Carrion Crown AP (The Deadwatchers) - OOC

[Shayuri]

Just post or PM the changeling stuff when you can, and I'll swap it out for the human stuff...and that should be about all I need.

A question on these 'spice' items though, while I wait. What's a good guideline for choosing these? Is there a gp value? Or perhaps a suggested list?

 

[HolyMan]

A spice item should be anything you could have purchased but you need not pay for it.

Like with the scimitar jackslate45 has. It couldn't have been a repeating heavy crossbow as that costs to much. And it need not be a weapon or armor it can be a ring, a necklace, or an article of clothing. A book or a favorite pipe. Something unique to your character.

The spice item will grow in benefit as a person advances in lvl. It will be a way for me to...

A) Help keep a character caught up with Wealth by level.

and

B) Give a little more to the RP as it should have a reason/story behind it.

Something I hoped everyone would have fun with.

HM

 

[Shayuri]

Okay, I was thinking of this...

My character suffered nightmares when she was growing...strange, surreal visions of terrible places full of monsters. Her father encouraged her to either write about these, or...as she wound up doing...draw them and name them. He told her that by doing this, she would make the monsters 'hers,' and they wouldn't be able to scare her anymore.

Of course, it turned out the visions were of other planes, and the monsters were 'real' creatures on those planes. So now this book she made is a kind of focus she uses to summon and control those creatures. Technically she doesn't HAVE to have it...she just likes it.

So what kind of item would be appropriate for this kind of book, or perhaps the quill used to draw in the book?

I was thinking the quill could be a wand of some kind, but that's not a very permanent item...

Any ideas?

 

[Cyansylph]

Would a piece of armor that is rumored to be fashioned after the copy retained in the FirstVault be a reasonable spice item?

 

[Cyansylph]

Okay, I was thinking of this...

My character suffered nightmares when she was growing...strange, surreal visions of terrible places full of monsters. Her father encouraged her to either write about these, or...as she wound up doing...draw them and name them. He told her that by doing this, she would make the monsters 'hers,' and they wouldn't be able to scare her anymore.

Of course, it turned out the visions were of other planes, and the monsters were 'real' creatures on those planes. So now this book she made is a kind of focus she uses to summon and control those creatures. Technically she doesn't HAVE to have it...she just likes it.

So what kind of item would be appropriate for this kind of book, or perhaps the quill used to draw in the book?

I was thinking the quill could be a wand of some kind, but that's not a very permanent item...

Any ideas?

What if the quill acted as a wand of Cure Eidolon - lesser, regular and greater as level appropriate.

 

[HolyMan]

I would say you could have both as they work in tandem. So on your sheet put Quill (no cost, no weigh) and Portfolio (no cost, weighs .5lb)

Later I could have the quill become a wand of monster summoning (types to advance) as Elizabeth draws in the air sparkling magic is left behind then a creature just like the outline appears in the area.

The book could be drawings of your eidolon in different evolutions and also other monsters to summon. Use like a scroll at low lvls maybe. Then when higher it might grant you other benefits losing the lower lvl ones.

Just off the top of my head will know more as we play and I finally read the adventures.

HM

 

[HolyMan]

Would a piece of armor that is rumored to be fashioned after the copy retained in the FirstVault be a reasonable spice item?

What are you saying you have one piece of armor and the rest is somewhere else? Definitely spice.

A copy you mean a non magical suit that would be hard as it would need to be either scale or chainmail. Although a suit of chainmail could slowly become Celestial Armor as you advance. Darn 25gp more and it could have been a breastplate.

HM

 

[Cyansylph]

I would say you could have both as they work in tandem. So on your sheet put Quill (no cost, no weigh) and Portfolio (no cost, weighs .5lb)

Later I could have the quill become a wand of monster summoning (types to advance) as Elizabeth draws in the air sparkling magic is left behind then a creature just like the outline appears in the area.

The book could be drawings of your eidolon in different evolutions and also other monsters to summon. Use like a scroll at low lvls maybe. Then when higher it might grant you other benefits losing the lower lvl ones.

Just off the top of my head will know more as we play and I finally read the adventures.

HM

Summoner's already get to cast Summon Creature as a supernatural ability and a standard action and it advances with their level (capping at summon IX or Gate at level 17). Daily uses is 3+ CHA mod.

Maybe the Quill/Book could allow you to change your eidolon's feats/skill ranks when it changes forms at each new level? This is something which is normally not allowed, but would get better as you level.

 

[Shayuri]

I'll put down the quill and portfolio. No need to worry too much about what they do right away.

The drawing in midair thing was how I was planning on doing her summons all this time, interestingly enough.

All of this 'dream' imagery is making me think perhaps Liz is the daughter of a Night Hag after all.

 

[Cyansylph]

What are you saying you have one piece of armor and the rest is somewhere else? Definitely spice.

A copy you mean a non magical suit that would be hard as it would need to be either scale or chainmail. Although a suit of chainmail could slowly become Celestial Armor as you advance. Darn 25gp more and it could have been a breastplate.

HM

I'm finally in front of a keyboard instead of typing on my phone; let's see if i can flesh out my idea a little better.

Well, I would like to take the Rich Parents trait, but tailored to the campaign/character maybe call it Rich Temple - and have this be the origin of my spice item as well. As the sole remaining paladin based out of the temple of Abadar in the city of Eranmas, nation of Molthune, the temple places alot of trust and respect in me.

One of the clerics had a dream where he saw The Lawgiver embarking from our own temple in Eranmas and setting forth for the lands of Ustalav. In this dream The Lawgiver was wearing an ornate set of half-plate. As he journeyed, hands clawed at him from the ground, scratching and scraping the armor but it continued to gleam with not a scratch on it. He saw this dream as a miracle and commissioned a suit of half-plate to be hung in the temple as a holy symbol and reminder of Abadar's blessing and protection.

Some time, later, I received this summon to Ustalav for the professor's funeral, and the temple thinks that these two events must be connected. The dream of The Lawgiver in gleaming armor, was foretelling my summons, and it is only appropriate that the temple bless this newly commissioned armor and bestow it upon me to the dangerous, utterly chaotic, and uncivilized nation of Ustalav.

Let me know what you think,