A Return

[Anastasia]

The wisdom seeker is right besides you.

[Corwin]

That's one question Seira had been wondering about answered. Definitely engaged in this pursuit of wisdom, she looks across the planes towards the would-be atoner. Should Amaryl need her assistance, Seira would be there.

[Anastasia]

Amaryl needs a Charisma check. What boosters does she have, Seira?

[Corwin]

+2 from Good Hope. That said, since I've been actively involved in this before I even realized it was Amaryl, do I get a support action here? If so, I'd like to recast Improvisation on her for the extra +15 on the check.

[Anastasia]

Sure.

> roll 1d20+25
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+25 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{32}

Amaryl concentrates more and more. More and more, more and more.

"Past, present, future. All are one of the same, unbroken river," Labelas Enoreth declares softly. "Look and understand."

Power, more power, growing within her, like a bonfire about to blaze bright.

[Corwin]

"All travel through it," Seira guides her. "But unlike all others, we can stop at various points, even at the same time. It gives us unparalleled perspective, and with that power we gain the ability to help all those who cross our path. Take the first step."

[Anastasia]

You can feel it. Amaryl on the very edge, teetering on it. Perhaps the slightest push, if she can make it just a little more.

Labelas Enoreth's one eye opens now, intent on Amaryl, a swirling pool of colors that seems to go on forever.

[Corwin]

Seira has an epiphany of her own, then. Perhaps, contrary to what every facet of her being wants to keep doing, what Amaryl needs is pure knowledge rather than encouragement. She's been encouraging Amaryl, certainly, and the feeling of pride, trust and belief in her will never stop.

But didn't Amaryl pray for wisdom? Seira had tried taking Amaryl's perceptions along for the ride before, while responding to the faithful, and Amaryl had gotten close enough to hear a few words. But this presents a unique opportunity for Amaryl to see the channel between deity and worshipper from both ends! After all, this is a chance to show Amaryl how the supplicants approach the deity, how the deity receives said plea and how they respond, capping it with the reception of the response on the worshipper's end. A complete process, from start to finish, still undergoing so she could examine various parts of it at leisure and made possible through their telepathic link, the decades of relying on it and Seira's divine power providing the means to expand it for this purpose.

[Anastasia]

And in that instant, all is more and more is all. A flaring burst of pure power, vast and overwhelming, emanates from Amaryl.

Labelas Enoreth merely says, "It is time."

You feel it. More and more, you feel it. She's doing it! You remember your own full ascension, the same feelings, the same power roaring through you.

[Corwin]

She's doing it! She's really doing it!

Amidst the pride and excitement, Seira can't help but wonder which color will suit Amaryl best.

[Anastasia]

Okay, we're going OOC briefly here for a few things.

Amaryl Gaial
Titles go here
Rank goes here
Symbol:
Home Plane:
Alignment:
Portfolio:
Worshipers:
Cleric Alignments:
Domains:
Favored Weapon:

This must now be filled in, domains chosen and all of that. Suggestions?

[Corwin]

My suggestions follow, feel free to pick and disregard at will:

Amaryl Gaial-Aryn
Demigoddess
Home Plane: The Cauldron
Alignment: Neutral Exalted
Portfolio: Good, support, protection, hard work, apotheosis
Worshipers: Scouts, rangers, elves, good elementals, hard workers
Cleric Alignments: LG, NG, CG
Domains: Celerity, Community, Elf, Good
Favored Weapon: Cauldron's Blast (longbow)

[Anastasia]

These are the gimmies.

Amaryl Gaial
Titles go here
Demigoddess
Symbol:
Home Plane: The Cauldron
Alignment: Neutral Exalted
Portfolio: Good, support, protection, hard work
Worshipers: Scouts, rangers, elves, good elementals, hard workers
Cleric Alignments: CG, LG, NG
Domains: Celerity, Community, Elf, Good
Favored Weapon: Cauldron Blast (Longbow)

Apotheosis is out of bounds, no deity has dominion over that, as that's the privilege of the Incarnations. She needs a symbol and titles. Beyond that, let's see, it's 3 + Good.

Celerity is basically automatic, she was going that way anyway. Community makes sense, as does Elf. Okay.

Suggestions for SDAs to take? Extra Domain's an option if I see a fifth one I like, I'm going to go look now. She gets 3+1+1=5 SDAs.

[Corwin]

Maybe something about raising yourself above your station, or undergoing a makeover like that in portfolio? Reinventing yourself to find happiness? Can't really find a term or short phrase to relay that.

For SDAs....

She sadly doesn't qualify for Banestrike or Divine Archery due to BAB+24 or Divine Ranger due to choosing to focus on Scout (unless she has some class feature or feat that lets her stack levels from ranger and scout or somesuch?). There is no Divine Scout, so if you don't mind the extra effort of making one, that's a given since she has 21 levels of scout.

Supreme Initiative is second.

Divine Dodge is third.

No epic spellcasting for her just yet, so all of those SDAs are irrelevant. Leaving that for now, Alter Size is interesting. Alicia's shown how it can be effective and visually impressive, though for Amaryl it could work in the other direction. Go tiny, make a smaller target of yourself while increasing your to hit alongside your AC. The base damage will take a hit, but most of Amaryl's damage is from skirmish which won't be affected. Also I've seen Ant-man recently and she would make an adorable Wasp.

Divine Radiance might be decent, given our anti-Shar stance and given she doesn't have any decent anti-undead means without spending magic on it. She could also use skirmish on that attack, btw, and if she could have it apply at larger range like from another power or spell or item or what not, then that would be even better. It's a standalone SDA at present, but given the B3 light into weapons mechanic she might in time learn to use it against non-undeads as well (perhaps with another SDA).

Does she qualify for Final Rest? Maybe it's time for the Cauldron to have something like Herald of Celestia, Knight of the Pale Mother, Morwel's Dream and so on?

[Anastasia]

Lemme think about that for portfolio.

I may make a divine scout later, but not right now. Maybe tonight.

Supreme Init makes sense, as does divine dodge. Both tie to her well through celerity.

Lemme run some numbers on alter size shenanigans, but I don't have any real objection to it, just the math involved.

Divine Radiance works, that's third.

She does not qualify for final rest, as it requires the life domain.

Humility's an option for a domain through Extra Domain. It would be an interesting contrast with Seira there.

Nobility domain's an option that fits her thematically.

Thoughts?