Completely agree with you guys. Also, with Aasimar being stated to sometimes be born among human communities, it has also always struck me as weird (sociologically speaking) for such a child to hit puberty long after his parents are dead. I mean: a boy who has to be taken care of for 60 years before he can actually become a useful member of a community would be very quickly seen as a burden instead of a blessing, methinks.
Indeed, I hadn't quite think about it, but I now realize that her celestial lineage dating back to at least a couple of centuries before Baba Yaga's conquest of Irrisen would also naturally suggest her being a Scion of Humanity. Thanks for the input, I'll now proceed to update her profile!
I tend to be of the opinion that they likely age to just before puberty quickly and then slow down, decades of achne, here they come.
That, and pesky parents constantly asking them how many more decades they're going to spend in college before finally start looking for a job. Elven adolescence must be the worst.
Sorry I took so long. I just had 2 consecutive days of babysitting and am currently at my nephew's birthday party.
Would you rather we use the ARG rules for Aasimar age categories, or just declare they simply age as humans do? Both are fine with me, mostly a matter of self-consistency between Tiferet and Doctor Gii... (since I figure it would have no in-game mechanical consequence whatsoever, I'm not aiming this question only at the GM – Seranov's input would also be greatly appreciated!).
I am fine with human age categories or aasimer age categories. I would figure it as having a longer period of being at Tiferet's youthful peak (Well fit and the like) compared to humans not closely related to celestial ancestors. At age 60 to 150 your character would change from the character's young adult self (that she had at 15-20 years old, same as a common human) to middle aged and so on to the next aasimar age category (pretty slow change though). The less closely related to your celestial ancestor, the age category will be more human in older age.
Just realized I've never explicitly stated the object of Tiferet's Attached drawback. It's her Holy Symbol, an artifact from a time before the witches passed down from generation to generation among her clan, and a memento of what they once were and what they aspire to be again.
OR, as per the drawback's description, I'd be happy to have our GM pick another item of his choice in its stead – mostly to alleviate my sense of guilt over my particular choice potentially having netted me one free trait. Or even better, as I've seen happening, have you, DM Tarfugal, pick a drawback for me from scratch, with both its repercussions and ramifications.
I am fine with that. Let thine holy symbol be thine prized gift. Sounds like something that could be interesting to roleplay with. :)
Happy new years everyone! I was a bit busy this week with all the holiday shenanigans. Starting tomorrow, I will be keeping a daily pace. Watch out! :)
Happy new years. I'm ready to get stuff really rolling. :)
Bring it on! ;)
I'm using bengali (Google translator) as elven speech. ;)
I use that for other things, so I have it bookmarked at home.
I actually like exotic, non-obvious choices such as this very much.
Are we still going for the obvious Skald <=> Icelandic substitution or are we going to spice that up too? ;)
Very nice!
I like it.
^ what they said. Nice!
Is Tarfugal still around?
Yeah, he was playing in another game I am in and took over for us yesterday since our gm vanished. Maybe he's waiting for everyone to post? Not sure.
Is Tarfugal still around?
I am still here. :)
Is there something/someone we're waiting on?
The way I understand it, Arthorion, Gii, Mirri and Tiferet have agreed to form a scouting / ambush party... Isn't Svartokshe's player also the same GM who vanished on you, Mirri? If so, it does not bode well for him being active anytime soon, alas.
I dunno about Volaticus, though the way I see it, 2/3rds of the group having reached a consensus is enough to at least start moving the game in that particular direction (obviously the GM gets the last word).
Personally, I'm waiting for the GM to move the game forward.
Yeah, he is, so I agree, unlikely to see him anytime soon. I am too Arthorion, I just wanted to make sure he wasn't waiting on us for something.
The way I understand it, Arthorion, Gii, Mirri and Tiferet have agreed to form a scouting / ambush party... Isn't Svartokshe's player also the same GM who vanished on you, Mirri? If so, it does not bode well for him being active anytime soon, alas.
I dunno about Volaticus, though the way I see it, 2/3rds of the group having reached a consensus is enough to at least start moving the game in that particular direction (obviously the GM gets the last word).
I was just waiting a bit to see what Black-Ice and Volaticus are up too. I have feeling that I will have to replace Black-Ice with another player soon.
I phone called Volaticus to see what was going on. :)
Yeah, he was playing in another game I am in and took over for us yesterday since our gm vanished. Maybe he's waiting for everyone to post? Not sure.
Speaking of the Second Darkness AP, I wrote my character out of the campaign. Would any of you (excluding Volaticus and Mirri) like to play in the Second Darkness ap? I am looking for one person to fill a spot.
It has just started.
The Second Darkness roster is:
a seductress tiefling sorcerer,
a luck bound Human cleric of Desna,
a racist elf ranger,-
a goblin slayer,-
and a dwarf Bloodrager,
Yeah, the goblin is really good, he is playing that well so far. I think I see the possibilities of many mis-adventures for the goblin and tiefling in the future.
Your offer is very generous, I only feel I should decline it as I don't have enough free time on my hands to participate in more than 2 campaigns while maintaining a high enough level of posting...
As for Svartokshe, I'd be sad to see him go. With him being a border-line worshiper of the demon Lord of (among other things) misogyny, and Tiferet herself praying to Tolc, Kostchtchie's arch-rival for the control of the frozen wastes, I had envisioned some potentially interesting character interactions. O well.
I hope everything is all right with Volaticus?
Yeah, the goblin is really good, he is playing that well so far. I think I see the possibilities of many mis-adventures for the goblin and tiefling in the future.
Indeed! DM Arneste did a great job with party composition.
Your offer is very generous, I only feel I should decline it as I don't have enough free time on my hands to participate in more than 2 campaigns while maintaining a high enough level of posting...
As for Svartokshe, I'd be sad to see him go. With him being a border-line worshiper of the demon Lord of (among other things) misogyny, and Tiferet herself praying to Tolc, Kostchtchie's arch-rival for the control of the frozen wastes, I had envisioned some potentially interesting character interactions. O well.
I hope everything is all right with Volaticus?
Black-Ice is an interesting gritty character. With his hate for winter witches, there would be some interesting developments between him, Tiferet, Mirri, and the rest of the party. He also infused winter as a primary enemy of his character's psyche. The setting being a representation of all of his tragic experiences. What kind of change will he have when he returns to a setting that he has tried so hard to escape? Will he grow to admire Tiferet and Mirri, despite his hatred for winter witches?
That is the hard part about recruiting. I want interesting chemistry between the party to explore themes of the campaign. This is relatively subjective. Besides looking at each character in isolation, you have to look with a bird's eye view of the entire party as a whole. See possible conflicts, agreements, and developments. It is not a precise process, it is not standardized. I welcome the challenge. :) Besides the role playing side of things, I have to think about mechanics as well. But, I don't feel like that mechanics/rules are on one side and rp/art are on another side, they are blended together to create a fun game. This game accounts that we use 100% of our brain.
Unfortunately, Volaticus is dropping out of the adventure.
Agreed. Balancing a party from a mechanics point of view is something that can be approached 'scientifically', but foreseeing character / player dynamics can be somewhat of an art. Made all the more important by the fact that very few campaigns on those boards end because of suboptimized parties encountering a TPK, while plenty of them slowly wither away due to the various players failing to gel and gradually losing interest.
Sorry to hear about Volaticus. Though losing 2 out of 6 players early in the campaign seems to be a sad yet common occurrence; do you think this might be a good time to recruit a 5th character? I'd recommend a healer but, then again, see above: intriguing > optimized.
Agreed. Balancing a party from a mechanics point of view is something that can be approached 'scientifically', but foreseeing character / player dynamics can be somewhat of an art. Made all the more important by the fact that very few campaigns on those boards end because of suboptimized parties encountering a TPK, while plenty of them slowly wither away due to the various players failing to gel and gradually losing interest.
Sorry to hear about Volaticus. Though losing 2 out of 6 players early in the campaign seems to be a sad yet common occurrence; do you think this might be a good time to recruit a 5th character? I'd recommend a healer but, then again, see above: intriguing > optimized.
Diversity in mechanical party ability does change the game design and balancing. Diversity is great for each member feeling a contributor to party goals(This is an assumption that I am making). But, the dm can reduce certain challenges that the party lacks the sufficiently to handle abundantly. That's why I like a 6 player party (Allows for overlap). I want players to play what they want to play. I would say trapfinding is one example in this iteration of Reign Of Winter that has not been covered. I will probably as we go along reduce the number of traps(there will be some, muhahaha).
Balancing is the most challenging aspect in game design.
I will start recruiting 1 or 2 more people soon. For this first outing I will have a npc or 2 join you guys.
Sounds like a plan, boss. I'm looking forward to getting to give Gii a go in his current iteration. :)
*poke, poke*
Just seeing what is going on.
Still here... Just waiting for GM's input ;)
The gm has returned bearing great tidings. I have posted in the gameplay thread and my posts should be consistent from now on.
My apologies for the long wait. I have dropped the Second Darkness campaign I was dming to focus completely on this one. Thus, the adventure continues. And I have asked if the players in the second darkness campaign would like to create characters for the two spots open, before I open a recruitment for the great masses of the paizo message-boards!
A shame second darkness id going away, maybe everyone will want to and we'll find another gm for it. Glad that this one will continue though.
Did we lose more people? Hope not. Upside, looks like second darkness will continue, found another gm.
I'm just waiting on Tarfugal's post. :)
Ditto. Arthorion too has yet to post; though perhaps he's just a bit struggling to adapt to the somewhat erratic pace this campaign has started with...
Yeah, wouldn't surprise me any, it has been rather hit and miss.
I'm here, it's just that I've been really busy this past week. ;)
Upside, looks like second darkness will continue, found another gm.
As Mirri/Nessa said, I'll try to GM Second Darkness. As you had a character in the campaign, Tarfugal, I'd like to know if you want to play with us- you'd be most welcome- or if I'll have to recruit a new player.