Destiny's Tears OOC Thread- Prologue: A Jewel in the Shadow

[Rystil Arden]

Is a masterwork warbow in my price range?

Keia

Yes, you'll pay 1500 GP + 600 per point of Str bonus if its Mighty. The Praetorians have their own superior material version for their use only, but unlike the basic version, they don't sell these to anyone, and they hunt down people who buy them on the black market. (The Alvasis were an attempt to cut down on the Praetorian monopoly of the new and cool weapons)

 

[Thanee]

Some random comments:

Spells: I wouldn't take Dancing Lights *and* Light as Signature Spells, you can still prepare the other. Take Read Magic instead of Dancing Lights, so you always have it ready if needed.

Then, your number of 1st level spells in the spellbook is wrong, I think. Should be 8 (3+5 from Int). Spellcasting Prodigy only increases Int for determining bonus spells and spell DCs (guess you figured that in?)!

I'd maybe consider Sleep instead of Color Spray (mostly to avoid overlaps), tho, I could also change that, of course (mostly picked Color Spray, since I'll probably learn Spell Focus (Illusion) later ). In any case, that spell will be swapped out at 6th level, anyways (given that the 3.5 Sorcerer rules apply - Rystil?).

Feat: Spell Focus (Evocation or Transmutation)? Not really immediately useful, tho. Maybe some Sudden Metamagic feat without prerequisite (Sudden Extend or Sudden Silent)? Well, or Scribe Scroll.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Keia]

Yes, you'll pay 1500 GP + 600 per point of Str bonus if its Mighty. The Praetorians have their own superior material version for their use only . . .

Is that at the doubled price for Eldiz already or not? Seems overly high for a 1d10 vs. 1d8, but I'm guessing theres more to it than that.

As for background, I'm thinking that either a parent or his teacher was killed while on Altania in magical studies. He pursued leads to Eldiz, where the leads and his money dried up. While doing good deeds and trying to raise the money to continue the search, he drew the attention of a Praetorian, who intimated that he could help in the search. First, he insisted that Zykovian develop the natural talents the Praetorian had noticed, then he would help in the search. After training as a marksman, the Praetorian was gone, leaving behind one of his bows . . . something he would never have done.

Angry that he had 'wasted' time and experience toward something so different from his magical studies and the pursuit of the murderer(s), Zykovian still had to raise money to get off planet . . . back to the wanted posters.

Keia

 

[Rystil Arden]

Is that at the doubled price for Eldiz already or not? Seems overly high for a 1d10 vs. 1d8, but I'm guessing theres more to it than that.

As for background, I'm thinking that either a parent or his teacher was killed while on Altania in magical studies. He pursued leads to Eldiz, where the leads and his money dried up. While doing good deeds and trying to raise the money to continue the search, he drew the attention of a Praetorian, who intimated that he could help in the search. First, he insisted that Zykovian develop the natural talents the Praetorian had noticed, then he would help in the search. After training as a marksman, the Praetorian was gone, leaving behind one of his bows . . . something he would never have done.

Angry that he had 'wasted' time and experience toward something so different from his magical studies and the pursuit of the murderer(s), Zykovian still had to raise money to get off planet . . . back to the wanted posters.

Keia

It is already triple-priced for being Praetorian-make. Compared to the 700ish+ (don't have exact number as I'm logged in the Computation Sturctures lab at the moment) for a Composite Longbow in Eldiz its not *so* expensive comparatively, but its still a lot, I guess.

The backstory sounds good, and there can definitely be some ties there, I like it and I can use it
Its still somewhat odd that its a highborn Preatorian, but I'll work that in somehow

 

[Rystil Arden]

Some random comments:

Spells: I wouldn't take Dancing Lights *and* Light as Signature Spells, you can still prepare the other. Take Read Magic instead of Dancing Lights, so you always have it ready if needed.

Then, your number of 1st level spells in the spellbook is wrong, I think. Should be 8 (3+5 from Int). Spellcasting Prodigy only increases Int for determining bonus spells and spell DCs (guess you figured that in?)!

I'd maybe consider Sleep instead of Color Spray (mostly to avoid overlaps), tho, I could also change that, of course (mostly picked Color Spray, since I'll probably learn Spell Focus (Illusion) later ). In any case, that spell will be swapped out at 6th level, anyways (given that the 3.5 Sorcerer rules apply - Rystil?).

Feat: Spell Focus (Evocation or Transmutation)? Not really immediately useful, tho. Maybe some Sudden Metamagic feat without prerequisite (Sudden Extend or Sudden Silent)? Well, or Scribe Scroll.

Bye
Thanee

Good suggestions Thanee. You are correct that it doesn't add to spells in the spellbook (although it adds to both Int and Cha for determining bonus stuff, based on the odd wording of the feat, where you choose one class instead of one stat; the same reason why a Bard/Sorcerer would not get the Charisma boost to both classes). And you are correct that you do get to switch out Signature Spells at the same rate as a sorcerer with Spells Known.

 

[Keia]

It is already triple-priced for being Praetorian-make. Compared to the 700ish+ (don't have exact number as I'm logged in the Computation Sturctures lab at the moment) for a Composite Longbow in Eldiz its not *so* expensive comparatively, but its still a lot, I guess.

Anything on the Range, crit, weight, special arrows, etc.. Thanks in advance!

Keia

 

[Rystil Arden]

Anything on the Range, crit, weight, special arrows, etc.. Thanks in advance!

Keia

Yay, I'm back home, so I can actually answer this

Range is 130, so that's 30% better than a normal longbow. Damage is d10, and crit is still 20/x3. It weighs 6 lbs.

 

[Keia]

Can I take it as my 1.5? or would that not be possible?

Keia

 

[Rystil Arden]

Can I take it as my 1.5? or would that not be possible?

Keia

No, its not Altanian. Sorry :\.

 

[Keia]

Added early background and finished equipment.

Could use some names but I figured I'd let you supply them if you wanted.

Keia