I wrote a short story that takes place in the Pathfinder setting and I want to post it for other Pathfinder fans but I don't know where to put it. I put it on my gaming blog but I was hoping to share it on the message board, too. The final (I hope) version of my fantasy adventure short story. If you have a chance to read it please give me some feedback, positive or negative. This has been an exercise in writing and I have tried very hard to hone my skills. Follow a party of treasure seeking adventurers as they try to escape an abandoned underground city infested with zombies.
Halidan wrote: I think I'll use your #2 idea on the main (outside) lines of the tatoos, and use my Staedtler pens for the inner lines. I'm so glad you brought this up! I have that fig and is on my to-paint list. But I also have this Dwarf Barbarian from Reaper that I want to paint in a celtic or pict style with the swirling blue tats all over and had no clue how to tackle it without it looking "painted on"
Thanks, guys! I went looking at a model hobby shop yesterday. I couldn't find slate but I did find fine gravel. However, I have a ton of woodland grass flock left so I think I'm making forest-goblin bases. I will definitely be buying more pacts of the Goblin warriors & Goblin pyros so I may do some in the grey-blue with gravel or slate. Anyone else have pics to share of their painted goblins other then blakbuzzrd & me?
blakbuzzrd wrote: Nice torches! And I see you went with the now-canonical green goblin. Mine were done up in blue. I don't have the Pathfinder RPG Bestiary yet; are they described as being blue in there? On the cover they look green. I’ve seen only a couple of pics of blue goblins but several more as green so I assumed the blue was the exception not the rule. I followed the illustration from Pathfinder Chronicles: Classic Monsters Revisited and page 137 of the Core Rule book. Also over at PathfinderWiki the pics “Thistletop bridge fight” and “Goblin fire brigade” show green goblins. I'd love to see how yours turned out; do you have a link to a picture?
I did a quick paint job of Goblin Pyros & Goblin Warriors yesterday and wanted to share them with you. There are a few more details I want to work on but I would say they are ready for play. Check 'em outMy Goblin Pyros & Goblin Warriors.
I want to know how much of your lead is painted? I went hog-wild years ago and I got enough lead to make me a master minis painter by the time I'm done. So am I a freak or do you buy forward on minis too? spoiler: Here the proof of my addiction...My lead collection.
Cpt_kirstov wrote:
Awesome! Thanks, Cap!
Pathfinder Troll (finished except for base). I have more but these are the best so far.
GeraintElberion wrote:
Thank you! It is actually a very simple technique. A black base coat covered by a dark green that is slightly lighten and dry brushed little by little. I bought some "how to..." paint minis DVDs and it has helped a lot.
Black Dow wrote:
Thanks!
My table has just embarked on CotCT! Our first session ended with the fishery and the cliffhanger was the city erupting into chaos. I have purchased the Guide to Korvosa. I have my Harrow Deck and Curse of the Crimson Throne Item Cards are on order. We all very excited and can not wait to play through this entire AP!
The backgrounds for these characters were meant to weave the heroes into the community of Falcon’s Hollow and/or explain how they came to choosing their class. -------------------------------------------------
Eja Clayborne is close with the Eavewalker Family. Idris was an old friend of her father and became like a father figure to her. Idris taught her the skills of a ranger. They even saved the townsfolk from a menacing owlbear once. Idris knew the lumber barons would see any heroics as a possible threat. He warned Eja to always help the town in a clandestine way. Idris left two years ago with a group of adventurers and has not been heard from since. Eja has remained a close friend of Idris’ wife Kitani and his daughter Kimi who calls her “Auntie Eja”. Eja works at Goose’n’Gander, Falcon’s Hollow’s general store. She works for the only civilized gnome in the region, Brickasnurd Hildrinsocks. He is an honest but frugal business man. Asia has worked for him since before her family went back east. The gnome considers her family and worries about her moonlighting as Falcon’s Hollow’s resident defender from the wilds. --------------------------------------------------------------- Dwarf Cleric 1st level: Bjorn was born to proud parents Wolfried and Hildegard Hammerstein. Bjorn worked along side his father in the lumber yards most of his adolescents. The little dwarf family scraped out a living under the oppressive Lumber Consortium. Than one day a missionary from the Church of Light brought news of Iomadae, the goddess of valor and justice. Bjorn heard the preaching of the human cleric. She spoke of a deity that blessed the courageous, who gave gifts to her faithful to defend the weak, free the oppressed, and champion for justice. The missionary told the people if they gave worship to Iomadae then the town would flourish and its people would be filled with the grace. For the large part, the people of Falcon’s Hollow rejected the missionary and her goddess. The Hammerstein’s, like most in Falcon’s Hollow, wanted nothing to do with organized religion. They were happy to live life however they felt fit and be able to change with the situation instead of being restricted a set morality. However, there were a handful of people that wanted to hear more. And no one wanted to hear more then young Bjorn, who deep in his soul longed for justice. It was not long after the small group of worshippers pooled their time, talent, and treasures together and built the Temple of Iomadae. Wolfried was furious the day Bjorn quit the lumber yards to join the Order of the Sons of Iomadae and become a cleric. After a few years Bjorn reconciled with his father and even rid the lumber yard of a terrible poltergeist, which had claimed the lives of several workers, by invoking the intercession of Iomadae. Many of the lumber workers turned to worshipping the powerful goddess who had saved them through her servant know to all as Bjorn “Ghostsbane” Hammerstein. (Dwarf Cleric 1st level) -------------------------------------------------
Sangilak Ek-Chua made his way to Falcon’s Hollow over 20 years ago. Described by many as a quiet man known for his love of books. Few know he is a half-elf and none know of his pursuit of arcane knowledge. He hides his passion for the mystical. Magic-users not in the direct employ of the Lumber Consortium are viewed as highly potential threats and are usually run out of town. For years he has worked as a records clerk at Hollows Tribunal, the local court house. Sangilak has been a silent confidante of Magistrate Varmos Harg for many years. Sangilak is one of the few people that know the magistrate’s shame, loneliness, and thirst for true justice. Other then himself, the only resident student of the arcane that he knows of is Sharvaras Vade. Sangilak suspects Vade to be a dark wizard perhaps dabbling in necromancy. To complicate matters Sangilak befriended Savram, Vade’s son, hoping he can gently influence the boy to explore more benevolent magical disciplines. Sangilak knows that only through live application of his spells will he excel in his craft. He waits patiently for an opportunity to help the community with his mystical powers. --------------------------------------------------------- Halfling Rogue 1st level: Eilo Buckram was raised by his widowed father. It was hard working long hours at the paper mill and trying to look after a young motherless Halfling son. Eilo was never accepted by the other neighborhood children. He was ridiculed for being small and often picked on and bullied. It started as a game when the “bigger kids”, mostly humans, teased him saying he was “too small” to go with them. He would quietly follow them and every time they caught him he just got better the next time. As adolescence came, the kids began getting into petty crime. Eilo was disgusted by them hurting the elderly, vandalizing property, and stealing from people. He started staking them to foil their plans, making noise to give them away when they were sneaking, steal back whatever they stole and give it to it’s rightful owner, etc. He learned to fight because he wasn’t always sneaky enough but he got tough, fast, and smart. As they grown into young adults, his once playful rivals aspired to join the Redrock Guild, an organized crim syndicate. Eilo spent so much time sabotaging the plots of the Redrock Guild that his father had become convinced that Eilo was now a member of the gang. He couldn’t make his father believe he was actually fighting the real criminals. Out of concern for his father’s anxiety, Eilo obtained a job as a bookkeeper. The work was honest enough for his father to believe his son was no longer a criminal. Also his work spared him physically so that at night he could pursue the task of keeping Falcon’s Hollow safe. ---------------------------------------------------- [b]Human Fighter 1st level[/b: Surinder Murali’s father left when he was young. Why? He could never be sure; the story would change with his mother’s sobriety. The questions concerning his father stopped to matters as much when the Goblin Wars begun. He was of age at the time and was carted off with nothing more then a pitchfork to fight wild goblin warriors. Soon he was assigned to a particular soldier who treated him fairly decent. Among the trees the soldier that accompanied him was taken down by a single crossbow bolt. The seasoned goblin warrior thought he would “play” with the human youngling before killing it. Unbeknownst to the goblin, or anyone including the young peasant boy, was the rage that had swelled inside him. From the abandonment by his father, the apathy of his mother, and shame of his inescapable poverty, fueled a boy of twelve to erupt and stab his pitchfork deep into the laughing goblin warrior. With his soldier dead, Surinder donned the fallen man’s helmet, picked up his short sword and trek further into the woods. By dawn the sergeant had thought the soldier and his boy dead or had deserted until he saw the boy emerge from the forest. Surinder dropped the fifteen goblin scalps at the feet of the sergeant and sat by the fire without a word. Four years later the war was over and the boy was returned to Falcon’s Hollow like discarded military equipment. His mother had died while he was gone and years of fighting had left him without a purpose or hope. He began to drink. His drunken brawls eventually landed him in the town jail. In the morning his throbbing headache was interrupted by Sheriff Deldrin Baleson giving him a sermon about a “purpose filled life”, “the greater good”, and “direction for his anger”. Somewhere between the coffee and the early afternoon Surinder began to listen to the Sheriff. By that night he had given up drinking and after a month of training with Sheriff he was deputized.
I'm very excited about this! My table has started with "Hollow's Last Hope" last week. We decided that all the player characters would be from Falcon's Hollow. So I purchased “The Crown of the Kobold King" to get all the details about the town. I knew my table was going to love playing D0, I made sure to introduce a couple of the children from the D1 to build an emotional bond early. The players like “their town” and after successfully returning with the cure, they are considered heroes by some and potential enemies to others. I was very excited about them starting D1 in two weeks. But now it is even better knowing I will surprise them at the end of June with the shocking "Revenge of the Kobold King!" Thanks Paizo for the high quality, fun filled games!
I'm very excited about this! My table has started with "Hollow's Last Hope" last week. We decided that all the player characters would be from Falcon's Hollow. So I purchased “The Crown of the Kobold King" to get all the details about the town. I knew my table was going to love playing D0, I made sure to introduce a couple of the children from the D1 to build an emotional bond early. The players like “their town” and after successfully returning with the cure, they are considered heroes by some and potential enemies to others. I was very excited about them starting D1 in two weeks. But now it is even better knowing I will surprise them at the end of June with the shocking "Revenge of the Kobold King!" Thanks Paizo for the high quality, fun filled games!
I'm very excited about this! My table has started with "Hollow's Last Hope" last week. We decided that all the player characters would be from Falcon's Hollow. So I purchased “The Crown of the Kobold King" to get all the details about the town. I knew my table was going to love playing D0, I made sure to introduce a couple of the children from the D1 to build an emotional bond early. The players like “their town” and after successfully returning with the cure, they are considered heroes by some and potential enemies to others. I was very excited about them starting D1 in two weeks. But now it is even better knowing I will surprise them at the end of June with the shocking "Revenge of the Kobold King!" Thanks Paizo for the high quality, fun filled games!
I for one hope it stays 3.5, until Paizo has no other choice then to change to 4E. I find 3E adequate for my gaming needs. I think 3E is vastly better then 2E was. I am confident that 4E will be an improvement on 3E (if for no other reason then the zillions of hours of playtesting and millions of gamers’ feedback directly and indirectly to WotC). But I, like many 2nd edition friends I know, can not afford to just throw away my enormous investment in 3E, which by the way is less then a decade old. I will not be coming over to 4E for many years to come if ever. |