I think I'm going to make a Cleric of Sarenrae with Paladin Dedication. Expect another front-line warrior in full plate.
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Shadrach told the others, "I'd say we got what we came here for. Don't look into the mirror; that way lies madness!"
Shadrach was about to cast his spell, but stopped, since Lilata seemed to have other means to enhance her weapons. He moved inside the room and looked around, studying the bizarre scene.
Shadrach replied to Mabar, "Ah, I see. It does make more sense that it's not your tomb, given that you're living and all. "If you could open the door to his burial chamber, we would be grateful." He healed his wounds first, and then enchanted Lilata's weapon, case there was some sort of guardian beyond the door.
Shadrach greeted the man, "Hello sir! My name is Shadrach. Are you Tular Seft? For that is the name the person whose tomb this is supposed to be." He bowed. "We have come here to find an artifact known to us as a 'Countdown Clock.' It is reportedly a large gemstone with a series of shifting hieroglyphs glowing inside it. "A group of dangerous cultists called the Night Heralds are apparently coming here seeking the gem as well."
Shadrach waited a moment for Elya's healing, before stepping up to the body floating in mid-air. "Be ready to catch the body if it falls," he suggested, before reaching for the mask and removing it.
I assume we're getting near the end of part 2. What are the character creation guidelines for the next part? It always takes me quite a while to make a character.
Shadrach offered his opinion, "I think the mask needs to be removed very carefully. It seems to me that Anklebiter might be best at that."
"Yes, Elya; I would appreciate some healing, thank you."
I realize I made a mistake on the 2nd round of combat: Shadrach needed to spend an action to grip his bastard sword 2-handed, so he couldn't have cast Shield that round. Given the dice rolls, it didn't end up making a difference.
The singing half-orc tried to finish off the mummy in front of him, while maintaining his force shield. From my laboratory in the castle east
Shadrach continued his song, and swung his sword as he emphasized the word "smash". (He did the mash)
After he swung, he cast a spell to raise a force shield.
Shadrach cast a spell, causing three illusory duplicates of himself to swirl around him. Then he started to sing. I was working in the lab late one night
"Well done!", Shadrach exclaimed, as Anklebiter simplified another set of equations. He carefully studying each of the equations and tried to work out a solution.
Shadrach watched as Anklebiter's efforts made the fire and air equations easier to solve. "That helped a lot! Try doing that for the water and earth emblems," he suggested.
If we have both the elemental gem and sabotage the corresponding emblem, does that reduce the dc to 16?
Shadrach studied the circles and symbols for a few minutes. Eventually he said to everyone else, "It look like we're missing a fire and air elemental gem. We can either tr to solve the equations without them, or we can go and fight some more elementals."
After camping for the night, Shadrach rose in the morning and made breakfast. Once everyone was ready to go, he continued the exploration of the tomb. At the split in the passageway, he continued along the northeast branch.
Does Elya have any spells left to castin Heal? After resting, Shadrach will be down 5 HP.
AC is almost twice as important as in PF1, IMHO. I'm not sure that's a good thing. I agree about monsters being too good. The high saves make saving throw spells not generally worth casting.
As far as attacking goes, keep in mind that I'm playing two characters - Shadrach and The Magic Sword. :)
Right now, the main effect of resonance seems to be to punish alchemists. I'm getting the feeling that optimizing AC is really important.
We might as well identify the gems and rest. The classic 15 minute adventuring day — probably unavoidable without a cleric.
At the last second, Shadrach blocked the elemental's fist with his force shield. Shadrach healed Lilata, who was badly injured.
He also healed Anklebiter.
Shadrach could tell the battle against the water elemental wasn't going so well, but the best he could do to help the others was to continue his song. So take a lesson from a top-notch surfer boy
He kept his shield of force going and swung again at the earth elemental.
Updated my profile with the dex modifier. Edit: The general rule of thumb is armor+max dex modifier=7. Assuming a PC is hitting the max dex, AC=10+Level+7+magic bonus+extra proficiency (1 for expert, 2 for master etc).
12 Dex for an additional +1.
Shadrach sang the instrumental part of the song. Buh buh bu-buh bu-buh buh.
Catch a wave and you're sitting on top of the world He recast his shield spell and attacked again with his bastard sword.
Anklebiter should stay out of melee if at all possible. A critical hit would now kill them outright.
Shadrach continued to sing: Not just a fad cause it's been going on so long
He cast another spell, putting up a shield of force, and swung again.
Shadrach started to sing: Catch a wave and you're sitting on top of the world Don't be afraid to try the greatest sport around
You gotta
He turned around and swung his sword at the stony jackal.
"The water doesn't look very inviting!", Shadrach commented; he cast a spell, blasting the fish with force missiles.
Shadrach stood at the edge of the water, and looked dubiously into the depths. "I'm really not very good at swimming in this armor. Are we sure we need to go in?"
"Ouch, that looked painful!", Shadrach commented as he healed Sercha.
He recited an incantation and enhanced his vision so he could see in the dark, and advanced down the corridor.
I don't imagine that any of us are trained in thievery.
OK, so who still needs healing? How far are you down, Elya?
How much are people down after resting? Shadrach is at full HP.
Elya can always heal people before we rest for the night.
I imagine we're going to want to rest before we explore further.
"Very well," Shadrach said, collecting the remaining gnoll's weapon. He took out some rope and restrained the prisoner, before healing his friends.
Shadrach continued his martial song, and struck with his bastard sword, first at the leader, and then at the other gnoll. "I said, stand aside!" he roared.
RAW, it would seem that if an enemy drops you with an AoO on your turn, and you get healed, you can get up safely before the enemy goes again (because its reaction hasn't refreshed yet), and attack. Getting dropped by an AoO is the poor man's haste! :)
I'm getting the feeling that you have to assume that leader types have reactions. I can see there being issues with metagaming, however.
Shadrach continued to sing, and swung again at the gnoll between himself and Lilata. After that he cast a spell, raising a shield of magical energy in front of him.
In case anyone is unsure of the effects of Inspire Courage: "You inspire your allies with words or tunes of encouragement. You and all allies in the aura [60 ft] gain a +1 conditional bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves against fear."
Shadrach charged forward into the fray, singing a battle hymn.
Adjusted Shadrach for the 1.3 Update. Replaced Fleet with Armor Proficiency (Heavy). Speed has dropped to 15 ft.
Shadrach approached the gnoll leader, drawing his sword and wielding it in both hands menacingly. "Stand aside if you want to live!", he roared in Common, trusting Anklebiter to translate for him.
We could push on, I think. I'm hoping someone else can help out with the healing, so Shadrach can still have a couple of spells left.
Shadrach watched as the flying creature that was maybe not a porcupine smacked into the mountainside; "Are you OK, Anklebiter?" he called out. Looking around, he could see that Elya was badly injured, so he cast a spell to heal her.
Shadrach cried, "Oh Yeah? Have some more then!", and shot three more force missles at the flying creature.
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