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[Heron TSG]

A quote from 34 months ago:

We are always accepting players.  Always.

I actually think that might be the official motto for this campaign.

We usually just meet for sessions, but I could give you the lowdown on an IRC channel sometime. I'm level 12, but the average party level is something like 14-15. There's quite a bit of plot to go through, so that will take some time to explain. RAM (And maybe Lucus Casius) are the only members left from the very original party, but I joined within the first 3-4 sessions. The first post is up to date except that we're just on the server list now, and not using Hamachi.

[RAM]

Actually, I wasn't an original member either.

We meet up on Maptools build, umm, 76? Yes, 76 looks right... On, umm, pretty much twelve hours prior to this post, on a weekly basis. In theory... I recall the starting level being 15, but you might want to build up to twelve-or-so and finish off when the D.M. updates the starting level. I suspect that we are using standard wealth-by-level, but we might be equipping you with party funds, there were some issues with wealth-by-level a while back. At present there have been issues with attendance, the party likely consists of a, erm, it was designed as a grappler, but it is more or less a tank, mostly due to lucky H.P. rolls, and a cleric with an emphasis on turning undead, I think it can also muster an impressive spell barrage a couple of times per day, but its casting might be a little off generally due to level adjustment. Oh. and there is the D.M.P.C. sorceress, who used to be a player, so the obvious absence is a rogue, our rogue left over differences with hamachi, which we no longer use, it might be worth looking up Shoruke again now that we have dropped it. But really, turn up with whatever you feel like making, although their may be some campaign specific issues. Paladins are out I think, psionics too, and elves are more like Dwarf Fortress elves than Tolkien elves. You probably don't want to be a cleric of Takhiss... I don't recall seeing many gnomes or halflings, but that might not be a campaign thing...

[Dwarmin]

Well, if anyone wants to give me a quick rundown...

I'm on

http://webchat.freenode.net/ <--

Chilling at #Bay12rtd

...I wonder if I could make a char in time to attend the first session. Ha!

[Dwarmin]

I figure just to get my foot in the door and get used to this campaign, I'll play a straight Swordsage, like what Sho took levels in.

Terribly simple, I know.

[Heron TSG]

A cleric with an emphasis on turning undead, I think it can also muster an impressive spell barrage a couple of times per day, but its casting might be a little off generally due to level adjustment.
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I don't recall seeing many gnomes or halflings, but that might not be a campaign thing...

Eafoth's ECL is a little wonky because I had 3 level adjustment during character creation, missed a session where everyone gained a level or two via fiat, and then got a sea god to remove the level adjustment without commensurate actual levels. So while Eafoth was about ECL 15 like the rest of the party, I believe it's ECL 12 now. Thanks to divine metamagic, I can deal some wacky damage once or twice in a day, but 6th level spells are not quite as good as 8th level spells.

I think Zook was a gnome, so I think they're just uncommon.

[Dwarmin]

All right, still hammering out mah char.

Can I get any direction as to our starting level and our stat generation method?

Judging by my search, we're doing 4d6 tho.

[Lord Shonus]

I'm sorry that I didn't reply earlier.  We do, in fact, use 4d6d1 to generate stats, are at level 15, and start with standard WBL. That said, I'd really prefer you didn't use a ToB class. The book isn't banned, exactly, but I omniloathe the mechanics, and this group is pretty low-op. ToB has a fairly high optimization floor, and may well be the most powerful character in the group.


Regarding halflings and gnomes: Halflings are Human/Dwarf hybrids, while Gnomes are Elf/Dwarf. As dwarves are relatively rare, both races are therefore rare, although the omnisexual nature of the elves makes gnomes more common than halflings.

[Dwarmin]

Humm, alright.

Can't have you pre-loathing me before I even get in

And I'm horrible at optimization. Tell that to my Spirit Shaman 15...lol. Love the class, but so situational as to be almost useless.

Atm, trying to make a sword/board character. Don't really wanna go the usual TWF/Buckler Defense though.

[Dwarmin]

@Shonus: After some help from barb, I've settled on Knight/Hellreaver PRC. Is this okay with you?

Stats rolled

http://invisiblecastle.com/stats/view/33219/ <--

And HP

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4075177/ <--

Also, would this be acceptable as a Knight variant?
 Steadfast Veteran
Prerequisite: Con 13
2nd Level Bonus Feat: Replace Mounted Combat with Endurance
Bonus Feat List: Replace former list with the following: Diehard, Enduring Life, Exotic Shield Proficiency, Greater Kiai Shout, Greater Tenacity, Imperious Command, Improved Toughness, Kiai Shout, Lasting Life, Tenacity

I don't wanna ride a horse <_<

http://codexofhonor.blogspot.com/2012/11/knight-variants.html <---

[RAM]

You can probably rearrange the ability scores if you want.

[Heron TSG]

So it sounded like Azthor also wanted to play on the IRC. What sort of character were you planning, Azthor? If I recall, it was some sort of wizardlike class. Aryana has some magic, but we can always use more.

[Azthor]

So it sounded like Azthor also wanted to play on the IRC. What sort of character were you planning, Azthor? If I recall, it was some sort of wizardlike class. Aryana has some magic, but we can always use more.

Aye, likely a middle-aged human wizard of TN or NG alignment. A tie-in with Dwarmin's character (as an uncle of sorts, perhaps) seems opportune and has been agreed upon, but it is down to Lord Shonus to see whether it is appropriate; I will post a link to the sheet for review once it is ready.

[RAM]

Yesm getting the sheets up to Mythweavers would be grand.

[Dwarmin]

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=583550

There's mah sheet.

Didn't post it before because every time I get a thought, I change something on it...

[Heron TSG]

Just gonna point out a couple things:

+6 armor isn't possible, I don't think. You can have up to +10 total bonus, but only +5 enhancement before epic levels. It costs 36,000 gp plus the base cost of the armor.

Screaming isn't an item improvement that I've heard of. You might be thinking of the Thundering enhancement, which is +1 effective enhancement level for +1d8 sonic damage. Bane targets one creature type. Outsider would work, not sure if there are any effects that count as Evil Bane.

A +4 Thundering (+1) Dwarven Waraxe of Outsider Bane (+1) is a +6 item, or 72,000gp plus the cost of the cold iron and masterwork weapon.

It seems a little pedantic, but several of your custom items would have increased cost due to their weird domain assignments. The ring of resistance should be a cloak of resistance +5 (25,000gp), the cloak of natural armor should be a shirt of natural armor, the shirt of strength should be bracers or a belt of strength.

There is also the problem of wielding a two handed axe while wielding a shield. I might recommend getting the Animated Shield enchantment, but you're looking a little heavy on the magic items already. You easily have 300,000gp there. I might be out of touch with WBL, though. (I haven't bought new items in quite a while despite theoretically having loads of dough.)

Unless there were some feat requirement modifications, weapon specialization requires four levels of fighter. Greater weapon specialization requires twelve. I would recommend backing off on the weapon focus (since they're not super anyway) and taking some feats that give you more to do in battle. Examples:

Dreadful Wrath from PGtF gives you frightful presence. (Or you can just take Frightful Presence from Draconomicon.)

Fearless Destiny from Races of Destiny isn't super, but it lets you stabilize at -9 automatically once per day instead of dying. (At which point I can fix you.)

Mage Slayer prevents enemy wizards from casting defensively near you. Smacking a wizard instead of eating a Disintegrate is a good trade for a feat. Pierce Magical Protection/Concealment are fun feats in the chain that can tear apart some abjuration defenses.

You could only put this in your 15th level slot, but Defensive Sweep is fantastic against melee foes. With your Bulwark of Defense ability, they have two options. Stick around and eat a free attack at the end of their turn, or try to move away (without being able to 5fs) and eat a free attack. It's just a free attack against adjacent foes! Fantastic.

You might also want to look into reach weapons, if you're not set on the waraxe. Bulwark of Defense is by far the best ability of the Knight, and extending your threatened area extends the effect of that ability. You have a 15' threat radius? Everything within 15' is difficult terrain for the enemy. They can't charge, they can't five foot step, and they can't move very quickly either. Portable, constant terrain control is great.