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DM Evil, thanks very much for another fun run!

@Kellean: ... where she'll play a game called 'trailfinder' and create a character called 'Garedon' based on her own husband?

Haha! :D

Hey DM, thanks a lot for running it! Everything looks good to me. I'll add 100 gp under gold spent for Atmar. (Although I doubt I got the 'friends and family discount', lol!)

So, since we aren't going to be playing as a group (unless someone wants to GM - I'm a bit overloaded), Kellean will go ahead and make her next long set of purchases (to be recorded on the next Chronicle Sheet):

Board games, 2 gp, 2 lb. ea. (3)

Allspice, 1 lb, 1 lb.
Canteen, 2 gp, 1 lb. (for coffee)
Cardamom, 2 gp, 1 lb.
Chocolate, 10 gp, 1 lb.
Cinnamon, 1 gp, 1 lb.
Citrus, 0.03 cp, 1 lb.
Cloves, 15 gp, 1 lb.
Coffee Beans, ground, 8 cp, 1 lb.
Coffee Pot, 3 gp, 4 lb.
Honey, 1 gp, 1 lb.
Mint, 5 sp, 1 lb.
Powdered Milk, 1 sp, 1 lb.
Sugar, 5 cp, 1 lb.
Tea leaves, 2 sp (?), 1/2 lb.
Tea Ceremony Set, 25 gp, 5 lb.
Teapot, 1 sp, 1 lb.

Why? Well, you see that my wife was an employee of a certain coffee chain for 6 years, and so her avatar is going to pick up all of the ingredients for a variety of traditional coffees and teas, chai teas and coffees, lattes, mochas, hot chocolates, etc. (Later, when she can afford it, she'll purchase a Traveler's Anytool so that she can grind her own beans and spices.)

And then to go with those, board game night! :-P

Hey GM, thanks for another great game!

Are you going to do another one? If so, what would you be thinking of and when would you like to start? Kellean is up for another one, or I could take her to local PFS games sometime.

In other matters, Kellean just made second level! Woohoo!

I think I am going to take her Str from 11 down to 10 and her Dex from 12 to 10, using the points saved to raise her Int to 14. It probably won't be that optimal (I suppose I should drop various things more and put it into Wis), but 1) I like higher Int, and especially the skill points; 2) the character was initially inspired by my wife and she is smart and very amiable but not that strong and, honestly, not that graceful.

I put the bonus language into Sylvan, one alternative that we be useful in fleshing out her early history. Undercommon might also be good.

I then added skill points into Arcana, History, Local, Planes, and Religion, using my second FCB for an extra skill point, so I'll have at least a chance at more things.

Going 'off the script' here for a few with a bit of fluff, since I can't imagine Kellean just leaving the small boy, Atmar, in slavery, especially after all that they have been through together.

Kellean nods in approval, appreciating the wisdom of the Shoanti's words. "Speaking of lives that are or are not their own, perhaps some arrangement could be made to bring freedom to our young companion, Atmar, the young slave boy 'belonging' to Hokama Pashket, the water merchant."

Diplomacy Take 10 for 19, or 20 with Guidance if it lasts long enough.
"Hokama Pashket, my very good sir and traveling companion these last, most memorable days!" Kellean begins the negotiations graciously and expansively, in Kelish. "I and the Society would be very pleased, I am sure, to purchase the freedom of Atmar. Now, we need not go in to the fact that we all wouldn't been here having this discussion if not for the efforts and financial expenditures of the group, myself included," Kellean says, making a slight gesture to her wands and scroll tube.

She continues the haggling, likely over several cups of tea, as is the Qadiran way.

I'm not sure how much it would be. The information from the Adventurer's Armory (which I own, actually) has information on how much a slave of various types would cost (also here). So, probably 50-100 gp, or maybe less with Diplomacy and/or a discount for friends?

She could also produce water for the merchant. I don't know if it would annoy Sarenrae, but Kellean could, conceivably, create 15,600 gallons of water, chanting for a total of 13 hours a day... :-P

If he agrees, you can just take the funds off of my sheet, or I'll add it in later. Thanks!

GM, Sorry, I should have said that I have no day job.

Kaddock, Yeah, I've thought about that aspect of the rewrite rules, but it still just seems a little cheesy. Eh. Just 25 gold, at this point.

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4) Uh oh... Sorry about this. I would be happy to just cut and paste it in myself, but if you want to do it my shopping (from here), was:

(candies & apples from last adventure, 1 gp)
25 - selling Scale Mail

Buying:
50 - Antiplague, 1
50 - Antitoxin, 1
0.1 - Bedroll
1 - Belt Pouch
0.5 - Blanket
5 - Blue Book (for city in)
200 - Breastplate
10 - Compass
0.03 - Earplugs
5 - Filth Fever Tonic
1 - Flint and Steel
1 - Grappling Hook
0.5 - Hammer
1 - Holy Text (Cheap)
0.2 - Messkit
8 - Outfit (Hot Weather)
0.4 - Piton (4)
5 - Rations (Trail/Per Day), 10
10 - Rope (Silk)
25 - Smelling Salts
50 - Scroll (Bless), 2
5 - Vermin Repellent
10 - Wrist sheath, Spring-Loaded (2)

Total gp value sold: 25 gp (50 gp * 0.5)
Total gp value purchased: 439.73 gp
Net gp Cost: 414.73 gp

Wand of Protection from Evil (2 PP)

Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 14

Kellean casts a orison, stabilizing the downed Taldan, and then moves quickly to any others who may need it.

"He probably knows a great deal about the goblin, hobgoblin, harpy and other menaces that may still plague the area without his guidance, and so has at least that much value alive," she explains. "And where there is life," Kellean thinks quietly and more humanely, "there is the chance for redemption, thank The Dawnflower."

After he has been tied securely, she calls everyone else who has been injured to a spot away from the downed hobgoblins, gathering them close, grasping her holy symbol and presenting it, repeatedly healing the group until everyone is well.
Channel Heal: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Channel Heal: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Channel Heal: 1d6 ⇒ 3
Channel Heal: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Channel or Wand?: 1d2 ⇒ 1
Kellean attempts to size up the battlefield and makes a fateful choice, stashing her wand of protection from evil in her belt and releasing a burst of positive energy to heal all both of her companions.
Channel Healing, excluding bad guys: 1d6 ⇒ 6

4 Channels left so that won't be our problem.

Wand of Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Kellean moves in and heals Kaddok, coming through when it was most needed.

"Withdraw, Kaddok!" Kellean yells, pleadingly.

5 channels, although they are only 1d6 each, plus a nearly-full wand of CLW at 1d8+1 ea.

I had hoped to get a Bless and some Protection from Evils in, but things don't wait for me to get everything done.

Edit: Do try to have your current HP status in your stats line, so that I can decide whether to try a lower HP, multiple-recipient channel for everyone or a higher HP, single-recipient CLW for a particular individual.

Channel Heal: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Kellean steps back and excludes the three closer opponents from Sarenrae's beneficence, but only heals each of her companions a small amount. "Too weak! I hope it will be enough to last..."

Back. I also recorded the Channel Heal.

I also could have drawn and cast a scroll of Bless. I'll probably try to use my Wand of Protection from Evil to give defensive bonuses.

Hi All, I'll be on a short vacation to the coast this Wednesday through Friday and will have less computer access, so feel free to GMPC me if I hold things up.

Kellean nods to Fenchil, "It does make one appreciate Kaddok's strength and endurance, especially as he is a stranger to this clime."

"So, it appears that Gaspar du Mer of Taldan did, indeed, kill his partner, and has been planning ambushes of caravans - perhaps a continuation of the ages-old conflict between Taldor and Qadira?"

"Why the harpy would have the weapon and the map I do not know exactly. Perhaps harpies, long a thorn in Qadira's side, have been recruited into the conflict as well, or perhaps they just happened along an unfortunate courier of the ambush plans."

Assuming that is OK with the GM - Kellean might have remembered to change things up with the cooler weather, even if I didn't. Then again, I guess forgetting things can work both ways fairly. :)

I double-checked my character sheet, and Kellean hasn't prepared anything but Endure Elements (just using wands for other things), so Kellean and two others can be protected. So, Gerrin and Fenchil, it seems, as the lower Fort saves.

Kellean will continue slowly up the mountain, apologizing for her late arrival when she finally makes it. "Congratulations Kaddok and, especially, Gerrin, though I shouldn't congratulate such foolishness, even if so well done!"

"Normally I would suggest burying opponents, but their exposed bones at the bottom of the cliff may keep the place from being defiled again by more harpies." After inspecting the body, she'll warn those down below and help push the body off the cliff.

She then will help search the head of the giant statue, including casting Detect Magic.
Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
It seems that no one in the party was hurt?

"Almost in range... Almost!" Kellean thinks, climbing another 10 feet up and over.

Ah, OK, sorry about that.

Kellean moves another ten slow feet up the ropes.
One up, one diagonal if I can, to get a little closer a little faster.

Kaddok- Neither of us were moving our tokens (I think I was thinking the DM was going to do it), so I moved both of ours for this turn and last. If you want, I put you right diagonally below the harpy. If not, you can restart 35' of movement, starting from diagonally down to the right from where Kellean is now.

Kellean continues her struggle up the rope, from the struggle at the base to the struggle at the mouth of the ancient statue, wondering if this is some metaphor for life and, more immediately, whether she will make it close enough in time or whether it will be too little, too late.

"Hey, wait for me - or at least wait for my wand!" Kellean says as she stuffs the wand into her belt and continues the agonizingly slow ascent.
Move a total of 5' more up the wall using the knotted rope. I have a -9 to climb accelerated so that won't work, unfortunately.

Kellean makes a mental note to give Gerrin a stern lecture when they all get through this alive.

Acrobatics: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (1) - 3 = -2 (Ooph. Luckily, there's no penalty for failure!)

"But you will trouble others, killing the next youth if not this one," Kellean counters, trying to counter her own doubts. "You must be relentless but not bloodthirsty in your fight against evil."

Kellean drops her wand of protection from evil into her hand, casting and tapping herself with it.

Kellean sees Gerrin put in his earplugs and remembers her own, putting them in, too. "We'll just have to keep looking in every direction," she says, now a little too loudly.

Kellean nods reluctantly at Fenchil's statement and actions. "We will need to be on the ledges and protecting the others, lest it simply avoid one group to attack the other."

Kellean remains, however, unsure how a confrontation can be forced with the flying creature. "If I hadn't needed to prepare only spells for endurance and none for commanding..."

"Oh, this a good thing to do but a very bad idea," Kellean laments, but begins to follow Kaddok up the ledges.

Kellean brings puts her hammer and four pitons in her belt, and slings 50' of knotted rope over her shoulder.

If we use that along the way, we should be able to take 10 (for a 6...) and be OK, at least out of combat, and 100 ft (or probably 80, with both sets knotted), will seem to get us there. She might continue to say a prayer of Guidance, for a 7. :)

Yeah, I was hoping for a way to take inside up to the observation deck, maybe an elevator.

Taking a few quick notes, Kellean leaves in disappointment, knowing that their responsibilities are onwards.

Watching for falling rocks as she exits, she fires a bolt from her crossbow in the direction of the creature and follows it with a taunt, "Foul creature, you may follow us and have your revenge, if you dare," hoping that it will try to do so.

"We may have to leave this task half done, sending back warnings to others who may come this way. And, our task is ahead of us. But let's first go in the cave."
DC 10 Climb checks are really tough for Clerics (and most 1st level armored characters) and once in combat one could be pushed or pulled off fairly easily. Good thing Kaddok was handy with the earth hammer.

"Should we pursue it to the top? Perhaps there is a way within the statue, through the lower cave or caves. And, we would be exploring - however briefly - something wondrous, if befouled."

I don't have a good feeling for how it can be ascended from the exterior, and a fall could certainly be fatal.

Well, that was a good use of 2 PP. :)

Kellean runs first to the side of the boy to check him for injuries, then says to Kaddock, politely and dispassionately, "Please make sure it really is dead."

I'm not sure if you can keep applying PfE to the same character or not, so:
Kellean's heart sinks as her effort fails, and unsure of the magic, she rushes over to Fenchil, casting the spell again and touching it to him.

Kellean rushes to Gerrin, casting Protection from Evil from her wand and touching it to him.

I believe Gerrin will get another roll, with a +2 resistance bonus in general and a +2 morale bonus for this type of effect in particular.

Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Whew!

I find myself often wishing I has more skill points, especially with a cleric or paladin, even though I haven't dumped Int in any, maintaining Int 12 or 14. What do people think about using the FCB for skill points versus HP?

So far, I've focused on HP, being too chicken to go for the skill point.

But, I am only going to get 1 more rank in each skill I would like every three or four levels. At first level, I went with Diplomacy, Heal, and Sense Motive, skipping Know. (Religion) & (Planes) and Spellcraft, figuring she is a lay cleric, at least to start.

I'll probably take basic training in Religion, Spellcraft, and another for second level, perhaps either Planes or another Knowledge skill.

I could even drop Str from 11 to 10 and Dex from 12 to 10, allowing me to boost Int from 12 to 14.

No problem. :-) Hopefully Banon is still with us, though... ;-) I can also remove the "fatigued" condition 6 times per day. Perhaps, with the addition of a cool Create Water shower, would allow the NL damage to be cured with magic?

"My parent's always told me not to take shortcuts," Kellean adds innocently, "but, Fenchil is correct. Let's do it and hopefully we will make it through."

Well, if Banon steps out, there isn't anyone else. We're down to a four-person party. If Banon continues as a NPC, then I could do Banon.

Let's see, Kellean cast Endure Elements on Fion and Gerrin before bed, so when she re-prepares in the morning, she'll cast on herself, Fenchil, and Kaddok.

Appraise (untrained): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

"Someone else seems to have taken advantage of the sandstorm, I am sorry to say. The dagger, with its jewels, is worth at least 30 gp - we should take it as evidence. I wonder why it was chosen and then left? Perhaps just for convenience, to better conceal the murder, or perhaps as some act of retribution or spite?"

Kellean says a simple prayer over the body, then suggests wrapping the body and putting it over a camel, or, "Since I have no means of preserving the body, we may need to bury the body here."

Kellean also searches the body for any ring, trinkets or mementos. "To give to any loved ones," she explains.

Hey Banon, I'm sorry to see you go - I really enjoyed your character's accent! - but congratulations!

Seeing Gerrin's efforts, Kellean will help, creating water to clean them out some. "Hmm. Might need some soap..."
I should have soap, but I don't. At least lice and fleas tend to be species specific. :)

Kellean will also ask Hokama if he has a guess as to the next day's weather, so that she may better prepare spells for the challenges ahead.

Towards the end of the day and before bed, Kellean will cast Endure Elements on Fion and Gerrin as the most likely to suffer ill consequences from the heat. "Especially with the black clothing..."

From now on she rides with her remaining scroll of blessing in her hand, and her wands at the ready.

As Kaddok crushes the last hobgoblin, Kellean's scimitar ends up slicing through only air. "By the Dawnflower, I was sure I was going to finally hit something that time!" Kellean thinks, as she rushes back to the downed drover. She calls all of the wounded to gather round, raises her holy symbol to the sun, and releases waves of positive energy to heal the wounded, a warmth that is somehow still healing even in the desert heat.

Channel Heal: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Channel Heal: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Channel Heal: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Channel Heal: 1d6 ⇒ 4
I think that will do it, if people's stat lines are accurate.

If it is of any use in following/finding the caravan or predicting the weather.
Survival: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

Scimitar: 1d20 + 0 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 0 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 151d6 ⇒ 4

Kellean now strikes with her scimitar and, though it has been mostly ceremonial up to this point, the strike might be true...

Wand of Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Kellean maneuvers around to the back of the hobgoblin, scimitar in one hand and wand of curing in the other, casting and bending down to heal Fion.
A possible AoO from movement and delivering the touch, but hopefully flanking as well.

Kellean casts a orison to stabilize the downed drover, hoping that it is not too late, as she runs so, drawing her and so also hoping to give the hobgoblin something else to think about.

Right. I remember reading somewhere on the messageboards about there being an intent to have regular gauntlets also not provoke AoO's (they do lethal damage, after all), but I don't think it has been made official.

Could I still stabilize Drover 2? Is it Drover 1 or Drover 2 that is near me?

This is definitely going better than I expected, but I didn't realize that everyone else in the group was level 2 (Kellean is still level 1), or that the 'civilians' would be contributing.

GM, would you do an update when it gets to me as to who is injured?