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Instead of taking a seat, Karen chose to stand in the back and out of the way in a spot where she could still see, but was unobtrusive. She knew that there were some who decried her species, and she had no desire to quarrel with them.

As the meeting began, Karen, listened to the woman's petition with great interest, fighting to keep a smile off her face, and completely unable to keep a look of excitement from her eyes.

Like most people in the crowd, Karen's head snapped towards the door when the young man burst in; unlike most people, however, Karen didn't hesitate.

She strode directly out the door the young man had come in through.

I'm just waiting for the next GM post.

Don't spend it all in one place!

As the bell begins to toll, Karen says "Let's Go!" and then picks up her pack, turns, and walks out the door without waiting, her step light.

Karen looks like this, but sans weapons and with armor.

"Nice to meet you Cris....well, all of you, really. My name is Karen." says Karen with a smile and a wave.

Karen glances at the small man, smiles, and says "I sure am!" she is about to say something more, but turns at Harley's mention of "tavern work".

"What's wrong with tavern work? It's an honest living"

"Now, now; it's considered rude to critique the food before you try it." offered the Half-Orc woman who was standing at the bar, conversing quietly with the bartender.

Even from behind it was clear that she was muscular, with the broad shoulders indicitive of her race encased in a suit of well (if not expertly) made breastplate armor. She bore no weapons, but as she turned to size up the original speaker, the small symbol of an open palm set in a circle and made of silver that hung from the Half-Orc's neck smacked quietly into the exact same symbol etched into the front of the breastplate.

"Besides, lentils are used commonly in stews in most taverns and inns, so I doubt the effects are widespread among the populous. Although" she admitted with a nod to herself "it could just be something that only effects gnomes. That would make for an interesting field of study."

Hail, hail, the gang's all here! =)

@Kari: as far as skill suggestions go, I would recommend the following, since we currently (based on the stats of the people I can see) don't have anyone who has them:

Arcana, Medicine.

Additionally, Acrobatics, Athletics, and Stealth are good "self" skills (i.e. they provide a good benefit to you).

Other than that, we should have most of the basics covered.

because karen and *karen were both taken when I made the alt.

Karen is actually from Andoran.

Okay, after doing some reading and thinking about things for a bit, I'm going to keep Karen a follower of Irori but she's going to change to warpriest, since I'd like to focus a bit more on strength.

@Diaz: I think as long as we can all behave like adults we should be fine.

As far as Karen goes, I'm not going to be taking any of class archetypes, as there are enough good cleric feats to see me through.

I'm also most likely going to be changing deities to Cayden Cailean, cause he fits her backstory more (Karen is a character that I usually include as an NPC in most of my games, but I have played her occasionally, and she usually follows irori cause she was initally a cleric/monk).

As far as how she knows the rest of the group, Karen is effectively a "fresh off the farm" character, so unless one of you were regulars at her parents' tavern, then I don't think I should start knowing any of the group.

right now, it looks like our group is a Baro's champion, Eyza's bard, my cleric, Diaz's fighter, and a 5th person I couldn't find in the recruitment thread (Eline; apologies if you were there and I missed you).

I am going to be more ranged focused, since I don't really have the armor to run around in melee.

Howdy!

EDIT: I made a feat change to my character, cause I realized you can't take Orc Sight after first level, and darkvision is better than 1 point of damage on average.

So I am posting from work:

Apologies about not posting sooner, but I have been down internet wise for roughly a week, and will not have internet back up yet for a week or so.

This means that I haven't had internet for the last 4 days (as we had 4 days off at my work for the holiday).

It's been...an experience where I learned that I use the internet more than I thought I did.

With all of that being said, I will try to post from work as I can, but if I am in your game, please bot me as needed.

If I am running your game, please bear with me while I try to post when I can. Hopefully, sooner than better, but I want to be up front about this issue.

again, I apologize about the delay.

no worries. It's that time of year.

"I believe it's especially important for them to come to such solutions on their own. If they are too reliant on us, ultimately we will end up not letting them grow strong enough to care for themselves."

"The impression I received is that they likely do not know this about themselves at all. Perhaps if we appointed them 'community leaders' or the like, then it would let us keep an eye on them while also letting them grow in a more natural way."

"We also need to have a talk about feeding the refugees. I am currently providing them with food and water, but if we have to leave, I don't want them to starve. We should find out if any of them have farming experience, and if so, is there land suitable for farming nearby. We are responsible for these people, and that responsibility includes making them self-sustainable."

@Ametist: Lol.

I am back now, btw.

Posting this to all my games, so sorry if you see it multiple times:

This week both my office and I personally are going to be moving. It's been crazy busy and I am not going to be able to post until Monday at the earliest. Please bot me if I am in your game, and if you are in a game I am running, I will get a post up as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience.

I certainly was.

"Indeed, while it is hardly on par with the abilities that I sense from each of you, it does exist."

A solid idea Godwyn. I was hoping to foist that off on the NPC, but that's a better idea, with only a 25% chance that we'll come back to a fortress full of undead.

don't forget "fortifying the defenses": I made a moat and covered walls and everything!

Interesting.

Sensing this power, Karen will attempt to record what she can about the people who seem to possess it: gender, race, relative age, state of health, and so on. She does not, however, openly mention it, as until she can be certain that it is not a danger, she doesn't want to scare anyone or get them ostracized for something they likely have no control over.

She will, however, share the information with the rest of the group.

Once the refugees had shelter, Karen would spend some time reinforcing the walls and gates. She added a covered area over the walkway, so that attacking enemies would not be able to see the defenders on the wall. She also added a great number of long, vertical rectangles in the wall, to allow the patrols on the wall to look out at the approaches.

Finally, she installed a 200' deep moat with stone spikes at the bottom, and created a bridge.

Karen uses her time creating stone shelters for the refugees, basically square boxes with a doorway and a fireplace with chimney. She will remove extraneous buildings if needed for space.

Karen nods in agreement and then makes her way outside to check on the refugees.

Karen let's Godwyn act as the group's voice for this interaction, mainly because she's worried about the refugees, and a bit fidgety to go and check on them.

"Very well, help us get these people situated, and then we'll meet in the keep."

I am still here as well. I had asked him a question that I was waiting on a response to.

"Where there is suffering, I will go where I can to relieve what I can."

"It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Sir Uthar. Is it just you here, or do you represent a larger organization? Either way, we're not likely to turn down aid. A great many people need help, as you can clearly see."

Know(Religion): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

"Hello. Is there something we can assist you with?" asks Karen as she moves forward to speak with him.

"Given all we know, it might be better to say 'Causes'." Corrects Karen.

"I am positive that it is being caused by someone very strong, since they put the disease in Mithral jars and used them as splash weapons."

Karen thinks for a moment, then adds "If we are going to hold this place long-term, we're going to need to recruit some more troops. Anyone besides Loc have an idea where we might do so?" Turning to Loc, Karen adds "Sorry, but I think it'll send the wrong message if we have undead manning the walls."

"We'll want to check out their village, but that should come later, not sooner. We'll also want to gather up everyone in the courtyard so that I can use my newfound ability to cleanse disease on all of the refugees at once."

I'll take 10 again for a 33.

I'm still here as well.

Tell me about it!

For the most part, it looks like they've gotten stuff ironed out, and I hope it's back to it's stability going foward that it had in the past.

Still here is well.

"I'm going to take a sample to have Loc take a look at when we get back." Karen said as she ripped the bottom of her tunic and wrapped the shards into it.

"Has anyone ever heard of magical poison? I haven't, other than that druid spell. Something weird was going on here. I mean, who keeps poison in a mithral container, and how did they make mithral explode?"

Take 10 for 33.

Craft (Alchemy): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30

Any sort of check we can make to identify the metal?

"This is odd. Hold on a moment." Karen casts Detect Magic to see if the shards even a lingering magical aura.

Perception: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (8) + 23 = 31

I think the others were directing them to the castle.

I'm fine with that!

"I can't speak for the rest of you, but I am going to head towards their village. If I can stop this disease from spreading, and deal with the undead, I have to try."

I think it's just us for now. The Hellknights bugged out.