Please ask as many questions as you see fit.
Huzzah, I have a second chance!
Hello GM Birch, I saw your original recruitment thread a while back and was elated by your GM'ing style. I run games very similar, I love to incorporate my players background and choices into the story. It draws them in, makes the world seem more real, and makes for a better gaming experience IMHO.
However, by the time I discovered it originally, you were already wrapping things up so I didn't bother posting. And here I am, possibly having a second chance! I am fairly busy this week with tests and what-not, but I fully intend to create a character for you to review.
Ok some things you ask of me that I can answer right now:
1) I check the boards frequently and if things are moving I'll post several times. I have never played a game that has been too fast paced for me
2) The Alias I am posting with is a good character to review for my playing style (although I unintentionally made him extremely powerful. Magi are scary). He's currently in a Way of the Wicked Campaign that moves pretty quickly. He just got to a character turning point where his intelligent weapon took control of him for the first time to save his life from almost certain death
Please remind me if I forgot anything about me as a player that you want/need to know
Now I have a few questions:
1) I am a little confused about your standpoint on archetypes. What does "n.b" mean?
2) Now I know that you are searching for somebody rogue-ish. However, what party roles are actually covered and what are you lacking in? I can tell that you need a stealthy skill monkey, but do we need a face as well? Do we have 3 front-liners or only 1? How strong is our arcane casting and would a dip into sorcerer/wizard be a good idea? How much healing do we have? Essentially, what do the other party members function as? I know that we both like story/background/personality driven characters, but I want to make sure I'm doing my job as well
3) What time (year) is it?
This is a good page to look at. It starts a bit down and continues onto the next page. I got into a fight against somebody that I didn't know outclassed me, but the dice gods smiled upon me.
Now I have a few questions:
1) I am a little confused about your standpoint on archetypes. What does "n.b" mean?
2) Now I know that you are searching for somebody rogue-ish. However, what party roles are actually covered and what are you lacking in? I can tell that you need a stealthy skill monkey, but do we need a face as well? Do we have 3 front-liners or only 1? How strong is our arcane casting and would a dip into sorcerer/wizard be a good idea? How much healing do we have? Essentially, what do the other party members function as? I know that we both like story/background/personality driven characters, but I want to make sure I'm doing my job as well
3) What time (year) is it?
1) n.b. means nota bene. Sometimes I forget that my writing style can be formally English. It's a Latin term meaning 'note well.'. In more common terms it means that despite the previous sentence, you should take note of what follows. What I was trying to say was - I only take core classes but that you can be an archetype if you wish. So you aren't limited to rogue - you could be an acrobat for instance.
2) Our rogue never returned from a short break and the players commented as such. I asked if they wanted a replacement and if so, what type of character. They replied they wanted a rogue-ish party member. I'd say they lack a skills monkey - and someone who can disable traps, open doors etc. Feel free to check out the characters in the game thread for more background.
3) That's a really good question and I don't have an answer. The module doesn't say but I do know it is set before the time that Pathfinder games are typically run as the faith of Razmir is not yet outlawed in Tamran.
Have another question, do you want us to be involved directly in the history of Tamran? I was thinking about knowing Irgal Nirmath in my history and wasn't sure if it was appropriate
I don't have an issue and I can make sure the timings work if it presents itself later in the story.
1) Perfect, thank you
2) I have checked out the characters and you have an idea for what I should make
3) Ok, well I am assuming it is sometime after Nirmathas became a free nation, but before the worship of Razmir was outlawed. That gives us a time range of 4655-4709 AR
Ok, how familiar with the history are you? I don't want to have a background deeply set in their history and you look at all the references having no idea what I'm saying
Ok, how familiar with the history are you? I don't want to have a background deeply set in their history and you look at all the references having no idea what I'm saying
I'm not a history buff. For your benefit, it makes sense you have made the timings and references logical but for me, it is more about how the back-story flows than historical accuracy.
Got it. Brainstorming now. Unfortunately I probably won't have anything concrete till tomorrow (it's 9am here) as I need to crunch for a test today and another one tomorrow