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The standard nook pdf reader is crap.

I'd suggest ezpdf ($5 or kess, if I recall correctly). It makes a world of difference.

YAY! Turin-ized Carrion Crown!

Now I just gotta get that new job and start GM'ing again!

Yeah, that's how I'm leaning as well.

I miss running tabletop...

I just might have the opportunity coming soon...work schedule may be changing to accommodate a more regular free-time block.

Carrion Crown or Skull & Shackles? Decisions, decisions...

Sounds like fun.

The "Weird and Wild West" theme works well, just have the Fey be less "olde english green stuff" and more "crazy Native American plains stuff"

Heck, the druid in my campaign was running around with a lever action Winchester, wearing leather chaps, vest, and a wide-brimmed hat from day one.

Plus, the Graul clan (from RotRL Hook Mountain Massacre) makes for a GREAT addition, and what's better to throw into a Wild West setting than a group of incestuous, rapacious cannibal deviants?

Great to hear you're progressing along.

Also good to hear you overcame that nasty flu bug that was going around...most of us know all to well how unpleasant that was.

Re: D20 Apocalypse, are you planning using the "chemical, mechanical, electrical components" part for crafting/repairing?

I really liked that part of the rules, and thought it streamlined the craft/repair part of a PA ruleset nicely, while allowing for plenty of customization & player agency.

I'm just gonna leave this here...

Oh of course. I love to read the campaign journals. Always so entertaining.

If you have some time to kill (read: plenty of it), Skyrim is well worth it. Slaying dragons, huge area to explore/exploit, and an extremely fun and versatile character design methodology.

Plus, you could have a Lizardman Unarmed fighter who bashed everyone's face in, if you'd like.

In addition, appeal to authority is meaningless.

"Demonstrably wrong" begs the question: demonstrate how laws will prevent someone from effecting a homicide.

How many gun crimes have been committed in Chicago this year?

And the call for further legislation has been based on recent mass-killings.

What amount of legislation will prevent them? How much paper will protect you from someone willing to harm you?

Not for nothing, but Sir Turin's crew seems rather willing to wade around in "morally questionable" territory fairly easily.

To wit: check out the CoT/Kingmaker mashup campaign journal, especially Hook Mountain Massacre.

Also: Team Skyrim! Kill all the NPCs, steal all the things!

Excellent reading, as always.

psionichamster wrote:

Or...criminals will simply use illegal guns to commit crimes.

Or homemade explosives.

Or chemical weapons.

Or fire.

Or automobiles.

Legislation will not prevent such occurrences, and anyone who thinks laws will protect victims from a suitably determined individual have zero perspective on the actual threat.

Are you in favor of criminals having guns to murder people with?

My preference is immaterial. Illegal guns will be used to commit illegal crimes. Making formerly legal guns in the hands of registered, legal, law-abiding-citizens has no bearing on those crimes committed with said illegal guns.

@TOZ: less guns. Zero guns, in fact. That creates a power dynamic which favors those who disregarded the laws preventing gun use on others in the first place.

Legislation cannot protect. It can only be used to potentially coerce, or post-incident punish (ostensibly to rehabilitate, but lets not kid ourselves) the offendor.

More laws will not prevent future crimes. More cops, better social programs, less poverty, and less draconian laws for minor offenses might do some good.

To completely protect all humans from the predations of sufficiently motivated other humans?

Nothing.

40k + years of evolution and aggression has honed our abilities too much.

Or...criminals will simply use illegal guns to commit crimes.

Or homemade explosives.

Or chemical weapons.

Or fire.

Or automobiles.

Legislation will not prevent such occurrences, and anyone who thinks laws will protect victims from a suitably determined individual have zero perspective on the actual threat.

Well well.

This may be enough to push me into "buy hero lab" world.

Does the tablet app work with every system licensed?

I've seen similar builds work.

A negative channeling cleric of Nethys with hand of the acolyte...ranged smite attacks with a big weapon are fun.

Another is a cleric/hellknight signifer with a basic strength build.

Leave the sword as a +1 vicious.

Armor is a masterwork mithral breastplate.

Pick up a lesser quicken, a lesser extend, & a standard extend rod.

Belt of Strength is good.
Headband needs to be Cha (or Cha&Wis) since all channel stuff is keyed off Cha.

Spells to prep:
Divine Power (1st)
Weapon of Awe (2nd)
Bears Endurance (2nd)
Magic Vestment (3rd)
Greater Magic Weapon (4th)
Blessing of Fervor (4th)

You're a cleric, so use those spells to your advantage. Use the money you saved on expensive weapons and armor to buy pearls of power and metamagic rods.

I don't think so.

Craft staff was the kicker, iirc.

But for the character, it made a lot of sense, and was a lot of fun.

Staff like wand was awesome for my illusionist in Serpents Skull. So much attack spell access, especially when you combine fast builder, hedge magician, and the craft feats.

Opposition training is also great, especially as suggested above...necromancy access for everyone!

Woot! Thanks, GM.
Gratz to my fellow villains!

Background appended to stat block.

I'd like to submit my forger Oracle from a previous recruitment thread.

Gratz to you wonderful villainous personages

pres man wrote:

A Joke about Dongles at a Conference Led to Two People Losing Their Jobs

Oh well, at least it had a happy ending.

???

A prolific blogger and development evangelist going silent?

Coders being canned for making jokes? (Even inappropriate ones)

Thats a "happy" ending?

crunch for Oracle Robert Findlay

Currently playing in 8 pbp games.

Feel free to read through, several are significantly prolific, others not so much.

I'm feeling a burned dark tapestry oracle.

A forger and con man, sent to Branderscar after his "letters of credit" and smarmy ways finally caught up to him.

Focus: Charisma
Foible: Strength

Str: 8
Dex: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Con:1d10 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Int: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
Wis: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Cha: 18 (+2)

So I'm torn between a charming sorcerer type and a blaster-Oracle.

Hmm...decisions, decisions...

Interesting...

Perhaps a necromancer...

Will supply further detail once I can read through the player's guide

Grats, TOZ.

Glad to see you mustering out in one piece.

Oracle can totally handle the healer role.

My Heavens/Haunted Oracle in Jade Regent ko's with color spray, flies all the time, and buffs like crazy.

Tis fun!

Woot!

Kill zem all!

Re-Rolling Ballistic Skill 2d10 + 25 ⇒ (8, 9) + 25 = 42

Dice rolls for when it matters:

2d10 + 25 ⇒ (4, 7) + 25 = 36

2d10 + 25 ⇒ (1, 3) + 25 = 29

2d10 + 25 ⇒ (7, 2) + 25 = 34

2d10 + 25 ⇒ (5, 7) + 25 = 37

2d10 + 25 ⇒ (1, 4) + 25 = 30

2d10 + 25 ⇒ (3, 3) + 25 = 31

2d10 + 25 ⇒ (8, 10) + 25 = 43

2d10 + 25 ⇒ (10, 3) + 25 = 38

2d10 + 25 ⇒ (7, 3) + 25 = 35

Origin Path:

Rogue Trader > Prestige > Dark Voyage > Duty Bound > Savant > Noble Born

Just wanted to chime in here and say this is quite the fun read!

Keep it up, your team is very entertaining.

For what its worth, I probably would have submerged the fey in a barrel or washbasin or something, at least until the bubbles stopped...

TY, Juxxie.

Although I am not sure I should be, given how many captains end their careers in the WH40K universe...

Woot!

Glad to see some old hats kicking around here, its nice to have a community.

I may be interested in playing the Rogue Trader, but would like to read up on the books before I commit to anything.

If so, he will be most decidedly interested in military matters, weaponry, and armor, leaving the negotiations and whatnot to his crew.

Basically, Jayne from Firefly, if he were the captain instead of Mal.

I have the core books & most of the supplements, but thanks.

I love Firefly, Star Wars, and most of the GW fiction in general.

Exploration, space-combat, and dealing with weird alien things seems to be right up my alley.

One of my players played two separate characters obsessed with fire.

Pele, the Shadowrun Mage who bound fire elemental after fire elemental and specialized in massive AoE fire spells. Once burned down a stadium, while a game was in progress, for a distraction.

And {I forgot the character's name} who worshipped Pelor the Demon of Sun. A fire-specc'd Psion/Kineticist who routinely started (and finished) bar fights with powers like energy wave, energy ball, and the like.

Just a few opportunities to see strong, competent females in fantasy style art. (Less so with video games, but there's at least one I'll mention).

Games: Metroid (all save Other M)

Books: Pretty much anything by L.E. Modessitt, Jr. Specifically Arms Commander, Fall of Angels, Scion of Cyador, Magi'i of Cyador.

Most of the stories by David & Leigh Eddings

Comics: Hack/Slash, Watchmen

In the good news/bad news department, I have a job interview on Wed.

With the State Police department.

Weird.

I'm slightly confused.

I see you are running a larger party, but not who was selected.

PMs sent to those chosen, or did I miss something?

Modifying Karnog slightly.

Craftsmen will replace Greed. That's it though.

Noted self healing boon as well.

I'm interested, but am rather noobish to the GW systems.

Will read up tonight.

What sort of campaign were you thinking?

All the way but for a couple of boss encounters at the end.

City building can be fun, but only if everyone is into it.

If your group is more numbers & tactics driven, be prepared for huge swathsnof graveyards, dumps, and the like.

If you have a more simulationist group, it'd be more...realistic I feel.

Also be prepared for your party to outpace the CR system quickly. Practically unlimited time & money means the pc's will have custom tailored gear to optimize themselves to the nines. Know this going in, and check both Turin's and my campaign kournals for suggestions on how to provide reasonable (or sometimes less than reasonable) challenges.

Alexander Kilcoyne had a "6 person upgrade" thread going as well, check it bmp out for some gems to harvest.

Yeah, favored class HP, will note that in SQ.

LG Dwarf cleric of Torag all set.

link here!

Perhaps a cleric instead...

Either a human cleric of Cayden Cailean or dwarf cleric of Torag...

Will look at the options later today.

Hmm...interesting.

propose a human barbarian.

Details to follow.

Can post from phone quite readily through the day typically.

Longer posts are more likely in the am or early afternoon on my days off.