Rugnut's level isn't super impactful. Aside from a few basic numerical bonuses, he'll get:
A new sphere, that's going into Beast Mastery: Animal Companion II so that Breakfast advances at Rugnut's full class level.
He also gains the 2nd level Order of the Dragon ability Aid Allies, which increases his base aid another bonus to +3, for a total of +5 to aid attacks and +4 to aid AC, ability checks, saves, and skills.
Inherent Bonus: +1 Resistance Bonus to Saves
Breakfast will gain a feat and a sphere. I'll tackle exactly what those will be in another post.
but I can't decide between Alteration, Enhancement, and Time.
Well, let me ask what you all would prefer:
-- making one extra attack on a full attack (like part of the benefits of the Haste spell)-- getting a +1 enhancement bonus to your weapon
-- Alteration is more flexible; I could give you low-light vision, darkvision, or 1 of several different natural attacks, although you must already have an available limb for it (can't add any more claws to Chompy unless he gets more arms; but I could add a gore attack to his head, actually; and I could add a pair of claws to any of our normal gobbos in case you lost your normal weapon or something)
Keep in mind that I would typically only be granting the effect to a single person at a time, and I would be spending my standard action every round to maintain it (unless I spend a spell point so it has some duration without concentration).
The more I think about it, the more I lean toward Alteration. I'll still hear arguments otherwise if anyone is so inclined, though.
Dys would very much like an extra attack on full round actions.
Level up things!
- +6 HP
- 4 skillpoints: Climb, Heal, Perception and Survival
- +1 dodge bonus to AC while wearing light or no armour (the Gunslinger Nimble class trait)
- basic level up things like base saves
Dys would very much like an extra attack on full round actions.
Oh, that's another good consideration--the natural attacks really wouldn't be much of a boon to a ranged character. But are you able to reload your gun as a free action so that you could make multiple attacks?
Hmmm, I think I have been using the reloading for the boomstick wrong! Even with Rapid Reload it's a standard action to reload a two-handed firearm, my bad. So you're right, Mogawg, the extra attack wouldn't help.
Hmmm, I think I have been using the reloading for the boomstick wrong! Even with Rapid Reload it's a standard action to reload a two-handed firearm, my bad. So you're right, Mogawg, the extra attack wouldn't help.
Musket Master reduces that to a move but that still doesn't really help until you can get hold of some alchemical cartridges. Assuming one of us doesn't eat them first before you use them.
Rugnut has 7 skill points (4 class, 1 int, 1 fcb, 1 free in ride from Beast Mastery) and put them in: Climb, Handle Animal, Intimidate, Perception, Perform Sing, Ride, and Survival.
+8 HP
Breakfast gained:
4.5 (Rounded down) HP
1 skill point in Swim (he needs a bath, he's stinky)
Weapon Focus: Bite (he likes biting)
The Berserker Sphere, with the Berserking (3+BAB temp HP, -2 AC round by round) and Brutal Strike (normal melee attack, target is battered if successful) abilities. (He likes biting things HARD)
Apologies, but We have a wedding to attend tonight. As such, I shall catch up on my games tomorrow.
GodBug has 4hd, so if you can animate that, go for it. XD
I think I might take you up on the Legendary Barbarian.
I'd like Self-Sufficient instead of Endurance and Big Game Hunter instead of Fast Movement.
The rage form "Animal Rage" sounds perfect for Chompy as it grants him two Claw attacks to add to his bite and tail.
This would heavily make up for my worries about not being able to put out enough damage to do the job of an actual melee character. (As 1d4 damage for a hit with the chance of two hits is not enough damage.)
So if I stood still..I'd get Claw, Claw, Bite at full Bap and Tail slap at -5... Correct?
Of course that'd only be during a rage, which I only get 5 rounds a day of.
So if that is all correct...
BAB +1
HP +9 (Adjusting character to have been a 1st level Barbarian, then a 1st level Ranger to squeeze out an extra HP). 6 for Ranger level, +1 for Con, +1 for Favored Bonus.
Fort Save +2
Gain Self-Sufficient for 1st Level Legendary Barb, Gain Big Game Hunter for 1st level Barb, Gain 5 rounds of rage, Gain Rage form Animal Rage
Add a Skill rank to Craft Culinary, Know (Nature), Perception, Stealth, and Survival.
And that should be it.
Oh gosh I thought Chompy had two claws already! I can give you 2 claws with the Alteration sphere, if that affects your judgement at all on this.
Mmm....no, but that's help me more freely spend my rage as a thought. I had planned to pick up either a level of Barb or Rogue to add some much needed damage potential to Chompy.
I gotta say, you suddenly see a a kobolds teeth gleam, their claws lengthen and sharpen, their muscles ripple, and they suddly become a whirlwind of paper cuts...you might actually be scared!
Scrabble is EVEN MORE SCRABBLEY
6 HP
11 skill points
+1 reflex saves
+1 Deflection to AC
Evasion
Improved Dirty Trick
Athletics Sphere: Climb package
Level 2 of ranger you can take aspect of the beast aa a bonus feat to gain a permanent set of claws too, if you can wait a level after the barbarian investment.
Ser Helmut is a Wizard 2.
Nothing out of the ordinary here, I swear...
Mogawg is now re-built as an Incanter 2 rather than doing Soul Weaver.
Main differences: I lost channel energy but gained more magical talents. I'm still Charisma-based.
I'll still be dropping negative energy bombs, but by way of the Destruction sphere instead of channels. I have the Life sphere for healing instead of channels. I gained the Alteration sphere, as was being discussed here. And there is no change to my talent choices in the Death sphere. =)
The hit dice and number of skill points are the same between Soul Weaver and Incanter. 2nd level gave me 4 + 2 from CON hit points (PFS style means half the hit die +1, right?). My Heal skill modifier actually went down because it's not a class skill for Incanter like it was for Soul Weaver, but I added my 3 skill points to the same 3 skills.
Check out my profile for details on what my spheres/talents can do.
My pool of spell points went from 3 to 4, my Will save increased by 1, BAB (and CMB/CMD) increased by 1, and for my level 2 endowment I picked Thick Skin (level 1 I had Elusiveness).
Looks like we're set to go. XD
If I were to get Ranger first or Barbarian it wouldn't matter so much at this level I think. Ranger would give me Perma claws...but Barbarian also gives me five rounds of extra damage.
And once I take the Ranger level and gain claws through that feat you mentioned, when I rage my claws will be D6s instead ^_^...So hazzah!
I mean, how much is the carapace gonna weigh anyways? Chompy should be able to carry about 50 more pounds before he reaches his load maximum. I assume Dys has a similar load but Breakfast and Rugnut both have higher Str than us, so I assume we can use some rope to tie the carapace pieces and use them like sleds to drag behind us with all the various loot we need to dragon home loaded in them.
The lower Str gobbos can follow along beside and help stabilize the loads...We'd be going at probably half speed but we'd be able to drag it all home I think and it'd be easy to drop to our normal loads in case of encounters on the way home.
Breakfast definitely has some load to spare, especially if we hook him up to pull. He doesn't have the "work" trick yet though, Rugnut will need to push him to start dragging I think.
I do have Anthaul in my book, but not a lot of slots yet.
Can carry another 50 lbs. or so before maximum load, but I also like the idea of turning the chitin plates into sleds and dragging them.
Sounds good. For the record, my question was about dealing with the bulk, not the weight. After all, it's a Huge creature. XD
Also, you're not in any danger, so you can totally take 20 on those Climb checks.
We only really need the important bits. Later when Mog is more powerful, he can cast Restore Corpse on it and then raise it.
The good news if Godbug is raised at the moment, so long as we move him outside quickly before the spell runs out, we won't have issues bringing all the carapace and such up and out!
Looks like everyone's getting ready to leave. Sounds good! It'll take 36-48hrs to get back to your longshanks fort base (assuming you head straight back with no distractions of side treks). The big piggie is somewhere in the woods to the west. The kobold dragon tracks you've been following continue toward the southeast. Also, either Rugnut or Ser Helmut (I forget who) knows about another longshanks camp somewhere along the river.
Ser Helmut does, but he wants bacon!
I have been operating under the assumption that
If it's going to take a while to get anywhere else, does it make sense to sleep here since it's relatively secure? Understood that that would mean bad things for the skelebug.
I am out of spells, so a goblin slumber party wouldn't be remiss.
I say we all get on the skelebug, and sleep while it drives us where we want to go.
Choo choo, all aboard the bug train!
The skelebug only lasts 2 hours, unfortunately. Plus another 2 hours when I reanimate it again, but that will be my final spell point for the day.
So where are we going?
Dys is in favour of sleeping now and travelling later. Maybe we can animate the skelebug just enough to get it out of the cavern, then we can chop it up and drag it?
Yeah unfortunately it sounds like even 4 hours of travel with it isn't going to get us anywhere useful.
Does anyone object to sleeping, then going after the boar?
Sounds like a good plan.
Yuppers!
Works for me
Agreed!
Sounds good. Give me a destination hex, and we can get this show on the road. XD
I think we are headed to the dire boar hex next
Hahaha we're going to get to the Outpost eventually and the owners will be dead of fright.
Can I tell which way the outpost is with that Survival roll or do I need to roll again?
A quick heads-up: my wife's going through some intense medical stuff right now, and it's occupying almost all of my time and energy. As such, I probably won't be able to post more than once (maybe twice) a week for a while. Don't worry: I'm not abandoning you. Things will return to normal once I'm able.
That's totally understandable, and thanks for the heads-up. Best wishes for a speedy and safe recovery.
Take your time, and best wishes to your wife.
Chompy, I can't remember now: do you already have claws, or would you like me to cast a shapeshift which gives you two claws?
It figures that you'd decide to attack an angry owlbear. Goblins.... *sighs* I've thrown up a map in the usual spot. Show me where you're located. Owlbear's coming from the west.