>LOOK STATS
Hit Dice: 3d6+6 HP (15/19 HP)
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/+5
Masterwork Knife +6 melee (1d4+4), 19-20/x2 crit
Cricket Bat +5 melee (1d6+4)
Claws +5 melee (1d4+2)
Bite +5 melee (1d6+4)
Crossbow +0 ranged (1d8)

AC 15 (+3 dex, +2 leather armor)
Str 18, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 10, Wis 17, Cha 14
Fort +5, Reflex +5, Will +4
+7 Initiative
15 foot climb speed
40 foot land speed
Membrane for gliding (40 ft (clumsy) in favourable winds)

Scent, Low Light Vision, Darkvision 60ft
Language: Common (young boy voice, man voice)

Total skill bonuses (when higher than stat):
Jump +17
Hide +13
Move Silently +13
Listen +11
Balance +7
Climb +6 (plus climb speed)
Swim +6
Disguise +5
Bluff +5
Knowledge (Local) +4

Feats:
• Stealthy
• Athletic
• Weapon Finesse
• Improved Initiative
• Great Fortitude
• Point Blank Shot
• Skill focus: Bluff
• Run

>LOOK INVENTORY
Masterwork Knife
Cricket Bat
Dwarven Waraxe (no proficiency)
Decent Clothes
20 ft + 50 ft rope
Leather Armor
Chainmail Armor (no proficiency)
Buckler (no proficiency)
2 gp, 30 silver, 53 copper
Scroll: Calm Animals
Scroll: Summon Nature's Ally I
Light Crossbow (no proficiency)
4 flasks of high proof alcohol
2 crossbow bolts (tipped with knockout poison)

>LOOK ALLIES
Claire (human wizard novice)

Looks like our INT is low. Anyone else want to stalk a library or some higher-learning school?

>>9494046

seconded. library.

>Looks like our INT is low. Anyone else want to stalk a library or some higher-learning school?
There is a library in the city that doubles as a place of higher learning for those attempting to become certified wizards. Claire has stated that there are a pair of wizards running it; a generalist who is the senior and a transmuter who is the junior.

Previous ideas included:
Going to a stable and eating horses
Going to the sewers and hunting crocodiles
Doing recon on either a guard post or the wizards before charging in, then eating them

NEGATIVE VOTE FOR LIBRARY

If a level 1 fighter can almost kill us a couple threads ago, a wizard with multiple levels is going to wipe the floor with us. Let's not die yet.

we would want to try to get an easy kill, follow someone home from the library or check a bathroom

>>9494148
We don't need to get a wizard to raise our INT. Just something with more INT than us if I'm understanding this correctly.

>>9494197
Why do we need Int until we start casting spells? I say go after a horse or guard for the Con or proficiencies.

Well I suppose that makes sense, it just looks goofy next to our awesome stats.

It'd be nice if we could pick up the pace on cool shit instead of just going around eating animals though. =P

Waiting a moment until there's some sort of agreement.

Also, this is a good place to remind you of the +3 bonus to a d20 roll that you have from posting art.

>It'd be nice if we could pick up the pace on cool shit instead of just going around eating animals though. =P
You could head outside of town, or into the sewers. You've heard of various nasty or fantastical things residing in both places.

To be fair, animals HAVE some cool shit.

Well I'll vote for the guy wanting to look at stables and guard posts.

Seconding guard post.

sewers

>Well I'll vote for the guy wanting to look at stables and guard posts.
>Seconding guard post.

Claire waves at you from behind her goggles as she works on some alchemy business, you're not sure just what. Out into the night you go.

Remembering a place where the guards swapped shifts from before, you head there and find a watching spot in the shadows. Twenty minutes later, a guard enters, a large dog at his heels. Another eight minutes, and a different guard leaves, with a dog of his own following.

Action?

>Check Local Knowledge: Crime rates - sub query: typical guard suspicion\alertness

Did we get a good look at the guards equipment?

>Check Local Knowledge: Crime rates - sub query: typical guard suspicion\alertness
>1d20+4=20

Crime rates in the city have been rising over the past few years, leading to all guards on solo patrol being issued a dog to accompany them. The measure has proven effective in keeping guards from getting jumped, and giving them extra muscle as needed.

Lately, crime rates have been dropping.

best avoid guards with backup, head towards stables

>Did we get a good look at the guards equipment?
Yes. The guard was wearing a worn set of chainmail, and carrying a staff in his hands. An axe hung from his belt.

Maybe we could grab the dog, getting Track or Scent?

>best avoid guards with backup, head towards stables
>Maybe we could grab the dog, getting Track or Scent?

Can I get a second? Thread's pretty quiet tonight.

No ranged weapon, we could lure him out and use our mobility to get him as we always do.

We'd want to do it in a way that he won't feel the need to bring his dog, make it seem like a kid pulling a prank. Child voice giggling, knocking on the door and hiding, etc.

Any ideas?

two on one is bad odds. stable

>>9494747
Fair enough. Stables sounds good.

>>9494728
Nobody ever likes my ideas :(

>>9494728
I think the dog would just follow anyways. Stables for now until we think of something, there'll still be guards around.

>>9494767
We are bluff masters and have the childs voice to seal the deal. Think about it! =P

>>9494764
I think it'd be better to take on the guard and his dog with Toughness.

>Stables

You know of two stables nearby. You've eaten a large horse at one, but haven't really scoped out the other. Which would you like to go to?

Never return to the scene of the crime. To the other stable.

untouched one, randomness aids crimes.

>>9494793
The one we haven't fed at. It's better to not deplete all our feeding options all in one go. If one stables is hit too much, the others may heighten security.

Just curious, how are are the people of this worldsetting of Dopplegangers? We leave nothing but blood behind, bit of an odd thing. Does the thought of the culprit being a doppleganger even cross their minds?

Should we start leaving claw marks to make it seem like some sewer animal is doing this?

>Never return to the scene of the crime. To the other stable.

The other stable is a bit more high-class, near a tavern and inn. There's a rather large man walking outside it with a club and lit torch.

Action?

>>9494854
That should be "how aware are"

Keep on the lookout for anyone following us. After that stunt on the rooftops (and adventurers with a grudge) we may want to be on our guard.

Survey area, map escape routes and possible improvised weapons.

Sneak up on the man and take him. Then take a horse too. make sure to clean up after ourselves.

>Just curious, how are aware are the people of this worldsetting of Dopplegangers? We leave nothing but blood behind, bit of an odd thing. Does the thought of the culprit being a doppleganger even cross their minds?
>Should we start leaving claw marks to make it seem like some sewer animal is doing this?
(To be fair, you're not exactly a normal doppleganger. You can't change shape voluntarily and you absorb traits of things you eat.) You haven't heard anyone talk about dopplegangers, although you heard one or two snatches of conversation about the oddity and creepiness of blood-splattered bodiless crime scenes when you walked home with Claire.

>Keep on the lookout for anyone following us. After that stunt on the rooftops (and adventurers with a grudge) we may want to be on our guard.
Roger.

>Survey area, map escape routes and possible improvised weapons.
Not too much in the way of improvised weapons here short of cobblestones. There's plenty of places to escape to though, including nearby buildings.

>>9494859
go over him. rooftops and such.

there should be some way in, and if all else fails (no windows) we can slide in while he has his back turned from above.

isnt our digestive system really effeicient? can't we fashion a some throwing knifes from cobblestones by eating parts of them?

Can we leap down and stab him with the poisoned crossbow bolt?

We could probably bluff the man in to letting his guard down or turning his back.

Say we came from the other stable that had a horse disappear, and we've been checking around for other strange activity in the area. Ask if we could go inside the stable, sit down and ask him a few questions?

>>9495022
that's stupid.

our teeth can't bite cobblestones.

Waiting for an action to get consensus.

>Can we leap down and stab him with the poisoned crossbow bolt?
You're on ground level right now, but you could. Stabbing with a crossbow bolt is hard to do though, and runs a risk of breaking it. It's not what they're designed for.

>Isn't our digestive system really efficient? can't we fashion some throwing knifes from cobblestones by eating parts of them?
It is, and no you can't.

>>9495043
I'm under the impression we can likely eat anything we want.

What happens after the fact is up in the air.

>>9495035
That may work, though we may botch the Bluff check.

>>9495078
re-stating that we should just go over him, and slip in undetected.

we can wait on the inside and pounce, if worse comes to worse.

vote for bluffing

Also, I'm all for stashing the Dwarf's axe just passed a sewer grating. Blame that shit on 'gators. Besides, we can always buy another axe.

strike from a roof with a jumping tackle+bite

>>9495084
If we botch the check he'd just tell us to bugger off. He wouldn't just start attacking us.


I hope.

>>9495096
Or we could use the kid voice and play a 'prank', then eat him while his guard is down.

>>9495096
Picking up some Sense Motive sounds like a good idea after this endeavor, just to be on the safe side.

>Bluff (state how you're bluffing or what you're saying)
>Strike from above
>Sneak around him

First to three gets it.

>>9495160
Despite my earlier idea, I vote Bluff.

strike from above

>>9495130
>>9495130
Why do you keep thinking this would work? Better to be silent than to make a noise, even if he thinks it's a false alarm his guard will still be up more than if we made no sound at all.

Are the stables part of an inn (for example) or a stand alone establishment? If an inn, we may find someone who we can masquerade as to gain standing (and buy our Mage girl's tuition with family money... or the library itself if we strike paydirt).

>>9495160
"Good evening sir, I'm coming by from (insert name of that other stable.) They had a horse disappear and I've been asked to look in to the matter by checking with other stables and shelters in the area. Mind if we head inside so I can ask you a few questions?"

>>9495239
this. Bluff him.

>>9495160
"Sir, I'm from the stable across town. We had a horse disappear the other night, just blood spatters everywhere. They sent me out to ask you some questions, if you've seen suspicious activity nearby, that sort of thing. Could we go inside and discuss this?"

>Are the stables part of an inn (for example) or a stand alone establishment? If an inn, we may find someone who we can masquerade as to gain standing (and buy our Mage girl's tuition with family money... or the library itself if we strike paydirt).

Not physically connected buildings, but connected as businesses.

>>9495254
This.

>>9495239
"We're afraid Ol' Maggie's wolf is on the loose. We can't locate her just yet and there was a scene at the animal shelter."

>"Good evening sir, I'm coming by from (insert name of that other stable.) They had a horse disappear and I've been asked to look in to the matter by checking with other stables and shelters in the area. Mind if we head inside so I can ask you a few questions?"
>"Sir, I'm from the stable across town. We had a horse disappear the other night, just blood spatters everywhere. They sent me out to ask you some questions, if you've seen suspicious activity nearby, that sort of thing. Could we go inside and discuss this?"

>1d20+7=10 (+2 circumstance factored for written out bluff)

"Haven't seen you before. The owner here filled me in, that's why I'm keeping an active eye out tonight. It'd be bad for business if we lost a customer's animal too, you know.

Say, why are you coming over about this so late, anyways?

>>9495320
"We were busy looking for the culprit all day, but I came out as soon as i could"

>>9495320
Bluff: "It is late, to be true! My work's been tripled due to the loss of that poor horse the other night. Lookin' fer someone t' talk things over with with someone who has an idea of what's what. Not some loud-ass boss-type."

>>9495320
"There's been a lot of places I've had to check already. This isn't a single occurrence. So I'm afraid I've only just now been able to reach this establishment."

>>9495392

This.

Are there any other people in the area? If so, I say trick'n treat.. and he's the treat.

>>9495432
Big man, weapon in hand. May not be a good idea. Besides, no further detail has gone into his appearance, so we may be attacking a PC for all we know.

>"We were busy looking for the culprit all day, but I came out as soon as i could"
>Bluff: "It is late, to be true! My work's been tripled due to the loss of that poor horse the other night. Lookin' fer someone t' talk things over with with someone who has an idea of what's what. Not some loud-ass boss-type."
>"There's been a lot of places I've had to check already. This isn't a single occurrence. So I'm afraid I've only just now been able to reach this establishment."

>1d20+7=21

"Ah, makes sense. Just like our luck as the hired help to be the ones getting to run all over when things go ends-up, eh? All right, things seem quiet enough out here anyways, we can step on in. You might give me something I need to know to keep the thing out of our stable, and maybe I'll be able to help you out."

He turns and opens up the stable door.

>>9495475
Bluff: "Thank ye kindly." [Follow him in, surveying the area] "Tell me, have ye heard th' details, or is it all rumors down this end? I figger it's better t' get th' straight story instead of half-arsed tales."

>>9495457
We are THE PC.
Claire is only even still alive because we allowed her to live.

>>9495475
Is it possible to use the cricket bat like a blackjack to the back of the head, or do we have to do RAW combat every time?

Details on guard please?

Once inside, look for other entrances, doors, windows, hatches, anything. Then attempt to evaluate the mans ability.

>Is it possible to use the cricket bat like a blackjack to the back of the head, or do we have to do RAW combat every time?
I'm using RAW combat unless situations prove unsuitable. Here, the fact that you'd have a surprise round and flat-footed opponent would count for some of the blackjack aspect.

>>9495581
So could we club on the back of the head and knock him right out, or would we have to use regular non-lethal damage rules?

why not headstab with the knife we have?

It's also really dark, no? would it be possible to attack and conceal?

>Details on guard please?
A big guy, who's clearly been in his share of barroom brawls (with a nose that must have been broken multiple times), but not a trained warrior.

>Bluff: "Thank ye kindly." [Follow him in, surveying the area] "Tell me, have ye heard th' details, or is it all rumors down this end? I figger it's better t' get th' straight story instead of half-arsed tales."
Second? You'll likely be able to get info, but will pass up a chance to have his back to you.

>Once inside, look for other entrances, doors, windows, hatches, anything. Then attempt to evaluate the mans ability.
As the door opens, you see another door on the other end, with only a few small shutter windows near the ceiling.

Don't get too close to the animals. We spooked them last time and this guy might be a bit paranoid. Especially since we look like the redneck Appalachian bastard child.

>So could we club on the back of the head and knock him right out, or would we have to use regular non-lethal damage rules?
Nonlethal. I'd drop the nonlethal penalty for an unsuspecting opponent, though.

>It's also really dark, no? would it be possible to attack and conceal?
Hit and run?

hit, retreat to dark corner, try to sneak attack again

Okay, what else is in here?

sneak attack vote

>>9495704
Um, no. Use the surprise round, and then hit him again. Running away isn't going to help, he has a torch.

>>9495704
Is this possible?

>>9495727
Surprise round. I didn't realize we had the advantage there.

yeah. Hit him twice before he can react.

double-tap to the back of the head

Gotta learn what else is in this room. If animals are in here we're going to freak them out.

>Okay, what else is in here?

Two light riding horses, a pony, two donkeys, and a mule.

Gotta put in my vote for clubbing him twice.
+7 Initiative, fuck yeah.

We have Improved Init, did you account for that?

>>9495810
That's why we have +7.

surprise clubbing for our dear friend

Alright, let's get this guy out of the way. Do we stab him or club him?

after we eat the guard, we need to at least get one of the light horses

>>9495842
Club him.
Our cricket bat is better than our knife, anyway.

>Club-On. Apply directly to forehead.
>Club-On. Apply directly to forehead!

>1d20+5=23 Cricket bat
>1d6+4=10 nonlethal damage
>1d20+7=21 Initiative
>1d20+5=21 Cricket bat
>1d6+4=8 nonlethal damage

Once, twice, and he goes down with a grunt, dropping his torch and club.

Action?

>>9495874
Snuff the torch before the place goes up!

>>9495874
Put out the torch, drag the body to a corner so it's out of the way.
Wait and see how the horses react.

>>9495874
We feast. If anything, this guy might have some interesting stats.

Lock the doors, collect his belongings, check for any loot in a desk or box around, then eat him.

I just thought of something.

Should we eat the guard, or tie him up and interrogate him? If we want to eat his knowledge, we won't be able to take a proficiency, or anything else.

Put out the torch, you can see in the dark

>Snuff the torch before the place goes up!
>Put out the torch, drag the body to a corner so it's out of the way.
>Wait and see how the horses react.

A quick stomp prevents disaster. The horses are nervous.

put out torch, drag body into dark, eat guard

eat the guard!

>>9495914
EXPERIMENT TIME! Eat only a little bit of him and see what happens. THEN we can interrogate him.

>>9495907

>>9495960
Interesting plan, but if we plan on eating a horse or two, we need to make sure he's out for a while.

>We feast. If anything, this guy might have some interesting stats.
>Lock the doors, collect his belongings, check for any loot in a desk or box around, then eat him.
>put out torch, drag body into dark, eat guard
>eat guard

CHOOSE ONE
Skills:
Sense Motive +3
Handle Animal +5
Ride +4
Knowledge: Local +5

Feats:
Toughness
Improved Unarmed Strike

Equipment gained: spare club, 4 gold, thick gloves

>>9495960
no eat him quickly and then loot the place, animals too if we have time

>>9495991
Well, if we can get a stat gain from that, then we should tie him up with the rope we have.

>>9496006
Toughness

>>9496006
I vote for Improved Unarmed Strike.

>>9496030
Toughness. Is this the 3.5 Toughness, or the Pathfinder Toughness?

Handle Animal +5

"Shh... Shh... it's okay. It's alright... Everything's fine. OM NOM NOM NOM! ...just fine."

>>9496006
DAMN IT GUYS STOP EATING EVERY DAMNED THING
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE USEFUL ALIVE, TOO

That said, can Handle Animal be used to calm animals down? Such an ability would be quite useful.

Handle Animal. Let the feast begin!

>>9496030
>Toughness
Despite apparently having an infinite amount of feat slots, there are much, MUCH better things we can spend our kills on.

Handle animal? Might be useful for eating animals to get their abilities.

handle animal

Handle Animal +5. Considering we happen to upset animals, we should try fixing that.

>>9496006
Handle animal +5

Handle Animal. We need our kills to be quieter

once we have handle animal we ought to train morsel

Lead each one individually out the back to avoid the other animals pitching fits and then dine in glorious fashion.

>>9496057
Do we have infinite feat slots?

>>9496123
fuck yea we do

>>9496114
Sneaky...

Handle Animal gets my vote.

We eat what we've beat,
then upgrade and repeat.

>>9496114
handle animal, and do this

>Do we have infinite feat slots?
Basically.

>Pathfinder
No.

Handle Animal +5 gained!

>>9496168
QUEST MOTTO ESTABLISHED

>>9496163
>>9496112
>>9496099
>>9496094
>>9496069
>>9496067
>>9496065
>>9496055
>>9496051

I think we've got a consensus

>>9496168
We are what we eat,
From our head to our feet

>>9496168

Game variant tagline

Damn it guys.
No love for excessively cruel, violent torture followed by a swift end and devouring our victim?

Also, what's our alignment? I know we seem Neutral Evil, but I think we're actually more True Neutral. A sapient being that can't understand morality.

>We eat what we've beat,
>then upgrade and repeat.
I like this.

>Lead each one individually out the back to avoid the other animals pitching fits and then dine in glorious fashion.
Second?

>>9496223
>Lead each one individually out the back to avoid the other animals pitching fits and then dine in glorious fashion.
Seconded

>>9496114
I second this. It seems logical. And if we are caught, we are able to flee quickly

>>9496223
>Lead each one individually out the back to avoid the other animals pitching fits and then dine in glorious fashion.

>>9496238

Thirded

Second that plan

The voices all agree

>>9496223
second, but be sure you are leading them somewhere where sound won't carry, and there is obscuring shelter to break line of sight. Then gro straight for the trachea with the dagger, make it unable to scream.

Repeat with other horse, carefully avoiding undue blood on yourself.

In fact, for the horses, try to drink the arterial blood from the throat cut as it spews like a slurpee, it should make almost no mess if you drink it fast enough, and then you have a much less messy corpse to eat, less left behind.

Keep watchful of witnesses.
>Lead each one individually out the back to avoid the other animals pitching fits and then dine in glorious fashion.
Do so with discretion.

>>9496288
Have you done this before?

>>9496298
I am familiar with many of the general principles behind minimizing evidence through actions chosen without regard to morality or civility.

>>9496288
Dean McMarris: Professional Horse Eater
How'd you do.

>>9496256
Getting a strange sense of unrelated deja vu

>>9496347

Just because i tried it in another DD game :V

>>9496342
You're either a law enforcement officer, or a (hopefully former) professional psychopath.

Either way, your assistance will be appreciated.

DM?

>>9496359
I'm scared either way

>>9496288
It's a good thing there is no board for ritual animal torture, sacrifice, and consumption; because /tg/ just invalidated the need for one.

>>9496374
you should read the slavery guide, I think it's still on /tg/

Where the fuck has the DM gone?

>>9496395
>>9496367
Probably just got distracted for a sec, give him some time

>Lead each one individually out the back to avoid the other animals pitching fits and then dine in glorious fashion.
>1d20+7=20 Handle Animal for 1st horse
>1d20+7=24 Handle Animal for 2nd horse

You lead the two horses outside, carefully keeping the blood off you until you can get the second one outside. The second one starts screaming at the smell of the first one's blood, but you kill it quickly. You aren't sure if it was quickly enough to avoid notice...

CHOOSE TWO
60 foot land speed
Spot +4
Feat: Endurance
+3 Natural armor

All righto, so we make an animal handling check for which animal first?

Spot and speed

>>9496386
*sup/tg/

Endurance. We've got that courier job now...

Vote for 60 ft speed and Natural armor

>>9496405
60 foot landspeed, and endurance, will make us much more effective at our cover job, make it easier to gather legitimate funds.

Also will mean our running leaps will go farther, great for rooftop jumping.

>>9496421

>>9496427
2nd

>>9496421
This

Fuck that, endurance and speed it is

60 ft speed and endurance

Aaagh... why do I always show up late?

speed and endurance

>>9496400
>>9496395
>>9496367
Got distracted for a moment, yeah. Also feeling more ill tonight than I expected I would at thread start.

>>9496443
Endurance and speed makes more sense from the longterm perspective of staying disguised, and maintaining a cover, wheras the +3 AC is for fights.

And there are OTHER horses in the world, more AC can be had with relative ease, but the faster we can move, and the longer we can move at that speed, the more money we make, the more options we have.

>>9496466
Thanks for being here even though you're ill :]

>>9496427
This is what we're looking for. Unless we can get endurance from the mule.
Then I would go with 60 ft speed and natural armor. And never visit a stable in this town again.

>>9496421
This.

>>94964 thirded

>>9496471

I realized this about 3 seconds after i hit submit on my first post, hence the revision

>>9496478
>>This is what we're looking for. Unless we can get endurance from the mule.
>>Then I would go with 60 ft speed and natural armor. And never visit a stable in this town again.

This. Again and again, this.

>Speed and Natural Armor
>Speed and Endurance

First one to 3 votes wins.

>>9496510
Speed and Natural

Speed+Endurance

Since we should test out our new mobility and get away from the crime scene....


Why don't we move around a larger area via alleyways and rooftops, and any time we see lone individuals, consider option of eating them, to become more human in appearance, and to hopefully find some decent intellect, without having to tangle with a mage just yet.

>>9496514

same

speed endurance

I revise it to Speed and endurance
Natural armor won't help with touch attacks from wizards, and it'll make us look less human :\

Speed + endurance.

I still maintain speed and enurance for mobility.

>>9496514
This

speed+endurance

it's speed + end

Hey, TempDM, are there half-giants to be found in this setting?


...Or anything with Powerful Build, really.

>>9496514
going with this... then going for that mule

spd+end

>>9496564
beware, if we get that we'll be made of huge.

60 feet land speed gained!
Endurance feat gained!

Action?

We should book it out of there before someone comes looking for the source of the horse's scream
We need to forget the mule I think :\

I say we up our INT

>>9496564
Half-giants are the psionic ones, right?
If this world has psionics, that should get a higher priority than spells. They can be cost mentally without any physical or verbal actions.

>>9496570
Ah, screw it. The mule has the natural armor too.
Speed and Endurance!

Fade into the shadows and pay attention: is anyone running towards us? If so, get up on the roofs and observe/haul ass. Quietly of course.

>>9496590
Do we hear sounds of alarm?

>>9496577

Doesn't matter, we could then just use our ridiculous speed and just go on a rampage through town, picking up guards and what not as we go and eating on the run till our stats get ridiculous enough, then we take on the wizards and go eat a dragon.

Speed and endurance

Run away and go to the library
We need some INT

>>9496587
eat mule quick and leave. make a check of some kind first to sneak in and see if anyone's come looking for source of scream.

>>9496587
go eat more

>>9496587
Listen for sounds of distress or anyone being alert.

Also listen for the absence of normal night background noises.

Of everything is fine, eat mule, then book it and investigate the city backalleys, looking for lone people.

>>9496617
Seconded, but being careful to see if we're followed. Also, keeping our distance from the library, let's see if we can jump some would-be-mages heading home after a night of studying.

nom the mule if all's quiet

>>9496635
This.

Fade into shadows and try and find a lone guard in an dark alleyway. Use bluff and handle animal to gain trust and dagger to throat.

>>9496653
thirded

>>9496655
Have to be a pretty dumb guard...

>>9496635
This please

>>9496635
aight, sounds good

>Hey, TempDM, are there half-giants to be found in this setting?
You know of giants vaguely, but nothing specific.

>Eat mule
>1d20+7=8 Handle Animal
The mule is a bit smarter than the horses, or smells some of the blood on you. You can't be sure just which it was. It screams loudly and rears, but even though it's dispatched quickly you're sure it will bring attention. Still, it's there, inviting...

>>9496661

Do you know any cops? This isn't some high ranking guard, this is some unskilled, illiterate poorly trained guard who is relegated to patrolling the twisting alleyways of the poor quarter.

>>9496686
run for it

>>9496686
resist noming and gtfo, maximum speed/stealthiness

sounds of alarm?

>>9496686
Feed!

>>9496686
actually, can we carry it?

>>9496686

Run. Clamber onto rooftops and use speed to gtfo asap.

Ride out on the pony.
To hell with that mule!

>>9496723
Run feat + heavy load + 60 ft land speed
we'll still be faster than any human

>>9496716
to go order please!!!!!

>>9496635
(Sorry, was already typing and forgot to refresh so I could adjust my response accordingly. Need to get some sleep very shortly.)

>>9496744
we'll also be carrying a baying donkey that will be kicking us.
Let's not.

>>9496744
yes, we have sufficient feats that even encumbered, we can flee.

Grab mule, relocate, drink blood as it spills to prevent creating a bloodtrail.

>>9496723
oooooh

Run on rooftops and keep on lookout for a change in clothes to hide bloodstains. Get back to Claires house and rest.

>>9496769
on the other hand, carrying off a donkey would be fucking awesome. Do it!

>Do you know any cops? This isn't some high ranking guard, this is some unskilled, illiterate poorly trained guard who is relegated to patrolling the twisting alleyways of the poor quarter.
It was a big stablehand keeping an eye on things.

>sounds of alarm?
Yes. You may have time, though.

Tallying votes.

>>9496815
nom nom nom

>>9496815
SEIZE DONKEY!
Run out the front door so we can see the looks on their faces, and also they won't shoot us since they may hit their precious donkey!

>>9496848
THIS
Minus the front door thing...
Let's just book it as far away as possible...

>>9496815

Nah, let's get out of here. Retreat to Claire's place, keeping as hidden as you can.

Are there any squirrels in town?
Would that up our climbing speed?

throw the mule over a shoulder and book!

>>9496815
Pick up the donkey corpse and bug out.

I was talking about finding another guard/dog team in a seperate area.

>>9496815
I still vote sieze, run while preventing blood trail, your stats and feats will mean you still outpace normal people

Run. And look for a change in clothes so when you arrive at Claires shes not "eww blood."

eat the feats

If we carry the mule, kill it first. Just in case we were planning to be idiots.

>>9496865
How much faster can they climb? we already have 15 ft climb speed

>>9496901
Last time we just went to the river and washed up.

Eventually we'll have to tell Claire what we are though, or else nom her, and she's more useful corrupt than nommed.

>>9496928
already dead, jim

>>9496928
It's already dead.

feeeeeed me seymour

We seem to be pretty split on grabbing a live donkey, hauling the dead mule, eating the dead mule, or just running. So...

First to 3 after this post.

>>9496972
run

>>9496934
Corrupt the mageling.. sshe will be usseful..

>>9496972
take it with us

just run

>>9496972
Take dead mule and run

>>9496982

Feed

>>9496972
Haul dead mule to rooftop, try to swallow blood as it pours out to prevent a blood trail. Once on a rooftop, devour the mule. Then head to the river again to wash up.

>>9496972
Haul the dead one and our asses out of there and eat it later.

>>9496934
Eventually we'll get a crazy Diplomacy score and/or nifty mind control powers to use on her. We should look into eating some bard and merchant types for that.

>>9497015
This.
also anyway we could find an elf to eat?

>take it with us

Confirmed, writing post.

>>9497015
We should eat a rogue for lockpicking and more stealth, then eat a merchant, then loot his store

>>9497035
For what? The automatic spot checks, or the Trance?

>>9497056
For the proficiency with longsword,rapier,longbow and possibly trance.

>>9497106
>proficiency
That reminds me, do racial and class proficiences count as one feat?

>>9497106
>>9497056
>>9497035
Variety is the spice of life!

after this, where do we go?

>Mule: 600lbs+

Damn, this thing is heavy. Even dragging it with your strength, you're slowed down to just a bit above the normal speed of a human. You get it out of the stables and into a hidden nook long enough to chow down. Oof, you've felt full a couple times, but this is the first time you've actually eaten so much in such a short time that your stomach hurts. It's already going to work at it, though. Your legs are thickened already from the horses, and your lungs breathe a little easier. Now, from the mule...

CHOOSE ONE
Con 17
Natural Armor +3
Alertness feat
22 total HP
+6 Spot
+2 racial bonus on Dexterity checks to avoid slipping or falling

There's a lot of shouting from the stable area. Your deeds haven't gone unnoticed.

>>9497164
are we a bad enough dude to take on a wizard?

or do we go for guards first? :\

armor

>>9497169
armor, now GOOOO

>>9497169
Con 17, Do it

Alertness
Run and hide for a while.

>>9497193
seconded

armor

>>9497193
This.

>also anyway we could find an elf to eat?
Yes.

>That reminds me, do racial and class proficiences count as one feat?
Depends. I can answer specifics.

>>9497185
>>9497189
armor's going to make us look weird, and not going to help against wizards :\

Dexterity for roof running and escaping in general.

>>9497193
>>9497195

+2 Con versus Alertness
What does Alertness do?

con

Hide and find elf after everything has settled down.

>>9497169
+6 Spot. We're rather lacking in that area right now

>>9497212
voting con

Alertness

>>9497193
Thirded

alertness

>>9497221
+2 Spot and Listen, I believe.

rolled 84 = 84

con

>>9497212
Elves are proficient with a particular set of Martial weapons. Can we take "Elven Proficiency" all at once?
And could we take "Martial Weapon Proficiency" from a fighter?

Also, take the Con.

I say we take the natural armor and eat someone for their appearance.
Then I'm going to return to a previous idea of tying up loose ends -- namely, that adventuring party who lost their dwarf. We need to take those guys down.

>>9497169
Alertness.

>17 Con
>+3 Nat Armor

Seem to be the two biggest votes. As usual, first to 3 wins.

>Elves are proficient with a particular set of Martial weapons. Can we take "Elven Proficiency" all at once?
They're not listed as proficiency feats in the racial description, so yes.
>And could we take "Martial Weapon Proficiency" from a fighter?
Yes. This was an option previously.

>>9497313
Nat will make us look like a mule.
Fuck that.

17 Con.

>>9497284
>eat someone for their appearance.
Problem with that, bro.
Claire knows what we look like. If we suddenly assume someone else's appearance, she'll notice.

We'll have to wait until she is completely brought over to the Dark Side before we start changing appearance.

take the con for now

Const.

17 Con = near human peak

>>9497313
con

>>9497328

Con is only up by 2 points. We need to increase our AC. +3 Natural Armor.

17 Con

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FUCK YEAH, GO VOTE

>>9497325
Our appearance is already changing. We change a little every time we feed.
So that's why I vote we adopt a luchadore mask... for the delivery businees. Get Claire one, too. That way, we just keep our manly voice.

Constitution.

I bet claire knows, and is just biding her time to harvest us for spell components.

>>9497169

Thank you for your own fortitiude this evening TempDM.

Alertness please.

Always helps knowing when something is going to sneak up on us.

Also Bards and Merchants would be INCREDIBLE targets but they also are SORELY missed by their guild's or compatriots.

We should start compiling a list of folks to eat to take the edge off our animal features.

A few refugees here and there to bring down the ANIMAN look to our features might help.

>>9497379
I like this, but perhaps something a bit more classy than a wrestling mask.

Plague doctor?

17 Constitution acquired!

Your heart starts pumping harder with each beat, you feel more lively as you take a deep breath. You are gorged on thousands of pounds of meat right now, your stomach gurgling happily. It's like a cool, natural high!

From the stables, you hear someone retching, and another individual saying, "Whatever attacked the horse at the other stables must have done this. I think we may need to notify a group of sword-for-hires."

just fyi

>>9497398
I say just a plain white ski-style mask

>>9497321
>Mule trait #1 will make us look like a mule.
>Fuck that.
>Mule trait #2.

Make way to river and clean self up and then go home to Claire's. Keeping listening check for word of those adventurers missing their dwarf.

>>9497406
O SHI-

Eat guards, acquire fighting abilities
need to be able to eat swords for hire

>LOOK STATS
Hit Dice: 3d6+9 HP (22/22 HP)
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/+5
Masterwork Knife +6 melee (1d4+4), 19-20/x2 crit
Cricket Bat +5 melee (1d6+4)
Claws +5 melee (1d4+2)
Bite +5 melee (1d6+4)
Crossbow +0 ranged (1d8)

AC 15 (+3 dex, +2 leather armor)
Str 18, Dex 17, Con 17, Int 10, Wis 17, Cha 14
Fort +6, Reflex +5, Will +4
+7 Initiative
15 foot climb speed
60 foot land speed
Membrane for gliding (40 ft (clumsy) in favourable winds)

Scent, Low Light Vision, Darkvision 60ft
Language: Common (young boy voice, man voice)

Total skill bonuses (when higher than stat):
Jump +17
Hide +13
Move Silently +13
Listen +11
Balance +7
Handle Animal +7
Climb +6 (plus climb speed)
Swim +6
Disguise +5
Bluff +5
Knowledge (Local) +4

Feats:
• Stealthy
• Athletic
• Weapon Finesse
• Improved Initiative
• Great Fortitude
• Point Blank Shot
• Skill focus: Bluff
• Run
• Endurance

>LOOK INVENTORY
Masterwork Knife
Cricket Bat
Dwarven Waraxe (no proficiency)
Decent Clothes
20 ft + 50 ft rope
Leather Armor
Chainmail Armor (no proficiency)
Buckler (no proficiency)
6 gp, 30 silver, 53 copper
Scroll: Calm Animals
Scroll: Summon Nature's Ally I
Light Crossbow (no proficiency)
4 flasks of high proof alcohol
2 crossbow bolts (tipped with knockout poison)

>LOOK ALLIES
Claire (human wizard novice)

>>9497444
nifty :D
Thanks Temp DM
hope you feel better

>>9497429

This.

How much does Claire know about us? I think she saw us at least shirtless, did she see that we aren't exactly human?

>>9497487
I think we should tell her at least some stuff
That we're a shapeshifter, to start
let's not let on to how we eat people to change appearance.
If she asks, we change shape based on the people we see

>>9497416
We don't want to look like brigands. And we only wear it for Claire and the job. Otherwise, we go without. Kinda like a reverse Batman.

go eat dem elves

>>9497503
Fuuuuck that, go until she finds something out on her own, then bluff like the fist of the north star.

>>9497406
We should quickly retreat and take cover for a bit. There's at least two guards, and, though perhaps not strong, they still might be too strong for us.

Retreat to a river, wash up, and go check up on Claire.

>>9497406
So we're going from the street parasite stage to the hunted stage already? Dang, we need weapon skills. DO we focus on keeping clarice on our side and staying undercover or developing our fighting skills?

>Make way to river and clean self up and then go home to Claire's. Keeping listening check for word of those adventurers missing their dwarf.

The walk to the river is blissful. All that food is making you feel so good that it's hard to concentrate on anything. Luckily, you don't run into anything meaner than you are, and a thorough wash gets most all the blood and scent away. You're dry by the time you get back, Claire still working industriously away with goggles and beakers.

>How much does Claire know about us? I think she saw us at least shirtless, did she see that we aren't exactly human?
You haven't asked, and she hasn't said anything. Most of the traits you've taken are well internalized, and the claws you took are retractable. Despite the unusual melding of human and animal features, you still appear mostly human. Just an odd looking one who may have something wrong.

>>9497503
I think this might be a good idea.
It would justify the constant changes we suffer.
And it would open her up for corruption as we slowly tell her more and more about our true nature.

Also, I'm aware that the Jump skill will be higher once I factor in the increased speed; I'll get that done by next thread.

>>9497503
>>9497539
Thirding these

>>9497534
Personally, I just want to eat her, loot her place, then disappear, but someone might have seen us loiter around her place by now, and could pin us for the crime.

>>9497536

Rest up. And head to tavern in rough part of town, looking for a rogue to possibly ingest and increase our stealth skills with.

>>9497581
let's NOT do that
she has her uses, and it's nice to have someone who (probably) won't be completely horrified by us if they found out who we were

If we ate a rouge could be adsorb an entire level

Don't tell Claire until we get the general populace's take on shapeshifters. They may not be at all liked.

>>9497534
I like "Clarice".
I say we call her that, as the addition (in our homeland) is a sign of respect. And fava beans.

Find out what Claire's working on.

Spot guys. A lot more options will come from it.

also, before I forget
The silver masterwork knife that we didn't buy at the merchant
> No problems with shapeshifters I assume then
It's a bit metagame, but I think we should go see if it's still there...

>>9497603
>rouge
Or at least a bonus to disguise.

>>9497632
Second.

Also roll Knowledge (Local) to figure if we know how the people feel about shapeshifters, if at all.

>>9497646
Brilliant, sir!

We really should have scouted out how many guards were there at the scene. We could have just shot them with our crossbow...

>Rest up. And head to tavern in rough part of town, looking for a rogue to possibly ingest and increase our stealth skills with.
Too long for tonight, I need sleep bad.

>If we ate a rouge could be adsorb an entire level
Nope. You could select from among several excellent abilities even from a level 1 or 2 rogue, though.

>Find out what Claire's working on.
"Working on flasks of Alchemists' Fire. It's pretty tricky, and not the cheapest thing to do, but it's a good learning experience. Plus I can sell them at an undercut of market value to maybe break even."

Are we done, or should we make a new thread? This one seems to be auto-saging.

>>9497645
>>9497663
>>9497593
>>9497503
seconding these

I vote OP sleeps.

>>9497706

Offer to help and ask her what ingredients she requires for a share of the profits. also sleep.

>>9497725
Second.

>>9497725

Agreed, it's been a great run even if I did mostly lurk

>>9497736
we already have a way of making money (eating people and stealing their stuff)
The courier job is sorta just for show, and to keep Clair as an ally (and to help her in her exploits)
We don't need her money, let's just be nice

might soften the blow later on if we work up a nice relationship

>>9497706
Thanks OP
Feel better

>Also roll Knowledge (Local) to figure if we know how the people feel about shapeshifters, if at all.
>1d20+4=6
Well... this might be something to go asking about. Or finding someone who knows the political realities of the situation. Getting by on a child's knowledge, with bits and pieces of other people's memories, isn't the greatest way to know things.

>Are we done, or should we make a new thread? This one seems to be auto-saging.
Done.

>I vote OP sleeps.
SECONDED.

Thanks for playing, I had a blast. Glad people are enjoying it well enough to think it's worth archiving/voting for.

Not entirely sure when the next session will be but it'll be the usual time of day, and I won't keep you guys waiting.

>>9497725

get some rest, sounds like you're sick.

Then just offer to help, for helps sake, and try and lean the conversation towards what you are.

Well, despite the OP being sick, I think this was a pretty kickass thread.

Next time, sewers? Or guards? I have a feeling we don't have long until adventurers are going to be going after us, and our combat abilities could use a real boost.

>>9497995
I agree

>>9497995
I say we get some gold and start hiring adventurers to kill other adventurers. Find a nice evil/morally grey group to do some wetwork. Alternatively, bluff and say that another group is a group of thieves in on the town.

We never did go back to that thieves den we found a couple of rounds ago...

>>9498213
Probably cleaned out by now.

>>9498213
Perhaps we can launch a series of well-paying quests for adventurers to take out the local thieves den?

Never be there for them to give you the reward. Nom some humans to change appearance. They'll stop worrying about the beast from the stables.