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Sahvi gestures to the southernmost passage, thinking it would be better, even in their haste, to explore with a level of structure instead of choosing passages randomly.

Works for me!

Maybe Varrus second since hes our trappist? Anyways, Sahvi will Cast Shield Nd Martial Flex Catch Arrows just before heading in.

"We gotta hurry." Sahvi says. "Can't give them time to organize." She accepts healing from whomever has the curative wand, then stands near the tunnel entrance, just off to the side. She peers down the tunnel, then glances at Rill. "Do you wanna go first, or should I?" She casts a light spell upon her diadem in case she gets superset from thee others and their light sources.

Sahvi can use Shield for AC and Martial Flex for Deflect arrows again, so maybe she goes first? Although Rill has better saves which might be better vs traps. What do you guys think?

clw wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Guys at have a CLW wand for Healing, no need to use Spells and stuff :p

Lame. I guess we heal up then?

Sahvi looks into the tunnel with keen dragon eyes.

Perception: the tunnel (low-light vision): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

What kinda helmet was the ambusher bold wearing? It looked like an animal skull on its icon. Is it a cool animal skull? Is it Sahvi-sized?

Feathers has unusually long arms for a birb

Sahvi's 'bold is down, Heigo.

@GMDQ, Sahvi's AC is 19/15/17 for an hour due to Mage Armour.

Sahvi's attack hits thanks to moss-fingers bless :p

Sahvi roars in pain when the 'bold stabs her.

It doesn't actually hurt that much, but she doesn't want to discourage the lil dragonling. She unleashes a draconic cyclone kick, pioneered by the agile sky dragons. The first kick goes well above the kobolds head but the second just barely connects thanks to Moss-Fingers magic, clobbering the brave guard in the noggin and sending it to the ground, unconscious. "A brave display. I do not envy you the headache you will have when you awake. But for now, rest well and dream of large piles of treasure."

Flurry 1 (Power Attack): 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 - 1 = 6
Nonlethal 1 (Power Attack): 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 2 = 12

Flurry 2 (Power Attack): 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (10) + 6 - 1 = 15
Nonlethal 2 (Power Attack): 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 = 7

With the closest kobold no longer blocking her way, Sahvi takes off across the sand. She flutters majestically over her companions and the loose, broken stones strewn about the beach on powerful dragon wings to deliver an (unfortunately) fatal slash of draconic talons to one of the 'bold guards, despite her efforts to not use lethal force. Yet another lesson on the insurmountable strength of dragons.

Charge 4. Dragon Style allows Sahvi to charge through allies and through Difficult Terrain.
Charge (Bless, Power Attack): 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 1 + 2 - 1 = 22
Nonlethal Dam (Dragon Style, Power Attack): 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Oh g*! d#+n it.

She's shooting at Hegio =(

Sahvi takes a step forward and, with one smooth motion, throws two dragon stars at the archer harrying them.

5 foot step SE. FOB the ambusher, which I believe is the close archer up top. 20' range, so -2 range penalty.

Flurry of Stars 1 (Bless, Deadly Aim, Range penalty: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 2 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 1 - 2 - 1 = 21
P dam 1: 1d2 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Flurry of Stars 2 (Bless, Deadly Aim, Range penalty: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 2 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 4 + 1 - 2 - 1 = 18
P dam 2: 1d2 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Glad to hear you survived =)

Haelin posted a few minutes before you did in gameplay GMDG, in case you didn't see.

Deflect Arrows.

Catch arrows or whatever it's called.

Sahvi scowls when the dragonlings don't even try to talk to them. This is no way for neighbors to treat each other. She can only imagine what kind of trouble would conspire if innocent, defenseless people wandered too near to the kobolds lair, seeing as they are so aggressive. She takes a breath and centers herself, focusing on on the battle to come. Her dragonblood manifests, scales of copper appearing in rows on her skin, moving from her hands, up her arms, to her shoulders, then down. Unbreakable dragon scale.

Hopefully Haelin can take down that archer. Even if they are small, Sahvi's sample size of two tells her their archers at least are dangerous.

Swift Action to start dragon style. Standard Action to cast mage armor. Move Action to use Martial flexibility to take Dedicated Adversary (Kobolds).

but Rill is a paladin of Sarenrae

I have the same issue with my 2e 'cleric', actually a sorcerer, of Sarenrae.

I need to remember Sahvi has Spells. Casting mage armor before approaching the cave would have been a reasonable idea lol. Magic is new to her, she'll figure it out eventually. Or get eaten by a dragon, I dunno.

Lovely beachfront property though, I can see why the 'bolds picked it.

Again I understand your characters may want to try to talk before fighting from a roleplay perspective, but I do not want you as players to be surprised or disappointed by what may transpire here.

I think a lot of people who are attracted to pathfinder are the kind of people who's real-life beliefs/morales leave them feeling inherently uncomfortable with the whole knock-down-the-door-at-somebodys-house-and-start-kicking-ass thing that you get with a lot of games, and that translates to their characters actions. It feels very... colonial. But it can make things awkward when the developers are like "Yeah the only way to advance the plot is to invade your neighbors house and start murdering people. No, we're not going to justify it before the fact beyond a vague 'they're bad guys, trust us'." And I thin that's amplified in pbp when things are generally more mellow and you have a long time to think about your actions before you take them.

I understand your frustration though. Sahvi is ready to stomp some belligerent dragonlings!

Sahvi's draconic eyes miss nothing!

Per: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

"Sure. I don't think any reasonable dragon would object to a cute elf standing relatively near."

Oh there's no need to acknowledge her payment

maybe Haelin takes up a vanguard position in secret just in case :p

Sahvi stands out awkwardly as the mean barkeep addresses her, a deep copper flush rising up the back of her neck. She normally stands out in a much more bold and attractive way. She tries to listen to Claude's simultaneous lecture and history lesson, but it is kind of hard to hear over the ringing of her ears. Her lips are pursed as anger and embarrassment rite within her. Does Claude think she can't pay? Ridiculous. She could just stay in the woods, it's not as if she's suddenly forgot how to survive alone on the Storval Plateau. But she likes Talia, at least as much as one can like a stranger. It was nice not having to pay for the first couple nights, especially after the so-called 'law' essentially robbed her of her caravan pay.

What is the salary of a serving girl to a mighty dragon? Child's play.

Frowning, trying not too move too much, like a rabbit trying to avoid attracting the attention of a falcon, Sahvi fishes in her new pouches for some of the coins from her treasure hoard. Not for the gold coins, but the heavier platinum ones, which are easy enough to find due to their weight.

Sahvi doesn't even like the platinum coins, anyways. They look just like the silver - like clean, metallic light flickering off the surface of a still lake. The copper and gold is much more beautiful, the gold even looks like the copper a bit in the right lighting. More people would like copper better if they weren't stupid. She's asked Hegio to explain why the platinum is supposed to be worth more than the gold, but it doesn't make sense to her. It's the same as the silver! And it's taking up valuable space for more gold. Maybe a small part of her feels bad for Talia and her struggles, especially after she's been so nice, but her decision is totally informed by her opinion that platinum should not be a precious metal, and nothing else. Yes.

She sets three of the coins on the countertop, one atop the other atop the other. Without looking at Talia, she slides them towards the woman and mumbles something about a "lovely inn" and "don't let anyone steal my bangles" without looking at the innkeeper.

Part of her thinks it's a waste. For various reasons. The main one being that it sounds like this place is dead, it died a long time ago, that a few guests for a few weeks isn't going to fix that, and the people here should sell what they can while they still can and search for better hunting grounds. She shrugs internally. She's never had a stationary home, so she probably shouldn't judge those who've only known that kind of life for not being able to let go.

She retreats.

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"Stealthy approach from what? What are we hiding from? I don't think the 'bolds will want to talk to us if we sneak up on them." Opening a dialogue with their clients neighbors by using subterfuge probably won't send the message they're looking for.

I blame it on being at the end of my 80-hours-in-5-days work week, but I was thinking the inn was 14gp a night lol.

I knew i should have slept before posting but I didn't want everyone waiting on me. On the other hand, it does reinforce that Sahvi has no idea how much things cost, which is what I was going for, so not a total loss.

Sahvi balks at the price. Truly outrageous. Even more outrageous when some of the others book the rooms for a week or more. There must be a way to cheapen things. She considers that they could pool their gold to rent a house, but that would probably irritate the local, non-rental-related businesses. Short term house rentals could be good though. Someone should invent that. "Talia! Aren't there discounts for extended stays? Or maybe I could stay with you while we're here. I could pay part of the rent!" That must be less expensive than a hotel.

Diplo: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

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Sahvi looks like a real adventurer now. Well, not really. She's added a backpack and a bedroll, and there's probably things inside the pack. She has two leather bracers now that clash with her outfit, she's left her false gold bangles... somewhere, presumably. The tips of a handful of her throwing stars stick out of slots in the bracers in a line. She at least looks slightly more ready for adventure than before. Nonetheless, her outfit is as spotless as the day before.

Of their proposed rout she says "Dragons do not crawl on their bellies through damp caves and dusty mines. We shall take the above-ground route! Feathers knows what I'm talking about, being a noble avian."

Alright I added the 202.5 gold from the loot sheet to Sahvi's existing golds and then bought the above stuff, leaving her with 131 GP, 6 SP, 9 CP. She bought two acid flasks instead of alchemists fire cuz acid is superior to fire. I dunno if we're tracking encumbrance, but Sahvi can still carry more stuff and be at light load.

Sahvi is ready to go look for the 'bolds.

Sahvi's heart is saddened, and a little annoyed, and a little angry, at news of the many-months-missing girl. No copper dragon worth her scales would allow one of her clutch to just vanish into the aether. She's half a mind to scold the townsfolk for their failure to protect their own, but brother Morran always tells her that yelling and breathing fire without offering constructive solutions is useless. So she stifles her flames, and says a small prayer to Apsu that the girl is safe and happy wherever she is. While the prospect of searching for the girl seems like a good idea to Sahvi, Varrus and Heigo don't seem to think so, and they seem intelligent enough. She's no crime sleuth.

The other murmurings of a dragon nearby simply cannot be true. She would know if another of her kind was so near.

Sahvi will purchase two spring-loaded wrist sheathes, a backpack, a bedroll, two belt pouches, flint and steel, a mess kit... I guess 5 rations, and 2 canteens. Grappling hook, rope, twine... Did the wand-seller have other magics stuffs available? I don't think I see anything on the maps that screams 'scroll-seller'. She would like, hmm... two Enlarge Person Scrolls if they exist, just in case. Uhh, maybe a flask or two of alchemists fire/acid? I'm in a Ruins of Azlant game and we keep get snickerdoodled by swarms... Otherwise I think Sahvi is ready to confront the kobolds and their irresponsible leader. Is it possible to try and haggle over price? Sahvi is, uhh, budget conscious.

I'll try to get a post up tonight or early tinnitus! Sahvi is worried about da lost gorl

This means you're just getting standard price of services printed in the rulebooks. Although in character you may not be aware of that. But per the module, some vendors in Belhaim charge 10% more than prices as written; House of Abadar is one until you make them friendly--which you have just done!

IC: What absolute snickerdoodles.

maybe she just prefers the type of charity that doesn't involve writing checks ^_^

"Gmrrrr..." Sahvi groans draconically. "What would they do if they even had a bridge? They didn't even help us save the the treasure from the undead..." She grumbles under her breath, kicking a pebble. She would put her hands in her pockets if she had them. It all seems quite unfair to her. Their tower fell down and they should be paid for it? Absurd. This is why they can't be trusted with a bridge. "At least tell the church about the prison ghosts that are down there. Maybe they can use some of my the gold we're giving them to... clean up the ectoplasm, or whatever."

She had loved the lavish markets of Cassomir, with luxuries presented from around the world - many things she couldn't even imagine after a life on the blasted steppes of the plateau. She very much doubts whatever passes for a market here will have peacock-patterned backpacks and travel bedding. Still, she is somewhat excited for shopping. Up until now she had mostly lived off the caravans themselves, to avoid needing to spend her own coin on things, but if they're separating from the wagon trains, she'll probably have to carry her own possessions. Waterskins, bedrolls... it will all clash horribly with her outfit. Speaking of outfits, Sahvis ensemble is flawlessly cleaned, as if by magic.

Sahvi just needs to purchase some standard adventuring gear. Oh, would Sahvi be able to purchase a partially charged wand of mage armor here? Hers only lasts 1/hr a level and will only be 1hr/lvl till level 7, so she'll need to supplement with wands or scrolls when possible. After we rescue to gold, of course. Anyways, Heigo's plan sounds good to me!

Sahvi balks at the thought of paying someone to get their own legally owned found treasure chests. "Whyyy do we need anyone else to help us? It can't be that hard to move some boxes..."

Blood of Dragons: L-L V

I wanted to take the dragon alternate race trait that gives low light vision, but I traded the bonus feat and skill point for +2 to two ability scores, terrible as it is, so I'm petty happy with this =]

[ooc](a DC 10 untrained Knowledge Religion check can confirm simple undead can rise on their own and do not need a necromancer to raise them).

And here I thought I had enough to worry about... Now Sahvi has to worry about spontaneous self-assembling skellingtons? What is undead abiogenesis called?

This does sound like information our resident Sarenite paladin would know, though.

Brother Morran was a cleric Sahvi was traveling with with the caravan. He taught her Draconic and about Apsu. Sahvi joined up with him on the Storval Plateau, they were headed to... Cassomir, I think, by way of caravan guards. Just an npc i invented to explain how Sahvi knows some dragony stuff... Come to think of it, what did become of there rest of the non-criminal parts of the caravan?

"Ohhh..." Sahvi sighs when Mossy brings up bodies. "We need to get a priest or something to look at those skellingtons and see if they can figure out where they came from. The undead are a bigger problem than kobolds. I wonder if brother Morran knows about undead. And if we're going to be sticking together for a while, we should see about a curative wand for ourselves. And a mason to close off the tunnel so more kobolds don't get curious and wander this way." Sahvi did not think Adventuring would involve this much logistics. "Oh! And I need a purse!"

I will also reiterate my request for feedback. Not trying to fish for compliments or anything, but I'd like to know if you are having fun and/or what might improve your fun. Thanks.

I think everything is going great so far =)

Sahvi waves a claw and hisses at Varrus. "Nobody is going to kill anyone. The 'bolds are just confused, I'm sure. They wouldn't know what to do with a tower even if they had one. They were probably just excited to be involved." Still, they can't get into the habit of collapsing structures, or generality tunneling under the village. "But I have to admit, this Chief Roaghaz sounds like a troublemaker! He's obviously putting the other kobolds up to this. That's the one we need to deal with."

We should probably get a wand of clw if this town has one.

Sorcerer (Eldritch Scrapper) Spells Known (CL 1st; concentration +4)
. . 1st (4/day)—mage armor, shield
. . 0 (at will)—acid splash, detect magic, light, prestidigitation

Level 2: Eldritch Scrapper Sorcerer

HP: 4+1
BAB: 1 > 1
Saves: F: +3 > +3; R: +4 > +4; W: +2 > +4
Skills: K:Arcana +0 Ranks > +2 Ranks; Appraise(BG) +0 Ranks > +1 Ranks; Linguistics(BG): +1 Ranks > +2 Ranks (Varisian)

Bloodline: Draconic (Copper)
Sorc 1 Bonus Feat: Eschew Materials
Martial Flexibility: Move Action, 4/day. Replaces lvl 1 Bloodline Power.

Do we get our second trait now?!

I'm still here BTW, just a bit busy. Hope to get caught up in the morn.

Wait, this means Sahvi is the only 'bold murderer amongst us -_-

I knew this would happen. I knew if I joined you guys I would be forced to kill my own kind.

Sahvi's not super enthused about just letting them go, but maybe that's better than murdering them... such is the burden of a dragon.

"If Hunclay got himself killed, then that's on him. Nobody else got hurt. So you haven't done anything wrong. So there's nothing going on here worth dying over." Sahvi calls out in draconic. "And are you certain your friends are prepared to die for you and their dead master?"

If the 'bold is speaking the truth, then this is all rather silly.

Sahvi rolls her eyes and shakes her head. Such are the foibles of draconic arrogance.

Per: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Sahvi will ready and action to follow Rill if Rill moves up.