[4e] covaithe's E1: Death's Reach

[CaBaNa]

Ren, I noticed you have a mount and such, but not the mounted combat feat. Was that on purpose? Also, Would you like Massacre to make room for your mount in his teleportation circle?

 

[covaithe]

*Facepalm* Looks like I'm a chronic name klepto. I just realized that naming Sarenax's cathedral the Chapel of Death's Reach is really not original at all, given that it's the name of the game. Gah. I can change it, though I suppose it might be kind of appropriate. Grrr, I really need to be more careful to remember when I recycle names.

Haha, yeah, I missed that, too. I haven't gone through your char in detail yet. Calling your domain "Death's Reach"... won't really work in this game.

Oh, just wanted to ask Covaithe if I could take a lvl 21 instead of 22 item and use the difference in gold (100k) to spend on other items?

Yeah, that's ok. Oni, I think you're in the same boat, you took a 19 instead of a 20 item, yes?

 

[covaithe]

covaithe: Good catch, somewhere along the line I got it in my mind the starting point buy was 21 not 22. Starting array should have been str:16, dex: 12, con:10, int:8, wis:12, chr:26. Which means I didn't have to take dual implement spellcasting at 21, so I'll have swapped paragon defenses or robust defenses instead if that's alright.

Yes, that's fine.

 

[renau1g]

Ren, I noticed you have a mount and such, but not the mounted combat feat. Was that on purpose? Also, Would you like Massacre to make room for your mount in his teleportation circle?

Yes. Thanks for noticing, I'm still changing a couple of things.

I'll post my changes shortly. He'll be a nightmare riding tough ass mofo

 

[renau1g]

All right, updated my PC with all the stat stuff, now just need to flesh out his story and should be good to go. http://www.enworld.org/forum/4864602-post138.html

I've tried to make him tough to kill and tough to hold down. He's got a bunch of HP (although not as much as an ES warden) and can hopefully lockdown large portions of the field.

 

[covaithe]

Covaithe - I have a couple more questions. Would it be reasonable to assume that the Raven Queen speaks to Sarenax occassionally, in some fashion? Not face-to-face in Letherna, but perhaps through an avatar or exarch, or as a disembodied voice? I've left the communication between RQ and Sarenax vague enough in his backstory that it could be audible communication or something more subtle, but I just want to know for reference.

Yes, that's fine. I'm thinking of direct visitation by a servant one step below an exarch. You'll work your way up.

On the character sheet:

You need to pick one more trained skill off the cleric list.

Black Feather of the Raven Queen's power should do 2 damage, not 3, yes?

The character builder claims that all your Implement powers with the Black Feather do +10 damage instead of +8. I'm scratching my head trying to figure out where the other +2 comes from. Any ideas? I'm starting to think it's a bug.

CB also claims that Divine Power heals you 5 from Healer's Lore, on the basis that it has the healing keyword, I guess. Not what I would have guessed, but not ridiculous... By that logic, the Gloves of the Healer property would apply too, for another 1d6.

Dragon's breath should be 3d6+2 damage.

Other than that, things look good. Background is fine, aside from the name of the cathedral.

 

[Lord Sessadore]

Good catches, Cov.

You're right with the Black Feather power and Dragon Breath. One of the downsides of not using the CB - when I made little changes to ability scores, I didn't catch all the numbers that change.

I'll pick up Arcana for the cleric skill; should help a lot with rituals. When I switched background bonuses I forgot that it only put Bluff on my class list, got thinking it gave me training instead.

Not sure why it thinks +10 damage for the implement powers ... I don't recall taking anything that enhanced implement damage, so I think it's a bug. Maybe it's counting the Iron Armbands?

Shall I add 1d6+5 healing for Divine Power then? By that logic, Divine Armor should get the same bonus, and Raven Queen's Blessing should heal 1d6 extra hp, correct?

I also swapped out Epic Resurgence for Epic Reflexes, so I don't have that nasty 2X in my defenses line

How does Chapel of the Reaper's Harvest sound? And communication with a just-below-exarch is fine, I didn't mean to seem presumptuous there I was basically just checking to make sure you were ok with him having verbal communication with RQ or some divine agent of hers on occasion.

Edit: In case it wasn't clear, I fixed the things pointed out by Cov. Other than the bonus healing thing. Sheet is here.

 

[stonegod]

As for background integration with Batin: Being the subtle type, it is likely he's had either infrequent but important contact (the time he helped Massacre with his mental state) or frequent but less noticed contact (in the background of several of Sarenax's ascension); you know, one of those "don't I recognize you?" sort of appearances. Just a thought.

 

[Oni]

Yeah, that's ok. Oni, I think you're in the same boat, you took a 19 instead of a 20 item, yes?

Alrighty then, I used the extra bit of gold to add a ring of feather fall. I can totally picture him jumping down from tall places and landing all Hulk style.

 

[renau1g]

As a quick aside would you be able to set-up a RG for the game cov?

I am trying to meld my backstory through the others, but it's kind of hard to flip between pages.