Shayd of Nidal's page

Pharasma shall not be kept waiting.
Praise to her messengers who hurry the late arrivals to their proper place in line.

Swirls of paranoia....or ghostly hands... why do the books evade our new friend... are they afraid he will steal their knowledge...

An escapee from the Boneyard... the Lady will be waiting... brave you are to impede Her schedule... braver than me.....

Soo many... can they see... do they know.. the door was locked... quiet now or they may tell.. yes all is nice all is quiet in the Dark.....

Not so loud someone might miss me. No I don't think she will tell... You seem to pick locks very well... Is it a shadow or some sort of fey.

Repo mission #26

Repo of staging area, whatever that means. Communication with local populations, couldn't speak the language, didn't have to kill anyone so...win? Recovery of strange Demon, very fast, atrophy of limbs due to contact with Mr Shadow. Head disconnected for safety concerns. First critical hit at range 1000 feet, thank you for true strike wand.

I have little use for money, items, books, etc. Primarily, you have hit upon the right path, your contact in record keeping can be paid for relics repossessed. Even, unsavory poisons are available, should you acquire them... I have one or two vials which I've laid a claim after turning them in....experimental items. (He shudders)

Repo mission #25

Repo of missing humanoids for "friendly" nation. Aquisition includes 1 pound of thorns pulled from my hide, tuft of fur from unnatural creature, foot of small dead humanoid (non pathfinder), horn of wierd water demon, and used cocoon (humanoid size)

The minmaxer is trying to dial back the carnage but Gorum keeps sending them natural 20's anyway...

I tried that once the party screamed do nonleathal at me. So I took my -4 rolled a pair of 20's and beat the poor slob to death.

I did it non-lethal-ly.

Repo mission 22 - investigation of Manor House. 1 live catch (category unstable - recommend termination), 1 collection of books (classification blue), 1 collection of notes (classification red), assorted sundries (classification white)

Temporary loss of one Darkive agent in process, revival fees aplit amongst team.

(The wheeled cart contains a humanoid wrapped tightly in a bedsheet with caution tags affixed. The balance of materials are stacked around the rest of the cart.)

Shayd smiles, looks at his metal bound tome. "Category - non lethal improvised weapon." He sets it down on an empty sectiom of table. "Enjoy your work." Shayd returns to the hall.

I was examining the books as directed. A metal bound tome might be useful in my future repo missions. I think a two handed swing could be especially effective.

Shayd picks up a book opens and closes it. Takes a few practice swings (one and two handed).. shrugs and walks back the way he came.

A human of average height hoisting a crate above his head with ease walks by. The crate is marked, "Cursed, useful object" in bright red letters.

He pauses to examine the arrayed Darkive members, slides the crate into the deposit slot and ambles over.

A disheveled human walks in, his chain armor pierced and stained in blood. "Another Darkive win, repossed the target...then got killed by a group of metal guys. Luckily I was still in line when they pulled me back."

I um repossed a few people for you Zarta. I left them in the usual receptacle. They'll last a few days if you're busy and whatnot.

Sure is odd running around here with all the unchained slaves. I think Ill go lock myself in my cell again, its too odd around here.

1. Why are you a Pathfinder?

Zarta has freed me from Nidal, I am forever in her debt (whoops)

2. Do you have a name and surname that is not ripped straight out of existing Earth mythology or popular culture?

Shayd of Nidal

3. Which nation did you grow up in? How did this nation influence you?

Of Nidal, it screwed me up pretty good. But Zarta lets me out every other day...on my own, like no chains or anything.

4. What do you look like? What are your wearing? How does this vary when you’re stalking through forests, sewers, deserts or in glittering cities?

Think of shadow, a little less dark than that. I have some plans to buy a mithril chain shadowed armor...

5. What do you love? (Treasure and experience doesn’t count)

I love the repo business, and business is good.

6. What do you hate? (Unclear and irritating darkness level rules don’t count)

I hate having to go back to Nidal, I escaped from there afterall.

7. Which other Pathfinders (PCs) do you rely on for teamwork, survival and butt-kicking? Do you have a bro? a mentor? a father figure? maybe a rival?

I rely on me, and big Z.

8. How does your race influence your views? Are you a stereotype of a certain race? How are you different from most humans/elves/gnomes/orcs/tengu?

As a human I find racism repugnant...mainly because of all the limitations it has.

9. What are you afraid of? Do you have any phobias or worries?

I fear days without twinkies, there are far too many.

10. What is your most treasured possession?

~ ~ ~my adamantine greatsword "Lil Miss Dead"

You hold em still while I swing my hedge trimmer bane of plants and bandits.

Shrug, Shayd leaves as he entered..quietly

Stealth: 1d20 + 4 + 3 - 4 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 4 + 3 - 4 + 5 = 26

SMotive: 1d20 + 1 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 1 + 3 + 3 = 22

Perception: 1d20 + 4 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 4 - 1 + 3 = 17

K Rel: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20 max ten

(Perception r - 12, b 13, t-28)
(Motive r-16, b -1, t-15)
(Note I entered as you announced his type, which Thrune confirmed, hence my question, then you focused away and as it wasnt attacking me it seemed a harmless enough. I rarely roll sense motive as social isnt my skillset yet. I just go with the bluffs as real...we're all lawful right :-)

Diri, bring 3 clockwork spies and a pistol. Ill take that duel.

Life too casually kept is not valuable. Life too casially taken becomes incredibly valuable. I lived a hard life in Nidal, it is safer here and perhaps too safe. Im anxious to be in the field again, unfortunately this undead is tame...I'd hoped it was otherwise. Ahh well soon enough.

I have little time for experimentation. My business is the reposession of things and people for the Darkive and its faction leader Zarta Dralneen.

It does sounds painful, so my 4th day of the week is usually open for new experiences. I was going to duel Mr. Thrune, but I dont think he truly wants to deal lethal damage.

It reminds me of my last mission. The other pathfinders wanted to deal subdual damage...so I obliged. My target fell prone before another member and I summarily staves his head in with the Obsidian pommel stone of my sword.

I did follow Zarta's direction and said sorry to the dead man. The An door An seemed unhappy with my apology.

You have many odd customs. You dont carve your sigils into the flesh of allies, you use blunted weapons to avoid blessed injury. Use healers to recover instead of enjoying the pain that battle brings. There are very few surgical alterations as well...curious.

Still I live here now, so its best to follow the local customs.

I am Shayd formerly of Nidal. The glorious Librarianatrixness Zarta Dralneen rescued me from the grasp of the flayer of souls. I have experienced new found freedoms never allowed before, I even get to walk around unchained most of the day. Its amazing that this much freedom is allowed, but some days I miss the pain. I've not been beaten into unconsciousness in months.

Shayd seems puzzled by Marcellus's gesture. He tilts his head to one side, draws a sharp knife and places the pommel into your hand. Then pulls back the bracer on his forearm revealing a number of old scars... he waits patiently.

Yunno, my prior work was as a test subject for the flayers cleric Asthelius. He ran afoul of a short armored person on a four legged beast. I offered myself for slaughter but I was too weak to sacrifice. Instead I was brought here to serve the Darkive.

I trained some but the instructors are strange here. No one uses real blades, and fighting to the death or maiming the opponent is considered rude. Zarta has asked me to reposess items and persons for her instead. It is simple work, but some strange persons kept cutting the chains of Zarta's property..so I had to perform the reposession once the mission was over. I was grateful for the beating I received as a reward for my service.

A pale man with dark eyes emerges from the shadows. His clothes bear an unfamiliar pattern (unless you have been to Nidal), his featues though still admirable bear numerous scars...many have healed still many remain. The movements are measured and direct as if he stepped from a stage into the room. Oddly he wears scale mail, yet his steps are as quiet as the dead. "Oh sorry I took a wrong turn at the last shadow. Ummm... is that a zombie?" One hand slides upwards to rest on a greatsword.

I'm just going to assume that one of those back-up weapons is a ranged weapon, and that you can do cold iron, silver, piercing, bludgeoning, or slashing damage as you need to. Instead of enchanting all those weapons, grab some oil of magic weapon and align weapon.

Clubs are free, so I dont buy one but always have one. I generally prefer to get the adamantine greatsword to +3 bypassing adamantine, hardness, silver and cold iron so I dont need to enchant more than 2 weapons. If I need to align good or law I buy the oil. Otherwise take the 5 or 10 off in rare cases of piercing only creatues. The MW oil takes time, which is not always avail.

Aren't you forgetting Oldlaw whiskey and cards? I think you are......

Also, wand of infernal healing for some downtime healing, if one is okay with it!

Yeah when not in core my list expands significantly

I prefer a main weapon usually magical, made of adamantine.
A backup weapon of silver or mithril enchanted for incorporeal striking.
Acid, Holywater, and Alchemists Fire for various swarms and hard to hit opponents.
A ranged weapon if practical (heavy crossbow) that I can drop after firing.

A typical Pathfinder Kit (the components are still available) - backpack, chalk, grappling hook, rope, rations, waterskin, pen & ink, bedroll, a few empty vials, and a spellbook (for writing down things.)

Then I tend to enjoy the finer items
fine wine
masterwork manacles
crowbar
sealing wax
signet ring
antitoxin
tindertwig
sun rod
tanglefoot bag

Then the magical essentials
wand of cure light
potion of mage armor (for incorporeal & when caught w/o armor)
potion of fly
potion of barkskin
potion of shield of faith
potion of endure elements
potion of invis
oil of daylight
wand of magic missiles