Sorry, too many magic items.
Basically, she's the daughter of a Varisian Harrower and a Chelish merchant from Korvosa. Things happen, that are NOT her fault. Like when they thought she kidnapped a child? How was she to know it was in the cart she had ... borrowed? And isn't it good that it was, considering what the tot told the city guard about what was in store for her if she hadn't escaped Davin Withers? Really, you could argue Alexicia was a hero. It certainly didn't mean the whole family had to up and move back to her father's family's home in Westcrown.
And she certainly didn't know the dice were loaded when she borrowed them for a game. But again, didn't that lead to discovery of a cult of Norgorber? You could almost say Desna was smiling on her, if she hadn't nearly died in that bar? But what was she supposed to do? He'd said she couldn't beat his throw and she was sure she could. If only her own dice hadn't been stolen from her earlier in the day...
And so on and so forth.
Basically, Desna's using her to do good, despite her own darn desires. Which are to have fun and live a life free of Hellknight (and certainly diabolic) interference.
Am trying to get the last details of magic items done now.
OK, probably want to tweak her magic items a bit more (get some consumables, plus maybe magic weapons...) but we should be good to start. I'll also try to write up a slightly better/more complete back story.
Going back and forth on her final feat as well. Selective Channel could be useful, but by going up in Divine Scion, her channel's not going up and her +1 Cha means she could only exclude one thing (though that could be enough when it comes to the BBEG).
I think that means Scribe Scroll will be more useful -- but I'm thinking that feels a little more forced in terms of the character, so I may go back to Selective Channel. Will try to decide that shortly as well.
Alright, Tristan is officially finished. I'm ready to begin once everyone else is! ^_^
OK, I think Aleixica's done except for actually writing up her background.
I ended up going with neither Selective Channel nor Scribe Scroll, as I didn't think either particularly fit her. Additional Traits, on the other hand, was perfect, as it let her get Stealth and Bluff as class skills and I see her as being good in both of them (I actually debated doing an opposite of Ember, and taking a level of rogue, but went away from that). I'm operating under the belief there are no favored class bonuses for taking prestige classes so am seriously hurting for skill points.
Magic items should be solidified too. Even though I didn't take the Pathfinder's Exile campaign trait (500 gp wasn't hard to spend at 8th level so it was kind of pointless), I'm sort of adopting the back story to give her a reason to be in the city. She -- ACCIDENTALLY -- got a ... friend ... in trouble with the Pathfinders and is trying to make it up to him by checking out Delvehaven.
Oh, and I need to pick a few spells she's prayed for. Will try to do that tonight.
Gnome or halfling?
Fixed!
Will post when I get home!!
I'll be pretty busy for the evening. I have to hit the gym, then I'm running the first session for my group's Legacy of Fire game for which I'm also cooking a themed meal (couscous, beef kebabs, date milkshakes with chai spices...). Busy night, but I'll check in when I can before 9 PST, then I starting DMing.
Thanks for the heads up.
Wait, where do you live again? I wanna be in a game with themed meals being cooked. :)
I was thinking the same thing...
Let me know if it's near Monterey. ;)
This is nothing, actually. Once we hit book two of Jade Regent, when the characters arrive in the Ulfen city of Karlsgard, I'm cooking Swedish dishes based on my immigrant mom's recipes and then when we arrive in Minkai we'll be doing Japanese food (menu still undecided).
I also have a background in dialect training and historical ethnomusicology, so historically and geographically accurate accents and musical selections will (hopefully) complete the experience.
You're not so far from me...
How full is your group? =P
Road trip?
Cause Feral isn't all that far from me. :P
Sweet. Where are you, Tristan?
We usually have good food between me and one of my buddies who often GMs, but not themed. I do some good Asian food (gyoza), though, if I ever did a Jade Regent campaign.
What would Chelaxian food be? Chicken a la diavolo?
Haha, sorry guys, but we're full-up at the moment. If we all ever game together IRL, I promise to bring themed snacks.
Chelaxian fare would likely be Renaissance Italian food, which I believe means no tomatoes since those came from the New World IIRC.
Jman, where you at?
Jman, where you at?
Yo yo! Was typing!
I'm here...where did everyone go?
I'm also not that far from Feral. About 10 feet at the moment since we're roommates.
I'd imagine Joy is cooking dinner. Bishop is at work.
What city are you guys in?
Corona, Ca
Hippies
Give love a chance man.
Monterey Ca.
Monterey Ca.
Hippette.
BTW, Watch the second video I posted all the way through. It is awesome!
Hillbilly is more like it. From West Virginia, just here for a year while husband is in training.
We seem to be a completely chaotic group. On the bright side, that means I can cast chaos hammer without worry.
Hurray!
Sounds like you guys had quite the time with a previous GM...
The worst I ever did was have a mephit chew through some rope! ; )
Long story....
Sorry guys, I'm busy with the lawn.
There will be some RP with the NPCs and then we'll move on to the lair. This will give Alexica and Tristan time for an intro.
Alright, so I've got my Legacy of Fire game tonight which means cooking and prepwork and running it, etc.
Tonight's menu, for those of you dying to know, will include:
Dates stuffed with garlic-herb goat cheese
Falafel with tahini and tzatziki dipping sauces
Pine nut and olive oil couscous
White bean hummus with Indian naan
And returning for an encore performance from last week, vanilla chai milkshakes!
That sounds delicious but I'm guessing protein isn't a big part of Katapesh cuisine?
I don't understand what most of that is, but it sounds amazing.
Sounds fantastic Tristan. I love falafel especially.
Quit teasing us you naughty boy, otherwise you are going to get a group of surprise guests one of these days. :P
Haha, you all seem so interested last week, so I figured you'd all like an update...!
(I imagine lamb is probably a staple of Katapesh faire, but I don't really eat lamb and I didn't have time to slap together more than some appetizers this time around. I'm thinking kebabs will make an appearance one of these nights though...)
Just FYI, I'm not sure how much I'll get to post over the weekend as my folks are visiting. I may not be completely away, though, as they do go to bed before I do most of the time, so I may be able to post then.
Heh, is everyone shocked by the encounter?
Apparently. I was waiting to give others a chance to post, but...
And I was waiting on other people to post.
More like upset. I'm really not happy that we got ourselves into a situation where we are fighting angels. I thought the concept was to fight against devils instead and the evil of those ruling Westcrown now. Ember is fighting now to not get captured or anything, but totally not happy with this.
(Though I may actually have limited posting through Memorial Day...)
Hey Feral, how do you do your maps. As you know from my game, I kind of suck at maps. Am thinking using the google docs system may work better for when I don't have a good map I can use...
It really is as simple as making a good spreadsheet and resizing the cells to be smallish. Are you familiar with excel? Google spreadsheets function similarly.
You can always duplicate the one I have for this game and just clear it out if you don't want to spend time messing with cell sizes.