I liked the discussion of using the 'Dread Questionnaire' on this episode of Shark Bone. It might be fun to have four or five questions that allowed the players to get more into their roles.
It is roughly half way thorough the podcast that they discuss the topic.
Yes, let us know what you have in mind, Nightflier! :)
Hello all, we ran into this problem at my FNGS. What we decided to do was give all of the GMs one continent on the same world, this way they could be different settings, or feel to them. However if some of the regular group didn't show up for Joe's game but Bob is there they could run Bob's game. Also if Joe didn't show up but Bob did the characters are still on the same world just a different location. Since Bob is a good GM he can wing a back story as to how the party got to his part of the world. This way the game masters can play when they want. And no one panics if one of them doesn't show up. Then again we have a lot of GMs at my FNGS.
Just a Thought,
Guin Weaver
I have a note!
If someone gives me some spefications like;
1: Attribute point buy
2: Level
3: Race and Class selections or limitations
4: Starting Funds amounts
5: How you want HP generated (Random, Average, Average Plus One, Maximum)?
6: Any limitations on equipment or magical items purchased with starting funds.
7: Any setting related details that would affect the above choices or a source of this type of information that I can look up
Then I am good to go. :D
I'm up for it.
Whohohooooo, pick me, pick me :)
Just need some direction for character creation. See list of questions above.
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Just need some direction for character creation. See list of questions above.
How about this:
1: Attribute point buy - 25
2: Level - 1st
3: Race and Class selections or limitations - Paizo-published
4: Starting Funds amounts - per class max
5: How you want HP generated - max
6: Any limitations on equipment or magical items purchased with starting funds. - no
7: Any setting related details that would affect the above choices or a source of this type of information that I can look up - based in Sygil/Planescape. Adventure worlds depending on DM.
Does Race and Class - Paizo published include the Bestiary like Goblin, Orcs, and Tengu?
Just need some direction for character creation. See list of questions above.How about this:
1: Attribute point buy - 25
2: Level - 1st
3: Race and Class selections or limitations - Paizo-published
4: Starting Funds amounts - per class max
5: How you want HP generated - max
6: Any limitations on equipment or magical items purchased with starting funds. - no
7: Any setting related details that would affect the above choices or a source of this type of information that I can look up - based in Sygil/Planescape. Adventure worlds depending on DM.
I'm not an expert of outer planes, i always set my plot on the Prime material Plane.
All perfect, except purchasing a magical item with starting funds, there is simply not enough money, and i doubt we can come up with a homebrew trait to give ourselves 3000-4000 starting gold
At first level, many players use the scribe scroll feat to make scrolls or purchase scrolls. Witches can use a hex to get the brew potions feat and could use that feat to start with a potion.
Link to planescape factions
I have a few ideas that I'm interested in doing.
1> Some sort of animal style warrior. This could be done through Barbarian, Ranger, Druid, Fighter or Alchemist as they all have ways to do this with various Totem selections.
2> Some sort of crossbow specialist. This could be done through Fighter, Ranger, Rogue, or Alchemist (though would do some bombs too).
3> Wizard or Sorcerer working with either the slumber or water/pits spells.
I can easily shift and adapt with these various types of ideas to select from.
It might be good to decide what 'kind' of group we are going for. Do we want to have some cohesion of tactics. A wizard that works with the pit spells of the APG works best if there are people to help sweep targets into the pits.
The crossbow idea is likely the most independent idea. He lurks and shoots from range.
The totem fighter can likely be a mixture of in close fighter and maybe a spell lobber depending upon whether a martial or spell caster is used as the base.
Smerg, I am thinking a melee. Probably a fighter. Does that aler things?
Depends. Would you want to develop a pair of characters that have feats that integrate together (combo teamwork)? For example, would you want one of the characters to be a 'tripper' and another be a 'bull rusher' or a pair of 'bull rushers' to double drive opponents?
There are also combo fighting that can between rogues and fighters or fighters and mages.
I am also good if you don't want that sort of thing.
For the melee , i usually prefer the Heavy Tank type, that is, single fighter with heavy armor, heavy shield and feat focused on single weapon/shield chain. could work in team up with someone flanking engaged opponents, or doing AoO on tripped/downed foes. I rarely go for the "berserker with 2hand weapon" type, too low AC
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I was actually thinking Phallanx fighter from the APG. Lucern hammer wielding, dwarven waraxe backup, (eventually) tower shield toting, heavy armor ground pounder. I like the teamwork feats. My concern there would be a lack of subtlety if we dedicate two members of the group to that style. Of course, a rogue/bard could offset the skill issue. A sorc/wiz could offset the arcane issue. Then there's the issue of what to do from an divine standpoint.
Honestly, I can do whatever. My top three are as follows:
Fighter (Phallanx Fighter)
Sorcerer (Illusion focused)
Cleric (Not sure of deity at present)
Honestly, I am up for whatever so if you want to play a fighter Smerg and you Gandal, that's cool. I can go a different direction.
I really, REALLY like this idea, and if this game is already filled up I hope I can form up another group of GM's to do it.
Welcome to the thread!
Yup, we currently have room for another player.
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Honestly, I am up for whatever so if you want to play a fighter Smerg and you Gandal, that's cool. I can go a different direction.
Well, there are definitely the pit spells that I want to explore. It would be more of a tactical approach mixed in with some walls or such for the wizard/sorcerer.
I'll try to 'own' the battlefield and aim to give your phalanx fighter and Gandal's sword and board something to work with.
I now have to decide whether more spells of the same will be better than having adaptability in a plane hopping campaign.
So, mage type here with the focus on area denial spells.
Darn it. I didn't read the thread for a few days while I was getting a character ready and it looks like we have three people interested in fighters. I statted out a Dex-based two-weapon fighter (rapier/starknife).
Any suggestions on how to resolve this?
If there are too many fighters i can skip this role, np. Am already playing one in a CoT game after all.
How many healers and arcane users are we planning ?
If there are too many fighters i can skip this role, np. Am already playing one in a CoT game after all.
How many healers and arcane users are we planning ?
What I've seen;
1> Eric the Evil DM - Would like to do a Phalanx Fighter (though is flexible)
2> Gandal - you listed wanting to do a Sword and Board fighter
3> Tanner Nielson - would like to do a light two weapon fighter
4> Smerg - I've listed going Sorcerer/Wizard likely with main first level spells of Grease and Enlarge Person (I figure the Grease will give knock down areas that the fighters can exploit while the Enlarge Person will magnify our fighters particularly if we have a Phalanx or Sword and Board). If I go Wizard and have a couple of more choices for 1st level spells known then I might pick up a couple of conjuration spells for Expeditious Excavation, Summoning critters, or a Mount (A 10x10 object that can be moved around is mobile terrain or hallway plug).
5> kyrt-ryder - some sort of cleric with healing as secondary or tertiary focus. I'm not sure yet what the cleric's main focus will be.
My aim on spells is to hopefully magnify what the group is good at while staying away from the 'blast'm' spells. I want to go for the terrain denial focus.
If we had the heavy rogue/skirmisher group then I would swap Enlarge Person for Expeditious Retreat. I just want to make the others better.
Well if there are to many fighters i'll go for main healer or bard ( core bard, no APG variants ). Not sure on the deity thou, am waiting for news
I'm pretty sure that we have Pathfinder Core, Bestiary (goblinoid, orcs, tengu, and tieflings approved), and APG as source material.
If you want to go beyond that then I think you should first check that material and think on whether such a feat already exists or is rolled into a class as class option. If there still isn't something there then apply your own GM thinking on how you would approach the request for a particular feat compared to existing feats. If you feel that you would consider approving the feat yourself then bring it forward with your reasons for what the feat is offering that you need to make your concept work that currently isn't in the above source material.
Well if there are to many fighters i'll go for main healer or bard ( core bard, no APG variants ). Not sure on the deity thou, am waiting for news
Well, I don't think you can ever have 'too many' fighters or their variants. It changes a bit in how the group plays and feels having more of one class then a scattering of classes but with the APG providing many good different fighting styles with feat support and option paths for development you can have many different characters and all be the same base class.
I run in a group with four cavaliers and each approaches combat very differently. We all have some cavalier levels but after that we 'built' very different fighting styles and weapon choices.
Having four cavaliers doesn't affect are combats very much as we all time our charges differently. Some flash into and out of combat while others move in and stay stuck in. Some can literally live through the worst the DM throws at them while others are glass cannons that deliver huge hits but then need to flee or be smashed apart in a round.
One of the great things with the current Pathfinder and APG is you can have the 'all mounted' party and have players happily using Barbarians, Druids, Fighters, Rangers, Summoners, Paladins, and Cavaliers giving you a good mix of melee, divine, and arcane choices.
Personally, if people want to have a three fighter front core then I am all for it. The Phalanx fighter can easily sit behind others and still attack. The Sword and Board can still stand in close. The two weapon specialist can work the angles for a flank or support the sword and board.
The classic Drizz't party had a ranger, fighter, and barbarian on the front line.
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Darn it. I didn't read the thread for a few days while I was getting a character ready and it looks like we have three people interested in fighters. I statted out a Dex-based two-weapon fighter (rapier/starknife).
Any suggestions on how to resolve this?
Go ahead and play a fighter. I can easily swap out. I'll do a Rogue. IMO, we'll need a bit of skill injected into the group and I have not played a rogue in quite a while... should be fun.
That way, we have a party of 2 fighters, 1 arcane, 1 divine, and 1 Rogue...
Let's get character avatars in the thread shall we?
Okay, then. I can get first adventure ready in a week. Is that enough time for all of us to create characters?
I have no trouble with the DM having a character and bringing it along with the group.
I might have trouble getting my character ready because I'm going away tomorrow for a week due to US Thanksgiving. During that time, my internet access may be less as I'll be dealing with family.
I'm already GMing and playing my own char at the same time, it doesn't ruin my fun a bit.
Yes i read the APG variants...some are interesting, but my general feeling is they tend to weaken the char, as does multiclassing.
Am waiting to see what PCs'll be done, but interested both in healer or in a bard
yeah; me too; am running two pbp games; tried playing in several others which ended cause the gm had life conflicts or such and such; the legion game seems sluggish but is the only game going for me and I seem to be the only player at the moment; I am sure any of you can join in if you have interest in DC Legion of Superheroes. Our Gm is awesome and a long time Lord of the Boards.
I tried to set up running a sci fi game; but got no takers; have a really good storyline too. Just got into Smergs game for Dresden files; but it has slowed way way down; might be the holidays. Smerg too has been a great storyteller as well; great game.
My original homebrew pbp is one of the oldest around; players sure have rotated and changed since the inception. Could use another player in that game as I am pulling out most of my npc very soon and we are comming to the end of this story finale and about to start the next.
Savage Suzerain is a good one for rotating GMs. Since characters can be pulled away by the gods for side missions at any time.
I'm full on games at the moment personally, running 3 PbP games, playing 5 PbP games though unfortunately the PFS on on RPOL.net seems quite dead...
I am always busy but I feel a responsibility to my GMing duties and haven't let my games die due to me. two of my games have been running for over a year.
