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Crafting: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Earn Income Level 0 Success, 5 cp x 8 days = .4 gp

Now that he's been hit, Vanizadi focuses a little more on defense. He brings his shield up while continuing to blast from a distance.

◆ Raise Shield
◇ Weapon Infusion to add Thrown to next Kinetic Blast
◆◆ Kinetic Blast: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19 for Vitality Damage: 1d8 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 3 = 8, and Vanizadi gains 2 temp hp

"Yes, of course." Vanizadi steps up and patches the worst of Maddegan's wounds. He also causes a strawberry to blossom into existence in her hand. "Eat that," he tells her as she revives, "It is infused with vital essence."

He also blasts the big one with more vital energy.

↺ Step, making Blue Off-Guard to melee attacks
◆ Battle Medicine Medicine: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21 Success for Healing: 2d8 ⇒ (7, 2) = 9 to Maddegan
◆ Fresh Produce; Maddegan can spend one action to eat the fruit and heal another 1d4+1 and gain resistance 2 to void for one minute
◆ Kinetic Blast Off-Guard Blue Melee Blast: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 for Vitality damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
If blue is down attack Red instead. It's close enough that I can use Weapon Infusion to add the Thrown trait and add my Str to damage, so it's exactly the same (except it won't be Off Guard).

Vanizadi moves quickly to help surround Kalagemmon. Against this greater foe he focuses more on defenses, keeping his shield up, but he does still blast her with vital energy. It's been working so well, so far.

↺ Stride
◆ Raise Shield, increasing AC to 20
◆ Stride
◇ Weapon Infusion to add Reach
◆ Kinetic Blast Kalagemmon (flanking): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20 for vitality damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Crafting: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Failure for 0.04 gp.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Vanizadi does not object as other medics reach Sethinnol first. It seems the Venture-Captain wanted this team well prepared for medical emergencies, which was prudent but also feels slightly ominous.

He does distribute healing fruits, including to Sethinnol once they're conscious enough to swallow one.

He understands whatever Maddegan is talking about at least as well as she does, but that is not of immediate importance.

"The water is still running," he notes as he gets out the materials for the rubbing, "That is interesting."

Oh, I did not!

I posted already--right above yours.

That seems entirely normal by Pathfinder standards. Vanizadi pushes himself upright.

In more crowded quarters now, he stays where he is and pushes out another forceful burst of vitality-infused flowers. The need to aim around the other Pathfinder agents, however, means he's slightly off-target. Unfortunate.

◆ Stand
◇ Weapon Infusion: if Red is still up, add Reach to melee blast targeting Red; if Red is down, reduce range of ranged blast against Pink to 30 ft and add Propulsive (subtracting -2 from damage bonus below, otherwise stats the same)
◆◆ Kinetic Blast: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16 for vitality damage: 1d8 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 3 = 13 Ah, that'll be a miss anyway because they both have cover against me.

Vanizadi got 2 temp HP from his infustion junction and then another 8 from Plant Banner, which I don't think you've accounted for in your total.
34 +2 -4 +8 -11 = 29
...but if that was the Knockdown ability it wouldn't have MAP, so I was successfully tripped.

The enemies are nicely grouped... but spraying creatures that don't bleed with splinters isn't as effective. Instead Vanizadi moves forward and repeats the same trick of blasting the first one forcefully with vital energy.

◆ Stride
◇ Weapon Infusion to grant reach to his next blast
◆◆ Kinetic Blast: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 for vitality damage: 1d8 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 3 = 14; Vanizadi also gains 2 temp HP from his junction for using a two-action impulse
Hero Point: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

"It may not have been buried when it was built." Vanizadi points at the footprints. "We should try to catch up."

Fortitude: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19 Success

That was effective, so Vanizadi circles around to a more advantages position and does it again.

◆ Stride to flank
◆◆ Kinetic Blast Melee Blast: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14 for vitality damage: 1d8 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 4 = 13

Vanizadi hurries forward at the sergeant's urging.

His usual signature is wooden spikes, but as this assailant seems to be some manner of undead... he thrusts an arm forward, and a vine grows from it, the end blooming into blossoms that burst with vital energy.

He keeps his bark shield up, especially now that he's so close.

↺ Stride from Gather to Me!
◇ Weapon Infusion (Grants some benefits to the blast I use with my next action, in this case Reach)
◆◆ Kinetic Blast Melee Blast: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 for Vitality damage: 1d8 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 4 = 11
◆ Raise Shield

"Clothing does not generally suit me," says the conrasu, "but I do already manage some armor and this environment is inhospitable. I will follow your advice and wrap up."

Winter clothing purchased.

Vanizadi is a conrasu, a creature that appears to be formed of wood and bark with a dark orb of glittering specks like starlight in the night sky.

As he rights himself, more bark grows over him protectively. Roots spread out around him in geometric patterns, though they don't actually dig into anything, and occasional blossoms appear around him. He draws his mace with one branchlike arm as a wooden shield forms over the other.

"I am undamaged. It is good that our team is equipped with medics." Vanizadi faces the sergeant, somewhat concerned. "No, my name is Vanizadi. These are Knox, Zdenek, Bramblespine, and Maddegan. We are Pathfinders. You may have experienced a blow to the head."

Should they prioritize finding Sethinnol? Or would it be better to secure their own escape first, to conduct a search in a safer and more organized way? That was usually preferable, but in the icy conditions they might not have the time to spare--though with something approaching they'd likely have more immediate concerns requiring immediate address first.

Ugh, sorry. Illness + holidays = what day is it?

Oh right, reactions. Vanizadi does use Shield Block.

Feel free to move and roll for Vanizadi for tactics.

He doesn't object to being in melee, especially to help flank, but all else being equal prefers to staying 10 feet away to attack with reach.

He usually uses impulses of course, but has a decent melee Strike (mace +7, 1d6+3 bludgeoning damage)--though probably rarely the first choice in this party.

Ah right. And who tends to have a free hand available?

Fresh Produce is a bit of a quirky healing ability--it only costs me one action to use, but the target must spend an action to eat the fruit and they have to have a hand.

I have two Glyphs.

Vanizadi will take a healing potion for his provision.

He does not yet have a Mentor Boon (he'll qualify after this adventure, presumably).

Hello!

If you're new to pbp here then perhaps I should explain this "dotting in" thing. From your profile you can access a campaigns page, which gives you easy access to all of your pbp games. To join a game, just make a post in the gameplay thread.
Deleting the post doesn't remove the game from your list, so before people are ready to make an actual gameplay post they can still join the game by posting a . (or, well, literally anything, but a single character is enough) and then deleting the post.

That will also add your main profile to the "Players" tab and the profile you use to post to the "Characters" tab. Oh, right! This forum lets you create aliases that are sub-profiles you can post from. Every Society character is automatically an alias, so you can generally just use that character's profile to make your posts. That way you can add your character sheet to your profile, and a stat block to the "race" and "class," which show up under your name in posts in gameplay threads.

(This forum actually has some pretty decent pbp tools!)

Here, I'll make this post with one of my character profiles instead of my GM profile so you can copy it if you like. When you make a post, you can switch to an alias sub-profile from the dropdown near the Preview and Submit buttons. Once you've added a character to a game, they'll also move to the top of the list when you make a post there--which can be very helpful once you have a few of 'em.

I see you've already added your token on the Slides, so thanks for that. On the third slide there, there's a marching order diagram. If you put your token on there, I can use that to help put together starting positions on any battle maps we may use.

Got it, thank you!

Crafting: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Success = 5 cp x 2 days = 0.1 gp

"I cannot heal unconscious people with fruit. It can be done with potions or elixirs, but stuffing fruit down people's throats while they are unconscious tends to cause additional complications even if those fruits are infused with healing energy. I can attempt to stem their bleeding, however."

Which is fine. Vanizadi doesn't particularly want the violent brute who attacked them unprovoked to regain consciousness.

He treats her first, as she went down most brutally. ...but perhaps he should have stared with the disciples, who'd been down longer and were less guilty.

Small fruits then blossom in the hands of everyone who's injured but conscious. "Eat these, they'll help."

Assuming we aren't just treating them as dead:
Medicine to Stabilize Meleeka: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Medicine to Stabilize Green: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8 Oh, that's a crit fail if she's Dying 3.
Second attempt Medicine to Stabilize Green, if possible: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Medicine to Stabilize Black: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Second attempt Medicine to Stabilize Black, if possible: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Fresh Produce for everyone!

"Eat this please," Vanizadi instructs Ma'elo, as one of the blossoms in his aura bursts into a berry and drops into the elf's hand, "It will heal you."

"This will not heal you," he adds to Meleeka, as he swings a twig that grows into a wooden club at her. "Though that option does remain if you cease your attack."

◆ Fresh Produce. If Ma'elo eats it with an Interact action he recovers hp healing: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 and gains Void Resistance 2 for 10 minutes.
◆◆ Elemental Blast: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 8 + 1 = 29 for bludgeoning damage: 1d8 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 4 = 9; crit for 18! Vanizadi's temp hp would expire, but he regains them for using a two-action wood impulse again.

"Perhaps you simply misheard me. We are not thieves, we are seeking a thief. I can heal your disciple if you stop attacking us."

While he tries to stay polite, the conrasu also cannot ignore that the Pathfinders are under attack. Nor that the monks have so kindly arrayed themselves in front of him. He pushes his elemental aura forward, all the roots and bits of wood exploding away from him and showering the monks in a hail of splinters. As Vanizadi reopens his connection to the plane of elemental wood, his aura reforms. This includes a thick branch in the shape of a heavy cudgel punching up at Meleeka from the ground.

◆◆ Hail of Splinters. 30-foot cone catches Black, Red, and Meleeka. They can make a DC 18 basic Reflex save against piercing damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3 and 1d4 persistent bleed.
That's a two-action wood impulse, so Vanizadi gains 2 temp hp from his aura junction that last until he start of his next turn.
It's also an Overflow impulse, so his kinetic aura deactivates.
◆ Channel Elements to reactivate his aura. This also lets him use a 1-action blast as part of the action. Elemental Blast: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26 for bludgeoning damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 (in the unlikely event Meleeka is already down, he'll use a ranged blast at the most injured monk; same attack and damage roll, but doesn't get the +3 from Strength)

"Oh dear. That is not what I said."

Vanizadi moves forward, since they've been noticed anyway. "Greetings from the Pathfinder Society."

Something occurs to him, a possibility they should have considered: Master Sanvara may be a real person, but not the thief. The criminal could have given someone else's name to mislead pursuers.
But either way...

"I am afraid that as visitors go you may not wish to see us. We pursue a thief to recover stolen items. We know she came in this direction, and have reason to suspect she came to this location. If you happen to be the thief, ma'am, I must request that you return what you have stolen. Otherwise, we apologize for the intrusion and ask if you might have any information that may help us."

"Hm."

Vanizadi focuses for a moment, then with a crackling sound hard bark grows over his already-wooden body. Roots spread out from him along the ground in a geometric pattern. As he moves, they grow in front of him and wither to nothing behind him. The occasional blossom appears in the air near him, also withering away as they fall. A wooden shield forms over one arm-like branch.

Open kinetic gate an activate hardwood armor.

"A thief who tells everyone her name and where she lives, but lurks in hiding in the basement below the building? An odd person, I think."

"That is correct. It is not long."

Vanizadi asks the captain if he can tell them anything else about the thief.

The next Pathfinder is not an elf. He is, instead, some kind of plant. Branches twist around a globe of darkness with points of light like a starry sky, forming a wooden exoskeleton and limbs.

"Understood, Venture-Captain. We will apprehend the thief or thieves."

The conrasu turns to acknowledge the others. "I am vanizadi. I am a healer and medic, and I will attempt to keep you alive, or undead in the event you are already undead. I have some command over elemental wood."

He turns back to the Venture-Captain. "A thought occurs. How large is this statue? Is it something we can carry with us?"

Two Glyphs.

Vanizadi uses the Hardwood Armor impulse, which means his armor is a magical effect that has to be periodically activated. It lasts 10 minutes and only takes an action, so restarting it every time it starts to wear off while exploring is easy enough. But it requires him to have his kinetic aura active, so if ambushed in town or another setting where that would be inappropriate his AC drops to 17 until he activates it.

I'd normally put him in the front, but we seem to be a melee-heavy party and he can also be effective at range. He can slot in anywhere, if anyone wants his space in the marching order feel free to move him out of the way.

He has the somewhat awkward Fresh Produce. It's a healing ability that only takes one action from the user, but the recipient also needs to spend an action to get the benefit and needs a free hand. So, does anyone have a free hand in combat?
On the plus side, he's a good out-of-combat healer.

I didn't sign up, because you mentioned players who haven't seen it yet, and I've GMed this one.

I haven't actually played it though, so if there's room for one more do you mind if I join?

Crafting: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Guild Lore: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19

4 sp

Crafting: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Guild Lore: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Success at level 0 task times two days = .1 gp

"He did not know the Society motto. He said 'corroborate.'"

Vanizadi makes sure to explain the things that happened to the guard--to warn her about the presence of dangerous swarming vermin, to explain that they suspect the "Head Pathfinder" was an impostor, and to inform her of his death.

"We did not kill or even fight with him. His death was caused by the venomous insects. I can demonstrate if you care to examine the body."

He has nothing further for the Venture Captain, though he does back up Sar and Atlach in his formal written report.
"It is no matter. This is why it is important to have a medic available."

Vanizadi moves closer to each Pathfinder and penguin. A small nut or berry grows in each one's open hand--or at their feet for those with hands full.

"These are magical and contain vital energy. Eat them and they will heal you."

Fresh Produce isn't the greatest in-combat healing, but it's pretty good when you have a little time. Each person Haka 1d4+1 and gains Void resistance 2 for 10 minutes. During that time you feel full and can't eat another piece of produce.
Healing: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

"If anyone needs further treatment I can help, but I can also give out more berries when those wear off."

Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Fortitude: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

"I am finding the little biting unpleasant. Please STOP."

This last word is punctuated by another attempt to bash the bugs with a freshly-grown wooden hammer. Vanizadi is not yet certain if smashing them is the right tactic, but hasn't yet landed a solid enough blow to check. He moves away from the swarming critters.

◆◆ Elemental Blast Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26 for bludgeoning damage: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8, and gain 1 temp HP from wood impulse junction.
◆ Step

Whoops, that's the gameplay thread. Deleted the post, just in time.

Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Fortitude: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15 Ah, another use for that Hero Point: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

This time is worse. Vanizadi turns and grows a heavy cudgel again, smashing it down into the bugs. Alas, elemental magic is temporary, and his weapon has mostly withered to nothing before it hits.

Two-action melee Elemental Blast: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17 for bludgeoning damage: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12 1 temp hp replenishes

Without another clear route available, Vanizadi ears back through the centipedes to get to "Kline." He should be appreciative.

Not fast enough for that. You can move through a swarm's space since they're made of Tiny creatures, right? Not ideal, but through the swarm, if I must!

Nobody has treated the "Head Pathfinder." Perhaps this group is not effective at magical healing. They probably should have discussed that. Vanizadi has some magical healing... but it requires either cooperation from the patient, which is less helpful when they are unconscious, or time and exposure to sunlight, which is also currently inconvenient.

It is good to note this limitation.

The task must then be completed in a physical way. The conrasu moves over to him, extracting a bandage from his medical kit. "This will not hurt a bit, because you are unconscious."

"Oh. Maybe it will. No, no I've got it. Animal, not vegetable. Yes."

◆ Stride (to the corner? Wherever he is.)
◆◆ First Aid to stabilize Medicine: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Ugh, fine, Hero Point: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

◆◆◆ Act Together
◆◆ - Chuckles, TKP
◆ - Cupcake, Strike

Casting telekinetic projectile is only two actions, so this Act Together should also only be two actions. That means you have one left.

Act Together is a little complicated, but the summary is: You have four actions total. Neither Summoner nor Eidolon can hoard all four actions, the other character gets at least one. You can't both do a two-action thing; at least one thing you do must be a one-action... thing.

Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Fortitude: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28

"Oh dear. I'm not well equipped for this kind of enemy."
Vanizadi is slow to react, but doesn't even notice the poison.

A branch grows from his arm, taking the shape of a heavy cudgel. He uses this to try to smash the bugs around him--before stepping away from the bulk of them.

◆◆ Elemental Blast: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 for Bludgeoning damage: 1d8 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 4 = 12. Vanizadi gains 1 temp hp from his wood impulse junction
◆ Stride

"That method was effective, but there may be better ways."

Vanizadi has no suggestions as to what those better ways are.

"Yes," says Vanizadi, "I found one there."

He points to the hole in the floor.