Karanidia wrote:
In PFRPG, the idea of a more streamlined/unified body slot tracking system was introduced/refined. All stat bump items for physical stats were belts, all for mental stats became headbands. This removed the whole stacking issue when a person has Gloves of Ogre Strength and wants to put on a Belt of Giant Strength. Essentially, the upthread people are right. The GM is the final arbiter of their own game. PFRPG just supports their decision.
This was for the APG playtest, before they were "Order of the Cockatrice" and were still "Order of the Dragon", as I recall it. The Beloved Spouse (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!") still calls them Order of the Bastard, and I agree. I rolled up one of each, a Human Witch, a Halfling Oracle, an Elven Summoner and an Elven Cavalier. And sent them to a dungeon crawl. This went well, I guess, until we encountered a trap most foul involving time stop. The Witch died and the Oracle got frozen in time. The two Elves, being Elves and one of them being of THAT Order, abandoned their 'companions' after looting what they could from them and left. It was AWESOME!!!!
Gorbacz wrote:
Afternoon is that most wonderful time in the day where it's not too hot and not too cool. But that's Northern California Afternoon and does not apply anywhere but here.
A Planes-spanning saga of high magic and adventure. Starting small, of course, with glimpses into the Astral and/or Ethereal and then going full tilt boogie to the Outer Planes as interpreted by Pathfinder. The Planes through the Golarion viewer have always interested me since I re-re-re-re-re-re-read The Great Beyond. I literally wore the binding out, I was that engrossed.
James Jacobs wrote:
Ok, I'll confess. It was a ruse to see if you knew the countersign from "Ask A Ninja" which can be found in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lVSub2wsys
motteditor wrote:
Huh. Y'know, that's actually got some significant merit. As for everything upthread, sorry I fell off the planet for a while. To update, we've put the Kingmaker game into hibernation due to frayed nerves and a desire to gain some emotional distance before jumping back in with whatever solution avails itself. Will definitely update this thread when we resume and decide on a course of action.
Turin the Mad wrote:
Pitchforks and torches all around! Angry mob FTW!
redcelt32 wrote: Something similar to this might help un-dig your group out of the hole they currently find themselves in. Agreed. The High Priest of the realm is actually the highest level cleric we've got in the game. At 9th level. As he's an NPC, my Beloved Spouse (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!") is using some grognard joy to determine how NPC's level during the passing of time. Jhod has been invaluable and has come to the aid with reincarnate before. (The queen also bought the farm during a raid on some leezards much earlier in the AP) So, not really a threat of holy war, though that could be interesting from a story.
Valandil Ancalime wrote: If you don't mind me asking, why are you having such a high death rate? Depending on the answer I would be tempted to say #2(end the campaign and move on). Bad dice rolls and my own (damn fool) stubborn refusal to run when the fecal matter impacts the HVAC. The original ruler, which would be the Wiz/Cav/EK, stepped down from the throne in favor of letting his wife - the Cav/Bard - take the rule for a while. During a fairly routine outting, bad stuff happened and he went out in the most noble manner possible. He was at negative hits and could only act because he was a Half-Orc. The Dancing Queen had him grappled/pinned. He had one remaining bead of a necklace of fireballs and he detonated it at point blank range. This caused her to stop dancing, which allowed the rest of the party to finish her off. We could have reincarnated him almost immediately, but the dice crapped out and he would have come back as a Goblin. And, well, that's not acceptable in this game. So he stayed dead. Ever since then, worst luck ever for anyone filling his 'shoes'.
Erik Freund wrote:
The frustrating part of this? The King, heir to the throne etc died several sessions back. We filed in a replacement and his wife persevered. The Wizard/Cavalier/Eldritch Knight was replaced by Tabassum Wynstann, a Sorcerer/Dragon Disciple. Who died on the first encounter after entering Varnhold. (At the river, if need be said) We filed in a replacement for Tabassum after the remaining party had a Hitchcock experience and were forced to hide in a farm house overnight. This replacement was Quirinus Banjatha, a Diviner specialist Wizard from the nearby town who... cacked it and is Completely Unable To Be Raised... (I'm sure you know what did that, wink wink nudge nudge). We get Sasho Truegood, a Cleric/Ranger to replace Quirinus and that's when the whole party kicks it. My Beloved Spouse (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!") had entered the encounter with the promise that if we had to stop to write up a SINGLE character, she'd wipe the party in a 'rocks fall, everyone dies' sort of way. Well... here we are. *grins* Anyway, thanks for all the feedback everyone. I think that when the pain of the loss has gone, I'll have a good idea where to want to pick up.
So, I recently had the distinct honor of having a TPK at Varnhold when my party (a Cavalier/Bard, an Inquisitor/Cleric, a Life Mystery Oracle and a Cleric/Ranger) tried a daring raid on Varnhold Keep. Lots of bad spoilery stuff happened and the party is dead. The Queen and sole ruler was in that party, along with the Grand Diplomat and the Royal Assassin. Irrecoverably-ish dead. My Beloved Spouse (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!") and I have tabled discussion of resuming this game because of the emotional impact that the TPK caused. The emotional investment was just too high. When we do, however, have that discussion, the ideas that have been posited (in descending order of preference) are: 1) The Cavalier's horse made it clear of the slaughter and returned to civilization to let people know that the party was dead. A rescue/recovery mission is put forth to recover their bodies for reincarnation (no one in the area is quite high level enough to Raise Dead or the like, but we have at least one Druid with Reincarnate. The FNG's come to the rescue, evac the bodies and we carry on. 2) We let the end be the end, retire the AP and move on to something else. 3) We fudge the TPK somehow. What have others done in this situation?
As this is a Kingmaker game in my Beloved Spouse's (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!") long running homebrew world, there are some happy concessions to the history of the region. The Kingmaker AP is happening in a collapsed former empire known as the Bright Empire with all heraldry showing an argent (in the heraldic sense) stag, rampant on sable. As most people in the region remember "the good old days" of the Bright Empire, and those with no direct memory have second hand knowledge, I felt it would be best to tie the current government to the former. Thus, the national animal is the stag. The name of the nation is "The Free State of the Argent Stag" and the capital city, newly founded on the captured Stag Lord's Keep is Argentium.
100d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 6, 3, 1, 3, 6, 5, 5, 2, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 6, 5, 2, 6, 4, 4, 1, 1, 5, 5, 2, 2, 5, 5, 3, 6, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6, 5, 3, 6, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 2, 4, 4, 1, 6, 3, 2, 6, 3, 1, 5, 3, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 3, 2, 4, 5, 4, 6, 2, 2, 5, 2, 1, 4, 1, 4, 5, 6, 3, 3, 3, 1, 2, 6, 2, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 5, 3, 3, 3, 6, 1, 6, 1, 1, 6) = 369
Mikaze wrote:
I know this is MONTHS behind, but I thought I'd plug a bit. This being my homebrew, wherein: Orcs are the single most enlightened and lawful race on the planet;
There are Drow, most of them are surfacer hating but a large number have become topsiders themselves and thus are integrating with the other races. I don't think I've decided whether or not there are goblins, but I know that some parts of the world have 'civilized' Kobolds. Anyway, that's it for this ramble.
James Jacobs wrote:
So, with the tiny smidge of mojo you may or may not have left, any chance we could get that story here? If not, no big, but failing to ask would be lax of me.
James Jacobs wrote:
1) Awesome. 2) Nifty.3) Keen! 4) Rock on! 5) I like the cut of your gib, sir. *headtilt* Huh. I might have to think that over after I've gotten a bit of BRP under my belt. I'd been considering taking the books I already have (i.e. GURPS 4e) and bending those to the task at hand, then foisting said task on the aforementioned Beloved Spouse (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!") Is there a good way to anagram your name? I've tried, but can't manage a reasonable one.
Aberzombie wrote:
No, it makes you a parent. I'd change the 5 year olds to 3 year olds, give them pixie stix and chocolate and give the doctor a pistol with one bullet. Encourage him to 'do the honourable thing'...
My Beloved Spouse (Kobold Chorus: "We love you!") and I got to discussing time travel game. She asked from what region (temporal AND geographical) a hypothetical character I would want to play would be. Then asked for 4 more. Assuming actual Earth history, what would your top 5 characters home regions be? What game system would you use to run this?
Ringtail wrote:
... ...Gorramit, I REALLY want to play in this game. It sounds AWESOME!!!!
Having spent some time this evening discussing some of my favorite cartoons of the 80's and 90's, I'm curious. What are your favorite cartoons from the 80's?
Also, and corollary to the above, why can't Steven Spielberg quit making crappy movies and go back to making/producing great cartoons? Enquiring minds want to know.
So, without any spoilerificness, do you think that a Half-orc Wizard, a Half-elf Druid, a Human Cavalier (Order of the Lion) and a Rogue of unspecified race (who's probably going to add levels in Ranger later, if they survive) would be a good starting party for Kingmaker? I know that any party really works well with AP material, but I'm trying to keep it old school. (Arcane/Divine/Fighter/Thief)
BoggBear wrote:
And then I found THIS one: Revan: Whoa, slow down there. Yes, I did purchase you...HK-47: Explanation: Then you qualify as my master and I must refer to you as such. The legal requirements for models of my type are very specific, master. Revan: What legal requirements do you mean? HK-47: Answer: Simply that the distinction between 'killer' and 'killee' be a clear one. I cannot kill of my own volition, naturally. Revan: I don't think 'killee' is a word. HK-47: Expletive: Damn it, master, I am an assassination droid... not a dictionary!
BoggBear wrote:
If you've never played it, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and its sequel have an assassin droid named HK-47 who has a similar quality to his idiom. It's actually even more funny (in a darkly funny way) in my opinion. Some examples: Commentary: That's the way to tell the meatbags master! Charging weapons, just in case. This should be fun! Statement: Just a simple droid here, ma'am. Nothing to see. Move along. Definition: 'Love' is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope. Not many meatbags could make such a shot, and strangely enough, not many meatbags would derive love from it. Yet for me, love is knowing your target, putting them in your targeting reticle, and together, achieving a singular purpose... against statistically long odds.
James Jacobs wrote:
Right on. Do you have any names for these hypothetical vessels in mind? Enquiring minds want to know.
James Jacobs wrote:
Actually, this is my Beloved Spouse's (kobold chorus: "We love you!") plan. I recently dropped the location of what might or might not be the main central location for the main villain group in my space opera game. She began asking very direct questions about what the star's population was and what its life cycle would be like. She has a savant level scientist in the game who diced a 45 on her knowledge check. I scrambled, grabbed some basic information and told her. And then she started to get this creepy little grin and to reference a book by Charles Stross, Iron Sunrise. Now I'm actually trying to figure out what I should do in response. Obviously, making a sun go super nova to wipe out the villains which may or may not be in system could prove to be an end run around the plot. *shrugs* So, you wouldn't really be helping ME blow up a star. You'd be helping HER blow up a star. Oh, the humanity.
James Jacobs wrote:
Nifty! I didn't know that Seoni HAD a familiar. I probably should pay more attention, as lizards are cool. And they rhyme with wizard. Huh... Secret lizard/wizard conspiracy? Are gecko's superior to other forms of non-sticky footed lizards? (Lizards, not dinos. I know dinos trump just about everything)
James Jacobs wrote:
Are you SURE you don't have my residence bugged? The last thing the medusa in question ate WAS a dwarf. Now, granted, said dwarf was baleful polymorphed into a lizard. But seriously, how common is surveillance in the gaming industry? It seems as though shortly after any good idea myself or my Beloved Spouse (kobold chorus: "We love you!") have, it seeps into the gaming industry in some easily recognizable form.
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