.
Idk but a diverse group is just cooler than everyone being able to do the same thing. Agreed. DM: What do you think about dropping the first part of the stat change ("take the best of both") for some other benefit. I will not refuse a +13 to STR and a +12 to WIS scores as per the template but that seems maybe a bit much on top of the +4 to everything else. A buff to fly speed (60 ft vs. 40 ft) or the ability to summon/retain some amount of bat minions would be interesting alternative ideas.
@DM: Sent you a PM with an idea I had for a template for Fletch. Vampires get a lot of cool things, the stat buffs are usually the best of the bunch. I'd say that is half the draw of that template. Without it, they get some very useful abilities and defense still but the drawbacks are that much more sucky and the feat expenditure seems rather bad too. The template I PMed you also would not be worth taking without the stat boosts it gives. Is a 5 feat investment (that's half your normal allotment over the course of 20 levels!) worth a vampire with no stat boosts? Not sure but I'm leaning towards no.
Yea the vampire template is kind of what makes me really anxious to find a cool equivalent. Those are some really major stat boosts. If i didn't take a template I would feel gimped in comparison to others that did...
And I take it Alchemist Formulae don't count? I thought it fit so well for an alchemist (creating a phylactery and preserving my body with preservatives over time) that I didn't look too closely at the requirements. @DM R: Is Lich ok for an Alchemist? I am not dead set on being one but I wouldn't know what to be if not a lich. Vamp requires something like 5 feats right? Phylactery:
Each lich must create its own phylactery by using the Craft Wondrous Item feat. The character must be able to cast spells and have a caster level of 11th or higher. The phylactery costs 120,000 gp to create and has a caster level equal to that of its creator at the time of creation. Emphasis Mine. EDIT: Level Up Summary Bat Shape feat; Quiet as Death training trait
I simply don't have room after the ranged attack feat tax.
OK I found the psot that said HP increase is Half +1.
1) +8
4) +5
and so on?
I will third that idea. I will try to swing a skill point in that direction as well. I believe I will still be taking Bat Shape over Precise Shot this level just for the sheer roleplay and utility value. Just making sure...we are just getting half hp at level up?
Whew, glad it was someone else who decided to address the Heh.
I wonder where Jack got off to? I search the room for the big ogre. I never did whip up something for that poison they gave him. Or Tails-err Avyanna.
We never did mount the Warden's head on a pike did we? Did we?
Fletch rises from the coffin slowly as his eyes dart suspiciously around. I-I don't remember where I went. There was blood and then...what did I see? Shaking off the cobwebs, he is sure to thank his "host". I appreciate your effort in repairing my physical form, Cardinal. I am not so certain about the "soul returning" bit but this should make for a delightful edition to my ongoing experimental notes.
Still scribbling down bits of half-remembered memory, Fletch absent-mindedly makes his way to the table with his fellow "experiments". Turning to Wade, On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate your death experience? Be honest now, this is for posterity. Did you see or think you saw entities of a higher plane of existence? Did you see color? Perhaps flying pasta dishes? Fletch eats the food placed in front of him with mechanical precision between rapidly fired questions. Cole, I do wish to hear your experience being near death as well but I did have another favor to ask. I have never been too...martially minded shall we say and our excursion down into the crypts illuminated my obvious need for adequate protection from bodily harm. Would you be able to help me choose some armor that wouldn't hamper my movements too much? I can pay for the piece obviously but I have never needed such a thing before.
I'm not making a scythe entirely out metal Although that would look awesome!
OK yes I will keep Fletch then. Also having him wake up in a coffin could be rather fun and continue to muddle the issue of whether he is a vampire or not.
@DM: Can I get a rough idea of what you mean by unknown forces? I am not asking what they are but how they would affect my character. It is sounding like the price for us to be raised from the dead is some sort of Faustion Contract wherein by rezzing from the dead I would either be a slave to some unknown force or pay some other equally horrible price later on in the campaign. I have had a similar situation in a different campaign (different game system even) that was kind of a nightmare for me which is why I was hoping for an idea (out of character) of what price I would be expected to pay for this rez(if any). I sorely do wish to keep Fletch around but if it too greatly impacts his freedom/choices I'd rather opt for a new character. The previous nightmare experience involved my character being completely stripped of all standing in front of the entire community (drained of blood and tortured until I cried blood) and forever becoming a minion of one of the more sadistic vampires in the region. Not only was it my first time playing the system (Vampire the Masquerade), the only reason I was killed (and my rez required the above "payment") was a combination of not realizing how important NOT frenzying is and failing three separate rolls to feed before the dinner party. (The mental picture of me running to the blood-filled punch bowl and dumping it over my head was rather amusing though.)
Wade, do you know what your are re-rolling as? It would take an act of Asmodeus to save Fletch atm so I figured I might as well start looking at a new character idea and was wondering what roles are left to fill in the group now. Are you going to take another full divine class?
Ahhhh. That's what I get for reading it right after waking up.
And that is me dead if it's been another 2 rounds. -10 hp from crit then -1 per round because I am physically incapable of making a DC 25 Constitution check. I have a CON of 12. Woops misread the damage. Yea I am just straight dead from that blow. Also, shouldn't Declan have taken an Aoo from Balin when she moved away to go grapple Tim? Also how us she able to move Timeon when Balin already had her grappled? Did she beat Balin's CMD to do so? Sorry I'm just a little confused at the situation...
Awesome. Just disregard the miss chance roll(I hit anyways).
High to hit for previous attack.
Villain Point spent. Stupid soft cover and "shooting into melee" penalties. Sorry guys, I had forgotten about the "melee" penalty when I made my post or I wouldn't have even tried the Called Shot.
My eyes narrow as Sir Balin's cleaving swing eviscerates Wade. You shouldn't have done that. I attempt to time my next bomb throw so that it hits him in the eyes. You meddlesome Mitran! Wade is an important pawn in my ongoing experiment! vs. Touch AC
Yup, that's what I was going for as well. Don't forget our Villains Anonymous picnic on Wednesday....
Finally, this charade can end. Balin, your choice of squires is suspect. He whined the whole way here, was completely useless in a fight, and very nearly set off a trap. I look at Balin and then let my eyes trail downward... Do you have a...thing for weak runts like him? Because frankly I cannot think of any other reason you would let him follow you around. Killing you will be a pleasure, killing him will be a service to mankind. vs. Touch AC. I have low-light vision so I should be able to see just fine in the current light level. Took Soft Cover into account. Splash damage is 6 Fire, Reflex DC 16
My first action will be to Change Shape and then move to the northeast corner of the room. I do not wish to provoke any attacks of opportunity so I wont move if Balin is too close that I would provoke. If for some reason Balin gets within melee distance of me I will 5 ft step away.
I could use some more curatives. Wizards really aren't built for melee. Fletch attempts a half-smile through the pain. Perhaps now we will get to see the famous Sir Balin? We will likely have to kill him of course. And the little kid too.
Fletch holds his hands across the bloody gash the Draugr had left, barely managing to shuffle out of the way. A wave of relief shoots through him as the healing magics quickly reknit the tissue leaving nary a trace of the more recent wound and staunching the flow of blood. Thanks...Wade...I think I'm going to go lean...against that wall. Fletch uses Total Defense to gain a bonus to AC and use a five foot step to move diagonally northwest away from the Draugr.
Using the Withdraw action to move 2 squares west (out of range of the enemy and still adjacent to Wade). Augggh! You thrice-cursed water mummies, that hurt! No other actions for this turn that I can think of.
I will pick up a loose board and throw it like a club at Draugr 2(which actually have a 10 ft range increment).
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