Dromus Prep Thread

[TrevWar]

Hey, are you allowing flaws?

Page 6 is mine!!!

 

[Mad Hatter]

Finally! Up and ready for your perusal is Feiran.


EDIT: I figured you guys might be interested in the Holyfire history I have. As I type this, I have this funny feeling that you actually aren't interested . But here it is anyways. If you have comments, suggestions, or anything else by all means let me know.

EDIT: I forgot to add miscellaneous stuff about Feiran. Feiran is a Proxy Candidate for House Randis. Kell, the Proxy, House, and Marking systems that I devised are in the history of the Holyfires as well as information about the role of a Holyfire Royal. The jcandidate part just means she's still training abroad to prove her worth and to she if she can survive long enough. I also forgot to write what each mark looks like. The tattoos look like what was discussed over at the group message boards. If you or anyone else needs a refresher on the desription just let me know.

 

[Kelleris]

@ TrevWar - Yes, they're okay as long that aren't *too* transparent as power grabs. And I'll expect you to RP them, of course.

Now where did that Lazlow character run off to?

 

[Lazlow]

Sorry for the delay, Kelleris - as it turns out, I got in another game that I was waiting for, which puts me at my personal limit (unfortunately). Good luck, perhaps I'll be able to join another game at a later date. Thanks for the opportunity.

 

[TrevWar]

Well I'm going over a couple of character ideas, 3 actually, and I'm thinking only 1 of the characters may have a flaw or two... But I usually love feats to death any way so...

Any way, the character ideas I've gone running though my head are:
A Human Soul Knife(8)
A Human Ranger(4) / Fighter(4)
A Human Sorc (Necromancer)(5) / Human Paragon(3)

Any input on which one might be better to play?

Oh, and has any one seen my Unearthed Arcana???

 

[Mad Hatter]

They all sound good, but what specifically is it that you want to do?

 

[Kelleris]

The sorcerer would certainly be a change of pace for you. What bloodline were you thinking about? Know how you feel about the feats, too...

 

[TrevWar]

They all sound good, but what specifically is it that you want to do?

Well I haven't thought much about the Soul Knife... Errol and I have been toying around with it, but I've only had the basic fighter thoughts of using the Sould Knife combinations in tactical combat. Run in and hit the first guy with a bastard sword sould knife, then "drop" it and Free Action Form Mind Blade (long sword) and free action activate my glove of storing dagger mind blade (if even possible) and use two weapon defense, but at the begining of each round throw the mind dagger and free action re-from it to keep going. That's the extent of the thoughts on that character.

The Ranger (4) / Fighter (4) is an idea Soy and I are tossing around. We've only talked about it a couple of times, and we were thinking of being the last 2 remaining members of some clan some where. We're scout, and we were on patrol one day, we returned home for sleep and the entire village was in ruins. So we salvaged what we could and ventured some were safe or able to continue living. He would be a dual wielder and I'd be an archer. That's about the sum of that one...

My most recent idea has been a Lawful/Evil Sorc who specializes in Necromancy (forsaking Enchantment and Illusion). And I had all week end to think about him and I've gotten several ideas on him, you know how I'll hit those character brain storm ideas, though I'm still not sure how I would play him socially.
I was thinking of taking Human Paragon so I could get the "Talker" skills, since I'll already have the high Charisma, plus an addisional +2 to Cha would be nice.
I was thinking of him having the Vampire Blood line, but I don't want to lose the caster levels... But I may still reconsider. I was thinking of making him a Half-Vampire, but again I don't want to lose the caster levels, and I only want it for the longevity and need to take others blood to survive (even with a ring of Sustinence).
I was thinking of makeing him a slaver in the past, or a slaver's cohort or helper due to his need for blood or something, still thinking about what he may have done there, but I was planning on taking the Leadership feat and still have a slave that takes care of him & that he draws from. She would be a level 1 expert, so she'd be a follower of sorts not a cohort. I was thinking the guy he'd helped before had a program for special slaves for certain people, people taught from birth to be slaves (The anime DearS has given me this twisted idea by the way). Such as merchants, diplomates and all other kinds of officials, and with that I was wondering if you'd allow me to give her a flaw to have a spell as spell like ability, I was wanting to give her Light, Mending, and Prestiditation/Cantrip. Str8 Dex10 Con14 Int10 Wis8 Cha16 (20 on Point Buy).
I was wanting to take the Improved Familiar feat and talk to you about making a special familiar. But I'd have to talk to you about that more.
Oh, sorry Errol. I was thinking of this guy having a staff and having a ball of water at the top of it with a skeletal fish in it, which would be his first familiar. I have no idea why he has a fish or what benefit a fish would give, but as Errol knows, I just found the idea entertaining...

 

[Kelleris]

Just a few things on the Sorcerer, TrevWar:

• Droman Sorcerers don't receive familiars automatically; you would have to spend a feat for the ability to summon a familiar.
• Slavery is illegal in Dromus, although that doesn't keep you from having the "follower" you mentioned and treating her as a slave - she's just not legally considered chattel.
• I'm not so sure about the LE alignment, since it's so different from what everyone else has. Maybe you could do N instead? It would fit with a character who fell into bad company because of his, er, "dietary needs" but wasn't himself completely amoral. Just having slaves isn't necessarily evil by itself, either, depending on where you are from. An Underdark-dweller in Yesheveran could very well believe that surface-dwellers are subhuman and fit only for servitude and still be a basically nice person otherwise, since that's what he was taught all his life. Likewise for a monastery-dweller with tribal slaves, although the monasteries typically don't have slaves due to their level of self-sufficiency.
• And now the good news. You won't pay any levels for the major vampire bloodline - it's a package deal with the Sorcerer class in Dromus. You don't get bloodline benefits for the Human Paragon levels, though.
• Additionally, you don't need to spend a whole feat to get a permanent servant. Just pay that servant's "wages" for a certain period of time (say, a year) and you've "bought" that slave.

 

[TrevWar]

Droman Sorcerers don't receive familiars automatically; you would have to spend a feat for the ability to summon a familiar.

That's interesting... You know I have to ask why? I'm not really choked up about it, I'm just curious on your reasoning with it...

Maybe you could do N instead? It would fit with a character who fell into bad company because of his, er, "dietary needs" but wasn't himself completely amoral. An Underdark-dweller in Yesheveran could very well believe that surface-dwellers are subhuman and fit only for servitude and still be a basically nice person otherwise, since that's what he was taught all his life.

I'm like'in the sound of this idea...

You won't pay any levels for the major vampire bloodline - it's a package deal with the Sorcerer class in Dromus.

I'm liking the sound of this as well...

Additionally, you don't need to spend a whole feat to get a permanent servant. Just pay that servant's "wages" for a certain period of time (say, a year) and you've "bought" that slave.

Well, I thought of having a slave first, then I figured I'd need Leadership to get it, and after a while I figured I'd just make it easy and take the feat and attract the cohort later like you had described way back when.

Slavery is illegal in Dromus... ...she's just not legally considered chattel.

I figured as much... And I'm not sure how to deal with her shackles. The idea I had in my head at the start was that she had two cursed ornate mithril bracers with a thick 3' chain running between them, and I have no idea what curse to put on them. She has almost no will of her own, slavery is all she's known all her life, so I'm not sure what she'd say if a guard asked her any thing... And I mean any thing, "Hello young lady, what do you think of our fine city?" I have no idea of the responce she would give if any...

Oh, forgot to ask something. I found my Unearthed Arcana. And I was looking though it, and I noticed there were Wizard Variants. First off the book kept saying "Wizard class", so I'm not sure if they even apply to Sorc, but I'll make the mistake of assuming they do. And I was already looking at the first variant, and I was going to ask you if you'd allow it.
You forfiet the ability to summon a familiar (ever as far as I know, even if you take the feats), and in exchange you get an undead warrior cohort (I can't remember what level though).
I take it this isn't an option with the statment above (Sorcerers don't receive familiars automatically)?