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Can you take me out of the campaign so it won't pop up for me, anymore?

I was going from a masterwork (I didn't know about the spell, I bought that full price last level) to a +1. Was there an option there? Adding cold iron to it was an extra 2000 gold pieces, which would have meant I couldn't have bought the other things. I could probably have done without the scrolls, and the token, but I wanted those saves. :-)

If it's master work then you don't have to sell it and get a new one. You can just pay the price for the +1. By the same token when you upgrade to a +2 you just pay the difference between the +1 and +2.

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GM Abraham wrote:

Sorry for the delay. Chronicles for Emerald Spire 3 (Splinterden) are available here. Let me know if you have any difficulties downloading them or if I've made any mistakes.

Thanks! Mine looks good! I'm going to play Ylosani at a F2F con at the end of the month but if you're looking for another, stoic meat sponge when you get to level 5, let me know.

And I'll even have my axebeak mount with me, then!

Will do - I'll make a note to reach out to you when we hit level 5.

What's the con you'll be at? I'll be at DragonCon at the end of this month.

Reapercon. Not technically a gaming convention but where I get in about 90% of my F2F gaming each year.

It's Reaper miniatures annual con.

Sorry for the delay. Chronicles for Emerald Spire 3 (Splinterden) are available here. Let me know if you have any difficulties downloading them or if I've made any mistakes.

Thanks! Mine looks good! I'm going to play Ylosani at a F2F con at the end of the month but if you're looking for another, stoic meat sponge when you get to level 5, let me know.

And I'll even have my axebeak mount with me, then!

It all worked out nicely, I say. They were all tough fights, which often doesn't happen in organized play and probably actually sped things up since we weren't opening doors, fighting people then opening more doors and fighting more people. Instead, we opened up just a couple doors and fought people.

Ylosani examines the materials found after helping to vanquish the clockwork entity.

They hold little interest to him, though he would prefer the blackmail material be destroyed rather than used.

Once he determines there is nothing else to vanquish to clear this place, he takes his leave, giving the group a respectful bow as he departs.

Ylosani gives a single, satisfied nod as the mechanical snake falls to his blow. He scans the area then slowly, deliberately sheaths his katana.

I'd like to know what's in that last room, but I don't have any objections to having the combat handwaved.

Hooray! It was entertaining and surprisingly challenging. Even the last fight seemed like it could go either way for a bit.

Unfortunately, I start a new job on Tuesday so I'm cutting way back on my online play so, I'm afraid I won't be continuing on to floor 4.

Thanks for the great run, though!

Ylosani's blood quietly boils as the snake strikes at Altovin rather than him. He is meant to be a shield to his allies yet, how can he protect him if his opponents are intent on bypassing his threat for them.

He swings in retribution.

MW Katana plus Flanking plus Challenge plus IC: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 31

Slashing plus IC: 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 1 = 10

Crit? MW Katana plus Flanking plus Challenge plus IC: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 23

Crit damage plus IC: 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 1 = 8

Ylosani is still not pleased that there is an enemy combatant that he can't see. But at least she hasn't attacked anyone. Perhaps she has actually fled. He's not so bloodthirsty that that would disappoint him. Winning the field is good enough for him, he doesn't need to slaughter all his opponents.

Unfortunately, his heavy armor keeps him from being able to reach the snake and attack it. But he manages to get it between him and one of his fellows, setting it up for when he can strike.

I put an X where he veered away to avoid the attack of opportunity. Otherwise, it was a straight line through Dasus after the diagonal step from between the pews.

Ylosani does not like the fact that one of their opponents has disappeared. There's not much he can do about it, though. He doesn't really like the fact that two of his opponents are flanking Yanda, now, either.

He CAN do something about that, and takes a cut at the yellow brigand with his sword.

MW Katana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
Slashing: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Ylosani flinches as Yanda fills the room with fire, yet it somehow misses him. He gives her a nod of approval at her control over her art before taking a step toward her.

It should help keep his opponents from being able to attack him from both sides but still give him the opportunity to attack them.

He slashes at orange to keep his attention on him and not on Dasus.

MW Katana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Slashing: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Ylosani's fist clenches on his katana and he blinks furiously, his jaw working.

Will Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

And he manages by sheer force of will to break the hold that holds him (I assume.)

Challenge doesn't have an effect because I only get a bonus if the target of my challenge attacks someone other than me and I don't think it has. I did forget the inspire bonus, though.

And yes, one HP of each physical attack that hits me gets converted to 1 NL.

Ylosani watches as Yanda's bomb lands...somewhere clearly other than where she was aiming. He glances back at her and cocks his head to the side significantly, remembering the conflagration they had to fight and fight through previously.

Yet, he moves towards those flames, slipping further into the room. He finds himself on the opposite side of the metal serpent than Dasus but the other man is in no condition to distract it or provide aid. Nor has the snake attacked anyone but Ylosani, himself so his oath to protect others does not provide him any additional strength of arm.

He lashes out with his sword at the snake, nonetheless.

MW Katana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
Slashing: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Player Name EbonFist
Character Name Ylosani
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Faction Sovereign Court
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Summon Monster duration is based on caster level not spell level. Is Altovin a 1st level caster?

Tempting as fighting the better metal snake is, the blue garbed man is the bigger threat. He's already proven that he can cast debilitating magic...twice.

Ylosani follows him, taking another slash with his sword.

MW Katana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Slashing: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

I again find myself at a loss for the rules of how pulling Dasus back would work.

I suspect anything you did that actually moved him from his square would provoke an AoO but you could knock him down (with a trip) and then someone could stand over him in the same square.

Seems like a pretty good time for a reroll.

Will Save: 1d20 ⇒ 14

For a moment, it seems that Ylosani is going to succumb to the magical flash. Then, his beak squares his eyes blink and then narrow dangerously.

"If you would do harm serpent, harm me! Leave my companions be!" he says, challenging the mechanical snake.

Yet, when he steps up to strike, it is at the individual who did magic.

MW Katana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Slashing: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Assuming he sees nothing of interest in the pool, Ylosani turns his attention to the remaining doors. There are still a lot so he just takes the closest one. There are 2 very close to him, but he decides on this one. This time, he waits 10 whole seconds for everyone to catch up before opening up the door.

Ylosani has little use for alchemical items and even less for alcoholic ones, so the room doesn't present much temptation for him.

He stands to watch Yanda for half a minute or so to make sure she doesn't blow herself up or accidentally free some menace then pushes through the double doors to his left.

Finding himself back in the semi-finished cavern, he takes the time to check out the pool, now.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

Ylosani nods, walks down the hallway, waits approximately 6 seconds for his companions to join him, then opens the chosen door.

Ylosani finds that there is no need for his sword here. He spots a door on the other side of the room, though and crosses, going through it and out the other side.

While Yanda works, Ylosani thinks hard about where they should go. In the end, he just picks the door that's closest to them.

Moved myself but no one else. He'll open the door as soon as the hour is up and Yanda's work is finished.

Ylosani has a roll halfway to his mouth when Yanda points out how poor a decision it would be to eat their food. He examines it then tosses it back onto the plate.

He shrugs. "We have been here this long. Another hour hardly matters."

I don't have a problem waiting an hour ooc.

"Ooh...pretty shiny," Ylosani says, picking up the gold chess piece that's shaped like a small tower and currently completely unaware of the irony between a person of his race finding a chess piece of that type appealing.

It takes him a moment of admiring the shine before crossing the hall and opening the next door.

Having been half pulled, half pushed and half pointed by Yanda into the appropriate place in front of the door, Ylosani simply nods.

It is likely best if others make decisions for him in his current state.

Ylosani does not speak during the interrogation or afterward. He simply walks back toward the last place they found a closed door, sword at the ready.

Ylosani is ready to take Romulus' words as confirmation to move on. But, driven though he may be, he recognizes the value of good reconnaissance. Most of them are suffering some kind of lingering wounds from being down here and continuing on without being at their best is a sure way to face defeat.

He stands, ready to move on when someone has gotten the information they need.

"He should decide," Ylosani says, jerking his beak in Romulus' direction.

"Perhaps some magic is at work," Ylosani comments as anything he proves to be a temporary cure at best.

"Enough," Ylosani mutters. He picks up Altovin and carries him out of the room.

"Does anyone have the capacity to see magic?"

I moved my token but not Altovin's, in case there is some reason why I can't, including that he doesn't want to be moved.

Ylosani has drawn his sword up, ready to cut down the undead abomination that sprang from the crypt. He finds it unnecessary as the newcomer easily cuts the creature down with a single blow.

Instead, he turns the sword to the side, laying the blade across his left palm and bows to the man, a show of respect for his skill.

Then, he notices Altovin's glazed look and, grasping his shoulder, gives him a shake.

Ylosani does not leave the room...or even get far enough away to avoid most threats if the coffin happens to be trapped. He only steps far enough away that he can move back to strike immediately if the being inside that tomb is still moving.

Ylosani moves to the sepulcher secured with iron bands. That's the one that's most likely to be trouble, after all. No one puts iron bands around a box they think is just going to stay closed.

He does not open it, though, awaiting the explorers to do their exploring.

Thought he way he looks at the pool to the east suggests that Ylosani is curious about it, going all the way there and doubling back is not the most efficient way to clear out their enemies.

Instead, he goes to the closed door in the northwest and awaits his companions to join him. Though he listens at the door, he looks down the passageway, cautious about something coming out of the depths at him.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

With all his normal chattiness, Ylosani moves to the door Yanda indicated. He's not here for loot in any case.

Token moved.

Ylosani moves into the newly discovered room, going directly to the first door he can find in preparation of facing more opponents.

Ylosani nods a greeting to the half-orc as he returns. Then, he turns to the barracks, gathering bedding, trunks and anything else he can use as protection. He pushes it towards the arrow slits as protection before moving to try the door.

When the fire is quenched, and the bodies dealt with, Ylosani offers up a length of rope to those who wish to tie up the remaining prisoners. Having little care or use for prisoners, himself, he moves to the gate and prepares as the rest of the group readies themselves.

We know there are baddies that way so I'm good with going through the gate.

Ylosani looks around at the devastation they have wrought with stoic approval. He recovers his bow then awaits the group's decision about the next direction for them to take.

When it is explained to him how he managed to stay in the fight after taking so much damage, he nods.

"Many thanks. Please use this going forward," he says, giving a slight bow and formally presenting Altovin with his own wand of cure light wounds.

Feel free to use that on whoever for the rest of the floor. Ylosani got more than his share out of yours already.

And that WAS a long combat but we strung what 3 or 4 encounters together, right?

I'm good with proceeding with 4 or 5, if Dasus is up to rejoining.

With all the jostling and pulling and...smells, it slowly dawns on Ylosani that he may not be dead after all. And if he is, that is no reason not to fight the demons here just as hard as he did while on the Material Plane. That must be why he has his sword and armor.

He starts to wiggle and wrestle his way out of the fleshy prison he's in.

Grapple Check to Escape: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

I'm just glad it's a mouther and not a tophet, which I just read about and swallows is immune to fire but applies the damage to anything it swallows.

The last thing Ylosani sees is the gaping maw of the multi-mouthed creature. Then, he loses consciousness.

When he awakens, he finds himself in a dark, unpleasantly warm place with very little noise. It's almost peaceful, but not quite.

His first assumption is that he has finally met the fate that he cheated so many years earlier.

He is determined to meet it with the same stoicism with which he has faced his life since that day. And at least he still has his sword.

He crosses his arms and waits for eternity.

Pass.

And just think how easy it will be to loot the place once we kill everything right here.

What Ylosani does next is very untoward, which is why he saves it only for moments of desperation. But the thing is still in the fire and the fire may be doing more damage to it than anything else so he wants to keep it there.

He wiggles in the creature's grip one more time to make sure he can't get free then jerks his head back before slamming his beak down at it.

Bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Ylosani goes quite still, moving into a stance with his sword in a defensive position before him but with his head tilted as he listens. Everything is still a blur, but now it a bright blur instead of a dark blur and he believes the blindness he's experiencing is about to fade so, he holds.

Holding until the blindness fades. I think that will let me interrupt Green's turn since it will happen before it acts. If so, then the below attack comes before it acts. If not, the below attack comes after it acts (assuming it doesn't disable me, somehow.)

As soon as he has enough vision to spot his opponent, he lashes out.

MW Katana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Slashing: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

For several long moments, the Tengu samurai simply stands in the flames, blinded but facing his strange foe. Onlookers will begin to wonder if he's going to remain that way and simply fight on before he backs away then turns and moves away from the hottest parts of the flame.

Withdrawing.