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[Shoruke]

Scarlet Corsair is fine to use.
Modifying Sailor's Step to be Sand Step so that it works on a sandFLIER (FTFY) instead of a boat is fine.
Scourge of the Seas can be renamed Scourge of the Sands.
Swashbucklers are fine. You might take a look at the Daring Outlaw feat, which I think might be from Complete Scoundrel.
The Sneak Attack Fighter variant is fine.
That homebrew trait is fine as well.
The thug variant works just fine.

Also, this is a bit of a spoiler, but the plot is likely to make you leave the desert sometime in the next two or three levels. Jussayin.

Session begins in ~21 hours.

[Haika]

Spoiler: Journal of Izaak Waveharp, Session 34 (click to show/hide)

As we started to make our way outside of the cave system, we ran into a group of guards who had been attacked by some panther type monsters. Since there were a few cute women among the ranks, I graciously offered to stick around and bolster the ranks for a bit. Didn't even need to throw a single dagger, just stood around sneaking glimpses at the women guarding the way.

A cleric with quite a few potions to hand out showed up not long after. And we got a coupon note thing for helping. I need to see if I can't track down that one female soldier I talked to during this. She's gotta have some off duty time, and I did save her life all heroically and all that.

Either way, the group made our way back to town. Some of the us split off to go shopping and rest, while myself and Andre offered to help Ethan look for his sister.

We eventually found her, perched in a tree in the park. Her immediate response was to turn her brother into a miniature form of his already miniature self. It was quite amusing to watch. I think I may like the little halfling gal, even though my tastes usually go for taller women.

Speaking of taller women, it was right about that point when I decided to go looking for the Elf in our group. I didn't find her at the inn, but I did meet up with most of the group back at the military HQ building. I cashed in the coupon thing, and our ranger bow guy got his mind zapped to be sure of how many targets of the purge we killed in the caves(Glad it was him, and not me. I need all the brains I have left). The total ended up being more than a plat. Still a ways off from my goal of owning a whole town like a baron, but every little bit helps.

Speaking of owning a town, I'm thinking I'd not want to have this one. After we got paid, I decided to put on a little show in the busiest street I could find in the city. The pickings were very VERY slim. The halfling gal even helped with a little magical assisted crowd work. The results were... less than a single gold piece.

It makes one wonder where the military is getting all this money to pay the adventurers searching these caves. I remember hearing something about scholars wanting to know about the unknown wilds, maybe there are scholar guilds who might be in the market for a little espionage. I'm not nearly as sneaky as most in the Thieves profession though. I prefer a more direct approach. Might be interesting to see what sort of work I could find anyway.

Maybe I'll invite the Halfling gal, nothing like a good heist or assassination for a first date. Would have to ditch her brother somehow though. I'm sure he means well, but the boy is a bit too addled with tree lore.

[RAM]

plot is likely to make you leave the desert

Do we get parachutes? Or go splat...

[Kogan Loloklam]

...

She's a 15 year old halfling...
That is about 12 in human years.
So yea, I don't think Izaak would find her attractive at all...

Spoiler: He might though... (click to show/hide)

[The Fool]

*facepalm*

Anyways, here is my journal. I totally didn't write this in a hurry at all...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

After clearing out our section of the cave we headed back out, but something wasn’t quite right. All the guards were dead. Thoughts of no payment after all that scared me. Vaba agreed and began searching for the beast that did it. It left up the stairs towards the city, hopefully the contract is still good and we can kill this one for gold too. We headed up the stairs after the monster where we found about a dozen more guards, mostly dead. Vaba ran over to the nearest monster corpse and breathed in deeply just as it turned into mist. Brilliant.

   It turns out the guards stopped the monster here, so we just needed to hold the line until more guards show up. A bit of a dull thing to do, but at least we are getting paid to do it. Waiting for an enemy was dull, so I started calling out to the monsters in hope of a fight. More guards showed up about an hour later, and we got a coupon for gold and some potions for our time. I thought I just wasted an hour until another guard mentioned that there are still plenty monsters in the caves. I started itching to hurt some poor passing monster, but I think it will be another day or two before we are all ready again. ‘Least we got gold.

   I headed back to the inn rather than search of Stihe. If she wanted to be found then she wouldn’t have run off. I dropped my bags and my bow into a corner of the room next to the bed and fell into a trance. Bright kaleidoscopic colours filled my mind. This didn’t last long, as Vaba knocked on my door, he handed me some well crafted arrows and some money. I’m not quite sure what angle Vaba is playing at this time, and that kind of has me worried. Before he left Vaba told me that everyone was headed to the military base for payment, so I followed.

   The Military HQ was a large but simple building, and upon walking inside we saw a rather relevant sign; purge payment. The old man with a large hat sat behind his desk, and indicated that someone needed to sit down in the chair to have our kills counted magically. Vaba volunteered and was zapped by a magic wand. He was reeling from the zap, glad I didn’t volunteer. Just then Andre started climbing on the old man’s desk. He did quite well, but somehow the man wasn’t amused, which was a pity, because it was funny to see. The payment was less than I had hoped, but with our group size I suppose it will have to do. Having nothing else to do I headed back to the inn.

   I fell into a trance at the inn since I had nothing better to do today. The wilds were that much more exciting to me. Animals were everywhere, and everything had to watch their back in fear of being attacked by something even bigger than them. I had my dire wolves to keep me company back then, but now I have no one to trust wholly. So here I am, alone in an inn. The realization haunts me, and I head out into the city to find something, anything really. Maybe Ethan can help me see some animals today.

   I headed out into the city to find Ethan. Stihe found me and asked if we could swap faces for a while. I personally didn’t care, and with that we swapped images and went on our way. I found Ethan, and after some minor confusion he started summoning an animal for me. Standing about nine feet tall with leathery wings, and dense matted fur, was a pair of dire bats. Having seen such large animals before I wasn’t surprised so much as overjoyed at the sight. I ran up to one of them and hugged the large and intimidating creature. I wanted to keep the bat, but Ethan said that what he summons fades after about a moment. The bats sure enough faded a moment later. I thanked Ethan and headed back to the inn in defeat. 

   Waiting to head back into the caves at the inn, I suddenly heard a loud thud on the roof. I ran outside hoping it was something to kill, but to my surprise it was a dire bat, and it didn’t seem hostile to me. I called it down, and sure enough it came down to the ground. It was foaming at the mouth kind of like the wolves that I use to live with. I wonder if it followed me all the way from Rivershire? For following me through the burning desert I decided to name it Agni. I thought it was only fitting to name it in Ignan. Hopefully my wolves can find me if this bat can.

I need another character goal. Just getting animal companions isn't much of a roleplaying goal so much as a reason to level. I suppose I have until Saturday to think one up since I can't make it to this session.

[RAM]

A wild up-too-late appears!
 It uses sleep.
  It is super-effective!
  Your game-time is reduced.

[Dwarmin]

Spoiler: Andre Clearwaters Journal Part 5 (click to show/hide)

((The margins are filled with jagged thunderbolts, and wavy images of what could either be an ocean of water or sand. It's difficult to say. There's a little figure in a boat within them.))

Ah, what an inconsistent friend you are journal. Wherever I go, I always fear I lost you somewhere, and yet here you are.

The last few days have been hard. Stihe is still traumatized from her encounter with the Ashwyrm-years of resent have come out in hours, and now she refuses to talk to me...it hurts me in a way she could never understand, but perhaps I deserve it....wait, no. Not anymore. I made my choices-and I'm not going to let regret hold me back anymore.

When I was a young Halfling, and I realized my parents were gone, and I was going to have to blacken my soul just to survive...the only thing that kept me rightside up was the hope that Stihe might get a better life.  I bottled alot of my own hopes and frustrations up, not daring let them free for her sake. Fools hope, of course. I just introduced her to a worse one.

It's clear things are different now. She doesn't need me-and I don't need her. It's not one way anymore. We need each other...but, my Druidic studies have taught me to hold such matters apart from myself. What will happen, will happen. And, in this way I have released myself from a long held burden...

Not that I won't turn anything that tries to hurt her into ash, still. I remember killing the Ashwyrm that dared touch my sister only barely. I was so mad. More angry than I had ever been. I killed it...without remorse. There was power in that-and I've been hard at work tapping into that. Turns out, I have a lot of...repressed emotions. My therapy is destroying monsters, who knew?

((In the middle of the page, a sketch of a blackened tree is shown))

Exciting news, journal. I found what I was looking for-a tree struck by natural lightning. I could feel the wounded spirit of the wound, and the tired, yet still vicious spirit of the lightning, mingling within. I called to them...and began to gain an insight. Also, there was a storm blowing in...

I fear I may have woken up everyone on the ship with the first blast. As far as I know, no Druids tossed lightning like that so directly. The storm was getting worse, but I didn't take cover. No. I dared it to hit with all it had. I could take it.

At the heart of that storm, I had finally found peace-as the calm in the storm, the strong tower in the wind. Amazing how unimportant things all seem, when I'm out there. It's....close to ascension, I think. Reaching a higher plane of being. I've always felt the wind and storm call to me-I know this now.

Andre Clearwater has finally answered.

I'll have to talk to the other Druids about it soon....

Finally had the courage to invite Tallulah out for cold drinks at a local pub. Strictly in friendship...and still waiting on a response!

Omens Signed
-The lightning struck tree almost looked like a woman in pain. It reminded me of my mother, for some reason. I burned it.
-Horse I'm training likes bananas the best, who would have guessed? Things are a fortune to buy here though.
-Izzak Waveharp. His left boot is usually not as tightly as buckled as his right one, and he has the scent of hay about him. Odd.
-Since I've started to use lightning, I'm alot more thirsty than usual. May just be I'm out in the desert all day, or a possible side effect?

[Haika]

...

She's a 15 year old halfling...
That is about 12 in human years.
So yea, I don't think Izaak would find her attractive at all...

Spoiler: He might though... (click to show/hide)

Well, Isaak is pretty sleezy, but I'm not sure he's /that/ sleezy. I rack it up to him not knowing anything about halfling biology, and assuming she's older. Should be rather amusing when he finds out, if he ever brings that into active roleplay.

[Kogan Loloklam]

Well, Isaak is pretty sleezy, but I'm not sure he's /that/ sleezy. I rack it up to him not knowing anything about halfling biology, and assuming she's older. Should be rather amusing when he finds out, if he ever brings that into active roleplay.

Well... That would be... interesting. I wonder how Andre would react to an adult human putting the moves on his kid sister

...
Anyway, I can believe he couldn't tell a Halfling child from a Halfling adult. They are all short.
BUT...
Stihe is about HALF the height of Andre. Part of that is because Andre is a freakishly large halfling at either 4'9" or 4'11" (depending on if it's a point or a separator) and weighing in at a Whopping 100 Lbs, but given the relation it's probably pretty easy to see that Stihe is significantly younger than Andre. 17 year old standing next to a 12 year old, pretty easy to see the differences even if one is the Shawn Bradley of Halflings (or some other famous tall person)

[Dwarmin]

Lol, guess I didn't read the halfling weight/height averages well enough...but, it makes for a more interesting character. Is that why Stihe put the shrink on me?

OOC: Did some searching! Andre is about the height and weight of an very short Human woman. Which is about double what a halfling should be!

There would def. be some mixed blood in the Clearwater family history.

2xEDIT:All right, I'm modding my weight down and making myself a Tallfellow/Half Human halfling roleplaying wise-bonuses won't apply unless Shoruke decides they should.

[Haika]

To be honest, I didn't bother to look at any of the character sheets when I wrote up that journal. So I chalk any errors up to me writing out of my ass. XD

Beyond that, Isaak did talk about her being overly short. And chances are, I won't even bring it up in game. I see the journal as being his private thoughts, most times he won't even act on them. Like the guard he talked about wanting to meet with again. Idle thoughts, that will probably never come to pass. Especially if he learns of Stihe's age.

[Kogan Loloklam]

OOC: Did some searching! Andre is about the height and weight of an very short Human woman. Which is about double what a halfling should be!

Maybe your freakish height was the reason for the marital strife? Dad, after seeing Stihe being the tiny little thing, looks at you and thinks mom was screwing around with a human? Maybe she was even

(Edit: Speaking of Background, ya sitting on Daggerfall for a reason? Or am I supposed to post it? Oh and Haika, don't worry about RPing as you RP. It might be funny to have that particular interaction pop up. It'd certainly open a whole barrel of Roleplaying if it happened.)

[Heron TSG]

Spoiler: I made a character portrait! (click to show/hide)

It's for my backup character, Grim Rubyguard. I still have to purchase items.

You know your character's a good one when you have to steal parts of the Chain Devil art.

[Shoruke]

plot is likely to make you leave the desert

Do we get parachutes? Or go splat...

I thought you guys would take the elevator, or at least the stairs, but there I go assuming you people are sane again.

Game in 1.75 hours. Give or take 4 minutes.

[Heron TSG]

The map I last saw showed a slim green edging on the far side of the desert that we haven't entered yet. I imagine there's more land that way.