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Greetings all. Thank you for the selection Cortez! I'm very much looking forward to the AP.
You're welcome!
I was extremely close to making it a party of six in case of drop outs, but didn't feel confident in managing a party that big with the amount of roleplay that would be needed.
Five is manageable and I hope that everyone's happy with the party I chose!
You all have back stories that are really interesting and will help to immerse yourselves in this AP. You have clear goals and motivations, and that's what anyone in the resistance would be after.
I know there are two Bard's here, and I am a little concerned about that, but I was going equally on what each character could bring to the story, and it just so happened we ended up with two people of the same Class.
Dahrehn and Lirandra - If you want to choose Bard Archetypes to differ from one another I'm happy for you to do so. :)
Araraxus - I hope you're ready to abuse those Lay on Hands. Level 1's going to be tough with everyones HP!
Greetings everyone,.. And thanks for the selection! - will have a look through the archetypes now and see if anything works with Lirandra's background.
Wow,... weird party: 3 Tieflings, 1 Aasimar and little old me.
Court bard seems like the best fit,.. maybe with a little re-skinning (since her injury she has become prone to mocking retorts and the intrigues of the nobles she associates with).
The only other reasonable fit would be Lotus Geisha (again with some re-skinning)
What do the rest of you think?
I'll hopefully get a post up for all of you individually as you all become available to play.
That means Araraxus and Lirandra, your openings will most likely be first. :)
Once I work out how you're all going to come into this, I'll hopefully have a decent set of paragraphs for you to read, and until you're all grouped together, I'll spoiler all text.
I'm looking forward to this one!
Araraxus - Yourself, Dahrehn and Keil were the three characters I decided on including first. I loved all of your backstories. The personality of each of these characters shone through!
Everyone else I liked and some I even loved, but ultimately these are the 5 people we're left with.
Elidal would have been nice, but her personality I felt was too innocent to have someone consider enlisting her/seeking her aid.
Lirandra - if you like it, sounds good. I'll take a look through the archetypes again and see if one makes sense for Dahrehn.
FYI all, I'm looking to spend a good amount of Dahreh's starting cash on a base of operations. I figure this gives him some side income (not that cash flow is a huge problem in Paizo APs), plus will be good for Leadership later.
I think that I'd personally prefer to stay as a normal Bard, but I could also see going for the Celebrity archetype. Any thoughts, others?
Plus, it could be well-worth our while for me to invest in Cure Light Wounds instead of charm person or grease.
Celebrity as an archetype could work... It fits your character really well, I think (I went ahead and took a good peek at everyone's backstory once we were selected). You may also consider the Court Bard both so that your song wouldn't overlap, but still has very noticeable effects in combat. The Mockery song made me think of how his play was defaming the House of Thrune... The names of the songs seem good for an actor in general, actually: Satire, Mockery, Glorious Epic, Scandal...
Hm. Off-handed comment: With all the melee oriented characters in this group, we should probably try and ensure we each get flanking bonuses in combat. Every +2 helps.
So a celebrity, the celebrity's troubled child (no relation), a couple street wise toughs seeking Hellknight blood and a homeless recluse hoping to end the suffering of the lower class...hmmm.
It will interesting to see how all this starts!
If y'all don't mind him not having Inspire Courage, I think that Celebrity might work well. The only trick is that it works in small settlements, initially, so we might have to rule that the bonus is only in one part of the city (as the city has over 100,000 people).
I'll rework it later on to incorporate.
Rego Pena for you! ;)
How are you guys feeling about starting? I could do with a little time to prep but I don't need long, so if you guys wanted a couple of days to finalise your builds, go nuts!
I have today and tomorrow off from work, but I've got plans this evening. If you have a first post ready to go, I'd say go for it, I'll be ready by midday tomorrow.
I'll have time all of this week to post wantonly, though I may be playing live Pathfinder games on Saturday and Sunday.
Fire when ready...
Not a problem, and okay, I'll get each post off over the next couple of days for you. The beginning ones are of considerable length, because I'm tailoring them to each of your backgrounds.
Since Imageshack now charges for its service, is anyone able to host maps if I can make them/update them in Photoshop btw?
You could try using TinyPic. Make an account and it's free to hold stuff on there, and I THINK it stays there indefinitely if you have an account.
Other than that, do you all have access to Roll20?
I can get to Roll20 from home, but not work. Otherwise it's good.
Photobucket.com is still free I think.
I think I have an old account at Roll20, but never got around to using it.
I'll have to look into it, because I was trying to avoid sign-up's (get enough emails as it is, ha!), so Tinypic, Flickr, Photobucket etc aren't options I want to go with. Other than that, maybe I can upload them to Deviantart as scraps. Not too sure.
Oh and something I'd like from you all please, is to answer this question in character:
It's 10am, Starday morning. Where are you and what are you doing?
Thanks!
Araraxus wakes with a start. "Where am I?"
He reaches for his sword before he remembers. Every morning, I wake up in a different place. Every night, a different safe house. One of these days I'm going to stop running.
Araraxus dons his armor and heads onto the street. He pulls his cloak hood over his head and avoids contact as he heads to the tavern. I'm meeting a new contact today. Supposedly they can help us with the Hell Knights. This better be worth it.
Waking up to the sound of a door closing, clapping a hand over my eyes, and trying to recall how many I had. All I remember is that the show went well, the after-party went very well, but it's time to eat something to settle the spinning of the room.
I've used Roll20 in the past and have access to it at home. Between class, no, I wouldn't want to use Roll20.net if I could avoid it.
It's 10am, Starday morning. Where are you and what are you doing?
"Me? Psh. I've been up for an hour or two; I'd have been up earlier, but there was a good opportunity to do a little breaking-and-entering toward the beginning of last night... Anyway, I've just finished eating breakfast - some stew and bread they were sellin' at this inn I stay at. I'm headin' to the pawn shop to see if they've got any maps or books, and then I'm going to start doing work. Honest work - No, really! Honest thieving!
"...I'm hoping to hear something from the Pathfinders again soon. Don't tell anyone. If they don't get another message to me, I'm just going to see if I can break some equipment shipments belonging to the crown or something. I'll figure something out."
Fine with whatever system you want to go with. These message boards plus google docs usually seems to work alright.
10am Sunday moring... Heading home in order to go to sleep. Still quite drunk.
Haha, well yea. I haven't actually used Google Docs before so will have to look into that also, but hopefully it'll be pretty simple. I'd imagine it's just a case of creating a page and somehow giving everyone access to it with the pictures.
I finish work at 5.30 GMT today (12.30 mid-day EST), so will be getting things prepared then.
My main reason for closing recruitment early was so everyone selected can make some last minute changes while I prepare for the start of the campaign. :)
So, keep tabs on that currently non-existant Gameplay thread!
Got it - Dahrehn is updated, ready to go.
Keil woke with the first light, which is unusual for him. But considering he was forced to spend the night in the sewers, getting out of there seemed like a good thing. He roamed Miratanza looking for something to eat until things settled Finding a quiet spot in one of the many alleys nearby, Keil has huddled next to a wall behind a bakery, breathing in the smells of fresh bread and snoozing....
I feel like Sonya's sheet is ready as before. I wanted to change a trait at first - but then I'd lose Sleight of Hand as a class skill. Didn't seem worth it.
Flavour text is up, and I'll have your intro's up soon. Then we can begin! :)
Quick question: How do I place resources and attack bonuses and such for my character in gray text just below my character's name like you folks have?
Type them into the "gender" field. You can include a spoiler tag, if you like, but not really necessary if it isn't too long.
Awesome! Added stuff. Huzzah.
If you guys can post your initiative in there too, that'd be great! :-)
Done
Sonya, you actually have 15hp, not 14. :)
You rolled 9, you have +2 Con, +1 Favoured Class and +3 Toughness (if you still decided to go with that, otherwise it's 12).
Could you also post under Sonya's alias from now on please?
Guys - Can you all add a line with your stats how Sonya has done please, and also, if you could spoiler your skills in the Class section of your profile underneath, that would be a great help.
Thanks very much and if all goes well, we'll get started today!
I'm at work for another hour and 50 minutes, then I'll start sorting all entries for you to come in. Also, nobody knows they're going to be contacted by anyone yet, so no meta! ;)
Thanks guys. I'm looking forward to starting!
Araraxus has done it already, but here you go guys:
HP, AC, Touch, F-F, Fort, Ref, Will, Init
[spoiler =Skills]HP, AC, Touch, F-F, Fort, Ref, Will, Init[/ spoiler]
Guide: So if you can include the 1st line unspoilered in your profile "Class" box, then spoiler your skills in the "Skills" box, without the spaces I included above in the code, I can click on your skills when I need to see them.
I'll be rolling initiative as I find that works best for the person who GM's a Legacy of Fire campaign I'm in, but the rest is just for my quick reference.
Thanks very much. :)
Sonya, you actually have 15hp, not 14. :)
You rolled 9, you have +2 Con, +1 Favoured Class and +3 Toughness (if you still decided to go with that, otherwise it's 12).
Could you also post under Sonya's alias from now on please?
I opted to go for a Skill Point instead of HP at first level after long deliberation. I realized that I didn't grab Survival, and I really wanted Survival for the character so I could actually track things. If you'd rather I not do this, I'll return my character's HP to what it was before and remove the Survival skill rank.
I'll edit in a spoilered line for skills once I've come home tonight.
Ah that explains it. I'm happy with whatever really. :)
It was my assumption that came to 15hp as I thought everybody opted for HP Favoured Class bonus, but no, you rolled particularly well on that front. ;)
Yeah, I was VERY happy with my roll of 9. It gave me wiggle-room, at least for this first level. With my luck, owning a shirt that says 'The Dice Are Trying to Kill Me' will bite me with a roll of '1' for my HP next level.
Haha, we'll see!
1 down, 4 to go.
Things will speed up once you're all together. It's a shame spoilering all of it didn't work, but I guess the forum can't handle spoilering spoilers.
All of your opening posts are now up. :)
Keil - Are you new to PBP? It's no problem if so, but with regards to DC spoilers, if I put two DC's up with the same check together, one with a 10 and one with a 15, that'll mean if you roll once and get a 10 you can only read the first, but if your singular roll gets a 15, you can read both. So sadly you failed the Knowledge Local checks (I guess you just haven't been in this district in the right places at the right time).
Hope that helps!
Also, there is absolutely no script to read from at this stage, so everything I've typed has come from my head, because this AP is a little weird in that it gives you situations and you're free to act them out however, so all I have are purposes to type to which is why it's taken me so long, tailoring your posts to your characters. :)
Hopefully it's a good start for you all!
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Excellent start so far Cortez.
Thanks for the compliment!
I'm hoping we'll all have good fun with this one!
I'm going to be busy studying for a couple hours, and then I'll be able to post.
As soon as you're all together, I can stop with the spoilers. So posts won't look quite as messy!
Lirandra - I have a post for you later.
Everyone else - I'll have a post to continue things once I've roleplayed with Lirandra. This section is meant to be fairly short, so I'm keeping it short but at the same time giving additional things to go on. :)
Keil - No problem. Act how you like! :)
There's a certain character mentioned in one of your posts who's not part of this AP, and I added him/her in for a bit of fun really. I just didn't realise how seamlessly he/she would fit into the campaign.
Interesting things will soon be happening!
Right, so it looks as though Araraxus, Keil and Sonya are ready to move on, so unless there's any last minute things you want to do, once I'm done with Dahrehn and Lirandra, things will get moving! :)