How is an improving template, like half-celestial, handled? It’s anywhere from +1 to +3 depending on hit die of the creature it’s applied to. At the starting level it’d be +2, does that mean it’s allowed?
Could two +1 templates be taken instead of one +2?
Apologies If these have already been covered. I didn’t see anything, but I also didn’t read the entire thread.
It is allowed you just won't be able to level up when it becomes a +3 CR.
I suppose you could take two +1 templates instead of a +2 template.
So just spitballing here for GM consideration: my build will likely be one of the following:
Mummy lord dhampir cruomancer 7// Juju(the old one) oracle 7 focusing on just pure animate dead potential. Or maybe if mummy lord is unavailable something like one of the dread undead for some sort of spawn creating ability
Or
Half succubus kitsune crossblooded sorcerer(undead/serpentine)// thassalian specialist wizard for all arcane mind control
Or
Half invidiak(shadow demon) possession sorcerer//fighter 7 with demonic/improved possession to magic jar my enemiesOr
For summoning: (good) half celestial human celestial commander summoner//celestial bloodline sorcerer
(Evil) half succubus drow master summoner// abyssal bloodline sorcererBasically something that lets me choose different types of creatures to use every battle so I probably won’t be bored
Alternatively something like wizard/witch, wizard/ arcanist or sorcerer/ oracle could also be fun just for the sheer number of spells
From what I can tell all those are viable options.
All firearms are accepted.
Neat, one Gun Chemist-
Also I may have said no to spheres earlier but if you want to you may go that route.
Oh. Oh no.
Welp, one Scion Kineticist coming right up! But it does have another question come up, too.
The Striker class has the Favored Weapon Striker Art. This lets me treat a light melee weapon or 1-handed ranged weapon (like the Kinetic Blade/Blast) as an unarmed strike for the Striker's class features... and how much damage it deals.
If I want to play a Kineticist/Striker and pick up Favoured Weapon: Kinetic Blast, would this permanently restrict the Kinetic Blast's damage to unarmed strike damage? Or would I be allowed to use the Kinetic Blast damage, as it's higher?
Please note that if the Kinetic Blade's damage is allowed, this combination can be quite strong. Which, I think, is half the point of a game like this and the flavour? But, I feel like it's best to be up-front and honest about that fat.
Given that kinetic blast does not have damage dice that scale beyond what is listed I would tend to think you would just always use the regular blast damage dice but that is just me.
Given that kinetic blast does not have damage dice that scale beyond what is listed I would tend to think you would just always use the regular blast damage dice but that is just me.
... I mean, Unarmed Strike maxes out at 2d10 if I have 20 talents, while Kinetic Blast at this level is already 4d6, and every 2 levels will only make it bigger? Not to mention, as I'm going Scion, I can spend an SP to make it deal 7d6 damage? Or I could have a Composite Blast to make it 8d6?
Seems like a really interesting game, and I’m working on ideas, but I don’t know the anime. Anybody want to give me a rundown?
That sums it up fairly well. Most of the characters in the show are either natives of the world he ended up in or the NPCs that populate the tomb and are fanatically loyal to him.
In our case there are NPCs but there are more of us that came across than in the show.
To keep things relatively spoiler free it does turn out that Ainz is not the first to appear in the world of but there is a sizable time difference, and he seems to be the only one in the present. Whether we see that in this is up in the air.
A thing to note, whether we are all doing so or not, the race that the MC is begins to overwrite certain aspects of himself, he still retains all he knew from earth, but being a Lich in the show he becomes more and more like one, albeit with a semi-benevolent outlook compared to a normal undead. Racial aspects, like immunity to mental affects are a thing in the show and affect the mind (i.e. in Ainz's case anytime he becomes emotionally worked up his race kicks in and flattens his emotions out again).
How are deities handled? Is there a specific pantheon? Should we use the Golarion deities? Or can we just take feats/archetypes/whatever that are normally deity-specific and not worry about that sort of thing?
While usually I don't like isekai...I've watched a bunch of Overlord clips. The world seems interesting, and the idea of replacing the overpowered main character interests me. I also really enjoyed the Overlord arc with the dwarf kingdom and his efforts to revive rune crafting.
Is there still a spot here? Because if so, I'd gladly throw a "dwarves" character into the ring. It sounds like a unique RPing opportunity.
Everyone gets to roll 5d6 keeping the top 4!
No Tax Feats.
2 traits.
7th level characters. Roll for all hit points but 1st level which is max.
Your character can do one of the 5 options below:
7th level Gestalt character with one template CR 2 or below.
7th level character with two templates both CR 2 or below.
Monstrous race with 4 HD, and 3rd level gestalt character.
Monstrous race with 2 HD, and 5th level gestalt character.
Or a mixup of the options above.
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“ Also I may have said no to spheres earlier but if you want to you may go that route.”
Class 1 - Blacksmith
(Dwarven blacksmith? It fits the bill)
Class 2 - Adamantine Scientist Technician
(Representing Runes)
The idea here being a player who decided, for RP purposes and bragging rights, to master Runecrafting instead of the (admittedly better) Tier Magic System. Gaming time was spent hunting down lost runes, with lots of downtime making items.
Will make a brute style build. Electricity armor (ie: enchanted) with spiked gauntlet as the weapon. Should be fun!
Grumbaki here. Rough build done.
No “magic” as per the character theme. Rather he uses rune crafting to boost his gear instead. He is a beast, no doubt about it. Very dangerous to anyone he can get his hands on, but he lacks any speed (movement 20ft) and he has no ranged options. While the latter might change, he is very much specialized into what he does.
“ For each 3 paragraphs of background you gain additional perks: 1 - extra trait, 2 - extra feat, 3 - extra +2 to an ability score, 4 - gain a mount CR 3 or below, 5 - gain a crafting feat, 6 - gain a wish, 7 - gain a magical ring no more than 8,000 gp (You must write the description, abilities, and background of the ring in your crunch as well), 8 - gain a familiar or animal companion, 9 - gain a super power, 10 - gain another 'Special' from another class, it cannot be a Special above 5th level.
I am fine if you want to conspire with other players to decide what you want to play... ;)”
I’ll write up a proper background. Not 30 paragraphs! But I’ll get something in. No perks currently in build.
Background (reached all 30)
What does a name matter to a person who is faceless? That question vexed him for as long as he could remember. From a young age, he felt like a shadow, moving through an uncaring world. He had interests, of course. But no true outlet for them. What he had wanted, more than anything, was to build. To use his hands. As a child it was what called to him, and as he grew older it is what brought him joy. But his parents were salarymen, barely making ends meet. The idea of having limited resources going to anything that was not putting food on the table was anathema to them.
A core memory from his childhood was that every year he would have his birthday, and he would ask for something. Something to build with. Be it blocks, a construction set, anything that he could display a modicum of creativity. And every year was the same. His parents would invest in his education and tell him that it was their gift to him. And in truth, it was a gift, for they could barely afford it. He knew this, and hated himself for the emptiness that he felt.
As he grew older, he studied, and he worked hard. What limited funds that they had went into his education, and he believed that if he kept his head down and worked hard at it, that of course he would get somewhere. That he would rise above what his parents accomplished through sheer determination. He went to university. He applied for dozens of jobs. And he eventually was hired at a major corporation. He thought that his life could finally begin.
What followed was a cruel reality check. It was a 996 work culture. 9am to 9pm, six days a week. And it was in a job that he knew was replaceable, with work that he increasingly saw as meaningless. But each day he was told how fortunate he was. By his supervisor. His coworkers. His parents. It was soul crushing in every way. He made enough to be "a success" but he never found meaning. And his friends? They would drink after work, often with their bosses. And the talk was always the same. More and more, he found himself dreading waking up.
Each day stretched into another. He would wake up and go to work. He would file papers. Write emails. Listen at meetings. Do the same thing as everyone else. And when the day was "over"? He would go out eating and drinking with his colleagues and boss, where they would all praise the company and their leadership. He would then come home, exhausted, having not had time to work out, relax, or meet anyone who wasn't in his company.
The company? It owned him. It owned his life. It owned his future. And it wanted to own his soul. The worst part of it was that he had nobody that he could talk to. Nobody to confine in. He once brought this up to his parents and was given a stern lecture about how ungrateful he was. What he learned was that he truly was alone.
The only relief from this was the one day off. A day he would spend in Ygddrasil. There, he found that he could be the person that he wanted to be. He could at least pretend to find meaning. That he could, in his mind, choose his own name. Do whatever he wanted. And talk to people about something that was not just...work.
After a few attempts, he finally settled on a race and a name. A dwarf named Thorin. He was drawn to the archetype of working hard and achieving something from it. Of determination leading to creating something that would last. Of working with his hands, of building! Other players used online builds to be strong, to chase the meta. He refused. Because he was tired of chasing the golden ring. What he wanted, more than anything else, was to be the person that he wanted to be, and to do what he wanted to do. Ygddrasil gave that to him.
It started off small. He would spend a few hours playing the game, and in doing so he was able to escape the life that he hated so much. This turned into more time, as he started talking with other players. Of spending time with people in a way where he was able to join a group when he wanted, and to leave when he wanted. It was liberating in a way that he had never experienced before.
This began to eat into his mental space. When commuting to work he would read about Ygddrasil. When at work he would daydream about logging into the game. At meetings he would think about his character and what he wanted to do. And after work, when he was forced to socialize with people he did not like? He would just go through the motions. He worried about being fired, until he realized that nobody cared. He was a cog. As unimportant as any other. So long as his work got done, that was enough. There was no true mobility, unless he played politics. The quality of his work mattered not.
And this led him back to the game. He began to "role-play." Of truly thinking about his character as a person. He created an elaborate backstory, including parents, clan, hold and home. He devoured every shred of lore he could find while creating an alternate persona. A persona of someone who worked hard and achieved lasting renown.
Where once he had worked hard in his studies and at work, he began working hard at the game. Every chance that he got he would log in, and he would work at it. He decided that as a dwarf he would master crafting. In time, he became almost like an NPC. The idea of questing didn't matter to him. Of being a hero. Of slaying dragons or joining raids. No, he decided that if he was to be a dwarf, then he had to first *be* one. And as such, he had to completely master the art of crafting.
Hour after hour he would log in, just to gather resources and to smith. In time, he began to make a profit off of this, selling wares to other players and NPCs alike. People laughed at him for wasting his time. But he did not care if they laughed. People had laughed at him his entire life, and he did not care. He was making something that others saw no value in. And it made him value it even more.
This, ironically, led to him adventuring. Because as a crafter at the highest levels, he needed rare resources. Resources that cost too much to buy from others. With a single minded determination, he decided that what he had to do was level up enough to survive in the areas where he could gather such resources.
To do this, he crafted a build. He decided that what he needed was to be strong enough to handle whatever monsters he found, agile enough to sneak past those that he couldn't, and durable enough to not have to retreat.
The going was rough. Again and again he died, and he changed and modified his build as it went. After getting disarmed one time too many, he decided to settle on a build that would solve that issue. He used his gauntlets as his weapons, and sunk an indorindate amount of gold and time into training in their use. He specialized in this, determined to never lose a weapon or shield again.
Back in the real world, this meant buying more and more in-game currency and items. He didn't care, as he no longer saw the real world as being real. Every day he told himself that he was working for Thorin. For Clan. For Hold. For his family and friends. That it was no different than grinding for resources. His supervisor praised him for his amazing work ethic and good attitude.
In this grind, he slowly attracted other players. It was a small group of other people who played dwarves. They called it a Clan. Their Clan. Clan Spellsplitter. They were all role-players, and as time went on their conversations became more and more "in-character." They stopped even acknowledging the real world. It was an unwritten rule that when in-game, one had to stay in-game.
This, in turn, led to him outfitting his "Clan members." They wore his armor and wielded his weapons. And in-character they praised him for it. It was, sadly, the happiest moment in his life.
A turning point for him came when his "clan members" came across a rune. It was rare, for dwarven runes were not something that were 'dropped' by most monsters. "In character" they talked about how wonderful it was to find something of their heritage, and mourned that it was just not cost effective to do it. This...spoke to him.
He decided, then and there, that he would learn rune crafting. It took too much time, they said. He didn't care. He had time. It took too much money, they said. He didn't care. That was what he worked for. It was not effective in combat. He didn't care! It made him want to do it even more.
It was slow going, at first. He had to research rune crafting. And he had to find a mentor. Even finding that was a quest within itself. This took him out of the Azerlisia Mountains, as he found that after dozens of hours, his mentor was held by the Dark Dwarves.
Him and his "clan members" adventured into the Abelion Hills, and fought their way through the slave armies of the Dark Dwarves. All to break in and rescue the NPC rune crafter. They cheered at what they accomplished. And he almost wept with joy.
What followed was even more slow going. Quest after quest. Hour after hour. He sunk it into rune crafting, with his real-life time and money going into it. For a week he cut back on food so that he could level up the skills.
When he finally made his first rune, there was an in-game celebration. His clan members gave him gifts. Crafting tools. Resources. Even a magical ring. It was made with runes, and had been found in a dungeon raid. He actually cried, because it was the birthday he had never had.
The ring itself, was simple. Made out of gold with runes of protection on it. It was "not as good" as other rings, because upgrading it required rune craft. It was thus hard even to sell to other players. But to him? It was his most cherished possession.
In time, he began to make his own runes. He put them on his clothing. On his armor. On his gauntlets. He was happy, even with the time commitment. Because he was living his life the way he wanted.
But all good things cannot last forever. His clan members began to slowly drift away. One got a promotion. Another got married. A third had a child. A fourth just couldn't afford to keep playing. And the fifth? He slowly just stopped logging on.
And as such, he slowly found himself being alone once more. He would log in, and more and more he was the only one there. He would role-play with other people, but it was just not the same as with his clan. The resources they had given to him had long since been used, but the ring? It reminded him of the only true friendships that he ever had.
He was crafting away when *it* happened. Like a few other people, he found himself *stuck* in the game. Which brings him to the here and now. A player stuck inside his avatar, who has long since stopped thinking about himself as a real live human being. He is who he wants to be. Living the life that he wants. And he fears more than anything being sent back into the world that he hates.
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“ For each 3 paragraphs of background you gain additional perks:
1 - extra trait: Spellcaster Anathema (race trait) You gain a +1 trait bonus on attack rolls against arcane spellcasters.
- Fits the 'rune crafter who goes against the usual builds' feel
2 - extra feat: Steel Soul
- Standard dwarven feat
3 - extra +2 to an ability score (+2 Charisma making it 16)
- His lowest stat and fits into last ability
4 - gain a mount CR 3 or below
- Rather than having a mount (which doesn't fit his feel and is a lot of book keeping), I’d like to replace the CR 3 mount with a permanent +10 ft. enhancement bonus to movement speed. This fits the ‘tireless forge-worker’ and ‘warrior on foot’ image I’m going for.
5 - gain a crafting feat
- Forge Ring
6 - gain a wish
- How does this work exactly?
7 - gain a magical ring no more than 8,000 gp (You must write the description, abilities, and background of the ring in your crunch as well)
- Ring of Protection +2 (see background)
8 - gain a familiar or animal companion
- I'll take a familiar if I can replace the mount with +10ft movement speed. Otherwise, I'll grab a mount and use it as an animal companion.
9 - gain a super power
- I see that another player has mythic 1 archmage. Would mythic 1 guardian be appropriate here? I'd take absorb blow (tanky dwarf) and legendary item - Ring (showing how important it is to him and making it more special)
10 - gain another 'Special' from another class, it cannot be a Special above 5th level.
I am fine if you want to conspire with other players to decide what you want to play... ;)”
- Divine Grace (Su) At 2nd level, a paladin gains a bonus equal to her Charisma bonus (if any) on all Saving Throws.
How are deities handled? Is there a specific pantheon? Should we use the Golarion deities? Or can we just take feats/archetypes/whatever that are normally deity-specific and not worry about that sort of thing?
From what I understand the gods of this 'dimension' are more abstract and will not interfere. The most you would see is a divine casters spells.
I had not thought of this. I am open to discuss it.
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What specific things are you thinking of using?
With the +3CR template you get 6 gestalt levels.
From what I can see, GM Wolf allowed it as long as only 6 gestalt levels were takenJust want to point out that the template can only be CR+2 or below so that template probably won’t be allowed
Correct.
Most players choose to take the +2 CR template plus 7 levels of gestalt.
If you take a +3 template then you will have 6 levels of gestalt.
All firearms are accepted.Neat, one Gun Chemist-
Also I may have said no to spheres earlier but if you want to you may go that route.Oh. Oh no.
Welp, one Scion Kineticist coming right up! But it does have another question come up, too.
The Striker class has the Favored Weapon Striker Art. This lets me treat a light melee weapon or 1-handed ranged weapon (like the Kinetic Blade/Blast) as an unarmed strike for the Striker's class features... and how much damage it deals.
If I want to play a Kineticist/Striker and pick up Favoured Weapon: Kinetic Blast, would this permanently restrict the Kinetic Blast's damage to unarmed strike damage? Or would I be allowed to use the Kinetic Blast damage, as it's higher?
Please note that if the Kinetic Blade's damage is allowed, this combination can be quite strong. Which, I think, is half the point of a game like this and the flavour? But, I feel like it's best to be up-front and honest about that fat.
Is kinetic blade an actual light weapon; then if you select it yes.
I am not seeing a chart for the specified damage.
I don't think you can take kinetic blast for this feat. It has to be a weapon.
Wait GM we can be level 6 and choose a CR+3 template? In that case can I start as a lvl 6 half succubus(treating it as a +3 instead of a +2) and allow myself to level up past level 11? More importantly though do you foresee the campaign lasting beyond level 11 so I could make this worth it? Or maybe a dread vampire build with sorcerer and mesmerism since I kinda want a build that just puppets people?
I Believe you are missing some keys words.
6th level gestalt character with a +3 template would work.
So far we have not leveled up in this campaign but no one has done any adventuring.
Btw are we going of the real world from the overlord series for our irl characters? .
Try that question again.
And what is the name of the guild we are all apart of? Is it actually spellsplitter? Asking because I am in the process of writing my own backstory.
There are two guilds so far...
Seeds of Slaughter (Which all current players are apart of.)Dragons Glory
(Or Sumukil's guild)
How are deities handled? Is there a specific pantheon? Should we use the Golarion deities? Or can we just take feats/archetypes/whatever that are normally deity-specific and not worry about that sort of thing?From what I understand the gods of this 'dimension' are more abstract and will not interfere. The most you would see is a divine casters spells.
I had not thought of this. I am open to discuss it.
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What specific things are you thinking of using?
This feat was one I’d stumbled across that seems fun. Has some fairly specific requirements for what deity you can worship, but they also seem pretty easy to ignore.
This feat was one I’d stumbled across that seems fun. Has some fairly specific requirements for what deity you can worship, but they also seem pretty easy to ignore.
Yes that feat is perfectly acceptable! You need to meet the requirements but yeah!
Who would you like to worship?
I am glad with having all sorts of gods being established. As we establish them we will continue to use those gods.
A suggestion would be: Thor, Sekmet, Hoth, Sarenrae, Wee Jas, Bahamut, Hera, and an Indian god (I can't think of one now!).
Alright so i finalized my build and idea for the backstory. So here is the outline roughly so that DM can check and make sure everything is ok.
Kislum Thrallmaster
Venerable Dread vampire(CR+3) Kitsune Crossblooded sorcerer(Fey/Impossible) 6//Mesmerist 6
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It looks in order well kinda. Did you make an Alias for your character and put it down as a character sheet?
Also use spoilers to seperate sections like gear, background, description, mesmerist abilities, crossblooded sorcerer abilities, spells, etc.Also why Venerable?
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Also why Venerable?
How do I do that on Paizo? It’s my first time attempting to do this on paizo so I am not really sure how it’s done
As for why venerable, 2 reasons. One as an undead caster, there’s no reason not to be old to get the boost to mental stats since they don’t suffer from the more dangerous effects of aging(namely the maximum age causing instant death) and the template negates the other side effects( the strength and Dex penalties balancing out and undead don’t have con)
The second is his backstory includes a part where he uses manipulation in real life to join an elite family as like a highly prized servant/entertainer. He basically kisses ass all the time initially but was removed on the whims of one of the children. he then goes mental when e he realises how powerless he is even despite his silver tongue. So his game character is a vampire who is the ancient founder of a noble house who got there by dominating a bunch of people/monsters into loving. Which is basically what he wished his real life was
So in game you started as a Venerable Kitsume then became a dread vampire?
To create an Alias you click on your account settings and add one. Then click on the Alias and hit create profile. Put your info in there. Also use the spoiler]
/spoiler] to make sections. You will need a [ at the front of both of those to make them function.
Is this campaign still recruiting? It looks pretty cool and I have in mind a pretty straightforward strength build for a brute sort of based on cocytus :advanced penanggalen Trox blood rager 7//fighter 7
Fire and ice buddies!
Rolling - uh, forgot it was dice, not roll:
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Is this campaign still recruiting? It looks pretty cool and I have in mind a pretty straightforward strength build for a brute sort of based on cocytus :advanced penanggalen Trox blood rager 7//fighter 7
Yes technically we are still recruiting but it is getting a bit tight in here now.
We have 3 present players. Then adding in 4, hopefully sooner than later. There are a few lurkers. Will someone please put out our present roster of players/characters etc.
I would like a link to penanggalean and Trox please.
current
Desseer - Saashaa
Myriana - Drogeney
Ink - Critzible
soon to join
Hrothgarn - Degnax
Kislum - Weeeknight
Thorin - Grumbaki
Skärbrün - Seth86
Also soon to join hopefully:
Sumukhi "Khi" Mera Stone -
Your superior crafting skills allow you to create simple magic items.
Prerequisites: 5 ranks in any Craft or Profession skill.
Benefit: Choose one Craft or Profession skill in which you possess at least 5 ranks. You receive a +2 bonus on your chosen Craft or Profession skill. Ranks in your chosen skill count as your caster level for the purposes of qualifying for the Craft Magic Arms and Armor and Craft Wondrous Item feats. You can create magic items using these feats, substituting your ranks in the chosen skill for your total caster level. You must use the chosen skill for the check to create the item. The DC to create the item still increases for any necessary spell requirements (see the magic item creation rules in Magic Items). You cannot use this feat to create any spell-trigger or spell-activation item.
Normal: Only spellcasters can qualify for the Craft Magic Arms and Armor and Craft Wondrous Item feats.
Is this campaign still recruiting? It looks pretty cool and I have in mind a pretty straightforward strength build for a brute sort of based on cocytus :advanced penanggalen Trox blood rager 7//fighter 7Yes technically we are still recruiting but it is getting a bit tight in here now.
We have 3 present players. Then adding in 4, hopefully sooner than later. There are a few lurkers. Will someone please put out our present roster of players/characters etc.
I would like a link to penanggalean and Trox please.
Sure...
Blood rager 7 / Fighter 7 penanggalen Trox
I don't see an advanced version of penanggalen, though its stats should make it a CR 2 template.
I may have to compare the ability bonuses of templates acquired. Yet another of my many jobs that no one else has to worry about... This is also why I did not want people to deviate from the rules... alas, I digress.