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Well that is rather inconcenient :/

anyone know somebody who could take up the GM Reins for this?
The campaign hasn't gone that far so it could easily be redirected.

I suppose i will post something in the kirthfinder thread, maybe we find a replacement there ^^

Oh and thx anyway Ryuko :D was fun - hope it will keep being that way.

PS: hope you don't mind having your Campaign stolen ;)

Upon hearing the kind words of the man, Valan calls his dog back, walking towards the people with a smile.

"Well such an offer cannot be declined i think. I would love to and my companions surely as well." he says,and gladly accepts the food - propably of much better quality than what the group used as proviant.

Godris is therewhile quite happy to play with the children and to recieve all the petting he can get.

Mispronouncing the name, he speaks up: "Frabatennos, tell us please, have you witnessed anything out of the ordinairy on your journey through these woods?", while he walks to the fire, to sit down together with the minstrels.

oh i think you should feel free to post that in the main thread, otherwise you will just show up out of nowwhere ^^

epic diplomacy is epic :D

ok that was actually an awesome perception check :D

i forgot the diplomacy roll for my own speech ;) 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Rather meh.
Min got a critical success though, so this shouldn't be a problem :D

You still didn't add the missing size boni: +1 attack and +4 stealth (1 rank+ 3 from skill focus + 4 from dex + 4 from size= +12)

Also you should know that spellcasters in pathfinder have a harder time using their stuff in battles. First the casting time for spells with somatic or material components is increased, allowing only a 5' step. In addition, melee fighters can hold actions to interrupt you in many was - even going as fas as running up to you and then attacking when you try casting. That way a bodyguard is pretty useful for any spellcaster (who can interrupt the interrupting attack etc :D). Thankfully our dwarf is a walking bulwark - with tower shield and all.

So yes, you pretty much need combat casting if you want to actually cast stuff in combat :D.

Btw, Tanglewine is pretty neat - and slightly lovecraftian (i mean, really, a tentacle-like vine coming from your hand?)

Also: I just realized we all have 1 hero point at the beginning of an adventure :D

@Ryuko regarding hero points: I'd say you should just award them for critical successes that actually contribute to something. Getting a 20 on perception when i suspect something hides in a cave - while there isn't anything - shouldn't give me one. It's not heroic to notice safety. But if there actually was a bear, and i noticed it in a super-awesome way (is it possible to notice something in a super-awesome way lol?) then you should give one imho.

check out www.d20pfsrd.com :D

Let's do the spell math step by step.

look at Chapter 7 - spells Spellcasting Table 1: Spells Known/Prepared:

As a sorcerer 1 you have spell capacity 1st level.
That means you get 3 spells known of level 0 and 0+1 spells known of level 1.

0+1 means that you only get the bonus spell for that level by default, in the case of the sorcerer that is your bloodline spell.

Next step: Expanded arcana gives you one addition cantrip known and one additional level 1 spell known.

Then add one spell known from favored class.

You don't get any more spells for now. I don't know where you found something indicating 2 additional spells.

So basicaly you need to delete one known cantrip and two 1st lvl spells.

Hope that helped :D

Some more things i noticed:
+1 size bonus to attack rolls, +4 size bonus to stealth;
your AC should be 15, not 20 unless i miss something.

I'm looking forwards to insanitree :D

Of course Valan allowed Bronn to play with his dog. How can you not enjoy watching a giant play with a dog?

When he sees the travelers in such a defensive formation, Valan is relieved and his staff returns to walking-staff duty. He walks towards the two axe-wielders and takes a bow before the group of performers.
"We are interrogating a case of vanishing caravans and robberies. It just so happened yours was quite noticably off-track and therefore suspicious.", he says, directing his words at the man who just spoke.

"But it appears you were lucky and still have your life and cargo. Please excuse all the axe business. Lieutenant Cragbelly here will explains all.", he says while pointing at the dwarf.

Then he looks at Algar and Bronn, making a gesture with his hand to put down the weapons.

To make sure his dog doesn't scare anyone by running into the circle, Valan orders him to stay back on the road, which Godris obeys with a disappointed whimper.

"Better safe than sorry Min!" Valan mutters into his beard, keeping his battle-ready pose.

He keeps his staff slightly rised and doesn't quite trust those "travelers" yet - till they are proven to be really travellers that is.

The journey is quite enjoyable for Valan, with Gordis walking alongside him. He provides water along the way to whoever is thirsty with some swift conjurations - something he has to do quite frequently thanks to the heat.
When the group reaches the wagon train, he propably notices it pretty late since he is amused about his dog's pittyful failure of hunting a rabbit that foolishly crossed their way.

When someone finaly points towards it, Valan speaks up:
"Well seems we found us a wagon that hasn't vanished yet. Let's see if we find goblins inside."

After a few seconds he faces Algar and adds in a stern voice:
"But don't poke anybody with your axe unless the dwarf says so!"

He assumes a battle-ready stance, but stays back a few feet behind the melee fighters - leaving the front to those with pointy sticks - and calls his dog to stay near him.

Valan turns to the dwarf again and speaks to him calmly:
"I can offer basic healing magic and some little tricks with plants and animals. I'm an initiate druid so you can't count on much - though the little i can contribute, i will. I can at least cover our need for water with some conjuration though, less stuff to carry around."

Then he waves goodbye to the group and swiftly vanishes in the door.

He picks up his dog, petting him on the head for dutifuly staying in the place he left him. Then he walks slowly towards the forest's edge, looks for some fresh mushrooms and berries for dinner, ignoring the mouse Godris tries to share with his master.
During the evening he also looks closely at the sky to figure out what weather to expect for tommorow.
He goes to bed early, laying to rest under the same tree he was eating lunch under, using his dog as a nice fluffy pillow.
Survival Checks:

Waking with the rooster, he gets to the meetingplace way to early, using the free time to play and train with his dog in the surrounding area. When the others arrive, he greets them cheerfully, and shares his pretty accurate weather prediction with Lt. Cragbelly. whatever that may be.

Spells prepared:
0: Create Water, Detect Magic, Light
1: Calm Animals (just in case), Ray of Sickening

i'm not sure a raven would suffice for this, at least i never heard of message ravens ;)
They could have pidgeons somewhere that could be sent back with a message though.
oh and i'm quite poor, so can't help there

Knowledge (Lore): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

When the Major makes it clear the group's buisness here is finished, Valan swiftly leaves through the door.

At the first opportunity, he turns to the dwarf in a quiet voice:
"Kelgan, you heard the man, the wood elves surely wouldn't like to be reminded of slaughter. Killing tribes with kids and women, ugly thing the northwind lads did there. I sure don't want to be part of such things. I put my faith in you, keep the axe-wielders under control."
He pats his new boss on the shoulder, nods ones with a stern face - in Valan's eyes a sign of respect - and then adds with a smile:
"You seem like a man i can take commands from without regret. You care for your teammates."

Then he picks up the bag he left in the waiting room and heads slowly towards the door.

As Valan opens his mouth to answer the dwarf, he is interrupted by the rather "interesting" song and his face is forced into an involuntary grin.

After the buzzes and bees have stopped, he looks at Kelgan and explains:
"Not a scout, no. But i'm quite at home in the wilderness and understand the land well. I'm not much of a fighter and prefer to spare those goblins if its possible."
After a little pause he adds:
"I can contribute with some nature magic though, if that helps."

The giant singing a bee-song made my day :D

When Min states so openly what she thinks about his words, Valan grows a little worried about the Major's response and tilts his weigth from one leg to the other and looks closely at the man's face for some sign of anger.
"Just stating my thoughts, no offense meant on my part as well."
A hawk huh? nice idea girl.

:D i'm sure he liked it

As Bronn and Algar entered the waiting room, Valan waved them hello and told his name, but the appearence of the two warriors took him by surprise and so he waited mostly silently until the giant made his heart almost stop with the sudden screaming.
Hope the major doesn't just throw us out thanks to that "mountain's" rudeness.

When the major calmly invites the strange group inside though, Valan feels relived but slightly offended about that bathing comment, takes his staff and follows the others inside the room.

After hearing out his assignment and the walking muscle-pack's instant salute, Valan looks once again at the faces of his "companions" and speaks up: "Major Vedil, don't you think a well organized squad of soldiers would be better suited to attack goblin tribes? We five haven't worked together before, throwing us onto an unknown number of aggressors could result in disaster."
After a short while he adds "I'm not really a people person anyway and was quite content in patroling the woods, but if you insist i will follow along."

Min's post went live while i was tinkering with mine ^^

Just wanted to point out the doggy was waiting outside and not in the room ;)

"Oh well, i don't have a clue myself, just something about a new unit i heard.", Valan tells the tall woman, wondering about her fancy words.

Saying that, he let's out another sigh.

"Coulda just stayed under that tree when it's only waiting here as well - much more relaxing that way. But you got a point, the sun is rather relentless today."

After patrolling the surrounding forest for a few hours, a „job“ he was already doing for some weeks, Valan made rest at the forest border.
Since the weather was clear and still warm, he saw no need for a fire and just searched for a tree with lots of grass and moss below it. He set his staff and backback aside and sat down with his back leaning against the old bark.
Not far behind him a big dog was following in his track slowly, sometimes stopping to listen for a small animal that decided it was wise to flee from the potential predator.
From the distance it could have been mistaken for a wolf searching cattle to feed on, but this dog was not of the kind to hunt game bigger than itself. Hares and other small animals were enough of a battle for him.

Shortly after Valan sat down the dog ley beside him, poking the man in the side until he finaly started to run his fingers through the animal's grey-brown fur.
When the dog seemed satisfied, Valan took some beef jerky out of his backback and threw it on the ground beside the dog while getting some old bread and freshly gathered berries for himself.
The dog threw itself on the meat swiftly, while Valan muttered more to himself „easy boy, you don't want to get fat, no?“, at the same time searching for some water to make the rest perfect.

With his furry friend's head on his lap and the sun shining through the leaves on his face, Valan fall asleep for a short time. His sleep was short since his dog's barking woke him up when someone was approaching.

„Shh Gordis, don't make a ruckus“ Valan muttered while swiftly standing up and looking towards the direction of his visitor.

When Podrick emerged from between the bushes, Valan greeted him formaly, and after listening to the man's complains about his habit of camping in the wild, he accepted his new orders, assembled his stuff and went straight towards the keep.
Podrick accompanied him a little while but went his own way shortly. He wished the man a good day and wondered what company he has to endure in the near future, after all there were some strange folk roaming the keep.

At the destined building he was stopped by some rude man, who reminded him once again the dog was to be left outside, which apparently didn't please Gordis. But he listened to Valan and sat himself to the left of the building's door, watching all the young recruits practicing in the yard, while hoping go get some food from anyone who passed by.

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As he enters the room, Valan is surprised by the unexpected pair sitting on the bench there.
„Well, i suppose you two were summoned here on behalf of the Major as well?“ he asks with a smile after a moment of consideration.
„My name is Valan and i'm pleased to meet you in that case.“
He nods his head slightly, then walks towards the bench, leaning his staff against the wall on its side and sitting down.

„Of course i'm pleased to meet you even if you were not summoned for the same cause as myself.“ he adds after considering his words again.

Noticing the strong tabaco smell coming from his neighbour he moves a little to the side and starts to watch the door in anticipation of additional unit members.
Hope Gordis doesn't scare anyone that walks by with food in hands – he could eat all day and cost me my last gold piece – well silver piece rather.
At this thought a slightly stupid looking smile appears on Valan's face and he lets out a rather loud sigh.