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Scroll master wizard?
See, I played one of these already in a short-lived Kingmaker. Fun, but something I feel I've technically already done.
Chronicler sounds fun, but I've already made 3 PCs that are knowledge + Something Else focused. It has to be something writing-based, though, since he's learning from 'da BEST.
Done.
Hey, look, actual keys instead of my cheap-ass smartphone touchscreen that never seems to autocorrect to anything remotely close to what I was saying!
This appears to be the way the Brute Squadron likes their books: well red.
I agree with you, Erin — especially after Matrimony I would expect a rebirth. (My guess is we'll see Shadow Orchid, or whatever she'll call herself after this, again.)
You guys interacted with Li and Vey much more than the group with whom I ran through this, so I didn't get that "oh, $#!+, what happens if she reincarnates?" moment. Which is a shame, really, cos it's cool and it can give players a moment of pause. Any time I run this, that's for sure going to be part of it.
Touche.
The Abysium Codex. A book that so metal, it's too much metal for one hand!
\m/ >.< \m/
[dice=Uppercut vs Toshi]1d20+14
[dice=Damage]1d3+15
That's PVP! You're outta here!
The Qadira faction mission does not require the journal to be complete, only the head of Shadow Orchid.
If Marduk can convince Amira to copy the ledger for her temple (Linguistics DC 20, +8 bonus due to having the original available) and give the original to Marduk, this would give the Paracountess the means to distance herself from the potentially damaging info contained therein and still allow Amira to present the evidence along with the head as she wishes.
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That's kinda what I was shooting for. "Just murderer this person for a crime without actually seeing the evidence" was horribly out-of-character for Amira. With evidence, however, I could see that. My Linguistics is +14 (+2 when it deals with writing.) A +8 bonus on top of that would bring me to +24, so barring a floating penalty bigger than 4 that can't be negated by Soothing Touch, I can't fail that.
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I'm not really worried about it. Marduk is not interested in compromise, especially since he doesn't trust Amira's organization with the information at all. As far as he's concerned if it leaves with Amira, it's already lost.
I'm okay with missing out of a prestige point in the name of sticking to my RP guns.
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And I'll stick to mine in trying to find a compromise, regardless of whether you accept it at the end or not.
Additionally, this happened, but totally ignore the "luck "part; that's Calistrians they're thinking of, not Abadarans. Pinching Amira is not going to result in anything lucky for anyone.
LOL
Turn the challenge up to...ELEVEN!
Honestly, I would've checked with you guys first, and hope I wouldn't have been an absolute d!ck about it.
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It's not necessarily super-challenges that I enjoy about those situations but rather seeing character's resourcefulness and well-preparedness pay off - suddenly the fighter's improved unarmed strike, the rogue's catch off guard, and the sorceror's eschew components all shine.
It's situations like those that take the focus off of the optimized falcata wielder and let the well-rounded one shine.
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It's not necessarily super-challenges that I enjoy about those situations but rather seeing character's resourcefulness and well-preparedness pay off - suddenly the fighter's improved unarmed strike, the rogue's catch off guard, and the sorceror's eschew components all shine.
It's situations like those that take the focus off of the optimized falcata wielder and let the well-rounded one shine.
I get quite the kick out of those situations too. Unfortunately they usually rely on the GM's ability to ad lib things on the fly. PFS kind of seriously shackles you in that regard, it being organized play and all.
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It's not necessarily super-challenges that I enjoy about those situations but rather seeing character's resourcefulness and well-preparedness pay off - suddenly the fighter's improved unarmed strike, the rogue's catch off guard, and the sorceror's eschew components all shine.
It's situations like those that take the focus off of the optimized falcata wielder and let the well-rounded one shine.
I get quite the kick out of those situations too. Unfortunately they usually rely on the GM's ability to ad lib things on the fly. PFS kind of seriously shackles you in that regard, it being organized play and all.
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This must be Thursday. Never could get the hang of Thursdays.
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While we are quoting hitchiker's guide, I must point out that it does emphasize the usefulness of towels. Which also applies here.
“A towel, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.”
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Back on the topic of factions though. I guess it is kind of lucky the two they picked. Sczarni was one of the rumored ones, and I am really glad it is not going away. My shadow lodge guy never really got anywhere due to the group I was PBPing with fizzling pretty fast. Lantern lodge I never did any missions for, but I was bouncing around a couple of concepts for a treesinger druid or weaponmaster kitsune fighter.
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Nothing short of "Torch is instated as one of the Ten" or "Torch nukes the Pasha Muhlia Al-Jakri from orbit with 9th-level scrolls" will be satisfactory, in my oft-horrible opinion (though the second one is my Taldan blood speaking.) And as sad as I am to see both my unmade anarchist Milani cleric and Toshi without original factions, I'm glad it was those two seeing as their seasons of relevance have ended. Even moreso since they can fit just as easily in other factions.
Hell, I only have one >1st level character that's affected, and his involvement with the Shadow Lodge was entirely spontaneous after nearly dying in part III of First Steps and Dreng basically said "Whoops, my bad! We'll actually do some research next time..." Where Xathalial ends up after Rivalry's End (which he's sticking around in the faction for) will most likely be another "RP roulette" choice.
As someone who is lucky enough to know the author of Rivalry's End and got to participate in the playtest, I know more than most about how the Shadow Lodge faction gets removed. Obviously, I can't say a whole lot, both due to the playtest rules themselves and due to what may or may not be changed in the editing process.
But I can say that, if events unfold as presented to me, the change is not as clean as would be preferred, that's for certain.