Excellent. See you at the table, so to speak.
Best wishes to all who tried. Keep going, all he characters looked good.
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Hello, fellow Paizonauts.
We are re-opening recruitment for this game after a player has disappeared.
Looking for a player, before worrying about a character.
The focus so far has been on roleplay and the pace had been meandering.
You will be joining the game two-thirds of the way through book one.
The position of the game means that whoever joins will have to play as a helpful NPC - a taciturn elven ranger called Shalelu Andosona - for the duration of an upcoming trek into the woods to find a goblin camp.
After that, you will have a chance to create a character of your own.
This seems like a great chance to get to know a party, and a GM, before choosing a character.
Level: Same as rest of party.
Wealth: Average for class - buy starting (1st level) gear and then we will work out something of a similar power to the rest of the party.
Point buy: 20-point build
Hit Points: Max at first level; roll 1 + con modifier each level after 1st and take the highest, minimum of half + 1.
Traits: 2 + 1 campaign specific (only Campaign traits from Rise of the Runelords)
Drawback: 1 to receive an additional trait.
Classes: Any paizo, Unchained allowed (unchained summoner required). No 3rd party, No psionics, No Path of War, No exceptions.
Races: Core, Featured, and Uncommon are allowed. Non-core at GM discretion.
Skills: Background skills from unchained will be used.
Schedule: 1 post per week at minimum, I would like to pick up the pace in the new year but we will see.
Mapping: Google Slides will be used to map combat encounters where appropriate. Otherwise this is a PbP game.
Craft: Crafting will be allowed AFTER the adventure begins. There will be downtime.
Alignment: Any Good.
If you have questions, please ask.
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I'd love to play the female elven ranger. I had a fun time RPing as her for my face to face group when I ran the first book several years back (we decided to swap to a different AP, as the group was looking for something a little more unique) and sadly we never went back to it while we played, so I've never gotten further than book 1
Would I use her stats from the book?
Hi rorek55.
That's just about perfect.
I'm putting together a lvl3 version of Shalelu to match the party. Otherwise throwing in a level 6 character seems a bit unfun for the rest of the group.
If you'd rather build her then I am happy with that.
She can be either ranger3 or ranger2/fighter1.
To work with established art and lore, she needs to have a longbow and maxed-out survival but the rest is up to you: use the creation rules above.
If you're happy with that then I'll close recruitment.
Oh, and she needs favoured enemy goblinoid.
Shalelu Andosona
Elf ranger 3
CG Medium humanoid (elf)
Init +5; Senses low-light vision; Perception +10
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Defense
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AC 18, touch 14, flat-footed 14 (+4 armor, +3 Dex, +1 dodge)
hp 28 (3d10+6)
Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +3; +2 vs. enchantments
Immune sleep
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee cold iron dagger +5 (1d4+2/19-20) or
. . mwk longsword +6 (1d8+2/19-20)
Ranged mwk composite longbow +7 (1d8+2/×3)
Special Attacks combat style (archery), favored enemy (goblinoids +2)
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Statistics
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Str 14, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 10
Base Atk +3; CMB +5; CMD 19
Feats Dodge, Endurance, Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot
Traits monster hunter, starchild, warrior of old
Skills Acrobatics +6, Climb +6, Handle Animal +4, Heal +6, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +5, Knowledge (geography) +5, Knowledge (nature) +7, Perception +10, Stealth +9, Survival +8 (+12 to avoid getting lost), Swim +6; Racial Modifiers +2 Perception, +2 Spellcraft to identify magic item properties, starchild
Languages Common, Elven, Goblin
SQ elven magic, favored terrain (forest +2), track +1, wild empathy +3
Combat Gear potion of cure light wounds (2), potion of lesser restoration; Other Gear +1 studded leather, sleep arrow (2), arrows (20), cold iron dagger, mwk composite longbow (+2 Str), mwk longsword, campfire bead[APG], backpack, bedroll, belt pouch, flint and steel, torch (5), trail rations (5), waterskin, wooden holy symbol of Desna, 26 gp
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Special Abilities
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Elven Immunities - Sleep You are immune to magic sleep effects.
Elven Magic +2 to spellcraft checks to determine the properties of a magic item.
Endurance +4 to a variety of fort saves, skill and ability checks. Sleep in L/M armor with no fatigue.
Favored Enemy (Goblinoids +2) (Ex) +2 to rolls vs. goblinoids foes.
Favored Terrain (Forest +2) (Ex) +2 to rolls when in forest terrain.
Low-Light Vision See twice as far as a human in dim light, distinguishing color and detail.
Point-Blank Shot +1 to attack and damage rolls with ranged weapons at up to 30 feet.
Precise Shot You don't get -4 to hit when shooting or throwing into melee.
Rapid Shot You get an extra attack with ranged weapons. Each attack is at -2.
Track +1 Add the listed bonus to Survival checks made to track.
Wild Empathy +3 (Ex) Improve the attitude of an animal, as if using Diplomacy.
damn. I’ve been lurking this campaign for a bit. Solid game, solid group of players. Kudos.
Hey Rorek, my only concern is that the party’s main melee combatant has left the game so a more combat-balanced Shalelu (more strength for melee) might be advised.
Thinking about the other players, I may have handed out too much treasure as well...
Hey Rorek, my only concern is that the party’s main melee combatant has left the game so a more combat-balanced Shalelu (more strength for melee) might be advised.
I'm still here. I swear!
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I can see how that would be a potential issue, but if that was the case I'd rather up her con more than strength if she is going to be up front more often. As even at close range the option to 5ft step away and attack with the bow would be better than swapping to melee, and the extra con/AC would do better in the "off tank" role IMO than str would help. Though if the party is fairly light on melee, I don't see why making a few minor changes to her to make her a TWF character would be too much. And I could still have her work as a switch hitter of sorts. If you are open that Idea I'd happily write her up for that.
(in other words, keep the flavor or preferring to use range/bow, but make her good at melee to help out the group), I don't really see her being a two-hand monster, but TWF might work well, or have her use an elven curved blade. She always struck me as a much more "dextrous" warrior. Or this can be a mute point, just figured I'd suggest it if most of your remaining group is frontline light.
And as I said, I haven't given her any magical items as of yet, as I figure that would be more your park (save the campfire bead and some consumables)
Hey Rorek, my only concern is that the party’s main melee combatant has left the game so a more combat-balanced Shalelu (more strength for melee) might be advised.I'm still here. I swear!
Apologies, I should have written ‘tank’ or ‘meat shield’.
Swashbucklers don’t hold the line, they bend it!
I’m not sure how the group dynamic will play out in combat.
It was more: hedge your bets and make sure she is flexible.
Anyway, finish her up how you will and I’ll get the game back up tonight (GMT).
That gear looks sound but throw in two sleep arrows as well.
rorek55, please, would you make an alias now and introduce yourself in the discussion thread?