*Stargazer*'s page

Sorry, I've had a busy few days. Also, a bit of an announcement:

I’m sure you all have noticed that my playing of Stargazer, both in role-playing and in combat, has been less than stellar (pun intended). Part of this is that I didn’t give him that good of a build, but part of this is that I simply did not have a fully-formed character when I created him, and thus I haven’t been able to accurately understand what he would do in certain situations. If I’m being honest, this is part of the reason why I can be spotty with my posting, as I will often run into situations where I can’t think of what he would do or say.

As a result, I've discussed with the GM, and I've decided to switch characters. Stargazer will probably just fade to the back of the rebellion, and I'll post something to set that up tomorrow. I'm going to be switching to the other of the two ideas I had at the start, the tengu alchemist, and he will be introduced soon. I've got the statblock and everything here if you want to take a look at it, but if you would rather have it be a surprise, that's fine too.

Stargazer, I think you're still the only person who can expect to survive another hit from her. If you can tank another AoO, then Vitalis could stand and I'd be able to get my spell off. If Stargazer is agreeable to that, then I'd like to have my turn resolve after his.

Makes sense, I'll take the AoO.

The floating knife flies through the air at Nox. Hoping that Nox is too busy to notice, he reaches out and heals Jisara with the wand he has in his hand.

◆ Spiritual Weapon #1: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 1 = 26, Force: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 = 6
◆◆ 1st-level heal on Jisara from the wand: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13, provoking an AoO

Stargazer runs into the room to help his injured allies, but realizes he likely doesn't have enough time before Nox attacks again. Instead, he directs the flying starknife to double down on its attacks against her.

◆ Stride
◆ Spiritual Weapon #1: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 9 + 1 = 25, Force: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 9
◆ Spiritual Weapon #2: 1d20 + 9 - 5 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 9 - 5 + 1 = 15, Force: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 1 = 10

The vigilante steps back as the starknife makes its way towards Nox this time. As he steps, he reaches into his bag to pull out a wand.

◆ Sustain a Spell Spiritual Weapon: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 9 + 1 = 29, Force damage: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8
◆ Stride (provoking an AoO)
◆ Drawing the wand of heal

Stargazer keeps his back against the wall as he directs the ethereal starknife to attack the hound again. Trying his best to avoid Nox's glaive, he tentatively reaches out a glowing hand in Vitalis's direction, hoping to heal the paladin's wounds.

◆ Sustain the Spell Spiritual Weapon vs. Mephiry: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 9 + 1 = 29, Force Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 1 = 11
◆◆ Casting 1st-level Heal on Vitalis: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11, provoking an AoO

The vigilante mutters under his breath as he throws a glowing blue translucent starknife. As it flies, the magical knife arcs directly towards the hellhound, and Stargazer summons a magical shield in front of him.

◆◆ Spiritual Weapon Strike vs. Mephiry: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 9 + 1 = 14, 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 7 Force damage
◆ Shield

Vitalis Tanessen wrote:

"You really believe that don't you? You truly are deranged."

Nox chuckles. ”I prefer ‘pragmatic.’ And I wouldn’t blame you for not noticing in the chaos, but I took a knife to the throat in that riot!” Nox glides her fingers across the front of her scarless neck. ”Healed up beautifully, don’t you think, Mephiry?"

"I can't say I'm sympathetic, a lot of people have suffered worse. As for your 'government authority', I couldn't care less. It doesn't matter if it's 'legitimate'--the things your government has done are cruel and despicable, and someday, it's all gonna come crashing down."

Back-to-back with Chance, Stargazer launches another bolt of divine entropy at one of the monks, and summons a shield to protect him.

◆◆ Divine Lance at Cyan if they're still alive, Yellow otherwise: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28, 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 4) + 4 = 10
◆ Shield

"Hopefully there aren't any more surprises." The vigilante releases another bolt of divine chaos at one of the new arrivals.

[ooc]◆ Stride
◆◆ Divine Lance at Purple: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16, 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 1) + 4 = 7

Stargazer runs back towards the entrance a bit and fires a bolt of chaos at one of the tieflings.

◆ Stride
◆◆ Divine Lance at Red: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24, 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 3) + 4 = 9

Stargazer steps forward and releases another mental assault at the ogre.

◆ Stride
◆◆ Daze, 4 damage, DC 19 Will half

Stargazer jumps a bit at the sight of the ogre in the hallway, before quietly launching a psychic assault on the creature, filling his mind with noise, drowning everything out and shaking him to his core.

◆◆ Daze, 4 mental damage, DC 19 Will negates
◆ Shield
Also, I just realized I've been forgetting to heighten Stargazer's cantrips.

Stargazer clutches his head for a moment as he feels his thoughts draining from him. Once he recovers, he looks down and sees the book with his name on it. He barely registered what it said, but as he stared at the book, he started to realize what it meant. The scrivenite knew his name--more than that, he knew his thoughts, his dreams, his fears. The scrivenite knew him.

He felt the scrivenite peer behind his mask into his thoughts beneath it, feeling a terror he had never felt before. A terror that quickly turned into an anger, lashing out at the creature of tomes and knowledge that stood before him.

He used what little understanding of himself he had left to call upon his divine power to release a blast of pure chaos at the scrivenite.

◆◆ Divine Lance DC 6 Flat Check: 1d20 ⇒ 6 1d20 + 9 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 9 - 1 + 1 = 22, 1d4 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 7
◆ Shield DC 6 Flat Check: 1d20 ⇒ 2

Stargazer releases a blast of divine entropy at the scrivenite, and shields himself with some of the leftover magical energy.

◆◆ Divine Lance: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 9 + 1 = 15, 1d4 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8
◆ Shield

"Yeah, sorry if this doesn't fit your timetable, but we're kind of in a hurry." the vigilante says, cracking his knuckles and getting ready for a fight.

Staying in the shadows, he releases another bolt of entropy at the cleric.

◆◆ Divine Lance: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17, 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
◆ Casting Shield

Stargazer takes a step away into the shadows, and releases another bolt of entropy at the priest.

◆ Stride
◆◆ Divine Lance: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16, 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Stargazer winces as he sees the Asmodean strikes Vitalis. "That did not look fun." he says, and he casts a spell to call upon potent healing energy.

◆◆ 2nd-level Heal on Vitalis: 2d8 + 16 ⇒ (4, 7) + 16 = 27
◆ Shield

"Yeah, go handle the priest. We can deal with the rest." Stargazer steps around the bookshelves and releases another blast of entropy at the closest tiefling.

[ooc]◆ Stride
◆◆ Divine Lance at Green: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19, 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Stargazer, with his eyes aglow, releases a blast of divine entropy before using the same energy to protect himself from attacks.

◆◆ Divine Lance at Green 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22, 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
◆ Shield

Stargazer attempts to wrench himself free from the zombie, and make his way away from them.

◆ Escape Acrobatics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
◆ Stride
◆ Draw wand of heal

I'm sorry, I know I haven't been posting a lot. I've had a couple of projects lately that have taken a lot of my time, so hopefully those will slow down soon and I'll have more time and energy to post. I'll try and be more diligent in the future.

Stargazer casts a spell, releasing a burst of purple positive energy.

◆◆◆ Casting 1st-level heal 1d8 ⇒ 4, DC 18 Fortitude for the undead

Yeah, I'll use the reaction.

"Ow." Not even getting up, he draws a wand and draws upon positive energy to keep him alive.

◆ Interact to draw wand of heal
◆◆ Heal 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

After Vitalis gives him a hand, Stargazer turns his fall into a roll and gets back up in a swift motion. He begins casting a spell, calling upon a similar divine energy as the paladin did, but this time directing it at the undead in front of him.

◆ Stand up
◆◆ Casting 1st-level heal on the skeleton in front of him, 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14 positive energy damage, DC 19 Fortitude (I got the DC wrong last time)

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
A new padlock on an otherwise abandoned building, not a great sign.

Stargazer seems largely unfazed by the various decorations.

Religion: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

"Hey, someone's been--" He quickly gets cut off.

He turns around quickly to face the skeleton, and reaches out with his hand glowing purple to drain it of its energy. As he does, he tries to remember if he knows what this is.

◆◆ Chill Touch, Flat footed (assuming it's undead, 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 2) + 4 = 10 otherwise) DC 18 Fortitude
◆ Religion to recall knowledge

Skill increase: Deception to Expert
2nd level spells: Harm (heightened +1), Spiritual Weapon
Signature Spells: Heal, Harm
General Feat: Quick Disguise
I have a few magic items I have my eye on, so I'm not buying anything now.
Statblock and tagline will be updated soon.

After batting out the flames on his cloak, Stargazer leaps over one of the boxes towards Chance, and reaches out his hand towards one of the ruffians with a purple glowing hand.

◆ Stride
◆◆ Chill Touch, 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 negative damage, DC 18 Fortitude half

Stargazer walks into the building behind Vitalis and, his eyes aglow, lets forth a massive torrent of psychic energy at the nearest ruffian.

◆ Stride
◆◆ Daze at yellow, 4 mental damage, DC 18 Will half

Stargazer's gonna be sneaking in, since he probably can't come up with that convincing of a story unlike Chance, so Stealth +7.

Stargazer, you should probably also take the scrolls of restore senses, remove disease, and undetectable alignment, unless you want Chance to take either of the two that he can cast so you aren’t responsible for handling all of them.

I can take the scrolls.

I also bought a scroll of heal, a scroll of fear, 2 antidotes, 2 Cheetah's elixir, and an antiplague.

I went through the sheet and I think that the only thing I need is the wand of heal. I haven't been that diligent about the rest of Rigel's finances before this, so I need to add all of it up, but once I do I should be good.

"Oh my god." He takes a moment to swallow back the vomit in his throat. "Yeah, let's take them back to the community. How are we going to figure out who did this? I doubt whoever did this is likely to come back here, but maybe it would be worth it to stake the lair out?"

Stargazer takes off his mask for a moment to cough up whatever he breathed in once the fairies are all dead.

Once he's feeling a little better, he takes a look at the entrance to the lair, his head tilted to the side as he thinks, somewhat concerned. "You know, I might be able to make it." he says hesitantly. "I don't like the thought of getting stuck in such a small space but... yeah, I could probably squeeze in there."

Stargazer swats at the swarming fairies as he makes his way out, his feet barely touching the ground as he runs. He looks across the street at Green, his eyes glowing with purple light. As Green looks into the vigilante's starry eyes, which seemingly contain an entire universe within themselves, the tooth fairy grows acutely aware of its own cosmic insignificance.

◆ Stride
◆◆ Daze, 4 mental damage, DC 18 Will save

Stargazer swats the fairies away from his face, and though a couple go through his defenses, they also happen to go through his face. He takes a couple of steps back and releases a flurry of bright, star-like projectiles.

◆ Step
◆◆ Spray of Stars: 1d4 ⇒ 1 at the swarm, DC 18 Reflex half, dazzled for 3 rounds on a failure, 1 round on a success

Stealth: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Stargazer gives the dottari a wide berth, making his way through the shadows to go unnoticed.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

So close!

Rigel makes his way through the streets in pursuit of the fairies. In the midst of the chase, he notices a possible shortcut out of the corner of his eye. "Wait a second--" He turns around to try and find it, but gets turned around and can't seem to figure out exactly where he saw it. He looks around in confusion, his eyes still twinkling with starlight.

Perception, Hero Point: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

At last, his eyes settle on an alleyway obscured by some crates, and leaps over them into the shadows with ease. He reemerges from the shortcut right behind the fairies and continues his pursuit.

Also, I'm assuming for the attack-ish action, I would only be able to use spells that have attack rolls and not saving throw spells, correct?

Athletics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Stargazer takes a running start and deftly leaps up, the force of gravity barely noticeable, grabs the top and hauls himself over.

"I saw more coming behind him! This place is gonna be swarming with guards in a minute!" Stargazer whispers from the nearby shadows as he tries to make his way past them.

Deception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

He probably would have changed into Stargazer, at least at nightfall, since they're in public.

Stargazer stays in the shadows, waiting for the tooth fairies to take the bait. Once they appear, he gives chase, moving in leaps and bounds.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Perception, Hero Point: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

The masked figure takes a turn down an alley in an effort to find a shortcut, but finds himself at a dead end. "Damn!" However, after a moment, he realizes the wall isn't too high, and in a few short jumps, makes his way over it, reappearing right at the heels of the creatures.

Stargazer spends a minute trying to get the lock open, but the ol’ bobby pin trick doesn’t even seem to get a single tumbler into place literally none of those rolls were a success, in the process ruining all of the bobby pins he had in his hair.

Stargazer goes through the rest of the livery with somewhat frazzled hair.

"So, who's up for some coffee?"

"I should probably change into something a bit less conspicuous then."

Stargazer dodges around the devil's blows, and releases another blast of blue light, and causes his shield to glow with a renewed strength.

◆◆ Divine Lance on green
◆ Shield, shield block reaction if attacked

Divine Lance: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15, 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6 Chaotic damage

"That's... weirdly comforting? That they're not failed magical experiments or something, they're just devils." Stargazer says, obviously a bit distracted as he tries, and fails, to dodge the attack. He holds his hands out, muttering an incantation under his breath, and brings forth a blast of starry light at the one in front of him, before summoning a light blue barrier of force to protect him.

◆ Cast divine lance
◆◆ Cast shield, using the shield block reaction if attacked

Divine Lance: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12, 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 Chaotic damage

"Yes, but if the wearer simply gained a premonition as to the outcome, it doesn't explain how Vitalis was able to get heads 4 times in a row. Sure, it's technically possible, but highly unlikely."

"This just keeps getting worse and worse, doesn't it?" Stargazer says. Trying to avoid stepping in the muck, he pulls out a crossbow and loads it, before taking aim and firing at the closest creature.

◆ Drawing his crossbow
◆ Loading the crossbow
◆ Firing

Crossbow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17, 1d8 ⇒ 1

Well, uh…care to use a Hero Point on that nat 1, Stargazer?

Definitely. Also, did I take any damage?

"Easier, but not any less gross." Stargazer reaches out to drain the life from the rat in front of him, and summons a shield to protect him.

◆◆ Casting chill touch on Green.
◆ Casting shield, using shield block reaction if attacked

Chill Touch: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8, DC 17 half

Performance: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Stargazer nods his head to the music of the pan flute and starts humming along.

"There're just rats. What's everyone so..." As they get closer, Stargazer trails off as he realizes how big they are. "...those are much bigger than I thought." He hesitantly steps forward and releases a flurry of white-hot throwing star-like projectiles.

◆ Stride
◆◆ Cast Spray of Stars. 1d4 ⇒ 4 fire damage, DC 17 reflex save for half, dazzled for 1 round on a success and 3 rounds on a failure.

Sorry for not posting earlier, I've had a busy few days.

Barely conscious after the last shot from the gremlin, Stargazer glares at the last one as it attempts to flee. He thanks Vitalis for the healing.

Do we want to try and use Medicine for whatever other healing we do now to save resources? We're only a couple of rooms in, so I don't want to get stuck out of healing spells later. If you all think it would be better, Stargazer can do a 3-action heal to get everyone.

Stargazer wrote:

Can Stargazer see any way he could parkour his way up to the rafters, or would I need to Seek to try and find one?

The most direct way (without Seeking) is just Climbing the wall.

Looking at the climbing rules, that's probably not going to work.

“Pugwampis! Gremlins!” Chance shouts. “They’re fascinating, really - they can actually cause people to suffer from bad luck,” he adds, trailing off as he realizes from Vitalis’s wild swings that everyone probably already knows.

"You'd think I might have something to deal with that." Stargazer tries once again to psychically assault the nearest gremlin, seeing as that's likely to be the most effective strategy he has, as he hums along to the tune Chance is singing. He then turns to the southeast to see if there's any way he might climb up.

◆◆ Casting daze. 4 damage, basic DC 17 Will for half.
◆ Seeking to the southwest for a way up

Perception #1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Perception #2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

"Not a trick, then. Lovely." Stargazer looks up at the one above him in the rafter. "I wonder though, if it had the sense to try and scare us..." He narrows his eyes at the thing as the starlight within them begins to glow brighter. He tries to psychically reach out... and then tries to psychically throttle the thing.

Rexus utters a magical word as he holds up his hand, creating a shimmering crimson force hovering near his raised hand.

"I like the look of the red for the shield. Although I think it suits you better than it would suit me." The light blue barrier of force in front of him begins to glow with a renewed energy.

◆◆ Casting daze. 4 mental damage, DC 17 basic Will save, Stunned 1 on a critical failure.
◆ Casting shield again.

Can Stargazer see any way he could parkour his way up to the rafters, or would I need to Seek to try and find one?

Stargazer, waving the fly away, tries to see if he can notice anything. "It's just a trick. You've seen more impressive tricks than this." he mutters to himself reassuringly.

◆ Seek in the area of the red circle by Stargazer for anything noticeable after the floating objects are gone
◆ Stride
◆ Seek in the area of the blue circle by Vitalis

Seek Red #1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Seek Red #2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Seek Blue #1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Seek Blue #2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12