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Yes, the original recruitment mentioned going for a daily posting rate. In my experience slow games are hard to pull off, but there may be those that like a 1-2 weekly posting rate.
I will follow suit as we are at a lull--we are on a weekly rate, which is hard to keep focus for me. Real life takes a toll on us all, and we have all been there. I really liked the mythic touch. Best of luck!
Warren summons another group of dolphins and sends the whole pack after the creature. Hopefully to bring it back unconscious but alive. Warren grabs his holy symbol and begins walking on the water and following the speedy dolphins at a distance upriver. He calls to his capable friends, "I don't think we can watch these people all the time. This sounds like a common problem."
No problem. Is the plan to end the encounter and put us out of combat??
I am in Ft Walton Beach, so lower Alabama or the panhandle
Nice weather in Florida, Roseanne, my dad recommended lots of vitamin C and one banana for everything. Get well.
They actually do stack, bless is a morale bonus on saves and attack and inspire courage is a competence bonus on attack and damage and a morale bonus on saves on fear and charms. So it looks like the combo should provide +3 attack, +2 damage, and +1 to saves (+2 if fear or charm).
Warren realized with a facepalm that Lady Maurine's inspiration made his bless somewhat ineffective.
Get well!!
"Before anyone gets seriously hurt?? It is a little late for that. Besmara's creatures have paid the blood price!! Ardym, can you smack some images too??" Warren performs his last communal summoning ritual of dolphins for the day invoking more flippered fury.
The Dolphins had odd con values, so D1 couldnt attack last turn and D10 at 2hp was in a save or die situation. I am assuming we are not doing three dimensions, so for ease of map play one token per square including above and below.
It appears our bard is providing +2 inspire courage!! All dolphin attacks should be another +1 to hit and damage. Not often I get to the levels where inspire gets this good!
The dolphins attack, two of them desperately as they fight the naga and poison with the last of their strength.
Warren summons again, calling in more dolpins for the final flurry,
Warren shouts in pain as the dolphin is taken out of the fight.
Warren yelled ”Close your eyes and fight blind like Besmara’s creatures!”
Warren yells to the creature:
Nice, we are double buffing!!
"Besmara's creatures don't see to attack, they can sense your presence." The dolphins join in a circle to continue the attack, not choosing to use any sight. They add a celestial energy to their attacks.
"As I can see and pierce the veil, so can Besmara's sea creatures that rescue drowned humans and defend her faithful. Behold the power of the Queen of the Seas!!"
Warren completed his ritual, and the water churned as four dolphins found themselves in the waters near the threat and Warren directs them to threat. They assume the creature is evil and smite the threat. They swim in a graceful 80 foot arc to surround the creature and attack. The dolpins use a sophisticated echo system to locate their foe.
blindsight:
Blindsight
Some creatures possess blindsight, the extraordinary ability to use a non-visual sense (or a combination senses) to operate effectively without vision. Such senses may include sensitivity to vibrations, acute scent, keen hearing, or echolocation. This makes invisibility and concealment (even magical darkness) irrelevant to the creature (though it still can’t see ethereal creatures). This ability operates out to a range specified in the creature description. Blindsight never allows a creature to distinguish color or visual contrast. A creature cannot read with blindsight.
Celestial dolphins:
N Medium celestial/fiendish animal
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., blindsight 120ft; Perception +9 DEFENSE AC 13, touch 12, flat-footed 11 (+2 Dex, +1 natural)
OFFENSE Speed swim 80 ft.
STATISTICS Str 12 [16], Dex 15, Con 13 [17], Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6
SPECIAL ABILITIES Smite evil/good
Augment Summoning: Items in brackets [] represent the spell being cast by a character with the Augment Summoning feat. Augment Summoning grants each creature you conjure with any summon spell a +4 enhancement bonus to Strength and Constitution for the duration of the spell that summoned it. Warren begins the identical summoning ritual again.
Get well
Warren grabs his holy symbol and chants while pointing to the water.
VitM: The augury ion stone is thematic to an oracle. I have no problem if it is mildly useful with some RP flavor. Warren sees this as direct interaction with Besmara. Maybe it is like a once per day "Spidey Sense" for those Spiderman fans.
As they approach the beach, Warren spins a magic stone around his head and consults Besmara as his eyes glaze over. "Is joining this game something good or bad?" augury: An augury can tell you whether a particular action will bring good or bad results for you in the immediate future.
Auto Sucess. If the augury succeeds, you get one of four results: Weal (if the action will probably bring good results).
The augury can see into the future only about half an hour, so anything that might happen after that does not affect the result. Thus, the result might not take into account the long-term consequences of a contemplated action. All auguries cast by the same person about the same topic use the same die result as the first casting.
Warren smiles at the invitation. He has been creating water at times for the villagers the previous day. "Nine pins? Should be fun to learn.
Warren tells the captain about the game, but finds out he already was invited. "I will keep making friends in town to get us more crew. Tell me when we have enough, but you know, there will be boarding actions." Warren, having been impressed, is very careful to make his overtures to join completely voluntary.
If successful
Warren holds another recruiting session, bringing the three newest recruits with him. The three recruits are prompted to tell the crowd how excited they are after only one day on the job.
He also shares stories of the Blood Price and recounts those he has heard from his new crew, but he feels he isn't telling it right. Maybe the captain's name wasn't Plugg.
Warren is also of buccaneer blood.
Warren heads to the tavern to recruit after invocations and blessings to Besmara.
Warren will volunteer to go and recruit daily till full.
Hope Warren can be a fun fanatic, if that is possible.
Warren suddenly realizes again that others are not as excited about Besmara as he is. He looks surprised and sad "Sorry, I will not try to convert you. But I have found that believing in something is usually better than believing in nothing. I will try to see if I can convert the crew to the Queen, and encourage you add you beliefs to their experience. And, although my faith is strong, I always welcome other viewpoints about the divine." Warren may have said he was open minded, he may think he is open minded, but you have dealt with fanatics before, and you doubt he can be convinced. He has drank the grog, as the pirates would say.
Warren extends his hands, though they appear to be burned like a piece of paper and very fragile, he smiles and shakes his new captain's hand with enthusiasm. "I connect through the waves and water with Besmara, where as before I tamed fiery powers within my own nature. She allows me to walk on and manipulate water, and I summon creatures that seem to please her. It appears she loves those who take chances and turn to the sea, so I was able to survive a burning wreck and return to her. Fortune now favors me and I can curse our enemies with bouts of misfortune." He whispers conspiratorially "Grab a piece of any ship, and Besmara will let me unerringly track it."
Warren is glad to be included "Aye Captain, I'll say it looks like we accompany you on some well-deserved shore leave. I can be charming when it comes to haggling and negotiating, and the blessing of Besmara increases my natural charm. Maybe we can increase the ranks of the crew with some of the faithful and increase the Queen's favor at the same time?"
Master at Arms/sailing master/boatswain all sound good.
Hey, just happy to take any job. Warren will lobby for the Queen to get her customary share dumped overboard in pirate waters :-)
Grabbing any spell off the entire spell list and casting it at two levels above CL, yes I see how it is banned. Can I do recalled blessing, lets me roll twice for the divine spell results? Recalled Blessing (Su)
And seems mythic spellcasting is required to get mythic spells, so will probably put that ahead of mighty summons And I think Master of Arms is a martial position that may be of interest to Ardym. I am hoping to sell chaplain as a full time officer position.
Proposed Mythic Progression
Divine Surge = Inspired Spell
Path Ability = Mighty Summons (Su)
Just throwing out a plan to see if it is OK
Warren smiles when the captain mentions Besmara and replies:
Warren appears to go into a short reverie, and his eyes take on a fanatical light. "My eyes can pierce the fog and see the future. I can even start as a lookout if the officer ranks are full."
I just assumed the dry dock was close to village — sorry bout that. Let’s say he can’t reach the dry dock and didn’t.
After introductions with the undine, Warren approaches and watches as Rickety Hake talks about repairs and costs. He casually walks up to the man and whispers to him in a friendly voice after a quick communion with Besmara, his manner is subdued and charming. Cast Enhanced Diplomacy cantrip "Aye, I can see the direct tactic, go for a healthy profit right away. But the long game, that would be to offer a discount so the captain knows he can come to you for refit and resupply many times over. It should be a number that is equitable for both parties, say 10%. With the potential to include work done with prizes captured, the long term gains would be so much more than 200gp!"
Warren cups his hand over his pipe as he gets it lit in a very slight breeze. After the pipe is alit, Warren begin to puff thoughtfully on the dockside. As the undine stood by the crab trap, Warren approached and nodded. "Ship seems to be a little light on crew -- may be hiring." He moves his pipe to his left hand to stick out his right hand to the Undine and he smiles with a mischievous wink. "Warren -- blackened but not burned". His hand looks paper thin and blackened like burnt paper. He looks him up and down approvingly: "I guess we are both ready to sail."
Warren tosses an ellipsoid stone which begins to orbit around his head and performs a one minute ritual of some sort. He whispers a short question to the skies and nods as if answered. He then smiles as he addresses the landing party when it arrives ”I think I am destined to be on that ship.” in a convincing, matter of fact tone.
The young "ginger" stands watching at the dock as the ship docks after carefully walking to the docks. He squints, frowns, and seems to be looking at the ship in the distance as if it is a puzzle he is trying to figure out. His hands seemed charred and burned with the skin barely holding together as he cradles the mug he clipped out of the tavern and takes a sip. A wooden holy symbol of Besmara seems to be the only jewelry this man is wearing in a port filled with people gaudily adorned. He is wearing a breastplate that seems recently crafted and allows more freedom of movement than the standard issue. After carefully stepping onto the water's surface and walking 50 feet towards the ship in the distance, Warren carefully counted the deckhands on the ship in the distance working the main deck and up in the sails he smiles. He walks back to the dock and takes a big swig of his mug.
Warren will be summoner / healing / water mobility specialized as an oracle. He will try to never use his light crossbow or morningstar. He will summon his water friends first and will spend all feats on the summon chain. Any chance partially charged wands are available, would love to have bless/shield of faith wands with a few charges? Next best in value is when we have downtime do we have a scroll scriber? scribe scroll is pretty useful given our monetary situation. Cost of scribing own scrolls is about equal to wand charges but costs a feat.
Hey, Warren will probably go Wave Oracle unless you want him arcane. I am happy to join this crew. Will have character ready soon. Need a quartermaster? Warren will help keep the crew motivated. |