"Ragnar Stridson"'s page

Ragnar watches the Kellid female pay 20 gp, with a bit of surprise

He approaches as well

Ah, Ettiken, I hope you no longer get harassed by idiots mistaking you for an Abrikandilu demon, which weigh at least 3 times of what you weigh, but since when would fools care about such?

He turns to Eshki

That was... genuinely generous. He switches to Hallid, which he speaks natively

Mit welchem Namen und Titel möchten sie bezeichnet werden? He asks the warrior woman

Ragnar was not born in Kenabres (his families hometown of Raliscrad fell around 30 years ago, Ragnar is 35) but has lived there for a bit.

Mostly working as a mercenary, as his Kellid family has some old beef with the crusaders, while both sides are pragmatic about it, he didnt feel like properly enlisting.

Cold Iron for non magical weapons is really cheap (just doubles base cost), cold Iron gets expensive when you enchant it.

Cryptstone is also pretty underused, at 500/250 (makeing a weapon cryptstone also makes it masterwork, and this is included in the 500 gp price tag, and quite a few polearms are bludgeoning/piercing so they are applicable) gp it offers anti ghost abilities and +1 to damage vs undead (multiplied on a crit), but for wrath I would stick with cold iron.

He should though because:

You will receive starting equipment of a masterwork set of armor (your choice), a masterwork mithral dagger, and one other masterwork weapon of your choice (must have proficiency with it, if you want it to be a special material it comes out of your following total gold). You will receive 750 gp with which to purchase magic items, enchantments, or any other gear you might need.

Generally speaking, Ragnars capabilities:

--OK face
--OK brawler
--Not actively bad at stealth, just not great at it
--Pretty bad perception
--Is super easy to scry on, because

--He is an outsider and, RAW, cant enlarge himself, but if enlarge person doesnt work on outsiders we can use it to check for Succubi (because it wont work on a shapechanging Succubus either) :).
--A bit of a glass cannon in melee, has a pretty nice bow early on because why not and I rolled shockingly high stats.

I am not Gestalted, It is currently a normal multiclass of Bloodrager 1/Oracle rest.

I will pick up Mad Magic and extra rage at some point (probably).

If that was a dude I would claim that he would be compensating for something Ragnar thinks to himself as he sees a large Kellid woman with a pretty well kept greatsword

Huh, is that not cold iron? Bit of an odd choice He thinks as he loses sight of the human in oversized robes.

Eh, my perception is too bad for spywork I guess He thinks

The female Kellid seems like a fun person to sparr with though

He heads, carrying an assortment of heavy weaponry on his back, towards the center of the town as well.

Ragnar sees an odd fellow in oversized robes.

Oddly oversized robes, shapechanger?

He muses, his paranoid streak catching up with him.

Cant be a Succubus though, zero fashion sense. And if a Succubus pretends to be ugly, she always ends up with an inversion of beauty, rather then with its absence

Ragnar decides to inconspiciously follow the odd fellow in oversized robes

stealth: 1d20 + 4 - 3 ⇒ (14) + 4 - 3 = 15

I am an oracle and can heal a fair bit. After all, our Lord in Iron wants his chosen warriors to keep fighting, so he doles out healing after an enemy is righteously smashed into the dirt.

A guy who genuinely looks like he jumped out of a "SMASH THE DEMON BY THE POWER OF METAL! BLOOD FOR GORUM!!!" says.

bluff: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

If we are going Gestalt, I would be doing a Gestalt Bloodrager/Oracle, possibly with some rage prophet shenanigians on top.

Character changes:

--I reduced my wisdom by 3 and increased my dexterity by 3
--As an angelkin, I gain +2 to str and cha, resulting in a cha of 18
--Chosen armor: Masterwork breastplate
--Is it possible to have a composite longbow, keyed to +5 strength (costs more then the base weapon 500 gold instead of a masterwork composite longbow (which would be 300 gold more) while paying the remainder difference (200 gp) out of my starting gold?

Ragnar looks at himself in the reflection of an all too shiny Iomedeans knights breastplate.

Should probably shave, weird how my hair grows much quicker if I got into a fight. He muses as he beholds his somewhat scarred face, the extremely blue eyes giving away his celestial descent. He is, as most people anywhere close to the worldwound, clad in a well maintained breastplate, and has the good old "one big weapon for all types of things" combination of greatsword and Lucerne Hammer slung crosswise over his back.
Whoever came up with the idea of foldable stocks for polearms is a genius. Ragnar muses

The f@$+ why where Baphometan seeking to abduct or kill me, probably abduct or why else did they have nets... and who was this operative that lead me out? Oh well, if I tell the inquisition, best case is I get yeeted into protective custody. Especially since I am 70%ish sure that this operative was telepathic, she was too skilled in guessing which way the Baphometans would move. he touches his facial scar, a reminder of the constant dangers of the being anywhere near the worldwound.

Nice of her to gift me a pretty good longbow though He thinks as he looks at his new weapon, a very well crafted composite longbow, interestingly enough keyed to something very strong, like him. The operative was female, and her legs had less circumferenence then Ragnar biceps did, but she was quite capable of operating that bow as an unlucky cultist of Baphomet discovered the hard way.

He wanders closer to the mock duel site

Lets see if there is someone fun to sparr with

chrrrp? his newfound scorpion, oddly colored in black and yellow, although he didnt mind Callistrias colors at all, was meanwhile all but nudging him towards a food stall.

Dot

Good Day any may our prey be plenty!

@GM Wolf,

I have a few questions if I am switching to an Oracle/Bloodrager hybrid:

--Would you ok the 3rd party "Foretold" curse?

Your life fulfills the predictions of one or more important prophesies. You may choose to embrace, or resist, your foretold fate.

Effect

Subtract your curse level from the DC of gather information or Knowledge checks to learn things about you. You suffer a-10 penalty to Will saves versus non-mind-affecting spells and spell-like abilities of the divination school. Once per day, you can “take 10” on a check even you would not normally be able to do so because of distractions or threats.

At 5th level, add either augury or enthrall (your choice) to your spells known.

At 10th level, you gain a bonus revelation.

At 15th level, add screen to your spells known.

--I would probably have a bloodline familiar, whom he will feed with booze, talk to (cant speak so just sympathetic klicking as an answer), and who will never join combat, would I need to stat him up?

--Does enlarge person (something I would get from my mystery) work on outsiders? Its a bit odd because RAW it does not, but if it does not it suddenly becomes super useful as a Succubus detection tool because it doesnt work on them (while they are pretending to be humans etc.) either.

There could also be some Monty Python Life of Brian esque episodes of Ragnar, with Ironskin and Angelic aspect on, trying to convince Kellid barbarians that he is not the Iron Angel, to presumably comedic effect.

Traps? Have the Paladin/monk/whatever touch them. Or have a rotating list of trap touching duty, or smack them really hard with a 15 feet pole

Ragnar muses

The actual problem could be a lack of lore and perception, or lack of condition removal

BECOME THE ANGEL OF IRON! IN GORUMS NAME, SMASH THE FOE! PRAISE THE POWER OF POWER METAL!!!

A voice within him shouts

I mean, I could start as a Steelblood and then go Oracle of battle

He keeps musing.

When you write down some nice background but forget to copy and paste it, damnit.

Meanwhile, from my list of Sabaton songs adapted to the worldwound, happy birthday as well

I am independent regarding which weekday, actual time is all that matters.

My submission is mostly ready, I would make some final alterations once my group is more known.

I am mostly working from homeoffice, so if its during my day I can likely adjust.

I will probably make Ragnar an Orphan, Stridson can be translated as son of strife, or at least he does not know his parents, having grown up as a somewhat priviliged refugee due to being an Aasimar.

In terms of capabilities:

Ragnar fights well, talks OK and has a bit of lore.

With minor alteratations, he could also talk really well and fight a bit less well. He has a military background, so to speak, and so do I out of character, I enjoy military history personally.

Ragnar does however have some ungorumite ideas, inspite of being overall faithfull to our Lord in Iron. For starters, he does not think that being able to swing a greatsword really hard is a great trait for a warleader. It is not a bad trait by any means, and he deems it important that warleaders have served on the frontline, so they know what they subject their troops to, but brawn does not make good decisions.

Paradoxically, at 14 int (maybe I even redistribute some more points towards it), he is likely far more cerebral then most more hardcore gorummite warleaders, and would likely do a better job, but hej, paradoxes are fun to roleplay.

Due to elephant in the room, he can contribute to ranged combat against flying enemies to an extent, but its not his forte.

Over then talking, and assisting on some lore checks while having a significant number of languages, he does not contribute much to reconaissance and non face skills out of combat.

See this educational video on the best case of Ragnar scouting in his full plate

While I am in a German GMT +2 time zone, I mostly work from home, so I can likely do something that is 1AM for me and a more reasonable time for Americans.

Character is increasingly progressing!

Looks (shamelessly joinked from a black library cover)
Totally not Leman Russ

Personality quirks:

--Meditative, believer in omens
Sarkoris was, and still is, a land of myths, several which speak of redemption and reclamation. Outside of battle, Ragnar can be rather contemplative, but while combat occurs, Gorum rules.

--Combat empathy
Ragnar is quite capable of thinking like a demon, and can to an extent predict their behaviour, especially if he is raging. He can also fluently speak their language (looking at picking up truespeaker alternative racial if I go for an Aasimar), it does not occur to him that others needed to conciously learn the language, he just knows it, as if someone deposits useful languages in his brain.

--Polite and professional
Ragnar is reserved, almost obsessively polite. He comes from a violent culture, and from one in which minor slights can escalate quickly.

@GM Wolf, would you allow the following lore skill:
Lore Demon politics. You know, depending on how you roll, which demonlord does what, which demonlord is in combat with whom, to an extent, you know the history of their relations.

You do not know any statblocks or specific abilities, other then very basic things such as "most demons can teleport and many are telepathic".

Liliys work in progress submission.

I am not quite sure yet where to go narratively.

Am I a tribal warrior seeking to reclaim his peoples lost prophecy and destiny by force of arms?

Am I foreign educated pragmatist, seeking to suceed where the old traditions failed, liberating and uplifting his people?

Do I maintain the traditions of Sarkoris, or have I rejected them in favor in mendev? Or perhaps I follow a middle ground?

I think I will write the background first, and then adjust race, bloodline etc. to fit it.

Sadface for me, but enjoy gaming!

I was considering it (probably flavored with demonic knowledge, perhaps due to a profane gift he had in the past), but decided for pugnacious because its more fitting with the Ragnars character.

Liliyashanina is my default GM Alias :).

Do your characters have like, musical theme songs?

Ragnars is probably this:

Sabaton Stormtroopers symphonic version

"Ragnar Stridson" wrote:

The patient file is really cool, I added one as well.

And added that Mr. Barnellus has a markedly different alignment to some others here to quote:
I am even more concerned for their referred tendency to utilize deeply unethical methods such as the Lohengrimm fear scale or the Krueger soul strength scale. USING A CACODAEMONS ATTRACTION TO AN INDIVIDUAL TO REVERSE ENGINEER THE STRENGTH OF THE INDIVIDUALS SOUL IS UNETHICAL TO THE EXTREME!

Meanwhile, the literal cultist of a Daemon Harbinger. "I see no problem here."

If Ragnar had his memories:

Reminds me of something, you see, in the midnight isles they came up with an objective way to figure out which Succubus of any number is prettiest!

So what they do is they take one of them rat faced wrecker demons, and like, put it in hold monster or something. Then each of them bat-ladies prance around, and you know, them rat-wrecker demons, they go for the prettiest thing they see first. So whoever the Abrikandilu charges is the prettiest! Now, the wrecker demons are supposed to be chained for that "test", but midnight isle Abyssal has like 13 different expressions for messing with that chain in various ways and having your slightly prettier rival get her face slashed by a wrecker demon.

And like, the bat ladies tend to have all of that super magical compulsion things, so they can be like "CHARGE ME" "NO ME" "NO, CHARGE ME!" although if multiple Succubi try to mind control the same thing, the most charismatic of them tends to prevail, so that part of the contest is kind of fair.

Ragnar, once he gets his memory back, certainly has a hedonistic streak (he would likely jump at luxury even before that), although he views luxury as a luxury, overconsumption means not controlling your urges, and if you do not control yourself, you cannot control others, and the purpose of violence is to impose your will unto another.

He is/was a "professional violence provider". Emphasis on professional.

He has some redeeming features, such as a fairly strict determination to not torture. He feels this is for weaklings, and any fool can inflict violence on someone already in his power.

The patient file is really cool, I added one as well.

And added that Mr. Barnellus has a markedly different alignment to some others here to quote:
I am even more concerned for their referred tendency to utilize deeply unethical methods such as the Lohengrimm fear scale or the Krueger soul strength scale. USING A CACODAEMONS ATTRACTION TO AN INDIVIDUAL TO REVERSE ENGINEER THE STRENGTH OF THE INDIVIDUALS SOUL IS UNETHICAL TO THE EXTREME!

Shh. You'll uncover their plan.

wont work on me because I already am Crazy! I am a genius yesyes!

Added character art, his normal looks, when he bloodrages, and how his phantom looks like.

Obviously minus the added bling.

Added an evil code of conduct.

Insinuators are kind of the least evil antipaladins, and if they prepare properly, they are actually capable of "smiteing the greater evil". Or not having an evil aura.

Whoops, forgot this: [dice=Wealth]2d6

Hm. A little less than average, but I can make do, especially given my bonkers Ability rolls.

Other way round for me.

rolling wealth

gold: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 5) = 15 now thats above average, nice!

Liliyashanina wip submission here.

You know, I considered being a Skald. Its like being a Bard, but more manly, and barmaids dont instantly grab the next heavy boinking implement the moment you tell them your job. Aenir says in the probably inn between time and space.

perform: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

The main problem with the Skald career path is I cant sing for shit.

I am just happy that light carrying capacity for 18 STR is a somewhat unrealistic 100 lbs. Like, I had about 14 STR in real life when I was in the german army (it is less now), 100 lbs effing wrecks you, and since I am carriny 2 big weapons, a shield, a medium and a light weapon...

Good thing its an abstraction.

Also, throwing axes are ruinously expensive at low levels.

As far as kits go, I have the barbarian one. I dont find it that interesting to buy a bunch of like, camping equipment, so I just grab a kit and be done with it.

The real professionals date Lilitus! They are more powerful, their gift doesnt give them permanent status on you and they dont eat your sould by accident! At least thats what this "an idiots guide to dating in the lower planes" booklet that I picked up says. To be honest, these Lilitus likely dont exist, and the whole thing is probably a scam to get money out of horny wizard apprentices!

Hmm, Aenirs generalized ideas on plausible hot button topics:

Slavery:
You only possess what you are willing to fight for, which includes your freedom, if you can fight back against your slaver, do so, if you cannot, escape, if you cannot do that either, bide thy time and marshall thy strength until thy can.

Binding Planar outsiders:
Statistically speaking, the outsider is more likely to manipulate you then vice versa, typically a pretty bad idea. And for the love of Tyr, dont date Succubi! I heard stories!

Hmm, many people look weenie, I can get paid for carrying their stuff, but I can also just buy a donkey.

Work in progress:

Checking what I used so far:

Bloodrager and Steelblood are advanced class guide
Combat reflexes and power attack are core rulebook

I have one trait from Pathfinder Companion: Adventurer’s Armory.
One from Pathfinder Player Companion: Quests & Campaigns

Neither is all that important, but both are fun to roleplay if you want to be a more suave, charming and friendly bloodrager then HULK SMASH AM ANGRY.

Background is fairly barebones, but he is a "not viking" who actually likes this "civilization" thing. Can still punch people through a wall.

HUZZAH!!!

I've finally found a 2nd hand copy - for £2, which is more than I wanted to pay, but Quality doesn't come cheap. Now, at last, I have the opportunity to share the Rapture with everyone at paizo.com, whether they like it or not.

Who better to solve your personal dilemmas than GoatToucher?

I'll start.

Dear Uncle GoatToucher,

I am experiencing an unacceptable level of shrinkage and cracking when using Fosberg brand silicone sealant in higher than usual temperatures. What should I do?

Yours,

Embarrased Hairy Thing

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Although I am Aware that you can Drive a Horse to Water, but not Make it Drink, I hope that my Small Seed will grow into a Mighty Oak, for, indeed, it is the Task that is Never Started that takes Longest to Finish, and a Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss.

Indeed, though I hope my efforts will Bear Fruit, I would not be at all Difpleafed if they prove Unneccessary, as, unfeen and unheard, Gentility oe'rfpreadf us all with her Snowy Wings of politeffe and I see that I am merely Teaching my Grandmother to fu

Bleff my foul, the Bell for Evensong tolleth and I must Away.

Your Devoted Servant,

Beazley.

1,068 pages of fairly small text (not including handy biog of Sexey Ayn and exposition of the principals of Objectivism) is going to be a bit of a slog, so to motivate myself, every time I pass a significant milestone, I'm going to blow a fanfare on the bugle and note down any comments I have here.

Hey, you!

Yes, you!

Are you Captain Yesterday?

No?

Yes you are.

And this is the place for YOU!

A place to discuss how great it is to be a Captain Yesterday!

To tell everybody how your troubles were so far away!

To swap makeup tips!

To topple cows - and kingdoms!

Come one, come all! The price of one admission is your mind!

Q: Why do people put makeup on their ears?

A: 1) So their ears are the same colour as their face is, if they've really been to town with the foundation
2) To conceal unsightly ear-warts
3) What could be more attractive than bright scarlet ears, or Sultry Night-Mist Mauve, or Seafoam Siren Sparkle, if you prefer?

Making a note of the tunes/songs that are buzzing around and around my brain in the hope that they'll go away.

Today:

'Move Your Body. Move Your Body Real Close To Me'. Just those two lines, and I have no idea what the song's actually called

And

The theme tune to Dogtanian and his Muskerhounds.

This thread was supposed to be called The <<DO NOT ANNOY KAJEHASE>> thread, but, well, fat fingers. Could you change it, please?

Don't do it! It's against the rules, and if you do, he'll row across the sea and discover your continent or loot your monastery!

So, this is where you can hereby solemnly swear not to do something - anything! - to annoy Kajehase.

For example, I hereby solemnly swear never to call him a Norwegian.

Anyone who's seen the fantastic Sci Fi epic 'Space Mutiny' may know what I mean. What we do, MST3000 style, is think up suitable names for the burly two fisted hero, like so:

SPAM CHUCKRUMP
BLAST OXGLANDS
BRASS RUBDOWN

and so on. Try to match it to the poster above if you like.

A great man, unjustly swept under the carpet by the fickle steamroller of public opinion. Pumpy Narkwell Airport has been replaced by a fibreglass pig. The Narkwell spatula has been superseded by more modish but less functional designs. You can search supermarkets the world over without finding a single Pumpy Biscuit on sale.

Worst of all, despite months of public protest and strong representations by Dame Judi Dench, ex-Prime Minister Spencer Perceval and Cosmo, Huddersfield Town FC have taken away the statue of Pumpy that used to stand proudly outside the John Smith's Stadium and had it melted down in order to make their chairman an extra pair of bronze horns! I would go on, but I'm too upset.

Hopefully, you feel as strongly about this as I do - if so, please pledge your support to the Reinflate Pumpy campaign here

Here's a trailer