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Hi guys! Posting it on all my pbps.

Our offshore team at work is very affected by the pandemic at the moment and with the fiscal year approaching to an end, our reduced capacity is terribly affecting my time. For the next several weeks it will likely impact me in such way that I simply won't be able to keep up with the forums, things normalizing only as we start approaching mid June.

For the games where I play, GMs please feel free to bot the characters. If you don't desire to bot me for so long, I completely understand, apologize for the late notice and wish you all the best of fun. If you hold me around, though, I should be back after this storm.

For the games where I host, my sincerest apologies to the players - I won't let you hanging so if you stick around until my return we will give it continuation as normal. Otherwise, please message me and once I'm back I'll recruit replacements.

To everybody, I'm sorry for the late notice and I hope we will continue playing together once I'm back!

Cheers,

Archlich

Aramant advances and tries to punch the man down with the hilt of his sword - no need for murdering, in his mind - but his attack goes wide.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 - 4 = 3 Nonlethal

Aramant just holds for now, hoping his ranged companions can deal with the animal. At this point, he could afford anything truly relevant to use to attack enemies at a distance, and he just plain refuses to carry a sling around. Halfling weapon!, he thinks, mockingly.

Just shoot the beast, if any of you has something to do so. You see, it's old and already lived a long life. I can see his back left leg is clearly hurt... The creature is in pain and likely isn't properly fed. We will be doing it a favor... Take it out of its misery already.

Bluff: 1d20 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 3 + 4 = 26

I just meant that if it's something that could cause the minimal friction between players - don't bring it up in character. It's definitely okay (even expected!) for the GM/NPCs/environment to work in a manner that matches the player choices (as in, playing a non-devil-born tiefling in Cheliax), but not okay for the other players to use it if it could cause issues with other party members.

We don't have the dynamic of Gimli/Legolas, neither will have when playing via forums unless we're in it for several months or years together already and it grew organically from things happening in-game. This AP in particular, as other evil ones, are known for having this kind of issue so I'm simply cutting it on the roots, from the get-go.

Stay healthy, mates! Physically and mentally.

Not really my way or your way - it's just the old "don't be an a--hole with the other players" ;)

It was Aramant... Aramant all along!

(And I killed Sparky too!)

They’re not second class citizens in this setting, city and faith. They’re actually very common.

Numbers aren't always an advantage... Especially when it's still sounding as if we could try to go the stealthy route, without being noticed. - says the tiefling, approaching and looking Luccinus upside down - Do you revel in violence, spellbinder?

Before Aramant can sneak in or answer Mazer, he hears Cimri, and turns back to her. He keeps turning his head around, alternating between Cimri and the men talking to her.

Besides the... Dog... Being mentioned, I don't quite understand why this isn't a single man's job. - finally Aramant breaks the silence - Why do we need so many bodies for it?

Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (17) + 0 = 17

Aramant arrives earlier. It's hard for someone covered in chainmail to properly hide, so the tiefling quickly assesses the surroundings, then moves to squeeze in a small gap in the palisade near the beamhouse to do some... Recon. He doesn't speak with anyone, just moving as fast as he possibly can.

Welcome! Yes, the summoning restriction is to really keep the game healthier. Summons are not only bookkeeping for the player but also for the GM, and can easily unbalance a game (hopefully no minmax here!). At the end, I just smurf-echo my friends here: please add some level of background so we can better understand the character :)

Looking over the original thread, I think the others full arcane submissions were kind of poor. Should we post in recruitment, regardless? We could get some interests there and compare with any others that people find (although to be honest, if you know someone that is a good, active player and interested, then I'd bring that smurf here!

Yeah, I messaged him but didn't get a return yet. Last I heard he was a little sick, but I don't know if he already recovered. I'll keep you posted if I hear back from him within the next week, but I'd say if it's not the case, then we can maybe try to recruit another arcane caster.

I’ll try to smurf nudge him!

Ready when you are, Spaz! Sorry about the HD. I hate when this kind of smurfing thing happens!

I'm finally back too! I too fell to the curse of the Paizo cookies, but I'm alive and kicking :) Well, and smurfing too.

I am in no hurry! Just happy to be around, and excited with the prospect.

I can see the link, Spaz! And I got the PM.

Can't help but smurf it up. I should post like that as a serious hellknight just for the giggles!

Of course, I could simply always include the word smurf in my discussion posts just to have a different feeling ;)

Lol you're right! Can't help the fact the character is one thing, and the player is another heh. Let me give you some more smiles under the dark plate Hellknight armor => :) :) :)

Great! Very happy to finally get it going. This AP seems to have a stigma here in the forums, thanks again Spaz :) these holiday periods are always a little slow, but for us it ended up being a good opportunity to organize and flesh out these details.

Happy holidays! :) All ready here!

I'll be editing the sheet tonight! Sorry, long weekend (changing jobs here).

I talked yesterday with Dexter and I'm helping him set up his character and profile. It's his first PbP so we might need to help him through it!

Now it worked for me too :)

By the way, I'm spotty on weekends too. I guess most people are.

@GM: I posted on Gameplay but can't see any posts (nor even mine so I can't delete it)

Hi Spaz!

Thanks again (a ton!) for offering to run it. I truly, truly appreciate as this AP is one that is classically almost impossible to get to work (and even when we do, things don't go much beyond the first book).

@team: A pleasure to have you guys here! I know we're a little lackluster in some departments, but with flexibility I think we can make out for it.

@Dexter: I will help you get things running as I understand this is your first PbP. Please read the details from Spaz's post above. Get in touch with me and we will work on creating your alias and setting up :)

@Mazer: I truly liked your concept with the albino druid. You are our only "non-lawful" character! I know you offered to be flexible on some things, so I'd say: please, don't use the animal companion as they tend to slow PbPs a little (you mentioned a couple other domains on the recruitment, I'd love to see you go for one of them!) and, if possible, please try to help us with some off-healing together with whoever else can (since we have no "dedicated healer").

@Masin: You said alchemists are versatile, and I agree :) We have no dedicated healer neither someone who can deal with traps. Whatever you can do to help in this matter (trapfinding, infusions for cure and restore, etc.) is greatly appreciated!

@Jarithe: I liked your character too, and I think the "ranged damage dealer" angle will be very helpful, as well as the crowd control from your hexcrafter side. Since both you, Dexter and Masin are INT based, hopefully you guys can help us on the skills side!

As for me, my character is built to work as a sort of tank / melee damage dealer / face / party leader of sorts. As we evolve, I will develop him to cover for whatever other roles I can help with, and your feedback is welcome.

Thanks again you all and it's a pleasure to be here! :)

Archlich / Aramant

Take your time, man. :)

My build is all about masterpieces. I replaced a lot of my spells with them.

I’m happy with my build to be honest, but I do like Discordant Voice too.

As much as I like goblins, I’m too married to the idea of the Dwarf.

The 30 is easy... 17 + 2 (racial) + 5 (increments) + 6 (headband). I didn’t even buy a book yet. It might go a little higher when I complete.

Archlich here with my Dwarf Bard. Still a work in progress, but much of the basics are already there :)

Hi guys,

My apologies but I will not be joining you. Sorry for the disruption. I sent details to the GM. Please feel free to replace me.

Have fun!

@Nazard: I sent you a PM.

I can see the maps just fine!

Aramant was just passing by, so he's there by chance. Really!

Please feel free to roll or move my character in the map when you feel it'll help speed up the game. I'm most of the time in my phone.

Cheers

Hey guys! Happy to be here.

I can post more than once a day only sporadically - even if the current phase means I'm online here more, I'm usually running from one task to another at work. Weekends I barely if ever come to the computer, so similarly I'm probably closer to one post per day. I will do my best to avoid holding us.

Looking very much forward to the game :) sheet updated with stats and gear.

Thanks. It makes sense (the interpretation on maneuvers) although to be honest that's how I thought kinetic fist would work anyway (for maneuvers that do damage, like maintaining the grapple for damage and what not). I just don't think the damage would apply on maneuvers that don't do any damage normally without proper feats/class features.

The "vanilla monk" flurry (as well as the elemental ascetic flurry) already use the character level for BAB (and not the class BAB). Other words, when flurrying my BAB is already +1. The -1/-1 I have while flurrying is because it's "two-weapon fighting" the unarmed strikes (-2/-2) and then adding the BAB (+1) in top of it.

With a +4 DEX, if I do a single attack:

Attack = 0 (BAB) + 4 (DEX) = +4

If I flurry:

Attacks = 1 (BAB) - 2 (TWF) + 4 (DEX) = +3

Yeah, same goes for the electric version (requires metal weapon, or I could switch to a tempest giant inheritance and aerokineticist). But I kind of like the "Equinox" feeling of fire and ice as it went well on the background.

EDIT: I couldn't use "Flame Warrior" though as it requires fire subtype.

It's really just a more defensive option, but like the other archetypes for kineticist, it shoots itself on the foot and ends up worse than the pure deal. It gives you heavy armor and even the capability of using shields while still being able to gather power and whatnot, plus the samurai resolve thing, but ends there.

It's similar to the elemental ascetic. I definitely could be a lot more dangerous as pure kineticist. I can't even use the best stuff of fire because kinetic fists don't get the overflow damage. I chose it purely for the flavor, but a conscious decision that I'm weaker than the rest of the party. The only good builds I saw with elemental ascetic use void (for vampiric infusion, enervating infusion, etc.) and just shine beyond level 10.

Definitely if you want damage you'd go vanilla kineticist. The Kinetic Knight is more designed to be a tank figure rather than damage dealer, especially if you don't overburn.