Honestly, if you look at the gameplay tab, most of the posts are done by Torsten and Ril. My contribution hasn't been strong enough.
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Hi guys. You know, when I said a few weeks ago that I would be a bit busy... well, that was the biggest understatement ever :P Summer time has arrived, and with it, business time. Got yet another job (yeah, I know) and time seems harder to find than unicorn blood. This is a trio game, one that has a big roleplaying background. Sadly, I haven't been able to keep up with it, and I won't be for at least three more months (Summer season). So, with all the pain that comes with it (because I friggin' love Macaria and I friggin' love all yall), I think it's time you get the third PC you really deserve. I hope you're not too mad at me, and that you enjoy every minute of Macaria as an NPC with her new orphanage :P
Yep. I'll get it next level though. These are Maca's changes thanks to the level up: Soul Weaver 5 / Cleric (Channeler) 3 - Paladin 2 -Able to cast 2nd level spells
I think that's all, more or less. Thanks to Quick Channel, Maca can Alpha Strike for 5d6+5d6 channel damage in a 30ft radius, at the cost of 2 sp and 3 channels per round. Not very sustainable, but nice burst, I guess.
Do any of you guys use morale bonus regularly? Because I'm looking at a feat which gives +2 morale bonuses to several things when channeling, but since they don't stack...
I have to think carefully what to pick now...
Maca comes back a pair of hours later, with good news. "They'll help."
Assuming they're here...: Maca can't help but smile when she walsk slowly into the camp. Kids playing around happily, an occasional woman singing while doing her chores, men commenting on who got the best piece during the hunt... All as she remembers, all as if no time has passed. She's received with cheerful greetings, pats on the back and some wine and bread. She's been a respected member of the group for years, after all, with ties rivalring those of family, and if there's one thing a Varisian knows is how to respect their own family. After telling some stories about her deeds and listening to the news the Varisians bear, Macaria puts her serious face. "Cosmin, listen... you know I wouldn't ask you if I didn't feel it was truly necessary." Cosmin could be considered Maca's cousin, and cousins have strong ties between Varisians. "There's someone I need out of Korvosa as soon as possible. Can you help with that?"
"My people come and go... Is hard to say where they are or for how long. But I can always try. Give me a pair of hours." Maca leaves, not wanting to accept company if offered. She states it's easier if no stranger seems to be looking for them.
Still trying to get used to weird schedules, and more than a pair of times I've sat in front of the screen trying to post something only to be found by the wifie two hours later, snoring and drooling xD
Maca finally breaks her silence. "Well, you've got a tattoo shop, and it's starting to get known. Probably it wouldn't look to weird to go oout for... ingredients? Or maybe to a tattoo fair, to get new ideas. Or to check a tattoo master for further training." Scratching her chin, Maca lets her wild and crazy idea fly even higher. "If we slightly comment we're going somewhere right in the opposite direction we're truly heading, that would help us cover our tracks." She tries to stay silent for some seconds, letting the others think about it, but she can't. "On the other hand, if we let our absence be known, the shop could suffer some pillage..."
After the thrill of witnessing a true people's hero rescue the innocent victim, Maca receives the news with sadness, going into a kind of rollercoaster syndrome. "A pleasure ourselves" she says to Field Marshall Kroft. She carefully plans her next moves, since she was counting on the income from serving the city guard to finance her orphan house. When news about the Gray Maidens reach her, and also that they're recruiting, she walks by their HQ to get some more info on that...
"But..." Maca doesn't even bother to finish the phrase. She knows they're right. And even if they weren't... what can she do? As Torsten says, they'd be branded traitors and be the next ones at the gallows. She puts all her attention towards the scene, trying to notice something strange, and also trying to focus on anything that's not the feeling of failure.
I mean the C-19 has hit hard touristic areas, like where I live, so we have to look elsewhere for job. So I'm going to learn how to do dubbing and voice over work, among other things voice related. The other day I attended a conference with the voice actress who does the Spanish voice of Scarlett Johansson :) It was not Scarlett herself, but it was her voice (in Spanish) :D
Just wanted to say I'm going under a formation for lip-synching, dubbing and off-voice narrative. It's going to take away some time from me, specially at the beginning, so I'll be slower than usual.
Maca keeps thinking about what will happen now. At Ril's question, she looks at her and answers frankly. "I don't know. I've never tried to rescue someone from execution." It may sound rough, but she truly means it - she has zero idea what to do.
"Well, it seems they got their scapegoat." She shrugs. "I don't know what can the Marshall expect us to do, but yes, I'll be there and keep an eye open."
Maca wishes life woulñd get stuck at these moments... though she knows there's a lot of business wo be solved out there. But tomorrow.
"Life has strange turns and even stranger straightaways. I'm home here, technically, but I feel like I was away." She empties her mug as well, to show empathy. "Let's see what these cards we found brought us for the future!"
"Oh, well..." Maca says, speechless, "I guess in any case you're heloing, so all choices seem fine." And she means it. There are so many orphans running the street, you just can't help every one. It's good to see someone else cares. "Even if you invested the money in buying gear for yourself, that would be good, because you - and I guess we three - do important things for the wellbeing of the people, and make a good asset in the task to really make the difference." She's taken a bit too much momentum, but once said... "I trust you will use it with wisdom."
Not working either, sorry. Anyways: The Waxworks
The Brass Dwarf
The Desert
Maybe we're pushing ourselves too deep into dangerous ground without help because there's an invulnerable enemy that will have us captured and tortured? I don't know, honestly :P
Yes, Maca will spend the money to get the works started. As hiring some builders has little thrill, imho, I think we can skip it unless you have something planned to ruin the poor kids' future :P
Martial capabilities? Where? :P Na, seriously. I picked a pair of Paladin levels to give Maca some defense, and they're staying. Actually, everything's staying, for better or for worse. If you rule I have to change the Domain, so be it, but if you let me have it, I'll keep it. Mostly because I don't feel like modifying the character too much. Maca is totally not a fighter, she's got near nonexistant martial capabilities, and that's not really the plan. My iriginak idea for a character was one that I have been looking for for years, but it consisted of a "martially strong character with magic to enhance his fighting skills". However, this would have made three very similar characters, so that's why I ended up with Maca. And she's okay. Only that, unlike healing, damage dealing through Channel starts going up with some more levels (and tons of feats). At 7th level, for example, she'll be able to spend a couple spell points and deal a 7d8 damage burst. Twice per round. PS: If you want to know what my first idea would have been, have a look at the Sage and add Conscript as the second part of the Gestalt.
It's a colorful and nice fluff, but Maca won't benefit much from it, and she doesn't have feats to spare until... very late. 1564.5 gold. GM, how much would it cost to restore the old building Maca purchased to be habitable? Or, if it's too costly for her to do it in one go, how could Maca divide the expense in different steps? Like, first the basement and outer walls, then other things, etc.
Yes, that's what we said, and I think the extra die from Channeler Cleric goes only to his own channeling. Which I gimped by taking two levels in Paladin. But well, we can just say one thing cancels the other, so now the Cleric Channel has the same dice as the Soulweaver Channel. They're just two separate pools, both affected by Channel Destruction and Channel Life, and one of them affected by Soulweaver features (Blessings/Blights) and the other by Cleric features (Major Channeling, Combat Channeling, etc). Am I right? So I'll accept just leaving things as they are, as our GM offered, and I'll adjust the avatar and sheet to reflect those two channel pools.
I'm having a read at the Domains and the Channeler Cleric in general, and a doubt assaults me.
Does that channeling dice increase affect only the cleric's channeling progression? Because the character has actually two channel progressions, one from Soulweaver and another from cleric. It seems obvious that she's using the Soulweaver one, and that will be more certain in the future, since she's never going to multiclass that part of the Gestalt. However, she's not full cleric on the other part, so in the end, if the increase affects only the cleric channeling, that will be a useless feature to her. Even if it does, I'm carefully rethinking what I'm getting from Channeler Cleric and whether it is worthy to keep it or not. I don't know. I feel like the interaction between both parts of the Gestalt is a bit... cuestionable, as it is now.
Yes, I picked Glory to get Improved Channel, but I didn't check at the time Pharasma's Domains. I'll change it to any other that actually is under Her portfolio, just have to find some time to check it out. Oh, and Ril... Pharasma's Domains are Death, Healing, Knowledge, Repose and Water :)
Maca has no problem with you two keeping the tools. She knows you're not going to use them. She's also happy to help you sell the tunic to the Pharasmite temple, since to her there's not a more secure place to take care of that. The scroll of Command Undead she'll also take it to the Pharasmites.
And when you mention you're a Pharasmite, you realise your Domain is not one of those your deity offers, lol. Gonna have a look and see how I fix this.
"Thank you" Maca says with a warm smile. "For now, all I'm doing is planning how to organise all - visiting other orphan houses to check how they do it, keep the sound ideas and discard the terrible ones, you know. That's why I called it a project." She shrugs. "I want to have all of this set up for when I have funds to rebuild the place, hire personnel, etc. It's a long run, not a rush, but you've got to be aware when opportunity shows up!" Changing the subject, she comments on something Ril and Torsten have mentioned. "If you're going to deal with the Church of Pharasma, I might be able to help you. You usually get a better deal if a priest of the proper faith comes with you" she winks.
[be]"I know we have our hands tied"[/b] Maca tells Cressida, "but if you know about something or find out something that we can try for help, please, let us know." Maca leaves with gloomy mood - only the good die young, and it seems there's nothing humble people can do about it. "I'll be trying to advance a bit my orphanage project" she tells her friends.
Maca's face turns into the very personification of worry. "By the Lady! And how could one get an invitation?"
Actually, my Cleric part is not spherecasting, but my Paladin part is.
(looks at Macaria's header) Good lord, you've certainly got SP to spare! Makes me feel like a slacker. :) Yeah. Same as a double caster gestalt would have lots of slots (but would be limited by the actual spells he can cast), a double spherecaster gestalt has lots of spell points (but is limited by the actual effects he can produce).
"I think I can fix that, more or less" Maca says, shrugging, "all I need is a surgeon table and some time." Heal roll in case you want to fast forward: The fast healing is just a matter of spending a spell point.
Once Torsten and the beast are in close combat, Maca relies on her control over the invoked energy rather than her blasts. → rounds
Macaria contributes to the slaughter.
"Alright, let's everyone get to their place, and we start at the count of three, shall we?"
"Well, I think it would actually be more in the line to sell it for good coin. It surely is a good way to figuratively spit on the necromancer to use his things to make good." She looks at her friends with shy face. "Let's say you'd want to donate to a certain orphanage..."
Once she notices, Maca quickly applies a blessing to Ril's wounds.
"Ah, damn... I wished I didn't kill it. Now we've got no one to ask about the parts missing." Maca starts searching around the place, thinking maybe they used the legs for another abomination.
"Enough!" Macaria pushes her limits as she sends another wave of energy, making it even more lethal.
Once the cavalry is already in the room, Maca follows, giving area support. Phantasmal voices sound everywhere and dark energies gather...
Maca expects something to happen when the dark magic hits Ril, but her friend seems resilient enough. She changes plans and tries a blast herself.
Barely avoiding the deadly bite, Maca steps back, seeking shelter between her companions. She suddenly remembers Ril is still affected by wicked magic and, not wanting her to be at risk because of her temporary bad health, levaes the dealing with the wolf to Torsten and conjures some life energies upon the half-orc.
Damn, you're right... I'll see to it next round of actions, sorry.
Life and death, yeah, but Death doesn't offer much to her. She can talk to dead people (way weaker than the spell, btw), and that's that. Most of the talents work around the Sphere's built-in ranged attack, and she already uses Destruction combined with Channeling. The rest revolve around necromancy, and we don't want that. So yes, Maca is about healing. She's got tons of healing, so much healing you'll never have to worry about healing in your entire life :P I wasn't planning on picking Affliction, but the shennannigans in the Destruction blasts are not as nice as I forst thought, so maybe I'll end up picking it. 20 ft burst nauseated effect seems cool...
Maca patiently waits until Torsten has finished all his 32 hit combo vs the zombie, then steps in and tries a shot at the flying blue figure. "You! You did all this! You'll pay, Lamm!"
Macaria's trick needs a much closer range, and so she just enters the room and stays a bit behind, expecting Torsten to go ahead.
Macaria agrees with Ril's indication, and she waits for Torsten to get into the tunnel first. She'll close the march, ready to assist.
"We should keep it and show it to him. Pity I can't preserve it properly."
Maca quickly steps back and, when she notices the corrupted aura, tries to counter it. Readied Action (if someone gets nauseated): Maca will Invigorate (1 SP) and, thanks to Restore Health, remove the nauseated condition from the target.
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