Throne of Bloodstone (Inactive)

Game Master WhtKnt

Okay, this is the official recruitment threat for WhtKnt's Throne of Bloodstone game. This scenario is set in the Forgotten Realms, but we will be using Pathfinder rules for the crunchy bits. The scenario is pretty straightforward; go into the Abyss, retrieve the wand of Orcus, and return it to the Seven Heavens for destruction.

I will be recruiting six characters, total.

RECRUITMENT WILL END ON OCTOBER 29 AT 11:59 CST. I will make my selections between then and the 31st of October.

Dotting for interest. Probably going pure Bloodrager or Barbarian.

So Forgotten Realms is by far my favorite fantasy setting and I would love to throw my hat in the ring. That being said I am considering playing a Formless Adept Psychic. I am currently unsure about the race but I am fairly certain about the class.

Would having a mount be cumbersome?

Cool :)
Here's my Dot, and a few quick questions.
1 the abyss. Is it filled with demons, devil's, daemons, fiends? I never remember which comes from where :S
2 have you thought about using the Automatic-bonus-progression rules and cutting our wealth in half? It would allow us to use some of the more unsual items :) that and I would be quite curious on how well they work at high levels. (Edit: and you could call some of the bonuses as innate gifts from our patrons, or something.)
3 similar to above, can we combine items at the normal +50% cost? What about crafting? One good rule I have heard is that you can only craft using 1/3rd of your wealth.
4 it should be asked (but I won't be using it) about leadership and cohorts... (And animal companions, ect too. Can the come with us?)
5 and just to make sure, what races? I am thinking about a goblin alchemist, as one of my ideas :) he's a blazing fireball ^-^
I should probably be numbering these. Done :)

Oh ya, about me. I have not played in the forgotten realms games (started in 3.5) and such don't know about any of their lore/deities. So i may have to ask a bit about that stuff ^-^

dotting for interest.

The Realms is one of my favorite settings!

Thinking a paladin of Torm might be interesting. Guy is less Sir Lancelot and more Sparhawk with a big dose of Tynnian or Ulath. He curses, he drinks, he enjoys pleasurable companionship, and he has sworn himself to serve his god to destroy evil.

Barring that, a devotee of Eldath because Eldath is nice. I like the idea of this super tranquil cleric going on an epic quest to destroy evil objects of evil. They'd be this calm in the storm of destruction.

Speaking of clerics, will you use Realmsian gods or Pathfinder? Also, how will you deal with their Domains?

Dotting

Schweet. I'm going to fiddle a bit and see what grabs me. The idea of the Clone Master still seems the most fun overall, but level 20 has a ton of fun possibilities.

However, that could change if you allow the Path of War classes. I'd probably be most interested in the Stalker.

Dotting, and now running off to build my first 20th level character with all the bells and whistles!

Doppelganger!

Planning on submitting a sorcerer/paladin/dragon disciple. Silver dragon bloodline, probably either a human or aasimar.

Did you decide against the tier 1 mythic you mentioned in the previos thread?

Okay, in order:

@The Pale King
Yes, very. You can do it if you wish, but I strongly recommend against it.

@Gobo Horde
1) Demons.
2) Considered it, but no.
3) Yes, you may combine at +50% cost, within reason. Crafting rules added to Character Creation, above.
4) Cohorts, no. they will stay behind to hold down the fort. Animal companions, yes, but see above regarding mounts.
5) Goblin is fine.

@Dragonofashandflame
Realmsian deities, and I will address domains in a future post.

@Rynjin
I see no problems with the stalker

Oops! You're right!

Also, all characters have one tier of mythic ability!

Knew I was forgetting something. Thanks.

Would you allow the Godhunter mythic path?

Here comes a dot

Alrighty, good stuff! :D. Seriously, this is refreshing. I'll provide you with the appropriate material via Google drive if you want, but I'll be throwing together a Machinesmith/Transmechanical Ascendant. He'll be very combat oriented using two complimentary archetypes. This toon is my brain child so I hope you like him when I'm finished :)

dotting. this looks great!

Question for anyone: Does anyone know of a way to be permanently on fire? Or turn into a permanent Fire Elemental? I know of the cursed Cloak of immolation but is there another way?

Also, WhtKnt, would you allow me to have the Cloak of immolation? I will have lots of fire resistance, so i wont take any damage, and I mostly just want to be a flaming goblin if at all possible.
(although I imagine that fire itself wont be that usefull against demons, and I will have to resort to other energy types for damage, I still want to be on fire :)
Edit: oh ya, I should say. I am a goblin alchemist.

You could swap to Kineticist and be permanently a fire elemental.

Other than that, none that I know.

Or just have flaming pants.

well here is the start:

started character in the profile.

the backstory is actually Golorian based, but it can easily adapt to FR setting (just change some of the names of places really. (as well as the gods where applicable)

the bottom of the profile has a link to this character's story. It is not very well written as I am not a writer, but I think it does get the general idea down.

I wanted to go assassin, but that requires an evil alignment (for some reason) like killing and getting paid is evil, yet some king wants the bandit leader killed and you kill him and get paid for it isn't? wierd huh?

Question for anyone: Does anyone know of a way to be permanently on fire? Or turn into a permanent Fire Elemental? I know of the cursed Cloak of immolation but is there another way?

Also, WhtKnt, would you allow me to have the Cloak of immolation? I will have lots of fire resistance, so i wont take any damage, and I mostly just want to be a flaming goblin if at all possible.
(although I imagine that fire itself wont be that usefull against demons, and I will have to resort to other energy types for damage, I still want to be on fire :)
Edit: oh ya, I should say. I am a goblin alchemist.

if template were allowed:

this one is helpful, but it will cost you 1 level

well here is the start:

started character in the profile.

the backstory is actually Golorian based, but it can easily adapt to FR setting (just change some of the names of places really. (as well as the gods where applicable)

the bottom of the profile has a link to this character's story. It is not very well written as I am not a writer, but I think it does get the general idea down.

I wanted to go assassin, but that requires an evil alignment (for some reason) like killing and getting paid is evil, yet some king wants the bandit leader killed and you kill him and get paid for it isn't? wierd huh?

As a Ninja, for what purpose would you go Assassin? The Ninja's Assassinate is better than Death Attack.

Talon Shadowblade wrote:

well here is the start:

started character in the profile.

the backstory is actually Golorian based, but it can easily adapt to FR setting (just change some of the names of places really. (as well as the gods where applicable)

the bottom of the profile has a link to this character's story. It is not very well written as I am not a writer, but I think it does get the general idea down.

I wanted to go assassin, but that requires an evil alignment (for some reason) like killing and getting paid is evil, yet some king wants the bandit leader killed and you kill him and get paid for it isn't? wierd huh?

As a Ninja, for what purpose would you go Assassin? The Ninja's Assassinate is better than Death Attack.

not sure, never in a game with this character beyond level 3 or 4

Is Technology allowed? Though this is a Forgotten Realms-equse game I am unsure if there is problems with laser beams and whatsits.

OK. Here is a basic rundown of the character I am thinking :)
At its core, I am a goblin Alchemist that is obsessed with fire.
Now I can either be a utility caster/bomber or a Melee bruiser with utility.
Either way I will be taking Mythic Brew Potion and be a mythic trickster with the Assured Drinker ability.

Also, since I am an alchemist, I am going to have really high stats no matter what. +8 to 2-3 of them + everything else means that they are just going to be high :/ And they last 20 hours a day (aka all day). You said that you wanted to avoid Min/Maxers and stats like +30 Str/Con, +3 Int/Wis fighters but for an alchemist to NOT get that high of stats would be hard :( And Ill have high stats across the board

The Utility Caster/Bomber
This guy will have 2 focuses. The first is potions, which he can craft as a full round action any extract of any level he can cast (up to 6th), which he can then make 1 (at a time) last however long he wants. He can also hand these out like candy for everyone :) (hence he has some massive utility casting and buffing ^-^)
The second is Bombs, and here is where most of his feats and discoveries will go. He will have rocket bombs, Immolation bombs, Explosive bombs, Cursed bombs, Frost bombs and any other kind of bombs i can think of XD
If all that fails and my poor gobo hits the dirt, well then, He might just go up in a raging inferno, taking everything with him as he nukes XD

The Melee Bruiser
This guy will be significantly more focused on natural attacks and high stats. Using Feral Mutagen for his natural attacks.
He will also have a potion of Elemental Body (Fire) set as his eternal potion and so can be a permanent fire elemental that way (but I cannot make anything else permanent). I will also have to fire-proof all of his equipment XD
He will still have most of the utility that the Utility caster has but will have significantly less Int (cause no cognoagen) and ranged ability.
And as above, when all else fails, NUKE TIME!

Now I just got to decide on which :/

Rynjin wrote:

Talon Shadowblade wrote:

well here is the start:

started character in the profile.

the backstory is actually Golorian based, but it can easily adapt to FR setting (just change some of the names of places really. (as well as the gods where applicable)

the bottom of the profile has a link to this character's story. It is not very well written as I am not a writer, but I think it does get the general idea down.

I wanted to go assassin, but that requires an evil alignment (for some reason) like killing and getting paid is evil, yet some king wants the bandit leader killed and you kill him and get paid for it isn't? wierd huh?

As a Ninja, for what purpose would you go Assassin? The Ninja's Assassinate is better than Death Attack.

not sure, never in a game with this character beyond level 3 or 4

I believe Slayer may also be something you can look into perhaps

Small issue there Gobo... You arent Mythic

Looks to me like we're mythic tier 1

Ahh so you are correct I did not see that until a few posts down I must have zero'd in. My apologies.

Ok, just to hash out the stats, heres something close to what he will have :)
25 pts

Str: 26 (14 Base, -2 Race, +6 Belt, +8 Mutagen)
Dex: 44 (17 Base, +4 Race, +5 Lvl, +6 Belt, +8 Mutagen, +4 Elemental Body)
Con: 30 (14 Base, +6 Belt, +8 Mutagen, +2 Elemental Body)

Int: 20 (14 Base, +6 Headband)
Wis: 18 (12 Base, +6 Headband)
Cha: 8 (10 Base, -2 Racial)
Armor: 43 (10 Base, 17 Dex, +8 Mutagen, +4 Elemental Body, +4-8 Bracers of Armor)
So ya, they will be high.

20th level characters' stats are naturally high. I believe what the GM meant was not dumping everything but your main stats into the ground (EX a character starting off with an 18, two 16's, and three 7's).

Which would be stupid anyway, especially since 25 point buy makes having a stat below 10 unnecessary except for extremely MAD builds.

Of course, being Groo and killing Orcus by accident involving cheese dip and an irate racoon has it's charm.

Anything special for hit point rolling?

Would you also allow the Deadly Agility Feat? It's from the same book, and is available on the SRD.

TL;DR: Dex to damage with Finesse weapons, prereq is Weapon Finesse and BaB +1.

I was thinking of doing TWFing for either character, so this would help lower side reliance on Str.

Edit: Eh, actually, I never play archers so that sounds more fun instead. Still, good question to ask for Finesse characters.

My character is mainly Gun toting Scientist type riding his equally laser/gun toting Construct at high speeds. Mythic Likely Guardian Champion or some such as its needed for Animal Companions and the like.

another key thing to consider is party cohesion.

If you are building a character that can do it all and like to flaunt that. I for one would grow bored and probably loose interest.

(been in far to many games like that in the past.)

Current rough concept:

Cha'Tima Achak, Garuda Blooded Aasimar, Stalker (Judge) 20. He's a member of the Shoanti Shriikiri-Qua (Hawk clan). Was prophesied to do great things at birth due to his fortuitous heritage, and has by all accounts fulfilled that destiny. Retrieving the wand of Orcus and destroying it will be his final great challenge, to do or die what no man has ever done before.

Edit: Wait, crap. This is Forgotten Realms.

Is there anything like the Shoanti there? Native American-esque tribal nomads?

I know the Icewind Dale dwellers, but they're more nordic barbarian types.

another key thing to consider is party cohesion.

If you are building a character that can do it all and like to flaunt that. I for one would grow bored and probably loose interest.

(been in far to many games like that in the past.)

Was that aimed at anyone in particular?

Current rough concept:

Cha'Tima Achak, Garuda Blooded Aasimar, Stalker (Judge) 20. He's a member of the Shoanti Shriikiri-Qua (Hawk clan). Was prophesied to do great things at birth due to his fortuitous heritage, and has by all accounts fulfilled that destiny. Retrieving the wand of Orcus and destroying it will be his final great challenge, to do or die what no man has ever done before.

Edit: Wait, crap. This is Forgotten Realms.

Is there anything like the Shoanti there? Native American-esque tribal nomads?

I know the Icewind Dale dwellers, but they're more nordic barbarian types.

I THINK there are some tribal-equse groups but I think they apply to a race or two. Forgotten Realms has ALOT of material for it so I guess it will depend on the GM.

crap, endoralis, i gotta reshape my toon, lol. maybe i'll go powered fists... that would be pretty cool, punching demons in powered armor :D

Seems awesome, I might be able to enhance that with something akin to a Flamer perhaps even a gravity clip. Along with general buffs to the party as a whole.

GM Will the party know of each other before the descent?

Im going to throw together a halfling rouge with the filcher archetype because every party needs its burglar. Its tradition you know.

I'd suggest at the least making that an Unchained Rogue.

I agree with the above sentiment, for your sake really.

I will post a submission over the weekend. It will be some sort of Multi-Class Cleric. Will be tying my Background in with the Heroes of Bloodstone for sure.

Just one question, are you allowing Psionics? :-)

FYI, I am familiar with the Module in that I ran the first 3 about 10 years ago. The characters opted to NOT complete this 4th installment (which is an issue I will be addressing in my own future Forgotten Realms table top game). So I am familiar with the scenario's overall goal but the details I have largely "forgotten" :-)

Well the 4th module is weak compared to the rest, I won't say why as to not spoiler. The beer chugging is rather tacky.

Well the 4th module is weak compared to the rest, I won't say why as to not spoiler. The beer chugging is rather tacky.

I am sure many of the changes the DM will have made will involve some of the sillier aspects of the 2ed Module. A lot of those old Modules had nonsense like that :-)

Dungeonland/Land of the Magic Mirror
Castle Greyhawk with the silly levels

Dot. Involved in a couple recruitments right now, but depending on how those go I might have time to join another game.