Rojava's been here for about 5 1/2 years so she knows him.
Going by a background comparison I did when we started, Windsight is (almost) the only one who hasn't been here for several years, if not their entire lifetime; he's only been in Sandpoint a year, which will make for an interesting dichotomy - he's a born-and-raised Shoanti that's been around for a year, but Karmid, the born-but-not-raised Shoanti had left shortly after Windsight arrived. (BTW, for Karmid - there ARE several Shoanti living in the town, including the sheriff, Belor Hemlock, the jailor, Vachedi, and Belor's brother Garridan Viskalai, the owner of the White Deer, the Inn across from the Temple, built new after the Fire.)
So everyone else will probably know him well; Windsight (and I presume the other two new ones) won't.
A bit of insomnia going tonight so I figured I'd flesh out what Windsight said. The list below gives the age of each person in parentheses and the number of years at the chapel/cathedral.
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Gwyddym (18) 18 years
Karmid (17) 17 years (approx)
Talene (20) 6 years
Rojava (18) 5.5 years
Karina (15) 5 years
Marcelano (20) 4 years
Lia (16) 4 years
Matrim (19?) 2 years(?)
Windsight (23) 1 year
Drasven (121) New
Xarmas (17) New
Some of the ages and arrivals are approximate since not everyone included exactly the same information in their backgrounds. But the order should be correct with only Matrim's info requiring some real guesswork. Of course Lia and Marcelano could switch order. I just went with seniority there.
If I have the date of the chapel fire right, Gwydd, Karmid, Talene, Rojava, and Karina were present when it happened.
The length of Karmid's absence (1 year?) would mean that Windsight and possibly Matrim do not know him. Of course the new arrivals wouldn't either, at least from here.
Aye, Windy already did a good job on the list back then:
Also, "in Lia's 12th year" she came to Sandpoint. So she was about 11.5(for sake of simplicity). Which means 4.5 years and she arrived about a year after Rojava :)
(Funny thing, I had considered placing her birthday on Rova 22, the date of the Swallowtail Festival, but kind of left it open and then it was already too late to bring it up(since some interactions may have needed to be different). But then, she could reasonably have forgotten and/or not care about it, at all, meaning she just turned 16 with the start of the AP :) )
Hey Karmid! Glad to see you buddy.
Ha, or I could have just pasted in the old one that Windsight did. Forgot about that. But then what would I have done with my extra awake time?
Ah, that would reverse Lia and Marcelano's order then. He was specifically 16 years old.
Figured i'd drop a holler here too after having posted in the gameplay thread.
Hey folks :P
To clear things up a bit, Frances and Rojava were two characters that me and rick had played (very) briefly in a previous campaign, and we loved the concept enough that it seems Rick beat me to it to bring the character to life again.
On hearing that, I immediatly got interested about wanting to see fran alive too, and after being a bit wishy-washy about joining another pbp game, here I am.
Hey Karmid! Glad to see you buddy.
Hey Xarmas! How's my favorite Chelaxian doing? I am so looking forward to this!
Great! I'm quite attached to Xarmas, so I'm glad she found new life. Doubly glad I got to bring a friend!
Nice to see according to that list Drasven is the oldest in age but the youngest in being around there.
Good to see that. Welcome to all the new players too. The thread looks for alive now.
Figured i'd drop a holler here too after having posted in the gameplay thread.
Hey folks :P
To clear things up a bit, Frances and Rojava were two characters that me and rick had played (very) briefly in a previous campaign, and we loved the concept enough that it seems Rick beat me to it to bring the character to life again.
On hearing that, I immediatly got interested about wanting to see fran alive too, and after being a bit wishy-washy about joining another pbp game, here I am.
Rojava's squeal reaches bat-like intensity. "We ride again!" (in the back of a wagon usually)
Unlike her sister, Fran never really appreciated that having a mark that kept growing with age to the likeness of a deity, meant that she'd have a duty to a clergy...
Their parents weren't too fond of letting one of their daughters in the clergy of Sandpoint at is,...
Hey Fran, what's this story you're spinning about me being or wanting to be clergy? Mom and Dad dumped me here! Remember? I've just been skating on the free room and board all this time. No divine service for me, I prefer to think of myself as one of Desna's junior partners. We have an arrangement, I'm just not sure what it is yet.
(BTW, for Karmid - there ARE several Shoanti living in the town, including the sheriff, Belor Hemlock, the jailor, Vachedi, and Belor's brother Garridan Viskalai, the owner of the White Deer, the Inn across from the Temple, built new after the Fire.)
I know.
Basically, I assumed after years and years of pestering those people for anything they would teach him, or even just tales of the Shoanti, they as a collective group dis-like Karmid, at least a little. Most of them are "Civilized" Shoanti too, and the last thing they would want is being reminded of everything they have lost or chose to give up that is Shoanti. However, that is just a role-playing assumption on my part.
Hey Fran, what's this story you're spinning about me being or wanting to be clergy? Mom and Dad dumped me here! Remember? I've just been skating on the free room and board all this time. No divine service for me, I prefer to think of myself as one of Desna's junior partners. We have an arrangement, I'm just not sure what it is yet.Unlike her sister, Fran never really appreciated that having a mark that kept growing with age to the likeness of a deity, meant that she'd have a duty to a clergy...
Their parents weren't too fond of letting one of their daughters in the clergy of Sandpoint at is,...
Yeah, mom and dad dumped you there, but not me. Neenur-neenur! *sticks out tongue*
Funny enough, siblings with two different birthmarks. Pity your parents didn't have more children, they could possibly have made a whole team of godmarked :)
(well, until they make a Zon-Kuthon flavored baby with an Urgothoa twin)
Also, my older brothers probably used much the same line when they last visited...so no sympathy points for Fran, there. (also, I feel compelled to tell you that a helmet would REALLY improve survivability ^_^)
Funny enough, siblings with two different birthmarks. Pity your parents didn't have more children, they could possibly have made a whole team of godmarked :)
Karmid was found as a baby on the road to Sandpoint...he could be related to anybody really.
=)
Well, I never really was very similar to my brothers.
Say, Fran and Roja...did your father get around, if you catch my drift?
Nah, I really doubt that. Seems I'm the odd one out in the family.
Rojava laughs and then says "Oh it makes sense in a way, but I don't think there's much at all about Karmid that's sneaky. Maybe what you're sensing that he's play-acting. He certainly does plenty of that. Can't blame him though. He's lived his whole life at the cathedral and it's all he knows really.
It's a good place to live in a lot of ways, we never want for anything. But it's not a good place to grow up. The clergy aren't parents. Living there because you happen to have a birthmark isn't much to build a sense of who you are around. It works for Gwyddym, though I honestly don't understand how. Karmid latched onto his Shoanti ancestry but the clothes are a bit baggy yet if you get what I mean.
He overdoes it and I guess he's a something of a caricature right now. Windsight would know better about that. But practice is sloppy. I think he'll figure it out, and underneath he's really sweet. He might rub you the wrong way now, but I bet you'll really like Karmid at 25 if you get the chance to meet him."
Me thinks she is on to something!!
=)
This is almost exactly what I was going for (currently) with Karmid.
He still has a lot of growing to do, personally.
Thank you for reading into that and noting it wisely Rojava.
Although you should probably end that last sentence with:
...I bet you'll really like Karmid at 25 if he gets the chance to live that long."
Note that it's Windsight that's walking along / ahead of them; I don't think Karmid is (at that point) anywhere around, having gone on a walk around the town.
Me thinks she is on to something!!
=)
This is almost exactly what I was going for (currently) with Karmid.
He still has a lot of growing to do, personally.Thank you for reading into that and noting it wisely Rojava.
Oh, you're very welcome Karmid. Empathy is sort Rojava's schtick. I have to admit there's a pinch or two of Mabel from Gravity Falls in her mix.
And thank you for being the first person ever to associate Rojava with anything like wisdom. :P
There might also be a tiny mea culpa in that little speech. I think she probably gets Karmid better than most.
Although you should probably end that last sentence with:
...I bet you'll really like Karmid at 25 if he gets the chance to live that long."
Nah, she would never say that. Ro is always an optimist.
Note that it's Windsight that's walking along / ahead of them; I don't think Karmid is (at that point) anywhere around, having gone on a walk around the town.
And maybe Ro was talking loud enough for Windsight to overhear. She's not one for hushed tones you know.
Mainly due to the excellent roleplaying among all of you I am going to go ahead and advance you all to level 2. It is a bit early for this but I will make up for it by increasing encounter difficulties moving forward. It is a well earned reward!
Mainly due to the excellent roleplaying among all of you I am going to go ahead and advance you all to level 2. It is a bit early for this but I will make up for it by increasing encounter difficulties moving forward. It is a well earned reward!
Whoo!
level 2!
*Snoopy Dance*
Mainly due to the excellent roleplaying among all of you I am going to go ahead and advance you all to level 2. It is a bit early for this but I will make up for it by increasing encounter difficulties moving forward. It is a well earned reward!
Quick Question...how do you prefer HP on level up?
Roll for normal?
Average? 1/2+1?
Yay. Level 2. Hitpoints is an interesting question ^_^
I don't have that many...
(even if little actually changes for arcanist :) )
From the original recruitment thread...
"Another Question I Should Have Answered Sooner
This is (obviously) not a society game, but we're going to follow the PFS conventions for HP... So, PCs get mad at first and average rounded up after that; companions get average at every level including first (round down at odd levels and round up at even levels)."
It's the most widespread variant, but it's still DMD's game, not nate's...so his choice to make, which means we should ask.
Another popular variant I know is roll, and use that or half rounded up, whatever is higher. I'll definitely not complain about more HP, what with being a martial artist and all... *shrug*
I'm not really worried either way. I'm leveled and can change my HP based on whatever DMD wants us to do.
Note that it's Windsight that's walking along / ahead of them; I don't think Karmid is (at that point) anywhere around, having gone on a walk around the town.And maybe Ro was talking loud enough for Windsight to overhear. She's not one for hushed tones you know.
Oh, no worries about that; meant the statement more as a matter for those who thought it was Karmid nearby.
On the leveling-up front: yay! Windsight updated. However, we money-poor peoples are wondering how to acquire marginally better gear. :P :)
Another popular variant I know is roll, and use that or half rounded up, whatever is higher. I'll definitely not complain about more HP, what with being a martial artist and all... *shrug*
This :-)
. However, we money-poor peoples are wondering how to acquire marginally better gear. :P :)
1. Kill stuff.
2. Come into some money :-) This acquisition may take place soon....
+ 2 Con.
Yay me ^_^
Desna is watching out for her own...
, +2 Con.
Bah. Well, means I don't have to change anything. ;)
Huzzah level 2!
+1 for favored class = 6.
picked up spells: cultural adaptation, shadow trap
+8 HP(roll above)
+1 Will, +1 BaB
+1 Level 1 spell/day
+1 Cantrip prepared/day
+1/day Silent Image SLA
Skills: 2+3(Int)+1(Human)+1(FCB)+2(Background)= 9
+1 Handle Animal
+1 Perform(Wind) (I can play flute now!)
+1 Perform(Dance)
+1 Linguistics (picking up Ameiko's language...we ARE there often)
+1 Profession(Temple Maiden)
+1 Acrobatics
+1 Heal
+1 Stealth
+1 Sense Motive
+3
Poop. Guess average it is then. Someone correct me, on a d10, average i think would be 5.5, soo, round up, that's 6?
This also reminds me that i completely forgot about favored class bonus when i made the character sheet, woopsies. Hope no one minds if i retroactively fix that, not like I've had a chance to make a single roll yet :P
Didn't expect i'd have to level so soon. o_o
Better than average! (Updated!)
+2 for Con bonus and +1 For Favored Class.
Total is 23 now.
=)
@Lia: I think Ameiko's Language is Tian...I think.
@All: Don't forget you get your first Domain Spell-Like ability @1/day!
~Divine Power: The character gains all the granted powers of that domain, as a cleric of their character level (using Wis for DCs/# of uses/etc as normal). they also gain the domain's spells as Spell-like abilities. each SLA is usable 1/day starting when their character level is double the spell level (so they gain the 1st level spell at second, the 2nd level domain spell at 4th, 3rd at 6th, etc). The caster level for these SLAs is equal to their character level and any effect tied to their casting stat (such as DCs) is based on Cha. I understand that using 2 separate stats for the powers and spells might be tough on MAD characters, but it will help mitigate against anyone trying to super-specialize one stat like some pally or oracle builds do.
New Spells Known: Flare (Cantrip), Saving Finale (Level 1)
+6 HP (Rolls above)
+1 Reflex, +1 Will, +1 BaB
+1 Level 1 spell/day
Skills: 6 + 3 (INT) + 1 (Human) + 2 (Background) = 12
+1 Acrobatics
+1 Knowledge (Arcana)
+1 Knowledge (History)
+1 Knowledge (Geography)
+1 Knowledge (Nature)
+1 Linguistics (Goblin) (He's not aware he's proficient yet)
+1 Perception
+1 Perform (Dance)
+1 Perform (Sing)
+1 Perform (Percussion) (Rattatatat)
+1 Spellcraft
+1 Use Magic Device
Versatile Performance: I can use Perform (Percussion) now in place of intimidate and handle animal checks!
Well-Versed: +4 bonus on saving throws made against bardic performance, sonic, and language-dependent effects.
Domain SLA 1/day:
True Strike: You gain temporary, intuitive insight into the immediate future during your next attack. Your next single attack roll (if it is made before the end of the next round) gains a +20 insight bonus. Additionally, you are not affected by the miss chance that applies to attackers trying to strike a concealed target.
Also, remember you get +1 Hero Point. Everyone but me should be at 2; I spent mine on whacking the Goblin Dog.
Well then, total gain from the level upgrade.
+9 hp. (22 total)
+1 BAB
+1 Fort save
+1 hero point (2 total)
6 skill points (climb, Knowledge history & local, Ride, Survival, Swim)
New Feat: Missile Shield. Can deflect arrows with shield now!
Archetype benefits begin, better AC from shield!
Ability for a fighter to somehow cast Protection against Evil 1/day, for some strange reason.
It's been a while I haven't built a turtle-like character. Don't expect me to deal a ton of damage :P
...Ability for a fighter to somehow cast Protection against Evil 1/day, for some strange reason.
It's been a while I haven't built a turtle-like character. Don't expect me to deal a ton of damage :P
Don't worry, between Karmid and Windsight I'm pretty sure we bring the damage potential!
=)
HEY! Cool! Protection from Evil is one of the best 1st level spelss in the game IMHO!
Lol, and at high level, we'll combine our fondling powers to supercharge people ^_^ mister, a bit of Lucky Good Touching will bring happy end...only 100 gold- *whistles innocently*
So average it is then!
And watch out for Xarmas in combat, she'll surprise you!
And watch out for Xarmas in combat, she'll surprise you!
Just don't shift into a boar tomorrow ^_^
That would be a surprise for all involved...just not of the pleasant kind.
Also, remember you get +1 Hero Point. Everyone but me should be at 2; I spent mine on whacking the Goblin Dog.
Good call.
Yahoo! Now I'm a rogue too!
Average it is then :-/
Little Xarmas is now a 2nd level Druid.
Here is what she got:
1 BAB, 1 each to Fort and Will, Woodland Stride, and one more Spell Per Day of the Orisons and 1st Level Spells.
Skills-wise she put a rank in each of the following skills: Climb, Handle Animal, Knowledge (Geography), Knowledge (Nature), Perception, Spellcraft Survival, and Swim. She had a rank in all of those already except for Spellcraft. She put two ranks in Sense Motive.
(Little because she's 5-ft nothing and 97 pounds!)
Alright, here are the updates for Rojava:
Rogue 1
HP: +7 (+5 class, +2 CON) Total 21
BAB +1
REF Save +1
Skills:
Added Class Skills: Disable Device, Swim
+1 Added:
Acrobatics
K Arcana
Perception
Perform (Sing) background
Perform (String) background
Spellcraft
Stealth
Swim
UMD
+2 Added:
Disable Device
Domain SLA: Remove Fear
Rogue Abilities:
Finesse Training: Rapier
Sneak Attack: 1d6
Trapfinding
We're using Fractional Base Bonuses for Multiclassing so Rojava still gets +1 BAB, but at the cost of -1 REF save.
Also I will be retraining the weapon Finesse Feat now that I have Finesse Training. Feat choice pending.
Little Xarmas is now a 2nd level Druid.
Here is what she got:
** spoiler omitted **(Little because she's 5-ft nothing and 97 pounds!)
Haha, we could pile you and Lia together to make about one Francesca.
No offense to my dear sister intended. She's an absolute babe. I can vouch for that since we're twins.