Khorvarian Days & Knights [FULL -Recruiting alternates]

[Zweischneid]

I will wait to you describe your actions inside the barn, to rewrite my post. Cant Lynx tell Zook what he will do inside the barn? Zook has a signal whistle that he can borrow Lynx if anything was to happend.

Well, and I wait till I get Donovans answers and general reaction before I go on. *shrug*

I think I can make enough wailing if indeed there is something dangerous in the barn (I doubt it though), but thanks for the offer on the whistle.

 

[Badger]

Not sure which once Badger picked, but Races of Stone features the Feats
aswell as Dwarfen Armor Proficiency which gives you acces to special armor types like:

Interlocking scale / plate which give an additional +2 AC when moving less than 5 feet (scales / plates interlock, hence the name),

Battle Plate (Like plate armor, just better) or

Mountain Plate (kinda the ultimate super heavy armor, even crafted from Mithril it's still heavy armor and, well, it's very, very heavy!!)

This is the Feat that I took, and long range I see Korthus throwing a rune etched fireball from his suit of uber heavy, but custom enchanted armor..

Stand by for one medieval suit of Iron Man armor..

 

[Badger]

All...can I ask an honest question?

Am I making this character more difficult than what it should be? Should I just go with the standard mage and not try for the Runesmith PrC? I read the Eberron book alot last night, and couldn't see anything that spoke of dwarves really being "soldiers" like I think of them, so I started to wonder if I would be better off just making him a simple Wizard.

Any thoughts?

 

[Zweischneid]

All...can I ask an honest question?

Am I making this character more difficult than what it should be? Should I just go with the standard mage and not try for the Runesmith PrC? I read the Eberron book alot last night, and couldn't see anything that spoke of dwarves really being "soldiers" like I think of them, so I started to wonder if I would be better off just making him a simple Wizard.

Any thoughts?

Well, I always say that the character is fun, both for you and for the group!.

I have though, on one occasion experienced alot of bad blood with a Spellsword (Complete Warrior) in a group. Here's why:

Wizards in full armor usually stand to gain much and loose little once they are able to ditch Arcane Spell Failure somehow.

1. Low Hit Points= High AC has the most return benefit to the arcane caster, because they have more to lose from being hit, than the meatier classes do.

2. Reduced mobility doesn't bother the arcane caster, because they usually fight from range.

3. Max. Dex. doesn't bother the arcane caster, because their ranged attacks do no rely on Dex.

4. ACP doesn't bother the arcane caster, because they are the most likely to move around with magic in a pinch (levitate, fly, dimension door, etc.. - Clerics with the travel domain also tend to ring my alarms here)

All in all, I'd make sure those Fighters, Cleric & Paladins are fine with you outperforming them in their niche of armor use before going for such a build.

As I said, I've seen some bad blood over this, and the Spellsword makes it alot harder to cast Fireball in plate armor than the Runesmith does.

But if thats fine with the rest, I'd say play a Runesmith for all it's worth. Your character is certainly a fine read and I think it'll be a few days at least before you can enter the game. (just assuming here)

 

[Tor L'Tha]

All...can I ask an honest question?

Am I making this character more difficult than what it should be? Should I just go with the standard mage and not try for the Runesmith PrC? I read the Eberron book alot last night, and couldn't see anything that spoke of dwarves really being "soldiers" like I think of them, so I started to wonder if I would be better off just making him a simple Wizard.

Any thoughts?

Runesmith Prc rulz.
I like the concept and hope you go for it.
if you were out for votes: Runesmith 2 – other 0

 

[DEFCON 1]

Badger, I think you're fine. At the rate PbP campaigns go... it'll probably be a good number of months before you even begin to approach being able to take the Runesmith prestige class anyway. At that point... who knows how, who, or where the campaign will be. So go ahead and finish your build, then post it along with your history and appearance over in the rogue's gallery thread if you haven't already... and I'll then try and get you into the campaign as soon as I can. Thanx.

BTW - as I don't have the Races of Stone book... what are the requirements for taking the Runesmith prestige class?

 

[Zweischneid]

BTW - as I don't have the Races of Stone book... what are the requirements for taking the Runesmith prestige class?

Race: Dwarf
Skills: Concentration 5 ranks, Craft (stoneworking) 8 ranks
Feats: Armor Prof. (heavy), Scribe Scroll
Spells: Able to cast 1st-level arcane spells.

PrC is 5-levels long w. full caster progression, d6 hit points and two good saves (fort & will).

At 1st level he gets the Rune Magic Ability that basically allows the Rune Mage to swap the somatic component of any spell for a (no-cost) material component (i.e. a rune) when he prepares the spell. (no somatic component=no spell failure)
At 2nd level he gets some bonuses to appraise and craft and some such.
At 3rd level he can hand out his runes to other characters to cast (kinda, exp & cash-free, usable by anyone spell-scrolls)
At 5th level he can sacrifice spell-slots to scribe runes to his body (cast spell as spell-like ability twice a day)


[edit]
damn, I should play dwarfs more often I guess...

 

[Badger]

Sorry for the hit and miss with my posting...between the holiday cooking getting done, and rewiring my place for better internet connection, it has been hectic.

I will get the finished sheet posted in the RG tonight, but I wanted to make sure the items are okay before I post everything.

Zweuschneid: They also mention that you can open the class up to other non-dwarven races, but the entry requirements should be made a bit harder to show that it is not as simple as it looks for others to master the dwarven mindset with magic.

I was thinking for non-dwarves, bump up the Concentration (8), Speak Languages: Dwarven (to represent time with the race) and maybe something else, but I can't think what would make sense at the moment.

It is also the same philosophy I have about other "racial" classes. Others should be able to learn them, but it is just harder for them to do so.

 

[Zweischneid]

Yeah.

But to be honest, I am not much into all that rune stuff, so I never really read through that one and I don't intend to pick it up, now or in the near future. But when I copied the details for Defcon, I was just amazed at how crunchy that class is.

I mean d6 Hitpoints, two good saves, full caster progression? 'Pseudo-Scrolls' without exp or gold cost? There's a few Wizards wet dream right there, even without the 'I-can-cast-spells-in-plate-armor' ability.

I can't even think of one other full-arcane-progression PrC that gives d6 hitpoints for starters.

 

[Badger]

True, but the runes still count as spells he can cast for the day, so if he doesn't cast them, he can't just keep making runes each day and stockpile them. So he either discharges the rune harmlessly, or keeps it until he needs it.

Also, there are only a limited number of runes he can pass out to his companions, not sure as I don't have the book handy at the moment, but I think it does balance out all in all, especially given the medium that this character will be used in, more story than anything else.

I just need to get off my duff today and get the sheet up so I can be worked in..*L*