The funny thing about +1 inherent bonus to abilities doesn't mean much for characters built by point buy. The abilities are already planned out until game's end.
Is Onyx within 30ft? If so, I'll shoot a Heavenly Fire on him, which heals a good creature for 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5.
Guriok turns to the captain and says "Of course, I always have rope." He offers his rope. He isn't sure he can convince the others to come, so he sticks around in case something dangerous happens.
Guriok sighs and tells Anevia "I'm sorry, I have to go back. Preacher is my friend, I have to make sure he's ok." He walks back and inspects the 3 chests for traps.
Hi, I'll be here. Also, what's that about the item? I'm not reading the spoilers in languages Guriok doesn't speak, so there's a lot going on that I don't know about.
Guriok looks around and says "This is so weird... Why was there someone camping here? Almost as if... there's something worthwhile to find in these caves? How did they get here in the first place?"
Hey GM: I don't think you need to bot me any more. I could have posted that. I know it's just bland unarmed attacks, but I can add some fluff. You know... to start filling my dude with some content. :-)
Are we going for focus hour? It's an important information because I need to stay awake after changing my child in the middle of the night. If not, I can go back to sleep.
Guriok adds "Yes, I agree. I have never cared to learn lighting magic because I can see in the dark, but I can see now how that is self-centered." Looking to the side, he says "But I think we should look closer at that spider. If anything we might learn something about the ecosystem down here."
He takes a few careful steps towards the still spider, waiting for some backup. As he gets some, he approaches the scene paying attention to see if there's any hidden danger.
Guriok does not drink the captain's grog, as he doesn't drink alcohol. But he thanks him nonetheless. He says "We should take care of this spider, I don't want to keep looking over my shoulder. All that can shoot a bow or similar should aim and fire away. I'll stand here and punch it in case it approaches."
Guriok says "It's good that you know so much about spiders. Are you sure it wouldn't follow or flank us? Also, if these tunnels existed before the crack opened, then the spider already hunted down here, which means there are other things to worry about as well."
Guriok checks on the other survivors, Anevia Tirablade and Aravashnial. He looks to see if they are well and able to help in any way, contrary to this Gwerm person who apparently came to complain.
The half-orc says "My name's Guriok, right now I am just trying not to think about what happened up there. If not for the demon invasion, the death of such a magnificent creature such as Terendelev is a tragedy by itself. But for now, I agree, we should stay alive. Which is why I think we should stick together before all."
Guriok replies to Xantor "I studied under a great master under a temple in the mountains. You wouldn't have heard of it. But the important thing is that we follow the teachings of Irori. My master is a great person, she trained me and helped me get in touch with my ancestries. It seems I have blood from some Empyreal lord and it manifests in me with arcane power." He wants to ask him about him, but feels he doesn't know how.
Later, during the attack...
The half-orc is confused at first and doesn't understand what is happening. Only when he hears Terendelev's roar, does his eyes flare up. He looks at the shapeshifting dragon and realizes this isn't part of the show, but an actual demon attack. Still, with Terendelev here, the demons surely don't stand a chance.
Since he has no deep knowledge of the demon Khorramzadeh, he sees with glee as the two clash in the sky, but then it starts to look like the demon is gaining an upper hand in the fight. As the two fall from the sky in a heated battle, a wave of demons pour into Kenabres, and Guriok feels he should do somehting. He looks at Preacher and says "We gotta do something!" He takes out a wand from his belt and casts a spell on himself. Mage Armor He, then starts looking for people in trouble and getting them to safety.
The next few minutes are torture for Guriok. He remembers being a demon captive and not being strong enough to do something and help other captives. Now, despite all his training, he couldn't do enough. He fought and punched and shoved, but it wasn't enough. He eventually felt that he was more useful helping people out of rubble. He held a baby in one hand as he pulled up a collapsed wall from his mother with the other, he helped pull up rubble to create a safe hole for people to hide in.
In the end, he found himself next to Preacher again and Terendelev's final moments. He wanted to help, but knew that the demons could cut him as easily as they cut the dragon. He fell suddenly and tried to grab anything he could, but it was only a hole downward.
In the cavern...
Guriok could see in the dark. He first checks on Preacher and asks "Are you ok?". His body ached and there were many scratches, but Onyx healed him. As the others looked for survivors, he started to think, and finally said "If this cave was built by the sundering of the ground, there is no exit. Unless, it already existed before." He immediately starts looking for a way out, wanting to find a way back up, but he realized there wasn't much he would be able to do if they did find a way. Still, he had no intention to die in a cave.
Mage Armor is up from my wand, but not any other buffs for now.
Despite the short answer, Guriok starts to like Xantor already. Few words are always a good idea. Why go for a million when a simple 'no' will do? He says "I understand." He wants to ask more about Onyx but knows better than to pry. He just throws a nod at him as well to acknowledge his presence, then goes back to looking around.
A bit socially awkward, Guriok only extends a simple salute to Xantor. When there's a gap in his conversation with Preach and trailing company, he says "Well met. Do you know how these things go?" This is best attempt at making conversation.
Guriok looks at the captain a bit confused at such an odd question. He may be Preach's friend, but he needs to make sense to him first, so he just answers "Enough to get by", and continues waiting for the festivities to begin. He figures if this captain is anything like Shimmerella, he'll know everything there is to know about him soon anyway, so there's no point in asking questions.
Guriok is uncomfortable in the captain's presence, as he has not yet grown accustumed to any of Preach's apparitions. He does offer a nod as a salute, however, as a sign of "if you're Preach's friend, you're mine".
A muscular half-orc sits next to Preacherelius and watches the crowd. Having arrived in town recently, he hasn't lived the day-to-day tension of being near the worldwound for a long time. Still, he says "It's a shame what they've done to this tradition." Wearing simple clothes and carrying a not very full backpack, the man doesn't carry any visible weapons, but has wraps around his fists as though he prefers to use them over an axe, like a typical member of his kind.
He sees the elf woman nearby and can't help but stare for a little while. He is impressed by her composure and the impact she does. He realizes celestial blood surely runs in crusaders, so he mentions to the gnome next to him "Hey Preach, look at her. If she is as strong as she looks, she is surely a commander in this army." Guriok, the half-orc monk doesn't know why he is more talkative than usual. He figures the excitement must be contagious.
BTW, slight changes to my character sheet. Since I can't have potions of spells with the range of self, I changed a known spell of mine to Shield, and updated some potions accordingly.
We have many cool character concepts to go here! I'm ready too.
@Preach: I want to say something and I hope you won't take it the wrong way. I think it's great that you are excited about the character and working hard on them. It is very heavy content-wise since they come with side characters whose story spans through different ages in the world.
Working as a GM is very work-heavy already. While working with interesting characters is great, I believe that moving forward we should try to keep from adding stuff to the GM's plate such as requesting off-rules openings and things that require them to read through extra stuff.
Maybe we should move this to Gameplay, since it's technically part of the game, no?
Int check:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12No d6 can help this.
Arthur considers hard what he's hearing. From one side, the demoness offers things that would be automatically good. If it were a devil, he'd be sure whatever things he agrees to are probably better for the devil than him, but this isn't one. So he is at an impasse.
Further, she is suggesting he won't be able to resist an eventual domination from the summoning Succubus. Why would she want to dominate him? When the fight breaks out? He thinks the demoness will want to kill her summoner at her first opportunity.
Also, a scroll to summon a Paladin? Is this a mock Paladin? Or a true one? He returns in thought "Maybe I can handle this Succubus. What is this about a Paladin? How do you propose I get this scroll if you can't use it yourself?"
That sounds reasonable. He'd have taken the northwestern way. It also makes sense that he trained with a group that studies the arcane as well as martial arts, which makes his sorcerer second gestalt class make more sense.
