Not sure what lies ahead of us, but think we'll need the magical assist more than the lockpicking/trapfinding. That's just my vote.
Who needs magic and sneaking? Another big frontliner!!! Ahem...
I agree with Kytes. If we are lucky, magic might encompass the sneaky/skillset.
Yep, I'm good with that, or with just 4 of us - either is fine
Just a heads up, I will be traveling this weekend starting tomorrow AM, and may be unable to post. Return on Sunday night.
Hey folks! Your DM pinged me and asked me to take a look at your thread, since you needed a little extra help.
If you're up for a joiner, I'd be happy to come aboard and help with arcane firepower.
Alternatively, I can make a completely different character to suit the group's tastes/needs.
Dyseya was one of the original applicants, and we’ve played together in another PbP that kinda ended in a bad way, so I’m happy to welcome her aboard!
Happy to have you. Play what you like. We do need arcane support or lock/trap skills or both. Not sure what our intrepid GM has in store for us, but I'm sure it will be a challenge.
Well, here's what comes to mind.
* This character is a straight-up fire-based blaster. I would of course have some controls for when we run into things that are immune to fire. As an arcanist, I can expand my spell repertoire and learn buffs, debuffs, and utility spells as needed.
* If we want a hybrid traps/caster, I have another character from a defunct game, who is an elf rogue (eldritch scoundrel). At first level the class is kinda garbage but by third they're good for a little arcane magic and they can also do the usual trap business.
* I could make a sorcerer with the Seeker archetype; they get trapfinding(-ish).
* I could go triple threat and do an eldritch knight build that combos trapper ranger with wizard. This character would start without magical abilities at 1st level and would lag a bit, but by mid-level would be able to do trap and stealth AND fight and use magical buffs to compensate for gaps.
If I were picking, I would think build 2 or 3 fits our bill, but I don't want to dictate what you want to play. We can get a scroll of Knock or something for locks and just meat-shield traps if you'd prefer the fire-blaster.
This is a mostly wilderness game, so locks and doors arent a big problem, but traps... There will be traps.
Ok, I repurposed an alias from a dead game, and here is an alternative that's riding the edge!
Túrante is a literal elven princess! But she is no shy and fragile court maiden. She is trained in all the classical elven arts, be it woodcraft, archery, or arcane magic. She is on this expedition as an olive branch to improve relations with nearby humans and to build long-term ties.
With just her one starting level of ranger (guide & trapper), Túrante has trapfinding! She can find and disable traps, including magical ones. Plus, the guide archetype basically means that instead of having a conventional favored enemy, she can call one out on the spot and get the +2 bonus in a pinch for one fight. And she is a helpful front liner at the start - while she needs bonuses like flanking and bless spells to hit, her 19 AC is not bad out the gate. She could also stand beside your existing fighters and give them Aid bonuses pretty reliably.
At 2nd level she'll take a level of wizard, which will become her favored class. Then it's a matter of switching out armor and using mage armor and buff spells to improve her fighting, plus hanging on to some utility magic. By using the exploiter wizard archetype, she can get the arcanist ability of Quick Study, which will let her swap a spell on the fly if she needs to cast a utility spell that she doesn't have prepared.
Long-term, she would get to ranger 1/wizard 5, then enter eldritch knight. By that time she'll have the Shielded Mage feat, so she can use sword and shield while still casting spells and benefiting from mage armor to keep her AC reasonable.
Anyway, that's option #4 from the list above. I have a different alias for the eldritch scoundrel, but that character is much more fragile. No real main combat ability - just sniping and spells.
If you guys are down for political hijinx and can wait one level for arcane magic, Túrante may be just the thing!
If you just want straight-up arcane firepower, Dyseya is the better choice!
And here's #2, the eldritch scoundrel. Trapfinding, utility magic, but not so good in a fight (no armor, mediocre hit points, no sneak attack until level 3).
I'm fine with whatever you want to play Jesse. I always find folks play better that way. :)
yay! we're back! Funny thing happened, I had a post written up and was ready to send when the power went out and the computer shut off :|
So, while things were down, I updated the Campaign Reference doc a bit and reformatted the Inventory Tracker so hopefully that's easier to read now.
Jesse, Turante's backstory is similar to Liamae's, which can make it easier to write you in if you both agree to having a shared history, perhaps knowing each other in the courts of Kyonin. If you decide to go that way.
So welcome back everyone, you've got some gremlins on your boat!
The eldritch-knight-princess-in-training it is then! (I like this character conceptually anyway and have been wanting to try it.) Sad note to party, my contributions in melee will probably be lackluster until around level 5. But I can do traps and spells!
1000gp starting wealth.
We are using Automatic Bonus Progression BTW.
Well, the forums are back just in time for me to inform you that I will be traveling out of town for the weekend. Feel free to post your turn and I’ll catch up with you on Monday :)
I'm posting this to all Discussion threads of games I'm in - it'll take me a day or so to catch up!!!
Likewise, catching up over the weekend. Safe travels GM
*Looks tentatively around*
Now are we back?
I think I'll hold off till tomorrow before an update, let Liamae get a post in.
I snuck one in before the site crashed the last time.
Didn't see it, thanks! Good to know everyone's still here :) Busy day at work but i'll try for an update this afternoon.
Kytes, it looks like your character sheet went missing from your alias profile.
Yikes! A one....
Are we back?
I posted the profile now. Guess I forgot to add it before.
I could have sworn it was there before, Kytes. I went ahead and referenced Kytes 1.0 for your Will Save.
I keep thinking we're back, and then the site goes down for a full day, again. But, I'm invested, and stubborn, so I'm gonna keep trying.
Sweet! Level 2!
Kytes adds lay on hands for himself, and talons for his familiar, which heals 1d6 and can be used 3x/day.
He also adds 1 Smite Evil per day.
Besides that its +1 to BAB, +1 to Fort and Will, 1 skill rank (Diplomacy) and 7HP. Not sure how you want to handle, but I just used PFS style (and FCB).
We’re doing plot-point based leveling, just FYI, but I’ve planned those points to coincide, more or less with the Medium Advancement Path. Level 1 is a bit different, as it was front-loaded with lots of social encounters. From here on out, things might be a bit tougher. I’m learning how weird the CR system is, so we’ll see.
Leveled up!
+1 BAB, +1 Fort and Will, +1 spell slot, skill ranks, 5 HP, 2 points mental focus (1 + 1/2 favored class bonus)
New Abilities: Magic Item Skill (+1/2 level to UMD), Object Reading
New Implement School: Enchantment
New Spells Known: Daze, hypnotism
Remember your Background Skills ;)
Yup! Pretty sure I put a rank in both of them.
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I’m excited about Object Reading, that’s a fun one for a GM.
Ran out of time tonight for this one, I'll get to leveling up tomorrow...
Apologies, but can you remind me what we're doing for HP progression?
Average here on out.
Kineticist level 2
+9 (4 + 4 CON + 1 FC) HP
BA+1
Save: F + 1, REF + 1
Gained elemental defense - flesh of wood
Gained utility wild talent - Kinetic cover
Skills:
+2 Perc = +6 total
+1 Stealth = +5 total
+1 Heal = +4 total
+1 Survival = +6 total
I'll start Chapter 2 tomorrow. Attai, get updated when you can.
Background Skills! You guys!
Where can I find about backgrounds skills? I am not familiar with that facet of the game.
Short version: You get two extra skill ranks at each level that you can only put into a short list of skills that are generally more flavor, less adventure.
Got it. Kytes added 2 ranks in Handle Animal and Profession: Farm to indicate his pastoral upbringing.
1 point to knowledge geography and knowledge nobility for me - both make sense given the experiences between lvl 1 and 2
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A little bit about why I play Túrante the way that I do!
Elves tend toward Chaotic Good and Chaotic Neutral in PF, and Kyonin has a national alignment of Chaotic Good. To me, this means that elves from Kyonin are acculturated in a society that places a strong premium on personal liberties and on encouraging everyone to find ways to be their best selves and to be kind and helpful to others. It's a society built on mutual aid with the trust that everyone else is also working to do the things that they enjoy without making trouble. Law is very limited and social censure more common; people are expected to be "good," and if you aren't, you are a disappointment. Really bad folks get "uninvited."
Túrante follows some of the old-school tradition of being an elven warrior-wizard, and so she values the notion of spending a lifetime learning many skills, especially magic. To her, being royal doesn't mean being "in charge," because she lives in a chaotic society. Instead, it means she has a responsibility to be a visible symbol of what it means to be "good." Thus she doesn't necessarily have special authority; rather, she is supposed to be a model citizen. She has to find where she excels and use it in the best ways possible to make life better for everyone!
This means that she doesn't stand a lot on ceremony or title. To her, being royal doesn't mean being haughty or privileged. It means that she has the freedom to pursue a wide range of activities, but she also has the responsibility to use these skills for the benefit of all the people of her culture.
end rant!
EDIT: This also means zero judgment about Liamae's choice of attire. She trusts that Liamae does what she does best, does what she enjoys, and makes a good life out of it. Until shown otherwise she will assume that Liamae dresses the way she does because she likes it and it doesn't hinder her talents. (In fact it's the source of Liamae's power, so she's sorta correct there...)
And that's why Liamae has a girl-crush on her.
By the way, this is Brainiac here. Just realized you were playing Turante, Jesse. :D
I’m a visual thinker, and so I believe strongly in the power of a visual aid. I’ve added a quick sketch of the area plus a more detailed map of the trading post ground floor to the battle map slides, for your reference.
And that's why Liamae has a girl-crush on her.
By the way, this is Brainiac here. Just realized you were playing Turante, Jesse. :D
Yep! I made a short dive through everyone's aliases so I would know what characters I'm playing with, and I noticed it was you. :)
Sorry I haven't leveled up yet, just resurfacing from the dreadest of lurgys.
Changelog -
+5 HP
+1 BAB
+1 Fort, +1 Will
Class Abilities:
Cunning Initiative
Track
Eye of the Harrow*
Spell: stunning barrier
Skills: 1 rank each in Kn. history, Kn. nature, Perception, Intimidate, Sense motive, Survival
At 2nd level, a suit seeker can use the magic of her improvised array to hone her attacks against targets that match the cards’ alignment. If any of the cards in her improvised array matches the alignment of an enemy creature within 60 feet on either the good-evil axis or the lawful-chaotic axis, the card glows faintly and the inquisitor gains a +1 sacred bonus on attack rolls against enemies of the matching alignment as long as the card is in her array.
If a card matches the alignment of an enemy within 60 feet on both alignment axes, the card glows brightly and the inquisitor gains a +1 sacred bonus on attack rolls and damage rolls against enemies of the matching alignment.
Just a head's up - I'm in NC and in the target of this hurricane. There's a good chance I'll lose power and service for the next few days. Please bot as necessary.