Gigt Axebringer's page

It's sort of been a long time coming... but with my new workload, I've found that I have nearly no time for Paizo at all. As you've probably noticed, my posts have fallen both in count and quality... and I've come to realize I cannot keep up with the majority of my games - whether because they move too quickly, or because I completely lack the inspiration.

Ultimately, I've decided to drop out of nearly all of my campaigns for now. Sorry for any trouble this causes. I can stick around and do an inadequate job of trying to see my way out, or you can feel free to bot my character.

Enjoy!

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21 Forgot to remove my ACP previously!

Gigt slips out of the dummies with relative ease and then swoops around the top of the mountain once more, gathering up her rope in hand to make that last leg of the trip all the easier for her team mates.

Umber flutters along near Skagit, taking small breaks to sit and rest on his own laurels. As Skagit goes to Vingold, though, Umber instead flutters after Hinata, hopping along the ground, just using her wings to extend the miniature flights.

Wait. Why did Vingold have Gigt's rope at all? She wouldn't have any reason to let it go, and I even spent a standard action to stow it, or at least pull it back up, before going to the flag last turn.

Steal: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23 I am going to pay for these rolls so, so much later. Or in my other games. Probably the latter.

Now that Gigt was right next to the spinny dummy with the flag, she reaches out to snatch it. If she manages to grab hold of it, she slips right back out the way she'd come to stand beside Glorgrim once more. "How are they doing?"

Once Vingold is with her, Gigt pulls her rope back up, before looking at the dummies. The mask doesn't reveal a great deal of change, though small nubs grow outwards on either side, and her legs lengthen slightly as she makes her way towards the dummies, and into them. +5 speed, though functionally no different, speedwise due to being halved.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16

The nobleman who just hopped to the top of that column has the first, and may have the second.

Gigt is 'with' the last two. She's trying to get the bard to climb up to her, though. It'd be really nice for keeping his songs going in range of everyone else while being able to still use spells. :)

:)

Gigt will hold her action until Vingold is right behind her, then:

Gigt calmly digs her rope out of her bag and begins to lower it down to Glorgrim. She was fairly certain he was too much of a pretty boy to do the leaping and climbing end of things, though she honestly wasn't sure what he was good at. Once enough of the rope is lowered down, she sets her feet to allow him to make his way up to her. If anyone that's not on her team grabs the rope, she's less helpful, unless that person seems to be in some sort of actual danger... instead simply dropping it.

As a heads-up: Today is my last day at mthe first job I ever had. I've worked here for just shy of nine years... But I've decided I need to move on to a job that pays better... As a result, I'm going to be picking up a lot more hours at work, changing my schedule in the process, and ultimately having a lot less time for those things and people that I love. That being said... I'll become less of a post hog in the majority of my games. Things might change in the future, but at the moment, I'm hoping to continue playing in my games.

Animal to Animal might be difficult. But most familiars have 'speak with their kind'. It's realistically DM Fiat as to whether that means genus, species, or what. :)

Umber probably won't be particularly useful in getting the flag via conversation. :)

Handle Animal: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18 This is sans any penalties. It's important to note that Handle Animal shouldn't work on a familiar... but she doesn't know this is a familiar. Though, interestingly, the bat may be able to talk to Umber. I knew I should have invested in the trait that let me talk to bats... :)

Gigt flinches away slightly from the fluttering creature carrying the flag along with it. "Come here. Please. That flag will help my team to win this contest." she doesn't snatch at the bat, despite the fact that that was a tactic that was significantly more likely to succeed.

Umber landed besides Gigt making a few chittering noises, flattening himself along the ground as he watched the other bat, prompting Gigt to respond, "Yes, I agree. It isn't fair that he can touch the flag and you can't."

It was called out as against the rules, hence Gigt telling Umber not to touch the flags. :)

Gigt watched the crowd, perplexed. She had no idea why they were booing. But eventually, she shrugged and moved over to the next wall, Umber coming along with her to help her find her way up once more.

Climb (Monkey): 1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 11 + 4 = 31

Just as before, she clambers up the wall, winding up, to her surprise, behind the finish line. With that set of points secured, twenty if she wasn't mistaken, she set her sights on moving back to get the other flags, first looking at the new nearest-obstacle.

Yup. A swift action to change, but I still only get 3 minutes a day for now (more later). When there isn't a strictly better option, Gigt keeps Umber in Mouse to protect from reflexy things. :) Hence his unusually mouse-like appearance!

Hunter has a bunch of easily overlooked things. Animal Focus is this huge section of Hunter, but there are nuances there as well:

If the Hunter's pet dies, the Hunter inherits its animal aspect, as well as keeping her own.

Hunters always have access to Summon Nature's Ally of the appropriate levels (something I didn't list cause I forgot it!). If a Hunter's pet is dead, they can have a single casting of Summon Nature's Ally last for minutes/level instead of Rounds.

Finally, Hunter's pets can learn Skirmisher Tricks in the place of normal tricks, and use them Wis Mod(of pet) +1/2 HD times per day.

Awesome. Gigt's current goal is to chop up that rope if the throw it up there, or otherwise preventing them from making the climb. :)

Gigt has a thirty foot move speed. Wherever you want to put her is good. :)

Hunter is able to step into animal aspects per the ability animal focus. It takes a swift action, and lasts one minute at a time. Gigt can do this for three minutes per day, while Umber can have his/hers always on, and both or either may be swapped as a swift action.

I was also in a hurry to get the post up, so left out that Umber goes through a similar change if he needs to aid Gigt with climb. :)

Emboldened by Vingold's song, Gigt rolls her shoulders as she moves to the wall. Small ripples roll through her flesh as her jaw slides forward with a popping noise, and her nose pulls back slightly. Thin hair rolls over those visible parts of her body, and her fingers elongate. Activating Monkey for +4 Climb

Climb: 1d20 + 11 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 11 + 4 + 2 = 31

Gigt's longer fingers grip the nearly-sheer surface, finding tiny spots to grip, to haul herself upwards. As she does so, Umber grabs hold of her and while he isn't particularly strong, he does what he can with his tiny feet to help pull her up. Aid, if possible using Umber's fly skill to help Gigt maintain her balance while climbing. If not:

Climb Aiding Gigt: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

The overly-friendly bat chitters to Gigt as she climbs, fluttering near handholds that she might not be able to see from her lower angle, keeping Gigt aware of her positioning from the other direction.

Gigt is quiet aw she crosses the town, acquiescing to the speed of the others. "I don't believe we're allowed to do that, and I believe it is simply a marker.". Gigt responds.

She then takes off her shield and begins clambering out of her armor, which was ultimately only going to get in the way. True to form, she wore dull green and brown everything leaving hjer appearance mossy.

Standard to swap from outflank to bonded mind, sometime during, so that she can give a rough explanation to Umber.

He chattered in Hinata's direction, apparently still trying to communicate with her furry new friend, though what is being communicated is questionable. Eventually, once Gigt finishes changing out of her armor, Umber wriggles free to sit on the ground, not slowing Hinata.

Primarily, Gigt asks Umber to not touch the flags.

She'll be at +8 without shield, or +11 without armor. She can rage to gain +10 speed, and finally, can use animal focus to gain a +4 competence bonus to climb for three minutes per day, in one minute increments.

So... 25% chance of success is the best she can manage.

But, worth noting, our lizard friend has a climb speed. :). If no climb skill. :(

Sorry I havent posted yet. Completely slipped my mind after looking at it yesterday. Busy ATM, so only short responses. No need to wait for Gigt, I can get segue posts up later!

Gigt cannot make that climb check without taking off her armor.

"Done. But you stay somewhere visible." Gigt responds, as she moves back to the side of the door.

Meanwhile, Umber chirps a few times, looking up at the furry fox-girl, hands and legs clinging to clothes as it closes its eyes for a nap.

That first point of elemental overflow is so ridiculously good for the soul. :) Combine that with having fed it to your defense power, and most folks overlook just how good that passive is. :)

My difficulty with Gigt is the Charisma 8. I don't want to make her a jerk, but I also don't want her to be a wallflower, so I'm mostly just making her ignore social mores and generally be short (pun!). Skipping questions in favor of simply doing something (i.e. putting money down, but taking the bowl without asking).

SM: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

"Right. You should maybe wave the stick over your own cauldron to get rich." she nods to Glorgrim as he explains that some things are more important than gold. "My Husband is amongst the latest to go missing. What do you know about this?"

Umber looked in the direction of the salesman dwarf, before sneezing, and finally going back to eating her fruit.

Gigt rises, placing another gold piece on the table, figuring that should pay for the bowl which contained the fruits she'd already paid for. "Think I'll do just that. Goban didn't talk much about his family, proud of it, but figured it only mattered if he wasn't making a good name for himself." She grabs her drink and finishes it in one long pull.

She watches Hinata for a moment, face hidden by the mask, but if she's upset, it isn't readily visible. With the first thaw only having just happened, there wasn't much in the way of local fresh fruit, but Umber seemed happy with its selection anyway. It mashes up a grape in its mouth, before chittering once more at Hinata. As she moves to pick him up, he doesn't seem to mind, especially since she brings the bowl with her.

Gigt seems satisfied, as she begins to head for the door. She pauses for a moment, "I don't know where Stinnison lives, so one of you should lead the way, or tell me where to go."

"Only the other blacksmiths that weren't as good. So... a lot of people." Gigt says, taking another drink. "But nothing that would give reason for him to be taken."

"Fine." Gigt replies, "Save for coming home to a darkened hearth, before falling silent to simply watch the others once more. Once Glorgrim asks why she was there, she figures he understands the implication of her response, but answers anyway. "My husband was not home when I returned, and there looked to be a struggle. The trail was too cold to follow." she says, tersely. "I was hoping to find a trail here."

"And what happens if a team happens to have a flying creature as an ally?" Gigt asks, once the woman had returned with her drink, which is already touching her mouth by the time she's reached the word 'ally'.

The bat stands proudly on its hind legs as it gets attention, tiny nose snuffling the air between itself and the Glabro Kitsune. It's eyes watch her as she moves, clearly the most interesting (or at least, most interested in it) thing in the room. Occasionally, it spreads its wings a little, but for the most part, it holds them as if wearing a mantle.

After recovering from her haunted thoughts, Gigt finally crosses the intervening space between the grounds where things had been set up, and the Lucky Imp.

She headed straight for the door, and moved through like a force of nature... or at least like a rather unwelcome draft from a window, at the very least a distraction. She takes a moment to look over the main room, before her eyes settle on the miner and his fox. She moves to grab two stools from out of the way, hooking her arm through the legs, and moving quickly to join them. She sets down both stools, with a pair of thumps that punctuated her uninvited movements.

Umber, the Dire Bat fluttered down onto it delicately, while Gigt unceremoniously pulled her weight onto it, and then turned on it to look at the miner - though her mask may have made it difficult to determine exactly who she was looking at. "Something Alcoholic, and something fruity for my friend." she finishes, before dropping a gold coin onto the counter, letting her weight settle into the chair.

We're between campaigns at the moment, due to wildly divergent schedules.

When folks are available:
I DM Hell's Rebels when person A is busy. (Ratfolk witch, small aasimar cavalier on a 'chocobo' (Yolubulis Heron), and a Ratfolk Alchemist/cook)
Person A DMs a spy craft game when person B is busy. (I play a scientist with an emphasis on being face-y)
Person B is always busy lately.
Person C runs Giantslayer, when when everyone is available. (I play an aerokinetic gnome who has been fired out of a catapult (twice!), steered a rock into an enemy camp, and sniped the first giant to death (with the help of a very pulverized fighter/mesmerist. Though, the giant probably wouldn't have reached us!)
Person D is working on a campaign of their own, but is also busy, lately.

At the moment we've been doing board and card games.

B-Sieged is their favorite, though I've grown bored of it. Too random, too difficult, until its too easy. You play heroes locked in a castle... Under siege. Lots of cards, lots of dice rolls.

Zombicide: Black Plague is our current compromise. Midieval Dungeon/Street Crawl, vs. Zombies. Also very random, you tend to be winning for most of the game, then a random fluke explodes the mage. It's still lots of fun, and gets better with more options.

Sentinels of the Multiverse: my favorite option. Comic book character card game. Environment deck, villain deck, and hero decks clash against each other with lots of design space. (My favorite character is a 'cthuhlu mage'. I'm not even into Cthuhlu, but she's ridiculously fun and family.)

I'll get something up soonish. I'm behind on everything thanks to tabletop night and general laziness, and taking the easiest route to posts (less to read, more in touch with character!)

Gigt steels herself for going out into the light... it's not as though it would change how irritated she would be if she waited for nightfall, anyway - though she still hoped she wouldn't need to. She moved through the town with speed of foot that was rarely seen amongst dwarves, and just as rarely seen on heavily armored humans.

She wore a breastplate with bats chiseled into it, a shield that bore a cavern mouth, and kept an axe-hammer hybrid weapon at her side. She seems to favor dull greens and reds. Atop all of this is a crimson metal mask, decorated in what could best be described as rings of teeth, nothing visible of her face, but her chin, a portion of her jaw, and her eyes.

With her, is a Dire Bat, which at the moment looks even more like a flying mouse than one would have expected. ( One who was wise in the ways of animals would be aware that the Dire Bat was not of the usual variety, at the very least. Mouse Aspect on Umber ). It fluttered seemingly contentedly behind the dwarven woman.

She wasted little time with pleasantries, but this was normal. She had a fox and dwarf to see at a tavern, to hopefully learn more.

Still, as she reached the festivities, she slowed, watching some of the newer acts, and looking at the unusual goods. She paused in place for a moment, resulting in Umber hovering for a moment, then landing behind her. It chirped a few times, which broke Gigt from her daydreams. There's a sharp exhale of breath, and then she's moving once more.

'He loved watching the performances, and sampling the wares from far away places... almost as much as he loved selling the things he made to foreigners.'

Sorry for being slow to post and update and such. It's been a long day, and it's tabletop night tonight. Plus I made the mistake of running a recruitment and giving out steady feedback to people. :S

Her husband likely did. Her weapons, armor, and shield might be made from the very metal Glorgrim mined. :)

Once you've placed a dot, you can delete the post to remove it, and keep your 'campaign tab' thingy. Unless you're the DM. Do that as the DM and you bork the thread.

I don't dislike having her as 'part of the family', but it doesn't fit all that well without big adjustments for both backgrounds. :(

Also dotted.

I don't like reading other people's back stories, so I can learn as I go. So, with that in mind, Gigt in relation to Davarn:

Gigt was not born in Davarn.
Gigt was not particularly social.
Gigt only goes to the surface at night.
Gigt was married to one of the many smiths in town, an Axebringer.
Gigt has a pet dire bat, whom she treats as family.
Gigt is a hunter/forager by trade, going into the dark depths to find rare 'delicacies' and bring them back to the surface. She also brings back pelts, but is not a leatherworker.
Until recently, Gigt was simply aloof, not... Upset.

What sort of opinions would the local (PCs) have of Gigt? Does any of that line up well with what some of your characters are interested in?

As the only person currently multiclassing, I'm the only one impacted by this question:

Should I use the base rules for saving throws and BAB from the base game, or Fractional from Unchained?

The net result is that at this level, I will immediately lose 2 Fortitude. At next level, I will gain 1 Will (Where I wouldn't have). At 7, it will return to the same amount of Will, but still missing the 2 Fortitude. :)

It's a bit of a trifle, but I wanted to include it, since I've always been a fan of Fractional (even though it hurts me :p)

As for Roles, Gigt and Umber are primarily frontline fighters.
• If folks invest in Teamwork Feats, Gigt should be able to oblige you, at least occasionally. At the moment she is trained in Escape Route and Outflank. (On occasion, she'll switch to Bonded Mind from • Escape Route to have a conversation with Umber).
• Gigt is not good at communication, in addition to her bad Charisma Score, she has a mask that she never takes off in mixed company, which is more likely than not considered rude.
• Umber isn't quite an adult Dire Bat, yet. But he'll get there! :)
• Gigt should be able to feed the party with relative ease. She's trained in working in the tunnels (and by trained, I mean more 'survived living in the tunnels).
• Gigt is not a happy person when aboveground unless it's night time. Bright light hurts her eyes, which grew accustomed to the tunnels below in her youth.
• Her husband was taken. You very likely know this, as this is likely the first thing she asked you about when you met (or when you do meet, soon).