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Not that I enjoy killing characters, but an increase in challenge often brings about more tense/exciting situations. Probably one of my highlights was nearly killing off what everyone in our lodge assumed were the unstoppable barbarian and summoner duo. Hit the CAGM barbarian with some spell (I think it was a critical harm spell or something like that) that dropped him to 1 hp so that he couldn't drop out of rage or he'd die. Unfortunately, he was also Superstitious so he would save against every heal spell they threw at him with his massive Will save. So the summoner reluctantly dismissed his eidolon and starting summoning tons of azatas to cast a handful of heal spells on him each round, hoping he would nat 1 against some of them (he needed to heal about 40 hp so he could drop out of rage without dying). Meanwhile the rest of the party (now bereft of their two heavy-hitters), had to keep struggling to take out the caster. Eventually they took out the caster but the barbarian had another tense 15 rounds or so of rolling Will saves against the heals until he could drop out of rage. It was late in the module so he was at risk of running out of rage at that point and would have died if he hadn't healed enough. He pulled through but that made them pause, haha.

Lol, I was about to respond with the same thing about your characters. Almost all are pretty tough.

And yeah, I'm almost at 250 tables and I've noticed that as I GM'd more and had a better handle on rules and tactics my games became tougher. Still not as tough as a Bold Strider game, but tougher than I used to be.

Got the chronicle! Thanks GM! Was Sure really your first PC death? Man, I can't believe it took you so long. You should run Dalsine Affair some time, lol. Maybe I'm just a mean GM. I've killed so many PCs this year and 2015 is still young....

I think that all sounds right for me. Since Jaysin is using PP the others shouldn't need to give quite as much as they originally pledged.

Sure will use PP for one of the restorations.

@Jaysin: you can use PP to raise yourself but each spellcasting has to be either PP or gp, you can't mix the two. So I am paying for the raise dead and one restoration with gp and will pay for the second restoration with PP.

Here are our costs. After raise dead you are left with two negative levels so you need a pair of restoration spells to get rid of them.

Raise dead 5,450 gp
Restoration 1,280 gp to dispel a permanent negative level
Restoration 1,280 gp to dispel a permanent negative level
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8010 gp total

I think Sure has enough gold and PP to raise himself but I would really appreciate any help you guys are willing to offer. I've already had to raise his bird Ilivan twice (once without help from the party I think) so I'm a little behind on wealth for my level.

Thanks everyone!

Also, I keep forgetting Sure has a farm:
Handle Animal: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

"SQUAWK!"

"Squawk?"

I'd squawk or bark or something but Jaysin has no friends.

:(

Re: tactics: does anyone have a decent Handle Animal? With a standard action to tell Ilivan to attack you'd have another combatant on your side. If you don't think anyone can make the check I guess it's better not to waste the action though.

Lillian casts Haste on the party.

With renewed intensity, Ilivan screeches out, "SQUAWKSQUAWKSQUAWKSQUAWKSQUAWKSQUAWKSQUAWKSQUAWKSQUAWKSQUAWK!"

"SQUAWK! SQUAWK SQUAWK SQUAWK!"

"SQUAWK!"

"SQUAWK!" says the giant bird following you around.

Someone can feel free to Handle Animal him during combat, otherwise he'll probably just stand around. It's a move action for the tricks that he knows iirc. (It would be a free action for Sure.)

He should have wild-shaped into a bird before he died. Just claim it as your jungle kill.

In Sure's pockets you find 11894 gp and 5 sp. I was saving up for a wild enchantment on my armor now that I can wild shape.

Ilivsn squawks and follows Jaysin.

As his master drops, a moment of silence descends on the battlefield as Ilivan flaps in midair, staring in disbelief. Then again, he always stares because, you know, he's a bird. Ilivan lets out a horrific screech and goes medieval on the ass of any foe left standing.

bite: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

talon: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

talon: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21
damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Confirm:
talon: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

I think I will pay for the Restorations with PP and the Raise Dead with gold. Thanks for the help everyone! I hope Súrë is a worthwhile companion!

Sure, don't you have a reroll?

Shhhhh.

I do. I'm choosing not to use it.

Thanks for any help anyone is willing to give. Súrë has already had to raise Ilivan once so he's a bit behind on wealth.

I'm not too upset about it really. It wasn't anyone's fault or due to stupid decisions or whatnot. I just got really unlucky. And like I said, it feels just since I've killed several of Tek's characters, lol.

But of course it is a bit sad because Súrë is a very naïve and child-like character and one of my favorite to play purely for the RP that comes along with him. After the fight if we have time to get him raised (we are in a decent-sized city at least), I'll try to write up something good about his experience.

Since Velidor and Jaysin are the only two before Sure and neither of them had the ability to heal him, Sure will have to roll to stabilize I guess.

"Yaaa-uugghhhhhh!" Sure drops to the ground, near death.

does he die?: 1d20 + 1 - 11 ⇒ (11) + 1 - 11 = 1

To the absolute horror of his pet bird Ilivan, Sure succumbs to his wounds and bleeds out.

It only seems fair after how many characters of yours I've killed recently.

I'll take Ilivan's actions after the guards to their thing.

Sure casts barkskin on Ilivan and sends the bird to get behind evil Faldoc! Sure then draws his scimitar as he moves up to the guards.

bite: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Ilivan's AC is now 29 for the next hour.

Sure offers up his four alchemist's fires and a pellet grenade if they are needed.

If Tessara casts her silence spell and asks Sure for help, he will help destroy the winch.

Sure is a bit too naive to think of sabotage on his own but he will follow the orders of others if they tell him what to do.

"Oh boy! I love making new friends...."

"Well, is that a dead end then?" Sure asks, not catching on that imposing iron padlocks are often imposing for the reason that they have something important behind them.

"SQUAWK!" offers Ilivan.

Sure can do Survival but I thought he was probably being a bit too conspicuous to help. If he can though:

Survival: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20

Distractions? My specialty.

While the party figures out how the stone works and which direction to go, Sure teaches his bird Ilivan how to wink. As the party walks down the street, Ilivan begins cawing and winking at passersby while Sure tosses his feather boa back and forth, making catcalls at any lady he sees.

"Oo! Food? We could work for food though!"

Lillian eyes bird boy and can't help but giggle.. "Your something else Sure.. best not be winking at any boys though.. They might take offense.."

"Why is that?" the sylph asks innocently.

I couldn't effectively drop Wis as a druid but I did put Int down to 10 even though sylphs usually get +2. In retrospect I should have made Cha a little higher. I'm more just emphasizing the "airheadedness" aspect of being related to air elementals.

Well his KN (nature) is slightly better but no one tried to talk him out of it, so:

Súrë wraps a feather boa around his neck and struts along with the girls, tossing his hair from side to side and winking at everyone as he passes. To his mind, this is what it takes to be 'eye candy'.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Tribesman would make the most sense for Sure and Ilivan, although someone will need to talk him down from being eye candy.

"Ooo! Eye candy sounds delicious! Could I do that too? What about Ilivan? Do we have any feather candy for him?"

"Oh! I can do that! Thanks!" he says to Lilian. "My name is Súrë, by the way, and this is Ilivan." He points to his large bird companion.

Knowledge (geography): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

"Hello there, my name is Súrë and this is my pet bird Ilivan." the sylph says as Aya Allehe enters.

When she finishes the briefing he gives her a vacant look for a second before asking, "Wait, what are we doing again?"

I keep forgetting to get Súrë a farm.

I think either of those would work. Play whatever you want I guess.

"Obyrn's the name," he says, utterly without expression. "Do much collecting on assignment?"

"Oh, hello Obyrn! My name's Súrë and this is my pet bird Ilivan. I sometimes find interesting bugs while on assignment, yes! But mostly it's just something I do in my free time."

What is it that you do, anyway?

The sylph stares at Jaysin for a moment. "My name is Súrë and this is my pet bird Ilivan. We're Pathfinders! But I collect bugs in my spare time. Oh, we like to go out and live in the wild. . . when we're not in Kaer Maga visiting Miss Feathers, that is. Do you know Miss Feathers? She's my girlfriend."

If any of you know Miss Feathers from the scenarios that go to Kaer Maga, you'll probably remember her, although Súrë is too naive to realize that she is transgendered. . . and a prostitute.

Lol!

Súrë turns to his newest companion and responds, "Oh! Hello there, my name is Súrë and this is my pet bird Ilivan. No, he doesn't eat bugs and neither do I. I collect them! If you see any interesting beetles that I don't have cataloged yet, be sure to let me know! My name is Súrë by the way." He gives a vacant smile in Jaysin's direction, completely unaware of the archer's attitude.

Joining Obyrn is a slyph wearing an elaborate outfit covered in feathers. Stalking behind him is a bird as large as any man. The slyph's hair is streaked with white and blue and his eyes have a faraway vacant look, as if he is not quite seeing his immediate surroundings. "Oh hello! My name is Súrë (soo-ra). This is my pet bird Ilivan. Do you like bugs? I have a beetle collection you might be interested in...."

Sure reporting!

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no day job
Init: +3
Perc: +8
Ilivan Init: +6
Perc: +1

BIG BIRD dot

Ah, ok. Yeah, it was a variant mummy so it won't prevent fatigue in all circumstances. It's still a handy utility to have around and I have a couple characters who have wands and scrolls of it. It's too bad it doesn't get rid of it once you have it though but if you've got a wand just preemptively use it at the beginning of every scenario.

Not fatigue from mummies or things other than environmental causes though, which is what I thought you were implying. In fact, not even all environmental causes; it doesn't prevent fatigue from altitude sickness, for example. Restoration is really the only way that I know of to get rid of fatigue from any source.

Note: Endure Elements does not prevent fatigue in any way.

Sure is not at all concerned with any business deals going on with Aaqir al-Hakam or any other merchants and so simply thanks him for the opportunity to participate in the ceremony and save the others from the zombie attack. Ilivan gives his typical SQUAWK as the pair ready to leave for their hometown of Kaer Maga.

"Soooo... what made her go bad? I thought she liked Sarenrae...."