Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Everyone, please be sure to add Shaedo's performance bonus!
Shaedo continues her performance. She demonstrates her full vocal range in both volume and pitch as she sings multiple parts, imitating a full chorus of voices, very high and somewhat low. If she is able, she encourages some of the freed prisoners to join in on the chorus, making the performance all the more impressive.
"Easy come easy go, will you let us go-oh?
GOH-LEE-ATH! No! We will not let you go! (Let her go!)
GOH-LEE-ATH! No! We will not let you go! (Let her go!)
GOH-LEE-ATH! No! We will not let you go! (Let me go!)
We will not let you go! Not until the ritual is broken, oh!
Mama mia, mama mia, Where is home, where is home, where is hooohme!
The BOT-FLY has a demon put aside for me, for me, for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
As they sing, she conducts them further away from the blightnings so as to avoid any further harm to the innocents. She moves as many people as she can as far as she can while still remaining in range so that her allies feel the benefit of her rhapsody.
Rolls and few other things:
Spellcraft:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Sense Motive:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Shaedo is so into her performance that she has no clue what is happening with all the magic above her, or what his strange words about bats may mean- the Shaedo and the Echolocations may make for an excellent troupe name. Still, she has seen him granting wishes before, so she works a little foxy bow into her performance without missing a beat, though it could just as easily be a part of her being so into the music despite all the madness going on around her.
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Shaedo's song continues:
" The blighting of the lightning is very very frightening me!
Oh, Golarion, Golarion, oh Golarion, I wish return to home!
Magnifico!
I'm just a poor fox, singing for my party,
She's just a poor gob, from a gob family,
Please spare us this monstrosity!"
Unfortunately, there is a third parameter that is sometimes limited by level, and that's target. Polymorph any object has the target: "one creature, or one non-magical object of up to 100 cu. ft./level", so in the case of this spell, a CL 0 archmage could cast the spell, and hold the charge indefinitely but never be able to target anything with the spell. I feel like it's just so close! Too bad, really.
That said though, I looked again at the power word spells, and none of their parameters are limited by level at all. A fighter with the archmage mythic ability could literally kill and strike her foes blind with a word. That would be scary!
I really like all the concepts that were mentioned- nature themed rogues, healing fighters, and the best about it is that no one would likely be able to guess what is going on. A martial character using time stop would likely be very disorienting for the enemy, and that by itself would be an advantage.
It raises the question though: if we put ourselves into the minds of fighters, following the warrior's path, why would any such a person choose to be an archmage instead going further on the warrior's path? I don't mean to question the viability of these ideas, rather I mean to raise a question about mythic power, in general. If we allow CL 0 archmages to exist, then it seems to me to imply that the form mythic power takes is not always a choice- if it ever is.
It may be a choice for the player, but the characters may find some source of mythic power, and they wouldn't really know what it is, so it affects them in bizarre and unpredictable ways. Maybe the mythic power finds them. Even the weaker side of this idea becomes interesting if one contemplates what source of mythic power would give someone something so incomplete, yet oddly useful.
I don't know mythic that well, so if I am missing something really obvious, I'd like it lots if someone pointed it out to me.
Anyway, I hope this isn't getting too off topic, because I'd really like what people would suggest for the story behind the fighter with archmage magic, or for the rogue with the awakened animal friends.
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Shaedo bursts into a song to inspire allies and their wards. While singing, and places herself between the prisoners and the lightning thingies.
"They say it costs a life to live,
Yet I wish for more to give,
Living lightning sure is strange,
And how everything is rearranged,
Yet one thing is for sure!
We have to get the heck outta here!
So fight, fight, fight, for our flight
To the cave of freedom!"
Defying the laws of physics, a wicked guitar solo tears through the air as Shaedo finishes her first verse.
Begin bardic performance, inspire confidence.
And as a footnote: Yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! It is good to be back!! (^_^)
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Yes! Yes, Kallisti, perhaps I you can hide in my illusion as well!
She guides Kallisti into her back pack, hoping the celestial fox vanishes too. "Into the fox burrow, my dear. Vixens stick together!" If she does, Shaedo goes to Layla to turn her invisible.
If Kallisti does not turn invisible while hidden in Shaedo's clothing or pack...:
Oh, it's not working! Okay, Ceru! Yes, she likes Ceru. She gave her apples! Ceru, while Kallisti really would like apples, best not to let her have any at the moment. Please keep her safe! Shaedo telepaths, talking to calm her nerves, mainly. Even in her clothing, Shaedo would worry about her vixen. "Keep her safe, please! I'll come back for you, little vixen!" Shaedo gingerly hands Kallisti off to Ceru, if the gnome will take her.
Okay Layla, just remember, the moment you take your shot, you will no longer be invisible. So... be careful to keep an eye on a quick escape route! Trembling, Shaedo concentrates on her magic, and touches Layla, turning the halfling invisible.
Shaedo is ready to dive into the fray behind Layla. Gods... Desna... this is really happening, isn't it? Really- yep... yiiiiii! Let' goooo!
Shaedo dives gracefully off of Vitreous' back, flips and lands nimbly on her feet. Too bad no one got to see her!
Go left! Circle left! Go foxy- go!
Shaedo stealths left, and as soon as she can see Jakk, begins her study.
Stealth:1d20 + 18 + 20 ⇒ (17) + 18 + 20 = 55
Invisibility bonus to stealth while moving is + 20! Tehehehe!
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Thanks for the neat update Tac! Shaedo's got a lot of material for her next chorus of gob-smash one's adventures!
Vitreous "Darling" Drimplegatto wrote:
...let me eat a gobbo priest!
I just thought a syllogism that may be useful:
1. You are what you eat.
2. Jakk is Nugglet's husband.
3. Therefore, if Vitreous eats Jakk, Vitreous will be Nugglet's husband!
This logic of course is indisputable, and Vitreous, in his giant snake form, might even pull it off!
There, all of Vitreous' romantic difficulties are solved! (Then again, I haven't seen anything in those top-secret spoilers, but how bad could it be, I mean really? .... Oh .... Oh dear- - ... what have I done this time!)
...
-Shaedo, the wise fox, always happy to give her romantic advice!
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
GM Tacticslion wrote:
Shaedo Silverpaws, in the other thread wrote:
Earlier, before the farewells (if that's okay!)
Of course it is! However, in the future, it would be helpful if you put the variously timed things (except for the last) in spoilers to help allow others to skip time-jump things. It's a great post, however! I like the callback to the dream. :)
Ah, klar! I shall be sure to do that in the future.
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Earlier, before the farewells - altering illusion:
Shaedo, in a fickle mood, or perhaps sensing Vitreous's dislike of the mask alters her illusion, removing the mask and restoring the proper Snaketrious appearance. The mask changes to a snake-belt with a few hanging, fang-punctured husks of dead demon-flies- a visual evidence (albeit illusory) that this giant snake is a demon killer!
I like the snake-look better, after all! All you need to do, Vitreous, is twirl that giant mustache of yours, and the nasty gobs'll forget all about their ritual!
Just before take off....:
Shaedo is saddened to see her dear friend Eris go, but quietly squees to receive Kallisti into her care.
"As a follow fox, I shall be sure Kallisti is safe! Oh, Kallisti, we are two vixens in a strange world! Let's stay together, and we'll get through this madness!"
Like in the dream.... up through the clouds....
"We- we- are flying... agaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiin!" Breath, YIIIIIiiiiiiiiii!
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
In response to Rainbow Husk's description of the great distance between the ritual and the party, Shaedo grins, conceding in Sylvan, "Yeeessh... the magical transportation would be much faster!"
She thinks for a moment, considering her own resolve. Her ears perk up and she sits up straight and tall on Ramsy's back, with her decision.
"I- volunteer to go as well! If only- because the one thing worse than having to fight a demonic soul-eating Botfly is staying here, while my friends risk their lives- and all I can do is wait for them- and not know if they'll come back!"
Shaedo shivers as her tails floof and her ears flatten against her head. "So- I'll go if I'd be of use in the battle!"
Shaedo's violet eyes widen as her ears perk up again, and she turns to look behind her, hearing Layla's update on Schnorzel, blue goblins, and the question about the world.
Husk speaks first, and then Sunny. Shaedo listens, silent for once, deep in thought. Then, the fox finds her voice again, and answers the call to tell a story!
The World:
The nice thing about riddles, is that although they are tricksy, the answer is in the question! I've heard philosophers in Osirion, Katapesh and Jalmeray dispute the question- what is *a* world, what is the World? Everyone disagrees! The Elves think yet another thing, and so does every individual gnome I've ever spoken to about it! We're all *in* a world, everything we know is the world to us! So to go from one whole world to another- it's the kinda terrifying thing that makes poets go mad if they let it... It literally means leaving everything you know behind!
Shaedo sighs, and grabs onto one her tails, holding it for comfort.
"There is a story that illustrates this wonderfully. It is called The Three World Travelers and the Visitor from Afar." Shaedo hops up onto her feet, so she is standing on Ramsy's back. That way she can pantomiming the characters, giving each a unique voice, and even shifting into a matching form as each speaks. "*Ahem.* The story goes, there were once three well-traveled people sharing a meal on the crossroads around a camp fire. One was a human man who hailed from Tian Xia and was visiting Avistan for the first time. Another was a fiery gnomish lass, and the third was an ancient elf who looked not a day past youth. The man said, 'I have travelled far from an Eastern land. This Western land is strange. It is a whole other World.' After the man spoke, the gnome lass laughed at him. 'Your world is small, friend!' She cried, 'in my endless pursuit of new experiences to keep the fire in my hair, I have traveled all across Golarion! I have seen the whole world!' At that the ancient, youthful elf sniggered, 'you have seen merely half of it, my dear fire brand! I have lived for twice the years of both of you combined, and I am still a young elf. Golarion is merely a planet, Bright one, and Sovyrion, home of the elves, is another. For us, they together are the world!'
The other two looked at each other. They were surely humbled, but in sympathy they smiled at each other in good humor and rolled their eyes together at the haughtiness of the elf.
But then, all three gasped in fear, as the fire itself roared with laughter, and bursting from the flame, appeared a great Efreeti! The incredible fire spirit admonished all three travelers, 'mortal fools! None of you have seen even the smallest, most infinitesimal fraction of THE WORLD! There are countless planes, each one so vast, they may as well be infinite! In a life time spanning a thousand suns, I have seen all of them! The World, is many! THE WORLD is ALL THINGS!! Bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaaaa----AHAHAHAHA!'
(Hey, the genies always laugh manically in these stories!)
The three world travelers felt greatly humbled at this story, though the gnome in this saw an opportunity for a new experience, the human saw an opportunity to gain, and the elf saw a challenge... so one of them, I don't remember which, said, 'great genie! You have seen all things, so you must know all things. Would you say this is true?'
'Why yes, mortal fool! Why do you even need to ask such a foolish question!'
'Because it isn't true- if I can prove it to you, will you grant me a wish?'
'Bwahahaha! Very well! But if you fail, then I shall burn you to death where you sit!'
'You have seen all the planes as an immortal spirit, but you were only ever a being of plane of fire. Never have you lived the life of an elf, a gnome, or a man. You do not know the world as we see it. you do not know world! You do not know what it is like to be us, but our experience, our lives, our souls are a part of all things. Therefore, you do not know all things, your world is not all things. --- According to one version of the story, they then say--- 'There is only ONE who may say that, and it is not you, fire spirit.'
Aaaaannndd... that's where the story goes in different ways... in one version, the efreeti just laughs at them, and vanishes. In another, the efreeti is impressed, and grants them a wish, though claims it is merely out of pity for their small mortal minds, and then in another one, the efreeti is angered, and well, it doesn't end well at all! -I always like to say, if a clever vixen were there, she would have had a back up plan! A good trick is always really two or three. That's the real moral of the story! Besides all that world stuff, anyway."
Shaedo does not pretend her answer is final. She gladly hears what any others have to say. For her, the world is a manner of perspective, after all!
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Shaedo would have visibly shuddered at the use of the Aklo tongue.
Aklo to Husk:
"Sorry Husk, I meant no rudeness-" she says slowly, then blurts, "I thought you'd be happy!"Such positive expressions sound very strange in Aklo... the implication of rudeness in the dark tongue, is more like disrespect, and implies the wrath of powerful beings... Aklo is a scary language! Shaedo clasps her mouth. "Forgive me!" (In Aklo, a more literal translation would be, "spare me your devouring wrath!") "No more on that topic. None! Nope. Not from me." (More like, "All 'such talk' shall be cast into darkness and oblivion!"
***
Shaedo sheepishly bows her head, and sings a quiet song in Sylvan about the kind hand of a fairy queen who soothed the ills of a wanderer returned from the darkest woods. Aklo must always be balanced with the sweet music of Sylvan! So Hannya taught us.
Shaedo strives to hold her tongue on the topic of Husk being turned into Rainbow, but as usual, she feels the need to talk about something- so she seeks out a different topic.
So Schnorzel is some kind of powerful magic user, yes? It is no small feat to make elemental appear out of thin air! She pauses for a moment, Though considering where we are, how surprising is that, really? Is there a way we can link her up to our mind-talk web, if we're sure she's a friend?
Shaedo lets that thought marinate for a (brief) moment, and then turns her mind back to strategizing.
***
Sense Motive:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Shaedo narrows her eyes somewhat suspiciously. So long as Jakk has a mind he can be deceived, yes? She says, adding another dimension to Ceru's inquiry.
Are you sure there are no doubts, dear Husk?
And always the expert on conversational multi-tasking, Shaedo also comments on getting to the Place of Sacrifice. I can climb any vertical surface fast enough- if that'll help. Though the magical travel'll probably be faster...
Female Aasimar (Agathion? Leonel? Catfolk?) Monk of the Lotus 2 AC 17 T 16 FF 14 hp 18/18 F + 4 R + 6 W + 6
Kiwyn the White wrote:
Kiwyn looked back at Kaya again smiling at first. When called out on her slip of the tongue she tries to hide her reaction, tho a low audible "Eep." slips out. Her cheeks redden and she tries to dismiss it. "It was just a term of endearment from our mother."
Bluff 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
edit: not a very good bluff at that. :p
Sense Motive:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
Da kitteh calls ur bluff! ;) Though not really, as you'll see...
Kayahidye hears the vocal reaction, and notices Kiwyn's blushing. Kaya still has a sense that the girl is hiding something about herself.. out of fear? Shame? In any case, it is deeply personal, and 'cub' was a slip of the tongue she is trying to dismiss. Kaya let's it go.
Kayahidye remembers the teachings of Kamali- every person is like a lotus in a mountain stream. Some are high on the banks, open in the sun, others are in the shade, partially open, others are in the water... Everyone is at their own place in life, and must follow their own path....
If Kiwyn here wishes to hide herself, then I shall not interfere with what she needs to feel comfortable. She shall reveal her true self when she learns to accept herself, in time.
Returning from her reverie, Kayahidye tilts her head to a side slightly with a gentle, warm smile. Her expression as she looks at Kiwyn exudes unconditional acceptance.
"That is adorable, if you don't mind me saying. It must have been wonderful to have such a loving mother, when you were with her."
She pauses to reflect a moment, "Makes me wonder, what my mother would have called me, whoever she is, if I had known her... a bitter sweet thought!"
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Kayahidye has all the gear she needs. She would probably help with getting the food, if that is still happening. She has a few days travel rations, though for her, they would probably last longer. She looks like a cat, but her eating habits are more like those of a sparrow! (^_^)
She is used to walking, so would probably want to get a horse as well. She is also not an experienced rider, though she would be eager to learn from those who do ride.
Whoever she goes shopping with shall be asked questions about their lives, be referred to as 'dear cousin' and should conversation ensue, shall probably discover some philosophical insight about life in general. :)
Hmm... Fractoise. Reminds of the glitch, secret pokemon back in the very first game... Number 0, Missing No. ... Wow, that was some time ago!
Those fractal bites would actually be kinda scary to deal with. Nom nom nom! Though luckily it would be easy to see it comin'. Silly bears. Lot's a good foolery through that link!
I'd add water jet canons, and the non-Euclidean property to the fractoise- make it suppa scary! Non-Euclidean: a thing for monsters since Bestiary 4, with the appearance of a certain apocalyptic, deep sea, sleepy head!
I use blue text in the OOC thread, when that cunning little kitsune, chaotic and devious as she is, finds her way here. ;)
"Devious? Huh? On the contrary, I'm perfectly honest! You can always trust a fox! Yep. That's what I say."
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Vitreous wrote:
Next time I baleful polymorph a character, porpoise it will be! I might even get the chance to do so on September 21st! Running a PFS table of Realm of Fellnight Queen.
I would love to hear how that one goes!
...
Infinite turtle porpoise hybrids.... brrrrr.... *Gasp!* That must be the origin of the tortoise!
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
GM Tacticslion wrote:
Shaedo Silverpaws wrote:
Ouchie! Vixey hangover! ... I'm assuming Shaedo isn't drunk anymore- her current misery could be a hangover, or it could just be the heat and her getting up too fast. .. Does Shaedo have a hang over from the magic- oooor... would she still... be drunk?
The amount of how drunk she is, I leave entirely in your hands. Similarly, the spell-effect - polypurpous panacea* - does not actually leave hangovers^... buuuuuu~t this is a weird magic zone with a weird magic storm in a weird magic fire*'. So it's up to you.
"Huh? Whut? Did I hear somethin' 'bout a poly-porpoise pancake? That some kind of Ulfen dish? What's a poly-porpoise? This tower's weird enough already without fried porpoise- Oh! I heard a story once of an Ulfen whaler! It goes..."
That's right Shaedo, porpoises! (Whew, that was close!)
As for how hung over the little kitsune is, I'm thinking she'll have a moment of a bad placebo effect. She remembers being reeeaaaally drunk (for her!), so she kinda expects at least a mild hangover. She's a sharp vixen though, so she'll realize quickly, most likely, that it's really more the heat that's getting to her. ;)
Hey GM Angelina, this is Suthuri, finally checking in again after what's been a crazy week for me! I hope you'll accept this last minute submission! Here is Kayahidye (Kay-a-hEEt-yay), the feline serene monk.
I traded all spell-like abilities for a fly speed of 20 ft., an ability she has gained in combination with her heritage and monastic training. She can often be seen levitating as she mediates at early morn and eve!
Her stats are pretty much complete. I just need to add gear and traits. I have here my submission with the in-character responses to the original questions.
GM Angelina wrote:
"So, why should I choose you? What have you done with your life so far? What talents can you bring to the cause of good? And, most of all, how do I know I can trust you with this mission?" You dreamed a woman asked you these questions, and something about her made you want her to choose you.
Kayahidye's responses:
Levitating, cross-legged in the air some twenty feet over a mountain lion guardian statue at the base of her high, cloud-wreathed temple, Kayahidye's tail twitches, swaying in rhythm with her breathing as she enters a deep, dream-like meditative trance. In this dream-like state, she receives a vision that compels her to answer several questions to the woman who speaks to her.
"I would be a wise choice for your mission, for I shall bring dedication, and disciplined focus to your cause. I shall remain calm within, and with a clear head and clear judgement, no matter how adverse the challenges I must face to answer your calling."
Her serene, neutral expression brightens into a pensive smile.
"I have walked far on the path of inner peace. I have wandered far over these mountains, in search for who I am, and I have come to accept that I may never truly know my origins. Although goodness is in my heart, there is wildness there too. However, I have discovered a deeper calm within; I have balanced myself. I have progressed further in the monastic arts than many of the best students of my temple. I have become a master of myself and my mysterious nature, and now I am beginning to learn how to share my insight with others."
"I have many talents to give to your cause. With a mere touch, I can make even a raving beast reconsider its choice to fight. I have learned all manner of avoidance, by words, by swift movement. My body is a weapon, should things come to blows. However, I wield the powers of peace and redemption as well as a warrior's hands. I am quick on my feet, and I shall only become faster, and I have learned a second way of movement. Even without wings, I can walk on the air, and drift through the skies."
Kaya opens her heart to the woman speaking to her in her dream-like meditative state. "You are in my mind, so I invite you to look deeper within." She says, "Within me, there is only sincerity, and serenity. With peace and dedication, I shall become the cause you wish me to fulfill, just I have become the tranquility which I practice. Therefore, you can trust me with your purpose."
For back-story, I'm thinking she was a foundling at a monastery somewhere, brought in and raised as a monk. In some ways, she found the practices of the monk intuitive, easy. In others, (especially if she is azata blooded), she found the discipline of the monastic life very challenging.
It has taken, by human standards, nearly a life time to master the meditative arts. However, she has achieved inner peace, at such an advanced level that she can share this inner peace with others, even those openly hostile toward her.
I like the idea of Kaya having chaos in her blood, and so having to reconcile any mischievousness in her spirit with the monk's discipline. In this way, although lawful in alignment, she would be sympathetic to those of all good alignments.
On the other-hand, the agathion would be a no-brainer on account of... nrivana! (Could have her look like a cat-folk too, for extra fun!) Either way, this looks like a class-race combination that would be really fun to try!
Just like before, the companions fled the nightmare storm that mirrored the one they had experienced down below the clouds while awake, in their bodies. They ran desperately into the tower, and made the rosy, crystal doors, just in time. Though, some stayed back to fight the nightmare creatures, to cover the escape, and again, some companions held back, to help them also make cover, as a mighty gnome shattered the crystal door.
Yet, somehow they all made it. They were in a rosy, crystal tower, with three doors, and a thousand mirrors... So many reflections, of so many things, and each person seeing something unique to their experiences and personality. With some experimentation, they found they could show each other their dreams- their thoughts, their memories... Was it... safe in here? They were safe from the storm, right?
Aaaaannnd- that's all's I got for now, folks! Hope ya enjoyed and have some fun reacting to all the crazy goings-ons in dream land! (^_^)
And then... drifting among the prismatic clouds, during the peaceful night beneath twinkling stars, all was so calm and quiet, the companions began to hear the voices. Countless voices, and things moving, up here among the clouds, all chattering in countless languages, or making countless different sorts of desperate, impatient sounds. They were distant, and yet so near. And then, they noticed the faint sense of motion, like steam seen out of the corner of your eye. And, they saw them, the spirits, the ghosts, the abstract forms of potential, of all the creatures and things that spill forth from the mana clouds bustling, hustling among the great colorful nimbus, fighting their way to "enter the clouds" for their turn to descend in the storm. Then the forms were vivid, elementals, fish people, giant frogs, toads and newts, great half-dragons, and half-celestial quarter-dragon fish-newts, were all about, roaring, shouting, squawking and hissing, for their turn to become real, even if only for a brief moment. The form of formlessness controlled them, guided them, demanded, loudly, yet without a voice that they wait in line. Some kind of spirit from another plane, perhaps.
Some pointed out, that they must flew, they must run and escape before we are noticed as not- part of the storm! Gods know what sort of punishment they have for us here! So the companions of gob smash one made flight, ran and ran over colorful clouds, trying to remain hidden from the raging mob of magical possibility.
Part 4: A Storm of Dreams:
I am shamelessly inserting something from my homebrew setting in this next paragraph. Please bear with me. (^_^)
Another one of the companions- pointed out that we were in the dream world. Look! In the sky above, there were not one, but two moons! Shaedo agreed- yes, and the second moon is as violet-blue as any dream you've had. We must find a refuge from this danger within the land of dreams!
And then... there it was, what they all knew they would find- the other High Tower! Two moons, two towers, it makes sense, yes? There was the other Tower, as rosey-violet as you could imagine, a great crystaline mirror of the one below, floating on the prismatic clouds. "We have to find cover quick!" Someone shouted,
"Look's like a storm is brewing!" Shaedo agreed, looking up.
The stars themselves- seemed to look with hunger upon the companions. The darkness between the stars slithered toward them from unknowable distance, yet at alarming speed. Then, over the ethereal veil, came the buzzing, the flapping, and the shriek, as winged skulls were silhouetted in both moons, and from over the clouds, circling low, just over head, many faceless creatures with sharp tails and leathery wings... Lovecraftian moment! (Tehehe!)
Thank you GM, for this honor! Shaedo twirls, bows, and then begins her performance: Gob Smash, dream sequence! In five acts!
Part 1: the Applause:
Shaedo is over all quite pleased as she receives the applause from the crowd of slain goblins. What else does one expect after such a successful performance, after all?
However, this being a magical place, the applause of the dead seemed to work magic, not just on her, but on all of the Gob Smash force. Each member of gob smash took a bow, in accordance with his or her character. Then Layla, before Layla could bow, she was lifted up onto the shoulders of the one of the gobs she slew and was heralded as their mighty champion, and savior from the the evil of this place.
And then, the applause exploded, the drill sergeant was there, crying out "WEEEEEEEELLLL DOOONNNWE YE RUGRATS! I HEREBY CO-MMAND YOU TO BASK IN YOUR OWN MIS-ER-AB-LE GLOO-OORRY!" And many folks, seen in passing from Alksenstar, members of the companions' families, all there, alone with countless other shining people, were clapping, clapping, until the applause gave everyone wings!
EDIT: If it were up to meeeeeee- I would love seeing how everyone bows! (>_>) .. (^_^)
Part 2: Ascent:
On new wings colored as would be appropriate for each individual, the companions flew up through the tower. Up, up they went, through the Tor, past the markings on the ceiling, and up, up through the chaos of the storm outside on wings of victory, past the prismatic lighting, and countless creatures of every variety still falling to burst in fire, ice, and strange mists of every hue, nearly being struck several times by things and beings that the magical clouds spewed forth, the companions continued to fly, and then, suddenly they were past the clouds.
They were past the prismatic clouds, where things were quiet. The storm boomed distantly below, and the clouds drifting innocuously, shifting dreamily between every shade of color of every hue. The stars looked down from above, and for a moment, the companions of gob smash knew some kind of ... peace.
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
GM Tacticslion wrote:
We should make a t-shirt; something like: "Paizo Dice Roller: It's always there for you!" - I think they'd sell well! :D
Ahahahaha! That's a great idea! We could have it printed with the gray ooc text and then have a series of forum dice rolls in green with 1, 4, 5, + x for attack, damage, saves, and then charisma, 20. (~_^)
The knight in the harmor was creepy enough to begin with, now that she seems to be unaffected by anything people have thrown at her, she is quite terrifying.
I'm thinking we should either sick Father Husk on her, or come up with something... devious..... (Tehehe!) ... I'll have a post up soon. (^_^)
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Understood, GM. I've rolled fortitude, stealth, and have my invisibility contingency plan, should things get bad. Shaedo is going for the lock, where-ever it may be. I shall await the responses from others, and the other post to come. Thanks for the clarification!
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Dijiron wrote:
Shaedo Silverpaws wrote:
@ Vitreous, I love having another shapeshifter in the party! I suggest Vitreous attempt a particularly cunning and sly (read: foxy) deception, then maybe he'll turn into a fox! I think you'd like a fox form, and that way the foxes will have the rats matched in the party. ;)
Nonsense, the rats are so awesome they count three times. The rats shall reign triumphant forever!
Ha! Well, well, Shaedo has two tails! Two tails, one fox- and that's gotta count as three or even four there, and then Kallisti is a celestial fox! Just wait till I get more tails, then we'll see who reigns and triumphs!
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Thanks for the sympathy Tacticslion! :) All's well now though. After dealing with one last thing last evening, I now have today free, far as I know.
@ Vitreous, I love having another shapeshifter in the party! I suggest Vitreous attempt a particularly cunning and sly (read: foxy) deception, then maybe he'll turn into a fox! I think you'd like a fox form, and that way the foxes will have the rats matched in the party. ;)
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
That's great Viskous! I agree with Tac; an AP does not indicate a lack of creativity. In fact, I'll add that running an AP sometimes requires a great deal of impromptu creativity, when the players do something unexpected and you have to adapt the story accordingly! (~_^)
Also, I enjoy reading Vitreous' posts. He's a very entertaining character! My one regret is that Shaedo hasn't shared any of her gnome songs yet, with the two gnomes in the party.
As for joining Iron Gods, I too am involved with lot's of games on line and in RL, so I do worry about spreading myself too thin. I nevertheless will keep an eye on your recruitment thread when posted though. (^_^)
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Shaedo's mood has become giddy with all the wonderful stories being told. It was splendid enough with all the stories of the world, and the weird, creepy but fascinating spidey story, but now with Sunny's story of personal origins and Dijiron's history, the little kitsune is giggling and practically bouncing in place as her tails wag. She sat on her haunches to hear the stories, though after a hush following Dijiron's tale, unable to contain herself, the kitsune hops to her feet to share another tale!
Shaedo's two tales of the kitsune people:
"Oh! So now we are all telling origin stories! Well I've got a tale too, in fact, I have got a tale or two! Hehehehe!" The kitsune giggles madly as she flaunts the two tails she has matching her two tales.
"So, did you know there are two kinds of kitsune? Shaedo's eyes widen as if this were a shocking revelation for her as well. Yes, two kinds! The kind that most people know of come from the far eastern land, the land of the ratfolk, Tian Xia. The story of their origin is that there were many wise foxes of a particularly artistic disposition. They would hear the fey, and the humans sing, and make secret fox songs of their own! Oh, how they desired to share their songs with the other races, but who would listen to a fox? There are so many who fear foxes, and the mischief they are said to work..." Shaedo geckers somewhat indignantly at the thought.
"Anywaay, a particularly gifted fox went to work on making a mask, that would be her ultimate self-expression. The mask was of a beautiful human woman. And when she put it on, she became her art. She stood on her hind legs, and her body changed to that of a young human woman!" Shaedo sighs at the thought of the scene, oh, how she wishes she could have seen it!
"Well, foxes aren't generally in the habit of wearing human clothing, well since foxes have their own coats... so when she wandered into to the human city, well, ironically, in her disguise, she was a little under-dressed, as you can imagine, yes?" Shaedo covers her little fox mouth with her hands, and titters into her hands. If ever a fox did blush, it was Shaedo in that moment!
After a settling sigh, the kitsune removes her hands from her face to resume her story. "Over time, the kitsune learned to imitate human habits, until this became the norm for them! They became so used to wearing their disguises that many of them- forgot how to return to their fox forms! Their kitsune forms became a hybrid of human and fox, and many to this day spend much of their time living in other societies disguised as this or that demi-human." Shaedo shakes her head reflectively.
"To this day, the Eastern kitsune still make masks, for that is how they became what they are now. The Tian Xia kitsune are in fact some of the best mask-makers in all the world!"
The kitsune stands proudly for a moment, and then begins her other tale. "But, you'll say, Shaedo, you said there are two kinds of kitsune, yes? Yes! There are! Elder Hannya always said, 'my little kits, we are nirvini-kitsune, different from the other kind. Our ancestors are not foxes of the forest, but foxes of the sky.'" Shaedo looks up to an unseen heaven dreamily for a moment, suddenly seeming small in the world. "Elder Hannya told me so many stories of our ancestors. She says they are fox spirits, from another world, where all the colors are bright, even the clouds shimmer radiant and the day-time sky is so blue, you would think it was a great sheet of sapphire! Here, these feisty little foxes would wander and roam over great distances, and would sometimes befriend winged snake-ladies, who would carry them across the skies of their blessed land, soaring among the clouds, nearly touching the heavens! Now, these foxes, being immortal spirits, couldn't have babies, so how did- we come from them? Well, the story goes, a particularly curious group of foxes traveled so far, they left their own world, and came to ours! Arriving here, in Golarion, they became living creatures- so they could (tehehehe!) have babies! And that is where the little kitusne, my race, the nirvini-ktisune come from! We are the distant children of these far wandering sky foxes! That is why my people looove to travel! It is in our nature to wander so very far, and all over the world, as I have thus far, for as long as I can remember."
With a big, blissful foxy sigh, Shaedo ends her story. "Do not stories just make you feel happy, and full of joy? She asks everyone in the room. You must wish to share more of yourself after this, yes? Do you have an urgent need to share another secret, my friend Husk?
The kitsune giggles at her so-very clever and obviously correct remark.
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Shaedo listens intently to the speaking spidey husk, the one with many (creepy) names, yet none at all. The little fox begins to relax. The joy of hearing a story always gives her a warm, calming feeling, no matter who tells it.
"A mortal's life is as frail and fleeting as the morning dew," Shaedo quotes, echoing the nameless husk's comments on the fragileness of life, "Yet how can a whole person disappear?" The kitsune muses as she listens, her ears perked up.
Her body trembling, her tails get puffy again, whenever the room gets dark and wrong, yet she continues to listen.
When all is finished, she cries out with a sigh, "What a story! I do hope you do not mind if it becomes a song? So- as to who you are- if I heard you right, you have many souls, but your first was the soul of a jester. You are a spidey's husk with a soul of laughter. You do not have a name? Then I shall give one if you shall have it. Hmmmm... it must be fitting for your appearance and yet a little silly since you have a jester's spirit... I know, I shall call you Husk!"
Shaedo thinks for a moment, "So... Husk, it was your meany ex-master who made you hurt people? But you yourself, are a nice spidey? You only want to be friends with us, yes?" Shaedo wears a little foxy grin.
Diplomacy, Husk likes its name and is a nice spidey, yes?:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
"We shall be glad to help you fight the evil in this tower. I must admit Husk- spideys- give me the shivers sometimes, but... I must admit that I admire your sneakiness. If you can teach us secrets, as one of my boons, I would like to learn how to be as quiet and sneaky as a spidey! And then... if you have another one of those haversacks, well, I am always looking for handy ways to carry- shinies! (Tehehe!)"
Sorry for the long post. There's just a lot of awesome to work with here!
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Nice move with the bardic knowledge Beylinda! Do you share anything about what you know about the hideous spidey thing with the rest of the party? ^_^
Shaedo stands aside as Beylinda steps forward and speaks, briefly but seemingly with great confidence to the sentient spidey swarm. The fellow bard's confidence inspires something similar in Shaedo. Her tails become somewhat less puffy, as the kitsune takes a deep breath and begins speaking to the mass of spiders within the undead spider husk.
"You say ye have great knowledge and many valuable secrets. However, are you free to leave the tower as you please to see the outside world? If I were in your place, I would be greatly curious about what has been happening elsewhere, and would leap at the opportunity to learn! You offer us knowledge as payment, so you must recognize its value. What say ye then, to trading knowledge for knowledge?
"My life compared to yours must seem brief, maybe even insignificant. However, in my short time, I have been all over the continents of Garund and Avistan. To as many well-traveled places from the Impossible Ilses of Jalmeray to the city of Monuments on the West Coast of Varisia. While I have mostly spent my time here around the East of Garund, I have been nearly everywhere and seen a great many things. I have stories to tell, and songs to sing! Would you trade perhaps one or two of your secrets in exchange for the story of the world over the last two decades or so?"
Shaedo strains her foxy head for stories about every area she has been. This would be a massive bardic knowledge check using knowledge local for every well-traveled place in Avistan and Garund, to come with stories to tell about those places. Bonus: + 4,
taking ten, if possible, unless the check is better:
Recalling so many stories!:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Big crescendo, and then I drop the instrument and fall on my face. (>_<) Well, I guess I'm taking ten, if possible. (>_>)
EDIT: Maybe a better way of going about this would be for every one of us in the party to contribute part of a piece-meal story of the world. The spidey thing did seem intrigued by the diversity of our party when we first encountered it. Maybe we can work together to get the secret of the tower out of this thing, sans gp credit cost! (^-^)
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Shaedo lowers her crossbow slowly; however, she seems to have forgotten the ioun torch spinning brilliantly around her little foxy head.
"Ah... what she said!" Shaedo declares bravely to the shadowy spidey-thing, gesturing to indicate Layla. "We're sentient- all kinds of sentient! Yup. And we could show with all manner of song and dance! But we are here to smash gobs- and to stop this tower from blowing up and turning the whole world wrong, evil and rotten and such! Is- is this your home? 'Cause then maybe you'd want - to help us? Who are you anyway?"
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Trying to calm herself down a bit, Shaedo sings a song to herself. Any who listen shall hear a summary of gob-smash one's adventures so far.
It seems the little kitsune means to ease herself by reminding herself of her party's many successes so far, after these uneasy experiences during combat.
Shaedo's improvised verses of Gob Smash One:
"In the messy hall, met eleven lost, who found each other,
In no time at all, we were having a ball, found we could have fun together!
There was a game of wit, much apply spice, and talk to entice,
Then it all came to an end, with a drill sergeant who wasn't nice"
"There was a pretty lady without a face, we read lot'sa books, were told to go to some place,
Called Hight Tower, out in the Wastes! Crazy I said, this fox won't go, but then they persuaded-
somehow?"
"And so were inside, all of us, still alive,
we patched ourselves up and stared to look about,
no time soon would we be getting out,
So West turned, and found bodies burned,
Then East we headed, and found statues beheaded,
And finally we found some gobs to smash,
Though spiders took them off so fast,
To their hidden spider lair,
Now where? Through the door, or up the stair?"
The little kitsune sings a louder should she notice anyone listening to her sing.
That is a rhyming summary of our adventures so far! ^_^
Hopefully it is useful, instead of just more confusing for people!
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Although Shaedo liked her own plan, she follows Layla's lead.
Suddenly, as new inspiration strikes, she likes Layla's plan more!
Using her wand, Shaedo casts an illusion on the fire just up ahead. She makes it whirl and writhe as if living, and snaking forth like a solar flare. Shaedo is sure to not have the illusory flame touch any of the gobs except those struck by attacks from her allies.
Initiative:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Shaedo wears a foxy grin, surprised to find herself immensely excited to fight the gobs. It must be all the crazy training!
If we get a surprise action, this illusion is it. Otherwise, it is Shaedo's 1st rnd action.
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
GM Tacticslion wrote:
...That said, if we want to create a thread somewhere, there's nothing wrong with that: maybe we could make something in Gamer Talk or Gamer Connection or something that I permanently link to, and just make updates there, probably with a specific coding to note the actual update post? I'm open to suggestions of any sort, though, of course, I'm not just going to say "that one!" regardless of the suggestion. :D
I also do love Shaedo's ideas, but, yes, I'm not looking to put unfun pressure on people to do stuff. It would be a service/fun thing on your part, not a requirement. ^-^
I'd be happy to give it a try, whatever the format we end up using. The first party rest, perhaps Shaedo'll sing a chorus of the party's deeds so far. Something she loves doin' as it is! ^_^
My worry is that I end up taking it way too seriously, get all obsessive and then making it all out to more than it is. >.> So no promises still, but I'll try it out and see how it goes.
So I'm thinking I maay include a line of the song here and there, but mostly it will be in summary, as I have done with a few of her performances so far.
While another thread may be a good idea eventually, as Sunny suggests, I see that being more useful if a whole lot'a people start joining in with the song or the journal writing and summarizing. ^_^
Though that may be good venue for in character banter, hijinks, camp fire songs, and lot'sa riddle games! Tehe! ~_^
Shaedo certainly has a few other adventurers' travel songs she'd like to share...
I remember earlier, Eris posted her"journal" as a way of summing up the party. What do you think of that as the format for Shaedo's chorus, at least for at first?
A man from Mendev went to the Abyss,
and returned home with a Succubus,
He made her his wife
at the cost of his life,
when at the wedding she gave him her kiss.
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Gotcha; ) so maybe bolts and other goodies for later. ^_^ For now, the GM did mention broken bolts slowly mending in the green mists. Maybe if Shaedo keeps some of those in her green mist flasks, they'll mend up...
GM Tacticslion wrote:
My primary reason for suggesting such a thing is so that those that might otherwise get lost can simply read a single post. Something like, "After a wicked-strange storm with dragon (well, General Narahari?) and a winged skull, we managed to get inside High Tower, explore a trapped room with ritually burned bodies, and a side room filled with green mists, and now we're slowly heading back toward the main hall to take the last path." is a lot easier to read than our posting history, despite being a huge run-on sentence. :) Any takers?
Shaedo has mentioned frequently songs she'd like to write about the group's adventures. While I won't promise anything, at least not anything super fancy, I could see Shaedo giving a summary of the adventure so far in the form of campfire songs- either in spoilers or links to something in profile! How's that sound? :)
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
"Tails... getting frizzly..."
Shaedo scampers across the upper wall, out of the radius of rancid gob stench.
Maybe he speaks the gobby-gob speech the other mutant gobs did outside?
Shaedo thinks for a moment, If Taldane doesn't work, try sayin' this to the gob...
Linguistics to attempt to translate Layla's expressions into Gobby-Gob dialectic:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
Shaedo suddenly shifts into her Kitsune form. Inspired by her leaders' spirit, she continues her little show of growls and snarls, bearing her many little needle like teeth. She clearly fancies herself quite frightening to behold.
"Grrr-rrr, GRRR! Rawr. Yikiyiyi-ki-yow!"
Shaedo remains by the edge of the threshold as she concludes her display. Although enthused, she is not so careless as to continue her fierce gecker further down the passage. She waits for Beylinda and the familiars to go further on ahead, and then slipping into Shaedo shadow mode, she follows quietly behind them.
Watch out beastie! You've now got a fox, an' rats, an' gnomes, a bunch of tall people, little people, fairies, even more goblins, and lotsa donkeys on your tail! Yiheheheee...!
Rolls:
If that is how we are playing it out of combat, then I shall take 10 on all checks unless the rolls are better. - Except for the knowledge check of course! ^_^ Stealth:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17 Perception:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9 Knowledge Local:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17
Shaedo is frequently thinking of stories about things. Are there any stories she's heard on her time in Alkenstar about a great beast of the Mana Wastes, or even a beast of High Tower?
EDIT: Layla, I had to go back and include you and Lulu, of course!
^_^
I think I could learn from Ceru's approach. I tend to want to interact with as many as I can, and end up maybe including too much in my posts, which may be part of why they can be confusing at times.
Also, with a group this big, it is easy for us to get separated. Multiple things are often happening at once in different places.
Though Shaedo has not had much chance to get to know Lulu, I just want to say that I like Lulu as a character, execution and concept, as I do all the characters with whom I am sharing this adventure. I hope the two of us can get along!
I am very new to PbP, so if I am missing any sort of proper etiquette or posting guidelines, please let me know. Especially if it would make my posts easier to follow.
(I did read the stuff that GM Tac sent us in the beginning, such as this, but if there is anything else I am missing about how how to do this, let me know!)
"HMMM... It's like a riddle!
Act you did, though the world was frozen,
talk you did, though not a word was spoken.
What happened?"
Shaedo seems genuinely stumped for a moment. "That's a good one."
"Oh! Maybe you were connected to her somehow! Lots a weird stuff happened with our spells out in the storm. When I turned invisible, Ramsy made a loud, rude noise at me, and then I could hear my own thoughts- knew my own mind better than I ever did before!" As if it were written on a character sheet or something!
Switching to telepathy to include the others... And Dijiron mentioned being similarly linked to a gobby he struck with his new pet ray of frost!
Wonder how much that's going on may be something bigger than just a Mana Storm... something she has been involved with. And now we have a knight, mists, and some woman who may not be a woman who is going to conquer everything by conquering a narrow strip of land...
Riddles within riddles, plots within plots! What's a young fox to do!
Shaedo's hair shifts from its usual mix of blonde and silver to a rich jade green. "This should help us remember the safe color of the mist at least!" Shaedo cries, as she offers her aid in stowing Narahari's things on donkey back.
Shaedo brightens at the praise of her song, and continues her bardic performance with heart. The next verse is about a gentle, talented gnome, whose skills with spices and alchemical substances enables her to heal a fox-friend in need. And a sly fox in eager pursuit of spiced apples!
As she sings she watches Eris' actions with some concern.
Eris... are you... you seem alright. You must have given her some good stuff Ceru! Tehehe! Kallisti, being the sly vixen she has her priorities set straight! I could go for some tasty apples myself. However, perhaps we should wait on food and further healing until we are out of sight of those mists.
Shaedo's song strikes a worried minor key as she sees Beylinda's transformation, and then restoration to something close to her original form. The next verse tells of the cruelties of fate reversed by fortune, as a graceful, dancing warrior is taken, but then given back!
I wonder if the same happened to Stone, except he was never restored...
The song then arrives at a chorus about the flight of the party of intrepid heroes out of reach of deadly, killing mists and magical rains.
As the kitsune sings she guides her mount, Ramsy behind the door, looking back and waiting for the others to follow.
I agree Lalya! Everyone, use the speed of my song to move swiftly behind the door! With this speed, you could even tie ropes to the door, and fasten them to the donkeys! I say leave nothing to chance! Tie ropes to donkeys and use their and our combined strength to close the doors! Let's close the doors with our asses!
Shaedo maintains her bardic performance vocally, weaving into the song personalized verses about each member of the party. The fast-passed battle dance is now about the members of Gob Smash One! The first of such is about the mighty halfling warrior who, with incredible speed and strength, carried the draconic defender against utter evil back to the safety of her new cavern.
As Layla gets near the entrance of the cave, Shaedo helps drag'n the fallen dragon-person back into the cave, or maybe hoist'n her onto a donkey's back.
While singing, Shaedo decides it is as good a time as any to share her thoughts about everything- happening around them.
concerning Eris' hair:
As Eris enters the cave, and Shaedo gets a glimpse of her slightly altered appearance, Shaedo maintains her song vocally and blurts by telepathy, Eris, your hair is so pretty! It is like the silky winter coat of an arctic fox! Did the storm blanch it?
concerning who the dragon is:
That dragon appeared at so convenient a time- as if she were watching over us... a blue dragon, just like the one on our sigil of Alkenstar...
I thought she didn't seem like a creature used to being on the ground... Floating... immune to the magic of the Wastes as if she were a magical creature herself. And I recognize a fellow shape shifter when I see one.
My brave friends, I believe our dragon is Amita Narahari!
If the group doesn't mind me sharing, this was the music playing in my head as I read the introduction to our first encounter, as the storm was raging and we desperately were riding to the shelter of High Tower.
Here's to the GM for running an epic game! (With eleven players, no less). ^_^
Female Kitsune (Small Variant) Ninja (Performing Trickster) 3 | AC (22) 18 T 13 FF 16 | HP 16/19 | F + 0 R + 4 W + 4 | Init + 4
After posting in gameplay, I am posting this quickly before going to an evening class. I wanted to give my sympathies to Edward. It sounds deep what you are dealing with, and for what it's worth, I wish for you all the best, and the strength to endure until things do get better.
I also just wanted to say that I am glad people have been reading Shaedo's character sheet. I sure have been reading other people's! Some of the details in them are actually useful for RP, when it's something that you would probably notice about the person when you first meet him or her.
Any others, please feel free to read about Shaedo- she certainly isn't shy, and while she sometimes hides some things about herself, her talents are not among those.
This is my first PbP as well, and I am having a blast so far. Best of things to all of you!
