[Game Thread] Burnt Offerings

[Clawsome]

Goblin Raid Azrael looked around to see the carnage of the battle. His thought immediately went to injured and it appeared Hasim was already taking care of anyone hurt. He then looked upon the lone surviving goblin and pointed to him. "We need to get this one to talk. There could be more planned raids or is this a common occurrence here?" ::The team if we can call it that since we just met had worked pretty well together. That is a good sign::

 

Azrael “Luther” Brimfire
Witch 1st
HP-8/8, AC-14, Touch-13, Flat-11
Saves: Fort +2, Reflex +3, Will +2
Init: +9, Move 30’, CMD-13
Skills: Craft-Alchemy +12, Fly +11, Heal 0, Intimidate -1, Know Arcane +8, Know History +4, Know Planes +8, Profession (Alchemy) +0, Spellcraft +8 and Use Magic Device +3.

Att-Melee 0/Ranged +3, Morning Star 1d8, L. Crossbow 1d8

Special Abilities: Native Outsider, Scared Skin +1NA, +5 Fire Resist, Dark Vision 60’, Prehensile Tail, Vestigial Wings +4 fly skill, Spell like ability-Darkness 1/d brew potions.

Spells:
Level 0-Daze, Guidance, and Light
Level 1-Charm Person, Mage Armor
Hexes:
Level 1-Slumber, Cauldron

Spell Effects:

[DraconigenaArma]

Tristan lowers the point of his sword as the goblin is being bound, though he does so in a slow manner, the reluctance overt. He struggles with his hatred for the goblins as an ilk. He recognizes they're intelligent (using the word in its more loose context) creatures, and so it is hard to fully accept that they should be culled indiscriminately like a herd of infected cattle... but knowing it and feeling it are two different things. The internal struggle tunes out most of the side chatter, especially the man they saved making suave moves. He'd prefer to just kill it on principle, but he struggles, knowing it isn't the right thing to do. Especially when Azrael suggests they interrogate it.
This brings him back to reality, so to speak. Speaking of the right thing, getting intel out of this goblin instead of making assumptions based on what may, or may not, be present at the city gate is wise. Tristan doesn't want to be wise, the dump of the last fight's adrenaline still swirling in his brain and urging him to fight, fight, fight. He wants to continue to press on, take action, find opponents, solve problems. He takes a deep breath to try to clear the irrational drive, reign himself in and accept the other team members have legitimate input, especially when it's better than his idea. "Yeah." He concedes, "See what it knows." He might have reigned in his rationality, but the nothing will rid his voice of the contempt.

 

Tristan Valdemar
Male Human Slayer 1
0 / 3,000 XP
NG Medium Humanoid (Human)
Senses Perception: +5

DEFENSES
AC 16, touch 12, flat-footed 14, (+3 armor, +2 Dex, +1 shield)
hp 13/13 (1 HD; 1d10+3)
Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +1

OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee longsword +4 (1d8+3/18-20x2) or shield bash +4 (1d3+1/x2) or dagger +4 (1d4+3/19-20x2)
Ranged longbow +3 (1d8/x3) or dagger +3 (1d4+3/19-20x2)
Special Attacks studied target +1 (move action)

STATISTICS
Str 16, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 13, Wis 12, Cha 10
Base Atk: +1; CMB: +4; CMD: 16
Feats: dirty fighting, improved shield bash
Skills: acrobatics +6, climb +7, knowledge (local) +5, sense motive +5, stealth +6, survival +5, swim +7
Languages: Common, Varisian
SQ track +6, blessed round 1/60
Combat Gear dagger, light steel shield, longbow, longsword, studded leather armor; Other Gear adventuring gear, 65 gp

[FatherDondo]

Skones, Gulch Gunner (1)
STR 5(-3), DEX 20(+5), CON 14(+2), INT 13(+1), WIS 14(+2), CHA 7(-2)Stats | HP: 12/12 | HD 1/1d10 | AC 18 | Touch 16 | Flat 13 | Init +6 | Status: Normal
Fort +4, Reflex +8, Will +2 | Melee -1, Ranged +7, CMB -3, CMD 12 | Speed 20 | Craft (Alchemy) +7, Knowledge (Engineering) +5, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +5, Profession (Soldier) +6, Stealth +6Skills | Common, UndercommonLanguages
Ratfolk: Ratfolk gain a +2 racial bonus on Craft (alchemy), Perception, and Use Magic Device checks.Tinker, Ratfolk gain a +4 racial bonus on Handle Animal checks made to influence rodents.Rodent Empathy, Ratfolk can see perfectly in the dark up to 60 feet.Senses, Ratfolk are used to living and fighting communally, and are adept at swarming foes for their own gain and their foes’ detriment. Up to two ratfolk can share the same square at the same time. If two ratfolk in the same square attack the same foe, they are considered to be flanking that foe as if they were in two opposite squares.Swarming, Gunslinger: Add a +1/2 bonus on initiative checks when the gunslinger has at least 1 grit point.Favored Class
Gulch Gunner: The gulch gunner gunslinger’s class skills are Acrobatics (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Disable Device (Dex), Escape Artist (Dex), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (engineering) (Int), Knowledge (dungeoneering) (Int), Perception (Wis), Profession (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), and Survival (Wis). Skill Ranks per Level: 4 + Int modifier.Class Skills | At 1st level, a gunslinger gains one of the following firearms of her choice: blunderbuss, musket, or pistol. Her starting weapon is battered, and only she knows how to use it properly. All other creatures treat her gun as if it had the broken condition. If the weapon already has the broken condition, it does not work at all for anyone else trying to use it. This starting weapon can only be sold for scrap (it’s worth 4d10 gp when sold). The gunslinger also gains Gunsmithing as a bonus feat.Gunsmith | At the start of each day, a gunslinger gains a number of grit points equal to her Wisdom modifier (minimum 1).Grit 2/2, The first time each round the gulch gunner makes a ranged firearm attack against an adjacent foe and provokes an attack of opportunity, she regains 1 grit point. Making an adjacent firearm attack against a helpless or unaware creature or on a creature that has fewer Hit Dice than half the gulch gunner’s character level does not restore grit, nor do ranged attacks using some ability that prevents the gulch gunner from provoking an attack of opportunity.Daring Adjacent Shot, When the gunslinger reduces a creature to 0 or fewer hit points with a firearm attack while in the heat of combat, she regains 1 grit point. Destroying an unattended object, reducing a helpless or unaware creature to 0 or fewer hit points, or reducing a creature that has fewer Hit Dice than half the gunslinger’s character level to 0 or fewer hit points does not restore any grit.Killing Blow
Traits: You gain a +1 trait bonus on Reflex saves.Deft Dodger, If your hit point total drops to 0 or lower but you are not dead, you may act as if disabled rather than dying (as if you possessed the Diehard feat). However, you can use your actions only to draw a firearm, reload a firearm, or attack with a firearm. If you have the Diehard feat, this trait also allows you to substitute your Wisdom score for your Constitution score for the purpose of determining the negative hit point total at which you die.Never Stop Shooting, Once per day, when you perform a deed that requires an attack roll and you miss with that roll, you can reroll it. You must take the second result even if it is worse.Black Powder Bravado | Drawback: You take a –2 penalty on Diplomacy checks and Sense Motive checks made against all creatures whose religion or alignment differs from your own.Provincial | Feats: Gunsmithing

The ratman grumbled to himself as he looked over his store of bullets. "Oughta count the shells. Always count the shells." He'd have to cast some more. "Anyway. Lemme grab some more rope and I'll get to tyin.'"

 

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Gunslingers spend grit points to accomplish deeds. A gunslinger can only perform deeds of her level or lower. Unless otherwise noted, a deed can be performed multiple successive times, as long as the appropriate amount of grit is spent to perform the deed.
Level 1: At 1st level, the gulch gunner can take advantage of the flash and sound of a firearm to throw off an attacker’s aim at close range. When she makes an attack against a foe within her firearm’s first range increment, she may spend 1 grit point to gain a +4 circumstance bonus to AC against that opponent until the beginning of her next turn. She can only perform this deed while wearing medium, light, or no armor, and while carrying no more than a light load. This deed replaces the deadeye deed.Flash and Shock (Ex), At 1st level, the gunslinger gains an uncanny knack for getting out of the way of ranged attacks. When a ranged attack is made against the gunslinger, she can spend 1 grit point to move 5 feet as an immediate action; doing so grants the gunslinger a +2 bonus to AC against the triggering attack. This movement is not a 5-foot step, and provokes attacks of opportunity. Alternatively, the gunslinger can drop prone to gain a +4 bonus to AC against the triggering attack. The gunslinger can only perform this deed while wearing medium or light armor, and while carrying no more than a light load.Gunslinger’s Dodge (Ex), At 1st level, as a standard action, the gunslinger can remove the broken condition from a single firearm she is currently wielding, as long as that condition was gained by a firearm misfire. The gunslinger must have at least 1 grit point to perform this deed. Alternatively, if the gunslinger spends 1 grit point to perform this deed, she can perform quick clear as a move-equivalent action instead of a standard action.Quick Clear (Ex)

 

Stats: Str 14, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 4 | Base Atk +0; CMB –1; CMD 12 (16 vs. trip)
10+ Nat armor 3 + Dex 1 + 2 Leather BardingAC 16, Size, Dex, and Deflection apply to Touch AC. Armor, Shields, and Natural Armor do not.Touch 11, At the start of a battle, before you have had a chance to act (specifically, before your first regular turn in the initiative order), you are flat-footed. You can’t use your Dexterity bonus to AC (if any) while flat-footed.Flat 10 (+1 Dex, +0 Size) | HP: 7/7 (1d8+1) | Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +1
Speed 40 ft., climb 20 ft., swim 20 ft.
Init +3, Low-Light Vision, Scent |
Actions: Bite +1 (1d6 plus A creature with this ability causes disease in those it contacts. The effects of the disease, including its save, frequency, and cure, are included in the creature’s description. The saving throw to negate the disease is usually a Fort save (DC 10 + 1/2 the infecting creature’s racial HD + the creature’s Con modifier; the exact DC is given in the creature’s descriptive text). Disease can be removed through remove disease and similar effects. Format: Disease Name (Ex) Bite—injury; save Fort DC 15, onset 1d3 days, frequency 1 day, effect 1 Con damage, cure 2 consecutive saves; Location: Special Attacks and individual attacks.disease)
Feats: You get a +3 bonus on all checks involving the chosen skill. If you have 10 or more ranks in that skill, this bonus increases to +6.Skill Focus (Perception)
Skills: Climb +11, Perception +4, Stealth +11, Swim +11; Racial Modifiers uses Dex to modify Climb and Swim
Giant: +2 to all rolls based on Str or Con, +2 hp/HD, –1 penalty on all rolls based on Dex. Size increase by one category; AC increase natural armor by +3; Attacks increase dice rolled by 1 step; Ability Scores +4 size bonus to Str and Con, –2 Dex.*
Disease: Filth fever: Bite—injury; save Fort DC 11; onset 1d3 days; frequency 1/day; effect 1d3 Dex damage and 1d3 Con damage; cure 2 consecutive saves. The save DC is Constitution-based.
Equipment: Exotic riding saddle, leather barding

[Goldmyr]

Those of you who are wounded can feel your bodies put themselves back together. Even those who are not can feel some relief in sore muscles and other aches.

Aldern quickly replies to Utana "Never fear, my dear. You need not worry about being a stranger in Magnimar. We are very welcoming to outsiders, certainly more so than the brutes you may have met north in Korvosa. You should accompany me when I return to the city in a few days." He suddenly seems to remember that there are other people present. "And great thanks to the rest of you, as well. I do feel that a reward is in order." Aldern thinks for a moment, then his face lights up. {b]"I know! We shall have a hunt! If you would do me the honor of joining me at the Dragon before I leave, we shall stalk the woods in ceremony for whatever the gods place before us."[/b]

Meanwhile, the goblin puts up no fight as the rope bonds are placed upon it.

[ooc]Who is going to interrogate the goblin, and who is going to check out the gate?[/ooc]

[triedtherest]

"Honest" Hasim The Cleric of The Merchant God nods his head at the wisdom being shared by his brothers/sisters-in-battle. "I'm no tracker, and my gaze is good for little more spotting bargains, so I'll try talking to our new "friend" here. Who knows, maybe we can strike a deal!" He chuckles slightly, shrugging. "Hey, stranger things have happened, although if somebody else would like to try *ahem* "Aggressive Negotiations" if mine fail, then feel free!" "I know! We shall have a hunt! If you would do me the honor of joining me at the Dragon before I leave, we shall stalk the woods in ceremony for whatever the gods place before us." "I would be honoured." Hasim says, smiling. "Though I cannot speak for my skills in this, I shall not shy from the challenge. Speaking of challenges..." He turns his gaze to the Goblin. "Now then, Goblin..." Hasim begins, his Dice Diplomacy Check: 2d20+8kh1 (4, 13 (keeping 13) )+8 Total = 21 voice eerily smooth. "...why did you feel the need to attack us in the middle of a party?"

OOC   Profits: 180 GP Noble Stipend Fund: 100 GP/Week -25 GP, Wealthy Living Standard (1/4 of the Monthly Cost) -10 GP, Common Living Standard for his 4 Workers. re 65 GP "Honest" Hasim

[DraconigenaArma]

Tristan stands by, keeping a steely and scowling eye on the goblin as Hasim interrogates it. He doesn't want to get in the way of the questioning, as it's not his forte, but he's not going to leave Hasim undefended.

[Goldmyr]

The goblin blinks in surprise at the question. "We attack because big boss say to attack," it says as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

[triedtherest]

"Honest" Hasim "We attack because big boss say to attack," Said the Goblin in a surprised yet matter of fact tone. Hasim stepped back and glanced at the others, his eyebrow raised in surprise. "Well that was both easier and less insightful than I expected." He turns back to the Goblin. "Who is the big boss, the Chief Goblin? And do you happen to know why they wanted to attack?"

OOC   Profits: 180 GP Noble Stipend Fund: 100 GP/Week -25 GP, Wealthy Living Standard (1/4 of the Monthly Cost) -10 GP, Common Living Standard for his 4 Workers. re 65 GP "Honest" Hasim

[Goldmyr]

"Ripnugget is warchief. Ripnugget is best warchief." The goblin says this with pride in its voice.

[triedtherest]

"Honest" Hasim So, they do have leaders! Hasim pondered at the Goblins words. But this attack feels so random. What did they seek to achieve here? "Did Warchief Ripnugget say what you were to do here?" He questioned the Goblin. "Also, did he come with you, if not where is he now?"

OOC   Profits: 180 GP Noble Stipend Fund: 100 GP/Week -25 GP, Wealthy Living Standard (1/4 of the Monthly Cost) -10 GP, Common Living Standard for his 4 Workers. re 65 GP "Honest" Hasim

[Clawsome]

Interrogation Azrael listened to Hasim question the goblin and was surprised it was so forthcoming with information. He wasn't exactly the smartest goblin Azrael had seen. Whomever this Warchief Rignugget was, they were going to have to pay him a visit in the near future. Azrael let out loud a statement he was thinking "Someone must have paid him to attack the village."

 

Azrael “Luther” Brimfire
Witch 1st
HP-8/8, AC-14, Touch-13, Flat-11
Saves: Fort +2, Reflex +3, Will +2
Init: +9, Move 30’, CMD-13
Skills: Craft-Alchemy +12, Fly +11, Heal 0, Intimidate -1, Know Arcane +8, Know History +4, Know Planes +8, Profession (Alchemy) +0, Spellcraft +8 and Use Magic Device +3.

Att-Melee 0/Ranged +3, Morning Star 1d8, L. Crossbow 1d8

Special Abilities: Native Outsider, Scared Skin +1NA, +5 Fire Resist, Dark Vision 60’, Prehensile Tail, Vestigial Wings +4 fly skill, Spell like ability-Darkness 1/d brew potions.

Spells:
Level 0-Daze, Guidance, and Light
Level 1-Charm Person, Mage Armor
Hexes:
Level 1-Slumber, Cauldron

Spell Effects:

[Goldmyr]

"I don't know nothing 'bout any payment. Warchief say attack, so we attack," the captured goblin replies.

[triedtherest]

"Honest" Hasim "Someone must have paid him to attack the village." Hasim nods his head in agreement, then turned it as the goblin spoke again. "I don't know nothing 'bout any payment. Warchief say attack, so we attack," "It seems like this Warchief Ripnugget is the person to talk to if we are to find out why this attack took place." Hasim says to Azrael, echoing his thoughts. He turns back to the Goblin. "Very well, we will need to talk to Warchief Grippnugget, where can we find him?"

OOC   Profits: 180 GP Noble Stipend Fund: 100 GP/Week -25 GP, Wealthy Living Standard (1/4 of the Monthly Cost) -10 GP, Common Living Standard for his 4 Workers. re 65 GP "Honest" Hasim

[Goldmyr]

The second Hasim asks about finding the leader, the goblin seems to realize that he's said too much because he immediately shuts up, refusing to answer the question with a frenzied shake of his head.

[DraconigenaArma]

"Looks like this conversation is over." Tristan gruffs, still eager to move along even though they did (he concedes) get some valuable information out of the creature. "Aldern, are you comfortable dragging a bound and gagged goblin to a guard that can get him locked up? We aren't going to find this chieftain standing around here with this one." He gestures to the one they were interrogating with his sword.