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Glad to hear things have settled for you! I'm up for continuing too... I also may need to get back into RPing Verris :)

+1 to what all the others said. COVID has made things tough for many people even without getting the virus itself. Take care of yourself, we'll be here when you get better!

Same, take it easy Dak and get yourself back to full HP!

Yeah, Dak's last few posts sounded like they were going to be swamped with RL stuff for a little while. I'm happy to wait until they get it all sorted and I can jump back in whenever we're all ready.

Verris keeps alert as they enter the unexplored area, trying to spot any potential dangers for the party.

Verris keeps watch until the others are ready to continue, at which point she moves to her usual position in their travelling formation.

Verris lets the other, more knowledgeable, people discuss their new findings, not having much exposure to Thassilon or that time period. She tries to keep an eye out for anything hostile while the others investigate the point of the statues.

Verris could potentially use the buckler, but she currently has a MW one and loses the AC bonus when firing her bow, which is most of the time. I think it makes more sense for Lexi to have it.

Verris offers to help Lexi carry her old gear. She shrugs when Lexi asks for help finding Irespan stone, looking around the seafloor as they make their way back to the Crow piling.

Verris fires her bow at the closest enemy, using it underwater a strange experience for her. The arrow flies straight towards the enemy but moves slower than she's used to and doesn't hit as hard as a result.

Attack(Longbow): 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 9 + 1 = 29

Damage(Longbow): 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Sorry thought I'd posted an attack roll in the last post!

Verris also looks confused at Davor's performance. She shrugs, Maybe the dance angers them, and prepares for the creatures to attack. She pulls out her bow, waiting for the creatures to get close before attacking them.

From what I've read, there's no penalty for using ranged weapons underwater except for -2 to attack for every 5ft after the first. So I think she can stay behind the melee fighters and fire at the creatures with a penalty. Correct me if I'm wrong there.

Verris carefully treats her bow in preparation for going into the water, trying to minimize any damage the seawater might cause. She then adjusts her dagger so it's in a position that's easier to reach, then nods at the others to indicate she's ready.

Seeing Gurk's reluctance she turns to him saying, "Might be some tasty fish out there if you come with us."

Verris is against the idea but when Davor is determined to go she agrees to help him with the silk rope. She seems relieved when there is no obvious way for Davor to leave. "Maybe we can explore the rest of this piling first and then try search the wreck. Might as well finish here first before going elsewhere. Besides, breaking those magic barriers could flood this place. Might lose the shard or something else important if we do that."

Verris looks out with interest at the underwater world in front of them. When Adistan mentions the shipwreck, she spots it too, nodding in response to his statement.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

+1 to what the others have said. Take the time you need.

Can Verris do a check around the now open door (into the room with ichor everywhere) for tracks/signs of something passing?

Survival: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

She follows the others into the room with the seawater, looking at the blue barrier with interest, trying to determine what it might do.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Following her quick examination of the barrier, she accompanies the others to the door to the east.

Verris retrieves her silver arrows from the bodies, cleaning them and putting them back in her quiver. She mentions that she's fine but is okay with the group resting if necessary. She offers to help heal anyone who needs it.

Verris still has her lay-on-hands if people need healing.

Verris dodges the attack, at the same time stepping back and firing another silver arrow at the enemy closest to Bixby and Gurk (blue).

Attack(Longbow): 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 9 + 1 = 25

Damage(Longbow): 1d8 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 - 1 = 5

Verris fires another alchemical silver arrow at the nearest enemy, trying to bring it down before the next group arrives. Her rushed shot is not nearly as good as her earlier attempt.

Attack(Longbow): 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 1 = 17

Damage(Longbow): 1d8 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 - 1 = 3

Verris is thankful yet again that she purchased her alchemical silver arrows before leaving for this trip and also thankful for her knowledgeable companion so that shes knows to use them.

She takes a moment to nock one of the special arrows and fires it at one of the nupperibos, thinking to herself that she had never encountered so many strangely named creatures before. If her fellow Aasimar wasn't such a terrible liar, she'd think she was making the names up.

Attack(Longbow): 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 9 + 1 = 28

Damage(Longbow): 1d8 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (4) + 3 - 1 = 6

Just posting this now so it can be used when my turn in the initiative comes around

Verris doesn't like leaving an artefact related to hell behind them still intact and says as much. The thought that Lexi could change it towards a good realm and the promise they will come back and destroy it if necessary assuaged her worries and she assents to the group's plan.

Verris nods at Davor's words. "Erastil feels the same way. It'd be good if we could remove Hell's influence from this place with our gods' help."

Verris grits her teeth as the hounds breath fire over her companions, hoping they are not too badly hurt by the flames.

She fires again at the one she wounded earlier, hoping to drop it and make the fight a little easier for the group.

Attack(Longbow): 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 9 + 1 = 21

Damage(Longbow): 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Verris, looking bemusedly between Lexi and Gurk as they argue, spots the beasts as they round the corner. She nocks an arrow and fires at the clearly hostile creatures, the ones with burning, fiery-red eyes.

Attack(Longbow): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28

Damage(Longbow): 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Damn, that was a near-perfect roll!

Verris looks conflicted as both sides argue."You both got good points. Lexi, you sure destroying it could prevent us getting the shard? Remember, these things get free and they could kill a lot of innocent people back in the city and fighting hell creatures powered up by hell energy is gonna be more dangerous for us too."

Verris looks surprised at the lack of any trap activation as Gurk raises the portcullis. She looks around suspiciously until her companions inform her of the faint howling and the sound of claws on stone that they can hear ahead. She then nods to herself as if her expectations were fulfilled, musing to herself that Bixby's paranoia might be rubbing off on her. She shrugs, rolls her shoulders and moves to help the others as they inspect the passageway ahead.

She tries to help Lexi decipher the purpose of the ominous-looking iron plates with her limited knowledge of spellcraft.

Spellcraft (Aid Another): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Whether due to the fact that her training focused on combating the forces of evil, hell included, or she had a moment of inspiration, Verris actually manages to be helpful to Lexi. "Those runes there, are they linking the plates?" she asks Lexi, pointing to specific runes repeated on the iron plates.

+2 to your spellcraft roll Lexi.

Anyone else have spellcraft? If we can get two more successes we can hit the spellcraft target. Those plates are suspicious!

Verris is about to intervene in all the bickering of who gets to sacrifice themselves first when Gurk just uses the lever while everyone is still arguing. She freezes, waiting for something to happen.

xD

Verris looks at the scorched armour, then at the winch, then back to her companions. "Don't like the look of this either," she says, thinking back to the tentacle decorated pool.

Verris smiles at Lexi's excitement and nods, "It was a good shot. It's harder to hit smaller things, you did well." As she talks to Lexi, Verris pokes at one of the small creatures with the tip of her boot, examining its strange anatomy.

Verris attacks again, trying to down the surprisingly tough little monsters.

Attack(Longbow): 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 9 + 1 = 27

Damage(Longbow): 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Verris moves forward to get a better aim on the creatures and to help back up Gurk. She fires at the closest one as it attacks the party.

Attack(Longbow): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

Damage(Longbow): 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Verris heaves a sigh of relief as they decide not to tempt the potential tentacle monster. She follows the others to the new door occasionally throwing a glance back towards the murky pool for any sign of snaking tentacles following them.

Verris looks at the pillars carved to look like tentacles and then at the murky water before saying, "Don't like the look of that!"

Verris grins as she witnesses the first time Gurk does not try to eat a slimy puddle of gunk. She follows after the rest of the party, trying to spot any threats.

Verris fires again, trying to take down the creature before it can badly wound her teammates.

Attack(Longbow): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28
Damage(Longbow): 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Verris reacts by firing an arrow at the blob.

Attack(Longbow): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

Damage(Longbow): 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Ha... I thought the same Adistan.

Yeah, I agree. PbP is a difficult medium to explore an Adventure path in its entirety without it taking a long time. People post at different times and it can take a while to get the entire group's consensus because of that.

I like the way you wrap up fights when it's clear the party will win, it helps keep things moving along. Maybe we/you can roll multiple attacks at the smaller fights and you can make a judgement from that how things go? You can let us know if the fight will be more difficult and thereby require individual posts.

+1 to only needing one person to decide on the direction. We can imagine the entire group made the decision and that they keep their exploration formation.

Verris throws a quick glance at her fellow Aasimar as her words turn out to be semi-prophetic. The bones of the huge monster, while fossilised, make her uneasy and she looks around to see if she can spot any threats or other relevant finds.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

Verris grimaces at the thought of fighting great monsters in the cramped tunnels. "Hope not, but we'll face it if we have to," she whispers back, gripping her bow tighter as she says it.

Verris peeks in the door to see if she spots anything.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

If not she'll move into the corridor after Gurk has given the all-clear, looking into the western corridor while allowing the goblin to sneak ahead of her.

Verris looks at the horde of smaller monsters and the huge tentacle creature, saying, "Not a pretty sight."

Sounds good to me!

Verris leaves the contraptions to Lexi's study, glad that their searching had found something of use.

Knowing where Gurk's thoughts lay, a wry grin spread over her face. "Well, we can trade some of this when we get back. Imagine that folk will give us mounds of food for it."

Verris helps look through the detritus, trying to speed up the search with an extra body.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

Verris waits for Gurk to check the door on the western wall, trying to hear anything that might be on the other side.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

The silence unnerving her, Verris fidgets with her bow while collecting her arrows, trying to hear anything in the room the voice came from.

She whirls around at Bixby's exclamation trying to spot or hear anything that was in the corridor behind them.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

Verris, grateful that she bought the alchemical silver arrows, nods to Lexi in thanks. She draws one from her quiver and fires it at the first enemy that tries to attack them, continuing to lay down covering fire for Davor as he defends the doorway.

Attack(Longbow): 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 9 + 1 = 14

Damage(Longbow): 1d8 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 - 1 = 9

Wow, that was a horrific series of rolls!

Verris' aim is not her best as she struggles to anticipate the movements of the strange creatures.

Verris moves up to a position where she will have good vision through the door when it's opened, her bow at the ready.

Verris barely has any time to react before Davor has extinguished the flame. She pauses, then shrugs as her help doesn't seem to be needed and tries to keep an eye on their surroundings while the rest keep examining the magic circle.

Verris follows behind the others as normal, looking at the magical flames with interest when they encounter them. She holds her breath as Gurk throws the stick at the flames, waiting to see what happens.