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I am looking at alternative racial traits to improve crafting and found this: Innovative: Humans have come to shape the world because they are inveterate innovators. Humans with this racial trait gain a +2 racial bonus on Knowledge (arcana) and Spellcraft checks to independently research spells, create magic items they have never encountered before, and identify unique magical effects. They also gain a +2 racial bonus on Charisma-based skill checks to persuade others to adopt a new ideology or further the cause of discovery and progress. This racial trait replaces skilled. Source PZO9280 It could be very characterful, but what does "magic items they have never encountered before" mean? I get to use this +2 bonus once when I craft something, and then never again for that exact item? Ill probably jsut stick with skilled most likely.
perfectly average, i mean, not quite but you get the idea.
Committing for the crafting build then! I dont have any rage powers yet, but my current idea is: level 3: Spirit totem lesser.
Level 6:
while the effects are removable with a move action, it still stops enemies from full attacking, and inflicing blind as one of your melee attacks is a great way to have the snakebite brawler seriously go to town with them sneak attacks. Another good but enemy dependent option is celestial blood lesser. All of our melee attacks count as good, and there are extra boni vs evil outsiders. In a gear light campaign, getting access to good aligned is probably going to be tough, and thats it going to help much! If Aeric is chosen, much of the damage will come from 2.5 (including Aeric) melee combatant (aeric is a reach guy though), so grabbing rage powers that make sure our melee stuff keeps working, or that we can hit things with negative energy by just existing, seems pretty gud. Singing style:
Mightypions work in progress submission here, several questions GM: 1: At level 5 I gain access to spell kenning:
At 5th level, a skald is learned in the magic of other spellcasters, and can use his own magic to duplicate those classes’ spells. Once per day, a skald can cast any spell on the bard, cleric, or sorcerer/wizard spell list as if it were one of his skald spells known, expending a skald spell slot of the same spell level to cast the desired spell. Casting a spell with spell kenning always has a minimum casting time of 1 full round, regardless of the casting time of the spell. At 11th level, a skald can use this ability twice per day. At 17th level, he can use this ability three times per day. Can I use this to have certain spells for crafting as known (provided I did not use the spell kenning feature on this day?)? If yes, I can grab craft woundrous item at level 3, and craft magic arms and armor at level 5, together with getting scribe scroll for free at level 1 and then have some cunning tricks to improve crafting. It does mean that there wont be many extra rage powers to boost the raging song further, but I think that will be a popular tradeoff.
On it! Aeric rushes in after moon, charging if neccessary/possible.
I am reasonably certain we shouldnt try to eat it. Aeric announces.
Aeric would follow moon 30 feet behind, he has an effective engagement range of 40 (fast movement), and can instantly join her to setup a AoO area or whack something.
Acknowledged. Ill follow you at the customary distance of 30 feet
Yikes, the bugger actually hit me. Subtly hilarious. Ill set him straight when he wakes up. Aeric announces as he gives the room a lookover.
Ouch He 5 foot steps and tries to disarm the dagger.
We are alive, and I am a Merc, and I dont like the undead. Bad loot, bad hygine, little to recommend em. I suggest you come out, and get some much deserved sunlight. We killed some undead but probably not all of them.
I dont actually see shit but I can humor her? I guess?
Violence is always an option
Right Behind you Mrs. Moon
Take my Bardiche ill lift you out Using his strentgh, Aeric can likely get Kazaar out if Kazaars own efforts are insufficient, by holing the non sharp party of the axe head himself, and simply lifting kazaar, would would be holding the other side, out.
providing backup, you take point Moon Aeric follows Akechi at a distance of about 15 feet. Short enough to be rapidly on hand, but not so close as to invaliate her stealth skills.
[smaller]maybe we can lure whatever is moaning here![smaller]
Aye, the right it is, lets find and crush trouble. Oh Lord in Iron, let my steel ring true and my victories reverbate. He says in a short prayer, as he grips his Bardiche once more.
Aeric motions to the leftern door and listens without opening it.
2 ways, thorough destruction or burying them with proper Pharasman rites. Aeric offers I respect the Lady o Graves but I have no idea how to conduct a proper burial, so I guess smash it is. Using his considerable strength, Aeric begins to thoroughly dismantle skeletons.
Smart people anything pinging as magic? My guess is the 2 non skeletons have been fighting the undead and lost. Also Aeric moves to the door and investigates it They didnt run, so we cant count out some mechanism to shut the door behind us.
Panting, Aeric moves to kill the last skeleton again.
Aeric explodes another skeleton, then stops having claws and pitch black eyes, seeking to conserve his resources.
INTO OUR MOTHERLAND
In his own turn, he flies into a rage, his hands turning into claws and his eyes turning pitch black, 5 foot steps over the skeleton he just crushed and slams his clawlike fists into the skeleton further south
He eviscarates the creature with his first blow. (Claws do bludgeoning/slashing so they would pierce the DR) I AM A WIZARD
He informs his adversaries, careing little about their mindlessness. 1/5 rage rounds used.
Properly endowed with adventure levels of Paranoia, Aeric begins removing weapons from the dead bodies. Particlarly bows and arrows. And also removes heads from skeletons within the area. Clearly undead, awaiting being called up again by whatever necromancy animated them, lets get rid of their weapons before this happens!
Some type of undead maybe? Aeric offers Undead skeletons with clawed weapons? Some of whom got crushed by the hooves of the horse? Be alert! Viewing himself as the most seasoned fighter, Aeric takes the lead, Bardiche out and ready to strike.
Aeric gives Kazzar a half approving, half subtly jealous look as Kazzar performs an epic display of strength. After a short moment, he smiles and his look turns fully approving. It is good to have competent allies!
Aeric holds his breath and gets to work.
Aeric cautiously approaches after covering up his face, Bardiche drawn. He stops about 30 feet off.
Hmm, I get mage armor from my dip at level 3 and can probably cast it on you. The other one goes on his to be acquired mysterious phanom friend. I dont really know wha a wilder does, but I may be the first one to get access to it. Its obviously preferable to get a wand :).
Build plan Aeric:
Level 2 Bloodrager Level 3 Fractured mind, feat is phantom ally Level 4 Bloodrager Level 5 Bloodrager feat tbd Level 6 Mutagenic Mauler Just noticed we have 2 great scouts that cna both handle themself, nice!
Clarification, we are still level 1?
Something foul happened here, can our magically inclined scare off the flies somehow? They likely carry diseases Aeric proposes as he reequips his scale mail. Аэрик, ты меня слышишь? Аэрик? Кто-нибудь? He hears something in the back of his head Huh? I got a weird feeling about this...
Barb dad still there
I never left!
Hi GM, how are things going?
Aeric puts his scalemail into his backpack, and carefully descends.
Yeap, I got a rope, and I think I have a reasonable idea how to not get hypothermia or break any bones while travelling!
Oh, hi there big guy, your name was grey wind? Aeric slowly moves to pet him a bit. Want some jerky? Greywind quickly scoops up the jerky, rolls on his back and gets into a very tummy-rubbable position. Eh, sure why not Aeric says Now who is a good boi? Yes you are. Aeric delivers a
adequate, barely tummy-rub. You wanna join in Somonti? Should be good for your nerves Aeric remarks merrily.
Big Snake? Hmm, I do wonder what that snake didnt eat the guy then. Maybe it thought he was diseased? Or he got away with that wound and succumed to the poison later?
You feel like tagging along for the quest? I think there was something about Kassem recruiting help along the way wasnt there? Certainly safety in numbers to be had. Jobo over there nearly died. If I wasnt there it probably could have been worse. Good thing a certain someone was paranoid and insistent enough to have me signup.
Aerics mercenary instincts kick in instantly.
Which wholy prevents him from doing anything else as he is counting the money, and dividing it through the active party. Dagger is masterwork, I prefer war weapons, or claws for closer quarters, so who wants it? If we sell it, price is devided. Normal loot terms, unless you win it in a duel, it gets split.
Somonti Backstory sperging mode initiated:
Hmm, fighting demons? Depends honestly. Demons are well, they are as varied as mortal sin, some are pretty relatable, others completely alien. The way I fought them, well, I was in a Bardiche wall. You stand there, you brace, you hope your bard did a good job with the greased pit trap in front of you. Then you inform, in Abyssal, an effing Schir that his demonic Overlord "Bapho-määäht aka Goatface Dog-titsson" true titles are "Demon Lord of motherf!$!ing, Real estate fraud and intellectual property theft". Then you strive pretty hard that you Sish Kabob him, and not him you. Even a glancing hit from a Schir can get you goatfaces crotch-rot, more commonly known as demon-plague. He takes a bite out of Somontis offerings and continues, a bit less rambling.
He pauses, after having given quite a long talk I dont know how your powers work, I can only maintain my claws for about a minute per day currently, which is why I am not running around with them all the time. I dont mind you having abilities I dont have, or having claws/fangs/whatever.
He talks a lot while eating Somontis gifts. With the new guys. No weapons drawn, we outnumber them, diplomacy seems reasonable. If they murdered that guy, they would likely be moving away from him. Hail travellers, we bid peace to thee if you return it. He announced.
When I cant buy my starting items and thus dont have my trusty studden leather Pajama! :)
So we have a monk an inqusitor and a wolf? Nice frontline we got now, only trouble I possibly see is swarms, and of course getting surprise rounded without armor :).
Anyone knows how to cook Wolf? They tried to eat us, lets eat them?
May sound dumb, but less dumb then trying that with demons. I f*+$ing tell you, Dretch tastes like shit. Or to quote the Bard of my former Merc company: He pauses, before speaking with a very exact feminine timbre
My tastebuds and nostrils were thus assaulted
I felt the urge to drink several gallons of bleach
Sense motive DC10: Aeric thinks that some stupidity and laugher are called for after a near death experience.
Aeric is fatigued for 4 turns.
Oh Lord in Iron, let me save that boy, for his battles lie ahead of him still Aeric 5 foot steps back and strikes, as his rage leaves him. Crit threat Confirms damage crit Quick, someone heal him! He is dying! Aeric snarls as he, perhaps aided by the Lord in Iron, rams his Bardiche into the Wolfs Mouth, turning it into Wolf Kebab, and literally throwing it away from Jobu.
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