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I was wondering if a shared spreadsheet of everyone's spellbook would be useful. If the first two rows were your name, you could sort the spells you own by the ones you don't. Or you could sort by spell level, or by school, or even by duration if you wanted. I am using Aikio so you can see how I set up my spellbook. But it doesn't mean it is the best way. Suggestions?

Please note the cure light wouunds in her spellbook :)

AaronUnicorn wrote:

Oh! One last question. I see that PFS has first level wizards getting Spell Focus instead of Scribe Scroll (because of no item creation, which makes sense). As an Air Elemental specialist, is an elemental "school" a valid target? Or do I need to take one of the traditional schools of magic?

Unfortunately, you will have to choose a traditional school. (Though it would be interesting if, in the future, Elemental Focus were offered as an alternative.)

Source please? My fire wizard has taken it.

Spell Focus says "Choose a school of magic." Elemental wizard says "Instead of specializing in one of the standard eight schools of magic, a wizard can choose to specialize in one of the four elemental schools of magic. Like a normal arcane school, an elemental school grants a number of school powers and one bonus spell slot of each level the wizard can cast, from 1st on up."

I may have an illegal character & after 4 Paizocon games & a handful of specials I would hate to think I messed up something so simple.

To the OP: I am sorry if I just hijacked your thread. The good news is that as a first level character you can rebuild it for free which gives you a chance to 'test drive' a character. Welcome to PFS!

Beside the episodic nature of organized play (OP) mentioned above, make sure to ask your coordinator about Prestige Points, Day jobs, and T-shirt rerolls. They are easy enough to understand from reading the guide, but having someone explain it is even easier.

I just have an MS Word document that lists my spells in my book, and reprint it when there are changes (usually once per level, though I sometimes just write the new stuff on the paper copy so I don't have to reprint right away).

When I buy new ones, I just mark it on the ITS as "5 level 1 spells added to spellbook" or something like that, and put the cost next to it. Unlike expendables that need to be tracked, you don't have to list every spell on the ITS and can combine them into a single purchase that way.

That is what I do in both cases. A word document that looks pretty much like the spellbook spoiler in this character's profile. It lists the spell's source if it is non-CRB, and differentiates which spells are in my blessed book. It also lists the costs for learning/copying/scribing a spell and the DC for learning it, under the spell level (because I got tired of re-calculating it every session).

Also: blessed book.

My ITS simply has 'spells X gold - chronicle y' though in two cases I have a written the character's name and PFS number when I 'copied' their book. In one case that is because the spell is a cure light wounds from a samsaran wizard. Totally useless for me, but how many wizards can say they have an arcane CLW in their book. Shiny! :)

Also: If you are interested in trading spells... Wizards wanted.

Aikio the Red, wizard 7,
Wiem Weems Finyik, magus 6
25879, Yes on session tracker

I saw something during a table at PaizoCon that I'd never seen before: 2 Wayangs in the same party.

During the special, I was running my Wayang Witch and Johnathan was playing his Wayang Wizard. It was a lot of fun!

Paul

Only slightly less well known than never get involved in a land war in Tien. two wayangs is two tengu in the same party.

At PaizoCon I had a tengu wizard, and next to me was a tengu druid. Rare sighting?
I used the feminine Aikio and he had the masculine Aikia. Rare sighting?
We both had actual tengu minis. Different tengu minis mind you. Rare sighting: yes!

In 9 levels, my tengu has only ever been on a mission with another tengu once before then. :)

FWIW
Because wizards' players can get giddy perusing each other's spellbooks, it is handy to have a second copy of your spellbook when you come to a table. Then you can hand it to the other player to look at at their leisure without interrupting your play to have it passed back to you.

I also include the DC to scribe a spell, the cost to learn it from an NPC (Grand Lodge Library) & from a PC on the top of the spell level's entry. (Take 10 means I do not have to make a check to learn it, so I do not list that.)

I now have a blessed book & mark those separately as well, because I will need to know when I run out of pages. Lastly, I try to write the source of the non-core spells there. There are a couple in my spellbook, that I (player) do not have the book for, so never prepare those, but another player can still copy them.

You can see all this in Aikio's profile. :)

And that's it folks. HERE are the Chronicle Sheets. Please let me know if there are any issues, and please pay special attention to your GP reward, as I have a feeling I got something wrong there. If there is an error, please let me know and I'll fix and resend it.

At seventh level I am out-of-tier either way. But it is an easy fix, no need to redo, I will make the change :) Do you need to report this through Gameday five?

Thank you Beckett!

Aikio begins squawking in ancient Osirioni intermixed with a gesture-heavy draconic.

I will try lead on history & Spellcraft. For the other two I will attempt aid. In the order listed:
Kn (religion): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28
Kn (history): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

"An archon's doesn't seem like the favor to use lightly, but if you think it's worth it, the library would otherwise be unarguable choice."

But first the neutral good tengu wants to see to the staff. Stepping up to the tree she touches it's bark and reads the sacred word.

Diri, Knowledge checks are spoilered above.

Aikio would be happy to retrieve the staff, but not because someone tried to coerce her into it. "What kind of an offer is that? At least explain what it is for." Aiko casts a spell on Ariana and she bursts into flame. The flames turn blue then then die down to nothing more than a faint blue shimmer.
draconic reservoir on Ari, for cold protection.

Still not talking with us? "Valais, are you ok with us taking this creature down?

Leave it for now Ariana. This creature wants the staff and it has powerful wards to prevent it. Until we know more it would be reckless." The Tengu then looks to the space the creature should be. "If you are not a demon, then perhaps you will entreat with us? Tell us more about why you need this staff as we seek also a remedy for one of our own. Perhaps you can tell us of her dreams?" Without provocation, Aikio is not prepared for combat. though she does move.

"What type of creature is this?"Aikio asks Valais. All I really need to know is "Does it burn?"

To Albert the wizard says, "But the creature has neither threatened us nor deemed us worthy to speak with...." The Tengu tilts her head in question then turns to the location the creature is in. "If you do not wish to show yourself, perhaps you can tell us what your intentions are?"

Perhaps someone call pull the azata (we know it is an azata?) away from the circle and search it for clues?

Best wishes to your family Beckett.

The staff will appear when I touch the bark and say the sacred incantation. Only then can the he take his true form." At the puzzled looks Aikio explains that is what the voice said.
from a spoiler above, implied a voice spoke in my head. I'm not sure how to share it in character.

Aikio worns Ari to be cautious of the barrier. Just look at what it did to this guy. Maybe I should do it. Aikio steps into the circle before Ariana can tarnish her shiny new armor.

Player Name/Nickname: Scott/Curaigh
Character Name: Aikio the Red
PFS #25879-4
Faction: Dark Archives (need to change that)

Make a Day Job roll: Craft (cosplaying): 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (3) + 18 = 21

Recheck for any purchases you made and relist them here.: 180(spells copied)

#4 if i can choose, boon: 1d6 ⇒ 2if not.

"Are you kidding me? I can see what happened to the last one entering the circle," the wizard responds. "All my fingers are a great asset to manipulating the arcane.'

Perc:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33
Another Per1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Kn (planes)1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

"Clearly I can not try the lever in front of me."

It might be double bluff. "How about this? the tengu casts a spell to operate thw lever from 50 feet away. (mage hand )

Aikio rushes to the gem and throws her flame-colored cloak over it.
Thanking her mirror self for doing the same?

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

"Should we blind it or brighten the shadowy gem?"

"What does bold are strike-through mean?

"Ack!" the Tengu squawks. "I knew I should have cast my biggest spells already!"
Cool :) I know who at my local group I would love to run this for!

"We already know the way is trapped, use caution," the tengu cautions.

With eyes limned in arcane flame frost Aikio the Red Ice-Touched asks "What kind of auras?"

Since we have had to make a choice and there are two keys, we can go back to the statue and turn right. Perhaps the second key will be down there.

No worries, I couldn't un-post it so I figured it was something strange :)

Aikio the Red wrote:

[dice=Spellcraft]1d20+14

Since forsaking his her love of, and some might say bond to both magic and the flame itself in favor of walking a new path, Aikio seems to find it very difficult to focus on what should be a simple task. SHe has to stop, and actually focus, struggling to recall how even the basic principles of the enchantments work and co-exist.

"Let's see... Every Good Boy... nope that's not it.

"Sorry Pathfinders. I am. I am at a loss."

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23
Per: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

There was a small stone in the futures room. It seems to have three functions. The first is a continual flame so that it acts like acts like an Everburning Torch. Secondly, it seems to function as a key of some sort, though perhaps not alone in a set. Lastly, it also acts like a clear spindle ioun stone.

Aikio shudders, maybe at Valais' second personality speaking up, maybe in that she agrees with it. "I don't think we should go through this door."

"Walking a different path is what I hold fast to. Why else become a Pathfinder if not to walk different paths? Why else study the arcane if not to chand the laws of the universe?" Seeing her two allies down, the Tengu rushes to them to see what aid she might offer.

Aikio takes the relic from the aging human's hand. She looks into the orb and watch as the arcane flames dancing inside grow calm. Eventually they move to the wizard's heartbeat. "Now, the tengu says, "we just bend a bit of flame where we want it and...." The artifact bursts into a warm light highlighting Aikio and Zarta Dralneen. "See. You can safely leave the archives in other's hands. We will continue the work you started."

Do they need fire up there? Aikio the Red will go with you :)

Hey all, I can't reach internet from my phone without it opening to a page saying 'click to win an I-phone'. Since I won't click OK (its a trap!) I am unable to lurk. It is also the time of year where I spend ALL day at my day job.
I will be back to posting normally next Tuesday, but it will be sporadic until then. Thank you for your patience.

Every thing i can think of is dismiised by the last paragraph.

My only question; do i make it to Absalom? :) (Or think that I do?)

Would it be meta-gaming to add one of the other characters to my 'future'? Galdur for example would be very concerned about Valais' future. Aikio & Ariana did defend the grand lodge from shadow lodge.

The Pathfinders darkest hour? Which one would that be? The demons in Jormunduger? Concincing the Way of the Ki Rin to join us? Recovering the Amethyst Sage? It can't be the Sewer Dragon accords. Maybe siding Caprain Valais become whole again. Oh maybe it was the shadow dragons in the Grand Lodge.

Thinking of the spire and the decemvirate Aikio gathers energy from the flames surrounding her and uses the power to burn a conduit directly to the lodge. "My work is not yet done!" she bursts into flame leaving only the smoky image of a tengu.

Casting teleport to Absalom. "I've always wanted to do that."

I saw that too, but my last post was declining the invite. It makes sense. :)

"I agree with Ariana. I can create a pit in the hall. It might break the connection, though I don't think it will help with the statue. Or I can cast a grease spell," the wizard offers.

Looking right, Aikio's eyes glow with flame.Spellcraft: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (15) + 14 = 29

I have too many PbP right now, but if that changes by then I will let you know. Thanks, but don't hold it for me (yet :). I think I have done Serpent's Ire though.

Aikio talks to the small elemental by her side responding to words that sound more like the hissing of flames. It is more comfortable for the tengu than the listening to the conversation of the Venture Captain.
Sense Motive: 1d20 ⇒ 8
Perc 1: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
Perc 2: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

"Barring any other information, left works as well as right for me." She pulls her exotic blade from the red robes & lies it at humbly at the statue's feet. "Unless someone gas a better idea to the riddle?"

OK, derp. I saw 'bird' & read 'tengu'.
& yes I forgot that CMW is on your wizard's list.
Savage the first to CLW from the wand were 16 hp. I shall direct them at you instead. I will point the next two rolls (9 hp) to the dog.

ouch ouch ouch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 23/38
ouchity ouch ouch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 10/38
UMD: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24, CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
UMD: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11, CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
After Diri's wand & a minute 20/38
UMD: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26, CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 Oh come one :P 23/38
UMD: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15, CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
UMD: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28, CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 26/38
UMD: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26, CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 33/38
Aikio explores many different languages for just the right way to say, "@#$%^$! stupid *&%#@ stick!"

"Not even a little charring?" the fire mage asks. "Do we just need a bigger flame or is it like the dlesh of demons and won't burn?"

"炎の爆発, the wizard calls and flings one palm out, two fingers pointing skyward. Her feathers grow from black to red as a blast of flame shoots out.

Honō no bakuhatsu: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 for twenty feet (DC 17 to prevent catching on fire & half damage if you need it)

"I speak Hallit," the tengu offers. "It starts 'servants shall...' but we need to remove this flesh to see the rest of it." A spark of flame appears when the wizard snaps her feathered fingers. "Burning it away OK with everyone?"
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (20) + 0 = 20, no heal, Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20, Kn (planes): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

Unless someone objects Aiko will flame blast a 20 ft. section of the flesh-covered wall.

Aikio screeches at the surprise. "A mimic! It must be! Shiny!" her eyes scrunch a bit. "Do they burn?"
Kn (dungeoneering): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

"I need a clear shot. A clear shot." readied fireblast for a clear shot.

Linguistics: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32
"I do not recognize what these runes mean either and I also see no pattern. Perhaps the lock is magical?" Aikio eyes seem to burn after a few seconds of a cantation. detect magic

"I can apply some fire from a distance, to see how the door reacts, but I am a little stymied."

She casts another spell and seems yo burst into flame. The flames coalesce after a moment shimmering occasionally as a protective barrier around her. (mage armor)

The tengu takes a strong look at the Sarkorians. "There are some that think the frequent breaking of the barriors between this world and the next is what turned Sarkoria into the worldwound. I wonder if this "godcalling" is what they mean?" The fire wizard looks to the outsider burning next to her. "However, such beings are not always dangerous. Please tell me more."

Aikio defers to the human ranger. She does add that in addition to the lost elf another of our own has suffered from some taint of the Worldwound. We seek the source of the trouble: a terrible beast, halls of stone and a tree that bleeds.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20

Knowledge: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
Unless someone has a good scroll for battling demons to recommend, I have no purchases beyond 2 weeks food & such.

"Not fire," Aikio says to Ariana.

But she runs a hand along the band of white feathers and adds, "But cold works." Kn (planes): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18 for more?

Kn (history): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
The demons destroyed many of the clans that used to rule Sarkovia. Sarkovia was once the land where the Worldwound formed in 4607. The refugees fled into Mendev, Numeria, Ustalav, and the Realm of the Mammoth Lords.

At the description of Valais the tengu cringes. "What skills did she practice before she fell afoul of this Thurl?"

Nice Savage :)

I will add them, who knows i might even run into another Samsaran someday.