Now that I am about to get carrion crown in my greedy little fist, our party concepts have changed. Everyone is going to be a caster of some sort.
A haunted oracle (will later be barbarian with spirit totem that evenutal becomes rage prophet)
A Witch
A Magus
An Alchemist
An Inquisitor.
Will be interesting, don't think we've ever done all all caster party before.
After reading the Player's Guide, I'm tempted to play a gnomish detective type who travels around with freak show menageries. I haven't quite decided whether to make him a sorcerer or a rogue yet.
Holy cow. That sounds awesome.
I want to see how far my team can get with Serpent's Skull before we try this one, but the fiance and I have been talking about what we want to play when we eventually do this one and he's definitely going for an whip-wielding inquisitor (I think he's going to do what that other guy is doing and base him off that guy from Castlevania) and I have fallen in love with the revised gunslinger for my next AP GMPC.
Cassandra Blackmoore ( Link)
Changeling Oracle of Life (Tongues curse)
Attacked by a Shadow while trying to follow her mother's voice as a teenager she survived by summoning her inner life force and driving the creature away. The encounter left a visible scar on her, a shock of white in her normally black hair (ala Poltergiest). In times of stress she reverts to her mother's tongue (Aklo).
heres the basic of the one i really want to play.
A dhampir cleric channeling his dark heritage to harm and control his foes he is iffy as im unsure how well negative energy will pan out in the AP
If I hear about one more dhampir PC im going to scream and rip my eyeballs out.
If I hear about one more dhampir PC im going to scream and rip my eyeballs out.
oh i can truly understand the hate for all the dhampir but this setting just screams play one i mean im in a group of 5-6 and i will easily be the only one considering it
If I hear about one more dhampir PC im going to scream and rip my eyeballs out.oh i can truly understand the hate for all the dhampir but this setting just screams play one i mean im in a group of 5-6 and i will easily be the only one considering it
The group I'm DM'ing is playing
Ulfen Fighter
Taldan Cleric
Varisian Rogue
Elven Wizard
If I hear about one more dhampir PC im going to scream and rip my eyeballs out.oh i can truly understand the hate for all the dhampir but this setting just screams play one i mean im in a group of 5-6 and i will easily be the only one considering itThe group I'm DM'ing is playing
Ulfen Fighter
Taldan Cleric
Varisian Rogue
Elven Wizard
Oh and if you really want them to abandon all notions of playing a dhampir, just offer to let them play a pureblooded azlanti :P
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Looks like my players are coalescing on a mainly divine party...
-male half orc Inqusitor of Pharasma
-male half elf Alchemist (to Master Chymist)
-male ??? Ranger (urban)
-male ??? Paladin
-male half elf Ninja
-female changeling or dhampir Oracle of Bones
It'll be interesting to see the Pally and Inquisitor butt heads philosophically with the Oracle.
--Vrocky Horror
We actually just discussed this tonight...
I will be playing a Changeling Witch from Iressen.
carrion crown is our backup game, so we actually have a bigger pool of players and if someone cant make our main game, I call up everyone in the roster and if we have at least four people, we play Carrion Crown. I have had one session so so far I dont have all the pc's.
A dhampir sorcerer using the undead bloodline. He pretty much maxed out his bluff skill and managed to convince the party that he was cursed so that positive energy harms him. The fact that his sleep spell can affect undead is pretty great.
One of the other players will be playing his twin brother... he hasnt finalized the character yet but is going to be the party bruiser
An inquisitor of desna with a harrow deck. She broke off from her traveling group after their was a lycanthropic attack and has since been wandering on her own.
A dwarven cleric of pharasma, who has trouble fitting in because he's a really up beat funny guy.
And a undead hating ranger... who is pretty much trying to be Buffy...
none of us expect her to survive harrowstone -.-
I'm torn between two character concepts:
1. An idealistic young scholar who, while star gazing through his telescope, sees something out in the dark between the stars. He couldn't tell you what it was; it was there and then gone before his mind could process it. Afterwards, he starts having strange,unsettling dreams. During his waking hours he sees incomprehensible things out of the corner of his eyes, and sometimes he could swear that someone or something is whispering in his ear, just out of sight.
Mechanically, I'm thinking he'd be a witch. The poor soul caught a glimpse of the horror that lies beyond the stars, and the horror noticed him back...
2. A bit of a mad scientist. An Alchemist who has personally witness the ferocity and power of the werewolf. The beast was eventually slain, but not be fore the alchemist retrieved a blood sample. Now the alchemist seeks to emulate the power of lycanthropy, but with it neatly under his control. Naturally, this doesn't go as planned...
Mechanically, he'd be an alchemist who eventually goes into Master Chymist; his alterego being the werewolf that he "stole."
I'm playing this guy. I'm playing him up as a teenager who takes his chosen occupation a bit too seriously and suspects everyone with severe daddy issues. The pbp format has worked wonderfully so far since it lets me reveal thigns about the character to the players without ever having him break his own character by spilling out his thoughts, motives, and reasoning.
So far I've managed to go on without them ever knowing my name or class. I really like the idea of faithful Iomedae worshipers here. It's like starting up the second crusade only now the original kings and generals became freaking gods. :)
Rest of the group is heavy divine focused with a paladin, druid, battle oracle, and summoner. Haven't seen it much in action in melee yet but it looks to be a whirling melee blender.
As they usually do, they made a group ready made for internal strife and ill-prepared for the dangers they (as players) expect to face. What can I say - they're all seasoned Vampire/Call of Cthulhu players...
* Noble Dhampyr - raised by her Vamp mother, she still seems to be getting along better with Lorrimor's daughter & the natives of Ravengro than anyone else.
* Changeling Summoner - based loosely off of Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter movies. Always wandering off by herself and seeing minor haunt manifestations in town.
* Tiefling Witch - looks more like a barefoot Varisian gypsy than a traditional Tiefling (thanks to the random charts in the Tiefling article during the Counsel of Thieves run), and she gets plenty of grief because of it.
* Aasimar Paladin (of Iomidae) - that halo of his makes him stand out as much as anyone else, and is perpetually in conflict (as you might expect) with the rest of the party over things like wanting permission to break into crypts and such.
* Taldain Corpse Mage - day job was being a gravedigger. Hasn't pulled out any of his serious mojo yet, so no one (in or out of the party) has really taken much notice of him compared to all the other freaks and foreigners in the party.
* Varisian/Ustalavian Fighter - a mercenary soldier who's not very bright, he's sort of the "everyman" of the party.
* Alkenstar Gunslinger - ugly and foreign, he keeps trying to play the romantic man with no name with a low charisma & no social skills to speak of. Best candidate for being run out of town so far.
The Noble class we're using is from the Freeport Companion, while the Corpse Mage is the subset of the Death Mage from Super Genius Games.
The lack of Positive Energy power the party can produce will certainly help balance the challenge for an otherwise large group I suspect - at this point the main healers/positive energy characters seem to be the Paladin (in a level or two) & the Witch (who has the Healing Hex in addition to her spells).
I am playing an aasimar cleric of Pharasma, a man in his early 30s who work as a home-visit type doctor, serving his local community with physical, social and religious needs.
Then there is:
- a human undead-hunting urban ranger subbing for a rogue
- a human sorcerer of undetermined bloodline
- a human bruiser (two-handed fighter or barbarian)
If I hear about one more dhampir PC im going to scream and rip my eyeballs out.
i was going to make a halfling alchemist but now i'm going to make a dhampir oracle (with heavens mystery and haunted curse) ;).
by the way if you're ripping out your eyeballs i'll buy the left one off you, i don't need it, but it never hurts to have an extra eye mucking about in my clutter drawer (the wife calls it a tool drawer, but we all know what its really for: attracting clutter)for the record i'm not a fan of dhampirs either, it seems like pandering to the goth and emo crowd.
have fun ripping out dhampir eyes in ustalav, wish i was there too,
unfortunately i'm currently mucking about a bunch of underground vaults in some lost city in the jungle while all my friends are out to get me (especially that jerk paladin, that's right! i'm on to you buddy!)
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Well, got the surprise that I will be running this AP.. :( So no character for me. I told the players they could not assign classes and this is what they came up with.
Human Cleric of Pharsma/Sorcerer Abberant bloodline/ Theurge.
Human Magus
Elven Monk
Human Rogue
Tielfling Ranger going for paired crossbows
Halfling Fighter/Crossbow tree.
And a undead hating ranger... who is pretty much trying to be Buffy...
none of us expect her to survive harrowstone -.-
Funny, I'm thinking of a Human Archivist Bard who's like a Wesley Wyndham-Price/Rupert Giles type. Could be funny to give him an Heirloom Weapon Blunderbuss or Heavy Crossbow or something.
I'm hoping to run a gunslinger undead-hunter. Or that's what he calls himself. He's never actually fought an undead, and his only encounter with them was when he helped the good Prof. Lorrimor escape a pair of skeletons, firing his coat pistol blindly at them. He was born into nobility and thus, with Rich Parents, affords himself both his starting blunderbuss and a coat pistol. However, he's a bit of a coward and spends most of his money spreading rumors of his bravery rather than actually doing brave things.
Should be fun.
-The Beast
I've also considered playing a Simon Belmont rip-off from the Castlevania series. I'd probably start with Inquisitor, using a scorpion whip. Once I qualified, I'd take Craft Magic Arms and Armor, and then the Vampire Killer will be born.
Edit: Having recently played the original Castlevania, I realized that a splash of alchemist might be needed as well; Simon used the frell out of those fire bombs in the game. At least, that's how I'd play it.
I've also considered playing a Simon Belmont rip-off from the Castlevania series. I'd probably start with Inquisitor, using a scorpion whip. Once I qualified, I'd take Craft Magic Arms and Armor, and then the Vampire Killer will be born.
Edit: Having recently played the original Castlevania, I realized that a splash of alchemist might be needed as well; Simon used the frell out of those fire bombs in the game. At least, that's how I'd play it.
An Order of the Cockatrice Cavalier could work for that too, at least flavor-wise
Ugh, My carrion crown group got switched up.
My wife is DMing (first time ever) she's going to have a witch (GMPC)
The there is a shapeshifting ranger, and an alchemist.
I was thinking of an inqusitor and switching out the EWP xbow for ewp pistol and taking the amateur gunslinger feat. This would give us every character being able to cast spells (which is neat).
Then I thought maybe I should take some levels of gunslinger to split with inqusitor. I'm not sure what I should do , Im torn.
Then I was thinking heck what If I played a ninja??
But the Ninja isn't as "themed" as the other characters and this is a heavily themed AP....
Any Votes or Ideas?
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Still very early in a PbeM CC campaign, but I'm playing a NG* human inquisitor of Pharasma, looks a bit like a Hammer Films-era Peter Cushing. Generally very easy-going, polite, well-spoken, until his buttons get pushed. No dhampirs in the party so far.
*"The Lady's impartial justice is for the next life. Mercy in this life is rewarded there."
So, haven't seen my DM post our group, so here we go:
Izavel, NE(?) bard. Teenage vixen that was sleeping with the prof before he died.
ewwwww.
weak combat group....
So, haven't seen my DM post our group, so here we go:
Izavel, NE(?) bard. Teenage vixen that was sleeping with the prof before he died.
ewwwww.
weak combat group....
Character creation is done for the group I will be Gm'ing and they have decided on the following:
1. Ulfen Sword and Board two weapon fighter
2. Taldan Battle Cleric of Gorum
3. Varisian Two weapon fighting Rogue
4. Elven Conjuror (Teleportation subschool from APG)
I get to be a player for this one! w00t!
We're at least a month away from the first session, but here's our tentative group:
- CG Half-elven (half-Varisian) male inquisitor of Cayden Cailean (me!)
- LG Halfling male paladin
- N Mwangi human male oracle (juju mystery) - this is Mr Fishy's character ;-)
- N Dhampir female sorceress (undead bloodline)
- CN Half-orc female summoner (and worshipper of Lamashtu)
Should be an interesting party!
I get to be a player for this one! w00t!
We're at least a month away from the first session, but here's our tentative group:
- CG Half-elven (half-Varisian) male inquisitor of Cayden Cailean (me!)
- LG Halfling male paladin
- N Mwangi human male oracle (juju mystery) - this is Mr Fishy's character ;-)
- N Dhampir female sorceress (undead bloodline)
- CN Half-orc female summoner (and worshipper of Lamashtu)Should be an interesting party!
An Inquisitor of Cayden doesn't make sense to me, what are you gonna do, go to bars looking for people spilling beer and shout "hey thats alchohol abuse" and run them through?
and a halfling paladin.... hmmmm very curious group, especially with the juju thrown in there.
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I've been toying with the idea of doing a half-orc druid who seems to spend a large portion of his time in Wild Shape. I mean I hate to play into the stereotype but he is an outcast who at long last found acceptance into a Druidic order. But as with all good things, it wasn't meant to last. The druids were slaughtered by a Vampire with an army of ghouls at his side (albeit a small army)and now believes he will never ever find a place in the world where he truly belongs. So while in Wild Shape he finds a perfect vent for his anger and besides, no one knows he is a half-orc when he is shape shifted no? I'm planning on playing him as a very internally conflicted character who at the same time doesn't necessarily fit into the half-orc profile of "Grok smash!!!"
An Inquisitor of Cayden doesn't make sense to me, what are you gonna do, go to bars looking for people spilling beer and shout "hey thats alchohol abuse" and run them through?
Gasp! You are obviously not a Caydenite, so I can forgive your good-natured ignorance. You have simply fallen victim to the old stereotype that we're all raging drunken lunatics. I blame that on a few bad apples.
The Caydenite inquisitor is playing up the bravery and freedom aspects of the god (at least that's what he tells himself) -- though he won't turn down a drink when it's appropriate...or free. He's an adventurer and glory-seeker, and a dedicated monster-hunter. He seeks to "free" the beleaguered people of Ustalav from the constant threat being eaten by a terrible monster or undead horror.
and a halfling paladin.... hmmmm very curious group, especially with the juju thrown in there.
I'm not so concerned with how the paladin will react to the ju-ju man (wendifa). The wendifa has come to Ustalav to "cleanse t'e bad spirits from t'is house, mon". Basically, he's neutral and is opposed to evil undead and black magic.
I'm a little more worried about the paladin interacting with the dhampir [undead bloodline] sorceress and the Lamashtu-worshipping CN half-orc summoner! I'll know more after we find out what deity the paladin worships.
Still, I have to agree with you: a very curious group, indeed!
I get to be a player for this one! w00t!
We're at least a month away from the first session, but here's our tentative group:
- CG Half-elven (half-Varisian) male inquisitor of Cayden Cailean (me!)
- LG Halfling male paladin
- N Mwangi human male oracle (juju mystery) - this is Mr Fishy's character ;-)
- N Dhampir female sorceress (undead bloodline)
- CN Half-orc female summoner (and worshipper of Lamashtu)Should be an interesting party!
MAwhahahahah!
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Looks like my players are coalescing on a mainly divine party...
-male half orc Inqusitor of Pharasma
-male half elf Alchemist (to Master Chymist)
-male ??? Ranger (urban)
-male ??? Paladin
-male half elf Ninja
-female changeling or dhampir Oracle of BonesIt'll be interesting to see the Pally and Inquisitor butt heads philosophically with the Oracle.
--Vrocky Horror
So yeah my party as usual is turning into a band of circus freaks! The Crooked Kin will probably offer them jobs!
-m half orc Inquisitor of Pharasma (think TNG Lt. Worf)
-m halfelf/orc(?) Alchemist/Master Chymist (Jekyll/Hyde)
-m dhampir Ninja
-f changeling Sorcerer (Protean bloodline, green widow/gnome)
-m ? Ranger (urban)
-m Kellid Barbarian (Superstitious)
- TBD ???
So not only will it be a freak show, but I'll be tweaking for 7 PC's! Thankfully I'm used to doing that for my homebrew stuff but now I gotta look at the encounters, xp, maps, and treasure totals! W00t!
--Vrocky Horror Picture Show
Playing as this...Nym Vallidorn. An elvin student of all things martial and arcane. Something of an abrasive sort at times, though being an elf, it's not his fault he stands above the masses of unwashed harry brutes. He's terribly fun, though I wish there were better weapons to fit his theme (google "bartitsu") as a club just isn't good enough, and a rapier doesn't quite fit either (though that's what I'm resorting to).
If I get a chance to play through this again, or if the unspeakable happens (Nym dying), I'm going to look into some sort of blend of wizardry and gunslinging...
Playing as this...Nym Vallidorn. An elvin student of all things martial and arcane. Something of an abrasive sort at times, though being an elf, it's not his fault he stands above the masses of unwashed harry brutes. He's terribly fun, though I wish there were better weapons to fit his theme (google "bartitsu") as a club just isn't good enough, and a rapier doesn't quite fit either (though that's what I'm resorting to).
If I get a chance to play through this again, or if the unspeakable happens (Nym dying), I'm going to look into some sort of blend of wizardry and gunslinging...
So you're playing a Magus (i think?)
Yeah, stats are in the profile. Elvin magus, high dex and int build. Was considering a high strength build with a falcata, and kinda glad I didn't. Not that James completely ruined the idea of a falcata wielding magus with the new blog...but the changes do make me glad I tried out what I did instead.
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So my group which I am DMing will consist if all is correct of
Dwarf Cleric
Dwarf Monk
1/2 Dhampher Inquisitor (he does not gain full healing)
Cavalier - Not sure of race as they have not gotten me character sheets
Paladin - Not sure of race as they have not gotten me character sheets
Wizard - Not sure of race as they have not gotten me character sheets
Rogue - Not sure of race as they have not gotten me character sheets
Yeah, stats are in the profile. Elvin magus, high dex and int build. Was considering a high strength build with a falcata, and kinda glad I didn't. Not that James completely ruined the idea of a falcata wielding magus with the new blog...but the changes do make me glad I tried out what I did instead.
Erm what blog? I have a falcata strength magus
So my group which I am DMing will consist if all is correct of
Dwarf Cleric
Dwarf Monk
1/2 Dhampher Inquisitor (he does not gain full healing)
Cavalier - Not sure of race as they have not gotten me character sheets
Paladin - Not sure of race as they have not gotten me character sheets
Wizard - Not sure of race as they have not gotten me character sheets
Rogue - Not sure of race as they have not gotten me character sheets
thats alot of characters.... half dhampir?
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thats alot of characters.... half dhampir?So my group which I am DMing will consist if all is correct of
Dwarf Cleric
Dwarf Monk
1/2 Dhampher Inquisitor (he does not gain full healing)
Cavalier - Not sure of race as they have not gotten me character sheets
Paladin - Not sure of race as they have not gotten me character sheets
Wizard - Not sure of race as they have not gotten me character sheets
Rogue - Not sure of race as they have not gotten me character sheets
We have a BIG group. Not all are always there but we have played some of Kingmaker until our DM for that adventure had family issues and then moved.
We are in book 2 of SS but the DM wants a break.
I've DM'd up to 15 people at once, now that is alot of work.
1/2 Dhamphir...l the person playing asked me if he could. He sent me Dhamphir stats and then basically haved them. A heal will work on him but for only 1/2. His write up was good and his race bonus and disadvantages where good, so I am allowing it. Basically his father is Dhamphir but his mother is full human
You need to check out the Paizo Blog.
Pendagast needs to...because the folowing:
Spellstrike (Su): At 2nd level, whenever a magus casts a spell with a range of "touch" from the magus spell list, he can deliver the spell through any weapon he is wielding as part of a melee attack. Instead of the free melee touch attack normally allowed to deliver the spell, a magus can make one free melee attack with his weapon (at his highest base attack bonus) as part of casting this spell. If successful, this melee attack deals its normal damage as well as the effects of the spell. If the magus makes this attack in concert with spell combat, this melee attack takes all the penalties accrued by spell combat melee attacks. This attack uses the weapon's critical range (20, 19–20, or 18–20 and modified by the keen weapon property or similar effects), but the spell effect only deals x2 damage on a successful critical hit, while the weapon damage uses its own critical modifier.
Not earth shattering, but makes the falcata just good, as opposed to crazy stupid good.
Pendagast needs to...because the folowing:
Spellstrike (Su): At 2nd level, whenever a magus casts a spell with a range of "touch" from the magus spell list, he can deliver the spell through any weapon he is wielding as part of a melee attack. Instead of the free melee touch attack normally allowed to deliver the spell, a magus can make one free melee attack with his weapon (at his highest base attack bonus) as part of casting this spell. If successful, this melee attack deals its normal damage as well as the effects of the spell. If the magus makes this attack in concert with spell combat, this melee attack takes all the penalties accrued by spell combat melee attacks. This attack uses the weapon's critical range (20, 19–20, or 18–20 and modified by the keen weapon property or similar effects), but the spell effect only deals x2 damage on a successful critical hit, while the weapon damage uses its own critical modifier.Not earth shattering, but makes the falcata just good, as opposed to crazy stupid good.
Guess i way already doing it that way anyway. I never considered the spell got the falcatas crit modifier. My magus has a +1 keen falcata and a str of 17
here are some concepts i had in mind, won't get to play them until somewhere around the fall 2011 area. in know that weekly william usually gives the most generous point buy in the books and maximum starting gold and he may be considering traits eventually.
Dimitri Molotov
Male Human Mutagen focused alchemist (going master chymist) with the vivisectionist archtype from ultimate magic
Ability Scores (25 point buy)
17 Str 14 Dex 14 Con 16 Int 16 wis 12 Cha 7
feats Toughness, improved unarmed strike
wears a chain shirt under a lab coat (DM always gives max first level gold) along with a pair of spectacles
likely Extracts; Cure light wounds, shield, enlarge person, magic weapon, stone fist (reflavored as weaponizing his metal arm)
he is crazy mad scientist who cannot get over his academy sweetheart who left him for another man and was murdered by that man, only recently did he realize, that the man who slew the woman he sought was non other than the other half of his monstrous split personaility. a bloodthirsty psychopathic man they call barry the butcher who manifests whenever a mutagen is consumed.
Sole Splendore
Female Haunted Aasimaar Oracle of Life
Ability Scores
Strength 14 Dexterity 14 Constitution 14 Intellegence 14 wisdom 10 Charisma 17
Feats; Extra Channel
Revelations; Channel positive energy
likely spells; cure light wounds (freebie) magic weapon, sanctuary
think of flonne from the disgaea series, highly naive goodie 2 shoes with a romance obscession.
Enzo Vanatori
Male Varisian Archery Ranger
Attributes (25 point buy)
Strength 16 Dexterity 17 Constitution 14 intellegence 12 Wisdom 14 Charisma 7.
a gruff reclusive monster hunter with no time to practice social skills, he lives out in the wilderness, hunting to get by, and realized he can improve his reputation by hunting undead
Feats; point blank shot, precise shot
Favored Enemy (undead)
here are some concepts i had in mind, won't get to play them until somewhere around the fall 2011 area. in know that weekly william usually gives the most generous point buy in the books and maximum starting gold and he may be considering traits eventually.
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how would you know to use an archetype that isnt even out yet?