Oops... I forgot to check the boards yesterday to see that we're starting. I'll get updated to lvl 3 first thing in the morning
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I just received the invite back from GM in Yellow and look forward to returning. I'm sorry for vanishing back then and I hate making excuses but life got crazy back then and then covid hit. I'm going to read the game play thread to see all the fun I missed
Kioku audibly gasps as the visions assault her mind. Taking a few deep breaths to try and calm herself, she begins, "The sword... belonged to the one of the guards... I think... He was fighting... something... I'm not sure what... it wasn't a changeling... it was more creature than man... The guard... the creature... it slaughtered him..." Her eyes then quickly dart around the room as if searching for something. "His body... its gone. Why would the creature take the body?" Kioku then hands the blade back to Prasitis, not waiting for an answer. "I'm sorry, I don't recognize the language at all, however, the blade itself is magical. Perhaps it is best used by one of you?"
"If I may? I believe I have some skill with language" When offered the sword, Kioku takes hold of it and her eyes glow briefly. She brushes off the red flaky substance as best she can and runs her finger over the text while examining the writing underneath trying to decipher anything she can.
Kioku follows behind with the group gripping her crossbow tight. As Prasitis stops at the next door, she gives her a friendly nod. "We can do this. Show them we are not changelings, then we can figure out what is going." she thinks to herself pushing up all the courage she can muster
I want to apologize for not being around. Someone has hacked a good number of my accounts and I've been dealing with getting fraud charges over turned this past week. I hope to have everything sorted by the start of next week.
Kioku lets out a deep breath as the fight ends "I... I think I killed it... with a thought..." she thinks and puzzles to herself. She then rises herself from her stupor realizing she needs to focus. "Prasitis! Are you-" she cuts herself off as she sees the wand stitch up his wounds. "I guess you are ok. I believe I have something that maybe of use as well. I believe I saw a spell in my book that will slowly heal you over time . I can prepare it when we rest if you would prefer something different." Kioku then looks briefly around the room. If there is nothing else, perhaps we should move on?"
Aoife easily takes care of the rat while the other strange creature continues to harass Prasitis. Kioku glances down at her crossbow feeling slightly worthless and unable to help when she sees the strange creature bite down on Prasitis. "STOP IT" her mind screams at the creature.
I've been bad this week. Its the Jewish High Holidays and I've been busier than expected. I will try and do better.
As Prasitis looks to examine the light, a small bit of movement catches her eye. "Prasitis, Look Out!!" she calls as a bizarre creature stirs. The shock at seeing the oddity of the creature causes her to grip the triggering mechanism of the crossbow releasing a bolt wide of the creature.
Kioku is puzzled by the others. She can seem to see clearly in the dark. As Aoife's blade begins to glow and Prasitis lights her torch, Kioku turns and blinks her eyes as they adjust to the new light sources. When her eyes recover, she can see Prasitis moving toward the gap of light. Kioku grips her crossbow just to be ready. "Careful ... not sure what can be back there." She then attempts to peer ahead looking for any bits of danger.
Kioku sighs dejectedly. "So we have no way to know if you are a doppleganger, nor a way to know if someone else is a doppleganger."
If its form did not revert:
"If there is no way to tell a doppleganger from one of us, how would you even know if we killed one and not just the first three people we find?" Seeing Prasitis start to head down the hall, Kioku just shakes her head. "This is a fools errand," she thinks to herself as she follows Prasitis.
Apologies for being gone this past week. Work shut down for the hurricane. Even though we didn't get hit, I still ended up spending the time with family. Will be back to normal now.
Kioku shivers at the thought of facing more of those vile creatures. "I understand not trusting us. After what I saw down there, they can obviously BE anyone. Which brings me to my question. How are we supposed to tell a doppleganger from someone who is another survivor of..." Kioku pauses and looks around with an uncertain look before continuing "whatever is going on here. I mean... we can't be the only ones still alive right?"
Kioku enters the hall and shakes off what she can of the water when she then notices the group in front of her. When she sees the crossbow pointed at them, Kioku raises her hands as a means to show the man they mean no harm. She then speaks in a calming voice. "We awoke below with a mad shapeshifter doing unspeakable things to a doctor. We managed to escape, but unfortunately the doctor was not as lucky. I cannot speak for the rest of my companions here, but I cannot remember anything that happened before waking in that basement a few hours ago. So if you could please tell us what is going on and how we got here, we would be much obliged."
I am good for the moment. There is a tropical storm that is slated to become a cat 2 hurricane heading towards us over the weekend. I'm not too concerned but it could cause delays.
I'm ready whenever. Still adjusting to the new schedule but I should be able to post regularly
Not so much toddler wrangling yet, but my wife is going back to work full time and I'm now going to work earlier. Just working on getting schedules arranged is the tough bit.
I'm still here
Kioku steps out following Prasitis before jumping back into the closet with a yelp of surprise and pain. She takes stock of her surroundings and glances back down the chute. "I guess its either out there or back down there." Steeling her resolve she quickly rushes after Prasitis hoping to get into cover as quickly as possible.
Kioku climbs out of the chute following Prasitis. When she takes her bearings on their new room, her eyes light up. "Oh thank the gods, something clean to wear. After climbing the bodies, I'll take what small comforts I can." She then quickly rifles through the gowns looking for something that should fit her and changes. When she's done changing, she appears to have a bit more energy. "Anyone else? If not, it appears we only have one way out."
As the door opens Kioku's face drops in shock on the mountain of bodies in various states of decay. "So ... many ... more than possible of one thing..." These thoughts are almost echoed immediately by Veda. Before she can continue her thoughts, the stench of the bodies overwhelm and it takes all she can muster to hold back the contents of her stomach. Kioku is finally able to regain her composure when she hears a raven speak to her
Sylvan: she says with a slight curtsy. "I know Sylvan? I guess at this point I shouldn't be quite surprised about what I do and do not know"
"The pleasure is mine" “I suppose that’s that, then. I’ll go first.” "Go? You mean up the bodies?" Kioku looks briefly around for any other possible escape from their room and comes up empty. Dejectedly, Kioku continues "Lead the way, I'd prefer to be gone from here as quickly as we can"
Yeah sorry .... weekends are hard in general and this weekend got slammed (going away party, birthday party, date night). Also had a super busy Thursday and Friday. I will have a post up today, probably around noon or one Eastern
Kioku is all set to go when she hears Veda mention the furnace. She turns to look at it. "Could that poor man not have been the creature's first victim? Might there have been more?" With these thoughts fliting through her mind, she is drawn toward the furnace, both needing to know and nervous to know the answer to her thoughts.
Kioku looks through the bag finding a spell book and flips through the pages. "This is my hand writing... I know these spells... Why can't I remember learning them." Across the spine of the book she finds a small crystal with a chain. As she picks it up, the crystal begins to emit a soft light. "This must have been my gear..." She tries to think back on how she ended up here but is met with nothing but fog and shadows. Frustrated, she pushes the thoughts to the back of her mind, as she gathers her gear and prepares herself. With one last look at the tortured man she turns to the group. "Shall we leave? I for one would like to get out of here."
As the creature falls, Kioku takes a deep breath in an attempt to calm herself. She then rushes to Aoife's side. "Are you ok?" "Ugh. She really did a number on me." she looks over at the others, "I don't suppose any of you are healers, are ya?" she asks, looking around the room. Kioku shakes her head, "No ... I don't think so ... I have some recollection on how but ... its fuzzy right now." Veda then heals Aoife some while a look of perplexion crosses Aoife's face. "Everything is fuzzy right now... I can remember the dream..." She looks at each of others. "All of them were in it... then we woke up here ... nothing before that." As if in response to her thoughts Prasitis and Veda begin to speak
Kioku looks up at them like a deer in headlights "We ... We all had the same dream?" Still in a bit of shock and surprise over the situation, she continues. "I .. I can't remember anything before the dream." She then hesitates before asking the question she is afraid of the answer. "Do any of you?" Kioku's eyes then fall on the tortured body. "Poor man... he asked us to save him... we were too late"
Kioku takes the keys Prasitis's hands and quickly unlocks her cell, pushing the door open. Her eyes then fall on one of the doctors implements. She focuses on it like she focused on the rock before and hurls one at the thing slicing Aoife. "You were told to Get away from her!!"
My curiosity is peaked, what is the subject of the research?
"Aoife!" Kioku yells as the shears slice into her. "Why did I draw its attention... What was I thinking". Kioku takes a step back, looking for anything that she can use to assist Aoife. Her eyes fall upon a small stone which begins to hover slightly. She then turns her eyes toward the thing and the rock hurtles through the air at it.
I'm not familiar with the sanity and corruption rules but it sounds thematic and I'm game for it.
Kioku is shocked as her cell mate slides through the bars. That surprise is short lived as the "doctor" shifts and changes. "Wha... What is she?" As the "doctor" stabs the poor man on the table, Kioku cannot help but scream "NOOOO!!!!" as the poor man dies. The creature then occupies itself with the man's corpse. "It's ignoring Aoife? Does it not see her as a threat? Or any of us?" Just then, Kioku notices the key hanging from the creature's belt. "If Aoife could get that, maybe she could free us and then we can figure out what is going on and get out of here. How can I help her?" Before she can think of something, Kioku notices the keys lifting off and floating to one of the other cells where she notices one of the others from the dream "...Veda?" Seeing Veda now has the keys, Kioku decides she needs to distract the thing while Veda gets the rest of them out. Assuming there is a cone that misses Aoife but hits the creature:
Kioku's body responds, almost as if running on muscle memory and instinct. She flicks her fingers forward and a flash of swirling colors envelopes the good "doctor"
If there is no cone: Kioku continues to rattle the door to the cell trying to make as much noise as possible while screaming at the good "doctor," "WHY?! WHY DID YOU KILL HIM?!"
I have no issue with you rolling block initiatives or any other roll that doesn't involve a choice such as a saving throw
I want second everything Prasitis said. Excellent job with word pictures. I feel like I'm reading a suspense novel and can't wait to see what happens next.
Kioku awakes gasping, immediately reaching for her back, checking for a knife wound. Her eyes quickly dart around, not recognizing this place any more than the last. Kioku's eyes fall on the human woman and her obvious breathing. "Aoife? From the dream?" The images of the dream flash through her head. "Me, Up, Save, Wake... What did it mean?" "Wake up, dammit!" Kioku's eyes immediately focus on the man on the table and the message comes into focus, "Wake up! Save me!" "I couldn't do anything in the dream, maybe I can do something now," Kioku thinks as she immediately rises up and rattles the door to her cell, her eyes searching for anything she can use. She calls out to the torturer, "Stop! Leave him alone!"
Kioku gasps, "Not ... possible... Did she say her name was Parasitis?" As much as she wishes to help the woman, her survival instincts drive her away quicker as Kioku continues to flee the fog. "What does it want? Why is it doing this?" the questions fly though her mind. As if in response the word "ME" splats in blood across the wall. "ME?!? What does that mean?" she thought as the voices of others begin echoing through her mind. Kioku continued to run
Kioku blinks her eyes. "Wh... Where am I..." As the thought crosses her mind, the same thoughts from others echo across her mind like conversations in a crowded tavern. Kioku closes her eyes tightly while internally screaming "SILENCE!!!" Her mind goes quiet as her thoughts are the only one she hears. Kioku opens her eyes and realizes one of the others is talking. "Versade. Or is it someone else's name? One of yours?" It takes her a moment to respond. "Not my name... My name is... It is... I should know this..." "Aoife" flashes across her mind. "No that's not right..." Then like a flash of lightning the name Kioku appears in her mind. The her body and mind feeling a certain rightness about the name. "My name is Kioku," she says with all the certainty she can muster. Just then another voice appears "I'm Aoife. Pretty sure. I don't really recognize my body at the moment, but I think I'm me. So... run?" "That explains Aoife... Run?" As the thought goes through her mind she turns to look and first notices the approaching mist. Not knowing what is going on, she follows her instinct and follows the human lady.
I've updated Kioku's alias and I think she should be good to go.
I have Infernal healing for a small amount of healing. I have remove fear on the psychic side. At level 2 spells on the psychic side I can get placebo effect which can cure some status ailments. As far as knowledge, I have points in planes and arcana. Past life memory gives me half my level (min 1) in all knowledge checks Mnemonic escotera will also give me 1 spell from any spell list as a psychic spell changeable once per day
Thank you for the selection, I'm really looking forward to this game. As far as role, Kioku is a psychic/arcanist. Her psychic side will play a more support/party face. The arcanist side I'll be running as a blaster with some control. @GM - I was looking at making two tweaks and wanted to make sure you are OK with it. First I was looking at adding the amnesiac archetype. I don't care if I lose it if and when I get my memories back I lose it, I just thought it was thematic. Second, I was looking at my stats and would like to switch my dex and con.
Reminder that the deadline is tomorrow night, July 18th, at midnight central standard time. I realize now I had posted 12 pm, but I meant to set the time to midnight Friday night. And here I was looking to playing "The Final Countdown" during my lunch break tomorrow
I feel you. I have a six month old and he had some feeding issues early on. Don't worry, you'll get your sleep back.... Eventually
I'm not too familiar with discord. Whether I would have an issue playing on it would have to do if there was a set time to be on. I have a 6 month old so I don't have any real schedule I can keep. If discord can be used as another form of forums where posts can be made at any time, I wouldn't have a problem using it.
Crunch:
Kioku Peri-blooded aasimar (emberkin) blood arcanist 1/psychic 1/gestalt 1 (Pathfinder Player Companion: Blood of Angels 23, Pathfinder RPG Advanced Class Guide 8, 77, Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 7, Pathfinder RPG Occult Adventures 60) CG Medium outsider (native) Init +0; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +5 -------------------- Defense -------------------- AC 10, touch 10, flat-footed 10 hp 9 (1d6+3) Fort +2, Ref +0, Will +3; +1 trait bonus vs. spell effects from evil creatures Defensive Abilities emotional push (+3, 1/day); Resist acid 5, cold 5, electricity 5 -------------------- Offense -------------------- Speed 30 ft. Special Attacks arcane reservoir (1/4), consume spells, phrenic amplification (overpowering mind[OA]), phrenic pool (3 points) Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st; concentration +4) . . 1/day—pyrotechnics (DC 15) Bloodline Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st; concentration +5) . . 6/day—psychic strike (1d6) Psychic Spells Known (CL 1st; concentration +5) . . 1st (4/day)—burst of insight (DC 15), detect thoughts (DC 15), remove fear . . 0 (at will)—detect psychic significance[OA], lullaby (DC 14), message, stabilize . . Psychic Discipline Rebirth Blood Arcanist Spells Prepared (CL 1st; concentration +5) . . Bloodline Psychic -------------------- Statistics -------------------- Str 8, Dex 10, Con 14, Int 18, Wis 12, Cha 16 Base Atk +0; CMB -1; CMD 9 Feats Logical Spell[OA] Traits driven by guilt, magical lineage, wayang spell hunter Skills Craft (alchemy) +8, Diplomacy +7, Knowledge (arcana) +8, Knowledge (history) +8, Perception +5, Sense Motive +5, Spellcraft +10, Use Magic Device +7; Racial Modifiers +2 Spellcraft Languages Common, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Sylvan SQ bloodline (psychic[OA]), bloodline arcana (use thought and emotion components instead of verbal and somatic), crusading magic, past-life memories, mnemonic esoterica, scion of humanity[ARG] -------------------- Special Abilities -------------------- Arcane Reservoir +1 DC or CL (4/day) (Su) Pool of points fuel exploits, or can expend to add +1 CL or DC while cast spell. Bloodline Arcana: Psychic Your sorcerer spells and spell-like abilities count as psychic, and you use T & E instead of V and S Consume Spells (3/day) (Su) As a move action, expend a spell slot to add its spell levels to arcane reservoir. Crusading Magic These aasimars gain a +2 racial bonus on caster level checks to overcome spell resistance and on Knowledge (planes) checks. This racial trait replaces the skilled and spell-like ability racial traits. Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only). Past-Life Memories (Ex) You add a bonus equal to half your psychic level (minimum 1) to all Knowledge checks and can attempt all Knowledge skill checks untrained. Mnemonic Esoterica (Su) Once per day when you prepare your spells, you can add one spell from another class’s spell list to your spells known and class spell list for 24 hours. Energy Resistance, Acid (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Acid attacks. Energy Resistance, Cold (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Cold attacks. Energy Resistance, Electricity (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Electricity attacks. Logical Spell You can eschew emotional components by exercising logic. Benefit: A logical spell can be cast without emotion components. Spells that don’t require emotion components are not affected. A logical spell uses up a spell slot 1 level higher
Appearance, Personality, Who was Kioku:
Appearance Kioku appears as a lithe Human. Her Aasimar ancestory is recessed. She is fairly tall, standing at 5'9". Kioku has fair skin and her eyes are sky blue. Her hair is worn long and loose and is a deep black, almost as if it is absorbing the light around it. Kioku's garb tends to be loose and flowy. Image Personality
Who was Kioku
I decided on a Psychic/Psychic Blood Arcanist. I really want to lean into the psychic aspect of the character and decided to specialized with the Gestalt. I wasn't quite sure what to do with the background. I kept going back and forth between do I have too much or not enough considering the character is supposed to be an amnesiac. If modification is necessary, let me know. I would obviously keep any character and player knowledge separate. If selected I will take care of all purchases and make a proper alias. Let me know if you have any questions
Crunch:
Kioku Samsaran blood arcanist 1 (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Class Guide 8, 77, Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 4 230) CG Medium humanoid (samsaran) Init +2; Senses low-light vision; Perception +2 -------------------- Defense -------------------- AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 10 (+2 Dex) hp 7 (1d6+1) Fort +0, Ref +2, Will +4; +2 vs. death effects, negative energy effects, negative levels, +1 trait bonus vs. spell effects from evil creatures Defensive Abilities lifebound -------------------- Offense -------------------- Speed 30 ft. Special Attacks arcane reservoir (1/4), consume spells Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st; concentration +3) . . 1/day—comprehend languages, deathwatch, stabilize Bloodline Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st; concentration +5) . . 5/day—psychic strike (1d6) Blood Arcanist Spells Prepared (CL 1st; concentration +5) . . Bloodline Psychic -------------------- Statistics -------------------- Str 7, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 18, Wis 14, Cha 14 Base Atk +0; CMB -2; CMD 10 Feats Logical Spell[OA] Traits driven by guilt, magical lineage, wayang spell hunter Skills Craft (alchemy) +8, Diplomacy +3, Knowledge (arcana) +8, Knowledge (history) +8, Knowledge (planes) +8, Sense Motive +3, Spellcraft +8, Use Magic Device +6 Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Draconic, Infernal, Samsaran SQ bloodline (psychic[OA]), bloodline arcana (use thought and emotion components instead of verbal and somatic), mystic past life[ARG] Other Gear 240 gp -------------------- Special Abilities -------------------- Arcane Reservoir +1 DC or CL (4/day) (Su) Pool of points fuel exploits, or can expend to add +1 CL or DC while cast spell. Bloodline Arcana: Psychic Your sorcerer spells and spell-like abilities count as psychic, and you use T & E instead of V and S Consume Spells (2/day) (Su) As a move action, expend a spell slot to add its spell levels to arcane reservoir. Lifebound (Ex) +2 to save vs. death/neg energy/neg levels and Con checks to stabilize. Low-Light Vision See twice as far as a human in dim light, distinguishing color and detail. Mystic Past Life (Blood Arcanist) You can add spells from another spellcasting class to the spell list of your current spellcasting class. You add a number of spells equal to 1 + your spellcasting class’s key ability score bonus (Wisdom for clerics, and so on). The spells must be t Psychic Psychic power runs thorough your blood, whether it be from a familial predisposition to psychic power or exposure to a powerful psychic phenomenon. Whatever the source of this power, your mind is a dangerous weapon. Psychic Strike (1d6, 5/day, DC 12) (Sp) As a standard action, ranged touch attack deals damage to foe and leaves it shaken Logical Spell You can eschew emotional components by exercising logic. Benefit: A logical spell can be cast without emotion components. Spells that don't require emotion components are not affected. A logical spell uses up a spell slot 1 level higher.
Appearance, Personality, Who was Kioku:
Appearance Kioku is a lithe Samsaran. She is fairly short for her race, standing at 5'9". Like most Samsaran's her skin is a soft shade of blue and her eyes are solid white. Her hair is worn long and loose and is a deep black, almost as if it is absorbing the light around it. Kioku's garb tends to be loose and flowy. Image (except with human ears) Personality
Who was Kioku
Obviously, the character, being an amnesiac, would not remember any of this. She would still have her psychic wall (as she doesn't have mind reading powers yet). However, as she doesn't remember her accident, her personality would be outgoing and friendly. That being said, I gave her the guilty campaign trait so should would have some feeling that she did something wrong. As for what happened to her lover, I would leave that to GM discretion. She could have killed or she could have broken his mind so he is left in a "Hodor" like state. About Me:
Time Zone: Eastern How many Games: So, if you look at my profile you will see 3 active games. However, if you look further, you will see it is only one active game. The first game is a Wrath of the Righteous game. I think there was a 9-10 person party in that game. I quickly found that I don't enjoy games that have that large of a party. As such I dropped from the game, fairly early. The second game is an Iron Gods game. The game recently started but the GM is has been largely gone and we haven't even done the first encounter yet. While the game is technically active, I would not be surprised if the game is shut down soon. The final game is a Hell's Rebels game and it is currently active.
I will update this profile with a proper profile if selected. I will also do all my purchasing if selected as well. I wasn't sure what to do about "Who was Kioku" as writing an amnesiac is difficult. I can expand on the story if you feel I should or try and dial it back more if necessary. I would obviously keep player and character knowledge separate.
I'll work on getting everything together, but I'd like to submit a Samsaran Psychic Blood Arcanist
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