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I see the preferred choice for seventh is made, so i'll be moving along.

If anything happens along the way, Alma would still be interested.


Grats to the ones making the cut.

I am definitely sticking around if so.


Late entry. Chyrone's submission. Deathless ghost bard.
Inventory is to be finished, but stats are otherwise finished.

Backstory:

Alma used to be a denizen of the aetherial plane, a misplaced newborn soul.
While wandering one day, a woman from the material plane, a talented practitioner of the arcane, had entered the aetherial.
As the woman, by the name of Lady Fiona Vezzara, an aasimar, frequented it every so often, the two struck a friendship, and got along like sisters.

At some point, lady Fiona had been researching a way to summon spirits into the material plane, and Alma volunteered for the testing of her early trials.
It worked, after some trial and error, and Alma formed in a body made of smoke like ectoplasm.
It had been some time since, but Alma had to decide what to do with her unusual existence.

Aside from being an arcane practitioner, lady Fiona ran a restaurant with a small restaurant included.
Alma took a fancy to music and singing, watching the various performers over time, and practiced it fervently when she thought nobody was looking.

But, as fate would have it, after one event at the restaurant, when she thought it empty, someone did stay a bit longer.
A noblewoman of particular pale complexion, Madam DiRuzza, from the posher part of The Crossroads, took a liking to the curious phantom girl.

"How would you like to perform for real, for an actual crowd to enjoy your singing? You have talent, my girl."
Alma's interest was moved and, eager to experience more, accepted. Such began her time as a protogé and aide of the woman, owner of an actual theater, fit for a large crowd.
Much of the usual crowd were the rich and of nobility, and Alma became quite versed in conversation and studies involving The Crossroads itself.

Current day, she has become a modest but well spoken young lady, always seeking civiliy before anything else.
Lady DiRuzza, for some odd reason, vanished one night, leaving the theater closed, and Alma looking for the disappearance of her patron and friend.
This leads her to be, hoping to hear anything that might be a clue, in the Obelisk Lounge on a rather fateful Thursday night.


That's some serious devotion. :)


Hiriko Kaneka wrote:
Patience is hard.

Perfect for use as an improvised club.


GM, what lvl cap were you thinking of?


Corrik wrote:
Little One Punch Witch

Lol. Not quite at that level of badass, though.


A ninja/combat maid was a fun concept, but still going for a martialist witch.

Punching harder than any witch ever did.....and hugs, lots of hugs for everyone.

*ominous giggling*


Lessah wrote:
Well you could simply figure out a way to solve that pesky little "living" detail :D

Of course, that would mean you guys die and come back as undead.

The plague doctor ^^ wrote:

@ Storm Dragon,

I feared something like that, but it wouldn't hurt to ask if he'd GM-rule it otherwise. Means i'll have a feat slot open. :)

Emphasis mine.

;)

A joke on ghosts unable to feel fear?

It's late, and i'm a bit fatigued. :P


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@ Storm Dragon,

I feared something like that, but it wouldn't hurt to ask if he'd GM-rule it otherwise. Means i'll have a feat slot open. :)


GM, how would you rule the following?

Frightful moan:

Benefits: You can emit a frightful moan as a standard action. All living creatures within a 30-foot spread must succeed on a Will save (DC 10 + 1/2 your character level + your Charisma modifier) or become panicked for 2d4 rounds. This is a supernatural sonic mind-affecting fear effect.

Would it be enemies solely, or including allies?


Phntm88 wrote:
Don't most of the Paizo classes have Spheres archetypes available?

I was thinking along the lines of 'could a non-sphere version caster dip into a general combat sphere' for its talents/abilities?


Could a paizo class exchange a feat to get martial focus, or in other words 'dip a sphere', thereby able to score a few talents?

My non gestalt half will most likely be paizo class, but the unarmed combat sphere has some nice things that would compliment my gestalt half.


GM, another question on a martialist class technique.

Einhander:

Einhander (Ex): Some martialists learn how to best fight
with one weapon, using their empty hand to balance. The
martialist gains Dodge as a bonus feat. As long as the martialist uses only one weapon to attack and has one free hand, he deals an extra half of his Int modifier (rounded down) in damage when using a finessable weapon. This extra damage is multiplied on a critical hit.

How would you rule this when a martialist uses unarmed strikes?
Would the technique be limited to one single attack, or would a duo of unarmed blows with elbows/legs count as 1 weapon for this?


GM, i can't find Taboo under the wizard pages.
Where would i find that?


No problem.


Arigato = Thank you.

Now you know some Japanese. ;)

Also, if you want to be sure of meanings, a google search of names and meanings gives a decent result.


^
^

Or jedi sith. :3


GM, what are your thoughts on the Beast-bonded witch?


(psssttt.....that's because the formentioned shrooms were already taken by some plumber)


GM,

No need to worry too much on the tangibility thing, i'll go along with whatever you think appropriate in antimagic zones.

I'll browse my options for surviveability for such situations. ;)


Hello all,

While thinking of a ghost with class levels, the archetype Beast Bonded witch came to mind.
Since well, undead meet mr Perma-death when hitting 0 HP, unless they have an ace up their sleeve.

That left me with a few questions.

1) If a ghost witch drops to a handful of HP (gravely injured?), would they be able to go into the familiar's body, like a living witch could?

2) What would happen if, after body snatching, the host body dies?
Does the ghostly form simply exit and reappear, at the few HP it had before?

Thanks in advance.


@ Zahir,

Hey Grymp, time no see. :)


I'm musing on the combination of Oracle(cleric?)/Martialist.
An unarmored support who can help in close combat if need be.


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GM,

I wouldn't turn to flesh & blood, i never had a corporeal form. :)

On the disruption of tangibility, i propose the miss chance for nonmagic weapons reduces to 50% in antimagic zones? Still a fair chance of getting hit.


GM, what are your thoughts on clerics who adhere beliefs, instead of a specific deity?

From what i gather, a cleric that chooses to follow their beliefs, picks two domains of choice, and gives up a deity's favored weapon.

I am thinking of a supportive combination, with either oracle or cleric.


[Knowledge on topic anti-magic updated]

Huh, good to know.

GM, would i be right to assume anti-magic zones are a part of the game setting itself, not just a mere concern of what PCs might do.

While anti-magic field says supernatural abilities don't affect the space within it, it doesn't say it prevents creatures' innate traits from not working.

Bearing both your concerns and the above into account, would it be an option that the zones are influential to the extent, that the hit/miss chance is but 50% against non-magical weapons.


GM's Concerns wrote:
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That concept hadn't crossed my mind, tbh.

Afaik, anti-magic works on (attempted) spells and ongoing magic effects. Magic weapons would still very much be legit in an anti-magic zone? Imbued and such. +# Bows fired outside of such fields could hit just fine, as well. I reckon we'd encounter intelligent enemies who are creative, would i assume correct?

I haven't yet seen casters throw anti-magic fields at leisure, and i've seen some high level casters in play. (lvl 9-10)

I wasn't planning on being a full caster, frankly speaking. No such spell coming from me.

That aside, who's to say i make it to lvl 10 (un)alive? ^^


Phntm888 wrote:
[whine]But I don't wanna be Krillin or Yamcha...[/whine]

Krillin got the badass blonde though. :)


If it's of any consolation to Phntm888 and Giga-halfling, i've never been an optimizer.


Grankless, thank you.

I'd have linked his review on Paizo, but you beat me to it even more directly. :)


With such a setting, i am inclined to carefully ask....

<<, >>.

As you mentioned no specifics on race, would you consider 3PP races?
I have 3PP Deathless Ghost material. Contrary to the name, permadeath and weaknesses as per regular rules for undead. It just has different origins for being a spirit. ;)
Quite similar to a phantom, and any ghostly powers such as telekinesis require feats.
It is a racial class lvl thing, capping at lvl 3.

Endzeitgeist reviewed it positively, if it's worth mentioning.

Japan/asia/Tian Xia is filled with spirits of various kinds.....a next-gen spirit too, perhaps?


Neat. :)


GM wrote:
Now, to be realistic, I'm not going to personally re-check everyone's encumbrance very often. But I'll be keeping an eye on it and if it seems too high I'll calculate the total weight a character is carrying.

And for those without a str score....

Dex based?


bzl109 wrote:
Believe my bloodrager was originally part of spirit Me'mori though if you or alma think I need to adjust it to better fit just let me know.

Nothing wrong with that. :)


There is the gey paladin archetype.

They are LN, so they may well be more of 'keepers of the justice/peace', doing what must be done for the greater good, with less the moral dilemmas the normal LG may have.


hustonj:

Toughness, maybe?


Team Shade/ghost/spirit:

Being a soul without a previous life, none of the two prior to manifesting on the material plane.

If i was to think of one....
A spiritually connected person/woman dreamed of her lost daughter.
Alma could have wandered into such a dream by accident, and found a possible connecton to transition into the material realm, but in the shape of the lost daughter.

There's a dimension of dreams after all, a soul could have wandered into it.


bzl109

link, trait filter. :)


None of the shadows captured alive....

(blinks with her unliving eyes)


^

That foremost.


blz109, not quite.

[Regional]
Bandit: Choose one of the following skill Escape Artist, Intimidate, or Stealth. You gain a +1 trait bonus on that skill, and it is always a class skill for you.

[Regional]
Silent Hunter: You gain a +1 trait bonus on Stealth checks, and Stealth is always a class skill for you.

^^


Pretty dog.


Team Ghost Recon?


Looks fun.

I'd pick that up on lvl 3, provided i (un)live that long.
My 1st lvl feat is preferably being able to hit without a miss %.


Browman, Me'Mori,

Any particular way the three of us may have met, prior to being recruited?

Since the GM mentioned some of the things we'd be working on, how would we deal with social stuff?


Hey there. Deathless ghost reporting.

I'll be working on further creation details in the following days.

GM, is Qadiran considered an automatic language?


Still interested, GM.

I've been occupied, so hadn't taken time to adjust Alma yet.
Will do so tomorrow or over the weekend.


While some features are mentioned in the profile, but if you need it, i can link you the pages i sent Malleus before.


Probably using it as an improvised weapon. Most excellent to whack a skull or two. ^^

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