Ruins of Pathfinder: The Quest for Arcadia (Inactive)

Game Master Robert Brookes

“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.”

Robert Louis Stevenson

Current Encounter Map Axebeak Hills Encounter


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I got it. But then I have used worse myself lol.


Only reason it slows me down at all is because I have to read a word or two before the imagined voice I hear in my head switches gears. In audible conversation I probably wouldn't miss a beat.

Dark Archive

Same here. My great grandfather had a brouge so thick it could be used as a winter blanket. But reading is harder til I listen to it in my head.

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Rindovaan 'Curly Stubs' Avarack wrote:

I like how we all seem to more or less get on straight away, but Dwarves have always been social and compassionate with regards to their own race, so it makes sense. :p

I'm planning to change that with my submission, I guarantee it! She be dwarven, but unlike and standard dwarf's-dwarf. It should make for some really good party interaction if I get picked up.


Celeador wrote:
Rindovaan 'Curly Stubs' Avarack wrote:

I like how we all seem to more or less get on straight away, but Dwarves have always been social and compassionate with regards to their own race, so it makes sense. :p

I'm planning to change that with my submission, I guarantee it! She be dwarven, but unlike and standard dwarf's-dwarf. It should make for some really good party interaction if I get picked up.

Oh now I really want to see this dwarf.. :D


Enter the half-troll with a fake beard and coconut bra.


Naaah Dwunder, Celeador loves elves, remember? He'll be making Cacame Awemedinade, Elven King of the Dwarves.

An Elf so bad ass, with so much hatred of his own kin, that the dwarves accepted him as their king.

(Though a female version, since he mentioned it was a female!)


I would say at the moment Daelric isn't too fond of Rin. His head still hurts a little and the sword grating was almost too much to bear, but now his head is starting to hurt even more trying to understand what he is saying.

It is taking me a good 5 minutes to read of of his lines.


Lol. I can always translate. Also if pigs are a sounder, geese are a gaggle, horses are a herd, and dragons a rage. What are dwarves a drunk?


A nightmare or a headache :P

Magnus, do you like my idea of you being the one to recruit me into the temple? I noticed you are 55 years old than I, so it could work. In my back-story so far a priest of Kols was seeing a foreman of the mining sight when there was ana ttack. That priest could have been you and you could have been completing Kols work as the man broke an oath?

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Dr. Logem, Ph.Dwarf wrote:

Naaah Dwunder, Celeador loves elves, remember? He'll be making Cacame Awemedinade, Elven King of the Dwarves.

An Elf so bad ass, with so much hatred of his own kin, that the dwarves accepted him as their king.

(Though a female version, since he mentioned it was a female!)

Haha, no! But the thing about pathfinder, and D&D in general is how I feel that not much has changed with the Dwarf and Elf races since Tolkeen. I like to take a standard race and flip the perspective around a bit. Play with pre-established ideas and tropes and tweak them. That's when you get into the really fun stuff, and why Teladon is from the Mordent Spire. And why my Dwarf will be both "dwarven" and yet not. Something I think you have managed to capture with Dr. Logem.


Dwunder I think I stole about half your table so far lol. I was alone the I had Marla for company and now I have a whole gaggle lol.


I do love that idea of the Elf that hates Elves and has been accepted by the Dwarves as a Dwarf. Would be amazing to roleplay with that in a group.


A group of elves that is muwhahahahaha. And I love how Magnus and Daelric are getting along.


Well it makes sense, we Kolsians have to stick together :P


Magnus Bjornsson wrote:
Dwunder I think I stole about half your table so far lol. I was alone the I had Marla for company and now I have a whole gaggle lol.

Might be for the best; I think they were reaching for the pitchforks and rope before my timely departure.


Eh that's true lol. But feel free to join my table.


Celeador wrote:
Dr. Logem, Ph.Dwarf wrote:

Naaah Dwunder, Celeador loves elves, remember? He'll be making Cacame Awemedinade, Elven King of the Dwarves.

An Elf so bad ass, with so much hatred of his own kin, that the dwarves accepted him as their king.

(Though a female version, since he mentioned it was a female!)

Haha, no! But the thing about pathfinder, and D&D in general is how I feel that not much has changed with the Dwarf and Elf races since Tolkeen. I like to take a standard race and flip the perspective around a bit. Play with pre-established ideas and tropes and tweak them. That's when you get into the really fun stuff, and why Teladon is from the Mordent Spire. And why my Dwarf will be both "dwarven" and yet not. Something I think you have managed to capture with Dr. Logem.

I used a different variation of Dwarf as the basis of Dr. Logem, taking inspiriation from Dr. Moreau and the Medic from Tf2, in addition to the actual doctor I made in Dwarf Fortress. DF has a twisted, sick, and hilarious sense of humor about it, and I tried to replicate that with Dr. Logem, not to mention the fact that not all Dwarves in the game are warriors, priests, smiths, or brewers. Even if the most 'valuable' dwarves in a fortress are likely the smiths, jewelers, and brewers.

And then theres their disregard for anything sane. I've had Dwarven mothers in the Militia take their children out into combat and use them as shields. I make my dwarves butcher kittens to keep the population under control. Its hilariously unstereotypical from normal dwarves.. :D (And no, I didn't draw either one of those. I wish I could draw that well)

I really do look forward to seeing what you come up with, Celeador.


Ditto. I am about as far up on the "I hate Elves" ladder as the gettin' goes, but Teladon is an awesome character and concept.


When I play an elf it tends to be more fey than elf and I avoid bows at all cost lol.


My elves are usually just kind of nerdy, playing up that high INT and the magic angle. They usually end up in the company of just about everything but elves, though, now that I think on it...

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Dwunderbran Vulgarbeard wrote:
Ditto. I am about as far up on the "I hate Elves" ladder as the gettin' goes, but Teladon is an awesome character and concept.

Oh snap, I didn't realize that you were applying Fenyx!


Couldn't say no to throwing my name into this hat.


And Rasso ;) And Styvanus as Ivarsk.


On skills; Marla, while a Summoner, who gets very few skill points per level, has Profession: Chronicler and Craft: Bookbinding. Now these may not seem like they contribute to the building of a fortress, but I feel that the Dwarven values support having a Chronicler. Her skills can be turned to book-keeping and design of runic decorative features pretty easily. She also has some Knowledges; Nobility and History specifically. I may pick up a level of Bard of some archetype for more knowledge; Dungeoneering, Local, Nature, Religion specifically.

Any chance of creating a Feat similar to Boon Companion but for Eidolons? :D


I have all of those execpt local but I can lay off the points in them and assist you. Also I agree with the chronicler idea. I think its awesome and wish I had come up with it myself.


I'll be chronicling all of the humanoid creatures I kill and dissect or capture and vivisect, if that counts!

:3


I like how both of the worshipers of Kols are both well spoken. I have decided that we had speech lessons at the temple to help us make and understand oaths. :)


Gotta say, Rin's accent is mega hard even for me to understand, but as I know what he's saying, I think the misinterpretations that can come about are going to be pretty amusing over the course of this campaign if picked, and who knows, maybe with enough time spent in the company of normal non-accentee's, his accent might clear up a little and become a little more understandable.

Re-reading what I type just seems to get worse and worse as things go on, but he speaks how things sound mostly, just with some beginning and ends of words cut out, almost as if he strings them together with no breaks between.

Needless to say, I haven't ever once played a character like this. The same as I've never played a Dwarf before, and as for his accent? I think it's a mixture of Irish, Scottish and Welsh. Hmm. He'll be fun to play/fight with though, and his Story Feat is about as ridiculous as his looks and speech.

He doesn't tend to waffle on too much though, so his conversations have been short and to the point, but I think he's finding it hard to get a word in as so many conversations are going on at once. So, I'm roleplaying exactly as him and that's why my posts are shorter than a lot of the others, but then again with the length of time it takes to translate his speech, I think it more than makes up for it! :p


Lucent

Grima's profile is done for review. I now have 205 unread posts for me in the Gameplay board. I'll sift through and start posting ASAP.

cheers


Divine Casters

  • Thron - Dolgrin Girndmar - Male LG Cleric of Torag
  • Daynen - Maven Brewbame - Female LG Forgemaster Cleric of Torag
  • Jubal Breakbottle - Grima Skuldafn - Male LN Gun Tank/Inquisitor of Kols
  • divineshadow - Magnus Bjornsson - Male LN Inquisitor of Kols

    Arcane Casters

  • Airon87 - Brunhin - Male NG Witch
  • Browman - Kal'Tos Grudgebearer - Male LN Transmuter Wizard
  • Merck - Grunyar the Feyblooded - Male TN Spellslinger Wizard/Wildblooded Sorcerer
  • Capricornus - Marla Gund'dur - Female NG Summoner

    Skill Monkeys

  • Crustypeanut - Dr. Logem Lokemlektad - Male LE Vivisectionist Alchemist
  • Winwaar - Angrin Thronebearer - Male NG Trapsmith Rogue
  • Roward Armstead - Iain Blackhammer - Male? ?? Rogue?? (Profile Not Submitted Yet)
  • Peanuts - Quint Bonechisel - Male TN Archaeologist Bard

    Combat Focused

  • WesternWolf777 - Isoldda Ironbloom - Female LN Drunken Master, Sacred Mountain Monk
  • Faelar - Daelric Morieth - Male LG Stonelord Paladin of Kols
  • Kagehiro - Dwunderbran Vulgarbeard - Male CN Two-Weapon Warrior Fighter
  • Tenro - Edrukk Odolgun - Male LN Gun Tank Gunslinger
  • Speaker for the Dead - Talon Darkslayer - Male LG Ranger
  • bi0philia - Irvask Ironbloom - Male LG Monk of the Sacred Mountain/Hungry Ghost Monk
  • Gobo Horde - Rockjaw Runefinger - Male LN Armored Hulk Barbarian
  • TerraNova - Hyrin Hammerskôr - Female LG Undead Scourge Paladin of Torag (with reservations)
  • Captain Cortez - Rindovaan 'Curly Stubs' Avarack - Male CG Barbarian

    Unknowns

  • lordzack - Shimon the Digger (No profile posted)
  • Bobson - Rogath Silvertarn (Profile not yet created)
  • Slayer Dragonwing - ??? (Dotted for interest; profile not yet created)
  • Celeador - ??? (Working on character; profile not yet created)
  • LurkingTyranny - ??? (Profile not yet created)

    Stealing Logem's character spread and updating. Gettin' to be quite a roll of names!

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    Gat damn.


    26! Jees, that's a lot of applicants.


    I think my record was 32 or 34 once. I do not pity you Robert. I had to go through and like define categories and rate all the characters with 1-5 stars in each category before I was able to make a decision. A lot of APs with obviously competent DMs get into the 20s. It's a testament to your awesome that you've pulled in that many people with a personal idea.


    As it stands, percentage wise, it's a little worse than 1/3 odds of being selected if it were totally random. No pressure y'all. Hahaha.

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    So we've reached a point where we have a little more than three times the number of applicants that will make the cut. I think at this point with the interest in the campaign being catastrophically larger than I expected, I will likely be cutting off recruitment early.

    However, because I know some of you have only just managed to finish your profiles and get into the funeral, I'm going to maintain the 19th as the date when the final team will be determined so as to allow all interested parties to continue playing in the funeral and give me a better idea of what to expect from each player.

    That said:
     
     
     
     

    RECRUITMENT WILL NOW CLOSE ON SUNDAY JULY 14TH AT 11:59PM EASTERN TIME (-5GMT)
     
     
     
     
     
    Submissions made after that point will not be accepted. Submissions made before closure will continue to be able to play in the funeral until the final decision on the team of explorers is made on July 19th.

    There's just so many submissions, you guys are amazing! Who knew there was so much dwarf-love on Paizo forums! :)


    Scary thought. I am really enjoying the prelude segment and really hope that I can continue to see how the story unfurls. Good luck everyone.

    Maybe some of us who are unable to make it can all apply for another campaign and see if we can do an AP but as a group of Dwarves :) Sound tempting?


    Seeing as Irvask has only made one post in the funeral, I don't believe I'll be able to make the cut, and rightfully so.

    The rest of you guys are way better at RPing dwarves than me : P

    Irvask can just be an npc brewer(profession-wise) for his sister if you'd be intersted in throwing him the extra members of the expedition.

    Either way I'll be keepin an eye on who makes the cut/ how the game develops!


    Well, I'd be up for that Faelar, but I would really like to join in with this one in particular.

    I see things as going two ways with Rin:

    1. He won't get accepted because nobody understands him, regardless of the fact he actually sounds Dwarven and every other Dwarf sounds human now. :p

    2. He'll be forutnate enough to be chosen on roleplaying grounds and we'll all become accustomed to one anothers characters.

    We shall see!

    He's not an argumentative guy, and using Lord of the Rings as reference, he recited his family heritage, because well....most Dwarves seemingly do at the drop of a hat! ;)

    I've still got my back story to do, but that is pretty much everything. All that's left of my build is to present my carrying capacity and sort out how much money I have after my gear. I'm in London all weekend so can't do too much between now and Monday, but I hope that won't go against me as I like this the funeral at the minute, even though I'm pretty certain most people are ignoring him as they can't properly understand him....which is why he'll be so happy to talk to Magnus.

    @Magnus - If you go up a bit, I think I spoke to you in a paragraph or so. :)


    I really regret doing so, but I'm officially out of the game. I can scarcely keep up with the deluge of IC interactions. In fact, it is a little intimidating.

    Hope you have a good game, plenty of fun and no dropout problem. I for one am doing my part now.


    Oh sorry let me go back and look. Had like 50 some odd post to sort didn't mean to miss you.


    That's alright! It's damn hard to keep track of. I looked this morning and had around 28 to read!


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    Still working out the details of what I want to do and what I would want to bring to the campaign if I got selected.


    Hmmm I thought you were addressing one of the others your looking at them and talking or did I not go back far enough lol.


    To be honest, Rind, I'm pretty sure we could all agree the language being spoken here is Dwarven, in which case I doubt there are as many variations in language as we are showing. Sure an accent or two based on geography, but I'm sure we mostly understand each other clearly. The reason we are typing in "common" and not in spoilers titled "Dwarven" is for ease of typing and the fun of using a Dwarven accent.


    Rind really I don't see it so please quote it over here or restate in gameplay I hate to feel like I'm ingoring you but I don't see it. I could be blind though lol.


    Quote:
    1. He won't get accepted because nobody understands him, regardless of the fact he actually sounds Dwarven and every other Dwarf sounds human now.

    Not sure I'd phrase it that way. Might make others chaff a bit havin' their versions of Dwarfyness marginalized. I kinda looked at Rindovaan as something akin to a Pikey (as portrayed in Snatch) in present company. I'm sure it's completely natural where he's from, if foreign to a more refined clutch of dwarves. At the very least, it's an interesting hook to grab onto for interaction between characters.

    Hyrin Hammerskôr wrote:

    I really regret doing so, but I'm officially out of the game. I can scarcely keep up with the deluge of IC interactions. In fact, it is a little intimidating.

    Hope you have a good game, plenty of fun and no dropout problem. I for one am doing my part now.

    Clearly another'n laid low by Dwunderbran's charming personality! I kid, I kid (mostly) but I may abuse that angle in the gameplay thread. Sorry to see ya dip out, I was diggin' the background.


    Nah he makes me think more of pikel from forgotten realms lol.


    I like that he has attempted to give himself a new Dwarven accent, but it is an accent that Daelric hasn't heard before and he is struggling to understand it.

    Daelrics accent as previously mentioned in game was drilled out of him in the temple, but when he gets drunk or in a stressful situation, his accent comes back.

    Sorry to see you go Irvask, Hyrin.

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