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Yeah, Shimsil's high ego was essentially due largely to the entire character wealth going into him.

Everything that boosted mental scores, which are common for PCs to buy, boosted his ego. Boosts to his enchantment level also applied to ego. Plus each spell like ability went to ego too, if i remember correctly.

So it is highly unlikely that something like Shimsil would be the result of someone in this game, because at that point the character holding the weapon basically becomes a prop. They'd have to wealth or other items of their own.

Base GP Value: 50315
Base Ego before intelligent enhancements: +6
Ego from Special Abilities: +6
Ego from Ability Scores: +14
Ego from Skill Points: +8

I worship Xochipilli, you philistines

at first i thought you said HERSHEY inquisition. mmmmmmmm

GM, any yea nor nay on the Thunderscape classes? if you are unfamiliar i can provide you the info

I will follow this for now and look into jumping in when i get more time. Definitely not leaving the game though.

Looking strongly towards some Thunderscape class, if possible. It'll give some flavor to the party that we don't currently have... "biomechanical" but not terribly advanced (not a perfect cyborg or anything).

hah that would be fine with me.

still around, although i've lost interest in this character and dont have time to make a new one.

i will still play this one, perhaps by the time you get a full party i might have time to make one.

maybe he lost the dot and thinks WE arent posting?

His argent out of helpful spells for today, Shimsil shoots psionic energy about, taking what few bugs he can.

atk: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21
dmg: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

atk: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
dmg: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

Shimsil, who was being carried, worried not about this mud. Let's see how his servant fares...

REF vs DC 18: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

Shimsil, having little to fear from swarms but likewise being nearly useless against them, does nothing overt. He urges his drow servant to attack, however.

The Drow Arcane Argent takes her free hand, intones some minor words that anyone who has fought a wizard knows, and casts burning hands into the hole nearest her that the swarms are coming out of.

fire, DC 13 REF halves: 5d4 ⇒ (4, 1, 1, 2, 2) = 10

(mostly trying to funnel the whole fire into that hole for best effect.)

Maybe secure this drow and offer me as payment for our lives spared.

init: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26

Shimsil queries the drow sergeant mentally to see if she knows of this room.

The drow sergeant passes through.

Shimsil says nothing on the matter, as was usually the case in meeting new people.

in an old 3.5 game i had another character walk around with essentially a sandwich board on, and each side was a flip chart of the various symbols. quick disguise spell has him looking like a scantily-clad maiden, walk through enemy lines as the symbols go off and he flips the pages.

i forget which symbols we used precisely, but it was amusing.

drow sergeant dungeoneering: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 vs DC 20

"This cuts all the way down to the vaults of Orv. This isn't a main chamber, but some sort of ancillary wacky space. maybe some wild magic around."

Shimsil looks out over the edge, up and down the chasm. He isn't concerned with gugs, that is more of a meatbag problem. He just looks at the architecture, marveling at the expanse of such an old structure and the ruin it became.

<<All this, with a city overhead.>>

Shimsil fires upon the ones in the doorway, figuring they are the most defenseless while simultaneously the nearest threat..

1d20 + 16 ⇒ (1) + 16 = 17
1d10 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 2d8 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 5 + 2 + (7, 7) = 31

again: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14
again: 1d10 + 2 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 5 + 2 = 12

i see fall damage at 22d6, but i think damage from natural things is capped at 20d6?

or is that an old 3.5-ism that didn't get brought in to pathfinder?

Shimsil wrote:

Shimsil once again flings spectral blades at his foe.

Did you want your dominated Drow Magus to do anything? If not, I may occasionally bot her for entertainment.

that is fine. I usually just do the +2 thing from arcane pool. I didnt want to go nuts with her TOO much, haha

Shimsil once again flings spectral blades at his foe.

1d20 + 16 ⇒ (2) + 16 = 18
1d10 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 2d8 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 5 + 2 + (1, 7) = 18

again: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31
again: 1d10 + 2 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 5 + 2 = 15

Oh wait I see my name is not bolded so I am good.

we arent waiting on me, are we? sometimes it isnt clear to me when the next round has begun

The drow sergeant once again traces temporary magical runes along the length of the blade before pointing it at an uninjured gug. imbuing Shimsil with a point from arcane pool for +2 enhancement

shimsil's a firin' his lazaaaaa: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21
shoop da whoooop: 1d10 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 2d8 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 5 + 2 + (7, 3) = 21

again: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18
again: 1d10 + 2 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 5 + 2 = 14

INT: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24

more like Tomb of black PROFIT

Shimsil will remain where the bulk of the party is, opting to, when applicable, remain toward the middle of the party.

Shimsil directs the drow to remove the ring and hand it to Drisquar, so he has a matching set.

aid another untrained INT: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

I hope you do computer graphic professionally because I cannot think of any other sane reason to buy an apple.

(No, I don't list being an hipster among the SANE reasons :P)

seconded

No hands, but ill take a share for enchantment value

The drow Sergeant will cast Scorching Ray on the bebilith and imbue Shimsil with her arcana, granting him an additional +2 bonus. (Targeting the bebilith, but might also burn webs hopefully.)

scorching ray: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20 ranged touch
fire: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 4, 2) = 11

scorching ray: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25 ranged touch
fire: 4d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 2, 3) = 12

Shimsil then lashes out, shooting a ghostly spinning blade at the beast before refocusing his energies.

Shimsil attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18
slashing: 1d10 + 2 + 5 + 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 5 + (7, 3) + 2 = 20

perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32

did those guards leave when i dismissed them? not that i plan on actually taking all the shields, just wondering, since their sergeant did dismiss them.

Shimsil will telepathically share the information from his above spoiler with the group, figuring by now he has had time to make sense of it.

i can take damage. its just a pain to damage me, because not many folks attack someone's sword. and i have hardness 20, so they reallllly gotta smash it.

I feel like shimsil can affect the story with his ego score. I just try not to see that as a hammer and every problem as a nail

"Speaking of accidentally getting hurt..." the Drow Sergeant begins, turning to the other two guards, "You two dying isn't worth the paperwork I'd have to fill out. Just guard the door on our way out, I don't want anything flanking me."

I'm surprised one of the guards with us did not relieve me of Shim. Was kinda expecting that.

Were that to happen, once we finish in the dungeon, Shim could command the guard to bring him to the head guard, whom he could then dominate.

yeah that could work well

yeah, i've played an inanimate object before so i anticipated it, although never in this medium.

i considered snagging one of the guards, but i figured it would be kinda hokey. i suppose if the head honcho guard lady picked it up, itd be one thing, but if a minion guard snagged the sword and was, shortly thereafter, all like "yeah i am gonna hang out with these guys a bit" it would strike as a bit off. odd enough as to why they'd pick up a sword someone else dropped.

part of it for me is that i am not contributing very much, as i am a held object. this doesn't bother me at all, just saying that is one player that isn't saying much. that will change in the future when i get REAL telepathy, as opposed to my current setup which has me with a telepathic link to my wielder only. aside from that one person, i must communicate by actual spoken voice.

so, especially in times like this with "others" around, i must remain silent. likewise, i'm not shooting anyone or anything.

sweeeet

No problem

i will be with Drisquar as per usual, since i dont believe anything aside from that was agreed upon.

oh, im still level 7

i have Magic Aura as a daily spell, for what it is worth on the "being detected" front. and if i am with Drisquar then i take it i do not hear the conversation either?

That game ended when my character had created a town up in the cold top of a mountain, and the GM had allowed an adamantine mine to fall into the hands of a character with several thousand HD of free labor (me) and my character was making ridiculous sums of money.

The DM had attacked me with several epic forces, including a united attack by five of the great nations. In retaliation, i took over the floating war platform that used to patrol breland, and launched a campaign that destroyed khorvaire.

all of khorvaire except a pillar of silver flame, which the GM ruled that i didnt have the power to destroy. So i build a tower around it to block it from the eyes of all. (perfect place to start an all-undead campaign, haha!)

yeah i had a 3.5 dread necromancer, my longest lasting character. started out LN at lv3, ended up LE with an ECL somewhere in the mid-30s. Also crafted the party's descent into evil, except one character.

Started out Necropolitan, worked his way to demilich.

My favorite part was that we had this artificer in the party that was staunchly neutral. we were going into Xendrik, and the Emerald Claw was after the same artifact that we were. We made it to the ruins that housed the artifact thanks to the sweet ride i had crafted.

Well, we arrived and the Emerald Claw was already inside, and they had some guards in a skiff floating in midair. The artificer, hungry for magic, had already started in on opening the door to the ruins they had sealed magically. He left us to deal with the Claw, and only myself, the artificer, and the wizard could even fly. So my character (flight already active) in the first round flies up and paralyzes the Claw members on the skiff with a fear spell. I used my ring of telekinesis to grab one of them and throw them off the skiff, and at that point the artificer (who seemed to think he was now some sort of paladin) yelled "STOP!" at my character. My character, being the ego-filled bastard that he was, didn't take well to being commanded by his lessers. I used my ring of telekinesis to just flip the skiff mid-air, flinging all the passengers to the ground.

The artificer didnt like that, and flew at the necromancer like a rocket. My character was many things, but a melee combatant he was not.

In one round, the artificer had taken the necromancer down below half HP. This set off a contingent spell he had crafted, rendering him invisible and dimension-dooring him away. It also summoned some wraiths to attack the artificer, but he was warforged and had many magical protections so these were absolutely useless against him. He commanded his undead to flee from the party and he did much the same.

The DM said that he would give my character two weeks in game to sort things out with the party, or i'd have to retire my character.

The necromancer (who had long since eschewed a name in paranoia) returned to Stormreach, and bribed the guy managing the incoming and outgoing ships and airships to bar passage to the party for two weeks. He then took an airship back to Karnnath.

With his added wealth and subsequent purchases (see spoiler above), he booked passage to Sharn where he contacted the person whom chartered their original voyage to Xendrik. He had said quest-giver write up a note to the party thanking them for completing the quest (he had been scying on them and knew that they had completed the task and were waiting in Stormreach for passage to be available), directing them to meet in Sharn, and took that note and teleported to Stormreach after disguising himself.

He then booked passage for the PCs, directing that each PC be given a their own specific and separate luxury room. In the artificer's room, he placed a bag of gold (with the special coin inside) along with the note that he had painstakingly gotten the quest-giver to write because he was inept at forgery. He then contacted the man he had bribed prior to offer the PCs passage.
Meanwhile, just on the other side of the wall from the bag of gold, he had an undead minion just waiting to throw a bag of holding into a portable hole in case the artificer didn't take the gold (thus completing the Trap the Soul spell).
The artificer just walked in, saw the gold, and grabbed it before even reading the note (so a lot of extra effort wasted on my necromancer's part).
His body shriveled up, leaving his soul in a gem and all his embedded components fell to the ground like a cracked-open loot pinata.

My necromancer then called a party meeting in the galley while in disguise and then did a theatrical reveal, to much party amusement.

except the artificer that crossed me. that guy never played with us again.

"They all sound like fun. The best part is that they are not mutually exclusive."

"Don't know much about the drow myself, other than they bleed like most everyone else. A disproportionately high number of them enjoy doing so."

Ooh I like all of these plans!