GM_DBH's Carrion Crown Gameplay (Inactive)

Game Master DBH

Carried over from the S&S recruitment.

25pt buy. Start at 2nd level.
No 3rd party stuff.
Background skills yes.
2 Traits, one from Carrion crown, one of your choice.
No VMC
No stats under 8 or over 18 except for racial adjustment.
Maximum HP at first level. Roll at leveling, or take the average there after.
Any race or class from Paizo source books allowed, but remember you'll be in Ustlav and things get unpleasant for odd looking people. :)

Any other questions let me know.

As this is closed to only those on the S&S thread I think you can talk among yourselves over who wants to be what class?

We'll take as long as everyone needs to get ready, when thats done away we go.

Previous experience with CC is no problem, I do change things to suit my style of gaming.

hp: 1d8 ⇒ 5

that said, if you feel like the character is a bit of a poor fit, I have a damphir inquisitor That was made for this one as well.

Thanks for doing this! Party-wise, I could be very happy playing just about anything. I'm thinking of having some fun with a TWF paladin gnome using Gnome hooked hammer. Could be pretty awesome and fairly effective damage-dealer. Just a thought so far. Will think some more on it and delve into possible backstories later today.

Thanks for running this.

Given what people are suggesting so far I'm likely to with something a little different, an arcane character is likely but I often enjoy melee types too.

Yes I love arcane as well. If you have a preference, I could go arcane if you want to go melee.

If I do go paladin, caster killer twh paladin is an alternative. Any preferences/feedback?

Rorek: Cleric would be great. That extreme divine spellcasting power is never a bad thing to have on our side. Dhampir inquisitor sounds pretty awesome too.

@ GM_DBH; what would constitute 'odd looking' in Ustalav?
I'm not trying to be flippant.
Just want to know what races would fit best in terms of role-playing.
Would odd-looking be races other than core, or anyone who isn't a human?

I've actually become rather fond of the Bloodrager class.
You got your basic melee character [u]and[/u] some arcane bits tossed in.
The skald hybrid class is pretty cool too.
Lotsa fun!

Oh, yes, I'll go for the average HP thing.
Works out about the same as rolling, in the long run

Xunal, in ustalav, you are normally regarded as odd unless you are a human or a halfling. Even dwarves and elves receive rather cool treatment, unless they have lived in a town for a while

@Whisken I'm thinking of a wizard (spellsage archetype) or possibly making an dex focused eldritch knight. Spellsage's spell study class feature is very handy for niche utility stuff that crops up unexpectedly so that's winning out for me right now.

@ rorek55: right!

I forgot I had a PDF copy of the player's guide to CC, and only noticed that after I made my post.
Not enough coffee this morning, I reckon. :o

Human it is, then...

@rorek55. To make it clearer for me. You wish to combine the Blossoming light archetype with the Roaming Exorcist?

Or do you wish to combine all three archetypes?

@All. On the subject of races, I believe that if some of the party is human then others can be a different race, I just didn't want to have an all non-human party running around xenophobic Ustlav. :)

I wish to combine Blossoming light and roaming exorcist.

Whisken here. Since Kevin's leaning toward wizard, I'll go two-handed pally to tank damage and saves and deal damage. I was considering going divine paladin but I think that leaves the squishier party members to tank too many hits and saves.

GM: Standard wealth for level 2, I assume?

@rorek55. Then I don't have any problems with you combining those two archetypes.

@Maria Vaduva. Correct.

So far Cleric, Wizard, Paladin, Bloodrager or Skald have been raised as possibilities for characters. Skills and traps is the only gap at the moment, but more people are still to come.

Yeah someone to fill the classic rogue-like role would be awesome, whether a rogue, ninja, alchemist, anything.

That said, any party feedback on how to make my character more effective is welcome. Statting out the alias and have it partially there.

Dotting. I'm going to have think a bit on race and class for this one.

Carrion Crown is one of the more horror themed APs and I've been wanting to play in it. I've always gotten a sort of Vampire Hunter D themed world from Ustalav. :)

Magister Gadren-Human Spellsage Wizard.
I'm working on a background where he is an older war wizard from Molthune.

@GM_DBH how do you feel about magic item crafting? I get scribe scroll but wondrous items that kind of thing. Some GMs don't want to deal with it, if so I can accept that.

Don't suppose another paladin is possible is it? I've ran in this game, like, 3 times I think? At least three for sure. I only have one pc built for this game. But he's not the smash mouth paladin that Brookside is by any stretch.

You're not gonna take us all for this game are you, DBH? I'm just curious because there were like 10 applicants. Call me crazy but I'd gather you can't take 9 of us. :P

I guess what I'm asking is how many do you plan on taking?

By the way, this is pretty cool of you to do this. Heck of a kind gesture for sure.

It will be six at the most. I'm only going with those who entered a character, Helikon dropped out leaving the six of you. A couple of people have since asked about playing but I've said no. I'm keeping them in reserve in case we lose someone.

Yeah someone to fill the classic rogue-like role would be awesome, whether a rogue, ninja, alchemist, anything.

I can do that.

Rorek
Jereru
Kevin O'Rourke 440
Joy
Brookside
Xunal
Javell

Seeing how it looks like there's 7 of us now, since I'm the one with the duplicate class, I'll go ahead and step aside. Seems only right.

I actually do have another pc that would fit the Ustalav vibe but he's a cleric(Another duplicate class). I ran him in Carrion Hill. Although, he's probably the WORST cleric ever. He knows pretty much everything and he can channel but that's about it. He is absolutely useless in battle. And I'm not kidding. He was a blast to play though. And at heart, I'm a power gamer. Go figure! *Shrugs* :)

But hey, if you lose someone at some point in the future(not saying anyone's gonna drop or anything but we all know how RL is - it's a tricky beast) and I'm still around, I'd love a shot as a possible replacement.

You folks have fun!

Then I'll happily keep Cedric here as my character.

And hey, I won't be useful in battle either unless its vs Undead or chaotic evil peoples. But that makes sense for a kid that hardly ever used armor or a sword.

as a matter of fact, I'll just go ahead and post both the characters and let you guys decide which you would prefer.

This is my inquisitor. Both are mostly finished, however the inquisitor may or may not use a firearm depending on if the GM would be kind to me in regards to the black powder inquisition.

take a read over both and let me know which one you like better.

Also, I assume we are -not- using the elephant in the room feat tax rules?

I like the look of the black powder Inquisitor, if you wish you can use him.

After revising the books for a full day, and in order to provide some trap fu and decent stealth and perception skills, I am set on building an Inquisitor of Pharasma. He'll take his 1st level as Ranger (Trapper), to represent his days before joining the church and to get Trapfinding. I'm not sure about a decent Inquisitor Archetype, but most probably he'll get the Repose (Souls) Domain.

He'll hopefully have enough skill ranks to max 4 or 5 skills, nice spells and judgements to back up his ranged skills and, being a follower of Pharasma, good reasons to go back to Ustalav and slay some undead.

Just noticed rorek55 posted a ranged Inquisitor too. I thought you were going to be a Cleric. We can talk this out, for sure. Let me know which one you're picking before I build mine, please, in case we don't want class reiteration.

Rorek changed as Jevel didn't want to double up on clerics. With seven doubling up on class is fine with archetypes coming in. Inquisitor is a great class,I don't think two would be a bad thing.

I am letting you guys decide which character you would rather play with, the cleric, or the inquisitor as I enjoy the concept of them both.

So, while I don't think 2 inquisitors is bad, I can just as easily go with my cleric depending on what you guys want. I was leaning towards the cleric personally, but only by a very small margin.

so take read over them both and let me know which you like better :P

Don't worry then. I'll see if there's anything else that catches my eye.

@Javell: Stick around for a bit. Let's make sure we get six since attrition tends to happen. An archer paladin, for example, could be awesome in this setting.

@Jereru and Rorek: I think Rorek would prefer to do cleric and I'd be all in favor of that. I'd love to have a cleric behind me, buffing, destroying undead, etc. Javell didn't sound too set on playing his cleric but please correct me if I'm wrong. I think Jereru's inquisitor could fill the traps, stealth, ranged damage role very nicely.

@Kevin: Awesome. Very happy to have a full arcane to bend the laws of physics and make things work our way. Curious to hear GM's stance on wondrous item creation. Maria would be willing to pay you to craft some gear for her as well. But understandable if GM thinks this would get out of hand.

Arite, Imma build it anyways and see what happens. If we end up doubling on Inquisitors, I'll just bow out and let Javell in. Seems only fair. After all, we're seven and one needs to be out.

Trying to catch up on posts to make my choice.

Do we have any Rangers yet?

Does it matter if I go range or melee?

@Kevin. I'm happy with people taking crafting feats. There will be enough downtime here and there to get some crafting done.

@Arielle. Jereru is taking a level of Trapper Ranger, a full Ranger would be no problem, as for ranged or melee, whichever you prefer. It looks like the party will not be very squishy. :)

@Maria: Yeah I'd have no problem running my cleric. It's all good to me. BUT, like I said, he would be absolutely useless in battle. I mean he can channel to harm but that's pretty much the extent of it. I mean, spells will come into play later on, of course, but outside of that, that's it.

But he was a load of fun when I played him. It's this guy: Iozef

And this is my paladin: Morbury Equally as fun to play.

They both presented a challenge of different sorts and that's what made them so enjoyable.

@Jereru: No you don't, Jereru! That need a rogue/inquisitor type - because Rorek is gonna KEEP that cleric, right, Rorek? :) - and a rogue type is just not me, bud. Not for this game anyway. You build him and you roll, dude. It's all good. I've been through the first part a couple times already anyhow. :)

But I'll keep an eye on this just in case. There's a solid six here, I feel, and y'all will be good. :)

So, it seems the main consensus is the cleric here and not the inquisitor?

Play the Cleric, Rorek, you know you want too! Somebody's got to be able to heal these clowns er, uh, these cool cats. ;)

Jereru will run the Inquisitor and BAM you're good to go.

Joy's got the Ranger thing covered with favored enemy undead(Yeah I'm obviously just rolling with theme here. I don't really know. That's, of course, if she sticks with Ranger. :P)

And Xunal... go Skald, bro! Those really look kind of cool. :)

Kevin's got the magic blaster covered.

Last but certainly not least, Marie the paladin. Can't have a CC game without one!

Cleric
Inquisitor
Ranger
Skald(?)
Wizard
Paladin

Looks good to me. *Thumbs up* :)

@ Javell: I decided to go for a bloodrager.
Wouldn't want the Paladin and/or Ranger getting lonesome on the front line!
I've been digging round the players' guide for ideas.
Got most of the number crunching bits done.
Just need to do the backstory fluff to fill it out.
It will be a human, though. That much is certain...

@ GM_DBH:

Okay, I have my character, Mishtes, ready for your perusal.
Backstory included.
Let me know if anything needs changing...

Thanks!

you could always just grab exotic weapon prof. for twin bladed staff. Flavor it has two weapons that can combine. That way you don't need to worry about picking Two handed or TWF in a fight.

@Xunal. Mishtes looks good to me. I've never played a Bloodrager, or had one in any of my games. So I'm interested to see how it goes.

Looking good, very, very good. Just fyi, out of character, I'm very appreciative of teammates and will let you guys know how helpful/awesome you're being, e.g. in discussion.

In character, Maria has some serious baggage and is looking to smash evil in the mouth. Hard. She's not super friendly but she cares deeply about law and good.

Honestly, the destined bloodline isn't too shabby, nor is the arcane one. Celestial bloodline would be fun in CC, and make for a psuedo barbarian/paladin feel.

Looking over the classes again. Def want a full BAB character to keep the party balanced.

Checking out the Elemental combat style.

both paladin and blood rager are full BaB :P

Don't make my choice harder. :P

@ GM_DBH: thanks! Bloodragers are fun. Their arcane powers make up for not being quite as tough as barbarians.
This will also be the first time I've tried a bloodrager with TWF. All the others I've played excel at two-handed weapons.
It seemed like a nice change of pace, as well as an interesting concept.

@ Cedric: I picked TWF because it looked like a good fit for Staggering Strike.
Feat slots are a bit of premium, though. Picking bloodlines is always a bit of a trick.
And I just couldn't decide which of the two would be best. So I decided on the Crossblooded Rager to mix and match sort of thing.
The -2 WILL penalty is a bit of a bother; but I like a challenge!

@ Maria: thanks. Also out of character, despite having a preference for CN/CG characters, I also like being a team player.
But one who prefers improvising over annoying things like following orders. ;)
I like playing bit of a loose cannon at times; kind of like Obelix, but with way more more brains.
Maria does have that 'smash' concept in common with Mishtes, at least! :D

And don't forget the Slayer for full BAB! :o

Slayer actually has a talent which gives him Trapfinding. If you want to do that, I'll adjust my Inquisitor (since no Ranger level would be needed) without a problem. Don't feel pressed to do it, though. I can go either way easily.

I have played a Slayer through Giant-slayer, a very good class I found. Taking Trapfinding as the 2nd level Slayer talent turned her into a handy combat Rogue. They don't get all the sneak attack of the pure Rogue, but with the right feats are good enough at damage dealing to compensate.

I have honestly never felt compelled to play a slayer before, and I have not had one in a group past level 2. Just the feel of the class is off for me. I would rather play a ranger or fighter than a slayer, but, thats probably because I am bias lol.

Is there anything we are short on?