JollyDoc's Shackled City: FINAL POST [Updated 11/2!!]

[war wizard]

Ahh Beer motor

Beer motor

My esteemed arcane brethren.

Try not to get you knickers in a twist, we are still several weeks behind your much anticipated arrival. Two or three postings before the bright axes get to the plane of acheron.

Rich will get to it when he gets to it.

just cause 20 beats an 18 is no reason to use a word like hate

 

[Neverwinter Knight]

Rich will get to it when he gets to it.

I just talked to some moderators and they're thinking of removing the word "continues" from your this topic title...


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[JollyDoc]

Richard swears to me on the name of his unborn child (however many years in the future that child is actually born), that he will post imminently...like...today? Maybe?

 

[gfunk]

I understand the demands being placed on Richard's time between work and the stress of owning and maintaining a new home. In that light, perhaps somebody like JollyDoc or warwizard could simply post a quick update which was a paragraph or so, simply describing what happened. Then others could continue the SH as normal.

I suggest this b/c I don't think it is fair of us to continue putting pressure on Richard.

 

[Lela]

I agree with gfunk.

This is one of my favorite Story Hours but I understand what happens to authors (I've tried to write one of these myself). Sometimes it just isn't possible and that's not anyone's fault. It just happens.

So, if Richard needs a little weight lifted off his shoulders, and I bet he does, lets do it. I'm content with a paragraph, which someone can always beaf up or fill in at a later date. Just give us what we need to know and we'll be good.

 

[Ika_Greybeard]

Kiko is now level 16



b]Kiko (Monk 16)[/b]/sizemedium
Versitile Butt-Kicking Machine

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Human
Hit Dice: 16d8+60 135 hps
Initiative: +8 (+4 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative)
Speed: 80 ft. (16 squares)
Armor Class: 35 (+4 Dex, +6 Wis, +4 bracers, +4 deflection, +7 XXXXXXXX), touch 27, flat-footed 31
Base Attack/Grapple: +17/+17
Attack: +1 Kama +18 melee (1d6+6+1d6 Cold)
Full Attack: +1 Kama +18/13/8 or Flurry of Blows 18/18/18/13/8 (1d6+6+1d6 Cold) Unarmed Damage 2d10+5
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Flurry of Btrikes, Stunning Fist (DC 24)
Special Qualities: Spell resistance 26, Slow Fall 80ft, Quivering Palm (DC 24) or Die once per week, Immune to all poison and most Disease
Saves: Fort +16, Ref +17, Will +17
Abilities: Str 20, Dex 18, Con 19, Int 12, Wis 22, Cha 12
Skills: Balance +12, Climb +13, Diplomacy +14, Escape Artist +17, Hide +10, Jump +12, Knowledge (Arcana) +6, Listen +13, Move Silently +10, Speak Language +2, Spot +9, Tumble +19
Feats: Combat Reflexes, Deflect Arrows, Dodge, Elusive Target, Improved Initiative, Improved Trip, Improved Unarmed Strike, Mobility, Stunning Fist, Sun School, Weapon Focus: Unarmed strike
Environment: Vilhon Reach
Organization: Solitary, Order (2-70)
Challenge Rating: 16
Treasure: Items
Alignment: Lawful Good
Advancement: By character class

A lightly dressed human sprints towards you, covering ground at an alarming rate. You have time to notice the sun glinting off his bald skull before he's upon you.

[Character History]

Kiko is 5 feet and 6 inches tall and weighs 148 pounds.

Combat

Kiko usually starts combat by tripping and/or stunning his opponant, leaving them open to his own assults and those of his allies. Should he face a spellcasters, he uses the Sun School feat to Dimension Door himself up close and personal followed by a grapple in the same round.

Magic Items of Note

Force Shield (8,500 gp); Ring: Protection +4 (32,000 gp); Wondrous: Bag of Holding, type II (5,000 gp); Wondrous: Belt, Monk`s (13,000 gp); Wondrous: Boots, Winged (16,000 gp); Wondrous: Bracers of Armor +4 (16,000 gp); Wondrous: Cloak of Resistance +2 (4,000 gp); Wondrous: Gauntlets of Ogre Power (4,000 gp); Wondrous: Goggles of Night (12,000 gp); Wondrous: Ioun Stone, Deep Red [Sphere] (8,000 gp); Wondrous: Ioun Stone, Dusty Rose [Prism] (5,000 gp); Wondrous: Ioun Stone, Pink [Rhomboid] (8,000 gp); Wondrous: Periapt of Wisdom +2 (4,000 gp

Other Items
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Hope it is right I am at work with no character sheet. Still have not hooked internet up at the new house.
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[Lela]

Nicely done Ika!

Hey Gfunk, how desperate are you to make something powerful? I need to put together some werewolves rather soon and I thought you might have some fun with it. Specifically, an 8th-12th level human fighting type.

 

[JollyDoc]

I agree with gfunk.

This is one of my favorite Story Hours but I understand what happens to authors (I've tried to write one of these myself). Sometimes it just isn't possible and that's not anyone's fault. It just happens.

So, if Richard needs a little weight lifted off his shoulders, and I bet he does, lets do it. I'm content with a paragraph, which someone can always beaf up or fill in at a later date. Just give us what we need to know and we'll be good.

It is ironic that this was posted today, as I was considering this matter myself. I was wanting to know if the readers would prefer that I go ahead and put up my next post, and then Richard can back-post when he has the time. Or, we can do what G suggested, and let Rich just post a brief synopsis paragraph so we can move on. Let's see a show of hands.

 

[gfunk]

JD, why don't you just slap together a couple of sentences about what happened after the fight with Ike and the Ice Devil and then put up your own post? Waiting for Richard to post a paragraph of his own seems counter-productive.

Lela, I would be happy to. Which level specifically and what classes are we talking about?

 

[ltclnlbrain]

Even just a few sentences could move things along enough so that JD can put up the next post. It won't be the greatest of posts, but it is preferable to having to wait for an indeterminate amount of time for the story to continue.