Why arcanist? Just curious.
There's a nice archetype for a melee oriented arcanist that has a black blade (Blade Adept) if you plan to stick with it and go melee. You headed for arcane trickster or arcane archer by any chance?
An Investigator is more than just a rogue though. They are the absolute king of skill checks and I've seen them make almost obscene skill rolls. They also make descent archers.
Fhable has gone with a spell warrior skald
Cool, just a consideration if we needed more arcane in the mix of the party. Okay
I shall introduce Fhable shortly.
Trunt, are you still with us?
If not, I will have him settle into some personal business once you get back to town. Keeps him in the area should he return.
I’m still interested, but my personal situation makes it hard to post with any regularity. I would understand if you wanted to sideline me.
Perhaps just until you get all back in order. How's the family?
We are all fine, which is good. It’s just hard to carve out the time. I think my job will be back closer to normal in June, which would put me back in my routine.
Hope all is well Trunt
How do you get the dice rolls
Underneath the box where you type is a line that says "Hiw to format your text"
Press the "Show" button and its at the bottom of what is shown.
Thank you
It becomes second nature after a while though I sure wish they had some auto formatting features, like a popup where you input number of dice and dice size and it would insert the roll for you (defaulted to 1d20+0).
Did I do that right
Hey looks good! Your dice rolls worked.
I will work on more content
You can always hist the preview button to check it out before submitting it. I always have errors I try to correct by previewing first. Like matching an opening 'ooc' with a closing '/b'. Oh, and lots of spelling errors.
@Flable
Some suggestions. it is standard practice to follow these conventions:
When your character is speaking, make it bold.
When your character is thinking, make it italics.
When you yourself are saying something out of character, use the ooc tag which will change the text to a light blue.
When you are describing something use normal text and use, I think it is called, third person present tense.
Example:
Runt looks down the pit and says, "Hey there, handsome fellow," while actually thinking, Poor pathetic thing is too skinny.
Am I right in saying that the only locations left to explore are at B8 and the stairs blocked by rubble?
Actually, you guys did check all of the doors in B8, that's where the misshapen skeletons were. As for the blocked stairwell that you found previously, it will take a mining crew to get through that. The only thing you have not done is go through the door in your current room. I'll take care of that right now.
Levelled up to 3, this is where it starts to get good! :D
Characters get +1 armor bonus to worn armor they are proficient with at 3rd level and an additional +1 every 4 levels thereafter.
This includes unarmored if you choose to go that direction.
Why? Special GM ABP rules? Does this stack with an enhancement bonus?
Modified Automatic Bonus Progression is in use. You get a proficiency bonus with any weapon or armor you are proficient with. Characters get +1 armor bonus to worn armor they are proficient with at 3rd level and an additional +1 every 4 levels thereafter. Characters gain a +1 weapon bonus with weapons they are proficient in at 4th level and an additional +1 every 4 levels thereafter.
Spells that give an enhancement bonus change the quality of the weapon first. So magic weapon at +1 would make a weapon Expert quality, +2 masterwork quality, +3 and above it would start adding special abilities. Abilities such as the Paladin's bond work as normal treating an expert quality weapon as +1 and a masterwork weapon as +2. If there are questions please ask.
Magical enhancements will not add to the AC bonus. If you use magical vestment and it gives a +2 then it will make your armor MW quality. If you are wearing Expert quality armor, then it will make it MW quality and add a +1 special ability.
I have it in the campaign info block and it was part of recruitment but I figured many had forgotten. I had forgotten earlier. I think it is a worthwhile experiment but I need to keep it fresh in my head.
I did forget! Will refresh my memory while I level up. Thanks.
Sorry I do HVAC work and the short heat blasts I been doing 16 hour days for the last week
Cleric 3
+1 BAB, Ref saves
+7 hit points
New feat: Angelic Blood
ABP: +1 resistance bonus to saving throws
Hmmm. If you are interested, the choices I made for the level up are:
I did not list all the things that are provided without choice. For the ABP, do you choose a progression? I was under the impression you get a +1 to AC this level and there was no choice involved, but I see Isabella picked +1 ST? Or are we using the normal ABP rules except your special rules replace just the armor and weapon attunement?
Mine is just a limited bonus progression that applies to weapons and armor only. It represents training with those items you are proficient with and applies to all items of the type (armor or weapon) with which you are proficient. Any other bonuses are gained by class or magic item.
I was going off the automatic bonus progression document. If we're using a customized version of those rules, that will make things even more difficult for me to track. :/
Just follow this:
Modified Automatic Bonus Progression is in use. You get a proficiency bonus with any weapon or armor you are proficient with. Characters get +1 armor bonus to worn armor they are proficient with at 3rd level and an additional +1 every 4 levels thereafter. Characters gain a +1 weapon bonus with weapons they are proficient in at 4th level and an additional +1 every 4 levels thereafter.
Spells that give an enhancement bonus change the quality of the weapon first. So magic weapon at +1 would make a weapon Expert quality, +2 masterwork quality, +3 and above it would start adding special abilities. Abilities such as the Paladin's bond work as normal treating an expert quality weapon as +1 and a masterwork weapon as +2. If there are questions please ask.
Magical enhancements will not add to the AC bonus. If you use magical vestment and it gives a +2 then it will make your armor MW quality. If you are wearing Expert quality armor, then it will make it MW quality and add a +1 special ability.
Sorry, busy weekend. I'll try to level up tonight.
So basically any enhancement bonuses to weapons and armor get converted to quality first and then special abilities second. Keeps weapon damage and AC down a little bit. Why did you opt for this?
What happens with a bane weapon? It gives a +2 enhancement bonus to the weapon if you are fighting the right kind of opponent. If your weapon is already masterwork and that converts to two special abilities do you pick it on the fly or is it fixed when you get it enchanted?
Some creatures require magic weapons to hit them. How does that work? And a weapon with enough enhancement bonuses bypass various forms of DR. How would that work or not work?
I leveled up. Ranger 3
HP: 8+2
FCB: +1/2 on critical hit confirmation rolls made while using Elven curved blade (I forgot I can use Elf FCB)
Feats: Quick Draw, Endurance (Ranger bonus)
Favored Terrain: Forest (seems like a good choice)
Skills: +1 to Perception, Survival, Stealth, Intimidate, Know (nature), Handle Animal, Craft (bows)
They have not had the bonus to overcome a DR in quite some time, not that I've seen. It is magic or some other descriptor. In this case you would need a sword of sharpness or a flaming blade in order to overcome their DR.
Bane is an interesting creature since it is a special ability in and of itself. In light of that I think the +2 would stand as a bonus to hit and damage along with the 2d6 bonus.
I decided to do it to eliminate some of the chasing and spending that goes on with armor and weapons. It should free you up a bit to pursue other items. Or, perhaps everyone will end up with electric burst returning dragon bane clubs, we shall see.
Should be interesting.
So, does the +1 given by the modified ABP to armor at level 3 change the armor to expert instead of providing a +1 to AC? Or is it just enhancements that go the quality/special ability route?
Normally masterwork armor provides ACP -1. Is that superseded by your list below or does it stack? And what is an AC penalty. is that ACP (armor check penalty) or is it actually an armor bonus?
Expert armor (+100): -1 AC penalty
Masterwork armor (+300): +1 Max Dexterity, 10% weight reduction (stacks with expert level)
No, it is a proficiency bonus like that of a Dodge bonus. Just magic enhancements, would upgrade the quality. Us my quality improvements, not the standard. Armor Check Penalty same as before. Essentially, expert armor is the same as the old masterwork. Masterwork armor now takes it a step further.
Thanks. That makes sense.
Given the time of day and that I think most of us are out of resources, I think we should go in the morning to visit the mayor once we've rested and leveled up.
Agreed
When we were leaving the tunnel, I mentioned I wanted to buy cold-iron arrows and a silver dagger. Should I just assume I was able to purchase those at normal price?
It was evening when you guys came out. Most likely you would do that after speaking with the Mayor I would think.
Fhable is dealing with some real life issues and probably will not be back with us. Do you want to push forward as is or do you want to recruit for an arcane caster?
I would think we should look for an arcane caster, since we have 1. Ranger 2. Inquisitor 3. Cleric 4. Investigator 5. Swashbuckler
Anyone know someone who would be interested or shall I open it up to the community at large?
My brother-in-law says he'll play. Start at lvl 3?
Yep, post here in discussion first. We'll tweak his character if needed and then work him in.
Evoker? There is a third party class called an Evoker, and a wizard may be called an evoker if she takes specialization in the evocation school. I assume you mean the latter from the character sheet?