Mahorfeus' Legacy of Fire (Inactive)

Game Master Mahorfeus

I'm fine with a bit of willing suspension to get this thing rolling again.

Alrighty then. I don't want to post too big of an update before we get some details stamped out.

Originally, I was thinking about just opening a new recruitment thread. However, while that would be a good way of getting some neat character ideas, my concern is more about reliability.

If it is all right with you guys, I have a friend who is willing to join the party. I communicate with him frequently, so I can vouch for him. I also implore you to ask around if you have any friends who might be interested in joining. Otherwise, we can recruit a few extra bodies. I hope I don't come off as being too blunt in saying that.

Once that's all settled, I can see about setting up the unlikely meeting...

How many? I may know some.

Two more would bring us to an even six, counting the person I mentioned before. The new characters could all be introduced at once (which would require a bit of collaboration among potential strangers), or one or a few at a time.

Hello, everyone! I have been offered a spot of participation in your game, and I am looking forward to getting started. :-)

I am working up a concept, and I should have it for scrutiny soon.

Thanks, pin!

Meanwhile, more boring empty rooms to tide you all over. That should (hopefully) change rather soon. There was supposed to be a part here with some angry baboons with foaming mouths, but I think I'll omit that one for the sake of brevity.

Welcome!

At this time I wish to be removed from this campaign. Please mark me as inactive.

Sorry to hear that, Khasra.

Well, so that makes three.

Thurrios and Marossa, I guess it is up to you guys to decide whether you want to proceed.

Either I pull some shenanigans, skip us past the rest of this section with a summary, and recruit some new blood, or we can just go ahead and call it quits here. I won't hold it against anyone either way - this has most certainly been a learning experience for me.

Marossa?

I just posted in a game I GM to see if anyone is interested. Those folks were all hand picked as very active players to play in that game.

I'm still around lurking! Thinking of going with a witch or magus. Unless there are requests from anyone for a specific class to be added. :D

I believe I've got at least one more coming to join us.

Thanks for that, Thurrios. I shot a PM back to him saying that he's welcome to hop into the discussion. I may or may not have one other person asides from pin here who may want to join.

I'll wait a bit longer to hear from Marossa, but so long as at least Thurrios is sticking around, I have an angle to move things onward. Here's the plan as I figure it:

• I will sum up the rest of the monastery exploration with a (somewhat) lengthy summary post. I'll highlight the particularly important details, montage through any plot-irrelevant encounters, list any and all loot that you find, etcetera, etcetera.
  
• Thurrios and/or Marossa have the option to respec their characters in any way he sees fit, if they so choose. That includes class, feats, the works. Unlike the initial recruitment, I'll allow Advanced Class Guide material, for both current use and future reference. In addition, they will both be advanced to level 2.
  
• The new group of PCs will have already met Almah and company by the time the current ones emerge from the monastery. The details can be set later, but the overall result is that she will make the snap decision to hire all the help she can get, and decide that the parties should split into two teams. This gives a convenient way to keep all of the departed PCs an opportunity to stick around as NPCs, without stealing your thunder or anything.
  
• From there things will get much more open-ended, which hopefully proves to be more interesting in the long run...
  

All of that being said, for anyone who has expressed interest in joining up, the character creation rules are more or less the same except as follows:
Level: Your character will start at level 2.
Class: Hybrid classes are now allowed.
Starting Wealth: 1000 gp, with the guideline of not using more than 50% of it on any one item.
Traits: It's still early enough in the campaign for campaign traits to be very relevant, so I do encourage their use, though I am not going to outright require it.

I don't intend to do any respeccing.

Shall we wait to advance to level 2 and do the 1000gp equipment thing until after you zip us through the Monastery?

You can go ahead and make plans for level 2. The 1000 gp thing only applies to the new people, but the loot value should push you over that.

Besides which, I will probably be handing you the Plot Device since every other martial character is gone.

Come on third level so I can finally take Dervish Dance!!!

Oooo! ACG is on the table now? Mwahahahaha! I may just go Arcanist then!

In many games I suppose I'd consider respeccing, but come on, an Ifrit Immolator using Dervish Dance, playing Legacy of Fire? There can't be a better AP to play that.

You can go ahead and make plans for level 2. The 1000 gp thing only applies to the new people, but the loot value should push you over that.

Besides which, I will probably be handing you the Plot Device since every other martial character is gone.

Ohhh, that sounds both ominous and amazing. I missed that you had posted this as it looks like we posted at the same time.

A Macguffin of Fabulous Power is just what I need to achieve my goal of world domination!

Current loot list:

a small, dirty ring with what appears to be a feather chased onto its surface
a tiny box affixed to a leather cord
an uncut garnet
loose coins valued at about 47 gp in total
small mace

Items in bold detect as magic

The dirty ring is clearly intended to fool us into thinking it is featherfall, only to have it actually summon a giant roc to eat the wearer.

The mace, being small and all represent at least 1150gp of wealth, assuming it is only +1.

Did we try and discern a method for opening the tiny box?

I believe I may have two awesome recruits for us. Taeral and Malleck from my Way of the Wicked campaign might be stopping in to join the discussion.

hello. was invited over by Thurrios

what is being needed? :D

Seth86 is the aforementioned Malleck. He plays a Dhampir Antipaladin in the WotW campaign, so maybe something with a fluffy bunny as an animal companion would be appropriate?

Well, what about a summoner? with a vorpal rabbit? unless synths are allowed? :P

Or a alchemist?

Going right for jugular eh? Both with the vorpal rabbit and the synth summoner!

Questions for Mahorfeus.

=^^=

will wait anyway. want to make sure we plug all the holes

Hey y'all.

I am the other guy from the WotW game.

I was thinking maybe a Cavalier, Order of Flame. Still thinking about various ideas, but definitely something melee directed.

While I know the geographic area of the AP, I am unfamiliar with this AP in general, so I'll need to read the player's companion.

I should have something for your consideration by tomorrow.

fyi, I like alchemists. :)

So as an Inquisitor, I can do some healing, and will commit to continuing to pick up the level appropriate Cure spells.

With that said, a Cleric, or an Oracle might not suck. Sarenrae preferable, but not required.

Maybe ill go for a hospitalier paladin. Those guys get a lot of healing. Channel and LoH... seperately :P
Ifrit Paladin of Iomedea
Fire variant channel.

We can't go wrong having two Ifrit in the group!!! And an Ifrit Paladin is a very thematic choice.

But Iomedae? This is Sarenrae territory, you heretic!

Both have sun i believe!

from the PG :
Perhaps most famous are
Iomedae’s paladins, who in recent years turned back the
gnoll siege of Solku at the Battle of Red Hail, and remain
heroes throughout the realm

Dude, you know I'm all good with it.

Self enlarging as a Paladin will be uber!

I know. but banter is always fun =^^=

oh! level 2! respec!

Fun fact due to trait : he doesn't lie

And he won't be Lawful Stupid =^^=

Welcome, Taeral, Seth.

Both a cavalier and paladin would work splendidly. The cavalier's mount might not be immediately useful, seeing as a little bit of "stealth" might be necessary. There will be plenty of opportunities nonetheless, however.

Seth, I'm liking the paladin build, though I do need some explanation as to why he has with weapons from the East. Why not the typical armaments of a paladin of Iomedae? A small mention of why in his background would suffice. As for the Fire channeling, it's fine, just keep in mind that its regular healing would be halved.

With Thurrios, pin, and the two of you, that would give us four. Five if Marossa is still around, and six at most if my other friend is still interested in joining.

Its not an exotic weapon. But will make it a family loom or gift or some such item :) he has an eastern armor too. So maybe i can work it into a story. Maybe his father was a samurai and his mother was a cleric? :)

I didn't know its halved. It only said enhanced on fire types. Will change to normal then.

Looking forward to stepping out and saving the world.

Name: Onibi

Well, if he's of Tian descent, then I can hardly argue. :)

Sent a message to Kiradia, to see if Marossa's still in. Here's hoping.

The party thus far seems to be:

-Inquisitor (Immolator)
-Bard
-Arcanist(?)
-Paladin (Hospitaler)
-Cavalier(?)

Not a whole lot of healing at the moment, but things will look up eventually. 5 LoH (2d6) and i think 5 1d6 channel. All at level 4. Thats a bit :)
But will focus on combat. So no channel or LoH feats etc

Rather. Ill use an alias i already have. Anapa.
May i take an Egyptian deity rather? Anubis?

Thurrios is actually from Qadira, which is somewhat all about being Egyptian.

Bard, Paladin, and Inquisitor can all heal, so that situation doesn't suck!

Surprisingly, Anubis is an actual deity in Pathfinder. A paladin-legal one, at that. Granted, he was worshiped in Ancient Osirion, which while not terribly far from Katapesh in distance, is a bit far off as far as time goes.

Though in all honesty, I'd find it harder to justify the Tian connection if you went that route.

Tien father, and Osirian Mother. Either one could have traveled, though mother, as a cleric, would travel more. This idea is just to use an alias i already have. Thats all. So i dont have to make a new one =^^=

Stranger things have happened, I suppose. Weird as this company of adventurers is, their parents might have been weirder still.

Though now I feel bad about rejecting pin's ice witch from another dimension. :P

You should check out the eclectic group I'm running in Way of the Wicked

She's not transdimensional! Just portaled! Lol.

And FWIW, Qadira is more the Arabia/Persian Empire than Egypt. As already suggested Osirion is considered Golarion's Egypt.

So it is! My bad!

I suppose that I should mention to those joining that I do want a backstory of some sort. Nothing terribly substantial; it should mainly explain why your character would want to go anywhere near Kelmarane, knowing that it has been occupied by a gnoll tribe. This might be a little easier with a campaign trait, but if you don't feel like taking one, anything kind of motivation works really.

As for how you'll wind up on the monastery's doorstep with Almah, let me know if this works with you guys: