Rise of the Runelords

Game Master Goblins Eighty-Five

Sorry- I've been lurking with unreliable internet access. Here, though.

I think it would be reasonable for Torme to know of Ragna Magnusdotter- Torme's father, Dorne Whitewyrm, leader of the Cerwyn Clan, would have commissioned her for a suit of armor.

I don't doubt that Torme and Hod, when Ragna came to present the armor, would have spent some time together. Not to be outdone by other patrons, Dorne would have given Ragna every hospitality and more.

Clan Cerwyn is currently embroiled in a blood feud with Clan Tunde, after the Tunde heir died whilst hunting with Dorne. Under the laws of hospitality, Clan Cerwyn would be responsible for the Tunde's manwyrth (blood money).

The Cerwyns could not come up with the money, and protested. There has been bloodshed on both sides and a great deal of dishonor for Clan Cerwyn.

Hey, I know some of these points are me being anal retentive. I'm a little OCD guys, I swear I'm not trying to ruin your lives!

@Demaiv Neikar:
-Please note your character's weight (See? OCD)
-Please add your intelligence based language. Ya got common, the free one I gave ya, and your regional language. Growing up in Sandpoint, I recommend Goblin.
-You did not spend enough points, 24 out of 25. Maybe Wisdom as a 9? Or Dex or Str a 13?
-Precocious Apprentice is from Complete Arcane, not Ultimate Arcana. It is on page 181. It can, however, be found
here as well. The prerequisite is that you attended a magical college, so work that into your background. I'd allow you to have trained with a dragon instead, that'll work for you, yes?
-Your knowledge arcana is now 6
-Your HP is 22.

I think that's all. Change these things, and you...are golden! Post here once you've changed these things.

@Zelladania:
-You get one more language. Growing up in and around Sandpoint, I recomend Goblin.
-Your Fortitude is now +1
-Your HP is now 18.
-Could you give me just a little more personality? Pretty please?
-I'm assuming you choose Ameiko Kaijitsu for Favored Daughter of Sandpoint?
-Your Diplomacy is now +7

Nice! I actually really like your layout. Change these things, and then post here once you've changed these things.

@Torme the Ulfen:
-Remember your action points! 5+Half your level, rounded down.
-Choose a human ethnicity.
-You put chainmail under your AC, but listed armored coat under equipment. Which one is it?

Won't lie, pleased as punch to find so little wrong, maybe I missed something, but anyways, change these few things, and then post here once you've changed these things.

@Demaiv Neikar:
-Please note your character's weight (See? OCD)
-Please add your intelligence based language. Ya got common, the free one I gave ya, and your regional language. Growing up in Sandpoint, I recommend Goblin.
-You did not spend enough points, 24 out of 25. Maybe Wisdom as a 9? Or Dex or Str a 13?
-Precocious Apprentice is from Complete Arcane, not Ultimate Arcana. It is on page 181. It can, however, be found
here as well. The prerequisite is that you attended a magical college, so work that into your background. I'd allow you to have trained with a dragon instead, that'll work for you, yes?
-Your knowledge arcana is now 6
-Your HP is 22.

I actually did edit this stuff, but I guess it didn't take!

Notes on the changes:
Weight I'll put at a tentative 230. He's heavyset and tall, so it seems right.
-Goblin, done.
-Bumped my Dex up to 13.
-We'll say I learned from an aged Copper Dragon how to better control my powers. He was also who introduced me to Apsu, though died shortly thereafter. (He had hinted that he knew Demaiv's father, but nothing was ever revealed).
-Done
-Done. I switched up my favoured class so I got an extra skill point (which I spent in Knowledge (Religion) to explain my devotion to Apsu (a somewhat rare god to worship)).

Is there nothing wrong with mine?

Is there nothing wrong with mine?

1sp says he's doing yours right now. Look at the timestamps on the posts. He's online and working.

Is there nothing wrong with mine?

Uh, I'm not there yet. I'm going over these with a fine toothed comb. So, chill.

@Sholloch Dobban: Oh, let's call them a 'special trait bonus' instead of a 'trait bonus'. I plum forgot that most bonuses don't stack.

Actually I went ahead and moved stuff around, I removed Historian and replaced it with Scholar of Ruins. I replaced the Pharasma Spirit trait with Mathematical Prodigy...add those with your Bibliophile trait and I have 6 knowledge skills with trait bonus'...and I ahve a trait yet to pick...I may take Teacher's Pet to gain a +2 to know local...

Yeah, I noticed right after I posted. lol. I'm just all paranoid cause I took so long getting done that I'm going to hold up the game.

Yeah, I noticed right after I posted. lol. I'm just all paranoid cause I took so long getting done that I'm going to hold up the game.

he mentioned that he doesn't expect to get started until Wed...so it's all good...

@Sholloch Dobban:

-Choose one more language from your race.
-You listed a +2 Wis bonus under your will save
-Give me a little more on personality
-*Chuckles* It's called Coffee in this setting. It's in the Adventurer's Armory. Go around calling it Khavae, and people will think you haven't yet had your daily cup. Or that you watched to much Megamind in 'Shool'. *Chuckles*
-With the new version of Bardic Knowledge, you should add +2, instead of +1.
-Bardic Knowledge for you is 5/day.
-It looks like you haven't had a chance to impliment all the changes we discussed, which is cool! But I'll let you edit them first before I go any further.

Took your suggestion for goblin, fixed the other stuff and working on more under the personality section. I had been wanting to add a little more to her background, just hadn't had the chance.

Took your suggestion for goblin, fixed the other stuff and working on more under the personality section. I had been wanting to add a little more to her background, just hadn't had the chance.

I figured it was something like that. Wow, are we all seriously on here at this hour? Or am I the only one who's looking out the window at nothin' at all?

@Oilhorse, yer giving this DM a headache. Remember that I'm allowing the bonus from my special trait to be called 'special trait bonus', but not from other traits. And for the love of peat, make a decision my man, and stick with it! :)

@Sholloch Dobban:

-Choose one more language from your race.
-You listed a +2 Wis bonus under your will save
-Give me a little more on personality
-*Chuckles* It's called Coffee in this setting. It's in the Adventurer's Armory. Go around calling it Khavae, and people will think you haven't yet had your daily cup. Or that you watched to much Megamind in 'Shool'. *Chuckles*
-With the new version of Bardic Knowledge, you should add +2, instead of +1.
-Bardic Knowledge for you is 5/day.
-It looks like you haven't had a chance to impliment all the changes we discussed, which is cool! But I'll let you edit them first before I go any further.

Just posted my most updated version....though I do need another language, I fixed the wis mod in will save...I can get to more personality...Ah but this is a special blend, Sholloch is a bit of a coffee snob...i think the bard knowledge is fixed...I will make the changes tomorrow...

Zelladania wrote:

Took your suggestion for goblin, fixed the other stuff and working on more under the personality section. I had been wanting to add a little more to her background, just hadn't had the chance.

I figured it was something like that. Wow, are we all seriously on here at this hour? Or am I the only one who's looking out the window at nothin' at all?

@Oilhorse, yer this DM a headache. Remember that I'm allowing the bonus from my special trait to be called 'special trait bonus', but not from other traits. And for the love of peat, make a decision my man, and stick with it! :)

decision made...

I work nightshift dear, I'm on my lunch break at work. Sometimes I get more time to check the boards on my break than I do at home with my two little ones. My 11 month old really likes unplugging my computer and making me lose long posts.

It's only 1am!! I'm a computer science student! I'll direct you here:
My life.

Where are we exactly?

Well, you start in Magnimar. Now?

Who knows?

Anyways:
-Your HP is 28
-Like me, you forgot saving throws. Could be my bad having not added them. Can we please all be pissed at Paizo for not allowing editing of previous posts? Just because they can't go back and fix their mistakes (*cough*Ultimate Combat*cough*) doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to.
-Give me a little more personality please!
-Give me the prices on all your equipment. I happen to know that you can't afford MWK Scale Mail with average gold plus 25.
-Give me your carrying capacities.

My suggestions:
Dual Cursed Oracle with haunted as the second curse. It works well with your mother talking to your character. I'm pretty tired, but I think you could also take possessed oracle as well. Just a thought of course. Also, the ancestor mystery might work well for that concept, as would metal. It is late, so I haven't had a moment to think about your special trait.

@Demaiv Neikar: Sexy. I guess your headache wears of first. IN YA GO! Happy roleplaying; Character approved! :)

@Zelladania: By the gods, your alias layout is sexy. Zella, you are golden! Your PC's headache musta cleared up pretty quickly as well. Character Approved!

@Zelladania: By the gods, your alias layout is sexy. Zella, you are golden! Your PC's headache musta cleared up pretty quickly as well. Character Approved!

That IS a nice layout...consider it stolen :)

or at least the more basic ideas of it cause I am too lazy to completely redo mine

Ok, so my write up is modded. I only have to add a bit more to Personality and it should be 100%

Aaaaaand I changed what needed changin'. The 'chainmail' was a holdover from when I thought he was gonna wear chainmail. Fixed the number but forgot to note that it was an armored coat. Should be good, now.

Höd Ronoakson wrote:

Where are we exactly?

Well, you start in Magnimar. Now?

Who knows?

Anyways:
-Your HP is 28
-Like me, you forgot saving throws. Could be my bad having not added them. Can we please all be pissed at Paizo for not allowing editing of previous posts? Just because they can't go back and fix their mistakes (*cough*Ultimate Combat*cough*) doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to.
-Give me a little more personality please!
-Give me the prices on all your equipment. I happen to know that you can't afford MWK Scale Mail with average gold plus 25.
-Give me your carrying capacities.

My suggestions:
Dual Cursed Oracle with haunted as the second curse. It works well with your mother talking to your character. I'm pretty tired, but I think you could also take possessed oracle as well. Just a thought of course. Also, the ancestor mystery might work well for that concept, as would metal. It is late, so I haven't had a moment to think about your special trait.

I will get this done on my lunch break when I have a moment.

I have fixed the health, Saving throws, carrying capacity, and cost of items are coming soon.

I started with 900 gp because of my rich parents trait, so I should have had plenty for all I bought.

I ended up not choosing the Haunted trait because I didn't like how long it takes to retrieve items. That really eats into action economy.

I will work on some more personality, however, can I get some indication as to what you're looking for? I generally leave this area a skelleton so that the character might grow on me and reveal its own personality. I happy to do it your way. I just need a bit of direction, please.

Ok, so my write up is modded. I only have to add a bit more to Personality and it should be 100%

Yep! Everything looks good! I'll give you a week to add to personality, but in the meantime. *Stamp* Character Apprrroved! Now get in there!

EDITAlso remember to choose your three spells from you 'Special GM Trait' that are better, and also remember that the spells I gave you in that trait are added to your spells known.

Aaaaaand I changed what needed changin'. The 'chainmail' was a holdover from when I thought he was gonna wear chainmail. Fixed the number but forgot to note that it was an armored coat. Should be good, now.

Just change nationality to 'Lands of the Linnorm Kings'. Otherwise, there wasn't much wrong with the character anyways, so, GET IN THERE YA CLASSY BRUTE!

I started with 900 gp because of my rich parents trait, so I should have had plenty for all I bought.

You haven't listed it under traits yet. List it, and remove something else. Then your gold spent makes oh so much more sense.

As far as personality, heck, I don't know. It concerns me that you are using terms like 'action economy' in a game that I'm not even sure yet will be all that rules heavy, but you can't even think of what kind of person that you'll be playing, and except for a few ranks in Craft, nothing about your character build reflects his background and personality. Look at what I'm being anal retentive about: Weight, height, item costs, personality...meanwhile, Oilhorse's character is broken beyond any shadow of a doubt, and I helped him do it! Clearly, I have my priorities about your characters, and you have yours. Do we understand each other?

Sure. We understand each other.

I'm not saying that I don't have an idea of who my character is. What I am saying is I'd like to know how much detail you want. I just don't want to list dozens of hypothetical situations and how he'll respond. I like it to be more organic than that. If you're just looking for more general stuff, I can easily add that.

I am a GM too, so when I use phrases like "action economy" it's because I want you and my teammates to know that I'm thinking of my mechanical contributions as well as roleplay. I want to be useful in as many ways as I can that make sense for my character.

I'll post again when I have everything fixed.

@Höd Ronoakson: Sweet! Just a paragraph, general stuff.

@Demaiv Neikar: Lets keep anything past mentions of rolls in here. We'll play it by ear.

Anyways, yes indeed, the other PCs are also in the room. Your character just didn't have a chance to really...examine them.

Ok. All done except prices. I won;t have time to do that til later. Maybe tonight.

Everything ok otherwise?

Added the prices. I have finished everything you asked for sir.

Sorry the delay in posting any place, but the recruitment thread. I'm actually pretty new to posting on the Paizo message boards and only recently realized that the thread is split into multiple parts.

Now armed with this knowledge, I'll work on getting caught up on everything. To begin with, I'll go ahead and cast my vote for the additional skills.

For this game I'm going to have to say no. Skills points can get tight with the current number of skills and it seems like quite a few already have their builds approved without them. Though I would not be opposed to trying them out in another campaign if things go well and we someday make it to one.

Please forgive the current profile layout and lack of content in terms of background, personality, and the like at the moment. Their a work in progress, but I figured I would start posting with it to start getting into the swing of things.

@Höd Ronoakson:
-Replace Saving Shield with the Extra Trait feat.
-You may not purchase magical items at 1st level character creation. Scratch Ioun Torch.
-I'm assuming your dagger is in the spring-loaded wrist sheath?
-I HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend you pull the rank in Profession: Solider out and place it in Ride. You don't receive a +2 bonus to all Ride checks because of a military saddle, it's a +2 circumstance bonus on Ride checks related to staying in the saddle.

Your special trait:
Spotlight Childhood
Description: Höd was always a normal kid who grew up in unusual circumstances. His mother was Ragna Magnusdotter: the renowned Ulfen armor smith. Everyone knew her, and in turn, everyone knows her son.
Benefit: You receive a +4 special trait bonus to all Craft checks. In addition, you receive a +4 special trait bonus to your reputation score. Finally, when crafting armor, you treat it as a very simple item, and it does not take longer for you to craft masterwork armor, and at 5th level, you can create magic armor as if you had the feat Craft Magic Arms and Armor.

Let me take everything in guys, and I'll have a RP post up shortly.

Adanel, I hope you don't mind, but it might not be till tomorrow that I've reviewed your character.

Oh that is perfectly fine. I'm still working on the profile at the moment and tweaking it with the stuff I picked up after reading everything in here. So no worries. I should be able to get a finished product tomorrow though.

To explain the Greatsword when he has so many natural attacks, sometimes you just need to hit your enemy with something bigger than a claw.

P.S. - I think my picture for him is growing on me. Though I did find some fun Deviant Art.

@Sholloch: I see you purchased a wand of Cure Light Wounds, sorry, you cannot start with magical items. Wish I had caught that before.

Goblins Eighty-Five -

The dagger is indeed in the wrist sheath. All other changes are done.

@Höd Ronoakson:
-The special trait doesn't cost you anything; select a fourth trait

10gp says Torme either gets possessed and/or cursed! I'll refrain from posting for now, Demaiv is waiting and watching.

I added Sacred Touch. Thanks very much.

BAM WHO MADE HIS SAVE OH YEAH!

Haha, but seriously, that was awesome.

I do believe I just about have Adanel done. I still need to add in his history and perhaps give him some cheap jewelry that will tie in with it.

@Adanel:

-Please list you saves.
-Don't forget your action points.
-Your melee makes no sense; you don't have weapon finese. Also, weapon finese cannot be used with a Greatsword.
-I'll need some more description and personality..
-Instead of Craft: Bowyer, use Craft:Weapons. I like it broader. Note: You can't use it to make firearms.

Should I start posting in the game thread yet? Sorry if you're working on my character now or I'm not being patient enough. I just want to get started 8)

My goodness, I forgot one of the important things and added in others. Sorry about that. I was doing it all a bit sleep deprived last night and it escaped me. I have no intentions of him making any type of firearm. I saw him playing with alchemy, bows, and arrows for the most part. As for the description and personality, it is on the list of things to do. I will likely flush it out more as I get through putting up his background.

Alright, I do believe I've made the changes that you requested. If your still doing them, I would greatly like a GM made trait and I am most definitely up for having/creating contacts.

I'm sorry if the background and personality does not read quite correctly. I plan on tweaking it a bit further, but wanted to get a rough idea up in hopes I might be able to join up with the rest of the players soon.

@Sholloch: I see you purchased a wand of Cure Light Wounds, sorry, you cannot start with magical items. Wish I had caught that before.

You make me sad...

Uh oh. Demaiv's gonna go crazy hah. Zella, if it's true Wis damage, it'll last until we can heal it. It'll heal naturally at a rate of 1 per day (or 2 with a successful heal check).

Otherwise we'll have to pay for a Lesser Restoration.

@Höd Ronoakson: Ah cuse! I;m sorry dude, and you've been chomping at the bit for so long, Yeah! Character Approved! Your character wakes up...

Goblins I just assumed I failed my save and experienced something similar to Zella. If I stepped on some toes, sorry, just let me know I'll reign it in.

Also, @Sholloch: Brohoof.