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Hurrah for our escape! Thanks to Ferguth for finishing off that rat when my damage roll slumped, and kudos to Chris for excellent GMing throughout.

I think Serin will raise two skills to d6: Fighting (for obvious reasons!) and Knowledge (folklore), in preparation for taking the Master Storyteller edge someday.

Do we want to bring anyone else into the wagon, or is that just inviting a riot? Should we head straight for Dunross to deliver the grain, or is there somewhere else our two passengers need to visit first?

Ferguth is buying a Fighting skill at d4. That is all. Having a 2 Parry is a little scary.

Rindilnir has taken the Ambidextrous edge. He can now make 2 attacks with no penalty.

statblock:Rindilnir Autumnwind

Rindilnir Autumnwind Bladedancer

Race: Hearth-Elf, Hair: Blonde, Eyes: Green, Height: 6', Weight: 175 lbs, Patron Deity: Eostre

Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d4, Spirit d6, Strength d8, Vigor d6

Skills: Climbing (St) d4, Fighting (Ag) d10, Intimidation (Sp) d6, Knowledge (Sm) (Nature) d6, Shooting (Ag) d6, Survival (Sm) d4, Stealth (Ag) d6

Pace: 6, Parry: 7, Toughness: 5 (7), Charisma: -2

Edges: Hearth elves are graceful and agile. They start with a d6 in Agility instead of a d4. Through advances and Edges, they can have a maximum Agility of d12+3. Agile:, Hearth elves suffer no penalties for Difficult Ground in forests. When using the Overland Pace system, they treat such terrain as one category lower. Forest Born:, Hearth elves have cat-like eyes and so can ignore lighting penalties for all but Pitch Darkness. Low Light Vision:, Hearth elves who become druids treat Elfhomes as wilds, not urban areas. Natural Realms:, Requirements: Novice, Agility d8+ A Two-Fisted hero isn’t ambidextrous—he’s simply learned to fight with two weapons (or both fists) at once. When attacking with a weapon in each hand, he rolls each attack separately but ignores the multi-action penalty. Two-Fisted, Requirements: Novice, Hearth or Taiga Elf, Agility d8+, Fighting d8+, Two-Fisted Bladedancers are elite elven warriors, normally assigned to guard important nobles or priests. This Edge is their trademark combat maneuver. Despite the name, they may use weapons. When used, an elf spins and dances about, attacking every opponent in his path like a deadly cyclone. On the tabletop, the character makes a running roll and must move that many inches. He may not double back. Every target adjacent to the fighter’s path, starting with his initial position, is attacked at –2. One small downside to this Edge is that every adjacent target must be attacked—whether friend or foe. Individual targets may only be attacked once while using this Edge. Bladedancer, Requirements: Novice, Agility d8+ Your hero is as deft with his left hand as he is with his right. He may ignore the –2 penalty for using his off-hand. Ambidextrous

Hindrances: Hearth elves have an inbred dislike of mechanical objects (including crossbows). They have the All Thumbs Hindrance Characters with this drawback suffer a –2 penalty to the Repair skill at all times. In addition, when a hero uses a mechanical or electronic device, a roll of 1 on his skill die (regardless of his Wild Die) means the device is broken. The damage usually requires a Repair roll at –2 and 1d6 hours to fix. All Thumbs, Your hero doesn’t think he’s the best—he knows he is. Whatever it is—swordsmanship, kung fu, running—there is no one who can touch his skills and he flaunts it every chance he gets. Winning just isn’t enough for your hero. He must completely dominate his opponent. Anytime there is even a shadow of a doubt as to who is the better, he must humiliate his opponent and prove he can snatch victory any time he wishes. He is the kind of man who disarms an opponent in a duel just so he can pick the sword up and hand it back with a smirk. Arrogant heroes always look for the “master” in battle, attacking lesser minions only if they get in the way. Arrogant (Major), Your hero hit more than a few ugly sticks on his way down the tree of life. His Charisma is lowered by 2, and he is generally shunned by members of the opposite sex. Ugly (Minor), Thatched Roofs (they are just tinder, waiting to go up in flames). Phobias are overwhelming and irrational fears that stay with a hero for the rest of his life. Whenever a character is in the presence of his phobia, he subtracts 2 from all his Trait tests as a Minor Hindrance. Phobia (Minor)

Gear: Chain shirt (torso, arms), scimitar x2, normal clothing, backpack (bedroll, blanket, winter clothing, whetstone, flint and steel, waterskin, 1 week's rations) bow, quiver, arrows 20

Languages: Hearth Elven, Trader

Encumbrance: Total: 68 lbs -1 penalty | without backpack: 26 lbs / 36 lbs winter | Pack weight: 42 lbs / 32 lbs winter

Money: Gold = 5, Silver = 0

Bennies: 0 of 4; Injuries: -; Fatigue: -

You know, I had to go back to the Paizo profile to remember what I did last time!

I've had a quick look through the available options and there's nothing that I think 'must have that!'. On one hand, I probably *should* put something into driving this damn wagon, but on the other hand there are other things that would be more useful. Would people think poorly of me if I chose to increase Healing and Notice to D8 each (which, incidentally *was* what I did last time - I take it there is no rule to say you can't increase skills more than once per rank?) and we all take our chances of being driven off a cliff?

No, I definitely would not think poorly of you... and yes, you can increase your skills more than once per rank.

I think Varn's hapless inability to drive the wagon is quickly becoming a common and comic trope of the campaign. :-)

By all means, raise Healing and Notice. That'll take them both to the same level as your Smarts... which probably suggests the next stat raise to take.

I kind of find it funny that Varn can't drive the wagon. One of these days Ferguth will have to take the reigns and see if he can do better.

Healing and Notice to d8 sounds like a good plan. And no, there are no rules about how often you can increase skills. Only Attributes can be raised once per rank.

I am debating if Ferguth is going to stick with the pyromancy or if he is going to start his path towards Master of the Four Elements.....for now though, I think having a Parry would be a good thing.

Having a quick scan over my sheet, can someone else check I haven't made an error with my sums? I started with the standard 15 points worth of skills, and used the free advance we got to increase 2 skills by a dice each.

I've got 4 points of hindrances but only 2 Edges plus an increase in 1 stat (paid for with the free bonus Edge for being human). Have I sold myself short and should have more?

OK lets see here...

six points allocated to stats - so there is your free advance for being human
4 points of flaws = +4 points
2 Edges = -4 points
15 points of skills +2 for Advance

That looks right to me. Remember, when you buy hindrances, Edges cost 2 of those points to buy.

Of course! Knew there was an explanation but without my book I wasn't seeing it. Non-existent problem solved - time to go and update my sheet