I will be withdrawing from these games for the foreseeable future so I will pass on the ring.
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Severn also trades his crossbow for a melee weapon but instead of his greatsword, he draws a dagger. It would be very difficult to use his sword if one of the beast's tentacles were wrapped around him so he opts for the smaller weapon and prepares to strike if one of them should burst out of the ground within his range.
Well aware that he may be revealing his position to the burrowing creature, Severn elects to risk it and check on the guards to see if they can be saved from death. Stowing his crossbow and drawing his dagger, the most suitable he has for close combat, he kneels and checks the man adjacent to him for signs of life. Then moves to the south to check the next closest fallen man. "Those children wouldn't have stood a chance against this abomination."
Feeling slightly frustrated that he guards do not heed Bubo's warning and have foolishly engaged the toothy maw emerging from the ground directly, Severn is not surprised when one of them succumbs to its attacks. "Step back from it and beware its tentacles. Use a ranged weapon if you have one!" he bellows at the pair remaining on their feet as he moves into a position where Lythertida's blessing will affect the most men. He presents his holy symbol and mutters a short prayer. Healing energy issues forth in a 20' radius around him. For the briefest moment, there is respite from the oppressive desert heat as a cool breeze washes over his allies, stitching their wounds.
Severn continues on towards the tentacled beast, arriving near the fleet half-elf, and proceeds to reload his crossbow.
Rather than jostle for position with Bubo and the guard, Severn decides to circle around the stand of jagged rocks to the southeast. As he slips past he finds that he has a straight shot at the creature amidst the guards.
"Thanks for the warning, Bubo!" Severn reconsiders his sword, glad he brought a crossbow along as well.
"Of course I will lend my sword to your cause. I pray we find your little lambs before they come to any harm. How shall we begin the search?"
While under the effect of the truth spell, there is fortunately no chance that Severn's shame, the hot flush that blooms quickly on his cheek, will be misinterpreted. "No," he responds emphatically and this answer is true but it is also true that he is responsible for the disappearance of other children. His ravaged leg throbs as the questioning continues.
Checking in. Apologies for the delay.
Please add me to the waiting list.
I don't think anyone can use the bracers so we should sell them and split the proceeds IMHO.
Thanks for the scenario cave toad. I must admit I was a little concerned at first. Thankfully Riggar and the others got more love out of the dice me LOL
"Isn't that what we brought the Dwarves along for?" Severn kids with Bob.
Severn steps up to the profane altar and attempts to kick it over, hoping to desecrate it enough to cause the foul energy that attracted the small congregation of undead in the first place to dissipate. Although he is untrained in the specific details or dogma of his religion, the carefully arranged heap of bones and rocks makes his skin crawl.
Seeing as how he is not having much luck attacking the skeletons, Severn decides to concentrate on supporting the others that are. He moves to Erlic's side and, keeping an eye on the nearby skeleton that will menace him while he casts, ministers to the Dwarf's wounds with his divine power.
Oh I misread your post. I thought you said I had 5 not that I was down 5. Sorry.
"Praise be, Riggar!" Severn enthuses as the ghoul collapses due to the cleric's relentless assault of holy energy. Having noted the fact that bludgeoning weapons are much more effective against the animated skeletons, he draws his morningstar and swings at a nearby enemy.
This is what I have recorded: 14 - 9 (ghoul attack) + 1 (first channel) + 4 (second channel) - 1 (skeleton AoO) = 9 HP. I double checked but it's still very possible that I missed a successful strike somewhere. Lemme know if I did please, my HP total will influence my actions next round.
I checked the rules now that I'm home from work. Also looked at the map for the first time. So yeah, it is a move action to draw or sheathe a weapon. Drawing a weapon does not provoke an AoO but sheathing does which means I provoked from 4 skeletons. Ugh. Hopefully I will be around to draw my morningstar next round.
Taking a deep breath, Severn reaches inward to find the part of his soul untainted by his upbringing, the potential that earned him his second opportunity to live. Pushing the growing sense of fear and despair aside to embrace the light within himself, he raises his holy symbol higher and softly intones, "Lord, your humble vessel begs favour, ease our wounds so that we may dispatch this unholy evil."
Severn stumbles back, resisting the urge to clutch at the gaping wound opened in his thigh. Instead, he clutches his holy symbol in one hand and calls upon the ministrations of his heavenly patron. A wave of healing energy issues forth, mending his injury as well as any his companions have suffered.
The foul odour of corruption hits Severn like a wall, stopping him is tracks and sending his stomach roiling as the undead claw and scratch at him ineffectually. Retching but able to hold onto his lunch somehow, the oracle slashes at the creature that had dropped the disembodied arm it was munching on.
"Right then." Severn sets off towards the pack of risen dead, his greatsword levelled before him at waist height. He has a crossbow slung across his back but prefers melee whenever possible.
"We don't have any wizards to throw around fire or lightning so I figure we should stick together, cover each others' backs." Severn shrugs and looks to the others for a better plan.
Severn, who had been leaned up against one of the plushly papered walls of the parlour, draws himself to his full height and lurches toward the centre of the room. The militiamen file past wordlessly, each man refusing to meet his eyes as the pass by on their way out the door. "I will lend my sword to the cause." he says to those few remaining gathered around Fitzsimmons and his retinue.
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Add me please. I'll fix up my stat block in a few hours when I get off work
I'd like to submit this character with the intention of multiclassing into paladin starting at level 5 but I want to ensure the traits are ok before I put him in the completed character list. I'm also going to make a stat block for his profile rather than having a link to the mythweavers character sheet but I'm at work ATM. I will finalize everything this evening.
"Whurly, there's still one that I can't reach!" Severn calls to his team mate as he engages the rat within range. He saw the Dwarf trundle on up the aisle so is hoping the warrior will circle around behind.
Again, Severn manages to escape injury from the pile of rats scatching and biting at him. He swings at the rat menacing Tazennin to his right.
Too bad about the initiative order. I'd much rather Whurly was right out front with his enviable AC.
Severn shakes the rat off, its claws scrabbling ineffectually at his breastplate, and attacks it in return.
When the giant rats reveal themselves, Severn reverses course. He stops in the doorway he left just a moment earlier, slashing at one of the critters as it emerges from its hiding spot. "That was quick!" he exclaims to Long Tom.
Stepping forward, armour and equipment clinking softly in time with his uneven gait, Severn moves into the room. "Thanks for the lights Oberst, now I can get in there. I'll find the vermin. Wait for me here." Greatsword levelled at the ready, he proceeds down the crowded aisle before him.
I'll read the letter and the logs and then get a post up tomorrow in the gameplay thread. Saturday nights I have friends over to play a tabletop D&D game so that is the time I am least available. See you all in the morning!
Fixed a few errors on my character sheet. Working for Andoran via a connection to the Eagle Knights sounds just great!
As in Andoran native instead of from Cheliax? It's kind of important that he grew up a dick and had the life altering encounter with Lythertida so as long as that still fits somehow, I am in.
I have no problem posting at least once a day and I'm on Mountain Standard Time. Next Saturday sounds fine for starting. BBIAB with 2 more levels.
This looks really cool. If I don't get into the other game I've submitted this guy to, I would like to put forth this character for consideration. He's pretty much ready to go although I might switch up his traits since you are allowing enough starting gold that I don't need to take Rich Parents and Heirloom Weapon. I could stick with those if you prefer, they fit well with his story. Oh and he's only a 15pt buy so the stats would change a touch.
A couple of halfling slaves helped him infiltrate his family home and abscond with the heirloom sword (the Lythertida told him he had to get) and the 900gp I spent on gear. In return he brought them out of Egorian with him and escorted them to freedom. Not just out of the city but all the way through the Aspodell mountains to Andoran, partially because he had no better place to go anyway but also in the spirit of the promise to his new god. This lead him to a connection to the Eagle Knights.
Faction? Silver Crusade prolly fits best if that would work for you. Lion Blades and Eagle Knights kind of seem to fit but are very nation oriented. Either of them could work if you are willing to be flexible. I quite like The Bellflower Network but you'd have to be VERY flexible on that one. If you don't like any of these, I think I will have to decline a faction membership for Severn.
Alrighty, here's my finished melee-oriented Life Oracle who wants to become a paladin someday (at level 5). Hopefully everything is kosher.
I just need to finish buying gear and add the rest of the crunch to my alias. What are we using for wealth? Average for our class? Max for our class? Rolled? Some other amount? If it's indicated somewhere already, I must be missing it. |