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I thought it would be fun to run the downtime rules for a bit. All I could do is generate bad events though. When the monster attacks, it's time to pick up your toys and go home.
Yeah. Those are a bit ... dangerous. For example, a lone smithy suffers ~2 events each week. Each have a 1/5 chance for the average blacksmith to kill someone. So 1 death/3 weeks - Nice :P
Yeah... I think that bit of the downtime rules was not run past someone with a degree in probability analysis.
In my own games, I usually do one event check per week for downtime, not per day. So, 20% chance week 1, 25% chance week 2, etc. That get's a couple of events a year usually.
Well before Roan mentioned no one speaking in Sanita's defense, I actually went back and read that section just to make sure, as I remembered it as no one speaking on Sanita's behalf period. I uncovered Rowan's interjection, but that was all I've managed to see. Wilhelm's two cents is post 2,248 if you want to go take a look. He expresses concerns of Roan having military power not directly under his control, but I didn't see any mention of any concerns of Roan acting as a nominal secondary spymaster.
But as it stands, it's probably going to take some doing to get Roan to lay off at this point, Roan's got eyes on Sanita's post at this point (and as I mentioned while making him, I did build him in part to cover the role of Spymaster if needed). We'll just have to keep up the RP and see how things go.
Actually, if you go back and read, Dante fully endorsed Sanita as spy master, even with her rules request (although he wanted her to keep Wilhelm updated), and Lanya fully supported her. So to Sanita's mind, the fact they didn't actively support Roan's suggestion was tacit disapproval of it. Again, not putting words in their mouth by saying they did disapprove of Roan's idea, just saying that from Sanita's viewpoint, a verbal vote of faith followed by not endorsing Roan's position was, to her, approval of her position. Thus why she considered it a lie when she was told nobody disapproved of Roan's plans.
Yep, that is accurate. Obviously can't speak to the actual intentions of the other players, but as to directly what the posts say, we're on the same page.
I think working out a treaty is best in Ooc as the mechanics deal with it. As to spy network, I have a full spy network and military... it is call kobolds.
I think there is no answer yet if we can use our class abilities for the Downtime Capital Gains Check, right?
Anyway, without "down payments" from Wyssal hard earned cash, and only using her Downtime time, even using all the modifiers in the world she won't be able to do much. I am tempted to say "the hell with it" and let her rest on her downtime.
So, let me know is she can use her Lore Master ability or not.
About her last unspent 4,000 gp, I guess she will buy a Headband of Alluring Charisma.
Wyssal? What would the difference be on the gold earned? I think part of the reason I'm having trouble with it is I don't really know how much it would boost your GP alotment.
For Sanita, I'm thinking it would be OP for her to get double on her checks because of her class ability. But I think it would be ok for her to get the same benefit having to put in half the time. IE: Instead of 8 hours per day crafting down time, she puts in 4 hours a day and does other things. That would actually let her continue to earn GP while doing her kingdom duties full time during down time (which is honestly more in keeping with her character).
Yep, that is accurate. Obviously can't speak to the actual intentions of the other players, but as to directly what the posts say, we're on the same page.
Yep! Just didn't want to devolve into a long drawn out argument. Trying to keep any 'confrontations' to 2 or 3 posts each at most. I get into my characters, and I'll go on for two weeks, 3-4 posts a day if allowed. :) I also enjoy debating, so go figure. :) Don't want to ruin it for others though.
As a suggestion, what would you think of Roan ending up working with Sanita, where Roan ends up heading the external branch of the spy network, reporting to Sanita. He'd be in the know for a lot of stuff, but not in charge of the person who's supposed to be running things. Evelynn would be in charge of the domestic stuff, as well as liaison to Dante's Military Intelligence group. And Munin could be the go-between for the financial branch and the spy corps.
Roan would still be able to report to Wilhelm if Sanita did anything truly evil (like cooking prisoners for dinner or something), but otherwise all the work could get done without internal competition.
Hi Mdt!
To ease your worries:
I will have the "Adventuring" wealth (using the Wealth by level conventions) separate of the "Downtime" wealth (using the downtime rules).
What does that means?
After one "downtime" year Wyssal character wealth will be 20,000 gp, not a gold more, nor a more less.
She will have some (I think it will be a little) "Downtime" wealth, "won" only by her Downtime work. As I won't be using her "Adventuring" wealth for any "down payment" I fear it won't be much.
None of her "downtime" wealth will be used to buy her equipment. None of her "adventuring" wealth will be used for her "downtime" buildings / organizations.
The difference is between her "earning" 1.8 gp / day and 2.8 gp / day. 5g a week, around 260 gp for the whole year. From 468 gp to 728 gp. And it won't pay for ANY equipment or "cost of living" for her (that will be kept separate). I hope I can make good investments and win more than that, but all will be "downtime" wealth, only used for Role Playing purposes.
I am afraid it affects Sanita MUCH more than it affects Wyssal.
Out of character, that sounds pretty much exactly like what I've been attempting to do from the word go, so I'm game. :) Roan's mostly under the impression that if Sanita's keeping her nose clean, she'll go unnoticed. And that he'd only really have to take notice of her and her's actions if the death count, missing people, screams of the damned got noticeable enough that anyone with an ear to the ground would start to hear about it. Otherwise he was mostly content to leave her be to her own devices.
We'll have to let Wilhelm really get his diplomat hat on first though, as Roan's more or less lost any confidence in Sanita's ability with the previous confrontation. And I'm perfectly okay with duking it out pretty viciously IC, I just may have to OOC check in to make sure that we're cool every now and again and ensure that the conflict is staying IC. :) And really, even if it came to blows, Roan would still fight for the disable (don't think I can say the same for Sanita, but oh well), and as such, I doubt the conflict would delve into a positively deadly combat.
Ok, off hand, I'm perfectly fine personally with class features adding to downtime wealth if said downtime wealth is doing downtime/rp activities (buildings, organizations, etc), and adventure rewards are doing equipment.
For alchemists, I think I'd rather they get things done in half the time, not twice as much. :)
Personally, I'm fine with adventure funds being spent on down time activities (especially things like retraining). Although I'd be fine with downtime wealth being spent on retraining as well.
Basically, as long as it doesn't affect power level on the adventuring side, I'm fine with it.
Lienathan?
I am also okay with class abilities adding to downtime wealth, under the same conditions as MDT.
I mean, in other words I agree with what mdt says.
Excellent! Thanks.
@Sanita: I was thinking about this since I have an alchemist in a different game. Why don't you have a hybridization funnel? It seems like it would be right up your alley. (Disclaimer: I only spent about a minute glancing over your sheet, so ignore me if you have one already).
@leinathan: Any comments on my cost of living discrepancy? Fhârn's idea seems ok to me, if perhaps a little unfair to everyone else. Maybe we all have some sort of subsidized housing as our 'salary'? In my case, the noble villa in which I live also serves a diplomatic purpose, so it wouldn't be entirely out of sorts.
@everyone: I think we need to figure out (IC) what's going on with the kobold's before we keep advancing month-to-month. As far as where I thing we should go from here, I plan to claim 3 hexes around Oleg's that are plains so that we can build farms to get us down to 0 consumption. As a matter of fact, we'll be going into negative consumption (useful with the granary we built) by building a stockyard. We can then have quite a few months of building with impunity without worrying about consumption.
Things I was planning to build: 7 = Jail (7 BP from garrison), 8 = Exotic Artisan (5 bp from noble villa), 9 = stockyard (20 bp). This should give us some time to rebuild our treasury count. All this may change depending on how we do things with the Sootscales.
Well, we could do a few things.
Yes, we could funnel some of everyone's downtime money towards Wilhelm's cost of living. We could ignore the rules for cost of living. We could have you jump down to a less extravagant everyday lifestyle - I see no reason why mandating a cost of living is productive. If we wanted to be in keeping with flavor, we could in turn have a Loyalty reduction for living below the ruler's means.
Ooh, your post got me thinking. One idea that occurs to me is to have some sort of new edict where we trade some penalty in Loyalty for some GP amount of support for Wilhelm's cost of living. I would start out with a significant Loyalty hit as I rely on the treasury to fund my living (which may or may not be justified), but as time goes on I can use the influence my position buys to make good investment decisions (on a personal level), or not. This could have political implications, fun RP opportunities (as Wilhelm builds up his personal holdings alongside the kingdom to become independent). In fact, we could extend the idea to the whole council. What about something like:
Edict - Council stipend
- 0 gp: +1 loyalty (or no penalty)
- 250 gp: -1 loyalty
- 500 gp: -2 loyalty
- 1000 gp: -4 loyalty
- 2000 gp: -8 loyalty, +1 consumption
This stipend can be used to pay for the costs of living and personal investment (I would say we should restrict it to downtime only stuff) within the council. Dispensation of the stipend is determined by the council, with the ruler having final say.
Basically I see this working as a partially political thing (who gets what amount), a chance for RP (frugal/thrifty vs spendy/extravagent), and it adds more decision making to the process. Maybe there's also a penalty to Loyalty (and maybe diplomacy?) for a ruler who doesn't live within the kingdom's maximum means (who wants to follow a "lord" who lives in the mud shack next door?). Combine the two and we now have to consider what, if any, effect we'll have by having everyone live in lesser means. It will also require debate about how best to pay for it (take a bigger loyalty hit or help fund it by paying out of pocket some.) Any thoughts?
(who wants to follow a "lord" who lives in the mud shack next door?).
Nords do.
On the whole, I have to say that I like the idea. When it's not as late, I'll look over it again, maybe brainstorm while I'm out about ways to balance it, but what I want to see from it, it is a way to go the other way - if taking out money is a Loyalty penalty, because you're expending kingdom resources for your own crazy lifestyle...how does one GAIN Loyalty?
Also, what's the timeframe for those stipends? Is that 250gp/month for -1 Loyalty, or per year?
Those numbers might be a tad low, also, and I think there ought to be a BP cost associated with it (though not the typical Unrest penalty associated with withdrawing BP).
I had been thinking it would be a monthly thing with the stipend. You'd be able to change it at the same time as the other edicts. To gain loyalty, you take a lower 'pay' from the kingdom and serve more freely. As far as cost, what if we based it on the BP cost? So at a per month stipend of 1000 gp it costs 0.5 BP (pay 1 BP from the treasury ever 2 months). You also take a -4 loyalty penalty. That 1000gp can be distributed however amongst the council to pay living expenses/downtime stuff. I don't think it should be a consumption increase though. It should be a BP reduction during taxes in the same way as a quarry or mine gives a BP. Maybe you track any fractions over the course of the year and round up? (e.g. if you do 7 months of 250 gp and 5 months of 0 gp, you'd pay 1 BP (ceil(1/8 * 7)).
Honestly, to me, Wilhelm's living cost of living should fluctuate with the size of the kingdom. So, for example, when it's small, double average. When it's medium, triple average. When it's large, wealthy.
By this, I mean that should be what the ruler lives in by default. So, for example, right now Wilhelm should get a stipend as ruler that handles (20*2) 40 gp per month for lifestyle. If he wanted to continue to live in luxury, he'd have to pay 1160 (or take it out of the treasury).
Giving a stipend of double average at this size still means he's living better than most people. But the kingdom's paying for it as part of it's upkeep phase. No loyalty hit, no unrest, no bonus. Living at lower than the stipend would have a small loyalty/economic bump, but also increase the diplomacy DC when dealing with outsiders who think it's beneath the ruler to live like the commoners. Living beyond the stipend is a loyalty/economy hit, but also a bonus when dealing with snooty neibhors (Like Brevoy).
My 0.02 worth.
I'll have to agree with Sanita on the costs of living - having someone spend almost 1/10 of their wealth just to live each month feels excessive.
@Wyss - I'm sorry, I said I was going to call to a little meeting to discuss graffiti/give you a way in, but didn't. Mostly due to the fact that there was still a lot of things going in the IC thread. Do you want me to bring it up or do you feel that you got enough of an 'in' with Dareon ?
Sanita: +1, good idea
Fhârn: I guess that depends if your character feels like it. Thanks for thinking in her.
//Check Fhârn's alias -> Background. Most of it should be there : )//
Father: Theore Uðrrúna
Local merchant, successful. Commands minor wealth and respectable power in local area, very little outside.
Mother: Miri Uðrrúna (maiden name: Rímsol)
Runs business with husband.
Siblings: 2 elder brothers, 1 older sister and 1 younger.
Note: Youngest sister clearly adopted. Actual parentage unknown. Was involved in some sort of commotion six winters ago - but locals are tight lipped. Further inquiry met with hostile looks.
Destor
Wizard, heritage and surname unknown. Some connections of power, mostly in Brevoy. Current residence unknown, rumoured to have ventured south and retired. Age 55+, race human
Tutor and mentor, led adventuring party of which subject was part.
Kimberley Seserath
Aristocrat, second son of minor Kyonian noble. Power outside of Kyonia negligible. Currently resides in Restov, studying martial arts and swordplay. Age 120-125, race elf.
Acquaintance/friend, exact level of familiarity unknown. Was (briefly) part of Destors party. Little brother serves as councillor for subject.
Mereus Odertage
Aristocrat, first son of minor Brevoyan noble,speculated allegiance: crown. Power outside Brevoy negligible. Some power inside. Currently reside in family mannor. Age 27, race human.
Acquaintance. Was (briefly) part of Destors party. Led to is disbandment due to his actions in an engagement with two Ogres. Nervous.
Annalin Etster
Commoner, first daughter of local miller. Wealth and power negligible. Currently resides in village neighbouring subjects. Healer's apprentice. Age 25, race human.
Friend/rumoured ex. Known subject since ~13 years of age. Soon to be married.
Munin
Familiar, helper. Origin unknown - first seen six months in Destors apprenticeship. Age 8 (estimate), race raven. Banned from miller's house (father of Annalin) due to 'flour bath' accident. Reportedly intoxicated raven doused himself in flour and flew trough village, yelling 'I'm a dove I'm a dove'. Intoxicated subject and Annalin was found giggling with Munin several hours later at loft of mill. Details unclear.
@Wyss - Np =) My character would be slightly miffed that he didn't pick up Erase at the very least :P I'll get tinkering!
@Note to self - Downtime earning ruling makes Cooperative crafting more helpful. Nice
Family: Her Parents, Abraham and Chloe, didn't had last names as Slaves in Cheliax. Escaped with her daughter from their Chelaxian masters (a minor trader family) when Wyssal was 8 months old. At arriving in the River Kingdoms they got the "Sloboda" family name (meaning "Freedom" or "Liberty" in their Halfling dialect). At the beginning very poor, the last of their three daughters, Rose, died as an infant of malnutrition and sickness when Wyssal was 8 years old. The other sister, Volya, is 5 years younger than Wyssal, a Cleric of Milani respected at her parent's village. All the family are firm workshippers of Milani. The parents now own a prosperous farm. There are talks of the sister moving with her sister here. They are involved in helping the escapees from Cheliax.
Early Life: After her sister Rose dead she helped her parents taking care of her sister, working to get the farm, and later studying as a bard Orator and barrister, under another Halfling escapee (a former slave trained in legal matters) called Sumak Kniha.
Actual Situation: Moved into Dareon Leveda's "guest house". Spend her time helping in legal matters and giving public speeches in public. At nights she also makes rose "drawings" with a magic wand in several parts of town. She has plans for making a printing press and get a "news" flyer business. About her possessions she dress plainly and lives modestly but carries really expensive equipment, she has a Cold Iron Masterwork sword and a Composite Masterwork shortbow. She also has a Mithral Shirt, a Belt of Giant Strength, a Headband of Alluring Charisma, an Efficient Quiver and several wands. She carries plainly a Rose Brooch and a Milani Holy Symbol.
Political Ideas: She talks about freedom, fight tyranny and slavery, protection to the poor, participation of all the kingdom subjects in the government. She talks in good terms about the Andoran government, while warning of the Galt "excesses". She also talks about lowering taxes and government "frugality" and prevent corruption and excesses in the government. She is very open in her ideas and activities, more interested in being seen than in to remain hidden.
Associates: Her sister, Volya Sloboda, with whom she keeps constant communication (about their parents and political plans mostly). Sumak Kniha, her teacher, which she is convincing to move here, and a Gnome tinkerer, Halungalom Atrament, and expert printer she wants to associate with to make her business.
She is also "recruiting" young persons with similar political ideas to form a "Freedom party".
It's (something!) up now. Hopefully it'll stir some quick debate and then either Sanita's/Roan's spies or Dareon takes an (perhaps uncanny) plot-powered guess : )
I picked a date at the start of the summer, since I wanted to have the meeting in Fhârn's house, but we could certainly adjust it a bit if it would suit you better Wyssal. But perhaps you want a while to ingrain yourself with Dareon first ?^^
@Sanita Will you be backgroundchecking my personnel too ? I might be able to write something up about that if you want ... :)
edit: And hopefully I didn't misrepresent anyone or anything too badly .. ^^
Also - I've been looking around to see what to do with my decent amount of available downtime time (since, like Sanita, Fhârn crafts at double speed. And we weren't supposed to inflate our downtime budget too much ^^) and I stumbled over the familiar replacement part, which brought an old question into mind.
Familiars, in addition to half my hp, my BaB and my skills, gain certain powers based on my 'wizard level'. Now, this is also the basis for their replacement costs (200gp x wizard level). Since Fhârn is stuck at 'wizard level' 1, his familiar will always cost 200gp to replace.
Now, the powers are largely irrelevant for Munin (the bonuses are: Increased Natural Armour, Deliver Touches and 'Speak with Master') or purely RP (a bit more intelligence [this actually gives an extra skillpoint around Wizlvl 13!]), but might come into play as the planned next familiar would be an Mephit. The Mephit is slightly more capable and likely to help out in combat - so it would actually benefit from the AC the progression gives.
->Would it be okay if the Familiar advanced due to Caster/Character level instead of Wizard level?<-
The trade-off would be a more expensive method of acquisition (and 'reconstruction/resurrection' as I would fluff it if I were to replace one familiar with another of the same sort) for a better armour and some other abilities.
Perhaps at the cost of a Feat or Item ? I'm aware of Boon Companions existence, but that feat seems more tuned for Animal Companions, Mounts (and Eidolons?) where the +3 levels give actual HD, BaB, Feats, Skills and Saves.
In the past, I've allowed 'Boon Companion' to work on familiars to basically let them use caster's HD for multiclass casters. It's not overpowered, adn still requires a feat.
Lienathan?
I hope Wilhelm and Roan (and anyone else reading the spoilers) is enjoying the glimpse into Sanita's mental processes. :) She thinks fourteen corkscrews in the time it takes most people to think a sword. :)
Somewhat worried in the "about to kill each other" chat... but yes, it is nice.
Identity: Lanya Beladon, affiliated with House Medvyed, but doesn't carry their name.
Family: She still has two living parents Karga and Melisiriel (or Melissa to most), her father a human lumberjack, her mother an elf, but Lanya doesn't have any siblings. She doesn't speak too much about them, but she has very fond memories of living on a farm in a small community close to the woods.
Early Life: Lanya has mentioned Lastwall before as her homeland, the farm she grew up on lays close to the Fangwood. She also mentioned living in Vigil, the capitol city of Lastwall, but hasn't gone into any details. The only other person inside the company in the Stolen Lands who knows more details about her early life is Wilhelm.
When she eventually moved out of Lastwall, she travelled the world, eventually coming up in Restov and met Alexei Medvyed there, a middle-aged minor noble of House Medvyed, but with enough power and influence that he arranged and brokered trade agreements with the other Houses. He quickly saw the potential in Lanya's past and also the need to get out of Vigil and Lastwall. He offered her a position as a courier and maiden of the house in his residence. Eventually her charms and gifts for persuasion and telling half-truths made her stand out at parties and she was often sent as an envoy if Alexei himself couldn't make a meeting or party. She has been in his employ for over 5 years now up till this point
Political Ideas: She thinks there should be rules, but not so much as to constrict people. People should have the freedom of having little indecent pleasures, as long as both parties consent Lanya has no problems with gambling, whores and such. If things need to be done behind the scenes, she will not hesitate to employ certain tactics or ways to acquire information. How far she goes with that, no one in this group or Brevoy can say for sure.
Associates: Alexei Medvyed, a minor noble of House Medvyed, but with enough power and influence that he can arrange and brokere trade agreements with the other Houses. He and Lanya keep regular contact, usually via letters.
Draekh: Lanya's familiar, an above-average intelligent viper that was offered to her as a gift from Yarkali. Draekh finds his own way more often than not and seems to pick up on Lanya's feelings, helping her from time to time even without her knowing it. Nudging Wilhelm to approach Lanya more, is one of his main contributions in this manner.
Yarkali: Though not one of her close associates, Yarkali is apparently one of her ancestors. The appearance of Yarkali varies and the way she has met her first was in the form of a female serpentesque troll. Her other forms of note are a giant snake and a large four-armed, dark-skinned humanoid with jet black hair. Yarkali is presumably serving the Green Lady.
In the past, I've allowed 'Boon Companion' to work on familiars to basically let them use caster's HD for multiclass casters. It's not overpowered, adn still requires a feat.
Lienathan?
My answer to making familiars scale with CL instead of wizard level is going to have to be no, I think. One of the tradeoffs of prestige classing, I'm afraid.
I'll post my spreadsheet later, but the result of Wyssal's Downtime work is much better that I expected.
After half a year she can have a very small newspaper on, with a Sage and a Craftsmen team working in her Printer making up to 7.5 gp daily.
As I said earlier, no "adventuring" money involved, and no "Downtime" money paying for equipment or cost of living.
Whew, those posts took forever to format.
Plus the pain of altering Roan's words without altering the gist of what he said was a pain. Sanita's got a 160 IQ, she remembers things very well, what she said and thought near perfectly. What other people said.. she's only human... And nobody hears exactly what other people say, they filter it through their own reality filter. Which is, of course, what Sanita did. :) I hope you all enjoyed seeing 'what he said', 'what she said', 'what she heard' theatre. :)
One of the best books I ever read was a sci fi short story about a shoot out on a space station. Same events, told from 8 different perspectives, including the guy who got killed. All the dialog slightly different based on how someone perceived what was said. :) Wish I could remember that book that had it in it. :(
My answer to making familiars scale with CL instead of wizard level is going to have to be no, I think. One of the tradeoffs of prestige classing, I'm afraid.In the past, I've allowed 'Boon Companion' to work on familiars to basically let them use caster's HD for multiclass casters. It's not overpowered, adn still requires a feat.
Lienathan?
Affirmative. Now poor Munin will never get Speak with Master ... :P
Take bloodline feats for arcane bloodline. Most people I know let it stack with wizard when you have prestiged out instead of giving a second familiar.
I made a spreadsheet to help me calculate Wyssal Downtime capital. I divided it by day (from 1 to 260, thinking in 22-23 workable days per month, 52 5 days weeks) but I only fill it to day 126 (25 5 day weeks plus a day - almost half a year).
In Capital gains I put what Wyssal do "earn", in the 5 capitals (Gold Pieces, Goods, Influence, Labor and Magic). Most of the days she works for cold hard cash, but before she "buys" something she uses that Gold Pieces capital to "earn" the other kinds (10gp for Goods and Labor, 15gp for Influence).
For example, it takes her 61 days doing 2.8 gp day to amass 170.8 gp. and the 8 days to "transform" the GP into 8 Goods (80gp), 2 Influence (30gp) and 6 Labor (60gp), from where she uses 7 Goods, 2 Influence and 6 Labor on day 69 to start the construction of her Scriptorium.
16 days later (day 85) the Scriptorium is ready and she can use it to gain more Capital.
At the end of 126 days she has the tiniest of the printing business:
* 1 Printer (+8 Gold Pieces, Goods, Influence or Labor, a +18 if taking 10)
* 1 Sage Team (+5 Gold Pieces or Influence, a +15 if taking 10)
* 1 Craftsmen Team (+4 Gold Pieces, Goods or Labor, a +14 if taking 10)
If everything gets to work on Gold Pieces, she can make 7.5 gp daily (an almost 3x improvement from the 2.8 gp she started with), a much better improvement than the one I expected.
I would like the DM's to check if I did everything is OK, and my calculations are valid. If they are I can continue with the rest of the year, if not I can fix it before I continue.
It's my first time ;) so any question, comments or corrections are welcome.
Spreadsheet at Google Docs
There is a village that supports the Abby, and several of the townsfolk know Anastacia. They could tell a prying agent that she is a cleric of Pharasma and no one has seen her about for quite some time. They don't know where she may have gone...
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There are a few people with skeletons in their closet. :) Anyway, it's just a natural thing to do, compile a dossier on everyone around you so you can keep their background and personalities in mind. Plus, if there's ever any doppleganger's around, it's nice to have some background info just in case to trip them up on questions.
If you want Lanya's secrets you'll have to give it your best shot and work long on it.
That's fine Lanya, it's less about me being snoopy than it is just Sanita being Sanita. She could care less about your skeletons personally. She's more worried about things coming out unexpectedly. She actually expects Lanya to divulge those skeletons herself, since being blindsided would cause major problems. Plus it gives her something to test people on to evaluate her agents.
Take bloodline feats for arcane bloodline. Most people I know let it stack with wizard when you have prestiged out instead of giving a second familiar.
Yepp - that does work (since it gives the same feature I would already have [arcane bond], which then stacks.)
Sadly Fhârn won't qualify for the prerequisites anytime soon, while still being good at his job (that is, casting Int based spells and whacking people with polearms).
Besides, being the minion junkie I am, for two feats I rather go Nature Soul -> Animal Ally (-> Boon Companion) for another companion : )
Sorry gang, replies will have to wait until tomorrow night. That's a big long bunch of posting to wade through and I got back exceedingly late from work (nearly midnight).
Dante, I'm sure it doesn't matter, but I just wanted to remind you that you can't actually don full plate by yourself. You need help.
Not if you have a full JARVIS system. :)
Which I do! Or at least Anastacia may offer to help or I can wait for my assistant to return.
I'm thinking of starting something in my thread soon - in the next couple of days.
Here are Fharn's suggested groups again. I'd suggest we get any modification of this out of the way now.
Sanita's
Wil
Vors
Roan
Sanita
Lanya
Bej
Shimmerscale
Dareon's
Fhârn
Dante
Dareon
Wyssal
Rowan
Anastacia
I'd also like it if all of you dotted the correct thread, once final groups have been decided upon.
I can pick up then as well. So we just need to wrap up the kingdom building when Wilhelm get's a chance to post.
I'll have one more thing do in the IC downtime thread, but I wait a bit to let Wyssal get her intro and Bej his goodbye. Besides, with all the timesplits - whom gonna notice one more ... ^^
@Groups - With Bej gone, group 1 have a high spontaneous to prepared caster ration. While it shouldn't be a problem, it makes them a bit inflexible perhaps.
That was unexpected Anastacia. I was looking forward to that segment! Dante had already ordered the men roused. Totally was down to RP that whole thing out with you. :(
While we're waiting on Wilhelm to settle things, Bej's departure does offer a neat solution of what to do with Roan. Roan could slot into Warden slot, he's got a decent str, and it would still give him the ability to 'protect the country' as the local law. Sanita is certainly not suited to it. :)