Tess of Tosof's page

Hello, I am Hmm's character Tess. I'm here as an example of a PC with a fully statted out botting spoiler. Take a look at the 'Bot me' section of my sheet to see the dice expressions that are ready to be cut and pasted from there.

GM, can you close this campaign?

Tess of Tosof wrote:

Both 3-09 and 3-14. Tess is my Pharasmite. She is definitely interested in setting undead to rest. She is being remastered into a Warpriest, as ancestor oracle no longer fits.

oh so no more "what do the ancestors want"?

I would have stayed with her old mechanics had she been grandfathered. But the new mechanics made her whole concept breakdown, so I am rebuilding her to a warpriest becasuse that was the closest I could come to what she was.

I may still roll to see what the ancestors want, but it will be totally non-binding.

Both 3-09 and 3-14. Tess is my Pharasmite. She is definitely interested in setting undead to rest. She is being remastered into a Warpriest, as ancestor oracle no longer fits.

Still that is one that I had wanted to play on Tess.

Tess feels something settle within her as she is surrounded by the happy people of Niishan. "It's odd, but I think that my ancestors feel more settled now. Perhaps we can find a more harmonious path going forward."

Tess is retraining into a Warpriest Cleric of Pharasma. I've finally decided the path forward!

GM: There's a local 7-10 game that will need players in a week. I am hoping that Tess will be available by then.

Can I sign up for it?

Hmm

Tess smiles at the citizens of Niishan. "It was our honor to Protect the Firelight last night."

Flat Check to Defy Ancestors: 1d20 ⇒ 7

Tess says to her ancestors, "No, I feel like lighting up Wannikawi's presence. Burn, you fiend."

◈◈ Searing Light attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32
Fire damage: 5d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 3, 4, 6) = 19
Holy damage: 5d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 1, 1, 2) = 11

She then follows up with a shot at the last corpse battery, but it likely goes wide.

◈ Short bow+Striking (Deadly, Ghost touch): 1d20 + 13 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (11) + 13 + 1 - 5 = 20
Piercing: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 6) = 7

The ancestors called out, "Spells, spells! We want spells!"

Tess uses an Electric Arc to strike at both Wannikawi and the blue corpse battery, and then reaches out to heal Luna and remove her wounded state.

◈◈ Electric Arc (DC 25 Reflex) Electric Damage: 5d4 ⇒ (1, 4, 3, 4, 2) = 14

◈ Heal on Luna: 4d8 ⇒ (6, 2, 4, 7) = 19

Hey Mike,

I don't quite get the map.

Is Wanikkawi on top of the roof of the house or in the house? They are occupying the same space.

Tess looks in Wanikkawi's direction and says "Let's get rid of your little batteries, shall we?" She then points her bow at Green and shoots a fiery ray of light at it.
Cast Searing Light
Searing Light attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29
Fire damage: 5d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 1, 3, 6) = 16
Holy damage: 5d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 6, 4, 1) = 19

She follows that up with an arrow. The arrow is way off target.
Short bow+Striking (Deadly, Ghost touch): 1d20 + 13 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (2) + 13 + 1 - 5 = 11
Piercing: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 6) = 9
Deadly: 1d10 ⇒ 9

I am in such a quandary over my Ancestor Oracle, Tess. She was a finesse build, making use of her elven weapons, and she is simply wrecked by the clumsy curse of the remastered oracle. I must admit, I am still chewing over what to do with her, and she was my second favorite PFS character.

And yes, I know that I am running out of time to use my remaster rebuild, but Tess was someone whose flavor and mechanics were in perfect alignment.

Flat Check to Defy Ancestors: 1d20 ⇒ 10

◈◈ Tess defies the ancestors and heals BakBat.

Heal: 4d8 + 32 ⇒ (2, 8, 8, 4) + 32 = 54

Then she knocks an arrow at Wanikkawi.

"It's time to die, Wanikkawi."

◈ Short bow+Striking (Deadly, Ghost touch): 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 13 + 1 = 34
Piercing: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 5) = 10
Deadly: 1d10 ⇒ 5

It is Tess's choice! She looks at where she is, and wonders, How did I get over here?

Seriously, I have no idea how I teleported away from everyone. I was near the thick of things before?

So she moves to get back near the action and casts a two action heal on Xun.

Heal: 3d8 + 24 ⇒ (8, 7, 4) + 24 = 43

"Okay... you want a spell... But I'm going to need to know what I am fighting first."
Tess tries to resist the ancestors just long enough to get a Recall Knowledge in...

Flat Check to Defy Ancestors: 1d20 ⇒ 3

...and the ancestors shut it down.

"Fine. It likes darkness. Let's give it light."

Heightened Holy Light: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24
Hero Point if that missed: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26
Fire Damage: 7d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 5, 5, 3, 1, 4) = 25
Additional Spirit Damage if Wanikkawi is unholy: 7d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1) = 17

I welcome my fellow duskwalkers to the Society! I think that the duskwalker is one of the most flavorful and unique versatile heritages that Paizo has created.

◈◈ Religion M: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17 +1 for undead
Hero Point: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (20) + 15 = 35 +1 for undead

"Settle Spirits, settle! We are here to guard your rest!"

If the Blue Skull is still around after this, Tess strikes at him.

◈ Elven Curve Blade+Striking (Finesse, Forceful, Ghost touch, moderate curse): 1d20 + 13 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 13 + 1 + 1 = 32
Slashing: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (7, 3) + 2 = 12

◈ Elven Curve Blade+Striking (Finesse, Forceful, Ghost touch, moderate curse): 1d20 + 13 + 1 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (17) + 13 + 1 + 1 - 5 = 27
Slashing: 2d8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (7, 4) + 2 + 2 = 15

◈◈ Religion M: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17
HERO POINT to avoid Crit Fail: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25

Tess attempts to encourage the Spirits to rest. "Please spirits, rest!"

But when the spirits don't listen, she sighs and attempts to smack Red, but only succeeds in flailing about.

◈ Elven Curve Blade+Striking (Finesse, Forceful, Ghost touch, moderate curse): 1d20 + 13 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 13 + 1 + 1 = 22
Slashing: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (1, 2) + 2 = 5

◈ Elven Curve Blade+Striking (Finesse, Forceful, Ghost touch, moderate curse): 1d20 + 13 + 1 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (3) + 13 + 1 + 1 - 5 = 13
Slashing: 2d8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4, 6) + 2 + 2 = 14

I just missed that there was a skill check that I could do to release the spirits. Those skills are all skills that Tess excels in and would love to have done. May I please instead do the skill checks? And yes, I realize that I am walking away from some very effective attacks.

◈◈ Disrupting Weapons (Bow and Elven Curve Blade)

Tess strikes twice at the Red spirit!

◈ Elven Curve Blade+Striking (Finesse, Forceful, Ghost touch): 1d20 + 13 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 13 + 1 + 1 = 26
Slashing+Disrupting: 2d8 + 2 + 2d4 ⇒ (4, 2) + 2 + (4, 4) = 16

◈ Elven Curve Blade+Striking (Finesse, Forceful, Ghost touch): 1d20 + 13 + 1 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (20) + 13 + 1 + 1 - 5 = 30
Slashing+Disrupting: 2d8 + 2 + 2 + 2d4 ⇒ (1, 7) + 2 + 2 + (2, 2) = 16

If she manages to slay the Red spirit with the first attack, redirect her second attack to the skull.

I also want you to feel better!

◈ Tess strides to the red spirit with her hasted action!
◈ Ancestral Touch (DC 25 Will Basic Save): 5d4 ⇒ (2, 2, 1, 1, 1) = 7
If it fails, it becomes Frightened 1

"Be afraid, spirit, for your doom hath come to thee!" Tess hisses, in Necril.

◈ Elven Curve Blade+Striking (Finesse, Forceful, Ghost touch): 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 13 + 1 = 34
Slashing: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (5, 2) + 2 = 9

Sword Critical Specialization Effect: The target is made off-balance by your attack, becoming flat-footed until the start of your next turn.

◈ Elven Curve Blade+Striking (Finesse, Forceful, Ghost touch vs Flat-Footed): 1d20 + 13 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (10) + 13 + 1 - 5 = 19
Slashing: 2d8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1, 8) + 2 + 2 = 13

Use your skills! The voice in Tess's head calls.

"Ancestors, are you out of your mind? I'm in a fight, here!"

Flat Check to Defy Ancestors: 1d20 ⇒ 3

Alas, the ancestors punish Tess's defiance by making her lose an action this round.

◈ Tess moves to confront the Red Spirit.

◈ Elven Curve Blade+Striking (Finesse, Forceful, Ghost touch): 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 13 + 1 = 15
Slashing: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (4, 6) + 2 = 12

Hero Point!: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 13 + 1 = 32

Some of us (okay, me) have dyscalcula. For us, all arithmetic is difficult. I'd love to see all rolls twice with all modifiers and use strikeout for the higher roll.

Preemptive Hero Point

Will: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27

Tess grins. "I have something to help with that too."

Tess has the Ghost Hunter feat which allows all her strikes that are magical to have the effect of the ghostkiller rune. She also has disrupting weapons spell.

Will: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31

Tess shakes off the worst of the skull's call. "Nice try," she says.

The Ancestors call out, Do what you like, so long as you destroy them!

She calls out to Blue, "I will absolutely obliterate you and your kind from Golarian, grind your skulls to dust, and put the leftover crunchy bits in kitty litter boxes."

Intimidate E: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28

Then she casts noise blast on the two flying skulls.

Noise Blast Sonic Damage (DC 25 Fortitude): 4d10 ⇒ (4, 1, 3, 10) = 18

"I do not abandon my watches," Tess says, casually. "if you wish to kill me for that, you may try."

Humphrey, Tess's spider familiar, starts pulling a wand of tailwind out of her pack.

Tess smiles. "You're right. I should make use of this. Thanks for the reminder."

After casting it, Tess says confidently, "I'm certain my ancestors will guide me as the night continues."

Bret and I are doing much better now!

I tested positive for Covid-19 this morning. If I am slow to respond, bot me.

Religion M: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16
Hero Point: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (13) + 14 = 27
Intimidate E: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27

Tess relaxes into the hot water and then quirks a judgy eyebrow at Anoshta. "Relax, we must work together - or do you not believe in your own tests?"

Fortitude: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
Hero Point!: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

Tess says, "I was sent by the Pathfinder Society to help a village in Rasmir help build a fort to hold off an army of oncoming undead. We spent weeks working with the village to raise watch towers, rebuild walls, and digging wells to create a structure that could protect the entire village. If my team had not cooperated with each other and if the village had not rallied with us, we would have failed. But the Fort held, and then we fought three separate waves of undead with everything we had."

Perform: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28

Tess spends time describing the shambling zombies and rattling skeletons, and then says, "Even the grannies of the town were helping. By the time we finished, burnt corpses of the undead lay all around us, and the town was safe. I have never been prouder to be a Pathfinder in all of my life."

Perform: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (12) + 14 = 26

Tess stands up straight, and intones, "Evil spirit? Muahaha! I am the Spider, the morrigna psychopomp, here to use my many arms to tickle you all!" Tess runs around, grabbing squealing children into a tickle fight.

Reflex: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

Tess avoids the worst of the damage, but still gets partially trampled by some of the bison. Fortunately, her pearly white spindle slowly heals her.

A devoted herbalist, Tess joins in enthusiastically in gathering the correct plants.

Lore (Herbalism): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30

Occupying Children (Tess is a duskwalker, and cannot have kids of her own)
Prepare the Feast (Tess is a foodie with no actual cooking skills!)
Build the Bonfire
Crafting Talismans

"I love performers! Maybe I can join you?" Tess claps for the storyteller, Xun, but whispers to him, "It's probably for the best that you do not make me immortal. I don't want to get on Mom's bad side. She's a rather strict Pharasmin."

Mike, can we use Doug Hahn's Macro sheet to make secret rolls easier?

Tess happily shares the roasted corn with Luna, and holds out a small clay container of dipping sauce. "This is sooo good!"

At the introduction of Flutterbat, Tess lifts up her hair where a little spider is hiding. He skitters down Tess's tattooed arms that are covered in Pharasman iconography. "Hello, Flutterbat! This is my familiar, Humphrey."

She then hands all the roasted corn to Luna and runs to hug Brekovi. "Oh my gosh! It has been forever since we adventured together. How have you been?"

Religion +15 M -- add another +1 if it deals with Undead
(I also have Lore Intelligent Undead +17 M.)

Tess listens to the Mayor's speech, and nods to show she has been listening.

Let's do the discussion of what everyone is bringing here, and keep Gameplay for our adventure. I am bringing Tess, a 7th level Ancestor Oracle. Though she is an elf, she is a duskwalker, created roughly 7 months ago, so she is a 'new' soul, fascinated by everything the mortal world has to offer.

I have 4 Glyphs as does Bret, so everyone starts with 2 Hero Points.

Bret and I will be gone during GenCon, but may be able to update once a day... Still, we will be distracted as we are both on the GM Indentured Servitude Plan.

Tess walks around Niishawn in growing excitement. She's matured over the seven months that her life has existed so far, enjoying every bit of life that mortal life has to offer. Watching the children dodging around her and screaming, she grins with a smile that lights up her pale, silver skin.

Even though she can never have children born of her body, even though she was never a child herself, she loves the wild abandon of mortal children. After a few minutes, she joins in the chase, happy to play 'it' with the kids. "I'm going to catch you, you better run!" Tess's elven feet run faster than most deer, but she lets the kids beat her half the time, until she falls down in genuine exhaustion. For the moment, the voices of her ancestors are quiet, and watchful.

Did you see the touch of fear in some of the adult's faces? It's the dry voice of one of her 'ancestors', one of the three souls that Tess's morrigna mother, Tosof, mixed to make Tess come to life. This voice is middle-aged, and most interested in seeing Tess hone her skills.

"I never noticed," Tess fibs casually to her ancestor, refusing to worry for now. "I love mortal festivals!"

Hmmmph. The voice in her head makes its disquiet known, and fades softly away.

Tess laughs as she lies on the ground, letting the smells of mortal cooking and the noises echo around her. Finally she gets herself up and asks at one of the food stalls, "Are there any local foods I should try? I want to try them all! Though... maybe not all at once!"

Then she notices the glint of a wayfinder around someone's neck, and waves them over. "Hey, I'm Tess. I think we may be working together? Want to share some of this roasted corn with me? I may have bought more than I can eat by myself!"

My 7th-level Ancestor Oracle is looking for a PBP game that she can get into before I must remaster her. I would like her to have one last hurrah before I have to figure out how to rebuild her. Is anyone running anything before August 12th? Bonus points if there are undead.

Hmm

Just stick with your old oracle. I suspect that I will not be remastering Tess.

Oracle was complicated. Most people did not want to play them them or create them so the Remaster simplified oracles and fixed what the non-oracle players wanted from the class.

Unfortunately, for those of us who loved our Oracles and built into the weirdness, the remaster would mean reworking all the parts that we loved and embraced.

I'm hoping that the previews are wrong, and that I will find joy for Tess in Player Core 2. And I am sure that I will learn to embrace the new oracle on a different character, once Player Core 2 drops. The sky is not falling... yet. I'm just glad that we have a grandfathered option.

Being able to mix and match curses would be lovely, but I'm concerned about how deep these changes are. I'm an ancestor oracle built around the whole meddling spirits concept, so I want to see how this all works before deciding whether to remaster.

Tess wants to play 5-05 Island of Vibrant Dead, which is a 3-6 coming in October. So she is on ice so that she can play that.

After that, she wants to play 3-09 Secluded Siege & 4-09 Killer in the Golden Mask, which are both 5-8s.

Tess loves fighting undead, or having moral conundrums where she has to deal with polite undead she can't kill. Fun times.

Roark Thunderbird wrote:

04-08 - I'm waiting to play it with you and Bret, actually. Isn't that the 2nd part of the one we played with Farol?

Yes, that is the follow on to 4-04 To Seek the Heart of Calamity that Tess and Brekovi played with your character Meadow, Farol was the GM.

I hadn’t realized you were waiting to play it with us.

I would gladly play alongside Meadow (or GM for her again). It is Brekovi that wants to finish out the adventure because it is in Thuvia. I’m not sure if Tess will have time with her wanting to fight undead. :)

Tess wants to fight undead and needs to stay the level she is in order to not miss a priceless undead fighting opportunity.

A little origin story:

In the golden wheat fields of Geb, legions of groaning undead harvested grain that would be someday destined for Absalom. A morrigna named Tosof landed, her wings full of spiders. She glanced at the fields full of undead workers with an oddly calm expression. It was not her place to slay every minor undead in the world, however satisfying that would be. Besides, Geb would be an educational place to manifest her child. The girl would have to learn about them at some point. Better here, where they were a lawful majority.

Tosof extended out her hand, and the girl manifested as a fully formed adult. The girl took her first breath, and then turned slowly, her long red hair swaying back and forth, and the tattoos of skulls covering her silvery skin. Tosof handed a tunic to the girl, and said gently in osiriani, “You are number four.”

Because number four was ‘Tess’ in Osiriani, the girl repeated back, “I am... Tess?”

Tosof smiled. “Close enough. You are the fourth soul I have brought back into the world. Before those souls were forced to my destiny and purpose, but the Age of Omens is past, and I have learned... humility.”

Tess frowned. “I have no purpose?”

Tosof smiled. “You have one that you will find for yourself. You have free will. Grow. Learn. Surprise me.”

The girl looked around. “Why am I here?” As Tosof opened her mouth to reply, the fierceness in Tess’s countenance stopped her. Tess pointed to the legions of undead that surrounded them in the land of Geb. “Mom. Why am I here?”

The corners of Tosof’s mouth turned up. “Because your mother has a sense of humor.”

★ ---- ★ ---- ★ ---- ★

My own character, Tess, is a Pharasmin duskwalker who works for the Pathfinder Society. She was 'born' (should I say, 'made?') in Geb, where in order to survive, she could not outright slay every undead she saw. Now, she gleefully slays unintelligent undead, and undead doing obviously evil things. But there have been times she has negotiated with an undead, and she certainly had an entertaining conversation around boundaries the last time she worked alongside a PFS necromancer.

But in the end, she wore an oath to the Pathfinder Society to Explore, Cooperate and Report, and both she and the necromancer had a mission to accomplish. The other player and I had fun roleplaying our differences of opinion vocally while working together towards a common goal.

So here's my real question. Why are you building a psychopomp summoner in a party that you know will include a necromancer? If you and the other player enjoy spicy dialogue and a "frenemies" teammates vibe, it can be a lot of fun. But if you interfere with their thing, or if they interfere with your PC's thing, it can get old fast.

So... have a serious conversation out of character with the other player before going down this path and decide on boundaries in advance.

Hmm

I'm half-elf, half-duskwalker...

Low bandwidth me is so sad to see these two scenarios being offered by a GM I love at a time that I cannot take him up on the offer.

Have a great set of games, Zoomba!

Tess approaches the giant robot. "Hello, my name is Tess. What is your name?" Tess looks down at the changeling elf at her feet. "Was Sounrel the woman we fought just now? I'm sorry about that, but she was doing her level best to kill us. I believe that she was an agent of Aslynn the hag, a powerful illusionist who specializes in showing people what they most fear. If you fear being dragged into war again, it would make sense that Sounrel would mislead you as to our purpose. As my friend Brekovi noted, we are Pathfinders."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
Hero Point: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30

"Do you have any way of noting time? It has been millennia since the Jitska Imperium existed, though it was said that their many construct creations were marvels. Seeing you, I can tell the stories were not exaggerated. The war between Osirion and the Jitska is no more."