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Using the Pathfinder RPG Beta rules (free download!) with the following variants:
- 20 point buy (see the first chapter of the rules)
- starting hit points are Constitution + Con modifer + maximum class hit die.
Other options:
-Scribe Scroll becomes Craft Spell-Completion Item. Mechanically identical, but you can choose the form that the item takes.
-Brew Potion becomes Craft Single-Use Item. Again, mechanically identical but you choose the form that the item takes. These allow for a bit of customisation to your crafter-type casters.
Download the (free) players guide PDF from paizo.com, use any options therein that you like including traits to align your character background with the campaign start.
Posting guidelines:
- Choose a colour for IC speech.
- Generally in my games I do the dice rolling (using the engine at Pen, Paper and Pixel) but I don't complain if you give me Invisible Castle rolls sometimes.
Houserules
- I'm using the "fast" experience rate from the Pathfinder Beta rules.
- I'm using the Disabled and Dying variant from Arcana Evolved. You are Disabled between 0 hp and your Con modifier as a negative number (if modifier is normally positive). If you have a Con higher than 10, you are Dying until you reach -Con hit points. The Half-Orc Ferocity racial trait increases your Disabled range by 1.
Example: Con 14 (+2 mod) means you are Disabled between 0 and -2 hp, Dying from -3 to -14 hp, and dead from -15 hp onwards. If you have Ferocity, you would be Disabled between 0 and -3 hp, Dying between -4 and -14 hp.
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I told myself once I got back into pbp games I would only commit to one or two so I could keep up with them. I've been waiting for something good. This looks like this is it. I'm in. My character choice is flexible depending upon what others play, but I am leaning towards cleric.
Hi, Dr Si! You do amazing things in your other games
And I really like Paizo adventures. I had taken a look at the CotCT Player's guide and this sounds like a real fun game
Not sure what I will play (I really like the new sorcerer and wizard options, but don't want to double roles). Probably fighter, rogue or druid. What is most needed
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Well I have been looking to trying out a fighter under the pathfinder rules, but if Walking Dad wants the role I would also be delighted to run a bard. I might even lean towards bard a little - especailly if we are a decent sized party.
Plus I am a big fan of the Piazo adventures and never seem to get to run in them by various quirks of fate. Touch wood I won't jinx this one!
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Dr. Si, thanks for making the house rules simple. KISS isn't just a great rock band.
I think I will go ahead with the cleric, as they are always welcome. Is it first-come, first-served or do you have some other criteria for picking the players? I will take a look at the Player's Guide and come back with some character decisions. I will probably play a dwarf. I haven't played very many dwarves.
I think it'll be first come first served to a certain degree, although those of you who've expressed an interest above works out to about the right number (I've found that one or two people usually drop out right away so it's best to over-recruit a bit to begin with).
Re: Pathfinder character types, I like how they've made each class quite appealing with the various new options. I'd find it difficult to choose what to play.
To answer Shayuri's question, I've only got the first part so far (which will probably take a while to go through in PbP!) but it's a mix of fight, talk and investigate. The campaign overall seems quite heavily city-based with a bit of intrigue, and dealings both with the high and mighty and dirty low-lifes. I was tempted to convert it to Conclave since the city-setting of Korvosa is quite similar to Llaza, but I'm going to run it out of the box to save work.
Airwalkrr: Cleric is good. I'm going to use the Golarian religions (that are in both the beta rules and the player's guide) so choose one from there.
Halford: Two fighters would work if you and WD both wanted to play one - front-line meat-shields are always useful in a Paizo adventure path! (Although I'm liking the barbarian rage options...). But bard is cool too.
Brief campaign setting summary for those who have not yet read the PG:
Korvosa is a sprawling city, roughly 300 years old settled by the old Chelaxian Empire. The Empire may have crumbled, but the former colony remains vibrant, a city of extreme wealth and extreme poverty. The majority of the human population are of Chelaxian descent (kind of European as far as I can tell) although many are now of mixed descent with the indigenous Varisian humans (kind of Romany Gypsy). Full Varisians are treated with suspicion as thieves and witches. The city was originally won from land settled by the Shoanti humans (kind of Native Americans), and Korvosa Castle is built upon the remains of an ancient Shoanti pyramid.
The rulership of Korvosa is considered something of a curse - the Curse of the Crimson Throne. No ruler of Korvosa has ever died of old age or left a clear line of succession. The current king, Eodred II, is old and, as rumour go, sick from an incurable illness. Everyone is poised to see what will happen when the old king finally succumbs to the Curse. Eodred is notorious for his love (or lust) of much younger women - his current (and only) Queen Ileosa is about a third of his age and although formerly unpopular due to her haughty demeanour towards Korvosa has garnered some sympathy as the devoted wife of an ailing man.
But all this is way above the sphere of your characters who all share one thing in common - a petty criminal by the name of Gaedon Lamm. Lamm is a bit player in the underworld of Korvosa, but an unpleasant* one nonetheless. He deals in the mind-bending drug known as "shiver", and has ruined many lives with it. He keeps a stable of orphans, known as his "Little Lamms" that he uses to steal for him to fund his business. The Little Lamms are not treated kindly. He has his fingers in other minor scams as well, a bit of extortion, a bit of blackmail, a bit of kidnapping. Most of this affects only the poor and dregs of society, so the city watch have neither the time nor the inclination to do anything about him. At some point in your past, Lamm has affected either you or somebody close to you (see Traits section of the Player's Guide). As the campaign begins, someone decides that it is time for payback....
*Or as the PG and the adventure would have it, "despicable". This is repeated every other mention of Lamm, like the epiphet in an epic poem. Fleet-Footed Achilleus, Wily Oddyseus, Steady Old Vainamoinen, Despicable Gaidon Lamm.
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Hmm, no duskblade I'm afraid as I don't have the supplement with that in. I *might* be persuaded to use the Arcana Evolved Mage Blade although it would need some work to blend it with the Pathfinder rules (not much, but enough). On a related note, humans in Pathfinder get proficiency with any one martial weapon of their choice, so you could find it easier to create a sword-wielding spellcaster.
__________________ New from The Lazy GM: Book of Brutes. 400+ stat blocks of Big, Dumb and Ugly. The Lazy GM Series. Pre-generated monster stats for the discerning adventurer. The World of Conclave. Innovative (and free) webworld for d20.
From the CoTC Player's Guide? Crossbow Mastery? Yeah, happy with that. The crossbow-wielding dwarf ranger seems to be one of the Pathfinder iconics
@ Neurotic: I don't mind duskblade if you can send me the details, it's just that I don't have it to hand. It'll need a bit of tweaking to align it with the changes in PF, but probably not much, it's not a hugely different system to 3.5
__________________ New from The Lazy GM: Book of Brutes. 400+ stat blocks of Big, Dumb and Ugly. The Lazy GM Series. Pre-generated monster stats for the discerning adventurer. The World of Conclave. Innovative (and free) webworld for d20.
I'd love to get in on this if there's still room; I like what I've seen of the Pathfinder system. Only a dozen posts in the thread so far but it already seems full up.
If there's room however, I have to admit I was intrigued by Dr Simon's mention of Arcana Evolved. I'd love to try a Faen, possibly as a warlock or a dragonfire adept if possible. I've been hoping to play such a character for a good long while now, but it isn't every DM's cup of tea.
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