[OOC Thread] Delving the Mists (seeking recruits!)

[Gramcrackered]

Atoning is more than a little complicated. It's pretty much a huge deal if you manage to move up in the Path of Corruption.
In other words, don't plan on having some backup plan for de-eviling yourself.

Phew. All done with editing.

 

[Cerebus13]

Awe CRAP. MODIFICATIONS...What about Smite? Since that is a supernatural ability, are power checks rolled?

Let me get the picture. Of the available gods, I can choose between The Eternal Order, Ezra, Hala, and the Law Giver....right?

NE, LN, N, and LE are the corresponding alignments...I don't see her as evil, and mainly neutral, but with adherance to local laws. That would rule out LE (Law Giver)...

Which leaves:
NE (Eternal Order) Death, Evil, Knowledge, Repose Domains
LN (Ezra) Mists, Destruction, Healing, Law, Protection Domains
N (Hala) healing, Magic, Plant Domains

Eternal Order looks a little too evil for her taste, so scratch that...

Looks like the decision is Hala or Ezra. With regards to the Path of Corruption, what steps are in place to atone for steps in that direction?

Smite shouldn't trigger a check unless you use it in a bad way (Nuns again) because it isn't Necromancy and can easily be used for good or evil.

The deities you listed are correct.

In order to redeem yourself you must encounter the same sort of situation that occured when you failed a power check (book example is killing helpless captives) and do the right thing (save some helpless captives). You must do this a certain number of times (related to the severity of the offense) and then you have a chance to roll another check and be redeemed. You'll know if you have been redeemed because you will go back on the Path of Corruption one step and lose one of the Dark Boons granted to you...if you fail the new Powers Check you just have to try all over again to be given a new chance.

 

[Salzorin]

All this talk of nun destruction makes me want to make "Grothor! The Nun Killer!" ... Grother would only remain a PC for about the length of one play session...

 

[Gramcrackered]

Eh. I see no big need to go into the specifics of power checks - it'd take for freakin' ever. I will say this though.

There's a sliding scale of evil, as it were. See, you gotta keep in mind not only what you're doing, but who you do it to. If you brutally murder your landlord because he's a vampire and has a tendency to rip people's heads off and then eat their brains with a spoon...well...odds are, they'll be no serious reprecussion. Only a 3% chance you fail the power check. Do the same thing to your best buddy and those odds spike up to 10%. That's not great, but, hey - let's be honest; chances are really low you fail that check and what are the odds you're best buddy suddenly gets a craving for brains anyway?
Do it to a little girl though just because you don't like the way she whistled as she skipped down the street and you'll find yourself automatically moving one scale down the Path of Corruption. 100%.

Honestly, you'll probably never evoke a power check with a chance higher than 10%. Torture a villian to get information? 4%. Steal from a random merchant so you can buy that magical sword you want? 1%. Kick the crap out of that bugbear when you know he's evil? 0%.
The only thing that's likely to screw you is if you make a mistake in whether or not someone is evil. Like I said, it's not big deal to torture a villian. It'd be a HUGE risk to do the same thing to some guy who you THINK is a kidnapper, only to discover he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hell, that's pretty much an automatic failure on a power check.

 

[Cerebus13]

Yeah I'll hide the mechanics from people who don't have access to the rules for them and just inform players in private if they fail a check and what happens.

This reminds me...could I have an email address from everyone? Since I'm not a fully register member of this forum I don't get access to PMs so when I want to talk about something privately with a player I'll need to use email.
I already have Gram's email (would you prefer I use the one I got this morning or your hotmail account?) so I need everyone elses if possible. If you don't want them listed in the thread email me: evil_stickyATyahoo.com (AT = @)

 

[Telsar]

Yeah I'll hide the mechanics from people who don't have access to the rules for them and just inform players in private if they fail a check and what happens.

This reminds me...could I have an email address from everyone? Since I'm not a fully register member of this forum I don't get access to PMs so when I want to talk about something privately with a player I'll need to use email.
I already have Gram's email (would you prefer I use the one I got this morning or your hotmail account?) so I need everyone elses if possible. If you don't want them listed in the thread email me: evil_stickyATyahoo.com (AT = @)

My email is telsarATmchsi.com

But I don't check it very often. If you write me something and I don't respond right away, a note here telling me to check my email will probably help.

 

[Gramcrackered]

Use GramcrackeredATbhlegend.com

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

hmmmm, email address.....try this one....
dpuentes77AThotmail.com I am almost always on that one.

I finished most of my characters background, and some edits on her character sheet. I need to add a few more things, but other than that, I am almost done!!!

WOOHOO

 

[Salzorin]

sdmillerATmtu.edu

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

In regards to having all knowledge skills as class skills, what exactly are the different Monster Lores?

I am trying to modify my skill points to knowledge that she would have gained in her studies...

I am thinking KNowledge ML Undead 4 ranks, +2 Mod, +6 Total
That still leaves me with 5 ranks to divy up through Knowledge Skills....

ANY COMMENTS WELCOME!!!