Hey guys. Here's the spot to check in.
Checking in!
I am so pumped to be here. Hi everybody!
Hi Blake!
Checking in. I'd like to point out that I have two campaigns this guy is in, so I separated them in this one profile. (This one's the second one)
Still! I'm stoked to be here. One thing, Ryuko, is that you never told me what to do about my second trait... which isn't there, haha.
Checking in. I'd like to point out that I have two campaigns this guy is in, so I separated them in this one profile. (This one's the second one)
Still! I'm stoked to be here. One thing, Ryuko, is that you never told me what to do about my second trait... which isn't there, haha.
Yeah but I'd like some feedback on that. What kind of trait would you like? Something with skills? Saves? Attack or AC?
Checking in, and super-psyched to be here.
Oh, and by the way, don't believe all the profile info until I tell you it's done -- I'll be slowly modifying the skeleton of an existing character for the next day or so.
Yeah but I'd like some feedback on that. What kind of trait would you like? Something with skills? Saves? Attack or AC?
Well, I could always replace charmer with "Ease of Faith" from the APG and keep charming. It'd give him Diplomacy as a class skill, and keep in with his background.
Option B is for you to come up with something that involves his Sadism, or his insubordination towards men. Something like -1 to verbal interaction with men, and +2 with women, or -2/+2 It's your call.
Personally Ease of Faith/Charming would be fine. Missionary/Ease of Faith would give him knowledge (Religion) as well, as a class skill.
In other news...
I do strictly enjoy the fact that there are 2 female characters in this campaign for Dmitri to enjoy the company of. I'll assure you both prior that he's not going to be lavishly fawning over the both of you 24/7 but you can expect him to never be angry at you...
As for the other 2, dmitri will eventually come to enjoy your company, but expect him to be a bit alienistic.
If you extend a handshake, he'll ask you what you're doing.
He'll try to end conversations fast.
That sort of thing.
Still! I'm very happy to be here, and I expect our myriad of characters will get along just fine after we all get on the same page. Dmitri is not leader material, by the way.
Just got done looking at the alignments
1 Neutral good, 2 Lawful Neutrals, Blake, and an LE.
This will be the first game he's been in that didn't have a Lawful good.
http://chan.catiewayne.com/b/src/135144552950.jpg
(Mind you, he does just fine, regardless.)
1 Neutral good, 2 Lawful Neutrals, Blake, and an LE.
Blake's alignment is something that I'm a little unsure of. Years of GMing has forced me to hate Chaotic-Neutral, even though that seems close to what Blake would be. Possibly pure Neutral, since he's pretty selfish. He may even trend towards evil, but I don't think he's been that awful. I'm not sure. I have to think on it some more.
Well, I guess I'm the late guy checking in. But I'm ready to go with this new Avatar. The picture makes him a bit too pretty, but I'm sure we can all manage.
This is definitely a motley crew. It seems like the Oracle is the best suited out of all of us to be a leader, with that nice 16 in her Cha, but we can work all that out later.
Speaking of, Destany, your backstory indicates you falling in love with a Surtovan. Since my family is equally distant from the throne as your claimed loved one, we might be able to work it out that you fell in love with my brother or something. Now we might not figure that out right away, and how we both react to that will be interesting, since my character has no particular love for his brother. I just thought it would be a cool small world kind of thing.
Fyrek, you are Orlovsky, which is cool, and since my character has knowledge: Nobility, he probably has heard of you. Since his own birth he has been a bit of an outcast as well, so he will probably be friendly with you.
Blake, to be honest, the scars you have will actually draw Daen to you a bit. He has always been kind to the suffering. The reason why he is neutral instead of good is because he doesn't mind seeking alternative healing (i.e. necromancy and summoning devils) to try to help. He will be interested in learning what you can do, as he loves books and hidden knowledge.
Dmitri, I just don't know about you. On first glance Daen will probably be standoffish, but he may warm up over time. There always seems to be one person in any group that my characters set up as a rival, and you will probably be it. Of course, you will most likely be the strong one in such a rivalry, at least until much higher levels.
Ryuoko, Thanks for choosing me and I look forward to how this will play out.
Don't forget, Dmitri has 16 charisma as well. That doesn't exactly qualify him for leader, though, and for the sake of us not spiraling down into a death fall, he's going to reject the offer.
That being said, Dmitri probably won't be the strong one in the rivalry as he's more about carnage. I see Combat expertise as his next pick.
With that, however, it seems the gang is all here! I'm ready whenever you are Ryuko :D
Hooray! Also, since we're discussing leadership, let it be known that I allow a king to use any mental stat to rule. I believe a Crafty king or Wise king can rule as well as a Charming king (probably better really).
Dmitri, how would you like something that reflected his Masochism? Say "+1 damage on the first strike after Dmitri takes at least 1 hit point of lethal damage."
And Blake, I'd agree you're probably CN. Don't worry about it. People only need to worry about Chaotic Nuetral when they have a crummy group, which I hope we don't.
Anyhow, I'll start working on an opening post.
Hooray! Also, since we're discussing leadership, let it be known that I allow a king to use any mental stat to rule. I believe a Crafty king or Wise king can rule as well as a Charming king (probably better really).
This is good. I like this. I believe it should be widely implemented.
Dmitri, yeah, that's probably a good choice. Although King Carnage has a nice ring to it, it isn't very practical at all.
I'm also looking forward to that opening post.
Post is up. Head on over.
I like that idea, but it's up to you.
I'm switching "Charmer" to "Ease of Faith" regardless, as it gives me more diplomacy. Which is nice.
I'll also be taking "Silver tongued" as a racial trait, which replaces 1 of my skill points at level 1.
Preferably, though, I would prefer a trait that gave me knowledge: Religion. Being raised in a church the entire time would probably instill that kind of info, especially if the succubi were like "Hey, umm. You see this gorum guy?" "Yeah" "We don't fiddle with his people." that sort of thing.
There's also the fact that none of us have Knowledge: Religion.
Blake, to be honest, the scars you have will actually draw Daen to you a bit. He has always been kind to the suffering. The reason why he is neutral instead of good is because he doesn't mind seeking alternative healing (i.e. necromancy and summoning devils) to try to help. He will be interested in learning what you can do, as he loves books and hidden knowledge.
That sounds pretty good to me.
I think it's fair to say that Blake is somewhat hesitant to work with others. It's not to say that he won't, or that he'll actively fight against the group, but I suspect that his first actions will be to study everyone to see how they react, gauge their strengths, and learn their values.
I expect his alignment to shift more towards CG once he actually gets invested and believes in the work we'll be doing.
And Blake, I'd agree you're probably CN. Don't worry about it. People only need to worry about Chaotic Nuetral when they have a crummy group, which I hope we don't.
Okay, solid. I intentionally avoided putting it into the application because of all the horrible things that have been done in the name of Chaotic Neutral.
CN's are... dangerous. Especially the ones that are heavy on the chaotic bits. I prefer lawful, or neutral. Mavis here, however, is very lawful.
He's very diplomatic in the case of women, and he can just as easily diplomacise men, but he prefers to just let things play out with them. Worst comes to worst, he gets some enjoyment out of it.
Makes perfect sense to me.
CN's are... dangerous. Especially the ones that are heavy on the chaotic bits. I prefer lawful, or neutral. Mavis here, however, is very lawful.
Yeah, I don't like CN characters as a rule. This character is definitely very far outside of my norm. My default alignment is Lawful Neutral, which I'm much more comfortable with. But I also like Blake specifically because he's so different than what I usually do.
CN's are... dangerous. Especially the ones that are heavy on the chaotic bits. I prefer lawful, or neutral. Mavis here, however, is very lawful.Yeah, I don't like CN characters as a rule. This character is definitely very far outside of my norm. My default alignment is Lawful Neutral, which I'm much more comfortable with. But I also like Blake specifically because he's so different than what I usually do.
I've been on rather a fey kick lately, so I've been playing a lot of CN/CG recently, which is something I never used to do. I'm finding I seem to define the difference between Chaotic and Lawful as more Intuitive vs Analytic than anything else. Or in other words, Chaotic only figures out why they did something in hindsight.
And why do I have the feeling that as the lone Good character I'm going to end up coming across like the Mom in the group. :)
So yeah. Kingmaker Dmitri is certainly complete. That level 1 +12 diplomacy...
Also, Fyrek, I can see you and Dmitri getting along just fine. He's probably the main thing you need XD
The way I tend to do lawful is, "Would this character follow a code?" and go from there. It's rarely the actual law, but more a set of commandments or guidelines that are instilled in them, either from their training, or a mistake in their past, or something another character said to them. I related to it more because that's how I am.
Blake, at least at this stage, has no sense of loyalty, no honour, no real beliefs. Despite being highly intelligent, his 'moral code' is very primal. He has no real plan beyond survival. I think it should be fun to see him evolve and learn about working with people instead of using them, and giving him some goals, and seeing how he reacts to the situations that we find ourselves in.
The problem that I've found with most chaotic neutral characters is the "I can do whatever I want" psychopath route, which I'm definitely not interested in. I'm aiming for a spot opposite of lawful that will give him, more than anything, room to grow. Hopefully I'll be able to at least sort of hit the mark.
Hmm... i'd never thought of it at analytical vs. intuitive, but I agree.
I'm waiting on the moment to say "Are you kidding? I killed a man this morning."
I dislike CN only because it they don't team well, and role-playing is a team sport. I don't want to have to babysit the party rogue because we can't trust him. At least CG and CE can be relied upon because they hold to some other value than chaos. We had a guy in our group that couldn't be relied upon for anything other than being a more reliable villain than the AP.
I'm personally glad to hear that Blake is at least ultimately reasonable and will lean good eventually.
And I'm also glad for some conscience as well. Even pirates need a mommy. Thank you Peter Pan.
I'm curious whether or not I should jump on the fact that my employer, and his son, were both aware of the torment of an oracle because she liked a guy.
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You guys did make sure to familiarize yourselves with his code of conduct, right? ... Right?
= Dmitri doesn't harm women unless he absolutely has to.
= Dmitri is Sadistic, as the enemies blood is an offering.
= Dmitri is Masochistic, as his own blood is valuable.
= Dmitri does not enjoy killing, because it ends pain.
= Dmitri seeks positive closure with hostile women.
= Dmitri places himself above other men.
= Dmitri places himself beneath women.
= Dmitri considers his submission the ultimate form of worship.
= Dmitri worships Lilith, exiled sister of Zura.
= Dmitri considers succubi direct daughters of Lilith.
= Succubi to Dmitri are what Trumpet Archons are to Paladins.
= Dmitri obeys Lilith's direct code as his laws.
= Dmitri ritualistically wounds himself if he breaks Liliths Law.
= Dmitri hates public vulgarity, and is rather polite.
= Dmitri openly despises female abominations.
= Dmitri does not support conflict between women.
= Dmitri considers female blood the equivalent of holy water.
= Dmitri views beauty as a ranking system.
= Dmitri doesn't insult women on purpose, but he is blunt.
= Dmitri will wound women if they're willing to be so.
= Dmitri is evil, and does enjoy the finer things in life.
= Dmitri doesn't openly pursue wealth. Simply women, renown, and bloodletting.
= Dmitri is very polite to all people, but his thoughts are vile and evil in the case of men.
= Dmitri places his forms of worship among a hierarchy. See below.
= Obedience and pleasing of Women > Drawing his own blood > Drawing blood.
= Dmitri is extremely charitable to women in need.
= Dmitri is not charitable to the worst-looking male homeless person.
Just gonna... leave that there....
Dmitri frightens me. :P
Hey Daen, you referred to your character as a half-elf, but it says human on your alias, which leaves me a bit confused.
Ah, my bad. I had originally went back and forth on that point, I must have left that particular piece of paperwork on the back while the rest of me went forth. [/zips fly]
Well, you don't know for certain who put her into jail. But you also seem to be the guy who jumps to conclusions. I understand the temptation.
Still...editing...profile. Grrrr. Got logged out last night midedit. Double grrrr.
Just noticed that druids don't get proficiency in their deities favored weapon the way the clerics do, so I'm switching my trait to take care of the bow. Speaking of which, how much money do we have for equipment?
Still...editing...profile. Grrrr. Got logged out last night midedit. Double grrrr.
That drives me mental.
Yes I hate the damn postmonster. And average for your class on gold.
OK, profile is now complete except for the Description.
New Goal: Save up enough money to buy a Longbow.
I also changed Fyrek's avatar -- I like this one *much* better.
That is actually way better. I like it too.
I have the off-feeling you won't have to wait too long.
Believe me that won't take long lol
I'm going to diplomacy the hell out of this clerk. Info would be great.
Also Fyrek, Dmitri politefully declined the offer, as he only worships Lilith. Prayer to others is strictly forbidden.
sorry , on phone and cant format posts. will post again when i get home in a few hours.
Gonna wait for Daen and fyrek to check in before moving on.
Yeah, I had my birthday celebration today, so I wasn't around to post. Thanks for waiting.
happy birthday, Daen - it was my husband's birthday today too - we just got home from the movies.
I just wanna make it clear that I think Destany can handle knowing I'm a LE religious Zealot better than daen might be able to.
Regardless, it's bed time for me. 2 am. Time to head off and konk out.
I'll be awake in 8 hours.
Happy Birthday!
I have to leave on a sudden road trip. I may be able to check in nightly, or I may not be available until Tuesday night. Please run Fyrek as appropriate.
Thanks for the Birthday wishes.
I think we will just have to wait and see how Daen would respond. :)
Well, if you are gone for the weekend, I'll just try to work something out so we can get going south.
Hope it was a good birthday Daen! And for your husband as well, Destany!
Happy birthday, Daen.
Happy birthday to everyone from me as well. And no worried Fyrek. This game is moving a lot faster than I intended anyhow, I don't mind if it slows down just a little.
Games always move faster at the beginning on PBP in my experience. There's just some natural excitement at the start of things. I'm quite happy with all the good role play as well. We definitely have the varied backgrounds to be able to keep up some long discussions for quite some time if we want to do so.
I tend to go full speed ahead the entire time.
A rather slow day today, I'd say. I say it'll pick up tomorrow, though. Keep in mind Fyrek said to DMPC her as necessary, however.
I'm going to assume Fyrek can't hear this and it's just a 1 on 1. So happy right now~