Kuran Abrath's page

I haven't been keeping up with the news, and had no idea another gameday was coming. Forgive my insolence! But let's say that you may ask me again after Hydra's Fang Incident. That I know too well.

Good. I've already played Hydra's Fang Incident, and in fact I've GM'd it way back in 2008... :)

So I'll back off now. Inform me if you'll start a new module or so.

Thanks again! I'm contemplating whether or not I should apply for another, after all. Another long PbP just ended, and one is nearing its end (final battle).

I'm on a short vacation now though, so I can't make any updates or so until Wednesday or so.

Kuran is shaking constantly as they explore the remainders of the dark crypt, he's still expecting some monster attack them from behind. Holding his sword high and shield to defend himself from these unknown evils, he shrieks loudly as the spirit comes to view, promptly dismissing his say of bravery. Kuran doesn't ease up during the monologue, too terrified to respond or react, hiding behind Darren.

As Kassen approaches him, instinctively he raises his arms as if something would hit him, and then looks befuddled as nothing bad had happened to him. Confused, he watches the spirit as it says its last words and disappears into nothingness.

The blessing he received is something he contemplates during the entire trip back town. Was it an ominous one, or an actual blessing granted by a benevolent spirit? Kuran isn't all that trustful towards beings that died once before but defied Pharasma's will and came back, often to haunt the living for some absurd reason.

Back at the town he looks at the townspeople with distrust. In Kuran's mind, the townsfolk knew they sent the group of pathfinders to their deaths, and just tried to make it look like they didn't know a thing about all the monstrosities in the crypt. Still, he's smart enough to keep the suspicions to himself and just enjoy the festivities to the best of his abilities. Regardless, he can't shake off his paranoia and jumpiness, and attempts to stay out of view. When people ask him about the events in the crypt, he recites his adventures mainly in words terror, horror, evil, death, sorrow, and horrible. His stuttering, too, drives away those curious about the crypt.

religion: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

"R-Razmirans? Here?"

"I have a bad f-feeling about th-this place... m-maybe the v-villagers in Kassen knew a-about this, and just sent i-innocent people here as an o-offering to a-appease the evil skeleton..."

Kuran is still too shaken to do anything but look around nervously, though he sheathes his longsword and uses the wand he held with his prehensile tail during this time. He uses the wand on himself to close the gravest wounds.

CLW wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

You're right, Blossym. A reason I haven't posted my action yet, although it's just healing. Situation might change, and Kuran might heal someone else than himself.

"Ow!" Kuran shrieks in terror, whimpering as the strong monster scathes him (with what weapon?)

Kuran attempts to retaliate, still using his longsword which he knows has proven not as effective on the skeleton.

Mwk longsword + studied target + bless + flank: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 101d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 1 = 5

But his attack is futile. Given his grave wounds, Kuran provides flank for Darren only for a brief moment before moving further away from the abomination.

Std: attack, free: 5ft-step away. Token moved. Hit points updated.

"D-Don't count on m-me!" Kuran whimpers, steps forward, and thrusts his blade through the blue-eyed monstrosity.

Mwk longsword + studied target + bless + flank: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 261d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 1 = 9 Threat!
Critical confirmation: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 8 lol nope

And somehow he manages to narrowly miss a decapitation maneuver, much to the disappointment of Darren.

If the boss monster decides to make a 5ft-step, Kuran will follow it and move a total of 10 feet into the most advantageous location in regard of flanking.

Kuran has his eyes locked to the skeletal champion, and thus he attacks the undead being with fright trembling his hands.

Mwk longsword + studied target + bless: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 81d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 1 = 11

But his trembling works against him, and his swing goes awry. Terrified of the being, he takes a step back, making way for Nijena to finish the abomination.

Standard action: Attack skeletal boss thing, free: 5ft-step.

Kuran looks at the skeletal champion with terror, and makes an audible gulp. He takes a long hard look at the source of his horror, and then swings his sword at it, knowing the attempt is nearly futile.

Mwk longsword + bless + studied target + flank w/ Darren: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 211d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 1 = 9

After a rather good swing, Kuran takes a cautious step closer towards the skeleton with the fiery, orange eyes.

Move action: Studied target, Standard action: attack, Free action: 5ft-step to provide flank to Blossym. I noticed both of them included flank in their attacks, so I'm guessing, based on the positions in the map, Kuran is meant to move one square. He is now correctly positioned.

You're right, Darren. I had posted my next action way too in advance, and of course forgot to correct the map after this.

"F-For Iomedae! Aah!" Kuran says with a trembling voice, dashing past all the three remaining skeletons, drawing their attention with his whimpering, shrieking, and overall puny attitude.

Double move, drawing all AoOs.

"Th-they're waiting f-for us? Th-this is a t-trap!" Kuran whimpers, walking up to Darren and casting a protective spell on him. "Y-you be safe now, o-okay, D-Darren?"

In addition he uses his prehensile tail (guess you didn't know he had one) to snatch the healing wand off of his belt, ready to use it. 9 charges remaining.

Protection from Evil on Darren. Spells depleted for the day.

Sorry, busy days and all kinds of crises.

Sighing heavily, Kuran whimpers as he once again curses his silly head for forgetting all his necessary equipment back at the Grand Lodge; a bludgeoning weapon, for one. Nevertheless, Iomedae's will commands Kuran to go forth and at least try to be valiant and vigorous, although that's the opposite he feels.

Kuran advances towards the battle, reluctantly, and stutters a chant for his allies to bring victory.

Move action 20 ft, then cast bless. Affects all, +1 morale bonus to attack rolls and saves versus fear.

Kuran grabs his longsword and still holds his shield high. "This c-can't be any g-good!" he whimpers quietly, afraid the shadows might come ambush them. "N-Nijena could g-go forth, sh-she's a much b-better fighter than I-I am..."

I really think I'm going to die down for a while, and end all my current games and not begin new ones until a later time. Thanks for the offer though.

Kuran too points out anything out of the ordinary and scary, so pretty much pointing at every possible nook and cranny visible in the room.

Perception, Aid Nijena: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

"Th-that wailing man?" Kuran answers sheepishly and unsure, "b-but maybe he's j-just out there to g-get us, and a-ambush us from b-behind!"

"Th-this is ominous," Kuran whimpers, hiding behind his shield, "w-what's with the s-statues? Are th-they going to a-attack us t-too?"

It appears Kuran's fit of courage has vanished, and he is more than reluctant to act as the leader of the Pathfinder group.

Forgot to apply the healing.
Fountain: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4) + 3 = 8
All good.

"A-any idea how to open this portcullis? M-maybe that w-wheel in the skeleton r-room?" Kuran asks sheepishly, "w-why don't some of you go t-turn it, we'll see if we can prop it up then."

Kuran too.

Seeing Darren in a bad condition, and holding the wand in hand, Kuran begins to heal both Darren and Nijena. Roll the needed amount of heals. The wand still has 9 charges. Use the fountain first, since it doesn't use up our own mobile resources.

"D-Did I ever t-tell you I h-hate bats?" Kuran says, still trembling.

And just then Kuran has an epiphany; he has a partially used wand of cure light wounds! With that—and the rejuvenating effects of the fountain's water—he feels persistent, grabs the wand, and dashes to the central room.

"I-I'll keep you a-alive and well! W-with this w-wand!"

Move: draw wand, another move: move 20 feet. The token is in the right spot now.

Kuran is affected by bleed damage from the bat swarm, and if I'm correct he should get to the fountain this turn and quench his thirst, heal 2d8+3 or so and thus end the bleed effect. That's his primary concern, since he only has a handful of hit points left.

That is fair, yes. Beginning from February the gaps between messages have been cruelly long, 8 days even. Whenever a new post from GM came, though, there was a surge of posts lasting maybe 24 hours before dying down.

From time to time it's crucial to receive critique, especially in cases like this. I once ran a few PbP games on another site and at some point started to lose interest; the updates became scarce and short. Eventually one player (I knew them personally) spoke up, upset about my lack of commitment. I took it to the heart and got a grip of myself, and continued the game with a much increased posting pace.

"Oh we really should just flee!" Kuran whimpers. "O-or at least go to the h-healing fountain! Ow!" Remembering he's still bleeding, he rushes off to drink the sweet water of healing.

Bleed damage is nasty. Moving over to the fountain (using Relentless Footing if necessary to reach) and drinking from it as a standard action. I guess that suffices.

Yeah, I only have one daughter but then again I was 27 and my wife 23 when she was born.

I'm hoping this'll be the much needed inspirational boost this game seriously needs. :)

I try to contain my curiosity, but I'm intrigued what happened back at the hospital? I'm guessing these boards boast a large number of dads, so I'm all about sharing the experience, be it good or bad. Then again, all came out alive and well, it seems.

"G-guys! The b-bats won't f-follow us topside! I-I just got to revive D-Darren first!"

Yes, I told before Kuran was retreating from the scene, since he has no weapons to fight the swarm. I could, of course, just repeat the same line over and over again, right?

EDIT: And it seems others are lacking motivation to post too, so I'm guessing this is a doomed effort anyway.

I'll put a deadline to this sorry game: 18th of April. Because the next day I have a scheduled game where I wish to play with Kuran.

Kuran grabs Darren and begins carrying him towards the healing fountain.

Kuran has retreated, and he's not keen on coming back. He has bleed damage and will head towards the healing fountain. Move him as appropriate.

Kuran will then move even further away from the bats. Preferably over to the healing fountain. He is, as I said before, useless in this battle. Retreating and regrouping is an option, though.

Fortitude save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

"No! Get them off, get them off!" Kuran shouts, running away from battle. He's such a wimp. Use Relentless Footing to move 30 feet with a move action, away.

Kuran has taken 1+4 points of damage, and two turns of Bleed 1, correct? Thus he has take a total of 6 damage, unless I'm mistaken. And yeah, he doesn't care about fire.

Fortitude save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

"I've always hated bats!" Kuran shrieks as he helplessly tries to fend off the bats. Unable to do anything meaningful himself, he move away from the dread and chants a short prayer to the group.

"Oh Iomedae, dispose of this horrid swarm, bless us with luck and life!"

Bless, +1 to attacks and so forth. Kuran doesn't have any splash weapons. Preparations etc...

"Always the bats!" Kuran whimpers, trying to determine if the swarm of bats can be injured with mundane means. He studies the bats' movements, ready to strike when they come close.

Studied target on Bats as a move action. Then a ready action to attack when they are within reach.

Ready action (longsword) + ST: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 3 + 1 = 211d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 1 = 11

I admit I've been having a writer's block from late December, so I haven't been active. I've been lacking motivation and energy to put up posts, and not just on this game but all PbPs I'm involved in.

Kuran looks at Nijena, her words coming out with an ambiguous message. "Ni-Nijena! i-I didn't think you'd say something like that! The m-man's clearly afraid, w-what makes you think he'll c-come out and t-touch you, just l-like that?!"

Blossym diplomacy aid: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

Total diplomacy 21, enough for an unfriendly with Charisma +1 modifier.

I'm going to assume this mockery of a PbP game is nearing its end, but the participation has been lacking the entire time on everyone's part. I'll ask a fellow PFS GM to finish this display as quickly as possible, so our efforts have not been in vain.

Aid Nijena (diplomacy): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16

"Calm down! You're making me nervous! We're just as frightened as you are!"

"Angry b-bones? Undead? M-more of them?" Kuran whimpers, accompanying the man's panic. "B-but we've dealt with most threats here already! What's left to woe us?!"

Heal: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

"The man's near death! He needs food and water!" Kuran shrieks in his typical way, taking one of the "healing" potions. But true to his paranoid nature, he immediately expects them to be poison, and just stands there, holding a vial, terrified in his visions.

"The pool! Th-there's enough water! Surely we have a r-ration to spare? O-or maybe the whisky the villagers gave me? Oh, no, wait, that's not a good idea..."

Kuran begins the arduous series of attempts, where he tries to force the door open. Now that he has regained his strength after the ordeal with the shadow, he's confident he might succeed.

Strength check Take 20: 20 + 2 = 22

"They might, but... this place is not near their town. W-what are they doing here? Or is s-someone watching us? We've been here for days, after all... oh no, this is just some test, a trap even!"

Kuran goes over to Blossym, and is relieved to find her stabilized. He picks her up and brings her to Nijena. "Y-you can probably revive h-her? Please do s-so."

Kuran is taken aback by the tags and bags, quickly setting Blossym on the floor. He cautiously walks over to his own and looks at the items. "I-I don't know about y-you, but I'm s-scared about w-what this here i-is."

But since Kuran is able to identify the scroll using read magic to be what the tag says it to be, he takes a long, ponderous look at it. He does still have some of that sapping the shadow did a few days ago. It seems like forever they've been spelunking the crypt. Wanting to feel more than a burden for the group, he promptly begins to cast the spell on himself.

Caster level check (DC 4): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
Ability damage healed: 1d4 ⇒ 4

And he's back in action! Feeling the spell's invigorating effect, Kuran seems a lot more energetic albeit still like a frightened bird. "D-did it work? I-it didn't have any adverse e-effects, did it?"

Somehow confident about the items, Kuran uses the brand new wand on Blossym.

Wand of CLW (9 charges left) on Blossym: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Kuran does the same.

Aid Nijena: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 + 1 = 22

Nijena gets +2 from Darren, +2 from Kuran, and +5 from previous successful grapple check, in addition to her ordinary modifiers.

Kuran does what he did last time; attempt to aid Nijena to tie the construct down.

Aid attack (grapple): 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 + 1 = 12

"D-Darren! Jam these k-keys into the holes!"

Kuran tries to get the construct's attention after a moment's study, aiding Nijena to tackle the statue.

Aid another (attack) + ST: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 + 1 = 14

+2 to Nijena's next attack, be it normal or grapple.

Kuran looks around helplessly, and figures Nijena's attempt will draw the construct's attention. The tiefling moves next to the statue and attempts the same thing; grapple the big, scary thing.

CMB (provokes): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

But he barely has the courage to even touch the statue.