Well...I definitely still have these files, and have been granting 'em to folks who email be 'bout the dropbox. Email is in the original thread. Shoot me a line!
Something may be badly wrong either with your site or how my browser engages with it... after hitting it performance went to heck and I ended up having to shut down the browser (latest ed Firefox) altogether... I didnt see your update til now.
Dropbox, my friend, and I'll invite you if you want the files.
I've reworked the site that hosted these files in the past several months, which broke those links. However, I still have the files, and will happily share them via Dropbox to anyone who might want 'em! Just hit me up with an email:
And since, IMC the storyteller is disguised Pazhvan, who hangs around Kelmarane, watching over the PCs, I planned to have Davshum kill him in Chpater 5 (where audio files stop :D ), but now I guess I'll have to think of something else. :D
Any info about Jhavul's speech would be appreciated. :)
In the end, it turned out there was no grand speech for Jhavhul to make.
Instead, I had him capture the NPC romantic interest of one of the party members (Haleen), and threaten her life at the cost of the single Final Wish. Make a wish, she goes free. Refuse, she dies. As it was a paladin of Sarenrae who loved her, it was a classically delicious moral dilemma.
So! If you can engineer it such, I'd recommend you do that instead; make the characters choose between Love and Duty, as Love is a major theme in this story, as is Sacrifice.
That said, if someone writes up an appropriate speech for Jhavhul, I'd be happy to talk about recording it!
As for Jhavul's speech...hmm. That's not a bad idea. I'm concluding the adventure path tomorrow evening, and I'll see if something doesn't come up for it.
It looks like, based on the PRD, that Sculpt Sound only allows a saving throw or spell resistance for objects, not creatures themselves. This means that if a bard was to cast that spell at any given creature as a target, the creature automatically is affected, without a save or spell resistance (since it lists that only objects get the benefits of either). And if a spellcaster's voice is changed drastically enough (say, from the voice of an elf to that of a frog), that spellcaster can no longer cast spells. NO SAVE APPLIES.
Am I reading that right?
If so, a 7th level bard would be able to shut down a 20th-level caster, and all he'd need was to win initiative. No save, no spell resistance, and now all your archmages have the efficacy of a 6th level fighter.
Awesome. Thanks so much for knocking these out. I would be interested in recommendations of where to place these as well. I have only read through Book 1.
They probably should be played sequentially, for the sub-story about the barber and his guest to make any sense, and if that doesn't jive with you for some reason, do with them what works best for your group.
I play the odd numbered ones (1, 3, 5, 7, and eventually 9 and 11 when I make 'em) right at the start of each chapter. I like to make a clear demarcation to my players that we're beginning a new chapter, and these are one of the ways I do that.
The even numbered ones go well usually some point around the middle of the adventure. They tend to be relevant to the adventure at hand, so I try to start off a session with one just before we dig into the part of the adventure that relates to the myth. There are a few exceptions, though; I might play #7 right as they get sucked into Kakishon, just before the part where I describe Jhavul escaping and mocking them as he does (thus linking Jhavul thematically with Rovagug), and then kick off the next session in Kakishon with #8, to heighten the mystery and tension of having been sucked into Kakishon itself.
I'm still waiting for this to process; it looks like the other folks with this subscription have access to the PDF, and I haven't been able to for this file yet.
Any word on when the next one will be available? :)
Well, I'm waiting in part to get the final installment of Legacy of Fire, so I can see where the themes of the final two go. When I have that (still not available for downloading yet, to me), I plan to finish 'em out. Hopefully I'll get it by the end of this week, and then I can do it this weekend.
Awesome work Skyler. I have used the first one at the beginning of our adventure path, just before they entered the monastery. The second I plan to use when they have their first encounter with gnolls as I read somewhere was a great suggestion. When do you propose the best time to use #3 and #4?
I like to kick off each chapter with one of the even numbered ones, and then do the corresponding odd numbered one about half-way through that same chapter.
The odd numbered ones tend to more closely correspond to what happens in that particular chapter, so I'd play the one about the founding of Katapesh probably right before they enter the city itself, for example, at the beginning of that particular session.
These are great! It makes me want to make the Pathfinder's Journal audio-books I have dreamed of. Do you have a background in audio production, cause these sound really professional?
Thanks! :-D
It's a hobby of mine; call it the result of a degree in acting with a lifetime of technology enthusiasm.
I think a Pathfinder radio drama would be utterly awesome. I'm down for it.
Alright, so as much as I love the idea of Tamir's dinner conversation during Pathfinder 21 - The Jackal's Price, I'll admit that remembering and thinking up jokes on the spot is not my strong suit, especially ones that fit for a desert-themed setting, with crass or lewd punchlines.
So what desert, genie, or other setting appropriate jokes can we put together as a resource?
I'll start with one (and not a crass one, but better than none):
A man on a camel rode through miles of the sun-drenched desert searching for some sign of life. His supplies were running low when his camel died.
Now on foot, he desperately sought refuge from the heat, and, most importantly, a source for water.
Suddenly, he came across a vendor in the middle of the desert.
"Thank the gods I found you!" the man cried. "Please help me. I'm in dire need of some water."
"Well," said the vendor, "I don't have any water. But would you like to buy one of these fine dinner robes?"
"What am I going to do with a dinner robe?" the man asked.
"That's what I'm selling sir. If you don't like it, I can't help you."
The man left the vendor and walked on for many more miles, praying each minute that he would find refuge from the scorching sun.
His eyes squinted a bunch of times when he came across a restaurant in the distance. Unable to comprehend a restaurant located in the middle of the desert, he assumed the place was a mirage, but decided to check it out anyway.
As he approached the door, his mouth opened in amazement, seeing that the place actually existed.
The doorman stopped him before he entered.
"Excuse me sir," the doorman said, "But you can't come in here without a dress robe!"
One question: Will this game use voice or "chat room"-type software?
TTop does not have voice capabilities, but I'm not opposed to using a voice application in parallel, though I have no experience doing so. If it's something you'd like to try, I'm more than happy to do some tests with it if you want to do so.
From what I understand, Ventrillo can do this pretty well. I've never setup a server for it, but I hear it's easy. I might be able to make that happen, if I can squeeze in some time to research it.
Sooooo...it's been a month and a half since the last order shipped, or downloads became available.
When does the next module ship? I'm waiting eagerly for my subscription to come in (given that the original Monthly subscription promise has fallen to the wayside long ago).
I'm pretty firmly in the camp of "Psionics isn't fantasy."
I like the idea of psionic characters in Sci-Fi. I DON'T like the idea of them with my Gandalfs, Merlins, and such -- this is for the same reason that the Monk class, with all of its Kung-fu and Ki powers, drives me absolutely up the wall.
Slap that sucker into it's own genre, it's own setting, or something else. Keep psionics out of my fantasy, please.
If I want a telekeneticist or a mentalist, a mystic or a telepath, I'll use Fantasy to do it, not the pulp-era powers of the mind, which is what it seems like psionic rules have tried to retro-fit.
Now, if you establish a pulp-era setting, or something more modern than that, I'm all ABOUT psionics.
I don't care about what ruleset it uses, so long as it's no more complicated than the current magic system (which already is more complicated than I prefer).
Hell, I'd be happy with just changing a "Wizard" in a sci-fi setting to an "Empath" or "Psychic", and keeping the rules the same.
I agree with the attention to detail in clothing and style. I'd like to see more of it. I don't think any words need to be "wasted" on it, as it can mostly manifest in the art, and if the Paizo folks decide to spend some word count on that kind flavor, I'm even happier.
Sean brings up good points, and I still find myself more in line with Selk. So, I suppose really my request is for the art director and artists to be conscious of such things, and not to fall into the classic "Fantasy Outfits" trope that I judge often happens. In fact, I'd like them to be more than conscious of it; I'd like them to work a little to highlight the changes.
I pretty much agree with the OP on all accounts. I think these are great ideas.
I ESPECIALLY like allowing Smite Evil to also be Smite Chaos, and allowing it to apply to ANY attack, including Combat Maneuvers. And the idea about Damage Reduction is great; if the target is Chaotic or Evil, ALL damage reduction should be negated from a Smite Attack.
So, reading through the Osirion entry in the Pathfinder Campaign Setting, I got hit with a funny thought.
Ojan and Jasilia, the heirs to the Khemet Dynasty, are fond of traipsing all around the Osirion desert in search of Adventure and Mystery. Their father, fearful for their safety, sends his Risen Guard to bring the young heirs back to the palace.
Here's a set of serial adventures following the deeds and mis-adventures of these two youngsters, chased by the bumbling Risen Guard whom they continually outwit and manage to get killed, only to have them raised and sent back out again to find them.
It's like the Golarion version of Duck Tales, Alvin and the Chipmunks, or any other Saturday Morning Cartoon.
I agree that Smite should be usable at range, but there should be a range limit. Every other kind of damage boost has a range limit, i.e. Sneak Attack. Just off the wall, say 30'. Or maybe one increment, though that isn't really fair for thrown weapons.
Another option would be that it is usable only for ranged favored weapons.
In Races od the Wild, I believe, there is a substitution level for elven paladins that grants ranged smite instead of melee smite.
I don't think it would be unbalanced or overpowered.
-Jack
Now that sounds like an elegant solution to it: let it apply to any ranged attack, even ranged touch like a ray, to a limit of, say, 30 ft.
I think it's just a hold-over from previous editions where missile weapons lost the properties of the bow firing them once they were released (ie. a flaming bow did not fire flaming arrows).
I think it is about time they gained this ability, as long as it specifies weapon damage. Otherwise we get sorcerers smiting evil with spells.
That seems fair to me.
To play devil's advocate, though, would it be that unbalanced for a multi-class paladin/sorcerer to be able to smite evil a few times with his rays and ranged touch attacks? He wouldn't be doing it as much as a straight paladin, and the spell wouldn't be as potent as a straight sorcerer, so it seems like it might be a decent marriage of the two. Especially considering how few Smite Evils a multi-class paladin would get.
So, the purpose of this thread isn't to debate whether or not the number of uses of Smite Evil for a paladin should change, or even what the bonuses are. My question is simple:
Why can't Smite Evil apply to ranged attacks in addition to melee?
I see no reason that it would be unbalanced. Let's say I want to make up a Dexterity based paladin rather than a Strength based one; Smite Evil with a crossbow or bow and arrow would seem an appropriate change.
Thoughts? Designer insight? Let's open this up.
Full Name
Paul Antairis
Race
Human
Classes/Levels
Ranger: Blockade Runner: 1, Scout: 3, Gunslinger: 1 Fort +6 Ref+11 Will +4 Ini +4 Per +10 AC: 19 HP: 48: 48 Uncanny Dodge
Gender
Male
Size
Medium
Age
34
Occupation
Tracker
Strength
13
Dexterity
18
Constitution
13
Intelligence
14
Wisdom
14
Charisma
12
About Paul Antairis
Background Notes:
Paul was born of a minor noble family that was all but wiped out by a rival House. He alone managed to survive because a retainer managed to save him and smuggle him away from danger into the wilderness.
He spent his time surviving in the wild and learned the ways of the Fey culture; how to hunt, track and survive. From time to time he’d travel into cities and do what he could to learn about the wild. During his time in the city he learned how to use firearms and work on them.
More to come –
Languages:
Common
Elven
Dwarven
Goblin
Sylvan
Saving Throws:
Save Base Ability Misc. Total
Fort. 5 1 0 6
Refl. 7 4 0 11
Will. 1 2 1 4
Combat Bonuses:
Type Base Ability Misc. Total
Melee 4 4 0 8
Ranged 4 4 0 8
CMB 4 1 0 5
CMD 14 5 0 19
Init. 0 4 0 4
Two-Weapon Fighting Fleet Weapon Finesse: Point Blank Shot: Precise Shot: Power Attack: Gunsmithing: Benefit: If you have access to a gunsmith's kit, you can create and restore firearms, craft bullets, and mix black powder for all types of firearms. You do not need to make a Craft check to create firearms and ammunition or to restore firearms. Also -
Crafting Firearms: You can craft any early firearm for a cost in raw materials equal to half the price of the firearm. At your GM’s discretion, you can craft advanced firearms for a cost in raw materials equal to half the price of the firearm. Crafting a firearm in this way takes 1 day of work for every 1,000 gp of the firearm’s price (minimum 1 day).
Crafting Ammunition: You can craft bullets, pellets, and black powder for a cost in raw materials equal to 10% of the price. If you have at least 1 rank in Craft (alchemy), you can craft alchemical cartridges for a cost in raw materials equal to half the price of the cartridge. At your GM’s discretion, you can craft metal cartridges for a cost in raw materials equal to half the cost of the cartridge. Crafting bullets, black powder, or cartridges takes 1 day of work for every 1,000 gp of ammunition (minimum 1 day).
Restoring a Broken Firearm: Each day, with an hour’s worth of work, you can use this feat to repair a single firearm with the broken condition. You can take time during a rest period to restore a broken firearm with this feat.
Special: If you are a gunslinger, this feat grants the following additional benefit. You can use this feat to repair and restore your initial, battered weapon. It costs 300 gp and 1 day of work to upgrade it to a masterwork firearm of its type.
Trait Description:
Indomitable Faith: Gain a +1 on Willpower Saves.
Dealmaker:
Benefit: Once per week, when looking for an item with a price greater than the local community’s base value (see page 461 of the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook), make a DC 10 Diplomacy check; add 10 to the DC for each community size category between the current community and the community size with a base value sufficient for that item. Success means (with GM approval) you’re able to sell or purchase that item as if the local community were of sufficient size. Each additional attempt (successful or otherwise) in that community increases the DC by an additional +10. Example: If you’re trying to find a +1 cloak of resistance (1,000 gp), you’d normally need to be in a small town (base value 1,000 gp) or larger to be able to find that item with little trouble. If you’re currently in a hamlet, that’s two community sizes away from a small town, so the Diplomacy DC is 30. If you went to a village and asked there, the DC would only be 20 because it’s only one community size away from a small town.
Class Abilities
Scout:
Trapfinding (Ex)
A scout adds ½ his level to Perception skill checks made to locate traps and to Disable Device skill checks (minimum +1). A scout can use Disable Device to disarm magical traps.
Targeted Strike (Ex)
By aiming his attacks precisely, a scout can deal extra damage to his target.
When the scout uses the attack action, he deals an extra 1d6 damage. This extra damage increases by 1d6 every two scout levels thereafter. Should the scout score a critical hit with a targeted strike, this extra damage is not multiplied. Ranged attacks can count as targeted strikes only if the target is within 30 feet.
With a weapon that deals nonlethal damage (like a sap, whip, or an unarmed attack), a scout can make a targeted strike that deals nonlethal damage instead of lethal damage. He cannot use a weapon that deals lethal damage to deal nonlethal damage in a hunter strike, not even with the usual -4 penalty.
The scout must be able to see the target well enough to pick out a vital spot and must be able to reach such a spot. A scout cannot use targeted strike against a creature with concealment.
Uncanny Dodge (Ex)
Starting at 2nd level, a scout can react to danger before his senses would normally allow him to do so. He cannot be caught flat-footed, even if the attacker is invisible. He still loses his Dexterity bonus to AC if immobilized. A scout with this ability can still lose his Dexterity bonus to AC if an opponent successfully uses the feint action against him.
Scout Talents
Finesse – You gain Weapon Finesse
Fleet: You gain the Feat “Fleet”.
Gunslinger:
Gunsmith
At 1st level, a gunslinger gains one of the following firearms of her choice: blunderbuss, musket, or pistol. Her starting weapon is battered, and only she knows how to use it properly. All other creatures treat her gun as if it had the broken condition. If the weapon already has the broken condition, it does not work at all for anyone else trying to use it. This starting weapon can only be sold for scrap (it’s worth 4d10 gp when sold). The gunslinger also gains Gunsmithing as a bonus feat.
Grit (Ex)
A gunslinger makes her mark upon the world with daring deeds. Some gunslingers claim they belong to a mystical way of the gun, but it’s more likely that the volatile nature of firearms simply prunes the unlucky and careless from their ranks. Whatever the reason, all gunslingers have grit. In game terms, grit is a fluctuating measure of a gunslinger’s ability to perform amazing actions in combat. At the start of each day, a gunslinger gains a number of grit points equal to her Wisdom modifier (minimum 1). Her grit goes up or down throughout the day, but usually cannot go higher than her Wisdom modifier (minimum 1), though some feats and magic items may affect this maximum. A gunslinger spends grit to accomplish deeds (see below), and regains grit in the following ways.
Critical Hit with a Firearm: Each time the gunslinger confirms a critical hit with a firearm attack while in the heat of combat, she regains 1 grit point. Confirming a critical hit on a helpless or unaware creature or on a creature that has fewer Hit Dice than half the gunslinger’s character level does not restore grit.
Killing Blow with a Firearm: When the gunslinger reduces a creature to 0 or fewer hit points with a firearm attack while in the heat of combat, she regains 1 grit point. Destroying an unattended object, reducing a helpless or unaware creature to 0 or fewer hit points, or reducing a creature that has fewer Hit Dice than half the gunslinger’s character level to 0 or fewer hit points does not restore any grit.
Deeds
Gunslingers spend grit points to accomplish deeds. Most deeds grant the gunslinger some momentary bonus or effect, but there are some that provide longer-lasting effects. Some deeds stay in effect as long as the gunslinger has at least 1 grit point. The following is the list of base gunslinger deeds. A gunslinger can only perform deeds of her level or lower. Unless otherwise noted, a deed can be performed multiple successive times, as long as the appropriate amount of grit is spent to perform the deed.
Deadeye (Ex): At 1st level, the gunslinger can resolve an attack against touch AC instead of normal AC when firing beyond her firearm’s first range increment. Performing this deed costs 1 grit point per range increment beyond the first. The gunslinger still takes the –2 penalty on attack rolls for each range increment beyond the first when she performs this deed.
Gunslinger’s Dodge (Ex): At 1st level, the gunslinger gains an uncanny knack for getting out of the way of ranged attacks. When a ranged attack is made against the gunslinger, she can spend 1 grit point to move 5 feet as an immediate action; doing so grants the gunslinger a +2 bonus to AC against the triggering attack. This movement is not a 5-foot step, and provokes attacks of opportunity. Alternatively, the gunslinger can drop prone to gain a +4 bonus to AC against the triggering attack. The gunslinger can only perform this deed while wearing medium or light armor, and while carrying no more than a light load.
Quick Clear (Ex): At 1st level, as a standard action, the gunslinger can remove the broken condition from a single firearm she is currently wielding, as long as that condition was gained by a firearm misfire. The gunslinger must have at least 1 grit point to perform this deed. Alternatively, if the gunslinger spends 1 grit point to perform this deed, she can perform quick clear as a move-equivalent action instead of a standard action.
Ranger:
Favored Enemy (Ex): Human
At 1st level, a ranger selects a creature type from the ranger favored enemies table. He gains a +2 bonus on Bluff, Knowledge, Perception, Sense Motive, and Survival checks against creatures of his selected type. Likewise, he gets a +2 bonus on weapon attack and damage rolls against them. A ranger may make Knowledge skill checks untrained when attempting to identify these creatures.
Public Enemy (Ex): When the blockade runner selects a creature type that is capable of humanoid social interaction as his favored enemy, his favored enemy bonus against the chosen creature type also applies to Diplomacy, Disguise, and Intimidate skill checks.
However, when selecting creature types incapable of humanoid social interaction, such as animals, constructs, or oozes, the blockade runner’s favored enemy bonus is instead halved. This ability is identical in all other ways to favored enemy, and supplements that ability.
Track (Ex)
A ranger adds half his level (minimum 1) to Survival skill checks made to follow tracks.
Wheelman (Ex): The blockade runner adds his level to drive checks made to pilot a vehicle.
Gear:
On Person Name Weight Cost
+1 Mithril Shirt 10 lbs 2,250 GP
+1 Short Sword 2 lbs 2,310 GP
MW Short Sword 2 lbs 310 GP
MW Musket 9 lbs 300 GP
Light Mace 4 lbs 10 GP
Daggers (2) 4 lbs 8 GP
31 lbs 5,188 GP
In Backpack
Survival Kit MW 5 lbs 50 GP
Link
Rope 50 FT
In Satchel
Gunsmith Kit 2 lbs 15 GP
MW Healers Kit 1 lbs 50 GP
MW Thieves Tools 4 lbs 100 GP
Surgeons Tools 4 lbs 20 GP
Pipe
Powder Horn 1 lbs 3 GP
