D&D: Savage tide Setup

Firemyst

What did I do to increase my affiliation? I never understand how this part works. Also, what goodies do I get now?

chiapet

you get a 1/2 point per character level. Other than that they points vary from affliation to affliation. For example, you'll get another point in Witchwardens when you get the ability to cast 5th level arcane spells.

I updated your sheet with your new standings and rewards, but you can also look at: This page. It has the basics (Azure Cathedral is not included in my campaign).

bebop007

Here's some info for my Techsmith so far.

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Character – Farad

Cleric 7/ Techsmith 4

Dwarf

Str 15 (+2)
Dex 13 (+1)
Con 9 +2 (Race) = 11 (+0)
Int 10 (+0)
Wis 15 +2 (Level Bonuses 4 & 8) +4 (Periapt) = 21 (+5)
Cha 13 –2 (Race) = 11 (+0)

BAB +7/+2 Melee: +9/+3 Ranged: +12/+7 (Zen Archery)

Saves

Fort +9 (Base) +0 = +9
Ref +6 (Base) +1 (Dex) = +7
Will +9 (Base) +5 (Wis) = + 14

Equipment

+1 Warhammer (2313 gp)
+1 Long Rifle (3100 gp)
+1 Ring of Protection (2000 gp)
+4 Periapt of Wisdom (16000 gp)
+1 Amulet of Natural Armor (1000 gp)
+1 Mithral Heavy Shield (2170 gp)
+1 Banded Mail (1400 gp)
Healer’s Kit (50gp)

Feats
Lv. 1 Skill Craft (Weaponsmithing)
Lv. 3 Craft Wondrous Item
Lv. 6 Augment Healing
Lv. 7 Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Firearms)
Lv. 9 Zen Archery

Skills

Concentration 4 = 4 (ranks) +0 (Con)
Craft(Weaponsmithing) 9 = 9 (ranks) +0 (Int)
Heal 12 = 5 (ranks) +5 (Wis) +2 (Healer’s Kit)
Profession (Mining) 13 = 8 (ranks) +5 (Wis)

Gondsman – Archimedes “Archie”

HD/HP: 7d10 + 20

Str 15 + 4 (Belt) = 19 (+4)
Dex 12 +3 (Upgrades) = 15
Con -
Int 4
Wis 13
Cha 6

BAB +5 Melee: +9 Ranged: +7

Equipment

Belt of Giant Strength +4 (16,000 gp)
+1 Bastard Sword x2 (4670 gp)
+3 Mithral Shirt (10250 gp)
+1 Ring of Protection (2000 gp)
+1 Amulet of Natural Armor (1000 gp)
+1 Long Rifle (3100 gp)
Backpack (2gp)
3 bags of bullets (10 each) (30gp)
2 horns of gunpowder (70 gp)


Feats

Lv. 1 Exotic Weapon Prof (Bastard Sword)
Lv. 3 Exotic Weapon Prof (Firearms)
Lv. 6 Two Weapon Fighting

AC

17 (Natural) + 1 (Ring) + 7 (Armor) +1 (Amulet) = 26

TGBarighm

I thought the Zelkarune's Horns was an adventurer's guild with a general, all-around feel to it. I had no idea it was arena or beast-training specific. I wish I had this list before.

Oh, well. Not that big a deal. The ability to eventually buy magical items at a reduced price is great, but I thought Kit would gain more fame by adventuring.

bebop007

Well, this should be practically everything. I went with Gond because I didn't know the Greyhawk equivalent, if it really matters.

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Character: Farad

Player: Bebop

RACE: Male Dwarf
SIZE: Medium
AGE: 65 years
HEIGHT: 4'4"
WEIGHT: 180 lbs.

ALI: Neutral

CHARACTER STATISTICS
++++++++++++++++++++

ABILITY SCORES:

STR: 15(+2) DEX: 11(+0) CON: 13(+1) INT: 10(+0) WIS: 21(+5) CHA: 11(+0)

HD/HP: 7d8 + 4d6 +11


EXPERIENCE:

Lv.7 Cleric / Lv.4 Techsmith
Current: 55000 Next: 66000

SAVES:

Fortitude +9 (Class) +1 (Con) = +10
Reflex +6 (Class) +0 (Dex) = +6
Will +9 (Class) +5 (Wis) = +14

IN BATTLE:

Base: +7/2 Melee: +9/+3 Range: +12/+7 (Wis based due to Zen Archery)
Initiative: +0 (Dex) Move: 20 ft.
Spell Failure: 0% Spell Resistance: 0


YOUR COMBAT OPTIONS
*******************
- +1 Warhammer (+10/+4, 1d8+3 x3, bludgeoning)
- +1 Long Rifle (+13, 2d8+1, x3, piercing)

SPECIAL DEFENSES:

ARMS, ARMOR, AND GEAR
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WEAPONS AND ARMORMENT- Natural+Shield+Armor+Deflection: 11+3+7+1=22 AC
- +1 Warhammer (1d8 x3, bludgeoning; 2312gp; 5 lbs.)
- +1 Long Rifle (2d8 x3 Piercing; 3100gp; 20 lbs.)
- +1 Banded Mail (+7 AC, max dex +1, armor check penalty -6, speed 15ft; 1400gp; 35 lbs.)
- +1 Mithral Steel Shield, Heavy (+3 AC, armor check penalty -0; 2170gp; 8 lbs.)

MAGICAL EQUIPMENT:
+1 Warhammer (2,312 gp)
+1 Long Rifle (3,100 gp)
+1 Ring of Protection (2,000 gp)
+4 Periapt of Wisdom (16,000 gp)
+1 Amulet of Natural Armor (1,000 gp)
+1 Mithral Heavy Shield (2,170 gp)
+1 Banded Mail (1,400 gp)

GENERAL GEAR:
Healer’s Kit (50 gp) (1lb)
Ointment for True Seeing x2 (500 gp)
Components Divination (50gp)
Explorer’s Outfit (8lbs)

MOUNTS:

-None

Carry: 77/200 Max lbs. 200 Load: Medium
Capacity-Lift Overhead=carry, Stagger=x2, Drag=x4

GEMS: 0gp PP: 30 GP: 20 SP: 0 CP: 0 Coin Weight: 0

SPECIAL ABILITIES


FEATS:

Current Total: 1 + 1 class +1 Planning Domain
Skill Craft (Weaponsmithing)
Craft Wondrous Item
Augment Healing
Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Firearms)
Zen Archery
Extend Spell

Class:
Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Firearms)

CLASS FEATURES:

Cleric/Techsmith:
CLASS FEATURES:
- Weapon Proficiency (Simple & Martial)
- Shield Proficiency (except Tower)
- Armor Proficiency (Light, Medium and Heavy)
- Turn Undead - Turn attempts = 3 + Cha modifier
- Spontaneous Casting
- Gondsman
- Technical knack +2 (+2 bonus on Alchemy, Appraise, Craft, Disable Device, Knowledge, and Open Lock checks involving some sort of mechanical, technological, or explosive circumstance)
- Bonus Domain: Knowledge
- Construct Sense: Techsmith can communicate telepathically with any construct within 60ft. They may make a Spot check (DC 15) to recognize a construct for what it is.

FAMILIAR, COMPANION, OR COHORT: None

SKILLS
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Total Skill Points: 26
Point Progress: 4 (Class) +0 (Int) = +4

Armor Penalty: -6

Concentration 4 = 4 (ranks) +0 (Con)
Craft(Weaponsmithing) 9 = 9 (ranks) +0 (Int)
Heal 12 = 5 (ranks) +5 (Wis) +2 (Healer’s Kit)
Profession (Mining) 13 = 8 (ranks) +5 (Wis)
Sense Motive 5 = 0 (ranks) +5 (Wis)

LANGUAGES KNOWN (Bonus +0): Common, Dwarven

SPELLS
^^^^^^
Spellcaster Level: Divine Lv. 11
Spells per day (Lv. 0 1st) 6 7+1 5+1 5+1 3+1 2+1 1+1
Bonus Spells Per Day (Wis): Lv.1 +2, Lv.2 +1, Lv.3 +1, Lv.4 +1, Lv. 5 +1
Spell Save DC: +11

DOMAIN POWERS: Planning, Creation, Knowledge

- You gain Extend Spell as a bonus feat, Cast conjuration (creation) spells at +2 caster level, Add all Knowledge skills to your list of cleric class skills. You cast divination spells at +1 caster level.

DOMAIN SPELLS KNOWN:

Lv. 1: Deathwatch, Create Water, Detect Secret Doors
Lv. 2: Augury, Minor Image, Detect Thoughts
Lv. 3: Clairaudience/Clairvoyance, Create Food and Water
Lv. 4: Imbue with Spell Ability, Minor Creation, Divination
Lv. 5: Detect Scrying, Major Creation, True Seeing
Lv. 6: Heroes’ Feast, Find the Path

SPELLS PREPARED:

Lv.0: Detect Magicx2, Lightx2 Resistance x2
Lv.1: Bless, Detect Secret Doors (Domain), Lesser Vigorx2, Remove Fearx2, Resurgencex2
Lv.2: Deific Vengeancex2, Detect Thoughts (Domain), Hold Personx2, Remove Paralysis, Spiritual Weapon
Lv.3: Blessed Aim, Create Food and Water (Domain), Remove Curse, Remove Disease, Searing Lightx2, Vigor
Lv.4: Divination (Domain), Neutralize Poison, Recitation, Revenancex2
Lv.5: Divine Agility, Flame Strike (2), True Seeing (Domain)
Lv.6: Mass Bull’s Strength, Heroes’ Feast (Domain)

RACIAL TRAITS:
• +2 Constitution, –2 Charisma.
• Medium: As Medium creatures, dwarves have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Dwarf base land speed is 20 feet. However, dwarves can move at this speed even when wearing medium or heavy armor or when carrying a medium or heavy load (unlike other creatures, whose speed is reduced in such situations).
• Darkvision: Dwarves can see in the dark up to 60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal sight, and dwarves can function just fine with no light at all.
• Stonecunning: This ability grants a dwarf a +2 racial bonus on Search checks to notice unusual stonework, such as sliding walls, stonework traps, new construction (even when built to match the old), unsafe stone surfaces, shaky stone ceilings, and the like. Something that isn’t stone but that is disguised as stone also counts as unusual stonework. A dwarf who merely comes within 10 feet of unusual stonework can make a Search check as if he were actively searching, and a dwarf can use the Search skill to find stonework traps as a rogue can. A dwarf can also intuit depth, sensing his approximate depth underground as naturally as a human can sense which way is up.
• Weapon Familiarity: Dwarves may treat dwarven waraxes and dwarven urgroshes as martial weapons, rather than exotic weapons.
• Stability: A dwarf gains a +4 bonus on ability checks made to resist being bull rushed or tripped when standing on the ground (but not when climbing, flying, riding, or otherwise not standing firmly on the ground).
• +2 racial bonus on saving throws against poison.
• +2 racial bonus on saving throws against spells and spell-like effects.
• +1 racial bonus on attack rolls against orcs and goblinoids.
• +4 dodge bonus to Armor Class against monsters of the giant type. Any time a creature loses its Dexterity bonus (if any) to Armor Class, such as when it’s caught flat-footed, it loses its dodge bonus, too.
• +2 racial bonus on Appraise checks that are related to stone or metal items.
• +2 racial bonus on Craft checks that are related to stone or metal.
• Automatic Languages: Common and Dwarven. Bonus Languages: Giant, Gnome, Goblin, Orc, Terran, and Undercommon.
• Favored Class: Fighter. A multiclass dwarf ’s fighter class does not count when determining whether he takes an experience point penalty for multiclassing

BACKSTORY:

Character: Archimedes “Archie”

Player: Bebop

RACE: Construct
SIZE: Medium
AGE: 2 years
HEIGHT: 6’2"
WEIGHT: 350 lbs.

ALI: Neutral

CHARACTER STATISTICS
++++++++++++++++++++

ABILITY SCORES:

STR: 19(+4) DEX: 15(+2) CON: - INT: 4 (-3) WIS: 13(+1) CHA: 6(-2)

HD/HP: 7d10 + 20

EXPERIENCE:

Lv. 7 Gondsman
Current: N/A Next: N/A

SAVES:

Fortitude +4 (Class) +0 (Con) = +4
Reflex +4 (Class) +2 (Dex) = +6
Will +4 (Class) +1 (Wis) = +5

IN BATTLE:

Base: +5 Melee: +9 Range: +7
Initiative: +2 (Dex) Move: 30 ft.
Spell Failure: 0% Spell Resistance: 0


YOUR COMBAT OPTIONS
*******************
- +1 Bastard Sword x2 (+6/+6, 1d10+5, 19-20 x2, slashing)
- +1 Long Rifle (+8, 2d8+1, x3, piercing)

SPECIAL DEFENSES:

ARMS, ARMOR, AND GEAR
#####################

WEAPONS AND ARMORMENT- Natural+Shield+Armor+Deflection: 18+0+7+1=26 AC
- +1 Bastard Sword x2 (1d10, 19-20 x2, Slashing; 4670gp; 12 lbs.)
- +1 Long Rifle (2d8 x3 Piercing; 3100gp; 20 lbs.)
- +3 Mithral Shirt (+7 AC, max dex +6, armor check penalty -0, speed 30ft; 10250gp; 13 lbs.)


MAGICAL EQUIPMENT:
+1 Bastard Sword x2 (4,670 gp)
+1 Long Rifle (3,100 gp)
+1 Ring of Protection (2,000 gp)
+4 Belt of Giant Strength (16,000 gp)
+1 Amulet of Natural Armor (1,000 gp)
+3 Mithral Shirt (10,250 gp)

GENERAL GEAR:
Backpack (2gp) (2lbs)
3 bags of bullets (10 each) (30gp) (30lbs)
2 horns of gunpowder (70 gp) (4lbs)
Explorer’s Outfit (8lbs)
Waterskin (1gp) (4lbs)


MOUNTS:

-None

Carry: 93/350 Max lbs. Load: Light
Capacity-Lift Overhead=carry, Stagger=x2, Drag=x4

GEMS: 0gp PP: 0 GP: 0 SP: 0 CP: 0 Coin Weight: 0

SPECIAL ABILITIES


FEATS:

Current Total: 3
Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Bastard Sword)
Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Firearms)
Two-Weapon Fighting


CLASS FEATURES:

Gondsman
-
FAMILIAR, COMPANION, OR COHORT: None

SKILLS
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Total Skill Points:
Point Progress: 2 (Class) -3 (Int) = +1

Armor Penalty: -0


LANGUAGES KNOWN (Bonus +0):

RACIAL TRAITS:
—10-sided Hit Dice.
—Base attack bonus equal to 3/4 total Hit Dice (as cleric).
—No good saving throws.
—Skill points equal to (2 + Int modifier, minimum 1) per Hit Die, with quadruple skill points for the first Hit Die, if the construct has an Intelligence score. However, most constructs are mindless and gain no skill points or feats.
Traits: A construct possesses the following traits (unless otherwise noted in a creature’s entry).
—No Constitution score.
—Low-light vision.
—Darkvision out to 60 feet.
—Immunity to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects).
—Immunity to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, stunning, disease , death effects, and necromancy effects.
—Cannot heal damage on their own, but often can be repaired by exposing them to a certain kind of effect (see the creature’s description for details) or through the use of the Craft Construct feat. A construct with the fast healing special quality still benefits from that quality.
—Not subject to critical hits, nonlethal damage, ability damage, ability drain, fatigue, exhaustion, or energy drain.
—Immunity to any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect also works on objects, or is harmless).
—Not at risk of death from massive damage. Immediately destroyed when reduced to 0 hit points or less.
—Since it was never alive, a construct cannot be raised or resurrected.


BACKSTORY:

chiapet

rolled a 38 for Archie's HD (so 58HP total).

Was Farad's first level in cleric (I'm assuming yes.)

bebop007

Yes sir.

It was sir.

chiapet

okay, Farad's total HP is 57 (with the +11 from con)

TGBarighm

Farad has a lot of magical gear. Looking over the rest of the party's ref. sheets, we're generally even...

...save for Lia. She appears to be roughly 50% behind the rest of the party in terms of gear value. This is just an estimation so I may be wrong, but at a quick glance, she appears to be trailing the party by a significant degree. Maybe the druid should get a little love.

Of course, James is the worst, but I don't think anybody really cares.

chiapet

well, Lia is sitting on a pile of cash, but yeah, she's a bit behind..... Maybe I, er James, can remedy that

TGBarighm

Speaking of Halloween contests...whatever happened to that Claw of Wounding Firemyst won in the last Halloween Challenge I ran?

chiapet

It should still be on tamaska

TGBarighm

Darn your trip. I was gonna bet on Philly again this year, but now that they have taken the first game it kind of kills the odds on the bet.

Firemyst

What magical assistance does Farshore have? What would the costs be to expand the spellbook Lia currently has? I want to add more spells so she can be a little more versatile from day to day.

Also looking into the possibility of having a permanency cast, but it might not be possible without a scroll, which I can't find. Was thinking about detect magic or dark vision, but this depends greatly on possibility and cost.

Soulweaver

Level 4 Champion of Gwynharwyf:
1d12+3 HP, BAB+1, Fort+1
Skills: Intimidate +4
Rage 2/day
Fearsome Fury: When entering a Rage, make an Intimidate check. Any enemy that comes within 30 ft. must make a Will save vs. the Intimidate check result or become shaken for 1d4+1 rounds or until the Rage subsides.
Extra 2nd-level spell: Resist Energy

Feat (ECL12): Armour Specialization (dendritic armour): DR 2/--, does not function if dex bonus is lost (found in PHB2)
Ability score increase (ECL12): Wis+1
Next level: 78,000xp
(We can erase the domains from my class features, too)

chiapet

rolled a 12 for the HP

TGBarighm

Hmm...can't access my ref. sheet at your site anymore not even by way of that direct link. Can't access Lia or James' sheet for that matter either. Just get an error.

chiapet

I've had trouble with it from time to time as well. Try this link

TGBarighm

Hrm...boy, I gotta come up with a new feat, but nothing really feels quite right.

TGBarighm

Man, this new feat is driving me nuts. I could easily pick a feat that improves Kit's existing abilities, but what I really want to do is address his major weaknesses. There isn't much I can do about his vulnerability to mind-influencing effects (+2 to Will just isn't worth a Feat when you get one every 3 levels, or in game time, like once a year...), but I need to do something about his dependence on precision attacks. Against enemies immune to precision damage, Kit is useless! And I know they're coming, so I need a way to address that. I looked, but I couldn't see anything in the Feats list.

Any ideas?

Soulweaver

I don't know about feats, but if you have Dungeonscape, there is an alternate class feature on page 13. It's called Penetrating Strike, and it lets you use half your normal sneak attack dice against otherwise immune opponents, but only while flanking. You would have had to take it in place of trapsense at Rogue level 3, though, so you'll have to do some retraining if you want it.

Also, in the Magic Item Compendium, there are augment crystals that you can add to and remove from your weapon at will. There's one that allows sneak attacks against constructs, and another for undead. But your weapon has to be at least +3 to use them, and they're 10,000 gold each, and you would still be SOL against elementals, plants, and oozes.

TGBarighm

When it comes to enchantments, I already have a plan for that.

You mind posting the entire information for Penetrating Strike? I won't drop Trapsense, but Kit does have an improved flanking class feature that may be a fair pre-req.

Soulweaver

TGBarighm

Okay, we can now justify any changes in the party now that we're on the ship. What should we do about Grove? Find Bebop? Give Grove to Keno? Create a new character? Give Grove to someone else or even have someone control another PC?

Grove is too good a healer to give up, but being someone who spent 2 years of my WoW career being the main healer of some sort, I can honestly say...healers suck. Yeah, they're extraordinarily valuable, everyone wants to be your friend, and you never lack adventuring opportunities, but...healing is just dull, and if the party wipes, it's YOUR fault! Or the tank's...

Okay, I'm talking WoW now, but you get the idea. Maybe why Bebop lost interest. Anywho, anyone have any ideas? Sana is probably a good all around choice, not just because she is a cleric, but also because she's Kit's big sister; however, she's still not as good a healer as Grove. She is more of an offensive character. The simplest choice would be to give Grove to Keno, or alter James to become a major healer, but I doubt he wants to do that.


Those are my thoughts anyway.

chiapet

well, I had thought about ditching James before, and taking an Olman wouldn't be a bad alternate character choice, but then I think we would still need one more player (or maybe not)

TGBarighm

As nice as it would be to have another player, we can make up for it with force of personality. The characters we have are more than interesting and well RP'ed enough to keep things fun. I actually like James and I'd rather not see him go. His deal with Lavinia and his connections to the nobility strike me as a major cornerstone to the group's personality, plus I'm starting to get the impression James looks up to Kit in some way (Kit doesn't let the Tiefling thing hold him back. I imagine James and his drow heritage may envy Kit in some way). All he really needs is a technical makeover: just redo his classes, skills, feats...the whole shebang, but as I've said before, as a GM character it's probably better for him to remain in the background.


And I've just discovered there is a Feat version of Penetrating Strike...an EPIC feat. Mother farker! Just when I thought I was closing in on a feat for Kit...now I have to start all over again.

chiapet

I talked to Bebop and I don't think he will be back, he just has too much going on IRL right now. And of course Myst is out having an tryst with Lightning, so I don't know when we'll see him back either.

For the time being, I'll continue with Grove, unless someone else wants to take him.

TGBarighm

I would, but I don't feel right controlling someone else's PC, under these circumstances anyway. I'd rather create some kind of replacement.

Maybe we should consider using some 4th edition rules. The rules that are supposed to make it easier for groups to stay alive without needing a healer all the bloody time? ...I dunno. Just an idea. We wouldn't have to always worry about having the "healer" anymore, but I suppose those rules are too foreign.


Maybe we should hold a vote? We bring in Sana, Keno takes Grove, or use 4th edition self-healing rules and forget "healers" altogether?

chiapet

myst is currently being held prisoner by lightning. I doubt we get a reply until he finishes whatever missions she assigns to him.

TGBarighm

I just thought of a Feat I could use: the one that allows you to make a Skill a class skill. Use Magic Device in this case. Thing is, it would be in direct response to current events, so I'm not certain if I'm allowed to implement it. If I were to pick a feat when I should have, I'd still be on the Imp. Critical, Iron-Will, Imp. Dodge, Imp. Sneak Attack, etc. line of thinking.