So It's been a month since my last Eberron game and one of my players reached out to me to see if something new can be done. I'd like to try something in Breland this time. Perhaps a murder mystery (Murder on the Lightning Rail?), or maybe something simpler.
Tizimine's Eberron conversion to Pathfinder is here.
The map of Khorvaire is here.
The player characters are in Stillstone Holt, a small, sleepy fishing village on the island of Stormreach. Little do the inhabitants of Stormreach know but the little fishing village supports a sizeable population of Kalashtar. The Kalashtar are there to watch for evil in Stormreach (mostly in the form of the Inspired). The PCs are here, or on the way to the fishing village. The Campaign will focus on the Inspired being a threat.
Most any race is open from Tizimine's conversion. Players wishing to play a more 'exotic' race (like from the ARG) will have to remember that their race would come from Droaam, Darguun, or Qbarra. Full blooded orcs are handled differently so they aren't recommended.
Players are expected to make level 1 characters: 25 points, two traits, and standard random money generation.
The campaign may move to Sarlona to better handle the Inspired threat. So information from Secrets of Sarlona can be used for Character creation.
Try to choose a class for your character that can fit into a high fantasy campaign (that's why for the 25 point buy). While any character class can potentially fit, some fit better in low fantasy campaigns. The campaign starts out as low fantasy, but may rise higher. Although, players looking to create an Artificer should look at the Alchemist instead, because that crafting class is better balanced than the Artificer.
Players may roll their character's backgrounds in Ultimate Campaign (which, in my opinion, does not create colorful backgrounds), background skills may also be used.
Player characters can choose to be from any of the five nations, well any of the nations that are extant. Cyre citizens are displaced because of what happened during the Last War.
Players may use Blood of the Moon to create their shifter characters.
Players wishing to use one of those 'exotic' races (Kitsune, Catfolk, et. al.) may use Blood of the Beast. I have a copy and I will allow it. I also have a copy of Legacy of Dragons if anyone wants to play a character with some dragon blood.
Well, I think I got everything covered. Lets see who is interested.
Love Eberron but I have a couple of submissions out in other pbp recruitments and I don't want to over commit. Thought I'd drop by and wish you luck! Have fun!
Are you using Dreamscarred Psionics?
Are you using Dreamscarred Psionics?
I must have forgotten about Dreamscarred Psionics. The answer is always a resounding yes.
Dotting for interest; if I don't get picked for another game I'm submitted to I'll revisit, probably with a House Tharashk Investigator, but we'll see.
Dotting for interest; if I don't get picked for another game I'm submitted to I'll revisit, probably with a House Tharashk Investigator, but we'll see.
I'll be glad to have you if they won't.
A few miscellaneous questions. I'm not even sure if they impact my decisions, but they occurred to me as I was reading:
1) As far as DSP materials go, just Psionics, right? No Path of War (which is fine with me, just making sure)?
2) Are Paizo occult classes/material OK in addition to psionics, assuming they stay within Eberron flavor?
3) Warforged who take the adamantine plating trait get reduced movement. Would fighters' Armor training let them regain that movement rate?
A1. Just psionics, no path of war stuff.
A2. I never had a reason to like the Occult classes/material. DSP psionics are where its at.
A3. Looks like that is the best way of interpreting the rules for Armor Training.
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I totally want to make a crafter wizard. Since I can't be an artificer and get 13 extra feats on an already good class with lvl 6 spellcasting and the ability to cast any spell at all as a standard as if they were a lvl 9 caster as a full-round action because it would be unbalanced;)
I wanted to know if the 5th and 7th feats on this list
Exceptional Artisan, Extraordinary Artisan were allowable.
Yep, they are allowable. And yes, you can make a crafter wizard.
Nine-Tailed Heir (Sorcerer Archetype)
- Kitsune character =^^=
Nine-Tailed Heir (Sorcerer Archetype)
- Kitsune character =^^=
from Droaam, I presume?
Yup =^^=
One more point I'll ask about for now.
One of the ideas I'm mulling over is a Psychic Investigator. I think it would work very well for a Tharashk inquisitive. I know you said you'd prefer pisonics over occult material; if I wanted to go this route, would you be amenable to doing a little ad hoc surgery and replacing the archetype's occult spellcasting with psionic manifesting?
Maybe. Can you show me what the archetype might look like with psi rules?
Sure, but at this point it would probably have to wait until sometime tonight.
100 gp
Presenting, Yuki Tsune, Diplomat and Nine Tailed Heir
Yuki Tsune
Kitsune (Droaam) sorcerer (crossblooded, nine-tailed heir) 1 (Pathfinder Player Companion: Blood of the Beast 13, Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 4 175, Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Magic 69)
CG Medium humanoid (kitsune, shapechanger)
Init +3; Senses low-light vision; Perception +0
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Defense
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AC 14, touch 13, flat-footed 11 (+1 armor, +3 Dex)
hp 7 (1d6+1)
Fort +1, Ref +3, Will +0
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee bite +0 (1d4)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st; concentration +5)
. . 3/day—dancing lights
Bloodline Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st; concentration +5)
. . 7/day—laughing touch
Sorcerer (Crossblooded, Nine-Tailed Heir) Spells Known (CL 1st; concentration +5)
. . 1st (4/day)—mage armor
. . 0 (at will)—daze (DC 18), detect magic, ray of frost
. . Bloodline Fey, Serpentine
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Statistics
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Str 10, Dex 16, Con 13, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 19
Base Atk +0; CMB +0; CMD 13
Feats Eschew Materials, Spell Focus (enchantment)
Traits eye for the wondrous, nine-tailed scion
Skills Diplomacy +8, Knowledge (arcana) +5, Spellcraft +5
Languages Common, Elven, Sylvan
SQ bloodline arcana (+2 DC for compulsion spells), change shape, gregarious[ARG], kitsune magic
Combat Gear liquid ice[APG]; Other Gear silken ceremonial armor[UC], backpack, bedroll, belt pouch, canteen[UE], decorative trim[UE], flint and steel, mask[UE], soap, torch (10), trail rations (5), 15 gp, 11 sp, 9 cp
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Special Abilities
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Bloodline Arcana: Fey (Ex) +2 to save DCs from spells of the Compulsion subschool.
Change Shape (Su) Assume a single human form.
Eschew Materials Cast spells without materials, if component cost is 1 gp or less.
Gregarious (Ex) Successful Diplomacy check causes target to take a –2 penalty vs. further CHA skills for 24 hr.
Kitsune Magic Kitsune add 1 to the DCs of any saving throws to resist enchantment spells that they cast.
Laughing Touch (7/day) (Sp) As a standard action, if melee touch hits, foe can take only move actions for 1 rd.
Low-Light Vision See twice as far as a human in dim light, distinguishing color and detail.
Serpentine Your mind-affecting and language-dependent spells can affect animals, magical beasts and monstrous humanoids as if they were humanoids who understand your language.
Spell Focus (Enchantment) Spells from one school of magic have +1 to their save DC.
Turns out last night, I watched The Tick then fell asleep on the sofa, so no Psychic Investigator revamp for me. :-)
Which is okay, because of the two frontrunner ideas in my head, neither is that. Option 1: a Ghaash’kala Archer, either a Ranger or a Warpriest. Option 2: a Warforged Aegis. I'll know by the end of Monday whether I've got the time to commit to this.
Hmmm... would you allow an accidental deathless? I've had an idea for one for a while now.
Very interested, I love Eberron as you know from me jumping on the chance to play a dragonmarked character in the Starfinder game.
And today I was just thinking how I'd like to adventure in eberron again.
I see you mention no occult classes, so does that rule out a Kineticist from there as well?
I'll give some thought to character concepts. Dotting for interest in the meantime.
Yep, it rules out a kineticist from the occult adventures book. Thanks, Kevin, for being interested.
:D
I missed the part about Background skills. I took Profession (Courtesan) and Appraise
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Ok, here is my first draft for a character...please have a look and any feedback needed. Thanks
Enkidu
Male shifter bloodrager (bloody-knuckled rowdy) 1 (Pathfinder Player Companion: Melee Tactics Toolbox 13, Pathfinder RPG Advanced Class Guide 15)
CG Medium humanoid (shapechanger)
Init +2; Senses low-light vision; Perception +5
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Defense
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AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 10 (+2 Dex)
hp 13 (1d10+3)
Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +1
Defensive Abilities beasthide
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee unarmed strike +4 (1d3+4)
Special Attacks bloodrage (12 rounds/day), elemental strikes
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Statistics
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Str 17, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 11, Wis 12, Cha 12
Base Atk +1; CMB +4; CMD 16
Feats Extra Rage, Improved Unarmed Strike
Traits bully, quain martial artist
Skills Acrobatics +8, Climb +5, Craft (boneworking) +2, Handle Animal +5, Intimidate +2, Knowledge (arcana) +4, Perception +5, Survival +5, Swim +5; Racial Modifiers shifter agility
Languages Common
SQ pugilist, shifting
Other Gear 130 gp
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Special Abilities
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Beasthide (Su) +2 Con and +2 AC when shifting.
Bloodrage (12 rounds/day) (Su) +4 Str, +4 Con, +2 to Will saves, -2 to AC when enraged.
Elemental Strikes (3/day) (Su) As swift action, your melee attacks do an additional 1d6 Fire dam for 1 rd.
Improved Unarmed Strike Unarmed strikes don't cause attacks of opportunity, and can be lethal.
Low-Light Vision See twice as far as a human in dim light, distinguishing color and detail.
Pugilist At 1st level, a bloody-knuckled rowdy gains Improved Unarmed Strike as a bonus feat. This ability replaces fast movement.
Shifter Agility A shifter’s animalistic heritage enhances many of her physical skills. Shifters gain a +2 racial bonus on Acrobatics, Climb, and Swim checks.
Shifting (Beasthide, 5 rounds/day) (Su) A shifter can tap into her lycanthropic heritage to gain short bursts of physical power. A shifter can enter a state that is superficially similar to a barbarian’s rage. Each shifter has one of six shifter traits-characteristics that manifest thems
So far we have:
I'll just play Devil's Advocate for a second, and say the OA Kineticist delivers its concept beaucoup better than the DSP equivalent. If one class was gonna get a waiver, I'd nominate that one.
Buy enough of my opining on fights in which I've got no dog. :-) I'll have Zohruk (Half orc, Divine Tracker Ranger) written up by tonight, and if I'm feeling ambitious, I'll get Breacher (Warforged Aegis) going as well.
Redblade
PS - The Silver Flame seems to have lost a domain in the course of that guy's conversion (Exorcism). Any thoughts on a replacement, ideally one that has an associated Warpriest blessing?
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I'll just play Devil's Advocate for a second, and say the OA Kineticist delivers its concept beaucoup better than the DSP equivalent. If one class was gonna get a waiver, I'd nominate that one.
Buy enough of my opining on fights in which I've got no dog. :-) I'll have Zohruk (Half orc, Divine Tracker Ranger) written up by tonight, and if I'm feeling ambitious, I'll get Breacher (Warforged Aegis) going as well.
Redblade
PS - The Silver Flame seems to have lost a domain in the course of that guy's conversion (Exorcism). Any thoughts on a replacement, ideally one that has an associated Warpriest blessing?
Just keeping Eberron the way it was thought up. Occult Adventures was made after Eberron. I wanted to keep Eberron to what has made it great, and that includes DSP psionics and not (hehe) Oa.
I have to take a look through d20pfsrd for a suitable replacement, but I think you're looking at an Inquisitive's domain for exorcism. Hmm, there seems to be nothing related to exorcism. Use the domain out of the Eberron Campaign Setting. As for Warpriest blessings for the Silver Flame: Fire, Good, Healing, and Law. I'll have to create an Exorcism blessing out of whole cloth and I don't have the time to do that right now.
Hmmm... would you allow an accidental deathless? I've had an idea for one for a while now.
Okay cool. I don't have access to the other psionics stuff for Eberron via Herolab, so I'll come up with something else. I have a couple ideas actually. Just need to come up with what'll work best and most fun for me.
Any idea what the deadline will be? I'm actually on a deadline at the moment so I'll only be able to sort out my crunch later in the week.
Hmmm... would you allow an accidental deathless? I've had an idea for one for a while now.
An accidental deathless? How can becoming deathless be accidental?
An accidental deathless? How can becoming deathless be accidental?Hmmm... would you allow an accidental deathless? I've had an idea for one for a while now.
Trapped in a pit underneath a living cure spell in the mournlands. Years of positive energy and no food.
I expect that a lot of elves will not be happy about her existence.
No, they wouldn't be.
I have a character I played in another game that folded. A half-giant soulknife/aegis going metaforge. Pure combat, very tanky.
This is Redblade8's half-orc Ghaash'kala ranger, as mentioned. It's late and I'm beat, so if I missed anything just let me know and I'll fix it ASAP.
Are Drow allowed?
Working on a Warforged Cleric of the Becoming God.
Are Drow allowed?
Sure.
Although I'm surprised that no one has submitted any Kalashtar yet. And the game is focusing on stopping the Dreaming Dark.
I had a Kalashtar UnMonk on the drawing board, but Zohruk and Breacher both cut the figurative line in my head. :) Zohruk will at least be down with the whole "Fighting evil outsiders" thing, while Breacher would have psionic capacity in his favor, so whichever one ends up my final submission, I'll have some leanings toward the threat in question.
Could change the half-giant into a kalashtar, would not be a very big concept change. I'll have a look at it.
This is the basic crunch for Necro All Star's submission
This is the basic crunch for Necro All Star's submission
Got it.
Hello, I am really interested in getting into an Eberron Game... been years since I played there.
I would like to submit Gerryt Plainsman a Halfling native to the talenta plains, currently employed by house Jorasco, and his mount Glen the Clawfoot .
Nineteen years ago in the halfling city of Gatherhold a young Noble of house Jorasco met a young barbarian lass. Despite the fact that the noble was married and a prominent member in his halfling house, he was taken by the savage beauty of the young Talenta Plains maiden. An affair soon followed and subsequently hidden and written off as a youthful indiscretion.
Gerrytt Plainsman is the product of this union. Gerrytt was raised by his mother amongst the Nomadic Halfling tribes of the Talenta plains and has only met his father a handful of time. While his father will not claim him publicly (out of fear of what knowledge of his past affair would do to both his reputation and marriage), his father has arranged a role for the young halfling in house Jorasco. More out of curiosity than anything else the young halfling has taken up his fathers offer and finds himself traveling outside of the Talenta Plains for the first time in his life.
He has no idea why his father has arranged for him to travel to Stillstone Holt, but he's enjoying seeing so many different places in his travels.
Hello, I am really interested in getting into an Eberron Game... been years since I played there.
I would like to submit Gerryt Plainsman a Halfling native to the talenta plains, currently employed by house Jorasco, and his mount Glen the Clawfoot .
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A saurian druid. That's different, but it works.
list of characters who have been applied so far:
- Gerryt Plainsmen, a halfling Saurian shaman.
- Citlakhad, a Kalashtar soulknife.
- Enkidu, a Shifter bloodrager.
- Yuki Tsune, Nine-tailed heir from Droaam.
[8] Zohruk, half-orc ranger.
The list of players still wanting to apply:
As threatened, the first draft on Breacher. :) I know there are some inconsistencies between Warforged as they appear in HL and the ruleset you're using; I'll iron them out ASAP. I'll add in some backstory elements and such as opportunity allows.
Any chance warforged can "inherit" the Aegis FCB that the forgeborn have in Ultimate Psi (+1/4 CP)? I'm fine either way, just never know if you don't ask.
Warforged aegis 1 (Ultimate Psionics 28)
NG Medium construct (living)
Init +2; Senses Perception +2
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Defense
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AC 20, touch 12, flat-footed 18 (+6 armor, +2 Dex, +1 natural, +1 shield)
hp 14 (1d10+4)
Fort +5, Ref +2, Will +3
Defensive Abilities form astral suit, fortification
Weaknesses warforged vulnerabilities
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft. (20 ft. in armor)
Melee light shield bash +5 (1d3+7) or
. . short sword +5 (1d6+7/19-20) or
. . (L) warhammer +5 (2d6+9/×3) or
. . slam +0 (1d4+4)
Special Attacks powerful build
Psi-Like Abilities (CL 1st; concentration +0)
. . At will—astral repair (2 hp)
Aegis Powers Known (power points 2, ML 1st; concentration +3)
. . 0 (at will)—
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Statistics
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Str 18, Dex 14, Con 16, Int 14, Wis 13, Cha 8
Base Atk +1; CMB +4; CMD 17
Feats Power Attack
Skills Acrobatics -4 (-8 to jump), Appraise +3, Climb +2, Craft (crystal carving) +6, Intimidate +3, Knowledge (psionics) +6, Perception +2, Spellcraft +6, Use Magic Device +3
Languages Common, Goblin, Orc
SQ active energy type, astral armor, consume, die hard, powerful build, warforged immunity
Other Gear light wooden shield, short sword, warhammer, backpack, bedroll, belt pouch, flint and steel, hemp rope (50 ft.), soap, torch (10), 28 gp, 5 sp
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Special Abilities
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Active Energy Type (Electricity) Lets you set your psionic active energy type.
Astral Armor Chainmail/Breastplate; Free customizations: brawn, improved damage.
Brawn (+2 Str) +2 enhancement bonus to Strength while wearing astral suit.
Consume A warforged does not need to eat, sleep, or breathe, but he can still benefit from the effects of consumable spells and magic items such as heroes' feast and potions.
Die Hard A warforged responds slightly differently from other living creatures when reduced to 0 hit points. A warforged with 0 hit points is disabled, just like a living creature. He can only take a single move action or standard action in each round, but s
Form Astral Suit (Su) Form an astral suit around your body.
Fortification 25% (Ex) When a critical hit or sneak attack is scored on a warforged, there is a chance that the critical hit or sneak attack is negated and damage is instead rolled normally.
Improved Damage Gain a dmg bonus based on weapon type.
Power Attack -1/+2 You can subtract from your attack roll to add to your damage.
Powerful Build The aegis gains the powerful build trait while wearing his astral suit. Whenever the aegis is subject to a size modifier or special size modifier for a Combat Maneuver Bonus or Combat Maneuver Defense (such as during grapple checks, bull rush attempt
Powerful Build Can function as one size larger where advantageous.
Psionic Attacks Melee weapons are treated as magic and MW.
Warforged Immunity (Ex) Immunity to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, disease, nausea, fatigue, exhaustion, effects that cause the sickened condition, and energy drain.
Warforged Vulnerabilities The unusual physical construction of warforged makes them vulnerable to certain spells and effects that normally don't affect living creatures. A warforged takes damage from heat metal and chill metal as if he were wearing metal armor.
Torn between a Forgemaster Cleric and an Alchemist (Possibly Psychonaut Archetype if we're mostly up against the dreaming dark.)