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Ok so here's my human dual-cursed life oracle. Most of the crunch is set and is in the profile.

Forgot to mention my timezone: gmt-8

Ok, so crunch is done for my Paladin submission.

As for fluff, I'm going to just sketch out the concept and worry about fleshing it out if Horus gets picked.

Personality: Young and idealistic. Eager to go out and smite evil.

Campaign trait: Friend of the family. Initially, the escort mission will seem like a chore, the result of a promise made in haste, but as the danger grows, Horus will see this duty as a divine mission.

Background: Born and raised in Sandpoint, Horus felt himself called to the local temple of Desna, though it soon became evident that he was not destained for the priesthood. With the local facilities insufficient for his further training, he was sent for more militaristic training in Magnimar. More recently, he received word of Niska's deteriorating health and returned home in time to see her before her passing. His training effectively complete, he's been idly passing his time visiting with family and friends.

Putting together a paladin submission, but not quite done yet. Just wanted to check to see if the shining knight archetype was ok.

Blowing all my coin on a headband of intellect

Horus spends most of his trip and vacation catching up some reading he's been putting off and enjoying the novelty of having a hat that makes him smarter. He thoroughly enjoys the added comforts that travelling civilian style brings.

The morning of the Tuscarora explosion finds him enjoying a heavy breakfast with his fellow FEF officers and he nearly chokes when the great ship tears appart raining ruin from the sky.

"Sweet mother of mercy. That's bad. Really bad."

"None, Admiral. Looking forward to our next assignment."

"Actually Sir, I'm not sure it was Bigfix. It appeared that it was a robotic facsimile of him. I'm not actually sure what happened to the Ensign. As for the robot, I'm not sure what happened to it. I would imagine that it is in the possession of the guild."

"Ahh the joys of family. Makes me glad I don't have any."

With the ship as good as new, Horus heads to his bunk to rest during the return voyage.

Gaping in open mouthed awe at the sight of the Astromage's work, Horus nods his accent.

"Yes sir. I, ah, think it definitely did the trick."

"An honor Astromage. I am Ensign Hightower and I have the pleasure of being Chief engineer on this marvel the guild has created."

Horus spends the evening reviewing the damage reports and thinking about the misson.

Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. First we nearly destroy the excelsior in a poorly executed attack and then the only reason we have any success is because the Bloodclaw captain suffered from a terminal case of overconfidence. We got lucky and even so we still lost 3 crew, Grunk had it coming, but that was bad business with Walter and Syarha. Still beats living on the streets though, I guess.

Horus finally gives up and goes to bed. He sleeps the sleep of the exhausted.

"None Sir. Looking forward to leaving this backwater."

We need to post more frequently or have more DMPCing. The pace of this game has been pretty terrible (I'm as guilty as anyone).

Well, I would rather pull the plug now than drag it out for a couple more months before it dies, but I'm good either way.

Let's just go back to the ship and move on. We are really losing momentum here...

"We could just return to the ship and debrief with the captain. I think we're pretty much done here. Mission successful-ish"

"Near enough. We've eliminated their captain, actually, his corpse is still upstairs, and we've crippled their vessel. It will take them time to regain enough strength to be a threat again, if at all. Either way, without a contact feeding them information, they will never be as effective as they were in the past."

Know(engineering): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

"Should be fine, the damage is mostly superficial. Let's go see if the headman is still around."

Horus calls up to the ship, "Captain, Botarr was the mole. He's probably going to try to make a run for it, so keep an eye out for any shuttle craft leaving the area."

Horus enters the elevator.

Leo lowers his carbine slightly still keeping the butt firmly planted in his shoulder. He looks around: "Anyone hurt?". Waiting for answers he assess the room for potential threats.

"I've been better, but I'll live."

Horus goes to check on Grunk:

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Ouch

Horus fires at the baddie and then runs back throught the mist M8

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12 miss

Round 3: 17

"Thanks Grimwold."

Horus will dash along the wal,l through the fog, to G9, if he sees no sign of the baddie on the other side, he'll ready a shot with his pistol.

Withdraw action to move to M8.

Horus Hightower wrote:

Round 2: 17

5' step to N7

Horus casts grease on Grimmald's sawblade.

DC15 save each time he tries to use it, or he drops it.

It's surgically attached to his arm like the others. I'll let you redo that action if you wish.

Ahhh, just put it on the ground then, j-k 5+6. Same DC15 ref save

Round 2: 17

5' step to N7

Horus casts grease on Grimmald's sawblade.

DC15 save each time he tries to use it, or he drops it.

Horus checks the door and tries to open it:

Know(engineering): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17
or
Diable device: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Welp, I think we know who the mole is now....

"Let's do this."

Horus pulls out his pistol and prepares to follow Kimefe's lead.

Yup

"I can kiss ass with the best of them sir, but I generally don't come off as being that sincere. "

"I was thinking that this might be an opportunity to try to sniff out the mole. Nobody should know the outcome of our little battle yet, except for someone who is in contact with the pirates. I might not hurt to feed the headman a little false information and see if anything comes of it."

Horus is somber during the ceremony, but has little time to dwell on it afterwards as he is stretched to the limit of his abilities trying to keep the Excelsior together during their limping return to safety.

"Excelsior, send a damage report to my auto-scroll"

Horus will just start working on repairs.
Craft(ships): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
Know(eng): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

"Aye, Aye Captain"

Does the ship use my Ref bonus, or does it have its own?

Round 5 Init 20:

Horus will target the carrier relay again:

Pew Pew: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Kaboom: 10d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 4, 6, 2, 5, 4, 4, 4, 6) = 42

Round 4 Init 20:

Horus will target the carrier relay:

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 That's going to be a miss

Horus targets the nearest drone and fires:

Torpedoes: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15 miss?

Damage?: 10d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 2, 5, 2, 6, 2, 5, 4, 3) = 36

Readied attack (3range increments): 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 5 - 4 = 5 miss...

Horus is still waiting for the distance to close.

Horus will wait until the range is no more than 2 range increments

Know(Eng): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

Horus will prepare the torpedos for firing and wait until the enemy is in range.

So, just for my own clarification, each square on the map represents 100m, so the range of the torpedoes is 4 squares right?

"Aye, Aye Captain."

Horus will go and oversee the remaining repairs.

Knowledge(engineering): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
Craft(ships): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

I've been lurking in the shadows...

"Long story short captain, the guild representative believes that there is a mole feeding the Bloodclaws information possibly the Headman himself. The chief constable is also a prime suspect, but from our interactions with him, he strikes me as too obvious to be the real culprit.. Obviously, this is all on the word of Auriel, the guild liaison. Whether or not that information is trustworthy is open for debate."

"When we went to an establishment known to be frequented by members of the Bloodclaws, we were attacked by a bloodclaw assassin who seemed to be waiting for us. It would seem that our likenesses have been provided to the enemy by our mole. At present, we have obtained the co-ordinates of where this assassin was supposed to rendezvous with other members of the gang. It's in the local asteroid belt, but whether or not that represents the location of the carrier ship, is unknown."

"I think that sums it up. Anyone have anything else to add?"

I assumed that ment they were hanging out there, waiting for the bugbear to show.

Pilot: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

"Looks like the bloodclaws are hiding in the systems asteroid belt."

Horus tries to ignore the nearby conflagration and begins to search the dead bugbear for anything useful.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Round 3: init 15

Horus steps back(5ft step) and casts Grease on the bugbear's nasty sword. (DC15 Ref save to avoid dropping it, must make save again every time he wants to use it.)

Horus will cast colour spray again (DC15) and retreat back towards his companions (5 left, 1 down)

Whoops sorry. Somehow didn't realize it was my turn.

Horus casts colour spray on the bugbear.

then draws his pistol.