Motteditor's Savage Tide (Inactive)

Game Master motteditor

Stupidignorantfool! Ofcoursethat'swhathe'sdoing!StupidstupidSTUPID! Khaz stomps down the hall, lost in her own raging thoughts. The scarf, once so neatly folded is now a scrunched up ball in one fist.

"What?You did what?" The words sink in slowly, cutting through the fog of fury at her own stupidity, and Kyson has already head back on his way. She runs after him, tapping him on the shoulder and nearly squishing him in a hug when he turns.

"Yes, I like it! I like it VERY MUCH! Thank you, Kyson! *You* are a true friend!"

Freeing him just as quickly, she shakes out the scarf, and begins arranging it every which way. "It really is lovely, Kyson. You did an amazing job."

Silvio visibly enjoys the time he spends with Liamae, looking more energized for each day.

"Silvio! I just wanted to..." She knocks and opens the door in one motion, her voice dying in her throat as blood surges into her cheeks.

"than...k you? Uh, I'll just go, shall I? Yes, that would be best. No no NO! Don't get up, err off err... uh.., truly, just stay where you are..." Shaking her head to stop her staring, the the stunned young princess Hurries from the door as if hell itself is on the other side and rushes back to her room.

Silvio notes Khazmia's presence with a look of unmodest surprise. As he rises the sheets slide down to his hips leaving little, although just enough, to the imagination. "Ah, Lady Khazmia. Silvio is currently entriced with the lovely company of the beatuiful Lady Liamae. Perhaps later, you and Silvio can talk? Until then, if you would not mind shutting the door so Silvio can dive back into Liamae's lovely eyes."

Zstelian casually passes down the hall carving slices from a golden apple with one of his worn daggers. He alternates between popping them into his mouth and passing the smaller ones to Tosh, perched on his shoulder.

As he passes Khaz's room and catches sight of the beaming Kyson and the orcish princess fretting over her scarf, he pauses.

"What are you two up to?" he asks with mild interest.

Sense Motive vs Khaz: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 13 + 2 = 33

"Is everything alright Khazmia?" the old ranger asks while offering an apple slice to Kyson.

"Oh, isn't it wonderful, Zstelian, Kyson f-fixed my scarf." She gives a dainty sniff, and smiles, though her eyes seem a little red and watery.

"He did a wonderful job,I never really thought I'd see it's like again."
That beats her max bluff, you hawk-eyed Varisian, you! She is clearly upset, though not with Kyson. I can't speak for him, but most likely, he's oblivious.

Turning from her friends, she fixes the scar around her head and face, as she she continues, "In fact, I think it warrants another shopping trip. This time for something useful. Something powerful. Something with Fire. Surely someone somewhere must have something like that. We'll need it if we're to continue our search for Vanthus, I'm sure. Won't we, Kyson?"

Zstelian's brow wrinkles in concern for the sorceress but he keeps his observations to himself in front of the naive Kyson.

"He did a fine job", the Varisian says examining the scarf. "He's leagues better with that spell than I am."

At the mention of shopping, Zstelian considers for a moment and then nods, "We are sitting on a pile of coin from the things we took from the dead frog-men and perhaps some time outside the manor would do all of us some good."

Kyson takes the offered apple from Zstelian with a smile.

We have good apples back at the monastery. And good cider! I can't wait to get back to that!

Kyson munches while Khaz gives him a big hug, returning it.

"I just want you to be happy, Khaz. I'm glad you like your scarf."

I'm going to be happy soon too.

"Yes, let's go shopping! We can sell things and buy other things."

Kyson agrees to go shopping with Khaz and Zstelian, trying to spend as much time as possible with his friends before returning to the monastery.

* * *
After shopping, Kyson will seek out the Lady of the Manor.

"Lady, I...I think...I think I've done things now. I have saved many damsels and stopped exploding pirates and beat up on bad men. Would you write that letter so I can go back now?" Kyson asks with a firm hope and a full smile.

* * *
Kyson is ready to continue. I'll put his shopping purchases up later tonight...but happy to move on.

During the trip Zstelian picks up a few things.

A) A small buckler made of gleaming mithril with hooks on the reverse side designed to easily catch on opposed hooks attached to ones leggings.

+1 mithril quickdraw shield

B) Several large bladeded disks designed to be throw great distances.

Chakram x6

C) A pair of concealable spring-loaded wrist sheathes.

spring-loaded wrist sheath x2

Sometime later, Sekathral wakes up in a horse trough, not entirely sure how he got there. Climbing wetly out and making a rude gesture at a surprised horse trying to get a drink as he does so, he finds he's holding a number of slightly fluorescent blue phials and a wand. He stares at them blearily for a moment, then shrugs his shoulders, takes a swig from the ever-present bottle at his side and squelches back to the manor.

All set to go...

Khazmia frets as she shops, thinking long and hard about her purchases. Finally, she settles on a slender "hair pin" of silver etched with jagged streaks of lightning, which she promptly twists round and round in her dark tresses before stabbing it back through the resulting bun.

Wand of shocking grasp. I think her wand of mage armor has enough charges left, but will do a thorough count from home tonight.

After several days off, where you manage to find ways to occupy yourselves, you return to the manor for Kora's funeral. It's a sad affair, with only the six of you, Lavinia and the four Jade Ravens, as the faithful halfling is laid to rest.

Afterward, Lavinia welcomes you all back to the manor, where the new servants have laid out a small selections of foodstuffs, many of them familiar from a few weeks earlier when you buried Lavinia's parents.

She invites you all back the next day, when she calls you into her main hall, where she first asked for your help. She smiles, and invites you all to sit, pulling out an old book.

"Do you recall this journal we recovered from my family vault? It turns out that it was my mother's. My parents, may the gods rest their soulds, were brave -- foolish and rash some would say, but I have never been one to criticize an adventurous spirit. On the contrary," she casts a wry smile at you all, "I admire it.

"In any event, it would seem that about four years ago, my mother and father undertook a risky endeavour. They sailed the Blue Nixie, along with a ship full of colonists, down south and across the ocean to a place they refer to as the Isle of Dread. You may have heard of this place -- if you haven't, it seems apparent from reading my mother's journals that it is aptly named. A jungle-covered hell infested with immense reptilian monsters, feral savages and peril at every turn. Yet the southern peninsula remains relatively sheltered from the menaces on the isle mainland, and it was there, among the villages of several friendly locals, that my parents founded the colony of Farshore.

"The Isle of Dread represents an untapped trove of resources -- exotic lumber, spices, animals, foods and even minerals like silver and gold. Once Farshore was up and running, the influx of trade would have guaranteed my family a relatively uncontested flow of wealth. Yet before mother and father were able to return to Farshore with supplies and more colonists ... my brother made his move and left me in the state you found me in a few short weeks ago."

She indicates her mother's journal.

"Since we receovered this journal, I have not been idle. If Farshore fails, then my parents' last legacy fails. I intend to carry on their work and have planned for a journey south to the Isle of Dread to resupply and join the colonists at Farshore for the rest of the year. I have the Blue Nixie readying in the harbor to take fresh supplies to the colony, though I find myself a vessel short.

"You wouldn't know of anyone with stout hearts who might happen to be interested in helping me mount this expedition, do you? I fear the journey itself might grow dangerous at time, and there's no way of knowing what state or condition Farshore is currently in, but I suspect that danger is a vice you have.

"Regardless of your decisions," she continues, "you have proven true friends, and I would reward that; especially since if we can find another vessel and you join me, there may be limited opportunities to spend this."

She throws each of you a purse, filled with 100 coins. They appear to be silver at first, but a closer inspection reveals they are in fact platinum pieces.

Zstelian listens quietly to Lavinia's proposition - an almost blind leap into unknown danger. The girl was more like her mother than she would ever know and the thought made the old ranger's heart ache in a way that made it hard to breath. His mind was set before she could even finish tossing out the pouches of platinum coins.

"You know I'll be there", the Varisian said as he cleared his throat. "If it's to save your parent's legacy, I'll follow you to the ends of the earth."

Lavinia gives you a big smile, points of color blooming high in her cheeks.

Those in the manor might see or hear Kyson running and bawling as he runs into his room and slams the door.

Those listening at the door will hear sobs of anguish and impotent rage.

The sobs continue for several hours, threatening to re-rust the armor he worked so hard to fix.

* * *

When Kyson is summoned again to audience with Lavinia, his eyes are puffy and there are remains of snot and tears on his face.

Kyson will stand in the back as Lavinia speaks, rarely looking her (or anyone else) in the eyes.

Stupid everyone.

As the mission is explained, Kyson will remain silent and non-committal.

Take that, Lavinia! I won't be happily agreeing to this! HA!

Hearing the wails, Khaz taps quietly at the door. "Kyson? What's wrong? Let me in?" Having learned her lesson regarding her companions' doors, she doesn't enter, but waits and waits for an answer, until it feels more than ridiculous to be standing there.

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Khaz listens quietly, her fashionable scarf draped veil-like over her eyes from her re-pressed hat as Lavinia explains. Poor Kyson. No wonder he was so upset.

But she knows her duty, and even more, knows that very little would remain in Eleder for her, if Lavinia goes to the Farshore.

"When do we leave?"

Kyson doesn't answer Khaz' knock.

His tears, failure, and shame prevent him from acknowledging the door.

Knowledge (geography) 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23 Not sure whether that's enough to locate the Isle of Dread

She indicates her mother's journal.

I have the Blue Nixie readying in the harbor to take fresh supplies to the colony, though I find myself a vessel short.

"You wouldn't know of anyone with stout hearts who might happen to be interested in helping me mount this expedition, do you? I fear the journey itself might grow dangerous at time, and there's no way of knowing what state or condition Farshore is currently in, but I suspect that danger is a vice you have.

Sekathral glances at Kyson, a concerned expression momentarily appearing on his features, then returns his attention to the matter in hand.

"Here, Chief", he says to Lavinia, "While we were down in the Cove, trying to find your f-, I mean, your wayward brother, there was a ship - the Sea Wyvern. Harliss said it didn't belong to her lot, so if she ain't pinched it, or burnt it, or filled it with sodding frog-men, it should still be there in one piece"

Dargon continues Sekathral's plot. "Haha, old Seks had his heart set on that one since we first came across it in the Cove. It's a shame we didn't have enough of a crew to get it out of there at the time. But I'm sure Sekathral knows enough reliable men 'round the docks that we can put a crew together."

"Really? If you could get it, that would be amazing!" Lavinia says, her eyes shining at Sekathral's words.

I'll check the Knowledge check when I'm awake enough to get up from my desk to check the mod to see if that helps you. 'Twas a long night with the election.

Kyson stomps around during his preparations for the journey, making sure Lavinia knows how unhappy he is with her mean and totally unfair decision.

I'll stomp my feet so hard, it might ruin the carpet! Ha ha, take that, Jerkvinia!

Lavinia appears to ignore or not notice Kyson's reaction to her recent noise, obviously focused on the impending journey.

"Can you get a crew together?" she asks Sekathral. "If you need, I can send sailors from the Blue Nixie to help."

It'll take seven people to act as crew, which can include the PCs if you want or not. Sekathral or anyone else can act as captain if you want.

"A jungle-covered hell infested with immense reptilian monsters, feral savages and peril at every turn."

Kyson pauses often during his packings and preparations to reflect on what to expect in the stupid jungle on the stupid island while on this stupid mission for stupid Jerkvinia.

Eventually, Kyson will regain control over some of his emotions...at least enough to ask Zstelian, Sekathral, and Khaz (though asking Khaz about jungles probably isn't the best idea) about what to expect in a jungle.

"What do we know about this stupid island anyway? Will there be more exploding dinosaurs? Poison? Disease?"

Kyson does not relish the idea of wasting away to a disease. Or getting poison until he dies and is dead.

What if I die out here Jerkvinia? What then? Will you write the letter when I'm dead? Probably won't then either.

Zstelian considers the question.

Nature: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

"Well it's bound to be hot so be ready to sweat", the old ranger says. "We're going to need lots of water to keep our strength up."

"I don't know about exploding dinosaurs but lots of things that survive in a place like that do so by being dangerous enough that others won't want to eat them. That goes for everything from the tiniest insects to the plant-life. Expect poison."

"Can you get a crew together?" she asks Sekathral. "If you need, I can send sailors from the Blue Nixie to help."

"Probably", replies Sekathral. He lowers his voice.

Attempt to gather a crew, probably using Diplomacy 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13, because using Profession (Sailor) might be stretching that skill's definition a bit. Still, 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16, just in case. Not that it'll do much good. Help, Silvio, help!

While Dargon will certainly insist on helping out as part of the crew, Sekathral can clearly see that the dwarf would be a poor substitute for a properly trained sailer.

Lavinia wrote:

"Can you get a crew together?" she asks Sekathral. "If you need, I can send sailors from the Blue Nixie to help."

"Probably", replies Sekathral.

"I'm sure we'll all do as we can, but perhaps a crew would be best."

Perhaps you're correct. I can send the woman who was to captain my parents' second ship with you. Her name is Amella Venkalie. If you need more, I'm sure she can help come up with a crew."

Despite the offer, Sekathral's about to get five people to agree to accompany you back to Kraken's Cove the next day to recover the Sea Wyvern, which along with Amella should be more than enough.

Anyone want to take any opportunity to do anything before departing for what should be a day-long trip? Let me know and then I'll advance the action...

1d6 ⇒ 5

I'm ready now. Let's do it!

I'm ready to go

Kyson reminds everyone of the dangers that the Isle and jungle represent and pushes them to prepare and provision.

"Since we're all going to die out there, we might as well make it as slow and painful as possible...so you might want to go into town and stuff to keep you free of plague, poison, and more exploding dinosaurs."

With that admonishing, Kyson is ready to go.

Khazmia takes her priest at his word and heads to town in search of anti poison, anti- plague and dinosaur repellent to take on the trip. Then she too is ready to go.

I'll do a full accounting when I get home tonight, but no need to hold everyone up.

You meet your crew on the Blue Nixie, where you're joined by Capt. Amella Vankalie, a slight woman with fine blonde hair tied neatly back from her forehead dressed in basic sailing togs with a rapier slung at her hip. A thin scar graces her right cheek.

The Blue Nixie swiftly carries you toward Kraken's Cove, though the captain refuses to take you to the mouth of the cove, citing the dangerous reefs and his lack of charts. He leaves you and the six crewmembers at the base of the cliff, promising to stick around for a couple days in case you're unable to get the Sea Wyvern out.

As you finish stepping out of the rowboat onto shore, Amella casts her eyes up the long trail up the cliff. "Well, rodger me sideways with a gaffing pin," she curses, "wasn't reckoning on having to climb up that mess o' rigging."

The typical noises of the jungle permeate the hot air.

Zstelian grips his new shield and whistles for Kayle to stick close by.

"Let's be careful. There's bound to be more of those damned diseased monkeys and other beasts nearby."

"Damned diseased monkey?" one of the sailors asks nervously, suddenly looking around.

Upon reaching shore, Kyson pulls out his shield and attaches it to his arm.

I think I should get a different shield. This one is too big.

Kyson looks around, looking for danger, a bit worried about all this.

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19 Perception

"Uhm...should we go that way? Let's go to the safe place first, huh? Definitely don't want to get caught out here."

You don't see or hear anything that seems unusual, Kyson.

Zstelian pushes Silvio and Dargon along.

"We shouldn't stick around here too long."

"Well, rodger me sideways with a gaffing pin," she curses, "wasn't reckoning on having to climb up that mess o' rigging."

"Ach - it's as quiet as a bloody nunnery at the moment - it's not like we're going aloft to reef skyscrapers in a full-on sou'wester. Come on, mates"

Despite his bluster, Sekathral checks his surroundings carefully before proceeding up the cliff

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18

"Follow me." Dargon says as he begins leading the crew to the cliff. "I mean to get to the cove an' onto the Sea Wyvern without delay so don't fall behind." Dargon continues as he makes he was up the cliff.

"It's not that bad, really. The currents in the cove are pretty deadly, though. I don't suggest trying to swim in those." Khaz adds, picking her way carefully up with the others.

Kyson drags his stupid feet up the stupid cliff for stupid Lavinia.

I shouldn't be here.

Zstelian keeps an eye out for dangers as the group makes their way through the jungle. Kayle circles tightly overhead.

Zstelian Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26
Kayle Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

You make your way without incident through the jungle to the cliffs overlooking Kraken's Cove, where you can see the Sea Wyvern sitting, apparently untouched since you left.

Unfortunately, the wooden walkway leading down also remains apparently untouched, and still largely in pieces on the beach below.

How did we get down this last time?

Kyson looks for a safe way down.

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27 Perception

"Does someone have rope? We need rope."

Zstelian fishes out his coil of rope and offers it to Kyson.

I'm certain that Khaz does not want to get down the same way she did last time.

"I have some rope. I'm not sure it's enough though. Oh, but with Zstelian's, perhaps? Is there anything to tie it to?"

Kyson begins to knot the rope while looking for a place to tie it.

This is going to suck.

"Everyone, watch out for exploding monkeys."

"More rope"

Sekathral takes out his own coil of rope and offers it to Kyson, scrutinising his knot-tying efforts closely and offering helpful advice until told in no uncertain terms to shut up.

Aid Another/Escape Artist (?) Use Rope (?) 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

"There she lies, Silvio Callgari Pazzi's new vessel!" Silvio says standing at the shore looking at the Sea Wyrven, his features beaming. He walks over to Kyson and gives the cleric a manly slap on the back. "Why do you looks so nervous, Kyson. Silvio has already been here. This place is conqured. This place is safe."

There are plenty of trees you can tie the rope to, or could go part way down the walkway and tie it to the remains of that.

You're 40 feet up now, so that could reduce a potential fall.

Welcome all, and congratulations. Really excited to get started.

Please set up aliases and post here letting me know I can look over your character sheets. I'll assign you a trait then.

Silvio, you'll need to let me know what you actually want to play. We do have a rogue, so I'm assuming fighter or bard. Though since we don't have a full arcane caster, you may want to consider magus as well, to give the group a boost in that area. Any of the three is fine with me, though.

Zstelian, I'll take another look (probably later today) at your background and see if we need to tweak it at all to get it to work.

P.S. Since Dargon apparently thinks the birth of his child is of more importance than role-playing -- some people just can't prioritize ;-) -- I assume we'll have to wait a couple days for him. If everyone's ready before he's back online, we can probably start without him and catch him up.

Silvio signing in! Will have a profile up in a while. Silvio was originally built for a free hand fighter, an upfront kind of guy without being clad in full plate armor. I'll take a look at the magus class, but a word to the wise, i don't play a caster well :)

Speaking of wise, i have a question. Silvio's stats came out like this:

str 15
dex 15 (17 with racial)
con 14
int 12
wis 12
cha 15

Would it be ok if i lowered the wis score to 8? I don't want to raise anything else, just lower the wis. Silvio is not ment to be wise.

Thanks for choosing me but I'm going to decline after all. I'm just not comfortable with the drastic spread of stat arrays (Dargon being super high and the rogue being really low).

I'm sorry to hear that, Feral. Is it just the stat array? I'm happy to let limelongears re-roll if he wants. (And can check with Dargon about lowering his, since they are indeed really good rolls.)

Would it help if I re-rolled? Regardless, I wanted to check a couple of things - firstly, I'm moving house (and am fairly new to Pathfinder); all my books are in storage, so apologies in advance for any howlers/omissions in my character sheet (which can be viewed in my profile). Secondly, can my character use cutlasses? Going from memory, these are light weapons; 1d6 slashing damage; 19-20 critical. They're not in any of the Pathfinder books, but did appear in Stormwrack and possibly another 3.5 book...

Profile created. I still have to buy some starting gear (and check if a magus is right for me).

Rerolling would help but I don't want to ruin anyone's fun.

Perfectly happy to do so if it's OK with motteditor. Realise I've missed out a lot - revised character sheet below. Stats may change depending on whether I end up rerolling and I'm not at all sure what the proper bonuses to Sea Legs are...

Sekathral Silvereye
Male Elven rogue (pirate) 1
CN Medium Humanoid (Elf)
Init +4; Senses Perception + 2
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DEFENSE
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AC 15, touch 14, flat-footed 11. . (+1 armor, +4 Dex)
hp 8 (1d8)
Fort +0, Ref +6, Will +2
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OFFENSE
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Spd 30 ft.
Melee cutlass +0 (1d6/19-20/x2) and cutlass +0 (1d6/19-20/x2)
Ranged dagger +4 (1d4/19-20/x2)
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STATISTICS
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Str 11, Dex 19, Con 11, Int 14, Wis 14, Cha 9
Base Atk +0; CMB +0; CMD 14
Feats Sea legs (bonus), two weapon fighting
Traits River rat
Skills Acrobatics +8, Bluff +2, Climb +4, Disable device +8, Knowledge (geography) + 6, Linguistics +6, Perception +6, Profession (Sailor) +6, Stealth +8, Swim +5
Languages Common, Elven, Polyglot, Aquan
Combat Gear Leather armour, 2 x cutlasses, thief’s tools, 6 x daggers, pipe, pouch of flayleaf, bottle o’rum
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SPECIAL ABILITIES
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River rat +1 to hit with daggers; + 1 to swim skill; Sea legs: + 2 to acrobatics checks when on board ship and perception checks in bad weather (??)

2d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 2) + 6 = 14
2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 6) + 6 = 14
2d6 + 6 ⇒ (1, 6) + 6 = 13
2d6 + 6 ⇒ (5, 1) + 6 = 12
2d6 + 6 ⇒ (3, 4) + 6 = 13
2d6 + 6 ⇒ (4, 3) + 6 = 13

2d6 + 6 ⇒ (1, 4) + 6 = 11
2d6 + 6 ⇒ (4, 2) + 6 = 12
2d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 3) + 6 = 15
2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 1) + 6 = 9
2d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 4) + 6 = 16
2d6 + 6 ⇒ (5, 2) + 6 = 13

2d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 1) + 6 = 13
2d6 + 6 ⇒ (3, 5) + 6 = 14
2d6 + 6 ⇒ (5, 4) + 6 = 15
2d6 + 6 ⇒ (5, 5) + 6 = 16
2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 2) + 6 = 10
2d6 + 6 ⇒ (1, 2) + 6 = 9

How are the third lot? I'm doing this on a rather poor mobile connection, which is why I appear to be a couple of posts behind...

Limey, try rerolling, to maybe bump you up a bit. However, I think Dolgrim just really kicked butt on his rolls. When he gets on, let's see if he'll mind lowering a couple of them. I like high stats on characters, but those really are very high. (And, Feral, not playing ruins *my* fun. I think you had an interesting character going, and I like the falconer class.)

Limey, can you please create an alias for your character. (To do so, go under My Account, and you should see an area on the left saying message board aliases, with an option to create a new alias.)

Also, if you need the "books," you can also get them at http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/. I find that INCREDIBLY useful, especially when I'm doing PBP, as I have everything at the click of a mouse.

I'm fine with using cutlasses like that -- basically the same mechanically as short swords, except slashing instead of piercing.

Looks like Pathfinder's version of Sea Legs is You gain a +2 bonus on Acrobatics, Climb, and Swim checks. I guess that's only meant to be when you're on board a ship, though it doesn't say that in the benefits part of the feat (just in the description). OK, starting to look over the profiles shortly.

Why don't you use that last lot but bump the 9 up to an 11.

And Patrik, you're welcome to drop Silvio's wisdom.

"**RAWR**"

I summon myself from the aether into this thread.

Fear my coming!

* * *

Apologies for my tardiness...for some reason I didn't see this thread had started.

I'll get this profile up and updated tonight.

I believe I'll be re-using the Kyson Tirc alias instead of Briar.

I'm looking forward to this.

Thanks for the help - amended stats below:

Sekathral Silvereye
Male Elven rogue (pirate) 1
CN Medium Humanoid (Elf)
Init +4; Senses Perception + 6
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DEFENSE
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AC 16, touch 14, flat-footed 12. . (+2 armor, +4 Dex)
hp 8 (1d8)
Fort +0, Ref +6, Will +2
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OFFENSE
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Spd 30 ft.
Melee cutlass -2 (1d6/19-20/x2) and cutlass -2 (1d6/19-20/x2)
Ranged dagger +4 (1d4/19-20/x2)
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STATISTICS
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Str 11, Dex 18, Con 11, Int 15, Wis 14, Cha 10
Base Atk +0; CMB +0; CMD 14
Feats Sea legs (bonus), two weapon fighting
Traits River rat
Skills Acrobatics +8, Bluff +4, Climb +4, Disable device +8, Knowledge (geography) + 6, Linguistics +6, Perception +6, Profession (Sailor) +6, Stealth +8, Swim +5
Languages Common, Elven, Polyglot, Aquan, Osiriani
Combat Gear Leather armour, 2 x cutlasses, thief’s tools, 6 x daggers, pipe, pouch of flayleaf, bottle o’rum
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SPECIAL ABILITIES
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River rat +1 to hit with daggers; + 1 to swim skill; Sea legs: + 2 to acrobatics and climb checks when on board ship and + 2 to swim checks

Sekathral Silvereye

Male Elven rogue (pirate) 1
CN Medium Humanoid (Elf)
Init +4; Senses Perception + 6

Spd 30 ft.
Melee cutlass -2 (1d6/19-20/x2) and cutlass -2 (1d6/19-20/x2)
Ranged dagger +4 (1d4/19-20/x2)

Feats Sea legs (bonus), two weapon fighting

Ah, the classic 2 weapon rogue conundrum: 2 weapon fighting or weapon finesse first?

Would you be happier and more effective with one strike at +5 rather than 2 at -2 to hit? Tough call.

But luckily you can get the other feat at lvl 2...it's just takes forever to get there in an AP.

Ahh - thought I had to have a +1 attack bonus to get weapon finesse (working off 3.5 rules), but it looks like I don't, so yeah, it would be a better option (although I like the idea of an elven rogue with two cutlasses... style vs. substance). I'll go with weapon finesse, I think.

Here's Finnwappet "Finn" Luggnagg, ready to go!

Finn looks good to me.

Sekathral, if you can put your character sheet into your profile, I'd appreciate it. Just click on the profile name, and you should see an edit button. You can just copy and paste it in there.

Looks like you need to update the combat stats if you did decide to go weapon finesse before two-weapon fighting.

Would you mind doing your skills like in Finn's profile? Makes it a lot easier for me to reference quickly if I need to make a roll for you (I tend to roll a lot for players just to speed things along). Also, if you can put the special abilities all on a separate line, that's helpful.

Looks like you may not have your elven bonuses incorporated (I can't quite tell). I'm thinking if you put one rank in perception, it should be +8 (1 rank, +3 class skill, +2 Wis, +2 for being an elf. I think you're also missing your favored class bonus -- you should have +1 HP or +1 skill rank

Up to you on this, but you may want to also consider this, since it doesn't look like you're planning on using elven magic, though rogues can get some magical abilities. It's completely up to you but I wasn't sure if you were aware of this from the Advanced Players Guide:
Spirit of the Waters: Some elves have adapted to life in tune with the sea or along the reedy depths of wild rivers and lakes. They gain a +4 racial bonus on Swim checks, can always take 10 while swimming, and may choose Aquan as a bonus language. They are proficient with longspear, trident, and net. This racial trait replaces elven magic and weapon familiarity racial traits.

Holding off on Silvio until you decide what exactly you want to be (and if Feral does decide he's not interested, going fighter's probably the better choice than magus, though Dorgan will also be able to provide some martial prowess...)

Bonus traits:
Finn -- Inspired by Greatness: Whether you knew Verik and Larissa Vanderboren well or only in passing, as colleagues or competitors, their careers and lifetime of discovery inspired you to be better at what you do. As you honed your craft, you all corresponded, and they were delighted to hear that they had directly or indirectly motivated you to strive for your full potential. Saddened by the news of their death, you feel that you should honor their memory by ever striving to attain greater heights and someday match the inf luence and impact of your idol. Choose one spell you can cast. From now on, you always cast this spell at +1 caster level. (Obviously your spell can be one of your extracts...)

Sekathal -- Making Good on Promises: At some point in the past, Verik and Larissa Vanderboren did you a favor under the condition that he would someday call on you to repay it. After they came to your aid, however, you never saw nor heard from them again, leaving you with a sense of unending anticipation that each day might be the day you were asked to return the favor. Yet that day never came, and your fears and anxiety about what the adventurers would call on you to do continued to grow, until you heard of their death, leaving you with a strange need to finally repay them. Years of living with the fear and uncertainty of the unclaimed debt have inured you to extreme anxiety. You gain a +2 trait bonus on saves against fear effects.

I'd love to stick with it if you're okay with leveling us out.

Edit:

What trait would Zsetian be getting?

Mobile until Friday or Saturday so rp will be rough but I'll follow the tread and might pop in with simple post. Dragon rolled awesome but the game is more important. Whatever make good is needed on my part to keep all interested is perfectly ok.

Thanks Dargon for being understanding. I hate being 'that guy' but the disparity would eat away at me no matter how hard I tried.

For reference this is the stat points we're looking at:

Sekethal - 26 pts
Silvio - 26 pts
Finn - 30 pts
Briar/Kyson - 38 pts
Zsetian - 34 pts
Dargon - 52 pts

He has literally double the stats. LOL.

Profile made!

Dargon, do you mind going with 38? Definitely not quite as good, but should still be a character to be able to brag about. I appreciate you using the lower stats.

Feral, I do want to tweak your background slightly. I fudged it a bit for simplicity's sake for the recruitment, but Larissa was actually the more adventurous of the pair, eventually marrying Verik, who joined her on some explorations. (They were more explorers than your classic PC-style adventurers.)

I think your background still works, but your adventures were solely with Larissa, whom you fell in love with. When she decided to marry Verik instead, you left, feeling bitter.

Also, Larissa has a couple adult children, so I figure she was at least 43 or so, and probably closer to 50 when she died, since she was an adventurer beforehand. Not sure if you want to be that old, and if you want to deal with the aging effects, if so. Perhaps you found a fountain of youth that reduced your age? (It could even have been cursed, wiping out your experiences, which would explain why you're first level. I know I hate when I envision a more experienced character but I'm still starting out at level 1.) You could also just have been younger than her when you were together, but unless you were more in schoolboy-crush mode, you'd still be middle-aged for a human (you could also be a half-elf, which would solve the aging issue if that is something you're concerned about.

I'm thinking for a trait something like "For Family Honor," indicating your persistence to protect the Vanderboren family. I'm thinking it gives you +1 to saves when you're trying to protect the Vanderborens. Something like that work for you?

Let me know your thoughts. I'm happy to tweak whatever we need to get something you're happy with background-wise.

Also, I noticed your name's changed a bit. Are you Zsetian or Zstelian? And I'm assuming pronunciation-wise, the Z is silent?

Yeah, I mentioned him being middle-aged because I figured they were older. I'm okay with being on the upper end of middle aged and just assuming that my current stats has taken the adjustments into effect. I like the idea of breaking the mold of all adventuring non-wizards being young bucks.

The adjustment to the background is cool. He still blamed Verik for stealing his woman (even if it was her that had pursued him) - perhaps the wisdom of years has forced him to figure out that he was wrong. He's low level because after being spurned by Larissa he laid pretty low and led a fairly adventure-free life in the interim time. Also, he's a bit rusty. As he levels he'll remember tricks from his younger years and get some spring back in his step.

The trait sounds cool. I trust the Vanderboreans are going to be featured fairly heavily throughout the AP?

Yeah, I mistyped the name at one point and kept with it in the name of consistency. I prefer Zstelian. You're correct, the Z is silent - pronounced Stelian.

Works for me. Yes, the Vanderborens are featured very prominently throughout the Adventure Path -- unless you all mess up really badly : ). They're a little less important toward the end, but I may tweak that part since it starts getting into areas I don't think are quite as interesting as the first two-thirds of the Path. (Even if not, you'll have gotten as much value out of it as traits that give you extra starting gold, for example, so I think it'll be nicely balanced.)

I'm fine with you being older -- that was definitely part of the reason I picked you (don't know why I didn't think to just assume the age is already factored into the stats -- and also prefer Zstelian as your name.

Will look over the sheet in a bit.

Motte-

Finally at home and working on more details of my yahoo. Do you have anything changes or restrictions/suggestions for crafting feats? I have tentatively taken Scribe Scroll, but wanted confirmation that it might be useful in this campaign.

Do you have any home rules for crafting?

I'm fairly inexperienced at crafting -- as in we've never actually done it in a campaign I've played in since we switched to Pathfinder (and didn't do it much in the 3.x we played either). I know there is plenty of crafting time available (the Path spans a year or two, with plenty of downtime available).

I know in the KM campaign I'm running, we cut the time it takes to craft something (this was nonmagical, though) since it would have been two months holed up working, but other than that, my inclination is to pretty much follow the rules. Certainly don't see a problem with scribe scroll. (I'm probably less inclined to cut the time allowed for crafting magic items, since I don't want you running around with 100 scrolls, but I'm fairly easy going other than that.)

PFRPG drastically reduced the time needed to craft magic items and really streamlined the whole process, including a crafting-on-go mechanics.

Ironically, they didn't reduce the time it takes for mundane crafting. So while it's possible to enchant a 9000k +3 Fullplate in like 3 days. It takes 90 days to make the actual fullplate. =/

A'ight, I'll keep the scribe scroll feat, but might poke you about it later on.

My build is up, still tweaking and fiddle-faddling, and need to complete the some portions of my alias, but the main parts are done. I'll be fixing it up tonight.

Also need my trait.

Dammit. Had half of this written up and then accidentally closed it when I meant to switch tabs. Grrr.

From memory, then:
Zstelian -- Your sheet looked fine. If you could just put the heads (skills, feats, traits, gear, etc.) in bold, that makes it a touch more readable for me. I'd appreciate it.

I assume you're going with a switch-hitter? Just curious, are you planning to use javelins as your primary ranged weapon? I don't think I've ever seen anyone do that, but as with your advancing age, I like the change from the usual.

Also, looks like you've got 71 gold left that you don't have marked down on your sheet.

OK, I think that was everything. Mental note to copy and paste now before switching tabs.

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Kyson -- Love the diary. You did make it to Eleder safely.

I'm a little lost on your skills. Looks like you used the favored class bonus there (I'm thrilled so many people are using their favored class bonuses in skills; I honestly thought I was the only one who did that) and thus have ranks in appraise, heal, know (religion), profession (scribe) and sense motive. I'm not sure how you got a +4 in craft (calligraphy).

Also, please don't try to swim or climb anything. : )

Am looking for a good trait. Probably won't be a "campaign" trait but something based more of your monastery life.

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OK, waiting for a final confirmation on Silvio's class. (And if you don't want to do magus, Patrik, that's fine. Was just throwing it out there.)

Also, Dargon will have to be redone with the lower stats. Plus, how'd your wife do? Congrats on the baby. Boy or girl?

Sure thing. I copy/pasted that stat block from my application post. I'll get a fresh HeroLab export in there when I get home.

I went with javelins for now because composite bows are too expensive for a level 1 character =P. Alternatively, there's a pretty cool sling feat in UC if I remember correctly and I may end up using that as my ranged option. When was the last time you saw a slinger that wasn't a gnome or a halfling! Slings feel like a very appropriate gypsy/Varisian weapon.

I was planning on switch-hitting but I may end up focusing on one style more than the other depending on what the rest of the party does.

Oh yeah, I can't play a PC without skillz...drives me bonkers. I have to be able to do some stuff or I go nuts. Or start randomly multiclassing (like starting as a paladin and double dipping into rogue).

Anyhoot, Kyson should get 6 skill points per lvl: 2 cleric, 2 int, 1 human, and 1 for fav class.

6 Skills are: Appraise, Craft (Calligraphy), Heal, Know (Rel) Prof (Scribe), & Sense Motive.

Sadly, Kyson doesn't have access to the usual fancy fine calligraphy kit like he did in the monastery so he is much less adept at calligraphy before he gets the proper tools for the job.

I believe the scoring for that looks like this:
+2 Int
+1 Skill point
+3 Class Skill
-2 No tools
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+4

I kinda figure that Kyson is currently trying to use an inkpen for calligraphy and he can't quite do it right until he buys his own calligraphy kit.

Got it. Forgot about the human skill point bonus.

In which case, Zstelian, do you have all your skills? I think you may be one point short. (Or I'm just really bad at breaking down people's characters...)

I'll check it out when I get home but I believe I've got all my skills.

I chose the favored class option where I give the bonus HP to my animal companion.

I chose the favored class option where I give the bonus HP to my animal companion.

Ah, that'd explain it then. I didn't realize that, so thought you had put it into skills (while forgetting to account for your extra skill point for being human). You should be fine.

Dammit. Had half of this written up and then accidentally closed it when I meant to switch tabs. Grrr.

From memory, then:
Zstelian -- Your sheet looked fine. If you could just put the heads (skills, feats, traits, gear, etc.) in bold, that makes it a touch more readable for me. I'd appreciate it.

I assume you're going with a switch-hitter? Just curious, are you planning to use javelins as your primary ranged weapon? I don't think I've ever seen anyone do that, but as with your advancing age, I like the change from the usual.

Also, looks like you've got 71 gold left that you don't have marked down on your sheet.

OK, I think that was everything. Mental note to copy and paste now before switching tabs.

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Kyson -- Love the diary. You did make it to Eleder safely.

I'm a little lost on your skills. Looks like you used the favored class bonus there (I'm thrilled so many people are using their favored class bonuses in skills; I honestly thought I was the only one who did that) and thus have ranks in appraise, heal, know (religion), profession (scribe) and sense motive. I'm not sure how you got a +4 in craft (calligraphy).

Also, please don't try to swim or climb anything. : )

Am looking for a good trait. Probably won't be a "campaign" trait but something based more of your monastery life.

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OK, waiting for a final confirmation on Silvio's class. (And if you don't want to do magus, Patrik, that's fine. Was just throwing it out there.)

Also, Dargon will have to be redone with the lower stats. Plus, how'd your wife do? Congrats on the baby. Boy or girl?

Wife and baby boy are healthy and doing great!

New stats. (call me out if they dont add up, doing from memory)

Str 18 (17 pts)
Dex 14 (5 pts)
Con 15 (7 pts) -> 17
Int 12 (2 pts)
Wis 15 (7 pts) -> 17
Cha 10 (0 pts) -> 8

Same build options likely with perception, sense motive, climb, swim, profession (merchant) as chosen skills. I'll do a complete rebuild Friday. This is just to give everyone an idea.

Made some small changes. Added the trapper archetype, swapped my INT and CHA, and fixed a few errors.

I've made an attempt to format my profile like Finn's, with partial success at best... I'll add in background details (etc) a bit later on, as I'm supposed to be working at the mo. Sorry to be a pain, but how do you get the show/hide button to show up as per other people's posts? Copying the coding from the page source doesn't appear to work; searching the site hasn't got me anywhere, either...

OK, will take a look, Zstelian.

Sekathral, you type [ spoiler=xxx] blah blah blah [ /spoiler] without the spaces right after the brackets. You should see, when you go to post, a how to format your text button at the bottom of the screen. That's got all the various commands you can use. (italics, bold, etc.).

Taking a look, what I really want (more than spoilers, though you're free to use those if you want) is for the headers of sections (i.e. the word skills before your list of skills) to be bold. Zstelian's is a good example there. Sorry if I was confusing.

Thinking about a trait for Kyson, would something like this work? I'm not sure if it might be TOO powerful (in which case I'd probably just nerf it a bit; I like the idea behind it). Feedback's welcome...

Skilled scribe: You've spent much of your life scribing and have a knack for it. Any scroll you create functions at +1 caster level.

(If that's too powerful, perhaps something like +1 to any rolls you make based on a scroll you scribed, or +1 DC for saves on them...)

Thinking about a trait for Kyson, would something like this work? I'm not sure if it might be TOO powerful (in which case I'd probably just nerf it a bit; I like the idea behind it). Feedback's welcome...

Skilled scribe: You've spent much of your life scribing and have a knack for it. Any scroll you create functions at +1 caster level.

(If that's too powerful, perhaps something like +1 to any rolls you make based on a scroll you scribed, or +1 DC for saves on them...)

In my opinion it's ok if he can't exceed his caster level. That means the real benefit won't kick in until level 2, and it will act more like a discount to caster level cost.

Thinking about a trait for Kyson, would something like this work? I'm not sure if it might be TOO powerful (in which case I'd probably just nerf it a bit; I like the idea behind it). Feedback's welcome...

Skilled scribe: You've spent much of your life scribing and have a knack for it. Any scroll you create functions at +1 caster level.

(If that's too powerful, perhaps something like +1 to any rolls you make based on a scroll you scribed, or +1 DC for saves on them...)

Ah. That'd be fine, Motte. No, I don't think it's too powerful. Traits are supposed to be about half a feat. And, in this case, that seems about right: Cypher Magic.

It's a twist on half of that feat, but with Dargon's additional rider about level cap, seems about right.

I've chosen Reduce Person to get the bonus for my Inspired by Greatness.

I've looked through the magus and it could be a fun class but doesn't really fit with what i had in mind for Silvio. I'm going to stay with the free hand fighter. Just need to buy some starting gear then he's set.

@Mott: Can you add all the player to the campain page? It will make it easier to keep up with the thread.

Wife and baby boy are healthy and doing great!

Congratulations!

I've looked through the magus and it could be a fun class but doesn't really fit with what i had in mind for Silvio.

"Of course not!" Silvio interjects. "Just read the class description!" the exiled nobleman continues and stats to cite from memory.

"You hear that. Books! Books are not for Silvio. The sword is for Silvio! Leave the books for those with no heart for adventure and Silvio will take their share of swords, wine and women!", he proclaims with a smile.

Kyson, sounds good to me.

Finn, Sekethal -- if you want to me come up with more original traits, let me know. I think those ones are perfectly good (I copied them from Carrion Crown), but they seem a little less exciting than the more personalized ones for Zstelian and Kyson.

Patrik, I think you get added by just posting in the game thread, no? I'm not aware of a way to manually do it. (Speaking of which, does anyone know how to make a supposedly current campaign into a previous campaign? I've got a couple there that I'm no longer involved in...)

You're all welcome to begin posting, by the way, if you want. Let me know if you want to do anything before the dinner (which can include any knowledge checks you may want to make about the Vanderborens or anyone other NPCs from the recruitment threads). I figure we can start that before the PCs are fully vetted, since it's role-play, not roll-play. Dargon, if you get to post, great. If not, we'll pretend you're there and join in when you're ready.

(I'm on vacation this week, so have been posting a lot. However, I'm heading down to DC for Friday-Monday. I assume I'll still get a chance to post somewhat, because my friends go to bed hours earlier than I do, but am not sure exactly how much time I'll get online.)

Patrik, I think you get added by just posting in the game thread, no? I'm not aware of a way to manually do it. (Speaking of which, does anyone know how to make a supposedly current campaign into a previous campaign? I've got a couple there that I'm no longer involved in...)

You're all welcome to begin posting, by the way, if you want. Let me know if you want to do anything before the dinner (which can include any knowledge checks you may want to make about the Vanderborens or anyone other NPCs from the recruitment threads). I figure we can start that before the PCs are fully vetted, since it's role-play, not roll-play. Dargon, if you get to post, great. If not, we'll pretend you're there and join in when you're ready.

I didn't even notice that there was a game thread created :) Yep, it got added to my campaign list as i posted in the game thread. Good stuff!

Edit: Not until now i noticed the roleplay part of your last post in the recruitment thread. This is not my day it seems :)

Edit pt 2: Silvio's sheet should be complete now, except for a trait of your choice.

Regarding your other question: I posted somewhat the same question here.

Silvio's sheet looks fine, other than you're missing the closing italics tag on the name of the ship you stowed away on.

For Silvio's trait, how about Confidence: Your complete sense of confidence makes your "exaggerations" more convincing. +1 trait bonus to bluff rolls, plus bluff is a class skill for you.

OK, just Dargon left to check. Let me know when you're ready.

Sekathral, consensus seems to be that the bonuses conveyed by the Sea Legs feat apply all the time, not just when on a ship, so I'd just add them to your overall skill scores.

Silvio's sheet looks fine, other than you're missing the closing italics tag on the name of the ship you stowed away on.

Fixed.

For Silvio's trait, how about Confidence: Your complete sense of confidence makes your "exaggerations" more convincing. +1 trait bonus to bluff rolls, plus bluff is a class skill for you.

Love it! (since i use herolabs i took the "Fast talker" trait, which is identical)

Dargon is ready for review. I should be able to start rp sometime tomorrow.