Recruitment, Tears of the Bitter Manor


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Players: 4
Level: 5
Attributes: 20 points
HP: As per PFS
Traits: 2, no rich parents
Gold: Standard for level 5, please do not spend more then one third on any one item.
Start: Feb 18
Restrictions: No Outsider Races, No 3PP Races or Classes.
Basically, I do not want a complete Side Show party. Also, I fear that a party completely optimized for this will just run right over everything. I am not sure yet if this will continue after the module. I am not even going to really think about it until we get to act three. Let me know if there are any further questions.

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hp rolled or rounded?

traits allowed? if so, would rich parents garner us an addition 900gp? (though I probably wont use that)

if I were to go ranger, would you be willing to help me out on my favored enemy picks? favored terrain?

are you ok with ACG classes such as slayer and swashbuckler?


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I just edited to answer most of your questions, it is mainly an urban environment. I am still thinking on favored enemies. Yes to ACG classes.

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I feel like FE humanoid (human) would be a fairly safe pick if its going to be themed as fighting pirates and the like. No idea for the second one though.


I really wanted to roll up a straight up paladin front liner for once so I will work on that. I'll ditch the celestial companion since there will probable not be a lot of room for that in an urban environment.

Any themes except Taldan? The description is pretty vague and I don't want to read all those spoilers in the review :P


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Well, there is a good deal of investigation. I am not sure what else to say with out spoiling things.


Well, I've always wanted to play an Eldritch Scion Staff Magus . I've never played Magus before, so I doubt if I'll be able to super-optimise even if I tried.

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Jolly Roger wrote:

I really wanted to roll up a straight up paladin front liner for once so I will work on that. I'll ditch the celestial companion since there will probable not be a lot of room for that in an urban environment.

Any themes except Taldan? The description is pretty vague and I don't want to read all those spoilers in the review :P

if you want and advice, paladins are my specialty :3

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Definitely interested in playing. I'll get my character up on here over the weekend. Is there a deadline for recruitment?


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The cut off is the day before starting.


Nohwear wrote:
The cut off is the day before starting.

Not the day after?


Dotting. Thinking of playing a Divine caster.


This sounds great. I'll get something made soon.

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roughdraft sheet:

Lvl 5 ranger (skirmisher)
Traits- reckless, dangerously curious
Str: 18
Dex: 16
Con: 12
Int: 10
Wis: 14
Cha: 7
Offense:
Shortsword +12 +10/+10 (TWF) +8/+8 (power attacking)
Damage:1d6+5/10
Longbow: +9
Damage: 1d8+5

Defense:
HP:45
AC:20 T: 13 FF:16
Fort:+5 Ref:+5 Will:+4
Feats:
1-power attack, weapon focus shortsword
2- TWF
3-double slice
5- Boon companion
Arms and Armor: +1 Chthonic Steel shotswordx2 (2759G each), +1 chain shirt, +1 composite longbow (+4), 20 adamantine arrows, 40 arrows, 20 blunt arrows, 10 cold Iron arrows.

Gear: 5 CLW potions, wand of cure light wounds, back pack, belt pouch, waterskin (3), fishing net, spyglass,

Skills-
Perception-5
Swim-2
Climb-2
Know. Nature-2
Craft: Fletching-2
Profession: Sailor-1
Acrobatics-5
Sense Motive-3
UMD- 5
Stealth-4
Ride-2
Survival-3
Spellcraft-2

Abilities:
1st FE human +4
2nd FE ????
Favored terrain ?? (either water or urban)

Animal companion- Undecided, atm leaning towards panther (large cat)


rorek55 wrote:
Jolly Roger wrote:

I really wanted to roll up a straight up paladin front liner for once so I will work on that. I'll ditch the celestial companion since there will probable not be a lot of room for that in an urban environment.

Any themes except Taldan? The description is pretty vague and I don't want to read all those spoilers in the review :P

if you want and advice, paladins are my specialty :3

I read through the guides, but did take a peak at your paladin aliases. Seems I already had most of those in mind :).

But I'm going to think hard on what type of person my paladin is. I already have a very naive one (archer though) so I want to go in another direction roleplay wise.

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My favorite is the redeemer. Actively seeks to bring people into his ideals(not douchey though) and usually gives the baddies a chance to surrender and redeem themselves, sometimes several times. I have also been toying with one that uses nonlethal damage only.


A paladin of Sarenrae with Blade of Mercy was the first thing I thought of. The person who tries to convert others to his views, but in a patient and non-pushy way. Evil has a chance to surrender (except for undead). And he will try to knock people out first and try to convert them instead of killing.

@Nowear: Will we get some PP for the 5 levels with which we can get some items if we like? I ask this because on the P&P game we are doing offline we got 12 pp and fame since they were sort of PFS games as well. It was helpful in getting some potions(fly) and fairly cheap special items.


dotting...Probably a sword and board fighter, or a warpriest, I'll research "tears of the Bitter Manor" and think about it.

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You could also look into a two level cavalier dip for order of the blue rose.

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I started playing in a PBP Tears at Bitter Manor game almost a year ago, but it fell apart once we hit level six. I'd love to give it another go. Here's Captain Andoran. I'll de-level him and make a couple changes and post his updated build. Mutagenic Mauler/Shield Champion.

Sovereign Court

Is this for PFS credit? Or are you just using the std PFS rules for creation?

If this is for PFS, I would like to throw this character's hat in the ring.

lvl 4 monk, 1 dip into witch. (lvl 5 total)


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Kavaki Gossamar wrote:

Is this for PFS credit? Or are you just using the std PFS rules for creation?

If this is for PFS, I would like to throw this character's hat in the ring.

lvl 4 monk, 1 dip into witch. (lvl 5 total)

This is not for PFS. There are a lot of options open that are not part of PFS.


Anything special for the background and personalities of the PCs?


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Elians wrote:
Anything special for the background and personalities of the PCs?

The only thing I can think of is that you were hired by a pair of retired adventures and are meeting them in a fancy inn in Cossomir. It is in western Taldor near the border with Andoran.

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Perfect, I was going a "merc theme" with my guy. I may yet change the class but otherwise that's most of his stats. (That damage is op, lemme tell ya :p) I also haven't decided to take skirmisher archetype or not yet

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Will there be any note worthy numbers of undead/dragons/giants/or constructs in this game?


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rorek55 wrote:
Will there be any note worthy numbers of undead/dragons/giants/or constructs in this game?

There does seem to be a significant number of undead and evil outsiders.


Hhhmmm, undead and evil outsiders? Probably should go with an axe instead of a sword then....;)

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awesome looks like my second FE will be undead. Third EO with the additional +2 going into whatever we have been fighting most. Thanks GM!


Hello, posting intrest! I'd like to ask you- What do you think about Early Entry? Primarily, I've been ITCHING to play a Mystic Theurge- What do you think about early entry? Primarily, I've got a semi-done Half-Elf one, concept wise-

Primarily, this relies on the Drow Magic alternate racial trait- A relatively young half-elf woman, loathed by many, but clever, and fairly inteligent- She hid. She's not particularly notable-

Here, the crunch and fluff are intertwined, so I'll tell you the crunch, then seguway into the fluff-
She'll start out as a level 1 diviner, going into sepretist cleric with the Rune and Trickery domain, then entering the first level of evangelist to gain Disguise and Bluff as class skills, followed by the first level of Mystic Theurge I can get. Mechanically, she'll be a support character, who uses all of her massive spells per day to control the battlefield and buff everyone she can, at the price of most of her own combat ability.

Flavor wise, she'll be quiet. Very quiet. She's not one to talk very loudly, or frequently. But she watches. She sits there, watching.
She listens. She loves information. She loves to know things. She loaths ignorance, and will try to teach all those who she meets.
And, slightly more worrisome, she tries to find everything she can. She's a lover of information, and claws through all the information she can grab- Frequently through means of debatable legality.

As for how she was hired, well, she's been promised information on what's going on in this town, and she wants to know it ALL.


I was in the same Tears at Bitter Manor game that Stephen Rogerson was in, and it was fantastic fun. I'm not applying for this one myself, but I'll second Stephen's application- his character was super cool and fun to play with.


This would be my application, All the crunch is done, have to think something more to add to hte fluff.


Here is a pretty much complete with minor changes possibly to be made.

I took a concept I had for another game, changed it around a bit, and I really like it. He is basically perfect as he was meant to be a merc in the beginning.


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@Iron Vanguard DM, I acknowledge your questions, but will need some time to think on them.

@Elians, you are missing a level. We are starting at level 5.


Also, would you allow me to have some extra tricks for my animal companion? as I would have had chances to teach him new ones.


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Alexander Derrick Lemonte wrote:
Also, would you allow me to have some extra tricks for my animal companion? as I would have had chances to teach him new ones.

If you have an animal companion, I am assuming that you have had the chance to tech him amount allowed by his int plus the bonus tricks granted by any and all class features.


Woof Woof!


This is actually the first game I have got to use an animal companion (either never made it to level 4, or played a archetype that got rid of it)

skill ranks, the listed number under the Animal companion chart, I only get the number of skill points listed, or do I add them onto the others?

(ex. 1hd AC has 2 skill points, 2nd HD has 3, do I get a total of 5, or only 3?)


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Alexander Derrick Lemonte wrote:

This is actually the first game I have got to use an animal companion (either never made it to level 4, or played a archetype that got rid of it)

skill ranks, the listed number under the Animal companion chart, I only get the number of skill points listed, or do I add them onto the others?

(ex. 1hd AC has 2 skill points, 2nd HD has 3, do I get a total of 5, or only 3?)

The skill ranks entry is the total number. However, the skill section shows which are class skills for animal, with the usual bonus. Also, as per PFS an animal companion has a number of hit points equal to 4.5 times his hit dice rounded down.

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Nohwear wrote:
Alexander Derrick Lemonte wrote:

This is actually the first game I have got to use an animal companion (either never made it to level 4, or played a archetype that got rid of it)

skill ranks, the listed number under the Animal companion chart, I only get the number of skill points listed, or do I add them onto the others?

(ex. 1hd AC has 2 skill points, 2nd HD has 3, do I get a total of 5, or only 3?)

The skill ranks entry is the total number. However, the skill section shows which are class skills for animal, with the usual bonus. Also, as per PFS an animal companion has a number of hit points equal to 4.5 times his hit dice rounded down.

so, 4.5x4 +con?


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rorek55 wrote:
Nohwear wrote:
Alexander Derrick Lemonte wrote:

This is actually the first game I have got to use an animal companion (either never made it to level 4, or played a archetype that got rid of it)

skill ranks, the listed number under the Animal companion chart, I only get the number of skill points listed, or do I add them onto the others?

(ex. 1hd AC has 2 skill points, 2nd HD has 3, do I get a total of 5, or only 3?)

The skill ranks entry is the total number. However, the skill section shows which are class skills for animal, with the usual bonus. Also, as per PFS an animal companion has a number of hit points equal to 4.5 times his hit dice rounded down.
so, 4.5x4 +con?

(4.5 +con)x4


fixed it.


Nohwear wrote:
@Elians, you are missing a level. We are starting at level 5.

Ok, already updated.


Here is my submission so far. Need to neaten up, add spells, Adjust for Bloodline and finalize possessions.Adam Destine

Grand Lodge

dotting


picture of Alexander, based him off this haha.

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Budd the C.H.U.D. wrote:
I was in the same Tears at Bitter Manor game that Stephen Rogerson was in, and it was fantastic fun. I'm not applying for this one myself, but I'll second Stephen's application- his character was super cool and fun to play with.

=) It won't be the same without ya, Raf.

This character's all updated to submission specs. Let me know if you have any concerns.


Jolly Roger's application.

I had envisioned a man who has already witnessed some things and battle and was changed because of it.

Let me know what you think or if you want more background.


And crunchy bits for Reda finished up, except for equipment- Now to just finish writing up her fluff. There's some minor changes to how I originally envisioned it- She's significantly nicer in her demenour, but is also far more nosy. Her methods are far less dark, and are more simply making folks run in circles until they finally accidentally provide her the information she wants. She's still VERY MUCH a information gatherer, but far less mean in how she does so.

Also- I need a better last name than Whitewash.

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Crunch is done. Just background to do.

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