Skull and Shackles: How to drown a Kobold

Game Master Hokina

Where do you want to head to next?
You can stay more then 1 day in a port trying to gain Infamy.
You can sell or use plunder.
You could just sail around the sea looking for ships or villages to attack.
....

Have we been told how to sell or use plunder yet? I'm not recalling it. Let's do that, or go hunting for available targets.

[s]"We're getting full. Set sail for Quent, as that's a big enough port to get god value for our loot."[/b]

Infomation on plunder, hiring, and other things like that are under the tab "Campaign Info".

Traveling thru the islands, Cog comes up and alarts you that the fresh water is very low.
A few hours later you find a good river on one of the islands for water. Coming back down the river that afternoon Fishgut cries out at the sight.

The cove is completely dominated by a huge warship named, appropriately enough, Dominator. Atop the rigging of the massive four-masted ship fly the colors of the Empire of Cheliax. It is clear that the heavily armed vessel, with a full company of armored marines mustered on deck, is a pirate hunter.

Fishgut: " I was afraid of this happening. This far up only the best hunters sail. A Chelish pirate hunter is more then any single ship free captain wants to face. They have turned pirate hunting into an art.
This far up all free captains stay as far from them as they can.
If there was more then one a larger free captain would send a fleet to deal with it; one is just not worth it."

Fishgut looks back at he hunter's ship. "It is getting dark and the river is wide. Maybe we can drift past without them seeing us... but as soon as we drop sails they would see us. They have a lot more sail then us."

Perception DC20: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16

I don't likes the idea of fighting a pirate hunter-k-k-k. I says we give them wide berth and let them hunt someone else-k-k-k.

perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

"Then we need to make sure they can't follow us." She looks over the ship from a distance. "I'm thinking that a little sabotage is in order. They can't follow us if they can't steer the ship."

She grins from ear to ear, "Who's with me?"

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24

"We agree cap'. For that we need to get to that ship though. We can easily swim there, but we're less good with the ropes and unnoticed sabotaging. You can counts us in though."

I likes the way you think, Cap'n-k-k-k!, Skrelznit grins.

Grauchi looks around, unsure about each person's swimming abilities. "We can shape-shift into a dolphin, pulling those who can't swim very well along?"

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

"Hmm. How far away from shore would you guys say that ship is? Hear me out-I can make myself some extracts of invisibility and reduce person. I chug those, and try and climb into that window over there. Disable the steering, glide back out into the sea and swim off. No way they can find me, I'm damn near invisible even without my extracts. What do you guys think? The only problem I can think of is getting onto the ship itself-I'm a lousy climber, and when I make myself tiny, I'm even worse."

Extracts Huek will prepare for today:

2x Reduce Person
1x Shield
1x Touch of the Sea
2x Invisibility

You don't needs to climb or swim when you got Looseal's Air Delivery Service-k-k-k!

And if we wait for nightfall when it's easier to hide, I can send a Happy Cloud to make them stoned-k-k-k. Euphoric Cloud

Strategy depends on how far from shore they are. @GM?

Your ship is away from the Dominator. But the Dominator is only 100 feet from the side of the jungle-cloaked river.

Darn. I was gonna climb a tree and glide into the ship window, but I'd need to fall 400 feet vertically to be able to glide 100 feet into the ship. Doubt there's a tree that tall on the bank.

Huek, if you're Tiny and Invisible, Looseal can carry you to the ship very quietly, let you off wherever you want, and be gone with only the momentary landing of an ordinary sea bird to be noticed.

Skrelznit has a Feat that allows very good sniping, and his shortbow is actually his best weapon, so he is probably best hiding in the jungle. Also, that range is close enough for my best 2nd-level crowd control spells.

Does anybody want to go with Huek to the ship?

With Huek's gliding, Looseal doesn't even need to land on the ship. A simple flyby will get the altitude for a short glide.

I'd be willing to go in as well, but I also have issues with climbing (it doesn't make much sense to put too many ranks in when I'm going to be flying in a few levels anyway).

I could go in in Huek's handy haversack, since I bring my own air supply.

If not, I've got the range to snipe from the shore. Gringe's Produce flame and Taalik's bow also have the range.

I believe Grauchi still has a partially-charged wand of Summon Nature's Ally II. That will allow for useful distractions to slow down pursuit.

Memo to myself - buy a drill for ship sabotage. Touch the puppet head.

This plan is getting more and more ridiculous by the second. I love it. I'm in. How would you get away from the ship? How's your swimming? Or do we want to try and get out the same way we get in?

I'm pretty good at swimming, and I don't need to come up for air. That will protect me from a lot of types of threats. If you promise to buy me dinner afterwards, I'll let you have some of my air too.

Since you are an alchemist, you should probably make some Air crystals We don't have time for this mission, but it might come in handy down the road.

Looseal's Delivery Service works both ways, if you like.

If time permits, Skrelznit sends Looseal on a bird's eye (literally!) reconnaissance mission, using their Improved Empathic Link to describe the enemy ship to the party.

Map?

Ooh, I'll definitely start making those crystals. Once we get some money (I only have 14 gp right now...) I really want to start pumping out all sorts of fun alchemical concoctions for us. I might not be able to make potions, but I can still try and support the party this way. Also, I'd be happy to get some air, thanks! I should think about taking Infusion as a discovery so that I could give you guys touch of the sea in the future...

Well, if you are making stuff for the ship's stores, then ship's funds should pay for it. Does everybody agree?

Abso-tively, Cap'n-k-k-k!

Skrelznit Knowledge Local: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22

Looseal can see three lookouts on the main deck, but Skrelznit and Looseal can tell the lookouts don't have darkvision.
Looseal can see, what looks like, the ropes that need to be cut inside some of the windows.
Map is up under the "battle map" link.

Skrelznit (and anyone else who wants to join him on shore) land in a dinghy and travel overland using the shortest distance possible into position, hidden in the jungle within view of the ship.

He uses his telepathic link with Looseal to guide her in getting Huek close enough to glide in, then prepares a spell for if and when the crew notices anything amiss.

Stealth: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16 Somebody *please* come along for Stealth Synergy!

Stealth: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

Grauchi joins in, giving a few pointers to where Skrelznit should avoid making sound. Noticing that after these pointers, Skrelznit is more stealthy than him...

Having been occupied with repairs to the ship's hull and thus unaware of the planning that has been taking place, Taalik returns to the captain's quarters just as Looseal shares her findings with her master.

"If'n we be doin' dis ting, den we best drag dat beast down as much as possiible. I bein' 'appy to go aboard, trash de rudda's ropes wit masta Huek. If'n de capt'n prefer to go, I ken also swim unda da ship, I got dis charm, it becomes an ancha when used. I bind it to de keel. Den, even if'n dey fix de rudda, dey still be stuck at ancha, only dey don't know it. Course, we could save dat for anoda time. Also, flaming arrows set to de sails, well'n, dat be a funny site to see."

"Let's save the anchor for another time. Be ready with those arrows though. Keep the fire hidden and we'll let you know if there's a problem."

FYI, How would a feather token work offensively? For 50 gold, I assume that it can be easily removed from the point it's anchored to. (or not so easy when it's underwater and they don't know where it is)

"How're you keeping the fire hidden in the night? Isn't the whole idea of this endeavor not to get noticed until it is too late?"

I think of the feather token as just a little harder then a good anchor to remove. It can be dispelled (fastest), lifted like a fouled anchor (a anchor that is stuck and needs to be freed), or cut (I guess Iron chain; so 5 hp, 10 hardness?).

[ooc]Is the party ready to go?[/b]

I would afix it with a Stubborn Nail, and it's biggest impact would be no one would know of its presence, so it would cost them valuable time even after repairing their controls

I think we're ready. Some of us rolled stealth already? Or do we reroll?

You are able to get over to the boat without alerting the lookouts. Getting closer you can see that the elaborately decorated stern castle can be climbed like a latter.

I'm in the haversack, waiting for retrieval.

Alright, shall we begin Huek and Sassarra's wild ride?

Huek sneaks along with the others until they're in range of the ship.

When he's ready, he chugs an extract of reduce person and invisibility and climbs onto Looseal. "Alright, here goes nothing..."

Once they get to the correct height, he takes a deep breath, flutters his wings a bit, and jumps.

DC 15 Fly check to Feather Fall: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27
DC 15 Fly check to control glide: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

Once he gets to the window, assuming nobody else is in the room, he'll let the captain out of the bag. "Keep your voice down, ma'am. Not sure who else is here. Let's get to work, shall we?"

Stealth: 1d20 + 30 ⇒ (1) + 30 = 31 That stealth modifier though...

She immediately moves to the shadows and listens for threats.
Stealth: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

Coming in the window, the party can see the tiller rope. Sassarra can hear that there is activity on the ship; sailors walking up and down the halls.

Gringe will sit back and wait for the others before she uses her horrid stealth abilities. she taps her fingers against her arms, waiting.

Skrelznit waits for the right moment to cast his spell, foot tapping nervously.

You think they're doing okay-k-k-k?, he whispers.

Huek makes his way over to the tiller rope and pulls out an arrow. He hisses quietly to Sassarra. "Boss-might've not thought this one through. You got anything better than an arrow to cut through this thing?"

Grauchi casts Monkey Fish and climbs aboard as well. He sneaks up to his team mates standing by the rope.

After a few seconds, Grauchi realises they didn't bring a knife.

"Psst, we have a knife. Be careful, its silver."

"Next time we get into town, daggers for everybody." She will step forward and begin cutting through the rope. She won't cut all the way through until all of them are weakened.

"I'll put it on the agenda Cap'. Who was our quartermaster again?"

Just as Sassarra cuts most of the way thru the ropes, the party hears people outside the doors just before the doors opens and 3 marines come walking thru the doors. They jump at seeing the party.

I rolled Perc. No one failed so you have a surprise round on them as they come in.

surprise round:
Party goes. Taalik gets two turns.

I have +2 initiative if I get to act in the surprise round. Total modefier = +7, so I get another action as well I suppose?

I take it they'll call for backup if we can't silence them before the end of the round, so a stealthy approach is off the table?

Grauchi hisses "Time for plan ... Burn" and casts Flaming Sphere. Blocking one of the entrances while further burning the ropes.

My combat round action will be after some other people acted or I get some result from burning the ropes.

Sassarra also sees the logic in making it hard for more devil-lovers to get in. He pulls out a tanglefoot bag and hurls it at the one near the door.

flatfooted touch: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Entangled and DC 15 reflex vs being rooted to the spot.

Oooh, fire. As I recall, lines like this were often waxed or greased to reduce wear and keep water out.

Yea. Without tarring hemp ropes would take on water and rot. Cotton does not need tarring, but like a lot of plants; it burns.

Gringe thinks for a moment before casting produce flame. Once her hand is on fire she moves into position to throw her flame if anyone comes though.

Grauchi looks around, "You think we damaged the ship enough with this? Did we have an escape plan?" he then starts summoning a Nature's Ally (II).

Surprise Round:
While Grauchi and Sassarra try to block or slowdown the marines, the rest of the party readies for the marines attacks.

One of the Marines get hit with Sassarra's tanglefoot, but is able to not get stuck to the floor.
reflex save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Round 1:
Grauchi fire finishes burning thru the rope.
One of the marines yell to the one behind him to alert the ship before moving up to attack Sassarra.

Gringe responds to the man by throwing a hand full of fire; burning the marine. Marine takes 9 damage.
Gringe triggered attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

The marine still slashes Sassarra with the marine's battleaxe. Sassarra takes 13 damage.
Marines attack on Sassarra: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

The other marines rush away.

Party is up.

I am running an all Kobold party in Skull & Shackles.
So I am looking for a few shipwrecked rat (Kobolds). They get to be pirates or die trying; likely both.

Right now we have an aerokineticist, Hunter, Druid, and a Gunslinger.
The druid player is/was in the hospital. So I don't know when he is coming back.
The Gunslinger has some type of family crisis. I have not heard from him in ~6 weeks. I will wait a little bit longer before counting him as "jumped ship".

If you submitted a PC to my last recruitment topic, go ahead to resubmit here. The guidelines have not changed.

The party is into book 2. They have starting sailing with their re-branded ship.

Character Creation Guidelines:
Starting level: 4rd
Alignment: While Good is possible, as a pirate it could be hard and would have to have a really good reason to why they would want to be a pirate.
Stats: 25 point buy Or Roll. See below.
Hit Points: Max at first level, half round up after. (d10=6,d8=5, d6=4)
Starting Gold: 6,000 gp
Classes: Core, Base, Hybrid, unchained, occult.
Races: Kobolds, Kobolds, and because I am a nice Gm I will allow Kobolds too.
Traits: 3. One from player guide, one Kobold race Trait, and one other trait.
Feat: All Kobolds will gain a 2nd feat at odd levels (1,3,5,...) that can only be used on teamwork feats. Kobolds are good at working together. (So right now two Teamwork feats)
You can pick/change the teamwork feats after you get accepted.
Skills: Using the background skills. So you have access to the two ranks of background skills per level. Bards, skulds, and the like have their perform skill cost 2 background ranks (or 1 normal rank).

The Stat: (PB and rolling, and kobolds)
The life of a pirate can be hard. Kobolds a -4 to Str and -2 to con. Keep in mind that may be tricky on some rolls.

You can do 25 point buy (min score of 8), or roll 4d5D1+3 (4d5, drop lowest, and add 3). Any score rolled as 6,7 is a 8.
Even if you roll you can still fall back on Point buy if you want.

If you take the stats in order (Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis, Cha), you can also roll a 1d4, and a 1d2.
You can add the 1d4 to any score but can't push the score above 18. The same for the 1d2.

I will end recruitment Friday night as long as we have enough kobolds.

4d5 + 2 ⇒ (1, 2, 2, 2) + 2 = 9 Str
4d5 + 2 ⇒ (3, 1, 3, 4) + 2 = 13 Dex
4d5 + 2 ⇒ (2, 1, 1, 5) + 2 = 11 Con
4d5 - 2 ⇒ (5, 5, 5, 5) - 2 = 18 Int
4d5 + 2 ⇒ (3, 1, 1, 4) + 2 = 11 Wis
4d5 + 2 ⇒ (1, 4, 2, 1) + 2 = 10 Cha

1d4 ⇒ 4
1d2 ⇒ 2

So... After kobold abilities are applied, 5/15/9/18/11/10 with a +4 and a +2 to be put somewhere.

So... After kobold abilities are applied, 5/15/9/18/11/10 with a +4 and a +2 to be put somewhere.

Yes:

You can move the stats around, and NOT gain the bonus rolls.

Or you can fall back to the 25 point buy.

Also ~1/3 of your rolls were 1's. That is a lot of 1's.

It's fine, I'm pretty happy with them, all things considered.

I'll add the +2 to str (need at least 7 for carrying capacity, sadly) and the +4 to dexterity (total 17, 19 after racials), and increase my dex at level 4.

I'm going for an Inspired Blade swashbuckler.

4d5 + 3 ⇒ (1, 3, 4, 1) + 3 = 12
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 3, 5, 5) + 3 = 19
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (2, 3, 5, 1) + 3 = 14
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4, 3, 2) + 3 = 13
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 5, 1, 5) + 3 = 17
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (4, 3, 4, 3) + 3 = 17

If I choose order.

1d4 ⇒ 2
1d2 ⇒ 1

Can anybody apply, or only those who missed out previously?

4d5 ⇒ (3, 1, 3, 5) = 12 11+3=14
4d5 ⇒ (5, 4, 3, 2) = 14 12+3=15
4d5 ⇒ (5, 1, 5, 2) = 13 12+3=15
4d5 ⇒ (4, 4, 5, 3) = 16 13+3=16
4d5 ⇒ (5, 4, 1, 5) = 15 14+3=17
4d5 ⇒ (5, 2, 5, 5) = 17 15+3=18

1d4 ⇒ 3
1d2 ⇒ 2

That'll do, pig, that'll do.

14-4=10
18+2=20
15-2=13
18
17
18

So
STR 10
DEX 20
CON 13
INT 18
WIS 17
CHA 18

Yoiks! Dems good stats.

Going to build an Unchained Rogue Knife Master.

Dotting! Let's see what we've got here. Let me know if I did my math wrong, it's entire possible I screwed it up horribly. The stats

4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 2, 3, 1) + 3 = 12 7 STR (after racials)
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 3, 5, 1) + 3 = 15 16 DEX (after racials)
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (5, 1, 4, 4) + 3 = 17 14 CON (after racials)
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1, 4, 5) + 3 = 16 15 INT
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (1, 2, 3, 4) + 3 = 13 12 WIS
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4, 3, 3) + 3 = 14 13 CHA

1d4 ⇒ 4
1d2 ⇒ 2

Think I'll leave the 2 and 4 floating for now, seems like I've got a pretty decent spread. Could really do anything that's not overly STR-based. Thinking maybe an alchemist? With the dex and int I could make a pretty decent bomb chucker.

Question: will you allow the variant Kobolds (Red, Green, Blue , White, etc.) from Classic Monsters Revisited?

Interested! Thinking Bloodrager heading into Dragon Disciple.

4d5 + 3 ⇒ (4, 4, 2, 4) + 3 = 17 = 15-4 = 11 Str
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1, 4, 5) + 3 = 16 = 15+2 = 17 Dex
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (1, 2, 2, 3) + 3 = 11 = 10-2 = 8 Con
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4, 2, 3) + 3 = 13 = 12 =12 Int
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1, 5, 2) + 3 = 14 = 13 = 13 Wis
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (5, 5, 4, 1) + 3 = 18 = 17 = 17 Cha

1d4 ⇒ 1
1d2 ⇒ 1

Edit: Gah, two ones? Really? Well, crap.

Think I'm going to roll up a grenadier alchemist-going to stick the 4 into CON and the 2 into INT. With the ability score increase at 4, I'll be able to start the game with an 18 in CON and INT, and decent dex as well. Should be fun. Will have something up soon.

Well, here's the basic build going Blue, thought about going green might still.... I figure we'll need to figure out the teamwork feats together and I'm sure I need to get better normal gear and a ranged weapon besides my daggers. Completely willing to changeover to regular Kobolds if colors not allowed.

Going with in order

Strength = 4d5 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1, 5, 2) + 3 = 13 = 12 = 8 after racials
Dexterity = 4d5 + 3 ⇒ (1, 3, 5, 3) + 3 = 15 = 14 = 18 after racials and +2
Constitution = 4d5 + 3 ⇒ (1, 3, 1, 3) + 3 = 11 = 10 = 11 after racials and +3
Intelligence = 4d5 + 3 ⇒ (4, 4, 1, 3) + 3 = 15 = 14 = 14 after racials
Wisdom = 4d5 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1, 3, 3) + 3 = 12 = 11 = 11 after racials
Charisma = 4d5 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1, 4, 2) + 3 = 12 = 11 = 11 after racials

1d4 ⇒ 3
1d2 ⇒ 2

I will submit Garan Kohuhn later. He will be some form of dex based melee style class.

Also can I treat a cutlass as a finessable weapon or simply call a short sword a cutlass?

4d5 + 3 ⇒ (4, 5, 3, 5) + 3 = 20=17
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (4, 2, 2, 4) + 3 = 15=13
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1, 1, 1) + 3 = 9=8
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 3, 3, 5) + 3 = 17=14
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 2, 2, 1) + 3 = 11=10
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (5, 3, 1, 4) + 3 = 16=15

1d4 ⇒ 2
1d2 ⇒ 1

Well, hello rolls XD. Lets put the 3 bonuses into con. think i'm making a fighter!

here we go

4d5 + 3 ⇒ (5, 1, 5, 5) + 3 = 19-1 = 18
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (4, 1, 5, 3) + 3 = 16-1 = 15
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 3, 5, 4) + 3 = 18-3 = 15
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (2, 5, 3, 2) + 3 = 15-2 = 13
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 5, 1, 1) + 3 = 13-1 = 12
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (5, 3, 4, 1) + 3 = 16-1 = 15

1d4 ⇒ 3
1d2 ⇒ 2

Gringe likes boats... and bones!

This is a character I have loved since I first used her. I just need some minor adjustments... working on those now...
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (2, 3, 4, 2) + 3 = 14=12
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (4, 4, 4, 2) + 3 = 17=15
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (4, 4, 3, 5) + 3 = 19=16
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1, 3, 5) + 3 = 13=12
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4, 3, 2) + 3 = 13=12
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (5, 5, 3, 2) + 3 = 18=16
We shall see!
Wow... good kobold of pretty much any class...

Can anybody apply, or only those who missed out previously?

It is open to everyone. I just wanted to point out that if someone missed out in the old recruitment topic, they could just drop their submission without having to re-roll.

Question: will you allow the variant Kobolds (Red, Green, Blue , White, etc.) from Classic Monsters Revisited?

No. But you do get the 3rd trait that is a Kobold race Trait. So color has an effect.

Also can I treat a cutlass as a finessable weapon or simply call a short sword a cutlass?

If you want to call a Short sword a cutlass, it is fine. Just put in your sheet that the "cutlass" is a short sword and you use the short sword stats (piercing, not slashing;19-20 not 18-20).

Okay, crash course explanation of gringe! Bring was a
Destined to be her tribe shaman... that was until something destroyed her tribe and left her to drag herself through her already pretty mixed up mind. Now not only was she shaman, but she was the avatar to the spirit of a powerful ancient dragon. The dragon struggles with gringe's broken mind for control over her body. This is shown through her feats (she is getting the dragon aspect feats). BTW: the song on her profile page is a WIP, and is mostly for flavor, it is going to be a sonnet about the dragon who is possessing her.

This looks interesting. Lets see what I roll.

4d5 + 3 ⇒ (2, 3, 5, 1) + 3 = 14
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (1, 3, 4, 5) + 3 = 16
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (2, 2, 1, 1) + 3 = 9
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (4, 4, 3, 1) + 3 = 15
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (5, 4, 5, 4) + 3 = 21
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (4, 3, 1, 1) + 3 = 12

1d4 ⇒ 2
1d2 ⇒ 1

So that'll be, after adjustments, Str 9, Dex 18, Con 10, Int 14, Wis 17, and Cha 11. I'll have a character ready later tonight.

4d5 + 3 ⇒ (4, 1, 2, 3) + 3 = 13
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (5, 4, 5, 4) + 3 = 21
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 5, 2, 2) + 3 = 15
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 4, 1, 5) + 3 = 16
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 4, 3, 1) + 3 = 14
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (5, 5, 5, 4) + 3 = 22

After dropping 1 die each im left with to play with before racial adjustments.
12
17
13
15
13
18

Forgot to post this last night, here's my submission for a Kobold alchemist (grenadier archetype). Still have to finish up the inventory, but he's more or less complete. If you wanted the hero lab version, here you go:

Any ideas or criticisms are more than welcome. Thanks for the consideration!

I believe THIS was my submission from last time.

I leveled up from 3 to 4. :)
I hope the stat roll we used from the last time is okay.

GM, just wondering-how many people are you looking to join the campaign? Just wanted to know how many slots in the party are actually open.

I do not have time to make the character for tomorrow any more so please don't consider me for this. Good luck to you all

Ouachitonian wrote:

Can anybody apply, or only those who missed out previously?

It is open to everyone. I just wanted to point out that if someone missed out in the old recruitment topic, they could just drop their submission without having to re-roll.

That being the case, I need to get off my duff and submit something.

4d5 + 3 ⇒ (4, 3, 4, 4) + 3 = 18-3=15
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1, 4, 1) + 3 = 12-1=11
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 2, 3, 3) + 3 = 14-2=12
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (5, 4, 4, 4) + 3 = 20-4=16
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (5, 2, 1, 3) + 3 = 14-1=13
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1, 4, 4) + 3 = 13-1=12

So after Kobold Race adjustments, if I take them in order that's

STR 15-4=11
DEX 11+2=13
CON 12-2=10
INT 16
WIS 13
CHA 12
1d4 ⇒ 2
1d2 ⇒ 1

Ok, heck with the extra dice. I'm just going to take the 25 point Buy.

There's a Kobold Draconic Bloodrager coming to town. Burn 'em all and let Dahak sort 'em out!

Well, there will be if I can put a submission together in time. Didn't realize the deadline was tomorrow. We'll see, but I don't know if I'll get one in or not.

Here is the completed and polished Fang from Lokiel's submission

GM, just wondering-how many people are you looking to join the campaign? Just wanted to know how many slots in the party are actually open.

Oh, I forgot to say. I am looking for 3. In a week or two more I may connect one of the others if I end up dropping one of the people who have been missing for a while.

The weekend will be more busy for me then I was thinking.
I will post any comments about the submitted PC's later today.
Deadline will be moved to Sunday. But the real cut off will be when I look at them Monday.

Well, Gringe is mostly done, just need to edit her traits... which i currently can't access but will be able to later :)

Kobolds, pirates and high sea adventures? Paint me interested!

STR: 4d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 4, 6) = 19 15 + 3 - 4= 14
DEX: 4d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 6, 5) = 22 17 + 3 + 2= 22
CON: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 4, 4) = 17 13 + 3 - 2= 14
INT: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 3, 4) = 16 13 + 3 = 16
WIS: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 6, 5) = 13 8 + 3 = 11
CHA: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 6, 4) = 16 15 + 3 = 18

If in Order: 1d4 ⇒ 31d2 ⇒ 2

Wow...that's... I won'tlie, it'sf*+%ing amazing. I could even be a Kobold Barbarian and still be helluva good at it...

I will come back with a build and specially a backstory to make justice to the rolls.

Kobolds, pirates and high sea adventures? Paint me interested!

[Dice=STR] 4d6 ; 15 + 3 - 4= 14
[Dice=DEX] 4d6 ; 17 + 3 + 2= 22
[Dice=CON] 4d6 ; 13 + 3 - 2= 14
[Dice=INT] 4d6 ; 13 + 3 = 16
[Dice=WIS] 4d6 ; 8 + 3 = 11
[Dice=CHA] 4d6 ; 15 + 3 = 18

[Dice=If in Order] 1d4 ; 1d2 ;

Wow...that's... I won'tlie, it'sf~$%ing amazing. I could even be a Kobold Barbarian and still be helluva good at it...

I will come back with a build and specially a backstory to make justice to the rolls.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you were supposed to roll 4d5, not d6.

This way, the max score is 18.

I've learned in my time as a DM that a good way to get rolls from 8-18 is 2d6 +6, which has a minimum of 8 and a max of 18, you can also add 1d6 and drop the lowest for better results.

Why do I think I did the same thing in the first recruitment? Remember kids, never be sleepy and post.

It's actually sad, as I was settled on a nice not!Cthulhu Cleric, but I hope the dice treat me well now.

STR: 4d5 ⇒ (3, 5, 5, 4) = 17 14 + 3 - 4 = 13
DEX: 4d5 ⇒ (4, 4, 3, 3) = 14 11 + 3 + 2 = 16
CON: 4d5 ⇒ (5, 4, 4, 5) = 18 14 + 3 - 2 = 15
INT: 4d5 ⇒ (3, 5, 4, 3) = 15 12 + 3 = 15
WIS: 4d5 ⇒ (3, 5, 3, 5) = 16 13 + 3 = 16
CHA: 4d5 ⇒ (1, 2, 1, 4) = 8 Up to 8 + 3 = 11

In Order: 1d2 ⇒ 21d4 ⇒ 4

Well, it actually is Nice. I mean, I get either Dex or Wis up to 18 with that 1d2, and Cha to 15 using the 1d4 and we still have a pretty nice Madness and Ocean Cleric.
Admittedly not as f@!$ing nuts as the d6 one, but still. I even got some CON out of the deal.

So yeah, I'll soon be submitting a Cleric. I don't know jackshit about her build or backstory except one single little quote....

"My God is not love- it's a kick in the pants"

I have not done a lot of math check. Just looked over to see what I think of the idea and/or background posted, and see if anything pops out of me as missing/wrong.

Fang - A fighter. I am tried to run a Swarm Fighter before, but the groups I have played in asked me to not after they seen that stats. Normally the -4 str hurts. But with nice rolls it works.
Maybe add a little background. The Besmara's Blessing trait put you as being on or near the sea your whole life. The Suck in your Gut trait has you in tight spots or tunnels.
So maybe your tribe was on a island with tunnels by the sea, or lived most of your life on a ship squeezing into spots to repair the ship and moving thru mostly full cargo holds?

Gringe - Like you said before, you need to work on traits as you are missing the player guide one.
Also need to level to 4, and the stuff with that.

Huek Schmerlap - A kobold with fire and bombs... Run for the hills.
Still need to pick Extracts, and maybe a little background.
Maybe something about which of Huek's ancestors was a sailor, pirate, sea monster, or whatever gives Huek the Touched by the Sea trait.

Krunk Kahn - One of the traits needs to be from the players guide. And maybe a little background. Maybe how he got into smuggling, or something about that player guide trait you will pick.

SqueekSeasong - Missing Player guide trait, and maybe a little background. Stream nomad talks about building tunnels under rivers. So maybe your tribe tunnels was all under a body of water. So maybe something happened to lead you to leave. Like a tunnel cave in the flooded your home? Just throwing out ideas.

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While part of the player guide trait, the part about getting knocked out and finding your self on a ship, may not be true. The trait sill gives a little background you can build off of.
I am not looking for a big background. Just a few sentence on the kobold to flush out who they are.
Something like what they did, why are they on the sea, and what are their goals.

SqueekSeasong - Missing Player guide trait, and maybe a little background. Stream nomad talks about building tunnels under rivers. So maybe your tribe tunnels was all under a body of water. So maybe something happened to lead you to leave. Like a tunnel cave in the flooded your home? Just throwing out ideas.

That works just fine for me. I remember having a really funny post for the first submission but I can't find it. :/

I also forgot about the campaign trait. I'll pick one out.

Ahh, I knew I had forgotten something-I'll make sure I get the extracts done tomorrow afternoon. As for the background, I had an idea for a tribe of red-scaled kobolds (typically the ones most associated with fire, right?) living right by the sea-working name for them is the Steamscale tribe. Their pyrotechnic proclivities meant that the coast right by their village was constantly shrouded in steam. So while they're not living underground, they're also not *quite* living out in the open. Ships have long since learned to steer clear of the spooky area that's constantly shrouded in fog-which is generally just a good idea in games like these, am I right? Where Huek features in that tribal structure and why he left, I'm not sure just yet. I'm going to sleep on it and get a complete background written up tomorrow, I think.

Alright, I picked out my extracts. It's always tough choosing extracts known at non-1 levels, you kind of have to hope you pick ones that you're unlikely to find "in the wild". I might change my 2nd-level one known, it was between Invisibility/Blur.

As for my backstory, I kind of expanded on last night's idea about the Steamscales. They operated on a small island that was constantly shrouded in mist, which made it easier for them to operate during the day (even though they were mostly nocturnal). The kobolds would wait for ships to pass through the mist at night, at which point they would raid the ship, kill/enslave everyone onboard, then steal all the shiny stuff and send the ship to the bottom of the ocean, creating a hazard for future ships as an artificial reef. Eventually, they attacked the wrong ship (ideally, I'd say it should be Captain Harrigan's ship, but any ill-tempered pirate would do) and in the ensuing fight, the entire village was burned to the ground. Huek, the only survivor (as far as he knows) set out on a small dinghy alone, relying on his ring of sustenance for survival. I'm actually working on writing it down as kind of a short story type thing, might post it once it's done.

But anyways, I think that by both living right by the sea, and by spending a very significant amount of time alone on a tiny boat in the sea, Huek would qualify for being "touched by the sea". It also sets him up for a possible entrance-he could have washed up somewhere, or the boat just kind of happens to find him in the middle of nowhere.

This is Wanderer82's submission, Taalik Amun, a black-scaled kobold bloodrager. I kept the stats in order, and applied the 3 from the d4 to Constitution, an the 2 from the d2 to Charisma.

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Alright, i'll put down what i've worked on so far for Fang.

Erk, level to 4, player's guide trait! I can get those done early tomarrow, but I am too busy tonight.

I probably wont get a chance to get a submission up in time, so I am probably out. But I do have a suggestion that you might be interested in :)
Its about the teamwork feats, why not use this system instead of giving everyone a few bonus feats?

Basically you give everyone a Teamwork Pool, which has a few points in it (and maybe bonus points for levels or a high attribute). Then, anyone can spend a Teamwork Point to gain the benefits of a teamwork feat for one round, Or/And they can spend 2 of their own points to grant an ally a teamwork feat for a round.
If you actually have the feat then you dont need to spend a point for yourself and you only have to spend 1 point for an ally.

That way "working as a team" is a lot more fluid and able to adapt to circumstance, but is not Free and Unlimited (and probably forgotten/unusable in the moment). It would also negate the feeling of picking a bad or too situational feat (but you can still use it this way from time to time!!)

This also doesnt disadvantage someone who actually has a teamwork feat since they still get a lot of millage out of their pool.

Optional: You are allowed to spend an additional Teamwork Point to grant an ally a feat that they dont qualify for but you do. Only you gain the benefit. (This makes some feats like Combat Medic actually usable (worthless feat grumble grumble) and same for feats like Cover Fire where your melee ally is unlikely to have PBS)

Optional: Since these are a bunch of Kobolds and Pirates to boot! Consider allowing this to work with Betrayal feats :)
The memories of times past betrayed are not easily forgotten >:D

You just have to decide on how large of a Pool everyone gets. An "every round of every combat" thing, or a "save these for that moment that it counts" kind of decision.

Enjoy! :)

okay, I have altered Gringe, she is ready for The campaign.

The newly drowned Kobolds are:
Huek Schmerlap, the Alchemist (Grenadier)
Gringe, the Shaman (Witch Doctor)
Taalik Amun, the Bloodrager (Draconic)

I will keep note of the submissions. So if anyone drops in the coming weeks I can just PM to see if any of the others are open to still join.

Gringe's familiar is now just a normal salamander... other than the size difference there isn't much different!

For an alternate idea

4d5 + 3 ⇒ (4, 3, 2, 4) + 3 = 16 = 14
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1, 2, 2) + 3 = 9 = 8
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (5, 2, 2, 5) + 3 = 17 = 15
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (4, 5, 5, 4) + 3 = 21 = 17
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (5, 3, 5, 1) + 3 = 17 = 16
4d5 + 3 ⇒ (5, 4, 1, 3) + 3 = 16 = 15