Wow I never imagined that so many would want to talk with me, I may just become leader through popular vote!
"I'm Dantalion." Dantalion whistles and Caelus comes flying back and lands on his shoulder. "And this is Caelus. I understand that peace might be out of our grasp at the moment but give it time and maybe we can stop the fighting before it starts. By the way, how many of House Orlovsky planned on joining us?"
Rowan looks about all the nobles gathering close by and steps back, feeling a little overwhelmed. He had a good first impression of Viktor until his rather rude comment about the lands. About to say something about his manner, he is interrupted by the flashy arrival of yet another noble.
The words of this one are arrogant but his hands seem to suggest that he isn't what he seems... interesting
Rowan offers his hand again in a friendly gesture. I am Rowan Gideon, faithful servant of Erastil. Pleasure to meet you. I hope to bring balance between man and nature on this adventure, and may it bring peace to our nation.
RE Majda's Spells: All oracles get either all the cure spells or all the inflict spells on their list automatically. Then the two normal known spells.
In addition to the spells gained by oracles as they gain levels, each oracle also adds all of either the cure spells or the inflict spells to her list of spells known (cure spells include all spells with “cure” in the name, inflict spells include all spells with “inflict” in the name). These spells are added as soon as the oracle is capable of casting them. This choice is made when the oracle gains her first level and cannot be changed.Beast Bond should have a URL link on the sheet, I can add links for the feats and spells also.
I would join in the RP, but I don't want to post more than 10 times with Majda's alias until we actually start playing (assuming I get to play).
If we're gonna have a recruitment RP, maybe open up the gameplay thread already, set up some kind of tavern in Restov and do it properly? Just a suggestion to keep the recruitment thread clear for character questions/issues/submissions etc.
OK, obviously I'm not as familiar with oracles as I thought I was.
And that is a wonderful idea. I have set up a gameplay thread. Feel free to continue your conversations there. We will use the recruitment thread for character issues.
CHARACTER LIST AND ROLE
MELEE FIGHTER
Vors Garess Invulnerable Rager 1 Garess Nobility
STR +3, PerC 4, PatSup 4, Total 8
Wilhelm Orlovsky Paladin 1 Orlovsky Nobility
STR +3, PerC 6, PatSup 3, Total 9
Dante Skyborn Fighter 1 Surtova Nobility
STR +3, PerC 5, PatSup 4, Total 9
RANGED SPECIALIST
Dantalion Elven Falconer 1
DEX +3, PerC 5, PatSup 0, Total 5
ARCANE CASTER
Marick June Elven Alchemist 1
INT +3, PerC 5, PatSup -3, Total 2
Casimir Orlovsky Summoner 1 Orlovsky Nobility
CHA +3, PerC 6, PatSup 4, Total 10
Venkar Trevain Sorcerer 1
CHA +4, PerC 8, PatSup 2, Totl 10
Viktor Stovyet Bard 1 Medvyed Nobility
STR+3, CHA +3, Pec C 6, PatSup 5 Total 11
Lanya Beladon Medvyed Half Elf Sorcerer 1 Medvyed Nobility
CHA +4, PerC 9, PatSup 4, Total 13
DIVINE CASTER
Rowan Gideon Druid 1
DEX, WIS, CHA +2, PerC 4, PatSup 1, Total 5
Anastasia Stormwind Cleric 1
WIS +3, PerC 6, PatSup2, Total 8
Madja Orlovsky Oracle 1 Orlovsky Nobility
CHA +3, PerC 8, PatSup 4, Total 12
Felix Sebastion Orlovsky Oracle 1 Orlovsky Nobility
CHA +4, PerC 9, PatSup 4, Total 13
Highlighted Characters I consider approved. Good Job!
So because we have 12 people here all of us get to be in the PbP? That is unless we get some new person to sign up (please don't happen).
Probably,but there are 13 of you, although I am not going to put anyone in a position to be forced to decide if one person has to leave. I'm thinking about it.
Doh, miscounted... And it is reassuring to have a nice GM like you.
RECRUITMENT IS NOW CLOSED!
Yes, I know its early. But we have 13 players and they are interacting marvelously on the gameplay thread. So I apologize to any that were planning on submitting a character but I'm going to start with the 13 I have. It is such an auspicious number.
So 3 groups of 4 and one group of 5... How are we going to do exploration? Set up a meeting place at the end of each week and tell tales of how things went?
CHARACTER LIST AND ROLE
MELEE FIGHTER
Vors Garess Invulnerable Rager 1 Garess Nobility
STR +3, PerC 4, PatSup 4, Total 8
Wilhelm Orlovsky Paladin 1 Orlovsky Nobility
STR +3, PerC 6, PatSup 3, Total 9
Dante Skyborn Fighter 1 Surtova Nobility
STR +3, PerC 5, PatSup 4, Total 9
RANGED SPECIALIST
Dantalion Elven Falconer 1
DEX +3, PerC 5, PatSup 0, Total 5
ARCANE CASTER
Marick June Elven Alchemist 1
INT +3, PerC 5, PatSup -3, Total 2
Casimir Orlovsky Summoner 1 Orlovsky Nobility
CHA +3, PerC 6, PatSup 4, Total 10
Venkar Trevain Sorcerer 1
CHA +4, PerC 8, PatSup 2, Totl 10
Viktor Stovyet Bard 1 Medvyed Nobility
STR+3, CHA +3, Pec C 6, PatSup 5 Total 11
Lanya Beladon Medvyed Half Elf Sorcerer 1 Medvyed Nobility
CHA +4, PerC 9, PatSup 4, Total 13
DIVINE CASTER
Rowan Gideon Druid 1
DEX, WIS, CHA +2, PerC 4, PatSup 1, Total 5
Anastasia Stormwind Cleric 1
WIS +3, PerC 6, PatSup2, Total 8
Madja Orlovsky Oracle 1 Orlovsky Nobility
CHA +3, PerC 8, PatSup 4, Total 12
Felix Sebastion Orlovsky Oracle 1 Orlovsky Nobility
CHA +4, PerC 9, PatSup 4, Total 13
Highlighted Characters I consider approved. Good Job!
Everyone is approved for the game. I'm not going to knock anyone out. There are fewer kingdom positions than players so that may prove problematical, but there are other things like being made mayor of the city and being in control of development that could prove interesting.
Next deadline is 10pm CST tomorrow (Friday). Before then I'd like everyone to PM me who they are supporting and whether their support is open or secret.
EXAMPLES
Open Support
My character Alex is openly supporting Ben for the leader.
Secret Support
My character Alex is secretly supporting Ben for the leader. I'd like everyone to believe I'm supporting that fool Carl.
If you haven't PM'd me who you are supporting by 10pm then I will automatically have you openly support whoever has the most players openly supporting him.
I'd like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has applied. Here's hoping we all have a marvelous time playing this.
Also Vassalage positions can be more than one. :)
So 3 groups of 4 and one group of 5... How are we going to do exploration? Set up a meeting place at the end of each week and tell tales of how things went?
Yep, although for some events you may join together. And obviously you will all be starting out as one group. Who goes in which group and who's in charge of the group will be the decision of whoever becomes the leader. And I'm not going to have everyone meet back. I'll just have to wing it. Expect some random encounters to not be random at all but just giving something exciting for your characters to do while I get the other groups temporally caught up.
As for the leadership positions for the kingdom we could double up on a few, like Marshal, Warden, Spymaster, Royal Assassin, Councilor, Magister, High Priest (Each one for a different Religion).
Maybe even make a new one under General like Colonel, same ability scores needed, same kingdom stat but less than that of the General. (Max of 4 Colonels)
I see! Okay then!
I'll be sure to send you a PM shortly. I also just realized I'm missing a +1 from being both Human and Neutral on the Good/Evil Axis. Oops!
This thread is officially closed. Let's post all discussion and dice rolls on the Discussion Thread.
Thanks!
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Discussion Thread is now open dot it now to see the updates!
This campaign has progressed to thrid level characters and I am reopening the recruitment thread to replace some characters that have fallen by the wayside. I am looking for 4 players to join this kingmaker campaign. The party has won their first major encounters with the bandits of the area, have made an alliance with the kobolds living in the area and have destroyed a band of evil mites. These new characters will not be eligible for sovereign leadership roles but will be eligible for other positions in the kingdom. Create the characters for third level.
Basic Character Creation Rules
• Races: All Paizo Core races will be allowed. Alternate Racial Traits will also be allowed. Since there is an alliance with the kobolds you may choose black scaled kobold as a race. The party has interacted with two already that a player could adopt. Nakpik (Rogue with Assualt Leader talent) and Terquail (Finesse Rogue, either swashbuckler or dagger fighter).
• Classes: All classes and Archetypes from Paizo will be allowed.
• Abilities: Characters have 15 points to buy abilities.
• Feats: Any feat published by Paizo will be acceptable.
• Traits: Character's will start with two traits, one of which must be from the Kingmaker Player's Guide.
• Hit Points: Characters will start out with Maximum hit points for their class at 1st level. After 1st you get half the hit die +1.
• Starting Gold: Characters will start with average starting gold for their base class plus 1000gp.
Horses will be used alot as this is an exploration campaign. So I want to make clear from the outset that horses in this world are large two square (not 4 square) creatures.
What's the current party makeup? What roles need filling?
Hi. Right now we have:
Melee damage/tank:
Wilhelm, Paladin of Iomedae
Dante, Fighter and cartographer
Vors, Barbarian and outdoorsman
Archers/Ranged Damage:
Dantalion, Falconer and our resident ranger
Koilia, Zen Archer adopted by the Nomen centaurs
Divine casters:
Felix, Oracle and statesmen
Anastacia, Cleric of Pharasma
Rowan, Druid and defender of the wilderness
Arcane Casters:
Lanya, Sorceress advisor with a few viperish tendencies
From our discussions I believe we've mentioned desiring an intellect based class (probably caster), another few arcane casters in general and someone to fill in our lack of a trapfinding class (rogue or misc. archetypes).
Also, I can happily say this is one of my favorite PBPs. Everyone has been great and the politics introduced by Kertuffle have been exceedingly interesting. Kertuffle has also been a great GM for keeping things moving and interesting. All around a great guy and game.
You said you needed an Int/Rogue type? What about a wyrwood Rogue/Alchemist?
I think Kertuffle is limiting available races to core + black-scaled kobolds but a rogue/alchemist seems fine to me.
Ah, they're in B4. Depends on what is 'core' or not. I just like the idea of a small construct, found in sealed room in an old ruin, being released and assisting others. :)
I thought that 'core' was the races featured in the Pathfinder Core rulebook...
I've had the following definitions told to me so far...
CORE : Only CRB
CORE : Only CRB & B1
CORE : Only CRB & Bestiary's
CORE : Anything from Paizo
CORE : Anything in the Pathfinder RPG line (Hardcover Editions)
So when someone says 'Core', I ask 'which core'. *shrug*
EDIT: Removed Snark, snark should not require snark in return.
I guess he could make it to where they meet you and help you free your fellows from Captivity and make an alliance.
And if he means CRB races only, that's fine. I'm just used to CRB races only being listed as CRB, with Core usually meaning 'Paizo published only'. It was just an inquiry.
Sorry, wasn't intending to start a big thing. I personally hadn't heard of this other use of core, but I'm sure Kertuffle will be happy to clarify. Neat character concept by the way! :)
No problem, like I said, long week for me, I'm a bit of a raw nerve. :) Sorry for being trigger happy.
Core races from the core rulebook please :) Plus kobolds. Player character constructs start me thinking about souls and how they would respond to ressurection. Eberron was a blast. In either case, very good concept but it doesn't fit the parameters. Feel free to come up with another by all means.
Ok, going to mock up an elf or half-elf diviner wizard that might fit the game.
Hmmm, ok, in that case, a half-elf rogue/alchemist (Chirurgeon Vivisectionist). Someone attracted to the area due to it's exotic flora and fauna, who wants to do research in to the medicinal properties of said local flora/fauna, and set up school of medicine.
LN, a code of ethics about patients, but good or evil is beyond the affairs at hand. Science! :)
Both of thoese concepts would work great. As mentioned by Wilhelm, they are actually a short on the INT based caster catagory. Also they are rogue light. The current modus operandi has been to split the group into two exploration squads, one headed by Felix (Oracle), the other by Lanya (Sorceress). Experience is earned jointly, ie experience earned by one group applies equally to the other. Money and Loot is shared by the entire PC group. We are using the kingdom and downtime rules from the Ultimate Campaign.
Thinking of applying an Eldritch Knight - would also fit in the intelligence category. Sadly he won't really be able to deal with traps in any other way then poking them with a (magical?) stick. Currently working on the crunch and fluff, we will see how far I can get today : )
Quick question, do you allow crafting? Was thinking of picking up the craft wondrous item feat.
Yes I do and I will allow you to craft while adventuring, although you can get only 2 hours done, it works great for brewing potions and scribing scrolls.
My problem is the low PBS makes it hard for my typical Characters though I might could build a Rogue or Ninja if you need one. I probably would use the Scout Archetype for them. Say a fugitive wanted for high treason for assassinating a lesser lord. While not the best at taking out traps he is capable of handling the basic ones. Skills would mainly be Exploration, Diplomacy, & Intimidate skills. With Profession, Craft, and Knowledge taken but not focused on.
I'm running a brawler in another game. They look solid. But alas, I'm trying to keep this fair to the one's who initially joined this game, so I'm going to have to limit everyone's options to those that I have already imposed on them. So no playtest classes. Sorry.
@ Azaelas
be careful not to let the other's know of your crimes or you may lose some fingers off your hand. That reminds me there are some bandits that have choosen to repent that are acquainted with the party, but they have lost the middle fingers of their primary hand as a mark of repentant banditry.
Question: Do you allow Piecemeal Armour?
Edit: Well the whole story was I was the Oniwaban(shu), or the Golarion equivalent, for a Higher Lord and was sent to assassinate the lesser lord to stop his rebellion but was then betrayed as part of my lord's plan to eliminate his own traitorous subordinate and his rival who was working with the traitor.
Roger !
How is the grazing ? Do I need to find space to drag food for the horse around - or is it reasonable to assume that there is grass available.
@ Azaelas
As long as it's not masterwork or magic armor you can use piecemeal armor. I consider magical or masterwork do be a complete well designed unit so piecemeal wouldn't really apply. However I can see a mercenary down on his luck certainly starting with a hodgepodge of armor.
@ Lessah
It depends on where you are at. The plains around the base camp at Oleg's have wonderful grazing, but there are also forests, hills and mountains. Generally at the start of each month, I'll have you pay an upkeep depending on your lifestyle and if you buy a months feed for your horse at that time, that's the limit of the bookkeeping neccessary.
Well what I typically do is design the suit then once it is complete I would either get Masterwork Transformation cast on it or get a Masterwork Version crafted later on. So in essence I would build a custom type of Armour. Take my Vanguard Chain. In my setting it is a standard type of Chainmail used by the Knight Orders, and in the Northern and Eastern Regions and was built out of a Chainmail Torso, Scale Arms, and Studded Leather, Leather Lamellar, or Hide Legs.
The Knights call it Vangaurd Chain and make it with Studded Leather Legs. The Northerners call it Raider's Armour and use Hide Legs. The Esterlander's call it Ashigaru Pattern Armour and make it with Leather Lamellar.
@ Azaelas
I've looked at your example and it seems that this would give you an Armor bonus of +7 (+4 Chain Torso, +1 Scale Arms, +1 Studded Leather Legging, +1 Suit). I commend you for your ingenuity, but I'm going to have to stand by previous ruling. Piecemeal Armor can be used for armor scrounged together from various sources. Once it becomes masterwork or magical I'll consider it to be a primary type (in this case Chainmail).
Wait that is a +7 AC?
Oh huh... Wow, for 6 Months I have been forgetting to add the +1 Suit Modifier...
EDIT: For starting Gold I would have 1140GP as a Ninja Correct? And any Paizo content on the d20pfsrd is legal?
Edit2: And the character will be Level 3?
Edit3: Also what Skill do you rule handles the Crafting of Shuriken?
Edit4: Are the Golarion Ethnicities being used? (e.g.: Ulfen, Tian-Dan, Tian-Hwan, Taldan)
Sorry for all the questions just want to make sure I have this correctly understood and don't make mistakes.
I'll work out a character build tomorrow, when I'm at the hotel. I have to travel for work early tomorrow.