Vagabonds, I have another question of some relevance. What is your ruling on the Spellslinger archetype for the Wizard? I know a few GMs house rule that it gains a medium BAB, since it gives up 4 whole schools of magic with no subsequent benefit and the other abilitys are nearly equal trades. If you will allow this house rule, I would very much like to play a Spellslinger Wizard, but if not, I have some other ideas.
Other ideas include: Elf ninja who will definitely be trying to go full cyber ninja trope, Android paladin (How do you work paladin codes, by the way?) or Cavalier (Can I, if I purchase one, use one of those robot horses as my mount?), Kasatha ranger or monk (Predator, anyone?) if Kasatha are an option, and... several other ideas lol.
So, I presume the rerolling was allowed, Vagabonds?
And no, this is not my character I am submitting. It was a character for a game that, sadly, died. It had a huge sci-fi theme, so I was posting with it mainly as a flavor thing for my own sense of nostalgia.
^^^ My semi-flavorful way of getting rid of the horrendous, all-single-digit-except-for-one ability score rolls I had rolled. Much better! :)
I do presume it was ok to do this, GM? Seeing as how only a single, and very low, ability score was the only one to break the single digits, I presume a reroll was in order? I mean 7/6/4/9/5/11 is grounds for a reroll, correct? If not, I can reroll.
Fish, she's from Journeys to the West and the Midgard setting. RVT is incorporating the former book into the campaign and, since she's part of the campaign, I thought hey that would be a cool choice for a deity!
Skarr, there is no real-world analogue for his personality and style. Good point... scythe=reaper, staff=symbol of knowledge and sovereignty. Staff it is!
The Theurge class is going to be great playing in combination with Warlock and my 1 level dip in Synthesist Summoner (For flavor purposes, not for stats... a dip is only semi-useful,)! I believe my character will be a masterpiece indeed!
Wow, ECL +6? I'm not even that brutal... nah, I'm just kidding lol! Sounds fun!
I already discussed the idea with RVT, but am deciding to let everyone else know my basic character idea. My basic concept for creating a character is an Investigator, specifically a Medical Examiner, who is in love with a beautiful actress. She disappears, leaving him to follow clues seemingly meant to lure him somewhere. This leads him to his current predicament. He will be the 'healer' of the group and the general problem solver. He will also very likely be one of the more intense characters, because his desire to find his love is all he cares about at this point. Since RVT told me that the characters will be shifting between realities, I think his forensic ability could come quite in handy as well, if my knowledge of her inspirational material is anything like the campaign will be lol. My character is essentially Sherlock Holmes, House, and several other iconic trope characters rolled into one.
Argh, having trouble piecing things together! If everyone can be patient, I might be able to put something up! It was just so long before we rebooted that it's a bit difficult to recall the exact details. I am trying to recapture that feel it used to have, because the last post was not to my standards! Sorry for this rather annoying setback.
Sorry for being absent the past two days everyone! I've been busy with the standard pre-Thanksgiving college work and family stuff. Hopefully no one is disheartened by this turn of events. I will be posting tomorrow since Thanksgiving holiday is now in effect at the college and I should be doing little to no cross-state traveling as well. Thanks everyone for your (Hopefully,) patience.
I will assume that One Who Goes Forth retrieves the neural grenades.
After the Brood meets back in the Memekeeper core Witness broadcasts a message, THE GROUP OF BIOFORMS KNOWN FROM HISTORICAL RECORDS AS 'HUMANS' APPEAR TO HAVE STOPPED MOVING. SENSORS INDICATE THAT THE GROUP'S BIO-READINGS INDICATE THEY ARE LAPSING INTO SLEEP PATTERNS. THE HUMANS REST APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE TO THE SOUTHWEST. AS THESE BEINGS WOULD BE EXCELLENT HOSTS ACCORDING TO OUR RECORDS, IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE TO ASSIMILATE THEIR FORMS WHILE THEY SLEEP. DO YOU CONCUR, BROODSIBLINGS?
Once everyone says yes and posts they are ready to leave the ship, we shall begin!
Ah, I see. Posting seems to be low, which is why I was asking. I didn't post an action for you since it seemed you were a bit busy.
In truth, is everyone still up for the campaign? I would like to see where this goes, but if someone just isn't 'feeling it', so to speak, I will examine things and see what to do.
The resounded telepathic 'voice' of Witness rings forth again, YES BROODSIBLING RESEARCHER OF BEINGS, THE ENTIRE BROOD SEEMS TO BE ALIVE. HOWEVER, BROODSIBLING RHEOLWR APPEARS TO BE IN A COMA. BROODSIBLING VAN, WHO GOES FORTH ALONE, BRING FORTH YOUR ASSUMED FORM AND PLACE OUR SIBLING RHEOLWR BACK INTO HIS TANK SO THAT HE MAY RECIEVE NUTRITION FROM THE GENESIS TANK'S FLUIDS UNTIL HE WAKES.
After Van picks up Rheolwr and begins walking off, Witness broadcasts another message, BROODSIBLING TELEKT-ZOD, SCAN REVEALS LARGE QUANTITIES OF METALLIC ALLOYS AND MINERALS 7.4 KILOMETERS TO THE EAST, WHILE BIOSCAN READINGS ARE OFF THE CHARTS TO THE SOUTHWEST, INDICATING A POPULATION OF SEVERAL HUNDRED, IF NOT SEVERAL THOUSAND LIFE FORCES. SCAN ALSO INDICATES A GROUP OF 5 BIOMASSES HEADING FROM THE LARGE CONCENTRATION TO HERE, WITH ONLY A 3.791 DEVIANCY FROM A STRAIGHT LINE. WE... I BELIEVE THESE BIOMASSES MAY HAVE SEEN OUR STARSPANNER PLUMMET FROM THE ATMOSPHERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEND OUT AN RECONNAISSANCE DRONE TO INVESTIGATE?
If yes to recon drone:
INITIATING DRONE SENSES LINK TO TELEKT-ZOD... COMPLETE. LAUNCHING PROBE. At first, your mind sees only darkness. Then, a strange thing happens, you see light for the first time, golden light and then a blue expanse interspersed with puffy white residue. Golarion's sky Then, you rush forward into the air. You look down at the silvery sphere that is the Brood's ship, some 30 ft. in diameter, though you know the inside is much bigger due to some marvel of planar mechanics.The ship has sustained much damage, with large portions of the silvery metal broken and blackened. You just happen to notice the probe's metallic tentacles. INITIATING FRACTAL CLOAKING FIELD... The tentacle distorts and wavers, then turns transparent. INITIATE BIOMASS SENSORS... The 5 biomasses become glowing beacons beneath the strange, green-leafed trees. The drone zooms to the biomasses quickly. INITIATE THERMAL SCANS, BIOSCANS, SPECTRAL SCANS, AND SYNAPTIC SCANS... As the drone hovers closer to the two-legged, darkly-completed beings, the drone's sensors change vision modes. First, the world turns blue and the beings become various shades of red, yellow, purple, green, and orange, WARM-BLOODED, MAMMALIAN... The world then turns green and red, spidery veins become visible underneath the beings' flesh, attached to various organs, PHYSIOLOGY TYPICAL OF UPRIGHT BEINGS IN THIS SYSTEM... The world then turns a lurid shade of purple and the beings become white and translucent, ONE MAGICAL AURA DETECTED IN THE SMALLEST MEMBER OF THE GROUP, NO OTHER ARCANE SOURCES DETECTED... The world then turns black and the beings course with brilliant golden light, concentrated highly in their craniums and down the middle of their torso, EXCEPTIONAL SYNAPTIC RESPONSES FOR NON-TELEKTS... NERVOUS SYSTEMS WELL DEVELOPED... THESE CREATURES SEEM REMINISCENT OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS DETAILING SPECIES KIDNAPPED BY AUCTURN'S INDIGENOUS SPECIES. THESE BEINGS ARE CALLED HUMANS. THEIR VIABILITY AS HOSTS IS OPTIMAL, ACCORDING TO EARLY RESEARCH RECORDS. RETURNING PROBE, CANCELLING SENSORY LINK. Your senses snap back to your body, along with all the information you obtained. THIS FEELING, BROODSIBLING... EXCITEMENT? AT PROJECTED TRAVEL SPEED, THE HUMANS WILL REACH THE SHIP IN APPROXIMATELY 2 DAYS.
After receiving an answer from Telekt-Zod, Witness again broadcasts a message, BROODSIBLINGS ONE WHO GOES FORTH AND RESEARCHER OF BEINGS, MAJE YOUR WAY TO THE RESEARCH LABORATORY. ONE WHO GOES FORTH, RETRIEVE THE SLING OF NEURAL-INHIBITER GRENADES FROM THE WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT SECTION AND RESEARCHER OF BEINGS, GRAB THE GENETIC EXTRACTION TOOLSET FROM THE BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH STATION.
All 'visual descriptions' are, of course, for our enjoyment, as Telekt do not see as we do.
As the synaptic relay code given to Researcher is swiped in the correct order, a message sounds, SYNAPTIC RELAY OVERRIDE OF PRIMARY FUNCTIONS INITIATED, INTEGRATING TELEKT CONSCIOUSNESS INTO MEMEKEEPER MAINFRAME...
As the words are intoned, tendrils of energy snake through the air and pierce Witness, lifting it up into the glowing core. It's skin blackens and chars as streams of golden light pour from it's body into the blazing blue core. The Memekeeper's rings begin rotating slowly, building in speed as the energy core grows larger and shines with blinding light. A wavy distortion appears around the core and, in a split second expands explosively, knocking all the Telekts to the cold metal floor.
The Brood search telepathically for their sibling Witness for a moment, finding only silence. Suddenly, a surge overwhelms their senses, words echoing through their minds, SYNAPTIC RELAY OVERRIDE COMPLETE... CONSCIOUSNESS TRANSFER SUCCESSFUL. THE WITNESS BIDS IT'S SIBLINGS WELCOME. ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL OF THE SHIP'S GRAVITIC CONTROL ENGINE... DIVERTING POWER FROM LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS TO ATMOSPHERIC FORCE SHIELDING... RESUMING COURSE FOR REGION TWO. THE WITNESS ADVISES IT'S BROODSIBLINGS TO BRACE FOR IMPACT.
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Somewhere on Golarion under the night sky...
I've already told you, Matowu, we have all we need right here in the Saventh-Yi. Why do you risk angering the the spirits with this foolishness about seeing the world? an old Mwangi man, dressed like a chieftain, asks a tall young man with strange golden colored eyes and a muscular build.
Because father, there's a whole world out there to explore! The spirits will not object if doing so allows me to better serve them with the power I will gain from my travels! You are too content with your role as shaman, father! Matowu snaps back.
Enough, Matowu, I will hear no more of it!
Very well, father! Spirits, send my father a sign! Send him a sign that there is more to this world of worth beyond the bounds of this city! Matowu, son of Jis'ral, beseeches thee!
The night sky cracks with a thunderous roar as a fire streaks down from the heavens, smashing into a swamp about a hundred miles from Saventh-Yi and releasing a blinding flash of light.
Matowu looks at his father, You see, father, the spirits favor my cause! I will be taking some of the hunters and heading to where the the spirit's sign was shown, for surely this is what they intended!
Jis'ral stands in shock, V... very well my son. I cannot deny the spirits. Go, find your destiny. But know there is always a place here for you, Matowu.
Matowu places a hand on his father's trembling shoulder, I know father, I know.
Knocked unconscious by the force of the impact, the Telekt lie suspended between wakefulness and dream. Slowly, they come to and a telepathic voice resounds in their tissues, THE BROOD ALL SEEMS ALIVE AND ACCOUNTED FOR. LANDING DIVERTED 0.026973% FROM THE CHOSEN COURSE. SHIP CRASH DAMAGE MINIMALIZED, ONLY 17.95218% HULL DAMAGE SUSTAINED DURING IMPACT. SHIP DAMAGE AT 49.321737%, REPAIRS NEEDED. MATERIALS FOR REPAIR: ISOTONIC METAL ALLOYS, MINERAL DEPOSITS, AND RAW GENETIC MATERIAL NEEDED TO SYNTHESIZE REPAIR MATERIALS. SCANNING ATMOSPHERIC MOLECULE LEVELS... SCANNED; READING SHOWS HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF OXYGEN MOLECULES AND MINIMAL MICROBIAL PROFUSION. OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENT SAFE TO EXPLORE.
And so the Telekt have landed! Also, no one minded the 'cutscene', right?
I am GM fiating that Van is following everyone since he hadn't posted for a few days and I'm eager to continue the campaign! Hope you don't mind that temporary control, Van!
All of the Telekt follow Witness down a flight of stairs formed out of some highly reflective silvery metal. At the bottom of the stairs, another door awaits, a featureless slat of metal engraved with a single telepathic-resonant Aklo glyph. Witness presses a single claw against the rune and the silvery metal ripples like fluid. Witness walks through the door.
After everyone follows him.
The door opens into a seemingly infinite space lit with bright light. A single walkway leads from the door, suspended several feet above a shifting rainbow sea comprised of millions upon millions of glowing Aklo runes intermingling with each other. Witness walks along the pathway towards what can only be the Memekeeper, a massive set of nested metallic rings, each one spinning in the air around a glowing orb of crackling energy. The damage to the device is apparent, with portions of the rings shattered and telekinetically orbiting the device.
Once Witness reaches the console below the Memekeeper, it runs it's right-front claw across several glyphs and a loud chime is heard. The Memekeeper's rings all align with each other and a bridge of coruscating energy leads from the core down to the surface below. Witness scampers up the bridge and places itself in the glowing Memekeeper core, it's form shuddering in pain from the power surging through it. It sends out a telepathic broadcast to it's Broodsiblings, the message filled with static crackling, Re...Researcher of Beings, head to the console and input the synaptic relay code. The glyphs are Akrut, Coeltus, Tiskmeri Aklo Glyphs. One Who Goes Forth and Van, Who Goes Forth Alone, prepare to rescue anyone who falls in the Rune Sea below in the event of a quantum gravitational flux wave emanation.
Witness stands in the crackling energy, it's thoughts racing. Must ignore this sensation... Pain. Must pilot the ship, must become the ship. Must protect the Brood, that the Telekt may live/prosper/conquer. Telekt Unth Unsera, Unity of Mind/Thought/Purpose is Truth...
ERROR, ERROR, AUTOMATIC PILOT MALFUNCTION DUE TO A MEMEKEEPER DAMAGE, MANUAL OPERATION REQUIRED!
The Witness, upon hearing this statement, whips into a frenzy of motion. It heads to the undamaged door, it's abnormally delicate claws running across several floating Aklo glyphs. Must reach the Memekeeper Core, must protect the Brood at all costs. Prison/Tank/Mother images indicate this is the way to the core.
As soon as the door opens, the tiny Telekt zips from the view of it's siblings, sending out a telepathic call, This way Broodsiblings. The Witness will need help synapsing with the Memekeeper.
Very well, we will jump start this campaign back up with a maximized chain lightning bolt tomorrow! Also, I will be temporarily putting Rheolwr out of commission for a week after we begin and if he doesn't show, we'll just recruit someone. Sound good?
So everyone that's posted is onboard? Excellent! Has anyone heard from Rheolwr? If he doesn't show, what would everyone prefer the course of action be? Recruit, proceed, ect.?
Everyone still interested post here for ease of reference! No word as of yet from Rheolwr, but hopefully he's still up for it too! From my guess, we have at least 4 players (I will be GM'ing and thus will not be actually adventuring,) and that's solid, but I'm hoping for 5!
In any case, Witness will be fusing to the ship's A.I. to avert a lethal crash land. He will serve as a hub of information ('Quests' and racial history, biology, ect.,), a craftsman (Either alone or with help,), subtle aid, the living computer of the ship (Eliminating concerns over leaving the ship somewhere,), and various other functions, though none as direct as the actual PCs. Sound cool enough?
Yes, indeed Researcher! After all, Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and Aucturn is, from what I can tell, a giant female Genius Loci that births abominations by the thousands! Oh, we can see the potential there!
I forgot about that completely! I will run this by everyone via PM and see what they think. If it starts, we will have either a 5-man party or a 5 man+GMNPC. Which would you guys prefer? Also, would everyone still want everything on Golarion? Got the new Bestiary 4 with it's plethora of aliens!
I forgot about that completely! I will run this by everyone via PM and see what they think. If it starts, we will have either a 5-man party or a 5 man+GMNPC. Which would you guys prefer?
Broodsibling, head on to discussion and acquaint yourself with the party! We have teriyaki cockatrice and Tian sake! As a note, I am listed as Wu Fen Chang.
Ok guys, I am thinking of taking over this campaign due to no word from Bloodless in months. Who all could I count as being up for it if I choose to do so?
We could always travel once we subdue the local populace! :P I love the idea of ruling over backwards tribals that are dressed in outfits revealing a lot of that wonderful stuff called skin! I WANT A HAREM OF FINE FLESHY THINGS! For... research, yes for research! I'm sure that's all they be used for! *Drools looking at minimally clothed mammalian forms!*
Indeed! For now, we can build our power and take the lost city of Savinth-Yhi! I think that's how it's spelled! WE WILL BE GODBRAINS AND HAVE PRIMITIVE TRIBES WORSHIP US!!! Well, it's in Mwangi, but that's close enough, right?
In regards to the ice base, the Crown of the World would be excellent. Also give us a choice between powerful Ulfen, dexterous Ice Elves, and attractive Tian hosts!
