Here's a good bit done on a MARS character. If it looks good will finish up, neaten everything, make a new Alias and set that up. Still need to spend a little initial gear money as well.
Bart Swanson, ex ‘true federation’ scout.
Human: Initial edge: Brawny +1 Toughness
Iconic framework
MARS: Wilderness scout
Athl d6, Common know d6, Notice d8, stealth d6, survival d8 at start
Fleet footed: +2 pace, running die d8
Woodsman: +2 survival rolls, +2 stealth rolls made in the wild
Hinderances
Ugly – Minor. -1 to intimidation, persuasion, performance and taunt rolls.
Quirk: Minor. Loves nature, tends to talk to trees…
Enemy – Major. Someone high up in the ‘true federation.’
Gear
Starting gear + Vibro short sword and JA-11 energy rifle, rolls from tables, roll credits pg 81 (4d6X100 universal, credits, 2d4X500 credits worth of gear or valuables.
MARS fortune and glory roll online:9 Vigorous and tough, +1 Vigor die, Nerves of Steel edge.(ignore 1 point of wound penalties.)
Narrative hook roll online: 6 Alistair Duncan’s true federation
UC’s: 1700
Gear credits: 3000
4 x advances
1 Increase vigor to d8
2 New edge: Extraction (one foe doesn’t get free attack when withdraw)
3 Skill increase: Electronics d4, Riding d4
4 Skill increase : Boating d4, Common know to D6
NG-S2 survival pack, Huntsman medium personal armor (+5 armor, +2 Toughness), Wilk’s 320 classic laser pistol (+ 1 shooting!, Range 15/30/60, Damage 3d6, ROF 1, AP 2, Shots 20), Vibro short sword (Damage Str+d8, Mega Damage, AP 8), JA-11 Energy rifle (range 30/60/120, damage 4d6, ROF 1, AP 4m shots 30 Also functions as ion beam (NG-IP7 and hunting rifle) . 2 x clip, e-clip per weapon
NG-IP7 notes: +2 shooting!, range 20/40/80 damage 1-3d10, ROF 1, Shots 30
Hunting rifle notes: Range 24/48/96, Damage 2d8, AP 2, ROF 1
Start of a background: Bart was born and raised in the wild and taken in and trained by the ‘true federation’ until he realized he was working for the bad guys. He escaped to Castle Refuge and proved himself to be a valuable and d
The beginnings of a MARS character: Rolls at the end.
Race
Human – adaptable edge, choose one novice edge
Iconic framework
MARS: Wilderness scout
Athl d6, Common know d6, Notice d8, stealth d6, survival d8 at start
Fleet footed: +2 pace, running die d8
Woodsman: +2 survival rolls, +2 stealth rolls made in the wild
Hinderances
Up to 4 points
Attributes
D4 each, 5 points
Skills
Athletics, common know, notice, persuiasion, stealth d4 + 15 points
derived stats
Edges
Born a hero – MARS take 4 advances
Gear
Starting gear + Vibro short sword and JA-11 energy rifle, rolls from tables, roll credits pg 81 (4d6X100 universal, credits, 2d4X500 credits worth of gear or valuables.
fortune and glory roll:1d20 ⇒ 9
Vigorous and tough +1 Vigor die, Nerves of Steel edge
narrative hook roll:1d20 ⇒ 6
Alistir Duncans true federation. Meh, can make that work.
universal credits:4d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 5, 5) = 17
x100
credits for gear:2d4 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6
x500
I think i'll start on a boring old MARS character. I've never done one of those in the SW version...
I think they get 4.. (or 5, will have to look) advances at character creation. Do the new players get anymore as 'catch up' or make him a 'starting' character per the standard rules.
Hello all. Have had a few horrid weeks at work. Have not checked back in. If you have plenty of players i'll bow out. If you are still looking, i'll see what everyone else has and create something the group might need.
Botting Mirri
Mirri steps around to flank with Evesk and takes a two handed swing at the last wolf.
fighting:1d8 ⇒ 4 wild:1d6 ⇒ 4 damage:2d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (6, 3) + (1) = 10
I'm still taking a level 1 new rogue but am working on actually spending some of my many achievement points to play a fun race.. Will get that sorted out in the next day or three.
Woohoo! Just saw this. Will pick a character and get signed in and post sometime tomorrow. Looks like we have a Solarian and a precog/tehnomancer. I'll se what I have free in the 1 to 4 range. Maybe I'll make a new one!
Rules question: p. 206 of SWPF Core Rules says, "If two sources would increase a Trait, use only the highest modifier (effects don’t stack). Increases to a Trait from a magic item’s effects don’t count for determining Trait Advancements. They do affect secondary statistics like Parry or Toughness, however."
Jzero has a +1 to toughness from a monk ability and also +1 to toughness from the Brawler Edge. Does these stack?
OK. Got started on Valrek, a human fighter originally from Mendev. Had a crappy week and have had family over this weekend so... :)
Interlude:
Your Interlude - Five of Diamonds. Riff on one or more of the following.
~Downtime. You are studying or working on an object of some sort. What is it? Why is this important?
A journal. Velrek is not the smartest man alive but feels writing down the worst of what has happened to him or his family helps keep the bad dreams away. He’ll take pains to keep this journal away form anyone else…
~Backstory. Tell us about something your hero wants or already has. It might be a material possession, recognition, a political goal, or even a trip they wish to take to some amazing destination.
Freedom. Being a Lobarian from Mendev is dangerous. The current crusaders seem more interested in rooting out cultists from the actual natives, real or imagined or created, than fighting the devils.
~Trek. Tell of how you found something that helped you along the way, such as an oasis, minor treasure, food or water, friendly locals, etc.
Velrek was being tracked by a group of crusaders while leaving Mendev. This group was notorious for putting anyone who looked Lobarian to the pyre. He was at a point where he was trapped in a forest and prepared to go down fighting when a quiet voice said ‘come with me.’ He turned and a druid was beckoning him deeper into the woods. That druid, who never gave his name, fed him and after a few days led him to the border where he was finally free to make his own future without fear of the crusaders whose zealotry had gone too far.
Looks like we're heavy on magic and a little light on the martial side of things. Maybe I'll rethink and come up with something with a little more muscle. I can always play Cajuna at a future time.
I'm planning on taking something fighter-like if that helps your decision on this. I say play what you want. :)
I backed the SW for PF kickstarters and would love a chance to play it! I read through the first (pdf) book when it came out but haven't done much else with it. :)
I don't think i've even opened my Advaced player's guide pdf's yet..
OK. A lively group here! Been busier than expected the last few days and have a pretty full weekend ahead. Here is version 1.0 of my character. I should have time maybe Sunday to finish up goals and more contacts.
Saffron Puckett
Saffron? Is this supposed to be the character from the show or merely inspired by her?
BTW, my muse is a little burned out, so I won't be joining. Have funn smuggling the castle!
Heh. I actually forgot about that. Just grabbed a 'firefly' sounding name. :)
OK. A lively group here! Been busier than expected the last few days and have a pretty full weekend ahead. Here is version 1.0 of my character. I should have time maybe Sunday to finish up goals and more contacts.
Saffron Puckett
Originally from Hera in the Georgia system in the border area, Saffron grew up a theater brat. She spent time acting and on the local school shooting team. She grew into an attractive woman who wanted little to do with the farming based lifestyle of most of her community. She was noticed during a performance by a Companion hired to be eye candy for the arm of a local politician who was there only to be seen. After a few discussions Saffron packed her bags and left for training. A few years later, more mature and a little hardened (inside at least) she began her career.
Saffron is a petite woman of 5’5”. She has short black hair, pale skin and dark green eyes. When working she usually wears a red wig. Through shenanigans, luck (good or bad, still to be seen) she ended up on a ship full of interesting people…
Interest check: are there Starfinder agents (and the players controlling them) interested in playing in any of the following?
1-38 The Many Minds of Historia (Tier 5-8)
3-15 The Preluria Connection (Tier 1-4)
4-11 A World's Ambition (Tier 7-10)
5-04 Fragment of the 4th (Tier 9-12)
Me! I know I haven't played 4-11 and 5-04. Unsure about the other two, would have to check my spreadsheet at home...
My initial idea about this elf fitting in: He (Or she, not sure yet) is part of an ambassadorial group that recently moved into the capital city, or any large city near where the GM might want to start. This young, in their term, elf is given permission to go out into the lands and see what these humans and others are actually like.
I'll have more, but that's the basics. :)
I found mine. Went to our first concert in three years and either got some bad McD's on the way home or a little bit of a stomach bug there... Just starting to look through the books again.
Thinking about the character I always wanted to make for Eberron. An Elven Cleric of the Undying Court...
Still very interested. Have not been able to find the copy of the old Eberron book I thought I had. Will be busy this week but if the game is going to start, will buy the PDF's early next week and make a character.
Opening recruitment for Little Trouble in Big Absalom. Please sign up below.
(This will be played with pregens and the chronicle can be applied to any level character so please sign up with whomever you want the chronicle applied to. The pregens will be selected in the gameplay discussion channel.)
The WM Phoenix Open happened this weekend. Definitely a time to be rowdy and a golfer. The status of the 16th hole sounds hedonistic and enthusiastic.
It would be @ 10 to 11 hour roadtrip from Utah... longer with a detour in Las Vegas.
Can see roleplay opportunities.
Joseph Martin wrote:
Cthulu Golf... using Modern D20. Amazing...
Can I be the Gopher?
I did google Cthulhu Golf. I was amused by Billy and Mandy.
Heh that's an amusing show overall. My daughter was the right age to want to watch it and like many cartoons, it has a definite different meaning for the adults. :)
Have taken just a quick look. Been quite a long time since I've played.. Will see what others are thinking, but my first thought is to go Dedicated, maybe an EMT... Always nice to have someone with a good Treat Injury skill. ;)
We can take one more, but that will be it, for now.
Welcome to the game JM681.
The group have just reached the rebel HQ and discovered Arael (rebel leader) has been captured by the Dottari (city watch). You can bring yourselves in as rebels already working with the Children of Westcrown and start posting in the Gameplay thread whenever you are ready.
Thanks! I'll get a character done ASAP. Was thinking something fighter-ish or Rogue-ish or a mix of the two. I actually did the Pathfinder Savage Worlds kickstarter and have the early PDF. I remember giving it a quick look and that was it. Will take a look at hat again.
I'm up for another 'experimental' game. :) Old Bonkers is busy but I plan to either finally make my skittermander or maybe the new race I just got access to... Hmmm. six armed helkful bugger or chaotic winged fey...
Boting Twich
Twich moves away from the rumbling area and targets the remaining 'small one' with a bolt of icy energy.
energy ray:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25 C damage:1d3 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Full Name
Garnstn White-Eye
Race
HP 27 | AC 17 | F+3, R+6, W+1 | Init +3 | Perc +6 (7 for traps)
About Garnstn White-Eye
Description:
A few layers of ratty clothes and the old, worn hat would be enough to make you wonder if this hulking beast of a half-orc was a beggar. But seeing the solid, sinewy bulk on him, its clear that he’s too well fed for that. Also, he doesn’t stink. And there is nothing about him that has that cowering, beggar-feel to it. He doesn’t slouch, that’s a crouch… intentionally balanced that way, like a coiled spring. Still, with that nasty red scar down his left cheek leaving the eye cloudy white on that side makes it a bit hard to look at him. Its all twice as nasty with his green orc-skin. You notice he keeps his head cocked to the right a bit, either he’s trying to hide the bad eye a bit or looking for a better field of vision with his one good eye. As he turns, you two hilts, almost big enough for swords but each is gripped like a big knife hanging from under his thready coat, the look set to grab quick and inconspicous. Definitely not a beggar. Definitely something more dangerous.
Background:
Garnstn did’nt know why he was called Garnstn. Just what they always called him in the Crew. White-eye, he knew why they called him that… it was what most who knew him called him around Shadowshore. The guard who kicked him in the face enough times to break his eye for no good reason than he was in the way. Iron-shod boots tore him up good, red scars, torn lip and all. The Crew took care of him then, got him healthy enough to earn again. He was little enough back then that sneaking was the main thing he did, snatch-and-grabs, break-ins. He was good at that as the dark didn’t bother him. Even now, big as he was, he could move quiet and quick enough to do a second-story job. He liked those old jobs. Kord knew the folks in those fancy houses could afford what they snuck out, probably barely even missed it. And it brought food for the Crew, food for the kids and that was worth it. It was fun. F@*% those rich folk, anyhow, they should get better locks and keep an eye on their sh!t...
Now that he was big and just as quick as always, the jobs were different. Bloodier. He was good with the long knives he always wore behind him, and a White-Eyed-Stare often made it so things didn’t have to get bloody. But when they did get bloody, he had proved his new value to the Crew. The Shadowshore had been brutal to him since he was a pup, so he just gave some of the brutality back. There was a lot of brutality to go around the ‘Shore. The guard had been brutal to him for no reason – and at least Garnstn always had a reason to be brutal. He used to think that anyhow. He kept the crew safe. Kept the kids safe. But it was starting to get too bloody. The Crew was different under Redlif. The people they went after now were usually just in different Crews. Different but the same – just trying get by in the Shadowshore… and that meant they were hungry and tired. Not like the old second-story jobs. The people they took from lately would miss it… would miss it dearly. Especially since they took it brutal now, most always brutal now. And you can’t be brutal to the rich folk. The guard comes then. So you’re brutal to those who the guards won’t help.
Garnstn looked down at his bruised and cut knuckles. He picked out a bit of white from one cut. A bit of tooth. That kid would never talk right again. Never eat right again. Just like Garnstn would never see right again. The kid had just been hungry, swiping a bit to eat. But he did it in the Crew’s streets. And Redlif wanted Garnstn to make a lesson outta the kid. Maybe like that guard with the iron-shod boots wanted to make a lesson outta Garnstn once upon a time. Then Redlif told Garnstn to use the Big Axe on the kid. Reflif wanted to make real a lesson of the kid. Slice and dice. But the kid was already done, broken teeth and bleeding out. More than brutal, that. Even for the ‘Shore.
So Garnstn stopped and walked away. Redlif called out, cursed, swore at him. Garnstn kept walking. That was that. No more. He was getting old for the crew now anyhow. Older than anyone but Redlif. The kids could start doing second story jobs now, get enough to eat… to get by. Maybe Garnstn could sneak back and help them out from time to time when Redlif wasn’t around. Maybe. Garnstn stopped back at the Fort. Said goodbye to the kids one last time. Grabbed his gear, his best best picks, and his coin-stash. Left a few silvers and coppers for the kids. Redlif would be pissed. Best the kids have a little to tide them by.
Time for something different, something new. He could be still be brutal when needed, but Garnstn would decide for himself when to be brutal now. He walked out of the ‘Shore looking for the next thing. Hopefully a better thing. Kord knew it would be hard to find worse. Maybe back to second-story jobs… or at least being sure that if he was going to be brutal there was a reason for it.
Personality:
Gruff, mean, difficult, and sometimes brutal. Garnstn White-Eye made sure people knew that was what he was like, always made things easier when people saw what they wanted. Loyal, kind, caring. Only a few knew all the things that he keeps in his core. The ratty clothes are good to keep people from seeing the mail shirt and long knives hiding beneath. The gruff, mean, difficult, and sometimes brutal are good for keeping people from seeing the loyal, kind, and caring beneath. People see those things, they might try to take advantage. But Garnstn was the one who took advantage now, if an advantage needed to be taken. Though if someone really needed help… deserved help, well things could get brutal for the right reason.
Stat Block:
Garnstn White-eye
Half-orc rogue 3
CG Medium humanoid (human, orc)
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +6
Defense
AC 17, touch 13, flat-footed 14 (+4 armor, +3 Dex)
hp 27 (3d8+9)
Fort +3, Ref +6, Will +1
Defensive Abilities evasion, orc ferocity, trap sense +1
Offense
Speed 30 ft.
Melee dagger +6 (1d4+4/19-20 plus 2d6 sneak attack) or
dagger +6 (1d4+4/19-20 plus 2d6 sneak attack) or
greataxe +6 (1d12+6/×3 plus 2d6 sneak attack) or
short sword +4 (1d6+4/19-20 plus 2d6 sneak attack) or
short sword +4 (1d6+4/19-20 plus 2d6 sneak attack)
Ranged javelin +5 (1d6+4 plus 2d6 sneak attack)
Special Attacks sneak attack +2d6 plus 2 bleed
Statistics
Str 18, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 13, Wis 11, Cha 7
Base Atk +2; CMB +6; CMD 19
Feats Double Slice, Two-weapon Fighting
Skills Acrobatics +7, Climb +6, Disable Device +8, Escape Artist +7, Intimidate +6, Knowledge (local) +7, Perception +6, Sense Motive +4, Sleight of Hand +7, Stealth +7, Swim +6; Racial Modifiers +2 Intimidate
Languages Common, Draconic, Orc
SQ orc blood, rogue talent (bleeding attack +2), trapfinding +1
Combat Gear potion of cure light wounds, potion of invisibility, caltrops (3); Other Gear chain shirt, dagger, dagger, greataxe, javelin (6), short sword, short sword, backpack, bedroll, grappling hook, silk rope (50 ft.), thieves' tools, tindertwig (5), waterskin, 35 gp, 9 sp
Special Abilities
Bleeding Attack +2 (Ex) Sneak attacks also deal 2 bleed damage/round.
Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only).
Evasion (Ex) If succeed on Reflex save for half dam, take none instead.
Orc Blood Half-orcs count as both humans and orcs for any effect related to race.
Orc Ferocity (1/day) If brought below 0 Hp, can act as though disabled for 1 rd.
Sneak Attack +2d6 Attacks deal extra dam if flank foe or if foe is flat-footed.
Trap Sense +1 (Ex) +1 bonus on reflex saves and AC against traps.
Trapfinding +1 Gain a bonus to find or disable traps, including magical ones.
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