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"Rulean? Nice to meet you! And that describes the head of that other circus I was gonna go to but the place looked trapped worse than a trueblood snarl and that doesn't seem like a good place to work. That's why I started traveling because I was tired of running into slow teeth all the time." She nods to Chani. "Even though you don't look like the other one the fur might cause problems -- no offense."
Madame Darkmoon is my Ardande Kobold Phytokineticist, haven't worked up easy-paste combat macros yet. Okay with being fit in where-ever.
"We'd have to be really careful carrying -- it might be better to try and get some fluids into them first and clear any remaining toxins before considering that, just the same." Leaf-On-Wind offers with a far more conservative view. "We should definitely get them out of that mess, though."
"Hmm. Well, time to see if we can find any dangerous mechanisms and disable them, I guess?" Leaf-On-Wind suggests thoughtfully.
Not to overlap with Clover's replacement (and I can still adjust if needed) but my 'back of napkin' thinking is Ardande kobold Kineticist (Wood/Water/Earth) with Free Archetype Rogue. If that's okay I'll work them up into a character, otherwise I can wait until other character is lined up.
Still in, still figuring out options to cover the gap Leaf-On-Wind would create while striking out for something newish -- right now thinking maybe Cloistered Cleric with Rogue Dedication but not sold on Cleric if someone has a different thought, willing to work with folks.
"What do we know or have on hand for dealing with that sort of thing if it's not just echo-stuff?" Leaf-On-Wind inquires -- if the thought process can get started now maybe folks will have a better idea for handling it further on. "What kind of ghosts are we talking about? Human? Xulgath?"
Leaf-On-Wind works on party injuries, patching folks up and cleaning wounds as he gives a glance over at the handkerchief. "Well, I'm glad we got out before we got sent here, at least? I wonder if this is where some of the folks who 'disappeared' from the Menagerie ended up?"
I'd be on-board for 'new blood' to arrive to help from my corner. :) Already have a couple of ideas.
After Tengu kobolds are my next favorite but I'm very hesitant to do anything with them until Player Core 2 comes out. Goblins give me a disconnect but that's only due to PF(1) conditioning, when I've seen folks playing them in PFS they are quite possibly the most conscientious of players and characters at the table. Gnomes are good and fun when they're Hmm-ish sorts, painful when they're Jubilost (from Kingmaker) to me.
I'm in a weird spot. The party (and GM) have made generous concessions to make Leaf-On-Wind appropriately medical bad-ass. At the same time, I've felt sort of 'flat' portraying him, like I'm not quite 'gelling' with the character. That includes working with Song-of-Air on brother/sister sorts of things -- we had a dynamic when we started but it's also kind of faltered (and I blame myself for that as much as anything). This being said, I would very much like to continue, but am also trying to figure out options that would not overly ruin our party's dynamic or hamper our future adventures.
As Leaf-on-Wind sees Rulean collapse he blurs into motion with incredible alacrity...
...slaps a bandage over the worst looking wound...
...before patting Rulean on the shoulder with the glove he just applied the bandage with.
"Get up! The show's not over yet!"
Time to put the medical training to work....
The acrobatic medic cracks his head slightly and sends a bunch over at the reddish warrior -- if the target needs more healing, it's less healing that the casty-type can use on themselves. (Red Warrior)
I've been down further with recurrence of injury flare-up and a concern about an infectious matter. It has been a trial the past few months, sorry for evaporating (again).
Leaf-On-Wind attempts to get a good night's rest after making sure folks are patched up as best as possible before turning in.
Waking in the morning twilight, the acrobatic medic is ready to continue the exploration, carefully Searching for any hidden dangers. Since the one doorway is missing a door, he points to it. "Maybe we should check that out first, since we have no good way of securing it. Don't need stuff sneaking up on us from behind."
Leaf-On-Wind will take notes of the art and copy the words even if he doesn't know what they mean. He's broodingly quiet because yet again something has come up that he doesn't have a fix for, and he's not sure how he can make things better.
Drained: Each time you get a full night’s rest, your drained value decreases by 1. This increases your maximum Hit Points, but you don’t immediately recover the lost Hit Points. So provided we had time to rest, it'd be possible to clear it naturally for Rulean. Unless, of course, this is another time-limit/chain-pull sort of situation like the first tower where we'll get about five seconds to breathe between encounters.
Unfortunately, it's not a thing that can be solved with Golarion secular medicine (for some reason) other than through bed rest.
Despite being sickened by the nasty aromas, Leaf-On-Wind focuses on addressing the spiritual remnants, recalling some reading from when he was younger and considering a 'long con' to bilk a few Arodenites out of their life savings. When the paucity of their resources was indicated, he decided better about it. While desperate for money, the acrobat-medic was not heartless... "....*wheeeze* *glrrk* ...the Last Azlanti did walk the world, not as a *cough* rich merchant, fisher, nor scholar. Nor as *cough* a thief. So He *hackhackhack* treat with beggars that came before him with nothing to their name save their name for He too walked that *coughcough* begging path..."
If it's any consolation, I was completely wiped out from over-people-ing at the convention Bret and Hilary mentioned and I'm only recovering my bandwidth now.
In the event player is traveling when Leaf-On-Wind's turn comes up next: [b]"I gotcha, Rulean. Keep on keeping on."[/ooc] Leaf-On-Wind applies some bandages and medicine to the Kurgessian priest while struggling against the horrific aroma, then attempts to send more arrows after the caster. While he's using his medical equipment, he gives himself something to soothe his stomach for a little bit before sending some arrows at the caster once more.
Yes, we're looking at a range increment modifier. I had a Longbow on the L5 version of Leaf-On-Wind but for whatever reason it is not appearing on the L6 version. Given that the vast majority of our fights have been within volley range, I could easily see Leaf-On-Wind discarding the Longbow as pretty pointless.
Leaf-on-Wind is still quite ill indeed. He attempts to recover his breath from the funk before sending more arrows at the caster.
Leaf-On-Wind attempts to clear the worst of the nastiness making him ill posthaste. After that attempt, he sends more arrows downrange at the caster in an effort to disrupt whatever foul ritual they are performing.
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Leaf-On-Wind has seen how brutal the spear is, but doesn't want to give the fiend yet another easy target to jab so he scoots along 'inside' to shoot through one of the broken windows.
After taking care of Ephie Leaf-On-Wind sends some arrows at the remaining Demon.
Leaf-On-Wind's acrobatics by instinct versus plan leave him a bit dizzy for a second before he recovers to see the results of impending actions. It is rare that the patient is *right there* to take care of with the adventures this troupe has been partaking of. Leaf-On-Wind, instead of shooting the remaining demon pulls out medical equipment and gear to quickly patch up Ephie!
"Sorry Mr. Splinters, you don't get to be a solo act THAT easily."
If I'm having a Gross Conceptual Error please advise.
Ah. Treat Condition is a skill feat. Pathbuilder won't even let me put it in as the level 4 Monk class feat or Free Archetype feat. I think it becomes a Class Feat from Medic(?)
I know HL can have issues but it's not giving an indication of a skill for +int. Languages appear to be okay: I have Common, Sylvan, Tengu for languages. The Monk Feat was used for the Rogue Dedication for Basic Trickery to give Trapfinding I am not seeing an error for skill feats. And that stupid doubling-up thing for Balance just won't go away. EDIT: It's showing up because I have Acrobat Background PLUS Uncanny Agility (picked up because we kept getting into situations where we were having to deal with a lot of Difficult Terrain which was making it impossible to reposition via Step). EDIT2: Storm's Lash Electric Arc not showing up in this synopsis *either*. *GRUMBLE* Spoiler For Length: Leaf-On-Wind
How does that all interact (or not?) with Free Archetype? This is what I have via HLO, but may be funky: Leaf-On-Wind Male tengu monk 6 (Advanced Player's Guide 24, Lost Omens Ancestry Guide) Uncommon, NG, Medium, Humanoid, Tengu Heritage skyborn tengu Background acrobat Perception +14 (+15 to find traps); low-light vision Languages Common, Sylvan, Tengu Skills Acrobatics +15 (Successes to Balance are critical successes instead., Successes to Balance are critical successes instead.), Athletics +9, Circus Lore +9, Medicine +15, Nature +14, Religion +12, Society +9, Survival +12, Thievery +12 Str 12 (+1), Dex 18 (+4), Con 14 (+2), Int 12 (+1), Wis 18 (+4), Cha 12 (+1) Items shortbow, staff, arrows (50), backpack, flint and steel, healer's gloves, healer's tools, lesser smokestick, rations (1 week), replacement pick (2), rope (foot) (50), thieves' tools, waterskin, purse (2 gp, 7 sp, 7 cp) -------------------- AC 25; Fort +12; Ref +14; Will +14; +1 circumstance bonus vs. traps HP 78 -------------------- Speed 35 feet; Uncanny Agility Melee [1] beak +15 (finesse), Damage 2d6+1 P Melee [1] fist +15 (nonlethal, agile, finesse), Damage 2d6+1 B Melee [1] staff +12 (two-hand (1d8)), Damage 2d4+1 B Ranged [1] shortbow +15 (deadly d10, range increment 60 feet, reload 0), Damage 2d6 P Focus Spells 1 Focus Point, DC 22; 3rd Ki Rush Surprise Attack You spring into combat faster than foes can react. On the first round of combat, if you roll Deception or Stealth for initiative, creatures that haven’t acted are flat-footed to you. Ancestry Feats Storm's Lash[APG], Uncanny Agility[LOAG] Class Feats Basic Trickery, Doctor's Visitation[APG], Ki Rush, Medic Dedication[APG], Monastic Archer Stance[APG], Rogue Dedication, Trap Finder Skill Feats Assurance, Battle Medicine, Continual Recovery, Robust Recovery, Steady Balance, Treat Condition[APG], Ward Medic Other Abilities expert strikes, incredible movement, ki spells, mystic strikes, powerful fist
I will need a help walking through ABP, and sorry for the lack of response, been heavily under the weather/fatigue for the past week-ish
I thought we had limited time and money for Striking Runes and we were implementing as we got the money and time for them. As Leaf-On-Wind has been hitting a lot of roles (and got Healer Gloves and a set of special picks) didn't want to be greedy and take even more stuff until the rest of the party got geared up.
Hope you get home internet back soon!
While still averting his gaze, the archer attempts to send more arrows towards the one near Rulean (Blue).
Leaf-On-Wind continues to avert his gaze while attempting to put some arrows into the reddish one while moving, unless it has already dropped by previous actions. If the first one is down he will shift to the bluish one with some arrowing attention.
Are we not walking around with weapons out in the dungeon? Leaf-On-Wind wouldn't be carrying bow in hand for the reason that he may have to use more technical skills if we come across a lock or trap or something that needs dealing with. If it looks like we're going to be in running combats like the tower, that might change, but I didn't think he'd have a weapon out.
Leaf-On-Wind, having seen the potential danger and called it out draws his bow, focuses for a second, then works on *not* seeing the petrilizards as best he can.
Sadly, this means he can't move from his position -- hopefully the petrilizards won't reach the party.
Leaf-On-Wind has been mostly tending to the random injuries of the Circus as the party has been investigating, but at the mention of criminal smuggling activity he gets a bit thoughtful. If the guards are camping right on the entrance, there more than likely is another entrance they do not know about. "Yes, if we could get some sort of idea of guards or rotation it might give us a better idea of any extra routes in that might be less... attended to." he finally offers after some consideration.
Leaf-On-Wind goes to a hidden alcove in the wagon that he and his sister use, releasing a catch and removing a black bag with things he'd promised he'd never use again. And he had *kept* that promise but with Nabi vanishing... Along with some more formal accessories for dealing with folks at higher levels of society, the black bag contains a discreet set of picks and tools that he unfolds to verify proper condition. He leaves a note by Song-Of-Air's pillow so she can see it when she wakes up. Note in Tengu: Sis, I don't see much option -- I'd put away the sneaky stuff after we'd gotten away from the Menagerie but now... well, it looks like I need to lean on some of the old skills that we relied on to keep us alive in the lean times between that and the new family. Please don't hate me for it? Leaf
I can't remember when I took Treat Condition, but I think it was after having to deal with the endless parade of lizardly types with poor hygiene practices? It's not a new thing, I don't think? I've slept at least once since that decision was made. Also, used at least one or two class Feats on Medic stuff, too, aside from the Dedication. It was part of why I had a bunch of Dedication options available. Chani, does the magic version require special expensive magic replacement picks?
Going with the Rogue Dedication and then taking Trap Finder as Basic Trickery, Robust Recovery and Ward Medic for Skill Feats (Had Continual Recovery already) is actually really handy. Plus having someone who can disable up to Master Traps would be kind of Handy. Might I ask someone to glance over this and make sure I didn't miss something? For length: Leaf-On-Wind
Male tengu monk 6 (Advanced Player's Guide 24, Lost Omens Ancestry Guide) Uncommon, NG, Medium, Humanoid, Tengu Heritage skyborn tengu Background acrobat Perception +14 (+15 to find traps); low-light vision Languages Common, Sylvan, Tengu Skills Acrobatics +14 (Successes to Balance are critical successes instead), Athletics +9, Circus Lore +9, Medicine +15, Nature +14, Religion +12, Society +9, Survival +12, Thievery +12 Str 12 (+1), Dex 18 (+4), Con 14 (+2), Int 12 (+1), Wis 18 (+4), Cha 12 (+1) Items +1 shortbow, staff, arrows (50), backpack, flint and steel, healer's gloves, healer's tools, lesser smokestick, rations (1 week), replacement pick (2), rope (foot) (50), thieves' tools, waterskin, purse (2 gp, 7 sp, 7 cp) -------------------- AC 24; Fort +12; Ref +14; Will +14; +1 circumstance bonus vs. traps HP 78 -------------------- Speed 35 feet; Uncanny Agility Melee [1] beak +14 (finesse), Damage 1d6+1 P Melee [1] fist +14 (nonlethal, agile, finesse), Damage 1d6+1 B Melee [1] staff +11 (two-hand (1d8)), Damage 1d4+1 B Ranged [1] [i]+1 shortbow[/i] +15 (deadly d10, magical, range increment 60 feet, reload 0), Damage 1d6 P Focus Spells 1 Focus Point, DC 22; 3rd Ki Rush Surprise Attack You spring into combat faster than foes can react. On the first round of combat, if you roll Deception or Stealth for initiative, creatures that haven’t acted are flat-footed to you. Ancestry Feats Storm's Lash[APG], Uncanny Agility[LOAG] Class Feats Basic Trickery, Doctor's Visitation[APG], Ki Rush, Medic Dedication[APG], Monastic Archer Stance[APG], Rogue Dedication, Trap Finder Skill Feats Assurance, Battle Medicine, Continual Recovery, Robust Recovery, Steady Balance, Treat Condition[APG], Ward Medic Other Abilities expert strikes, incredible movement, ki spells, mystic strikes, powerful fist
Rogue has been mentioned twice but it's really not helpful with armor proficiency (cuts out the unarmored bonuses) or Sneak Attack (have to be within 30' using Stealth or Deception and acting before others). Some characters it might work with, but Leaf-On-Wind is probably not geared towards that. Now, I was also looking at Dandy, but not sure if that'd be on-brand.
I am also trying to think utility over combat focus based on GM advisory about Social/Research/Investigation. Handwraps would be nice, but Leaf-On-Wind is already using First Aid Gloves.
I'm a bit stuck -- Given how heavy Leaf-On-Wind has gone into Medic Dedication Feats, pretty much the only stuff available (via HLab, at least) appear to be new Dedications, among which is Eldritch Archer though he qualifies for even things like Druidic or Cleric Dedication. Not quite sure what direction to go here, are we seeing a lack of anything at the moment we need to cover?
Been trying to avoid pressuring or commenting but yes, consider an affirm here even if it bites us in the butt in the long run because otherwise we're no better than the Menagerie. |
