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Here is the Occultist build that I was talking about. Basically, an artillery turret that also happens to cover the skill deficiencies of the party (Diplomacy, Arcana, Planes, and Religion), as well as having a pouncing kitty-cat :-P Honestly, if the GM would like this build so the skills are covered, I would be more than happy to run with it :-) (I would keep Seif's profile, but switch the builds.)
Understood. All the best with your future endeavours. Could you please mark the thread as 'inactive'?
"If this Splatterman is the strongest of them, perhaps we should thin the herd before we go after him? Do you know which items are associated with which spirits?"
Tyrrol shrugs. "We certainly found the corpse that your husband's soul was previously resident in, but did not encounter any evidence of a spectral presence that could be linked to his restless spirit."
"Is there any reason we can't just jog through the area to avoid it?"
"Is that why it suddenly got cold in here?"
Tyrrol dusts his hands off. "Right then - now that we have managed to get out of the basement, shall we be on our way?"
Tyrrol looks down at Kendra, and frowns. "Tie yourself to the end of the rope, and we will haul you up."
Tyrrol quickly and skilfully ascends the rope to the surface. He then does his best to keep the rope steady for the others.
Tyrrol shrugs fatalistically. "How can one hate a mindless, inanimate object? It is the spirits of the unquiet dead that suffuse this place, which are the problem. It is not the building's fault, nor will it care if you so dislike it. Focus your rage on the spirits that haunt this place, and on sending them into the Great Beyond..."
Tyrrol nods wordlessly as the maiden opens, and then moves to start smashing torture implements.
Shaking off the hand, Tyrrol intones an incantation, and attempts to wallop it into submission.
Tyrrol calmly attacks the remaining hand.
Tyrrol calmly swings at the hands.
"Well, that looks like it was unpleasant..." Tyrrol sets about searching the room.
Tyrrol pulls out his pocket watch, and glances at it doubtfully. "I did not think that it was his time to die..." Nevertheless, he moves over to the iron maiden, and tries to pry it open.
Tyrrol, impassive, continues to watch proceedings.
Tyrrol shrugs. "I meant that, if he had been left in the hands of one individual, they could have strung his torment out over weeks, rather than hours, or possibly days..."
Tyrrol shrugs. "That is not surprising. I doubt that they would have been fond of him; at least the fact that so many worked him over means that whilst his suffering would have been agonising, at least it was not prolonged."
Tyrrol shrugs. "Well, one way seems as good as another. Let's try this route..." He then moves purposefully off in the direction of the northern passage.
With preternatural grace, Tyrrol lashes out twice, rapping the two skeletons adjacent to him with swift blows of his aspergillum.
Tyrrol lashes out at the two skeletons adjacent to him.
Tyrrol calmly takes a swing at one of the skeletons as it attempts to stand.
Tyrrol moves forward, ready to take an AoO if any survive Terrance's channel, and attempt to stand.
Well, if we used 2nd edition rules, we could do a Contingency-linked Reincarnate ;-)
"Well, now they are at rest. We should be on our way..."
Tyrrol shrugs impassively. "Then they will fall, as these have fallen. Let us continue on our way."
Tyrrol keeps swinging at the skulls. "Return to your eternal rest."
Harold continues to attack the skull, using the same trick as before.
Tyrrol steps forward, and takes two furious swings at the blue skull.
Tyrrol moves forward, and takes a swing at one of the skulls.
Tyrrol shrugs, and calmly lowers himself down with disturbing ease.
Tyrrol regards the main entrance impassively. "I will let you guide me for the moment, as you have been here before, and I have not. I would suggest, however, that we conduct a thorough search..."
Tyrrol gets to his feet. "Then let us be off."
"Very well. Now that we are up to speed, let's see what we can find out..."
"In that case, what areas have you cleared thus far, and where, exactly, is the Sherriff's badge located within the complex?"
"Cursed objects...?" Tyrrol's eyes flash with interest, even though his face barely twitches. "What do they do, and how, exactly, can they be turned against the spirits? It sounds like a sortie needs to be made into Harrowstone, to clear the unquiet dead..."
Tyrrol shrugs, but makes no effort to deny Henric's assessment.
Tyrrol's face remains unreadable. "What sort of disturbing events, precisely, have been happening? Clearly nothing that you could not handle, unless there used to be more of you...?" He studiously ignores Seliina's questions about his species.
Tyrrol nods. "That is a reasonable request. Years ago, I had been researching some obscure cults in the vicinity of Carrion Hill, when I fell into the middle of a plot to summon an entity from the darkness betwixt the stars. The conjuring, of course, went horribly wrong, as those involved were not skilled enough to have undertaken the necessary safeguards, and the creature went on a rampage. The Professor saved my life, and I subsequently stayed in sporadic contact with him over the years since, trading advice and stories about supernatural entities."
Tyrrol nods to Ingrid, his face unreadable. "The Professor's loss will indeed be felt most keenly by some. That said, we all have our time... The important thing is to carry on." As each existing member of the party introduces themselves, he stares at them for a few uncomfortable seconds, before consulting his pocket watch, nodding, and muttering to himself. "Your time has not yet come."
@Ingrid: FYI, a Potion of Lesser Restoration is usually worth 300gp (since it is based off the Cleric spell list).
I think you are (possibly) thinking of Deathwatch - Detect Undead specifically only detects undead auras, not anything else. EDIT: That said, if you want to house-rule that Detect Undead picks up that there is something a little... off... (although clearly delineating that they are not undead) about Dhampir, that is fine :-) The fact that he is clearly unaffected by sunlight should count for something...
There is a pounding on the front door of the lodge. When the door is opened, it reveals a tall, thin man with a broad nose and high cheek-bones, suggesting Ulfen heritage at some point in his distant ancestry. He is dressed impeccably in a finely-tailored courtier's outfit, beneath which can be seen bulges suggestive of a chain shirt; at his waist is a weapon that looks something like an over-sized silver holy water sprinkler. More distracting, however, are his eyes, the irises of which glow faintly with an eerie blue light. He is otherwise quite pale, with almost chalk-white skin, and fine flaxen hair. He pulls out a silver pocket watch, etched into the lid of which is an image of a skull-faced moon, and flips it open, gazing keenly at the clock face within for a few moments, before snapping the lid closed again, glancing back at the person who opened the door, and nodding dispassionately. "It is not your time." He then bows gravely, before introducing himself: "My name is Tyrrol Radanavich. I was summoned upon the death of the Professor, but did not receive the missive until a short time ago, as I was traveling. Based on what I have seen around town, however, it would appear that something more unusual than a simple wake has been going on..."
The description also clearly states that they are living, not undead ;-) True, they have an undead heritage, but also, technically, does a sorcerer or bloodrager with the Undead bloodline (albeit a weaker one). They are still living humanoids, not undead creatures, so Detect Undead should not work on them.
No, Detect Undead definitely doesn't work on Dhampir - they are living, breathing humanoids, after all. A DC 10 Knowledge(local) check would tell you that he isn't human, but that he is humanoid, although not *what* he is specifically. (In the same way that a DC 10 Knowledge(Planes) check would identify Ingrid as an outsider, but not what specifically she is.)
@Ingrid: That's fine - since Dhampir are humanoids, it's technically a DC 11 Knowledge(local) check to identify them, and I note our friendly paladin does not have that particular skill ;-) On a slightly more serious note, whilst Tyrrol may be a bit apathetic at times, and interested in fate, blood-drinking is not really his thing, so he should be fine :-) I will note that he will be essentially 'back-up' melee (1d6+1 is not particularly exciting for damage output) until we hit 3rd level, and he acquires dervish dance / his black blade. @DM Twilight: Let me know when you would like me to make an introductory post :-) How about this spin on the situation: Tyrrol encountered the Professor years ago, when he was investigating rumours of dark cults in Carrion Hill. He is running late, because he does not really keep his forwarding address updated, and so did not become aware of the Professor's death until well after the fact (in fact, not until he returned to his old lodgings in Leipstadt).
Tyrrol (N Dhampir Magus(Bladebound/Hexcrafter) 2) is a tortured soul, driven ever onward to further introversion by his obsession with the death of his mother, and the ultimate futility of existence. He seeks to gather together tools imbued with the power of the Lord of the End Times, even as his sanity fractures; whether the whispers he hears, offering advice, promises of salvation, and promises of damnation, are real or imagined is something known only to the Gods... He does not seek to end the world, however; he knows that for all things, there is a season for senescence, and seeks only to make sure that the proper path is taken. |
