Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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Finding the Spark (Pathfinder 1E Quest)
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- being near locations is my passion.
[X] Goldfish
Smokeshades apparently have Darkvision 60 feet, and so do Goblins.
Might Gorok benefit from Darkvision spell? (Sirim would have to Wild Arcana it)
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Regarding getting the bones out of there, might Sirim be able Wild Arcana Shrink Item on a big (up to 16 cubic foot) bag full of bones if need be?
And then put that shrunk item into a small bag of holding?
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Basically I'm trying to play with the definition of [item] so that 'container with stuff in it' counts as [one thing].
Just spit balling ideas here.
Smokeshades apparently have Darkvision 60 feet, and so do Goblins.
Might Gorok benefit from Darkvision spell? (Sirim would have to Wild Arcana it)
Darkvision – d20PFSRD
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And then put that shrunk item into a small bag of holding?
Shrink Item – d20PFSRD
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Basically I'm trying to play with the definition of [item] so that 'container with stuff in it' counts as [one thing].
Just spit balling ideas here.
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[X] Goldfish
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Sadly that does not work. If you put things in a container and then shrink the container it will simply shrink around the items and explode.
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Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
It's weird, but the Armor bonus from the kilt stacks with other Armor bonuses.
Armored Kilt – d20PFSRD
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I think DP ruled that applied to Mage Armor way back when we got the kilt. If not, then you're right and her AC needs to be adjusted.
That said, Mina now has the Djezet Skin armor, and the kilt should definitely stack with that. Combined, those would push her AC up to 17, which would be the superior choice instead of using Mage Armor in most cases.
Arc 9 Interlude 2: Among the Spirits
Among the Spirits
25th of Neth 4707 A.R. (Absalom Reckoning)
Two figures slipped off the Dancing Slurk in the early wee hours of the morning when the moon still reigned, a distant monarch over thin high clouds racing upon the cold north wind. Unseen they were by mortal eyes, though the eyes of slumbering carp peered up for a moment at the ripples 'pon the water's surface. They had been trained well to mark strange happenings and pass it on to the trout, who would have passed it on to the stork, who would have flown to whisper in the ear of Thrifnir, called 'Redwing' by men and and birds alike. But this was not strange at all, just a ripple in the wind, the song of wild places unperturbed. The third figure did not even touch the water, a breath of far off shadow on the wind.
Stealth vs Aquatic Watchers: Automatic Success (Hide from Animals)
Pale stones, not yet worn to sand, stretched out from the shore to the first probing roots of the forest. Old this forest seemed to Gorok, old and watchful, clutching green bowers between gnarled branches where anything might hide; a bird, a beast, or one who bore their skin. "Step where I step," he whispered to the dark behind him, and the dark obligingly whispered on.
The spirits in the land, the water, and the air were close here, and not all of them had chosen to step over the threshold, to wrap themselves in leaf and bloom. To the iruxi's eyes the path ahead was as clear as the great avenues of stone that marked the cities of men; for where the spirits had walked he walked, and where they did not he would not. Yet he did not mistake insight for welcome. This was not his place but that of the green men, and they were three trespassers.
A high-pitched neigh broke the silence, then another close at hand. The sound Gorok had come to associate with Chelish knights in his youth, though on the long journey here he had come to know them as themselves, with their own place and whims, not just as heralds of danger. There it came again, the echoes too clear. So this place wasn't all trees then.
As they came out of the patch of woodlands they beheld beasts hoofed and wild-maned with eyes that flashed with hungry light and the teeth of a predator, a whole herd or pack of them around a trio of standing stones.
Ukron, the tales he knew of them called them sick with hunger and rage, but these ones seemed oddly calm, lounging in the grass like one would expect a well-fed predator to do when the day was out.
"Woah... is that a horse-wolf?" came the question from behind him.
There had been a time not so long ago when Gorok would have failed to interpret the awed tone in the goblin's voice, but now he knew better. "No, you can't have one. Warty probably wouldn't like it."
Because Gorok would ask him to, but it came down to the same thing.
"Oooh," Cob sighed. "You sure?"
"Yes."
The path lead across the gash of open land and back under the cover of the forest, oak woods old and strong... of cunning heart. It was Cob who noticed them. "Ooh... that one's got eyes! Look, look!"
So it did, eyes in hollows, branches grasping and roots that tripped. Though he didn't know the name of it, Gorok knew a jealous tree spirit when he saw them. Many there were who were jealous of those who could walk, jump, swim, and fly and had grown to hate with the slow endless hate that only trees could keep. These, Gorok was quite certain, had been bound as watchers, for their roots could feel and their branches hear what no creature of flesh and blood could sense.
"Don't leave the path," he motioned to the others.
After they had passed eight such trees, Sirim suddenly called a halt. "There is a ward on the path ahead, crude but effective, a sound alarm."
"I can cut it quiet-like," Cob said with confidence well-earned, then he froze. "Tree not tree, druid man over by clump of thorn-berries."
A druid watcher to keep the hateful watchers in line. Clever of them. Gorok wishes they had been less clever.
"Watcher is looking at the spell-light of the ward. If he sees that go out and there is no one here, he'll raise the alarm," Sirim was the one to point out the trick.
Sirim Spellcraft: 1d20+13+4 (Mythic Heroism) = 30 (Success)
Perception vs Stealth: Automatic Success (Goggles of Detect Shape-Changer)
Perception vs Stealth: Automatic Success (Goggles of Detect Shape-Changer)
"Jump over?" Cob asked. He'd have the easiest time of course and Sirim could fly, but the sound of Gorok landing practically on top of their roots would give the watchers another chance to notice them.
They could of course ambush the druid keeper, the trees were unlikely to carry word on until another one came to ask them, but it would turn their raid from one of theft alone to bringing harm. Gorok still wasn't sure how feuds worked among the warmbloods, especially their wars, but he suspected this would escalate the druids ill-will towards their nocturnal trespassers.
What do the three do?
[] Try to jump the ward (One more Stealth+Perception vs the tree things with a -4 from the noise of landing)
[] Try to find another path (Nature's Path no longer applies as you are no longer taking the easiest path, ignoring the advice of the spell)
[] Ambush and incapacitate the druid watcher
-[] Write in plan
[] Write in
OOC: Enjoy.
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Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
Haha, sorry about that, buddy. Horse monsters are off the looting list for this evening.
There are several good sound-dampening spells, but most of them are unavailable to Sirim. Fortunately, Forced Quiet is on his spell list and will counteract the sound of Gorok landing.
[X] Sirim uses Wild Arcana to cast Fly on Gorok.
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- being near locations is my passion.
My read of Mythic invis is that it should hide the magic aura of a Fly spell.
No idea if we can get into, loot this place and return before Kori's Myhtic Imvisbility runs out,so I'd like to keep some of Sirim's wild Arcana for the exfiltration.
That said, back off a bit, and Sirim Wild Arcanas Fly onto Gorok? It might prove useful later, and I'm assuming Gorok can carry Cob if need be.
I don't think that would interfear with Gorok's pathing spell?
No idea if we can get into, loot this place and return before Kori's Myhtic Imvisbility runs out,so I'd like to keep some of Sirim's wild Arcana for the exfiltration.
That said, back off a bit, and Sirim Wild Arcanas Fly onto Gorok? It might prove useful later, and I'm assuming Gorok can carry Cob if need be.
I don't think that would interfear with Gorok's pathing spell?
Come on, Cob thinks this thing is the proper wild shape of the horse. Those silly longshanks bred out the second head and the fangs.
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Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
Good idea.
@DragonParadox, would casting a Fly spell on Gorok interfere with his Nature's Paths spell? If so, would it also interfere with an Air Step spell instead?
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Good idea.
@DragonParadox, would casting a Fly spell on Gorok interfere with his Nature's Paths spell? If so, would it also interfere with an Air Step spell instead?
Air Step – d20PFSRD
Not at all, he can fly swim, use any means he wants, but he does have to keep to the shortest path through an area of wilderness.
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This is what a horse should be, as a wolf is what a dog should be?Come on, Cob thinks this thing is the proper wild shape of the horse. Those silly longshanks bred out the second head and the fangs.
Or maybe a Two-Headed Winter Worg is the correct form of a dog.
Though of course soul-eating or weather-controlling wolfs might be even better dogs.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
Plan updated to just have Sirim cast Fly on Gorok, per @BeepSmile's suggestion.
Yup, goblin-logic goes like this:
- Horses are nasty, but they are also large and terrifying
- A wild 'proper' horse should be more killy than the tamed wrong kind as wolf is to dog
- More teeth makes more killy, twice the head even more so
- This must be a proper horse
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Surprised that Cob didn't have to make a Will Check against a scary thing in horse shape, but I suppose goblins just think differently.
Yeah, goblins just think differently, somehow finding a herbivore more off-putting than a carnivore.
Then again, these are same creatures they find dogs scary, but not wolves and worgs.
@DragonParadox curious, does Gorok/Sirim think the reason that the Ukrons are so calm compared to other examples of their kind is due to the local druids keeping them happy, which means they have less driven to go out to infect other creatures, driving them mad, and attacking civilization?
Basically keeping nature in balance? Honestly surprised these are natural magical creatures and not something Hells would cook up.
[X] Sirim uses Wild Arcana to cast Fly on Gorok.
Nice to see our plan is allowing us to bypass most of the druids' defenses so far.
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That seems likely, most animals on the island are much less fearful than elsewhere. It could be that the natural state of the Ukrons is this and it's just all the other populations of them that had been driven to violence. Not the trees though, Gorok is pretty sure those trees hate all animal life and are being constrained and watched so that they can act as guards.
