looking good, let me know when its all done and Ill give it the full look over and add to list of compleated
Unfortunately, I need sleep, so I won't get to links until tomorrow.
How you want to handle adding extra spells to my spellbook will help determine how much money I have to spend, so shopping will have to wait until you have a chance to rule on that.
sleep is good, ya have days yet so no rush
extra spells come from your 100,000 starting cash, costs on d20 etc.
Full price
Thank you for that but my confusion comes from not knowing under what circumstances I would be learning the spells. The rules have a set cost to record new spells and if there are spellbooks in the archive that I can access to learn new spells then I can pay the cost to add them and be done with it. If I don’t have access to a free resource like that then than I would either have to buy scrolls to learn them from (which could be costly since that consumes the scroll) or I have to pay someone (or someplace) to let me use their spellbook to learn it (which I think usually costs the same price as hiring someone to cast it, but I can’t remember if that’s in the rules somewhere or if it was home rule my TT group used).
So I guess really my question should have been: aside from the cost of actually adding a spell to my spellbook, how much will it cost me to learn a new spell?
In most cases, wizards charge a fee for the privilege of copying spells from their spellbooks. This fee is usually equal to half the cost to write the spell into a spellbook (see Writing a New Spell into a Spellbook). Rare and unique spells might cost significantly more.
Table: Spell Level and Writing Costs
Spell Level Writing Cost
0 - 5 gp
1 - 10 gp
2 - 40 gp
3 - 90 gp
4 - 160 gp
5 - 250 gp
6 - 360 gp
7 - 490 gp
8 - 640 gp
9 - 810 gp
I added the - for ease of reading. You can find it at this link shortly into it the linked section.
That fulls under Independent Research which falls foul of my NO CRAFTING before the game rule.
I'm sorry but you're going to have to pay for a scroll and I copy them into your spell book. I will however say you Auto copy it.
Spell Level:
Cleric, Druid/Wizard-Sorcerer/Bard/Paladin, Ranger
0 12.5 gp
1st 25 gp
2nd 150 gp 200 gp 200 gp 200 gp
3rd 375 gp 450 gp 525 gp 525 gp
4th 700 gp 800 gp 1,000 gp 1,000 gp
5th 1,125 gp 1,250 gp 1,625 gp —
6th 1,650 gp 1,800 gp 2,400 gp —
7th 2,275 gp 2,450 gp — —
8th 3,000 gp 3,200 gp — —
9th 3,825 gp 4,050 gp — —
WIP, no 10-minute background or alias set up for her yet, but FYI
pic
Str 12, Dex 15+1 level=16 (20), Con 15+1 level=16 (20), Int 10 (12), Wis 14+2 race+2 level=18 (24), Cha 13
AC 29 (armor +8, natural armor +3, deflection +3, dex +5)
Fort +20, Ref +15, Will +22
HP 176
precise shot, rapid reload (air repeater), spell focus (conj.), augment summoning, sacred summons, summon guardian spirit, quicken spell, summon neutral monster
Domains: chaos, luck
Channel positive energy 8d6
mithral chain shirt 1100
air repeater 60
far-reaching sight 4000
2 reporting cartridges, 2 scouting cartridges, 4 mage shot (acid) 2978
4 alchemical smoke cartridges, 4 alchemical gray dust shot cartridges, 4 screaming bullets, 30 bullets, spare air reservoir 456
prehensile conductive whip (stinging whip channel focus) 4550
cold iron sawback kunai (consecrated weapon channel focus) 159
handy haversack 2000
cleric's kit 16
ring of counterspells 4000
ring of sustenance 2500
greater rod of giant summoning 24500
wand of cure light wounds 750
boots of the cat 1000
eyes of the eagle 2500
charm of fate 5000
featherscale cloak 4000
spellguard bracers 5000
malleable symbol 10000
6 holy water, 6 unholy water 300
tracking powder (10/10) 30
material components/foci (not all these spells are prepared all the time)
planar refuge 500 gp precious stones * 2
greater restoration 5000 gp diamond dust (10 000 total diamond dust)
restoration 1000 or 100 gp diamond dust
mass heroic fortune 1000 gp diamond dust
raise dead 5000 gp diamond * 1
create demiplane line 500 gp tuning fork focus
true seeing 250 gp ointment * 6
divination 25 gp incense * 6
assorted meditative spells 200 to 600 gp soothing incense (3000 total soothing incense)
lover's vengeance 100 gp jewelery * 6
treasure stitching 100 gp hankerchief * 2
1103 gp cash
Traits
Possessed (1/day make untrained knowledge check at +2)
Worldly (1/day roll twice on untrained skill check)
Omen (1/day demoralize as a swift action)
Wary
Drawbacks
Haunted
Infamous
Intimidate 16R, class +3, trait +1, Cha +1, Total +21
Perception 16R, class +3, Wis +7, competence +5, race +2, Total +33 (+34 when opposed)
Sense motive 16R, class +3, Wis +7, Total +26 (+27 when opposed)
Spellcraft 10R, class +3, Int +1, Total +14
Heal 1R, class +3, Wis +7, Total +11
Know (religion) 5R, class +3, Int +1, Total +9
Appraise 1R, class +3, Int +1, Total +5
Know (geography) 16R, Int +1, Total +17
Profession (sailor) 10R, class +3, Wis +7, Total +20
Linguistics 5R, class +3, Int +1, Total +9 (Common, Elven, Auran, Aquan, Goblin, Orc)
Prepared spells (last is domain slot) - may change based on party makeup or circumstances
8: Summon monster VII*2, moment of prescience
7: Summon monster VII, quickened paragon surge, quickened dispel magic, greater scrying, spell turning
6: Summon monster VI, chains of light, quickened silence, heal, heroes' feast, mislead
5: Holy ice, life bubble, true seeing, communal air walk, 1 free slot, quickened true strike
4: Divine power, tongues, restoration, spit venom, blessing of fervor, freedom of movement
3: Communal resist energy, wind wall, collaborative thaumaturgy, dispel magic, 1 free slot, protection from energy
2: Grace, resist elements, admonishing ray, unholy ice weapon, greater detect magic, delay poison, aid
1: Remove fear, comprehend languages, liberating command, sure casting, 2 free slots, true strike
0: Dancing lights, guidance, mending, 1 free slot
known people: Tara, an elven anti-paladin of Calistria who thinks Sarlai keeps jumping in and stealing her kills/loot and wants revenge and loot; a dwarven paladin who pursues the antipaladin; a gnome writer who keeps showing up and making odd comments, then writing the damnedest things about Sarlai in the broadsheets.
former pirate
Thank you. I’ll get to work on shopping as soon as I can.
Think hard, like I said I will be picking 4 evenly balanced PCs
So I think it would help if you looked at the other aplcants ALTs
and ask yourself, Will may mini-maxed uber PC take all the fun out of the game for the other players.
yerr me thinks that may be to much.
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/metamagic-feats/dazing-spell-metamagic/#:~:t ext=You%20can%20daze%20creatures%20with,original%20level%20of%20the%20spell .
You can daze creatures with the power of your spells. Benefit: You can modify a spell to daze a creature damaged by the spell. When a creature takes damage from this spell, they become dazed for a number of rounds equal to the original level of the spell.
[dice=Str]2d6+7
[dice=Dex]2d6+7
[dice=Con]2d6+7
[dice=Int]2d6+7
[dice=Wis]2d6+7
[dice=Cha]2d6+7Not bad!
We would still apply the ability score advancements every four levels, right?
Hey, I just want to let you know that I'm planning on submitting a dwarf Shifter for this. The crunch is done except for magic gear, and then I'll wrap up the 10-minute background.
Sorry, I had no idea that dazing spell was considered problematic. I just picked it because it seemed like such a good thematic fit for a caster who uses so much electricity. I can switch it out without any problem, although I would like to point out that the ability that grants me that feat (greater metamagic knowledge) lets me switch which metamagic feat I get from it each morning (so if I took dazing and it proved too powerful I could always switch it out for something less bothersome the next day).
Out of curiosity (and since tone is hard to convey by text please let me be clear that this is not an argument in favor of the feat but legitimate curiosity), what makes it so obnoxiously powerful? Fireball seems like the maybe the spell that would benefit most from it (since it can potentially hit a whole bunch of targets) but is dazing a crowd for 3 rounds really that much more effective than something like circle of death that will just flat out kill many of them (with a higher save DC)? Once you get into fourth level spells the point of comparison switches to mass hold person and, I don't know, something like ball lightning would let you try to daze a couple people each round, and force them to make multiple saves against it if you keep targeting them (which is pretty nasty) but is that really better than forcing everyone in a 30' area to make a (higher DC) save or be paralyzed for up to 16 rounds? Probably I'm just overlooking something obvious but it doesn't really seem like something that would make a lot of stuff irrelevant?
I've just not been able to get a full concept together. I'm going to step back from applying. Thanks for the opportunity and good luck to everyone.
I've always figured a +3 metamagic and a use of a feat to balance out things quite nicely. Where it gets nasty is usually people will take the metamagic master stuff and do it two levels earlier and then it gets way overpowered. In its natural state, and I could be wrong, I don't see it as overpowering more than any other metamagic with the right spell used.
Apparently the image I used was a bad link, try this.
@ES: The things you're comparing dazing spell to have more limitations than dazing on a damaging spell. Circle of death has a 9 HD limit, many creatures are immune to it and it has an expensive material component. Mass hold person only affects humanoids and has a save to recover every round. Even without trying you're able to throw out dazing persistent lightning bolts from a 4th level spell slot (due to spell perfection & magical lineage) which affects anything not immune to electricity, takes those failing the save out of the combat (3 rounds = eternity) and has the equivalent of the save DC of a level 6-7 spell. Optimised further it gets scary.
Then there's the lived experience of a bunch of people who say dazing spell is overpowered. Seriously it is.
Oo I like the Image
I think I’m going to bow out too. The GM clearly has a fairly specific power level in mind and after two tries it seems that I’m just not any good at finding that sweet spot he’s looking for. Best of luck to the other applicants.
Lucky and Giant, thank you for letting me know, sorry to see you go, but best of luck in future gaming
Player Submissions
Compleat
Sona Tanaka Fighter 5/Rogue 11 By snelss0.
Lilandra The Chronicler Oracle 16 By andreww.
Viri Farthingdale gunslinger 8/monk 8 By Philo Pharynx.
Almost there
Sarlai Pallas cleric of Calistria 16 By avr
Not complete
Rafael, half-elf swashbuckler,
[Make Alt, remove 3pp,10min background]
No longer Applying
Eudamonia Solanis arcanist
Well, that is underwhelming. Looks like a wizard, cleric or maybe a charisma based caster.
Today marks 1 week and one to go, as it stands we have 4 very good and I think evenly matched PCs
Sona Tanaka Fighter 5/Rogue 11 By snelss0.
Lilandra The Chronicler Oracle 16 By andreww.
Viri Farthingdale gunslinger 8/monk 8 By Philo Pharynx.
Almost there
Sarlai Pallas cleric of Calistria 16 By avr
could be an all-female team if no other applicants come forward with completed PCs
So have at it and let's see what other amazing PCs come along
Not only an all-female team, but everybody so far seems to have some capability to go underwater for a while. Does this make us Our Lady's Marines?
From the halls of Asmodeus
To the shores of Elysium.
We will serve our Lady's causes
On the planes, air, land, and sea.
Hah, that's interesting!
Toss away.
I would like also to remind all applicants not to send me PMs, please any Q's post here so all can see.
:)
More info about The Lady,
CATS, her realm is a sanctuary for Cats, most of all akind of winged Cat called A Felindro which she has the most fondest of loves for. One could even say they are her Animale.
So if you want a Familiar from The Ladys realm, you can have a Felindro, Stats same as cat + Flying [good] Fly Skill +4 + Hover feat
Why do this to me? Now I want a familiar. :p Are they intelligent? Are they treated like house cats? Adoptable? Cost?
I have a question. Are there mobile communication devices in common use? I could see my pc as having one.
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So don’t give up on the rest of us yet, GM_Panic,
Since we had two weeks to get the character prepped and my time was a little limited because of the Holiday. I decided to focus on the hardest part of your request. Finding the pictures for my character and his backstory.
For some reason, I picture them in my head and can’t quite find the right images and I’m too lazy to draw them myself. I went looking around and these are the best I can find. So, with the numbers I rolled, I will be presenting an Arcanist, who favors blasting, but isn’t above whipping out a pistol and shooting folks. He is originally from an alt-earth world where magic and technology are beginning to meld.
He will be transported out of his world during the American Civil war. Which is being fought between the The necrotic south and the Steampunk north. The conflicts came to a head between the two halves of the Nation after the election of Vampire slayer, Abraham Lincoln Who ran on the platform of limiting necromancy and the use of human corpses as labor. At that time the south attempted to secede from the Union.
He will be raised by His uncle in Richmond Virginia after his mom and dad died in a mysterious accident in their home in Baltimore.
Why do this to me? Now I want a familiar. :p Are they intelligent? Are they treated like house cats? Adoptable? Cost?
I have a question. Are there mobile communication devices in common use? I could see my pc as having one.
If your class gives you a familiar, yes you can have a Felindro, same has a house +the fly I posted, and they get an int bust from being your familiar I believe.
Robert Henry Ooo I like it,
Might brew a magus if I can conceive of a suitable concept.
Working on skills. Since we are dealing with a multiverse instead of just a planet; will their be other skills like: Drive or Fly vehicles, computers, technology, medicine, 'the multiverse' etc.?
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That is a good point, Robert.
I recommend if your PC has Tech in its background
You take the feat / which is a must if you want your PC to know tech
Technologist
You are familiar with the basic mechanics of technology.
Benefit: You are considered to be trained in any skill used against a technology-based subject. If the skill in question requires training to use even against non-technological subjects, you must still have ranks in that skill in order to gain the benefit of Technologist.
Normal: You treat all skill checks made against technology as if they were untrained skill checks. This may mean that you cannot attempt certain skill checks, even if you possess ranks in the skill in question
Then carfting
Craft wise let's keep it simple
Feats such as
Craft Technological Item
You can craft technological gear and items.
Prerequisite(s): Technologist, Craft (mechanical) 5 ranks, Knowledge (engineering) 5 ranks
Benefit: You can create technological gear. Creating a piece of technological gear takes 1 day for every 1,000 gp in the item’s price. To create the object, you must use up raw materials costing half of this total price.
*** You can also repair a broken technological item if it is one that you could make. Doing so costs half the raw materials and half the time it would take to craft that item from scratch.***
Craft Technological Arms and Armor
You can build technological weapons and armor.
Prerequisite(s): Technologist, Craft (mechanical) 7 ranks, Knowledge (engineering) 7 ranks
Benefit: You can create technological weapons or armor. Creating a technological weapon or suit of armor takes 1 day for every 1,000 gp in the item’s price. To create the object, you must use up raw materials costing half of this total price.
***You can also repair a broken technological weapon or suit of armor if it is one that you could make. Doing so costs half the raw materials and half the time it would take to craft that item from scratch.***
Craft Cybernetics
You can build cyberware and install it in a creature’s body.
Prerequisite(s): Technologist, Heal 9 ranks, Knowledge (engineering) 9 ranks Benefit: You can create cybernetic items. Creating a cybernetic item takes 1 day for every 1,000 gp in the item’s price. To create the object, you must use up raw materials costing half of this total price.
You can repair a broken cybernetic item if it is one that you could make. Doing so costs half the raw materials and half the time it would take to craft that item from scratch.
You can also install a cybernetic item in a creature’s body.
Craft Skills
Craft (mechanical)
Craft (Advanced weapons and Armor)
etc best see D20 for
Remember there is NO PRE-GAME Crafting
Knowledge Skills
No need to add more, most Tech falls under
Knowledge (engineering)
Other rolls will fall under pre-existing Kn skills.
Drive [let's keep this super simple]
Drive [Tech Ground vehicle]
Drive [Tech Air vehicle]
Drive [Tech Water vehicle]
Drive [Tech Space vehicle]
Drive [Mechs]
That should cover it.
Tech Heal stuff
If you have the Technologist feat, then you can use Healing Tech.
In most cases as a +2 to heal checks.
If you seeing to make tech medicines for say a healer PC
Then this is a must
Prerequisite(s): Technologist, Heal 9 ranks, Knowledge (nature) 9 ranks
Benefit: You can create any pharmaceutical or poison. Creating a pharmaceutical takes 2 hours if its base price is 250 gp or less; otherwise, the creation of the pharmaceutical takes 1 day for every 1,000 gp in its price. To create the pharmaceutical or poison, you must use up raw materials costing half of this total price.
Last of all
So long as a player has the skills/Weapon Proficiency etc
They have access to
modern-firearms Proficiency:
Earth-style campaign, guns are everywhere. Early firearms are seen as antiques, and advanced firearms are widespread. Firearms are considered simple weapons, and the gunslinger loses the gunsmith class feature and instead gains the gun training class feature at 1st level.
technological-weapons Proficiency:
This entry lists whether the weapon is simple, martial, or exotic. If an existing weapon proficiency allows the new weapon’s use, that weapon proficiency is listed in parentheses. Note that Exotic Weapon Proficiency (heavy weaponry) works similarly to Exotic Weapon Proficiency (firearms) in that it allows access to a wide range of similar weapons.
Hey, I just want to let you know that I'm planning on submitting a dwarf Shifter for this. The crunch is done except for magic gear, and then I'll wrap up the 10-minute background.
Gotta say, I'm having a hard time finding useful magic items that would still be in effect while wild-shaped (a polymorph effect, which means I can't "activate" an item that's melded to me) and that don't have the straight numerical bonuses negated by ABP.
yep its hard, but if I don't limit it, things like, I'm a dragon with armor on and a holy sword, gets a bit power silly.
No, I get it. It's just a lot to comb through.
Ready. I might tinker with the background a bit more, but the stats are done.
I will be closing Recurtemnt at 12:00 noon GMT on 10/06/2021
Then I will take 2 days to go over offered PCs and make my pick known here on Sat/12/06/2021
Man GM_Panic, I would really love to jump in this game with you, and I really like the character background that I was working on. But I started to look at the Arcanist class, which, in my mind, would be the best class for the stats I rolled.
I've not played an arcane caster higher than third level and I've never played an arcanist. I generally prefer to play a character and organically learn how they function. I was using a Guide to try and figure it out, but I don't think it's my cup of tea.
Sadly, I'm going to remove myself from the application process. I loved the game you GM'd for Sariel and will be reading along with this one. Thanks for running the game, we players really do appreciate it, good luck and good gaming all.
Thanks, Robert, for letting me know, sorry to see you drop but I fully understand. A few players have found it hard, Level 16 with my house rules is not easy.
Player Submissions
Complete
Sona Tanaka Fighter 5/Rogue 11 By snelss0.
Lilandra The Chronicler Oracle 16 By andreww.
Viri Farthingdale gunslinger 8/monk 8 By Philo Pharynx.
Sarlai Pallas cleric of Calistria 16 By avr
Almost there
Not complete
Rafael, half-elf swashbuckler,
[Make Alt, remove 3pp,10min background]
No longer Applying
Eudamonia Solanis arcanist
Robert Henry, Giant Halfling, The Lucky Halfling
Hi again,
I've done most of the work for my elven Witch : you will find the alias here Hypatia Mouseion a.k.a. Madam Tia
Still missing is her spellbook and about half the background. I also still have 15 000 GP left to spend. I will also reorganize the character sheet for skills and spells for ease of use.
If any of you see anything game breaking, please tell me and I will alter the character accordingly.
[No "Alternate Class features"; does that mean no bloodline mutations?
Yes that means NO "bloodline mutations"
Firearms are simple weapons,
Yes on 'The Lady' plane 'Firearms' are simple weapons,
NOT tech weapons, you need feats to use them
Player Submissions
Complete
Fighting
Sona Tanaka Fighter 5/Rogue 11 By snelss0.
Viri Farthingdale gunslinger 8/monk 8 By Philo Pharynx.
Casting
Lilandra The Chronicler Oracle 16 By andreww.
Sarlai Pallas cleric of Calistria 16 By avr
Almost there
MadamTia Witch 16th By Llaelian
Needs Image of PC and background completing.
Not complete
Rafael, half-elf swashbuckler,
[Make Alt, remove 3pp,10min background]
No longer Applying
Eudamonia Solanis arcanist
Robert Henry, Giant Halfling, The Lucky Halfling
CucumberTree I want you to read very carefully my previous posts on being picked within a **balanced power level and themed group**.
NOTE: Balanced and not Mini Maxed.
Think to yourself, while looking at the other applicants,
"Is my PC in the same power level and range as them?"
Because if you get a no to that, then you know you're on the wrong build track and you need to rethink.
Also, I did make this clear, you need to place all that in an ALT with an image please, Then link to that alt or post with it here.
Last of all,backstory
You have just basically told me you're going to make an undead spy who is anti-team Lady, with permanent magic powers and no mates. There is no way you're going to fool a god-like THE LADY (Kn Domain) with only 16th level magic. Your PC would have been court, what was done to her unraveled, memories given back of all the evil things done to her by her evil owners and controllers. Then offered a place on Team Lady. Because that is how THE LADY works, she recruits the weapons others send to attack her and sends them right back at them.
Thanks, GM Panic
That's ok,I just did not want you to go down that road and waste time on an idea I would auto-reject for reasons given.
Happy to read over an amended or new PC idea.