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ACG swashbuckler would be awesome tank for this campaign, great AC despite light armor. Great flavor, too...
What I liked about the 15+roll ability set, that it created slightly less optimized characters (plus some randomness in there). Of course with 20 pt build, Rogar will be much more effective. He can stay chirurgeon, no problem.
ACG Swashbuckler does seem perfect, just doesn't seem to have the grit Alessandra needs to stay in character.
I'll see what I can track down.
Querying two prospects
I believe I may have recruited us a Witch and a Swashbuckler.
We'll see what changes Alessandra makes and see if we need a 5th PC or whatever.
So providing our two recruits take the bait, if they could each create their characters using a 20 point buy. Spend average wealth. Be second level, and have a backstory that ends with "and then I was captured by slavers" or words to that effect, so that we've got a method to seemlessly bring the group together.
Oops, forgot to mention that we're doing this as a more good aligned privateers game.
Apologies if that's a problem.
Hey guys. I'm a witch a game that died pretty much right away. Can you let me know the particulars? Seems like you guys are a little ways in?
We are, in many ways, the perfect amount in! We're through the tough slog of e first 21 days, where you get treated like crap!
My intent is to not change the story that the other PCs have been through, and to have the new PCs be captives aboard the ship they are in the process of capturing, so that from when we pick up, you guys are in the right place and time and ready to head on from there.
So while right now your gear is not in your possession, once your ship is captured, we can get you linked up with it and proceed on the adventure.
So 20pt buy., avg wealth for first level, and get a backstory that ends with you a captive.
Let's stick to Paizo material, as I'm not familiar with Witches overall, or with 3PP stuff, so 3PP Witch stuff would blow my mind.
I figure there's a chance we can complete the ship takeover, and then I'm on vacation for like 11 days from 2-13 April.
I was a player in this game. I run a Way of the Wicked game that Alessandra and Rogar play in, and I just wanted to press on in this game, which stalled last year when the GM had to drop it.
So that's how we got to where we are, in the middle of taking over the ship you are a hostage aboard.
Oh yeah, she's the Man's Promise a Rahadouni ship you were in that was captured by pirates a few days back. I may have that spelling wrong, it's late!
If Doc and Alesandra can support, I'd like to pick up the fight on Monday, and the new folks can be working on their characters in preparation for their joining the cast shortly.
*Backstory starts forming* What races are we allowed?
Nothing too cheesy or OP.
What did you have in mind?
I'm fine wih Rakshasha Spawn Tiefling. If you decide to forego your spell like ability for something from the d100 chart, let me know, and I'll roll for it.
Lodestone had some house rules we'll keep.
1 extra skill point per level into a craft or profession skill.
Acrobatics can be used to make climb checks when unencumbered & wearing armour with no armor check penalty or no armor.
Dervish Dance works with Cutlasses.
Additionally, pick 2 traits, one of which (mechanically) must be a campaign trait, although you can reflavor it since you weren't shanghai'd like the others.
Hello newcomers! So Grymp, just to be clear, we are level 2, but with level 1 wealth, is that right?
Re-statting Alessandra as a Slayer, everything will be up soon(ish), certainly ready for Monday. Thanks for resuscitating this, my first ever PbP!
Alessandra, we originally built as first level money, but then we earned some money right? Just a little bit, from the Captain for something? You guys keep what you have, I'm just asking the newcomers to roll wih 1st level money. The AP is really about to start moving, and there will be loot for folks, so wealth will normalize rapidly.
Ok, so a Slayer, excellent. Shall I do Shaeda as more archerish? Or shall I find a 5th PC? I do think the group needs an archer.
Which of you has thoughts of being the face/captain when the time comes? Cr500? The Swashbuckler seems the best choice, and seems headed for a CHA build. That work with everyone?
OK, but I've forgotten what we earned - I will trawl through the gameplay and put a list together.
I'm going archer slayer at the moment: my level 2 slayer talent was Ranger Style, giving me Rapid Shot (I don't need to take point blank shot as a requisite!) so I'm good at range as well as up close (I kept the two-weapon fighting as it was quite iconic for her).
Alessandra has no interest in captaining, she just wants to have fun! Someone responsible should probably be captain. Or at least, someone more responsible than a CN half-orc teenager - really the bar is set pretty low here... :)
Try and think of her as CN (but with a good heart) so we're headed in the right direction, hahaha.
Ahh, ok, an archer slayer.
Precise Shot is highly advisable!
Help me, to help you...
Many modules and adventures have magical macguffin items that thee GM is instructed to morph into whatever shape suits the appropriate character's weapon preference and such.
While this AP has no such thing, I do want to morph found items into gear you guys can use, so if everyone can keep a spoiler list in their profile telling me what your preferred slotted items are and such. There's no need for all of the bad guys to drop magic longswords if someone is trying to dual wield short swords and such.
Make sense?
OK, I've gone through the posts to find accumulated treasure and so far we have found:
21 gp, 12 sp, masterwork dagger and ruby earring (unvalued)
Prosthetic leg of wood and silver, 7 sp, 2 gp (prosthetic leg is worth 45 gp)
and the money I won from beating up Owlbear got us all our starting gear back
Also, I found the most up to date version of the NPC attitudes list (see the spoiler in this gameplay post: basically, the only person still indifferent and therefore influence-able is that dratted gnome...) Oh yeah, and Ambrose the cook and Grok the quartermaster are both Helpful.
To address your other point, Alessandra is already trending CG from gameplay, but will likely never get there: a bit too fond of killing as a problem solving tool and a bit too ready to kill someone who has surrendered to be truly meriting the "G".
As for treasure, my birthday list would include:-
*Composite longbow (+2 Str), magic a useful plus
*Magic longsword and short sword
*Masterwork/magical/mithral chain shirt
*Cloak of resistance
*Belt of Dex/Con
*Quick runners shirt
That's just off the top of my head - I'm sure there's more
Just the sort of list I was after, can you spoiler it into your profile?
Is that attitudes list different than what's listed in the campaign info?
Not sure, don't know how up to date the campaign tab is; pretty sure both Grok and Ambrose are Helpful, but can't face going back through the posts again to prove it!
It will work out.
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Rogar can be the captain, he just might not be very good at it... ;)
"B'gger off... Capture a ship or sumthin'.. Jus' leave me alone wi' me hoard o' booze... Oh! If there's any grog in t' loot, that's mine!"
With 20pt purchase, will increase INT and drop CHA, maybe like this:
STR 10
DEX 14
CON 14+2
INT 16
WIS 12+2
CHA 8-2
Also, to keep the social skills, maybe I'll take Clever Wordplay or Student of Philosophy trait.
Malevor's skeleton's up.
However you guys want to work it.
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If Malevor can win Alessandra's trust, she'll have no problem with his being captain - she'll be a loyal enforcer and general ass-kicker!
Nice backstory, BTW.
Prefer to have Level 1 wealth so I can get Chaenath ready quick. What are the rules for level up hp?
Don't think I need to mess with my backstory. She just got shanghaied as a slave onto the Man's Promise rather than the ship from the original story. Please let me know what you think.
Level up hp = half HD+1 so d6 hit die -> 4 hp (plus Con/favoured class bonus, of course).
Thanks Alessandra.
I think the last campaign I build Chaenath for had three traits. I had to drop one of them here but I think I'm good to go. She's really very squishy.
So. Trait 1: Rich Parents I gots da moneys!
Probably not the best choice for starting this AP.
I think I'm good to go. She's really very squishy.
No problem, sweetie - you keep the magics off me and I'll keep the sharp things away from you, hmm? Us girls have to stick together after all...
I wasn't very serious about the captain thing... :)
I'll finish up Rogar 2.0 on Monday, so we can finish up the fight where it left off.
Well, two of you are slaves on the tween decks of a ship getting captured and the other two are mere swabs on a pirate ship. No one is in a position where they need to worry about their prospects of captaining a ship any time soon.
On the subject of the ship's capture, looking at the gameplay thread, it looks like Shaeda has taken 7hp damage, Diego 6, and Alessandra 2. Nothing for Rogar. I'll update my status bar accordingly.
anything else you want from me GM?
anything else you want from me GM?
Don't need a novel, but a little background would be great. Where are you from, etc. how'd you end up aboard the Man's Promise
Imma try and get a gameplay post up tonight.
Backstory in Profile.
Same here. Let me know if anything else is needed.
And we are off and running!
So We come in after the fight I'm guessing?
Yeah, we'll get you guys into the story as a member of the prize crew.
This round of combat went amazingly well for the PCs, so we may be done with this combat if Alessandra and Doc clean up the last bad guy.