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Ambitious and long term undertaking.
I will be running a full Skull and Shackles campaign. PFS credit will be given for the sanctioned content sections, as for pre-gen characters. I'll also be weaving in Dragon's Demand.
Characters will be built using PFS rules (20 point build, etc.). However.. all Paizo content is fair play (my access to 3rd party content is very limited, so I'm going to keep it to Paizo stuff). Faction traits (or other Pathfinder-specific content) will require a strong justification. Playtest material (advanced class guide...) is also acceptable. Advancement will use PFS-style XP awards, and 'disrepute'/'infamy' (not prestige/fame) - which will be used as GM guidance on access to magic items and vanity.
In selecting submissions, I will be looking at PFS content as a guideline for abusive material. I will not be selecting a crew full of goblins.
Expected posting rate will be roughly one post per day. Communication about lags or breaks is encouraged and expected (real life happens to all of us). Communication is important - that's what the discussion thread is for.
So - I'm looking for six scurvy dogs with some reason to be in Port Peril. I'll be accepting submissions through 1/11. Questions/clarifications/setup for several days, then setting sail 1/14.
So down your cup of grog, hoist the sails, and set a steady course for the Shackles, where plunder and infamy galore await those who can seize it!
My submission is an Oracle of the Waves. All relevant information should be under the spoiler. If accepted into the game, I'll create an alias for it.
Yuki is descended from a long line of Tian-min Naval greatness, but a series of military setbacks and scandals left the family disgraced and scattered. Her grandfather eventually settled in the Shackles in the Ushinawa Isles and turned piracy into the new family business.
After a number of relatives had perished by various ignoble watery fates, a superstition began to spread in the family that their ancestors were cursing those who became pirates for dishonoring the family name. Thus, Yuki's family sought to keep her out of the life, but the girl grew up to be headstrong, gregarious, and adventurous, so eventually her parents broke down and allowed her to join the same crew as her father. The elder Okano sought to teach Yuki everything he knew about piracy, taking extra time to teach her how to use various pirate armaments properly so she could defend herself.
After a few months, Yuki's time with her father came to an end one night when a sudden storm hit their ship. A series of lightning bolts sheared the mainmast, causing it to plunge into the hull and sink the ship. Yuki's father did his best to save the girl, but the storm was too strong and both father and daughter drowned. As her lungs filled with seawater, she asked the oceans for another chance to live.
When she awoke the next day on a nearby island, Yuki had mixed feelings about having her prayer answered. Sure, she was still alive, but her father was gone and she had become both physically and spiritually altered by the experience. Her eye color had turned to ice blue and she now felt a divine connection with the sea as if she had absorbed some of its essence. This affinity gave her access to strange new powers, but now she was haunted by the spirits of her ancestors, who were angry that she had somehow evaded their deadly curse and her rightful watery grave.
Eventually discovered and picked up by a friendly pirate crew looking for her father's ship, Yuki discovered that she was the only survivor. Picking up the pieces of her life and coming to grips with the Mystery of the Waves that has been thrust upon her, she heads to Port Peril to find a new start.
Description
Age: 18
Height: 5'3”
Weight: 90 lb
An attractive young woman of Tian-Min ancestry. Her jet-black hair is kept in a bouncy ponytail under her worn tricorne hat, but her most striking feature are her ice blue eyes. Her slender figure is clad in a form fitting pirate outfit when not wearing her armor. Friendly and adventurous, she smiles easily, especially when getting into trouble.
Game Statistics
Name: Yuki Okano
Race: Human (Tian-Min)
Classes/Levels: Oracle (Waves) 1
Alignment: Chaotic Good
(Ability Scores generated using 20-point buy)
Strength 12
Dexterity 14
Constitution 12
Intelligence 10
Wisdom 11
Charisma 18
XP: 0
Initiative: +2 [+2 Dex]
Senses: Perception +0;
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 15 (10 + 2 Dex + 3 armor)
Touch: 12 (10 + 2 Dex)
Flat-footed: 13 (10 + 3 armor)
Hit Points: 9 [1x(d8+Con)]
Current hp: 9
Fort: +1 Ref: +2 Will: +2
Combat:
Base Atk: +0; CMB: +1; CMD: 13
Melee
Rapier +2 to Hit; Dmg 1d6+1 (P); crit 18-20/x2
or
Dagger: +2 to Hit; Dmg 1d4+1 (P or S); crit 20/x2;
or
Quarterstaff: +2 to Hit; Dmg 1d6+1 (B); crit 20/x2;
Ranged
Light Crossbow: +2 to Hit; Dmg 1d8 (P); crit 19-20/x2; range 80 ft
or
Dagger: +2 to Hit; Dmg 1d4 (P); crit 20/x2; range 10 ft
Armor
Studded Leather: +3 AC, Light Armor, -1 Armor Check Penalty
Skills
Skill Ranks Per Oracle Level: 4 + 0 Int modifier + 1 Human bonus + 1 Favored Class
• Acrobatics +5 (1 rank + 3 class + 2 Dex - 1 ACP)
• Appraise +0 (0 ranks + 0 Int)
• Bluff +4 (0 ranks + 4 Cha)
• Climb +1 (1 rank + 1 Str - 1 ACP)
• Craft +0 (0 ranks + 0 Int)
• Diplomacy +8 (1 rank + 3 class + 4 Cha)
• Disguise +4 (0 ranks + 4 Cha)
• Escape Artist +1 (0 ranks + 2 Dex - 1 ACP)
• Heal +0 (0 ranks + 0 Wis)
• Intimidate +4 (0 ranks + 4 Cha)
• Knowledge (Nature) +4 (1 rank + 3 class + 0 Int)
• Perception +0 (0 ranks + 0 Wis)
• Perform +4 (0 ranks + 4 Cha)
• Profession (Sailor) +4 (1 rank + 3 class + 0 Wis)
• Ride +1 (0 ranks + 2 Dex - 1 ACP)
• Sense Motive +0 (0 ranks + 0 Wis)
• Stealth +1 (0 ranks + 2 Dex - 1 ACP)
• Survival +0 (0 ranks + 0 Wis)
• Swim +5 (1 rank + 3 class + 1 Str + 1 trait bonus - 1 ACP)
Languages: Common
Feats
Martial Weapon Proficiency (Rapier): Yuki is proficient with a rapier. (1st level Feat)
Weapon Finesse: Use Dex instead of Str on attack rolls with light weapons, elven curve blade, rapier, whip, or spiked chain. (Human Bonus Feat)
Traits
Touched by the Sea: After becoming an Oracle of the Waves, Yuki felt the call of the sea and her blood surges with the ebb and flow of the tides. She is comfortable in the sea as she is on land. Benefit: You gain a +1 trait bonus on Swim checks and Swim is a class skill for you. In addition, penalties on attack rolls made underwater are lessened by 1. [Skull & Shackles Player's Guide Trait]
Charming: Yuki is blessed with good looks and uses that to her social advantage. Benefit: You gain a +1 trait bonus when you use Bluff or Diplomacy on a character that is (or could be) sexually attracted to you, and a +1 trait bonus to the save DC of any language-dependent spell you cast on such characters or creatures. [Basic (Social) Trait]
Oracle Abilities
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Oracles are proficient with all simple weapons, light armor, medium armor, and shields (except tower shields).
Spells
0-Level Spells Known:
Create Water
Guidance
Mending
Purify Food and Drink
Bonus Curse Spells:
Mage Hand
Ghost Sound (DC 13)
1-Level Spells Known (3/Day):
Bless
Doom (DC 14)
Cure Light Wounds
Revelations
Wintry Touch (Su): As a standard action, you can perform a melee touch attack that deals 1d6 points of cold damage + 1 point for every two oracle levels you possess. You can use the wintry touch ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier.
Curse
Haunted: Malevolent spirits follow you wherever you go, causing minor mishaps and strange occurrences (such as unexpected breezes, small objects moving on their own, and faint noises). Retrieving any stored item from your gear requires a standard action, unless it would normally take longer. Any item you drop lands 10 feet away from you in a random direction. Add mage hand and ghost sound to your list of spells known.
Equipment
Starting Wealth = 150 gp
Weapons
Rapier 20 gp [2 lbs]
Dagger 2 gp [1 lbs]
Quarterstaff [4 lbs]
Light Crossbow 35 gp [4 lbs]
10 Bolts 1 gp [1 lb]
Armor
Studded Leather 25 gp [20 lbs]
Gear
Sack 1 sp [1/2 lb]
Compass 10 gp [1/2 lb]
150 gp – 93.1 gp = 56.9 gp left
Total Weight carried: 33 lbs (Light)
Carrying Capacities: 43 lbs / 44–86 lbs / 87–130 lbs
Hey I would add for consideration Chilly, a brawler (the fighter archetype, not the playtest class). He's a knife fighter. I'll put his details up a bit later.
btw do you mean to have two recruitment threads?
(Spoiler) human fighter 1, male
Brawler archetype
Str 14 dex 18 con 12 int 12 wis 8 cha 12
Hp12 ac 19 CMB+3 CMD18 INIT+4
Feats two wpn fighting, dodge,
Equipment
Two cold iron punch daggers
Chain shirt
Adventurers kit (/spoiler)
Hmm spoiler didn't work
I would like to submit a gnomish bard(sea singer) for consideration. Fluff and crunch are in the profile.
Human Bekyar Mwangi Summoner for consideration. All details in profile.
Question: Will the credit be applied to characters of our choosing? Or to the characters being played?
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@Japheeth - credit & chronicle applied as though running a pre-gen (apply to any character once they reach the level of the chronicle).
@Chillblane - intentionally 2 recruitment threads - 2 tables to be run in parallel under slightly different conditions.
@Nightdeath - yes to all character construction questions. races are open - surprise me :) Keep in mind I'm looking for long-term campaign characters, with story and interaction. Also be aware S&S is full of a lot of... not-open-minded characters. Playing through some of the vol. 1 with my kobold magus was very cool - i really liked the character - but he drew a lot of flak, just by dint of being a real oddity.
@Daway - starting level 1. Campaign narrative is S&S, but the first sanctioned content area will be the portion of Dragon's Demand that's level 1-3. Then the S&S sanctioned content at 2-4. Then DD at 3-5... And this is NOT the full-on PFS-legal characters recruitment. These characters will receive XPs for non-sanctioned content as well.
wrong brackets.
use these [] instead
Thanks for the info.
I'm was using a tablet that doesn't use them so I tried it wth () . Oh well I know better now.
Interested, but not sure what I'd make yet. I'm leaning toward a drow something-or-other at the moment.
I don't play PFS, so I'm not sure what PFS Credit is, but it seems to be less restricted than PFS Legal? So in which case, Kiana might work. If that's allowed. I'd created her for a pirate campaign that sputtered out in 2 weeks when the GM vanished on us.
She's been tweaked a couple of times for other submissions (never made it though). :( I can tweak her back to a pirate relatively easy if she's acceptable otherwise.
EDIT: And tweaked back to first level with pirate background.
Decided to go with sorcerer. Will work out crunch later.
Submitting this fellow to the list. I will figure what 2 traits to use soon, Do we have to choose one from the skull's & Shackle campaign guide?
Good Question.
Any changes on Kiana needed, or is she good for submission as is now?
Still gotta buy equipment and cook up a backstory.
All done :)
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I Did have a slight question with the gm on my build
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@Percivel - the short answer is... nope.
If you do not have the Improved Disarm feat, or a similar ability, attempting to disarm a foe provokes an attack of opportunity from the target of your maneuver. Attempting to disarm a foe while unarmed imposes a –4 penalty on the attack.
Improved unarmed strike negates the -4 penalty (you count as armed), but not the AoO - you need improved disarm for that.
Been interested in starting a PFS character for a while, dotting for interest. I'll have something up soon :). I'm in love with pirates, so this could be a good start if I get picked.
This is krash4031 with my submission, as it is so far. Will finish later, but right now I have a Christmas party to go to
Dotting for interest as well. I will have a character for this soon.
I'm actually finishing up holiday stuff, so I will have the time. Nice lull between prepping for the holiday and the holiday hitting ^^
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Ok so now I have 2 concepts, Faratim and Khafir, and I am not picky about which one I play cause I like them both.
Faratim is a halfling from the Mwangi expanse who is now an alchemist that will focus on bombs and poison (hence the blowgun) I picture him as sort of a voodoo alchemist.
Khafir is a pirate from Okeno, Qadira. He is a former slaver and bosun, who decided he would rather hunt for gold than for people. Quicker profit, see? He has the peg leg campaign trait, because personally I think it is kind of awesome. He also will be focused on whips, because I see that fitting the character.
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Hey this is my submission.
As for story background as to why he would be in the port.
Hoggard taught a man in the way of martial arts, only to find out later that he had given a man a means of cruel revenge on an innocent lady. The man beat the woman to death.
Hoggard feeling dreadfully guilty about the incident fled the city on the next boat.
Arriving at Port Peril early in the morning, Hoggard looks forward to moving on and putting the past in the past with a fresh start.
okay, so i reconsidered my character submission (as well as which campaign i wanted to be a part of). i'm not certain i'd want to confine the search for gil's sister to an adventure in piracy. part of it perhaps, but not the entire thing. i am, however, interested in trying out a swashbuckler, and PFS is too restrictive about how much you can change your build once the final version of the class is released. depending on how flexible you'd be about that, i would like to submit my swashbuckler concept Tirmariah Hermosa Cervera. her father was a navy admiral who died in an unfortunate incident i can/will describe in more detail later. the result being that he died saving the lives of his daughter and a pirate captain who swore to take care of the child as if she were his own. the relationship between her fathers (as it were) was one of respectful rivalry as she understands it, and Tiah does not feel she offends the late admiral with her ambitious pursuit of piracy. crunch to come, and i'll make an actual alias w/profile if selected.
Human (Varisian) Swashbuckler 1
CG Medium human
Init +4; Senses Perception +2
DEFENSE
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AC 17, touch 15, flat-footed 12 (+2 armor, +4 Dex, +1 dodge)
hp 13 (1d10+3)
Fort +2, Ref +6, Will -1
OFFENSE
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee cutlass +5 (1d6/18-20)
Ranged dagger +5 (1d6/19-20)
STATISTICS
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Str 11, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 13, Wis 7, Cha 14
Base Atk +1; CMB +1; CMD 16
Traits Threatening Defender, Auspicious Tattoo
Feats Dodge, Slashing Grace (Cutlass)
Skills Acrobatics +8, Bluff +6, Climb +4, Diplomacy +6, Perception +2, Swim +4
Languages Common, Varisian
SQ panache, swashbuckler finesse
Combat Gear ; Other Gear cutlass, dagger, leather armor
Wealth 123 gp
edit: So... mechanically the intended build would work out better with dip of Maneuver Master, but then she'd have to start as a Monk and Lawful. Conceptually, I don't have a problem with the transition from more lawful to more chaotic, but I'm not sure Monk fits in at all.
Faratim grew up in the Mwangi expanse. His parents had been shipwrecked along the shore before he was born, and made a life in the jungle, where they were eventually adopted by one of the jungle tribes. Faratim was fascinated by the shaman's studies of magic and poison, and he wondered if he could learn how to make other alchemical substances.
Armed with the favored weapon of his tribe, the blowgun, he set of to see the world and discover alchemy. He ended up in Port Peril, where he apprenticed himself to a master alchemist. The alchemist knew the secrets of naga poison, and had a strong love for exploring the secrets of the many ancient ruins scattered throughout the Shackles.
Last night, Faratim was back in Port Peril, at a tavern called the Formidably Maid. He was there to meet a man that claimed he had an old map of lost cyclops ruins. While the two were exchanging stories, Faratim ordered a drink. Apparently the drink was a little stronger than he recalled, because everything got foggy after that...
@cuatroespada, would not brawler from the Advanced Class Guide work rather than monk?
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Khafir hails from Okeno. Home of the Flesh Fairs. Capital of slavery. He got a job on one of the infamous yellow-sailed slave galleys, and found that while he loved to whip people (and was good at it), he had no taste for slavery. He found the whole thing rather disturbing, and often wondered what was keeping him from being one of the sellers to becoming one of the sold.
So, he fled Okeno. He traveled as far away as he could think and still be able to keep his profession as a sailor, the Shackles. He quickly found work on a pirate crew and set sail. During the first fight of the voyage, Khafir was knocked overboard in a storm, and while he was waiting to be rescued sharks circled. One them attacked him from below, grabbing his leg. Khafir was able to fight off the shark, but he lost his leg in the struggle, making him a peg leg.
As time went on, Khafir adjusted to his injury and finally found a good use for his love of whips: ship's bosun. On his ship, he was quickly made the ship's bosun, and discipline aboard went up, greatly increasing the crews success.
Last night, the crew was berthed in Port Peril celebrating the success of their last voyage. Khafir tends to get shaky after a few drinks, and that must be why he fell over as soon as he tried to stand up and leave. he doesn't quite remember what happened... but he is pretty sure he was dragged out of the Formidably Maid and onto a strange vessel...
@Faratim it's close, but you can't take more than one class with the same alternates. brawler and swashbuckler both have fighter as alternates. unarmed fighter might work though... oh wait... it's a fighter archetype. this alternate class thing is stupid. it made a little more sense with ninja and samurai, but this is stupid...
eh... i like the idea behind what they're doing. i just think the execution is poor sometimes. hybridization is perfectly fine for inspiration, but at a certain point the concept of "parent classes" started to hurt design. for instance when people were like "oh well if rogue is a base class of investigator, the investigator shouldn't be as good as one." that line of thinking is silly for several reasons, but i think the most important reason is that the investigator is not a rogue. "talents" are hardly unique to the rogue and ninja. nothing stops a vivisectionist from taking rogue levels. even ninja and samurai are more like archetypes, but at least you can reason that they are alternate because this is how a certain culture defaults to completing that role. when you consider how little some of the ACG classes actually rely on base class mechanics, it makes you wonder why te magus isn't restricted from levels of wizard or fighter.
This character is also applying for another skull and shackles so I would have to drop the point buy a bit and gold a bit but otherwise this is him
Ditto.
One seemingly pleasant day on the sea the admiral spotted the ship of a notorious pirate he had been thus far unable to apprehend. They gave pursuit and it seemed as though they would finally catch Captain Roberts. However just as they were closing in the sea turned angry and violent. The waves tossed the massive vessels around like they were merely toys. By the grace of some benevolent gods, the admiral and his daughter washed up on an island somewhere along with Captain Roberts whose wife, a mermaid, managed to save him. Only an assorted handful of members of both their crews managed to survive. The mermaid left promising to return with help and the admiral and Captain Roberts agreed to work together until they could safely escape the island.
I don't want to share what exactly happened on the island because I want to run it for a group soonish.
And, yes, good luck everyone!