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Second, both areas are very trap heavy and I was surprised to see no Rogue submissions, except one. I have an opening for a trap specialist, anyone not selected can resubmit such a character in the next couple of days if they would like to still play and do so with that type of character.

I submitted the druid Radek. I've got this guy whose concept is that he's Golarion Indiana Jones from Almas University in Andoran. He can easily slot in as a cartographer hired to accompany the expedition to chart the maps, his personal interest would be finding some maguffin that rumor says was lost in the region.

Archaeologist Bard
Primary combat role: ranged/buffing
Primary party role: Knowledge skills/exposition for the DM and finding/disabling traps

Dungeon in the middle of the jungle? This guy was my attempt at an Indiana Jones PC for a megadungeon game that fell apart. Background is wholesale just stealing Indy's except he's from Almas University in Andoran instead of Marshall College in Connecticut. He'd be perfect for this game.

Archaeologist Bard
Primary combat role: ranged/buffing
Primary party role: Knowledge skills/exposition for the DM and finding/disabling traps

As the others battled wolves, Ran battled his bedroll and blanket, finally managing to struggle up and out of them as the others held off the hungry beasts. He leaps up and flourishes his whip at the wolves. "Ha ha!"

Realizing the wolves weren't going to be cowed by his theatrics, he instead flicks a hand out at the closest wolves, tossing what looks like a lump of butter at them.

Still no token for Ran? To account for him not being attacked, I'm assuming he's in the square one down and one right from Theragul with no adjacent wolves. He'll cast Grease on wolves 10, 11, and 12.

Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

Ran sits up at Magnus's shout. "Wha...?"

Do I need to add my own token to the map?

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

I'm not going anywhere, so if you still want to play I'll play.

Archaeology bump!

Works for me.

Ran needs to recharge his spells, too, so he'll need to either be first or last watch. I can't hit the Roll20 site right now so put his bedroll wherever, near the other PCs.

Ran smirks at Magnus. "Who has so much free time they're out here telling lies to wolves?" He shrugs at Gabr's comment. "I'd be just as happy if we never saw them. We'll have enough things trying to kill us once we get to this place, why beg for more trouble when our plate's already full? Just seems greedy to me. Leave the wolves to the deer, I say."

I figured it was a moderately failed check, so he was just kind of agreeing with Gabr.

Knowledge (Nature): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

Ran shrugged. "They look like wolf tracks to me. What's suspicious about them?"

They're just smart enough to not want to be near a place called "The Dungeon of Graves." Unlike some people.

Added trail rations, too.

I'm fine with skipping the travel IC.

Ran will take the lead indoors but outdoor scouting's not really his thing. I'd say put him near the front but not in front for overland travel like this.

Ran picks up his pack and shrugs it on. "Hiking's an integral part of these expeditions. Strange that nobody ever puts that in the stories." He grins at the others. "Let's go brave the depths."

With Theragul and Tark ready to go, Ran quickly finishes a last bite of breakfast and also stands. He swigs down the last of his coffee and puts the cup down. "Hopefully they disarmed any traps they ran into. That would make my life easier."

Ran nods at Odo tells his story and at Magnus's suggestion. "Unless we can figure out what they were after here in town before we go out." He looks at Odo. "Did any of them ever ask for information about anything specific? Maybe talk to a local scholar or pore over a map over dinner?"

Ran chuckles and gestures at Theragul. "And taint destroying. I always forget that one."

Ran smiles at Odo. "We're the rescue party. Somebody with enough money to hire a bunch of lunatics," he gestures at the party around the table, including himself, "but not enough parenting skill to teach his son not to go poking around in ancient deathtraps, tasked us with finding his wayward child."

Ran looks over at Odo and gestures at the fleeing drunks. "Are they celebrating something? It's a little early in the morning to be that deep in your cups for no reason."

There's diplomatic and there's shooing off an intruding drunk. I think Ran and Theragul were being relatively nice, given the circumstances. Come on, if you can't make fun of a drunk NPC who can you make fun of? ;)

Ran makes a funny face back at Jean but lets him and Magnus deal with the drunk.

Ran smiles at the drunk man. "We're tax collectors. Have you paid yet this year?"

Ran laughs at Tark's comment. "I wouldn't know anything about that, Tark. I always fall asleep before then."

He grins at Magnus. "It is somewhere in between sleeping on dirt in the rain and a rooftop room at Lady Amathera's House of Silken Wonders, I'll say that. But I'll bet it's better than wherever we end up sleeping tonight."

Ran's also looking for a bezoar or something else to cure a poison resistant to clerical healing. May overlap with Jean's quest item, may not.

Ran came down looking fresh and crisp in spite of his having stayed up late with Tark. While the man couldn't hope to match the dwarf's tolerance, that didn't stop him from trying. "Order me something greasy. I need to soak up all this ale floating around in my blood." He sits in between Tark and Theragul, across from Jean.

He looks over at the loud drunks. "Some people don't know when to stop." Ran looks back at the rest of his team with a smile. "We wouldn't know anything about that, would we?"

Ran's primary attack is going to be his shortbow, but with his shield in one hand and whip in the other he has a decent AC (17).

I could change some spells in his load-out. Maybe sub in Dancing Lights for Prestidigitation? For spellcasting he's mostly going to try to be clever with his illusions; an archaeologist's buffing ability is mainly limited to himself.

He could also swap out Know:Arcana for Local, Religion, or Planes, since Magnus has Arcana covered right now.

Input is appreciated. I'll have his gear finished up soon.

Ran groans as he wakes and levers himself up off the bed. He'd slept in worse places, but this place was definitely in the bottom half. It takes him a moment to register the noise downstairs. "Gods, it's too early for that." He stands and stretches, going over to the washbasin to wash the sleep out of his eyes.

Great! I'm looking forward to seeing my guy get eaten by a gelatinous cube or something. Yay, old school dungeon crawling. Thanks, GM. :)

This is Ran Voder, archaeologist bard (karlprosek's primary submission). It still needs equipment but it's mostly done.