[D&D4E] Path of Enlightenment [OOC]

[Scotley]

Okay, I made some progress on Ban Lu. Still need to work on rituals and stat out his attacks, but he's pretty much ready to go. I have a couple of questions.

Languages? Are the usual racial languages even available? Maybe Draconic? Will we use common or some form of Chinese as the default language?

What about Deities?

Haven't had a chance to listen to the music clips yet, but it seems like a great idea.

[Voda Vosa]

Helfdan

It sound good too, the choice is yours.

About languages: There are four dialects, each one from each region of the known world, now unified under the Great Empire. One of them is the one used as common.
The northern dialect is known as Fo Ian
The eastern dialect is known as To Ian
The western dialect is known as Mi Ian
The official dialect is the common tongue, the Ti Ian

The four are similar but if you don't have the appropriate dialect, you just can perceive a general idea of what is being spoken.
The town folks of the different regions will probably speak in the dialects, wile people in big cities will speak common.


As for deities, I haven't quite figure it out. Make up a hole pantheon is a work that would take far beyond the time I have. So basically I'm opened to suggestions. As a general idea, I propose to use the deitie's properties and powers in the player's handbook, but with different identities. Like saying The Golden Dragon represents Pelor and his powers and properties, speaking in game mechanics.

[Voda Vosa]

Waiting for Kaoru to move on with the combat at the town wall. Nightbreeze are you around?

[Walking Dad]

Hooray, Brew Potion is now a 1st level ritual, go heavenly alchemist!
(Errata update on WotC site)

[Voda Vosa]

Well if nightbreeze doesn't show up today, I will npc Kaoru this round.
Also, pay attention Ban Lu, you are going in at any moment.

Koryo will have an update too.

WD

Neccesary background notes:

You study alchemy from old scrolls written by ancient alchemists, in the times of the four nations. You have been collecting those scrolls of ancient knowledge for most of your adult life. Today you have three. One describes the way to make potions; another describes the way of making an oil that ignites when exposed to air. The third has a recipe to make a paste. This paste expands and hardens when exposed to air.

Your search is allways stoped when you ran out of money. That force you to work for nobles, lords, secret societies, crime lords, and the list is quite long.
Basicaly you manufacture weapons, alchemical compounds and the like. After you make your job and get paid, you continue your search.

Your last job was in a nobles house, you were contracted to make a chair that propels itself forward. The nobleman’s father was too old to walk, and his temper didn’t allow anyone to carry him in a wheel chair. You worked there for months, and finally made a prototype. For your like, you used too much gunpowder in it. You wished to taste it with a dummy, but the old man insisted to taste it himself. Sufficient is to say that the earth met the air, and the old man met his ancestors. Luckily for you the disaster produced a fair amount of smoke and confusion, and you could escape easily. As you ran away you heard the noble’s promise to pursuit you to the edge of the world.

With that in mind you kept searching for your scrolls in a place a bit far away from the scene.

[Scotley]

Originally Posted by Walking Dad

Hooray, Brew Potion is now a 1st level ritual, go heavenly alchemist!
(Errata update on WotC site)

Interesting. I guess I better read that update more carefully before I select rituals. Thanks for the head's up.

[Voda Vosa]

A sampling trip came out this morning like a nasty cold. I'll be out until monday. I tried to update the IC thread before but En world kept given me those "Data base error" messages, and now I'm out of time to write down the big post with updates for Koryo, combat for the first 3 and introduction for Ban Lu.
Sorry for that, and see you on monday.

[Walking Dad]

Pending - using blocks from another character.

Celestial Alchemist

Stats

Name Player: WD
Human Artificer XP 0 Level 1
Initiative +0 Senses Normal Vision
Passive Insight 13; Passive Perception 13
HP 26; Bloodied 13; Surge Value 6; Surges Per-Day 9
AC 17; Fortitude 14; Reflex 15; Will 13
Speed 6
Alignment Unaligned
Languages ?

Str 13 Dex 11 Wis 12
Con 14 Int 18 Cha 10

Racial Abilities
Bonus At-Will Power; Bonus Feat; Bonus Skill; Human Defense Bonuses

Class Features
Arcane Replenishment, Healing Infusion, Ritual Casting, ritualbook

At-Will Powers
Thundering Armor, Aggrevating Force, ?

Encounter Powers
Spike Wire

Daily Powers
Caustic Rampart

Utility Powers
-

Feats
Ritualist, Alchemy

Skills
Arcane* +9
Diplomacy* +5
Heal* +6
Perception* +6
History* +9
Thievery* +5

Rituals
Make Whole, Brew Potion

Equipment
Standard adventurers pack (15gp), leather armor (25gp), sling (1gp), 2 daggers (2gp), spear (5gp), ritualbook (class feature),

52gp (Bolts, alchemist's fire, ...)

Background

Name: ?
Class: Artificer

Appearance

Neccesary background notes:

You study alchemy from old scrolls written by ancient alchemists, in the times of the four nations. You have been collecting those scrolls of ancient knowledge for most of your adult life. Today you have three. One describes the way to make potions; another describes the way of making an oil that ignites when exposed to air. The third has a recipe to make a paste. This paste expands and hardens when exposed to air.

Your search is allways stoped when you ran out of money. That force you to work for nobles, lords, secret societies, crime lords, and the list is quite long.
Basicaly you manufacture weapons, alchemical compounds and the like. After you make your job and get paid, you continue your search.

Your last job was in a nobles house, you were contracted to make a chair that propels itself forward. The nobleman’s father was too old to walk, and his temper didn’t allow anyone to carry him in a wheel chair. You worked there for months, and finally made a prototype. For your like, you used too much gunpowder in it. You wished to taste it with a dummy, but the old man insisted to taste it himself. Sufficient is to say that the earth met the air, and the old man met his ancestors. Luckily for you the disaster produced a fair amount of smoke and confusion, and you could escape easily. As you ran away you heard the noble’s promise to pursuit you to the edge of the world.

With that in mind you kept searching for your scrolls in a place a bit far away from the scene.

Personality:
Pending

[Helfdan]

I will go ahead and play Wang Chi... I like the mystical feel of the campaign, and can't really wrap my head around the 'kung-fu barbarian' the ranger was turning out to be. So let's see if these guys get to the big city!

[Walking Dad]

The artificer lacks an 3rd at-will to take with the human racial ability.

Could I take Scorching Burst from the wizards list, describing them as some sort of molotov coctail?

[Voda Vosa]

Well I'm back again. Yes, that replacement seems fine, but you should spend materials in that sort of cocktail.

[Walking Dad]

Like the materials in the other artifiers description? Meaning I describing them, and having no access to them, being naked, but not rebuying them every time hitting a shop.

[Voda Vosa]

Scotley:

Get Ban Lu ready! There's the first post for you.
You'll need to equip him. You have 200 gold pieces to use in any equipment you wish. Just don't buy or change your Gun. You'll know why, eventually. Remember you can't buy any metallic armor or shields for now. For weapons, there are only the ones we have mentioned early, and bows and crossbows. When you finish him up, post him in the RG

[Scotley]

Voda

Just going to buy some leather armor, a crossbow and maybe some ritual supplies. I have to travel for work tomorrow, but I'll get him up as quick as I can. I got a post up and will try to get one in tomorrow if at all possible.

[Voda Vosa]

Originally Posted by Walking Dad

Like the materials in the other artifiers description? Meaning I describing them, and having no access to them, being naked, but not rebuying them every time hitting a shop.

I didn't quite understood what you said, but I meant that you will start with certain amount of material and you must buy/collect/steal/craft more when you run out of them. I thought you could craft it like an alchemical compound.

[Walking Dad]

Sorry I will try to be more understandable. From the DDI:

COMPONENTS
Your weapons, implements, and other gear are inscribed with runes and mystic patterns. You carry esoteric reagents and materials, along with tiny crafted objects that you use to create your artifices (see below). Eventually, you also pack a large number of magic items. If you don’t have what you need, you can transmute mundane materials into components. After an extended rest, you craft, imbue, or prepare the objects and compounds you need to use your powers for the day.

It is assumed that an artificer has enough 'raw' material with him for the adventure. I will surely roleplay picking up some ingridients and throwing the exploding bottle, but they have nor real gold value, unlike the materials needed in 'Rituals'.

[Voda Vosa]

I was speaking of this exactly "I will surely roleplay picking up some ingridients..."

[Voda Vosa]

Helfdan

Neccesary background notes
At the age of 23 years you are an imperial officer, a title that invest you with honor and glory, and one that you carry with pride. Although you tasks as such are not more noble than “Guard a door” or “Patrol the village” you still remember the greatness of the Capital city. It’s people, distinguished noble man, among them, your master in the martial arts, a disciple himself, of Lu Ian Sin, the Dancing sword. He was a severe man, but a good master. Through discipline you learned the ways of [your choised weapon] and step close to the path enlightenment.
But your way to greatness ended there, since then, you didn’t do anything greater than catch a chicken thief or stop a tavern fight. You were assigned with a group of your peers to the distant village of Iron Hill, a town built at the feet of the grey-picked Iron Mountains. The town itself was small and scattered, many of it’s inhabitants lived of husbandry and mining in the mountains. Your master once said “Where there is nothing to steal, there will be no crime, and people will live in the peace of the poor” A blunt statement for an imperial officer, but truth, nonetheless. This town was more peaceful than the seven heavens themselves.

You can equip yourself with armor and a weapon of your choice. You’ll have a symbol of the empire and papers that accredited you as an imperial officer. Additionally you’ll have 300 gp worth in the equipment you wish, with no restrictions (think of potions or something, a ranged weapon could prove useful). I would rather not see a shield wielding paladin (to western) but it’s up to you.

[Voda Vosa]

Helfdan and WD, get your characters ready, since you'll start as soon as you have them finished. I decided to make you play your own mini adventures before you all get together, just like Ban Lu and Koryo are doing.

[Walking Dad]

Celestial Alchemist

Stats

Name Ziang Yu Player: WD
Human Artificer XP ? Level 2
Initiative +1 Senses Normal Vision
Passive Insight 13; Passive Perception 17
HP 31; Bloodied 15; Surge Value 7; Surges Per-Day 9
AC 18; Fortitude 15; Reflex 16; Will 14
Speed 6
Alignment Unaligned
Languages ?

Str 13 Dex 11 Wis 12
Con 14 Int 18 Cha 10

Racial Abilities
Bonus At-Will Power; Bonus Feat; Bonus Skill; Human Defense Bonuses

Class Features
Arcane Replenishment, Healing Infusion, Ritual Casting, ritualbook

At-Will Powers
Thundering Armor, Aggrevating Force, Scorching Burst

Encounter Powers
Repair Object
Spike Wire

Daily Powers
Caustic Rampart

Utility Powers
Restorative Infusion

Feats
Ritualist, Alchemy, Jack of All Trades

Skills
Arcane* +10
Diplomacy* +6
Heal* +7
Perception* +7
History* +10
Thievery* +6

Rituals
Make Whole, Brew Potion

Equipment
Standard adventurers pack (15gp), leather armor (25gp), crossbow (25gp), sling (1gp), 2 daggers (2gp), spear (5gp), ritualbook (class feature), Residium (15gp), 10 empty fasks (3gp), 20 sling bullets (1gp), 20 bolts (1gp), Recipes: (Alchemist's Fire, Tanglefoot Bag) (170gp), Tanglefootbag lev 2 (25gp)

13gp still to spend

Background

Name: Ziang Yu
Class: Artificer

Appearance

Background:

My name is Ziang Yu. I'm a scientist in the years that most call 'The Times of the Four Nations'. My mainsource of knowledge are old scrolls, written by ancienct alchemist. By now, I have collected three recipes: 'Blazing Oil', 'Draught of Life' and 'Grappling Tar'.
I finance my exporations by working for fancy nobles, lords, secret societies, crime lords, and the list is quite long. The things you make range from weapons to 'stamina' pills.

Everything was good, as I earned enough money to continue my researches. But then I took a contract with a noble to make a chair that propels itself forward. The nobleman’s father was too old to walk, and his temper didn’t allow anyone to carry him in a wheel chair.
The ignorable cretins hurried my work and objected more tests. I was only mildly surprised that the test-run ended with the nobleman’s father joining his ancestors. I the end, I got my test-dummy...

In the accompanying smoke and confusion I made my way far from the reach of the noble's revenge.
That's how I ended here.

And what is your story?


Personality:
Proud and intelligent, shyness is not one of his flaws.
He is very inventive, but tends to repeat tactics, that sound 'good'.
("Perhaps it just was not enough blackpowder...")
In fights he prefers to use his arcane/alchemical formulas for ranged combat and to heal his companions.