Opening discussion. Feel free to introduce yourselves. I'm going to try and compile an outline of the various events/places you guys have created and post them here to work out some details as fluff.
Greetings and thank you! I really enjoy homebrew games and hoping this one really takes off! I think you've got some great character concept here and looking forward to building and experiencing this world.
Pfflÿs is a shadow illusionist focused Oracle. He of course has some healing abilities in cure light wounds. I also used some resources to get him some stealth and trap finding & disabling skills. With his strength score so low, he isn't wearing armor and will not be engaging in melee combat. He does have some limited range attacks however.
Ian here. Signature changed and updated.
Pfflÿs I think the most important bit of information is how to pronounce your name :P
Two syllables. Accent on the first syllable.
Pif' - lis
:)
Athanasius reporting in!
This party makeup will be really interesting to play out haha.
I went through and wrote up some of the locations and events (link here). Feel free to go in and add to it. I'll be posting the start to gameplay tomorrow. Still waiting on Duglin.
Tagging in with the pack! Excited to be on board for this grand adventure!
GM Laugh - A couple of quick questions/requests...
1. Taking Dual-Cursed, replaced 3 of my mystery spells, 2 of which are not on my spell list: blurred movement and invisibility. Could I add those spells to my spell list to select them as known spells as I have appropriate slots open up?
2. The gnome favored class bonus for oracles is pretty much useless for me as it just increases my effective class level for determining access to class features. Since my only class feature is bonus spells and no new abilities its value is, well, lacking. Would you be agreeable for me taking the human favored class bonus instead?
3. If it is okay, I've sold my masterwork thieves tools for a regular pair of thieves tools. Then, I used the extra gold to purchase and equip a combat trained pony for Pfflÿs to ride.
An elf, a dwarf, a gnome, and a shape-shifter walk into a bar.....
Apparently these lands are very racially diverse!
Making the skinwalker the default face cause unshifted, he looks human. And a 9 in charisma. Not wise.
Pfflÿs Not sure what you mean about the replaced spells. Those would normally be added to your spell list at the appropriate level, but swapped with the ones from dual cursed. You want to take the mystery spells instead of the dual cursed spells?
What, you don't want the extra skillpoint? :P I'm okay with the human bonus. Maybe a quick blurb on how you picked up that human versatility?
War pony is good.
Duglin In your backstory, you left the name of the town you work in blank, would you be up for being a Sorrowmoor resident? They'd have need of a local smith that pretty much keeps them entirely self sufficient.
Ian You mention a place named Ardis in your backstory, any idea where in relation to Ilderan that might be? Or where you might be arriving from?
GM:
Sorry, it is confusing and I didn't explain it well. My mystery is Shadow and my Bonus Spells for that mystery are Blurred movement (2nd), invisibility (4th), deeper darkness (6th), etc. But... when you take Dual-Cursed your Bonus Spells are replaced with ill omen (2nd), oracle’s burden (4th), and bestow curse (6th). The bonus spells for 8th level and beyond are unaffected.
Now, deeper darkness is on the oracle spell list as a 3rd level spell, so when I hit 6th level and get my first 3rd level spell, I can choose to take deeper darkness as my "known spell". However, neither blurred movement not invisibility are on the oracle spell list, so I can never "know" them. Unless, you house rule those two spells on to my oracle spell list and allow me to select them with my normal "known spell" slots when the time comes.
My aim here is to get some invisibility. Pfflÿs is physically weak so he can't wear armor. I'm inclined to find ways to keep him safe and out of harms way.
Thanks for considering.
As for the human favored class bonus, I imagine that the fell shadows that fell over him and the young lord within the crypts of Frostfall magically fused the human's essence into the gnome as he learned the mystery of the shadows. Also, I believe his Haunted curse is the young lord who died in the crypts with Pfflÿs. I'm thinking that hidden in a pocket of his black clothing is a bone from the fallen boy, or perhaps a token the boy carried that Pfflÿs kept as a reminder of his failure to protect the boy. Come to think of it, I imagine that is why he's answered the call to come and defend Sorrowmoor.
I finished up my backstory with Duglin being from Morningport, but actually being on the road to Sorrowmoor to take over as the new smith in town when he learns about the strange occurrence.
Forgot about that. That was were the previous game he was in started. If Garren's Folly is going to be his home town then Morningport can take over for Ardis. The only bit of lore that would need to be added is that there is a strong Sarenrae presence there and that of an old order. And it may never come up but a reason for the presence too. The previous game was set in Ustalav and they had the Whispering Tyrant, a powerful Lich. That was what I used to explain Sarenrae. But after its defeat, the church went into decline. Few clerics, paladins and inquisitors remain but the old structures do.
Edit: Actually, might want to make Ardis his home town and leave Garren's Folly be. Maybe put it southwest of Morningport. Garren's Folly is on the way from Morningport to Sorrowmoor. That means people have to pass by. With what I had in mind for the town, I don't think it recovered all that well in a few years.
Ian and Duglin, I like both of your ideas, so let's roll with that.
I'll have a follow-up post in the morning. Car flooded in heavy rain today so I've been swamped dealing with that.
Sorrowmoor map is up!
You guys are in the Trapper's Alley right now.
Is anyone else having problems accessing the map? The link isn't working for me.
Try now, I think the link had some authentication issues.
The town map looks great. What app did you make it in? I've used Inkarnate for the regional maps before. That one looks awesome too!
The link fixed, it does look awesome!
Looks like a familiar comic strip. Can't place it though.
Thanks! I drew it in photoshop. I tried to emulate this person's style. Still got a ways to go.
I hadn't mentioned anything but...
On Tuesday morning at 4am, my wife had a heart attack. She's 44, 5'5" & 113 lbs. She does yoga, rides her road bicycle often as she can, walks with me in the evenings 4-5 miles 3-4 times a week and lifts weights. She did 8,000 sit-ups between Memorial Weekend and our trip to the Dominican Republic a couple of weeks ago. Needless to say, she is very fit and active. So, she shouldn't have had a heart attack! Anyway, it was her left anterior descending coronary artery that was blocked just below where it breaks off from the coronary artery. It supplies all the blood to the front of the heart. Having a blockage there is called "the Widow Maker" for good reason. Only a 6% survival rate. She survived. Undoubtedly due to her fitness. We are very lucky and blessed!
She's recovering well and was up walking around yesterday afternoon. The doctors are ecstatic. They say she may come home in the next day or two but will be off work for at least two more weeks.
Well, you know the saying... When it rains, it pours? Well, on top of my wife's heart attack, Kansas City was hit with flash flooding last night. Luckily, my 17-year old daughter was in the basement, sleeping on the couch when she heard water. Must have been a miracle as she can sleep through a tornado at times. Anyway, our 2-year old sump pump failed and I got 4 inches of standing water in our finished basement... which we remodeled last summer!
So, I'm a bit pre-occupied. LOL.
I fully intend on continuing playing, but the frequency of my posting will be sporadic. Thanks for the understanding.
I am so sorry to hear about your wife, but I'm happy to hear that she has pulled through and is still alive. Sounds like she's a fighter, and doesn't want to leave you any time soon. Our thoughts and prayers are most definitely with you in this time.
I've also dealt with flooding over the years, and it's never fun cleaning up a wrecked basement.
Sorry to here that. Glad things are...well they obviously aren't better but things are looking manageable. Should we assume Pfflys agrees and move on then? If nothing else we can give you exposition to look forward to.
Man, that's tough to hear. Sorry yo ugotta go through that. Hopefully, things to go more in your favor!
If you have any requests or tips for dm'ing your pc in the event you have to a step back for a bit, just let me know.
Hey guys, sorry about the delay! I will have a post up tomorrow morning.
Still there DM? I believe we have all acted.
Hope everything is okay with GM.
Fair thee well gentlemen. I'd say this one is dead.