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These allegations are extremely disturbing. Anyone advising a victim to NOT involve the police (like was reported at paizocon) is encouraging this type of predatory behavior.

I won't be purchasing any more Paizo products until I see the company address this properly.

I wasn't initially interested in Ironfang Invasion, but based on the OP and reading the Player's Guide I'm eager to play in this game. It sounds like a fun AP and I love the chances of getting through it with this GM!

I am dotting before the deadline but I probably won't have my crunch all rolled up for a little while. The delay before the game begins works out really well for me actually as I will have much more free time starting 11/1.

Dirg Stonehelm
N dwarf life channeler druid, farmer by trade
Kraggodan Castaway

Rough Background:
Dirg was born and raised in Kraggodan, where he spent his youth learning to tend mushrooms and other fungi growing in the caverns. In his adolescence he discovered his ability to draw life from a person and transfer it to the fungus. He was horribly conflicted by that discovery and refused to use the power for many years unless he could be absolutely sure his victim was deserving of death. Finally he left the Sky Citadel for the first time, venturing forth into the nearby Nesmian Plains. He quickly found that the constant invasions and vast fields made for a natural fit for his talents. Now he consults on farming with the nearby villages, using their foes to enhance their crops.

Why Phaendar?
As Dirg's knowledge and reputation grows, he continues venturing further from Kraggodan, eventually making contacts in Phaendar. He has no emotional connection to the city specifically but he does feel a sense of duty to the territory, having spent many years cleaning up after invasions and feeding the people.

Development:
I'd like to explore the life channeler archetype if that's ok with you, GM. It's potentially pretty dark but I won't be playing Dirg that way. He doesn't revel in his ritual killing by any means. When he gets the ability to make talismans at level 4, he will be sorely vexed I'm sure. Doubly so for stored life.

I saw you mentioned Leadership being ok as long as the followers don't come along on adventures. I'm totally cool with that- my volunteers can stay somewhere and I go refill my talismans only at appointed times or whatever.

Dirg will focus on melee and support/buff spells which work towards his coup de grace opportunities. So stuff like non-lethal damage, entangling, maaaaaybe grappling if I can figure out a particular path for it. I like to work that out during play though and let advancement occur organically within the broad strokes of the character.

Posting:
I'm in the Mountain time zone in the U.S. I post late at nights, mornings, and afternoons, depending on my work schedule which varies. Rarely in the evening though as I spend that time with my gf.

Experience:
I have been playing Pathfinder strictly via PbP for about 1.5 years now. I have played other RPGs both online and in person for several years going back.

I'm honestly not that comfortable choosing my own "best of" posts. I try to always push with my posts and always include some flavor in even the most mundane ones. Feel free to look through my profile.

Thanks for running this and your consideration! :D

I can bring:

bard 2
witch 2
cleric 1/occultist 2

I guess maybe the witch with the flavor of the scenario. Who has decided on a character other than the brawler above? Looks like a U Monk and a gunslinger based on the sign up sheet.

I'm thinking about making a spiritualist with the zeitgeist binder and haunted archetypes and a zeal phantom with probably the society aspect. I'm thinking he harnesses the collective excitement of the group as they go out and begin their claim, but as the community begins to grow, he starts succumbing to its collective strength.

Just wanted to make sure the zeitgeist binder is ok and if it would be ok to use our burgeoning kingdom as my phantom. If it's cool, I will get working on fleshing it out into a complete character.

Dotting for interest.

4d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 2, 1) = 8
4d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 3, 1) = 14
4d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 3, 4) = 15
4d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 3, 1) = 13
4d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 6, 4) = 15
4d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 1, 6) = 14

20 point buy for me.

The character I was planning to bring is stuck in a scenario still as well. I have several free now though so I will bring whatever is needed for the party.

Is this still starting tomorrow?

Also you have a Gallows of Madness table on your sign-up sheet as well, is that game happening? I'm signing up on it just in case.

Haha excellent suggestions! :D

Brother: yes, I see him having superpowers, probably the physical skills I didn't select. He has a super identity but doesn't use it often- the story about him crashing his flying car while severely intoxicated made him a punchline.

Parents: yes, they had powers as well, during the Silver Age. They were hippies which frustrated the grandfather but they were committed to fighting evil so they were tolerated. When they were killed, they became martyrs in the public eye and are thus remembered as being something greater than they were.

Armor/Weaponry: I was thinking they were included in the suit she inherited from her grandpa. But I like these other ideas better! This still needs fleshing out.

Hockey Team: I'm not married to it by any stretch. I just liked the idea of buying the Montreal Canadiens and moving them to LA without bothering to change their mascot. But I'm welcome to switching that up to a different sport or whatever if you prefer. A professional roller derby team of which Smythe is also the star as well as the owner could definitely be fun.

Well, we have got a Nova already and I didn't really have a great concept anyway. So I have been looking through the playbooks and I have decided on the Legacy.

NAME : Tulip

RACE : K'Kree
GENDER : female
BIRTHWORLD : One of the Two Thousand Worlds, near Imperial Space Poor, Low Technology
Rank/Caste/Title : barbarian rank 1, retired mercenary rank 4 (Pointman)
Pension : 10,000 cr
Bank Account : 105,000 cr

STATS

STR 13 (+2)
DEX 10 (+1)
END 12 (+2)
INT 9 (+1)
EDU 5 (-1)

SKILLS
Animals (Training) 0
Animals (Veterinary) 0
Athletics (Endurance) 0
Athletics (Strength) 1
Explosives 1
Flyer (Grav) 0
Gun Combat (Energy Rifle) 2
Gun Combat (Shotgun) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Pistol) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Rifle) 1
Heavy Weapons (Flamethrowers) 2
Heavy Weapons (Man Portable Artillery) 1
Language (Terrangelo) 1
Melee (Blade) 1
Melee (Unarmed Combat) 0
Navigate 1
Recon 1
Remote Ops 1
Stealth 0
Survival 1
Tactics (Military) 1
Vacc Suit 1
Zero-G 1

Your best bet would be Citizen (Colonist). Not intuitive, but it has the same stuff a game warden would have, animals, survival, etc.

[dice=Qualify, EDU 5+, -2 DM]2d6-1-2 FAIL

Unfortunately, that means we either have to go Drifter (Barbarian) or stop. Your choice.

OK, if I have the option to stop before beginning another term as a drifter, that's fine with me. I will just finish writing up my character submission.

This is why I prefer people to do the specialities on 0's during creation. You're not done yet, so you could still pick up another Melee or two, in which case you could raise the unarmed to 1. While the 0's don't matter after you're done, they do matter as far as options during character creation (you max out at 3).

No, you take 5 of the rolls on the 3 career tables, two commando, two striker, and one security (Commando is by far the better muster out tables, the more dangerous the job, the better the muster out). The 2 from rank can be taken anywhere. You can take he other 2 (From rank) on any of the three (Commando).

[dice=Commando, Cash]1d6 5000 Credits
[dice=Commando, Cash]1d6 75000 credits
Total Cash : 80,000 Credits

[dice=Commando, Other]1d6 Weapon
[Dice=Commando, Other]1d6 Another Weapon, or add 1 weapon skill level (Gun Combat, Heavy Weapons, or Melee)

[dice=Striker, Cash]1d6 20,000
[dice=Striker, Other]1d6 Combat Implant

Total Cash : 100,000 Credits

Choose one of : Skill Augmentation, Wafer Jack, Subdermal Armour or Characteristic Augmentation. You must take the lowest-TL Augmentation of that type. If you roll this benefit again, then you may either take a different Augmentation or the upgrade one you already possess to the next higher TL.

Security, Other: 1d6 ⇒ 1

You gain a bladed weapon.

You always start the game at the end of a term and muster out of it.

Very helpful thanks. I get what you mean about the skills since they get added to over time. So I will keep them as is.

I'm a little disappointed that I didn't get anything with a little more narrative weight during muster out, like a contact or relationship or something. As is, my character doesn't really have much of a hook other than the K'Kree fish-out-of-water thing.

To that end, I have been thinking about how to give her more depth, especially over the course of her career. I'm thinking now that she is not so fiercely independent. But rather, she still has a need for a "herd" in her life, which she filled with the animals during her time as a barbarian and then with her crew while with the mercs. So I see her travelling to Shirrul Gami after retirement because she has heard about the animals and primitive life there and is going to try to recreate her childhood with the animals.

So I was going to just say I was done if I picked up a good hook during muster out. But now I feel like I should do one more term in a career more focused back on the animals. I'm guessing Science (Biology) but if you know of something closer to what I'm envisioning, go ahead and roll that instead. Like a game warden or forest ranger or something possibly.

NAME : Tulip
RACE : K'Kree
GENDER : female
BIRTHWORLD : One of the Two Thousand Worlds, near Imperial Space Poor, Low Technology
Rank/Caste/Title : barbarian rank 1, retired mercenary rank 4 (Pointman)
Pension : 10,000 cr
Bank Account : 105,000 cr

STATS

STR 13 (+2)
DEX 10 (+1)
END 12 (+2)
INT 9 (+1)
EDU 5 (-1)

SKILLS
Animals (Training) 0
Animals (Veterinary) 0
Athletics (Endurance) 0
Athletics (Strength) 1
Explosives 1
Flyer (Grav) 0
Gun Combat (Energy Rifle) 2
Gun Combat (Shotgun) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Pistol) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Rifle) 1
Heavy Weapons (Flamethrowers) 2
Heavy Weapons (Man Portable Artillery) 1
Language (Terrangelo) 1
Melee (Blade) 1
Melee (Unarmed Combat) 0
Navigate 1
Recon 1
Remote Ops 1
Stealth 0
Survival 1
Tactics (Military) 1
Vacc Suit 1
Zero-G 1

TANGIBLE BENEFITS

PAST MISTAKES

Background Spoiler, Should include events from Term History, plus other things you want in your background

Personality Spoiler, paragraph describing the character's outlook on life, personality, etc.

Connections Connections you might have to other players or other player's allies/contacts/etc. Only do if picked, and after being picked, no more than two connections.

*********

Please roll me a term in Science (Biology) or similar as appropriate. If I fail to enter, I will do the term as a drifter then muster out permanently.

Thanks! :D

Maybe it would be good to collect a list of good examples of pbp games, especially common scenarios like the evergreens. That way, prospective GMs have something specific to study.

I'm still pretty new and could use some pointers. I would love to get in on a training session like was discussed in the other thread but can't play True Dragons for that.

I think some kind of 3rd-party commentary on an ongoing game to discuss why a GM made the decisions he/she did etc would be extremely useful.

I'm very interested in playing. The only PbtA experience I have was in Monster of the Week and it was a total blast.

I am thinking about a Nova, working on fleshing out a character concept.

Still waiting for muster out rolls when you have an opportunity, GM.

NAME: Tulip
RACE: female K'Kree
HOMEWORLD: One of the Two Thousand Worlds, near Imperial Space Poor, Low Technology
ALLEGIANCE: To her self.

STR: 14 (+3)
DEX: 11 (+1)
END: 12 (+2)
INT: 9 (+1)
EDU: 5 (-1)

Barbarian Rank : 1 -
Commando Rank : 3 - Serjeant

SKILLS:
Animals (Training) 0
Animals (Veterinary) 0
Athletics (Endurance) 0
Athletics (Strength) 1
Explosives 1
Flyer (Grav) 0
Gun Combat (Energy Rifle) 2
Gun Combat (Shotgun) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Pistol) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Rifle) 1
Heavy Weapons (Flamethrowers) 1
Heavy Weapons (Man Portable Artillery) 0
Melee (Blade) 1
Melee (Unarmed Combat) 0
Navigate 1
Recon 1
Stealth 0
Survival 1
Tactics (Military) 1
Vacc Suit 1
Zero-G 1

Career Bonuses:
5,000 cr

Term 1 : Barbarian (Warrior)

Survived in the wilderness.

Term 2 : Mercenary (Commando, Raider)

Your unit is particularly efficient, getting additional training in between numerous short tickets.

Term 3 : Mercenary (Striker, Rifleman)

You are forced to emergency pilot the evacuation transport when the real pilot is incapacitated.

Term 4 : Mercenary (Striker, Rifleman)

One of your assignments requires special training for its success, which the employer is willing to pay for.

Term 5 : Mercenary (Commando, Spec Ops)

You are pushed to the limit of your skills and successfully kill enough of the enemy to break their morale.

[dice=Service Skills]1d6 Remote Ops

[dice=Survival, END 7+]2d6+2 SURVIVE

[Dice=Event]1d6+1d6

You are assigned to provide protection for an alien ticket. Gain Advocate 1, Language 1, Streetwise 1 or Tactics 1. Might want to pick language so you can speak Terrangelo (common) without a computer translator.

[dice=Advancement, END 8+]2d6+2 Advancement!

Rank : 4 Pointman (No benefit for this rank)

[dice=Advancement Skill, Site defense: 1d6 ⇒ 4 Heavy Weapons (Any)

Aging: 2d4 - 5 ⇒ (2, 2) - 5 = -1 Reduce two physical characteristics by 1

*******

STR: 13 (+2)
DEX: 10 (+1)
END: 12 (+2)
INT: 9 (+1)
EDU: 5 (-1)

Barbarian Rank : 1 -
Commando Rank : 4 - Pointman

SKILLS:
Animals (Training) 0
Animals (Veterinary) 0
Athletics (Endurance) 0
Athletics (Strength) 1
Explosives 1
Flyer (Grav) 0
Gun Combat (Energy Rifle) 2
Gun Combat (Shotgun) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Pistol) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Rifle) 1
Heavy Weapons (Flamethrowers) 2
Heavy Weapons (Man Portable Artillery) 0
Language 1
Melee (Blade) 1
Melee (Unarmed Combat) 0
Navigate 1
Recon 1
Remote Ops 1
Stealth 0
Survival 1
Tactics (Military) 1
Vacc Suit 1
Zero-G 1

Career Bonuses:
5,000 cr

***********

I took Heavy Weapons (flamethrowers) 2. Is there a different speciality I should take at 1 instead?

Also, I didn't realize that having a 0 skill means that specialties don't matter. Can I change my Animals then to be (training) 1 and no veterinary? Would that be applicable to my Melee skills also, ie, should I just have taken (blade) 2 instead?

I'm ready to Muster Out of my mercenary career. It looks like I can get 7 rolls of which 3 can be Cash right? And those go on the Security table now is that correct? I kind of figured that one might have a little better payouts than Commando.

I will take a term in a civilian career after that. I'm not sure quite which one yet- I'm hoping my muster benefits will give me a good spur to decide.

Last question: Are we supposed to start the game still in a career? or do we always do a final muster out before the game begins?

OK Min your new chronicle has been posted at the same link.

REPOSTING:

NAME: Tulip
RACE: female K'Kree
HOMEWORLD: One of the Two Thousand Worlds, near Imperial Space Poor, Low Technology
ALLEGIANCE: To her self.

STR: 14 (+3)
DEX: 11 (+1)
END: 12 (+2)
INT: 9 (+1)
EDU: 5 (-1)

Barbarian Rank : 1 -
Commando Rank : 3 - Serjeant

SKILLS:
Animals (Training) 0
Animals (Veterinary) 0
Athletics (Endurance) 0
Athletics (Strength) 1
Explosives 1
Flyer (Grav) 0
Gun Combat (Energy Rifle) 2
Gun Combat (Shotgun) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Pistol) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Rifle) 1
Heavy Weapons (Flamethrowers) 1
Heavy Weapons (Man Portable Artillery) 0
Melee (Blade) 1
Melee (Unarmed Combat) 0
Navigate 1
Recon 1
Stealth 0
Survival 1
Tactics (Military) 1
Vacc Suit 1
Zero-G 1

Career Bonuses:
5,000 cr

Term 1 : Barbarian (Warrior)

Survived in the wilderness.

Term 2 : Mercenary (Commando, Raider)

Your unit is particularly efficient, getting additional training in between numerous short tickets.

Term 3 : Mercenary (Striker, Rifleman)

You are forced to emergency pilot the evacuation transport when the real pilot is incapacitated.

Term 4 : Mercenary (Striker, Rifleman)

One of your assignments requires special training for its success, which the employer is willing to pay for.

Term 5 : Mercenary (Commando, Spec Ops)

You are pushed to the limit of your skills and successfully kill enough of the enemy to break their morale.

Current Age: 38

*******

Tulip will take her last term with the mercenaries in Security / Site Defense. Getting too old for the field work- time for a nice desk job.

Also after that I guess I will need Muster Out rolls.

Ok sorry Min I will get you a corrected sheet tomorrow. Totally spaced it on that one.

Chronicles are here.

Let me know if you have any issues with reporting or your chronicle. Otherwise I will close this thread in a few days.

Thanks again everyone! :D

@JAF0 - what PFS ID# / Faction do you want this assigned to?

NAME: Tulip
RACE: female K'Kree
HOMEWORLD: One of the Two Thousand Worlds, near Imperial Space Poor, Low Technology
ALLEGIANCE: To her self.

STR: 14 (+3)
DEX: 11 (+1)
END: 12 (+2)
INT: 9 (+1)
EDU: 5 (-1)

Barbarian Rank : 1 -
Commando Rank : 3 - Serjeant

SKILLS:
Animals (Training) 0
Animals (Veterinary) 0
Athletics (Endurance) 0
Athletics (Strength) 1
Explosives 1
Flyer (Grav) 0
Gun Combat (Energy Rifle) 2
Gun Combat (Shotgun) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Pistol) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Rifle) 1
Heavy Weapons (Flamethrowers) 1
Heavy Weapons (Man Portable Artillery) 0
Melee (Blade) 1
Melee (Unarmed Combat) 0
Navigate 1
Recon 1
Stealth 0
Survival 1
Tactics (Military) 1
Vacc Suit 1
Zero-G 1

Career Bonuses:
5,000 cr

Term 1 : Barbarian (Warrior)

Survived in the wilderness.

Term 2 : Mercenary (Commando, Raider)

Your unit is particularly efficient, getting additional training in between numerous short tickets.

Term 3 : Mercenary (Striker, Rifleman)

You are forced to emergency pilot the evacuation transport when the real pilot is incapacitated.

Term 4 : Mercenary (Striker, Rifleman)

One of your assignments requires special training for its success, which the employer is willing to pay for.

Term 5 : Mercenary (Commando, Spec Ops)

You are pushed to the limit of your skills and successfully kill enough of the enemy to break their morale.

Current Age: 38

*******

Tulip will take her last term with the mercenaries in Security / Site Defense. Getting too old for the field work- time for a nice desk job.

NAME: Tulip
RACE: female K'Kree
HOMEWORLD: One of the Two Thousand Worlds, near Imperial Space Poor, Low Technology
ALLEGIANCE: To her self.

STR: 14 (+3)
DEX: 11 (+1)
END: 12 (+2)
INT: 9 (+1)
EDU: 5 (-1)

Barbarian Rank : 1 -
Commando Rank : 2 - Strike Specialist

SKILLS:
Animals (Training) 0
Animals (Veterinary) 0
Athletics (Endurance) 0
Athletics (Strength) 1
Explosives 1
Flyer (Grav) 0
Gun Combat (Energy Rifle) 1
Gun Combat (Shotgun) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Pistol) 1
Heavy Weapons (Flamethrowers) 1
Heavy Weapons (Man Portable Artillery) 0
Melee (Blade) 1
Melee (Unarmed Combat) 0
Navigate 1
Recon 1
Stealth 0
Survival 1
Vacc Suit 1
Zero-G 1

Term 1 : Barbarian (Warrior)

Survived in the wilderness.

Term 2 : Mercenary (Commando, Raider)

Your unit is particularly efficient, getting additional training in between numerous short tickets.

Term 3 : Mercenary (Striker, Rifleman)

You are forced to emergency pilot the evacuation transport when the real pilot is incapacitated.

Term 4 : Mercenary (Striker, Rifleman)

One of your assignments requires special training for its success, which the employer is willing to pay for.

Current Age: 34

On other careers, anything would be open at that point as long as it's not restricted to a specific race or political party. For example, she wouldn't be able to enter High Guard because that is Imperial Citizens only. She couldn't enter Special Arm because that's Darrian only.

But she could enter the Navy, or Army or Rogue or Merchant or any other career she can make the entry check for. If you want to boost her education, you could go into Scholar and go for personal development checks hoping to hit some EDU bonuses. But it'd be a struggle. Scientist, oddly enough, would be the easiest for her, the entry is 6+ Int check, survival is EDU 4+ (lowest EDU survival on the table) and advancement is Int 8+. If you wanted some space skills, Scout Survey is survival END 6+ and promotion Int 8+.

Of the careers she'd have an easier time entering :

Dex Careers : Rogue

Int Careers : Agent, Entertainer, Merchant, Navy, Scholar, Scout, Law Enforcement, Spy, Corporate Agent, Bounty Hunter, Burgler, Pirate, Illicit Broker, Free Trader (Trade Crew), Junk Dealer, Merchant Marine (Fleet Hand)

End Careers : Army, Marines, Organized Crime

Non-Stat Careers : Wanderer

Extremely helpful once again. :D

Per this info and your note to someone else, I believe I will finish my 5 terms in the Merc Army to get retirement pay, then probably muster out to a civilian gig for one term. That would put me at 7 terms and seems about right to explain how Tulip managed to get herself onto the ship as the game begins.

For my 4th term with the Mercs (5th term overall) I will go with with Commando - Spec Ops.

I will repost my character sheet so far so you don't have to dig for it.

Right, I get that there is a functional limit when the aging penalties start to stack up. Just wondering what your personal limits were. :D

Get some rest. Your work in this thread is crazy impressive.

NAME: Tulip
RACE: female K'Kree
HOMEWORLD: One of the Two Thousand Worlds, near Imperial Space Poor, Low Technology
ALLEGIANCE: To her self.

STR: 14 (+3)
DEX: 11 (+1)
END: 12 (+2)
INT: 9 (+1)
EDU: 5 (-1)

Barbarian Rank : 1 -
Commando Rank : 1 - Trooper

SKILLS:
Animals (Training) 0
Animals (Veterinary) 0
Athletics (Endurance) 0
Explosives 1
Flyer (Grav) 0
Gun Combat (Energy Rifle) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Pistol) 1
Heavy Weapons (Flamethrowers) 1
Heavy Weapons (Man Portable Artillery) 0
Melee (Unarmed Combat) 0
Melee (Blade) 1
Navigate 1
Recon 0
Stealth 0
Survival 1
Zero-G 1

Term 1 : Barbarian (Warrior)

Survived in the wilderness.

Term 2 : Mercenary (Commando, Raider)

Your unit is particularly efficient, getting additional training in between numerous short tickets.

Term 3 : Mercenary (Striker, Rifleman)

You are forced to emergency pilot the evacuation transport when the real pilot is incapacitated.

TERM 4 : Mercenary (Striker, Rifleman)

[dice=Service Skill]1d6 Athletics (Any)

[dice=Survive, END 6+]2d6+2 SURVIVE

[dice=Event]1d6 + 1d6

One of your assignments requires special training for its success, which the employer is willing to pay for. Gain Battle Dress, Drive, Remote Ops, Seafarer or Vacc Suit.

[dice=Advance, END 5+]2d6+2 Rank up!

Rank 2 : Strike Specialist, Choose one of Gun Combat 1 or Heavy Weapon 1

[dice=Advancement Skill, Rifleman]1d6 Recon

[dice=Aging]2d6-4 No penalties

STR: 14 (+3)
DEX: 11 (+1)
END: 12 (+2)
INT: 9 (+1)
EDU: 5 (-1)

Barbarian Rank : 1 -
Commando Rank : 2 - Strike Specialist

SKILLS:
Animals (Training) 0
Animals (Veterinary) 0
Athletics (Endurance) 0
Athletics (Strength) 1
Explosives 1
Flyer (Grav) 0
Gun Combat (Energy Rifle) 1
Gun Combat (Shotgun) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Pistol) 1
Heavy Weapons (Flamethrowers) 1
Heavy Weapons (Man Portable Artillery) 0
Melee (Blade) 1
Melee (Unarmed Combat) 0
Navigate 1
Recon 1
Stealth 0
Survival 1
Vacc Suit 1
Zero-G 1

Current Age: 34

*********

I love the flavor of all the events. Given that and her new title, she will actually take her next term in Commando/Spec Ops.

Not that I want to currently, but if Tulip decided to leave the mercenary company, what kind of professions would be available to her at that point?

And also do you have a limit on # of terms? Like would 2-3 more be ok? I'm just really enjoying this process. :D

Thanks for the reminder!

Minmaximus boon: 1d20 ⇒ 2
Garren boon: 1d20 ⇒ 11
Theophilus boon: 1d20 ⇒ 20
Itami boon: 1d20 ⇒ 13
Abdul boon: 1d20 ⇒ 18
Bitter Plum boon: 1d20 ⇒ 20
Merisiel boon: 1d20 ⇒ 18

GM boon: 1d20 ⇒ 16

Congrats Theo and BP! PM me your Paizo email addresses for reporting.

(It was 19 and 20 which are winners right?)

edit:
Theo boon: 1d4 ⇒ 2
BP boon: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Same assignment, or do you want to switch to a different mercenary assignment?

I was thinking it was automatically the same. Given the choice, let's try Security/Site Defense.

As the last remaining druid falls under the onslaught, the long shadows inside Briar Henge turn to dusky twilight. Quickly, the adventurers wrench the Atavistic Splinter from the web of energy between the dolmen stones, taking a blast of electric shock in the process.

2d6 points of electricity damage (DC 13 Reflex save for half). Negligible for all intents and purposes.

Now able to survey the scene, they realize they have succeeded in cancelling the ritual mere moments before it would take full effect! The more monstrous among them find themselves restored back to their normal condition when bathed in the cool moonlight.

Lose the bestial template and all ability damage is healed.

They strip the druids of their meager possessions presumably and proceed back towards Wispil. When they pass the lumber camp, they see a few bedraggled loggers who hail them as heroes for reversing the curse.

Back in Almas, Venture-Captain Brackett accepts the Atavistic Splinter with a promise that the Pathfinder Society will put the artifact to good use in the upcoming Ruby Phoenix Tournament in Goka. He is particularly impressed with the starcharts and assorted writings. "We may be able to learn much about the Verduran druids. Perhaps enough that we can neutralize them permanently. I will see to it all these documents are examined immediately."

SCENARIO COMPLETE. Great job!

Thanks for playing everyone. I had a great time with both of these scenarios. I appreciate how each of you post with such speed and quality. Really, it's made this very easy for me.

I will work on reporting and chronicles. I expect to have them by tomorrow assuming nothing strange comes up.

NAME: Tulip
RACE: female K'Kree
HOMEWORLD: One of the Two Thousand Worlds, near Imperial Space Poor, Low Technology
ALLEGIANCE: To her self.

STR: 14 (+3)
DEX: 11 (+1)
END: 12 (+2)
INT: 9 (+1)
EDU: 5 (-1)

Barbarian Rank : 1 -
Commando Rank : 1 - Trooper

SKILLS:
Animals (Training) 0
Animals (Veterinary) 0
Athletics (Endurance) 0
Explosives 1
Flyer (Grav) 0
Gun Combat (Energy Rifle) 1
Gun Combat (Slug Pistol) 1
Heavy Weapons (Flamethrowers) 1
Heavy Weapons (Man Portable Artillery) 0
Melee (Unarmed Combat) 0
Melee (Blade) 1
Navigate 1
Recon 0
Stealth 0
Survival 1
Zero-G 1

Term 1 : Barbarian (Warrior)

Survived in the wilderness.

Term 2 : Mercenary (Commando, Raider)

Your unit is particularly efficient, getting additional training in between numerous short tickets.

Term 3 : Mercenary (Striker, Rifleman)

You are forced to emergency pilot the evacuation transport when the real pilot is incapacitated.

Current Age: 30

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I think I'm ready for my next adventure!

@Merisiel- druid #1 which you are flanking is already asleep. druid 2 is not and you could easily reach them to attack instead. Would you rather hit 2 instead?

Merisiel tumbles into the fray and pops up behind a druid, delivering a nick which just misses a major artery.

Itami looks on, satisfied, as the druids succumb to his spell.

Bitter Plum's katana slices across druid 4's chest, dowsing all the blood to the surface. The druid slumps to the ground, even more asleep than her friends.

Druids 1 and 3 snooze away. Druid 2 starts gesticulating wildly and his staff seems to grow thicker and knobbier.

Trigger AoO from Merisiel if you are next to him instead.

Itami
Bitter Plum
Merisiel
druid 1 asleep
druid 2 -4 HP? shillelagh
druid 3 asleep
druid 4 dead
Garren
Abdul
Theophilus
Minmaximus

The party is up!

I would usually call this fight right here, but since it's the finale I will let you guys play it out however you want. CdG the sleepers, etc. heh

Next post from me should be the final wrap-up I expect.

NAME: Tulip
RACE: female K'Kree
HOMEWORLD: One of the Two Thousand Worlds, near Imperial Space Poor, Low Technology
ALLEGIANCE: To her self.

STR: 14 (+3)
DEX: 11 (+1)
END: 12 (+2)
INT: 9 (+1)
EDU: 5 (-1)

Barbarian Rank : 1 -
Commando Rank : 0 - Trooper

SKILLS:
Animals (Any) 0
Animals (Any) 0 (May be combined with other Animal to make one Animal 1)
Athletics (Any) 0
Gun Combat (Any) 1
Heavy Weapons (Any) 0
Melee (Any) 0
Melee (Any) 1 (Can be combined with other Melee to make one melee 2)
Navigate 1
Recon 0
Stealth 0
Survival 1
Zero-G 1

Term 1 : Barbarian (Warrior)

Survived in the wilderness.

TERM 2 : Mercenary (Commando, Raider)

Your unit is particularly efficient, getting additional training in between numerous short tickets.

Term 3 : Mercenary (Striker, Rifleman)

[dice=Service Skill]1d6 Explosives

[dice=Survival, END 6+]2d6+2 SURVIVE

[dice=Event]1d6+1d6
You are forced to emergency pilot the evacuation transport when the real pilot is incapacitated. Throw Education 8+. If you succeed, you gain one level in Drive, Flyer or Seafarer.

[dice=Edu 8+]2d6-1 Success! Gain Drive 0, Flyer 0, or Seafarer 0. I'm guessing you had to rip the seat out to get at the controls, LOL.

[dice=Advancement, End 5+]2d6+2 You gain rank, and MUST continue in this career for another term.

[dice=Advancement Skill, Rifleman]1d6 Heavy Weapons (Any)

Rank : 1 Trooper Gain Gun Combat 1

STR: 14 (+3)
DEX: 11 (+1)
END: 12 (+2)
INT: 9 (+1)
EDU: 5 (-1)

Barbarian Rank : 1 -
Commando Rank : 1 - Trooper

SKILLS:
Animals (Training) 0
Animals (Veterinary) 0
Athletics (Endurance) 0
Explosives 1
Flyer (Grav) 0
Gun Combat (Energy Rifle) 1
Heavy Weapons (Man Portable Artillery) 0
Melee (Unarmed Combat) 0
Melee (Blade) 1
Navigate 1
Recon 0
Stealth 0
Survival 1
Zero-G 1

Note : If you gain Gun Combat 1 like above from the Rank gain, it jumps from 0 to 1 if you buy a new Gun Combat skill. If you add it to an existing skill, it just adds one level. So you're probably better off picking another heavy weapons specialty.

Does this mean I can choose either "Gun Combat 1" as the Rank gain or "Heavy Weapons (Any)" from Advancement? Am I understanding that correctly? I didn't assign either of those yet but took a stab at everything else above.

Thanks for breaking out the options. Let's go with Striker/Rifleman.

Out of curiousity, what would happen if I went security and wound up with +1 Soc?

NAME: Tulip OFFICIALLY NOW
RACE: female K'Kree
HOMEWORLD: One of the Two Thousand Worlds, near Imperial Space Poor, Low Technology
ALLEGIANCE: To her self.

STR: 14 (+3)
DEX: 9 (+1)
END: 12 (+2)
INT: 9 (+1)
EDU: 5 (-1)

SKILLS:
Animals (Any) 0
Animals (Any) 0 (May be combined with other Animal to make one Animal 1)
Athletics (Any) 0
Melee (Any) 0
Melee (Any) 1 (Can be combined with other Melee to make one melee 2)
Recon 0
Stealth 0
Survival 1

Term 1 : Barbarian (Warrior)

Survived in the wilderness.

Choose one of : Recon 1, Survival 1, Navigate 1 or Stealth 1.

Choice : TL3 Weapon or +2 DEX

TERM 2 : Mercenary (Commando, Raider)

[dice=Entry, End 6+, -1 DM]2d6+2-1 Entry Accepted Ms. Giant Muscled Angry Thing!

Basic Training : Choose 1 of : Athletics, Recon, Combat Engineer, Heavy Weapons (Any), Gun Combat (Any)

[dice=Survival, End 6+]2d6+2 Survived!

[dice=Event]1d6+1d6

Your unit is particularly efficient, getting additional training in between numerous short tickets. Gain Athletics 1, Gun Combat 1, Leadership 1, Survival 1 or Zero-G 1.

Advancement, End 7+: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 1) + 2 = 5 Always harder for aliens to get rank!

Rank 0 Benefit : Trooper - Gun Combat 1

STR: 14 (+3)
DEX: 11 (+1)
END: 12 (+2)
INT: 9 (+1)
EDU: 5 (-1)

Rank 0 : Trooper

SKILLS:
Animals (Any) 0
Animals (Any) 0 (May be combined with other Animal to make one Animal 1)
Athletics (Any) 0
Gun Combat (Any) 1
Heavy Weapons (Any) 1
Melee (Any) 0
Melee (Any) 1 (Can be combined with other Melee to make one melee 2)
Navigate 1
Recon 0
Stealth 0
Survival 1
Zero-G 1

Note : You don't have to roll to stay in Commandos. You may currently switch to : Security (Body Guard, Ship Security, Site defense, etc), Striker (Hired Army grunt, part of an actual mercenary army, not a specialized group)

If you stay in Commandos at least one more term, you can freely switch to Cadre (Teaching Staff), Guerrilla (behind enemy lines combat)

You could try to switch to Warmonger (gun runners, arms dealers, assassins) but you'd have to make a Soc 5+ check to enter with a -2 penalty. Since you don't have Soc standing, you'd actually end up with a -5 penalty, so I don't suggest it.

Thanks for all the assistance and hints on crafting her story! :D

I don't think she wants to join any official group so Striker is out. Warmonger out obviously too.

Either Ship Security or Site Defense could be interesting routes or stay with Commando (any of the three options could work depending what benefits they have). Is it ok for me to know what the Training or Rank benefits would be for the choices?

I would mostly want to improve Melee/Heavy Weapons, pick up additional space survival skills like Mechanic or Vacc Suit, and continue improving her ground survival skills if possible (Athletics, Navigate, Recon, Survival). In roughly that order. So if there is a career among those options that looks particularly suitable to that skill cluster, go ahead and select it for me.

Thanks again! :D

OK, fair enough. I'm still trying to get a handle on the fluff so I appreciate the help. :D

So let's say Tulip is from actually a moderately populous, arid K'Kree planet. She is determined to have a brain defect when she rejects her people's socialization techniques, irrationally fearing some phantom danger from the herd. Still just a very large young girl, she escapes to the massive dunes where she learns to provide for herself. Of course, isolation proves more difficult than she expected- she didn't account for being hunted by her own people. To find respite, she negotiates passage off the planet on a merchant ship.

I'm thinking Industrial/Desert for Trade 0 and Survival 0. Starting with one term of barbarian likely followed by Drifter, unless there's a merchant profession which would be more suitable.

Ok, I think I'm ready to get started with the career phase. I understand about large being a problem, that's ok with me. And I will go with my second set of rolls just to give myself a negative modifier. That always makes for more misadventures. :D

NAME: "Tulip" a nickname I expect her to pick up somewhere along the way as a mercenary, subject to change depending what happens with her career
RACE: female K'Kree
HOMEWORLD: renegade K'Kree outpost in no man's land between the Two Thousand Worlds and the Hive Federation Poor, Low Technology
ALLEGIANCE: To her own small herd, not a citizen of any major power

PROPOSED CONCEPT: Tulip hails from a remote, rugged planet abandoned by the K'Kree at the conclusion of the Hiver war. Her herd had been ordered to establish a colony there and then were never alerted to the withdrawal due to oversight. The castoffs grew bitter towards their brethren and claimed independence, not that anyone off the planet really cared.

When Tulip reached adulthood, she of course matriculated into the herd's military, excited to explore the galaxy and defend her people.

STR: 12 (+2)
DEX: 9 (+1)
END: 12 (+2)
INT: 9 (+1)
EDU: 5 (-1)

BACKGROUND SKILLS:
Animals 0
Survival 0

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Anything else I need to get started? I will need you to roll the career path stuff for me as I still need to pick up the full book plus I don't fully get it yet anyway. :D

What do you think would be appropriate for her backstory? I saw you mention Militia in another post and thought it sounded appropriate, but now I see that's Darrian only. Marines possibly as a generic substitute?

This will sound crazy I'm sure but I'm going to bow out due to my unfairly high stat rolls. I was thinking about making a rogue to nerf myself but I still just wouldn't feel right about it.

Thanks anyway and good luck to the party! :D

Yes as Abdul said, only one move or standard action each.

Minmaximus init: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Garren init: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Theophilus init: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Itami init: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Abdul init: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Bitter Plum init: 1d20 ⇒ 15
Merisiel init: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

druids init: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Itami quickly weaves an air of sleep around the dancing druids.

Your best placement AFAICT will catch all of 1, 2, and 3 (as they are now labelled) in the effect.

Bitter Plum moves and prepares to attack next turn.

Merisiel does the same.

Garren cruelly shoots druid 4, leaving a slug deep in the man's shoulder and finally alerting the dancers to their imminent situation!

Abdul maneuvers into position.

Theo follows along behind.

Minmaximus gets ready for a full-sized feast!

Then, Itami's spell completes!

druid 1 will save vs enchantment: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
druid 2 will save vs enchantment: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
druid 3 will save vs enchantment: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

And two of the druids fall to the ground in blissful slumber.

Round 1:
Itami
Bitter Plum
Merisiel
druid 1 asleep
druid 2
druid 3 asleep
druid 4 -5 HP
Garren
Abdul
Theophilus
Minmaximus

Itami, Bitter Plum, and Merisel are up!

@Min: no I guess you would have returned to normal by now unfortunately.

The party gets set and springs the trap, attacking the prancing druids with a classic pincer move.

They are distracted by their ritual and you guys did a good job of sneaking and scouting around in here. Go ahead and give me your surprise round actions. If they survive the initial onslaught I will roll initiative for the first round because they can do some damage back.

The party is up!

The way I handle K'Kree is that any solitary K'Kree are aberrations who are outcasts from their own culture, due to their mental illness (They actually kind of like getting out by themselves). So any PC K'Kree will be Casteless, and likely ended up attending non K'Kree schooling and jobs. Thus, they'd use the normal rules. No Nobility careers or High Guard.

Ok, cool thanks! That's kind of what I was figuring as far as an actual PC. In that case, my 2nd set of rolls works out to a +1 modifier without counting the 6th roll so I will go with those:

9
7
5
9
6

add to strength: 1d6 ⇒ 5
add to endurance: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Well then. I'm starting to formulate a character concept but not ready to commit to anything yet. I will keep reading up on the fluff in the meantime.

I'm very interested in trying Traveller!

I am very intrigued by playing an intelligent herd animal, as I work with cattle irl. Question: Are K'Kree actually a playable race? Besides their hardcore ideology, it says they will die if they are not around other K'Kree for any length of time. If I understand it right and the party are the only survivors on this ship, would K'Kree be viable? Also do you have to roll their Caste stat separately?

Sorry for the delay. I've been sick all weekend.

The books and scrolls are almanacs, starcharts, and philosophical treatises, mostly written in Druidic. The larger chest is locked with a good lock, but Merisiel is able to locate the key to the lock hidden within the smaller chest.

It was DC 19 Perception, but I will just assume someone could get her an Aid Another.

The large chest contains a birch wand and a patterned leaf. Min begins an examination.

Having cleaned out the useful items, the Pathfinder approach their final destination: the Megaliths. This wide area on the east side of Briar Henge has a roughly circular shape. Four tall, thin spires of ancient stone thrust up from the ground at irregular intervals like malformed teeth. To the west, two thicker stones are capped with a third horizontal stone, forming a crude gateway. A thick piece of charred bark is suspended in this gateway by a web of crackling energy. The crackling energy pulses outward from the bark into the dolmen stones, and from there into the ground. These megaliths predate the construction of the thorn walls and hold a special connection to Gozreh. Four standing stones (menhirs) stand near the three stones forming the gateway (dolmen stones). The megaliths resonate with Gozreh’s blessing, which improves lightning effects in this area.

Any creature adjacent to a megalith deals an additional 1 point of damage with any spell or effect causing electricity damage.

The menhirs are 12 feet tall and about 3 feet in diameter. The dolmen stones are 10 feet wide and 10 feet tall. The archway is currently blocked by the waves of energy radiating outward from the Atavistic Splinter.

The dolmen stones fill their squares almost completely, and creatures can not squeeze into squares occupied by dolmen stones as they can into squares containing menhirs.

Four druids chant and circle the stones as a part of their enigmatic ritual.

Go ahead and place yourselves on the map- you can approach from whichever direction you wish.

Sounds cool!

4d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 1, 6) = 17 16
4d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 4, 3) = 13 12
4d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 5, 1) = 18 17
4d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 3, 4) = 17 14
4d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 1, 5) = 18 17
4d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 6, 5) = 17 16

Wow! 53 point buy I think. I will consider my options.

Six hammocks hang suspended from the thorns here, crisscrossing along the thorny walls. Two oaks provide shade and shelter from wind and rain. A few clothes hang from the thorny walls. The hammocks and clothes seem simply made. Near one of the tree trunks is a large, sturdy chest. Near the other is a smaller chest, whose open lid reveals several scrolls and tomes. Gaps in the walls allow exit to the northwest, north, and northeast.

Have a look around here then we'll move on to the final encounter!

I really enjoy exploring unique mechanical elements of settings like this, so I'm trying to combine several of them.

Character Name: Feguk
Character Race: orc
Character Class: sorceror (east wind style)
Primary Role: support/melee

Character Background: Feguk is a full-orc distant relative of Leska. Possibly? It doesn't mention her race in the Player's Guide. If not her than another prominent person in Ragesia. He showed a particularly un-orcish knack for diplomacy. Among his local tribe, unfortunately, that was not looked upon favorably. He was expelled and began to wander.

Before long, Feguk encountered a monk from the Monastery of Two Winds who saw promise in the young orc. Invited to come study as an apprentice, Feguk quickly began absorbing all they had to teach him.

When the current crisis began, Feguk received word that he was needed to help sustain the Ragesian Empire- the first he had heard from his family since his ostracism. Reluctantly, he left the Monastery, vowing to continue his training whenever possible.

He was assigned to Gate Pass where he now works as an unofficial ambassador for Leska, shoring up support for the Empire.

Plans for the character mechanically: I plan to take monk at 2nd level and the commander class from the player's guide at level 3. I will level up all 3 classes as needed based on how the game progresses. Starting stats will be something like Str 16, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 11, Wis 8, Cha 15 (after racials). Civic minded.

Plans for the character’s own story: Feguk isn't particularly ambitious but circumstances are setting up for him to become a military leader, assuming Leska succeeds in consolidating power and he can get over his family issues. If not, who knows what might become of him.

The group proceeds through the two clearings Itami has already explored. Abdul finds the goodberries and Garren is able to decipher the assorted banners.

@Garren: That's fine with me.

Now there are two remaining areas within Briar Henge for the group to explore. They must be very close to finding the druids!

Which way?

Sorry Itami, wasn't sure if you meant the left on the map or the character's left as you came in.

Itami sneaks his way to the center of Briar Henge. This open space is roughly oblong, with three gaps in the thorny walls to the south, west, and north. To the east is a rough wooden table with a leather satchel lying atop it. The table is surrounded by six cut logs planed flat and turned endwise to serve as stools. Two stiff linen banners hang on stands placed along northwest and southwest walls, carefully placed a few inches away from the thorns to prevent tearing.

The leather satchel contains a wax tablet with a crude map of this area of the Verduran Forest. The map is marked with overlapping circles radiating outward from Briar Henge in no discernible pattern. The logging camp and Wispil are both clearly indicated on the map. Various unintelligible symbols also dot the map, but there is no key on the tablet to indicate what the symbols mean.

The two tapestries are coarse linen saturated with beeswax and then dried to render the linen waterproof.

The banner between the north exit and the west exit contains a skillfully painted image. The left side of the picture depicts several dejected humans crowded by buildings (mills, inns, houses, and similar structures). On the right side, as though stepping out from the claustrophobic alleys on the left, are several bestial humanoids, standing tall and proud in an open meadow surrounded by blooming vegetation. This painting has been defaced by someone who scrawled a trio of cavorting stick-figure twig jacks in the background of the meadow.

The banner between the west exit and the south exit depicts a complicated lunar calendar. The calendar is covered with symbols that depict phases throughout the lunar year.

Dotting. This sounds really interesting! Will read the players guide and work up a character.

Min^2 sees Itami go invisible and nothing else.

Itami sneaks down the northern path into a clearing. This long, wide area is partially roofed by a sheet of woven bark. Under the bark sheet rest several casks, boxes, and simple pieces of furniture. Gourds dangle from the thorny walls as though hung on hooks. Three breaks in the bramble walls lead west, south, and east.

Now what?

The poor faerie doesn't even get a chance to escape and taunt the interlopers. She falls in a tiny heap.

Her trusty mutt soon follows as Abdul splits it cleanly in half from snout to tail.

COMBAT OVER!

Once the guards are dispatched, the party is able to easily push the vines aside and enter. Once inside Briar Henge, they find three branching paths leading deeper into the thicket.

Map updated. Which way?