The first tier is great and definitely can change the power of a group. Tier 10 is madness. I am stopping at tier 6 with my group. Those last few tiers can get a little maddening. I do not remember which tier it is but one of the later tiers makes it so that you can only be killed my an artifact.
Never played Mythic in Pathfinder yet. I did run a game in 3.5 with PCs up to 37th/38th level. That was a crazy game and took a crazy amount of time to prep for. Nowadays, I would not even have the time to do it.
Thanks for the bot DM, crazy busy week.
Kahurangi, can you explain your AC to me? I feel like I'm missing something, as you list an AC of 18 but have no Dexterity bonus and are only wearing a chain shirt. The 14 you would have otherwise still avoids this attack, but I'm just curious as I'm not sure if I'm missing something or if it's calculated incorrectly. Just let me know either way, and fix it if there's something wrong.
Creon, you don't take a -4 penalty; something the original player forgot was that I combine Point-Blank Shot and Precise Shot into one feat, meaning you already possess it. I factored that in, just wanted to let you know.
Kahurangi, can you explain your AC to me? I feel like I'm missing something, as you list an AC of 18 but have no Dexterity bonus and are only wearing a chain shirt. The 14 you would have otherwise still avoids this attack, but I'm just curious as I'm not sure if I'm missing something or if it's calculated incorrectly. Just let me know either way, and fix it if there's something wrong.
Creon, you don't take a -4 penalty; something the original player forgot was that I combine Point-Blank Shot and Precise Shot into one feat, meaning you already possess it. I factored that in, just wanted to let you know.
OK cool. Works for me!
The feat is called Combat Marksmanship, to be specific. Just has both effects of the individual feats. At some point in the future (perhaps the next day or two) I may double-check people's sheets just to make sure the house rules I'm running with are present. Those who built new characters just recently should be fine, but my document wasn't up when the rest of you made characters, so I'll just double check. It should, by all rights, end up being a change for the better if you're missing something, so no worries there. I realize that document should have been up earlier for people, so no harm no foul.
If anyone wants to check for themselves the link is in the spoiler attached to this alias.
fix it if there's something wrong.
You are correct; I listed 14 for both touch and FF in error, yielding 18. The correct AC of 14/10/14 (+0 Dex) is now listed. Apologies.
Hey, by the way everyone, our GM has given me the go-ahead to drop a line here that I've opened recruitment for a new game I'm going to run. It's a mashup of a couple settings in the Savage Worlds system, and I'd love to see anyone from here poke in with interest! If you don't know the system well, don't worry--it's pretty easy to learn the basics and I'm happy to help.
I would be interested Loup and it sounds terrific but I am spread too thin already and the new Vampire game I am Recruiting for will eat up some time to get off the ground over the next few weeks. Good luck I know it will be a great game!
You are looking for submissions in pairs, one in Vegas and the other in France?
You are looking for submissions in pairs, one in Vegas and the other in France?
Yep! The one for Vegas is a detective with the Rippers, and all I need there is a solid concept with some backstory that I like--if you want to build the character you absolutely can, but you don't have to. For the soldier in France, I am looking for stats if you can provide them, along with some basics about the character (less in-depth because there's a decent chance they won't make it). If you don't know the system at all, that's okay; in that case I'd want a little more background for the soldier and if you tell me what role you want them in, I can provide some stats.
I dunno if people will see this at all, but I've noticed that both myself and some other players in games I'm running have lost their dots on... pretty much every game they're in. I'm not sure why it happened, but I recommend checking all the games you're in and potentially shooting a message to your players if you don't hear from them at all. I figured I'd throw this out there to make people aware if they missed this or something like that.
That's happening to me also...
Hey everyone, I know that at least one of you has seen this already, but I've got recruitment up for a higher-leveled Pathfinder game set in Absalom, which is set to involve perhaps more intrigue and guile than this one; the main idea is that a man has shown up in Absalom who claims to be the chosen disciple of the dead god Aroden. The man has displayed his ability to call down miracles by the grace of the gods, and a number of factions within Absalom and beyond are conspiring to ascertain how this man obtained what powers he has and where he got them. Both Prophet and Annika's players are in the game (as this is a reboot of a game that failed due to a large number of characters moving in and out of it), and I just wanted to drop a line to that game if any of you were interested.
Here's a link to the Recruitment.
That actually sounds similar to a game I was in that fell apart after some players dropped off and the GM lost interest. I may be trying for it if I can manage to build something up.
I am having some family drama / emergencies so please bot me if need be.
The family emergency turned into a death so please bot me if I am not posting. I will most likely go though bouts of frequent posting and then none at all for a while.
I'm sorry for your loss. I hope things are going as well as they can.
Oh no! Take all the time you need! Our thoughts and prayers will be with you and your family.
As others have said, take your time. We'll be here when you get back.
Thank you. I should be back to at least sporadic posting by Monday. I cannot promise consistency in my posting rate for this whole month.
Completely understandable. Take all the time you need, if you expect another long absence during that time just let me know.
Just gonna throw this out there; Appraise is not a Trained Only skill, if any of you wanted to roll it. I believe only Jonathan is trained in Dungeoneering, but any of you can try for the Appraise.
Do you guys have serious thoughts about where to camp, or is this more in-character banter? If you actually want to decide whether to camp in the cave or outside I'll give you a little time to do that.
Mostly banter. I think camping in the cave will probable be safer unless there's secretly a passage to the Darklands in here, but I don't really care that much either way.
It's banter for me.if it doesn't matter to the story either way feel free to move us along.
Sorry I have been gone for so long. The service is this yesterday so this weekend there is not likely to be any posts from me but I have caught up and will join into the combat next round
Take your time, but thanks for doing what you can to catch up. Just post in when you're ready; this combat is not necessarily going to last through the next round.
Hey guys, this upcoming week is my last week of my senior year of college, so I'm gonna be... busy. I have a ton of stuff I need to get done this week and not a lot of time to really do it, so my activity on the boards may take somewhat of a hit. I'm going to prioritize posting in games I'm running as they kind of need me to move forward (as opposed to someone being able to bot me otherwise), but it's likely my posting will drop some. I will do my best to keep regular updates this week, but I'm already falling a little behind at the moment. Also, games I've recently started will get a bit of priority since they are less stable in terms of momentum, but I'm gonna hopefully be able to keep them all moving as much as possible. Just wanted to give you all a heads up, so no one's in the dark if I'm not around for a little while. The next week is finals, but I have more free time as I only have one test. I have other things, but nothing really scheduled which I'll need to worry about.
We'll be here when things calm down. Congratulations.
Congrats Jon!
Congratulations! Is this college or high school?
Congratulations! Is this college or high school?
College.
I'm finishing up my degrees in August due to health problems, but all my big stuff is wrapping up now. I need to finish a Spanish class and an English elective, whereas right now I'm wrapping up a novel-writing class and doing psychological research. I turned in my first draft of the entire research paper this morning, so that's a nice bit of pressure off me for now. Now I just need to write another ~25-30 pages of a novel for Wednesday.
Now that you talk about it, I remember you saying most of that before...
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Congratulations.
Well-done!
My memory of college has decayed so badly I do not even remember what classes I took in my last semester, clearly all of that school work paid off! :-)
My memory of college has decayed so badly I do not even remember what classes I took in my last semester, clearly all of that school work paid off! :-)
I finished my last semester about a week ago and I'm already forgetting what I took, so...
In all seriousness, I wanted to get to this update for tonight but it didn't happen. This'll be the first of my games to get touched on when I wake up tomorrow.
I was out of town visiting my girlfriend before she heads out for her research job in Panama for the summer this weekend, and had last time to post than I thought I would. Expect an update tomorrow afternoon.
Hey guys! This is me putting out feelers, looking for replacement players for another game of mine I'm running here on the boards. I had a player who had to leave and another who, as of right now, has gone missing. She may show up but the other person will not be coming back, so I'm looking for 1-2 new players for this game. What's the game? Glad you asked.
This is a game based on the XCOM video game series, primarily XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2 as those are the ones I actually own. The players at the moment are former UN Peacekeepers that have been drafted into the XCOM Initiative after it was reinstated due to an alien incident which destroyed the city of Basra in Iraq. The game is set a few years in the future (I believe 2019 is when I set it, specifically?) but is basically in our world a few years down the line. If you were to join, you'd be taking on the role of another UN Peacekeeper who was involved in the Basra incident where an alien ship crashed into the city which destroyed it. Aliens were loose in the ruins of the city and killed quite a few people before the remains of the city were bombed by the UN and the initial damage was blamed on terrorists who had gained access to experimental weaponry. At the moment, the group is tracking down a traitor within the Peacekeepers who has kidnapped a terrorist leader they had previously kidnapped. This is mainly to introduce a secondary antagonist to the game in addition to the aliens. I intend for this game to be a merging of the kind of action you expect from XCOM with the more heavy roleplay element obviously present in a tabletop RPG. There are going to be plenty of situations where skills other than shooting a gun will be useful and even necessary, and you may be embroiled in situations with no clear-cut right solution. Of course, you ARE all soldiers. This also isn't a direct copy of any of the game's plots, so no worries there.
The system we're using is Savage Worlds. If you aren't familiar with it, it's a very simple game system (I'm talking build a character in 5-10 minutes simple) and is very easy to learn but still allows from complexity in character creation. I'm looking for characters that... vageuly fill the game roles but if you have an idea that doesn't fit within them I'm not going to exclude it. If you don't know the system but are still interested, I can send you a copy of the Core SW book (which is the only one in use at the moment) so you can look it over. If you're interested, do feel free to let me know here or (preferably) through PM with an idea for a character you might have. I can provide additional details on the game and what's happened so far that you'd be aware of if you're interested.
-Jon
Interesting game idea.
What are the existing characters?
It sounds interesting. I have no experience with Savage Worlds, but I love XCOM!
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It will look like I'm stalking Jon through his games while he's looking for replacements (I've just recommended the X-Com game in another of Jon's) but if you want to peek at my character, here he is.
Oh, and I'm Jon the Hunter here, just in case you want to know but don't want to give my profile a click!
Existing characters are:
Gavril Vasilescu: Gavril is a French-Romanian who served with the French Foreign Legion in the Middle East combating terrorist threats before joining the UN Peacekeepers. He's a massive, muscle-bound machine gunner who also uses a shotgun and a tactical tomahawk in battle. He also speaks a large variety of languages and is currently serving as the group's translator since they're still in the Middle East. He's tough to take down and built to be a mix of Heavy/Assault from the new XCOM games.
Rosa Vasquez: A medic who originally worked with the LAPD SWAT team, she volunteered for service as a combat medic with the UN Peacekeepers in Basra. While still capable in combat with a submachine gun, she's less focused on outright damage and instead is a very good support character; she currently has abilities to make her a more capable healer and also to make her good at talking with people. She's building to be a Support class character, mainly.
Jacob Farrell: Jacob is a former IRA terrorist who ended up working with the Royal Engineering Corps and has been working with bringing technology to improve the lives of those in less developed areas of the Middle East. He was working with the Peacekeepers as a demolitions expert as well as having an advanced knowledge of repairing all sorts of technology. He has an assault rifle but as of now seems to certainly prefer his grenade launcher in combat. He's similar to the Grenadier in terms of roles from XCOM 2 but isn't exactly correlated to any specific class from the games.
Borax Bohan: Borax is a former member of a US-led black ops team devoted to looking for any trace of alien activity; the program was shut down after a lack of findings and believing the funding could be better spent elsewhere. Previously a US Marine, he joined the Peacekeepers after his unit was disbanded. He wields an assault rifle in combat but is focused on taking abilities that make him a more capable team leader, giving bonuses to other members of the team instead of being a pure damage dealer in combat. He's technically the 'highest ranking' member of the team and therefore the team leader, but command structure is a little looser than real life so it's mainly just his role because he's taking abilities to be good at it mechanically. He doesn't make decisions for the group or anything like that. He's sort of an Assault, but only somewhat.
The game has been pretty fun thus far. We had a little bit of tension not that long ago that carried on probably a little longer than it should have, but we've moved past it and we're getting back on track here. Feel free to submit an original concept, obviously, but if you would like to know the characters that have left the game and are interested in playing one, let me know and I can let you know about them as well; in short, we originally lost a shotgun-wielding Norwegian who was later replaced by a knife-and-pistol wielding German who has also had to leave, and a British sniper. Characters can obviously be from any UN nation, as they do have to be Peacekeepers at the moment as knowledge of the alien presence isn't known beyond the people in Basra and those commanding them. For those acquainted with Savage Worlds already, the characters just hit 20 XP so they're now at Seasoned rank.
MisterLurch, if you PM me an email address or something I can send you a copy of the SW Core book. As I said, it's a very easy system to learn.
Also, anyone interested in XCOM who wants to talk about character ideas can PM me. It's looking like, at the moment, I will have two slots open. I gave the missing player a few days to check in after which I'm considering their slot forfeit.
Also, anyone interested in XCOM who wants to talk about character ideas can PM me. It's looking like, at the moment, I will have two slots open. I gave the missing player a few days to check in after which I'm considering their slot forfeit.
Sounds cool but not my vibe, feel free to drop a Recruitment post in Multi Game Recruitment III thread ;-)
I'm going to pass. I was tempted. I really like xcom, but I'm actually trying to reduce the number of games I'm in.
I'm going to pass. I was tempted. I really like xcom, but I'm actually trying to reduce the number of games I'm in.
That's fair. I was of the same mind but a couple of games I was in have died off, so I've got more room again. Funny how that works out.
As a note for other interested people (which I believe is just MisterLurch), I think our sniper has shown back up. Evidently she wasn't getting updates from any of the threads in the game.
Not my thing but thank you for the offer.