Digizel

P2e - Threshold of Knowledge

@wanderingwolf Okay, so before my first turn starts, I do have a question. This entire office is in disarray, there's blood in the water, Teacher Ot nowhere in sight, stuff is broken and this is a decent amount of enemies that had to have come from somewhere. There's a lot they have to look into and Saur is now in "end this as soon as possible" mode.

So, Saur is immediately going to jump forward to put himself as between the beetles and his companions as possible and get ready to draw his close quarters weaponry. But he'd rather not have to kill them if he doesn't have to; he is going to look at these creatures and see if he can recognize them enough to know if it's possible to pacify them, or if they're, like...feral hunter bugs or something.

tl;dr, I'm guessing Saur's first action is probably going to be to study these things and probably use Recall Knowledge (Nature) to see if he knows anything about these bugs, specifically if there's a way to pacify them when agitated like this.

He's a ranger trained in Nature, so maybe he might know something xD

I'd preemptively roll the check to get a result right away, but I'd like to ask to see if I can even possibly succeed the check before I commit to the action, if that makes sense?

P2e - Threshold of Knowledge

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Also curious about that, because I also assumed we'd use Perception as that's how it was the one other time I played Pf2E, but then the sheet has a separate field for "Initiative", which has a different value (that's not based on Dex either, apparently...?)

If we do use Perception, it's a 6 instead of 1, so I doubt it matters either way in this case.

@Vertigo

I saw that on my CS too, but according to Initiative rules I read over, the DM can call for an initiative roll using one of many different skills (like I think one of the examples was if you're starting an encounter while sneaking, you could initiate with Stealth). So I am under the impression that that's an ongoing modifier to ALL initiative rolls you make. Like if you had a feat that gave you a +1 ongoing to Initiative or something, it would show a +1 there and you roll a Perception-based initiative, then it would be "1d20 + Perception + 1"

But ofc, I'm completely new to Pathfinder in general, let alone PF2e, so people more experienced than me, feel free to correct me if I am wrong!

Epyllion: Beyond Moonlight's Reach

Shieldwing

Shieldwing's head tilted to the side slightly as Rudrick added that last line about Garrock, but was unable to ask any more. The two had finally arrived at the exit of the Snouthold. And it suddenly jumped to his mind that he still had yet to actually ask the question he had originally wanted to ask in the first place. But as Rudrick continued, his question became buried once more as he saw the look on the older dragon's face.

"...Even if he had, would that be such a big deal?" Shieldwing asked, stepping forward. "We just need to catch up with him, that's all!~" He flashed the larger dragon a grin. "So then if we wanna catch him or beat 'im to it, then we better get going, right? We can't waste time standing around worrying about it!"

Shieldwing could barely contain his excitement. He knew that there really was nothing to this. In all likelihood, they were going to just go out there and meet with Garrock and then he was probably just going to stand off to the side by himself while they talked. But still, this felt like a second chance.... An opportunity to actually do something, to help somebody and feel useful. And he was NOT going to mess this one up!

"You said it was probably this way, right?" he asked, already starting to move in the leftward direction Rudrick had originally pointed.

Planescape: Search for Tir na Og

"B-but I'm the one who-" Tanrith started, ready to put as much of the blame for the incident on himself as he could. However, his attempts were cut short as his attention was drawn to Raella for a moment. Normally, he would have been quite intrigued by the sudden display of magic and all of the fancy fanfare that accompanied her introduction! However, he wasn't quite feeling up to it at the moment. His gaze lingered on Raella for a moment before turning back toward Sarceron when his voice cuts into the air again.

Tanrith watched the firbolg give him a small nod and began to head off. That small acknowledgment did seem to brighten the little lizard up a little as his tail and shoulders straightened out a bit more, no longer as droopy as they were a few moments ago. He then heard the dragon behind him and turned around to look at who had once been such a source of inspiration and excitement not long ago.

"I-If I'm honest, I don't really understand it either...." Tanrith murmured up to the dragon. "B-but there are a lot of people out there who really care about nature and the trees and bushes and grass and stuff. I've got some friends in the Wylders who do, and I made some friends in Faunel who do too. and obviously Sarceron cared a lot too...." Tanrith frowned as he turned back toward the other firbolg, watching his retreating back. "B-but it doesn't matter. It's only right to respect that, right? I wanna make my friends happy. So even if I don't get it, if my friends care about it, then so do I!"

With that, he turned his attention back toward the dragon. "S-so can you please not do that again...? E-even when no one's watching. I-I mean...I-It's not like I'm trying to tell you what to do or anything, but...well, it's not costing you anything to NOT shoot the trees with your big decay, er...'death breath,' right...? It can't hurt to respect him a little more, can it...? Especially since he's the one who was living here...and he's one of the ones who's going through the hardest time right now.... A-and that just kinda made the whole thing harder on him."

"...Besides, don't you think that tree looked WAY prettier and WAY better before you hit it?"

Planescape: Search for Tir na Og

Ah, it seems my getting swamped and my motivation being tanked was well-timed, as I guess I wasn't alone. xD

I know I said I'd get a reply in soon last time, but I mean it this time, I swear xD

EDIT: There we go, at long last. And I'm still not totally thrilled with what I got out, but better to get it in than let it continue to just say nothing at all.

P2e - Threshold of Knowledge

@wanderingwolf Ah whoops, sorry about that, I've been suddenly really swamped for the last week and my writing motivation just TANKED. But I should be good to go again here shortly. I'll run some quick catch up and get in what I need to.

I'd be lying if I said the delay probably didn't have something to do with it, but xD

EDIT: JFC, perhaps thematically appropriate, but Saur waltzes in here with a Nat 20 for a total of 28. His actively perceptive tendencies and Bloodscale instincts kicked him into hyperdrive all of a sudden xD

would've rather that have been on an attack or check or something, but y'know whatever whatever~ xP

I read over the initiative rules, and it says by default, you use your Perception skill, right? As opposed to how D&D 5e uses the raw Dex modifier? I noticed some of the initiatives above were unmodified so I figured it might be worth clarifying xD

P2e - Threshold of Knowledge

I'm fine with moving on! Seems like most of the group is leaning to moving on, and I've got no qualms with that. Saur's thing can be kind of rushed through/done off-screen in a single post and we can move right on to our way back to Teacher Ot~

Planescape: Search for Tir na Og

Sorry for the delay on my part, got smacked across the face with a fierce bout of writer's block. But I'll try to have a reply out soon. xD

P2e - Threshold of Knowledge

...Hm. Are people still around, or are people just waiting on something before they post...?

P2e - Threshold of Knowledge

Saur

Saur's eye visibly twitched at Fleur's nonchalant response. Her words were clearly not going over well for him. "First and foremost, if somebody needed to go off and get a lay of the land, I hardly think you're the most qualified," the crimson Kobold muttered...as he began to feel a heat rise in his chest, as his anger began to rise. And thus, a mini rant-slash-lecture began to get rambled from his maw, going until he was either finished or interrupted. "And besides that, do you somehow think you're the only one here who came here for the purpose this school preaches? My entire purpose for even being in this foreign land in the first place is to figure out this latent dragon magic that's apparently inside me! Yet for whatever reason, you seem convinced that you're somehow better than us and above the tasks that we're being instructed to perform!? I assure you, I would love nothing more than to hurry and learn about magic so I can return abroad and resume serving my clan. But we must follow the orders of our superiors in order to get to that point."

Finally, his sudden fit of anger seemed to be subsiding and his tail no longer lashed about. The kobold huffed and turned his attention back up to the sky again, scowling. "...I do have to cede to the point of time, however," Saur admitted. "I will let this matter slide for now. Especially if I'm going to take a little bit of extra time to track down that baker and make up for ruining his morning's work." He paused for a moment, turning to look back up at the rest of the group again. "If there's any interest in assistance in this matter to be offered to help restore our group's reputation, I will accept it. Otherwise, I shall take care of the matter myself and meet up with the rest of you afterward."