[ooc] Kore | Kingdom of Harmony [terminated]

[DrZombie]

I'll go for a mystic monk, i think. Youngest son of the damio's brother, educated at the temple and seeking enlightenment. He has been called back to his family in this time of need, and honour and duty command him to take up his rightfull place. He still longs for the quiet, peacefull life in the monastary, but he is determined not to be disgraced.

Something like that. As a monk/adept, I'll have acces to arcane magic, no? I'll try to select spells that go with the concept, as I don't see a magic-missile throwing monk. I'll go for more subtle thinghies. On Legend of the five rings, wich is an oriental fantasy setting, magic comes from interaction with the kami, elemental spirits. I'l assume that mystic monks see and have interaction with these spirit, and therefore can do magic. An "invisibility" spell would be a request to the kami of air to cloack my body, while the healing spell would be a request to the water kami to repair my body, stuff like that.

AS a matter of fact, I'm totally unsure wether or not adepts do arcane magic, I'll have to check tonight.

Need sleep.

 

[doghead]

Off the top of my head - they use spells like a cleric. So divine magic I think. Still, it can fit with elemental forces concept. I'll give it a closer look.

You should get that sleep.

doghead.

 

[DrZombie]

Have slept a few hours, back at work (well...). Anyway, I head a look at my books yesterday and decided to play a mystic monk.

I have a few questions/house rules thinghies.

- Trip with an opposed STR check to me makes no sense at all. It might work when you're doing some american wrestling, but "soft" martial arts should use opposed DEX checks, or DEX vs STR or DEX, imo.

- Can I have a look to see if I can find a more logical spell list for a mystic monk? I'm happy to take the adept spell list as it is if you don't want to change anything, but to me it seems that there are a few spells missing(magical fang) and a few that are not quite fitting with the concept of a mystic monk(flaming hands, prot vs law).

- I've got a raven familiar. According to the PHB it can speak one language . Do I play it as a cohort kinda thingie and do you occasionally take it over as you see fit (during combat and stuff), leaving me to do the RP'ing, or do you controll it all the time, or a weird mixture of both that we make up as we go along?

 

[DrZombie]

About the raven : maybe I can find someone silly enough to play a raven familiar? If he/she drops out we could allways find someone else or take it over.... Might be fun.

 

[doghead]

Re Spell list: Actually, I quite like the Protection and Detect clusters. I had a look and generally thought they seem to fit quite well - blesses, bonuses, buffs, protection type stuff with a little flashy combat stuff (but not overly powerful). Leave it as is for the mo'. We'll use the prologue as a sea trials then look at any alterations that we want in before starting any extended campaign. Save you a bit of work as well.

BTW, could you choose two clerical domains for your sect - all buddist monk sects have two primary domains. (These could be used as a basis for any spell list revision if we go with one.)

Re the Raven: You say what you want it to do. I'll say what it does. Something like that I suppose. I suppose that I read up onfamiliers.

Re Trip: Again, my inclination is to leave it as is for the moment, but I'll look at it more closely when I get back. Dex might make more sense with the Dex to hit varient of the rules.

OK everyone, thats about it from me. Cheers and see you in a week.

doghead

 

[DrZombie]

I'll be on holidays from the 28th of may till the 14th of june. I'll think of you guys when I'm laying in the sun next to my swimming pool in southern france. Cheers.

 

[doghead]

Hey all.

Have a great time DrZ.

Nac, Ferrix and TH. I'd like to get the game started asap. Give me a day or two to get sorted at this end, then we'll roll. I'll bring DrZ in when he gets back.

Off to the IC thread to see what I can see ...

 

[Ferrix]

Takumi Hideaki (bard 4//warrior 4)

Name: Takumi Hideaki
Class: Bard 4//Warrior 4
Race: Human
Soak: 6 (+1 con, +5 armor)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 30 ft.
Defense bonus: +9 (+4 BAB, +4 Dex, +1 shield)
Base Attack/Grapple: +4/+6
Attack: rapier +10 melee (1d6+3) or kukri +9 melee (1d4+2)
Full Attack: rapier +8 melee (1d6+3)/kukri +7 melee (1d4+1)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks:
Special Qualities: None
Saves: Fortitude +5, Reflex +8, Will +3
Abilities: Str 14, Dex 18 (+1 at level 4), Con 13, Int 16, Wis 9, Cha 18
Skills (70sp, 7/3.5): Bluff +11 (7 ranks), Concentration +8 (7 ranks), Diplomacy +17 (7 ranks), Disguise +13 (7 ranks), Gather Information +11 (7 ranks), Knowledge (nobility) +10 (7 ranks), Perform (poetry) +11 (7 ranks), Sense Motive +6 (7 ranks), Spellcraft +10 (7 ranks), Use Magic Device +11 (7 ranks)
Feats: two-weapon fighting, improved buckler defense, wf: rapier
Bard Abilities: bardic music, bardic knowledge, countersong, fascinate, inspire courage +1, inspire competence,
Spells per day (3/3/1)
Spells known (6/3/2): ghost sound, detect magic, lullaby, prestidigitation, daze, read magic, charm person, sleep, tasha's hideous laughter, hold person, alter self
Equipment (5400ip total): buckler (15ip), +1 rapier (2320ip), kukri (8ip), mithril chain shirt +1 (2100ip),

Languages:

Appearance:

Personality:

Background:

...will finish tomorrow

 

[doghead]

Sorry about the delay in getting moving. I'm almost there hopefully.

I've drafted up a template for use in the rogues gallery. Please note magic item in italics. Any other suggestions?


Name
Gender Race Class/Class Level

Height: x'xx"
Weight: xxxlbs
Eyes: xxx
Hair: xxx
Age: xx

Initiative: +x (Dex, Other)
Speed: xx ft. (xx ft. in Armour or with gear)
Soak: x (Con, Armour)
Defense: +x (BDB, Size, Shield, Other)
Attack/Damage +x (BAB, Size, Other) / +x (Str, Size, Other)
Attack: weapon +x melee (xdx+x, xX) or weapon +x melee (xdx+x, xX) or weapon +x ranged (xdx+x, xX, xx ft.)
Full Attack: xxx
Space/Reach: x ft./x ft.
Special Attacks: xxx
Special Qualities: xxx
Saves: Fortitude +x, Reflex +x, Will +x
Abilities: Str xx, Dex xx, Con xx, Int xx, Wis xx, Cha xx
Skills: name rank/+bonus.
Feats: xxx
Languages: xxx.
Equipment: Weapon (x lb.), Armour (x lb.), Worn/Carried Item (x lb.), Backpack [Item (x lb.), Item (x lb.)], Pouch [Item (x lb.), Item (x lb.)], Coin.

Appearance:

Personality:

Backstory:

 

[doghead]

The Rogues Gallery thread is up here.

Just a quick note on IC conventions.
* ooc: "size=1" for ooc comments
* Italics for thoughts
* "Speaking marks for anything spoken."
* No colours please. There are a number of skins with different background colours, so what is ledgible for you might be near invisible for someone else.

If possible, please note any concerns and intentions your character has when posting your character's actions. Intentions are not set in stone, of course. But this really helps prevent misunderstandings, as well as speeds things up.

And finally, please feel free to post up here any concerns or questions that you may have. I firmly believe that its my job to create something that allows everyone to have fun. One down side of PbP is that, unlike in an 'around the table game', its almost impossible to know how people are feeling unless they step up and say so.

cheers

the head of the dog