VE's Shackled City Campaign

[drothgery]

Drothgery /Ariel
Character Sheet
Stone Bones
-2 Armor Check Penalty on Balance and Tumble

(thrown dagger was originally posted as +4)
Shouldn’t this be +3 (+1BAB +2 Dex mod)?

Fixed these.

Background
Nobility carries several advantages in Cauldron. Therefore, Ariel’s family will need to be lesser nobles that have no recognized authority or special privileges in Cauldron; or they could, in fact, just be extremely wealthy merchants that are nobles in all but title, etc.

I was kind of figuring that being very far down the inheritence tree, Hantra and Ariel (they're Lord Tanara's 7th and 8th children, respectively, and their father's eldest son and heir has children of his own not much younger than Ariel) and not being from Cauldron (they're from Sasserine, which I picked because it was the biggest city on your outline), they wouldn't have many 'official' perks of nobility (beyond customary deference from commoners in friendly territories) even though Lord Tanara, as I originally concieved him, definitely had both rank and wealth.

So before we decide how we'd rework things...

Is it possible to 'buy off' the benefits of being nobility (ala the XP penalty the planetouched PCs are paying)? And if so, what are they?

If not, Lord Tanara's title is the lowest-ranking one within Sasserine nobility (and it was only in the last generation or two that the family gained an inherited title), but he has influence rather well beyond his rank due to wealth and/or successfully aiding the Dawn Council when he was younger.

 

[Bloodcookie]

Edit: Upon further consideration, I think I'm going to withdraw from this one. Good luck to you all!

 

[Insight]

I was kind of figuring that being very far down the inheritence tree, Hantra and Ariel (they're Lord Tanara's 7th and 8th children, respectively, and their father's eldest son and heir has children of his own not much younger than Ariel) and not being from Cauldron (they're from Sasserine, which I picked because it was the biggest city on your outline), they wouldn't have many 'official' perks of nobility (beyond customary deference from commoners in friendly territories) even though Lord Tanara, as I originally concieved him, definitely had both rank and wealth.

So before we decide how we'd rework things...

Is it possible to 'buy off' the benefits of being nobility (ala the XP penalty the planetouched PCs are paying)? And if so, what are they?

If not, Lord Tanara's title is the lowest-ranking one within Sasserine nobility (and it was only in the last generation or two that the family gained an inherited title), but he has influence rather well beyond his rank due to wealth and/or successfully aiding the Dawn Council when he was younger.

Yeah, it'd be kinda neat if we were from a higher-ranked house and had to take a feat or pay xp for the benefits. Unless it'd totally break the game or something.

 

[Valors_End]

Is it possible to 'buy off' the benefits of being nobility (ala the XP penalty the planetouched PCs are paying)? And if so, what are they?

Nobility is actually a feat in the SCAP. I was trying to avoid using it and the other local hero feats for story reasons. Yes, I know that sounds backwards. Most, if not all, of the nobles in Cauldron are part of the same noble families in Sasserine. The laws in both areas are highly favorable to those with patents of nobility.

so how about:
The Tanara line is not part of the founding noble families of Cauldron or Sasserine; their "recent" ascension to power gives them recognition and standing in Sasserine, but the nobles of Cauldron have yet to accept the Tanara family as "legitimate" nobles. In the eyes of the law they, are not consider a Noble house (though the actions of someone might cause this to change).

Spoiler

I'm hungry and I forgot my point.

 

[Shayuri]

Shayuri / Thorn
What page/source discusses replacing Scribe Scroll with Augment Summoning. (I’m assuming this is what was done.)

Unearthed Arcana - Specialist Wizard Variants - p60 under Conjurer Variants. It's under the ability marked Enhanced Summoning (Ex), about midway down the page on the first column.

Also in the SRD, if you have that handy.

 

[Valors_End]

Unearthed Arcana - Specialist Wizard Variants - p60 under Conjurer Variants. It's under the ability marked Enhanced Summoning (Ex), about midway down the page on the first column.

In other words, if it were a snake it would have bitten me.

 

[Voadam]

We could go siblings, but rivals/friends looks very possible too, given that there's an arcane academy in Cauldron.

There is? I didn't see any reference to that in the linked info on Cauldron. Which post has that info?

Also siblings of different races could be because one is adopted.

 

[Voadam]

Voadam Reborn history

Voadam heard Gamad scream and spun around to see the deformed dwarf had once again pulled out the Fragment of the Rod of Law. "I see Darkness, it is coming … Nooooo!" Gamad wailed. Then all turned black as the Queen of Chaos used Gamad's contact to send her power bubbling through the artefact and banish the heroes to the corners of the multiverse with her raw power.

Voadam recognized the tearing of a planar rift having experienced these before. But there was more this time. Raw Chaos flowed through the rift, warping into the demon hunter and changing him, robbing him of some of his humanity, some of his power, and changing him.

He awoke alone. He felt different and quickly took stock of his situation. His singed black robes were quickly mended by a cantrip. By the stars he was no longer on the same world. Voadam cursed. Again. However there was something new, he could see in the dark and when he focused on the dark a brightness welled up from within him, illuminating the night as if it was full day.

The demon hunting wizard saw a Volcano lit up from within as if by city lights and decided to head there once he got his bearings, he would have to determine what world he was now on, and see if he could find out more about the Queen, the Lord, or the Vaati. He also needed to figure out what had happened to him. So much kept going on and he always got involved. He needed to know more and a settlement was the best place to begin.

 

[Voadam]

Voadam Reborn stats work in progress

Voadam
Aasimar wizard 1
NG

Str 14
Dex 15
Con 16
Int 18
Wis 14
Cha 15

F+3, R+2, W+4

Hp 7
AC 12 (+2 dex) Touch 12, flat footed 10

BAB +0
Grapple +2
Init +2

Attack unarmed strike melee +2 d3
Attack dagger melee/ranged +2 d4 19-20 RI 10'
Attack dart ranged +2 d4 RI 20'

Feats: All simple and Martial weapons, Improved Unarmed Strike, Scribe Scroll,
Skills:
Concentration +7 (4 ranks, +3 con)
Knowledge arcane +8 (4 ranks, +4 int)
Knowledge history +5 (1 rank, +4 int)
Knowledge local +5 (1 rank, +4 int)
Knowledge nature +5 (1 rank, +4 int)
Knowledge nobility +6 (2 ranks, +4 int)
Knowledge planar +8 (4 ranks, +4 int)
Knowledge religion +8 (4 ranks, +4 int)
Listen +4 (+2 wis, +2 racial)
Profession merchant +3 (1 rank, +2 wis)
Profession sailor +3 (1 rank, +2 wis)
Spellcraft +5 (1 rank, +4 int)
Spot +4 (+2 wis, +2 racial)
Languages: Common, Celestial, Abyssal, Orcish, TBD, TBD,

Native outsider
Darkvision
Resistances
Daylight 1/day

Spells DC 14+ spell level

1st 2
Mage Armor, Color Spray,
0th 3
Detect Magic, Ray of Frost, Prestidigitation,

Spellbook

1st level - Color Spray, Charm Person, Comprehend Languages, Disguise Self, Identify, Mage Armor, Orb of Cold Lesser (spell compendium),
0-level - All srd

Equip
Black robes
Green Sash
Scroll of Mage Hand
Scroll of Mending
Scroll of Comprehend Languages
Scroll of Color Spray X2
Scroll of Disguise Self
Scroll of Mage Armor
Scroll of Orb of Cold Lesser X2
Scrolls = 100 gp total for crafting
Dagger 2 gp
darts 6 3 gp
Backpack 2 gp
Fish hook token
Dice
3 gp

 

[ethandrew]

There is? I didn't see any reference to that in the linked info on Cauldron. Which post has that info?

It's in the supplemental that VE posted in the initial post. Then under locations and in the last post there: Bluecrater Academy.