Thanks GM House of Cards. I did that and also added a +2 Enhancement bonus to Charisma (since this item takes up the headband slot), for a total of 33,500gp (11,000 + 16,500 + 6000). Hooray for custom items within the rules! :)
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I'm working on retooling this character for the campaign. One quick question: Given this character's focus (channeling both positive and negative energy) would you allow me to spend a significant portion of her gold on a phylactery of channeling both positive AND negative energy? Since the cost of one of the phylacteries is normally 11,000 gp, I would probably put the cost of a combined one at around 30,000gp.
Yeah, sad times. I was enjoying this one.
Just as a heads-up incase this starts back up in the next two weeks, my wife could go into labor any day now with our first baby girl, so when that happens I'll post here and let you all know, and then I'll be doing VERY limited posting for at least 2-3 days.
Bump. Just checking if Oni is available once more. :)
Karlia's Shae will move forward out of the mist and attack Sword guy with her falchion.
Karlia will move forward out of the mist, her duplicate doing the same. She will use Twinned Channeling to channel both positive and negative energy at the same time, excluding her allies and fallen foes from the negative and her foes from the positive energy. healing to allies. damage to only Sword and Spade. If Sword and/or Spade are still standing after this, she will expend an additional two uses of channel energy for the day to use Swift channel, just using negative energy.
Can we tie some blades to Zephyr's wings and make him into our bladed falcon? LOL
communal air walk - (affects everyone except my summoned creature, since I summoned her after it was cast) allows us to walk into the air as if it were solid ground, maximum angle upwards or downward movement is 45 degrees. magic circle against evil - (affects everyone, assuming we were wisely grouped together within 10 feet of Jeevika, and only lasts while within 10 feet of her) - +2 Deflection bonus to AC and +2 resistance bonus to saves, both only applying vs. evil creatures. Evil summoned creatures can't enter the area around the person touched. haste - (affects everyone) - extra attack on full attack, +1 to attack rolls, +1 Dodge bonus to AC, +30 feet movement bless - (affects everyone) - +1 Morale bonus to attack rolls and saves vs. fear effects prayer - (affects everyone) +1 Luck bonus to attack rolls, damage, saves, and skill checks
What about "The Bladed Falcons"? Yay compromise!
Rounds 1-3: Karlia will go through a short ritual of prayer to her pirate goddess, Besmara, which will involve a karate-style "form" or "kata" using her greyflame rapier.
Karlia will grant Jake her Sieze the Initiative ability, allowing him to roll twice and take the better roll. Karlia will bow to her opponents, then begin buffing up. Round 1: summon monster IV summoning a Shae, will last 14 rounds. It will benefit from Augmented Summoning and Summon Neutral Monster. (EDIT: The Shae's stats including all current bonuses are listed on Karlia's profile page)
Karlia steps up and signs the document. "Seems straightforward enough to me."
I know that Karlia will be feeling very disappointed in herself for being dominated, and will blame herself, so there will definitely be personal growth there if nothing else.
"Well, that didn't go as well as I expected." She sees Jake on the ground. "Oh my. Not well at all." She bows to the four fighters that bested them, and then pulls out a wand of infernal healing and uses it on Jake. He gains fast healing 1 for.. let's say 40 rounds (4 charges).
Karlia will choose the +2 attack, AC and Ref saves for this round from Divine Favor. She then uses a Swift action to channel negative energy (taking up two daily uses to do it as a Swift), excluding her teammates. Liliara, Marthysan, and Chung Po can all make Will saves, DC 20.
She then uses a move action to use her copycat spell-like ability to create an illusory double of herself that will last for 5 rounds. Finally, she begins casting a summoning spell, which will use up her Standard action for both this round and next round. She is summoning a Rast using summon monster V. Its stats will include a +4 to Str and Con from Augment Summoning, and a +2 to Will saves from Summon Neutral Monster.
Yes, I believe drawing a weapon is one of the allowed actions during a grapple, as long as it's a one-handed weapon or smaller. No drawing and firing a bow. :-P
Karlia bows as well, then feels Jeevika's blessing wash over her. She will choose the +2 attack, AC and Ref saves for this round from Divine Favor. She then uses a Swift action to channel negative energy into her +1 greyflame rapier, making it a +2 greyflame rapier for 6 rounds, it will deal an extra 1d6 damage to anyone who is not evil-aligned. She then uses a move action to use her copycat spell-like ability to create an illusory double of herself that will last for 5 rounds. Finally, she begins casting a summoning spell, which will use up her Standard action for both this round and next round. She is summoning a Rast using summon monster V. Its stats will include a +4 to Str and Con from Augment Summoning, and a +2 to Will saves from Summon Neutral Monster.
Karlia looks concerned for a moment. She calls over to Marthysan "My friend, is magical combat allowed as part of our sparring rules? With only my physical muscles, I am afraid I would be at a severe disadvantage..."
"I am also ready to go, let us spar and see how we do against a champion!"
Karlia's sly grin turns into an excited one when Marthysan agrees to spar with her. "We'd be honored to accompany you to the arena, then! It will feel good to stretch my muscles, both physical and mental, before the tournament begins in full force." Karlia winks at Marthysan, hoping to catch him off guard with her flirting and distract him during their sparring. Besmaran priestesses are taught to use ALL of the tools at their disposal to win a battle, even a practice one...
Karlia stands, smiling broadly, and bows deeply to Marthysan. "It is an honor to meet you, good sir knight. Your prowess in battle is well-known even outside of the tournament setting. I hope that you enjoy our performances in the coming days. " She hesitates just a bit, then her smile widens even more as a thought comes to her. "Perhaps, if there is time before or after the tournament, you would be willing to spar with me? I would be extremely grateful to learn anything you have to teach me..."
"Much of the focus of my training has been to hone my skills at channeling Besmara's fury or her approval into bursts of energy that can either harm or heal. I can even channel both aspects of my goddess at once, and can exclude creatures from one or both. I am also adept at battling outsiders and sending them back to the hell or heaven they were summoned from, where they belong."
"I'm fine, child. I prefer to take in my surroundings. That Risha seemed... troubled by some of the conversation, but I cannot for the life of me determine what. As far as what we should do when we arrive, I hope that the tournament will begin post-haste. Ferry rides are relaxing, but I'm in no mood for relaxation at the moment."
Karlia gives a shallow bow to Jake, a bit tersely, as she prefers to be complimented by men she has wooed herself. "Nice to meet you, Jake. This seems to be our party, then." She turns to Shu. "Shall we be off?"
"I am here to show the power that Besmara can provide to her chosen, and to espouse the heresy that is the allowing of outsiders... demons, devils, angels, and archons alike... to mar this plane with their gospels of 'good' and 'evil'. Our plane is one of balance, and I seek to keep that balance, in the name of Besmara." She pauses, and says, a bit more quietly, "I will admit, I also am very interested in gaining access to the vault of Hao Jin, as there are supposedly relics there that would trump any I've seen in my travels."
"I am Karlia. May the grace of Besmara be with you, and none of her wrath." Karlia bows to Jeevika, already seeing a kindred soul in her thanks to the smell of salt water on her skin. "I can see the touch of the sea on you, so I think we will be fast friends. Have you ever been on a ship? I hope to eventually captain my own ship one day..." Karlia goes a bit wistful for a moment, a rare honest smile crossing her lips. Then she remembers where she is, and her face once more becomes a stoic mask.
Karlia winces only the tiniest bit at the strong slap to her back, but puts on her best smile for her new teammate. "Nice to meet you as well, my friend. May Besmara smile on us all in this contest." To Shu, she says "I apologize for seeming forward... Shu, was it?, I'm just eager to move ahead. A ferry ride sounds fine. Will you be joining us on the ferry, by any chance?"
"By the way, where... " she looks around "are our other teammates?"
"I was prepared well enough. When do we begin the tournament? I am eager to defeat some worthy opponents."
Karlia spends her days until time to leave researching the vault, trying to determine what may be inside.
For some Modules and Adventure Paths, you can play the game in "campaign mode" (not following PFS rules) and still apply PFS credit to a PFS character. This is special only for Adventure Paths and modules, and it's meant to encourage PFS players to buy and play these books, which cost much more than PFS scenarios. In other words, we don't need to play with PFS rules for one of my PFS characters to eventually get credit for this module. :-D
It's simple enough to fill them out, and I can do the reporting for you if you like (I've been GMing PFS for a long time now). Once we get close to the end we can deal with it in more detail. Thanks!
So glad to be part of this! Should be a great time! I forget if it was mentioned before, but are you going to send out Pathfinder Society chronicle sheets for this when we've finished? Just curious.
Karlia stands proud, her victory having been assured by the jet-black skeleton with raven's wings she had summoned. She wears grey robes over a gleaming chain shirt and deep black leather leggings, and her left eye is obscured by a well-stitched eye patch flaunting the holy symbol of her pirate goddess, Besmara. A rapier wreathed in deep grey flames is held in her right hand, and a heavy steel shield is strapped to her right. Her short blonde hair shows no sign of perspiration, and in fact she shows almost no sign of exertion. Ignoring all the fanfare around her, Karlia looks toward the short man. "Now that I've defeated this poor wretch, I will be on my way to the tournament. Thank you for the opportunity to prove my goddess's power."
It's not a tournament in that way, the storyline is that the characters go and compete in the tournament. As far as I know from hearing bits and pieces of it at a nearby table at a convention, you work as a group, competing against NPC groups.
Quick question: Do you allow custom-made items at all? I'd like for Karlia to have a phylactery of negative AND positive channeling, which would cost approximately 27,500 gp (that's the cost of one phylactery plus 1.5x the cost of the other phylactery). Would you allow such a thing? Edit: Bah, I've already got a headband of mental prowess on her, which means the item would have to take up a different slot, which means it would cost approximately twice as much, so I can't afford it anyway. :-P
I would like to submit Karlia Riftbane for this tournament. She was in another PbP that was 9th level but it fell apart, so I'll get her updated to 11th level today.
Karlia flails with her rapier against the frog's mouth, knowing she's better off to try to kill it than to escape from its grapple.
She then expends two uses of her channel energy daily allotment to channel negative energy as a Swift action, excluding all 6 of her allies that are within 30 feet thanks to Selective Channel. , DC 20 Will save for half damage. Her summoned Shae uses lesser shadow evocation to cast a quasi-real frigid touch spell, delivering it to the frog that is biting her.
Her spell-like ability fizzles, unfortunately.
A Shae appears next to Karlia. "Attack the frogs, my friend! Make them wish they were never tadpoles!"
The Shae moves to the frog to the bottom-right of the map and attacks it with her masterwork falchion. plus Karlia herself charges the frog to her left, pulling her +1 grayflame rapier as she does so.
Assuming the froggies don't charge right at her and start attacking:
Also, to determine if these happen to be from one of the outer planes.
Karlia, eavesdropping on the conversation of Chug and Genevar, chimes in. "I agree with... Chug, was it? The balance of those who worship Abadar seems to be shifted precariously in one direction. Although, I doubt a god of such esteemed balance would allow such a situation to continue. Perhaps there is a band of Antipaladins of Abadar out in the world of which you are not aware?"
"That is correct. Thank you for understanding. I should have been more clear from the start."
"You have deep ties to this plane, just as creatures like myself do. My mission in this world is to remove the influences of those who would spread their ill-concieved notions of "good" and "evil" in this world. The element which flows in your veins is just as important for this world as the heat of fire, or the passion of love. I hope I did not offend you or your brother in any way."
"If something from another world is here, especially something nefarious, I am honor-bound to remove it from our world." Karlia looks around at her colleagues. "I believe the skill sets of myself and my colleagues will be more than a match for anything that could have arrived via star."
A young woman with short blonde hair enters the tavern, wearing grey robes over a chain shirt, with a shield strapped to her back. At her side, an exquisitely-made rapier hangs. She looks around the room, then spots what is obviously a very large adventuring party and makes her way toward the others. "I bid you good morrow, fellow travelers. I am Karlia Riftbane, but you may call me as those who know me best do, 'Sender'."
While waiting for the rest of the group, Karlia strikes up conversation with several others. It is quickly apparent that she believes her purpose on Golarion is to rid it of the influence of outsiders, no matter their creed or origin.
Karlia's stats are now in her profile.
Here are Karlia's answers to the required questions: How do you know Dalviss Crenn and why would he ask you for help? He once previously contacted me to deal with a summoned creature that was running amok in the town.
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