Air Pirates: Episode 1: The Revenge of The Air Pirates:FULL!

[Pyrex]

Pyrex, feel free to join the fun!

Excellent, I'll start fleshing out the in-progress concept I posted.

 

[Blackrat]

I was thinking that I'd take Assassin PRC when we level up. Gipp qualifies for the requirements but I thougt that I should ask you about this before making any plans.

 

[Shayuri]

Mmm good point.

I'm looking at the Thaumaturge PrC for later on, myself. That okay?

 

[Mellubb]

I will put my character together tonight. I will post it in the Rogue's Gallery.
Note: I plan to go for the Mind Bender PrC from Complete Arcane. I meet all prereqs and will take 1st level at next level.

How many people in the party?

 

[WarlockLord]

Looks like 11 or 12 in the party.

I am fine with the PrCs.

We start Saturday. If you don't have a finished character in the RG, you're not in.

 

[Pyrex]

Two possibly related questions about char gen:

1) You note 8,750 for gear, what is the max we should be looking to spend on a single item? (I ask because I was pondering an 2nd level Eternal Wand)

2) How would you rule Wand/Scroll castings of Spiritual Weapon? The attack bonus of the weapon is explicitly decoupled from Caster Level (specifically based on the caster's BAB and WIS scores).

I'm not sure if allowing the caster to override the hypothetical base value is too strong...

 

[Zoycitenega]

Slight problem with starting on saturday - I'm leaving for New York tomorrow, and won't be home until monday evening(7 pm, eastern time). Is this a problem?

 

[WarlockLord]

1)4,325 fo one item.

2)Minimum BAB (+3) and Wis (12). They use Wis at 12 for DCs, so I figure...

Ok, Zoycitenega, we'll wait till Tuesday.

 

[Pyrex]

I need to write some background yet, but mechanically Athelstan is ready for review.

Y'all let me know if you have any thoughts.

 

[Mellubb]

I am dropping out too. This just is not shaping out the way I thought.

 

[pathfinderq1]

It is awfully quiet around here, after such ferocious initial activity. It looks like we've had a few departures already- who is still in? From what is posted in the RG thread, we look to be a little heavy on the spellcaster side, and a little light on the skill/sneak/HTH combat end- while our undead may help a bit with the fighting, we could use another skill monkey or frontline fighter type, I think. Anybody else have any thoughts, or want to do a little team development while we're waiting for the show to start?

 

[Bloodweaver1]

Is the position "Mr. Freindly" still available?

Going to go with a Changling rogue/wizard (enchanter) or some variant of. Definately sticking with a changling though. DM - is there anything specific in your campaign (like feats, skills, guilds, contacts) that can help me flesh out this character? SHould have something up relatively soon.

-Blood

 

[WarlockLord]

Yeah, sure, go for it. I haven't really thought of guilds, etc (you're pirates. Most respectable traders stay FAR away) but there is a secret pirate port off the north coast of Xendrik. You can buy virtually anything there. It would be a good place for black market or otherwise disreputable contacts.

Hope this helps.

 

[EvolutionKB]

Anybody else have any thoughts, or want to do a little team development while we're waiting for the show to start?

Well, Thirian's general combat style will be to attack using intimidating strike, hopefully making them shaken, and then cursing them(if it is a major opponent). My combat panche feat will used whenever possible. Personality wise he is LE, but the crew doesn't have to fear him turning on them. He is a likeable person, but he can be ruthless. Prisoners are better robbed and them ransomed than killed. However sometimes making them disappear is the only option.

 

[Blackrat]

Gipp is still in too. He'll be staying behind the first line whenever possible. When not possible he'll be using your usual get out of sight, cut some arteries, tumble to flank, get out of sight, cut some arteries... manuevers. I think at the moment his the only skill mongrel sneaky bastard we have.

 

[Voda Vosa]

Vazin will be mostly shooting frightful eldrich blasts. With his great range (with eldrich spear) he could easily target an enemy ship crewman. If an enemy engage him in melee, the summon swarm invocation will give the attacker something to worry about.

 

[Drerek]

Tenentet is waiting for action also. His main spells are buffers and debuffers, although his CL 5 MM wand is good combat support.

 

[Gyojin]

Marius will probaly shine more out of combat than in(with his divination spells, of course), but he will use spells like Fell Weaken Magic Missile and Ray of Exhastion to tire a foe, and then grapple and punch them to death. Works well against mages, too. He also has true strike, which will allow his rays to hit without problems.

 

[Pyrex]

Athelstan is decent in melee, but will mostly be casting spells and directing his minions (and creating new ones via Animate Dead and/or Fell Animate)

 

[pathfinderq1]

So from the looks of things, we have 1-2 primary melee types (our captain and the half-ogre psi warrior, augmented by undead minions), one skill/sneaky type, and a full load of caster types. I'm still a bit uneasy with this mix, as it leans rather heavily on the minions- while some of the casters may not be totally at a loss in sustained combat, most of them probably won't be exactly thrilled either.

With both a warlock and a warmage on board, I might be willing to sub out my psion/blaster concept in favor of another HTH type, if the other players and the GM think that might work better. Or we could just go for it, hoping that our minions and caster-heavy crew roster are up to the task. Thoughts?

If I go for a combat type, it would probably be either a straight-up monk, or a dual-weapon Fighter type- something a bit closer to pirate/swashbuckler style than a plate-and-shield tank.