Good to know on crafting I will play it by ear tho. As I said basically I only need Arcane strike and quicken spell so 5th-9th feats are open and 13-finish are open so I have room for magic arms and armor and wondrous. Wands and Staves are a maybe but for the most part can be bought and potions are a waste. Hopefully I can pick up scribe scroll somewhere but I think we have good spell access between Wiz list, Bard and Cleric List and Druid list.
Woo 2nd page.
@Cinthiel: That's a good question, mate. Usually I'd say yes, but in this case probably I wouldn't.
@GM: So, would it be okay if I actually create a different/ranged character? Following the same rules, of course. I can send you background/sheet for approval.
not that it would be a game changer of any sort, but Azi was a game hunter and knows his way around a bow. Won't be taking any ranged feats, but not completely out of the question to pepper foes with some arrows.
@Gareth
If you want to adjust/remake your character, go for it. Like you said, follow the same rules. Let me know what you come up with.
@Cin
It's definitely an AP where those feats come in handy, especially since RotR anticipates a pretty vanilla party. I'll adjust as best as I can, but some of the iconic items and weapons don't always fit an exact concept. Personally, I think that's part of the fun. But I know it can be frustrating when you can't find that one item you really want.
EDIT: I've made some updates to the loot sheet. I couldn't remember if Azi had plans to format it, but if so please disregard what I've done. Let me know what you think. Constructive criticism is very welcome.
Loot sheet looks fine to me but I know some people can do crazy stuff with spreadsheets I will leave that to my betters.
I'm almost completely melee.. albeit with Druid casting chucked in.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
@GM Wolfe: You did a magnificent job with the Loot Sheet Formats. Far superior than what I would have done. I am now thinking we need:
Present and Future Values Table (for time travel, of course)
Amortization Schedule (for castle financing)
Investment Portfolio (for our Commodity Futures; I hear corn, steel, and wheat are supposed to do real good this year)
I kid, of course. Really nice job! It looks so perty. Colorful and well organized!
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
I'm not into vanilla. (wink wink nudge nudge)
Chocolate, strawberries, cream (whipped, of course)… are better
Hey, I'm a Calistrian, what do you expect?
I'm not into vanilla. (wink wink nudge nudge)
Chocolate, strawberries, cream (whipped, of course)… are better
Hey, I'm a Calistrian, what do you expect?
Chicken wings? Booby tassels?
Bad Adam Sandler reference is bad I will go to bed now.
"Just erotic, nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken" (Terry Pratchett)
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
@Azi
The one rulebook we never got for 1e: Ultimate Finance.
And an excellent Pratchett quote, Vanea.
All Terry Pratchett Discworld books and quotes are excellent, big fan here!
GM Wolfe: I believe Azi is complete. The necessary stats are added, and I did some small pruning to his background. This is my first PF character. I am used to playing 3.5. I think I caught all of the subtle rules changes, but if something sticks out as error, please let me know.
A few notes for the GM:
- I did not take Orc as a given language. It just did not make sense due to his background. I am going with Azi understanding and speaking Common, but he cannot read or write.
- Azi's name (Azaersi) I took from a source book on purpose. Azi's parents' farm was located in the militaristic country of Molthune. They hated the government and gave Azi his full name as a secret slight and insult against the Molthune government. Azaersi was a Hobgoblin General who had a major defeat against the northern Molthune military. They called him Azi, so no one would pick up on the slight. (side note: not sure when this defeat took place compared to Azi's birth and the start of the RoTRL AP, it all could be out of timeline, but I though it sounded good when coming up with a name.) Azi is unaware of his full name.
- I had a bunch of gold left over, but I think I should only start with a few coppers given the background with most of Azi's possessions given to him.
- I left names out of my 'Background' on purpose in case you wanted to add little side quests and such for each character. If you would rather have more information, I could add more detail.
- Other thoughts:
Were Azi's parents attacked and either killed or taken prisoner? Did they burn their farm on purpose and seek asylum in Nirmathas?
Will Molthune soldiers come looking for Azi?
Will the surviving rogues that 'took him in' seek out revenge?
Just some thoughts.
Looking forward to the New Year and the start of play.
Happy Holidays everybody.
I try to incorporate as much of the player backstories as I can into the campaign. If y'all put something down, I try my darnedest to pick it up and do something with it. I appreciate your thoughts and character design.
Tomorrow's the first day of Hanukkah and my family's coming into town, so I will not be posting tomorrow. Just a heads up.
I hope everybody has a safe, peaceful, and joyful holiday season.
Happy holidays!
Happy Holidays!!
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays all. Although I have off from work from the 24th - 2nd so I will be available to chat.
@GM Wolfe are we going to use XP or Milestone leveling? As a gm I like milestone as it means less math but as a player I like XP as it is a visual mark of progress.
We'll be doing XP leveling. i used to hate the XP system with a passion, but after playing in an OSR game for the last year I grew fond of it.
Something I hadn't considered: Maps.
A friend has pointed me to Roll20, which seems pretty cool. It has a lot of utility I'm not interested in (character sheets and such), but tactical maps are pretty important to this AP. Would you all be interested in using this? I'm open to alternatives.
I like Roll20 and it is nice for maps. RotR is actually available as a premade premium module on there for $60 and you get a discount if you already own the pdf through paizo and link the account.
I am not sure how I would manage combat in pbp with roll 20 without removing the players control of their tokens. Also although I like roll20 I think it has a learning curve.
I am not familiar with Roll20 or other online utilities, but if you think it will benefit the game then count me in. I am willing to learn and use.
If there is a cost involved, I do not mind sharing the cost. If agreed upon, we could send money-orders to the purchaser or utilize Pay-Pal or whatever new tech program is out there.
Sounds good to me.
Roll20 does not work on phones, thus I found it a bit restrictive at times as I could not access while not at my PC.
If it was needed I am a pro subscriber already.
still need to finish my equipment, having more gold that I need and a too feeble strenght to carry much
Hi guys, GM, my apologies but I will step out of this one before we start. This holiday period had been fairly chaotic and with a relocation coming on the beginning of January, my time will be fairly limited. Good luck with the game, have fun, and thanks for the opportunity. I hope we get the chance to play together in the future!
@Vanea I wouldn't worry about miscellania you are surrounded by burly men I am sure you can talk one of us up into carrying your non essentials.
@Gareth shame all the best.
I have off tomorrow and should have my pc all sorted out by the end of the day.
@Gareth; thank you for telling us before!
If we recruit someone else, maybe we should see what kind of skill we are lacking currently? Can anyone disable traps?
Not I. If we do get another recruit either a sniper rogue or ranger with disable device. Or maybe an arcane trickster.
Whew, what a week it’s been y’all. Sorry for not responding in a timely manner. Shouldn’t have any more issues for a while.
@Gareth
I’m sorry to see you go, but I understand. I’ll keep you on my list and I’ll message you when another opportunity comes up.
I’ll post a link to the roll20 game when I get home tonight. I’ll try to come up with a workaround for maps on mobile as well. I’ve got a short list for potential players that I’ll message tonight. Hopefully we can get back to 6 PCs before the 1st but if not, the show will go on!
Still thinking about a workaround for phones. I can and will describe things the best that I can. For most things, narrative of the mind is ideal. But it's good to have an accurate map for adjudication.
Created an account for Roll20. Look forward to the game and learning to use it.
Not sure if either of these suggestions would help or just make things redundant:
The last game I was in the GM used something called 'SLIDES' that players could move icons around on a grid.
Another thought would be a shared Google Sheet.
Wishing you all a fun, safe, wonderful New Year. May all your rolls be '20'.
Cheers!
For Roll20 I usually set up a home/splash map to park the party in while not on a particular battle map with useful information.
I will get a screenshot and link it for you.
I linked up to the game.. name Arkon
@GM Wolfe Better crop of the Splash page I use
I would Personally suggest to you that each player find and provide for you an image to represent their characters and than use a site like Token Stamp to make tokens you can put into the game and than link those tokens to journal entries. The question than becomes do you want us to be able to move the tokens or not since roll20 has no way to limit token movement to only once per turn or during initiative only or something. So assuming there are no doors or walls blocking we would be able to move our tokens around freely all the time. Which could be problematic because if you don't have walls set up or enemies hidden on the gm layer we could get advanced info. I guess the honor system or just only allowing us to see the view of our token but not have access to move it could work and we could use the draw tool to show how we want to move.
He can just print screen and cut the image from our characters here and use that image.
She. And while that can work I personally lile finding or drawing my own images instead of using the paizo ones since they are all named exiating characters.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Happy New Year everyone. Can't wait to hear from GM Wolfe and start playing.
Happy New Year! Looking forward to do some raging and axe swinging.
Yes ready to be wild and free.. oh and Happy New Year all.
Hey GM Wolfe,
I am holding on to some hope that we hear back from you. Even if it is to tell us that life just got in the way and you don't think you can commit to the game. I get it; things happen. I just want to know that you are ok. Hope to hear from you either way.
i'm down for this game too, just posting to say still here.
I too am hoping just holiday business and that all is well.
So it is looking like this is dead atm I am still checking the thread daily and DMWolfes profile to see if there is any activity. I don't suppose anyone has another way to contact them? I sent a PM but no luck so far.
I think all we can do is wait (although I don’t hold out much hope).
I do hope to see you all around the boards and perhaps even get a chance to be in a game together!
I have been checking in daily in hope that we hear something. I truly hope that she is ok and just realized this was not for her. Wish we would hear something just to put my mind at ease.
On another note, I started reading AP 1 of 'The Ruins o Azlant' and have been considering running a pbp. Would any of you be interested in playing? Probably would not start for a month or so, but would give time for pc creation.