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This is probably a rhetorical question any way.


No spoilerz please I probably can't see it til 2019.......but if I hated Force Awakens (somewhat jokingly referred to as "A New New Hope" only somewhat) will I hate this too? I liked Rogue One so it's not the "female Luke Skywalker" thing at all man.


I don't know how that cost $100 million somebody must be hiding some other expenses somewhere but it's doable.


It's watchable; there's worse crap on Netflix. Of course, watching a steaming bowl of porcupine vomit is more palatable than half the drek on Netflix, but this is doable.


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AinvarG wrote:
It's good to see Spanky on the forums again. I hope things are well for you, sir.

fair to middlin


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hey pretty good man.


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Freehold DM wrote:
No wait, she'd cut me open to get warm! I take it back! I take it back!

I'm kinda lukewarm on tauntauns.


My daughter went to a Disney Princesses birthday party as Olaf.

I didn't think of dressing up as Elsa though.


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Xabulba wrote:
Spanky the Leprechaun wrote:

If you're ever in the woods and a big ass tree falls on you, run to the side about 10 feet. Don't run down the length of where the tree is falling, because 10 feet is a lot shorter than the height of the tree.

Apparently you should think about this and get your mind prepared before it happens though; from all the movies I've seen apparently too many dumb people want to run the length of the tree/long piece of crashing spaceship.

I watched it twice though. The special effects are better than anything I've ever seen.

Hard to think when you're in a blind panic.

Yeah. I guess it is stressful being a screenwriter.


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If you're ever in the woods and a big ass tree falls on you, run to the side about 10 feet. Don't run down the length of where the tree is falling, because 10 feet is a lot shorter than the height of the tree.

Apparently you should think about this and get your mind prepared before it happens though; from all the movies I've seen apparently too many dumb people want to run the length of the tree/long piece of crashing spaceship.

I watched it twice though. The special effects are better than anything I've ever seen.


Hama wrote:
Dude. The show is for kids.

When has that ever stopped anybody? ;)


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Kirth Gersen wrote:
She's here! Small, but eating a lot. We call her "Cora the Conqueror"!

October 14th is my third kid's bday.


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Can we all agree that ghost stuff isn't scientifically proven and everybody who was compelled to point this fact out is real smart or whatever and just do ghost stories?


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I don't believe in ghosts, but I believe in ghost stories.


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I'm back. What a week from hell.

2 tests done.....I "love" that I can do the accounting, but entering "show your work" answers on a computer on double declining balance depreciation then showing the income statements for 3 years with a 3.5 hour window is discombobulating to say the least.


Doodlebug Anklebiter wrote:
Bitey Tinygob wrote:
Bitey surprisingly eloquent for age.

You tell 'em, Bitey! Goblins know all kinds of words!

[Beams with pride]

You talk like stupid gnome. Me think your dad get cuckolded by greenhair.


The Orkneys are really against it.


Yougov has "no" ahead by 8 points in exit polls.

Looks like "no" is going to win.


You talk big dumb words like big dumb elf.


Well, most of the time, most of it isn't that interesting.

Let's pick.......

Latitude:N 5° 57' 56.7132"
Longitude:W 171° 44' 17.8125"

this is what you will see, day in and day out, for the next 1,000 years.

Then, for about 15 minutes, you'll see

this.

and for the rest of the thousand years,

this is what you will see, day in and day out, for the next 1,000 years.

Then, there's places that are too interesting.

like this.

This is what you'll see for about 100 years, until whatever happens from an economic/geopolitical/sociologic prospective to make it not that interesting.

So, I mean, the server issue is "wow. I have like massive amounts of data of the Pacific Ocean, 99.9999999 percent of which is of no interest whatsoever. Some of the satellites need to be off and not collecting assloads of data about nothing unless we know a ship carrying a zoo has sunk and there might be a survivor on a raft with a tiger, which he may or may not be hallucinating."

And then we have the data analysis issue which is, "wow. Look at all those people and cars in Times Square. They look like little ants.
That's kinda cool, but I can't really do anything with it but count all the people in Times Square. It's kinda data overload for no payoff. Nothing I couldn't do really with a street level camera here and there."


"Why you kill trolls? They eat your mother?"


rokudan


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Orthos wrote:
Scythia wrote:
Spanky the Leprechaun wrote:
Tordek Rumnaheim wrote:
This is why you have to start having these conversations when they are very very young.

Well, in his defense, when he was two he insisted that Darth Vader was a good guy. He would argue about this for hours.

I thought everything was well in hand.

Of course he was a good guy. All he and his mentor were trying to do was to bring order and peace to the galaxy. If only the entire galaxy were united under one ruler, war would be a thing of the past. If all were to have the same status (servant of the empire), classism would be but a memory. Once the galaxy was united under the rule of the empire, courtes corruption and crime like the hu Hutt syndicates could be stepped out, improving the safety of all. Without the bureaucracy and red tape of a Senate, the empire would be free to become the most efficient and unregulated example of the free-market system ever, it would truly be a glorious time to be alive.

** spoiler omitted **

This is a pretty good summary of an LE perspective on the world. Well done.

I wish my dad would give me a galaxy to rule over. Luke is ungrateful.


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Wrath wrote:

Don't feel too bad Spanky. My kids both like Jar Jar Binks.

Sometimes I cry myself to sleep at night.

All my kids like Jar Jar. I like him too, because he causes so much pain and suffering.


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Gotta go ask him if he took the Gom Jabbar at school today.


BigNorseWolf wrote:
I was going to say that everyone fails as a parent, but even by that standard you screwed up. Shame. Shame on you.

I'm the best there is at what I do.


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Tordek Rumnaheim wrote:
This is why you have to start having these conversations when they are very very young.

Well, in his defense, when he was two he insisted that Darth Vader was a good guy. He would argue about this for hours.

I thought everything was well in hand.


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Can you get ebola from eating dingo?


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Q: "Son, who shot first?"
A: "Greedo did."

I'm sorry, son. I failed you.

Just posting this as a warning: teach your kids before its too late.


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Freehold DM wrote:
I do know up here Sears has changed their policy regarding takeaways- I think you get charged for them now, but they also don't automatically take them away either, you have to ask. I know that taking things away is considered a package deal when there's a sale on something- the takeaway of the original item is part of the sale.

Just pissed me off royally. I'm sorry that your company is f#~$ed up and you're in a hurry Mr. Delivery Guy. No I'm not......f&@~ you, and f#!~ Sears. Eat a bag of ding dongs; I'm through with you!!!


I heard they're going to weaponize parvo and give it to all the dingoes for being unclean dogs. You get a fruity drink with an umbrella in it in paradise for every dingo you wipe out.


That, ladies and gentlemen, is how to lose a customer.


Anybody got a major household appliance delivered from Sears lately?

Not happy right now.

I've bought 2 fridges, 2 washers, and 2 dryers from Sears in 11 years. Today I received fridge number two.

Always it was customary for them to haul the old one off. If I wanted to keep it I'd keep it. Derp.

So today, 3 guys show up to deliver one fridge and can't haul the old one off because "it's not in the paperwork." So we try to call Sears, but they rush out, my wife hands them the phone because she has customer service on the line and they "get disconnected." So, instead of being done with this whole fridge thing, customer service is going to see if they can come back today and get the old fridge, then they'll call me back, otherwise I can call back tomorrow and schedule a pickup.
For the old fridge that they customarily just hauled off.
Which would take......5 minutes for 3 flipping guys to slap on the back of a truck.

Now, I've bought 6 major flipping appliances from these guys in 11 years. I'm really not feeling like my business is appreciated.

Owell, I guess I'll go buy myself something nice with the tip money.


Q: What does a Georgia Bulldog fan do when his team has won the BCS championship? A: He turns off the PlayStation 3.


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Aubrey the Malformed wrote:
I'm not so up on accounting these days, but my understanding is that rather than going to P&L the changes in land and building values go to a separate reserve called the revaluation reserve, which is non-distributable. Then, when the land and buildings in question are sold, the value of the revaluation reserve goes to P&L where it can be distributed. The point of using market values is that historical cost accounting only tell you what something was worth at the time of purchase, not what it is worth now, and not having that information in your balance sheet can be distorting to the accounts. Of course, mark-to-market has its own problems...

I get the problem with historical i.e. its current value isn't reflected in the balance sheet. I just don't see how it's possible for the real estate value to be known that well......real estate values being as highly variable as they are. My mom bought a house and sold it for double in like 3 years, then (when the real estate bubble burst) the poor guy who bought it from her sold it for less than she bought it for.....


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Dividends are not expenses.


NobodysHome wrote:

Speaking as an employee of the largest database company in the world...

...aargh... cardiac... arrest.....!

So that's what happens when you type

SELECT * FROM PEOPLE WHERE PRONOUNCE_SQL_COOL_LIKE_SNOOP=NO

DROP TABLE PEOPLE


Heh heh.

I'm gonna call it "Esquizzle" shizzle, for rizzle.


I asked a techie friend about it elsewhere (facebook) and some said "sequel," some said "ess queue ell," and then people started going at it a little bit. It cracked me up because the damndest things can stir up s*%&.
So I said, "hell. I'll just wait until my Prof. says it then say it like she does."

Like, in school they told me to pronounce "finance" like "shark's fin" instead of "dang but Jo Bob's old lady sure is fine," also I was cautioned about "new kyew lurr...."

So I was just wondering and all.


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Have fun, and remember me to one who lives there.


Freehold DM wrote:
Fake Healer wrote:

Yup, this is has become a "all cops are racist pigs" thread crying about how being black is being a victim. The blacks I know are far different from this breed of cop-hating, poor because whitey-makes me so that is taking everything said to the contrary as a racist white point of view. They are fun, cool people who have ordinary interactions within society. We joke at PTA meetings, laugh at movies, roll dice and share stories of our kids....they also don't hate white cops, or white people in general.

Being racist is a funny thing....even black people can be one.

it seems you think only black people can be racist.

I would ask you to ask your friends if they TRUST the police more so than like or even not hate them. You may be surprised by some of the answers.

That's sort of a hard one there. I personally don't trust anybody I don't know, and a police officer usually has a gun, so I essentially start at point zero with most folks and go from there.


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Aubrey the Malformed wrote:
No, it's Scarborough this time.

Tell her to find me an acre of land.

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
Between salt water and the sea strands.
Then she'll be a true love of mine.


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Caineach wrote:
Fake Healer wrote:

You all do know that Evil Racist Cop isn't the majority of cops, right? And Evil, Racist DA? And Evil, Racist Jury and Judge?

I get it that there are some. But you do get that it isn't most of them, right?
Or are we to the point that all cops are Evil Racist Cop? Because that's what is being implied.
Prick cop on a power trip accounts for every cop I have ever interacted with.

I'd say that there are a good number of those; I've met some really good people who wear a badge as well.

I think that, all and all, pretty much 60 to 70% of people are just a&!++~#s in general.


Fake Healer wrote:

You all do know that Evil Racist Cop isn't the majority of cops, right? And Evil, Racist DA? And Evil, Racist Jury and Judge?

I get it that there are some. But you do get that it isn't most of them, right?
Or are we to the point that all cops are Evil Racist Cop? Because that's what is being implied.

I have to question whether or not that is entirely at the crux of the matter.

From an earlier post, in Wisconsin in 129 years, there was a grand total of ONE unjustified shooting. Either the police there are very well vetted and very very lucky, or the buddy system is firmly in place. In a hypothetical "post racial" world that I hope we actually see one day, this statistic still flies in the face of reality for me. In a world where racist police officers are extreme statistical outliers, which I have no opinion based in readily available evidence one way or the other at the moment, you still have a buddy system that threatens the existence of a good and just law, which is (I'm hoping I can speak for everyone, but every time one does that one runs a risk) what we all ultimately want.


meatrace wrote:

Live cop doesn't protect anyone either.

Live cop eats donuts, gets paid 2-3 times the median American income, and shoots to kill if they feel "threatened".

F$!~ the police.

and sometimes they save your grandma from choking to death.


BigNorseWolf wrote:
Spanky the Leprechaun wrote:
I also knew an individual who picked up a police officer and bodyslammed him on the hood of his vehicle. After 1/2 hour of practicing with him I learned more about actual fighting than from 5 years of karate.
And the cop was dead after that incident?

No. I talked to the officer a few years after the incident. He told me to "come over here," to his car, which I did, and then answered some questions for him regarding a certain individual who was habitually truant from school. After the incident the officer in question was extremely reticent to leave his vehicle.

However, the state of the officer in question's continuing existence was completely out of his hands and in the hands of the other gentleman, who decided that cold blooded murder wasn't on the table that day. That's kinda an iffy position to be in.


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I also knew an individual who picked up a police officer and bodyslammed him on the hood of his vehicle. After 1/2 hour of practicing with him I learned more about actual fighting than from 5 years of karate.


BigNorseWolf wrote:
Fake Healer wrote:


A huge unarmed man....why does the officer need to put his life in jeopardy?

Because the risk to life is in all honestly minimal. To actually kill someone with your bare hands you need some severe advantages in some combination of size strength and training. The human body is pretty resilient and fists wielded in anger are hardly the best weapon. The police are supposed to have enough unarmed training (and more importantly, a partner.) to deal with this sort of thing.

I've had someone knock me down from behind, pound my head, get up before me and literally punt my head with a running start, still got up, handed him his hat and got to school the next day. (last time i tried walking away from a fight, went for my pocket knife and decided.. nah. Doesn't hurt that much. Went a little loopy a few minutes latter though)

They really should put patrolman together in pairs for this sort of thing.

I have a friend who, in our younger days, could routinely and easily knock people senseless with his fists. One punch, they're staggered and pretty much incapable of fighting back. Some people have this knack, others don't. He was/is pretty strong, but nowhere near the size of the person involved in the unfortunate incident.

The whole Dungeons and Dragons "subdual damage" thing doesn't apply to everybody on earth just because they're not a "monk."


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Freehold DM wrote:
Spanky the Leprechaun wrote:
Spanky the Leprechaun wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
Has any evidence surfaced on the cop being injured? Pro-choice sources say he had anything from a black eye to a missing eye to a cracked orbital brim the fight that broke out in or near the car.

Some sources seem to say that the officer suffered an "orbital blowout."

I don't see anything from CNN/NBC/ABC/CBS about an orbital blow out, but "Opposing Views" and "New York Post" and those types are reporting it; make of that what you will.

abc news re: facial injury

also, regarding a bystander caught on cell phone video....

Supporters of Wilson, however, point to a videotape taken by a Ferguson resident showing Brown's body lying in the street. In the background of the video a man's voice can be heard saying, "Police got out and ran after him. The next thing I know he's coming back towards the officer. The police had his gun drawn on him."

That would conflict with witnesses who said Brown was standing still with his hands raised when Wilson shot him.

thanks for the info.

I do wonder what happened in the car and what happened with the officer getting out of the car and actively chasing him- he had to have had the gun in his hand at some time. There is a hole in the story somewhere.

I am waiting for the what I consider to be inevitable video of the incident. I think there's at least a 40% chance that somebody got it on video.

Combining that with the maxim "snitches get stitches," though, and feel free to draw your own conclusions.

I want to couch what may seem to look like "beating around the bush" on my part here though......I've done some personal reflection, and I believe that if my actual skin color was black, I would have a criminal record by now, again draw your own conclusions from that i.e. I think that after being questioned/frisked/what-have-you an average of once a month for however many years (I just read that Eric Holder got pulled over and said to himself "WTF! I'm a prosecuting attorney for f's sake") I would at least be to the point where I would see a cop and immediately get pissed off. Adrenaline kicks in. Adrenaline is its own master, and 18 year olds aren't usually wise enough to know how to deal with it in the best way.

So, I think that it might be within the realm of possibility that the officer in question had a legitimate concern for his continued living and breathing, he AND Michael were trapped in a world that they never made, and regardless of whether or not this act was justified, we do have legitimate problems that need addressing.

I am somewhat leery of Eric Holder's ability to be impartial and unbiased, but somebody outside of Missouri's system needs to investigate it (this is based on my previous post regarding the case from Wisconsin and the history there of absolutely ZERO unjustified shootings in the last 125 years), but somebody has to do it, and I'm hoping that Eric Holder impresses me and proves my concern wrong.


"We did our research: In 129 years since police and fire commissions were created in the state of Wisconsin, we could not find a single ruling by a police department, an inquest or a police commission that a shooting was unjustified. There was one shooting we found, in 2005, that was ruled justified by the department and an inquest, but additional evidence provided by citizens caused the DA to charge the officer. The city of Milwaukee settled with a confidentiality agreement and the facts of that sealed. The officer involved committed suicide."

unrelated, but it speaks to the issue at hand I think.

Race

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Skills:
Acrob+10,Bluff+14,Climb+11,Diplo+21,Disguis+3,Fly+8/+13,Heal+8,Intimidate+2 7,K.arcana+5/+9,K.planes+17/+21,K.religion+9/+13,K.history+12,Linguis+11,Se nsM+21,Spelcraft+4,Stealth+6,Surviv+16/+22,Swim+12

Classes/Levels

Male Human Keleshite Inquisitor of Sarenrae 14 | GMW 12h, MV 12h

Gender

HP 143/143 AC 36 32 TAC 17 13 FF 33 29 | CMD 32 28 | F +16 R +13 W +17 (Stalward) Resist: fire 30 | HL: 14/14 B: 14/14 BSP: 10/10 Ju: 5/5 ST: 4/4 L1: 4/6 L2: 5/6 L3: 0/5 L4: 5/5 L5: 2/2 | Ini: +6 | Senses: +21

Alignment

CG

Deity

Sarenrae

About Ohrmizd

There are items in the loot list I bought, but not slotted here!

Get scrolls:
remove fear

Appearance: Ohrmizd's mini

1. Howl of the Carrion King
2. House of the Beast
3. The Jackal's Price
4. The End of Eternity
5. The Impossible Eye
6. The Final Wish

Background:
Respect to why Ohrmizd ever ended being affiliated to the Sarenrae church, it all descends to his childhood. When he was barely a teenager travelling the trade caravan routes with his family, they were attacked by gnolls. The result was he ended up captured and enslaved by the gnolls, maybe even those in service to the Carrion King. He was sold in Katapesh to the owner of a tapestry workshop where he had to toil day and night. Unable to accept and endure that life, Ohrmizd made his escape. The problem was life was not good for a lone teenager escaping from a former slave owner in Katapesh. He had to wake up and make his life as an urchin. When people was not giving up enough food, fortunately he met with a girl that changed his life. She was named Haleen. The girl gave Ohrmizd bread and taught him everything needed to survive in the Nightstalls. When things were bad, Ohrmizd and Haleen were forced to steal. And so they ended up enrolled in a criminal group devoted to steal magical artifacts, whose leader abused of the precarious needs of both of them.

During one of his robberies, Ohrmizd was arrested by a cleric of Sarenrae. This changed his life for a second time, as instead of being punished this cleric showed true mercy while she spoke of words of goodness. With a mixture of curiosity and inspiration on the teachings of such a god, Ohrmizd requested the cleric to show him about this divinity. The cleric took him as her acolyte, and so, Ohrmizd has slowly grown to become a full follower of Sarenrae while wandering through Katapesh.

After a recent mission to recover an old statuette from an ancient shrine near Solku they returned to Katapesh capital. There, Ohrmizd decided to visit her old friend Haleen. Whether they met again or not, Haleen left the city leaving almost no trace. Following the hints of a note, Ohrmizd finally traced back his old friend to Kelmarane. Fearing she might be in trouble, he decided to come to her help as she has made so many times before in the Nightstalls. Leaving behind his mentor, so far, the man has travelled to Bronze Hook, where he expects to join some of the caravans or groups of mercenaries travelling to Kelmarane. Ohrmizd hopes this will also become an opportunity to remember his childhood with the caravans and perhaps discovering more about the origin of his family.

Notes from gameplay:
- Ohrmizd had a goat called Lucero while traveling with the caravans with his parents
- Enslaved by gnolls while he and his family where doing the caravans. He hoped to find his family in Kelmerane, the ones who he was taken from as a child.
- Learned gnoll during his stay with the gnolls.
- Admitted he just learnt to swim with Manuun in the river.
- Promising Haleen to have fun together once they return from Pale Mountain

Memorable moments:
- Critically hitting Kardswan just in front of Sarenrae's statue and brings down the janni
- Ohrmizd first approach on Haleen
- Ohrmizd receives his relicary shield from Soraya in a ceremony, and initiates Heshan in the faith, training him into fireball.
- First time using bane (a gargoyles fight)
- Insulting the Carrion King
- Cleaning of Sarenrae's temple with halo and blistering invective to burn down the gnoll offenders
- Facin Davashuun on Kalmerane's Brazen Tower

OHRMIZD
Male Human (Keleshite) Inquisitor of Sarenrae 14
CG Medium humanoid (Human)
Init +6 (2 Dex, 4 Wis) Senses +19

DEFENSE
AC 32, TAC 13, FF 29 (+9 armor, +2 Dex, +6 shield, +4 natural, +1 dodge)
HP 143 (14d8+42+14+14)
Fort +16 (9 class, 3 Con, 4 item) Ref +13 (4 class, 2 Dex, 4 item, 3 shield) Will +17 (9 class, 4 Wis, 4 item) [Stalwart Fort & Will]
Resist fire 30

OFFENSE
Speed 30' (30' without armor)
Melee Zenzirad: +3 ebon flame fire outsider bane frost scimitar +19/+14 (1d6+9+1d6+demoralize) 18/x2 slashing, non-lethal
+1 scimitar +17/+12 (1d6+7+1d6+demoralize) 18/x2 slashing, non-lethal
silver heavy flail (2-handed) +14/+9 (1d10+7+1d6) 19/x2 bludgeoning, disarm, trip
+1 heavy mace +16/+11 (1d8+6+1d6) 20/x2 bludgeoning
club (2-handed) +15/+10 (1d6+7+1d6) 20/x2 bludgeoning
Ranged mwk composite longbow +14/+9 (1d8+5+1d6) 20/x3 piercing, or
sling +13/+8 (1d4+5+1d6)

Attack templates:

[dice=Zenzirad-PA+HR]1d20+19-3+2[/dice]
[dice=Zenzirad-PA+outflank+HR]1d20+19-3+4+2[/dice]
[dice=Magical/Slashing damage+PA+frost+acid+PS]1d6+8+6+2d6+1d6[/dice]
[dice=Magical/Slashing nonlethal damage+PA+frost+acid+PS]1d6+9+6+2d6+1d6[/dice]
[dice=Intimidate+HR (demoralize)]1d20+24+2[/dice]

Bane
[dice=Zenzirad-PA+bane+HR]1d20+19-3+2+2[/dice]
[dice=Zenzirad-PA+bane+outflank+HR]1d20+19-3+2+4+2[/dice]
[dice=Magical/Slashing damage+PA+bane+frost+acid+PS]1d6+8+6+2+6d6+1d6[/dice]
[dice=Magical/Slashing nonlethal damage+PA+bane+frost+acid+PS]1d6+9+6+2+6d6+1d6[/dice]
[dice=Intimidate+HR (demoralize)]1d20+24+2[/dice]

Bow
[dice=mwk composite longbow+bane+HR]1d20+12+2+2[/dice]
[dice=Piercing damage+acid]1d8+4+1d6[/dice]
[dice=Magical/Piercing damage+bane+acid]1d8+4+3d6+2[/dice]

STATISTICS
Str 20, Dex 14, Con 16, Int 10, Wis 18, Cha 8
Ability increments +2 Str (racial), +2 Str (4th, 8th, 12th), +4 Wis (item), +2 Con (item)
Base Atk +10/+5 CMB +15 CMD 28 (10 BAB, 5 Str, 2 Dex, 1 dodge)
Feats Enforcer, Toughness*, Weapon Focus (scimitar), Shake It Off*, Power Attack, Precise Strike*, Dodge, Outflank*, Shield Focus, Covering Shield, Blades Above and Below*, Heaven’s Light
Traits
Blade of Mercy (religion - Sarenrae): You know that within the heart of even the most hateful and cruel living creature exists a sliver of shame and hope for redemption. You have trained long on martial techniques to use bladed weapons not to kill, but to subdue. When striking to inflict nonlethal damage with any slashing weapon, you do not take the normal –4 penalty on your attack roll, and gain a +1 trait bonus to any nonlethal damage you inflict with a slashing weapon.
Finding Haleen (campaign): You never knew your parents—perhaps they died when you were a child, or maybe you were taken from them and raised elsewhere as a slave. You owe your sanity and your life to a woman named Haleen. She could be your sister or merely a childhood companion, but whatever your relationship to her, she took care of you and protected you. Several months have passed since she disappeared, and you’ve spent those months searching for clues to her location, and you’ve finally found a lead—a mysterious note, a strange dream, the result of a back-alley divination, or a report of a sighting of a woman matching Haleen’s description has come to you, placing Haleen in the vicinity of an old ghost town named Kelmarane. Although Haleen chose to become a swashbuckling adventurer, she always encouraged you to seek your own path, and her support is the primary reason you chose the class you did at 1st level. This class is always a favored class to you, and your dedication to it is such that every time you take a level in the class, you gain +1 hit point and 1 additional skill point over and above what you would normally gain.
Skills (6 class, 0 Int, 1 human, 1 haleen, 2 background skills; x14 = 140 ranks + 3 favored class; -2 ACP)
Acrobatics +10 (2 Dex, 8 rank)
Appraise +1 (0 Int, 1 rank)
Bluff +14 (4 Wis, 7 rank, 3 class)
Climb +11 (5 Str, 3 rank, 3 class)
Craft* (1 Int, class)
Diplomacy +21 (4 Wis, 14 rank, 3 class)
Disguise +3 (-1 Cha, 1 rank, 3 class)
Handle Animal* +0 (-1 Cha, 1 rank)
Heal +8 (4 Wis, 1 rank, 3 class)
Fly +8/+13 (2 Dex, 6 rank; +5 carpet)
Intimidate +27 (4 Wis, 14 rank, 3 class, 6 stern gaze)
K. arcana +5/+9 (0 Int, 2 rank, 3 class; +4 monster lore)
K. dungeoneering +4/+8 (0 Int, 1 rank, 3 class; +4 monster lore)
K. engineering* +1 (0 Int, 1 rank)
K. history* +12 (0 Int, 12 rank)
K. local +1/+5 (0 Int, 1 rank, +3 monster lore)
K. nature +4/+8 (0 Int, 1 rank, 3 class; +4 monster lore)
K. nobility* +1 (0 Int, 1 rank)
K. planes +17/+21 (0 Int, 14 rank, 3 class; +4 monster lore)
K. religion +9/+13 (0 Int, 6 rank, 3 class; +4 monster lore)
Linguistics* +11 (0 Int, 11 rank)
Perception +21 (4 Wis, 14 rank, 3 class)
Profession - (4 Wis, class)
Ride +2 (2 Dex, class)
Sense Motive +21 (4 Wis, 8 rank, 3 class, 6 stern gaze)
Spellcraft +4 (0 Int, 1 rank, 3 class)
Stealth +6 (2 Dex, 1 rank, 3 class)
Survival +16/+22 (4 Wis, 9 rank, 3 class; +6 track)
Swim +12 (5 Str, 4 rank, 3 class)
* background skill
Languages Common, Kelish, Gnoll, Ignan, Celestial, Aklo, Osiriani, Auran, Terran, Aquan, Ancient Osiriani, Draconic, Infernal
Favored class bonus (inquisitor) skillx3, spell (L1x3, L2x3, L3x3, L4x2)

SPELLS
Caster level: 14; Concentration +18 (14 CL, 4 Wis)

Level 0 (6 known)―light, create water, guidance, read magic, detect poison, detect magic

Level 1 (6/day, 9 known)―cure light wounds, disguise self, heightened awareness, lend judgment, remove fear, shield of faith, divine favor, ear piercing scream, litany of weakness

Level 2 (6/day, 9 known)―align weapon, blistering invective, bloodhound, cure moderate wounds, flames of the faithful, invisibility, knock, remove paralysis, silence

Level 3 (5/day, 8 known)―dispel magic, heroism, keen edge, shield of wings, clay skin, magic vestment, greater magic weapon, cure serious wounds

Level 4 (5/day, 6 known)―battlemind link, forceful strike, greater invisibility, ward shield, divine power, judgment light

Level 5 (2/day, 3 known)―sunbeam, resounding blow, true seeing

SPECIAL ABILITIES AND RACIAL TRAITS
Bonus feat: Toughness
Skilled: Humans gain 1 extra skill rank per level.
Domain: Conversion Inquisition
Charm of Wisdom (Ex): You use your Wisdom modifier instead of your Charisma modifier when making Bluff, Diplomacy, and Intimidate checks.
Swaying Word (Sp): At 8th level, once per day you may speak a word of divinely inspired wisdom that causes a single creature to switch its alliance to you. The target must be within line of sight and able to hear you. If he fails his Will save, he is affected by dominate person, except the duration is only 1 minute.
Variant Spellcasting ISG: Inquisitors of Sarenrae can learn sun metal as a 1st-level spell, and flame blade as a 3rd-level spell, sunbeam as a 5th-level spell, sunburst as a 6th-level spell.
Judgment (Su): Starting at 1st level, an inquisitor can pronounce judgment upon her foes as a swift action. Starting when the judgment is made, the inquisitor receives a bonus or special ability based on the type of judgment made. At 1st level, an inquisitor can use this ability once per day. At 4th level and every three levels thereafter, the inquisitor can use this ability one additional time per day. Once activated, this ability lasts until the combat ends, at which point all of the bonuses immediately end. The inquisitor must participate in the combat to gain these bonuses. If she is frightened, panicked, paralyzed, stunned, unconscious, or otherwise prevented from participating in the combat, the ability does not end, but the bonuses do not resume until she can participate in the combat again. When the inquisitor uses this ability, she must select one type of judgment to make. As a swift action, she can change this judgment to another type.
Destruction: +1 sacred weapon damage (+⅓ levels)
Healing: 1 fast healing (+⅓ levels)
Justice: +1 sacred to hit (+⅕ levels). At 10th level bonus is doubled to confirm critical hits.
Piercing: +1 sacred bonus on Concentration and vs Spell Resistance (+⅓ levels)
Protection: +1 sacred to AC (+⅕ levels). At 10th level bonus is doubled against confirmation of critical hits.
Purity: +1 sacred to saves (+⅕ levels). At 10th level bonus is doubled against curses, diseases and poisons.
Resiliency: DR 1/magic (+⅕ levels). At 10th level magic changes to an opposed alignment.
Resistance: resistance 2 vs one type of energy (+⅔ levels). Includes sonic.
Smiting: Weapons count as magic vs DR. At 6th level they also count as one alignment type in line with the inquisitor alignment. At 10th level they count as adamnatine, but only against DR and not vs hardness.
Monster Lore(Ex): The inquisitor adds her Wisdom modifier on Knowledge skill checks in addition to her Intelligence modifier, when making skill checks to identify the abilities and weaknesses of creatures.
Stern Gaze (Ex): Inquisitors are skilled at sensing deception and intimidating their foes. An inquisitor receives a morale bonus on all Intimidate and Sense Motive checks equal to 1/2 her inquisitor level (minimum +1).
Cunning Initiative (Ex): At 2nd level, an inquisitor adds her Wisdom modifier on initiative checks, in addition to her Dexterity modifier.
Detect Alignment (Sp): At will, an inquisitor can use detect chaos, detect evil, detect good, or detect law. She can only use one of these at any given time.
Track (Ex): At 2nd level, an inquisitor adds half her level on Survival skill checks made to follow or identify tracks.
Solo tactics (Ex): At 3rd level, all of the inquisitor's allies are treated as if they possessed the same teamwork feats as the inquisitor for the purpose of determining whether the inquisitor receives a bonus from her teamwork feats. Her allies do not receive any bonuses from these feats unless they actually possess the feats themselves. The allies' positioning and actions must still meet the prerequisites listed in the teamwork feat for the inquisitor to receive the listed bonus.
Teamwork Feat: At 3rd level, and every three levels thereafter, the inquisitor gains a bonus feat in addition to those gained from normal advancement. These bonus feats must be selected from those listed as teamwork feats. The inquisitor must meet the prerequisites of the selected bonus feat. As a standard action, the inquisitor can choose to learn a new bonus teamwork feat in place of the most recent bonus teamwork feat she has already learned. In effect, the inquisitor loses the bonus feat in exchange for the new one. She can only change the most recent teamwork feat gained. Whenever she gains a new teamwork feat, the previous teamwork feat becomes set and cannot be changed again. An inquisitor can change her most recent teamwork feat a number of times per day equal to her Wisdom modifier.
Bane (Su): An inquisitor can imbue one of her weapons with the bane weapon special ability as a swift action. She must select one creature type when she uses this ability (and a subtype if the creature type selected is humanoid or outsider). Once selected, the type can be changed as a swift action. This ability only functions while the inquisitor wields the weapon. If dropped or taken, the weapon resumes granting this ability if it is returned to the inquisitor before the duration expires. This ability lasts for a number of rounds per day equal to the inquisitor's level. These rounds do not need to be consecutive.
Discern lies (Sp): An inquisitor can discern lies, as per the spell, for a number of rounds per day equal to her inquisitor level. These rounds do not need to be consecutive. Activating this ability is an immediate action.
Second Judgment (Ex): At 8th level, whenever an inquisitor uses her judgment ability, she selects two different judgments, instead of one. This only consumes one use of her judgment ability. As a swift action, she can change one of these judgments to another type.
Stalwart (Ex): At 11th level, an inquisitor can use mental and physical resiliency to avoid certain attacks. If she makes a Fortitude or Will saving throw against an attack that has a reduced effect on a successful save, she instead avoids the effect entirely. This ability can only be used if the inquisitor is wearing light armor, medium armor, or no armor. A helpless inquisitor does not gain the benefit of the stalwart ability.
Shazathared's mantle Permanent resist fire 30 for the whole party.
Greater Bane (Su): At 12th level, whenever an inquisitor uses her bane ability, the amount of bonus damage dealt by the weapon against creatures of the selected type increases to 4d6.
Exploit Weakness (Ex): Whenever the inquisitor scores a critical hit, she ignores any damage reduction, if the target has regeneration, the creature loses regeneration for 1 round (creatures whose regeneration always functions are immune), and adds +1 damage per die rolled when applying vulnerability to energy damage.

EQUIPMENT:

Worn
(armor) +3 mithral chainmail [p] (9 AC, 4 Max Dex, -2 ACP)
(shield) +1 heavy relicary mithral shield (+3 enchanted with magic vestment) with Sarenrae emblazoned, 2420 gp (counts as holy symbol) AC +6 (2 heavy, 3 enhancement, 1 shield focus)
(belts) belt of constitution +2, 4000 gp [p]
(body)
(chest)
(eyes)
(feet) boots of speed (BSP 10/day), 12000 gp
(hands) disliquicent gloves, 8000 gp
(head/face)
(headband) headband of wisdom +4, 16000 gp [p]
(neck) amulet of natural armor +4
(shoulders) cloak of resistance +4, 15000 gp
(wrist)
(ring - left) ring of feather falling [p]
(ring - right) ring of minor energy resistance (fire 10), 12000 gp [p] (overtaken by Shazathared's mantle)
(other - feet) carpet of flying (40' fly; Leviosa command word; +5 to fly, auto-hovers)

Weapons
Zenzirad: +1 ebon flame fire outsider bane frost scimitar [p] (enchanted to +3 by greater magic weapon)
+1 scimitar, 2315 gp [p]
masterwork composite longbow (+4 Str) [p]
arrows x40, [p]
silver heavy flail, 180 gp [p]
+1 heavy mace, 2312 gp [p]
sling, - gp

Belt
parchment with holy text (component)
firefly (component)
goat whool (component)
ebon flame flask [p]
wand of cure light wounds (48/50), [p]
wand of cure light wounds (8/8), [p]
wand of lesser restoration (19/19), [p] (not claimed in sheet)

Bandolier 1 (4/8)
scroll of cure light wounds, 25 gp
scroll of disguise self, 25 gp (gnoll's ruse vs pugwampis)
scroll of remove fear, 25 gp
potion of enlarge person, 50 gp
acid flask, 10 gp

Bandolier 2 (0/8)
scroll of protection from chaos (CL 5) [p]

Backpack
eye of the kraken beast of Rovagug [p]
pilgrim outfit, 1 gp
inquisitor’s kit, 30 gp (backpack, a bedroll, a belt pouch, candles (10), a cheap holy text, a flint and steel, an iron pot, manacles, a mess kit, rope, soap, a spell component pouch, torches (10), trail rations (5 days), a waterskin, and a wooden holy symbol) symbol given to Manuun
The Birth of Light and Truth
poor copy of the Kakishon map

Other spoils
leather armor (Father Zastoran)
scimitar (Father Zastoran)
light wooden shield (Father Zastoran)
heavy wooden shield (gnoll) [p]
Undrella's keys [p]
scimitar, 15 gp
club, - gp
scale mail, 50 gp
heavy wooden shield, 7 gp (shattered)

Gold earned: 240 gp + 3378
Gold spent: 238 - 3000 (amulet/cloak +1)
Current gold: 2 gp

Crafting:

Crafting a heavy wooden shield 70 sp. Current progress: 27.43 sp

Level reports:

Level 2 22-Jun-2020
Level 3 04-Oct-2020
Level 4 24-Nov-2020
Level 5 29-Jan-2021
Level 6 01-Jun-2021
Level 7 13-Dec-2021
Level 8 21-Mar-2022
Level 9 24-May-2022
Level 10 08-Oct-2022
Level 11 10-Dec-2022
Level 12 18-Aug-2023
Level 13 08-Dec-2023

Possible Progression:

Trait: Blade of Mercy (no penalty and +1 damage) or Merciful Scimitar (no penalty on non-lethal attacks)
Domain: Conversion Inquisition

1) Enforcer, Toughness
2)
3) Weapon Focus (Scimitar)
4)
5) Power Attack <- maybe necessary only against DR
6)
7) Dodge / Armor Focus
8)
9) Hurtful / Furious Focus / Weapon Trick (Warded movement)
10)
11) Improved Critical (Scimitar) / Magic Trick (daylight) / Spell Bane
12)
13) Divine Interference / Destructive Dispel
14)
15) Dreadful Carnage / Critical Focus

Spells: blistering invective A Dazzling Display level 2 spell with some fire damage.

Level 1:
divine favor
fallback strategy
heightened awareness
remove fear
unerring weapon (bonus to confirm critical hits)
shield of fortification 1 min/level light fortification

Level 4:
https://aonprd.com/SpellDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Forceful%20Strike

Items: mwk Intimidate kit, potion of enlarge person (also because of the Intimidate bonus), ring of eloquence, circlet of persuasion (may well allow to pick a different inquisition), howling helm

Teamwork feats: Precise Strike, Harrying Partners, Shake it off, Spell Synergy (with Omari)

Multiclass possibilities: Brawler (Sneakbite Striker), Gray Gardener

Extra Intimidacy:
Guide
Extra traits and feats
Conversion Inquisition: Wis to Intimidate instead of Cha
Weapon Trick (2-handed menace) Allows taking 10 with Intimidate
Shadows of Fear: Deliver Sneak Attack damage the first time in a round you hit a creature suffering a fear effect.
Disconcerting Knowledge: Use Knowledge rolls as a standard action to demoralize.

Feat options:
Righteous Healing +1/3 levels hp healed on each cure target while using judgment
Flame blade dervish
Versatile Spontaneity - Get to prepare some spells from scrolls and spellbooks.

Spell options:
Sun Metal
Daybreak Arrow

Plot:

- The Templars of the Five Winds are: Kardswann, Pazhvann, Vardishal, Zayifid, and Davashuum
- The book Courts of Stone and Flame describes Jhavhul, a shamed member of the efreet nobility of the City of Brass (Plane of Fire). He ventured to the Material Plane in search of an army and a legacy to raise his standing. He and his armies warred against the Templars of the Five Winds, but that he was never seen in the City of Brass again. Also describes the weapons and affinities of the Templars of the Five Winds.
- Father Zostaran likes wine. Ohrmizd wants to bring a bottle of fine one as payment for identifying items.
- The gnoll tribe at Kelmarane is known as the Kulldis
- Rahav explains about Kelmarane surrounding defenses: a flying woman, an antler wolf, a large beast, and a watchtower full of gnolls
- The harpy Undrella explains her lover, the current Kulldis chieftain, a genie named Kardswann, slew the old chief about 2 months ago. Kardswann walked through the magic-sealed door leading to the ruined church crypt, after which he was clearly under the control of some evil entity. Undrella wants him killed because he is cruel to her.
- She promises to give us easy access to the Battle Market and info of the place, but negotiations go south when she requests staying at Kalmerene.
- We find Haleen who saves us from prison after we felt to Undrella's singing
- Haleen has a debt of 2000 golds to Scarface
- The Battle Market was organized by Kardswann and the Kulkis gnolls to attract people with the battles, which move a lot of money, and as a market for merchants
- Kardswann was possessed by a demon, he came back after killing that demon in the crypt. The real Kardswann works for a Djinni Princess called Nefeshti
- Roryx discovers about the main gnoll tribes. All of them are influenced by the giant Carrion King. On the other side of the river about a mile east of Kalmerane among the badlands of the Brazen Peaks stand some ruins of impressive size.
- The eastern ruins were built by Nethys priests. The top holds protective magic, the basement destructive one. The place is known as the Refuge of the All-Seeing Eye and Father Zastoran wants to know about it
- Father Zastoran recommends buying tea at Katapesh at The White Elephant
- Zayifid, the Sarenrite traveller, explains us the gnoll tribes are uniting under the banner of the Carrion King to strike an attack at Kelmerane. The Carrion King is at an ancient temple called the Hose of the Beast, located at the far slopes of the Pale Mountain.
- The House of the Beast is dedicated to Rovagug and built by a fire spirit.
- Roryx brings report of the nearby gnoll tribes
- Dashki is a gnoll :O and a drunkard
- Is Kurrelack (barman) stealing perfume from Haleen?
- Escaped slaves explains us about the Temple layout
- Gurdmoch, the cleric troglodyte leader was the owner of the Temple of the Beast before. Someone impersonated his friend Rokova and now plays as the advisor to the Carrion King
- Come back and rescue the filthy slave at I13
- We find a sarcophagus below the Temple of the Beast. Contains powerful magic items and an uncommon scroll.
- This is the scroll of Kakishon, a legendary artifact with a rune of Nex concealing its content.
- Princess Almah Roveshki knows a scholar called Rayhan from Katapesh who knows about Nex and Kakishon and might know about the scroll.
- Manuun leaves the party as he had some problems with Uncle Terlo in Katapesh and Ohrmizd gives him his holy symbol.
- Kakishon is a plane created by the legendary wizard Nex. It holds a great power called Firebleeder, that might be a falchion or a spell able to control fire. It is hidden in a Vault of Kakishon along other Nex's creations. The scroll holds a map and a key to Kakishon, but the rune needs to be deciphered.
- Ohrmizd remembers his time with Manuun in the Templars monastery
- Samuel Jafar joins the team
- Radi has been sent by the One Source Merchant Guild to see what we are up to.
- Rayhan Xobhadi explains Kakishon was created by the wizard-king Nex as a portable paradise. The scroll is just the gate. Each island has its own purpose. After his war with Geb, Next left the world in 576 AR leaving behind the scroll. A Keleshite wizard named Andrathi owned the scroll before, a lover to Nefeshti, leader of the Templars of the Five Winds. They fought and captured Jhavhul inside the scroll. Among the treasures in Kakishon it is said to remain Jhavhul’s own weapon, the legendary Firebleeder. Rayhan wants us to come inside Kakishon with him for protection.
- Rayhan activates the scroll sending us to Kakishon with a vortex of flames while the efreeti army is released to Katapesh.
- The proteans are the creators of Kakishon. Andrathi was a guy who did everything to impress Nefeshti and he was the one who managed to imprison Javhul's army. The shaitan are in war with the proteans.
- The shaitan's live in the desert island Khandelwal. We will need a ship to reach there.
- Meeting the proteans Lahapraset and Chinoy
- The Genie Wars ended when the genies were trapped in Kakishon
- The Entropy Pool and the Earth Seed can be used to get out of Kakishon
- The Earth Seed is on the isle Khandelwal, below a crater called the Golden Bowl
- Ohrmizd true goals
- Andrathi came to Nex tomb pursued by the warlord Jhavhul, but ultimately turned him and confronted the genie out of the tomb, dying there.
- Andrathi was the one to imprison the genies in the plane by manipulating the scroll.
- Venema Shodair explains us Jhavhul's master, Ezer Hazzebaim, was looking for the body of Xotani the Firebleeder, one of the monstrous Spawn of Rovagug. Jhavhul got free of his master and found the grave, and it seems granting 1000 wishes would allow reincarnation in the Spawn. This led to the war with Nefeshti (a genie) and her Templars of the Five Winds. Nefeshti's lover Andrathi finally captured Javhul and his army, as well as himself in Kakishon.
- We will pop up wherever the scroll is at the moment (likely Javhul's hands).
- Obherak betrayed Javhul, taking the earth genies, and opposing both the fire genie and the proteans to become the ruler of Kakishon.
- First meeting with Obherak.
- Omari disregards Ohrmizd plan to release the protean prisoner (something only the GM should do IMHO).
- Meeting Artel Norrin, the forger of Kakishon, enemy of Javhul He invented ebonfire and promises the scimitar Zenzirad to destroy Javhul in exchange of some crystals in the spire
- Jhavhul wants to impress a princess by becoming the Firebleeder. He is persona non grata at the City of Brass for cursing a human mage.
- Shazathared, from the Marid Court, is trapped in Javhul's fortress. We have to destroy or remove an artifact in the upper levels of the fortress that is causing the curse.
- Javhul's consort is Ymeri, Queen of the Inferno
- First carpet flight. Hoping to appear at Haleen's flying for a night date.
- Taunting down into the lava a massive brass juggernaut.
- A fire giant tells us about the Grand Vizier Abdul-Qawi
- The reflection. The Impossible Eye
- Opening Ymeri's pyramid with the believe in Sarenrae's mercy.
- Jhavhul overtook Kelmarane and left Davashuum, a djinni turncloak, on command before returning to his hidden chambers below the House of the Beast under Pale Mountain
- Jhavul has Princess Almah and Garavel prisoners at the Pale Mountain