thanks! getting better! If anyone else is still around, we have to decide what to keep, what to sell and then divvy it all up.
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Well, that's not a lot... 340 gp will net what? about 60gp each? not much to get for that little... no shopping for me then... I'll wait.
would love to shop... how much do we have to spend? I don't have a list of the 'loot' we may have found/collected.
"We'll do the best we can, of course." Rafael says in response to the Sheriff's 'orders'... "solve the mystery so to speak and get evidence.... got it."
sorry for the slow response... i've had limited bandwidth for a bit... I say recruit if we can possibly speed up the pace of the game a little...
"He doesn't live far from where we found that... He might be in trouble... or worse, he may be involved... either way, we should head over there and check it out."
"That's not good at all... It'd be great to try and put an end to it, but we have to find the source I think. Anyone have any ideas how to do that?" Rafael bears a deep scowl... cogent thought is not his specialty, but he's obviously distressed by the news.
Rafael will report to the sheriff about the mutant ghouls, and turn over the rescuees to be counseled and fed and housed until they are able to join the community as contributing members, or return to their homes, if that is what they want. "We found this odd key on one of the ghouls, a poor fellow with one ear... do you recognize the symbol perhaps? it might lead us to whoever created these foul creatures."
Rafael takes the key ... "Don't know what this odd symbol is, but if we find out what the key is for, it might come in handy."
Rafael picks up his bow and fires once at the crazed foe.
Rafael raises his bow and fires at whatever is attacking Alkaid.
you missed me... Rafael (JAF0), aasimar paladin/monk (divine hunter/zen archer)
GM Loup Blanc... I am going to Gamex this weekend... we leave early in the morning and not sure when/if I'll be able to check in before Monday night... If I can find time to update my character to 1st lvl, I will do so by then, otherwise it will have to wait til probably Tuesday... I hope I make the deadline, whatever that might be!
Heads up all... I am going to Gamex this weekend... we leave early in the morning and not sure when/if I'll be able to check in before Monday night... If I can post, it will be limited in time with brief posts... Please feel free to bot me if I'm holding things up... thanks...
My character concept and back story are near complete, though his back story needs some more work. I'm leaving for con tomorrow morning and won't be back til Monday night to complete things. Hope you'll give that much time.
I'd like to propose a character for this... just dotting interest in before time is called... if an ending date has been proposed, I missed it. I'd like to play a zen archer monk/divine hunter paladin... I have a character statted up for a rotrl gestalt game that I joined but it's gone nowhere... the gm posts once every 2-4 weeks (if we're lucky) and I'd be happy to drop that game to play here... this is the character for that game, and I'll scale him back to starting level and stats happily if accepted. This should give you some idea of where I'm going with this anyway.
"I'd like to search the house more thoroughly, but some of those scarecrows out there might be living people who need release, water, food... I think we should check all of them first, rescue the living and slay those who have been turned into undead. We can always come back here later and search the house and the barn. Or the rest of you can search here and I'll take care of the scarecrows. However I don't recommend splitting up... we don't know what we might encounter." And with that said, Rafael begins making the rounds of the scarecrows, hoping the others come with him. As he gets to each one, moving or not, he'll remove its hood, try to determine if it lives or is undead... His plan is to release and give aid to the living, and dispatch the undead.
"A note addressed to Midori? Out here?" He hands the note back to others to examine, takes the key and begins searching the wrecked farmhouse.
Finding the loose floorboard and the chest under it, he opens it and lofts a brow.. then divides the sacks up among those who can handle the load. "We can split these more evenly when we get back to town."
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained... or lost either. i suspect this isn't going to be a pretty sight." He pushes the remains of the door in, holding his breath against what he guesses will be the stench of death and decay.
Rafael approaches the main building cautiously, looking thru windows if possible before going to the door.
"That might be a good idea... get them someplace safe and where they can recover... " He offers the Volkmans a drink from his waterskin and a pack of rations to split, which they can supplement of course when they arrive in town. "You need some strength to see you to town, so drink your fill please, and have a bit to eat before you go. Then go with our guide here... he'll see you safely to town.. Probably a good idea if you stay there until this scarecrow threat is over."
"What has happened here, good woman? Why were you and your husband so mistreated? What can I do to help you?"
Rafael shakes his head... "I'm so sorry... " He cuts the man down and gently lowers him down, ungags and unties him, uses his wand of cure light wounds on the man.
If the man wakes up, he speaks to him gently yet firmly. "I'm sorry I shot you, I thought you were another ghoul. You will be fine now... can you tell me what happened here? Who put you up on that pole and why?" To his companions, he says: "Someone please see to the other struggling form... check him out to see if he is alive or undead. Cut him down if he's alive and release him... slay him if he's undead."
He tries to assess how bad off the man he shot is after the cure wand is used on him...
Rafael, feeling he may have just made a terrible mistake, rushes over to the left scarecrow... He tries to heal it, just in case it really wasn't an undead at all, but a living person strung up in the cornfield. "I'm so sorry! I thought you were a ghoul!" he mutters as he does so...
If it was truly a ghoul OR it's too late, nothing lost... but if it was a mortal being and not quite dead, the lay on hands charge will be well-spent.
Just a heads up. I will be leaving Thursday morning for a 4-day retreat at the beach that lasts til Sunday afternoon, then I have a Sunday night concert to attend. I will take my computer with me, but I may not be able to post much til after I get home. Please feel free to bot me if I delay the game at all. On Monday, my dog goes into surgery and when he returns home on Tuesday, I will be on a full-time home care regimen with him. He needs to be walked with a belly band whenever he needs to relieve himself or get up to get a drink or eat, so it will be a busy time. (He's an almost 100 lb st. bernard puppy, so he can't be carried for these things). I'll be able to post regularly again starting Monday, but perhaps not as frequently as usual for a while.... Anyway, sorry in advance for any lack of posting on my part. I will do the best I can.
"It seems we're surrounded by these animated scarecrows... there's one off to the right, one to the left, and they are moving. Be ready for them!" Rafael takes a couple of shots at whichever is closest, right or left.
"Perhaps we should burn the body?"
"What WAS that thing?"
Rafael takes a flurry of shots again at the scarecrow:
Rafael leaps back away from the scarecrow... "What in the name of the gods is that??? It's animate? alive?" He first 2 quick shots at it...
Was that movement? The scarecrow moved! I saw it.. wait, it might have just been a trick of the light and wind. "Um.. I thought I saw that scarecrow move... it might have just been an oddity of the light and some wind... but be cautious near it."
"We could easily get lost in this field... Shall we pick one direction and always turn that way when we reach a crossroads? That way we are less likely to get lost... Right sounds as good as any direction to me."
It took all week for me to get caught up in all my games and now a sudden death in the family has me traveling up north tomorrow (thurs), a funeral on friday and driving home on saturday - This time I will have my computer with me but posting will probably only at night, same with sunday as I'll be at the oscars til late. sorry for any delays in gaming, but I should be back to normal daily posting on monday.
Leaving for a con early in the am tomorrow and limited posting, if any, til then... please bot me as necessary to keep the flow of game going... thanks and see you all Monday night when i get home and catch up.
"The assistance would not be amiss, and we gladly will accept whoever you can spare. thank you... " He looks to the others and shrugs. "I think we should look into this... it sounds like it might be more ghouls and we've seen some ghoul action already... perhaps they are related? It would be great if we could find the source and stop it before it spreads further."
Rafael listens to the babbling, trying to glean some message of import from the stream of vocalizations... "Just calm down, good Farmer and tell us briefly what is wrong."
While his words seem to have no affect on the man, Rafael does seem quite perceptive to the man's words and meanings..
"Well, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, Mr Quink. Can you perhaps tell us who else in the area is a scholar of Thassilonian lore and would know about this rune?"
Merry Holidays and Happy New Year to you all...
"Perhaps we should leave Habe here with his meager gold... he has inmates to feed... otherwise, we should release them all and escort them and Habe back to Sandpoint, where the authorities can deal with them all. Not sure that's the best action though as Sandpoint probably has no place to house such unfortunates."
"I appreciate the offer, Brin, but that is not something I would use... perhaps someone else can make good use of it."
I am leaving on a retreat on Thursday the 3rd and won't be back til Sunday afternoon. I will try to keep up on my phone, but it's very hard to post using it, so please bot me as necessary to keep the game flowing. Thanks
"After we tie up, then heal, then question the doctor, we should search the rest of the Sanitarium."
"If there are no objections, I'd like these, or some of them at least," Rafael says, gathering the mage armor potions that had belonged to Korbin, as well as the amulet of might fists and armbands of the brawler. "Many of these other items could be useful or sellable... also, we should split the potions of healing among us..."
Rafael starts to get his gear while asking "Do we finish off the doctor or keep him alive and maybe bring him around and question him? If we're gonna keep him alive, might want to heal him before he expires.. "
Rafael attempts to grapple the necromancer again...
enjoy... cruising the Carib is a lot of fun... I've been lucky? not to do so during hurricane season in the past, but I thoroughly enjoyed the cruising and the islands we visited. Have fun!!! Be safe!
Rafael attempts to complete a pin on the necromancer if he's still on his feet after Alkaid's flurry of kicks.
pinned condition: Pinned A pinned creature is tightly bound and can take few actions. A pinned creature cannot move and is denied its Dexterity bonus. A pinned character also takes an additional –4 penalty to his Armor Class. A pinned creature is limited in the actions that it can take. A pinned creature can always attempt to free itself, usually through a combat maneuver check or Escape Artist check. A pinned creature can take verbal and mental actions, but cannot cast any spells that require a somatic or material component. A pinned character who attempts to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability must make a concentration check (DC 10 + grappler's CMB + spell level) or lose the spell. Pinned is a more severe version of grappled, and their effects do not stack. Casting Spells while Pinned: The only spells which can be cast while grappling or pinned are those without somatic components and whose material components (if any) you have in hand. Even so, you must make a concentration check (DC 10 + the grappler's CMB + the level of the spell you're casting) or lose the spell.
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