Cheliax prisons makes for good stories with good aligned concepts.
I think I am going to bow out of this one. Too many things going on currently. To those who get in, have fun!
i'm looking for 8-12 players. the crime doesn't have to be too severe.
Here is my submission. Oh I apparently made a typo in my previous post(due to the autocorrect on my tablet, and my not reviewing it). I intend to go into the Dragon Disciple prestige class, not the Drain disciple (whatever that is).
Pyrrius Crispin
human Sorcerer 1
CG Medium humanoid (human)
Init +4 ; Senses Perception +4
==DEFENSE==
AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 10 (+2 dex)
hp 9 (1d6 +2 con, +1 favored)
Fort +2, Ref +2, Will +2
==OFFENSE==
Melee 2 claws (for up to 6 rounds/day) +3 1d4+3 20/x2 (S)
Melee Unarmed strike (possible AoO) +3 1d3+3 non-lethal 20/x2 (B)
Spd 30 ft/x4
==STATISTICS==
Str 16, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 14, Wis 10, Cha 16
Base Atk +0, Cmb +3Cmd +15
Feats Elemental Focus (PFAPG 158), Eschew Materials (PFCR 123), Skill Focus (Knowledge (planes)) (PFCR 134)
Skills Knowledge (arcana) +6, Knowledge (planes) +6, Perception +4, Spellcraft +6, Use Magic Device +7
Languages Common, Draconic, +1
SQ Draconic Claws
Spells
0th: Detect Magic, Light, Prestidigitation, Spark
1st: Burning Hands, Enlarge Person
He is in prison for arson and murder. He is, however, innocent. His noble family lost status when it came out that their bloodline was tainted with the blood of both a gold dragon and demons , both antithetical to Chelaxian nobility. His family fought back against these rumors and may have succeeded until his powers manifested. Enemies of his family knocked him out, killed his family and set fire to his home making it look like he was the culprit. Now he is in shackles quietly awaiting his fate.
*giggle
I dig the name Crispin... "what's cookin'?"
Naberius, you will eventually be able to recover your spell/alchemy book before long. in fact, any spellcasters are reccomended to list thier initial prepared/known spells. so that wizards and such aren't as shafted.
Well getting your books back is just fine. But if I find out they hurt Cat...
If recruitment is still up for this one I'd love to submit a character. Not sure what I'd be yet (I have several interesting ideas) but I probably won't be able to get anything listed until tomorrow or Friday.
*Edit: Actually, I would love to play a human summoner, but I was wondering if I could take the shadow caller archetype. The archetype is supposed to be for fetchlings, but I'm not a huge fan of fetchlings and the archetype has such great flavor.
@ hgsolo: Been looking at a Shadow Caller human for another game myself. My guy would be from Nidal, which has tons of Shadow Flavor (as does the Chelish city of Westcrown, where the guy will be hanging out for Council of Thieves)
Off to PaizoConUK this weekend, dotting for interest and if you're still taking submissions when you get back. For race maybe Nagaji, but will take a look at the ARG as only skimmed it so far, takes longer to arrive in the UK ... :)
LG Human (Cheliaxian) Paladin
HP: 12, +1 Initiative
STR 16 (+3), DEX 12 (+1), CON 14 (+2), INT 12 (+1), WIS 14 (+2), CHA 16 (+3)
FORT +4, +1 REF, +4 WILL
Skills: Diplomacy +7, Perception +7, Sense Motive +6, Heal +6, Knowledge: Religion +5
Feats: Power Attack, Cleave
Traits: Eyes and Ears of the City,
Languages: Common, Chelish, Celestial
Class Features: Light, Medium, and Heavy armor proficiency; Simple and Martial weapon proficiency; Shield proficiency (except tower shields); Aura of Good, Detect Evil, Smite Evil 1/day
The good aligned faiths are oppressed in Cheliax and punishable if the individual in question cannot be converted. A champion of the goddess Iomadae is likely to themselves locked up and expecting torture, starvation or execution. Aleksandyr Rosebriar, the son of an esteemed noble Cheliaxian family, found his faith at a young age. While his family practiced the dark arts and made darker pacts with the fiends of Hell, he witnessed acts of charity and goodness from a group of strangers for the lower caste. Touched by their selfless acts and kindness, he investigated the group and followed them to their hidden retreat. What he found was an order of templars and clerics devoted to uplifting the weak, healing the sick and waging war on the evil manifested within Cheliax.
At his age, Aleksandyr was clearly able to see the ideals these men and women carried. He had witnessed the depraved acts of evil his people had committed in search of power, position and wealth. Not wanting to take part of any vile deeds, he ran away from home and joined the order of templars. He was taught the tenants of Iomadae’s faith and became the squire to a paladin, learning how to take care of the elder templar’s arms and armor. As he grew older he learned how to wield the weapons and wear the armor of a crusader.
As Aleksandyr grew older he was officially indoctrinated into the order, anointed as a divine crusader in service of Iomadae. He joined his brothers and sisters in their sacred mission within Cheliax. They gave alms to the poor, tended to the sickened and diseased and covertly fought against the corruption growing in Cheliax. It was during a mission that resulted in Aleksandyr’s capture. A small group of templars were investigating a series of murders in the under city of Egorian. The murders ended up being a ruse facilitated by authorities that had been attempting to find and capture the order of templars.
In a valiant act of selflessness, Aleksandyr guarded the retreat of his brothers and sisters in arms while he fended off the pursuing city officials. While he had managed to successfully ensure their retreat, he was captured in the process. The templar was shackled and taken into custody where he was stripped of his belongings and imprisoned to await his judgment. In silent vigil he prayed in his cell among the city’s criminals and innocents who awaited punishment.
If recruitment is still up for this one I'd love to submit a character. Not sure what I'd be yet (I have several interesting ideas) but I probably won't be able to get anything listed until tomorrow or Friday.
*Edit: Actually, I would love to play a human summoner, but I was wondering if I could take the shadow caller archetype. The archetype is supposed to be for fetchlings, but I'm not a huge fan of fetchlings and the archetype has such great flavor.
go ahead.
recrutment is now closed.
anybody willing to archive the list of applicants by class?
WaterHammer Half Elf Bard
Mellany Aasimaar Witch
Karash Vishkanya Monk
Akari; Kitsune Rogue?
Alain Zygan; Angelkin Oracle
Naberious Blast; Tiefling Alchemist
Black Thom; Elan Psion
Aleksander Rosebriar; Human Paladin
Pyriua Crispin; Human Sorcerer
Groden Honorbound; Human Fighter
you all get to join. meet me in the discussion thread. i said i was looking for a lot of inmates. and now, i don't have to stat out as many NPC inmates. meet me in the discussion thread.
Bard = Support
Witch = I don't know, I don't play the class
Monk = Flanking Buddy
Rogue = Flanking Buddy
Oracle = Healer
Alchemist = I don't know, I don't play the class
Psion = I don't know, I don't play the class
Sorcerer = Arcane Support
Fighter = Fellow Meatshield
Witches have some combat ability, some support, both through spellcasting.
Alchemists blow things up. That's how I'm playing, anyway! *Nefarious grin* I'll also have support abilities to some extent, and I'm relatively good at combat (3/4 BAB)
Psions are similar to sorcerers-- spontaneously decide to use a power, limited points per day.
Any room for one more?
I'm thinking of an Inquisitor or a Rogue/Urban Range Archer?
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"For thirty years I and a group of the greatest men and women it was my privilege to know fought against the empire. But eventually, the minions of Cheliax killed my friends and captured me in this dungeon. In the long years since, the reason for keeping me has been forgotten, but I still remain, unable to fight, unable to die." He looks at each of you in turn. "For our oath, we receive powers from the human mages who created the group after a Chelaxian massacre of immense scale and depravity. Time has sadly diluted the powers of the Eight, but some vestiges still remain. The power to teleport, a degree of telepathic empathy with my comrades, and…" he gives a small smile.
"rarely, occasionally, sometimes… the favour of the subtle hand of Fate… From what you have described of your escape, and your disgust with the devilry of Cheliax, I believe that Fate has steered you here and given you this choice. If you are willing, I can use the last of my power to anoint you as the new Eight. You will gain powers, and can use them to escape from this place… but you must swear an oath before the men of old and the children of today, to uproot that which is the Chelaxian empire, to the best of your abilities, to the end of your days." The old man's hands clutch the bars of his cell, his fingers growing white as he stares down at the stone floor.
"The Empire has grown beyond imagining in the many years since the Eight were formed, and even more since I was captured and the Eight defeated. None will blame you should you fail."[/b] He looks up at you and there are tears in his solemn eyes. "But if you freely choose to take this duty, then you must swear to try. To attempt to work against the Empire, to strive to protect those who cannot protect themselves, as we once did… as I hope we will again, through you." Wiping his eyes, he crosses his arms and lowers his forehead. "What say you?"
The old man's eyes twinkle as tears rain down his cheek. As the circle is formed, a bright blue mark on his right arm forms and glows brightly beneath Blast's hand, shining through his fingers.
You feel the presence of a mind- dusty and ancient, yet with a long-forgotten power newly coursing through it. As the mind connects with yours, Kamsen speaks, the words springing to your lips in time with his own. As one, you speak the oath.
"From cruelty, we were born.
In fire, we are alive.
The devilry of Cheliax, we will end.
We are the Eight."
"They sow sorrow.
We will sow joy.
Their weapon is cruelty.
Kindness will be ours.
Demons will protect them.
The innocents will stand with us.
We are the Eight."
"Here and now, we are alive.
Here and now, we swear this oath.
Tomorrow, Cheliax will fear us.
Today, we rejoice as brethren.
Now and forever-"
"You are the Eight." The old, old man whispers quietly as the spark in his eyes glows bright as his tattoo, and in unison you respond-
"We are the Eight."
"We are the Eight."
"We are the Eight."
"We are the Eight."
"We are the Eight."
"We are the Eight."
"We are the Eight."
"We are the Eight."
With a bright flash, the same blue mark appears on all your right arms beneath the clasping fingers of your newfound brethren. The wide-eyed children look up at you all in awe as a new power, a new connection is forged between you all. "Here, watch, see, learn..." whispers Kamsen's voice in your mind as you watch him reach into a tiny dot of blue power and gently cradle a portion of it in his hand.
[b]"Goodbye."
He breathes into the small pool, the blue power cascades over you, and as Kamsen steps out of the circle and it closes fully, you feel a tiny thread pulling the top of your head upwards, until with a jerk the room vanishes around you.
As you disappear, the old man collapses to the floor panting, the blue sheen from his eyes fading to grey with his tattoo. As his heartbeat slows he spreads out against the floor, his cold cheek against the even colder stone.
The pounding behind the door rises to a climax and it shatters into splinters, tens of guards now visible stand aside, as robed figures throw globes of fire into the room. The flames lick around Kamsen's old, withered body, and his lips contort into one small, final smile. [b]"We are the Eight..." and light fills his eyes.
Recruitment is now open to fill some open spots in my homebrew campaign. This game was started by Wolfman GM and I took it over after he disappeared.
Your characters will be people captured and thrown in the Egorian jail by the Cheliaxian empire. By a twist of fate, you manage to get free, find an old man and... well... see above.
There are eight spots in the campaign. After a roll-call, four are empty. There is a chance that some people may come back and the number of spots will close, but I believe it to be unlikely.
If you are recruited, it will be ret-conned that your character was one of the people who escaped the jail with the existing characters, as opposed to one of the people who have disappeared.
By this point, the existing characters have reached 2nd level, and that is what you will be starting at.
Any Race from Chapters 1-3 of the advanced race guide is allowed, but no customs.
Any paizo class or archtype is allowed, so basically everything on d20pfsrd.com that is specifically not listed as 'third party'.
instead of the bonus attribute point every 4th level, you recieve a bonus buy point every level. this is already included into your 1st level point buy.
Humans get +2 to a second attribute of their choosing, but cannot choose dual talent.
Starting gold is going to be a little unusual. You will have found an old safehouse for the Eight, and it has stocks of items and gold. Since that discovery, the characters have been on a shopping trip. This, you have:
-3000 gold to spend on mundane items, ones not too unique to your character (no spending 500gp to get your mother's hand-carved desk, for instance)
-1000 gold to spend on whatever you want.
Alignment wise, preferably Good or Neutral. The key point is that your character a. Wants to stick it to Cheliax and b. Will work fairly well with the party.
We currently have
-Rogue 2
-Witch 2
-Alchemist 2
-Bard 1/Fighter 1
I am not sure how long recruitment will be open, but definitely for at least several days.
I should warn you, this is only the second game I have ever run, and the previous one ended in a TPK after the second encounter (ice golems are NASTY).
Please let me know if I have missed anything in my recruitment post.
Is there anything pressing that the group is looking for? seem a bit light on the healing from initial appearances but I could be wrong.
More healing never hurts, and I think we could really use a fighter type.
I'm playing the Bard/Fighter and I only took the dip in fighter to gain Precise Shot quickly. I'm gonna go with Bard for the rest of my levels.
Probably. ;)
I got a couple of characters. one is a wizard that didn't make the cut for another game funny I was to only core arcane cater that applied)
the other is a ranger but is currently a possibilty for a Crimson Throne game. If rejected for that one I may submit him here.
still have other ideas for use.
In the way of healing, our group is rather odd, I think. We have three characters that are sort of backup healers: Taurven the Bard, Mellany the Witch, and myself, an Alchemist. A full-on cleric or oracle could be great.
As for combat, we could really use a heavy-duty frontliner; while the entire group is 3/4 BAB characters, I believe, our rogue is mostly skills and subterfuge, myself and Taurven are primarily ranged combat with the capability to go melee if needed, and I'm not sure on our witch.
A wizard could be interesting, but I think a ranger is something we could really use in our party if you want to submit that. Otherwise, I think a paladin, fighter, or barbarian could be of great help, as could a cleric or oracle.
Just throwing out my 2 cp for hopeful recruits!
This game has promise! Count me interested. Ill be recrunching this character in all aspects except class. Will be going Barbarian/Oracle with a healthy lean on the barbarian.
Although Im not understanding why no ability score over 16 even after racial modifiers?
^ Gotcha! Im EST and it wont be until this afternoon that I can complete recrunch/backstory.
edited -
considering this statement - instead of the bonus attribute point every 4th level, you recieve a bonus buy point every level. this is already included into your 1st level point buy.
Does that mean we'd actually have a 27 point buy? Does this change the max to 17?
Fair enough. Ill get work on it this afternoon then. Ill try to catch up on the story today as well.
here is the character crunch:
basic story (very brief)
came to Cheliax from Quadira looking for what happend to his father on an expedition. found out he was falsly accused of murder and hung. now seeks vengence on those that wrong his family and that treachery appears to run deep into all levels of the Chelaxian government.
Sorry for the delay but RL has reared its uglyhead the last couple of days. Wont get to crunch up until tomorrow at he earliest.
With Edward's solid Ranger build Im now leaning towards building a Paladin to help with both front line and healing.
If you like, I can alter Valerio for this game. He's written for Curse of the Crimson Throne, but a Cad would be perfect for this story. Let me know if you are interested in him, and I'll re-write him accordingly.
If not, I'll keep him as is and hope for another CotCT to start up.
Recrunch complete. Still to buy gear and write backstory.
question on gold expenditure - Is it 4000 gp total and we're just able to spend 1000 gp on one thing? Do mundane items include potions?
and do we have to spend it all?
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The idea is that you've come to the hideout and claimed a room, and in that room you've found 3000gp worth of mundane (masterwork is okay) items, as well as 1000 coins.
Thus I would prefer you to spend all of the former, though you can set some aside and spend it later- say you decide you need an hourglass, can just pretend you found it there.
You can spend your 1000 coins, or not, its your cash.
Mundane items include potions, sure, and wands. Just not wondrous items, or staves or rods.
Ahha! That all makes sense. Im catching up on the story now and just got to where the Eight are headed to the hideout. Ill work on spending cash tonight.
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I'd have to rework Jelani a bit, but he's my old PFS character that I've tried and failed to get into 4 PBPs now. In PFS he started as a barbarian, but ended up a Steel Falcon. Currently he's written up as a Shoanti because I was trying to get him into a Crimson Throne game. But originally he was a Mwangi slave freed by the Eagle Knights.
He's a hard hitting two handed fighter, that will have at least one level of bard for decent skills and wand usage. Lemme know if he'd be a good fit and I'll make some time to rework him.
Edit:Wow. I just realized you are Nathaniel, Thak, and Mordecai. It always amazes me when I find out I'm playing with the same person in a bunch of different groups.
Other than updating his stats (he was 15pt buy) and equipment, his history needs altering a bit.
I suppose moving his story to Egorian and continuing it on it's course could put him up against an official, or noble Chelaxian (replace Gaedren Lamm). In his pursuit of revenge he could easily land himself in prison. Or, maybe he hasn't been caught yet, and is still feebly fighting a one man war against an antagonist/the system as a whole. I envision the story being somewhat more like Sweeney Todd, where Ticaria was the object of a crooked noble's (or even a fiend's) affection.
Maybe Ticaria set the whole thing up. She could even be a fiend.
I've read the campaign so far, and I'm wondering how he became one of the eight. With that obstacle out of the way I imagine he'd fit in with this group. Valerio is a hard man though, and I intend to see what a Cad can do when fully unleashed.
If you recommend it, I may alter him by slowing his aggressive combat feat progression a bit. I'd take Hermean Blood at lvl 1 and choose Sense Motive, and Perception. This would make him able to infiltrate much better. It's not what I'd intended to do though. His real advantage is the ability to walk around unarmed, and then turn a social encounter into a one sided blood bath. That's why the Cad appealed to me in the first place, and that role would be better served with a straight combat feat build. I am open to any and all suggestions.
Let me know what you think. If the group likes Valerio, I'd be happy to join.
Just missed the cut for another game (was too long on crunch, didn't attend the RP-off in the tavern) for this character. Could scale him back to what fits, if you think a grey weathered badass fisherman would fit your game. He's a Tovenaar, but that's on d20pfsrd. He's essentially a fighter-light, discovering his powers from an aquatic heritage.
He could be in just for brawling, or perhaps for arranging a furlough from some exclusive girl's school. Very exclusive, as in Golden Erinyes?
Please let me know if this suits at all.
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Jelani- I do play in quite a few; a good deal of them with Rosa!
Jelani looks fine as a build, though there seems to be nothing in his background or description specifically tying him to Cheliax; it would be best if he had at least some connection to the place, though describing the event that caused him to be locked up in jail in sufficient detail might be fine.
Valerio- take the build you want, if you are chosen we will probably accept another combat-ish type as well so you shouldn't need to be too optimised for the bloodbath.
Is your character going to be at all interested in uprooting Cheliax, though? That is the primary objective of this campaign, and from the sounds of it you character is only focused on sorting out Ticaria and wouldn't be interested.
Gunser- Tovenaar, eh? Interesting... I'll confess the archetype seems somewhat underpowered to me, especially at the higher levels; how do you see the character as functioning in combat? Why did you choose this instead of just a straight inquisitor?
That said, your character does look really interesting; give me a little backstory about why he would be locked up in Cheliax, and some reasons for why he'd be fine for uprooting the place and you'll definitely be in consideration.
just wanted to know if you have considered Kalim? do you need more detailed back story? I can work on that if needed
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Oh, agreed. I'd rewrite his background to its original form. Born in the Bandu hills, sold to colonial Sargavan slavers and then up through Bloodcove and Corentyn to Westcrown. There he was freed by some undercover Steel Falcons and escaped to Andoran for a while before returning to Cheliax in an attempt to free more slaves (this time in Egorian). He got caught during his attempt and after killing two guards while making time for the slaves to escape was thrown into prison and scheduled for execution.
I'd also have to double check the crunch and make it match your specifications.
Forums just ate my text. Calling up Notepad, will reply soon. Thanks for your time so far.
"Sittin' in a Chelish de Lux, and you want to know why? Why don' matter, in a place like this here. Oh, I suppose, it'll pass the time."
"You heard the old joke, what you call an honest man in Westcrown? A tourist! Well, that was me, tourist all over. Sea brung me, and there I was on the docks... well, it was near the docks... it were in a house... alright, it were a brothel. Well, this girl come in, and she's not for there. There's a look; she didnt' have it. But she's askin' after the book; she's gon' sign it, tears and all. Well, that don' sit right with me. One feller, he was already layin' down coin. I jus' give 'im a look."
"Now, the Missus, she don' wan' no trouble, so she lets me and the girl be, and we set to talkin', and she says, it's her sister, been taken. Them two, they was after makin' candles, she says, and a livin' at it, but alone, she can't. So, who's done the takin?, says I. Them Golden Eurinyes, says she. Says they was sayin' they'd make a proper soldier of the sister."
"Now, a girl's got a right to chose any damn fool, or fool damn, life she wants. But the girl says, the sister didn't chose it, them Eurinyes, they chose her."
"Well, an idea come to me. And it brought another. And along about the 5th or 6th, they started getting good. I should have stopped then."
"There's names and such, I'll not tell the whole of it, but I got the sister out, and I got her away, and myself away, too. They saw me, put out word for an old grey man. Old! I'm not old! And I weren't grey, neither, when they come through the dockhouse."
"Oh, then how'd I get here? It were the book. See, when I were in them Eurinyes' hidey-house, gettin' after the sister, there was a book. And I'm always happy of a good read. But it were wrong, I'd no right to it, and should ha' left it. If I'd had, I'd not be here, today."
"'Cause I'da lit my pipe with a page outta some other bit of trash."
Tovenaar does indeed start slow. But accumulating Domain powers gets very impressive, and the build as planned leverages several synergies. It also redeems Aquaman. :)
The game the build was made for had Jelani's sharkman Rasso as another applicant. I was very much hoping to be radially healing myself, Rasso, and my mephit (but that's all levels away, in a world that didnt' happen).
Gunser might indeed be underpowered early. I can accept that if you can. Some shuffling of when things are taken might improve that. There is real meat ahead, though, when he's self-enchanted his bonded object (Oar!) to a +1 Quarterstaff, Merciful and Vicious, and hitting for 4d6 damage. And Arcane Pooling Cold and Electricity onto that 'Staff of Storms' for 6d6. And using his self-heal for 3d6+6 or so while still swinging that staff. Of course, that's at 6th level, earliest.
At 4th level, he's got +level to CHA he can use on himself or give away, 5ish times a day.
At 8th level, he's got radial Heroism, and can choose a Feat every round, and use it. He becomes possibly the most widely-capable fighter in Chelaxia.
"Because it's rotten to the roots!"
Long-term reasons are long-term. But I dont' think we'll have any trouble putting a soggy Beau Duke into Chelaxia's 'crosshairs'. Or vice versa.
I am going to back out of this one I have enough on my plate right now.
there are some great submissions to choose from.
"We are the Eight. And we stand fast."
"Well, I been 'ccused o' fallin' to the bottom of a bottle, afore. But never of a vintner's cask."
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Just finished reading the gameplay thread and now I REALLY want to get picked. The Place is awesome as was Madame Wilheminia!
The only remaining characters are Akari, Blast, Mellany and Taurven right? No one else has posted in the last month. Since that's only four and there are supposed to be eight, why not take all of us? Valerio, Sicsivicus and Gunser would bring it up to seven, and then make Bob number 8. Just an idea.
I moved one point from Survival to Intimidate due to needing to make rolls while moving through the city. That leaves no one in the group having it trained though (assuming only one of the new applicants is picked, and it happened to be me).
I also modified the background to fit more with what's going on in the game and city.