Sorry! Things have been busy for me. :)
Sazu:
So, Sazu is never going to be an effective fighter. Spending gold (or worse, feats) on trying is going to end poorly. Your priorities for magic items should be:
Cloak of Resistance (which you have)
Headband of Alluring Charisma
Circlet of Persuasion
Better armor is also fine and can't hurt. Weapons are expensive and Sazu isn't going to put them to good use, so spend your gold elsewhere. A Ring of Protection is a perfectly good investment.
Bards tend not to be able to cast a spell every round of a fight, but you can cast a *lot* of spells and your first round of every fight is starting your song anyway. You could invest in a wand or two if you're really not interested in taking a shot with your light crossbow some rounds. Given that the wand will just be for those rounds that you're either not starting a song or casting a spell, you probably won't go through all 50 charges all that fast. A level 1 wand won't do a ton of damage regardless of the spell you choose, but it might feel better than nothing. To be fair, I'm good with a bard that *just* sings and otherwise casts things like Saving Finale and Gallant Inspiration, with the occasional Grease or Glitterdust. :P
Ihon can also craft some Pages of Spell Knowledge eventually, which would work equally well for Sazu as Phaedra. Any bard spells that might situationally be useful but aren't ones you want to spend "spell known" slots on.
For group purchases I think we're mostly alright. Sazu has a full wand of infernal healing, which should handle most of our between fight healing. We also have a bunch of potions left over as loot that we've spread out through the group. So I think we can concentrate on personal purchases.
My suggestions are starting on the basics and start with things that aren't Wonderous Items. With the hope that eventually Ihon will get the time to craft some more stuff for people. Though, if we don't get the time, or you run out of non-wonderous items to buy, then we'll just suck it up and pay full price for a few items.
Phaedra and Amideo need magic weapons. I think Phaedra is actually good with the Greatsword +1 for now. Maybe pick up a mw cold iron Glaive and plan to magic that up later? For Amideo, I'd suggest getting that mw longsword to a +1. Maybe buying a cold iron backup weapon? Since Andre has a bunch of ranged stuff, it might be time to get a composite bow an magic that up too.
They also both need armor. I suggest a mw Breastplate for Phaedra. For Amideo, I'm not sure what kind of load your mount is packing at the moment, but if he can handle Full Plate, now is the time to get it. If you need to we can all buy horses and a pony or two for "extra gear" that you don't want on your war mount. If that helps.
So, Wonderous Item Stuff:
+2 main stat items - I can make STR items for Phaedra and Amideo, WIS for Andre, and CHA for Sazu, but I'll need to scribe Bull's Strength, Owl's Wisdom, and Eagle's Splendor. Those are 60gp each. I do have exactly 3 hours left on the first day for scribing, so just let me know if you want them.
Cloak of Resistance - Ihon will eventually craft one of these for everyone.
Amulet of Natural Armor - He'll also eventually make these for everyone.
Things I'd start with that aren't Wonderous:
1. Weapons if you need them.
2. Armor if you need it.
3. Shield if you use one.
4. Ring of Protection +1 (never bad)
5. Ring of Sustenance (maybe?)
There's also no reason not to divvy up the gems now. So another 432gp and 6sp (worth of precious gems) to everyone.
Also! Now would be a good time to recruit someone with Disable Device!
People should have over 4000gp right now. Unless they spent a bunch of gold on something earlier, but I don't think anyone did. If you don't, check the loot list distribution tab andd figure out which one you missed.
On that note, it's *really* important to keep up with these things, especially on a pbp game. I'm not sure our GM has time to do all that for us. ;)
Hmmmm. I added the last bit from the gemstones to my cash--is it possible I came in with less gold (since I entered the game late)?
EDIT: neeeevermind, I definitely missed the big cash infusion from before the loot sheet was updated. Stupid page break! Ok, probably buying a magical bow now. :P
Alright, with the advice of Ihon, I'd like to invest my money into getting a headband of charisma and a circlet of persuasion. I have about 3,500 gp to throw at you, so at half cost but adding the spell investment, getting a +2 headband and a circlet would be roughly 2,250 + 90, just to get the circlet.
While Ihon would love to craft both, he won't be able to until we have some free time. Since we only have three days, he's going to spend 1 scribing (which gives him 8 hours at 1 hour for each spell), and two days on his own headband. It takes a day per 1000gp. So to do the Circlet it will take 3 and the Headband will take 2.
And it'll only be 40gp to scribe Eagle's Splendor. It's 40gp for a Level 2 spell and he has a scroll of it so he won't need to pay someone to get it from their spellbook.
But yeah, we really need about a month of downtime for him to make everything we really want to make. :P Maybe he'll have time on the trip?
I'll chip in 40gp for the spell for Ihon, and do the circlet of persuasion first to help out my bardic checks.
I'll figure out what to do with the rest...
Added Eagle's Splendor to Ihon's spellbook. He's got time to scribe one more spell. Probably Bull's Strength as long as someone pays for it! :)
Things Phaedra will buy:
Breastplate +1 (1350gp), Ring of Protection +1 (2000gp), Cold Iron Masterwork Glaive (316gp), Masterwork Composite Shortbow (STR +4) (675gp) and sell: Glaive, Scalemail, and shortbow. Total: 4297gp
I posted a re-recruitment to fill our disable device slot.
You can find it here: http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2v0zz?ReRecruitment-For-Queen-and-Country-Heroe s-of#1
Let me know what you think once we get applications!
Any opinions on character submissions so far?
I've messaged thoughts to DM Morvius.
Sorry for my lack of posting, all. A show I'm directing is opening in 8 days, and I've been more swamped than I expected to be. I'll try to keep up as much as possible, but please don't hesitate to bot me if need be!
I'll try to read through the submissions when I have time, but if I don't get my thoughts in, I trust you all. :)
I was under the assumption we were on hold until we picked out another player.
If there are things you want to do in the meantime, that's fine. You can even travel after the three days if you want. The new PC will join you on one end of the trip either way and you won't be getting into combats before then so while I'm open to posting if people want, I'm also fine with people pausing until then.
I think everyone but Amideo is done with shopping? Or has at least done *some*.
Forgot to post shopping results, I'll make my lance and breastplate +1, for a total of 3000 GP. I can chip in the rest of my gold towards crafting magic items, hopefully a strength belt for myself.
hello all, I should have the alias finished up shortly, still have a little money to spend on anything I think Arrac would deem useful. Thanks for the invite!
Welcome!
Welcome to the group!
I think everything has been spent. I have like, 63 gold to my name now I believe.
Given the party make-up, you might want to trim down on your skills. You probably don't need non-maxed Bluff and Intimidate. We have a serious amount of both already in the party. You probably also don't need disguise at one rank. At that point, if you want to disguise yourself, you'll need magic anyway, so it seems like a waste. You don't necessarily need to optimize your skills, but it might be worth tightening them up just a bit. Sense Motive and Disable Device would be good skills to keep maxed, for example.
I changed a few things around, maxing DD, and uping SM to 4, but I would rather keep at least 1 point in some of the other skills, if not to show he has had experience in the skills, then to have them around at least in case I ever need them. IIRC most if not all are class skills, so getting the +3 is nice.
Sure. Like I said, I don't think you need to hyper-optimize or anything. Having a rank in Climb and Swim is always useful when they come up if they're class skills. I just figured rolling around having spent three ranks to be a +2 in three different skills might be a bit...rough. It won't actually make enough of a difference when you roll them (if you roll them) and other members of the party are going to be *way* better. On the other hand, you're not actually much worse off having spent the spare points there, so it's not a big deal. If it feels right to you, I think you're fine. :)
Sorry for the delay, been under the weather the last few days. Welcome to the party and I'm glad you are geared up!
Folks are welcome to post in the gameplay thread once they are ready to go to the meetup for transport and we will take it from there.
so.. can I introduce myself?
Yessir!
Looks like my breastplate was already +1. Can I have made it +2 instead? It'll cost 1000 more gold, inside of our price range.
Welcome to the party, Arrac! Sorry for the lack of greeting earlier. My show just opened last night, so I'm returning to my more regular schedule/posting rate now.
Should Sazu have been neutral or evil? I may have just realized (after coming from the wilderness against fighting cultists) that the empire I serve might not be the most....amicable.
Oh, also Sazu got a leather armor instead of wood. Should be an even trade if wooden is sold at half value.
I don't mind people retconning recent purchases or making new ones here. Also, just keep in mind, you guys don't have any specific time pressure here so it is up to you to decide how to handle your mission.
Hey sorry all for the disappearance, had some life things come up with the end of the semester, but I should be able to get back to keeping up within a day.
Good to have you back! :)
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Finals are over! Hooray!
Hey all, I'll be camping without much, if any signal. Please bot me if I'm playing in a game, or if I'm GMing, just sit tight for a few days until I'm back.
Have fun and no problem!
Hi all! I am going on a belated honeymoon and will have only sporadic access to internet between now and August 4th. I’ll try to check in when I can, but please don’t hesitate to bot me if need be!
We seemed to have slowed to beyond a crawl, particularly in combat. I'm going to suggest that we give people about two weeks (from today) to think about if they want to recommit to consistent posting. If we don't get affirmatives from 4+ folks I'm going to suggest we go on indefinite hiatus, just to try to avoid different people popping in to post here and there but never really regaining steam.
Apologies for the lack of posting. I had been waiting on Phaedra for her actions but it seems like they haven't come. I'm totally down for keeping the game going.
*shrug*
I'm still on the boards and checking in with other games, but I admit that this game hasn't gotten any steam going. Whatever the group decides is fine by me.
I try to keep my commitment to other people's games, but my posting has slowed down considerably. I'm fine with either trying to find more players or going on hiatus, whichever the group seems more inclined to.