Pathfinder: Burnt Offerings

Kaodi · Aug 30, 2007

Finally got around to putting down the appearance, personality and background of my character over on the Gallery.

CanadienneBacon · Aug 30, 2007

Olaf, I have no quibble with you taking Calistria for Penn's primary patron deity. I feel duty-bound to let you know, however, that I'm reading Calistria as leaning more toward the evil end of neutrality than the good end. Calistria's alignment is CN. Her portfolio includes: trickery, lust, and revenge. Her domains are: chaos, charm, knowledge, luck and trickery. I don't expect that characters will be an exact duplicate of the deity they worship. There is a lot of wiggle room there for Penn to be a follower of Calistria. As the adventure progresses, however, you might find that my take on Calistria's evil tendencies might get in Penn's way if Calistria reacts toward her supplicant with disfavor.

As I read things, it also seems to my eye that most of the laity will worship different deities at different times, dependending upon circumstance. A farmer who primarily pays homage to Erastil, for example, might also offer worship to Abadar on marketday or to Gozreh should a sea voyage to a larger city prove necessary. Having Penn worship Calistria but also offer tribute to Desna is therefore not problematic, not at all.

Kaodi, I'll download and look over your amended sheet later today as time permits. Thanks for letting me know you're done.

Olaf the Stout · Aug 31, 2007

CanadienneBacon said:
Olaf, I have no quibble with you taking Calistria for Penn's primary patron deity. I feel duty-bound to let you know, however, that I'm reading Calistria as leaning more toward the evil end of neutrality than the good end. Calistria's alignment is CN. Her portfolio includes: trickery, lust, and revenge. Her domains are: chaos, charm, knowledge, luck and trickery. I don't expect that characters will be an exact duplicate of the deity they worship. There is a lot of wiggle room there for Penn to be a follower of Calistria. As the adventure progresses, however, you might find that my take on Calistria's evil tendencies might get in Penn's way if Calistria reacts toward her supplicant with disfavor.

As I read things, it also seems to my eye that most of the laity will worship different deities at different times, dependending upon circumstance. A farmer who primarily pays homage to Erastil, for example, might also offer worship to Abadar on marketday or to Gozreh should a sea voyage to a larger city prove necessary. Having Penn worship Calistria but also offer tribute to Desna is therefore not problematic, not at all.

Kaodi, I'll download and look over your amended sheet later today as time permits. Thanks for letting me know you're done.

No worries. I think Penn will focus on the luck (and possibly trickery) side of Calistria. As the campaign goes on, if I see that she is a bit more evil then her CN alignment would generally indicate, I may look at moving away from her and towards Desna. Penn might have a moment of realisation where he realises that Calistria isn't exactly the diety he thought that she was. I'm sure we can work it into the game somewhere.

Olaf the Stout

Whizbang Dustyboots · Sep 3, 2007

Equipment and background story coming Monday. Raw stats up now.

CanadienneBacon · Sep 3, 2007

I saw your post in the RG just yesterday, Whizbang Dustyboots. Thanks for getting that up.

For those among our ranks who aren't residing in the U.S., Monday is Labor Day. It's a federal holiday and, as is my wont, I'll largely be taking the day off. We're to head to the beach for a picnic with our congregation. If I end up coming home for a 2-hour intermission during the day so that my baby can nap, that'd be about the only time that I'll post today. Other than that, I anticipate a Tuesday start on the game.

Olaf the Stout · Sep 3, 2007

CB, my grandfather died on Sunday and the funeral is on Wednesday (basically Tuesday American time). As such, don't be surprised if you don't see me around until Thursday (Wednesday American time). If you need to assume anything like how Penn met the party, what he agree to etc., go right ahead.

Olaf the Stout

CanadienneBacon · Sep 4, 2007

Olaf, I'm sorry your grandfather died. I hope you are well and that your family is well. I can relate to your loss; my grandmother died April this year. Were you close to your grandfather? ---I shan't worry if you don't reply; you've got a busy time ahead of you this week.

The game will wait. The introduction is set up in such a way that you missing the first week of it won't be a huge issue. Take the time you need.

Olaf the Stout · Sep 4, 2007

CanadienneBacon said:
Olaf, I'm sorry your grandfather died. I hope you are well and that your family is well. I can relate to your loss; my grandmother died April this year. Were you close to your grandfather? ---I shan't worry if you don't reply; you've got a busy time ahead of you this week.

The game will wait. The introduction is set up in such a way that you missing the first week of it won't be a huge issue. Take the time you need.

Thanks for that CB.

My family is quite close so I saw my grandfather several times a year. However he was Italian and spoke little English (and I don't speak Italian) so communicating with him was a little hard. Because of that I probably didn't relate to him as much as I could have otherwise. He was sick in hospital for a few weeks before he died so at least my family all got a chance to say goodbye to him.

I don't imagine that I should be offline for too long. We have a viewing tonight and the funeral tomorrow. I'll be back at work and able to post on Thursday. Don't hold up the game on my behalf.

Olaf the Stout

Whizbang Dustyboots · Sep 4, 2007

Something just came up at work (a local official was just arrested, which obviously makes a newsroom a busy place). Equipment has been purchased. I'll bang out a background when I get a chance to breathe, probably during lunch.

It's as I said in this thread in the past: He's a scion of the Scarnetti clan, the child of one of the Scarnettis who violently made their move a generation again, and lost his life in the process. Rainer is an imperialist who genuinely believes that life under the empire is not just the will of the gods, but it's also the best thing for all those living in the region. He doesn't see himself as a bad man, nor the empire as a bad place (despite it "briefly losing its way" with the loss of its patron god), and will patiently explain his worldview with anyone who disagrees.