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Well these posts are helpful; forgot what this power level was like.
Not that level really matters here, but what level is everyone?

I know the recruitment said level 2 start ... and I am going to beg for non-gestalt.

I think I thought there would be more chatting ;)
I am happy to chat
I love chatting

Azrin is an elementalist shifter, which basically means he wants to be an air elemental when he grows up. Why? Because I'm obsessed with flying and this particular archetype in this particular AP will not only allow Azrin to Wild Shape into an air elemental at 4th, but with Mythic Wild Shape once we're Mythic, he can take that form as often as he wants.

Kinda cool, or I think so

I am poked
I will create a profile for Azrin shortly

AZRIN (Ranginori) - Elementalist Shifter - Touched by Divinity

What are we all chatting about today?

Cool, that's a great synopsis. Happy to take Touched and I can put together something divine

oh no :( someone is having trouble adapting?

Again, I really think that's being looked at against its rigidity, not its purpose. I think the intent is:

What if kinda sorta some or a few of us were kinda sorta roughly available around the same time to maybe read and post slightly less asynchronously than average Paizo PbP.

I don't think there's a dropped commandment
I don't think there's a "thou shalt"
I don't think there's punitive ejection for missing the window

I do think there's an effort to raise the bar a little, and I do think that's a good thing.

Drake, you seem to have a handle on what's where; do you know what campaign traits are missing at each table? I can play to that.

Have a Wilder I will post soon, incredibly cool.
Yes, he can fly. He aslo has a psicrystal.

Did you WANT psion/psionics? At 8th level I am all for it, just wasn't sure that's in the cards.

Ehh, I'm feeling kinda wobbly about the dedicated hour as well. I'm on Pacific time, so in theory it isn't a huge problem. On the other hand, I also know that PbP games go for a very long time (with luck), and things change over time.

If I'm saying "sure" now, how can I know the same will be true 6 months or a year or 18 months into the future?

I'm not saying no, just a bit concerned about saying yes.

In any case, the character I have in mind is an Elf Ranger (Tanglebriar Demon Slayer / Transporter) who is up in Mendev on assignment as a military observer from Kyonin.

This is really well stated RDK: not sure this concept, which is working incredibly well in Wolf's Runelords campaign which is happening on Discord, is all that bad of a thing, although perhaps the idea hasn't quite been wrapped up, polished, and pitched by a marketing team. Wolf wants people engaged, and has found at least one great way with one great group to make that happen. That's it.

He is also really really really good at understanding that life happens, so whatever could change in 6 months or 18 months or 3 weeks, he'd figure it out. With anyone. Not only is this PbP, but it's Paizo PbP. The guy posted a guideline folks, not what was on that 11th tablet that got dropped. No one needs to feel like they ran into a wall here.

For what it's worth also, at least it's out there. Because here on these very boards, we've all been through it. Halloween happens and suddenly people want to use "the holidays" as some kind of barrier to posting the same way employees here in Los Angeles want to say "traffic" and think a choir of angels absolved them from being late. We've had GMs drop their games a week after recruiting, we've had GMs suddenly remember major life changes were going to happen in their family, we've had players tell us they're baking this weekend, the list goes on.

So if one guy is trying to rustle up a little engagement, I'm not sure that's the worst thing that's ever happened here. He's a gem, so I bet if you wanted to, he'd work through the barrier to make it an enhanceent, for everyone.

Thanks Miss C.
Thanks Greek.
:)

Wrong in fact but right in principle is exactly where I thought things were; I don't mind being corrected on a technical call, but contextually I think the character came from the right place.

Very much appreciate the team spirit.

Dude, it's all good, hang out.
Me feeling attacked isn't your problem.

It's a fair request to ask that reader omniscient detail be excluded from character engagement ... my counter-ask is just that I not get shamed for thinking that something we were semi kinda sorta browbeaten with is out of bounds.

I'm honestly exhausted with PbP culture & mechanics.

I am sorry that I skipped the "I wonder why this guy is a hostage" part, and the "why would the King send him here" part but I also have my own issues with topics & context in PbP. To me it didn't seem like an overstep that a character would comment on something that was presented in 6% of that page's posts.

I can totally disappear again if that helps.
It really is exhausting.

shades of blood dice set up

Shades of Blood Maps and NPCS

These are also the ones in my signature.

I'm thinking I need to add my own? It's been in my profile pretty much forever, just wondering.

Are you sure? I was under the impression that if you didn't like your 6 rolls, you can reroll them all. Not wanting to risk losing 3 '16's, I figured I would keep the numbers given.

Yep, Lilly is sure. They are taking that from under the Character Creation spoiler in Wolf's first post yesterday at 7:36pm where it says 5d6 SEVEN times.

Draft Character Sheet
Preliminary Backstory

Had already sent this to GM-H, and he asked that it be posted here.

At this point, Mason can go a couple directions. He can be the Mesmerist Enigma who ends up becoming a Thought Thief, all of which is a supercool solution to qualifying for the prestige class archetype as early as possible (taking Accomplished Sneak Attacker is a big feat investment, but the hard part was actually getting sneak attack). He could also be a Paladin (Mind Sword), having taken leave of the crusade in Mendev. Would tack that additional backstory on to Magnimar.

5d6 - 7 ⇒ (3, 4, 5, 4, 4) - 7 = 13
5d6 - 6 ⇒ (5, 4, 2, 6, 5) - 6 = 16
5d6 - 3 ⇒ (5, 3, 2, 1, 2) - 3 = 10
5d6 - 2 ⇒ (5, 4, 1, 3, 1) - 2 = 12
5d6 - 5 ⇒ (6, 5, 3, 2, 5) - 5 = 16
5d6 - 8 ⇒ (5, 4, 5, 4, 5) - 8 = 15
5d6 - 4 ⇒ (3, 6, 1, 4, 5) - 4 = 15
SET 1 = Not great

5d6 - 3 ⇒ (4, 6, 5, 2, 1) - 3 = 15
5d6 - 4 ⇒ (2, 2, 5, 3, 3) - 4 = 11
5d6 - 5 ⇒ (3, 5, 5, 6, 2) - 5 = 16
5d6 - 4 ⇒ (6, 6, 3, 1, 6) - 4 = 18
5d6 - 4 ⇒ (4, 6, 3, 1, 6) - 4 = 16
5d6 - 5 ⇒ (6, 2, 4, 6, 3) - 5 = 16
5d6 - 5 ⇒ (4, 5, 6, 5, 1) - 5 = 16
SET 2 = better
SET 2: 18 16 16 16 16 15

Alright everyone, here is your 24 23 HOUR WARNING. Submissions should be posted within the next 24 23 hours, by 12:00PM PST on Friday December 5th.

@Zahir ibn Mahmoud ibn Jothan Your final submission post can include as much or as little as you'd like, it's just there to clearly indicate that your character is submitted and ready for review. Either your submission post or your profile will ideally include your character build, character background info, and any other writing samples you'd like to submit for consideration. I'm not requiring full builds to be complete for submission and I'm only planning to audit characters who are accepted, so don't feel too much pressure on the mechanics as long as you've got a general idea of where you're going with the character.

Background and writing quality are the main things I'm interested in for this - submissions are judged on a gut feeling combination of how much I'm enjoying reading you write as/about the character (and any other included samples) and how much I want to play with that character. If somebody submits an enthralling story about a gunslinger from Alkenstar turned Shackles pirate with no mention at all of Brevoy or the Stolen Lands then I'll enjoy the read but pass on the character because this isn't Skull & Shackles and being able to collaborate is going to be a vitally important skill for everybody playing. Likewise, if the character is a perfect fit and slots in neatly to the plot but the writing style makes me want to claw my eyes out, I'll thank them for the submission and pass on the character because writing stuff that other people want to read is also a vitally important skill for everybody playing.

@GrimbleGrumble It is indeed too late, but I do thank you for taking the time to ask! Sorry you missed it, but if this experiment goes well then hopefully it won't be the last. In the meantime, best of luck with any other games that catch your fancy.

@Anders Smith Acknowledged, thanks for your...

All good ... thought I had 45 more minutes, but all good.

Process was incredibly cool though, as I finally hammered out a really solid path to Thought Thief, one of the 2 prestige class archtypes. Totally psyched to be able to put my vision together.

Have fun!

Looks cool, I love Waterdeep. Will we be able to do stuff in the city also?

The system is super dynamic and very cinematic actually.
Would probably be very cool to play.

So NOT an actual campaign trait, just a freebie? That's awesome. I was literally just posting a link to the Player's Guide.

I need to own that I am somewhat of a Kingmaker junkie, also a recovering English Major, and still adore PF1 even though I am really enjoying PF2.
I would love to take part in this experiment.

I could probably go on and on and on but I won't, other than to add a little insight about the Kingdom thing; it can be extremely hard to balance, by which I mean campaign focus. While it's a great opportunity overall, in principle, in RPGs of any kind, it also has to be a DESIREABLE opportunity, for the group as a whole, otherwise it can feel like a drag. In addition to that, when the achievement levels are disparate, it becomes both a problem and a disappointment.

My suggestion (which I have seen work) is paralell milestoning, where the kingdom's ongoing development is kept in step with the character's character development; and with milestone leveling that will be even easier.

My submission will def take advantage of the "solid reason to have ended up at Oleg's" suggestion and draw from broader world lore. Already interested in hearing whether you're interested in Drawbacks and/or 4th Traits too.

:(

Tarondor is a VERY busy man. You all should reach out to him in the event DA continues to be absent.

Had a bit of a change of heart after looking at options. I'm going to go with vindicator ranger. That way I'm ranged and focusing on wisdom.

I have wanted to do one of those for SO long (well, as long as WoI has been out, but yeah) That's an awesome choice!

I am also happy to help balance things out. In a low-level campaign, being an INT-based psychic might not suck either

I would like to throw my hat in the ring for sure, but I don't want to represent myself as a 'new' player either. Def not new to PF1, and also not new to Kingmaker, but would love a chance to see this AP happen.

That said, and to create a cool backstory, when is this happening? Asking both in principle and also against the backdrops of history. Ordinally, WotR is 7 APs after Kingmaker, so is the war to close the Worldwound in Mendev still happening? There are any number of other backdrops too. Has Shattered Star happened?

There are some fun Mendev and Magnimar concepts I'd love to present, but would also totally stand aside for a new person. Welcome back Galahad.

Last time I hid a campaign I never figured out how to un-hide it.
Should we be hiding this one?

What an awesome idea! Ket, such a good choice; geographic gateway, trade & economy gateway, even a cultural gateway and melting pot. Nice! Would be fun to see a bunch of cityslickers from Veluna or even Greyhawk make their way into Ket.

Good call on Traits by the way!

Team Zion: not sure it will matter, but I'm going to be away for the weekend. Yay. Happy birthday to me. Bot me as needed.

In that case, I will spare you the work AND take Frost's advice to read more carefully ;)

Dirk really does like cookies ... all finger foods really ... well, food.
I'm not sure Dirk has ever turned down food.

Hey Mem ... if there's no wild objection, I would also like to say that I really love the campaign and all of its detail and nuance. I was about to post something, fell into the rabbit hole of looking for the lodging ChimChim referred us to, and then kinda got lost in the history.

Do you know it took us FIVE PAGES to get to even meeting with the Starfinders? 5 pages. 250 posts. Roughly half of our total actually. I LOVED EVERY MINUTE.

That said, those 250 posts happened by the end of last October, and in the next 10 months, we've only managed about 275 more. That, to be honest, made me a little sad. Zeph accepted his job offer, along with you & I discussing cool stuff he would get, 6 months ago.

Added to all that, I'm not opposed to a conversion now that it's all online either. I may take a stab at Zephyrr 2E later today.

complete:

Sahela Jamal L1 Noble/L2 Wilder/L4 Initiate/L3 Windfinder
kayden al'conner. 1 woodsman/4 dai'dore/5 wanderer.
Dhearic, Male Aiel Algai’d’siswai 6/Wilder 4
Denyth "Den" Nilonche 10 armsman
lazar (aka critzible), 4 wanderer/6 dai'dore.

needs to level up character
jocasta

the Hmmmmm....
seth86, asha'man

the "hey! just found ya!"
evindyl

i'll give it til wednesday for people to finish up their characters...

looking at you Jocasta and Evindyl!

My deficit of character is ... posting? Here?

I can post today.

DOT (big big dot)
I will make a Mach 3 profile tonight!

Feel better Rizz :)

Feel beeter Rizz :(

4d6 ⇒ (2, 4, 3, 6) = 15 = 13
4d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 5, 4) = 15 = 14
4d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 6, 2) = 13 = 11
4d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 6, 3) = 15 = 12
4d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 1, 3) = 13 = 12
4d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 6, 1) = 18 = 17

Rizz, are you on Discord?

So glad to be late to this party ... still have some reading to do to catch up. Love WOT so much!

What does the group need at this point?

This is going live! Yayyyy!

ST - there should be some way the Jason can detect/scry for residual "god" energy or imprints, which would allow him to find Themyscira or its remnants here. Let me know the best way to do that?

and yes, truth be told, I had Aarakocra on my radar for this campaign already ;)

How many of you think that it will be easier to substitute Tengu stats from the ARG for DS Aarakocra stats?

The problem with using Tengu is that Aarakocra can actually fly. For me, from PF1, the Strix are a much much closer comp than Tengu, and all of the messy shapeshifting feats are off the table as well. Strix racial feats are def better suited as well.

Yayyyyyy - Wilder vs Psion is tough, and that makes it tougher.
Good to know.

and are we doing the whole Dark Sun start@3rd thing or no?
yeah I get that was a 2.0 thing from the THAC0 era, but I thought I would ask :)

Totally ready for some Dark Sun: any thoughts on allowing DSP's Elan race? The feeling of them is very Dark Sun, but I wanted to ask.

My vote would be a full vote for 2E
My character can be a Prohibition Agent who gave away booze at a brothel.
(he'll be out of business after 1933)

Seth86 wrote:

I now have a new concept.

Magic and a bit tankiness

Synthesist Kobold.

His eidolon is a fire eidolon that looks like a red dragon

Nvm this, the idea sounded better in my head than on 'paper' :P

In that case, I may fool around with the synth idea myself.

Evindyl wrote:

Ano Clovermark wrote:

Scoria the Stalwart wrote:

I have Scoria here from a RotR game that fizzled out long ago. Not a healer but a monk that I was fond of playing. Would love to submit her for joining up here, but if you're looking more at healers I might come up with something else that would fit.

We have many ideas for healer characters already, and the nonhealer we’re replacing was a inquisitor, so applying the monk is fine.

Very good to know, maybe I will go in a different direction then. What role did the inquisitor fill (if there was one)?

I had an Investigator idea I wanted to try (which would totally not step on Violant's toes, I promise)

Might I ask which archetype?

Psychic Detective, about to go prestige as a Thought Thief