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Well, I think a big part of that was we didn't actually get to fight each other. I think solving the first problem, difficulty of the environment, may solve the second problem.
Were our characters supposed to go "I may have been held against my will with 0% capacity to do anything about it, stripped of the lions share of my power, and even at my full power I died at the hands of not even a contestant, and to top it all off it's by a being that can turn gods on and off without it even being a thing.. Yeah! I can totally handle this! No problem." I thought a character being demoralized at this point before any ray of hope was shown would be realistic.
Misriel still had little to say, her spirit rather thoroughly crushed.
Misriel felt much more in agreement with Flint than any of the others, even if the harshness of his statements gave her pause. But she did not feel it was wise to say so.
A properly built arcane of our level is self-sufficient via summoning. Level 10 is actually right in the summoner sweet spot of levels 7-13. You can summon healing minions that are relevant, spellcasting minions that can aoe, and melee minions that can make equal level fighters jealous. Also, I'd like to mention none of us have a will save over 10. A proper arcane would have a 75% chance of completely disabling one of us on their first cast. Unless the environment screwed them over by running them out of spells, I don't see how a caster would lose to one of us. None of us are in crazy rage-lance pounce instant death from 100 feet away builds, except maybe Flint.
"Rest? Is that what you call it? I felt more restful being devoured by snakes. And what moves could I possibly make? Whatever that power is here is strong enough to sever my connection to Abadar. I have no moves against a being that does away with divinity as a mere trifle."
I think I would have survived longer yes, but no one's really dealing with the environment so hot. And they had me surrounded because I failed perception, so I would have taken some damage no matter what.
I feel like we designed a bunch of characters with being self-sufficient duelists, but the lethality of the environment means what you really need is a self-sufficient dungeon explorer. Which is usually a role that requires an entire party and dedicated magical healing, which felt discouraged.
"The environment. One is nearly defeated already, I doubt they will battle before that one falls."
Misriel guesses that the light speaks of some sort of monitoring system and decided to keep silent.
"I'm not sure what I could have done differently but blindly run. Which would likely throw me against some other horrible fate."
Misriel followed, head low.
"I'm.. alright. The only pains are the dull kind." Misriel lets Kabuusah help her up to her feet. She sees Kit rise. ~Was he my opponent? I suppose he enjoyed the easy victory..~ "I can't imagine I put on much of a good show getting slaughtered by snakes." She mutters to Kabuusah.
"I guess I lost... Again.." Misriel simply lays there, having no desire to move.
Misriel could feel her strength leaving her body, she was in bad shape and she knew it. But she was going to kill these bloody snakes for killing Ramerel if it was literally the last thing she did. She moves forward a bit so that the snakes will reach her shortly.
Misriel dashes free of the swarms, attempting to keep Ramerel with her, before turning and readying herself for another attack.
If Ramerel is still able to do stuff, she will activate Nobility, granting Misriel +4 to hit on all those above to hit rolls.
Chess:
Misriel raises her sword to the sky, channeling power into it, a golden glowing light swirling about it, "Abadar, grant me strength to strike down these.. These... Ramerel, are snakes animals or vermin?" "Uh, I don't know! Pick one!" "Well.. They're not insects, so they are animals right?" "But spiders aren't insects either, nor are mice!" "Wait, mice aren't vermin, are they? And spiders aren't insects?" "I thought they... AUGH THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER PICK ONE PICK ONE!" "PLEASE BLESS MY SWORD AGAINST ANIMALS!" The glowing light finally stabilizes as glow around the blade, as Misriel stands fast to attack the horde, hoping her blade would have some effect. She swung her blade with wild abandon, as she was both getting bitten by snakes, and a cat was wildly clawing it's way up her body to escape them.
AoO rolls: Swarms provoke an AoO when they enter your square, so, unless they're immune to weapon damage, here we go.
Misriel will keep her weapon in one hand, but attempt to seek out some firmer ground and a good stick to poke in front of her for dangerous terrain in the other.
By which time it's an almost certainty that a few of us are to be busy with Christmas. :P
"And I don't have my sister, or her sword." And so Misriel set herself up for "your sister is a cat?" jokes in the future.
"I was never trained to leave my target alive, or put on a show. Why pick me if it was not to the death?
Misriel felt Kit said most of everything she had wanted to say. Albeit, she did not know Kit's name. But she had one more. "Will you bring the losers back to life?" Misriel didn't know whether that would be a blessing or a curse, which answer she wanted to hear.
Misriel is confused by what's going on in front of her, and doesn't figure anything out, and just looks around instead.
Gonna pass on posting this rotation. Go ahead. Misriel doesn't have much to add.
Misriel remained silent, her thoughts dwelling on the slave markets of her homeland. She had avoided them there, but it seemed like now, perhaps she was just a slave on an even more exotic market. Still a desert though, so at least that was nice and familiar. Cold as the night back home in armor.
Not many other choices indeed. The sheer lack of other options other than staying in that dismal hole eventually gave her the "courage" to continue on. "Why all this? Anyone with the power to do this would be far beyond needing us for anything." She said in unintentional answer to Tekumsah. She had been going to say it anyway, but it gave a "no" on her end to his question. As some of the group moved towards the strange creature, she began following, to simply not be alone. They were maybe comrades in the future? She could only hope, seeing they were in the same predicament.
Oh no Misriel! I asked Flint to not use these campaigns because they were the campaigns you guys used. I wanted each person to come from a different background. You're fine with your choice ;) Oh, shwew, yay!
@Flint: we're missing on your background references to what campaign you were when you were snitched, and we need to replace one of your traits with a campaign trait (not from Reign of Winter, Jade Regent or Legacy of Fire - choose from any other Paizo campaign). I'll need to make some modifications. Also, I checked, and literally every one of us that you accepted chose one of those three campaigns. Are the reasons we need to change story based or power based or both? If it's power based, would you mind if I kept the same backstory and just picked a different mechanical effect? If it's story based, would you mind vice versa?
Misriel the Swallow had faced many challenges in life, conquering many adversities and fears. Being alone was not one of those conquered challenges. Always, there had been someone else to look out for her. Her friends, her sister, her other sister.. There was always someone with her. But now.. Nothing, no one, for a time longer than she could imagine. There seemed to be someone out there, some intention behind all this, but she couldn't fathom it any more than she could put a person behind the rising and setting of the sun. Failure. Said the little voice floating in her head. Misriel imagined it to be some imp or fairy or fairy imp prancing about her hair. Lost Lost Lost as all the others. And Misriel could not disagree. Her doubts kept her company in the dark. Would have devoting herself more to Abadar have averted this? The gods seemed as voiceless as herself in this place. Perhaps greater martial skill? Perhaps it would have just made her copies all the greater. Failure. Jeered the voice, lurking behind every thought. Thinky Thinky Thinky but it doesn't change a thing." And Misriel could not disagree. One day, the door was opened, and the light shined forth. Was it too much to hope? Would it only make the truth sting more. "Ra..Ramerel?" Her dry, hesitant, hoarse voice whispered out to the harsh light. From her knees, she leaned forward and reached for the rags, to clutch them tight over herself like a blanket as she waited for a response. Some sign to let her know it was safe to stand tall again and strive forward once more. Failure. The voice leered from the path she was too frightened to venture out into. Scared Scared Scared without the cat. And Misriel could not disagree.
Alright, ready to rock. :)
Very nice, didn't know that was an anti-invis item, because I tried not to go too deep into anyone in my analysis. Anyway, option two, Emergency Force Sphere.
Honestly, I haven't seen a single submission yet that can counter Invis +Summoned monsters, for starters. Unless you allow the old, "bag of flour/chalk" trick to act as a poor man's glitterdust. I don't think we could handle, for example, a summoner.
Hey hey.
Heh, I plan on old "Bag of stuff that you drop when combat starts and hope it doesn't get nicked" for my sundry gear. ~~ Yeah, but we don't have to worry that much about temporary bonuses unless we play casters, atm. :P
Likewise. I need to format my familiar better, and again, maybe pick up a nice mundane poles and ropes equipment pack, depending on the style of the dungeons, but otherwise everything should be ready.
is this game still recruiting? I hope so, cause I'm dropping my Submission now. Still got to finish up the Familiar, and pick sundry equipment like rope and a couple backup weapons, but the character's pretty decently fleshed out, save for backstory, which has enough to go on for a little bit. |