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Skyler, there may be a new retirement arc coming out, but I'm not sure. I am assuming that you've already completed Eyes of the Ten? Have you looked into getting a Wardens of the Reborn Forge group together. It has a Seeker mode, and is a lot of fun. Be sure you get a balanced group, and prepare for a long journey.
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I like how you assume that our characters aren't going to die before hitting level twelve, Andrew. It's adorable. ;-)
I don't think he makes that assumption, just that, for most PCs, dying after a certain point is little more than a speed bump.
I am fairly sure that all my Level 12 and higher PCs have died at least once along the way.
Kinevon, Fighter (Polearm Master) has been BoLed at least once there, too.
Callarek, Fighter with a longbow, has died several times, including early on in one SPecial, where he got raised before the next Act by one of his party members.
Bruno, Fighter (Lore Warden)/Magus (Kensai), has been down multiple times.
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Granted I don't have a level 12+(I'm 3xp from getting there on my -1), but I have 6 or 7 characters that get played and I've never died. In fact I can count the number of player deaths I've witnessed on one hand. Granted I know of plenty more.... but its still perfectly reasonable to assume that you'll make it to 12. Hell there's a previous topic/ google doc listing tons of people who've done it.
Wait!!! Edit: I was petrified once and restored with basilisk blood! That counts as dead I guess. Totally forgot about that... maybe I'm repressing near death experiences :)
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I like how you assume that our characters aren't going to die before hitting level twelve, Andrew. It's adorable. ;-)I don't think he makes that assumption, just that, for most PCs, dying after a certain point is little more than a speed bump.
I am fairly sure that all my Level 12 and higher PCs have died at least once along the way.
Kinevon, Fighter (Polearm Master) has been BoLed at least once there, too.
Callarek, Fighter with a longbow, has died several times, including early on in one SPecial, where he got raised before the next Act by one of his party members.
Bruno, Fighter (Lore Warden)/Magus (Kensai), has been down multiple times.
I was honestly speaking in jest, but that 'certain point' leaves a fair amount of room for having no choice but quartering your character sheet.
ii.) Dumon (Rogue 2/Wizard 1) is now scattered dust blowing across the deserts of Osirios.
c.) Dargun (Inquisitor 1) still walks the halls of a certain dungeon complex in the River Kingdoms, his eyes hinting at torment when not slaying those who still dare to enter.
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Thorfin, how does your character have enough gold to be raised from the dead over 20 times, and still have enough left over to keep his gear on the right level to kill anything? Or, is that why you keep dying? Maybe Pharasma is trying to tell you something...
Thorfin did mention MANY scrolls of Breath of Life...
*dangit Steven, you ninja'd what I was about to say!*
Someone else pointed out 'blowing in the Wind' in Osirion. That *almost* happened to my -1. He got better.
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I'm glad those have been immortalized Thorfin, now I can refer back here whenever I need to remember.
And for those wondering about his WBL curve with this many deaths. Thorfin currently has like 5 items at level 17. Matilida (+n something holy earthbreaker), Brunhilde (+n throwing/returning small earthbreaker), a ring of blinking and that's it? He may have some other token possessions but these three are all that I really know about. He had a +1 mithral full-plate of speed but it was used to pay some "Baird dragon tax."
And he's still a strong PC--paladin's don't need much but that smite evil & hero's defiance at higher levels.
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I didn't think the shadow could make spawn since he's a shadow dancer companion?
Back on a new seeker arc... what would it look like? Considering the nature of Eot10, I don't even know if saving Armin Zey would do it justice. the elements of Eot10 are scattered across two seasons.
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I didn't think the shadow could make spawn since he's a shadow dancer companion?
Back on a new seeker arc... what would it look like? Considering the nature of Eot10, I don't even know if saving Armin Zey would do it justice. the elements of Eot10 are scattered across two seasons.
I don't think that that'll be it Matthew.
A recent attack on the Grand Lodge became all the more heinous when one of the invading agents employed an eldritch relic to abduct a high-ranking Pathfinder. In order to release the captive, the Society must understand the relic and track down the fleeing operative—a mission that leads the PCs into Absalom's most prestigious archives to uncover a dark secret.
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I'd like something a bit closer to home. See, I love the Dominion, but let's get real: it's too far up there somewhere and it's too big to trounce. Meanwhile we have all these smaller, more personal threats hootenannyin' around while the Ten touch themselves in Skyreach or something: Onyx Alliance, the Pasha, Torch, Technic League, etc.
Sometimes it's like playing superheroes what with this expansive rogues' gallery.
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Yeah I thought about it after posting, and you're right too big to trounce. But I don't know if I can get behind a mission to take down Torch though. He's one of my favorite characters. Blah blah blah "he turned on the society" blah. I know, but can you blame him? He probably just got tired of taking orders from a bunch of pricks who sit around touching themselves in Skyreach.
I'd be all about tackling the Technic League, but I feel like thats unlikely now that season 6 is over. The Onyx Alliance, or Pasha would both be interesting though. I could get behind that.
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What about a retirement scenario about unmasking and possibly replacing some of the Ten? I could get behind that.
Maybe Lord Gyr is tired of having shadowy figures running an organization in his city and wants a bit less secrecy.
Political fallout from the Season Six finale and the Season Seven opener, perhaps?
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According to Inner Sea Combat, she is a rogue 5 / assassin 4, which would seem to put her in position to be a contender for a BBEG in the 3-7 or 5-9 range. That said, I would be perfectly fine if she got some extra levels and showed up in a 7-11 or, be still my heart, another seeker arc. If they actually wrote another Seeker Arc, I hope it's big and climactic and we get to be big darn heroes as opposed to our original one, which was fun but mainly just felt to me like we were airing out our dirty laundry. If we want to go really crazy, have her show up as a henchman for an even crazier BBEG.
Things I would like to see in a Seeker Arc (not necessarily all of them together, but bonus points for as getting as many things in here as possible) :
-Absalom and Kortos, it just feels right.
-Lord Gyr, I always love to see me some rogues in positions of power
-Muhlia al-Jakri, I've got a few characters that would love to get some revenge for what she did.
-The truth about Durvin Gest.
-Varian Jeggare and Radovan, just cause.
-Eando Kline, see the reasoning for Varian and Radovan.
-Sheila and Canyaven Heidmarch, together in the same room, at the same time, just to prove without a doubt that they aren't the same person.
-The three Masters, together in action.
-The Foxgloves, some of our finest allies (did you catch the subtle double entendre?).
-EXPLOSIONS!!! Because I'm running out of ideas.
-Grandmaster Torch, can't believe I almost forgot him.
-Red Mantis Assassins, because if it's got Torch, it should have some of these guys too.
-Guaril Karela, this suave fellow has got to be in here somewhere.
-Zarta and the other faction leaders.
-This is where we find out that Colson Maldriss is actually a doppleganger, and has the real one locked in a foot locker somewhere.
-MOAR EXPLOSIONS!!!! Because this time I actually have run out of ideas.
-Just about forgot about the Aspis!
Oh, and I'd like to see it written by some sort of a collaboration of Thursty, the Care Baird, Jim Groves, and Alex Greenshields (one of my personal favorites). Oh, we should also toss John Compton in there too.
EDIT: Ack, forgot the Aspis, how could I forget the Aspis?
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Nothing wrong with people wanting more, just means that leadership is doing their job rightHonestly, I think the Seeker arcs coming out about once every 3-4 years is right...
Give it a couple of seasons and play the ones available right now is my suggestion.
As an addendum to my previous post, I have played Eyes and GM'd Wardens. While I greatly enjoyed Wardens, I liked Eyes more because it had a lot more to do with the Society and what my character that played it had been doing all her career. That same feeling is missing from Wardens. While some modules may get Seeker Arc status, I think a new Arc that is actually tied to the Society is warranted.
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I would play the current arc before making suggestions for a new one. That way we wouldn't be suggesting any redundancies. I've seen a few.
Additionally, it would be best to divorce these from seasonal metaplots, and most NPC foils. That way you never have a seeker scenario or arc again whose hook and history becomes meaningless to newer players.
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Speaking of that Andrew, a story arc about what happened to Durvin Gest would be awesome for never going out of style. Since the reasons will have happened in the timeline prior to Society play it would be unlikely to impact the game other than find potential motivations beyond the actions of some groups.
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The sky key idea is cool, but I have a hard time believing that either a) the decemverite doesn't already know what happened to Durvin Gest b) cares enough about the welfare of their agents living or dead to waste resources on a mission through time to save one or c) all of the above.
