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Meta Board => [PF] Golarion - Kingmaker => Retired PbP Games => Archive => OOC => Topic started by: linklord231 on March 29, 2014, 04:49:37 AM
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For discussing characters, rules, and any other questions you have before the game.
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For some reason I'm not getting the New icon on this campaign thread.
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Roll20 campaign page is up
Access it here (https://app.roll20.net/join/361170/hfLzLQ).
You guys will be starting out at Oleg's Trading post, on the last day of Calistril (roughly February). You should, as a group, decide whether you set out from Brevoy together, or met up here, and also how long you've been here for.
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Ok, looks like I'm having to eat my words from my character post, lol. We're going to have to share our character backgrounds if we, as players, want to formulate the party's origin story. My character is the son of a noble half-fey mother and an unknown man. The half-fey was evil and manipulative and eventually drove him to the brink of murder. However, the shame of the incident spurned him in the opposite direction, and the hatred he once had for his cousins who inherited his family's noble title was turned instead towards his mother. Eventually, this hatred melted and turned to pity, but not before it had the cathartic effect of transforming Vian into a champion of the downtrodden, acting as a leader for a group of orphaned children. He has the Noble Born (Medvyed) trait. His motivations for returning from his travels to Brevoy are mainly to establish a kingdom in those lawless lands so that those who are normally taken-advantage-of have a better chance of survival. He wants by good deeds to rewrite his character and maybe, in time, redeem his past. His main abilities are charisma and strength, so he makes for a good military leader.
Depending on the backgrounds of the other characters, my character can furnish a party origin story simply by being a leader/recruiter. Amongst those who are already good, he is persuasive but not pushy. He is only intimidating to those who have strayed from the paths of righteousness. So, he could be a magnet that attracted the party to his cause. He wants to set up a kingdom and can't do it alone. He needs allies and he found them either at or before Oleg's Trading Post.
Alternatively, he could take a less dominant role and find people with whom it is merely convenient to work together. He and other PCs wanted to establish their own sovereignties , but it would be best at this early stage to work as one.
If you're looking for other connections with my character, his faerie grandmother lives in the Gronzi Forest. He spent some time in Westcrown in Cheliax. And he spent some time traveling the places in between.
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Sheet posted. Please have a look, GMs.
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For some reason I'm not getting the New icon on this campaign thread.
It's because there are new posts in a thread within a subforum within this subforum, I think. I don't see them until I get down to the "Current Games" board.
Arella is an Aasimar descended from a Peri - a woman wreathed with wings of flame - and, somewhere far far back, a touch of dragonblood, not that it manifests at all. She studies at the Kitharodian Academy, on an island inside the Inner Sea. She's out adventuring while she takes a break from her classes, though she also has the motivation of sharing her performances - acting, dancing, giving speeches, and occasionally percussion - and recruiting more students to enlighten themselves at the Academy.
She dresses like a stereotypical adventurer, her outfit having lots of little pockets, and she carries an almost-unused shortbow, along with a flag bearing the insignia of the Academy on a frame on her backpack. Beyond that, she doesn't do much - she could act to pull a party together, or she could simply join with them as the party moves along, seeing as their travel is the same direction, and everyone enjoys a bit of a show in the evening after a hard walk, of course.
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Hey Gazzien,
I was thinking about one of your posts, how you said you were trying to get to 15 TPA. It suddenly occurred to me, though it may not be news to you, that your simultaneous membership in the Pathfinder Society is actually quite fortuitous. The main obstacle in gaining prestige with the Kitharodian Academy is that not only are you not there, but it's exceedingly far away. Gaining prestige in the Academy is all variations on a theme; professors observing your skills. But you're nowhere near any of the professors to be observed, no matter how many demonstrations of your skills you make. However, if your skillful exploits are published in some Pathfinder Journals (and with the cooperation of the DM, they could be), then your professors could hear about them.
Under this pretext, you may not need to return to the bard college except very infrequently. I would assume it's like most bard colleges in that the learning is considerably self-directed, what with the students being so independent. That being the case, you may have thought that you would learn more traveling abroad, even if you did not want to revoke your attendance status at the academy.
In any event, a character tie-in we might want to consider is that you and I met on my travels. Adventurous as you may be, you might not have wanted to go as far as Brevoy, but I may have convinced you to come, saying there would be many opportunities to display your virtuosity and great need for your powers. For indeed, bards being what they are in a fantasy world, they can be very useful to armies, and are at least entertainment for the court. It may have been hard for you to find a position in courts that were already established. But if you befriend someone before he becomes a king, you've got a foot in the door...
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@zook1shoe: Meanwhile, since the summons for would-be-king adventurers came from Restov, it makes since that Vian and Arella would go there first before setting out. I don't know about your character's personality, but he could have joined them at Restov as the mercenary type. Obviously, we wouldn't pay him, but he'd get his share of the loot. Alternatively, if his lawful alignment is a significant element of his personality, he could already want to tame the lawlessness of the Greenbelt. In that case, he could join the party because of an alignment of purposes. My character is more concerned with establishing a good kingdom, but your character could seek the establishment of a kingdom simply because it's preferable to anarchy.
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Guys, my character is Issian and he's looking for a way to earn good money. He could have joined as a mercenary.
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Hey Gazzien,
I was thinking about one of your posts, how you said you were trying to get to 15 TPA. It suddenly occurred to me, though it may not be news to you, that your simultaneous membership in the Pathfinder Society is actually quite fortuitous. The main obstacle in gaining prestige with the Kitharodian Academy is that not only are you not there, but it's exceedingly far away. Gaining prestige in the Academy is all variations on a theme; professors observing your skills. But you're nowhere near any of the professors to be observed, no matter how many demonstrations of your skills you make. However, if your skillful exploits are published in some Pathfinder Journals (and with the cooperation of the DM, they could be), then your professors could hear about them.
Under this pretext, you may not need to return to the bard college except very infrequently. I would assume it's like most bard colleges in that the learning is considerably self-directed, what with the students being so independent. That being the case, you may have thought that you would learn more traveling abroad, even if you did not want to revoke your attendance status at the academy.
In any event, a character tie-in we might want to consider is that you and I met on my travels. Adventurous as you may be, you might not have wanted to go as far as Brevoy, but I may have convinced you to come, saying there would be many opportunities to display your virtuosity and great need for your powers. For indeed, bards being what they are in a fantasy world, they can be very useful to armies, and are at least entertainment for the court. It may have been hard for you to find a position in courts that were already established. But if you befriend someone before he becomes a king, you've got a foot in the door...
Damn you for making me go get my laptop instead of my phone![/sarcasm]
Mm, that's a very good point.
I'm willing to go with that - Arella didn't have a particular destination in mind, so it makes sense that she would just go along with you - considering that she's neutral good and more formally trained, she'd also take the opportunity to get in on the beginning of a kingdom, and she'd be able to help the poor people in that anarchic state.
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Concerning Cass Talakhis, perhaps you traveled to Restov from Issian when you heard the rumors of the Swordlords' offers? You figured you could find one of the adventuring parties before they set off and offer your services? Let me know if it sounds plausible.
Now we just need a response from zook and we should have a party background.
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Concerning Cass Talakhis, perhaps you traveled to Restov from Issian when you heard the rumors of the Swordlords' offers? You figured you could find one of the adventuring parties before they set off and offer your services? Let me know if it sounds plausible.
Yeah! That sounds like something Cass would do. A chance of becoming a noble, even a king. That would certainly make him dream about it.
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Sounds good guys :)
If you have time, you should pick out a token to represent your character on roll20. You can either search their art, or upload your own. Just drag and drop an image file onto the map grid.
It's up to you individually if you want to set up short-form character sheets on roll20, or just use your "official" one here or on mythweavers.
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Are we going to use Roll20's dice roller? I'd rather not since it can get lost in the chat panel.
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If we were playing a traditional Roll20 game with everyone online at the same time, then I might worry about the preponderance of messages. However, as most messages will be posted on Min Max Boards, I don't think there will be a problem with the rolls getting burried. Just make sure to say what each roll is for with a group message.
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linklord, sadly, I'm pretty sure the players can't add tokens: only DMs. I haven't found a way to give them that permission. So you or I are just going to have to pick the closest matching token we can.
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linklord, sadly, I'm pretty sure the players can't add tokens: only DMs. I haven't found a way to give them that permission. So you or I are just going to have to pick the closest matching token we can.
Good point. I made characters for the people who have joined the roll20 campaign so far (everyone but Zook, basically), and hopefully set them to be edited by their players.
You can create macros for common rolls using the "Ablities" tab, if you want.
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linklord, sadly, I'm pretty sure the players can't add tokens: only DMs. I haven't found a way to give them that permission. So you or I are just going to have to pick the closest matching token we can.
Good point. I made characters for the people who have joined the roll20 campaign so far (everyone but Zook, basically), and hopefully set them to be edited by their players.
You can create macros for common rolls using the "Ablities" tab, if you want.
I'm honestly fine with anything as my character, tbh. As long as it's (even vaguely) female.
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Are we good to go? Does everybody have their sheets (mostly) finalized? Made a roll20 account and signed up for the campaign? Got a feel for individual backstories and personalities?
Looks like we've agreed that Vian and Arella are old adventuring buddies, and signed for the Greenbelt Exploration charter together, then hired Cass and possibly Gror as mercenaries - sound about right? If that's the case, we'll say Vian and Arella have been at Olegs for a couple days, waiting for their new companions who just showed up this morning. Campaign will officially start once I get an "Aye" from everybody, indicating that you're ready.
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"Aye", I'm good to go.
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IDK what's happened to zook. He hasn't joined the Roll20 campaign, nor has he responded to this thread or the rules thread. Even if you did get the game thread started, signs are pointing to him not responding to it either.
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I'm ready to go!
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Alright, if Zook's online presence improves, he might join the party sometime after the adventure's begun. I've been asking around on GiantitP and found a replacement. It will take a bit of time, but I'll bring him on.
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If anyone wants to know, I've posted a full (and somewhat revised) character background at the bottom of my Myth Weavers sheet. It's not all that useful to know, and you won't know a lot of it in-character, but if you're interested, it's there. In this background, I meet Konrad von Holstein first. He's the new PC who will be joining shortly. His character fluff and crunch is done. He's just familiarizing himself with our forum and then he'll be good to go.
Gazzien, with my revised character background I actually pass right through Taldor, so that will be the specific place where Vian and Arella meet.
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So, ah... we going to play any time soon?
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So, ah... we going to play any time soon?
Yeah, sorry. I waited until the last minute to file taxes, and I was also waiting for Lordhavelock to say he's ready. And hoping Zook would magically show up.
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So, ah... we going to play any time soon?
Yeah, sorry. I waited until the last minute to file taxes, and I was also waiting for Lordhavelock to say he's ready. And hoping Zook would magically show up.
Oh >w<" I'm sorry, didn't mean to bother you, then.
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No worries. I have tomorrow off work, so I'm planning to start then unless someone objects by tonight.
Also, many of you seem to be using your real first names on Roll20. You can change your display name by clicking on the little gear icon in the top right of the sidebar and changing your name under the My Settings header. And please let me know if I've assigned control of a character to the wrong person :D
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No worries. I have tomorrow off work, so I'm planning to start then unless someone objects by tonight.
Also, many of you seem to be using your real first names on Roll20. You can change your display name by clicking on the little gear icon in the top right of the sidebar and changing your name under the My Settings header. And please let me know if I've assigned control of a character to the wrong person :D
Think mine should be showing "Gazzien", has been like that. -shrug-
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It would seem our 4th player position, like the teacher of defense against the dark arts, is a cursed one. If LordHavelock goes inanimate linklord231, I would just start the game anyways. I think a party of 3 can handle encounters for a party of 4. This is, after all, the Min Max Boards. If he doesn't respond, I'll bring another one off the bench so we'll (hopefully) have a 4th player before too long.
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If anyone has something important in their backstory that's common knowledge (the general goals of a faction, major events in your home region, etc), you should toss it up in the General Knowledge subboard so it doesn't get forgotten about.
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Gameplay thread is up. You are cleared for posting.
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Hello everyone. I am working on the background for my Inquisitor character. I was thinking his family was tied to the vanished House Rogarvia and their religion, but I am unsure what their religion was.
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@Smileybastard: Sorry, this must be the question you wanted answered, I think the reason nobody answered it is because the answer is unknown. Members of House Rogarvia shouldn't really be played anyways though because they disappeared; otherwise there would be an heir to the throne and no contest between Rostland and Issia.
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Hey guys, I know this game is flat-lining, but I figured I'd give it one last effort. I've told an IRL friend that he could join the game if he could complete his character in a day. So me and him are working on his character and should be done by today. His username is going to be cantankerouspedant.
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Hello everyone!
Thanks for having me in this game. I'm just putting the finishing touches on my character and will post shortly.
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Hey guys,
cantankerouspedant has intertwined his and my character's backgrounds, which is alright with me. This will hopefully speed along party formation.
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i'm dealing with probably depression and need some time to get things together. i'm pulling out of all my games. sry about this