Setting: The adventure takes place at the end of the Age of Darkness in Galarion. The Starstone that impacted Galarion nearly 1,000 years ago in -5293 AR, and the current year is -4294. The cloud of fine dust created by Earthfall that caused the Age of Darkness finally begins to lift. The people of Golarion again see the full light of the sun after its absence of nearly a thousand years. This heralds the Age of Anguish as primitive people struggle to build new empires and forget the horrors of the past millennia. Many races are trying to rebuild, grow and gain power once more as the land is coming out of chaos. Currently the Orcs are still roaming the lands and causing chaos among people trying to rebuild. The ground still in the stages of non-fertility and only small portions of the world has become fertile enough for farms to prosper. There is still several places that are under ash from the excessive fall that have befallen the world causing dead trees and muddy swamps.
Character Builds: There will be a 6 party selection with a primary healer and off healer required.
- Level: “1st”
- Stats: “25 point buy”
- Race: “Core, and other Paizo Races” | Exception: no “Svirfneblin, Drow, or Orc” and no 3rd party
- HP: ” ½ HD +1, max at first”
- Traits: “Two” no major drawbacks for extra feat and no standard drawback for extra trait.
- Classes: “No 3rd party, but all Paizo classes accepted except Summoner and Gunslinger”
- Feats: “Extra feat for anti-hero, no hero points”
- Alignment: “This game is going to be a good campaign, no character can be CN, or any Evil.
- Wealth: “All players start with 100g. The world is in a rise to civilization so supplies are limited.”
- Skills: “All players receive 4 additional skill points to their class, as you will need them”
Application: All characters must be fully completed in order to be considered for the campaign.
You must have:
- Character sheet correct and complete
- Background
- Goal for your character or a reason for moving forward such as revenge for parent/spouse, end the Orc chaos, etc. The choice is yours.
- Display your RPing skills: Something short but concise. Example or link to a previous character post.
Starting Location: The group will start out in Avistan, in the Kyonin Elven forest: the City “Walking Man”, one of the fastest growing areas with plenty of food, but outside of Kyonin it’s still a scary place beyond the forest, but be warned the forest is no place for commoners either and many still fear the invading Orcs. Kyonin
Additional information: The campaign is going to be very long, and I can’t assure that you will level up regularly, as time progresses you will level up but only time will tell. Furthermore, I will be posting as often as I can to the campaign which will be about once or twice a week. There will be times that I am capable of posting more than that but that will depend on my schedule. I like details and I will do my best to give the details as clear as possible, though I am not perfect. I encourage role play amongst each other and as long as actions don’t adversely affect play I am fairly relaxed about environmental interactions.
– Example: (Bad) “I run up to the NPC and kill him after beating him down, then I burn down the tavern that everyone was in.”
– Example: (good) “The bartender accepted my tip and gave me a quick pat on the back, while me and jimmy in the back had a spar to test our skills, apparently his skills were as good as mine or better.” More elaborate details are acceptable but I think you understand the difference.
My experience with Galarion is limited so I am expending my knowledge as I go so bare with me. I will make judgment calls as I need to but I try to stick to the rules as close as possible. I have run several games before but majority of them are house based and completely of my own design.
Submissions
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Name - Class - Race
Warrior:
- Dommer Heineous - bloodrager - Skinchanger(wereboar-kin)
- Aerek – geokineticist – kellid (human)
Caster/Arcane:
- Name(unknown) – - Witch – Changling (Pending Submission)
- Seliane – Magus [Eldritch Archer] – Elf (Pending background, Sample Post, Goal)
Healer/Divine:
- Horst Ironbrow – Cleric- Dwarf
- Oalifa – Druid – sylph
Rogue/Skills:
- Madam Zorza – Catfolk – Rogue
I look forward to more completed characters as the submission process continues. If I missed anyone let me know.
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Dot what?
Hmmm that is interesting, I would of never expected that for such a simple task.
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Well roll up something there Critzible and see what happens. Right now the amount of submissions are slim so your chances are very high at the moment. I haven't made any decisions yet but everyone who has submitted are looking good.
when's the due date for final submissions?
Here's the beginning of my archetype for this, a Deep Earth Sorcerer.
i'm here
I am working up the background now.
10/23/15 is final due date
Interested, possibly with a Ranger.
This is Crit, and the preliminary character, just need to adjust some stuff add some stuff take other stuff away and it should be good
@ Shadowrun: So I have three character ideas; a paladin, sorcerer and rogue. Which would you prefer I work on to submit? I'm looking to fill gaps wherever I can, which play style do you feel is lacking? My first thought was to look at the sorcerer, it seems to me like most other roles are pretty much covered. What do you think?
(Crunch is done for this archetype. Here's a snippet of my writing.)
The darkness of night began to retreat as I gazed out at the reddening horizon. The shades of red, orange, and purple fused into a wondrous tableau as the first sign of the Sun peaked over the mountains.
The sight of such brilliant light stung my eyes and I squinted, bleary eyed at the beauty before me. The landscape was ravaged by ash still, but the promise this light brought was clear as sprigs of green, of life, could be seen scattered abroad.
Smiling I don my smoked goggles, the shaded glass permitting me the privilege of still surveiling the dawn's unfolding.
A new age has come for the surface world and I hope to see as much of it as I can.
@batamweight: the choice is truly yours. I am fond of paladins but I expect them to be played correctly following the LG alignment. There going to be six players total so there much room for over lap.
Awesome, truthfully I'm a huge fan of them as well (my first ever character was a paladin, talk about in over my head! ) so I'm a little unfamiliar with the age of darkness, where do we stand with deities, knightly orders and such? I just want to wrap my head around the finer points of the setting before I dive into a background story...
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"'dot'? What is this 'dot'?" thought Madam Zorza as she stared into her crystal ball. "Yes, yes! I am getting something now."
Age of Darkness
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The story takes place in the Age of Darkness a time when the world was corrupt and the governments were nearly non-existent. Through the veil of darkness the Starstone cast over the world of Galarion created much havoc and destroyed majority of civilization. During this time, many creatures, abominations and sorts, dominated the lands. In the mix of this chaos, the Orc Empire took precedence and thrived to nearly unspeakable measures. As rumors would have, Unak Sevenskulls has dominated the lands.
The land of Kyonin was one of the few places that survived the destruction and maintained its boarders to a limited extent with majority of the elves that fled the world only a limited few remained behind. Many races including the humans are struggling to rebuild their lost civilizations. While many races are starting to thrive once again, Humans are among the largest to withstand the chaos and there structures are much to be desired for as they maintain powerful forts and castles throughout the lands, however with the anarchy at hand many castles and forts are stand alone with no current source of government or King outside of their own stronghold. Wars are currently being fought for between the Orcs and many races to establish power.
The time takes place in prehistoric history as armor and weapons are still crafted in the ever waging war against the Orcs is ongoing. Guns have yet to be invented, though magic is still a huge part of the Kyonin success, and reason why plants still grow in this Elven forest. Kyonin is one of the few places that has a uniformed government letting outsiders only because without the help of outsiders at their current estate, they would be unable to maintain there cities.
Cool, so my paladin probably won't have any formal martial academy training? Would it be possible that I hail from one of these independent strongholds? Maybe placed near the border, I'd like to incorporate the conflict with the encroaching orcs into my story. I'm thinking my character could be a scion of a celestial house (I'd like to go Aasimar) who have a short but proud history of defending a small community from invasion. If I can, I'd like to worship an Empyreal lord, otherwise probably Aroden? When you say prehistoric, I assume you don't mean dinosaurs? Is steel accessible, or do we have to use inferior metals for our equipment?
Steel is still acceptable, while civilizations are still being rebuilt they were once great empires before the Starstone. I may incorporate some dinosaurs but not in the ideal sense as primary combat to say the least. I won't go into any real detail because I haven't previewed what is to come in the future plots. However, I will say that nearly anything from the monster compendium is possible with a heavy focus on Orcs as that is the story line, but don't be surprised if you find undead, aberrations, etc.
How you decide your story is up to you, I like the idea that you want to incorporate as much as possible and thats well and good, but its still your character, I will fit it in as need be, Even if your the guy was dropped off from another timeline or delivered from the depths of abyss I would find a connection should you be selected for the game.
Furthermore, I wouldn't recommend completely extensive details on your character history as you may or may not be selected, and I would hate for such time to be devoted to a character that isn't selected. Just bare that in mind in your endeavors.
Of course, I understand that it's a selection process. I just wanted to put my best foot forward, and I like to have a reasonably well established background when I create a character. Thanks for the feedback Shadowrun, I'll get to work on a submission
In a time before civilication playing a hunter sounds interesting. Or a shaman. Or an inquisitor
Civilization does exist, it just not at the height of power that we see in traditional times. Think Medieval age, knights and shinning armor. Wars being raged, and Orc Masses trying to trump everything. Its really hard to go into complete detail as the story would build and you will see.
Submissions
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-- Name -- Class -- Race --
Warrior:
- Dommer Heineous - bloodrager - Skinchanger(wereboar-kin)
- Aerek – geokineticist – kellid (human)
Caster/Arcane:
- Name(unknown) – - Witch – Changling (Pending Submission)
- Seliane – Magus [Eldritch Archer] – Elf (Pending background, Sample Post, Goal)
- Solivagus – Sorcerer -- Pech (DM Approved)
Healer/Divine:
- Horst Ironbrow – Cleric- Dwarf
- Oalifa – Druid – sylph
Rogue/Skills:
- Madam Zorza – Catfolk – Rogue
I look forward to more completed characters as the submission process continues. If I missed anyone let me know.
I am submitting this
Alright looks good. Noticed only one trait when you get two.
I have to say that I've been reviewing character's and from what I can tell thus far it's going to be really hard choice.
I am going to be using Google Drawing to run the campaign maps. I will have the grid on each map for encounter, When I start the game you will be able to click and move your figure. I ask that you not clutter up the map with useless drawings, lol. Additionally, so I don't have to continuously repost the map link, it should appear under my screen name on each post I put up so all you have to do is click it and move figure on your turn. Sometimes I will attach a picture there so you can see the area or layout. It is interactive so everyone will have the ability to edit as need be. This should allow for smooth game-play. Feel free to click the link now and play around with the few random images I tossed up there to get a feel for it. Its a simple option.
One additional thing is with this option there is no registration of any kind, only click and move.
One drawback to map is it doesn't appear to be editable by phone. But if that's how you post just let me know where you move to when we start I will adjust it if another player doesn't. P.s. I can see all changes made.
I may have issues throughout the week depending on the hours people post heaviest due to work and only having my phone at hand to do any such posting.
Figured I'd give the heads up in case you'd want to avoid the ensuing headache, lol. I'm willing to trudge through it but I understand if you'd rather a more PC-anchored player for smoother play.
With Google draw you will still be able to view from smartphones. I'm going to include a letter and number row setting so even if you are unable to move token image you can say where it is your moving to in text.
Sounds brilliant to me :)
With Google draw you will still be able to view from smartphones. I'm going to include a letter and number row setting so even if you are unable to move token image you can say where it is your moving to in text.
And then if you kill us, we get to say "You sank my battleship!" with our dying breath.
Yeah I have to go in and find another one. and will do the background
Alright I added the grid to the current map, only so people can get an idea of what I was talking about. I hope that it is sufficient enough to accommodate battle play, dungeon crawls.
I think I have everything ready to go.
Let me know if I messed anything.
Thanks.
Hung Dong 2
Half-Orc
Male
Paladin/1 - Monk/0 - [prestige]Champion of The Enlightened/0
Str 13 14
Dex 15 + 2 = 17
Con 13 14
Int 10 10
Wis 15 15
Cha 10 10
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Racial Abilities
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Ability Score: +2 Dex
Size: Medium
Base Speed: 30 ft.
Orc Ferocity: Once per day, when a half-orc is brought below 0 hit points but not killed, he can fight on for 1 more round as if disabled. At the end of his next turn, unless brought to above 0 hit points, he immediately falls unconscious and begins dying.
Weapons Familiarity: Half-orcs are proficient with greataxes and falchions and treat any weapon with the word “orc” in its name as a martial weapon.
Darkvision: Half-orcs can see in the dark up to 60 feet.
Orc Blood: Half-orcs count as both humans and orcs for any effect related to race.
Alternative Race Trait
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Shaman's Apprentice: Only the most stalwart survive the years of harsh treatment that an apprenticeship to an orc shaman entails. Half-orcs with this trait gain Endurance as a bonus feat.
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Class Abilities
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Aura of Good: The power of a paladin's aura of good (see the detect good spell) is equal to her paladin level.
Detect Evil: At will, a paladin can use detect evil, as the spell.
Smite Evil: Once per day, a paladin can call out to the powers of good to aid her in her struggle against evil.
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Traits
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Heavy Hitter
Honored Fist of Society
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Feats
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Endurance
Diehard
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Languages
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Common, Orc
Acrobatics: 1 + 3 = 4
Appraise:
Bluff:
Climb:
Craft:
Diplomacy:
Disable Device:
Disguise:
Escape Artist:
Fly:
Handle Animal:
Heal:
Intimidate:
Knowledge(Arcana):
Knowledge(Dungeoneering): 1
Knowledge(Engineering):
Knowledge(Geography):
Knowledge(History):
Knowledge(Local):
Knowledge(Nature):
Knowledge(Nobility):
Knowledge(Planes):
Knowledge(Religion): 1 + 3 = 4
Linguistics:
Perception: 1 + 2 = 3
Perform:
Profession:
Ride:
Sense Motive: 1 + 2 + 3 = 6
Sleight of Hand:
Spellcraft:
Stealth:
Survival: 1 + 2 = 3
Swim:
Use Magic Device:
Initiative: +3
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Offense
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BAB: 1
CMB: 1 + 2 = 3
Attack Damage
Quarter Staff 1d20 + 2 1d6 + 2
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Defense
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leather Armor +2, 0
HP: d10 + 1 + 1 = 12
AC: 10 + 2 + 3 = 15
Touch AC: 10 + 3 = 13
Flat-Footed AC: 12
CMD: 10 + 1 + 1 + 3 = 15
Fortitude: 2
Reflex: 3
Will: 2 + 2 = 4
Quarterstaff
Longsword
Monk's Outfit
Monk's Kit
Hung is 6' 2" 240lbs of bone and muscle. He is of light green complexion with a startlingly human looking face. With the exception of his large protruding K-nines, his looks are indeed quite fair, almost Elven. His graceful yet strong feature are one of many things women loved about him. Unlike most Monks, who shave their heads Hung wears his hair in a long que(a partially shaved head with a long pony tail). Another thing women loved about Hung and probably the thing that made him such a good fighter was his body. Hung was not quite neither was he bulky, with wide shoulder but not disproportionately so compared to the rest of the body. This gives him maximum agility without sacrificing all of his strength.
Born to a roving band of Orcs from an Orc male Cleric of Nulgreth and a female Prostitute of Calastria. Hung had a privilege position in his clan. Although some distained him this was tempered if not eliminated by the fact that he excelled at martial combat. This combined with the fact that women loved him for his massive member, made him the prince of his clan. Until that fateful day when on a raid all of his clan with the exception of himself were by a demon. He was only saved by his extraordinary martial skill an d a band of paladins of Iomedae. Upon finding himself alone, without a tribe craving to belong he begged the Paladins to let him join them, they scoffed and dismissed his please.
Alone he sought out his only family his mother a prostitute of Calastria. After finding and begging her to take him in she accepts, and puts him to work. He excels at being a prostitute despite his young age of 13 and women of all ages pay a fortune to have him. He becomes some what famous for his enthusiasm to please and his massive member. However after 5 years of bliss and fame in the company of his mother, she too dies, of a wasting disease.
Remembering the paladins who slew his clan he travels to the city of Absalom and starts his training as a paladin of Iomedae. During his tenure he spends much of his time training in the Irorium with the high priestess Ysai Iron-Palm. She becomes like a second mother to him and often asks him questions to guide his personal development. Upon his graduation at the age of 20, Ysai asks him why he chose Iomedae as his patron deity. For this Hung relates the story of the destruction of his clan, and how he saw the power, the righteousness, and most importantly the brotherhood of the paladins and the desire it kindled inside of him. That at that moment he knew he wanted to be a Paladin, he wanted to belong, he wanted purpose, and he wanted righteous vengeance on all demon kind. To this Ysai responded “one out of three could be worse.” She goes on to elaborate saying that “one should not worship Iomedae with vengeance in his heart. And should not become a paladin for power, glory, or vengeance. For these often lead ones path into the darkness. Instead if one wishes to serve as a paladin of Iomedae they should for the good of all, for justice, and righteousness, and NOT without mercy for redemption is within all of us.” Hung responds to this by saying “But I wish to be the best, to be loved by all, accepted and validated. To win glory for my family for my people for my god. Are you going to tell me these too are wrong?” To this Ysai answers “Only some. For the truth is not in others or their validation, but in yourself and your own achievement” Hung replies “But how?, Why?” Ysai smiles and says “that is what we are hear for that is what my god stands for self perfection, and those who seek the true path, their own. We who worship Irori are such individuals and I see that potential in you.” Instead of leaving for the world wound with the rest of his classmates Hung instead stays and trains in the ways of Irori and after a year leaves to explore the world.
I am intrigued at the Half Orc Paladin, thats a rare site. Something you don't see on any average day. However, very very impressive characters all around.
@Vernonia Banks: Your stuff looks good. Thanks.
And then if you kill us, we get to say "You sank my battleship!" with our dying breath.
ROFLMAO, perhaps that would be the nice way of putting it. Personally when the PEGS are done, I go TITLE WAVE. Game over.....LOL
Submissions
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Name - Class - Race
Warrior:
- Dommer Heineous - bloodrager - Skinchanger(wereboar-kin)
- Aerek – geokineticist – kellid (human)
- Hung Dong 2 – Paladin – Half Orc
Caster/Arcane:
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Name(unknown) – - Witch – Changling (Pending Submission)
- Seliane – Magus [Eldritch Archer] – Elf
- Solivagus – Sorcerer -- Pech (DM Approved)
Healer/Divine:
- Horst Ironbrow – Cleric- Dwarf
- Oalifa – Druid – sylph
Rogue/Skills:
- Madam Zorza – Catfolk – Rogue
- Vernonia Banks – Hunter – Elf
- Xiakon the Blade – Rogue(swordmaster) - Tengu
It appears that we have a nice group of submissions, Still have till the 23rd but I am mixing and matching now to start get a feel for the group.
So many potential allies... I'm glad I'm not having to choose.
After much consideration, I have decided to specialize as a Counterfeit Mage. This is a rogue archetype, so I am still a rogue.
I'll be stepping out of the game (with my Dommer Heineous). Thanks for the consideration, and fun to the ones who stay :)
Sorry to hear of your departure.
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I know its not completed but I want to submit this character before time runs out.
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