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Will Do! Thank you Alex (et al.) for the opportunity! Ok... I'm a bit busy today with the kids (being Saturday) but I should have time later to work on a character concept. To get things rolling...
You all can reach me at lord{dot}okoya{at}gmail{dot}com
I am located in Edmonton, Alberta (GMT -7), which I believe puts me last in the order, but I usually run on 6 hours of sleep, am a night owl, and have internet access 24/7/365. :)
Cheers!

Ilya Shukhov |
Welcome, Lord Okoya! I'm sure we all cannot wait to see what you bring to the game.
Since it seems you are preparing an arcane character... Ilya specializes in crowd control, but with almost no direct damage-dealing spells and only haste prepared as a buff. Just in case you were wondering ;)
Ilya obviously has far more uses of teleport than he really needs. Would some surgery be possible to transfer his favorite class bonuses to his hp after this battle?

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I'll work on his backstory in detail, but it will mostly be one of a happy childhood filled followed by wanderlust...
What do you think?

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Welcome, Lord Okoya! I'm sure we all cannot wait to see what you bring to the game.
Since it seems you are preparing an arcane character... Ilya specializes in crowd control, but with almost no direct damage-dealing spells and only haste prepared as a buff. Just in case you were wondering ;)
** spoiler omitted **
Sounds good to me :).

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5th level, average HP, no gear/wealth...
What do you think of the Go Unnoticed feat? Too complicated due to its reliance on the stealth rules? It really appeals character wise, but if it is a pain mechanically for you, I'm sure I can find something else.
Cheers

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Paging DM AK to the OOC thread. :)
Sorry, had an essay due today and not had much time.
The feat is fine, just bear in mind I may not run stealth 100% RAW (does anyone, its nigh-impossible...) but its pretty close and it works.
I would say 10 Con is very, very dangerous. I don't tend to pull punches, and staying at the back won't always save you from notice.
It would be nice if Kip had already been in Kardas for some time, so we avoid the total stranger issue with new PC's.
Otherwise all looks good :).

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No worries...I completely understand.
Ok, I'll keep the feat for now and see how it plays out. :)
I'll tweak my stats... -2 Dex (14) and add +4 Con (also 14).
I'll make some adjustments to his backstory and have him in Kardas for a while. My buddy looked over Kip and told me his bio read like the ad for a halfling dating service. :) Not far off for Kip I guess!
How do you want to handle gear? WBL of 10,500gp? I can add some gear and let you look it over?

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Hello? Is anyone out there? Anyone? Anyone at all...
<brings his knees in to his chest, wrapping his arms around his legs before gently rocking back and forth while looking hopefully about with tear filled eyes>
I'm so lonely in here all by myself...
;)

DM Alexander Kilcoyne |

Announcement!
Ok... sorry but theres some bad news guys. I completely misread the advancement track during the running of Kingmaker, and your a level too high. Please remove your level 5 changes immediately, and Okoya build for level 4.
Also, i've realised 20 point buy was too ambitious to balance for. To compensate, please rebuild your characters on a 15 point buy.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
DM AK

Malthir Al Dagon |

Malthir points his sword at DM AK and uses his remaining Smite Evil on him...does Malthir glow with Iomedae's holy light?
If so he tries to cut him down and hopes that he can speak with dead to find out what they did with the real DM AK...

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[delurk]
Thanks for a still-interesting game. I'm excited to see how Lord oKOyA's shapeshifting, CE drow assassin changes the party dynamics. ;-)
If the Lords of Kardas wanted to avoid getting blamed for the boy's death, but also avoid a precedent for raising every dead innocent in the kingdom, they could consider casting raise dead on the boy in secret. No lying, of course: You'd still have rescued him from a horrible fate, bu you wouldn't have to give yourself full public credit for your generosity.
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Malthir Al Dagon |

[delurk]
Thanks for a still-interesting game. I'm excited to see how Lord oKOyA's shapeshifting, CE drow assassin changes the party dynamics. ;-)
If the Lords of Kardas wanted to avoid getting blamed for the boy's death, but also avoid a precedent for raising every dead innocent in the kingdom, they could consider casting raise dead on the boy in secret. No lying, of course: You'd still have rescued him from a horrible fate, bu you wouldn't have to give yourself full public credit for your generosity. [/delurk]
For good or ill, Malthir would not deceive his subjects on a matter such as this. From his perspective they would be purpetrating an act, based upon a lie. Eventually this would come out, too many people would know about it. Suddenly we buy a scroll of raise dead and the diamond dust to cast it, then the boy suddenly appears. These things have a tendency to get found out, then the people wouldn't believe us and then we would be back to the issue of why didn't we save others?
We either save the boy in the light, the people knowing or we let Pharasma take the boy to his final rest. :)

Casimir |

It also serves as a reminder for our citizens not to wander into the wilds alone, and expect their rulers to drop everything and come rescue them if the get into trouble. Not to mention paying thousands of gold pieces for a raise dead, if they should perish out there.
We did all we could, and nearly died ourselves trying to save him. Let us be at peace with that.

Ilya Shukhov |
The rules for magic weapon and armor creation say that you can upgrade an existing piece of equipment rather than making an entirely new piece. You just subtract the price of the original piece from the creation of the second.
Can I do this with wondrous items?
(i.e. Upgrade a +1 cloak of resistance to +2)

Ilya Shukhov |
Profession (merchant) 52d20 + 728 ⇒ (4, 9, 14, 7, 17, 12, 3, 14, 11, 1, 7, 8, 9, 9, 17, 7, 7, 15, 17, 4, 15, 8, 15, 8, 4, 12, 18, 18, 9, 7, 12, 6, 7, 6, 6, 6, 14, 2, 10, 12, 1, 8, 5, 13, 10, 2, 4, 13, 20, 5, 10, 16) + 728 = 1222 (That's one check per week for one year for the building phase. Total 611.1gp)
Item Construction
Ilya's Persuasive Eyepatch (+5 Diplomacy) (2500*0.5) = 1250gp
Upgrade +1 cloak of resistance to +2 cloak of resistance [(4000-1000)*0.5] = 1500gp
Upgrade +1 bracers of armor to +2 bracers of armor [(4000-1000)*0.5] = 1500gp
The eyepatch will be made from one of King Vestek's scales.
Wealth
9650.29
8400.29 (-1250)
6900.29 (-1500)
5400.29 (-1500)

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Hmm... I really hate keeping players a level behind. Work out your character as lvl 6 with lvl 6 WBL and we'll see how the wealth compares to these guys. They should have more wealth than you.
I will update to 6th level later today... and I'm not overly concerned with the wealth... I can leave it at 5th WBL and it won't bother me any.

Kalev Lehola |

+1 Level Ranger (Guide)
+9 HP
+ 1 BAB/CMB/CMD, 1 iterative attack -5
+1 Fort
+1 Ref
+1 Will
Ranger Bonus Feat: Pushing Assault
6 Skill Points: +2 Climb, +1 Perception, Ride, Stealth, Survival

Casimir |

+ 1 Bard (Arcane Duelist)
+ 7 hp (46 total)
+1 BAB/CMB/CMD
+1 Ref
+1 Will
New spells known:
2nd: Glitterdust, Gallant Inspiration
8 skill points: +1 UMD, Spellcraft, Perception, Knowledge (dungeoneering), Knowledge (local), +3 Intimidate

Kalev Lehola |

Kalev would like to buy a Masterworked bardiche (313 gp) and have Fenna enchant it to +1 Keen (4000 gp)
In addition, he'd like to have Ilya upgrade his Belt of Str +2 to Belt of Str and Dex +2 (3000 gp), have an Amulet of Natural Armor +1 (1000 gp) enchanted and have his Cloak of Resistance +1 upgraded to +2 (1500 gp).
He'll sell his +1 Ranseur and +1 Greataxe, unless someone else wants them.
Total price for purchases: 9.813 gp
Total sales price: 2.315 gp
Time to enchant:
Ilya: 6 days
Fenna: 4 days

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Kingdom turn is one month, not one year Ilya ;).
Quick question... I thought the nation building turn only required a week of the character's actual time but reflected the developments over the course of the month in question. Or do the characters actually spend 4 solid weeks in Swordhaven (ie not out adventuring/exploring) running affairs of state? This of course has crafting/enchanting and profession implications...
And I'm sure WBL won't be a concern when everyone else is able to take advantage of the crafting and enchanting 50% discount. :)