I could play, if you want. I could even roll up a barbarian or some kind of archer.
Or if you need one, something completely different.
I could even roll up am barbarianFIFY ;-)
I'm trying to avoid breaking the game... also full-on AM BARBARIAN requires leadership to get something so horribly awesome as his mount it is silly.
Are feats from Orcs of Golarion allowed, or do we need to stick to the core/UC/UM/APG for the feats as well as races?
EDIT: The one I'm specifically eying is Destroyer's Blessing.
Oh right. HP rolls.
Assuming I'm rolling that archer...
...decent, surprisingly.
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I'm interested. I'll give some thought as to what I might put together.
Terrific!
So far then I have
Mothman
Trinam
Celestial Healer
Flash - maybe?
I know between hectic schedules and home internet problems it may take awhile to finish your characters. That is no problem. I rather take a little longer up front so that everyone has time to make a character they like than to rush and lose somebody. So let's keep the start date flexible.
This campaign has been rattling around in my head for over a year now. Although, it has morphed quite a bit from my original concept. I'm looking forward to letting it out into the wild.
Oh right. For the purposes of planning:
Mechanically, I plan to make a half orc Fighter(Archer)/Urban Barbarian(Invulnerable Rager) based on the theory that Spell Sunder + Bow = :awesome:. I know that the build is definitely sound from 10th onward. I also know the build is solid from 1-3. This game should be a nice test of the build from 4-10.
In short, this might totally suck, guys, but I think I've got it ironed out well enough.
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It’s been a while since I’ve played an pure arcanist (apart from a bard and a multiclass ranger/wizard/eldritch knight) and I haven’t as yet played any of the new base classes beyond the core rule book, so as I said I’m thinking of going either witch or magus at this stage.
I like the look of the magus, but I’m thinking that in feel / gameplay / party role a magus may not be too different from the eldritch knight. I haven’t ever looked closely at the witch, but one of the guys in my RL group plays one and it looks quite fun (and fairly bad ass).
Anyway, long story short I’m still somewhat undecided ... might wait to see what others have in mind.
I play a witch, and this far between Fortune, Evil Eye and Cackle I haven't even needed to casty a spell yet.
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I’m thinking of going either witch or magus at this stage.
I like the look of the magus, but I’m thinking that in feel / gameplay / party role a magus may not be too different from the eldritch knight. I haven’t ever looked closely at the witch, but one of the guys in my RL group plays one and it looks quite fun (and fairly bad ass).
Anyway, long story short I’m still somewhat undecided ... might wait to see what others have in mind.
Play a Hexcrafter Magus...
I have a Hexcrafter Magus planned out in my head.
Take Familiar as one of your Magus Arcana for flavour and blammo, best of both worlds. :)
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So far then I have
Mothman
Trinam
Celestial Healer
Flash - maybe?I know between hectic schedules and home internet problems it may take awhile to finish your characters. That is no problem. I rather take a little longer up front so that everyone has time to make a character they like than to rush and lose somebody. So let's keep the start date flexible.
Alright. Since you're flexible, I'm in. :)
I might wait a bit and see what CH comes up with before I commit to a concept...
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So far then I have
Mothman
Trinam
Celestial Healer
Flash - maybe?I know between hectic schedules and home internet problems it may take awhile to finish your characters. That is no problem. I rather take a little longer up front so that everyone has time to make a character they like than to rush and lose somebody. So let's keep the start date flexible.
Alright. Since you're flexible, I'm in. :)
I might wait a bit and see what CH comes up with before I commit to a concept...
Welcome aboard!
That's four. I think I have room for 2 more, but if all we have is 4, we can roll with that.
I'm interested! I'll have to think about the character I want to play.
Can I make it #6? Probably ranger. Maybe detective bard since investigation looks likely.
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Here are my preliminary backgrounds and stats for both character ideas ... they’re entirely subject to change at this point! Tordek, I haven’t as yet worked out all the answers to the specific questions posed in the ‘character creation’ section, and don’t want to present them for general perusal at this point besides.
Both GM and fellow players, please feel free to read and comment on one or both ideas.
Marna Zaveri. Female Human (Varisian) Witch 3. N.
Str 9, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 17, Wis 12, Cha 13
Feats: Extra Hex, Extra Hex, Brew Potion
Hexes: Fortune, Cackle, Evil Eye, Slumber
Spells/Day. 0: 4, 1st: 3, 2nd: 2
Skills: Intimidate 2 ranks, Knowledge Arcana 1 rank, Knowledge nature 2 ranks, Spellcraft 3 ranks, Perception 3 ranks, Stealth 3 ranks, Knowledge History 3 ranks, Heal 1 rank
Patron theme: Time
Familiar: Centipede
Traits: Reactionary? , Lore Seeker (if appropriate)
Hp: 14 (note, haven’t assigned favoured class bonus yet)
Marna grew up in a family of Varisian wanderers, and always had a strange fascination with the ancient ruins that dotted the land, wishing to explore them despite doing so being somewhat taboo to her people. One day, in her late teens, she had snuck away to explore such a ruin, when she was bitten by an unusual looking centipede lurking under a rock, causing her to faint away. When she came to, she found her vision oddly distorted, tinged with strange visual echoes, and found the centipede perched on her chest, seeming to watch her. She took the creature back to the caravan with her, and began to commune with it in private as it taught her the secrets of magic.
Her family did not understand her new powers or her attachment to the horrid worm, and within a year she left the caravan as it passed through Korvosa, settling in Trail’s End where she worked amongst the local population as a healer, a seer and a crafter of curses.
Enard ‘Darkblade’ Slade. Male Human (Chelaxian) Bladebound Magus 3. N
Str 15, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 17, Wis 10, Cha 9
Feats: Toughness, Combat Casting, Weapon Focus (Bastard Sword)
Spells / Day: 0: 4, 1st: 4. Arcane Pool: 4
Skills: Intimidate 3r, Knowledge Arcana 3r, Spellcraft 3r, Ride 1r, Perception 3r, Knowledge Dungeoneering? 2r, Climb 2r
Hp: 31 (favoured class bonus assigned to hp)
Traits: Focused Mind, Fencer
Enard Slade was the only son of a minor nobleman of Korvosa. Blessed with a high level of intelligence, his father enrolled him in an academy of magic (the Acadamae?), but although Enard grasped the theory of magic quickly, his first love was swordplay. His study of magic stayed very much focus on spells that could complement his combat ability or cause damage in their own right. His father encouraged his sword training, with the strange condition that he focus on heavier blades, rather than the rapiers popular amongst the young nobility of Korvosa.
When he was in his late teens, Enard’s mother passed away, and his father quickly fell into bad habits of drinking, drug taking and gambling. Within a few years he too passed, leaving Enard to pay off his crippling debts. The Creditors took all the gold and the families modest estate, and in the end Enard was forced to sell the family title to avoid retribution from the nobles and thieves that his father had borrowed from. Whilst cleaning out the family home, Enard came across a black bladed bastard sword of unusual design, mouldering in the attic. Although it seemed unremarkable, he felt strangely attached to it, and resolved to keep it, and take up the life of a sell sword and battle mage.
Now Enard both despises the nobles who abandoned his family in their time of need, and desperately wants to be back in that life, hating himself for it. He fights and adventures for the thrill, somewhat addicted to the rush of danger, but also for the money, a chance to buy back some of what he lost.
In recent months, the black bladed sword has begun to whisper to him, first in his dreams, now while he is awake, and a power appears to be growing within it ... and a determination for something that remains as yet uncommunicated.
Also, a question Tordek, for the witch (or magus really as well), is it possible to start with greater than the minimum number of spells known for a 3rd level character? I would like to start with maybe an additional 2 spells known per level if possible, to reflect some possibly picked up in the ocurse of adventures since level 1.
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Here are my preliminary backgrounds and stats for both character ideas ... they’re entirely subject to change at this point! Tordek, I haven’t as yet worked out all the answers to the specific questions posed in the ‘character creation’ section, and don’t want to present them for general perusal at this point besides.
Both GM and fellow players, please feel free to read and comment on one or both ideas.
** spoiler omitted **
** spoiler omitted **...
I like both concepts. Interesting choices for hexes for the witch. I have a player in my runelords game who plays a witch and has the misfortune hex. That hex + cackle has save the party a few times. Grrrr! ;)
As far as your question about spells. I'll agree to the extra spells known, 2 per level. The only caveat is to have a little back story to go along with where you picked up the spells. It doesn't need to come out right away in the adventure, but maybe at some point, if someone asks where you learned a particular spell, you can tell them the old war story that goes along with it.
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Thanks Tordek.
With the choice of witch hexes it seems very easy to go down the ‘wicked witch’ path, and that’s not quite what I was aiming for (at least not too much – if I settle on the witch I’ll give you a better idea of her personality then), so I thought Fortune might make a nice(r) counterpoint to things like cackle and evil eye ... although cackle and misfortune probably are a good combination ...
I need to stop coming up with more than one good character concept for a game. I will think of something for the Magus and go ‘oh, that is so cool,” then I will think of something for the witch and think ‘that will be a lot of fun’ .... Spoiled for choice.
At this stage I’ll keep developing both, and keep an eye on what the other guys come up with – depending on the party mix and personalities, one might end up making a lot more sense than the other.
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At this stage I’ll keep developing both, and keep an eye on what the other guys come up with – depending on the party mix and personalities, one might end up making a lot more sense than the other.
If I can ask a favour (please don't feel obligated to, you play what you want), are you able to play your Magus?
I have something I want to try and having a Magus alongside it would help out greatly. :)
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I'm debating between two druid builds.
1. An eagle shaman druid with the air domain. This is a druid that likes to fly and likes lightning.
2. If the group needs a healer, I might go with the purist archetype from KQ. They get spontaneous healing instead of summoning and channel energy instead of wild shape. The only thing lacking would be that the cure spells are mostly behind a level. If I go that route, is that something we could change somehow?
As an archer, anything that debuffs AC or boosts attack is amazing.
But that is neither here nor there. I am working on a character, and hope to have it ready (and forthcoming story associated with it as well) by Monday.
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At this stage I’ll keep developing both, and keep an eye on what the other guys come up with – depending on the party mix and personalities, one might end up making a lot more sense than the other.If I can ask a favour (please don't feel obligated to, you play what you want), are you able to play your Magus?
I have something I want to try and having a Magus alongside it would help out greatly. :)
I'm actually tending more strongly towards the magus at this point. While I think the witch may be a mechanically / power-wise better choice, I think I'd have more fun with the magus. If that helps you too, consider it done.
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I'm debating between two druid builds.
1. An eagle shaman druid with the air domain. This is a druid that likes to fly and likes lightning.
2. If the group needs a healer, I might go with the purist archetype from KQ. They get spontaneous healing instead of summoning and channel energy instead of wild shape. The only thing lacking would be that the cure spells are mostly behind a level. If I go that route, is that something we could change somehow?
What issue of KQ is the purist archetype in? I have a few issues so there is a chance I may have it.
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What issue of KQ is the purist archetype in? I have a few issues so there is a chance I may have it.I'm debating between two druid builds.
1. An eagle shaman druid with the air domain. This is a druid that likes to fly and likes lightning.
2. If the group needs a healer, I might go with the purist archetype from KQ. They get spontaneous healing instead of summoning and channel energy instead of wild shape. The only thing lacking would be that the cure spells are mostly behind a level. If I go that route, is that something we could change somehow?
KQ 15.
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KQ 15.What issue of KQ is the purist archetype in? I have a few issues so there is a chance I may have it.I'm debating between two druid builds.
1. An eagle shaman druid with the air domain. This is a druid that likes to fly and likes lightning.
2. If the group needs a healer, I might go with the purist archetype from KQ. They get spontaneous healing instead of summoning and channel energy instead of wild shape. The only thing lacking would be that the cure spells are mostly behind a level. If I go that route, is that something we could change somehow?
Ok - don't have that one, but if you think you'll go that way, I may just go ahead and buy the pdf. It sounds interesting.
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Here is a summary of players and characters that are forming now.
Trinam - Archer - changed to Barbarian based on observation that party is light on smashing things
Mothman - Human Magus
Flash - Sorcerer
Celestial Healer - Some form of Druid - settled on Purist Druid from KQ #15
Treppa - Ranger or Investigative Bard
Taig - Drake Tamer (from Book of Drakes)
Of course nothing is set in stone.
EDIT: Changes made above based on comments below.
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Are we a little melee light?
Based on what we've got, I'll go with the Purist Druid to make a primary healer, but it's not a melee focused build.
Channel Energy in exchange for Wild Shape isn't a very even trade, I admit. Can I adjust the cure spells to their cleric levels? It's still a bit of a weak archetype, even then.
We are melee light. Screw it, I'm rolling a Barbarian.
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Are we a little melee light?
Based on what we've got, I'll go with the Purist Druid to make a primary healer, but it's not a melee focused build.
Channel Energy in exchange for Wild Shape isn't a very even trade, I admit. Can I adjust the cure spells to their cleric levels? It's still a bit of a weak archetype, even then.
Yes - you can use the cleric cure spells. Do you think you will bond with nature and pick up a domain spell or choose an animal companion?
A hint for all: I like undead monsters, the purist druid fits in perfectly with this adventure.
If after a few encounters, we find this archetype is still weak, we can adjust it further.
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Tordek, I’ve got some ideas for the questions you’d like answered of each character (fears, loves, secrets etc). I’ve yet to put them to paper, but when I do there’s a few I’d like some feedback on from you before I lock them in. How would you like to handle that? Spoilered posts in this thread, email? (I don’t really do facebook).
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Tordek, I’ve got some ideas for the questions you’d like answered of each character (fears, loves, secrets etc). I’ve yet to put them to paper, but when I do there’s a few I’d like some feedback on from you before I lock them in. How would you like to handle that? Spoilered posts in this thread, email? (I don’t really do facebook).
Email is fine. You can find my email under the game play tab on the Campaign Description page. Let me know if you can't find it.
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Tordek, I’ve got some ideas for the questions you’d like answered of each character (fears, loves, secrets etc). I’ve yet to put them to paper, but when I do there’s a few I’d like some feedback on from you before I lock them in. How would you like to handle that? Spoilered posts in this thread, email? (I don’t really do facebook).Email is fine. You can find my email under the game play tab on the Campaign Description page. Let me know if you can't find it.
I had missed it earlier, but I've found it now, thanks.