(Inactive) Psion's Return to the Tomb of Horrors (ORG)

[Rino]

i thinking of playing a divine caster; cleric or paladin

 

[Olaf the Stout]

Okay, I'm playing the primary arcane spellcaster then. Exciting and daunting at the same time. I've never played an arcane caster beyond the lower levels before. Am I better of just having a Wizard 14 or would multiclassing into a prestige class or character class be a better option? Just asking out loud.

Also, care to give me any hints on what sort of spells I should be aiming for?

Olaf the Stout

 

[Olaf the Stout]

Psion, I just had a look at our cast of 6 characters. There seems to be a lot of casters in the party. Are you sure that you don't want me to play a straight Barbarian or Rogue to keeps things balanced out?

Olaf the Stout

Edit: As for an e-mail contact - you can reach me at ac(underscore)marafioti(at)yahoo(dot)com

 

[Kafkonia]

I can be reached at raccie(underscore)ballot-at-hotmail(dot)com.

The Spellscale pictures are pretty ugly for a CHA 20 lady like Ari. A good picture of Ari can be found here: http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs8/300W/i/2005/316/0/f/Lizard_Girl_by_sadronmeldir.jpg

If you can host it for me, that'd be keen.

Some background:

Ever since she was a young girl, Ariornvuraurix Turalisj Thurkear's curiosity has gotten her into trouble. What was mom hiding in that box? Where was dad going with his friends? Who was that stranger in the cloak? And her burgeoning sorcerous abilities only made things worse, seemingly getting her into trouble more often than they got her out of it. Once she even ran away from home with some rakish types, just to see what it was like. Eventually her dad used some connections to put her in the care of a retired adventurer who desired proteges -- and it is that same retiree who has sent her to Bluffside to investigate these strange goings-on.

How's that?

Also, I intend to use the Dragonblood Sorcerer substitution level for her 1st level, if it's permitted.

 

[Kafkonia]

How will HP be calculated? Max 1st, average rest? Invisible castle?

 

[Psion]

Psion, I just had a look at our cast of 6 characters. There seems to be a lot of casters in the party. Are you sure that you don't want me to play a straight Barbarian or Rogue to keeps things balanced out?

If you'd prefer. I just thought you wanted to play a wizard first. My only concern was when nobody was taking a fighter or a rogue.

Okay, I'm playing the primary arcane spellcaster then. Exciting and daunting at the same time. I've never played an arcane caster beyond the lower levels before. Am I better of just having a Wizard 14 or would multiclassing into a prestige class or character class be a better option? Just asking out loud.

Also, care to give me any hints on what sort of spells I should be aiming for?

If you are concerned about being fighter light but still want to be an arcane caster, you could go for a fighter/mage build. You only lose one spell level if you pick up eldritch knight, and can dip into spellsword if you want to make an armored build or run for abjurant champion for armorless build. A good fighter/mage build is a fighter 1 / wizard 6 / eldritch knight 2 / Abjurant champion 5 and continuing into EK.

For a straight mage, I would avoid any PrCs that lose any caster levels for you. Some 8th level spells will prove very helpful to your survival. This suggests a no caster level loss build, frex:
-straight wizard
-wizard/archmage
-wizard/mage of the arcane order
-specialist/master specialist (a real nice one here is abjurer/master specialist/initiate of the sevenfold veil. Master specialist takes the sting out of the initiate prereqs, and warning and defense spells are not out of place in this adventure).

Spells... what can I say without tipping my hand too much? The module's reputation is well earned. Consider spells that protect you or make you immune to things, even some that do so a bit unconventionally...

 

[Psion]

Also, I intend to use the Dragonblood Sorcerer substitution level for her 1st level, if it's permitted.

That's fine.

How will HP be calculated? Max 1st, average rest? Invisible castle?

Max first as normal, you can take average or use inisible castle for the rest.

 

[Fenris2]

Okay, to reach me its

gladius_12345

yahoo

As to character. I am thinking Human Ardent(Comp Pis) 5/Psion Uncarnate(exp psi) 10.. Sing along, Iaaayeee ain't got no bodieeee. ;-)

Ugh scratch that, 14th level is not 15th duh.. Um okay back to thinking

 

[Psion]

I'll move all these little policy and rule things into a OOC as we get closer to getting underway. I'll probably open the RG thread tonight.

But, a preview of the whole "posting style" thing.

• Please post in present tense. You aren't writing a memoir, you are in the midst of the action.
• Not sure how I feel about first versus third person, but I think first person for describing actions, and whatever seems appropriate for quotes, naturally. Unless someone has some arguments otherwise.
• Title each IC post with your character name. The first line of your post should start with an "imager" tag with an 150x150 120x120 headshot of your character. I'll post a sample shortly.
• You may, if you are the sort who does that thing, pick a color for your character's speech. Make sure the color you use is easily readable in the default and stealth board styles (if you don't know what I am talking about, look at the drop down radio list in the lower left hand corner of the page.
• When you do game actions requiring rolls, you can either hyperlink the text describing the actions to the invisible castle page, or use a spoiler text block describing and linking the results.
• Use sblock for: quick OOC questions, communications using different languages, telepathy, etc., or game mechanic details of the action you just posted, if needed.

Edit: Skip the name thing. It prevents using the quick reply window.

Sample "imager" post follows:

 

[Psion]

[imager]http://users.gmpexpress.net/adkohler/game/sample_char.jpg[/imager]Valkrus brings up the rear, stops and turns as the rest of the party departs. He raises his staff as the demon approaches and says "You shall not pass!"

[sblock=OOC]
I invoke my staff's protection from evil ability.
[/sblock]