airwalkrr's Rise of the Runelords (OOC)

[Shayuri]

Torn between a lightning blaster sorceror and a fey enchanter/illusionist...

Wunna the two.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

I'm tentatively going with Zen Archer Monk, planning to switch to Fighter in a few levels. Crunch is posted, but I'd like to run my plans for future advancement by our illustrious GM to make sure I'm understanding the restrictions and not counting on things I shouldn't .

 

[kinem]

Thanks AW. Looking forward to playing with you all.

I'll go with a half-orc summoner.

 

[airwalkrr]

[MENTION=29558]Mowgli[/MENTION], at what level were you planning to switch to fighter? If you plan to wait a few levels, chances are you'll earn enough favor and influence with the powers that be by the end of the first adventure, which will have you guys around 4th level. By PBP standards, that's a long way off, but at that point you'll have some downtime which will allow you to get the training for the Archer archetype for fighter. If that doesn't answer your question, could you be more specific?

[MENTION=11520]Scotley[/MENTION] and [MENTION=24234]kinem[/MENTION], I'm still waiting for you guys to accept the OP invite. I just sent reminders.

I'm just about ready to get the campaign started, which means as soon as characters are posted and reviewed, we're good to go.

 

[airwalkrr]

Taking a quick tally of the what the party is looking like right now:

kinem: half-orc summoner
Mowgli: zen archer monk/archer fighter
Shayuri: lightning sorcerer or fey enchanter/illusionist
Scotley: rogue
J. Alexander: TBD
rangerjohn: fighter or cleric

Also, [MENTION=28453]J. Alexander[/MENTION], I am still waiting on a PM with your OP screen name or email so I can send you an invite.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Mowgli, at what level were you planning to switch to fighter? If you plan to wait a few levels, chances are you'll earn enough favor and influence with the powers that be by the end of the first adventure, which will have you guys around 4th level. By PBP standards, that's a long way off, but at that point you'll have some downtime which will allow you to get the training for the Archer archetype for fighter. If that doesn't answer your question, could you be more specific?

It does, thanks. I'm planning on 4 levels of Monk and going fighter with the rest, and may end up not even taking the Archer archetype - just gotta do a little looking ahead to see. In that case, crunch is ready for review as-is on the OP site. I'll get some fluff up this weekend when I've got a little more time to think about it, but basically he'll be a Shaonti who was taken in by a Szarni family (hence the campaign trait). I'll need to adjust his age upwards a little to account for all of his life events. I'm actually planning on moving him from LN into NG as the campaign progresses, if I can find a way to support that with the IC drama. Even though he's got a shortbow currently, his specialization will be longbow. Monks just don't get enough starting gold to buy one . I'll have to figure out how to get one IC.

EDIT: Reconsidering Rapid Shot as a first level feat - will likely take something else. Between that and the starting age, please hold off for a bit on review. I'll probably get him completed this evening.

 

[airwalkrr]

It does, thanks. I'm planning on 4 levels of Monk and going fighter with the rest, and may end up not even taking the Archer archetype - just gotta do a little looking ahead to see. In that case, crunch is ready for review as-is on the OP site. I'll get some fluff up this weekend when I've got a little more time to think about it, but basically he'll be a Shaonti who was taken in by a Szarni family (hence the campaign trait). I'll need to adjust his age upwards a little to account for all of his life events. I'm actually planning on moving him from LN into NG as the campaign progresses, if I can find a way to support that with the IC drama. Even though he's got a shortbow currently, his specialization will be longbow. Monks just don't get enough starting gold to buy one . I'll have to figure out how to get one IC.

EDIT: Reconsidering Rapid Shot as a first level feat - will likely take something else. Between that and the starting age, please hold off for a bit on review. I'll probably get him completed this evening.

Sounds good!

 

[Shayuri]

Hragh! I am torn. My elemental sorceror has a good story and a personal motivation and goal that hooks well...

My fey sorceror isn't as mechanically complex, and the gnome mechanics really seem to fit with this AP well from the limited extent I can discern...but I don't really have a good 'hook' into the story with that one. Why is this gnome interested in Thassilon? Why come to Sandpoint? It'd make sense for a wizard, or for someone who has ambitions, but this character is neither...

Gnawing on my forearm. Thought you should know.

I will try to bite through to the bone and have something up later tonight.

 

[airwalkrr]

Since we are now working on character generation and the campaign is almost ready to begin, I would like each player to present me with a short statement of what they hope to get out of the campaign. For example, are you looking for challenging combats to test your characters' mettles? Do you want to explore a region of Golarion you haven't seen much of before? Would you enjoy a lot of roleplaying and investigation? Do you just enjoy the thrill and excitement of not knowing what is coming next? That sort of thing. I want to get an idea of what people expect out of the campaign so that I can plan pacing and encounters accordingly, as well as make plans for how much to nudge your characters in the right direction. This is an Adventure Path after all, with a clear endpoint and goal (although that endpoint might not be immediately obvious). If you guys enjoy storytelling and roleplaying a lot, I will pace the campaign so that there is plenty of time for that. But if you guys are more interested in the challenges of battle and wits, I can gloss over a lot of those details. I expect all of you enjoy role-playing to certain degree, as play-by-post tends to attract that sort of player, but PBP players still come in all different stripes. So I'd like to know what you expect and hope to get out of the game.

I will say that as a GM, I enjoy both the tactical combat and role-playing aspects of RPGs equally. I like to role-play even minor encounters, such as flirting with a tavern wench or haggling with a merchant over the price of goods, as they add flavor to the world and invest your characters in their mission by building ties to NPCs. But I also like to run battles to the hilt, using all available tactics of the bad guys to their fullest potential without pulling punches. That said, I do try to accommodate the desires of the players so that there is a happy medium between my style and theirs. So it is very helpful to me to get an idea of your expectations so that we can all have a great time.

I also want to say that this will be my first time running a campaign in the Golarion campaign setting. I have a little bit of experience as a player in Pathfinder Society, but I am largely ignorant of many of the nuances of the world. So I cannot promise that my presentation of the setting will always fit with what you may otherwise know about the world. I don't own the Golarion setting book, so most of my knowledge of the world will be based on what is contained within the Adventure Path itself. So if you are very familiar with Golarion, my presentation of things might be a little bit different from what you are used to. For the last six or seven years my tabletop games have been run almost exclusively in the Eberron campaign setting, so I am sort of in an Eberron mindset and that might bleed over from time to time. So if I get a few details wrong, I only ask that you try to overlook them and accept that I will be doing the best I can to try to stay true to what I know of the setting. Golarion does seem to have a certain appeal to me and one of the reasons I am running this campaign is that I want to experience a new world.

I hope this will be a fun experience for all of us and I am really looking forward to it!

 

[Scotley]

I have responded to the OP invite and have a rough draft of my human Rogue posted. I decided to go with the Core Only Option. Rogues right out of the box are pretty interesting and have considerable options.

As for my expectations of the game. I guess I am a gamest at my core. I just like playing. Competing, fighting, solving problems, getting to the bottom of the mysteries. I do enjoy getting into character for that and doing the roleplay that goes along with it. I sometimes come up with unusual solutions to problems. I have a fairly stressful and demanding career and a busy family life, so gaming is a bit of escapism for me as well. A chance to have a little fun between meetings and dealing with various crises that arise day and night. I don't have time to play face to face with any regularity any more so I do rely on pbp games to get my fix.

I should note that I am taking a short vacation for fall break and I may do little or no posting from Sunday to Thursday. I plan to finish my character before that. I am expecting it will take a little longer for everyone else to get ready.