Sadly unoptimized? You mean a two weapon fighter and a delayed caster level full caster are unoptimized? Well yeah we are.... This is probably the least optimized character I have ever made, but he is fun to play.
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Yazi is the most optimized character in the group, and no one can even read her character sheet!!!!
Yes, relative to us you are =)
Majority vote. I'm not going to veto anybody new. So introduce them, and we'll vote.
All I ask is that whomever comes in tries to build a character that will fit in with the group.
I am fine with a full arcane caster as long as they don't try to completely outshine our unoptimized selves and if they have a good story and if they fit well into the group. I would also be fine with another concept but would prefer to not have another melee. Things have gotten crowed up front.
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I am in agreement with all the rest. Yazi, if your person declines, I'll ask mine.
An arcane caster servant of the Pactmasters would fit in, and have a really easy entry point.
I can get to retooling and leveling 'Abal if she works for you all.
Hey guys. I'm officially bowing out of Paizo life as of today. Looks like I'll be traveling for a while. I love you guys. I wish you grand adventures! Thank you all so much.
When you come back stop in and say hi. Fair winds and following seas. We'll miss yah.
Will get leveled later tonight.
I don't know if Abal works because I don't know anything about her. How do you plan on introducing the character? How will she be involved in this quest to investigate the Scroll of Kakishon? How invested will she be in this adventure we are on? Currently all our characters have different but fairly equally strong hooks tying us to this quest.
Hajar is out to impress the Princess Almah keep secure the town of Kelmerane as he is currently Abbot Protector of the town. He is also Moldspeaker and he has a dead genie living in his mind.
Khayal is trying to build a life for himself and his new wife, he is also Hajar's brother through adoption.
Yazi...well...is Yazi (Shes a bit mysterious like that...)
Bartan is a Pathfinder and (I think anyways) is thinking of writing a book about the adventure.
What makes Abal an adventurer? Who is she?
I'm far far less interested in statblocks.
It'll take me a bit of reading through since I've never been past book one.
'Abal has spent her entire life in the dessert. Her goals ate what is best for the land itself.
So, how does that tie in with our party? We haven't been the most "nature friendly" group mostly because this AP doesn't really set up that as a thing. This seems to be an AP about genies at war, Rovagug worshippers trying shenanigans and possibly some stuff in the capital city with the Pactmasters.
Paige was a druid because she was playing an NPC we met early on....and she tied herself to us because we had rescued the NPC.
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"She lost a bet with Garavel and has to help us out."
Seriously, while having a good backstory is nice I'm more concerned with someone sticking with us rather than disappearing after a few weeks. A good backstory really doesn't help us much then.
And Abal is with me in the first ever PbP I was in, which is still ongoing, and a couple other games that are still going. Which is why I asked her if she'd be interested in joining us.
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Though as an alternative since you seem bent on an arcane caster, this character, also a Pathfinder could be presented as well.
It's a concept I came up with based on the flavor of the setting. Katapeshi Bard (Dervish Dancer) who uses belly dance for other non combat performance effects.
Would level her up to 6 if the GM approves the concept.
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What I've found in PbP is that a player with no real interest in the story (especially one who hasn't been there from the beginning) is much more likely to not post, since they don't really care what happens. And then not posting eventually leads to them dropping out.
This is my 100% favorite game I'm in as a player and I want it to go strong for a long time.
I agree though that consistency is much much more important than a massive backstory, which is why I don't really care about backstory as much as I care about hooking a new character into our already developed and developing plot.
Edit: I had a thought. What if this belly dancer was a former paramour of Yazi's from Katapesh whom we contact in order to help guide us around the city. Both Khayal and I are "from" Katapesh but we left a while ago and so our knowledge of the city might be a bit rusty.
Also, the GM might have some ideas about how to hook a new player into the game.
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*blink* *blink*
I asked her if she would be interested in a LoF game and she said yes so that's why she's here posting, if she wasn't interested she wouldn't be here.
Remember that we all got selected on a first come, first serve basis by Mayday, not on how we would fit in with each other.
... though I'm okay with that intro...
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I agree with Yazi... I'm less interested in how the character fits into the setting and more interested in how the character fits into our group. This is one of my favorite games because of you guys (including Pace, not just the players), not because of the specifics of the adventure path.
I also like that hook, and perhaps that would also enamor her to Bartan as well.
I didn't think I said any different Bartan.
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You seemed to be focusing on the character fitting into the story, but I'm pointing out that to me, the most important parts of the story are the other characters, not the plot. That's all.
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Working on spells and equipment now.
I'm good with the idea of being Yazi's contact brought in because of how well she knows the city. She's almost a bit of a celebrity in some parts of the city.
Here's what she looks like by the way
If you're concerned about me sticking with a game, I'm currently in one that's up to 35,151 posts and been in it since page one. In another game I joined when the characters were level 7. My character just died at level 19
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This may be the first argument we have had. What I think we are all interested in is primarily how the new character will fit into the story. It should make sense, I.e. Paramour of Yazi ect. As well as whether the person will be a good poster. I personally trust Yazi and therefor trust a person she brings forward. So let's start with the assumption that our hand picked player will be a decent poster
My second consideration is how the character will fit in with the group. At least as far as group roles. I think spellcasting focused Druid or any Bard would fit in well as far as party role.
Let's not have this devolve to bickering, we have not done that before and I consider you guys my friends even though we have never met.
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I think we all might have the same ideas here but I might be miscommunicating my thoughts. When I said story, I meant the plot and characters together and those interactions....
I 100% trust Yazi/Rysky's choice of a player. I was just worried that whomever came in wouldn't make a character that they could get invested in enough to care about the game.
Hugs all around, I hope I didn't seem too mean. I'm really a nice guy...honestly.
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I'm good with whomever is chosen.
Candidates, if I understand correctly:
'Abal al Naheed - Female Human Desert Druid
Nasir al' Shahaadi - Female Keleshite Human Dervish Dancer (Bard)
If I'm wrong, just correct me.
As for fitting them into the story, they can either, er, come across your caravan on the way to Katapesh (I don't want to give away anything here), or in Katapesh itself, during one of your many (and lucrative to the local merchants) shopping trips. So that's not a problem.
Any other people being recommended?
I'd rather we just include Yazi's person instead of having a bunch of people strung along waiting to get picked like dodgeball in gym class.
Agreed, I'm fine with that.