(1) Atalantia - Scourge of Magic

Game Master mdt

Gotcha. Well, i'll leave most of the junk behind for now. nothing i particularly needed. i will of course keep the two tattoos i had on me (unless they stole those too).

I would have asked for my two cestus, and my sorceror kit (total value 18gp).

i'll buy new armor and scribe new tattoos, pick up some thieves' tools and a lock. that'll be most of my loot.

I will spend my gold as follows, leaving me 20gp in coins for spending money:
250gp Mwk Chain Shirt
100gp Mwk Thieves' Tools
80gp Good Lock (DC 30)
500gp Psionic Tattoo, Natural Healing, ML 2 (6HP) [10 tattoos]
50gp Psionic Tattoo, Offensive Prescience, ML 1 [2 tattoos]

Nope, your tattoo's are still there.

Although Alsatia might have made them move to embarrassing places when she was busy dressing people. :)

I don't think Manifester Level does anything for Natural Healing, it's a flat 3 pts, no matter what.

Yep, a tattoo is only at it's minimum manifester level.

Scribing and Transferring Tattoos: The manifester level of a psionic tattoo is the minimum level required to manifest the scribed power.

Those are just the ones you buy from other scribers.

Scribe Tattoo Feat

You can create psionic tattoos, which store powers within their designs.

Prerequisite: Manifester level 3rd.

Benefit: You can create a psionic tattoo of any power of 3rd level or lower that you know and that targets one or more creatures. Scribing a psionic tattoo takes one day. When you create a psionic tattoo, you set the manifester level. The manifester level must be sufficient to manifest the power in question and no higher than your own level. The base price of a psionic tattoo is its power level x its manifester level x 50 gp. To scribe a tattoo, you must use up raw materials (special inks, masterwork needles, and so on) costing one-half of this base price. When you create a psionic tattoo, you make any choices that you would normally make when manifesting the power. When its wearer physically activates the tattoo, the wearer is the target of the power.

Ok, but in that case, wouldn't 10 ML 2 tattoo's be 1 * 2 * 50 = 100gp per, 100gp x 10 = 1000gp?

What I'm trying to get at is, if you're paying 50gp for them, they are the minimum ML tattoo's.

Buy anything you want within the guidelines previously provided.

If you have scribe tattoo, buy tattoo's at craft cost.

If you have Craft Alchemy, but alchemical items at cost.

You said otherwise in the second line. I think this was 2 pages back.

They would be 100gp each market price, but i have scribe tattoo, so that would make them 50gp.

*facepalm*

Have I mentioned that I'm down with the flu right now?

get you some alka-seltzer! works wonders!

It's not that Reaghar, you may have missed it.

What happened was, several days after the incident, they kidnapped you in the middle of the night after putting everyone to sleep with psionics.

So what they basically did was kidnap you in the middle of the night, while you were asleep in bed.

I was kind of surprised no one asked how they got dressed.

See, I thought we got hit with the sleep gas or whatever right after lunch on day 2 after Kol's hideout. That's the only reason Connor got to keep what was in his belt pouches. And dressed.

I will spend my gold as follows, leaving me 20gp in coins for spending money:

250gp Mwk Chain Shirt
100gp Mwk Thieves' Tools
80gp Good Lock (DC 30)
500gp Psionic Tattoo, Natural Healing, ML 2 (6HP) [10 tattoos]
50gp Psionic Tattoo, Offensive Prescience, ML 1 [2 tattoos]

Wow. Good choices, Reaghar. I had planned on 600 gp of tattoos myself, but thought we didn't have the time. Then I became a packrat. So basically a lot of the stuff I have now is stuff I left behind in the room. Only a Good luck, though. I hope they don't get picked in order of difficulty.

Eh. If we get a thief onboard I've got the psicrystal watchdog I can put into the sleep area.

Also, Alys found out about Griffon Mane fabric. +2 to Fly checks. Connor's going to be saving his money for some +50 gp clothing. More for the Level 3 wish list.

It's 50 gp per lb. though. Found it because i was pretty much at a loss, what to get for 1000gp, since its not enough for enhanced weapons or armor and magic items are out. And i didnt want to spend too much on consumables, so i ended up researching special materials. And getting unnecessarilyí expensive armor.

So we get to write the stats for our a portion of the npcs? Did i get that right?

@Alys - Yes, you get to write stats for your portion of the NPCs. You don't have to, if you don't want to. It just helps me out.

On a different note, with regards to items, remember, you can get a magic item if you can point to a similar level psionic power that can reasonably make the item. For example, the backpacks of holding are made with dimensional pocket, and work like bags of holding.

Assuming parallel requirements for the psionic equivalent, right, mdt? I was hoping to purchase or craft a Belt Pouch of Storage (1,000 gp, 0.5 lbs, 5 pounds of storage) - Hidden Pocket (Cryptic1, 5 pp). So Reaghar would have to be 5th level before he could use a Power Stone of the Hidden Pocket power with 5pp while Connor crafts the item. A Backpack of Storage, to be of similar requirement to the Handy Haversack, would require 9pp to make over two days, to emulate CL 9th.

One of my other characters has become a high-level crafter and I found out about Heavyload Belts (Ant Haul). They've been a real boon to my STR 10 sorcerers and wizards (3x equipment load). The belts became even more valuable with Shrink Item beltpouches, and I'm hoping for us to survive long enough to do the equivalent belts around Level 9 or so. Probably with the catch-all of Animal Affinity

Right now I'm wondering how to get a Psicrystal Staff with Compression so it can shrink down to the size of a tindertwig on command. Looks like about 3rd or 5th level, if I make it myself.

Alright, dont know psionic powers very well, have to see what could make a sash of the war champion for example but thats the far future.

As for the npcs, I would love to make some but i will not have time for a lot.

Right Connor, and no rush Alys, as you have time. Again, not full builds, just minimal statblock and name.

Not sure how i generate a legal stat block without making a build behind it though.

Will get back into the swing of thigns tommorrow after I get all the games I gm updated.

I'm not worried about it being 100% legal Alys. Just use the array, and grab the saves info from the class, and pick 2-3 skills they concentrated in and fill those in. Don't worry about spending all their skills, or even all their feats. If there's a feat they need for their job (like EWP(Firearms)), then put that in. I'm honestly more concerned about race, name, and a 3-4 line description of the person.

These aren't intended as anything other than basic placeholders. If one of the NPCs becomes more important than background clutter, I'll flesh them out to a full build. Really all I want in this case is a paragraph of who they are, and an very basic statblock that isn't overpowered and fits that person. I'm really less than concerned about getting all the rules right than just having something reasonable. That's why I said I didn't think it would take long to do them.

That Gryphon Mane material is perfect for Flick, totally going to give him a cloak or maybe shirt made out of it, if that's cool with MDT.

Was gonna go with armor made of it, but then I saw Darkleaf Cloth, which is also perfect for him.

As long as you pay for it, I'm fine with you making whatever you want out of it.

yeah we all need to get on that business with the griffon mane and darkleaf

Plot Advancement Phase 1 : THE CREW!

Sample Statblock
Kiana Sunbane Reville
Zen Archer Monk (8th)
Init +3, Perception +10, Darkvision
Strength (10) Dexterity (16) Constitution (12)
Intelligence (12) Wisdom (18) Charisma (9)
Defense : AC 21, touch 21, flat-footed 10
Offense : Flurry +2 LongBow +13/+13/+8/+8 (1d8+2+1d4 Ecto), Unarmed +6 (1d6)
Skills : Acrobatics +10, Fly + 15, Perception +15, Prof(Sailor) +12, Stealth +16

For Crew, use NPC stat array. For Officers (Including Deck Cadets), use Elite NPC array.

Phase 1 - crew breakout
Connor - Edge (Bosun), Edge (Chief Cook), 3 Able, 3 Ordinary

I'm using the PRD, and I'm typically going Expert2/(Psionic Class 1-3). Since we are in a psionics-heavy campaign, most of the Seamen will have the Wild Talent feat at 1st level, since it is Expert, and not a Psionic Class.

"A typical sailor is a 2nd-level expert (NPC Codex 260) with 2 ranks each in Acrobatics, Climb, Perception, Profession (sailor), Survival, and Swim."

Mdt, I'd like to change Swim +2 to Swim +1 with Fly +1, given the avian racial situation.

Hmmm....Connor doesn't have Swim. Hope this isn't a "keelhaul tradition" crew... ;)

I'm also assuming Weapons Proficiency (Firearms) is pretty much mandatory by Level Three unless special circumstances permit otherwise (like a Soulknife).

That all looks good Connor, thank you for the assistance. And switching out a rank of swim vs fly works very well, so does the wild talent feat.

Sorry for the delay everyone, I kind of need Selvan to level up and post before I continue.

No problem

Okay, here's what I've typed up over the weekend. I don't think this is the level of detail mdt was looking for - I did too much! I like character rollup too much to just do a stat block. They're also probably full of mistakes, since I tend to do this by hand and a PDF form. Maybe these entries will inspire others.

Very nice Connor, you're correct though, WAY more than I needed. And I'm not concerned if they're a bit off here or there. The important thing is they aren't all NPC Codex entries that read the same. :)

The back grounds and personality blurbs were exactly what I wanted.

1d8 ⇒ 6 HP Roll

Question: Did they confiscate psionic tattoos as well?

Nope

Wow, base Network powers at this level are kinda suck.

Skills as One would be great later on but the duration makes me not like it very much. Ima check other lists to see if there are better network powers in the world.

In the mean time I'm grabbing inevitable strike (guaranteed to roll a 1 when I attack cause the dicebot hates selvan) with the plan to grab the Network Metapsionic feat at 5th (the earliest I can honestly make use o it)

Strategy is another thing I don't look forward to much since literally every ability there will last one round for selvan. I'm still not even sure what I could have done differently with this character I wonder if there's an archetype that switches out strategies I can look into.

On another note I hope people stocked up on tattoos of healing.

Have you thought about Battle Medic?

It lets you pick healing powers from the Vitalist list as a Tactician.

Battle Medic You'd need to re-train during the down time, but you had time, just take the training costs out of WBL.

Alternately, Sense Link seems like a good way of getting everyone coordinated especially if they hav eto seaparate.

Are you last, Selvan? Connor's offering one free Psionic Tattoo of Natural Healing (1 pp, 3 hp) and one vial of bloodblock (APG) to each party member. So far I know Alys, Reaghar, and Sammark have taken me up on the offer, I haven't double-checked the other character sheets yet.

Craft-wise, Reaghar's the most valuable of all of us, with Scribe Tattoo. :) I'm not sure how much crafting skills and feats mdt's adding to the Officer Corps onboard the ships. I only added Craft: Shipwright, one Alchemy, and one Gunsmithing to the Able Seamen and Ordinary Seamen. I made one Soulknife, one Wilder, and a bunch of Psychic Warriors. mdt needs some high-level Psion (Kineticist) on each ship, because Control Air beats Gust of Wind hands-down, especially in a point-based system. It'd cinch someone being chosen as Second Mate, along with a hefty Navigation skill.

We can do this in roleplay, but I'm looking forward to the telepathic communication with Selvan in battle. Each of us are going a mile-a-minute; Selvan should take all those "good ideas", choose the best, and relay to the others, in my opinion.

Have you thought about Battle Medic?

It lets you pick healing powers from the Vitalist list as a Tactician.

Battle Medic You'd need to re-train during the down time, but you had time, just take the training costs out of WBL.

Alternately, Sense Link seems like a good way of getting everyone coordinated especially if they hav eto seaparate.

I'll think on it. Though I must say Selvan is not the nurturing type. Though this may be the easiest and most efficient way to solve soem of our issues.

Would it have to be spent out of the 1000gp now or come out of me at a later date?

Out of the 1000gp, just like Alys did.

If you retrain now, it's only 70gp. If you retrain after resetting WBL, it'll be 140gp.

Alrighty, I'll think on it. Mostly it comes down to a decision between a longbow and whether or not I really value coordinated strike. I'd also retrain a power (for 110gp total) to replace the entangling thing with soemthing else.

In any case I'm updating selvan's profile and have posted. I'll play around with some numbers and decide whether or not it's worth doing.

I find it oddly ironic that Selvan and Sammark are both not only on the same ship with each other, but actually liking their situation better and better with each passing minute. :)

Part of it is that they don't necessarily work together and that it's comforting to know Selvan can bodily pick him up and hurl him over the side.

Actually I just saw that Selvan had some spare cash so I think I'll just take it out of that and go ahead with it when I find time later.

That leaves Alister as our melee fighter. So I know where to send my Astral Constructs after to provide a flank. :)

Alister: da Hammer in melee
Reaghar: mid-range rays, luck changer
Sammark: mid-range rays, other
Alys: short-to-far-range firearm-like bolts of psychic energy
Connor: short-range-created Astral Constructs, battlefield control
Selvan: the center connector
Elrohir: far-range sniper

What this means in a typical battle is that Alister needs speed to reach the BBEM (Big Bad Enemy Monster), Elrohir gets dropped off in the back to start sniping, Connor manifests flanking attacks, while the rest of us circle and take out the secondary targets.

Tactical confirmation, Selvan? :)

Don't forget that Selvan is a melee character too. 18 str, polearm, medium armor and combat reflexes with a plan for power attack at 3rd kind of mark him as much.

Honestly it sounds to me like the best thing to do is to have the ranged characters focus targets down based on threat one by one. Meanwhile Selvan, Alister and Connor simply control the pace of the fight ensuring the only targets that are allowed to get by are those about to get crushed by a combined assault anyway. Unfortuantely seeing as we're 7 instead of 6 someone is going to be outside the collective and it'll likely end up being connor since he'll least be able to take advantage of the buffs.

The idea is to play passively rather than aggressively and take opponents apart at a distance. We all fly except Sammark so against groundbound opponents we can keep the luxury of distance and if we cna get alister to accept the gospel of the polearm even non-reach opponents are just screwed.

I wouldn't worry about secondary targets. We can control those. Better to focus fire on one target at a time and ensure those actions are eliminated from the table rather than spread the damage and end up eating more attacks than we necessarily have to.

Okay, Im sorry, but it appears there isnt enough time for me to work on those NPCs. Plus I don't think I could just make an incomplete statblock. My brain just doesn't work that way.

EDIT: Never mind everyone, I'll muddle through and work up the crew rosters. Connor, thanks for your assistance. You get a new years present (same as the christmas present).

Sorry I bothered everyone for assistance. Wont' happen again.

I would have liked to do it, but it just doesn't fit into my time, I'm really sorry.

it's OK, I'm just tired of being sick with flu and grouchy. :)

does Alys have questions for captain, or just assume silence?

As a matter of fact i also caught something recently. So we're both down.

She's got nothing to say. Just observing.

I wouldnt mind doing mine still. Just might take me till this coming weekend.

I actually have class levels in mind for my two non basic members.

sure Flick, thanks

She's got nothing to say. Just observing.

No problem, but for future, drop me a post along the lines of 'Alys just listens' or something letting me know, so I don't hold up the game to give you a chance to post.

It's actually pretty intensive to roll up a character, even with today's auto-fill PDFs. What we really need is an interactive graphical program that has all the Ultimate books installed, like the Hero Planner used for City of Heroes characters. Just keeping track of all the possible Combat Feats for a 7th-Level Fighter during creation is a pain.

I think I just caught a cold from my brother on Sunday, so it looks like I'll be under the weather for a week. It shouldn't matter to my online activities, however.

Plot-wise, a pirate ship might be better to visit the Surface lands than an official Clan military ship all by itself. At least when negotiations go south you can blame the pirates' attitude. I'm just wondering the reactions for putting an anti-magical group of psionics deep into magical territory. Even among "respected" kings and heads of merchant guilds there's always one rake who thinks using enchantment magic like Charm Person is the fallback to recalcitrant trading.

Which brings us back to the hypothetical crew of the Ashen Edge and Ashen Blade. At least one officer onboard each ship should be at least a mid-level Telepath with powers like Suppress Compulsion and Natural Linguist. We should also have some nifty universal psionic items to sell, like crystal masks, shards, and psychoactive skins.

Of course, pirates aren't Boy Scouts, and there's always some magic-user trying to wield the power of the wild magic storms, or a guildsman trying to corner a new market of customers.

You mean like this program?

I think it has some dreamscar press files, but I haven't looked at them.

And, Connor, if you re-read your post above, you may begin to realize why Kalvant's friend of a friend was having trouble finding enough (trustworthy) crew to crew the two ships, and decided to toss you into the lot.