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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ahayford" data-source="post: 5679677" data-attributes="member: 6680745">Character GenerationI strongly encourage people to read the brief introduction I wrote up, along with some general Golarion background on the race/class combo you are interested in playing. Please try and develop a reason your character would want to aid and support the city of Cauldron. I would like each player to write out a brief bulleted list of general character background (or written out in prose if you are feeling inspired). When everyone has some general background, I encourage you to read each others background and possibly come up with one connection to something in one other characters background and add it to your character. We'll see where this takes us <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> The players don't necessarily need to know each initially, but I thought it might speed things along.As for the crunch, as stated previously, characters will be generated using a point buy system used by Pathfinder Society:Pathfinder Society uses the “purchase” system forgenerating ability scores, as explained on pages 15–16 of thePathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook. Pathfinder Societyuses the “High Fantasy” choice of 20 points, allowing youto build a solid PC at 1st level. Please remember that noscore can be reduced below 7 or raised above 18 using thismethod. Racial modifiers are applied after the points arespent, so it is possible to begin play with a low ability scoreof 5 and a high ability score of 20, depending on your racechoice.Allowed Sources:Pathfinder CorePathfinder APGPathfinder Complete MagicPathfinder Complete CombatOther Paizo books must be approvedNo 3rd PartyI will allow Tiefling and Aasimar Characters however, Tieflings must take Infernal Bastard, and Aasimar must take Fallen Angel Infernal BastardYou are a tiefling. You might be an escaped slave, a hidden shame, or a homeless vagabond, but whatever your upbringing, life has been particularly hard on you. You have suffered greatly, nearly starving to death one winter, nearly being beaten to death by racist sailors one summer, and so on. Whether or not these experiences have made you a bitter and cynical scoundrel or a pious and hopeful optimist is up to you, but one thing is certain—you are something less than even your tiefling kin. Perhaps it is a result of your hard life, or perhaps it is due to some fault in your fiendish heritage, but you lack a tiefling’s standard resistances to cold, electricity, and fire—instead, you merely have a +2 bonus on all saving throws made against these effects. Likewise, you do not have the ability to use darkness as a spell-like ability once per day—instead, you may choose any one 0-level spell that you can instead use at will as a spell-like ability.Fallen AngelYou lack an Aasimar's standard resistances, instead you merely have a +2 bonus to all saving throws made against these effects. Likewise you do not have the ability to use daylight as a spell-like ability once per day-instead you may choose any one 0-level spell that you can instead use at will as a spell-like ability.In addition to the Traits listed above, all players (including Tiefling and Aasimar) *may* choose a racial, combat, regional, or religious traitIn addition to the Traits listed above, all players (including Tiefling and Aasimar) must choose one of the following Campaign traits (or I can assign randomly if you prefer)Child of JzadiruneOne of your ancestors lived in the gnomish enclave of Jzaridune at the time the Vanishing struck. You are especially resistant to diseases, but find the prospect of becoming sick yourself horrifying.Benefit:+2 bonus to disease saveDrawback:Suffer -2 morale penalty on save vs fear while in the ruins of Jzadirune or when fighting any creatures that are diseased or can inflict diseaseDemonscarredOne of your ancestors was a half-fiend. As a result, you carry some of the taint with youBenefit:Regardless of you actual alignment, spells and spell-like abilities with the evil descriptor will treat you as if you are evil. Magic items are similarly fooled.Drawback:Regardless of your actual alignment, spells and spell-like abilities with the good descriptor will treat you as if you were evil.Dream HauntedYour dreams are haunted by strange visions of tortured landscapes and deformed monsters. In some of the dreams, YOU are the deformed monster.Benefit:You are used to fatigue and suffer no penalties when you become fatigued. If you are exhausted, treat it as fatigued.Drawback:-2 vs saves against madness, insanity, or sleep effectsLong ShadowedYou are descended from a tribe of indiginous people who died out as a seperate tribe many centuries ago. Still, this tribe's penchant for necromatic magic runs in your blood.Benefit:You automatically stabilize if reduce <0 hitpoints. Reduce all negative energy damage by 5hpDrawbacks: Healing magic works poorly on you. You gain -1 hp per character level, to a minimum of -1 per healing die rolled.Mark of the BeastOne of your ancestors was a Lycanthrope. Select a predatory animal of your choice; that animal feels a mystic bond with you.Benefit:Animals of the chose type feel a strange reticence to attack you suffering -2 to all attack rolls. If you have wild empathy, gain +1 to all wild empathy checks with that animal type.Drawback:-4 vs save vs lycanthropy. Take +1 dmg from silver weaponsNobilityYou were born into a noble familyBenefit:Start play with +200gp. +1 to all Diplomacy and intimidate checks in Cauldron and surrounding villages. Certain NPCs may treat you differently. I will work with you to pick a family.Drawback:You suffer -4 penalty to all disguise checks in Cauldron and surrounding villages. Certian NPCs may treat you differently <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil    :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" />Scarred SoulYou've led a particularly tough life. Perhaps you're an orphan or maybe you suffered a traumatic experience as a kid. Whatever the cause, your childhood experiences have left you jumpy and hauntedBenefit:+2 Initiative checksDrawback:Your mind is less able to deal with traumatic experiences -1 will savesScion of SurabarYou are a descendant of the man who discovered Cauldron and helped settle the region, and aided in the defeat of an ancient demonic army.Benefit:Pride in your lineage helps gird your mind and soul. +2 vs fear, death, insanity, and confusion.Drawback:Demons you encounter in the Cauldron region can instinctively sense your lineage and connection to their old enemy and gain +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage against you.Wyrm BloodedOne of your ancestors was a half-black dragon. You have some sort of distinctively draconic feature. Be it reptillian eyes, scales on the backs of your hands, or tiny vestigial horns. Benefits:You gain +4 save vs acid, +2 bonus to swim, +1 bonus to listen/spotDrawbacks:Your body isn't as limber as it could be, take -1 reflex save.</blockquote>

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