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Congrats to the chosen! Have a great game!

Good luck everyone!

As for RP samples, I'm perhaps most proud of Fireday, whom I played through the entirety of the Iron Gods adventure path! He was admittedly one of the less exciting members of the party in terms of storytelling

Don't sell yourself short. I was there and Fireday rocked!

-Kaska

I didn't mean for you to put that much thought into it! It was a joke.

Wish paizo would let you put smilies into posts. Would make it so much easier to convey tone and mood.

Oh, that was only about 2 seconds worth of thought, and sort of a joke as well.

Emojis would be a nice option for sure.

If Ersica is Velma, does that make Audria Shaggy and Talanaliel Scooby? :D

Tough to say... Fred is the most conventionally Paladin adjacent one of the gang. But, he doesn't have a pet. I guess it comes down to tolerance of fear and dietary habits?

Don't worry AdamWarnock, I won't pester you to run anything. :p

Heh heh, my elevator speech for Ersica: She's mostly the version of Velma Dinkley from Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated with pointy ears and swordplay added.

Best of luck to you as well, it would be fun to play together!

Heya AdamWarnock, it's been a minute since I've seen you around here on the boards. I still have fond memories of that Jade Regent campaign you ran a few years back. It was a good one!

I like Port Angeles. I've been up there a handful of times when I've gone to the peninsula to hike or go to the beaches.

Ha! I'm Pac-NW as well! Portland to be specific. Fall and spring are wonderful here, yes. Not much of a fall this year though. Seems like we went straight from summer to winter!

I believe Ersica is fully complete now. I might tinker with her BAP sections and add a little more if I get inspired, but that's all.

As for RP samples:

Ro here is my first ever PbP character here and the RotRL campaign she's in is still going after 7 years. Ro is a Human Archaeologist Bard who resents her 'chosen by Desna' fate (homebrew background rules) and is sort of a dirtbag in her interpersonal relationships. Lots of posts, but the most baroque RP is probably in the older half of the posts.

Signy is a Human Inquisitor of Cayden Cailean in a Kingmaker campaign. She's an intense protector for the new kingdom, but in downtimes is generally lazy. Represents the kingdom's common folk and enjoys being a thorn in the ruler's side. Has some plans to establish a brewery and ale-church sometime in the vague future.

Amandine is a Half-Elf Investigator in War for the Crown. Team leader and mastermind. Likes well-crafted plans, blackmail, persuasion, and books. Dislikes violence, insects, and impulsive decisions. A bit of a cold fish who's willing to do bad things for a good cause.

Fenna is a Half-Elf Bard in Ruins of Azlant. An Andoran Navy vet (cabin girl: 1 year) she is a Milanite and political radical who believes the Andoran revolution was never really completed and that backsliding has made the nation irredeemable. Her ambition is to start from scratch founding a new nation in a new land. Upbeat in personality but suspicious of any powers that be.

Ersica even has "All Alone" as a trait so yeah, 'nuff said. Fine with me.

If it's not a problem I think I'm going to list EitR abilities like Risky Strike and Defensive Stance in the feats section of Ersica's profile so I can keep track of options. I haven't played with EitR rules much so I could easily forget otherwise.

I switched to Lost Love: All Alone for Ersica's campaign trait and updated her backstory to reflect it.

Ersica will be able to handle traps at 2nd level. That's doesn't mean a Rogue wouldn't be useful though.

Thanks for the list hustonj!

@Ersica: I think that trait could be okay, if your backstory gets tweaked so that the Gaedren Lamm conflict is personal, not just business. Alternatively, if your shared backstory with Drobin switches your trait, then that works as well.

Thanks for the feedback Elfriede. With Drobin no longer a submission it would be hard to make the Missing Child trait work without reworking Ersica's background quite a bit.

I wasn't really thinking about Lamm as someone who Ersica has a highly personal grudge against in using Dockside Avenger. I'll think on this and if I can find a good way to make it more personal I may stick with that trait. I have some days yet to come up with something.

The trait that seems to harmonize with Ersica the most as she currently exists is probably Love Lost (All Alone) so I'll consider it my default choice unless I think of a good idea for Dockside Avenger.

I'm mostly looking at character story fit over benefit. Most of the campaign traits aren't giving an Investigator anything more than +1 to a skill since practically every skill will be a class skill by level 2. Drug Addict (Personal Addiction) gives +1 to FORT, which is nice. But it just doesn't seem to match Ersica's vibe.

@Drobin Tharcrash: Thinking on it some, I could see Drobin and Ersica having linked backstories through his missing daughter.

What if Drobin has hired Ersica to help him find her? It would be the kind of case she'd readily take. It wouldn't even cost Drobin much. Business isn't booming for Ersica. The detective for hire thing is a pretty weird concept for most people and it isn't exactly catching on. Come to think of it, Drobin could probably get her help for free or near to it.

Does this sound interesting to you? Ersica would switch to share your trait.

Here's my submission. Ersica will start off with one level as a Swashbuckler. From second level onward she will go straight through as an Empiricist Investigator.

She's completed mechanically except for editing. I have a quick background in place that I'll add to as I have time. I also need to finalize equipment and money.

One thing, I took the campaign trait Dockside Avenger. It's listed in Archives of Nethys for CotCT but isn't in the Players Guide. I'm not sure what's up with that. If it's not a legit CotCT trait I'll find another.