A Land of Wonder! (Inactive)

Game Master Rickmeister

7 + 6 + 4 + 7 + 5 + 7 + 13 + 12 + 12 = 73

Original HP with Max first half others ended up being 59. So got a nice gain of 14 hp :D

Go go Dakcenturi!
Great idea Skaldi, I'm looking forward to the character.

Seeing as everyone is putting so much effort into this, and the fact that I would love for every one of you to be in this adventure, how would you feel about, instead of me running it for 4 players of level 9, I decide to run it for 6 players of level 8?

You can honestly say "yay i like" or "nay i'll take my 66% chance!" and I won't hold it against you. :)

I'm good with that. I liked the chance to play with everyone here, so I'd be just as disappointed to see any of them cut as I would be if I was cut. Okay, not quite as disappointed, but definitely disappointed. :)

Starting wealth drop to 32k in that case? Two traits?

Yes, the wealth would drop to 32.000 gold pieces, and of course make it a level 8 character instead of 9.
Other opinions?

Two traits, you may choose one from the Kingmaker AP if you want :)

I'm fine with Lvl 8

I'm ok with level 8 as well.

Zander Drax (Mezegis) OK
Jirani Kafr Abdu (jamie noone) OK
Ethan Sower (Cuchulainn)
Skaldi the Tallest (twilsemail)
Horatius Lartius (Bali)
Theor Garess (Dakcenturi) OK

Dak here, let me know how it looks. I didn't want to get into specifics of his adventures (since he really hasn't had any yet :P) so I just generalized it in his background.

Looking nice.
How about the money? Managed to squeeze everything into weapon/protection/magic/other?

Work in progress

I decided to make her a fighter2/invulnerable rager6. She started out in her town's militia before she hooked up (no pun intended) with the adventuring group. Feat and rage powers have been selected, and I just need to finish overwriting the stat block (from a pregen in a PFS adventure).

HP Rolls:
ftr 2 1d10 ⇒ 7 1d10 ⇒ 3 = 7
bar 1 1d12 ⇒ 6 1d12 ⇒ 7 = 7
bar 2 1d12 ⇒ 1 1d12 ⇒ 12 = 12
bar 3 1d12 ⇒ 3 1d12 ⇒ 12 = 12
bar 4 1d12 ⇒ 4 1d12 ⇒ 11 = 11
bar 5 1d12 ⇒ 7 1d12 ⇒ 8 = 8
bar 6 1d12 ⇒ 7 1d12 ⇒ 6 = 7

Not bad.

Nice nice, I like all of them so far.

Zander Drax (Mezegis)

I have absolutely no idea what to take for gear. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm happy to hear them.

I can build the PC as either melee or archer, whatever works for the party.

I won't be able to actually build anything worthwhile until tomorrow.

Rolling for HP.

Paladin 1: 1d10 ⇒ 51d10 ⇒ 10
Paladin 2: 1d10 ⇒ 81d10 ⇒ 10
Paladin 3: 1d10 ⇒ 101d10 ⇒ 2
Paladin 4: 1d10 ⇒ 61d10 ⇒ 2
Paladin 5: 1d10 ⇒ 21d10 ⇒ 6
Holy Vindicator 1: 1d10 ⇒ 81d10 ⇒ 3
Holy Vindicator 2: 1d10 ⇒ 61d10 ⇒ 3
Holy Vindicator 3: 1d10 ⇒ 91d10 ⇒ 3

HP before con mod: 6 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 6 + 6 + 8 + 6 + 9 = 71

Yeah I think I geared him out ok. I don't really have armor or weapons, everything is really magic items since (being a sorc) I don't really need armor and weapons... hope that works ok. Ended up with about 700gp left.

Looks like we are a decent mix of melee/ranged/skirmish. With the reduction in level and gold, I've had to tweak my build/buys a bit, no more Monk's robes for me ;_;, but having a +10 or more on every save is nice :)

Mezegis reporting for duty. Profile should be about complete if you want to give it a once over.

If you aren't familiar with everything Monks can spend Ki on, I'll flesh out the Ki abilities part, we can do some silly things!

Looks nice. Don't forget to add your magical gear in one of your spoiler tbs :-)

OK, I have them in equipment, but I can separate them into their own spoiler

Thanks, is easier for me to work out what y'all have :)

You do know that a wand can't be used without UMD check right?
Edit: Or you're counting on the others to activate it for you. Nvm :)

Zander Drax (Mezegis)

Yep, debating using some of my last 1k gold for a wand of clw too. Group opinion: yes/no?

Here's where I am with her.

Need to update stat block with attribute changes; still reconsidering rage powers; considering exchanging dodge for bloody assault; need to spend rest of gold; need to write up backstory.

Looks nice Anja!

A general piece of advice: don't spend all your money on the "big five". try browsing for potions, one-us items, etc coz there are many nice things in there that are somtimes more useful than yet another +1 to saves :)

Oh, and could you put a little spoiler in your characters designated "Gear" for your non-mundane items, where you include the price? I like putting them in my excel to see how veryone is gear-wise :)

Ooh, and I'm looking forward to playing it with you guys :)
The adventure has a real nice feel to it, and whatever piece I get to preparing I wish we were there already, so I could see your responses! :D

I opened the "Discussion" tab up top. If everyone could just post once with their characters name that would be great. General talk would still be here, but makes it easier to see what characters are (semi-done) and allows me to go through them faster than figuring out who is whose alternate name :D

And I added a tiny sliver of information on the campaign info part. I'll let you know when I put more there :)

Cuchu will not be joining our little group, because of too many active campaigns already. Everyone else still on board? LEt me hear you HOLLAH! :D

Hollah!

Er... Holler?

Working on the Vindicator.

I could bring him in as a control cleric with some healing on the side, do we know what variety of Wizard Bali's bringing in?

Man... I miss Hero Lab...

I should have a background up sooner or later and the crunch up shortly after.

Bali! Wakey wakey, rise and shine! :D

Skaldi, i thought herolab is a license for life? Lost access to your account somehow? If you want I can always input him in the system, if that helps. Anyone here G(mail/chat/drive)-people?

Man, that name is confusing to me, as I play Warhammer 40k and the vindicator is an armored vehicle that drops big shells :D

I have Gmail, and also played 40k for a while. Tend to gravitate more towards skirmish games now, Infinity is my latest kick.

I played Space Marines (who didn't) and Eldar in 40k, and was a huge Lizardman player for Fantasy.

@Rick: Remember 6 months or so ago when my computer had a meltdown? I've still not bothered to replace it. When I eventually take the time to do so, I'll hav eherolab again.

I use Gmail and Gdrive frequently.

I decided to forgo the Holy Vindicator. I think the Hospitaler chassis works well on its own and I'd like a chance to try it out.

I do have the background sketched out, but want it polished before I put it up here.

I'm heading out for game shortly. I won't be back in civilization until sometime on Sunday.

Check out my equipment and let me know how it looks.

Skills are still pending. I'll have to figure out what I need where. I've got 16 points to spend and about 50 I want to spend.

Durjaya the Penitant

Edit: Fixed the listed level and saves.

Re: Warhammer

I really wanted to pick up a Tyranid or Dark Eldar army in 40k, but no one in the area (over the age of 14) plays. I'm not going to buy an army and just look at it.

That said, Song of Blades and Heroes has a space game coming out (or just came out? unsure) and I'll be trying my hand at bugs in that.

In WFB I'm all Wood Elf all the way. Not that I've played WFB in a while. The last edition change I saw neutralized my entire play style.

What was your play style? All Skirmishers?

I'm a tyranid man myself, with some hybrid marines that don't have a codx other than what I want them to be at the moment :)
"Wasted" too much money on them already, but their hungry faces and blooddrenched talons make it worth it :D

Skaldi: could you copy or link the different feats you have, and summarize the magical gear so I have an idea on what to expect (slightly). :)
Looks nice. Maybe you could change your mercy to fit with the barbarian (fatigue)? That's your choice however.. :)

I ran a bunch of Glade Riders and a few other archers and used guerilla tactics and proper unit placement to harry my enemy to death.

I think I'll go without the mithral full-plate and just take the Full Plate.

That leaves me with about 10k left. At least some of that is likely going into the weapon.

I will absolutely change my mercy. I hadn't even thought of that. Switching out Shaken.

Trait suggestions are also welcome. I think Reactionary is necessary given the background. Though, really, I could take it or leave it.

With dex bonus of +1, Steel Full Plate is all you need, Full plate +1 is only like 2650. You could add a Ring of Protection and Amulet of Nat Armor with what you save for an additional +2 AC points. You already have an 8k+ weapon, I think trying to add anything else might be too costly at 32k starting gold. Don’t forget the handy haversack or bag of holding to carry all your gear in, no idea if Rick cares about encumbrance or not, but they are nice to have. Wand of Shield of Faith could be nice for a quick hit of +2 AC, and only 750 gold.

I think I'm going to roll in with a +2 Cloak of resist.

The general idea is a masochist who takes the hits for his companions. Too much AC means the baddies will start ignoring him for the squishy folks. I'm not sure what the average attack bonus for level 8+ monsters is, but I don't want to be much higher than the bonus itself.

I generally approximate 5+level of group, so I'm expecting roughly a +13 to hit. My goal for AC is to always try and be above that plus 10 (23 in this case), so mobs have a less than 50% chance to hit me.

If we are going to have 2 ppl who block with their face, I may go with a wand of CLW anyway, because we'll need 2-3 of them, lol.

hahahaha XD
Blocking axes with your face is good, for those more squishy behind you.

To answer your question: yes, i care about encumbrance.
And I also care about the percentages between the magical gear.
I mean, it's nice to receive some higher level gear and being able to afford that fancy sword, but I kinda want to keep the balance aswell.

As a general rule, 25% goes to offense (weapons, wands of offensive spells, etc), 25% goes to the protective (armor, shield, cloaks of resistance, amulets or natual armor, ...), 25% goes to other things (feather token of a boat, handy haversack, etc.), and the remaining 25% goes to other things (disposable items and money).
See below.

Table: Character Wealth by Level can also be used to budget gear for characters starting above 1st level, such as a new character created to replace a dead one. Characters should spend no more than half their total wealth on any single item. For a balanced approach, PCs that are built after 1st level should spend no more than 25% of their wealth on weapons, 25% on armor and protective devices, 25% on other magic items, 15% on disposable items like potions, scrolls, and wands, and 10% on ordinary gear and coins. Different character types might spend their wealth differently than these percentages suggest; for example, arcane casters might spend very little on weapons but a great deal more on other magic items and disposable items.

Looks like I spent:
8700 on a magic weapon
8000 on protective items
11800 on other things
and like 5000 on disposable items and money

Looks good Mezegis! :)

As a side note, I'm going to be completely excommunicado from the 24th to the 28th since I'll be sitting on a meadow in France in a medieval outit. ;)

So plenty of time to finish up your characters :D

I'm finishing up the preliminary ideas for character introductions and such, are there things you would like to see?

People that would like a linked background?
Something about their background secret/open?

I'm assuming the wizard will be part of the wizard's academy, the zen archer is part of the monk orders of Mithurdane, Paladin as part of the whitecloak/redcloacks, barbarian as part of Rhino. Dragon disciple is a bit open, but I would join you with the Rhino if you don't mind.

Harrow Flights is about to take off. Please put your tables in an upright position, and turn of all your mobile equipment. Any last thoughts can be talked over with the flight attendants.

Rick

So far we got:

Character 1: Shan-yu, zen-archer monk
Character 2: Khar Efran, dragon disciple/sorcerer
Character 3: Anja Grave, fighter/barbarian
Character 4: Durjaya the Penitant, hospitaler paladin
Character 5: Bali the Wizard (still in the makings).

Alright, Bali here. Sorry to be slow in getting Valeeran up.

Rick I based his history on your suggestions but tweaked him a bit. Let me know if it works.

Okay, the team is put together very nicely. To those who still need it, don't forget to fix your gear (32.000 gp to be spend wisely) and give me a question your character would like to receive a Harrowing about.
If at all possible, I would like to kick it in gear in about 10 hours, so we still have roughly 36 hours to get your first posts on. :)

Gameplay minus 10 and counting!

I'm not going to check everyone's character sheet concerning the money and its percentages. I trust everyone is adult enough to adhere to it :)

I'll have an alias up presently.

Question: Where can I best serve the faithful?

Depends on your type of faithful and your type of serving.
I reckon it could be that you serve in the Whitecloak army because you can protect the people, but still have enough time to serve people by going around healing them?

Something like that?

Probably, we'll see what the cards say.

This is an open invitation to anyone wanting to join our campaign. We barely scratched the surface, but due to circumstances are looking for a replacement to take over.

If you are interested, please apply here.

Information can be found on the first page, or by asking questions here :-D

Rickmeister, which character listed a few posts up dropped out?

We lost the paladin heal type, and then the replacement paladin heal type.