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I'm kinda keen to actually get Kemek back together at some point. The idea of wild shaping into a hound's head on a stick isn't so wonderful. For now, head on a stick it is. @GM - when you are feeling better can you reply to my PM? Hope you weren't taken out too badly. And somehow, Malaki survived!!!
Alas Kemek's body is so much scrap metal, lignin and ooze.
Thx for the headsup GM!
As the hobgoblin decapitates Kemek, sparks fly from the inert body, and slime spews forth... Kemek's head rests among some bramble and gravel, still emitting a tortured sound... "Auuuugh! Owwwww. What happened! What's happening? Why can't I move? Rasp! Qorin?" the head cries, the already strange enunciation made more blurry by being face down, and possibly, loss of… slime.
Look, I think Rasp and Qorin/DM Nerk are obviously quite happy with Next/5e. It just isn't quite catching my imagination - I've been playing versions of this game since about 1984 - I'm not finding the simplicity of the current playtest exciting or engaging. Truly, I find the advantage/disadvantage mechanic to be a lowest common denominator-friendly retrograde step. Don't change systems on my account - I'll hang around either way...
You get my PM GM?
I'm actually finding 5e a little blaaaargh. Spamming thunder wave constantly is ok, but I don't see a whole lot of juicy options even at later levels in any of the classes, and I'm not sure that the advantage/disadvantage mechanic isn't just a fancy way to make everything way too simple. There seems to be a lack of true grit in the system as this play test packet exists now Maybe later the ruleset will be more interesting. But I'm happy playing for now. Kemek is fun.
Kemek hears something, and turns to the rear to look. "More goblins and a bigger burned goblin-thing!" He moves to blast them with his trusty thunderwave. Move action to get within 15 ft.
Thunderwave: Casting Time: 1 action Range: 15 feet Duration: Instantaneous
With a loud crack, a wave of thunderous force sweeps out from you. Each creature in a 15-¬‐foot cube originating from you must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 2d8 thunder damage and is pushed 10 feet away from you. On a successful one, it takes half as much damage and is not pushed. In addition, unsecured objects that are completely within the area of effect are automatically pushed 10 feet away from you by the spell’s effect, and the spell emits a thunderous boom audible within 300 feet of you.
Kemek likewise holds his position. He seems about to act, then apparently reconsiders.
Kemek hefts his great club with his gnarled wood and metal hands, practicing a swing or two. "Ah. So we expect company. And not a welcome of any sort. Well let us supply the welcome."
Kemek watches Qorin's trap-dismantling with interest. "I think they did. Plus there is a lot of dust, and likely small bits of rock fell down to enter the caverns below. I would surmise this is as much an alarm, as it is a trap." he supplies helpfully.
Thanks for the support guys. It's a fine line between making Kemek stupid (which he isn't) and just really, really naive. As a very young and unworldly created being, it's quite fun using a low Charisma to express naivete and childlike interest.
After helping to lower Uruk and watching the remaining party members descend, Kemek fixes his staff atop his pack, then likewise climbs down the rope to the ledge.
Kemek looks down to his companions on the ledge. He half hisses/half hoarsely shouts: "Rasp. What do I do with the rope when it is my turn, or do you want it left here?"
Tessa's last post was Tuesday the 7th. Want to PM her GM?
Kemek looks over the edge as the scarred man descends, then looks to Uruk with concern evident on his strange features. "Uruk - Qorin, Ridel, Tessa and I can easily lower you down next..."
Kemek stares incredulously at Qorin, his face lighting up with excitement.
"It is not Gorion to which you refer is it? I think you mean our "friend" who dealt Gorion the killing blow. I do not think this strikes me as his style of abode, though admittedly as a gondsman I know little of such things."
Kemek finds the nuances of the two options difficult to process, and thus trusts in Lathander to send the party the right way.
Kemek rolls over and staunches the biggest wound in his side. He sits up, kness drawn close to his chest and holds his head in his hands. More blood, more death. Is this what the gnomes created him for - to slough life from form? Did Lathander wish for him to be an instrument of pain or even vengeanc? Kemek looked at the finished goblins, watched unemotionally as the half-orcs "questioned" the last goblin. Were they so different? Perhaps so - the goblins - cunning creatures it seemed, borne on the wings of fury and born of cruelty. Qorin, and increasinhly Uruk were his friends and allies. He sighed, and staggering, stood up, leaning on his staff. He approached the goblin and stood over the mewling beast, showing it the ichor and oily ooze seeing from his side. Then placed his eyes very close to the goblin's and uttered a deep mechanical snarl. He turned to Qorin.
"Tell him if he doesn't talk the metal monster will eat his fingers one by one until he does. Starting with his feet."
Kemek staggers and collapses from the ichor and ooze pouring from his wounds. "Bhlphhh. Gaaaaagh."
No probs GM!
Kemek roars in fury and pain, his fused wood and metal carapace/exoskeleton marred by the horrid creatures. A mix of oil and sap burst from the wound, streaming down the gondsman's legs and on to the grass. With more anger and fright than care Kemek lashes out again at the goblins with a thunderous force - another ominous crash erupting from his hands and exploding outward: So, a thunderwave on Goblins D and E.
Constitution save DC 10 - failed save = normal damage and thrust back 10 feet, successful save = half damage and no push.
[Proficiency]
Quarterstaff in one hand Kemek sweeps his other hand outward, a resounding thunderclap accompanying the wave of force that flies toward the amassed goblins... Thunderwave... DC 10 (8, +1 Wis, +1 Prof. when holding wooden staff) Thunderwave: Casting Time: 1 action Range: 15 feet Duration: Instantaneous
With a loud crack, a wave of thunderous force sweeps out from you. Each creature in a 15-¬‐foot cube originating from you must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 2d8 thunder damage and is pushed 10 feet away from you. On a successful one, it takes half as much damage and is not pushed. In addition, unsecured objects that are completely within the area of effect are automatically pushed 10 feet away from you by the spell’s effect, and the spell emits a thunderous boom audible within 300 feet of you.
Thx! Just as a heads up - I made a post about increasing the functionality of the Class/Level field to make it easier for PbP's. By all means favorite it, stop on by and comment and spread the link. Would make things much better for all of us... Maybe not the coders though... ;)
Kemek alerts Qorin to the noise, and makes as if to lie down next to Rasp, nudging the scarred fellow awake. "Rasp! Company!" he whispers in his soft rasping voice.
Kemek spends a few moments to make his observances to Lathander. He then sits up with each watcher, trying not to be interested in life stories and rather keeping eyes and earholes alert for danger... With little success. ;) Rasp's watch:
Qorin's watch:
Ridel's watch:
Tessa's watch:
Uruk's Watch:
Yeah I get the scaling spell by available spell slot bit. So, as a 1st level Druid I get 1 + 1 Spells to prepare a day, and can cast two 1st level spells/day. And I can cast either spell once each or one of them twice. Right?
Lil help here to understand Druidic Spellcasting:
What does this mean? I select and prepare like a wizard but I can cast any of the prepared spells, even the same spell, until the slots are gone like a sorceror?
"Third and fourth watch are mine. And fifth. Plus the sixth!" blurts out Kemek, suddenly catching on to Qorin's unspoken look. Flustered, he attempts a smile, the crude semblance of a jaw and lips angling to make him look a little more... frightening and ridiculous at the same time. "I don't actually need to sleep. A little meditation to prepare my spells and I'm ready for watching!" he adds by way of explanation. He attempts to give Qorin a wink, lack of practice and eyelids negating the attempt.
Actually this is incorrect: -And if not taking the road, whomever is Navigating needs to make me 10 Wisdom Survival roles. Note, this does not mean your destination is exactly 10 hours away, this is simply to save time so I do not have to wait on a roll for each hour of travel.
Kemek is fascinated, as usual by the vasty richness of humanoid society, and the road's fellow travellers, twists and turn and deviations from natural topography all combine to keep him amused and inspired... 1
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Ok. Read the Campaign info. Bhaal-spawn! And Kemek as a valuable metal commodity! Aaaaaaaaagh!
What Iron shortage? Does this make Kemek somewhat of a scrap-dealer's wet dream?
Am I? Fabulous! Glad to hear it.
"Yes, a larger armoured warrior of even grimmer countenance than the one just slain split Gorian's middle with a wicked looking blade. It looked indescribably painful and blood spurted everywhere. Gorian screamed in abject pain and died soon afterward." adds Kemek helpfully.
"Rasp! Yon woman is Tessa, also of Candlekeep, and a firm friend of Gorion's - often somewhat easier to understand than Torrinaxis. Though I do like both their music. Torrin's has the cadence of the wild more masterfully handled, while Tessa plies one's heart with deeper emotion - though that could easily be that her human heritage moves this stolid gondsman more easily than does the dragonborn. Really, when one considers... Oh" Kemek notices that Rasp is no longer listening, nor anyone else. Apparently now is not the time for qualitative discussions of the merits of Torrinaxis' and Tessa's musical gifts. Kemek rises, shaking off the leaves form his "stealthy" hiding and moves to stand close to Qorin while he works, taking mental notes on how to extract information from captured foes. He wonders if being noseless might himder his efforts. Or, if offering to make the interviewee noseless might make them more talkative. He decides it more than likely would.
The day you said that you will rue!Very true Lol You see O Rune my words are true, the bastard things to words we do,If English is a polyglot tongue Then cover your ears ere it is sung.
Kemek raises his head and sees Qorin burst the Armored Warrior with his maul. Sizing up the battlefield he calls on Lathander's bounty, casting entangle to catch as many of the rear bandits as he can without capturing his own companions. Entangle:
Range: 100 ft. Choose a point on the ground within range that you can see. For the duration, grasping roots and vines sprout within a 20-¬‐foot radius centered on that point and turn the ground in the area into difficult terrain.
Sadly, the DC is a whopping 9... |
