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Arioch Kennett wrote:

Oh, I hadn't intended on it increasing my chances. It just sounds like a fun character for me, that's all; whether I make it or not, it'll be fun to make, and while, of course, I'd rather get in than not, I'll enjoy creation anyway, for both level 1 and 11 versions, I'm sure.

I should be more blunt instead of dancing around words. As I don't particularly like either option much, the chance of selection would be gambling on the lack of other applicants, and/or me being oddly drunk or merciful. While drunk is possible, merciful isn't.

Ah. A shame. I kind of figured that might be the case, but I was feeling optimistic. I'll figure something out that's, perhaps, a bit more palatable. Or not, who knows?

Arioch Kennett wrote:

drbuzzard wrote:

Neither violates my stated parameters.

Just making sure. Not everyone likes the psychic stuff, and the Ripsaw Glaive is a bit on the strange side of weaponry.

Now that is a different question. Do I like either? Not particularly. Will choosing either increase your chance of selection? No.

Oh, I hadn't intended on it increasing my chances. It just sounds like a fun character for me, that's all; whether I make it or not, it'll be fun to make, and while, of course, I'd rather get in than not, I'll enjoy creation anyway, for both level 1 and 11 versions, I'm sure.

Neither violates my stated parameters.

Just making sure. Not everyone likes the psychic stuff, and the Ripsaw Glaive is a bit on the strange side of weaponry.

Are Mindblade Magus and Ripsaw Glaive kosher? I think I'd like to play a maniacal, bloodthirsty dude, out to "Smite" whatever he can, using his Magus spells to mostly buff instead of Nova.

I'll consider some things, but something I'd like to know; is variant multiclassing on the table? A Lore Warden or some other sort of fighter with Bard VMC sounds like it could be quite a fun mundane martial.

Alrighty. Sounds good to me. Sorry for pesterin' ya with PMs, Caleth, and I hope ya get well soon.

I've seen him posting in some other threads on the boards, and I've sent him a couple PMs.

Alrighty, sounds good.

I can take care of my Persistent Blade first.

Persistent Blade attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20 +2 if it can move 40 feet to flank with someone.

PB Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

PB Sneak attack if applicable: 1d6 ⇒ 6 And another Dex Damage

Sense Motive1d20 ⇒ 10

Arioch once more turns invisible.

Edit: DM, Check the spoiler again if you haven't already, Edited ~1 minute after it was posted.

Nothing with my persistent blade?

He's the one you're worried about? Not me? Strange. :P

If I'd've been any of you guys, I would've turned right on me. :P

Arioch looks to the target he's already got, drawing a silvered dagger and casting a spell. A small dagger of force appears, attacking the shadowy creature from across from Baph Alar.Persistent Blade cast to flank with Baph Alar, if possible.

Persistent Blade attack: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 4 + 2 + 2 = 24
+2 from flanking, +2 from Bardic Performance

Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
+2 from Bardic Performance

Sneak Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1 +1 Dexterity damage again.

3/6 Ki remaining, 4/7 1st level spells remaining.

Splash damage indeed does nothing against Mirror images, as it is treated as an area affect.

Well, the way you said it was a little ambiguous, so I misinterpreted it. Sorry about that.

If you've already fired once, you actually can't ready an action at all. Readying an action is a standard action.

Arioch, yet again, goes invisible, getting closer to the shadow and unleashing a bolt of shadowy electricity, similar to that which he gathered in his hand, although much lower in power. Gonna try to get within 30 feet of him again, casting Jolt this time.

Touch Attack, Denied Dex: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 2 + 2 = 20

Damage: 1d3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Sneak Attack: 1d6 ⇒ 5 +1 Dexterity Damage

If I can't get to within 30 feet of the shadow thing, or don't think he could get off a shot if I can, I'll instead use a swift action to release my wand of reduce person into my hand, casting it on myself and moving in the general direction of closer to the shadowy guy.

Saint Caleth, any word on whether the guards have low-light/darkvision? If not, then there's a possibility the one who hit me might not have due to concealment.

Wow, that sucks. Like, really bad.

Arioch once more turns invisible, moving to withing 30 feet of the thing throwing flames. He fires a small orb of Acid upwards.

Ranged Touch attack, Denied Dex: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 2 + 2 = 16

Acid Damage: 1d3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 +1 Dexterity Damage from Pressure points.

Sneak attack: 1d6 ⇒ 5

DM Caleth, I should have been in low-light last turn. Fetchlings have a 50% concealment miss chance in low-light against anything w/o low-light vision/darkvision. Did that come into effect? Everyone else in low-light should have 20% as well.

3/6 Ki Points remaining, 5/7 1st level spells remaining, 30/39 Pending HP remaining.

Edit: Ray of enfeeblement doesn't get to apply sneak attack damage because it doesn't inflict damage of any sort, but a penalty. So I changed the spell Arioch uses.

That's a word I haven't seen in a while, moribund. in any case, yeah, that game needs players. I'm in that one as well.

My post is directly above yours, Caleth. It's just N now.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Sense Motive: 1d20 ⇒ 4

On that map, there doesn't appear to be a guard in H7

Unless he makes that perception check, Arioch, with the new guard attacking Curden, turns to Tayir, saying "Stay hidden." before disappearing entirely from vision. Ki point spent on Vanishing Trick, I'll be invisible for two rounds.

He moves forward to the guard, standing invisibly in front of him. The sounds of crackling can be heard coming from his invisible fist before he attacks again, this time targeting the guard's weak points. After it lands, he appears again.Another Shocking Grasp

Touch Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 2 + 2 = 30 +2 from Inspire Courage, +2 from invisibility.

SG Damage: 5d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 6, 1, 6, 4) + 2 = 21 +1 Dexterity damage from Pressure Points.

Sneak Attack: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Confirmation: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 2 + 2 = 14

Crit Damage: 5d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 1, 6, 6, 2) + 2 = 22

Holy crap, these dice. They really like me with attack rolls, but can't be bothered to roll well on skill checks. Invisibility means that I ignore his Dexterity modifier, and I also get a +2 to hit him.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Curden, the only things Nat 20s automatically succeed on are attack rolls and saving throws. Skill checks, ability checks, and iniative rolls don't care if your roll on the die is a 1 or a 20, the only thing that matters is the end result.

"Lord Tayir, Stay close to me," Arioch says after dropping the guard.

I'm really liking being able to see right about now. That's pretty handy.

Close enough. Also, Gunk, I think I'm the one with initiative. :P

I'm in EST (GMT -5), I just sleep weird. Didn't get to bed til 5-6AM.

I was asleep the whole time that you guys were doing social stuff. >_>

Initiative: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28

SpellCraft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Sense Motive: 1d20 ⇒ 14

Arioch shouts "I've got the guard." and moves visibly faster than he should, speeding towards the guard with the musket. Spent a ki point to add 20 feet to movement speed

Arioch summons a bit of crackling shadow energy to his hand, concentrating it on the studs of his Cestus and pressing it to the body of the man. Casting Shocking Grasp

Concentration DC 17: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

Touch Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

Damage: 5d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 1, 4, 2) = 14

Confirmation: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

Crit Damage: 5d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 1, 3, 2) = 15

I swear, I didn't mean to crit. Also, Holy crap, the rolls in this post. :o

Edit: Forgot Bardsong

Edit 2: I'm an idiot. No bardsong yet. I'm too quick for it.

Arioch sighs at the entrance of the lion, becoming less and less surprised with each strange acquaintance. As they move up, he looks ahead, no idea who the people up front are other than Lord Tayir.

"Do any of you know who they are?" he asks, whispering as he motions towards the pair.

He did say he was in China.

No problem, SC. At least, not here.

Arioch shakes his head at the little Gnome. "That's not going to get you closer to the Marquis, I can tell you that."

I just noticed. I should have used the preview button. It also updates the thread you are in so you can see if there have been any new posts.

Below your text input box are three buttons. Preview, Cancel, and Submit Post. Instead of hitting Submit Post and editing your post afterwards, you can hit that preview button to see what your dice rolls aare and if your formatting is correct so you can change things if need be and account for dice rolls in-game. For example, if you roll really well on a Diplomacy check, you might write out an eloquent paragraph, but if you fumbled beyond hope, you may want to express your flub.

Curden, for the future, just use the Preview button to see what your roll is so that you can account for spoiler names or what have you.

Perception (Curden): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Perception ('N'): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Arioch comes over to the group, putting one hand in his pocket but keeping the other out, still floating the coins.

I don't think I've ever seen this many gnomes in one place. At least, not recently. That line's got a ways to go, though. It's going to be a while before any of us get up there. he says, solemnly.

He otherwise keeps to himself, listening to the conversation between the jacketed man and the Lady.

For those of you who haven't seen, there are posts in the Gameplay thread.

Edit: The ninja was ninja'd!

Arioch stands in the back of the hall, arms crossed as he waits for his turn to speak with the Marquis.

His purple skin and slightly glowing eyes easily mark him as tainted by Shadow. His clothing shows that he comes from the west, dark in color. He holds his right palm slightly outstretched, a few silver coins hovering in air above it, flipping around and spinning in place. As they flip around and around, they do not glint. Indeed, they are covered by a very thin film of shadow.

He seems bored, and perhaps a tad anxious. His eyes flit around watching those around him, some staring at him, at his contaminated appearance. These he pays little attention to, as well as the pseudo-nobles speckled into the crowd. He focuses mainly on the adventurers, their presence much different from those who surround them.

Caleth, it would appear you don't have a spoiler for Gunk.

I've already ninjaed you on that, Jelani. However, this is not the case. Curden's friend, the one who brought it to his attention in whatever manner, doesn't play on the boards.

Even at higher levels, that's a really powerful feat. That's an extra 10% chance on all attacks to hit. That -2 penalty is to keep TWF at least generally in line with THF, attacking more often but hitting slightly less often by the numbers. I don't know if you've ever seen a high level TWF build in play, but they often, at least in my experience, do more dammage than a THF build, at least when they can get a full attack off. They are affected much more by loss of a full attack, as their standard action attack is comparatively pitiful.

But I digress. All I'm really saying is that I wouldn't allow it in any game I run. Whether you might or not may be a different matter, but it's actually a noticable boost in DPR to get rid of that -2.

In any case, it should be gametime soon. :D

Even as a feat, with the current ruleset, it's quite powerful. With light weapons, that would completely negate TWF penalties . Ambidextrous was intended for use with 3.0 TWF, which didn't decrease the penalties quite as much as 3.5 or PF TWF does.

Gotcha. I saw something similar in nightflier's house rules as a trait, and I thought he mighta picked it up there, but I suppose not.

Curden, would the friend who recommended your Ambidextrous trait by chance play on these boards? And would he by chance play in/ have played in one of nightflier's games?

Yeah, I think everyone who's going to post a character has. I'm ready to start sneak attacking with spells.

That reminds me. DM Caleth, did you ever answer my question concerning persistent blade? Last night's posts happened so fast, i can't remember if that got answered. I'm going to go check, but this post is going down first.

Edit: No, t was never answered. I'll just repeat it here. Since the persistent blade spell has an attack roll, do I add sneak attack to it? Twilight knife, a similar spell with sneak attack damage of its own, seems to me to suggest that it would.

Metal cartriges contain both bullet and charge, so don't worry about the black powder required. They are expensive though, even if you make your own.

Good clarification. I should have said that, with early firearms firing bullets, you need a dose of black powder. I apologize for any confusion that may have caused.

On page 139 of Ultimate Combat you can find the excerpt outing Advanced Firearms as only taking metal cartridges.

Also, sorry I didn't catch it sooner. I haven't built all that many gunslingers, advanced firearms or not, so I didn't catch that right off the bat.

Curden, I've noticed something that is a tad problematic concerning your gear. You aren't able to use all those bullets. First off, bullets also need doses of black powder. Second, advanced firearms (of which your revolvers are two,) only take metal cartridges. These are incredibly expensive per shot. Unfortunately, you have invalid ammunition.

No problem. I've only been playing TTRPGs for ~3 years, and it's taken me a while to get a hang of building all these different things, certainly. I can't tell you how many games I've died in because of a poorly built character.

I've already posted in the OOC thread, Caleth. :P

Dotting.

I'm in Tsaran Vitrakis doing exactly what it says in my background. :P

I gotcha, Curden. I'm on the same page, now.

I agree with you, Caleth. Some really, really nasty DPR can come outta the front of a well built dual-wielding gunslinger. The biggest problem is that it's mostly on touch attacks, especially with Advanced firearms. With early firearms, there's only one range increment that can resolve as a touch attack. With advanced, that goes all the way out to five.