[RP Interest Check] Play by Post Pathfinder by Arete

[Geyde]

my brain is eyeing summon spam but that’s a cruel and unusual fate for anyone

[tutuu]

do it

[Ranta]

Out of combat utility and/or support with buffs and heals

[Geyde]

Oracle is the one of those that can pull off all the things you’re talking about

[Ranta]

what about Witch?

[Amelia]

I WILL boil you

[Amelia]

Tragically the class I was eyeing was Mesmerist, but that’s not core/base/hybrid

[Atlas]

What does the “trained only” part of certain skills refer to?

Also, does Eschew Materials and Spell Component Pouch provide the exact same effect?

[Zone_Q11]

tutuu - Fighter
Atlas - Sorceror
Squirrel - [Melee]
Ranta - Oracle/Witch/Rogue
Geyde - Cleric?
Amelia - ???
Zone - Magus/Shifter/Swashbuckler/Vigilante

Hm… I think my character is Chaotic Neutral, so unfortunately I can’t even go Monk or Cleric since I planned to have it follow Irori’s path of self-perfection. (Why Irori? Because suffering is required to perfect oneself.)

Magus: Perfectionist (Chaotic Neutral)
Shifter: Hedonist (Chaotic Neutral)
Swashbuckler: Altruist (True Neutral)
Vigilante: Survivalist (True Neutral)

((When I wrote the lines above, I had difficulty seeing the latter two as Chaotic Neutral, so I had to shift them into True Neutral.))

…ya, I’ll be real here. IDK how well I do with this “alignment” thingy. It really seldom gets used from what I have seen.

[Geyde]

It’s also good
Def better for skills than Oracle because int gaming

[Geyde]

Can’t do it if you don’t have any points in it
Best example is lockpicking stuff

[Ranta]

@Arete

People are encouraged to discuss their characters with other people, so that you can build characters who have preexisting social relationships and connections to each other

What is everyones have plan for this or are we waiting for the info of our starting location before discussing this

[Atlas]

i’m mosttttlyyy waiting for info but i have a really solid idea in my mind, just if it works in the setting (which it would have to be particularly specific not to)

[Amelia]

eh no harm in asking

@Arete would I be allowed to play a mesmerist or nah

[Arete]

@tutuu

so, some notes, can you double check that i didnt mess up these actions pls?

it looks like this is nearly all correct, but a couple minor changes:

• “Reactionary” and “Armor Expert” are both “Combat” traits – each trait has to be from a different “category” of traits
• (the one you already noted about essentially putting in armor expert twice)

@tutuu

i replaced the hatred dwarven racial trait (+1 atk roll vs orc & goblin) with Ancient Enmity (+1 atk roll vs elves), a site said it’s an alternate replacement but not vanilla vanilla (thats ok right?)

yep, totally fine!

@tutuu

did i input these weapons correctly?

looks correct to me (assuming that you’re using them one-handed) (since you have a shield)

@tutuu

also, did i do the type correctly? (s for slashing, b for bludgeon, p for piercing), or does it want something else?

yep, that’s correct

@tutuu

toggling this button on/off doesnt change anything on the table for me:

Summary

only changes it if i switch it on here (regardless of what i do with the previous button) which seems unintended but i dont mind since i want to have it constantly turned on, but just noting

idk what’s up with that, usually changing the toggle flips it from active or inactive to the opposite, possibly changing it manually broke the connection? but if you’re always power attacking it shouldn’t be a problem

@tutuu

there doesnt seem to be a way for me to toggle unequipping my shield right (unless i missed it)? (to stop decreasing my skills, if i want to). i mean i/you could just calc it manually (i dunno if you or us will be doing rolls?)

try going under the “item” toggle and toggle it from “Heavy Shield” to “(no shield)”

Summary

@tutuu

i dont know how, like, realistic / detailed would the inventory management be. do we buy camping and exploration stuff like ropes, crowbar, tent, rations, bedroll, mule, stuff like that? or just combat stuff?

if you want Miscellaneous Adventuring Gear you should purchase Miscellaneous Adventuring Gear, except you don’t need to track rations (because it’s a lot of extra bookkeeping) and you don’t need to track basic nonmagical ammunition with no special properties or materials (sling bullets, regular arrows, regular crossbow bolts, etc., as opposed to e.g. cold iron arrows or incendiary arrows or whatever)

[Arete]

@tutuu

the multiplier column towards the end im guessing is the crit multiplier, but im not sure what the crit column is for, am i supposed to write something there? or is it the same column (“crit multiplier”), and im just misreading it?

and yeah the interpretation in your next post is right, basically (short version of the explanation that leaves out some details) if you’re using a weapon with a wider crit range it can potentially score a critical hit even if you don’t roll a 20 on the die

[Arete]

@Atlas

How many traits are we allowed?

2 traits by default, 3 if you take a drawback. All your traits need to be from different “categories” (so you could have a Combat trait and a Magic trait, but not two Combat traits or two Magic traits)

[Atlas]

oh right something i noticed in the charts

humans gain +1 skill and then +1 skill rank each level. what exactly does this mean

[Arete]

Oracle built for healing is a bit better at healing than Witch, but the Oracle spell list overlaps with the Cleric spell list so if Geyde or someone ends up playing a cleric it might end up feeling a bit redundant. But either of them could work depending on the choices you make about your mystery (for oracles), hexes (for witches), spells known, etc.

if you have a strong preference for playing a spontaneous caster (has a smaller list of spells known, but can flexibly choose how to use their spell slots each day) vs. a prepared caster (in the case of Witch, has a larger list of spells known, and can learn more from scrolls, but has to choose each day which ones to prepare) that could also be relevant

[Geyde]

I am going a supportive summoner route because I hate myself and also the DM