Pathfinder: Burnt Offerings

[CanadienneBacon]

If it's in the SRD, post it here. Everything else should please be e-mailed to me.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother, CB.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Thanks. She was a good grannie.

I read that you are a VT alumnus. I certainly was shocked about what happened there. My paternal uncles are both Hokies. My maternal grandmother, who just passed away, lived in Bedford, VA just up the road from Blacksburg, so to speak. My mother was making that drive up 81 last Monday to go see Grandmother in the hospital when events at Tech unfolded. Mum said traffic was horrendous. Steady stream of policecars all the way from Roanoke into Blacksburg.

I hopped over to Paizo's boards and asked about character generation for you guys. The word is that Varisia, the setting for this campaign, is mid-magic, can accomodate psionics but doesn't have them built in (other than a monster or two), and any of the core PHB classes would be useful. It's not Eberron. And it's not the Realms. Hope that's vague enough for you! I was glad to hear the setting was mid-magic. That, at least, helps.

With all that's been going on in my family the past week, I have not kept up with the Pathfinder blog, but I'll probably take a jaunt over there today for a gander.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

While I don't own and haven't the money to afford any of them, and thus won't have them in my hot little hand to check figures or during DMing, you can use them to create your character. As with anything else, I reserve the right to nix a thing or two (but with you am not expecting to have to do that). Details of your character with which I won't be familiar due to not owning or not having access to said books can be ironed out in private via e-mail at a later date.

Frequent use of the Spell Compendium might in particular prove to be awkward during play. Spell descriptions would probably fly back and forth via e-mail, and I can appreciate that the wait time involved with that kind of correspondence might be a cog in the works.

No problems CB. Thanks for that. To begin with my character will be a Core Rogue. The Spell Compendium probably won't come into it now (I was thinking about making a caster) unless I take a couple of levels of Cleric later on.

I'll send the feats to you via e-mail for you to approve before I actually take them. Whether or not I take the Scout class will depend on how much wilderness adventuring we do I guess. From reading various people's posts on the Scout it seems to be a well balanced class compared to the PHB.

Olaf the Stout

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Yeah, I remember Bedford. Nice town. And yeah, I can imagine the few routes between Blacksburg and Roanoke would all be jammed, particulary 81 and 460.

 

[Insight]

Here's my basic idea for the Goblin-Hating Ranger.

[sblock=under construction]
GRON VANDAIL
Human Ranger 1
Chaotic Good

Str 12
Dex 17
Con 13
Int 10
Wis 13
Cha 8

Skills: Craft (bowyery), Hide, Listen, Knowledge (nature), Knowledge (religion), Move Silently, Sense Motive (cross class), Spot, Survival
Feats: Point Blank Shot, Track (Ranger 1), Weapon Focus (Longbow) *** I might pick up a Flaw from UA and get another feat ***
Basic Items: Longbow, Battle Axe, Short Sword, Small Steel Shield, Leather Armor
Deity: Galarn

Progression -

Level 2 - Fighter 1 (Feat: Precise Shot)
Level 3 - Ranger 2 (Feats: Far Shot and Rapid Shot)
Level 4 - Fighter 2 (Feat: Dodge maybe?)
Level 5 - Ranger 3 (Feat: Endurance)
Level 6 - Order of the Bow Initiate 1 (Feat: Improved Favored Enemy)
Level 7 - Ranger 4
Level 8 - Order of the Bow Initiate 2
Level 9 - Ranger 5 (Feat: unknown???)
Level 10 - Ranger 6 (Feat: Manyshot)
[/sblock]

I think this is pretty much the character I'm going to submit for the game. I'm not 100% sure why he hates goblins so much. I don't want to use the tired "goblins killed my parents/relatives/friends/village" bit. I wish I knew more about how the goblins get involved in the first adventure. One thought - perhaps his father was a goblin hunter, and his father before him, and his father before him, etc. Maybe he doesn't really know why his father and ancestors hunted goblins, but he has continued the tradition. Maybe he intends to seek out the reason for this ancient enmity someday.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Sounds good. Jealousy could be a different twist on his having goblins as a favored enemy.

 

[fenixdown]

I should probably un-ghost myself before I miss the deadline. Here's my ridiculously creative submission:

[sblock]Name: Sol Thorndike (or hopefully something better)
Race: Human
Class: Monk
Alignment: LG
Weapon: Unarmed
Feats: Improved Initiative, Dodge; Improved Grapple, Combat Reflexes as monk bonus
Skills: Move Silently, Hide, Climb, Jump, Spot, Listen[/sblock]

I thought I remembered there being a psionic class comparable to monk, which if I could find I might try instead. Or maybe I'm imagining things.
I don't really know what I'm going to do about backstory; I'm better at making one up when I know something about the setting, so I think I'm just going to wait on that.

 

[Insight]

I thought I remembered there being a psionic class comparable to monk, which if I could find I might try instead. Or maybe I'm imagining things.

You're not imagining things, but you might be recalling the Fist of Zuoken prestige class. Of the psionic base classes, Soulknife is somewhat comparable to monk, though it's more of a rogue/weapon specialist. Psychic Warrior could also be a monk-like character, depending on your build.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

My wife has informed me that tonight will be the Ritual Cleansing of the Home Prior to the Arrival of the In-Laws, so I will have to try and sneak in a character during the workday early tomorrow. If this is too late, I understand and wish everyone luck.

Look for a human paladin with pre-blackguard feats (save Ancestral Weapon at the next feat level) soonish.