Welcome to those selected. Please finalize your characters for my review. You don’t have to know each other although you could know of each other, especially if you have ranks in Knowledge (local). Any questions, let me know.
Reporting for duty! Thanks for the selection! Hello all, look forward to gaming with you!
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"Praise be to Desna for allowing me to join in this task. As a team I'm certain that we will reach our destiny successfully!"
Brother Trip reporting for duty. Sounds like it'll be a fun game!
I have a couple points in knowledge, but not local. My CS is done except for standard (low-cost, non-magical) equipment. I'll finish that tonight. If you see any mistakes, let me know and I'll fix as directed.
Hey, Issi! You got me beat on initiative for sure, but it would be interesting!
I've spent most of my loot, leaving me with 199 gp. My main weakness is lack of flying magic (those potions of fly are expensive). I added a bow for such occasions, but will look to add flying ointments and such with future gold. I fit your basic tank role in the party.
'A pleasure, I'm sure!'
So I guess I'm party rogue/secondary melee?
You and I would have an interesting sparring match I think Barnabus!
Issues with character statblock - Please fix:
1. Encumbrance - with you current equipment, you are medium encumbered as your max for light encumbrance is 26 lbs with 8 Str. The armor is 20 lbs, the rapier is 2 lbs, the belt and headband are each 1 lb, the cloak is 1 lb, thieves' tools are 2 lbs, without counting weight of haversack and shortbow. So modify Str or armor or lose 5 pts of AC from medium encumbrance.2. Fort save is +7 not +8 (base +6 +1 cloak)
3. Reflex save is +19 (you did not add +2 from duelist)
4. AC is 37 not 35 (celestial armor is base +9 not +7 as it is +3 chain mail) - drops to 32 when medium encumbered
5. You need 2 ranks of Perform (dance) to qualify for Duelist - so amend Perform (Act)
6. Knowledge (history) is not class skill so 4 ranks nets you +10 not +12
7. Weapon damage bonuses forgot to factor -1 damage from negative Str bonus
"Praise be to Desna for allowing me to join in this task. As a team I'm certain that we will reach our destiny successfully!"
Brother Trip reporting for duty. Sounds like it'll be a fun game!
I have a couple points in knowledge, but not local. My CS is done except for standard (low-cost, non-magical) equipment. I'll finish that tonight. If you see any mistakes, let me know and I'll fix as directed.
Issues with statblock - Please fix:
1. You do not have heavy armor proficiency so your Full-plate armor imposes a -5 penalty to attack rolls.2. I think you forgot we were playing with background skills. According to the ranks provided, you have 6 adventuring skills points left and 20 points for background skills.
Hey, Issi! You got me beat on initiative for sure, but it would be interesting!
I've spent most of my loot, leaving me with 199 gp. My main weakness is lack of flying magic (those potions of fly are expensive). I added a bow for such occasions, but will look to add flying ointments and such with future gold. I fit your basic tank role in the party.
Issues with Statblock - Please fix:
1. Max hps = 130+13FC+52Con=195 hps (75%=146 not 165).2. You might not need to eat or drink water with Ring of Sustenance, but are you sleeping on hard floor in your full plate? It might be nice to buy some traveling gear, like a bedroll, etc.
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Issues with character statblock - Please fix:
1. Encumbrance - with you current equipment, you are medium encumbered as your max for light encumbrance is 26 lbs with 8 Str. The armor is 20 lbs, the rapier is 2 lbs, the belt and headband are each 1 lb, the cloak is 1 lb, thieves' tools are 2 lbs, without counting weight of haversack and shortbow. So modify Str or armor or lose 5 pts of AC from medium encumbrance.
Have tweaked stats to 9 Str, so keeping the tools in my Haversack gives me 20+5+2+1+1+1=30lbs?2. Fort save is +7 not +8 (base +6 +1 cloak)
I calculate using the fractional saves from Pathfinder Unchained since those are the actual mechanics behind saves - which is why I get the +7 base. Can change if you prefer.3. Reflex save is +19 (you did not add +2 from duelist) Done.
4. AC is 37 not 35 (celestial armor is base +9 not +7 as it is +3 chain mail) - drops to 32 when medium encumbered Done.
5. You need 2 ranks of Perform (dance) to qualify for Duelist - so amend Perform (Act) Done.
6. Knowledge (history) is not class skill so 4 ranks nets you +10 not +12 Done.
7. Weapon damage bonuses forgot to factor -1 damage from negative Str bonus Done.
Thanks for the checks! Trying to build a character this multiclassed got confusing!
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Thanks for the catch on the armor. Silly mistake on my part. I forgot that PF clerics don't automatically get heavy armor proficiency. I'll change to breastplate and add the mundane equipment today. Also working on a spell list.
And I'll still carry food and water, just in case the ring gets disenchanted or something....
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OK, I think I got things straight. Armor changed. Mundane equipment added. Still need to pick spells and identify costly components.
Not sure about the unchained skill system. Hadn't fully read it before. I updated per how I think it works. Let me know if I'm off again.
Reviewing comments on the others I think my HP were also wrong. Corrected to 98. (If I can round the .5 up?)
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Hey, Issi! You got me beat on initiative for sure, but it would be interesting!
I've spent most of my loot, leaving me with 199 gp. My main weakness is lack of flying magic (those potions of fly are expensive). I added a bow for such occasions, but will look to add flying ointments and such with future gold. I fit your basic tank role in the party.
I've ended up with some spare gold (2000 or so) so I can pick some up if you ask IC :)
Hey all, I gave Charlotte until the end of today to post. If not, I will select an alternate player from those who applied.
Issi, no problem - it's my job to check! As for the saves, I do not use fractional saves so please amend. Sorry.
Terrance, I will check your skills later tonight.
If your history does not articulate it, please post where your characters are currently geographically (hopefully somewhere in Taldor).
I look forward to getting the game started - seems like a fun diverse group.
No problem, GM. I also made some changes to Barnabus in his stats, gear, and I decided to make him a Weapon Master instead of a vanilla fighter. I fixed his hps and bought the fighter's kit, which includes a bedroll. :)
With 87 gp remaining, Barnabus is currently drinking it up in Maheto, looking for work as he is almost broke. Per the Pathfinder Wiki: Maheto is a highly-defended Taldan city located in the northern foothills of the World's Edge Mountains. This settlement is home to highly-skilled dwarven craftsmen whose blades and other products are in high demand by members of the empire's ruling class.
OK, I think I got things straight. Armor changed. Mundane equipment added. Still need to pick spells and identify costly components.
Not sure about the unchained skill system. Hadn't fully read it before. I updated per how I think it works. Let me know if I'm off again.
Reviewing comments on the others I think my HP were also wrong. Corrected to 98. (If I can round the .5 up?)
I was confused by some skill choices.
Athletics 0 (Str+2)(ACP-4/-2) 4 ranksFinesse 0 (Dex+2)(ACP-4/-2) 4 ranks
Influence +10 (Cha+4) 6 ranks
Society
I can equate Influence to Diplomacy but the others do not exist in Core PF. Can you help clarify? Thanks.
FYI: I've heard back from our 4th player selected and he has requested to proceed without him. Thus, I've asked our reformed Mantis assassin to join. I will keep you updated.
Hello everyone.
If you could afford me a short time in order to complete my character's profile and root around for something to spend my last 5,000gp on, that would be great.
Looking forward to a true dungeon crawl with y'all! Hopefully I can provide good DPS and trap skills to the party. I notice that we lack an arcanist. Too bad.
My character would be... wherever Issi is.
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Hmm...
After meeting Hassan, and successfully protecting Princess Zenora until her annointing as Crown-Princess (and incidentally rendering her ineligible for assassination by the Red Mantis). Issi headed north with her new friend, deciding that the further from Mediogalti Island they could get - the better.
Aiming, more or less, for her old school in Brevoy Issi and Hassan are passing through Taldor when rumours reach their ears of a man with a dangerous job to do and very deep pockets... Naturally, they cannot resist!
:)
Maybe we need to have a beautiful maiden called Buttercup to rescue as well Hassan? ;)
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From Unchained.
Consolidated Skills
and
Background skills
That is also why I lowered my skill points. The Unchained system has Clerics getting 1 + 1/2INT per level. If I didn't have the human and Favored Class bonus I'd only have 13 ranks.... Why does D&D think that clerics are unskilled?
Or do I go back to Core skills and ranks and add the background skills?
I believe that we are not using Consolidated Skills but we are using Background Skills.
Hello everyone.
If you could afford me a short time in order to complete my character's profile and root around for something to spend my last 5,000gp on, that would be great.
Looking forward to a true dungeon crawl with y'all! Hopefully I can provide good DPS and trap skills to the party. I notice that we lack an arcanist. Too bad.
My character would be... wherever Issi is.
A couple of things, Hassan:
1. Please factor in -1 ACP from the mithril breastplate to your relevant skills.2. Your wealth level for 13th level is 140K so I think you have 15K to spend, not 5K.
OK. Put the Core skills back and Background skills under them. Removed the overlap so hopefully I got it right this time....
Thanks, Terrance. Only change would be that Knowledge (history) and nobility are class skills so total bonus is +5 on each skill.
Ok, everyone. Let me give you my blurb on my playing style. I will try to keep the action moving so I will roll Initiative, Saves, and Perception checks to determine surprise. When we get into a dungeon setting, we will set up procedures on doors (perception for traps, DD, etc.). Since this game involves high level play, I will need your help in keeping track of buffs. Please post in your combat posts a status bar with any spell effects currently on you with duration and copy and paste into each successive combat post. I will post a map for ease of position since a lot of your attacks depending on flanking and reach.
Hassan and Issi, you each have immediate action abilities that we have to deal with. Hassan has his Fading (3/day) ability, which grants 50% miss chance. Stopping the game to ask if he invokes the ability will delay the game too long so we have to come up with circumstances under which he automatically uses the ability: i.e. under 25% of hps or 50% of hps or you will post in your combat post when you see a particular tough opponent that you will use the ability on his first successful attack or on any threat rolls, etc. These are some suggestions or you can decide the ability will not come into play until you specifically post in your combat post that the ability will be used under "x set" of circumstances.
Issi, as a duelist, you have your parry ability, which will also slow down the game if I stop to ask you if you use it. If you are using the ability, I expect you will set aside one of your combat rolls and will post the parry attack in a spoiler tab, which will be used against your opponent's first attack. You can also post the riposte attack in the same spoiler, in case your parry is successful.
Terrance, I expect that you will post your memorized spell list for that day in-game for ease of play and then keep track of the spells/open slots as they are used.
If you have any suggestions for ease of play at this level, please feel free to chime in.
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I have prepared spells listed under the Divine Magic heading. If it needs to be somewhere else let me know.
Note also that I have a class ability under the luck domain: Good Fortune is an immediate action to alter a d20 roll. If you agree I will post for an action with "If the roll is below %, use Good Fortune to re-roll."
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All sounds very sensible.
IT's worth noting that I'm built for Greater Feint and Vital Strike so I probably won't be parry/riposte-ing unless I find that I can't feint the enemy effectively, so hopefully that won't slow combat down much!
(Hassan/Barnabus - you'll want to go after me in combat since I can take away a foes dex to ac for an entire turn at a time.)
Linked to that: GM, could you post the feint DC's for the monsters? It would help speed combat up again if I can see whether I've feinted successfully and then we can all calculate our results appropriately without needing to wait for you to confirm whether things did/did not hit etc.
Also could we have the gameplay opened? It would be helpful to dot in and get the game on my list. :)
Hello everyone.
If you could afford me a short time in order to complete my character's profile and root around for something to spend my last 5,000gp on, that would be great.
Looking forward to a true dungeon crawl with y'all! Hopefully I can provide good DPS and trap skills to the party. I notice that we lack an arcanist. Too bad.
My character would be... wherever Issi is.
A couple of things, Hassan:
1. Please factor in -1 ACP from the mithril breastplate to your relevant skills.
2. Your wealth level for 13th level is 140K so I think you have 15K to spend, not 5K.
You're right, thank you. I will adjust... hopefully tonight. I have to do this advertising thing for my company today for the next few hours. I'll let you know.
Does anyone have any equipment suggestions? I'm at a loss with only the Core stuff.
Also, Issi - I don't need a potion of fly. Hassan can cast it. Take it, you might need both.
As for Fading, I will want to use it at below 30hp or for any Reflex save that I fail, but I will also indicate turns which I will want to be using it in.
Purchases:
Add golembane scarab to my amulet of natural armor +2 (3,750gp)
Buy a clamor box (2,000gp)
Trade out +2 vicious sawtooth sabres for sawtooth sabres of subtlety (8,000gp)
Purchase handy haversack (2,000gp)
Buy alkali flasks (10) for 150gp
Buy vials of liquid ice (5) for 200gp
One vial of silversheen for 250gp
Remaining: 30gp
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If anybody has any spare gold, I recommend throwing it into bottled lightning, alchemist fires and vials of acid. I don't think we have a very reliable way of dealing with weapon-immune swarms, which means we all need to be contributing with our 1d6 damage splash attacks if possible.
Purchases:
Add golembane scarab to my amulet of natural armor +2 (3,750gp)
Buy a clamor box (2,000gp)
Trade out +2 vicious sawtooth sabres for sawtooth sabres of subtlety (8,000gp)
Purchase handy haversack (2,000gp)
Buy alkali flasks (10) for 150gp
Buy vials of liquid ice (5) for 200gp
One vial of silversheen for 250gpRemaining: 30gp
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If anybody has any spare gold, I recommend throwing it into bottled lightning, alchemist fires and vials of acid. I don't think we have a very reliable way of dealing with weapon-immune swarms, which means we all need to be contributing with our 1d6 damage splash attacks if possible.
Sword of subtlety is UE, which came out after module. Sorry.
Untrue. It was printed in the Core rulebook.
Untrue. It was printed in the Core rulebook.
You are right, I stand corrected.
No need to worry about immediate actions for me. I just cut you with Grendel, me waraxe! :)
Any buffs will most likely be from my Boots of Speed (which I will track in game) or from Brother Trip. A cleric is a dwarf's best friend.
Issi, in game, we can rp to get the potion of fly. And I am sure we will all be going after you in combat, with your +16 to initiative score! :)
Gameplay thread is up! I've also linked a map of Taldor above as a reference point.
Hey all, I am traveling this weekend so will update the thread Sunday night.
Hey all, just to give you a sense of my GM style. You do not need to constantly roll Stealth and Perception checks or Disable Device unless I request them. At this level, I know you're going to roll between 20+ - 45 range, so it's not needed. I will assume you take 10 (no rush) and get in the 30s, so I will generally reveal most details to you.
Ok. Thanks, Lucendar! I just wanted to confirm that I was in fact scouting ahead, and actively using Stealth.
Exactly.
I’ve been under the weather - will update tonight.
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Hey Everyone, I'm away for the next twelve days in Florida - going to Disney World for the first time!
I won't be able to check my games while I'm away so I'm on pause until the 10th (or possibly the 11th if I'm too jet-lagged!).
Please feel free to bot me as the situation requires! Hassan knows what to do! :P
I am going to Cancun for 6 days as of Saturday on vacation so I will be unavailable during that time.
Thanks! Issi is on vacation and Hassan is missing so this thread has slowed down.
I am still around, I'm just unable to focus on making any real posts lately because I've been exhausted. Sorry! I'll be able to soon though.
Hey all, heading out on vacation as previously mentioned. See you next Friday.