The Conquest of Ambervale

Game Master Nicos

People read along with a lot of PbP games. I know my Skull and Shackles game has some lurkers.

I've just noticed something unusual. This post from Desmond have 3 likes from people outside our little group

http://paizo.com/threads/gbinte4q/favorites?Conquest-of-Ambervale

could we have followers or something? I know that tacticslion use to give likes to post almost randomly but it surprise me to see him there.

I posted that particular moment to a thread.

It was about roleplaying before or after the roll. It was the most recent memory I had of "Player roleplays really well then flubs the roll"

Good memory, I totally forgot about the roll.

I'm famous!

Now I'm thinking about getting rid of Studied Combat. Once I inevitably get Quick Study, it'll use up a swift action I could be saving for ripostes. Plus, it's kinda overkill with my current attack and damage bonuses.

That would free up 5 points at level 4, which makes it a lot easier to pay for spellcasting. I might even take a 6-level spell list, probably Bard or Inquisitor.

Have you thought about ki? you can have it cha based like ninjas and maybe there are some qingong abilities that give you versatility.

Hmm, maybe. I was hoping to take on a minor healer role, but maybe Channel Energy will be sufficient for that.

Desmond becoming religious is a humorous development.

I cant wait for the quips.

By the way, I would need a list of level by level point distribution.

Question: The Qinggong Ki Powers can replace a whole bunch of the Monk's secondary and tertiary abilities. An archetype ability that replaces more than one of the original class's abilities is priced as an average of what it replaces.

But the powers are an optional feature, so how does that work with the cost? Do I need to purchase each power individually, or do I just treat it as replacing all of the monk abilities, period, and price it as such (3 points)?

Since you can cherrypick, I would say per ability as if you were buying the original ability.

That's fair.

If I choose a ki power that duplicates a feat, would that count as a prerequisite for other feats? For instance, if I took the Power Attack ki power, would that qualify me for Cornugon Smash?

Most likely no, but let me check.

I don't think it would work, but if you pay the price of a feat I'd allow it (though is still working as a ki power)

Never mind, the thing I wanted to do wouldn't work anyway. I decided to go with Scorching Ray and Message, and picked up Channel Energy this level.

Here's my point distribution:

Ok. Though remember that because you just take it, it only heal 1d6.

I know. It's better than nothing.

Not really. For 3 points you could get a spell list with CLW on it and just buy a wand.

Hmmm. I forgot wands were a thing.

Say hello to Paladin Desmond!

With DEsmond's cha you would only need UMD to use wands.

Hmmm. I forgot wands were a thing.

Say hello to Paladin Desmond!

Well he WAS looking for something to give him more meaning in life. Even if it eventually comes down to vaporizing villains and getting drunk in bars still.

I don't like relying on UMD too much, especially at this level.

Plus, this offers more potential for hijinks!

While thinking in sidequest for sven I noticed That I don't remember much of his background and motivations.

That's okay, neither do I.

He's a big Ulfen man, and he likes nature. That's basically all I remember. Also he is a Ranger for Aldwall by profession, and answers to the leader of said organization.

So, what level are we now? 7th?

I thought it was 6th.

6.

Did you made your mind of what to do with the level up rynjin?

Not quite. It always takes me so long to level with FFCS. I think I'll just replace Scaly with something else worth 3 points and grab a useful 6th level ability from somewhere.

Do you have a copy of my level by level for Sven? I can't find an up to date one anywhere. I could have sworn I sent you one.

looking my Pms I could not find one.

I finished leveling. I think everything should be correct. Just grabbed Hive Totem Resilience (immune to swarms while Raging) for my 6th level up.

Also dropped the Feather Domain and picked up Exploit Weakness at 5th.

Are you buying a bloodline twice?

Crossblooded. Mostly because I don't want the extra +Str/-AC of the Abyssal Bloodline later.

Did you take into account hte -2 to will save from crossblooded?

And there is a discrepancy in the AC from your sheet and the one from the alias. With the black iron armor I'm counting 24 not 22 (plus the elemental resistances).

I sometimes have the feeling I drag you to scenes you don't really want to roll but you feel obligated to go with.

I think the problem is that, with how often we've been split apart, each of us has ended up with a number of objectives and characters that are significant to that person alone.

In this case, Vendrick is the only one familiar with Fizb, and the only one with any personal interest in exploring the Mistpines. Meanwhile, Sven and Desmond are just sort of along for the ride.

Uhm, that may be a thing.

At the moment I'm not seeing how to solve it, because if Sven or desmond want to do something else nothing sort of splitting the party will do the trick.

Though it would be interesting for me to know more clearly what are the objectives of each one of you, to take them into account for future quests. To be honest I thought that looking for adventures, riches and killing some evil guys in the process would be enough most of the time :p

Guys, I'm been burieds with stuffs. This is the last semester of the Ph.D I'm doing, I have to write and submit two articles for march and turn in my thesis in april.

Though I have time to make posts (like this one) I don't have the time or energy to think about what to posts, and I don't think I will have them until past april.

That's a shame. Good luck with your studies.

Yeah, it's a shame. I hope you'd be here in april (more like may) but if not, I can't blame you.

In case you guys haven't heard, Sundakan/Rynjin got banned again. And it doesn't seem like he's coming back this time.

So, that's a thing.

Uh, he's playing the restarted campaign me and few others are in. So maybe this might get goin again.

Rynjin is around since last week. The deadline I have is april the 28, so whether I succeed or not, I will be free to DM again in May.

Wait what? He never told me he was back.

What's his alias now?

Btw, parallel to this game, I plan to try a world of darkness game in case you are interested, Cube. Scavion and Storm dragon are in, .

Dotting. Will be neat to see Ambervale in motion again.

Btw, parallel to this game, I plan to try a world of darkness game in case you are interested, Cube. Scavion and Storm dragon are in, .

I've never done anything WoD related, but it sounds interesting. I'm in.

DM. wrote:

Btw, parallel to this game, I plan to try a world of darkness game in case you are interested, Cube. Scavion and Storm dragon are in, .

I've never done anything WoD related, but it sounds interesting. I'm in.

Ok. It is intended to be a world building campaign. Somewhere between 1960 and 1980 there was WWIII so the world have plenty of space for rebuilding. I'm allowing Vampires, Werewolves, Demons. Hunters or Mages (but the less mages the better).

The US is now a wasteland a la Mad Max**, but basically the rest of America, Europe and north Africa are allowed for you to chose where to play.

Think about what you want to play, I'll b back in two weeks if still alive.

**This is so you will not be in a familiar place if you choose to play in the Us. It's easier for me this way.