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So, earlier this year I expressed interest in eventually running a Kingmaker game here, and I've been working over the summer on rebuilding the adventure path to utilize rules/themes from Occult Adventures and Ultimate Intrigue, as well as reworking the encounters to be less of a 1 encounter per day splosion-fest. (Or at least ratchet things up a fair amount when there's only one creature present.)
So, before posting an actual recruitment thread and solidifying the character creation rules, I would like to see how much interest there is in a heavily modified Kingmaker campaign that uses gestalt rules and has a much heavier focus on politics and delving into the mysteries of why the Stolen Lands have remained an unsettled wilderness through the centuries.
Kingmaker is probably my favorite AP (though I've never actually played it through to completion), and I'm always down for gestalt. I've got a couple of ideas bouncing around my head already.
Interested, yes
Kingmaker is always a favorite. Never tried gestalt before, but would interested in giving it a go.
Dot! Sounds like fun.
Hmm, I hadn't thought of it before, but a Medium as the King would be insanely cool. Someone who tries to fix the grievances of all of his subjects both living and dead. Someone to whom ghosts are an everyday part of life and deserve to have a place to feel safe until they can pass on. Perhaps his Kingdom could end up with an army similar to the Dead Men of Dunharrow from Middle Earth. Plus Gestalt would help with the fact that sometimes you just can't call on the right legend at the time, giving you a more solid set of abilities from another class that the Medium augments.
Huh. A Medium/necromancer class gestalt could make for an interesting king, now that I think about it. Someone who creates a kingdom that fully integrates the living and the dead, both as spirits and undead. Use mindless zombies for menial labor, then the intelligent ones could just be citizens who didn't really want to move on after death.
Potentially interested.
Huh. A Medium/necromancer class gestalt could make for an interesting king, now that I think about it. Someone who creates a kingdom that fully integrates the living and the dead, both as spirits and undead. Use mindless zombies for menial labor, then the intelligent ones could just be citizens who didn't really want to move on after death.
So....Geb?
Huh. A Medium/necromancer class gestalt could make for an interesting king, now that I think about it. Someone who creates a kingdom that fully integrates the living and the dead, both as spirits and undead. Use mindless zombies for menial labor, then the intelligent ones could just be citizens who didn't really want to move on after death.So....Geb?
I always forget about Geb. We should try and ally with them as soon as possible.
*Scratches Pharasma off the deity list*
I suppose the king could be a rogue Gebbite, come to the stolen lands because, I don't know, he was a younger son and didn't get a cut of the inheritance of something.
...then again, there might not be an inheritance mechanism at all in a land where the pater familias is likely to be a centuries-old lich, vampire, mummy, etc.
I could definitely do gestalt kingmaker. I've never got a chance to play one.
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Definitely interested
there is always interest, Maynotcare, other than Gestalt have you thought about any other character creation guidelines?
Wow! Sounds great! Showing Interest!
This sounds interesting. Put me down for intrest.
Interested. Wanting to build a social gestalt :)
I am beyond interested!
My interest, you has! I'd love to give this a go!
Please make a recruitment thread and I will make a character!
Okay, definitely interest, good, hadn't seen any recruitment threads in a while so I figured that was probably a good thing, but since I'm refocusing the campaign on intrigue and lore, and also using gestalt rules, I wanted to make sure that wouldn't scare off too many potential applicants.
I will post an official recruitment thread sometime this week, but one major change is that the starting level is going to be 3, rather than 1, so that the characters have enough experience under their belts to be local heroes, veterans, or otherwise well-known for something. So keep that in mind for your character concepts, and feel free to get started considering their background and an answer to the question: "What has your character done that would make them an excellent selection?" It can be as simple as being of noble blood and committed to the Swordlords' cause of independence from Surtovan rule to a detailed description of your heroic deeds in the constant border skirmishes against centaurs from the Nomen foothills to the southeast of Restov.
I'm also going to have two separate sets of guidelines: one for the 'charter holder' and one for everyone else. The Swordlords are already rocking the boat by spending lavishly on financing the founding of several new marches in the Stolen Lands, they don't want to compound things by supporting a half-orc barbarian as lord of one of the new settlements... though they certainly don't care who serves as general, treasurer, etc. Note that this just means that there is only one person the Swordlords will empower and recognize as 'leader'. It doesn't mean that the group has to do the same, and you're quite welcome to do as you please, especially after Restov has released all the funds they've promised.
Finally, since it was asked, I would prefer to stick to Paizo material for the initial applications just so that I don't have to go reading through 3rd party books I don't even own in order to figure out what kind of a character you've got and how they will fit into the game. I know that some 3rd party books are especially high quality, especially considering all the Kingmaker-related material that Legendary Games has put out, but I can't even keep up with all the official Paizo releases.
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Finally, since it was asked, I would prefer to stick to Paizo material for the initial applications just so that I don't have to go reading through 3rd party books I don't even own in order to figure out what kind of a character you've got and how they will fit into...
That's definitely not a problem, it almost certainly fits better that my character retain the poison abilities from Investigator, anyway, given the backstory I've already got written up.
I've got a wilder-ly kind of dude all ready to go.
I made a fun swashbuckler magus that could do well in Kingmaker.
I've actually wanted to rock a Swordlord for a while, could be quite fun paired with rogue or something!
Mmm, yes! This is going to be fun. I can already tell. So many ideas! XD
I'm thinking Warpriest/Hunter of Erastil or Paladin/Bard of Erastil. Input anyone?
My thought process has actually wrapped around to Cleric/Unchained Monk. Perhaps we might know on another with our divine awesomeness?
My thought process has actually wrapped around to Cleric/Unchained Monk. Perhaps we might know on another with our divine awesomeness?
Oh! that sounds very nice! >_<
Thinking from the same village or met on the way down to the Stolen Lands?
I'm going with Inquisitor//Ranger using this alias. I'd really love to get into the game as a contracted guide type person, so I'll be focusing survival and that sort of thing.
If people want to link together backstories or put together some kind of shared submission I'd be totally down for it.
I always like the idea of coming from the same place rather that meeting in the road. It's been a minute since I've looked at the Kingmaker traits so I'm not sure what I'd go with
Hey Antonius what deity are you planning to worship?
It would most likely be that we'd have the same trait then Circadian. Most likely... that doesn't mean we have to have the same one...
Norgorbher
Hmm, it would seem we have found our master spy! XD
Also that is a terrifying thought... Inquisitor of Norgorbher with the Ranger's favored enemy...
Yikes.
I am planning on being a cleric of Abadar I think
An Abadarian and an Erastian come walking down the road... Hmm yes this seems like the beginning of a beautiful friendship! Or a bad joke... either way a laugh will be had. After all Abadar and Erastil get along, they just tend to argue on where one should stop when making a settlement.
This is a bloodborne hunter cosplay character. I kind of murder stuff. Like, a lot. However, right now I'm planning my hook-in to the party being less nefarious. Right now just an old dude contracted as a guide.
@Edgar. I'm not intending to step on any toes. I'm sure with as much interest has been shown there will be plenty of overlapping submissions.
Oh of course! Inspired Blade, that is a good archetype. I'm thinking about going Pack Master Hunter/Warpriest since we are starting at 3rd level. So I'm not really sure what roll she'll fill.
I'm planning on melee striker and buffs
Planning to go healer striker. Using the pack she has the keep melee fighter far from her! XD
dotting for interest ^_^