I'm thinking about submitting a Sin Magic Specialist Wizard of Greed with the Enhancement Focused School for Transmutation.
Here's another part to the backstory. Hope you're okay with me significantly affecting the face of Golarion, because in this part a massive Ulfen army is marching against the White Witches of Irrisen. :)
We sailed straight for Kalsgard, encountering a fierce storm along the way but making it through. A little before we reached the city proper we unloaded the enormous number of boats along the river and I went as a messenger to Kalsgard. Not surprisingly, the Linnorm King Sveinn was in an uproar, demanding to know why we had a large army parked outside his city. He was ready to start shouting about dishonorable attacks and treachery when I told him the true reason for the army. I also told him that if he had any pride as an Ulfen, any loyalty to his people at all, that he would recall his troops from their petty civil war and assist Estrid in assaulting Irrisen. Sveinn, backed into a corner in front of his military commanders and noblemen, agreed. We arranged for a message to be magically sent to King Ingimundr in Bildt with the same message.
While Sveinn was busy gathering his army to assist, our tribespeople in Jol returned with bad news. They told that the people of Jol were in a state of uprising, seeking to overthrow King Opir Eightfingers, and that no aid would come from that place. This meant that we had the forces of only two of the four Linnorm Kings so far. Though we hardly had the full strength of the Linnorm Kings at our backs, we were ready for war. Cold steel weapons and alchemist's fire were constantly churning out of the city while scouts scoured the countrysides, claiming more volunteers for the army and more weapons for the war.
After more than a month of preparation, our armies marched forward toward Blackraven Hall, numbering about ten thousand altogether. As we marched toward Trollheim, the Castellan Freyr Darkwine, ruler of that city, met us with his own military force ready to combat the Witches. Finally, once we reached Blackraven Hall, the Blackravens were more than eager to join in the war. We looked across the army that we had built, now numbering more than fifteen thousand, and knew we were ready to tear open Irrisen.
Irrisen was ready to greet us. On her frozen plains, just south of the Rimeflow and about two days' march to the east of the border, we met with the first of the White Witches' forces, a ragtag army of frost giants, ice trolls, cold fey, conscripted soldiers, and a few of the White Witches themselves. A parley was called, and I along with the Linnorm Kings met in between the armies with the daughter of Queen Elvanna herself. Her demands were simple: we were to lay down our arms and submit ourselves to the Witches' rule, or every last one of us would die. The Linnorm Kings, unimpressed, counteroffered that she should take every Witch and fey and leave Irrisen forever. Both sides were obviously not backing down, and so began the Second Winter War.
I'm adding the finishing touches and will have mine completed soon.
Lord Foul II: I would rule that since both Black Blooded Oracle and Dual Curse are archetypes that modify the oracle's curse, they do not stack.
Mayakiana: Those alternate racial traits are fine.
Void Dragon: I would rule that the Thassilonian Sin Specialist archetype requires you to choose the base school, not a focused school.
Kjell Isenvacht: Although I haven't had a chance to read your backstory yet, I have no problem with large amounts of crazy shenanigans happening in it.
Yeah, I didn't expect you to read the whole thing yet. I was gonna make a quick summary of the whole thing afterward, but I need to finish writing it first.
For a very condensed summary, Irrisen-born Ulfen who escapes with his tribe to Land of the Linnorm Kings and rallies up an army there to assault Irrisen and depose the White Witches/Baba Yaga. I'm gonna end it with a face-off against Baba Yaga where she kicks my butt, I barely escape, and I head to the Starstone to gain more power in order to fight her.
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Yeah, I didn't expect you to read the whole thing yet. I was gonna make a quick summary of the whole thing afterward, but I need to finish writing it first.
For a very condensed summary, Irrisen-born Ulfen who escapes with his tribe to Land of the Linnorm Kings and rallies up an army there to assault Irrisen and depose the White Witches/Baba Yaga. I'm gonna end it with a face-off against Baba Yaga where she kicks my butt, I barely escape, and I head to the Starstone to gain more power in order to fight her.
i was writing up a similar (albeit shorter) backstory,
But he's running from an extremely powerful ifrit, from a previous campaign (I played a custom race elf oracle/arcanist gestalt the ifrit had about 17-18 class levels on top of race and a few custom powers) I weaseled out of a wish of his and he has been hounding me and my team ever since, for the purpose of this story my team is now dead, I escaped, I came here seeking the power I need to bring them back and get revenge.
I'm seeing a LOT of spellcasters!
Not that I'm surprised or anything XD
I know the feeling, I refresh this page every 10 minutes.
All right, then I will be dropping the Sin Magic Specialist part of the wizard as the two powers of the Transmutation school are almost useless after 4th, or 5th level.
All right, then I will be dropping the Sin Magic Specialist part of the wizard as the two powers of the Transmutation school are almost useless after 4th, or 5th level.
Whatchoo talkin' bout, Willis? Shapechange is loads more useful than Perfection of Self and all of the little damage abilities are really only for the first few levels where you don't have spells and the enhancement replacement for that won't really be useful for the first few levels XD
EDIT: Besides, when does +1/+2/+3/+4/+5 CON go out of style? That's potentially +3hp/HD.
Updated list of applicants.
Complete
Tiasar – Nareth I’grada, LN warpriest of Zon-Kuthon
Shane Gifford – Kjell Isenvacht, N oracle/barbarian/rage prophet
Alistus – Atisael Blood Spawn of Haagenti – CE bloodrager/demoniac
Alexander Kilcoyne – Lorenzo “Fates Favored” Florent – CG archaeologist bard
Skorn – Minwae, CG rogue (scout)
Leinathan – Opparn – LG unarmed fighter
Lord Foul II – Unnamed Character, LN oracle
DM Jelani – Stanislav Markovic, N vivisectionist beastmorph alchemist
Cronax – Havelock Butcher, NE blight druid
Jazzai Moonbreaker - Mayakiana, CN rogue
Walter das Sombras – Alec Jadder, LG stonelord paladin
Incomplete
Captain Fremont – half-orc bloodrager
Mokshus – Ciphus Allemain, elven inquisitor
Rogar Valertis – arcane spellcaster?
Andiemus – martial type
Bobson – bloodrager or warpriest
Peanuts – brawler or shaman
Michelle Williams – antipaladin?
For those still interested without a submission, you may notice there are currently no full arcane casters.
Here is Void Dragon's submission. I will have the backstory, and personality up sometime tonight, or tomorrow.
I made a couple of tweaks to the wording at the end of Stanislav's background. Otherwise just posting to show my continued interest.
Merry Christmas coming up to everyone who celebrates!
I'm going to withdraw. The holidays are consuming quite a bit of my time and I have other things I need to focus on in terms of PBP. Thanks for the chance though and good luck to everyone else.
Posting again to re-affirm interest :)
I believe we can all do that closer to the deadline, to avoid swarming over the thread and let new readers catch everything in a glimpse without having to read through hundreds of posts.
If no more interest happens by the 28th, I'll go ahead and select characters early.
I'm also still interested, although I've been very busy the last week or two. Alistus and I had very similar character ideas, and I don't want to step on his toes, so I'll scrap the bloodrager.
Given the lack of full arcane casters and the plethora of divine, I'm eying an arcanist now. Alientude - what's your take on the See Magic exploit? As I read it, they get permanent detect magic, and then when they spend points get bonuses on top of that. Would that be how you interpret it? And, if so, would permanent magic-sight break anything for you?
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I am planning on using a sin specialist of sloth teleporter and want to know if i can just be Nex
The archmage Nex (pronounced NEKS)[1] emerged during the Age of Destiny, in the city-state of Quantium, which later became the capital of the state which bears his name, Nex.
Nex travelled the world and the Great Beyond, and his private nation grew rich on the results of his adventures. However, in -892 AR the expansion of the country of Nex brought it into conflict with the necromancer Geb, and his nation (also called Geb). The war lasted centuries, as each wizard was able to extend his life through the use of arcane elixirs. During the war, Nex created the fleshforges of Ecanus.
Nex eventually achieved true immortality by creating a personal demiplane he called the Crux of Nex. He used a shard of the Crux as part of an unsuccessful siege of Absalom in 166 AR. He used another shard in Quantium to create another demiplane, the Refuge of Nex, to act as a bolthole if he was threatened by his enemies.
In 563 AR Nex gifted dominion over the isle of Jalmeray to the Vudrani maharaja Khiben-Sald.
Some four thousand years ago, in 576 AR, Geb managed to bathe Quantium in a deadly fog, and Nex fled into the Refuge. He has never been seen since – and whilst thousands of other people have entered the Refuge since, none of those have ever emerged either,.
It fits pretty well especially the end. I will work up my own backstory if you prefer crunch to follow.
I don't know any other way to treat see magic
I've hung out in the rules forum enough to know that there will be people who say that the first sentence is just descriptive, and that the rest is describing just how the arcanist can "see magical auras". In other words, nothing until you activate it, then you've got instant 3-round-detect-magic for the next minute.
Bobson: As I read it, See Magic does give you a permanent detect magic. While it has the potential to be disruptive, I wouldn't have a problem with it.
Walter Lindie: Interesting concept - playing as Nex is a possibility. However, as I told Void Dragon, I would rule that a Thassilonian Sin Specialist is required to take the base school, not a focused school.
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Sorry missed that changed the sheet. I am fine going strait conjoration, would I be able to spend my 10th lvl bonus feat on
Opposition Research
Prerequisite: You must be at least a 9th-level Wizard to select this discovery.
Benefit: Select one Wizard opposition school; preparing spells of this school now only requires one spell slot of the appropriate level instead of two, and you no longer have the –4 Spellcraft penalty for crafting items from that school.
I am still very Interested. I just did not wish to bog down the thread to much. Its almost tempting to make an arcane caster also.
Posting to show continued interest. I haven't written another section to the backstory; lots going on IRL during this time of year, as you might expect.
So Nex has his own face now. I am waffling between green sting scorpion and the skunk so that may change if I am chosen.
Here's my arcanist's stats. Rylef Sunshadow, elven arcanist. No background yet, though.
Rylef Sunshadow
Male Elf Arcanist 1
N Medium humanoid (elf)
Init +2; Senses low-light vision; Perception +8
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Defense
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AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 10 (+2 Dex)
hp 6 (1d6)
Fort +0, Ref +2, Will +3
Immune blindness, dazzled
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Offense
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Speed 20 ft.
Melee dagger +0 (1d4/19-20/×2) and
. . touch attack +0 (20/×2)
Ranged light crossbow +2 (1d8/19-20/×2) and
. . ranged touch attack +2 (20/×2)
Spell-Like Abilities
. . At will—detect magic, light
Arcanist Spells Prepared (CL 1st; concentration +6):
1st (4/day)—break (DC 17), snapdragon fireworks (DC 17, CL+1)
0 (at will)—flare (DC 15, CL+1), ray of frost, mage hand, prestidigitation (DC 15)
Spellbook
1st Break, Color Spray, Enlarge Person, Infernal Healing, Liberating Command, Mage Armor, Snapdragon Fireworks, Summon Monster I
0th All 0th level spells
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Statistics
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Str 10, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 20, Wis 12, Cha 15
Base Atk +0; CMB +0; CMD 12
Feats Spell Focus (transmutation)
Traits eldritch delver, seeker
Skills Knowledge (arcana) +9, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +10, Knowledge (history) +10, Knowledge (planes) +9, Linguistics +9, Perception +8, Spellcraft +9, Use Magic Device +6; Racial Modifiers +2 Perception
Languages Celestial, Common, Draconic, Elven, Goblin, Infernal, Orc, Sylvan
SQ arcane focus, arcane reservoir, arcanist exploits (see magic), consume spells, lightbringer
Combat Gear Potion of cure light wounds; Other Gear Crossbow bolts (50), Dagger, Light crossbow, Ranged Touch Attack, Touch Attack, Spellbook, Wizard's kit, 37 GP
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Special Abilities
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Arcane Focus +2 to concentration checks to cast arcane spells defensively.
Arcane Reservoir +1 DC or CL (2/day) (Su) An arcanist has an innate pool of magical energy that she can draw upon to fuel her arcanist exploits and enhance her spells. The arcanist's arcane reservoir can hold an amount of magical energy equal to twice the arcanist's level. Each day when prep
Consume Spells (Su) The arcanist can spend a standard action to expend an available arcanist spell slot, making it unavailable for the rest of the day just as if she had used it to cast a spell. In doing so, she adds a number of points to her arcane reservoir equal to t
Immunity to Blindness You are immune to blindness.
Immunity to Dazzled You are immune to the dazzled condition.
Lightbringer +1 effective level for [Light] spells and light-based abilities (including spell-like and supernatural abilities).
Low-Light Vision See twice as far as a human in low light, distinguishing color and detail.
See Magic (Su) The arcanist can see magical auras as if under the effects of detect magic. If she expends on point from her arcane reservoir, for 1 minute she instantly recognizes magic item auras and spell effects. During this time, she is treated as if she
Spell Focus (Transmutation) Spells from one school of magic have +1 to their save DC.
Walter Lindie: Since Thassilonian sin specialists have forbidden schools rather than opposition schools, I'd say Opposition Research does not work for them. Aside from language nitpicking, the idea is completely against the concept of the archetype. :) Also, as I said earlier in the thread, no crafting is allowed pre-game, so your scrolls will have to change accordingly.
Complete
Tiasar – Nareth I’grada, LN warpriest of Zon-Kuthon
Shane Gifford – Kjell Isenvacht, N oracle/barbarian/rage prophet
Alistus – Atisael Blood Spawn of Haagenti – CE bloodrager/demoniac
Alexander Kilcoyne – Lorenzo “Fates Favored” Florent – CG archaeologist bard
Skorn – Minwae, CG rogue (scout)
Leinathan – Opparn – LG unarmed fighter
Lord Foul II – Unnamed Character, LN oracle
DM Jelani – Stanislav Markovic, N vivisectionist beastmorph alchemist
Cronax – Havelock Butcher, NE blight druid
Jazzai Moonbreaker - Mayakiana, CN rogue
Walter das Sombras – Alec Jadder, LG stonelord paladin
Void Dragon - Serol Udelukina, NE transmutation(enhancement) wizard
Walter Lindie - Nex, LE Thassilionian sin specialist (sloth) wizard
Bobson - Rylef Sunshadow, N arcanist
Incomplete
Mokshus – Ciphus Allemain, elven inquisitor
Rogar Valertis – arcane spellcaster?
Andiemus – martial type
Peanuts – brawler or shaman
Michelle Williams – antipaladin?
If you're interested and haven't applied yet, here's how I see the current applicants:
2 melee/divine hybrids
2 melee/arcane hybrids
3 rogueish types
2 full melee
1 full divine
1 full druid
3 full arcane
Didn't plan on opposition school just wanted to be sure on the subject. Scrolls are gone Gp is back in my pocket.
Will you maintain the previous deadline?
Since the only people to post since I said I might move up the date are people who already expressed interest, I'll keep the 28th as the new deadline.
Wonderful, I'll be watching diligently!
Common 28, we're waiting for you!
It's the afternoon of the 28th in my timezone, not that that matters :P
I'm also waiting hopefully/anxiously :)
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Finally finished up Robert de Sanduin, the wizard I've been cooking up. Profile page has the link to the sheet. Will work on getting the whole thing moved over to the profile page for ease of reference if selected.
Little bit of backstory coming up in the next hour. Technically, I had posted interest a while back, so not new around here. In case you wanted to keep the 28th as the deadline.
Last call - applications close at 12:00am PST.
I'll be making my selections after carefully looking over all complete applications.
Complete
Tiasar – Nareth I’grada, LN warpriest of Zon-Kuthon
Shane Gifford – Kjell Isenvacht, N oracle/barbarian/rage prophet
Alistus – Atisael Blood Spawn of Haagenti – CE bloodrager/demoniac
Alexander Kilcoyne – Lorenzo “Fates Favored” Florent – CG archaeologist bard
Skorn – Minwae, CG rogue (scout)
Leinathan – Opparn – LG unarmed fighter
Lord Foul II – Jimmy Baxter, LN oracle
DM Jelani – Stanislav Markovic, N vivisectionist beastmorph alchemist
Cronax – Havelock Butcher, NE blight druid
Jazzai Moonbreaker - Mayakiana, CN rogue
Walter das Sombras – Alec Jadder, LG stonelord paladin
Void Dragon - Serol Udelukina, NE transmutation(enhancement) wizard
Walter Lindie - Nex, LE Thassilionian sin specialist (sloth) wizard
Bobson - Rylef Sunshadow, N arcanist
Silvertounge, Robert de Sanduin, LE necromancy wizard
Incomplete
Mokshus – Ciphus Allemain, elven inquisitor
Rogar Valertis – arcane spellcaster?
Andiemus – martial type
Peanuts – brawler or shaman
Michelle Williams – antipaladin?
Sorry for neglecting this one alientude. It seems cool but I'm not going to be able to get a character done in time. I hope you guys have fun :)