"Right is fine with me. Let's not die."
Yurian leads again, moving cautiously and keeping an eye out for the next trap they'll inevitably encounter.
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"Wish we had some flour. I make a mean fire roasted bannock."
"I'm good." He looks around this way and that, "Don't suppose this thing would have any reason to keep loot, but maybe it might keep shiny stuff somewhere, or have a nest, or store its prey somewhere to 'mature'. I know there was stuff I killed back on the streets that was too tough to even tear a hunk out of unless you left it for a few days first - I can only imagine with the stuff that must live down here..."
Yurian moves in with his short swords, hoping to find a flanking position.
"Uh oh. Trouble." Given that it is still down the hall, he brings his crossbow to bear an looses at the segmented thing.
"You guys want me to go first? I'm pretty good at spotting anything suspicious."
As he's suggested, he moves into the lead, headed towards the descending stairs.
"Might as well. I we die, I'm just hoping it's quick." The boy sounds depressingly resigned.
"Here."
Yurian crouches down next to the sinkhole, "Actually, I'd be fine going down too. Seems like we haven't had a lot of luck finding this wizard's tower above ground; maybe he headquarters underground." "Course, I don't like what that dragon said about that invisible barrier; makes it sound far too much like there is no way off this island. Anybody else ever hear that story about the wizard with a world in a bottle, sitting in his laboratory? It's pretty hard to find the wizard's home when we're already there, and this whole island is just sitting in a jar on his desk."
Yurian keeps his crossbow trained on the creature, "Should I shoot it?"
"Hmm?" Yurian pulls himself out from his bedroll, loads his crossbow and checks that his short swords are secure.
Good to go here.
Sorry, thought I was done and I was just waiting for things to start up again. Looks like I wasn't quite done...
Just need to pick a feat and I'll be done.
Ability score bonus every odd level still? It'll be a dex bonus for me, obviously. I was going to ask Vlad some rogue stuff, because for some reason I forgot that he'd dropped out. That will likely mean that if I do go with an archetype, I'll need to choose carefully, as we'll still someone to be able to do Roguey things...
According to the official rules, which unchained classes can take archetypes varies from class to class. Monk can't take any of the old Archetypes, but Rogue can take any of them; unless it's a house rule of yours that they cannot...
Curious if I can switch my Rogue levels over to Unchained Rogue levels (if I decide it works for the character - I haven't looked at the class in detail so far...)
Seeing his short sword have minimal effect, Yurian backs off and takes a shot with his his crossbow.
What the heck is that!"
Yurian moves to flank the remaining lizard, striking with his sword.
"What is that?"
Yurian's young face suddenly takes on a downcast look, "...Until we die."
"Where did those other ones go? Should we leave in case they come back?"
Yurian reloads and takes another shot.
Yurian stumbles to his feet, yanking his crossbow up. Seeing the rock monster, he aims it in the creature's direction.
"Is there a point in going down? I doubt the wizard's tower is down there, and he's not likely to have left us a boat either. I don't think he's going to let us off this island, so we might as well keep on moving until we find some stuff to help us kill him, or until we find where he lives."
"Poor bastard... Or lucky one. Who's better off right now, us or Vladamir? At least he's not running around for a mad wizard's entertainment anymore. Guess this guy won't be need in gamy of this stuff anymore..." Yurian scoops up the short sword and checks the blade for rust and nicks. (Is there a scabbard?). He picks up the ring as well, giving it a close examination for any 'special' properties.
Yurian takes the teeth to add to his necklace collection. "Wow. That was... different than killing something with a bow. I could feel it moving, through the sword. It's whole body was vibrating, reacting, and then it just... stopped." "I can't believe Vladamir is dead. It was so cold." He goes silent for a few minutes of walking. "Can we find somewhere warm? Or build a fire or something? My fingers aren't black or anything yet, but I've seen people lose the tips of their noses and ears over less than what we felt last night. And I want to check my toes. I don't want to lose my toes."
Round 2: Yurian sidles up close, striking swiftly with both blades.
Yurian pulls his rusty shortsword free in one hand, and his dagger on the other. He closes with the beast, in position to flank with his comrade.
I'm with Xipe. Either option is good; press on or recruit.
Next round:
Dodging and skipping out of the reach of the frigid blast, Yurian reloads his crossbow, and takes aim for another shot.
Yurian brings his crossbow to bear, and fires up into the sky at the pale monster.
Oh, here's my level 3 up. Wasn't that long ago; it's on the same page. No mention of a Stat increase. What was the original point buy? Edit: Ten point buy. Yurian still adds up to 10 points, so it looks like I did forget it at level three. Consider the listed increase his level three bonus instead of the typical level 4 bonus I quoted.
Cool. I had forgotten that particular adjustment, but it rings bells now that you mention it. The increase did nothing for me at this level anyway, so it makes little difference. I can't remember if I included it or not during my level three upgrade. I'll have to go back and check what my original stats were, if I can find them, or my level 3 level up and see if I did include the increase or not. Either way, not a big deal at this level, as it wouldn't provide a bonus until at least one more increase anyway.
new hp: Skill Additions: (10+1) Acrobatics
Stat Bonus: +1 Dex Evasion
I'm visiting with family at the moment, but I'll be taking another level of Rogue as soon as I get a chance to do my upgrade.
Yurian scrambles to his feet, trying to kick himself free of his bedroll, and spending about as much of his effort trying to detangle himself from his blanket as he does bringing his crossbow up to bear. At some point in his shuffle, the crossbow gets pointed in the creature's general direction and goes off. The arrow sails about a yard high, and ends up evoking a distant clicking and clacking as it careens through the dark words.
Yurian watches with delight as his shot miraculously seems to hit at the join of two plates on the main carapace, and then sink in deep, seemingly without resistance. The boy lets out a whoop of delight as a result of the lucky shot.
Yurian lets out a little squeak as he sees the creature emerge from the water, then he yells out a warning to Xipe, in case she hadn't seen it, and probably foolishly calling attention to her in the process. He dashes forward a bit to get a better line of sight on the monster (and within the 80 ft range increment of his crossbow).
I'm Leveled and ready.
Skill Points: +11
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