Hey, I've been super sick the past... I don't even know how long it's been. Time gets funny when you feel like this. :P I'll do my best to catch up quickly, but I'm still not feeling great. Just coherent enough to form sentences and type them.
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Jenise decides to see if there's any magic around here. It's a wizard's home, she'll be very surprised if there aren't any arcane traps or wards around here.
I LIIIIIVE! Oh my god, I can't believe I made it through the semester. There were times when I wondered if I would. Sorry about the delay, folks, we had a major hailstorm here yesterday that took the internet out for quite a while. Hail the size of golf balls actually exists. Wild. Now back to your regularly scheduled sorceress posts. And leveling up, argh.
I'm on the downward slide, but not quite done yet. My final project is due this coming Tuesday. Then I'll be freeeeee!
Jenise fills a pitcher with water from the kitchen, bringing it out to the bird cages to fill Zuriel's bowl. "I wonder what kind of birds these are?" They probably need food as well as water, but what kind?
Jenise takes the time to cast a quick mage armor before following August into the wizard's house. Who knows what kind of traps Hunclay might have left? She loads a bolt into her crossbow and takes a look around.
Bear with me, folks. I've only got two weeks of IRL insanity left. T_T Bot me if you have to, pretty sure our GM knows Jenise's usual combat strategy by now. (Color Spray ALL the things) And yeah, I know I still need to level her up. It's been that kind of month. I know more or less what I want to do, it's just a question of carving out time to do it in between frantic cartography and many, many seizures.
A real home cooked meal, and a free place to sleep? Score! Jenise thanks their hosts warmly, making sure to compliment Mrs. Malak on her cooking. It's been a long day full of kobolds and the sorceress is happy to have some rest in a safe, warm place. "That works for me, Zuriel." Once everyone is done eating, Jenise helps their hostess wash the dishes before setting out her bedroll in front of the fire.
"Oh, I wouldn't call myself a mighty sorceress. There are a lot of spells out there that are still beyond me. That's why I carry a crossbow." Jenise pats her faithful weapon. "I would prefer to start on this latest job tomorrow. I used most of my spells fighting kobolds and their pet skeletons."
I apologize for not posting earlier, I'm still having health issues. And now I'm fighting with insurance to cover my medication. >.< I really hate the American health "care" system. Things should ease up in mid-May after the semester ends, but until then it's going to be a bumpy ride for me IRL.
I apologize for the lack of posting lately. I've been having health problems for the last couple weeks, and been scrambling to try and get my college assignments done as a result. Hopefully I'll be able to finish leveling Jenise today or tomorrow. (Don't worry, it's not COVID or anything. Just Chronic Illness Life rearing its ugly head.)
Wait, we get all of the above? FCB, hp, and skill point?
Jenise smiles at the new arrivals, offering each of them a handshake in turn. "Nice to meet you. I'm Jenise Aldercroft, sorceress for hire." Her smile turns more genuine when she spots Ethulfel's holy symbol. "Oh, another Desnan, excellent! There don't seem to be many of us around here."
Jenise takes the wand and scrolls for herself, since she's the only one who can use them. August and Zuriel can work out which of them gets the cloak. "We'll get out of here then. Good luck, Nighttail." While she doesn't touch the chests herself, she does cast another detect magic to see if there are any magic items in there.
"We did it! Congratulations, Nighttail." Once the web spell has dissipated, Jenise makes her way over to the chief's corpse and starts attempting to identify any magic items. "And yeah, that's fair enough."
Jenise aims her wand at the chief and whispers the activation word. A tiny sphere of white light shoots toward him.
Don't the NPCs still have to go?
Well, she's disentangled herself, but there's a lot more webbing out there. And it's blocking her line of sight to the chief. Guess it's time to break out the good stuff. Jenise digs around in the pockets she sewed into the lining of her coat, pulling out a slender wand carved from pale yellowish pine wood.
Jenise curses the kobold chief viciously as she struggles to get free.
Jenise looks down her nose at the kobold chieftain with a distinctly unimpressed air. "You and what army?" She takes a few steps forward, utters a few mystic words, and thrusts her hand palm out toward the two nearest guards. A cone of rainbow-colored light washes over them.
Jenise watches Zuriel carefully pick his way around the wires, cutting them in a pattern that she can't quite discern. Whatever the logic behind it, the elf manages to retrieve every flask of alchemist's fire intact, and she lets out a relieved breath. "Great work, Zuriel!"
"And is the chief's room locked?" Zuriel can probably pick the lock if so, but it's always good to know these things ahead of time.
Lol. I think (technically) Ethulfel is maybe actually hotter than August but I still love everything about this conversation. And, this is a surprisingly charismatic party! Aside from Gavia (who gets to use her Int for most diplomacy/bluff checks) Zuriel has the lowest Cha at 14! Usually in a low point buy game people dump Cha like its their job. Right? We are a surprisingly charismatic crew! But Jenise has sorcerer skill points and for some weird reason, Diplomacy is not a standard sorcerer class skill. So she has natural charisma but never had the opportunity (or patience, lol) to learn how to use it effectively in social situations.
Nooo... August is no himbo, he's just... simple. And, sure, he could pose for romance novel covers. But himbo, no... I'm sorry, I didn't mean it in a bad way! He's just super hot and endearingly dumb at times.
August = 100% pure himbo. Accept no substitutes.
Depends, are you planning to write the stutter out every time? Reading that gets old, I've seen writers do that before. If not, go for it.
I always take average HP if that's an option, I don't trust the dice roller with something that important.
Jenise gives the elf a skeptical look. "Are you really going to rely on him to spot traps? No offense, August, but I've got the impression that that kind of thing isn't your strength." Not waiting for an answer, the sorceress cautiously moves forward to take a look.
Jenise turns her head to hide her smile, pretending to check the safety on her crossbow. "Right sounds as good as any other way." She casts a quick light spell on August's shield and follows behind him.
Jenise looks at Zuriel, surprised. "Really? Wow... thank you." She chants a quick spell to clean any blood and dirt off the cloak, then fastens it around her shoulders. "I don't know, let's ask our expert." The sorceress turns to Nighttail. "Which way?"
Yeah, I think you're right about having Euda and August in the same party. Jenise would be thrilled to have a fellow Desnan around! The Song of the Spheres isn't commonly worshiped where she comes from in Andoran.
I'm with Zuriel. Mechanically, we can make just about anything work. But if you don't enjoy playing your character you're not going to enjoy the game. Personality wise, I think Jenise would get along well with Gavia.
"Hmm... ooh, nice. Those are potions of cure light wounds, and the cloak is a lesser cloak of resistance." Jenise looks up at Zuriel. "Want to flip a coin for the cloak? Actually, let's have August flip it for us." She doesn't trust the light-fingered elf not to cheat, and she doesn't expect him to trust her either. August, though? That man couldn't lie or cheat effectively to save his life.
@Gavia: I like her so far! She sounds like she'll be both excellent support and fun to roleplay with. @GH: Go with whatever sounds like more fun! That said, we do have August for the front line already. I'm biased toward utility characters though.
"I'm fine, thanks." Jenise focuses on the body and chants a short phrase, making a strange gesture toward her eyes.
Please, please, please, will at least one of you make a level-headed character with some common sense? Poor Jenise is currently stuck playing Only Sane One, wrangling "Sweet but Not Too Bright" August and "OMG We're All Gonna Die, Let Me Loot The Corpse of An Ally Right Next To Another Ally" Zuriel.
Oops, I forgot that August had ranks in Diplomacy. Sorry folks! No need for a face then.
Hi guys, glad to have you aboard! @Giant Halfling, we could really use a party face if you're at all interested in that sort of play. A character with ranks in Survival would be great too. It's looking to me like we'll be adventuring in the wilderness at some point in this game. Jenise is primarily an offensive caster. Right now she's got mage armor and color spray for 1st level spells, with Minute Meteors (5-ft square fire damage) as her bloodline power. I'm planning to lean heavily into conjuration and evocation spells. Sometimes you just want to make things go boom. EDIT: Oh, now I remember where I've seen that username before! I play with Giant Halfling in a Wrath of the Righteous game. They're an excellent roleplayer and reliable poster.
"Glad to see you're all right." Jenise follows Zuriel over to the necromancer's body. Maybe he'll have an arcane item or two she can use.
Happy belated holidays! I love Christmas but man, it is exhausting.
Excellent, the enemy caster is down! Now for the skeletons. Jenise moves toward Zuriel, then chants a mystic phrase and points at the closest skeleton. A shower of white sparks rains down, scorching the bones where they land. He may be irritating, but he doesn't deserve to die. Hopefully the skeletons will focus on me and August instead of Zuriel.
I can't see any skeletons on the map where our tokens are, or the necromancer.
"Uh, no. We share equally, as originally agreed. That said, I doubt August or I will be able to use weapons and armor that would be useful to you." Desna, grant her patience. Why did Faust have to leave them? Jenise could really use another voice of reason right about now. It's like herding cats. One of whom was dropped on his head as a kitten, and the other alternates between being scared of everything and getting into everything. Well. If Zuriel is too much of a coward to fight undead, Jenise certainly is not! She stomps over to the hole, slings her crossbow over her shoulder by its carrying strap, and climbs down after August. "You going to let a couple of humans show you up, elf boy?"
Jenise scowls. "Ugh, undead." Stupid things are immune to her favorite spell. "You don't get to stay up here and claim a full share of the gold, Zuriel. If I have to fight undead, so do you."
Jenise grimaces at the narrow walkway, clearly designed for much smaller people than humans. She can probably make it if she's careful, though. The sorceress gingerly picks her way across after Zuriel. "Nighttail, think you can talk to those slingers over there and reassure them that we don't want to hurt them? We're just here for the chief."
Jenise looks over at Nighttail. "That sword looks too big for your people. Do you mind if August there uses it?"
We really need someone with some ranks in Sense Motive, apparently all three of us are easily fooled!
"Huh. We can ask around town when we get out of here, I guess. See if anyone has heard the name before." Oh gods, Zuriel decided to loot the priest anyway. Hopefully Nighttail didn't see that. Jenise does her best to look unbothered. She may not approve of his actions, but she definitely doesn't want to give him away and possibly turn this whole job into an utter fiasco.
Jenise sighs and lets the dead priest's hand go, arranging his limbs in the traditional manner for a Pharasmin burial. If the kobolds prefer something different they can do that later, but this feels more respectful than just leaving him. "He did give us a clue, though. Aeteperax. And we know that the 'great scaly beast' is not here but probably somewhere near-ish." Getting to her feet, the sorceress leans over to whisper to Zuriel. "Don't piss off our local ally by looting the priest. We need her to like us if we want to get this job done as fast as possible, with as little danger as possible. If she gets offended we could be fighting our way out of here through gods only know how many kobolds." Plus, you know, it's disrespectful to a dead kobold who spent his last moments warning them of danger. She turns to Nighttail. "Do you know anything about Aeteperax or a 'great scaly beast'?"
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