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Are you using Background skills? I think they'll help us with our particular professions. The extra skill points to go into preform and profession so that we can use our normal skills for more important things.

The GM says in the original post that we're using background skills.

will be done by days end, wound up not working on the crunch like i wanted some things needed sorting

Had a much more solid urban barbarian concept. Working stuff up now, should be done by tomorrow.

I really like this concept for the AP and I have been trying to come up with a standard circus performer which hasn't popped up here yet. I finally decided on human cannonball, but I'm really struggling to represent that mechanically. Anyone have any ideas?
Tundran wrote:
I really like this concept for the AP and I have been trying to come up with a standard circus performer which hasn't popped up here yet. I finally decided on human cannonball, but I'm really struggling to represent that mechanically. Anyone have any ideas?

If you work like a real-life human cannonball, you're basically being propelled by a spring-loaded plate out to a net, so you're probably just using Acrobatics to land and minimize falling damage. If you want to also do the fake pyrotechnics you might do a gunslinger and take a trait that turns Acrobatics into a class skill for you, and use Craft (alchemy) to make fireworks used by the fake cannon during launch. Maybe stick a background skill rank into Knowledge (engineering) to build and maintain the fake cannon.

So, I've had a TON of trouble accessing the site this weekend, but it seems to be working for now. I'll be updating my submission background/story for Boram today.

Trying to put the final touches on the back story. I figure my character was a young man 25ish when he joined the circus.

So did we all just join and this is a new circus? Was Sandru running it before Ameiko joined or is this a group that could have been together for a while? How long could someone have been with them? This may affect the age my character is now.

Also how do you want us to apply the "Caravan Guard" Trait to someone who is an act?

I'm actually going to withdraw Boram from this game. I can't seem to come up with a story idea I like for him, as much as I love the idea. Happy gaming, folks!

Fluff and most crunch (all but shopping I think) is done.
Signature Performance: 'The Magical Dwarf-to-Treasure-Transformation'!

Here's Willem, my urban barbarian - roustabout, security, bodyguard, audience plant, and occasional caricature artist. I still need to tidy up the background a couple of secrets, but the basics are all there.

@ robert- Sandru will have sczarni conections, and as for caravan guards you will pretty much be already with the circus before he started recruiting more people. (the previous circus group ran into a accident; A dragon. the killed most of the people in the show, and while limping home a large group of goblins showed up and took their supplies and burned a wagon stealing fireworks. Sandru asked his friend Amieko to fund another Cicus troupe.)

.I'll be showing a list of characters submissions soon. ( I need to get caught up on my other games, this weekend Pazio wreaked my normal time to be on.)

Paizo wrecked my plans to finish up all my recruit thread apps. Hopefully I can at least get Umie done today.

FYI: Still hoping to get a character posted if the site stays stable enough.

Withdrawing Lucia from contention. Thanks much for any consideration, and good luch to everyone. Have fun!

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Theoreticallyyour- nora the half -orc- brawler
Keddah- Deslin Swifthand- Gunsligner halfling-
Fillian Swiftspark- JAFO- Lava Gnome Pyromancer-
Sarabain - Willem- urban barbain-

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Old snowbeard- Witch- dwarf
Ammon- Sola Nym - halfling mesmerist-
GM Repete- Posh Nanjet- gnome- arcanist-
Philo- Gnome- summoner
Willaim nightmoon-Lance Darek - Half elf- kinetist

This Is Robert Henry’s character. He is a human gunslinger ‘maverick’ archetype.

I got a little nervous when I didn’t see my name on the list so I figured I better post something. I’m still filling in some of the fluff but I have the ‘seven points’ backstory done.

As for the crunch, I’m still deciding on one trait and finishing purchased items.

If I can answer any questions please ask!

The seven points:

1) I'd like 5+ points that capture the concept and story of the character. More are welcome, but no less than five.

#1 raised in the mana waste at the gun manufacturing plant, father was an engineer, Mother was from a military family in the area.

# 2 Shared a great interest in fireworks with his father

# 3 Grew up wanting to a member of the “Alkenstar Dragoons” which were captained by his Uncle Pythias of the Ustradi clan. Seamus/Onnello joined the military as a dragoon. After a time, his uncle pulled some strings, and he became a member of the elite unit.

# 4 He was in Quantium the capital of Nex, where the dragoons were escorting a dignitary. During leave he went to a tavern and was in a card game with a boisterous Vudrani nobleman; who was a member of the Thakur’s ambassador’s entourage. In the card game Seamus/Onnello was accused of cheating which led to a brawl. After the brawl, the Vudrani nobleman was killed. Seamus/Onnello was framed for the murder.

# 5 He was imprisoned and tortured to expose his confederates. In this process, he lost the ring finger and pinky on his right hand. He was assisted in escaping by two fellow dragoons. He is now on the lamb.

# 6 Unbeknownst to him, one of the “rescuers”, his cousin Dimitris, was the person who framed him. Dimitris realized that the inquisitor would realize that Onnello/Seamus was telling the truth and look for the real killer.

# 7 Seamus, moved quickly through several countries and aliases. With the help of the Sczarni he was given this present alias and was introduced to Sandru Vhiski and his carnival. He was with Sandru two years before the fire.

2) Two goals that you'd like the character to accomplish in-game.

# 1 Not get caught or found out. He has told no one his story. He constantly wears gloves so no one knows he is missing a finger. He regularly changes his stage name, costume and stage appearance. I will work on a stage name later, it will be captain or lieutenant something or other. He uses ‘parade armor’ from other countries as his costume.

# 2 He is looking for a way to get/stay in touch with his family.

As a side note, He would like to clear his name. But he doesn’t see a way to do it. Possibly after the AP, maybe that is something that could happen, but I don’t see it being part of this game.

3) Two secrets, one the PC keeps to himself, and one kept from the PC. I'll come up with a third that both the character and player aren't aware of, in hopes of shocking surprises within the storytelling.

one he keeps to himself
His secret is his identity: who and what he is. Even to the point of not letting anyone know he is missing fingers.

one kept from him
Who his betrayer and the real murder is, his cousin, Dimitris.

4) 3-5 people that are tied to your PC by blood, love, rivalry, honor, etc. I'd like at least one enemy in a set of three or four, with no more than two for a set of five. PLEASE consider the players reference guide for ideas.

# 1 Mother: Eshe of the Ustradi clan

# 2 Father: Damien an expertise in the fields of engineering, alchemy, and metallurgy. He also created fireworks as a hobby. Damien traveled a lot for the Duchy, when he was home he and Onnello/Seamus shared their time making and launching fireworks.

# 3 Mentor: Uncle Pythias of the Ustradi clan His father’s closest friend and captain of the Alkenstar dragoons, an elite unite of soldiers.

# 4 unbeknownst to him: his enemy His cousin Dimitris, oldest son of his mentor Pythias.

Dimitris was jealous of the relationship that his father Pythias and Onnello/Seamus his cousin had. He was jealous that Pythias got in the dragoons easy, he was jealous that Pythias was gaining rank quicker than he. He was offered money from an agent of the Vudrani ambassador to kill, Daheem Pandisar the nephew and spy of one Rajesh Pandisar who was the ambassador’s agent. The only stipulation was that the murder would never point back to the Vudrani ambassador.

Dimitris took the opportunity to get rid of his own rival and to advance his position with the dragoons and his father.

#5 Sandru Vhiski, Sandru's was introduced to Seamus/Onello through contacts with the Scarni. He is the only person in the carnival who knows for certain that 'Seamus' is an alias. He and 'Seamus' both share a love of gambling and they play cards often. Sandru suspects that there is something wrong with Seamus' hand but doesn't inquire. When Sandru wants a little 'ranged muscle' he invites Seamus and his pistol along to watch his back.

5) Three key memories that define your character as the person they are at the time of submission.

#1 The first time he saw fireworks that his father had made; Subsequently, the love of fireworks became one of the few things Onnello/Seamus and his father shared. He asked his father, Damien, to teach him all he knew. Even reading everything about the history of fireworks that he could find. When his father would return home from trips he would bring new ideas for fireworks with him.

# 2 When he joined the “Alkenstar Dragoons”; this is when he became a member of the his uncle Pythias’ elite unite. Who also act as an honor guard for dignitaries.

#3 He was arrested for murder and was tortured. Specifically, he was involved in a brawl with some foreign dignitaries from Thakur over a card game. He went back to the barracks to sleep off the night revelries. In the morning, he was arrested for the murder of Daheem Pandisar. a member of the Thakur ambassador’s entourage. One of his guns was found at the scene of the crime. He was imprisoned and tortured to expose his confederates. He was assisted in escaping by several fellow dragoons.

Unbeknownst to him, one of them, his cousin Dimitris, who was the person who framed him, understood that the inquisitor would realize that Onnello/Seamus was telling the truth and look for the real killer. While fleeing would make Onnello/Seamus look guilty

6) I'd like you to include with your submission a fear or paranoia that causes your character to shiver, cower, or panic. Anything from spiders to unexplained happenstance, but I'm sure you'll all come up with some awful stuff on your own.

The Fear of capture. Or maybe arrest, or officers of the law, or being tortured. Still working on this a little. He knows that if he is arrested it is likely that he will be recognized as Onnello. Who wanted for the murder of Daheem Pandisar will be deported to Katapesh then tortured and killed.

He carries an alchemical cartridge on a string around his neck so he will always have a round to kill himself with instead of capture.

7) I would like to know what performance you will specialize in (your signature move or performance), preference on characters will be given to whose feats, traits, skills, and class directly show what type of performer you are. (example a knife thrower taking blind fight would make sense with acrobatics, but a knife thrower that takes cosmopolitan with history knowledge would not.)

sharpshooter, fireworks specialist

I need to fill out my equipment list, (mostly with scarves) but other than that, Umie is complete.

I'm going to withdraw my application. I apologize for any inconvenience. I'm afraid I won't be able to give this campaign the attention it deserves.

Good luck all and enjoy!

Was it ever stated when recruitment was ending?

Activity has certainly trickled off but I think DM Chubbleston mentioned 2 weeks, which would put it around this Thursday (the 22nd), but I don't think a specific date and time were stated. Seems like it's been a bit longer since there was a nice Interest Check thread as well.

Found it:

Robert Henry wrote:
How long will you be keeping recruitment open?
DM Chubbleston wrote:

Robert henry- (Probably about two weeks is my normal time to keep open)

Without a cutoff yet, I know I have cycled through about a half dozen different concepts and could probably keep going through many more. There are so many awesome possibilities! I even spent sometime this weekend just looking at "circus-worthy" avatars. :) But looking at what else has been submitted and if the deadline is approaching, I think I can finally get it narrowed down and post a submission tomorrow afternoon.

I am sorry but me and my wife had the "talk" (I'm sure half of yall out there have had the same talk.) about dnd taking up to much of my time (while I was working on setting this one up). so unfortunately I cannot DM this like I was wanting too. so if someone wants to volunteer to DM they can ,but I cannot DM another one until one of my other campaigns I am in finishes or stalls out. (So this thread may be reopened at a later date.) Those who have me in other games know I put time into prepping these online Pbp with pictures, slides and info on NPC's. it is best for me to bow out now than a week or two into the game. I am doing this to try to be as respectful to everyone's time as possible. Thank you everyone who submitted.
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Thank you for your honesty and openness ... games taking up time is always a touchy subject, but I fully understand where you priorities have to lie... my husband sometimes has the same complaint... Take care and hope to see you in other games in the future!

I do hope someone takes over this game, but I will understand if not... so sad, because I had fun creating Fillian and her story. Ladies and Gentlemen - it was fun watching all your characters develop! Hope you all find games!

Mmm. Well, thank you for the opportunity to make an interesting character. :)

DM Chubbleston, thank you for your candor, I completely understand and sympathize :-)

Thank you for being willing to run the games that you do. I realize it's much more effort than just playing.

I'm looking forward to when you open the recruitment back up, good gaming all!

I'm very glad that it ended before acceptance. I definitely understand. Hopefully things will work out better in the future. (and no, I'm not talking about a divorce)
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