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"Alright, yeah that works too. " Kai sniffs. Once Irabeth rouses, Kai kneels beside her and asks, "How are you feeling? It looks like you got the wind knocked out of you real good." He'll give her a moment to answer and offer a hand to help her to her feet. After which he'll ask Rukzha, "How much power do reckon is left in those pieces... of Wardstone? That was a serious explosion. Was it s'pose to do that?"
Sliding over next to Arrika and Irabeth, he checks Irabeth's pulse and checks her for bruises and scrapes. "Yeah, she's alright, looks like. If we have some more time I can treat her to save magic." "I've got a Healer's Kit in my Haversack." he explains.
Ohh, I understand now.carry on then.
They can't have more than 90 or so hitpoints can they? It's possible too that they have as low as 60. Probably not, but 47 could be just one point below the "Critical" threshold. You are right that it may be worth a CDG regardless.
Crying out at the new wounds he suffered, the monk loses no time in reacting. He strikes thrice, in quick succession, finishing again with an elbow directed at the demon's head.
I just want to get some clarification: I'm pretty sure both of my first two attacks hit, and they were directed at B1 (28 from boost, and 24 respectively). The Elbow Smash (At 16, actually 11 I realized later) shouldn't have hit, I'm pretty sure. I realized I didn't actually say which demon I directed my attacks at, so that might have been the source of confusion. As long as I am not missing anything, B1 should have taken 36 more damage, possibly killing it.
The demon struck out at him but it's claws struggled to dig into his skin, even on a direct hit. "Hey, I'm just as surprised as you are." He replied, slightly bewildered. He took advantage of the close quarters to deliver a quick succession of feints and hard strikes, capitalizing on three blows.
Kai continues to wallop the demons with his fists. Some part of him is shocked at how easily his movements and strikes evade and cut through the demons and their defenses, but another part of him had understood the experience. This energy and holy might, may not have been Irori himself, but the Master's divinity takes many forms. The Wardstone, he knew had channelled it's own Perfection, it's own Divinity into this rag-tag group. Although rag-tag wasn't the right word for it, he was certain now. They were a team. Maybe Heroes one day. Companions bound for whatever fate the Gods designed for them. But before all of that, this young man was in the now. The one second. The thrilling Perfection only a warrior can experience. He unleashed a wild Dragon's roar and struck out in a blur of movement at the demon in front of him.
It is not unfortunately :( really wish it did because I could have rapid grappler at 7th instead. Forgot about fleet charge, I think I'll stick with Elbow smash then. I do like pummeling style + horn of the Criosphinx, but I wanted to try something different. I like Kraken Style/Throttle, but I think Dragon Style/Ferocity gives me more options which I like.
Holy wall of posts batman! Sorry I was out of commission yesterday, had to take a double shift for a sick coworker and by the time I got home I was just exhausted. For Kai's Level UP! HP: +8 (6 HD, 1 CON, 1 FCB)
I thought about a fighter dip to use the Manual of War so that when I hit 6th I could swap out my one feat for Greater Grapple, but I quickly realized that wasn't worth it. I'm probably going to go champion for Mythic Path.
Kai roars and tries to tackle her again. He's too into the battle to reply to or thank Rukzha, but he's aware.
Kai screams a curse of frustration and lunges for the cultist. Why didn't he just grab her before? He could have slowed her down and protected the others. Dropping his weapon he moves in for a grapple.
I was concerned about DR since she's described as having "an insectoid arm" so I drew my spade. I didn't grapple because of her +12 mod which, now that I look at it, is dumb. Sorry about That.
'Beth, flank her from the south side, I'll move into position as you do! Elriel, take her position to flank with Brevon!" Then to the woman herself pointing at her arm, grimacing, "You should get that checked, it's starting to look swollen" Kai draws his Spade again and attempts to whack her with it.
Kai nods to Elriel, then rushes in along the wall, drawing the attention and focus of the woman and the demon nearby. After positioning himself, he moves in and feints with his polearm and kicks the cultist hard, hoping to stun her with his surprise attack.
Upon receiving the Cloak and Ring, Kai thanks Rukzha, mumbling something along with Brevon. "Haven't got much to prepare with. I haven't got the know-how to help you either im afraid. I am grateful to have been in all of your company. Let's hope this isn't the last time I can say that." He says with a grin. He hefts his spade into both hands and steels himself for battle.
Kai whirls his weapon about and strikes the large beast, aiming for his nethers. "It just needs to know who's boss around here!"
Whatever works better for you, Rukzha. I think maybe the spell could be more valuable than a potion, even if the potion is potentially more useful in a pinch.
After Elriel asks Rukzha to heal him, Kai says, "Elriel, I don't think that's... I mean you guys have done enough for me. I don't want to be a burden on anyone. I'll be a little less reckless next time."
"Yeah Ginger... We'll make 'em pay. And these poor souls will be put to proper rest. I'll do it myself if I have to." "But Blondie's right. We need to secure the building first. We can't help anyone until we're safe."
"I absolutely thought this through guys." Kai says, injecting as much irony into the phrase as possible. He stabs at one of the insectoids in front of him, then follows up with a spinning maneuver, slicing with the other end.
Kai quickly adjusts his position, getting in behind the foul creatures. He draws his spade once again, but instead kicks the demonic creature, hoping to strike a vital area and leave it stunned for a follow up strike.
"That sounds like a better plan. I'll follow your lead and Blondie can fall in right behind you." With the change in plan, Kai follows after Brevon and Elriel, still tense with anxiety. He smiles back at Elriel and Brevon to try and take some of his own stress off his shoulders.
"Yeah." Kai offers sullenly. "We should check the rest of the doors, lest we get ambushed from behind. Hit the southwest door and make our way around to the others?" Should he get at least two assents, Kai will listen at the door for any creatures lurking on the other side.
"Thought I had it on the ropes... We've got it cornered, folks!" Kai nods to his companion as he continues his onslaught with his polearm. He injects more effort and fury into his strikes now, moving almost supernaturally fast.
Yeah, you've definitely used healing hex on Kai already. Sorry for being so slow to post. I'll be better on it today and tomorrow! I was intending to move into flanking for Elriel though, but I guess that's what I get for being too slow.
After the battle Kai recovers his spade and joins the others in poring over the books. When Elriel opens up the door, something tingles at the back of his neck and he instinctively knows his rescuers are in danger. Leaping past the half elf through the doorway he takes his spade and sices at the Monstrous creature with a battlecry "Surprise, Helldeer!"
Mhmm! Kai grunts affirmatively to Rukzha. He then drops a powerful axe kick onto the cultist's rib cage.
"Just cleanin' up over here!" He Cal's back to Elriel. Kai draws his Sanzetsukon and delivers a deadly strike.
Kai smashes the cultist's temple and tries to keep him in a tight hold to prevent him from casting spells. "Shut it you!" he says as he hits the poor caster.
Sorry I didn't respond to this right away, the forums ate my post I guess. T_T Just maintaining grapple, so I'm pretty sure I don't get that crit. Was just hoping.
"Too busy over here!" He calls back to Rukzha. Kai gasps at the blinding light, but borrows the cultist to shield his eyes. "Good Gods, that's bright." Kai begins gut punching the cultist he grappled.
I'm totally down for being blinded. I've got a decently high reflex save, I'll make it more than 50% of the time.
Round 2 Kai's attention shifts to the Northeast room as he hears the faint chanting of a spell being cast. When Rukzha mentions it, there is no doubt in his mind what he must do. "On it!" He calls back. He tumbles past his foes...
He drops his spade and attempts to grapple the caster if he can.
Once the enemies are blinded or potentially blinded anyway, Kai runs up the stairs to try to take down the first of the Tieflings with his spade. "Good work, Tatts! " Kai shouts back as he slices into the first Tiefling he sees, covered in glitter.
"There really are a lot of you uglies up here."
Alright thanks for the helpful insight. Basically as long as my actions help set up space for allies to attack from it should be OK is what I'm understanding.
I'm not really sure what I should do right now. Those are stairs to the right of Brevon right? The duration on Glitterdust is only for those initially affected by it right? If that's the case I can just run headlong into all of them and try to set up for a sneak attack right?
Kai locks eyes with Elriel before giving him an affirmative nod. Holding his breath for the moment, he doesn't have time to speak. He outmaneuvers the demons incredibly swiftly with his polearm, slashing and stabbing with both ends.
Those are good points. If I'm going to get grapple feats in the future, Dragon Style is still not going to be worth nearly as much as Power Attack as you put it. GM would you mind if I switched them? If not, I suppose I can grab it as my 5th level feat instead, but Rukzha's point about it being much better at helping me contribute to a fight is something I overlooked when I switched over. Grappling only helps when an opponent can't be dropped in a round and can roll out some nasty effects the way a caster can. If Elriel has ring of protection already, maybe I should take the ring after all? My AC with Barksin + Mage Armor would equal Brevon's. The problem with tumbling through enemy squares is that its 5 + the targets CMD with an additional +2 per threatening enemy. I have a +9, meaning I would have to roll on the die exactly whatever the Dretch's CMD is, it feels like it might be wasteful.
Haha I knew Dragon Style would come in handy. I can in fact charge through Elriel's square because of it. Although I guess I would have hit either way so it didn't come in handy so much...
On power attack: there is already a lot of damage going around in this party and the monk isn't necessarily better than other classes at it. I think maybe I should have started that fight with a grapple which is sort of what I was going for but I couldn't decide so I just charged in. I thought about power attack, but I thought it might be good to have improved initiative as an anti caster measure and my attack bonus isn't particularly high, so I thought Dragon Style might be a better damage boost, especially after I get my hands on a belt of giant strength. For the ring, maybe Elriel should have it? He has the lowest AC of us front liners so I think it makes sense. @Arrika: congrats on the (maybe?) Promotion!
Kai leaped at the mere sign of danger. He rushed in with a battlecry, grabbing his Monk's Spade and struck the first demon Elriel had cut, hoping to knock it down before it realized what was happening. Actions: Charge (Unless that's not a valid move, I think it is though) Draw Cold Iron Monk's Spade as part of movement. Attack Demon #1
After Rukzha spells Kai, he replies, "Hmmm, Right, well, I'm just gonna call you Tattoos, it suits you better. Thanks for the spell, I owe you one Tatts." If Rukzha protests the nickname, Kai will probably laugh.
"Perhaps not." Kai murmurs back to the blonde man. He draws his small knife and attempts to separate Thilde's arm from the statue. Once the grisly work is done, he'll tear some cloth from his robes and wrap it up. "She was my friend." Kai said to Brevon simply, as if it were as much explanation as anyone could need. He stows the arm in his Haversack and murmurs a prayer over it. He rises and stands with feet shoulder width apart and slows his breathing and a barely audible crack can be heard and his skin spurts fine scaly growths across its surface.
"Okay I'm ready to go. I'll take up the rear guard, don't want anything sneaky getting the drop on us. I'm fast as well. So I'll be ready to support the front line in a hurry."
Ahh, I see, that makes a lot of sense actually. Everyone is probably busy with life and thingson the weekends. I was really excited about the new monk too. The old monk only really started to get better than a fighter at around 11th level, and then strictly better than most melees at around 16th. Now he's got much better durability and more options to perform in and out of combat to make him a more valuable party member. On an unrelated note, why does Elriel put tag? In his posts? It looks like it's there to separate scenes or something but I'm still not sure.
Got it. Thank you very much.
Kai eats the rest of his meager meal heartily, and nods and shakes the hand of anyone who offers, like Arrika. He flinches a little bit as Irabeth approaches, but as her healing light pulses through him, he reminds his body that the company of these people is safe. His whole being takes on a new tone, as if he were born a new man. No longer hunched over in exhaustion and fear, but brimming with vim and vigor. After Irabeth raises Elriel's concerns again, the young monk reassures the both of them, "Beth, Can I call you Beth? And Eler... Elriel, sorry I'm really bad with names, almost forgot yours already. Anyway Guys, I feel better than ever thanks to you. Have I got concerns? Maybe. But on a full stomach and with this much energy, I'll be more than OK. Besides, I owe you all and aside from pouring drinks, fighting is my only useful skill." After this, Kai moves on with the group to discuss about weapons and other gear. He drops two stones around his forehead and they start orbiting his bald head. One of them glows with the brightness of a torch. "I don't think I need any more weapons. I've got what I know, and I know what I've got. But erm... uh, forgot your name already, Tattoos. Could you hang on to this and use it on me every so often? Its a protective spell." He asks Rukzha, handing her a Wand of Mage Armor. With a sad smile he adds, "Ironically the dwarf who owned that wand last had almost as many tattoos as you do. But I called her Grouch. Because she was... well you get it." Finally free of the closet he was hiding in, Kai walked out with Rukzha and the others and saw that morbid 'sculpture' and wanted to scream inside. He didn't, thankfully, but when he saw Thilde's arm, he almost vomited. But he held that down too. Rage simmered in place of sadness and fear. He swallowed staring at that arm the whole time, "The one who did this, did you kill him already?"
I'm actually a little bit confused about the altar. Was it in the secret armory the whole time? Or did we move to a different room? I'm trying to figure out how Hilde's arm could have gotten in there and how I should react to the mess on the altar.
This weekend has been tricky for me to post. It feels like every time I sit down to post I get interrupted by something. And holy batman that is a lot of posts. I should have something up soonish-like.
Kai stands quickly in response to Breton's question. "Yes!" Kai replies a little too eagerly to Brevon. He stumbles a bit as his head feels light and puts his hand out to balance himself, "Yes, Well, sort of able." When Rukzha approaches, Kai really notices her hands and face are covered in tattoos and scars and tenses a bit. His broad shoulders visibly relax as she works her magic on him. "Thank you for that, Rukzha." Still, his fatigue is easily visible as his posture sags again. "This is madness," he says in reply to Rukzha, "The Wardstones have protected us for centuries. We can't let that happen, or all of Golarion will be endangered! I can fight. I'm a little tired but I can fight. I'm no slouch, I can guarantee you that. Irori teaches 'It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war.'"
I believe that's correct. Thankfully, he's eating right now.
Thanks for the warm welcome guys! I just realized I hadn't edited my stats to reflect that I have 35 nonlethal damage and fatigued from hunger and thirst. All of that is nonlethal damage so I believe rest heals it at a rate of 1 per hour.
The boy's expression changes a bit, seeming somewhat hopeful at both men's reassurances. He receives the bread gratefully and eats it while being spoken to. Frowning he replied, "I... I'm actually not sure about this place at all. It's bbeen so long, I'm not sure how helpful it will be. We were m-mostly fighting with what l-looked like their infantry. Grunts. " He takes an assessing look at each member of the group. He takes a quick mental catalogue of each one, This man is Half Elf, I hadn't noticed before! He looks sharp in contrast to his reflexive compassion. A warrior of the Dawnflower. Eyes sunken. He's fought for many years, a crusader perhaps? A the dark-skinned girl, Kellid perhaps? A sorcerer or shaman of a sort? Her dress resembles the barbarian tribes. Is that a jungle cat following her? What is beyond that mask I wonder? Why would a member of The Heralds wear such a tribal fetish? She's a woman for certain... But anyway. Clearly very devout follower. They were good people, he decided. Strange and wonderful, and probably led interesting lives. Perhaps they could help him find his previous companions. Provided they survived the next few hours. Then he introduces himself, "Thank you for r-rescuing me. Somehow I knew the God's would not let me die alone in here. I am Kai Dries. I am a monk and Irori guides my path."
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