On Sunday, our gaming group came together for play. The fun task at hand was two-fold. First, try the material purchased through Nicholas Logue’s new “Sinister Game” company. As the DM, I bought the first wave of Indulgences, and specifically wanted to see players’ takes on Greg A. Vaughan’s “Blood Waters” adventure and Craig Shackleton’s “Art of the Duel.” Secondly, I wanted players to create characters knowing a bit about the “Blood Waters” scenario, and using the new Pathfinder (Alpha 1.1) RPG. The following briefly summarizes our exploits.
Our party currently consists of 4 characters, all level 7, including:
1. Halfling Rogue, using the “Art of the Duel” to great effect as an effective combatant;
2. Human Rogue, trying his hand as a skills-monkey and thief;
3. Elven Evoker, who showed the new value in specialization and frustration with the Arcane Bond class feature; and
4. Dwarven Cleric, “rounding” out the group and taking full advantage of the “Turning” feats (Turn Elemental and Extra Turning) and racial hit point variant. Can YOU imagine a dwarf with a trident?
Players received the new skills rules the best, especially since they rolled 7th level characters. Everyone moaned about skills until they allotted them using Alpha 1.1 rules. This style should be kept, especially considering the intricate math we just easily sidestepped. The flavor remains, with no gritty aftertaste!
Regarding Feats, the Turning feats were quickly noed and grabbed by the cleric after reading that the adventure is largely water based (comes off easily with less scrubbing) and that he could use it to heal! The first rogue liked the "Art of the Duel" feats, while the second rogue leaned more towards the skills-based feats and roguish talents for a scout-like treasure hunter character. The wizard wanted more familiar based feats, like from the PH2. Endurance was a feat selected and talked about a lot, especially considering the adventure set-up. Toughness feat looks interesting and a bit tougher...the wizard considered it when she rolled low a few levels.
...More to come...
thank you for your play test and for the info on skills .another group to the darkside warms my heart.