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I choose hit points. I don't recall if you have special rules for gaining hit points after first level, however.
If I get what you're saying, you have two options: 1) take the average of your Hit Die + 1 + Con (8 hp [5 + 1 + 2], in your case), which is the method used in Pathfinder Society, or 2) you can take your chances using the site's die roller, with no re-rolls. I use this with my own group; most usually play it safe and use the PFS method. Regardless of the method, you would then get only half, with the remainder being received at 2nd level.
And now's a good time as any to discuss downtime. I've been considering their inclusion, but given how the campaign progresses, I'm not sure if I can justify it beyond the second chapter. What do the rest of you think?
You understood me perfectly.
PFS method sounds good to me. 4 hp now, 4 hp later. Got it.
I never know what to do with myself or my characters with downtime. I'm fine without it, especially if it breaks continuity with the story arc, but I will be fine if the majority want to use it.
EDIT: For my personal sanity, I have listed my planned progression through second level at the bottom of my character sheet. I have added the hit points to my status line.
EDIT 2: So for my wound thresholds, it would appear my non-raging thresholds are 16/12/8/4; would my raging thresholds be 19/14/9/4?
HP is the most important option in this case. I believe it would be best served getting HP.
Thank you for the great game thus far. Look forward to more, now that we are all out of that nightmare.
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EDIT: For my personal sanity, I have listed my planned progression through second level at the bottom of my character sheet. I have added the hit points to my status line.EDIT 2: So for my wound thresholds, it would appear my non-raging thresholds are 16/12/8/4; would my raging thresholds be 19/14/9/4?
EDIT: Looks good.
EDIT 2: Correct... that is exactly what it would look like.
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*Bows in homage to Kytynna's role-playing of the waking*
Well done.
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Yeah... I liked it as well.
Very realistic. Clearly, she has upped her RP game since we last played together in RL, and it was good then. Plus, it plays to the trait developed in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra concerning the element of water being tied more to the emotional state of the bender than the other bending arts due to its connection to the user's chi, intensifying it at the expense of control if a novice bender loses their temper. Which, if you look at how the nightmare combat went, is demonstrated nicely. When Kyt missed, she missed big; but when she hit, she hit really hard.
(I've been watching my Legend of Korra collected edition as of late, so this is fresh in my head.)
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HP is the most important option in this case. I believe it would be best served getting HP.
[dice=HP Average]5+1+2
Thank you for the great game thus far. Look forward to more, now that we are all out of that nightmare.
The kineticist's Hit Die is a d8... so it would break down as:
4 + 1 + 2 = 7, with Rohan getting 3 hit points now and 4 at 2nd level.
(w/FCB to hit points, this changes to Rohan having a total of 8 hp, and him getting 4 now, 4 at second... looking at his presentation, it looks like he may have taken Favored Class Bonus into account already)
The kinetic shinobi (Nyym) also has a d8 Hit Die, so his would breakdown thus:
4 + 1 + 1 = 6, with Nyym getting 3 hit points now and 3 at 2nd level.
(w/FCB to hit points, this changes to Nyym having a total of 8 hp, and him getting 4 now, 4 at second...
w/FCB to hit points, this would also have Liesel-Marie getting a total of 9 hp, and her getting 4 now, 5 at second...
(Since I've gone this far, might as well do Kytynna and Aodhán's as well:
Kytynna: 5 + 1 + 0 = 6, 3 hit points now, 3 at 2nd level (w/FCB to hit points, this changes to her having a total of 7 hp, getting 3 now, 4 at second...), and
Aodhán: 4 + 1 + 2 = 7, 3 hit points now, 4 at 2nd level. (w/FCB to hit points, this change to him having a total of 8 hp, and him getting 4 now, 4 at second...
I did take favored Class bonus in, though I was thinking average was always half plus 1 for game purpose. However it looks like it should be 7 not 8. Thanks.
Ok so I had it right then, well kinda. Anyways, need to add one more HP then.
Thanks for the confirmation. My FCB is for additional rage. Because it's what I do and I want to do it MORE! ;-)
But I have to wait until 2nd level for more raging goodness. Sadness.
Ha!
*Bows in homage to Kytynna's role-playing of the waking*
Well done.
Thank you so much!!! I love your style of RP, and always look forward to your posts! It's an honor to be recognized by you! You are the only person here that I have not had the pleasure of gaming with in RL... I'd probably die of joy if I got to experience it live!
And to the DM... awwwwwwww thanks! Maybe it's cause I've gotten crazier since we met all those moons ago.
Now you're making me blush.
For what it's worth, I'm much better online than in person. More time to consider, to reflect, to craft my response. And I rarely get to play live anymore, so those skills are atrophying, I fear.
I fear that my level of pbp is not up to Liesel level. More to comprehend I guess.
I'm sorry, but due to my inability to properly play I am stepping out. Have fun sorry for the ordeal.
Whoa! What just happened?
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I've talked with him. Basically he feels unable to maintain the consistent level of role-play necessary to play in this campaign. It's mostly my fault, though. I was probably too hard on him without meaning to be. Regardless, I told him I'm not recruiting another to take his place. If he wants to come back, he's more than welcome to do so.
For what it's worth, I thought his role play has been quite good. He made an assumption or two that forced me to change my (unposted) actions to maintain continuity, which frustrated me, but that's part of a joint storytelling. I hope he comes back - I understand the time constraints, I often do not post the first time I read the latest posts. I have to let it sit in my head for a bit before inspiration strikes.
Merry Christmas, everyone! Please pass it on to Rohan's player, too.
Merry Christmas too. I am going to continue with this campaign since Blayde was nice enough to allow me to come back. I will try to be respectful of others post, and attempt to be forthright with reading the post correctly, but please accept my apologizes if I mess up.
Merry Christmas too. I am going to continue with this campaign since Blayde was nice enough to allow me to come back. I will try to be respectful of others post, and attempt to be forthright with reading the post correctly, but please accept my apologizes if I mess up.
Cool! I'm glad to see you return, Rohan, seriously. I'm a grouchy old RPGer, but my bark is far worse than my bite. If my barking made you consider leaving our little fellowship, please forgive me. I will try to temper my, well, temper.
Peace.
Actually I had no problems with anyone, it was a disagreement between me in the DM, but that is resolved now. I think we should be alright. :)
Sorry for the long delay. Not sure if the DM told u all. But I injured my shoulder and was on some potent feel good drugs. Being back to work plus still hurt isn't helping but I will do my best to keep up. Again I do apologize for the long delay. Hope everyone had a merry Christmas and that you all have a safe and happy New years
Sorry for not showing massive response to the nightmare. I had a different feeling for the approach to the nightmare for his character, more like a tough man response, although the nightmare effect certain responses and shivers randomly.
Nyym: Sorry to hear that - there's never a good time to get injured, but around the holidays can be particularly annoying. Hope it is on the mend.
Also I am sorry to hear that you were injured, I hope you have healed up and feeling 10000x better.
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With that 100 EXP, you guys have crossed the second tier with a total of 1,085 XP.
I'm also handing out another 100 EXP for all around good role-playing, which will bring your current total to 1,185.
Keep up the good work, Team Ruby! You're only 815 EXP away from 2nd level.
On the playlist front, I've accumulated a total of 28 tracks at present. This includes character themes as well, of which I'm missing one for Kytynna. I'm still on the look out for more, however. As we progress through this camapaign, if any of you feel like events have caused your character's theme to change, please let me know and I'll add whatever you decide it should be to the list.
Wow - we reach tiers faster than I expected.
Liesel-Marie gains a +1 to her BAB and her character sheet has been updated. I also needed to clean up some leftover notes from the nightmare sequence.
I will be generally away from keyboard so we can enjoy one last day before returning to work, but I will try to peek in from time to time.
Taking the +1 BAB
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I go over past posts from time to time, to catch things I may have missed previously. And it would seem that I did miss something:
...Am I familiar with the Hopespring
Sorry I missed this, LM. Since I figure you would want to learn more about the place you currently call home, I'd say you and the others would know this bit of information. So without further ado...
Originally named simply "Hillspring," this trickle of fresh water is the reason the town was founded in this spot, and the key to its existence. Welling up from deep within the stone, this astonishingly prolific stream provides the town with a waterfall of pure water, filling the town reservoir before filtering down through cracks in the stone once more and running underground before resurfacing in a creek miles away.
This is also the reason why Nyym's method of detecting whether or not there was poison in the water basin was so effective. Pure water has few if any minerals to conduct an electrical current.
OK, so 1) this is probably common knowledge, or easily gained, around town, and 2) the yellow mist that accompanied our arrival was an anomaly. Metagame, I'm presuming that our past and our nightmare are linked in some fashion. Eventually, Liesel-Marie might make the connection to the mist in the nightmare and the reported mists from when we were found.
Thanks for the rewind.
Interesting, will have to keep this in mind for further post.
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In addition, the Hopespring is guarded exclusively by Silvermane. He rarely leaves it, so his appearance in town the night of the Hopeknife ceremony was a significant event, made even more so because 1) he conversed with Liesel-Marie and 2) offered his assistance to her and the rest of Team Ruby. Typically, the elf only converses with Halgra through sign language.
Liesel-Marie is updated. She gained +1 to her Fortitude save at this tier.
Yes yes forgot to mention, He gained a +1 to fort and +1 to Ref for 2nd level and his BAB +1 for last time. So all updated for now. So close to leveling.
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Soundtrack update...
I have a total so far of 37 songs (minus character themes, that's 32).
Here's a sample of what's on the playlist:
"Hail the Crown" feat From Ashes to New - CFO$ This is the over-arching theme for the campaign, at least for now...
"I-III-V Seed of Chaos" - Apocalyptica
"A Stroll Through The Ancient City" - Atrium Carceri*
"Kara Remembers" - Bear McCreary
"Heeding the Call" - Bear McCreary
"All Along The Watchtower" (Broadcast Version) - Bear McCreary
"Nox" - Laurent Juillet
"Final Fantasy VII -Aire Tam Break" - Fishy
"Red Like Roses (Red Trailer) feat Casey Lee Williams" - Jeff Williams **
"I Burn" feat Casey Lee Williams - Jeff Williams **
* already used in the pbp
** from the series RWBY
No rush.
Waiting downstairs was a compromise to rushing out the door and pacing while the others meditated and investigated. She needs to be doing something and all this detective work isn't really keeping her blood flowing, you know? ;) The player's fine with it, the character's antsy.
Where is everyone? Its been a few days since I posted, I've doing my hardest to keep up and then people disappeared, feels like me and DM mostly around. Guess I have to much time on my hands. I can't keep posting until other post for me to keep moving along.
Classes have started again and I'm trying to start strong this semester instead of pushing it all into a crush at the end like last semester. I have been checking, just not every few hours like I was before. I really can't afford that, anyway, so I'm trying to make new habits.
Thats kool, just wondering.
Yeah, I get it. That sort of situation is why I have been in so many games. I will have a lull in several, so I add another to have something to do... and then they all get busy at once and I feel like I'm doing none of them justice, then they all slow down...
It's a vicious cycle, but I'm trying to be more selective about joining more games. (Read that "say no" except when someone like our DM specifically invites me - I am not that strong.)
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Those with access to utility wild talents will be glad to know that the Healer's Handbook has a pair that revolve around healing. One is universal and doesn't require kinetic healer (but lays out what occurs if you do possess it along with the new talent), the other requires kinetic healer. Each could come in handy during this campaign, so I figured I'd point them out.
Oh, and it also has an interesting take on the FF phoenix down which may see use at some point in this campaign.
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Just so that we're clear, Tyari is 20 or 21 years old, give or take. Casia is closer to 30. So the difference in age is fairly noticeable. This is important given that many believe Brantos, who is in his early to mid 20s as well (though you'd never know it due to his stern demeanor), forsook his post at Castle Firrine to pledge his blade (and some say his heart) to the resolute young cleric.
Really miss the company of our other players Nyym and Kytynna
Outlined my feats and utility talents for the next 16 levels, I am ready, got a bold idea for what he will be able to accomplish by then. Move mountains, create statues or cave ins. Pillars, walls, etc. Going to be quite the earth elementalist.