Finding the Spark (Pathfinder 1E Quest)
- Thread starter DragonParadox
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Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
The hope is for them to not necessarily be firing into melee, since Cob should be kiting them more than fighting. Vermin like these spiders are literally mindless, so they shouldn't really be using any actual teamwork or tactics.
I blame Skynet the Kindle for that. I noticed it and fixed the auto-corrupt error in my plan, but not before it had been copy/pasted.
- Location
- Russia
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Shame on me
But that means he'll be catching attack of opportunity every time he leaves the melee range...
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
Each spider can only make one AoO each round, and only if they're properly positioned to do so. They're each Medium-sized so they can only cover so much space, and Cob only needs to life them for a couple rounds before we can split their focus.
I'm also hoping Cob can avoid melee entirely until we can help him. Goblins are quick and nimble, and being a Rogue only reinforces that, so he should be able to do it.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
My sister's cat did that once back when we were kids.
Of course, she had eaten a ball of yarn the night before...
Glad you guys like him, I am still working out his voice in my head.
Mina feels like a gothic name to me and she is from the Immortal Principality of Ustilav.
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Arc 1 Post 8: Of Spiders and Saurians
Of Spiders and Saurians
The Season of Still Stone
Good luck is like the coin you pay yourself, the thought slides across the surface of your mind like oiled rags on steel as you mutter a few nonsense words of prayer, cross your fingers and snap them. You watch in mounting horror as Cob throws a dagger only to have it snap off the lead spider's hairy head as the thing tugs in its legs and jumps on him. How the little fellow manages to roll out of the mass of legs and descending fangs you will never know, but that he does even as Mina has to contend with the other spider scuttling down the wall towards her. It looks like she is going to be able to scramble clear, but then a sharp scream rings out, her heel foot had caught in the stone under the carpet of lichen, she stumbles stung
Mina takes 2 Damage (Now at 6/8 HP)
Arms straining from the unfamiliar wrenching you bring the duergar crossbow clear and shoot, catching the thing between the thorax and the abdomen. Spiders you find out then do not scream in pain, but they do shudder with a rasp and click of plates ichor flowing freely.
Spider takes 10 Damage (Now at 6/16)
Alas Mina's shot goes wide as she scrambles for her stonebow and Cob may as well be throwing rocks for all the good it does. The uninjured spider keeps after him, though thankfully not able to catch the bouncing morsel between his sharp legs to wrap him in its web. The wheel flies and flies in your hands in desperate haste trying to keep the wounded spider in line even as it seems bound and determined to kill Mina, stinging her again in the left arm.
Mina takes 1 Damage (Now at 5/8)
Blood drips and trails from her ruined sleeve as you take aim... and manage to hit it right between its many eyes, the iron bolt shattering the chitin and piercing right into whatever it uses as a brain.
Spider Takes 8 Damage -> Spider Killed.
Turning towards the other spider you wonder if if is worth trying to lead another bolt or if you should try your luck with a dagger when a blur of green and brown drops from the cavern roof right on top of the beast. Knotted scaled arms like great serpents descent, twist and rip as inchor fountains from the spider. At first you mistake the being for a Xulgath champion, a foe more dangerous than the spiders ever could be, but the more you look the more differences you mark from the dead foes you had seen dragged into the Firehall as a child. For one the pattern of scales is much righter green, the back marked with back-swept frills that give him... definitely a him, a vaguely aquatic look. The eyes are set further apart and the row of ivory teeth that escape the narrow jaw have almost all been files to even points as fine as the ones on the necklace that hangs about his neck ending in a rat's head talisman.
"Good hunt!" he says in the trade tongue twisted into hissing sylables like the coils of a serpent twisting against one another. "Do you require aid?"
"I..." Mina looks at the mountain of scale and flesh cautiously, cradling her arm, but before she can answer Cob interjects: "Cob not need help, Cob is best spiderest killeriest in Nar Voth."
"Unlikely," the lizardman breathes, staring down at the goblin with unblinking yellow eyes.
Rather than address... whatever that is you quickly move to heal Mina probing her shoulders with careful fingers. Thank the dark none one the poison seems to have gotten in.
Mina Heals 3 Damage -> Now at 8/8
"Claim?" the hunter motions to the spider you have shot. On the one hand you do not lack for provisions and you have no idea how to carve up a spider, but the poison could be useful you know.
[] Yes, lay claim to the spider
[] No, let him have both, maybe it will get you a bit more goodwill with the strange hunter
OOC: So... about that lizardman you guys almost voted for. That was a very good random encounter you rolled.
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- Location
- Russia
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Double "when".
And oh, I absolutly like to see enemy's HP!
As for the vote, I am inclined to "let him both". But could this make us to look weak? I do not know much about psychology and culture of lizardman.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
Nice! Hopefully he'll stick with us for a bit, at least.
[X] We already have our hands and packs full with provisions and gear, no need to weigh ourselves down even further.
-[X] "Can we trade? Our spider for any useful local knowledge you can share? We are unfamiliar with the area."
This is basically the same thing as letting him have both, but the internal justification matters, IMO, and making the exchange transactional removes any hints of weakness in our parts. Maybe we can get a guide from this encounter?
Considering we killed one ourselves, does seem weird.
What about we get the bits we can use, and he can slice up everything else?
I, too, like seeing health bars:
- Location
- Argentina
Friendless curse might proc?
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
It doesn't work like that. This isn't a diplomacy attempt, it's more like bartering or an exchange of services. Our spider for his information. Simple and clean.
- Location
- Russia
- Pronouns
- He/Him
@DragonParadox , does Goldfish write-in activate Diplomacy check or not? Or we do not know it?
No, you are not trying to get anything out of him by being diplomatic, you are just offering a trade. 'Try to get a good trade for the spider' would since you would be using your word-o-mancy to improve the trade.
TheOmnimercurial
Dragon Bard
- Location
- UK
[X] We already have our hands and packs full with provisions and gear, no need to weigh ourselves down even further.
-[X] "Can we trade? Our spider for any useful local knowledge you can share? We are unfamiliar with the area."
-[X] "Can we trade? Our spider for any useful local knowledge you can share? We are unfamiliar with the area."
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
@DragonParadox, just remembered something I meant to mention during character creation, but it slipped my mind.
Can we use the optional Background Skills system for this quest?
www.d20pfsrd.com
It's pretty simple If you're not familiar with it. Basically, everyone gets 2 additional skill points each level that can only be used for "non-adventuring" type skills, like Craft, Profession, certain Knowledge skills, etc.
I was thinking that Akorian could have invested one background skill point in Knowledge (History) and one in Knowledge (Geography). The first is a Class skill for him, and it would make sense for him and some other members of his tribe to have, considering they pass on a lot of their history through storytelling and the like. The geography skill, without the +3 Class bonus, would instead represent what he's passively learned about his surroundings throughout his life.
There are other background skills he could acquire later that would generally be more helpful, but at this point he hasn't really had much opportunity to learn them yet.
Can we use the optional Background Skills system for this quest?
Background Skills – d20PFSRD
www.d20pfsrd.com
It's pretty simple If you're not familiar with it. Basically, everyone gets 2 additional skill points each level that can only be used for "non-adventuring" type skills, like Craft, Profession, certain Knowledge skills, etc.
I was thinking that Akorian could have invested one background skill point in Knowledge (History) and one in Knowledge (Geography). The first is a Class skill for him, and it would make sense for him and some other members of his tribe to have, considering they pass on a lot of their history through storytelling and the like. The geography skill, without the +3 Class bonus, would instead represent what he's passively learned about his surroundings throughout his life.
There are other background skills he could acquire later that would generally be more helpful, but at this point he hasn't really had much opportunity to learn them yet.