Thank you Rednal, Phai.
Now is not yet the time.
Four is probably plenty in this game. For now just keep me in mind if you need a replacement.
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I am _so_ sorry for disappearing. I had a series of life implosion and am just now getting everything stable again. I am not going to go into detail, suffice to say that I dropped a bunch of balls and these boards were one of them. I hope you all can forgive me. I hope to return to PbP games in the future and would love to do so here. I don't think my life is together enough yet, but I look forward to the time when it is.
Ugh. Still feeling pretty lousy. But I think I'm coherent enough to get some posts together. Been taking care of sick toddlers while sick doesn't leave much energy (physical or mental) to catch up on PbP. I've fallen asleep while crafting posts several times, only to have the situations change by the time I wake. Hope to have something up soon.
Ooran takes a place a few steps behind Vincent and fills the roll of "bodyguard". He watches the crowds and tries to get a sense of the "mood" of the city.
Ooran shakes Baeden's hand. "Thank you for bringing us here. Your knowledge has been most useful. This city looks old. How many times has it been rebuilt?"
As they journeyed to the city Ooran gazed at the passing game wilderness. "It'll be nice to get some rest, it's been a rough day."
Ooran watches the caravan. "So, Lomrick was in Zel-Argose last you heard? Could he have gone through one of the Gates?"
"My memory is a little fuzzy, but I think I remember the lab being struck by an meteor containing blue tentacled cats. But that could just be a fever dream from the toxin the giant centipede got me with. Otherwise Vincent has the right of it." Ooran is just glad he doesn't have to drop a rock face on them all.
"Huh. Feels strange not to have to fight our way out of thus yet again. Maybe your brother will be able to tell us more about Lomrick. I'm really beginning to dislike that man." Ooran sighs with relief at the idea that Lomrick isn't with them.
"Wow, now that is a view. I'll see what I can do, but since there's no guarantee about where they'll park those things, it'll be harder to avoid them." Ooran scans the overhang, looking for weak points.
"I have to admit, my training works better in an open area where I can maneuver."
Ooran steps up to the doors. He goes through his routine, looking for traps or other surprises.
Ooran steps up to the doors. "Well then, let's see what the great outdoors holds in store for us." He makes a quick check over the door, but doubts there is any surprises since the lizard guards came in through the door.
"I haven't really got an opinion either way. Though I might like to learn more before destroying something."
IIRC it's more of a group mind than mind control.
Thanks, just had to check. I put the ranks in the following skills. +1 Appraise
Ooran looks over the shrine and the bowls and implements. "My first thought is ritual cleansing and sacrifice."
Can we use these skill ranks to put more ranks in a skill than we have HD?
Thank you, happy birthday!
Ooran checks the last door and opens it. "One last room, then we get to see a sky again. I wonder how it compares to the one at home."
Ooran quickly responds, "Sure! Be glad to..." Then trails off. "Um, wait, you want to do what?" He thinks about the offer more as his head clears further. "How is that better than what Lomrick was doing back there?"
Ooran's head begins to clear as they look over the book. "Did I really think that insect thing was my gladiator buddy? What was I on?" He shakes his head to clear it more. "Let's get this place cleared out as quickly as possible."
Ooran pulls out his tools and begins to work the panel open.
Ooran looks up from the panel. "I don't think that this is connected to the Gate at all. It looks more like a safe. Or something similar. I think I can get it open pretty easily. If you want me to."
Ooran bends down to look closely at the panel in question. Without taking it apart or playing with it much, he tries to work out how to operate it and what it might do.
"How old is this Gate system? It seems like folks have forgotten a lot of how it used to work." Ooran runs his fingers through the dust with a wistful look on his face.
"What happens when the Gate at the other end goes dead? This Gate is probably still perfectly functional, but the one on the other end will probably not work again. I'm certain Lomrick won't be too happy about that." Ooran follows along, not really paying much attention to the rooms that they've been exploring, he's much more interested in the Gates and their foibles.
"I wish we could study one. Then it'd be easier to figure out how to retarget. Then again, If we don't know that there's a Gate on the far end, it'll be pretty hard to aim."
Ooran looks dazed for a moment as his wounds continue to heal. "Yeah, apparently something from the portal trip. I guess?" His head whips around at the mention as a new Gates. "Wait, you mean there are more of these things? Where can we find them? Do you think they'll let us take one apart? Or do they already know how they work?" He starts looking a little more guarded.
"Man, I'm gettin' sick of those lizards."
Ooran steps to the side, engaging the klaven from the opposite side as Vincent, and slashes at the lizard.
Ooran draws his blades and takes a swing at the surviving klaven as it draws near.
Once again the bar of sparkling darkness coalesces between Ooran and the klaven as he twists reality.
He then falls back, putting the statue between himself and the lizards.
Ooran moves forward to between the big pillars and attempts to twist the reality of the klaven shooting at him. "Lizards comin' in the door. And they've got range on me."
Ooran updated for ABP.
Ooran twists reality and a bar of darkness coalesces between him and one of the wolves.
Ooran winces as the weapon squelches and bleeds. "Um, Phai, I think these things might be more up your alley than mine. Care to take a look?" When he realizes that there is a plan forming to explore further, he gathers his tools and goes to open the door.
I know I'm not going to get any answers about what this is, but I'm staying in character at this point.
Ooran continues examining one of the strange weapons that the lizard guards used. Mumbling to himself about capacitors and ohms. He pulls out his tools and starts to try to disassemble it, trying to figure out how it works.
I'm going away on a family vacation. I don't know what my Internet access will be like. I'll be back on Wednesday. Feel free to bot me if needed.
With Vincent conducting negotiations and Phai exploring, Ooran turns his attention back to the strange weapons.
Personally I prefer ABP to Inherent Item Boni. In my opinion the "paperwork" is significantly reduced. Which can be a bonus I'm a gestalt/Mythic game where those mechanics increase paperwork.
"If you're sure we can trust him, I'll see what I can do." Ooran steps over to the cell door and takes a look at the lock. He pulls out his tools and gets to work opening it.
I've never used it before, but it looks like a bit of a headache to convert existing items for use with it. I have no preference either way.
While I was updating Ooran in Herolab, I noticed that it's throwing a validation error on my amulet of natural armor due to innate item bonuses. Are we still using those?
Ooran staggers through the portal and out into the room, dropping his end of the lizard leader. "Whoa! What a rush. Can we do that again? He starts looking at the working portal on this end. "How does it contain such power?"
Looking from the portal toward Phai, he finally notices the statue. "Oh, she's pretty. Who is she?"
Vincent casts his spell and mentions the strange new weapons and Ooran immediately grabs one. "Oh yeah, I wanted to look at one of those. Never saw one before, but they look useful." He turns it over in his hands. "I think they were holding it like this." He grips it experimentally.
The voice from the cell interrupt his reverie. He looks to the bars. "Well, that depends, what're you in there for?"
Sorry this took me so long, thanks for being so patient. I think durability has been Ooran's weakness so far, being a front line fighter that's a pretty serious problem. So I'm going to go with Absorb Blow. We only get one Path Call/Trick/Strike/Order/whatever unless we spend a Path Ability to get another. I think the DR and energy resistance for 1 minute once we get more Mythic Tiers will be more useful than a single Sudden Block. Thinking more long term here.
Path: Guardian
Bonus HP: 5
I'll probably use my Tier 2 Path Ability to pick up Quick Recovery or Draw Fire, but I might also go with Extra Mythic Feat and Dual Path into Trickster.
I know it doesn't seem to add much flexibility, but going with Guardian and the Absorb Blow/Fast Healing combo could provide some much needed endurance to Ooran. Giving him more chances to use some of his other class abilities that I haven't been able to yet.
Hmm, also finding Mythic unexpected. Not sure if Ooran should go Guardian or Trickster. Tempted to go Dual Path, but that'll have to wait for another Tier due to the Morphic Nature feat. Edit: Just saw that the book contains a Mythic Psionic path called Overmind. I'd love to hear more about that.
Ooran, ever curious, will sheath his swords and grab several of the strange weapons before moving to assist Phai with the leader's body. "Right, let's get out of here as quick as we can. Hey little guy, you comin' too?"
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