Death of a God

Game Master TheWorg

Thought I should mention this now before we get too deep, but I've never done pbp before, so I may need a little bit of a helping hand every now and again if it's not terribly inconvenient.

Kuzu Koryo aka Autumn Spectre wrote:

pippinTook wrote:

Kuzu Koryo aka Autumn Spectre wrote:

I'm thinking I'll use Profession Innkeep/Bartender as my cover job. Hey Mao, How do you feel about working as a bar wench?

That makes really good sense character-wise and as a tie-in. Kuzu hooked her up with the job, I assume?

More like she greased the wheels since I don't actually own the place, but yeah pretty much.

Approve! I'm thinking I'll write their interaction (and her kindness to the crazy man ranting about the apocalypse) when I have a bit of time to dedicate to it (hopefully later this evening).

Feel free to write your own take on it and I can just add the other perspective for my profile or vice versa.

Isn't it a little bit early to be writing that stuff. I was under the impression that the campaign details weren't even fleshed out yet.

pippinTook wrote:

Kuzu Koryo aka Autumn Spectre wrote:

pippinTook wrote:

Kuzu Koryo aka Autumn Spectre wrote:

I'm thinking I'll use Profession Innkeep/Bartender as my cover job. Hey Mao, How do you feel about working as a bar wench?

That makes really good sense character-wise and as a tie-in. Kuzu hooked her up with the job, I assume?

More like she greased the wheels since I don't actually own the place, but yeah pretty much.

Approve! I'm thinking I'll write their interaction (and her kindness to the crazy man ranting about the apocalypse) when I have a bit of time to dedicate to it (hopefully later this evening).

Feel free to write your own take on it and I can just add the other perspective for my profile or vice versa.

Isn't it a little bit early to be writing that stuff. I was under the impression that the campaign details weren't even fleshed out yet.

Well, it's early, but I've also got the time to put some though into it now. I also just enjoy the writing and character creation aspect, so there's that.

EDIT: And I'm also still pretty new to PbP, but I am actively involved in a few games, so I've got some experience. I'll help you out all I can if we both get chosen.

I'd like to play a supporting role. An old warrior whose strength has long since failed him in years past, who now is troubled by visions of the apocalypse. His PTSD-riddled visions of battles past have given way to horrific visions of battles in the future - battles for the fate of the world itself.

So, Oracle class, Mystery is Apocalypse. May I use a third party source for my Curse if it can be found on the pathfinder SRD?

Waking Dreamer [3PP]

Source: Oracle's Curse, copyright 2014 by RJ Grady, published by Tripod Machine.

You are drowsy and afflicted by fleeting hallucinations.

Effect

You take a -5 to Perception checks and take a -2 penalty to save versus illusions. However, you are immune to sleep effects.

At 5th level, add sleep and hypnotism to your spells known.

At 10th level, add dream to your spells known.

At 15th level, add project image to your spells known.

Yes you may,as long as its role played out.

@Daniel Stewart Unfortunatley you may not take the Drow Noble race,but the feat/trait would be ok

This is pippinTook's entry.
Still a touch or two to add, but here's Mao Phan. If it's Underdark, the backstory already fits. If it's the fall of the gods concept, she could easily adapt to that as she is a devoted servant of Calistria.

So I'm hearing a lot of Underdark,but I have a deal for the rest of you. If I can get two groups,one for each campaign,it would be pretty awesome. Sound good for everyone?

Iraedra Myval wrote:

sounds interesting.

Does

DM TPK wrote:

Any from the core or advanced race guide. No third party stuff.

include Drider?

You'd have to give me a pretty good reason,but I can be convinced. Send me a PM and we'll talk.

Is everyone ok with using Mythic rules,as I know I will for one of the campaigns,and maybe both?

Go ahead and enter in some submissions for your preferred campaign if you all would please.

Just so everyone's on the same page; Did you ever decide to go with the whole split campaign thing?

DM Mooshybooshy, "the Foolish" wrote:

I'd like to play a supporting role. An old warrior whose strength has long since failed him in years past, who now is troubled by visions of the apocalypse. His PTSD-riddled visions of battles past have given way to horrific visions of battles in the future - battles for the fate of the world itself.

So, Oracle class, Mystery is Apocalypse. May I use a third party source for my Curse if it can be found on the pathfinder SRD?

Waking Dreamer [3PP]

Source: Oracle's Curse, copyright 2014 by RJ Grady, published by Tripod Machine.

You are drowsy and afflicted by fleeting hallucinations.

Effect

You take a -5 to Perception checks and take a -2 penalty to save versus illusions. However, you are immune to sleep effects.

At 5th level, add sleep and hypnotism to your spells known.

At 10th level, add dream to your spells known.

At 15th level, add project image to your spells known.

Yes you may,as long as its role played out.

@Daniel Stewart Unfortunatley you may not take the Drow Noble race,but the feat/trait would be ok

Thanks I appreciate it.

Oops, that last one was meant for mao

The way it's going, I don't think I'll be done my character in any reasonable time given other real-life things, so I'll have to drop out of this one.

Ok..here is my submission as a "normal" drow. He will probably take the "noble" feat once he gains his sword (tying the two together in story).

Alright folks; it would seem we really could use some clarification, as it looks like people started coordinating backgrounds for characters that applied for different campaigns. Here's a breakdown, in no particular order:

Underdark Campaign:
Archae - Archae-Nym - Elf Shadow Wizard Arcane Caster.
Sir Long Ears - Narekk Wyrmtongue - Tiefling (Hungerseed) Inquisitor (Sanctified Slayer) Melee/Divine Caster.
pippinTook - Mao Phan - Vishkanya Brawler Melee.
Daniel Stewart - Xundus Yril'Lysaen - Drow Magus (Bladebound) Melee/Arcane Caster.
DM Mooshybooshy - Felstad - Human(?) Oracle of Apocalypse Divine Caster/Support.
mourge40k - Myzaraphiston Synderfell - Half-Drow Witch Divine Caster?
HotLanta - Sinde'sithuan - Vishkanya Bard (Archaelogist) Archer/Rogue/Support.

Death of a God Campaign:
Reggie Two-Fist - Human Brawler Melee.
Kuzu Koryo aka Autumn Spectre - Kuzu Koryo - Kitsune Rogue (Kitsune Trickster) Rogue.
Threeshades - Jamira Sunblade - Ifrit Fighter (Lore Warden) (Martial Master) Melee/Library.

Unspecified:
Thecooldudenextdoor - Unnamed Dwarf Wizard (Divination) Support/Library/Face.

I only included those submissions that are noticeably complete. I tried my best with role descriptions, I apologize if I missed anyone or failed to do your intended role justice.

Thanks, HotLanta that helps a lot.

I thought there were more people applying for Death of a God.

On second thought, I think I will still do something for Death of a God. I'll probably put together something other than my previous concept, though, as it just wasn't going anywhere interesting.

Thanks, HotLanta that helps a lot.

I thought there were more people applying for Death of a God.

Sure thing. I'm hoping it will help the GM enough to maybe expedite what seems like an otherwise slow recruitment.

There definitely was more interest in Death of a God, but most of the (semi)complete submissions are for the Underdark campaign.

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Here's the completed crunch & backstory for Sindie. As indicated, this story has her starting in the Underdark. I have another backstory with her starting in Qadira, if the campaign begins on the surface. I must say Pathfinder's "Darklands" pales in comparison to D&D's culturally expansive Underdark, particularly where the Drow are concerned. Le Sigh.

I tried to tie her into your story, Daniel Stewart; as you can see I have her starting in the same city. There's obvious difficulties there, but I did include a hook in Sindie's backstory for anyone looking to start in the underdark that would like to have a connected backstory (Drow or otherwise). If you're looking to make an escape from the city, or something similar, she's the perfect ally (unlike a Drow Escape Artist, the only thing Sinde'Sithuan would get from turning in a potential accomplice is the axe or the lash). Otherwise, feel free to create whatever tie-ins you like.

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Sinde'Sithuan
Female Vishkanya Bard (Archaeologist) 1
NE Medium Humanoid (Vishkanya)
Initiative: +4; Senses: Low-Light Vision; Perception +6

There was quite a lot of Underdark interest,but there also were more Death of God submissions.

Post if anything was wrong with were you were placed. I'm giving another couple of days for recruitment.
Good luck.

I'd like to throw in a Ranger, if i may. He'd fit either campaign, but i like the sounds of the underdark one personally :)

I'll go with a 20 point buy, unless i'm allowed a free reroll on the first set (What's the GM ruling on this?). Should have an alias ready to go in 24 hours. Thanks for the opportunity to apply GM TPK!

I could technically fit either. Svifnerblin led to the fall of the noble household Mao served, but her faith in Calistria is all she has left and she'd fight to the death to maintain that.

I could technically fit either. Svifnerblin led to the fall of the noble household Mao served, but her faith in Calistria is all she has left and she'd fight to the death to maintain that.

personally, I think Mao would do best in the underdark game to avoid the possible double up of brawlers in the death of a god game. increase the chances of selection for each.

of course Reggie will be multi classing into barbarian later on

For the record, Myza here is a arcane caster, and could fit into either. However, I am still waiting for actual story bits from TPK before I write up her backstory. However, now is the time to determine gold for her.

3d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 5) = 15x10= 150 gp

And well above average. Nice.

Mao Phan wrote:

I could technically fit either. Svifnerblin led to the fall of the noble household Mao served, but her faith in Calistria is all she has left and she'd fight to the death to maintain that.

personally, I think Mao would do best in the underdark game to avoid the possible double up of brawlers in the death of a god game. increase the chances of selection for each.

of course Reggie will be multi classing into barbarian later on

Well, they're both brawlers, but reggie's got that whole cool pirate bad girl thing going whereas Ma is more sexy geisha assassin, so really not the same. I think they could end up complimenting each other and being a nice one-two punch, if you'll pardon the pun :=)

Reggie Two-Fist wrote:

Mao Phan wrote:

I could technically fit either. Svifnerblin led to the fall of the noble household Mao served, but her faith in Calistria is all she has left and she'd fight to the death to maintain that.

personally, I think Mao would do best in the underdark game to avoid the possible double up of brawlers in the death of a god game. increase the chances of selection for each.

of course Reggie will be multi classing into barbarian later on

Well, they're both brawlers, but reggie's got that whole cool pirate bad girl thing going whereas Ma is more sexy geisha assassin, so really not the same. I think they could end up complimenting each other and being a nice one-two punch, if you'll pardon the pun :=)

that sounds cool as well, I just want maximize both our chances of getting selected.

for Reggie I modeled her as a mix of:

Anne Bonny from the show Black Sails
and
Revy from Black Lagoon - replace the guns with fists

Mao Phan wrote:

Reggie Two-Fist wrote:

Mao Phan wrote:

I could technically fit either. Svifnerblin led to the fall of the noble household Mao served, but her faith in Calistria is all she has left and she'd fight to the death to maintain that.

personally, I think Mao would do best in the underdark game to avoid the possible double up of brawlers in the death of a god game. increase the chances of selection for each.

of course Reggie will be multi classing into barbarian later on

Well, they're both brawlers, but reggie's got that whole cool pirate bad girl thing going whereas Ma is more sexy geisha assassin, so really not the same. I think they could end up complimenting each other and being a nice one-two punch, if you'll pardon the pun :=)

that sounds cool as well, I just want maximize both our chances of getting selected.

for Reggie I modeled her as a mix of:

Anne Bonny from the show Black Sails
and
Revy from Black Lagoon - replace the guns with fists

I think you and me are gonna get along just fine.

@kuzo: you mean with Reggie or with Mao, or both?

I'm withdrawing my interest from this game. Good luck all and great gaming.

personally, I think Mao would do best in the underdark game to avoid the possible double up of brawlers in the death of a god game. increase the chances of selection for each.

I was going to put my submission under Death of a God, as I would like to play either, and it would even the submissions out more, but it wouldn't be fair to switch last minute after tallying up each campaign's submissions, and I didn't want to conflict with Kuzu.

Kitsune Trickster gives up trapfinding/trapsense for Int mod to certain skills & spell-like abilities. Archaeologist narrows bardic performance to a personal luck bonus and trades it's own increased skill utility for trapfinding/trapsense.

Edit: That's why I went Archaeologist instead of the Vishkanya Rogue racial archetype Deadly Courtesan, which trades trapfinding for some bardic performance. Actually very similar, & still rogue-like, just flavored differently.

With that, and the strange similarities between the equally charismatic, nimble, and similarly animalistic Kitsune & Vishkanya (they're myths from different cultures translated into similar Pathfinder mechanics with different flavors), Suzu & Sinde would probably make a really good pair. Damn.. they've even got that alliteration.

Still, I've got a hankering for an Underdark campaign now, first & foremost. I think most folks said they would go for either campaign, but GM TPK did ask for a vote, or preference, with each submission.

For the record, Myza here is a arcane caster, and could fit into either. However, I am still waiting for actual story bits from TPK before I write up her backstory. However, now is the time to determine gold for her.

My bad. I see you're geared up with plenty Knowledge as well. I feel you on wanting a bit more of a setting to build a believable backstory into. Xundus' & Sinde's backstories put them in the same Drow city, if you wanted to build a story starting there as well.

Generally speaking, as a Half-Drow, Myza would sit fairly low in their gender/race caste system, even if she were born into a noble family. Females are above males in all races, but Drow of any kind are above all else. In that regard, Myza could feasibly have ties to Xundus and/or Sinde, and would actually serve as a good bridge between the two otherwise disparate social realms, if you wanted to go that route.

The more of us chosen in the same starting location the easier it'll be for GM TPK to make his hook. Just sayin' ;)

Yes,I ask for a preference so I can see who built their character for each campaign specifically. Without it it makes it more complicated to select

Yes,I ask for a preference so I can see who built their character for each campaign specifically. Without it it makes it more complicated to select

Curses! Thwarted by specificity!

Sinde is much inspired by the Dornish Prince Oberyn's bastard daughters, the Sand Snakes, from GRR Martin's Song of Ice & Fire.

If Sinde'Sithuan had a bite attack, she could swift action apply poison with her saliva, and literally stagger you with a kiss.

I swapped Diplomacy to Intimidate; changed Profession (courtesan) to Craft (traps), & Perform (dance) to Perform (oratory) to better fit Sinde's slum-tastic Underdark origins & archaeological interests.

GM TPK; might it be possible, given Sinde's origins in the Underdark, to swap her Weapon Familiarity racial trait (blowgun, kukri, shuriken) for Darkvision 60ft? They're both 2 RP in Pathfinder's race point system (I had planned on her using the kukri as her backup melee weapon, and likely would've picked up some shurikens).

@Myza, I would advise coming up with something of a backstory without too much delay, as GM TPK said that would be part of the deciding factor, and has given something of a deadline now without the details you're waiting for.

@ Sinde: I suppose you arrived in the city with the "swell" of new comers after the battle with Ust Natha? Xundus might have met you while enduring his training among the "slave troops". I envision him commanding a troop of orcs who sweep the slums for trouble makers and undesirables. Perhaps he helped you out of a jam, and have cultivated your friendship as a possible ally when he decides to escape his family. What do you think?

Ok took the plunge and made up my alias. Hope all is correct...looking forward to increasing his "Drowness" with feats...makes it feel like he is growing into his powers!

@kuzo: you mean with Reggie or with Mao, or both?

I meant reggie, but yeah both

For the sake of record keeping, this is my actual player account, my alias is Kuzu.

@ GMTPK: Are we doing the standard two traits.

Sorry, but I'll be stepping back, good game guys!

Just chiming in to say I'm still interested in either the Underdark or the Dead Gods campaign. My character could easily fit either one.

@ Sinde: I suppose you arrived in the city with the "swell" of new comers after the battle with Ust Natha? Xundus might have met you while enduring his training among the "slave troops". I envision him commanding a troop of orcs who sweep the slums for trouble makers and undesirables. Perhaps he helped you out of a jam, and have cultivated your friendship as a possible ally when he decides to escape his family. What do you think?

That's what I was thinking. I'm not sure about all the timelines, but since the whole thing started almost a century ago, it's likely Sinde's parents or grandparents were the ones that came in originally with the flood of new residents. Sinde herself is not much over 20 years old, if that. But I like the run-in while Xundus is on patrol. Say she was on the run from some hobgoblins or something & she ran into Xundus & his orcs, who helped her out after seeing that she could make a useful contact for the future.

EDIT: You should put some more indentation in your backstory, Daniel. It'd make it a lot easier to read :)

I'm working on an archon-born aasimar cleric right now. Should be done shortly.

Starting Gold: 4d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 3, 4) = 14

Here is my barbarian, I made his background fairly ok to work with either campaign,

on a side note, I would like to ask if instead of "buying" new weapons, if my barbarian could just have his sword slowly regain its old power. (spending money according to what I gain ofc. in otherwords, mechanically functions just like purchasing magic weapons, but fluff wise its the same sword.)

After some thought, I'm going to withdraw from this attempt. I wish you all luck with this!

looks like lots of withdraws... shame really

looks like lots of withdraws... shame really

Yeah, but at least there's another choice if it tanks I guess.

well if only the underdark game ends up happening, then I will be out. I have had my fill of underdark in my RL games and have had nothing but bad experiences.

personally I hate underdark games and I hate any reference to Drizzt.

how dare you, drizzt is a great character, don't hate the drizzt for all the wanna be drizzts

hence the hate to the references, not the character. i hate the wanna be's

like i said i have had nothing but bad experiences in any underdark game i have ever played

I've seen about 3 "drizzts" in my time playing, gotta say, the last one did dam good and I wasn't exasperated in the least, the other two however....

Guys this is sooooo not the place for this.

apologies

yes, i will shut up now

Also @Reggie Two-Fist I seriously doubt that the death of a God campaign is getting canned.

Just checking in to say I'm still here and still excited to play Death of a God as well as hoping we can get enough people on board.