Dispater's Devils by GM SnowHeart (a Hell's Vengeance AP)

Game Master SnowHeart

Spellcraft, if I can glean anything interesting from any lingering magic: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

"Maybe we can extract information out of him. In riling (Riley-ing?) up zis attack, he has already proven himself an enemy of ze state. A sliver of redemption could come from divulging what he knows." The Doctor looks over to Brogol and the rest "Any skill at binding and gagging among you? Zis fellow should be taken out of sight before anyone else comes looking."

Eris spins and twirls her way toward Franz and Riley, holding her bloody sickle casually as if there hadn't been a battle and execution.

"La la la," she sings.

When Franz mentions binding the bard, she says "I spent the better part of a year tied up and gagged, so I'm pretty familiar with how it works," she says, pulling a length of rope from her backpack.

"Hee hee. Let's see if he likes to be tied up as much as I do," she says, cutting a few feet of rope and tying his hands behind his back.\

Turning the unconscious man over, she says "Now--I thought we already gave you a chance, and here you are totally un-redeeming yourself!"

The doctor believes it was an illusion of Disguise Self, a spell readily available to most bards.

Cimri watched Eris "dance" her way from the site of the execution, one hand instinctively returning to the hilt of her kukri.

"I spent the better part of a year tied up and gagged, so I'm pretty familiar with how it works."

"Huh, amazing anyone would want to keep you quiet and out of the way..." she observed drolly. Then she sighed and leaned in to help. "He's proved a coward and a liar, but tricky and foolish. Let me help tighten those..."

Cimri will Aid Another on the binding, increasing the DC on any escape artist check by 2.

"Into the jail, or should we toss 'im on the back of the horse and take 'im someplace else?"

The deed done, Brogol turns to the remaining crowd, stuffing his sap back in his pocket. "Justice has been done, despite the best efforts of these foolish men. Go home, spend the day with your families." Brogol nudges the corpse of Caggin with his toe. "This one will threaten them no more."

Dropping back down from the stage, Brogol makes his way towards the unconscious bard flashing Cimri a brief smile at her joke. "Let's get this idiot to the jail. Do they have manacles there? He's a spellcaster, so we'll need to lock him down tight."

Eris, you making the escape artist check? Note to self: put rank(s) in EA at level up. This guy's probably not the last person we bind.

@Brogol: Escape DC for bindings is actually set based on the binder's CMB, so that's what you want to focus on if you want to be good at keeping people tied up.

"Jail seems appropriate. We strip him of his instruments and gag him and he should find casting spells difficult enough." The Doctor nods. "Once we have him secure, I would be very interested in asking a few... pressing questions."

Unless there's something else we want to tackle here, I'd be happy to continue on to the jail to get to questioning him.

Right on, thank you for clarifying, Franz! I don't think I've ever tied anyone up in all my years of playing PF!

"Oh yeah, I got questions," Brogol growls, "Starting with, how dumb can idjit bard be?"

What Eris lacks in knot-tying ability, she makes up for in extra loops and knots.

"Well--I have a goal of always having a prisoner in the jail. Since our last prisoner seems to have divided himself, I think we should replace him with this guy."

tie up cmb: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

The remnants of the crowd-turned-mob-turned-observers mostly disperse after Brogol advises them to head home. Their expressions are mostly shocked with the most steadfast resisters having been quite thoroughly put down.

Riley's unconscious form is bound and carted off to the jail. As you arrive, the guards who remained on watch appear particularly alert and on edge. It doesn't take long to figure out why, as a familiar, rasping laugh emanates from the direction of the old sheriff's desk. "Seal that door behind you, won't you dearies?"

The voice is clearly that of Razelago's, though he would seem to be invisible as there is nothing to be seen.

Ingrid didn't question the order and closed the door behind the group. She then leaned against it, looking around to see where the voice had come from.

As they enter the room and hear the familiar voice, Eris perks up.

"Oh, if it's not the most beautiful creature I've ever encountered! I've missed you so much!" she exclaims.

She blows the bizarre creature a kiss. "Why have you been away for so long?"

A little suspicious to come across Razelago here, the Doctor adjusts his glasses and asks "What business brings you? Something of urgency?" As he speaks he casts his magical focus in the direction of the desk "Your ugliness is vell known to us by now. No need to hide." (Detect magic)

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

Brogol follows the others into the sheriff's office, nodding thanks to Ingrid as she shuts the door behind them. "Nice to uh, hear you, Razelago. I'm also curious as to why you've made the trek from the Ash House."

Brogol's voice is flat, lacking enthusiasm. It has been a long day, and he doubted the fiend was bringing good news.

Karik starts at the invisible voice, unsettled by his vulnerability.
He glares around the room in sullen silence.

Razelago flickered into view as he crawled his way out of the sheriff's chair and onto the top of the desk, his oversized insectoid-wings idly flicking behind him. A lecherous grin with a flick of its tongue was cast towards Eris, then he turned to Franz. "Ah, doctor, you know me well indeed, don't you?" There was a trilling buzz to his voice, almost a laugh, before he continued, "But perhaps I don't want every random clod wandering in off the street see me meeting with you? And maybe you don't either, hmm?"

The diminutive devil stretched its limbs, then settled back on the desk and continued, "I just wanted to say the archbaron is quite pleased with your work today. It was messy, but... suitable. As such, Fex wishes to reward you. I expect things will be heating up soon, and you'll likely need his generosity."

DING! Switching over to Discussion.

"I see." The archbaron's appreciation was a fine thing. Dangerous in some ways, but what wasn't in Cheliax? "I would be pleased to accept what funding he might provide."

Nice! Level 3 lets go!

Brogol's brow inches up, a bit surprised. The day had been too messy for the driver's taste. But, tastes were different, and in this case, that was a good thing. "I'm pleased that the Archbaron is pleased. I'd like a guard presence at my ma's house. No other reward necessary."

Pausing, Brogol adds onto his thought. "For me I mean. The rest of us, they've certainly earned something special."

Devils. Can't be too literal when dealing with 'em.

Eris elbows Brogol in the ribs when he mentions foregoing the reward.

"Oh, please. We know you want the reward as much as the rest of us. Just start admitting it because it makes the rest of us look even more greedy than we obviously are! Hee hee!"

Turning back to Razelago, she holds out both hands. "Load me up, Beautiful One!"

"Aye. Rewards are good. It's what separates Asmodeus from the hypocritical Gods that claim to be 'good.' He rewards his followers and is open and upfront about it. Ye do the work, ye get the coin." Ingrid said. "But let's nay second guess his requests. The value of his reward is his own to judge."

Razelago half-purrs, half-hisses as Brogol and Eris's exchange, then says, "Coin it shall be for you, then... hire your own guards."

The devil then begins to pull various items from a small bag behind him. While the size of the bag suggests a limited volume, the amount of gear he pulls out of it suggests the bag has a magical nature to it.

Ya get your new stuff per Discussion thread.

"Now then..." Razelago sits back on the desk, wiping his chubby hands as if they had been dirtied by the common task of delivering things. "You've earned a rest, but you should also know the Castle Gate at the edge of town is open. I spent most of my time observing you and today's events in the square, and now I have to return to the archbaron, but you may wish to investigate."

It looks like he is about to teleport away, then his gaze rests on Riley and he pauses. "Hmm. What's your plan with him? Skinning? Quartering? Or worse... talking him to death?" He cackles at his own joke.

Ingrid didn't look at Razelago as she answered, given how enamored she was with the rewards that they had received. The ring alone would have sufficed, but the armor as well? It was enough to keep her eyes glued. "That really depends on how much he cooperates. If ye find him a drained husk, then it'll be on his head."

The Doctor sniffs "Riley has proven unstable, violent, and most importantly unwilling to learn a simple lesson. Ve vill talk to him, but beyond zat, hmm." Ingrid's suggestion sounds more than plausible, and a fitting punishment for an upstart of his caliber.

"Ze Gate is open? More foolish rebellion from the addled elderly operators, perhaps."

Razelago pulls a fine chain shirt from his pack, the armor's links polished and gleaming in the light of the sheriff's office, and lays it on the table. Next to it, he places a small, simple wooden chest. Brogol flips the chest open to find a simple bill of lading sitting atop rows of platinum coins, laid on their sides neatly as if poker chips.

Brogol picks up the bill of lading and reads it over slowly, his mouth moving as he scans the words. With a grunt, he folds the bill and lifting his drover's hat, places it inside the hat's interior band, and then changes his armor there in the office.

Turning to his companions, Brogol nods in the direction of Riley. "Let's give him some time to stew on just how fooked he is, and go check the gate out. When we question him, if he's not cooperative, he may be surprised to find he's going on a hunger strike."

To the gate?

Eris claps with excitement upon seeing the rewards for their endeavors.

"Gifts are my love language," she says, winking at Razelago as she eyes a suit of full plate armor that could only be for her.

The armor appears to be made from several different sets by a maniac armorer.

The breastplate is dyed green and inlaid with a laughing demon inside an Asmodeus Archenstar, the spaulders are mismatched, one with a golden lantern and the other a firefly, while the collar of the gorget looks like a jester. One greave is dyed orange and the other purple.

"Now, I can tell how much you love me!" she exclaims. She runs over to hug Razelago, then kisses him in a way that could only be described as inappropriate in mixed company.

"I'll love you forever! Or--could you give that kiss to the archbaron for me? Maybe it's to share."

Don't worry, Father. I know what the archbaron has done--he shall pay!

I just looked up a picture of an accuser devil to remind myself... that's quite the tongue...

Razelago doesn't seem particularly surprised nor offended by Eris's exuberant display of appreciation. His obscenely long tongue flicks about the woman's neck as if licking nectar from a flower, then says, "Oh, I don't think I'll share you with him. He's a bit stuffy, though that can be fun, too."

With everyone seeming satisfied by the archbaron's largess, Razelago disappears once more though those familiar with magic likely realize he teleported rather than turned invisible.

Cimri simply takes her sack of items and deposits them unceremoniously in a corner, then says, "Well, if you're keen on it, why don't you head over to the gate and see what's what. I'll get the bard squared away in a cell and ready for your return."

Eris strips down and changes her armor, despite the mixed company seeing her in her smallclothes.

"How do I look?!" she asks, now arrayed in her splendid full-plate armor, forged in what could only be described as a "jester theme."

With Cimri handling the internment of the bard, Eris looks excited to investigate the open gate.

"It seems that no matter what we do, someone just tries to undo it. Ha! And then we have to bash some heads. So let's go see why people can't just fall in line and get with the rule of law! Come on, people!"

Ingrid shrugged as she followed suit. Having a suit of clothing under her old armor made the act much less revealing. Once suited up she smiled and nodded her agreement. "Don't ye love it when doing the right thing pays so well?" She asked, rhetorically.

"How do I look?!" she asks, now arrayed in her splendid full-plate armor, forged in what could only be described as a "jester theme."

"Unmissible." The Doctor adjusts his glasses to reflect the light from the windows. "You'll attract plenty of attention, just as you desire."

He pulls a book from his pack and briefly pages through it before placing it back. After a thoughtful frown, he tells Cimri "Yes yes. Not like last time with the half-breed please. I wish to keep ze deaths of the town's law enforcement to a minimum if possible."

He follows Eris out, ready to tackle the gate guards. However, remembering the events in the square, he decides to take some minor precautions. (Casting Mage armor, 3 hours)

Closing the chest full of platinum coins, Brogol slides it into the sheriff's desk, intending to pick it up later.

Outside, he smiles, and wraps his newly upgraded scarf around his neck. His neighbors were proving to be quite willful. In their way, their behavior was admirable. Brogol was looking forward to crushing it.

Eris turns her attention back to her doctor.

"Doc, you've had more time to observe and I still see you taking notes sometimes. But when do we go from clinical observation to--well, actual treatment? I feel like, if I could just take some baby steps, I'll get better. I'm willing to do the work! I'm in really bad shape! I'm prepared for radical new therapies! Just tell me what to do!"

Oh, I'm getting dizzy spells, nausea, cold sweats, and blurred vision just thinking about it!

”Heard that electric-shock therapy works wonders.” Ingrid said, dryly.

"Well my dear," The Doctor draws his notepad "Having reviewed your particular situation, I've come to ze conclusion that you are currently operating at a 'local optimum'. Zat is to say, you are a single hairs breadth from a psychotic break in either direction. While in more relaxed times, ve could pursue a long term treatment plan involving some combination of depatterning and ex nihilo persona formation, I must admit it would not be appropriate given our current pressing tasks."

"It vould be reckless to attempt a treatment." He pushes his glasses up his nose "And I always put my patient outcomes first."

"For all your overt instability, I vould say your current state is functional enough. Yes." He smiles coldly "Yes, be proud of your accomplishments. There is no need for you to change."

Got your very own Harley Quinn! :-D

Cimri rolled her eyes slightly at the doctor's admonition. "That weren't my fault, doc. Nobody knew he was a werepig, 'less you got secret knowledge you're keeping from us. Riley is just Riley. A gag and maybe a couple broken fingers on each hand ought to be fine, right?"

As for Eris's mental health and ability to function in society, Cimri chuckled softly at Ingrid's comment but otherwise kept her thoughts to herself.

To the gate?

Yep, to the gate

Got your very own Harley Quinn! :-D

You may be interested to know that I was not familiar with Harley Quinn until very recently. I hadn't seen any of the new movies. But as I've watched some clips recently, Eris and Harley Quinn are definitely soul-sisters. :)

As they walk toward the gate, Eris looks disappointed with Franz. "Oh, come on, Doc! I just need something to work on--anything! Baby steps! Perhaps I'll have to have Ingrid treat me. Shock therapy sounds interesting."

She sighs and pats the skull. I'll have to start acting out now so he'll start treating me. Right, Dad?

Map updated.

As Razelago indicated, the weathered doors of the Castle Gate are unbarred. Further, one is wide open, squeaking quietly as the wind whistles through the opening. There is no immediate sign of the Gramels, the husband and wife who tended to the gate, and the windows of their nearby house are dark and silent.

"Hmph!" The Doctor does not look particularly surprised "Dereliction of duty. Perhaps even in interest of letting ze Archbaron's enemies into ze town. Let us find the Gramels and hear their pleas." He heads to the gate and nudges it closed before turning his attention to the guardhouse.

Will follow after a more sturdy party member, detecting magic as we go.

Ingrid shook her head at the low standards that this town was apparently comfortable with. She strode forwards the guardhouse to see if there was anyone inside. ”Be on guard. Revolutionary fookers might well be inside.”

Brogol unwound his scarf, gripping it tight, as he moved beside Ingrid. His eyes shifted back and forth across the area around the gate, looking for threats. "Fookers indeed. Looks like a trap."

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14 15 vs. surprise.

With Vaelor in front of him Karik steps inside out of the sunlight.
"Then lets just deal with them and be done with it."

Perception Karik: 1d20 ⇒ 15
Perception Vaelor: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Eris shakes her head.

"Tsk tsk tsk," she scolds. "They have let us down. We gave them a chance, and they don't seem to have taken it! Now, we're gonna have to show them how much we value rules and the following thereof!"

Hoping to try out her new armor, she takes the lead and opens the door to the guardhouse.

And this is where I realize the update I had tried to post on Jan 29 was eaten by the evil server gobbos, just compounding my absence last week. Sorry all. Here we go.

Franz goes to close the gate. While heavy and the hinges are rusty from disuse, he's feeling unusually spry, filled with vim and vigor, and manages to close the gate without much trouble at all. What a fit and strapping octogenarian! (Or however old he is.)

The rest of the party heads towards the guardhouse, leaving the quiet and dark abode of the Gramels for later. Eris reaches out to open the door and finds it won't budge. It seems to be blocked from the other side.

Eris maintains a smile, but it curls down at the corner as the door won't budge.

"Let me just--put a shoulder into it," she says. She backs up theatrically, then charges into the door full-speed.

str check: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18 Regardless of whether it opens, she falls flat to the ground.

Brogol steps backwards to let the charging Eris through, a small, bemused smile crossing his lips once she collides with the door. Squinting, Brogol looks at the gatehouse; quick and agile rather than strong, he'd get nowhere trying to burst the door down, but perhaps there was a window or other means of entrance?

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Hey now, the Doctor may have an 8 Str, but he's only 38! Also, did I get any pings on the Detect magic cast with the last post?

"Hmm, why would ze door in be blocked?" While Eris tries the direct approach, he joins Brogol in examining the structure for other ways in.

Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (18) + 0 = 18

Karik stands as close to the building as possible to stay out of the sun and listens for people in the building.

Perception check: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

For her part, Ingrid stood near the door, waiting and listening for any sound within. That is, until a very excitable cleric ran straight into said door.

Thanks for the reminder, doc. No magic detected. And sorry about getting the age wrong... though I like the idea of an elder doctor! :D

Eris, a good wooden door has a break DC of... 18. You broke it! (And maybe you're shoulder, too. We'll see.)

Eris seems imbued with remarkable strength as she lowers her shoulder and plows into the guardhouse door. The wood gives way with a cannon-like crack, splinters flying through the door, as she collapses to the stone ground on the other side with a wet, sickly slurp.

"Slurp?"

She finds she has landed in a small puddle of partly congealed blood. In the corner is the body of a man in the livery of the archbaron's personal guard.

Brogol sees a couple of small windows on the second floor, not big enough for a human to pass through, though the roof might be climbable.

As the others watch Eris's bullish display, there is a sudden shriek from inside the tower and a ball of fire can be seen through the doorway as coming down from the ceiling and towards Eris.

The flames hit Eris squarely in her back and their a faint whiff of singed flesh. Eris takes 6 points of fire damage.

Beasty won stealth versus perception so went alone during surprise round, but party wins Initiative.

==Round 1; Party, go!==

Spotting the fireball but not seeing its source, the Doctor strides into the building. He briefly frowns at the dead guard before noticing the odd catlike creature up top. "If you are sensible, you will desist, little one." is all he says in a soft voice before waving his hand in the creature's direction.

Casting Sotto voce, DC14 Will or shaken 1 round.

Vaelor moves into the room at looks up at the creature.

Is it within 10ft?

Eris maintains a full smile, despite being hit with the fiery blast, as she looks at the door hanging on one hinge.

"That was a spectacular entrance, was it not?!" she exclaims as she rises from the floor. "From now on, I'm in charge of opening doors! Hehe!" she laughs.

Transferring her gaze to the little creature upstairs, she says "Aww--why can't you come down and play with us? You're so hard to reach up there!"

A wave of madness blasts toward the creature from the cleric.

cast confusion (lesser)(DC 16 Will)

d% Behavior
01–25 Subject acts normally, but takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls, skill checks, and ability checks until its next turn.
26–50 Subject does nothing but babble incoherently, and takes [ooc]a –4 penalty to AC until its next turn.
51–75 Subject deals 2d8 points of damage + Str modifier to [ooc]self with item in hand.
76–100 Subject attacks nearest ally (for this purpose, a familiar counts as an ally).

Submissions due by Sunday, February 16 at 12n (East Coast/New York)
If you're interested in submitting a character for a new Hell's Vengeance (HV) campaign, I am going to try to put all the relevant information in this post. Obviously, if you have any questions or something isn't clear, please ask and I'll answer as soon as I can.

Final Notes
I'm looking for is 5 or 6 players whose characters will provide a good mix of abilities and fit within the theme of this campaign, both respect to the physical setting as well as the overall gestalt. I hope to be able to accept players with a range of experience with PbP, including people who have been unable to get into recent campaigns or who are new to PbP, as well as veterans.

As for me, I've been GMing face-to-face 3.5, Pathfinder and Starfinder games for more than ten years, including a homebrew DragonLance campaign, the DL Age of Mortals campaign, Jade Regent, Way of the Wicked, Skull & Shackles, Dead Suns, and Against the Aeon Throne. I've GM'd a few other PbP campaigns, played in a few more, and was away for the last year. I'm committing to having this as my only GM-PbP campaign, and no more than two PbP campaigns as a player.

Dotting in!
Probably going to aim for a Diabolist build of some form, as I usually aim for with Evil games.

Dotting in as well! I'm still settling in on the character idea however!

Edit: Lied, I'm thinking a Slayer, Butterfly blade archtype.

Dotting in also, I don't remotely have a clue as to what I'd want to play this time. Not the same as last time.

Hi guys. I am extremely keen to play this AP. Though I am new to PbP I am absolutely loving it and find it suits me very well. (I am a stay-at-home dad with kids at school so I get a lot of time to post)
I don't have a character idea yet. I'm flexible so am happy to fill gaps after anyone with something they really want to play has put their ideas forward.

With the Elephant in the Room feat tax changes I am considering a combat maneuver focused melee character.

@GM: How do you feel about an undead PC? Asking for a friend.

Anthorg, probably not a great idea thematically and I'm not currently thinking about templates for late game. If there is something specific you had in mind, I'd be happy to look at it.

I'm very interested in this, I was wondering, since you've played WotW if you'd allow the Lord of Darkness LE anti paladin subclass. I know this goes against the stated no 3rd party rule, but since it specifically deals with Asmodeus worship I was wondering if you'd make an exception?

I admit I suggested it before reading the player's guide (which I'm about to). I just like the concept.

Dot. I’ve been wanting to play this one for a long time. Probably a Martial(-ish) character. Antipaladin/Bloodrager/Barbarian, something like that.

Since others are looking at melee another idea I had was a necromancer. Would that fit in with this campaign?

I'm so excited to see this being offered! I'm definitely submitting something.

Right now I'm thinking Vivisectionist/Chirurgeon Alchemist built around the Local Tough campaign trait.

I'm very interested in this, I was wondering, since you've played WotW if you'd allow the Lord of Darkness LE anti paladin subclass. I know this goes against the stated no 3rd party rule, but since it specifically deals with Asmodeus worship I was wondering if you'd make an exception?

Toxic, great question. I don’t have my WotW materials in front of me (getting ready for bed) but is that the archetype from the WotW books or is it a different source? If it is the same, yes, that’s fine. If not, can you give me a link and I’ll take a look?

There is a Paizo LE Antipaladin, the Tyrant

GM, do you allow tieflings to roll on the variant ability chart? If so, can we take the Fiendish Heritage feat to roll three times and choose the best result?

SnowHeart is a great GM. And evil is one campaign I’ve never tried. So will need to put something together for this.

I’m thinking a fiend flesh shifter as when else could one be used?

Since others are looking at melee another idea I had was a necromancer. Would that fit in with this campaign?

Fox, I almost missed this. I’ll follow-up tomorrow after some more reading and looking ahead to the later books.

What's starting gold? I didn't see it.

SnowHeart is a great GM. And evil is one campaign I’ve never tried. So will need to put something together for this.

Aw! Thanks!!! (Your check is in the mail!)

What's starting gold? I didn't see it.

Damn! I always forget something.

Please go with average for your class.

Jerax Hellfire, tiefling antipaladin, has been my go-to character submission for all Hell's Vengeance pbp games here on the forums. He's done, I just need to edit him to GM Snowheart's specifications and remove a level. He's never made a pbp game all the way through, but I have faith in The Dark Lord this time will stick.

There is a Paizo LE Antipaladin, the Tyrant

GM, do you allow tieflings to roll on the variant ability chart? If so, can we take the Fiendish Heritage feat to roll three times and choose the best result?

The Tyrant is what was confusing me with Lord of Darkness, but I’ll allow both. Thanks for pointing that out.

On the heritage/ability, yes and yes. I think if someone wants to do that, I’ll need them to post here to declare they’re going with a tiefling, taking that feat, and rolling. They can then incorporate that into their final submission and stat block.

And with that, good night all. Great questions but I gotta get some sleep! I’ll follow-up more tomorrow.

Ouachitonian wrote:

GM, do you allow tieflings to roll on the variant ability chart? If so, can we take the Fiendish Heritage feat to roll three times and choose the best result?

On the heritage/ability, yes and yes. I think if someone wants to do that, I’ll need them to post here to declare they’re going with a tiefling, taking that feat, and rolling. They can then incorporate that into their final submission and stat block.

Done, done, and done. Here are my rolls:

1d100 ⇒ 9 You gain an additional +2 racial bonus to your Charisma score.
1d100 ⇒ 81 Once per day, you can use rage on yourself as a spell-like ability.
1d100 ⇒ 77 You can speak to insects.

Ok. Definitely not the last one. I'm leaning toward Bloodrager, so the extra Charisma or extra Rage rounds would both be helpful. Probably the Charisma, but I'll decide later.

I'm thinking I'll go with a summoner (Unchained of course) with a Kyton Eidolon

So just to help me keep track at this stage we have (In order of dot):
-Dαedαlus with ??
-Timeskeeper with Slayer, Butterfly blade archtype
-ScorchedOne with ??
-Fox--Pantom with Unchained Summoner
-ToxicStar with Antipaladin
-Ouachitonian with Martial(-ish) Antipaladin/Bloodrager/Barbarian
-rdknight with Vivisectionist/Chirurgeon Alchemist
-Grumbaki with Fiend Flesh Shifter
-TheWaskally with Jerax Hellfire, tiefling antipaladin

I can confirm, Snowheart is an awesome GM, and for a while, the Way of the Wicked campaign I was in with him as GM was my favorite game on the boards.
As it stands, I think I'm going to actually dust off/adapt a backup character I had from that game, a Void School/Worldseeker wizard, which actually pair awesomely with Diabolist, as both of their coolest abilities (Worldseeker's reduction on Planar Ally costs, and Void School's Reveal Weakness) scale with Caster Level, not Wizard level. Plus, you know, they both fit thematically in.

EDIT: Fox--Pantom- It seems great minds think alike

This is going to be fun. And thanks for feat tax, it’s very important for natural attack builds

Profile being built. Was going to go for Fiendish Heritage, but realize now that I need the feat

EDIT: Fox--Pantom- It seems great minds think alike

I made some additions

Dotting! I’ve got an Asmodean advocate cleric who just needs to be statted up.

Okay. Updating Jerax took a lot less time than I thought. I was thinking, since Longacre is such a small town, and other races are so rare; if other tiefling characters are submitted, I'd like to assume we all know each other, maybe even be friends by necessity.

The towering tiefling clops hard against Longacre's cobblestone streets, and enters the main guard house.
"Jerax Hellfire, reporting for duty, sir", spoke the antipaladin in his deep growl of a voice.

Has anyone else spotted the issue that we have 9 signups?

How do you make a new Alias?
All my other PbP has been PFS so I have just made a new organised play character

My Account > sign into your account > scroll down to Aliases on left side of screen > under your aliases, click button that says Create New Alias.

Okay Alias made.
I can't seem to add a picture though...

Yeah, that part of the site is down.

Hi, I am just getting back into gaming after six years away and this seems like an awesome adventure path for my first submission. I did a little play-by-post back in the day on a different website, but this would be my first go around here. I gamed from the mid 90's until the mid 2010's (2nd ed AD&D through to Pathfinder, along with some other systems as well), when my career moved me away from my gaming group. After that, between the job and starting a family I had little time to find and connect with a new gaming community. So on hiatus I went. Things are much more level now, and my wife has actually been encouraging me to do the things I enjoy, including gaming (crazy, right?)! So, here I am.

There are quite a few proposals for martial characters and at least one cleric of Asmodeus is in the works, so I was thinking maybe a skilled character would be good. My two ideas so far are as follows:

Human Bard (archetype: Brazen Deceiver) played as a newly trained operative of the church/government originally intended for subversive activity in other nations, but repurposed for propaganda/political work within Cheliax in light of the Iomedaens' recent efforts.

Halfling Unchained Rogue (trait: Good Slip) played as a right hand / lackey dispatched to assist a more powerful and classic Chelaxian character (hellknight, cleric of asmodeus, etc). Would be a totally loyal halfling bought into his role in Cheliax, but useful for playing the weak fool to gather info and the like. I would definitely want to tie his story in with another PC.

I am going to sleep on the concepts and see which sounds better to stat out in the morning.

Hey Oblivion's Scion
Nice to meet you.
While I don't know how GM SnowHeart will go about cutting the list down to 5/6 I'd be extremely keen to work on some history between characters with you, even if you don't go with the Halfling I still love some shared backstory.
Actually that goes for anyone who's keen for some shared backstory..
Send me a PM

dotting for interest... thinking of doing an alchemist (just finished watching Breaking Bad, so thinking a Heisenberg type character)

I'm so excited to see this being offered! I'm definitely submitting something.

Right now I'm thinking Vivisectionist/Chirurgeon Alchemist built around the Local Tough campaign trait.

Vivisectionist is what I was thinking too. I have a lawful character concept that fits this, I think. How about we're academic correspondents? We could build to fill different party roles, but we know each other and exchange notes.

I'm jumping in over here from the interest check.

I'm working on my character now.

Here's my submission.

What does the rest of the group know about Alaric?

Alaric is a pretty boy noble. He's pretty ameniable and likable, despite the fact that he's a Jeggare. He never talks down to anyone, regardless of rank or station.

Hey Oblivion's Scion

Nice to meet you.
While I don't know how GM SnowHeart will go about cutting the list down to 5/6 I'd be extremely keen to work on some history between characters with you, even if you don't go with the Halfling I still love some shared backstory.
Actually that goes for anyone who's keen for some shared backstory..
Send me a PM

Fox, once submissions close, I’ll go over the what everyone presented and try to look for characters that best fit the AP and have interesting concepts that will give material for RP. If someone has a history of other PbP campaigns here, I’ll look through some of their posts to get a sense of the frequency and quality of posting. (I also try to reserve at one place for folks new to PbP.) If I have any questions, I’ll reach out via PM and, given the nature of this AP, I will probably PM final candidates to confirm some items and make sure we’re on the same page. (

Once that’s done, I’ll announce the final selection here. Unfortunately it does mean not everyone will have a place (and it’s the part of starting an AP that I really dislike because I hate saying “no”) but I think it’s the fairest way to give everyone a chance instead of just folks who happen to be online at the right time to dot in or who dot in but don’t really understand what I’m looking for or what fits the AP. Hope that helps and sorry if that wasn’t clear. It’s how I’ve always done recruitments for my campaigns and how many (though certainly not all) of the recruitment threads function, though I have definitely seen some “first come, first offered” games.

Also, I think a necromancer could be plausible. By the time you’re able to cast lesser animate dead, you’ll be heading out of the city. But, in general, walking around civilized places (which is a large part of the AP) generally doesn’t lend itself towards a horde of undead minions in your wake as a more rural or dungeon-focused adventure would.

Okay Alias made.

I can't seem to add a picture though...

yeah, avatars have been borked for a couple weeks. It’s been reported on the Website Feedback forum and Paizo is working on it. They said something like it’s slated for a “near term” fix, so should be fixed soon.

Also, thanks for the submission! I’ll let you know if inhale *I have* (stupid iPhone autocorrect) any questions. Feel free to tweak and update between now and Sunday if you like; I’m not locking anyone in to anything until then.

And with that she is complete. 4x primary natural attacks when shifting, 3x without it. A level plan on how to stay relevant in damage with natural attacks. A good range of face and support skills. Just lacking any kind of magic, and sadly couldn’t find a way to get Intimidate. But for that, I rationalize it as Ingrid believing that intimidation is for the foolish. If you Bluff someone or use Diplomacy, then they will *want* to help you. And thus they will continue to do so when you aren’t looking. But intimidating them only goes so far, and they will turn on you when able. So it is thus better to just rip their throat out with your teeth if someone needs scaring. It’s just more effective that way.

Dotting in from the Interest check. This got a lot of interest really fast. I'm leaning towards a skills-based character, but I'll see what speaks to me.

Since we're using Feat Tax rules, will Unchained Rogues get a replacement for the 1st level Finesse Training, which gives Weapon Finesse as a bonus feat? Same question for Swashbucklers and Swashbuckler Finesse.

Dotting in with Lily as my character. I need to adjust her for the build rules, modify her back story, and of course make her evil.

Dotting in from the Interest check. This got a lot of interest really fast. I'm leaning towards a skills-based character, but I'll see what speaks to me.

Since we're using Feat Tax rules, will Unchained Rogues get a replacement for the 1st level Finesse Training, which gives Weapon Finesse as a bonus feat? Same question for Swashbucklers and Swashbuckler Finesse.

You get Deft Maneuvers now.

Phntm888 wrote:

Dotting in from the Interest check. This got a lot of interest really fast. I'm leaning towards a skills-based character, but I'll see what speaks to me.

Since we're using Feat Tax rules, will Unchained Rogues get a replacement for the 1st level Finesse Training, which gives Weapon Finesse as a bonus feat? Same question for Swashbucklers and Swashbuckler Finesse.

You get Deft Maneuvers now.

I do not see that anywhere in either the GM's posts or the link to the Feat Taxes, so I'd like confirmation from the GM that that is the case.

Much more interest than I anticipated, which is pretty exciting. Guess there really was an itch for this.

Anthorg and Phntm888, confirmed on unchained rogues getting Deft Maneuvers as replacement for Weapon Finesse. Details in spoiler box.

With that, I think we're current on all the questions so far, but if I missed anyone, please just give a holler.

To summarize questions/answers so far:

* Starting Wealth is average for your class
* On tiefling variant abilities, they are allowed; just declare you will be using tiefling as your race, that you will be taking the tiefling heritage feat, and then roll 1d100 three times in this thread. You can then incorporate the results and your choice into your submission later.
* Using the archetypes for LE antipaladins (from Paizo or Way of the Wicked) is fine.

As a reminder, submissions will close on Sunday the 16 at 12n (New York/GMT-5 time). I will aim to pick 5 to 6 players.

One additional item I would like to ask, but I can follow-up separately by PM after submissions close, is if you are in a lot of PbP campaigns, please confirm you'll be able to post once a day during the week. I find this is really critical for a successful campaign to help sustain interest and give other players material to RP with.

Thank you, GM Snowheart. I am still mulling over my options, but am leaning towards either an Unchained Rogue, Inquisitor, or Mesmerist.

EDIT: Will we be using Skill Unlocks/Occult Skill Unlocks?