DM Papa.DRB - Rise of the Runelord 2 (Inactive)

Game Master Papa-DRB

"The town of Sandpoint needs you!"

This is the recruitment thread for a game Rise of the Runelords that I am planning on running. I am looking for a well balanced party, both in terms of abilities and backgrounds, of exactly four players. A note would be that I will be much more likely to pick an application if its background is interesting, ties in well with the campaign setting (Varisia and the town of Sandpoint), and shows good roleplaying ability.

Players should read the Rise of the Runelords Player's Guide for information about the immediate setting and coming up with characters that tie in well. The guidebook Varisa Birthplace of Legends also has a lot to offer in the way of information and ideas for characters and backstories, although this resource is completely optional. I've linked to pdfs of both down below for convenience.

In this game I am very exciting to put a heavy emphasis on roleplaying and exploring the setting and personal story arcs than on just bashing through the AP. This means that the pace might be more relaxed, but I think more fun, in depth, and rewarding.

I would like to maintain a posting requirement of at least one substantial post per day, although maybe not as heavily on the weekends. It completely fine if you need to not post for a stretch of time, but as long as you can be communicative about your availability.

I'm super psyched to get this game off the ground and to looking at all of your applications. Feel free to ask me any questions, and have great time and good luck with your applications!

I won't lie I am interested in playing in a RotRL campaign, I have two things I'd like to get cleared up though.

First, since you did not mention the hybrid classes, I am assuming they are off the table....while that is slightly troubling to me as I am using the slayer class for the character I have in mind. I can rework him into a fighter with an appropriate archetype.

Secondly, I would like to inquire on what exactly are you looking for in terms of character personalities and alignments; are you only interested in mostly heroic characters? Or are you fine with an antihero joining the ranks of characters you'll end up picking? I also did not see alignment restrictions mentioned at all in your character creation section; does this mean you'll accept any character regardless of his/her alignment?

I understand that I am asking a lot of questions, but I would honestly like to know what you are looking for before I commit any time and energy, that would only be wasted in this recruitment because my character did not meet a criteria that was not mentioned or forgotten about.

I'd like to offer Kalean for consideration, Halfling Bard extraordinaire. Traits, background, and crunch are all done and ready to go.

Dotting for interest. Will make a Inquisitor, dont know race yet.

Here's Keris Katrala, an archer from the town of Sandpoint. She can provide the party with abundant ranged prowess while also being able to be a decent close combat fighter if needed.

Edit: check her profile for her character sheet/background/personality.

I won't lie I am interested in playing in a RotRL campaign, I have two things I'd like to get cleared up though.

First, since you did not mention the hybrid classes, I am assuming they are off the table....while that is slightly troubling to me as I am using the slayer class for the character I have in mind. I can rework him into a fighter with an appropriate archetype.

Secondly, I would like to inquire on what exactly are you looking for in terms of character personalities and alignments; are you only interested in mostly heroic characters? Or are you fine with an antihero joining the ranks of characters you'll end up picking? I also did not see alignment restrictions mentioned at all in your character creation section; does this mean you'll accept any character regardless of his/her alignment?

I understand that I am asking a lot of questions, but I would honestly like to know what you are looking for before I commit any time and energy, that would only be wasted in this recruitment because my character did not meet a criteria that was not mentioned or forgotten about.

Very sorry for the confusion Wolfgang. I am very open to the use of class archetypes, but I am sorry to say that I am not familiar at all with the rules for hybrid classes, so I think that I will rule them off the table for simplicity sake. There a plenty of other options available though!

Concerning your question about alignment. Rise of the Runelords has an arc centered around a group of heroes. I would prefer the party to be of primarily good alignment, although no complaints at all about neutral characters.

I would not be completely opposed to the idea of an evil character as long as they were able to integrate themselves into a group of heroes and do heroic things (although perhaps for the wrong reasons). A character who is selvish and a bully at heart, but seeks personal glory through adventuring would make sense, or even an Arcanist who seeks knowledge of Thassilonian magics to increase their own power would work.

Dotting for interest

Are the unchained versions of the core/base classes available in this campaign?

Dotting for interest. I'm thinking about running a Thassilonian specialist Wizard, focusing on Conjuration. I'll see how I'm feeling after I tinker a bit.

Are the unchained versions of the core/base classes available in this campaign?

I would say no because I would like to stay somewhat close to the core rules and I am also unfamiliar with the unchained classes.

Dotting, I will cook something up this week :) I have been wanting to jump into a ROTRL campaign for quite some time! I'm leaning towards a Shoanti Barbarian, but we'll see what turns out after a few days of putting together my application.

Edited first post. Do not post links to our PDFs hosted elsewhere.

Edited first post. Do not post links to our PDFs hosted elsewhere.

Very sorry. Must have not been thinking that it might be a copywrite conflict.

Here is a link to the Paizo page for the Player's Guide.

I'm definitely still interested in this, Unchained or not ;)

Meet Sabina Fueges, Oracle of Flame

I'm definitely still interested in this, Unchained or not ;)

Meet Sabina Fueges, Oracle of Flame
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Very nice looking character! I'm curious as to what alignment you intend for her to have.

Ah! I knew I'd forgotten something. I think Neutral Good would make the most sense. I'd initially conceived of her as Lawful Neutral, but then I had some better ideas for her background :)

Yikes! Got your post edited by the Paizo Police? Gotta wonder how she found ya!

Love,

Nixie:)

Bruden Runehammer, Dwarven Wizard reporting for inspection. He'll be wanting to build custom items for the party and provide support casting mostly.

I do have a vacation coming up on the 27th that will last for 10 days, but other than that, I'm a regular poster.

This guy came from a dead RotRL game... Barely finished the first encounter and the GM poofed into thin air.

Human (Chelaxian) Bloodrager, arcane bloodline and devotee of Cayden Cailean (aka boozer)

I present Armitron Fiebane. He needs some tweaking to fit into the Campaign. Will tweak final submission tomorrow.

Hey, I remember playing in one of your games before it died due to lack of posts.
Dotting for interest.

I'd like to join this Rise of the Runelords campaign. This is alias, I'd like to play.

Ulrich is very interesting character. He is knowledgeable and knows something about history and religion. He can contribute being skilled in personal combat, but prefers to do area attacks for enemy. He is determined to dig into old history of Thassilon and Azlanti empires. His character is more about order, so he is one, who is willing to lead a team to success and carefully plan advancement with limited resources he has at hand.

This character was created for another recruitment thread, so he might need to be fixed, that can be done later, after Ulruch get selected. if that happens

I have a druid I would love to bring into this campaign but some honesty first. I have never done pbp but have years of adnd, 3.e's and pathfinder experience. I will submit a character and background today but if you'd rather have experienced pbp players let me know.

I have a druid I would love to bring into this campaign but some honesty first. I have never done pbp but have years of adnd, 3.e's and pathfinder experience. I will submit a character and background today but if you'd rather have experienced pbp players let me know.

Definitely open to new PbPers!

Here is a little background story. Will make up a character today for review.

May I introduce..... Malaketh of the Sanos Forest(Druid/Menhir Servant/ Domain rather than Animal Companion) he will be more of a caster.

Malaketh, as he is known by the gnomes, is a defender of the Sanos Forest and watcher of the people of Turtleback ferry.

The gnomes of the forest love to tease him and because of his great love of nature and pleasant way he receives their taunts, they accept him as a free person of their Forest.

But something is wrong, there is an unease among the forest, the gnomes can feel it as can Malaketh. He went into deep meditation to contact the spirits, feeling the lifeline that flows through all Golarion he was suddenly slammed back with a shock of evil so strong. The balance is in grave danger. The spirits are telling him, you must leave your grove and travel to Standpoint. That is where it begins

Furnok here, ready for goblin and giant bashing.

Just reading through the campaign traits. Guess I should have done that prior to my story as they don't seem to fit. Giant slayer and monster hunter are the least "attached" to standpoint. I always looked at druids as apart from society but the traits seem to encourage bring tied to the area.

Bruden Runehammer, Dwarven Wizard reporting for inspection. He'll be wanting to build custom items for the party and provide support casting mostly.

I do have a vacation coming up on the 27th that will last for 10 days, but other than that, I'm a regular poster.

I love the dwarf wizard! I noticed that your background has some discrepancies and points of unclarity. Maybe it could use another proof read? I'm unsure as to whom his is and to whether he is trying to save his wife or his son. I'm also curious where Brudun is from. Janderhoff is the closest settlement to Sandpoint with a large dwarf population. I would also dig more information about how he thinks that Thassilonian could benefit him.

Just reading through the campaign traits. Guess I should have done that prior to my story as they don't seem to fit. Giant slayer and monster hunter are the least "attached" to standpoint. I always looked at druids as apart from society but the traits seem to encourage bring tied to the area.

That is true. It's a nice concept, but I don't really think it clinks as nicely as it could with the campaign and its themes.

I have Valcair here who is was made for a Rise Campaign but didnt get in. He is an Aasimar and will be going wizard then cleric and then
Mystic Theurge. I will add his backstory to the profile.

Just curious, but when were you planning to make the final decision on the party?

If we play a barbarian, Monk or rogue do you want the Unchained versions or the core ones.

Also interested. Will be working up something and putting it up this evening.

As previously requested, when is a submission deadline, and what are your posting requirements? I prefer a fast paced posting requirement to help keep the energy and creative thinking up, if possible.

If we have a particularly strong background, would you consider non-core races? I've got concepts both core and non-core that I could toss in and would love to get into RotRL again, but I'd like to get a ruling on that before pitching any ideas.

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Also interested. Will be working up something and putting it up this evening.

As previously requested, when is a submission deadline, and what are your posting requirements? I prefer a fast paced posting requirement to help keep the energy and creative thinking up, if possible.

ooops..that does not bode well for my chances ....sorry for missing that

I love the dwarf wizard! I noticed that your background has some discrepancies and points of unclarity. Maybe it could use another proof read? I'm unsure as to whom his is and to whether he is trying to save his wife or his son. I'm also curious where Brudun is from. Janderhoff is the closest settlement to Sandpoint with a large dwarf population. I would also dig more information about how he thinks that Thassilonian could benefit him.

I suppose I was a little overzealous with my use of pronouns, but his wife died, and he transferred his son's life essence into an Ioun Wyrd which became his familiar. He wants to turn his son back into a dwarf to experience life the way his mother envisioned as per her dying wish.

I don't particularly have a place where he was from, although I suspect he's from a bit farther off than Janderhoff. I envisioned him crafting and travelling for about 10 years or so, looking for answers. I expect he was involved in some pretty scary stuff, mostly buying Contact Other Plane scrolls and trying to cast them without going insane, which he might have done a few times in his search for answers. But eventually he came upon Thassalon as a matter of elimination and confirmation.

He is specifically looking into the ancient power of Thassalon to discover a way to restore his son, and give him a self-sustaining dwarven body. I'm guessing it will take a wish or something similar, and possibly a ritual or two. It might end up being something that will take place deep into the campaign or after it due to the fact that he is ignorant (actually willingly ignorant) of what his son actually is now.

What he doesn't know is that his son actually died and is now staying with his father on the orders of an Archon of Torag to attempt to redeem him from his willingness to do anything for his family, even evil things, for genuine altruism that is not focused on self-gratification. He is purposely being led into this trouble by the powers that be to awaken the good in him and lead him on a path to redemption and penance. Eventually he'll have to face the truth and deal with his stubbornness, pride and selfishness to accomplish the very task he'd set out to do, since the answer for him lies not in the quick and easy path, but the hard road of heroism, of which he is reluctant to take.

I would like to maintain a posting requirement of at least one substantial post per day, although maybe not as heavily on the weekends. It completely fine if you need to not post for a stretch of time, but as long as you can be communicative about your availability

Looks I can't read either. I asked for this clarification, and here it is in the opening post.

A small point of clarification, GM Nightengale...

You mentioned no hybrid classes from the Advanced Class Guide, but then you give an example of a potentially evil character using the Arcanist class which is a hybrid class. Are there some hybrid classes you will allow over others like you are excluding the Summoner, Gunslinger, etc.? Also, does your exclusion list include the Magus?

A small point of clarification, GM Nightengale...

You mentioned no hybrid classes from the Advanced Class Guide, but then you give an example of a potentially evil character using the Arcanist class which is a hybrid class. Are there some hybrid classes you will allow over others like you are excluding the Summoner, Gunslinger, etc.? Also, does your exclusion list include the Magus?

By Arcanist I meant an arcane user such as a Wizard, not as as in the hybrid class. Sorry for the confusion.

If we play a barbarian, Monk or rogue do you want the Unchained versions or the core ones.

The core ones, please.

How will this game be different then the games you flaked out on in the past? Nightingale, you typically run a game to about 300 posts then drop off for no reason. Are you able to put in the 2-3 year commitment to run this campaign in the manner you described above?

GM Nightingale wrote:

I love the dwarf wizard! I noticed that your background has some discrepancies and points of unclarity. Maybe it could use another proof read? I'm unsure as to whom his is and to whether he is trying to save his wife or his son. I'm also curious where Brudun is from. Janderhoff is the closest settlement to Sandpoint with a large dwarf population. I would also dig more information about how he thinks that Thassilonian could benefit him.

I suppose I was a little overzealous with my use of pronouns, but his wife died, and he transferred his son's life essence into an Ioun Wyrd which became his familiar. He wants to turn his son back into a dwarf to experience life the way his mother envisioned as per her dying wish.

I don't particularly have a place where he was from, although I suspect he's from a bit farther off than Janderhoff. I envisioned him crafting and travelling for about 10 years or so, looking for answers. I expect he was involved in some pretty scary stuff, mostly buying Contact Other Plane scrolls and trying to cast them without going insane, which he might have done a few times in his search for answers. But eventually he came upon Thassalon as a matter of elimination and confirmation.

He is specifically looking into the ancient power of Thassalon to discover a way to restore his son, and give him a self-sustaining dwarven body. I'm guessing it will take a wish or something similar, and possibly a ritual or two. It might end up being something that will take place deep into the campaign or after it due to the fact that he is ignorant (actually willingly ignorant) of what his son actually is now.

What he doesn't know is that his son actually died and is now staying with his father on the orders of an Archon of Torag to attempt to redeem him from his willingness to do anything for his family, even evil things, for genuine altruism that is not focused on self-gratification. He is purposely being led into this trouble by the powers that be to...

That clears a lot of things up! One last question: is it that Brudan's son's spirit came from the body of his dead wife?

I think I have a character almost ready for this.

I believe Keris is ready. Let me know if there's anything in need of updating/correcting, thank you.

That clears a lot of things up! One last question: is it that Brudan's son's spirit came from the body of his dead wife?

Yes, they had only been married nine days, and so the baby was barely conceived.

GM Nightingale wrote:

That clears a lot of things up! One last question: is it that Brudan's son's spirit came from the body of his dead wife?

Yes, they had only been married nine days, and so the baby was barely conceived.

That makes sense. Thanks!

I will complete my submission tomorrow, feeling a bit under the weather today.

One last bit of clarity for me if you please: are we allowed any Paizo source for feats, equipment, and such or only certain books? I realize not everyone may have some of the Paizo setting material and it won't be in the PRD, but setting neutral variants are usually available in the d20pfsrd if a GM or player needs reference. But understandably, you may choose to not have to do research if you would prefer specific sources only.

I will complete my submission tomorrow, feeling a bit under the weather today.

No problem at all. Feel better!

I think that I would like to set my assignment deadline for Friday when I will make my party choice.

I think that I would like to set my assignment deadline for Friday when I will make my party choice.

Alrighty! I'll put the finishing touches on my submission tonight and have it up by tomorrow.