GM Levi's Eberron PbP - For King and Country

Game Master Levis

Darius Kirisallin wrote:

Rolling for stats isn't ideal but hey... To hell with it. It'll be interesting yeah? This way we have to play our weaknesses just as well as we play our strengths.

I chose rolling stats because it's more organic, and to a certain extent can prevent power gaming. My style of play and gming puts more emphasis on roleplaying and storytelling, so I tend to play fast and loose with the rules. Of course, PbP is easier to dictate, and less on the fly.

but rolling for stats has it's own flaws.

it only serves to shoehorn a player into specific concepts determined by thier rolls and it creates a bigger imbalance of power than point buy. upping the point buy lessens the need to power game and makes a far more efficient detterrent. it also typically strips away a player's freedom of choice. thus leaving concepts to be determined by the roll of the die.

you can powergame and still build a concept around the overly powerful stats. ask my Saturday DM. the most powergamed PC in the party is also the most elaborately fleshed out and just happens to be an illumian Anima Mage and a Table Diva. everybody is 6th level and this character able to cast a boatload of 3rd level transmutation spells.

Levis wrote:

Darius Kirisallin wrote:

Rolling for stats isn't ideal but hey... To hell with it. It'll be interesting yeah? This way we have to play our weaknesses just as well as we play our strengths.

I chose rolling stats because it's more organic, and to a certain extent can prevent power gaming. My style of play and gming puts more emphasis on roleplaying and storytelling, so I tend to play fast and loose with the rules. Of course, PbP is easier to dictate, and less on the fly.

but rolling for stats has it's own flaws.

it only serves to shoehorn a player into specific concepts determined by thier rolls and it creates a bigger imbalance of power than point buy. upping the point buy lessens the need to power game and makes a far more efficient detterrent. it also typically strips away a player's freedom of choice. thus leaving concepts to be determined by the roll of the die.

you can powergame and still build a concept around the overly powerful stats. ask my Saturday DM. the most powergamed PC in the party is also the most elaborately fleshed out and just happens to be an illumian Anima Mage and a Table Diva. everybody is 6th level and this character able to cast a boatload of 3rd level transmutation spells.

I don't think it shoehorns concepts as often as people think. Look at what i rolled. I've still pulled off a very solid Paladin. What I really love about Point Buy is have more choice in picking the numbers, but I also don't think they lead to powergaming any more than rolling shoe horns.

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Eberron PF Racial Bonuses:
changling : add a +2 to one stat
Kalashtar: add a +2 to one mental stat
Shifter:change to +2 dex +2 wis -2 cha
Warforged: +2 con +2 int -2 cha

Use those for now, but I may post changes to that. I have my own drafted up somewhere in my dorm, but I'm not sure exactly what notebook! ;P

That looks good. And I'm guessing shifting remains the same? And the skill bonuses become a +2 to climb and acrobatics?

Lol. No problem. I got it figured out. So the only skills were missing are the paladin's and the fighter's? It looks like (if our bone-knight is willing to max out knowledge: religion) that I can go with knowledge: dungeoneering, with some support points into intimidate (which I'm sure the bone knight will have :D) and survival, and the rest where I see fit?

IIRC I have perception, and acrobatics. Don't quote me on acrobatics. I don't have access to my pc right now.

That looks good. And I'm guessing shifting remains the same? And the skill bonuses become a +2 to climb and acrobatics?

I can't remember what I did ... damn memory! Wasted it all on history papers ... I'll post my write-ups later tonight. I'm sure they are fairly similar. :)

Okay, sounds good. Also, Desh is mostly finished. Though I'm not happy with the avatar... the search continues.

Just need to get a character write-up and description entry in there and he's good to go pending DM final approval.

Just for fun. :)

EDIT - new avatar... this one is a bit better. This would be him while shifting, i guess.

Rolling Hp for Bones: 2d10 ⇒ (3, 8) = 11

Bones reporting in.

Bones reporting in.

Yeeha! Behold.........Bones! Well done. I like it. Avatar's cool, too. Nice find there :)

Garish "Bones" Boulderash wrote:

Bones reporting in.

Yeeha! Behold.........Bones! Well done. I like it. Avatar's cool, too. Nice find there :)

Okay, looks like everyone is just about ready, so I'll get my act together and post the thread over in the PbP forums by Weddnesday night! :)

After classes today I'll post stats, a link to the Obsidian Portal for this campaign, and some other things. (Please Gods, give me a free hour!!)

-Levis

Looks like we are all ready to rock. Awesome! :)

Looks like we are all ready to rock. Awesome! :)

I've had a productive night! I'm putting the finishing touches on my first post, and have my flow-chart of campaign paths all lined up :)

Levis,
I'm going out tonight to go and catch UFC 126, so my character won't be done till morrow. sorry for the delay but RL is not so good right now.

Levis,

I'm going out tonight to go and catch UFC 126, so my character won't be done till morrow. sorry for the delay but RL is not so good right now.

That's completely okay. Take your time. Real life comes first! Talk to you soon!! :D

Thus is my avatar created. Fear the Boneknight.

Lol. Epic avatar!

Damn that suits... I needs to find a better Avatar...

EDIT: And found... Slightly more feminine than the last pic (And if it is a woman I am sticking to the Vaarsuvius method of "Ambiguously gendered Elf") but I think it suits my poisoner!

Damn that suits... I needs to find a better Avatar...

EDIT: And found... Slightly more feminine than the last pic (And if it is a woman I am sticking to the Vaarsuvius method of "Ambiguously gendered Elf") but I think it suits my poisoner!

I love it!

Ok, got my history done. I apologize for it's length, but it not only took on a life of it's own somewhat, but a lot of that was needed to truly cement my character to Karrnath.

Ok, got my history done. I apologize for it's length, but it not only took on a life of it's own somewhat, but a lot of that was needed to truly cement my character to Karrnath.

Whoa! Indeed, Vorik's history thoroughly cemented it to Karrnath. I love the idea of his family's religion! Great concept there :)

And man, the avatar! Nailed the boneknight right there, indeed! lol

.. I needs to find a better Avatar...

EDIT: And found... Slightly more feminine than the last pic (And if it is a woman I am sticking to the Vaarsuvius method of "Ambiguously gendered Elf") but I think it suits my poisoner!

and speaking of avatars,yep this one is more like "The Shadow"! I love it, too.

Haha! Thanks guys! Glad you both approve!

Haha! Thanks guys! Glad you both approve!

Tonight I'll be putting the finishing touches on everything, and be ready to rock by Friday! Does that sound good to everyone?

Cool.

Cool.

Desh, can you repost your backstory for me? I can't seem to find it!

Tonight I'll be putting the finishing touches on everything, and be ready to rock by Friday! Does that sound good to everyone?

Yey! That's great to hear.

It's my first time to play PbP and I am not sure what the convention is on character creation but I browsed around and it seems that starting HP is usually max and the next levels are rolled. So I'll be doing that right now for Dakvor.

2d8 ⇒ (6, 8) = 14

I choose favored class +1 hp so Dakvor's HP is 25 (+3 favored class,level 1 max:+8, rolled +14)

Well seems Dakvor is ready now except for the campaign trait (hmmm....pretty excited about this)

By the way, Levis, just so you know my time zone is hongkong (GMT +8) so I'm 14 hours ahead of you. I am usually online mondays to fridays 9am to 6pm (that's 7pm to 4am your time) so i could only post on those days and rarely on weekends when real life totally takes over me. Hope that's still ok. (am just saying since if we start on friday, i might only be posting on monday so don't think I'm not there anymore...I tell you I'll post at least once a day M-F :) I don't get to play real life rpg anymore and I value much the avenue a PbP provides!

Thanks again for the opportunity!

hey Levis, have u read my backstory yet?

Also, I was thinking, would it be possible for Vorik to have a variant of Detect Evil, called Detect Hostile Intent? It's from an issue of Dragon I believe. I think that would fit not only his character better, but fits the overall alignment theme of Eberron much better.

hey Levis, have u read my backstory yet?

Also, I was thinking, would it be possible for Vorik to have a variant of Detect Evil, called Detect Hostile Intent? It's from an issue of Dragon I believe. I think that would fit not only his character better, but fits the overall alignment theme of Eberron much better.

I'm so bad remembering what character everyone is. But I have read them all and made a nifty packet! :D

I like detect hostile, so that'll work. Do you remember what issue it was in by chance? Because there's a shop down town that has various issues, and I could pick it up if I know the number! :D

@ Dakvor

This is the first time I've done a PbP too! So it'll be an experiment! I'm cool with whatever as long as things stay moving :)

Looking forward to Friday.

Looking forward to Friday.

Here is our discussion thread, please move all discussion and commentary to this thread!

Thanks team!

Hi I'm a bit late to this thread but was wondering if it would be possible to sign up to game and if not be considerd for a possible alternative? Thank you for your time.

Hi I'm a bit late to this thread but was wondering if it would be possible to sign up to game and if not be considerd for a possible alternative? Thank you for your time.

Hey everyone, after hitting some bumps in the road and a loss of momentum, we're trying to save this game. Anyone interested in joining? Drop a message on here and we can plan things out.

Real casual, no worries!

I'm still interested. What do you require of me?

We're looking for forth level characters with some connection to Karrnath, the Last War, or the Dragonmark Houses.

The basic premise of the campaign is that the group of adventurers have been duped into breaking out the true King Kaius from Dreadhold, and dealing with the reprecussions of that action.

At this point the group has broken him out (the the help of a roguish Skyship Captain), crash landed in the Mournland due to a Manifest Zone, trudged through there (without much incident), and made their way into the closest country (which happened to be Thrane). Now they are trying to get the exiled King back to Karrnath, or wherever.

Sounds interesting!

I'll have a look at your IC thread and try to come up with something that fits the group and your requirements. Any House would work?

Im still interested but was wondering would a shifter swiftclaw rogue be appropriate for this game?

Sounds interesting!

I'll have a look at your IC thread and try to come up with something that fits the group and your requirements. Any House would work?

As long as it fits the theme :)

Im still interested but was wondering would a shifter swiftclaw rogue be appropriate for this game?

Shifters would most likely be hard to fit into the intrigue and political schemes of the campaign, but draft something up and we'll check it out. I always try to say 'yes'!

Well very basic idea was a kind of street-urchin type character raised on the streets of a city in Karrnath, possibly bumping into the party somewhere near the border.

Kevin Mack wrote:

Hi I'm a bit late to this thread but was wondering if it would be possible to sign up to game and if not be considerd for a possible alternative? Thank you for your time.

Hey everyone, after hitting some bumps in the road and a loss of momentum, we're trying to save this game. Anyone interested in joining? Drop a message on here and we can plan things out.

Real casual, no worries!

Can I get back in? Bones(an original character).

I'm going to pass for now. Best of luck!

Levis wrote:

Kevin Mack wrote:

Hi I'm a bit late to this thread but was wondering if it would be possible to sign up to game and if not be considerd for a possible alternative? Thank you for your time.

Hey everyone, after hitting some bumps in the road and a loss of momentum, we're trying to save this game. Anyone interested in joining? Drop a message on here and we can plan things out.

Real casual, no worries!

Can I get back in? Bones(an original character).

Of course!

Well very basic idea was a kind of street-urchin type character raised on the streets of a city in Karrnath, possibly bumping into the party somewhere near the border.

Flesh something out, I like the concept a ton!

Ok stat rolls

4d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 5, 6) = 20/16
4d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 4, 3) = 16/13
4d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 4, 5) = 18/14
4d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 6, 5) = 20/16
4d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 2, 2) = 15/13
4d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 4, 3) = 16/13

Also a few questions

1 are characters equipped as wealth by lvl
2 Anyone have a list of shifter racial traits?

Ok stat rolls

4d6/16
4d6/13
4d6/14
4d6/16
4d6/13
4d6/13

Also a few questions

1 are characters equipped as wealth by lvl
2 Anyone have a list of shifter racial traits?

Wealth by Level, yep. And find some traits using Google, and I'll fix them as needed. We don't have a shifter in the group, so I don't have any problems with whatever you find at the moment. I'll fix it later.

Is there still a slot open? I loved the Eberron campaign setting, and have been trying to get an IRL DM to Pathfinderize Eberron for a while now. If there's still a slot open, I'll come up with something, if not, I'll just stick around, lurking.

I wholeheartedly vouch for Edgar. He is in two of my games, one as a fellow PC and the other one I'm running. He's been fun to have and a very good player.

HOWEVER, no playing an uber armor type LOL.

No promises, MG. :P

I was wondering, would you perhaps think of allowing Dreamscarred Press's Psionics? I was thinking of trying out some sort of psionic Kalashtar, as that was one thing I never got a chance to try out.