Hama just grins when the light goes out as she moves to the bush. "Come out, come out wherever you are you stinking hob."
She stops just shy of the bush, "Come on out then. I can smell ya."
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Though she does not see what the hedgehog apparently does see, Hama still heads it's warning. She draws both spear and shield and stands ready to move in.
"Sounds like a merchant on the other end." It was somewhat exciting, meeting someone coming from underground who was trying to sell them things. Part of what she loved about her travels with her own goods was seeing what others brought in yet she never saw any trader from the darklands. Undercommon: ]b]"Wait a moment, we're making room for you. What are you selling?"[/b]
Hama appeared to be completely unfazed by the veiled insult from the Half Orc and when he apologizes she nods, "Apology accepted. Sir Kingston sounds like he is an awfully wise hedgehog." She readjusts the sacks on her shield for easier carrying, "As for my kindness, I guess that's part of being a merchant who deals with more than just dwarves. Most people don't buy from a grump. Then again, the dwarves in these parts are very different from the dwarves in Katheer, where my mother is from. There they are a part of human society instead of isolating themselves in their Sky Citadels."
Hama smiled when she heard the half orc speak, "Depends, what would you consider 'real food'? If you are looking for meat I'd have to disappoint you, the hobs took all we had." She then moves to walk next to him, while carrying bags of potatoes using her shield as a tray, "My name is Hama, I'm a merchant. Or used to be I guess. What's your name?"
"Food you say ey? Bertie is still carrying quite a bit of that. He's packed with most of the food my caravan was going to need to reach Almas in southern Andoran. All of it is dry though, except the oranges." As if to illustrate she pulls a single orange from one of the many packs on the ox's back. "If there are some people to help we can unload him and move things to any storage you managed to create. Should also allow him to relax a bit."
Hama walks with spear and shield in hand in case they find some more hobs or some other unwelcome presence. She had been spooked earlier already when she spotted some movement from the corner of her eye, though she hadn't been able to determine what it was. This was different though as a familiar face from the past suddenly appeared in front of her. "I'm not sure Kraggodan is all that safe right now. At least I can't get in. Molthune has been laying siege to it for years now so it's impossible to get in. I was getting out of here when those damn hobs ambushed the caravan I travelled with just outside of Phaendar and all I could rescue is old Bertie here." She gently pets the ox walking alongside her. "And as luck would have it, I met this fellow while hiding from those goons."
Ok, I'll just post the resources she'll bring here as they will become communal and as such it's not that useful on her sheet. It's all quite cheap. The list below cost 52 gp and 2 sp. For those interested in booze, she dumped that days ago as a distraction for hobgoblin soldiers that were trailing her. It worked. The ox she brings is packed as heavily as she could without slowing down too much. It used to be one of four pulling her wagon but she lost the rest and the wagon itself to the hobgoblins. Foodstuffs brought by Hama:
200 lbs of beans 100 lbs of cheese 50 lbs of oranges 50 lbs of nuts (hazel and walnut) 500 lbs of potatoes 100 lbs of turnips 5 lbs of salt 20 lbs of sugar 2 lbs of honey 50 lbs of bread half filled barrel with 8 gallons of water
It's a shame the alchemist didn't make it, that would have been a major asset for a group like ours. Just means I'll stock up on some more alchemical goodies at the start.
DM, how do you feel about Hama bringing in more resources for the refugees? The idea would be that she arrives with a single pack ox still bearing part of it's load. Another question: Did you guys save the alchemist from Phaendar? Beyond some gold saved to possibly spend on the resources mentioned above, Hama is done. I swapped out Dodge for Shield Focus (probably grabbing Dodge again later) and Point-Blank Shot for Shield Brace. I also sold the throwing hammers and turned the heavy steel shield into a heavy darkwood shield.
As far as making armor and shields goes: I intend to pick up the Master Armorer Advanced Armor Training. That way I get free "ranks" to Craft (Armor) equal to my BAB and can make magic armor.
You can do better than the Tower Shield Specialist, mainly because it trades away a lot of good things for something any fighter can get via feats. The biggest thing is that it trades away Advanced Weapon Training. it also trades away Bravery, which I need for later when I want to add that as a bonus to my initiative. The Tower Shield Specialist feat you listed allows you to apply armor training to your Tower Shield. Should I take that asap it will reduce the penalty from -10 to -5. Make it Mithrall and we're at -1 (since it's masterwork as well). That means that by level 11 the thing is at 0. Only 1 feat and no equipment needed beyond the shield itself.
If going that way I'd look at using a heavy shield for this moment though. Perhaps a darkwood one (assuming the GM is fine with me still swapping out a feat and some gear). As for the weapon, it'd be my Dwarven Giant Sticker. It's a polearm that looks like a spear with a massive blade and it does 2d6 damage. EDIT: Barroom Brawler is great in general. It's THE feat to fit in if you have room somewhere (together with Improved Initiative I think).
I actually have another idea on how to build Hama and that is as what some call a "power turtle". I'd stick to the Giant Sticker but instead of wielding it as a two-handed weapon I'd grab the Shield Brace feat and use it one handed. That would also require me to get Phalanx Formation so that I can stab into melee from behind you guys without any issue. It might also involve me switching to Tower Shields and the associated Mobile Bulwark Style. Basically she'd be a walking fortress and a good person to hide behind if needed. Oh, and a ridiculously high AC. That said, this option is mainly interesting if William decides to focus on archery.
The dual wielding would only be a thing with the throwing weapons. I would not make a pure melee build with that purely because I already have a melee dual wield guy running around elsewhere. As for the Dodge, I'd keep that. It's a requirement for Close-Quarters Thrower, with that I won't provoke for making thrown attacks in melee. The only question whether I'd take that or Precise Shot at lvl 4, the other would be at 5. As for two handed throwing, that would necessitate grabbing the Two-Handed Thrower feat because without that throwing a two-handed weapon is a full round action. Ricochet Toss is on my list of things I want to get. As for tripping, Heroes of the Fringe does offer feat chain that allows me to make ranged trip attempts with a thrown bludgeoning weapon but that would require a bunch more feats as well (Dirty Fighting and Improved Trip to qualify for starters) As for the Dorn-Dergar, Amkarang is the reason I didn't go for that. I didn't want to double up, it's more fun if everyone has their own shtick. If I'd go pure two-handed melee I'd stick to the Dwarven Giant Sticker I have now. I did forgot to get a Dwarven Boulder Helmet though. EDIT: Hello William. I'm not sure how useful using a bow as a CoAA is. I do know the Shielded Mage feat is pretty good for them, if using a shield. As for tying background together, I'd be all for it.
Hello all So to immediately start with the questions: How is HP done? And my second question: Would it be ok for me to carry large supplies of food stuffs with me on the ox? It would basically be enough for an entire trade caravan to reach Almas, Andoran's capital, so that you'd only have to restock on perishables along the way (so It'd be mostly things like dried meats and sauerkraut). As for where Hama stands now, she's still very flexible. She carries a bunch of Dwarven Ram Hammer, basically throwing hammers, and she has a Dwarven Giant Sticker, so an enormous spear.
So yes, the only thing I'm sure on is her dedication to Dwarven weaponry and that she will be picking up Dwarven Hatred Style once she has some more experience fighting hobs.
Hama keeps wandering the market for a while, hoping to stumble upon something of interest to pass her time until the caravan moves on. When she catches the roast meat smell that wafts over the market she figures that, lacking any sightings of local relics or the such, at least roast meat could silence her hunger.
Hama sighs upon seeing the sour mug of the one local dwarf in Phaendar. There were plenty of those in Kraggodan and she had hoped to see friendlier faces out here. Instead Hama mingles with the crowd. As expected she draws some attention from the crowd but that was hardly a surprise when the locals have no idea a dwarf can actually smile. The fact she is dressed in heavy scale mail and carries both an axe and a shield in a very distinctive dwarven style also helps. As do the facial tattoos and the delicate earrings that just don't match her combat gear. |