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I’ve been wanting to play a Sable Company Marine Ranger Archetype in this AP for a while, never quite get the chance. I’ll try to put one together over the weekend.
Still working my idea out, but probably some kind of Dex-fighter, maybe an unMonk, either way likely aiming at the Duelist prestige class. Probably an elf. But actually, how are you modifying Kobolds?
Likewise, I’m going to pull back from this one. Have fun all!
I don’t see a lot of Starfinder campaigns, what are the parameters in terms of level, wealth, building a character (point but or rolled stats, etc?) I’ve got an Uplifted Bear Blitz Soldier from a home game that I could revive to be your Security Officer.
Potentially interested, but it'll depend what the pre-selected are playing and what roles are left open.
Wait, was this meant to be live sessions? I thought it was PBP.
I will be honest, I am very much interested, but also a little stumped and confused. With 4 super-powered NPCs that you seem to want to keep active, I am not sure where a new PC would even fit in?Actually that is a very good point.... I have been wondering about that as well.
Hey y’all, I’m running the Emerald Spire for a group of friends. We’re still on Splinterden right now, but in reading ahead I notice that on Level 10: The Magma Vault, the dragons’ hoard includes a copy of the diabolic chapter of the Book of the Damned. My players are competent enough that I don’t doubt they’ll get it out of the locked case, and even though artifacts are hard to identify I suspect they’ll figure it out, or at least figure out that it’s a powerful artifact. The party is mostly good-aligned, no evil members, so I doubt they’re going to want to keep it. So…what do they do with it? If I haven’t read far enough ahead and they need it at a lower level, just say so. But if not? Obviously, artifacts don’t have prices per se, and even if they did no one in Fort Inevitable could afford it. I’m sure the Hellknights would simply confiscate it if they knew about it (and I’m equally sure my players will not be telling them about it). It occurred to me to have an Exscinder Archon show up and insist that they turn it over for proper disposal (he will, of course, compensate them fairly and they will have Heaven’s thanks etc etc)…and then a similarly-powerful devil pop in and say “Screw those guys, Hell will give you a much better deal”, make them choose which force to align themselves with (they’re mostly Good, but they’re also greedy adventurers, so that might be a real decision). If I go that route, what would be fair compensation? Obviously I don’t want to break WBL, but the BotD has arguably done that already. I guess they could try feeding it to one of the proteins a few levels later, but since they don’t have the other chapters that’s basically pointless, and even if they find out what it is they may not discover how to destroy it. And I’m not sure they’re capital-G Good enough to destroy an artifact they could profit from. So…thoughts?
Sounds interesting. Given the relatively low magic, have you considered using Automatic Bonus Progression?
I'm working on an Ifrit Paladin (Virtuous Bravo) of Sarenrae. Hard to resist the call of the Dervish Dance here.
For clarity, in the post that started this thread, you say level 5 and that y’all are in Book 3, but on 03/16 you mention Book 4 and it looks like the remaining player is level 6. So, are we building at 6? Is the starting gold still the 6500+items mentioned in the OP, or is it higher now? Also, any optional rules, Background Skills, Elephant in the Room feat tax system, etc? Edit: also, 6th level seems low for Book 4 of an AP. Are we a higher level than that?
I think I played in an earlier stage of this campaign, before I got sidetracked by life. Might take another crack at it, this is an AP that rarely gets run on the boards.
Workable. What level are we at? I saw in the character creation that monstrous races require more justification. What about templates, could we take those in place of levels? What’s starting gold? No idea what I want to play, just trying to make sure I understand where we’re starting from.
I'm going to withdraw as well. It's a busy part of the year for my side-gig, and I'm probably at about my maximum brain bandwidth (brainwidth?). Probably best for everyone if I don't try to spread myself too thin.
Thanks, I missed that one. I’ll do some reworking later today.
That’s fine! Just checking.
Are Fetchlings allowed? They are a type of Planetouched, but also weren’t specifically allowed in the OP. Might play a Fetchling if possible. Otherwise I’m thinking a Sylph unMonk, probably.
Think I might revisit this, but with a different submission than last time. Maybe a Constructed Pugilist Brawler. Seems like that would fit the theme.
Could I take Breadth of Experience as a planetouched, as long as I'm 100+ years old? They can easily meet that requirement, but they're not one of the races specifically listed by the feat. It's a fun starting feat that adds a lot of flavor, just the kind that is easier to take when Elephant in the Room is in play and you don't have to spend your first levels taking Weapon Finesse or Power Attack or whatever.
I’m interested, but I’m not sure what I want to play yet. But I don’t get many chances to try out ABP, gotta make the most when I get the chance.
I'd initially rolled d8s for a Magus, but I'm leaning toward unMonk now, so I need to reroll HPs.
HP: 2 9 3 10 4 5 8 6 10 7 8 7 9 10 10 rerolls
After playing around with some options, I think I'm going to go with an insanely mobile unMonk. I'm not sure what I'll *do* with a boosted speed of ~170, but that's got to be good for *something*. Mythic Weapon Finesse really helps that build, that's for sure.
I don’t have any particulars in mind, but just to make sure, given the high level start, are templates or monster PCs on the table? I’m guessing not, but it’s worth asking.
I've got a mythic Magus (Bladebound/Kensai) idea I've been wanting to try out. I think I'll give that a go. 14
HP Rolls: If I understand this right we roll twice and take the better, with the chance to reroll later if it's under half? 2 7
Ok, going to go ahead and roll HP for my planned Centaur Cavalier (Charger).
Ok, so given the rounding up, that’s 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 9 I’m getting better!
Should I go ahead and build a Centaur cavalier and then make modifications on the back end, or do you want to tone down the centaur before building? (Mostly I’m asking if I should add the full 10 levels, given that a centaur is usually a CR3 creature with 4 HD. It’d be good to know before building how many class levels I’m knocking off.)
Ooh, the idea of playing a centaur sounds fun. I'd probably play a cavalier of the Charger archetype, because when else would I get a chance to? Whatever downgrading you want to do, I'm happy to work with. As for who I am, I've been playing on here since late 2014, IIRC, and have played some else where as well. More experience in PF1 than anything (which I've also very occasionally GMed IRL), but I've also played 3.5, 5e, Starfinder, GURPS, Traveller, DCC, Mutants & Masterminds, Star Wars Saga Edition, and probably at least one other system I'm forgetting. I've played bits and pieces of RoW before, but never a game that's lasted, and games run differently enough from each other that even playing the same campaign with a different party, GM, and character is almost always a new enough experience that I've found prior knowledge of a campaign to hardly matter. I've got plenty of prior campaigns for you to look through. Level of detail on my posts can vary, I tend to fit to the game; some game don't want much more than "post your initiative rolls", or "everybody roll perception", but others, whether by GM request or organic party desires, tend to be more descriptive. I'm happy to be more creative.
Interested.
Do I need to be completely done tomorrow night, or can I have a rough draft in and finish by Saturday?
I’m considering a martial elf, but don’t have the build locked down yet. Probably a fighter or swashbuckler, maybe a slayer. Definitely Dex-based, possibly some weird multiclass build.
I don’t think I’m going to submit. Just nothing speaking to me.
Think I might go for a full Oradin build, really focus on throwing positive energy around, both to heal and to harm.
@GM Violent Gotcha, it was more if I was profienct if I am not then will stick to what I have! Though the Brassiere gun still seems comically practical!!! Otherwise I just need to retool my background The recoil, though…
How are Campaign Traits being handled? At first I thought that was the purpose of the Backgrounds in the Player's Guide, but they're quite a bit more powerful than any trait ever was.
Given that the GM said all of PF1 is on the table, I kind of want to get a little bit silly, with a gnome Synthesist. 50/50 whether he'd actually think his eidolon was some sort of construct that he had built around himself, or if he'd realize it was a summoned creature, and just think it was from the...Plane of Constructs, or something. Either way, it'd look like the proverbial Iron Man suit, he'd wear it basically any time he was awake, letting others believe he was some sort of intelligent golem/robot/clockwork/etc. Definitely not built to abuse the brokenness of that archetype, but more defensively, because I am very small and do not want to be killed by the very large things. I'd probably end up using most of my spells on healing the eidolon/buffs, so it'd play a bit like a combat-focused alchemist. With a gnome flickmace. GM, your thoughts on that idea?
Dot. First thought is a gun-wielding Eldritch Archer Magus, but I might find something else that jumps out at me.So then maybe I can offer to be the group's Steel Hound. I've actually always wanted to put an Investigator together. Don’t let me stop you, I’m liable to change my mind. I was just browsing archetypes a bit ago and thinking Steel Hound might be fun. Or maybe going a completely different direction and taking something without a gun just to be different. Not *everyone* in Alkenstar packs hear, after all.
Dot. First thought is a gun-wielding Eldritch Archer Magus, but I might find something else that jumps out at me.
Having skimmed the Pathfinder wiki AP page, Blood Lords and Quest for the Frozen Flame are the two that jump out at me. But whatever you run, I'll take a good hard look at.
Yes. Any of them, really.
Absolutely! Thanks for taking up this idea.
This seems interesting, would we necessarily need to be a descendent of a god? Could we be like a modern witch, maybe a descendent of Morgan le Fay or something like that? I’m not as familiar with 2E, but the basic conceit of the game is that you derive your power from a deity. However, in 2E I believe there’s a mechanic for being an “adopted” scion, so some god with an appropriate portfolio could take a shine to you. Or maybe Morgan le Fay was herself a scion and has since ascended to godhood and you could be her scion, GM willing.
I was also thinking of him as marksman, and how easy it would be to draw inspiration from the life of Simo Hayha, the famed Finnish sniper from the Winter War. Maybe even reference Simo as having also been a scion of Uller, have his rifle gifted as a birthright, something like that.
The books I have are 1E, but I’m down to play whatever someone is willing to run. I've done some checking, and man there's a lot more pantheons in the 2E basic books than in 1E. I'd probably stick to the pantheons I know best, which are all in the core material. I hadn't decided on one specific choice, not knowing what direction a GM might want to take things, but the ones that jump out at me immediately are the Aesir: first choice Uller* or alternatively Tyr, the Greco-Roman pantheon: Hephaestus or maybe Athena, and the Irish Tuatha de Dannan: probably The Morrigan. *He's not in the core, unfortunately. Not sure how backward compatible things are, he was in the 1E Ragnarok supplement, which I can send you the pdf of.
The books I have are 1E, but I’m down to play whatever someone is willing to run.
I’d submit a character for 2-3 of those, but #1 is the most interesting to me.
Hey Reg. I've got most of the books in pdf. The core ones anyway, I think I'm missing a supplement or three. I'm broadly familiar with American Gods, but I've never read/watched it myself, just been around enough people who have. The novel pretty directly inspired Scion, didn't it?
I occasionally see a Scion thread 'round these parts, but it's been ages. Anyone down for it? I've read through the core books, but never actually been able to play with anyone (mentioned the possibility with my in-person group once, no one seemed interested). It seems like a really fun concept. I should probably note that I'm asking to play, not GM. Having never actually played, GMing would be well beyond me atm.
Sounds intriguing. I’ve got a frustrated character or two from dead Skulls & Shackles games kicking around here somewhere that might fit, perhaps with some modification.
I don't think I'm going to submit for this one. I love a good gestalt game, but nothing's speaking to me, and I don't want to force it. I reserve the right to change my mind, but don't wait up for me if I don't have anything in at the deadline.
Thinking I might go with a Slayer/Inquisitor of Pharasma. Someone with some strong opinions about necromancy and the undead, and how such abominable perversions of the natural order need to be…put back in their place.
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