Pathfinder: Burnt Offerings

[CanadienneBacon]

Kaodi and Blind Azathoth, please sound off if you're around.

 

[Blind Azathoth]

Soundin' off!

Already looking to make changes to Mathaino. For starters, as I think I'd rather have him worship a real Varisian god, he'll probably be a priest of Saranrae instead, and a dedicated healer rather than a scholar--though he'll still be a frail and stuttering cloistered cleric. His race might change, too...I'm getting a little tired of bland ol' humans. Perhaps a half-elf or half-orc...

I'm also looking through the issues of Dragon I possess to see what might be useful for him. If I find something I'd like to use, I'll lann ya the chant, boss. ...er, sorry, been playing a bit too much Planescape lately...

 

[CanadienneBacon]

That sounds good. I'm a fan of half-orc clerics. And welcome your choice, regardless of race. Hope you have fun thumbing through back issues of Dragon. I know I am. I found a copy the other day that I didn't know I had of issue 315 and was happy to see the Sha'ir class statted out. Forgot I had that!

 

[Kaodi]

I'm here. I was on a gaming binge for the last week, and when I checked the thread yesterday I didn't really think it would be all that important to state which deities I might favour, but I'm still here.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm holding off on names until we get an idea of some of the flavor of Sandpoint (a list of sample names would be awesome, but I doubt we'll get that), but basically, the paladin comes from a family that's been there since the beginning, and always been the soldiers guarding the city. His grandfather was a legendary ogre-slayer and used a masterwork greatsword the paladin is hoping to earn the right to bear (bought from campaign earnings, effectively, and used with the Ancestral Weapon feat later).

 

[CanadienneBacon]

I'll pop over and ask on your behalf about names. You never know...the staff was forthcoming about the temple information, maybe they can drop a few naming conventions as well.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Kaodi, thanks for chiming in. I just wanted to make sure we still have everyone on board.

All: To spell out my thoughts more clearly, I'm basically holding a slot for you in this game, less so for everyone's initial character concepts. If you want to play the concept you submitted, that's fine. But if you later see something else that you think you'd rather play or you feel that a particular role is lacking within the party's make-up and want to change horses to fill said niche, that's fine too. You're not locked in to your submission.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

A'ight, Whizbang, good on you. I hopped over to Paizo to ask about naming conventions just now and saw your thread. I'm hoping we get a blog entry out of it! Great question, and thanks for asking it.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

I haven't swung by paizo to check on a reply to your query about names. Find anything out?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

"Good idea," according to James Jacobs. I'm betting it ends up a sidebar in Pathfinder #1, but we'll see.

I'm going to come up with temporary names for the paladin's family and background. Even if they never become a big deal, I figure adventuring in our hometown will make having relatives and the like useful to you.