Need to work on the crunch, but let me drum up a backstory real quick.
Those were the final words Vyranos said to his father, a high ranking elf arcanist, who tried-and failed-to indoctrinate the half elf into being his successor in research in Kyonin. However, the half elf was too impatient, and much better at anything besides being an arcanist, despite his deep studies into the path of a wizard granting him great arcane knowledge, magical prowess, and a whimsical ally in the fairie dragon, Glimmei. Packing what he could carry, he and his only friend in the world set off towards Oppara, content with any profession, as long as it kept him away from his overbearing and perfectionistic father.
As time went on, struggling to be a farmhand or a merchant, the half elf discovered how well he was at being a teacher-so much so that he became a private tutor, offering to teach the city’s children with no bias whatsoever. Learning from what he suffered from under his father’s tutoring, he was a kind and sympathetic teacher, offering any child struggling with private tutoring to help them catch up-and his patience has paid off, for only the unruly children failed to pass his classes. His teaching skills reached the ears of even the nobles, and, when the seasons came for his usual class to take breaks, he would tutor the children of nobles-and it was here he found flaws within the kingdom’s nobility. Specifically, how it felt like every noble child, no matter what, was forced to accept and continue on the flames of tradition, even when said flames did more harm for the people than good.
When one noble family denied him pay on the grounds of him “liking teaching so much, it should be considered a hobby”, along with jeering at how a man with much arcane knowledge can only teach children the “absolute basics”, Vyranos’s pateince snapped, and he quickly joined in several groups protesting a change to the way the kingdom’s way of life, to better all, be they commoner or noble. Rumor has it that the half elf has managed to strike an alliance with Princess Eutropia sometime after the Senate Hill massacre, though Vyranos has managed to make sure such a thing only stayed a rumor.
If there’s anything I should add or change to this backstory let me know!
War for the Crown, huh? Time to duplicate one of my characters and send him to Golarion. Would a Witch be okay?
Might I ask what Wealth we get at this level? WBL 7, or WBL 6?
Anyways, have a Pact Witch. I was debating between going with a full BAB switch hitting Barbarian or copying my Pact Witch of Axis onto Golarion, with all his electricity, confused-as-heck fox Arbiter familiar, runes on parts of his body. The spell selection can easily be changed if the party is in need of a dedicated healer, though, as Witches do get Cure Spells.
I was on an Axis kick when I created the original version of this character, in one of DeathQuaker's campaigns in a custom setting, so I've skimmed through one of the books of this AP. That story-beat is the driving force behind this character, obviously, and I still haven't quite kicked the urge to make more Pact Witches. They're such a fun archetype, ideally I'd get a different Pact Witch in, but considering you go to literal Axis? Copy-pasting Krowys seemed appropriate!
Anyways, have a Pact Witch. I was debating between going with a full BAB switch hitting Barbarian or copying my Pact Witch of Axis onto Golarion, with all his electricity, confused-as-heck
foxArbiter familiar, runes on parts of his body. The spell selection can easily be changed if the party is in need of a dedicated healer, though, as Witches do get Cure Spells.** spoiler omitted **
I always believe in folks playing what makes them happy, but if we both get in to this one, I cannot promise not to get hella confused between my game and this game with "what Krowys did." :)
If we do both get in, I'll likely refer to one as Krowys the Translator and the other as Krowys Axillensis semi-consistently, and there will be character differences, as unlike my two Violants (1e and 2e) they aren't intended to be literally the same character with the same background. Think more emotion, and Liber being much less adjusted to being a floating metal orb.
Okay, so since I’m in a conundrum regarding how to stat out a fairie dragon familiar, I’m gonna keep the familiar as a rat. Stats are almost done, should be able to get it posted by tomorrow at the latest.
If we do both get in, I'll likely refer to one as Krowys the Translator and the other as Krowys Axillensis semi-consistently, and there will be character differences, as unlike my two Violants (1e and 2e) they aren't intended to be literally the same character with the same background. Think more emotion, and Liber being much less adjusted to being a floating metal orb.
You may keep it perfectly straight, but you are vastly underestimating the memory capacity of a perimenopausal doofus with ADHD.
Might jusr change his name if we both get in, also.
Might jusr change his name if we both get in, also.
More than fair. And I only note this because I don't want to mess up as your GM in our other game. Not trying to say you (or I) shouldn't get into this one. :)
Here is Koolkobold's submission, Vyranos Dosomal!
His main role in combat is to blast opponents with magic, although he holds more utility magic such as summon monster spells. He also has skills in alchemy, so he can craft potions when needed. In social skills, he's good at Diplomacy and Knowledge skills; if his Knowledge skills step on the toes of the bard, I can rearrange the skill ranks to cover what the bard doesn't know.
Also here's a Picrew image of Vyranos I made to give a good description of him
Okay, with the deadline I set having come and gone, these are the complete (or largely complete) character submissions that I have noted down:
*Deathquaker - “Naliah Lotheed” - Human Slayer (Sniper)/Rogue
*Critzible - Cleric (Cardinal) of Shelyn/Fighter
*Karma - “Hasimir Clement” - Human Inquisitor of Abadar
*Codanous - “Lady Seraphina Valenroe” - Human Witch (Deception)
*KoolKobold - “Vyranos Dosomal” - Half-Elf Evoker
*Violant - “Krowys Axillensis” - Aphorite Witch (Axis Pact Witch)
*TheWaskally - “Roscianus Kastner” - Aasimar Paladin (Bravo)
Did I miss anyone?
Ohhh... should have paid more attention here! Oopsie!
Apologies everyone. I didn’t realize you were all conversing in the recruitment area. I agree with most of Amandine has stated so far. Dro’gan is basically a half-trained spy from the gutter who has been doing the best he could to ‘fake’ it until he succeeds. He prefers plans to winging things, and he can juggle like a demon.
Updated the character sheet a little. I thought Pact Witches added spells to their list from the get-go for some reason, since Pact Witches don't have a classical Patron aside from their plane.
Do you have an estimate on when the decisions will be made by? Also, good luck to everyone!
Updated the character sheet a little. I thought Pact Witches added spells to their list from the get-go for some reason, since Pact Witches don't have a classical Patron aside from their plane.
Do you have an estimate on when the decisions will be made by? Also, good luck to everyone!
Once I have feedback from the two current, active party members, I will conclude my own internal deliberations. Steam may shoot out of my ears.
Okay, I've dawdled enough. Time to announce my decisions.
The characters joining the party will be...
1) Hasimir Clement, played by Karma
2) Vyranos Dosomal, played by KoolKobold
3) Naliah Lotheed, played by DeathQuaker
Thank you to everyone who submitted characters for consideration.
Our new players should please post in the Discussion thread to introduce themselves and begin discussing how to integrate their characters.