About 24 hours to go...
If you're on the second or third list (or haven't posted anything yet) I'll need more by tomorrow night so I can give you fair consideration.
I really want to toss my hat in. I just spotted this looking for something in the recruitment board, looks really cool. One full caster coming up; smooth-talking Arcanist/Rogue from Absalom by the name of Adrian Jones.
Welcome, Josh, I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
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Fluff is up, working on crunch. GM, can you clarify whether you follow Perfect Preparation removing the need for spellbooks as making book-casters prepare like clerics (Entire spell-list) or making the wizard able to memorize spells permanently and prepare them at the start of the day like they are a walking, infinite-page spellbook? If it's the latter, how much is adding spells to this "book"? I mean, it's not like I can scribe things onto my brain with fancy inks.
Full Text: You have discovered the secret to preparing spells without having to refer to outside sources. You no longer need to prepare spells from a spellbook (if you're a magus or wizard) or a familiar (if you're a witch). You still must spend the normal amount of time preparing spells. You may keep or discard your spellbook or familiar.
I treat Perfect Preparation like Spell Mastery for every spell you've learned. Moving forward there would be no cost to scribe new spells into a spellbook when you learn them (though if you have a wizard's arcane bond it might still be worth while); you would still have to find or buy scrolls or spellbooks to learn them from though (and make the required spellcraft check).
For pregame, would I have to purchase scrolls of spells I wanted to have in my head, or could I use the spellbook rental cost and pay cost of scribing plus half again and have Adrian learn the spell from the Pathfinder Society?
I don't have time to look for it right now but this came up in the original recruitment too... There's a chance we might have ironed it out in PMs but I think it's in the thread. If you have time to hunt for that, feel free to follow whatever I said (and please link the post). Otherwise, I'll try to track that down tomorrow.
I have a Cartomancer Witch / Card Caster Magus idea I've been kicking around. Between the two classes, he should have a pretty huge amount of spells, and be relatively okay in combat as well. He'll really only have cards and spells as weapons, but that should be more than enough. I know both archetypes give me the Deadly Dealer feat, but they're still both cool.
I've actually played the character before, if that's a problem you should tell me, and he's pretty well fleshed out. The gestalt and mythic elements are new, but I thought that he might have been sucked into the Harrowed Realm and emerged that way. It's possible that since you don't age while you're in there, he could have been in there for centuries. That's kind of a neat thought. It would make him a bit of a man out of time, which intrigues me.
http://paizo.com/campaigns/EpicRiseOfTheRunelords/recruiting&page=4#156
This is the post.
To reiterate for everyone, cost of adding spells beyond what you get in your book for free = cost of scroll + cost of scribing.
Guessing that learning the spell eats the scroll even with Perfect Preparation, but I'll keep a list of scrolls in case that isn't the case (and aren't handy haversacks just great for scrolls?).
@Oterisk- I have no objection to a character that's been played some before. I think I would prefer to avoid using the Harrowed Realm, though, if you don't mind reworking that? The realm can only be accessed by one specific artifact Harrow Deck (and has to be escaped it can't be used to leave) and I'd just as soon avoid that kind of baggage. If you feel like it's an integral part of your concept leave it as is and I'll give him a fair evaluation (but make sure your background explains where/when/why he encountered the deck and how he escaped).
@Josh- I'm pretty sure there was another post after that which reduced the cost further...
Didn't spot this before, background skills are in effect. Because that's EXACTLY what Adrian needed, two more skill points. XD
Also, half-again scribing costs are in effect.
For the sake of simplicity, I'll pay the 150% cost for all my spells in pregen, and take advantage of free memorization going forward if I get picked.
Integral, no. Just thought it was cool. Artifacts break into the above regular capability territory, and I thought it would be fitting for such a character. I wouldn't want to keep the deck or anything, as that would be difficult to fit into my starting wealth, but I'll put together something and see if it's to your liking. It's possible it will still evolve into something else, I'll sleep on it and see what pops out tomorrow.
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Welp, Adrian pretty much ran away with me, it's 1:16 here now but he's done and I'm going to bed. Feedback is welcome. I am aware that the AC is bad, shield can do a little bit for it but unless I can attune to a mage armor spell ABP doesn't do nice things for mage armor so... yeah. Shield is all I have for AC buffs. Still, he's sneaky enough that he ought to be able to get by long enough to buff himself.
@Adrian-
Anyone concerned about their AC
ABP does limit your control over your AC somewhat (you can't focus on it to get it higher than normal for your class, but you also can't completely ignore it), the good news is that it reigns in attack bonuses somewhat so that should help. You also have a couple options as mythic characters... The mythic arcane armor training feat makes it so you don't need to spend an action to get the ASF% reduction (and makes mithril breastplate or chainshirt 0% iirc); if you took dual path there are a couple options for getting the armor master path ability (which gives you 0% failure and no max Dex in any light armor); the enduring armor archmage path ability makes actual force armor with no duration... I don't see any reason you couldn't attune that (but if it got dispelled it wouldn't reactivate still attuned, you'd have to start that process over again like you just got new armor).
I've always been a fan of the mithral buckler coupled with mage armor or the enduring armor ability. Enduring armor goes up as your mythic rank does. Too bad mage armor doesn't get any bettor. You can attune the buckler and there is no ASF chance, plus you can put shield enchants on it as well. I just wish there were a longer duration shield spell.
Hmm. Might swap out the boots of striding and springing for a fancy shield then.
We're down to about 3 hours. If you have things you'll need a bit longer on please let me know.
I need traits still and to read up on what mythic is as I've never had that before, I don't expect mythic to make much difference but I could be wrong.
I need more time for writing everything out but aside from the mythic traits and equipment, I have everything chosen. I'll put in a temp alias shortly.
Basically, Witch ley line guardian and sorcerer fey bloodline. Drow.
She escaped an attack on her house, got lost, and found her way to the surface as a child. She liked the trees a lot and learned to survive in the woods on her own. She knew the basics of magic already and developed much on her own, then learned some additional magic here and there as she dealt with others on occasion.
Eventually, she become known as the shadow of the woods. Not indoctrinated enough by her people, she isn't evil, but she can be harsh, given her tough life growing up. She weaves spells into small charms and bracelets. The bracelets act like potions activated when broken and affecting the one wearing them. The charms are usually once per day cast a spell items. She has made quite a name making and selling them, usually to a small handful of merchants brave enough to seek her out.
She has occasionally been hired by a local village or town guard for tough tasks or defenae against a raid, and ahe enjoys such missions. Usually she takes payment as magic items or gear rather than gold as she doesn't go shopping all that often.
I'm at work, so I can't make my last modification, but I do plan on swapping boots of striding and springing for a shield and a couple more mundane items to store in my portahole.
EDIT Darnit, Paizo ate my sample. It's saved on my home computer but I'm working for an hour yet. I'll rush home and restore it but it might take a little bit.
No need to stress yourselves out. I'm closing recruitment now and continuing to make early passes through the applications. I won't make a decision until probably around lunch time tomorrow, so anything you guys post in the next 12 hours will be fine (just make sure to PM me or post here to let me know it was changed).
PS- there were a couple people also who did talk to me about their submissions being late (I think maybe Oterisk was one of them...) so nobody be surprised if you see a couple official applications pop up after this.
This is The Alicorn Sage.
I put the character info in this alias. Her name is Nyx Nightshade the Shadow of the Woods or nature, or many similar titles in various villages where she is known. If I get chosen I'll make an alias for the character.
Mythic is interesting I guess. I added the choices I made there.
The alias only has the decision points and not the derivitive stuff, but still all you would need to know, to know the stats. I'll look up traits and equipment, after I finish adding the skills.
Edit, lol ninjad by the closing of recruitment!
No problem Alicorn- you were one of the ones I was expecting to be a little late ;)
So, question about False Focus and its interaction with the spell Treasure Stitching whilst I track down my sample post within the labyrinthine depths of a file system I REALLY need to organize better.
Treasure Stitching's material component is a cloth costing 100gp. False Focus with my Holy Tattoo lets me use the tat as a Divine Focus and have it count for up to 100gp of material components. All is well, except that Treasure Stitching targets "objects on cloth". Does the spell make a cloth in this circumstance or must I provide it? If I do have to provide it, does each expendable cloth need to cost 100gp or will the False Focus feat let me utilize any 10ft square of cloth?
Because it actually targets the cloth, Treasure Stitching is kind of an exception and would not benefit from false focus.
Fair enough. I've fixed my sample and my inventory for Adrian, so the only thing left to do is wish everybody luck, go to sleep, and get ready to go to work tomorrow and come home to see the result.
Good night and good luck!
In double checking everything, I realized I forgot the automatic progression stuff. It added to my int score raising my skill points, so I added those.
I also found a few discrepancies between the witch's index spell list on the prd and the individual spell entries on the prd, so I'm going through them all real quick at d20pfsrd (unless you prefer either the PRD index, or PRD individual entries as correct). For example, Wreath of Blades is marked as a 4th lvl spell on the index, but the spell entry says 5th.
Just use archives of nethys for spell lists. That's much more complete than either the PRD or the d20pfsrd, at least in my experience. The PRD just contains the information from the latest printing, so if a spell was added to the witch spell list after it was printed it won't show as a witch spell in the entry or if it was added after the list was printed it won't show in the list.
I'm going to pull out. I just don't have enough time to finish before lunchtime. I love building characters, so it was still fun to attempt the build, and the story idea I had is good, I just might have to re-appropriate it later.
Have a good time all.
Guess I never did a background for Wilhelm.
He's a magical prodigy raised in Sandpoint. His talent manifested at a fairly early age, coupled with obvious intelligence. This led to him being shipped off to Korvosa to the renowned magical academy there.
Sorry for the delay all- my kids got a snow day today (we got less than a foot last night, lazy school), and they're slowing my progress quite a bit. I'll post a decision as soon as I can but it'll probably be after my wife gets home from work. Feel free to post tweaks or additional info until then (I'll check the thread in between characters until then).
Snow day, what is that? That they stay at home from school because of too much snow? I've never heard of any amount of snow leading to closed schools here, just if it's really cold, though we are probably more used to it here. Look at the bright side, at least you get to spend some more time with the kids. Hope you have a nice day despite the change in plans.
Snow days are most usually a function of the localities ability to clear the roads and keep them clear. Here in Denver we've had snow days when it wasn't really that bad, but the DOT got caught with their pants down due to a lousy forecast.
Of course places which get pounded all the time won't get many snow days because they are simply adept at snow clearance.
See, Europe actually gives a darn about education, not just looking like they give a darn about it like we do here in 'Murica.
I have a dim view of the American education system after having experienced high school with a chemistry teacher and two history teachers who would skip class to hold sports practices and not arrange a sub.
Buzzard is right, it's all about being able to clear the roads. I live in buffalo ny, we're used to snow and don't cancel school for it very often. We got about a foot of snow (around 30cm) in 8-10 hours last night, which frankly isn't that much for us (last year one day we got 7ft/2m in 24 hours), but for whatever reason the roads in our school district couldn't get cleared well enough (early enough) for teachers and students to safely reach the school.
When they create our school calendars each year they actually schedule more days than the school year is required/expected to be with the understanding that school will be canceled because of the snow several times. (When you get 7ft/2m in 24 hours it is literally impossible to keep roads clear and it sometimes takes days for people to be able to get out for work/school/shopping/etc).
It depends on the severity of the weather. My wife is at work today but we own a truck with all-wheel drive and live 1/4 mile from her work, on the same major road. There are no driving bans in place today so people who are snowed in (typically because they live on secondary roads which haven't been cleared yet) will be expected to use up their own sick or vacation time if their place of employment is open (which most seem to be).
When the snow get really bad whole areas will be placed under driving bans because of the danger of drivers becoming stranded and freezing/starving to death gets too high. Places within those bans are typically shutdown (resulting in unpaid 'vacations' for most employees) unless they are necessary (police, fire companies, hospitals, etc) or are staffed largely by employees who live within walking distance (and are willing to trudge in). 'Necessary personal' like nurses and rescue workers occasionally end up working 48+ hour shifts when their replacements are unable to reach work.
Even in areas of high population density when snow is falling at greater than 2in/5cm per hour for an extended period of time it's almost impossible to keep roads clear- it just becomes an issue of not physically having any place to move the snow to. I've seen mountains of snow taller than 3 story buildings piled in unused parking lots while secondary streets have scarcely had any clearing at all.
Pardon my ignorance but are there places in Europe that sometimes get 2+ meters of snow in 24 hours? I kind of feel like if you haven't experienced that first hand it's really difficult to grasp the magnitude of it...
@Drahliana- my favorite 3.x character was a wizard/druid with the arcane hierophant PrC (basically a mystic theurge tailored for druids). that could be a double edged sword for you (since it makes me immediately fond of your concept but is also likely to draw comparisons), but I'd love to see what you come up with.
Working on it... will have it by tomorrow. Comparisons are more than welcome.
@Drahliana- Tomorrow is going to be too late, sorry. If you can get something posted in the next couple of hours I'll consider it but I'm going to choose someone tonight...
Yeah, it's really the rate of snow fall that gets us in trouble. That and the fact that our storm sewer system doesn't have the capacity to handle the kind of run off your talking about (plus it empties into creeks and streams in many locations so that much salt would wreck a lot of ecosystems).
Hi Nate:
Taking your feedback into account, these would be the changes I would make to Valanthe in case she gets selected:
Abilities:
Take 2 points off Strength and use them in Intelligence
Feats:
Remove: Combat Casting, Quick Draw, Power Attack, Deadly Aim
Add: Greater Spell Focus (Illusion), Greater Spell Penetration, Reach Spell, Persistent Spell
Mythic Feat:
Remove: Mythic Deadly Aim
Add: Mythic Spell Focus (Illusion)
Hope you like them.
Thanks Valanthe.
I'm PMing right now with some of the current players and should have an announcement pretty soon.
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Anticipation is building!
If we don't get picked can we read it still or is reading an AP you haven't played taboo?
Thank you everyone for your interest! It was not an easy decision but after much discussion and deliberation our new arcane caster is:
Valanthe of the Pomarj
Valanthe, please check in and introduce yourself in the discussion thread.
Everyone else, I'm not sure if there's an etiquette on reading APs as they unfold, but I have no objections to people creeping (and this version of it has obviously been heavily modified).