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[Dwarmin]

-Andre Clearwater, Journal page 1-

(The margins are scribbled with some obscure facts on sand dragons and mathematical equations
/...If C is the force of a charging giant, and Y is swing velocity of his weapon, then A equals force+pressure applied to the maximum stress point of a human skeletal structure from a downward angle, calculating wind resistance...)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

My first day taking part in the expedition-as an official member, and not a faceless crewmember! It started out well enough. I got to haggle with merchants, meet a man who was turned into a little truck, and see the biggest, and only, oasis I've seen.

But...bad things happened. I thought I had left behind such senseless violence in my past. I became a Druid to escape these sort of things! There was no meaning in it either. We had spotted a few dragons-children really, probably enjoying a flight out away from their parents for the first time. I told everyone...they're not evil, but no one was listening to me. That Vaba fellow, he shot an arrow at them, for no reason. And then, before I can react, Mathaf-the tall fellow, he charges at Uskton, my friend!

I could have told him that was a bad idea. We short folk are well used to defending ourselves from being trod upon. Well, what happened next...it's fairly gruesome. I can't get the image of cantaloupes being split in half from my mind...I was frozen in shock. A single drop of warm blood hit me in the forehead. I don't think I can ever forget this. I mean...horrible. All for nothing. He was tossed over the side. The Dragons just flew away without incident, not even stopping to properly eat Mathaf. That's the real tragedy.

The guards had to arrest them both-I felt the need to flash Uskton to keep him from hurting others, or others being forced to hurt him. I hope they will not be to rough on him. Vaba goaded him...the bastard.

Phaeron, he wasn't there to see all this, he was asleep or something. He wants to do a trial. I'll stand up for Uskton...it was really only self defense.

I feel my coming was bad luck. Dissent has begun to work it's way into our group. How will we stand against corruption and complete our mission if we cannot stop fighting amongst ourselves?

Omens signed
-Bird droppings in shape of claw
-Three rocks piled up, as I looked, one rock fell off for no reason
-The merchant had a beetle in his beard. It had three spots, missing one leg.
-Got a splinter as I gripped the ships rail when I lost my lunch. The splinter, I am afraid to remove it. I cannot say why.

[Kogan Loloklam]

Dwarmin, You are retconned to have been with the expedition from the beginning unless you specifically don't want to be. Just on the sidelines doing other stuff.

(Edit: Totally unrelated, but Grek, Pleasepleaseplease from hades final journal. It'd be great! )

[Dwarmin]

Dwarmin, You are retconned to have been with the expedition from the beginning unless you specifically don't want to be. Just on the sidelines doing other stuff.

(Edit: Totally unrelated, but Grek, Pleasepleaseplease from hades final journal. It'd be great! )

All right, I was just going to use the "but I'm the new guy!" excuse so as to not miss any lore stuff you guys already figured out. lol

[Dwarmin]

Updated sheet...you should probably add me to the player list now. lol

Also, is this spell legit? It's a homebrew I found on SRD. I'd like to use this.

Link broke...

Spoiler: Flare, Greater (click to show/hide)

Flare, Greater  Evocation [Light] 
Level:  Brd 1, Drd 1, Sor/Wiz 1 
Components:  V 
Casting time:  1 standard action 
Range:  Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) 
Effect:  Burst of light 
Duration:  Instantaneous 
Saving Throw:  Fortitude negates 
Spell Resistance:  Yes 

This spell creates a burst of light which blinds and dazzles your opponents. If you cause the light to burst directly in front of a single creature, that creature is blinded for 1d3 rounds and dazzled for 2 rounds per caster level (maximum 20 rounds) unless it makes a successful Fortitude save. Sightless creatures, as well as creatures already dazzled, are not affected by flare.

[The Fool]

Anyways as I said I would, here is the recoloured halfling image:

Spoiler: Halfling Recolour (click to show/hide)

If you want a different hat or something more drastically different I can, but I'd have to redo all the shading so I can't make any promises.

As for the journal I'll post it later today.

[Dwarmin]

Looks cool to me Fool.

[RAM]

I would say that spells are something different than Spell-like abilities, mostly due to the description of spell-like abilities and the S.R.D.'s comparative text. Here are a couple of examples of monsters with both spells and spell-like abilities. Spells are never described as spell-like abilities...

[Grek]

Right. I had just sorta hoped that I'd be able to qualify without having to actually be a wizard, cleric or druid. None of those really fit my character concept. I have different character ideas that I could use, but a mad science alchemist is #1 on the list.

[Shoruke]

No, spell-like abilities do not make you a spellcaster, so you can't use them to qualify for alchemy. UMD won't work either, because that counts as someone else casting spells. If you find a feat that allows you to cast spells, that'll allow you to use alchemy. I think there's some regional feats that give you spells... (they're in one of the Races books I think, they were listed on Crystal Keep)

I don't think you'll be blinding people with a level 1 spell, being blind is pretty hardcore. Level 2, maybe.

Can't recall what it was that someone asked me to look up after last session, but I can't check the chatlogs since I'm at work, so I'll have that answer when I get home... you know, at 2 in the morning.

[The Fool]

Spoiler: Van's Tale: Death and Madness, a scary couple (click to show/hide)

Setting sail for Eriden we realized that it would be a long tip for the sailors. Looking at the map we noticed that there was an oasis a few hours outside Eriden, and having six days to get there we decided to stop by to check it out. After sailing for hours without interruption we arrived at the oasis.

The water was clear and crisp, stretching as far as the eye could see; it was a sight to behold for everyone. Even back in the west there were no such bodies of water as expansive as this, and the books that described the oasis paled in comparison to the reality. Looking across the water I could have sworn that the oasis was shaped like a claw. I only noticed this when Ethan pointed that out. When everyone went to the merchant to the side of the oasis I decided to investigate the shape of the oasis by swimming all around it. However before I could jump into the water I saw Nael drawing what appeared to be my favourite baked good in the sand; donuts. I somehow doubt that there would be a nearby bakery.

Jumping into the water it was cool in comparison to the hot sands around the water. Swimming down the sides of the oasis took a lifetime to finish. By the time that I had reached the tip of the oasis Nael had beat me to it. Swimming back I noticed that there were both sharks and octopi in these waters. Perhaps I should have been more careful before jumping into such mysterious waters. Finishing my lap around the oasis everyone was already piling into the ship. I ran to find out what was happening only to find myself arguing whether or not to leave when we had already on the ship. Ethan was madly convinced that there was a dragon that lived in the oasis, but then again that is crazy. So with no sane reason to stay any longer and a battle to be waged in Eriden we chose to head out. Uskton Slek was acting strange, attacking the ground and calling out to a nonexistent dragon to attack him. I hope this is not a sign of the lunacy that lies in store for us.

Sailing through the blowing sands we found ourselves mere miles outside of Eriden when suddenly Vaba and I saw something flying in the distance; dragons. It appeared to be quite small, smaller than even Uskton Slek, and brownish in colour similar to a dull copper coin. Mathif started remarking of how he could own such a beast as a pet. Ethan remarked that they are simply surviving and that they would most likely avoid fighting us, but Vaba thought otherwise. He opened fire on the wyrmlings shouting that all dragons are evil and must be destroyed. I found myself unsure. If dragons are evil they should be destroyed, but if they aren’t then my attacking them would be unjust. I sought to talk to them to determine their aim, but it was too late for that. The best I can hope for is to knock them out and proceed forward.

It was then that Mathif snapped, you could hear it for miles. Pheron realized his insanity and ran to get his armour. Mathif began rambling about eating dragons using phrases like “we have to eat them before we eat them,” and such. I was blocking off the ballista, thinking that Mathif or Vaba would use the ballista to kill the dragons, when suddenly madness struck Mathif like a bookshelf landing on a librarian. Uskton Slek cried out “that’s enough, Mathif! You’ve gone too far,” but Mathif could take no more. Mathif ran up to Uskton Slek like a bull into a slaughterhouse only to be rendered like livestock. The now dead and gored Mathif fell off the ship in a bloody pile. Upon seeing the corpse fall Vaba turned to the group and said that he’d stop. The act was so shocking that all of us stood motionless for a moment. We no longer had any conviction to fight with the exception of Uskton Slek who was grappling with three sailors out of pure adrenaline. Vaba on the other hand laid down his bow and quite reluctantly dropped his quiver. This will be an interesting sentencing for the captain to make.

And with that I am about 150 exp short of a level. So are we going to bother with a sentencing, or will we write it off as justified in some way?

[Theoboldi]

Okay, time to get this journal done.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Cuddles, can you hear me? Something needs to be done about Vaba. Mathaf is dead because of him.
We went to the oasis today, Cuddles. I bought some gauntlets that will let me shoot lightning and a crystal that will give me power. Vaba bought nothing. I have an advantage. Ethan said something about a dragon living in the oasis, but I made fun of him since it was ridiculous.

There were dragons in the desert. They flew by our ship and Vaba decided to shoot at them. Just like that. Without any reason. He and Mathaf just wanted to kill them. Ethan said these ones were nice, so I tried to just scare them away. I already sent one fleeing, but Mathaf kept on rambliing about eating them. Pheron got under deck to put on his armor.
Then Mathaf attacked me. And I killed him. Just like that, in one swing. I didn't want to, Cuddles. I didn't want to kill him.
But it happened, and it's all Vaba's fault. I scared away the rest of the dragons with this move, but it was a small reward. The other guys said it was okay to kil Mathaf, because he attacked me.

But it wasn't okay, he still is dead because of me. I tell you, if Vaba hadn't started shooting at the dragons, it wouldn't have happened.
And then he acted like it was nothing. He didn't care at all about Mathaf's death. I told him to show a little respect, but he didn't.
I tried to kill him. I fully admit that. I don't want to travel with a soziopath like him. I shot the remaining charge of my gauntlets at him, but then the other crew members grabbed me and put me down. Pheron bound me in place and removed my weapons.
Vaba didn't resist, but he still tried to escape. He just acted like he was completly innocent.
I'll stop him no matter what. These dragons were innocent. Mathaf was innocent.
And Vaba isn't.

Also, little question here as I can't find it in the SRD. At which levels do I get new feats again?

[Kogan Loloklam]

I figure both Uskton Slek's fate and Vaba's fate will be determined next session.

[syvarris]

Spoiler: Vaba's prison journal (click to show/hide)

This has been a... sad few days.  After leaving the mages guild we all split up the reward, I used my share to buy some flashing goggles that make it easier to see enemies behind cover.  However before I could try my new gizmo out we had to head to Eriden.  It took a day to get to our first stop, a large oasis, which had a huge crowd of merchants and travelers.  Ethan discerned that the giant body of water was, in fact, the form a dead dragon takes after it dies.  Van left for a long swim and the rest of us headed for a merchant stall nearby.  I suspected him of trickery, but it turned out he was honest.  He tried to sell us some expensive magic tomes and robes, but we had little coin.  Uskton bought some gauntlets that summon lightning and some magic crystals anyways.

Afterward we all headed down to the lake, then Ethan jumped in with Mathaf's octopus Octavius and Andres dog Lucky to find treasure left behind by the dragon.  Pheron refilled our water supply while I watched Nael breath fire and attempt to communicate with a blacksmith.  They spent an hour swimming around for fools gold.  After no success, we went to leave, but Uskton decided to shout around for a dragon whilst hacking at the sand.  Luckily Uskton's challenges were never met and we left for Eriden.

An hour through the trip I heard some arguing from above, on the deck.  I walked up and saw what the argument was about: there were three young dragons flying to intercept us.  The party was arguing over whether to engage them or not.  Once they were about three-hundred feet away I decided to end the conversation, and the dragons.  They would only grow stronger and eviler when they become adults.

Strangely people decided to side with Ethan when I shot, Including Van and Uskton who had been threatening the dragons.  Ethan began casting a spell while Lyca ripped me off my feet and held me down.  Mathaf decided to take initiative by calling the siege engineer to man the ballista, and telling a sailor to change course for the dragons.  Uskton decided to yell at him to stop, to no avail.  Mathaf took insult and charged down the young dwarf, all twelve feet of him.  Amazingly Uskton, this four foot tall child, took his battle-axe and rended Mathaf from groin to neck, in one blow.  He had to jump just to reach!

Everybody just stood there, watching Mathaf's corpse fall over the edge, and more importantly, the child drenched in gore.  A druid retched over the side of bote.  I decided to agree that dragons should not be tampered with, and are inherently wonderful creatures we should praise.  Ethan allowed me up as the ship came to a halt, dragons suddenly forgotten.  ALL HAIL USKRIGAR DESLEKTU THE RAPTUROUS SAPLING!

Then Pheron walked up and began asking questions all "Respect ma athoritah!".  He commanded me and Uskton to drop our weapons, although we complied,  When did he become captain?  I answered all his questions honestly, but Uskton decided to fly into a rage because "I had started all this death" and attacked me.  He clapped his hands together and sent a lightning bolt shooting at me, I dodged most of the blast but it still hurt.  I retreated as he was mobbed by Pheron, Van and the guards.  Amazingly the child shook off all of them and tried to force his way to me, but eventually was completely dog piled.  Ethan came over and cast some regenerating spell as Pheron tied Uskton up securely.  As Uskton spat death threats and insults Pheron began to tie me up, realizing the futility of arguing I let him tie me up easily.  I did try to make it easier to escape later, but Pheron is canny and punched me in the gut when I held my breath.

I have now been put in the hold, tied up mere feet from Uskton.  Uskton still has not tired of describing the ways he will squeeze the life out of my frail body.  ARGH.  I would slip out of these bonds and choke him to death with his own tongue and beard, but I doubt that would end well for me...

Shoruke, If I take Mathaf's spiked gauntlets, can I use a longbow and still be considered armed for AoO's?   And is the poison still in effect?

While trying to compare Uskton's journal with This I got sidetracked and ended up Here _{and about twenty other tropes...}

Little question here as I can't find it in the SRD. At which levels do I get new feats again?

You get feats every level divisible by 3, and an ability score increase at every level divisible by 4.

[Theoboldi]

Okay, I just rolled up a second character, just in case Uskton dies any time soon.
I'm going for a necromancer wizard here that powers himself with selfmade items and would like to know if I can use the Skeletal Minion variant? And can I take ranks in Craft(Jewelry)?
Also an answer to my question above would be nice.

Edit:Ninja'd. Well, taking combat reflexes would be only fitting, huh? Also, I love the titel you gave me.

[Heron TSG]

What level of spell is shark bolt?

Third level.

I'll approve Wraithstrike, but I'm changing it so that it only works for the first attack you make using it (the 1 round duration is still in effect, too). So basically, if you full attack with Wraithstrike, only the first attack is going to do anything special. I'm thinking that maybe there should be an Improved version, a level 3 spell, that comes without this restriction.

That makes it pretty weak for a second level spell slot, so unless that changes I'll just find a different second level spell and just take the actually-useful third level spell next level. Using a very limited resource for a single attack would be mildly useful, but it's going to lose it's charm fast when I start attacking multiple times per round in a level or two. I'll get back to you on whichever spell I replace it with.

Your dragonfang greatsword is masterwork, so it gets +1 to attack; it does the Excalibur thing of hitting through armor quite nicely, so it can ignore up to 2 points worth of Armor or Natural Armor bonus to AC; it has 2d8 base damage, and on a critical hit, it adds a bleeding effect, which does 1d2 points of damage to the enemy on their turn. The bleeding effect is removed by heal checks, or any magical hp-healing effect. (then again, when you get a critical hit with something that does 2d8, that much blood loss seems kind of paltry...)

I am super pumped for this. Is the bleeding effect HP damage or normal damage? If I can summon up enough money, I think I'll enchant this weapon. Perhaps one day it will be a blade of legendary deeds and such.

Question: Is anyone in the party able to cast Fireball?

Nope. None of our arcane casters has 3rd level spells. Why do you need to know?

I do indeed have the option of choosing Fireball. It's a pretty lame spell for my first 3rd level spell, though.

Okay, so, gold claimed during the session from the 10,000 gp payment:
Nael: 1,100
Grek: 1,500
Uskton Slek: 1000
Van: 200
Pheron: 2500
Vaba: 2500
Andre: 250
Party Fund: 950

Edit because Uskton Slek took another 500 to buy some gauntlets of lightning-shooting.

I was at the session where we received that money. Do I get any? Speaking of which, do you mind if I in-thread the merchant stop? I'll post what I'm selling in a spoiler below.

See, this is what happens when his male Role-Model Maelrigar isn't here. Damages a young dwarf's psyche, you know?

Uskton is going to be a damn strange dwarf if I'm his role model.

ALL HAIL USKRIGAR DESLEKTU THE RAPTUROUS SAPLING!

Also: Wut.

Spoiler: Items that can be sold (click to show/hide)

+1 Masterwork Greatsword
Masterwork silver longsword
Scroll of Burning Hands
1 moss agate, a black star sapphire, and a malachite

I have a little money of my own, but depending on how much I can get for these and how close I am to a level of enchantment I may need to dip into the party fund, if that's alright.

I'll be back later with a 2nd level spell and a few ideas for an enchantment. Also possibly a passive journal.