How is everyone doing? We've slowed down a fair bit, so I wanted to check in with everyone.
Doing good, just had a busy weekend. Teruko doesn't have anything she wants to do in town, so other than the conversation with Ameiko (which can be continued in spoilers) she's ready to move on.
Personally I think it might be worth moving us all the way to Brinewall; I suspect part of the slowdown is just people not knowing what to do along the way.
I've been considering that - I'll move us on tomorrow if no one else has a contribution to offer.
Apologies, my schedule has become a lot busier, I'm fine with skipping to Brinewall. Torra will continue to scout with Lone-Pillar, who has now replaced Cyrus as her object of attention.
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Poor Cyrus. Dragged along and abandoned.
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For reaching Brinewall (safely?) you all have ascended to level 3.
The heroes realize that they are catching on to the secret of success. It's just a matter of concentration.
Yes, that's a little fast, but there're supposed to be caravan encounters on the way, and we dumped those off.
Level 3, yuhuuuu!!! It seems I came back just on time! :D
I have 3 different characters to level up after just a few days away, wow, so it might take me still a bit.
Are we considering to replace Seishin with another player? We are still early in the AP and it is always much more difficult to find people interested if we need someone by when we reach the late books.
That's fair - I do have a couple ideas as to where they might show up, but I didn't really have any decision made: do you folks want me to reopen recruitment and/or look for new players?
I think having another player would be good. I was in a JR game that ended after Brinewall, I can check if any of those players would be interested?
Level 3
Base Attack Bonus: +1
Saves: Fort +1, Reflex +1
Hit Points: +6 (Half 1d8 + 1 Con)
Class Features: Psychic Talent (Amazing Inspiration)
Feat: Extra Revelation (Tenacious Inspiration)
Spells Per Day: +1 1st level
Spells Known: +1 1st level (Protection From Evil)
Skills: +9 Skill Points (4 class, 1 INT, 1 human, 2 background, 1 FCB)
-Appraise
-Bluff
-Craft (Calligraphy)
-Diplomacy
-Heal
-K. Dungeoneering
-K. Religion
-Sense Motive
-Spellcraft
Another player could be helpful, particularly if they fill a gap in our current roster. (We're a bit lacking in the Arcane department.)
Indeed. Okay, Torra, I'd say you can reach out to your fellows, see if any are interested. If so, let them PM me and we can do discussions there. If not, I'll throw together an open recruitment.
My current thoughts are that you might not be the first to have come into Brinewall recently, and the forthcoming PC might be a survivor of those who arrived before you.
Class Features: Psychic Talent (Amazing Inspiration)
Feat: Extra Revelation (Tenacious Inspiration)
Unfortunately, those psychic talents aren't accessible until level 7 and 13, respectively.
EDIT: Also, for some reason I had your max HP at 13 last level - how did it jump to 21 with only a +6? I'm sure you're right, but I wonder where I went wrong with the HP...
It's actually me that went wrong with the math. I had 9 at level 1 (d8 +1 Con), then should have gone to 15 (half d8 + 1 Con). Instead for some reason I had myself at 13.
Meanwhile the Investigator Talent Alchemist Discovery explicitly states: "When selecting an alchemist discovery, he must be high enough level to qualify for that discovery, using his investigator level as his alchemist level to determine if he qualifies." As another example the Slayer Talent Rogue Talent (say that one five times fast) states: "Any talent effects based on rogue level use the slayer’s class level. If the rogue talent has a prerequisite, the slayer must fulfill the prerequisite before taking that rogue talent."
Now, I can see the argument that because it doesn't explicitly say I do get to ignore level requirements/prerequisites, I still can't take those talents now. However, that would mean the only talents I qualify for are Inspired Alertness and Hard To Fool, both of which are extremely underwhelming compared to the revelations I would normally get at this level. For example Hard to Fool is a once-per-day reroll on a single Sense Motive check, whereas Focused Trance is a floating +20 to any Int-based skill check that can be used a number of times per day equal to my Charisma modifier. Inspired Alertness is even worse.
That all being said, I'll abide by your final decision and change if you still feel I need to follow the level requirements. (It's not like I took this archetype for optimization purposes anyway.)
I'd say you can take one of them, but... hm. I'd like to rule that you should take an actual revelation with the extra revelation feat, because the skill challenges will become quite broken with that at the moment.
Would that be a fair compromise?
That's perfectly fair. I'll take Amazing now and plan on getting Tenacious at level 7, (when I next get a regular revelation), if that sounds okay to you. I'll decide on the revelation a bit later today.
Sure thing. Sounds good to me.
I've reached out to my old group.
Torra's level 3 (Kineticist):
- +9 HP (d8/2 +4 CON +1 FCB)
- Infusion: Extended range: Torra's kinetic blasts now have 120 feet range
- Elemental Overflow +1
- Feat: Precise Shot
- DR +3/adamantine (1 point of burn, 3 NL damage)
- Skills: Climb, Escape Artist, Heal, Perception, Survival, Knowledge Geography (2 background skill points)
Thanks, Torra. I think it looks good, though I remain somewhat confused as to how Burn works with the Stoneflesh thing. I think 1 level of Burn is nonlethal equal to your level, but I can't quite remember how that interacts with the DR.
If they want to build an arcane, it might be a student of the Twilight Academy that decided to follow the caravan after all, trying to proof or earn treasure.
If they go for something more rare, like an ifrit sorcerer, they can be in the ruins, taken there by some curse.
Indeed! If they're an Ulfen they can [REDACTED]!
Level 3
HP +9
Feat Iron Will
New class feature Armor Training (Yojimbo trades it in place of Weapon Expertise)
Skills
Acrobatics
Climb
Handle Animal*
K. history
K. planes
Linguistics* (Skald)
Perception
Sense Motive
Survival
Swim
Good to see - what Armor does Yuto want to specialize in? Because the yojimbo archetype specifies that you need to choose one type of armor for that to affect.
I also want to give Hana the chance to react to Ameiko before continuing, but if she doesn't within five or six hours, I'll move us on.
I've not heard anything from Hana since Tuesday, so I suspect RL demons have gotten their claws into her player.
Do you guys want to head into Brinewall with me botting her, or should we hold out for a little longer? I can do some more NPC stuff, but it's up to you guys. I feel a little bad, especially since Ameiko is Hana's crush.
- DR +3/adamantine (1 point of burn, 3 NL damage)
On this note, I've found that Flesh of Stone would let her get up to DR 2/adamantine at 3rd level with one point of burn - it gets +1 DR for every two levels above level 2, with an additional point if you accept one point of burn.
I'd prefer to wait for Hana. It would be a real shame for us to move on before she has a chance to react.
Unfortunately, my computer's behaving a bit wonky, so I might be a little delayed on posts. Apologies in advance.
That said, I am a little concerned about Hana. I'll reach out to her player again, see if I get a response.
Post to all my games: I am going on vacation from August 30th - September 8th. While I'll have my phone I won't be posting much if at all during that time.
Alright, thanks for letting us know, Teruko.
I'll also be on a mini-holiday this Friday through Sunday. While I might be able to post, I will likely be too busy skydiving and stabbing my partner with fake knives. *grin*
xD Looks like it'll be an especially slow weekend.
It seems we are on halt for a few days then. Perhaps we do better not start Brinewell until Teruko comes back, Hana reappears or we complete a recruitment.
As about Hana, I hope she is just busy with a sudden summer job.
That seems reasonable, Yuto.
My former Jade Regent group is too busy for a new game, so I think we can open the recruitment.
Gotcha. Just have to decide on a few things, like how to handle campaign traits, if they should be required, etc.
Can't quite decide if my vacation is coming at a most convenient or most inconvenient time :P
For campaign traits my recommendation would be not requiring them but letting people take them with mild reflavoring if they so desire. Maybe someone wants to become Sandru's best friend even if they didn't grow up with him.
The good thing about the caravan is there is certain level of fuzzy definition of who is within. So it would not be unbelievable that a couple people that have remained in the background suddenly decide to step up where the 'previous' heroes have decided to remain in the caravan this time.
Also a very good point. There are a lot of options at this stage.
Alright. I'll put up the recruitment either later today or early tomorrow.
I've opened the recruitment thread, so feel free to poke your heads in when you have the chance - no replies yet, but I'm sure they'll come in time.
Also, someone should grab the small cloak of resistance +1 from Hana. Likewise the ring of climbing. The smoke pellets and bombs are up to you whether to keep or let go, though.
Heads up that I will be on holiday from September 10th to September 26th. Please bot Torra as you see fit.
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Okay, have fun, and see you around, then.
In the meantime, could I ask you to take a glance over the submissions in Recruitment and send me your thoughts via PM, I'd appreciate it - from both you Torra, and Yuto. Teruko sent their thoughts over before they went on vacation, but I'm sure they might have others when they come back.
New Players: Welcome aboard! I'd appreciate it if you'd arrange your stats above your posts like the others do. Just check their profiles if you're not sure how it's done (or my own active ones, those work too).
Current Players: I know that Torra'll be vacationing/on holiday soon, but in the meantime, I'd like you guys to divvy up the equipment I mentioned above. Also, Yuto, I don't think you got back to me on the armor type you wanted to take the specialization in.
At any rate, I think we'll move forwards within a day or two, depending on the disposition of everyone.
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Hello everyone! So excited to join you all on his journey and absolutely thrilled to have been chosen when there were so many amazing entries!
I'm Rackal and I'm a GM for a Kingmaker games on these forums but it's been a loooong time since I got to be a player so I'm grateful for the opportunity.
My character is Riftun he'll be acting mostly as support/skill monkey~
I hope we can all have a great game together!
Welcome, Riftun and Elvina! I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun playing together.
Oh, Riftun! I even have a reason for you to be without any weapons 'cept your dagger, too. Also a host of nightmares, but... well, I'll get to that in my post. :P
A pleasure to meet you Torra! Never played with a kineticist before, looking forward to it~
Aganhei... but whhhyyyy? Riftun is just poor sweet boi. Why do you want to hurt him when all he wants is headpats? >.>'
Well, he shouldn't have arrived at Brinewall a few days before the caravan!
Welcome Riftun! It is really good to be a player sometimes. The boards are a blessing for those of us that regularly take the GM role in our friends tables. Let's have some fun here! :)
About @Armor Expertise, what would be a good choice for Yuto in this campaign? I guess he will not be able to afford any good armor for a long time, so unless you allow him to retrain the class feature every now and then, I will have to leave it undefined to avoid locking him to scrap.