The effect on XP is interesting. If your PCs manage to pull some shenanigans and use a mech where they weren't intended to, they will fall behind in level, making things harder down the line. Conversely, a party that manages to win a mech battle without a mech could wind up being greatly rewarded for it.
Alternate class feature: Wondrous Transformation
This one's a doozy. It might be overpowered I don't know, but I had fun writing this up. Rather than focusing on the specific benefits of unique fields of study, you develop a biohack tailored to your own physiology, capable of creating a unique transformation. The cosmetic effects of this transformation vary wildly between biohackers. Your body may sprout additional limbs, gain new organs, and even change size and shape completely, though you have the sense to modify your equipment so that it remains useable in both forms. You may transform yourself as a standard action, granting the following benefits:
You select additional benefits for your transformation at each odd level, including first. Transforming takes a standard action and consumes all remaining uses of your biohack class feature. You cannot use the hideous transformation if you have no uses of the biohack class feature remaining. The transformation lasts 3 rounds +1 for each biohack consumed.
Alleles: select an allele at each odd biohacker level. These are abilities available to you only while transformed into your hideous transformation. 1st Level: these alleles can be selected at first level onward
Resistant skin: gain energy resistance 5 to 2 types of energy that stack with up to 1 other source
Survival instinct: Once per day, When you are reduced to 0 hit points, continue acting normally until the end of your next turn, then fall unconscious. If you take additional damage before this, fall unconscious immediately. Sticky ooze: As a standard action, target a 5 foot radius within 30 feet. That area becomes difficult terrain. At 10th level, this becomes a 10 foot radius. 7th level: these genes are available from 7th level onward Pheremone cloud: As a standard action, you can release a cloud of pheremones within a 30 foot radius around you. All enemy creatures within the radius must move toward you to the extent they are able if they fail a will saving throw. Once a creature has been exposed to the pheremone, it is immune to this ability for 24 hours. Breath weapon: gain a breath weapon that deals 1d8 damage per 2 biohacker levels in a 15 ft cone. (reflex save half) Select the type of energy damage it deals when you transform. You may use this ability once every 1d4 rounds. Extreme adaptation: As long as you are transformed, you are immune to environmental effects of extreme cold, extreme heat, radiation, and vacuum Heightened awareness: gain +1 to reflex saves and become unflankable.
Radioactive: You emit an aura of low-level radiation while transformed. Creaturese within 10 feet of you must succeed at a fortitude save or become sickened. this condition ends once they are more than 10 ft from you. Grasping tentacle: Your natural weapon gains the reach and grab properties.
15th level:
Evolve biotech: As long as you are transformed, gain one biotech augmentation with item level equal to or less than your biohacker level in any system you do not have an augmentation installed. You may select this augmentation again each time you transform. Quantum Tunneling: You can phase through up to 15 feet of solid material as a full action. As a reaction, you can gain concealment against any nonmagical attack that does not have the force descriptor Terrifying Visage: Gain the frightful presence ability with a range of 30 feet and a will save DC equal to your class ability DC. (10 + ½ biohacker level + KAS modifier).
Theorems:
Gene splicing(2nd level +): If you have a creature companion, you can perform a surgery to grant it one of the following abilities: blindsense (any) 60 ft, +10 ft land speed, 30 ft fly speed, 30 ft swim speed, 30 ft burrowing speed. This surgery requires at least 4 hours uninterrupted work and at least 8 hours rest for the creature modified. This ability can be swapped for another if the surgery is performed again. A given creature companion cannot have more than one of these benefits at a time. Chemical reactions(2nd level +):The compounds used to create biohacks can also be mixed so as to create volatile reactions. You can use one of your uses of the biohacks as a standard action to instead create and throw a special grenade that deals 1d8 acid or fire damage per 2 biohacker levels in a radius of 15 feet. The save DC for this grenade is as the DC for theorems.
Advanced Gene splicing (8th level +): If you have an animal companion, you can perform a surgery to grant it one special ability as if it were another species of animal companion, in addition to its normal abilities. This surgery requires at least 4 hours of uninterrupted work and at least 8 hours rest for the creature modified following. The ability granted can be swapped for another if the surgery is performed again. A given creature cannot have more than one of these benefits at a time. You must have the gene splicing theorem to select this feature. Poison mastery (14th Level+):
Cambrian Explosion:
Since COM was released, all the new stuff for the core classes can't help but make the new classes feel a little thin by comparison. I've been brainstorming how the COM treatment would look for the 3 newer classes, specifically the biohacker, and thought I would share what I have so far here for the enjoyment and input of this forum. Just an exercise for me having fun, but I've got new theorems, new fields of study, and even an alternate class feature mapped out. I'll split them up into multiple posts. Design goals:
SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: This Homebrew has not been tested in game. It may be hazardous to the balance of your game. Please consult your GM to see if the following homebrew is right for you. Let's start with the fields of study. I have 3 Fields of Study: Performance Enhancement:
Psychoactivation:
Mutation:
I would add for races that any with a racial bonus to medicine is worth considering when starting at level 1, as dc 25 medicine checks can be difficult to make then. This includes shirren with individual obsession, ramiyels, and ghorans. Also, I'm not sure about the statement that crafted poisons gain +2 DC. I suspect this came from the core rulebooks statement that crafted items treat their level as higher for saving throws. I believe this refers to instances where an ability targets a piece of equipment (i.e. mechanic's overcharge ability), not saves made against the equipment. At any rate, this would be shaky for poison DCs anyway since their DC is not determined by item level but the poisons own stat block.
I'd actually be kind of interested in seeing a one-arm race. We have contemplatives already, who can't wield 2-handed weapons very well, but they still have 2 arms. Hopefully they'd have some other powerful abilities to balance it out, since cybernetic arms aren't cheap. Then again, if you were building a level 20 character you could cheaply (for level 20) go from one arm to 3 and the limitation would be meaningless. It's probably best for starfinder if character species remains mostly a flavor choice with a few cool abilities.
I think the issue here is not can I have the biotech/cybernetic, but how it would function if I do. In the case of vlaka, for example, their racial trait essentially gives them the blinded condition. A blind vlaka with a wide spectrum ocular implant would be in the same situation as a human with the same augment that got temporarily blinded by an environmental/enemy effect, the only difference being their blindness is permanent.
Thought I'd list out the spells mystics can increase duration to 24 hours using the lingering spell epiphany by connection to see which connections benefit the most from this ability. hour/level spells don't really make much difference (actually worse than doubling duration after level 12), so they are excluded. I'm including concentration up to 1 minute/level spells, assuming the duration could be expended if concentration could be maintained. Your mileage (and your GM's) may vary. Crusader: reflecting armor (still ends when dismissed), Death Ward, Resistant Aegis, Resistant Armor, greater Devastator: Carnivorous Empath: Detect thoughts, Zone of Truth, Clairaudience/Clairvoyance (remote stakeout!), Telepathy, True Seeing Geneturge: detect augmentation, Spider Climb Hive Mind: Share language, Status Melophile: Clairaudience/Clairvoyance Shadow: Shadow Body Shaper: grease Star Shaman: Darkvision Warmonger: resistant armor, resistant aegis Xenodruid: Fog Cloud Empath can do some very interesting things with this epiphany. 24 hour remote stakeouts with clairvoyance, True seeing/telepathy all day. Detect thoughts could be good if concentration spells are allowed, and zone of truth could let you enforce a "no lying on the ship" policy by recasting every day. The only other one jumping out at me is shadow for shadow body. Cast once and reap the benefits all day. Crusader isn't bad either, but there are other ways to get energy resistance. That being said, there are some other options. There could be interesting uses for a day-long fog or grease puddle. Though the fog could still be blown away.
Weapons of war seems like a good secondary connection power for anyone using high-level attack-roll spells like dominate person, feeblemind, and flesh to stone. Use your move and standard action, burn a 1st level spell slot, (which don't have much use in combat at that point), and substantially reduce the risk of wasting a high level spell slot from a wasted attack roll. If I'm not mistaken, a Devastator mystic could achieve the highest bonus to hit by combining weapons of war with blood mark and greater blood mark, capping out at +23 before ability score modifiers, weapon focus, etc. You could even stack destructive frenzy on top of this for up to +4 more using a 6th level spell slot, but this locks you out of using that attack for spells or weapons other than small arms and basic melee. Unfortunately, since weapons of war is an insight bonus, it does not stack with the +4 insight bonus to attack rolls from mystics' level 20 ability.
Witchwarper's 2nd level spell slot infinite worlds damage per round option doesn't do a whole lot of damage, but... It provides a safe, reliable way for shimreen allies (or a shimreen witchwarper, I guess?) to use their amplify racial ability. With the base racial electrical resistance of 5/, they take 2 + 1d4 damage each round, doing no damage except on a roll of 4, and add the d4 to their next melee attack. Additional infinite worlds effects can help keep the target confined to this electrified area.
Nym Moondown wrote:
War. War never changes.
There is a general rule, though it took until alien archive 2 for it to be written, it seems. P. 4 of Alien archive 2 under "Racial Traits and Alien PCs" "While there is a preponderance of nonhumanoid aliens with strange morphology, all playable alien races are considered to have two hands for the purposes of holding or wielding weapons and other equipment (unless otherwise noted)."
It goes against the way people usually build these characters, but the fouling reposition feat works well with the Duck Under envoy improvisation, which lets you reposition at +8 as a reaction on a missed melee attack. This requires total defense, but total defense is only a standard action (could have sworn it was a full action) This frees your move action for get 'em, brace yourselves, etc.
On the subject of caster's that don't use spell slots, I've always looked for ways to build a solarian more focused on revelations than tanking/melee damage, and they tend to look weaker. A counterpart class to the solarian that loses solarians high BAB for stronger revelation like abilities would be neat. If anyone else played star wars knights of the old republic, I'm talking about a "Jedi Consular"(focus on training force powers) to the solarian's "Jedi Guardian"(focus on lightsaber mastery).
With COM's addition of alternate class features, it's difficult to think of character types that couldn't be tooled as an alternate class feature, archetype, or other additional build option. I'm most excited about the possibility for alternate/additional features for biohacker, though I'm not sure what you could replace. If you replace biohacks, most other class features don't work. Still, a biohacker equivalent to the exocortex and drone mechanic options could be really cool flavor-wise if nothing else, focusing on personal biotech type augments or a custom chimera creature companion. I suppose there's room to support this somewhat through theorem choices. For example, a theorem that lets you DNA splice a creature companion to give it the abilities of a different creature companion. As it is, I feel like biohacker could be so much more than "guy who shoots people with needles" Not sure what you would replace them with, but alternate features for vanguard and witchwarper would be easier to do. Replacing entropic strike and infinite worlds with some other mechanic still fitting the flavor of the class would be a big enough difference while still letting the character fundamentally feel like the base class.
In many combats, I've found that after the first round most players and npcs tend to stay put behind cover and shoot their ranged weapons. For most classes, this frees up their move action and lets them full attack. Spellcasters, however, have very few spells that have full actions to cast. Assuming we want to cast a spell as a standard action, what are we to do with our move action if we are already in a good position? COM and Alien archive 3 have added some new options. Most will need to be thought of in building and leveling a character, however, as they require feats or skills. As a move action, our spellcaster could -Align a shield (requires shield proficiency)
There are some class-specific abilities that can be performed as a move action, too, but what else did I miss?
Regarding naming conventions, the contemplative in Dead suns 2 had a name like Ailabiens 21:32, (probably not quite right) which was explained to be a citation by his favorite author, and that this was the typical naming convention for contemplatives. Taking that in a slightly different direction, I always wanted to make a contemplative character obsessed with mathematics that had an equation for a name. "hello stranger, what's your name" *telepathically beams a bunch of math into person's brain* "but you can call me "cauchy-schwarz inequality" for short."
Megavitamin actually seems better than I thought at first. I would assume (the spell doesn't really outline it) that it could be used as a similiar action to trickling a serum on a downed ally, allowing them to get back up without spending resolve. They last 24 hours, so you could hand them out to your party at the start of the day and anyone could help a downed ally back up. Healing serums do the same, but you don't always have time to buy/craft more when you run out. Heck, give one to your half orc friend and he can just eat a vitamin the first time he goes down and be back at 1 hp.
Xenocrat wrote:
Don't forget dragon gland requires the enemy make a reflex save, which can be reduced through the pharmacology school (encumber, entangled condition) and coagulant medicinals.
Mentioned this on another thread talking about a specific envoy grappler build, but shirrens qualify not only for the helpful telepath feat listed in their section, but also the spot of luck feat listed in the gnome section (requires a d20 reroll feat or racial ability and 5th level). This allows them to, once per 10 min rest, with a successful harrying fire attempt (trivial at high levels), allow the next ally attack to roll 3 times and take the best result. Particularly useful if you have a grappler who wants to go for broke on trying to pin a target, or a spellcaster casting a big spell that requires an attack roll, such as dominate person or disintegrate. This also works the same for the other uses of helpful telepath (skill check reroll on aid another, attack reroll and take worse on enemy for covering fire). This works well for any shirren character using a ranged weapon regardless of class. Envoys taking the fire support or superior covering fire options could potentially do slightly better at high levels since they can harry/cover two targets.
Xenocrat wrote:
That seems to be the intent. However, "The esotericist grants alternate class features at 2nd, 6th, 9th and 18th levels. These alternate class features are optional. at each of these levels, you can either choose an esotericist alternate class feature...." {COM 99} So, even though you can take the spellshaper feature multiple times, you can't take any esotericist feature at 12th level. You can take it again at 18th, but of course then you cannot take greater spell shaping. If you take greater spell shaping, effectively it just adds 1 use to spell shaping. (since you could only use it with 1 school at most anyway).
So, the esotericist 9th level ability spell shaping seems like a very powerful ability, well worth the trade of a single feat (or healing touch) for a 9th level mystic. The ability to make a single target spell hit two creatures within 15 feet of one another in particular is very strong in terms of getting 2 spells for one action and using only one spell slot. The range condition is particularly easy to meet for harmless spells (just tell your allies to group up before casting). It does, however, restrict its usage to a single spell school of the player's choice. Let's compare the school choices for a mystic based on the most appealing spells to use the ability with: Divination: it's not just mind thrust, but mostly for mind thrust Mind Thrust (extra target): an obvious choice at any level for the double targeting option. Realizing mind thrust is actually a divination spell made me want to see what other options the school provides, though, given that most of the other immediately appealing options are enchantment spells.
Transmutation:
Conjuration:don't overlook this one
Enchantment:Probably the most versatile options
Necromancy:Not a ton of spells, but the options here are fairly solid
Abjuration:not the best pick of the lot, but if you like buffs, it's okay.
Illusion:I guess if you are already shadow connection, you might pick this
Evocation: Not a mystics strong suit, but could be good at low levels for connection spells in particular.
So it's not just a toss up between divination and enchantment. Transmutation and Necromancy, even conjuration have some appealing possibilities. Did I miss any cool spells to shape? What are the best schools for Technomancer and witchwarper? Gut says transmutation for disintegrating 2 targets.
Cellion wrote:
I agree. I don't know why it would be broken to eliminate those restrictions while keeping it a single attack standard action. That makes it especially appealing for lower BAB classes that might not want to full attack. (and can do other things with move actions).
A lot of the good's been mentioned here already. Few people talking about biohacker. Yes, instinctive biohackers don't seem strictly worse now, and that's great, but some of the class's other options from the playtest are just gone. Hopefully we'll get new theorems/fields in the future. There are 19 theorems and 5 fields of study. A pure biohacker who doesn't multiclass or take archetypes will, by level 20, have access to 10 theorems and 3 fields of study, meaning they will experience over half what the class has to offer. I see a lot of particular theorems getting neglected (speedy serums, stable biohacks) so, aside from instinctive vs. studious, most biohackers will probably build the same.
I find the new maneuver expertise option interesting. It technically provides an envoy with a way to have the single highest bonus to a grapple attempt. There's also the coordinated maneuvers improvisation, which grants a different bonus to an allies maneuver attempt roll. Imagine a pair of tag team wrestlers classed as envoys. A shirren with the new helpful telepath and spot of luck feats, plus the coordinated maneuvers improvisation, and a trox with maneuver expertise to do the actual grabbing.(Bugs that hug!) After the appropriate setup, you could get the best of three rolls with a 1d4 + 1 + expertise on top of other bonuses. At 8th level, when coordinated maneuvers is available, the trox could make a grapple attempt of 6 (base attack) + (5) (20 str) + 1d4+1 (coord maneuvers) + 1d6 + 1 (expertise) + 2 (racial bonus) + 2 (grapple weapon) + 4 (improved combat maneuver) = 20 + 1d4 + 1d6 For comparison, a CR8 combatant has a KAC of 22, meaning a result of 30 is needed to grapple, 35 for a pin. For simplicity's sake, take the average result from the d4 and d6 and combine them (2+3 = 5) for a total bonus of 25. This means a successful grapple on a 5, and a pin on a 10! Lest we forget, we get three rolls to choose from. Rolling under 10 3 times in a row is less than a 12.5% chance. This without applying any debuffs to AC, say from the shaken condition due to combat expertise. For added hilarity, assume we have a biohacker pharmacologist on the team who manages to inflict encumbered and entangled with his biohack. The combined penalty to acrobatics checks is so severe that, once pinned, they will likely never escape. Edit: any corrections to this calculation graciously and humbly accepted.
David knott 242 wrote:
Core Rule book page 126 "You also cannot add more than one archetype to a specific class."...."If you multiclass and gain a level in a new class, you can add a new archetype to that class when you reach the appropriate level."
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Jax Naismith wrote: " Heck, we can put Edmin far ahead with the light and the rest of us can sneak around the outskirts!" That mental image made me laugh. 'Guys? Guys? Why do I have to hold this torch up high and are you sure these red circles of protection you put on my chest will keep me safe? They kind of look like a bulls eye now come to think of it.'
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Cуровую Creates a New Friend The ruins of Aldencross, Before the Dawn the Morning After
'You will owe me a favor then, and put in a good word for me with Jax too?!' the sorcerer is clearly excited, at the idea of a favor owed, the promise of Jax, and in the ritual to come. 'Yes Rasia, although as I said, Jax is spoken for ... at least to some extent.' The sorcerer thinks a little, 'But your sure he likes girls right? At least prefers them!' Cуровую raises an eyebrow and despite herself allows a half smile. 'Yes he does ... 'Cougars' if you want to be specific. Ones that like to smoke.' Raisa is all smiles now. 'See! Then there is a chance! Squee!' 'Ok let's get down to business.' Raisa holds up the staff of her now dead ... now undead colleague. Then she begins to dance and caper wildly in a circle around the dead body. Swinging the staff to and fro in great sweeping arcs, her dance is quite mesmerizing. She is getting good at this. Raisa firmly grasps the staff in both hands, there is something like a flash of blackness, a momentary pulse of unlight that darkens the room she and Cуровую taken over in the fort. There is silence. Then, slowly, once dead hands twitch, once strong legs that lay dead move again. A head turns. She sits up. "Yeah baby!" Raisa yells. "Rise! Rise! Riiiiise!" The Seeker's fists slowly clench and unclench as the undead monk rises. The Witch watches the ritual, studying and learning what she can, 'Well done Raisa, truly.' 'Thank you! I am getting the hang of this! I can command her to follow your commands like you requested.' Cуровую looks from the sorceress to the once Pain in the Monk. 'Yes. Please do. That bytch has a long road ahead.'
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Cуровую says Goodbye to an old Friend
The winds are strong, they blow the black smokes coming from the still smoldering fires south, just where Sakkarot intends to march his triumphant bugbear army. Last night's rain drenched much of the ground. But the rain waters have not reached deep under the Lord's Dalliance, where real gold once found false love. In a long forgotten tunnel built by Dwarves to keep secrets, a tunnel which in turn brought forth a darkness to lay Aldencross low, a simple ceremony is taking place. In Giant 'That is deep enough great one. You may stop digging.' A fiendish ogre grunts and starts to pull himself up from a hole that reaches his waist. Cуровую turns to the linen wrapped figure next to her, although she can not see his face, she remembers the smiles it once wore easily. She then in turn smiles at the fond memory. Cуровую says a few ancient words of respect, admiration and finally protection to the figure wrapped in the linens. She then gently kisses the covered forehead, then cheek and finally full on where the lips should be and says 'Farewell my friend, I owed you those. May you keep my goblin friend in good company.' She then checks the Sepia Snake Sigil and other wards she left on the body to make sure they have been set properly. Using Levitate she lowers the body gently into the newly dug earth. Over her shoulder she hears the ogre's tribute. 'Goodbye smiley man ... you were, umm, nice to me.' He then grabs the large shovel and motions to start covering the body, but is stopped. 'Wait a moment great one.' Cуровую produces three tall glasses from the fort, and one of the few remaining bottles that innkeeper Barhold was quite fond of. She fills all the glasses full, and offer one to the ogre then Mage Hand's another to the wrapped figure. 'To happy times past, and to fondly remembering them long into the future my friends.' Ogre and Witch take long drinks, the third drink remains filled. After a pause, Cуровую gives a gentle nod and the Ogre begins to refill the hole with dirt. --- Above Ground The Champion of Hell catches a glimpse of the Ogre walking towards the members of the group, sucking on a now empty bottle of fine wine. 'Grumble, where is Cуровую? The whole army is ready to move. The ogre, licking his lips, then frowning seeing the contents all but gone looks at the antipaladin. 'She said she would be coming soon, she needed to make some magic stuff and did not want me to disturb her.' The ogre shrugs. --- No horses whine from the stables of Aldencross, no dogs bark in the now empty streets. But somewhere under the streets of Aldencross, where real gold once found false love, the scion of the Eternal Hag, the child of the Wintery North, the Witch who would be Queen ... Weeps like a babe.
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Edmin Al'Roth wrote: Edmin reaches to his side and opens a bloody sack hanging from his hip, the champion retrieves the commanders severed head and places it so it faces towards The Cardinal. "The Commander of Balentyne." Oh Oh. Um um um. Perception? Um Knowledge over the top Greek Tragedies? Umm .. Sense Motive? The Old Talirean name for a hazelnut was "aveline". This tree, common today, was an introduced exotic at first, and so became associated with nobility, especially the nobility of service. Several noble families have names derived from this plant, or make use of it in their coats of arms. -- The Book of the Great Houses
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Xenfal wrote: Xen says as he climbs aboard Moraum - Welcome to Quasangi Airways {a subsidiary of Frosthammer Cruise Lines}, where your first trip, may well be your lastPlease stow your Ogre in overhead cabin before boarding, any use of Message is strictly prohibited during take off and arrival. On flight beverages in First Class include blood types A, B and AB (upon request) For today's inflight entertainment, our ground crew will provide a hail of arrow fire. We know you have a choice when you adventure, thank you for Flying Quasangi Airways.
Set was kind enough create this spell for me. Makeover
School Transmutation; Level Bard 0, Sorcerer/Wizard 0, Witch 0
With this cantrip, you can cause the most minor of alterations to the touched target, decorating skin and hair with cosmetics, and altering the length, type, style and color of hair and nails. You can use this spell to add or remove tattoos or henna decorations, temporarily. If you use this spell as part of a Disguise check to change only minor details, you can perform this action as a standard action, but the spell is of no use for more involved Disguise attempts, such as to change apparent gender, race, age category or size category, or to impersonate a specific person. An appearance change generated with this spell might prove worth a +1 circumstance bonus to certain Bluff or Diplomacy checks, at the GM's discretion, particularly when dealing with a culture that has different standards of beauty than your own. (Such as finding a white pallor more dignified, long straight hair more alluring or finding tattoos unseemly.)
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Douglas Muir 406 wrote: The town priest is old Father Jole. He insists on riding the circuit to the outlying towns, though, so he's gone more than half the time. Last summer he fell ill for a month, and we thought we'd lost him. He should be back for this Brightday, though. If we intercept this cleric it will be one less to deal with and may force one of those in the fort to at least spend some time away from the fort. Also since he already had a mishap it may not be looked on with full suspicion if we can make it look like an accident. Further, if something should happen to the priest, maybe Dren could pose as a replacement, and that would at least give him possible access to the chapel in the fort, to consult with the priest there. I am sure there are a dozen ideas we can come up with, this is the part where we just throw things at the wall and see which is pretty.
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Douglas Muir 406 wrote:
It's a good thing Cуровую cast Mount for herself, summoning the White Strider Snowmantle and cast Mount, Communal for the group. Cуровую could cast the higher level spell twice to save the group some time if you like. Sitting upon Snowmantle, Cуровую will have her Mount the full 8 hours.
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
SQUEE! Look at those scores! Nat 20 for Stealth (Bref would be proud!) and a very high roll on Perception which I never get. Rolled general Knowledge, I have higher bonuses for more specific knowledge.
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
New Tactic - enlist the captain as new PC for the group. Sit back, relax. Watch experience and treasure roll in. Judge, Jax, unless you suggest otherwise via Message I will drop the Charm the minute the Judge gives a warning to abandon 'what's in the captain's cabin Part II', although we may have had time to attempt something while he was playing chicken with the iceberg. DM said dragons. Like, dragons? Like not something we would mistake for a dragon, but the real puppy?
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Edmin Al'Roth wrote: Edmin snorts and shakes his head. "You're part something that's for sure." Edmin usually plays the straight man but sometimes has the best zingers. Actually we all do. Yaay banter. Xenfal wrote: Part beautiful, part brilliant and part brave. and that's just his hat!
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Took me 20 minutes to find this - but here is the source, I found. rules FAQ Spoiler: Do rays count as weapons for the purpose of spells and effects that affect weapons?
Yes. (See also this FAQ item for a similar question about rays and weapon feats.) For example, a bard's inspire courage ability says it affects "weapon damage rolls," which is worded that way so <you> don't try to add the bonus to a spell like fireball. However, rays are treated as weapons, whether they're from spells, a monster ability, a class ability, or some other source, so the inspire courage bonus applies to ray attack rolls and ray damage rolls. The same rule applies to weapon-like spells such as flame blade, mage's sword, and spiritual weapon--effects that affect weapons work on these spells. [Source]
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
All the while, I was thinking 'well we are all evil with our own agendas, and our roster ranges from a goblin head that explodes in flames to a healer who uses Cthulhu's squid ink for healing, but at least we are NOT clubbing baby seals'. I guess well get that ethical road bump out of the way shortly.
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Xenfal wrote: 4. And from Cimu who put message on me. Any others been around possibly making alliances. not completely sure what she meant perhaps she can clarify. We know the captain is greedy, and we half expect to be betrayed. Now the cardinal has been a paying customer, what would cause the 'good' captain to chance losing a reliable backer? So that leads me to believe that either the captain found a new (possibly rival) sponsor, or he has plans of turning us in for money (the cargo or possible ransom) or to save his own skin from the authorities, or suddenly has more of a backbone because he has backing from someone/somewhere else. I don't even have to think like an evil character, this is just Fundamentals of Business 101.
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Edmin Al'Roth wrote: Right now Edmin's standard reaction since being snubbed by the Cardinal is "I'd take pleasure in guttin you, boy." While reading it, I first thought 'guttin' was 'ruttin' and raised an eyebrow.
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
- Ok I found this after I did a search for Pilkington, took me over 20 minutes. In post 1,853, it was difficult because I did not know if DM mentioned it in the game or discussion thread. Bref wrote: DMDM can we keep left over money? from the original 300, or does it have to be spent? It was 300 gp each. See told you I have good memory. I just need confirmation from DM. How much did we get from the prison prior to that? That's the total we had to spend.
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Guys, hi, I have asked this on the discussion thread three times and it seems to be a little ignored. Before we entered the tests we each had a sum of money, some from the prison and then given to us prior to the tests to purchase equipment. What was that amount? 300+ ? I had it on my iPhone but can not pull it up. I need to verify please. Thank you.
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
At least Jax makes better sense than he does normally. There is a physical creature with us still in the room? Can I make a Knowledge check to see what it is, I want to Know if I am susceptible to another attack. My action will depend on that. Free action from the same round as Cуровую cast Charm - As Irin, 'Jax, my sweet tiefling, come to me please ... Walk to me, that's a good boy. Give me the quill my dear, I want to tickle your naughty bits with it.' Just as much as I want a Frost giant masseuse to walk on my back.
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Cуровую listens to Bref's Message and like a good interpreter, attempts to filter the thought to the Judge. 'Bref is alive, but ... indisposed. Bref would like to discuss your management style at some opportune time. Oh on the positive side, he believes your skill matches his at disarming traps.' Cуровую looks around her and realizes she misses the bitter, cold, desolate Winter of her youth.
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
That was 'fun' DM, way to ramp up the tension. I don't think most adventuring parties could have done any better than what we did for that test, lots of luck, skill and running like crazy, nice work guys! We expended some resources, I hope we won't be hurting for the Judge's Summon spells in the next rooms, I think we should take stock, heal up, before proceeding Spellcraft which potion is which as well. If I could ask DM, how much time has passed?
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
As Edmin sweeps down to carry her off Cуровую looks lovingly at the long haired gallant, determined and muscular hero that just absconded her gracefully despite the chaos around them, and lovingly strokes his supple back. Whispers 'My thanks Snowmantle.' She glances at Edmin, 'I guess you as well Sir Knight.'
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Got any more banana jokes? Yes I got a bunch.
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Douglas Muir 406 wrote: Well: is the setting too hard, too easy, or around right? Are you guys finding the NPCs frustrating to deal with? Or does it seem about like what you ought to be encountering? I LOVE THIS GAME. I have as much fun playing this PBP as I do playing any video games on my iPad. DM -as a story teller, you are simply an artist in the craft of running a game. I mean that. There were times that you actually scared me (the Bard with Zargo) and there were times you ramped up the tension in game, no small thing for a PBP - the prison escape, especially with the close fight with Blackery and when Bref almost got left behind. Yes it does seem we are the weak pawns of the more powerful players in game, but thats to be expected. Even the Cardinal seems more than a one dimensional villain. This may come as a surprise but one of my favorite NPCs is Pilkington. And Zargo is the opposite and creeps me out even before you enumerate his eccentricities. I really like how you personalize the story, even the small flourishes, it seems very 'real'. This is only my second PBP, and I think you have set the bar pretty high. As a DM, as far as rules go, you seem tough but fair. I really think the dice favor you. :) I think that the players characters are very unique and each of us have strong persona's which is great because no single one dominates. While Edmin could have been arguably more 'lawful' than 'evil' his out burst seemed more powerful because he was more 'in control' before - his anger seemed more raw because he normally was more controlled. Its sexy when a guy lets his controlled mannerism down. Jax seems like a flippant swashbuckling scoundrel but there are many layers to him. He really surprises me the most of all the pcs. At times I actually feel the Judge's persona is grating, but like the child king in Game of Thrones, that just means he role plays his character extremely well and should be commanded. He aslo has a great tactical mind, we have a player like him in our home game, sometimes its like watching a game of chess between him and the gm. Its always good to have one of those on your side. Bref. How I LOVE Bref. In the real world Bref would be shot on site. As it stand, Bref has the only PC I wish I thought of playing before the campaign started. Even if I was not in this game I would read each thread just to see what Bref does, I could play an entire adventure with just me and Bref. Dren is a walking spine rupturing Japanese horror story waiting to be told, I can't wait to see how he develops. At least two of my fellow players from Shattered Star home game follow this thread, they think were role play more than any other PBP. I wish we could go just a little bit faster, it does slow down at times, I wish we could pace ourselves the way we started but there are a lot of things going on.
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Christmas Wish DM I have it on good authority that you played out an entertaining conversation between 'an old hag, a hill giant and a draconid', at a convention, care to share that with us?
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Dren of the Dark Tapestry wrote:
From a game standpoint, if say, at level 8 or so, were Cуровую to have my hands wrapped around Elise's neck and her hands around mine as we plummet down a waterfall, I would be quite content with this campaign.
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Edmin Al'Roth wrote: Oh the plans I have for this beauty." With no trace of irony, "Just remember to use protection Sir Knight, she looks like she's been around the block a few times." zing
Dedicated to Gary McBride and our GM Doug, I am posting this here but I'm trying to avoid spoilers (above) so I won't be responding for a bit. Sing a song for six fools, all made hung out to dry,
When the locks were opened the Gob began to slash,
Watch Sergeant where are you, we fools spoiling for a fight
With stealth, summoned shadow, spell, and blade let us make haste!
Female Aasimar Wizard 6 (HP 53/53; AC 18/18/15; CMD 16 Fort +5; Ref +7 Will +8; Init +3; Perception +11; Darkvision 60 ft)
Douglas Muir 406 wrote: Okay, now that we've started combat, quick note on DMPCing. I'll occasionally make rolls for you to speed things along. I don't want to make this the default, though. If I have your character do something you're not fine with, please pipe right up and tell me. My goal here is never to make you do one thing or another, but just to keep the Fun Train from getting derailed. - I for one really like your GM style, and we have a great group. Each GM is quite unique, like a snowflake. That wants to kill us.:) |