From what I have read alot of the grognards and self-centered power gamers (which drove me away from PF1) do not like the new system, so yes I would already say its a better game. xD
Also, on a more serious note, the book is beautiful and I am loving all the new changes to the system to the game. Streamlines everything. Math fixed (or at least improved) room for expansion without to many game breaking options.
I am running a one shot Pathfinder adventure on June 1 @ 8PM PST on Roll20.net
Location: Lambreth , River Kingdoms
Characters: Lvl 4 - Pregen or 20 point build (All Classes expect - Summoner (Unchained Summoner OK) 3rd Party OK with Approval)
Game Length - 4 Hours
Please read info on locations and make a simple backstory for your character as well.
I guess ill start and re clarify. This thread was suppose to be about introducing yourself and your char. This wasn't meant to be a start of the game/ place to talk in character.
Introduction
My name is Justin B and Ill be Gming this adventure. I have been GMing for about 8 years. I ran a couple PBP games on here years ago, but besides that I am pretty green to PBP. I have also ran about a dozen or so one-shots and an Ongoing campaign on Roll20, as well as close to 50 PFS games and countless other games/campaigns in my hometown.
I started out with 4E (ducks) and after some frustration with that system I found Pathfinder. However, it was not the system that I initially feel in love with, it was Golarion. It is such a rich, large and ever expanding setting that truly inspires me. I haven't looked back since.
Game Information
I have set everyone up with Roll20 character. In the time being please play around with the client. Get use to the dice rolling mechanics, typing in the chat room, and moving your icon around the board. I am creating a guide that will explain in depth how we will be using Roll20, but having these basics will help alot.
Please take a look at forum in Roll20 game and read the Galt Wiki (if you are not already familer)
More details about the Farm, security , living conditions etc will be presented at the start of the game. Some backgrounds (or "roles" rather) might need a little tweaking, and that will be covered in the beginning of the game as well. I still need to flesh some things out, so will get this going ASAP.
Shouldn't be a problem. In essence all we would be using is the map, and dice roller and chat log. All you would need to do is setup an account (free). It is very simple to navigate.
If you are not familer/think its something you might not like, head over to roll20.net and check it out for yourself.
Roll20 will be used to handle all combat. Everybody does not need to log in at same time (voice will not be used) . It would work just like here on the fourms, each day you would log in (when convenient) and act out your turn . (Movement, attack rolls etc) at the end of the day,i will summarize everyones actions, give an update, and start the next round. Ideally, this should translate to a round of combat a day, speeding things up.
You are a slave of Kentith Puhitcha, the largest grape grower in Galt and one of most productive wine manufactures in all of Golarion. Red Blade, the signature drink of the winery has become a favorite beverage of the Grey Gardner's. You work hard for long hours of the day. You are lucky to be fed two meals a day. Conditions are grim. The farm is located in the Horum Plain's west of the capital city of Isarn in the country of Galt. Some of you were born here. Others bought at various auctions. Your hard work has made the Puhitcha family very rich.
Most of your brothern and sistern are scared and weak. A few of you have shown courage and addressed wishes to escape or rebel, though most of the others wouldn't dare. Last night at the shack they call the "Halfling House" there was whispers among the halflings of trying to seriously plan an escape. The six of you, stood up and decided to work on a plan.
Escape from Galt will be an all halfling themed adventure. The characters will start out with low power and have to use their wits and each other to escape, if not survive.
What Im Looking For:
4-5 Players that:
-Enjoy Roleplaying
-Have Basic Knowledge of Golarion (Particularly Galt and Halflings)
-Are Mature (This campaign will deal with some darker themes and subjects, I intend to handle them respectfully and mature and looking for players who will do the same)
-Are able to post 1-2 a day regularly (Between paizo.com and Roll20.net)
-Want to play as Halflings!
Character Creation::
15pt Build
Race: Halfling Only (Any Racial Traits May be Used)
2 traits
O wealth
HP - Full at First Level. 1/2 + 1 Every level after that
Weapons available in the farm.
Dagger, Sickle, Club, Short Spear, Sling, Light Pick, Pick heavy, Scythe, Halfling Sling Staff
Armor: Padded only
Player Characters will start with 4 NPC Levels as noted below as opposed to PC levels. (After This PCS will advance in PC levels, These NPC levels will not be re trainable). All PCs must also choose a role on the farm.
NPC Classes (Multi-classing allowed)
Aristocrat (Only for servants working inside the house)
Adept (most likely, would hide magically ability from slavers)
Expert
Warrior
Roles: Must belong to one of the bolded below. Jobs below "Roles" are suggestions feel free to make up your own if it makes sense
House Servant:
Cook
Personal Assistant
Maid
Fields:
Farmer
Grapepicker
Cart Pusher
Processing/Storage
Grape Handler
Barrel Roller
Winery
Grape Stomper
Bottler
Halfling House
Halfing Midwife (Healer)
Each Character should have a background and some sort of personalty.
50% of the Slaves Work in the Field
25% of the Slaves Work in Processing Storage
19% of the Slaves Work in the Winery
5% of the Slaves Work as House Servant
1% of the Slaves Work as Midwifes
The party will most likely picked evenly out of populations above.
This will be a hybrid PBP with all combat taking place in Roll20.net. This should speed things up a bit. Please be able to post / act out a round of combat in roll20, at least once a day.
NOTE This is a reattempt to start a campaign that I was going to run a couple months ago. If you created a char for that game, or responded to that post, I will give you priority (mention it in your submission).
Good Luck and Looking forward to reading your entry.
I am running an adventure in Golarion (Absalom) this Sunday via Roll20 and could use a few more players.
Roll20.net is an easy to learn, fully functional virtual table top.
Newcomers welcome.
For more than 4,000 years, Absalom (pronounced AB-sah-lahm)has been the City at the Center of the World, a metropolis-sized showcase of the greatest treasures in all Golarion.
The district of Eastgate is an almost entirely residential district with many of its people working in other parts of the city. Far from the busy parts of the city, the residents of Eastgate rely on different forms of transports to quickly get across the metropolis. Recently one of the major providers of this transportation Losuin Starout, who owns and maintains a pack of Elephants has had become nonoperational. Many of the merchants and workshops in the Inner city are concerned, their business slowing to the halt with the many late and absent workers.
Builds:
Level 5
15 Point Build
10,500 GP
2 Traits
HP = Full HP at Level 1 / Half+1 Every Level After That.
All Paizo Materials is allowed
Background:
Please write a brief background
No Evil Characters / Must be a team player.
Native of Absalom or Traveling Through / Visiting
This is a Oneshot adventure and will run 5 hours (with a 15-20 min break mid game)
Sorry To announce that I will not be doing this game PBP.
After some research I have found Roll20.net and that ties in more to what I am looking for as far as an online Pathfinder Game.
I do intend to make a campaign/game on Roll20 with the same theme/premise, and will give anyone first dibs if interested. (Time and Dates can/will be arranged around group)
The citizens of Sandpoint have started reclaiming their lives after a vicious goblin attack left so many townsfolk dead or injured. On the heels of the disastrous Swallowtail Festival, the town's sage- an old man named Brodert Quink - expressed concern for his only niece, an idealistic girl named Lucendi, who apparently joined a group of explorers to search for Thassilonian ruins near the Ravenroost hills. Worried the same goblins may have overrun the expedition, Quink has offered to pay anyone you can assure her safe return.
A level 2 Adventure Written by Niel Spicer as featured in Wayfinder 7.
This is a one shot adventure. Looking For Four-Six Players.
Note to all. This is still a recruitment thread. Haven't got the party together yet. Will go over more of the NPC characters, living conditions and background with everybody one we get a group established.
You are a slave of Kentith Puhitcha, the largest grape grower in Galt and one of most productive wine manufactures in all of Golarion. Red Blade, the signature drink of the winery has become a favorite beverage of the Grey Gardner's. You work hard for long hours of the day. You are lucky to be fed two meals a day. Conditions are grim. The farm is located in the Horum Plain's west of the capital city of Isarn in the country of Galt. Some of you were born here. Others bought at various auctions. Your hard work has made the Puhitcha family very rich.
Most of your brothern and sistern are scared and weak. A few of you have shown courage and addressed wishes to escape or rebel, though most of the others wouldn't dare. Last night at the shack they call the "Halfling House" there was whispers among the halflings of trying to seriously plan an escape. The six of you, stood up and decided to work on a plan.
Escape from Galt will be an all halfling themed adventure. The characters will start out with low power and have to use their wits and each other to escape, if not survive.
What Im Looking For:
6 Players that:
-Enjoy Roleplaying
-Have Basic Knowledge of Golarion (Particularly Galt and Halflings)
-Are Mature (This campaign will deal with some darker themes and subjects, I intend to handle them respectfully and mature and looking for players who will do the same)
-Are able to post 1-2 a day regularly
-Want to play as Halflings!
Character Creation:
15pt Build
Race: Halfling Only (Any Racial Traits May be Used)
2 traits
O wealth
HP - Full at First Level. 1/2 + 1 Every level after that
Weapons available in the farm.
Dagger, Sickle, Club, Short Spear, Sling, Light Pick, Pick heavy, Scythe, Halfling Sling Staff
Armor: Padded only
Player Characters will start with 4 NPC Levels as noted below as opposed to PC levels. (After This PCS will advance in PC levels, These NPC levels will not be re trainable). All PCs must also choose a role on the farm.
NPC Classes (Multi-classing allowed)
Aristocrat (Only for servants working inside the house)
Adept (most likely, would hide magically ability from slavers)
Expert Warrior
Roles: Must belong to one of the bolded below. Jobs below "Roles" are suggestions feel free to make up your own if it makes sense
House Servant:
Cook
Personal Assistant
Maid
Fields:
Farmer
Grapepicker
Cart Pusher
Processing/Storage
Grape Handler
Barrel Roller
Winery
Grape Stomper
Bottler
Halfling House
Halfing Midwife (Healer)
Each Character should have a background and some sort of personalty.
50% of the Slaves Work in the Field
25% of the Slaves Work in Processing Storage
19% of the Slaves Work in the Winery
5% of the Slaves Work as House Servant
1% of the Slaves Work as Midwifes
The party will most likely picked evenly out of populations above.
Recruitment will go until Thursday 6/12/2014 @ 6:00pm PST
Good Luck and Looking forward to reading your entry.
If nobody else would like to do anything else "tonight", we shall move on to the morning.
When you awake you find Janiven gone. Sclavo is busy cutting red fabric into strips in the office. He looks up and tells you "Janiven wants us all to be ready in one hour. Get ready, Gorivo will return with his uncles horses shortly."
Take this time to sell/buy any items get ready etc..
MAP NOTES
The Carriage is About 8ft Tall
Hellknight Armiger(1) is Driving the Carriage
H = Horses
Hellkinght Armiger(2) is controlling the large Crossbow on Top
Shanwen Sits behind Hellkinght Armiger(2)
All other Hellkinght Armiger's Are holding on to the sides of carriage.
Note: I have realized that some of the surprise actions do not make sense, nor do not have targets, due to my premature asking for said actions. Due to this abandoned all prior actions (You will still start in same location as noted on map). The Party will still receive a surprise round. You may use the same action or state another one.
After a short while the Hellknights arrive on the road. Just as Janiven stated, there is a carriage with a large crossbow mounted on top, with about 6 Hellknights, hanging on plus there leader, Shauwn, as well as the four scouts on Horseback. When the Hellknights come to the bridge they stop, seeing the distraction ahead of them (Janiven made herself to look like bandits, ready to "ambush" The Order of The rack troops). They talk among themselves, not noticing the hiding party members, before sending their scouts ahead to investigate. When the scouts barely get out of site, Janiven and the other rebel's jump out, throwing caltrops down tripping the horses. Shauwn yells "Shit!! Turn this buggy around!!" but it is already to late.....
Scalavo speaks up. "We have not yet agreed to a name my lady. I have, however, acquired Full helms, cloaks and some red cloth, in case we want to go with a uniform we discussed last week."
He looks over to Dakka. "Yes that might be a hard one, but nothing a cloak might hide." He smiles. "Janiven and I agreed for everyone to wear either Hooded Cloaks or Full helms and tie band of red fabric to our arms, to hide our identities and at the same time, giving us a common identity to the public." He stops and looks around. "Anybody disapprove of this?"
Ravishar You are confusing me. Are we still sticking to Janiven's Plan or Creating a New One?
Janiven's Plan There will be 10 Hellkinght Armiger's + There Leader Shauwn, a Stronger Hellkinght arriving Shortly. 6 of the Armigers ride with Shauwn on the Carriage while 4 ride on horseback. Janiven suggests (and is acting upon) that she and the other members of the group (NPC's) create a distraction (pose as bandits ..etc) down the road. Most likely they will send the four men on horseback ahead to investigate leaving the rest of the group (PC's) a perfect time to ambush the carriage.
Are you suggesting to jump out and try to negotiate with the hellknights after they have been distracted (just the carriage) or skip this plan altogether and start a new one, and address the hellknights when they are together as a full group?
Note: I meant a surprise action, not a redialed action, but everyone else seemed to understand this as well, so no need for edits. Also, I assumed these actions would happen after the distraction down the road, and the carriage was alone for ambush.
I thought everyone already agreed to this in game, if not please let me know how you would like to handle the situation.
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Btw All. I assumed readied actions would go off after Janiven's distraction, not necessarily when the group of hellknights come into the party's range, let me know if you would like to act differently or at a different time.
Rizzardo gets up angrly. "WHAT?". The Hellknights have Arael WHY?"
A bald man , known as Sclavo, stands up. He looks across the hall, "I'm sure Janiven will know!!"
He makes his way into the hall, and then into the next room, quickly followed by, Amaya, Vitti, and most of the others.
Only Yakooulio, the thin and wiry woman, and another woman, decked out in jewelry remain in the Mess Hall/Kitchen.
Yakopulio give a warm response to Dakka's comment. "Yes perhaps, we do have more in common than we think." She looks over at Yuron as her yellow hair sparkles."Why would you come from such a peaceful free place to this hellhole?"
The man with the Green Hair gets up. "Howdy, Yuron, Names Vitti"
An tian woman stands up and introduces herself as Amaya and the halfing introduces her self as Fiosa.
A strong looking man with long hair, says "Ermolos is the Name." He looks over at Phaedra. "Sewers? Hellknights? What in Aroden's name are you talking about my lady?"
You sell most items without trouble, however it was a little problem selling the horsecutter, but you eventually found a buyer. While in one of the Markets, you overhear some merchants talking about a string of robberies. Supposedly, there is a group of thieves, who paint there faces black, and have been robbing many of the merchants right before sunset.
Janiven addresses Guy. "They will be coming from the south" as Vitti enters the room.
The green haired man speaks. "From my reports there will be a total of 10 Hellkinght armigers (recruits) led by their sponsor, a young gifted, but low ranking Hellkinght Signifier named Shanwen."
"They will most likely be 4 scouts on horses while the others hang on/around one of there Hellknight carriages"
Guy:
Through your time with the Dottari you have seen these strange hellkinght carriages. a small boxy carriage with many side boards and handles for people to hang on. On the roof is usually mounted an extra large crossbow.
Yeah unfortunately the repetition has made it more of a chore then fun. =(
I will change the game to inactive in about 24 hours.
Also, You all have been great players, If i start another PBP in the future, I will msg all of you first and give you priority in the recruitment section.
Due to taking on more that I could chew, I have dismembered one of the 3 original groups. I will be splitting some of the people into the other two. In the next couple days/weeks, we will be adding a new player or two.
Hope this is ok with everybody.
Due to taking on more that I could chew, I have dismembered one of the 3 original groups. I will be splitting some of the people into the other two. In the next couple days/weeks, we will be adding a new player or two.
Hope this is ok with everybody.
The gnome looks up at Dakka. "Wow I have never meant one of your kind friend, My name is Yakopulio, and I love your suggestion 'Bright Object Holders'." She smiles.
On the table is a half loaf of bread and some beets.
A thin and wirey woman laughs at Yuron's suggestion "I like it." She looks over at Doran and Phaedra "What about you too any suggestions or names you like?' She sniffs the air "And whats that smell? Something smells like crap!"
I would like to thank you all for playinh, but unfortenuly I have bit off more then I could chew and im going to have to cancel the game. :( I may have a couple slots in the other game. Pvt msg me if interested
