The Red Arm of Absalom - Ongoing Campaign (Inactive)

Game Master GM Red

That IS cold. I wouldn't like my boon being ripped up at all. Wow.

I think I'd go with a bomb-lobbing Grippli alchemist if I do ever use it, but like Uesugi I'm also a little oldschool, preferring core races.

I thought these race boons were permanent. Can I only build 1 PC with the boon?

In my Rise of the Runelords F2F game, I play a melee alchemist called Eddie. Gods, he's powerful. He's a hilarious character, but he came out a little stronger than I intended. I have to make sure to underplay his abilities a bit in combat, only going nova when we've got a really tough fight.

Hmm

I took a glance at the Metamorph Alchemist. Looks pretty damn powerful and highly flavorable. But I haven't played one live, so I don't know yet.

Hmm, the real problem with this archetype is that you don't need Intelligence- you can dump it and just min max your Str, Dex, Con stats. Just like the old days of 3rd ed...

Now I have a character idea in my head...

lol too many alchemists.

I didn't dump int with Eddie. Getting high level alchemist spells / potions is important. I went with a 14 int and a 17 strength to start. But if you're a beast morph, your mutagens really boost you. Then you enlarge. By the time you add haste in... You're scary. Especially if you have fast drinker trait and a familiar to feed you potions!

I have a build for a Preservationist Alchemist that I've been thinking about moving into PFS. He's an elf so he gets longbow proficiency, and I would get the explosive missile discovery so I can shoot bombs at people from 100+ feet away, then drop summoned beasties to cover my retreat if they get too close.

Alchemists man, they're pretty amazing. That's why I like the Mutagenic Mauler archetype for Gallix. Gets him a little bit past just being a pure brute.

Yes self buffing speed is a drawback. Once you get to decent enough levels there are a large amount of 10 min/lvl or hour per lvl extracts that will buff you significantly. They are very versatile characters.

He what?

That's not cold, that's sadistic and cruel.

I have a grenadier alchemist, who eventually will be flying and discover eternal youth. While staying an enigma, with a mask and a mishap of vocal alteration.

Ya my mindchemist is also on the eternal youth path. He's in his 50s and doing his very best to avoid death. Spent his youth a man servant slave, traded away his soul upon death to escape... doing his best to avoid payment permanently.

I'm not sure I want to do an all grippli table without any real way to do damage at first level though. Thurston Hillman GMed an all grippli table in Wounded Wisp at SkalCon and TPKed them, then tore up the player's grippli boons in front of them. They thought it was funny, but I would have been devastated.

My characters are friends, not toys. I get way too attached to them!

And I think I've been somewhat excitable so far. It's early days yet!

Hmm

NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM! :)

(Seriously though, I would not have gone 'all the way' if the players didn't turn it into some kind of challenge for me, and encourage my baser GM instincts.)

Who tipped off BigBird about our location? :)

There are spies everywhere!

Welcome, Thursty! I have to agree that those players would have encouraged anyone's baser instincts... I think I GMed for that same wild and crazy group on Saturday night, if I recall.

My original comment was meant to be more of a "don't do an all grippli group without some way of doing real damage" comment not a "Thurston eats frog legs for breakfast with maple syrup" comment.

Even when you do!

Hmm

Hrm I bet that would be tasty...

Like the foot I have somehow found inserted into my mouth? Mmmm... Tasty foot. So delicious!

I thought these race boons were permanent. Can I only build 1 PC with the boon?

Yep, one PC per boon. That's part of the reason I've hung on to extras of some of my favorites like aasimars.

Hmm

lol I feel like our thread has a mystery guest every other week :)

Before you know it...the next to join team Red Arm is Thurston.

Who will play...

I for one know that he has such a boon!

Red, Sirettis and any one else who's playing Blood Under Absalom, what are your PFS numbers?

We never quite decided.. what is the character level again? We using these characters?

That is up to all of you.

I have Red, Peppers, Sirettis, D, Ladile and Eric listed as players.

Red, should I make a separate discussion thread for this conversation, or invite Eric and Lady Ladile here for the moment?

Hmm

Hey Thurston! I'm Red. But blue is totally better, not gonna lie...

@Hmm Visitors, in my game? Absolutely. Bring 'em in!

PFS # 205498

As for character choice, I will likely only have Level 1 and 2 PCs by then. Maybe one Level 3 PC depending on how things turn out.
Will a low subtier be acceptable?

My PFS # is 119488

Hello all!

My PFS # is 13977.

# 202046 is my lucky.. or your lucky lotto number.

Howdy all! Hmm directed me to peek in here.

I'm PFS# 192133!

Hey Eric and Lady Ladile! Looking forward to playing with you guys in January :)

My PFS# is 133608.

Likewise Red! Regarding which tier we wind up playing, I've got a variety of 1st level PCs to pick from and that's basically it; my one higher level PC is playing through a series of scenarios and likely won't be finished by the time BuA starts. However I have no problems playing a pregen if people want to play a higher tier :)

Hey there Zurka/Eric Swanson.

Shall I just declare it to be a Tier 1-2 game?

Hmm

Yup, sounds good to me.

I guess I'll just have to be bad cop then... bunch of sally's.

dont let your hatred of gnomes cause you to join the darkside!

Why not?

We have milk & cookies.
(Grin)

No, to be truly dark takes tea.

No no, that's coffee.

Sir D, I have to ask... Your name isn't particularly tien. Did the character start out tien or did you change after you first played him?

I always love origin stories!

Very true.

But Darth [Insert] seemed too cliché.

Since his family traveled from Tien to Golarion, with the idea of better business (his parents are Merchants in antiques), the long Tien name would be a tricky thing for western tongues.

Since his family name translates as Dark Raven in Taldan, it became Arthraven, for the ease of the gaijin.

The D. would be an easy one to add, though i've yet to find a nice Tien name that starts with a D

Mr Pepper's buckled under social pressure... this one time...

lol next time I'll use my end of my hilt to get the message quicker to you :)

This first part is mostly investigative and roleplaying with little combat. Given that, I hope that you're still enjoying yourselves! There will be plenty of opportunities to test your combat prowess later.

Us low level casters don't mind a lack of combat.. at least this one :) A mix of things is one of my favorite qualities of these PFS modules.

Agreed on both points.

I also play an Elven arcanist, so I can certainly empathize. Having 4 spells a day makes you really picky in deciding when to use them. I've lobbed many, many acid splashes. :)

And missed a lot too :P

Fyi guys, he's bald, and has a sort of Cthulhu visage with bat ear/wings.
For some reason, i want to draw that if i could...

I can't say that investigation is exactly Gallix's forte, but it's fun to force him to stretch his mental muscles from time to time. Plus, he does have the social skills to help things along if we get in a jam with a particularly stubborn citizen, so at least he's not totally useless. This is why 4+Int skill classes are great!

@D I know, just imagining that is hilarious.

Erlathan has become ... Baldlathan.

I don't mind but don't think my katana isn't crying to CDG something. But the training in Uesugi knows that a blade must only be drawn when there are no other choices left.

Thankfully bugs don't talk!

Neither did the sleeping clones...we all remember how that went.

And the next kept talking about our demise, despite their predecessors.
Probably the most amount of CDG you'll ever get to perform in a game. ;)

I'll be happy with one CDG. And btw I got to do a CDG on the mission that Uesugi and Gallix went on while you were gallivanting in Diobel.

I like the mix that is in modules too! Heh. When we get to combat, Cup is almost useless. Fortunately, everyone loves bard song.