Sorry folks, character build takes me the longest... Can post fairly regularly!
Spell selection and gear... Any requests?
Also, meeting today to further define job/career/future... I'll be out of pocket.
No rush. They'll be tied up fighting for a little while yet.
You build how you believe you'll have fun. However on Drovic I mostly picked up buff and utility spells since his save DCs aren't very high.
I've taken the minimum spells know for level 7 (in a vacuum). Do you allow any consideration for additional spells presumed to be acquired asking the way, etc...
Thanks!
Am on the road at the moment, and will answer in more detail when I can. I figure you'll get some number of spells to represent trades over your adventuring career, but I'm not sure how many yet.
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No rush and not looking for anything crazy, can come out of WBL now that I think on it.
I spent a lot of yesterday driving, a lot of today wrestling with IKEA furniture (see HERE for accurate commentary), and will be spending a lot of tomorrow driving and visiting family. Will try to get a post up tomorrow evening.
Dropping a silence spell on the captain was inspired, Dashel, even if you were mostly concerned about spellcasters. Kind of tough to command when the crew can't hear you.
Silence can be quite helpful on ships, especially with it's range and lack of saving throw when it's on an object like a mast or pilot's wheel. At the very least it takes a spellcaster out of the action for at least one round, while he attempts to dispels it.
I thought I'd posted a heads-up here--had an ISO audit this past Thursday, a houseful of guests over the weekend, and was at work over eleven hours today catching up after the audit; that's kept me almost entirely off the boards for over half a week. I'm hoping I can get back to something like normality tomorrow. No meetings so far, at least.
Thanks for the heads-up.
Sethran, to represent trading you have free levels of spell in your book, with no more than one L4 spell & no more than two L3 spells. (Well, not entirely free; budget for the copy costs, but assume that you traded some of your free spells for the new ones.)
I am in the crow's nest. Am I covered by the invisibility?
No, unfortunately. It was a 10' radius from Drovic when he cast.
NP...I will just remain hidden until his attack.
I'll be offline till Sunday evening.
Hope it's for something fun.
Incredibly busy day. Feel free to DMPC.
My week is shaping up to be extremely busy and I will most likely have to spend most of it away from the boards. Please GMPC as necessary. Sorry for the inconvenience.
No problem. The fight is done, so I think the next few days are going to be wrapping up, getting Sethran in, and setting up the next round.
That works for me.
Being that this section is near conclusion is it leveling time?
Not for a little bit yet--you leveled after fighting the tiefling monk, and since then you haven't fought a lot of heavy hitters (though I did give you credit for avoiding the fight with the dragon).
Hey there, guess I'm down to gear... Anyone solve the Wizard AC dilemma?
Besides an intelligent item casting Shield once under attack?
Or dipping into Light Armor Proficiency and shield, with the arcane armor training? I need to harden this puppy!
If you don't cast offensive spells Invisibility.
If you do cast offensive spells Fly.
With Improved Invisibility at a premium...
OK, straight wizard... Gear.
Sethran, to represent trading you have 1d7 + 7 free levels of spell in your book, with no more than one L4 spell & no more than two L3 spells. (Well, not entirely free; budget for the copy costs, but assume that you traded some of your free spells for the new ones.)
Are you saying one L4 and two L3 total or of those 13 levels?
This is what I currently have:
Spl Lvl 1 (5-1*/day) Mage Armor*, Shield*, Color Spray*, Magic Missile (toppling)** x2, Shock Shield, Burning Hands, Silent Image, Summon Monster I
Spl Lvl 2 (4-1*/day) Darkness, Flame Sphere, Fly, Bear's Endurance, Admonishing Ray, Summon Monster II
Spl Lvl 3 (3-1*/day) Blacklight, Fireball, Lightning Bolt, Tiny Hut, Sheet Lightning, Summon Monster III
Spl Lvl 4 (2-1*/day) Arcane Eye, Ice Storm, Greater Invisibility, Summon Monster IV
You start with the appropriate number for your INT and level (3 + INT bonus + 2(level - 1)), however much you care to buy, and another thirteen levels of spell with the above restriction. So you could have one L4, 2 L3, one L2, and one L1--or three L1s in place of the L2 an L1. (Or thirteen L1 spells, which is probably not the way to go.)
Sounds good, the above list should comply with one tweak... I can only have three L4 spells (unless I purchase more). Two from leveling, one from the bonus 13 spell levels.
Headband of Vast Intellect +4 (acrobatics, fly), 8000gp is OK?
Yes.
Metamagic Rod, +1 minor (Extended Spell), 3000gp
Also fine.
How do you interpret "on command" when it comes to item activation? Is that a free, swift, move or standard action?
Example: Cloak of the Hedge Wizard, Abjuration. Shield, on command.
"...However, some items made for wearing must still be activated. Although this activation sometimes requires a command word (see above), usually it means mentally willing the activation to happen. The description of an item states whether a command word is needed in such a case."
I see no mention of "command word" in the description of that cloak. See, free action?
I guess the question is what type of action is "mentally willing the activation".
Either way, seems an interesting item to have/take.
Some mundane great and I'm done, and he can't carry much. Saving some cash for Crafting.
The wording in the item description, as with a number of the other cloaks that I looked at, is sort of vague. Based on the generic activation for wondrous items, I think "on command" is supposed to mean command word activation (i.e., standard action that doesn't draw an AoO), but I can't find anything that makes it explicit. For now, stick with command word, but subject to change if anything contradicting it turns up.
Cool. I can abide by that.
What's my situation at the start? Meaning Sethran's... Urban, wilderness, academy?
Just thinking mundane gear could be Wizards Kit, wrist sheathes (for wands) and a potion or two?
Any need to get crazy? Any chance to supply after getting the mission?
Yes, you can supply after getting the mission.
Ready to go when you are.
I think I'm good, time to jump in!
I've had a couple of big days at work, tomorrow looks like another one (way too many meetings), and my wife and I are going out tonight. I might be able to get a post up tomorrow during the day, but it might not be until tomorrow night.
Enjoy!
I was pretty busy today and it looks like tomorrow, so I'm not in a hurry.
Fellow players!
I've built Sethran as a damage dealer (evocation school) and for battlefield control (conjuration school focus, summoning feat chain) and some illusion
And in many cases, a blend... Toppling Magic Missile, Ice Storm, Summon Monster (every spell level, for power and utility).
If either in game/character or ooc, you can think of a cool synergy of his spell use and some class feature or action of yours, please let me know. Even if he doesn't currently have the spell, we can always find it.
If I do stupid things, please let me know. We can discuss. Maybe I just didn't understand something, had an error in judgment or was flat wrong.
I think I'm going to enjoy playing Sethran and want to make sure I'm using him to full effect.
Thanks!
Oh, and where are we, as a party on the alignment scale?
I saw NG and LE, my head hurt and figured I'd just ask.
We are mission oriented and unless there is something blatantly evil or overly good the assassin and cleric are fine with one another. We've come to an understanding at the very least. Fortunately the DM has been lenient with our association.
Drovic is LE, but you can't take over the world or get rich if the world gets destroyed. There's a reason that Asmodeus helped in the capture of Rovagug.
That being said, Drovic can have quite the lip on him until you prove yourself in his mind.
Drovic is a mutt of classes, but in simple terms he's a magical assassin. Mostly illusion magic, he uses magic, alchemy (poison), and natural ability to slay opponents. He's not bad in melee, but he's pretty squishy.
That reminds me of a couple of great lines in one of the old Walt Simonson Thor comics, in which Odin, Thor, and Loki have teamed up to defend Asgard from Surtur. After Loki has turned coat (he was backing Surtur, or at least that's what Surtur thought), he responds indignantly when challenged, "What good is it being lord and master of all I survey, if all I survey is a burned-out cinder?" Then, when Odin and Thor get back into it, we get the action shot of the three of them--Thor shouts, "For Honor!", Odin shouts, "For Asgard!", and Loki shouts, "For myself!"
Hear that, boys... Akin to gods!