Seems okay to me. It can get repaired by any spellcaster who can use 0-level spells anyway in 20 minutes.
If you guys don't mind, when it comes to magic items, I'm gonna tell you generally what weapons do but not what other magic items do - just so you can factor in the magic effects when using the weapons but you're not sure what the utility things do until you find out somehow.
I have a feeling I know how Dmitri is going to figure that out.
"Hey I wonder if this does anything special."
*stabs hand*
So as to identifying magic items we need spellcraft right? I'm the only person who has that on his or her sjill list I'd assume and I didn't take any ranks so were screwed for the time being...
That cleric better have a broad skillset back at the caravan, otherwise we might in for it.
Almah's also something of a merchant princess, so she could be helpful. Experimentation with items also can figure stuff out.
Once we level I'll pick up spellcraft I promise...
I don't even know what I'm going to multi-class into.
I'd considered oracle, but sorcerer is just as tempting. I could potentially go for Eldritch knight with this setup, but, at the same time I think I'll just stay full fighter.
I'll be a FIRANGER! Sounds French.
Spirited Charge on my T-Rex later on, with a two-handed Hammer. :3
Who ever spoke of multiclassing? And what's a firanger? Apollo you aware of the fact that there's a feat that allows you to wield that hammer in one hand? That'd be manly wouldn't it?
Oh wow Dmitri with that 12 Str and 16 Charisma you better multiclass out of fighter as quickly as possible...
You're *just* now noticing that? I was personally thinking Sorcerer, or rather, Oracle.
I'd like to stay in tune with the whole "I love my deity more than anything" bit, but wisdom isn't Dmitri's Forte, and the only things that make good use of it are sorcerers.
Still, there's not much going on for Dmitri right now as far as anything's concerned in the magic department, however, he does have enough love of a deity to where he could be a negative energy oracle very easily.
I've kind of foreshadowed on that with the whole "I speak another language when I'm pissed" thing.
A feat that allows me to wield that in one hand? Don't you mean the Barbarian Titan Mauler class?
A FIRANGER is a Fighter Ranger, because I'm not a full Fighter or Ranger, though I'll be more Ranger than Fighter by the end of this. A lot more.
Last time I checked the only feat that let anyone weild anything 2 handed in 1 hand is "Monkey Grip" from DnD but I haven't been able to find anything non-3rd party to make a character with that in mind.
I know Shaitans get something, or atleast, someone get's something with Earthbreaker and a Klar, but... not too sure.
Besides, that's a very odd Niche.
Oracle keys off of Charisma, didn't you know that?
Also, the feat that allows you to wield the Earthbreaker in one hand is, I believe, called "Thunder and Fang", and is from the Curse of the Crimson Throne campaign. There's a shield called a klar that can also be used as a sword, and if you have a slew of feats you can take "Thunder and Fang" that allows you to use both the hammer and the klar while not losing the shield bonus or taking more than the usual two-handed penalties while using them.
Oh, and it's "Shoanti", not Shaitans. Shaitans are earth-element genies.
Ah, good if you want to go duel wielding then, and yea, Apollo's family were Shoanti. He wasn't though. He's cross bred Varisian and Chelaxian.
Shoanti live in Varisia and you're from Katapesh..How exactly does that work?
Remember the backstory? :p
His family (who took him in) were a travelling tribe. His real mother was Varisian and his father was Chelaxian.
They met in Katapesh and would often venture out for a....tumble around.
Where his parents sealed the deal for the first time was the same place he was abandoned by them, before floating down river where the Shoanti tribe found him.
The only thing I didn't mention in the back story was how his parents met, where they met, and where they were from/born.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/thunder-and-fang-combat
A fighter Ranger with that feat can easily pull of a wicked Sword and board build however due to all the prereq feats and considering that style is rather feat heavy you'd prolly have to stick more with Fighter. Not sure if you want to multiclass at all out of Ranger if you want an animal companion. Anything more than one level will mean boon companion won't be enough to keep your AC maxed out at which point the AC will start to suck in combat...and a well built dino animal friend with boon companion can be a real power house (similar to a full PC in combat prowess).
Multiclassing in PF is generally tricky. In the short term(till level 5-7)it will usually be worth it but if you're in it for the long haul you will start to feel a sharp drop in power as your not getting any higher level abilities and your class abilities that cue off of your class level won't be pulling their weight. This is especially true for Spellcasters but also for rangers if they have an AC.
Yea, I know man. It's always risky, but I'm going 3 levels Fighter for overhand chop, then 14 levels Ranger...or up to however many levels we gain by the end of the campaign.
Nom will have ride by attack and spirited charge etc, and I think I'm having him reach level 12 due to boon companion or something. He can go higher but I won't be making him go higher.
If overhand chop is the only reason for going fighter I'm not sure that's worth loosing two levels on your animal friend. Especially since single attacks are not what you're gonna want to do at higher levels...
Yea, it's just nice for AoO's and times when I can only take one attack. I've got it figured out anyway. I shouldn't have an issue with my Dinosaur. There's a reason I picked Beastmaster anyway. You'll see eventually. :)
Going for making things more challenging and I hope ye won't die.
In other news, the monastery area is almost done!
Also, I am a huge fan of multiclassing, and it's well-documented that you lose power, but sometimes it doesn't matter because it's cooler to multiclass.
You ever get that feeling that you just falcon kicked an ooze?
Yeah, actually. I'm playing this punishing ghost monk and he does that all the time to gray oozes.
I meant accidentally.
Oh, don't be confused, I don't want things any harder. Kori, on the other hand, she likes a good tough fight. Me, I roll like crap when it matters most, so the simpler these fights the greater chance I have of doing enough. As soon as they get tough, my rolls go down the drain.
As far as my friend, she has been ill and out of work for a little over a week, so I'm not sure if she's gotten her PC put together.
Gotcha :D These are supposed to be fairly simple challenges anyway.
It's fine, just tell her to get to it when she can.
I'll be on later guys. Sorry for the delay, I'm always with my gf at the weekend. :-)
Just dropping in to inform all of you that I have completed creating my character, and am ready to jump in at anytime.
Okie dokie! My original feeling was to have you catch up, Bilbo-Baggins-style, to the rest of the group, having made up your mind last-minute about tagging along.
Or perhaps you've been trying to infiltrate Kelmerane, and you've been thrown back again and are retreating to the monastery to recover.
Is there one you would prefer more to role-play?
Also, don't apologize for being with your girlfriend. There will be no blaming you.
Haha, yea. She plays in a game I run for a small group of us on a Sunday, but gets sick of me being on here, so weekends are my down time. :p
Wait, Hatim, I believe you have an extra feat. One for being a 1st-level character (Godless Healing), and then Brew Potion is a bonus feat, right? And you get another bonus feat for being human.
It would fit Hatim better to "catch up" with the rest of the group. As far as the bounus feat, I believe I took something else instead. I'll have to check.
Hatim took the Human alternate racial trait that gives up the bonus feat and bonus skill point/lvl to get a +2 to another stat (Dual Talent, I believe).
Oh, also wanted to mention. I was looking through Prestige Classes (most of them are crap for Barbarians) and I saw one and immediately thought of Dmitri: Pain-taster
Now you might say to yourself, "Self" (because that is what you call yourself), "Self, where would I find a drow priestess to perform the ritual?"
I would answer (though I am not yourself, merely eavesdropping), "I did like one Prestige class. The one known as Rage Prophet, which I would need to be an Oracle to do (would only do 2 or 3 levels), yet could technically count me as a drow priestess."
I have a decent Chr for a Barbarian (14) so could cast up to 4th level spells (so up to a 9th level caster as an Oracle). Taking only buffs so I don't need the DC's, and most likely be a Battle Oracle (thinking either Lame or Wasting curse). It would drop me to roughly a 3/4 BaB, but it's not like we don't have plenty of melee capability. I think these spiders (being the first real threat she feels she has faced so far) may put her in touch with an aspect of her people's religion (of which it almost sounds like Dmitri is a follower). Anyone know who the Drow deities are?
Pretty much the majority of demon lords. Zura is a crowd favorite for them, as well as big ZK (Zon-Kuthon). Lilith is a made-up deity who happens to be an exiled sister of Zura who preferred law to chaos (hence her exile)
Ah, thanks for clarifying.
Such a cool idea, by the by :D
Heavily considering that Pain-Taster class... More so than I should. It's third party though, so I'd run it through you first Leina, but we won't be able to get it for quite some time.
That being said, I'm holding off on posting till Angmar confirms whether Kori's poisoned or not.
It's not 3rd Party. It's from the "Other Paizo" section of prestige classes. It's from AP #15 (3rd book of the Second Darkness AP) the one all about Drow.
Still it is outside the PRD stuff, so it still needs Lein to approve.
The only "Third Party" stuff I actually enjoy is Adamant Entertainment, but, "Other Paizo" is quite nice. I just wish I could get some of the classes that stuff had in RoTrL like Evoker, but I figure that an Evoker is just a wizard that loves Evocation. Kind of like how a Necromancer is a Necromancy favoring wizard.
I'll keep going at the door with Kori. Let me know when I can post. :)
I took a look at those prestige classes, and I'm fine with them. I'm a pretty big fan of making most things an option, because I like diversity of characters. You will, obviously, have to roleplay your way into them.
I can't think of many people that work better towards pain-taster than Dmitri :U
The man oozes charisma and con.
Hey, another thing that I thought of awhile ago. Have you ever considered going Antipaladin for levels 2-6, while you set up the reqs for pain-taster? I'd let you even though you aren't CE. My thinking: How come only LG and CE dieties get holy warriors?
I was actually going to make the same comment, but I still think Paladins need to be on the good line and vice versa, and, even then, still have to worship a notably evil or good deity.
That being said I'd be a LE Antipaladin with an LE deity. My Con and Charisma would be perfect for it, too.
I think by level 5 the 15 fort save is going to be impossible for my guy to fail, though...
Still! Loving the idea that an Antipaladin made it into a pbp.
Sidenote: Let's all remember one important thing about Dmitri. He's only under check at the moment because he managed to take an interest in Koritylija. If the 2 ever get separated, the shades of Dmitri being evil will definitely become a lot more broad, on account of the fact that He doesn't care 1 twinge about males of any race
Dmitri is evil, cruel, and primarily apathetic towards the emotions of others that share his gender. Rightful causes aren't important to him, and the only reason he's here helping is because a woman requested it.
He's apathetic towards angmar and apollo. At the least he's jealous of Apollo at the moment for spilling so much blood :U
When his deity finally embraces him and grants him points in Antipaladin, he's going to be a bit more cruel. Hell, he might end up staying as an AP, which is pretty sweet.
Yeah, obviously, I just think that paladins should be able to just be good-aligned and antipaladins evil-aligned. After all, a paladin of Cayden Cailean seems like something that would happen, but to have him required to be LG seems really out-of-sorts.
Taking those levels, you'll certainly be very, very tough to kill XD Yeah, at level 5, you'd have at least a +12 fort save... (+2 fighter, +4 pally, +3 cha, +3 con)
I figured it would be alright to include him basically because the leadership figure seems to always be Almah. Having cruel, evil party members can actually be a boon sometimes because it opens up new lines of problem solving that Good-aligned parties won't normally try. Apollo's the only Good party member and he's not exactly a paladin.
Also, having you around is a bit of an experiment on how evil party members work in a non-evil party.
Those things being said about you being apathetic, though, I'm kind of wondering the reason why Dmitri's out and about if he doesn't care about any cause. Is he just adventuring, seeing the world?
Dmitri's on a bit of a pilgrimage to, more than anything else, enjoy himself. He's just managed to get wound up in this, and figures it's a lot safer than just subjugating women and killing random people willy-nilly.
The pure reason that Dmitri's out and about is just to literally enjoy every bit of his faith that he can. Bleed people, bleed himself, and cause as much debauchery as possible, all the while being a good boy in the eyes of his deity.
He's got plenty of reasons, though, as with a pilgrimage comes enlightenment. It's basically just so he can get a little closer to his deity, and anti-paladin is certainly one of the better ways. I can see myself stacking up equipment for con and cha. I might end up picking an Antipaladin archetype, too, though, I'm not sure which I'd go after.
As for your experiment, you should be taking into account that I'm not an a#&*#*$, lol. Otherwise I'd just be pickpocketing things and shouting phrases along the lines of "I kill the halfling for he is blasphemous."
Stupid-evil makes good evil players look bad :C
So you're going around enjoying pain and pleasure as much as possible?
Hmm. I might have something in mind for you....
So is there an ultimate goal in mind for Dmitri? Was he supposed to return to Avalni at some point once he found something? Or was he just set free to worship as he saw fit?
Ahaha you're right XD Not that you'd be terribly good at pickpocketing things...don't you have a -4 to Sleight of Hand?
Oh, and there's only one anti-paladin archetype that's part of Pathfinder - it's the "Knight of the Sepulcher", which essentially turns you into an undead warrior by sacrificing all of your auras and the fiendish boon ability
There's a lot of things Dmitri's not good at, and being stealthy is one of them.
Dmitri's ultimate goal is, if anything, to find someone to "Share" all of this with. Basically a significant other that enjoys all of this crazy bloodshed and debauchery along with him.
Dmitri will, eventually return to Avalni, but only after he's completely satisfied. It's going to be a while to say the least.
The only thing that worries me about Dmitri is his strength score.
Also, if that's the case, then no archetypes for me :U Undead isn't one of Dmitri's favored things. I feel like he needs the fiendish boon that buffs up his weapon, but at the same time, I feel like he would want the boon that grants the fiend helper. It's in his nature to subjugate.