DM delmoth's Wrath of the Righteous

Game Master Delmoth

Been thinking about running Wrath of the Righteous for a while now. I have three players selected for this campaign and I'm looking for 3 additional players. Recruitment will go on until I have three submissions I like, but will run at least until 4/19.

Submission requirements
A character concept: briefly explain who they are and what they bring to the party.

Backstory: A brief overview of your character's history, showing what motivates them.

Why Kenabres: Why is your character in a city that borders the Worldwound? This will likely incorporate your campaign trait.

A little crunch: This should at minimum be a race/class/archetype combo. I don't need full crunch at this time, but if that's your thing, go wild.

Build rules
25 point buy
2 traits
1 trait must be a campaign trait
Each selected player will have a different campaign trait
150 start gold
Max hp at 1st level, average thereafter
Core races plus the following: Tiefling, Aasimar, Kobold*
Other races will be considered if your submission is strong enough but no races with RP higher than 15 will be considered.
*Kobolds will be house ruled to be viable
Automatic bonus progression
2 background skills
Have a prestige class in mind when building your character (see below).

I have a slew of house rules to smooth over some of the rough edges I've encountered, but perhaps most important to this recruitment is handling mythic rules.

Alternate Mythic
(Shamelessly stolen from GM Toothy, thanks for the inspiration!)
You will not gain the usual benefits of mythic, but instead gain the following:
Mythic Abilities: Hard to Kill (as normal),
Mythic Power: (1 per tier/day, recover only 1/day)
Surge: (as normal).
You gain no other mythic abilities.
Ability Score Increase: Only 1 instead of 2.
Mythic Feats: You get a regular feat instead.
Upgraded Traits: All your campaign traits are upgraded at some point.
Prestige Class: When you get your first mythic tier, you must choose a 10-level prestige class. You receive an additional number of HP equal to half+1 of the prestige class HD. You also gain the abilities correspondent to your mythic tier as if it was your class level in that prestige class, however you only gain these abilities if you meet all the prerequisites of the prestige class (as an example, if you take Arcane Archer but your BAB is only +4 at the moment, you’ll only receive the enhance arrows ability when your BAB reaches +6). You gain no increase in BAB, saves, skill points or class skills. You are also limited to the normal cap for a given ability of your own level (a 6th level wizard taking the veiled illusionist PrC would not receive an increase in spellcasting, since he is already at the maximum for a 6th level PC, however, if he later take a level in rogue, he would receive that increase retroactively; on a similar case, a 7th level rogue would not be able to benefit from a sneak attack increase above 4d6).

Interested. Quick question, do your "locked in players" already have classes/roles in mind or are they still undecided?

Interested as well.

Definitely interested, and I like the alternate mythic rules. To me, the regular mythic rules make a party grossly over-powered by around 5th tier.

I think you'll have plenty of Aasimar submissions.
Thinking about playing a wizard, PrC Loremaster or Riftwarden ?? Unless that is already taken?

Question: "Mythic Power: (1 per tier/day, recover only 1/day)" Not sure I understand. Did you mean 1 per tier and only recover 1/day? Points only usable for surge?

Interesting. Kobolds hmm

Oh! Look at this!

Howdy, one of the pre-anointed here. I'm 90% locked in on a tiefling bloodrager/dragon disciple bruiser-type. Looking forward to seeing what everyone else comes up with!

I'm thinking 1/2 orc (and 1/2 elf) ranger, son of a happily married orc herbalist mother, and elven father ranger. The father is infamous for having been a scout for the forces of good near the World wound who went missing, and who is accused of betraying his military company by leading them into an ambush.

The character doesn't believe it, and has come to Kenebres to find his father and clear his name, or in the worst case scenario, to bring him to justice and regain his family's honor.

Or something like that. The class could be up for discussion, I suppose, depending on what the others are choosing.

Potentially interested, but it'll depend what the pre-selected are playing and what roles are left open.

After remembering my old Vampire The Masquerade game. I ws thinking of El Diablo Verde for those who are in the know. Dhampir Brawler who wishes to test his might against the Worldwound. Or I could go for a rather ugly human. :)

What about a dwarf ranger, whose family used to be high ranking until the Worldwound and their tower was overrun. Now he wants to follow the way of the Skyseeker (if Demon can be added to the Favorite enemy list). Pyrite, not his real name for obvious reasons but he takes it for the lose of status, seeks to reclaim his family's ancestral home. For the campaign backgroun I would go 1 Child of the Crusades, 2 Exposed to Awfulness , 3 Stolen Fur.

Potentially interested, but it'll depend what the pre-selected are playing and what roles are left open.

Same :)

ooh very interested. Will be able to decide on what type of character I would play when we know what classes and campaign traits are chosen by the other 3.

I'm thinking about a warrior from the Realm of the Mammoth Lords. Perhaps an exile. Human for sure, and worshipper of Pharasma, which is not that common for the region, and former member of a Following with the smillidon as their symbol

He'd a vanilla fighter using a pair of daggers (the tiger's fangs) and going for the sacred sentinel PrC.

I'm thinking about a warrior from the Realm of the Mammoth Lords. Perhaps an exile. Human for sure, and worshipper of Pharasma, which is not that common for the region, and former member of a Following with the smillidon as their symbol

He'd a vanilla fighter using a pair of daggers (the tiger's fangs) and going for the sacred sentinel PrC.

Was thinking of a Sentinal of Gozreh actually (mostly because their 3rd boon makes them into Shazam)

Definitely interested. Character would be an Agathion-blooded Aasimar Sorceress (Silver Dragon bloodline). Trait would be Riftwarden Orphan (both of her parents being Riftwardens that gave her to someone to keep her safe while setting off on a secret mission they never returned from)

Hi, this is awesome! Before I move forward with what I'm thinking, obviously I had to check available Prestige classes with the general theme I want. I'd be going for a divine character, most likely an Oracle.

I get the use of a pseudo-Gestalt with Prestige classes. My question for the GM: Is the Evangelist class ok? I ask because the Aligned class that it gets at 2nd level would mean the pseudo-Gestalt would also transfer to a second class instead of Prestige. I hope I'm making sense.

Well, I would be very interested in this one!

And since for some strange obscure reason no one has spoken about Paladins yet, this might be my chance!

Tessai here is a good sample of the Paladin I would probably like to play in Wrath of the Righteous (in this iteration she is level 4, but of course would be tuned down to level 1). Prestige class is something I would have to mull on.

For now I imagine her as a tiefling left abandoned in the wilds of the Worldwound.

Having lived as an animal for some time, spared from simply being crushed by any other demonic servant perhaps for her heritage, or simply surviving by hiding in the deepest hole she could find. Even after having been taken in by a priest of Iomedae, fascinated with the creature's will to live, it was hard for her to shake away her old ways, behaving like somewhat of an animal for months until her benefactor was able to bring some measure of reasoning into the creature - he saw something in her that others did not.

Her education was mainly in the tenets of Iomedae, and she was found to adhere to them almost instinctively - her benefactor would call her the most amazing of contradictions - but in her heart, she has not yet heard the calling (my way of starting her as an Oracle), she felt as if she was not yet ready to embrace the faith, too many questions lingering at the edge of her conscience, her heritage not the least important of them.

So the early stages of the game would be important for her to find her center, and realize her potential - I like these kinds of things in games, where there is room for character growth and discovery.

The playstyle for Tessai is that of a Guardian/Protector for the group. Being a Paladin growing firm in her convictions, I think she could play a major role in moving the game forward both in confrontation or roleplay scenarios (we all know how things can get 'stuck' in PbP). I do not like to play straightforward Paladins, but she can still bring decisive action for the party when needed. Mechanically I think she can be a very resilient tank/frontliner, with the ability to be the first to engage in a scuffle, and leave room for others to do their thing.

As far as personality goes, I like the 'demon lurking behind her eyes' notion. She does not know who 'sired' her, so there is also room for dramatic development there. She has occasional horrible nightmares - with images she does not know if they are from her past or her future. I have much more boiling in my head, but this is Tessai in a nutshell :)

(My second option would be a melee Bard, but since zefig is already going for DD, I will park that idea :D)

Also one of the lucky ones here, and taking the Riftwarden Orphan trait for a Wizard.
That doesn't prevent anyone else from playing an arcane caster, of course.

Yeah, thinking about it, since there are already three players and each PC will need to have a different campaign trait, I'm going to wait a bit for all the players to reveal about their ideas before setting on a PC.

It would suck to finish my PC and then discover a similar niche was already taken.

For campaign traits for my Dragon Disciple, I'm leaning towards Stolen Fury, but Exposed to Awfulness could work too and I'm certainly willing to work with Delmoth and the other players to make the story work.

Also, probably going Silver dragon for good campaign tie-in, and I do like the potential tie-in of a silver dragon sorcerer (and/or another tiefling tbh). To expand on what Aldizog mentioned, there are 6 traits/archetypes and I'd be surprised if we didn't have some overlap between concepts, backgrounds, and roles. We'll need all of us to fight the forces of the Abyss!

Interested. Quick question, do your "locked in players" already have classes/roles in mind or are they still undecided?

After thinking about it, I'm going to remove the trait restriction so people can make the characters they want to make.

I will further comment that I never select players based on party roles except as a tie breaker in my rubric.

Question: "Mythic Power: (1 per tier/day, recover only 1/day)" Not sure I understand. Did you mean 1 per tier and only recover 1/day? Points only usable for surge?

Apologies for the odd phrasing. It means you will have a pool of Mythic power equal to your tier. So if you're tier 2, you have 2 uses of mythic power, rather than 5. When you rest you only recover 1 use of mythic power. Yes you can only use it for surge.

I get the use of a pseudo-Gestalt with Prestige classes. My question for the GM: Is the Evangelist class ok? I ask because the Aligned class that it gets at 2nd level would mean the pseudo-Gestalt would also transfer to a second class instead of Prestige. I hope I'm making sense.

I think it works, you still wouldn't be able to exceed your class level for abilities so you'd have to multiclass to get the benefits from this particular ability.

I think it works, you still wouldn't be able to exceed your class level for abilities so you'd have to multiclass to get the benefits from this particular ability.

Cheers, I think this works. I think I'll multiclass Oracle with a martial, maybe Paladin or just plain Fighter. If I understand this correctly, I could level my martial in the "regular" class, and still gain full caster progression from my Aligned Oracle.

I'll work on this over next week.

DM_Delmoth wrote:

I think it works, you still wouldn't be able to exceed your class level for abilities so you'd have to multiclass to get the benefits from this particular ability.

Cheers, I think this works. I think I'll multiclass Oracle with a martial, maybe Paladin or just plain Fighter. If I understand this correctly, I could level my martial in the "regular" class, and still gain full caster progression from my Aligned Oracle.

Wait, wait. Could you explain that to me? :D

Keep in mind that the mythic tiers - which will equal the PrC class progression - isn't 1:1 with the regular progression so you'll fall behind if you're purely relying on it to progress a spellcasting class. That is to say, the mythic tiers are fairly back-loaded from what I understand so you'll catch up eventually but through mid-levels, you'll probably end up a bit behind.

Wait, wait. Could you explain that to me? :D

Lets say in Tessai's example - if she took the Evangelist Prestige Class, she would advance as Paladin and get the Oracle casting progression via Evangelist?

From what I understand, the Prestige class gives, starting at 2nd level, that is, mythic tier 2, full class features progression. If I build the (say, level 20) character as Oracle 11/Paladin 9, then I get 9 levels of Oracle class features progression from the Prestige, which includes spellcasting. At the same time I get all the Paladin goodness.

To me it feels exploitative, somewhat, but potentially a lot of fun. Which is why I am asking the GM, who could veto this at any time.

If that is how it works, it is definitely what I will do with Tessai then.
And apologies beforehand for stealing the idea, but can't pass on having two classes instead of one :D

It's very much a gestalt-light.

Also, added a little clarification on my last post.

This is the basic 'engine' of my submission. It looks like Tessai and I will be providing the 'obligatory' Paladin submissions.

FWIW: it looks like we'll probably have a hierophant, archmage, and champion

also FWIW: the guy making the Hierophant seems interested in Sarenrae

This is the basic 'engine' of my submission. It looks like Tessai and I will be providing the 'obligatory' Paladin submissions.

I’ll step aside, and let you take the forefront. Good luck!

Man, I believe I'll have to bow out. With a deeper analysis, I believe I'm in enough games already.

Good luck everyone!

Generalized idea:

Aria Ulfdottir

A Sarkorian refugee, Aria seeks to free her people from demonic opression.
Her main class is an interesting combination of Spell Warrior Skald and Red tounge skald, which allows her to hand out both rage powers and rouge talents.
She intends to get even more rouge talents by using the rose warden prestige class.

This combination should make her a reasonable face, and greatly increase the flexibility of her party by being able to hand out basically martial flexibility (by using the rouge talent combat trick and picking up barroom brawler with it), and well, handing out celestial blood in wrath of the righteous is just great.

She may have some numerian tie ins.

I've always wanted to play in one of these campaigns, and fortunately for me, my schedule's cleared up enough that I can handle another campaign. I have a rogue partially completed - I'll submit it soon.

Finished my submission - presenting Dorek, a Sarkorian rogue. He has the Knife Master archetype and I'm aiming for the Duelist prestige class, so he can hold his own in combat, but he is first and foremost a skill-based character.

As far as fluff is concerned, he's a native of Kenabres, descended from a family of Sarkorian refugees. His campaign trait, Chance Encounter, occurred during his time in the Kenabres prison work details, when he was trapped behind enemy lines.

Mightypions wip submission here:

I have some questions:

--Is a drawback allowed? My base character doesnt have stealth and disguise as class skills, and I plan to go rosewarden to free Sarkoris from the demons, and perhaps even the demons from themselfs.

--My archetype combination hand out rouge talents after level 8. If I hand out the combat trick rouge talent, does this mean that the party gets the same combat trick I picked, or do they get to pick for themselfs? They probably get the exact combat trick I picked up, but I am not certain.

--I have seen a lot of table variation concerning extra rage power and skalds, do I hand out rage powers aquired by extra rage power feats?

Ooh, I wouldn't mind playing a kobold. I have a bard that I'd need to rework for the campaign (although I may end up switching classes depending on prestige)

I'm thinking about rebuilding this character to match the build rules for this game. The game she was originally built for was crazy generous so she needs to be paired down considerably.

The plan is for sword and board / shield bash Fighter taking the Heritor Knight prestige class. Joska starts as a Gorum worshipper, but will convert to Iomedae early on, shifting alignment from CG to NG to meet Heritor Knight requirements.

Her elevator pitch backstory is she's a former Gray Maiden who has some atoning to do, so she's heading for the Worldwound to do it. The full backstory is already included in the profile.

I have a few ideas about how to expand my character's backstory - I'll see what I can do towards getting it finished tomorrow.

Kobold commando

If you like, I could very easily adapt the character I played in our previous Wrath of Righteous game to these rules, since it seems like it's never coming back. Benedic would be a Mendevian Priest cleric, and he'd take paladin as a variant multiclass if that's allowed, or otherwise as regular multiclass after getting mythic levels in Holy Vindicator. I'd make him a Child of the Crusade instead of Touched By Divinity, since it sounds like one of your preselected players wants to be associated with Sarenrae instead.

Bix Kobold Commando. Bix would be in the city as part of the 'illustrious' Kobold Reconnaissance unit. Known for its high causality rate. Though the Kobolds are not evil. Instead these are recruites from neaeby tribes if Kobolds who dont want to deal with The Worldwound or as servitors of Bezelken Orcs. Bix personally was saved by adventurers from the horrors of thr world wound. And like many others od his unit past and present have have similar stories. Bix aims to be a Marshal amongst his fellow crusaders

Mightypions wip submission here:

I have some questions:

--Is a drawback allowed? My base character doesnt have stealth and disguise as class skills, and I plan to go rosewarden to free Sarkoris from the demons, and perhaps even the demons from themselfs.

--My archetype combination hand out rouge talents after level 8. If I hand out the combat trick rouge talent, does this mean that the party gets the same combat trick I picked, or do they get to pick for themselfs? They probably get the exact combat trick I picked up, but I am not certain.

--I have seen a lot of table variation concerning extra rage power and skalds, do I hand out rage powers aquired by extra rage power feats?

I don't like drawbacks. I'll tentatively allow it but reserve the right to change it to actually be a drawback.

They would get the combat trick you picked.

You only hand out rage powers gained by skald levels. The feat is another source so you benefit but don't hand it out.

If you like, I could very easily adapt the character I played in our previous Wrath of Righteous game to these rules, since it seems like it's never coming back. Benedic would be a Mendevian Priest cleric, and he'd take paladin as a variant multiclass if that's allowed, or otherwise as regular multiclass after getting mythic levels in Holy Vindicator. I'd make him a Child of the Crusade instead of Touched By Divinity, since it sounds like one of your preselected players wants to be associated with Sarenrae instead.

I know, why I started this recruitment. Variant multiclass is fine.

Well a funny thing happened on my way to the Forums....

Hello All!

WotR with a Kobold Alchemist!

To be continued......

Thank you for running!

I came up with a slightly altered concept:

I did play and GM it before (which I think is true for many on these boards), but look forward to a far more intense experience since we arent mythic :).

Aria is:

--A massive fangirl for Terendelev

--Coming for the Kellid/Ulfen/in real life Viking tradition of Flyting (insult competition, if you get angry first you lose), she is very very skilled at verbal combat.

--Will become a dragon disciple in Terendelevs footssteps once mythic happens. This makes the trait situation much much easier, so I wont need a drawback everyone is going to forget about at some point.

--Is currently a fated champion (fits better for wotr then spell warrior, I think) /red tounge skald (for getting even better at informing opponents of their many deficiencies, and rouge talents, outside of linguistics, she also isnt very learned which is what this archetype also does). Exact archetype may depend on who else is in the party and how many people can make use of which rage types.

I'll put together a dwarf barbarian.

Still working my idea out, but probably some kind of Dex-fighter, maybe an unMonk, either way likely aiming at the Duelist prestige class. Probably an elf.

But actually, how are you modifying Kobolds?

Still tweaking my character's fluff, but on second thought, I thought I'd change his build - rather than taking Duelist as my PrC, I think he might do better if he multiclassed into a transmuter, then took Arcane Trickster as his prestige class.

I am considering doing a Kobold Gun Chemist (Alchemist). Before I do, do you not want any guns in the campaign? I would be happy with a different Alchemist instead if you want to avoid guns.