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Message: <blockquote data-quote="blargney the second" data-source="post: 1174023" data-attributes="member: 14678">All dwarves know how to hide from giants.  Giants should learn to hide from Pedro.--Pedro skated briskly along the ravine's sandy bottom.  He had found his quarry at last - the noise of the ogre's slurping dwarven meal was easily audible in this confined chasm.He could hear its pounding feet and rasping breath as it pursued him with long-legged strides.  A quick glance over his shoulder told him that it was only a hundred-odd feet away.  Seeing his backwards look, a cruel grin spread across the hideous mess that passed for the ogre's face.When Pedro looked forward again, he saw the source of its nasty pleasure: a little ways ahead, the ravine ended abruptly in a sheer vertical wall.  He slowed for a moment, just long enough to manifest Spider Climb, before resuming his gliding run to the wall.  His palms and fingertips briefly slicked over with a thin, greyish smear of ectoplasm that evaporated in the wind.The dwarf hit the rocky wall at a dead run and climbed as fast as his hands would carry him.  To speed his progress up the cliff face Pedro manifested Burst, filling the air with the sound of dwarven hammers ringing on anvils.  A second glance (this time downwards) afforded him a birds' eye view of the ogre's upturned, puzzled face as it clambered slowly after him.At the top of the fifty foot ravine, Pedro took his bow in hand.  Psionically-charged death rained down on the exposed ogre.  Realizing its only chance was to continue, it scrambled desperately to close the remaining ten feet to the top."You've killed enough dwarves, Ogre.  I think it's time I put my foot down," Pedro called out in the Common tongue.  He neither knew nor cared if the beast spoke the language.His eyes glowed an earthy brown and the sound of smithwork was heard again as his foot came down.--Pedro MondragonMale Dwarf Ranger 2/Psion(Savant) 2/Giant Slayer 1HD 2d8+2d4+1d10+15; hp 38; Init +3; Speed 35 ft (20 ft uphill, 50 ft downhill); AC 17 (Touch 13, Flatfooted 14); BAB +4; Grapple +5; Atk +5 melee (1d10+1/x3, dwarven waraxe), or +8 ranged (1d6+1/x3, MW composite shortbow (Str +1)), or +6/+6 Ranged (1d6+1/x3, MW composite shortbow (Str +1) with Rapid Shot); Al: NG; SV: Fort +8, Refl +6, Will +7; Str 13, Dex 14(16), Con 16, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 10; Height: 4' 11"; Weight: 143 lbs.SA: Ranger Enemy(Giants) +2, Slayer Enemy(Giants) +1, Combat Style(Archery), +1 Attack vs orcs & goblinoidsSQ: Darkvision 60', Stonecunning, Stability, +4 Dodge vs giants, +2 saves vs poisons, +2 saves vs spells/spell-like effects, Wild Empathy +2, Psicrystal: Hero, Enemy SenseSkills (42): Appraise +0*, Autohypnosis +8 (6), Bluff +0*, Concentration +11 (8), Craft(Jeweller) +7* (5), Hide +7 (5), Knowledge(Nature) +7 (5), Listen +2*, Move Silently +7 (5), Sense Motive +2*, Spot +2*, Survival +10* (8)*Conditional Bonuses: +2 racial to Appraise or Craft with stone or metal, +2 synergy to Appraise jewelry, +2 synergy to Survival checks outdoors, +3 to Bluff, Listen, Sense Motive, Spot, and Survival vs Giants.Languages: Common, DwarvenFeats: Rapid Shot, Track, Point-Blank Shot, Psionic ShotPower Points: 7 (3 Psion, 1 Bonus, 3 Slayer)Free Talents/day: 5Powers Discovered:   - Talents: Burst, Catfall, Far Punch  - 1st level: Spider Climb, StompPsionic Attack/Defense Modes: - Mind Thrust, Id Insinuation - Thought Shield, Mental Barrier, Tower of Iron WillEquipment: Gloves of Dexterity +2, Boots of Skating, Efficient Quiver (60 arrows, quarterstaff, spear), Potion of Cure Light Wounds, Potion of Shield of Faith, masterwork composite shortbow (+1 Str), masterwork chain shirt, dwarven waraxe, traveller's outfit, backpack, bedroll, 3 caltrops, waterskin, masterwork jeweler's tools, 3 gp, 9 sp--Like any normal dwarf, Pedro liked to make things.  He had always enjoyed crystals, gems, and jewelry.  Not as decoration for himself, but simply as an art form.  He could spend hours gazing into the crystalline depths, trying to find the form that wished to emerge from the raw materials.  When he finished his shifts in the giant-hunting brigade, he would return home to lose himself in his jewelry work.He did not expect to find himself in a shard of amethyst.An infinite number of lavender-hued reflections stared Pedro straight back in the eye.  Subtle differences were discernable between each image: cowering in abject terror, focussed on his latest creation, chatting amiably, determination set in his bearded face, and countless others.  One stood out from all the rest, drawing his attention every time he tried to examine another.  It was himself as a hero.  This was the dwarf that he wanted to be - a stoic saviour.Pedro bent his will upon this image and felt it grow within him.  His mind opened outward and inward simultaneously, his brain unlocking psionic powers.It was only a matter of time until his newfound heroic purpose led him to become a giant slayer.ps - I don't know if the favoured enemy bonuses stack from Ranger and Slayer, but I assumed they did!</blockquote>

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