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[Dwarmin]

Welp, I'm rocking a 5 ac Mithral Chain/2 ac Heavy Shield/+1 Bracers of armor plus 2 dex, so I'm matched to you

I also took combat expertise-since I'm pretty much going to be a point blank caster at this point-so I could handle as a tank in a pinch.

[The Fool]

Great thing about tower shields is that I can still cast while using it. If we ever are in a corridor with archers I could lead the way in, and maybe even take down an enemy while I'm at it. I think I'd be a glass tank if I were forced into melee. 19 hp does nothing for me as a tank. It also doesn't help that I'm lowering my levels and spending gold for more powers. RP goals can be both fun and painful. Hopefully my character can be paid a portion of the costs for updates to the illumian cabal.

Now that you mention it, I could also take combat expertise... I'll have to look that one up again. Hooray for tanking!

EDIT: Nope. I don't think I'll be melee attacking an enemy ever.

[Dwarmin]

My HP should only be a little higher than yours-depends on how well I roll for my fighter levels.

[King_of_the_weasels]

my guy can get upwards of 20 something ac, but just like his damage it's all circumstantial.

[Grek]

I am zee stealth tank:

Although I only have an AC of 17, the fact that I have access to greater invisibility at will for long enough duration to last most of the encounter means anyone unable to pinpoint my position has to guess where I am, something they have a very poor chance of doing (1 in 48 if I take a 5' step after attacking) and then, if they manage to figure out where I am (successful DC 31 listen check, blindsight, scent or a very lucky guess) they still have a 50% chance to miss me due to concealment.

Mix in the ability to make 3 AoOs per round for an average damage of 7 each, a 10' reach, let simmer and release to become an intractably annoying obstacle for the opposition regardless of if they try ignoring me or try to fight me.

[King_of_the_weasels]

tanks are meant to be attacked, no one's going to attack the invisible dude.

[Grek]

Well, it's either fight me, stay where they are (and away from the non-melee members of the party) or get sneak attacked with an AoO. It's not conventional tankery, but it does accomplish the goal of "Keep the baddies away from the squishy party members".

[The Fool]

@Red: I think I'll try for a much more reasonable way of gaining powers. I'll keep hammerspace'd power stones instead of learning all the powers so I can start at level 5. They sell for about the same cost as it is to access them from another psion and this way I can 'have' the powers, but not take an exp hit for taking useless powers. It would also allow me to learn useful ones as we go. The drawback is the exp cost increase, but it is less exp intensive than the last plan.

Just to keep it realistic I'll RNG the power stones. This means I'll have some duplicates with one unique power, some with just one power, and so on. So long as I don't have it already I'll take it. I'll also add general items and a log book while I'm at it.

EDIT: Sheet has been updated. I rolled the power stones. It took 43 power stones to collect all 62 first level powers. I have a spreadsheet saved that states what all 43 power stones have. This took way too long to do. Now for second level powers... maybe tomorrow.

If no one noticed my character has 3 alignments. Could make detect alignment spells rather fun to be around.

[Shoruke]

First off, I want to apologize to you, Red. My character wants to collect a lot of magic spells. So, having gone through the spell compendium to see what Veshnoal would consider interesting or even slightly/situationally useful, here's a giant-ass list of spells from the Spell Compendium that I would like to request.....

Spoiler: the divine caster's Spell Compendium, laconic version (click to show/hide)

-Angel Skin (pal 2, SC pg 11): DR 5/evil for a few rounds
-Anyspell (Spell domain 3, SC pg 14): cast any lvl 0, 1, or 2 arcane spell
-Camouflage (Rgr, Drd 1, SC pg 43): +10 to hide
-Chill of the Grave (Deathbound Domain 1, Libris Mortis pg 60, SC pg 46): ray attack, does 1d10 cold damage plus another d10 every three subsequent levels, maxes out at 4d10
-Close Wounds (Clr 2, SC pg 48): immediate action, close range small healing
-Cloudburst (druid 1, SC pg 49): makes a 100' radius raincloud that annoys people, but doesn't water the garden for you
-Cloud wings (druid 2, SC pg 49): target flies 30' faster, doesn't allow the groundlocked to fly
-Crabwalk (druid, ranger 1, SC pg 53): charge attacks gets +4 attack bonus, no AC penalty
-Curse of Impending Blades (rgr 2, SC pg 56): -2 AC
-Curse of Ill Fortune (clr 2, SC pg 56): -3 attack rolls, skill checks, ability checks
-Dark Way (clr 2, SC pg 58): make an awesome BRIDGE
-Dawn (druid 0, ranger 1, SC pg 59): everyone wakes up
-Deep Breath (druid, ranger 1, SC pg 61): swift action, breathe water for a couple rounds
-Deific Vengeance (clr 2, SC pg 62): one target, 1d6 per two caster levels, or 1d6 per caster level against the undead.
-Demonhide (blackguard 2, SC pg 63): gain DR 5/Cold Iron Or Good for a couple rounds (only works on evil people)
-Dispel Ward (cleric 1, SC pg 67): Dispel Magic, but only works on abjured objects
-Divine Insight (cleric, paladin 2, SC pg 70): 5+CL insight bonus on one skill check in the next few hours
-Divine Sacrifice (blackguard, paladin 1, SC pg 70): first attack each round (for a few rounds) does 5d6 damage, but I take 10 damage
-Earthbind (druid 2, SC pg 76): target stops flying
-Earthen Grace (druid 2, SC pg 76): damage from stone weapons and falling onto rocks becomes nonlethal
-Ebon Eyes (cleric 1, SC pg 77): Ignore miss chance from darkness
-Embrace the Wild (druid 2, ranger 1, SC pg 79): get low-light vision, either blindsense or scent, and +2 to spot/listen
-Entice Gift (Greed domain 2, SC pg 83): make someone give you what they're holding
-Fell the Greatest Foe (clr 3, pal 2, rgr 2, SC pg 90): attacks do 1d6 extra damage for every size category your enemy is larger than you
-Find Temple (pal 1, SC pg 91): helps you find temples of your god/alignment
-Flame of Faith (clr 3, pal 2, SC pg 95): weapon becomes +1 Flaming Burst Weapon for a few rounds.
-Frost Breath (clr, drd 2, SC pg 100): 30' cone of 1d4 damage per two levels, plus dazed for 1 round
-Ghoul Glyph (Hunger domain 2, SC pg 105): anyone who goes near your symbol is paralyzed... although the description doesn't say for how long....... (maybe for 1 hour per caster level, since it takes a minute to cast? It's not very good for open combat, just for laying ambushes)
-Giant's Wrath (Druid 3, SC pg 105): When you throw the stone, it becomes much bigger and does 2d6+str damage. 120' range increment.
-Girallon's Blessing (clr, drd 3, SC pg 106): Grow 2 more arms, all arms have claw attacks but can't hold stuff
-Grave Strike (clr, pal 1, SC pg 107): sneak attack the undead
-Guided Shot (rgr 1, SC pg 108): ranged attacks don't take the penalty to attack for going beyond 1 range increment, and ignores miss chance from less than total concealment or cover
-Hand of the Faithful (clr 4, pal 3, SC 109): nonbelievers stay out of this 10' area for a few hours
-Hawkeye (drd, rgr 1, SC pg 110): Range increment for ranged weapons goes up 50%, also +5 to spot
-Haste, swift (rgr 2, SC pg 110): Haste as a swift action for 1d4 rounds
-Healing Lorecall (clr 2, drd 2, rgr 1, SC pg 110): With ranks in heal skill, your conjuration(healing) spells can remove dazed, dazzled, fatigued
-Healing Sting (drd 2, SC pg 110): do 1d12 damage +1 per CL of negative energy damage, and heal the same amount. Touch range.
-Heartfire (drd 2, SC pg 112): target shines like a torch, and takes 1d4 points of fire damage from their literally burning passion
-Holy Storm (clr, pal 3, SC pg 115): -4 to perception checks and ranged attacks in/through the 20' cylinder, evil people take 2d6 per round
-Horrible Taste (drd, rgr 1, SC pg 116): You taste horrible, and animals that figure this out won't want to bite you again
-Icelance (drd 3, SC pg 119): ranged attack with +4 bonus, does 6d6 and fort save vs. stunning for 1d4 rounds, costs 50gp of quartz to cast
-Junglerazer (drd 3, SC pg 127): nature people take 1d10 negative energy damage per caster level, 120' line
-Knight's Move (clr 3, pal 2, SC pg 129): like a 5' step but farther than 5', only works if you end up flanking someone
-Know Opponent (clr 3, SC pg 129): tells me up to four weaknesses/abilities of an enemy
-Lay of the Land (drd 4, rgr 1, SC pg 131): I get to see the map for 50 miles around, but only for a short while
-Lightfoot (rgr 1, SC pg 132): provoke no AoO's
-Lionheart (pal 1, SC pg 132): subject is immune to fear
-Lion's Charge (drd 3, rgr 2, SC pg 133): swift action, you get the Pounce ability for this round
-Listening Lorecall (drd, rgr 2, SC pg 133): with ranks in Listen, get Blindsight/Blindsense
-Living Undeath (clr 2, SC pg 134): immune to crits and sneak attack, -4 cha
-Low-Light Vision (drd, rgr 1, SC pg 134): you get low-light vision, hoo friggin' ray
-Mantle of Good (clr 3, pal 3, SC 137): SR 12+CL against [evil] spells
-Mark of the Outcast (clr 2, drd 2, blackguard 1, SC pg 138): person gets -5 to bluff/diplomacy, and -2 AC. For like, ever.
-Moon Blade (moon domain 3, SC pg 143): make a sword that does 1d8 damage +1 per two CL, 2d8 against undead, force concentration check to use spells (or SLAs) for 1 round
-Omen of Peril (clr, drd, rgr 1, SC pg 149): "Is this a good idea?"
-Quick March (clr, pal 2, SC pg 164): allies within 20' get +30' movement speed for 1 round.
-Rhino's Rush (pal, rgr 1, SC pg 176): If you charge this round, it does double damage. Only once though.
-Righteous Fury (pal 3, SC pg 177): 5 temp hp per level for 1 hour, +4 strength for 1 minute per level
-Ring of Blades (clr 3, SC pg 177): 5' ring of swords around you does 1d6 damage +1 per CL per turn
-Sandblast (drd 1, SC pg 180): 10' radius of 1d6 nonlethal and stun for 1 round
-Scent (drd 2, rgr 1, SC pg 180): you smell really good. As in, can smell other things really good.
-Sense Heretic (pal 1, SC pg 182): you detect evil spellcasters within 100' of the thing you cast the spell on
-Shroud of Undeath (clr 2, SC pg 189): The undead think that you are one of them
-Skull Watch (clr 3, SC pg 191): a floating skull screams at everyone it sees. Deploy in shops for maximum trolling.
-Smell of Fear (rgr 1, SC pg 193): creatures with scent want to attack that guy with their new bonus to attack and damage
-Snake's Swiftness (drd 1, SC pg 193): someone makes a free attack this round, doesn't stack with Haste...
-Snake's Swiftness, Mass (drd 2, SC pg 193): everyone makes a free attack this round, also doesn't stack with Haste...
-Sniper's Shot (rgr 1, SC pg 194): You may do 1 ranged sneak attack, without the 30' range limitation
-Snowshoes (clr, drd, rgr 1, SC pg 194): +10 land speed, never fall through ice
-Spell Flower (clr 1, SC pg 198): you may hold 1 touch spell in each hand
-Splinterbolt (drd 2, SC pg 203): the druid's Scorching Ray, does piercing damage. Crit threat on 18-20. DR applies.
-Stabilize (pal, clr 2, SC pg 204): absolutely everyone within 50' heals 1 damage
-Strength of Stone (pal 2, SC pg 211): +8 to strength, but no moving fast or jumping
-Surefoot (rgr 1, SC pg 216): +10 balance, climb, jump, & tumble and don't lose dex to AC while climbing or balancing. 10 mins per CL.
-Telepathic Bond, Lesser (mind domain 3, SC pg 219): talk to one person through their mind over any distance for 10 mins per CL
-Traveler's Mount (blackguard, drd, rgr, pal 1, SC 223): 1 hour per level, mount gets +20' movement but will not attack
-Updraft (clr, drd 1, SC 228): float 10' up per CL, then float down. You can move 5' horizontally.
-Vine Strike (drd, rgr 1, SC 230): allows you to sneak attack plants for 1 round
-Wall of Smoke (drd 1, SC 235): It makes. A wall. Of smoke.
-Wave of Grief (blackguard, clr 2, SC 236): -3 to attacks, skills, saves, & ability checks... 1 round per CL
-Winter's Embrace (drd 2, SC 241): 1d8 damage and fort save every round. May cause fatigue.
-Word of Binding (pal 3, SC 242): read as Summon Shackles.
-Wracking Touch (drd 2, SC 243): touch attack, 1d6 damage +1 per CL, always does sneak attack damage. ALWAYS.
-Zeal (pal 2, SC 244): +4 AC against AoOs from everyone except this one guy you are trying to fight. Also you can walk through enemies.

[The Fool]

That's a long list... I also apologize for what I'm going to post by the end of today into this post. *Runs off to write a list of powers* I suppose this is a reserved post of sorts then. Conveniently all of the powers from the races of series are in the complete psionic book. I have yet to find any other book that has more psionic powers.

EDIT: And here is the edit. This is the list of powers that I'll be using. I'll assume that I 'have' other powers, but I will simply not use it unless it is ok'd, or from the XPH. I only included ones from Complete Psionic, since XPH should be core for this campaign. Not quite as long a list as I thought it would be.

Spoiler: Power List (click to show/hide)

3: Cerebral Horror (CP, p.80) – 3d6 non-lethal, shaken for 1d4 rounds (Aug: +1d6, +DC)
2: Crystalstorm (CP, p.81) – 2d4 damage +1d4 Con damage (Aug: +1d4 or +1 Con)
2: Damp Power (CP, p.82) – Reduce spell/power damage to minimum values (Aug: Everyone too)
3: Dimension Hop (CP, p.83) – 5d6 damage and the enemy is moved (Aug: Multiple Augs)
2: Earthwalk (CP, p.84) – Move through the earth as an elemental would (Aug: Swift Act.)
3: Energy Lance (CP, p.87) – 5d6 damage + various effects (Aug: +1d6, +DC)
2: Energy Missile (CP, p.88) – 3d6 damage to up to 5 enemies (Aug: +1d6, +DC/2)
3: Heavy Earth (CP, p.90) – Enemies who fail their save fall prone and are slowed (1d4)
2: Larval Flayers (CP, p.91) – Summon 1d3 monsters (Aug: +1 Flayer/Attach to enemy)
1: Primal Fear (CP, p.95) – Shaken foe for 1 round (no save) (Aug: +1 target)
2: Psychoprotective Shelter (CP, p.97) – Create an invisible shelter for you and other creatures
2: Serenity (CP, p.98) – Stop an enemy in their tracks until attacked (Aug: +1 target)
1: Synchronicity (CP, p.103) – Ready an action, and release it before the next round
1: Urban Strider (CP, p.104) – Move through crowds easily (Aug: Run EVERYWHERE)

[Shoruke]

Well, the Spell Compendium is a full-size published book. But this is only the relatively low-level divine stuff with some merit to it. Just wait until I'm about to learn the Anyspell spell (from the Spell domain)...

Also, I'm probably going to need to take Craft Wondrous Item so that I can make myself gear for half price and have money left over for scribing spells... because, you may have noticed, I have a *lot* of spells I want to scribe. On that note, Red, how do you feel about the improved spellbook construction stuff in Complete Arcane (page 140)? It doesn't affect your actual spells at all, you can just make the spellbook (a.k.a. Prayerbook) have more hp and hardness and pages to carry spells in... And a slipcase cover to keep it dry... And also, is there any way to try a bunch of craft(bookbinding) checks before the game begins to try and make myself a better spellbook?

[RAM]

I would be willing to donate 1000 gp towards shoruke getting a Boccob's Blessed Book if it is compatible with the class...

[RedWarrior0]

Spoiler: Power List (click to show/hide)

3: Cerebral Horror (CP, p.80) – 3d6 non-lethal, shaken for 1d4 rounds (Aug: +1d6, +DC)
2: Crystalstorm (CP, p.81) – 2d4 damage +1d4 Con damage (Aug: +1d4 or +1 Con)
2: Damp Power (CP, p.82) – Reduce spell/power damage to minimum values (Aug: Everyone too)
3: Dimension Hop (CP, p.83) – 5d6 damage and the enemy is moved (Aug: Multiple Augs)
2: Earthwalk (CP, p.84) – Move through the earth as an elemental would (Aug: Swift Act.)
3: Energy Lance (CP, p.87) – 5d6 damage + various effects (Aug: +1d6, +DC)
2: Energy Missile (CP, p.88) – 3d6 damage to up to 5 enemies (Aug: +1d6, +DC/2)
3: Heavy Earth (CP, p.90) – Enemies who fail their save fall prone and are slowed (1d4)
2: Larval Flayers (CP, p.91) – Summon 1d3 monsters (Aug: +1 Flayer/Attach to enemy)
1: Primal Fear (CP, p.95) – Shaken foe for 1 round (no save) (Aug: +1 target)
2: Psychoprotective Shelter (CP, p.97) – Create an invisible shelter for you and other creatures
2: Serenity (CP, p.98) – Stop an enemy in their tracks until attacked (Aug: +1 target)
1: Synchronicity (CP, p.103) – Ready an action, and release it before the next round
1: Urban Strider (CP, p.104) – Move through crowds easily (Aug: Run EVERYWHERE)

Cerebral horror augment doesn't increase the damage, just the DC.
Damp power is awesome and I wish there was a variant that was a spell.
I think you meant Dimensional twister. Dimension Hop is 10, aug +5, personal teleport.
Earth walk isn't quite like the Earth Glide movement mode, it just is something like Woodland Stride + Attack while climbing a stone surface
Energy Lance augment only increases damage
Heavy Earth augment prevents the user from being slowed (they are never made prone)
No to Syncronicity
Urban strider... where did you get that description? It's a +5 to Jump and Balance checks, no balance on sloped surfaces, autosucceed 5ft or less jumps, standing high/long jumps as if running, and... oh, there it is. The last sentence. Move through crowds at full normal speed. But the augment is "walk normally" on any city surface.

[The Fool]

Sorry. I was completing the list at around midnight, and the augments were just intended to be used as reference for me. Glad you caught the mistakes. As for urban strider, I think it would be fun to be able to run up walls and clothes lines.

[RedWarrior0]

As for shoruke's list, he who asks for much must wait long. I'll have it up tonight or tomorrow night; but up through Divine Sacrifice looks good.