Spenser Quixote's page

*looks down to side, rummages through his things, pulls out an unusually thick and juicy leather case of crossbow-bolts*

Forsooth, quam dost yon daardoor ensconce itself?!

*passes it to Sir Loin via lance-tip*

Thine quarrel, sirrah!

*rides up*

A légpárnásom tele van angolnákkal!

*rides off*

I go to sleep now
We've got a long ride ahead
Oops - I'M THE DRIVER!

Once again, I am letting you guys figure out who is playing. The game will start on time with six players. No, I will not allow 7. Bonekeep is special and six is the most I will run it with.

Thou shalt count to six - no more, no less....

...Six shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be six...

...Seven shalt thou not count, neither count thou five, excepting that thou then proceed to six...

Eight is RIGHT OUT!

*appears suddenly oblivious as all this goes on literally right underneath him, lost in some reverie as he looks around him in wonder...*

Por quois??! Nay, and forsooth, mein valiant sinew-carriage, I didst nyet mean THEE!

I shall now set forth to search for Snow White.

HUZZAH!!! A passing noble QUEST, straight from THE STORRIIIIIEEESSSS!!!

Let us ride forth forthwith, valiant lummox!

Forged in a foundry, the brightest blade
The princess has vanished without a trace
My sword shall guide him to his goal
(The darkest minions come to avenge their fallen)

All of the maidens, they want you now
But most of all longs the princess fair (most of them all)
A fine king you'll make, some day I'm sure
At least till the sequel, where you'll have to do the same damn thing again!

Janet!?

"Knight of Pastry Land"
Holds King Candy for ransom
Antipaladin!

I NOW HAVE...THE POWER to read and use low-level arcane scrolls!!!

"Prithee, Goodman Sun-Truth, a final trifling matter ere we depart: Today art a most frabjuous day indeed, for we have Saved The Stories of not only an entire realm wholecloth, but also that of the great and mighty Artist who wove it. Your succor in this matter hath been impeccable, and I was wondering if thee would be willing to remember a name, howe'er small it may be in the Grand Scheme of things: 'The Sovereign Court'. We could use a wight like thee on the Outside...."

Faction Objective time! I'm wagering that Eleven-Sun-Truth is good enough to count as "a servant of a named NPC aristocrat, noble, ambassador, or similar figure who is not a member of the Sovereign Court", or if it is not, that maybe there's someone else around here - maybe even one of the Judges, technically - who is:

Diplomacy, DC 22: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23

One thing:

Craft (Pergamano), folio reroll, Faction pin: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23

That'll have to do. Please adjust my sheet accordingly. :)

I do feel bad about my delays of late. It’s like the longer I wait, the worse I feel about wasting your time and the more I dread trying to get it done.

As a great man once said, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself". :)

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

"GREAT ARNISANT'S GEIST! Art that a menacing giant I espy yonder?!?" He cries in alarm from atop his steed as he spots a huge...water tower.

Will Save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 +2 if it counts as an 'emotion' effect

Sir Spenser breaks into song!

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

"Prithee, swich knave...thy dolor floweth from hither and yon, nay from present company. What is it that verily vexes thee?"

Spenser nods softly, and stares off into the distance in puzzlement. "'Twere it a celestine lion, or somewhich...?"

”Um, medium length black hair, very fair skin...slender even for an elf. Tien facial features. Dressed in all black, armed with lots of daggers.”

"'Cor! Art thou headfast and circumspect in thy telling? Prithee not give us nod 'twas none other than meticulously-Chronicled Pathfinder dirkwight and tinkerwoman Merisiel?!?"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25 +3 if he's both Human and a noble/politician/courtier sort

"Prithee, their STORIES MUST be saved!"

automatic success to aid Lya's Diplomacy

...and an encouraged Sir Spenser takes another two shots!

+1 Adaptive Composite Longbow, Nick's gift: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21
damage: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
on a miss, low lets me salvage my arrow: 1d100 ⇒ 11

+1 Adaptive Composite Longbow, Nick's gift: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
low lets me salvage my arrow: 1d100 ⇒ 40

Alas, the practice of archery, like the bow itself, has a fine curve.

Incidentally, don't forget my burnished armor for the future!

...while Spenser draws his new bow!

+1 Adaptive Composite Longbow, Nick's gift: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26 plus any bonuses I've forgotten? Subtract 4 if I can't avoid the melee penalty (I might be able to with a monster that large, but I'm not sure)
damage: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Given that I'm mounted, could we say that my lance remains at the ready with no need for a move action to switch back? I'm not certain, but it sort of makes sense.

"A-HA! Splendiferous foresight, goodman Voralius! EN GARDE, ye wretchsome deofol!"

+1 Lance, Power Attack, Challenge: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30
damage: 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (3) + 21 = 24

+1 Lance, Power Attack, Challenge: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
damage: 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (3) + 21 = 24
HOLY SMOKES, BULLWINKLE!: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24 I gather that doesn't make it, but DO let me know if I'm wrong

I remembered I can still make a second attack!:

+1 Lance, Power Attack, Challenge: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Suddenly...

"EN GARDE, ye incorrigible corpulus! This fain sacred repository of the Tome shalt not suffer the oppressing weight of thine lummoxsome form any longer!"

Sir Spenser barges through the library, in full regalia and upon his mighty steed, toward the devil! The denizens of Axis will be talking about this one for years...decades...centuries...millennia....

Challenge of the Tome declared!

+1 Lance, Power Attack, Challenge: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22
damage: 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (8) + 21 = 29

What kind of terrain are the desks?

More to the point: Any chance I could charge through them?

Is my Mount allowed in here?

Spenser rides along behind in uncharacteristic silence, seemingly starstruck at meeting the great Hao Jin herself.

I almost was the first to introduce myself to her (and deliver the bad news) in my own inimitable style, but worried that would have to mean making a Diplomacy roll, and others are better at that in this party than I. I would have contributed my own polemic when she asked for guidance, too, but, as has been true for years, incessant RL psychological torture has been compromising my ability to perform.

My (Chaotic Neutral) Summoner's just now embarked upon that one!

the cleric of Shelyn and the paladin of Shelyn..

...AND the Cavalier of Shelyn!

Small world, Grisaia!

"'Papers'?!" He blinks. "Dost we now spell 'Passing Glorious Taldor of Yore' with a 'K'?"

"Roight, then," He concludes as he hands Faustus a parchment, exquisitely hand-scribed, detailing and declaring for all to see gods-alone-know-what.

You almost have to shield your eyes when the next fellow rides in: "Knight in shining armor" almost fails to convey the self-parodying splendor. He arrives just in time to hear Anen sharing his knowledge of Hao Jin.

Guaranteed success to aid Anen's Knowledge (Arcana) check, bringing it up to '25' precisely!

"VERILY!" The knight bellows in a voice that sounds at once cultured and...unhinged.

He flips his visor up, revealing a thin, Taldan-featured face with a long droopy mustache, and eyes that remind you simultaneously of twinkling stars and a halibut. "For 'twas ne'er a sorcierre so twixt-imbued both in eldritch puissance and sublime regality of spirit as SHE, whoso endeavored not to conquist and ironfist, but SAVE THE STORIES like nil afore her, that they never be lost to wickedness, dolor, and apathy!!! Twixt star and wave, twist Perdition and Paradise, mountain and molehill, the splendors of civilization and yonder unguessable gulfs of tenebrous terror didst she voyage to see and to share the wonders of Aught, and the greatest of these did she weave into her eponymous Tapestry of Yore! Drear days these should be, that her wonders should falter, but fear ye not, for I, Sir Spenser Pellinore Quixote The Last, Marquis de Exupery, hath ever-sworn to give of mein very soulslocker and lifesriver ere I should permit a single page of a kinder's hornbook should be consigned to Oubliette, and to quest for the awesome damsel of Yore herself is to be an incomparable honour! For the Tapestry! FOR THE STOOORRIIIIEEESSS!!!"

Yes, but the Silver Crusade isn't about opposing Chaos at all - it's about advancing Good. Fighting demons at the Worldwound may be something those two agendas have in common, but it's otherwise completely different. You sound much more like a mole for Hell, especially with that latter interest, which is actively opposed to the Silver Crusade's agenda. ^_-

Far be it from me to say you can't or shouldn't (it's a pretty Asmodean move, after all), but from what I've seen, Faction membership is almost always for sincere (or at least complementary and in good faith) reasons.

Good lord - and you justify being a Silver Crusader HOW? That doesn't sound like a character who would even want to be seen in public with them.

Player Name:: I'm Hiding In Your Closet
Character Name:
Sir Spenser Pellinore Quixote The Last, Marquis de Exupery (and his mighty steed, Lot the camel!)
PF # 40025-2
Level: 7
Starting XP 20
Starting PP/Fame 15/37
Starting Gold 5,678
Progression Standard
DowntimeCraft, Pergamano: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17 I've got a folio reroll I'll definitely want to use on that at the end if I haven't used it for anything else before then

@Little Lya: I'm familiar with the Prosperity Boon, but where DOES one get that Gladhandling thing?!?

As a Knight of the Tome, Sir Spenser is versed in skills both courtly and esoteric, and favors heavy weapons and an edge toward the offensive in battle. Touched by the Fey, and more recently, by the elements, the righteousness of his cause (namely, to SAAAAVE THE STORIEEEEEES!!!) leads him to rally in the face of fear, and sometimes to swat it back in Evil's face, HA-HA! He is a knight in shining armor in the truest sense of the term, and bears high at all times, the Banner of his mysterious lineage (don't forget, so long as you're near it, to add +3 to your own saving throws versus fear, and an additional +2 to your attack rolls when charging!)

His Valiant Steed Lot serves as his mount, companion, and most importantly, surrogate common sense, and spits in the face of Evil when not cracking its neck or striking fear in its heart (or, in one case quite some time ago, sitting on it), and has acquired a bit of a taste for fly potions if you got 'em!

Should Sir Spenser's greatsword miss its rightful mark, it's probably because his long, droopy mustache has fallen off again.

The Stories MUST be Saved - even if we must fain marche into yon bowels of Hell...'s generally safer and friendlier upper-middle-class district to do it!

I don't know who that'd be, but could it be Spenser?

It would make some sense, him being a fan of stories, be they told or written.

Verily!

A mere verification, m'lud. :)

Well, the Earl and the Grand Prince themselves would matter. But both are dead (or considered dead) at the end of this scenario so that's kind of a moot point I guess.

Not necessarily! Just because they're dead doesn't mean their place in posterity doesn't matter - especially when we're talking about hereditary nobles!

There's an obvious noblewoman Spenser could try to blackmail: Karina Deckland. She is Chelish nobility. She helped the Grand Prince of Taldor, was defeated and forced to flee. Despite her hate for pathfinders I'd say political circumstances in Cheliax could force her to pay up to keep the details of her ignominous defeat hidden.

Spenser doesn't do "blackmail" - 'tis passing dastard fare! - but that doesn't mean the fruits of his efforts wouldn't be rewarded by affiliates who would. I don't know if you could tell, but he is a bit naive....

Would you say that we recovered "blackmail or incriminating evidence against a named NPC aristocrat, noble, ambassador, or similar figure" in this adventure?

I mean, there's the obvious, but that might be aiming too high....

*affirms*

#3, then?

Five of you want to pour resources into resurrecting Kalbio. Raise dead cost is as follows: 16 PP OR 5,450 gp OR 8 PP AND 2,450 gp.

I like Door #3 best.

"Verily!" Agrees Spenser, albeit uncharacteristically subdued. "To ken...that noble Taldor's neck should be gnashed asunder by its very Crown..."

He pulls out a slim, but very broad mahogany case, and opens it to stare at its contents: A fine vellum scroll, impeccably-kept, certifying that one Spenser Pellinore Quixote the Last is indeed rightful bearer of the title 'Marquis of Exupery' - it bears the very large and fancy personal signature of none other than Grand Prince Stavian III, Emperor of Taldor.

After a moment's contemplation, he snaps the case shut once more and looks up. The distant twinkle in his eye has returned...but this time, seemingly with an edge that was not there before.

"BLACKGUARD!" He bellows as he stands up. "This shall not stand! I, Sir Spenser Pellinore Quixote the Last, Marquis de Exupery, hath pledged mein own heart, flesh, spirit and steel to SAVE THE STORIES from the grommulous all-devouring sunset, and so long as aught of ego shall be, I shalt rattle firmament and cthonia alike that THE STORY of aurellian Taldor NEVER finis upon so silverfish-wracked a page - nor that of its anointed scion, one Kalbio Von Sneachda-Ruisseau! FIAT JUSTICIA, RUAT CAELUM!"

"Hie thee hither, gentle comrades-in-arms!" He cries as he abruptly rushes out the door. "FOR THE STOOOOORIIIIIIEEEESSSSS...!"

Sorry, I was going to wait for others' actions, and then spent the last 2 days feeling TERRIBLE most of the time.

Sir Spenser has another moment of fugue, but it passes in time for him to see one more manxsome foe before him!

+1 Greatsword, Power Attack, haste, courage, flag: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21
damage: 2d6 + 17 ⇒ (6, 3) + 17 = 26 /2 = 13

+1 Greatsword, Power Attack, haste, courage, flag: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22
damage: 2d6 + 17 ⇒ (3, 4) + 17 = 24 /2 = 12

+1 Greatsword, Power Attack, haste, courage, flag: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
damage: 2d6 + 17 ⇒ (3, 6) + 17 = 26 /2 = 13

Will save: 1d20 ⇒ 18 +7 if it counts somehow as a fear effect, +2 if it counts as an 'emotion' effect of any other kind, OR a death effect (+9/+4 if both) - and ANYBODY let me know if I'm overlooking any kind of bonus or whatever >.<

The horror's embrace only seems to encourage the mad Marquis's maniacal might!

+1 Greatsword, Power Attack, haste, courage, flag, flank vs 'Inky': 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37
damage: 2d6 + 17 ⇒ (6, 6) + 17 = 29 /2 = 14

+1 Greatsword, Power Attack, haste, courage, flag, flank vs 'Inky': 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (19) + 17 = 36
damage: 2d6 + 17 ⇒ (5, 3) + 17 = 25 /2 = 12

+1 Greatsword, Power Attack, haste, courage, flag, flank vs 'Inky': 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30
damage: 2d6 + 17 ⇒ (6, 5) + 17 = 28 /2 = 14

A few things:

Any chance I could have reunited with Lot by now?

#1: This question has not yet been answered.

#2: Paicho healed me when we had a moment; I am in fact at maximum hit points.

#3: Unless it's twilight or night or gloaming or something, the malefactors must all make a DC 17 Will save against my glorious burnished armor, and technically should have had to do that the first round they saw me within 30 feet.

#4: Don't forget the effect of Paicho's Flagbearing - or my Banner, for that manner!

#5: Blue Allip is rather badly double-parked; I can't tell which square it's supposed to be in; at any rate....

"Hark!?!" Exclaims Spenser, the harmonious cacophony of spectral lamentations and Bardic ditties leaving him now too bemused to be properly bewildered. "Gadzooks! Art this a dread liminalius I see before me? Hie, let me sunder thy bonds from this realm - in the Gordian manner!"

Knowledge (Religion), for what it's worth: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22 Anything I know about Allips the others don't already know?

+1 Greatsword, Power Attack, haste, courage, flag vs 'Inky': 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21
chance to hit; high is good: 1d100 ⇒ 61
damage: 2d6 + 17 ⇒ (1, 3) + 17 = 21 /2 = 10

+1 Greatsword, Power Attack, haste, courage, flag vs 'Inky': 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18
chance to hit; high is good: 1d100 ⇒ 74
damage: 2d6 + 17 ⇒ (5, 1) + 17 = 23 /2 = 11

+1 Greatsword, Power Attack, haste, courage, flag vs 'Inky': 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
chance to hit; high is good: 1d100 ⇒ 31

Alas, my love...cast off discourteously.

I'm very sorry I keep getting so behind. Life's been hard, and I guess I don't feel as comfortable on this site as I used to.

You should tell me if you intend to heal yourselves or not, you have got a little time. Also: did any of the PCs here play Scenario #9–08: Birthright Betrayed?

With THIS character? No.

Any chance I could have reunited with Lot by now?

Paicho's healing wand, Fey Foundling: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Paicho's healing wand, Fey Foundling: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

UH-OH...Will saves. Add +6 to the following if it counts as a fear effect, or +2 if it counts as an "emotion" effect of any other sort, OTHERWISE:
#1: 1d20 ⇒ 10
#2: 1d20 ⇒ 10
#3: 1d20 ⇒ 15

Sir Spenser appears to be stuck in his own mental chess game...but perhaps it's more like mental 52 pick-up.

Don't forget my Fey Foundling bonus - I got 4 more back from that!

Also, I've developed Electricity Resistance (among others) from a Boon that draws on Elemental "Affinities" across my roster, so I took 2 less damage from that electrical attack of hers, and going forward (having just earned another "Air Affinity"), it will be 3.

Also, as far as fear effects go, remember also the +3 morale bonus from my Banner to all within 60 feet who can see it!

The Magnificent Paicho's magic not only impresses Paicho himself with its restorative power, but it seems to bring Sir Spenser out of some fugue state

"'Ey, wot?" He whips his head around a moment before spotting - nay, merely knowing - that the treacherous villain is trying to make her craven escape. Magically empowered, he clanks down the hallway like a brilliant meteor, slingshotting around the side of the great Griff and skidding to a halt right in front of Karina, hands resting on his sword as it stabs the floor before her!

"NONE SHALL PASS!" He bellows!

"I've always wanted to say that...!"

Double-moving, then declaring a Challenge of the Tome against Karina!

There's also my burnished armor (DC 17) to take into account....