Juriya swipes at one of the Goblins as they leave her arms reach while she catches up to them, but flails since she's quite literally being carried.
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Wait, can Juriya AoO? It'll be pitiful so I doubt it'd make much difference.
Yeah it's specifically Alternate Classes that you can't have levels of the base class (Ninja-Rogue, Samurai-Cavalier, Antipaladin-Paladin(. I'm just trying to make this character somewhat functional, but it turned out to fit the "mediocre alchemist" bit fairly well between the bombs and the delayed extracts/mutagen.
Going 2H weapon later?nope, full Dex build with the rapier. definitely picking up Fencing Grace so she uses Dex for damage, as well as Improved Critical. main goal is to be the damage dealer. The three levels of URogue is Juriya's plan for actually dealing damage, for the record. I don't plan on constant negative STR mod attacks :)
Ah. I think the best plan for Juriya is to go into investigator instead of Alchemist at 4th level, that way she can actually disarm magical traps, as well as a significant perception and sense motive boost. Granted, that means she's certainly not going to be a healer. She can competently use a wand at 4th level, but doesn't get infusion until 7th level. It's hilarious: Investigator is a hybrid class... of Alchemist and Rogue... the other two classes Juriya will have.
When would the dip have been?
Juriya'd consent to it, for the record: no need for checks.
Would Juriya need to as well?
Juriya, looking at Lonjiku, sighs under her breath, "well, definitely need to change suppliers now." She doesn't even blink before agreeing on going forward, loading her crossbow once more with a nod. Without even cleaning the Goblin flesh and blood on her, she slyly remarks, "Let's find Ameiko and confront Tsuto and get this over with," as she puts emphasis on the last two words. She, obviously, avoids the ad-hoc caltrops of glass when she advances.
Best to have our bases covered. Juriya's skill chicanery (Mindchemist adds INT twice to all Knowledges plus Inspiration) doesn't come online until level 7.
Yeah, and we already have Ano on the scent side. Juriya as well in her fox form.
Juriya, teeth still dripping with Goblin blood, stares at the caster and fiees a crossbow bolt at her, moving a bit to the southeast to get closer to a Goblin so she can feint and strike a vital.
She once again misses her shot, however.
If they have the same amount of health as the other gobbos, we should have. I'm just realizing: half of our party uses rapiers.
Juriya doesn't even clean the blood from her maw as she speaks, and responds, "Yeah, it kind of does taste like old leather. let's gloss over how i know what that tastes like for now, though"
"Let me tell you a secret," Juriya says in Goblin as she lowers her weapons in an attempt to catch the Goblin in front of her off-guard, she yells, aiming directly for the Goblin's neck with her vulpine jaw and all the strength she can muster.
Yeah, flanking is probably the best way to go. She'll feint her way there if she can't flank, but full attacking would also give her sneak attack on her bite as well.
"I'll try flanking with you. As nervous as I am," Juriya says, "in my natural form I can land a somewhat useful bite to the neck in addition to combat with a rapier. "
"Pass, isn't there a spell that does the opposite, though," Juriya asks.
Once we're at level 3 though, Juriya could use a reduce person, for the record. It'd be detrimental while she doesn't have DEX to damage, though.
Juriya will decline since she's entirely dex-based, enlarging her makes her even less likely to hit. And both of Juriya's are farely accurate, though the human form vitiligo should cover roughly the same area as her kitsune form piebaldism does.
Juriya will decline since she's entirely dex-based, enlarging her makes her even less likely to hit.
Juriya heads through the door once it's open, not even bothering to take on a human guise again. "They'll be skewered Goblins soon enough."
Yeah. If you do make headshots, make sure to share them with the rest of the party :)
Alright. Unsure if anyone but Juriya will have use of it, but at least now she'll be slightly more viable, disaster Rogue/Investigator/Alchemist that she'll be :)
I made her human appearance a while ago, it isn't exactly the most noticeable vitiligo in her human form due to her skin tone. It was in the description, but it wasn't stated to be vitiligo, since I'm unsure if magical-chicanery would actually count as vitiligo. It becomes piebaldism in her Kitsune and fox form, which becomes far more noticeable. Secondly, DM, would you allow for Fractional BAB ? She's going to be dipping her paws in three different classes at once, so the extra +2 or so BAB would help.
For this one specific ability which will fix Juriya's Perception deficit: An empiricist’s ability to notice the minutiae of almost everything that happens around him allows him to make shrewd and insightful calculations about people and even inanimate objects. At 2nd level, an empiricist uses his Intelligence modifier instead of the skill’s typical ability for all Disable Device, Perception, Sense Motive, and Use Magic Device checks. He can also use his Intelligence modifier instead of Charisma on any Diplomacy checks made to gather information. Perception and Sense Motive go up by a whole 6 points. Disable Device and UMD also increase by 1 point as well, and Empiricist fits the character both roleplaying-wise as well as the aforementioned mechanics.
Ouch. For some reason I thought the Disable Device text said rogues (inclusive of KTs) can disable magical traps... Restriction: Characters with the trapfinding ability (like rogues) can disarm magic traps Guess I'm going with 2 levels of Empiricist with Accomplished Sneak Attacker at 5th level then.
"Yes," Juriya says with an unchanged voice as she rushes to open the northern door, "now, are we going to investigate me or investigate the Glassworks?"
Hah that would be funny. I jumped the gun admittedly when I saw that I could be doing an extra sneak attack per turn when full-attacking while flanking. Until level 3 (Charm Person and DEX to damage) she's kind of pitiful in combat, so I want to make up for that
Haha I imagine. It's probably best not to be anything that might get mistaken as a dog around Goblins, so the reveal for the third form will have to wait :)
Kitsune time. (I realized if I'm flanking to get Sneak Attacks in on a full attack, 1 get essentially 2d6 thanks to my natural attack, and now themed like the right moment to switch forms.)
Juriya uncharacteristically snarls, as she grumbles in Minkaian, angry at the mere possibility of what Donimah insinuates. "たとえあなたがゴブリンとの関係やアメイコの関与で失敗したように見えても、ツト、あなたに最後に少しの名誉を与えます"
Minkaian:
"I will give you one last bit of honour, Tsuto, even if you seem to have lost it dealing with the goblins and involving Ameiko." At about six seconds later, she's different. Instead of the black hair and eyes and the human body, she's instead an upright, bipedal fox with a large blotch of white fur across her face where her previous form had vitiligo. Her eyes are entirely vulpine, though enlarged to fit on the enlarged head of the anthropomorphic form she's now in. She looks down, and just gasps as she realizes what she accidentally did. "oh for Daikitsu's sake." Her clothes are the exact same, with the caveat that her shoes have morphed to fit her now vulpine feet, and the protective gloves that covered her hand now accommodate for the vulpine features as well. She heel-turns to the rest of the group aside from Ano, and says something in perfectly clear Taldane, "None of you are to say anything about this to anyone else, understood?" She shows her teeth to emphasize the point, even though they look like they can barely puncture skin, "Let's keep going," she says as she motions to the door Ano's ears indicated.
Juriya stows away her rarely-used thieves' tools, and goes in the most southernly door (the one with a red dot), with her crossbow loaded and rapier drawn. If it is Tsuto involved with the Goblins, I'll show him something 'honorable', she thinks to herself.
"What Donimah said is correct. Simply a wellness check given what transpired earlirer today. She wasn't in the Rusty Dragon, and thus she must be here. We'll be out once her safety can be ensured!"
Haha yeah. Don't tell her Juriya can eventually cast Charm Person at 3rd level either.
The moment Ano uses her feline nose and scent to find things about the place, Juriya noticeably pauses. She's considering switching to a form with scent, but waves it off. Not a good idea to enter the goblin den as a fox that can't hold a rapier.
I can't believe this is the first time the party rogue actually did Rogue things.
"Four entrances to the building, my family has been here countless times to pick up shipments. Only reason they're afforda... well, given recent developments, were affordable for us is the lack of--" Juriya says, as she cuts herself off as she realizes all 4 of the doors are locked. "Locked. I might be able to open this, just hold on," she says as she takes her pack off and pulls out a set of thieves' tools, and begins working on the lock. "I'm not exactly a thief, so don't expect me to be able to spot traps from a mile away or anything. But, I have picked a few locks for fun, mostly on our own stuff," Juriya continues as she works on the lock, while listening in for any sounds coming from inside.
She then abruptly heel-turns to Ano, and says, "It goes without saying you don't tell your mother I carry around thieves' tools," before grabbing her pack again
Juriya, making sure to wait to draw her crossbow and rapier until she's actually near the Glassworks, runs after everyone. "Ack, I can't run that fast with this pack on! I can only move like half as fast as you, Ano!" Once she's actually at the Glassworks, she loads her crossbow with a bolt, and draws both her Crossbow and her Rapier out ready to attack anything that might attack back.
"We understand. If you don't kill us should we fail, Juriya might attempt to do so as well... Rest assured we will do as much research as we can beforehand and not rush into this, it may take a few weeks to actually find it. It's not like we keep such materials on hand, but we'll let you know when it's ready," the mother says, stashing the contract away in a drawer. Once the catfolk mother is well and truly gone, the parents inform their daughter that they can move on with their plan, should Fosyo's demeanor continue as it is. None of them want to go through with the plan of blackmail, and none of them would even try the fabricated plan that they show to Fosyo, but this is something that needs to be done, they all reason. If Fosyo comes to her senses later, they can tear up the contract and pretend like this never happened.
Juriya spits out the oddly-tasting breakfast as she hears the news, "MISSING?!". Juriya then translates the letter into Taldane for every member of the group that isn't Ano, "Hello, sis! I hope this letter finds you well, and with some free time on your hands, because we've got something of a problem. It's to do with father. Seems that he might have had something to do with Sandpoint's recent troubles with the gobins, and I didn't want to bring the matter to the authorities because we both know he'd just weasel his way out of it. You've got some pull here in town, though. If you can meet me at the Glassworks at midnight tonight, maybe we can figure out how to make sure he faces the punishment he deserves. Knock twice and then three times and then once more at the delivery entrance and I'll let you in." "In any case, I don't hav eto impress upon you the delicate nature of this request. If news got out, you know these local rubes would assume that you and I were in on the whole thing too, don't you? They've got no honor at all around these parts. I still don't understand how you can stand to stay here." "Anyway, don't tell anyone about this. There are other complications as well, ones I'd rather talk to you in person about tonight. Don't be late." "Signed: Tsuto" Once Juriya calms down, she goes to try to calm down Bethana. "Breathe, Bethana, breathe. Do you want us to do anything about this, such as going to the Glassworks as is stated in the message? I always knew Lonjiku was certainly strict and potentially abusive, but involving himself with the Goblin tribes? I know Ameiko wouldn't be in on this, and I don't know enough about Tsuto to confirm or deny. But still unlikely. What say you guys?" Juriya then licks her chops of the spat-out breakfast that managed to make it onto her skin, seemingly forgetting all semblance of manners in the moment.
"We're sure. We left out one solution, being," Shiro says while laughing, knowing the catfolk mother won't agree with this solution, "move to a region of dead magic. There's only one recorded area, and it's all the way in Garund, with mountains of blackpowder as well!" Kimie sighs, "The Duchy of Alkenstar aside... that's all we can offer, honest. We can provide temporary solutions for times when it would be extremely inconvenient, which would be far cheaper and as-needed, but permanent anything is costly, let alone permanently making one's magic mute."
"Manners are either common sense, or a learned connection between processes and behaviors. You can't exactly teach the former, but you can teach the latter, so I'll do my best," the daughter says cheekily.
----------------------- As soon as Fosyo knocks on the door, the parents of Juriya begin preparations for one of two things: either becoming immensely rich, or blackmailing a restrictive mother. The two switch into their human form, while the father drinks his Charisma-enhancing cognatogen, expecting to have to seem more convincing for either of the possibilities. Once all the preparations are done, they invite Fosyo in "Ah, Mrs. Clovermark," the chirurgeon mother says, "come in." After a bit of polite conversation and food, the pair actually begins conversation proper. "As the letter stated, suppressing magic is certainly not easy, even if tying it to emotions makes it easier," the father says. If Fosyo looks closely, he looks drained, a side-effect of his Constitution-draining cognatogen. "You cannot remove the magic entirely, and the only reports we've ever heard of that are worshippers of Nethys immensely upsetting him. That aside, there are three options as to a possible cure." The chirurgeon-vivisectionist mother, Kimie, brings out three documents, concerning the three possible solutions. "First of all, there's option number one. Calm Emotion potions. We have been researching a way to effectively bottle the magic involved, but given that we'd need to constantly produce them, it would involve a repetitive sum of money to us. We can decrease the cost by roughly half, thanks to Alchemical Allocation costing less. It would still be expensive, however." The mindchemist father, Shiro, then brings up the second option, "The second, still immensely expensive option, is conducting research on the Padma blossom. Research done by some research-oriented alchemist has shown that it is possible to suppress rage and bloodrage with its calming properties. The main problem with this solution, however, is that it costs around 4k gold to produce the blossom, and we would need to conduct research on it to transfer its properties permanently to your daughter. Of course, we are still running a business, so you would have to pay us more than the 4k gold required. We would give you a number when we see what it involves beyond mere construction." "As you can see, the previous two options are expensive. That's the primary reason no one ever wants to try such an endeavor, is its exorbitant cost. The third option... is certainly less costly, but comes with a risk. The organism known as 뇌 이끼 is known to have the same effect as the Padma Blossom, but given the possible negative side effect... it's far less in demand. It would also reduce the actual ability to cast spells, even sans bloodrage, as well. It does, however, come with danger, and if left to do its thing too long," the mother says before handing it over to the more convincing, cognatogen-drugged father, "it could potentially kill. These cases are only after long cases of exposure, though, and we believe we found a way to kill the organism off before it can actually reach that point. We would need your express permission in writing for this one," Shiro says as he slides quill and ink to Fosyo, "given the risks. My wife has studied anatomy and medicine extensively," he says as he motions to labeled cure extracts laid out on the table, "so we will do our utmost to reduce the risk inherent. Know that if we had a better option, we would present it to you. "
Alright, that should be it for me until the plot advances.
Juriya offers a handshake to Fosyo, "Well, you can contact my family at their alchemy business for further details, I'm mostly acting as the messenger here. I have to help with the massive liquid ice shipment still. Seriously, who orders that many," she trails off as she leaves.
Juriya then goes and hides somewhere where she can't be seen, transforms into fox form to catch up with Donimah out of view of Fosyo, and then transforms back into human form whenever it's possible to keep the transformation hidden. Then, she checks around each and every corner for signs of everyone, and once well and truly alone, she sighs. "Donimah. Look. I admit my family may have some problems with Nethys, but we aren't the kind to deprive someone of their magic. Two of the possible solutions we offered are far too exorbitant for Fosyo to afford, and the other is a literal trap that we can use to discredit her," she says as she offers a polite smile. "Hopefully we can get this nonsense over as soon as possible for Ano's sake."
Yeah, woke up a little late today. I might explain what the rough plan is to Donimah, but I plan to be able to let the plot be furthered come Monday.
Juriya menacingly glares at Donimah, as she might be giving away details of the plan to deal with Fosyo. "While it may be correct that it's impossible to take the magic out of a mage, it is possible to suppress the magic's effects, or its activation. She may be overreacting if she is, indeed, a follower of Nethys; a lack of magic to his faithful is akin to a death." Agh, here's hoping she hasn't caught on, she thinks to herself.
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