Grammanar Gun-Runner's page

Dang! Yeah, hmm. This character turned out to be more boring personality-wise than I expected, but I wouldn't mind keeping going if we could find a way to.

Hmm. So we're coming back with things crafted?

Whoops I meant Yvell and Muga...

I think only Perdix and Muga need one, since I have my shotgun. So only three days probably. And Grammanar can repair his gun.

Well that's certainly no good...

"Ugh, barrels of blood? What is this place?"

Grammanar reloads again.

Grammanar moves closer to Tvenn and fires again, aiming more carefully thanks to Yvell's song.

Blunderbuss, amplified rage: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 12 + 2 = 32
Damage (AoE, bludgeoning, piercing): 1d8 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 2 = 12

Grammanar reloads his blunderbuss.

Grammanar draws his blunderbuss and attempts to fire into the fringe of the swarm.

Blunderbuss, raging: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30
Damage (AoE, bludgeoning, piercing): 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Err... forgot to mention: no internet at home for the next week. My schedule might be spotty. Apologies.

Sorry! My internet is out at home and I've been bad about checking my games during work.

"I can cause a hole like that, if you give me a bigger laser gun," Grammanar points out unhelpfully.

Sorry! Got distracted.

"Maybe this was one of his sneezes? It seems more like he was summoning things he shouldn't, from all over."

My bad—just been increasingly busy over the past month, and sometimes I miss a few of my games.

"Should I... shoot him open?" Grammanar asks, looking scared.

Grammanar draws the laser pistol, but does not fire, unsure of whether it would damage the smoke monster.

"Ah, so that's what that thing is for," Grammanar comments. "I thought it was just a fancy harpoon."

"Right. I guess I... got a little distracted, what with all the things in this tower."

"Right," Grammanar adds, "Grab the shiny rocks, got it. Let's keep moving?"

And then, as an afterthought, "Maybe next time, we should just build a battering ram and tip the tower over? Would've saved us a lot of effort, although now that we know those fire slaves are out safely, we could probably do it now."

Grammanar searches the destroyed crane for useful bits of loot or machinery.

Perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21

"Yes, and?" Grammanar asks, aiming and shooting again.

Vital Strike Deadly Aim Amp Rage PB: 1d20 + 18 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 18 - 3 + 1 = 33
Damage: 4d12 + 9 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (3, 5, 1, 9) + 9 + 1 + 6 = 34

Grammanar makes a vital strike at the crane, then reloads his hackbut.

Vital Strike Deadly Aim Amp Rage PB: 1d20 + 18 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 18 - 3 + 1 = 26
Damage: 4d12 + 9 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (12, 10, 7, 9) + 9 + 1 + 6 = 54

Grammanar takes the time, this time, to unfold and brace his double hackbut.

"Or, anything about the traps and abominations? Location? Weaknesses?"

"Yeah... we'd appreciate anything you could tell us about the wizard's defenses, and his tower."

Diplomacy (aid): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Right, right. Just the first d6 counts. My bad.

Grammanar again fires a lightning pistol at the remaining robots.

To hit (vital strike, deadly aim) vs touch: 1d20 + 13 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 13 - 3 + 1 = 31
Damage (electricity): 2d8 + 1 + 7 + 6 ⇒ (4, 5) + 1 + 7 + 6 = 23

Confirm Crit (vital strike, deadly aim) vs touch: 1d20 + 13 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 13 - 3 + 1 = 28
Bonus Damage (electricity): 2d8 + 1 + 7 + 6 ⇒ (5, 7) + 1 + 7 + 6 = 26

"Careful, Muga. That's a huge, well-made engine you're talking about. They fall easy, but strike hard."

Oh, right, 1 is a glitch. Spending 1 grit to avoid that.

Thinking fast, Grammanar taps the gun against his knee, and its lights flash, returning the circuitry to normal.

Grammanar, now able to shoot into melee with impunity, draws one of the lightning pistols and levels a careful shot at a riot suppressor robot.

To hit (vital strike, deadly aim, 1 grit for covet charge) vs touch: 1d20 + 13 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 13 - 3 + 1 = 12
Damage (electricity): 2d8 + 1 + 7 + 6 ⇒ (3, 8) + 1 + 7 + 6 = 25

"If it's a hidden staircase," Grammanar points out, "Maybe it's hidden from the mindless minions of this tower, as well. Maybe that's where his ghost relaxes when it's not busy trying to kill me."

"A spell which lets you breathe, or not?" Grammanar asks. "Anyway, let's get away from these ghosts."

Fortitude: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23

If I'm only firing once per round, I can stop as soon as it misfires.

I also have an AoE weapon... but the Hackbut just fires really big bullets.

"Let's find out," Grammanar replies. "I can spare a dozen or two rounds." And, loading his hackbut, he begins to aim careful shots at the machine, corpse, and any furniture in the room.

Hackbut vital strike does 4d12 damage, halved against objects. So 2d12 before hardness applied, which should still be enough to smash up a bit of the room quickly.

Grammanar lifts the big hackbut off his back and tries to set it up, half-expecting a fight.

"Well, what's he protecting?" Grammanar asks. "I've never seen a ghost before—is Furkas just the result of some glitchy skytech, or is he a miserable old man with nothing better to do than kill intruders? Either way, we don't need to deal with him; we're just here to grab the stuff, leave, and seal this tower up for good."

Grammanar shudders. "That was... far too much fire. And it'll be days before I can fix my pistol; I'll need to rely on the other guns until then. More healing wouldn't hurt, but I think I'm alright for now."

46/76 HP

0 hp makes me disabled, which is better than nothing...

I'm a Savage Technologist, so I don't get a Con boost from raging.

Yeah, I... I dunno. Might get to experience death, yay!

Reflex: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

-8 HP...

Grammanar collapses to the ground, covered in burns.

Nope, deals the base damage of the gun (here the 2 was from the 1d8 above). I just realized the problem with not having Quick Clear.

Umm, forgot about misfire rules. Uh oh!

And Grammanar's gun explodes! 5-foot burst, I believe 2 damage, Reflex DC 12 for half.

Reflex: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

Grammanar says nothing as his gun-rage kicks in, and dumps some magical bullets into the ghost wizard.

Pistol, rage, haste, deadly aim, witch hunter, point blank? vs touch 1: 1d20 + 14 + 2 + 1 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 14 + 2 + 1 - 3 + 1 = 17
Damage: 1d8 + 8 + 6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 6 + 1 + 2 = 25 (misfire)

Pistol, rage, haste, deadly aim, witch hunter, point blank? vs touch 2: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 9 + 2 + 1 - 3 + 1 = 24
Damage: 1d8 + 8 + 6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 6 + 1 + 2 = 19

Pistol, rage, haste, deadly aim, witch hunter, point blank? vs touch bonus: 1d20 + 14 + 2 + 1 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 14 + 2 + 1 - 3 + 1 = 20
Damage: 1d8 + 8 + 6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 6 + 1 + 2 = 19 (misfire)

(all damage is magical)

"Ah... right." Grammanar gets out his tools, and begins to shove tiny knives into the lock.

Disable (tech allowed): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (17) + 19 = 36

Grammanar got gooder at shooting things.

Every wizard can craft scrolls. You automatically get that feat.

And I'd never even imagine playing a wizard that didn't use an archetype to trade it away for something better. Except if you actually like keeping track of scrolls, which some players do.

I'm taking another level of Fighter, for Point-Blank Shot (though I may keep leveling there to 5 so I can get Weapon Trainings, we'll see)

"You mean... for a second time?" Grammanar asks, unsure of how ghosts work.

"I'd bet the lead I fed him slowed him down a bit," Grammanar points out.