OOC chat thread for the Good side of Paladins and Necromancers game.
Discuss plans, your character, etc.
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"Words ought to be chosen with greater care then either clothing or weaponry. For they can last much longer than the former, and cut deeper than the latter." -Doomraga's Revenge by T.A. Barron
Okay, I'm still building her, but I'll be playing Hope, the Pixie Paladin of Freedom. Her words will sound Purple
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My earliest memory is...well, a bit weird. I woke up, and some kids had put me into a Jar. They were staring in at me, and smiling. One of them shoved a piece of bread through one of the air holes they'd punched in the lid.
I've never felt more trapped. It was horrible! I smashed myself into the glass, punched the walls until my fists hurt. I was scared, and I think that's what did it. I'm not... normal, even for my own kind. I wanted to be out of there so badly, I just couldn't stand it.
And then, suddenly, I was. I felt like I was bursting with energy, and pushed! The glass shattered, and I flew away.
What? Of course I didn't hurt them; they were just kids! They didn't know any better, heck, they probably wouldn't have understood why I was upset. Geez...
Anyway, after that, I just flew. I couldn't remember any family or friends from before I was put in the Jar, and there wasn't a home for me to go to. I suppose I didn't know what to do.
I almost got eaten a few times; Animals would creep up on me to try and get a quick snack, and I ate some plants that made me sick a few times, but I started to figure it all out. It wasn't long before I'd found a hollowed out tree, which I used as shelter for the first year or so. I just, sort of, existed. I didn't know what to do.
But the, I saw a group of people traipsing through the forest. They were making a huge racket, and they didn't have a clue what they were doing. The short, fat one fell in the river, and the tall one wearing all the metal got bitten by a snake. The one in the dress waved her hands around over the wound, and the poison went away. I followed them.
Eventually, they found me. The fat one had been suspicious that something had been following them, and he got the one in the dress to learn how to see invisible things. They pretended they didn't see me, and when I flew in close one night, they grabbed me.
No, I didn't attack them, what sort of idiot would do that?
I explained why I'd been following them, and they were... I dunno, it didn't make much sense to me at the time, but they asked if I wanted to keep travelling with them. They were trying to stop a bad man who lived in a big castle, and they wanted me to help.
That was how it started really; we went to the castle and defeated the bad man, and the one wearing all the metal sat on this big throne. But, I think, that he was really any better, because he did the same things as the bad man he'd gotten me to help defeat. He was horrible to all the people that he said he would save, and I don't think he wanted to stop the first bad man because he thought that what he'd been doing was wrong...
I think he just wanted to be the one doing it? I asked him about it, and he just laughed. He said he'd been trying to overthrow the bad man so that he could be in charge; he didn't have any problems with how the people had been treated, and were being treated. He just wanted to be the one in charge.
So, I killed him.
Did I...enjoy it? What sort of question is that? I did it because he shouldn't have been allowed to get away with what he was doing. Maybe I could've handled it better, but there isn't much I can do about it now, is there?
Anyway, after that I kept trying to help people. I saved a town from some Giants who were too busy fighting to notice they hurting the townsfolk. I fought a man who was able to force other people to do what he wanted, because my, um, weird psychic powers made it hard for him to control me. Then there was the Blind and Deaf Dragon, which was a little bit embarrassing for all involved...
Things only started to get serious after I'd been doing things for a while, and I started getting notice. Even back then, I was getting a reputation as one of the best archers in the world, and people would start tracking me down to try and prove they were better. I put up with it, I guess, but it seemed a bit silly.
Then someone tracked me down to warn me about something, and ask for my help. He never got the chance though; something had been following him, and killed him before he even reached me. So, I went investigating.
You ever seen an Aboleth? They're a type of Psychic Evil Monster Fish-Squid-Thing, who think they're the first creatures ever. They might even be right. They are patient, and cunning, and don't think that anything else deserves to live. They were planning an invasion, and I was one of the people who caught wind of it.
Out of all the others who tried to stop the Aboleths, I only really got to know two of them. Tiffany, who was just a normal human, was one of the only survivors of a town that had the misfortune of being built on a peninsula that had an Aboleth city built into it. She told me once that her dad had sacrificed himself to save her, and she was trying to stop the Aboleth's for vengeance. The other one was Bjorn, an old Half-Elf woodsman who was part of an organisation of planar travellers, I suppose, who went around trying to help people.
So, the lot of us, after we met up, all agreed that we had to stop the Aboleth's. Tiffany, Bjorn and I were paired up together.
We did our best, and in the end we did stop them, but it was hard. We couldn't trust anyone, not when the Aboleth's could control people's minds, and could learn the memories of anyone they defeated. We were scattered, and divided, and everything seemed hopeless. Tiffany was killed in a battle, after she got hit by some Aboleth Mucous. It takes away your ability to breathe air, that stuff, and your skin starts to crack apart if you're not in water. But just because it stops you from breathing the air, doesn't mean it gives you the ability to breath water. She suffocated on the ground, and neither of us were able to help her.
The worst part was when we confronted the Aboleth who'd been running the show. I had Bjorn with me, and a few of the others who'd managed to survive this far, and we went down to try and end it. I saw... they'd been capturing people, enslaving them. I don't think it mattered to them if they were workers, food or sport, they were just being cruel. But they'd turned them into...drones. I felt so, so Angry. I hated them for that, for taking away those people's free will, their minds, everything about who they really were.
The fight was tough, and most of the people who came with me died. Bjorn had his right arm bitten off, and only two of the others even made it out alive. We stopped them though.
After that, I left for a while. I kept fairly quiet and stopped playing the hero all the time (okay, maybe I overthrew one little Dictatorship, but it had it coming). I'd saved the world, but the world still needed saving. It always does.
Eventually, I returned to the forest, and after combing it over for a few days, finally found the clearing where those two kids had put me in that jar. I found some of the glass, even. I sat down there, and looked back on everything. I suppose I've done a lot of good things in my life. I've saved a lot of people who probably would have died if not for me. I've made the world a better place than it would've been if I hadn't been there!
So, when I saw the portal open above my forest, and a battle between two higher Devils and an Angel broke out, I was shocked. I tried to help out, of course, but I could only do so much. But, after the fight was over, and the Demons teleported away, I tagged along with the Angel.
I suppose the best way to put it would be this; imagine you're a Cop, walking your beat. You patrol the whole city, and its hard. There's always another crime being committed, and its almost impossible to keep on top of things. You try your hardest, but you're always losing a bit of ground.
Then, one day, you meet someone who does what you do, but for the entire world. The entire universe.
I've never felt so small...
I can't afford to be that cop, patrolling her beat. There is a whole, infinite Multiverse out there, and I'm going to help protect it. I'm going to save as many people as I can, no matter how hard it is. If I have to break open the Abyss, then I will. If I have to break the Nine Hells in half, then I'll do that too. If I have to fight every God, Demon and Devil under the sun, then bring it on!
I might not be able to save everybody, but I'm going to give it a shot.
And please, was that corruption thing the best you've got? Once you reform down below, tell you're bosses that I'll be coming for them.
Using Charming the Arrow, Divine Might, Epic Divine Might, Battle Dancer's Cha-to-AC and Divine Grace, I'm applying my Charisma to everything. I need to think of more ways to do this.
As of now, my build is Paladin of Freedom 10/Bard 9/Battle Dancer 1/Peerless Archer 10//Wilder 15/Ranger 6/Slayer 9
EDIT: You know, now that I think about it, I probably should have some means of, you know, doing stuff in case one of the Bad Guys picks up Exceptional/Infinite Deflection. I think I'll take Educated Wilder instead of Psychic Warrior, and pick up some Powers that I can use against someone who can just bat away my arrows like they don't exist. Is that okay?
Don't we stop calculating BAB at level 20?
Or do you add BAB from racial HD on top of the max 20 levels of character class BAB? (I've never played epic before so forgive my ignorance)
Also there are two house rules that will have a big effect on Hope;
-Feats every 2 levels instead of 3
-Irritative attacks do not continue to stack -5 ie instead of BAB 20/15/10/5 its BAB 20/15/15/15
Greenpotato - Central west? I grew up in Gunnedah, that can't be too far from you.
I live about 20minutes out of Orange
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Also, it seems the forces of Good are all building AC/Save Monsters
True, but I am a bit worried about our apparent lack of a dedicated arcane caster so far. I'm assuming team evil will have a number of arcane casters and we all know how good they are
Oh, and I forgot the half titan part, which gives me spellcasting of a wizard of my HD, so 30. I may be able to take some metamagic feats if I make a VoP (which I'm planing to do atm).
Those are awesome House Rules, and obviously my eyes are insufficient, as I've read over the 16 multiple times and missed that completely.
Also, Epic Levels have their own quirky ways of increasing BAB and Saves. Here is a link.
That's mostly because the House Rules were posted separately between two days as I was having trouble finding all of the ones I used in a past Epic Gestalt game (minus the 'tri' template side). The 16, and both pt 1 and pt 2 of the house rules can be found on the 2nd post of the Recruitment thread. Sorry for any inconvenience it causes.
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Avvie by the awesome Ceika
"Words ought to be chosen with greater care then either clothing or weaponry. For they can last much longer than the former, and cut deeper than the latter." -Doomraga's Revenge by T.A. Barron
Oh, and I forgot the half titan part, which gives me spellcasting of a wizard of my HD, so 30. I may be able to take some metamagic feats if I make a VoP (which I'm planing to do atm).
Well, that's slightly embarrassing. Hope is pretty heavily Psionic, and definitely an Archer.
I smell an oppurtunity for RP here. Depending on who is most successful at stuff, the other one could feel all inferior and worthless (since someone else with their speciality is out-shining them at it)
Slaying Arrows aren't amazing; I'm not expecting anyone to fail a Saving Throw, ever, this entire campaign. The DC is quite low, unfortunately
And, I'm actually a Wilder, using defensive buffs and some Blasty Powers to get past Infinite Deflection. Likewise, I'm using Fell Shot and (Improved) Manyshot, aiming for high damage attacks rather than dropping huge numbers of arrows, so no Synchronity shenanigans for me.
Oh, I see, that actually is quite a bit better. The default Slaying Arrows are atrocious, even against Undead and Constructs (As anyone worth killing will have taken precautions, like getting immunity to Death Effects, Boosting their Saves, or investing in Diamond Mind save counters; that's what I would do if I was a high level Undead/Construct, after all), but being able to jack up the DC is nice.
And, I suppose you're right, 5% chance is still 5% chance.
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Avvie by the awesome Ceika
"Words ought to be chosen with greater care then either clothing or weaponry. For they can last much longer than the former, and cut deeper than the latter." -Doomraga's Revenge by T.A. Barron
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Avvie by the awesome Ceika
"Words ought to be chosen with greater care then either clothing or weaponry. For they can last much longer than the former, and cut deeper than the latter." -Doomraga's Revenge by T.A. Barron
Why are you rolling dice? Did enough votes come in to allow team Evil to get leadership?
I really like the look of that VOP fix, the trouble is how do I get that and have somone cast 759,900gp worth of spells on me?
The only ways I can think of;
- Take leadership at level 25, spend the cohorts gold, and then re-train leadership out.
- 'Swap' the 5million or whatever funds for a home base for the spells
- 'Swap' all my money (4.something mill + whatever base funds) for just enough extra XP to cast the spells myself
Why are you rolling dice? Did enough votes come in to allow team Evil to get leadership?
No reason, no reason... Just getting prepared...
I think we are going to be going with the 'Trade Cohort of double the followers'.
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I really like the look of that VOP fix, the trouble is how do I get that and have somone cast 759,900gp worth of spells on me?
The only ways I can think of;
- Take leadership at level 25, spend the cohorts gold, and then re-train leadership out.
- 'Swap' the 5million or whatever funds for a home base for the spells
- 'Swap' all my money (4.something mill + whatever base funds) for just enough extra XP to cast the spells myself
- Pay someone to cast all the spells then donate whatever's left to a worthy cause (like a team mate! Or an orphanage!)
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Avvie by the awesome Ceika
"Words ought to be chosen with greater care then either clothing or weaponry. For they can last much longer than the former, and cut deeper than the latter." -Doomraga's Revenge by T.A. Barron
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