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Spheres of power is a fantastic system, it's a bit higher powered than regular Pathfinder in a lot of ways but the comparative power between classes is largely consistent. Mostly putting martial classes on the same power curve that casters get. I like the system a lot.
Dreamscarred Press handled it in a way that I think is really brilliant, they took the healer and gave it a mechanic that allows the class to heal the party, but also distribute spells to everyone and buff the party even with touch spells at a distance. All of this combined with the class makes a decent combatant making for a very solid healer that actually looks like a fun class to play as.
I've been reading on it some, not sure how I feel about the whole resonance thing though. It really just seems like a cure for a symptom rather than really addressing any fundamental issues. They brought it up as a way to "fix the cure light wand spam" when really the problem is that playing a healer is god-awful boring and nobody wants to play one. The only healer types that look engaging and capable of doing more than just heal is third party content.
I just need to edit my stats in my profile, but otherwise everything is finished. I figured we would all be away what with this being the week of the 4th but I had planned on doing the update on Thursday. Have a good 4th of July everyone.
Binding pattern is a really cool ability
Sure do, and a lot of the thinking I was doing was in relation to something you had said about the game with how it's sort of like a collaborative DM with all of us writing our own events and outcomes to them. I was originally planning on taking a few levels in monk because of the mechanical synergy it offers. But we aren't playing a strictly by the numbers game so it sort of makes it not really needed so much when I can just write how I want things to turn out most of the time. So! Cool stuff! Druids at level 7 get an upgrade to their animal companion so Strong Talon moves from medium to large size, and I can boost that to huge with a class feature and the enlarge person spell. A pretty nice gain!
I just need to update my profile. I had to think for a bit on what I would do for this next few levels and how I would continue to build the character.
Makes me think of fire and earth bending. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sUW8koRKik
I don't know what you mean by spit the stones, Herk.
Hey Herk, not sure if you noticed but I asked in character what it is that Stone and Flame are able to do, what kind of powers they have, but haven't gotten a response. Did you miss that question? Just busy maybe and haven't been able to respond? Glad you're still with us Graghhh
I've actually been saving Wild Shape for a special occasion that I haven't felt has been thematic enough to use it yet. I had to wait for level 6 to gain access to the form that would be good for what I had in mind. It will probably come into play next combat if I feel like it.
Monk, maybe brawler, the combination of the two really fits what I had in mind for the character.
Herk, there's a hero lab plugin for gestalt that you could play around with so you can see what it does. The short version of gestalt is that it lets you combine the best aspects of two classes, like for instance if you combine wizard and barbarian you get D12 HP dice, full BAB, and you keep the class abilities from both classes. It's a pretty good power boost, but I feel like we would need it if we are only a 3 man game.
Hey everyone! I'm back in the states and I have a computer once more! My laptop either somehow had the windows installation get corrupted or the hard drive is just flat out dead. It only shows X:/ curiously... (win10) I will write a quick post tomorrow.
That's unfortunate, so this brings up something that has been in the back of my mind in the event we did drop down to 3 people. Given your propensity to run very high difficulty settings I had thought about asking if the three of us could gestalt out characters. That way we could continue just the three of us and we could more adequately function in the manner a larger group could.
I think Graghhh is long gone :/
With all the new bloodlines that have come out since this was last updated what are the really solid choices for a Sorcerer focused on buffing/debuffing? Back in the thread from a few years ago someone said the author has not been seen in some time which is really sad because I would love to see this updated.
Graghhh? It's been two weeks...
It's been a while since we leveled, I feel like we should have one coming soon. Next level will provide some fun things for me.
Shadara? Graghhh
Though myself guilty of going for long stretches without posting I would love to find a way for us all to write more frequently
I've been in a village in southern China for the last few days without laptop or internet.
Glad to have you back, I wish you well.
Herk has been absent quite some time... Finals this week or something?
Words of power made part of the core! More effect words! =D Elemental affinity racial traits being more broad! Every single racial element affinity racial trait is ONLY for sorcerer? WHY!?? Make it work for all spell casting classes! More variety! Magic casting that deviates from the typical formula of Vancian and 3+mod per day! More archetypes that change the primary ability modifier. I really like playing Ninjas using wisdom instead of charisma, I personally like it more. Better rules for the automatic firearms from reign of winter. I know not everyone likes firearms in pathfinder, but this isn't a video game, a DM can simply say "no". Combat maneuvers that are viable from get go! No feat tax just to be usable! I think this is going to be implemented already? Rolled as acrobatics? Actual psionics! DreamScarred Press makes outstanding content where even a healer looks fun to play. Paizo should take note!
Psions have always worked like an even more flexible Sorcerer of course, but combining that with an utterly free form ability to reshuffle your powers list every day is maybe a *bit* much. Yet still they are limited by their power point pool. If they take nothing but a list of the top level powers they can choose they are seriously limiting the number of times they can manifest that day. Also, at level 10 they only know 6 powers, 11 at level 20. There's feats of course to take more but that trades away other options they have. I would really call it a stretch to say that is OP. So when I get up in the morning I manifest Share Pain 8 times, and I know take 1/8th of any damage I receive. Share pain is very specific in that it specifies "you and one willing creature", also, it has a built in specified range restriction where if you go beyond close range the effect ends. The rules of share pain are quite specific, so I say by the rule of thumb "specific trumps general" no way Jose. I would also say that stacking it 8 times is cheesier than a Kraft factory and all that you would accomplish doing it 8 times is switch who your chosen participant is and waste a bunch of PP.
I will wait to see if anything happens from putting on the bracers before I continue
Herk I sent you a PM, telling you here because of the recent UI change.
Yeah, writing a long post can take up a ton of time. Keeping it short is nice.
Hah! I must have passed over that section 5 times already. Thanks!
Somewhere back way long ago the name of the Rakshasa was given to my character, but I can't find it. =(
Well that's confusing. I can see it being interpreted both ways...
Isn't reach a size-dependent effect, though? Being a natural side effect of Large size and tall stature. Everything on D20PFSRD about it gives every indication that you are correct. http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/combat/space-reach-threatened-area-te mplates/
Not sure if anyone noticed, but Throat Slicer reduces a coup de grace to a standard action.
How do melee rogues function effectively at higher levels? This is beautiful and I would love to see a detailed build.
I think Throat Slicer might just make for a semi-competitive Shifter build. Seemingly VERY good against a single strong target. Just a preliminary build out, it's 6:00AM so this is not at all a complete thought... Human (+2 Dex) Bonus feat: Agile maneuvers Abilities: Max out dex Take Tiger form for the dex bonus on minor form, and the grab ability granted by major form. Trait: serpentine squeeze for +1 grapple CMB Feats:
Equipment:
Idea being get as much damage stacked on to a coup de grace as you can. Go for a grapple and pin, then coup de grace.
So some drawbacks that come to mind right away is that it takes 3 rounds to set up, being vulnerable while grappling moreso than Tetori, and vulnerable to freedom of movement... However, with this you will have a higher CMB to grapple than a Tetori monk being SAD and full BAB, potentially deliver an absolutely absurdly high DC save or die against fortitude. So against very strong single targets you can actually get a hold of this seems pretty good! Or, alternatively, grab them and rake them into ribbons? Not sure how the damage compares.
We'll go with a cursory investigation for that post, and the most recent one I am writing being more in depth.
Past week has been completely insane. Kunming -> HK -> Guangzhou -> Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) -> Phu Quac (Vietnam) -> Ho Chi minh -> Shanghai When I get a moment to breath I will write an update
I have a code for it but I don't have it installed on my laptop. I'm also going on business trips back to back to back so the chances of me installing it let alone keeping it up to date are about zero.
I like how Ugmug's reveal and line about visiting because of Shadara ties in with the death of Jerram and Richard. Didn't see that on the horizon.
Dun, dun, duuuun!
On an extended business trip, been bouncing between cities since last Saturday. I won't be anywhere I can sit down and take some time for myself until probably the first weekend in December.
Greetings from Shanghai! I have been under the impression that this is still in the realm of write our own narrative but nobody seems to have any idea of where they would like to guide the narrative.
He didn't specify, so I believe you have the creative freedom to write out how you would like the scene to play out for your character. Much of the story, events, and NPC interactions for my own character were my own writing. It's kind of like a D&D collaborative storytelling.
Glad it wasn't any worse than it was, wishing you a speedy recovery.
I don't know if you're aware, but when we set the campaign up Herk asked us to make a profile on the details page that essentially has the character sheet on it. For Example: Shadara's sheet
What kind of character is Zoey? You haven't made up a character sheet yet.
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