With the barn collapsing, Janiries considered that fleeing was the most dignified act, and so turned to rush towards the entrance.
Once there, she quickly turned and let loose an arrow towards the goatman not covered by Kane.
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None of the new classes look really appealing, to be honest. I'm fine sticking with Rogue.
Guess I'll just have to fire some scrolls of explosive runes at my enemies instead! Seriously though, the custom ammo options that already exist have rather inspired me. I shall have to look into these things ingame.
Forget about prestige classes and the like, I clearly need to get some trick arrows. Might actually do some damage then!
"Don't worry Ambrose. Even if I did shoot at you, I'd probably miss!" Taking aim again, Janiries lets loose an arrow at the next goatman.
Rising from her prone position, Janiries draws her bow and then completely messes up her shot, the arrow landing between Ambrose's feet.
Hmm, time to look around for miscellaneous untyped +1 bonuses to certain skills.
Janiries hurriedly slides into the gab between trap door and the beams, already prying her lock picks from hidden spots on her armour.
"Get over here now! The Barn! Janiries quickly bellows out to the rest of the party, looking for an entrance to the basement of the barn.
Hezar and DM: Drawing both hand crossbows, Janiries crouches and makes her way over to the barn, peaking inside to check it out.
Nodding to Matthias, Janiries moves to circle around. She whispers to Hezar as they head out. "If we live through this, you better not call me Lady again!"
"Never eat anything a human makes, as my dear granddad would say." While heading out to the cultists location, Janiries carefully sizes up Kane and Shiang, looking to see what weapons they have on them and what armour they wear.
You really have to stop getting hurt you know!
"What does this cultist look like, and how do you know they're a cultist?"
"Well, how long ago was this demon summoned? It could be half way to Port Kir by now, and well beyond our reach. It could even be in Port Kir." Considering a moment, Janiries starts putting together a plan. "We can do both. Have the Elves here and Kane make enough noise to drive Sander and Ammus out of the woods, while we wait at a settler's estate for our pray to arrive. Marius' group can watch over a gathering of settlers, to keep them safe."
Janiries looks around the group for a moment. "Well, I suppose some of us could pose as a settler family. That's a pretty solid plan really. The other settlers can gather together and stay under guard, to avoid attack."
Snorting derisively, Janiries' voice took on a rather mocking tone. "Who'd have guessed that not killing a Drow on sight would lead to problems."
Janiries sighed audibly, and took another swig of her hip flask. She had heard the civilisation vs nature argument all her life, and now these humans were about to start it up again. Still, Kane was right in that these cultists were more dangerous than him at the moment, especially if that Drow was with them. "We can debate the merits of civilisation and your ethics some other time. Right now you can tell us what you know of the cultists, and how we can track them and put them down."
Janiries steps into the tent as well, rolling her eyes a bit at the tea being offered. Instead she'd pull out a hip-flask and take a swig from it. Seeing that Matthais had the conversation started, she'd wait for Kane's response while keeping an eye on the going's on outside the tent incase of ambush.
While the group heads towards the camp, Janiries gets in close to Davin and whispers to him, explaining who Kane is while trying to prevent the wood elves around them from overhearing the conversation. "Kane is a Malarite, who attacks lone farms and kill the adults there. His companions are an eastern archer, a drow assassin and a spellcaster devoted to Talos." When the group hits the camp, the Sun Elf shrugs. "Well, we better get on with it. Lets talk to Kane."
There's a lot I like with the basic rules. The background and lifestyle rules are nice to see. I'll certainly pick up the starter set and run that at some point.
"I never said that Kane was a demon worshipper, just that he is possibly involved with these people. It's probably just that he ran into them and fought them at some point. Regardless, we accept your offer to go back to your base camp and talk to him."
Janiries gently takes the wood elf woman's hand off her waist before replying. "It is possible that they're further south and we missed them on our way north. We did find evidence of their presence at the sacred glade just south of here.." Her ears then perk up at the mention of Kane. "You've spoken with Kane? We think he's involved with the demon worshippers we're pursuing."
Yes, Happy Treason Day you colonials! Enjoy your burgers and 'beer' :D
Well, time to keep up the noble act.. Janiries smiles as the elf approaches, reciting the traditional elven greeting to her before answering her question. "Fair be our meeting, for our hearts are light and our swords sheathed, we hold peace in our hands and its light guides us." She pauses a moment, allowing the wood elf to return the greeting, before continuing. "I am Janiries, of House Shaelara, and I lead this group. We are pursuing a group of demon worshippers, who we believe have intruded on these lands after slaying many humans in their farms near here."
"I will not fight Elves, especially Elves whose territory I'm pretty sure we're in and are mistaking us for our target."
With Davin getting a response in Elven, Janiries put on her most commanding voice and shouts out her reply. Elvish:
"Your eyesight is clearly failing you, Sy’Tel'Quessir, if you cannot see that one of the People is travelling with this group." Janiries draws her rapier, before tossing it to the ground infront of her. Elvish: "As I Would Not Harm, Nor Shall You. The People are as One, and Never Shall I Stray From This, Nor Shall You, For to Digress is to Diminish You and Your People.
Now, let us put aside our blades and talk face to face, sister."
"If wood elves are out there, then they might take us for a hunting party. Which wouldn't be good. We should stop and let them come to us."
Proving herself useless once again in the woodlands, Janiries is able to spot that there are trees in this forest. Looking up from her naval-gazing, the sun-elf responds quietly to Nijena's comment. "Can't see anything. You sure there's something out there?"
Janiries looked to respond to Nijena's comment, before being rather taken aback by the Kara-Turian seemingly throwing fire at the newcomer, to the point of grabbing the hand crossbow from the small of her back. However, as she saw the newcomer emerge from the fire unharmed, even improved, she returned her hand crossbow to it's holster, hoping that the joking banter between Nijena and Kevkas would provide ample distraction for her to do so. Once the conversation turned back to the corpses, Janiries finally spoke up. "Lassathor has brought the dead back from even the pyre, so that alone won't help matters. If consecrating the remains would help, we should do that. Though don't expect me to like this thing.." Janiries looks down once again at the emaciated, ragged corpse of the drow. "..getting such a holy blessing."
Given her will save of +1, I think the Mind Sentinel Medallion would be pretty useful for Janiries. Though boosting the fighters will save is always a big priority.
"Why not both?" Janiries shrugs.
Right then, updated party loot list. +1 guardian broadsword - the weapon's bonus can be allocated (as a free action) as a bonus to the user's saves. This choice is made at the beginning of the character's turn, each turn. The bonus stacks with all other bonuses. (Davin)
-Masterwork Plate
-ring of feather falling. (Janiries)
-3 small vials - a potion of enlarge person; a potion of cure light wounds; and a potion of protection from evil
-172gp, 12sp
"If we're done here, I'd like to stick this.." Janiries points down to the drow's corpse before continuing "..outside some place visible, so people know to avoid the area."
Right then, updated loot list! -+1 guardian broadsword - the weapon's bonus can be allocated (as a free action) as a bonus to the user's saves. This choice is made at the beginning of the character's turn, each turn. The bonus stacks with all other bonuses. (Davin)
-Masterwork Plate
-ring of feather falling. (Janiries)
-3 small vials - a potion of enlarge person; a potion of cure light wounds; and a potion of protection from evil
-172gp, 12sp
Looking up from the Drow's corpse that she's checking, Janiries replies to Davin. "Well, we're all following Baron Matthias over there. I'm sure we can pay you if you choose to work for us. Or you could travel with us back to the nearest city, after we deal with the murderers Hezar mentioned."
For coins and gems, we're at 172gp, 12sp. We also picked up a locket, a scimitar and a scroll back on Page 53, which weren't identified. So our loot is this currently. -+1 guardian broadsword - the weapon's bonus can be allocated (as a free action) as a bonus to the user's saves. This choice is made at the beginning of the character's turn, each turn. The bonus stacks with all other bonuses.
-Masterwork Plate
-ring of feather falling. (Janiries)
-3 small vials - a potion of enlarge person; a potion of cure light wounds; and a potion of protection from evil
-172gp, 12sp
Go for it. The only way Janiries would use it is if we got a strength enhancing magic item that somehow wasn't used by the others in the party! A masterwork composite longbow would be useful for Jan though.
That said, I'd totally have taken the ring of feather falling, unless one of the magic people in our party wants to start flying around soon and have some protection.
Loot wise, we have the following in the party kitty. -+1 guardian broadsword - the weapon's bonus can be allocated (as a free action) as a bonus to the user's saves. This choice is made at the beginning of the character's turn, each turn. The bonus stacks with all other bonuses.
After dragging the corpse to the entrance, Janiries shoves her rapier into the drow's chest before addressing the group. "Don't touch." She then gets to work disabling the traps on the floor, to enable the party to check the corpses found on the trap. After she's done that, Janiries would return to the Drow she slew, carefully checking the corpse over for anything interesting. Once she's assured that she's got everything she can from the Drow, she'd motion over to Kevkas. "Mind giving me a hand with this scum? We can use it to warn people away from the area."
"Good idea. We'll leave a warning too, make sure people know what's down here."
One moment they had been talking to the mindflayer, the next her mind felt like it was on fire, making her lose all concentration. By the time she recovered, the creature was gone. "Guess we're leaving now then?" Janiries would utter outloud to no one in particular, dragging the drow's corpse with her as she heads towards the exit. |