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I didn't buy anything or even level properly on my chronicle sheets. I was just playing around with options and posted whatever BBCode I had so you could do the bar fight. That's not Lort's proper sheet!
Masterwork all the way and a wand purchased with prestige points (none of this "caster level 3 CLW" bullsh*t).
Drunk posts are way more fun than "hung over and my kids woke me up early" posts. :-(
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Okay, Lort is properly up-to-date. I've also fixed up his previous slap-dash inventory and chronicle sheets (I wasn't sure how to do the GM versions). Should be all good now: Lort Chronicles & Inventory Tracking. Please let me know if anything is out of order and I'll do my best to fix it!
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I need to update my character sheet as well, and see if there is anything to spend my hard earned golds on... :)
There is a "Magical Weapon Enchantment" in the PFS Field Guide I desperately want for my character. It allows me to add my dex bonus to damage. Its kinda weird that it is a weapon enchantment, and not a feat, but it is. Either way, I will have to save up a boatload of gold in order to get it... sigh.
Either way, my character sheet needs to reflect the thieves guild vanity, and perhaps any equipment upgrades. I need to find a non-lethal weapon I am proficient with also, apparently Saps are martial weapons and ninja's don't have martial weapon proficiency... Always something!
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Cyrus, you are talking about Agile... it is a +1 Enchantment, which means you need to already have a +1 Enchantment bonus on your weapon... so the minimum cost to that would be weapon costs + 300 (Masterwork) + 8000 (+2 Enchantment).
It is a good enchantment for a DEX based character, but it is a LOT too early for you to be able to afford it.
As for non-lethal weapons... consider taking Improved Unarmed Strike... you are always armed, and always have a potential non-lethal weapon on your person.
Otherwise, another +1 Enchantment that can be good would be Merciful.
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So, as a note: We'll be doing 2-13, Murder on the Throaty Mermaid.
Looks like we have the following factions (remembering this is season 2)
Osirion: Cyrus, Ibid, Miro, Amaranti, Lort
Taldor: Finarin
This matters for this scenario, because what actually happens is dependent on which factions are represented.
FYI - you'll have faction missions, too. I will add them to the campaign info, in spoilers.
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Erm... only Cyrus and Amaranti are Osirion. Lort, Miro and Ibid are Grand Lodge. I don't know anything about factions pre season 5... so it is possible Grand Lodge wasn't around then (but that would seem odd to my new-to-PFS senses).
Also, would you mind unchecking the "inactive" box on the campaign info tab? That way it will appear on my profiles properly. OCD. :-)
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Erm, anyone can join a temple or guild... the faction stuff is a pretty minor part of the prestige rewards system, really. Read further on in the Field Guide, my friend! Society Resources -> Vanities on page 62+ are particularly awesome, and probably what you're looking for. Businesses, followers, memberships and properties. All pretty cheap (relative to some of the faction awards!).
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Cyrus, if you don't want to burn your hard-earned gold on agile enchantment, there's a couple of feats which will also give dex to damage. Classic Dervish dance is one (might not fit your character, however..) Slashing grace is another, from ACG. And I think there will be yet another one for piercing weapons in some upcoming book.
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@Finarin: I still prefer to read it as Shatner. ;-) I'll try it your way, too, though.
@Silbeg: Ah, the GOP... I get more out of it every time I re-read it. I didn't understand a good chunk of it until after I'd actually played some PFS. Understanding more all the time.
I'm happy to play whenever you guys are good and ready. I currently check the forums way to often out of old GM habit. Maybe a week will teach me to relax a little and check less than 1-2 times or more every hour. Maybe.
@Cyrus: Dervish dance also requires ranks in Perform (Dance) - though perhaps it's only one rank. I did an entire character concept based around being Varisian and still having the feat (the Dervish Dancers in Golarion were originally Qadiran - I think). Slashing grace seems better if you want to focus on melee in my opinion. Weapon finesse is a must regardless, and weapon focus isn't entirely wasteful - especially if you're a human. You can always get the weapon training ninja trick, too.
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Just from my experience with the bar brawl, I ended up wanting to describe other NPCs actions (and words) when I was playing as any given NPC. It also seemed weird telling players what was going on as the other character, meaning I wanted to head back to the GM alias. All that means is that in order to get it to flow, you'll need to be putting up 2-3 posts for what would previously just be 1 (admittedly probably with no extra text added).
Oh, and I know how often I forget to change which alias is posting. All the time. Focusing on one game at a time has been a real help, but when I was doing the bar thing with Lort, Dave and Sheeba, I had to do a lot of post editing straight after posting.
The other thing is that, especially just for a Pathfinder Scenario, you're cluttering up your message board profile with a lot of aliases that likely won't see the light of day again (unless you run this over and over). I've seen it before, but it was for a Pathfinder Adventure Path, where you're getting a lot more bang for your buck out of the aliases. Even a module is more worth it.
I'd suggest doing just the major ones (especially if, as you say, the cast is very big), those you'd expect to be posting often as.
Anyway, just be careful. Don't get burnt or burnt out!
"Lort, I am sure that your GM will be able to handle it, just fine. I am have the utmost confidence in him... as much as I have in you. Why it has been years since I have lost a team of Pathfinder Agents. Years, I tell you. And don't believe any rumors you have heard about during the so-called 'Season 4 Special'... the 'Race for the Runecarved Key'. Pay not attention to that.
"In fact, I am a proud supporter of the better, kinder Pathfinder Society"
An aide comes quietly into the study, where the Venture Captain is addressing you. She continues, nodding, "I am reminded that this is a much earlier scenario than ones you might have experienced. Things worked differently in the older days. We were freer with live, took higher risks, but for such rewards! So, it has been nice knowing you, Pathfinders!"
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So many options! The feats would definitely work, but then it would put me "behind" on all the amazing ninja tricks I could take, such as...
Vanishing Trick (Su): As a swift action, the ninja can disappear for 1 round per level. This ability functions as invisibility. Using this ability uses up 1 ki point.
What?! Ninjas that can disappear and suddenly reappear to get sneak attack damage? Imagine how the fight with Lort would have gone if I had tumbled between his legs and then DISAPPEARED!!!!
Of course... being able to just add +4 to all my damage rolls would be pretty amazing also... I can't make up my mind! and I don't even level for 2 more scenarios!
Of course if I went with Slashing Grace, I wouldn't be able to get it until level 4 (weapon focus as a 3rd level feat, then ninja trick to get the slashing grace combat feat at 4th...) I could still get the vanishing trick, but then not until level 6....
look at me, planning out my character 15 scenarios down the road... That is part of the fun of this though, right?
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Alright Mr. Silbeg, GM, Sir...
I've gone through hero lab looking for shiny new toys and settled on enchanting my masterwork chain shirt. After the gold from the slave ships game, my total was at 1515, so I spent 1000 for the enchantment (already had the mw chain shirt) bringing me down to 515.
We didn't need it in the last scenario, but I have a wand of CLW that I will absolutely add to the "pool" of uses.
And alas, there is no non-lethal damaging weapon that I am proficient with. Seriously considering the unarmed strike ninja trick. (But... invisibility!!!)
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(there is even a ninja trick that essentially gives me the mirror image effect! O.o Ninjas are fun...)
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Mmmm. Masterwork Mithral Chain Shirt. At 1,100 gp, it's the sweet spot for sure when you're a bard with 1,300 gp to spend!
As an aside, I just found an old sketch I did of Lort! I often like to do concept art for my characters and/or a background before even touching the character sheet. In Lort's case, I believe I did the concept art first. I eventually changed my mind from greataxe to greatsword, and he's now wearing plate mail... but this is definitely the half-mad Lort. Certainly moreso than my character avatar (though it's pretty close aside from the hair length and color, and definitely the closest half-orc avatar available on Paizo).
Also been working on the spoken version of Lort's spells. How's this work? I'll always put the ooc bit in parentheses, but I like to put in strange characters to represent that he's uttering a magical prayer.
0th Level
"∆э†эכ† ∏Åğḯכ"
"כຈົ້эņэ ₩ņэຈົ້"
"§†Åßḯլḯȥэ"
1st Level
"ßլэ§§"
"эກլÅຈົ້ğэ ¶эຈົ້§φກ"
"¶ຈົ້φ†эכ†ḯφກ 于ຈົ້φ∏ эƔḯլ"
Also, any comments on spell selection based on our mission description? One of my favorite things about clerics is the ability to select from such a wide variety each day.
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Hey Cyrus, I just wanted to say that it was a great game that you invented there. Thanks for rolling with it when Lort started to borderline cheat as well! Not that he needed to as it turns out.
Also, what does everyone think about this spell?
Maybe not for this scenario, but it has real potential in the future: broad spectrum overcome DR! According to the PFS rules, would I need to buy Faiths of Purity to get the spell? How would I find out if it is it even legal in PFS?
**EDIT** Just noticed that the source on d20pfsrd is different from my way out of date Spells app. It was reprinted in Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea Gods, which is a legal source... but do I have to buy it?
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Lort - One time, a long time ago, I was in a game with a clever player. The DM put us up against a dragon that was beyond our abilities, kind of as a test. The player challenged the dragon to a contest that (the details escape me) eventually required both of them to drink something. I think it was supposed to be poisonous (a la princess bride). The DM foolhardily rushed right into the challenge and had the dragon drink the "concoction" and triumphantly (rolled a high fort save) and said "Haha! No effect! I win!" To which the player replied, "Nope, that was a potion of transmutation, now you are a frog." The crestfallen look on the DM was one my my favorite memories of gaming.
You, my friend, were the player and I was the dragon in that little game, and I did say it was a battle of wits and cunning more than a skill challenge... I couldn't very well accuse you of cheating! :) I will find a way to get you back though! I loved the way you finished it up by joining me in the crow's nest. I thought that was very appropriate, especially after the bet escalated to more than just the "first" chore. That was fun.
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Just came up with a potential "thing" for me rolling things like perception and the like. I need to know from each of you if you would prefer to "Take 10" or roll for things like Perception, Sense Motive, Diplomacy, etc. It can change, but I'll need to have an [ ooc ] from you stating that you are taking 10.
This is one of the oddities with PbP... since there is some distance between the rolling and the role-playing.
So, if you would like to default to taking 10, please note it in a post here, and which rolls you would like to take 10 on. Thanks!