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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 4957717" data-attributes="member: 13966">Pyre's ReviewPyre wouldn't have a patron deity yet, at least not that he is aware of.  Only divine casters and similar sorts start this campaign with a known patron deity.  Anyway, the whole basis of the Brightsoul would be partly defeated by knowing your creator right off the bat.Charisma cannot be 21; the max is 18 before racial adjustments, so a Flamekin can only have a 20 Charisma at start.  Either your Strength, Constitution, Intelligence, or Wisdom must be 1 point higher.Grapple bonus should be +2.Note that the morningstar or shortspear could be held two-handed for an extra 1 point of damage.  And please note the shortspear's range increment.  However, see my note below on equipment.Please add the save DC for full immersion in water.  DC 15, +1 per previous round submerged, 1 minute out of water resets the DC.Please add the damage dealt by Heat of the Flames.Please note the save DCs for Surges.  And their useage (Spell, Spell-Like, or Supernatural, as well as uses per day: 1/day, 1/encounter, or at-will).  This will be more important as you advance in level and surges start to change into Sp/Su abilities or as you choose a particular surge more than once for multiple uses per day/encounter.Also, Brightsoul selection of maneuvers is unusual; the effective level of a maneuver or stance for purposes of them learning it is the level at which a Swordsage would be able to learn it; level 1 for a 1st-level maneuver, level 3 for a 2nd-level maneuver, level 5 for a 3rd-level maneuver, level 7 for a 4th-level maneuver, etc.  It's odd, but I suppose it has to do with the per-encounter nature of maneuvers and the at-will nature of stances.Morningstars and shortspears are normally made primarily of wood.  So you'll set them on fire with an Inner-Flame Nova (though it's entirely possible that the items will survive without any damage for a few rounds, due to their hardness and the low damage of IFN at low levels, giving you a chance to snuff them out).  As you get higher in level, the nova will get strong enough to damage the items by itself, and the burning will continue to have a small chance of damaging them each round.Nonetheless, if you want to keep these weapons to start with, that's fine.  They won't burn up too quickly, and the group is filled with smiths, so it's not unlikely that Pyre will be able to acquire a solid metal weapon after a little while.Carried weight is 14 pounds at present.Age should probably be 14 yeras old, effectively.  The PDF gives no mention, but I imagine their lives are somewhat short compared to humans, burning brightly but quickly.  They don't *seem* to be immortal.  So I'm going to consider them to be about the same as half-orcs in age categories.Work out some basic background and appearance description by Monday or Tuesday.  I'll probably start the IC thread around then, or maybe Wednesday.</blockquote>

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