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Brand new to 3.5ed, and I made a Halfling Sorcerer in a convention game.

Unfortunately, being brand new to the game, he has a 10 Con.

I believe we can see where this is going, can't we?

Very first round of the very first combat he participated in, he caught a light crossbow bolt from a bandit, dropping him to -1. Luckily, he managed to be healed just before expiring right off the bat.

Fast forward several levels, and this little guy has acquired quite the personality. Despite coming very near to death tons of times, his color sprays and invisibility spells saved the day repeatedly.

Against a handful of mooks (troglodytes or human bandits, I can't remember now) he takes a Nat-20/Nat-19 spear to the face. DM lists damage, which is just enough to KO the poor little guy. Until I say the fateful words: "Aren't spears times-three crit weapons?"

Yes, I know, my PC died because I was "that guy" but hey, fair's fair, right?

A few resurrections later, and that PC eventually made it to 11th or 12th level, with a healthy paranoia of wizards, cultists, and mooks with simple weapons.

Second the library card idea.

Also consider a Nook/Kindle/etc..there are lots of free or cheap high quality epub books available.

For authors, Mccaffrey's Owen series is fantastic, L'lengle's Swiftly tilting Planet et al is equally great.

A more advanced idea might be some of the classics, like Gone with the Wind, Great Expectations, or Poe.

Gnome Paladin all the way.

Stupid high Ac, HP, and all round awesome paladin stuff more than makes up for the reduced damage output.

SmiteLance(Spirited)Charge is quite the viable attack, especially with ride by attack.

Even before we got to Kyonin my character was planning to grab the drow control codes and use them to nuke the elves (only the elves, she liked the rest of the world...)

Which is exactly what our pcs did at the end...only they left the threat in place as a safeguard against future elven betrayal.

Then we killed em the conventional way.

As a certain mythical creature says, "huzzah!"

Last night on the overnight shift!

Plus, 6 days off coming up. For once, schedule changes are working in my favor.

Happy thoughts to all those looking for work and the like.

Blrghh...

Penultimate overnight shift before I start noon-midnight.

6am, come quickly, you're our only hope.

Hi psionichamster.

I've got an ipad, but no iphone ... so with only the one device it doesn't really work so well. It does seem to be a good feature though.

Yeah, the only reason I saw that feature is that we got my father a new iPhone for xmas, while my brother got.one through work.

I didn't care about the "I" technology til right there & then.

Hmm...forgot to include this one...

Name: Ganon Malfoy
Human Infernal Sorcerer 14
Adventure: War of the River Kings, at Whiterose Abbey.

Catalyst: Sorcerer AC + favored enemy.

The party walked right into the established ambush (convincingly laid out with the assistance of an added Illusionist npc) where Hestia the Barbarin slew a couple of mooks before turning into a pincushion for the wererat ranger up in the rafters.

A Cloudkill then gassed out the poor mooks, but provided plenty of cover for said ranger, since he could stay above the cloud and unleash arrows at will.,
,
Ganon, intent on finishing this fight quickly, moved out of cover and tried some enchantment shenanigans, which failed. He then took a full volley of deadly aim, point blank, favored enemy human bane
arrows to the chest. And face. And probably knee.

He spent 2 hero points to avoid permanent death, but chalk another kill up.

Howdy, all!

Off work early tonight (0030, instead of 0600) and I'm loving it!

Those of you with little ones...do you have an iPhone?

If so, the facetime thing is superb...I got to say hi to my 18mo nephew & he actually got to see me & wave.

Never thought I'd dig the apple product, but hey, gotta give it to em this time.

The First World has begun to overwhelm Kamelot!

What will our heroes do?

Will Briar, wielded by the mighty Hestia the Human, fulfill its destiny?

Stay tuned!

Mmm...fish & seafood stew.

Yum, I love leftovers.

Horray for the end of my work week.

Now, I just gotta last another 7 hours or so...

Got a guild on Elysium, but if there's a paizo group in the works, I'd probably start a new character on a different server.

Glad you learned from your experiences.

Nowadays, I roll with the flow, and reserve my creative energies for neat stuff at the table.

For example, the magic sword the party just acquired has no sheath, and cuts through the standard ones available. When using divination magic, they get images of water, green, and weird faerie creatures. Later on, they find the missing sheath, which is essentially a column of water with a belt, and get some plot exposition at the same time.

If, instead, I had elaborated on the sword, it wouldn't jab had the same impact...oh hey, a +4 sword. That's cool, lemme stash it with the other backup weapons...

Ach, where did my post go?

Post Monster et it?

psionichamster wrote:

@Treppa that list was.fantastic!

"Are you Robert Jordan and lied like a dog to get this far?"

Lol, for real.

I know, seriously! Thank the pmg; he pointed it out.

All hail the PMG!

@Treppa that list was.fantastic!

"Are you Robert Jordan and lied like a dog to get this far?"

Lol, for real.

Bummer, guy.

I think he's some kind of electronic bouncer.

Either that, or a bookie.

Don't sweat book 1. There's plenty of stuff in there (like the good old 1d4 trolls random encounter) that can nom on your pcs good.

When they start having essentially unlimited wealth & lots of free time, start worrying.

Cheer up mate!

*cracks open can o' brew*

Have a cold one & sit a spell

Cavalier 14 charges challenge target, unbuffed. Target takes some 150-175 dmg, dies.

Barbarian 14 swings hammer, deals ~50-65 dmg per hit.

Fighter 14 shoots a crapton of arrows, each does 25-35 dmg, target dies.

Actual, played game experience, so not seeing the issue.

Wahoo, Sherlock Holmes 2 tonight, plus wings & beer.

Oh yeah, the weekends coming, baby!

psionichamster wrote:

lynora wrote:

; ;

My backup is not there. My external hard drive has all of these files I made to back stuff up....except that they are all empty.....everything is gone... all of my itunes (and there was a lot of it...is there any way to transfer stuff back from my ipod?), all of my word documents, all of my photos....everything is gone. Which means that all I can do is hope that there is enough left of my old hard drive to extract this stuff. Not looking forward to paying for that, but don't seem to have other options. >.<

Re: data extraction, can't help you there, sorry.

Re: ipod retrieval; if you can locate the freeware application "sharepod", you can run it from your ipod while its attached to the pc, and should let you browse/manipulate the files therein. No guarantees on whether itunes will recognise them properly, but

at least you can move the bytes around.

Good luck!

New to FAWTLY? Has it got brainnnnssss for us?

New-ish, I guess. Lurker from longtime, occasional poster.

Brains, I have to spare...you can nom on the humans around, I'll just dominate & ride along with another.
They're like doritos, in that way. (Crunch all you want, we'll make more).

; ;

My backup is not there. My external hard drive has all of these files I made to back stuff up....except that they are all empty.....everything is gone... all of my itunes (and there was a lot of it...is there any way to transfer stuff back from my ipod?), all of my word documents, all of my photos....everything is gone. Which means that all I can do is hope that there is enough left of my old hard drive to extract this stuff. Not looking forward to paying for that, but don't seem to have other options. >.<

Re: data extraction, can't help you there, sorry.

Re: ipod retrieval; if you can locate the freeware application "sharepod", you can run it from your ipod while its attached to the pc, and should let you browse/manipulate the files therein. No guarantees on whether itunes will recognise them properly, but at least you can move the bytes around.

Good luck!

Diego Rossi wrote:

James Jacobs wrote:

Cheapy wrote:

The red redoubt of something or another from the Dungeons of Golarion has an item in there that's battery operated.

I am anxiously awaiting a Numeria book.

There's actually more than that one item that dips its toe into science fantasy—that entry in the book was actually a "testing ground" to see how folks would react to that type of content, and it seems that they've reacted quite well.

I've actually got an entire game built set in a Post-apocalyptic Earth (originally written using the 3.0 d20 rules, updated several times and now most recently to Pathfinder) that the sci-fi elements in Dungeons of Golarion were taken from, so I've actually got a fair amount of work done already on what could work for Numeria... but the time has to be right to delve in there for real.

Add me as a guy interested in it and in the book on the Gods of Golarion.

Still interested when I reveal a bit more and say that the earth is Post-Apocalyptic because of the fact that Lovecraft's Great Old Ones came back and ruined the world because the Stars Were Right?

(The game, called "Unspeakable Futures," is kind of a combination of Lovecraft, the Dark Tower, Fallout, Road Warrior, and Gamma World.)

What can we do to make Unspeakable Futures a reality?

You just named some of my favorite games/fiction ever.

Invite Barbarian to giant feast in his honor.

Buy lots of beer/mead/whiskey, girls/boys/melons, and all the entertainment you can scrounge up.

"Accidentally" leak this soiree to Barb's enemies/creditors.

In the chaos that ensues, either befriend (to later CdG in his sleep) or betray barbarian with the tactical advantage.

Alternatively, rig his horse/bed/hat with enough explosives to level a small fortress, and boom.

And I thought I would be the one to resurrect this thread...

This Sunday, 1/8/12, our merry band of marauders resumes their march across the stolen lands.

It's been quite a strange and wild trip thus far, what will the near future hold in store?

Be ready for levelling to 14th level, all.

And be ready for mayhem!

Well said, Master Arminas. That, truly, is how an Evil character can be a functional member of the party.

Email sent.

Evening all.

Anyone ever heard of "The White Panda"?

Apparently its a band, where lots of underage kids got all kinds of messed up.

Running an Intel I5 with 8gb of ram & a geforce 5600 atx-ti graphics card, with no problems. All sliders are set to maximum, as well.

Hooray for everyone having a good Sunday.

I hope you all got to enjoy time with your family & loved ones, and a little bit for yourself.

Just 8 more hours till free from work!

Merry Christmas, FAWTLys!

Home from work in just over 4 hours!

Here's hoping everyone has a safe & healthy Sunday/holiday!

psionichamster wrote:

Well, currently on Elysium, with Ravi, the 19/20 Vanguard.

Will likely be starting a new character shortly, though...perhaps a Guardian.

Shall we start up the guild then please?

Otherwise we could also join Wraith Squadron which is the guild formed by some of the Star Wars Galaxy Guide and novel writers. I am all for a Pathfinder guild too.

I'm all for it! Will have to look into the guild-creation rules.

Drop me a tell ig, so I can add you to my friends list.

Book 5 works, but not as intended.

Simply use the entire Winter Council area as a large dungeon, with the appropriate NPCs as the "bosses."

This way, you are helping the elves by killing elves, which was what our group really really wanted to do, anyways.

Also, if you (as GM) play up the "temporary stopover" in Riddleport as more of a "get cash to continue adventuring" rather than "invest in the city and get stuck in", your players may have an easier time transitioning to books 3 & 4.

Finally, get those first couple of elven NPCs right (actually nice, the party likes em, they DON'T try to screw the party over), and the hook for books 3 & 4 sets much easier on the players.

In short, pick ONE faction of elves (whether the Winter Council, the Queen & her folks, the Shin'Rakorath, or just the NPCs the party meets early on), and decide they are the "good guys." They don't turn on the party, they don't screw them over, and the rest of the AP should fall in line pretty nicely.

Well, currently on Elysium, with Ravi, the 19/20 Vanguard.

Will likely be starting a new character shortly, though...perhaps a Guardian.

Any word on an actual paizo guild yet?

Want in.

Shadow Lodge, Sithfinders, or whatever, just say the word and you'll have my blaster/saber/sniper rifle

For the "Dashing Rogue" style of character, I would focus your attention less on the fighting and stabbing, and more on the talking and stealing.

Assuming you are going to have the requisite Big Stupid Fighter, Spell-Slinging Wizard, and possibly another "optimal" character, just play your rogue as you would like to do so.

Some basic tips I've found, from playing BUNCHES of rogues in PF so far:

Do not dump Con. D8 HP + Favored Class + Decent Con + Toughness (if needed) has left my rogues with more HP than the fighter, sometimes. Certainly more HP than the Cleric (mostly).

High-Dex, dumping Str is a good way to ensure you go first, and then do little else that fight. Not having the Str to back up those non-Sneak Attack hits (because they WILL happen, from time to time) really sucks.

Reach weapons are your friend. Especially as a Spring-Attacking Scout...charge in with a longspear, skewer the opposition with some D6's, and Str*1.5 damage added in, then back away and wait for the AoO if they return the favor.

Use the situation to your advantage. Especially in PFS modules, there is generally several different ways to "succeed" at the goal. If you can sneak in, steal the object of the mission, and sneak out, try it! Bluff, misdirection, disguises, and the like are the lifeblood of the class. Don't forget that.

Finally, don't try to be the combat-master. You are not the Big Stupid Fighter, nor are you the I-can-do-your-job-too Wizard. Lean towards your strengths (asymmetrical attacks, unconventional tactics, winning hearts and minds, etc) and support your party in unexpected ways.

Gaming stuff:

For dice, Dice Bag. Multiple profiles allows for different dice-sets, depending on character (all pre-loaded with their Atk/Save/Dmg routines if you wanna get crazy). Free & easy to use.

Summoner: yes, it's a pay program, but for like 2-3 USD, its worth it. Tracks your summons, rolls attacks & damage for them, and is all around great.

PF Spellbook. What it says on the tin: a spellbook of the various spells. You can "favorite" the ones you like, creating your PCs actual "spellbook" (or familiar, formulary book, etc), or search through spells by class and level.

Not so gaming:

Google Docs lets you view, edit, and share your documents anywhere...very handy, especially if you keep your characters online.

Cozi: a family-organizer program. Shared calendars, grocery lists, "to-do" lists, and more. Works like an office-calendar/email program, but just for you & yours.

Zedge. get the wallpapers & ringtones you want, for free. Great app.

Handcent SMS. I hate the standard text-message software, and this lets you customize your SMS screen pretty much as you want.

Count me in!

Very stoked. Quite exciting news, indeed.

Bump...?

Mahorfeus wrote:

Tried my hand at statting something out. No background story yet, but I wanted to see if I could handle the crunch. Let me know if anything's out of order or missing!

Because Google docs was an awesome idea...

The level is too low, the pistol is using it's IRL name, and the BAB is too high for the level.

Redding is fine.

Tell me more about Trenched.

Youtube Trailer

In a nutshell: evil mad scientist makes monsters to eat everybody, heroes are assigned huge "mobile trenches" to fight them off. Basically, flat-topped mecha with large guns bolted on.

weapons range from standard machine guns to huge AoE cannons to "sniper-rifle" type long-range cannons.

XBOX 360 arcade game, quite fun, great style.

Double-Fine's "Trenched" Homepage

psionichamster wrote:

More that Silvertip & Copperhead have both the 20mm cannon & the 7.62mm minigun, while the other 2 only have the minigun.

Speed/Armor/Sensor packages (or other "perks") would bring them to parity, as would dropping the minigun from the first 2.

The first two have the dual 20mms and single barreled MGs, while the others have miniguns, which get a higher reflex save DC (they add the pilots dexterity modifier).

What if I give the mechs with miniguns thermal sensors to go along with the infrared
ones?

Missed that part. Seems to work ok...Dex+2 added to dc should work out.

Seems solid.

Anymore takers?

Also, if you search for "Trenched" images, I think you will be pleased...they seem to model what you're evoking pretty well.

like here

@Dorje its worth it to buy the house in Whiterun, or get high enough in one of the guilds to get a permanent dwelling. Some 8k gold later, and boom, storage for your cookies & milk.

More that Silvertip & Copperhead have both the 20mm cannon & the 7.62mm minigun, while the other 2 only have the minigun.

Speed/Armor/Sensor packages (or other "perks") would bring them to parity, as would dropping the minigun from the first 2.

Some of the Mechs seem less good than others...

Same speed/armor/defense, but less armament (#s 3 & 4 in particular).

Was this intentional?

Other than that, looks good, and can't wait to get loud.

Well, here's Patrick "Squirrel" Conrad, ready for service.

Google Docs Link

Lemme know if you need any changes...I used one difficulty (Lightweight), and took some vehicle based feats on the assumption he'd already been trained/experienced on Mecha combat.