Ambrus
Explorer
Personally, I prefer smaller groups; less waiting around for everyone to post. I'd have no objections to pitching in for a wand of cure light wounds for our druid. But, I also have no problems in welcoming another player if everyone believes it's warranted.
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Ghostcat, sounds good. I'll leave it up to you to flesh out the details of Lidia's druidic circle. In case you want to incorporate my character into your background it might be good for you to know what I had in mind though. I imagine that druids around the world can feel the land's pain and are working to channel its energies in various ways to combat the infection; one of which was Menhir's incarnation. As I mentioned ealier, my character is a corporeal manifestation of the land itself, reacting instinctively to the painful impact of the star rock. It's much like a white blood cell whose goal it is to find and attack a tumorous growth attacking the planet. As its name implies, it was once a sacred standing stone from Lidia's druidic circle's sacred grove given life and purpose by Lidia and her allies through eldritch means; most likely a magical feature of the grove itself.
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Rathan, I've updated my character writeup; it's largely complete I think except for a character drawing (which I'm working on) and a bit more shopping. I'd like to run a few ideas and questions past you if you don't mind.
In regards to equipment, I have this notion about how an earth elemental might go about wearing, carrying and using equipment and was wondering if it sounds good to you. It's based on the idea that the elemental's body is somewhat metamorphic (if you'll excuse the geological pun). Since their bodies are normally formed out of whatever minerals they're conjured from and they possess the extraordinary ability to glide effortlessly through any form of stone or earth, I imagine that earth elementals have a limited ability to pass through their own bodies. So, instead of strapping equipment on with belts, buckles and pouches I imagine that an earth elemental might partially or wholly absorb their equipment simply by plunging it into their bodies and leaving it there until needed. So, instead of a backpack, belt pouch or scabbard an elemental might simply subsume items into their torso or limbs for safekeeping when not in use.
This in turn might change the relative form and appearance of otherwise typical pieces of equipment. Armor or a shield for instance might be jagged pieces of metallic ore that's been roughly shaped and then stuck to the exterior of an elemental's body by partial absorption. It's largely a fluffy idea with little real game effect; armor and weapons require the same cost in materials and skill to shape, could still be sundered if appropriately targeted and weight the same amount for purposes of encumbrance. I just like the idea of my elemental having formed his own spiked breastplate armor over time by absorbing veins of iron ore and jagged shards of quartz crystal into its body. Similarly, I intend to have my character carry around handful of spare "clubs" that are little more than misshapen 3 lb rocks that it tears free from its body as needed to hurl at enemies as ranged weapons. What do you think?
Incidentally, I was planning on my elemental using a shield but I figure that since its slam is equivalent to a two-handed weapon that it'd be a bit odd to be simultaneously using a shield.
On a more relevant note, I'm wondering what your take is on the earth elemental's controversial earth glide ability. Some think that it's strange that earth elementals, whose native terrain is solid rock, have no ability to see where they're going while earth gliding. A few think that the fact that earth elementals don't have tremorsense is just an odd oversight. Personally, I think some limited ability for them to sense things within or upon the ground would make sense, at least in adjacent squares if no further. I guess that'd be like termorsense 5-ft. For the sake of comparison, I took a look at what someone using Meld into stone can perceive:
Lastly, I'd like to know your take on the question of whether an elemental can physically carry another creature (either an ally or enemy) with it while earth gliding. I personally think that it's a bit too much to allow (too easy to entomb opponents under ground) even though I can't see anything that would preclude it from being feasible.
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Ghostcat, sounds good. I'll leave it up to you to flesh out the details of Lidia's druidic circle. In case you want to incorporate my character into your background it might be good for you to know what I had in mind though. I imagine that druids around the world can feel the land's pain and are working to channel its energies in various ways to combat the infection; one of which was Menhir's incarnation. As I mentioned ealier, my character is a corporeal manifestation of the land itself, reacting instinctively to the painful impact of the star rock. It's much like a white blood cell whose goal it is to find and attack a tumorous growth attacking the planet. As its name implies, it was once a sacred standing stone from Lidia's druidic circle's sacred grove given life and purpose by Lidia and her allies through eldritch means; most likely a magical feature of the grove itself.
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Rathan, I've updated my character writeup; it's largely complete I think except for a character drawing (which I'm working on) and a bit more shopping. I'd like to run a few ideas and questions past you if you don't mind.
In regards to equipment, I have this notion about how an earth elemental might go about wearing, carrying and using equipment and was wondering if it sounds good to you. It's based on the idea that the elemental's body is somewhat metamorphic (if you'll excuse the geological pun). Since their bodies are normally formed out of whatever minerals they're conjured from and they possess the extraordinary ability to glide effortlessly through any form of stone or earth, I imagine that earth elementals have a limited ability to pass through their own bodies. So, instead of strapping equipment on with belts, buckles and pouches I imagine that an earth elemental might partially or wholly absorb their equipment simply by plunging it into their bodies and leaving it there until needed. So, instead of a backpack, belt pouch or scabbard an elemental might simply subsume items into their torso or limbs for safekeeping when not in use.
This in turn might change the relative form and appearance of otherwise typical pieces of equipment. Armor or a shield for instance might be jagged pieces of metallic ore that's been roughly shaped and then stuck to the exterior of an elemental's body by partial absorption. It's largely a fluffy idea with little real game effect; armor and weapons require the same cost in materials and skill to shape, could still be sundered if appropriately targeted and weight the same amount for purposes of encumbrance. I just like the idea of my elemental having formed his own spiked breastplate armor over time by absorbing veins of iron ore and jagged shards of quartz crystal into its body. Similarly, I intend to have my character carry around handful of spare "clubs" that are little more than misshapen 3 lb rocks that it tears free from its body as needed to hurl at enemies as ranged weapons. What do you think?
Incidentally, I was planning on my elemental using a shield but I figure that since its slam is equivalent to a two-handed weapon that it'd be a bit odd to be simultaneously using a shield.
On a more relevant note, I'm wondering what your take is on the earth elemental's controversial earth glide ability. Some think that it's strange that earth elementals, whose native terrain is solid rock, have no ability to see where they're going while earth gliding. A few think that the fact that earth elementals don't have tremorsense is just an odd oversight. Personally, I think some limited ability for them to sense things within or upon the ground would make sense, at least in adjacent squares if no further. I guess that'd be like termorsense 5-ft. For the sake of comparison, I took a look at what someone using Meld into stone can perceive:
On the other hand, it might be good to treat an earth gliding elemental much as an incorporeal creature moving through solid objects:Meld into Stone said:
Incorporeal substype said:
Lastly, I'd like to know your take on the question of whether an elemental can physically carry another creature (either an ally or enemy) with it while earth gliding. I personally think that it's a bit too much to allow (too easy to entomb opponents under ground) even though I can't see anything that would preclude it from being feasible.
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... as for the items look and function.... function would be the same even if the look is different as long as you pay for the cost of the equipment still...
