[Pathfinder] Burnt Offerings

[CanadienneBacon]

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[sblock]I've gone through your character sheet. What follows below are my questions.

1. I'm not seeing an alignment listed on the sheet. I think I did read somewhere in this thread, however, that you're planning to be either NG or CG. Let me know.

2. Ability scores look incorrectly allocated. Everyone has 15 points to spend...I calculate you've spent 24 (plus got another two points to spend for lowering your Str to 8). A lot of my comments are related to the ability score modifiers, which may be changing if I'm right and you haven't spent points according to the 15 point-buy allocation. Let me know if I'm missing something here.

3. Where'd you earn the Marial Weapon Proficiency (starknife) feat from? I'm not seeing a clear source for it on your sheet. I know you're playing a Varisian, but neither do I see in the adventure module or Player's Guide that explicitly states Varisians get the ability to use a starknife. I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea of you having it, I'd just like to know what I'm missing.

4. I'm not seeing a Fly skill listed for Talashia, despite her Air Elemental bloodline granting her the Elemental Movement special ability of Fly. Are you planning on adding this skill later?

5. With regard to the Charisma score of 18, which costs whopping 17 points to buy and may prove to be beyond the reach of a 1st-lvl PC with only 15 points to spend, there are quite a few things tied to that 18 that may or may not need amending...base spellcasting DC, Bluff, Intimidate...let me know.

6. Still waiting for the official background to make its way to the official character sheet. Let me know when you have Description and Background fleshed out in full.
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[Maidhc O Casain]

Almost - humans get +1 skill point at each level as a racial trait (there's not a choice between sp and hp for this one).

The +1 sp vs +1 hp is available to any race taking a level in their favored class.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Mowgli, it might prove useful to me if you bowed out for the moment. Thanks.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Did everyone note that once we moved from the 3.5 PHB to the PF beta ruleset, we also moved to a 15 point-buy for ability scores? Unless I'm a huge dummy (always a possibility), I'm seeing some really inflated ability scores in ya'll's character sheets. I'll do some more double-checking to see where we might have gotten our lines crossed on this issue.

By all means, though, if you know what the devil's going on, please speak up.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

This is the ability score point-buy progression (p. 6 of the beta .pdf) that I'm under the impression everyone should be using:

Table 2–1: Ability Score Costs
Score Points
7 –4
8 –2
9 –1
10 0
11 1
12 2
13 3
14 5
15 7
16 10
17 13
18 17

 

[Ambrus]

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8. Classic reference in Taran's background to Gorvi spotting Taran and thinking he'd seen the Sandpoint Devil. It reinforces Gorvi's already dubious character within Sandpoint.

Glad you like it. I have to admit my secret hope that there isn't any real Sandpoint Devil as a part of the adventure. I'm rather fond of the idea that the rumors about it have their origins in the locals catching the occasional fleeting glimpse Taran's draconic progenitor and are now being perpetuated because of Taran's own presence. In essence, Taran is the "Sandpoint Devil".

I believe I'll take the Absent Minded trait instead of Child of the Streets if that's okay. Seems appropriate for a budding scholar. As for reassigning my skill point from Gather Information, I'm instead considering taking a rank in Knowledge (Dungeoneering).

I'm also toying with the idea of Taran having crafted his own leather barding (cut into the shape of overlapping scales) out of discarded scraps found in the Junktoss to supplement his own nonexistent natural armor. His Intelligence is sufficient to create leather armor by taking 10 on an untrained craft skill. I'd pay for the base materials out of his starting funds of course. It'd depend on a perceived need for protection; which I imagine Taran would have if he'd been introduced to the business end of a goblin's dogslicer once or twice. I'll likely aim to acquire masterwork studded leather or a mithral shirt eventually.[/sblock]

 

[mfloyd3]

Did everyone note that once we moved from the 3.5 PHB to the PF beta ruleset, we also moved to a 15 point-buy for ability scores? Unless I'm a huge dummy (always a possibility), I'm seeing some really inflated ability scores in ya'll's character sheets.

Doh! I had Elyra's Cha wrong, I think the points add correctly now. Sorry about that.

 

[mfloyd3]

Doh! I had Elyra's Cha wrong, I think the points add correctly now. Sorry about that.

 

[Shayuri]

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[sblock]And my answers!

1. I'm not seeing an alignment listed on the sheet. I think I did read somewhere in this thread, however, that you're planning to be either NG or CG. Let me know.

-- Oops, that was an oversight. I'm looking at Chaotic Good...though it may be her time at the school has mellowed her to Neutral. I will think on this and decide by the time I update with her background.

2. Ability scores look incorrectly allocated. Everyone has 15 points to spend...I calculate you've spent 24 (plus got another two points to spend for lowering your Str to 8). A lot of my comments are related to the ability score modifiers, which may be changing if I'm right and you haven't spent points according to the 15 point-buy allocation. Let me know if I'm missing something here.

-- You are missing the +2 to one stat that all humans get in Pathfinder. I only paid for a Charisma of 16, then boosted it to 18 with that bonus. I will make that clearer on my final sheet.

3. Where'd you earn the Marial Weapon Proficiency (starknife) feat from? I'm not seeing a clear source for it on your sheet. I know you're playing a Varisian, but neither do I see in the adventure module or Player's Guide that explicitly states Varisians get the ability to use a starknife. I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea of you having it, I'd just like to know what I'm missing.

-- Humans in Pathfinder get a martial weapon proficiency as a racial trait. You should read the Race section. There are a lot of small, but noticible changes there.

4. I'm not seeing a Fly skill listed for Talashia, despite her Air Elemental bloodline granting her the Elemental Movement special ability of Fly. Are you planning on adding this skill later?

-- Yes. Her Fly power doesn't kick in until level 15, if I recall right. She has -plenty- of time to pick Fly up.

5. With regard to the Charisma score of 18, which costs whopping 17 points to buy and may prove to be beyond the reach of a 1st-lvl PC with only 15 points to spend, there are quite a few things tied to that 18 that may or may not need amending...base spellcasting DC, Bluff, Intimidate...let me know.

-- See above.

6. Still waiting for the official background to make its way to the official character sheet. Let me know when you have Description and Background fleshed out in full.

-- I will post to the OOC thread when I have that update. Hopefully tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks for the comments! Hope I answered your concerns.
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[CanadienneBacon]

[sblock=mfloyd3]If you're not mfloyd3, please get the heck outta here.

[sblock]What follows below is my list of questions for you with regard to Elyra:

1. I calculate that you've spent 22 points building Elyra. Everyone was allowed 15 points to spend on ability scores. Let me know what I might be missing here. Many of my comments are predicated on the scores reflected on your current character sheet, which may in turn render a lot of other errors in other departments depending upon whether you've overspent. In the ability score area, you also currently have a 14 Wisdom set to a +0 modifier when it should be +2 (but later in the sheet you've correctly used a +2 mod for Wis, so I'm guessing this is simple oversight not an actual error).

2. A throwing axe should have a critical multiplier of x2, not x3. Again, let me know if you feel I've got this incorrect (with specific page number reference, if need be).

3. You may need to adjust your attack and damage area to make the +1 to atk/dmg from Point Blank Shot more visible. Either that, or just be sure to remind me that you have PBS during combat so that I don't miss giving you the benefit of having the feat.

4. Let me know what sourcebook the Reactionary trait is from.

5. You correctly, I think, spent 9 skill points on Elyra. Might want (as you've already observed in another post of yours) to adjust the skill header so that it reads 9, instead of 8.

6. Let me know why Perception is using a miscellaneous modifier of +5. I'm seeing the +2 to Perception from the Alertness feat but am not sure where the other +3 is coming from.

7. I saw you might have been working out some ties with other character/s. Let me know what you've officially worked out (and then please include it in the background posted in the character repository for Elyra).[/sblock][/sblock]