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I am _so_ sorry for disappearing. I had a series of life implosion and am just now getting everything stable again. I am not going to go into detail, suffice to say that I dropped a bunch of balls and these boards were one of them. I hope you all can forgive me. I hope to return to PbP games in the future and would love to do so here. I don't think my life is together enough yet, but I look forward to the time when it is.
Ugh. Still feeling pretty lousy. But I think I'm coherent enough to get some posts together. Been taking care of sick toddlers while sick doesn't leave much energy (physical or mental) to catch up on PbP. I've fallen asleep while crafting posts several times, only to have the situations change by the time I wake. Hope to have something up soon.
Karina steps up and shoulders her shield into the closest undead.
"It doesn't look like goblins were here. Nothing's on fire. We should approach with caution." Karina holds both shield and scimitar at the ready as they advance. She keeps and eye out for anything amiss.
"I'll stay and guard the prisoner until help arrives. Go softly Windsight, and do not be hasty. Bring back whoever you may find." Karina stands over the bound goblin, dividing her attention between Mibop and the newcomer. "Hail dwarf, you arrive at an unpleasant time. Hopefully you will still be able to view the festivities. It would be a shame to let these little biters stop the consecration."
Karina assists Lia and Windsight in moving the goblin bodies out of the way. She puts an arm around Lia and guides her away from the carnage. "It's ok, it had to be done. Now Gorvi and his boys will see to them. Let's go see how Kira's doing, and see if we can find Father Zantus."
Karina sighs as she steps up to the others. She gently sets a hand on Lia's shoulder. "Lia dear, I think you may have a clearer vision of the truth of this matter. We already have one captive. Perhaps we don't need more. It is better that we do this with remorse and respect than that others do it with vengeance." She leaves Lia and approaches another of the fallen goblins. "May you find peace in the afterlife. We forgive you for your actions today, if you can forgive us for ours." And she slashes her scimitar at its throat. DC 25, or 23 Fort Save.
As Karina approaches the fog, it vanishes. Seeing Windsight finish one and Lia about to do the same to another, she calls out. "They should live to be tried. This behavior is out of the ordinary for goblins. Someone, or something, put them up to it and I want to know who and why. We need prisoners to put to the question."
"Looks like the last of them are down. Better go check to see if we have any prisoners." Karina starts walking towards the fog.
"Thanks Gwydd, any idea what's going on with the goblins?" Karina looks around the corner of the building towards the fog.
"Is everyone else alright? Did anyone else get injured?" Karina starts limping around making a headcount of the god-touched.
Karina blinks as her wounds close and consciousness returns. She looks up at Rojava, "Thanks Ro, are the goblins still fighting?"
The goblin's mighty blow nearly fells Karina, but her orc heritage makes her too stubborn to fall down. She steps away from the goblin that struck her to fall unconscious behind Marcelano.
Her wounds quickly stop bleeding.
Seeing more goblins menacing civilians Karina jogs down the path towards them. Damn, too far, too far! I hope Windsight and Marcelano can put a few arrows in them by the time I get there.
I'm going away on a family vacation. I don't know what my Internet access will be like. I'll be back on Wednesday. Feel free to bot me if needed.
Karina moves among the injured to assess who needs help the most.
"Windsight, keep an eye out. There may be more hiding, they like to do that."
Karina slashes at the goblin in front of her. ()
"Wind, he's all yours." She steps back to make room for the archer.
Karina steps forward to deal with this new threat. "Lia, stay behind us!"
Ugh, sorry guys, everyone in the house has had the flu since Thursday (including the three toddlers). Will get a post up ASAP.
Karina takes point, shield at the ready, as the group moves south towards the smoke. "We move! Goblins beware. Sandpoint Cathedral stands."
"We must defend the town. Something has driven them to this." Karina searches, listening to see which direction seems to need their help most.
I'm OK with tables, but I do like Lia's solution.
Oh yeah, our 6 year old is thrilled he'll be a big brother. Now to find a car that can fit us all...... [dice=Gulp without passing out]1d20. When our second made three we wound up trading the compact for a minivan. I'd recommend a Honda Odyssey. The thing is a tank and can easily fit three car seats and three adults plus luggage. (Trust me, flying with three little ones is not the preferred option.)
Seeing the small goblin horde attempt to swarm the crowd, Karina stands momentarily stunned. She shouts at them while drawing her scimitar and readying her shield, "હવે આ સ્ટોપ! તમે આ કરતાં વધુ સારી બની શકે છે! કોણ તમારા સોજો હેડ માં આ વિચાર મૂકી?"
Goblin:
"Stop this now! You can be better than this! Who put this idea in your swollen heads?" She steps forward and swings at the closest goblin. Rolls:
Her sword biting deep into her target.
I'm all for it. Like Lia, it won't affect me, my plans are straight single class.
Sorry for the lack of posts, I've been under the weather and having some issues with figuring out how to abstract a martial tournament.
Karina watches the archers shoot for a while before heading to the garrison to check out the other martial contests.
As the crowd starts disbursing Karina puts an arm over Marcelano's shoulder. "Before you leave us, you should take part in Shalelu's annual archery challenge. Maybe you can finally best her." As she begins to guide him away she calls back over her shoulder. "Hey, Windsight, when you're done playing with your toys you should come join us." She has a huge smile on her face as she says this. "Maybe Jasper and Gavin will have a reasonable sword list at the garrison this year too."
Karina happily sets aside her kite as people begin to reach out to touch her arm. "May the Dawnflower's light guide you." "Someday, perhaps this mark will actually make me worthy of this attention. Although, all my training is due to it. Without it, I would be dead or in prison." Impressed by the bard's performance, she almost misses Father Zantus' arrival. She watches the release of the butterflies with hidden delight, maintaining her composure.
Likewise, I hadn't intended Olgrimm to be a Sarenite. I'd been thinking more a Forgepriest of Torag, possibly Abadar. One of likely many craftsman who came to build the Cathedral.
"May the Master of the First Vault see that your journey is well considered and well provided. We will all miss you Marcelano." She reaches out to clasp his hand. Her unarmored forearm showing her patron's birthmark. "Though I fear my training may be nearly complete as well. I expect the Dawnflower will send me away from my home all too soon." She stands, looking out into the distance, hand resting upon the sunburst hilt of the scimitar at her hip. Her white vestments draped over her shining mail, a red and gold rising sun across the chest. Her shield slung across her back, Sarenrae's angelic ankh rising with the sun painted upon it to match the one on her wrist. "I know my life, though it has risen from the gutter, has been fairly sheltered. Windsight, can you share your experience on what we may find out there?" She picks up the kite in the familiar winged shape and holds it to the sky hoping to catch a breeze.
So, I was thinking. At an event like this Karina is probably wearing her sword and shield,
Karina sits, her thick calloused fingers just barely dexterous to make the fine fittings. "It's like fitting a boss to the inside of a shield. Only more delicate." As children come up to them in curiosity, she gently hands them finished kites with a kind smile, hiding her tusks as much as possible.
Taller than Windsight by 2-4" then, gotcha. (Could put that in your character profile? :D ) I did. Under "size". Thought I'd already done so. Thanks for the reminder.
Quick question - how tall IS Karina?? Just under six feet, broad shouldered, fairly muscular, but not overly so.
Karina catches up with Windsight and proceeds into the building. "There is a, sometimes profound, honesty in her round-about solutions. It's refreshing."
Yeah, sorry about that. It's been a pretty hectic week. The kids' daycare has been closed all week, so I've had three toddlers home all day. I'll try to get something up tonight.
Karina winces at the sounds emitted by the untrained musicians. "Ok, ok. You've made your point. We'll go get the kites."
Karina smiles as Lia joins the group. "The kites will have to wait, we have our duties to Father Zantus right now. We'll have time after the consecration for kite flying." "If I can keep putting it off, maybe I won't have to dig my kite out of the ground again." Turning to Gwyddym, "That's ok Gwyd I don't mind being lost in the crowd. Today is a day for you performers." She waves back as Marcelano joins them. "Now we're just waiting for Mat and Rojava. And Father Zantus. Hopefully he won't make us wait long." "And test of patience. Always testing us. The Gods have chosen us for something, gathering us here. We must have patience to find out more."
As Karina scans the crowd her eye catches the midday sun glinting off Windsight's shaven head. She winds her way through the crowd, following him towards the practice range. When she manages to get close enough she calls out. ", did you forget your kites? Want a hand hauling them out?"
Karina wanders the edge of the crowd, watching the gathered mass of people, both locals and complete strangers. With strangers in town, one never knows who's here for celebration and who's here to cause trouble. She's already caught two scoundrels trying to stick their hands in other people's pockets. She sent them both on their way with a mere slap on the wrist and a warning. Today is a day of celebration, no need to be petty. As the speeches begin and the mayor takes the stand, Karina relaxes some. She listens to the mayor thank all of the artisans who worked so hard to complete this grand project and blushes a little. Her work is not as noticeable as the stonemasons who's work is the facade that everyone sees, but she is proud of it nonetheless. When sheriff Hemlock makes his warning to be safe, Karina scans the crowd once again. She remains distracted until Father Zantus finally mounts the stage. As her mentor makes his speech, her attention is focused upon him until the magical entertainment begins. As the revalry finally starts, Karina looks for another of her blessed companions to spend time with.
So, can anyone tell me more about the people of Sandpoint. I've garnered some info online, but the Player's Guide has nothing about them.
Whoa, forums stopped notifying me of new posts. Nearly 20 new posts since it told me that there had been an update. :( Sorry to see Rojava go, welcome Mat. I'll see about getting that gameplay post finalized and posted ASAP. Still haven't heard from Thorn 'Rat'. Hopefully he'll slink in here soon. ;) I'd specifically looked at the minimum age for Karina I wanted her to be young and untested, impressionable but still a warrior of Sarenrae. I intend Karina's advancement to be fairly organic. Since she's going straight paladin, focusing on shields, defensive fighting, and the protection of others, it didn't seem to be something to focus on yet.
Ugh, I'm very sorry Karina, I forgot about you! With so many of us maybe we're fine for melee damage, even though sword and board tends to be lower damage, You'll still have those smites! Yeah, no smite. Yet another archetype trade-off.
Karina is all about surviving the long haul. And helping others do the same. Damage output does seem to be our weak point.
Oddly, with their similar background (Rat in Magnimar and Karina in Riddleport) there may be some bonding between Rat and Karina. Although she views civilization and the laws of man as things that raised her up out of darkness. She'll probably have tried to convince him of that, so they may have had a falling out over that. Martial training with Marcelano and Windsight makes a lot of sense. Her being the target of blunted arrows works to all their strengths. The shield has always been her strong point, moreso than the sword. Until the late unpleasantness, she probably tried to convert goblins from the beach. But after the fire and Father Tobyn's death, she has simply watched them. (They would likely been violent at some point.) While charismatic, she has never been interested in the arts, so I'm not sure she'd really connect with the bards. Lia on the other hand is destined to start out as everyone's little sister (a very River Tam vibe there).
So, we have a Sarenite paladin, two bards (one Desnan, one Shelynite), a Gozreh druid, an Abadaran ranged fighter, an Erastilian monk, and a Desnan arcanist. A very interesting and unusual group.
One of Karina's archetypes does replace spell-casting and another replaces Mercies. So, she's not a healing focused paladin. Her specialty is protecting others and shining a bright light into the darkness. She still has her base Lay-on-hands ability for some healing later, she'll be able to do some other things with it. As for maps, since I do most of my posting from mobile devices (phone and tablet) I've found that Google Slides is the "best" option. Or at least the one where I don't have to ask others to move my avatar. It's got all the features of Google Drawings, but also a native app.
Thank you for picking up a second table. I look forward to finally playing through this AP. Do you have any preferences for the format of status bars?
Congratulations and good luck to the chosen of table 1. Eagerly awaiting the results for table(s) 2 (and 3?). Good luck to the rest of us. |
