Sometimes, we as players imagine legendary scenarios for our character to accomplish. These are things that are worthy of song, are particularly iconic for our characters, or stories that are repeated by friends around the gaming table for many years to come. These are things you, as a player have always wanted to do. They can be a social interaction, an accomplishment in combat, or merely a reputation gained within the realms.
I'll share one of mine to start us off.
Tonight, I checked one off the list. My stoic elven fighter successfully grappled a dire bear. At 6th level.
I have a Sorcerer who is a reborn Rakshasa, who wants to become one again eventually.
I'd like to see that come to pass, but that would porbably take a game that runs from 1-20 at least.
Very cool.
I'll share another one of mine. It is a little odd, in that it requires the death of my character, but I've always wanted to go down, blades flashing, in glorious last stand buying time for my allies to escape an impossible situation.
I play a cleric in a world ruled by a tyrant god whose cast out the other deities of the realm. I intend to slay him. If slain before my quest is completed, I would like to go martyred public execution style and achieving Sainthood!
Very nice. Suitably epic.
In my player bucketlist, I want to make a solid combat rogue who doesn't die throughout his entire career. 1-20.
I have accomplished one of the items on my list already and that is - I managed to one-shot a Dragon 4cr above the team, as the first action of the surprise round no less! Great way to make a name for a character.
Nice! Very cool indeed. It wasn't on my list but I had a wizard who 1shot 2 frost drakes and then a young adult white dragon. Was rolling very nicely that night and had some clever means of getting maximize out.
Evokers are really fun when you're tossing out spells they're vulnerable to.
I have accomplished one of the items on my list already and that is - I managed to one-shot a Dragon 4cr above the team, as the first action of the surprise round no less! Great way to make a name for a character.
Did you actually do enough damage to bring it to zero hp, or are you using a house rule involving the called shot to the heart?
For myself, I'd like to see my character become a deity at some point. Last campaign my paladin became a king and the lord of the paladin order, which was nice, but not quite godhood. ;)
I have accomplished one of the items on my list already and that is - I managed to one-shot a Dragon 4cr above the team, as the first action of the surprise round no less! Great way to make a name for a character.
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Wow, is it awful of me to point out that you only get a single standard action on the surprise round, so you also should not have been able to cast a spell and move more than 5'...
Wow, is it awful of me to point out that you only get a single standard action on the surprise round, so you also should not have been able to cast a spell and move more than 5'...I have accomplished one of the items on my list already and that is - I managed to one-shot a Dragon 4cr above the team, as the first action of the surprise round no less! Great way to make a name for a character.
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We run a Houserule that Suprise rounds are a full-round. Makes the Rogue players a lot happier.
Lord Pendragon, Ultimate Combat has rules for called shot heart. Don't have the book in front of me but if you do enough damage it's a chance at auto-death.
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That reminds me of a nice happening and thematically-aligned to my PC too.
An Ogrekin Rogue tried to ambush my party in a forest. Too bad for him that he was high on my Favored Enemies list. Both my Griffon AC and my Ranger made their Perception roll, so we could act in the surprise round. Having the Lookout feat, we could both take full actions. And we got the initiative. One archery full attack and one charge/pounce later, he was in shreds.
Trying to ambush Sir Felix Einen, faithful servant of Erastil the Hunter, will only get you messily killed.
What I look forward for this character :
- one-shotting a BBEG just after he makes his boxed text gloating. Well, we had something like this with a young Green Dragon just after being thrashed by Black Magga. It provided needed relief for the party's frustration.
- restraining (through Dimensional Anchor) and then killing Black Magga
- Getting a Shield of Command Undead as a gift from my suspiciously young-looking Necromancer father-in-law. So appropriate for an archer who is a Ranger/Paladin :-P
- Beating a Dragon in a flying pursuit (I took Wingover for my Griffon specifically for this).
For my Halfling Jinx Sorceress in Serpent's Skull, I would like to completely disable an opposite BBEG caster (divine if possible) through my Jinx, Hexes (Strega 3pp archetype) and SoS spells while saying "Your powers cannot save you. Your God cannot save you. Only I can save you ... and I do not want to."
One day I would like one of my PC to literally burst the doors to the king's audience hall when the guards forbid him from entering.
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getting to lvl 20 in a cool campaign is on my bucket list!!
Wow, is it awful of me to point out that you only get a single standard action on the surprise round, so you also should not have been able to cast a spell and move more than 5'...I have accomplished one of the items on my list already and that is - I managed to one-shot a Dragon 4cr above the team, as the first action of the surprise round no less! Great way to make a name for a character.
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Yes, yes it is :P
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Yes, yes it is :PWow, is it awful of me to point out that you only get a single standard action on the surprise round, so you also should not have been able to cast a spell and move more than 5'...I have accomplished one of the items on my list already and that is - I managed to one-shot a Dragon 4cr above the team, as the first action of the surprise round no less! Great way to make a name for a character.
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There is a fairly cheap magic item that addresses this issue.
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Cast Spiked Pit underneath an enemy, then cast Web into the pit. Fly to a suitable elevation, and cast Fireball into the Spiked Pit. Then seal the top with a Wall of Force.
Land on top of the Wall of Force and look down into the personal Hell I created for the enemy, and spend the rest of the encounter taking notes in a journal while sitting down on the Wall of Force observing the reaction.
Lmao....... epic ^
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The top item on my bucket list is to actually get some sweet treasure out of Create Treasure Map. Usually my GM either has it lead me to a pile of something I don't care about (but the deceased did) or just straight up tells me not to bother learning that spell in the first place.
Next, use Bestow Curse to inflict madness on someone (per the Sanity and Madness rules). Preferably Amnesia, but I'd roll on a table for it if the GM asked me to. Failing that, I want one of my characters to develop madness (and get the chance to roleplay it).
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I've GMed a lot in my life, and I thoroughly enjoy it. I have very little experience as a PC, though, so I think my one goal would be:
I'd like to PC in a complete campaign (of any length) that actually ends conclusively, that was run by a good GM. So far, I've not achieved either part of that, never mind both.
getting to lvl 20 in a cool campaign is on my bucket list!!
Two of my 6-7 person party just hit their plateau of level 20 in campaign that mixes Rapan Athuk with some homebrew material, with the rest of the party only 1 encounter away from hitting 20. Sadly, it's more likely your GM will die of a rage aneurysm of having to GM for a high level party. Seriously, it's hell.
My party wants to steal a giant golden bridge from inside the dungeon, and I told them it's protected by the magic of the god of the plane of fire. They ignored it for a bit, but then they took a detour to hell and realized how stupidly powerful they are. In a single workday, they killed: 20 CR12s, 8 CR13s, 4 CR16s, 9 CR17s, 1CR 18, 1 CR19, 5 CR20s, and Alastor (Asmodeus's execution) a CR23 with only one casualty (a lich who regenerated two days later). Now they're debating going to the plane of fire to kill the god just so the can steal the bridge. The scary part is they probably could do it.
Not dying in our current campaign is at the top of my bucket list.
Hitting level 16 I supposed takes second place.
I'm an evolutionist summoner... I can change my eidolon daily and have a pocket dimension with a japanese cherry tree orchard, edible foliage and a 15 foot cliff dive into my 25 foot deep pool. Guyser scroll and a portable hole for an impromptu hot tub... Asking for more is being kinda greedy. Ive been pretty neglectful of maxing out my attributes... Maybe an attribute tome or two. Top tier cha/con/str headbands and belts... That +5 stalking bokken. Ring of continuation and I should be all set.
Actually finish an entire campaign.
Get to a point in my sorcerer's career where she can maintain dragon form 24/7 with successive castings of shapechange.
Actually finish an entire campaign.
Get to a point in my sorcerer's career where she can maintain dragon form 24/7 with successive castings of shapechange.
Thats what the continuation ring is for!
Currently two big things on my bucket list, an old one and a new one.
1) Decapitate someone using a Vorpal Scythe.
2) Achieve Mythic tier 10, and found a religion.
Well, I've only been playing rpgs for a month, so I havent done much. But I have quite a few ideas:
One shot something decently strong. I almost did that as a magus on a manticore, but not quite.
Successfully sneak through something huge, around a ton of enemies, as a rogue/ninja.
Basicaly bluff my way through life for a while, either infiltrating an enemy organisation or impersonating someone.
Reach level 20.
Build a pocket plane.
Create and DM my own campaign (I have plenty of ideas, but I'm not comfortable enough with the rules yet).
Create a character that successfully uses whirlwind attack on at least 8 different enemies on the same turn.
That's all I can think of for the moment.
Thats what the continuation ring is for!Actually finish an entire campaign.
Get to a point in my sorcerer's career where she can maintain dragon form 24/7 with successive castings of shapechange.
Oh. Cool. Thanks!
(Initially I was going to rebut with the FAQ, but as it turns out, it doesn't effect shapechange. ^_^ )
1) Roll a nat 20 on an attack roll with a high crit weapon
2) Confirm it.
I'll share my newest addition, from a mere two days ago: it is to successfully poison a few dozen town watch in the tower, and in the process frame the unknowing little old lady who delivers the poisoned meal. Alas, with the amount of time craft takes this dream will never come true.
An elven Magus that I rolled up was actually the result of a Reincarnate spell gone wrong. The spirit that now exists within is actually an ancient archmage from centuries ago, waiting for his chance at mortality again.
However, his form is fit for both martial prowess and his old magic ways. He seeks for the original inhabitant to elevate both branches of his abilities, becoming the perfect Magus.
One that I was able to kick off the list was to single handedly facilitate the complete and utter annihilation of an entire enemy army.