Redemption in the Dragon's Lair (Inactive)

Game Master Terquem

I'm new to pbp but I would like to play. I started creating a 5th lvl magus last night that id like to use. Btw, thanx for the help Syndir Apep:) how should I go about submitting a toon?

You're quite welcome jimibones83 and welcome to the Paizo boards and PBP.

Ooh. I'd like to state my interest. Not sure yet what I'll submit, but I want it to be something that plays off well against/with the other characters.

Are evil alignments allowed? I'd personally prefer to play an anti-paladin.

I might be interested -- although I'm pretty busy these days, I'm intrigued by the concept. Here's the basic idea I was thinking of. Let me know if this is too melodramatic, or if it doesn't fit the "wish" concept.

Mechanically, I was thinking a human, but with small size. Dex-based fighter -- Lore Warden 4 / Aldori Swordlord 1 (prestige class). I figure being small sized is both a benefit and a drawback.

Ahh... small warriors, if all else fails, slice 'em where it 'urts!

By the way; have considered a Rogue Archetype instead? There is more than one way to build a warrior, and with enough CON it is definitely possible etc(I actually had a Dwarf Rouge with a Warhammer in one of my parties, he teamed up with fighters and snuck the competition to its doom...) It could work in similar fashion... Just a suggestion,

Tazo - That's exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for, I hope you can find time to participate.

Evil alignments are discouraged.

@Tazo kudos

I'm actually going to be dropping out. I was selected for another campaign, and am currently GM'ing one as well. Best of luck to all, it looks like a rather fun adventure.

Just read this over, and the premise of regret and redemption won me over pretty quickly. I think I will submit a human druid. I have a character mostly built, but I just need to adjust the fine details and translate the crunch to a Paizo alias.

The number of characters (going by the alias postings here) stands at 6 (though the final characters are still in the works) and that is almost where I want to be (still would like to have 7+)

There are many interested players, and if you are hesitant to create an Alias please let me know.

The Half-dragon character has had to withdraw, and that takes a bit of the pressure off of me, so let’s look again at what we have

(Character Name – Brief Description – Player)

Azana – Aasimar Bard(Thundercaller) (Female) – JonGarrett
Jacen Darkvalour – Rogue (Male?)* - Faelyn
Harland Hareshunt – Human Gunslinger (Male)* – Finkmilkana (TellerofTales)
Igjin – Samsaran Oracle (Male) - Peanuts
Raphael – Aasimar Paladin (fallen?) (Male) – Gobo Horde
Syndir Apep – Human Monk/Sorcerer (Male) – Stiehl9s

*I cannot look at Myth-weavers character sheets most of the time, so I do not know the details of some characters.

@ Terquem - Do we need to have our wish worked out before hand or was that something you wanted direct involvement with?

If you have a strong idea about what you want you wish to be, send me a PM about your idea. Also, try to imagine a "setback" or "impediment” that would go along with your wish.

I wanted to send out messages yesterday, but got distracted by some Play Doh.

I am in for sure. I will submit an alias tomarrow evening. His name is lord carnage and he's a magus that isn't quite finished

Great, thanks for joining!

Yes, Jacen is male. And I'm still trying to come up with a good wish/drawback.

I put a statblock into the alias.

Looks like a decently balanced party :) I will work on getting background typed up and submitted in the next day or two.

Ahh... small warriors, if all else fails, slice 'em where it 'urts!

By the way; have considered a Rogue Archetype instead? There is more than one way to build a warrior, and with enough CON it is definitely possible etc(I actually had a Dwarf Rouge with a Warhammer in one of my parties, he teamed up with fighters and snuck the competition to its doom...) It could work in similar fashion... Just a suggestion,

Okay, Tazo here. Terquem's endorsement made me think I should give the game a shot. I took Awake's advice and put together a Swashbuckling rogue with Barbarian dip. She's basically a mobile yet tough fighter with Spring Attack to jump into enemies, and a high acrobatics score to tumble past them.

And I apologize for Dervish Dance. I wish there was a more generic way to add Dex to damage.

And now there are two of us using Dervish Dance. Soon...soon all shall use dex based builds...

I agree with the dex based damage... I don't get why it's limited to scimitar... which isn't even a finesse weapon... I get the concept, but wish there was different options. Terquem... I believe I have Jacen's wish concept, but I'm working on a good drawback to go with. As in a mechanic aspect

And now there are two of us using Dervish Dance. Soon...soon all shall use dex based builds...

Trouble is that most men don't know how to dance. :)

You know every time you make an argument that there should be more "builds that allow Dexterity bonuses to apply to damage" you open the door to questions like, "Well can I get my Intelligence bonus on damage?" and then you get, "Hey can I use my Charisma bonus on my to hit rolls?" and before you know it, that's right, you're swimming in a sea of 4th edition slime.

If I have a gun, I don't need to dance to deal dex based damage. :)>

Remember that there is the agile enchantment in the PFSFG if one wants to allow Dex to Damage without housrule or Dervish Dance.

Terquem/Harland, excellent arguments. And I wasn't even aware of the Agile enchantment. That actually is really cool.

Silly question, but how exactly does one create a character Alias that has "Full Name", "Race", "Classes/Levels", and all those other categories? I would rather use that than a normal alias for the sake of neatness.

Just go into your alias (click on his name here in the thread) and then click profile. Then edit it.

In the interests of not overcommiting myself I'm afraid I'll have to pull out of this game. Apologies for any inconvenience, and have fun :)

No worries :)

because of what i want to encourage here, intense interaction between the player characters, I am going to keep slow working this recruitment to get to where we have at least 5 seriously dedicated players. is that alright with the remainder of you here?

Do you have an idea as to the nature of the friend that we've lost?

I have an idea that I'll post tomorrow

You know every time you make an argument that there should be more "builds that allow Dexterity bonuses to apply to damage" you open the door to questions like, "Well can I get my Intelligence bonus on damage?" and then you get, "Hey can I use my Charisma bonus on my to hit rolls?" and before you know it, that's right, you're swimming in a sea of 4th edition slime.

Wait, you mean the bad guy wasn't slain by my superior intellect and radiant beauty? :P

I'm fine waiting for 5 dedicated players, but what about a soft deadline? A date to look forward to is pretty important in my view.

In this Adventure, your characters will begin at the entrance to a ruined temple. Each of you will be given opportunities, through private messaging, to establish exactly what your version of the story that has led you to feel that you must redeem yourself, now, is. There will be an official version of this story, but no single character will know all of those details and each of you will believe, initially, that your version is the truth.

So is this going to be something like a murder mystery, where each person has some but not all the facts?

Yes a little like a murder mystery but also kind of like a family falling out, where everyone knows about the gorilla in the room and no one will talk about it, until it becomes too import to ignore anymore.

Okay a soft date will be next Friday, the 21 for application dead line, then a week to finalize wishes. Then a spotty week (the hiliday and all that) for final character tuning, and we will begin the dungeon crawl on the 8th of July

I'm all dedicated and stuff.

What constitutes a 'serious commited player'?

Bouncing around some ideas on back story based off the OP. Does this MIA NPC have a name yet?

and is Perception still a class skill for monks?

Well, I suppose what I mean by a serious committed player is a player who really wants to participate in the game, will take an active role in asking questions of the GM and other players, does not become discouraged if their character has to take a “back seat” for a few posts, and is patient enough to allow for slow days but does not disappear for three or more days without letting the rest of us know that they will be away.

Sorry I didn’t mention the Monk class in earlier descriptions of the House Rule on Perception and Intuition. I suppose if traditional “Fighters” (as I have imagined them in this setting) rely on their “gut instincts” to inform them of dangers, then it would be interesting if “Monks” (as imagined in this setting) tended to be on the other end of that spectrum and relied more on their senses, and intellect. So let’s go ahead and make Perception a Class Skill for Monks.

Updated Character Roster
(Character Name – Brief Description – Player)

Azana – Aasimar Bard(Thundercaller) (Female) – JonGarrett
(basic wish established, working on details)

Jacen Darkvalour – Rogue* - Faelyn
(no wish yet)

Harland Hareshunt – Human Gunslinger (Male) – Finkmilkana (TellerofTales)
(no wish yet)

Raphael – Aasimar Paladin (fallen?) (Male) – Gobo Horde
(no wish yet)

Syndir Apep – Human Monk/Sorcerer (Male) – Stiehl9s
(no wish yet)

Elise Emeria – Human Rogue/Barbarian (Female) - Tazo
(basic wish established, working on details)

The Fighter who was left behind in the previous temple was named:
Timothy Allen Owens

Thanks for the clarification on both points. I'll readjust Syndir's skills accordingly and hope that I fall into the serious commmited category.

Real close to a base for the Wish. Are we limited to the parameter's of the Wish Spell or will this be more along the lines of a true wish? Meaning 'let your imagination run wild' kind of wish?

As I said in the beginning, it would be probably most fitting the concept to make the wish have something to do with the firearm, though just granting him one doesn't really make that much sense. And I'm not completely sure how big the wish is supposed to be mechanically/ compared to the downside. Maybe wish something like "I wish for a working firearm that never misfires or explodes uncontrollably, harming innocent."?

You should not limit yourself on thinking about what the wish could be (we can alwasy reign it in through our negotiations).

A firearm wish is not unreasonable and introduces some interesting ideas about a limitation or drawback.

I am going to open the Game's Discussion thread today for the players in the list above. We will keep recruiting, here, and try to get the rest of the interested players a finalized alias.

You’ll need the discussion thread to get to know each other, and make sure you are equipped for the dungeon. The game itself will not have opportunities for the characters to leave the temple and rest or acquire new gear (Spell casters can bring a “travelling spell book” something we can work out the details of, so that spells can be prepared over the duration of time you are all in the “dungeon”.

I realize that sometimes a game sounds interesting and then turns out to be not as much that as something you weren’t interested in, so just so everyone knows there will be no recruitment for this game once it has begun, and if you want to leave the game, no problem and no worries  It is only a game after all, but please try to send me a message if you do want to drop out so that we can adjust and keep the game moving as best as we can.

Is there still room and time for additional players? My wife expressed something of an interest in this one.

Yes there is still time and room

Reminding everyone who showed interest that only 4 characters have posted to the Discussion thread for this game, so I am still looking for 3 more

This is Cosmic Dream Lord. Everything short of the exact details of Kaleelah's wish should be done. We'll see what the final group more closely resembles before I make any decisive calls about it.

Good to see you Kaleelah! feel free to visit the discussion thread to get to know the others as soon as you are ready.

If you expressed an interest in this game, and so far have not submitted a character alias for consideration, please consider doing so soon. I will be working on the final character creation over the next week and the game will start just after the 4th of July. Once the Dungeon Crawl begins there will be limited opportunities to join this game (not that I am turning anyone away, it's just that interest was expressed, but some players have not followed up on their interest).

Bump!

We could really use a hard hitting tank for this group but anything will be cool.

A full arcane caster wouldn't hurt terribly either.