This seems like a pretty good plan honestly. I would suggest our next team be street performers if possible, as we could benefit from some ears on the street once we get some basic resources settled in.
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I'm still disappointed that Amateur Vigilante wasn't a feat in Ultimate Intrigue. Then we could be masked rebel leaders by night and dashing socialites by day.
I think that recruiting supporters seems to be the logical first move. I still don't know if we have a strategist (since Juniper hasn't said anything yet) but if we do I'd suggest the second move be earn gold. We need people and resources to get anywhere.
I think Victor would either take Sentinel or Strategist if Lady Juniper doesn't want it.
I know, right? You can play Sailor Moon in Pathfinder and it's played completely straight and it works. I can't help wondering what kind of day they were having in the development studio when they came up with that idea.
Victor would 100% support Security in that context. The disenfranchised Hellknights and former guards are his people!
Well, I did offer to help find her missing contacts, so it would be nice to know what exactly we're doing about that. I don't care if we summarize or if we talk in character though.
That's alright with me.
"I have a feeling they'll be happy to get out of your hair if they have the chance. Perhaps we should take the time to look into your missing friends if we have some time. They might need someone to give them a hand." He shakes his head. "But that's something to discuss in private. Shall we?"
I think that something non-divine fits the concept better. Either psychic detective or vigilante. I'm very tempted to suggest the magical child archetype just because I find it to be the funniest thing I've ever heard, but it doesn't fit the concept. I'd have to wait until Wednesday for the book to go public in PDF form so I can buy it to know the details of the vigilante.
Well, hard copies went out and subscribers should have it. You can't get the PDF until next week though.
Wait, that's a feat?
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I'm okay not using ABP or using it. Either way really works for me.
I'm okay to keep going. I know I haven't posted all that often sometimes, but Victor doesn't feel like the most talkative character. Sometimes I'm just waiting for someone else to say something he'd respond to or for something to come up that seems like it's his kind of thing.
"That is... unfortunate," Victor replies. "I... I'm not exactly thrilled that your sister murdered him, or that you hid the body, but I can't charge someone who is already dead with a crime. And at least we know what happened..." He sighs. Well, this has certainly turned into a fine mess.
"No offense, but I see why you kept her away from others. She was fierce in a fight too." He frowns. "And would you mind dropping the double talk? It blasted hard to understand a word you say."
"Your sister was more than a little mad," Victor replies. "She was rambling for a while, then attacked us." He hopes that these bird people are less hostile than the last one, but he still keeps his bardiche in a defensive position anyway.
"Lovely," Victor mutters softly. "Does anyone remember our friend's name? I seem to have forgotten."
Victor walks toward the other direction, trying to stay near the front so he can intercept anything else hostile. "We're looking for someone!" he calls back toward the voice.
"I doubt that the body eaten by the alligator would leave this much blood elsewhere. Hmmm. Alright, let's keep going. There has to be somewhere else." He backs off a bit, going to search behind him and look for another path to explore.
"Mostly blood and blood stains. Looks more like the place a killing took place a bit ago rather than a fresh murder scene."
"Oh," Victor mutters. "Well, it looks like we've got a murder up ahead. Or a slaughter more like. Because that is a lot of blood."
"Fair enough," Victor says quietly. He moves carefully ahead to the blocked path and peaks around the corner to get a look at the rest of the room.
"Looks like a sleeping room to the north," Victor says quietly. "Definitely the birds, but no one's home. Should we explore deeper in or try the other direction?"
"If there are hostile alligators and strange bird people down here, we probably should keep looking around anyway," Victor agrees. "At the very least we need to try to make this place safe again. Otherwise the things down here might make their way to the surface."
"What did you... oh." Victor shakes himself. He's seen worse before, though not by much. Dismemberment is always unpleasant to witness.
"That looks like... mostly human. This beast was certainly a maneater and a vicious one. And... what's this?" He kneels down with a frown. "These bones are hollow. They look almost like tengu. Now that's an interesting coincidence. We find a strange bird creature and it's lairing right next to an alligator that ate a different kind of bird person."
"Its speech was too coherent for it to simply be repeating words, but I've never seen such a creature. It's very strange." He winces as he feels the strange pulling sensation of his flesh mending together. "Thank you again."
"Of course I am," Victor says. "But thank you all the same Armon." He rolls his shoulders and winces, feeling it pull at several of his wounds. "I don't suppose anyone has any idea what that was. It certainly didn't look like a tengu or even a strix."
Victor grunts as the bird thing manages to claw him fairly good. "Keeping this thing off you, pipsqueak," he replies to Tobias. "It could probably eat you in one bite if I didn't." He steps back to give himself more space then gives a sharp whistle. "Brutus, kill!" Both he and the hound attack hard and fast, going for the strange thing's throat.
Victor shifts forward and braces himself for the creature to charge. "Who goes there?" he calls out. "What do you want?" Brutus growls and stays close to Victor as they both take a position to cover the rest of the group.
The dog looks at Scath and snarls at the feline. Animal: "At least I know how to work in a team, alley cat."
Victor breathes a sign of relief. "Thank you." Brutus stands slowly and licks Armon's hand, then whimpers and laps a little of the blood off his own flank.
Victor nods to the cat before putting the gator out of its misery. "Armon! I need your help." He pries the gator's jaws open, using his blade for leverage if necessary. He kneels next to his bloodied hound, unable to really do anything to help him.
"Brutus!" Victor roars in fury. "I'll kill you, you beast!" He steps into position and lashes out as hard as he can. Brutus struggles against the jaws weakly, barely able to move.
Victor sighs. "That cat is going to get himself killed if he keeps doing that. One of these days, he's going to run into a trap or a monster that he can't handle alone." He gives a short whistle and starts to move down the hall toward Scath, keeping his eyes peeled.
"I'll go," Victor says, shouldering his bardiche. "I'm probably the most durable one here, so it's best I stay in front." He steps forward, tapping his thigh to signal Brutus to stay close. "Lady Juniper, if you would kindly direct your lights down the hall so we can see where we're going, we'll can keep moving."
"The sooner it's taken care of, the better. I'm rested and ready."
"Thank you," Victor says as Armon heals his wound. He can feel a cracked rib fusing back together and winces slightly, but otherwise doesn't show much expression. He's still perfectly willing to pocket the potion for later use. It's likely that he'll be on the front lines if they end up in another fight at some point.
Victor is up just after dawn, slipping quietly out of coffee house and taking Brutus for a run around the neighborhood, getting a feel for the area around their new base of operations. He returns to the smell of baked goods and quickly finds somewhere to relax after his run. He wishes the others good morning and finds whatever pastries have fruit in them for his own breakfast, along with something to drink. Brutus satisfies himself with strips of dried meat from Victor's supplies. "I might need one of those," Victor admits as Rexus brings out the potions. "I took a hit yesterday that's not healing as well as I thought it would."
"I've been keeping on the move the last few weeks," Victor replies. "I don't have a permanent residence yet and I couldn't go back to my family and put them even more in the line of fire than they are. If you're offering a place to stay, I may need to take you up on that. As for your friend, I'll go whenever people are ready. If something goes wrong, I'd rather have more people than less around."
"You think the Thrune's care who they cross? They're completely self assured of their control and their power. As far as their concerned, it's their right to do whatever they want with people that offend them."
Victor grunts. "That might be the smartest thing I've ever heard you say pipsqueak. Wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if the lictor crossed some Thrune toadie the wrong way and paid for it the hard way."
I do both of those myself, so no issue here.
Victor would take a figurine and the dog and that's about all he needed.
"I'm glad we see eye to eye," Victor says with a nod and a rare smile.
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