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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #60 on: January 28, 2012, 05:57:45 PM »
Hey Shiki, if that's your plan, we should talk; My first charrie's brother is an agent-type character. Might be the brother and your shadow would know each other.
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« Reply #61 on: January 28, 2012, 06:22:54 PM »
I guess we can work out something like that, yes. I haven't had the time to thinker a background as of yet so I'd be happy to read your thoughts on this. I've had much mental strain as of late so I can't seem to figure out where to start.

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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #62 on: January 28, 2012, 06:40:30 PM »
With some collaboration we should be able to finish up the outer planar nodes relatively soon.  I think the inner and transitive planes will in general be much easier... but I'll keep chipping away at it as quick as I can, and as soon as it's finished enough for your taste you can whip up a PW.  :) 

Honestly, we have half the outer nodes finished (along with Shadow and Ethereal), so if you see 5 you like you could roll with those and then retcon different ones later if nodes happen that you like better.

But if you want to just start with the Shadow that's fine too.  :)

Hey Flay, are you going to make the brother as a second PC?  An Agent?  Because that would be pretty awesome.
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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #63 on: January 28, 2012, 07:43:57 PM »
It would be; there's barely a chance that the two would be in groups on the same side of the law! One might have to hunt the other! :love

I'm gonna polish up a single scene that covers both of their back stories and motivations sometime this weekend. Expect ripping of quotes from excellent sci-fi.
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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #64 on: January 28, 2012, 07:47:04 PM »
As much as I do want to make a PW, I just can't bring myself to use something which is not complete. I mean, as of now everything in Magipunk isn't complete per se since it all needs to go through testing phase, but you know what I mean. Regardless, I'll thinker something up soon after the outer track is complete, no doubt.

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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #65 on: January 28, 2012, 08:20:41 PM »
Holy crap I just realized I've been miscounting how many outer nodes I have left.  It's only 5!  Whew.  I mean, I have a lot of other nodes to do (i.e., inners & transitives), but I thought I was operating at just over 50%.   Outers should be done quick, I'm going to stop trying to go alphabetical order and just do ones that inspire me.
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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #66 on: January 28, 2012, 09:48:40 PM »
^I would have started that way to be honest. :p


I just found out that I'm bad at calculating BAB; my quick draft above only reach +14 and I kinda want +16. I do want to keep Shadow 10 though... Hmm.. Rapscallion regional feat can make up for the sneak attack part, Holomancer 4, Full BAB 3, Shadow 10, Lens Mage 3... Any ideas, anyone?

Edit: I'm thinking about making those Full BAB 3 levels Domeskipper; it gives everything I need plus some extra things, and that 1st level Falling Star stance looks sweet when used with Coherent Light (it does work with it, does it?).. Plus it has some exotic flavor to it.

Would this be an acceptable setup? If so, I'll make the sheet plus background/description (still considering your ideas btw, Flay) in the next days hopefully.
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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #67 on: January 29, 2012, 04:05:28 AM »
Flay, since both our characters hail from the frozen wastes of North, might be they were acquaintances of old? Perhaps they worked together on cleaning up the wilds(though obviously Jack would have to have left before the "accident")

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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #68 on: January 29, 2012, 07:30:30 AM »
Yes that stance works with CoLite.

Nans, I'm willing to allow Great Fortitude in place of Endurance as the prereq for Steadfast Determination for your char.

EDIT: I meant Iron Will, so there's no overlap.
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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #69 on: January 29, 2012, 01:55:07 PM »
I'll put that in my notes for possible feats.  So far I want to take:
 - Iron Will
    - Steadfast Determination
 - Cold Iron Tracery
 - Silver Tracery
 - Enduring Morph
 - Extra Morph
 - Skilled Morphling

Since I only get three more feats I'm going to have to narrow that down just a little, heh.

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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #70 on: January 29, 2012, 01:57:00 PM »
Shouldn't you have four, with 2 flaws?
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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #71 on: January 29, 2012, 04:01:14 PM »
Shouldn't you have four, with 2 flaws?

I have three more feats.  One of my four is Mithral Body, the other three feat slots are still empty.

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« Reply #72 on: January 29, 2012, 04:02:14 PM »
Oooh, ok.  :)
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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #73 on: January 29, 2012, 04:11:41 PM »
Flay, since both our characters hail from the frozen wastes of North, might be they were acquaintances of old? Perhaps they worked together on cleaning up the wilds(though obviously Jack would have to have left before the "accident")
This is entirely possible. The job that "killed" Ash probably wasn't his first job, so the possibility of him working up to that one with you is high. Or depending on your backstory, might be they were just from the same neighborhood; I'll give yours a read through when I get back from this appointment.
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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #74 on: January 29, 2012, 04:35:08 PM »
I just noticed you can't get into Lens Mage without taking at least 8 levels of Holomancer, unless Extra InvocationCAr works like I think it could but I doubt it, so this scraps my 2nd shadow draft and my virtual being/lens mage idea. :-\

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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #75 on: January 29, 2012, 04:47:14 PM »
Oh hey, I didn't notice that before.... You're talking about the fact that you'd get greater invocations but not greater essences (since Shadow doesn't give you more essences), correct? So it's a question of whether having greater non-essence invocations allows you to grab lesser essences with Extra Invocation?

If that's the question, the answer is "yes it does".  Essences are still invocations, you just don't get them with Shadow because you're getting two pseudo-essences in the Chilling and Shadow Spike (and essences/sculpts have been decoupled from normal invocations).  But the feat is fine for entry.
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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #76 on: January 29, 2012, 05:15:47 PM »
It'd really work that way? Yay! :love That character's build is mostly set then. I'll work on the rest soon enough.

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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #77 on: January 29, 2012, 05:37:45 PM »
I'll put that in my notes for possible feats.  So far I want to take:
 - Iron Will
    - Steadfast Determination
 - Cold Iron Tracery
 - Silver Tracery
 - Enduring Morph
 - Extra Morph
 - Skilled Morphling

Since I only get three more feats I'm going to have to narrow that down just a little, heh.

Skilled morphling won't be too useful without Extra Morph, because you just won't have the points to roll with the higher-level morphs yet.  I'd definitely get Extra Morph.
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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #78 on: January 29, 2012, 09:36:26 PM »
I'll put that in my notes for possible feats.  So far I want to take:
 - Iron Will
    - Steadfast Determination
 - Cold Iron Tracery
 - Silver Tracery
 - Enduring Morph
 - Extra Morph
 - Skilled Morphling

Since I only get three more feats I'm going to have to narrow that down just a little, heh.

Skilled morphling won't be too useful without Extra Morph, because you just won't have the points to roll with the higher-level morphs yet.  I'd definitely get Extra Morph.

Are cold iron tracery and silver tracery actually worth feat slots?

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Re: OOC & Brainstorming
« Reply #79 on: January 29, 2012, 09:46:22 PM »
Well... what's nice is they apply to all your natural weapons and not just your warforged slam... but I don't really know -- since I don't have a real set plot, I can't tell you definitively whether you'll be facing a lot of stuff that require one or the other.

Probably not, at least at this point.  DR/material is less common at lower levels anyway.
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