"The Bountiful Venture Company wants you!"
That's what the advertisement said, asking for experienced adventurers to take the six-week long journey deep into the Arcadian Ocean to the island colony of Talmandor’s Bounty. Six months before your ship is scheduled to arrive at the colony, the Liberty's Herald took the initial wave of colonists out. You, along with your fellows, will make up the second wave and resupply the colony.
Welcome to the Ruins of Azlant! I intend on taking 4 PCs, and hopefully having a lot of fun exploring some island ruins and building a successful colony!
Level: 1
Ability Scores: 20 point buy, nothing below an 8 after racial adjustments.
Alignment: any, but I don't want a CE party wrecker character. If you're evil at all, have a good explanation for it.
Classes: any Paizo, minus Antipaladin.
Races: any and all Paizo are accepted, as the company isn't picky. More on races later.
Traits: two normal, and one Campaign, which must be from the Ruins of Azlant Player's Guide.
Wealth: maximum starting for your class, you have been well equipped for the journey!
Skills: we will be using the extra Background Skills rule.
1. What is your character’s name?
2. How old is your character?
3. What would somebody see at first glance (i.e. height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, and visible equipment)?
4. What additional attributes would be noticed upon meeting the character (i.e. Speech, mannerisms)?
5. Where was your character born? Where were you raised? By who?
6. Who are your parents? Are they alive? What do they do for a living?
7. Do you have any other family or friends?
8. What is your character’s marital status? Kids?
9. What is your character’s alignment?
10. What is your character’s moral code?
11. Does your character have goals?
12. Is your character religious?
13. What are your character’s personal beliefs?
14. Does your character have any personality quirks (i.e. anti-social, arrogant, optimistic, paranoid)?
15. Why does your character adventure? Why did your character accept the job?
16. How does your character view his/her role as an adventurer?
17. Does your character have any distinguishing marks (birth-marks, scars, deformities)?
18. How does your character get along with others?
19. Is there anything that your character hates?
20. Is there anything that your character fears?
A slight warning/expansion on some of the advice from the Player's Guide. This is not Skull and Shackles, and while there will be some boat action, most of the adventuring involves being underwater. I have read the adventure and some advice for running it/making characters for it, and most of the deeper actual underwater parts do come later in the book. So, you should make sure to sort of future-proof your character for underwater combat and exploration. I know the temptation is strong to just make an aquatic waterbreathing race so as to eliminate that issue, but I won't accept you being an undine 'just because'. So be sure to emphasize character background and flavor over mechanical benefits.
Feel free to ask any questions for things I missed, I look forward to meeting all of our new colonists!
I had this fellow who got through the first combat of the campaign before it fell apart. I'll obviously need to adjust his stats, but he'd love a chance to go on the Quest for Deep!
I'll ping back in once he's appropriately adjusted,
I'm interested in playing an Aerokineticist. I'll figure out more options tomorrow.
This would be an awesome opportunity to play an Eldritch Raider!
Did forget to mention: we will be using Roll20 for the campaign and maps, so you’ll have to know or learn how to use it.
And yes, 1st edition. That is also the correct players guide, but they have it on site free to download, I believe.
Dotting for interest! How much time do we have to post an application?
I knew I forgot something else! I’ll give it about two weeks, and choose my four colonists on Sunday May 1st.
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Oh, and one more thing. The Player’s Handbook has a list of other notable colonists joining you, and I’d like you to take a look through it and give me two of the NPCs that your character would particularly like or dislike, or would want to interact with even if negatively. Each of you has gone through the same colonist interview process (minus the employees of the company), and you got a chance to at least interact with them a little bit before leaving.
I plan on having some opening roleplay for the six week long journey to the island, and having some info on who you’d like/dislike would be useful.
Oh hey sweet, gonna dot this for interest. Seems like the perfect opportunity to use some of those less used archetypes.
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Here is Gillian, he is a local Andoran boy from the village of Claes just north of Almas where the expedition set out from. A big boy, that uses a Ransuer to help fight and spear local wildlife for fishing.
Born to a local couple, his father is a fisherman, his mother a fish monger. Gillain enjoys the ocean, surfing and being in the Sun.
He joined the expedition as a chance to the see the world, get out of his local small village, and surf some new waves on the other side of the world.
He is a good swimmer, his rage power at level 2 would be "Bestial Swimmer" which gives him a swim speed while raging. I was trying to avoid going the easy route and just grabbing a race with a swim speed, though he originally started as a Gillman, changed him to Human.
Here is Gillian, he is a local Andoran boy from the village of Claes just north of Almas where the expedition set out from. A big boy, that uses a Ransuer to help fight and spear local wildlife for fishing.
Born to a local couple, his father is a fisherman, his mother a fish monger. Gillain enjoys the ocean, surfing and being in the Sun.
He joined the expedition as a chance to the see the world, get out of his local small village, and surf some new waves on the other side of the world.
Which two other colonists would you say your character would be interested in talking to?
I do appreciate this approach to the water part, I like the ‘not making it too easy’ idea.
Reading through their small briefs, I think he'd be drawn toward Eamon Caranth, for being a relaxed and friendly fellow. Gillian isn't overly religious, and leans more toward Gozreh for prayers than Erastil, but he enjoys being around good natured people and this cleric seems like the good natured type.
He might try to tell Carver Hastings about some of his experiences back home, with the Azlanti Ruins in his small fishing village. Ideally to learn more about his home town and maybe offer it as a way to spark conversation with the Bard.
Torela Pastedos, Half-Elf Archaeologist Bard. Orphan born and raised in Almas, fell in love with the First Pathfinder Chronicle and decided to become an adventurer. May or may not have lied during the interview to get herself in.
This is Berrybunch, BTW.
Dotting…
Amusingly enough, I don't believe I have ever worked up a character for Ruins of Azlant. Will see about rectifying that.
Dotting. The Ruins of Azlant game I was in died right at the start, and I was so looking forward to playing a faithful of Aroden in a journey of self-discovery.
I'll have to think about what I want to submit.
Dotting!
I was thinking maybe grippli of some sort since I have a soft spot for them, but I forgot they were based off of tree frogs and not more aquatic frogs. Still might submit something if the inspiration strikes.
Here is Friendly Sauce's Submission:
I went with a Shark Shaman druid so swimming and underwater shouldn't be too hard with my spells and shark shaman abilities, but also in the spirit of not making it too easy, took a Shark as my AC so I'll be without that anytime we are not in the water.
He's a surfer bro Dwarven Druid who has some "conspiracy" theories about underwater sky citadels and aquatic dwarves growing from coral instead of stone.
1. What is your character’s name?
Thaddeus Argentum
2. How old is your character?
young and spry at 63
3. What would somebody see at first glance (i.e. height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, and visible equipment)?
Thadd is sporting a braided blond beard, that's ends are perpetually salt fried and tangled from being in the sea, his skin is tanned reddish brown betraying years spent in the sun, He is usually wearing his swimming Kilt and goes shirtless and on the few occasions he does wear a shirt it is a shirt of Hardened seal driftwood for protection. He is generally very Jovial and has an almost unnaturally wide and tooth grin when he smiles.
4. What additional attributes would be noticed upon meeting the character (i.e. Speech, mannerisms)?
He has a typical dwarf accent that is combined with his seafarer and swimmer slang and speach and always carries around a piece of Coral rock on his person whether in the water or out. (I'm thinking if Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont high, were a dwarf)
5. Where was your character born? Where were you raised? By who?
I was born in Highhelm but ma and pa took off Port Freedom Down in Sargava, they thought they could ply their traders skills and make a fortune; Not that they were wrong hehe.
6. Who are your parents? Are they alive? What do they do for a living?
Aye they're both alive and kickin' down in Sargava. Da' is Mortimer, second son of Clan Argentum. Silver miners and trinket makers. Ma's called Rena, she was an orphan and never knew her clan. She's been Argentum since her and Da got hitched.
7. Do you have any other family or friends?
After the move to Sargava I 'spose Ma and Pa figured they didnt have time for another kid so no other family I've met, though there's a whole clan of em in Highhelm still I'd wager. My best friend for a while now, would be Chordata, a wee shark I met on mah board one day. He's got a funny marking on his belly, looks like Grundinnar's warhammer. I suppose thats how I figured he wasn't gonna eat me hehehe.
8. What is your character’s marital status? Kids?
I'm Married to the sea I suppose, Never met a lass or lad that cold make me leave my lady.
9. What is your character’s alignment?
Neutral Good
10. What is your character’s moral code?
does his best to follow Grundinar's edicts, but he blindly ignores the widening gap between him and his parents, and them and their clan. This expedition is the latest in a line of actions that would seperate him from his family even further, but he does not realize that yet. Otherwise he tries to be as friendly as anyone could want but is an aloof introvert at heart, far more comfortable floating around the sea on his surfing/paddle board than anything else. He is loyal to those he feels are useful members of a given community or group but has little patience for laggards and leaches and hopes to help Talmandor’s Bounty become a new hub of civilization and cooperation.
11. Does your character have goals?
Yes, something he, up til now, has always felt was something that was too important to ignore like his parents told him, is that the existance of Coral, a living rock, is somehow related to the dwarven species. Coral reefs have always fascinated them and he's spent much of his time swiming around them and studying them. He has a theory that he hopes to find evidence of, that an unacounted sky citadel might have reached the surface of the ocean, and believes coral is somehow related to solving this mystery he has created.
12. Is your character religious?
The worship of the dwarven pantheon was prevalent in his household but he has always personally gravitated towards Grundinar.
13. What are your character’s personal beliefs?
Life for all things starts at the sea.
14. Does your character have any personality quirks (i.e. anti-social, arrogant, optimistic, paranoid)?
a bit arrogant and aloof when dealing with other people
15. Why does your character adventure? Why did your character accept the job?
He adventures because he's searching for proof for a theory he has about coral and underwater sky citadels he's trying to substanciate
16. How does your character view his/her role as an adventurer?
He's a strong swimmer, and a decent fighter as well as a prepared caster, he knows his value is neither always in the front, or the back, but knowing WHEN to be WHERE.
17. Does your character have any distinguishing marks (birth-marks, scars, deformities)?
just sun fried skin and hair, and a perpetual slight smell of seawater
18. How does your character get along with others?
Well enough for a dwarf, but he is also characteriscally blunt and gruff appearing to some other races.
19. Is there anything that your character hates?
anything or anyone who is polluting the sea or waterways
20. Is there anything that your character fears?
Deserts, dehydration, water polution. shark fin soup.
For the two other colonists Thadd would most like to interact with most, would be Alba, his fellow dwarf, and Perrell, for her knowledge of history and ancient things.
I'll definitely make up a submission soon. I was thinking I might make an aquachymist alchemist, as the archetype seems to fit your requirements well - the character will be able to easily deal with underwater matters, but won't be able to simply bypass them.
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It’s not so much a requirement, and more of a guideline. If you can present a well-reasoned fully aquatic character, that’s great!
Just think it would be boring if the entire party can just breeze through the underwater challenge parts of the AP, is all.
Edit: really liking the submissions so far, they fit quite nicely into what I’d call “prepared just enough”!
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Here is Gillian, he is a local Andoran boy from the village of Claes just north of Almas where the expedition set out from. A big boy, that uses a Ransuer to help fight and spear local wildlife for fishing.
Born to a local couple, his father is a fisherman, his mother a fish monger. Gillain enjoys the ocean, surfing and being in the Sun.
He joined the expedition as a chance to the see the world, get out of his local small village, and surf some new waves on the other side of the world.
He is a good swimmer, his rage power at level 2 would be "Bestial Swimmer" which gives him a swim speed while raging. I was trying to avoid going the easy route and just grabbing a race with a swim speed, though he originally started as a Gillman, changed him to Human.
Looks like we both went the surfer bro rout haha, if we get in we'll have to grab a set.
Here's Mokmurian's submission - Doctor Phillip Ramada, a middle-aged alchemist. I took the aquachymist route, simply because there's no other way for an alchemist to remain relevant underwater, but this will only mitigate the challenges of underwater puzzles, not remove them entirely.
As for his personal details, he is a relatively accomplished naturalist from a seaside town in Varisia. He joined the expedition primarily to prove some obscure theory of his about island-based parasites, but he also relishes the chance to explore a new land. He has worked extensively with archaeologists before, and while he doesn't speak any ancient languages, he has a decent grounding in history and the principles of linguistics.
During the journey, he developed friendships with Lyra Heatherly, with whom he shares many interests, and Alba Divenvaar, who he often shares tales of travel with.
I tried to answer several of the background questions, which I have placed under the various subheadings of his profile.
So I have an idea brewing, but I want to double check some race and class approval before I start number crunching and the like.
I was thinking a Deep One Hybrid Warpriest of Cthulhu with the Cult Leader Archetype. There's definitely some weird stuff (Cthulhu worship and weird races) that I wanted you to sign off on.
I have two different character ideas, and both of them are going "pick me! Pick meeee!"
Just to make sure, can we use the Variant Tiefling Heritages for racial abilities?
I'm bringing in a character I had from a previous recruitment page. Lily Le, female human sorcerer of the psychic bloodline who becomes the cheery therapist for the group.
CG female (Tian-Shu) human sorcerer (psychic bloodline) 1
Init +2
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Defense
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AC 13, touch 13, flat-footed 10 (+2 Dex, +1 dodge)
hp:7 (1d6)
Fort +0, Ref +3, Will +3;
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee: Quarterstaff +0 (1d6x2)
Ranged: Light crossbow +2 (1d8/19x20)
Statistics
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STR 10
DEX 14
CON 11
INT 10
WIS 13
CHA 18
Base Atk +0; CMB 0; CMD 12
Sorcerer Spells Prepared (CL 1st; concentration +4)
0th- Detect Magic, Prestidigitation, guidance, light
1st—magic missle, color spray (4/day)
Skills: Bluff +8, Diplomacy +8, Intimidate +8, Sense Motive +5, Knowledge (arcana) +7 Knowledge (history) +1, Spellcraft +4
Traits: Set Mind, Deft Dodger, Focused Mind
Feats: Dodge, Skill Focus (Diplomacy)
Languages: Common
Items:: Backpack, bedroll, belt pouch, candles (5), chalk (5 pieces), flint and steel, ink, inkpen, ioun torch, journal, magnifying glass, mess kit, scroll box, silk rope (50 ft.), spell component pouch, trail rations (5 days), waterskin, 3 gp.
Psychic Strike (Su)
At 1st level, you can overwhelm the minds of those nearby. You can target one creature within 30 feet that you can see; that creature must succeed at a Will saving throw (DC = 10 + 1/2 your sorcerer level + your Charisma modifier) or it takes 1d6 points of damage + 1 point for every 2 sorcerer levels you possess and becomes shaken for 1 round. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier.
I'll have the questions done at a later time.
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I have two different character ideas, and both of them are going "pick me! Pick meeee!"
Just to make sure, can we use the Variant Tiefling Heritages for racial abilities?
Absolutely! Love me some variant tieflings.
Submitted for your consideration ...
Vasia Catarina Miklosovici, a human spiritualist. Accompanied by the spirit of her great-great-great-great grandmother, Jenica - an adventurer of some renown.
Vasia is a young Varisian woman of about twenty summers. She stands a slender 5' 5" tall. She has feminine curves, but they're quite understated. Her midnight-colored hair is typically cut short, but loose, leaving it to fly about at its leisure. Her honey-gold eyes are always watching; Though whether they're seeing things in this world or the next is hard to determine. She normally wears a plain dark dress that does nothing to accentuate her slight curves. The only nod to her Varisian heritage is a necklace of turquoise and gold that belonged to her mother.
Vasia was raised as a 'Child of the Family' in the Gilca clan. That meant that she was an orphan. The Varisian clan would never give up on one of their own, though. So when her parents died of a fever that swept through the clan, her life didn't change tremendously. Where she slept varied from night to night and who was responsible for her meals changed weekly, but she was still around those that cared about her.
That changed, though, when puberty hit and her 'Abilities' began to manifest. It was announced by the clan 'Wise Woman' that Vasia was plagued by a dark spirit that resisted all efforts by their magic to dismiss it. So when the clan left the small, nameless village outside of Magnimar, they left the twelve-year-old girl behind. Vasia was devastated. Everything that she'd come to depend on had been pulled from under her feet. She was taken in by 'Mama' Merula, the ancient woman that taught all the village children to read and write. She sensed within the girl a sharper than normal intellect and didn't wish to see it go to waste delivering drinks or satisfying men's carnal urges, which would have been her fate. Mama Merula taught her to read and write as the other children and then the girl began to read in earnest; everything she could get her hands on.
As Vasia grew and her head filled with knowledge, her understanding of the spirit that plagued her grew as well. Eventually, she learned to communicate with it. To her surprise, the essence that continually hovered about her was the last earthly essence of her great-great-great-great-grandmother, Jenica Miklosovici. Somehow she had left a portion of her soul on the material plane to watch over her descendants. Sadly enough, Vasia was the last. With that revelation, Jenica had begun attempting to make herself more and more known to her sole descendant and at the very least encourage her to continue the family line. Vasia had no interest. To Jenica, a woman that had lived life to its fullest and never refused a desire, this was unthinkable.
Ignoring her ancestor's pressure to at least bed a handsome man and give her a great-great-great-great-great grandchild, Vasia took up Mama Merula's studies of ancient Azlantian lore. This has led her to various places in the world to study and catalog some of the things left behind by the ancient culture. So when she was contacted by the Bountiful Venture Company, there was no hesitation before accepting the offer.
While quite knowledgable about many things, relationships between people - romance in particular - have always seem obscure to the thoughtful girl. And no amount of prodding from her ancestral shadow has managed to spark an interest in investigating that aspect of human interaction.
In an attempt to prod her progeny along, Jenica has pointed out how handsome and friendly Eamon Caranth has been during the voyage and has encouraged her at every opportunity to engage the man in conversation. While the talks have been pleasant, there's been nothing about the man that has really interested young Vasia. On the other hand, the expected leader of the new colony, Ramona Avandth, has attracted the spiritualist's eye. Towards the end of the voyage, Vasia has also noticed that the stern looking woman, Morgana something-or-another, has been watching her and she's not sure how she feels about that.
(Vasia has begun the Ruins of Azlant AP previously along with Nikolaus de'Shade's character, Morgana of House Deverin, and managed to make it to 2nd level before the campaign ended. I would really enjoying bringing her to life again and seeing the conclusion of their story.)
Question for 'GM of the Ruins':
Looking over the creation rules ... have you considered using Background Skills? If not, then I can respec Vasia without them.
Yep, we're using Background Skills! Last line of the character creation section.
And as foretold, here is Morgana - ready for action!
There is a full story background in her profile so I'll leave that there and just do answers for the background questions here. I think a fair number are covered in the background so this will just be the rest.
3. What would somebody see at first glance (i.e. height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, and visible equipment)? Human, female, tall, black hair, pale skin. She is completely covered below the neck, long sleeves and gloves even in warmer weather.
4. What additional attributes would be noticed upon meeting the character (i.e. Speech, mannerisms)? She speaks very well, obviously the product of an expensive education.
7. Do you have any other family or friends? Three older brothers and one sister. Arthur, Guinevere, Gawain and Merlin.
9. What is your character’s alignment? NG. She was a paladin but has rather lost her faith thanks to her 'illness'.
10. What is your character’s moral code? Having only just recovered Morgana hasn't given much thought to things like morals or long term plans. Her life has changed drastically and that's going to have an impact but its too early to say how exactly.
11. Does your character have goals? Short term: get better. Long term: See 10.
12. Is your character religious? See 9.
13. What are your character’s personal beliefs? Complicated and confused - see 9.
18. How does your character get along with others? Formerly Morgana was the life and soul of any group. Now she's much more withdrawn.
20. Is there anything that your character fears? There's a lot of trauma left over from the 'illness' which could manifest in any number of ways.
Eamon Caranth is someone Morgana likes already. She needs his cheerful and friendly disposition in her life right now.
Carver Hastings meanwhile raises Morgana's hackles somewhat. His aloof and serious nature makes her feel like she's constantly being judged and she's already self-conscious enough.
@GM: do drawbacks have any mechanical effect since you're already allowing 3 traits? I took one last time to get the third trait and I'll probably keep it regardless since its very fitting to her appearance, but thought I should check with you first.
Ah, it looks like Mokmurian already submitted an aquacyhmist before I had a chance to fix Dolgrin up.
I like the background listed in his profile, but I don't want to replicate another complete submission. Consider Dolgrin the alchemist withdrawn until I can come up with another mechanical way to fit with his background.
And as foretold, here is Morgana - ready for action!
There is a full story background in her profile so I'll leave that there and just do answers for the background questions here. I think a fair number are covered in the background so this will just be the rest.
** spoiler omitted **
Eamon Caranth is someone Morgana likes already. She needs his cheerful and friendly...
I don’t see any reason to penalize you for a character personality trait. I’m not allowing drawbacks for a third trait, so no, they don’t have any mechanical effects.
Ah, it looks like Mokmurian already submitted an aquacyhmist before I had a chance to fix Dolgrin up.
I like the background listed in his profile, but I don't want to replicate another complete submission. Consider Dolgrin the alchemist withdrawn until I can come up with another mechanical way to fit with his background.
Apologies, I hadn't realized your character was an aquachymist. I can withdraw my submission, if you'd like.
Not at all. Bylines don't show in recruitment pages like they do in gameplay or discussion and I hadn't made it explicit in anyway. Enjoy Dr. Ramada! The aquachymist seems like a fun class.
I'm tooling around with a drowned channeler spiritualist build now--still an academic focused on his Quest for Deep, but likely for different initial motivations. I'll see what I can come up with.
Mightypions work in progress build here.
Alteration: I dont really think that being a crocodile in the land of the linnorm kings is fun (coldblooded and temperatures), so well, were-shark here we go!
Leif is an Abyssal Bloodrager, although he thinks its totally just a "yeah I get to be an even STRONKER wereshark!" thing. His archetype is a bloody knuckled rowdy, if the GM allows some retraining at level 6, he can probably have the full Blood Frenzy syle available at level 7 which is fun.
Is it ok to leave some skill choices and item open? Due to Eagle knight recruit trait, I have effectively 480 gold (200 breastplate +100 extra gold + full starting wealth) and I would love to pack some healers kits etc. provided we get someone who can use them!
Presenting Ankha Brushbender, a cheery human alchemist raised by halflings. With the Internal Alchemist archetype she should be safe from drowning, and eventually she’ll learn appropriate extracts to temporarily help with swimming. All the necessary info is in her profile. Please let me know if you have any questions or need me to expand on anything. Looking forward to a wonderful journey!
Presenting Tiar Jain, sailor extraordinairre and follower of Gozreh.
2. How old is your character? 24
3. What would somebody see at first glance (i.e. height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, and visible equipment)? Tall and lean with blond hair and green eyes; light on his feet wearing very finely crafted studded leather armor, carrying a axe with a spike on the back of it's head, a kukri on his belt and a crossbow on his back;
4. What additional attributes would be noticed upon meeting the character (i.e. Speech, mannerisms)? [/i]
5. Where was your character born? Where were you raised? By who? [i] Born in Magnimar, he was raised by his father's sister on the island of Mordant Spire.
6. Who are your parents? Are they alive? What do they do for a living? Both of his parents are dead, his mother (who had direct Azlanti ancestry) died giving birth to him, and his father killed by pirates. His Aunt, an elf from the Mordant Spire raised him and taught him the ways of the sea as well as the wilderness.
7. Do you have any other family or friends? He has a couple of elven cousins who dislike him for his half-breed nature, as well as a couple of human cousins he has never met.
8. What is your character’s marital status? Kids? Single, no kids.
9. What is your character’s alignment? Neutral Good
10. What is your character’s moral code? TBD
11. Does your character have goals? Someday he would like to command his own merchant ship.
12. Is your character religious? Strong believer in and follower of Gozreh.
13. What are your character’s personal beliefs? [/i]
14. Does your character have any personality quirks (i.e. anti-social, arrogant, optimistic, paranoid)? [i] Withdrawn and quiet among those he doesn't know, joyful and boisterous among friends and companions.
15. Why does your character adventure? Why did your character accept the job? He's been a sailor several years, and familiar with the sea for all his life. He's more than willing to help any in need, and the thought of visiting a land that features so greatly in his personal history has him intrigued. He sees it as an opportunity to earn his own ship.
16. How does your character view his/her role as an adventurer? Help those in need, and enjoy the freedom of going here and there
17. Does your character have any distinguishing marks (birth-marks, scars, deformities)? faded scar running from above his left eye to the corner of his mouth. It's a reminder of when he failed to keep focused on his job on board ship
18. How does your character get along with others? [i] After a while, initially he's a bit quiet and aloof.
19. Is there anything that your character hates? Bullys, Slavers
20. Is there anything that your character fears? Being trapped where he can't experience the open sky or the ocean.
Male half-elf (Spireborn) ranger (trapper) 1 (Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Magic 65)
NG Medium humanoid (elf, human)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +5
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Defense
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AC 17, touch 14, flat-footed 13 (+3 armor, +4 Dex)
hp 11 (1d10+1)
Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +1; +2 vs. enchantments
Immune sleep
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee boarding axe +2 (1d6+1/×3) or
. . kukri +2 (1d4+1/18-20)
Ranged light crossbow +5 (1d8/19-20)
Special Attacks favored enemy (monstrous humanoids +2)
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Statistics
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Str 13, Dex 18, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 13, Cha 10
Base Atk +1; CMB +2; CMD 16
Feats Graceful Athlete
Traits healthy, strong swimmer, wharf rat
Skills Acrobatics +5, Bluff +0 (+2 to pass as full drow, elf, or human), Climb +10, Disable Device +9, Disguise +0 (+2 to pass as full drow, elf, or human), Knowledge (dungeoneering) +5, Knowledge (nature) +5, Linguistics +2, Perception +5, Profession (sailor) +5, Survival +5, Swim +10 (+11 vs. nonlethal damage after swimming for more than an hour)
Languages Azlanti, Common, Elven, Sakvroth (Drow Sign-Language)
SQ crossbow training, dusksight, elf blood, hidden half-breed, track +1, trapfinding +1, wild empathy +1
Combat Gear vermin repellent[UE]; Other Gear mwk studded leather, boarding axe, crossbow bolts (20), kukri, light crossbow, bandolier[UE], bedroll, belt pouch, fishhook (5), hammock[UE], mess kit[UE], sack, 6 gp, 5 sp
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Special Abilities
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Crossbow Training Reload proficient crossbows 1 step faster.
Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only).
Dusksight Ranged attacks vs. foes with concealment, roll miss chance twice (choose best).
Elf Blood Half-elves count as both elves and humans for any effect related to race.
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Favored Enemy (Monstrous Humanoids +2) (Ex) +2 to rolls vs. monstrous humanoids foes.
Hidden Half-Breed +2 to bluff and disguise to pass as full drow, elf, or human.
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Wild Empathy +1 (Ex) Improve the attitude of an animal, as if using Diplomacy.
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No formal mechanical or background updates yet, but I wanted to test something out to see what the GM thinks.
Dolgrin is going to be neither an aquachymist nor a drowned channeler, but rather a dwarven scholar! This feels like it maintains the most of who he is as a character (an inquisitive scholar with a hefty dose of wanderlust) without stepping too much on anyone else's toes. Being able to lend out combat feats will also be handy, and I'm thinking about dipping into brawler to pick up martial flexibility for shenanigans.
I would flavor the brawler dip less as "and now I punch things" and more as bits of fighting lore gained from studying thousands of years of dwarven history. Depending on the need, I could take the exemplar archetype and potentially take up to a three-level dip to get inspire courage anyway. It would never scale above a +1 in this case, but sometimes a +1 makes all the difference.
I would also be interested in picking up the stonesinger archetype, but I'm curious how you would interpret the rules regarding the subsonic vibrations and "unobstructed path of solid earth" bits on sand or in water.
Much more relevant is how far a wave can travel in a given medium, given the properties of that medium. In liquids, the absorption of sound is most reliant on the frequency (~pitch) of the sound source, the temperature of the water, the depth of the water (and therefore pressure and density), salinity, pH, and viscosity. Like I said, it's messy and gets complicated very quickly.
What I would argue and advocate for is that someone who has learned to produce sounds below the typical threshhold of human hearing (as they put it, "subsonic", or more likely infrasound) has learned how to account for different media properties in sound transmission. So I would hope that this would enable bardic performances to work underwater.
Oh, and wet sand transmits acoustic waves more effectively than dry sand.
Once I get some feedback on this concept, I'll get to work on the mechanics and fleshing out the background to be in line with what you asked in the original post.
No formal mechanical or background updates yet, but I wanted to test something out to see what the GM thinks.
Dolgrin is going to be neither an aquachymist nor a drowned channeler, but rather a dwarven scholar! This feels like it maintains the most of who he is as a character (an inquisitive scholar with a hefty dose of wanderlust) without stepping too much on anyone else's toes. Being able to lend out combat feats will also be handy, and I'm thinking about dipping into brawler to pick up martial flexibility for shenanigans.
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I would also be interested in picking up the stonesinger archetype, but I'm curious how you would interpret the rules regarding the subsonic vibrations and "unobstructed path of solid earth" bits on sand or in water.
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For your question, do you mean the Stone Song ability?
A stonesinger’s bardic performance is a subsonic vibration that resonates from his body and travels through solid rock.
It says solid stone, so water and sand wouldn’t count as solid rock.
That's why I explained a bit about acoustics to show that, from a theoretical real-world POV, the same mechanics ought to work underwater more or less as on land. I don't expect that Paizo's authors are experts in acoustics, so I was hoping to open a conversation about whether it would work mechanically. But I don't want to needlessly hamper my prospective PC to be useless in half of the situations of the game.
I like the stonesinger archetype more for the dwarven flavor than any of the specific abilities, but if you'd rule that it means that his bardic performance would only work on solid ground, then it's a no-go.
Would regular bardic performance work underwater, then? Or would performances with different audible/visual components be affected differently?
Alright, let me read what you wrote and some rules and such, and I’ll get back to you by tonight.
I don’t want to hamper potentially fun builds that might work too much!
Thanks for the consideration ^_^
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