First off, Congratulations! I'm excited to be running this and I hope that I can challenge you for at least the first half of the adventure. I'm going to try streamlining this a bit, especially in later parts to keep things going pretty quickly. After all, I'm more interested in the RP than seeing how quickly you guys can pick apart a balor. :D
Speaking of RP, sadly, the RP thread from before is not canon. It never happened, in other words.
So, a few things about me, in case you've never played with me as the GM before. I live in Alabama in the US. I'm 25 and I've been playing Pathfinder for almost four years.
I don't mind if you have read, played, or GM'd this AP before, but I do ask you to not metagame. I also don't mind if you peek at spoilers meant for others, although they are in spoilers for a reason. Again, please keep player and character knowledge separate. Combat is done in a down and dirty block initiative. Whichever group has the highest initiative goes first, and he who posts first acts first. It will probably make the Rocket Tag issue worse at higher levels, But Ronnie and Choon can tell you, that if it will make a better story, I'll cheat shamelessly and I tend to play a little loose with the rules. If you're not sure if you can do something, ask, I'll probably have you roll something to see if you succeed.
That said. Let me know if you want to work on something or get this party started. Once everyone's ready, I'll get the party started.
Oh, and don't forget to dot the gameplay thread. I'm sure you would like to know when something happens.
Huzzah, and well met! Delighted and quite humbled to be chosen! Thank you, DM-Salsa.
Ah, introductions, of course.... I am in North Carolina, southeastern United States, GMT-5 (actually, during daylight savings time I think it's GMT-4), 36 years old, and have been playing Pathfinder since Sandpoint was just a dot on the map...
I run a restaurant, so... when you see posts at 7am, 5pm, 11pm, and 3am you will understand... I keep a very strange schedule.
Very much looking forward to this game!
Greetings all, good to be here
I'm actually on the other side of the puddle, in the Netherlands so that's GMT+1 (or +2 in about two weeks due to daylight savings). I'm 27 and I've been playing DnD for 11-12 years and Pathfinder for about half of that.
Looking forward to the game.
Woo!! I'm Excited for this as its my first heavy foray into PbP here on the pathfinder boards
29 here in Ohio I've played DnD for about 15 years now and pathfinder since the beta playtest lol.
Hi, folks! Super stoked to be here, and looking forward to bringing a little bit of crazy to the game.
For those who don't know me, my name's Veronica (though I usually answer to Ronnie), and I'm a 24-year-old Aussie lass who's most relieved that the worst of our summer heat has passed. I've been playing Pathfinder for about three years now, and I've come to know some pretty nifty people on the boards. (*waves to Salsa and Ulfr*)
I can confirm that Salsa plays a bit fast and loose with the rules at times, and that every game of his I've been in has quickly developed fantastic role-play among the party.
I do have one request... I've made some truly sub-optimal choices in my build, simply because I'm still trying to work out where I want to take Neile. If anyone has suggestions (particularly feat-wise), that would be great. In the absence of things that jumped out at me mechanically, I went for flavour, but I fear it may cripple me!
Yay! I got picked! I'm really excited for this one and am so humbled to be chosen. There were so many good characters.
I'm Choon, the one referenced above, and I'm in a couple of Salsa's other games. Beware of character tortu... I mean trials. This one has a cruel streak, that he does. ;)
Anyway, I'm 29 and I live in Kentucky, US, GMT -5 as well. I also have a crazy schedule as I am a Sign Language Interpreter by profession and am essentially on call 24/7.
I've been playing Pathfinder for 4-5 years (can't remember exactly when I started) with practically no RPG experience before that.
but I fear it may cripple me!
No worries. I have the carry capacity to haul you about no problem. :)
To be honest I haven't taken a proper look at the Occult playtest yet. So far it seems decent, Combat Reflexes is always ok. Is Endurance a bonus feat or did you take it? If the latter I'd say that would qualify as sub optimal, but that's somewhat obvious.
Besides that I'm a Samsaran Conjurer Wizard with 22 Int at lvl 1 so I can probably cover for you :P
I'd have to read through the class again to give specific advise. I'll try to do that today.
As for endurance, if you're using that to mitigate the penalties of sleeping in your coat, I'd say you sleep under your coat, not in it. Donning an armored coat is a simple thing.
Also, I think your attack and damage values are 1 too high. 19 str is still a +4 if I remember correctly.
By the way, feel free to pick my build apart. This is my first Skald. :)
Chose endurance so the street urchin can sleep in her armoured coat and not be fatigued. Because after looking over the huge list of feats available to me, and realising I couldn't even take power attack, I kinda wept. It's a bad choice, but I acknowledge that, and want to replace it with something, you know, useful.
That said, I'm a martial class with 3/4 BAB, simple weapons, and class features that can change from day to day, so my options are... Interesting.
First this is going to be awesome. A friend of mine ran a game on the threads called big honking heroes with generous build guidelines, and the characters were truly memorable.
I guess I'm the old man in the group at 50 - been RPing since funny colored boxes of D&D, but found pathfinder to be the best. I am originally from Cincinnati, OH, but as a military guy I settled in Ft Walton Beach Fl (we are on Central time in the panhandle) in spring break paradise as I like the beach and hate winters.
Anyway, as a monk with a 22AC (26AC if our wizard has mage armor) I can cover for you too. I decided to be LG dwarf zen archer grumpy dwarf with a penchant for kleptomania.
How about them Buckeyes!! I graduated from OSU and spent more hours RPing than studying. Three QBs to choose from this year.
Ya, I'm gonna go read that class before I say anything more. :)
Dodge would seem thematic as well, evading the bigger, stronger vagrants. Not fantastic but it beats Endurance.
Beyond that, maybe there are some style feats you'd like to aim for that you can get prequisites for? Or prequisites for other things you want in the future.
I'll take a look at your Skald, you're actually using the same archetype combination I used in a tabletop oneshot recently.
EDIT: First thing, you can't grab Power Attack yet Ulfr, you need BAB 1 for it.
Man, is Neile going to end up with Spoony Syndrome? ("Yeah, she's not really GREAT at anything, but, well, she's fun to keep around, so...") :P
I completely overlooked the "don as a move action" thing. *smacks forehead* I took it into consideration when choosing armour, and completely forgot about it when I got to feats...
Also, my attack and damage values are fine - 19 strength is indeed +4, but I'm currently channelling a strength spirit, The Beating, which gives me a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls. I also get an extra +2 damage against creatures I've already damaged, which is pretty neat. :-)
I've never run a skald before (unless Vivian counts), but I can give your fella a squiz at some point tomorrow. :-)
Dodge seems thematic and useful, so I might go with that. Unfortunately, IUS is a bonus feat from the spirit I'm currently channelling. If I channel someone else, I lose it. I can take feats that have IUS as a prerequisite, but if I lose IUS, I lose them as well.
As you can see, this is a pretty complex class. I'd say it's about on par with the base classes from Interjection Games :p
Dagnabbit. I forgot I am a 3/4 bab class. *grumblegrumblestupidrulesgrumble*
Bimbur is a little naïve by the way. Hope my first post wasn't too over the top, but since we had a Dutch person here, so my time in Amsterdam inspired me.
Oh, I think that post made it clear that this party is going to be fun.
Ok, changed power attack and reckless rage to Skald's Vigor and Arcane Strike. I've lost out on some damage, but I'm slightly more accurate and have limited fast healing now.
Some very nice builds, here. I'm going to have to learn about the Medium, though. I've never given it a look.
Don't worry Ulfr. When you've got +8 STR bonus and two-handing a weapon, Power Attack just seems like overkill, anyway!
I think it's only a +7, right? 24-10=14/2=7...
Either way, if there's one thing a war drummer is going to believe it would be that overkill never killed anyone. :)
Just wait until power attack, power attack v2, and my scaling class bonus to damage with clubs come into play.
This group... Oh the damage.
"Hello monster, we heard you had an abundance of HP. Thankfully, we are here to help with that. "
Is it 24 with your rage song? I have to admit, I am almost giddy with the thoughts of Rakeesh's 26 strength... before buffs...
Ahhhh. You're a smart cookie, you.
Rakeesh is probably the only person Ulfr has met that's stronger than he is. I see all kinds of awesome bromance RP there.
Ha! Every decision results in an arm wrestling match, while our allies shrug and quietly get stuff accomplished?
Pretty much.
...How about them Buckeyes!! I graduated from OSU and spent more hours RPing than studying. Three QBs to choose from this year.
I have to admit to a certain amount of vengeful thinking when picking Bimbur (He would have gotten in anyway, but I did have ulterior motives.)
First, there was the thread that you linked to that got me worried about how I'm going to challenge the party.
Second, now that I know you're a Buckeyes fan, I can exact a little revenge for the Crimson Tide. >:D
(Seriously, I'm just joking. All of you are going to get it in spades. :D)
Anyway, I'll have the next post up in a bit.
Second, now that I know you're a Buckeyes fan, I can exact a little revenge for the Crimson Tide. >:D
Whew! Glad I'm an Appalachian State Mountaineer!
(Seriously, I'm just joking. All of you are going to get it in spades. :D)
Oh, dang!
Max gold of 60 gp puts me at a 1d6 shortbow and a few cool martial artist weapons.
Be a while for the heavy pull composite longbow.
Meh, I'm mostly sports agnostic. I have a couple favored teams, but none of which I would call myself a fan.
... Is this sportsball? I know the sportsball!
Second, now that I know you're a Buckeyes fan, I can exact a little revenge for the Crimson Tide. >:DWhew! Glad I'm an Appalachian State Mountaineer!
I'm happy I have no idea what you guys are talking about at all
Karas may not be the brightest bulb but a raging meatsheild he is lol
I'm happy I have no idea what you guys are talking about at allSecond, now that I know you're a Buckeyes fan, I can exact a little revenge for the Crimson Tide. >:DWhew! Glad I'm an Appalachian State Mountaineer!
Football (The 'Murican version) is what we're talking about. OSU beat Alabama in the playoffs for the National championship, so no Rammer Jammer that game. :(
Australia has a completely different type of football again. So we refer to soccer, American football, and football. Though we often refer to Australian rules football ('Aussie rules') as 'footy' (because we shorten everything if possible). It's actually pretty fun to watch an Aussie rules match - tackling isn't allowed, but you can 'mark' (ie, jump on someone else, using their body as a springboard to help you catch the ball). And from what little I've seen of American football, our version involves more kicking :p
The use of feet in a game called "foot"ball is highly overrated...
Alrighty, I'm off to work. Try not to save the world without me!
Angels and Demons... Karas, I hope you're ok with a little celestial animosity (to start out, at least)! :)
You kidding? I figured it'd be a running gag :p
Well, I just sent Tchirash Suntouched a PM. Hopefully she'll answer, otherwise, I gotta pick someone else. o_0
Guys, I hope I'm not overdoing it with Neile. She's a bit crazy, and I'm trying to show that with her speech, but I don't want it to be annoying. If it starts to intrude on people's fun, just let me know. I plan on having her eventually cope better with it anyway, but I can nudge it along if it grows tiresome.
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Not tiring so far. She's actually doing a good job of convincing Ulfr that she's a seer or shaman.
Gah, sorry about that, I thought recruiting went on till today! I'm here and ready to go. :D
Bimbur, you and I are in the same boat, although you have about 2 years on me ;) I'm from Wisconsin, and in one form or another I've been playing Tabletop RPGs for over 30 years, and it just never loses its appeal.
Hey! Good to see you, ms. Suntouched. :)
Hail, hail, the gang's all here and I don't have to worry about who I have to pick! :D
I'll be moving things along when I get the chance. I'll also be setting up the battle map soon. If you want a particular image to represent your character, provide a link to it and I'll do the rest. All I ask is that it it's at least 100 x 100 pixels.
Just for clarity sake, Tchirash is pronounced almost like "cherish"
Salsa - there's a link in the alias for Tchirash's pic, which should be able to be scaled down to a token.
My avatar pic here is fine with me
By the way, if some of my posts seem out of sequence a bit, it's only because I have cross-posted with you guys like four times, now! I must take too long crafting my posts, or something....
Nah, this always happens in the beginning. We're just getting into or skins is all. It'll work itself out eventually.
By the way, if some of my posts seem out of sequence a bit, it's only because I have cross-posted with you guys like four times, now! I must take too long crafting my posts, or something....
Yep that works. And don't worry about the cross posting. That's the beautiful thing about PBPs, you can always rewind stuff without derailing what's currently going on.
Soooo, it just kinda dawned on me that Tchirash is pretty much the healer for the group. Going to be interesting to see how the warpriest handles that.