Baldwin the Merciful's: Razor Coast (Inactive)

Game Master baldwin the merciful

I haven't gone through the build yet, just the back story. if I ahve any questions I'll drop you a note under a spoiler.

As far as the Sow spell I'm tentatively not going to permit it.

Interesting archetype I haven't seen one played.

Do you think you'll be able to keep pace?
By the way, I like that you provided notice of your unavailability with your Queilla character.

What is the quickest paced game that you are in or DM?

So what motivates Thomas? How do you see him developing?

I should be able to keep up with 1-2 posts a day most of the time. I can give advance warning when I should be missing for a day or more. That is not something that should happen often.

I plan to be out of reach for a week vacation in September, and probably a few days around major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.).

I wrote the same note for Kelsier that I did for Quiella. I did not write anything for Kale because he was not in any module at that time.

Kelsier doesn't post much because he's not a very chatty guy. That group is not big on interaction beyond what's required for moving forward in the module. So most of the interaction I write there is nodding at other PCs (and speaking occasionally) and asking ooc questions. I don't believe in filling space for the sake of filling space.

As you can see, my combat descriptions have been pretty bare, but I can adapt to writing them in a more descriptive way as you've described. Although, again, I don't believe in filling space for the sake of filling space, so don't expect paragraphs for a single attack roll.

I like writing, and can be very verbose (see: all of this spoiler), but I also believe the best writing doesn't use more words, sentences, or paragraphs than necessary.

All that said, I have no doubt that I have a lot to learn about how to RP well, and particularly with how to RP well in PBP.

The adventure has a tone of NPC's to interact with, I'm sure your RP will come around if you're chosen.

It seems that most of your games die out but you've been in one long term game that I see. I like to ask if you think the pace will be fine with you? If you check my other two games COT and RA you will see that I'm very consistent with my posting and game pace.

As far as an assassin is concerned that will depend on the party make up. The game is sandboxy but some of the players may not appreciate the the stealth assassin. So you may be boxing yourself into a corner if that is your character concept.

As a side not I forgot one thing from my build. Forgot to add the +1 ability increase for level 4. I think that's it but if I get picked I will give it a once over again before making the alias.

The fastest game I'm in right now as a player is KC's Age of Worms. We started March 25th 2014 and we're up to 4,371 posts. I play Cuetzpalli (a character pretty similar to M'Kumba actually).

The fastest game I run is probably my Absalom Aberrations, which is much slower due to slow players. We've been going since January and we're up to 1,155 posts. I don't like DMPCing people, so it often goes a day or three without an update while I wait for people to post.

I always post in the games where I'm a player before I update my DMed games though. I do live in GMT+8 timezone, so it's a 12 hour difference from the American east coast.

I'm not going to post with this alias again until after selection (in case I don't get picked), just wanted to make it easy to find my reply.

Every day I am on the paizo boards, reading multiple threads throughout the online campaign forums as well as rules/advice/campaign setting.

My career involves a ton of work at a computer, and I am self managed. Reading and posting multiple times daily won't be an issue at all. I did mention I've gamed for 25 years, but it has been a few since I've had a tabletop game. I have been itching to get back into it and very much would like to find a long term, mature and role-playing centric campaign to which I can participate and build my presence on the PbP scene.

From what I have seen, your campaigns are right up my alley.

Do let me know if you have any concerns about my build, also. I have considered dropping the Sandman archetype and be more of a party buffing type as well, but that remains to be seen. If I am chosen, that decision and those similar can be made in coordination with the rest of the party. Tricksters can be built in many ways, fortunately.

I like cosmic horror in small doses. CoC can be rather . . . hopeless. But I love when mythos stuff shows up in other things.

As for Thomas' motivations, I see him as a dreamer. Not simply in the literal sense, but that he is drawn to and inspired by the creation of meaning. He grew up unconditioned by material restraints. He has never known want. He was so privileged that his whims could be arbitrary. This made the world around him seem less real, less meaningful. So one of his major motivations, though he would probably not phrase it like this -- is to be meaningful. His dreams give him a sense of purpose that had been lacking.

The irony of him finding meaning in a cosmic horror amuses me.

Is remains the child of privilege, however, and still enjoys the finer things in life even if he no great meaning in hedonism.

Does that make sense? Did his story make sense?

Pathfinder deities, I really don't have restriction. There will be a couple new deities introduced in the game that are RC specific. This will be part of the character's quests and knowledge that they gather in game. The world and universe is far larger than they could originally fathom.

Do you think you'll be able to keep up with the pace of game? if you've looked at my DM profile, you'll notice that my games are consistent and active. It's important to communicate if there is an absence from the game.

I can keep up with post rates! Now that I have my hypoglycemia somewhat under control, I can generally post throughout the day. The low blood sugar used to keep me muddled and confused, forgetting half the time about it, but no more. I can even make an exception and post on Thursdays, which are normally my game days for my local group.

I shouldn't be absent, unless I have to have surgery on my pancreas or something like that. If I will be absent I will let you know, either personally or through one of my many friends on the boards which have my phone number. I can even give you my number, if you would like an easier method to contact me.

I was also thinking about possibly converting Sal to an Elf. Does the Elven race have any special history in the Razor Coast? If so, would you allow the Elven Archer class from Kobold Press? I believe it's on the SRD.

2 levels in Monk with the Sensei archetype gets you
*WIS to AC
*WIS for all attack rolls and CMB rolls instead of STR or DEX
*Class Skills: all knowledge skills, along with a lot of other useful skills (like Acrobatics, Stealth, Perception...)
*A bonus feat (Combat Reflexes!)
*Nice saves
*Proficiency with a Temple Sword (basically a Longsword with Trip)
*The ability to Inspire Courage like a lvl 2 Bard.
*Stunning Fist 3/day at 5th overall level (2/day at Campaign start). You can also use the Howling Ghost Monk archetype to swap this for Punishing Kick (or something like that), but I liked SF better.

*OPTIONAL*:
1-2 levels in Magus (Kensai) gets you
*INT to AC (up to your level in Magus)
*Weapon Focus (I was going to go Temple Sword)
*ability to enhance your weapon for a few minutes a day
*Magus spells (more or less meh but some utility for you)
*the ability to use Arcane Mark to attack twice with the Temple Sword at -2 using Spellstrike at lvl 2

This lets you max out WIS and let STR and DEX go a little lower than you otherwise might, which is nice for Inquisitor features (like Cunning Initiative). I was going to go Inquisitor of Shelyn for Glaive proficiency.

It's a little MAD, since you want to have some STR, DEX, and CON, but it's different, and you could be pretty good at Tripping, and wouldn't miss often. At lvl 4 I'd go Sensei 2/Magus 1/Inquisitor 1. Of course, this does hurt your BAB a lot if the GM doesn't let you do fractional BAB. It also takes a while to start really getting into the Inquisitor levels since at level 5, if you go with both levels of Magus, you still have only 1 level of Inquisitor.

Also, do you mind if I seed in Elven words and phrases, which I've collected over the years, into his normal speech? I think it would really make him seem Elven, rather than put down foreign characters and spoiler it below, because obviously with foreign characters people cannot think of how his speech sounds.

By the way, are there any caster slots open? I know the healer/utility caster is taken by Embrianna (You may want to homebrew up the power of the healing hexes, because they've always been a bit... underpowered, I suppose?) and there seems to be a lot of people selecting Rangers, which are sort of in the 'stealthy' slot. Besides, I'm a VERY adept caster, as some of my tactics would suggest.

Do you allow creative uses with spells beyond their descriptions? For example, if foes were in the water, could I cast Lightning Bolt at the water to deal part of the damage to all enemies in the water, within X spread? I believe in utilizing my spells to maximum advantage and like to be creative with what I can do. I would, of course, ask before doing anything of the sort because I don't want to step on your toes or anything.