Things are good on my end. Mom and baby doing well and I should be able to get a bit more free time Mondayish? Definitely by first week of December. Will try and catch up and post here and there.
Good to hear, man! Congratulations! :)
I'm good. Coming back to Florida to live in a few days.
Cool, welcome back to the sunshine state, buddy! I live in the Tampa Bay Area myself.
I'm good to go whenever....all's good here
Excellent! Looking forward to seeing Paddy back in swashbuckling action! ;)
i am ready to play
Sweet! I'm ready, too, buddy! :)
I'm good. Coming back to Florida to live in a few days.Cool, welcome back to the sunshine state, buddy! I live in the Tampa Bay Area myself.
I'm here in North Lauderdale. Actually haven't spent much time in south Florida so being this near Miami is new to me.
Florida is a warm state, I both love and Hate it.
Hisao I couldnt have wished good on a better guy. Family is precious so if you celebrate it, Happy Thanksgiving, if not. Love your family.
Apologize for my Absence. A little hiccup happened on my end that basically shunted me out of having interwebs.
Florida is a warm state, I both love and Hate it.
Hisao I couldnt have wished good on a better guy. Family is precious so if you celebrate it, Happy Thanksgiving, if not. Love your family.
Apologize for my Absence. A little hiccup happened on my end that basically shunted me out of having interwebs.
Welcome back, friend! Hope you had an excellent Thanksgiving! :)
Pretty much back. Thanks for holding my spot.
Can we work out Deific Obedience boons for Christianity?
Pretty much back. Thanks for holding my spot.
Welcome back, man! :)
Can we work out Deific Obedience boons for Christianity?
Sounds like a good idea! Any suggestions?
Can we work out Deific Obedience boons for Christianity?Sounds like a good idea! Any suggestions?
I've been thinking about some stuff, but I want to hear your suggestions first. My real sticking point is what the Obedience itself should be.
I've been thinking about some stuff, but I want to hear your suggestions first. My real sticking point is what the Obedience itself should be.Can we work out Deific Obedience boons for Christianity?Sounds like a good idea! Any suggestions?
I'm thinking the obedience could be attending daily Mass at dawn and taking Communion.... but what specific benefits?
Eh, considering while on the road I'll never be able to attend Mass, I'd never see the benefit anyway. =p
I could also see a more extreme obedience being self-flagellation lol.... maybe dealing a minimum of 5 points of nonlethal damage to oneself over the course of one hour.... but that doesn't really represent mainstream Christian faith, in my opinion....
Eh, considering while on the road I'll never be able to attend Mass, I'd never see the benefit anyway. =p
Good point. Could be an hour of praying the Rosary.... Pater Noster (Our Father) and Ave Maria (Hail Mary)....
what about doing a ritual in the morning? at a certain time for x amount of time....somethibg similar to muslims in the morning....face certain durection and pray....
I think an hour of praying the Rosary beads on his knees seems appropriate and can be done anywhere. Thoughts?
And as for the boons, what are some comparable ones from Inner Sea Gods? I don't own it and it's not on the PRD yet.... Sarenrae or Iomedae might provide apt comparison....
what about doing a ritual in the morning? at a certain time for x amount of time....somethibg similar to muslims in the morning....face certain durection and pray....
Perfect for Islam, but Christians don't face any particular direction for prayer, which is why I think the Rosary for an hour at dawn seems pretty appropriate....
The prayer with rosaries thing was where I was thinking too. Wasn't sure if it was extreme enough for an obedience.
Then again looking at Iomedae's (say a short prayer while holding your sword) maybe they aren't meant to be too stringent sometimes. That one sure sounds easier than "Lie naked in the breeze and achieve orgasm without touching yourself" in any case.
Anywho, Iomedae gives these:
1: Glorious Servant (Sp) shield of faith 3/day, enthrall 2/day, or searing light 1/day
2: Righteous Strike (Sp) Once per day, you can channel the effects of holy smite through your weapon. You must declare your use of this ability before you roll your attack. On a hit, the target is affected as if targeted with holy smite.
3: Just Ally (Sp) Once per day as a standard action, you can summon a shield archon (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2 31). The shield archon follows your commands perfectly for 1 minute for every Hit Die you possess before vanishing back to its home in Heaven. The shield archon doesn’t follow commands that would violate its alignment, however, and particularly egregious commands could cause it to attack you.
And Sarenrae these:
1: Brightness (Sp) dancing lantern 3/day, continual flame 2/day, or daylight 1/day
2: Healing Sunburst (Su) You can transmute the sun’s burning rays into brilliant, healing fire. You can add your exalted levels to any cleric levels you have to calculate the power of your channel energy ability. In addition, you can spend three of your daily uses of your channel energy ability to channel an especially powerful burst of healing that manifests as a bright burst of sunlight around you. Anyone healed by your channeled energy sunburst who is currently suffering from poison or a nonmagical disease can immediately attempt a new saving throw with a +2 sacred bonus to end the poison or disease effect.
3: Angelic Ally (Sp) Once per day as a standard action, you can summon a movanic deva (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2 28) to aid you. You gain telepathy with the movanic deva to a range of 100 feet. The deva follows your commands perfectly for 1 minute for every Hit Die you possess before vanishing back to its home. The deva doesn’t follow commands that would cause it to violate its alignment by committing evil acts, and it could even attack you if the command is particularly egregious.
And Ragathiel looks like this:
1: Virtuous Combat (Sp) bless weapon 3/day, litany of righteousnessUC 2/day, or magic vestment 1/day
2: Retribution (Su) You gain a sacred bonus equal to half your HD on damage rolls made with slashing weapons against the last creature to have physically wounded you within the last 24 hours.
3: Pure Soul (Sp) You can cast holy aura on yourself once per day. In addition to the effects of the spell, you gain DR 10/good and cold iron and you treat any weapon in hand as a +5 holy weapon for the duration of the effect.
So the pattern seems to go "thematic 1st level spell 3/day, 2nd level 2/day, or 3rd level 1/day", then "Weird unique abilities that fit deity's portfolio".
Okay, that gives us a good template to work with. Shield of faith seems particularly appropriate.... Although in spirit and intent, Christianity is a peaceful and pacifist faith, in practice, medieval Christianity especially could be quite martial and aggressive LOL (converting pagans by sword and fire, the Crusades, the Templars, etc), so some useful combat advantage is not inappropriate....
Maybe Shield of Faith 3/day, Consecrate 2/day, and Damnation 1/day?
Maybe Shield of Faith 3/day, Consecrate 2/day, and Damnation 1/day?
Yeah, was thinking almost the same thing, except I was thinking water walking for the 1/day (due to the story in New Testament where Christ walks on water).... damnation probably more useful, though....
I'm thinking that one of the higher level boons (the stuff you get at 12th, 16th, and 20th level) could have a cosmetic effect of Stigmata--wounds emulating those of Christ's at crucifixion (bleeding from holes in the hands and feet, a spear wound in the side, and thorn wounds around the crown of the head). As for what benefit this holy bleeding would impart, I'm not sure yet. But throughout history, Christian saints have been reported to have this phenomenon (probably it is almost always faked, but the world is stranger than we realize, on the other hand).
Hey Mike, how do you think you might handle retraining? I want to turn one of Hisao's Ninja tricks into a Combat Feat so Hisao can pick up Weapon Focus on the Wakizashi, the reason being that for the next regular Feat I want to get Slashing Grace..... significantly better to do +8 damage from dex on hit rather than the current +1 from str and retraining is the only way I can think of getting there quicker.
As for the stigmata, since Alphonse is a Paladin anyway maybe it can be like getting the Angelic Blood Aasimar feat for free?
Hey Mike, how do you think you might handle retraining? I want to turn one of Hisao's Ninja tricks into a Combat Feat so Hisao can pick up Weapon Focus on the Wakizashi, the reason being that for the next regular Feat I want to get Slashing Grace..... significantly better to do +8 damage from dex on hit rather than the current +1 from str and retraining is the only way I can think of getting there quicker.
Go ahead and retrain, we can assume he did so on gaining 9th level.
As for the stigmata, since Alphonse is a Paladin anyway maybe it can be like getting the Angelic Blood Aasimar feat for free?
That sounds fitting. We have a while to mull it over.
Well, hmm. I had thought about taking that instead to get Angel Wings later anyway. It's not a very flashy option, though. I was mostly wanting to do this for the fun/cool factor than anything.
I'd actually forgotten I wouldn't be getting anything from it until 12th though.
Hey Mike, how do you think you might handle retraining? I want to turn one of Hisao's Ninja tricks into a Combat Feat so Hisao can pick up Weapon Focus on the Wakizashi, the reason being that for the next regular Feat I want to get Slashing Grace..... significantly better to do +8 damage from dex on hit rather than the current +1 from str and retraining is the only way I can think of getting there quicker.Go ahead and retrain, we can assume he did so on gaining 9th level.
Thank you kind GM. I've never retrained before. There's a gold cost involved right?
Thank you kind GM. I've never retrained before. There's a gold cost involved right?Hey Mike, how do you think you might handle retraining? I want to turn one of Hisao's Ninja tricks into a Combat Feat so Hisao can pick up Weapon Focus on the Wakizashi, the reason being that for the next regular Feat I want to get Slashing Grace..... significantly better to do +8 damage from dex on hit rather than the current +1 from str and retraining is the only way I can think of getting there quicker.Go ahead and retrain, we can assume he did so on gaining 9th level.
No problem, friend! Here's RAW for retraining: you can retrain at a cost in gp = 10 x character level x number of days it takes to retrain a class feature. Now, this ruling was tricky, because you are retraining a ninja trick (class feature) to gain a combat feat (which seems to qualify as either a class feature or a feat). I decided to rule that learning a feat as a ninja trick is essentially the same as learning the feat as a feat, so five days spent training with a character that has Weapon Focus (wakizashi or short sword). If neither Nacht nor Paddy has the feat, Hisao trained with a retired pirate captain from Nippon who settled in the Norse city of Trondheim, and we are five days closer to the Apocalypse. ;)
P. S.: Hisao is also 450 gp poorer.... and whoever trained him is that amount richer lol....
Thanks! One thing though. There is a Ninja Trick called a 'Combat Trick' which is just a Bonus Combat Feat. So I'm really going to be replacing the 'Shadow Clone' Ninja Trick with a 'Combat Trick' Ninja Trick, class feature for class feature straight up.
Nacht does not have Weapon Focus for any weapon.
I see Paddy has it as a rogue talent. We can say you sparred a lot with Paddy on the ship while sailing up to Norway.... and he won 450 gp from you while gambling along the way (and you have probably vowed never to play his convoluted Irish card games with him again)....
Done!
Thanks! One thing though. There is a Ninja Trick called a 'Combat Trick' which is just a Bonus Combat Feat. So I'm really going to be replacing the 'Shadow Clone' Ninja Trick with a 'Combat Trick' Ninja Trick, class feature for class feature straight up.
True. Probably should take number of days normal for retraining a class feature.... researching....
It's the same, 5 days, but usually you'd need a 10th level ninja with that ninja trick to train you. For the sake of not breaking the narrative, and deciding the retired pirate captain is a level 10 ninja living in Norway of all places (lol), I'll rule an exception to the RAW and allow a character with that feat by whatever means can help you retrain.
So I've decided to do something pretty dumb guys!
Throwing my hat into the GMing ring for at least a test run.
Any advice would be appreciated on how I do.
I actually don't want you guys to apply because the level of GMing in this game is so high! Can't live up to this game.
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So I've decided to do something pretty dumb guys!
Throwing my hat into the GMing ring for at least a test run.Any advice would be appreciated on how I do.
I actually don't want you guys to apply because the level of GMing in this game is so high! Can't live up to this game.
Awesome, man! Good luck! Based on your playing ability and RP, I'm confident you'll do fine and your players will have a blast!
Thanks Mike!
Gah, I didnt see this updating on my side... dammit.
anyway Hisao as for advice, the best I can give is.
1. Don't Have High Expectations
2. Be patient with Players as they should be with you
3. Know when to be stern and have them know you are a solid figure who shall not be trifled with
4. Make sure above all else to have fun. Every GM runs their game
differently.
Also Sorry Nacht had no Weapon Focus.. but he just seriously uses any weapon he gets his hands one so... its probably why he doesn't.
Gah, I didnt see this updating on my side... dammit.
anyway Hisao as for advice, the best I can give is.
1. Don't Have High Expectations
2. Be patient with Players as they should be with you
3. Know when to be stern and have them know you are a solid figure who shall not be trifled with
4. Make sure above all else to have fun. Every GM runs their game
differently.Also Sorry Nacht had no Weapon Focus.. but he just seriously uses any weapon he gets his hands one so... its probably why he doesn't.
Welcome back, friend! Good to see Nacht back in action! :)
Happy Holidays to all from the greatest PC to ever grace this PbP!
Hush, you're dead, you don't exist any more.
It's the ghost if Iommi Past....lol
On that note. Happy holidays everyone!
Lol, Happy Holidays everyone.
Hehe! Happy holidays, friends!
Happy New Years!
Happy New Years! :)
Happy New Years, Finally got back fully.
hey everyone sorry for the long delays in my posting we have been having issues with my oldest son again and had to put him back in the hospital yesterday this time we arent sure when or if he will come home.