My idea revolved around a Slayer (just double checking it is not allowed :D)/Sorcerer which actually meshed well, but without ACG it will go more towards a Barbarian/Wizard, which is... funky(er)...?
About input on your entries:
I do not intend to offer any opinions on the entries other than if I find a mechanical error, or something missing so that it could be considered an incomplete entry. It's along the same reasons why I won't offer the current make-up of the party. I want you to build a character you like, not worry about if it's one I like. If you get in with having made modifications outside your vision of the character, based off some comment I made, it could develop less interest in the character than you originally had. I'm not saying anyone would do such a thing, but I would hate to end up coming back for another recruitment, because someone's idea of a character didn't stay true to what they envisioned.
EDIT: Also, I will be going off my current player's choices, and use mine as a tie-breaker if needed.
Albion, you're correct, no ACG classes. :)
I will try to put a list together of the entries thus far, complete or incomplete, just to consolidate for ease of use.
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Zogeeth the Cunning - ?? Half-orc Scarred Witch Doctor - needs stats - needs intro
Gabriel the Hand (Jetty) - N Human Inquisitor (Pharasma) - has stats - has intro
Karmic Knight - ?? Half-orc Cavalier (Order of Flame) - needs stats - needs intro
Menedes (James Martin) - NG Human Oracle (wind) - has stats - has intro
Malkavik (Michael Lowndes) - N Human Ranger - stats incomplete - has intro
She Who Barks At Bones (havocprince) - LG Gnoll Paladin (Anubis) - has stats - has intro
Arthur "Ozzy" Osorkon (CampinCarl9127) - LN Human Fighter (two-weapon) - has stats - has intro
Yodi Feldenson (therealthom) - CG Human Bard/Fighter - has stats - has intro?
Aramil Wellys (Phntm888) - N Half-elf Rogue/Sorcerer (Arcane) - has stats - has intro
I only included the ones that had at least race and class. Let me know if I missed anyone.
@Yodi, I have a point about the intro. More specifically, it doesn't include the group's first foray into the Necropolis, just his loss of teammates before arriving at Osirion.
Ah, that is a wise way to go about recruitment DM. I might keep that in mind for my next game.
Good luck to all!
Zagnauk Hailstrom
Male human (ulfen) barbarian (invulnerable rager) 2 (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player's Guide 79)
CG Medium humanoid (human)
Init +4; Senses Perception +6
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Defense
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AC 17, touch 12, flat-footed 15 (+4 armor, +2 Dex, +1 shield)
hp 26 (2d12+2)
Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +1; +2 trait bonus against death effects.
DR 1/—, 2/lethal
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Offense
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Speed 40 ft. (30 ft. in armor)
Melee greataxe +7 (1d12+7/×3) or
. . heavy flail +6 (1d10+7/19-20)
Special Attacks rage (7 rounds/day), rage power (guarded stance +1)
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Statistics
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Str 20, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 9
Base Atk +2; CMB +7; CMD 19
Feats Cleave, Power Attack
Traits reactionary, resurrected
Skills Acrobatics +2, Climb +5, Handle Animal +3, Intimidate +3, Knowledge (nature) +5, Linguistics +1, Perception +6, Ride +2, Survival +5, Swim +5
Languages Celestial, Common, Skald
SQ fast movement
Other Gear hide armor, buckler, greataxe, heavy flail, backpack, bedroll, flask, flint and steel, grappling hook, hemp rope (50 ft.), sack, trail rations (2), waterskin, whetstone, 7 gp, 7 sp, 5 cp
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Special Abilities
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Cleave If you hit a foe, attack an adjacent target at the same attack bonus but take -2 AC.
Damage Reduction (1/-) You have Damage Reduction against all attacks.
Damage Reduction (2/lethal) You have Damage Reduction against non-lethal damage
Fast Movement +10 (Ex) +10 feet to speed, unless heavily loaded.
Guarded Stance +1 (1 round) (Ex) Gain a +1 dodge bonus to AC vs. melee attacks while raging.
Power Attack -1/+2 You can subtract from your attack roll to add to your damage.
Rage (7 rounds/day) (Ex) +4 Str, +4 Con, +2 to Will saves, -2 to AC when enraged.
Resurrected You do not die until your hit points drop to negative 16 or lower.
Roknaug was able to keep his small community out of the troubles but that may have been only because of the logging his little clan could produce. The clan was not bothered and was left alone but that didn't mean they didn't notice the changes. They were able to see the power shifts and how the new laws and diabolical followings affected the people. Being removed from the cities the clan was not affected directly by the surrendering of morality to the law and order of fiends and House Thrune. They kept their worship of Erastil hidden but it did not wane.
Ragnauk Hailstraum son of Roknaug had a heart of good. He secretly hated what he saw around him. Yes there was Law and Order but at what cost. What evils were being allowed to support the rule? Ragnauk became outraged at what Cheliax had become. Several people of the clan and Ragnauk started to secretly support Revolutionaries that wanted to return Cheliax to its heyday before the rise of the House Thrune. Maybe do what Andoran had done and establish a common rule. Ragnauk had even started to help in the Bellfower Network as a tiller. It took time for him to prove himself to the mostly hafling freedom fighters but after he did he used his cover as a logger to help sneak slaves to their final destination in Andoran.
Zagnauk Hailstraum, son of Ragnauk son of Roknaug, grew up learning to help others less fortunate than he was. He loved his father and knew where his family came from and believed that Cheliax could be something more something better. Zagnauk knew the risks of helping others and the worship of Erastil, but he never thought of the costs. He learned what the costs were and they were more than steep. He never saw so many Hellknights at once as they descended upon the clan’s meager settlement. They were there to hand out their justice to those that went against the law. And being a secret revolutionary, a Bellfower agent, and a worshiper of Erastil was about as far as you could go against the law.
Zagnauk fought with his clan and as he did a rage burst from deep inside of him for the first time ever. He fought as ferocious as a caged animal using a great axe to carve into any Hellknights that stood in his way, but there were too many for the small clan. Zagnauk turned after taking down a Hellknight and never saw the metal barbed whip coming towards him. He got hit squarely in the face with the whip ripping a deep gash from the top of his forehead down to and through his upper lip. The wound barely missing his left eye as it cut through his flesh. As he fell he heard one of the Hellknights yell for the Order of the Rack before he passed out.
Zagnauk was left for dead as the clan’s houses were burned and the dead left for the vultures to gorge themselves. But Zagnauk did not die, because of the kindness of a person just passing through Cheliax. Charlandiax found him barely alive and healed him and took Zagnauk out of Cheliax. Charlandiaxa took him to Sandpoint and he stayed there a short time healing and deciding what he was to do without family or clan. Charlandiaxa convinced him he should seek out his own fate and find his purpose.
Zagnauk followed her advice and found a group of adventurers not far from Sandpoint. He studied and trained and found favor with this group and he grew in strength even more than he could imagine. Zagnauk has become grim yet determined to gain justice for his lost clan by enacting justice on those that deserve it. But that will have to wait because what he has learned has put a burden on his soul that must be relieved. So he has not returned to Sandpoint but has ventured forth to become what he must to save more than himself. He is honor bound to use his to save until he has fully paid for what has been done for him. He must find a way to repay Charlandiaxa for the kindness that was given to him no matter how long it takes. His life is hers and he shall spend his life in this life until his debt has been paid in full no matter how long it takes.
He joined a group that would venture forth to a desert place to search their fame and fortune. The competition in Wati is f fierce, and dozens of other adventuring groups have made their journeys to the Half-Dead city to try their luck and skill in the necropolis, as have scores of merchants and others looking to capitalize on the influx of people. Each of the other adventuring groups has flavorful names to help them stand out among the competition. His group talked among themselves and came up with a suitable name for an adventuring party, Clan Triumphant, which in retrospect seemed quite ambitious. That is once his group received their invitation and they ventured forth to find their fame and fortune they died. Not just the others but Zagnauk himself. Though he died after escaping from the tomb they were assigned. There he was found by the guards and brought to a temple where he was brought back from the dead. Only to his own dismay for he lived even though they have all died. Now he must live with the fact that he has lived where others have died. All he wants is to die with honor and to do that he must get back to the Necropolis and die there where all the others died. Kev the Halfling rogue, Monique the human witch, Marie the Dwarven cleric, and Annie the elven wizard; all died while he lived. His new family once again died but he lived. Those deaths are on his soul. Those deaths are the deaths of his family. Those deaths are his. He must die as they all have died.
[spoiler=Physical and Mental description]
Zagnauk is full of scars both physical and mental. He is unattractive to the point that all Humans find him ugly. His scars from the Hellknight attack never healed quite right leaving him looked mangled. The largest scar starts at his forehead and travels between his eyes through his nose cutting through his lips. This has left him with a bit of a slurred speech pattern but he is not unintelligible. He is large and very strong for his god has blessed him with power of body more than of magic. His broad shoulders and barrel chest make even large men seem slight.
His hatred of evil is only topped by his sense of honor at helping others be free and safe. He has adopted those in need of help as his new clan and would sacrifice himself in order to free others. He is nice to the point of gullibility but even when he finds that out does not react with anger. But if he believes someone has harmed or taken advantage of someone he will apply his judgment without remorse. He also has a blood debt he owes to Charlandiaxa and plans on repaying it before he dies. He is unsure how this will ever occur but he will make it happen. In the mean time he will stay around town looking to help out where he can and looking for evil to vanquish.
the bartender looks upon the creature before him. Is it human, orc, or something else? He doesn't really know. He has seen it all in his thirty years, but this tortured soul is not like anything he has ever experienced before.
the creature looks at the bartender and slurs his angry speech.
GIVE ME ANOTHER NOW!!!
the bartender starts to get nervous as this big brute starts to demand more than request.
{b]UUHHM well good sire do you not think you have had enough?[/b] the bartender nervously asks knowing full well that this brute will not take no for an answer.
The large gray skinned man full of scars stands up to his full height towering over anyone else in the establishment.
[b[You would deny my mournful request. I watched my brethren die, pulled from their own skin and devoured by the undead lurking in that abysmal sanctuary, and you wont' give me the pleasure of speaking the truth and honoring their deaths.
If you want me to stop being here find me a group to avenge my soul and friends.
iF THE MARCK MAES STILLGET THROUGH ANDAQSE BE WOU YOU.
nothing like a power outage in the midst of creating a post to really screw things up LOL will correct and repost later.
...Yodi Feldenson (therealthom) - CG Human Bard/Fighter - has stats - has intro?
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@Yodi, I have a point about the intro. More specifically, it doesn't include the group's first foray into the Necropolis, just his loss of teammates before arriving at Osirion.
It doesn't say he lost them before Osirion. Just that they lost the ship. He is still reluctant to discuss how he lost his friends, but if pressed, he may say something.
Okay, it doesn't necessarily have to be how he lost them, as much as how he found himself alone and looking to join another group to explore the Necropolis.
Okay, it doesn't necessarily have to be how he lost them, as much as how he found himself alone and looking to join another group to explore the Necropolis.
Got something very good. I'll try to write it out at lunch. Got work now.
I'll pull my name from the list but thanks and hope the campaign turns out great.
Okay, I have heard from enough of my players to know who will be joining us. I appreciate everyone's entries, and there were particular preferences amongst the players, but there was one present amongst them all.
I would like to extend the invitation to Gabriel the Hand (Jetty), to join us in the discussion thread.
To the rest of you, thank you for your time and entries, good luck and good gaming.
Have fun with your game!