I'm going to pretend our characters had all this discussion back when we were being recruited before Illia- teleported to go help the omnicidal druid.
With the games take on alternate planes and dimensions I get the feeling the When and the Where in question are subjective and the more important part is the What.
I'm wondering if Remnant's eyeballs will fall out when he next checks the thread.
On the topic of eyes *looks at horde of giant spiders Sanriel is riding on*
We definitely don't have any spare eyes in this group. Nope, not at all.
I also realize that I somehow do not have natural spell as a feat yet. I will need to rectify that.
It would have been very sad if you had provoked me into casting Unholy Blight and all your spiders had died. I'm glad Linen Lady interrupted. :)
Using level-dependent AoE nukes on swarms? That is so beautifully evil it ought to be a war-crime. *wipes away tear* I'm so proud of you!
"Swarms are bad... I cannot grapple the swarm... Illia- Kill them... kill them all please. Pretty pretty please?"
Mister Reib gives an overly pleading look to Illia- and then gives a tiny little bow
*shrug*
Amusingly enough that would have just meant Sanriel animated their corpses (because Samsaran Mythic past life) and released control of them. Using his druidic powers to consider them just like animals of the normal type for the sake of his spells and abilities relating to them. (because vermin friend.)
I doubt Sanriel would have been very pleased with you for making him do such a thing though. He might have attempted drastic things.
*Vomits some spiders* There you go!
(speaking of - can one actually reanimate swarms?)
"Remind me to pack alchemists fire, acid, lightning and ice... To be honest. Screw swarms... those things are gross" Jaduf shudders as Jhaelwyn throws up tens of hundreds of spiders...
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Mmmm Burning Skeleton Swarms. That can be a a thing, right =)?
Also - fear not Jaduf, if you get bored with spider swarms I can also vomit a large number of wasps if that is preferable !
Hmm... I wonder what would happen if you used Hail of Arrows (arcane archer ability) on a Swarm. Would you only fire one arrow, or would you get to fire one arrow at everything in the swarm. That'd take a lot of arrows.
"You know... Before you said that exact sentance, I thought I would like you better than Illia-, but actually I think that she is much more attractive, intelligent, and better built... Like with wings, without being half spider, oh and lets not forget that she does /NOT/ vomit forth swarms of hungry insects..." The Rogue says this with an utterly straight face as he winks to the devil and grins snarkily at the drider
I'd just like to point out that with all this talk about movement and travel, that Dris will out run all of you, by far, in a non magickal race.
"Um... Thanks?" *Quietly invests in CMD*
*quietly begins advert line for ' Man and Immortal mud wrestling cage match' with images hearkening to luchador matches. *
I just feel like... Linking this here... I felt an uncomfortable disturbance in the force as I said that...
What did we decide upon for HP from racial HD? Keep what's listed in the entry, which I believe is average, or roll ourselves? I wouldn't mind rolling, if I'm allowed to keep the average should my rolls be less.
Isn't that equal to saying "I'm willing to take above the average if I'm lucky, or the average."
Wait... Do we only have Average Health? I am so doomed...
1d8+0
Average 4.5 =5
7*5=35
or
I am dead... so so very dead...
This is going to be fun?
Looking at the people whom he is supposed to be teaming up with Jaduf gulps, and then sidles out of the picture...
Dude, I wouldn't play 10 Con in a normal campaign. You had a plan for survivability, yes?
If you haven't picked your template, I could give you RNE's barrier system. It's pretty much a CR 2 drop for +8ish AC, unlimited self-healing, and a unlimited refresh of a 35 Temp HP shield.
Dude, I wouldn't play 10 Con in a normal campaign. You had a plan for survivability, yes?
Nah, I actually don't plan to survive this game... I very much assume I will die. Evil begets Evil right?
EDIT
But when I do survive I will be even more of a Badass Normal.
Isn't that equal to saying "I'm willing to take above the average if I'm lucky, or the average."
Its actually fairly common, Illia. We do it at my table all the time.
I have 7 racial hit dice plus three from classes, How bad would it suck if all my rolls were 1s or 2s?
Most GMs are rather fair, and allow the average if your rolls suck.
In my opinion, any sort of rolling for your base attributes or HP is an inherently unfair endeavor. The person who rolls straight 8s and 9s will be far better than the guy who rolls below and then takes the average.
That said, I still enjoy doing straight down the line 3d6, with random race and class off a table of thousands of random people's homebrew material. But I do that because I enjoy the craziness, not because I consider it fair.
Everyone Bask in your glory of Average. We will be happy in such a situation.
"Is it the wings? Are they a dealbreaker? I could get wings ..."
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I *think* I saw rounded average for every HD except the first class level somewhere, but I can't swear on it!
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What did we decide upon for HP from racial HD? Keep what's listed in the entry, which I believe is average, or roll ourselves? I wouldn't mind rolling, if I'm allowed to keep the average should my rolls be less.
Average for racial hit dice is what the bestiary does, so taking the base HP from the Bestiary would work fine.
If you want to roll, that's fine too, but I don't think its a good idea to say "I'll roll, but if I roll low, I'm taking the average." That completely negates the risk/reward of rolling and makes it so there's no potential drawback.
That's how I'd rule it anyway.
Can I make a request that we keep the discussion that isn't related to getting characters ready to a minimum? Twice now I've checked in to more than 50 new posts, and most of them weren't related to getting the game underway. It makes asking or answering questions more difficult.
I'm all for player enthusiasm and lively discussion threads (I loved that part of Thunderbeard's game), but for the moment I think it would be good to reign it in, at least until we have the ball rolling in the gameplay thread.
@HD: The Drider is a CR 7 critter. CR 7 + 2 levels of witch = 9*
*Actually, the book calculations are a tad bit different with exceptions and associated class and crap!
@Spell Resistance: Until he gets Spell Resistance from his familiar progression *sob*
@Mistaking a Fury for a Succubus:
When telling those apart, simply remember that a Succubus has horns while a Fury has not.
Memory rule: The Succubus is horny
*giggle*
I might have to have a Fury or three show up now you suggest it
This character has been accepted by both GMs running these rules, including the original creator of them, so I'm pretty sure that it has been changed from "levels" to CR. For starters, templates don't come in level cost. They come in CR cost. I can throw all the levels I want at the template list, and it can't buy any of them, unless the GM makes a level = CR equivalency.
The previous GM quickly noticed that his rules worked best as treating the party as a bunch of CR 9 characters and bumped the challenges up quickly.
Ironically, despite having the most hit dice of anyone in the previous party, Illia was weaker than The Summoner's Ghost, Delyliath, Malfeasance, and Anaxian. Probably about equal with Drisquar and ... Er, sentient sword person, the accessory to murder... Tenro??
my character in the original thread would have been the weakest. Not too concerned about her. Things like molten pits of cotton candy and such will take care of the little stuff and then the red headed steplovechild of Hastur and Yog Sothoth for the tough ones (Adventure 3 coming up after the Drow Caravan)
GM, I wanted to ask if I could get a magical (or transplanted) black eyeball so that I can have Darkvision in one eye (So I am not blind in the underdark, or wearing a bullseye by carrying around a lit torch)
You could ask the Fleshwarper once in game for some assistance that way.
xD You fight barehanded too?! and here I was thinking that you wouldn't want to get your hands dirty." Jaduf rolls his eyes and smiles at the thought that he will have quite an attractive meat shield to hide behindAfter doing some look see at the martial disciplines (going Warlord (Steelfist Commando) from now on), I've come to the conclusion that it would be really awesome to have the Black and Silver Crane Disciplines. They are basically the Devil and Angel disciplines respectively, wielding profane and sacred energies. Flavoring it as her current fiendish power, yet still remembering how to use her former angelic techniques*. However, I can only swap out one of my disciplines for one of them. I was wondering if you'd allow me to spend a feat to swap disciplines so that I can get both of them.
*And they both use wing themed techniques, which makes me happy inside. :3
Will need to read that. Most likely yes but need to find and read it first.
Mmmm Burning Skeleton Swarms. That can be a a thing, right =)?
Also - fear not Jaduf, if you get bored with spider swarms I can also vomit a large number of wasps if that is preferable !
I will have to stat those between calls at work today (Joy of Call Center)
What did we decide upon for HP from racial HD? Keep what's listed in the entry, which I believe is average, or roll ourselves? I wouldn't mind rolling, if I'm allowed to keep the average should my rolls be less.
First "Level" Max then roll. For this re-roll a 1 a single time take the next result
(How I have been doing HD in my games since before most of you were born)
Hey GM, are we using the previous game's events as history for the characters being imported?
Do we already know each other?
How did we get involved in this new situation?
Reposting this question since it got lost in the flood.
Can I make a request that we keep the discussion that isn't related to getting characters ready to a minimum? Twice now I've checked in to more than 50 new posts, and most of them weren't related to getting the game underway. It makes asking or answering questions more difficult.
I'm all for player enthusiasm and lively discussion threads (I loved that part of Thunderbeard's game), but for the moment I think it would be good to reign it in, at least until we have the ball rolling in the gameplay thread.
Hmm, ideally we should have another thread for light-hearted banter. Gotta keep that hype going : )
But we could probably be silent for a day or two ...
Okay. I have one question about traits, and then I am ready 100% to join the Monsters and Madmen.
Can I get an evil version of the Trait 'No Escape?'
Why I bristle at the thought that someone would suspect me of murder...
His voice is filled with indignation and hurt as he writes 'Bred for War' on his sheet...
"I might have to have a Fury or three show up now you suggest it"
Excellent. Three showed up in the last game, but then we left without fighting them. :/
Waiting on a PM reply from Remnant, and then I can really get to work on Dris.
I have no issue with the banter here
I am presuming those that migrated fm the old thread / submissions / etc have all come across each other in the past, run with or afoul of each other, etc.
Intro / set up post mid morning tomorrow US EST
That is where aside fm Sanriel and Illia those that are ready can jump in and establish
Because I come from the surface, probably enticed by riches or power... I doubt that the others have ever met/been up there.... But I think I will be good enough at meeting them and the Lady of Linen will make sure I don't die on impact.
I think it will be ten tons of funs
How's this for a segue between the games-
We finished the contract for the Crimson Stranger and took over the Drow city, but it wasn't long before other Drow got wind of what had happened. A few more powerful cities decided to move on us both to avenge what had happened, and to take advantage of the situation.
We decided to cut our losses and left the whole place a ruin filled with crazed Succubus-slave zealots and hordes of uncontrolled undead.
A few of our group went their separate ways, but the majority of us decided our partnership was still lucrative and maintained our alliance, hiring ourselves out as mercenary troubleshooters int he underdark.
Recently, the Lady in Linen contacted us with a job offer.
Ilia, do you mind if Anaxian piggybacked on your teleport?
Not at all, I offered as such on the previous thread.
Also, I very much like your summary. :)
How's this for a segue between the games-
We finished the contract for the Crimson Stranger and took over the Drow city, but it wasn't long before other Drow got wind of what had happened. A few more powerful cities decided to move on us both to avenge what had happened, and to take advantage of the situation.
We decided to cut our losses and left the whole place a ruin filled with crazed Succubus-slave zealots and hordes of uncontrolled undead.
A few of our group went their separate ways, but the majority of us decided our partnership was still lucrative and maintained our alliance, hiring ourselves out as mercenary troubleshooters int he underdark.
Recently, the Lady in Linen contacted us with a job offer.
I like it.
Heh. I can't wait to see what Ilia thinks about the idea of Anaxian being something's prey...
Meh, I suppose I could have just asked your cat body to stop moving. but I figured it makes more sense for Sanriel to assume that an outsider has a pet outsider than assuming that she has an actual animal.
Hrmm... I failed to mention it but Sanriel has an unconscious plant aberration thing with him. I'll have to include that bit next time I post.
Posting up. The voices up ahead are which ever other players are ready to go. IF someone feels not totally ready then feel free to lurk some more and there will in a day or so (RL) be another great spot to jump in.
an unconscious plant aberration? is he just dragging it around? is it in a bag of holding? is it following you around, how is it able to follow if its unconscious? Logic bomb/confusion