The Saltmarsh 6's page

Just stick to the core rule book for now
And remember its your game you run it how you like as long as everyone is having fun that's all that matters
And welcome to the world of pathfinder enjoy

We make sure that everyone in group has some form of healing on them that they use when they want to
Also its useful if someone goes down and the healer is busy

I love the fact that i got to spend all of Monday with my boy and what he gets so excited over his books

Its A home brew game is an elven barbarian 1 magus 3 using an elven curve blade with weapon finesse and max dex
Bringing him to a game as my first character a druid got his arse handed to him by a ghost because the cleric and palidin where to busy pissing about

Hi all any thoughts on a good selection of spells for a 3rd lvl magus to have in his spell book

Is the cr for the splatter mans ghost right ?
As ive worked it out to be cr9 not cr6 is it a typo or have i made a mistake

Hi all just a quick question what would the credit be for an 8th level human mage who's also aghost i worked it out at 9 but not 100% sure
Your help please

I loved that there was lots of sunshine for my boys first birthday party yesterday

I love the fact that my son is having his first birthday party tomorrow
I hate the fact that i could never have a party for my little girl
Miss you my little angel Bethany

And how did you manage to animate it ?
It's a 20 hd monster

Albatoonoe is right all your party needs to do is come up with tactics that suit there combat skills having a big hitter is never a bad thing but when you don't have you adapt you combat style to fit
The party should do fine if they have a few smarts

I love the look on my boys face when he opened some of his birthday presents this morning
Hate the fact i had to go to work
Love the fact that this year will have two sons to buy xmas presents for

Thanks for all the posts guys n girls lots of interesting stuff and no arguments ( as far as i can tell still reading through the posts ) makes a nice change from threads that raise this question
Thanks all and game on

I'm 43 next week used to own my own gaming store and was a 2ed demonstrator for TSR
So where does that leave me ?

I love my life because my son is more confident with walking that he would sooner walk than crawl and looks so grown up
Also i get home and he walks to me saying dada dada dada just melts my heart

Title says it all when you create a character how much effort do you put in to optimizing your characters stats and skills etc

I love my life because my little boy will be one on Thursday and will be a big brother in September as we're expecting our second son then
And I've got a new job that pays better and i really enjoy

Power creep is going to happen when ever players get more options new classes races feats spells etc .
As the options increase so does the chance that an unexpected side effect from player choices arises some increase power some don't but players always want the ones that increase there characters power
It can't be helped no matter how hard writers try to keep things even there are just to meny combinations and things get over looked but there are also players who will twist wording as much as they can yo suit there own needs
I think piazo for a pretty good job on the whole but the group i play in are not to worried about power gaming so its not a problem for us
Well that's just my 2 copper worth
Game on everyone and may your dice always roll high

To the op sounds like a party that's used to getting there own way all the time and having the dm give in to there whims a sad state of affairs
Sounds like you put a lot of effort in to your game to make it balanced for the players i would love to play in a game like that

I agree with shallowsoul just make a list of what your not happy with and give a copy to your players
Also let when know that you want a quick check of characters before you start play

In response to the op (because i can't be arsed to read through almost 400 posts)
Your friend sounds like a real diamond of a player and i wish there where more of them about

The black market doesn't just deal with things that illegal
It as deals with stolen goods and counterfeit goods normally sold at a reduced cost

Ok all just a question what do you think makes someone a power gamer ?
I'm not here trolling just a simple question which i am sure will have a far from simple amswer

Maybe there is no argument

The big problem with perception is when ever you ask a player to make a roll and they do badly they assume that something is going to happen which they don't expect why else would they need to make a roll
I tend to have characters make rolls when there is nothing for them to see or hear this works best when if they make a good roll take them to one side and tell them that they have seen nothing of any importance to the game but seems out of place and could lead them to make the wrong conclusions

There are metagaming but it's far from the worst case I've ever seen
If your not happy that there doing it just sit them down and explain why your not happy about it and come to a solution it doesn't need to become a big deal

Nice idea TOZ i generally say that any item costing over 20k can only be made to order
So players can still buy what they want they just have to wait a while for it

I would say yes as a natural 20 always hits and to confirm a cit all you need to do is hit again and a natural 20 is always a hit

This is one of the reasons i use a map with hexagons on it saves a lot of arguments

As has been said before ask your GM the character seems quite legal and his complaint was it was to powerful
Maybe he's unhappy with that type of build

Yes i admit it I'm am old guy and proud and maybe because when i started playing coming back from the dead was a difficult thing to do that i am a cautious player by nature
But i do think it adds more tension to close run combats .
And i also believe that it makes for more heroism from the party i mean where's the danger if the fighter charges in to combat knowing that if the worst happens his buddy's will just bring him back and he's just a little out of pocket.
I mean if there's no risk then there's no gain and losing a lvl hurts and that's the point
Character death needs to have a very real effect and not just mean that you can't buy that flashy new +3 sword as soon as you would like

Maybe but as in my game all new characters start at one level lower than party average there is nothing to be gained by doing so
The idea is that players should be a little more careful as character death has real consequences

I think that when a character dies if they are brought back to life that they should lose a level
And this should be permenant and they would only be able to get it back by earning xp
Your thoughts please

Your game sounds really cool a total change from the norm
As for a character i would go human fighter sword and board with power attack and toughness or cleave

Hi all quick question which has probally been answered before but i can't find a thried on it
Can a monster with DR and natural attacks overcome another monsters DR if it's of the same type
IE could two warewolfs rip each other to shreads with out having to worry about the DR

I've always been lucky in that all the games I've played in loot has been split equally among the players with who ever cam make best use of an item getting it
On occasions when two players can both make use of an item we roll dice with the loser getting dibs on the next load of loot

Interesting op I think most of the.problems you refer to can be sorted out with a reasonable player ref discussion
With the possible exception of WBL and magic item creation
WBL i fell is to high so in my game i just use it as a guide and vet any in coming characters
And magic item creation (with the exception of potions and scrolls) i make a lot harder and more expensive
But that's just my opinion
Happy gaming everyone

Role play all the way
But i like my character to be able to do the things i want him to so i crunch the numbers a bit as well to give him the best chance of being as i envision them .
But i make my choices based on how i see the character not what is optimal

Hi all just started the haunting of harrowstone and our party has no arcane caster are we screwed ?

There is no best class just best at certain things
Which is why you need a group of characters
So have gun drink beer eat pizza and may your dice always roll high

Suppose i should answer my own questions
First gamed in summer if 1980 so 33 years this year
First system was basic D&D with the single red book, have always been a family of board gamers so when dad brought this one home we opened it up dad took out the rules and my brother and i sat there thinking where's the board and counters what are these funny looking dice all about
Favorite systems are D&D all types shadowrun 2ed pathfinder with traveller a close 4th
First character retired at 3rd lvl to run a shop in the village of saltmarsh
My original group was me my dad and brother so yeah from time to time we all get together
The core of the group i game with now have been around for 20+ years
Like to hear other peoples opinions on things ( even if there wrong )

In answer to adamantine dragons question
Nothing this is pure curiosity

Hi all just a quick survey about the type of gamers who are on this forum
1. How long have you been gaming
2. First game system you played
3. What are your 3 favorite systems
4. Fate of your first character
5. Do you still game with any of your original group
And finally why do you visit these forums
Thanks all

I think raising the dead should carry some kind of penalty other wise it just becomes an inconvenient event rather then the major trauma that it should be.
The flip side of that is then players are more likely to just bring in a new character and let the other players to sell of his gear which just gives the other players more cash to get better gear with and make themselves more powerful .
Which is why in my game i get players to give me a list of gear they would like and i decide on what they get .
But also in my games i don't allow the magic mart so magic items are more rare so in turn more prized by the players

I love that my little boy has started talking and this morning when i went to get him out of his cot he smiled at me and said dada
The perfect start to my day

This refers to a post from a little while back by killer gm
Just to let you know the US does not protect Europe we are protected by our own armed forces the US does have bases in Europe and play a role in its defence but they accout for a small part of the total number of troops
Don't get me wrong i have a great deal of respect for all service personal who protect there country's ( i served 7 years in the British army) and did a large number of exercises with troops from all around the world as well as the US
I've also served in several British bases around the world
So before you make sweeping statements which are not only wrong but quite offensive i suggest you get your facts right

That's very true in the book of experimental might spells where broken down in to 20 lvls so every time you gained a lvl you for access to new spells that was am interesting idea

Personally i think raise dead should be a higher lvl spell for the effect it has
Breath of life on the other hand i think is right for it's lvl it can bring the dead back if it's used quickly enough but does have limits which is good .
When you consider that its usable by a 9th lvl character who are powerful but still a far cry from the top of the food chain

This reminds me of the old question , Adventures are they stronger,smarter,quicker than Joe the villager or are they just braver or more foolish than Joe ?
Who knows the question has been around for years
What makes someone want to be an adventurer ? Is it a life they choose or do they just fall into it so to speak

Its not the criticism i mind its just the way its put across , like the whole game is ruined because of this problem
I don't know maybe I'm just reading to much into it
And i know what games workshops like i worked for them many years ago