Oxnard's Jade Regent

Game Master Nathanael Love

Dotting for Adrian Liu. His background's here. I just need to adjust his stats.

Ah, digging back through the posts I noticed that the DM did say yes to background skills. Poor reading comprehension on my part! Updated to include.

Kwai Chang Caine. wrote:

@Oxnard Kettlebeak

I have an unusual Feat chain developing and it will need a magical ladder.
Question: Will my Arcane Pool make an Improvised Weapon (ladder) magical to qualify?

(It's unusual to me anyway...lol.)

I gotta know. Why did you name your character after the protagonist of Kung Fu but not play a monk?

*question mark emoticon*

Sabs is correct. (Btw, Sabs is my DM)

It seemed right!

This is a popular recruitment, list updated:

Rin Kaijitsu: Human Vigilante(Teisatsu)

Tenchi Kaijitsu: Human Samurai(Warrior Poet)

Jiro Fire-Raven: Human Bloodrager(Steelblood)

Talios Yintargo: Samsaran inquisitor

Shuzi: Half-Orc Fighter

Akatsu Horami: Human Monk

Hisakawa Mitsuru: Kitsune Unchained Rogue(Counterfeit Mage, Scout)

Sabrina Sara Sierra Sabelsash: Gnome Life Oracle

Tuilindondur: Half-Elf Unchained Rogue

Deresh O'kar: Half-Elf Calalier (Daring Champion)

Timerus A'Conal: Half-Elf Arcanist

Emili Vhaddruddr: Human Swashbucker(Mysertious Avenger)

Kwai Chang Caine: Human Magus(Hexcrafter, Staff)

Naumys Sariandi: Elf Skald(Twilight Speaker)

Hrork-Hrork Ironfeather: Tengu Samurai

Kage Kurai: Wayang Sorcerer(Umbral Scion)

Jardan Rosetti: Kitsune Sorcerer(tattooed)

Dominic Kaiba: Human Cleric(Varisian Pilgrim)

Greta Gyllenhar: Onispawn Tiefling Druid

Julio: Human Unchained Rogue

Jidai Oyuki: Human Champion of Irori(Cleric, monk, paladin multiclass)

Tamhdru Balahamdru: Human Alchemist(Internal alchemist)

Quatranius Apselemalar: Gnome Cleric(Herald Caller)

Hattori Aiko: Human Ninja

Ashlana Moran: Human Witch(Cartomancer)

Adrian Liu: Human Monk(Unchained)

Filona Fiorde: Gnome Sorceress

Hi, I'm submitting Filona. A gnome sorceress who tried playing Rise of the Runelords a few times, but the games fizzled. Maybe she's meant to leave Sandpoint after all. I'm sorry to submit yet another sorcerer in the mix (there are three submitted already), but I really like this character and feel that traveling and gnomes go together.

Filona is illusion and enchantment spells focused, so her feats and spells will go in that direction. She also has better than average Diplomacy and Bluff, so she can fill the Trader caravan role, as well as the wainwright, given that she's a carpenter. If needed, she'll invest in Use Magic Device, but right now her skills points are covering knowledge arcana and nature, as well as the mentioned social skills, and spellcraft.

I know the GM asked for non-traditional characters, but I'm not really good at that, so I'll roll the dice with Filona. Cheers!

So I'm counting 28 submissions for 5 spots now-- so many great ones here, and still 3 days left.

I'm not going to make the final decision yet, but I will say with this much competition anyone who hasn't already posted is highly unlikely to catch my attention.

Still going through the existing ones, so if anyone makes major tweaks let me know.

I made some major tweaks! I actually like the new route; looks like it will be fun!

Thank you!

Howdy Jesse! Great to see you!

Ashlana is complete! Build and backstory are in her profile, character advancement plot is below.

I made some major tweaks! I actually like the new route; looks like it will be fun!

Thank you!

Howdy Jesse! Great to see you!

Hellooooo~~~

Given the competition, I don't really expect to get picked up into this group, but it's nice to see familiar names regardless :)

I guess my ninja will never be completed :'(. I don't doubt I can finish it, but I doubt it'll be good enough to gain your attention this late in the running. I did think to switch over to eyebiter mesmerist, but a ninja focused on dōjutsu and genjutsu doesn't really fit in the ninja class regardless.

I guess this recruitment shows that there's a huge amount of people who want to play more pbp games, but not enough GMs...

That's true IRL and on the boards, alas. I tried my hand once at GMing a PBP campaign but it didn't last terribly long since I have two live games I GM already. Just don't have the bandwidth for more.

Sorry I haven't posted more build details yet- I've been reading through the enormous amount of options for druids and trying to balance my core animist concept with what's cool/interesting/novel but still forms a cohesive, functional set of mechanics. I'm going to build her as a menhir savant druid, with the idea that her spirit sense ability represent her ability to detect spirits that don't belong or are some how out of balance and that ley lines are to the spirit world what rivers are to the physical world (flowing conduits of life and power). I'm still waffling between a totem guide animal companion (which would be or represent the animal/spirit that helped me awaken to the spirit world) or a domain (which would be associated with the first spirit I ever really connected with), which honestly is more of a fluff conundrum than a mechanical one. Once I finish sorting that out everything else should fall in place pretty quickly. I might even have it all posted tonight (depending on what time my kids fall asleep).

That remiiiiiinds me - anyone here wanna have a character backstory connection? Aiko is built as a family friend of Ameiko's, so would be part of the Rusty Dragon crew.

We should probably wait until after selection to work out background connections... Sandpoint is small enough that most or all of the PCs will probably at least be acquainted with each other, if not friends or relatives.

Agreed with Greta. While I would love to tie characters together, there are thousands of possible combinations at this point. Best to wait until selections have been made.

I'm not saying we necessarily have to decide everything right now but some players like having connections and others like to do their own thing, so I'm just wondering who's in what category. Like if someone's playing a character who never really went to the Rusty Dragon much (there are at least two other eateries in Sandpoint, and the population is over a thousand people) then they might be playing a character who will be meeting many of the principals and other PCs for the first time! Which is its own kind of cool.

Also some people are more or less flexible about their concept based on the party? Like Aiko here doesn't have to be an acrobat, the character could do something different if it would fit better with someone else.

You do you! I am just pondering over various story possibilities in my head.

May I present Ithimal, the half-orc Trapbreaker Alchemist.

The crunch is mostly done, I still want to add some URLs and the mechanics of the abilities, but the decisions should all be present. The one thing needed though is gear, but that should be done by tomorrow.

The unwritten explanation for Ithimal's backstory is he has Oni blood, but it manifests in an "other" voice in his head. This will be his other personality that comes out when he achieves Master Chymist at 8th level.

Good luck to everyone, a lot of good ideas I am seeing here.

Ironically enough, I think we have enough siblings of Ameiko (myself included, natch) to make a table in and of itself.

Ironically enough, I think we have enough siblings of Ameiko (myself included, natch) to make a table in and of itself.

New plot for the adventure path: Ameiko trying to get away from her obnoxious siblings.

Vrog Skyreaver wrote:

Ironically enough, I think we have enough siblings of Ameiko (myself included, natch) to make a table in and of itself.

New plot for the adventure path: Ameiko trying to get away from her obnoxious siblings.

You thought her half-brother in Rise of the Runelords was bad...

lol.

Greta's first (conscious) experience with spirits was as a child, sitting for hours in front of Momma Koya's hearth watching smoke and ashes dance and play above the crackling logs.

With that everything fell in place. My crunch is basically done (and in the profile), I just have to do the math for my HP/AC/saves/etc. I also have a bunch of unspent gold, but I can figure that out later. Her background is mostly done too, but only in my head; its late here and I'm out of steam, but I should be able to get that written up and posted tomorrow.

I'll probably spend the gold on potions/scrolls, but out of curiousity, how do you (Oxnard) feel about buying animals? The books/srd list everything from hawks and hunting dogs to lions and tigers (the latter two of which are out of our price range).

New plot for the adventure path: Ameiko trying to get away from her obnoxious siblings.

and Ameiko's parents are like "Don't forget to take your younger siblings with you when you go on your road trip!"

I'm not going to make the final decision yet, but I will say with this much competition anyone who hasn't already posted is highly unlikely to catch my attention.

Darnnit. I knew waiting too long to choose a character to submit would bite me in the butt.

I believe Julio is up to date

Hrork-Hrork Ironfeather wrote:

New plot for the adventure path: Ameiko trying to get away from her obnoxious siblings.

and Ameiko's parents are like "Don't forget to take your younger siblings with you when you go on your road trip!"

"But Mooom, they are a bunch of weebs. They'll embarrass me in front of my friends!"

Haha I love the idea of an all Kaijitsu party.

Ok. . . I've gone through all the entries and I am going to call recruitment early on this one.

Let me just say that this is the most ridiculously packed batch of recruitment I've ever seen- there isn't a character submission here who wouldn't be a good fit for this campaign.

I had more than half the submissions ranked tied at max points on my original criteria so I had to go into tiebreakers and tiebreakers of tiebreakers and even then I couldn't quite narrow it down to 5, so I am going to take 6 (you've made me a liar on my original intention to stick to 5).

So, without further ado I'm selecting:

Rin Kaijitsu (Corrik) Human Vigilante
Tenchi Kaijitsu (Vrog Skyreaver) Human Samurai (Warrior Poet)
Talios Yintargo (Agent Eclipse) Samsaran Inquisitor
Hisakawa Mitsuru (Losonti) Kitsune Unchained Rogue (Counterfeit Mage, Scout)
Emili Vhaddruddr (Hawthwhile) Human Swashbuckler/Free Hand Fighter/ Sentinel
Kage Kurai (Ouachitonioan) Wayang Sorcerer/Ninja

I'll be opening discussion and game play threads if you can stealth dot into game play and check in discussion please.

Everyone else-- thank you for applying, I truly wish I could have seen this game with many of these characters and hope I get the chance to play/GM with some more of you in the future.

Nice party. Happy gaming all!

Best of luck, and please consider the rest of us for replacements.

Congrats to the Party! Have a great time!

Thanks! I'll be around if/when someone drops out!

Gosh, I wish I'd seen this sooner...

Greta's profile is complete now... if you lose someone or something...

(Anyone else feel like running a second table? I was super excited with how she turned out)

Thank you for the opportunity!

I second that; any DMs want to take a fine trip across country?

Good luck to all. I found the process of developing this one very interesting.

Congratulations for the chosen ones! @GM, please keep in mind in case you need replacements. And yes, hopefully we have another GM interested in picking up a second group :)

Congrats all!

Congrats to those who made it in.