Hello all, I am back on the boards for a second shot at this game. The first time I tried to run this game (25 point buy), I saw message board posts to edit the AP to make it more challenging and place this part of the game on another plane and I edited the thing to the point where it became too complicated to run and that sapped my excitement for it. This second time, I am sticking to the 15 point buy system with core races and running the game as is. I'm very excited for this. Hope you will give it a shot.
Does the idea of invading a fire giant base sound fun to you? If so, this is the recruitment for you if you like high level play. Looking for 3 players. I currently have a Dwarf fighter Level 13, one of the original players, willing to run it again.
Character creation rules:
Core Races only.
15 point buy.
Alignment: No evil.
Wealth: 108,000 gp (no more than 40k can be spent on one item) (I am aware this is the 12th level wealth level). The party will receive some story items that you would have picked up had you played the AP from 1st level.
No background skills.
No Elephant in the room feat taxes.
No VMC.
2 traits, may be campaign but not limited to it.
Try not to dump stats - no stats lower than 8 after racial.
I know creating 13th level characters takes awhile so no need to create an alias - a summary character sheet with some personality quirks and physical description is sufficient. Just tell me the most important detail about the character - what makes him/her tick to the point that they will willingly invade a giant military base?
Restrictions on classes played? (ie Core only, no occult, no gunslingers, what have you like that...)
I am not a fan of summoners (regular or unchained). Everything else I will play by ear.
I keep wanting to play a Mammoth Rider in tis AP. It would be nice not to have to wait through several books for the build to come on line. I'll see what I can do.
I'd throw a Human wizard into the mix, Edmond Wynston, interested in the further studying of the ancient Giant civilizations. Studious and professorial he is willing to dive in the depths of the Giant's Lair for authentic details to include in his thesis for the University in Absalom.
Not the most original character I know but I think could roleplay easily and provide a useful service to the group and the adventure.
I have like an 75% complete character I just built for him in his alias profile. Would still need to put finishing touches like items, skills, spells.
Sounds like fun! How about a Storm Druid 6 / Feysworn 7
Working on a Character Sheet for details. Will post later.
Okay, I've got an idea for a dwarf earth kineticist. I'm thinking kinetic knight - that's the one with heavy armor and only melee attacks. He's going to be pretty tanky.
Still have slots? I am interested.
Imma try a sorcerer or arcanist.
Question: are generic campaign traits available? As in Black Sheep or Outlander.
Storm Druid 6 / Feysworn 7 for Lemming.
Not done but I've got a lot of the CS together.
Oh, sorry. I was thinking a damage dealer caster to not step on Edmund's toes, but it seems that's what he's going to do anyway.
Maybe a Magus, then, which can add a nice mix of melee combat + debuffing + secondary support to our primary arcane. Let's see how good can he be with the 15-point buy.
Thank you for the interest, all. Ok, some comments and answers:
Ouachitonian: Mammoth rider looks cool - remember that this part of the AP takes place inside a dormant volcano and you're dealing with fire giants, so things will tend to get hot.
Edmond: A vanilla blaster wizard works in any game and I get the motivation for adventuring.
Zwordsman: AT or Dragon Disciple sound like fun. Look forward to it.
AGM Lemming: Feysworn is new to me, will have to read up on it. So what's the motivation for invading a volcano?
Philo: I don't know much about kineticists - look forward to sheet, though I may have questions.
NotEspi: Yes, recruitment is open.
Jereru: Those traits are available. Look forward to Magus.
After Klaus left his home village, knowing that he wasn't wanted he planned to never return, he traveled all around the continent learning what he could about the world. He traveled with several different groups and fought a lot of creatures.
Recently he was traveling alone, enjoying flying high in the shape of an eagle, when a huge bolt almost hit him. Flying down some to investigate he spotted a hill giant with a huge crossbow and two ogres. Keeping in air he cast several spells to contain and then kill them. He flew a spiral search above the area, confirming no other enemies, then landed to search the bodies for clues. Why would they attack a lone eagle? He found nothing of interest so he took to the air again.
The next morning he performed his usual Obedience to Magdh, but when he cast the leaves the image he received was inspired. The leaves flipped and showed red and brown undersides, all leaned on each other in a clear image of a mountain. Klaus studied the image and determined that the red must be a hint at a volcano. He thought about the area where he'd been flying and remembered a mountain that looked like a volcano. He'd kept far away, but maybe Magdh was telling him to check it out.
Not wanting to check out such a likely dangerous place alone he looks for signs of civilization and potential allies.
Yeah after re reading your post, I initially thought it said Core Only, so I went with bog standard Human Wizard!
Realizing now today it says Core Races only. Either way, it still stands, he isn't a total blaster Wiz, going with the standard Divination School. I read the AP's product page, guess its just a big dungeon crawl so maybe Evocation would have been better bet but sometimes I like challenging the mold a bit.
The quick version is that the kineticist had an elemental attack and a number of element themed abilities. At 13th level I can do a number of these abilities at no cost. When I do pay for these costs, I take burn. Each point of burn does 13 points of non-lethal damage that I can't heal until I get a night's rest and reset my burn. But when burn accumulates to higher levels, I get a few boosts to offset it. It boosts my physical stats a little and gives me light fortification and better to-hit with my kinetic blade. But this nonlethal damage makes me easier to knock out.
My elements are Earth and Water - though to keep the mountain theme most of my water abilities are ice-themed.
With my archetype, my kinetic blasts can only be melee attacks. (I carry a +1 sling for ranged attacks) They do 7d6+3 for cold or 7d6+13 weapon damage. But I have 3/4 BAB and don't get to use things like two-handing or vital strike or power attack with them. I also don't get to add magic item effects. While it seems like a lot, in practice it works out similar damage to a fighter or rogue with all their tricks.
The the basic melee attack is a weapon that disappears at the end of my round. I have a spiked gauntlet for AoO's. I can do tricks that cost burn, but at 13th level I get a few free points. Mostly I'll use kinetic whip which makes my attack a reach weapon that lasts until the start of my next turn. I can do an elemental charge or the equivalent of whirlwind strike. I can do a reflex save vs entanglement. I also have push and trip, but the CMB is too low to make these effective.
Defensively I get DR 6/adamantine. I can boost this with burn. I also get fire and cold resistance when I have spent burn.
Utility-wise I get to climb earth and stone, ignore earth-based difficult terrain, enlarge person, shape stone and offset my slow movement with ice. Most of these are free, but a few cost burn, like enlarge person.
Please feel free to ask more questions.
Darvok wears well-made dwarven plate armor and carries a shield. But he seems poorly armed for a warrior, with only a dagger and spiked gauntlet visible. The skin you see past the armor looks and feels as hard as stone, and his beard looks like a tuft of brown moss hanging down. Most often he is visibly charged up with magic. This causes gravel and dirt to accumulate on him, along with a light dusting of frost at higher elevations.
Those that know the dwarven language will catch an odd nuance in how he introduces himself. His name is not "Darvok-who-is-like-a-mountain" but "Darvok-who-is-literally-becoming-a-mountain."
Darvok always knew deep down that he was a mountain. When he was young, they took this as youthful fancy. Fancy being a serious character flaw in dwarven society. But no matter how they punished him, he knew that he was a mountain. To make up for being seen as a fool, he focused on the forge and apprenticed as an armorer. This being one of the hallowed professions of Dwarven life, at least his metalwork was showing to be solid.
But as he came closer to adulthood, he began to show his true nature. His skin grew harder and he began to be able to generate stone weapons. Over time, he learned to be able to use these powers to protect his home. As word grew of his elemental nature, he turned to those who had doubted him. He would periodically ask if he was a mountain. Despite dwarf stubbornness, it was eventually agreed that he was at least becoming a mountain.
Joining with other adventurers, he began to deal with the threats, the orcs and eventually the giants. Over time, he began to express the cold of the mountain tops. Further elemental nature and more expression that deep down he is a mountain. This helped him to resist the heat of the forge and quench metal with pure elemental ice. His skill at forging grew strong enough to forge magic into his work.
When asked about the future, he smiles and says that some mountains turn out to be volcanoes.
Darvok the Mountain
Dwarf geokineticist 13 (Pathfinder Player Companion: Psychic Anthology 25, Pathfinder RPG Occult Adventures 10)
NG Medium humanoid (dwarf)
Init +0; Senses darkvision 60 ft., scent (precious metals); Perception +20
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Defense
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AC 31, touch 13, flat-footed 31 (+12 armor, +2 deflection, +1 insight, +6 shield)
hp 172 (13d8+104) (0 NL burn)
Fort +19, Ref +12, Will +13; +2 vs. poison, +4 vs. spells and spell-like abilities
Defensive Abilities defensive training, resolve 6/day; DR 6/adamantine
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft., climb (earth and stone surfaces) 20 ft., swim 20 ft.
Melee Kinetic Blade (Earth) +13/+9 (7d6+13) or
. .Kinetic blade (Cold) +13/+9 (7d6+3 cold) or
. . +1 giant-bane spiked gauntlet +14/+9 (1d4+5 plus 2d6 vs. giant) or
. . mwk dagger +14/+9 (1d4+4/19-20)
Ranged +1 sling +10 (1d4+5)
Special Attacks kinetic blast
Kineticist Wild Talents Known
. . Defense—flesh of stone
. . Infusions—blade rush, blade whirlwind, bowling infusion, draining infusion (DC 22), entangling infusion (DC 22), kinetic blade, kinetic whip, penetrating infusion, pushing infusion, whip hurricane
. . Blasts—cold blast (7d6+3 cold), earth blast (7d6+13)
. . Utility—basic geokinesis, basic hydrokinesis, cold adaptation, earth climb, earth walk, heat adaptation, kinetic form, stone sculptor, waterdancer
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Statistics
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Str 18, Dex 10, Con 22, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 9
Base Atk +9; CMB +14; CMD 26
Feats Craft Magic Arms & Armor, Extra Wild Talent[OA], Improved Critical (kineticist blast), Iron Will, Master Craftsman, Steel Soul[APG], Toughness
Traits trunau native, unscathed
Skills Climb +16, Craft (armor) +19 (+21 on checks related to metal or stone), Diplomacy +3, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (nature) +11, Perception +20, Spellcraft +14, Stealth -6, Survival +12 (+17 when tracking, +14 to track vs. humanoids of the Giant subtype), Swim +8; Racial Modifiers craftsman[APG]
Languages Common, Dwarven, Giant
SQ burn (4 points/round, max 9), elemental bastion, elemental blade, elemental overflow +4, expanded element (water), gather power, giant hunter[ARG], infusion specialization 3, internal buffer 2, living steel
Combat Gear elemental earth belt[UE], wand of cure light wounds, wand of cure light wounds; Other Gear +3 comfort expeditious spell dodging vitalguard full plate, +5 living steel light steel shield, +1 giant-bane spiked gauntlet, +1 sling, mwk dagger, sling bullets (50), boots of the earth, cloak of resistance +4, dusty rose prism ioun stone, handy haversack, headband of twisted intellect +2, impact gauntlets, lenses of detection, pale blue rhomboid ioun stone, ring of protection +2, ring of sustenance, bell net[UE] (5), crowbar, flint and steel, folding shovel[UE], grappling hook, iron spike[APG] (10), masterwork armorsmithing tools, miner's pick, silk rope (150 ft.), waterskin, 2,170 gp, 3 sp, 3 cp
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Special Abilities
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Equipment Slots In Use Armor, Ring, Belt, Eyes, Feet, Hands, Headband, Shoulders, Shield
Blade Rush Move 30 feet, manifest kinetic blade and attack once.
Blade Whirlwind Create and swinging it in an arc around you, making one attack against all foes in reach.
Bowling Infusion Blast also trips foes.
Burn 4/round (13 nonlethal/burn, 9/day) Burn HP to gain greater effects on your wild talents.
Climb (20 feet, earth and stone surfaces) You have a climb speed, but only on limited surfaces.
Cold Adaptation (Sp) Endure elements against cold, and gain Cold Resistance = 2x current burn
Craftsman +2 on Craft/Profession checks related to metal/stone.
Damage Reduction (6/adamantine) You have Damage Reduction against all except Adamantine attacks.
Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only).
Defensive Training +4 Gain a dodge bonus to AC vs. monsters of the Giant subtype.
Draining Infusion (DC 22) Blast only effects targets with the same subtype as your blast, but ignores DR, immunities or resistances
Earth Climb (Su) Gain a climb speed on earth and stone
Earth Walk (Su) Ignore difficult terrain due to rocks, earth or mud
Elemental Bastion (Ex) At 2nd level, the kinetic knight becomes proficient with medium and heavy armor and shields (except tower shields). In addition, the kinetic knight can accept 1 point of burn to attune herself to a specific light or heavy shield until the next time h
Elemental Blade (Su) Gain Kinetic Blade and other infusions, but can't use blasts without them.
Elemental Overflow (Ex) Gain a bonus to hit and damage with your blast when you use burn.
Entangling Infusion (DC 22) Your blast can entangle a foe.
Expanded Element
Gather Power (Su) Move: reduce the burn cost of a blast by 1 or Full-round: reduce the burn cost of a blast by 2
Giant Hunter +1 to attack/+2 to tracking Gain a bonus to attack and tracking vs. Giants.
Heat Adaptation (Sp) Endure elements against fire, and gain Fire Resistance = 2x current burn
Infusion Specialization 3 (Ex) Reduce burn cost of blasts with infusions by 3
Internal Buffer 2 (Su) Store burn for use later
Kinetic Blade (Light Weapon) Create a blade of pure energy.
Kinetic Blade Cold Blast (Sp) Level 6; Burn 0
Kinetic Blade Earth Blast (Sp) Level 6; Burn 0
Kinetic Blast (Sp) The kineticist can unleash her kinetic blast at a range of 30 feet at will.
Kinetic Form (Sp) Enlarge yourself
Kinetic Whip (Light Weapon) Form a kinetic blade with reach.
Living Steel Some trees suck up potent minerals through their roots the same way others draw water from the ground. Though these trees blunt saws and axes used to hew them and shrug off fire, they eventually succumb to time or the elements. When properly harveste
Master Craftsman (Craft [armor]) +2 to chosen craft skill, its ranks count as CL for Craft Magic Arms and Armor and Craft Wondrous Item.
Penetrating Infusion Treat foe's cold, electricity, or fire resistance as if it were 5 lower.
Pushing Infusion (CMB +16) Your kinetic blasts makes Bull Rush CMB using Con.
Resolve (6/day) (Ex) Your resolve can remove effects, reroll saves, or ignore crits.
Scent (precious metals) (Ex) Smell precious metals and gems only
Steel Soul Hardy's save vs. spells and spell-like abilities becomes +4
Stone Sculptor (Sp) You can sculpt earth as stone shape
Swim (20 feet) You have a Swim speed.
Waterdancer (Sp) Act as if constantly under the effects of slipstream.
Whip Hurricane Element universal; Type form infusion; Level 6; Burn 4
Okay, working on the alias right now, but here's what I have:
Sean Gallagher, the Razor Wind
Half-Elf
Monk (Scaled Fist) 1 / Magus (Eldritch Scion) 12
Destined Bloodline
STATS:
Str - 8
Dex - 16
Con - 14
Int - 13
Wis - 10
Cha - 26
TRAITS:
Magical Lineage (Frostbite)
Fate’s Favored
(If a Drawback for a third trait is allowed, I would consider Giantslayer Scion)
FEATS:
1-
Divine Fighting Tech (Desna’s Shooting Star)
Noble Scion of War
Stunning Fist
Improved Unarmed Strike
Dodge
3-
Rime Spell
5-
Spontaneous Metafocus (Frostbite)
6-
Enforcer
7-
Hurtful
9-
Steadfast Personality
11-
Extra Arcana Pool
12-
Dazing Spell
13-
Spell Penetration
MAGUS ARCANA:
3-
Spell-Scars
6-
Arcane Accuracy
9-
Empowered Magic
12-
Hasted Assault
GEAR:
Cruel Starknife +1
Headband of Charisma +6
Belt of Physical Might (Dex, Con) +2
Cloak of Resistance +4
Bracers of Armor +4
Ring of Protection +2
BASICS:
To Hit: Starknife +18/+13 (plus Arcane Accuracy)
Damage: Starknife 1d4+9 (+1d6+12 from Frostbite)
Added effects: Fatigued, Entangled, Demoralized, Sickened
Fort Saves: +16
Ref Saves: +13
Will Saves: +14 (+8 vs mind-affecting)
AC: 28
Sean bears the same name as his grandfather, a famous Giant slayer. Most of his life, he’s actively tried to evade that destiny. However, his worship of Desna and her holy dragons has finally made him understand his fate is undeniable, and thus he’s come to Trunau to fulfill it.
Our hero is a slender man in his late twenties, of long black hair and pale skin. He tends to gain people’s hearts due to his natural charm, but is not at all interested in capitalizing from it. He’s named some of his spells and special abilities after several Dragon features, and is proud to have talked once with a Brass Adult. His Eastern-like wisdom sayings à la cookie-fortune are usually cause of friendly mockery from his friends, though strangely more of those phrases than they would like to admit end up being true.
And with this I need to ask: can we take a drawback for a third trait?
Here’s my character submission. It sounds like a fun game!
Anscharius - Swarm Monger Druid
Anscharius is an oddity even among gnomes. He finds beauty in rot and filth and draws power from them. He travels the continent to discover new fungi and filth. He is particularly interested in garbage of other peoples and monsters. His interest has led him to the Mindspin Mountains. When hearing of the raid into a volcano, he couldn’t resist joining. All he could think about was the possible types of rot going on in a volcano. What fun!
Personality Traits:
Curious
Jovial
Resilient
Physical Description:
His skin is ruddy brown with dark green hair. Despite loving filth, he is well groomed, except for the smell of rot.
Early Life:
He was only 10 years old when his parents were killed by a hobgoblins. On his own, he survived by eating food scraps in the garbage and half-eaten things in the woods. He lived this way for decades, occasionally making acquaintances, but never anyone who could stand to be near him for long. But when he was 33, he met a druid from a circle of swarm mongers who shared his affinity to rot, and they began teaching him their secret ways.
GM - Are you looking for more mechanics outlined?
Okay, I am looking for 3 players, as I already have a dwarf fighter in the game, per my initial post. I would like a character sheet from all applicants, so I can see how OP you are. For example, if someone made a 36 DC enchantment mage, I would have to not pick that character for this game, given giants have traditionally low will saves.
Jereru, going to have to say no to drawback.
Philo, thanks for the detailed summary on the class. Are the attacks with the kinetic blade touch attacks?
Daniel, a dwarven warpriest sounds fun.
I've made an alias here:
I still have to pick up spells and spend around 10k, but that's mostly it.
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I try to keep my characters in the Bench Pressing guidelines.
The cold one is a touch attack. Earth is regular, but does more damage.
Here's what changes as I go to higher burn:
Darvok the Mountain
Dwarf geokineticist 13 (Pathfinder Player Companion: Psychic Anthology 25, Pathfinder RPG Occult Adventures 10)
NG Medium humanoid (dwarf)
Init +0; Senses darkvision 60 ft., scent (precious metals); Perception +20
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Defense
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AC 31, touch 13, flat-footed 31 (+12 armor, +2 deflection, +1 insight, +6 shield)
hp 185 (13d8+117)
Fort +20, Ref +12, Will +13; +2 vs. poison, +4 vs. spells and spell-like abilities
Defensive Abilities defensive training, fortification 15%, resolve 6/day; DR 8/adamantine; Resist cold 8, fire 8
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft., climb (earth and stone surfaces) 20 ft., swim 20 ft.
Melee +1 giant-bane spiked gauntlet +15/+10 (1d4+6 plus 2d6 vs. giant) or
. . mwk dagger +15/+10 (1d4+5/19-20)
Ranged +1 sling +10 (1d4+6)
Special Attacks kinetic blast
Kineticist Wild Talents Known
. . Defense—flesh of stone
. . Infusions—blade rush, blade whirlwind, bowling infusion, draining infusion (DC 23), entangling infusion (DC 23), kinetic blade, kinetic whip, penetrating infusion, pushing infusion, whip hurricane
. . Blasts—cold blast (1d6+3 cold), earth blast (1d6+14)
. . Utility—basic geokinesis, basic hydrokinesis, cold adaptation, earth climb, earth walk, heat adaptation, kinetic form, stone sculptor, waterdancer
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Statistics
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Str 20, Dex 10, Con 24, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 9
Base Atk +9; CMB +15; CMD 27
Feats Craft Magic Arms & Armor, Extra Wild Talent[OA], Improved Critical (kineticist blast), Iron Will, Master Craftsman, Steel Soul[APG], Toughness
Traits trunau native, unscathed
Skills Acrobatics -4 (-1 to balance on rock, earth or mud), Climb +17, Craft (armor) +19 (+21 on checks related to metal or stone), Diplomacy +3, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (nature) +11, Perception +20, Spellcraft +14, Stealth -6, Survival +12 (+17 when tracking, +14 to track vs. humanoids of the Giant subtype), Swim +9; Racial Modifiers craftsman[APG]
Languages Common, Dwarven, Giant
SQ burn (4 points/round, max 10), elemental bastion, elemental blade, elemental overflow +4, expanded element (water), gather power, giant hunter[ARG], infusion specialization 3, internal buffer 2, living steel
Combat Gear elemental earth belt[UE], wand of cure light wounds, wand of cure light wounds; Other Gear +3 comfort expeditious spell dodging vitalguard full plate, +5 living steel light steel shield, +1 giant-bane spiked gauntlet, +1 sling, mwk dagger, sling bullets (50), boots of the earth, cloak of resistance +4, dusty rose prism ioun stone, handy haversack, headband of twisted intellect +2, impact gauntlets, lenses of detection, pale blue rhomboid ioun stone, ring of protection +2, ring of sustenance, bell net[UE] (5), crowbar, flint and steel, folding shovel[UE], grappling hook, iron spike[APG] (10), masterwork armorsmithing tools, miner's pick, silk rope (150 ft.), waterskin, 2,170 gp, 3 sp, 3 cp
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Special Abilities
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Equipment Slots In Use Armor, Ring, Belt, Eyes, Feet, Hands, Headband, Shoulders, Shield
Blade Rush Move 30 feet, manifest kinetic blade and attack once.
Blade Whirlwind Create and swinging it in an arc around you, making one attack against all foes in reach.
Bowling Infusion Blast also trips foes.
Burn 4/round (13 nonlethal/burn, 10/day) Burn HP to gain greater effects on your wild talents.
Climb (20 feet, earth and stone surfaces) You have a climb speed, but only on limited surfaces.
Cold Adaptation (Sp) Endure elements against cold, and gain Cold Resistance = 2x current burn
Craftsman +2 on Craft/Profession checks related to metal/stone.
Damage Reduction (8/adamantine) You have Damage Reduction against all except Adamantine attacks.
Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only).
Defensive Training +4 Gain a dodge bonus to AC vs. monsters of the Giant subtype.
Draining Infusion (DC 23) Blast only effects targets with the same subtype as your blast, but ignores DR, immunities or resistances
Earth Climb (Su) Gain a climb speed on earth and stone
Earth Walk (Su) Ignore difficult terrain due to rocks, earth or mud
Elemental Bastion (- Custom / magic armor -) (Ex) At 2nd level, the kinetic knight becomes proficient with medium and heavy armor and shields (except tower shields). In addition, the kinetic knight can accept 1 point of burn to attune herself to a specific light or heavy shield until the next time h
Elemental Blade (Su) Gain Kinetic Blade and other infusions, but can't use blasts without them.
Elemental Overflow +3/+6 (Max +4, +2 STR, +2 CON, 15% fortification) (Ex) Gain a bonus to hit and damage with your blast when you use burn.
Energy Resistance, Cold (8) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Cold attacks.
Energy Resistance, Fire (8) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Fire attacks.
Entangling Infusion (DC 23) Your blast can entangle a foe.
Expanded Element This is a dummy ability to consolidate the expanded elements into a single entry in the statblock. We can't do this through the normal channels, because both primary and expanded elements are added to the same table on the class.
Fortification 15% You have a chance to negate critical hits on attacks.
Gather Power (Su) Move: reduce the burn cost of a blast by 1 or Full-round: reduce the burn cost of a blast by 2
Giant Hunter +1 to attack/+2 to tracking Gain a bonus to attack and tracking vs. Giants.
Heat Adaptation (Sp) Endure elements against fire, and gain Fire Resistance = 2x current burn
Infusion Specialization 3 (Ex) Reduce burn cost of blasts with infusions by 3
Internal Buffer 2 (Su) Store burn for use later
Kinetic Blade (Light Weapon) Create a blade of pure energy.
Kinetic Blade Cold Blast (Sp) Level 6; Burn 0
Kinetic Blade Earth Blast (Sp) Level 6; Burn 0
Kinetic Blast (Sp) The kineticist can unleash her kinetic blast at a range of 30 feet at will.
Kinetic Form (Sp) Enlarge yourself
Kinetic Whip (Light Weapon) Form a kinetic blade with reach.
Living Steel Some trees suck up potent minerals through their roots the same way others draw water from the ground. Though these trees blunt saws and axes used to hew them and shrug off fire, they eventually succumb to time or the elements. When properly harveste
Master Craftsman (Craft [armor]) +2 to chosen craft skill, its ranks count as CL for Craft Magic Arms and Armor and Craft Wondrous Item.
Penetrating Infusion Treat foe's cold, electricity, or fire resistance as if it were 5 lower.
Pushing Infusion (CMB +17) Your kinetic blasts makes Bull Rush CMB using Con.
Resolve (6/day) (Ex) Your resolve can remove effects, reroll saves, or ignore crits.
Scent (precious metals) (Ex) This special quality allows a creature to detect approaching enemies, sniff out hidden foes, and track by sense of smell. Creatures with the scent ability can identify familiar odors just as humans do familiar sights.
The creature can detect oppon
Steel Soul Hardy's save vs. spells and spell-like abilities becomes +4
Stone Sculptor (Sp) You can sculpt earth as stone shape
Swim (20 feet) You have a Swim speed.
Waterdancer (Sp) Act as if constantly under the effects of slipstream.
Whip Hurricane Element universal; Type form infusion; Level 6; Burn 4
I don't see myself going over 5 burn
Darvok the Mountain
Dwarf geokineticist 13 (Pathfinder Player Companion: Psychic Anthology 25, Pathfinder RPG Occult Adventures 10)
NG Medium humanoid (dwarf)
Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., scent (precious metals); Perception +20
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Defense
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AC 32, touch 14, flat-footed 31 (+12 armor, +2 deflection, +1 Dex, +1 insight, +6 shield)
hp 185 (13d8+117)
Fort +20, Ref +13, Will +13; +2 vs. poison, +4 vs. spells and spell-like abilities
Defensive Abilities defensive training, fortification 25%, resolve 6/day; DR 10/adamantine; Resist cold 12, fire 12
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft., climb (earth and stone surfaces) 20 ft., swim 20 ft.
Melee +1 giant-bane spiked gauntlet +16/+11 (1d4+7 plus 2d6 vs. giant) or
. . mwk dagger +16/+11 (1d4+6/19-20)
Ranged +1 sling +11 (1d4+7)
Special Attacks kinetic blast
Kineticist Wild Talents Known
. . Defense—flesh of stone
. . Infusions—blade rush, blade whirlwind, bowling infusion, draining infusion (DC 23), entangling infusion (DC 23), kinetic blade, kinetic whip, penetrating infusion, pushing infusion, whip hurricane
. . Blasts—cold blast (1d6+3 cold), earth blast (1d6+14)
. . Utility—basic geokinesis, basic hydrokinesis, cold adaptation, earth climb, earth walk, heat adaptation, kinetic form, stone sculptor, waterdancer
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Statistics
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Str 22, Dex 12, Con 24, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 9
Base Atk +9; CMB +16; CMD 29
Feats Craft Magic Arms & Armor, Extra Wild Talent[OA], Improved Critical (kineticist blast), Iron Will, Master Craftsman, Steel Soul[APG], Toughness
Traits trunau native, unscathed
Skills Acrobatics -3 (+1 to balance on rock, earth or mud), Climb +18, Craft (armor) +19 (+21 on checks related to metal or stone), Diplomacy +3, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (nature) +11, Perception +20, Spellcraft +14, Stealth -5, Survival +12 (+17 when tracking, +14 to track vs. humanoids of the Giant subtype), Swim +10; Racial Modifiers craftsman[APG]
Languages Common, Dwarven, Giant
SQ burn (4 points/round, max 10), elemental bastion, elemental blade, elemental overflow +4, expanded element (water), gather power, giant hunter[ARG], infusion specialization 3, internal buffer 2, living steel
Combat Gear elemental earth belt[UE], wand of cure light wounds, wand of cure light wounds; Other Gear +3 comfort expeditious spell dodging vitalguard full plate, +5 living steel light steel shield, +1 giant-bane spiked gauntlet, +1 sling, mwk dagger, sling bullets (50), boots of the earth, cloak of resistance +4, dusty rose prism ioun stone, handy haversack, headband of twisted intellect +2, impact gauntlets, lenses of detection, pale blue rhomboid ioun stone, ring of protection +2, ring of sustenance, bell net[UE] (5), crowbar, flint and steel, folding shovel[UE], grappling hook, iron spike[APG] (10), masterwork armorsmithing tools, miner's pick, silk rope (150 ft.), waterskin, 2,170 gp, 3 sp, 3 cp
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Special Abilities
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Equipment Slots In Use Armor, Ring, Belt, Eyes, Feet, Hands, Headband, Shoulders, Shield
Blade Rush Move 30 feet, manifest kinetic blade and attack once.
Blade Whirlwind Create and swinging it in an arc around you, making one attack against all foes in reach.
Bowling Infusion Blast also trips foes.
Burn 4/round (13 nonlethal/burn, 10/day) Burn HP to gain greater effects on your wild talents.
Climb (20 feet, earth and stone surfaces) You have a climb speed, but only on limited surfaces.
Cold Adaptation (Sp) Endure elements against cold, and gain Cold Resistance = 2x current burn
Craftsman +2 on Craft/Profession checks related to metal/stone.
Damage Reduction (10/adamantine) You have Damage Reduction against all except Adamantine attacks.
Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only).
Defensive Training +4 Gain a dodge bonus to AC vs. monsters of the Giant subtype.
Draining Infusion (DC 23) Blast only effects targets with the same subtype as your blast, but ignores DR, immunities or resistances
Earth Climb (Su) Gain a climb speed on earth and stone
Earth Walk (Su) Ignore difficult terrain due to rocks, earth or mud
Elemental Bastion (- Custom / magic armor -) (Ex) At 2nd level, the kinetic knight becomes proficient with medium and heavy armor and shields (except tower shields). In addition, the kinetic knight can accept 1 point of burn to attune herself to a specific light or heavy shield until the next time h
Elemental Blade (Su) Gain Kinetic Blade and other infusions, but can't use blasts without them.
Elemental Overflow +4/+8 (Max +4, +2 CON, +2 DEX, +4 STR, 25% fortification) (Ex) Gain a bonus to hit and damage with your blast when you use burn.
Energy Resistance, Cold (12) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Cold attacks.
Energy Resistance, Fire (12) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Fire attacks.
Entangling Infusion (DC 23) Your blast can entangle a foe.
Expanded Element This is a dummy ability to consolidate the expanded elements into a single entry in the statblock. We can't do this through the normal channels, because both primary and expanded elements are added to the same table on the class.
Fortification 25% You have a chance to negate critical hits on attacks.
Gather Power (Su) Move: reduce the burn cost of a blast by 1 or Full-round: reduce the burn cost of a blast by 2
Giant Hunter +1 to attack/+2 to tracking Gain a bonus to attack and tracking vs. Giants.
Heat Adaptation (Sp) Endure elements against fire, and gain Fire Resistance = 2x current burn
Infusion Specialization 3 (Ex) Reduce burn cost of blasts with infusions by 3
Internal Buffer 2 (Su) Store burn for use later
Kinetic Blade (Light Weapon) Create a blade of pure energy.
Kinetic Blade Cold Blast (Sp) Level 6; Burn 0
Kinetic Blade Earth Blast (Sp) Level 6; Burn 0
Kinetic Blast (Sp) The kineticist can unleash her kinetic blast at a range of 30 feet at will.
Kinetic Form (Sp) Enlarge yourself
Kinetic Whip (Light Weapon) Form a kinetic blade with reach.
Living Steel Some trees suck up potent minerals through their roots the same way others draw water from the ground. Though these trees blunt saws and axes used to hew them and shrug off fire, they eventually succumb to time or the elements. When properly harveste
Master Craftsman (Craft [armor]) +2 to chosen craft skill, its ranks count as CL for Craft Magic Arms and Armor and Craft Wondrous Item.
Penetrating Infusion Treat foe's cold, electricity, or fire resistance as if it were 5 lower.
Pushing Infusion (CMB +17) Your kinetic blasts makes Bull Rush CMB using Con.
Resolve (6/day) (Ex) Your resolve can remove effects, reroll saves, or ignore crits.
Scent (precious metals) (Ex) This special quality allows a creature to detect approaching enemies, sniff out hidden foes, and track by sense of smell. Creatures with the scent ability can identify familiar odors just as humans do familiar sights.
The creature can detect oppon
Steel Soul Hardy's save vs. spells and spell-like abilities becomes +4
Stone Sculptor (Sp) You can sculpt earth as stone shape
Swim (20 feet) You have a Swim speed.
Waterdancer (Sp) Act as if constantly under the effects of slipstream.
Whip Hurricane Element universal; Type form infusion; Level 6;
I get some nice benefits, but at the expense of much less effective HP. But at least when I go down, I'm usually only unconscious, not dying.
Ah. I am stretched a little thin for the time being. Consider my application cancelled. You folks have fun!
I've been following the inputs and realized I hadn't really thought about my party input or playing style for this character. I do have some pretty good scores for knowledge skills, and stealth and scouting. In a pinch I can change into a tiny bird and fly around to scout, and I can talk and cast spells while in that form. I have some healing abilities but I'm not a regular Cleric. I also have some support and blasting type spells. I have seen some players that do a druid focused for shape-change into a massive front-line tank. That's not my style of play so that isn't me....
GM Death-Lok, You had mentioned a concern with the PrC Feysworn? Have you had a chance to look at it? If you have any issues/concerns please let me know. I don't see it as OP, but if I'm missing something.... ??
Similar to Mystery Cultist, Evangelist, Exalted, and Sentinel. They give a little bit of character background and possibly different "slant" on the character. Feysworn doesn't really add to the power of the character.
Feysworn takes away the progression of the class abilities other than spell casting (it reduces spell casting by one level) and replaces with them with other abilities. The boons can be useful or useless depending on the situation and the Deity that they come from. I'm sure rogues hate Sight Beyond Time....
I worked the "Fey angle" into my character background. The PrC is really more of the concept of the character. He's a bit of an outcast that has learned to use what he can do to help. He has figured out that his "father" wasn't really his father. But since his mother never explained he doesn't even know who or what his father was. He could be bitter about that, but what good would that do?
I don't know anything about this game except that we are going to a volcano and probably facing some fire giants. I added my "motivation" to the character history. I'm assuming the game is a re-write of book 3 of Against the Giants. ?? If so, I very much hope it is better than the original!
I agree that we won't start as a "well-oiled seasoned group", and also hope that we don't need a Heal-Bot. As 13th level characters we are all well seasoned though and should be able to merge into a cohesive group fairly quickly.... I guess the lucky group selected will soon find out.
The deadline for character submission is this Sunday at 9PM EST. I like the character concepts, except I do feel we are lacking in the healing department (i.e cleric). Giants hit pretty hard and when they do land, it would be nice to have someone to help the party.
Here is most of the crunch of my character....
Oh, this is Daniel!!!
I did however build him...and found that no matter what I try to do I can't get over +22 dirty trick. Which is probably not worth much at level 13. So... I gotta figure out what to do with that now freed up feats instead.
Especially against giants. If you are going for combat maneuvers, you had better hit that hard. I took some combat maneuver things on my kinetic blast, but only because I had no other options.
Okay, I realised 90-ish hp is probably oneshottable for a fire giant at this level, so I'm looking for a nice way to beef up those hits... Maybe adding a familiar? I'm have to see how I tweak that.
GM, are the initial feats a familiar comes with swappable for normal feats? Can they get traits of I buy them Additional Traits? I'm not too used to these rules.
If you ask me, I think the sling option is a bit outdated by 13th level. Even with a +10 to damage, we're looking at five shots at most (them you need to recharge for 1 minute) which would add up to 5d4+50 if all of them hit, whereas an enemy could easily have around 150 hp maybe. Plus, as soon as someone's in melee, you're suffering a -4 bonus to hit due to not having Precise Shot.
Signature Skill Healing is dope, I tried myself to squeeze it but didn't have the feats nor skill points. The aid another via Mage Hand is cool too if you can give a substantial bonus, and it's fine if you release a big bang spell (slow, a wall, whatever) and then just use the trick to play conservative with your slots.
Sorry for sticking my nose without being called, just wanted to let you know what I think in case it helps you decide.
One issue is that I hear that you need to be creative to rest a lot in this module. So I would suggest some sort of attack that doesn't rely on using your spell slots. It may be minor, but having something that doesn't consume is useful.
But I wouldn't expend half your feats on this. Instead of all the feats maybe a +1 frost sling or crossbow? While it won't get a lot of damage, it will be increased against many of the bad guys.
Always have a plan for when your main build doesn't work.
Zwordsman here.
This is not the alias I would use for it. Its just my stat block approval alias due to it being a dead pbp
Gm i have my stat block in the alias info for review to see if you are interested in my character. Including a backstory.
[b] I have two points that would need approval. One is this spell surface excursion As the description sounds like a mountain, this spell seemed like something my character would pick up in preperation (like the giant's language).
Second is taking a Campaign Trait from a different campaign. This one I want because it gives a straight +1 to aid another, and it would give Stealth as a class skill. If it is invalid, I have another choice, it just won't boost AC on aid another, just attack.
Other folks if you want to review, feel free. but please do not read the backstory. I'm debating a few spell choices as we currently have no cleric so a few more removal might be apt. As well as still debating a little of the gold.
I am also debating spell focus Necro and greater spell focus. I could remove and get Reach to more safely use certain touch spells and lunge. Which give me 15ft basic melee range w/ the spell combat/spell strike. Or 20 ft if I ultimately buy the items i'm debating.
I reviewed the Not-minion archetypes and actually found one I really like. So I went and remade him today as one. I'm pretty fond of it. So I no longer have a phantom, so the previous question on if its a valid class is out. Makes life simplier too not having a creature.
This isnt' really an upfront character its meant to work with others, but i saw an opportunity to snag a few nice weapons from the archetype that'll let them manage if they get into things closer. Giving +4 or 5 AC (Standard) and +2 to hit (Swift) while having debuff, buff, utility spells, and some melee/range makes me pretty happy. Albiet potentially squishy.
I would note, while I have disable device, and can do so from range. I haven't highly focused in on it, and I cannot disable magic traps.
So if someone else is scout inclined and can do so. I'll happily aid another them!
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Ah, reminds me of that old Beatles song.
I once had a blade
Or should I say it once had me
Now I carry a club
Isn't it good. No-Ego wood.
I once had a blade
Or should I say it once had me
Now I carry a club
Isn't it good. No-Ego wood.
Brilliant XD
Hey all, I was out of town for the weekend, so I apologize if I missed your questions. Anyway, to those who applied, thanks! I know it's a pain to make 13th level characters and even worse to make them and not get selected. Without further ado, the 3 players selected are:
Edmond Wynston
Yolanda Foehammer
Xenovia Zenophon
To those selected, please report to: Discussion Thread
Happy gaming to all!
Have fun storming the fire giant lair!