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"I would never go thieving myself, but some alchemical compounds *cough* (gunpowder) *cough* are not exactly entirely legal in all jurisdictions, so yes, I am familiar with the type at Crook's Nook," Jon says. "I'll head over there as soon as it opens tomorrow."

Jon hands Athena a handkerchief from his pocket. "There, there. We'll figure this out. Don't you worry," Jon says, patting the distraught daughter as she cries.

At the sound of the call of fire, Jon politely extricates himself from Athena. "Duty calls, miss. We'll figure this out when the fire's out." He checks that his newly etched pistol is securely in its holster and his scorpion whip is looped neatly on the other side and rushes to the library with the others.

** spoiler omitted **

Jon, I think you misunderstood. I said that you can procure the dragon mouth pistol from Absalom in a week. The ghost touch rune is available in town from Captain Longsaddle at the Otari Garrison and Carman can etch that onto your striking pistol. Otari is a level 4 town so none of those formulae are available here, but you can purchase them in Absalom, during the same 1 week period that you wait for the dragon mouth pistol.

With regard to hitting a square with your freeze ammunition in combat, I would rule that it is a DC 5 attack roll.

OK, yeah I did misunderstand. All good now.

The dwarf ancestry feats should be at this link

Jon obliges Dorianna and tells the story of fighting Volluk with all the artistry he can bring to bear.

Performance (-): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 Nat 1 I'm dying XD

"Er, well, you see Mac, he swung his, um--what's the word? It's right on the tip of my tongue--Um, big pointy mining tool, and hit Volluk right in the pinky toe? No, that doesn't sound right. He didn't have toes. He was a bunch of leeches. It was effective, whatever he did. Um, I threw up a thingy of fire juice on him and he caught on fire. Um, he died. The end."

Well, one of the points of it is that it can't be modified, which includes by the MAP. Yes, Assurance is dumb to use for the first attack action, but it allows me to do better than with my attack mod and a -5 MAP and WAY better than with my attack mod and a -10 MAP.

Anyway, here's the formulas I sent off for in the order with my pistol. All are Common.

• Rank 5: Moderate Aberration Bane Ammo (8 gp)
• Rank 5: Moderate Elemental Ammo (Fire) (8 gp)
• Rank 5: Freeze Ammunition (8 gp)
• Rank 3: Moderate Sticky Algae Bomb (3 gp, this one technically might have been found in Otari since it's rank 3, but if it wasn't, it can go in the order. It doesn't take penalties for being used underwater, which I thought could come in handy at some point.)

Also, ghost touch runes are rank 4, so they should have been available in Otari, but if they weren't, I wouldn't have sent my pistol away to Absalom for a week for any reason (it's Jon's baby!); if I couldn't get the rune here I would have paid for it to come on a runestone and had the local enchanter transfer it onto my pistol here, so what would the transfer fee be?

Assurance actually only adds 10 to your proficiency mod to get the total, not ability mod. My proficiency mod is 5 level + 2 bonus for training= +7 so 17.

Oops, sorry, I've been leveled up for awhile. Forgot to post.

Ability Boosts: +Str, +Wis, +Dex, +Cha (new totals: Str 3, Dex 4+, Con 0, Int 1, Wis 1, Cha 3)

Skill Increase: Intimidation (T -> E)

Ancestry Feat: Ageless Patience (voluntarily take twice as long to perform a skill check that takes at least 1 action in order to gain a +2 circ. bonus to the check and remove the auto-crit fail on a nat 1.)

New Class Feature: Gunslinger Weapon Mastery:
Simple/Martial Firearms/Crossbows E -> M
Advanced Firearms/Crossbows, Simple/Martial Weapons, and Unarmed Attacks T -> E
**Gain access to crit specialization effects for firearms and crossbows

44 HP -> 53 HP

I also increased my number of free consumables with Advanced Alchemy to 7/day

Purchases: Dragon Mouth Pistol, Ghost Touch Rune
I'll post the formulae I'm ordering from Absolom later tonight.

Sure, so we get 127.82 gp each (-12.5 gp) instead of what I said before.

Yes, I remember adding 200 to the coin count

Alright there's 3 votes for selling the lantern so consider it sold. I'm also going to consider the shield sold as well. If Grym decides he wants it after all he can buy it for the sell price (50 gp). With that said, by selling the loot we will receive 140.32 gp each

Sheesh, that is crazy. XD I never in a million years would have thought of doing that lol. Glad we didn't end up needing it.

I'm assuming Pen takes the minor sturdy shield since he's our shield guy and Mac takes the +1 dorn-dergar since he was just talking about getting one?

@GM The remaster removed the melee weapon-only restriction on Ghost Touch runes and they now can be etched onto any weapon. Would I be fine then to get one etched onto my pistol? They're rank 4 runes. Once we sell our loot I'll be able to afford both the rune (75 gp) and my dragon mouth pistol (7 gp) even if we end up keeping the lantern. I'll probably also be looking at ordering some rank 5 ammo and bomb formulas in the same order as my dragon mouth pistol depending on whether we sell the lantern or not.

So if we sell everything checked off on the Loot Page (which is everything except for quest items and consumables other than the viper arrow, which none of us can use anyway), we'll get 97.82 gp each. If we also sell off the lantern of empty light, that will bump it up to 127.82 gp each.

The question is, do we want to sell the lantern and if not, who is claiming it?

For my 2 cents, I'm thinking that the extra 30 gp each might be a better boon to the party than two situational 1/day abilities. Fascinated is a really easy condition to break in combat and the other ability is pretty situational (4d8 vitality damage against incorporeal undead). You can get moderate ghost charge bombs that work on all types of undead, not just incorporeal, for 10 gp each which deal 2d8 vitality damage and rely on our aim, not on a basic Will save against a static DC (20) which will only become more and more obsolete as we level.

(My vote goes to selling it.)

"Incredible, Pen! It's too bad there wasn't a bard around who could immortalize Mac and Pen's epic finishing blows today in song," Jon says wistfully, but with a grin says "but local legend will have to do."

Going back to town now is fine. I'm going to look for a dragon mouth pistol (essentially a 1-handed blunderbuss) to keep in reserve for hitting swarms in the future since they deal splash damage in addition to regular damage. I only just a few days ago read up on how scatter works. :P

Into the Fray ◇ (on rolling init) Jon draws his pistol and whip.

Will (E): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

Unfazed by the scarecrow's aura of fear, Jon walks forward◇ (Into the Fray) into whip range and shouts, "We're gonna put you back in the field where you belong!"

Demoralize ◆ (auditory, bravado, concentrate, emotion, fear, mental): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Then he activates◆ his ooze ammunition and fires it◆ at the scarecrow.

+1 striking Double-Barreled Pistol (rng. 30'): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16
Acid + Precision: 2d4 + 1d4 ⇒ (1, 2) + (1) = 4 If by some miracle that wasn't a miss, he also takes 1d4 persistent acid damage and takes a -5 penalty to Speed unless he Escapes DC 16 and thanks to Sword & Pistol, off-guard to my next melee attack.

Jon holsters his pistol, wipes the sweat from his brow and chugs some water from his waterskin. "Good job, everyone. That was quite a fight. They'll write songs about that last blow, Mac." He wipes his mouth. "I suppose we should investigate the moaning voice." He begins examining the wall to see if it has a secret door or something similar that might let us get to the voice if need be.

Jon grabs◆ the flask of moderate alchemist's fire from his belt pouch and lobs it◆ at the leech swarm.

Moderate Alch. Fire + 1 item + 1 status: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 10 + 1 + 1 = 21 This is my most powerful bomb, so I'm hero pointing that.
Hero Point Reroll: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 10 + 1 + 1 = 25
Fire Damage + 2 Splash: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (4, 5) + 2 = 11
2 persistent fire damage

Then he pulls◆ the flask of lesser alchemist's fire from his belt pouch, ready for use next round.

Sorry, I had thought persistent damage was rolled at the time of the attack that caused it, not at the time of taking damage, wasn't trying to metagame.

Jon uses his free hand to begin ripping the leeches off his skin.◆◆

DC 15 Flat Check to end leech damage: 1d20 ⇒ 18 Thank the dice gods.

He throws the last leech down with a splat and squashes it beneath his boot. Then he backs 10' out in a running reload◆ into the hall, still keeping him in bomb throw range, and loads a black powder round into the other barrel of his pistol.

Sorry, I'd have to draw the bomb before I could throw it, so I can't bomb this round, and want to get out of range of his tendrils. I'd be obliged if Grym could sustain the Bless spell to increase the radius and put me back inside it for my next turn.

What's the amount and type of the persistent damage? I missed that in all the posts

Jon uses a running reload◆ to step, putting Volluk within the first range increment of his bombs and loading a round of ooze ammunition into one barrel of his pistol. Then he draws◆ and throws◆ a flask of bottled lightning at the spellcaster.

Volluk 1-3, Image on 4-6: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Bomb (20' rng increment): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
Electricity Damage + Splash: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Based on my last roll of 22, that was a miss, but not a critical one, so it still deals 1 splash damage to him.

I'll wait to act until Mac makes his reactive strike and save. Hopefully he can get clear of Volluk so I can throw some bombs at him.

Into the Fray◇: On rolling init Jon draws◇ his pistol, but leaves his other hand free.

Into the Fray◇: first turn Jon strides forward in front of Pen so he's in pistol range. Then he shouts◆ "We're the new Roseguard and we're here to wipe you out!"

Demoralize (auditory, bravado, concentrate, emotion, fear, mental): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Then Jon clears both barrels with a pair◆ of shots◆, hoping to at least destroy some images.

+1 striking Double-Barreled Pistol (rng. 30'): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29
P/Concussive + Precision: 2d4 + 1d4 ⇒ (3, 3) + (2) = 8

+1 striking Double-Barreled Pistol -5 MAP (rng. 30'): 1d20 + 13 - 5 ⇒ (14) + 13 - 5 = 22
P/Concussive + Precision: 2d4 + 1d4 ⇒ (3, 1) + (3) = 7

I didn't go for a bomb because I don't want to waste my limited number of bombs on a 25% chance to hit him. The bullets will at the very least get rid of two images if they don't hit so the rest of you will have a better chance of hitting him.

"Let's do it. Fortune favors the bold," Jon replies to Mac.

@Team: Can I have the +1 rune from that armor?

It's fine with me

"The new Roseguard. Those are some big shoes to fill. We won't let you down," Jon says soberly.

(After an appropriate amount of time of somberness, as I'm not trying to kill the mood by immediately looting his corpse lol)

"That key is a talisman I could activate to make me a bit luckier picking locks for 1 minute. Pen, could I borrow your repair kit to attach it to my armor?" Jon asks.

Sneaky key is an armor talisman that gives you +1 to Thievery checks to pick a lock and adds 1 success to your first success towards picking a complex lock for 1 minute. IIRC I'm the only trained thief in the party so I'll take it.

"I've got a ghost charge, some bottled sunlight, and some bottled lightning. Is he undead? You think a ghost charge would work on him? Jon muses. Then, suddenly, he feels around in his backpack. "Actually, it looks like I have a lesser and a moderate alchemist's fire as well. I'll probably be okay." Forgot to check in my general gear and not just my infused bombs. :P

Jon whistles, "Yeah, I don't fancy trying to shoot hundreds of leeches at once. We ought to stock up on bombs for that fight. Otari, do you know anything about the area guarded by the Velstrac? She sounds tough, and if there's nothing to be gained by attacking her right now, we'd probably rather avoid that fight."

Jon winces at Pen's unconscious form. He fires◆ a black powder round at the skull whisp, praying his bullet hits the hidden foe.

DC 11 Flat Check: 1d20 ⇒ 9
But the bullet pings off the floor and lodges itself in a wall.

Jon flicks his whip in a reloading strike◆, loading a life shot round into the other barrel.
DC 11 Flat Check: 1d20 ⇒ 1
But the whip cracks in the air.

Sighing, he flicks his whip a third time, hoping to trip◆ it.

DC 11 Flat Check: 1d20 ⇒ 8
But once again the whip cracks in empty space.

If I didn't have to activate the round I fire it first, I would have hit Pen with the life shot, but alas, I had to clear a barrel before I could load it and activations are only good until the end of your turn.

Into the Fray ◇: Draw pistol and whip.

Jon takes his chances on a reactive strike and Strides◆ to get 10' away from the skull-wisp and achieve flanking position with Pen. Then he fires◆ his pistol at the skull-wisp.

+1 striking Double-Barreled Pistol + Bless: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 13 + 1 = 24
P/Concussive + Precision: 2d4 + 1d4 ⇒ (3, 1) + (2) = 6

Then he makes a reloading strike, sending his scorpion whip to slash the skull and loading in another black powder round.

+1 striking Scorpion Whip -6 MAP + Bless: 1d20 + 11 - 6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 11 - 6 + 1 = 10

"Agreed," Jon says, loading a round of ooze ammunition in one barrel of his pistol and black powder in the other. "Follow that ribbon!"

Sorry I still had the loot sheet calculator set to 5 splits but it should be 4 without Garidan. We actually get 26.65 gp each, 5.33 gp more than I said in the my other post.

The party heads back to town and rests for 2 days, while Carman Rajani inserts the striking runes into Jon and Pen's weapons. You show Jaul's head to Keeno Lathenar and give him back Ayla's necklace and he profusely thanks you. He ensures that the party is paid the 50 gp bounty which was outstanding for Jaul and he promises you a 20% discount for all purchases at the Otari market for life.

During the 2 days that you are in town, the election for the city mayor of Otari is held and unfortunately for Carman, he loses again to Menhemes, who holds a celebration. Carman is incensed, but at the least the work that you give him with the runes keeps him distracted.

Add 50 gp to treasure list. The cost of adding the striking runes is 6 gp per weapon. Let me know what other purchases you want to make.

How much is it to transfer the +1 rune to another weapon?

It looks like each of us get 21 gp 3 sp 2 cp by splitting the coins and selling the katars once the runes have been transferred off.

So my shopping list is going to be:

• ◆Striking rune transfer to pistol (6 gp) and +1 rune transfer to hand crossbow (3? gp)
  
• ◆Silver Salve x 2 (6 gp x 2 = 12 gp total)
  
• ◆Weapon Siphon (level 1 weapon adjustment I can attach to my whip which will let me attach a lesser bomb to and add 1d4 of the bomb's damage to my next 3 whip attacks instead of its usual damage and effects) 10 gp
  
• ◆Quicksilver Mutagen x 2 (4 gp x 2 = 8 gp total)
  
• ◆Owlbear/Predator Claw (3 gp)
  
• ◆Formulas for lesser Acid Flask (level 1, 1 gp) and lesser Bottled Lightning (level 1, 1 gp)

I'd like to claim one of the katars to transfer its striking rune to my pistol and a +1 to my hand crossbow, if there are no objections.

Jon requests healing from Hagrym and loads a round of cold ammunition into one barrel of his pistol and a black powder round in the other.

Jon gulps at the transformation, but activates◆ and fires◆ another round of ooze ammunition at the werewolf.

+1 Double-Barreled Pistol (rng. 30'): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17 Miss :P

Jon sighs and fires◆ the black powder round in the other barrel.

+1 Double-Barreled Pistol -5 MAP (rng. 30'): 1d20 + 13 - 5 ⇒ (8) + 13 - 5 = 16 What did I do to the dice gods to deserve this?

Jon activates◆ and fires◆ his ooze ammunition round at the spellcaster.

+1 Double-Barreled Pistol (rng. 30'): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
Acid Damage + Precision: 1d4 + 1d4 ⇒ (3) + (4) = 7
Persistent Acid Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

If that hit, it gives him a -5' penalty to his speed until he Escapes (DC 16).

Jon loads◆ another round of ooze ammunition into his pistol.

Ref (E): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31 Is that a save for half or do I not take any damage at all?

Into the Fray◇: On rolling initiative Jon draws his whip and pistol.

Into the Fray◇: 1st turn free Stride] Jon strides◇ forward.

Jon fires◆ the black powder round in one barrel at the man.

+1 Double-Barreled Pistol (rng. 30'): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19
P/Concussive + Precision: 1d4 + 1d4 ⇒ (2) + (4) = 6

Then he loads◆ in a round of ooze ammunition◆ and fires the inactive life shot round at him as well.

+1 Double-Barreled Pistol -5 MAP (rng. 30'): 1d20 + 13 - 5 ⇒ (14) + 13 - 5 = 22
P/Concussive + Precision: 1d4 + 1d4 ⇒ (3) + (2) = 5

Jon hand reaches for his holster, then adopts an aggressive stance. "Back off and let us through or we'll put you down. We've got a mission to complete."

Intimidation (T): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 That's much better!

Jon's hand drifts instinctively towards his holster, but he pulls it back.

Without Garidan, I'm back to being the Face lol.

"Hey, we're people Otari hired to disable the Gauntlight. If you're not raising the undead, then we've got no quarrel with you. May we have safe passage through your territory? We may even be able to do some type of service for you in return, if you've got something that needs doing that doesn't interfere with our mission." Jon says with his most winning smile.

Diplomacy (T): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14 Could have been worse, I suppose XD

I'm not really expecting this to work...doesn't even sound like he speaks anything but wolf, but hey, if the carrot doesn't work, we can always try the stick. ;-)

Into the Fray ◇ (on rolling initiative) Jon draws his whip and pistol.

Jon sees his friends fight the aura of fear, so he takes advantage of the purple wisp being within 10' and stays behind Pen, firing◆ over his shoulder.

+1 Double-Barreled Pistol (rng. 30'): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25
P/Concussive + Precision: 1d4 + 1d4 ⇒ (4) + (2) = 6

Then he cracks his whip◆ with a reloading strike, loading a black powder round.

+1 Scorpion Whip -5 MAP: 1d20 + 11 - 5 ⇒ (1) + 11 - 5 = 7 That'll miss, critically even
S Damage + Str + Precision: 1d4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 1 = 7 Bad time to miss, that was max damage :P

Hoping to knock the thing to the floor, Jon uses his whip to attempt a Trip◆ maneuver.

Athletics Assurance: 16

"Agreed. Should head to the western door?" Jon asks, clutching his wrists absently as he stares at the altar where several people gave Nhimbaloth a hand.

Happy New Year!

Pen's strike hits and burns the red wight, who is now at +5 temp hps and -33 damage.

True, Jon, forgot about the whip. But since in you're in a dungeon, I would assume that you are walking around with pistol and whip out.

Since Into the Fray gives me 2 free draws on rolling initiative, I don't actually carry weapons in my hands so as to keep my options open, and I had specifically not drawn my whip so I could draw and throw that ghost charge bomb last turn.

Mac's greatpick inflicts 42 damage on the off-guard yellow cairn wight.

Jon's bullet hits for 7 and his first scorpion whip strike destroys the undead. He can't reach the red undead so Jon can change his last action (maybe move or something else). The attack would have missed anyway, even if he were within range.
Only Red is left.

I just realized I never used an action to actually draw my whip so I guess I couldn't have made that 3rd action anyway lol.

Jon fires◆ his non-active aberration bane round at the yellow cairn wight.

+1 Double-Barreled Pistol (rng. 30'): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22
P/Concussive + Precision: 1d4 + 1d4 ⇒ (3) + (4) = 7

Then he flicks his whip twice in two◆◆ reloading strikes.

Due to my Sword & Pistol feat, the wight is off-guard to the first melee strike.

+1 Scorpion Whip -5 MAP: 1d20 + 11 - 5 ⇒ (18) + 11 - 5 = 24
S Damage + Precision: 1d4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 1 = 7

Jon loads in a round of life shot.

+1 Scorpion Whip -10 MAP: 1d20 + 11 - 10 ⇒ (16) + 11 - 10 = 17
S Damage + Precision: 1d4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4

Jon loads in a black powder round.

Into the Fray◇ (on rolling Init) Jon draws his pistol and leaves his other hand free.

He draws◆ and lobs◆ his last remaining bomb, a moderate Ghost Charge, at the yellow undead.

Moderate Ghost Charge Bomb + 1 item bonus: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 10 + 1 = 25
Vitality Damage on Hit + Splash: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (3, 5) + 2 = 10
On a hit, target is enfeebled 1 til the start of my next turn.

Then Jon fires◆ a black powder round at the yellow undead.

+1 Double-Barreled Pistol -5 MAP (rng. 30'): 1d20 + 13 - 5 ⇒ (18) + 13 - 5 = 26
P/Concussive + Precision: 1d4 + 1d4 ⇒ (2) + (3) = 5

Merry Christmas!

Jon whistles. "Hey Garidan--" he frowns and sighs. "I'm no expert, but I'm guessing those figures in the alcoves aren't just for decoration. We should watch our step in here."

Jon will try to spot any traps or lurking threats in the hall.

"I'm afraid I don't have any silver bullets, or any silver salve, and my energy ammunition is cold. I won't be much help with hurting it, but I could perhaps attempt to trip or disarm it with my whip," Jon says, poking through his ammunition as if to find a silver bullet he'd forgotten about.