DM Cuc's Skull and Shackles Campaign. (Inactive)

Game Master moafnsteel

I am seriously considering buying the advanced class guide, so if there is something that is close to what your playing that you would like to respec to let me know. My only rule is that it has to make sense and be close to your class so all you need to change is feats, skills, Etc but not your background stuff. So no martial to arcane based classes for example. Any questions let me know.

I picked up the ACG yesterday and it is awesome. But I should note that there are synthesis classes that are based on multiple classes with different power bases.

I wouldn't mind switching to an investigator since I'm making my character less about combat and more about skills & utility (I was torn between my current character who is based on Edward from AC4 and an alchemist based on Stephen Maturin) but that would give me extracts. I could rework the background so that the character would behave the same however!

I'll stick with my current character.

I will take a look at brawler but I suspect I stay as ibam

Holgur is too pretty for me to part with him.

I may change Skulls to shaman. Havent got the book yet.

i got the pdf i am leanig towards rebuilding as Brawler

so dm, i will not be changing all that much, not sure I lose anything practically. I lose a feat i think, but i get the maneuver bonus thingy.

ok I lied, big changes.

I wind up getting to drop my INT to 10 but keep combat expertise, I lose the feat imp unarmed strike but gain monkish unarmed strike (unarmed does 1d6[/dice]

I lose Tiger Style

I gain flurry (IE TWF)

I gain Weapon focus Natural Attack

I lose Improved Reposition (but with Martial flexibility I ccan gain any combat feat for 4 minutes a day w a move action

I wind up gaining 2 skill points and change my favored class into HP

:)

As long as the class fits in the same line, and the characters stay the same as far as background and personality etc, I don't mind, mes let me know how much of his background needs to be changed

Will do - I need to figure out if the move's worth it; I've also been puzzling over appropriate feats for the Investigator. I lose Swim as a class skill, and I'd lose two skill points, Sea Legs and the racial familiarity with all swords from the alternate racial trait.

I might post the build for you guys for advice when I get back home from a birthday party this evening.

Background wouldn't change too much however, I can make Mesdoram's family alchemists to justify that skillset.

Here's the investigator build I created:

Any comments or advice? Also, in this I "bought" one of the MW Shortswords that we got by taking cash from me and giving it to the other players (that way no one else is affected by my potential class change).

There isn't any change to his personality or background really, but now he doesn't use the wakizashi's or two-weapon fighting since he's even more of a skill monkey build and he can use inspiration.

So I see paizo has finally killed the rogue class by giving another class the ability to find and disable magical traps. That's a shame.

I'm not sure why people are always so down on rogues, but if you think investigator replaces rogue you should look at warpriest v. fighter/paladin.

If you're a tank and you're not a warpriest you're doing it wrong.

I heard the clamor of players wanting warpriest rebuilds. That why I normally don't permit some of the advanced classes in my games, they tend trump the base classes in the power curve. IMHO. Rogues and cleric have always been my favorite two classes to play.

Clerics are the most under-appreciated class by my players for some reason.

I helped a friend build a cleric that simply destroyed everything back in 3.0 days, and he was shocked at how much damage you could do - he thought of them as "just" the healer for whatever reason.

They did put the BAB to the 15/10/5 scale instead of 20/15/10/5 because the playtests show it's too strong on the good BAB track, but the innate abilities are still ridiculous.

I have never played a cleric before I always struggle with access to so many spells

It helps to pick a theme for your character so you don't have to pull out the spell list. Once he started adding metamagic to spells like flame strike he was pretty happy with the carnage he could cause.

I've never played a heal bot cleric. The ones that I play will heal post battle and are generally battle cleric. I had a battle cleric in 3.5 that could decimate foes.

I just bought the advanced class guide and will look through it tonight and tomorrow and then I will update tomorrow, tonight is the last night until next Friday that I get to spend with my wife so we are going to be watching True Blood and I want to be able to really plan this next phase of the AP out a little better than I have before. If anybody else wants to update it please try to post it soon so I can review it once I scan through this book.

I will probably change 4skulls to shaman but unfortunatly I will only have access to the ACG in a couple of weeks so I am planning on sticking with oracle until the end of book 1 of the AP and then consider my options. Would that be alright DM Cuc?

I was a little sad they didnt use the druid list for shaman. On a side note, yes clerics rule. I just have played so many of them...

That I understand, I feel the same way about fighters sometimes.

I know you've probably looked it up already, but in case you haven't the base Shaman class is on the PRD already.

I was flabbergasted they had it up so quickly but they probably timed it with the launch; you are missing archetypes unlike the classes already up there sadly.

Mini GM are you going to do the PFS credit thing? I need to know if I can play my witch or if I should leave her in the back burner for a while.

EDIT: That sounded a little bossy, it was not the intention. I just have a few games coming and need to plan for them.

yes I am, I got distracted with visiting family.

Can everyone repost for me their PFS number and character number and faction for me.

Sorry, Cuc if you can post your number as well.

I am considering changing Holgur's combat style from two-handed to two-weapon. Initially, I wanted to make him a trip-and-disarm machine with the flail. But I did not realize that he still provokes AoOs even with a weapon that has the trip and disarm properties.

That is fine with me Holgur, just update your character sheet.

Balthe: Pathfinder # 37115.

PFS# 35561-7

Our numbers are very close DM Cuc, we probably registered in the same year. Holgur you would need combat expertise, improved trip, improved disarm and combat reflexes for a flail trip build to work. Ends up better to dip in fighter.

PFS# 50664

Got it I will get it up this evening.

What I figured I would do, is at the end of this book, I will give everybody one more opportunity to change up their characters (with some restrictions) because I want everybody to enjoy their characters. As long as the character is not vastly changed and they remain the same "person" then I won't mind, so if you want to try something out, I will let you change it again once this book is finished. I hope this helps if anybody is thinking about changing but is worried they wont like it.

Oooh, excellent I'll swap and see if it's worth it.

I mean, three people that can cast Enlarge Person (with Balthe's scrolls) shouldn't be not worth it, but still!

ooo I am going to rebuild to a gestal cavalier/gunslinger/alchemist/monk/ancient dragon!

Ha! Mesdoram is actually Aroden's surviving avatar. Cleric/Fighter gestalt, I grant my own spells.

haha Balthe I Like that build. I will give everybody until the end of the week to make their changes. All I ask is that it does not deviate to far from your original character concept. Like I said before no Marital Flex character to a spell caster. Any questions let me know.

Jasmine's good to go, no changing her.

Since I now have Craft (alchemy) are there ingredients on board that I can use to make alchemical items or can I have bought them on the Wormwood before leaving via extraordinary retconning?

reporting the pas tonight then i will post a link to download the chronicle

Sorry about not updating last night, I was in bed most of the day sick. Feeling better today and will update when I put the kids to bed tonight. Mes that is fine, you could have brought stuff over.

Mwahahaha!

reported, it is actually for levels 2-4, we might not be there yet, but it is reported. sheets coming up.

Here is the chronicle. Just roll your day job (for you PFS character) if you have one and plug in your numbers.

ok I officially like the brawler.

That was sick that I could do that.

Got the sheet, thx DM Cuc and MiniGM.
Since I have never GMed PFS I have a question. Does the "event" and "event code" fields need to be filled? Mine are blank.

Also the "XP" field says +4XP but the guide in the page before mentions that each book only grants +3XP.

Shoot. I can repost it is 3 xp and 4 prestige oops

Just to update everybody, I will be updating the game tonight when I get home from work, around 9pm (eastern time). Weekends have been really hard for me, my sons birthday party was yesterday and the weekend nights are the only time I have to spend with the wife. But I will progress the story tonight.

:)

If only this had happened at level 3, I could've taken Enlarge Person and a mutagen.

Mesdoram smash!

you've been hanging out with Balthe too much

One day, one day.

Shoot. I can repost it is 3 xp and 4 prestige oops

No need, its fine. I can correct it on my sheet with a pen. I am more worried with the "event" and "event code" fields. Dont the sheet needs those filled to be valid?