[Calling TRD!!] Obi-Andy's Pathfinder Chronicles [Core 3.5]

[ObiAndy]

Core only could be fun, though I like some of the class options from Unearthed Arcana/the SRD.

I'm considering a rakish explorer type, more interested in the mysterious ruins of the land and the stories that he read from the Pathfinder Chronicles than the niceties of doing so. In some sense like the stereotype of old British explorers (or Franklin Payne from the Arcanum CRPG). Looking at a rogue/arcane caster mix of Chelaxian decent, most likely from Magnimar originally but in Sandpoint to study some of its odd ruins (such as the Old Light).

I think just to keep it simple, I'm only allowing core classes but no variants. I will permit traits/flaws (I reserve final judgement) from UA, but that's all. I just want to keep things as even across the board as I can.

Otherwise, I like the concept you've come up with. I'll add you to the list.

 

[Voda Vosa]

I would like to play a gnome warrior. =D

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Ooh, I'm definitely interested. I've actually got a character I made for a Pathfinder game I didn't get into a while back on another message board. A friend of mine and I made a pair of Chelaxian brothers, one a Conjurer (wizard specialist) and the other a Paladin (I made the conjurer).

I've got a character sheet worked up if you want, but I thought I'd start without:


As a bullet point background, Sethys is the second son of house Darvak, a minor noble house of Chelax. At a young age he went off to study the arcane arts as a wizard and learned from experienced Devil-Binders the school of conjuration. When he got back to his family after his training and apprenticeship, he hung around for a few years, and eventually realized that his father was in good health, his older brother was young and hearty, and there wasn't a chance in hell (no pun intended) that he'd get to amount to anything in the nobility. Tired and bored, he and his brother Makarios, just recently returned from being invested as a Hellknight of the Order of the Nail, decided to travel to colonies and look for adventure, fortune, and if nothing else entertainment and diversion.

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Wrote this up as a sample of Sethys' style, it's from his days in school:

It was nearly midnight when Sethys slipped back into the room, shutting the door quietly behind him. Padding quietly over to his bed, he reached under it and slid his lockpicks and a thin package into the narrow space between frame and mattress. A poor hiding place, but the proctors never bothered to actually search the rooms, they just scanned them for magic each morning. The idea that an apprentice wizard would stoop to using such mundane means didn't cross their minds.

"I don't suppose it ever occurred to you that they'd assume I was in on it if they caught you?" Sethys started, nearly bumping his head on the underside of the bed. Sliding back out, he looked over at the now sitting figure of his roommate.

"Well then, it's a good thing I didn't get caught. Besides, it was worth it." He patted the bedframe almost fondly. "Virak Hellbinder's notes and diary, and it was just sitting in the back of the library, gathering dust. They didn't even have it cataloged properly, it was in a pile marked 'historical, needs shelving'. They'll never notice it was gone." Sethys slid into his bed, pulling the covers up and already planning for when he could next pry a few hours of the day free to steal back to his room and start reading.
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[Scurry]

I would be NMF's aforementioned friend. The Caramon fighty half of the brothers is an idealistic, staid kinda guy. He's got a good heart and intentions, but commits all those unconscious sins of the naive and indoctrinated: arrogance, a slightly patronizing view of others, mild vanity, etc. I'd like to see him grow from being holy to Holy, you know?

It seems prudent to of course ask first whether or not you're even considering Hellknights/aspiring HK novices as viable PCs. The player's guide is maddeningly ambiguous on this, suggesting both that some of the Hellknights are paladins and then that it's an evil organization. (I suppose both could in fact be true?)

Anyway, once I get your answer I'll post a less sketchy character concept & background, tweaked to fit your verdict.

 

[stonegod]

It seems prudent to of course ask first whether or not you're even considering Hellknights/aspiring HK novices as viable PCs. The player's guide is maddeningly ambiguous on this, suggesting both that some of the Hellknights are paladins and then that it's an evil organization. (I suppose both could in fact be true?)

My understanding from the Paizo stuff I've seen is that most are LN, several LE, and the fewest LG.

 

[stonegod]

I have a rough pass on my rogue/wizard gentleman's explorer (rogue at 1st, then working toward arcane trickster); post later tonight.

 

[stonegod]

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[Mark Chance]

Question: Is it permitted to purchase an arcane spell scroll and/or potion with starting funds?

Comment: I've updated my placeholder post above with most of my character.

 

[ObiAndy]

Question: Is it permitted to purchase an arcane spell scroll and/or potion with starting funds?

If you can afford it, absolutely.

I'll look over the sheet tonite.

 

[Yozosafi]

I'm certainly interested. I have a concept written up but have yet to do the crunchy stuff.

What is your cut-off date for submissions?