[RP Interest Check] Play by Post Pathfinder by Arete

[tutuu]

Yep

[Geyde]

Actual array

8
10
14
14
16+2
12

Channel is DCless but benefits minorly from the additional use

[Zone_Q11]

@Atlas

touch dc

IDK what that does, but compared to him my stats are inferior (or on par) in every way except INT and CHA. (P.S. Never mind. I am now also 1 poing superior in WIS compared to tutuu.)

@tutuu

the bonus spells per day is either more allotment slots or just more uses of the already alloted spells (im not sure)

I understand that that is probably the intent.
I stand by my opinion that that is not written.
I will wait for Arete’s judgement / clarification.

@Daeron

a minmaxxed AC monk

I dare not ask what that entails, for I know that such terrifying builds can exist and have existed.

[Zone_Q11]

@Geyde

common 20 point buy combination pre racial

16 14 14 12 10 8

FTR, those are exactly my stats, except with CON and INT swapped, and Human racial bonus on STR.

[tutuu]

Hm these are 1 more total point than 9 7… Okay maybe i also go like that

Actually 2 more points. Okay i also went there

[tutuu]

Seems like u either dump STR or CHA usually. Unless paladin

[Zone_Q11]

It is now confirmed that I shall have no 2nd-level spells until Magus Level 4.
…welp. It is what it is. I should be satisfied with what I have now.

[Arete]

I haven’t finished the write-up yet, sorry! (if there are any specific details that are Especially Important to people feel free to let me know)

[Arete]

@Atlas

what happens when you have two things that give you a class skill? does one simply not take effect regardless of anything else?

it works like you had only 1 thing giving you the class skill, except that if one of them also gives some other benefit to the skill you would still get the benefit

so for example:

• Bob has decided to play a Fighter/Wizard multiclass build for some reason. Both Fighter and Wizard give Knowledge (Dungeoneering) as a class skill. If Bob puts at least 1 skill rank into K(Dungeoneering), he gets the usual +3 bonus, but they don’t “stack” to turn into a +6 bonus
• Carol has decided to play a Cleric with the Suspicious trait (which makes Sense Motive a class skill and adds a +1 trait bonus). Cleric already gets Sense Motive as a class skill, but she still keeps the +1 trait bonus from Suspicious.

[Arete]

@Leafia

Okay. Although I’ll require some help from @Arete to create a character first.

did you have a general character concept in mind?

[Arete]

@Aleph

is this full up already or nah

hmmm

we are definitely Running Into the point of there being a lot of players (especially if Leafia ends up joining), I could maybe squeeze you in but it’d definitely be Getting Tight

[Arete]

@Squirrel2412

Is there advantage to choosing the smaller one?

in the vast majority of cases your character will want to use a weapon sized for them, but if you were playing a Small character (like a halfling), or playing a medium-sized character under a Reduce Person spell, you would use the damage dice for a Small weapon instead

[Arete]

@Zone_Q11

@Geyde

what’s your class?

Magus.

@Geyde

also is the problem the character sheet or something else

That’s the thing: I don’t know.
Heck, IDEK how tutuu filled in his weapons sheet.

@Zone_Q11

I assume Scimitar is Melee; Standard Melee,
and Light Crossbow is Ranged; Crossbows.

*looks at your weapons list*

@tutuu

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Plus nine!?
Okay. I am basically a mob character.
(I also don’t know how to put in unarmed strike.)

A scimitar being wielded one-handed (assuming you don’t have any feats that would change what stat you use for it) would be standard melee, yeah, and a light crossbow would indeed be ranged → crossbows. For unarmed strike you would also put it in as standard melee (although it is generally a bad idea to use unarmed strikes if you aren’t a character who specifically has reason to use them, like a monk – if you make an unarmed strike without having the “Improved Unarmed Strike” feat, it provokes an attack of opportunity from your target)

[Arete]

@Ranta

Is stuff from player companions, adventure paths or chronicles allowed

Case-by-case basis/check with me before using it, did you have something specific in mind

[Zone_Q11]

@Arete

A scimitar being wielded one-handed (assuming you don’t have any feats that would change what stat you use for it) would be standard melee, yeah, and a light crossbow would indeed be ranged → crossbows.

@Arete

For unarmed strike you would also put it in as standard melee (although it is generally a bad idea to use unarmed strikes if you aren’t a character who specifically has reason to use them, like a monk – if you make an unarmed strike without having the “Improved Unarmed Strike” feat, it provokes an attack of opportunity from your target)

Aha… Good to know.

–by the way, I would like to ask for confirmation: If I were to cast a spell within the proximity of an enemy, would they have an opportunity attack on me unless I cast defensively?

[Arete]

@Geyde

it’s an optional system so @Arete

hmm, I had not been imagining using the background skills rule but it sounds like a couple people had been expecting we would be using it, I’d be willing to switch to using it if that’s what people would prefer? the most important thing is consistency about using vs. not using it (since otherwise it would be unfair to the characters who randomly get fewer skills)

[Arete]

@Zone_Q11

Yeah. Magi’s gimmick is that they need to prepare spells at the start of each day.

My spellbook has all cantrips, and I get to choose five 1st-level spells. However, at SOD I need to choose which three cantrips and which two 1st-level spells I can use for that in-game day.

@Atlas

(actually i might be wrong here? the wiki says this but all the spellcasters on the wiki have lvl 0 spells have a small pool. hm)

misread, my original comment is right

Magus knows all the magus cantrips but (at first level) picks 3 per day to be able to use, sorcerer knows a specific number of cantrips but can use all the ones they know every day, but both of you (for any cantrip you can use on a given day) can cast it an infinite number of times – so if Zone prepared Acid Splash on a certain day, he’d be able to use it as many times as he wanted that day

[Arete]

(this is a difference from DnD 3.5, the system Pathfinder was largely based on, where cantrips could only be used a limited number of times in a day)

[Zone_Q11]

Speaking of background skills, I seem to be able to change the options for Lore, Performance, and Profession (my options were the aforementioned three as well as Artistry and Craft), but apparently changing these also alters the skill totals of some of the other background skills (e.g., Handle Animal and Kn-Geography).

I uh… I just don’t know what to do with these.

[Zone_Q11]

@Arete

if Zone prepared Acid Splash on a certain day, he’d be able to use it as many times as he wanted that day

I wonder if this means I can “lockpick” any locks by melting them with Acid Splash. Because it’s effectively free 1d3 acid damage every 6 seconds.