Second Darkness beer and pretzles (Inactive)

Game Master drbuzzard

Merry Christmas everyone.

Santa, being there for ill prepared parties has stuffed an oil of bless weapon into each of your packs.

Thank you Santa! Happy Christmas everyone!

Merry Christmas!

Thanks Santa.. Merry Christmas to all

Just what I wanted! Thanks Santa!
And Merry Christmas!

Happy new year!

Right back at ya Jean!

Wishing everyone a great 2017

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Happy new year. Boom!

Yeah, they are getting rather slack about that 1/day business.

Getting a second job will do that.

There's also nothing I can think of to do. I have an option I think, but it's a longshot.

drbuzzard wrote:

Yeah, they are getting rather slack about that 1/day business.

Getting a second job will do that.

There's also nothing I can think of to do. I have an option I think, but it's a longshot.

Bruh. Bruuuuuuuh.

Bruh.

OK, I'm also running a Serpent Skull game. I think some of you are in it. I've just decided to remove a player for being lacking in posting after being warned repeatedly.

If you are interested in making a character for it, let me know. They are currently 2nd level. It's another beer and pretzels type game.

Serpent Skull is a 6 part AP which finishes with you at 17th level for the last fight, so it will take a while.

Builds are fairly normal, 20 point buy and whatnot (nothing weird like gestalt).

Mind to give us a link there? I am interested, of course. I mean, I don't only like Conan and Judge Dredd, samurais and jungle stuff also tickle my pickles.

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The party probably needs a front liner (they have lots of other stuff, but only one meat shield). A trapfinder probably isn't a bad idea either.

With dropping the rogue, we are down to 4, and I could take 2 people if there is interest.

Current situation, is that you are shipwrecked on an island with some NPCs. There is a known tribe of cannibals on the island, and the captain of your vessel appears to be still around somewhere on the island with one of the other former passengers of your vessel.

Meatshield? That's the name of my favourite game. I will think what I come up with, but a sword and board fighter seems like a nice choice.
Now I only need to come up with a funky backstory and comically inclined personality.

Mmmm... jungle... jungle unexplored... cannibals... It might be a good time to bring an english gentleman explorer, but I will think about it.

Or maybe a Swashbuckler. Mmmh... decissions, decissions.

Two simple questions:
I guess from the AP start and such, that we would have no equipment, am I right?
And is there any harsh minimum on stats during point-buy? I might go dwarf, and charisma looks like a prime candidate to get tanked as all hell, but wouldn't want to min-max too hard.

P.s.- Obviously, I'd roleplay as appropiate if I have dump stats, fear not.

I prefer if people didn't buy below 8.

Also, yes you are stuck with 1st level gear since you've been stuck on this island. In the second book of the AP, you do get city access. However, I believe I am also using the extreme advanced bonus progression like I am here, so it's not as big a deal. You just can't have full plate yet (couldn't afford it at 2nd anyway).

I'll be able to get you into the game shortly if you are ready.

Also, anyone interested or do I ask in another game?

By my take, they need a front liner (Emissary seems to be on this) and someone to do trappy scouty stuff.

I'm tempted to do some sort of sneaky/trappy sort of guy

Well get on it, I have to find a good place to throw the new ones in. Not sure if you would be cannibal captives or what. If that's the case, you equipment will be minimal.

I have an issue in that I am in a different country than my computer with herolab until Friday and I am lame without it.

I have finally decided upon a swashbucklinh paladin of the halfling variety. Good defenses, healing, moderate to high damage to attention whore my way to be the focus of the enemy attacks and most importantly: he will be called Sir Galittlehad the Not So Pure.

Only real question here is: is it even possible to be a Paladin of Cayden Cailean? If not, I will think which stick-up-the-derriere deity allow for the most partying.

Oh, and second level hp. How?

JoshB: I could see that as crippling, we can wait on him.

HP is always 1/2max +1 (same as PFS). I think there was something in one of the books about paladins of Cayden, I'll have to look.

Before despair drives everyone out, you are well over halfway down on the demon. These guys are just a prime example of nasty. You'll probably steamroll the rest of this place (then level up after finishing the book).

As someone who played a home campaign which we dubbed "demonhunters", I am already acquainted with how much of a little b~#~~ they can be.

That said, it's the darkness what is driving us mad. All those crits forever lost, never getting any love... I want to cry.

the Eldritch Archer Archetype REALLY should have added Seeking as one of the enchantments a Magus could add with his Arcane Pool. They added distance, nimble shot, and returning but had a brain fart and did not add the most important one.

You mean the most overpowered one?

(honestly seeking is good enough, it ought to be +2)

Most of the time it goes unused but it would be great to add it on the fly with the arcane pool.

Overpowered? Most of the time useless. But very powerful once in a while

I agree with buzzard, that said Seeking isn't the only enchantment that should have a different +X value.

I mean, yeah, once in ten years when you decapitate a BBEG, vorpal might be overpowered. But the rest of the time it's only a fancy word to yell as you draw your weapon.

"LO AND BEHOLD MY VORPAL BLADE!"

Brilliant Energy, that's where the money at. +5 only to negate armor? And can be turn off to use it against undead and other unliving things? +5 seems low.

Brilliant energy is overpriced. By far. I don't think I've ever seen someone pay for it. The fact that it doesn't bypass natural armor (when any bloody pistol will) is just stupid.

Seeking negates invisibility, cover, mirror image, displacement, and many other things. It's a brutally effective ability. If basically negates most used magical defenses.

Of course even if you say it is only intermittently powerful, to put it in the arcane pool, when it only has to be on when it is brutally powerful is a good example of why it is not there.

The one I think is just too overpriced is ghost touch on armor. +3? Really talk about most of the time useless, and honestly it's pretty rare when you need it. I doubt I have ever seen anyone pony up for that. At +2 people might consider it, but at +3 it is way overpiced.

Seeking for a ranged character is like Keen for someone wielding an 18-20/x2 weapon. It's the first enchantment they put on the weapon.. So yeah it's good.

I've never had a Brilliant energy weapon...But at the levels you would get it you are fighting against things with a lot of Natural Armor. BUT if you put one in the hands of the enemy....just Watch as your high AC tank character s~+$s in his useless armor

Yeah, brilliant energy a great NPC device, but useless for PCs. That makes it pretty stupid to me.

I actually almost never take keen. I just get improved critical for most characters. The +1 on a weapon which can be done via feat doesn't seem like a bargain. I suppose it is nice to have it early, but meh. That +1 can be pretty steep with the exponential price curve, and there's better stuff (like heartseeking, which again isn't as good as seeking).

Okay you guys but I just want to build a grappler.

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Grapplers can be nasty. Though I must admit the rules oddity that you can only trip things one size larger, while you can grapple things of any sizes is rather vexing.

Yeah it doesn't make a ton of sense. Maybe at larger sizes they shouldn't gain the grappled condition, so it's just you clinging to them.

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It's rather annoying since I have a trip specialist in PFS who once he's gotten to the level when all his trip toys are working well is getting most encounters where the ability becomes useless. Either things are just too large, or they fly.

It's rather annoying since I have a trip specialist in PFS who once he's gotten to the level when all his trip toys are working well is getting most encounters where the ability becomes useless. Either things are just too large, or they fly.

Would an

Enlarge + Impact weapon(if allowed) would enable you to trip Gargantuan size

As to the flying creatures here is a custom weapon created for a character in a campaign that died a quick death

There's a fighting style which allows you to trip bigger things, as well as some trick to trip winged things. However lots of flyers are not winged.

Trip can be brutally effective, but it really does have an expiration date on it with leveling.

Rather like being a melee fighter in general.

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I don't know if it could be described as a rut or not, but I have almost zero desire to play a caster of any stripe anymore.

Heck, in PFS, I have 15 or so characters. Of those 2 have been casters, and 1 is retired (and does a Summoner really count as a caster?).

I think Spheres of Power makes casters more fun and brings balance to the Force.

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I don't know if it could be described as a rut or not, but I have almost zero desire to play a caster of any stripe anymore.

Heck, in PFS, I have 15 or so characters. Of those 2 have been casters, and 1 is retired (and does a Summoner really count as a caster?).

Emissary here. That may be because casters usually rely on helping others or buffing to help through combats which usually means you get some gratification over time.

I present you Instant Gratification: The Build. Blast everything to pieces from level 5 onwards, and the best part? It still counts as helping the rest because your AoE damage makes the fighter feel better when he hits the critter and it goes down in one hit.

Hell, f++~ the fighter. Do it because it's f&$*ing cool exploding things.

[b]Note:[/i] Might be 2manly2handle. Use it with moderation. Or not. You are the wizard who explodes stuff, you dictate the rules.

Actually the reason I don't like casting is because I don't like managing expendable resources. I tend to like fighters and slayers since they can do what they do all day long without you needing to worry about running out of X when you really need it.

Heck, I don't even play barbarians at low level since you have to manage rage rounds.

Lol... I'm the complete opposite. I can't stand full attacking the same way every round.. I need different tactics and resources. Otherwise I feel bored cutting and pasting the same attack post over and over.

That's why I like classes with options like Magi

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Now I can deal with resources in PFS or a home game. Don't like them, but can deal with them. In pbp, I have to go back over the postings to see what I've used and what I have left since the pace is so much slower. Heck, I've got a guide ranger in a game, and about the only thing I have to track is Ranger Focus, and I even lose track on that.

@buzzard: I am plotting a half orc archaeologist bard for your Serpent Skull game. I don't know how good he will be at killing things, but he should excel at everything else.

Pretty sure they will be good already for killing with all the archers. Some skills will help.

Hey buzzard, tomorrow morning I will post here with the thingy for your Serpent Skull thingy.

I might even go out of ny way and don't use thingy too much on the thingy's backthingy.

Nice demoralize Marcky-Marck, that puts the BBEG at -4 saves.

Thing with Raise Dead is the two negative levels, which thoroughly f@~~ me.

They can be removed with two casts of Restoration -which would cost 2000 gp only in materials and need two weeks to cast it twice because of the spell's description- or one of Greater Restoration -which would cost 5000 gp but doesn't have any cooldown time of sorts-

Coupled with Raise Dead cost of 5000 gp, it adds up to a frigging lot.

I do like Kronug, I like him for real as he's a blast to play as, but consider the three following points:

·Would your characters rezz him?
·Do they have the money?
·If any of the questions were no, I will most probably submit a character simmilar to Kronug yet different.

So consider everything and remember: No matter you rezz him or not, I already hate y'all anyway ^^