It's gonna be a bright, bright sun shiny game!
So, the PCs are all Sarenites?
Maybe all bards.
In 1E that is a viable table.
I've tried to get all bard parties together in the past. But I've played so many 1E scenarios it would pretty much have to be during a sanctioned AP at this point. Or a series of modules anyway.
That could be fun. One bard to buff, a dirge to debuff, a couple of strikers. That would be a fun group. Count me in if you put something together! It sounds like a ton of fun. (I was going to say 'blast', but it was just too obvious.)
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You would need a Flame Dancer bard if you want a blast. :)
It would probably be a hoot and a holler, though.
The key is archetypes that alter Inspire Courage.
You have 1 bard that does the basic Inspire Courage. Maybe with the Flagbearer feat and saving up for Banner of the Ancient Kings.
Archaeologist with Fate's Favored trait as the party archer and trap spotter/disabler.
There are 66 more PFS legal archetypes for Bard so presumably at least 4 of them have altered Inspire Courage.
You probably want one that has high int for good Bardic Knowledge.
There might be one that lets you take some of the better Clerical healing spells.
Maybe one that makes a good frontliner and/or helps with a full animal companion.
It's doable.
If it is run as a PFS legal table you can use prestige for those 2 spells. And one of the 60+ archetypes might grant access to them.
Flamesinger would be great for a blasting class. Burn all the things, summon fire creatures, and the extra fire damage to allies would be amazing.
Adding low level evocation spells to your arrows with Arrowsong minstrel isn't that useful in the long run. The static luck bonus from Archaeologist Luck ability increases the attack and damage. Plus adds to other rolls. And per RAW it work's with Lingering Performance. Plus it gets bonuses to Perception and Disable and can even take the Trap Spotter rogue talent.
Actually since Lingering Performance lets them extend the # of rounds the effect lasts in combat they can use the ability outside of combat when dealing with traps or using Bardic Knowledge without running out of rounds.
I prefer helping the whole party which is why I never played one but if I knew someone else had Inspire Courage covered I would be happy to have an Archaeologist in the party.
Ghostbane Dirge is a bard spell. And Arcane Duelist provides another alternate option to Inspire Courage with Bladethirst increasing the enhancement bonus of weapons or even adding properties such as Ghost Touch.
Aoe is a problem for Bards. Both the lack of it and a lack of good defenses against it.
I would say this belongs in a theorycraft section but we don't really have one of those.
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And don't forget Blistering Invective. 30' radius is huge. Intimidate is can be a bard thing. Seems there is no limit to the number of targets. Great at lower levels as the d10 does not scale but being of fire is inconvenient regardless of level. :)
An evil bard could take our a courtyard of commoners with this spell. Yikes.
Ghostbane Dirge is a bard spell.
It has a 50% miss chance against incorporeal (which is the only type of creature you would use it against) and if you get past that the creature gets a saving throw. Sorry, too low a chance of success to be worth taking.
I have a level 8 dirge bard melee tank if anyone wants to put a higher level group together. :P
My bard is either 13 or 14. Would have to double check. But the point would be to do a full table of bards leveling up together from start to finish.
Simplest way would be an AP. Or Emerald Spire but I've done the spire already.
As with anything on PbP we just need a GM and players.
GM ???
Players
Bigguyinblack Probably as Archaeologist
TriShadow
Zin Z'arin
We could either do a PFS sanctioned AP (I did part 6 of Jade Regent but haven't played any of the others.) or we could pick some modules to do.
Here is a link to what I have played.
We might want a rule that if anyone goes the Nature Soul - Animal Ally - Boon Companion route the AC has to take at least 1 rank of Perform.
I would definitely be up for joining that group of players. We could do a GM rotation (full or partial) too.
Specific regulations on how 'bard' everyone needs to be or campaign mode vs. standard could be discussed once we got everyone together to figure out how it would roughly go.
I don’t think you need more than one bard in a troupe to be the straight man. :)
I think the spirit of this requires us to be straight bards with Archetypes giving us some needed versatility.
We might permit Skalds if someone really wants to play one since they are at least part Bard.
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I am all in for an All Bard adventure!!!
Maybe a 3 part PFS scenario arc (The Devil We Know, Heresy of Man, or Glories of the Past) would be a good run for those with a Bard PC in range.
I have an Archaeologist 6/PF Field Agent 2 whose special ability is getting in deep $#i+ and then relying on his companions to get him out of it. I also have a 4th level Core Bard. Very standard except for a few boons he has.
I wouldn't be into doing a full AP through PbP due to how long it would probably take. However, I'm willing to commit to a few months to do one of the extended modules.
Daughters of Fury (levels 2-4 at start), Plunder and Peril (3-5 at start), Down the Blighted Path (4-6 at start), or Cradle of Night (7-9 at start).
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NostalgiaCon will include a retired scenario. Recruitment will be by lottery; details can be found here.
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Wow! A retirement scenario being run by Tonya added to the mix.
Redelia, is there any chance of a charity angle being added to NostalgiaCon?
Even something as simple as a charity auction for PFS 1 Charity Boons / Race Boons?
If choosing a charity is a problem, Paizo appear to officially support Jaspar’s Game Day and Extra Life.
Both charities seem worthy of our support.
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Happy NostalgiaCon, everyone!
Explorers of the Darklands Pyramid, we have begun!
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I have a build question, more so a question regarding what deity a Kraken Caller Druid can worship. I had the idea that my character was a member of a barbarian tribe in the Mwangi jungle, whose island got invaded by pirates, his tribe was either slain or forced into slavery. My character refused to be their slave and instead was taken out to sea and drowned. He was revived by an aboleth that used the name of Dagon. I became a servant of Dagon, was given some of his powers and a shot at revenge on the crew that massacred my tribe, but in exchange I would serve him for the rest of time. In my search for revenge I join the society in hopes of finding a way out of the deal I struck with this deity. So with all that said, is there anyway a Kraken Caller Druid can be a worshipper of Dagon, or is it only Besmara?
Rather a dark background for any public games of PFS, xXCrusaderXx. You would have to read the table for how much of it to ever go into during a game. It also doesn’t seem like something an aboleth would do, reviving a human. I am a little confused by the aboleth portion anyways, Dagon is already an existing deity in Golarian.
To the rules, Dagon is CE so worshippers would need to be within one step of that. Druids need some neutral portion to their alignment. In order to do this your character would need to be CN. The rules of PFS do not allow for evil PCs.
I think that it works provided your character is CN.
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Ya my apology for the details, I have never experienced a time in PFS when I ever delved deep into a personal backstory, as opposed to an adventure path. It's usually a high nice to meet you these are my abilities let's start the quest kind of thing. The only reason I felt it necessary was to provide insight in to why I was wanting a different deity than Besmara. As to why an aboleth it was because it was a tentacle-like powerful being that has an ability to communicate and that I believe were one of the creatures I read that take on the name of Dagon to intercept his worshippers and use them for themselves. I was kind of wanting it to be that I was mislead in to thinking a deity rescued me, and am fearful anytime I'm on the open sea that what ever creature is giving me his power, will one day decide to take me back to the sea. It's like the driving force behind my characters motivation to seek the pathfinder society for knowledge and power. In all honesty it could very well be changed to just be Dagon it wouldn't really change anything. Thanks for answering and again my apologies for the darkness of my backstory.
No problem. As I said, the issue is reading the table and trying to avoid issues. Obediences tend to be glossed over so that shouldn’t be a problem, but some of the other things could be. I’ve had some very good and some bad experiences with people playing characters that worship evil gods. It requires that the player show good judgement and be able to read the table for what is appropriate.
I was not aware that some aboleth pretend to be that god. I would think that a very dangerous thing to do, especially for a CE sea god when you are an aquatic race.
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...and then other times I reveal that Alfred, her purported butler, is actually her therapist. Or I have a flashback to the mental hospital where she fragmented and then became someone else.
It's the dark edge behind Bat Elf that lets me play her so light and frothy. It's the shadow that gives everything else form.
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So back to your Kraken Caller Druid. It sounds like you have to worship Besmara, but a lot of your backstory could work with Besmara too. Remember how many pirates turned to the life because they were escaping something, and needed to forge a new destiny free of the chains that once bound them.
Happy character crafting.
Hmm
Well, According to the Kraken Caller archetype:
Call of the Waves (Ex): A kraken caller must choose Besmara as her deity. If she ever changes her deity, she loses this archetype and becomes a normal druid.It looks like you can't worship any deity except Besmara.
Oops! I had missed that the deity was a requirement of the archetype! Sorry!
I went down a similar path, but took Oracle instead - keeps it a lot neater.
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You could keep all of the backstory and just tack on that Besmara offered him a way to get out of the deal with "Dagon" for her own purposes. Now, he "worships" Besmara but is looking for a way to get out of his deal with her.
Nothing says your character had to follow the rules before you created the character.
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Thanks guys, the way it read on PRD was I had to worship a deity with strife, piracy and sea monsters, so I figured since Besmara was the only one with all three it had to be her. That's what I get for trusting PRD, that would have cleared that up off the bat lol. I do like the idea that she has offered me a way out, and now I'm following her though. Thanks for the input everyone, this forum is awesome!