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Rodrigo slips away when the others go to collect their items from Manzorian. He walks out of the keep, and then flies back to his room. Am I really up for taking on a demigod? A simple bone devil almost killed me! I got into this for the money, and now I’m rich. Why should I keep risking myself? The others are much more brave than me anyway. No...I think it’s time to retire to the free city and take care of my property there. They will just have to get along without me in the field. The winged summoner tracks down some paper and a pen. He scribbles out a letter to his team. Dear companions, I find myself too frightened to continue on this mad journey of ours. My recent brush with death has shown me that I’m not cut from world-saving cloth. I will be returning to the Free City immediately to retire. If you ever have need of something from the City, or teleportation services, feel free to contact me via sending or to drop by. To my shame I am even too cowardly to deliver this message in person. I’m sure you all will think the worst of me, but I hope that eventually you can forgive my weakness. I will pray for your safety every day. May Fate and the gods guide and protect you. We are all relying on you to save us from the creeping doom whose ebon shadow falls heavy onto Oearth. Yours,
He finds a messenger and pays them todelivervthe letter to the half-orc priestess, or the foppish archer currently in Manzorian’s keep. After spending a minute to summon Sombra, he motions he into his sleeve. Come on luv, let’s go home. Rodrigo flies ourside the city, and then teleports himself to his apartments in Greyhawk.
Dunno if this is relevant, but isn't acrobatics limited to light armor?
Just saying this because you mention full plate. I haven't been following the minutiae of your item.
Well, I didn’t haveanything else specific in mind yet, I was just checking. However, if Cuet can come back I’d much prefer that, and then it’s kinda a moot point.
Basically when I was Cuetzpalli I felt like part of the team...now I feel like if Rodrigo disappeared the only thing the others would think is "Hey, where's my haste?" This is my fault, I made the character that way without thinking it through all the way. But now I feel trapped in him and his stupid patterns.
But that won't do anything for mechanical woes...it also doesn't make sense that he would suddenly not be an addict anymore, playing an addict is just less fun than I imagined. Though his sheet says his charisma is high, I feel like his actual charisma is like 2...
On another note, I feel like I post the least in this game. I have been thinking about why, because I want to participate more in this epic campaign (more than 16,500 posts!). I have thought of a few reasons why this might be. The first is that I actually don't really like Rodrigo. I'm not sure why I made him into a perverted drunken cliche, but I did. Now whenever I'm like "What would Rodrigo do?" to myself, I don't like the answer, and it's always the same thing. I think one reason might be that when I made Rodrigo I was really busy IRL, and didn't want a character who was complex to play. Now I've evolved into a stay at home dad, I find myself with more time to post and less time to do other stuff I like doing (because of its asynchronous nature and baby). The second is that I'm basically in the same party slot as Eben, but he does it way better. Maybe not mechanically, but as a character he is way more fleshed out and interesting. Mechanically we overlap quite a bit too I feel like. Which brings me to the third thing, which is that I don't like my role mechanically. It seems to be buff, buff, buff, archon archon archon. That's really boring to me I'm discovering. I was having tons more fun playing Cuetzpalli. I almost never play casters, the only reason I did here was not wanting to step on Tanith and Farrukh's toes as the melee guys. Back then we were also finding ourselves in a lot more 5' wide corridors it seems, and I remember some concern about the front line getting too crowded. So...I am wondering, what can be done about this? I'd really like to play a character that I can get more into roleplaying/rollplaying and interact more with the group. Thoughts?
Okay, well, would making the rod function with my SLAs be the only custom thing I could squeeze onto it? Or are you willing to let me squeeze something else in there, KC?
So I need monster feats is what you're saying? :P
So...by reading that I still go back to my original conclusion that "Spell-like abilities are magical and work just like spells". Where does that say they cannot be enhanced by meta-magic?
I didn't actually rule out a custom item. Like Tanith said, a rod that specifically works for the summoners' spell-like ability is pretty well within what you're after. Sweet...that would piss me off much less. Stupid rules semantics. Does that mean that SLAs don't provoke now too? Because if they aren't spells but still get all the disadvantages of spells that's just stupid.
Meh...in that case completely pointless for me. I don't know a single summon spell. Back to the drawing board. Edit: That pisses me off a bit actually. Makes something like an Arcanist with Conjurer's Focus potentially a much better summoner than a Summoner. I'm already getting zero use out of my eidolon, what's the point in playing this class again?
Why? Thought SLAs functioned as spells.
Ooooh. I really like Rod of Giant Summoning. Any chance I could tack another ability on it KC? It's 14,500 GP below the limit. Maybe make it a Rod of Giant Summoning and Extend? Basically combine a standard extend rod with the giant summoning thing? I'd not be able to use them simultaneously I assume. But it would still be useful.
I have no idea what to get actually. I don't really need items that much...so something utility I guess. Or I could just go for a headband of cha/wis +4 or something. Any ideas guys?
Or a lesser quicken metamagic rod...ooh. Shiny.
I just want to become the ultimate voyeur. Once I am constantly invisible to normal beings, Tanith and Carina will never be alone again. Mwa. MWA. MWAMAMAAJASHAHAHAHAHA. The Age of Perverts has begun.
"I would love a personalized magic item. If Kyuss is a demi-god, couldn't we just kill him when we find him?"
"Nothing strange, just our normal luck. Do you have enough information about Kuluth-Mar for me to teleport us there accurately? Maybe one of those nifty paintings in the hallway?"
"Where is Bucknard now?" Rodrigo inquires.
"Well do you know where more of the Ebon Triad are, then? From what I understand these guys killed all the ones they've come across so far."
"So....are you going to actually tell us something? Or just keep asking to touch our stuff?" Rodrigo asks the archmage. "I respect your power and importance and such, but we came a long way to meet you, and have been waiting a long time. If you don't know anything I guess that's okay, but we should probably go find someone who does. We're kind on a "save the multiverse" timeline here."
"Wormy dead god?" Rodrigo hazards.
Rodrigo keeps his mouth shut. This guy's kinda a dick. I guess that comes with the territory. Wonder if he can hear this? He waits for the mage to offer more information.
"Oooh, this place is tingly!" Rodrigo comments on their way through the fortress. He does a double take when the man turns into a statue. Amazing! When they enter Manzorian's office, Rodrigo returns Agath's nod. He waits politely for the archmage to look up from his bird.
“We were visiting the Free City. It’s not like we’ve been waiting for him for weeks or anything....” Rodrigo complains back. “If you’re in such a hurry, lead the way.”
Rodrigo eventually goes looking for Eben. He's surprisingly sober when he finds the bard. "Hey man. I'm ready to head back whenever you are. Took a day off drinking to walk down memory lane, and visit my apartment complex. Playing on a slide that looks like yourself is really fun. But now I'm all shaky. Need some sauce soon, but I don't think I should teleport us drunk."
Rodrigo nods to the two others. "Pleasure." Rodrigo downs his wine much more quickly than the others, and orders another glass. "To be honest Astraden, I have no idea. I was raised by my aunt, both my parents died before I can remember. She never told me what happened to them, except for some lie about a carriage accident. I've never been much for researching my heritage, so I didn't push it. I still can't believe that I'm like...a hero...now. How did you get into this?"
I plan on responding to you Astraden, but right now my brain is too fried by homework and crying baby to do it properly. I'll try to get something up later tonight or in the morning.
Rodrigo is happy to muddle about until the plot picks up again. I don't really have any ideas for him to go on personal errands, he's too shallow. He'd just find the nicest pleasure house he could afford and wait there until it's time to start risking his bum for dat chedda again.
Meh. I'll probably go back to stealth eidolon and keep her in my pants again. That way I'll get the bonuses and we can use her to scout if needed. Then when we get into a fight I can just summon monster as needed and she'll disappear. Then after the fight, call her back. Then I could drop 2 points from her and keep my wings as well, which I like.
I'm thinking something along these lines for level 11. Give Sombra back her wings and: Sombra
Thoughts? Not as much damage output as a lion, but much tougher. (Note: The above is level 10 stats) Edit: The problem is her feats being locked into a dex based stealthy build. Can she retrain feats?
I'll play around in HeroLab and see what I can make.
I want something I can ride...since then I'd get the whole At 4th level, whenever a summoner is within his eidolon’s reach, the summoner receives a +2 shield bonus to his Armor Class and a +2 circumstance bonus on his saving throws. This bonus does not apply if the eidolon is grappled, helpless, paralyzed, stunned, or unconscious. I mean she has to stay serpentine, so she won't be that much of a beast. However she could become a grappler. If she dies, meh, can just start summoning stuff. I need to get a ring of invisibility... Can summoners ever retrain spells known somehow? Because if/when I do get a ring of invis, then I have no reason to have invis wasting a spell slot. Full time voyuerism, here I come! Tehehehehe.
I'm sorely tempted to redesign Sombra into something useful. We haven't scouted with her in ages, so my main class feature is basically getting no use. At our current level I'm pretty sure I could make a version of her that is better than a dire lion anyway.
I was one hit from death, and spent about half the fight running. Now, that’s probably Rodrigo’s fault for not taking anything seriously. I am a big fan of not being level 20. I’ve never run a game (or played in one) in 16 years of d20 where the pcs get past level 10ish, because well made pcs can easily rock CR+5/6 encounters. At level 14/15ish they become able to easily handle anything in the game and the only way to challenge them is to add more enemies/buff the enemies, which makes the combats hellaciously long. PBP just amplifies that problem I’ve found. When I tried running Witchwar legacy on pbp once, the combat updates for a single turn were taking me 2-3 hours to type up. Ew. The enemies were all massively upgraded, and the pcs weren’t level 18, but they still pwned everyhing in the end with litte real danger, despite the combats going on forever. Gets boring really fast, especially for the DM. I’d rather level up slow than ruin the game.
Rodrigo smiles and waves at their old acquaintances. This place seems interesting. Can't wait to see what we find out here. "I am Rodrigo."
Rodrigo watches as the lion finishes off the devil, and then desummons it to go home and lick its wounds. He flaps down to his companions, clutching at his own wounds. "Can anyone heal me please? Bleeding my own blood here!" he says a with a hint of panic in his voice. Never come that close to dying before. How scary...one more hit from that devil and I'd have been a goner. After his wounds are taken care of, he nods agreement with Tanith. "That sounds reasonable. I forgot to tell you guys this, but I'm pretty sure I can teleport all of us pretty much anywhere on Oearth now. I've been building up from my door trick, and I feel that I'm ready. The caveat being I need to be able to visualize our destination. The less I know about where we're going, the less accurate the jump will be."
Rodrigo watches as the lion continues to attack the devil.
Rodrigo sees the barbed devil chasing after Farrukh (and coming in his general direction as well), and decides it's time to call a friend. His hands fly through the familiar arcane gestures as he calls out in celestial. His cry is answered with a roar as a celestial dire lion leaps into the material and pounces on the devil. Augmented Celestial Dire Lion Stats:
Lion, Dire (Spotted Lion)
CR 6 N Large Animal Init +6; Senses darkvision 60', low-light vision, scent; Perception +11 DEFENSE
OFFENSE
Melee bite +14 (1d8+9 plus grab), 2 claws +15 (1d6+9) Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
STATISTICS
Feats Improved Initiative, Run, Skill Focus (Perception), Weapon Focus (claw) Skills Acrobatics +11, Perception +11, Stealth +7 (+11 in undergrowth); Racial Modifiers +4 Acrobatics, +4 Stealth (+8 in undergrowth)
Rodrigo carefully withdraws down and away from the devil, trying to avoid its reach.
Amphibious Enchantments, a 750 word piece containing three new spells developed by the underwater mages of Outsea in the River Kingdoms.
Grats on the Wayfinder acceptance, KC! I see we both have something in this issue :)
Rodrigo grunts as the devil stabs him with its tail. Gotta get out of here or I'm dead, he thinks. He carefully casts a spell and flaps through the portal that opens next to him. He reappears quite some distance away.
It should be working again later, no worries. It usually works okay with a proxy.
That's what I get for not reading. I still think it's worth it for Farrukh and Tanith alone assuming I can see them from the air.
Rodrigo thanks the gods silently for Tanith's spell, and casts his own. He is careful to do it such as a way as to not expose himself to harm.
Rodrigo goes to cast a spell, and suddenly is completely overcome with terror. He flies straight up as fast as he can.
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