Thanks for setting this up. Sounds like you've got a full load on your plate. Good luck on exams! (I've got a 14 month old son, so I understand the whole "less time on weekends" thing.)
A few questions:
1. To confirm, we are not using hero points. Correct?
2. Would an aasimar cleric (ecclesitheurge) be okay? Based on comments in the other thread, it doesn't seem like anyone is jumping at being a divine caster and I haven't done that in a while, so I thought I'd give it a whirl. If aasimar is not okay, I can certainly work with another race.
3. Keeping in mind Rule #1 and the PG rating, I wanted to run the following by you. I was thinking about a cleric of Calistria (toying with the idea of male, actually, just to throw a wrench in the works). I have no trouble keeping things family-friendly but, as she is one of the more "explicit" gods, I could also go with a cleric of Abadar if you think there's too much of a risk there for PG-13/R-rated stuff.
4. Any preferences for how we present our stats? I've seen people handle it different ways with different templates.
5. How soon would you like characters and backstories submitted for approval?
Fyn Sil'forrin
Male azata-blooded aasimar (musetouched) cleric (ecclesitheurge) of Calistria 1 (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Class Guide 91, Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 7)
CG Medium outsider (native)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +6
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Defense
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AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 10 (+2 Dex)
hp 9 (1d8+1)
Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +6
Resist acid 5, cold 5, electricity 5
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee dagger +1 (1d4+1/19-20)
Ranged light crossbow +2 (1d8/19-20)
Special Attacks channel positive energy 5/day (DC 14, 1d6)
Domain Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st; concentration +5)
. . 7/day—copycat (1 round), dazing touch
Cleric (Ecclesitheurge) Spells Prepared (CL 1st; concentration +5)
. . 1st—bless, charm person[D] (DC 15), sanctuary (DC 15)
. . 0 (at will)—detect magic, guidance, virtue
. . D Domain spell; Domains Charm, Trickery
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Statistics
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Str 12, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 19, Cha 14
Base Atk +0; CMB +1; CMD 13
Feats Selective Channeling
Traits sacred conduit, student of faith
Skills Diplomacy +8, Knowledge (religion) +5, Perception +6, Sense Motive +8; Racial Modifiers +2 Diplomacy, +2 Perception
Languages Celestial, Common, Elven
SQ blessing of the faithful, domain mastery, secondary domain (trickery)
Combat Gear alchemist's fire; Other Gear crossbow bolts (20), dagger, light crossbow, bedroll, belt pouch, flint and steel, holy text (Calistria)[UE], masterwork backpack[APG], mess kit[UE], soap, spell component pouch, trail rations (5), waterskin, wooden holy symbol of Calistria, 19 gp
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Special Abilities
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Blessing of the Faithful (+2 sacred bonus, 25 feet) (Su) Ally gains in close range gains +2 atk, skills, ability checks, saves or AC.
Cleric (Ecclesitheurge) Domain (Charm) Granted Powers: You can baffle and befuddle foes with a touch or a smile, and your beauty and grace are divine.
Cleric (Ecclesitheurge) Domain (Trickery) Granted Powers: You are a master of illusions and deceptions. Bluff, Disguise, and Stealth are class skills.
Cleric Channel Positive Energy 1d6 (5/day, DC 14) (Su) Positive energy heals the living and harms the undead; negative has the reverse effect.
Copycat (7/day) (Sp) Create a single mirror image duplicate
Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only).
Dazing Touch (7/day) (Sp) Melee touch attack dazes foe for 1 rd, Immune if more HD than your level.
Domain Mastery Can use normal spells to prepare from the domain list, and can choose different domain spells available each day
Energy Resistance, Acid (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Acid attacks.
Energy Resistance, Cold (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Cold attacks.
Energy Resistance, Electricity (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Electricity attacks.
Selective Channeling Exclude targets from the area of your Channel Energy.
Sourcebooks
* Advanced Class Guide - Ecclesitheurge (archetype)
* Advanced Player's Guide - Backpack, masterwork
* Advanced Player's Guide Traits - Sacred Conduit (trait)
* Advanced Race Guide - Aasimar (race)
* Blood of Angels - +2 WIS (race option; replaces Daylight Racial Ability)
Thank you for having us Mathpro!
Looking forward to playing with you all.
This coming week is half term break here, meaning my kids and I have a week off. My posting may be brief until I'm back at work.
As for character concept: I'm looking to run an indiana jones-y rogue/bard/swashbuckler type, he is an explorer and trader in old thassilonian(sp?) Artifacts. But is down on his luck and is currently trying to drink Sandpoint dry. That's what I'm throwing around anyway. What's everyone else thinking?
Can we take a drawback for an additional trait?
I'm going with an Elven admixture wizard. Fascinated by the various forms of magic used in ancient Thassilon, he has come to Sandpoint to study the ruins and see if he can uncover any new tricks or lore. Meanwhile, a festival is just the thing to break up the monotony.
Not one to waste valuable study time on combat, he focuses on blasting enemies down as quickly as possible so he can get back to the business of gaining more knowledge.
My weekends are also largely taken up with family concerns, but I'll have this done by Monday evening at the latest.
This will be my Alias (Entymal) for this campaign. I'll get the stats and background in as soon as I'm able.
No stat above 18 or below 10 before racial modifiers... Hrm. I think I can make that work. Also, we have enough for everything and I have a meme to do. Gimme a few.
Two questions!
1) Are we doing background skills at all?
2) If we play a fighter, are we getting access to the Combat Stamina feat for free to help make them stand out a bit more.
I'd love to play a monk but they're a little to MAD for me to want to do with the rules we have. I think I'm going to go with an Unchained Rogue, I'll look at archetypes and such this weekend and have something made up soon!
This is SnowHeart. Dotting my Alias here. (Everything is a work in progress, but I'll aim to have it done by Monday.)
GM_Mathpro, your suggestion sounds great! I'll definitely work that into the background.
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Thanks for the game Mathpro!
Ok team... seeing what you are planning, what do you think is best (the aliases are for "character concept/history" not fleshed out yet):
- A Shoanti meat-shield warrior?
- A Varisian Ranger?
- A Dwarf Paladin?
- An Aasimar unchained Summoner?
- A wild young human Druid?
Meme complete. I'm sorry.
Somewhat sorry.
Not really all that sorry.
...10% sorry.
@ Corsario:
So far, we've got:
* Human Barbar (Trinam/Barbarian A Barbarian) (lol)
* Fighter/Monk type (Warforged)
* Elf admixture wizard (Entymal/Lemnis)
* Aasimar cleric (SnowHeart/me)
* TBD Bard/Swashbuckler/Skill-Monkey (Louxman)
* TBD (Corsario)
* TBD (Donto)
So, we've likely got two dedicated fighters, two dedicated casters, a skill monkey... That leaves a lot of flexibility for you to do whatever is fun for you, I would think. I've got a soft spot for summoners, personally, but I think Fyn would love to have a (dour?) dwarven paladin in the party. ("Oh, come on, darling... it's not like I stabbed him in the back with a dagger after charming him... it was just a little crossbow bolt. Besides, he'd have shook the charm eventually. This way, he thinks he died among friends. I did him a favor, really.")
We even have Bard covered. A bard in a party like this is a hugely amazing force multiplier made of destruction and good times.
Also Corsario, if you go druid or summoner, there is a nonzero chance that at some point while wild shaped or something Barbarian will try riding either the PC or the PC's summon into battle.
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imo, the question is if you want the extra action economy of having a summon AND yourself versus having the bonus of having a full 9 levels of spells at their earliest possible unlock points.
There's strong arguments for both, especially if you plan on playing the buff game.
EDIT:Also perception, the god stat, is keyed off of one of the Druid's main stats and also a class skill for them. Summoners make better faces with diplomancy and bluffardry and intimidatrixing.
Secondary EDIT: ...wait, animal companions.
YEAH UH, Druid seems mechanically superior here in 92 situations out of 100.
I can dabble in Diplomacy (currently +8) and Bluff so I can do it if necessary, but I have so few skill points per level it's not where I would prefer to invest them long-term.
"BARBARIAN FUNCTION AS PARTY FACE, BY WHICH BARBARIAN MEAN PUT LANCE THROUGH FACES AT PARTY."
...yeah, don't let me do the talking. Just don't.
My character will be a face of sorts, you chaps just need to keep him/her sober.
I can do that by drinking all the liquor first. :D
Hi all! Working on the stats
CHARGING BUDDY.
WELCOME TO TEAM.
So, my background is done (subject to GM Mathpro's approval), but after reading a bit I think I'm going to dump the archetype, which will mean tweaking my stats a bit. Ah well. Just when I had everything formatted.
Likely switching to just a straight-up cleric (sans archetype). Considering dumping the channel energy but with this many bodies in melee I'm thinking it might actually be more viable than usual. Anyway... open to thoughts/suggestions, but that's the direction I'm leaning.
I'm pro channeling energy, particularly given that it's the hands-down most cost efficient form of healing in the game. o7
No, no, no, I was just asking the questions. I'm going Unchained Rogue, an elf in fact. An exile from Kyonin who ended up here in Sandpoint.
Coincidentally, I'm also exiled from Kyonin, though voluntarily. The details are still fuzzy, but I was wrongly accused of a crime and a long trial ensued. I was eventually cleared, but the ordeal was costly and traumatizing. I couldn't bear to remain in an area where such allegations could be so casually levied, and I no longer trust others like I once did. Getting out of the country to study ancient lore is a treat compared to Kyonin politics.
I took the Betrayed drawback.
I took unlearned because the idea of Barbarian having no idea what any god, ever is just amused me. Also, he wouldn't know liches either.
"BARBARIAN AM PRETTY SURE THAT CASTY JUST SORT OF CRUNCH MORE THAN OTHER CASTYS. AM PROBABLY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT."
"N-no, Barbarian, there's a phylactary and we have to break it or--"
"WHY NOT TELL BARBARIAN THERE AM EXTRA FOR SMASHING? TIME FOR SMASHING."
@Lemnis - Awesome! Perhaps our characters have a wary friendship, we haven't betrayed each other...yet. Maybe we can tie something together?
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I believe my character is ready, subject to Mathpro's approval.
Does Fyn wear the usual yellow and black? I almost said FAVORITE BEE, but I didn't know so I should ask for future reference.
Does Fyn wear the usual yellow and black? I almost said FAVORITE BEE, but I didn't know so I should ask for future reference.
LOL. Yes, but he's kind of inverted the colors, so black is primary and yellow is secondary. (Figure pretty close to the avatar image.) Black cloak with yellow hems and embroidery, but slits at the shoulder so his arms are freely at his side. Assuming it wouldn't cost extra, his leather armor is probably stained black, too.
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I think the Professor is finally finished.
Critiques welcome from one and all.
Let me know if/when I can post in gameplay GM, I assume Uli will encounter the others at the Hagfish.
Sorry for showing up late! Weekends eat my time up as well, so I'm glad we're mostly a M-F kind of thing. I'm best available to post during my work (call centers are godsends for wasting time online) which is between 7 AM-4 PM CST(GMT-6).
As for my character, I think I'm going either oracle or investigator, depending on what seems a better fit for the group overall.
Edit: I just saw we are lacking another frontline fighter, so I might actually swing towards a vanilla fighter. :)
Mathpro, in light of your schedule, I'm wondering if it makes sense to not try to cram in a full convo with Esmond, or maybe handle it retroactively after your done with exams. To "get the gang together" without needing your full attention, I'm thinking Fyn will make plans to meet Edmond later, follow Barbarian in to the Hagfish intending just to make sure he doesn't get into too much trouble, then head to the Pixie's Kitten to get a bed and maybe some gossip from the madam.
Vanilla fighter! Get your vanilla fighter here!
Oh, good. A coherent melee combatant. We may need one of those.
LOL @ Barb A Barb
He's trying to be a compassionate person because that's what good people do.
He's just BARBARIAN about it. :)
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Hi DM Mathpro, this would be the crunch for Gurcich, done in PCGEN, for your review. I couldn't put the campaign trait Giant Killer.
Male Human (Chelaxian) druid 1
TN Medium humanoid (human)
Init +4, Senses Perception +8
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DEFENSE
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AC 15, touch 12, flat-footed 13 (+2 armor, +2 Dex, +1 shield, )
hp 11 ((1d8)+3)
Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +6
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OFFENSE
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee scimitar +0 (1d6/18-20)
Melee shield, light wooden -4 (1d3)
Special Attacks Spontaneous Casting,
Prepared Spells
Druid (CL 1st; concentration +5)
1st-entangle(DC 15), shillelagh(DC 15)
0th-create water, detect poison, light
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STATISTICS
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Str 10, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 18, Cha 10,
Base Atk +0; CMB +0; CMD 12
Feats Augment Summoning, Spell Focus (Conjuration)
Skills Handle Animal +4, Heal +8, Knowledge (Nature) +6, Perception +8, Survival +10,
Traits Reactionary,
Languages Common, Druidic
SQ animal companion, bonus feat, humanoid traits, nature bond, nature sense, orisons, skilled, wild empathy +1,
Gear feed (per day) (5), rations (trail/per day) (5), torch (10), scimitar, shield, light wooden, leather, outfit (peasant's), backpack, flint and steel, mess kit, blanket, pot (iron), waterskin, rope (hemp/50 ft.), soap (per lb.)
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SPECIAL ABILITIES
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Animal Companion (Ex)
Bonus Feat Humans select one extra feat at 1st level.
Humanoid Traits (Ex) Humanoids breathe, eat, and sleep.
Nature Bond (Ex) At 1st level, a druid forms a bond with nature. This bond can take one of two forms. The first is a close tie to the natural world, granting the druid one of the following cleric domains: Air, Animal, Earth, Fire, Plant, Water, or Weather. When determining the powers and bonus spells granted by this domain, the druid's effective cleric level is equal to her druid level. A druid that selects this option also receives additional domain spell slots, just like a cleric. She must prepare the spell from her domain in this slot and this spell cannot be used to cast a spell spontaneously. The second option is to form a close bond with an animal companion. A druid may begin play with any of the animals listed in the Animal Companions section beginning on page 51. This animal is a loyal companion that accompanies the druid on her adventures. Unlike normal animals of its kind, an animal companion's Hit Dice, abilities, skills, and feats advance as the druid advances in level. If a character receives an animal companion from more than one source, her effective druid levels stack for the purposes of determining the statistics and abilities of the companion. Most animal companions increase in size when their druid reaches 4th or 7th level, depending on the companion. If a druid releases her companion from service, she may gain a new one by performing a ceremony requiring 24 uninterrupted hours of prayer in the environment where the new companion typically lives. This ceremony can also replace an animal companion that has perished.
Nature Sense (Ex) You gain a +2 bonus on Knowledge (Nature) and Survival skill checks.
Orisons You can prepare a number of orisons, or 0-level spells. These spells are cast like any other spells, but they are not expended when used and may be used again.
Reactionary You were bullied often as a child, but never quite developed an offensive response. Instead, you became adept at anticipating sudden attacks and reacting to danger quickly. You gain a +2 trait bonus on Initiative checks.
Skilled Humans gain an additional skill rank at first level and one additional rank whenever they gain a level.
Spontaneous Casting You can channel stored spell energy into summoning spells that you haven't prepares ahead of time. You can "lose" any prepared spell in order to cast any Summon Nature's Ally spell of the same spell level or lower
Wild Empathy
Wild Empathy (Ex) You can improve the attitude of an animal. This ability functions just like Diplomacy check made to improve the attitude of a person. You roll 1d20+1 to determine the Wild Empathy check result. The typical domestic animal has a starting attitude of indifferent, while wild animals are usually unfriendly. To use Wild Empathy, you and the animal must be within 30 feet of one another under normal circumstances. Generally, influencing an animal in this way takes 1 minute, but as with influencing people, it might take more or less time. You can use this ability to influence a magical beast with an Intelligence score of 1 or 2, but you take a -4 penalty on the check.
1) I'd like 5+ points that capture the concept and story of the character. More are welcome, but no less than five.
2) Two goals that you'd like the character to accomplish in-game.
3) Two secrets, one the PC keeps to himself, and one kept from the PC. I'll come up with a third that both the character and player aren't aware of, in hopes of shocking surprises within the storytelling.
4) 3-5 people that are tied to your PC by blood, love, rivalry, honor, etc. I'd like at least one enemy in a set of three or four, with no more than two for a set of five.
5) Three key memories that define your character as the person they are at the time of submission.
This is Gurchich's Animal Companion. Her adoptive "mother".