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Ooop, I accidentally posted with Rocko; I'd previously noted that I would bring a different toon. I'll update with a retcon post later this morning; got a few things to do first. Sorry for the confusion!

"They what?!?" Rocko blurts when Dreng gets to the nitty gritty of the deal the Blakros family had made. "They trade away their own daughters? I mean, sure, we've got to try to save those poor girls, but this family has got to be stopped! They're a nightmare!" The rough and burly oread looks to to the owlbear standing beside him. "Walfredo, I was looking forward to showing you some of your own history--this museum has to have a wing covering the magical experimentation the resulted in owlbears... but man, my heart's just not in it now. There's real serious work to be done."

I actually have a lot of potential PCs in range, so I'll bring a different PC; two hunters and two companions is a lot of clutter on the battlemap.

I'm seeing Bloodrager, Investigator, and Hunter in the party so far, so some healing is going to be welcome, and arcane will definitely help. I can offer the following:

Mesmerist 2
Cleric 2
Wizard 2

I have a Rogue and Fighter available as well, but neither fills any holes in the party as it is.

If someone has a preference, feel free to share, otherwise I'll choose when the other party members check in.

This is Rocko William, a level 2 Hunter with an owlbear companion (via chronicle boons). If we end up in high tier, I can swap him for something else.

Can we get this campaign marked inactive please?

I see that we earned 408 gp for the scenario. For level 1, the scenario lists 430, and for level 2 it lists 508; is this a transposition error (430/508), or did we have gp reduced for something in the scenario?

Player Name Zin Z'arin (Rob Riemersma)
Character Name Rocko William
PFS Number 192785-10
Faction Grand Lodge
Day Job Roll none

Mizzie, you might find that you'll have to field fewer questions about the bonuses in that roll if you break out the spell bonus from the everyday modifier, as below:
dice=Craft (alchemy), crafter's fortune]1d20+10+5[/dice]

Rocko hurries over to Janira--hurry being a relative term as the stocky oread's short legs and heavy armor keep him from moving fast at all. He hollers "Check the bag! She prolly had something in the bag!" Rocko fumbles at his belt as he runs to retrieve a wand, which--if nobody beat him or found a healing potion in the backpack--he activates when he gets to the halfling's side.

Fine by me. Rectitude needs a bit of a rebuild. Might go with Shifter (Leafshifter) 1/ Mesmerist (aromaphile) X.

Verdant Shifter would also be worth a look, depending on your long term goals for the character.

I'm fine with that delay; no problem here.

"Walfredo!" Rocko cries out as the minotaur bloodies the owlbear's shoulder, but his next cry of "Janira!!!" rings out even louder as he watches the halfling fall.

He continues as fast as he can towards the log, finally moving across the river.

Double move: 30'

Acrobatics DC 7: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (17) - 1 = 16

Rocko, hearing Kaliban's advice, takes it to heart. "Walfredo!" he calls across the field. "Defend Janira!" The words don't matter as much as the motions he makes with his hands and arms, but the message doesn't get through. Rocko's hurrying across the field confuses the owlbear, who just continues along towards his former task.

"Walfredo; to Janira! She needs our help! Destroy that minotaur!!!" Walfredo leaps into action, making good time towards the stream and jumping across the rushing water before Rocko is even able to take a step. The much slower oread starts making his way towards the log, figuring it a much surer crossing.

Rocko assists Kaliban in gathering whatever they can find of value from the fallen kobolds, then goes to the tunnel exit and listens as well.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Rectitude, unless I'm very mistaken, a mesmerist can only have one trick implanted at a time.

Rocko begins moving towards the sound of activity, urging Walfredo to stay with him. Once he's in the opening of the tunnel, and can see the kobolds, he commands Walfredo to attack, but the owlbear seems confused, and stays back with the oread.

OK with position as shown

Rocko watches as Uori shows them some rituals to perform. He thinks he recognizes the chalky stones, so attempts to grind them up to make a crude, white paint.

Knowledge (nature): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Rocko looks on as Rectitude works at healing Tok. "Janira will be furious if we lose one of our number while she's out there battling that minotaur. Bring him back, Rectitude. Wake up, Tok!"

Rocko moves up behind Kaliban and Mizzie. "Gettin' crowded here! Make room! Back away after your strike, draw them out so we can all get to 'em!" He motions for Walfredo to wait for an opening.

Rocko steps closer to the wall and raises his long blade as he keeps one eye on the zombie and one on Walfredo. As soon as the owlbear is in position, he strikes with all he has.

Rocko grips his nodachi tightly in both hands. "Walfredo, follow me; flank if you can!" Turning to the others he explains what he knows. "Zombies... nothing you wouldn't expect! Use the sharp of your blades, or call on your gods. Take the limbs off and they can't hurt us none!"

Knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Action to follow

Rocko leads Walfredo and himself down the tunnel, making sure the rest of the Pathfinders are close behind. Darkvision 60'

Rocko comes closer; he makes sure to have the gillman's attention before he starts speaking, so that the man may read his lips. "Uori, do you mind if I step into the water to examine the city?"

If allowed, Rocko will do so.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Rocko William leads Walfredo around past stalactites and stalagmites to the left, circling around to keep an eye on the gillman from the side.

"What are you doing here, friend? We were sent to find you and talk to you."

Diplomacy: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (6) - 3 = 3

Rocko wastes no time, following Rectitude into the cave.

Oops, I just realized (right after the edit window closed) that Rocko should have been shooing them, not encouraging them to play more!

Adding the below to achieve that goal, haha. Assuming my nat 20 was likely a success. If not, Rocko may be taking damage about now...

Once the hippogriffs have turned their attention to him and started to 'play' he then shoos them off in as friendly a fashion as he can.

As may be typical for many people from the US on these boards, tomorrow is the Thanksgiving holiday, which gives many of us a long weekend. I'll be busy much of this time with family and other obligations, and may not be able to post much after today--if at all--until Sunday. Please feel free to bot Rocko if necessary!

"Ohhh, they just bay-bies!" Rocko motions to Walfredo, urging the owlbear to stay where he is as the hunter approaches the hippogriffs cautiously.

"T'aint my four-tay, but I'll give it a shot.... Okay you flyin' beasties. C'mon over to Rocko William, and let's play!" He braces himself to be bowled over by a pair of enthusiastic--but hopefully now friendly--hippogriffs.

"Maybe you should ask them in their own tongue," Rocko quips to Kaliban with a grin.

Rocko nods at the ginger dwarf when he enters, a friendly smile on his face. Good to see familiar features from home here, good indeed.

He responds to Janira with a question. "What should we have with us on this little quest? I got me blade and not much else. I've spent plenty of time below the ground... but walking through wood and crossing stream ain't my specialty. Should I go shopping before we head out?"

May I point out that I submitted a request Tuesday, 07:26 am but since there was no avatar image I expect you missed it. having said that, please do not bump anyone on my behalf if they have already checked into gameplay.

See above; we've been waiting for you to check in!

Knowledge (geography), untrained DC 10 max: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (7) + 0 = 7

"Hmmm..." Rocko William, having spent his whole life mostly underground and far from Absalom, looks unsure at the expectation that he might know anything about any of these topics.

Anyone may attempt a Knowledge check of DC 10 or less untrained, typically.

Yes, due to boons that I earned, Rocko's companion is actually an owlbear. Or rather, he will be an owlbear, once Rocko reaches 2nd level and can apply the appropriate chronicle. At this point, he's skinned as an owlbear but still has base bear stats.

The figure looks short for a human, and his hair and beard are definitely styled like a dwarf, but he's entirely too tall to be a dwarf as well. It's the greyish skin tone that reveals his oread ancestry. He seems sparingly outfitted, though well equipped for battle, at least.

Most strange is the owlbear that seems to cling to him like velcro, never leaving his side. When the first Pathfinders arrive, the oread introduces himself. "Rocko William; call me whatever you like from that. You waiting for our assignment too?"

Djack, the Gameplay thread is normally reserved for in-character posts only, though you can use OOC text like this to add out-of-character context to the posts. (There are formatting instructions below the Preview window that show you how to format OOC among other things.) Your post would normally go in the Discussion tab as there's no in-character content.

Thanks!

I don't see a Gameplay thread attached? There it is!

I'd love to bring my new Hunter PC, Rocko William!