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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 4812587" data-attributes="member: 11146">Now that I've finished responding to posts, I'll start the official vetting of characters.  I have time tonight to post comments for Ambrus's character, then I need to hit the sack for the day.  In the morning, I'll pick up where I left off.[sblock=Ambrus]If you're not Ambrus, and you're reading this, you might consider clicking out.  Thanks.[sblock]Okay, down to business.  What follows are my preliminary questions for you regarding Taran.  1.  I'd like to see a scan, if possible, of the page/s from Dragon 320 that contain the write-up for the dragon progression that you'll be using for this game.  My subscription to Dragon cut off a couple of issues short of 320 (I think--they're all up in Indiana at the moment), so I'll be wanting your help on this.  If you're unable to provide the scan of the relevant material, please let me know and I'll see whether I can dig it up some other way.  A lot of my follow-on questions pertain to the racial stats.2.  What are the racial ability score modifiers you're using?  I note you've spent 15 points building your PC but don't detect racial modifiers.3.  I see in the PF RPG beta ruleset that skill points are determined by your class HD + 3 bonus skill points for ranks taken in class skills (plus other bonuses for being human and/or taking levels in a favored class).  Please let me know how you've allocated your skill points.  Dragon 320 pre-dates the beta ruleset, so I'm also wondering how you determined which "class" to use to settle on how many skill points with which to start play.4.  What are the favored skills for a dragon?  Do you and I need to create such a list, or has Paizo conveniently taken care of this for us in a supplement?5.  How'd you arrive at four languages (Common, Draconic, Thassilonian, Varisian)?  Do you get Common and Draconic for free, then get two more of your choice for a +2 in Int?6.  How'd you arrive at Bite +4?  Base attack +1 and a +2 in Str seem to add up to Bite +3.  I'm missing something here and need some input.7.  Not sure why Gather Information is listed separately from Diplomacy--I'd thought that the beta ruleset combined GI as a sub-function of Diplomacy.  If this is the case, then I'm doubly unsure why GI and Diplomacy are listed with separate skill modifiers.  Shouldn't they, at a minimum, be the same under the beta rules?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.9.  Your background's got Taran making himself useful by chasing away marauding goblins...I'd like to work the adventure off the premise that goblins aren't in-town marauders and would be likely to be spotted only out in the wilds of the Hinterlands.  Unless Taran plans to range pretty far from Sandpoint, it would be unlikely that chasing away goblins figure into his "helpfulness."  It's a small point, I know, but it'll be necessary to create a feeling that goblins in Sandpoint are really far out of the norm.  10.  What language are Taran and Risa Magravi using to speak together?  Does Risa know Taran isn't a rough collie?11.  I need a specific number, in feet, for how well Taran can see in low light.  Got the 120 feet for darkvision, just need the lowlight vision stat to go with it.  [/sblock][/sblock]</blockquote>

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