The Elusive Jackalope |
TEJ's Reign of Winter Campaign: The Snows of Summer
I'm looking for 4 players who are able to post at least once per day. We will be using the medium XP track for character advancement and we will not be using the optional rules for hero points. I'll keep this thread open to submissions until 10 AM (central time) on Friday 2/22/13, and I'll make my final decision regarding the composition of the party around noon. We will begin by Monday 2/25/13 at the latest, but potentially as early as Friday evening. If you are not chosen for the initial party I may still contact you in the future to see if you are interested in joining if, for whatever reason, a position becomes available.
Please familiarize yourself with the content in the Reign of Winter Player's Guide. If we finish The Snows of Summer before The Shackled Hut is released on March 20th, then we will take a brief hiatus until then before continuing.
Character submissions should:
Gathrix Darkwine |
Here is my
My campaign trait has a roll associated with that I will roll it now and then be completly finished.
Hex Nails1d4 ⇒ 1
Captain Roger Stephens |
Whack-a-Rogue here with my submission. Info's in the profile. I'd welcome any feedback, as I'm new to the PbP format.
Back to PbP: I'll post a minimum of once a day, but I tend to check the forums every few hours, so it'll really depend on the rest of the party's posting frequency. If you need anything else from me, please ask/let me know. Thanks for your time and consideration.
Mihajlo Velickovic |
Manzcar, really mate you need to stop that! Each and every time you beat me for a nice idea...looks like we're playing too many PbP's together :-) J/k a bit mate, I liked your idea but at the moment I have no idea of my own. Downloading the guide right now, so we'll see what kind of inspiration might hit me ;-)
Captain Roger Stephens |
Thanks for catching that; it's taken much revision to make Stephen's stats match my character concept. I found and corrected a couple other minor errors (I had an extra skill point and forgot to add the summon monster SLA) but should be set now.
I see Stephen as a 'face' character who does his best to "talk enemies down" and only fights as a last resort. He'll spend most of his time outside his "eidolon suit", as the fusing process happens unconsciously in times of need. After all, he's technically getting possessed by the spirit of his relative, so it's not like he has any control over the eidolon. :-) Let me know if you have any feedback or need more information.
Phillip0614 |
Do you mind if I submit more than one character to the thread, TEJ? I've got one ready to go right now, but I've recently started toying with another idea in my mind of a character that's more than a one-trick pony, as it were. Would you be willing to give them both a look-see, or should I only submit one?
Digger Chandler |
Got the crunch on paper for my Fighter. His build is fairly vanilla meatshield, but it's going to be all about his personality. Farm kid full of wonder at the beauty of the world at large, thirsty for experiences like his grandfather had up north. He's not particularly smart or charismatic, so learning to use a sword and shield was his way out.
Manzcar |
Manzcar, really mate you need to stop that! Each and every time you beat me for a nice idea...looks like we're playing too many PbP's together :-) J/k a bit mate, I liked your idea but at the moment I have no idea of my own. Downloading the guide right now, so we'll see what kind of inspiration might hit me ;-)
LOL no we need more together never enough RP for me.
DM Jelani |
Thanks for catching that; it's taken much revision to make Stephen's stats match my character concept. I found and corrected a couple other minor errors (I had an extra skill point and forgot to add the summon monster SLA) but should be set now.
I see Stephen as a 'face' character who does his best to "talk enemies down" and only fights as a last resort. He'll spend most of his time outside his "eidolon suit", as the fusing process happens unconsciously in times of need. After all, he's technically getting possessed by the spirit of his relative, so it's not like he has any control over the eidolon. :-) Let me know if you have any feedback or need more information.
You do realize it takes 10 minutes to summon your eidolon right?
This is Hinrik up above by the way.
Zahim Dhal |
DM Jelani wrote:You do realize it takes 10 minutes to summon your eidolon right?I just double-checked; it's a 1min summon. There's also the summon eidolon spell as Feral mentioned. I figure if it looks like danger's imminent, the eidolon pops out.
I checked your character out; Aasimar is not a race mentioned in any of the aforementioned permitted books and as such would likely be ruled invalid. Just a heads-up.
The Elusive Jackalope |
Phillip0614:
I don't conceal dice rolls, except in rare circumstance, and allow them to fall as they may.
I believe that the 3.5/PF rules are very supple and can be applied to most situations, minimizing the need to make questionable adjucations or inhibit player control.
I prefer to run semi-linear adventures; not a railroad yet not quite a sandbox. Prebuilt campaigns tend to limit the scope more than I like, but The Snows of Summer seems well written.
I see it as my job to present a prepared, coherant world (including potentional antagonists and whatever their plans may be) to project the consequences of the PC's actions upon it, to let the PCs interact with it as they see fit, and little else. I'm fairly minimalist in that regard.
I'm aware that I am human and flawed. I will make an incorrect rules call at some point (though the PBP format makes such things less common due to having the luxury of being able to double check rules before posting), and at that point I invite you to identify it so it can be corrected.
While running games I have a tendency to be overly verbose in my descriptions. I'm working on that.
Phillip0614 |
Phillip0614:
I don't conceal dice rolls, except in rare circumstance, and allow them to fall as they may.
I believe that the 3.5/PF rules are very supple and can be applied to most situations, minimizing the need to make questionable adjucations or inhibit player control.
I prefer to run semi-linear adventures; not a railroad yet not quite a sandbox. Prebuilt campaigns tend to limit the scope more than I like, but The Snows of Summer seems well written.
I see it as my job to present a prepared, coherant world (including potentional antagonists and whatever their plans may be) to project the consequences of the PC's actions upon it, to let the PCs interact with it as they see fit, and little else. I'm fairly minimalist in that regard.
I'm aware that I am human and flawed. I will make an incorrect rules call at some point (though the PBP format makes such things less common due to having the luxury of being able to double check rules before posting), and at that point I invite you to identify it so it can be corrected.
While running games I have a tendency to be overly verbose in my descriptions. I'm working on that.
Thanks a bunch TEJ! I hope that that wasn't an unusual question to ask; I don't at all mind overly verbose descriptions. I'm of the philosophy of thought that adjectives are our friends.
Turns out I've got one further question, though, that didn't occur to me until I was looking over one of my build plans. The Barbarian build that I've been working on is a lot more effective if, at a later level, I take the feat Boon Companion from the book Pathfinder Chronicles: Seeker of Secrets. It would allow me to treat the Mounted Fury Barbarian's mount as if it were four levels higher, which would make the mount equal to barbarian level instead of level - 4. Your intro post says only material from CRB/APG/UM/UC/RoW PG, so I wanted to ask about that before I go with the Barbarian build.
The Elusive Jackalope |
Turns out I've got one further question, TEJ. The Barbarian build that I've been working on is a lot more effective if, at a later level, I take the feat Boon Companion from the book Pathfinder Chronicles: Seeker of Secrets. It would allow me to treat the Mounted Fury Barbarian's mount as if it were four levels higher, which would make the mount equal to barbarian level instead of level - 4. Your intro post says only material from CRB/APG/UM/UC/RoW PG, so I wanted to ask about that before I go with the Barbarian build.
I would prefer to keep things limited to the aforementioned books. I don't believe that there is anything wrong with the feat itself, but I am hesitant to set the precedent of allowing outside material, should someone get upset that I allowed something outside of the core rules plus APG, UC, and UM for one player but not another. I understand that most things are not unbalancing, but I like to keep the material used to what I am most familiar with. Basically, I'm trying to only bite off what I'm sure I can chew.
If you have an excellent character concept that cannot function viably without it, however, I will consider allowing it if there is no objection to making a one-time exception from the players of the other characters chosen to be in the party.
Neltji |
Will have a half-Orc paladin presented for you tonight. With only 4 characters, the ability to cover both a healing and melee roll seems like the right approach for me.
I now you said you are hesitant to allow stuff from outside the four books, but given the context of the player's guide for RoW would you be willing to allow the half-orc racial trait substitution Shaman's Apprentice. It fits with the background and the campaign trait I am looking at taking. It removes the intimidation feature with the endurance feat.
Malick Dollskin |
And here is my (Digger's) FIGHTER. His name is Malick Dollskin, hailing from flat farmland in Andoran, but always dreaming of the epic adventures and mountains of his Ulfen grandfather's stories. He takes the worship of Desna and Shelyn more seriously than he's likely to admit, amazed at the beauty and freedom in the world around him. Above all, he wants to see the world and help people as best he can.
The Elusive Jackalope |
Neltji: Shaman's Apprentice is fine.
Phillip0614: I've decided that I'm fine with Boon Companion as well.
In fact, given the interest that people have in using an expanded group of material, I've decided that I will be a little more lax on the books allowed. Anything in the above books is free to use. Anything from other sources will be decided on a case by case basis and I may ask for some time to carefully review it and familiarize myself with it before deciding one way or the other. I am positive that I will shy away from custom races, however.
Cyrus Laskaris |
TEJ: Thanks a ton! This is Phillip0614 with my official submission.
Well...almost official. I've got to modify the background just a little to fit a campaign trait in, but I'm just going to add in that his parents were traveling diplomats that carted Cyrus around with them to many other nations as he grew up to fit in the Restless Wayfarer trait. I don't think it will require me to actually change any of the information; just add to it.
If you have any questions, please let me know!