tin_man |
JohnnyCat/Tin man, Darthrancor/Isedranl and Olaf the Holy, please post in discussion as well.
JohnnyCat/Tin man, do you have the link to the google docs or was that someone else that was helping me?
Aye, I do.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_9YW0UTP06LRhzHvVH-Acgnr2XB6pYnpC-qiFZP GivA/edit
My character is ready. When the time comes please read and review my sheet carefully as there are many details and it's better to clear everything beforehand.
Garret Ironheart |
Garret looking great! I think it is only missing quests, though those were optional, considering your background you would likely know of at least one quest.
Quest 2: Remembers an early game quest to acquire a magical backpack which functions like an extradimensional vault that grows along with your power; given by a distraught Leatherworker Witch, who has a very large commision to fill, that needs a ton of a special spider silk for the lining.
Event: There was a Halloween Event, Cthulu-based, that if you survived the madness-inducing "Haunted House" you could bathe a single weapon/armor in the altar's blood pool at the exit to give: weapon- stacking crit range or multiplier; armor- stacking fortification or improved dex/acp
Were at the bottom of my sheet. Was figuring there was around 6 months to a year of Beta before official release.
Ise'dranl |
Darthrancor/Ise'Dranl checking in. I'm still working on my ideas for the quests and the event. (Yumeakira/Garret Ironheart got to the idea I had for the event first. ;P)
GM Wolf |
Sorry Garret I must have missed them. Great quest ideas. Trust me I will likely use the core idea of your quests if not all of them.
Do remember the game has fallen away from the structure of the game and the quests may be harder to find, change somehow, etc. Understand it will be a complete restart from aphla and beta playing.
Ise'dranl, you may make a different Halloween event, it could possibly be in a different part of the world or just another event happening.
Tin_Man, there is a lot to read and understand. I will get back to it tomorrow.
Here is what I got so far:
Admin: x
Alpha: x
Beta: Garret
New player: Tin_Man?, Ise'dranl?, Aien Exalmim?, Olaf the Holy?
Garret Ironheart |
Sorry Garret I must have missed them. Great quest ideas. Trust me I will likely use the core idea of your quests if not all of them.
Do remember the game has fallen away from the structure of the game and the quests may be harder to find, change somehow, etc. Understand it will be a complete restart from aphla and beta playing.
Ise'dranl, you may make a different Halloween event, it could possibly be in a different part of the world or just another event happening.
Tin_Man, there is a lot to read and understand. I will get back to it tomorrow.
Here is what I got so far:
Admin: x
Alpha: x
Beta: Garret
New player: Tin_Man?, Ise'dranl?, Aien Exalmim?, Olaf the Holy?
considering i wasn't an actual beta tester and got the information second-hand there's also the possibility of misinformation
Bastion The Flaming Juggernaut |
@Garret, I loved the leatherworking quest, I remember collecting a lot of spider silk in WOW for leatherworking :D
@GM Wolf, if you want one of us to be an alpha I could do that, otherwise I'll be a beta. I think someone that rolls a tank from the get-go understands the nature of MMOs.
I added a bit of physical description. I noticed Ifrit and Sylph normally hate each other :O good thing we're meta-gaming :D
GM Wolf |
Ok, good to know Garret.
Here is what I got so far:
Admin: x
Alpha: x
Beta: x
New player: Garret, Tin_Man?, Ise'dranl?, Aien Exalmim?, Olaf the Holy?
Let me know if I missed you or if you should be under a different classification. If you want to be an Alpha character PM me. Beta players only real requirement is that you have the two quests and an event on your character sheet. You might want to have a bit of background in the game already for a Beta player, a requirement for Aplha.
I may have you add a personality and physical description spoiler as well.
Ise'dranl |
Finished with fluff, can add more if required. I'm in the same position as Garret on the Beta/New Player thing.
Aien Exalmim |
Wait. Are the quests and events only for Beta players?
In other news: dot.
GM Wolf |
Here are a few more things that I would like you to adjust on your character sheets:
Vital statistics:
Put your vital stats, expended charges and active conditions in your forum tag line. It really helps for those situations when a GM needs to make a roll for the whole party (eg. everyone makes a reflex save). That means I can easily do the rolls, resolve all the effects and move the game along in a single post.
When you edit the profile for your alias, anything that appears these fields will appear on your tagline in posts on a PbP thread (in this order):
1. Gender
2. Race
3. Classes/Levels
All you need to do is put your vital stats in these three fields and you are good to go. Formatting goes a long way. Here is some code from one of my PbP characters (with extra spaces before the the "ooc" so that the code doesn't get parsed... silly Paizo not allowing [noparse] tags):
Gender: [ ooc]Male[/ooc]
Race: [ ooc]NG Half-Orc[/ooc] _ HP: 45/49, [ ooc]AC: 23 _ T: 14 _ FF: 19[/ooc] _ Perception +5, Darkvision 60 ft., [ ooc]Initiative: +4,[/ooc] Fort +8 _ Ref +5 _ Will +4 (+7 vs. fear), [ ooc] CMB: +11, CMD: 31,[/ooc] Speed: 30
Classes / levels: [ ooc]Acrobatics +9,[/ooc] Bluff -1, [ ooc]Climb +11,[/ooc] Diplomacy -1, [ ooc]Escape Artist +4,[/ooc] Handle Animal +3, [ ooc]Heal +3,[/ooc] Intimidate +7, [ ooc]Linguistics +1,[/ooc] Ride +9, [ ooc]Stealth +4,[/ooc] Survival +8, [ ooc]Swim +11[/ooc] _ Active conditions: 4 non-lethal damage _ [ ooc]Wand (CLW) charges: 12/50[/ooc]
Note how I've used "ooc" tags to alternate the color of each snippet of info to make it more readable. Note also that the Paizo forums will make your tagline bold no matter what you do, so "b" is a useless tag (hence my use of "ooc"). If you run out of room in one field (I think there is a character limit) then just put part of the information into a preceding field.
Skills: CS=class skill
Acrobatics +1 (0 ranks, +1 Dex,) (0 ACP)
Bluff +, (1 rank, +2 Cha)
Climb +4, (0 ranks, +4 Str) (0 ACP)
Diplomacy +6, (1 rank, +3 CS, +2 Cha)
Heal -1 (0 ranks, -1 Wis)
Intimidate, +5, (0 rank, +3 CS, +2 Cha)
Knowledge (-) +0, (0 ranks, +0 Int)
Linguistics +0, (0 ranks, +0 Int)
Perception -1 (0 ranks, -1 Wis)
Ride +5 (0 ranks, +3 CS +2 Dex)(0 ACP)
Sense Motive -1 (0 ranks, -1 Wis)
Stealth +2 (0 ranks, +2 Dex) (0 ACP)
Survival -1, (0 ranks ,-1 Wis)
Swim +4, (0 ranks, +4 str) (0 ACP)
Skills: CS=class skill
Acrobatics +1 (0 ranks, +1 Dex,) (0 ACP)
Appraise +, ( rank, +3 CS, + Int)
Bluff +, ( rank, +3 CS, + Cha)
Climb +, ( ranks, + Str) (0 ACP)
Craft (Armor) +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Int)
Diplomacy +, ( rank, +3 CS, + Cha)
Disable Device +, ( rank, +3 CS, + Dex)
Disguise +, ( rank, +3 CS, + Cha)
Escape Artist +, ( rank, +3 CS, + Dex)
Fly +, (1 rank, +3 CS, + Dex)
Handle Animal +, ( rank, +3 CS, + Cha)
Intimidate +, ( rank, +3 CS, + Cha)
Knowledge (arcana) +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Int)
Knowledge (dungeoneering) +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Int)
Knowledge (engineering) +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Int)
Knowledge (geography) +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Int)
Knowledge (history) +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Int)
Knowledge (local) +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Int)
Knowledge (nature) +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Int)
Knowledge (nobility) +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Int)
Knowledge (planes) +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Int)
Knowledge (religion) +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Int)
Linguistics +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Int)
Perception +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Wis)
Perform +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Cha)
Profession +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Wis)
Ride +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Dex)
Sense Motive +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Wis)
Sleight of Hand +, ( ranks,, +3 CS, + Dex) (0 ACP)
Spellcraft +0, (0 ranks, +0 Int)
Stealth +, (0 ranks, + Dex) (0 ACP)
Survival +, (0 ranks ,+ Wis)
Swim +, (0 ranks, + Str) (0 ACP)
Use Magic Device +, (0 ranks, + Cha)
Here is what I got so far:
Admin: x
Alpha: x
Beta: Tin_Man (or Alpha with the boon arm/your choice), Aien Exalmim
New player: Garret, Ise'dranl, Olaf the Holy?
Aien, quests and events are for all players to add if they want. If you were an alpha or beta player you would need to have them.
GM Wolf |
Tin_man, considering your extensive arm, I could see you having it because of being in the game before, either being an alpha or a beta player.
Yup, sorry Bastion. I do agree with you being a beta player.
Has anyone heard from Olaf? Bastion would you PM him please and any others that might have slipped through the cracks. Thank you.
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Here is what I got so far:
Admin: x
Alpha: Tin_Man ?
Beta: Bastion, Aien Exalmim
New player: Garret, Ise'dranl, Olaf the Holy?
Bastion The Flaming Juggernaut |
Sure, that's fine. I've just been calling it a bit of corrupted code
Could be either a class that was removed from the game, but they didn't delete alpha characters with it (or they just missed yours). Could also be an alpha pre-order bonus, although I like the former better.
@Wolf I can send Olaf a PM and see if we missed anyone else
GM Wolf |
Here is what I got so far:
Admin: x
Alpha: Tin_Man
Beta: Bastion, Aien Exalmim
New player: Garret, Ise'dranl
Please post in gameplay according to the spoilers. If someone else is posting in your temple as well, you may look at their spoiler and likely interact with them.
All players know that there will be a big announcement at Noon, which is in 3 hours. You have 3 hours gameplay to explore until the announcement happens. Which means you have two days at the latest to make your posts otherwise you login, and get spawned to the announcement ceremony.
Lithganar "BOARD" Tinvaak |
Wonderful...more words to read...I only have an INT of 7...I can speak common...kinda.
Garret Ironheart |
Take into consideration your character's ability scores are like 'system correction' for your avatar's actions and abilities based off those scores and not a reflection of your player abilities. So, you could have an INT of 3 and still be able to speak like Shakespeare, you just wouldn't be able to cast spells from INT if you were a full-caster.
At least, that's the way I understand it. Maybe, the 'system correction' just makes it difficult for you to read or something along those lines.
Of course, as this is the very beginning of the game, before the 'announcement', you could roleplay at that level of intelligence.
Bastion The Flaming Juggernaut |
Yeah as Wolf says, we're the players, not the characters really. I began how I would play an MMORPG, look at stuff that would be relevant to the player, talk OOC and like its a game "LFG Tank! Come on stop RPing you nerds, lets go skill up and get some loot!" :D
haha I thought I'd be the strong guy with str 18, I'm one of 2 characters with str 18, and tin_man has 20 :D ...I REALLY hope there are a lot of "lifting quests"
Bastion The Flaming Juggernaut |
Bastion you need stuff to increase your AC or con, either spells or specials.
Yeah, more HP and CON are next on the to-do list and getting my AC up. I'm very much a "level 1 tank" right now, as in a tank only in name
Bastion The Flaming Juggernaut |
when i think 'tank', i envision a person in full plate with a tower shield with ridiculous amounts of health and some way to taunt the opponent.
Agreed, but as a lvl 1 MMORPG tank you're more likely to be "warrior with 10% extra health and 10% higher armor" :D With a few skill-ups Bastion will become a fortress of a man ...er ifrit ;D
Lithganar "BOARD" Tinvaak |
Armoured Fighter is a subclass in pathfinder that gives you Damage Reduction up to DR 20/- that means DR on everything...arrows won't phase you much at that point. Than you get a tower shield enchanted with Arrow Catching and your a real tank! Intimidating Prowess is a must at that point as well as Improved Bull Rush and Improved Overrun. AC between 30 and 35 but much higher when moving. Tank builds rock! (Sorry, being a big nerd is my thing...that's why I wanted to bring in an Oracle Seer, Mystery of Time, Curse of Tongues, Deity Nethis...but I couldn't figure out how to get it to fit. So I brought a simple Human Punch Dude, Battle Tactic of Hit With Board. Much easier to fit into this campaign.)
Bastion The Flaming Juggernaut |
Armoured Fighter is a subclass in pathfinder that gives you Damage Reduction up to DR 20/- that means DR on everything...arrows won't phase you much at that point. Than you get a tower shield enchanted with Arrow Catching and your a real tank! Intimidating Prowess is a must at that point as well as Improved Bull Rush and Improved Overrun. AC between 30 and 35 but much higher when moving. Tank builds rock! (Sorry, being a big nerd is my thing...that's why I wanted to bring in an Oracle Seer, Mystery of Time, Curse of Tongues, Deity Nethis...but I couldn't figure out how to get it to fit. So I brought a simple Human Punch Dude, Battle Tactic of Hit With Board. Much easier to fit into this campaign.)
haha nerds are good, they do their research :D Thanks for the tips. I'm still reading up on all these endless classes, I did my fair share of MMO tanking, which is where my tank love comes from. It's kinda funny this, all the old MMO jargon and my playstyle is very much how I'm playing Bastion. Running to points that seem to provide useful info, run everywhere, no RPing, just kill and level up, if it's not gear or XP it's not useful hehehe
Lithganar "BOARD" Tinvaak |
I'm a multi-tasker...I do a lot of things at once, but in order, to make sure I complete things I need. Always shooting for prerequisites and qualifications for the next best thing. Always shooting to be better than I am. So, Board is a personification of that part of me. He tries to better himself but focuses on what he can't do a little. Sometimes he just needs to be pointed in the right direction and told to do what he does best, hit with board. In fact, he is amazing at that. With his feats, whenever he uses an improvised weapon in a full round attack, he is always going against flat footed AC and does 1D8 plus strength even at level one. Great DPS!
Garret Ironheart |
@Bastion: you could take the jotungrip from Titan Mauler to use a 2-hander along with heavy armor and shield, that would help with your dpr...somewhat.
i remembered wrong it's not goad it's Antagonize
Bastion The Flaming Juggernaut |
@Bastion: you could take the jotungrip from Titan Mauler to use a 2-hander along with heavy armor and shield, that would help with your dpr...somewhat.
i remembered wrong it's not goad it's Antagonize
Antagonize could be a good idea, thanks. But there's no need for the Jotungrip, you guys do the dps, I'd rather take -2 to attack to improve my AC and instead grab some defensive feat/special
I've been looking at Shielded Fighter , Sacred Shield and something similar, there's a paladin focused on armor like the Sacred Shield is focused on shield. I think I'll need some self-heals like lay on hands too. I'm also very interested in getting proper DR and IF possible Fast Healing.
Garret Ironheart |
Garret Ironheart wrote:@Bastion: you could take the jotungrip from Titan Mauler to use a 2-hander along with heavy armor and shield, that would help with your dpr...somewhat.
i remembered wrong it's not goad it's Antagonize
Antagonize could be a good idea, thanks. But there's no need for the Jotungrip, you guys do the dps, I'd rather take -2 to attack to improve my AC and instead grab some defensive feat/special
I've been looking at Shielded Fighter , Sacred Shield and something similar, there's a paladin focused on armor like the Sacred Shield is focused on shield. I think I'll need some self-heals like lay on hands too. I'm also very interested in getting proper DR and IF possible Fast Healing.
For the DR I'd pick up either Invulnerability or Armored Defense.
Invulnerability you could get up to DR 10/-, and Armored Defense you could get up to DR 15/- (if you wear adamantine heavy armor)
For Fast healing you could get either Celestial or Infernal Healing spells, or somehow get an Eidolon's Fast Healing. There's probably other sources but i'm too lazy to sift for 'em right now.
tin_man |
Not really, I believe there was an event coming soon?
Besides access to maneuvers: armiger's mark, aegis, clad in steel, tactical acumen, stalwart.
Armament Shield and Zweihander Training from the Zweihnader Sentinel archetype are also more useful than running sword and board. According to the developer Armament Shield works exactly like a shield so any shield-based abilities you may have still function.
Boots of the Earth for fast healing
Bastion The Flaming Juggernaut |
Some good points, with Armament Shield however I can't get shield enchantment bonuses (I'll be going for a +5 shield with tons of addons sooner or later). Aegis is fine, but I was thinking of Holy Shield (from Sacred Shield, link above) instead, as it will probably be higher AC bonus.
Armiger's Mark though is a very good idea
On a side note:
I started watching .hack to get into the spirit for this (seen Log Horizon, SAO, Tower of Druaga, Is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon, already). This series seems SO slow and so little happening, just at S01E10 now but struggling to go on. I want more Log Horizon T.T
GM Wolf |
@Garret, I would say Active Conditions.
I know what you mean Bastion, the animes just take too long, or is that on purpose to drag it out. Then we are only stuck with one or two seasons. I got to check out Tower of Druaga.
Should I extend the announcement to be done after a third day (in 20 hours) or make it tomorrow morning? Vote by tomorrow morning (in 8 hours), I will do the highest voted.
Bastion The Flaming Juggernaut |
Agreed, extension, I'm on a quest similar to the Aesir when they were making Gleipnir to tie up Fenrir
@tin_man: haha I think we're approaching it from different directions, just as we talked about with the games. I loved Log Horizon because the MMORPG "system2 is so familiar to me, I'm in the exact same mind-space of seeing it as a mechanical system.