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"I'll take it under consideration, but I don't think it's likely!" Pepper answers, spinning a fork into his other hand. Squinting, he studies the tree for a moment before attacking as though the tree were a roast turkey and not, well, a tree.

Main-Gauche: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Slashing damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Filcher's Fork: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 7 - 2 = 20
Piercing damage, Backstabber: 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 = 4

"Or is that just your way of saying 'well done'?"

Interact to draw filcher's fork [A], Hunt Prey [A], and Twin Takedown [A].

Pepper quickly drops his sling-staff on the ground and follows his kobold ally into the trees. With a knife in one hand, he emerges from the underbrush around the backside of the large tree creature.

Stride twice [AA] and Interact to draw main-gauche [A].

Pepper slips his sling-staff back into his hand and slides another bullet into the cup. "If you stay far away, I don't think either of them can hit you!" he advises as he whirls the stick above his head before releasing its payload at the little tree.

Sling Staff vs Green: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
Bludgeoning damage: 1d10 ⇒ 9

Interact to draw weapon [A], Interact to load weapon [A], Strike vs Green [A].

Nature: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

"Careful now - they might be trying to protect themselves against your efforts too," Pepper suggests softly. "Do you know what caused it originally? Usually picking the bad apple out of the barrel is easier than cutting the resulting rot off every piece of fruit."

"I mean, we can always offer him some food," Pepper adds. "Anybody got a way with words? We don't want to scare him off."

Pepper shrugs. "Can't be harder than finding a good truffle, can it?" he asks, hoisting his backpack up onto his shoulders. "You hold tight and we'll be back before supper!"

Survival: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

”That’s the spirit!” Pepper cheers as more statues fall. Digging in his pockets for another stone, he slips in into his sling-staff and gives the stick a twirl.

Sling Staff vs Blue: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Bludgeoning damage: 1d10 ⇒ 3

Reload [A], Strike [A], Reload [A].

Pepper pulls out a polished rock with one hand and his trusty sling staff with the other. Fitting the two together, he twirls the stone above his head before sending it flying at the orange-blossomed statue. ”Concentrate on one at a time!” he calls.

Sling Staff, IC: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 1 = 20
Bludgeoning damage, IC: 1d10 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

"What? Where?" Pepper looks around for a moment before pointing. "Oh, there they are!" He rushes through the underbrush, pushing branches out of his way until he reaches a better vantage point.

Triple Stride [AAA].

”Pathfinders!” Pepper answers cheerfully. ”And caravan-finders too, from the looks of it. You look famished - fancy a bite to eat?” He fishes around in his pocket and pulls out a roll and some pale cheese.

Pepper holds out an old corn cob encrusted with seeds of all shapes and sizes. "Oh Little Tarragon, would you like to try some of this?" he cajoles cheerfully. "I made it especially for a brave guardian such as yourself!"

Nature vs DC 10: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

"And Dyner, if you want to give it a try, then go ahead!" he adds encouragingly. "It doesn't seem very dangerous, and you're in good claws should anything happen. Isn't she?" He asks this last part of the small feathery fuzzball.

Pepper stows his sling staff and produces another apple in one hand. "Dyner, why don't you take a seat and we'll get that bruise treated before it swells even worse," he suggests firmly.

Medicine vs DC 15: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Healing vs Dyner: 2d8 ⇒ (4, 6) = 10

Does someone else want to treat Ulf simultaneously? If not, Pepper's certainly got more apples on hand!

"You know, I would be more excited about having exploding pinecones and would want to show them off," Pepper muses to nobody in particular as he puts another bullet in his sling and gives it a twirl. Moving over to not put Ulf between himself and his target, the halfling releases the stone.

Halfling Sling Staff, Bless vs Purple: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 7 + 1 = 26
Bludgeoning damage: 1d10 ⇒ 10

Interact to reload [A], Stride [A], and Strike Purple [A].

Pepper dances back from the edge of the platform and digs in his pocket for something. "Where did I... Aha! Wait..." He frowns at the apple in his hand, then shrugs and bites it to hold it steady while he fishes around again in his pocket. After a few seconds, his eyes light up and he produces a sling bullet. "Mrumph!" Loading it into his sling staff, he gives the weapon a whirl before releasing the bullet at his attacker.

Halfling Sling Staff vs Orange: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
Bludgeoning damage: 1d10 ⇒ 9

Step [A], Interact to load sling staff [A], and Strike vs Orange [A].

Pepper likewise springs into action, little feet carrying his round body up the stairs of the town square's central platform. Finding a good vantage point, he pulls out his sling staff. "Unusually aggressive trees!" he calls back to his other companions. "Let's find out if their bark is worse than their bite, eh?"

Stride [A], Stride [A], and Interact to draw halfling sling staff [A].

”Oh, they’re using hunting arrows!” Pepper quickly pulls out some of his dried jerky and offers it to the villagers. ”We’re hunters too!”

Survival: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

"Ooo, you could try drawing a wagon and a pair of sun and moon!" Pepper adds cheerfully as he studies the boys' picture. "Then you could use that to ask if they've seen a wagon passing through here and how long ago!"

Pepper yawns and pours himself a cup of hot tea from one of his canteens. ”Do we have anyone who can read that?” he asks softly. ”And you know the drill by now - mugs out of you want ‘em filled!” He holds the canteen ready to pour.

"Ooo, you could have sections about the food from each land too in your museum!" Pepper adds excitedly as he chops a large white radish into paper-thin disks for Dyner. "And maybe give them recipes to take home with them so they can try things out themselves afterwards!"

I've got a Glyph Hero Point to hand out. Since Lucky is new to 2E (and needs to live up to his name), we'll give it to him!

”Goodness, no!” Pepper answers, cheerfully accepting some seaweed from then tengu. ”I’m nowhere near a good enough cook to make something so delicate as this! I asked Amara-Li about how to make them, but she just smiled and said I’d have to ask her grandmother who doesn’t speak Taldan.” He pauses, frowning, but his face quickly lights up again. ”Oh! Maybe when we get back I can find a translator and all three of us can make mochi together! I’ll have to keep an eye out for berries or something sweet to stuff them with while we’re out and about. What do you think would go best? And I can’t wait to try some of your cooking! What kinds of foods do you like to make?”

Player: Hawthwile
Character: Pepper Fullbranch
Level: 1
PFS #: 264524-2003
Normal / Slow Advancement: Normal
Downtime: Cooking Lore: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

I've played a decent amount of both PF2 and PbP, so feel free to ask questions and I'll do my best to find answers!

"Got some tea, you mean!" Another halfling calls cheerfully from inside. A large napkin is tucked into his shirt collar, collecting crumbs that would otherwise fall on his round belly. "And you've got to try these little cakes too! They're soft and sweet and called mo-chi!"

Player Name: Hawthwile
Character Name: Pepper Fullbranch
Played Previously: Yes
Your character's new year resolution: To find a new special delicacy he hasn’t already tried and sample it! Eat like a local!

So, I signed up with Pepper, but then Pepper had a midlife crisis and realized his character idea would work better as a ranger, and we already have two rangers so I don't want to introduce a third, so would it be alright if I swapped out Pepper for another character? I've got a goblin oracle ready to go, or I've got some other builds that just need to be instantiated over the weekend if we've got a hole in the party we want filled.

Thoughts?

Thank you so much GM!

Pepper is suitably apologetic for stabbing Brunwulf, refusing to leave the man’s side during the voyage back and insisting on keeping him well fed “to speed recovery”.

Since he was confused, his first attacks would have gone to Brunwulf. Thankfully, only one hit. Thankful it didn’t get worse.

”Anybody need a snack for the road?” The halfling opens his pack, revealing packs of dried sea serpent meat. ”That wonderful lady with the smoked salmon said she could do something with these beasties, and it’s not bad if you need something a bit zingier than dried halibut.”

Reflex vs DC 14: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

"Oh my goodness! Brunwulf, I'm so sorry!" Pepper's normally cheerful face twists in horror even as his body twists instinctively away from the serpent's spines. Quickly he follows the reptile and cuts away with fork and knife before it can confuse him again.

Filcher's Fork: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
Piercing damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Main-Gauche: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Piercing, Slashing damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Stride [A] and Double Slice [AA].

Oh, whoops! Didn’t see that spoiler on the Fortitude save results. Umm... GM, I guess we just put those attacks against whoever is closest to Pepper at the start of his turn? Sorry!

Fortitude vs DC 18: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

But at least we don’t have to worry about it next round... right? XD

Definitely hits, but thankfully not a crit.

Fortitude: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Pepper shakes his head, water flying everywhere. "I don't know if that's exceptional or terrible service to deliver a drink directly to your mouth," he remarks as he bounces forward. "Given that it came from someone else's mouth, I'm going to go with terrible." Fork and knife swing in a graceful, coordinated arc worthy of synchronized swimmers.

Filcher's Fork: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
Piercing damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Main-Gauche: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Piercing, Slashing damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Stride [A] and Double Slice [AA].

”Oops, did someone drop an apple overboard?” Pepper asks innocently. ”Something seems to have gotten the fish all riled up.” Quickly he looks around, drawing his fork and knife as he does so.

Draw weapon [A], draw weapon [A], and Seek [A]. Pepper also has the following racial ability:

Your eyes are sharp, allowing you to make out small details about concealed or even invisible creatures that others might miss. You gain a +2 circumstance bonus when using the Seek action to find hidden or undetected creatures within 30 feet of you. When you target an opponent that is concealed from you or hidden from you, reduce the DC of the flat check to 3 for a concealed target or 9 for a hidden one.

If I understand correctly, that should give him a total bonus of +9 on his Perception roll in this particular circumstance.

”So you’re saying he was too spicy of a meal for the serpent and gave it a fatal case of indigestion?” Pepper quips. ”Here, take a breather and I’ll tag in for ya.”

Athletics, Sans Crowbar: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 4 - 2 = 21

Pepper bobs easily in the water like an apple in a barrel. ”Well, it was either that or drown during the synchronized swimming act,” he chuckles. ”Apparently I’m terrible at drowning. Now, should we all hold onto Arun’s rope? Or should we each get our own? Or were you thinking to provoke anything hostile below decks and lure them up here? That’s quite brave of you, you know.”

Fortitude: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

"Hmm, that's certainly an odd flavor. Reminds me of a very old cheese I once had in Oopara. Though to be fair to that shopkeep, I don't think anyone had checked that bottom shelf for years. If I remember correctly, it went well with a red wine..."

Pepper takes the lead slightly behind Arun, watching for anything that might jump out at the Pathfinders.

Lead sounds good, and Scouting for activity.

"Haha! This is like that time Aunt Stav wanted to wow the audience with a trapeze act on the back of horses!" Pepper bounces around happily, one hand tying knots while the other keeps a firm grip on a half-eaten apple. "'Course, there was less seawater in Stav's act. Not that that's permission to give her more ideas though - she'd love to advertise an acti for a trapeze troupe on horses on a boat in the middle of a storm if she could get the weather to cooperate."

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

No boons here, but Pepper will pocket:
- Minor healing potion
- Feather token (ladder)

"Do you have any suggestions as to what gear we might need?"

"Snacks!" Pepper triumphantly holds up a small packet wrapped in waxpaper. "That nice lady at the docks said this was the best smoked salmon we'd find anywhere in town, so I picked some up!"

”Well then, what are we waiting for?” Pepper claps his hands cheerfully and looks around hopefully for one last snack before the expedition departs.

"Oh, you mean that place across the sea?" Pepper gestures in the general direction of the docks with a hand holding another piece of dried meat. "Never been there myself, but my old ringerleader said her father's brother's nephew's husband's cousin twice removed went there once, and that she was turned away because she didn't have enough gold and gems to buy her way into the city." He pauses thoughtfully. "What do you think they use all that stuff for? You can't eat it, after all. Maybe they should be asking for tributes of preserved crocodile and sausage instead!"

"For scouting you say, scouting what?"

"Scouting out the local food scene, I'd wager!" The stout halfling grins and pulls a bit of dried meat out of his pack. He snaps his fingers and holds it up where the dog can see it, then tosses it to the far side of the room to distract the canine from the goblin huddled behind him.

Player Name: Hawthwile
Character Name: Pepper Fullbranch
Character PFS Number: 264524-2003
Character Level: 1
Slotted Faction: Horizon Hunters
Downtime Activity & Result: Circus Lore, Trained: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

Pepper happily tries the crocodile, barely seeming to notice the heat. "Oh, that's a lovely texture! Haven't had something this exciting since that show down in Sargava - same thing there with the insects as snacks. Or meals, in the case of that one beetle."

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The halfling doesn't seem to notice the cold, his round shape apparently allowing him to maintain his body temperature more easily than his elongated companions. "Hello Lirall! Pepper Fullbranch, reporting for duty. Any chance you've got a snack for some poor starving Pathfinders who just got off a boat?"

Pepper grins broadly at Brunwulf's offer. "Ooo, don't mind if I do!" A slightly-oversized fork appears in his hand as if by magic, a knife in the other, and a white handkerchief is somehow tucked into the collar of his shirt. "I take it these are primarily pork, but do you mix any other meats in with the boar? What seasonings do you use? Do you smoke it or cure it? Ooo, I can't wait to find out!"

As the goblin enters, the halfling winks. "You caught me! I was saving these for tomorrow, but who knows if they'll still be good by then. Besides, a bit of sour crunch could really help bring out the flavor of this sausage." He produces a sealed jar and pops open the cork with his knife, deftly snagging a small knobby vegetable with his fork before sliding the rest to the goblin. "Looks like we're fully equipped then - a fork, a knife, and a Spoon, eh?" He chuckles even as he presses sausage and cheese between two slices of bread, the pickle still skewered on his fork.

”Goodness, you’ve been sleeping here for ten days!?”

A stout halfling man with a round belly bounces into the study. His green tunic and tan pants bear no sign of the downpour outside, and an array of eating utensils hangs from his belt.

”You must be starving then!” he continues, producing an apple from his sleeve with a flick of his wrist. A second flick sends it flying through the air at Brunwulf. ”It’s a miracle you’re able to stand. Quick, eat that up and I’ll see what else I have here. Anybody else feeling peckish? I’ll restock before we leave the city, and we’ve all got to keep up our strength.” He digs a piece of flatbread out of one pocket and a wedge of golden cheese from another, deftly cutting both up into manageable pieces and passing them around. ”And if you feel hungry again, just holler and there’ll be food - or else my name’s not Pepper Fullbranch!”

Wahoo! Thanks for taking early reservations, GM!