Hello everyone. Recently I've been having trouble with my RL groups and haven't been able to get together for some time. As such, I would love to get a PbP group up and running.
I wish to run a PbP Jade Regent game with 4 players. This will be on a first come, first serve basis. The first four people to express interest will become my players. Those four may then use this thread to discuss character ideas.
Rules for character creation:
Starting Status: 1st level characters
Ability Scores: 20 Point Buy
Race: Any core race.
Class: Any class is fine but I'd like it if we did not use Eastern classes, (Samurai and Ninja). Archetypes will most likely be allowed but I would like you to run them by me first.
Starting Gold: Average for your chosen class
Other Information: You may pick one trait for your character. I highly recommend this trait be drawn from the Jade Regent Players Guide. Preferably, no two people will take the same trait.
Feel free to ask questions. I am here to serve and ensure you guys enjoy yourselves.
Hope to hear back from you in the near future.
I am interested in participating in this campaign. I have a few ideas for sound characters, but I will read over the player's guide to help me decide.
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Hello, i am really interest , here are the 2 different char that i could field for the AP. will wait on party composition or discussion. in order to finalize
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ARTHUR BRIMSTONE
Male Oracle 1 L-N
Init +1; Senses Perception +0
==DEFENSE==
AC 20, touch 12, flat-footed 19 (+6 armor, +2 shield, +1 dex)
hp 13 (1d8+1)
SR 0
Fort +1, Ref +1, Will +1
Armor Steel Lamellar, Medium
Shield Heavy Steel Shield
==OFFENSE==
Spd 20 ft/x4
Melee Club +4 (1d6+4) 20/x2
==STATISTICS==
Str 18, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 9, Cha 14
BAB +0, CMB +4, CMD +16
Feats Armor Proficiency (LIGHT / MEDIUM / HEAVY) (PFCR 118), Shield Proficiency (PFCR 133), Toughness (PFCR 135)
Skills Diplomacy +6, Knowledge (religion) +5, Knowledge (planes) +5, Perception +0, Spellcraft +5, Survival +3
MC Oracle Curse (PFAPG 43 - 44)Tongues, Mystery Wood(PFAPG 43), Revelation Wood Bond(PFAPG 45)
Traits to be chosen
Languages Common, Varisian
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Aerin StarSong Samsaran Witch
Trait to be chosen
Aerin, had always had an interest in the past (one could says that is rather normal for members of her race), but the focus has allways been the ancient thessalionian empire. Somehow she had always fantasized about one of her ancient past lives had lived in the Empire. And so naturally is drwn to finding out the truth
AERIN STARSONG
Female Witch C-G 1 Go to Hedge Witch Archetype.
Init +0; Senses Perception +2, Low-light Vision
==DEFENSE==
AC 10, touch 10, flat-footed 10
hp 7 (1d6)
SR 0
Fort +0, Ref +0, Will +3
Defensive Abilities Lifebound (PFCaS: DrEG)
==OFFENSE==
Spd 30 ft/x4
==STATISTICS==
Str 9, Dex 10, Con 10, Int 20, Wis 12, Cha 12
BAB +0, CMB -1, CMD +9
Feats Extra Hex (PFAPG 160)
Skills Diplomacy +5, Knowledge (arcana) +10, Knowledge (history) +10, Knowledge (planes) +9, Perception +2, Spellcraft +9, Use Magic Device +5
SU Empathic Healing (PFUM 85), Spontaneous Healing (PFUM 85), Healing (PFAPG 66)
MC Witch Cantrips (PFAPG 65 - 66)
Traits : to be chosen
Languages Celestial, Common, Draconic, Infernal, Samsaran, Thassilonian, Tien, Varisian
Expressing my interest. She is a fairly vanilla ranger archery build for a Rise of the Runelords game but was not selected. I'll make adjustments to fit the setting and group dynamics once the selection process is settled.
Haha, well, crap, I'm #5.
Alright then, looks like we have our 4 players. A Ranger, a Paladin, an Oracle (or witch), and an undeclared. Welcome to the group everyone.
Treygan, don't worry about it. I can help cover for you during the week if you tell me what direction you want to head with his roleplaying. (Or we could just delay the beginning of the campaign until you return. Either way works.)
I haven't had a chance to try out the inquisitor class, so I play a Varisian inquisitor of Cayden Cailean, or Desna.
I don't mind delaying for Traygan. We can use the week to adjust our characters. If everyone can post their roles and the general mechanics of their character, that would be a good start.
Here is for Seika:
Scout/ranged combatant. Helps the party get along in the wild.
Can take an archtype to get trapfinding if we don't have a rogue.
Can switch to being a druid if we need a divine caster.
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i don't mind waiting for a week or having the DM NPC traygan for a bit.
i'll take us a few days in real time to get the party going with presentation etc anyway.
if dathom goes for a melee inquisitor i'll remake into a casting oracle (different race/mystery). if he goes range inquisitor i'll stick with current oracle
Seika, I think you'll be fine as you are. Ranger is probably one of the most useful classes for Jade Regent. In addition, I don't think you'll need to worry about traps. They are so few and far between in Jade Regent that you guys should be able to easily tank the few that you encounter.
Firstly, thank you for the opportunity GM, and I'm fine if you want to start before I get back.
Let's see, general role. Treygan will definitely be a melee type Paladin. I also plan to keep Diplomacy up to be the face of the group. The background itself is fairly open to a variety of other classes if Paladin wouldn't be the best option.
Few questions of my own.
1) Will we be using any of the alternate rules from the Jade Regent Player's Guide?
2)How do you plan to do combat, or have you decided?
Hmm, with the current desired roles expressed by the players, an idea for a Varisian sorcerer is coming to mind. This way we can get both melee and healing with the paladin and oracle, ranged and skills with the ranger and arcane support with the sorcerer.
Seika, I think you'll be fine as you are. Ranger is probably one of the most useful classes for Jade Regent. In addition, I don't think you'll need to worry about traps. They are so few and far between in Jade Regent that you guys should be able to easily tank the few that you encounter.
Awesome! I'll start bringing her mechanics up to spec then.
1. Yes. Rules for relationships and caravans as presented in the Player's Guide will be in use.
2. For combat, I like it when we post in order according to initiative. This can sometimes be slow, but it is also the simplest method. Some battles will have maps provided for then, others will not, it depends entirely on whether or not the AP has those maps provided. I plan on using Roll20 as a means to share maps and easily allow for dungeon exploration.
Also, a question for all of you, what timezone do you live in?
Well this is an embarrassing turn of events: Apparently the GM of a We be Goblins game that I'm a part of is running that module as a prequel to his very own Jade Reagent adventure. Since it doesn't make much sense for me to be in 2 JR games at once (I completely forgot about the Goblins game being a prequel), I would like to withdraw Seika from this game unless anyone has major objections. Again I apologize for hitting that reply button before taking inventory of the games I'm in. :P
As #5, let me chime in now: what kind of posting rate would you be looking for in the game, Mr. Hathaway?
Well... that's a shame. In that case, I wish you the best of luck in your run through the Jade Regent.
Edit: I was actually just about to PM you Yossarin. At the very least, one post a day, but I often have plenty of extra time on my hands and keep up a pretty decent rate of posts per day. Whatever you are most comfortable with, I'll be able to match.
Sorry to see you go Seika. But glad to have you Yossarin!
Timezone: Central or UTC -5 (well, -5 or -6 depending on Daylight Savings Time)
Ok char Mechanics and background is all done.... (behind pic)
As for myself i am GMT+1 (Europe, France, Paris)
i can post a few times per day as for now i still have outgoing internet form work...
Excellent. It would appear that we could benefit from either a dedicated fighter or rogue. Let me spin my gears for a bit here and I will return with one or the other (leaning rogue).
Posting rate is fine, I can usually pull multiples in a day. CST here.
Choose wisely as oracle do not get Ranged AoE Healing (know as Channel Positive Energy)
Oh and just to verify we get one trait only correct?
For my sorcerer, I was wondering if it would be ok to usethe Tatooed Sorcerer archetype provided here: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/sorcerer/archetypes/paizo---so rcerer-archetypes/tattooed-sorcerer
As a Varisian sorcerer, I think that this would add nice flavor to the character.
My posting location is currently PST, but I will most likely be moving to Washington DC area in a few weeks.
Aerin, yes, 1 trait which I advise you draw from the Jade Regent Player's Guide, (though this is not necessary).
Dathom, Tattooed Sorcerer is approved.
And here is the rogue I thought up today. I have the crunch in the profile and I need just a bit of time to tinker with the backstory, but basically I opted to use a campaign trait (I always try to use them in an adventure path even when there might be better choices) to be Sandru's best buddy since kid days.
Only thing is, Miles knows his older brother, too. And for a while, his older brother has been Miles' boss. But Miles keeps details like that to himself, knowing full well Sandru may know that in spite of their friendship and Sandru's "safe distance" from the Scarzini, Miles has been a Scarzini B&E specialist operating out of Magnimar for years. Thus, Miles has every reason to come up to Sandpoint to visit Sandru (and maybe get a kiss out of Ameiko this time around - who knows? Anything can happen.)
That's just the bare bones and I will flesh it out more significantly later.
Since you were wondering about Archetypes, I opted to go with the Burglar archetype because I find it interesting. The only change it has is giving up Uncanny Dodge and Improved Uncanny Dodge to be a little better at disarming traps and, later on, to be a little better at sneaking around.
Alright, Miles, you look good to go. Once you've fleshed out the fluff some more let me know.
By the way, I'm opting to wait for Treygan to return from his trip. During that time I encourage you all to work on fleshing out your characters since most of you appear to be done with the crunch.
So we have 3 melee : paladin, oracle, rogue :
Paladin: Diplomat + Evil killer and regular 2hander brute...
Rogue: Indoor stealth master , finesse rapier gouru
Oracle: Outdoorsy tracker, some knowledge, some diplomacy, club mistress
and a sorcerer:
of the tatooed artist (maybe arcane bloodline?) version
bummmer miissed on this had a character trying to find a jade regent game for the past year.
oh well....
Paladin: Diplomat + Evil killer and regular 2hander brute...
You almost make it sound like a bad thing :(
But seriously, about to head out for my flight (stupid waking at 3am for it). I'm planning on perusing Champions of Purity on my flight, see what options it has available. Plus need something to keep my mind off the flight anyway.
After meetings, I'll try to check the boards if there's any questions.
Nah as a player interested in game mechanics i find the pally to be a real good class (either melee or range) the improved smite (from 3.5) and the swift healing make it a very but very resilient char....
As someone interested in mechanics, Aerin, you got any suggestions about this crunch? Haven't ever rolled up a rogue in Pathfinder.
Rogue's traditional weakness are low hp/AC. feat starved.
in order to cover low hp => toughness feat
low AC => dodge, 2 weapon shield, offence-defence, expertise feat
look for rogues abilities /power that help you debuff ennemy in order to make him unable to full attack you: (that give a condition, like nausated, sikend etc...) or that allow you to make more movement (like side step and following, or spring attack chain)
Hope this helps
It does, yes, thanks. I'll have to pull up my Hero Lab and experiment a build out, looking at the options I get that compliment that. I was already debating the Spring Attack Chain just because with a 10 Str, mobility and sneak attack is about all I got going for me combat wise. I figured as someone who always had to be ready for run-ins with Magnimar gangers, Miles would at least need to be able to defend himself. The real benefit is in messing around with traps and locked doors.
(well we have been told by the DM that there will be few of these over the course of the AP. its mostly an outdoor adventure as we are going on a caravan from Standpoint all the way to the Dragon empires.)
look also at my fav combo: sap master + enforcer + ki pool+ ninja trick: vanish
Here is the crunch and fluff for my sorcerer character. I ultimately ended up going with the Arcane Bloodline. For those characters that are local to Sandpoint, we should find a way to tie in our backgrounds. Though he has spent years away from Sandpoint, Rauno was born and raised there and has spent the last one or two years back in Sandpoint helping out at the Rusty Dragon Inn. A Varisian through and through, he dresses like many of his people.
Considering that Aerin lived in Standpoint until the age of 5 (before being send off to Kaer Maga), they could have been indeed childhood friends (as well as the other characters that lived trough his/her childhood there).
Aerin has returned only the previous day to standpoint since (in order to talk with her father).
Miles is the "city boy" whose family visited Sandpoint often on business cleverly disguised as vacation. He's more Sandru's age (a bit younger than him), so might remember something about the two kiddos and their families, but probably not a lot. Maybe enough to recognize the family names.
Well it looks like we are about ready to Start :)
Just a quick post before bed.
Treygan's background is in the profile. Pretty easy going about intertwining them together. Son of a blacksmith, rescued by Shalelu at one point, attended temple to Sarenrae, came back and part of militia.
Alright, from what I can tell the crunch and fluff on everyone's character looks good to go. I'll start concocting an initial post but I do not plan to really kick things off until Treygan has the opportunity to post more regularly.
Speaking of an initial post, it is now up.