Rise of the Runelords

Game Master Goblins Eighty-Five

Interested!
Here's a cleric who wasn't accepted into another RotRL game

Cool!

Here is my 5 minute review of Boiko:

-Which book is Varisian Pilgrim in? I am pretty sure I own it, but just so I know what's diffrent.
-What's your race?
-25 point build, add five points
-In this game, you also add your con score to your starting HP. Gain 8 more (assuming you don't raise your Con)

Fill in these instead of a background (I skimmed it, looks good!):
»A character goal (this could be a goal you have for your character but your character doesn't know it!)
»One paragraph describing what your character looks like, how they carry themselves.
»One paragraph describing you character's personality
»We'll start the game in Magnimar, as you are heading to Sandpoint. Give me a reason why your character is heading to Sandpoint.
»Just for fun, tell me your character's favorite food and drink.

I love Desna, and the group could use a cleric. I think. Change these things, and I'll review your character again and with more detail; I do not, sadly, have the time to devote right now to go over all the nooks and crannies. It is quite late! :p

Still accepting? The RotRL game I was in died :( I have a varisian dreamspun bloodline sorceress who follows Desna. Was looking to make her a bene gesserit from Dune.

Late? What are you talking about? It was 9am when I posted, and it's noon right now :D (just kidding - I'm on the other side of the globe)

The race is human, I'll add it to the profile.
I actually stumbled upon the archetype on D20PFSRD (click), but it's well-hidden! :) I believe the source is there.

I'm thinking of the following goal for the character: The harrowing for him reads that his fate is sacrifice through death. This has led Boiko to believe that there is no escaping fate; and whatever luck or happiness one may currently enjoy will always be balanced by a tragedy later. The goal would be to overcome this fatalism and realize that one can master his own fate. This would also allow him to settle down and create a family (but outside the scope of this adventure :) )

Boiko's appearance roughly matches his avatar: he's a middle-aged guy with a mustache and heavy eyebrows. He is tanned and weathered from living an outdoorsman life. He is hardy and used to hard work and long treks on foot.

Boiko is well-versed in folklore, and believes in simple morals and common sense. He is usually unphased by hardships, and he is accustomed to overcoming problems which initially seem insurmountable, usually by stroke of luck. He feels uncomfortable in cities, and doesn't think highly of civilization. He is fairly superstitious and distrusts arcane magic. He strongly opposes evil and oppression, and loves simple joys of life and freedom.

Boiko started to feel his age creeping upon him. Thoughts of settling down occur in his mind more and more often, and when he learned that Sandpoint is about to re-open its once-famous cathedral, it seemed like a perfect occasion for him to stay there for a while and have a taste of the town life. He just happened to learn the news while he was briefly passing through Magnimar. The metropolis is too much for him and he wants to get out on open road as soon as possible.

His favorite drink is plum brandy, and favorite food is lamb soup. I'm not Serbian, but I can't help imagining Emir Kusturica's films when I read about Varisia.

I've updated the profile now. BTW, the original build had 15 points (being middle-aged helped a bit). I've only increased STR and WIS.
A question: do I add con score IN ADDITION to con modifier, or INSTEAD of con modifier?

Here is another cleric, who was in a game that died, so would like to resurrect him in a new campaign.

We could definitely use a cleric, and maybe a dedicated arcane caster. I'm planning on building Demaiv into a front-line sorcerer, dragon-disciple style. That being said, I won't be reading individual character sheets, since that takes some of the fun out of the game for me (learning someone's backstory through RP instead of reading their sheet).

Can I ask if the recruitment is still going on? What is the current make-up of the group that remains?

Can I ask if the recruitment is still going on? What is the current make-up of the group that remains?

I opened this back up because recruitment has opened back up. Current group makeup is an expert, warrior, and a spellcaster who, it sounds like, won't be heavily focused on spellcasting. We might still have a divine bard, but they haven't posted in sometime.

I'm also going to have to mention that while you can play a character of any reasonable age, I won't be using/enforcing the modifiers based on age. Also, no templates. The fact that I even have to mention the second one still boggles my mind.
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Boiko's character goal acts opposite to Desna's teachings, fyi. Posting on phone, will have things say once home.

I'm not sure his goal need be counter to Desna's teachings. Sure, she preaches wandering the world and experiencing it, but there is documented evidence of her followers having settled in the past (see Stairs of the Moon in Carrion Crown AP).

Fine, tweaked the stats again to get rid of the age modifiers.

As for the goal - I checked PF Wiki but didn't find mentions of Desna supporting fatalism and determinism. Settling down is more of a long-term goal and is entirely optional. My intent was to give the character a more human side and a natural weakness, I didn't envision him as a paragon of Desna. I can remove it though if you insist.

I would be interested in either playing Aeshuura (fighter) or his little brother, Ameshu (Archaeologist, from UC) I have Aesh's stat block and history linked to this profile. I can write up Ameshu if he would be in consideration.

What do you think?

@Boiko: Oh no! I didn't mean it like that! You can have, outside, or even inside, the scoop of this game, a goal to settle down. I meant, she sees destiny as forever changing and always good! Desna's followers believe that no matter what one's fate, there is always a good side to it; they don't believe in the permanency of one's future, as foretelling is always one possibility out of a pool of many, and that, even when they see no alternative but a bad ending in the future, they hesitate to give bad omens, instead, they try to focus on whatever possible good may come out of it. You could put a backwards spin on what you have written here: Instead of seeing the good having to be balanced by the bad, they could instead see the bad being balanced out by the good.
Source: Faiths of purity.

Now, you're right, you don't have to be a paragon of Desna. The swallowtail goddess is one of change and non-permanence, so it is possible that she could have a follower who focuses on the tragedy in one's life that they believe is inevitable. Truly, being a pilgrim of Desna would make more sense for such a character; harbingers of doom in the times of great joy would be generally shooed out of most towns. And most Desna followers would view such a character as a blasphemer. But such a character would be quite a challenge to play, and I think, quite fun!

@To everyone else: It's great to see so many submissions! Sadly, I am BOGGED down in work suddenly, so I won't have time to review them till Thursday night. I'm getting the evil eye from my wife even as I type this, so I must dash again!

this is my dreamspun sorc. she's been built on a 15 pt buy, but has more feats than she would which I have to work out.

Parneth will respectfully withdraw from recruitment. Thanks.

@Goblins85:
OK, I haven't read FoP but I still think it can be worked out. Consider this:
a) Boiko has been a cleric for a long time but still hasn't risen above 1st level. This would already mean he's not too good at it :)

b) He has got this reading multiple times and as any mortal, he fears death, he's not exalted enough to welcome it.

c) He tries to escape/delay his doom by being a nice and humble pilgrim, but the readings don't change. This is because he's doing it wrong :)

d) Once the adventure finds him, he will fear that the prophecy is coming true and start to fight it. This is where the true meaning unfolds: you have to actively work against your destiny to change it, because it's influenced by your actions. The more dangers he overcomes, the more his future divinations are changing. Also he levels up and gets more powers/spells from Desna, because this time he's doing it right :)

Sorry if this is against canon; I mostly make this up as I go. I'm open to suggestions if you think other deities are more suitable for this type of character.

Sorry, just realized that I was set up with 20 pt buy. Profile has been fixed, and I also found another few typos too.

I'd like to toss an old character of mine, Leya, into the mix of applications here, if it's alright with you Goblins! I can edit her sheet soon, but most of the stuff that's needed is there. :] Personality-wise, she's a very shy individual. Thanks for considering!

If there's room for a front-liner, I'm kinda interested in a front-liner that uses Thunder and Fang feat uses the Earthbreaker and Klar as a double weapon at the end of a 4 feat chain. but that's if you'd allow the mechanic.

Otherwise a dex based Combat Reflex Bladed Scarf user. Int the Rotl book it's got the scarf saying it's git reach, so i'd like to give that a whirl if you'll take that.

Otherwise I can roll up a casty wizard or something. it's jsut late here, and i have a party to set up for tomorrow.

editOh wait, or a Bladebound Kensai (magus)!!!

Alright guys, in about eight hours, I'll have my selections!

Cool, buddy! :)

Here is who I'm interested in joining, if you are still of the mind to:

Boiko Mitrich.
Zekari Quiatris
Leya Brackleberry
Aeshuura

Please post in the discussion area. You aren't there yet! I'll need to go over the finer details of your characters, and you'll need to add/remove stuff from them as well.

Everyone else, thank you for your application! Maybe another time, another game.

Open again!

We have a Ranger, an Oracle, A Thief-Acrobat Rogue, and a Dragon Disciple in the works. And as always, I encourage you to present me something from 3.5; my only restriction are the races (see the first post in the thread).

I am thinking of a fighter or a sorcerer. I would like to know if you use maps though. It won't affect my desire to enter, but it will determine which spells and feats I pick.

I...I think I ended up having to use maps for fights with multiple opponents. I'd like to think that I don't, and I try not to f*@# the players over, unlike some people, so you wouldn't have to worry about the fireball killing half your party because 'I assumed you wanted to'.

I'd be interested in writing up a tome of blades character. Either a crusader or warblade. I'll try to write something up quickly.

*Sees above post and starts crying*

I think I love you!
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Seriously though, I loved the Book of Nine Swords book, and if I get a 4ed player, I hand them that book, and they are quite pleased. I am addicted to the classes and martial powers in that book.

If you can figure out a flavor for them that fits into Golarion, that would make me EXTRA happy!

Having just found this thread, I'd be interested in coming up with a character concept that you'd enjoy. I don't get off work for another four hours and I'm already coming up with a couple character concepts, so as long as you don't mind, I'd love to come up with a character for this. I've yet to play Rise of the Runelords and I'm eagerly awaiting the Anniversary Reprint of it coming this year (hopefully).

I will be purchasing that when it comes out.

I have a Changeling Rogue from a dead PBP that I was wondering if I'd be allowed to play. The Changeling wasn't the one listed in the Carrion Crown PBP. If it's alright, could I have you review it and consider allowing me to update it for your campaign? I only ask because I noticed you mention that you didn't mind house-ruling a few things, so I thought I'd ask in order for me to make some use out of a now stagnant alias.

I list Eberron's changeling as one of my accepted races.

Yeah, I'm at work right now and noticed that an hour after my post, so was too late to edit it. I'll look into Eberron's Changeling and see what that entails as I've never played in Eberron and only know a little about it from DDO (which is little to none).

Sorry for back-to-back posting (I hate it when I do it) but I just took a look at Eberron's Changeling and that looks pretty much like what my previous GM from Second Darkness campaign I was playing in. Anyways, that's what I'll be making, so just give me a day or two to modify him to your ruleset and he should be good to go. Thanks again.

This is his un-updated profile from before if you want to take a look at it. I plan to recreate him using yours, but if you want an idea on what I focused on.

Seeing as how no one else has posted, I suppose I'll have to deal with triple posting. I know everyone's busy and will get to me when they get a chance.

[spoiler=Goblin]
I was wondering if I'd be allowed to use the Third-Party Rogue Build listed here under Detect's Thread. I've had the PDF saved for some time and have been wanting to toy around with this Guile Points system for awhile. If not, that's alright.

Also, will we be allowed use of the Called Shots system as presented in Ultimate Combat?

While I like that system, I've never felt the rogue was lacking, and that'd require the other rogue to change her character. So, I think not. If you think you could Archtype it up, I'd be willing to look at that.

Totally allowing called shots. Love those things.

Neither have I in regards to the rogue. I play them almost exclusively, but I thought I'd ask nonetheless. I appreciate you even considering it however. I failed to note the other individual playing the rogue, so I won't bother with archetyping it up just yet.

I'll finish off the last of the fluff and crunch adjustments and get it posted up here today.

I'd like it if everyone who has an interest could post up their character sometime next week so I can decide.

Will do. Completely failed to realize that I've yet to update Skeith to your ruleset. My apologies. I'll get it done right away.

I've updated Skeith and am in the process of his background revision now. If any of the other players would like to tie their background in with mine, I'd be more than willing to work something out.

That is, if the GM doesn't mind letting us do that.

Still keeping an eye on this thread.

Since we are talking about 3.5 splat books, how do you feel about the Malconvoker from Complete Scoundrel, or the Alienist from Complete Arcane?

I would love to play either, as a dedicated arcanist :-)

I would like to present Skerrin, a LN Elven Wizard(Conjuror) for consideration :-)

A character goal:
To learn more about the Thassilonian Empire, through the analysis of the ruins scattered throughout Varisia, and a retrospective study of the culture of the indigenous human population.

One paragraph describing what your character looks like, how they carry themselves.

Skerrin is an elderly Elf, with a mane of fine silvery hair, and a tanned, weather-lined face. He generally dresses in a sturdy explorer’s outfit, dyed green with designs picked-out in silver thread. He typically has a journal and quill in hand, ready to make note of anything interesting which catches his eye.

One paragraph describing you character's personality.

Although he can be quite distracted at times, going off onto tangents about esoteric subjects, he is quick to smile, and is filled with boundless energy – although his strength is failing, he is still as spry as ever! Skerrin does not tend to bear grduges; he does not see the point, when he will continue to live for centuries, of allowing disagreements to fester. He can, however, be a staunch ally.

We'll start the game in Magnimar, as you are heading to Sandpoint. Give me a reason why your character is heading to Sandpoint.

Taking a look at a map of the Gulf of Varisia, Skerrin decided that the best way to approach the hinterland of Varisia would be to catch the regular 'ferry' from Magnimar to Sandpoint.

Just for fun, tell me your character's favorite food and drink.

Pheasant with a lemon and pepper sauce, accompanied by elderberry wine.

I will make my decision by Saturday.

Thank you to the two people who have submitted so far! They both look great; as always, choosing who gets in and who doesn't feels like a less morally taxing Sophie's choice.

Skeith is completed. If you notice any discrepancies, please let me know.

Are you still accepting submissions if you are, if we get a feat every level, would the fighter get his bonus feats as well, making it 2 every even level.

Correct! This rule comes from the The Book of Experimental Might in which it introduces the concept of the double-feat, in which a feat can only be taken when the character has two feats to burn at the same time. It also allows a character to be more custom-made.

I'm sorry it took till tonight to respond;

Skeith, you're in! However...

I hope you do not find this to be in offense, but I haven't even reviewed your character, & you're getting in on being the only person to actually submit a character! Well, that, and you posted enough to show that you are enthusiastic about playing, so I was likely to pick you anyways. You'll have to be a bit more patient with me, as my school schedule just got wonky, and I don't take to Pathfinder as easily as I do WOD, but you can go ahead and post in discussion, and I'll review your character by the end of Wednesday at the latest.

Jacetm87, if you still have an interest, I won't actually close recruitment until we get a 6th character, so, if you're still keen...

? I have submitted Skerrin Maltisse...?

Will post there later. At work now. And I understand wonky schedules.

Holy Balls! I am SO sorry! :( I don't know how on earth I missed that, it's huge! Well, for having egg on my face, you get in! *Is actually blushing*
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*Thinks*

Actually, Paizo has been acting WEIRD lately; my shopping cart keeps filling up with items I've already purchased, things don't load correctly, posts are disappearing...

None the less, Skerrin, you're in! And I'm an ass! I feel really bad.

Alright, recruitment is closed!

Skeith, Skerrin, I'll review your characters later. *Feels really bad*