Runelords' Dinner

Game Master TheWorg

The mighty runelords of Thassilon are incredibly powerful people, controlling vast portions of the mighty empire created by Xin. They are some of the most powerful people on Golorian, second only to their now deceased master.

Those as mighty as these arcanists enjoy the finer things in life though, and it has come time for one of those finer moments: The annual Runelord Dinner. And the first part of this event: Who will host this, getting a chance to flash their own power and wealth? An amazing deed that will display his/her power to be superior to his/her rivals for sure.

I am looking for seven players to play the seven Runelords of Thassilon. Though a roleplay heavy mini-adventure to begin with, it will not be without combat I assure you, as the runelords' intentions are never truly pure. In fact, certain rivalries are bubbling right behind the masks of the supposed allies, and they are almost ready to boil over. Who knows what will come out of this dinner?

This is an interest check for now, and with enough interest I hope to develop it into an actual recruitment. I prefer descriptive players over straight roll and go, but I appreciate almost all styles of play.

So, shall we dine?

Sounds neat! I'm interested.

Oof, the level of interest is quite unfortunate. May have to post this idea again later on and see if luck changes. I'll give it a few days more before letting it fall out.

I'd give it a go!

I love intrigue. Count me in.

Wonderful, glad to see some more interest.

Repost*

I'll express some tentative interest as well. How would you handle character creation?

I'll dot as well. Dibs on Belimarius!

Hehe Zutha would be quite cool.

If we are claiming roles, I would enjoy playing Sorshen.

Character creation rules will be coming out in a day or two. You will be creating your runelord, and Karzoug will be used as a creation template. It'll require lots of work. And there will be lots to put into it, but it should turn out alright. I expect magic items to be the most challenging part of creation

Is this supposed to have any kind of pvp? Will the players collaborate or fight each other / each other’s minions?

I will say that the outcome is based upon the actions of the players, but if it goes anyway that I envision it going, then yes,and quite a bit of it.

Thanks! I probably won’t apply in this case, but definitely will keep an eye here. I built some of the runelords for a live game (they were antagonists, not players) so I can help if anyone wants.

Cheers

Okay, I was just curious. Still interested

If PvP is a problem for anyone else, please let it be known now, thank you.

I built Wrath once before. This could be fun. I don't have a problem with PVP, its just a game :) Looking forward to character creation.

My own original runelord? Color me intrigued

I don't mind PVP, as long as we can agree that it's our characters fighting and not each other.

Of course, characters fight, not players. As long as no one takes it personalpy, it's all fun and games.

I ask that all players excuse my delay with the creation guidelines, they're taking a little bit longer to write up than expected.

In the meantime, lets hear who wants to play who. Don't worry of your preferred runelord is claimed by another player, go ahead and claim the same one. We'll figure out any overlaps later.

Thanks for all of your patience!

Again, Belimarius!

I'm thinking...Xanderghul. I have...ideas...for Xanderghul.

Still interested in Sorshen.

Alrighty, this is going to be broken into a few parts. Part 1 coming up now.

Part 1: Character stats

Characters are to be made with a 25 point buy.

You get an additional 25 stat upgrades from wishes cast over time. This cannot be used to boost a single stat more than 5 points.

All of the runelords use the Azlanti pureblood stats.

Every landlord gains a +3 to all mental stats due to age, but gains none of the negatives associated with old age.

All hit dice beyond 1st level are to be rolled when determining hit points.

The runelords were not on an equal footing when it came to determining their power. Therefore, the list here shows what level they are going to be considered as. If you have information that contradicts this, just let me know.

1. Xandergul (Level 20 wizard/4 tiers of archmage)
2. Sorshen (Level 20 Wizard/2 tiers of arcane trickster)- Vampire template
3. Azlant (Level 20 Wizard/1 tier of archmage)
4. Karzoug (Level 20 Wizard)
5. Zutha (level 17 Wizard)- lich template
6. Belimarius (Level 17 Wizard)
7. Krune (Level 17 Wizard)

For spells, the runelords are considered to have access to every spell available to wizards in their spellbooks. Standard opposition schools still apply. You are a specialist in the school associated with your wizard.

Part two will be gear, which will come out after the completion of part one.

I assume we're using the Thassilonian Specialist archetype?

Assuming I'm reading this right, we do not get any traits. Is that correct?

Also, should we all be taking the Thassilonian Specialist archetype for Wizard, or just choosing those as our opposition schools as normal?

Yes, you should be using the Thassilonian Specialist archetype. Thank you both for catching that.

And no traits either, nope.

Are we allowed to use the PFS option to replace Scribe Scroll with Spell Focus?

What I'm reading says the Azlanti pureblood get +2 to all stats? This'll be nuts. It's already crashed PCGen once.

HP: 20d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 5, 1, 2, 3, 1, 3, 4, 3, 2, 2, 5, 4, 1, 4, 3, 4, 4, 2) = 62

Stats
Base: 10, 13, 7, 17, 10, 17
Age : 10, 13, 7, 20, 13, 20
Lvls: 11, 13, 7, 23, 13, 21
Vamp: 16, 18, *, 25, 15, 25
Wish: 22, 22, *, 30, 20, 30
Race: 24, 24, *, 32, 22, 32

Final: STR:24(+7), DEX:24(+7), CON:*, INT:32(+11), WIS:22(+6), CHA:32(+11)

Imperious Human
Control School

I was pondering a familiar when it soft-locked.

I would be interested in Zutha!

Some questions:

1) How much pvp are you expecting? Are we attempting to become the sole surviving runelord, or are just attempting to knock off a few of our rivals?

2) Would I be able to use both the Thassilon Specialist archetype as well as the Undead Master one?

3) How are you handling minions? If there are stated allies/minions for our chosen runelord, do we have access to them? Will we be able to create some unique ones?

4) This might be a dumb question, but I assume this game is taking place in Thassilon itself, and not present day Golarion?

5) Regarding gear, do we automatically get the magic items associated with our runelord, without having to pay for them?

1) PvP will become quite prevalent if it goes anywhere near how I imagined it.

2) Let me do a little research first.

3) Minions are allowed to escort the timelines to the dinner, but all minions must be left outside of the venue. Unless a summoned creature, stats will not be necessary. (Familiars are excluded from this rule)

4) Yes, this takes place after the death of,Xin, but before Earthfall. Though you all have divined its coming.

5) Gear will be addressed in the next phase of character creation, but your resources are almost limitless.

So far, Zutha, Belimarius, Sorshen, and Xanderghul are taken. Three runelords remain.

Is the entire 'setting' just this one dinner party or is that just the opening gambit so to speak??

Also, as far as I can tell, the Thassilon Specialist is not a true archetype, but rather a specific form of specialization. Thus, I don't think it would interfere with my taking Undead Master as well.

I'd be interested in playing Krune.
(Full disclosure, I am not super familiar with the finer details of Pathfinder lore but I think I could research as needed)

Gotta roll some Hit Dice.

HP: 19d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 5, 5, 6, 4, 2, 3, 3, 3, 5, 6, 3, 1, 3, 6, 1, 2, 2) = 69

Okay, here is Xanderghul, without any equipment. I think I did the math write, and I need to fill in some languages, but most of it's good.

Okay, here is my gearless take on Belimarius. I've left some things blank, pending gear selection.

The party itself is the adventure, though there is quite a bit more to it than just dinner of course.

As to the archetype, I believe you can take it, yes.

@neonblues He's all yours!

Here's Xanderghul slightly redone, as I may have noticed that I accidentally prepared a spell I, well, can't.

This is nuts. I'm going to have to write myself a play guide for this monstrosity. I'm open to critique.

Notably, I took Allied Spellcaster. Best way to ensure second place is to form a team. ;)

GM, the description of Zutha in Shattered Star p6 has the following:

Zutha, the Lord of Gastash, an undead creature not unlike a lich, but even
more powerful, horrible, and unique.

In order to represent him being more powerful and unique than the standard lich, would it be OK if I used the Dread Lich template for Zutha? Either instead of, or in addition to, the regular Lich.

Sorsha, instead of dumping everything into Special Abilities, When you make your alias I would probably break them up based on where they come from (i.e. class features, vampire features, mythic features, and so on) and then make separate spoiler groups for each.

I would then probably put simple rules text for each ability next to them to remind you what they do.

Otherwise, you'll probably miss a lot of your rather important abilities.

I know I'm planning to do the same.

Hoping TPK gets back to us soon on gear. I know he said 'near limitless wealth' but I'm curious about things like artifacts and unique items.

Hey, sorry, gonna back out of this for now, I think it's gonna be more work than I have time for at the moment. Someone else can lay claim to Krune if they like.

This looks super fun! I’d play any of them that are open.

Considering Krune or Karzoug, if I’d get to rework the latter?

Part 1: Character stats

Characters are to be made with a 25 point buy.

You get an additional 25 stat upgrades from wishes cast over time. This cannot be used to boost a single stat more than 5 points.

All of the runelords use the Azlanti pureblood stats.

Every landlord gains a +3 to all mental stats due to age, but gains none of the negatives associated with old age.

All hit dice beyond 1st level are to be rolled when determining hit points.

The runelords were not on an equal footing when it came to determining their power. Therefore, the list here shows what level they are going to be considered as. If you have information that contradicts this, just let me know.

1. Xandergul (Level 20 wizard/4 tiers of archmage)
2. Sorshen (Level 20 Wizard/2 tiers of arcane trickster)- Vampire template
3. Azlant (Level 20 Wizard/1 tier of archmage)
4. Karzoug (Level 20 Wizard)
5. Zutha (level 17 Wizard)- lich template
6. Belimarius (Level 17 Wizard)
7. Krune (Level 17 Wizard)

For spells, the runelords are considered to have access to every spell available to wizards in their spellbooks. Standard opposition schools still apply. You are a specialist in the school associated with your wizard.

As long as he's a level 20 Wizard (Thassilonian Specialist) with Greed as his specialty, you can re-work Karzoug however you want.

Although, the GM hasn't posted in a while, so I don't know if this is still happening or not.

If this is still happening, I'd be interested in the Wrath mage, if she's still open.

Every landlord gains a +3 to all mental stats due to age, but gains none of the negatives associated with old age...

No one is going to comment on this? No? Ok :(