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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #100 on: August 19, 2013, 05:58:24 PM »
And am I reading this spell correctly? So I could call the spirit of a hound archon into a dead troll, and basically for 10 min/lvl get a troll with the Su and SLA abilities of a hound archon (and BAB, base saves, etc)? If so... that looks pretty damned awesome. :D
It sure looks that way.  "Mental abilities" would include racial SLA's.  Only issue is there are no Hound Archons.  Bralani on the other hand...

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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #101 on: August 19, 2013, 06:00:09 PM »
I'm very wary of having a Frenzied Berserker in the party...
I'm very wary of having a FB in the party...

And Einar and Thorgrim would be wary about it too...
Yeah... that was the first thing I thought of when I saw FB as well.  :p

That three-way fight for a group of 2nd level characters was pretty awesome, if I say so myself.

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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #102 on: August 19, 2013, 06:12:18 PM »
And am I reading this spell correctly? So I could call the spirit of a hound archon into a dead troll, and basically for 10 min/lvl get a troll with the Su and SLA abilities of a hound archon (and BAB, base saves, etc)? If so... that looks pretty damned awesome. :D
It sure looks that way.  "Mental abilities" would include racial SLA's.  Only issue is there are no Hound Archons.  Bralani on the other hand...
Wow... that kicks the crap out of the hound archon, anyway! :P Talk about versatility!

And I bet having one of those around in whirlwind form would let me up the damage on Call Lightning to 1d10, also...  :evillaugh
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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #103 on: August 19, 2013, 07:09:29 PM »
I COULD take Righteous Anger (or whatever the feat is called from BoED) that let's you tell friend from foe during a frenzy.... I do have one open feat slot.
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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #104 on: August 19, 2013, 07:31:09 PM »
I'm very wary of having a Frenzied Berserker in the party...
I'm very wary of having a FB in the party...

And Einar and Thorgrim would be wary about it too...
Yeah... that was the first thing I thought of when I saw FB as well.  :p

That three-way fight for a group of 2nd level characters was pretty awesome, if I say so myself.

Yea it was, I'd forgotten about that!

When do you want characters finished by?

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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #105 on: August 19, 2013, 07:39:17 PM »
Is it going to be cold, as a rule? Like, how often would Frozen Magic trigger?
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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #106 on: August 19, 2013, 07:58:01 PM »

When do you want characters finished by?
I hope it's not too soon... I'm quite busy. :P
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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #107 on: August 19, 2013, 09:04:01 PM »
Wouldn't mind the Luminous armor, though at the moment it's main benefit at the moment would be the -4 on their attack rolls so only if you have extra slots. The Greater version, on the other hand, would be amazing when that becomes available. The raging, berserking barbarian will be drawing a lot of attention to himself and will probably need the defense.
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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #108 on: August 19, 2013, 09:09:13 PM »
I just got the nasty idea of a Decastave-Wielding Frenzied Berserker... Yeah, no, that is insanely dangerous.

I'm thinking 5 levels of Fighter | Sorcerer, 3 levels of Fighter | (Arcane PrC's), then 1 level of Argent Savant | Sorcerer and top it off with however many levels of Argent Savant | (Martial Classes) I can.  Fighter is for using the Armored Mage ACF, although Argent Savant will still be useful for Shield spells.

Now to figure out how I'm going to spend those presently unknown levels...

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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #109 on: August 19, 2013, 09:17:55 PM »
Wouldn't mind the Luminous armor, though at the moment it's main benefit at the moment would be the -4 on their attack rolls so only if you have extra slots. The Greater version, on the other hand, would be amazing when that becomes available. The raging, berserking barbarian will be drawing a lot of attention to himself and will probably need the defense.
I only have one 2nd level spell "known" per day starting out (which I can change out on a daily basis), but I can spam it up like a sorcerer. So it's basically all or nothing... However, I am taking the Spontaneous Summoner feat, so I can use those slots for SNA as well. (The restriction of only being able to use it Wis mod times per day is annoying, but unlikely to matter...)

Edit: Oh yeah, I plan on using the Spikes spell at least part of the time, if anyone else is using a wooden weapon.
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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #110 on: August 19, 2013, 10:31:44 PM »
Okay, definitely going Barbarian//Riposte Scout.

I'm not going Dread Commando, I don't know what I was thinking when I decided that was a good idea.

I'm thinking of the Whirling Frenzy ACF. 

Something like Barbarian 5/ xxx 2/ Runescarred Berserker 10/ xx 3// Scout 20.  No idea what to take for the filler levels.  Also I wish Runescars didn't cost experience and require a mid-high Wis score.

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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #111 on: August 19, 2013, 10:38:23 PM »
Okay, definitely going Barbarian//Riposte Scout.

I'm not going Dread Commando, I don't know what I was thinking when I decided that was a good idea.

I'm thinking of the Whirling Frenzy ACF. 

Something like Barbarian 5/ xxx 2/ Runescarred Berserker 10/ xx 3// Scout 20.  No idea what to take for the filler levels.  Also I wish Runescars didn't cost experience and require a mid-high Wis score.
Use archivist levels instead, then. With the houserules, you can even still carve them into yourself. :D
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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #112 on: August 19, 2013, 10:50:41 PM »
Absolutely devastated that I missed the boat for this :(

Though that being said you did mention it was a "hard" campaign. So maybe it was a good thing, else that boat may have been a burning wreck before too long :rolleyes
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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #113 on: August 19, 2013, 11:08:21 PM »
How would the Ruathar PrC work in this campaign?  My guess would be that, at best, I'd have to render a service to an Alfar community, but that seems a tall order.

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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #114 on: August 20, 2013, 12:06:42 AM »
Okay, definitely going Barbarian//Riposte Scout.

I'm not going Dread Commando, I don't know what I was thinking when I decided that was a good idea.

I'm thinking of the Whirling Frenzy ACF. 

Something like Barbarian 5/ xxx 2/ Runescarred Berserker 10/ xx 3// Scout 20.  No idea what to take for the filler levels.  Also I wish Runescars didn't cost experience and require a mid-high Wis score.
Use archivist levels instead, then. With the houserules, you can even still carve them into yourself. :D

But I like the Barbarian//Scout thing I've got going.  I don't want to be a full spellcaster, I'm not particularly good with them. :p

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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #115 on: August 20, 2013, 12:27:25 AM »
Is it going to be cold, as a rule? Like, how often would Frozen Magic trigger?
The game is staring in early October, in northern climes.  Frozen Magic wouldn't be usable for a little while yet, but by the end, it should find use.  If there is a way to delay taking it until 9th level, it would be a lot more useful around that time.

I'm thinking 5 levels of Fighter | Sorcerer, 3 levels of Fighter | (Arcane PrC's), then 1 level of Argent Savant | Sorcerer and top it off with however many levels of Argent Savant | (Martial Classes) I can.  Fighter is for using the Armored Mage ACF, although Argent Savant will still be useful for Shield spells.

Just keep in mind the "sidedness" of where your classes are.

Fighter 5//Sorcerer 5
Fighter +3//Mage PrC 3
Arg Sav 1//Sorcerer +1
Arg Sav +X//[Warrior-type base class]+X

That's fine, and if I'm reading right, that's what you meant.  Just surprised you plan to abandon the Sorcerer casting.

Nevermind, I see exactly what you did, and yes, that is perfect.  The only thing to make sure you are aware of is that the BAB from those "warrior" levels will basically be a waste, as they will merely add onto the Sorcerer and mage PrC BAB.  Argent Savant's BAB will add to the Fighter BAB on the first side.  Given that, it might be worth thinking about Rogue or something of that nature to place opposite the bulk of your Argent Savant levels.

Okay, definitely going Barbarian//Riposte Scout.

I'm not going Dread Commando, I don't know what I was thinking when I decided that was a good idea.

I'm thinking of the Whirling Frenzy ACF. 

Something like Barbarian 5/ xxx 2/ Runescarred Berserker 10/ xx 3// Scout 20.  No idea what to take for the filler levels.  Also I wish Runescars didn't cost experience and require a mid-high Wis score.
Whirling Frenzy is cool.  Honestly, the XP cost from the Runescars isn't likely to have that much of an impact.  At worst, you are behind everyone else for one "mission." And then you get extra XP.  I really wouldn't worry about it overly much.

How would the Ruathar PrC work in this campaign?  My guess would be that, at best, I'd have to render a service to an Alfar community, but that seems a tall order.
A tall order indeed.  I can pretty well assure you an opportunity to do so will not come up in the story line I have planned.
Were the planned adventures going in a different direction, interaction with Alfar would indeed be the appropriate direction to go.
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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #116 on: August 20, 2013, 12:46:29 AM »
Greater Luminous Armor kicks ass... I wouldn't mind having it.

So are you going Druid also phae? we can be tree huggers  :smirk



Early October? No complaints here, I'm moving into my new house today. So if I have a few extra days to work on my build it would be super appreciated.

Btw your right on the pointbuy of course, I didn't notice but it was a 38 buy. I will fix it asap
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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #117 on: August 20, 2013, 12:47:27 AM »
I COULD take Righteous Anger (or whatever the feat is called from BoED) that let's you tell friend from foe during a frenzy.... I do have one open feat slot.
That would pretty much be the only way you would not be banished from Rashemen, if you were to ever travel there (and look at what banishment actually means in the historical context, under the "Thing" heading in the first post of the thread linked in my first post of this thread).  If you've got the open feat slot for Righteous Wrath, that would make FB acceptable.

Of course, the role play consequences wouldn't happen until after the first time you "lost control."  Though FB's with Righteous Wrath would still be rare in Rashemen (and I'm not saying you have to be from Rashemen), they would be accepted (and no one would be the wiser), so long as they stayed in control.

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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #118 on: August 20, 2013, 12:54:55 AM »
Early October? No complaints here, I'm moving into my new house today. So if I have a few extra days to work on my build it would be super appreciated.

Btw your right on the pointbuy of course, I didn't notice but it was a 38 buy. I will fix it asap
To be clear, my statement about "early October" was in reference to the season that will be occurring in game when the game starts.  In reference to if it would be cold enough for Frozen Magic to be useful.

I expect I'll pick the players/characters sometime late this week (maybe next weekend?)  Then give you a few days to finalize things on your character sheets while the sub-board gets set up.  Probably start up the actual game thread around the first of September.

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Re: Recruiting for a Viking-themed war campaign
« Reply #119 on: August 20, 2013, 01:42:32 AM »
Early October? No complaints here, I'm moving into my new house today. So if I have a few extra days to work on my build it would be super appreciated.

Btw your right on the pointbuy of course, I didn't notice but it was a 38 buy. I will fix it asap
To be clear, my statement about "early October" was in reference to the season that will be occurring in game when the game starts.  In reference to if it would be cold enough for Frozen Magic to be useful.

I expect I'll pick the players/characters sometime late this week (maybe next weekend?)  Then give you a few days to finalize things on your character sheets while the sub-board gets set up.  Probably start up the actual game thread around the first of September.

Ahh ok lol, I thought October was a bit far out. Alrighty well I will finish up my character over the next day or two most likely.  :D
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