Most likely archmage here. Will look at some of the others.
Edeldhur, RL always comes first, your character will be here when your family is healthy.
Thank you Corsario and Kiritta, I hope she bounces back quickly - it pains my soft father heart to see her sick :/
She's way to young to care about it, but I will tell the oldest about the story ;)
Mythic you say... I guess the only thing that makes sense for Edeldhur is Archmage.
Szymon Mythic decision summary:
Champion
Pierce the Darkness
Sudden Attack
Titan's Bane
Power Attack (Mythic)
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Here's what I'm thinking for Venetia's Mythic:
Guardian
Retributive Reach
Sudden Block
Legendary Item (am I right that we get a path ability and a universal ability?)
Combat Reflexes (Mythic)
I had assumed the universal abilities were just added to our selection of choices each tier.
Arv is right. One ability.
I'll be removing Titan's Bane.
I thought that too, but this confused me:
Just start at the beginning, you gain 3 new abilities, you select a new Mythic Feat, and you are done!
I'll remove Sudden Block I suppose.
It is confusing wording... I was actually starting to doubt myself after re-reading it.
I think I am doing...
Champion
path attack - Fleet Charge
path ability - Aerial Assault
Mythic Feat - Mythic Spell Lore (Enlarge Person this tier)
Trickster could work too, but Champion works for my intended playstyle in combat.
Well, the great thing is there's a mythic feat to get access to another path's path abilities.
Well, the great thing is there's a mythic feat to get access to another path's path abilities.
There's a Trickster ability that lets you select one without burning a mythic feat, I think.
Oh so bittersweetly overwhelmed right now...
Mythic Crafter might be a good idea... I'd have a +17 to my roll to make mythic wondrous clothing items, and +22 to non-mythic...
(The DC to create a magic item is 5 + the caster level for the item... +5 for each prerequisite the caster does not meet.)
Edeldhur is probably going to be something like:
-Archmage-
Archmage Arcana: Most probably Wild Arcana
Mythic Feat: Almost certain with Mythic Spell Lore, and the spell chosen will likely be Haste ;)
Path Abilities: Not really sure on this one - Arcane Endurance opens nice possibilities, while Energy Conversions seems VERY useful. And there are several "goodies" like Perfect Preparation and such.
Of course Mythic Augment Summoning may prove essential...
I need to look these options over some more. I just learned that being a healbot isn't all that bad actually when you're fighting someone of your level. Janus certainly walked away from the battle better than Marius did.
Janus, I have a project in my head that is all about building a combat Oracle of Life.
But then again, for a solid healer chassis, you have the Hospitaler - tough as nails, that one ;)
I really like the purifier archetype on an oracle of life myself especially with the elf or aaismar favored class bonus going into higher channeling level. iirc half elves can take elf favored class options.
Also, Weapon Finesse (Mythic) with Weapon Finesse would allow you to use any finessable weapon just like Dervish Dancing allows the use of Scimitars.
Seems I am going to be similar to Edeldhur.
Archmage
Wild Arcana
Feat -- not sure, Mythic Lore is interesting, but not many others. Would love the Extra Path Ability, but it requires Tier 3.
Path Ability - probably Perfect Preparation.
--> If I take this, I will probably drop the Collegiate Arcanist PrC since many of the PrC abilities can be duplicated, only better, with Perfect Preparation and Rapid Preparation.
--> Harmonious Mage is also pretty sweet.
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If I drop Spell Mastery & Scholarship, which were taken as prerequisites for the PrC, then I get a few metamagic feats which I would like.
We are too similar Kiritta... Are we missing melee? Maybe I could swap characters somehow...?
I am just thinking that as the group has shrunk dramatically, maybe we are missing other roles more than Arcane, as happened initially. Not sure I can build a roster of who is around though :D
1. Kiritta - Wizard
2. Edeldhur - Wizard
3. Venetia - Paladin
4. Szymon - Aldori Swordlord
5. Janus - Life Oracle
6. Ni-Tir - druid
7. Arv - Vivisectionist/Rogue
8. Danath - Bard/Cavalier
Wow. Fairly balanced
Not really sure what we are missing at this point.
Edelhur - Wizard
Kiritta - Wizard/Harrower
Venetia - paladin/holy scion
Janus - oracle of life
Arv - alchemist(vivisectionist)
Szymon - aldori swordlord
Ni'Tir - druid
Danath - Cavalier/Bard/Battle Herald
We have:
2 arcane (pure wizards)
2 divine (druid and oracle)
2 melee (paladin and swordlord)
2 variable mostly melee (cavalier/bard/battle herald and alchemist)
Effectively we have no pure skill player. Several melee types. A lot of arcane power and 2 non-cleric divine casters. Not sure if you need to change, and if you want to, what to change to. I suppose it is your call.
EDIT - ninjaed by a swordlord, how embarassing.
Venetia is somewhat skilled due to Noble Scion, but doesn't have things like disable device or perception, she is more socially skilled, with high Bluff, Diplomacy, and Disguise, two of those are fairly odd choices for a Paladin of course.
Wow, surprisingly balanced... I think we always missed the "skilled" character from the start did we not? :D
We had a Rogue and a Bard that we lost.
I vote fast, because even in Pbp it will really be slow. It will take awhile to narrate up to and to prepare for any cohort battle. Meanwhile, the barons will need to be doing something. We're still looking at a month or two before they reunite, even if we choose the "fast" route.
I agree.
the "slow one" sounds rewarding, but yeah... what Szymon said.
I like the slow one. I figured that this would be a problem communicating with our companions/loved ones. However, it is also the first thing that would be done.
One option is for us to not be able to communicate over the distance, just be able to "see" them, and perhaps send bare impressions so that they know we are alive and well, but not know where we are or when we will arrive. This way it keeps two tracks without having to worry about communication or balancing timing. The cohorts can search the area north of the rivers (bandit lands and Oleg's) and some of the kobold lands. In 9 months, we should be able to incorporate 5-8 hexes if we take one each month, really it is a question of expansion versus stability/economy.
At the same time, the barons can fight their way north through the lands fighting monsters and meeting the inhabitants. If we are lucky, we will get rumors of the nation to the north and of the home of the bandit king. If the Barons's stumbled across the bandit king's fort and took it out, that would be a great, I am not sure if it qualifies as heroic, finally before returning to their fledgling nation.
Halcorg appears, but immediately severs contact... but why?
For my ignorance, how exactly, game mechanically will the barons communicate with their cohorts anyway?
For my ignorance, how exactly, game mechanically will the barons communicate with their cohorts anyway?
Well, Venetia and Tarina have an item that allows them to communicate as per the spell sending for one.
I am leaning towards the fast route as well, because i worry that if we go slowly we will have to either stop playing the barons or have to speed up the cohorts at a later time.
Of course sending is limited to 25 words, so it would take many days to fully learn what the cohorts have been up to in Venetia's case.
I suppose the slow one can work, as long as the cohorts are progressing faster.
I vote:
1 - Slow
2 - For some reason the sending divination does not work, maybe it needs to be "attuned" again or something similar?
The problem now is... Once we learn we are back, and the Barons uncover their location, they will simply speed up to meet the others, maybe even flying so... How will we ignore that?
I agree on the slow one, if it ends up being too slow we can decide to speed things up later. But if we suddenly pop back up in our kingdom then what was the point of separating all of us? Know what I mean?
I like the fact it may take some time and a clash with Marius, prior to our return sounds awesome. :)
I'm good either way, I am more or less having a difficult time selecting a Mythic path...
I thought about dual path with Champion and Guardian. Other then that I am unfamiliar with the new system so it may take a little longer. We (Ni/Danath) fly out to work tomorrow so it may take a day or so for us to get acclimated and catch up.
Will post more in a bit.
Lol Ceinwen is giving you all a hard time it seems. :)
Communication can be done via Scrying & Message. Message does not always work, but if I try it every time, eventually we would be able to communicate.
As far as the travel goes - simply use a DM fiat --> due to the interference with the First World, we cannot travel extended distances via flight or teleportation. After all, this is a magical world and we just travelled 9 months into the future in about 1 hour, having the fabric of space/time limit our mobility temporarily until reality catches up with us is perfectly logical.
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The problem now is... Once we learn we are back, and the Barons uncover their location, they will simply speed up to meet the others, maybe even flying so... How will we ignore that?
You have your handy DM for that!
For example, there is a mother with his child running towards you as we speak, escaping from some nice monsters, very handy for you characters to test you newfound powers...And then you need to cross the Stolen Lands... Much easier said than done...
And there is going to be a plethora of side quests from here to there...
So,basically:
1) is not an easy trip...
2) there is much to do, many side quests to perform
On the other side, if you want fast, I'll retcon so you arrive to the kingdom exactly on this day... Flying or somehow, as you say...
As I see it the poll it tied:
Fast: Szymon, Arv and Venetia (not so sure on her)
Slow: Kiritta, Edeldhur and Ni'Tir
Abstain: Danath
So Janus has the "Quality Vote"!
About Danath and Champion or Guardian : What do you think goes better with him? Don't mind the mechanics, go with the personalty... Me? I see him more as a Marshal.
As a note, I will be at CarnageCon this weekend, so my posting is likely to be light.
Ok, I think I have mythicized Kiritta.
Path - Archmage
Path Arcana - Wild Arcana
Path Ability - Harmonic Arcana -- no more opposition schools, so I will have to borrow Edeldhur's spellbook and grab some of those blaster spells.
Mythic Feat - Spell Focus(conjuration) -- keep jacking up the save DCs on those pits and other battlefield control spells. - grease is DC20 I believe
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As mentioned before, I also dropped the Collegiate Arcanist PrC as it simply has a pile of abilities that duplicate Mythic skills. I also dropped the prerequisites for Collegiate Arcanist (Scholar & Spell Mastery) and took Augment Summoning and Persistent Spell in their place.
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I need a token for Destroyerman... and maybe for Leaf and the other horses.
Also, if anyone wants his familiar shown in the maps, please send me a token, and maybe do an alias.
I am going to bed, Sorry, I couldn't do the map for the House of Knives (the ruins of the House of the Edge of Time). But that way you have more time to get your characters ready for that battle.
BTW, we still need Janus vote for the long vs. short road home.
Kiritta: sounds good.
Danath and I are flying tomorrow posts will be spotty sorry :(
Given the nature of PBP, I vote for the fast track for the same reasons listed by Szymon.
It also looks like you have an icon for D-Man.
Xi your gonna get us killed... I doubt he lived through THAT however I also doubt it was that quiet...
However 40+ damage without lead blades... Your gonna be scary.
Corsario. You must not make Xi mythic, god help us all if that happens :p