Welcome players. Please post that you are here and get to know each other. I will start the game play thread once everyone has checked in and I feel we are ready to roll.
Also please note that I have added a shared document called "Notes". This is for everyone to use as they need. I will be posting things to it for our collective memory as well but I would encourage you all to use it. I started with a PC list, feel free to add to or changer as needed.
Glad to be chosen, I've heard a lot good about this AP and wanted to play it for some time
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Hello everyone. I'm excited to adventure with you all. I generally post in the evenings PST if there is combat going on. If I have time during the day, I'll post using Wayfinder for quick responses.
Hi, congrats to all selected! I too am really looking forward to playing this AP.
I live in Denmark so I useal post throughout the day CET
Elkin I noticed that you have sorcerer listed as well. I'm wondering what you want your role to be? Is your character planning on blasting or buff/debuff? I'd like to cover the different things if it makes sense for my character.
I just listened to a podcast on casters and I have an idea on how to get your witch more spells. I scribe the scroll and you use it to learn the spell. Cheaper than buying scrolls.
Oh, what podcast? I am always looking for things to listen to on the commute.
I'll mostly learn buff/control spells
Known Direction Podcast. Specifically the Private Sanctuary podcast episode 300 for the how to wizard good information.
Thank you Xander. I forgot to ask.
Ivar I think you have taken a feat to much? I see it as you have 2.
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Dwarf alternate racial trait:
Unstoppable: Some dwarves train from a young age to outlast orcs on the battlefield. They gain Toughness as a bonus feat and a +1 racial bonus on Fortitude saves. This racial trait replaces hardy.
Elkin I noticed that you have sorcerer listed as well. I'm wondering what you want your role to be? Is your character planning on blasting or buff/debuff? I'd like to cover the different things if it makes sense for my character.
I just listened to a podcast on casters and I have an idea on how to get your witch more spells. I scribe the scroll and you use it to learn the spell. Cheaper than buying scrolls.
I plan on Elkin focusing on debuff mostly. VMC Sorcerer doesn't grant any spellcasting, so he's just working off of his Witch spells known, etc. VMC sorcerer is going to give him some bloodline arcana in place of feat choices later down the line.
I'm definitely going to be interested in learning spells off of scrolls with your help; that will definitely help his flexibility throughout the campaign.
Ok some buffs are on the list, and then damage spells.
Dwarf alternate racial trait:
Unstoppable: Some dwarves train from a young age to outlast orcs on the battlefield. They gain Toughness as a bonus feat and a +1 racial bonus on Fortitude saves. This racial trait replaces hardy.
Oh nice I've never seen that before
Red box is it ok to adjust our chars a little, more a few skills points around and the like?
@Xander - yes that is fine. We are still waiting on a couple of check ins. I would ask that you post what you have changed if it is anything major.
I think we are waiting on two check-in's and then I will get us rolling.
The group is going to start at the Town Hall but it is up to each of you if you arrived together or came independently and just arrived at the same time.
It's mostly just some skill points and maybe combat expertise, currently debating if trip will be viable enough to pay the feat cost on a class with no real bonus feats to spend on it.
It has so much flavor I kind of love it but I can understand if you don' go that rout.
It's good flavor but it cost alot, for I can only attempt to trip things that are large or smaller.
Red box is it ok to adjust our chars a little, more a few skills points around and the like?
Here are Elkin's skill ranks, in case we want to review and adjust:
Adventuring Skills
Fly +6
Knowledge (arcana) +8
Knowledge (local) +5
Knowledge (nature) +8
Perception +7
Spellcraft +8
Stealth +6
Background Skills
Knowledge (geography) +9
Linguistics +5
I didn't see the GM changed his mind on background skills, will have to get those also.
Note that you by the rules can't take points in fly untill you can actually fly.
"You cannot take ranks in this skill without a natural means of flight or gliding. Creatures can also take ranks in Fly if they possess a reliable means of flying every day (either through a spell or other special ability)."
I am sending PM's to the two that have not responded so we can get things rolling. Hopefully I will get the Gameplay thread going tomorrow or late this evening.
"You cannot take ranks in this skill without a natural means of flight or gliding. Creatures can also take ranks in Fly if they possess a reliable means of flying every day (either through a spell or other special ability)."
I will definitely have to revise that. I took it for my familiar, actually, but will have to see if he can take it separately himself instead.
Thanks.
@GM Petromin are gliding flyers. They appear to start with a rank in Perception, and no ranks in Fly. Nelen is sharing Elkin's rank in Perception, so the rank spent there by default doesn't really do anything. I'd like to retrain that skill rank into Fly; could I do that?
Retraining from Ultimate Campaign
Retraining takes all your attention for 8 hours per day for a number of days based on what you’re retraining.
Unless stated otherwise, retraining costs gp equal to 10 × your level × the number of days required to retrain.
Some retraining options require you to work with a trainer. If no suitable trainer is available, the GM might allow you to retrain yourself by spending twice the normal time. Even if you train yourself, you must still pay the cost for training (though you don’t double the cost as you do the time).
You can retrain skill ranks you have assigned to skills. Retraining skill ranks takes 5 days. When the training period ends, reassign a number of skill ranks up to your Intelligence bonus (minimum 1), removing them from your existing skill (or skills) and adding them to a different skill (or skills).
The sight has been having issues all day today so I am defiantly not going to start the gameplay thread tonight. We are also short two of the tapped players but I am honestly not going to sweat it, I can add them in or grab a new player easy enough.
@Elkin
I think flying makes sense given the nature of your familiar. I have also always thought it makes a lot fo sense for a witch even though it, like invisibility, are a GM nightmare imo. I will hand wave the 50gp and just say that it happened prior to the unpleasantness of the torch going out.
Howdy, all! The boards are acting funny today, so I have lost a few posts...
Jim Quintik is a wise-cracking but otherwise no-nonsense troubleshooter. He may be a bit gruff with a dry sense of humor, but is loyal to his friends and fair and just with strangers. He is fascinated by gadgets and gizmos, and not afraid to play with them (despite that they may explode in his face).
Woooooh things picked up right away in here eh? I'll post a real post soon :P
You've probably seen others of the Blackhill tribe around. Small rumors that the once aboriginee like tribe, dedicated to the Mountain, has come down to work in Torch and abroad for the first time ever since as far as your grand parents can remember.
Crystal is one of the few, if not the only Blackhill, who attempted to remain true to her teachings of the great God of Iron, Gorum.
She is now coming down to town, and would walk into the Tavern a loner, though not melodramatic or depressed. Due to her beauty and charisma, she is actually rather playful despite being a little estranged from others.
Things on the thread / "OOC"
While trip is useless around level 10+, it might be a lot more fun to actually have your character experience that once or twice, and discuss retraining with the GM. Especially if it was a foundational part of your character. Keeps you from being static. Despite what power builders in Pathfinder say, not everything has to be perfectly built to work at level 20 when you are level 1 :P
GM Box- Invisibility is a nightmare until about level 6, where even greater invisibility cannot break through blind sense, true seeing, and heck, even echolocation (as they are not actually GONE, so it would still find them.)
Fly is easier. You fly up... I shoot arrow... AND, now I can fireball you without you being surrounded by my friends :P
most importantly
Ignore my ranting! Just wanted to catch up with the group with what I would have said, had I been responsible and dotted a day or two ago :P
I'm excited to start, and I love that one caster saw another and went, "Hey, let's make sure we don't do the same thing!"
Even more excited for this group.
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So everyone is here.
I have to say, as Crystal has said as well, I am excited about the group. I think we have a good mix and I have looked at past postings enough to think this will be a fun group.
I will put a startup post tomorrow, probably mid day EST, and we will see where things go. Beginnings are important so I will not rush things.
Welcome everyone. I'm excited to see you all, and I can't wait to get started on this adventure.
I'd like plan for prepared spells. I can do this in character once we get started and meet each other in Torch.
Who would like Enlarge Person in combat? Can anyone else beside me use Mage Armor?
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Things on the thread / "OOC"
While trip is useless around level 10+, it might be a lot more fun to actually have your character experience that once or twice, and discuss retraining with the GM. Especially if it was a foundational part of your character. Keeps you from being static. Despite what power builders in Pathfinder say, not everything has to be perfectly built to work at level 20 when you are level 1 :P
It was not a foundational part of him, more an extra thing he could do if the group was ranged heavy. My focus will be on enabling the party to handle combot so it'll be heavy on buffs and some controlling like confusion and illusion spells.
Edit: Redbox, since I'm dropping my archetype to make a better char to overall use the full extent of the abilities. Would you allow freeish retraining of skills I learn to use through versatile performance later?
Yes, since we talked about you dropping the archetype go ahead and make the change before we get rolling. Once we start up the game then normal retrain costs and time allocations take place.
Gameplay
I will be putting up an initial post later today that will give you a chance to talk to each other in character.
I'll have him ready for play shortly, just finishing the last details and considering if the group can handle combat well enough for me to drop str back to 12 and cha to 16 before racial
Vedia I'm curious what's your arcane bond? You don't seem to have specified anything
Vedia I'm curious what's your arcane bond? You don't seem to have specified anything
I have a ring.
and the game is afoot.
As we go I will try and be as descriptive as possible and link visuals to set the mood where I can. Let me know if, as a group, you want more or less of that kind of thing. I am use to giving lots of visuals in my RL games.
GM-
For being in town for 2 weeks, Crystal would visit the town probably every 3 - 4 days or so to trade what she could catch, and to slowly look for her own "tribe" to form.
If this doesn't meet the criteria for the 2 weeks on the d20 roll, please ignore my roll :P
Nope, it makes sense to your story so all good.
@GM: Would you mind if I swapped Burning Hands for Charm Person for spells known here before we get going?
@Vedia: I too plan on using Mage Armor.
Also please note that I have added a shared document called "Notes".
It looks like this isn't shared such that we can edit it. I can only view when I follow the link; I can't make any edits.
@Elkin
Go ahead and swap the spell.
I fixed how the documents are shared.
As this moves forward please give me a little feedback on pacing. I am torn between being responsive and giving people time to ask questions or for conversations between characters. If I start responding to fast or two slowly please let me know.
Here again! sorry, yesterday was the "big move" before my road trip :P
Posting shortly.
As this moves forward please give me a little feedback on pacing. I am torn between being responsive and giving people time to ask questions or for conversations between characters. If I start responding to fast or two slowly please let me know.
I wouldn't be concerned about posting too much. It definitely makes sense to sometimes give some time for all players to respond, but there's never a problem making a story-based post that responds to active players but doesn't necessarily move the action yet. That keeps the active players involved, and still allows some space for the player(s) you're waiting on to post.
Campaigns on these boards don't die because of too much posting. ;)