I don't know if I'll be able to post Thursday or Friday. I'm driving a flatbed full of equipment to Tennessee and wont be back until sometime Friday afternoon. I'll try, but my phone hates the boards for some reason.
Correctly labeled the shield. There are no ranks in craft, I just had all of the class skills listed for some reason that probably made sense to me at the time. The skills have since been edited for clarity.
Aiden has become somewhat excited by this news, tempered as it is by the attack on a small party. Rather than travel across the world to see cold lands with this allegedly frozen water, the land had come to him! I should probably find this mercenary first, though. I need to be prepared for whatever attacked his group. Walking downstairs into the common room of the inn he was staying at, he looked down at his flowing desert robes. Come to think of it, exactly how much colder is "colder than the Windswept Wastes"?
Should I just edit "Yes" For the column under Race Feat for my character? There aren't enough racial feats for Fetchlings to get eight (they only get six, two of which ?I can't qualify for until level 9+). Mordred said they'd add more if there weren't enough, so I'm waiting to see what gets added to choose (assuming I'm selected, of course).
Wouldn't you just select Gloom Sight for level 1 and then wait to see what he adds for level 2? Although light sensitivity weakness, ouch.
In all likelihood, I probably will, but I'd like to know what else is available first.
Editing is enabled. Please only edit your own things, or things that are clearly wrong. Remember, I can return to a previous revision if monkies get hold of the typewriter.
** spoiler omitted ** Please look at the sheet and ensure you see if anything is amiss.
Also, I really wish I'd noticed Juliette's version, so I could sneakthief from her work. :P
There is a box near the far right that enables you to opt in to post-start selection.
I'm not sure the GM will be interested in that, but feel free to put a Yes in there if you'd be happy to step in for MIAs and their ilk.
Your spreadsheet is awesome. Should I just edit "Yes" For the column under Race Feat for my character? There aren't enough racial feats for Fetchlings to get eight (they only get six, two of which ?I can't qualify for until level 9+). Mordred said they'd add more if there weren't enough, so I'm waiting to see what gets added to choose (assuming I'm selected, of course).
Still have to do a full background, but I do have this done:
Ten-Minute Background:
Step 1: Write 5 background and concept elements that you feel are important to your image of the character. These can be a concept overview, a list of important life events, a physical description, a personality profile...whatever you need to get an image in your mind.
1) Arim escaped the plane of shadow and sought refuge on the prime material
2) He was trained in infiltration and assassination by the shadow plane's counterpart to the Guild of Wonders in Shadow Absalom
3) His main weapon is a curved sword strapped diagonally across his back, with the hilt positioned on his right side at roughly waist height.
4) Despite his true calling, he is currently working as a thief-taker
5) Arim cultivates a false persona of boisterous good cheer, all the better to keep his working identity or identities unrecognizable.
Step 2: List at least two goals for the character. At least one of these goals should be one that the character has, while another should be one that you, as a player, want to see developed over the course of the game.
1) Arim is tired of being made a fool by Ash, and would very much like to capture him.
2) Rather than simply capturing Ash(ley) and turning the catburgler over to the authorities, I think I'd rather turn them into an ally for the rebellion.
Step 3: List at least two secrets about your character. One is a secret the character knows, one is a secret that involves him but that he is not actually aware of yet. This will help me in creating plots that center around your character. I will also be creating a third secret which you as a player will not be aware of, so expect some surprises!
Known: Arim Senka is simply another alias he uses to hide out on the material plane with. His true name is Jegan Otaktay.
Unknown: The elusive catburgler Ash is actually Ashley Aulamaxa, member of a minor branch of the famous Aulamaxa noble family and a noted philanthropist of Kintargo
Step 4: Describe at least three people that are tied to the character. Two of them are friendly to the character, one is hostile. If you like, you can include an enemy of yours here as well, so I have an instant NPC nemesis to throw at you.
1) Arim rents a small room above the shop of a Human cooper named Helmund Boley
2) Arim's has a street-level contact in Rudani Mastu, a tiefling who keeps his ear to the ground for useful rumors
3) Ash Morgan, catburglar extraordinaire and the Moriarty to Arim's Holmes. Ash has thus far eluded capture, much to Arim's frustration.
Step 5: Describe three memories, mannerisms, or quirks that your character has. They don't have to be elaborate, but they should provide some context and flavor.
1) First seeing the silver city, standing on the deck of a ship out of Absalom.
2) Arim often squints and blinks more rapidly in sunlight, even if the sun is not particularly bright by normal standards.
3) Arim is compulsively organized; there is a place for everything and everything is in its place. His room over the cooper looks like it was arranged by somebody with OCD.
Personality:
Arim acts very outgoing and extroverted, but while he has many friendly acquaintances, he lacks actual friends. Internally, he is very suspicious of everybody based on his prior work, and doesn't let anybody get too close. He is very dependable, and has something of a reputation for honesty and finishing his contracts...with the exception of Ash's apprehension.
Party Role:
Arim is something of an expert in sneaking around and getting into places where he's not supposed to be. He's useful to the party in that he can do the traditional over-the-wall-sneaky-sneaky brand of infiltration, but he's also effective with disguises and simply walking through the front door like he belongs there. If we decide in the future that one or more assassinations need to happen, he should be very good at that as well (At least he will be at level ten or so). Depending on who else is selected, he may be useful in generating leads and other information, as well. He is essentially a skillmonkey.
Any issues? Also, do you want us to stat out/create the nemesis, or will you be doing that?
Services has all of the information you need for that. As the DM said, it's not something to be overly worried about, though, unless you choose for it to be. :)
Lodging is not what I meant by housing. I meant that Sharn had costs for apartments and standalone houses of various sizes. I can't help but worry about it. The speed of pbp means I overthink everything to the nth degree.
After doing some more reading on the associated mechanics for poisons, I think I'm going to take the trapfinding instead. If nothing else, the crafting system for poisons appears to be borked beyond belief.
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MordredofFairy wrote:
@spade: Home safety/Travellers...I did mention earlier in the thread that everybody should have SOME stake in the city, some reason to stay. If someone is only visiting for whatever reason, they won't really feel compelled to join a rebellion risking their lifes, in most cases.
So optimally, you either have a history with the city, relatives, or, simply spoken, a contact you trust.
If nothing of those applies, and you don't trust the inn, then yes, you'll need to take all your belongings with you, and accept the encumbrance, at least until such time that the group finds itself in a common location they can consider a safe haven.(Spoiler alert: It won't be long, on the grand scale of things). Once you establish a headquarter, I'd assume you can safely leave belongings behind. If your character is the paranoid sort who always needs to bring everything he owns with him...
Understood. I think I can work that into the backstory. Is the cost of housing listed somewhere? I think the only time I've seen such a thing was in Sharn: City of Towers.
Since this is an urban setting gear should be pretty easy to deal with. There are shops and restaurants right at hand, and nowhere is too terribly far from home. The adventuring kits are great for wilderness and dungeon settings where one has to be prepared 24/7 but in a city it's possible to just go home at the end of the day.
Also porting around a backpack stuffed with rations, bedrolls, and such would probably look a little strange since everyone around will have only what they need right at hand with them.
Using the kit as a guide and selecting specific items from it to buy would also save a bit of money if that's an issue.
It's a little more trouble, but keeping a dual list of "stuff back at my place" versus "stuff with me right now" could be a useful way of dealing with more possessions than can easily be carried. A tanglefoot bag at the protest seem a little paranoid? Leave it on the shelf back home. Going to investigate the creepy abandoned warehouse at night? Bring that tanglefoot bag along!
I won't be dealing with the extra issues of armor and weapons, but I don't figure I'll even carry a backpack normally. A couple of belt pouches should be plenty for what I need over a few hours away from home.
This is a good point and generates a question on my part. Since at least some of the characters are natives to the city and the rest are stuck there for the duration, how is housing/lodging handled and how secure are they? The natives should have zero issue leaving things at home, until they bring suspicion down upon themselves and get raided, but the transients don't really have that option. Would you leave your belongings in a common room or a private room at an inn that have very little in the way of entry control?
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MordredofFairy wrote:
@spade: Since the Ninja does not have an Paizo-sanctified upgrade to unchained, and is, as a result, weaker than the current rogue version, nor has official archetypes giving more customisation options, I'll happily houserule that you get Trapfinding and Trap Sense in place of Poison Use, if you so choose.
Because the notion is quite correct, the skill monkey type character should probably be capable of handling traps.
Do understand though that the campaign is not in a Eastern setting. Aquiring weaponry of the sort you are skilled with may be difficult, and you will need a good background for a fetchling ninja to be here.
(some key points: where have you trained, why did you come here, why would you stay if things go from bad to worse?)
The weapon is a non-issue, I can just take a short sword instead. I only grabbed the wakizashi because I'm proficient with it and using a curved blade fit the mental image I had of the character. I'm not too worried about far eastern fluff, either. I'll have an explanation regarding training in the background, but I'm more focused on stealth and infiltration ability than pointlessly flipping around and screaming attack names. I'm torn on the trapfinding. On the one hand, I think it's pretty much necessary. On the other hand, I anticipated using poisons rather heavily (or at least as heavily as I can afford) for taking down single/important targets. I guess I'd like some input on that. What's everybody else think?
@spade: You picked up a second campaign trait from mummy's mask...thats not possible, unfortunately. I also can't see which boon you picked? Otherwise looks fine at first glance.
Crap, you're right. Ninjas don't get trap finding, so I was trying cover for that shortcoming. I'll pick something else. For the boon, I was going to go with the free racial feats.
Edit: I' think I'll take adaptable flatterer as me second trait.
Adaptable Flatterer (Fetchling): You gain a +1 trait bonus on Bluff checks and on attack rolls against opponents who are denied their Dexterity bonus to AC against you.
I'm done mechanically. This is definitely not the character I originally intended to roll up, but after reading the player's guide, I thought this could be fun. I'll do the fluff in the next few days.
AC:17 , Touch: 14, Flat-Footed: 13(+3 armor, +4 Dex) HP: 8
Fort: +0
Ref: +2
Will: +0
Racial: Shadow Blending (Su): Attacks against a fetchling in dim light have a 50% miss chance instead of the normal 20% miss chance. This ability does not grant total concealment; it just increases the miss chance.
Shadowy Resistance: Fetchlings have cold resistance 5 and electricity resistance 5.
Skilled:Fetchlings have a +2 racial bonus on Knowledge (planes) and Stealth checks. Darkvision:Fetchlings can see perfectly in the dark up to 60 feet. Low-Light Vision:In addition to their ability to see perfectly in the dark up to 60 ft, fetchlings have low-light vision, allowing them to see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light. Spell-Like Abilities (Sp):A fetchling can use disguise self once per day as a spell-like ability. He can assume the form of any humanoid creature. A fetchling's caster level is equal to his total Hit Dice. When a fetchling reaches 9th level in any combination of classes, he gains shadow walk (self only) as a spell-like ability usable once per day as a spell-like ability. A fetchling's caster level is equal to his total Hit Dice. When a fetchling reaches 13th level in any combination of classes, he gains plane shift (self only, to the Shadow Plane or the Material Plane only) usable once per day as a spell-like ability. A fetchling's caster level is equal to his total Hit Dice.
Statistics:
Str: 10, Dex: 18(16), Con: 10, Int: 14, Wis: 12(14), Cha: 16(14)
BAB: +0
CMB: 0
CMD: 14
Adventuring Skills: Acrobatics +7[1+3+4-1], Bluff +7[1+3+3], Climb +3[1+3-1], Diplomacy +7[1+3+3], Disable Device +10[1+3+4+2+1-1], Disguise +7[1+3+3], Escape Artist +7[1+3+4-1], Linguistics +6[1+3+2], Perception +6[1+3+2], Sense Motive +6[1+3+2], Stealth +10[1+3+4+1+2-1]
Background Skills: Craft (Alchemy) +6[1+2+3], Sleight of Hand +9[1+4+3-1+2]
Feats: Weapon Finesse
Languages: Common, Draconic, D'ziriak (understanding only, cannot speak), Infernal
Traits: Historian of the Rebellion: You’ve long been interested in the legacy of the Silver Ravens—a group of freedom fighters that rose to prominence in Kintargo during the Chelish Civil
War. There’s frustratingly little information today about the group, and you suspect that most of what was recorded about the Silver Ravens has long since been redacted or destroyed by government agents, but you’ve managed to pick up a tidbit here and there. Most of your knowledge isn’t so much about the Silver Ravens specifically, but more about general histories of rebel groups and freedom fighters who have fought against oppressive governments throughout history, both in Cheliax and beyond. Your familiarity with rebel groups allows you to grant a +2 bonus on an Organization check of your choice once the party reestablishes the Silver Ravens during the first adventure. You can change which check you assign this bonus to once at the start of the rebellion’s Upkeep phase. Your time preparing for joining the Silver Ravens has also honed your skill at remaining unseen. You gain a +1 trait bonus on Stealth checks, and Stealth is always a class skill for you.
Trap Finder:You gain a +1 trait bonus on Disable Device checks, and that skill is always a class skill for you. In addition, you can use Disable Device to disarm magic traps, like a rogue.
I think I'm pretty much done, mechanically. Anybody see any glaring errors? Also, does anybody have any suggestions for favored enemy? I'd hate to pick something useless.
Aiden Semper:
Classes: Pyrokineticist 1//Ranger 1
Alignment:Chaotic Good
Size: Medium
Type (Race): Humanoid (Human)
Age: 21
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 185lb.
Init: +5; Senses: Perception: +6
Speed: 30ft.
Melee: Scimitar +0 1d6-1 18-20/x2
Ranged: Fire Blast +5(vs. Touch) 1d6+3 30ft. 20/x2
Fan of Flames (Fire Blast) 15ft. cone 1d6+3 DC: 14 Ref for half
Special: 1st Favored Enemy (PLACEHOLDER)
Special Abilities:
Burn (Ex):At 1st level, a kineticist can overexert herself to channel more power than normal, pushing past the limit of what is safe for her body by accepting burn. Some of her wild talents allow her to accept burn in exchange for a greater effect, while others require her to accept a certain amount of burn to use that talent at all. For each point of burn she accepts, a kineticist takes 1 point of nonlethal damage per character level. This damage can't be healed by any means other than getting a full night's rest, which removes all burn and associated nonlethal damage. Nonlethal damage from burn can't be reduced or redirected, and a kineticist incapable of taking nonlethal damage can't accept burn. A kineticist can accept only 1 point of burn per round. This limit rises to 2 points of burn at 6th level, and rises by 1 additional point every 3 levels thereafter. A kineticist can't choose to accept burn if it would put her total number of points of burn higher than 3 + her Constitution modifier (though she can be forced to accept more burn from a source outside her control). A kineticist who has accepted burn never benefits from abilities that allow her to ignore or alter the effects she receives from nonlethal damage. Elemental Focus (Su):At 1st level, a kineticist chooses one primary element on which to focus. This element determines how she accesses the raw power of the Ethereal Plane, and grants her access to specific wild talents (see below) and additional class skills. She can select aether (telekinesis), air (aerokinesis), earth (geokinesis), fire (pyrokinesis), or water (hydrokinesis). She gains her selected element's basic utility wild talent (basic telekinesis, basic aerokinesis, basic geokinesis, basic pyrokinesis, or basic hydrokinesis) as a bonus wild talent. See Elements for the specific abilities granted by each element. Gather Power (Su): If she has both hands free (or all of her prehensile appendages free, for unusual kineticists), a kineticist can gather energy or elemental matter as a move action. Gathering power creates an extremely loud, visible display in a 20-foot radius centered on the kineticist, as the energy or matter swirls around her. Gathering power in this way allows the kineticist to reduce the total burn cost of a blast wild talent she uses in the same round by 1 point. The kineticist can instead gather power for 1 full round in order to reduce the total burn cost of a blast wild talent used on her next turn by 2 points (to a minimum of 0 points). If she does so, she can also gather power as a move action during her next turn to reduce the burn cost by a total of 3 points. If the kineticist takes damage during or after gathering power and before using the kinetic blast that releases it, she must succeed at a concentration check (DC = 10 + damage taken + effective spell level of her kinetic blast) or lose the energy in a wild surge that forces her to accept a number of points of burn equal to the number of points by which her gathered power would have reduced the burn cost. This ability can never reduce the burn cost of a wild talent below 0 points. Infusion (Su):At 1st level, a kineticist gains an infusion wild talent from the list of options available based on her elemental focus. She gains additional infusions at 3rd, 5th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 17th, and 19th levels. By using infusions along with her kinetic blasts, a kineticist can alter her kinetic blasts to suit her needs. Infusions come in two types, each of which changes a kinetic blast differently: a substance infusion causes an additional effect, while a form infusion causes the kinetic blast to manifest in a different way. Each infusion can alter only certain kinds of kinetic blasts, which are listed in its Associated Blasts entry. Each time the kineticist uses one of her kinetic blast wild talents, she can apply up to one associated form infusion and up to one associated substance infusion.
Some infusions change the action required to activate a kinetic blast or entirely transform the kinetic blast's normal effects.
The burn cost listed in each infusion's Burn entry is added to the burn cost of the kinetic blast the infusion modifies.
The DC for a save against an infusion is based on the associated kinetic blast's effective spell level, not the level of the infusion. The DCs for form infusions are calculated using the kineticist's Dexterity modifier instead of her Constitution modifier. When a kineticist modifies a kinetic blast with a form infusion and a substance infusion that both require saving throws, each target first attempts a saving throw against the form infusion. If a target succeeds and a successful save negates the infusion's effects, the entire kinetic blast is negated; otherwise, the target then attempts a saving throw against the substance infusion. If a kineticist's form and substance infusions both alter the kinetic blast's damage, apply the substance infusion's alteration first.
At 5th, 11th, and 17th levels, a kineticist can replace one of her infusions with another infusion of the same effective spell level or lower. She can't replace an infusion that she used to qualify for another of her wild talents.
Fan of Flames: Element(s) fire; Type form infusion; Level 1; Burn 1
Associated Blasts blue flame, fire
Saving Throw Reflex half
Your kinetic blast extends in a fan of flames, damaging all creatures and objects in a 15-foot cone. The saving throw DC is Dexterity-based.
Kinetic Blast (Sp):At 1st level, a kineticist gains a kinetic blast wild talent of her choice. This kinetic blast must be a simple blast that matches her element.
As a standard action, the kineticist can unleash a kinetic blast at a single target up to a range of 30 feet. She must have at least one hand free to aim the blast (or one prehensile appendage, if she doesn't have hands). All damage from a kinetic blast is treated as magic for the purpose of bypassing damage reduction. Kinetic blasts count as a type of weapon for the purpose of feats such as Weapon Focus. The kineticist is never considered to be wielding or gripping the kinetic blast (regardless of effects from form infusions; see Infusion), and she can't use Vital Strike feats with kinetic blasts. Even the weakest kinetic blast involves a sizable mass of elemental matter or energy, so kinetic blasts always deal full damage to swarms of any size (though only area blasts deal extra damage to swarms). A readied kinetic blast can be used to counterspell any spell of equal or lower level that shares its descriptor. A kinetic blast that deals energy damage of any type (including force) has the corresponding descriptor.
Kinetic Blasts
Kinetic blasts comprise simple and composite blasts. A kineticist gains a simple blast from her primary element at 1st level—some elements offer more than one option.
When a kineticist gains a new element via the expanded element class feature, she gains a simple blast from that element as well. Each simple blast is either a physical blast or an energy blast.
Physical blasts are ranged attacks that deal an amount of damage equal to 1d6+1 + the kineticist's Constitution modifier, increasing by 1d6+1 for every 2 kineticist levels beyond 1st. Spell resistance doesn't apply against physical blasts. Energy blasts are ranged touch attacks that deal an amount of damage equal to 1d6 + 1/2 the kineticist's Constitution modifier, increasing by 1d6 for every 2 kineticist levels beyond 1st.
Composite blasts combine elements to form a new blast. When a kineticist gains a new element through expanded element, she gains access to all composite blasts for which she qualifies.
Most composite blasts are either physical or energy blasts, like simple blasts. Physical composite blasts deal an amount of damage equal to 2d6+2 + the kineticist's Constitution modifier, increasing by 2d6+2 for every 2 kineticist levels beyond 1st; energy composite blasts deal an amount of damage equal to 2d6 + 1/2 the kineticist's Constitution modifier, increasing by 2d6 for every 2 kineticist levels beyond 1st.
Favored Enemy (Ex):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.
At 5th level and every five levels thereafter (10th, 15th, and 20th level), the ranger may select an additional favored enemy. In addition, at each such interval, the bonus against any one favored enemy (including the one just selected, if so desired) increases by +2.
If the ranger chooses humanoids or outsiders as a favored enemy, he must also choose an associated subtype, as indicated on the table below. (Note that there are other types of humanoid to choose from—those called out specifically on the table below are merely the most common.) If a specific creature falls into more than one category of favored enemy, the ranger's bonuses do not stack; he simply uses whichever bonus is higher.
Track (Ex):A ranger adds half his level (minimum 1) to Survival skill checks made to follow tracks. Wild Empathy (Ex):A ranger can improve the initial attitude of an animal. This ability functions just like a Diplomacy check to improve the attitude of a person (see Using Skills). The ranger rolls 1d20 and adds his ranger level and his Charisma bonus to determine the wild empathy check result. The typical domestic animal has a starting attitude of indifferent, while wild animals are usually unfriendly.
To use wild empathy, the ranger and the animal must be within 30 feet of one another under normal visibility conditions. Generally, influencing an animal in this way takes 1 minute, but, as with influencing people, it might take more or less time.
The ranger can also use this ability to influence a magical beast with an Intelligence score of 1 or 2, but he takes a –4 penalty on the check.
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Iajutsu Strike +1d6/-4 AC (Full-round) (Ex) Draw sword as strike challenged foe for extra dam, but take AC penalty for 1 rd. You can use this once per foe, each day.
Mount (Ex) Gain the services of a special animal companion.
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Calah had spent most of her life at sea in one posting or another, but it was always on somebody else's ship. Almost foolhardy in her eagerness, she quickly earned her a reputation for taking chances. She was as good a sailor as any, and was a more than servicable navigator, but her abilities were overshadowed by her risktaking. This was reflected in any berth she was offered, and she soon decided that she would have to strike out on her own, and soon.
One fine summer day, she took her biggest risk yet. A consortium of minor captains had formed to purchase a sailing ship and a cargo of steel ingots meant to make tools and weapons in Sargava and offered her a partnership. The risks involved were sizeable. While transporting their own cargo meant they got to pocket the whole of the profits instead of giving it to some merchant in exchange for a small cut, if anything happened, they would be out the cost of both the cargo and possibly even the ship. Of course, Calah accepted on the spot. She lacked the finances to take part though, so she needed to seek financial backing from elsewhere. She found that backing in the form of Sebastiaan Witting, a man of substantially less than savory reputation rumored to have connections all through the Shackles, including Firegrass Isle.
With her new backer fronting her share of the money, Calah signed on as the second mate and navigator of the Flying Cloud, sailing out of Port Peril. Calah charted a course for Eledar and it was smooth sailing from there, with Calah trying to work out how many runs she would have to do before earning enough to repay Witting and then purchase her own ship and crew. Unfortunately, it was not to be. One night shortly before dawn, they were attacked by a ship out of Firegrass Isle. During the fighting, Flying Cloud lost her masts and caught fire, and the last thing Calah remembers of that terrible event was screaming as she was trapped under a section of burning masthead. When she regained consciuosness, she was in the ship's boat with a handful of others, and was informed that the Flying Cloud had burned to the waterline. In addition to the horrific burns, the event utterly crushed her confidence. Upon returning to Port Peril she sold her belongings before giving the money earned and her jewelry to Witting as a down payment for what she owed him.
After a few months of making minute payments to Witting, Calah went to the Formidably Maid to drown her sorrows, and then went down to the docks to watch the ocean. After the turn her life had taken, she almost welcomed the sharp pain and sudden darkness.
Appearance:
Calah is of average height and weight for her people, wiclear blue eyes, dark sea green hair and skin the color of seafoam. Cala has burns on the left side of her head and neck, her left forearm, and the back of her left hand. Though hidden by her clothing, those burns are connected down her side and extend to her back and halfway down her thigh. There are tanlines on her wrists and fingers from where she had long worn bracelets and rings until very recently. Her clothes, while not rich in cut or fabric, were probably very nice when they were new, but are now somewhat shabby, and the fabric is a different color where fancy piping had been removed.
Motivation:
Calah desires to return to sea both for the sea in and of itself, and she desperately needs to earn the money to repay her backer. After being shanghaied, her goal is to get free, since being pressganged is unlikely to fill her coffers.
Three Questions:
Favourite Color- Midnight Blue
Favourite Meal- A nice filet of Spot with potatos and cornbread.
Theme Tune- Maybe Falling Down by Duran Duran? It seems to encapsulate the whole "life falling apart" thing rather well. I don't really know anything thematically appropriate.
Spade - One of my largest complaints about the software of the Paizo forums is that you can't nest spoiler tags. To be fair it is semi-difficult to program.
Personally I use a series of spoilers that contain everything in my character in usually 4-6 spoilers (depending on spells and complication of the character). I shamelessly recommend my own personal guide for formatting characters on the Paizo forums.
I think my character is mechanically done. The sheet was originally more compact, but the forums seem to wig out over nested spoiler tags. All that's left should be the fluff, but let me know if there's anything wrong or missing so far.
AC +13, touch +13, flat-footed +10
(+0 Armor, +3 Dex)
Hp 12 Temp hp [0]
Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +2
OFFENSE:
Speed: 30ft. land speed, 30ft. swim speed
Melee Unarmed Strike -2 1d3-2[nonlethal(min 1)] 20/x2 Bludgeoning
Ranged: Water Blast +4 1d6+6 30ft. 20/x2 Bludgeoning
Special Attacks: Pushing Water Blast +4 1d6+6 30ft. 20/x2 Bludgeoning +4CMB
STATISTICS:
Str 8(10), Dex 16(14), Con 18, Int 10, Wis 12(10), Cha 8
Base Atk 0; CMB -2; CMD 11
Feats
Point Blank Shot
Traits
Touched by the Sea:You’ve always felt the call of the
sea and your blood surges with the ebb and f low of the
tides. Perhaps one of your parents was a sailor or pirate,
or maybe one of your ancestors had a bit of aquatic elf
or undine blood in them. Whatever the reason, you’re as
comfortable in the water as you are on land. You gain a
+1 trait bonus on Swim checks and Swim is a class skill
for you. In addition, penalties on attack rolls made
underwater are lessened by 1.
You came to Port Peril in search of your destiny, and
after a few drinks at a tavern called the Formidably Maid,
you went down to the docks to take in a view of the sea.
The last thing you remember is a blow to the back of your
head and the waves rushing up to meet you.
Slippery Step (Undine):You are always considered to have firm footing when fighting underwater, and you gain a +2 trait bonus on Acrobatics checks and Climb checks on wet surfaces or in wet terrain, including bogs, standing or running water, or a storm-tossed ship.
Navigator:You gain a +1 trait bonus on Knowledge (geography) checks, and a +1 trait bonus on Profession (sailor) checks. One of these skills becomes a class skill for you. Drawback
Burned:You take a –1 penalty on saving throws against fire effects. In addition, whenever you are adjacent to open flames or are on fire, you take a –1 penalty on all attack rolls, saving throws, and skill checks until you spend an entire round away from fire. These penalties are not cumulative. (An instantaneous fire effect adjacent to you or affecting you causes this penalty to apply until 1 round after it is gone.)
Energy Resistance: Cold resistance 5
Darkvision: Undines can see perfectly in the dark up to 60 feet.
Amphibious: Some undines are born with a permanent bond to water. Undines with this racial trait gain the aquatic subtype and amphibious special quality. This racial trait replaces the spell-like ability racial trait.
Water Affinity: Undine sorcerers with the elemental (water) bloodline treat their Charisma score as 2 points higher for all sorcerer spells and class abilities. undine clerics with the Water domain cast their Water domain powers and spells at +1 caster level.
CLASS FEATURES:
Burn:At 1st level, a kineticist can overexert herself to channel more power than normal, pushing past the limit of what is safe for her body by accepting burn. Some of her wild talents allow her to accept burn in exchange for a greater effect, while others require her to accept a certain amount of burn to use that talent at all. For each point of burn she accepts, a kineticist takes 1 point of nonlethal damage per character level. This damage can't be healed by any means other than getting a full night's rest, which removes all burn and associated nonlethal damage. Nonlethal damage from burn can't be reduced or redirected, and a kineticist incapable of taking nonlethal damage can't accept burn. A kineticist can accept only 1 point of burn per round. This limit rises to 2 points of burn at 6th level, and rises by 1 additional point every 3 levels thereafter. A kineticist can't choose to accept burn if it would put her total number of points of burn higher than 3 + her Constitution modifier (though she can be forced to accept more burn from a source outside her control). A kineticist who has accepted burn never benefits from abilities that allow her to ignore or alter the effects she receives from nonlethal damage.
Elemental Focus:At 1st level, a kineticist chooses one primary element on which to focus. This element determines how she accesses the raw power of the Ethereal Plane, and grants her access to specific wild talents (see below) and additional class skills. She can select aether (telekinesis), air (aerokinesis), earth (geokinesis), fire (pyrokinesis), or water (hydrokinesis). She gains her selected element's basic utility wild talent (basic telekinesis, basic aerokinesis, basic geokinesis, basic pyrokinesis, or basic hydrokinesis) as a bonus wild talent. See Elements for the specific abilities granted by each element.
Gather PowerIf she has both hands free (or all of her prehensile appendages free, for unusual kineticists), a kineticist can gather energy or elemental matter as a move action. Gathering power creates an extremely loud, visible display in a 20-foot radius centered on the kineticist, as the energy or matter swirls around her. Gathering power in this way allows the kineticist to reduce the total burn cost of a blast wild talent she uses in the same round by 1 point. The kineticist can instead gather power for 1 full round in order to reduce the total burn cost of a blast wild talent used on her next turn by 2 points (to a minimum of 0 points). If she does so, she can also gather power as a move action during her next turn to reduce the burn cost by a total of 3 points. If the kineticist takes damage during or after gathering power and before using the kinetic blast that releases it, she must succeed at a concentration check (DC = 10 + damage taken + effective spell level of her kinetic blast) or lose the energy in a wild surge that forces her to accept a number of points of burn equal to the number of points by which her gathered power would have reduced the burn cost. This ability can never reduce the burn cost of a wild talent below 0 points.
InfusionAt 1st level, a kineticist gains an infusion wild talent from the list of options available based on her elemental focus. She gains additional infusions at 3rd, 5th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 17th, and 19th levels. By using infusions along with her kinetic blasts, a kineticist can alter her kinetic blasts to suit her needs. Infusions come in two types, each of which changes a kinetic blast differently: a substance infusion causes an additional effect, while a form infusion causes the kinetic blast to manifest in a different way. Each infusion can alter only certain kinds of kinetic blasts, which are listed in its Associated Blasts entry. Each time the kineticist uses one of her kinetic blast wild talents, she can apply up to one associated form infusion and up to one associated substance infusion.
Some infusions change the action required to activate a kinetic blast or entirely transform the kinetic blast's normal effects.
The burn cost listed in each infusion's Burn entry is added to the burn cost of the kinetic blast the infusion modifies.
The DC for a save against an infusion is based on the associated kinetic blast's effective spell level, not the level of the infusion. The DCs for form infusions are calculated using the kineticist's Dexterity modifier instead of her Constitution modifier. When a kineticist modifies a kinetic blast with a form infusion and a substance infusion that both require saving throws, each target first attempts a saving throw against the form infusion. If a target succeeds and a successful save negates the infusion's effects, the entire kinetic blast is negated; otherwise, the target then attempts a saving throw against the substance infusion. If a kineticist's form and substance infusions both alter the kinetic blast's damage, apply the substance infusion's alteration first.
At 5th, 11th, and 17th levels, a kineticist can replace one of her infusions with another infusion of the same effective spell level or lower. She can't replace an infusion that she used to qualify for another of her wild talents.
The momentum of your kinetic blast knocks foes back. Attempt a bull rush combat maneuver check against each target damaged by your infused blast, using your Constitution modifier instead of your Strength modifier to determine your bonus. This infusion can push a foe back by a maximum of 5 feet. You can increase the burn cost of this infusion to increase the maximum distance pushed by 5 feet per additional point of burn accepted. You can't use this infusion with a form infusion such as cloud that causes your kinetic blast to lack a clear direction to push.
Kinetic Blast:At 1st level, a kineticist gains a kinetic blast wild talent of her choice. This kinetic blast must be a simple blast that matches her element.
As a standard action, the kineticist can unleash a kinetic blast at a single target up to a range of 30 feet. She must have at least one hand free to aim the blast (or one prehensile appendage, if she doesn't have hands). All damage from a kinetic blast is treated as magic for the purpose of bypassing damage reduction. Kinetic blasts count as a type of weapon for the purpose of feats such as Weapon Focus. The kineticist is never considered to be wielding or gripping the kinetic blast (regardless of effects from form infusions; see Infusion), and she can't use Vital Strike feats with kinetic blasts. Even the weakest kinetic blast involves a sizable mass of elemental matter or energy, so kinetic blasts always deal full damage to swarms of any size (though only area blasts deal extra damage to swarms). A readied kinetic blast can be used to counterspell any spell of equal or lower level that shares its descriptor. A kinetic blast that deals energy damage of any type (including force) has the corresponding descriptor.
Kinetic Blasts:
Simple Blasts
A kineticist gains a simple blast from her primary element at 1st level—some elements offer more than one option.
When a kineticist gains a new element via the expanded element class feature, she gains a simple blast from that element as well. Each simple blast is either a physical blast or an energy blast.
Physical blasts are ranged attacks that deal an amount of damage equal to 1d6+1 + the kineticist's Constitution modifier, increasing by 1d6+1 for every 2 kineticist levels beyond 1st. Spell resistance doesn't apply against physical blasts. Energy blasts are ranged touch attacks that deal an amount of damage equal to 1d6 + 1/2 the kineticist's Constitution modifier, increasing by 1d6 for every 2 kineticist levels beyond 1st.
Composite Blasts
Composite blasts combine elements to form a new blast. When a kineticist gains a new element through expanded element, she gains access to all composite blasts for which she qualifies.
Most composite blasts are either physical or energy blasts, like simple blasts. Physical composite blasts deal an amount of damage equal to 2d6+2 + the kineticist's Constitution modifier, increasing by 2d6+2 for every 2 kineticist levels beyond 1st; energy composite blasts deal an amount of damage equal to 2d6 + 1/2 the kineticist's Constitution modifier, increasing by 2d6 for every 2 kineticist levels beyond 1st.
Harkin Ballard
Male Human Kineticist(Aero) 1
Chaotic-Good Medium Humanoid(Human)
Init +5; Perception +5
Defense AC: 16; Touch: 13; Flat-Footed: 13; (+3 armor, +3 dex)
HP: 12
Fort +6; Ref +5; Will +1
Offense
Speed: 30ft.
Melee:
Ranged: Air Blast 1d6+6 30ft range
----------Air Blast 1d6+5 120ft range
Special
Burn (Ex): At 1st level, a kineticist can overexert herself to channel more power than normal, pushing past the limit of what is safe for her body by accepting burn. Some of her wild talents allow her to accept burn in exchange for a greater effect, while others require her to accept a certain amount of burn to use that talent at all. For each point of burn she accepts, a kineticist takes 1 point of nonlethal damage per character level. This damage can't be healed by any means other than getting a full night's rest, which removes all burn and associated nonlethal damage. Nonlethal damage from burn can't be reduced or redirected, and a kineticist incapable of taking nonlethal damage can't accept burn. A kineticist can accept only 1 point of burn per round. This limit rises to 2 points of burn at 6th level, and rises by 1 additional point every 3 levels thereafter. A kineticist can't choose to accept burn if it would put her total number of points of burn higher than 3 + her Constitution modifier (though she can be forced to accept more burn from a source outside her control). A kineticist who has accepted burn never benefits from abilities that allow her to ignore or alter the effects she receives from nonlethal damage. Elemental Focus (Su): At 1st level, a kineticist chooses one primary element on which to focus. This element determines how she accesses the raw power of the Ethereal Plane, and grants her access to specific wild talents (see below) and additional class skills. She can select aether (telekinesis), air (aerokinesis), earth (geokinesis), fire (pyrokinesis), or water (hydrokinesis). She gains her selected element's basic utility wild talent (basic telekinesis, basic aerokinesis, basic geokinesis, basic pyrokinesis, or basic hydrokinesis) as a bonus wild talent. See Elements for the specific abilities granted by each element. Gather Power (Su): If she has both hands free (or all of her prehensile appendages free, for unusual kineticists), a kineticist can gather energy or elemental matter as a move action. Gathering power creates an extremely loud, visible display in a 20-foot radius centered on the kineticist, as the energy or matter swirls around her. Gathering power in this way allows the kineticist to reduce the total burn cost of a blast wild talent she uses in the same round by 1 point. The kineticist can instead gather power for 1 full round in order to reduce the total burn cost of a blast wild talent used on her next turn by 2 points (to a minimum of 0 points). If she does so, she can also gather power as a move action during her next turn to reduce the burn cost by a total of 3 points. If the kineticist takes damage during or after gathering power and before using the kinetic blast that releases it, she must succeed at a concentration check (DC = 10 + damage taken + effective spell level of her kinetic blast) or lose the energy in a wild surge that forces her to accept a number of points of burn equal to the number of points by which her gathered power would have reduced the burn cost. This ability can never reduce the burn cost of a wild talent below 0 points. Infusion (Su): At 1st level, a kineticist gains an infusion wild talent from the list of options available based on her elemental focus. She gains additional infusions at 3rd, 5th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 17th, and 19th levels. By using infusions along with her kinetic blasts, a kineticist can alter her kinetic blasts to suit her needs. Infusions come in two types, each of which changes a kinetic blast differently: a substance infusion causes an additional effect, while a form infusion causes the kinetic blast to manifest in a different way. Each infusion can alter only certain kinds of kinetic blasts, which are listed in its Associated Blasts entry. Each time the kineticist uses one of her kinetic blast wild talents, she can apply up to one associated form infusion and up to one associated substance infusion. Some infusions change the action required to activate a kinetic blast or entirely transform the kinetic blast's normal effects. The burn cost listed in each infusion's Burn entry is added to the burn cost of the kinetic blast the infusion modifies. The DC for a save against an infusion is based on the associated kinetic blast's effective spell level, not the level of the infusion. The DCs for form infusions are calculated using the kineticist's Dexterity modifier instead of her Constitution modifier. When a kineticist modifies a kinetic blast with a form infusion and a substance infusion that both require saving throws, each target first attempts a saving throw against the form infusion. If a target succeeds and a successful save negates the infusion's effects, the entire kinetic blast is negated; otherwise, the target then attempts a saving throw against the substance infusion. If a kineticist's form and substance infusions both alter the kinetic blast's damage, apply the substance infusion's alteration first. At 5th, 11th, and 17th levels, a kineticist can replace one of her infusions with another infusion of the same effective spell level or lower. She can't replace an infusion that she used to qualify for another of her wild talents. Kinetic Blast (Sp): At 1st level, a kineticist gains a kinetic blast wild talent of her choice. This kinetic blast must be a simple blast that matches her element. As a standard action, the kineticist can unleash a kinetic blast at a single target up to a range of 30 feet. She must have at least one hand free to aim the blast (or one prehensile appendage, if she doesn't have hands). All damage from a kinetic blast is treated as magic for the purpose of bypassing damage reduction. Kinetic blasts count as a type of weapon for the purpose of feats such as Weapon Focus. The kineticist is never considered to be wielding or gripping the kinetic blast (regardless of effects from form infusions; see Infusion), and she can't use Vital Strike feats with kinetic blasts. Even the weakest kinetic blast involves a sizable mass of elemental matter or energy, so kinetic blasts always deal full damage to swarms of any size (though only area blasts deal extra damage to swarms). A readied kinetic blast can be used to counterspell any spell of equal or lower level that shares its descriptor. A kinetic blast that deals energy damage of any type (including force) has the corresponding descriptor.
Elemental Focus: Air
Kineticists who focus on the element of air are called aerokineticists. Aerokineticists often control air flow or electricity, specializing in mobility and ranged combat.
Class Skills: An aerokineticist adds Fly and Knowledge (nature) to her list of class skills.
Wild Talents: 1st—aerial adaptation, air cushion, air shroud, air's leap, air's reach, basic aerokinesis, gusting infusion†, pushing infusion†, thundering infusion†, voice of the wind; 3rd—aerial evasion, celerity, engulfing winds, magnetic infusion†, torrent†, windsight, wings of air; 4th—cyclone†; 5th—air shroud (greater), chain†, windsight (greater); 6th—suffocate, wind manipulator; 7th—cloud†; 8th—weather master.
Infusion: Extended Range
Element(s) universal; Type form infusion; Level 1; Burn 1
Associated Blasts any
Saving Throw none
Your kinetic blast can strike any target within 120 feet.
Kinetic Blasts
Kinetic blasts comprise simple and composite blasts.
Simple Blasts
A kineticist gains a simple blast from her primary element at 1st level—some elements offer more than one option. When a kineticist gains a new element via the expanded element class feature, she gains a simple blast from that element as well. Each simple blast is either a physical blast or an energy blast. Physical blasts are ranged attacks that deal an amount of damage equal to 1d6+1 + the kineticist's Constitution modifier, increasing by 1d6+1 for every 2 kineticist levels beyond 1st. Spell resistance doesn't apply against physical blasts. Energy blasts are ranged touch attacks that deal an amount of damage equal to 1d6 + 1/2 the kineticist's Constitution modifier, increasing by 1d6 for every 2 kineticist levels beyond 1st.
Traits
Chance Savior: Fate smiled on you and Professor Lorrimor one day in the not so distant past. Through a matter of pure chance, you were in a position to save the late scholar’s life and did so. His gratitude was effusive, and he promised that he would never forget you. You are unsure of the nature of the summons in his will, but believe he may have listed you as a possible heir in thanks for saving him from an untimely demise. Your ability to think quickly on your feet has stayed with you, and you quite often feel that you’re in the right place at the right time. You gain a +2 trait bonus on Initiative checks. Vagabond Child (Urban):You grew up among the outcasts and outlaws of your society, learning to forage and survive in an urban environment. Select one of the following skills: Disable Device, Escape Artist, or Sleight of Hand. You gain a +1 trait bonus on checks with that skill, and it is always a class skill for you.
