GM Odea's Short Adventure Playtest PBP (Inactive)

Game Master Odea

Here's the discussion thread; at present I'm expecting the following players (and have sent PMs accordingly):

Sinblade06
.....Half-Elf Rogue 4

davidvs
.....Any pregen (lvl 4)

Daron Woodson/Abandoned Arts
.....Any pregen (lvl 4)

GM Razor/Ravagwen Darksbane
.....Druid 4

Here and reporting for duty.

Sin: Woof!

He spins his dagger around before holstering it. "Let's do this."

Ah; glad to see this took off.

Can I get a link to the pregens? I'm thinking inquisitor.

A heads-up: I'm a ghost on the weekends.

You can find the pregens here on the right side of the page under Free Downloads.

We do need a healer, and Inquisitors are really good ranged characters since they're proficient with the Repeating Crossbow. I think the Pregen has its own weapons though.

Oh, yikes. There are only pregens for fighters, clerics, rogues, wizards, and the three Ultimate Combat Classes. No matter; a buddy of mine creates legal pregens on the pathfinderdb.

I'll level one of these up to 4th today and post it as an alias.

I think the official pregens only include Cleric, Fighter, Rogue, Wizard from Core Rulebook and then Gunslinger, Ninja and Samurai from Ultimate Combat.

If you're really tied to playing an inquisitor, I can throw one together pretty quickly, but since I've never played one myself I can't guarantee reasonable choices will be made.

I'm happy to not pick, but take whatever class helps the party be "filled out" properly.

So as soon as DW/AA picks his PC, I'll look (and advice from y'all is welcome) to see what the group needs.

I know Sinblade and he makes a TON of inquisitors. He could probably also throw one together if need be. As to what the party fully needs, Probably a healer or Arcane caster. I have a few pops of cure light along with a wand of cure light so as to not worry as much.

Well, if GM Odea is offering to make custom pregens, should I ask for a Hedge Witch? That's the easiest way to do both healer and arcane caster. (Odd that there is no official Bard pregen. That would seem another sensible solution.)

I do find that rather odd. I would have done a druid pregen since Ravagwen is actually 6th level and I delevled her to fit in here. A hedge witch sounds like it would work, then we have the main components to a rather successful party.

Looking over the Hedge Witch, it is a pretty good looking class. You can work that class if you wish, I'm ok with it. Expect a little bit of ridicule from Dalligar. ;)

If you want me to throw together an Inquisitor for you, I can. I'll base it off the Iconic Inquisitor to keep things as true to PFS as possible.

If you want me to build one for you based off of your own prefs, I can do that too. Send me a PM with the stuff you know you want and I'll get it set up.

Looking over the Hedge Witch, it is a pretty good looking class. You can work that class if you wish, I'm ok with it. Expect a little bit of ridicule from Dalligar. ;)

No preference. Witch, Bard, whatever the group needs.

(Do folks have a preference for a Debuffer or a Buffer? Do we need a walking library of Bardic Knowledge? Want to try the great fun of a Rogue in the same party as a Street Performer Bard? Also, a Witch can invest one Hex/Feat to be able to speak with any Animal at will: this might help our Druid, and perhaps an Inquisitor with the Feather Domain.)

I played through books two and three of Kingmaker as a Hedge Witch. I know the class and archetype well up to about seventh level. I'm here to help with a playtest, not try a shiny and new PC. (If I am assigned the Witch and I get to pick something I'll suggest a Ratfolk. I'm currently digging Ratfolk, and a non-Gnome would help me enjoy a different flavor from that previous PC.)

If a Hedge Witch is the group's main healer then the Healing Patron is obviously if boringly appropriate.

(Who is Dalligar, by the way? You do not seem to be an Alias of GM Odea.)

Dalligar is actually Sinblade06's Character for this game. :)

This is up to you. I'm offering to build you one of the most kick@$$ Inquisitors you've ever seen.

If you want to go Witch, sure. If you want me to build you a character, sure.

Ah.

Well, I'm still waiting to hear back from Daron Woodson/Abandoned Arts. It is he who was considering an Inquisitor. No sense pursuing the Witch/Bard/? choice too much until we know if he picks the Inquisitor or something more arcane or healing.

Our GM might also have a preference. Playtesting a party of "3 damage dealers plus a buffer" is much different for how the encounters develop than "3 damage dealers plus a debuffer".

I don't have any preference really; the idea of the playtest is partly "make sure 4 people can sit down at a table with whatever they brought and play the encounters." Every group is going to be a little different; I'm largely concerned with getting the difficulty level about right (CR calculations are not perfect by any means).

As far as making a character for you, I'm willing to do so, but you're also welcome to grab your witch @ lvl 4 and re-work it to a ratfolk.

Somehow appear to have borked the thread, hoping this post fixes it.

Hoping this one will not break; not going to try to auto-connect it to a gameplay post (as that appears to be the break-factor).

Weird?

Were you able to see/read everything from the old thread?

Odd, I just logged on this morning and could not find it thought it was just my computer.

Hopefully we can continue without a mishap like that again.

So again, we have a rogue, a druid, most likely a Hedge Witch, and one undecided.

I've got traps, Ravagwen has animals and some melee, and the witch would have most of the healing and some arcane shtuff. All we really need is a full melee or a ranged character.

My offer of making an Inquisitor still stands.

Present and still waiting for Daron Woodson/Abandoned Arts...

(And I would not mind being more melee/ranged if he wants to do the healing and/or arcane.)

As to the old thread, I can access it by going to one of my posts (just click your alias) and then clicking "reply"-->it gets you the whole thread for that screen, but the new post doesn't fix the problem.

As to the new thread: Welcome!

Working on leveling a pre-made, society-legal inquisitor to 4. Almost done.

Working on leveling a pre-made, society-legal inquisitor to 4. Almost done.

Then I'll try to find time today to make the Hedge Witch, unless someone else wants to do that work.

(I am not familiar with "official pre-gen rules". What do we do past first level for hit points? Any other details I need to know about?)

Any requests for certain hex or spell choices? What skills should I cover for the party?

Does our GM mind if the PC is middle-aged since that meshes well with fourth level? Is the feat Ability Focus legal to apply to a single Hex?

I don't believe monster feats are legal, and I'm almost positive that age categories aren't. I'm not sure how hp is handled, though, come to think of it...

My inquisitor is done, except for equipment.

PFS legal characters are usually level 1, and start with 150 gp. Are we just doing standard wealth-by-level?

That inquisitor seems to have plenty of healing. The Druid can always help a bit too.

Why don't I just play the pre-gen of Ezren and we can start? He carries two CLW potions.

PFS HP for PC's only (not Animal companions etc) is Max at 1st level, then 1/2+.5 thereafter (so d6=4, d8=5, d10=6, d12=7)

There's no "official" pregen "rules" other than using the official pregens, but there are wealth-by-level guidelines that I noted in my original post (and reproduced below):

**Wealth-by-level ~6000g, I'll make it 7500, but no single item with a price greater than 5000g.

Ezren pre-gen is fine. You can even swap his spells around if you like.

I've never played a Wizard before. I'll just play him as written unless someone else suggests a swap of spells or other adjustments.

It does appear that his "Hand of the Apprentice" ability is miscalculated. Are we using it as published at +9 to hit? I think it should be +6 to hit (+4 from his INT Mod, +2 from BAB). (Not that a few tiny staff smacks are going to change the adventure significantly.)

Whelk, I like the build, just one thing:

If you're gonna take weapon focus, take it with a weapon you will actually be using, more than likely your Deity's favored weapon, which for Asmodeus is the mace.

For armor, I'd recommend the Breastplate. Best medium armor you can buy. If you want to enchant it, that is money well spent. If you make it Mithral, you won't be able to enchant it because Mithral Medium armor is an extra 4k, and you can't spend more than 5k on a single item.

Since you seem to be going the melee route instead of ranged, I'd recommend getting the best shield you can buy. +1 or +2 Heavy Steel is your best bet if you have the cash.

As for equipment and mundane adventure gear, that's up to you.

I'll be working out equipment this morning. Since I did take flames of the faithful, I guess I should grab a mace. Unfortunate, since my falchion proficiency comes free. I think I have a better idea than Weapon Focus.

Heavy Armor Proficiency.

By the way... for those who were as confused as I was: as it turns out (according to the manual), hp after 1st is the "high" average for your die (5 hp per level beyond 1st, for me). I'll be finishing the gear this morning.

Okay, I've replaced cure light wounds with a wand of the same, and I took divine power in its place (to make up for losing Weapon Focus). I grabbed Heavy Armor Proficiency and did my equipment. I am now stomping around in full plate with a heavy shield (and a birthmark for a divine focus).

For heals I've got infernal healing, cure moderate wounds, and a wand of cure light wounds. I've got good AC and saves, and I plan to walk around bopping people with my mace, using hell's corruption, healing, and throwing around shield of faith.

Note to GM: By default, I've got my shield on and my weapon stowed at all times.

Note to PCs: If you've got important, save-based effects you want to use, consider waiting for me to hit someone with hell's corruption first (there's no save). When and where appropriate, this will probably be my first priority in "serious" combats.

Ready to go whenever.

davidvs: Pregens are run as-is, even with their mistakes =p That's the way PFS runs 'em so I'll do the same.

Seems like everyone is ready to go at this point, so I'll create a gameplay thread and link it here in a little bit.

Playground created here! Dunno how long this will run, but I hope it's fun for everyone!

I'm going to be gone for the rest of the day, so I won't be updating until Tuesday morning Pacific time. Feel free to have your charaters chat/discuss/do whatever in the meantime if you wish.

It appears that the play-by-post setup is working properly again; I'm going to see if I can't get the first discussion thread merged with this one (though it's not a priority).

Yay discussion thread!

So the situation with Ravagwen is as follows:
She had to move, and where she moved doesn't have wifi, so the only way she can get internet access is to go off campus, and she can only do that on weekends.

So until she gets back, assume she's GM PC'd unless she's super, super important, like say she's the only one that can read some special piece of parchment.

Thanks for your patience guys!

Oh Master GM? We're waiting on you for what happens next.

Bumping the Discussion. Hopefully we can continue this.

Sorry for the overly-long winter delay. Continuing and hopefully finishing this fairly quickly.

Two things.

1: Is combat over?
2: What happened to Halycon that you had to GM PC him?

1) Combat is over; 2) I dunno where he went off to, but he wasn't responding after several days waiting so rather than let the thread die entirely I GM PCed him.